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A YEAR'S HISTORY
OF THE
ASYLUM HILL
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
OF
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
I
Read at
The Annual Meeting of the Church
February 3, J898
��PLIMPTON PAINT ,
HARTFORD .
(j
�HISTORY
FOR
OF
THE
1897
7l"GAIN, and yet again, have our voices joined m
Bickersteth's sweet but pathetic song:
M
J
"Our years are like the shadows
" On sunny hills that lie."
A picture of shadows fa}ling upon and darkening sunlit
fields that a moment ago were smiling in the sunshine.
Why may not this suggest its antithesis-sunshine
banishing the shadows?
The bright upon the dark?
Why not sing ?
Or-
The Christian 's faith, like sunshine,
Beams o'er his darkened way.
" Light of Light shine o'er us,
"To the endless day."
.
Retrospect in any form must needs bring sadness,
pathos, tears; for memory recalls the brightness gone
in the glad days of the past. But let us make our looking backward to-night like that of Whittier, when he
sang:
"That care and trial seem a,t last,
"Through memory's sun-set air,
"Like mountain ranges overpast,
" In purple distance fair."
,
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ASYLUM HILL
CH UR CH
Has a membership of 787. Of these fifty -five were
admitted in 1897. Of the :fifty-five, twenty-eight were
on profession,
twent y -seven by letter or certificate.
There were nineteen removals, of which eight were by
death.
It is "meet and fitting," if not" our bounden duty,"
to stop at least with the coming of each new year, in
order that, as fellow-servants
of one Lord, we may
exchange words of encouragement and Christian cheer;
that we may tell one another of our labors, our endeavors, our successes, our failures, during another year of
our mortal service. As our Church has an established
custom-and
a most excellent one-of having an '' Annual Record" made and issued in printed form, the
task of pre p aring a paper annually, called the" Church
History," is greatly different from what it otherwise
wou ld be as well as from what it should be.
Dear Pastor, Brother, Friend: There is no reason or
occasion for telling you of our deep, devoted love. Of
that you know. But surely we must be allowed to
speak-a word of thankfolness and of thanksgiving . For
in duty and in love you have helped us in our hardships;
yo u have smiled with us and bronght us cheer and gladness; you have prayed for us and sympathized with us
in our sorrows.
We thank yon for tho se prayers and
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OF 1897
5
tears for us, for your wise words fitly spoken, for your
sermons strong and true. For these we thank you.
But more than for these, we thank God for you.
Like other Christian churches, we are organized in
many associations or various departments of Christian
work:
The Sund ay School, The Ladies' Benevolent
Society, The Mission Band, The Daisy Chain, The Glenwood Church, The Young Men's Union, The Teachers'
Club, Our :r,1id-Week Meeting, The Young People's
Meetin g , Our Chur ch Music, Choir and Choir Master,
The Business Side of Church Work-i. e., the duties of
the Society's Committee, Collection and Disbursement
of our money gifts for others. Then, too, without trying to name further our other activities of Christian
service within our Church life, many of us engage as
individuals in our Master's work outside church lines.
There are the Home for the Blind, the Young Men's
Christian Association, the Good Will Club, the City
Mission, the Open Hearth, the Hospital, the Jail. All
these and many more show how varied is our field of
work.
Our Sunday School is a department
of Christian
work in importance second to no other. So few would
dissent from this '' article of religion" that we submit
no reasons to prove the truth.
As an axiom we admit
it without challenge.
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CHURCH
The report of the Sunday School has brought to us
details of the year's record.
The enrollment for the
year 1897 is 602.
The Home Department's
success seems almost phenomenal.
This is a splendid illustration
of the coming
and staying of new and potent agencies of Christian
life and work. Put in a peg there, ye pessimists, if any
there be. When some in stitution
of our fathers' has
finished its useful career and goes to its eternal reward,
say ye not "These be degenerate days."
When the
female house-to-house
prayer meeting went out, perhaps the Young Women's Christian Association came
in. Your Historian
believes that it is enough and a
most important
duty for us all individually to stop,
and with prayer and much thought consider this quesWhat is my duty as my Master's
servant m
tion:
regard to Christian service in the Sunday School?
Under wise guidance in carefully planned meetings
(six within the year), this club has a highly satisfactory
account to give of itself for 1897. The two-hour Emit,
The supper and table
6 to 8 P. M., is strictly regarded.
talk of the first hour prove an admirable preparation
for the serious, earnest, helpful, suggestive interchange
of thought and experience that follows. But this form
of meeting is but one of many; and it strikes the Historian that he can do naught better than to say that the
meetings, which he has had the good fortune to attend,
impressed him as most stimulating and inspiring.
The
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7
Scripture saith: "Honor to whom honor." The father,
founder, faithful friend of the Teachers' Club is Waldo
Selden Pratt.
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Texas each has
to-day within its borders a family of willing, winning
workers in receipt of a box of blessings from our
Ladies' Benevolent
Society.
Since one box-presumably the Texas box-bad
to hold blessings for
eleven persons (blessings in the shape of babies having
probably arrived first), a fifth box was not attempted,
the fourth being counted as twins.
In a word, the _
full measure of work, and more, was done, though
an ex-president (not many years ex) writes:
"The
ladies do such good, faithful work, I wish there might
be more interest, for we always need money sadly."
Three afternoon teas were given, and, with the cooperation of the Social Committee, a six-o'clock. supper,
called a Donation Party, which was an unqualified
success.
The good work of the Mission Band shows (above
and beyond the earnest, consecrated effort, always
essential, but not in sight,) these noteworth y items:
Nine meetings of the Band were held during the season.
The practical outcome of these was a missionary box
sent to Rev. Mr. Curtis, of Killingworth,
Conn. The
year's work ended with a fair in the chapel in October.
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ASYLUM H I LL CH URCH
The elaborate
preparation
for the fair more than
repaid all the effort it cost. One hundred and sixty
dollars were in the treasury at the close of the year.
Here are some of the links for ' 97:
1. Meetings each month from November to June.
2. A June picnic at the end.
3 . "Gathered flowers for a settlement concert ."
4. Studies of the work in v aried mission fields.
5. A talk by Miss Lewis on the children 's work in
the McCall Mission.
6. A picture exhibition with stories of life in India.
7. A cruise among the Micronesian Islands in the
Morning-Star .
8. Visits to the village schools in China, Turkey and
India, under guidance of three young girls in native
costume .
9. At Christmas
a dolls' tea party to the Little
Happy Hour Club.
And all the rest of the acts, too many further to enumerate, and the dollars that were given, are they not
written on the happy hearts of merry children?
This club is strictly a social organization, established
in 1893 for the purpose (as set forth in its printed
statement)
"of promoting social intercour se among its
members, and to render aid to other organizations
of
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9
the parish ." Mr. H. S. Conklin, president, reports that
the Union now numbers eighty members. It is receiving
and doing good.
This club met nine times during the year. Musical
entertainments,
talks by men who know how to talk,
debates, mock trials, dinners, etc., combined to render
each meeting better than any of the other eight.
An outline of the work extending over several years
of our Parish Visitor shows four important
facts:
(1) An initial canvass of all the homes on the Hill.
(2) The extent of the work of the Parish Visitor is
immensely greater than is generally known. Your Historian takes pleasure in calling your attention to the
fact that a record made by actual count showed that
a maximum of fifty families a month bad been visited
during the period in which this record was kept.
(3) These visits destroy the false idea that everybody connected with our Church has a gilt-edged
bank account.
Our Visitor finds the East-side kind
of poverty rare, but the bank-account
idea is a
myth or a fable.
(4) And-most
important-tact,
wisdom, sympathy, kindness, have won confidence
and love, and only Our Father in Heaven knows the
extent of the blessed service which our Visitor and her
helpers have rendered. Surely it will be hers to hear:
"Inasmuch as thou didst the Master's service, come,
thou blessed of my Father."
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CHURCH
Is an institution
absolutely independent of the Church
and separate from it (that is, in its organization),
but
the local chapters are so identified in membership with
our Church and Sunday School that a failure to tell the
year's story of these royal worker s would be like a
Sunday School history minus the report of its most
important
class. The magnitude of the work done, as
well as its excellence, is a matter of astonishment.
There are three chapters, whose membership is largely
composed of members of our Church.
These chapters
are named the Hyacinth,
Miss Capron, president; the
Goldenrod, Miss Rathbun, president; the Violet, Miss
Worthington,
president.
The aggregate
membership
is about forty-five, not including some fourteen or
fifteen honorary members.
Of the sixty names enrolled
(including the honorary members), about fif-ty are members of our Church or Sunday School. Through the
kindness of their officers in writing many letters and in
other ways, the details of the splendid work of our
King's Daughters
have been secured.
But, as elsewhere, they form a part of the permanent record of
good works.
I bring to your attention, here and now,
only the following two of many noteworthy
features of
the record.
First, they seem to have sought out and
found many needy, but hard-to-be-found-out
and specially deserving places where to bestow their Christian
help. An illustration
of this is Christian work among
the Gloucester deep sea fishermen.
Second, they have,
by great output _of personal effort , secured some $400,
�HISTORY OF 1897
11
which they have invested in good works for others.
If any here have equalled these princesses in good
works, they are invited now to rise and be counted!
Of the one hundred members of the Cheerful Workers'
Chapter of the King's Daughters, about one in five is
identified with this Church. For their sake it seems but
fitting to call attention to the really remarkable history
of the work which culminated, but did not end-far
from it !-in the completion of the Chapter-house,
on
Prospect Avenue. To raise $7,000 for that purpose
was no small task; and only the time limit has decided
me to omit an account of the devoted service of these
royal workers.
However, I may refer you to the most excellent history of their good work by their leader, Miss Mary R.
Fenn. This report appeared in the "Young People at
Work," the issue of September, '97.
For more than a score of years, regular religious
services have been maintained by our Church in the conduct of what has been known as the Glenwood Mission.
Not only has the financial support, in large measure,
come from our Church, but, what sometimes is worth
more, Christian service has been rendered by those in
our chur ch fellowship. Long years of patient effort are
now blessed in the building and dedication of a new
house of worship in the year of our Lord 1897. The
property-consisting
of an ample lot well located, the
new church edifice, and the pastor's
residence-is
now valued at from $8,000 to $10,000.
The finan-
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CHURCH
ciaJ situation is exceptionally
satisfactory.
The membership
is between
sixty and seventy.
Rev. Mr.
Williams, pastor, has rendered glad, heroic, successful service; is rendering more; and, with God's blessBeyond question the right
ing, is sure to render most.
man in the right place. Think of this Church. Imagine
what it is sure to be, ye, whose prayers and whose
patient service, whose deeds and whose dollars are the
solid foundation
on which this new Church of Christ
now stands.
The custom is now fairly established-a
good thing
come to stay-of
devoting the first Sunday evening of
each month to a musical service. Of this, as a part of
our regular worship, a report is made elsewhere.
During the year a number ofSundayevening
services
were held for specific purposes.
Of these the more
notable were: In January
a Jubilee Quintette from
Nashville brought us a message of word and song of
quite exceptional value and interest.
A large congregation came to listen, and were well repaid.
Almost an
identical report could be made of the Atlanta
Quartette service in June. But probably no Sunday evening
of the year included a service of greater interest than
that of an evening in the autumn, when Mrs. Gates,
wife of President C. F. Gates, of Harpoot College, told
of her personal experiences amid the horrors of the
Armenian massacres.
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13
Here should be recorded:
First-Professor
Stearns'
lecture on "The Catacombs," based upon personal investigation and study during a residence in Rome of several months, and also being the interpretation
of some
1,500 inscriptions-data
which your Historian happens
to know are not duplicated in the world. This lecture
was one of unique interest and importance.
SecondThe pathetic stories of heroic hardship and financial
woe, as they exist in some ten colleges or schools, each
of great importance, were told by their presidents or
other accredited emissaries. And these stories were well
told. To many of us, doubtless, the most sobering and
discouraging fact in regard to all forms of missionary
effort is the apparent increase of need in the geometric
ratio, while our gifts and efforts seem never capable of
increase except in arithmetical
ratio.
Third-The
meeting in recognition of the "Day of Prayer for Colleges" was one of the important meetings.
Mr. Willis
I. Twitchell, for many years the rightly honored principal of the "Arsenal School," made a strong and an
effective address. Fourth-Another
meeting of note
was devoted to an account, by Mr. E. B. Dillingham,
of his Christian work among the prisoners of both jail
and state prison at Wethersfield.
