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"The Sheriff of the County, Mr. James Livingston, has of- fered a good reward to any person inclined to assist at the exe-
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cution of Pendergrast and has promised to disguise them so they shall not be known, and secure them from insults."
"Sept. 11th, 1766. On Monday last, his excellency, Sir Henry Moore, Bart., left Albany for Crown Point, having be- fore he set out been pleased to send a reprieve to the Sheriff of Dutchess County, respiting the execution of Wm. Pendergrast, until His Majesty's pleasure could be made known."
A letter from the Earl of Sherburne to Gov. George Moore, dated at Whitehall, Eng., December 11th, 1766, contains the following:
"I have laid before the King, your letter of the 11th of October, recommending Wm. Pendergrast to the Royal mercy, and His Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant him his pardon, relying that this instance of his Royal clemency will have a better effect, in recalling those mistaken people to their duty, than the most rigorous punishment."
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- This church was founded by Rev. David Close, who was its first pastor. He came to this place from North Salem about 1775, and his name, as "Mr. David Cloose," occurs in the tax list of 1777. His brother, Rev. John Close, was for many years pastor of Newburgh. After laboring here with ardor and fidelity for several years, he died at a comparatively early age. The first church edifice and the scene of his labors, stood on the top of the hill, north of the mill, at the west end of Patterson street. A barn belonging to Mrs. Coleman Haines now stands on the spot. By the side of this church Mr. Close was buried, and here all that was mortal of him remained for fifty years, and was then removed by a relative to the grave yard by the present church, and here the the rude brown stone monument, which marks his place of burial bears the following inscription:
" IN MEMORY OF REV. DAVID CLOSE, WHO DIED MARCH 19TH, A. D. 1783, AGED 40 YEARS.
" A Minister of Jesus Christ lies here. Dear to his flock, to the Great Shepherd dear. Faithful to God and to his sacred trust, Most strictly and invariably just. His Soul was unaffected and sincere, He spake but what he thought, and void of fear Did boldly all the truths of God proclaim Nor courted favor, nor attempted fame."
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Of the state of the church under his pastorate or of its mem- bers, nothing whatever is known. The next mention of any minister in the place occurs June 7th, 1787, when, in an agree- ment made for a sale of a farm, between Humphry Ogden and John Townsend, Rev. Samuel Mills is mentioned as the person in whose care the document was to be kept, and he signs it as a witness. May 20th, 1789, at a meeting of which Matthew Paterson and Alexander Kidd were presiding officers, the church was incorporated by the election of Matthew Paterson, Caleb Frisbee, Nathaniel Newman, Abner Osborn, Alexander Kidd, David Beebee, and Ebenezer Palmer, as trustees. The original certificate is among the papers of the Paterson family, and a record is in the clerk's office in Dutchess county. On the 29th of March, 1793, Thomas Townsend sold to the trustees an acre of land on the south side of the road, where the chapel and school house now stand, and also another piece, which is described as "beginning at the northeast corner of the burying ground and running north 6 degrees East 1 chain 10 links, thence N. 84 degrees West 2 chains 27 links, then South 6 de- grees West 1 chain 10 links, then South 84 degrees East 2 chains 27 links, containing { of an acre." The price was £14. May 22d, 1793, Stiles Peet and wife, Lydia, sold to Henry Lud- ington, David Hecock, Lewis Stebbins, Samuel A. Baker, Na- thaniel Newman, Enoch Lewis and Abner Osborn, trustees of the church, " All that certain tract of land in Fredericktown beginning at a stake being the southwest corner of the lot hereby conveyed, and in the line of land belonging to the Epis- copal Church and running northerly bounding on the land aforesaid and on land lately purchased by the trustees above, of Thomas Townsend and Sarah, his wife for a burying ground for the said Presbyterian Society, 216 feet to a stake. Thence easterly bounding on said Peet's own land 52 feet to a stake, then southerly, also bounding on said Peet 216 feet to a stake by the road, then westerly 63 feet to the place of beginning be- ing { of an acre." The price was 40 shillings, and the witnesses were Alexander Mills and Medad Palmer.
An inventory of the estate, real and personal, of the church, taken April 29th, 1793, mentions "One lot of land in the vil- lage of Fredericksburg, containing about } acre of land, to- gether with an old meeting house standing on the same." Value £30.
