The Congregational churches of Vermont and their ministry, 1762- 1914, historical and statistical, Part 4

Author: Comstock, John M
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian Co.
Number of Pages: 212


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Population, 1800, 1039; 1850, 3016; 1910, 1885. Ch. org. June 7, 1784.


Matthias Cazier


o. p. Sept. 4, 1789


d Dec. 13, 1792


ยท Elihu Smith


o. p. Jan. 17, 1804


d Dec. 30, 1826


Joseph Steele


o. p. Dec. 25, 1828 i Feb. 14, 1855


d Mar. 2, 1864


Lewis Francis


i Sept. 28, 1364


d Dec. 3, 1872


Walter H. Ayers


Oct. 1873


Oct. 1874 Sept. 1875


[William L. Woodruff, Lic.]


Nov. 1874 b Oct. 1875


d Sept. 14, 1881


John P. DeMeritt


Mar. 1883


George P. Byington


July 1983


Dec. 1887 d Oct. 21, 1890


[William W. Belden, Pres.]


Apr. 1891


Apr. 1893


Warren L. Noyes


Apr. 1894


Oct. 1898


Frank B. Hyde


Mar. 1899


Sept. 1901


[J. Russell Mowris, M. E.]


Apr. 1902


Apr. 1904


Frank L. Garfield


May 1904


Dec. 1910


[William J. Chapman, M. E.] Apr. 1911


May 1913


[George E. Watson, M. E.]


May 1913


CAVENDISH


Organized Mar. 12, 1782. Population, 1800, 921; 1850, 1576; 1910, 1208. Ch. org. 1822; last in Minutes, 1863.


1821


1823


Frederic E. Cannon


i Oct. 5, 1826


d Dec. 26, 1827 Mar. 1849


CHARLESTON


Organized Mar. 31, 1806, as Navy; name changed to Charleston, 1825. Population, 1800, 0; 1850, 1008; 1910, 993.


Ch. org. Oct. 5, 1841, at East Charleston; removed in 1852 to Island Pond in Brighton, which see.


Jacob S. Clark 1852


1846


Ch. org. May 14, 1844 (West Charleston.)


1844


1856


Jabez T. Howard


May 1860


Nov. 1862


Charles Duren


Levi Loring


b Dec. 1869 o. p. July 9, 1863 d June 15, 1866


Selah R. Arms, Lic.


Jubilee Wellman


Jan. 1842


d Aug. 1854


Willard Child


Edward T. Hooker


i Dec. 2, 1875 Jan. 1882


S. Allen Barrett


o. p. Feb. 28, 1888


44


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


Timothy E. Ranney


July 1866


Nahum W. Grover


Oct. 1867


June 1867 Apr. 1868 d May 22, 1872


Alexander C. Childs


i May 19, 1869


William T. Herrick


Nov. 1872


June 1882


Josiah W. Kingsbury


1882


1883


Stephen F. Drew


Oct. 1883


Dec. 1886


Samuel H. Amsden


1887


1888


Orrin G. Baker


Sept. 1888


Oct. 1894


John P. Marvin


b Oct. 1894


r Sept. 20, 1895


Mar. 1900


Samuel Bell


Apr. 1900


Apr. 1901


Benjamin S. Maben


May 1901


Oct. 1902


[Winifred Eddy, Lay.]


Nov. 1905


Nov. 1907


Edwin T. Hurd


Nov. 1907


Sept. 1909


Arthur B. Ross


Nov. 1911


Oct. 1914


Ch. org. Nov. 23, 1905 (East Charleston.)


Lawrence A. Wilson, Lic.


Apr. 1905


July 1906


Solomon T. Achenbach


Feb. 1907


June 1908


William R. Price


Aug. 1908


May 1910


Feb. 1911


CHARLOTTE


Organized Mar. 13, 1787.


Population, 1800, 1231; 1850, 1634; 1910, 1163 Ch. org. Jan. 3, 1792.


Daniel O. Gillett


o. p. Jan. 4, 1792


d 1799


Truman Baldwin


o. p. Nov. 4, 1807


d Mar. 21, 1815


Calvin Yale


b Mar. 1817


d Mar. 5, 1833


Frye B. Reed


1833


1834


William Eaton


b Apr. 1834


d Jan. 12, 1837


Eldad W. Goodman


i July 12, 1837


d Oct. 15, 1845


Joel S. Bingham


d Nov. 18, 1851


Charles M. Seaton


o. p. Oct. 21, 1846 b Dec. 1851 i July 6, 1854 Mar. 1869


d Jan. 29, 1868


Charles W. Clark


Mar. 1871


Charles C. Torrey


i Sept. 7, 1871


d Sept. 1, 1878


Hiram B. Putnam


May 1879


Jan. 1882


Azel W. Wild


July 1882


Jan. 1890


Hervey Gulick


July 1892


CHELSEA


Organized Mar. 31, 1788, as Turnersburg; name changed to Chelsea, Oct. 1788.


