History of Monroe county, New York with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, Palatial residences, Part 84

Author: McIntosh, W. H. cn; Everts, Ensign, and Everts, Philadelphia, pub
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts, Ensign and Everts
Number of Pages: 976

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THE FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHI RCH OF PENFIELD,

or better known as the East Penfield brick church, was organized as a separate church in 1929, by Revs. Daniel Lyou and Thomas Parker, with, at that time, about forty members. The first records of this church were burned. but it is known that, in the summer of 1823, Elder Daniel Lyon commence preaching at the school-house in district No. 5, in the town of Perrinton, under circumstances Dot very favorable, to human appearances; but that God who works ont of the sight of man gave energy to the word, and in the summer of 1824 a council was appointed from the Ontario church to meet with the Revs. Daniel Lyon and Thomas Parker, the latter having been licensed to improve his gifts in preaching, together with a few of the inhabitants of that district, and, after a declaration of the sentiments of the Free-Will Baptists, the following five persons offered them- selves and were received as members, and organized into a branch of the Ontario church: Jemima Conant, Polly Conklin, Almira Griswold. Miranda Beatty, and Huldah Parker. Elder Lyon preached occasionally, also Thomas Parker, to the people in the vicinity. The Lord blessed their labors with many conversions until the winter of 1829, when it was deemed expedient that they be formed into a separate charch ; consequently, at the quarterly meeting, held at the stone school- bouse in East Penfield, by unanimous consent, they were acknowledged a church, with forty members. The same quarterly meeting called a council froin the yearly meeting, to pass upon the qualifications of Thomas Parker, which, after a careful and thorough examination, decided to ordain him and set him apart to the work of the ministry. The little church chose him for its pastor, be having kept up the covenant and the Sabbath from 1824 to this time. A powerful revival fol- lowed that meeting, under the labors of the new pastor, assisted by Revs. Daniel Lyon, Freeborn W. Straight, and David Marks, so that in the summer of 1829 the church numbered about one hundred and fifty members. In 1846 or 1847, a new church was organized and building erected, at Fairport village, which drew away by letter the southern part of this organization. However, the Lord has blessed its efforts, and, ander the labors of the different pastors, it has received many additions, and now has a metabership of about one hundred and twenty-five. The first dencons were Allen F. Hlibner and I-anc Tallman, and the first clerk Enoch Haggins. Services were held in the school-house and in barns, until the coupletion of the church edifice in 1830. It is a brick structure, located on the old stage road, about one mile cast of East Penfield, forty by sixty feet in size; and cost one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. It was dediented by Rev. David Marks. The pastors were, Reva. Thomas Parker, twenty years; E. P. Tallman, two years; F. W. Straight, one year; William Young, two years ; II. II. Strickland, two years; II. Esten, two years; William Peek, four years; A. Murehouse, licensed, one year ; Lewis .Jones, four years ; B. H. Damoo, three years; C. H. Jackson, five years ; and Chauncey B. Hart, present pastor, two years. The present officers are, Deacons, James Lovett, Albert & Palmer, and Oscar Vanoskand, and Clerk. George W. Esten. The Sabbath-school was first organized in 1845, through the efforts of D. B. Conant. A. C. Foote, R. B. Van- Oskand, and others; but had no officers, until Georgo W. Esten was chosen super- intendent, and Hiram O. Warren assistant, in 1848. The present officers are-Rev. C. B. Hart, superintendent. Y. S. Hurlbut, assistant; Victoria Smith, secretary ; and Lydia Palmer, treasurer, with ten teachers and one hundred and twenty pupils. The library has one hundred and fifty volumes, with G. Whithell Esten, librarian. Ir was started in 1845, with forty small books, but no librarian was chosen uutil Falward A. Brown, in 1858.

THE METHIONIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PENFIELD.

A class of seven members was formed in the year 1806, in a house a short die- tatire west of the residence of John flipp, by Rev. Stephen S. Graves, from Lima, class-leader. ) Its place of meeting was afterwards changed to Penfield Centre.

