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1795. Aug. 9, Eunice Ellis, formerly Weare, dismissed and recommended to Gilsum.
1795. Jan. 19, This vote proposed and seconded; Whereas this church has for a long time been destitute of a pastor and the regular and stated admin- istration of the Word and ordinances of God's house-and having had Mr. Perley Howe of Marlborough in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for a considerable time preaching with us on probation, and being fully satisfied with his moral and Christian character, as also with his ministerial gifts and accomplishments-do now earnestly request him to settle with us in the work of the gospel ministry, and take upon him the charge and oversight of this flock and congregation in the Lord.
Which vote being put, passed unanimously in the affirmative, and a com- mittee appointed to lay the vote before the town, and also Rev. Howe.
1795. Apr. 23, Voted that the first Wednesday in July next be the day for the ordination of Mr. Howe if it be agreeable to the town of Surry.
Voted that letter missives be sent to twelve sister churches desiring their presence and assistance by their pastors and delegates on said day to join in such acts of communion as are necessary for the solemn separation of Mr. Perley Howe to the work of the gospel ministry and his investure in the office of a GOSPEL BISHOP in this town.
Churches invited : East Sudbury, Walpole, Northborough, Swanzey, Sud- bury, Keene, Bolton, Marlborough (Mass.), Gilsum, Westmoreland, South- borough, Alstead.
A committee was appointed to join with the town in sending letters to above churches. Voted to request Mr. Howe to assist in preparing said letters.
1795. Sept. 15, The following churches by their pastors and delegates be- ing convened at the house of 'Mr. Nathaniel Dart in Surry in consequence of letter missives from the church in Surry on the evening of the 15th of Sept. A. D. 1795-viz :- churches in East Sudbury, Walpole, Northborough, Swan- zey, Marlborough, (Mass.), Gilsum, Westmoreland, Alstead, Southborough, Keene, agreed to form into an ecclesiastical council and chose the Rev. Mr. Fessenden Moderator and the Rev. Mr. Goddard Scribe.
1795. Sept. 16. The council met and proceeded to look into Mr. Perley
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Howe's call from the church and town of Surry to settle with them in the work of the Gospel ministry, and his answer to their invitation. Also into Mr. Howe's moral and christian character and standing in the Catholic Church; also into his aims and views in undertaking the ministerial work and office; also his abilities to discharge the same, and his faith in the most important doctrines of christianity.
The question being put whether the Council were satisfied and the way was clear for proceeding to the solemn ordination of Mr. Perley Howe to the pastoral office in Surry, it passed in the affirmative, with few only on the con- trary part. The Council then proceeded to assign the parts to be performed in the public services, and voted-
Introductory prayer Ordaining prayer
Rev. Mr. Pratt
Rev. Mr. Bridge
Charge
Rev. Mr. Fessenden
Right hand of Fellowship
Rev. Mr. Whitney
The Council then proceeded to the church in Surry, and Perley Howe, A. M., being first received as a member of the church in Surry, by virtue of a dismission and recommendation from the church in Marlborough, Mass., was solemnly separated and ordained Pastor of the church in Surry.
Edward Goddard, Moderator
Attest of said church and scribe of Council.
And this book is according to orders delivered up by the former Moderator to the pastor of the church in Surry.
Sept. 16, 1795.
1795 REV. PERLEY HOWE'S MINISTRY 1837
Rev. Perley Howe came to town in the summer of 1794; at a town meeting held Oct. 18th "to see if the town will agree to hire him to preach with us any longer" it was voted to hire him for three months.
Jan. 21, 1795 voted "to give Mr. Perley Howe a call to settle with us, to give him a yearly salary of 70 pounds, and the improvement of a par- sonage to be purchased within two years at about 150 pounds."
Mar. 30, 1795 voted "to reconsider the Parsonage for Mr. Howe."
Apr. 23, 1795 voted "to ordain Mr. Perley Howe the 3rd Wed. in Sept. 16th."
From the
church records kept by Rev. Howe.
1795. Oct. 15, A committee appointed to revise records and make abridged extract from the present Covenant of the church.