Population, 1800, 897; 1850, 1958; 1910, 1074. Ch. org. Apr. 10, 1789.


Lathrop Thompson


d Apr. 29, 1805


Calvin Noble


* Apr. 20, 1834


James Buckham


d Feb. 16, 1841


Benjamin B. Newton


d Mar. 11, 1846


Thomas S. Hubbard


d Aug. 31, 1854


James C. Houghton


Apr. 1865


Salem M. Plimpton


i Nov. 20, 1799 b Mar. 1807 o. p. Sept. 7, 1807 b Nov. 1834 i Feb. 25, 1835 i June 28, 1842 b Jan. 1847 i Feb. 13, 1849 Feb. 1857 Jan. 1866


* Sept. 14, 1866


o. p. Oct. 15, 1817


i Sept. 25, 1834


45


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


William A. James


o. p. May 1, 1867


d Dec. 29, 1869 e Mar. 1870


Edward E. Herrick


Barker B. Sherman


Andrew J. Eastman


Herbert J. Wyckoff.


June 1905


George E. Lake


Nov. 1909


John A. Lawrence CarThur Hazen


Organized June, 1767.


Population, 1800, 1878; 1850, 2001; 1910, 1784.


Ch. of Rockingham and Chester org. Oct. 27, 1773; separated into two chs., 1778.


Samuel Whiting


1778


Samuel Sargeant


Thomas C. Thacher


Uzziah C. Burnap


Silas H. Hodges


i Nov. 15, 1837 b May 1841


d June 19, 1837 d Dec. 24, 1840 d Mar. 25, 1846


Samuel M. Stone


J. De Forest Richards


Chester D. Jefferds


Charles C. Torrey


i June 11, 1844 o. p. Oct. 15, 1846 i Apr. 29, 1853 o. p. Oct. 20, 1858 i May 26, 1864


d Aug. 22, 1857 * Nov. 22, 1862 e Nov. 4, 1865 d Oct. 1, 1865 Jan. 1867


Edward T. Fairbanks, Lic. Charles E. Lord


Jan. 1866


John G. Hale


Henry L. Slack


b Jan. 1867 i Aug. 8, 1867 Dec. 1869 b July 1877


d Oct. 1, 1865 d Apr. 6, 1869 Apr. 1876


d Mar. 13, 1883


William J. Murphy *


o. p. Oct. 11, 1877 b Aug. 1883 i Oct. 31, 1883 Jan. 1885


d Oct. 31, 1884 Jan. 1888


John Cowan


b July 1888


Elmer J. Beach


i June 25, 1889 Aug. 1892 b July 1895


Henry L. Ballou


o. p. Sept. 17, 1895


CHITTENDEN


Organized March 30, 1789. Population, 1800, 327; 1850, 675; 1910, 563.


Ch. org. Apr. 29, 1834; last in Minutes, 1872.


b Mar. 1834


Chauncey Taylor


o. p. Jan. 21, 1835


1837


James T. Phelps, Lic.


1838


1839


Jonathan Longley


May 1839


Jan. 1841


Chauncey Taylor


b Jan. 1841


e Mar. 1844 d May 1814


James T. Phelps


Chauncey Taylor


o. p. July 1, 1841 Mar. 1844 i Dec. 2, 1846


e Sept. 1853 d Aug. 1854


* Later known as Murray.


1


d May 1, 1889 d Mar. 9, 1898 June 1902


apr. 1936


b May 1870 i Feb. 14, 1871 i Feb. 21, 1890 June 1898 Mar. 1903 b Dec. 1905 r Aug. 30, 1906 Apr. 1910 CHESTER 9. 1931


o. p. Oct. 27, 1773 1811 May 1816 b Sept. 1824 i Dec. 31, 1826


May 1816 June 1818


Andrew Rankin


d June 10, 1851


Warren L. Noyes


d Jan. 1, 1892 Apr. 1895


d Oct. 1837 1838


John Jones


46


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


CLARENDON


Organized before 1778.


Population, 1800, 1789; 1850, 1477; 1910, 857. Ch. org. Feb. 18, 1822.


Henry Hunter


i Nov. 6, 1822


Nathaniel Hurd


1828


d Oct. 1827 1830


Philetus Clark


1830


1832


Horatio Flagg


i Jan. 29, 1835


d Nov. 15, 1836


Stephen Williams


Jan. 1837


1843


Samuel Stone


1843


1844


Solomon P. Giddings


1844


1845


Ezra Jones


July 1846


July 1849


Josiah B. Clark


Jan. 1851


1856


Moses G. Grosvenor


July 1857


Mar. 1861


William T. Herrick


b May 1861


i May 6, 1863


d Oct. 14, 1872


Nathaniel P. Gilbert


1873


1875


Alanson D. Barber


1875


1876


George H. Morss


b 1876


i Dec. 26, 1877


d June 23, 1886 1890


Thomas D. Davies


July 1891


May 1893


Richard Scoles Mar. 1894


Jan. 1899


[George A. Luckenbill, Ref.]


