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CITIZENS SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. . CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 5th, 1881. Rev: R. S. Green :
MY DEAR SIR :- Would you be kind enough to insert in THE RECORD, an inquiry as to the parentage of Andrew Wade, who married Martha Riggs at Morristown, Dec. 4th, 1765, and also the place where Andrew's "parents resided before their removal to Mor- ristown? : I would like very much to cor- respond with any one who is interested in, and can throw any light upon, the Wade Family prior to Andrew's time.
Very truly yours,; J. H. WADE, JR.
Having finished the list of Dr. Johnes' marriages, we give this month two pages, 117 and 118, of Baptisms,
ERRATA. ...
Page 107, 2nd column, zist line from bot- tom, read 26th instead of 20th.
Page 102, 1788, May 18, Coonrad instead of Coonrah.
Page 102. 1788, July 28, Tennery instead of Tenney. . AZ
The order of Baptisms: for 1768-May, June, July, May, June-is copied as found on the original record ....
( Continued from page 107.)' HISTORICAL SERMON,
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BY THE ME til REV. DAVID IRVING, D.D., ..
The way now being open for their or- ganization, and being within the bounds of the Presbytery of New York, which was formed the same year by the union of the Presbyteries of Long Island and East Jer- sey, we have no doubt that in the fall of 1738,or the beginning of 1739, this church had a name and a place among the Presbyterian churches of the land. As Mr. Cleverly still sojourned in Morristown *- a name about this time given to the township, the county being laid out in 1738 and named Morris after the Gov., Lewis Morris, and which in- cluded the region now covered by Sussex and Warren-he no doubt officiated occa- sionally or regularly until 'a pastor was chosen. For a period of four years, that is from the time the Synodical Committee au- thorized the organization of a church until Aug.13, 1742, we can find no trace of the state of this Society in any of its ecclesiastical movements. At that time appeared the Rev. Timothy Johnes, a licentiate, who supplied the pulpit for six Sabbaths, and whose min- istrations were so satisfactory that the con- gregation'urged him to remain and become their pastor. To this he assented, brought his family, consisting of his wife and two children, and was ordained and installed by the New York Presbytery, Feb. 9, 1743.
Mr. Johnes was of Welsh descent and was born at Southampton, Long Island, May 24th, 1717, and graduated at Yale College in 1737. Mr. Webster in his history of the Presbyte- .
Rev. Jos. T. Tuttle, D, D., says ; " The first time I find Morristown is applied to this place is March 25, 1740, wben the county were divided into townships by the Court. . This is found in the oldest book of Records in the County Clerk's Office."
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rian church, says " of the period between his leaving college and going to Morristown we have seen no notice, except that, in that perilous time when some haply were found fighting against God. those who separated from the First Parish in New Haven wor- shipped in the house of Mr. Timothy "Johnes" "From this it would appear that he studied Theology at New Haven. He was no doubt licensed by the congregational body, and came to Morristown by means of the letter of Presbytery to the president of the college or by a subsequent request to the same. Tradition asserts that he labored for a short period on Long Island in some of the vacant churches, With Mr. Johnes .this church assumes historic character, . : shape and lite, as from the date of his settle- , ment the church records begin, though for a time the entries of sessional business are meagre, yet they are sufficient to indicate the character of the church in its govern- ment and relations. Mr. Barnes in his manual of the church published in 1828, says "it is not known under what form of church government, whether congrega- tional or Presbyterian, the congregation was first organized-,as Ruling Elders are men- tiomed however as early as the year 1747, it is probable it was Presbyterian." But the history of the church as already detailed confirms its Presbyterian origin-the head- . ing of the church records, and the first bus- „,iness transacted by Mr. Johnes prove it. .. These are as follows ; " The affairs as deter- .mined by our session of the minister and :, elders.
