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David Hardy, Mrs. Sally Hardy.
Mrs. Moses Wilkins, Joanna Cummings, Sarah Barker,
Eveline P. Boyd, Harriett Blanchard, Sarah Cram, Reuben Robinson,
Jane Sweetser, Mrs. Lydia Hills,
George G. Hutchinson, Phebe Hutchinson, Azubah Clark, Mrs. Samuel Pratt, Samuel W. Abbott,
Harriet Vose, Ruth Tenney. Isaac Buswell, Mrs. Julianna Vose,
Louisa Fletcher, Enoch Sawyer,
Mrs. Thomas Nesmith, Nancy Steel,
1832.
Nancy Clark, Elizabeth Whiton,
1833.
Mrs. Rachel Story, Mrs. Nancy Baldwin. 1834. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Jane Duncan,
1835.
Mrs. Alice Cross, Mrs. Silas Hardy.
1836.
Hannah Fletcher, Mrs. Almira Story, Relief Cram, Joanna Fletcher, Alice Carr, Mrs. Solomon Rhodes. 1837. Mrs. Samuel W. Abbott, Estimate R. E. Baldwin, James Wilder, Mrs. Betsey Wilder.
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Mrs. Mary Robinson, Mrs. David Paige, Hilenia C. Atherton,
Sally Ferson, Mary Morrison, Elizabeth Steel, George Todd,
1839. Mary Bryant, Widow Hardy, Hannah Buckminster.
Dimon Twiss,
1840. Mrs. Joseph Simonds,
Daniel Story,-chosen Deacon, Widow Lettice Spalding.
Declined.
Mrs. Harriet Twiss, Widow Naomi Robinson,
1841. Mrs. Nancy McKeen, Mrs. John Duncan,
1842.
John Smith,
Mary C. Duncan.
John Worthley,-Deacon, in Unity. Mrs. Polly Worthley, Alfred Dunlap,
1843. Mrs. John Dodge, John Chase, Joel Curtice.
Mrs. Boyd Hopkins,
1844. Widow Ann Cleaves.
Harriet Brown, Asa Bond, -- Deacon,
1845. Mrs. Sally Bond, Mrs. Ruth Whittemore, 1846.
Mrs. Maria McKeen.
1847.
Mrs. Isabella Vose.
Hannah Duncan,
1838. Seneca Cummings, - Mission- ary to China.
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1848.
Mrs. Achsah Wilson, Abigail Baldwin, Mrs. Jane Hills,
Mrs. Jane Carr, Mrs. Fanny W. Atwood, Phœbe Cummings.
1849.
John McIlvaine.
Jonathan E. Webster,
Mrs. Mary G. Danforth,
Mrs. Mehitable Twiss,
1851.
John Dodge,
Mrs. Margaret Wood,
John Peabody,
Mrs. Hannah Brackett,
Mrs. George Duncan,
John S. Parmenter,
Mrs. Helen A. Carr,
Solomon Buckminster,
Mrs. Nancy Worthley,
Noah C. Ferry,
Daniel Holt,
Orlando Webster,
Thomas Brown,
John Johnson,
Josiah Todd,
Mrs. Susan Steele,
Lynda Duncan,
Mrs. Eliza Muzzey,
Mrs. Thomas Brown,
Mary Wright,
Amos Dodge, Sr.,
Mary M. Draper,
Caleb Clark, Joseph Davis,
Sarah J. Tuttle,
Emeline Wallace,
Mrs. Betsey K. Buckminster.
Lucy J. Duncan, Abigail M. Duncan,
Josiah Kendall, Mrs. Josiah Kendall.
1852. Sarah Hardy, Moses Wilkins.
Martha J. Fletcher, Widow Jane Wells, Mrs. Thomas Thompson,
1850. Mrs. John W. Tenney, Mrs. Elmina McIlvaine,
Charles I. Wright, Henry D. Chapin,-chosen Deacon, declined.