Fifth-The nine summer vacation Thursday evenings this year fell to the
lot of the Church Committee; and the authorization
of
proxies resulted in our being favored ·on three of the
nine evenings by Professor Beardslie, of the Theological
Seminary.
Professor Merriam conducted the prepara-
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CHURCH
tory service preceding the September
service which for exceptional reasons
special acknowledgment.
®u~ QJ;hux.ch~u.st.c
communion,
a
was deserving
ht '97
One approaches this subject with absolute confidence
and serene assurance, inasmuch as he feels it to be
impossible to go astray by reason of the absolute
unison-or,
rather, unanimity-of
opinion and harmony
of judgment,
especially in regard to church music, on
the part of all. For some reason the absolute truthfulness of that statement
has been called in question.
Hence your Historian, who loves music so much that he
is enthusiastically
devoted to all kinds, except the best,
was careful to have expert assistance in what he herewith submits.
An earnest effort has been made during the past yea r
to render the musical part of our religious services
helpful, devotional, and in every way acceptable.
The
hearty assistance of the chorus-choir, composed of our
young people, has been an invaluable help, both in leadership of congregational
singing and in the rendering
of a wider range of anthems than those within the
limits of a quartette.
The work of the quartette
has
been sympathetic and greatly appreciated.
In addition
to the monthly services of song, works of a more comprehensive scope have been sung . Mr. Lord has given
frequent organ recitals in the Church, which have been
largely attended.
~_otta~,s
Good music, Eke most good things, comes not, like
manna, from heaven. It requires work and money;
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15
and you have heard with pleasure, or now hear, that
the faithful service of the chorus-choir, as well as that
of the quartette, has been reported to the Historian for
special commendation.
The word "dollars" calls our attention to the financial record of the year. The Treasurer's report, which
we heard read at the appointed time, was, as it ever
has been-at least for the twent y years of Col. Thompson's term as treasurer-a
report of superlative interest, presented with ideal accuracy and completeness.
From that report record is here made of but a single
item: Legacies to the amount of over $30,000 were
paid, and cash gifts to the amount of over $40,000
make the year's total ofmoneyinvested
in the Master's
work in '97 over $70,000 .
~h,e §i.o-ddy' .s <!r.crmmitt.e,e
We have, up to this point, directed our attention to
the work of a complicated machine. We have inspected
its intricacies and noted what all the diflerent parts are
"for," and what they all "do."
But the machine
doesn't g o of itself. And often the "power" is unno ticed. We do not -see the electric power that does. And,
in our church life, let us stop and think what we owe to
the energy and wisdom of our friends and brothers of
the Society's Committee.
Your Historian has had the
experience of responsible service on a certain Society's
Committee-once
upon a time-and
he ma y be pardoned
for telling you that "it is not all angels' food and
Marechal Niel roses."
For a long list of unnamed blessings we owe our
Society's Committee sincere thanks.
And we will not
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CHURCH
pass unnoted their kind service in securing for us an
exceptionally acceptable pulpit supply for the eight
summer Sundays (July 25th - Sept. 12th). The reverend
gentlemen are:
L.
J.
w.
W.
BACON,
C OOPE R,
HEBER
F . T.
H.
EM ERSON,
CLAYTON
CHAS.
BEADLE,
WELLE
s. MILLS,
S,
Norwich.
New Britain.
Bridgeton, N. J.
Providence.
Taunton .
Cleveland.
Work not in sight is often unnoticed, if not unknown.
If an enrollment were made of the names of doers of
this kind of work among us, and their deeds, what
startling surprises would surprise us !
~:u.r,;r~,ertahb ®Ut.s
THE FONT
A notable gift to the Church was made on Easter
Sunday by our brother in Christian fellowship, Mr.
George L. Chase . Mr. Chase's letter is as follows:
To the Asylum Hill Congregational Church:
On this beautiful Easter morning, in behalf of myself, Mrs . Chase,
Mr. Ch ar les E. Chase and family and Mr. C. H. Longley, I present
and ask you to accept a!s an Easter gift this baptisma l font, in
blessed memory of a beloved daughter, a loving sister and a devoted
wife, who for many years was a consistent member of this Church .
Very sincerely yours, April 18, 1897.
GEORGE L. CHASE.
A fitting acknowledgment
by ou r pastor voiced our
thanks at the time tlie font was put in place, and later,
by form al action of our Church Committee, a message
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17
of acceptance and ofloving appreciation of the beautiful
and costly gift was sent to Mr. Chase. At the beginning of the morning service on Easter Sunday, April 18,
1897, a dedicatory baptismal service was held, Mr.
Twichell officiating. Following a brief prayer of consecration, the right of baptism was administered to
Mr. Chase's grandson, Porter Bourne Chase, the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Chase.
A brief description of Mr. Chase's gift, valued in its
deep and rich spiritual significanceeven beyond its great
material worth, is as follows:
The font is of pure white Carrara marble, imported
from Italy especially for the purpose, being all in one
piece, ch iseled out of a so lid block of the famous stone.
It stands about three feet high, on a circular base,
twenty- six inches in diameter and five inches thick.
The marble has the soft "hone"
finish-the
natural
stone without polish. On the top, engraved on a twoinch outward bevel, is the inscription, cut in ornamental text:
®ne '.!Lor(). ene ~attb.
©ne :rsapttsm.
On the base of the font is the inscription:
1652.
1rn memor)2of
1TaabeIabase '.lLongiei?, 1893.
()augbter of
a;eo.'.IL.an() a. M. <lbaae.
The outside of the bowl is highly ornamented with
arabesque work and Greek crosses. The bowl is chiseled out eight inches deep, and the water is contained
in a copper bowl, gold lined.
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HILL
CHURCH
The font was cut by P. Sonius & Son, of New York,
from a design drawn by Cleveland Cady, of the firm of
Cady, Berg & See.
THE
CLOCK
A second notable gift came to the Church-to
us-in
September.
The character of the record here made, the
simple reading of parts of two short letters, is determined by the attempt to make the record in the way
most acceptable to the giver.
To THOMAS TURNBULL, Esq., Chairman of Committee of the Asylum Hill Congregational
Society:
In June las t your committee gave Mrs. Julia M . Turner, of Philadelphia, permission to place a clock in the steeple of your Church in
memory of her father, Mr. Roland Mather.
Mrs. Turner now formally pre sents the completed work to the
Society, and desires also to express the pleasure it has given her to
finish, in a sense, the work which her father carried to so successful a
conclusion by his generous donations towards the comp letion of the
Sincerely yours,
Church edifice.
JULIA M . TURNER,
By G. L. C.
We omit the technical description, which the His torian has from the makers.
An inscription plate has
been placed as follows :
~resenteb to tbe
:as12Iumbtil aongregattonaI <tburcb,
September,
t897,
'lfn memorI?or l?oian~ ~atber,
Jll? bis :&laugbter.
Letters were sent thanking th~ donor in due form,
and making acknowledgment
of the Church's-i.
e.,
our-sincere
appreciation of the gift.
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OF 1897
19
Justice to you who have followed our outline of the
Church history for '97 thus far, forbids my including
some pages devoted to various
incidents worth
keeping, for which data were obtained.
Instead of
reading these-the most important are to appear in the
Annual Report-let
me ask a few questions.
This is a
teacher's privilege, and a good way, at least with
mature students, of starting trains of thought which
may carry us to desired destinations.
Have you an
idea how hard the battle is that the "shut-ins"
are
called to fight? A Hartford writer of distinction said,
in writing of General Grant, most truly:
"General
Grant fought a far harder and more noble fight at Mt.
McGregor than he ever fought at Vicksburg or in the
\Vilderness."
Have you thought often or much of the
little but important
things of our church life? The
arranging of the flowers, e.g.? Would you wish to try
and "fix the fires" in the six furnaces to please everybody? Do you know about the never till now mentioned Friday Evening Club? What would you say to
an advanced class in Bible study outside of Sunday and
Sunday School and Sunday School lessons? A class
that might enjoy the rare opportunity of drawing on
the treasure-house of the theological professors?
Prof.
W. S. Pratt can tell you the rest. What would you say
of the plan of selecting your deacons by sending printed
ballots to the 787 members, after some simple selection
of candidates,
and thus accomplishing several good
results?
Is there any danger of losing a ~umble mind
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CHURCH
and lowly spirit because, from the materialistic
point
of view, the record of '97 is good? God grant us ever
a lowly and contrite heart.
DISMISSALS
BY DEATH
NoRTHEND, CHARLES A., .....
.
CARPENTER, ELISHA, . . . . . . .
ALLEN, HARRIET R. SHARPE (Mrs. Chas.),
MATHER,ROLAND, ........
.
ELLSWORTH, ELLEN TULLER (Mrs. Fred'k),
KELSEY, WM. H. JR., . . . . . . . .
BULLARD, REV. CHARLES H., . . . . .
CHASE, CALISTA M. TAFT (Mrs. Geo. L.),
March
March
April
May
July
Sept.
Oct.
Dec.
1
22
25
10
21
22
15
9
It is not for the Historian to include either biographical sketches or character studies of our comrades who,
within the bounds of 1897, have heard the bells from
the towers of the Celestial City call them home. As
our Whittier sings :
"Happy
"The
"In the
"The
is he who heareth
signal of his release
bells of the Holy City,
chimes of eternal peace!"
To-night I am accorded the rare privilege of bringing to you what may be regarded as a loving message
of farewell from our brother in Christ, Mr. Roland
Mather, in which we may read wise and helpful Christian counsel between as well as in the lines.
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OF 1897
Among the personal papers of Mr. Roland Mather
was found a little memorandum book, of which I am
permitted to speak, and from which to read.
During a long series of years-just
how long we do
not know-Mr.
Mather made an occasional memorandum of some important historical event with which his
life came in contact.
But most of the entries were of
the nature of short,- concise, terse statements, which
summed up in aphoristic form the truth, as observation and experience presented it to him. Full of wisdom, they are greatly characteristic of the man. These
are some of them :
I.
I have now come to the conclusion
unless it is used in a proper way.
that
money does not pay
II.
Save a dollar when you can as well as not.
a dollar to give to some worthy object.
Then you will have
III.
Excelsior seems to be the universal motto;
for our guide, will bring us right.
and this, with Christ
Intellect and Christianity,
est style of man.
IV.
combined with industry,
give the high-
V.
It may be called selfishness, but a person who has something of
his mvn to occupy his mind is less liable to meddle with the affairs of
others.
VI.
A t.bality. Great want of Christianity in the world. Hea.1,en is
my home.
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CHURCH
And with some lines, in part quoted, which these
words suggested, your Historian
would turn your
thought with his own toward that rest into which, as
the days go by, our dear ones are entering "Through
the Gates."
Into the Heavenly City. HOME.
We will not mourn. God's way is best ;
For, toil and trial past,
"'fhe soul that bravely meets life's work"
Finds heaven-and
rest-at
last.
"But we would lay upon those graves,
"When summer flowers shall spring,
"The memories green of steadfast hearts,
"Our love's best offering."
Of us you ask?
With warfare we're not throughCalls the battle-cry to fight .
God grant our hearts prove ever true
To Honor, Faith, and Right.
"That, following our Great Captain's call,
"We may each battle win.
"And when the bells of Earth ring out ,
"l\1ay bells of Heaven ring in! "
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1 KINGS, viii. 57.
"The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers."
IN History we see God's dealings with the World,
with the Church, and with Individuals. Much of
both the Old and New Testament is taken up with
historical records, from the study of which the inspired
authors designed that we should derive profitable lessons. After a like manner, from the view of God's
care over any portion of His Church in any age, we
may be instructed, comforted, edified. For the members of a Christian Congregation, the history of their
own Parish may be supposed to possess peculiar interest.
This was the first Episcopal Church organized in
Connecticut. For a long time it was prominent among
the parishes in the State. Hence, many of our brethren in the faith feel with us a deep interest in all that
pertains to its past history. To that history, from the
beginning to the present time, I would now ask attention.*
* In preparing this discourse, the author has received great aid, to the
time of the Revolution, from the letters sent by the clergy and officers of
the Church here, and its friends elsewhere, to the Bishop of London, and
the Venerable Society : for the opportunity to peruse these valuable materials of our early history, he acknowledges himself indebted to the courtesy of the Rev. Dr. Hawks, Historiographer of the American Church.
The Parish Records are also pretty full, and have afforded much
88Sistance.
