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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
. ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01068 6431
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REV. JAMES B. SHAW, D. D.
HISTORY
OF
ROCHESTER ... PRESBYTERY, N. Y.
FROM THE
EARLIEST SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY,
EMBRACING ORIGINAL RECORDS
OF
ONTARIO ASSOCIATION, AND THE PRESBYTERIES OF ONTARIO, ROCHESTER (FORMER), GENESEE RIVER, AND ROCHESTER CITY,
TO WHICH ARE APPENDED
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DECEASED MINISTERS AND BRIEF HISTORIES OF INDIVIDUAL CHURCHES.
Levi Parsons
PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERY.
DEMOCRAT-CHRONICLE PRESS, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
1889.
HISTORY OF ROCHESTER PRESBYTERY.
COMPILED BY REV. LEVI PARSONS, D. D.
A S the present Presbytery of Rochester at the time of the reconstruction of the Presbyteries in 1870, was formed, with a few exceptions, by the union of the former Presbyteries of Ontario, Rochester and Rochester City, together with about half of the ministers and churches which had belonged to the Presbytery of Genesee River, its history will properly be introduced by sketches of the aforesaid bodies, together with certain facts pertaining to the early religious history of Western New York.
At the close of the Revolutionary War the settlement of Western New York was retarded by conflicting land claims of the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts, superadded to the original title to the soil by the Indians, which obstacles were not removed until about the year 1790. The county of Ontario was formed in 1789, at which time it included all that part of the state which was west of Seneca Lake. According to the United States census of 1790 the number of inhabitants in this county was 1,081 and the number of families 205, which numbers very rapidly in- creased during the subsequent decade and consisted mostly of people from New England, with no inconsiderable num- bers from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Europe.
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Unlike their Puritan ancestors who had sought the shores of New England for the sake of religious liberty, these pioneers in the wilderness were influenced mainly by motives of gain, which resulted in increased negligence as to their former religious habits, and being thinly scattered over a vast area, the gathering of churches was, for a number of years, a very discouraging work for the few who loved the house of prayer and the fellowship of the gospel. Added to this prevailing worldliness, was the fact that not a few had imbibed the French infidelity which was so prevalent throughout the country during the closing years of the last century.
We can find no trace of any permanent church organiza- tion prior to 1795. There is evidence, however, that before this date the General Assembly had sent two or three missionaries who, as explorers, had visited the feeble settlements and preached from place to place, and that similar work had been done by missionaries from the Congregational churches of New England. There is also evidence that after this date, if not before, settled pastors in New England engaged in brief terms of itinerant mis- sionary service upon this field.
The first Congregational minister who came as a perma- nent resident was Rev. Zadoc Hunn, in the year 1795. He removed from Berkshire county, Mass., and located upon a farm in Canandaigua. Though he had been a pastor in New England he never took a pastoral charge here, but was very useful among the feeble churches up to the time of his death, May 12th, 1801.
The Rev. Daniel Thatcher, a Presbyterian missionary sent out by the General Assembly, organized in 1795 the church at Lima and the First Church of Geneseo, now located at Lakeville, which were the first church organiza- tions in this section.
In 1796 the Congregational churches of East Bloomfield
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and South Bristol were organized, and, in 1799 those of West Bloomfield, North Bristol and Victor.
The first installation was that of Rev. John Rolph over the church of South Bristol by a council in January, 1797. The ministers composing the council were Rev. Zadoc Hunn, Rev. Eliphalet Steele of Paris, Oneida county, and Rev. Asahel S. Norton, of Clinton, Oneida county, and it is estimated that the journey of Dr. Norton and Mr. Steele must have required from three to four days in coming and the same length of time in returning, these being the nearest ministers available for the council.
In the year 1799 the churches were so greatly blessed that long afterward it was referred to as the year of the " Great Revival." Prominent among the laborers in pro- moting the same were Rev. Jedidiah Bushnell and Rev. Seth Williston, of the Missionary Society of Connecticut, and Rev. David Barclay and Rev. Robert Logan, mission- aries of the General Assembly.
These references to Congregational ministers and churches in the early religious history of this section have a legiti- mate place in the history of this Presbytery because some of our strongest Presbyterian churches were originally Congregational.
