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ADDENDA
The
ORDER of
CENTENNIAL SERVICES at the
RE-DEDICATION
of the ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD CONGRE-
GATIONAL MEETING HOUSE
in
BENNINGTON
on
THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH OF
AUGUST, A.D. 1906.
On the Lord's Day August the NINETEENTH At half past ten oclock, A. M. Morning service, with Historical Sermon. At half past four oclock, P. M.
Communion Service.
On Monday August the TWENTIETH At half past two oclock, P. M. RE-DEDICATION SERVICE
At half past three oclock. P. M. Gathering of the Sons and Daughters.
Nomination of a Chairman.
Roll Calls. Responses.
Reminiscences. Social hour, interspersed with Old time hymns and psalms and sacred songs.
Ye olde Meeting House, 1765 -- 1806.
Est Meeting House Erected in Vermont
The second Meeting House, which we Re-dedicate to-day, built January 1, 1806.
The house we re-dedicate today was begun June 25, 1804, and dedicated January Ist, 1806.
The discourse was delivered by the Rev. Daniel Marsh, A. M., at the request of the Society and published at the press of Anthony Haswell, at his Book Printing Office, Bennington, 1806.
Except the Lord build the house,
They labor in vain that build it. Ps .- 127 : 1.
1806 --- 1906. ORDER OF SERVICE. August 19, 1906 10.30 A.M.
DOXOLOGY INVOCATION PSALM (by Choir) 271
SCRIPTURE, PSALM 115.
HYMN, 1156, (People standing)
PRAYER HYMN, 952, (People standing) NOTICES HISTORICAL DISCOURSE
HYMN, 924, (People Standing) BENEDICTION
4.30 P. M.
Communion Service.
HYMN, 387, (People Standing) READING OF OLD COVENANT OF 1763 (Cirea). INSTITUTION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, (1 Cor. xi. 23-26.) CELEBRATION HYMN, 962, (People standing) BENEDICTION
RE-DEDICATION SERVICE
August 20, 1906 2.30 P.M.
Ode II., sung at Dedication January 1, 1806. Introduction, delivered by Rev. Daniel Marsh. Ode III., sung at Dedication. Scripture, read at Dedication.
Extracts from Discourse delivered at the Dedication by Rev. Daniel Marsh, with Dedication Prayer used by him. Dedicatory Ode IV., sung at Dedication.
3.30 P. M.
Gathering of Sons and Daughters. Nomination of Chairman and Clerk. Roll Call of Descendants of Original Proprietors, by Pews. Response, by Standing. Ode I, sung at Dedication.
Roll Call of Members in 1863. Response by answering to name. Old-time Hymn. Reminiscences. Social Hour, interspersed with singing. Doxology. Benediction.
THE COVENANT
WE whose names are underwritten apprehending our- selves called of God into Church state of the Gospel do first of all confess ourselves unworthy to be so highly favored of the Lord and admire that rich and free grace of His which triumphs over so great unworthiness, and then with an humble reliance on the grace therein promised for them in a sense of their inability to do any good thing, do humbly wait on Him for all we now thank- fully lay hold of His covenant, and would choose the things that please Him.
We declare our serious belief of the Christian Religion, as contained in the sacred scriptures, and with such view thereof as the confession of faith and rule of discipline in Cambridge Platform has exhibited, heartily resolving to conform our lives unto the rules of that holy religion as long as we live in the world, we give ourselves unto the Lord Jehovah who is the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and avouch Him this day to be our God, our Father and our Saviour and our Leader, and receive Him as our portion forever, we give up ourselves unto the blessed Jesus who is the Lord Jehovah and adhere to Him as the head of His people in the covenant of grace and rely on Him as our Priest and our Prophet and our King, to bring us unto eternal blessedness, we acknow- ledge our everlasting and indispensable obligation to glorify God in all the duties of a godly, a sober and a righteous life, and very particularly in the duty of a
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Church state and a body of people associated together for an obedience to Him in all the ordinances of the Gos- pel and we herein depend upon his gracious assistance for our faithful discharge of the duties thus incumbent on us, we desire and intend, and (with dependence upon His powerful grace,) we engage to walk together as a Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in the faith and order of the Gospel so far as we shall have the same revealed to us, conscientiously attending the public worship of God, the Sacraments of His New Testament, the Dis- cipline of His Kingdom, and all His holy institutions in communion with one another and watchfully avoiding all sinful stumbling blocks as become a people whom the Lord hath bound up together in the Bundle of Life; at the same time also we do present our offspring with us to the Lord, proposing with His help to do our part in the methods of a religious education that they may be the Lord's, and all this we do flying to the blood of the everlasting covenant for the pardon of our many errors, and praying that the Glorious Lord who is the Great Shepherd will prepare and strengthen us for every good work to do His will, working in us that which will be well pleasing to whom be glory forever and ever.
