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On April 2, 1839, Rev. Linus H. Shaw received a call to become pastor over this church which had now assumed the title of the First Congregational Church of Hampton Falls. Mr. Shaw en- tered Brown University, but left at the close of the second year; he studied theology at the Cambridge Divinity School where he graduated in 1833. He was ordained at Athol, Mass., November 12, 1834; dismissed at his own request in August, 1836. He was settled over the first parish church in Townsend, Mass., in Decem- ber of the same year. He was installed at Hampton Falls, May 8, 1839, and resigned his pastorate about a year later. Mr. Shaw . was much liked as a preacher and the society was united in his support.
In 1841 an arrangement was made with the Unitarian Society of Kensington whereby one pastor was to be settled over the two societies. Meetings were to be held in each place upon alternate Sabbaths. Rev. Jacob Caldwell was ordained at Kensington December 22, 1841, to be pastor over the societies of Kensington and Hampton Falls. Rev. Andrew P. Peabody of Portsmouth preached the ordination sermon. Rev. Jacob Caldwell was born in Lunenburg, Mass., in 1808. He was the son of Jacob and Sarah Caldwell, and a grandson of Jacob of Ipswich. He gradu- ated at Harvard in 1828 and from the Cambridge Divinity School a few years later. Previous to his coming here Mr. Caldwell had preached in Calais and Standish, Me.
Mr. Caldwell's preaching was earnest and practical and of a nature which led to advanced thought in his hearers. During the agitation which attended Theodore Parker's first preaching, Mr. Caldwell in the spirit of Christian toleration said he would welcome Mr. Parker to his pulpit, believing that the truth was always safe. Gradually the church grew into the more liberal faith. Mr. Caldwell was the prime mover in the organization of the ladies' library which was kept at his house. He lived in the parsonage house which had previously been occupied by Dr.
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Langdon and Mr. Abbot. Mr. Caldwell was a man large in stature. He was lame from having club feet; he walked with a cane; his wife had died before coming here. His home was pre- sided over by his sister, Miss Fanny Caldwell, who was a lady of culture and much respected and beloved by the people of the town. He had one son who was Prof. George C. Caldwell of Cor- nell University, Ithaca, N. Y. He was one of the most accom- plished chemists in the country. He was educated in the Ger- man universities. Mr. Caldwell was dismissed in 1848. We do not know of his later settlements. He died in his native town of Lunenburg in 1888 at the age of eighty-three years.
After Mr. Caldwell was dismissed the arrangement which had been made with Kensington was continued in 1848. Rev. In- crease Sumner Lincoln was installed over the two societies. Rev. Thomas T. Stone of Salem, Mass., preached the installation ser- mon. The service took place in the meeting house at Hampton Falls. Mr. Lincoln was a native of Warren, Mass. He was a graduate from Yale College. He resigned his pastorate in 1851 and afterward preached in Rowe and Warwick, Mass., and later at Wilton, N. H., where he died about 1895 at an advanced age. While living in Massachusetts he was at one time a member of the legislature. While preaching here he resided in Kensington.
After the resignation of Mr. Lincoln, he was succeeded by Rev. A. M. Bridge. He was a native of Lancaster, Mass., and studied theology at the Cambridge Divinity School. He was a man of the finest culture and of the largest and most liberal Christian char- acter. His love, care and kindness extended to and embraced. every person in the community. He had no narrow sectarianism in his makeup; but was willing to welcome truth from any source. As a citizen he was public-spirited and in favor of all progress and improvements. But for his misfortune to have had an impedi- ment in his speech, he could have commanded a large salary, and a settlement over some of the largest churches in the denomina- tion. His health became impared, and a portion of the society became dissatisfied and he was dismissed in the spring of 1865, after a pastorate of fourteen years. During the summer follow- ing he preached as a supply at Marshfield, Mass., where he died in December, 1865. Grief, caused by being compelled to leave the church where he had been so long, was said to have shortened his days. He was burdened by an invalid wife. When he was
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first settled, he preached for a year or two at Kensington, when the arrangement which had existed for some time was terminated. He lived in the parsonage at the time it was burned in 1858. After the fire he lived in what has since been known as the Wellswood at the hill; his family was living there at the time of his death.