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. . 1743. Was agreed that the minister's ex- . penses in the service of the churches should „be defrayed from church fund." The .. next entry gives the list of the elders-as , constituting the session with the minister (1747,) viz .: Joseph Prudden, Matthew Lum, .,John Lindsly, Joseph Coe and Jacob Ford, ; and in 1745 at the first meeting of the synod of New York we find among its members the names of Timothy Johnes, minister, and - Joseph Prudden, elder. Yet here we dis- ; cover that whilst the session transacted all .judicial business of which there is a full re- cord, no allusion is made in their meetings to the reception of persons to full com- ' munion until 1791 when we have the follow- ing decision : "The question was then put and three Synods. The church at Mend-
whether the elders shall not with the m isters or either of them be a committee examine all candidates for church memb ship which was unanimously agreed to from which it may be inferred that th were either examined by the pastor alg as in some Presbyterian churches-or th the examination was conducted before by the members of the churches-accordi to the opinion of Mr. Barnes. I prefer t former opinion because there is no hint trace that the congregation ever particip ed in this matter, and also from the head of the list of those thus received, which as follows, "The names and number the persons admitted to full communion myself, since my ordination with the ti of their admission." This same pract. prevailed in the First Church of Newark t 1790.
The strength of the church in numbers a wealth at its first organization cannot no be learned. Rev. Samuel L. Tuttle in history of the Madison Presbyterian chure another off-shoot of Hanover, a few yer later, says, " In or about 1740 a small ar very feeble church was organized and esta lished in Morristown." But it would see from the action of the Committee of Syog as well as from 'the whole course of pr cedure of this section of the church th they were able from the beginning to ,su port the gospel. There were 99 in full com munion when Mr. Johnes was installed pa tor, by no means "a very feeble church yet small in comparison with the. power has since attained, but by no means to ranked in those days among the feebl churches in the land. As the records the old Presbytery of New York are lost cannot tell who were present to take par in the ordination and installation services of the first pastor of this flock, but it was af that time composed of the following minis- ters and churches, Dickinson of Elizabeth Town, Pierson of Woodbridge, Aaron Bur of Newark, Nutman of Hanover, Hubbel of Westfield, Horton of Connecticut Farms, Pemberton of New York City, Wilmot of Jamaica, Leonard of Goshen, Pomeroy of Newtown, and F. Horton missionary among the Indians on Long Island, covering ter- ritory now occupied by eight Presbyterie
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ham, organized in 1735, received its first pas- for a few months after the induction of Mr. Jobnes. The only other church in this re- rion was that of Baskingridge, organized In 1733, and at that time supplied by its second pastor. This was however in an- other county and belonged to another Presbytery. It thus appears that our church was the second in the county that had a settled minister though the third in age. Hanover the mother, born in 1718, and Mendham in 1735.
Among those who welcomed their young pastor to their hearts and homes, and whose descendants are still found on the roll of this church were Prudden, Pierson, Free- man, Condit, Cutler, Mills, Stiles, Johnson and one of the first received into com- munion with the church was Elizabeth Johnes, wife of the pastor. But the parish of to-day is vastly different from the one that became the home of Timothy Johnes. The village if it might be so named was centred mainly in Water street. In or near it were found the store, the mill, the blacksmith's shop and forge, though Morris street might boast of an occasional hut, and perhaps two or three might be found amidst the clearings of the Green. The forest trees were stand- log where we now are and what is now the Park could boast of the giant oak, the chestnut and other noble specimens of growth, with which its present shade trees are not to be named. The woods around were visited by the panther and the bear, while wolves in great numbers answered each other from the neighboring hills. The sheep and cattle were brought into pens for the night. "Roads were scarcely known. The bridle path or Indian trail was all that conducted the occasional traveler to Mend- ham, who saw on his way thither a mill, a blacksmith's shop and two dwellings-in three separate clearings. There was scarcely a better path to Baskingridge. There were no postal routes, no newspa- pers and but few books to instruct and amuse .* Life was then a reality. In the
*In 1743 the year that Mr. Johnes was installed, Franklin advertised that as the post between Philadelphia and New York had gone once a fortnight that it would from' April 13 set out for New York on Thursdays at g o'clock in the after- noou till Christinas, and the southern post would be sent every fortnight during the summer. The first periodical published in New Jersey was at Woodbridge in 1758 called the New American Magazine.
