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Previous to the year 1806 the church was a part of a large cir- cuit, which was "ridden" by a number of ministers, who fol- lowed each other around it. Since the date mentioned the church has been either a charge by itself or a station on a much smaller circuit. The ministers serving it from that time to the present have been: 1806, Levi Walker; 1807, Joshna Crowell ; 1808-9, Levi Walker; 1810-11, Nehemiah Coye; 1812, Asa Kent and E. Wilie; 1813, Benjamin F. Lambord; 1814, Edward Hyde and William Marsh; 1815, Benjamin R. Hoyt and Jason Wal- ker; 1816-17, John Lindsey; 1818-19, Nathan Payne; 1820, Daniel Dorchester; 1821, Isaac Stoddard; 1822, the same and J. W. Case; 1823, Daniel Webb and Milton French; 1824, Joel McKee; 1825, Newell S. and Nathan Spaulding; 1826, David Cul- ver and Ashabal Otis; 1827-8, Reuben Ransom; 1829, John W.
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Case and William Livesey ; 1830, Thomas W. Tucker and Samnel Heath; 1831, Onesiphorus Robbins; 1832, .
1833, Geo. W. Winchester: 1834, -; 1835, J. G. Standish, a few weeks; 1836. Josiah Litch; 1837, Proctor Marsh; 1838-9, Jonathan Cady: 1840, Chester W. Turner; 1841, -; 1842, Charles Noble; 1843, George M. Carpenter; 1844, Ebenezer Blake; 1845, George W. Wooding; 1846, William Cone; 1847, George Burnham; 1848, Lawton Cady; 1849-50, Nathan Paine; 1851-2, J. B. Weeks; 1853, Charles Hammond and George C. Bancroft; 1854, George C. Bancroft; 1855, Asa N. Bodtish ; 1856, Henry Mayo; 1857, Silas S. Cummings; 1858-9, Caleb M. Alvord; 1860, George M. Hamlen: 1861, Henry H. Smith; 1862, S. W. Coggeshall; 1863, T. B. Gurney ; 1864, C. M. Alvord ; 1865, S. Y. Wallace; 1866-7, Jolm E. Gifford; 1868, Win. O. Cady; 1869, Paul Townsend; 1870-71, Oliver HI. Farna ld; 1872, Elijah F. Smith; 1873, D. M. Rogers; 1874-6, J. G. Gammons: 1877 8, J. T. McFarland; 1879-81, S. P. Snow; 1882, no pastor; 1883, Hefflon S. Smith; 1884 5, W. H. Allen; 1886, C. T. Hatch; 1887, James Tregaskis.
The Rhode Island Union Society was incorporated by an act of assembly in June, 1821, and the charter was amended in May, 1824. The original charter recites that " Peleg Sanford, Rich- ard Field, Giles Manchester, James Durfee, Jr., and others have represented to this Assembly that they have formed themselves into a religious society upon liberal and tolerant principles, and are about to erect a house for public worship, which shall be open to the moral and devont teachers of every Christian de- nomination." A charter was granted in accordance with the petition. A majority of those contributing to the erection of the meeting house were of opinion, as in their articles of incor- poration they declare, that the names by which churches and religions societies are commonly called have a tendency to divide the Christian community into sects pernicious to pure and undefiled religion, therefore they agreed to call their church the Union meeting house. No member of the society which should use the church was required to make any other confes- sion of faith than of a belief in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, and every member was accorded the right to give such an interpretation of the words of Scripture as best agreed with his own understanding of the truth. The house was made open and free to religions teachers of all denomina-
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tions, provided they were men of unblemished moral character and disposed to promote peace and charity among the different sects of Christians. The care of the house was confided to a committee of three persons or more, annually to be elected. who should decide questions as to who should be permitted to occupy it. The payment of five dollars constituted any one a member of the society and the owner of a share in the meeting house.