After Mr. Bridge came the Rev. Everett F. Finley for two sea- sons. Meetings now were only held in the summer months. Mr. Finley was of the radical wing of the denomination and was not satisfactory to the more conservative members.
In 1866 an arrangement was made with the Unitarian Society of Exeter to have their minister go to Hampton Falls in the after- noon of each Sabbath and hold service. This arrangement con- tinued for more than twenty years. A number of different min- isters who were settled there came here to preach, including Revs. John C. Learned, Crowningshield, McDaniel and Nickerson. Later a similar arrangement was made with the Unitarian minister at Newburyport, to come here in the afternoon. The society having become much reduced, the services were confined to a few Sabbaths in summer for a time, and now have been entirely abandoned.
The cause of the going out of the Unitarian Society, and the Christian Society as well was because the old members died or moved away, and the younger people did not fill the places made vacant by those who had fallen out.
UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY.
The Universalists were first recognized as a religious denomi- nation in 1805.
We do not know at just what time the Universalist Society was organized in Hampton Falls and probably but few persons now living ever knew that such a society was in existence in the town. But such was the fact. The society was probably formed about the time Rev. Jacob Abbot closed his pastorate in 1827. Elder Elias Smith, who was very active in organizing and promoting the so-called Baptist movement from those who had left the par- ish church early in the nineteenth century, appeared here again and got busy in organizing a Universalist Society in this town, and was in a large degree responsible for the existence of the soci- ety here. There is no record of the society known to be in exist- ence at the present time to my knowledge. If any records were ever kept they have been lost or destroyed. We do know that in 1832, when the parsonage money was divided, the Universalists received a little more than one-fifth of the amount, $637.45, and it was receipted for by Joseph Sanborn, treasurer. Unlike the other societies receiving the money from that source, who applied it for building or some other purpose in connection with the church, the Universalists divided the money coming to them to each individual who used it as they pleased. This action re- ceived unfavorable comment from the other societies who did not approve of such action. We do not know where the Univer- salists held their meetings but probably in the old meeting house. Mr. Edward D. Pike informed the writer that they never held many meetings, perhaps one occasionally but no continuous meetings appear to have been held. This society had disappeared before my remembrance. I knew the majority of those who re- ceived parsonage money. After my time nearly all of them were
not church attendants. The only name that appears in the management was Joseph Sanborn, treasurer.
The sound of the church going bell has probably been heard as little in this town as in any of its size in the state. In 1739 a meeting was called to act upon the following article: "To see if
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the people belonging to this parish will raise money to buy a bell for the use of the parish." In the report of this meeting no men- tion is made of the matter, and probably no action was taken. The bell upon the academy was probably the first ever hung in the town. This was a small bell and cost $100. Three-fourths of this amount was raised by citizens; the remaining fourth was paid by the trustees of Rockingham Academy. This bell was in use by the Baptist Society to call its congregation for religious service. This bell was destroyed when the academy was burned in 1875.
In 1892 Mrs. John W. Dodge presented the Baptist Society with a bell in remembrance of her late husband. This bell was placed in the tower of the meeting house. In addition to the use for which it was designed, the town clock now strikes upon it.
The second advent doctrine never had many followers in this town. A few became interested in the preaching of William Miller in 1843. The end of the world not coming at the time specified, they did not long continue in that belief. The majority of them were from the Christian Baptist Church and for a short time the minister, Mr. George Pierce, embraced the belief. The minister and most of the others soon returned to their former affiliations. Throughout the country, the ministers and churches of this denomination were more seriously affected than were other churches. In many cases the churches became and remained Advent churches and are such at the present time.
So far as we are able to learn but few from this town ever en- tered upon the work of the gospel ministry. In 1812 Rev. Joseph W. Dow was ordained over the church in Tyringham, Mass. He was a son of Maj. Joseph Dow of this town, and a grandson of Meschech Weare. He graduated from Harvard College in 1805. He was dismissed from the Hampton Falls church at that time. The church had been invited to be present by delegates but, on account of the distance, declined the invitation. Mr. Dow prob- ably continued at Tyringham the remainder of his life as he died there in 1833. So far as we can learn Mr. Dow was the only native of the town who ever became a Congregational minister.