For a similar reason a brief sketch of the Ontario Association will not be out of place, because of its ultimate union as will subsequently be seen with the Presbytery of Geneva when that Presbytery covered this ground.
ONTARIO ASSOCIATION.
The Ontario Association was the first organization of ministers and churches in Western New York, having been formed at Bristol, N. Y., March 18, 1800, as follows :
" We, ministers of the gospel, viz .- Zadoc Hunn, Joseph
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Grover, John Rolph, Reuben Parmerlee and Timothy Field -being met, think proper to form ourselves into a voluntary society for promoting the interest of religion, and as we con- sider ourselves Congregationalists we agree to call ourselves and be known by the name of the First Association of Ontario County.
" Being met together for the purpose of forming into an association and having united in solemn prayer to God for wisdom, protection and assistance, we think fit in order to promote the interest of religion to come into the following friendly agreements, viz .:
"1. The association shall meet ordinarily twice in a year, and oftener if it appear needful, to consult and agree upon the most expedient measures to promote religion and give the churches opportunity to apply to us for advice and assistance, which it is proper for an association to afford them.
" 2. We agree to invite each church to send a delegate to attend this association, and join with them in promoting the Redeemer's kingdom.
"3. As we design to proceed regularly in our meetings, and endeavor to promote religion, we agree that a moderator shall be chosen at each stated meeting and a clerk to minute the most material transactions, and that we will begin and conclude with prayer.
"4. We agree that this association shall never assume or claim any authority over the churches, or authoritatively intermeddle with the affairs of the churches any farther than they shall apply to us and request our advice, or other assistance.
"5. We agree that this association shall make no rules that shall be authoritative, and all agreements shall be alterable as circumstances shall require.
"6. We agree that the semi-annual meetings of the association shall be the second Tuesday in June, and the
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second Tuesday in January, and in rotation in the churches, and the association will meet the second Tuesday in June next at Mr. Rolph's, number eight.
" The association agree to recommend to the churches in Ontario County the second Thursday in April, to be observed as a day of public fasting and prayer, and that divine service to Almighty God be performed on that day. Concluded with prayer."
These are the records of the first meeting as found in the original book of the association, which has long been pre- served in the archives of this Presbytery.
In addition to the five who constituted the association the Rev. Eleazar Fairbanks, Rev. James H. Hotchkin and Rev. Ahijah Warren were received prior to 1804. Subsequent additions were as follows : Rev. Solomon Allen, Rev. Aaron C. Collins and Rev. Ezekiel J. Chapman, Jan. 15, 1806; Rev. John Niles, by ordination, June 11, 1806 ; Rev. Howell R. Powell, June 10, 1807; Rev. Simeon R. Jones, June 14, 1810; Rev. Silas Hubbard, by ordination, Oct. 10, 1811; Rev. Allen Hollister, May 27, 1812.
The churches connected with the association prior to 1804 were South Bristol, Victor, West Bloomfield, North Bristol, Canandaigua, East Bloomfield, Lima, Rushville, Richmond and Naples.
Those subsequently received were as follows: Pittsford and Prattsburgh, June 10, 1806; Livonia, Jan. 13, 1807 ; Palmyra, June 14, 1807; Phelps, Williamson and Stone- town, June 13, 1809 ; Elmira, June 11, 1810; Geneseo 2d, Oct. 11, 1811; Bergen and Riga, May 27, 1812. Whole number of ministers, 16. Whole number of churches, 21.
The Rev. James H. Hotchkin, of Prattsburgh, whose name appears on the aforesaid roll, was subsequently the author of The History of the Presbyterian Church in Western New York, to which we are indebted for many important facts.
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From the records it appears that on the 21st of April, 1813, the association inquired of the Presbytery of Geneva, both bodies at that time being in session at Honeoye, N. Y., upon what terms they could be received into said Presbytery ; and the following answer was returned : "The members of Presbytery are of the opinion that our union with the ministers and churches of the Ontario Association is highly important, as it will combine their influence in promoting the great interests of the Redeemer's kingdom, and they cordially invite the said ministers and churches to unite with the Presbytery by adopting the Confession of Faith and Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church. But should any of the said churches find it most for edification to continue the practice of receiving and reject- ing members by a vote of the brethren of the church generally, instead of a session of ruling elders, the Presby- tery do not consider that any bar to the contemplated union, and are willing they should continue that practice as long as they shall deem it expedient."
