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1912. Haverhill-Robert Fuller; East Haverhill-A. H. Drury; North Haverhill- Alpa M. Markey; Woodsville-L. R. Danforth.
1913. Haverhill-Robert Fuller; East Haverhill-A. H. Drury; North Haverhill- A. M. Markey; Woodsville-J. Roy Dinsmore.
1914. Haverhill-Robert Fuller; East Haverhill-A. H. Drury; North Haverhill- A. M. Markey; Woodsville-J. Roy Dinsmore.
1915. Haverhill-R. S. Barker; East Haverhill-A. H. Drury; North Haverhill- A. M. Markey; Woodsville-J. R. Dinsmore.
1916. Haverhill-R. S. Barker; East Haverhill-A. H. Drury; North Haverhill- A. M. Markey; Woodsville-James N. Seaver.
The first Methodist Episcopal house of worship, was erected at Haver- hill Corner, and was the first church building in that village. The South Parish Congregational meeting house was at Ladd Street and the North Parish edifice at Horse Meadow. There were no other church buildings in town. The people at the Corner irrespective of denominational affilia- tion greatly wished a "meeting house," and the Methodists were encour- aged to build. The corner-stone was laid Monday, June 4, 1827, by the newly-installed officers of Grafton Lodge, A. F. and A. M. These were: W. M., Jonathan Sinclair; S. W., Samuel Page; J. W., John L. Burns; Sec., Sylvester T. Goss; Treas., John Page; S. D., William Ladd; J. D., Horace S. Baker; Chaplain, Ebenezer Ireson; Marshal, Joshua Blaisdell. The procession formed at the lodge room was composed of the officers and members of Grafton Lodge, the building committee, selectmen, the rev- erend clergy, the grand master and past and present grand officers. The address at the stone was delivered by the Rev. Ebenezer Ireson, chaplain of the lodge and minister of the church. It was a great day for the Haverhill Methodists. In the Coos Intelligence of June 2, there was an appeal for funds for the erecting of the building which reads curiously like some appeals of later years:
While the traveller passes through our village he is delighted with the rich landscape before him. He admires our beautiful meadows, our dark rolling Connecticut and feasts his vision upon a prospect far more beautiful and far more worthy of admiration than those which have called forth all the energies of song, and exhausted the genius of the artist. He sees before him a thriving and populous village, but his eye rests upon no church. No spire pointing to heaven tells him that God may be worshipped in the beauty of holiness, no temple pure lifts up the aspiration of the pure in heart or gives an additional charm to our village, but he is forced to inquire amidst all this profusion of nature, with all this lovely and enchanting scenery around us, have you no church for public worship-a building so peculiarly the ornament of a country village? There is scarcely a town in New England, and not one possessing the advantages of Haverhill which is not ornamented and consecrated, if I may so say by its meeting house. But if we cannot be urged by considerations strong and weighty as those which have been men- tioned, mere selfishness would seem to induce us to engage in the undertaking. Money expended for the erection of a commodious and handsome church cannot be viewed in
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the light of a tax upon the inhabitants here, they would thereby invest their money certain to bring handsome returns on their investment. Every consideration prompts to aid the enterprise now inaugurated.
This was a fervid appeal. More fervid appeals still were made for funds by the famous John Newland Maffit, who preached on the occasion of the dedication of the building in 1828. He urged the people to "lend to the Lord." He spoke of the large interest some of them were re- ported to be receiving, but larger returns would be secured by lending to the Lord. But it was a Methodist church, and the influence of Con- gregationalist conservatism had not yet been overcome. Grant Powers had not yet abdicated.
Previous to this the Methodists had worshipped in private houses and later in the Court house. The society allowed its enthusiasm to get the better of its judgment, and when the church was completed, the society found itself confronted with a heavy debt, hopelessly crippled. The difficulty was solved by selling their church to the Congregationalists who were desirous of establishing themselves at the Corner, and giving up their meeting house at Ladd Street. The property was conveyed to the Congregationalists in 1829 and is still occupied by them. It was sub- stantially built, and with improvements made from time to time, this oldest church building in town, with an historic association is still an attractive place of worship. The Methodists returned to the Court house for worship until 1836, where they built their present church edifice, the site being given them by Gov. John Page, a leading member. It is a commodious building, constructed of wood rather than brick, and with its chapel adjoining, and its commodious parsonage property is happily free of debt. The property is valued at $5,500.