AMEN.
NOTE. - The foregoing is an exact copy of The Covenant as read from the record preserved by William Haswell, clerk of this church from September 28, 1849, until his decease, December 16, 1864.
Sixty-six names of original signers are attached to this docu- ment. About thirty are supposed to have been lost, in a small fragment which had been torn off. Mem. of a Cent. pp. 398, 399.
ROLL CALLS
I. PLAN OF ORIGINAL SQUARE PEWS
$250.
$500.
No.30
No.29
No.32
No.31
$185.
$190.
7
No.28
No.2
No.1
No.27
No.83
$150.
$90.
$475.
$500.
$95.
$160.
.No.86
No.26
No.4
No.3
No.25
No.35
$140.
$90.
$475.
$475.
$95.
$150.
No.38
No.24
No.6
No.5
No.23
No.37
$130.
$75.
$395.
$400
$80.
$140.
No.40
No.22
No.8
No.7
No.21
No.39
$110.
$75.
$295.
$300.
$80.
$120.
No.42
No.20
$60.
$155.
$160.
$60.
$95.
No.44 No.18
No.12
No.1
No.17
No.43
$70.
$55.
$105.
$110.
$60.
$80.
No.46
No.16
No.14
No.13
No.15
No.45
$45.
$50.
$95.
$100
$55.
$55.
No.48
No.47
$40.
$50.
VESTIBULE
No.41
$85.
No.10
No.9
No.19
No.34
A REMEMBRANCE
A Spray of Forget-me-Nots on the Grave of Mrs. Margaret Roberts. .
The writer cannot forbear a brief tribute to the memory of Mrs. Margar- et Van Der Spiegel Roberts. The de- ceased was kindly disposed, charitable and sympathetic, and these qualities hecame so conspicuous that they were helpful and uplifting to all who came within the sphere of ber influence. She was.a woman of most pleasing manner and of very high character, her character possessing a fine charm of sweetness and strength united, and such other qualities as made ber en- duringly beloved.
She came from distinguished stock on both sides, ancestors whose names are indelibly written in our local his- tory. She was born here and ber love for old Bennington on the hill was pro verbial and ingrained, her loyalty to the old town only ceasing with her life. Such a person is an inestimable treasure in any village and her loss is correspondingly great.
The memory of her will linger in the minds of ber friends and with the good, the true and the beautiful. Sbe rests in the old cemetery where many of the kindred of the deceased sleep the repose of many years. Her grave is where the sunbeams fall warmest and brightest and amid the scenes she Ioved so well.
"Tis hard to take the burden up When these bave laid It down; They brightened all the joy of life, They softened every frown. But, ob, 'tis good to think of them, When we are troubled sore, Thanks he to God that such bave heen, Although they are no more."
D.
FUNERAL OF MRS R. W. ROBERTS
Laid to Rest in Family Lot in Old First Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Randoll W. Roberts was held Thursday afternoon at the home of her brother, Robert H. Merrill of the Center, which was for- merly her mother's bome. The ser- vice was simple, Rev. Dr. Jennings reading selections of Scripture . and offering prayer.
The bearers were her brothers, John V. D. S. Merrill, RobertH., and Charles F. Merrill and her son-in-law, Charles Wells. The interment was in the family lot in the old cemetery on the hill. There was a large attendance at the obsequies of the woman whose life had ever been characterized by kind and loving deeds.
