History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 72

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1714


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We Likewise the Inhabitants of Greenland being a poor & small Par- rish Humbly pray your honors to Grant that all the Inhabitants which are within the afore sd line from Walls crick to Hampton bonuds May be added to us-We therefore humbly crave your llonours Grant of these onr request & yoor petitioners as In Duty honad shall pray &c.


EBENEZER JOHNSON


JOHN CATE


Assessors -


JAMES BERREY Nathanell Wright Richard White .Jud. Allea Samuell Folsom Mikel llicks Joseph Ilill Walter Philbrick


Jobu Eveny


Isaac Foss Jonathan Weeks The Letherbe.


Petition for Certain Privileges .- In 1720 Green- land had so increased in population and importance that the inhabitants petitioned the Governor and Council for privilege to choose a constable, and one of three members to represent them in the General As- sembly. This petition is dated March 18, 1720-21, and is as follows:


Petition to be Freed.


Province of ( To ye Honble John Wentworth Esq Ett, Govern' and Com- New Hampr J mandr-ia Chief for ye time being, & to ye Honble ye Council of his Majestys Proviace aforesd.


The petition Jams Johnson, Sam1 Weeks & Josh Weeks of Greenland in behalfe of sd Parrisb-Humby Sheweth-


That on ye 15tb Instant att a Parrish meeting Law fully conven'd we your Petition's were electd a comitte to address your Honrs & this Honble Board in behalfe of our ad Parrish for some further liberty & Privilede to be granted in & amoogst ourselves for yt yr Petition's have now ouly ye liberty of Raising money on ye Inhabitants there for ye support of ye ministry schoole & poor wtbin yr District : & ye Province Tax being Raised by the Selectaien & assessors of Portsmo who living Remote canot posibly be apprized of ye perticular Capacity of ye several Inhabitants there- Whereby ye Tax is may times very unequal- Wherefore your Pe- titinur Humy Pray, yt your Honoursia your Great Wisdom wil see cause to order yt we may be dismissed from ye Bank from having any tax laid on us there ; & yt we may be freed from ye charge and Trouble of attend- ing ye Publick Town meetings there & yt a Comittee be By your Honys


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chosen to Proportion Greenland in ye Province Rates & yt ye same may be Raisd in Equal Proportion by our own assessors & yt Mr Treasurer bs Directd to issue forth bis Precept to our Parrish for yt Eud & yt we may choose a constabl amongst our selves to collect ye assessments yt are from time to time made & yt we may be allowd ye Privilidge of choosing oue assembly man in our Parrish to Represent ns in Gen" Assemly ws paying him out of the Parrish stock which Grantd yr Petition's shal as in Duty bound ever pray &c.


18, Mar. 1720-1


JAMS JOHNSON SAMI WEEKS JOSH. WEEKS.


March 21st at a Council-


Psent ye Lt Ginvr Wentworth, Sam1 Penhallow Esq. Richd Wibird, Collo Walton Esq. Theª Wastbrook, Esq. George Jaffrey-


The above Petition Read, and Granted and Ordered that a com'ittes npou Oath take an account of ye Rateable Estate of ye District of Gresu- land by weh ye Pruportion of the Prov. Tax, is to be Settled who are to make Return to this board, that the Treasurers warrant be made out accordingly.


Petition of Greenland for a Township.


To His Excellency Samuel Shute Esqr Capt Gen" & Com'aadr in Cheif & Over Ilis Majo. Prov. of New Hamper aud to the Honble the Council of ed Province-


The Humble Petition of Sam1 Weeks James .Johustou & Mathias Haines of Greenland Parish in the Town of Portsto in ye Prov. of New Hampir aforesd for themselves & in behalf of sd Parish, Humbly Sheweth.


That yor Petitioners ars a district of Portsmo and always have been accounted Part of sd Portsmonth, and have paid Rates in ed Town ac- cordingly, and but very Lately have been made a Separate Parrish, and the Town of Portsmo aforesd having obtained a grant of yor Excellency & Hon's for a Township.


Yor Petitioners Humbly pray that yor Excellency & Hon's would be pleased to Ordr that yor Petitioners, as they all along have paid their part of the charges & help to support the warrs against the enemy as inhab- itants of Portsmne afvresd That they may now Reap the benefit of the aforesaid Grant of Land in proportion wtb their neighbours-the other inhabitante of sd Portsmouth or that yor Petitioners may have an Equiv- alent of Land adjoyning to the aforesd Grant, Granted unto us.