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About the year 1690'; there were, in this town,
"a considerable number of professors of the faith of
the Church of England, desirous to worship God in
the way of their forefathers." The number of families thus attached to the Episcopal Church a few years
later, is stated to have been fifteen. Some of these
· had removed from the mother country, and others,
through their influence, had conformed to their views.
There was, however, no clergyman in the State, t and
no one was found to feed these few sheep in the wilderness. In the year 1702, an application was made
to the Bishop of London for a missionary, but without
success. In September, 1705, the town being destitute
of any minister, those attached to the Episcopal Church
applied to the Rev. Wm. Vesey, of Trinity Church,
New York, requesting him to visit th~m, "to preach,
and administer the ordinance of baptism." Mr. Vesey
did not feel able to comply with the request, "by reason of the distance," but desired Rev. Geo. Muirson, of
Rye, to respond to the call. Mr. Muirson accordingly
came on the 2d of September, 1706,-one year from
the time that application was made to Mr. Vesey,accompanied in his journey by the Hon. CoL Heathcote,
who "went fully armed." A place was found for
worship, and Mr. Muirson, though threatened " with
prison and hard usage," " preached to a very numerous
congregation, and baptized about twenty-four persons,
mostly grown people." Within the next few months
* The Town was settled in 1639.
t There were at this time in the State about thirty-three towns, and a
population of 80,000 ministered to by Congregationalists.
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he made two or three visits, and on one occasion was
accompanied by the Rev. Evan Evans, of Philadelphia.
Towards the close of the next year, the Rev. John
Talbot, of Burlington, N. J., preached here to "a numerous auditory." About the first of April, 1707, the
Parish was organized by the election of Wardens and
Vestry.
These movements were not without strong opposition on the part of the Congregationalists, whose form
was then the established religion of the Colony. We
now read with astonishment of the prejudice which
prevailed, and the hostility manifested. At Mr. Muirson's second visit, "a member of the Council," on the
Lord's Da.y, " stood in the highway himself, and empowered several others, to forbid any person to go to
the Assembly of the Church of England, and threatened them with a fine of five pounds." The parishioners subsequently complained that many had
been "seized and imprisoned in the county gaol " for
not paying the sums demanded for the support of the
Congregational minister, and "for refusing to pay
money to buy a house and farm for their minister."
But, notwithstanding such opposition, the prospect
of success seemed good. Mr. Reade, the Congregational minister, early manifested a friendship for the
Church, soon conformed to it, and expressed his desire
to receive Holy Orders.* Others of their ministers
privately informed Mr. Muirson, that, if a Bishop was
in the country, they would enter our Church. A petition from the parish for a clergyman, addressed to
* The expense and peril of crossing the Atlantic were probably the
reasons why he was never ordained.
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the Bishop of London on the 1st of April, 1707, bears
the signatures of nineteen men, acting " in behalf of
the rest."* From a communication to the Society in
England for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts, dated January 1, 1708, we learn that the resolution had been taken to build a Church, and the
hope was expressed that they would " have it fit to
preach in before next winter." Application was made
to the Society, by the parish and its friends in other
places, that Mr. Muirson should be appointed missionary to them. The request was granted. But before the intelligence reached this country, Mr. Muirson
had been called from his labors to his reward, having
departed this life at Rye, in October, 1708.f
This was a heavy affiiction to the infant parish.
Mr.Muirson had first officiated for them according to
the rites of their loved Church, first administered the
ordinances of religion to them and their children in
this strange land. He was characterized, as possessed
of " a wonderful deal of prudence and discretion,"t
"having a very happy way of preaching, and, consid-
* Their names were :-Richard Blacklatch, Isaac Knell, Daniel Shelton, Wm. Rawlinson, Jonat. Pitman, John Peat, Saml. Gaskill, Samuel
Hawley, Will. Smith, John Skitmore, Timothy Titharton, Archibald Dunlop, Thomas Edwards, Isaac Brint, Daniel Bennett, Richard Blacklatch, Jr.,
Tho. Brooks, Isaac Stiles, Saml. Henery.
t George Muirson was a Scotchman, born about 1675. In 1703, he
was sent by the Venerable Society as schoolmaster to Albany. In the
Fall of 1704, he went to England, and received Orders from the Bishop of
London. Returning to this country in July of the next year, he immediately took charge of the parish at Rye. Bolton's Church in Westchester,
·p. 148, &c.
t Letter of Col. Heathcote, Feb. 24, 1707.
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ering his years, wonderfully good at argument, and
his conversation without blemish," held by the people
"in great esteem for his piety and virtue,"* and peculiarly fitted for the responsible position of a pioneer in
the missionary work.t
During the next five years, the Rev. John Talbot,
of Burlington, N. J., the Rev. Chris. Bridge, of Rye,
N. Y., and the Rev. Mr. Sharpe visited the parish from
time to time, and encouraged them in their feeble
state. Mr. Sharpe, in January, 1710, was accompanied by Col. Heathcote, and spent " near a month,"
baptizing many, "amongst whom was an aged man,
said to be the first man-child born in the colony of
Connecticut."+
Such attention had the Church excited at this
time, that it was thought proper by the Congregationalists, "that one of the best preachers both colonies
afforded should be sought out and sent here,"§ and
the Rev. Timothy Cutler, "who lived then at Boston
or Cambridge," was selected, and entered upon his
charge in the year 1709.
Gov. Hunter of N. Y., two years after this, speaks
of receiving a visit, when he was in Connecticut, from
the Episcopalians of Stratford, who, he says, "appeared
very much in earnest, and the best set of men I met
with in that country."
* Rev. E. Evans,
June 18, l'TOS.
t Col. Heathcote, .April 14, 1707.
Letter from Wardens and Vestry to Venerable Society, 1712.-The
names of the Wardens and Vestry firstappearthis year. Wardens-Timothy Titharton, Wm. Smith. Vestry-William Rawlinson, Wm. Jeanes,
John Johnson, Riohd. Blacklatch, Daniel Shelton, .Archibald Dunlop, Jas.
.Humphreys, James Clarke, Edward Burrough.
§ Col. Heathcote.
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But no pastor was found to watch over and guide
the flock. And while they were thus as sheep without a shepherd, the persecution against them did not
at all diminish. They sent a petition to the General
Assembly, sitting at Hartford in May, 1710, praying for relief, but without any success.
A combination having been entered into, not to employ tradesmen or others belonging to the Church, some were
obliged to leave the place.
But, in an address to
the Q1-ieen sent in 1712, the Vestry, after speaking
of their other trials, show their earnest desire for a
clergyman, by adding, " the want of a minister is the
greatest of our affiictions."
In all their troubles, they found in that truehearted layman, Col. Heathcote, a trusty counsellor.
the address just referred to, they speak of him as
one " who hath ever been a true friend both to us and
the Church, and always encouraged us not to swerve
from our holy profession, notwithstanding the difficulties and trials we met with, and the bad success we
had in our frequent addresses for a minister."*
At last their petitions for a clergyman seemed answered. Rev. Francis Philips, having been sent out
by the Society in England, arrived in Stratford on the
19th of Dec., 1712, and took charge of the Church.
The members felt encouraged. Several persons, "the
masters of considerable families," were about leaving the
In
* Col. Caleb Heathcote came to this country in 1690, and bought large
tracts of land in Westchester County, N. Y. He was a member of the
first Vestry of Trinity Church, N. Y., and a leading IBan in the Province,
at different times Mayor of New York, Commander of the forces of the
Province, Surveyor-General of the Customs for all North America. He
died in 1721, and was buried in Trinity Church Yard.
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Congregationalists to unite with the parish. But all
their bright anticipations were thwarted by Mr. Philips's unfitness for the position,-" Being," wrote Col.
Heathcote, " of a temper very contrary to be pleased
with such conversation and way of living as Stratford
affords." He was not satisfied with the people, nor
they with him, and he left abruptly on the 19th of
Aug., 1713, having been, during his nominal connection
with the parish, absent in New York about seven weeks.
The parishioners were now extremely discouraged.
During the next year, the Rev. Mr. Bridge, of Rye,
wrote to the Society: "The interest of the Church in
Stratford seems to be declining ; there are there an
honest and sober people, truly zealous for the Church;
but they live among neighbors who despise and misuse
them, *** and have met with so many discouragements
and disappointments that they are almost wearied out ;
they are frequently calling on me to assist them, and I
go as often as my health and the affairs of my own
parish will allow me." The zeal of the people is shown_
in the fact, that, this same year, they had " the timber-·
felled for a church, and hoped to get it raised in three ·
months' time."
Some time after, the Rev. J.Eneas Mackenzie was•
conditionally appointed to the parish, but deemed it
best to settle on Staten Island.
In Sept., 1718, we find the Vestry again writing to
the Society, bemoaning their sad condition. They close
their letter with words which may briefly express the
condition of the Church at the conclusion of this period
in its history; "as to our outward estate, it may very
well be said that we are inconsiderable ; but as to our
number, we have had at least a hundred baptized into
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the Church, and have had thirty-six at one time partakers of the Holy Communion of the Lord's Supper,
and have several times assembled in our Congregation
between two hundred and three hundred persons."
Four more years had they to wait, and a brighter
period dawned upon the struggling parish. The minister of God, for whom, we may believe, they had prayed,
during the long night of discouragement and persecution, came among them.
On Trinity Sunday, A. D. 1722, Rev. Geo. Pigot,
having been sent by the Society in England as Missionary to Providence, but with the request that he
should remain at Stratford for a time, gathered the
members of the Church for service. The Wardens,* in
a communication to the Society, expressive of their
"most grateful acknowledgments" for this their care
for them, also "render hearty thanks for those neces-sary books" which Mr. Pigot brought for the use of
the parish. For Bibles, Prayer Books, and other volumes for religious reading, they were long indebted to
friends in England.
Mr. Pigot found much prejudice to be encountered,
the charges of "popery, apostasy, and atheism," being
brought against the Church, but he was encouraged by
the inquiries made as to its principles by several leading Congregational ministers. As the result of their
examinations, four, including the Rev. Mr. Cutler, who,
after ten years' ministry among the Congregationalists
in Stratford, had, in 1719, removed to New Haven to
assume the Rectorship of Yale College, and the Rev.
* John
Johnson and William Jeanes.
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Samuel Johnson,* then a Congregational pastor in
West Haven, relinquished their stations, conformed to
the Episcopal Church, and went to England for Holy
Orders.+ .
On Mr. Johnson's return, he relieved Mr. Pigot of
* Samuel Johnson was born at Guilford, Ct., Oct. 14, 1696. At the
age of fourteen, he was sent to the College of Connecticut, established at
Saybrook, where he graduated in 1714. In 1716, he was appointed tutor
in the college, which had been removed to New Haven, and continued in
this office four years. He was then set apart to the Congregational ministry, and settled at West Haven, where he remained till he felt constrained
to enter the Episcopal Church. The workings of his mind, and his ardent
desire to be guided al'ight in making this change, are seen in the following
extracts from his private journal (which, I believe, have never before been
published), for permission to use which, I am indebted to Mrs. Susan
Johnson.
"June 3, 1722.-I hoped when I was ordained, that I had sufficiently
satisfied myself of the validity of Presbyterian ordination under my circumstimces. But, alas! I have ever since had growing suspicions that it is
not right, and that I am an usurper in the House of God, which sometimes,
I must confess, fills my mind with a great deal of perplexity, and I know
not what to do; my case is very unhappy. Oh that I could either gain
satisfaction, that I may lawfully proceed in the execution of the ministerial function, or that Providence would make my way plain for the obtaining of Episcopal orders. What course I shall take I know not. Do
thou, 0 my God, direct my steps, lead and guide me and my friends in
the way everlasting.
"Sept. 17, immediately after the Commencement, 1722.-Being at
length brought to such scruples concerning the validity of my ordination,
that I could not proceed in administration ·without intolerable uneasiness
of mind, I have now at length (after much study and prayer to God for
direction), together with my friends (Mr. T. Cutler, Mr. J. Hart, Mr. S.
Whittlesey, Mr. Jas. Eliot, Mr. James Wetmore, Mr. Dan. Brown), after
some private conferences with ministers, this Commencement made a
public declaration of my scruples and uneasiness, and am advised to sus-
t Three of the number, including Messrs. Cutler and Johnson, were
ordained to the Diaconate and Priesthood, in St. Martin's Church, by Dr.
