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Book of Records
containing
of the rise
of the First

an account
and progress
Baptist

Church

in Ea9t Haddam, Conn.

Copied from the original

manuscript

and indexed
by
Edna Hunt 1ngt on

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Containing

some

o-t

the

perticulrs
o-t

the rise

o-t

the Bapt 1st Church

Christ

o-t

in Easthaddam.
In the Month of :March 1789 After a great Deadness as to Matters
for a great Numbers of Years there appeared Some desires
persons to have religious

Societies

but all attempts

o-t

Religion

in the minds of Some

Seemed to -tail till

about

the time of the above date when Selvanus Cone Spalt to Simeon Dickinson after
the following Manner "You have o-tten expressed your desire
of Con-terence Meetings if you are now disposed to attent

of the privelidge
Le-rt. Asa Hervey says

he will Join with us Desiring

that you would with me try the freedom- of the

neighbours

accordingly

pleased

&

as to attending.
having appointed

Considerable

a meeting at the house of Capt. Joseph Gates a

mmiber of People Met together

but nothing Special

we did and found them appearantly

appeared :tlirther till

with Oreat Seriousness

to appearance

the fith Meeting which was at the

house of Joseph Davis when deep impressions

Seemed to be on the minds of

Severe~ Persons many tears

cries

Convictions

seemed to be increasing

a number Soon entertained
birth

and distressings

and Gave . comfortable

followed.

from this

time

this was about the Middle of April 1789

hopes that they had passed the Straights

of the new

evidence of the Same the lL'Orkincresing

for several

Months in which time we ware visited

by a number of Baptist

Elder Solomon Wheat Elder Jason Lee Elders William Hill

Ministers

namely

and Abel Palmer

whose labours appeared to be owned of God for the u:pbuilding of His Cause ~
Thursday the 25 day of August present
Solomon Wheat being present

after

year Elder Jason Lee and Elder

noon a sermon Preached by Elder Lee

Sermon preached in th~ Evening by Elder Wheat.
viz. Joseph Davis'

a

fryday 26 at the Same house

a Conference was holden and the following Persons Gave a.

2.

rel ati r,dl'of their
Eben Hopcins
cone

religeous

namely J ose ph Davis

11ercy the Wi f e of Zephaniah

:Phebe the Wife

Elizabeth

experience

of Joseph Davis

Gardner the above Persons

Andrews

J ose ph Gates

Hannah the Wife of Silvanus

Ruth the Wife of 'William
by Elder

were Baptized

Lord and

Lee and Elder

wheat
Fryday 27 this
when the follo\rlng

Persons

the Wif of Dan Clark

24: 1789

Davis a sermon Preached
Baptism When the
Andrews

Wheat viz

at the house of Silvanus

of their

experience

Simeon ~ickinson

Jane the Wif of Joseph

Public

Worship

by Elder

following

Wheat afternoon

Persons

.

holden this

Neemiah Gates Mercy the Wif of Josiah

of Jabez Warner

Mehitable

and were

Mary the Wif

of

-and Lidy Gardner
day at the house of Josel)h

attended

were Baptized

Cone

Jose ph Cone

Gates

Deborah the Wif of Simeon Dickinson

Samu.el Andrews
October

was holden

Gave a relation

the Same day by Elder

Baptised
Eastor

day a Conference

the Ordiname

viz Joseph
Lyon

Lyon

Elizabeth

of

Benjamin

Warmr

the Wif

Warner and Mary Cone

East Hddam November 27 1789
The following
Silvanus

Cone.

due applications
Order that
Jesus

Christ

on finding
Accordingly
with faithful

is the Proceedings
By Desire

of the Baptist

Breatheren

to a number of Constituted

they might inspect
and our Light

our Standing

in respect

us Worthy Might Give us fellowship
Meet the following
Breatheren

Christopher

Persons

James Huntly.

Palmers

at East Haddam Who by

Churches of the Baptist

in the Order and Ordinances

Able Palmer with two Breatheren
from Elder

of a Counsel Holden at the House of

to our faith

faith

and

in the Lord

of a Gospel Church that

and Constitute

us a Church

as . a Counsel Namly Elder Jason Lee
Joshua Tinker.

Jhon Carte.

John Lyon. Also Elder

Joshua Rathburn.

Church Nathan Warner

Also one Brother

also Elder

Solomon Wheat

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A:rter 41emn
receved

by

Pray;r

to Almighty God Proceeded

the Breatheren

to set

in Council Being fully

liade Choice of Elder Jason Lee Moderator and Brother

Simeon Dickinson

Clarke the Council then being farmed it being Requested

Simeon Dickinson

Proceeded

and

the Progress

to Give a Narrative

of a work of God in this

General Stancling of the Breatheren
a

Church of Christ

3d in respect

to family prayer

answered by all

fourthly

inquired

fithly

enquired

a falling

In respect

the Braatheren

Baptised
it there

and Secondly to represent

to their

of their

and

the

into the Order of

faith

and practice
Also in respect

in the Church Agreed

Sisters.
for Comnunion Answered by the

the Only due adopted Members
be a falling

from Grace

Answered by the Boddy not

from Grace

The final

Result

of Counsil

of the Above Council by Unanimous Agrement that

Placed ijis nam here in Erecting
A true

a Church of Christ

The Confession

of Faith
Article

We believe

that

there

Eternal

Goodness and truth

in this

God hath

Place

Coppy
Simeon Dickinson

Isaiah

travel

to needy Breatheren

to the Subjects

Result

Infinite

of a reformation

or Morning and .Evening Sacrafice

Bennifits

in respect

Boddy Beliveours

Place

Both by Covenant and articles

to Communicating temporal
and

of the Begining

and Covenant adopted by Sd Church.
1st

is but One Only Living and true

and Unchangable
Deut 6. 4

Clerk

God ~ho is a Spirit

in his Being Wisdom Power Holiness

John 2d Psalms 14 •• 7 •• 5 &c 90 •• 2

40
Article

2d

Justice
James 1.1

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8

bel~eve

that

there

are three

Persons

in the God He ad the Fat her the Son

the Holy Ghost \7ho are One God the Same in Substance
John 1 •• 1 Philip's

2 •• 6 Acts 5 •• 3 •• 4
article

~

8

believe

and ·till

that

3d

the Holy scriptures

of the Old and New Testament s are the mind

of God which He hath Given us as our Perfect

Practice

we believe

that

4th

God who is Infinite

from Everlasting

to Everlasting

-in lmowledge Perfectly

hath by Order or permition

Vthat soever Comes to Pass and that

all

things

Shall

his Great Name Acts 15 • • 18 Rom 1 •• 11 to 37
.Article

webelieve
all

Rule of f'a ith and

Acts 20 •• 32. 2d of Timothy 3 •• 15._.17
Article

and

Equal in :Power and Glory

that

that

in the begining

God Created

Article

work for the Honour of

the Heavens and the Earth the sea

13

and

Governs all

the Condition

things

by the

Dan 11 •• 35

6

God Hade Man in his Own Image and likeness

a Covenant of life

for - Ordained

Acts 2 •• 23 Psalms 76 •• 10

in them is and that he Upholdeth

that

things

5th

Word of his Power Exed 20 •• 11 Heb.

We believe

Views all

whereoff' was Perfect

and

obedience

Made with him
Gen 2.16

17 and St 2'6

Article
~e believe

Man being

which he was Created
and all

left

to his own will

by Eating

his Posterity

7

soon fell

the forbidden

into a State

fruit

from that

Happy state

in

by which he braught himself'

of Death Spiritual

Temporal and Eternal

Gen 3. 6 Rom 5 •• 12 •• 19
Article
~e believe

8

Man being thus Dead his Help and Recovery

Hosea 10 •• 9

Eph 2 •• a John 6 •• 44

is woly in and from God

5•

.Article
we believe

that

God the Father

9th

of his mear Good Pleashure

Hath chosen a number of the Lost Sons of Hen in Christ
Rom~ s ••29 •• 30

taken

to Eternal

that

Jesus

on him H~n

Christ

Nature

the Son of God hath Come into

and

in tmt

naturf!

out a Compleat Ritiousness

hand of God the Father
Dan 9 •• 2.4

this

World and

hath Yealded Per-feet

hath Arisen

and Ever liveth

obedience

Death for our Sins

and assended

to make intersission

to the right

for us

Heb 10 •• 10

Heb 7 •• 25
.Article

v:e believe

Salvation

10th

to and :Magnified the Law which I:.Ien had Broken and Suffered
and wraught

Eternity

J-Jph 1 •• 4 •• 5
Article

we believe

from all

that

the redemtion

11th

the Holy Ghost and he only Can and doth make application
Purchased

by Christ

to Every true

Believer

of

John 3d 16 and,

7 to 15
Art 12

:e believe
Christ

that

the Spirit

by Convinsing

the Glorious
Sufficiency

Saviour

of God doth apply this

us of our Sinful
as he is ofered

and ennableing

and Lost Condition

9 12, 1

1 Corinth

santification

Conformity

to him in the inward man which necessarily

Conformity

to his word and brings

of Religeon

our ways and in our Several

Eph 2 to 3

and

and redemtion

13

that

26

and then Descovering

1:30

~e believe

in all

by

us to embrace him with him with our whole Soul

Art

the life

purchased

in the Gospel in his Sutableness

whereby he is made unto us wisdom Riteousness
John 16. 8''

redemtion

Consists

us to live
Places

in the knowledge
Produceth

in obedience

and Relations

of God and
an external

to his Holy Will
John 17:3

Math 23:

Art 14

~e believe

that

true

believers

being united

con:munion with God and by his Spirit
conmunion one with annother
Gifts

to Jesus Christ

they are united

by faith ·have

to Each other and have

- whereby they are made Partakers

and Graces l of John 1.3

Romans ll

Philips

of Each others

1:7

Art 15
we believe

that

the first

day of the week C?mrnonly Called the Lord's

sabath uath 28.1

the Christian

John ~20.19

day is

Rev. 1.10 Hebs 4.a.9.10

Art 16

Vte believe

that

God hath appointed

the ordinance

Defending of the Poor as well as the rich
and we believe

that

the Civil ~agistrats

to Encourage morral virtues
or pretending

to d~~tate

to Jesus Christ
1st of Peter

of civil

in their

Civil

Government for the
rights

and Previlidges

work is to SUrpress Morral evils

Without infringing

on the rights

and

of Concience

in the worship of the Great God which belongs only

the Great Head of his Church Romans. 13.l

2 •• 13 to 15

st of Timonthy l: 8 9 .10

Chpr 4.1

1Iath 23.8,9 .10

Luke 22:

25:26

Art 17

V.e belive
that

there will

be a General Resurrection

God hath appointed

ritiousness

By Jesus

a day in the which he will Judge t_

Christ

and will

Shall be when the wicked Shall
the ritious

be Received

both of the Just

into everlasting

life

John 5: 28.29

as his work

Punnishment and
Rom 2.16

Sacond Part
Art

We belive

that

a Visible

l

Church of Christ

a?Xl

world in

re11ard every man according

be Sent away into everlasting

an unjust

is a number of his Saints

and

People by 11t1tual aquaintance
covenanting

and Communion·Voluntaryly

and Embodying together

of the Great God 1st of Peter

for the Carrying

2:5

and understandingly

.

on the worship and Service

Act 24

Art 2d
V;e belive

that

be continueing
Latter

that

order

till

his sacond Coming and that

is to say that

and to partake
Christ

Baptism and the Lords Supor are ordinances

of all

these

the former is requisit

who upon profission

of their

by immertion by _a Gospel llinnister

in the name of the Father

Christ

to

to the

are to be admited to the Church Communion

the Ordinances

being Baptised

of Jesus

and

faith

of our faith

of the Son and of the Holy Ghost

28119 20

1st of Cron 11:23 26 Acts 24 and 9

Roms 6:4

John 3:23

18:26:

in
and
Math

30 to 39 Math 36:16

Art 3
We belive

that

none but Saints

Can rightly

therefore

the Doors of the Church Should Carefu.lly

as Cannot give a Gospel Evidence

of their

27:29

44:79

Math 7:6:15

to 20 Ezekl

Partake

faith

of these

Ordinances

be kept against

in Christ

all

such

1st of Cor 11:

Art 4

a Church thus Gathered hath Power to Chuse am ordain

We belive
officers

that

Christ

hath appointed

and Deacons and Also to Dispose
to the Gospel and Disapline
Convenient
Christ

&

as appear to walk Contrary

Members tho in Some Such Cases it is

to request

and Profitable

Acts 1:21 to 28

in his Church namely Bishops or Elders

of Such officer~

their

those

the Advice of Neigouring

63 Numbers 8:10

Churches of

Math 18:15

Art 5

We belive

a Bishop or Elder hath no more Power to Deside any Case or con-

troversey

than any Private

Brother

yet having Superiour

Exersi se and improve the same for the benefit

Gif'ts aught to

of the Church and the Church

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aught -to be subject
he is rightly

to the Gifts

Acting

given to the 1i:innister

in his Place whose work is to Lead in the Actions

the Church and to administer

in the ordinances

of Teaching warning Rebuking and Exorting
to house

from the Lord while

ath 20: 25 to 28

st of Peter

and Divote himself

the People Publikly
Math 28:lg

23

of

to the work

and from house

Acts 20:20:30

Art 6
v:e belive
tallant

every Saint
that

is Called to be f'aithrul

is bestowed on them in Order to which there

may be improved aright

Gift

is that

to the Glory of God and the Good of his People and

the Church ought to be Subject
4:10:11

aught to be Such a

the Church may know where every particular

Gospel freedom that

Peter

to improve every Gift and

to Such improvements

Romans 3: 5 to 8

St of

and 5:9

Art 7
We belive
families

it to be • the ind.espensible
Strictly

namely by Praying

and Duly to attend

. 12:17

according

Math 14:17

to the worship of God in their

with and for those under their

the knowledge of Divine things
and virtue

of duty of those who are Governors of

and Training

to the abillities

Care instructing

f'amelies
them in

them up in the ways of Piety

which God hath Given them

Romans

Acts 1012

The Covenant
~e do now in the presence
before

angels

of the Great alseing

and men Give up ourselves

and most Glorious

to the Lord Jehovah Father

Holy Ghost as our God and Receving him as our Portion
ourselves

forever

Blessedness

Preist

We acknowledge our everlasting

Son and

we Give up

to him the Lord Jesus Christ as the head of his people

Covenant of' Grace and Rely on him as our Profet
to Eternal

God and

in the

and King to bring us
Obligation

to Glorify

it

our God by living
our several

a Holy Ritious

Places

Divine Spirit

and Godly live

our time Strength

and tallants

Glory and the Good of' our fellow men Promising
houses with a Perfect

Heart

and to train

God and we Give up ours~lves
toward each other

all

as Breatheren

foolish

vain Disputeing
of' Promises
time Idly

talking

at Taverns

~lorious

that

Ordinance

in the Love

which is not Conveni ant also

and unnesersary

Disregarding

and bacbiting

Spending

Conversations

on the Lords

to Sound Doctrin

according

to the

Gospel of' Christ
of' a page cut out)

to hold Communion together
and Disapline

by the Spirit
Gloriously

to act

are more Gross but also

\'lhich do Gender Strife

is Contrary

(part

Promiseing

those h'Vils that

engagments tatling

or elsewhere

Day and what ever else

by Divine help to walk in our

waching over onanother

in Christ

about words and things

of' the

to advance his

in Covenant Promising

and Vain Jesting

and not :f'll.lfilling

\\'Orld in all

those under our Care in the Ways of'

to one another

of' God and to wach not only against
against

Present

and we do engage by the assistance

and Relations

to improve all

in this

in the worship

of' his house Acording as we are or shall

of God in his word Expecting

Open his word and the Mistery

of the Everlasting

that

he will

and Strengthen

of his Kingdom flying

and

Ever -

to the blood
Praying

that

us to '&/ery Good work to do his will

which is well Pleasing

to V1hombe Glory forever

be Guided

yet more and ~ther

Covenant f'or the Pardon of Our many Errors

the Lord would Prepare
working in us that

of God and in the

in his Sight

through

Jesus

Christ

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A i,ist

of the Male members of the Baptis

Augt 26 1788 Joseph Davis

August 27

Church of Christ
page 41.

Excluded

Joseph Gates

Dismissed

Eben Hopkin

Ditto

Simeon Dickinson

26

Excluded

Joseph Cone
Josiah

42.

44.

in EastHaddam.
45.

by Letter

29 • 30 •• 31.

51. 53

LytJn

Benjamin Andrews

d

Exel.

29.

Nehemiah Gates
Sylvenus Cone Recd by Letter

&

Exel~

Dan Clark

decesed

1813

Samuel Dickinson
Jonathan

Harvey

Dismist

by Letter

Enoch Brockway

Dismised by Letter

Joseph .Anable Dismised by Letter
John Bigelow
Isarel

Dismised by Letter

D.,Minor

Excluded & Dead

t

William Dickinson

Victorious
Josiah

45. 57

Died
Departed

Smith

this

Life Aug1.1st 1804 ---

Excluded

43.81

Hungerford

Abraham AJnmison
John Brockway

19 1801 Henry Bro,'ll
Zebulon Burts

93 •• Deceasd

Dismised by Letter

Daniel .Williams
July

39. 40. -

ditto

Jabez Warner
Asa Harvey

39.

Re

d

by Letter

Dismised by Letter
Dismist

by Letter

1810
Dismised by Letter
1810
1806

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1'1"

Abner Lee

Red by Letter

Daniel Polley

Ephraim Beckwith

March 6

Simeon Beckwith

May 29

Joseph Fuller

Jul,:_7 __
1805
Oct 6

Daniel Brown
Levi Post
Jacob Haten
Reuben Post

20

Dismised
Dismised _
95

/

Dism

Harington

Dismi:e<l;>O
Dismist

Sept.

1806

April

14 1808

Turner Miner

Killingworth

Samuel Hull

Excluded

Aug 13th

Joel

Excluded

3 Sept

Elias

1809

pettipogg

Dismised

William Carter

July 4

Dismised

Dismised

John Waterhouse

G

Joind

Dismised by Letter

Gurdon Smith
llay 1806

Departed this

Dismised by Letter

July 4 1802
1803

1899

Carter

Millington

Redfield

Excluded

Riel Buel 3rd

Excluded

Sept.

19th

Elisha

Elderkin ,.,.,

Sept.

5 1809

Russel

Crane

Excluded

Killingworth

let

Life
Chh Birlington

Decemr 1808

1802

12 •

...

A List

of the Female I.1embers of the Bapt 1st Church in EastRaddam

August 26 1788

Mercy Andrews
Hannah

Di smi sed by Death ---

Cone

Deceased

Phebe Davis
Ruth Lo~d
Elisabeth
27

Gardiner

Deceasd

Deborah Dickinson
Jane Gates

28. 32. 45

Deceast

Dismd by Letter

Joind

Ch

whitestow.n

Died by Letter

:r.rarey Andrews

d

Dis. by Letter

Lydia Gardiner

46

Mercy Lyon
Elisabeth

Deceast

Warner

Mehithable

Warner

Mary Cone

Excluded

Deceast

Lucinda Warner or Willes
Esther

Beebe

Esther

Clark

Lydia Beebe
Sarah

Grace Cone

Excl4

Exel<¼Sept.

1803

Spencer

Deceast

lilNl.liaea

Sarah Chapman

Sarah Tracey

D 1818

Recved again by confession

Susanna Banning

Harvey

78. 87

Dismised by Letter

Hannah Truman

Esther

78. 90

Excluded

Warner

Elisabeth

82

Dismisd by Letter

Sibel

Braynerd

Deseast

Hannah Bigelow
Bary Bishop

Dismiad by Letter

Lydia Wood
Abigail

Gott

Mary wi1;1ams

Dismised by Letter

llary Dickinson

wife of Lemuel Dickinson

Dis

Hannah Clark

1798

Catherine

Sarah Smith

Sept.

Anna

1800

Burts

Marget Beckwith

Octr

llahithable

1802

11ay -

1803

Dismised by Letter

Lyme

Deceasd

Beckwith

Cone

Dismist

Lois Willey

5

May 29.

Esther

Dismised by le

Dis by Letter

Lyme

June 16 1801

---

Re by Letter

Webb Chester

July 7 1799

Sept.

4

Temperance Bigelow

July 1

by Letter

Deceasd August 15 1811

Lydia Bigelow
Mary Dickinson

July

17

Oct 25 1804
25

Peck

Sister

Peck Died January

Dolatha Webster
Elizabeth

Colchester

Dismised by Letter

Lomis

Asena Williams

Griffin

Dismised by Letter

March 28. 1805

Widow Sally

April

Elizabeth

July

Hannah Bigelow

Colchester

Octr 6

Irena Williams

Pettipogg

Burnham

Lucy Post
Patty

1819

Sergent

ditto

Lyme

1810

Dismised by Letter

Dismised by Letter

Disd

Dismd

Deceasd
Dismised

1810

1810

14.

Phebe Tucker

Disd

Sally

Dismd

Murry

Disd

. Fanny Haten

Disd

llinda Pratt

Disd

Sukey Starkey

'Over to Page ••• 98

the Church was Arrected

After
May 1790
The Following
this

Chur~

1790

Viz

Dan Clark

were Baptised

by Elder

Saturday

Sept~r

1 1790

Davises where Polly
But Settled

Sept . 2 .

with

fellowship

Sarah Warner 2nd
with this

Church Enoch Brockway

Lee

This day attended

Cone Manifested

a preparatory

Some disapprobation

a Comnunion with a comfortable

Than the Church Meet together

Meeting at Brother
with some of the

degree of satisfaction

to transact

And made Choice of Asa Harvy Moderator.

Church; Proseded

Set Simeon Dickinson
Then Proseeded

Into Fellows.hip

into

the difficulty

Attended

October 2 1790

and Received

Jo11B.than Hervey

This day was Received

and was Baptised

sister

persons

Apart on Tryal

on Business

Then proseeded

for a Leader in the Church

to set Joseph Davis Apart on Tryal

in the

All A~eed

for the work of a Deacon

and Church Clerk
Novmbr 13th 1790

Then Received
was Baptised

Joseph Anable into this

&

Church & Nov 14th

15.

March'!lst

Then the Church Made Choice of Sylv anus Cone Simeon Dick inson

1791

&

Enoch Brockway as a Committee to

go &

Labour with Lydia

Gardiner
April

7th 1791

The Above Sd somnittee

to the Church that
this

Viz Cone Dickinson

the Sd Lydia Garnier -Promised to attend

day And she the Sd Lydia Confest

Agreeable

to her promise

Invitations

to take

Exortations

that

she attended

up the Stumbling

the Charge was brought
several

and Brockway Report

in Against

she had ban out of the way.

and after

a Number of Inviteing

Blocks out of the the way

her of Being Guilty

she Confesed the same

&

April 7th
1791

&

she Refu.sed

of Falshood.

the Church forgave

Renewed her Covenant with God and the Church and Promises
Church in the order

on the meetin g on

and After

her and She

to walk with the

of the Gospel.