As a result of this answer by the Presbytery, the associa- tion at an adjourned meeting held at Pultney, May 25, 1813, adopted the following preamble and resolutions which had been proposed by Mr. Hotchkin :
" WHEREAS, It appears, from the Holy Scriptures, of immense importance that all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ should be united in the strictest bonds of Christian fellowship, that they may with one heart and voice unite in opposing error, and in disseminating the knowledge of divine truth; and, whereas, in the view of this association there is no reason why those denominations of professing Christians usually called Presbyterian and Congregationalist should not receive each other as brethren and be united as one body in the spiritual sense ; and, whereas, there exists in this country a Presbytery connected with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, therefore,
" Resolved, That it is very desirable that this association become united with the Presbytery of Geneva.
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" Resolved, That as a means of forming this union afore- said, it is expedient that this association be dissolved, and the moderator is hereby directed to declare it dissolved at the close of the session."
In accordance with the aforesaid resolution the associa- tion after directing its registrar, the Rev. Aaron C. Collins, "to present the records of the association to the Presbytery of Geneva that they may be preserved," was declared by the moderator to be dissolved, the same having existed thirteen years.
HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIES HAVING CHURCHES IN THE COUNTIES OF MONROE AND LIVINGSTON PRIOR TO THE REUNION IN 1870.
In the year 1802 the Presbytery of Albany, which at that time contained only fourteen ministers, was divided into the Presbyteries of Albany, Columbia and Oneida, the latter embracing all the territory in the State of New York west of the east line of the counties of Otsego and Herkimer, but no church in this section was connected with that Presbytery.
In 1805 the Presbytery of Oneida was restricted to the western line of the counties of Oneida and Chenango, and all west of that line within the state was assigned to the Presbytery of Geneva, which was then formed, and which consisted of Rev. Jedidiah Chapman, of Geneva, Rev. John Lindsley, of Ovid, Rev. Samuel Leacock, of Hope- well, and Rev. Jabiz Chadwick, of Genoa. Its churches at that time were Ovid, Geneva, Geneseo First now located at Lakeville, Trumansburgh, Ithaca, Seneca, Seneca Falls and Hopewell. The first meeting of this Presbytery was in Geneva, Sept. 17, 1805, and was opened with a sermon by Rev. David Higgins, of Auburn.
In October, 1810, this Presbytery was reduced by the
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formation of two Presbyteries east of Cayuga Lake, but continued to hold all the state west of Cayuga Lake up to the year 1817.
We have already noticed that the church at Lakeville belonged to the Presbytery of Geneva at the time of its organization in 1805, and has therefore the honor of being the first church regularly connected with Presbytery west of Canandaigua. Other churches on this field were re- ceived by this Presbytery in the following order : Caledonia, 1806 ; Livonia, July 7, 1813 ; West Bloomfield and Rich- mond, Sept. 21, 1813; Penfield, April 19, 1814; Geneseo 2d and Pittsford, April 20, 1814; Ogden, Aug. 9, 1815 ; Rochester 1st, Jan. 16, 1816 ; South Bristol, Aug. 13, 1816 ; and Mount Morris, Feb. 12, 1817.
At Geneva, on the 19th of February, 1817, the Presby- tery of Geneva, which then consisted of twenty-nine ministers, forty-five churches and seven licentiates, was, at its own request, divided into four Presbyteries by the synod of Geneva as follows :
1st. The ministers comprised within the counties of Steuben, Allegany and Tioga, together with Rev. Ebenezer Lazell and Rev. Lyman Barrett, and the church of Naples were constituted the Presbytery of Bath. The other ministers and churches in this Presbytery were Rev. David Higgins, Rev. James H. Hotchkin, Rev. Robert Hubbard, Rev. Clement Hickman and Rev. Hezekiah Woodruff. Churches-Bath, Painted Post, Angelica, Almond, Pratts- burgh, Wayne and Elmira.