Oct. 1899


July 1900


Albert H. Plumb, Jr.


June 1901


Nov. 1902


Montie J. B. Fuller


Feb. 1903


Dec. 1904


Walter R. Curtis


Apr. 1905


COLCHESTER


Organized, 1791.


Population, 1800, 347; 1850, 2575; 1910, 6450. Ch. org. Sept. 14, 1804.


John Scott, Lic.


1825


1826


Simeon Parmelee


1831


1836


Marshall Shedd


1837


1838


John Scott


Dec. 1839


1840


Chauncey Taylor


Feb. 1841


1843


John Scott


1844


1845


Ansel Nash


i June 25, 1845


d Feb. 14, 1849


John K. Converse


June 1850


June 1854


Daniel Warren


1854


Aug. 1855


Buel W. Smith


1857


1860


Lewis Francis


Dec. 1861


July 1864


Lester H. Elliot, Lic.


Sept. 1864


Sept. 1865


Edward E. Herrick


Jan. 1866


Jan. 1869


Charles M. Seaton


Jan. 1869


Jan. 1877


Alanson S. Barton


Jan. 1877


Apr. 1882


Samuel H. Amsden


Mar. 1883


Mar. 1887


Amos Holbrook


Oct. 1887


Apr. 1896


Clarence J. Harris


b May 1896


o. p. May 28, 1851


Calvin J. Hastings


June 1898


Charles B. Atwood


Dec. 1901


Dec. 1904


George Skinner


July 1905 .


Nov. 1908


Wesley W. Smith


May 1909 1


Winooski ch. org. Nov. 9, 1836.


Daniel C. Frost


1839 1840


d May 16, 1898 * Mar. 21, 1901


[Ira S. Jones, Adv.]


1887


47


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


Chauncey Taylor Amander Barker


Feb. 1841 b July 1842 o. p. Sept. 28, 1842


May 1842


Zenas Bliss


1843


James Buckham


Sept. 1847


Mar. 1850


William T. Herrick


b Feb. 1851


John K. Converse


May 1854 Oct. 1860


Aug. 1860 June 1865


Lester H. Elliot


b Oct. 1865


o. p. May 2, 1866 1872


d Jan. 30, 1872


Edwin Wheelock


1873


1876


Charles E. Steele


Oct. 1876


1877


Ariel A. Baker


Dec. 1878


Jan. 1880


Edward Hungerford


1880


1882


Edgar A. Squier


b 1884


i July 14, 1885


d Apr. 27, 1887 1890


Edward Hungerford


1890


1893


Samuel L. Bates


Oct. 1893


1897


Samuel D. Angel


Jan. 1898


June 1900


Nathaniel W. Hankemeyer


Jan. 1901


July 1903


Edward Hungerford


Sept. 1903


July 1909


Roger H. Trill, Lic.


Sept. 1909


July 1910


Rufus C. Flagg


Jan. 1911


CONCORD


Organized Mar. 3, 1794. Population, 1800, 322; 1850, 1153; 1910, 1080. Ch. org. Jan. 7, 1807; last in Minutes, 1861.


Samuel Goddard


o. p. Sept. 7, 1809 b June 1822


d June 6, 1821


Samuel R. Hall


o. p. Mar. 4, 1823


d June 1830


Solon Martin


b Oct. 1832


d Oct. 1, 1838


Charles W. Richardson


1839


1841


John Wooster


1840


1842


Josiah Morse


May 1843


Apr. 1846


CORINTH


Organized 1780. Population, 1800, 1410; 1850, 1906; 1910, 1005.


Ch. org. Oct. 10, 1820. The earliest ministers were engaged by the town before organization of the ch.


[Tilly Howe, Lic.] intermittently between 1786 and 1792


William Pickles


1805


* Jan. 1, 1811


Clement Parker, Lic. 1812


1814


[Samuel Williams, Lic.]


1816


1817


David H. Williston


1817


1818


[John Wilcox, Lic.]


1819


1820


Charles Y. Chase


b 1820


Charles Boyter


b May 1832


Stillman Morgan


i Oct. 4, 1832


d Apr. 9, 1838


Solon Martin


b Oct. 1838 i Dec. 30, 1841


d July 10, 1855


1


d Nov. 24, 1843 1844


o. p. May 28, 1851


d Mar. 15, 1854


John D. Kingsbury


Walter H. Ayers


Orlando H. White


1888


o. p. June 16, 1835


o. p. Jan. 25, 1821 1830


* Aug. 14, 1830 Feb. 1832


48


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


Orville W. Merrill


July 1856


Nov. 1858


William H. Kingsbury


Sept. 1858


Sept. 1860


Solon Martin


May 1861


May 1866


James C. Houghton


Nov. 1866


Nov. 1867


Caleb M. Winch


1868


May 1880


Horace P. James


b Oct. 1880 o. p. Feb. 16, 1881 Feb. 1888


d May 27, 1887 * May 31, 1888


Elias W. Hatch


Apr. 1889


Jan. 1901


George P. Rowell


July 1901


Apr. 1904


Thomas D. Davies


Nov. 1905


Apr. 1907


J. Franklin Owens


June 1907


June 1912


John L. Holden


Sept. 1912


CORNWALL


Organized Mar. 2, 1784.