1795. Oct. 29, The committee chosen to revise records reported the follow- ing draught, viz ;-
That you may enjoy the privileges of the gospel, you now profess a sincere belief that Jesus is the Son of God; that He came into the world to offer him- self a sacrifice for the sins of mankind; that by His life, His death, and by His resurrection He hath opened to your enjoyment a lively hope of immor-
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tality, and that through His righteousness only you can and may have ac- cess to the joy and to the happiness of the heavenly state. In connection with this faith, you also believe in the existence, in the government and in the providence of one self dependent God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
You also believe in the agency of the Divine Spirit; that it is his office to en- lighten your minds; to assist and guide you to glory.
You likewise believe that the Scriptures are the Word of God; that they con- tain the words of eternal life, and reveal the only sure standard of faith and practice.
Impressed with these ideas, you now solemnly promise, in the presence of God and this church (To the discipline of which you now submit yourself) that you will endeavor to conform your heart to the temper of the Gospel, and to observe each precept, each institution which Christ hath enjoined on the pro- fessors of His religion.
The above abridged extract of the covenant being read in the presence of the Church, and the vote being called whether it should be accepted, it passed unanimously in the affirmative, and is, therefore, to be the rule of admission into the church.
Voted that candidates for admission into the church shall stand propounded the term of three weeks.
Voted that this church hold fellowship with all denominations of professed christians.
Voted that the expenses of the Communion Table be defrayed by a tax on the members of the church.
1796. Mar. 14, Voted that this church shall hold five communions in a year, in the following order, viz :- on the Sabbath next succeeding the annual Fast, on the first Sabbath in June, on the second Sabbath in July, on the first Sab- bath in Sept., and on the second Sabbath in Oct.
1796. Mar. 24, Voted to raise five dollars to procure sacramental bread and wine for the present year; to pay four shillings for bread and wine used the past year; to procure a basin to be used in baptism.
1796. Apr. 7, The following question was proposed, viz :- "Shall particu- lar confessions of any crime be required of a person previous to membership with this church?" Passed in the negative.
1798. Apr. 12, Deacon Obediah Wilcox resigned because of age and Moses Dickinson Field chosen in his stead to be a deacon, also Treasurer. John Brockway admitted to the church.
1802. Apr. 15, Eli Dort chosen deacon in place of Moses D. Field resigned. Voted to relinquish the tax of Arethusa Smith and Polly Crandell.
1802. Sept. 5, Moses D. Field asks dismission to the church in Keene. Ac- tion was postponed.
1802. Oct. 6, 1803. Jan. 10, 1803. Jan. 24, Discussion of Moses D. Field's dismission. Refused to grant it.
1803. Apr. 11, The church and Moses D. Field come to a satisfactory agreement, and he is reinstated as a member of the church.
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1804. Feb. 5, Josiah Hendee brings accusation of assault and battery upon the person of Ichabod Smith; disavows the act, and asks the church to deal with the matter.
1804. Mar. 20 & May 22, Matter between Josiah Hendee and Ichabod Smith discussed and settled satisfactorilly.
1805. Mar. 3, Invitation accepted to send pastor and delegate to the ordin- ation of Pliny Dickinson at Walpole.
1805. Oct. 27, Pastor and three delegates chosen to attend the ordination of Rev. Abner Kneeland in Langdon.
1806. July 8, Capt. Thomas Harvey reinstated in the church.
1806. Oct. 12, voted to have six communions a season in the future.
1807. June 4, Eli Darte and Ichabod Smith before the meeting. Ichabod Smith suspended from the church.
1808. Oct. 16, Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the ordination of Rev. Sylvester Bucklin in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
1808. Nov. 23, Committee chosen to treat with John Norris and wife re- specting their repeated abscences from the church services.
1808. Dec. 7, 21, 28, Matters in regard to Moses D. Field.
1809. Mar. 17, John Norris and Joanna, his wife, suspended from the church.
1810. Aug. 12, Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the Installation ser- vices of Rev. Clark Brown in Swanzey.