James Steele, Asa Robinson,
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Miriam Worthley, John Kendall, Mrs. Christina Kendall,
Samuel Tuttle, Achsah Richardson,
Jeremiah Stickney, Jæl Wilson,
Charles Gates,
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gates,
Mary Clark,
Mrs. Vashti Pattee, Mrs. Lydia S. Griffin,
1856.
Mrs. Mehitable Dodge, Mrs. Daniel Cooledge, Hannah Clark, Mrs. Sarah A. Cleaves,
Mrs. Mary A. Stacy.
1857. Mrs. Clarinda H. Wyman.
Francis M. Shattuck, Deacon, Mrs. Elmira Shattuck, Morris Christie, M. D .. Giles Newton, Gilman H. Cleaves,
1858. Miles C. Barker, Luther Cleaves, Martha J. Cooledge, Samuel G. Newton.
1859. George C. Chapin.
1860. Achsah B. Preston, Abby Whiton.
Sarah J. Carr, Mrs. Hiram Eaton,
Abigail Coolidge, Sarah Coolidge, Caroline E. Duncan,
1853.
Mrs. Alfrada Kendall, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins, Mrs. Maria A. Wright.
1854. Mrs. Mary Foster, Mrs. Sarah J. Bates.
1855. Mrs. Polly Wilson.
Mrs. Rebecca Taylor,
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Geraldine S. Kennedy, Mary C. Whitmore, Lizzie S. Tenney, Mrs. Hiram Story,
Laura Shattuck, Charlotte Cleaves,
Pamelia J. Jackson, Lucy A. Tuttle, N. W. C. Jameson,
Mrs. Hannah E. Foster,
Mrs. Morris Christie,
Mrs. William N. Tuttle,
Mrs. A. R. C. Pike,
Prof. James E. Vose,
Jason K. Webster.
Enoch C. Paige, Deacon, Joshua B: Estey,
Harris B. Newman, Deacon,
Charles D. Sawyer,
John E. Hastings, Deacon,
Mrs. Elizabeth Burnham, Horace B. Tuttle,
Martha J. Shattuck, Mary E. Holt,
Mrs. Ann E. Drake.
Mrs. Nancy B. Nay, 6
1861.
Mrs. Roxanna Dustin, Hiram Story, . Mary M. Whitney.
1862.
Mary M. Dodge.
1863. Mrs. Mary J. Jameson, Mrs. Leander Smith.
1864.
Mrs. Mary Christie, Mrs. Aurelia Vose,
Mrs. Martha A. Sawyer,
Lizzie R. Robinson,
Hannah R. Cree, Charles H. Eaton, Emily M. Pike, Susan S. Carr, Mrs. Mary B. Newman, Sarah M. Carr.
1865.
Mrs. Mary J. Barker.
1866.
Mrs. Ira Cochran.
1867.
1868.
Mrs. Sarah Duncan,
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Benjamin R. Cree, Mrs. Betsey Duncan,
Mrs. Harriet E. Paige, Rosa L. Bullard.
Edward D. Putney, Deacon, Mrs. Abby M. Carr, Lucretia M. Robinson, Alma F. Shattuck, Jenny M. Ferry,
Mrs. Margaret J. Grace, Mrs. Lydia Fairfield, John E. Tenney,
1869. Mrs. Angeline Putney, - Ambrose Story, Mrs. Augusta Carr, Mrs. Lilla C. Cochrane,
Rev. W. R. Cochrane.
1870. Abbie Wilson, Abilene Conant, Mrs. Ruth E. Parmenter.
1871.