new settlement every one had to be busy in order to procure such comforts and ne- cessaries as were required. Frugal habits and. simple manners distinguished their every day life ; and their domestic relations .. partook more of the patriarchal and less of the commercial, for worldly prosperity had not been sufficient to create that jealous dis- tinction of rank with which we are so often : charged as a community. Religion had a moulding influence upon the household, and which from dearth of news often formed the principal topic of converse between neigh-". bors. The Sabbath was rigidly kept; the church was regularly frequented and the minister was highly revered and loved. Into a parish bearing largely the type of New England and with which the new pas- tor was well acquainted-both on Long Island and Connecticut-did he enter, which he further moulded by his influence,' regulated by sound principles and which was blessed more than half of a century by his presence and instructions.
We can only conjecture as to the religious condition of the church at the commence- ment of his labors. The troubles and con- test preceding the organization were 'in no way congenial to a healthy growth of piety, and after the church was established it was without a settled minister for years-a state of things by no means favorable to the graces of the flock and to their steady' in- crease. Religion throughout the country was at low ebb. This deeply affected many of God's faithful servants and was a subject of lamentation in the church 'courts, but now better days had arrived. The minis- trations of the Tennents and Whitfield were attended with the most remarkable results ; a knowledge of which was wafted to the' place, and perhaps Mr. Johnes brought with him the spirit of the awakening which might have been deepened at his induction into the pastorate by those who greatly sympathized in that wonderful movement. At the first communion he was privileged to admit to sealing ordinances, Benjamin Hathaway, Samuel Bailey, John Perkis, Mary Perkis, Hannah Lindly and Elizabeth Johnes-an earnest of what God had in store for this people.
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(Continued from page 108.) MEMBERS.
[The third column on this page is the work of the RECORD. Information which will lead to the correction of any mistake, or the filling of any blank, will be thankfully re ceived .- ED.]
Names, ; vii
When Received.
When Dismissed or Died.
Jedidiah Gregory, i:
Rhoda Gregory (Jedidiah,)
Elizabeth Odell, . .
Elizabeth Lewis:(Abraham),
Dec. .4.
Loruhamah Wines, , Jan. .1, 1778. "Moved."
Jonathan Pierson ... Feb. I, Sept. 8, 1783, aet. 32.
Sarah Pierson (Jonathan), }.
Eunice Ford (Jonathan,)
Eleanor or Anna Stiles (Timo.)
Brister, negro,
July 3. 1
Silve, his wf., (bap. by Mr. Lewis),
Ruth Youngs, (James),
May 2, 1779.
Susanna Steward (Lewis), July .. 4,
Benjamin Halsey, Esq.,
Sept. 3, Feb. 19, 1788, aet. 66. " Moved."
Mary Hallock (Jonathan), Anna Ogden, widow,
Nov. 5.
Ebenezer Stiles,
May 6, 1781. Nov. 22, 1814, aet. 88.
Samuel Ludlum, Jr.,, .
Aug. 31,
Kezia, Bayles (Capt. Angus),
Sarah Wilkerson (James),
Sarah Conner (Michael), Sept. 18,"
"Moved."
1782."
"Moved.'
Jacob Symson, ..
Elizabeth Brown,
Abner Wade,
Ruth Tompkins,
Providence Godden,
Jeremiah Stone,
Benjamin Holloway,
Sept. 16, 1846, aet. 87.
· Silas Ayers,
Feb.
Abigail Byram,
David Dalglish,
Henry Lane,
Elizabeth Evolt,
Theophilus Hathaway, Sarah Bayles,
Moses Lindsly Irany Lindsly (Moses)
May 3.