1810. Oct. 7, Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the Ordination services of Mr. Shipley Wells as an Evangelist at Hartland, Vt.
1810. Dec. 30, Dea. Lemuel Holmes & Abigail, his wife, given letter of dis- mission to any church they may have opportunity to enjoy the ordinances of the gospel.
1812. Feb. 16, Josiah Hendee dismissed to the church in Hampton.
1814. Oct. 6, Voted that members of other churches residing with us shall be called upon to furnish certificate of their Christian standing in the course of one year from the commencement of their residence with us or otherwise to sign our church covenant, and, that if neither of these steps are taken, said persons shall be debarred from Communion after the expiration of the year.
1814. Nov. 27, Abigail, wife of Edmund Wetherbee, propounded for ad- mission to the church.
1815. Feb. 2, Moses Hill admitted to the church from Gardner, Mass. David Reed chosen deacon.
1815. Apr. 13, Lucy, wife of Moses Hill, admitted to the church from Peru, Vt.
1815. Aug. 6, Delegate chosen to assist in dismission of Rev. Clark Brown from the church in Swanzey.
1818. July 1, Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the Ordination of Rev. Zedekiah S. Barstow over the church in Keene.
1818. Dec. 20, Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the Installation ser- vices of Rev. Broughton White in Washington.
Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the Ordination of Rev. Joshua Chand- ler in Swanzey.
1819. Nov. 14, Ichabod Crane and wife propounded for admission to the church.
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1820. Oct. 8, Voted that in the future Communions should be in regular border the first Sabbath in every other month, beginning with the first Sab- bath in January.
1820. Dec. 31, 1821. Jan. 4, 1821. May 4, Sept. 16, 21, 1822. Aug. 30, Abijah Benton suspended from the church, and restored to membership.
1821. Sept. 16, Calvin Allen Sr. propounded for admission to the church.
1823. Apr. 6, Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the installation exer- cises of Rev. J. Walker in Chesterfield.
1825. Dec. 25, Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the ordination services of Rev. Thomas Sullivan in Keene.
1826. May 5, Ichabod Ballou chosen deacon in place of Dea. Field.
1831. Sept. 4, Hannah Holbrook and Mary Harvey request dismission to the church in Alstead. Request to be further considered.
1833. Apr. 11, Ichabod Ballou dismissed from office of Deacon, and sus- pended from the church for six months.
1836. Oct. 9, Pastor and delegate chosen to attend the ordination services of Rev. Abiel Abbott Livermore in Keene.
This closes the church records kept by Rev. Perley Howe.
ADMISSIONS INTO THE CHURCH BETWEEN 1796 AND 1837.
PERLEY HOWE, PASTOR.
1796. Jan. 24, Eli Dart, Joanna, his wife, and Anna Dart. Apr. 7, Zeruiah Howe, wife of Rev. Perley Howe, from Marlborough, Mass. July 10, Ruth, wife of Benj. Carpenter; Joanna, wife of Ebenezer Gilbert.
1797. Aug. 31, Josiah Hendee from Walpole. Sept. 18, Daniel Smith and Nabby, his wife.
1798. Apr. 12, John Brockway. July 5, Polly, wife of Eldad Skinner, from Bolton, Conn.
1799. Mar. 3, John Norris and Joanna, his wife. Oct. 13, Arethusa, wife of Thomas Smith, Jr.
1802. July 1, Joanna, wife of Joshua Fuller.
1803. Apr. 10, Ebenezer Bill and wife. Aug. 14, Hannah, wife of Benjamin Smith.
1804. Aug. 31, Moses Field and Polly, his wife. Sept. 2, Widow Sarah Dart, Abigail Wheelock.
1808. July 10, Abijah Benton; Sybil wife of Daniel Smith.
1810. June 3, Silas Perry and wife from Westminster, Mass.
1811. Jan. 20, Widow Susannah Bond.
1812. June 4, Roxana Harvey, wife of Jonathan; Sally Martin.
1814. Apr. 14, Joseph Holmes from Brimfield, Mass. May 22, Salmon Bellows from Walpole. June 5, John McCurdy; Rachel, wife Phinehas Allen; Anna, wife of Elijah Norris; Martha, wife of Jonas Pollard; Nancy, wife of Samuel Robinson; Eunice Allen; Betsy Robinson. July 10, David Reed; Hannah Hawes. Sept. 4, Susanna, wife of Allen Butler. Dec. 4, Sarah, wife of Peter Joslin.