2d. The ministers and churches west of the eastern boundary of the Holland Purchase, which is not far from the present western boundaries of the counties of Living- ston and Monroe, together with Rev. David H. Tullar and the church in Le Roy, with Mr. David N. Smith, licentiate, were constituted the Presbytery of Niagara. The other ministers and churches were Rev. Hugh Wallis and Rev.
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Miles P. Squire. Churches-Attica, Warsaw, Buffalo, Hamburgh, Lewiston and Pomfret.
3d. The ministers and churches comprised between the eastern boundary of the Presbytery of Niagara and the dividing line between the third and fourth ranges of town- ships in the County of Ontario, together with Warren Day, Ebenezer Everett and Josiah Pierson, licentiates, were constituted the Presbytery of Ontario.
4th. The remaining ministers and churches, with Daniel S. Butrick and Stephen M. Wheelock, licentiates, remained as the Presbytery of Geneva; being bounded on the east by Cayuga Lake and on the west by the Presbytery of Ontario ; and consisting of Rev. Messrs. Benjamin Bell, Charles Mosher, Howell R. Powell, Joseph Merrill, William Clark, Henry Axtell, Frances Pomeroy, Eleazer Fairbanks, Moses Young and Stephen Porter, with the churches of Geneva, Trumansburg, Ovid, Palmyra, Seneca Falls, Hope- well, Romulus, Hector, Lyons. Benton, Sodus, Phelps, Huron, Augusta, Rushville, Junius 2d, Clyde and East Palmyra.
Of these four Presbyteries, that of Ontario covered very nearly the same territory as that occupied by our Presbytery of Rochester at the present time, and subsequently formed a constituent part of the same.
PRESBYTERY OF ONTARIO.
The Presbytery of Ontario held its first meeting at Livonia, March 11, 1817, and was opened with a sermon by Rev. Ebenezer Fitch, D. D., of West Bloomfield, from Malachi III, 3 : " And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." Dr. Fitch was chosen mod-
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erator and Rev. Andrew Rawson, of Bristol, clerk. In regard to Dr. Fitch, it is proper to remark that before taking the pastoral charge of the church at West Bloomfield, he had been the first president of Williams College, Mass., for about 22 years, in which position he was honored, beloved and very successful. But some of his best work for the Master was done after he was about sixty years of age, in his twelve years' pastorate at West Bloomfield, followed by about five years of retirement on a farm in the same place prior to his death, March 21, 1833. The infant Presbytery and the churches in this region were greatly indebted to him as an efficient leader and a judicious adviser.
At this first meeting there were present beside the mod- erator and clerk just named, Rev. Aaron C. Collins, of East Bloomfield ; Rev. Reuben Parmerlee, of Victor, and Rev. Comfort Williams, of Rochester. Also, as elders, Elisha Parish, of Bristol, No. 8; Oliver Gibbs, Rochester First; Isaac Chamberlain, Richmond ; Justus Brown, Parma; Dan Canfield, West Bloomfield ; Zera Blake, Livonia, and Uriah Parker of Pittsford. In addition to the aforesaid ministers and churches, there belonged to the body at the time of its organization, Rev. John Lindsley, of Geneseo ; Rev. Ezekiel J. Chapman, of Bristol, No. 9 ; Rev. Alexander Denoon, of Caledonia, and Rev. Silas Hubbard, of Moscow, with the churches of Penfield, Mount Morris, Perry Centre, Geneseo 1st, Geneseo 2d, and Cale- donia ; with the following licentiates : Warren Day, Ebe- nezer Everett and Josiah Pierson. In all there were nine ministers, thirteen churches and three licentiates. At this first meeting Rev. Alonzo Darwin, of Riga, Rev. Chauncey Cook, of Lima, and Rev. John F. Bliss, of Avon, were received.
Subsequent receptions by ordination were as follows : May 8, 1817, Rev. Silas Pratt ; July 2, 1817, Rev. Abraham Forman and Rev. Loring D. Dewey ; Feb. 4, 1818, Rev.