John Garrigas,
Cornelius Locy, Jr.,
Stephen Turner,
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Elizabeth Arnold (Capt.) Mary Ayers (Silas),
Nancy Arnold,
Elizabeth Watcuk,
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1828 or 1830, aet. 75. Apr. 22, 1789, aet. 80. May 7, 1793, aet. 59. May 28, 1821, aet. 82. "Moved." Jan. 17, 1846, aet. 84. [1, 1822, aet. 73. " Excluded " May 22, 1796, died Aug, May 9, 1803, aet. 50. Oct. 30, 1819, aet. 64. " Moved,"
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Joseph Thornton,
MEMORABLE Jan. 4, 1782.
"Moved." Died May - 1819.
'Moved."
28, "Excluded Oct. 3, 1797, died Dec. 29, " Moved." [1826, aet. 77.
Nov, 18, 1815, aet. 82.
Oct. 1776. Jan. 7, 1783, aet. 53. Nov. 3, 1779, aet. 42.
"Moved."
March I, July 24, 1830, aet. 88 y. 4 m. and 20 d, June 18, May 10, 1778, aet. 27. 11
"Moved."
Jonathan Hallock,
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(Continued from page 109.) BAPTISMS.
1767.
Oct. 25. Jacob Ford & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
" David Woodruff & wf., son, I think ye name Asa.
Peter Norris & wf., ch. Nicolas. '
Nov. I. Moses Johnson & wf., ch. Seth. " " John Allen & wf., ch. Aaron.
Dec. 6, Malcolm McCourry & wf., ch. Phebe, born Oct. 18, 1767.
" Mattaniah Lyon & wf., ch. Harvey. 13. Henry Gardiner & wt., ch. Silas. ' 1768.
Jan. 24. Wilby Clark on wf.'s acc., ch. Anne.
Feb. 7. Ichabod Carmichael & wf., ch. Re- becca.
Mar. 9. Sam'l Stevens Johnes & wf., ch. bap. at his own house ; Phebe, born Dec. 26, 1767.
27. Eliphalet Clark on wf.'s acc., ch. Elizabeth.
Sam'l Ward on wf.'s acc., ch. Silas, born Oct. 19, 1767.
"W" a Nathaniel Condict & wt., ch. Hiram. Apr. 3. Joseph Lindsly & wf., ch. Squire. " 10. Robert Arnold & wf., ch. Hannah, born Dec. 24th, 1767. .
" Jonas Phillips & wf., ch. George.
Thomas Tuttle & wf., ch. Timothy. 17. Philip Hathaway & wf., ch. Han- nah.
May 1. Jedidiah Gregory & wf., ch. Lois.
" Ebenezer Condict & wf., ch. Phebe.
" Nathan Turner & wf., ch. Jacob.
" Robert Hains & wf., ch. Noah.
June II. David Ogden on wf.'s acc., ch. Sarah.
J'uly io. Doc. Sam. Tuthill & wf., ch. Han- nah.
" Peter Prudden & wf., ch. Joanna. « John Mitchel & wf., ch. Solomon, born April 15, 1768.
Jabish Bears & wf., ch. David.
Jonathan Wood on wf.'s acc., ch. Abraham.
July 24. Jonathan Ford' on wf.'s acc., ch. Charlotte.
" Sam'l Hains on wf.'s acc., ch. Ste- phen. Jedidiah Mills & wf .; ch. Abigail.
" James Shadwick on wf.'s acc., ch, Bethanah.
May 15. John Lyon on his own acc., ch. Sarah.
Lieu Ben. Hathaway & wf., ch. Isaac.
Gilbard Ludlum & wf., ch. Samuel.
Alexander Carmichael & wf., ch. Huldah.
June 5. David Gauden & wf., ch. David.
' Joshua Guering & wf., ch. Phebe.
" Gilbard Allen & wf., ch. Phebe.
" Joshua Whitehead & wf., ch. Jemima.
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Aug. 4, 1768, bap. 1,168, majority of females, IO.
Aug. 7. John Metonge & wf., ch. Peter Bruer.
« " Jacob Frase & wf., ch, Elizabeth.