The society thus incorporated soon built a church. In those days lotteries were very popular. They were considered a good financial lever, convenient and appropriate to the moving for- ward of any laudable enterprise of a public character. Hence it did not appear so incongruous in the eyes of the people of that day as it might at the present time, that a lottery scheme should be planned and carried out, from the proceeds of which to build this meeting house. This, then, was the method em- ployed, and a house of worship was erected in the south part of the town, on the site now occupied by the Christian church, which has become the successor of the Union Society.
Another society, under the title of the " Christian Church in the town of Portsmouth." or perhaps more properly the same society under a new name, was incorporated in January, 1861, agreeable to the general aet contained in Chapter 125 of the Re- vised Statutes. A new house of worship was built a few years later, on the site of the old Union meeting house, the latter meanwhile having been sold and moved off to a neighboring lot, where it is still standing, the purchaser being Mr. Edward S. Sisson. The incorporators of this society were: William Miller, Samuel Clarke, John Manchester, 2d, Jonathan W. Coggeshall. Edmond Arnold, Nathan D. Main, Edmund S. Sisson, Joseph Anthony, Peleg T. Potter and their associates. The society employs a minister regularly, and has done so most of the time since its organization. Baptism by immersion is mainly prac- ticed, and hence the society is sometimes called the " Christian Baptists." Elder Miller was their minister for a considerable time. The present minister is Reverend A. Augustus Morton. The church stands on the corner of the East road and Union street.
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church is a handsome gothic structure, occupying a beautiful site on the elevated plateau overlooking the East river, in the village of "Newtown." The
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society was chartered in June, 1834, the charter being amended in January, 1844, and again in January, 1864. By the last amendment the corporation were empowered and authorized to levy a tax on the pews of the church, which tax could be col- lected in manner prescribed by the by-laws of the society, either by sale of the pews or otherwise, for the purpose of making re- pairs on the house of worship or for the payment of the salary of the rector. The present rector of the church is Reverend J. Sturgis Pearce.
St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal church is located at South Portsmouth. It has no resident pastor, but is in charge of a minister from Providence. The society was chartered in Jann- ary, 18GS. Hobart Williams, Albert Coggeshall, Robert Chase, John B. Gould, William H. Gifford, Christopher Sherman, Noel Coggeshall, Samnel G. Sherman and Peleg T. Coggeshall were prominent supporters of it. The church occupies a beau- tiful site, affording a magnificent view of the surrounding land- scape, from an elevation of two hundred and fifty feet, being on the northern slope of Slate hill. A considerable field of valu- able land is also owned by the society.
SOCIETIES .-- There are several benefit and other societies in the town. The most important of these are Sea Side Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Oakland Lodge, 1. O. O. F. The latter, bearing the number 32, is located at South Portsmouth, and was organ- ized January 1st, 1874. The charter members were : Charles C. Slocum, Samuel G. Arnold, Peleg L. Thurston, Joseph B. Slo- cum, Albert S. Walker, Truman C. Main, William H. Sisson, Constant W. Chase, Joseph Endicott, Herbert Chase, William M. Sisson, Josiah C. Gifford, William D. C. Main, Peleg A. Carpenter, John G. Barker, Henry Anthony, Edward A. Cog- geshall, Benjamin Sherman, Isaac M. Grinnell, and Rev. George W. Morrill. A commodions hall was built during the winter of 1874-5, on land bonght of William B. and Ann Maria Law- ton. The hall was dedicated July 1st, 1875. The first officers of the Lodge were : Charles C. Sloenm, N. G. ; Samuel G. Ar- nold, V. G. ; Herbert Chase, R. S. ; Constant W. Chase, T .; Edward A. Coggeshall, W. ; Albert S. Walker, C. ; Truman C. Main, I. G. ; Isaac M. Grinnell, O. G. ; Joseph Endicott, William M. Sisson, William D. C. Main and Peleg A. Carpenter, snp- porters to N. G. and V. G. ; William H. Sisson, R. S. S. ; Jo- seph B. Slocum, L. S. S. ; Josiah C. Gifford, chaplain. The