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"12 acre for the purpose of erecting a meeting house and for a burying place, for said Society, £14."
A subscription paper was signed by sundry persons, promising to pay certain sums of money for the purpose of building a meeting house, and for the purchase of the lot, amounting in the whole, exclusive of the purchase money, to £201, 11s.
Another inventory, made December 26th, 1796, mentions the first lot as " the one on which the old meeting house formerly stood," and the second lot mentioned "with the new meeting house standing on the same." This establishes, approximately, the date when the first meeting house was destroyed and the second one built, which evidently stood on the land bought of Stiles Peet. It was a little west of the present church.
At a meeting of the Hudson Presbytery, in September, 1794, Rev. John Close was appointed to organize the church in Fred- ericksburg and administer the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, which he performed in April, 1795. At that time Mr. John Hayt and Mr. Enoch Lewis were admitted members of the church, and Cordelia, daughter of the former, was baptized. In June, 1795, Rev. Isaac Orton was employed to preach and continued till September, 1798. Under his ministry, Mrs. Anna Lewis, wife of Mr. Elisha Lewis, and Mrs. Mary Barker, wife of Gen. Samuel Agustus Barker, were admitted members. At a meeting of the Presbytery, November 18th, 1795, in answer to certain questions of the trustees, " the Presbytery were of opin- ion that the Church Corporation was founded on the considera- tion of the existence of said church, which was formerly under the care of Rev. David Close, deceased, by being incorporated about six years after his death. And although it appears that the Church has for some years past been in a broken state, yet as there are still living several members of the church who were under the ministry of Mr. Close, therefore the Presbytery did judge that the said church doth still exist." In September, 1799, Rev. Mr. Judd came and served for six months. He was succeeded by Rev. John Clark, who came May 13th, 1800, and remained ten months. In May, 1801, the trustees employed Rev. John McNeice, who was then principal of the academy at North Salem, to write to Rev. William Jackson. Rev. Mr. Philips preached for three months, and Mr. Jackson came and preached "three Sabbath days." Rev. Jason Perkins came May 29th, 1802, and staid one year and six months. Rev. John
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McNeice commenced labor here in November, 1803, and preached till 1808. The elders at that time were Nathan Doug- lass, John Hayt, Elijah Dean, Benjamin Benedict and Matthew Paterson.
In May, 1808, Rev. Herman Daggett was invited to preach for a few Sabbaths, and on June 1st he was engaged for a year. March 22d, 1809, he was again engaged "for two years from the first of June next." August 25th, 1811, Mr. Daggett was engaged for another year, and the record of his service here ends August 9th, 1813. For most of the facts given above, we are indebted to a brief sketch of the history of the church, written by Mr. Daggett, and which is now in one of the church books. During the year 1818, services were held by Rev. John Clark and Rev. Elisha Price, but the session were censured by the Presbytery for "employing a minister as moderator of their meetings, who was not a member of the Presbyterian Church." Rev. John Johnston came here in September, 1820, and Rev. E. M. Mclaughlin came June 8th, 1822, and was succeeded by Rev. M. Quin, March 2d, 1823. In this case the session was again censured for employing "one who had no office in the church."
On the 25th of January, 1827, Rev. Epenetus P. Benedict began a ministry which ended only with his life. He was born at Bridgeport, Conn., and in early life was intended for secular pursuits. He was a silversmith by trade, and went to one of the Southern States and engaged in business. His property having been destroyed by fire, he came north and studied for the ministry and his first and only pastorate was at Patterson. He purchased the place east of the church, now owned by Mr. Henry Tucker, and in addition to his ministerial duties, he con- ducted a private school which was well attended, and many of the present generation remember him as a teacher. After a life of great usefulness and a pastorate of forty years, Mr. Bene- dict passed to his reward, August 15th, 1870, aged 74. He was succeeded in the pastorate by Rev. Nathan M. Sherwood, who came to this place from Fishkill, in 1866. He remained two years, and is now pastor at Washingtonville, near Newburgh. Rev. James Baird became pastor in April, 1868, and remained till November 1st, 1877. Rev. Isaac L. Kipp, the present pas- tor, was born in New York, and was educated at the Reformed Church Seminary, New Brunswick, N. J. He was ordained in
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1861, and preached at East Williamsburg, L. I., and during the war was chaplain of the 159th Regiment. He was subsequently pastor of the Reformed churches at Stuyvesant Falls, Schodac Landing, and Peekskill. His labors in Patterson began in Oc tober, 1879, and he was installed pastor in June, 1881.