Then Grace Cone Was Rec'd

into this

She had ban a member of Elder

Lees

Church In full
&

Dismissed

Conmunion

from that

to this

by Letter

April

April

24tp
1791

23

Then Elizabeth
&

Spencer

the wife of Simeon Spencer was Baptised

Recd Into the Church

The Minds of the Church Were taken
&

Weather they were Established

IDlurch as a Public
manifested

that

Teacher

as to hi;

Simeon Dickinson

Lot & Gift

in the

Leader and the minds of the Church

they were Sattisfyed

Then It was proposed
Sd Dickinson

&

Concerning

to no weather

or Established
we Should proseed

Apart to the work of a teacher

to set

the

and Leader In this

Church and It was Voted they would also Votedro meet on Wednesday
the

27th day of April

to further

Act on Sd Business

16.

,ed

pril

1791

The church

.27th

meeting

opened by Prayer

came together
&

Then Sd Dickinson

was Called

work 0£ a Teacher

&

the ~~rk

voted

Then Ajourned

then Proseed

Leader

then the Church were Called

to Saturday

to Appointment

to Choose Joseph

upon to tell
of the Church

Evening

The

Davis Moderator

the :Lead of his mind to the
he proseadad

and want Through.

upon to no if they Could F'ellowship

Co:illd Fellowship

they

Agreeable

his

Call to

him

the 2 Day of lla.y

then AJourned to Wednesday

the 4th day of uay Afternoon
M.ay
4

meet Agreeable
voted

to ajournment

the 2 Day of June Uext to set Sd Dickinson

Apart to the work to

which he is Called
Voted to Call

a Cou..~~ill to Assist

Elder Jason

Ch

Zadock Darrow

Elder

Christopher

Elder

Abel Palmer

\&the

hlinutes
1791

Breatheren

of a Council

Messengers

&

Chatham

2.
that

Palmer)

Lyme

Colchester

.
~hatham

of Chatham)

Holden in Millington

From the Baptist

Chose Elder Jason

upon,

in this

&

John Leland Olk.

declared

they ought to Con:municate of all
sett

Composed by the Elders

Churchs of New London Lyme Colchester

Lee Moderator,

The Church being Called

Lord should

Churches

- New London

Solomon Wheat.

&

1 st

Church

Elder

) Elder

June 1st

Lee's

Viz the following

over them as a Paster;

it to be their

Good Things,
and that

opinion

to him whome the
~my member Failing

duty lin the Judgment of the Church) Should be dealt

as a Transgressar

.

with

17.

3.

The cllllrch being requested,

Minds respecting
Pastor
4.

gave the Council

the 4uali:fications

an Account

o:f their

of Simeon Dick inson to be their

which was satisfactory.

Brother

Simeon Dickinson

{upon the desire

of' Council)

Detail

of' the work of' Gods Grace upon his heart,

to the

(work) ~inistry;

and particularly

&

gave a

Also of his Call

to be the Paster

of Millington

Church

Adjourned
June

2

till

to morrow Morning

:Meet According

to Adjournment •

5 . The council

took up the subject

to the Ministry.

The Question

Brothe

was ripe

Dickinson

of' Brother

a Pastorial

/

for ordination

/

I

I

had no wright

provided

\

the Paster

they Continued

to Leave them as a Preacher

Preach without

I

the Fellowsh .,

the Church

weather

that ~ ,heir

with the
X

f'ellowship

Accordingly
- Elder

of the Church

John Leland was appointed

\

\

\n the gospel;

&

that

or member or to travel
To wich Brother

were Performed
in Behalf

The Above is a true

It must be

to Preach the ordination

by the Persons

of the Council

Co:ppy of' the original

Coppyed by John Bigelow Ch Clk

to

Dickinson

Sermon

Solomon Wheat to give

hand o:f Fellowship

which Cerimonies

he

Y

Jason Lee _to give the Charge and Elder

the Right

Ide~ ~f

was bound to them dureing

Ac qui as e d when hirer he Lef them as a member
or Preacher
I
'\,

Call

.Answered in the Af'firmative

\heCouncil

informed

gharge was ~uch, that

his Natural ' Life,

Simeon Dickinson

being put to the Council,

X

6 . T1"e Church Jjpon Requi!1,

7 O Clock.

Appointed
John Leland Clk

18.

1791

3une 26th

Then John Bigelow 2 Colchester

Truman were Baptised
July

3

July

24th

Elder

by

Then V.'illiam Dickinson

Dickinson

Rec'd

Baptism

Then Jabez warner was Baptized

&

Israel
&

&

D. Minor Lyme Hannah

Added to the Church
joined

to the Ch

aded to the Ch

Also Susanna Banning Wife o:f Joseph

Banning was Baptised

&

Joined

the Church
Josiah

Hungerford

Also Sarah
Joined

as

ChapmanDaughter

&

Joined

of Ebezener

the Ch
Chapman Rec'd

Baptism and

the Church
Harvey wife of Asa Harvey was Rec'd

Also Esther
a letter

was Baptized

from Elder

Jason

Into this

Church By

Lees Lime

1791
Aug 27th

Then was Asa Harvey was Rec'd

Sept 10th
1791

Then Sarah Tracy Daughter of Widow su~annab Tracy & Sibbel Branerd
llr.
Daughter of'/\Jared Braynerd Gave a Relation
o :f what the Lord had

Lees'

Into this

Church By Letter

:from Elder

Church

done for their

souls

and the

day Following

were Baptised

&

Joined

to the Church
Novb 16th
1791

Then At A Church Meeting

on Account of' Betsy

th~s Church Being Lef't to Fall

Gardiner

into Sin of' the breach

A Sister

of the Sixth

Command&meB'&
1. Voted to send a Comnitty
to Return

&

take

to Labour with Sd Betsy & with an Invitation

up the stumbling

Blocks

2. Voted to Send Brothe Enoch Brockwa

&

out of the way
Jonathan

of

Harvey as a Conmittee

19.

A a Church Meeting a the house of ·Joseph

Decmb 24th 1791
covenant

&

Gardiner

to make their

sensible

of her Sin & She Believed

Proseed

to Call

on the Committe Sent to Labour with Sister

Report

God Gave Leav to Return

Reheboth 1md the Pastorial
February

9th 1792

into

by Letter

Victorious

her

&

was willin g when

Smith From the Church at

Care of Elder
together

the Wife of Eleazer

Mary

of the work of Grace on her heart

&

was Baptised

&

fellowship

A Coppy of A Letter
The Breatheren

That she in some mea sure

God had forgiven

The Church Being Called

Bishop Gave a Relation
Received

which was as follows

Betsy

to the Church By Due Confession

Then Rec'd

Decemb 24 l 791

Dav i s Ch Renewed

of the Baptist

Andi,ous A Brother

of Adminition

Church of Christ

te Brother

Benj. Androus

In East-Haddam To Benjamin

In Covenant with Sd Church We having Examined your Standing

Compared with the Rule of Gods word

&

our Cov-enant obligations

do find By

in Not walking According to the order
Matters of fact; that you are failing
Christ
of (Gode) house In Attending to the Ordinance of the Gospel Namely the Lords
Supper which you have solamly Engaged Before Heaven
you have Contrary
to levity

&

to the pure & holy Profession

Vanity

Follo~~ng

Confession

Manner We do now In the

of your Falts

ing &,---.1P1l&-ir&N

&:

&

Collll:l.ittees to

Prosisting

with a tender

by Due Repentance

&

in the
Pi tty

to

humble

to the Lord from v.home you have ban depart-

to your Former standing

Signed In Bah&lf' of the Church

several

you still

fear of' God

you Imneadiately

to Return

to

Labourd with you in the Bowels of' Brotherly

labour with you in the manner above and finding

your Immortal Souii Exhort

to do Also that

world We having According

Love have Also in the Uarne & by the Church Sent three

same Disorderly

Earth

That you have made given way

with the Profane

the order of the Gospel Privately

&

in Sd Church with your Breatheren

Simeon Dickinson

20.

ast Haddam ~arch 14th 1792
NB

the writin

January

on the page

12th 1792

Joseph

voted

ought to ban Registered

to send Brother

Josiah

Before the above Coppy

Lyon to Labour with Brother

cone for his Ref'u.sing to go as a Comittee

to Labour with Brother

Benj

draws
Jan 12 Thon the Comittee
1792

Rep0rt;

No Signs

sent
0£

Joseph
The Breatheren

to labour

with Brother

Benj Andrews made their

A Return

Cone Letter

of' the Baptist

of 11.dmonition

Church of Christ

in East Haddam to Brother

Josep cone in Sd Church \ie having F.xmiined · your standing
Failing

in Uot canplying

of Divine Revilation

with your Covenant obligations

Namely in Refuseing

Lords Also in not Being Subject

to attend

one to Another All of you

..tethods in Respect

to Brother . having

Intirely

God Calling

Heaven &

due Labour in Gospel Banner
walk

We do therefore

v:1th J,_ desire

in the Fear of God

you to Return

to your Former Standing
o'I'

Also in not takeing
Finding

your Breatheren

&

things

you have

to witness

Presist~R~

welfare

And after

in a disorderly

in the Bowels of Brotherly

to God without

with your Breatheren

Gospel

these

solemn Covenant that

form do find you still

of the

to the Command of

for the Honour of God and the Evorlasting

Izm:nortal Soul Exhort

:Sehal :f

&

~!o}aJI~

you are

to the Rules

on the ordinance

Laboured with;

Contary to tho word of God &. that

Made before

Agreeable

to the Church According

God. Be ye Subject

do f'ind that

Love

o_f your

delay By Due Repentance

By Due Confession

Signed in

the Church

3ast Haddam Llarch 28th 1792
A CO!)py of the Original
NB the Following

t' ri ting

Simeon Dickinson

Elder

Joseph Davis
was missed

&

in Hot being put Down Before the above

&

21.

Coppy Mistook

At

A

by John Bigelow Register

Churchmeeting

came together

at the house of Joseph Davie March 15th 1792 The Church

Agreeable

for his Blessing

&

to appointment

the Church Proceeded

&

After

to Call

Solemn Prayer

to Almighty God

on the Conmitte

sent to labour

Benjamin Andrews. And the Report of the Conmittee is as follows
.
l
Viz No Signs of a Return the Church Proseeded to Consider the standing of
with Brother

Brother

Benj Andrews 2 Voted to Admonish him to Repentance

Dickinson

&

Joseph Davis to write

3ly voted Brother
with
2

Voted Elder

the Letter

Asa Harvy to Carry to Carry

the letter

and

use his Gif't

him.

Proceeded

to take

the standing

of Brother

was sent to Labour with him was Called
Viz

3.

lio Sines

of(Repentance

Voted to Continue

Joseph

Cone the Comnittee

on to make their

Report

that

was as follows

or )Return

the Labour with Brother

Joseph

Cone

Voted ~e Jo~eph Lyon & Enoch Brockway as a Committee to go & Labour with him
Then Brother
Joseph

Dan Clark Brought a Charg or menirosted

Cone For Spreding
him self

Include

Reports

Wfl¼&aabout his

a Tryal

Family which Naturly

in Septr

Brother
mu.st

as being Dishonest.

The Church Takes It up and Concluded to suspend the matter
This Peragraft

against

has no date But According

for further

Light

to the Best of my Remembrance was

1791

John B1gelow 2 Ch Clk
Voted that
Shall
Ch Clk

Breatb.oren

that

Neglected

give the Reasons Before

to Attend

on our Preparitory

meetings

the Church why they doe Signed By Joseph Davis

22.

At A Church :Meeting Holden at the house of Joseph Davis March 24th 1792 The
Breatharen

Came together

The Church

PPe

&

after

V:ent forward

&

solemn Pryer

Renewed Covenant to walk in the order

Gospel we have AbUlldant Reason to bless
the Breatheren

The Church Proseed'd

Still

&

&

after

for further

upon to no weather

Labours with Brother

Cone

Admonish him
Voted Elder
Appointed

voted

Joseph

&

Brother

Joseph

to Consider
Josep

as wi 11 apper By the date

Cone which

they would Continue

&

Betsy wife of Isaac

was Received

further

Davis to write

the Letter

&

Before -the Coppy of the 2 fonner

to following

generation

Spencer made her Confession

of the (Six Comnand) of the Sin of Fornication.
Church

watt

upon to no if they would

Ch elk

John Bigelow
Then Sister

the Trial

Lyon to Carry the Letter

NB All the Above ought to have ben Registerd
Letter

of a Return

they would

Sim.eon Dickinson
Brother

Brother

Then the Church was Called

Voted they would not

with his

Light

Then the Church was Called
Josep

Sent to Labour

Davis .March 28th 1792 Agreeable

the Church Proseed

Dan Clerk against

o f the

Remains with

many Tryals

and no Sines

house o:f' Joseph

solemn Prayer

which was Brought by Brother
had ben suspended

He manifested

Appeard to be obstinate

At A Church Meeting Held At the
to appointment

God for the union that

to Call on the Comnitt~

with Joseph Cone which is as follows
Breatheren

to Almighty God for his Blessing

into

Fellowship

again

For the Breac

To the satisfaction
Signed

in Behalf

of the

of the Ch
Josep Davis

East Haddam April

22 1792

Then the Church Came together

ment at the house of Joseph Davis
Covenant wi· th

w1·t

h God

&

After

wit). one a nether

solemn Prayer

Agreeable
Proseed

to apoint-

to Renew

with a good Degree of union

&

23.

stedfastness
to Josep

in the faith

then the Letter

Cone was Red & approved

of

&

Sylvanus
Then the standing

of Brother

of Admonition

that

Sent

Cone

Sylvanus

Cone was taken

Into

a Church Meeting on Wednesday the 26 Inst

voted to call

was to be Sent

Consideration

as a day of Labour

with Sd Brother

and for him to Give the Reasons why he Neglects

with the Church

&

to doe Any Business

voted To Send Brother

East Haddam April

Joseph

thought

Propper

Gates to Re<:{llest Brother

on Sd day
Cone to attend

Almighty God for his Blessing

to appointment
&

Instruction

&

after

Solemn Prayer

the Church Called

Sylvanu.s Cone to Render a Reason why he st oped traveling

against

Sd Meeting

26th 1792

Then the Church Meet Agreeable

He Proseeded

t o travel

to give his Reasons which was as follows

him By one of the Breatheren

to

on Brothe

with the Church
Viz Their

Being A Trial

Which Sd Cone had Indeavoured

to take

of the way m.ich he sayed he new not weather

the Church was Sattisfyed

Then the Church was Called on to now weather

that

out

Reason was sufficient

Voted they were not
The Church then Entered
the Reason of his

on Labour with Brother

Stopping

Travel

Brother

Cone on what appeared

Cone being unwell

to be

Lef the Meeting

Adjounned to 'i,ednesday the Second Day of May next at 3 o Cloclt p 11.
May 2 1792

Churc11 Meet Agreeable

Cone Being Present
that

the foundation

Church in Respect

to aJournment

the Church Entered
of the difficulty

After

Solemn Prayer

Arose in former Trans-actions

of the Church neglecting

&

on the subject

to Fut him in a Place

Sd Cone Made this

of the
in the

being mu.ch time spent

with a good Degree of Condesention

to what the Church held up for Light

Brother

on Labour with Sd Cone and It Appeared

Church where Sd Cone had an Idea where his Lot was their
in labour

&

in Brother

proposal

cone

for ·to try

to Remove the Tryals

comnittee

&

out of the way which was as follows

:f"or them to draw up an accompt of the Tryals

Sd comnittee

to Labour with Sd Cone on those

:f"ail & Sd cone promises

wheir they should

Contry to gospel Rule that

walked

voted to Grant Brother
voted to send Brother
to make their

Statement

being

Largely

Light that

2ly
3.

&

Lyon as a Committee

&

that

to Viek

was appoined

the Church held as Tryals

on we do Find According

Asa Harvay

&

Against
the matters

to our Best Judgment From the

Brother

Cone has ben out of' the way

Particulars

In leaving

Elder

Lees Church on Selfish

In his being Guilty

of Hypocrisy

motives

&

Joining

this

of many Evils

Plan which was a Foundation

and desate

In a Breach of his Covenant

4. In a Disorderly

6.ly

Josiah

&

Then the Committee that

God has be stowed on us that

Church on that

where they Should find him

It up

Cone Meet at the house of Brother

Converst

in the following
Viz lly

he would take

for

the Next preparatory

of' those misteps

Brother Sylvanus

&

Cone his Request

Eaat Haddalll May 25th 1792
make a

with Sd Cone

find him to be out of the way

Asa Harvy Joseph Davis

Report

points

Viz to Appoint a

In Speaking

walk
Falsly

to his Breatheren
Asa Harvey

A True Coppy

Joseph Davis
Joseph

A Coppy of Brother
1 Being Sensible
Rule in Severl

Sylvanus
that

Cone's Written

having my Imperfections

Per~iculars

)
Committ

Lyon

Confession
I have transgresst

the Gospel

26.

In Leaving Elder

1.17

Lees Church I having an Idea that

the Lot o~ a Deacon and finding

my Self

Disappointed

I Should be Put in

It Layed A Foundation

for Many Evi la 2.

~hen the Church undertook
why I Neglected

reason
to take
3.ly

I Acknowledge my Breaking

way

&

as to my Lot in the

covenant

my

In not Being subject

I Acknowledg my Fault

ungospel

obligations

hose of Brother

Then this

Joseph

to appointment

at the

Opened the meeting

with Solemn Prayer

to

Gates'es

Brother

3rd day of January

Proseeded

to consider

member of this

Joseph

on their

Gates

&

Brother

1792

Present

of Brother

and Entered

on labour

Cfll on Brother

with their
Hungerford

propper

being

larg9ly

Labours with
and they

to adjourn

to the

Josiah

the meeting

Hungerford

to

walk

Then the Church Meet agreeable
Gates's

Hannah Truman She Being

with her on Accompt of her Negleting

with the Church and her disorderly

Joseph

matters

of

1793

Then the Church Pro seeded to Call on Sister

3rd 1793

the Standing

1793

Deem

January

Church

Josiah

minds It was thought

Voted to Adjourn to the 3rd day of January

go

in the Church In an

Church Meet Agreeable

Cone An admonished

having Some Labours

20

on

Cone

on; The Church as a body had got through

S4 Cone Except

In not attending

in Denying what was Reported

Almighty God for Divine Assistance:

conversed

Church

manner

December 20th 1792

Joseph

the

to the Church

Sylvanus

Brother

In not telling

to go with them the Cross was so big I had not strength

It up which was my Being disappointed

Gospel Rules

4.ly

to Labour I used Deceit

to Adjournment

Being opened by .,Prayer;

to now how he found the State

at the hbuse
Proseeded

to

of Brother

26.

Joseph

Sd Hungerford

cones mind

Gates Not Being Present
parting

Informed

Brother

he had no . Incouragment

the Church Prose6ded

to Give their

Voice

Conserning

with Sd Cone

voted

to Exclude

voted

to send Brother

voted Brother

Joseph

Cone

John Bigelow to Inform him of the same

Asa Harvy

&

Joseph

Davis to write

Then the mind of the Breatheren
of Admonition

Letters
voted

to Reject

Harvy

&

voted

this

were taken

or not to Brother

Benjamin Andrews

Joseph Davis to write
minutes

Joseph

1793

Direction

After

Solemn Prayer

and to Request

Neglect

of Traviling

Request

The Church Prosaeded

Presbyterian

Brother

to Call

objections;

the Right

The Church were then Called

God for his Blessing

on the Conmittee
Travel

Brother
on Sd Cone

to give his

on to know their

not Sufficiant

to

According

I~ any of his
According

reasons;

in Leaving

to

which
the

had ben \,rong Ever

As the Church Not being

of It Being of None effect

by Vote

from this

Cone Appeared

his Travel

with

in Not Returning

he missed the point

and that

and

Sent to labour

Cone to Render Reasons

with the Church

Sance with many other

at the house of

he had A Reconmendation

Church at Millington

Voted his Reasons

Asa

smith to Carry It

to Appointment

to Almighty

1 1Y That he believed

as our ordination

Victorious

to his Present

Lees Church of Lyme after

were as follows

voted

him to be without

Cone

to Call

Cone with Respect

to his Request

through

Should be Recorded

The Church Proseeded

Bror Sylvanus
Elder

&

The Church Meet Agreeable

Davis

they would c ontinue

BenJ Andrews the Labours

the Letter

Sylvanus
May 25th

to know weather

to declare

&

the Letter

in Gospel order

&c

minds Respecting

his

objections

27.
( Hannah Trwnan)

Then the Church called

on the Comnittee

Truman Viz Enoch BrockWay
no Signs

&

Josiah

Sent to Labour with Sister

m.1.u.gerf'ord; Reported

Hannah

the :found but Little

or

o-f A Return

June 8th 1793

Af'ter Preparitory

Church voted

to Continue

Labours with Brother

sylv anus Cone
voted

2.

to send Elder

as a com:nittee
voted

3

Simeon Dickinson

to labour

Brother

Josiah

Lyonp & John Bigelow

with Sd Cone

18 day Ult at 3 o Clock PM at the house of Josep

Gates,

for a Time

of Labour
SYLV.ANUS CONE & HANNAH TRUl:IAN
At a Church Meeting June 18th _l793 at the hous of' Joseph
appointment

&

After

Cone made their

Solem

Report;

Prayer

The Committee that

The Church Proseeded

due Labour on with Brother

Voted to Admonish Sd Cone

2

Voted Breatheren

Asa Harvy

&

Jonathan

to write

the Letter

was done By the

Then the Church Proseed

the standing

to Consider

2.

Voted Brother

3.

Appointed

Jonathan

subject

&

after

&

John Bigelow

above Sd Persons.

of" Hannah Truman

Harvy to write

Harvy to Carry the

A True Coppy of' a Letter

July

Brother

Hannah Truman

Asa Harvy & Jonathan

Brother

to Viet

to Labour on the

to Carry The same which Accordingly

Voted to Admonish Sister

was sent

to

Cone

1

1.

agreeable

Gatea's

of Admonition

the Letter

same

Sent To Sylvanus

Cone

13th 1793

The Breatheren
Sylvanus

of the Baptist

Church of Christ

Cone At a Church Meeting

for Wisdom ton·

irec

·t

.

we took into

In East Haddam To Brother

held by Sd Breatheren
Consideration

after

your St8llding

Prayer
&

Travel

to God
&

28.
,

Judged It not to be according
Appostels

in several

Particul

with your Breatheren

collossians

Romans 1 - 31.

Secondly

Gallatians

turning

your Breatheren

your Breatheren

to Continue

Lest that

Sayed the Lord Delayeth
from and Return

Ordinatiot,.