1815. Jan. 1, Abigail, wife of Edmund Wetherbee. Feb. 2, Moses Hill from Gardner, Mass. Feb. 12, Isaac Field and his wife. Apr. 13, Lucy, wife of Moses Hill from Peru, Vt.
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1816. July 11, Polly, wife of Jesse Streeter from Westmoreland. Dec. 1,
Asahel Farnsworth from Keene.
1817. Sept. 4, Mrs. Lucinda Wilcox from Marlboro.
1819. Nov. 24, Ichabod Crane and Fanny, his wife.
1821. Mar. 11, Philip Monroe and Betsey his wife. Sept. 2, Moses Emery. Nov. 2, Calvin Allen.
1822. Mar. 3, Mrs. Elizabeth Harvey, wife of Asahel, from Keene.
1824. Nov. 7, Phoebe Howe.
1825. July 3, John Haile and Eunice from Putney, Vt. Nov. 6, Ichabod Bal- lou from Westmoreland.
1826. Jan. 1, Mrs. Persis Harvey, wife of Jonathan, Jr. Mar. 5, Mrs. Pru- dence Hayward, wife of Nathan. Mar. 19, Sarah March. July 2, Mrs. Mary May.
1830. Jan. 3, Elijah Norris; Mrs. Hannah Holbrook. Sept. 2, Mary Harvey; Elizabeth Stevens Joslin.
1831. July 3, Betsey Wheelock. Sept. 4, Mary, wife of Jonathan Robinson, Esq .; Abigail, wife of Silas Whitcomb; Elmina, wife of Cyrus Bemis; Eliphalet Dart and wife.
1836. July 3, Samuel B. Fisher.
DISMISSIONS FROM THE CHURCH
1786. July 9, Thomas Dart to church in Gilsum.
1795. Aug. 9, Eunice Ellis, formerly Weare, to Gilsum.
1797. Nov. 9, William Russell to Fryburg, Me.
1800. Jan. 26, Phebe Still, formerly Wade, to Kingston.
1805. Apr. 14, Joanna, wife of Ebenezer Gilbert, to Walpole.
1810. Dec. 30, Lemuel Holmes & wife to whatever church they may associate.
1812. Feb. 16, Josiah Hendee to Hampton.
1820. Feb. 13, Salmon Bellows to Langdon.
1829. Aug. 11, Susanna Bond to Baptist Church in Brookline, Mass.
1833. Nov. 1, Lucy Abbott to Keene.
1823. Jan. 19, John McCurdy, now living in Concord, Vt., a letter to any church he may choose. Feb. 2, Hannah Hawes to the church in Sher- burne, Mass.
BAPTISMS IN THE OLD CHURCH IN SURRY
1769. Apr. 12, Chloe Spencer dau of Joseph. July 12, Gaylord Wilcox son of Obadiah, Esq. Elias Hayward, son of Peter. Sept. 28, Lucinda Dart, dau of Joshua & Deborah.
1771. July 23, Bethuel Barron, son of William. Salla Raves. Aug. 20, Sybil Hayward, dau of Peter. Sept. 22, Asahel, Lucy, Luna and Thomas, children of Thomas & Grace Harvey.
1772. Mar. 22, Pamelia Dart, dau of Joshua, Cynthia Dart, dau of Eliphalet and Lucinda Field, dau of Moses D. June 21, Eunice Dart, dau of Nathaniel. Aug. 30, Thankful Smith, dau of Thomas. Oct. 28, Sam- uel Smith, son of Samuel. Nov. 15, Jonathan Harvey, son of Thomas.