And yor Petitioners as in Duty bound will ever Pray :


SAMIMI WEEKS, JAMES JOHNSTON, MATTHIAS HAINES.


Portsmnº May 10th 1722,


Petition of inhabitants of Breakfast Hill.1


To the honble John Wentworth Esq. Liut Governr & Commander in Chief in and over bis Majties Province of Newhampshire to ye houble the Council & house of representatives Conven'd ia Gen" Assembly,


The bumble Request of us the Subscribers inhabitants about Breakfast hill & owners of Land neare Greenland mesting house, hnmldly Desires, That whereas we ars soe neare said meeting house & have paid our part towards the maintenance of ye Ministry there Evr since it hath been built, Yt for the future wee may be by act of Government set of towards payment of the ministry to ye place It belag most convenient for ns by many miles-& your Petitioners shall ever pray &c.


May 25tb 1725


his mark Thomas O bery James Wbidden


Jon bis O mark, bleak James Johnson


Isaac his ¿ mark, foos R. Wibird


James fooler desires to pay to John Wheden


Greenland & Sunde-bech be a parish of themselves.


Petition for extension of boundary lines.


Province of } To the honble John Wentworth Esq. Lint Govon' & Com- New Haalpr ) ander in Chief in and over his Majties Province of New Hampshire and to the honble the Council & house of Representatives Conven'd iu Gen" Assembly for sd Province.


The humble Petition of Capt Samnell Weeks, Capt Joshna Weeks & Mr John Cate.


1 So called from the circumstance that a party of Indiaas in 1696, after na early attack on inhabitants of Portsmouth, and the slaughter of fourteen persons, hastily retreated, and stopped on the declivity of a hill (now in Greenland) and took breakfast. Ever since it has retained the name of Breakfast Hill.


In the bebalfe of the Poore parrish of Greenland as they are Impow- ered by said parrish to represent the same with the select meu of Greenland.


humbly Sheweth,


That whereas by a vote formerly of the Town of Portsmouth (of which the said Greenland is a part) It was voted that Greraland Bounds should be on the South side of Packers tarm (which supose is now Doctor Marches) and Whereas by a Vote of the Gen" Assembly 28th July 1714, Its said that Greenland bonnds to Packers Bridge and thencs to Joshua Haineses 3Ir Cates & Edwd Ayerses farm, The Same is verry AmIngnous Whether these are included or Excluded and alsoe Mr. Edward Ayers at that time had two farme Southwest of sd Packers or Marches farmi- & it is not mention'd which-And Whereas Capt Langdon & the comittee that made the last return : run the line from said Marches farm to Ed- ward Ayres Southwesterly farai, Exclusive of said Farm; which line comes to Northward of Berry Brook in the Rhoad to Sandy Beech, which is not above a mile from Greenland Meeting house, and Excludes fifteen families that live about Breakfast hill from ye ed Parrish of Greed- land that used to pay there towards maintenance of the ministry & lyes most convenient for them to come there, The loss of so many families is verry Great & Grievious to your verry poore petitioners:


Therefore your humble Petitioners Humbly prayes (That considering your said parrish of Greenland consists chiefly in verry poore Inhabit- ants) and Containex a verry small Quantity of Ground; Great Part of said Parrish being not three Quarters of a mile Deep & In the Deepest or Widest place verry little above a mile-That they contains a small Compass of Grond & no probability of Increasing themselves-humbly prayes your consideration & order that theire line betwixt them and Portsmouth may Extend Due south from Marches farm to ye farm Mr Edward Ayers Bought of the Admr of Richard Jose Esq Deceas'd and tbence South East to New Castle line which line will take in the fifteen families afors sd aud suppose the line formerly Intended-But if it should seem meet to your hont to take these fifteene families from said Parrish it would occasion theire Breaking up not being able of them- gelves that remains to support the charges of the Ministry with the other contingents on them.


All the Comittees that Ever made any returne relating to a Division- ale line being all of Portsmouth they made it as much in theire favor as possible by all Strain'd construction-Therefore if your honte s8 not meet to Grant us the line Desier'd, That then yr hon's will appoint a | Committee of som other Towas (wholly Indifferent) to make Rud settle a line as they shall see convenient, accordin to Portsmouth Town Voate, in 1705 aud in Greater Certainty than hath as yet been Don. And your Petitioners as in Duty Bontid shall sver pray &c.


