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Moore, Lovel
97
Jewett, Jane F.
177
Morse, John
04
Jones, Roxana,
201
Murdock, Miriam B.
113
Jewett, Calvin
205
Martin, Abner H.
115
Jewett, Sarah P.
206
Morse, Nancy
121
Jewett, Martha H.
227
McLaran, Ruth L. S.
142
Jewett, Samuel
287
Martin, Hezekiah
148
Jewett, Fayette
294
McKnight, Olive P.
152
Jackson, Daniel L.
302
Morse, Phebe A. J.
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Jewett, Mary Ann B ..
312
McKnight, Thomas
190
Jackson, B. F.
315
Morgan, Rebecca
197
Jewett, Susan Ann C.
411
Morrill, Sophronia L.
208
Jones, Martha E.
448
Morrill, Horatio G.
209
Jones, Phebe Jane
449
Morrill, Calvin
212
Jewett, Sophia C.
465
Mason, Belina
248
Jones, Moses B.
595
Morrill, Sarah N.
251
Jones, Eliza Jane
596
Magoon, Israel P.
299
Jewett, Elizabeth H. B.
622
Magoon, Harriet W. B.
301
Keach, Tama
79
Morris, Walstein F.
335
Kimball, David
116
Morse, Amos C.
352
Kinney, Elizabeth B.
127
Martin, Charles
363
Kinsman, Ruth Ann G.
135
Mathews, Lott W.
373
Kittredge, Moses
144
Millen, James
379
Knapp, Hiram
219
Morrill, Mehitable
408
Kendall, Merlenity P.
228
Marston, Stephen B.
436
Kittredge, Caroline L.
262
Morrill, Aurilla S.
451
Knapp, Sophronia
350
Morse, Susan I.
481
Knapp, Catharine
403
Morrill, Isabel S.
511
Kilbourne, Frances
410
Merrill, Caroline D.
543
Kidder, Ann F.
498
Magoon, Angeline J.
544
Kilbourne, Mary Jane E.
514
Merrill, George A.
545
Kittredge, Catharine
559
Morris, Leonard M.
648
Kennedy, Isabel
573
Magoon, Martha Jane
652
Karr, Jane
636
Nelson, Louisa C.
83
Norton, Henry J.
414
Norton, Mary J. B.
415
Newell, Henry C.
566
Newell, Ellen A.
578
Little, Henry
145
Little, Ruth
146
LeFevre, Martha J.
171
Lee, John
212
Paddock, Abby
10
Lee, Lydia B.
218
Potter, Mary
23
Lawton, Lucy
238
Paddock, Mary P.
27
Lee, Isabel
243
Peck, Elisha
38
Lovejoy, Nancy W.
259
l'addock, Horace
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Lovejoy, Henry
272
Preston, Amaziah D. B.
61
Lee, Chauncey
293
Peck, Peter
66
Lord, Tirzah W.
343
Peck, Sally
67
Leland, Ellen M.
471
Potter, Barnabas
76
Lang, Alexander
522
Palmer, Sarah Ann
89
Lang, Isabel
523 Potter, Maria
90
Lang, Eliza B.
524 Paddock, Orris Mrs.
95
634
Magoon, Ephraim B.
654
Kittredge, Helen M.
635
King, Laura F.
645
Langmaid, Rachel S.
31
Lee, Susan C.
124
Owen, Melissa
627
Kittredge, Moses Hamilton
Miner, Caroline P.
314
37
Perry, Mira Ann Potter, Lewis
131
Smith, Ruth
74
Paddock, Charlotte L.
158 Stone, George
87
Phelps, Aurilla C.
174 Stevens, Sally
88
Phelps, Olive
178 Spaulding, Polly
102
Paddock, Ephraim
186
Swett, Robert T. D.
111
Perry, Mehitable
200
Stone, Harriet
147
Parker, Nathan
229
Shaw, Betsey R.
149
Page, John
233
Stoddard, Jesse W.
182
Page, Sarah
234
Stoddard, Hannah S.
183
Paddock, Julia F.
649, 280
Snell, Titus
189
Pierce, William P.
297
Smith, Samuel
191
Pierce, Louisa
298
Stone, Lydia L.
207
Porter, Prudence
339
Snow, Eli A.
210
Porter, Betsey
340
Snow, Sarah S.
214
Page, Sarah D.
404
Snow, Lovina
217
Paddock, Mary
419
Smith, Catharine
222
Pierce, Henry H.
440
Swett, Sarah
231
Paddock, Charles L·
442
Sanborn, Nancy
239
Paddock, Orris
454
Stone, Hannah M.
250
Page, Susan C
463
Stone, Clarissa B.
253
Peterson, Benjamin F.
469
Sinclair, John T.
254
Peterson, Flavia C. B.
475
Sinclair, Louisa C.