13. Paul Fervor & wf., ch. Anna.
Hezekiah Stebbins on wf.'s acc., ·ch. Sarah.
21. Widow Anne Pierson, relict of Moses, ch. Kezia.
" 'Willm. Halbard & wf., ch. Joshua.
John Lose on wf.'s acc., ch. Mary. 28. Silas Howell & wf., ch. Hannah.
Sept. 11. James Wilkerson & Sarah his wf., ch. Willm. Burnet.
" Cornelius Woodruff & wf.,ch. John. Oct. 9. Dan'l Howard & wf., ch. Abner.
'" John Rogers on wf.'s acc,, ch. Hannah.
16. James Brookfield & wf., ch. Silas, born Sept. 16, 1768.
" 20. Benj. Lindsly & wf .; ch. Jane., born' Sept. 15, 1768. " James Miller & wf., ch. Samuel.
27. Daniel Carmichael & wf., ch. Daniel, born Sept. 14, 1768. Nov.13. Ephraim Burrel's wf. on her acc., ch. Phebe.
Dec. 14. John Pool & wf., ch. Ezra.
Dec. 25. Lieu. John Lindsly & wf.,ch. Henry.
" ChristopherWood & wf., ch. John, born Oct, 4, 1768.
1769.
Jan. 1. Ezek. Day & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
" 15. Nathan Turner & wf., ch. Lydia.
" 22. Phineas Fairchild & wf., ch. Char- lotte, born Oct. 10, 1768.
" Zenas Condict & wf., ch. Abigail. Feb. 19." David Woodruff & wf., ch. Demas.
" David Fairchild & wf., ch. Silas.
" Jerzel Turner & wf., ch. Daniel.
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Mar. 5. Jabish Condit & wf,, ch. Jonas,
" 19. Abraham Canfield & wf., ch. Abner.
" John Pierson & wf., ch. Ruth.
" John Hathaway & wf., ch. Gershom.
.. 25. Moses Munson & wf., ch. John.
" Seth Crowell, jun., & wf., ch. Mary.
Apr. 2. William Verguson & wf., ch. Eliza- beth.
" " Nathaniel Armstrong and wf., ch. Nathaniel.
" 23. Nathaniel Peck & wf., ch. Ruth. May 14. Benj. Pierson, jun. & wf., ch. Paul.
" 21. Robard McCalvey, twins on wf's acc., Sarah & Abigail.
" " Timo. Johnes & wf., negro child Juba, born March 30, 1769.
June 4. Sam Allwood & wf., ch. Jonas.
" 25. Moses Prudden & wf., ch. Elizabeth born May 17, 1769.
Daniel Tichenor & wf., ch. Jane. born May 4, 1769.
" " Jonathan Tichenor & wf., ch. Han- nah.
" 29. Joshua Winget & wf., ch. Huldah. July 16. Phil. Lindsly & wf,, ch. Sarah, born June 15, 1769.
" 23. Stephen Conkling & wf., ch. De- borah, born April 17, 1769.
" " Joseph Condict & wf., ch. Jeduthan, born April 28, 1769.
" ." Moses Lindsly & wf., ch. Elizabeth, born June 25, 1769.
July 30. Peter Hill & wf., ch. Abigail, born April 8, 1769.
'Aug. 6. Eleazar Lindsly & wf., ch. Eleazar, " " Stephen Norris & wf., ch. Phebe, born July 1, 1769.
" 13. Ichabod Carmichael & wf., ch. Anna, born June 30, 1769.
" 26. Dea. Matthias Burnet & wf., negro ch. Dol, born May, 1769.
Sept. 3. Elizabeth Easton, ch. Aaron Davis, born March 17, 1769.
" 24. Jonathan Hathaway & wf., ch. Phebe, born Aug. 18, 1769.
" " Onesimus Whitehead & wf., ch. Huldah, born July 30, 1769.
" " John Allen & wf., ch. Jehosheba, born Aug. 31, 1769.
Oct. 15. Malcom McCoury & wf., ch. Jane, born Sept. 8, 1769.