The oames of the seven members were John Tillotson, who became class-jend .... Lucy Owen, Phebe Chase. Phebe Hill, Sarah Barrett, Lacy Williams, and Luis Mann.

In 1829 ur 1830 the first society of the Methodist Episcopal church of l'en- field was organized at the house of James Chase, a little south of Penfield's mills, by Rev. Philo Woodworth, as belonging to the Vietor circait. It was soon after changed to the Penfield cirenit by Rev. Jonathan Hostis, where it has since re- mained. The private house of Jonathan Barrett, south of the Corner. was used for a meeting-house about two years. Afterwards, the old Penfield store, about fifty rods west of the Corner, now converted into a foundry, was used. In 1834 the society parchased two-thirds of the Globe building, on the northwest corner, and fitted it up for church parposes. where servicey were held until the completion of the present church building, which was dedicated and opened for use June 29. 1843, by D. Saml. Lacky, D.D., of Rochester. It is a wooden structure. north of the Corner, on the east side of the street, capable of accommodating about four hundred persons, and cost, including lot, nine thousand dollars. The first pastor of the church was Rev. Philo Woodworth, who was succeeded by Jonathan Hustis, two years ; James S. Lent. one year ; A. II. Filmore, one year ; Jonathan Benson, two years; G. D. Perty, one year : James Hall, one year ; Gideon O-band. one year; Amos Hard. two years; Leveret Richmond, one year ; Horatio M. Seager two years; Wm. P. Davis, two years ; E. Thomas, one year ; Henry Hickox, one year ; A. N. Filmore, one year ; T. B. Hudson, two years; Saml. Lacky, one year ; S. Waldron, two years ; P. L. Brown, two years;, Robert Hugoboom. two years ; Wm. Manning. two years; N. A. De Pew, two years; James D. Edson. two years; Porter Mckinstry, two years; Geo. G. Markham, one year ; L. D. Chase, two years ; Wm. B. Holt, one year; A. S. Baker, two years; C. E. Her- mans, two years; Danl. Clark, three years; and Rev. J. L. Forster. present pastor, now in his second year. Among the first officers were Rev. S. S. Graves, Bradley Crippen, Benj. Whitehead, John Mandeville, Octavius Mason, William Emery, Wm. Stratton, Joshaa Vosburg, and James Howley. The present trustees are E. Miller, David Gray, D. Graves, J. Waldron, and A. Cornwall ; stewards, Albert Ravinond, recording steward, Honice Wilson, Abner Cornwell, B. W. Crippen, D. W. Graves. . J. Waldron, Geo. Amon, Frank Clark, and Clark Gray ; class-leaders, Albert Raymond and P. Wright, with a membership of one hun- dred and seventy-two. The church is now connected with the Rochester district of the Genesee conference. The Sabbath-school was organized in 1839, in the old Globe building. with six teachers and about forty pupils, with Saml. Stroger superintendent. It now has one hundred and sixty pupils and eighteen teachers, with J. Robbins superintendent, and P. Wright assistant. It also has a library of one hundred and forty-five volumes, of which Chas Waldron is librarian.

THE SAINT JOSEPH'S CHURCH OF PENFIELD ( GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC)

was erected under the direction of Father Pingel, pastor of Saint Joseph's church, Rochester, and as a branch of that church, in 1872. It was dedicated by a pastor sent by the bishop of Rochester the same year. The parish then embraced twelve families, and now has about twenty. Father Pingel was first pastor, and was succeeded by Father Rosenbauer and Father Blanch. now acting. Previous to this, Father Claphacker, Cooper, and Rasch had preached here in the school-house. The Sabbath-school was formed ten years ago. and now has fifteen papila, under charge of Father Blanch and Anna Tomah.

THE BAPTIST CHURCH OF PENFIELD.