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office of noble grand has been held successively by the follow- ing : Charles C. Slocum, January to July, 1874; Samuel G. Arnold, July, 1874, to January, 1875 ; Joseph Endicott, Janu- ary to July, 1875; Joseph P. Barker, July, 1875, to Jannary, 1876 ; Edward A. Coggeshall, January to July. 1876; Peleg L. Thurston, July, 1876, to July, 1877 ; Benjamin Wyatt, January to July, 1877; John Croucher, July, 1877, to January, 1878; James E. Wyatt, January to July, 1878; Josiah C. Gifford, July, 1878, to January, 1879 ; Lyman Barker, January to July, 1879 ; William D. C. Main, July, 1879, to January, 1880; Free- born Manchester, January to July, 1880 ; William J. Barker, July, 1880, to January, 1881 ; Nathaniel Peckham, during 1881 ; William M. Sisson, 1882; John T. Brown, 1883; Jolin O. C. Peckham, 1884 ; Jonathan A. Sisson, 1885 ; Albert S. Walker, 1886 ; Charles I. Coggeshall, 1887. The lodge is in a flourish- ing condition, having at present fifty-eight members. It meets regularly on Saturday nights.
Sea Side Lodge, No. 17, is located at "Newtown," Ports- mouth. It meets from May 1st to November 1st on Saturday nights; during the remainder of the year on Thursday nights. The lodge was instituted January 25th, 1871. The first in- stalled officers were the charter members, as follows: Benjamin Tallman, N. G .; Joseph T. Tallman, V. G .: Lewis R. Hazard, R.S. ; Oliver G. Pierce, P.S .; Edward W. Fish, T .; Henry C. Fish, R. S. to N. G .; Lewis J. Munroe, L. S. to N. G. The follow- ing have held the office of N. G. for the terms beginning with the dates given: Joseph T. Tallman. January, 1872; Oliver G. Pierce, July, 1872; John B. Cornell, January, 1873; Christopher D. Albro, July, 1873; James B. Ashley, January, 1874; John H. Chace, July, 1874; Edward W. Fish, January, 1875: Alanson Peckham, July, 1875; Jolm W. Franklin, January, 1876: Job R. Carr, July, 1876; Thomas Hallman, January, 1877; John Rabers, July, 1877; William Smith, January, 1878; John W. Watts, July, 1878; John A. Franklin, January, 1879; Henry C. Anthony, July, 1879; Edward W. Fish, January, 1880; Edward C. Faulknor, July, 1880; Leander W. Franklin, January, 1881; William T. Harvey, January, 1882; Dwight E. Cane, January, 1883; Carmi Harrington, Jannary, 1884; Alexander G. Man- chester, January, 1885; Charles C. Hazard, Jannary, 1886 and 1887. The membership of this lodge was reduced in January, 1874, by the withdrawal of twenty-three members to form Oak-
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land Lodge. The present membership is twenty-nine. The lodge occupies by lease the hall belonging to Mr. A. G. Man- chester.
Eureka Lodge No. 22, F. & A. M., was chartered under the general laws of the state in January, 1871. Its incorporators were Edward F. Anthony, Benjamin S. Anthony, William P. Mott. Constaut C. Chase, Philip B. Chase, Frederick Chase, Charles G. Thomas, Benjamin Tallman, Jr., George B. Cogge- shall, George Manchester and William E. Cook. Its member- ship includes some of the most intelligent, respectable and substantial citizens of the town. For awhile the lodge flourished. but the formation of other lodges in the neighborhood checked its rapid increase in numbers. It is, however, abundantly able to maintain its existence, though not at present growing in membership. It owns a large hall in the upper story of which its meetings are held, the lower story being rented to private parties for commercial purposes. The hall stands on the east side of the village street in "Newtown," on the bluff over- looking the beautiful waters of the Seconnet and the picturesque hills of Tiverton. Soon after its organization a chapter of Royal Arch Masons was organized among its membership. This is known as Aquidneck Chapter, No. 9. It occupies the same lodge room. The first members of this chapter were Edward F. Anthony, Benjamin S. Anthony, William P. Mott, Constant C. Chase, Frederick Chase, Charles G. Thomas, Benjamin Tall- man, Edward F. Dyer, Benjamin Carr, Doctor Benjamin Green and Richmond Carr. In January, 1872, an incorporation was effected under the general state law as contained in chapter 125 of the revised statutes.