Clara L. Bass,
Lizzie J. Huntley,
Arthur L. Smith,
Mrs. Rispah Huntington,
James C. Richardson,
Mrs. J. C. Richardson, Levi M. Curtis, Otis Pike, Willie J. Newman,
Willie B. Weeks,
George H. Hutchinson,
John L. Bullard,
Edwin T. Worthley,
Mary L. Newman, Laura Case,
Helen F. Hart,
James C. Hopkins, Horace Ferry, George C. Wilson,
Clara E. Whitney,
Almus T. Rogers,
Fred. C. Parmenter,
Henry A. Rogers,
Anna Belle Jameson,
Charles I. Hutchinson,
Myra McIlvin,
Ruth A. Fairfield,
J. Newton Wilkins, Mrs. Josie Clement,
Mrs. Almira Story, Mrs. Wallace Story,
James W. Perkins,
Mrs. J. W. Perkins,
Mrs. Roxey Swett, Mrs. M. A. Conn, Mrs. Abbey Butterfield, Mrs. Eliza G. Clement, Helen A. Newman, Kate Dodge,
Carrie E. Jameson,
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Abbey Cooledge, Ella Pike, Kate Preston, Lucien W. Putney,
John A. Bryer, Mrs. Deemie E. Bryer,
George H. Rogers,
John D. Hutchinson,
Clarrie Pike,
Mrs. Sara Perry,
Mrs. Eliza M. Paige,
Mrs. Sarah K. Hills,
Kate J. Presby, Sina Carr,
Mrs. Mary N. Vose,
William S. Foster, William S. Hutchinson,
George F. Perry,
Louisa E. Richardson,
George W. Shaw,
Chandler B. Boutwell, Celia Carr, Lewis Green,
John B. Perkins, Martin Swett,
Lizzie J. Stacy,
Florence I. Newton, Mary E. Conn, Martha E. Conn, Mrs. Morris Holman, Clark Hopkins,
Mrs. Martha J. Chapin, Sarah A. Wright, Mrs. Harriet J. Wood,
1872. William R. Carr, Mrs Jane B. White, John G. Flint, Mrs. Marietta Wilkins,
Mary R. Atwood, J. Grosvenor Wilkins, Mrs. Mary E. Wilkins, Mark Wilkins.
1873.
Mrs. Mary F. Bryer,
Mrs. Lucy A. Curtis,
James Wood, Mrs. James Wood,
Mrs. Eliza A. Conant,
1874.
Charles F. Holt,
Mrs. Emeline W. Holt,
Mrs. Augusta Collier,
Ida L. McIlvin,
Mrs. Asenath Green.
1875.
Lucy A. Carr,
D. Parker Bryer, Rev. Morris Holman, Sadie M. Holman, Lynda E. Hutchinson, Mrs. Betsey H. Twiss. Mrs. Lucinda Wilkins.
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1876.
Hiram Griffin, Mrs. Fannie B. Buckminster, Mary E. Newton, Clara A. Conn, Nathan C. Jameson, Mrs. Idabel B. Jameson, Samuel Gove,
Mrs. Harriett N. Gove,
Mrs. Granville Duncan, Cummings E. Hills, Mrs. C. E. Hills, Mrs. Eben Bass, L. Helen Kimball, Mary A. McIlvin,
Willis A. Barker, Abi L. McIlvin, Josie N. Whitney,
Jennie F. Senter,
Junia E. Barker,
John F. Wilson, Charles H. Griffin, Joshua C. Atwood,
David W. Boutelle, William N. Conn,
George H. Wilkins, Mary A. Cochrane, George F. Gove, Edward A. Cummings,
George P. Little, Helen M. Curtis, Mary F. Case, Mrs. Louisa A. Barrett, Mrs. Almeda M. Little, Mary A. Jameson, Mrs. Nancy Jameson,
Levi Barrett, Willie N. Swett, Albert E. Whiteley,
Charles H. Chapin, Henry M. Barker,
Elijah Kimball, Mrs. Carolina S. Kimball,
Eliza A. Kimball,
Mrs. Edward Whiteley,
Mary E. Whitely,
Nellie M. Whiteley,
Nathaniel B. Herrick, Mrs. Elvira Herrick, Margaret J. Wood,
Mrs. Elizabeth Atwood,
Mrs. Pamelia M. Barker, Mrs. John Emery.