Elder John Tilton was born in 1808 and was the son of John Tilton who lived near where Charles W. Lane now lives; he be- came a preacher in the Christian denomination. He was located
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in a number of different places. He was not a man eminent for natural ability, but had a great desire and thirst for knowledge, and kept up a studious habit through life. When more than sixty years old he went to Hanover with his son, who was a student at Dartmouth College, and completed the college course of study, but was not enrolled among the students. He became highly educated.
Elder Daniel P. Pike was a son of Sewell Pike of this town; his mother's name was Prescott. She came from Kensington. Elder Pike was ordained over the Christian Church in Hampton Falls probably early in 1837. The date of his ordination does not ap- pear upon the church records. He baptized a number of persons in 1837 and 1838. He continued to preach here for a couple of years or so, when he removed to Newburyport where he or- ganized the Christian Church and society, which became numeri- cally large, but was not financially strong. His labors were largely among the poorer class of people. He was said to have baptized as many as one hundred in a single day by immersion. He was an ardent and fearless temperance worker, entering into this work with great zeal; his interest in this continued through life. His society, which was composed largely of poor people, became deeply in debt and was compelled to sell its meeting house. After this he continued to preach in a hall which had been hired for the purpose, and later gave up regular preaching, and became a missionary preacher, supplying any of the pulpits in this city when occasion called. He became interested in politics and was at one time a member of the governor's council. At a later period he was collector of the port of Newburyport. He died a few years since and was buried from the Unitarian Church, all the clergymen in the city taking part in the service, and testifying to his great worth and useful life.
John M. Marsters graduated from Harvard in 1850 and prob- ably studied theology at the Divinity School at Cambridge. He was settled over the Unitarian Church in Woburn, Mass., in 1853, where he remained for a time. He preached in other places. Later he retired and lived in Cambridge where he died.
Rev. William A. Cram studied theology at Cambridge and preached for a time in Westford, Mass., and in Augusta, Me., and as a supply in other places; later he had no regular charge, sup- plying occasionally, and was frequently called on to attend
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funerals and sometimes marriage ceremonies. He was a Uni- tarian. He died in 1909.
Rev. Alvin J. Prescott graduated from the Meadville (Pa.) Theological School and has been settled over the Unitarian societies at Littleton and Salem, Mass., Kennebunk and Sanford, Me., Rockland and Gloucester, Mass. He went to Gloucester in 1911.
In the division of the money received from the sale of the par- sonage property in 1832, the Christian Baptist Society re- ceived $770. This was invested and the interest used from time to time for the support of preaching after the sale of the meeting house and the society had dissolved. This fund amounted on November 9, 1909, to $1,367.85. At a meeting of the members of the society, it was decided to divide this amount pro rata among the members. Each received $124.35. There were eleven who received this amount, viz., John J. Brown, James D. Brown, Edward J. Brown, James Howard Brown, Warren Brown, George C. Brown, George Moulton, Charles A. Hardy, Daniel E. Pevear, Warren B. Pevear, George C. Goodwin. A singular thing is that the ancestors of all but one had contributed to the fund more than eighty years before, George C. Goodwin being the only one who was not a descendent from the original contributors.
Nearly all the time since the organization of the church in 1712, there have been deacons by the name of Batchelder-six genera- tions of the same family: Nathaniel died in 1745; Josiah died in 1759; David died in 1811; Reuben died in 1868; Emery died in 1898; Warren H. is now living.
We have previously spoken of the great influence of Mr. William Brown in religious matters. As an illustration, in 1843, the Second Advent doctrine had been preached by William Miller and others, and so certain were they that a day in August had been set for the final consummation and end of all earthly things that, with this in view, many of his followers had ascension robes made and proceeded to dispose of their property in a prodigal and wasteful manner. In this they had a plenty of help from a class who are always ready to live and enjoy at the expense of others. This had a depressing effect upon the less informed and weak minded in the community. Green Hoag, who lived in the south part of the town, was much troubled and alarmed. He concluded to consult Uncle Billy, as he was called. Meeting him on the
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road he said: "They say that the world is coming to an end next week." Uncle Billy answered saying: "I don't know anything about it." This set Mr. Hoag's mind at ease, and his trouble ended, for if the world was coming to an end at any time they would have let Mr. Brown know.
RECORDS FOR THE YEAR 1712, BEGINNING JANUARY 2, OF PERSONS ADMITTED TO FULL COMMUNION IN THE CHURCH BY REV. MR. COTTON.