1773. Apr. 11, Bethia Barron, dau of William, Anna Still, dau of John and Deborah Dart, dau of Nathaniel.
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1774. Mar. 30, Sarah Field, dau of Moses D. and Patience. Oct. 3, Daniel Dart, son of Joshua & Deborah; Jonathan Smith, son of Samuel & Deborah.
1775. Jan. 22, Charles Rice and his sons, Reuben and Timothy.
1776. Nov. 3, Lydia Wilcox, dau of Obadiah; Ichabod Smith, son of Thomas; Erastus Benton, son of Abijah; Zenas Field, son of Moses D .; Justus Smith, son of Samuel.
1777. Jan., Jonathan Smith Skinner, son of Abner; Jerusha Field, dau of Moses D .; Orena Dart, dau of Timothy, she is also called Irena. . Dec. 25, Cyrus Hayward, son of William & Sarah; Obed Dart, son of Eli- phalet & Anna; Roxalana Smith, dau of Thomas & Elizabeth and Re- becca Benton dau of Abijah & Rebecca.
1780. Apr. 23, Mary Russell, dau of William. Sept. 7, Alpheus Smith, son of Samuel.
1781. Jan. 7, Silas Harvey, son of Thomas. Mar. 18, Eunice Field, dau of Moses D., and Huldah Hayward, dau of Nathan. Apr. 15, Sarah Dort, dau of Thomas, Jr. May 3, Ruhannah Benton, dau of Abijah. May 13, Isaac Field, son of Moses D. Aug. 12, Elijah, Moses, Betsey and Rebecca Ware, children of Moses; Betsey Dart, dau of Roger. Dec. 16, Achsah Dart, dau of Eliphalet.
1782. Feb. 10, Jerusha Dart, dau of Thomas, Jr. May 26, Esther Holmes, dau of Lemuel, Lucinda Dart, dau of Roger. July 7, Deborah Smith, dau of Samuel. Aug. 18, Sarah Bates, dau of Ford. Sept. 15, Experi- ence Hayward, dau of Nathan. Feb. 3, Leonard Russell, son of Wil- liam. Nov. 10, John Darling, son of Rev. David.
1779. Oct. 24, Richard Skinner, son of Abner & Susanna, and Rhoda Benton, dau of Abijah & Rebecca.
1783. July 6, Jabez Crandell, son of Edward. Sept. 7, Hannah, James, Nathaniel, Malta and Daniel Packard (or Peekard), children of Sam- uel.
1784. July 26, Esther Darling, dau of David & Esther. Oct. 3, Joanna Dart, dau of Roger & Elizabeth.
1786. July 5, Samuel Bicknel Holmes, son of Lemuel & Abigail; Isaac Smith, son of Samuel & Deborah.
1787. July 25, Rhoda Field, dau of Moses D. & Patience; Sena Hayward, dau of Nathan & Sarah; Horace Hayward, son of Sylvanus & Olive and Elizabeth Bates, dau of Ford & Sarah.
1788. Rhoda Dart, dau of Timothy & Margaret.
1789. Sept. 13, Fanny Darling, dau of David & Esther.
At a meeting of the church Jan. 15, 1794 it was voted to put on the records the following names although it does not appear when and by whom they were baptised:
Eliphaz and Cyrus Field, sons of Moses D .; Asahel Dart, son of Eli- phalet; Joanna Skinner, dau of Abner; Mary, Lovisa, Eunice, Prudence and Lucina Wilcox, daughters of Obadiah.
1795. Aug. 9, Nathan Hayward, son of Lieut. Nathan. Baptisims performed by Rev. Perley Howe:
1796. Jan. 24, Eliphalet, John and Elihu Dart, sons of Eli & Joanna. May 22, Ralston and Hannah Ballock, children of William & Jenny; Luther and Cynthe Monroe, children of Jonas & Cynthia. July 10, Lucinda,
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Sarah, Arad, Ira, Asa and Joanna Gilbert, children of Ebenezer & Joanna; Alfred, Benjamin and Sally Carpenter, children of Benjamin & Ruth. Aug. 28, Joanna Dort, dau of Eli & Joanna; Sybil Hayward. Oct. 9, Betsey and Jinney Gilmore McCurdy, dau's of James & Mar- garet.