1877. Nellie E. Barrett, Frank Clement, Mrs. Emily B. Clement.
Members of the Session of the Presbyterian Church, Antrim.
No. Name.
Year of Choice.
Year of Death.
I. James Aiken,
1788,
1817.
2.
Isaac Cochran, 1788,
1825.
3.
Jonathan Nesmith, 1788, 1845.
4. John Duncan,
1 800,
1823.
5.
John Alexander,
1800,
1812.
6.
James Nesmith,
1800,
1845.
7.
Arthur Nesmith,
1800,
1823.
8.
Sutheric Weston,
1800,
1831.
9. Daniel Nichols,
1800,
1812.
IO. Barachias Holt,
1800,
1846.
Joseph Boyd,
1 800,
ISI6.
12. James Carr,
1800,
1834.
13. Samuel Vose,
1816,
1830.
14. Tristram Sawyer,
1816,
1859.
15.
Josiah Duncan, 1816,
1833.
16. John Taylor, 1816,
not known.
17.
Epps Burnham,
1816,
IS47. 1865.
19. Amos Parmenter,
1825,
1865.
20.
Robert Steel, 1825,
1867.
21. Robert Duncan, 1825,
1859.
22. William Little, 1831,
1869.
23. Joel Wilkins, 1831,
1865.
24. Samuel Fletcher, 1835,
1845.
25. James Hopkins, 1835,
1838.
26 Samuel Wood, 1852,
1876.
27. Asa Bond,
1852,
1865.
28. Imla Wright,
1860.
29. James Boyd, 1860.
30 Thomas Thompson,
1860.
3.1. Francis M. Shattuck, 1866,
32. Harris B. Newman, I870,
1876. 1876.
33. John E. Hastings, 1870.
34. Edward D. Putney,
1870.
35- Enoch C. Paige, 1876.
18. John Bèll,
1825,
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
From the first settlement of the town, the cate- chism was carefully taught in family and school. As early as 1810, Mr Whiton gave out slips of pa- per to all the people, with questions written on them to be answered with Bible texts. Some of these are now extant. Mr. Whiton held for some years this kind of a Sunday School in the original center school house, then standing just below the old church on the hill. A few of those scholars are now living and well remember it. They came from all parts of this large town - almost always on foot -and met promptly at nine o'clock in the morning. Where would that interesting hour find some of us now ?
The first formal organization of a Sabbath School among us seems to have been in 1821. Dea. Robert Duncan, then a young man, was the first superintendent, and the district school teach- ers were the Sabbath School teachers, each teacher probably taking those scholars which belonged to her own district. This school for some time em- braced only the younger portion of the congrega-
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tion. Some of the older ones doubted the expedi- ency of it; some thought it was of no account any way and would soon die out; some thought it would do to keep the children still, so the older people left it to occupy the meeting house, and they went over to Mr. Christie's hotel to have the Bible class. Mr. Whiton would stay long enough to offer prayer for the little ones and then follow the mature folks over to the tavern.
Among those who were active in that first Sab- bath School may be mentioned Deacon Robert Duncan, Dea. Robert Steel, the Nesmith girls, "Long Mary" and "Short Mary," Mary Worthley, Betsey McIlvaine, James Hopkins, Jr., and some others. They had no singing to speak of for many years, the Sabbath School library was also un- known to them then. No doubt their school would seem intolerably dull to those who have all the appliances and entertainments of the present day, but they knew a great deal more about God's truth than children do now.
The superintendents of the school, so far as can be ascertained, were these : Robert Duncan, Rob- ert Steel, Imla Wright, Epps Burnham, James Hopkins, Jr., Samuel Fletcher, Benj. F. Wallace, James Boyd, Joel Wilkins, Asa Bond (1853), Rev. John H. Bates, Rev. Royal Parkinson, N. W. C. Jameson, James E. Vose, Francis M. Shattuck,
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Edward D. Putney, Dr. J. R. Kimball, James W. Perkins, Gilman H. Cleaves, and Dr. Morris Christie, (1877). Most of these have served sev- eral years, and faithful teachers have never been wanting. The school has a membership of more than two hundred.