255
Prince, William H. N.
376
Scott, Eliza
278
Paine, Eliza E.
495
Scott, Maria
290
Peterson, Julia H.
531
Sanborn, William
305
Peterson, Paul
628, 538
Sanborn, Martha S.
306
Peterson, Catharine
626, 539
Smith, Richard
329
Poland, Delia H.
549
Swett, Lucius
384
Peterson, Anna
555
Spencer, Luke
394
Prince, Olive A.
616
Spencer, Candace
395
Peruse, Joseph
620
Spencer, L. G.
396
Peruse, Julia
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Spencer, Lucy
398
Stone, Sarah F.
402
Rowland, Laura B.
69
Stanton, Abby W.
422
Reed, Catharine
84
Sanborn, Hiram A.
438
Redfield, Catharine C
125
Stone, Charles M.
443
Reed, Edward A.
132
Skinner, Julia
494
Rice, Adeline G.
140
Stone, Charlotte
525
Ramsey, Chastina C.
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Smith, Mary Ann
535
Rice, Lester
202
Sargent, Christopher
563
Rowland, Caroline F.
261
Spencer, Eliza N.
572
Reding, Jane M.
275
Stone, Sarah
585
Rockwell, Susan M. B.
276
597
Rowland, Hannah A.
318
Stevens, Sarah Ann
607
Robinson, William D.
348
Stoddard, Josephine M.
609
Robinson, Euphema R.
349
Stockwell, Tarrant
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Ray, Benjamin F.
371
Stockwell, Susan
624
Ramsey, Charles F.
387
Rand, Philander
399
Thayer, Lewis W.
167
Rand, Mary
400
Thayer, Charlotte P.
196
Redington, Edward C.
406
Taylor, Caroline
332
Redington, Caroline D.
407
Thayer, Hannah
336
Russell, Laura A,
447
Thayer, Ruth
362
Rand, Martha J. C.
450
True, Cynthia
445
Ropes, Miriam J.
467
Taylor, Harriet T.
455
Rand, George D.
534
Tull, Caroline E. W.
474
Redington, Edward D.
556
Thayer, Catharine L.
501
Redington, Elizabeth S.
557
Thayer, Ruth W.
521
Ramsey, Aurilla
591
Taylor, Jacob
547
Shory, Hannah
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Vermuth, Betsey K.
203
Stiles, Joseph
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Somers, Caroline S.
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130 | Smith, David
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Ramsey, Hepzibah
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Sargent, Amy R.
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Sargent, Harriet Abby
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Webber, Elizabeth
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Warner, Nancy P. F.
317
Wright, Fanny
91
Warner, James M.
337
Wheeler, Lettice
98 Warner, Hannah P.
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Wheaton, Sally
103 Wilder, Elizabeth
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West, Presbury
105
Wells, Martha E.
421
Wheaton, Dorothy
106
Walker, Lucy H. G.
427
Wheaton, James
110
Walker, Chauncey S.
433
West, Esther
112 Wilkins, John
472
Wilcox, Emily G.
117
Wilkins, Lydia H.
473
Wright, Horatio N.
141
Weeks, Mary H.
482
Wilcox, Harriet N. J.
170 White, Pliny H.
502
Wright, Orphia H.
175
White, Electa
503
Worcester, Martha P. C.
245
White, Wealthy Ann
506
Warner, Samuel
256
Wilder, William
536
Warner, Relief
257
Wilder, Joanna
537
Warner, Emily
258
Worthen, Letitia H.
594
Warner, James P.
260
Willey, Danforth
628
Works, Almira
273 Willey, Harriet N.
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Woods, Jane C.
281
Wing, Ellen S.
630
Worcester, Harriet E.
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Wilder, Mary Ann
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APPENDIX.
EXTRACT FROM A PAMPHLET PREPARED BY REV. LUTHER JEWETT IN 1841.
"FIRST SETTLEMENT -FIRST CHURCH.
The charter of the town was first issued to JONATHAN ARNOLD and his associates, in the year 1786. At that time the whole was a wilderness. The next year after the charter was granted, Dr. Arnold, originally from Rhode Island, accompanied by about a dozen men, commenced the first regular settlement of the town. Most of the men were unmarried, but several brought their wives with them. Dr. Arnold was a man of superior talents ; but none of the company were professors of religion; and though the town increased annually in population and wealth, yet for some time its moral and religious character was stationary or retro- grade. A part of the inhabitants, however, seem to have felt as though it was not suitable to live wholly without any show of regard to religion. At that time it was customary in Vermont, as well as in other New-England States, for the towns to raise money by a tax, to defray the expense of the ministry ; and at a town meeting held in March, 1794, seven years after the first set- tlement, the subject of hiring preaching was discussed. On the question being put, " Will the town raise money by a tax to pay for preaching the Gospel ?" it was "determined in the negative." Several attempts were made to raise money for hiring a minister in the course of the seven years next following 1794. These efforts generally, if not in every case, proved abortive, except the last. In July, 1801, the town voted to raise one hundred dollars, and appointed Joel Roberts, Barnabas Barker and Nathaniel Edson, to superintend the expenditure and to provide a place for meeting. The committee accordingly performed the service as- signed them. From that time to this, whatever has been done for the support of the ministry, has been done by the voluntary association of individuals. With the increase of population, and the increasing number who were disposed to attend public wor- ship, the want of a house for religious and town meetings was more and more felt; but difference in opinion respecting the proper location of such a house prevented the erection of one for a considerable time.