The second church, built in 1794, was not finished till several years later, as appears by the following:
"Whereas it appears by the statement of the Committee that superintends the business of finishing the meeting house in Franklin, that there is not a sufficient sum of money signed to complete the said house, and it appears necessary to have the breast work and front seats of the upper part of the meeting house finished. We, the young men of the town of Franklin, and others do promise to pay to Elijah Wheeler, John Hayt, Stephen Hurlburt, Elijah Dean, John Towner, Agur Beach or James Phillips, the Committee of the Presbyterian Society, the several sums annexed. April 20th, 1807: Stephen Delavan, 8s .; Seymour Wolsey, 10s .; Alex. K. Paterson, 12s .; Stephen Bene- dict, 12s .; Nathan Sturges, 12s .; Ebenezer Weed, 8s .; John Philips, 8s .; Charles Burch, 8s .; John Jennings, 8s .; Nathaniel Newman, 12s .; Benoni Stebbens, 8s."
The present church edifice, which stands a short distance east of the former one, was built in 1836, and is an elegantand com- modious building.
List of early members of the Church: Matthew Paterson, Jolın Hayt, Stephen Hurlburt, Aaron Coe, Enoch Lewis, Agur Beach, Elijah Wheeler, Humphry Ogden, Prince Howes, Joseph Sherwood, Elijah Dean, Lewis Stebbens, Nathan Douglass, John McLean, Abijah Starr, Benjamin Benedict, Simeon Clinton, Anna Lewis, Mary Baker, Sally Osborn, Susanna Howes, Mary Howes, Ruth A. Coe, James Stebbins, Elizabeth Dayton, Pru- dence Hayt, Mary Wheeler, Peggy McLean, Mindwell Starr, Mary Hoag, Elizabeth Benedict, Stiles Peet, Lydia Peet, Austin Coe, Enoch Abbott, Epenetus Crosby, Samuel Hayt, Ebenezer Weed, Naomi Burch, Isaac Jones, Ebenezer Penney, James B. Clinton, Rufus Fancher, Alex. Mooney and Noah Howes.
Number of Members in 1811, 34; in 1812, 32; in 1814, 30; in 1822, 66; in 1885, 85.
Marriages, 1808 .- Alva Gregory, Polly Delavan, July 21st; Seth Abbott, Huldah Towner, Nov. 18th. 1809 .- Henry Jones, Nancy Lookwood, Feb. 5th; Samuel Lyons. Rosalind Fowler,
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Feb. 23d; Andrew Fraser, Grace A. Lockyer, April 23d: James Burhus, Bathsheba Foster, June 1st; Ebenezer Weed, Patty Beechgood, Dec. 7th. 1810 .- John Hinman, Sally Mabie, Oct. 4th; John G. Haviland, Betsy Beech, Dec. 5th. 1812 .- Abner Marshall, Sally Burch, March 18th; James Bashford, Sophia Newberry, March 19th; Moses Peck, Betsy Dean, March 26th; Orrin Cowl, Wealthy Roberts, April 11th; David Cook, Mary Ogden, May 12th; John Hayt, Polly Towner, May 23d; Thomas Sweet, Polly Taylor, July 28th; Henry Harrison, Polly Jones, July 29th; William Watts, Sally Brown, Aug. 23d; Nicholas Haight, Elizabeth Grant, Sept. 23d; Frederick Richards, Sally Stebbins, Nov. 23d; Asa Church, Catharine Hayt, Dec. 12th. 1811 .- William Dean, Elizabeth Hoag, Jan. Ist; Samuel Lane, Elizabeth Haviland, Feb. 7th. 1813 .- Miles Peck, Rebecca Dean, March 20th. 1814 .- Joel Norton, Sophia Avery, Jan. 24th; Archibald Newberry, Dianthe Crosby.