Green, Bishop of Norwich, and Vicar of the parish, who officiated for the
Bishop of London, then at the point of death.
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the care of the church in Stratford, enabling him to proceed at once to Providence, whither he had been from
the first desirous of removing. During the eighteen
months of his ministry here, he seems to have labored
faithfully, officiating occasionally in Fairfield, Newtown,
and other places. At his departure he reported seventynine comnmnicants, widely scattered, and six adults
and fifty-seven infants, as having received baptism.*
Soon after _he left, he received from "Mr. Richard
Sackett, settled at Dover, an up town in the prnvince
of New York," a grant of 400 acres of land in this
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pend administration for the present. It ·is with great sorrow of heart that
I am forced thus by the uneasiness of my conscience to be an occasion of
so much uneasiness to my dear friends, my poor people, and indeed to the
whole colony. 0 God, I beseech Thee, grant that I may not, by an adherence to Thy necessary truths and laws (as I profess in my conscience
they seem to me), be a stumbling-block or occasion of fall to any soul.
Let not our thus appearing for Thy Church be any way accessory,
though accidentally, to the hurt of religion in general, or any person in
particular.
Have mercy, Lord, have mercy on the souls of men, and pity
and enlighten those who are grieved at this accident. Lead into the way
of truth all those who have erred and are deceived, and if we in this affair
are misled, I beseech Thee show us our error before it be too late, that we
may repair the damage. Grant us Thy illumination, for Christ's sake.
Amen.
" Oct. 6, 1722.-In the fear of Goel setting myself now upon the serious
consideration of the great and urgent affair now under my hand, ancl a
deliberate examination wherein my duty lies, I now set down the motives
which lie before me on both sides of the question, Whether I shall now
go over to England, and offer myself to the service of the Church i
"That which I propound to govern myself in general in this affair, is
* From Providence Mr. Pigot removed in 1727 to Marblehead, Mass.,
and became rector of St. Michael's Church in that place. In 1738 be
asked leave of the Society to visit England. His request was granted.
On the 16th of June, 1740, he was collated to the rectory of Ch al don in
Surrey, where he continued till his death on the 9th of Feb., 1760.-Up•
dike'& Narragansett, p. 204 1 and Letter from the Curate of Chaldon in
1850.
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village, "for a perpetual glebe," and "200 acres additional, to finish the Church." Mr. Sackett's title was
questioned, though deemed good by Mr. Pigot and
others, his land having been purchased of the Indian
Sachems before a charter was given to the colony.
The Church does not seem ever to have come m possession of this gift, as, a few years after, we find it
stated, "there is no house nor glebe."
Mr. Johnson arrived in Stratford about the first of
November, 1723. The Venerable Society granted
him, as his predecessor, an allowance of £60 per annum.* In his first letter to the Bishop of London, he
the awful account which I expect to give of all that I do in this world
before the dread tribunal of God, when the secrets of all hearts shall be
disclosed, and every one shall receive according to his work.
"Though I have been a grievous sinner, and deserve to be left of God,
yet, as those instances wherein I have offended bear no relation to any of
these controversies, and therefore cannot be supposed to have any influence
by way of temptation to the present undertaking, but, (if any thing,) the
contrary; so I do renounce and abhor them, judge and condemn myself
for them, and humbly purpose to continue forever in watchfuln8ss against
and war with them, and to make business of mortification, by God's
grace, imploring His pardon and mercy in Jesus Christ; and therefore I
hope in God He does not and will not abandon me to err in any thing of
great consequence.
"God's glory, the good of His Church in general, and the safety of
precious souls in particular, are the ends I would always, and particularly
in the present case, have in my eye.
"Upon the most deliberate consideration, I cannot find that either
the frowns or applauses, the pleasures or profits of the world, have any
prevailing influence in the affair.
"Now, therefore, to consider particularly what lies against in the first
place, and here are several particulars:
" 1. Some few seeming texts of Scripture, and a possibility of interpreting all on the side of and in favor to presbytery.
* The allowance was subsequently reduced to £50, and thus continued
till the Society's c,-i;iection with the Parish was dissolved by the events
of the revolutiona f war.
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alludes to the "inveterate enmity" to the Episcopal
Church, in the colony, but expresses the belief, that, in
Stratford and a few other towns, the eyes of many
were "opened to see the great error of such an uncharitable and therefore unchristian spirit" as had
been manifested.
On Christmas Day, the church, which had been,
begun under the preceding rector, was opened for
divine service. It stood iu the present Church Burying Ground, was "forty-five and a half feet long, thirty
and a half wide, and twenty-two between joints," and
is spoken of by Mr. Johnson, as a " very pleasant and
comfortable building." For aid in its erection, the
"2. Breaking the peace of the country in general and of my own
people in particular, which are great things.
"3. Danger of the stumbling of weak brethren, and the damage of
precious and immortal souls, and grieving good men.
" Now these considerations are indeed of great weight, and it is not a
little thing should be sufficient to balance them.
"On the other hand I consider,
"1. Sundry texts of Scripture there are which seem to me plainly to
intimate, that Episcopacy is of Apostolical appointment, which, together
with the unanimous witness of the Church immediately after the Apostles'
times, and downward in the purest ages of Christianity, seem as much at
least (if not more) to oblige my conscience to submit to Episcopacy as a
divine appointment, as to observe the first day of the week, and therefore
do as much oblige me to declare in favor of Episcopacy in this country, as
for the Lord's day, supposing I were in a seventh day country.
"2. If this be therefore a Divine or at least Apostolical institution,
(as I am fully persuaded it is,) fear of breaking peace should not shut up
my mout.h in a matter of so much consequence."
This is farther enforced under seven sub-divisions, and he concludes:
"These considerations all laid together, it seems to be my duty to venture
myself in the arms of Almighty Providence, and cross the ocean for the
sake of that excellent Church the Church of England, and God preserve
me, and if I err, God forgive me."
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parish were indebted to friends m New York, and
elsewhere.*
The missionary was soon forced to complain, and
continually for many years, of the persecution and
imprisonment of members of his :flock,t for their neglect
to pay taxes for Congregationalism. It was claimed
by churchmen that the charter forbade the colonists
doing any thing contrary to the laws of England, and
that it gave no authority to establish here a Form of
Religion in opposition to the Church of England, and
persecute those disliking that Form. Their claim,
however, was not heeded. By one of the laws, any
stranger coming into the place could be immediately
warned by the Authority to leave; this law was employed to prevent churchmen from settling here. In
one of his letters, Mr. Johnson speaks of having come
to the prison, and found it full of his parishioners, and
an insulting mob about them. The trials to which
they were subjected, caused some to move to New
* The next year [1724], we finu the wardens and vestry chosen from
Stratford, Fairfield, Newtown, and Ripton (now Huntington).
Their
names were as follows : Wardens-for
Stratford, Nehemiah Loring,
Thomas Salmon; for Fairfield, Dongal Mackenzie; for Newtown, John
Glover; for Ripton, Daniel Shelton, Charles Lane: Vestry-for Stratford, Wm. Jeanes, Jonathan Pitman, John Johnson, Richard Blacklatch,
William Smith, Samuel French, Samuel Watkins, Samuel Blagg, James
Laborie, Jun. ; for Fairfield, James Laborie, Sen., Benjamin Sturgis; for
Newtown, Samuel Beers, Robert Sealy; for Ripton, James Wacklee, Richard Blacklatcb, Nathaniel Cogswell.
t In answer to the petition of churchmen, an Act passed the General
Assembly in 1727, providing that the taxes collected for religion from
Episcopalians might be paid to their own ministers. Bnt the Act was rendered almost a nullity by the construction put upon it by the magistrates,
that none were to be regarded as Episcopalians who lived at the distance of more than a mile from the Episcopul clergyman.
2
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York. Otheri-, were deterred from joining the "sect
every where spoken against." But though the growth
of the Church was thus retarded, and the missionary
at times was quite discouraged, he was able to say in
1725, "a good opinion of her doctrine, government,
and liturgy gains greatly in the minds of people, and
especia11y those of .the soberer and better sort." And,
two years after, about fifty families, one seventh of the
population of the town (then ten miles square), were
regarded by him as belonging to the parish : besides
these, there were, he writes, " a considerable number
scattered in the neighboring towns, five, ten, twenty,
and thirty miles off." And in 1728, although a number of communicants had left to unite with the Church
at Fairfield, where Rev. Henry Caner had been appointed missionary, Mr. Johnson numbered eighty who
communed at Stratford from that and neighboring
towns,* and spoke of the church as "considerably fuller
than ever before."
As early as 1727, the missionary recommended a
Mr. Bennett, who had conformed to the Church, to
the Venerable Society, for an appointment as schoolmaster, adding that his parishioners had, amongst themselves, raised for him "nigh £30 per annum, equal to
* We have records of Mr. Johnson's administering baptism, during the
-first ten years of his ministry, at Fairfield, New London, Branford, Middletown, Milford, Stratfield, Norwalk, West Haven, New Haven, Newtown,
Derby, and Chestnut Ridge (now Reading), in Conn., at New Rochelle in
N. Y., at Smithtow ·n and Brookhaven, L. I., and Newport, R. I. In many of
these places he held service frequently. In Oct. 1730 1 be expresses bis
pleasure in having an influence in the College at New Haven, and "that a
love to the Church gains ground greatly in it." In 1731, be speaks of
having" labored much to promote the Church at Westerly, in Narragansett,
as I have occasionally passed that way."
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almost £10 sterling;" and in 1733 he acknowledges the·
gratitude of his people to the Bishop of London, for ·
"settling a school" in the place:"'
The press was from time to time employed by Mr.
Johnson in defence of that which be believed to be ·
truth. This year (1733), in reply to a ballad on the Church of England, by Rev. John Graham, a Presby- terian minister, he published "Plain Reasons for conforming to the Church;" and subsequently, two other ·
tracts in continuation of the discussion thus begun.
A few years later, the whole colony was thrown into
great agitation by the visits of Whitefield. Feuds and
divisions arose among the Congregationalists, and many
were led to seek for rest in the Episcopal Church. Mr.
Johnson, in one of his letters at this period, acknowledging the contributions made to the library by theVenerable Society, t adds, "many of the people are very
inquisitive after Christian knowledge." In 1738, it was
"voted that there be a weekly contribution to repair
the church." But so much did the Congregation increase;.
that their house of worship would not contain them, .
and measures were taken in 1743:j: to erect a new edi--
* In 1729 the Church Wardens were John Benjamin and John Kees ;;
in 1735, Samuel Fairchild and Wm. Beach.
t In "Abstract," &c. we read, "The Society allow ten pounds' worth
of books to each mission for a Library, and five pounds' worth of pious
small tracts to every new Missionary, to be distributed among his parish- ioners, and other parcels of books, as occasion requires."
t In October of this year, the University of Oxford conferred on Mr.
Johnson the honorary degree of D. D. On his visit to that ancient seat
of learning in 1723, when he received the degree of M. A., the diploma
given him used this expression; "Sperantes nempe, illius ministerio, aliam
et eandem, olim nascituram, Ecclesiam Anglicanam." To this, allusion ,
l'eems made in the diploma given at this time, which contained thCfle•
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flee. Seventv-six
names were subscribed to the follow.,
ing pledge: "We, being convinced that it is our duty
to contribute what we are able towards building a
church for the honor and glory of God in this town, to
be set apart for his worship and service according to
the most excellent method of the Church of England,
do hereby cheerfully and seriously devote to God the
following sums, .;:- * .;:-to be employed for the promoting of that pious undertaking."
About £1500
were at first subscribed, exclusive of the subscription
for a bell. To this sum, Mr. Wm. Beach, having at
first made the largest subscription (£250), afterwards
added £750. The other subscriptions ranged from £70
to ten shillings, all " in the old tenor.".;:.
The church was opened on the 8th of July, 1744,f
and a sermon was preached by the Rector from Psalm
xxvi : 8, on " The Great Duty of Loving and Delighting in the Public Worship of God." The sermon was
published, and to it were appended prayers for use in
the family and closet. The church then opened is that in
which we now worship.:): In a letter written by the
words: '' enthusiasticis dogmatibus strenue et feliciter conflictatus, Regiminis Episcopalis vindex acerrimus, demandatam curam prudenter adeo et
benevole, indefesse ita et potenter administravit, ut incredibili ecclesire
iincremento, summe sui expectationem sustinuerit plane et superaverit."
* The Building Committee consisted of Col. Edmond Lewis, Capt. Jas.