" 22. Eleazar Hathaway & wf., ch. Mary, born Sept. 12, 1769.
Oct. 29. Alexander Johnson, on wife's ac- count, ch. Timothy, born Aug. 20, 1769.
Dec. 17. Joseph Lindsley & wf., ch. Jemima, born Nov. 15, 1769.
1770.
Jan. 14. Moses Johnson & wf., ch. Ebenezar, born Nov. 14, 1769.
. Nathaniel Condict & wf., ch. Isaiah, born Nov. 26, 1769.
" 21. Junia Lindsly & wf., ch. Nehemiah, born Dec. 3, 1769.
Perkins Byram & wf., ch. Eliab, born Dec. 1, 1769.
Feb. II. Peter Condict & wf., ch. Edward, born Nov. 15, 1769.
" 25. John Mills & wf., ch. Silas, born Jan. 23, 1770.
Mar. 4. Joshua Guerin & wf., ch. Thomas, born Jan. 11, 1770.
" 25. Isaac Pierson & wf., ch. Eunice, born Feb. 10, 1770.
James Keen & wf., ch. Eunice, born Feb. 25, 1770.,
Silas Howell & wf., ch. Silas White, born Feb, 22., 1770.
April 1. Eliphalet Clark, on wife's account, ch. Elisha.
" .. Peter Norris & wf., ch. Aaron.
Ezekiel Brown & wf., ch. Sarah.
" 8. John Lyon, on his own account, ch. Isaac, born Feb. 24, 1770.
" Gilbard Allen & wf., ch. Silas, born Feb. 5, 1770.
Sam'l Ward, on wife's account, ch. Hannah, born Dec. 29, 1769.
" 22. Abraham Campfield & wife, ch. Phebe, born Jan. 5, 1770.
Thomas Miller & wf., ch. Moses, born Feb. 28, 1770.
" 26. Jonathan Ford, on wife's account, ch. John Odell, b. Mar. 13. 1770.
May 4. Lindsly Burnet & wf .. ch. Joseph Lindsly, born Nov. 26, 1769.
6. Ichabod Cooper & wf., ch. Moses, born Feb. 15, 1770.
" Richard Johnson & wf., ch. David, born Feb, 3, 1770.
Phebe, wf., of Jacob Palmer, on her acc., ch. Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1769. ". . „ Phebe, wf. of Jacob Palmer, on her acc., ch. Samuel, born Nov. 20, 1769.
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(Continued from page 111.) BILL OF MORTALITY, 1784.
June 11. Anne, widow of Jacob Johnson, aet. 31, consumption.
12. Jacob Allen,t aet. 22, kick from a horse.
July 22. George Phillips,* aet. 52.
25. Elizabeth, wife of Moses Allen, aet. 29, billous fever.
Aug. 1. Phoebe, daughter of George Mills, aet. I, quinsy. Child of Joseph Prudden, Jun.
9. Rachael, wife of John Stevenson,* aet. 31, consumption.
II. Judith, daughter of Aaron Pierson, aet. 16, consumption,
John, son of Caleb Russell, aet. 2, remitting fever.
" 16. Sarah, wife of Capt. Jedidiah Mills,* aet. 35, remitting fever.
24. Daniel Brady, act. 40, inflammatory fever.
28. Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Woodruff, aet. 3, sore throat.
Sept. 2, Sarah, wife of Joseph Lindsly, Jun., aet. 22, consumption.
Elizabeth Johnes, daughter of Jos. Lewis, Esq., teething and worms. Daphne, servant of Rev. Timothy Johnes, aet. 55, inflammatory fever.
8. Rachel, wife of Josiah Munson, aet. 18, fever. A child of Asa Beach.
II. Capt. John Lindsley,* aet. 56, con- sumption.
13. Prudence, daughter of John Prud- den, aet. 14, fever.
" Abraham Plum, aet. 14, dropsy.
19, A child of John Tuttle.