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Ebenezer Everett ; March 2, 1819, Rev. Warren Day ; Jan. 19, 1822, Rev. Norris Bull ; Feb. 1, 1825, Rev. B. Foster Pratt; April 23, 1828, Rev. Silas C. Brown ; Jan. 21, 1829, Rev. Nathaniel W. Fisher and Rev. Benjamin C. Cressey, that they might go on a mission to the State of Indiana. March 10, 1831, Rev. Isaac Crabb ; August 24, 1831, Rev. Hiram L. Miller ; Feb. 18, 1834, Rev. William P. Jackson ; Oct. 1, 1834, Rev. Elam H. Walker ; March 17, 1835, Rev. Oliver S. Powel, to labor for the A. B. C. F. M., among the Indians near the Rocky Mountains ; August 25, 1835, Rev. John H. Redington ; Sept. 10, 1839, Rev. Daniel Gibbs ; Sept. 19, 1839, Rev. Daniel B. Woods ; Sept. 21, 1842, Rev. John P. Foster; Sept. 25, 1844, Rev. William Hunter; May 25, 1847, Rev. Charles Richards ; Sept. 27, 1848, Rev. Edward B. Walsworth ; Sept. 25, 1855, Rev. Orson P. Allen, and Rev. Herman N. Barnum ; July 10, 1856, Rev. Levi Parsons ; March 6, 1861, Rev. Alphonso L. Benton ; June 23, 1863, Rev. Ira O. De Long ; July 2, 1867, Rev. Isaac N. Lowrie; Oct. 6, 1868, Rev. Willis Clark Gaylord.
Receptions by letter were as follows :
June 17, 1817, Rev. Asa Carpenter, from Coos Associ- ation, Vt.
July 2, 1817, Rev. Elihu Mason, from an Association in Connecticut.
Jan. 20, 1818, Rev. Julius Steele, as pastor of the church at East Bloomfield.
July 4, 1819, Rev. John Barnard, from the Oneida Asso- ciation ; and Rev. Elijah Warren, from the Geneva Conso- ciation.
Aug. 23, 1831, Rev. John B. Whittlesey, from the Pres- bytery of Lancaster.
April 22, 1828, Rev. Jeremiah Stowe.
Aug. 26, 1828, Rev. Horace Galpin, from the Pesbytery of Troy.
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Jan. 20, 1829, Rev. Orange Lyman from the Presbytery of Troy.
Sept. 17, 1829, Rev. James W. Mc Master, from the Presbytery of Buffalo.
Jan. 20, 1830, Rev. Benjamin B. Smith, from the Pres- bytery of Geneva; Rev. Daniel Johnson, from the Barn- stable Association, Mass., and Rev. Elijah Wallage, from Windham Association, Vt.
Aug. 24, 1830, Rev. John Walker, from the Monadnock Association, N. H.
Sept. 21, 1831, Rev. James B. Wilcox, from the Presby- tery of Genesee.
July 3, 1832, Rev. Edward Bronson from the Genesee Consociation.
Aug. 28, 1832, Rev. George W. Elliott, from the Pres- bytery of Rochester ; Rev. James Cahoon, from the Pres- bytery of Angelica, and Rev. Ludovicus Robbins, from the Presbytery of Huron.
March 5, 1833, Rev. Richard Kay, as pastor of the church at Victor.
March 19, 1833, Rev. Robert Hubbard, from the Presby- tery of Angelica.
Jan. 22, 1834, Rev. Justus S. Hough, from the Presby- tery of Cayuga.
Feb. 13, 1834, Rev. Stephen Porter, from the Presbytery of Geneva.
Feb. 18, 1834, Rev. Jacob Burbank, from the Presbytery of Rochester.
July 31, 1834, Rev. John C. Lord, from the Presbytery of Buffalo.
Aug. 25, 1835, Rev. John H. Carle, from the Presbytery of Geneva.
Oct. 28, 1835, Rev. Linus W. Billington, from the Pres- bytery of Geneva.
Nov. 11, 1835, Rev. Samuel Shaffer from the Presbytery of Bath.
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Jan. 20, 1836, Rev. Clark H. Goodrich, from the Pres- bytery of Columbia.
Feb., 1836, Rev. Hezekiah B. Pierpont, and Rev. Wm. C. Wisner, from the Presbytery of Rochester.
Jan. 17, 1837, Rev. Caleb Burge, from the Presbytery of Oswego.