The church at East Haverhill was built in 1834, on a site given by Isaac Pike, was several times remodelled, until it was destroyed by fire Decem- ber 14, 1902. A new building was erected of modern style, and suited to modern needs and was dedicated May 24, 1905. The society also owns a comfortable parsonage conveniently located near the church. The entire property being valued at $4,000.
The church erected at North Haverhill in 1843 was destroyed by fire in 1865, but was rebuilt the next year. Some thirty years later it was remodelled, and in 1912 it was greatly improved, and presents one of the most attractive interiors in the county. A fine parsonage property ad- joins the church. Church and parsonage are valued at $7,000.
A Methodist Episcopal church was organized at Woodsville in May, 1885, by George W. Norris, presiding elder of the Concord District with a membership including probationers of 17, which was increased to 26 in 1886 when Woodsville first appears in the minutes of the New Hamp- shire Conference. The Rev. Albert Twichell, a local preacher, was the
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first pastor. A church edifice was erected in 1886 on Central Street, but was removed to its present location in 1889. An extension or annex was added in 1911, for Sunday school and social purposes. The church is finely lighted, carpeted, has a fine pipe organ, the gift of Ira Whitcher in memory of his daughter, Mrs. Chester Abbott, and with its recently added annex or chapel, is attractive and finely adapted to accommodate the various activities and departments of the modern church. A par- sonage was erected during the pastorate of the Rev. James Cairns in 1888, which with its pleasant location and modern improvements fur- nishes a pleasant home for the pastor; church and parsonage are valued at $12,000.
The Methodist Episcopal church in Haverhill has an honorable history, and has been no unimportant factor in promoting the moral, social and religious life of the town. It has numbered among its communicants many who have been prominent in other than church affairs, and whose influence still remains, whose work abides though they have long since passed to their reward.
Among the early and influential members of the church at the Corner, the names of John Page, George Woodward, Jonathan St. Clair, William Ladd, Samuel Smith, C. B. M. Woodward, Abba Swift, and Nathan H. Batchelder are familiar: at North Haverhill those of Eben Eastman, Newhall Pike, James Glynn, Jefferson Pennock, John W. Judson, Nathan P. Rideout, Hubert Eastman, Benjamin Gale, George C. Hale and Martin S. Meader: at East Haverhill, Moses Mead, Caleb Morse and Alonzo F. Pike, and at Woodsville Benjamin Dow and Ira Whitcher, suggest themselves.
None of the four churches are large, none are in large communities, and with the exception of that in Woodsville none are in growing com- munities. The church at Haverhill has a membership of 56, and a property valued at $5,200; that at East Haverhill a membership of 56, church property $4,000; North Haverhill, membership 100, property $6,600, and that at Woodsville, membership, 137, church property $11,500. The total membership of the Methodist Episcopal churches in the town was in 1913, 349, and the church property was valued at $27,300.