<LewiE,Mr. Ephraim Curtiss, Mr. Daniel Hawley, Mr. Joseph Browne, Mr .
.John Benjamin, Mr . .Ambrous Thompson, Capt. Gershom Edwards, Mr .
.J oser,h Lewis, Mr. Tho. Lattin; to whom were afterwards added Theo.
Nichols, Esq., and Mr. Wm. Lamson.
t On the same day is recorded the baptism of Ruth, daughter of .Abraham and Eunice Thompson, probably the first baptism in the new edifice.
t The dimensions are as follows :-Length, 60 feet; width, 45 feet and
. six inches; height to the roof, 24 feet; height of spire, 120 feet.
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Rector, the new church was spoken of as " finished in
a very neat and elegant manner, the architecture being
allowed in some things to exceed any thing before done
in New England.1' It was originally designed that on
one side of the chancel should be a library room, and
on the other side a vestry. The reading desk and
pulpit formerly stood far out towards the middle of the
church; and the seats were large, square pews, built by
those who occupied them. The bell was the gift of the
Rector, for which, as it would seem, he subscribed
£300. During the same year, he had the pleasure of
opening a new church at Ripton ( now Huntington), then
within the limits of this town and under his care, where
were about fifty church families. He gratefully acknowledges "a blessed spirit of peace and charity, and of
zeal and unanimity, happily prevailing among his
people."
The Venerable Society having made "the providing a parsonage house" by each parish, a co~dition of the continuance of their aid to old missionary
stations, a beginning was here made towards this desirable end in 1748, Mr. Birdsey leaving to the parish
twenty acres, about two miles distant from the centre
of the town.
On Easter Monday, 1751,* the parish " voted to
direct the Church Wardens to apply to the next Assembly, to be made a society with - parochial powers."
* The clock was placed in the tower on the erection of the church, or soon
after, for, in Feb. of this year, we find an agreement made with a certain
person to keep it in good repair for two years: "to have for his labour
£5 for each year, provided the clock goes well; if not, he is to have
nothing for his labour."
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During the following year, Dr. Johnson was urged
by the distinguished Benjamin Franklin, to accept the
presidency of the college which he was engaged in
founding in Philadelphia.
This he declined, but was
afterwards induced to take the Presidency of King's
(now Columbia) College, then just established in New
York, and with it, the position of an assistant minister
of Trinity Church in that city. He accordingly resigned this charge, and left Stratford on the 15th of
April, 1754, but seems to have performed occasional
services here until the arrival of another missionary.
He had ministered in this and neigh boring towns for
more than thirty years, and been privileged to see a
great change in the feeling entertained for the Church
of his affections. He had administered the rite of
baptism to nine hundred and thirteen children and
eighty-one adults, and admitted four hundred. and
forty-two to the Holy Communion:*
The precise
number of communicants at Stratford at this time
we are not told, but six years before, there were
reported in Stratford and Ripton, " about two hundred," of whom doubtless the greater part were in
this parish. The only minister in the State for some
years after his arrival, finding but one parish organized, and no church building completed, he was permitted to leave ten or eleven clergymen and twentyfive small churches. When he came, not one hundred
adults could be found in the State attached to the
* For the Indians and Negroes, Dr. J. always had "a catechetical lee ·
ture" during the summer months, and had among them a few communicants.
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Church. On his departure, their number was reckoned
by thousands.*
The principal causes of this increase were stated
by Dr. Johnson to be, (1.) immigration from Great Britain and Ireland; (2.) the reading of books setting forth
Church principles; (3.) the wild enthusiasm, at first encouraged by the Congregationalists, arising from "Mr.
Whitefield's rambling once and again through the
country, followed by a great many strolling teachers,
who propagated so many wild and horrid notions of
God and the Gospel, that a multitude of people were
so bewildered, that they could find no rest to the sole
of their foot till they retired into the Church, as their
only ark of safety."
Dr. Johnson had always been fond of a country life,
he was in easy circumstances, had lived happily with
his people, and nothing, he declares, "could have reconciled him " to leaving them, " but strong hopes of
being more extensively useful to mankind." t
The same year that he left (1754), Rev. Edward
Winslow, having arrived from England with an appointment from the Venerable Society, took charge
of the parish. God's blessing continued to rest upon
it. In 17 56, a committeet were appointed "to treat
for the purchase of a glebe," and " for the sale of the
Church lands ; " and, the next year, Theophilus Nichols
and Joseph Wooster, Esqrs., were empowered to give
* Twelve years before this date, Dr. J. estimated the number, as "considerably more than two thousand, and at least five or six thousand, young
and old," and "daily very much increasing."
t Autobiography.
t Viz., Edmond Lewis, Theophilus Nichols, Gershom Edwards, Elnathan Peet, arid David Brooks.
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a deed for certain lands sold. It seems probable that
a residence for the clergyman was procured at this
time, on the site now occupied, but we have no farther
allusion to the matter until July, 1763, when ]\fr.
Winslow mentions, "we are provided with a decent
house, with two acres of land adjoining, and about as
much at a little distance." At a parish meeting in
the year 1757,* it was "voted that the Church should
oe pewed throughout with long pews," and twelve new
pews were accordingly built. In 1760, a third Church
was erected within the limits of the town, at North
Stratford (now Tashua), and the care of that, as well
as the congregation at Ripton, devolved upon the Rev.
Christopher Newton. In a letter written in 1762, Mr.
Winslow speaks of his congregation, as composed principally of persons of middle age, " the younger wanting more room to spread and improve their husbandry."
He bears testimony to his parishioners, as " in general
careful to support the reputation of their profession,
and to reap the benefit of the means and advantages
they enjoy to grow in grace and in the knowledge of
our Lord and Saviour," '' attached to the communion
of the Church from solid principles, and from a proper
sense of the happy tendency of the means therein afforded for all needful improvement in Christian knowledge and practice, careful to preserve harmony among
themselves, and peace and charity with their brethren
of the other persuasion." But, the next year, he was
forced to write, "never did a malignant spirit of
* This year, John Benjamin, Jr. was appointed organist. According
to tradition, the organ was sent from England, but the precise time is not
known.
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opposition to the Church rage with greater vehemence
than of late."
On account of advantages for his large family, Mr.
vVinslow deemed it best soon after to accept the mission at Braintree, Mass., and relinquished the charge
of this parish on Easter Sunday, April 22, 1764. He
had the satisfaction of feeling, that he left "with the
general affection of the people," and that he gave up
the Church " with some substantial additions to its
strength." During the ten years of his connection with
it, he administered the rite of baptism to one hundred
and ninety-nine, of whom the greater part were in
Stratford, but some in Norwalk, Woodbury, Wallingford, Milford, and Saybrook, in this State, and Rye,
N. Y. During the same period, one hundred and three
names were added to the list of communicants.
A
year or two before leaving, he reported the number of
heads of families belonging to the Church, in that Society
of the town witµ which he was connected, as about eighty,
which he estimates to be "perhaps half the nlli11ber of
Congregationalists."
He gives the number of communicants at the same time, as "more · than one hundred and fifty," and adds that he had •' usually between
ninety and one hundred at the stated monthly celebration of the Holy Sacrament." It was said of Mr.
Winslow by Dr. J ohnson,-x•"he excels all the clergy
of the colony as a preacher, and is behind none of
them in discretion and good conduct ; " and in a letter
to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. J. recommended
him as a most suitable person for Commissary.f
* In 1760.
t Mr. Winslow came toNewYorkduring
of St. George's Chapel.
the Revolution, and had charge
He. died in that city from an attack of paralysis.
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The year before Mr. Winslow left, Dr. Johnson had
resigned the Presidency of the College in New York,
and returned to his old home in Stratford. He asked
of the Society to be reappointed to this mission, expressing his desire, "so long as he should be able, to be
yet further useful." The parish considered themselves
happy in again obtaining his services. At the age of
nearly three score and ten, he applied himself diligently to his duties, and found himself, he writes, " as able
to discharge them, through God's assistance, as he had
been twenty or thirty years before."*
In a communication to the Society in September of
this year (1764), he reports "about one hundred families, and one hundred and forty actual communicants,"
and accounts for the numbers not being larger, while
additions are being continually made, from the diminution by death, and by frequent migrations "from the
sea coast to the inland parts, where land is much
cheaper ; " " had all that conformed to the Church, with
their descendants, continued here hitherto," he adds,
"instead of one hundred, I believe at this time there
would have been three hundred families."
The next year we have a proposal illustrating the
benevolent and self-sacrificing disposition of the venerable missionary. He proposes to the parish not to
take any of the " money rates" to himself, but, "after
crossing out the names of such as are subjects of charity," to have the sums collected from others, and placed
at interest for the purpose of establishing a fund towards the support of his successor.
* Autobiography.
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In October, 1766, a convention of twelve clergymen from Connecticut and New York, of which Dr.
Johnson was president, was held here. Their deliberations had special reference to the sad condition of the
Church deprived of Bishops, and to the disastrous consequences, which, it was feared, must ensue. The dilatoriness on the part of the English Government in this
matter,* the fewness of the clergy for the work, and
* This deprivation of the Church of her chief ministers was not without continued protest on the part of those most interested in her prosperity. Many were the appeals sent from this country to the authorities
in England. Bishops there urged upon the Government the importance
of granting the requisite permission for consecration. The Venerable Society exerted themselves for the accomplishment of the same end. Sums
were bequeathed by the pious for the endowment of bishoprics. More
than once, the way seemed prepared for speedy action. But a change in
the Ministry, the death of the Sovereign, the idea that a bishop must have
temporal power, indifference on the part of very many in England, remonstrances from Congregationalists and Presbyterians in this country,
and, in later times, the suspicions of some Churchmen that the episcopal
office would be employed to aid English oppression-these
causes, operating at different periods, caused the continued neglect. It was a grievous
neglect for the Church. It was well said by the Venerable Society,
in one of their applications to the Crown, that the office was "very useful
and necessary, for establishing the Gospel, for the due exercise of ecclesiastical discipline, for ordaining men well qualified and willing to take upon
them episcopal ordination, for confirming persons baptized, and promoting
of piety, duty, peace, and unity, as well among the clergy as laity." From
want of Episcopal supervision, disorders arose in many places. Very
many were hindered from entering the ministry. The expense of the
voyage was not less than £100. At the time of the convention in Stratford (1766), about one-fifth of those who had gone for Orders had died on
the journey. The parish of Hebron, in this State, sent over, at their own
expense, one candidate after another, but not until a lapse of nearly twenty
years, and three had died away from _home, did they succeed in obtaining
a clergyman.
The missionaries at Stratford, from the days of Muirson, were faithful
in their appeals for the remedying of this evil. The long delay, however,
it is pleasing to thi~k, resulted, in the providence of God, in onr obtaining
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the fact that the Venerable Society declined making
any more missions in New England, caused Dr. Johnson much sorrow and anxiety, so that in June of
the next year he writes, " every thing now looks so
dark and discouraging here to the Church, that, after
forty -five years' labor to promote it, in which, thank
God, I have seen it much to flourish, I fear what little
\ime may yet remain, I must live to see it decline and
/
decay."
The venerable missionary was now at times confined
to the house by lameness, and therefore obtained the
assistance of Mr. John Tyler, then a candidate for
orders,·lf who read service and a sermon, when necessary;
and in Jan., 1768, the parish called Rev. Ebenezer
Kneeland to be an assistant to their rector.
Two years later, we find the aged and faithful servant of Christ engaged in an additional effort for the
promotion of God's glory, expressing his design to
make Stratford "a resort for young students in divinity,
to prepare them for Holy Orders." "Before they go,"
he continues, "if not graduated otherwise, I would procure them the degree of M. A., at the College of New
York. I have several times directed one or more, and
have now four here." t This Theological School he
expresses his intention of continuing during his life,
with the assistance of Mr. Kneeland, who, he adds, "is
very well qualified to continue it when I am gone." In
bishops entirely independent of any connection with the State, which
It is pleasing also to
might not have been the case before the Revolution.
note, that no more can the charge of neglect in this matter be laid upon
England, her colonial bishoprics now numbering t,venty-nine, of which
all but two have been established and endowed within the last fifty years,
* Afterwards, for fifty-four years, Rector of Christ Church, N orwicb.
t Viz., Messrs. Marshall, Tingley, Perry, and Jones.