Population, 1800, 1163; 1850, 1155; 1910, 789. Ch. org. July 15, 1785.


Thomas Tolman


o. p. Sept. 26, 1787


Benjamin Wooster


o. p. Feb. 23, 1797


Jedediah Bushnell


o. p. May 25, 1803 b Oct. 1836


d Jan. 16, 1839


Jacob Scales


i July 3, 1839


Seagrove W. Magill


i July 9, 1844


Lucius L. Tilden


1847


1848


Enoch C. Wines


1850


Gurdon W. Noyes


b Dec. 1851


i Apr. 28, 1852


Joseph A. Bent


b Oct. 1854


Ariel A. Baker


Seagrove W. Magill


John C. Houghton


Milan C. Stebbins


i Sept. 24, 1884


Samuel H. Barnum


Oct. 1907


Samuel Rose


COVENTRY


Organized Mar. 31, 1803. Population, 1800, 7; 1850, 867; 1910, 616. Ch. org. Oct. 2, 1810.


Lyman Case


b Sept. 1822 o. p. Mar. 19, 1823 June 1830 Oct. 1837


d Oct. 8. 1828 May 1836 Aug. 1844


Pliny H. White


John C. Houghton


1869


Ferdinand W. Dickinson


1870


William C. Somerville


1874


Gardner S. Butler


Apr. 1881


William N. Bacon


i Feb. 8, 1883


Lincoln Harlow


May 1891


John C. Langford


May 1894


Andrew S. Bole


Apr. 1899


Apr. 1910


Morton W. Hale


Oct. 1910


d Nov. 11. 1790 d Jan. 7, 1802 d May 25, 1836


Lamson Miner


o. p. Jan. 3, 1837


d June 16, 1842 e kept. 1847 d Apr. 27, 1852


d Mar. 15, 1854 e Aug. 1856


d Nov. 1856 d Jan. 23, 1866 d Aug. 2, 1878 Dec. 1882 * Sept. 12, 1889


Ralden A. Watkins


Lyndon S. French


Asahel R. Gray


b Aug. 1844


o. p. Nov. 13, 1844 Aug. 1858


d June 29, 1858 * Apr. 24, 1869 1870


May 1882 d July 9, 1889 May 1894 Dec. 1898


1874 1881


o. p. Nov. 1, 1854 i Aug. 18, 1858 i Oct. 13, 1867 Jan. 1879


May 1890 Nov. 1908


Caleb M. Winch


49


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


CRAFTSBURY


Organized Mar. 15, 1792.


Population, 1800, 229; 1850, 1223; 1910, 1119. Ch. org. July 4, 1797.


Samuel Collins i 1797


William A. Chapin


o. p. Sept. 25, 1822 Feb. 1838


1840


Samuel R. Hall


b May 1.S40


i July 8, 1840


Thomas Kidder


1954


Austin O. Hubbard


1955


1857


L. Ives Hoadly


Sept. 1858


Sept. 1865


Edward P. Wild


o. p. Oct. 11, 1865


d Oct. 29, 1874


Joseph Boardman


May 1875


Sept. 1881


Francis Parker


1882


Feb. 1885


John Fraser


Nov. 1885


Nov. 1888


Royal C. Moodie


b June 1889


e Oct. 1898


Charles H. Morse


Feb. 1899


July 1903


Leland E. Tupper


July 1903


July 1905


Charles H. Rowley


Nov. 1905


July 1910


Edwin R. Gordon


July 1910


DANBY


Organized Mar. 14, 1769.


Population, 1800, 1487; 1850, 1535; 1910, 1001. Ch. org. Nov. 4, 1869. (


James P. Stone


Nov. 1869 b Oct. 1872


July 1872


Eugene F. Wright


o. p. Nov. 11, 1873


Lucian D. Mears


Mar. 1876


Moses Patten


May 1887


Oct. 1888


Washington H. Forbes


Sept. 1889


Mar. 1891


[William A. Pinkerton, U. Pres.]


Mar. 1893


Oct. 1896


Oramel . F. Thayer


Jan. 1897


Oct. 1898


Alexander J. Cameron


June 1899


Mar. 1902


H. Clay Searles


July 1903


Jan. 1906


Park A. Bradford


Apr. 1906


May 1907


William A. McIntire


b Aug. 1907


o. p. Nov. 20, 1907


DANVILLE


Organized Mar. 20, 1787. Population, 1800, 1514; 1850, 2577; 1910, 1564. Ch. org. Aug. 9, 1792.