In

Acts 13: 3

&

to God

&

Faith

-

you to Return to your Duty. up these

and we beseech

in a State

over take you that
his

of

of the Elder

And now in Love

Towards God and takeing

blocks out of the way of your Breatheren

of God

Thirdly

11. 25. 26

which Conduct is a dishonour

5: 22.23

and Repentance

your ways and no longer

of the worship

your back upon the ordenances

Also 1 Corinthans

&

& his

In Breach of Solemn Covenant with

to your Soul we admonish and Exhort

By confession

o:f Christ

about the same Mathew Ch 16: 19

Brings A Reproach upon your self
rulness

in the Ueglect

of the Cll,urch & the Regular

Reproachfully

4. 6

First

and thereby

the denying the Authority
and In Talking

a rs.

Heb 10. 25

God and your Breatheren
the New Testament

to the Rules of the gospel

you Brother

of Alleniation
is recorded

stumbleing
to Consider

from God

of the servant

&

that

coming &c Which the Lord of his Mercy save you

you in peace to zion and Bless

your Soul with his Heavenly

Grace
Signed By order
July

&

in behalf

of the Church

13th 1793

.Asa Harvey

A True Coppy by Jno Bigelow

Jona than Harvey

Ch Clerk
East Haddam Sept
Than the Church Meet Agreeable
&

after

Prayer

28 1793

to Appointmen at the house of Broth Asa Harveys

Conferad about Coming in to Fellowship

with the Associati

ons

af"ter mu.ch Conversation
Voted To Sand Elder

Simeon Dickinson

Joseph Davis as Messengers
behalf

Of

the Church

to attend

.Asa Harvey Josiah
the Association

Lyons John Bigelow &
to Examin their

order

In

29.

,October

l793

Accordingly

......d their

Articles

Exami~

them

&

the Above Sd Breatheren
then

&

in behalf

Attended

of the Church offered

(Church Meet acording
It Necessary

Then at a Preparitory

to)

to Look Into the Standing

voted to send Brother

with

thursday

Joseph Davis To see weather
for the office

February

they

Called

Israel

Their Report

on Proof for the office

D. :Minor
to Labour with Sd Israel

13th of Sd Month at the house of

Could agree

on Some Brother

to Put on Proof

Necessary

to appointment

God for his Blessing

as follows

Then the Church Proseeded

the Church ThOt€ht

the meeting

and Direction

on the Committee Sent to Labour with Brother

diu not Enjoy Religion

&

that

Viz

minds in Respect

work of a Deacon.
work

to give his Relation

Israel

Found his mind in a Low Sittuation

he had given way to Lightness

to give their

Brother John Bigelow to that
Proseeded

Evening

The Church meet agreeable

to Almighty

The Church Proseeded
D. Minor

meeting

work of A Deacon or any Labour thought

13th 1794

opened by Prayer

of Brother

1794

Enoch Brockway & Samuel Dickinson

voted A Church Meeting

& he

to unite

was Rec'd
East Hadda121 Feb

2

the Association

to se~ting

appart

one

The Church was Agred to Appoint

He was Called

And Excepts

and Vanity

on to Speak his mind he

with a great

Voted these r.Unutes be Recorded

degree

Josoph Davis

of diffidence

Ch Olk

East Haddam Decmb 15th 1794
At a Church Meeting Legally
At Prayer to Almighty

warned at the house of Josiah

God for Wisdom & his Presence

Considered

the standing

of Brother

2 • Voted to Send him a Letter

Israel

of Admonition

after

the Church Proseeded

follows
1•

Lyon's

D. Minor

Solemn
as

30.

Simeon Dickinson

3 • .Appointed Elder
Then prosaed
was called

to Consider

ing;

the Standing

on to manifest

gTant her Repentance

mind

her

alsp

But was not willing

after

matter

Several

Invitations

&

Exortations

Brother

the

God would

to her former stand;..

The Church then Proseed
her own talk

Church Proseed

Discovered

to suspend the

o'! Incouragem9nt

degre

Israel

D. Minor

Apointed Jno Bigelow to

of the Baptist

D. :MINOR

Latter

Ch Christ

In East Haddam To Israel

in Covenant with Sd Church

of'

EXC0111IUNICATI01:"

you are faulty

house in not attending

In not walldng According
to the Ordinance

of the Gospel Namely the Lords Supper,

Assembleing of your selves

together

Also In Chanting to the sound of the Vial

Vanity Following with the Profane

For sake not the

as the manner of some is Heb 10 C 25:26

Holy Profession

Amos 6 Ch V5 Also that

you have

you have made given way to Levity &

world

Titus

26. 6

the young men to be

sober minded; We having According to the order of the Gospel Privately
Laboured with you
Letter

&

of Admonition:

by a Cormnittee in the authority
&

finding

you still

Prosisting

of the Church Also by a
in the same Disorderly

manner; we Do now in the fear of God withdraw our hand of fellowship
you

&

untill

Pronounce you to be without
by

Repentance

you Return

No further

Signed By order

to have a wach Care over you

John Bigelow
&

in behalf

from

Beging of God to have mercy on your Never

Dying Soul
of the Ch

of'

to the Ord.er of Christ's

Not meeting with your Breatheran

&

Compared

Do find By matters

1 Corinth Ch 11: 23:24:25

contary to the pure

D. Minor A

We having Examined your standing

with the Rule of Gods word and your Covenant obligations
fact that

that

Carry the same

&

ISRAEL

~he Braatheren

Sayed She had a desire

&

to her the situation

Vote to Exclude Brother

write the Latter

and Carry It.

Hannah Truman She being Present

to ma.Ira Gospel Satisfaction;

as they found some Little

Jan 1795

of Sister

the Letter

Sayed she wished to be Restored

to I,abour with her to Discover
&

to write

31.

ast Haddam February

7th 1795

A True coppy of the original
At a Church ueetingHeld
after

solemn rrayer

Davis

to Relate

John Bigelow Ch Clk

at the house of Josiah

Entered

on Business

his Burdens

Brother

Davis then

then checked

him for Troubling

Tot Act on them; Brother
or manifesting

his

The Church then
follows

Concluded

1. A suspicion

Dickinson

&

that

a groundless

suspicion

Conversed
2.

Reports

Church Not takeing
Conversation

that

Dickinson

with the

the Elder

suppositions

could

he should

for they

be Lame in telling

his burdens

to Evidence

which were as

had an Idea that
&

this

he Led Elder

Sd Brother

Davis

has Sayed in pubblick

by any no further

on the Burden

Slanderous

him relate

Lead on his Light

for Elder

had not been Influenced

that

the Breatheren

forward

Joseph

Began on supposition.

for Sd he I am Lame with Respect
to hear

then the Elder

reasons;

then Replyd

1795

of his Gift

the Church with

Davis

Burdens

the

14th

on Brother

Cept him from going

Improvement

began to Relate

January

Called

(&!':18:-a~eP}

which llfe!,~)

Church In Comnunions & and in the

Lyon's

than he saw Light.

Is not

that

he

This Being

Removed.
Cast by the world

the matter
people

up

and By Sister

Also Elder

Sayed their

could

Hannah Truman and the

Dickinson

telling

him in Private

not be so much smoke without

some

fire .

3•

Breatheren

Not meeting

me Reason to suspect
4.

Church Meeting

Breatheren
5•

Jno Bigelow

they

being

would attend

At a Preparitory

Brother

that

on the

Sabouth

did not Fellowship

warned and Elder
But Sayed nothing

when manifesting

his

opposed him in saying

in a Church and the Elder's

when Elder

Justifying

Requesting

him self.

that

all

the

Sisters

burden Relative
that

was gone gave

my Improvement

Dickinson
to the

Dickinson

the

Sisters

to the Sisters
Never had no vote

32.

The Breatheren

then Conversed on those points

not Remove the Tryals

from Brother

Davis's

Brother Davis to Leave those things
Should Be binding
&

on booth sides

mind the Breatheren

to a Mutual Councill

&

Request Elder Hill

to Notify Brother

Tinker

&

Agred with

Deacon Israel

Appointed .Brother

Deacon Douglass also Brother

Agreed on January

but Could

to be desided

Agreed on Elder \7m Hill

Brother Joshua Tinker to set in Councill

to notify

in way of Conference

&

that

Douglass

John Bigelow
Enoch Brockway,

26th 1795 at the house of Joseph

Davis

COUNCILL
Millington

Jan 26th 1795

Then we the Councill

meet according

God l!amaly Elder William Hill
Elder

~'m

Hill

to appointment

Deacon Israel

Moderator Joshua Tinlter

Then Proseeded

to hear Deacon Davis'es

to Hannah Truman Slanderous

Reports

But had she not ben under dealings

we do advise

the scriptures
3

Solemn Prayer

to

Joshua Tinker

scribe
greevenses

with the Church Rellative

Deacon Davis

&

his wife

the Church to be Rong

By the Church we suppose It would have
with her

the Church to open the dore for Deacon Davis to Improve from
according

We do not discover

Breatheren

&

we do not discover

ban the Churches duty to have laboured
2

Douglass

against

in as much as she was under dealings

and after

Relative

to his Light that

one rmy Speak

any thing Essencially

to the Sisters

different

the Rest Judge

in the minds of th&

Lot in the Church. -

We do in the Fear of God Advise and Councill
Evil Speakings and Labour to live

&

in Love

&

you to Leave all
in peace that

Jeleses

the God of peace

may Dwell with you

Vr'illiam Hill
Israel

and

Douglass

Joshua Tinker

33.

A True coppy of the original
By John Bigelow

/

The Church then manifested

Jan 26 1795
of Councill

Ch Olk

Also manifested

their

a willingness

minds satisfyed

for Brother

with the advice

Davis to Improve his

Gi:f't
Brother
after

Davis did not manifest
an Exhortation

A

of the Baptist

of Sd Church

st

lly

2.

&

having

Reporting

Return

that

&

you worthy

of Admonition

its

Better

In the Bowels of Brotherly
&

to your Covenant

to meet with them 110 more

which is not agreeable

These is therefore

to Exhort

you to

not to vow then vow

Love that

to Gode

you Consider

&

not to

the Bleeding

Not Give no Deeper wounds by your walk nor Conversation
and to your Breatheren

you the Cause of God might be Honoured
soul

Smith

Compared with the Rule

According

you did not Entend

obligations.

to God by Repentance

garden that

we do find

Not atteming

your ways & Remember that

Caus of Religion

Smith

in East Haddam to Victorious

in your Walk.& Conversation

word nor your Covenant

Pay; we desire

sent to Victorious

Examined your standing
obligations

the Church

In Immorality

Consider

hill

Particulars

In forsakeing

obligations

of Admonition
Ch of Christ

of Gods word & your Covenant
in the following

Elder

to Deacon Davis Concluded by Solemn Prayer

Coppy of A Letter

The Breatheren
a Brother

his mind one way nor the other

the Graces of the
Signed

divine

in behalf

&

By Confession;

your soul Become like

Spirit

in your

of the Church
Davis

by

a watered

might grow & flowrish

Joseph
East Haddam Sept 6th 1795

that

Ch Olk

but

sast

Haddam June

at Brother

3rd 1796

Josiah

Lyon's

how to Transact
By the Elder

af'ter

in the Great

Solemn Prayer
things

Viz to Look into

the Reasons
proveing

At a Church L!eeting

of' his

his

not

Gift

forward

Amongst his

to God f'or ·wisdom

of' Brother

the

3

TO Look into

the Standing

of' Brothr

Wm Dickinson

4

To Look into

the

standing

of' Sister

Elizabeth

5

To Inquire

the State

of Sistr

Standing

Mentioning
Councill

to him his

though the Breatheran

the other

Church;

being held

Replyed
Stand

If that

hinder

that

ha might

Davis's

from Calling

proseeded

The Breatheren

be dacissive

Rendering

their
forgot

act his

Pleasure;

in the manner above.
Continued

their

man and for

this

when Called

on

-

I Shall

By the Elder

Reason

it to

which Figure

to proseed

was any Church had any Jurisdiction
a member to Render

in the

he Can mention

& freedom

Questioned

Agree-

may be Discharges

the Above Reasons

was then

and Al-

to me yet Sayed they

with Boldness

the

to Law & by their

was the way the Church was agoing

their

l.

Hold me to be a Dishonest

no Chance for my Life

He supposed

According

he has Got one Article

a Demand but

to Brother

Im-

Reasons

which was before

should

man & man Although

not Improve my Gift

NB Prvious

Lyon's

the Councill

up I new the Breatheren

Reason I could

Davie to Give his

which ware as f'ollows

to Say any thing

of' Aceompts between

Not with

not

Spencer

on Brother

At Brother

on that

the point

Givan But when one finds

to know

Cone

had Acknowledgedfhat

ment they had missed

Davis

Lydia Woods mind

Ch Called

Conversation

which was Agreed

Settlement

of' Brother

Converse~on

why he did not goe with the

Joseph

day was opened

Breatheren

To Look into

The Above being

of the

Held

understanding

&

In the Comnunions & Aso of' his

2

into

to Appointment

of God the Business

the Standing

going

according

weather

over this
Then Brother

to
Davis

35.

].latters then being Discoursed

upon

&

Brother

Davis having heretofore

the maner ( in which or) what he Sayed to the Breatheren

Sayed

at the :Meeting to

Brother Lyon's was wrong Sd Davis Now Says was what the Church hold for
The Church manifested

matter.

might Reflect
~~ested that

they had their

on the manner as its
the Elder

Large the Breatheren

minds helped was glad that

being the Matter &c - Brother

might mention 44;-~e •he the mistake
Condesended that

Brother Davis then Sayed that

their

to go with Brother

was nothing

to try to help Brother

in his way with the Church

The Church Voted to withdraw their
Brother

Voted to Send Brother

meeting.

of

The Church then Covenanted

the Duties

of Religion

Booth

to Inquire

&

Lyon

Request

Josiah

&

from Brother

the Letter

Hungerford

him to attend

Simeon Dickinson

into the state

of Sister

Voted to Send Brother

Situation

hand of Fellowship

&

Carry It.

as a committee to

the Next Preparitory

r Remove to page 57

4. Voted to Send Elder

June

davis

Asa Harvy to write

Josiah

Labour with WmDickinson

5.

Sayed he New the workings

Davis By his Ta.keing up all

Sylvanus Cone Appointed
3

to the Church At

and Publik

Private
2 ly

Davis Re-

It might be &c

(But was Low in his mind) one of the Breatheren
the Enamy & Intended

they

of her mind

&

Brother

Elizabeth

Davis to Visset

Enoch Brockway as a CoI!llllittee

Spencer or Fox's mind

Sister

Lydia wood To Inquire

The

Closed by Prayer

5 1796 Held our Prepari tory a Degree of Union amongst the Church After

Communicating their
Brothr WmDickinson
appeared to Justify

mind Called

on Brother

mind which Report
him self

&

that he had Embraced heretical

Lyons to Inf'orm the Situation

as follows

Blame Individual
Principals

Viz

his Comersation

member of the Church; and

and Re:t"u.sed to meet with his

Breathe ran
The Church Appointed

their

Elder

&

Brother

Brockway to Labour with him to

of

36.

ry to

beat

him off

from his

Davis did not go forward

Fals

principals

But Sayed he felt

Held our Preparitory
free

Toward the

East Haddam
At

Church Meeting

appointment
Davis.
spirit

Held at the

to Hear Sister

After

the Elder

the

otherwis

Davis;

sum of Sister

Taphfena

if he had Stold
to Shoulder

hand to JUdge;
Brother

Tryals

were; Brother
Dickinson

Treatment

no,

Room Then went on Himself'

Turned to Taphfena
witnesses

that

I Leave that

I dont believe

This apperd

to tell

to strike

Davis:)

For the

he doubled

thing

day.

Then
Church;
off

and Prove

Then Brother

Brother

Davis

by
it;

Asa

it

the

Sd Taphfena

Hearvy

Answered

In a Rage you are a fine

before

you have heard.

what I gathered
Rising

of' Taphfenas

Then Called
his

fist

they

on his

her Tryals

up Sayed Brother

Tryals

& then

toll

Wife & Miss survior

you In a Lye,

By these

to take

Life

& weather

you are

a Christian

with

you

For your Lead of :Mind will

{Turn over)
a Silenc

In the

'd

Answrd did not see him; then

Sayed See how I have proved

but I have no fellowship
&c

Clerk

you went- Let me Speak I w111 Leave the

a part

would be Sufficient

not Answer hear

and a

Being one that

given my Judgment

Loud in secret

&

Temperance

to

to know what he geathered

your Judgment

may I Speak may I Speak if

Rowley to Say weather

Joseph

her Tryals.

Then Sd Brother

I have

Davis Replyed

her of her Praying

Brother

to name the

were (Sd Harvey

for you have given

Harvy Said

against

According

to &pen her mind to the

Breatheren

Took When She went to Labour with.B-rother
A Sinn of Ungospel

22th 1796

But be fore Had Spoken many v;ords was brolten

on. By one of the

Taphfena's

Tryals

Church

Davis's

to God For Wisdom Meekness

the Church was agoing

Harvey was Called

Josep

Church Chose John Bigelow

Sayed That

&

of Brother

Eley's

Opened the Door for Sister

She then made a begintng
Brother

Taphfena

Solemn Prayer

of disserning

house

June

Brother

Church but after

being Reminded

that

37.
8

that

faints

in a day of Adversity

i'he · oderator,

or, Elder

or near Sister

Taphfena Relate

It was because

his Strength

1.lotioned to the Church \"leather they Should Adjourn
her Tryals

after

matters

being conversed

the Church Concluded they had A Right to Indulg her to Relate
was mentioned by one that

Brother

Davis had Paved the way

opened for Sister

Taphfena llenifested

1.

Tryed with Brother

That she felt

minor did not Fellowship
of the Spirit
aff•ir

Polly

affair

her Tryals

In the

Davis For Teling

Dickinson

of God and Saying that

or a furren

Experience

Brother

which At first

did not Say soe,

&

Davis ag9.in

say soe I then Conversed with Brother

&

he Sayed that

Miner again

soe; and when I Conversed Again with Brother

did not say soe And Likewis
Starting

way that

up and Doubleing

Brother

Sayed that

Different

up his fist

minor did not say that

It was the Sperit

The Church Then Called

Minor He told

me he

on Brother

Convinsing

Brother

Minor did

.Mim,r

this

a'-

me in an Ungospel

as a Tryal

against

him

Communicated the same Idea but
or a f'u.rren Affair

But the Idea that

Brother

and

inor did was to
.l:Jinor held up was

of Antichrist

Such away l!'or he Never disputed
In Its

telling

in such words as Brother

liinor to tell

Sayed he had now Rememberance of Conmunicating

opperating

Minor

he Sayed he did not say

&

It was an old affair

Conceal It :from Ta:i;ilfena mind.
that

Brother

his Story to the Church In the follow-

words often

the Reasons why I did not Put It

this

It was an old

being In a Rage when I Conversed with him on the

Brother Davis then Crune forward to tell
&

that

Brother

as Its being

Davis he sayed Brother

the Devil had promped me on to bring

ing wanner

ma.nner

was not his Dialect;

I then Conversed with Brother

subject

following

Minor Sayed that

But when I Came to Converse with Brother

&

The door being

or Exersises

Led me to think

on

her Tryals

or Saying that

had Dissembled

that

was small

what he say'd

Minor

his mind to be understood

in his mind but that

opperations

Brother

But In Its

the Sperit
Sanctifying

!n

of God had ben
he Never was

38.
80

well Sattisfyad

Advised to Labour & fasting

Sd Brother

2 ly

- Turn over

Davis as to the Representation

of my Starting

cha.re I deny; But ' i Got up Calmly and walked two or three

up out of My

times a Cross the Room

Thon was mentioned Polly Dickenson being in the other Room Partly

asleep

:a:earing Mr . Davis Talk waked up At which Brother Davis Replyed She might hear
me :for For I felt

The Breatheren

Agitated

then Voted to Retire

from the world to make up their
The Judgment of the Breatheren
1.

That Sister

1st that
Brother

was all Brother

to Brother

Brother
Minor

in the Above Case

Minor Sayed

PD.ting others

Room to Sister
In Railing

Promped her on to bring this

Then was put off Till
&

Brother

Conversed on the Treatment

writen

Taphfena

as a Tryal Against

Also that

him.

-i

the Next Preparitory

In which they Received

of the Church .Meeting .

had meet to hear Sister

Taffena

Davis handed out on the day before

the Elder Together

the words of

Day

Saboth Day Evening After the Communion the Breatheren

Davis at the appointment
Breatheren

is as follows

upon her and Saying thus

Voted to Suspend the Judgment of the Church Till

Retired

Davis

no more.

his wrong in Concealing

in their

he Ackl:lowledge his ungospel Treatment
Hath the Devil

&

Davis the Judgment of the Breatheren

Davis should Retract

&

the Charge of Brother

for as mu.ch as she Cannot Prove the same

In Saying that

~1th Respect

Judgment

Taphfena Eley must Retract

Doubleing his fist
2

to Some place 'V\here they might be Secreted

with Individuals

&

from Brother

In the Time when the

and Also The Railing

at the Preparitory

Acquisations
meeting Against

members and the Church which may be Seen

on page
The Jud@Ilant Cont inuad from page ; 48th

i- We also Conclude Further
July

1796

In the Labours of the Church That Brother;

Davis

39.

Broke the Rule of Christian
Taphfena for Praying

Conversation

Loud In Secret

&

Temper In Railing

Prayer

2.ly.

In Accusinc; Brother

In Giving his Judgment when he Only Named what he thought
Taphfenas Tryals

were,

&

then Saying I dont believe

3.

In Saying that

4.

In Rebukeing the Elder

5

Also In Railing

Denyed

thing

A

&

July

July

Taffena

In time of Public

Labour In an ungospel

Called God to witness

Also Saying that

Against

manner

which was Proved to be a Lye
for two Years past

the

&

the Church

him;

the Judgment of the Church was Read The F.lder Called

on Sister
By Retracting

Sattisfaction.

Then ~he Elder
in the following

ODBrother

Called

Davis To know If

e heard the Church Answed

words Saying I Refuse to hear the

hurch.
Re~ove to page 51:52
his wrong In what he sayed to

August 6th 1796 Read Deacon Davis Retraced
Brother

of Sister

one of the Breatheren

To know If She heared the Church. which She manifested

to their

Sum

it.,

upon the Church in Saying that

in Rebellion

Then After

the

Harvey

he Refused !Po be Tryed by his Breatheren

Church Going along with It
had Risen

at Sister

harvey & In Respect

to that

particular

was In a good measure Sattis-

i'actory:

East Haddam August 6th 1796

Church l:aeting

house According to Appointment Previous
to Consider

Brother

Opened the meeting
The Tryals

Lyons's Tryals
&

on my mind Relitive

to Attending

Against

Read the Tryale:

held In Elder Dickinson

the Church After

which were as Follows

to the Proceedings

Church meeting June 22th 1796 the Church Permitted
a Try~l Against

Brother

Davis without

the Preparitory

Bark
Meeting

Solemn Prayer
In writing:

of the Church 1st At A
Taffeny Elly to Bring in

Nameing the fault

Contery to the

\

commandof Christ
In withdrawing

2

40.