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this connection, he gratefully acknowledges the receipt
of Mr. Somaster's library, a collection of volumes,
which, having been given to the Society for use at some
missionary station, had been sent here.
It was not permitted to Dr. Johnson to continue
for a long period this labor of love, for which he
was so admirably fitted. On the 6th of January,
the Festival of the Epiphany, 1772, "he conversed,"
we are told, "with his family, on the subject of his
death, with the greatest cheerfulness and serenity."
Among other things, he said, that "although he seemed
to be but little indisposed, yet he found his strength
failing him, that he must soon leave them, but he was
going home." He expressed his wish that his death
might resemble that of his loved and esteemed friend
Bishop Berkeley. His desire was granted. Very soon
after this conversation, like the good Bishop, " he instantaneously expired in his chair, without the least
struggle or groan."* Two days after, his funeral was
attended, all the clergy from the neighboring towns
being present. A sermon was preached by the Rev.
Jeremiah Leaming of Norwalk, and his remains were
placed in the church-yard,f where they await the re-
* Chandler's
Life, p. 125.
t The monument erected to his memory bears this inscription, prepared
by Rev. Myles Cooper, D. D., his successor in the presidency of the college •
in New York:
SAMUELIS
~-~JOHNSON,
D.D.,
COLLEGII
ET
REGALIS, NOVI EBORAOI,
PR.a!SIDIS PRIMI,
HU.TUB
ECCLESIAE
NUPER
RECTORIS,
NATUS DIE 14TO OCTOB. 1696,
OBIIT 61'0 JAN. 1772.
If decent dignity, and modest mien,
The cheerful heart, and countenance serene;
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surrection of the just. Rev. Jobn Beach of Newtown,
one of his most valued friends, had been requested to
preach on this occasion, but, being unable on account
of sickness, the sermon* prepared by him was shortly
after delivered here, and published at the request of
those who heard it.
:F'ew words need be added to what has been said
of Dr. Johnson, who has been justly denominated "the
Father of Episcopacy in Connecticut."t
" He was remarkable for a very uniform and placid temper, and
great benignity of disposition, which was displayed in
habitual beneficence and hospitality."+
He was a diligent student through life, a good classical scholar, passionately fond of the Hebrew language, and possessing
a mind richly stored with general knowledge.
He was
an ardent seeker for truth, ever willing to re-examine
any position which he had taken. His sermons were
If pure religion, and unsullied truth,
His age's solace, and his search in youth ;
If piety, in all the paths he trod,
Still rising vig'rous to his Lord and God;
If charity, through all the race he ran,
Still wishing well, and doing good to man;
If learning, free from pedantry and pride,If faith and virtue, walking side by side ;
If well to mark his being's aim and end,To shine, through life, a husband, father, friend;
If these ambition in thy soul can raise,
Excite thy reverence, or demand thy praise;
Reader, ere yet thou quit this earthly scene,
Revere his name, and be what he has been.
* Text, 2 Oor., iv. 18.
t His life has been published,
MYLES
COOPER.
prepared by Dr. Chandler, principally
from an autobiography.
t Hon. G. C. Verplanck, in Hist. of Trinity Church, N. Y., p. 116.
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composed with care, and the duties of the pastor to his
flock were faithfully discharged. His pen was often
employed to defend the Church, to which he was ardently attached, in works which were published. Mr.
Beach, in his funeral sermon, did not hesitate to speak
of him, as " the most excellent scholar, and the most
accomplished divine, that this colony ever had to glory
in." Many of the early clergy of Connecticut, educated in prejudice against the Episcopal Church, attached
themselves to it through his influence. "For near fifty
years," says his biographer, "there was not, I believe,
a single candidate for Holy Orders in the colony who
did not apply to him for bis advice and direction. To
those of them who needed pecuniary assistance for the
voyage to England, he gave generously and cheerfully."* The clergy in 1742 unanimously requested of the
Bishop of London that he might be appointed the
Bishop's Commissaryt in this colony. The Venerable
Society made mention of his death as " a public loss to
the Society and to the American Church." During
his ministry in this place, we have the record of 1,172
baptisms, and 473 persons admitted to the holy communion; the parish, whom he had so long and so faithfully served, might well regard their loss as '' irreparable." This diocese will never let his memory die,
and in this Church, his name should ever be held in
grateful and honorable remembrance.
By the "unanimous and earnest" desire of the parishioners, Mr. Kneeland, who had assisted Dr. Johnson
* Chandler's
Life, &c., p. 129.
The Commissary had power delegated from the Bishop to discipline,
and judge in Ecclesiastical matters.
t
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1
for the last four years of his ministry, was appointed
by the Society the missionary to the parish. Its limits
were now very much reduced from their original extent, being " bounded," wrote the wardens, "west by
Rev. Mr. Lamson's cure, which extends within three
miles of the church, on the north by Rev. Mr. Newton's, which extends within five miles of the church,
on the east by Stratford River, but one mile from the
church, and on the south by the sea, which is two
miles from the church, but habitable only one mile."
The wardens, in the same communication, speak of the
number attached to the church as being greater than
at any former period, but their ability to support a
clergyman less than fifteen years previous, from the
"decay of trade and failure of several of their principal members."*
In April, 177 5, we find that a committee was appointed to devise means for the payment of that due
on the glebe, and to superintend the repairs on the
church.
We come now to the troublous days of the Revolution. Many of the clergy felt obligated by their
vows to continue their allegiance to Great Britain, and
strong feeling against the Church was thereby created.
The vine which had taken deep root, and sent forth
vigorous branches, was broken and trodden down.
There is no record of the baptismal, or other offices
being performed here from the beginning of the Revolution till after the close ·of the war.t
But there
* On Easter Monday, April 20, 1772, it was "voted that the pew next
to the pulpit be given to Capt. Philip Nichols, be building the Christening
Pew."
t The last record is the Baptism of Asa, son of Thomas and Ann Cur-
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seems reason for supposing that the Churchmen of this
town were generally patriots.*
Mr. Kneeland is be_
lieved to have continued in charge of the parish until
his death, which occurred on the 17th of April, 1777.
But it is probable that services were interrupted during the last year of his life; for in October, 1776, Mr.
Inglis, of ·Trinity Church, N. Y., wrote that all the
Churches in Connecticut were closed, except that at
Newtown, where Mr. Beach still ministered.
Mr.
Kneeland is said to have been "a man of meek and
quiet spirit, a good scholar, and a very acceptable
preacher."t
The parish seems to have been destitute of clerical
services for some time after his death. In April, 1778,
the use of the glebe was granted to his widow until
the appointment of another incumbent to the parish.
In September of the same year, an agreement was
made with Mr. Henry Van Dyke, who was ordained
some years after, that he should perform divine service.
tiss, on the 3d of February, 1776. He, having faithfully served God in his
generation, and having been a Warden of Christ Church for nearly thirty
years, was buried by the present Rector on the 13th of Feb., 1850.
* Such was the spirit displayed, that, as early as 1774, not a man in_
the town was "ready to dissent from the revolutionary measures recommended by the Continental Congress, and the movements, in various
places, expressive of sympathy for those who suffered from such oppressive
acts as the Boston Port Bill." Among the churchmen active in the cause .
of their country may be named Nehemiah Beardsley, a Colonel of Troops
raised in Conn. Many are known to have received pensions for their services in the war.
t Mr. Kneeland was of Congregational parents. He graduated at Yale
in 1761, and went to England for Orders in 1765. Before coming to Stratford, he served as Chaplain in the British army. He married Charity, eldest daughter of Dr. Johnson. He left no children. His remains were interred in the Churchyard at Stratford.
For that said of his character in
the Sermon, and some of the statistics in this note, I am indebted to Rev.
Dr. Chapin, who refers to the Fowler MSS. as his authority.
3
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1
for the last four years of his ministry, was appointed
by the Society the missionary to the parish. Its limits
were now very much reduced from their original extent, being " bounded," wrote the wardens, "west by
Rev. l\Ir. Lamson's cure, which extends within three
miles of the church, on the north by Rev. Mr. Newton's, which extends within five miles of the church,
on the east by Stratford River, but one mile from the
church, and on the south by the sea, which is two
miles from the church, but habitable only one mile."
The wardens, in the same communication, speak of the
number attached to the church as being greater than
at any former period, but their ability to support a
clergyman less than fifteen years previous, from the
"decay of trade and failure of several of their principal members."*
In April, 177 5, we find that a committee wa..c:;
appointed to devise means for the payment of that due
on the glebe, and to superintend the repairs on the
church.
We come now to the troublous days of the Revolution. Many of the clergy felt obligated by their
vows to continue their allegiance to Great Britain, and
strong feeling against the Church was thereby created.
The vine which had taken deep root, and sent forth
vigorous branches, was broken and trodden down.
There is no record of the baptismal, or other offices
being performed here from the beginning of the RevoBut there
lution till after the close ·of the war.t
* On Easter Monday, April 20, 1772, it was "votecl that the pew next
to the pulpit be given to Capt. Philip Nichols, be building the Christening
Pew."
t The last record is the Baptism of Asa, son of Thomas ancl Ann Cur-
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seems reason for supposing that the Churchmen of this
town were generally patriots.*
Mr. Kneeland is be.
lieved to have continued in charge of the parish until
his death, which occurred on the 17th of April, 1777.
But it is probable that services were interrupted during the last year of his life; for in October, 1776, Mr.
Inglis, of · Trinity Church, N. Y., wrote that all the
Churches in Connecticut were closed, except that at
Newtown, where Mr. Beach still ministered.
Mr.
Kneeland is said to have been "a man of meek and
quiet spirit, a good scholar, and a very acceptable
preacher."t
The parish seems to have been destitute of clerical
services for some time after his death. In April, 1778,
the use of the glebe was granted to his widow until
the appointment of another incumbent to the parish.
In Sep ternber of the same year, an agreement was
made with Mr. Henry Van Dyke, who was ordained
some years after, that he should perform divine service.
tiss, on the 3d of February, 1776. He, having faithfully served God in his
generation, and having been a Warden of Christ Church for nearly thirty
years, was buried by the present Rector on the 13th of Feb., 1850.
* Such was the spirit displayed, that, as early as 1774, not a man in_
the town was "ready to dissent from the revolutionary measures recommended by the Continental Congress, and the movements, in various
places, expressive of sympathy for those who suffered from such oppressive
acts as the Boston Port Bill." Among the churchmen active in the cause .
of their country may be named Nehemiah Beardsley, a Colonel of Troops
raised in Conn. Many are known to have received pensions for their services in the war.
t Mr. Kneeland was of Congregational parents. He graduated at Yale
in 1761, and went to England for Orders in 1765. Before coming to Stratford, he served as Chaplain in the British army. He married Charity, eldest daughter of Dr. Johnson. He left no children. His remains were interred in the Churchyard at Stratford.
For that said of his character in
the Sermon, and some of the statistics in this note, I am indebted to Rev.
Dr. Chapin, who refers to the Fowler MSS. as his authority.
3
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On the 27th of March, 1780, the wardens were authorized to engage the Rev. John R. Marshall of
Woodbury, to officiate here every third Sunday, until
the parish was otherwise provided for, and, the next
year, authority was also given them to obtain his services
for such time as could be agreed upon. At the succeeding annual meeting ( on Easter Monday, April 1,
1782), the wardens were instructed "to agree with a
clergyman for the present year," but we have no record
as to the result of their action.
In 1783, the Independence of the United States was
acknowledged by Great Britain, and with this ended
the aid extended to the parish by the Society in England, it being deemed incompatible with their charter
to carry on missionary operations beyond the dominions
of the British crown.* To that Society, we, my brethren, in common with many parishes, owe a deep debt
of gratitude; for to it, under God, is this Church indebted for its" first foundation, and a long continuance
of nursing care and protection."
The Parish was now thrown entirely upon its own
resources, and, notwithstanding the trials of the previous ten years, and the injury which it must have
received, it soon gave proofs of life and vigor. On the
18th of April, 1784, Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, D. D.,
* The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was
organiz ed in 1701. That year its income amounted to about $7,700. In
1782, the last year- that aid was extended to the Church in the United
States, its receipts were about $25,000. It is still vigorously prosecuting
its good work, its income last year being nearly $712,000. From its
•'first beginning in New England, it has extended its operations into all
parts of the world, from the Ganges to Lake Huron and from New Zealand to Labrador."
�35
was called to the Rectorship, and immediately entered'.
on h•foties.