John Fitch o. p. Oct. 30, 1793


Jeremiah Flint


Edward Hollister


o. p. July 31, 1817 i Mar. 26, 1823 i Jan. 3, 1827


Elderkin J. Boardman


David A. Jones


Richard C. Hand


David Perry John Dudley John Eastman


Charles W. Thompson


Thomas W. Darling


i Mar. 25, 1835 b Feb. 1840 i June 23, 1841 i Feb. 1847 May 1850 b Jan. 1857 i June 26, 1861 o. p. July 1, 1369 May 1883


d Oct. 1, 1816


d Mar. 20, 181S d May 7, 1826 d Oct. 29, 1833 d Apr. 1839


d Sept. 16, 1846 d Mar. 26, 1850 Apr. 1855


d Nov. 12, 1867 d Dec. 12, 1882 Jan. 1889


d June 30, 1804 d Sept. 24, 1834


Daniel Parker


d Jan. 4, 1854 1855


i Feb. 21, 1890


d Jan. 4, 1899


d Sept. 7, 1874 Apr. 1887


50


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


William H. Stuart


Sept. 1889


Aug. 1891


Stephen Knowiton


Oct. 1891


Oct. 1901


George H. Cummings


Dec. 1901


Sept. 1907


John F. Schneider


Nov. 1907


May 1913


Chauncey A. Adams


Oct. 1913


OCT- 1923


Frank Ir. Hagen


DERBY Jan. 1928


+ DEC.3. 1930


Organized Mar. 29, 1798.


Population, 1800, 194; 1850, 2205; 1910, 3639. Ch. org. Aug. 9, 1807.


Luther Leland


b Sept. 1809 o. p. June 28, 1810 b 1826


* Nov. 9, 1822


Samuel C. Bradford


i June 21, 1827


d June 21, 1829


James Robertson


Oct. 1832


May 1836


Elihu B. Baxter


1836


1838


Stephen M. Wheelock


1838


1840


William Claggett


1840


Nov. 1843


Caleb W. Piper


1845


1846


Orpheus T. Lanphear


o. p. Oct. 25, 1849


d May 24, 1855


Elias W. Kellogg


Oct. 1855


May 1856


John Fraser


Oct 1856


May 1863.


Benson M. Frink


Oct. 1863


May 1865


James P. Stone


Oct. 1865


Sept. 1867


John Rogers


Apr. 1868


May 1873


James Hay


May 1873


Oct. 1875


John A. Kaley


b Nov. 1875


o. p. May 10, 1876


d Dec. 26, 1876


Edward P. Wild


1877


1880


Gardner S. Butler


1880


1881


J. Lincoln Litch


1881


1882


Josiah W. Kingsbury


1882


1883


Will C. Wood


1883


1885


Raymond C. Drisko


o. p. June 24, 1885


d Sept. 17, 1890 Oct. 1892


William A. Bushee


Sept. 1891


Henry M. Perkins


Feb. 1893


Aug. 1897


Andrew J. Small


Jan. 1898


Dec. 1901


John H. Cone


Jan. 1902


Mar. 1905


Lewis W. Morey


Sept. 1905


Nov. 1906


Charles E. Gordon


Nov. 1908


DORSET


Organized Mar. 3, 1774.


Population, 1800, 1286; 1850, 1700; 1910, 1472. Ch. org. Sept. 22, 1784.


Elijah Sill


i Sept. 22, 1784 1795


1796


William Jackson


o. p. Sept. 27, 1796


* Oct. 15, 1842


Ezra Jones, colleague


i Dec. 12, 1838


d Oct. 28, 1841


James J. Gilbert


1844


1845


Moses C. Searle


1845


1846


Cyrus Hudson


i Oct. 27, 1847


1855


d Dec. 25, 1860


Parsons S. Pratt


b Jan. 1856


i Dec. 25, 1860


* Apr. 8, 1906


William S. Walker, colleague


Aug. 1.896


Sept. 1900


Charles L. Carhart, colleague


b Dec. 1900


r May 20, 1902


Aug. 1910


d 1791


Seth Williston


51


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


Eugene F. Hunt


Apr. 1911


Sept. 1912


[W. LeRoy Haven, Pres.]


Dec. 1912


East Dorset ch. org. Oct. 1, 1867.


Franklin W. Olmsted


Apr. 1867


Apr. 1870


[William W. Foster, M. E.]


Apr. 1870


Apr. 1872


[Charles H. Dunton, M. E.]


Apr. 1872


Apr. 1874


[Simeon Gardiner, M. E.]


Apr. 1877


Apr. 1879


James L. Harrington


July 1879


July 1892


Milton L. Severance


1883


1885


Lucian D. Mears


Apr. 1885


Apr. 1887


Washington H. Forbes


Sept. 1889


Mar. 1891


[William A. Pinkerton, U. Pres.]


Feb. 1893


Feb. 1897


[Charles A. Bradford, M. E.]