BAPTIST CHURCH, NORTH HAVERHILL
In response to a call of a few Baptists in Haverhill and Bath several persons met in North Haverhill September 14, 1830, and after consulta- tion with two Baptists ministers, the Revs. John Peacock and Noah Nichols, proceeded to organize a Baptist church. This first organiza- tion consisted of thirteen members: Benjamin Ropes, Deliverance Woodward, Oliver Davison, Ira Thyng, William Dudley, Mary Rogers, Sally Glazier, Sally Davison, Rhoda Carr, Hannah Morse, Maude Dud-
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ley, Roxana Bacon, Sarah B. Glazier. In March, 1831, at a council of ministers and delegates from six churches of the Merideth Association of Baptist churches, Benjamin Ropes was ordained as pastor of the church, and continued in this capacity until May, 1834, when he was dismissed. The church was without a pastor until September, 1835, when Bradford Harvey of New Hampton Institution spent several weeks with the church, the result of which was a religious awakening and the addition of fourteen to the church by baptism. In 1836 Stephen Morse conducted meetings as a licentiate, but there was no pastor until Jan. 1, 1838, when Rev. Samuel Eastman became pastor, and began his labors, which continued for three years in the new house of worship, which had been dedicated two weeks earlier. He was succeeded by Rev. David Burroughs, who re- mained pastor until 1845, when he was succeeded by Rev. Lucius Chick- ering whose pastorate was brief, closing under a cloud in March, 1846. From this time, until the disintegration of the church there was no regular pastor, except in 1855, when Rev. J. E. Strong was reported as pastor. In 1856 there was no pastor, and the house was opened for worship, only occasionally. In 1859 there appears in the minutes of the Baptist State Convention the following report from the Merideth Association: "The church at North Haverhill has become extinct," and its name was erased from the minutes.
The church building was erected in 1837 and was formally dedicated December 14, 1837. It was built of brick, was well constructed, and is standing at the present time in good condition, known as Village Hall, having stood uncared for for several years after the disintegration of the church, until it was put in order by the Village Improvement Society, previous to 1900, and has since been used for social purposes, and as a place of worship for Trinity Protestant Episcopal Mission. It was built by the "First Baptist Society of Haverhill" duly incorporated December 22, 1836. The corporators were Oliver Davidson, Asa Thyng, Elijah Blood, George Warren, Joshua Blaisdell, Jacob Morse, Asa Bacon, Aaron P. Glazier, David Carr, Jr., George W. Bisbee, Zebulon Carey and Clark Bacon. The cost of the building was $1,533.87, and this was provided for by subscriptions and the sale of pews. This sale amounted to $1,359.75, and the purchasers of pews were Ira C. Crouch, N. M. Swasey, Daniel Carr, Jr., T. H. Braynard, Aaron Southard, E. B. Hibbard, Willard Whitman, E. Merrill, Joshua Blaisdell, George Warren, E. W. Carr, Aaron P. Glazier, Zebulon Carey, Stephen Morse, D. Worthen, Jona. Morse, Oliver Davidson, B. Webster, Jr., E. Lovejoy, D. C. Kimball, David Carr, E. Blood, T. Reed Bacon, Asa Thyng, Jacob Morse, Clark Bacon, Asa Bacon, Isaac Morse, Jotham Howe, George W. Bisbee. Comparatively few of these pew holders were residents of the village, then known as "Slab City," but at least ten resided in Centre Haverhill,