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MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH,
JUNE 7, 1877.
Betsey McIlvaine,
Mrs Ruth Whittemore,
Mary Peabody,
Mrs. Jane Hills,
Rachel McMaster,
John Duncan,
Mrs. Sally Newton,
Mrs. Elmina McIlvaine,
James Boyd,
Henry D. Chapin,
Mrs. Lucinda Duncan,
Noah C. Ferry,
Minda Gregg,
Mary Wright,
Hannah Gregg,
Emeline Wallace,
Mary Worthley,
Lucy J. Duncan,
Thomas Flint,
Mrs. Margaret Wood,
Edmund Sawyer,
Mrs. Helen A. Carr,
Mrs. Anna Fletcher,
Mrs. Nancy Worthley,
David Hills,
Thomas Brown,
Rodney Sawyer,
Josiah D. Todd,
Enoch Sawyer,
Lynda Duncan,
Nancy Steel,
Mrs. Josiah Kendall,
Thomas Thompson,
Mrs. Thomas Thompson,
Imla Wright,
Miriam Worthley,
Eveline P. Boyd.
Mrs. Mary Foster,
Alice Carr,
Mary Clark, Mrs Lydia S. Griffin,
George G. Hutchinson,
Mrs. Mary Robinson,
Mrs. Mehitable Dodge,
Daniel Story,
Mrs. Daniel Cooledge,
Mrs Mary A. Stacy,
Mrs. Elmira Shattuck, Morris Christie,
Gilman H. Cleaves,
Martha J. Cooledge,
Mrs. John Duncan,
Mary C. Duncan,
John Worthley,
Mrs. John Dodge, Mrs. Sally Bond,
Mrs. Jane Carr, John McIlvaine,
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Samuel G. Newton, Mrs. Hiram Eaton, Abigail Cooledge,
Caroline E. Duncan,
Mrs. Achsah B. Preston, Mrs. Mary P. Cooledge,
Mary C. Whittemore,
Lizzie S. Tenney, Mrs. Roxanna Dustin,
Mary M. Whitney,
Laura Shattuck,
Charlotte Cleaves,
Mrs. Pamelia J. Jackson,
Nathan W. C. Jameson,
Mrs. Mary J. Jameson,
Mrs. Leander Smith,
Mrs. Hannah E. Foster,
Mrs. Morris Christie,
Mrs. William N. Tuttle,
Mrs. A. R. C. Pike,
Enoch C. Paige,
Charles D. Sawyer,
John E. Hastings,
Mrs. Mary Christie,
Mrs. Aurelia Vose,
Mrs. Martha A. Sawyer, Lizzie R. Robinson,
Hannah R. Cree,
Charles H. Eaton,
Emily M. Pike, Susan S. Carr,
Mrs. Mary B. Newman, Sarah M. Carr, Mrs. Elizabeth Burnham,
Horace B. Tuttle, Mrs. Mary J. Barker,
Martha J. Shattuck, Mary E. Holt, Mrs. Ann E. Drake,
Mrs. Nancy B. Nay,
Mrs. Harriet E. Paige,
Rosa L. Bullard, Edward D. Putney, Mrs. Abby W. Carr,
Lucretia M. Robinson, Alma F. Shattuck,
Jennie M. Ferry, Mrs. Angeline Putney,
Mrs. Augusta Carr,
Mrs. Lilla C. Cochrane, Warren R. Cochrane,
Mrs. Margaret J. Grace,
Mrs. Lydia Fairfield,
John E. Tenney, Abbie Wilson,
Abilene Conant,
Mrs. Ruth E. Parmenter,
Mrs. Wallace Story, James W. Perkins, Mrs. J. W. Perkins, James C. Richardson, Mrs. J. C. Richardson, Levi M. Curtis, Otis Pike, Willie J. Newman, Henry Hutchinson, John L. Bullard, Edwin T. Worthley, James C. Hopkins, Horace Ferry,
George C. Wilson, Fred C. Parmenter,
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Myra McIlvaine, Abby Cooledge, Ella Pike, Kate Preston, Lucien W. Putney.