On the 4th of July of the next year, a
committee was appointed to confer with Mr. Solomon
Curtis, and, if practicable, purchase of him the lot adjoining the glebe, using for payment certain money in ·
the hands of the Uhurch officers.* Aud in July, 17867
a subscription was opened for repairing the Church,
the work being done during the next year.
That for which many had been earnestly laboring
for a long period, the consecration of a bishop who,
might perform episcopal duties in the State, had been
at last effected, the Rev. Samuel Seabury, D. D., being ·
consecrated to that office by Dr. Kilgour and other ·
bishops of the Scottish Church, at Aberdeen, on the ·
14th of November, 1784; and in the year 1786,.
a collection was here made towards his support.
An aged communicantt of the parish who received
the statement from members of the family of a formergeneration, informs me that Bishop Seabury's first
confirmation, and hence the first administration of"
the rite in America, was in this church in which weare now worshipping.
Dr. Leaming continued in charge of the parish until Easter, 1790, when, suffering from the infirmities of'
old age, he resigned the situation. During the six
years of his rectorship, the rite of baptism was administered to one hundred and fifty-four, and thirty-five* On the 26th of Feb., 1785, it was "voted that the church do now
qualify as a parish, according to the Laws of this State."
t Mrs. Susan Johnson. The first two persons confirmed are said to
have been Mrs. Anna Johnson wife of Wm. Sam. Johnson, LL. D., and the
Hon. S. W. Johnson. I have not been able to learn that Bishop Seabury
left any register that could be referred to as authority on this interesting
point.
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names were added to the list of communicants.
He
was highly esteemed and loved in this parish, and the
estimation in which he was held by his brethren of the
clergy is evident from the fact that he was their first
choice in 1783 as Bishop of the Diocese; but, declining
on account of bis infirmities, Dr. Seabury was elected.*
On Dr. Learning's resignation, the Rev. James
Sayre was called to the rectorship, and a committee was
appointed to ascertain whether the church at Milford
would "join thjs church under the same minister."
Mr. Sayre had been settled at Trinity Church, Newport, R. I., but was obliged to leave that place after an
open rupture with a majority of the congregation.t He
was eccentric in his character, and thought by some to
be at times deranged.
After a ministry of about two
_and a half years in this parish, he united himself with
rthe Congregationalists, or ( as some say) Methodists,
,on the ground of dissatisfaction wit~ the Prayer Book,
:.as it had been established in the General Convention
in 1789, and approved at a convocation of the clergy
* Jeremiah Leaming was born at Middletown, Conn., in 1717. He
graduated at Yale College in 1745, embraced Episcopacy immediately after,
and was ordained in 1748. He officiated at Newport, R. I eight years,
when he accepted a call to the Church at Norwalk, Ct., wher~
continued
twenty-one years. During the Revolution he suffered severely from both
the British and American parties. The Church at Norwalk, with many
other buildings, was burned in 1779 by the British troops under Gen. Tryon,
and Dr. Learning lost his furniture, books, all his papers, and even his
wearing apparel. From Norwalk he went to New York. "He was afterwards put in jail as a tory, and denied even the comforts of a bed. This
brought on a hip complaint, which made him a cripple for life." After the
close of the War, he was called to the church at Stratford. He died at
New Haven in Sept., 1804. He published a Defence of the Episcopal
Church, a Sermon on the Evidences of Christianity, and Dissertations on
various subjects. Updike's Narragansett, p. 267.
t Updike's Narragansett, p. 405.
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in this diocese in Sept., 1790, by the vote of every member except himself. During his ministry, sixty-nine
were baptized, and ten admitted to the Holy Commumon.
On the first of April, 1793, the Rev. Ashbel Baldwin, then of Litchfield, was called to the rectorship,
to officiate here for two thirds of the time. Mr. Baldwin accepted the call, devoting to the Church at
Tashua the remaining Sundays.
In 1795, the Convention of the Diocese met here,
attended by Bishop Seabury, nineteen clergymen, and
twenty-three lay delegates.*
t Under Mr. Baldwin's ministry the congregation
gradually increased, and in 1804, it was resolved "to
finish the unfinished pews in the church."
In 1808 the Convention of the diocese appointed
a committee to "inquire whether the library given by
Mr. Bomaster to the clergy of Connecticut, may, consistently with the terms of the donation, be deposited
in the library of the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire."
The committee reported at the next convention that
the library was " entirely at the direction of the
clergy," and it was then ordered that the books should
be collected and placed in the institution at Cheshire.
A few volumes, probably overlooked at the time, are
still found here.t
* It was the last convention over which Bishop Seabury presiaea, he
being called to bis reward on the 25th of Feb., in the following year.
t In 1794, a committee was appointed to settle with "the persons employed in covering the church;" in 1799, a subscription was ordered to be
circulated for means to " cover the north roof."
t By the kinaness of Mrs. Susan Johnson, several hundred volumes of
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At the same convention (A. D. 1809), Mr. Baldwin
reported the number of families belonging to the
parish as eighty, and sixty enrolled as communicants.
This is the first record that we have, after the Revolution, of the number connected with the parish, and
shows that it had by no means attained to the strength
which it enjoyed before that period.
Four years after, the Convention again assembled
here. Bishop Jarvis had been called away by death
during the previous month. Twenty-nine clergymen,
and an equal number of lay delegates, attended the
Convention. On the assessments for a Bishop's Fund
made this year, this Parish paid $288 of the $300 for
which it was assessed.*
For some years efforts were used to obtain Mr. Baldwin's release from the Parish at Tashua, and his undivided attention to the Church in this place, but without
success until 1815.t During the following year there
was a large increase in the number of families and communicants, many from the Congregational Society then
connecting themselves with the Parish. Mr. Bald win
reported to the Convention in 1816 an addition of forty
communicants. Two years after, the seats in the body
of the church were narrowed, and some new ones made
on the room thereby gained.t
the Library of the Rev. Dr. Johnson have been for some years placed in
the Rectory for the use of the clergyman.
* Only one-fifth of the Parishes paid their full a~slissment.
t Mr. Baldwin, at different periods in his ministry, held occasional services in Milford.
t The glass chandelier hanging in the church was presented by Capt.
S. C. Nicoll in 1818.
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In 1821, the Parish at Tashua presented a request
that Mr. Baldwin might again officiate there for a third
of the time. It was acceded to by this Parish for that
year, but, at the ensuing Easter, they refused longer to
assent to it.
In 1822, the Diocesan Convention again met here.
Bishop Brownell presided, and twenty-seven clergymen
and thirty-eight lay delegates were present.
On the 19th of April, 1824, Mr. Baldwin presented
his resignation of the Parish, which was accepted during
the next month. He had been Rector for a period of
thirty-one years. During this time he admitted one
. hundred and thirty to the Holy Communion ..;:Mr. Bald win ever took an active part in the general
affairs of the Church. For a period of twenty-six years
he was Secretary of the Diocesan Convention, and being
again elected in 1822, he declined the office. For
fourteen years he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese. In 1801 he was appointed "Secretary and Chaplain" to the General Convention, and
at five Conventions he was elected Secretary, until
he refused longer to serve.
One of his cotemporariest has truly, I believe, characterized him as "a gentleman of strong mental powers,
of a lively and cheerful disposition, animated and eloquent in the pulpit, with a sonorous and distinct elocution, benevolent and humane, blending in his character
many excellencies in unison with lively and sarcastic
sallies of gay good humor and wit."
Of him, and
another+ who long ministered in the neighboring Par-
* No
t
t
record of his baptisms is found.
Rev. Isaac Jones, late of Litchfield.
The Rev. Philo Shelton.
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ishes of Bridgeport and Fairfield, our Senior Bishop
spoke in his address to the Convention in 1824, in
words, to the justice of which we can all, I am sure,
heartily respond:
"These clergymen were admitted
to their ministry at the first Episcopal Ordination ever
held in America. They have labored faithfully in the
Church in this Diocese during its darkest periods of
depression, and through the progressive stages of its
advancement they have taken an important part in its
councils. They have borne 'the heat and burden of
the day,' and are entitled to the gratitude of all those
who enjoy the fruits of their counsels and labors."*
The Rev. Edward Rutledge, of the Diocese of South
Carolina, succeeded Mr. Baldwin in the rectorship. He
also held services, from time to time, in Milford.· The
Church was prosperous under Mr. Rutledge's ministry.t
He was a practical and earnest writer, a graceful
speaker, and a devoted parish priest. He continued
in charge, universally esteemed and beloved, until the
spring of 1829, when he accepted a situation as professor
in the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia.t
* Mr. Baldwin was born in Litchfield, on the 7th of March, 1757. He
graduated at Yale College in 1776. During the Revolution he was active
in the cause of his country, holding an appointment as quartermaster. He
was ordained by Bishop Seabury to the diaconate at Middletown, August 3,
1785, and to the priesthood, in Trinity Church, New Haven, on the 18th
of September. On the 9th of that month, he became rector of St. Michael's
Church, Litchfield, where he continued till his removal to Stratford. After
his resignation of .this parish, he officiated in Tashua, Meriden, and Southington, Wallingford, Oxford, and North Haven, and was a resident in New
Haven, Stratford, Bridgeport, and, lastly, in Rochester, where he died on
Sunday, Feb. 8th, 1846, having attained to nearly 89 years of age.
t The record of baptisms and additions to the communion has not been
preserved.
t Edward Rutledge was born near Charleston, S. C., Nov. 16, 1798.
He was graduated at Yale College in 1817. In 1819 he was ordained
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We have now, beloved, reached that period when
the history of the parish is known to most of you more
accurately than it can be known by me. I shall, therefore, confine myself to a brief summary of such facts as
it may be desirable to record, premising that, in the
frequent changes in the rectorship to which the parish
has been subjected during the last twenty-five years,
the statistics presented often give b_ut a very imperfect
idea of the true work accomplished by the minister.*
For a short time after Mr. Rutledge's resignation,
the Rev. Ashbel Steele officiated in the church, but was
never elected rector.
The Rev. George C. Shephard, having been duly
called, entered upon his duties on the 1st of Nov.,
1829. During the next year a new rectory was built
upon the site of the former one, at an expense of about
$2,200. Of this sum, $650 was obtained by the sale of
landf belonging to the Church, and the remainder was
raised by subscription. In 1834, about $900 was ·ex-
deacon by Bishop Brownell, and, having married Augusta, daughter of
Nathaniel Shaler, Esq., of Middletown, Conn., he removed to South Carolina, and labored in St. Thomas and St. Denis parishes, in that diocese.
In 1821, he organized the Church at Springfield, Mass. In Nov., 1822, he
resumed the charge of St. Thomas and St. Denis, and was ordained priest by
Bishop Bowen, on the 17th of Dec., nt Shrewsbury Chapel, St. John's Parish,
S. C. From this place he removed to Stratford. In 1831, a bronchial
affection obliged him to relinquish his duties at the university, and he proceeded to Charleston, hoping that the genial air of the South would renovate his health. All efforts to avert the disease were in vain. He died at
Charleston, March 13th, 1832.
* The number of clergymen connected with the parish during the last
twenty-five years has been about the same as during the previous hundred.
t A part of this lay about the rectory, and the remainder at a short
distance.
I
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pended in repaumg and painting the church.* Mr.
Shephard's connection with the parish terminated at
Easter, 1839. During the nine and a half years of his
rectorship, one hundred and four children and eleven
adults received holy baptism, and seventy were confirmed by the Bishop. In addition to that expended
on the church and parsonage, there were contributed
for missionary and charitable purposes, exclusive of the
alms at communion, about $2,875.
The Rev. Edwin W. Wiltbank was elected to the rectorship on the 2d of June, in the year of Mr. Shephard's resignation, and continued in charge until the
fifth Sunday in Lent, 1842. Twenty children and
three adults were baptized by him, and nineteen were
presented for confirmation. The offerings, exclusive of
. the communion alms, amounted to about $420.
On the first of June, 1842, the parish called the
Rev. Alfred A. Miller to the vacant rectorship. Mr.
Miller's connection with the parish was short, he feeling
obliged, from the illness of a member of his family, to
remove to a warmer clime. During the year and a
half of his rectorship, the organ was so much improved
as to render it almost a new instrument, the old pulpit
and reading desk were removed, and those now used
placed in their present position. Five were baptized,
and sixteen received the rite of laying on of hands
from the Bishop of the diocese. Mr. Miller resigned
on the 28th of Nov., 1843.