1797. Aug. 31, Amasa Hendee, son of Josiah. Oct. 27, David Ballock, son of William & Jenny.
1798. May 6, Cyrus Gilbert, son of Ebenezer & Joanna. July 1, Thankful Dort, dau of Eli & Joanna. Aug. 26, Lynde McCurdy, son of James & Margaret. Sept. 2, Abijah Benton, son of Abijah & Rebecca; Phebe Howe, dau of Rev. Perley & Zeruiah. Sept. 18, Nabby Smith, dau of Daniel & Nabby. Also, Charlotte, Daniel, James and Thankful Smith, children of Daniel & Nabby.
Note. When Nabby, the infant child of Mr. Smith was baptised, the other children were at Marlow, but being sent for they arrived in the evening and were then baptised for the comfort of the dying mother.
1799. Mar. 3, John Norris, son of John & Joanna. Sept. 15, Asahel Skinner, son of Eldad & Polly. Oct. 13, Willard, Arathusa, Rhoda Roxalana and Prudence Smith, children of Thomas, Jr. & Arathusa.
1800. July 13, Huldah Gilbert, dau of Ebenezer & Joanna. Sept. 21, Azubah Dort, dau of Eli & Joanna.
1801. Mar. 8, Eliza Howe, dau of Rev. Perley & Zeruiah. June 7, Harry Norris, son of John & Joanna. June 14, Nabby Ann Smith, dau of Daniel & Sybil.
1802. May 16, Benjamin Skinner, son of Eldad & Polly. Nov. 7, Mina (or Mima) Dort, dau of Eli & Joanna.
1803. May 22, Seth Carpenter, son of Benjamin & Ruth. June 19, Tirzah Skinner, dau of Eldad & Polly. July 3, Charlotte Gilbert, dau of Eben- ezer & Joanna. Aug. 14, Sarepta Smith, dau of Daniel & Sybil.
1804. May 13, Obed Dort, son of Eli & Joanna. Aug. 31, Patience, Amos, Esther, Rispah and Jerusha Field, children of Moses & Polly. Sept. 2, Nancy Wheelock, dau of Abigail. Dec. 2, Lyman Norris, son of John & Joanna.
1807. June 7, Jor ma Norris, dau of John & Joanna.
1808. June 5, Jonathan Howard Smith, son of Daniel & Sybil.
1810. Jan. 28, Alvira Fuller, dau of Capt. David & Orinda. Mar. 25, William Bond, son or Capt. Charles; Elias Smith, son of Daniel. July 1, Sarah, Milton and Louisa Perry, children of Silas & Catherine.
1814. June 5, Abigail Ann Robinson, dau of Samuel & Nancy. June 26, Polly, Sophronia, Philo and Davenport Norris, children of Elijah & Anna. Aug. 4, Arvilla Maria Harvey, dau of Jonathan, Sr. & Rox- ana. Sept. 1, Sally, Lova, Roxa, George and Lucius Allen, children of Phinehas & Rachel. Dec. 4, Luke, George and Caroline Joslin, chil- dren of Peter & Sarah; Elizabeth Maria Robinson, dau of Samuel & Nancy.
1815. Jan. 30, Sally, Elizabeth, John Jr., Samuel, Thomas, Nancy, Richard and Lynde McCurdy, children of John; Edmund, Moses Wright, Abi- gail and Ambrose Wetherbee, children of Edmund & Abigail. Feb. 12,
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1816.
Lucina Maria and Prescott Perley Field, children of Isaac & Dorothy. Apr. 7, Henry Willard Smith, son of Willard & Betsey. June 2, Nancy Harvey, dau of Jonathan, Sr. & Roxana. July 11, George Phinehas Wetherbee, son of Edmund & Abigail.
1817. Sept. 1, Stephen Smith, son of widow Sybil.
1818. Emily Edna Robinson, dau of Samuel & Nancy; Mary Elizabeth Smith, dau of Willard & Betsey. Oct. 11, Betsey Maria Chapin, dau of David & Betsey.