May 19th 1725.


JOHN CATE JOSHUA WEEKS EBENEZER JOHNSON MATHIAS HAINES SAMI WEEKS


May yı 26th 1725. In the llonse of Representatives


read, and ordered that the Select men of Portsmo ba serv'l with a copy of the petition and they to notifie the town of Portsmouth, To Appeare the second day of the setting of the next Gen" Assembly to show cause (if any they can) why the Prayer of the Petition may not be granted.


James Jeffry, Clr. As&m


In coun1 Eodu die.


Read and concurred


Richd Waldron


Petition relating to tax warrant.


Province of ) To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Captain New Hampe § General Governor and Commander in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire, The Honble his Majestice Coun- cill and House of Representatives in General Assembly Convened- Jan. 12th 1763.


Humbly Shows-James Bracket & Simon Dearhora both of Greenland in said Province yeomen and two of the selectmen of said Greenland for the year 1762 the Maj. part for themselves & in behalf of tha In- habitants of said Greenland that the selectmeu of said Greenland for said year Raised a Tax on the said inhabitante and gave a list thereof to Joseph Pickerin Constable of said Greenland for swid year with a warrant, and the hands of the Majour part of the said selectmen, in consequence thereof the said constable bath made distress on sundry of the said Inhabitants of said Greenland who refused to pay their Re.


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epertive Taxes and for which sundry actjoas are brot against him to the Inferior court to be held in March aext, and on examining the warrant atore-aid. it appears that the Selectmen have neglected to seal the same, which is thought necessary by Law, and it so will greatly hurt said In- habitants, for altho most of them may not dispute it, yet there are many that do & 80 pay no Tax this year, Besides bringing a great charge on the said Inhabitants for the enits allready commenced & others that may be. wherelore the Petitioners as aforesaid Humbly may the advise- ment of this Honble Court on the Premises-and that you will be pleased to pass such Order thereon as to make the suid Warrant good & Valid The want of seals notwithstanding or grant such other Relief thereon as to you shall seem meet. And your petitioners as uloresaid shall as in duty bonnd ever pray.


JAMES BRACKETT of Selectmen SIMEON DEARBORN Greenland


Province of ) In the house of Representatives Jany 19, 1763. Thie New Humpsrf petition being Read


Voted That they be beard thereun on fryday next, & that they Cause the sundry persons who prosecuted the constable for IHlegally making Distraiat to be notified thereof that they may be present if they see cause.


A. Clarkson clerk.


la council Eodm Die.


Read & concurr'd,


T. Atkinson Jr Secry.


Province of ? In the House of Representatives Jany 21. 1763


New Hamps


The party being heard on the within Petitioa- Voted & Resolved that the Warrant Referr'd unto in the within Petition is a good & Law- full Warrant, the want of seals notwithstanding, and also resolved that all the warrants given by any selectmen or assessors singly or con- Junctly within this Province for the Collecting of any Rates or Taxes for the year 1762 shall be Looked upon and accounted legal and Valid the want of seal or Seals notwithstanding


II. Sherburne Speaker.


In Council Jany 22ª 1763


Read & concuri'd with thie addition (viz), That if the Plaintiffs men- tioned in the within Petition, shall withdraw their suits & not prose- cute them, that in that case no coerplaint be Receiv'd for cost ia such actions from the constable or other Defendant in any of the actions aforesaid


T. Atkinson, Jun' Secry.


Province of l . In the house of Representatives Jauy 25th 1763. New Haniprf


Read and Concurred.


Consented to


HI. Sherburne Speaker. B. WENTWORTH.


Petition for representation in the General Assembly.


To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq. Capt. Gen" and Commander in cheif ju and over hie Majties Province of New Hampshire, the bouble the council & house of Representatives conven'il in Gen" Assembly.


The hutible Petition of Capt Joshua Weeks Ebenezr Johason & Matthias Haines, Select meni for the parrish of Greenland in sd Province Ie behalfe of the said Parrish, most hunddly Sheweth --


That the Parrish of Greenland for several! years past since they have been set of from Portsmouth have not had the Beaneht of having a voat in makeing choice of any person to sit in the Geo" Assembly, and there- fore are humbly of opinion that they are much Grieved ia not having any person to represent theoi in Gen" Assembly aor any Vote in the choice of any other :


Therefor yor lincible Petitionere most humbly prays For themselves and in Behalte of said parrish of Greenland That your excellenoie & bon's &e will as in yr wisdom you shall see meet to make such order act or Law so that your Petitioners may have the liberty of other Towas or precincts to have the choice of some one of their Frecholders to Repre- seat them in the Gen" Assembly & your Petitioners as in Duty bound eball ever pray


JOSHUA WEEKS EBENEZER JOHNSON MATTHIAS HAINES


cellencie be desired to Issue out a precept for an assembly man to ap- peare at the next sessione in the fall-


James Jeffry, Clr. Asam


May the 12th 1732.