HENRY C. ANTHONY .- Both the paternal and maternal ances- tors of Mr. Anthony were among the first settlers in the nor- thern portion of the island. His grandfather, Seth Anthony, was born July 27th, 1765, and married Abagail Clarke, whose birth occurred May 25th, 1772. Their four children were Joseph, Samuel, Hannah (Mrs. Joseph Thomas), and Seth R. The last named son, born August 9th, 1812, married, in 1835, Abby, daughter of William Freeborn, whose family are among the oldest in the county. She was born September 12th, 1815. Their children are: Henry Clay, born June 10th, 1852, and Sarah E., wife of Charles H. Dyer, born May 1st, 1854. Henry
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Clay Anthony is a native of Portsmouth, and has always resided on the farm where his birth occurred. He received a thorough English education, and then prepared for business by a course at Scofield's commercial college in Providence, Rhode Island. He was bred to the occupation of a seed grower, and continuing this porsnit, eventually inherited a portion of his father's estate. Mr. Anthony was married on the 27th of December, 1876, to Eldora Jane, daughter of Joseph Wilcox, of Attleboro. Massa- chusetts. Their children are: William B., born November 19th, 1877; Ralph H., August 12th, 1879; Joseph G., May 13th, 1881; Jenny Louisa, January 17th, 1884, and Alice Wilcox, March 24th, 1886.
Mr. Anthony devotes his time exclusively to the growing of seeds and the raising of vegetables in their season for the mar- ket. He has established a reputation for the excellence of his products, is one of the largest growers in the country, and finds a ready market in all parts of the United States and Canada, his individual shipments amounting to thousands of pounds. His seeds are deservedly popular as a result of their purity, and the care taken in their production. Mr. Anthony represents that class of men whose sagacity, restless energy, and strict in- tegrity, place them in the foremost rank in their special depart- ment of commerce. While alive to the public interests of the day, he has not participated actively in politics, but regularly voted the republican ticket, and habitually refused all offices. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and master of Enreka Lodge, No. 22, of Portsmouth. He is also past grand of Sea Side Lodge, No. 32, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
JOHN F. CHASE is a grandson of Daniel Chase, who was a leading farmer in Portsmouth township. An influential citizen, he was prominent in the administration of local affairs, and served for fourteen years in the state legislature, where he earned the sobriquet of the "Quaker member." He married a Miss Lawton and had children: Darius, George, Daniel, Sally, wife of Humphrey Chase; Mary, married to Rouse Potter; Eliz- abeth, and Rnth, wife of William Coggeshall.
Their son Daniel was born in Portsmouth, where he devoted his life to the labors of a husbandman, and by judicions manage- ment acquired a large property. He married Hannah, daughter of Nathan Chase, of Tiverton, and had children: Charlotte ( Mrs. James Douglas, of Portsmouth), Daniel, Perry, Albert, Robin-
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son, Hannah (Mrs. John Gordon, of East Greenwich), Ruth, Ann (Mrs. Charles E. Boyd, of Portsmouth), Caroline E., John F. and Eliza V. (Mrs. Benjamin Hall, of Portsmouth). The death of Mr. Chase occurred March 12th, 1861, and that of his wife December 16th, 1860.