11atthew 18th 15
from the Sisters

Contry to the Agreeoent of the Church

&

what we hold to be Gospel Order
3.ly
4

ly

In ma.keing a Tryal where no Gospel Rule was broke

or four Breatheren

In three

Assuming the Authority

:euting off the Judgment of the Church froc

of the Church in

Saturday to Sunday without the

vote of the Church
5 ly

In Breatheren

out a Uumber

:)f

withdrawing

Tryals

against

from the Sisters
Brother

Davis

&

Ai"ter Comnunion and makeing
Reading them of' without
to make his defence

Labouring with him or giveing him an oppertunity
6 ly

In Not Regarding Morral Testimony Josiah

Lyon.

A True Coppy from the original
Then Brother

Lyon Sayed he Should be Glad to have a Church meeting to
or for them to Labour with him for Said he I am

Labour with the Breatheren

weavering in my mind about Some of them

the Church Agreed to meet Brother

&

Lyon In his Request and Appointed a Church Meeting at his own house For
Labour
Then the Church Proseed'd
A Union
paritory

&

&

freedom in their

Attended to their

Preparitory

A Number manifested

minds to goe forward in the Conmunion Ai"ter Pre-

Deacon DAVIS Came forward

&

Sayed their

to Confess which were Named In the following

was Some thing

on his mind

malUler l ly In what he Sayed to

Brother Harvy at the Ch Meeting June 22 he Concluded was wrong and Asked forgiveness
Elder;

2 ly the M.allller of his talk

being moved with Natural

It was not Rightly

Timed

3

Church had Risen in Rebellion
tMt-ae-ai-a--

in the Preparatory

Affection

:Meeting to the

for his wife when Sha spoke that

ly Acknowlede he was wrong in saying that the
Against him If he Sayd soe But doe

ft&~-P&meil&&~

Remove to pag-e 52

Not Remember of Ever Saying so. But this

I have Said Th.at the Church have

41.

{EVer) or Always ben Persueing

me Ever Sance I offered

Office work of A Deacon and then went on to Justify

my Idea Respecting

him Self

&

Sayed with

Respect to the Remainder of the Charges he Could make It appear that
church had .Acted Inconsisent
Then Called on the Elder

with them Selves

&

Charge he had Sent in Agains Harvy. Bigelow

&

the

he should not take them up

to know what the Church Intended

,

the

Hungerford

to Do with the
&

Also Requested

the

Elder to Call on the Church to know if they Rec'd his Confession
Then was ~ueried

By one of the Breatheren

what he ment To C~nfess to the

Elder In Saying the Manner was wrong weather he ment by that

to Confess that

he was Mad At which Deacon Davis Replyed No I was not mad

The Church menifeste~
first

proposition

Harveys Voted that
that

that

minds Tollerable

a Church Meeting

well Sattisfyed

Viz In what he Sayed to Brother

June 22 1796 and at

&

their

that

Afterwards

In Deacon Davis's

Harvey At the Church meeting
at the house of Brother

Should Not Stand as a Reqt1iremant for Deacon Davis.

Should not be holden In the SUm of The Charges held Against

Sd Davis

August 1796

Then the Church Meet at the Haus of Brother

According to Appoi:mnent to Appointment
opened
~in

&

was proposed

By the Elder

Wealch they Being Present

thing

wrong On Either

to Explain

Evening.

In Labouring

Brother

After

Solemn Prayer

to have Deacon Constant

Side to Offer their
&

Light

By Brother

on those points

the Meeting was
Wealch

&

Brother

Also to Labour
Then Brother

Lyons

Spent the After Noon

&

But had not time to Converse on all

Lyon If his mind was in Any measure helped he

Ansvl In the term Labour It was; and Understands
he did befor

&

Lyon

the meaning of his Tryals

Wealch Asked Brother

Lyones

To Set with us and where they Should See any

This was Agreed on By the Church
undertook

&

Josiah

Adjournd to Augu.st 30th 1796

the term Clearer

Agreed to Invite

that

than Ever
the Above

Named Breatheren

together

with Brother

Joshua Tinker to attend

Meeting to Labour whereever they saw Error

August 30
Josi

1796

&

to Give Advice

Then the Church Meet According to Adjournment at Brother

Lyon's Breatheren

sanmel Arnold

&

our Church

from Sister

Churches Deacon Constant

Squire Goff from Church East

Brother Joshua Tinker

After Solemn Prayer

Welch Brother

Hampton from Elder Lee's

Called on Brother

Lyons to Explain

the the Remainder of his Tryals

which had not ban Attended to In our former

Meeting

Brother

on the Same Oocation.

Then the Church Explained

the Cause of their

for the help of those Breatheren
Then the Elder

Davis.

s

In their

Judgments with Respect to their

and sayed he Did not feel

Against the Church Respecting

Breatheren

in the manner they did

Minds who where Pres~nt

he Acted Any Thing Wron Designedly

Tryals

Proseeding

from Saturday

being Largely

Lyons If he felt

Proseedings

But in Brother

the Puting

the

Concience Convicted
Lyon's 5 Article

of

of the Judgment of the

to Saboth Day Night Sance he saw the Use made of

Was It to be Acted over again thought he should not doe Just
matters

they Found they

Answered they were not as Yet Convinsed of it.

Elder Answered for him self
that

the Cause of his Tryals;

Called on the Church to know If on Examination

had missed the point
with Brother

Lyon Related

soe.

After

Conversed on both Sydes Deacon wealch Asked Brother

his mind helped

In .Any Respect Answered In the Negitive

Turn over to page 54
Then those Breatheren

Present

They had Never ben Acquainted
Circumstances
their

minds

Sayed In Some of the Proceedings
with,

But as Circumstances

Altered

of the Church
Cases

&

Being as has been Named It would Not Amount to a Tryal in
Also Told Brother

Lyons they Could Not see Any Cause for his

Tryals.

Then the Elder Requested

of those Breatheren

Present

Churches:

What Advice they Could Givo the Church In this

from Sister

Trying Day.

the

43.

A,nswer'd they would Advise the Church to Proseed as Usial
worship

of God & Attend to the Institutions

some of the Breatheren

of {Christ)

Maintain the

his house

Asked Brother Lyons If he desired A Council

Re iraeligkir Felt willing

to through his Tryals

on God fearing

Then
Ans-r°4

men to be

Judged If the Church would Admit Brother Davis to Come In with him But Chose
Rather that

Elder Dickinson

the Council shold be with Davis seprately

Then Called on the Church to lmow If they would :Meet the Grieved Breatheren
in A Councill Answered they was willing
and have Ail the Proseedings

to meet Brother Lyons In A Councill

of the Church Looked Into But to have Brother

Davis to Join in the Councill they were Not willing;
Giveing up tho Authority

of the Church.)

Prayer with the Unhappy Reflection

East Haddam October
Union am&Bge~ after

(for that was Virtually

Closed our Church 1.ieeting By

that Nothing was Gain'd to Increas Union.

1796 Held our Preparitory

With a good Degree of

Meeting Nominated Brother John Bigelow for the Clerk of

the Church
Voted John Bigelow to stand Church Clerk.
2

Appointed Brother Asa Harvey

&

Josiah Hungerford to Call on Deacon Davis

for the Church Records which have ben Kept on File
Novm 5th 1796 Held our Preparitory

at Elder Dickinsons with a good Degree

of satisfaction
Then Brother Josiah Hungerford made his Report to the Church Respecting
the Record In Deacon Davis's

& Brother Harvy went after

hands which wher

as follows

Said that

he

the Records According to appointment & Deacon

Davis Concluded to Let them Goe A~er he had Coppyed off Some part of
them for himself

But Sd Hungerford when Called Again for them Deacon

Davis Sayed he Should not Let them Goe for the Church had not Proseeded
Legally Sayed If they Should proseed and Exconmnmicate him

&

then Send

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Brother

Bigelow after

them he would Give them up.

Deacon Davis Being Present
Church Put him off Till
Nov 6th

Attended

Requested

Saboth Day Uight

our Communion Hope where Favoured with a good Degree of the
After

Divine Presence:

Communion

The Church made An Appintment
Church Meeting
Novb 11 1796

&

of Fryday Next ll

&

Voted to Send a Letter

3

Voted John Bigelow to write

4

Voted to dissolve

&

2

Contained

Attended

According

with their

Drawing them off

to Read

of Admonition to Brother
the Letter

meeting

&

WmDickinson

Carry the Same;

into a Conference

Held Our Preparitory

Decemb 3rd 1796

After

this

Asa Harvy's

Davis .

at the Church Meeting June 22 1796

·Approved of the substance

2

b

Meeting with Brother

The Church Examined the Records Taken By

Solem Prayer

to make them more Intelligable

Dec 4

at 10 O Clock for a

Church Meeting Held at the hous of Brothr

John Bigelow & Elder Dickinson
Voted

Inst

at 2 o Clock P.M. for a Conference

to Appointment After

l.

of the Church for A 1.:lU.tial Council the

Meet'g at Brother

Dickinson

Our Conmu.nion with a Degree of Sattisfaction

the Communion Read the Letter

of Admonition

for Brother

~m Dickinson

was Approved of By the Church
Voted

&

Appointed Thursday Next Stp of December at l O Clock P JJ.

Church meeting

to Look Into the Standing

have Not Traveled

Deeemb 8 1796

&

others

who

with the Church.

Then the Church Meet According

Harveys and After

of Deacon Davis

For a

solemn Prayer

Deacon Joseph Davis Batters

to Appointment

Took Into Consideration

Being Largely

Voted to Send Deacon Davis a Letter

Conversed upon

of Admonition

at Brother

the Standing

of

Asa

2

Appointed Brother

3

Appointed Elder Simion Dickinson

2 ly

John Bigelow to n-ite

Took Into Consideration
to Send her a Letter

3

the standing

of Sister

at the Usal Place

&

Minds to Each other The Letters

Viz to Deacon Davis

&

Voted to Give Sister

Elizabeth

Hungerford to write the Letter

Decmb 31 Held Our Preparitory

of Hartford

John Bigelow to Carry the Letter
Fox

&

Voted

of Admonition

Appointed Brother Josiah

Comnunicated their

&

the Letter

Elizabeth

Fox

after

&

Carry the same

the Church had

of .admonition were Read

Approved of By the Church

&

Lydia Lad A Letter

of Recommendation to the Baptis

Church

5 liiles

Appointed Elder Dickinson

Jany 1797 Elder Dickinson

to Write the Letter

&

John Bigelow Carried

the Letter

of Admonition

to Deacon Davis

Janury 13 1797 John Bigelow Carried

the Letter

of Admonition to Brother V,m

Dickinson

A Coppy of the Letter

of Admonition Sent to Deacon Joseph Davis

At A Church Meeting of the Baptis
To Brother
&

find that

Joseph Davis we having Considered your Present
as before

(or Requirements)
the Burthening

&

up those things

that

you Still

travel

and Conduct

Refuse to Comply with the Requisitions

of the Church and Continue your ungospel walk

&

travel

to

Greif of the Church. Though many Labours have ben taken

We Now In Brotherly

Breatheran

In East Haddam Decmb 8th 1796

Faithfulness

Admonish and Exhort you to Return and take

Not yet taken out of the way and to take your Place with your

According to your Covenant Obligations

which is the desire

of your

46 •

Breatheren

Signed By order

&

In behalf of the Church John 'Bigelow

ViILtI.A1lDICKINSONLetter
At a Church meeting of the Baptists
Frayer to God For his Blessing

&

baveing taken into Consideration

Testament with your Breatheren
Part

In~ast

Haddam Novb 11th 1796 After Solemn

wisdom to Direct
your standing

Breach of Covenant in not attending

Unprofessing

of .AD110NITION

of the world and in Runing to several

Jesus .

After Sundry

you to Return

found

e&-&&18-11& It

Labour In Private

take the stumbleing

place with your Breatheren

&

first

in

Accesses with them

of the Religion

of the Blessed

and By the Church you Still

to the Greif of your Breatheron

&

&

Second in Joynning with the Carnal W&P~aand

in not walking as Becomes A Professer

them all

Travel

Dickinson

the worship of God & Ordinances of the New

thirdly

Reject

&

To Brother William

to the Rules of the Gospel in Several Particulars

not to be according

.

Continue to

We NowAdmonish

&

Exhort

blocks out of the .way and to take your

no longer to dishonour God & Sadden the hearts

of A Number of the Tryed Followers

of the Blessed Jesus

Behalf of the Church

Signed By order

&

in

John Bigelow

Removed to page 60th

Coppy of Elizabeth

Fox Letter

of ADMONITION

At A Church Meeting of Decmb 8 1796.Held at Brother Asa Harvey's
Dem

Prayer to Almighty God for wisdom Grace Patience

1796

proseeded to Look into the Situation

8

Meekness

After Solemn
&

Charity we

of your Standing and Cpmpareing

your Standing with the word of God We find you wanting in Several
Sundry Respects

In

of Liveing up to the Rules of Gods word and your

Covenant Obligations

with your Breatheren:

have Neglected to 1reet with

them for a long time you have Thereby given the world an Occation to

47.

speak Reproachfully

of the Cause of Christ:

days -v1nenyou manifested
Eeproachfully

on your ways

and Take Up all

layed by your ungospel

life

and Conversation.

Hannah Truman Letter
of the Baptis

&

\7e do now Admonish

Likewise to your

of

Signed By order and In behalf
Hungerford

EXCOMMUNICATION

Church of Christ

Care of Elder Simeon Dickinson

in East Haddam under the Pastorial

To Hannah Truman Sister

Compared your walk with the Rule that
we have Laboured with you Privately

in Sd Church

we have

God's Given in his word and do find you Faulty
&

Publicly

&

Admonitions which have Proved Fruitless

several

Yauning Pit And will

the Stumbleing Blocks out of the way which you have

Josiah

The Breatheren

the world Speak

you not to Lift up your heal

turn to the Lord

&

of the Church

&

now desire

the Lord again open his wound Afresh.

Exhort you to think

Breatheren

&

you hope has Redeemed your soul from that

you Go on to Crusify
&

you to think on Antient

the wounds It gave your soul to hear,

of the Cause of Christ.

Against him that

We desire

by Several
&

Committees and

you continue

your Disorderly

Ungospel walk

We Do Mowin the fear of God withdraw our band of Fellowship
you to be Without

Praying

that

order of the Church

God would have llercy oh your soul

of the Baptist

Care of Elder Simeon Dickinson

Church

&

Declare

Signed By

of Excommunication
of Christ

in East Haddam under the pastorial

To Sylvanus Cone Brother

We haveing compared your ~alk with the Rule that
find you Faulty i-B

&

Asa Harvy

Sylvanus Cone Letter
The Breatheren

from you

&

we have Laboured In divers

Admonitions which have Proved Inafectual

in 9ev-&l'!&&Sd Clm.rch

God has given in his word
manners by those
&

you Still

&

sent by the

Continue your

do

48.

disorderly

walk in your withdraw from us

our hand of Fellowship

from you

&

~e doe now in the fear of God withdraw

Declare

you to be without

Praying

that

God

would have Mercy on your soul
Signed by· order of the Church

Asa Harvey

a Decmb 1796
A True Coppy By John Bigelow Ch

March 4th 1797

Held our Preparitory

Those of the Breatheren

Sisters

&

the Conm.union Except Sister

elk.

Meeting at Elder Dickinson's

present

Mehithabel

Manifested

a Freedom to goe forward in

warner

Then Brother Enoch Brockway Crone Forward with a Reques_t that the Church would
take up or Look into the Charge that
Asa Harvy Jo~

Bigelow

might be put of till

&

Josiah

Deacon Davis throug

Hungerford.

Elder Dickinson

were present

more of the Breatheren

Selves the Grieved Breatheren

were Pressing

being Present

now be taken up or a Church meeting appointed
Presing

that

Breatheren

the Charge might Mowbe taken up
Breatheren

were Lawful Voters

they were Not under Admonition (Likewise

&

into the Church Against
desired

the matter

But those who Called them
that

the matter

Deacon Davis then Came In
&

Insisted

upon It that

might
&

was

the Greived

had a Right to Judge the matter

For

Sayed that he had a Right him Self

for

he did not know as he was under Admonition had Rec'd a Paper with no (name to It
&c) or Nothing named
The Elder Then Made mention of A Church Meeting March 16th 1797 att
Brother Josiah

Lyon's to See what Measures Should be Taken

March 16th 1797

Church Meeting Held at Brother

measures shoul Be taken Relative
Davis.
Brother

&

the hoce of

Lyon's According to see what

to the Charge Thrown into the Church By Deacon

After Solem Prayer to Almighty God for wisdom Elder Dickinson Nominated
Nehemiah Dodge A Member of Elder Darrows Church To stand Moderator of

49.

this I.Ieet ing
l

v oted Brother Nehemiah Dodge Moderator

of this

Lleeting

2 voted Mot to Receive Acqui sat ion Against a Brother
Connections
3 ly

with the Church

Voted That A Brother
Church Meeting

By t hose who were uot In

&

that

is n ot In standing

or one that Absents From

Communions Should Not be Lawful Voters

Voted as a Supliment to the Above Vote That those Breatheren
Traveling

with the Church in their

are not Legal Voters
particular

voted 4th

General proseedings

who are not

in Church Affairs

in Church Meetings when It comes to Critical

&

Cases

(Not to Receive but one Difficulty

Then Brother Josiah
In the Proseeding

Lyons

&

at a time)

Enoch Brockway Manifested

of the Churdh

&

that

for several

Rea sons

for the Above Named Vote which the Sayed is

Ungospel Doe Now withdraw our Selves From the Church Predigateing

It on this

Tex Come out from .Amongst them And be ye Separate.
Voted

&

Proposed a willingness

on Gospel Terms or Consistent
Voted that

the llinutes

to meet The Greived Breatheren

In a Councill

with the Idea Above Named

Should Be Recorded
Look to page 76

(X Br Enoch Brockway Look to page 72)

Novmbr 8th 1797 Atta

&

see the above

3rd Vote Put in Different

Church meeting Held at Brother

words

Asa Harvey's According

to Appointment To Look Into the Standing of Brother Joseph Gates After Solemn
Prayer to Almighty God
Brother
way

&

Gates Several

ea~3:&li-e:a-B11et11eP--S.at-ee

Things In whierein

Then the Church Nameed to

they thought he had ben out of the

Unbecoming the Travel of the Beleiver

Then Brother Gates Confesed to the satisfaction
Certificate

from this

Church for himself

&

of the Church

&

Requested a

wife Shewing his Standing that

they

50.

might be Privilledged
providence

Request

Voted to Give Brother

from Brother

Joseph Gates

Appointed Jno Bigelow to write
2

Voted To Send Breatheren
Visit

of Christ

House where God In his

had Cast his Lot

Rec'd Allso a writen
l

with the Ordinances

Sister

several

Abigail

Eben Hopkins for the same
Wife

&

&

Eber Hopkins A Certificate

&

them

John Bigelow

Gott & inquire

&

Josiah

Hungerford

into her Standing

To Hebron to

with Respect

to

Reports.

Nov 12 Held our Conmunion at Elder Dickinsons
the Above Named Persons

Certificates
Certifying

that

Sister

Abigail

Hopkins were In Standing

&

Then Jno Bigelow Read the

was Approved of By the Church

Gates the wife of Joseph Gates

when they went from this

place

&

&

Eber

Also that Brother

Gates Is in Standing

i-

1!ay 17th 179 8 Then the Church Meat at the house of Brother

According
tion
l

to Appointment opened the n:eeting By Prayer Then took into

the Standing

Voted

Asa Harvey's

of Brother

William Dickinson

To Send him a Nother ·Letter

2 Appointed brother

Matters

Considera-

being Conversed on

of Admonition

Asa Harvey To write

&

Carry the Same

Remove to page 65
2 ly

The Church Called
Sister

Abigail

on the Committee Sent to Inquire

Got Viz Josiah

Hungerford

&

into

the standing

of

John Bigelow to make their

Report
Reported

in the following

formation
her morral
l

manner By Conversing

Gained from others
Character

Voted To Drop the matter

with her

&

from the in-

Could Not find Any thing Proveable

for the Preasent

Against

51.

3 ly

Took into Consideration

the Standing

being Conversed on The Breatheren
Further

manifested

Labour Being Through Except brother

Voted to Suspend the Uatter
to have An oppertunity
4 ly

of Brother Joseph Davis Matters

till

their

minds With Respect to

Abraham Emison

the Next Preparitory

of further

for Brother Emmison

Labours

~ueried with Respect to Rule What would be Right For a Church to Attend
to Relative

to Breatheren•s

Recording their

withdraw,

withdrawing

from a Church; weather the

were sufficient

or weather they ought to take

f"u.rther Labours
Voted that Breatheren

withdrawing

Cut off the Church from further

5 Then Brother Josiah
things

&

from a Church in many Cases does not
Labours

Lyons Being present

to Confess Some things

that

Requested Liberty

to Observe sane

wear on his mind

The door being Opened by the Church, Brother Lyons observed that he had
done wrong In not goeing with the Church and theirby

Veartuall

Setting

up

his own Judgment Above the Church
Also Acknowledged he was wrong In his withdrawing
wish the Church to forgive

l?l

Citehed
Expressed

him Also Acknowledged that

with Self in time of Labour
a desire

from the Church

&

have o~en

to goe with the Church

&

~ev-e
(? )

&

would

he had ben

ben Thi'tehed

to bear those things

with nature
as a

burden; yet would hold them up to his Breatheren
Turn over
Continued from page 51

not to
&~Communewith them but over them till
Then matters

such times as they Coul be Removed

being Conversed on by the Breatheren

Misunderstanding

And with Respect to some

Through the Labours;

Voted to Suspend their

Judgment till

the next preparitory

52.

voted th at these

minutes

Should be Recorded

w4:~a-hi&&~~y - ~e-~eave-~-&1¼ek

we,ae-ae-Gany--se~meaB¼Bg

cl os ed Our caetin g By Frayer

John Bigelow Ch Clk

June 2th 1798 Held our Preparitory
Dickinson

meeting at the house of Elder

with a good degree of Union

Then ~ae Read a written
23 1799 the following

Confession
Persons

&

Simeon

Steadfastness

for with Drawing from the Church March

Viz Jabiz

Warner Hannah Warner Phebe Davis

Ll.
ercy Lyons Sarah Chapman Lucinda \: illis
Then After Reading the Confession
further

Information

or know this

"'ueried

is the Ide to be Rec'd

for

from the

to goe with the Church In the Comnunion's and bear Their Tryals

Confession
as a burden;
Redress

weather

of the Above named persons,

It be design

or weather

or Some Advantage Against

Answered by Father

Uarner

in Coming back for the Sake of Gating a

the Church

the Sisters

&

Individually

motive in Coming back for the Sake of giting
to goe with the Church

&

bear their

on the Church to Shew their

Tryals

That It was not their

an advantage;

But had a desire

as burdens Then the Elder

minds with Respect

to Receiving

Called

them

Remove to page 63
The Church Expressed
Ground

&

Agreeable

Then Called

a desire

to meet with them so far as they Come on the

to the Answering the ~uera Could Receive

in ~uestion

meaning in s-a,-4Bg- ~a~

the Standing
Respect

Come out from among them

&

Josiah

Lyon

&

Queried

to what his withdraw was predigated

be ye Separat.

mistook the meaning of the text
Unclean

of Brother

them

upon Viz

weather he was Convinced that

or weather

he Still

his

he

held the Church to be

.Answered he had mistook the meaning of that Text .