Jan. 1, 1838
No. 8
No. 6
No. 4
No. 2
DESK
No. 1
Sold and deeded
F. & C. Couch
N. Swasey
D. Carr Jr.
No. 3
No. 5
No. 7
No. 50
No. 49
No. 10 T. H. Braynard Jan. 1, 1838 $36.00
No. 48
E. W. Carr
Jan. 1, 1838
$35.00
No. 47
Jona. Morse
Jan. 1, 1838
$34.00
No. 12
A. Southard
Jan. 1, 1838
$35.25
No. 46
A. P. Glazier
Jan. 1, 1838
$36.50
No. 45
Oliver Davison
Jan. 1, 1838
$38.50
No. 14
E. B. Hibbard
Jan. 1, 1838
$36.75
No. 44
Z. Carey
Jan. 1, 1838
$38.25
No. 43
B. Webster Jr.
No. 42
G. Warren
Jan. 1, 1838
$40.00
No. 41
E. Lovejoy
No. 40
S. Morse 2d
Jan. 1, 1838
$38.50
No. 39
D. C. Kimball
Jan. 1, 1838
$35.00
No. 17
Asa Bacon
Jan. 1, 1838
$38.50
No. 19
Isaac Morse
Jan. 1, 1838
$38.25
No. 21
Jotham Howe
No. 34
No. 33
T. R. Bacon
No. 32
No. 31
E. B. Hibbard
Jan. 1, 1838
$20.00
STOVE
No. 9
Z. Carey
Jan. 1, 1838
$39.00
No. 11
A. Thing
Jan. 1, 1838
$34.00
No. 13
Jacob Morse
Jan. 1, 1838
$35.00
No. 15
Clark Bacon
Jan. 1, 1838
$37.75
No. 38
D. Worthen
Jan. 1, 1838
$34.00
No. 37
Daniel Carr
$38.00
No. 22
George Warren
Jan. 1, 1838
$34.00
No. 24 W. Whitman Jan. 1, 1838 $34.00
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No. 28
No. 30
No. 23
David Morse
No. 25
No. 27
George W. Bisbee
Jan. 1, 1838
$23.50
No. 29
$38.25
$38.50
A. Edgerton
Widow Swasey
$40.00
$25.00
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No. 15
Willard Whitman
Jan. 1, 1838
$40.25
No. 18
E. Merrill
Jan. 1, 1838
$34.00
No. 20
Joshua Blaisdell
Jan. 1, 1838
$37.00
No. 36
J. Blaisdell
$34.00
No. 35 E. Blood Jan. 1, 1838 $34.00
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and as many more on Brier Hill, and in other parts of the town outside the village. (See diagram of the interior.)
A somewhat new method was devised for the support of preaching. When the Rev. David Burroughs was selected as pastor in 1841 at an annual salary of $400, an agreement was signed by forty citizens of the town that any deficiency which might exist after the amount raised by voluntary subscription was exhausted, should be made up by an assess- ment upon their polls and ratable property in the towns where they resided. The forty names appended to this agreement were George W. Bisbee, David Morse, Zebulon Cary, Oliver Davison, Joseph Willis, David Carr, Jr., John Buswell, T. U. Berry, Adams Houston, George Warren, William Houston, Joshua Blaisdell, Benjamin Webster, James George, Thomas George, David George, George W. George, Richard G. Crouch, Curtis Knight, Isaac Pike, Charles Cussen, William Eastman, Horace McConnell, Asa Bacon, G. A. Branible, S. E. Blood, Henry George, Willard Whitman, John S. Sanborn, William C. Bacon, Timothy R. Bacon, Isaac Morse, Alfred George, Jeremiah G. Farnam, Benjamin Webster, Jr., A. J. George, Albert D. Johnson, Harvey M. Gales, J. E. Clifford, S. E. Leslie. High-water mark in the prosperity of this church and society was reached during the pastorate of Mr. Burroughs. In 1844 the membership reported was 138, in 1845 this had decreased to 100, and in 1846 after the brief but unfortunate pastorate of Mr. Chick- ering it dropped to 40. The church records, now in existence, are scanty and poorly kept. In 1855 when the last attempt was made to support a pastor and maintain services, the membership had been reduced to 26, and many of these members maintained only a nominal relation to the church. No member of this church now survives, the late Charles F. Carr of Woodsville being the last to pass away, and he had been for years affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church.
FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH
In the eastern part of the town, in what is known as "Number Six" there was a deep religious interest, in 1831 and a meeting held in June of that year, in the homestead barn of Josiah Jeffers, was followed by the baptism of several persons and the organization of a Freewill Baptist church. Elder George W. Cogswell of Landaff held preaching services in that vicinity for a number of years, and about 1838, Abel Wheeler, a member of the church, was ordained and became its pastor. Previous to 1831, there had been occasional Freewill Baptist preaching. Elder John Calkin, a famous evangelist of his time being the earliest of the preachers, and Elder John Davis, who afterwards lived in "Number Ten" followed him. In 1842 there was quite an extensive revival, and another in 1858. Lorenzo D. Jeffers, a convert in the revival of 1842, was later ordained
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elder and preached with great acceptance in this church and in the churches of adjoining towns. He was a man of fervent piety, a student of the Book and of marked ability. Other preachers were Elders Stedman, Cummings, Almon Shepard, Warren Strafford and J. D. Cross. The church never erected any house of worship, and the church organization as such passed out of existence. Haverhill does not seem to have fur- nished a fertile soil for Baptist seed.