Jan. 18, 1837, Rev. Lyman Thompson, from the Presby- tery of Genesee.
July 25, 1837, Rev. Henry Snyder, from the Presbytery of Cayuga.
Oct. 11, 1837, Rev. Abel C. Ward, from the Presbytery of Buffalo.
Oct. 3, 1838, Rev. John N. Lewis, from the Presbytery of Columbia.
Oct. 10, 1838, Rev. Edwards Marsh, from the Presbytery of Onondaga.
Jan. 15, 1839, Rev. E. A. Platt, from the Genesee Consociation.
April 16, 1839, Rev. Ebenezer H. Stratton, from the Presbytery of Genesee; and Rev. Leveret Hull, from the Presbytery of Angelica.
Sept. 11, 1839, Rev. Aaron Garrison, from the Presbytery of Oneida.
Jan. 21, 1840, Rev. Jonathan Leslie, from the Presbytery of Grand River ; and Rev. Moses Gillette, from the Presby- tery of Oneida.
Aug. 25, 1840, Rev. Cyrus Hudson, from the Berkshire Association.
Nov. 17, 1840, Rev. John G. L. Haskins, from the Baptist Ontario Association.
April 13, 1841, Rev. Loring Brewster, from the Oneida Association.
Aug. 25, 1841, Rev. Chapin Rufus Clarke, from the Presbytery of Portage.
Jan. 18, 1842, Rev. William U. Benedict, from the Presbytery of Rochester.
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March 21, 1843, Rev. Lemuel Leonard, and Rev. Abel Caldwell, from the Presbytery of Angelica.
March 22, 1843, Rev. Benjamin G. Riley, from the Presbytery of Otsego.
Oct. 11, 1343, Rev. Benjamin B. Stockton, from the Presbytery of Rochester.
Jan. 21, 1845, Rev. Samuel M. Hopkins, from the Presbytery of Buffalo.
Sept. 22, 1846, Rev. Peter S. Van Nest, from the Presbytery of Detroit.
Sept. 28, 1847, Rev. William Lusk, from the Presbytery of Otsego.
Oct. 20, 1847, Rev. Charles H. A. Bulkley, from the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention of Beloit District, Wisconsin.
May 4, 1848, Rev. W. Fithian, from the Illinois Pres- bytery.
Sept. 27, 1848, Rev. A. V. H. Powell, from the Presby- tery of Steuben.
April 24, 1850, Rev. Joseph R. Page, from the Presby- tery of Genesee; and Rev. Henry Kendall, from the Presbytery of Utica.
August 21, 1850, Rev. Ferdinand DeW. Ward, from the Presbytery of Rochester.
April 23, 1851, Rev. Darwin Chichester, from the Presbytery of Montrose.
April 28, 1852, Rev. E. M. Toof, from the Presbytery of Genesee.
April 26, 1853, Rev. J. W. Ray, from the Presbytery of Kalamazoo.
Sept. 21, 1853, Rev. R. L. Hurlburt, from the Presbytery of Niagara, and Rev. C. L. Hequemburg, from the Pres- bytery of Angelica.
Jan. 12, 1854, Rev. Daniel C. Houghton, from the West. Genesee Conference of the M. E. Church.
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April 25, 1854, Rev. Pliny F. Sanborne, from the Hart- ford North Association.
Sept. 20, 1854, Rev. Sabin Mckinney, from the Presby- tery of Montrose.
Jan 8, 1856, Rev. Anson H. Parmerlee, from the Pres- bytery of Chemung.
June 3, 1856, Rev. John N. Hubbard, from the Presby- tery of Oswego.
July 9, 1856, Rev. Edwin G. Moore, from the Presbytery of Chicago.
June 2, 1857, Rev. Robert R. Kellogg, from the Presby- tery of Genesee.
June 22, 1857, Rev. Milton Buttolph, from the Presby- tery of Chemung.
Jan. 6, 1858, Rev. Samuel M. Campbell, from the Oneida Association.
June 1, 1858, Rev. Luther Conklin, from the Presbytery of Cayuga.
Sept. 29, 1858, Rev. Nathaniel Elmer, from the Presby- tery of Chemung.
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