53.

Then Inquired
Tryals

what he ment in g-oing with his Breatheren

to Carry them In being Restored

Situation

whear he had ben

most pleased

to the Church.

Answ'd By Brother

Breatharen

Requested

to morrow for Some Conversation

so Expedient

to Carry his Tryals

feel

&

HlM'9

Then to Remain in the

Lyons that He Should feel the

with the former

Then some Individual
till

such times as his

Should be Removed

;ueried by Deacon Darrow weather he Intended
Better

till

at preasent

that Brother

with Brother

Agreed to on the part

Lyons Should be put off

Lyons ·that Should not think

of the Church

&

Brother

Lyons

Consented to the Same
Then Called ~B-~il&e~¼ea on Brother Emison to know If he bad Gained Any thing
in Labouring with Brother
Then Elder Dickinson
oppertunity

Davis Answered Could Not Get Any Incouragment

Sayed that Brother

to Converse together

Voted to Suspend the uatter
Voted these

till

Davis had Requested

of him for an

ffll.ich he would wish to Imbrace
the NeA-t preparitory

minutes be Recorded

For the Above Reasons

John Bigelow Ch Clk

Br th Budge Closed our meet•g With Prayer

June 3 1798

Public

worship holden at Elder Dickinson

Called on the Breatheren
Manifested

that

to know their

they Excepted Brother

Before the communion

&

minds with Respect to Brother
Lyons Confession

Lyons.

with Respect to his

with draw But wanted A Con£erance with BH•&eP-LJ&Be-wi~a him on Some things
that

did not So Immeadiately

In hopes that By Conversing

Consern Brother
their

Lyons Tryals

against

the Church

minds might be helped

Agreed to
Then Attended the Comnunion and at the Close Agreed on the Next Saboth day
Night for a Conferance

54.

Then Read a Letter
Darrow with a

From The Church of Uew London Rec'd by the hand of Deacon

A Request for Our Elder

&

Brother

or Breatheren

at the Close

of the Council at Stoningtown to Sat in Council to ordaing Brother Uehemiah
Dodge for the work of An Evangilist
voted to Answer the P..equ.est But posponed making the appointment

till

the next

sabout day Night

June 10th 1798 Appointed Elder Dickinson Brother asa Harvey to Set in Council
Appointed John Bigelow In Case of Brother

with the Elder at stoningtown
Harveys failen

at the House of Elder sinr1 Dickinsons

June 30th 1798 Held our Preparitory
with a degree of Union
Then Catherine
Religious

\'lebb the \'iife of Runnal Webb of Chester Gave A Relation

Experiance

to the Church

July l 1798 Publik worship holden
Baptized

&

To Brother

Rec'd

&

was Rec'd

&

In the intermission

of her

The Above Sister

was

into fellowship

William Dickinson,

att

a Church meeting of the Baptist

Church In

East Haddam May 17th 1798 at AH

Having taken into Consideration

your Stand-

ing found that

you Still

take up your Scattered

Continued in your Neglect to Return to the Church
ways By Confession

and to take your place

&

in the

Church
Once more Admonish you to Seariously

Consider your ways and no Longer to

Dishonour God and 'WOundthe cause and load your Tryed Breatheren
in the furnace

of Affliction;

we Now Int~eat

you by Every thing that

Love of Christ

the Cause of Religion

&

Labour lest

that

are now

you Add Sorrow to Sorrow WeS&PJ!l&W

is indearing;
the Eternal

The Hotiour of God the

Good of your own soul and

55.

the souls

of your fellow men That you no Longer Remain in the Neglect

those duties

that

you owe to God and Fulfill

which woul be their

Joy

Rejoicing

&

the Covenant with your Breatheren

Signed by Order of the Church
Asa Harvey

.August 5th 1798 Read the Above Letter
&

of

was Approved of by the Church
A Trµe Coppy

August
cFli*Y' 26 l 798

At the Close of Public

Meeting the Nert Preparitory
Should proseed

Sept . l,

Jno Bigelow Oh Clk

made an Appointment of A Church

Day at l O Cock to See what Measures the Church

To with Respect

1798.

worship;

to some of the :Members

Adjourned the Church Meeting Till

Sept.

13th 1798 To be at

the house of Br Lemul Dickinson
East Haddam Sept.
Lemuel Dickinson

13th 1798

then the Church 1Ieet At the house of Brother

According to Adjournment To See what Measures S&9~ia-ee--~a~ea

the Church Should Pro seed to Relative
Members

to

S&m&-94

the Standing

of some of the

Turn over
:f."rompage 65th

Continued

Opened the meeting By Signing Then After

Looking to God by Solemn Prayer,

For Wisdom The Elder

Called on the Church To Know weather

throug. , with Respect

to Brother

Joseph Davis or Not

.

their

Labours wear

Answered in the

Affirmative
l ly

Voted to Take in the hand of Fellowship
write

Agreed that

the Clerk Should

the Letter

2

Voted that

Br Samuel Dickinson

2 ly

Took Into Consideration

Should Carry the Letter

the Case of Br Josiah

Coming back to the Church

&

firstly

Lyons

with Respect

The Church Took up one Article

to his
with

56.

Respect

to his

writing

A withdraw.

at which Br Lyons Answered he was

Sattisf'yed
Then Called

on Br Lyons to Render the Reasons

a Number of' the

house of' Joseph

the Church In the Year 1796
were Judged
had missed

by the

Acknowledgment

in Against
Respect

Then Brother

By the

the

Not Included

his Reasons

Lyons Acknowledged

which
He

to him Self'.

Charges

f'rom the

Brother

the

Lyons

Church)

Church Required

or the Judgment

That he Throug

and the Second with

Sisters

{Against

in what the

Puting

or Tryals

on the Points

He had no Cause of' Tryal

up. Viz Conserning

Brother

of the

Six

to the Church withdrawing

The 4th Article

Lyons Rendered

of'

Church.

Conversed

Church.

he held with

to the Proseedings

he then Acted Hounest

up Five of' the

Acknowledged

take

Althou

was Rec'd

3 ly That he take

In opposition

Church :Uot Suf'f'icient

point

the

Davis

of' the Meeting

of the

of' Br Lyons to

CUrch They Took up

to Br Lyons sattisfaction
4 ly That

he Clear

up the

Contradiction

that

he makes in our View by his

own

words
5 ly Conserning

Compareing

the Church to Saul Going to the witch

Nehemiah Dodge as a Moderator
& Br

by the

In Going to V.illiam
goe to Brother
him For.

on the point

Af'ter

Church

Dickinson

Harvey's

the Above Errand

up those

to his

Consideration

things

From Br Davis

things

on the point

but Sd secret

The Church .Agreed to Leave It
Took Into

with An Errand

to take

Conversation

the Church had No wright

4 ly

Conversed

Jps~ -~Lyons Acknowledged he was wrong.

which was Rec'd
6 ly

in a Church Meeting.

In Improveing

the

to have him

Church had Admonished

Br Lyon Sd he went to Wmwith

belong

to God.

&

concluded

that

Motives
f'or Sd i"/m to be present

the Standing

of Br Enoch Brockway & Voted to

57 ..

[end

B1• Asa llarvy

The

bove Minuter.. Read &

& 3r John

'

J.

Brockviay aEJ a ~Ot'lmittee to
of By the

pproved

o-f the Bapti.st

Care of Elder

Pastorial

in Sd Church

• to Hoar the Church;

Exorsised

As far
o:f the

Authority

Erred

Recource

as thought

Travel

things

yo1u-selves

t.'e do now in the

Especially

Continuance

from :!<Nery Brother

of your disorderly

walk

you to be without

and pronounce

Never Dying soul

S ignad

that

East Haddam Novb
Then this

Church r.1et the

Reuben Palmer
Hungerford

& 6

The Church Appointed

Josel1h Davis .
of lix.

Committee

or 7 Breatheren

to Read the Records

Davis

& Shew the

After

the

Having

Jesus

3 Ch & 6 V

Christ

Disorderly.

that

ye

And By the

the hand of fellowship

God ~~ild

have mercy on your

John Bigelow Ch Clk

1798

from the

Church at Mont Vill

Viz Elder

with him~& meet at the House of Br Josiah
Elder

Reasons

Dickinson

the Story

By them Selves

Eld Palmer

Acknowledg'8d the

Condesontion

a Relation

Likewis

Elder

& Br John

why we Proseeded

Committee Hearing

the Committee Retired

Informed

walketh

Church

the

Judge you have

Fear of God.

Do Now withdraw

of

you by the

2 of 'l'hessalonians

Beging that

by order

have Also tab~.u-ed

V-;herein they

Now we Command you ::Srethere:;i., ·1n the name of our lord
withdraw

Sence your reglect

and Also Admonished

up those

scriptures

In Covenant

to Con:f'erance with you In hopes of' wining

Expedient,

to rro Affect

to the Sacred

To Joseph Davis A Brother

of your Former & present

Church To take

( In) But all

In East Haddam under tha

the Law o~ Forbareance

Have Condesended

and Shewing you the Nature
Individually

Church of Christ

Simeon Dickinson

We having

Ch Clk

of BXC01.T1lJI7IC.aS:
rc:r

• JOSEPH DAVIS Letter

'.I.
'he Breatheren

Church viith ::!'oave to Alter

John Bigelow

soma words

abour \".'ith ;iim

o:f' the

Dickinson

that

as we Did with M:t.
of the Church & allso

& After

t-a& Church

they

Bigelow as Agents

felt

their

Retirement

In Giving

them

58.

Tollerably

well Sa ttisfyed

with the Proseedings

of the Church or In other

word could Not Sea a s the Church had Broken Any Divine Rule

Easthadd

,

Then the Church lleat Agreeable
Hungerfords

&

After

Decmb 20th 1798

to Appointment

solemn Prayer

at the House of Br Josiah

the Elder made A Statement

of Several

Things.

After

which the Church J?roseeded to Business

1 ly

Called

on the Comnittee Sent to Labour with Br Enoch Brockw Viz Asa

Harvey

&

manner:

John Broclrnay
first

that

it a Priveledge

To make their

Report

which was in the following

the Church had Done wrong and that

he Did Not view

to be in a Church. Although he Believed

he had Done

wrong In withdrawing . But would Not Act the part
taking
2 ly

up his with Draw. As others

Voted to Send our Elder
Labour with

3 ly

&

Instruct

&

of A Hippocrit

In

had
as a Cozm:.nittee to Try to

Br Daniel Williams

Br E Brockway

Took Into Consideration

The Standing

of Sister

Sarah Chapman matters

Being Conversed on .
Voted to Send Br Asa Harvey To Cite her to Appear Before the Church
Clear up the Co11tradiction
Before the Comittee

that

She has made In liameing a. thi ng Diferent

( from Mont Vill)
Continued

4 ly

5 ly

From what She did Before the Church

to page 69

Voted to have A Church meeting
the house of Br sall

&

on l'hirsday

the Last Day of January

at

Dickinson

Appoined Br Josh Hungerford

to Request

Vim Dickinson

To At t end the Church

meeting
6 ly

Appointed

11 Dickinson
Br sam.

Also Br Josh Lyon
7 ly

Voted that

&

to Notify

wife & Sister

lm.y llembers who Shall

members wh o is Under Dealings

Father

Warner

Davis to Attend
Side (or (take

Contrary

&

wife

the Church

&

Lucinda

i: eating

an Act ive pa rt with Any

to the Voice of the Church

&

59.

rsist

in tho .3ame After

Guspended

fro~ the Privelidgs

Shall

Disgressionary
8 ly

Voted

lso That

the party
& Also

9 ly

in dealing

Ohall

the

with

Same In Receiving

the

Hungerford
that

After

&

tT'l'lC.gment

To Inquire

Dickinson

About Sister

Davis to Render

Viz that

Br Harvey & Br :Bigelow stated
(with

3retheren)

Af'ter

matters

their

JUdgment weather

at the

tamer

Sarah

Respect
Contrary

were Conversed
Sister

worship;

11

house

solemn Prayer

Cormnunions & from Public

Voted That

Samll

&

is Spread

from the

Tryed By his

}1xarr.ination

Church have made 01.;.t th .eir

to Appointment

on Sister

Came from Mont Vill

Church

Warner Jur

by Singing

Called

be

Lembers:

Josiah

Church meet Agreeable

l ly The Church

Shall

Haddam Jany 31 1799

East

Opened the Heating

as the

member After

w.ith a Delinqu.ent

draw till

the Wife of t:r . Jabiz

Then the

by tl'le Church

of the Church According

Tru.th of the Reports

the

'- correction

Judge

Voted to Send Brethren
Into

Reproof

0£ Br Sam

Prooseed

to Business

her Reasons

r.hy She Absented

Her Reasons

things

Before

were as ~allows
the

Cormnittee that

he Refused

to If.r .. Davis Saying

Dickinson

to Be

from what it was

on The Elder
Davis's

Called

Reasons

on the

Church to She

wer Sufficient

or not

were Hot Sufficient

her Reasons

Remove to page 7oth
Then Took Into
further

Into

r.:r • Davis
was Acting
present,
the 3rrand

Consideration

his motives

to have Sd
Contrary
was Called

the sta nding

in going

r:mGoe

r

to B WmDicki1won

forgot

Lyon & Inquired
with an ~rrand

from

to the Church to conf'es when he him Self

to the liajorlty

o:f the

Church.

Sd \,'m Dickinson

Being

on, to know If Br Lyons Did See him when he Came on

, & he A.nswered In the Positive.

had heretofore

of' Br Josiah

when he Informed

the

Br Lyons Sayed that
Church he did not

he

60.

see .m But a:fterward Remembered he Did
of his mistake

had no Crafty

that
3 ly

heretofore

&

design

with ~aspect

&

that

ha had Infromad the ~ldar

to the Errand

Br Lyons Sayed

In going to Br WmDickin ..on

Then Conversed on the Contradiction

As may Be Seen on page 66th

Brother

&

Lyon's Acknowledged his :F'ault Saying he was Sorry
Voted to Receive the Acknowledgment

Then Conversed on the 6th Proposition

wit.A As may be Seen on page 51 Viz In

Broth er Lyons Acuseing the Church of Not Regarding morral Testamony.
After Sd Lyons Had Indeavoured

to Shew the Ground on which his Tryal was

The Church Judged on the ground on which they Acted

Predigated

as nr Lyons bad Any Just

Then Called

1st that

some things

the Church he had not heretofore
Some things

Could not See

Cause of Tryal

on Br Enoch Brocway to Give a Relation

which was as follows

And

But Chiefly

Rightly

of the State

with Respect
Understood

of his mind

to the proseeding

felt

of

his mind helped

In his Own mind had Some Resolutions

In

of Late to try

to Live Religion
Remove to page 71
Then the Church Called

on the Co:c:mi
ttee

were Spreding About Sister
their

Sant to Inquire

Sarah warner the Wife of Jabiz

Into the Reports
Warner Jun

that

To make

Report

Reported

In the

manner

following

That From the best

Information

The Reports

Might be mad to Appear True
Then the Church Appointed Elder
Committee to Visit
These Uinutes
that

Sister

Were Read

Simeon Dickinson

&

Br Josih Hungerford

As a

Warner
&

Approved of By the Chu.rch with this

the Church Should Look Again Into

first

Consideration

thing named In this

Meeting

with

61.

Respect to Br Lyons Iotives

In going to Brother

\m

Dickinson

Faby

1799 Held our Conmunion at the Usal Place & After Communion Appoind
l ocl
·
Thirs day Aft er the third Saboth PG For A Church Meeting at the House of Br
ll
Sam Dickinson to Look Into the Standing of several of the members

East Haddam February 21st 1799
to Appointment at the House of Br sam1

Then the Church meet Agreeable
Dickinson

After

&

Made their

Report as Follows,

to have that

Conciousness

with a Sutible
Nesessary
2 ly

Solemn Prayer

Oppertunity

the Conmittee Sent to Visit

that

they Had Visited

of Guilt

her;

&

Sister
that

Sarah Warner

She Appeared

on her mind; That when She was favourad

She would Confess what the Breatheren

thought

The Church Agreed to Let the matter Rest For the Present

Voted to Send Bretheren
to Visit

&

Asa Harvey

Labour with Sister

&

Josiah

Hungerford

as a Cormnittee

Sarah Chapman And make a Report to the

Church
3 ly

Called

on Br Josiah

Lyons To know If his mind was were It had ban.

Answered. that

he did not know But It was. But Sd he had thought

Comnittee that

Cruoo from liont Vill.

the pint.

If that

Had Judged the Church had Mot missed

he Should have Concluded he must Drop his Tryals Again st the

Church.
Turn Over
then After A Considerable
manifest

their

Conversation

minds Relative

The Elder

to Br Josiah

Particulars

Rertofore

that

for the Church.

Brother

Lyons Had ben out of

Named; and his Absenting

worship of God and Not Answering the Injunction
Subjection,

of the Apostle

from the

of Being in

he was worthy of Being Admonished by Some One as a mouth
After the Elder;

to

Lyons Travil;

The Church Unanimously were of the Opinion that
the way in Several

Called on the Bretheren

cotm1unicated some thoughts

Br Lyons

62.

Undertook to Detist

Against the Proseedings

of' the Church which After he was

Through Br Harvey Closed the meeting By Prayer

~arch 31 1799 Public

Worship Holden at Br Asa Harvey.

Br Harvey Made Aplication
Recommendation

together

~H-Gt-ft&!'-i,

After the Sol.mnities

with his wife for A Letter

or Letters

of

which was Answered By the Church (Althou with

Sorrow of heart

April

7 1799 Held Our Conmunion at the School Rous Took Our li:nal Farewel of

Father Asa Harvey the next Day Set out His Journey from this

to the 1iiama

Country at the Same T 1me
Br Enoch BrockWay Took up his with Draw Confessing
sally

to the Sattisfaction

of the Church

minds Read the Letter

their

Mr . Davis

In A Councill

was Rec'd

from the Church at llonvill

mind In the following

manner that

or notX

the Br Present

they See No Particular

But Left the matter

write to the Church at Montvill

ways Univer-

at Elder Dickinson After Communicating

June 1st 1799 Held Our Preparitory
OUr

&

his scattered

Manifested

Call to Meet

In Suspense weather they would

the Letter

Rec'd Dated March 9th

1799 Rec'd May 29th 1799
X A c;.uery In the

inds of Our Br of the Consistency

Not Being Able to .Make out their
Present

JUdgment; without

which Br Lyons Informed this

July 6th 1799 Held Our Preparritory
Union Subsisting.

Baptized .

our Greaved Br Being

Church was the Case with Elder Palmer's

at Elder Dickinson's

Then Sarah Smith Related

Church with A Desire to be Baptized

of the Church at Montvill

her Religious

Good Degree of
Experiance

To the

& was Rec'd By the Church & on SUnday was
/

63.

l)ecemb 26 1799 Then the Church 1Ieet According

to Appointment at the House of

Br Enoch Brockways Opened the meet' g By Singing and a~er
to the Business

Proseeded

1st Took Into Consideration
versation

the Bretheren
Meeting

Preparitory
2 ly

held things

of the day

the standing

of Br V,m
Dickinson

Agreed to put off this

& iil8'P

Br Lyons being Present

s olemn Pray

A~er

proposition

s ome Con-

till;

the Next

Give Sd WmNotice

was Called on to Shew his mind weather or no he

where he did heretofore

After Conversation

on the Subject

The Elder Called on the Church to know if they could meet Br Lyons where
Answered Individually;

he proposed.
3

ly

Br Lyons Acknowledged that
&

Setting

Minds not sattisfyed

he had ben out of the way In Exersing Temper

up Self and Also Absenting

from the Publick

Worship of God

Asked Forgivness
Turn

over

Continued from page 73
4

ly Voted to Send Bretheren
Labour with Sister

John Brockway

Lucinda Willis

&

Enoch Brockway As a Conmittee to

For her Absenting

from the Publick

worship
5 ly

Then the Church Adjourned this

know the minds of the Church Prier

meeting to the Next Preparitory
to Receiving

then To

Br Lyons on the Confession.

January 4th 1800
.

m

Then the Church meet Agreeable to Adjournment at Elder S Dickinsons
Preparitory

lleeting

Lyons Relitive

Took into Consideration

the Acknowledgment of Br Josiah

to his Coming Back to the Church

After Br Lyons had helped the Minds of his Bretheren
unsubjectedness
Selt

A~er

saying that

It was Included

with Respect to

In his ~B-ak

being Governed with

Then the Elder Called On the Church to Know If they Could Receive

64.

Br Lyons the Church Unanimously Expressed A Willingness;
Then Br Lyons; Renewed his covenant with his Bretheren

&c

O Lord God who of old led Joseph like a flock May not the Little
In this

place who have Long Ben waiding Through Tryals;

the language of Inspiration
rideth

Thrust

March

In t~e

and in his Excellency

God is thy Refuge & Underneath

out the Enemy from Before the;

&

Sent to Visit

Sister

of Some l1ember

who

are the Everlasting

Arms;

&

he shal

Shall Say Destroy them

of the day 11ade An Appointnent

To Consider the Standing

Say In

on the Sky.

1800 Held our Cormnmion at the Usial Place of ~rship

Solemnities

&

There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun,

upon the Heavens in thy help,

The Eternal

Exult

flock

&

&

A~er

the

of a Church meeting March 20th
hear the Report

of the Comnittee

Lucinda Willis.

East Haddam March 20th 1800
Then the Church meet at the house of Elder
Prayer Proseeded
1 st
ly

Simeon Dickinson

the standing

Voted to withdraw the hand of Fellowship

&

Also to carry

Enoch Brockway's to make their

Then Appointed Br Josiah
Sister

Willis

&

make their

Voted these kinutes

April

Lyon

&

&

Recorded on page 86
of Excommunication

or send the Same

Then Called on the Cormnittee Sent to Visit
&

Solen:m.

of Br William Dickinson;

Appointed Elder Simeon Dickinson To write the Letter
For Sd William

Jno

A~er

to Buisiness

Took again into Consideration

2 ly

&

Sister

Report's.