In council May 3, 1732 Read & Concurred


R Waldron, Sec'y


I assent to the foregoing vote, May 15, 1732.


J. BELCHER


Portsmouth votes relating to Greenland.


Att a Gen" Town meeting held ia Portsmo ye 4th June, 1705:


Where as yo Towa of Portsmo payes £100 p Aanum for ye support of their mini-ter in sd Towa- Att the Request of ye inhabitants of Green- land part of d Town considering ye Distance of Ground ye number of persons & ye Danger of paesing to Public worship,


Voted, That ye inhabitants of Greenland be paid out of the Town stock their proportion of sd £100 During ye Maintenance of an able Minister amongst them and no longer & ye så Proportion be yearly, Proportiond by the selectmen for time being ye Bounds of Greenland to be on ye south side of coll Packers farmie.


Pr Sam" Keais, Town clerk.


True Coppy out of ye third Book of Records for Portsme : foll. 12:


p Josh. Peirce, Town cler.


16 Mar. 1719-20


Att a Gen" Town meeting in Portsme yo 8th April, 1706,


1706. Voted, That ye Inhabitants of Greenland in this Town being freed from paying yr proportion of Rates for ye Miaistrye fix'd att Straberry Bank in consideration of their maintaining a minister amongst themselves ye sd Inhabitante of Greenland having procured yt they may have 150 acres of land out of ye comons lying & being att Greenlaad : Bounded to ye Sow west End of ye Great Swamp & yo gd 150 acres to be taken out or Dedactd from wt may fall to ye share of ed in- habitants of Greenland of sd comone whenever there shall be a Division of all ye Towns comons ye gd 150 acres to be laid ont by ye Lott layers where it may be most convenient for ye ministry & school for yo nse of that part of ye Town.


Sam" Keais, Town Cler. True coppy from ye 3d Book of Record for Portsmo foll : 13th Josh : Peirce, Town Cler.


15tb Mar. 1719-20.


And That the Parish of Greenland be bounded upon the Great Bay by the farm of ye widow Jackson, Joshua Peirce, & Israel March ; & 80 to Packers bridge, and thence to Joshua Hainses, M Cates & Edwd Ayras's farm and from thencr south westerly to Haeiptoa bounds; and that these Present Inhabitants with the laads and estates they live upon & whoso- ever shall live upon them hereafter or build & Inhabit within the limitts aforesaid, shall pay their Parish Taxes to Greenland.


The Above is an Extract out of ye Council book pass'd by the Gen !! Assembly ye 28th of July, 1714.


Attest.


Richd Waldron, Cler. con.


Taverns .- At a town-meeting held Nov. 11, 1771, it was voted that three taverns could not be kept " on the parade, so called." It seems in the early days the people exercised a care over the " taverns" and tavern-keepers, for at the same meeting it was voted that Mr. John Folsom should not keep a tavern, and then a petition be presented to the conrt "that he may not be licensed to keep a tavern, and if he now is licensed, that said license be abrogated and ren- dered null and void."


War of the Revolution .- The first vote on the old town-book concerning the Revolutionary strug- gle is under date July 12, 1774, when it was voted that Clement March and William Weeks be ap- pointed delegates to attend the Provincial Congress


May the 10th 1732. In the house of Representatives.


Voted, that the prayer of the Petition be answered and that his Ex- I to be held at Exeter for the choice of delegates to the


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Continental Congress. Thus was Greenland early awake to the importance of the then impending struggle.


Jan. 9, 1775, the town voted to approve "of the measures agreed upon by the Continental Congress," and also voted "that John Haven, William Weeks, James Brackett, Clement March, and Greenleaf Clark be a committee to carry such measures into execution."


April 21, 1775, it was voted " to send to the aid and assistance of our Brethren of the Massachusetts Bay in their defence against the ministerial troops."


" Toted, That twelve men be immediately enlisted and sent for the above purpose."