In August, 1803, the Baptist church of Pahnyri granted letters to Joseph Case, a licentiate, and other brethren, to form a church in Northfield, a name then designating all Monroe County east of the Genesee river and north of Mendon and Victor. Early in 1804 they, with a few others, twenty-two in all, and with Joseph Case as pastor, met and formed themselves into the Baptist church of Northfield, the gerin of the present Penfield church. and in September of the same year united with the Cayuga Baptist association. Elder Case labored mach in the adjoining towns, and closed his nine years' pastorate in 1812. In 1813 the church, number- ing seventy-five, called Bartlett Dake to its ministry, bat, on arcount of allegel immoralities, he was sileuerd in 1916. His adherents afterwards withdrew ard organized a second church. In September, 1814, the Penfield church, with twenty-two others, met in Bristol and formed the Ontario weciation, and again. in October, 1829, she, with eight others. met in Rochester and organized the Monroe Baptist association. In 1816. Eller Benj. Calkins was called, and servedl two years, during which, in IS17, a revival brought fifty-seven new converts. During 1819, Elder Nehemiah Lamb supplied the pulpit one-half the time. Far one year from January 1, 1820. Elder Thomas Tuttle divided his labors between this and the second church, for which he was voted " forty dollars in grain, wheat nt four shillings, and corn at two shillings." From August 4, 1821, Eller

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Joseph Monroe was pastor aix ninths; salary, fifty dollars and buard. In January, 1822, Elder Joseph M.dthy began his pastorate of three years. on a salary of one hundred aud twenty-five dollars. during wluch the two churches were reunited, nud a house of worship erveted threw- fourths of a mile east of Pea- field village. It was a wooden building. forty by dfty fret in size, and completed in 1823, at a cost of three thousand four hundred and ninety-six doiluirs and tive centa. From June. 1825. to Novetuber. 1828 Elder Jasou Corwin served. during which the church suffered, with many others. in the great anti. Masouie struggle. From April, 1829, Elder Norman Bently served sixteen cionths Among the twelve he baptized March 7. 1530. are Rev. Timothy Fuller, Rev. Dr. A. P. Mason, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and his sister. long a wife of Res. J. M. Haz- well, missionary in Maulmain. Burmah. Elder Israel Rebords served three years and seven months, from November, 1830, Elder L. J. Reynolds six months, from November, 1834, and Elder S. G. Miner twenty-six months, from July, 1835. On February 15, 1838, Rev. Alfred J. H. Bariingame wis uruurged, and served three and one-fourth years. In 1939 the church buliding was removed to its present location in the village, and rebuilt and enlarged at a cost of four thousand and four dollars and twenty-nine cents. Elder B. N. Beach served Dearly nine months, from May 16, 1841, at a salary of tive hundred dollars. and was succeeded by Elder Harvey Munger for nearly ten months, from February 12, 1842, at a salary of four hundred dollars. Elder David Bernard served two and two-thirds years, from December 31, 1842, and Elder Jonas Woodward five years, from November 16, 1845.

In 1847 a little chapel, known as the " Bethel," was built at Lovett's Corar '), fur ont-station services, at a cost of two hundred aod fifty dollars. Elder S. S. Ains- worth served from December. 1850. to December, 1834, sod Elder J. A. Bullard sixteen months, from May, 1855. On January 1, 1837, Elder Almon Virgil com- meneed a protracted meeting which resulted in eighty-three baptisms, and on February 22 was called to the pastorate,-lasting fifteen months,-at a salary of eight hundred dollars. J. J. Keyes was called .August 1s. 1858, ordained Jan- mary 27, 1859, and served eighteen months; salary, five hundred dollars. Rev. Abel Haskell served, on a salary of six hundred dollars. from July 8, 1860, till his death, December 21, 1805. During his pastorate the church was brought under a healthier state of discipline, benevolent contributions increased, aod the house of worship entirely remodeled, by the addition of' a commodious conference-room, at a cost of two thousand five hundred dollars. On May 1. 1506, Rev. E. J. Fcote began a five years' pastorate, during which the church building was again remodeled by putting in a steam heating apparatus, an excellent pipe urgno, baptistery, etc., at a total cost of about two thousand four hundred dollars. Elder F. A. March was