1819. July 18, Louisa Jane Field, dau of Isaac & Dolly (Dorothy).
1820. Sept. 3, Susan Jennett Robinson, dau of Samuel & Nancy.
1821. July 1, Fanny Hall Harvey, dau of Asahel & Elizabeth. Sept. 2, Wil- liam Winchester and Moses Webster Emery, children of Moses & Cyn- thia.
1823. July 6, Nancy Robinson, dau of Samuel & Nancy; Fanny Watts Crane, dau of Joshua & Rebecca.
1826. Jan. 1, Sophronia Almeda Harvey, dau of Jonathan, Jr. & Persis. May 7, Nathan Gardner Hayward, son of Nathan & Prudence. July 30, Jane, John Thomas and Samuel Hunt May, children of widow Mary. Aug. 20, Eunice, Nancy and Harvey Ballou, children of Dea. Ichabod & Eunice.
1827. Oct. 7, Lucia Maria Hayward, dau of Nathan & Prudence.
1828. Sept. 7, Samuel Hills Robinson, son of Samuel & Nancy; Sarah and Mary Hills, daughters of Benjamin & Bordicea.
1829. July 5, George Kimball Harvey, son of Jonathan, Jr., & Eliza. Sept. 13, Sarah Barnes and Eliza Howe Petts, children of Dr. John & Phebe. 1830. Sept. 5, Francis Baxter Harvey, son of widow Mary.
1831. July. 3, James Howe Harvey, son of Jonathan, Jr. & Eliza. Sept. 4, Sarah Whitcomb, dau of Silas & Abigail; Cyrus Henry and Elmina Jane Bemis, children of Cyrus & Elmina; William and Obed Gilman Dort, children of Eliphalet & Lois.
1832. Sept. 16, Lydia Eliza Daggett, dau of Otis.
1833. July 7, Mary Elizabeth Dort, dau of Eliphalet & Lois; Persis Eliza Harvey, dau of Jonathan, Jr. & Eliza.
1835. July 2, Mary Isadore Robinson, dau of Capt. Samuel & Nancy.
1836. May 1, Martha Jane Daggett, dau of Otis; Sarah Barnes Harvey, dau of Jonathan, Jr. & Eliza.
THE MINISTER'S TAX
The men who emigrated to this country to escape religious persecution in- corporated their own religious views into their laws; when the laws of New Hampshire were enacted, no one objected to the plan of supporting the gos- pel by tax; the services of the Christian religion were expected to be main- tained and supported in the same manner as civil offices. But the descend- ants of those emigrants became dissatisfied with the law, and there was dis- cord, trouble and turmoil in nearly all the New England towns for years. We early find it in this town:
Jan. 21, 1773 voted "to abate all the rates that have been made or voted on Job Gleson or ever Shall be and that wee will never rate Sd
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Gleson for the futer towarde building or repairin or Sweeping Sd meeting house or Seetling or hiring or maintaining of ministers So long as he continues to be of the baptist perswation and that wee will refund back to the Sd Gleson the Sum of £1-18-8 to be improved toward supporting a School in Sd town."
This was the first of many "protests" that were made by various people in town, who were not of the same "persuasion" as the minister.
Aug. 27, 1804 it was voted to re-pay the following who had been taxed for the support of Mr. Howe: Abel Allen, Abel Allen Jr., Benjamin Merrifield, J. Cheever Fowler, John Marvin, Asa Hancock, Levi Hancock, Oliver Wright and Elizer Wright, all of whom stated they were of the Baptist faith. Also those of the Episcopalion faith: Capt. Simon Baxter, Capt. Thomas Harvey, John Stiles. These were also excused: Benjamin Carpenter, Amasa Carpen- ter and Asa Hancock Jr.
"Protests" similar to the one below are frequently found among the Surry town records :
"To the Selectmen of the Town of Surry.
This certifies that I belong to the free Religious Society in Walpole. I therefore Protest against paying taxes to Perley Howe or any other minister in Surry. I therefore forbid the said Selectmen or any other person making any Salary or Ministerial taxes against Me or my prop- erty forever from this time henceforth.
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