Lucinda Willis

Viz Bretheren

Reported Not had opper-tunity

Br Enoch Brockway As a Committee to Visit

Report the Next preparitory

Day

Should be Recorded Then Closed the meeting By Frayer

1800 Held Our Conrnunion at the Usal Place Defered hereing

the Report

G5.

of the

COL'.lnittee till

LnY 1800

the :ext

Held O r rreparitory

In t he Ch1.lrch Then Called
Br Josiah

Pr paritory:

Peet'

on the Committee

.Lyon & Br J:.
~noch Brockway

In the

ttend

Church

the tader

Sent to Visi t Sister

of Union

r1z

illis

Report

over

her to attend

Elder

,,as

often

& Some Time

ike the

But Gave some Incouragement

& Defered

the

Church 1.~oet'g Holden
Y&t- In the

i:ooeting

Gone & She Did 1:ot

the Ne:i..-tProparitory

Consideration

",,'lay 1800

the

for

Bretheren

of Some of the
the

Good D gree

lace

fo llo :ving manor

1 ly It had Bon Dif':icult
She could

al

to make their

Turn

eportod

at the

Opening

Then the

llatter

Improvement

of ~ eating

.~P

Church Took the matter

into

the Next Church Ueeting

till

at Br Samuel Dickinson

of the meet'g

hen

rot

Presen:

fter

solemn Prayer

Chose Br Jonathan

Harvy Moderator
1 ly Examined

2

!:arch

16th

Stand

thus

Proseedings
Took Into

1797

That A Brother

Church meet ng holden

Consideration
that

not Bo Lawful voters

~xamined the

Church Articles

Church

3rd vote

In Standing

Church affairs

Should

the

is not

the

with

In their

& Covenant

at Br

ons

& Voted

that

or thooe

General
page

It

Bretheren

roseedings

in

59th

Llinds In General

Sattisfyed

nowStand

Voted to Send Bretharen
to Visit

Sister

of Intemperance

4th
ly

of the

who are Not Traveling

.~s they
3

the

Sarah
& If

after

Next

voted

to Send Brctheren

Jonathan
iarner

Harvey & Darou.el Dickinson

To make Inquiry

Found True to Request

Josiah

with Respects
her to

Lyon & Jno Bigelo

ttend

as A Co:rx1ittee

to the Reports
the Preparitory

As a Comn.ittee

tc Visit

66.

sister

ehithabel

v.arner

Reports

of Intemperance;
Then Closed

June

lat

make An Inquiry

with

the meeting

the State

the Report

Judg ed her Reasons
Appointed

of the

Conmittee

Place

at the

&

Sent to Visit

Close Took Into
\,illis

Sister

the

of the

Br Lyon & Br Enoch Brockway as a COI!'.l?llittee In the Authority

2 1800

Sent to Visit

Voted to admonish

3

Appointed

the r:ext Ch 1..eeting

at the usal
Sister

Willis

Sister

Place
mde

Good Degree of .Agreement

their

Report

to the

Church

Willis

Br Jonah Harvey to write

Then Appointed

Br Jonathan

with Respects

Notify

Also to atten

not Sufficient

2

Inquiry

&

Held our Preparitory

Conmittee

Voted Reasons

Chh

!rot Sufficient

Church to Admonish her to Duty

Then the

of her mind & those

Prayer

180 Held our Communion at the Usial

Cons ideration

August

Into

her to attend

Carry the

&

Letter

Harvey & Br Samuel Dickinson

to Reports

Spreding

a Church meeting

about

August

Sister

21st

to make Fu.rther
Sarah Warner

& to

at Br Lyon's

Continued
Nextly

Took Into

Consideration

Voted to Send a Letter
the worship
Appointed

the Standing

of Admonition

of God & Conmiting
Our Elder

to write

2 1800

The Bretheren

Haddam, To Mehithabel
Consideration

Warner,

your standing;

For her Breach

I:Iahithable
of Covenant

Warner
In forsakeing

Fornication
the

Coppy of l.Iahithable
August

of Sister

Letter

&

Warner

of the

baptist

Br Lyons to Carry

Letter

of Admonition

Church of Christ

A member of Sd Church,
your Neglect

it.

of Attending

having

In Sd East
takeen

on the

Into

worship

&

67.

Ordinances

of God According to your Vows ma.de before God & many witnesses

your Fowl Transgression
Brether'n

&

wounded your

given Occasion to the Enimies of God to Blaspheme; Under these

&

Considerations;
return

by which you have Dishonoured God;

with Grief of heart

to God & your Bretheren,

we Exhort you to Repent unfeignedly;

and

and may the Lord have filercy on your

Signed in behalf

of the Church
Simeon Dickinson Eld

August 211800

Then the Church IJeet at the House of Br Josiah

According to Appointment Opened the Meeting by Singing
Proseed'd
1 st
ly

their

on the Conmittee Sent to ira'e&l!UlVisit
Report;

Then Called on Sister

the Church weather

Sae Guilty

Sister

Solemn Prayer

of Intemperance

Annimadverted Voted To suspend Sister
Appointed Br Lyons

&

with Respect to Sister

or not Answered Not Guilty

Bretheren

Manifested

After matters

warner till

being

the Uext Preparitory

Br Hungerford as a Conmittee to make Further
warner

&

Then took Into Consideration

•

Sarah Warner To make

Warner She being pre sent to Inform

Although She was Sorry She went to llr. Jewets,

2 ly

after

to Business

Called

&

&

Lyon's

their

make a Report the Next PreparitP:EY•

the standing

that

Inqt1iry

their

of Sister

Mahithabel

Warner;

Labours were through

Voted to withdraw the hand of Felowship From Her
appointed

Br Harvey

&

Br Lyons to Carry the ~etter

\te~ee-~ae Concluded By Frayer
Lucinda Warner
The Bretheren

of the Baptist

~-•

at a Church lleeting

blessing

Willis
&

wisdom to Direct

Letter

of Admonition

Church of Christ

in East Haddam To Sister

Legally warned after

took into Consideration

Lucinda

Prayer to God for his

your standing

and Travel;

68.

and Judged

it not to be According

is given us for our Rule of Faith
you made with
ordenances

of his

those

In breaking

in Neglecting

public

house which is to the dishonour

V:e now in Obediance

to the great

which

your Covenant vow

worship

&

the

of God & the great

grief

head of the Church Feeling

We admonish you in Love to your soul to return

Obligations

stumbleing

of the Gospel of Christ

& practice

god & your bretharen

your Bretheren
Covenant

to the rule

of
our

& talce up

out of the way

blocks

Continued
And return

by An unfeigned
which••

Bretheren

Repentance

to your place

the Lord of his mercy grant
Signed

in behalf

with your covenant

you to do

of the Church
Jonathan

Harvy

Augst 2 1800

The Bretheren

of the Baptist

Warner at a Church Meeting
&

wisdom to direct

JUdged it

took

Church of Christ
Legally

into

not to he According

given us for our Rule of Faith

warned afier

consideration

Obediance

Covenant Bretheren

Strong

greaf

to Return

by unfeigned

&

in behalf

October

9th 1800

your Covenant Vow
drink

to Excess which
we now in

Stumbleing

to your place
you to do

of the Church

Jonathan

which is

our Covenant Obligations

Which the Lord of his Mercy grant
Signed

of Christ

take up those

Repentance

And

and travel.

of your Bretheren

head of the Church Feeling

Admonish you in love to your Soul
out of the way & return

In breaking

in Drinking

Sarah

to God for his Blessing

of the gospel

and practice

of God and the great

to the great

Prayer

your standing

to the rule

you ma.de with God & your Bretheren;
is to the dishonour

in East Haddam To Sister

Harvey

with your

we

blocks

69.

1801

East Haddam
Then Called

Held our Preparitory

on Br Jabes

he then Acknowledged
was not drunk

V:arnar

to take

the

bretheren

ought on the morrow take _up the matter
Called
&

upon to take

he had nothing

up The Stumbleing

blocks

he had ben out of the way In drinking

Then after

the matter

good degree

at the Usal place

had conversed
before

out of the way.

to much But Saye he

on the matter

the Assembly.

thought

was on the

up upon which he Answered that

to Doe with them upon which the

of union

he

sabboth

the world ~s

big

Church Could not admit him as

a communicant

June 6th

place

at .the Close appointed

to goe to Lime to Receave Miss Beckwith

If they were Sattisfyed

Held our preparitory

Comnitte

the work of grace

June the
Meeting

being wrought

16th 1801

Elder

house~--~

Experiance

&

Comnittee.

lead

at the usal

after

with

on her heart

Dickinson

Preached

Sermon Sister

of mind to baptism

Accordingly

a

a Sermon in the Congregational

Beckwith

gave A Relation

which was Very Sattisfactory

was Baptised

&

Received

into

fellowship

of her
to the

with East

Haddam Church

July

5th 1801

Held our Comnunion at the usal

Henry Brown belonging
Grace upon his
Church.

then the

the North
suturday

heart

Quarter
18th ult

Zebulun Burt

place

&

after

to the bounds of lime Gave a Relation
with a Desire

to be Baptised

Church Agred upon the third

Acording].y

Sabboth

the Close Mr.
of the work of
was Rec'd

by the

to have a Com:nunion at

of Lime
Held our preparitory

gave a Relation

Baptism was Also Rec'd

at the north

of the work of grace

By the Church

&

Q,uarter
also

his

Lime & Br
Lead of mind into

70.

1781 July

19th

F.lder Dickinson

Preached in an orchard to a large audience
.
r
Br Henry Brown & B Zebulon Burts were

of people & in the intermission
Baptised

&

Rec'd

into East Hadam Church; Then Br Abner Lee Came forward with

a Letter

from Saybrook Church Dated April

member in good standing
be most Convenient
Accordingly

Sept.

5th 1801

that

he was a

Reconmending him to any gospel Church where it may·

Signed By Noah Plats

was Rec'd

19th 1794 Certifying

Clk In behalf

of the Church.

in the Church in East Haddam

Held our preparitory

at the ·usal place

good degre of union

Continues
Then took

the standing

into Consideration

of Br Victorious

Smith

Voted to

withdraw our hand of Fellowship

COPPYof a LETTEROF EXCOMM.UNICATIOH
Sent to Victorious
The Breth'eren

of the Baptis

Care of ~lder

Simeon Dickinson

taken into Consideration

Church of Christ

in East Haddam under the paetorial

To Victorious

your standing

&

Smith a member of Sd Church having

travil

and Compared it with the rule

of God e-W&M hath given in his word do find you faulty
have Laboured in divers

and your Still

your Covenant Obligations

Fellowship

from you

&

July 4th 1802
Sept 4th

Continuing

your opposition

you to be without

Praying

Signed By Order of t.rie Church

to the Church

God -rould have mercy
Johtfigelow

Ch Clk

5th 1801

Br Br Ephraim Becwith was Baptized

Held Our Preparitory

the Brethren

particulars

We do no in the fear of God with Draw our hand of

Declare

on your never Dying Soul
East Haddam Sept

in Several

manners by those Sent By the Churc11 & Admonition which

have proved Inafectual
&

Smith

had Related

their

at the School house good Degree of
minds. Lois

of the work of Grace on her Soul

&

lilley

was Cordially

crune forward

·nion after

& Gave

Rec'd by the Church

a Relation

71.

r:reglect

')

A Coppy of A Letter
The Bretheren

in Not Recording

of Excommunication

of the Baptist

Church of Christ

Care of Simeon Dickinson Elder

&~

Warner

in East Haddam under the Pastorial

To Mahith able Warner

haveing compared yau.r walk with the Rule

Sister

A

in Sd Church

\":e

God has given in his word; Do find

In Several Particulars

you Faulty

We have laboured

in divers

manners by those

which have proved inafectual

a:nd you still

of Gods Comnand & your covenant obligation

draw Our hand of Fellowship
that

Sent to :M
ahi thabel

sent by the Church
continueing

admonition;

in the Open Violation

we do now in the

from you and declare

&

you to

be

fear of God withwithout

Praying

god would 11ave mercy on your Haver Dying soul

August 21th 1800
Signed in behalf

of the Church
John Bigelow Jun Ch Clk

llovember 7th 1802
Held our Conmunion at the usial

:Place and at the close. appointed

27 Ult for a Church meeting to look into the standing

Fryday the

of some Deliµquent

members to be holden at Br Lyons's
Also Rec'd at the same time a Letter
Elder

&

Deacon John Bigelow to set

Lyme and Llontvill

&

18th 1802

up two Days in hearing
came forward

&

confessed

manner to the their

in Council on matters

to Send their

of Tryal Between the

Church ' s

This Church took the matter
Novb 17th

from the Chh at Montville

into Consideration

Voted to Answer the Request

Council Meet According to appointment
the dificulties

&

after

takeing

Elder Lee and the Committee with him

they bad ben persueing

satisfaction

AgTead to Extend their

&

(without

Comnunion together

Montvill

Church in a wrong

the Judgment of the Co~cil)

&

72.

Ea st Haddam n ovb 26th 1802
of Br Josiah
th ~ Elder

Lyon's

proseed'd

1st Tool;: into
present

et.aMd4Bef consideration

see cause

to alter

then

their

speaking

confession)

Answered

unadvisedly

against

to
the

hi~ to make a Retraction

2 ly

Took into

:ME Jabiz

Varner

Sister

3 ly then

into

ap:9oint

the

as above

the

on the Bret he ri n to know if

{as It res 1;iecte d holdin g Br TT
ar ner t o

in the Jtt:£H"Sat:i:¥& Negative
confess

in a public

standing

Hungerford

till

o~ Sister

with

Then Br Hungerford

beleiving

his

next

open

preparitory

Sarah Varner

the wif of

as a committee

to

following

standint,

of Sister

rnanner Viz

that

Sister

1Uder

Dickin-

he had had oppertunity

her and found -her mind more tender
to Visit

willis

then

f ormally.

"!.'ill is and make a Report

By Prayer

at the

school

house

Ch Clk

in the Lower part

of the parish

Union

o

found nothing

also

&

the ne:<:t ::_:,reparatory

the

above named Committee

our preparitory

h ad oppertuni

the

& Br Samual Dickinson

& ma.lee a report

in the

Concluded

good degree

manner;

two things

time when the door was set

John Bigelow Jun

Held

warn.or he being

whero he had done he r eto f ore;

called

Church at the

"Onsideration

son made a Report
of conversing

by

Jun

warner

took

Sol!nn Pr ayer

of Br Jabiz

Agreed to suspend

consideration

Voted to Send Br Josiah
visit

standing

the Elder

Judgment

in view Viz in Neglecting

kept

the

on to lmow if he held matters

in the Affirmative

- a more public

for

to prio r apiJOintment a nd after

to buisiness

was called

Answered
they

according

r::.1hent he Chh meat at the h ous e

was Called

ty to see Sister

on t o make
i:.arnor

Very encouragoing

others

and not herself

Say'd

k

a .epo r t an d Say ed that

but I:ot fully
she thought

to Answer his

he had

mind But

h~ rd of her Eretherin

in

, I
73.

the Chur ch ngreed to suspend their
t he da y following

Judgment to some ~~ter opportunity

held our conmunion at the

same place

agre 3d to hold t he 8th day of December as a Da of fasting
Jo siah l yons's

house

December 8th 1802
da y in Prayer

&

in Consert

wi th the St onington

&

!.1aat at t he house of Br Lyon 's

Conf'asing

our Sins;

at the close
and prayer

at Br

danberr y Associ at i on

Spent t he l atter

Fav oure d as~

Church

part

of the

humbly t rus t wi th th e divine

approbation.

March 5th 1803 Hold our preparitory
degre of union in the Church

the Br

minds Simeon Beclrnith Gave a relation

their

was Rec'd by the Church
this

after

meeting at :Cldor Diclcinso n ' s house good
&

Sisters

had got throug h Relata i ng

of the work of Grace upon hi s soul

.::arch 5th was Baptised

&

Rec'd under the wach Care of

Church

1803

April

30th

among the Bretheran

subsisting

at Bldr Dickinsons

Held our preparitory

Good Degree of union

at which time Lydia Bigelow cave a Relation

of

the work of Grace upon her soul al though through much Tr8??l.bling was Rec'd By
the Church
May 1st the the follong
Joseph Fuller
1:ay 29th

&

gave a Relation

of the work of grace Viz

Mary Dickinson

~ae Elder

the following

persons

Dickinson

persons

Preached

were Baptized

In the grove to a numerous Assembly then

Viz Joseph Fuller

Lydia Bigelow

&

Mary

Dickinson

July

10th 1803

service

Elder liorfat

Preached

at the Lower School House after

was ended the Church Appointed

Next Lord day with the Elder

at pleasant

Peck Relative

the Church

to her Joining

a comnittee

Six Bretheren

Valy to Hear the Relation

Divine

to attend
of ll iss

the

74.

Letter
The Baptist

Church of Christ

Simeon Dickinson
having

took;

~lder,

into

to walk Contrary
Obligations,
with grief

Consideration

disorderly,

ast Haddam under the Past orial
Dickinson

forbore

a member in this

and finding

Church;

you are determined,

do now withdraw ourselves

no more of us; According

you withdraw yourself

and not after

Care of

in his Church; and to your Covenant

long,

you ~eee-wi~aeQ~

that

formily

your standing,

to the Laws of Christ

declare
&

in

To \;illiam

and haveing

the Apostle,

i,mDickinson

of Excom:nunication

the traditions

from you and

to the Commandof

from Every Brother;
which you have Rec'd

that

walketh

of us

Simeon Dickinson
March 20th 1800

July

1803

Coppy of the original

Held our Proparitory

at 3lder

Dickinson's

(~aeB-~&e~-~B~e-eaBe~ee~a-

~¼&R• ae-e~aBii:iftg-e~-Bl-cJ.aeee)

July

17th 1803

the following

l?eck and Joined

First

this

S&eea~ Saboth

Willis,

Sister

in August Appointed

after

Sarah Warner

the standing

her eae& to some futer
Labour with her

fryday before

&

Father

the third

Brown

&

Sister

Saboth at 10 C

the Standing

of Sister

oppertunity

&

of

Warner

at the house of Br Josiah

Took into consideration

Considering

Viz Dannial

for a Church meeting to Look into the standing

August 19th 1803; at a Church meeting
Solemn Prayer

were Baptized

Church

at the house of Br Lyons,
Sist

persons

Willis

of Sister

Lyons after
Lucinda v:illis

the Church Voted to Suspend

the Bretherin

to truce oppertunity

to

,
2ly

took into consideration;

75.

the standing

of Sister

Sarah i:1arner the V,ife of

Jabes Warner Jun
Voted to Send her an Excluding
3 ly

Voted

Appointed Br Josiah

3 ly

Took into consideration
was called

Letter
Lyons to Carry the Letter

upon; to speak his mind he expressed

meeting to be at the house of Br Josiah
Sarah ·warner Letter

under the pastorial
free sovereign

Grace

Subjection

.

Sarah

in several

particulars

of your Covenant vows; in meeting wi-~a to worship with

2ly for intemperance

in drink

&

3ly your Ref'u.seing to be in

to the Church

which have proved inafectual

&

& Publicly

you still

& by Comittee & admonition

Continue your disorderly

We do now in the fear of God withdraw our hand of fellowship

soul

To Sister

We having Examined your walk compared it with

~e have Laboured with you Privately

declare

of

Holding the doctrin

a walk conformable to The word of God.

in your neglect

investigation

in East Haddam Auggust 19th 1803

the Rule God has given in his word do find you faulty

your Bretheren

for further

of EXclusion

Church of Christ

Warner a member in Sd Church.

firstly

to

Hungerford

Care of Simeon Dickinson Elder
&

a wish to be restored

answer the minds of the Church

(Voted) Appointed Wednesday the 30th day Instant

At a meeting of the Baptist

Read it

of Br Jabiz Warner he being present

the standing

the Church did not fully

&

you to be without

walk

from you

&

Praying God would have mercy on your never dying

Signed by order of the Church
John Bigelow Jun

Ch Clk

76.

,
I.: eti

80
m· _ to

a

Jabiz

a

mis La e

i

er to

But

lace

ain the

of th

Baptist

Care of Simeon Dickinson
Colchester
.ishing

October

Letter

we Receive

;e feel

Eldr

to tle

Ba tist

from the

Resulting

ssociation

orld

& Happiness

of the Redeemers

the Coimandaments

Saviour

requirement
~,rothin

fello

Bretheren

October

25th 1804
house

Daniel

at

&

while

information
in Connet ion is S'4Ch s

The Light

.

inlarge

obtain

the mans

from this

of promotin

in the world

we Consider

how prone

In being
the

we are to

Conf'onnod to this

important

of a strict

the

we are

year

past

of t

injunction

attention

at peace

A good Degree

to this

man

our Beloved Eldr

¼illiams

Then a couoittoe

Josiah

,,here
of the

.,,,.
th

of Union &

:e wish

among our selves

John Bigelow

elation

our

Like Sampson to be weak Like another

place

wherein

on :Bulkley hil

gave a

Christ

The neglect

a seat

no . 57 .

.ord Jesus

when v e 1:eglect

ship have appointed

Present

Elizabeth

taken

Henry Brown

Jun to ta~e

Through

of the Lord Nspecially

Cau es the Christian

Stabillity

Continue

School

together

unto l'rayor

Very special

Christian

holden

i th Yhich we are

t:iugdom hore

ta1tes pl a ce Usiall

of \,a lking

astorial

ssociation

to maintain

h we have Cause of mourning

hich

the

Stoni11onton

fro.m the Religiou

4:e

ta ds to sement our hearts

Violate

Br

16th 1804

our Privilod~e

lthou

, ..tore

i t in Zast Had an under

Church of C

tho beuefits

tho interest

to

Sent to the A sociation

Grace mercy & Peace to be multiplyed

Dear Bretheran

sourse

of the Ch: re

rot

t

fo

T

in tho C m·ch
Cappy of the

T e Br theren

at ""r ~o iah

hold

ork of grace

Simeon Dickinson

Hungerford

&

Johu :Sigelo

Ch Olk

appointed

followi

to

by the

persons
on their

C urch reet

Viz Dalnth
souls

at the

\.ebster

as Rec'd

&

·

I

77.

Baptized

added to the Church

&

nov 1804

then Sister

the work of grace

Letter
The Bretheron

Faith

&

to Sister

Church of Christ

Elder

To Sister

Consideration

Lucinda

your Standing

&

Lucinda

Willis.
travel

at the

V.7illis

Close of Divine

and Judged

which is given

It not to be

us for

your Covenant Vows you made with God and your Bretheren

from year

to year

We having

of Attending

Laboured

of of Admonition,

Public

tlorship

with you Privately

God V,'1thdraw

our hand of fellowship

Praying

God would have Mercy on your soul

that

Signed

of hearing

Held A Church meeting

1805 March 30th

Griffin

Was Rec'd

Grace on her Soul.

held

of the

According

Church,

our Rule of

a Church meeting

was pospon'd

Ordinances

of the

By Collt:littee

&

and your

We .do now in the

fear

of

you to be without

Ch Clk

to appointment
& gave

after

a Relation

Public

Worship

of the mrk

of

Church & Baptised

at the School

Requested
for

In your

Church

Came forward

by the

Burnham Told her Experience
some Reasons

the

John Bigelow Jun

was Ended the Widow Sally

Publicly

from you & declare

By Order & in behalf

East Haddam No~b 1804

March 28th

& the

which have Jl!'&V'e&Appear to no purpose

in the Neglect

But for

of

in East Haddam under the Pastorial

Continureing

Betsey

gave a Relation

practice

Lords Supper
Letters

sent

to the Rule of the Gospel of Christ

In Breaking
Neglect

\,illiams

by the Church

of the Baptist

V1orship; Took into

of Daniel

of Exconmunication

Care of Simeon Dickinson

according

the wife

was Rec'd

&

I

\!illiams

2 weeks

Baptism

House on Bulkley

hill

&

v.as Rec'd By the Church;

wife

78.