Mar. 2-Elizabeth Sanborn, wife of Enoch S.
Apr. 13-Sarah Basford, who was yen baptized wife of Jacob. Benjamin Sanborn. David Tilton and Deborah, his wife. Dismissed to Ipswich. Gone to Andover.
John Cram, Jr., his wife, Sarah. Dismissed to Wilmington. 20-James Prescott, Sr. Dismissed to Kingston.
May 25-Mary Norton, wife of Bonus Norton.
June 1-Mehitable Clifford, ye wife of Zach Clifford.
July 20-Dorothy Stanion, wife of Jacob S.
Aug. 24-Jacob Stanion, himself and yen baptized. John Sanborn, Jr., Kingston. Mehitable, wife of John S. Dismissed to Kingston.
Nov. 2-Shuah Douglas, widow. Ellen West, the wife of Edw. West.
Dec. 9-Abigail West, ye daughter of Lieut. J. Swett, was then baptized. Gone to York.
Second Year. 1713.
Feb. 22-Mary Clifford, ye wife of Israel C., and then baptized. Apr. 12-Jonathan Batchelder and Sarah, his wife. Enoch Sanborn. Charles Stewart. Mary Tilton, ye wife of Jethro T. Into ye church, Elizabeth Allyn, kinswoman. 19-Israel Blake.
May 31-Elizabeth Hilliard, ye wife of Benj., Jr. Hannah Swain, ye wife of Caleb S.
July 19-Nathaniel Prescott and Ann, his wife.
26-Ann Sleeper, wife of John S. Kingston.
Aug. 30-Mary Sanborn, daughter of Benjamin S., who was yen baptized. Sept. 6-Mr. Daniel Tilton.
Third Year. 1714.
Mar. 7-Nathaniel Batchelder. Died. Elizabeth, his wife.
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Apr. 18-Mr. Bonus Norton. Leah Blake, wife of Israel. Abigail Cram, daughter of John Cram. Margaret Sanborn, daughter of Captain Sanborn. Dismissed to Kingston September 12, 1725, with five others.
July 18-Mary Heath, wife of Nehemiah H.
Sept. 5-William Sanborn and Elizabeth, his wife. 24-Augustine Cram, daughter of John Cram.
Fourth Year. 1715.
Apr. 24-Elizabeth Wilson, widow. Gone to Andover.
May 29-Benjamin Cram, who was yen baptized. Sarah Sanborn, wife of Nathaniel. Hannah Cass, wife of John. Rejected May 10, 1726, for joining the Quakers.
July 17-John Batchelder, who was yen baptized. Nathaniel Healey, who was yen baptized. Hannah, his wife, who was yen baptized.
Dec. 4-Esther Loverin, wife of Ebenezer (written Loveral).
Fifth Year. 1716.
Jan. 22-Hannah Hoit, wife of Eph.
Sixth Year. 1717.
Mar. 24-Mary Shaw, wife of Deacon Shaw.
July 14-Hannah Hartshorn, wife of Timothy, then baptized. Sarah Sanborn, wife of Reuben, also baptized.
Seventh Year. 1718.
Apr. 13-Abigail Sleeper, single woman.
May 23-Elizabeth Leavitt, wife of Thomas L.
Nov. 20-Rachael Sanborn, wife of Abner S. Mary Stanion, widow of Jno. Stanion.
Eighth Year. 1719.
Apr. 19-Bethial Perkins, wife of Caleb.
June 7-Lydia Perkins, wife of Benjamin. Mehitable Roe, wife of Robert Roe, Jr. Elizabeth Low, wife of Joseph Low. Gone to Waltham. Aug. 30-Sarah Wate, wife of Thomas W. Gone to Amesbury.
Ninth Year. 1720.
July 10-Josiah Batchelder, who was also then baptized. Sept. 4-Ebenezer Sleeper. Dismissed to Kingston.
Oct. 23-Jonathan Sanborn, Kingston. Dismissed to Kingston. Nov. 6-Elizabeth Blake, daughter of Philmon.
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Tenth Year. 1721.
June 4-John Prescott.
July 9-James Sanborn and wife.
Aug. 29-Elizabeth Sanborn.
Nov. 26-Apphia Sanborn, wife of Peter. Abraham Moulton.