UNION MEETING HOUSE
As the town began to be settled east of the river the need of religious services was recognized, and this led to the organization of an undenomina- tional society which, in 1836, erected at the Four Corners on the County road and on the road leading from North Haverhill to Swiftwater-the Pond road-what was known as the "North Haverhill Union Meeting House." There was no church organization connected with it, and the pulpit was occupied from time to time by the pastors of the North Parish Congregational church, the Baptist church, by ministers of the Freewill Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Universalist and Adventist denominations. In 1858 and for a few years thereafter, the Free Baptist preachers minis- tered to such congregations or they could gather, and later the edifice passed into the hands of the Advent Christian church, organized in 1892, who in 1896 repaired it, remodelled it and now maintain regular services.
Elder George E. Brown, preached at different times before there was a regular organization, and filled vacancies between pastors till his death. The pastors since the organization in 1892 have been Elders John Magoon, L. H. Brigham, R. R. Mead, O. W. Heyer, Bert J. Glazier, and F. W. Richardson.
There was an Advent organization at the Brook which, in 1875, erected a church edifice which was regularly occupied for a few years for religious services, but the society disintegrated, and the building was unused after 1880 until it was sold, and was transformed into a creamery.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church in Woodsville was organized as a mission by Rt. Rev. Bishop William W. Niles of the New Hampshire diocese in February, 1877. Services were first held in the schoolhouse hall, with Mr. A. B. Crawford as lay reader in charge, and the first rector was the Rev. W. B. T. Smith, who began his work September, 1878, and who inspired active efforts to build a church edifice. A site was given by Charles B. Smith, and the present church was built in 1879 at a cost of about $5,000 and was consecrated free of debt in the spring of 1880. It has a seating capacity of about two hundred and fifty. It also owns
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a fine rectory on Maple Street, and a parish house on Central Street, with all accommodations for social work and service. The church was seriously damaged by fire in 1912, but was immediately restored and beautified.
St. Luke's was the first church organization in Woodsville, followed by the Methodist Episcopal, the Universalist, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic, and the Evangelical in order. Early in the history of the town there was an attempt to gain a foothold for the Episcopal church, which had as its chief result much bitterness of feeling. The charter provided for the giving of one whole share of land to "the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," one whole share for a glebe for the Church of England, and also one share for the first settled minister of the Gospel. Col. John Hurd and Col. Asa Porter were Episcopalians, adherents of the Established Church of England. They held that in the towns of the charter the right of glebe could be diverted to the use of no minister other than of that church, and that the right of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the society being adjunct of said church, went with it, and furthermore, by implication, the right of the first settled minister, since no church save the Church of England was recognized in the charter. They early secured a church organization, with Rev. Ranno Cossit as minister, and Cols. Hurd and Porter as workers and laid claim to these rights. The proprietors, how- ever refused to recognize this claim and at a meeting, held August 16, 1773, the only business transacted was the definite refusal "to lay out the society right and glebe to the acceptance of the minister and church workers in said town of Haverhill." The claim was persisted in and at the regular town meeting in March, 1775, it was voted to defend the ministerial right of land against the claims of the aforesaid Ranno Cossit. At the meeting in 1776, further action was taken and Thomas Simpson, Timothy Barron and Bryan Kay were chosen as committee "to take care of the ministerial right of land in Haverhill and rent it for the advantage of the town the present year." Mr. Cossit, however, had in the meantime secured a title to the land through the courts, the town having been de- faulted, and in 1780 the annual town meeting chose Col. Moses Little "agent to petition the General Court that the default may be taken off the ministerial right of land in Haverhill said land being called out in favor of Ranno Cossit." This petition was granted and the town came into its own.