1897


1900


Alexander J. Cameron


Apr. 1901


Mar. 1902


D. Miner Rogers


Apr. 1906


Feb. 1908


William A. McIntire


Apr. 1908


DOVER


Organized as South District of Wardsboro, Mar. 10, 1789; as Dover, Mar. 4, 1811.


Population, 1850, 709; 1910, 377.


Ch. org. Nov. 8, 1802; last in Minutes, 1844.


Simeon Snow


1803 1805


Urban Hitchcock


o. p. Dec. 21, 1808


d Feb. 13, 1813


Avery S. Ware, Lic.


May 1823


Dec. 1823


Isaac Cummings


b 1826


* Sept. 6, 1831


Broughton White


1835


1837


James Tufts


Linus Owen preached here 10 or 12 years from 1844, but no church seems to have been recognized as existing.


West Dover ch. org. Jan. 17, 1868.


John H. Rickett June 1868


June 1869


Samuel H. Amsden


May 1870 1873


May 1873


Orson C. Dickerson


Oct. 1874


Henry H. Olds


i Apr. 23, 1874


d May 10, 1876


[Frank E. Pierce, Bapt.]


1876


1877


Artemas C. Field


1978


1880


Herbert R. Titus


1882


1885


Royal D. Metcalf


June 1885


1887


Frank B. Hyde, Lic.


1889


1890


John O. Barrows


Sept. 1891


Jan. 1893


William A. Estabrook.


Aug. 1893


June 1902


G. Edwin Woodman


Jan. 1903


Sept. 1906


James Duke King


Sept. 1906


Jan. 1010


A. Edward Martin


Dec. 1910


Mar. 1914


Ch. org. Jan. 3, 1872 (Dover Center) ; last in Minutes, 1983.


1871


Sept. 1874


[John L. Smith, M. E.]


1876


1877


DUMMERSTON


Organized Mar. 4, 1771.


Population, 1800, 1692; 1850, 1645; 1910, 643. Ch. org. Aug. 18, 1779.


b 1778


Joseph Farrar


i Aug. 24, 1779


d May 12, 1784


Aaron Crosby


1784


May 1804


Hosea Beckley


o. p. Mar. 2, 1808


d Oct. 15, 1837


Orson C. Dickerson


o. p. Mar. 15, 1827


1837


52


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


Eber Child


1838


1839


Nelson Barbour


i May 20, 1840


d Apr. 6, 1846 d Dec. 18, 1867


Benjamin F. Foster


i Oct. 1, 1846


Augustus Chandler


i Dec. 18, 1867


e Jan. 1869 d Aug. 24, 1870


Levi G. Chase


b May 1869


Jan. 1870 e 1877


Henry Marden


1877


1878


Josiah Merrill


1878


1882


Moses H. Wells


Apr. 1884


Nov. 1886


Frank F. Lewis


1888


1890


Pliny F. Barnard


Nov. 1890


May 1898


Lucien C. Kimball


Nov. 1898


Dec. 1900


W. Parkyn Jackson


July 1901


Aug. 1905


James Duke King


Sept. 1905


Aug. 1906


Joseph S. Cogswell


Mar. 1907


May 1910


Charles Rivier


Oct. 1910


Mar. 1914


Ch. org. Nov. 21, 1817, on West Hill; last in Minutes, 1829


DUXBURY


Organized Mar. 26, 1792.


Population, 1800, 153; 1850, 845; 1910, 64S.


A ch. org. as early as 1806 appears in the Minutes until organization of present ch., Dec. 29, 1835.


Lyndon S: French


Sept. 1834 1843


1845


[C. S. Buswell, M. E.]


Apr. 1876


Apr. 1878


[Charles A. Smith, M. E.]


Apr. 1878


Apr. 1880


[Selden B. Currier, M. F.]


Apr. 1.380


Apr. 1883


[Ephraim H. Bartlett, M. E.]


Apr. 1883


Apr. 1886


[William H. Dean, M. E.]


Apr. 1886


Apr. 1889


[Harvey Webster, M. E.]


Apr. 1889


Apr. 1893


[Seymour C. Vail, M. E.]


May 1893


Apr. 1896


[Chauncey S. Hulbert, M. E.]


Apr. 1896


Apr. 1900


[David C. Thatcher, M. E.]


Apr. 1900


Apr. 1901


[George A. Emery, M. E.]


Apr. 1901


Apr. 1902


[Oscar B. Wells, M. E.]


Apr. 1002


Apr. 1905


[William N. Roberts, M. E.]


Apr. 1905


Apr. 1908


William A. Remele


Jan. 1910


Jan. 1913


[Arthur A. Mandigo, M. E.]


Apr. 1913


EAST HAVEN


Organized July 28, 1845.


Population, 1800, 0; 1850, 94; 1910, 194. No ch.


EAST MONTPELIER


Organized from part of Montpelier, Jan. 1, 1849. Population, 1850, 1447; 1910, 985.


No ch.


EDEN


Organized Mar. 31, 1802. Population, 1800, 29; 1850, 668; 1910, 751.