Eleventh Year. 1722.
Apr. 15-John Sanborn, Sr.
July 15-Thomas Atkinson. Mary, his wife. Dismissed to Newbury new church. Mary Philbrick, wife of Zach.
Twelfth Year. 1723.
Mar. 10-Rachel Ward, wife of Thomas, Jr.
Thirteenth Year. 1724.
Mar. 1-Joseph Batchelder.
Apr. 19-Mr. Leo Cotton and Hannah, his wife (schoolmaster) of ye parish, recommended to Rowley, or elsewhere where God pleases. Sarah Lowell, wife of Jos. L. Jemima Bradley, Salisbury. Recommended to Wood- stock.
May 10-Meribah Batchelder, single woman.
July 12-Susanna Healey, wife of Nathaniel. Dorothy Batchelder, Jethro's widow.
Nov. 29-Benjamin Veasy, Stratham, young man. Lives here.
Fourteenth Year. 1725.
July 4-Hannah Tilton, wife of John T.
Sept. 3-Jethro Tilton.
Hezakiah Blake and Joanna, his wife.
Huldah Green, wife of Isaac G. Sarah Weare, wife of Peter Weare. Dismissed to North Yarmouth. Lydia Boulter, single woman.
Fifteenth Year. 1726.
Mar. 6-Ebenezer Brown and Margaret, his wife. Josiah Brown and Elizabeth, his wife.
June 5-Mehitable Bedee, wife of Ely Bedee.
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1727, Apr. 23-John Bolter, single man. Abbial Philbrook, wife of Thomas. Phoebe Prescott, wife of Elisha Prescott. 7
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Rebecca Prescott, single woman. Meribah Tilton, single woman.
June 4-Sarah Weare, single woman, daughter of Ed. Susanna Sanborn, single woman, daughter of Dea. S.
Sarah Blake, single woman, daughter of Philemon.
Hannah Prescott, wife of Jeremiah Prescott. Dismissed to Kingston.
July 23-Abraham Sanborn, married man.
Deborah Sanborn, wife of Abram.
Huldah Nason, wife of Jonathan.
Dorothy Sanborn, wife of Edward.
Johanna Morgan, single woman.
Jonathan Cram, single man. Abigail Sanborn, wife of Jabez.
Abiel Colby, wife of Enoch. Dismissed to Chester.
Oct. 22-Mary Batchelder, wife of Joseph.
Dec. 17-Robert Roe, married man. Samuel French, married man.
Richard Sanborn and Elizabeth, his wife.
Daniel Weare.
Joseph Sanborn and Susanna, his wife.
Samuel Shaw.
Jonathan Fifield and Hannah, his wife.
Wadleigh Cram and Ruth, his wife.
Sarah French, wife of John.
Mary Fogg, wife of Benoni. Dismissed to North Yarmouth.
Sarah Cluff, widow.
Hannah Swett, single woman.
Mary Prescott, daughter of Jonathan.
Joanna Blake, wife of Timothy. Dismissed to North Yarmouth.
Ann Blake, wife of Samuel Blake, Jr.
Ann Tilton, wife of Sherburn.
1728, Jan. 7-Luther Morgan and Abigail, his wife. Dismissed to Harvard.
Jan. 28-Caleb Moody and Elizabeth, his wife.
Feb. 18-Jacob Garland.
Mar. 3-Margaret Lock, wife of Samuel. Ann Clifford, daughter of Jonathan. Sarah Bradbury. Elizabeth Heath.
. Apr. 14-Elizabeth Whipple, "my wife." June 2-Mary Longfellow, wife of Nathan. Sarah Smith, single woman. Dismissed to Salisbury. July 18-Benjamin Batchelder, single man. Dorothy Young, wife of Richard.
July 21-Nathan Longfellow, married man. Samuel Tilton, single man.
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Sept. 1-Jacob Green. Mary Cram, wife of Thomas. Oct. 6-Mary Knowlton, wife of Ebenezer K. Elizabeth Cram, single woman. Dec. 1-Deborah Veasy, wife of Benjamin. Lydia Prescott, single woman. Abigail Blake. Dismissed to Kingston.
Deborah Blake. Dismissed to Salisbury, second church. 1729, May 2-Thomas Cram. Mary Shaw, wife of Benjamin. Mary Brown, wife of Jacob. June 1-John Weare and Deborah, his wife.