The action of Cols. Hurd and Porter, profoundly stirred the community in both Haverhill and Newbury. In January, 1775, a document, entitled the Haverhill and Newbury Covenant, was numerously signed by the adherents of the Haverhill and Newbury church of which Rev. Mr. Powers was pastor, denouncing in the most vigorous terms the two
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offending colonels. As a speciment of a boycott nearly a century and a half old the document possesses a curious interest :
Whereas it appears to us that in almost every instance, Col' John Hurd, and Lieut Col' Asa Porter do and are acting contrary to the interest of the society of Haverhill and Newbury and to the town and proprietary of Haverhill in particular, and to the interest of the whole County of Grafton.
In that when the said John Hurd and Asa Porter knew that the Revd Peter Powers was settled as a minister for both towns, for more than seven years, and that they knew there was not many more than two persons of the Church of England in the town of Haverhill, that they should reccommend Mr. Ranny Cossit to Governor Wentworth and the Bishop of London that he might be ordained a minister over Haverhill: that they do use their endeavor that said Cossit should have and enjoy the ministerial right in this town, . that whereas some of the town of Plymouth Court made request to Col' John Hurd, who is Judge for the County of Grafton, whether the cause between Timothy Barron and Mr. Ranny Cossitt would be tried, and said Hurd declared that it would not: nor could not without a special Court, on which the cause was neglected at the same Court by Mr. Barron, who was defaulted, execution issued and presented &c.
That the said Asa Porter, of his own head, did carry on the building of the Court House for said County in the most extravagant way, the said Hurd connived at the same. And it is believed that he really assisted said Porter in his wickedness, and used his endeavor to get his enormous bill allowed.
Upon consideration whereof, we and each of us look upon-both of these Gentlemen- viz .: Colls Hurd and Porter as public enemies to the good of said society and County, and as such we do engage to treat them, and promise that from and after the date of this agreement, not to have any connection with either of them (entertainment at public houses, and their proper turn to be served at the gristmills only excepted), not so much as to trade, lend or borrow, or labor with them (public offices as Justices of the County excepted). And we further engage that we will not hold any correspondence, or have any dealings with any that hold with Colls Hurd and Porter, until they shall willingly make public satisfaction for what they have done to the premises. Haverhill Jan. 28, 1775.
Jonathan King
Jonathan Janey
John Ladd
Daniel Stevens
Andrew Carter
John Kirk
Joseph Janey
John Sanders
Jesse Lucas
Josiah Elkins
James Woodward
Daniel Ladd
James Bailey jr
Thomas Manchester
Samuel Heth
Theodoni Sanders
Stephen Bayley
Joseph Fifield
Charles Baybrige
John Fifield
Enos Bishop
John Louvin
John Way jr
Joseph Smith
Adonijah Koplin
George Moor
Timothy Center James Bayley Daniel Bayley
Samuel Lad
Isaac Stevens
James Abbott Jr.
Cyrus Bayley
Timothy Brown (name erased)
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There is no record that the two colonels and their handful of sympa- thizers ever made public satisfaction, but a century elapsed before the Protestant Episcopal Church obtained a foothold in Haverhill, and then first in the village of Woodsville which had just begun its career of growth and development.
In September, 1878, the Rev. W. B. T. Smith took charge of the work of St. Luke's Mission. Services were still held in school house hall, and Holy Communion was first celebrated November 3, 1878. Charles B. Smith, a leading citizen of Woodsville, gave the lot on which St. Luke's church was later erected, and ground was broken for the erection of the building, November 26, which was pushed forward to completion under the direction of Mr. Smith, who remained in charge of the parish until May, 1880, where he was succeeded by the Rev. W. H. Burbank. In 1884, the Rev. H. A. Remick became rector, remaining in charge until May, 1892. The Rev. A. W. Jenks became rector in August, 1892, and was followed by the Rev. James C. Flanders in September, 1895. In January, 1905, the Rev. Frederick C. Cowper became rector, and was succeeded in May by the Rev. George R. Savage, who was followed in the autumn of 1915 by the present rector, the Rev. A. A. Cairns.
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