/f :Mr.

Nathanie

spb-1 was'satisfactory
1805 July

upon

/

to the

veniant

Held our Preparitory

of which Hannah Bigelow

meeting

the \iif'e

Grace upon her soul was Rec'd
&

Joined

to the

At the Close

of the

their

when they

October

for Baptism

The Elder

appointment

&

of the

Church on the Conditions
Names

the wife

Phebe Tucker

Levi Post

Irena

Minda Pratt

infermities

October

19th

1805

of Grace upon their

Su.key Starkey

.Mary Pratt

forbid

and Attend

&

was Received

&

goine

'Williams
Patty

Sally

a Church Ueeting

Sisters

forward

Meet at Pettypogue

persons
into

in the

gave a Relation

fellowship

Ordinance

with this

of Baptism.

souls

the V.'ife of Samuel \iilliam'

s Esq

Lucy

Sergent
Murry

Fanny Haten

war Baptized

J!-::xcept ulinda Pratt

who thought

at present

The Bretheren

to appointment

Gurdon Smith

1805 the Church Agreed to Answer a Request
at Petapogt.te

Souls

of their

of Levi Post

Boddyly

Reuben Post

.Age

Church when the falling

Lords day Oct 6th the above persons

According

was Bapized

are as follows

Jacob Haten
Post

Close

of the work of

Lords Day after

& A Humber of Bretheren

of the work of' Grace upon their

their

of her

at the

Called

5th 1805

By Request

69th year

house

gave a Relation

Church & the

Com:nunion in Sept

of a Number of Candidates

Dickinson's

of John Bigelow

by the

Church in the

at Elder

opport- nity

Ueet a Br Sale,

When the following
&

was Rec'd

Post House in Pettepogue

Persons

gave a Relation

By the Church Viz

of the work

79.

Fheebe Herrington
Elizabeth

:i?ost

Phebe Post
Lords Day Oct 20th 1805 the .Above Persons was Bapti_sd in addition
&

Added to this

First

Church

Lords Day in May 1806 The Bretheren

persons Viz Eldr

S

Dickinson

of this

Church Appointed the following

Br John Brockway Abraham Emerson Reuben Post Jacob

Haten Gurdon Smith as a Coomittee to goe to Kilingsworth,
persons their

l:inda Pratt

to see if they Could fellowship

by the Request of some

them to Join as a branch of this

Church
May 1806 Meet

Aeee~&

at Killingsworth

according

ing persons were Rec'd Into fellowship
&

&

to appointment

Baptized

wheu the f ollow-

Viz John v:atrous V.m Carter

Bulah Carter

Jan'y

1807 Held our Preparitory

Stark aged 14 years Came forward
her Soul . was Rec 'd and
she was Baptised

&

A

at Br Hungerford when at the Close Hannah
&

gave a Relation

lleet' g appointed

aded to this

of the work of grace upon

at Cap Lee'

a

at the Close of which

Church Jany 14th 1807

November 1807 Held our Comnunion at the Lower school House when Hannah Gillet
gave a Relation
Deem 1807

April
parish

of the work of Grace on her Soul

the Above person was baptised

1808 Held our Preparitory

soul

&

which was sattisfactory
Rec'd by the Church

by Elder ~illcock

came forward

&

Administrator

gave a Relation

Also "~ssigned the Reasons why he left
to this

&

was Rec'd by the Church

at the School House in the lower part

when at the Close Turner iliner

of Grace on his

&

Church

Baptized April 1808

of the
of the v.ork

the Standing

Order

so.
1808 The Bretheren

o:r the Baptist

Church took into Consideration

the tanding

of Br 1\.brab.arn:Jmison with Respect to his new Ideas in imbraceing Universal
Salvation

Vote af"ter Repeated labours

&

to Send a Letter
was done

&

to Convince him of his Errows.

Voted John Bigelow to write

of Admonition

Voted

the Letter

which

approved by the Church

Voted that John Brockway to Cary the same

August 7th 1808 Held Our Communion at the School House in the Lower part
Millington

of

on which Day Lina Harvey the wife Selden Harvey In the Intennission

came forward

&

Into fellowship

gave a Relation

of the work of Grace upon her Soul

&

was Rec'd

by the Church

On the same Day Miss

Burdick the wife of Mr

the same manner as above

&

was Rec'd into

Appoint on th~Wednesday after

Burdick crune forward in

fellowship

on the 10th of August

accordingly
&

a Meeting was

the Above persons

were

baptized

October 1808 then the Church held a meeting at Br Turner 1iiner when his wife
.Mary gave a Relation
in leav'g

the Standing

of the work of grace on her Soul
Order which was cordially

at the same time Theodosus Gillet
Baptised

by Elder

Wilcock's

came forward

&

also her Lead of mind

Sattisfactory
&

to the Church

told her Experiance

Took into consideration

the Standing

of Sister

cluded to Request her by the hand of Br Jn° Brockway to attend
meeting

was

Oct 17th 1808

Nov'b 1808 held our Covenant meet'g a good degree of union although
of being Dejected

&

Peck

complaing
&

Con-

the next covenant

81.

October 2 1808 Held our Comnunion at the Lower school house
Elder Dickinson
pettipogg

appoint

Layed before the Church the Reqllest of the Bretheren
might be an Appointment of a Brother

wishing their

the office

at the Close

&

of a Deacon in that

to attend

place;

Which was Conseaded to

with them on the third

at

to officiate
&

in

Bretheren

Lords Day in November

Pettipogg
november 20th 1808 According to Appointment Elder Simeon Dickinson
Turner lliner

John Bigelow Jun meet with the Bretheren

&

meeting at Br Reuben Post's
on trial

for the office

his ' willingness
will

when the Bretheren

(work) of a Deacon

at Pettipogg

at a

?IE.deChoice of Br Reuben Post

He Excepts the trial,

to serve the Church of God as far as his slender

manifesting
Abillites

addmit

At A Church Meeting Legally warned at the house of Br Turner liner's

(East

Haddam)
Decmbr 28 1808
Moderator

&

1st Voted that

application

opened the Meeting By Prayer then Chose Br Turner tliner
proseed'd

on the uncertainty.

of Elder Dickinson being hear

to Elder Lee to Preach

Lords Day in Jan'y
2

to Business

1809

or when

&

he

break bread to this

To make

Church the 2nd

could make it convenient

Appointed Br John Brockw. to make application

to Elder Lee in behalf

of

the Church
3rd

Voted that

It should be Practicable

as we make application
4

to make Contributions

for such Elders

to

Appointed Br Enoch Brockway to mention such Contribution

&

Collect

them

in the Absence of Bigelow
5

Appointed Bratheren

Josiah

Lyon

&

Josiah

Hungerford

as a comnittee

to Visit

82.

Elder Dickinson;
connection

to inquire

to this

into his mind Relitive

Church and the Explination

to his views of the

of what he offered

in Public

when here last
6th

Considered

the Recommendation given to Br Danniel Brown and although

Did not consider

it at the time given as a Dismission

admit of his conduct in Joining
to Consider him as Releasd
7th

Took into Consideration

Agreed that

believe

where he Did on the strength

from this

It will

of It

&

Voted

Church
of a Lleeting House and the Church

the Building

they were willing

still

they

to have one I f It might

be

built

on Baptist

principles
Agreed to adjourn

this

:i:Jeeting two weeks from to Day at this

of the same and Consult

the society

further

Notify

measurs if found Expedient

&

Drew up a Constitution

for a society

Indicating

of a 1:teeting house &c & Adjourned two weeks from to Day at Jared

the principle
Spencer's

&

John Bigelow Jur Ch Clk

Test

Meet According to Adjournment

place

Esq -

Meet at Jared

Spencers According to Adjournment

the frame might be Obtaind that

fonnally

&

Appoind men to go

Belonged to Neh Tracy

&

&

See If

make a Report

in fu.ter

l.larch 1809 hleet at the school House in the lower part

of· illington

prepari tory when Br Enoch Broclcway Brought forward a tryal
for going to Law with Brother
the Same place
April

1809

the Church Adjourned this

against

for a
Br Hungerford

1,eeting till

April

--

then the Church meet According to Adjournment 1st Chose Br Josiah

Lyon's koderator

opened the meet'g

by Prayer

&

proseeded

to business

at

/

83.

Br BrockWay Came forward to state

his Tryals

as follows Viz that Br Hungerford

is greedy of filthy

By his going to *aw the unjust
or his Bretheren;
Christian

would try to get that

Adjourned this
&

&

that was manifest
and not to him

&

further

sayed that

&

that

he

It was utterly.impossible

I.leeting to Mext V:ednesdy at 2 O C at Br Turner Miner's

Voices to be considered

from Sister

Churches to set with us and their

the same as althou

in Specil

Covenant

Remove to page 104th

Lis of females Continued from page 24th
1805

Mary

Pratt

Pettipogg

Elizabeth

Postt

Bulah Carter

1806

Phebe Post
August 1806

~lizabeth

1807

Sept
Jan'y

1806
14

1807

March 22 1808

Died
Died

tt

killingsworth
Pettipogg

Herring

Ruth Crane

Deer 1

Died

,,

Phebe Herrington

May

had not sued

in the Church

Agreed to Call on Bretheren

Octr 20

no

Interest

Br Brockway nor taken his property
Settled

.ucre

when Even his Lawyer told him that

Came forward in the defensive

to have the matter

Br Hungerford which is

for Council a€13-inst his Brother

and had proseeded

Then Br Hungerford

against

Sarah

Redfield

Hannah

Gillet

Betsey Hayden

Dismised
Dismist

killingworth
Dismised
Dismist
Colchester
Pettipog

Dismised by letter
Died

Hannah Stark
Avis Kelsey

Dismist

killingworth

Dismised

Sept

1808

Lyna Harvey

1Iillington

Lusinda Burdick
August

Hester Pratt

August 24

Patience

11

Pettipogg

Shipman

1808

Mary .Miner

1808

Theodosha Gillet

Died
Died

"

llillington

Dismist

Colchester

Abigail

1809

Bapt'd Oct 12th 1808

Colchester

William

Sept 3

1809

Thankful Carter\

Sept 8

1809

Dotha Wright

Do

Excluded
Dismised

Towner

Dismised

Lucy Redfield

1809

Redfield

AD

1818

Dismised

Hestar Pratt

Killingworth

Dismised

Crawford

Lucy Avary
March 24

Excluded

Lucy Waterhouse
Precilla

Dismised

Excluded

2

Parnel Peck

Catherine

add By Lotter Ex

Dismised

July Redfield
Lucy Buel

Disd by letter

Dismised by Letter

July Redf&eld (Killingworth

Jimiet

Excluded

3ecasd

Nancy lliner

Sept 5

Disd

Killinsworth

Grif'f'in

Liary Miner
Esther

Dismist

Dismist

Submit Redfield

Sept 19

Oct 17th

Mary Elderkin

Oct 5

.April

Disd

ft

Ruth Waterhouse
Sept 29

Disd by Letter

Dismist

Deceasd
Dist

Sally Hayden

Disd

Betsey Glover

Dismd

Pettipogg

85.

Patty Dickinson
Abigail
arch 25

Dismd

Smith

Anna Toocker

Dismd
Dismd

Rebekah Freedom

Dismd

Polly Glover
Mahitable

Trible

Hope Scovell
Abigail
April

15

Excluded

Dismist

Church

Dismd

:Mary warterhouse
Sally Pratt

Dismd
Dismist

Polly Tinker
April

Dismist

29

Silvia

Dismd

Hayden

Eunice Post

Dismd
Dismd

Betsey Hethington
Polly Church
November 13

Elisabeth

AD 1810

Dismd

Dismd

Pratt

Submit Tripp

Dismist
Dismised

Prudance Starkey

Dec 16

Dismist

Dorothy Starkey

Dismist

July 9th AD1815 Rec'd Enmaly Dickinson
:Mary

&

Lyon

July 30th ADl8l5

Rec'd Patience

July 7thADl8l6

Rec'd Phidela

August 3th 1817

1Iehitable

September

Rec'd Sarah Hungerford

by Baptism

Rec'd Mary Hungerford

by Baptism

S~pt

1820

1821

Willey
Clark

v:arner

Restored

May 25 1823

Rec'd Laura Chester

Feb. 20 1824

Rec'd Abby Lyon by Baptism

to the Church

by Baptism

DiS!Ilist by Latter

86.

iJarch
the

23 1824
same day

Rec'd

Statira

Rec'd

Lucy Lyon

List

stark

by Baptism

dismist

by Letter

by Baptism

of I.iale names
Pettipogg

.i.Iarch 24

Isaac

Post

Jared

Hayden

Deceasd
Dismisd

Glading

Daniel

Dismised

James Toocker

2d

Dismised

AD 1810
- Ambrosus v:atarhouse
April 29 .,,....---Dec 30
Gideon A Dickinson
July

2d

Dismised

Dismisad

9th ADl815

Rec'd

George

1821

Rec'd

Jeremiah

Smith

Oct 27 1822

Rec'd

E Darkin

Chester

Feb 20 1824

Rec'd

Willirun

Feb 20 1824

Rec'd

Aron Hungerford

by Baptism

i.1arch 3 1824

Rec'd

Henry Chester

by Baptism

the

Rec'd

Lemuel Hungerford

Rec'd

Lemuel Dickinson

. Sept

same day

11arch 23 1824

Meet Acording
Stark

to Adjournment

were present

Betwixt

Bretheren

with us

Cone

Deceas

lliner

by Baptism

by Baptism

by Baptism

into

Bretheren

from Sister

Then the

the

of Brother

Ajournment

Deacon Constant

house
\ieltch

by Letter

dismist

by Letter

Br David :.liner

Consideration

1rom to day and Invited
to

dismist

by Baptism

Enoch Brockway And Josiah

Church lleet

by Letter

by Baptism

J..tt Br 'J.1-urner ...Liner's
Then took

dismist

Hungerford
Churches

the Difficultys
and

journd

April

Samuel Dickensons

and Br George Gates

and Jeames

two weeks

26th AD 1809
ccording

from Chatham And Br

to

87 •

Jo s eph Ar nold from Haddam. and Br Stephen Beckwith from the Church att
Pres ent by Re que st were Concidered
the same as belonging

as taking

to the Church

an active

Calle d on th e Bre the r en to giv e their

A

their

but the 1.:anner Then the

Judgment whither

or not 4i-:&et-Jt--wa&-!1&'6 Answered by

Supported

in Judeement

Then Heard the p:3.rties relate

t r ia ls agai n Br Brockw ay Sayd it was not the matter
~lder

part

Lyme

Majority

the Charge is

that

it was not

Supported

East Haddam Septe mber 29th 1809
At the request

of the Baptist

.Asa Wilcox Deacon Constant
appointment

Church in Said East Haddam Breat heren El der

i'.'elch Brother

to hear and give there

Lemuel Dickinso n met according

Counsel or advice

in matters

of dificulti

es

in Said Church

Subsisting

East Haddam September 29th AD 1809
\\e the Subscriber's
in Certain

being Chosen by the Baptist

Cases Subsisting

in the 11inutes

of its :M
embers Sd Cases are named

of a Church l!eet ing of the 9th Inst.

Mature Consideration

after

long hearing

a

and

we Judge 1st the Deacon John Bigelow was wrong in

Comparing Br Hungerford
Intimating

Between Several

Church in Sd Town t o Deci de

and 7ife to Annanias and Sapphira

that

Br Hungerford

Also that

Sister

Hungerford

of filthy

lucer

TT
ilf'ully

lied

and that

And also

in

he ought to Confes s th e

Same

2d Brother

thought

ceive there

Deacn Bigelo w of bei ng Gre edy

and aught to Confess the Same

Turner ll iner having Retracted

Hungerford

Evidence

wrong in accuseing

hard of Respecting

Some Expressions

the Devil being in any one we Con-

remains no Cause of Charge Against

offerd

of whic h Br

each other

fro m the

88.

3d

Br Hungerford

Confessd that

he was wrong in not corecting

a Misunderstand-

ing Between him and Deacon Bigelow so Early as he Ought 4thly

we advise Br Hungerford

to their

to Convince the Church of their

Error or Submit

goverment -

5th we JUdge that Br Bnoch Brockway was Imprudent in Mentioning his trial
Br Hungerford J?ublickly

before he had taken the Previous steps
been
NB the above advice has all
Complied With in our presence -

with

of Labour -

Asa Willcox:
Constant Welch
Lemuel Dickinson

East Haddam December 10th 1809
The Baptist

Church in East Haddam hereby certify

and Brother Daniel Williams and Sisters
Ester

Williams Hannah Gillet

Zion of good moral Carractors

:::!lisabeth Burnham Nancy .i:.liner Dorothy Webster

Uanifest
Sisters

our fellowship
are thus united

from this

Church

Christian

David lliner

Church and we hereby

friends

having !Janifasted

as wholsom members of

a Desire to be Constituted

of the Same faith

and say men we are Informed that
in a Church we Shall

and order

&

we hereby

Said Brother's

and

Consider them Regurly Dismised
of the Church

Josiah

then the Church Meet According to Adjournment

from Chatham Church

being present

in this

Seigned by order and in behalf

Wednesday May 1809

then Sister

of all

into a Church at Colchester

with others

John Bigelow

Temperai:ice Bigelow Asena Williams

Mary Williams are members in g-ood standing
Comnend them to the Charity

that Brother

&

Lyon

Bretheren

James Stark from the Church at Colchester

took a seat with us
Hungerford

Charges against

&

Br Hungerford Brought forwards their

John Bigelow Jun For Saying that

tryals

or

he had payed his fathers

~Debts and Claiming His father's
&

in this

that

personal

of being Greedy of fithy

1s Hungerford

Lucre

Estate
&

For making wrong Statements

for M~i:ftg

his Sayings that they

wif had agreed together

&

Than Bigelow in the Defencive

East Haddam February 7th 1810.
Agreeable to.an

Apointment the Church Meet at Br Turner ~iners

Prayer to God for wisdom to Direct
Elder Moderator and Br Josiah
those Bretheren

Hungerford Clark of the Church than Calld upon

After haring

Brown and John Brockway and Sister
Enoch Brockway

&

at Lyme the Church hereing

their

Bretheren

Sarah Griffing

Letters

&

Henery

to Join Sd Church.

Turner uinar Requested to be Givon up to Sd Church
their

Reasons thought

it not proper to give them
they liv'd

in the midst of

But Voted to leave it to A Councel of thre Bretheren

Deac Constant Welch

Church

Reasons Voted to give Brothers

up Seeing no gospel rule to act upon Considering
their

Chose Simon Dickinson

that wishd to be Dismised from us to Join the Baptist

at Lyme Pleasantvalay

Brothers

Preceded to business

House After

Viz

Deac John Bigelow Br Daniel iilliams
February 14th 1810

Then By the Request of the Church in East Haddam the following Persons
present

Viz Dea Constant Welch from Chatham Br Thonns llanering

Ch and John Bigelow Jun of the 3rd Baptist
the Church to Set In Council lat
John Bigelow Jun Clk
to buisness

Church in Colchester

being

of Warterford
were Resd by

Chose Deacon Constant Welch Moderator and

Opened the lleeting

by Singing And Prayer then Proceeded

1st Rec'd and Read the Records of the Last Church ileeting

then

heard Brother Brockway Shew His Reasons why he wished to be given up or
Releasd

from this

Church to the new Constitued

wished for the Privelidge

Church in Lyme Viz Because he

of Ordinances which he is Deprived of Hear and Sayed

90.

he had no wicked Desine but a Good one.
Simelar to the above but Said that
others

to Lyme Church Still

their

by their
Profeet

Then Br Liiner Asigned his Reason
Releasing

Some to Colchester

of Ordenances are Deminished

Lyon in Behalf of the Church Assigned the Reasons why

Then Br Josiah
they were not willing

to release

The Judgment of this

those two Bretheren

Council is as follows

That According to the Restrictions

of this

Church to the Councill

Saying is it Gospel Rule to give up those two Bretheren
that

it is not unless

Their Should be Satisfactory

Removed his candlestick

into Further

Consideration

Viz in

we are of the Opinion

Evidence that

which we Do not feel ourselves

We would Recomnend to those two Bretheren
Matter

and

Authorized

the Lord hath
to Determin

Viz Minor and Brockway to truce the

and Sae if they Cannot Content themselves

to stay where they are And ti·y to Advance the Redeemers Kingdom in this place
A Suitable

That after
Suitable

trial)

trial

Cannot be Obtained We advise the Church (after

a

Not to Consider the Church as a prison
Constant Welch
Thomas :Manwaring
John Bigelow Jun Clk

East Haddam July 4th

AD 1810
Baptist
Agreeable to an Apointment the "Church of Christ

House of Br Josiah

Hungerford after

proceeded to Business
tion the Standing
Deliberation

of East Haddam Heat att the

Prayer to Almity God for Wisdom to Direct

Chose Br Josiah

Lion Moderator Then took into Considera-

of Brs Enoch Brockway and Turner hliner And after

on our Ni.attars took into Consideration

the last

A long

Clause of the

Judgment of A Council held Att Br Roswel Rogerses Feb 14th AD 1810 And voted
that

it was with the Church to Say when-the sutable

time of trial

was out

Then Brs Brockway and 111ner Requested to know whither the sutable

time of

91.

trial

was out

The Church iw.swered not

Haddam Oct 10th AD 1810
an
the Baptist
Agreeable toAApointment

out

East

the House of Br Josiah
Direct

preceded

Turner

:Minor and after

the

After

and took

to an Adjournment

took

into

tion

on our Concernes

Consideration

to

admonished

the alter

to their

The f'o llowing

the Baptist

Church of Christ

After

standing

Prayer

Standing

this

of Br

meeting

to

his

in not Regarding

of East

Haddam meet

to God for wisdom to Direct

of Br Turner

Minor

A:rter a long Delibera-

wrong in Disregarding
Christs

Br Enoch Brockway and Turner

Duty the Res1.1lt of this
& Turner

the Athority

words where he Says Leave

meeting

Minor

ought

is that

before

to be

we Cannot

Minor to go from us as things

Ought to have ben Recorded

Fellow-

now are

the above Labours

to make it

to the reader

Being Apointed
to labour

the

&c

ship Br Enoch ~rockway

intelageble

Consideration

God For wisdom to

Voted to Adjourn

Br Minor Confesst

The Church Agreed that

by the

with Brother

the Church viz
togeather

the

Church and And also

thy gift

to Almity

Haddam meet att

Att Br John BrockWays Rouse

the House of Br John Brock.ways

of the

into

Some Conversation

instant

Prayer

in East

22th AD 1810

October

Agreeable
att

to business

22nd day of oct

Lyme

Hungerfords

Church of Christ

Church Brother~
'l'urner

in Saying

With previons

Rule be ye Subject

Minor for

Conduct

we Judge

one to Another

and first

Lyon and Josiah

Casting

he Did not Esteem their

with him he has not Regarded
to the Alter

Josiah

Christ

be Reconciled

Contempt
Meeting

him guilty

even All

on the Athority
any thing

of the Breach

of' you ar.1..dA:rter

word ·where he Directs
to thy Brother

Hungerford

&c

went
of

which
of this

Labour was Taken

to leave

thy gift

92.