Deaths of early members .- James Sturges, July 16th, 1808; Humphry Ogden, May 14th, 1808; John B. Lawrence, 1808; Matthew C. G. Paterson, Nov. 23d, 1809; Abigail Clinton, March 4th, 1810; Josiah Jones, Aug. 6th, 1810; Abner Osborn, May 19th, 1811; Lewis Roberts, April 9th, 1812; Elijah Stone, April 19th, 1812; Aaron Coe, April 19th, 1812; Isaac Crosby, June 5th, 1812; Timothy Delavan, Jan. 19th, 1813; Ebenezer Palmer, April 10th, 1813.
Among the benefactors of the church, mention should be made of Noah B. Knapp. Mr. Knapp, who was a native of Connecticut, was extensively engaged in business in the South, but was accustomed to spend his summers in Patterson. He took a lively interest in the welfare of this church and at the time of his death (which occurred January 19th, 1879, at the age of 73) he bequeathed to it the sum of $5,000, which is securely in- vested by the trustees. Mr. James B. Paterson also left a con- siderable sum of money to the church, and the use of a house for a parsonage during the continuance of Rev. Mr. Baird as min- ister. Mr. Paterson's charitable intentions were frustrated by a contest which resulted in abrogating the will, but the loss was partially made up through the liberality of some members of the family residing in this place.
The oldest document which has been found, written by any minister in this town, is the following:
" These may certify whom it may Concern that Jesse Warner,
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of Fredericksburg, and Sarah Seeley of the same Place, were Lawfully Married by me, Blackleach Burritt, Minister of the Gospel, in the above named Fredericksburg, in the State of New York April 2nd, A. D., 1784."
On the back of this, though in a very different hand-writing, are the words " A Sartifekit."
BAPTIST CHURCH .- On Erskine's military map, made about 1780, the Baptist meeting house is laid down near Fredericks- burg. This church, the date of whose building is unknown, stood on the north side of the road from Patterson to Carmel, about half a mile west of where the Mill Brook crosses it and about a mile and a half north of the present church at Towner's Four Corners. Opposite the site of this old church, on the south side of the road, is an ancient burying ground, the sur- face of which is thickly studded with rough stones which mark graves, the names of whose occupants have long since passed into oblivion. This is beyond doubt the oldest burying ground in the town. It is on land now owned by Mr. Isaac P. Rogers, and it would be a credit to the village to have this spot enclosed with a suitable fence and protected from desecration. A few tombstones bear inscriptions, from which are copied the fol- lowing dates:
Ededey Newberry, died May 12th, 1818, aged 75 years; Ruth, wife. April 18th, 1818, aged 72; Susannah Warden, Oct. 27th, 1820, aged .4; Polly M., daughter of Joseph and Abigail Wat- kins, March 15th, 1821, aged 15; Nathan Sturges, May 18th, 1784, aged 38; Eliza, dau. of Moses and Betsy Fisher, April 14th, 1828, aged 16; Mary, dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia Fisher, June 11th, 1828, aged 10; Joshua Griffiths, Aug. 22d, 1818, aged 56; Esther, wife of Jonathan Squires, March 22d, 1814, aged 51; Jemima, wife of Roswell Wilcox, Aug. 21st, 1773; Margaret C., dau. of Philip and Glorianna Pell, Nov. 22d, 1779, aged 21; Mary, wife of Philip Pell, Aug. 15th, 1781, aged 27; Sarah, wife of Enoch Lewis, Nov. 22d, 1787, aged 40.
Of the pastors who preached in this ancient church, and of the people who assembled there, no records remain. The church was constituted December 1st, 1790, as the Second Baptist Church of Frederickstown, with 30 members, and having as a teacher, Elder Enoch Ferris, who remained till November 23d, 1793, having baptized 23 persons. The church was incorporated September 15th, 1794, when Heman King, Joseph Truesdell, and
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Roswell Wilcox were elected trustees. The church appears to have been in a low state, and without a pastor till May, 1795, when Elder Simeon Smith was called, but no record is found of his dismissal. In September, 1795, a request was sent to the surrounding churches "to send their Elders to preach as oft as they can," and on December 21st, 1797, Brother Moses Phin- amber agreed to preach half the time during the winter, and about this time the name was changed to "Franklin Baptist Church." Till 1806, very little is recorded, the church being supplied a part of the time by Elders Luman Burch, Sturdevant and Ferris. A small manuscript book among the church papers contains notices of church meetings, held mostly at the house of Heman King, in the town of Southeast. The following is a sample:
"Southeast, Feb. 18th, 1804. At a church meeting held at the house of Caleb Fowler, after singing and prayer, 1st, Elder Ferris chosen Moderator and Wm. Townsend, Clerk. 2nd, the Church examined and found standing fast, in the Faith, and in union one with another. 3rd, Sally Hiat gave a relation of her experience of a work of grace in her heart to satisfaction. 4th, Bro. Heman King appointed to provide for the Lord's Table, in this part of the Church. Closed by Prayer."