Ch. org. Oct. 25, 1812; last in Minutes, 1872; present ch. org. Aug. 23, 1889.


Joseph Farrar


i Nov. 25, 1812


d Dec. 14, 1815


William A. Chapin


Nov. 1822 1828


Daniel Warren 1837 1841


d Mar. 12, 1879


o. p. Aug. 24, 1870


Sept. 1837


Louis D. Pomeroy


53


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


Elbridge Knight


Feb. 1843


Mar. 1846


John Gleed


Oct. 1849


1852


Edwin Wheelock, Lic.


May 1854


May 1855


Frederick B. Rockwood


Jan. 1891


May 1894


George H. Wilbur, Lic.


May 1894


June 1896


Aubrey C. Gilmore, Lic.


June 1896


Aug. 1897


Henry E. Loehlin


Sept. 1897


Mar. 1900


[ Helen M. Jones]


Mar. 1900


May 1902


[Mabel J. Dustin]


May 1902


July 1903


Chalmer H. Cooledge


Oct. 1906


* June 28, 1910


[Ida E. Lewis, Bapt.]


Oct. 1911


Sept. 1912


ELMORE


Organized July 23, 1792. Population, 1800, 45; 1850, 504; 1910, 553.


Ch. org. 1808-9; became extinct by death in May, 1822; another ch. org. June 19, 1823; last in Minutes, 1844.


Jabez T. Howard o. p. Jan. 19, 1841


d Aug. 24, 1842


ENOSBURG


Organized Mar. 19, 1798.


Population, 1800, 143; 1850, 2009; 1910, 2212. Ch. org. Oct. 11, 1811.


James Parker May 1813


1822


Thomas Skelton


i July 3, 1822


d Mar. 25, 1S25 d Mar. 1834


Moses Parmelee


1835


Feb. 20, 1838


James T. Phelps


b 1838


e 1840


John C. Wilder


b July 1840


Moses Robinson


i Sept. 21, 1841 Mar. 1947


d Sept. 23, 1846 June 1851


Cephas H. Kent


i Sept. 1, 1852


Alfred B. Swift


June 1861


Charles L. Guild


i Aug. 26, 1885


Charles P. Cleaves


July 1893


John W. H. Baker


Mar. 1896


Feb. 1905


Evarts Kent


June 1905


Edgar S. Vradenburgh


May 1911


ESSEX


Organized Mar. 22, 1786.


Population, 1800, 729; 1850, 2052; 1910, 2714. Ch. org. Oct. 3, 1797.


d June 25, 1828


Asaph Morgan


o. p. Aug. 21,1805 b Nov. 1828


o. p. Oct. 15, 1829 1833


d. Feb. 14, 1832 1834


John L. Edgerton


1834


Seth Farnsworth


1836


Enoch Mead


1837


Marshall Shedd


1839


Brainerd. B. Cutler


1840


1841


Daniel Warren


i Dec. 23, 1841


John D. Sands


o. p. Nov. 1, 184S


Andrew Rankin


Jan. 1857


Charles W. Clark, Lic.


Feb. 1359


d Aug. 18, 1846 e Aug. 1847 d Apr. 9, 1856 Jan. 1859


Feb. 1860


1


.


John Scott


o. p. Mar. 5, 1829


o. p. May 1, 1839


d Aug. 19, 1841


d Dec. 21, 1860 * May 2, 1884 d Apr. 6, 1892


Dec. 1394


Dec. 1909


Amasa Stewart


1835


1837


1840


John Adams, Lic.


54


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


William H. Kingsbury


Sept. 1860


1863


Edward B. Chamberlin


Dec. 1863


Dec. 1865


Andrew J. Willard


1867


1871


Edward P. Stone


Sept. 1871


Aug. 1874


John Cowan


June 1875


Jan. 1885


William F. English


July 1885


1887


Henry W. Conry


Apr. 1888


Oct. 1889


Leonard B. Tenney


Mar. 1890


Nov. 1899


Calvin J. Hastings


Jan. 1900


Aug. 1900


Rollins B. Fay


Aug. 1900


Essex Junction ch. org. June 29, 1869.


Andrew J. Willard


1869


1870


Joshua L. Maynard


1871


* Apr. 24, 1873


Edwin Wheelock


1873


1874


Charles M. Seaton


1874


1875


John Cowan


Oct. 1876


Jan. 1885


William F. English


July 1885


1887


Orlande H. White


1888


1890


Dwight N. Prentice


1891


1892


Theodore D. Bacon


b Apr. 1892


o. p. May 17, 1892


d Apr. 3, 1899


Evan Thomas


June 1899


Mar. 1907


Chauncey C. Adams


Mar. 1907


FAIRFAX


Organized Mar. 22, 1787. Population, 1800, 787; 1850, 2111; 1910, 1318.


Ch. org. about 1793, but soon became extinct; another ch. org. Mar. 28, 1806; last in Minutes, 1866.