called September 10. 1871, ordained October 26, at a salary of one thousand dol- lars, and served acceptably until his removal to Iowa, June. 1>72. After being supplied from Rochester seminary several months, Rev. A L. Freeman. the pres- ent pastor, began his pa-torate September S, 1873, on a s.dlary of one thousand two hundred dollars, and the use of a parsonage,-the cost of which. with addi. tional repairs ou the church edifice, was two thousand dollars. During seventy- three years the church has had twenty-five pastors, serving sixty-six years Aaron Quick. first clerk, served till 1816, and was succeeded by Soknuon Cine five years. S. S. Millard three and one-half years. A. Wicks eighteen months, John South- worth till his death, October 23, 1333, only fifteen years, and Alansou Highie. present clerk. The first deacons were Alijah Barber and Peter Market. Followed in 1820 by Fobes Southworth and David Monroe, who were superseded in Sul -- teuiber, 1831. by John Fuller and S. Case, who remained, the former till his death. October 17, 1843, and the latter till his removal, in 1836; Nelson Full.au served ten years, from April, 1836; A. Musely seven years, from June, Is 13; 2. S. Millant from January 3, 1843. till his death, June 27. 1876; and G. W. Tower from Octu- ber 6, 1834. till his dismissal. The present deacons were elected-Hervey Ful- ler April 3, 1836. Burr Northrup February 4, 1814, and Alansou Eligbie and Isaac Bronson February 3. 1572. The church has raised up eight mini-ters atul one foreign missionary, and is the nether of other churches. Those of Pittsford Perrinton, Walworth, and Webster, at their formation, drew-and some of thetu largely-from it. Since its organization, one thousand and twenty-seven member> have been added by baptism and five hundred and fifty-six by letter, which. with the twenty-two constituent quembers, make a grand total of one thousand sia hundred and five members. Of this number, eight hundred and sixty-four have been dismissed to unite with uther churches,-three hundred and eight more than all received by letter. These reprezent or have represented the church on many a field on earth. The nearly three hundred who have died are her repre- sentatives in heaven, and two hundred and nine remain to uphold the standard reared by their devout and gospel-loving fathers seventy-three years ago. The Sabbath-school of the church was organized more than half' a century ago. and. after the construction of the Bethel at Lovett's Corners, a second school was Formed at that place, both of which were sustained by the church, and supplied with reading. The name of the first superintendent is not now known, but among his many successors have been Orestes Cuse, J. F. Hardick, Artemus Fuller. Isaac Bronson, John Fuller, and Giles Fuller. The present superintendent of the church school is Eugene Covey, with seventeen teachers and two hundred pupils. with a well-selected library of three hundred volumes. The superintendent ut the Bethel school is Artemus Fuller, with eight teachers and fifty pupils.

PLATE LXXVI.

MRS ALBERT WHITNEY.

ALBERT WHITNEY.

RES OF ALBERT WHITNEY, PENFIELD. MONROE CO. N.Y.

PLATE LXXVII.

HARVEY WHALEN .

RES OF HARVEY WHALEN, PENFIELD, MONROE COUNTY, NY

PLATE LXXVIII.

JACOB B. BROWN.

Jacob B. Brown was born in the towo of Penfield, on June 9, 1811, when there were but a few settlements io that town, his father having been one of the early settlers. His grand- father, Stephen Birdsall, was an em- ineot preacher of the Society of Friends, to which his maternal ances- tors belonged. His brother, Hon. Asahel Brown, is a resident of Mich- igan, and at present is a member of the State Senate. The rude school-house of that day afforded the only educa- tional advantages he had; hut, by industry in improving bis evenings in study, at the age of twenty years, he was declared competent to teach the district schools of the town. From

that time until he was thirty-two he followed the business of teaching, whenever bis impaired health would permit. Mr. Brown then settled io the vicinity of his birthplace, where, by untiring industry, which character- ized his early years, he has acquired what his neighbors regard as a band- some competence, together with the high regard and esteem of his fellow- men. Never a seeker for office or place in any sense, yet he has often been called by his townsmen, withio the span of his matore years, to fill at different times most of the offices of trust within their gift, which wers always administered with a faithful regard for the public good. He is now an occupant of the office of justice of the peace.