John F. Chase was born September 15th. 1829, in Portsmouth, and pursued his studies at Fall River, Bristol and Middleboro, Massachusetts, Returning to Tiverton, the home of his parents, he was for awhile employed as clerk in Fall River, and also en- gaged in teaching. On the 28th of November, 1854, he was married to Adeline T., daughter of Hamilton Chase, and grand- daughter of Abner Chase, of Portsmouth. Their children are: Arthur C., Carrie C. (wife of Rufus C. Bennett), John F., Jr., and Addie T. Mr. Chase, after his marriage, gave his attention to the homestead farm, of which he subsequently became owner. This farm was for many years his residence. In 1876 he pur- chased his present attractive site in Portsmouth, and there con- tinnes the congenial pursuit of an agriculturist. In his polit- ical predilections Mr. Chase is a republican, and has been an active worker in the party ranks. He has held various town- ship offices, and filled the position of superintendent of schools. He was elected to the senate of Rhode Island from Tiverton in 1877-78-79, and again to the house of representatives for the years 1884-85-86-87-88, being at present the incumbent of the office. He continues his allegiance to the faith of his ancestors and worships with the Friends' meeting.
ROBERT D. HALL is of English ancestry. His grandfather, George Hall, resided on the farm in Portsmouth now owned by his grandson, where he followed his trade of shoemaking and was also a prosperous farmer. His wife, Charity Fish, was the mother of thirteen children, among whom was David Hall, who was born on the homestead, succeeded to the ancestral land and married Hannah, daughter of Robert Dennis. Their children were : Isaac D., Darius. Edward, Gardner, Robert D., David F., Harriet A., Jane (deceased) and Ruth D. (deceased).
Robert Dennis Hall was born on the homestead farm June 18th, 1820, and has devoted his life to the pursuits of an agriculturist. He attended the paid schools of the day, and being the only son who remained at home, at an early age was pressed into the service as a helper to his father. On the death of the latter in 1847, he inherited a share in the farm, and se-
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cnring the remainder by purchase, became sole owner of the property. His attention has been given to general farming, though the raising of vegetables for market has been found es- pecially profitable. Mr. Hall married, in June, 1856, Mary A., danghter of Albert G. Cook, of Portsmouth. Their children are : Robert D., David F., married to Abbie Chase ; Albert C., Hannah C., wife of Alfred G. Sisson ; Rnth D., Emma E., Alice D., and two deceased, Isaac D. and William G. Mr. Hall in
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politics supports the principles of the republican party. He has held various township offices and been for years a member of the town council, where his judgment and ability have been made available in the administration of local affairs. Ilis re- ligious belief is that of the Society of Friends, the faith of his maternal ancestors.
Robert D Hall, Jr., born 1857, married Sarah Howland Smith of New Bedford, and since 1876 has been in Boston with L. G. Burnham & Co., coal dealers, 75 State street.
THOMAS ROBINSON HAZARD .- A history of Newport county, or, indeed, of the state of Rhode Island, would be incomplete without at least a slight sketch of the life and achievements of
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Thomas Robinson Hazard, who, for nearly half a century, and up to the time of his death in 1886, was a resident of the town of Portsmouth.
Mr. Hazard was a lineal descendant of Thomas Hazard, who settled in the same town abont the year 1638, and who was one of the original incorporators of the town of Newport. Born of Quaker ancestry, at Tower hill, in Sonth Kingstown, Wash- ington county, Rhode Island, January 3d, 1797, he was trained, from early years, to the business of woolen manufacturing, which his father had established at Peace Dale in the same town, and, at the age of sixteen, he engaged in the same business on his own account. In this he continued, through all the vicissitudes incident to the establishment of an infant industry on a firm basis, until 1842, when, having a few years before purchased the fine old country-seat called "Vaucluse," in the town of Portsmouth, he retired from active business, and devoted much of his time to agricultural pursuits, of which he had always been extremely fond.