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ROLL CALLS
II. DESCENDANTS OF ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS
Following is the list of the original proprietors of the square pews, together with the names of their descendants who were present at these exercises.
Pew No. I. Gov. MOSES ROBINSON
Haswell, Miss Mary Fay, North Adams, Mass. Tillinghast, Bryan Pew No. 2. GEN. SAMUEL SAFFORD
COL. JOSEPH SAFFORD
SAMUEL SAFFORD, JR. LUCY HENDERSON
Church, Mrs. Mary Olds, Valley Falls, N. Y. Harris, Rev. John M., Hoosick Falls, N. Y. Morgan, Merritt
Olds, Mrs. Sarah Morgan
Pew No. 3. CAPT. ELIJAH DEWEY
Austin, Mrs. Joanna Robinson, New York City Jennings, M. . May Sanford, New York City Jennings, Miss Nancy Beach, New York City Jennings, Miss Maria Robinson, New York City Jennings, Miss Elizabeth Trumbull Merrill, John Van der Spiegel
Merrill, Mrs. Caroline Robinson Merrill, Mrs. Mary Dewey
Merrill, Miss Esther Dewey
Roberts, Miss Grace Seymour
Roberts, Mrs. Margaret Van der Spiegel Merrill
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Robinson, Miss Mary
Robinson, Miss Lucinda Conkling
Robinson, John A., Jr., Chestnut Hill, Mass. Robinson, Miss Julia Wills, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Robinson, George Stephen, Troy, N. Y.
Robinson, Miss Harriet, Schenectady, N. Y.
Robinson, Rev. Joseph Haswell, White Plains, N. Y.
Robinson, Miss Mary Levering, White Plains, N. Y.
Robinson, Deacon Samuel Loomis
Robinson, Daniel
Shaw, Miss Sarah
Shaw, Miss Mary Conkling
Sanford, Mrs. Maria Robinson
Welles, Mrs. M. Alice Roberts, Summit, N. J. Welles, Charles, Jr., Summit, N. J.
Pew No. 4. SOLOMON SAFFORD
WILLIAM HENRY
ELDAD DEWEY
Henry, Bertine Thompson, N. Bennington, Vt. Henry, Allen Bronson, New York, N. Y. ELDED DEWEY
Merrill, Mary Dewey
Merrill, Miss Esther Dewey Merrill, Mrs. Mary Bingham
Pew No. 5. CAPT. THOMAS ABEL AARON HUBBELL
AUSTIN HARMON
Austin, Mrs. Joanna Robinson, New York City
MEMORIAL ON SITE OF STATE'S FIRST MEETING HOUSE
Historic Spot to Be Marked by Mrs. Elinor W. Squier
EXERCISES NEXT SUMMER
First Church inside Territory now State of Vermont. Es- tablished 160 Years Ago ...
Tomorrow, December 3rd, marks the 160th anniversary of the founding nf The First Church. This church is gen- erally believed to. be the first church established in the New Hampshire Grants. As a matter of fact a Roman Catholic chapel was built at Iste La Motte in 1668 or 67, during the French occupation, which coincides with the buliding of Fort St. Anne. So that the church in Old Bennington is the first Protestant church erected within the present I'mits of the. State of Vermont. While "The Church nf Christ In Ben- blngton," as it was originally called,
came into existence Dec. 3, 1762, pre- liminary. steps for its organization were taken at the first puhffe meeting of the community on February 11, 1762, just "one year lacking a. day be- fore the treaty was aigned ceding the province of Canada to the British Government and so ending the formid ablo French war." The first transac tion after the election of officers at this February meeting is recorded in the following + words: "Chose Deacon Jos- oph Safford, Samuel Robinson, John Fassett, Ebenezer Wood, Elisha Field, John Burnham and Abraham Newton a committee to look out a place to set the meeting house.".
By the record of an adjourned pro- prietors', meeting, February 26th, 1762, we find the place to set the meeting- house' determined by the following vote.
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' "The north-east-corner of the right of land, No. 27, as near the corner as-may be-thought convenient.""