" Voted, That said men be allowed two shillings lawful money per day each, and be found necessary provisions during this continuance in said service."


" Voted, That Captain Nathan Johnson enlist said men."


Town Stock of Ammunition .- May 1, 1775, it was voted to procure ten fire-arms and a barrel of powder.


July 17th, a committee was appointed to ascertain the number of persons not provided with guns.


Hiring Soldiers .- It appears that the recruiting officer was abroad in the land during the Revolu- tionary struggle, as well as during the late war of the Rebellion, for under date April 2, 1777, the town


" Voted, That Mr. James Brackett and Lieut. David Simpson be a committee to go to Durham to endeavor to hire soldiers to serve for this town in the Continental service."


It was also " voted, to pay the expense that the officers of the militia were at in treating the soldiers to encourage them to enlist on Tuesday, April the 3d, and Wednesday, April the 3d."


It was also " voted, to pay a bounty of $20 to those who should enlist for three years, or during the present war with Great Britain."


Annexation to Massachusetts .- The following is a list of those in Greenland who, in 1739, petitioned to be annexed to Massachusetts : Samll. Weeks, Joshua Weeks, Benjn. Macres, Samll. Chapman, Pennel Chap- man, Ebenr. Johnson, Matthias Harris, Lewis Harris, James Johnson, Samll. Davis, John Weeks, Jr., Ebenr. Johnson, Jr., Samuel Weeks, Jr., Joseph Hill, John Johnson, George Kennison, Joseph Melon, Joseph Weeks, Samll. King, Joshua Macres, Robert Bryon, Jr., Jona. Dockum, Jr., Jno. Dockum, Robert Bryon, Jno. Watson, Tucker Cate, Jno. Rawlins, Wm. Symp- son, Samll. Bryon, Jno. Lang, Jedediah Weeks, David Dearborn, Jno. Weeks, Walter Weeks, Matthias Weeks, Benja. Kennison, Jona. Weeks, James Cate, Enoeli Clark, Bracket Johnson, Samll. Hiex, Henry Clark, Elias Philbrook, Beja. Philbrook, Joseph Grant, Jona. Weeks, Ilenry Clark, Jr., John Johnson, Elisha Bryon, Nathl. Huggin, Danll. Aldin, Jr., Nathan Johnson, Jr., Joseph Nelson, Jr., Leonard Weeks, and Wm. Walles.


CHAPTER XLII.


GREENLAND .- ( Continued.)


Civil History-Incorporation of the Town-The First Town-Meeting- Officers Elected-Ecclesiastical-Congregational Church-Methodist Episcopal Church-Junkins Conncil, American Legion of Honor -- Winnieut Lodge, No. 92, F. and A. M .- Brackett Academy-Repre- sentatives-Military Record.


Civil History .- The town of Greenland was incor- porated in 1703. The first record of which we have any knowledge is under date March 14, 1749, as fol- lows :


" Att a legall meeting of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Greenland held at the meeting-house on March 13, 1748-49,


"Voted, Clement March, Esq., moderator ; Walter Weeks, clerk.


" Voted, Daniel Lunt, Ebenezer Johnson, Walter Weeks, selectmen.


"Voted, William Rains, Jr., Nathan Marston, assessors.


"Voted, Samll. Hains, Jr., constable.


"Voted, Clemtt March, Esq., Enoch Clark, viewers.


" Voted, Joseph Clark, Francis Berry, tythingmen.


" Voted, Joseph Maloon, W. Jinkins, survs, of highways.


"Voted, Natl Grow, B. Kenniston, hog constables.


"Voted, Will. Berry, Joseph Hans, to take account of the heads and stock.


"Voted, Heury Clark, Jr., John Watson, fence-viewers.


" Voted, Clemtt March, Esq., Danl. Lont, Tho. Packer, Esq., a commit- tee to settle the account of the parish with the selectmen for the years 1744, 1745.


"l'oted, Ja. Nud, John Johnson, to settle the value of the lauds in the parish."


Enoch Clark, Walter Weeks, and Ebenezer John- son were selectmen in 1750.


Conspicnous among the votes at the early town- meetings were those relating to the ministry. Nearly the entire business transacted by the town was in re- lation to regulating the minister's salary, colleeting his rate, etc.