Although never holding political office of any kind, Mr. Hazard always took a deep interest in every movement in the direction of reform and improvement of the conditions of life, and was ever ready to use his pen, without fear or favor, in aid of any canse which he believed to be just. He was the first in the state to establish an evening school, in 1821, in his factory, and he built, largely at his own expense, in Portsmonth, the first school house on the improved plan in any country town in Rhode Island. He also joined in writing the call for the first large meeting ever held in behalf of educational interests in Providence or the state, at which the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction was organized. He visited every public poorhouse in the state, except on Block island, made a full report of their condition to the general assembly, and succeeded in bringing about a thorough reform in their management. He began an agitation in behalf of the insane poor, and did not abandon the cause until after the Butler hospital was in successful operation. It was through his application to the general assembly that fixed appropriations were made for the maintenance of the insane, and for the education of the deaf and dumb and the blind. It was through his untiring efforts, and the influence of a report compiled and written by him, that the legislature abolished capital punishment in Rhode Island by a majority of four in
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the senate, and afterward by more than two to one in the house.
Mr. Hazard also took an active interest in the work of the African Colonization Society, and always maintained that, if the aims of this organization had been adequately aided by the general government, the great question of slavery would in all probability have been settled without bloodshed. In politics he was an ardent whig and an earnest supporter of Henry Clay and his American system of protection to home industry; and in the wisdom and beneficence of this principle he was, to the day of his death, an unfaltering believer. In aid of the whig campaign of 1840 he wrote and published in the Newport papers of the time a series of articles entitled, "Facts for the Laboring Man," which the New York Courier and Enquirer, then the recognized organ of commercial and financial interests, referred to as being " the best exposition of the financial policy of the present (Van Buren) administration that has appeared."
During the later years of his life Mr. Hazard spent much of his time in compiling a very thorough genealogical record of the Hazard and Robinson families, prefaced by many interest- ing recollections of olden times, and he also published in the newspapers a series of articles entitled, " Jonny Cake Papers," relating to the early customs and traditions of the state. These were afterward printed in book form, and, together with his volume of " Miscellaneous Essays and Letters," make a valna- ble contribution to the historical literature of his state and tinie.
THOMAS HOLMAN is descended from English ancestry. His grandfather, John Holman, was a miner at Gwinear parish, Cornwall, England. His son, Peter Holman, was also employed in the copper and tin mines at the same point. He married Grace Pryer, of the parish of Wendren, in the same county. Their children were: Grace, Mary, Peter, Absalom, John, David, Francis, Thomas, Henry and William.
Thomas Holman was born September 15th, 1818, in the parish of Gwinear, where he remained during his youth. Ilis time at the age of eleven was devoted to labor in the copper mines, leav- ing little time for education, which is more the result, with Mr. Holman, of observation and reflection than of time devoted to books. He continued at work in the mines until 1840, the date of his emigration to America, when he came direct to Ports- month and found his services in demand at the coal mines
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located in that. township. Mr. Holman, by his skill and know]- edge, soon made his presence felt, and later obtained an inter- est, at the same time acting as superintendent of the mines, and meanwhile making various purchases of real estate in the im- mediate vicinity. In 1860 he acquired his present farm, on which the family now reside. In 1877, having abandoned min- ing, he settled on his land, and has since that time been engaged in farming.
Mr. Holman was, in 1843, married to Mary D., daughter of Benjamin C. Sherman, of Portsmouth. Their children are : Thomas H. (deceased), Rosalette (widow of Charles A. Briggs), Lavinia (deceased) and Cordelia (Mrs. Albert W. Lawrence). Mrs. Holman died in 1856, and in 1859 he was again married to Anna B., daughter of Oliver Albro, of Portsmouth. Their children are: Frederick William, Fannie Lavantia, and Her- man Thomas. Mr. Holman casts his vote with the republican party, but aside from his membership on the school committee, prompted by his interest in the cause of education, has declined all offices. He is in his religious belief an Episcopalian, and a member of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church of Newtown. He is one of the vestry, and has been delegate to the diocesan convention.
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