James Parker Nov. 1812


May 1813


Eben H. Dorman


o. p. Nov. 15, 1815


d Dec. 24, 1823


James Johnson


1825


Septimus Robinson


i Feb. 21, 1827


d June 1830


James J. Gilbert


Guy C. Sampson, Lic.


1832


1833


Simeon Parmelee


Dec. 1837


1847


William J. White,


Aug. 1847


1849


James Dougherty


Aug. 1849


Apr. 1851


FAIRFIELD


Organized Mar. 30, 1790.


Population, 1800, 901; 1850, 2591; 1910, 1778. Ch. org. Sept. 22, 1800.


Benjamin Wooster


b Feb. 1804


e about 1837


Tertius Reynolds


Mar. 1842


Amos J. Samson


b Mar. 1842


d Feb. 1, 1849


Calvin C. Adams


h Aug. 1849


o. p. Sept. 5, 1850


d July 29, 1856


James Buckham


Nov. 1856


June 1863


Elam J. Comings


Apr. 1864


Apr. 1867


Daniel Wild


May 1867


Joseph Garland


1875


Richard Hicks


1876


Mar. 1877 1880


Josiah Kidder, Lic.


1879


Charles P. Watson


1880


1882


Tertius Reynolds


i July 24, 1805 Dec. 1837


* Feb. 18, 1840


o. p. Feb. 15, 1843


* May 14, 1873 1876


55


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


Chalmer H. Cooledge


Aug. 1883


Aug. 1885


Orrin G. Baker


May 1886


May 1888


Royal D. Metcalf


May 1889


May 1891


Rollins B. Fay


1891


Jan. 1892


Carl J. Peterson


June 1893


June 1896


Charles E. Hayward


July 1896


July 1897


Charles O. Gill


Dec. 1897


June 1898


Simon F. Goodheart


Sept. 1898


Sept. 1899


Daniel McIntyre


June 1900


May 1903


James W. Cone


Sept. 1903


May 1904


John T. Urban


Nov. 1906


May 1908


H. Clay Searles


Nov. 1908


Apr. 1911


Oct. 1913


East Fairfield ch. org. Sept. 16, 1885.


Jonathan K. Fuller


Aug. 1884


Nov. 1885


Orrin G. Baker


May 1886


May 1888


Royal D. Metcalf


May 1889


May 1891


Carl J. Peterson


June 1893


June 1896


Charles E. Hayward


July 1896


July 1897


Charles O. Gill


Dec. 1897


June 1898


Simon F. Goodheart


Sept. 1898


Sept. 1899


Daniel McIntyre


June 1900


May 1903


James W. Cone


Sept. 1903


May 1904


Robert Clark, Lic.


Feb. 1905


Oct. 1905


John T. Urban


Nov. 1906


May 190S


H. Clay Searles


Nov. 1908


Apr. 1911


Oct. 1913


FAIR HAVEN


Organized Aug. 28, 1783.


Population, 1800, 411; 1850, 902; 1910, 3095.


Ch. of Fair Haven and West Haven org. Nov. 15, 1803.


[Silas Higley, Lic.]


Jan. 1806


1S07


Rufus Cushman


o. p. Feb. 12, 1807


Feb. 3, 1829


Amos Drury


i May 6, 1829 July 1838


1840


Francis C. Woodworth


o. p. Oct. 28, 1840


d Sept. 22, 1841


Philo Canfield, Lic.


Oct. 1841


Aug. 1842


Orlo D. Hine


1.844


1846


John B. Shaw


b Apr. 1846


d Nov. 13, 1850


Stephen L. Herrick


Aug. 1852


Oct. 1855


Edward W. Hooker


i Aug. 20, 1856


d Nov. 18, 1862


Richard L. Herbert


1862


1869


Edward P. Hooker


Nov. 1869


Aug. 1870


Sidney Crawford


1870


1872


Kerr C. Anderson


May 1873


July 1874


Samuel B. Sherrill


Oct. 1874


May 1876


John R. Chalmers


o. p. Dec. 19, 1876


d Dec. 31, 1877


Myron A. Munson


June 1878


Apr. 1879


Rufus C. Flagg


Jan. 1880


Dec. 1888


Robert H. Ball


Jan. 1889


Welsh ch. org. 1853; first reported in Minutes, 1874.


Griffith Jones


1853


1859


Richard L. Herbert


1860


1872


Robert J. Mathews


1874


Apr. 1876


John W. Pugh


1879


1880


John W. Williams


Aug. 1883


Nov. 1898


d Apr. 26, 1837


Charles Doolittle


i Feb. 16, 1847


56


VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.


David L. Williams


Oct. 1900


Sept. 1908


William Glyn Williams


b Oct. 1909


i Nov. 21, 1909


d Nov. 25, 1912


FAIRLEE


Organized about 1775.


Population, 1800, 386; 1850, 575; 1910, 438. Ch. org. Feb. 28, 1833.


Nathaniel Lambert


Sylvester Dana


Stillman Morgan


1838




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