JACOB B. BROWN.

FARM RESIDENCE OF JACOB B. BROWN, PEVFIELD, MONROE CO. NY

PLATE LXXIX.

RESIDENCE OF HORACE WILSON, PENFIELD, MONROE CO., N Y.

PLATE LXXX

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. FAIRPORT Y Y

PERRINTON.

EARLY SETTLERS AND SETTLEMENT.

GLOVES PERRIN and wife were the pioneer settlers of the town, upon the Eaton farm, in 1791. Caleb Walker and Mr. Perrin had built a boy house on the farm during the previous year. The State road being laid out. Perrin built upou that highway a new frame house. In 1792. Jose Perrin came in, and. boapling with his brother, cleared the field now known as the Centre burying-ground. Early next season be moved in with his family upon the ferin now owned by Bruce Hamilton. These families for two years were the only white inhabitants in the town as now constituted. Glover Perrin sold in 1810 to Stephen Eaton, and moved to Pittsford. Mrs. Blackmon, a daughter, lives in Macedon, aged ninety- eight years. At Eaton's death bis son Joshua inherited, and held it till 1871. The Howes, Lewis and William, are owners. Philip Piester, of Dutchess county, settled in 1793 just south of Bushnell's Basin. He kept a tavern for over twenty years, sold in 1830, and moved to a new purchase near the Perrio settlement, where he lived to be eighty-six and his wife ninety years of age. A son, Frederick, is the sole representative of the family. John Bice and Mr. Scribner settled, in 1793, upon lands now occupied by Albert Van Ness and A. and G. Collius. In the year 1796, Sainnel Bennett and wife located at the centre of the towa, and & shop in which Bennett worked was probably the urst blacksmithy in the town. He erected a frame house in 1812. one of the earliest of the kind in the locality, and in 1819 went on a visit with his wife to Cayuga county, took the fever, and both died un the same day. Samuel Bennett, a son, hired the farm. . He obtained a stock of goods, and started the first store in the town. Richard Treadwell, Samuel Hanford, and Wm. P. Ellsworth were successive owners, the last-named for forty-three years.

John Kelley, of Massachusetts, settled in 1797 on a tract east of the Centre, cleared it up, and owned it till his death in 1862. He was accustomed to go to Hone- oye to mill, and to Palmyra to church. G. Dennis lives on the place. Two years subsequent to Treadwell. Gideon Ramsdell carne in. Incated, huile a log house, and taught a school in Macedon the ensuing winter. His father and father's family moved in February, and settled near what is known as Egypt. About 1815. Thomas Ramsdell, father of Gideon, built and occupied the frame house where Mr. Rainey Dow lives. Gideon Ramsdell was married February 2, 1802, to Hannah Smith, of Maceden, and a frame house erecteil in 1816 still remains in good order. The clapboards were fastened by wrought nails. A gimlet-hole prepared the way for each nail. Those clapboards remain firm to this day. Within, the plastering is oncracked, and the window-lights remain set in a putty bed. E. Jewells gave much time to prepare the putty and paint and set the lights. Nathan Rice was the builder of this the first painted house in Perrinton. Tonawanda and Buffalo Indians had their camps upon what is known as the " Island" in this farmu during 1817 and 1818. They regarded Gideon as a friend, and ever afterward on their journeys made his house a stopping-place. Full thirty have remained overnight at one time. Mr. Ramsdell was killed in 1859, by being thrown from his huggy while on his way to attend a meeting. His wife died in 1850. Of ten children three reside in the town. Front one of these, Mrs. A. R. Cole, valuable records have been obtained relative to the prist. Caleb Lyndon, of Massachusetts, in 1800 bought of Elder Jones, a Baptist minister, the farm now owned by his daughter, Susannah Beardsley. The elder preached in Palmyra, journeying on foot. Hc had a small frame house, and had set ont peach- and apple-trees, some of the latter still bearing fruit. Ile moved to Ohio. Lyndon died on the farm in 1845. Mr. Norton was an early settler near Egypt.