The first town meeting in which this subject was voted upon was in March, 1798. At this meeting a committee was appointed
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to report to the town in June following, "the most convenient place whereon said house shall be built." June came. The town met; but instead of accepting the committee's report, they voted not to build at all. Still, those desirous of a house, though de- feated, were not discouraged. Through their means, the town was called together again in September following. Again the question was presented, "Will the town build a meeting-house or a town-house ?" The same result followed as before. It was "determined in the negative." Four years now passed without any thing being done by the town in relation to a house, The population had increased to eight hundred. The dif- ficulty of transacting the business of "March Meeting " and "Freeman's Meeting " was great. In September, 1802, the town met once more upon this long agitated subject. At this meeting the town voted to raise $850, (the sum supposed to be necessary to build a "Town House,") determined on its location, and ap- pointed a committee to superintend the expenditure of the money. They were directed to build of such a size as they might have the means to do, by adding to the $850 such sums as individuals would pay for pews, to be by them occupied as their own property, except when town meetings were holden. The next year the town added $80 to the $850 before voted. The result was that in 1804 a large house was completed. For nearly twenty years this was the only meeting-house in town. Public worship was usually attended in it on the Sabbath, and, as occasion required, on other days. Those having individual rights, in consequence of aiding to defray the expense of building by the purchase of pews, were of different denominations; and cach denomination was entitled to occupy it, if they chose, in proportion as each had paid for building. From several causes, however, if was more frequently occupied by Congregational preachers than by those of any other denomination. Owing to its location, chiefly, it has been but little used for public worship for several years past, but is still used for all town meetings.
In the course of the last twenty years, houses for public worship have been sufficiently multiplied. In the center of the town there are three. One was originally built by the Freewill Baptists, but was afterward purchased and enlarged, and is now occupied by the First Congregational church and society. A second in the center is occupied by the Methodists, and a third by the Univer- salists. On the Plain is one occupied by the Congregationalists. At the East Village is one built this year, 1840, and occupied by a third Congregational church and society, lately organized in that section of the town.
It was long before a convenient place for public worship was provided, - it was still longer before there was any organized church. An unusually small proportion of those who came here to settle, for the first ten or fifteen years, had been members of churches elsewhere; and though a few, while residing here, had become hopefully pious, yet the number of such was also small.
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And the circumstances that the few church members who came from abroad were of several denominations, added to the diffi- culty. However, in November, 1807, more than twenty years after the settlement of the town, the way was so prepared that the First Congregational Church was organized. It consisted of nineteen members, - six males and thirteen females. About one third of these had been members of churches elsewhere. Ad- ditions, often small, were annually made for twelve years in succession, coming down to and including 1820. From that time to 1831 the additions were very few. Since 1831, more or less have been added every year; and for more than two years past no communion season has occurred without bringing in one or more. The present number of resident members is not far from ninety. For six years after its organization this church remained destitute of a pastor, but public worship was uniformly maintained on the Sabbath, sometimes with preaching and sometimes without. In the year 1815 the Rev. Pearson Thurstin was installed over them. His health soon failed ; he became unable to preach, and in 1817, at his request, the pastoral relation was dissolved. For more than fifteen years next follow- ing they had no installed pastor, though most of the time they enjoyed preaching. In February, 1833, the present pastor, Rev. Josiah Morse, was ordained and set over them. Under his min- istration their increase in numbers and strength has been steady, though not rapid."
NOTE. JANUARY, 1864. The "Town House," built in 1804, stood upon the hill west of the present Center Village; and being inconvenient of access, it was taken down, several years since, and re-erected in the Center Village, where for a time it was used for a town house, and is now occupied by the First Congrega- tional Church and Society.
In 1858, the town authorized the construction of the present town hall, in connection with the new court house in the vil- lage of St. Johnsbury.
Since the date of the above named pamphlet, a convenient meeting house has been built by the Methodist Society, in the village of St. Johnsbury, and another by that society in the East Village; so that at the present time there are eight houses of public worship in the town, which are regularly occupied on the Sabbath ; beside which an expensive Catholic Church has been built in the village of St. Johnsbury within the last three years.
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