Clara L. Bass, Lizzie J Huntley, Arthur L. Smith,
Mrs. Abby Butterfield,
Mrs. Eliza G. Clement, Helen A. Newman,
Kate Dodge,
Caroline E. Jameson,
Mary L. Newman,
Laura Case,
Helen F. Hart,
Clara E. Whitney,
Almus T. Rogers,
Henry A. Rogers,
Charles Hutchinson, J. Newton Wilkins, Mrs. Josie Clement,
Mrs. Martha J. Chapin,
George W. Shaw,
Chandler B. Boutwell, Celia Carr,
Lewis Green,
Mrs. Asenath Green,
Charles F. Holt,
Mrs. Emeline W. Holt,
Mrs. Augusta Collier, John B. Perkins, Martin Swett, Lizzie J. Stacy, Florence L. Newton, Mary E. Conn,
Mrs. Morris Holman, Clark Hopkins, Lucy A. Carr, D. Parker Bryer, Morris Holman,
Sadie M. Holman,
Lynda E. Hutchinson, Mrs. Betsey H. Twiss,
Mrs. Lucinda Wilkins, Hiram Griffin, Mrs. Fannie B. Buckminster,
Sarah A. Wright, John A. Bryer,
Mrs. Deemie E. Bryer,
John D. Hutchinson,
Clarrie Pike, Mrs. Sara Perry,
Mrs. Eliza M. Paige,
Mrs. Sarah K. Hills,
William R. Carr,
John G. Flint, Mrs. Marietta Wilkins, Mary R. Atwood,
J. Grosvenor Wilkins,
Mrs. Mary E. Wilkins, Kate J. Presby, Sina Carr, William S. Hutchinson,
Mrs. Mary F. Bryer, Mrs. Lucy A. Curtis. James Wood,
Mrs. James Wood,
Mrs. Eliza A. Conant,
George F. Perry, Louisa E. Richardson, Mary E. Newton,
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Clara A. Conn, Nathan C. Jameson, Mrs. Idabel B. Jameson, Samuel Gove,
Mrs. Harriet N. Gove,
Mrs. Granville Duncan,
Albert E. Whiteley,
Cummings E. Hills,
Henry M. Barker,
Mrs. C. E. Hills,
Elijah Kimball,
Mrs. Eben Bass,
Mrs. Caroline S. Kimball,
Eliza A. Kimball,
Mrs. Edward Whiteley,
Willis A. Barker,
Mary E. Whiteley,
Abi L. McIlvaine,
Nellie M. Whiteley,
Josie N. Whitney,
Nathaniel B. Herrick,
Jennie F. Senter,
Mrs. Elvira Herrick,
Junia E. Barker, John F. Wilson,
Mrs. Elizabeth Atwood,
Charles H. Griffin,
Mrs. Pamelia M. Barker,
Joshua C. Atwood,
Mrs. John Emery,
David W. Boutelle,
George H. Wilkins,
William M. Conn,
Mary A. Cochrane, George F. Gove,
Helen M. Curtis,
Edward A. Cummings,
Mary F. Case,
Nellie E. Barrett,
Mrs. Louisa A. Barrett,
Frank Clement,
Mrs. Almeda M. Little,
Mrs. Emily B. Clement.
Two hundred and fifty-four.
PRESENT OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.
PASTOR : REV. WARREN R. COCHRANE.
DEACONS :
James Boyd, Imla Wright, Thomas Thompson,
John E. Hastings, Edward D. Putney, Enoch C. Paige.
June 7, 1877.
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Mary A. Jameson,
Mrs. Nancy J. Jameson, Levi Barrett, Willie N. Swett,
Charles H. Chapin,
L. Helen Kimball, Mary A. McIlvaine,
Margaret J. Wood,
George P. Little,
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