The Slocums, Amasa, Elisha. Benjamin, and Smith, came in 1804, from Mas- wachusetts, and settled upon the farm which took their name. Their first night was made memorable by the burning of the shanty in which they sought shelter. Samuel Bennett, with the lupitality in vogue at the time, gave them a home till they could erect log houses. Upon the firm was an apple-orchard, and sotue of the trees are still living. Aması, who occupied the plaer sixty four years, on ono weension took a boat-load of provisions during 1823 from Wayme port to Brinkjort, on the canal, for Darius Arnold. a contracter. The load consisted of one hundred and thirty bushels of potatoes, twenty barrels of pork. thirty of Hour, and twenty of whisky. Elisha lived un a farin adjoining his brother till 1536, when ' Howe

became owner. Benjamin finally moved west. The wife of J. R. Hill, proprietor of a large cider and vinegar factory, is a danghter of Smith Sloemu, and resides on his former farm. David Harlem settled east of the Centre about 1800. A number of settlers came in 1806. Oliver Loud, who had lived three years in Paltryin, came to Egypt this year, and six years later opened a tavern in his log house Mr. Packard opened his house, opposite the A. R. Cole place, to the traveler about the same time. Mr. Loud opened a store in Egypt, and was the second merchant in the town. The atore occupied the site of the old Pritchard tavern. In 1825 he built a saw-mill on the Josiah Aldrich farin. It cost two thousand dollars .- large sum for the times. Oliver Loud published an almanac for ten years, and made out weather tables for others. He was well versed in astronomical science. Hia sons, Cullen, John, and William P .. are residents of Egypt. I .. Lapham. E. Bateman, and Cyrus Packard were others of the settlers in 1806. Rus- well Everett came in 1812, and cleared up the S. Aldrich farm. He had a tannery upon his place for some time. Major and Mrs. Gregory owned several large truts in the town, which were settled early by her sons. S. Altrich came in 1802 tu Macedon, and to Perrinton in 1806. Aided by George and Adolphins, he cleared a farm, which at his death was divided. Adolphus lived upon the east part over sixty years, and died in 1867. George had the west half. The Aldriches aided to cut the way across the town for the Palmyra and Rochester road. David Wood fled the British from Niagara county in 1812, and came to this town, From straps taken from castaway knapsacks he made a harness for his horse, and brought eastward his wife. two children, and some of his effects, himself and eldest son coming on foot. He settled, about 1815, on part of the Ramsdell purchase. and built a log bouse whose rouf was covered with four-foot shingles and bark. He died in 1827, leaving a good farm to his sons Martin, David, and Jonathan.

Andrew Simmonds was a settler of 1810, and soll to Guy Patterson. John Cook rented the land about 1830, and built a log house, still stamling and ocen- pied as a dwelling,-the only one so used now existing in Perrinton. Israel Pen- nington, a surveyor. located in the south settlement in 1808. as did Joseph Bird- sell, who was a transient occupant.

Ira sod Sarah Palmer came to Ilopewell in 1805, and two years later settled in the northeast part of the town. There was then but une house-that of Mr. Barber-in that part of Perrinton. Three miles away lived John Kelley, who raised a family of twelve children. These, their children and grandchildren, have numbered ninety-six. Seventy-seven are living. They cerupied their far:a fifty-six years. John Kelley was offered fifty acres of what is now a portion of Rochester for his lumber-wayon, and refused them. At his death-aged eighty- three -- seventy relatives attended hia funeral.

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History of Monroe county, New York with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, Palatial residences, Part 84

Author: McIntosh, W. H. cn; Everts, Ensign, and Everts, Philadelphia, pub Publication date: 1877 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts, Ensign and Everts Number of Pages: 976

Author: McIntosh, W. H. cn; Everts, Ensign, and Everts, Philadelphia, pub
Publication date: 1877
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts, Ensign and Everts
Number of Pages: 976