Aug. 31-Margaret Tilton, wife of Jonathan.
1730, Feb .- William Daniels and his wife. Dismissed from Salisbury to Biddeford. 1
Jermima Blake, wife of Joshua.
Sept. 6-Mehitable Prescott, wife of Benjamin.
Dec. 13-Aleck Ward, married man.
1731, Jan. 24-Mary Blake, single woman.
Mar. 21-Ebenezer Brown.
Apr .- Francis Batchelder, single woman.
May 16-Enoch Clark. Dismissed to Greenland. Eliphaz Sanborn, young man.
June 20-Martha Pervear, wife of Philip.
July 4-Moses Blake, Jr., married man. Mary Fifield, young woman. Aug. 8-Susanna Batchelder, single woman.
1732, Mar. 5-Joseph Draper and Phoebe, his wife. Apr. 2-Jabez Smith, single man.
May 14-Sarah Gove, wife of Jeremiah.
June 4-Elizabeth Gove, wife of Eben. Dismissed from Bradford.
July 16-Natt. Dearborn and Mary, his wife. Dec. 2-Rebecca Garland, single woman. 1733, Apr. 14-Martha Swain, wife of John.
1735, Feb. 2-Ebenezer Shaw, single mạn. Abigail Tilton, wife of Samuel. Elizabeth Batchelder, wife of Jonathan, Jr. Ebenezer Shaw, single man. Mar. 16-Benjamin Prescott, Jr. Apr. 13-Mary Emmons, old widow.
Oct. 5-Rachel Shaw, wife of Gideon. Oct. 26-Mary Cram, widow of Samuel.
Nov. 2-Huldah Chapman, wife of John.
Nov. 23-Caleb Sanborn, single man. Mary Gove, wife of Edward.
Dec. 7-Timothy Shepherd, married man. Jonathan Blake.
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Theophilus Batchelder, single man. John Worth.
Mary Shepherd, wife of Timothy. Mary Longfellow, wife of Jonathan.
1736, Jan. 25-Jonathan Swett. Sarah Gove, wife of Enoch.
Eunice Brown, daughter of John Brown, Sr., pew holder. Abigail Brown, daughter of John Brown, Sr., pew holder.
Feb. 1-Dorothy Prescott, widow of James. Elizabeth Nason, wife of Richard.
Feb 22-Maria Blake, single woman.
Feb. 29-Mehitable Philbrick, wife of Abner.
Mar. 3-Joseph Worth. Dismissed from Boston.
Mar. 7-Meshech Weare, young man. Simon Batchelder and Sarah, his wife.
Mar. 31-Jeremiah Blake, married man.
Apr. 7-Priscilla James, widow.
Ruth Roby. Mary Bean.
June 4-Paul Sanborn, young man.
June 6-Joseph Tilton and Elizabeth, his wife.
Ann Swain, single woman.
July 18-Abigail Sanborn, wife of Dea. S. Dismissed from Hampton church. Elizabeth Rowe, wife of Moses.
Aug. 22-Elizabeth Green, wife of John.
Margaret Ward, wife of Shadrach.
Ruth Row, wife of Joseph.
Oct. 17-Anna Moody, wife of Benjamin. Elizabeth Cram, young woman.
1737, Jan. 4-Job Haskell. Dismissed from Gloucester church. Jan. 12-Leah Roe, young widow. Apr. 3-Joseph Chase Hilliard, young man.
1740, May 25-Timothy Hilliard. July 13-Samuel Prescott and his wife, Mary.
July 27-Mary Blake, wife of Ebenezer. Nov. 30-Deborah Felch, single woman. Joanna Tilton, single woman. 1741, Apr. 12-Mehitable Tilton, single woman. Oct. 11-John Batchelder and his wife, Esther.
Nov. 8-Abigail Prescott, wife of Joseph.
Nov. 15-Sarah Lane, daughter of Samuel. Dec. 6-Obidiah Worth and Elinor, his wife. Ebenezer Sanborn, Jr., young man. 1742, Feb. 7-Edmund Brown, young man. Martha Cass, daughter of Joseph. Mary Moulton, daughter of James. Feb. 28-Phoebe Cass, wife of Joseph.
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