The Congregational Church' in Greenland was organized in July, 1706, consisting of twenty-nine members, whose names are as follows : William Phil- brick, John Cate, Ebenezer Johnson, Joshna IIaines, Samuel Foss, Richard White, Joshua Weeks, Samuel Weeks, Hannah Lewis, Elinor Johnson, Mary Phil- brook, Margaret Johnson, Judith Cate, Comfort Weeks, Mary Whidden, Ellis Haines, Prudence Phil- brook, Martha Philbrook, Elinor Berry, Elizabeth Berry, Ilannah Brick, Susannah Foss, Mary Foss, Abi- gail Burnham, Dorothy Crockett, Sarah Babbe, Sarah Kenstone, James Sherburne, - Sherburne.


Pastors .- Rev. William Allen was ordained July 15, 1707. Died Sept. 8, 1760, aged eighty-four years. Rev. Samuel MacClintock was ordained as colleague with Mr. Allen, Nov. 3, 1756. Died April 27, 1804, . aged seventy-two.


Rev. James Armstrong Neal was ordained May 22, 1805. Died July 18, 1808, aged thirty-four.


Rev. Ephraim Abbott was ordained Oct. 27, 1813. Dismissed Oct. 28, 1828.


Rev. Samuel Wallace Clark was ordained Aug. 5, 1829. Died Aug. 17, 1847, aged fifty-two.


1 Contributed by Rev. Edward Robie, D.D.


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Rev. Edwin Holt was installed March 8, 1848. Dis- missed Jan. 7, 1851.


Rev. Edward Robie was ordained Feb. 25, 1852, and is the present pastor.


The present church edifice was built in 1756, was remodeled in 1834, and renovated again in 1881. It is the second church edifice occupied by the society.


The present officers are Rev. Edward Robie, pastor ; Joseph A. Holmes and John Porter Weeks, deacons. George Brackett, Esq., who died June 23, 1825, aged eighty-eight, gave in trust to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge five thousand dollars, on condition that that society pay two hundred dollars annually to the pastor of the Congregational Church in Greenland.


Mr. Brackett was very desirous of doing good with his property. He founded the academy in Greenland which bears his name. He gave two thousand six hundred dollars to the academy in Hampton, also considerable sums to other charitable objects. The gift of five thousand dollars to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge was made six or seven years before his death.


Francis March, who died in New York in 1858, aged seventy-one, a native of Greenland, left by will a legacy of five thousand dollars to the Congrega- tional Church and Society for the support of their minister.


REV. SAMUEL MACCLINTOCK .- A worthy patriot during the Revolution was Rev. Samuel MacClin- tock, D.D., pastor of the Congregational Church. Ile was the son of William MacClintock, who lived


In July, 1808, he organized a church, consisting of forty members, among whom were the following per- sons, the only names preserved in the history of the organization : Samuel Hatch, Sr., and his wife, Polly Hatch, Samuel Hatch, Jr., William Simpson and his wife Abigail, Abigail Packer, Thomas Chapman and Sally, his wife, Joseph Clark and Comfort, his wife, Isaiah Berry and Elizabeth, his wife, Mary Marston, Olive Snell, and Elizabeth Gookin.


The pastors of the church from its organization to the present, with the year of the appointment of each and not the time of service, are as follows: 1809, George Pickering; 1810, John Brodhead; 1811, Orlando Hinds; 1812, Lewis Bates; 1813, Jonathan Cheney ; 1814, William Hinman ; 1815, Martin Ruter ; 1816, Caleb Dustin ; 1817, A. Metcalf (a local preacher who supplied the church until 1835) ; 1835, Russell H. Spaulding; 1836, J. H. Patterson; 1837, Samuel Prescott; 1838, E. D. Trickey ; 1840, A. H. Worthing ; 1841, John Smith ; 1842, Matthew New- hall; 1844, Richard Newhall ; 1845, James Adams ; 1847, Franklin Furber ; 1849, Benjamin R. Hoyt ; 1851, Silas Green ; 1853, James Thurston ; 1855, Lorenzo Draper; 1856, N. L. Chase; 1858, J. W. Guernsey ; 1860, Charles Young; 1861, Eleazer Smith ; 1863, George S. Barnes ; 1865, Nelson Green ; 1867, A. C. Manson ; 1869, George N. Bryant ; 1871, Fred. D. Chandler; 1873, Ilugh Montgomery ; 1875, N. M. D. Granger ; 1877, George W. Ruland; 1880, W. E. Bennett; 1882, W. H. Jones.




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