The following persons appear to have been connected with the church: Sally Hiat, Heman King, James Townsend, Polly Hiat, Caleb Fowler, Daniel Baldwin, Jane Drew, Abner Osborn, Sylvester Ferris, Rhoda Ferris, Hezekiah Rowland, Edmund Fowler, Jonathan Fowler.
Tradition states that the old church near Patterson was moved down to the place where the present church stands, at Towner's Four Corners, about 1812, and was enlarged. From 1812 to 1818, Elders St. John, Adams and Warren served at in- tervals, the church having no regular pastor. Under Elder Warren, a revival largely increased the membership. In Feb- ruary, 1832, Rev. John Mitchell was ordained pastor and con- tinued one year. He was succeeded by Elder N. Robinson. In 1836, the old meeting house was replaced by a new one on the same site, the church being dedicated in March, and a protracted meeting was held which resulted in adding twenty-five per- sons to the church. The successive pastors were: Elder Higbee, 1838: E. C. Ambler, 1840; John C. Hart, 1841; Daniel W. Sher- wood, 1844; E. C. Ambler, 1847. From 1842 to 1853, the church was not in a very prosperous condition, and few were added to
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its fold. In 1850, Elder S. M. Mack was pastor and Elder G. F. Hendrickson, in 1853. He was succeeded by Elder Joseph Bab- bage, who came in 1858 and staid two years when Elder A. W. Valentine was settled and remained till 1869, when he was succeeded by O. C. Kirkham, who staid seven years. Rev. A. O. Bronson then took charge and remained three years. The present pastor, Rev. Matthew Johnston, came in 1879, having previously preached in Dutchess county.
A new edifice, which stands on the site of the old church, was dedicated October 16th, 1867. It stands on the summit of a ridge, where a bed of magnesian limestone comes to the sur- face. From this fact it is sometimes called the " Rock Church." The lot was probably given or sold by Samuel Towner, who owned all the land for a wide distance round. The burying ground lot, opposite the church, was given to the trustees by John Towner, April 2d, 1828. A portion of it had been used for a family burying ground for several years previous. The following dates of the deaths of the heads of families are . copied from tombstomes:
Samuel Towner, died April 1st, 1814, age 70; Mary, wife, Oct. 8th, 1827, 80; John Towner, Oct. 9th, 1865, 86; Jane, wife, April 22d, 1852, 68; Benjamin Yale, Oct. 25th, 1854, 71; Abigail D. Crosby, Sept. 28th, 1869, 80; Elisha Dykman, May 20th, 1881, 82; Elisha Dykman, Aug. 4th, 1871, 75; Peter Dykman, May 16th, 1840, 71; Fanny, wife, Jan. 8th, 1856, 71; James Baldwin, Sept. 5th, 1827, 67; Chapman Lee, born 1788, died 1876; Laura, wife, born 1800, died 1869; Nathaniel Howland, Jan. 2d, 1840, 82; Margaret, wife, Sept. 24th, 1838, 70; Hiram Knapp, Dec. 23d, 1871, 63; Sarah Kent, wife, March 10th, 1879, 74; John Sunderlin, Aug. 30th, 1817, 45; Joshua Mabie, May 30th, 1854, 84; Elizabeth, wife, May 7th, 1836, 60; Dr. Elisha G. Mabie, April 19th, 1836, 28; Samuel Mabie, Dec. 13th, 1851, 53; James Baldwin, April 13th, 1865, 71; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Dykman, 1831, 87; Samuel Mabie, Oct. 14th, 1856, 84; Ruth, wife, Nov. 9th, 1868, 84; Benjamin Haviland, May 20th, 1882, 77; James Towner, Sept. 14th, 1870, 87; Mary, wife, Sept. 1st, 1849, 65; Daniel Baldwin, Jan. 25th, 1874, 90; Elisha Brown, July 14th, 1854, 91; Edmund Haines, June 28th, 1872, 87; Sarah Kent, Feb. 9th, 1871, 84; Moses C. Robinson, June 8th, 1847, 63; Samuel Towner, Aug. 29th, 1884, 78; Laura Kent, March 11th, 1871,63; Samuel Kent, Oct. 9th, 1875,64; David Kent, April
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9th, 1870, 77; Daniel Kent, June 1st, 1860, 77; Margaret Kent, June 4th, 1869, 77; Peter S. Kent, May 24th, 1857, 81; Elihu Kent, Sept. 17th, 1807, 58; Abigail, wife, May 21st, 1821, 82; Isaac Dykman, Jan. 16th, 1872, 83.