23, Dorcas Easton,* aet. 58, intermit- tent fever.
Philip, son of Abiel Fairchild, aet. Io, fever.
Sarah, daughter of John Harporee, aet. 3, intermittent fever.
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29. A child of Moses Wilkinson.
30. Mary, wife of Philip Condict,+ aet. 72, fever.
Experience, widow of Benjamin Conger .* aet. 73, old age.
Oct. 2. Mary, wife of Abraham Pierson,* aet. 72, remitting fever.
Oct. 2. Mary Pierson, taet.25, consumption.
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8. Widow Seward, aet, 60.
10. Uzal Coe, aet, 37, putrid fever.
" A child of Silas Casterline.
Nov.25. Nathan, son of Nathan Reeve, aet. 2, worms.
A child of Hubert Duburk, aet. 2, consumption.
1785.
Jan. 7. Patience, widow of Benjamin Pier- son,* aet. 77, old age.
9. An illegitimate child, casual.
" 15. Sarah, wife of Samuel Mills,* aet. 61, pleurisy.
23. Bethiah, wife of Benjamin Hallsey, Esq.,* aet. 62, consumption.
Feb. 8. Bethia, wife of Thomas Miller, aet. 45, consumption.
" 21. Jacob, son of Isaac Pruden, putrid fever.
Mar. 3. Phobe, daughter of Peter Norris, Jun., aet. I, meazles.
4. A child of Samuel Pangborn.
Apr. 10. A child of Jedidiah Osborn.
" 15. Joanna, wife of Daniel Smith, aet. 33, consumption.
" 20. Daniel Frost, aet. 79, diabetes.
23. A child of John Tuttle.
27. Hannah, wife Capt. Silas Howell," aet. 36, child-bed.
A child of Joseph Byram.
May 1 .. Daniel Conger, aet. 57, dropsy. .. 9. Joseph Pierson, aet. 72, fever.
" 17. Rebeckah, wife of Gideon Riggs, aet. 68, fever.
" 18, Sarah, daughter of David Muir.
19. Twins of Amos Prudden.
" 20. A child of Ziba Ludlow.
25. A child of Silas Gildersleve.
" 28. A child of William Meeker.
June 1. Sarah, daughter of David Brown,t aet. I, plurisy.
5. Elder, Timothy Lindsley,* aet. 57, sudden.
"' 1'3. A child of Silas Gildersleve.
" 14. James, son of Michael Conner, aet. 2, hives.
" 17. Comfort, widow of Joseph Stiles, Esq.,* aet 77, consumption.
" 21. Elizabeth Phœbe, wife of James Cook, aet. 22, child-bed.
July 21. Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Allen, 19, consumption.
". 23. A child of John Lindsley. (To be continued.)
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( Continued from page 112.) TRUSTEES' BOOK.
A request was made by Mr. Lewis to have a certain plot of ground appropriated for the purpose of making vaults for any fam- ilies who would chose that method of bury- ing their dead.
Voted, That Mr. Lindsley, Mr. Mills and Mr. Lewis be a committee to examine the ground and conveniences for 'it, and request the Sexton to dig no more graves within the space chosen by the committee for the said purpose, until he shall receive orders from this board, and that the committee report thereon.
Voted, That Mr. Lindsley and Mr. Mills be a committee to rent a house for the pur- pose of accommodating the Rev. Mr. Collins.
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Mr. President proposed to have a Church Treasurer in the room of Mr. Smith who is absent-whereupon the Board appointed Mr. Mills to serve in that' office. Mr. Mills was appointed to settle the accounts of the late Treasurer, and report to the Board. The Board appointed Mr. Cherty to serve as Sexton, and that he be paid five pounds per year by the Treasurer, and be allowed to demand and receive from ' five shil- lings to a dollar for 'digging a grave and tolling the bell at each funeral ; and that the Sexton see that the meeting house is properly swept from' time to time and be allowed three pounds five shillings to pay for that service with the reserve that Joseph Woodman be allowed to continue to do the business as heretofore.
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