The Rey. Isaac Jennings In his book "Membrials of a Century," states that . "no public plot had been laid out; it was evidently assumed that the place. for the meeting house should first be selected, and then that roads and other public imiprovoinents should adjust themselves somewhat ' to that -. " > The exact site of the building was on' what is now the village 'green · directly in front of main - entrance. to the cemetery,
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Dec. 1922 Benmeghna Barman
"thau a few weeks before he was ap- proached by two of the oldest mem- ters of 'his chureb with the request ! that he exert himself to secure the er- pledges several thousand dollars. when ection of a suitable memorial on this the demandy brought on by the war, historic spot. As a result of his la- compelled bim to suspend bis efforts,
Bonuington ..
gates signed the Ratification Act.
Thero I's no more sacred site in Ver- give speciti satisfaction ie the Rev. 'mont than the village groen 'in Old Dr. Isaac Jennings. Had it not been for
Dr. Booth had not been established is no doubt that his cherished hope as a pastor, of the First ehuren more to mark thie site would-have heen ful-
One person to whom the'te plans will
L'iė outbreak of the World War there
flled during hie paetorate. He had awakened conmlerable interest in the project and bad secured in money and
sion "of the first Council of Censors, .. , Thus the long deferred desire of the and its address to the "freeinen of the members of the First Church is about Stata' of Vermont" was issued from to be fulfilled; It means a great deal th's place February 14, 1786. A State to them to know that the present gen- Convention, consisting of one dele, eration, as well as meny unhorn gen- gate for cech town met here in Jun- erations, will not be allowed to ignore mary 1791 to consider the ratification or forget the stirring events and the of' the Constitution of the United solemn scenes which have made holy States; and on the tenth day of the ground of the vllInge green iu Old inonth 106 out of a total of 109 dele. Bennington,
1777, Vermont was an independent re- publie from January 17, 1777 to. March 4, 1791, exefo'sing all the attributes and functions of sovereignty. The fund- nmental law of this commonwen'th D. Jennings. The town'Is represented was enacted by the legislature which hy Mr. James C. Colgate, and Mr. Hall met here in, February, 1779. In this P. MeCullongb. The Historical Society humblo meeting house momentons ses- is represented by Its secretary, Judge sions of the legislature were held in E. L. Bates. The dedication of the mon- 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1784. 1787, ument should take place some time 1791. Here was couvened the third ses- next summer.
The selection of the design and the erection of the memorial are in the hands of a committee of six, repre- adopted at Westminister, January 15, ' seuting the three most Interested parties. The church is represented on the Committee by the pastor, Dr. Booth, who is chairman; also by Dea- con Arthur J. Holden, and BIr, Phillip
a very generous gift which will make possihie the erection of a modest bnt beautiful monument, bearing. a large bronze tablet six feet and one balf high, by three feet and seven inches In width, with rounded top. On the upper end of this tablet will appear in low relief the or ginal building aceord- ing to the sketch found in Rev. Isaac Jennings' "Memoriale of a Century."
In the first meeting bouse was chos- en the first Committee of Safety. Here, Icd by the greet Patriot Pastor, Jed- cdlah Dewey. - the people' rendered thanks to God after the capture. of "Fort Ticonderoga ;- prayed for their compatriots on the eve of the battle of Bennington," and, Inter, rendered solemn thanksgiving for the memor-| On the remainder of tho tablet will be able victory of August 16, 1777. Here ah Inscription of three hundred words recording the great evente which have mnde this spot memorable in the an- nals of Vermont.'On the rear of the monument will appear a bronze repro- duetion of the great Seal of Vermont, three feet in 'diameter.'' *cre brought 700 prisoners, Hesslans and others, the remnant of the invad. ing British force, many of whom were kept for' a season, with'n the walle of the meeting honse. Here the inde- pendence of Vermont received its juit- fal impetus, a member of the First church .. Dr. Jonas Fay, being author of the Declaration of Independence
the Act of Incorporation is November 3, 1780.