CHRIST CHURCH. - This church is said to have been founded in 1770, but its history previous to the time of its incorporation is almost a blank. The land around it was sold by the commis- sioners of forfeitures, in 1782, to one John Rosekrans, but the Episcopal church, and one-half acre for a burying ground were reserved "out of the survey." The lot was undoubtedly given or leased by Beverly Robinson, the original owner of all the country round. July 5th, 1797, a meeting was held, notice having been given by Rev. Robert G. Wetmore, and the follow- ing persons were elected officers: Uriah Mitchell and Darius Stone, wardens; Dr. Richard S. Bryant, James Kellogg, John Paterson, Samuel Cornwall, Nathan Palmer, Archibald Camp- bell, Jacob Haviland and Benjamin Brooks, vestrymen. It was then and there resolved that the members aforesaid, so elected and their successors, should be called and known forever there- after by the name or style of the " Wardens & Vestry of Christ Church, Franklin, Dutchess County." Elijah Stone was secre- tary and Uriah Mitchell and Archibald Campbell were chosen to represent the church at the convocation, in New York.
January 14th, 1798, a meeting was held, "to propose a union with the church at Beekman's, and to make arrangements for alternate services by a Clergyman of the Church." In 1803, a committee was appointed to confer with the Presbyterian so- ciety about the burying ground. This committee was continued from year to year for several years. In 1816, a committee was appointed " to take care of the timber of the old church, and of the land belonging to the said church." This would indi- cate that a new church had been built a year or so previous.
For a period of many years there are no records and the affairs of the parish seem to have been utterly neglected, and there appear to have been no services for a number of years. About 1809 occasional services were held by Rev. George B. Andrews, and subsequently by Rev. Hiram Jeliffe. In 1835, at a meet- ing held at the house of John Jennings, Rev. Alexander Fraser was chairman, and it was voted to build a new church on the site of the old one. A committee was appointed to procure subscriptions to the amount of $1,100. Trinity Church gave
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a donation of $750, Frederick Stone $150, John Jennings $100, and others lesser sums. The church was finished and dedi- cated June 16th, 1837. In 1836 Benjamin Evans came as a lay reader, by appointment of the bishop. In 1836 the communi- cants were John Jennings and wife, Cornelius Dean, Mrs. Tur- ner, Alexander Murray and wife, Mrs. Reed, Abigail Ingersoll, Catherine Townsend, Elizabeth Hayt and Moses Beach. From 1836 to 1840 ten were added, six removed and one died. The rectors from that time to 1865 were : Rev. Sheldon Davis, April 1st, 1840, to 'October 1st. 1841; Rev. Alfred M. Loutrel, Nov., 1841, to March 28th, 1842; Rev. Albert P. Smith, July 16th, 1842, to Aug., 1846; Rev. Orsimus H. Smith, Aug. 6th, 1848, to Dec. 1st, 1850; Rev. Sheldon Davis, April 20th, 1851, to 1854; Rev. John Dowdney, Nov., 1854, to 1855, also 1860 to 1862; Rev. William Wood, Missionary, 1862-3; Rev. John Dowdney, Sept. 19th, 1864, to Oct. 2d, 1865.
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