Bast Haddam June 16th AD 1811
Haveing Received

A

Regular verbal Re(fl1est from Some of our Saybrook Brtheren

to be Dismised from us and to Become A Separate
Request likewise

was performed June 18th AD 1811

June 23th .AD 1811 Recd a Letter

from Some of our Killingworth

be Dismised from us to Join the Second Baptist
• Answer their

Church voted to ans~er their

Request by Letter

likewise

Brethering

Church in Saybroock

to

Voted to

was done

East Haddam 1iarch 11th Day .AD 1812
The Baptist

Church of Christ

in East Haddam To Sister

we being bound by Gods word to Attend to Rules that
Under ths strongist
of heart

A

one to another

way Leave their

he has given us we are

to adress you as Follows although

Obligations

while we have to Reflect

no ungospel

Lydia Beebe in Covenant

that

Bretheren

with Sorrow

one we have put Conf~dence in Should in
when Scripture

teaches

us to be Subject

even All of you and the Apostle has Exhorted us to be settled

and grounded in the truth

not to be Carried Away with every wind of Doctrin

and

East Haddam October 2th .AD 1815
The Church Voted that
Expences of their

they would pay Their Equal Proportion

Messengers That they Send to Attend their

of the Nessary
Asso siation

for

the Futer

The Baptist
by Letter

Church of Christ

in East Haddam Millington

from A Number of Baptised

Persons

Society being Requested

in Sd East Haddam att the Landing

to Meet With them in Order to Come into Church fellowship

with us We Therefore

Members of the Sd Church {Viz) Elder Simeon Dickinson Josia.~ Lyon Ephram
Beckwith Josiah Hung-erford mat with Sd persons att
this

the House of Oliver Attwoods

25 Day of January All 1815 Ai'ter Prayer to God £or wisdom to Direct

Attended to Hear their

Relation

of the work of God on their

hearts

(Viz)

Oliver Attwood John Southworth Plyn Tyter Cuff Smith Alice Tyler Phebee

we

Chadwick
After

Hearing

their

the Church give them Fellowship

Experience

them as Regular 11embers of The Church.
'
ditions
That Should the nunber increce
Request

to be Constituted

Shall

Than give them up by Dismision.

Church

Said liernbers ware Received
in some filter

Josiah

on Con-

Day and It Should be

as A Church by themselves

their

and Received

that

the Sd Church

Signed by Order And in behalf
Hungerford

of the

Ch Olk

East Haddam March 22th .AD 1821
The Bretheren

of the Baptist

the House of Brother
being present

Josiah

Voted that

Comuunion and wait

Church of East Haddam Millington
Hungerfords

Brother

Josiah

to do business
Hungerford

society

llet att

for the Church

Should Prepare

All

for The

on his Bretheren

East Haddam May 29th .AD 1824
A Meeting Being Legally
of Christ

in East

Warned Agreeable

Haddam Met att

Apart two of their

Prayer

to Almity God for Wisdom to Direct

the East Pa~

of the

in the West part
2

Took into

vention
That

Bre"t;heren to the office

of the Day first

the Bretheren

the Expedency
Br Hungerford

of Joining

Southworth

observed

To officiate

.And also

he thought

up that

it was no infringment

to officiate

the Hartford

Opposed Joining

Building

in

Meetings

it was Giving up the power of the Church and Puting
of the Convention

The Church

were lead to the

Hungerford

of the Church As we hold two Separate

and Send an Agient

Controle

A Matter

Church Also made Choice of Br Plynn Tyler

Consideration

of

work of Deacons and After

in so Important

of Deacons and Made Choice of Br Josiah

Choice

Church

eht Town House in Sd Town for the Purpose

Sating

proceEled to The Business

to an .A.pointment the Baptist

\},

Baptist

Con-

Assigned

his Reasons

our Selves

under the

we Cazne out from

Br

On the Church - after

94.

Considerable

Deliberation

on the Subject

took the minds of the Bretheren

no vote Ajourned fore weekas

East Haddam Oct. 27th 1824
To the Baptist
Baptist

Church at East Haddam - Dear Brethren

Church at East Haddam Was organized

25th day of Jany.
some futer

1815. on conditions,

day and it should be their

by themselves,

that

And whereas their
wise believeing
(and

Church by ourselves,

We

f'or a variety
therefore

do hereby request

To be constituted

as a Church

E.I_dismision,

convenience

of reasons

a

to the Branch,

to be thus ·Constituted

and become a regular

Distinct

Set our names

Oliver Atwood

Blinn Tyler

Samu.el Dickinson

Charles Attwood

Raney Belden

Esther

Alice Tyler

Attwood

l!."paphroditus B. Dickinson
Laurston

s.

Dickinson

Alice Ann Tyler
Dorothy Atwood

Horace Belden

Frances Huntington

Bridget

Clarissa

C.

Di dk:inson

Cone

.Mary Dickinson

Emely Dickinson

Clarissa

Eliza

B. Lewis

Mary Holmes

and like-

dismiss ion from The said Baptist

whereof we have hereunto

w. Beckwith

•• -

extent,

by Ourselves,

Simeon

at

a

the Undersigned members of' the said branch

We may be constitu~ed

In witness

Branch of the

numbers Increase

to a considerable

it will Be an essential

Perhaps to Others,)

East Haddam, that

should their

request

numbers have increased

a

at East Haddam Landing on the

the Church should give them

that

( or Otherwise)

that

V,hereas

ann Dickinson

Maria Pike

Church at
Church

Janett

Russell

Rachiel

Lucy Southworth

Almira Atwood

William

Lucy E. Southworth

Dickinson

Philinda

Brooks

Carter

Jun

Oliver

Dickinson

Anna 11. Carter

Sophia U. Southworth
Jerimiah

Smith

Ruth Smith
Jarimiah

Smith Jun ~

Dorothy Smith
Temper~ce

Smith

NB The Church are Requested

to appoint

delegates

To meet the Branch at Oliver

Atwood on Wensday The l day of November at 1 OC P.11. to Give their
it w 1th other
be organized

Churches
Into

to the members Here who have prepared

Felloship

on that

day to

a Church.

East Haddam November 7th 1824
The Bretheren
Previously

of the Baptist

li otified

Church in East Haddam Millington

Meet to attend

East Haddam Landing Respecting
after

reading

2 voted
3

their

Request

from their

being

Bretheren

att

Being Set off a Church By themselves

l Chose Br Josiah

Hungerford

Moderator

-

to answer the request•

appounted

a comitte

of their

Wensday 10th of liov. at l
Dickinson

their

to the Request

society

William

Miner .

o.c.

Bretheran

to Set in council

P •.M. Viz Josiah

Lyon Josiah

with you on
Hungerford

Lemuel

East

of the ld Baptist

The Bretheren
Preveously
ing to

Haddam Jay 7th 1826

notified

Church in East

meat and Voted that

st Church shall

have

all

The Privalage

Haddam Millington
the Brothren

of requesting

Clak of st Church to any Church of the Same Faith
The same day agreeable
to Plesant

Valley

to the above vote

Agreable
to East

I

Belong-

and receiving

of the

and Order a Letter

Gave Br. Elderkin

Miner

A Chester

a letter

Church Ck

14th 1826

to the vote

of Church Br •• Lemuel Dickinson

Haddam and Colchester

and wife Received

letter

Church
William

August

and Sisters

being

Church
William

Jany

Society

Miner Church Clerk

7th 1826

Agreeable

to the

vote

of Church Br •• Henrey Chester

Pleasant

Valley

Lime Church.

Likewise

Sister

Laura Chester

to Pleasant

Valley

Received

Letter

to

Agreable

to the vote

of Church Received

letter

Lime Church V.'illiam Miner Church Ck

Sept

12th 1826

Agreable

to the vote

of Church Br. John Southard

Received

Haddam Church
William

:Miner

letter

to East

97.

Copy of manuscript

found

P.ise and progress

East

of the

in "Book of Records
first

Baptist

Haddam Jan . AD 1853 .

James St ranahan

Sr .

was born Sept . 22nd AD 180 2 .

Hanah B . ll iner

wa s born Sept • 6th AD 1804.

James Stranahan
was married

Jr.

to Hannah B. Miner

containing

Church in East

an account
Haddam . "

of the

9 •

Extracts

from diary

of' James

Stranahan,

Aged 64.

Found in back of book "Book of records
progress

of the

first

Baptist

Church

in East

Haddam, Jan.

East

.March 31. 1866 • • Went to Town Meeting

an account

containing

of the Rise

and

Haddam."

1st AD 1866 •

the

Town Yoted

to Discntu~

the Highway

by Bashan Bond
Surveyed
S~on

July

Sept.

13,

1866.

22, 1866.

1867.

Joining

Hayed for

Cradled
This

Feb . 14,

2 acres

15,

1867.

I was 64 yares

of Age

to to the

Feb . 16,

1867.

1867.

Frank Palmer

Stormy

Cirus

Jedadiah

$3 . Dollars

see about

getting

Hall

Swans wif"e was Buried

Hutchins

to Let them

.

a horse

and Wagon to

.AD 66, Uy ~'i:fe and Albert

~,meril.

Burred

Jane 25, 1868.

Choped at Doore,

Feb.

Sophiah

10, 1868.

acre.

f'u.nerel

went to the

Nov . 18,

Lot½

Swans Wif'e Died I went to Deac.

to

to Calvan

Esq., Died Ad 91.

WmPalmer,

on stocking

Went to L. Starks

Doge sold

Barn an N.owing

I. R. Gardner.

know and paid

Feb.

Saxton's

Buckwheat

Cirus

c.

of Land for Danel

Stranahan

o.

AD 87 years.

Harris

Buried

was Burried

AD 71.

AD 82.

- .-.
July 19, 1868.

Sunday.

Samuel Gates was Burried

August 25, 1868.

Rev. Isac Parsons was Burried

August 26, 1869.

Mason Sillaman Burried

Jan.

18, 1870.

July 13, 1870.
July

14, 1870 •

Mary Selden Burried

AG. 71 years.

.AD. 69 years.

Jill 46 years.

lll) 33 years.

Emna House Died .AD 33.

Went to BmmaHouse Furnarall.

100.

10

.A..."11nison,
Abraham
Anable,

Joseph

1::ercy
Samuel
.z;ephaniah

"
"
· .Arnold,

Samuel

ff

,,
"

Esther
Oliver

Lucy

Banning,
:Beckwith,

.,
"

:Selden,

"

Bigelow,
,.

,,
"

13

ilehitable
13
Lliss
69
Simeon
11, 73
94
Simeon
3te:i;i'l.en 87

w.

Horace

!Taney
Hannah
John

Lydia

12

"

11ary

87-90.

13,

19

13

Lucy

53

88

84

Burdick,
''

!usinda
84
Kiss
SO
Hr.
80

Burnham,
"

Betsey

77

Elizabeth

Burt,

Zebulun

Burts,

1..rma

13

Carte,

John

2

Zebulon

It

13, 73

19

11, 74, 82
10, 69, 70, 76, 89

11

Riel

II

".,

13, 78
10, 17, 18, 21, 22,
26-33, 36, 41, 43-46,
48, 50, 52-55, 57 ,
59, 65, 70-72, 75-78,
80-82,

Buel,

Carter,

94
94

Temperance
Hannah

95

Henry

"

92

12,

Bishop, Eleazer
It

95.

11, 70, 92

Marg-et

Lydia

:?.achiel

Budge, Brother

18

12,

Ephraim

Beebe, Esther
It

18

Susanna

10, 14, 15, 18, 21,
27, 29, 32, 35, 48, 49,
56, 58, 60, 62-66, 82,
83, 86-91
10, 57, 58, 63, 64,
79, 80) 81, 89, 91 •

John

"

,,

84

Joseph

,,

:Brockway, :;noch

Brov;n, :9anie 1

94
94
94
92, 94,

Dorothy

18
13, 18

Jered
Sibel

Prool'::s,

95

Charles

ti

2

42

Almira

Attwood,

ti

.,
...

87

Joseph

If

It

2, 10, 19-21
26.
2, 12
.,, 12
...

Mary

,,

It

",,

10, 14

Benjamin

Andrews,

Avary,

3raynerd,
"

"
Chapman,

Ebenezer

"
,,

Church,

"

10,

70

Anna M.
95
Bulah
79, 83
Joel
11
Thankful
84.
".'.illiam
11, 79, 95
Pheebe

Chester,

88

69

Chadwick,
ti

13,

92,

Sarah

12,

E . Derkin

Henry
Laura

1.,bigail

Polly

96

16

18, B2, 58,
86

85, 96

85

85

93

61

101.

Clar 1rs :Jan

,,

~~astor
Esther

,,

,,

,,,
...

2

13

1:athaniel
rhidela

85

Ruth

11

Crawfor~,

83

11

:Phebe

11

Diclc:inson,
,,

as,

20 , 29 ,

51, 53 , 55 ,

57, 59 , 62 .
2, 12, 52, 58, 59 .

c.

''

''
,,
''

Gideon A.
86
Iaurston
S.
94
Lenm.el
13, 55 , 86- 88,

"

,,

,,
,,

It

Epaphrodi tus B.

Oliver

Patty

Philinda
Polly
Samuel

,,
"

48,

C., -

Israel

85

84

58 ,

06 , 94.

35, 45,

11, 73

Betsy

"

11

18, 19

Elizabeth
98
I . R•

Lidy

2

Lydia
Abigail
George

2 , 12

12, 15

50
85

2, 12
2, 10 , 23, 25-27,

50.

Samuel

Gillet

46

85

Joseph

Josiah
nehemiah

If

59 , 61, 65, 66, 72 ,

51,

:a i zabeth

Joseph

"
"

80

96

11

36-39

Jane

11

95

95
37, 38
10 , 29 , 55,

"

ti

53,

56

32

Abraham

Gardiner,

Gates,

54,

,A"oraham 79

Fuller,

94

49,

98

Freedom , Rebekah

It
If

92.

10, 18, 34, 35,
44-46, 50, 54, 56,
58-Gl, 63, 64, 74.

Dlisha
~.:a1iy

Gardner,

95 , 96 ,.

89,

.,Uder!dn, Brother

.,

94
2 , 12
Eliza .,1..nn 94
::anely
85 , 94

u

Bridget
Deborah

Douglass,

Fox:,

1, 2 , 10, 14 , 16 ,

56,

Doge, Danel

Emison,

19 - 22 , i¾, 26,

31-45 ,

82,

1:ehemiah

Douge,

:3merson,

53, 54

i<adock

Davis , Joseph

84
48
16

:Jlder

\.illiam

11

:Jley, Taphfena

Precilla

Darrow, Deacon
11

.,;imeon

78

Cone, :Brother
34
tt
Clarissa
,, :Jsthor 13 94
If
86
6e
., Geor
Grace
12, 15
If
.tla11nah 2, 12
Joaeph
2, 10, 20-23, 25, 26.
., l:ary
? , 12
...
II
14
Polly
ff
Sylvanus
l, 2, 10, 15,
23- 27, 35, 47 .
Crane, Russel

1-3, 10, 14-22, 27,
28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39,
43 5, 47, 48, 50, EZ,
53-54, 57, 58, 60, c...,
63-64, 67, 69-79, 81,

Dickins·on,

12

Hari11ah

rt

21, 22

14,

10,

l
99

, Hannah

Tueodo sha

Tneodosus

2, 10

79, 83, 88
84

80

49 ,

ll,

Qladin

, 1Jruiel

Gloe

B

)

Poll
"
Go ~, Squire

"o t,

.i-..

10 •
...,,j .....

86

soy

..,'Orford,

ron
86
Jo iah
10,

85
4

muel

"

13, 50

o· 0 ail
~-i.bigail
..,ally

II

84

13, 77

Hall,

J edad1ah

Ha in

on, G.

Ha r1

, o.

Harvey,

II
II

98

Hutchins,

11

98

l, 10, 14, 18, 21,
24, 26- 8, 35, 36, 39,
40, 41, 43, 44, 46-50,
54-59, 61, 62
.:Jsther
12, 18
Jonathan
10, 14, 18, 27,
sa

Haten,
II

Lina
elden

80, 84
80

anny

14, 78
ll, 79, 79

Jacob

83
86

Hay en, Betsey
II
Jared
fl
ally
ing,

.A:.1

lee,
It

If

II

land,

Iomis,

tt
ti

79, 83

ton,

Phebe

Hethin

ton,

Betsey

85
ti

l,

Hill , \, illiam

Holmes,

Lar

33

94
2, 10, 50

Hopkins , ~'oen
Ho se, Emma

32,

99

H 11 1 .>at!lUel 11

45

Joi

16,

ewis, Clarissa

ti

Herrin

83

bnor
11, 70
79
Cap
Dlder
71, 81
Jason
1-3, 14-18,

on,
83

98

67

y ia

"

85

""'lizabeth

Kelsey,

Ord,

84

ilvia

ff

rr .

ti

"
Ilanerin

.Abb

John
Joseph
Josiah

Luc

l~ary

2, 12
2

85

2

,

21, 2, 24
27-29, 31, 34 ,
35, 39 .,,3, 48, 49 , 51-53,
55, 56, 58-67, 71-75, 81,
84, 88, 90-92, 95.
20,

'
"

10,

24

,

86

r:ercy
,

94
13

Elizabeth
Ruth
\,illirun

24- 6 .

17

B.

85
2, l , 5

ThOI:'.BS

fanwaring , T on:as
: iner,

94

2

Deacon

Jewets,

La,

86
85
85

France

, J rune.,

Hu."lt l

28, 65, 66-68.

II

H

Hu.itington,

89

, Sarah

Griffin

95

l.ary
Sara.li

It

Griffin,

8, 25- 7,

35, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48,
50, 57- 61, 67, 7 , 75,
7C, 79, 8l-S3, 86-9 3,

84

89

90

David
86, 88
Hannah l3..
97
I'ary
80, 84

103 •
..:iner,

:Haney

Turner

rt

"

i illiam

1inor,
"

Brother
Israel

84,

88

11, 79-81,- 83, 8G,

87,

89-91.

86 1 9~, 96

37, 38
10, 18,
D.

i;;orf'at , Elder

29, 30

73

14,

1lu.rr:;, , Sally

78

l , 2 , 16
Christopher
2 , 16
62
Elder

II

,.

98

:b"rank

57

Reuben
William

,,
II

Parsons,

-oeck, Parnel
Sister

ti

Ro,;,ley,

Survior

36

Russell,

Janett

95

Saxton,

Calvan

Scovell,

Hope

Shipman,

Patience

,,

84
13 , 73 , 74 , 80

,,
,,
"

Pl ats , Noah

70

11

Isaac

ti

,,

IP

,,

!f

Levi

Lucy

Phebe
Reuben
Sale

It

Pratt,
"
·•

79 , 83

86

~lisabeth
85
Hester
84
llary
78 , 83
85

Bedfield

, Catherine
11
Elias
84
July
Lucy 84
83
Sarah

n

,,
"
"

.3ubmit

2

84

84

85

92

95

11 , 78,

86, 95

79

96

s outhworth, J Oh."l 92 , 93
,.
Lucy 96
95
Lucy E.
"

••

Sophia

Spencer,

,,
It

st ark , Hannah
James

rt

''

L.

98

Starkey , Dorothy

,,
tJ

Stranahan,
ll

n

95

79 , 83
86 , 88

statira

II

u.

22
Betsy
Elisabeth
12, 15, 34, 35 .
Isaac
22
82
Jared
15
Simeon

fl

u

, Joshua

99

Jolm

"

14 , 78 , 79

Rathburn

84

Jeremiah

Southard,

11 , 78
13 , 78
79 , 83
11 , 78 , 79 , 81
78

Sally

11

13, 78

95
Ruth
13, 62
Sarah
95
Temperance
Victorious
10 , 19, Z6, 33, 70.

It

11

l1Iinda

11

Cuff

Dorothy
Gurdon

II

85

99

Patty

94

Post , Elizabeth
" :3"1lllice

85

Smith , Abigail

99

, Daniel

98

Sargent,

Pike , :Meria

Polley

90

Silla.man , Wason

98

Isac

'B.oswel

Selden , Eary

Palmer, Abel
f1

Rogers,

Prudence

Sukey

Albert

86

85

85
14 , 78

B.

98

97
97, 98
98
Sophiah

Hannah
James

104.

nrrmx..
.:;Wan, CiruG

98

' e1s'tor,

Joshua

minker,

.,

2, 3
85

Polly

· Toocker,

II

Trible,

,

1.:ehitable

Tripp,

Truman , Hannah

30,

Phebe

14,

,,
n

78

,I

1

ti

,.

ann

94
92,

f.arner , Elizabeth
'' .
11

,,
II

",,

Hannah

Sarah

\,'at erhouse,
ti

It
it

12, 14, 59-61,

65-68,

Hary

85
86

79

41 , 42
41

Constant

i:,illiam

Runnal

72,

.Ambrosus
11
Lucy
84
Ruth
84

John

't..ebb , Catherine

.,

2, 12

2 , 10,

,;atrous , John

"

·r;1111s,

18, 52,
58-60, 69, 72, 74-76.
Lucinda
12, 58, 67
I.Iehitable
2, 12, 48 , 66,
67, 71, 85.,
Nathan
2

\,arterhouse,

'..ealch,

If

93

52

Jabez

"

94

54

13, 54

74,

75

tood,
\,right,

87, 88
79,

lois

i. illiams,

~, 16, 17

l,

Patience

11

27,

86

Elder

Y:illey,

92, 94

Alice
.Alice
Blinn
Flynn

sa

\lillcock,

If

Tyler

Solomon

1'ilcox,

76

87-90

Constant

t.neat,

12, 18, 25,
31, 47

88

Constant

'..'eltch,

85

13

}1lizabeth

, elch,

1$
18

76

~ala.th
Dolatha

Do~othy

,,

85

Submit

Tucker,

I

84

Sarah
l
Susannah
lTeh
82

"

t'l">
_..,

85
8.6

.. lllla

Jrunes

f,'ov.ner, Jinnet
'l'racey,

,,
,,

13,

80

70

85

1::5, as
10, 58,
88, 89
zsther
84, 88
Irena
13, 78
liary
13, 88
Samuel
78
Asena
Daniel

rucinda

Lydia
Dotha

12,

74 , 77

52,

13, 34, 35
84

76,

77,

63....,671 72,