tho winter of 1780. The exact date of bours, Mrs. Elinor W. Squ'er hag made
of the present church , edifice to the main entrance of the, Walloomsac Inn. The locat'on of the main entrance of the old meating house is merked hy an iron bar' driven into the ground. T're building ran' North and Sunth .. with three entrances, one at the North, , South 'and Enst respectively. The pul- pit wae at the west end,' Tho dimen- sions of the structure were fifty feet by forty. On the east side there was an annex twenty feet square. On the sec- ond floor of the annex was conducted for n long term of years a day school, without question the first school es- tabl'shed In the state. In th's connec- tion mention should be made of the fact that Clio Hall, the first institution for' the bigber education in the state, was incorporated by the Legislature which sat in the old meeting house in
For
walk running from the front door
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ROLL CALLS
Conkling, Miss Katherine Hubbell Hubbell, Col. Albert C., Somerville, N. J. Hubbell, Robert L., Syracuse, N. Y. Hubbell, Miss Katherine J.
Jennings, Mrs. May Sanford, New York City Jennings, Miss Nancy Beach, New York City Jennings, Miss Maria Robinson, New York City Jennings, Miss Elizabeth Trumbull Merrill, John Van der Spiegel Merrill, Mrs. Caroline Robinson
Robinson, Miss Harriet, Schenectady, N. Y. Robinson, Deacon Samuel Loomis
Robinson, Daniel
Robinson, George Stephen, Troy, N. Y.
Robinson, John A., Jr., Chestnut Hills, Mass.
Robinson, Mrs. Lucinda Moody
Robinson, Miss Mary
Robinson, Miss Lucinda Conkling
Roberts, Mrs. Margaret Van der Spiegel Merrill Roberts, Miss Grace Seymour
Shaw, Miss Sarah Shaw, Miss Mary Conkling
Sanford, Mrs. Maria Robinson
Welles, Mrs. M. Alice Roberts, Summit, N. J. Welles, Charles, Jr., Summit, N. J. Pew No. 6. GEN. DAVID ROBINSON JUDGE JONATHAN ROBINSON CAPT. JACOB SAFFORD Austin, Mrs. Joanna Robinson, New York City Hall, Mrs. Sarah Robinson
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Robinson, Miss Carrie Hinsdill
Robinson, George Albert
Robinson, George Stephen, Troy, N. Y. Shaw, Miss Sarah
Shaw, Miss Mary Conkling JUDGE JONATHAN ROBINSON
Jennings, Mrs. May Sanford, New York City Jennings, Miss Nancy Beach, New York City Jennings, Miss Maria Robinson, New York City
Merrill, John Van der Spiegel
Merrill, Mrs. Caroline Robinson
Roberts, Mrs. Margaret Van der Spiegel Roberts, Miss Grace Seymour
Robinson, John A., Jr., Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Robinson, Miss Julia Wills, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Robinson, Miss Mary
Robinson, Miss Lucinda Conkling
Robinson, Miss Alice
Robinson, Rev. Joseph Haswell, White Plains, N. Y.
Robinson, Miss Mary Levering, White Plains, N. Y.
Robinson, Deacon Samuel Loomis
Robinson, Daniel Sanford, Mrs. Maria Robinson
Welles, Mrs. M. Alice Roberts, Summit, N. J. Welles, Charles, Jr., Summit, N. J.
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ROLL CALLS
Pew No. 7. HEZEKIAH ARMSTRONG MAJOR ELEAZAR HAWKS CAPT. DANIEL HINMAN Bradford, Mrs. Harriet Armstrong Warren, Mrs. Louise Lillie
MAJOR ELEAZAR HAWKS
Burton, Mrs. Jennie Raymer CAPT. DANIEL HINMAN
Cone, Mrs. Frances Hawks
Cone, William Hawks Hawks, William E. Hawks, Douglas Huling, Mrs. Sarah Hawks Huling, Miss Kathryn Brown
Pew No. 8. JUDGE DAVID FAY AARON ROBINSON NATHAN ROBINSON Pew No. 9. JOSIAH GRISWOLD
Pew No. IO. DAVID HENRY AUSTIN HARMON, JR. SAMUEL SCOTT ELIJAH ROBINSON Rice, Mrs. Flora Scott Rice, Miss Florence Scott, Edward Hooker, New York City Sherry, Mrs. Frances Scott, Troy, N. Y. Sherry, Alden Bradford, Troy, N. Y.
Pew No. II. ELIAS DIMMICK JOSEPH HOUSE
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Pew No. 12. PLINY DEWEY STEPHEN DEWEY DANIEL CHURCH CYRUS HILLS
Pew No. 13. JOHN LAWRENCE RUFUS BARNEY
Pew No. 14. DAVID WEEKS STEPHEN PRATT WILLIAM BURT
Weeks, Miss Mary Louise Pew No. 15. ANTHONY HASWELL
Haswell, William, North Adams, Mass. Haswell, Mrs. Mary Fay, North Adams, Mass. Haswell, Miss Lucy Robinson Pew No. 16. ELKANAH BARNEY JAMES GREENSLIT
Pew No. 17. COL. MARTIN NORTON JOSEPH NORTON WAITE CHURCH ANDREW SELDON
Scott, Mrs. Jessie Hurlbut, New York City Pew No. 18. SAMUEL H. BLACKMER ISAIAH HENDRYX 1
Blackmer, Samuel Huling Blackmer, Samuel Howard Pew No. 19. PETER HARWOOD BENJAMIN HARWOOD 1
Parsons, Hial, Hoosick Falls, N. Y. Parsons, George W., Steelton, Pa. Robinson, Charles Henry, Wilmington, N. C. Robinson, Mrs. Margaret
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Pew No. 20. ISAAC WEBSTER
AARON HAYNES
EPHRAIM SMITH
Harvey, Edward Hooker, Cleveland, Ohio Pew No. 21. GEN. EBENEZER WALBRIDGE
STEBBINS WALBRIDGE 1 Walbridge, Olin G., New York City
Brown, Mrs. Anna Walbridge, New York City Pew No. 22. ZEPHANIAH ARMSTRONG
JOSEPH WADSWORTH
WILLIAM HAWKS JAMES CLARK
Hall, Mrs. Sarah Robinson
Robinson, Miss Carrie Hinsdill Robinson, George Albert
WILLIAM HAWKS
Cone, Mrs. Frances Hawks
Cone, William Hawks
Hawks, William E., Jr.
Hawks, George M.
Hawks, Douglas
Huling, Mrs. Sarah Hawks Huling, Kathryn Brown
Pew No. 24. DEACON CALVIN BINGHAM JOHN ALEXANDER Merrill, Mrs. Mary Bingham
Pew No. 25. BENJAMIN WEBB STEPHEN HARWOOD SAMUEL THAYER SIMEON THAYER
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Pew No. 26. EZEKIEL HARMON
PHINEAS SCOTT
JOSEPH RUDD JOSEPH ROBINSON
Pew No. 27. LOAN JEWETT
Pew No. 28. SIMEON HATHAWAY JAMES NICHOLS
Pew No. 29. Gov. ISAAC TICHENOR MOSES ROBINSON
COL. SAMUEL ROBINSON
* Boughton, Edward Hooker
* Boughton, Van Tuyl
* Boughton, Miss Katharine Lyman
* Boughton, Miss Helen E.
COL. SAMUEL ROBINSON
Haswell, Miss Lucy Robinson
Parsons, Hial, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
Parsons, George W., Steelton, Pa.
Robinson, Charles Henry, Wilmington, N. C. Robinson, Mrs. Margaret
Pew No. 30. ASA HYDE DR. MICAH J. LYMAN JOHN LOVETT
Brown, Mrs. Margaret Fay DR. MICAH J. LYMAN
Boughton, Edward Hooker
Boughton, Miss Katharine Lyman
Boughton, Miss Helen E. Boughton, Van Tuyl
* Descended through a niece of Governor Tichenor, who was adopted by him.
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Pew No. 31. SILAS WALBRIDGE DAVID WALBRIDGE JESSE LOOMIS
Jennings, Mrs. May Sanford, New York City Jennings, Miss Nancy Beach, New York City Jennings, Miss Maria Robinson, New York City Robinson, Deacon Samuel Loomis
Robinson, Daniel Sanford, Mrs. Maria Robinson
Pew No. 32. JESSE FIELD JOHN NORTON
SAXTON SQUIRES
Squires, John, Troy, N. Y.
Squires, Robert, Englewood, N. J.
Squires, John Norton, Englewood, N. J.
Squires, Robert Barker, Englewood, N. J. SAXTON SQUIRES
Abbott, Mrs. Laura Hancock
Ayres, Mrs. Eliza Abbott
Blackmer, Mrs. Fannie Abbott
Blackmer, Samuel Howard
Booth, Mrs. Henry Longacre, David A., Chester, Pa.
Squires, Henry Squires, John, Troy, N. J.
Squires, Robert, Englewood, N. J. Squires, John Norton, Englewood, N. J.
Squires, Robert Barker, Englewood, N. J. Scott, Edward Hooker, New York City
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Pew No. 36. JOSEPH HINSDILL URIAH EDGERTON 1 Austin, Mrs. Joanna Robinson, New York City
Hall, Mrs. Sarah Robinson
Robinson, Miss Carrie Hinsdill Robinson, George Albert
Pew No. 37. JAMES KINGSLEY
COL. ORSAMUS C. MERRILL
JAMES HUBBELL
WILLIAM S. CARDELL
Merrill, John Van der Spiegel
Merrill, Miss Esther Dewey
Roberts, Mrs. Margaret Van der Spiegel Mer- rill
Roberts, Miss Grace Seymour
Welles, Mrs. M. Alice Roberts, Summit, N. J.
Welles, Charles, Jr., Summit, N. J.
Pew No. 38. SAMUEL FAY JONATHAN HUNT JONATHAN E. ROBINSON
Brown, Mrs. Margaret Fay
JONATHAN E. ROBINSON Robinson, Miss Alice
Pew No. 39. ZECHARIAH HARWOOD
JOHN RICE EPHRAIM WOOD
Beattie, Mrs. Lamira, Narberth, Pa. Harwood, S. Everett Harwood, Miss Harriet Estella Newell, Mrs. Sarah, Bridgeport, Vt.
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Pew No. 40. CHARLES CUSHMAN
ESTHER ROBINSON 1
Cushman, Henry T., North Bennington, Vt. Pew No. 41. JOHN HENRY
JAMES HENRY
Pew No. 42. SAMUEL H. BROWN
DR. NOADIAH SWIFT 1
Cone, Mrs. Frances Hawks
Cone, William Hawks
Huling, Mrs. Sarah Hawks
Huling, Miss Kathryn Brown Hawks, Douglas DR. NOADIAH SWIFT
Prentice, Mrs. Mary Adeline Isham, Chicago, Ill.
Pew No. 43. WHEELER BRANCH
MOSES ATWOOD
JAMES HICKS
JONATHAN WENTWORTH Atwood, James K., West Dover, Vt. Atwood, Fred A., West Dover, Vt.
JAMES HICKS
Parsons, Hial, Hoosick Falls, N. Y. Parsons, George W., Steelton, Pa. Robinson, Charles Henry, Wilmington, N. C. Robinson, Mrs. Margaret
Pew No. 46. ABEL HENRY JONATHAN HARMON Pew No. 47. JAMES BABBETT JAMES DANFORTH
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III. DESCENDANTS OF IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS
Following is the list of the descendants of the imme- diate successors in the ownership of the square pews.
DANIEL BRECKENRIDGE
Breckenridge, Charles E., Southbridge, Mass. Rice, Mrs. Eliza Breckenridge LOT SIBLEY
Harwood, Mrs. Mary Sibley
Harwood, S. Everett
Harwood, Miss Harriet Estella
Holden, Mrs. Frances Coleman
Holden, Persis Sibley
Holden, Arthur John, Jr.
Holden, Waldo Coleman
Holden, Frances Louise
Sibley, Miss Harriet
Sibley, Miss Eleanor
SMITH MONTAGUE
Hubbell, Mrs. Julia Montague, Somerville, N. J. Hubbell, Robert Lewis, Syracuse, N. Y.
LYMAN PATCHIN
Henry Patchin
Scott, Edward Hooker, New York City GAY R. SANFORD
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