He was succeeded by the Rev. John Morgan, who
commenced his duties in January of the following
* In 1835, the font now used in the church was presented by Miss
Frances Johnson.
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year. Mr. Morgan presented his resignation on the
3d of December, 1845, but continued to officiate until
the next spring. During his ministry, baptism was administered to thirty-three children and two adults, and
confirmation to ten persons.*
At Easter, 1846, Rev. Joseph Scott entered upon
the rectorship. On the 27th of August, 1849, he accepted a call to the Church at N augatuc, and resigned
his position here. Twenty-six children and one adult
received from him the rite of baptism, and four were
presented for confirmation. The church offerings, exclusive of the comm.unionalms, amounted to $605.
On the 28th of Oct., 1849, your present Rector
commenced his labors in this church as a Parish minister. On Tuesday, the 30th of April, in the following
year, I was here admitted to the order of priests by
Bishop Browne]]. In the spring of 1851, the large
square pews on each side of the church were changed
to afford increased accommodations. During my rectorship, forty-six children and fourteen adults have received baptism, and fifty-six have been confirmed by
the Bishop. The number of communicants is, at present, one hundred and fifty-five. The offerings of the
Church, including the communion alms, have amounted
to about $2,300. In addition to this, $500 have been
left for purposes connected with the Church of Christ,
by two communicants who have been taken from us.
My brethren, at the expiration of nearly one hundred and fifty years since the first service was held
* No rword has been preserved of the church offerings during Mr.
Miller's and Mr. Morgan's connection with the parish.
�. 44
here by the pious Muirson, we are privileged to join in
those prayers and praises that our fathers then united in.
But all else is changed, happily changed. In almost
every town where the early missionaries went sowing
the good seed, flourishing Churches are now found.
Like most of the Parishes in our old villages, this is
continually sending forth its sons to do a work for
Christ in other places; but some of these return, after
years of absence, to live again in the scenes of their
youth, and strengthen the old Church. Though the
limits of the Parish have been reduced, even within a
few years, it irsnow, by the blessing of God, stronger
than at any previous period in its history, united and
prosperous, and more pews are needed to accommodate
those who desire to worship with us.
The review which we have this day taken, suggests
to us, beloved, that we have reason to be thankful for
the days in which God has cast our lot. Prejudice is to
a great extent dissipated. Open persecution has ceased.
We have the privilege of worshipping God freely, according to the dictates of our conscience. We can hold
and inculcate those primitive and apostolic truths for
which our fathers suffered, while cultivating and maintaining "quietness, peace and love among all Christian
people."
We should be ever ready, dear brethren, to impart
to others the like aid and sympathy with that which was
so long extended to us. This is the appointed plan
in the Providence of God for advancing His kingdom
among men. The spirit of love influencing the followers of Christ, causes them to rejoice in aiding and
comforting the weak, seeking, with the help of God, to
build up all in the most holy faith.
�Lastly, let us, putting our trust in the Lord, be
"strong and of good courage." His loving care and defence in the past are a pledge for the future, if we are
but faithful in our allegiance to Hirn. If at any time
there come dark and gloomy days for the Church, let
us look up to our God for guidance and help. Remembering where our true strength lies, let our prayer be
fervent and constant,-" THE LORDOURGoD BE WITH
US 1 .AS HE W.A.S WITHOURFATHERS."
0 ALMIGHTY GoD, who hast built thy Church upon the
foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner-Stone ; Grant that, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, all Christians may be so joined together in unity of spirit, and in the bond of peace, that they
may be an holy temple acceptable unto thee. And especially
to this Congregation give the abundance of thy grace; that
with one heart they may desire the prosperity of thy holy
Apostolic Church, and with one mouth may profess the faith
once delivered to the Saints. Defend them from the sins of
· heresy and schism : let not the foot of pride come nigh to
hurt them, nor the hand of the ungodly to cast them down.
And grant that the course of this world may be so peaceably
ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully
serve thee in all godly quietness; that so they may walk in
the ways of truth and peace, and at last be numbered with
thy Saints in glory everlasting; through thy merits, 0 blessed
Jesus, thou gracious Bishop and Shepherd of our souls, who
art with the Father and the Holy Ghost one God, world without end. Amen.
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HISfORICAL
~·ocJE'(.
LIST OF CLERGYMEN
WHO
HAVE
HAD
CHARGE
OF
NAMES.
GEORGE MUIRSON, FRANCIS PHILIPS,
GEORGE PIGOT,
SAMUEL JOHNSON, D. D.,
EDW .ARD WINSLOW,
SAMUEL JOHNSON, D. D.,
EBENEZER KNEELAND,
JOHN R. MARSHALL, JEREMIAH LEAMING, D. D.,
JAMES SAYRE, ASHBEL BALDWIN, EDWARD RUTLEDGE, GEORGE C. SHEPHARD,
EDWIN W. WILTBANK,
ALFRED A. MILLER,
JOHN MORGAN, JOSEPH SCOTT,
JOHN .A. PAD DOCK,
TIME.
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1707-1708
1712-1713
1722-1723
1723-1754
1754-1764
1764-1772
1772-1777
1780-1782
1784-1790
1790-1792
1793-1824
1824-1829
1829-1839
1839-1842
1842-1843
1844-1846
1846-1849
1849-1855
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Rare Books
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Annual report of the activities of the First Church of Christ, New London, Conn. for the year 1890
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F104.N7 F57 1890
34023001505496
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31p. : 17 cm
Annual
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Congregational churches -- Connecticut -- New London
New London (Conn.) -- Church history
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This volume is the Annual Report for 1889 presented to the Annual Meeting of the Church in 1890. It contains various statistical information about church activities, as well as a listing of its members.
For historical information on the church, see "The Early History of the First church of Christ, New London, Conn." and "The later history of the First Church of Christ, New London, Conn." by Rev. S. Leroy Blake: <br /><a title="For historical information on the church, see "The Early History of the First church of Christ, New London, Conn." and "The later history of the First Church of Christ, New London, Conn." by Rev. S. Leroy Blake: https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryoffi00blak https://archive.org/details/laterhistoryoffi00blak" href="For%20historical%20information%20on%20the%20church,%20see%20">https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryoffi00blak </a><a title="For historical information on the church, see "The Early History of the First church of Christ, New London, Conn." and "The later history of the First Church of Christ, New London, Conn." by Rev. S. Leroy Blake: https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryoffi00blak https://archive.org/details/laterhistoryoffi00blak" href="For%20historical%20information%20on%20the%20church,%20see%20">https://archive.org/details/laterhistoryoffi00blak</a>
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New London, Conn. : Geo. E. Starr, 1890
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First Church of Christ (New London, Conn.)
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Connecticut Churches
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37d53c9c-6c64-467a-a7d9-7d413a8d8208
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Atlas do império do Brazil : os mapas de Cândido Mendes 1868 / Cândido Mendes
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G1775 .M4 2000
G1775 .M4 2000
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7 p., 24 maps, [5] folded : col. 42 x 20 cm
Subject
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Brazil -- Maps
Early maps -- Brazil
Abstract
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"Atlas of the Empire of Brazil"<br />
<p><strong>Cândido Mendes de Almeida</strong> (1818 – 1881) was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist and politician.</p>
<p>He was representative and senator of the Empire of Brazil (1871–1881). He was decorated with the Order of St. Gregory the Great and the Order of the Rose.[1]</p>
<p>The Universidade Cândido Mendes was named in his honor.</p>
<br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2ndido_Mendes_de_Almeida" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2ndido_Mendes_de_Almeida">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2ndido_Mendes_de_Almeida</a>
Scales differ,Provenance: Gift of Dr. James R. Roach
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Rio de Janeiro : Rainer, 2000
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Mendes, Cândido, 1818-1881
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Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas : explained for the lovers of the musical art / by Ernst von Elterlein translated from the German by Emily Hill, with a preface by Ernst Pauer
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b32721638
MT145.B42 G6
Description
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132 p. 20 cm
Subject
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano
Abstract
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3d ed
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his 32 piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. Although originally not intended to be a meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections of works in the history of music.<br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_sonatas_(Beethoven)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_sonatas_(Beethoven)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_sonatas_(Beethoven)<br /><br /></a>Ernst von Elterlein (born 1826) is the pen name of Ernst Gottschald, by profession a jurist, who wrote analyses of Beethovens piano works.
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London : W. Reeves, 1886
Creator
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Elterlein, Ernst von, 1826-
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Bicentennial sermon : preached before the First Congregational Church, August 24, 1904 by the Pastor Rev. Henry Tucker Arnold, together with the proceedings at the anniversary. / by Rev. Henry T. Arnold
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F104.P53 A76
34023001505900
Description
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30 p. 19 cm
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Witter, Henry M
Church buildings -- Connecticut -- Plainfield
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S.l. : s.n.,
Abstract
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The First Church of Christ of Plainfield was established in 1705. The Town of Quinebaug, now Plainfield, had already been incorporated in 1699, although it did not yet have an established church or meeting house. The first meeting house was begun in 1702 on Black Hill and took seven years to be finished. In 1720, the church was moved to a more central position on the turnpike and that structure lasted sixty years. In 1784, a new church, half a mile to the south, was completed, but was blown down in the September gale of 1815. A new and sturdier church, constructed of stone, was completed on the same spot in 1819 and continues today as the First Congregational Church of Plainfield.<br /><br />This volume contains a detailed history of the parish from its founding to 1904.<br /><br /><a title="http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=7352" href="http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=7352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=7352</a>
Contains Poem" by Henry M. Witter"
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Arnold, Henry T
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1905
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Bismarck and the origin of the German empire / by F.M. Powicke
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DD220 .P88 1914a
DD220 .P88 1914a
Description
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94 p. : ill
Subject
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Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1871-1888
Abstract
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From the Prefatory Note: "The formation of the German Empire was due to many causes...I have tried to show how the past history of Germany and the career of one of her greatest men may illustrate each other."<br /><br />Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke (16 June 1879 – 19 May 1963) was an English historian, whose primary interest was in medieval history. He was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, a professor at Belfast and Manchester, and from 1928 until his retirement Regius Professor at Oxford. He was knighted in 1946.<br /><br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._M._Powicke" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._M._Powicke">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._M._Powicke</a>
Includes bibliographical references and index,Photocopy. Charlestown, MA : Acme Bookbinding, 2002. 18 cm
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London : T.C. and E.C. Jack New York : Dodge, [1914?]
Creator
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Powicke, F. M. (Frederick Maurice), 1879-1963
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UUID
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Rare Books
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37d53c9c-6c64-467a-a7d9-7d413a8d8208
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Title
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British butterflies. By James Duncan
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QL555.G7 D8
QL555.G7 D8
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5 p. l., [17]-246 p., 1 l. front. (port.) 34 plates (part col.) 17 cm
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Butterflies -- Great Britain
Werner, Abraham Gottlob, 1749-1817
Abstract
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This volume is one of a series of books that were published as part of <em><strong>The Naturalist's Library</strong></em><strong>,</strong> an whose purpose was to make natural history available to all levels of Victorian society. The series was edited by Sir William Jardien, 7th Baronet of Applegirth (1800-1874).<br /><br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Jardine,_7th_Baronet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Jardine,_7th_Baronet">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Jardine,_7th_Baronet<br /><br /></a>This volume and several others in the series on insects were written by Scottish zoologist, James Duncan (1804-1861),<br /><br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Duncan_(zoologist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Duncan_(zoologist)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Duncan_(zoologist)<br /><br /><br /></a><br />The volume also includes a "memoir" about Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), a German Geologist who has been called the "Father of German Geology", and an account of the Wanerian Natural History Society (1808-1858), a learned society interested in the broad field of natural history.<br /><br /><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Gottlob_Werner" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Gottlob_Werner">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Gottlob_Werner\<br /><br /><br /></a>
<p><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernerian_Natural_History_Society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernerian_Natural_History_Society"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernerian_Natural_History_Society</a></p>
Added t.p., engraved,Reprint of his The natural history of British butterflies. 1835,Memoir of Werner", translation of the Éloge of Baron Cuvier: p. [17]-40"
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London, W.H. Allen, [18--]
Creator
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Duncan, James, 1804-1861
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1867.
l
1863.
Aiken, ·wm. A.,
Aiken, Eliza C. Mrs. f
1856.
Alcxander,l~lizabeth
Miss,1859.
Alexander,
nfary Miss,
1867 .
Albro, Mary E. ;i[rs.,
(Henry C.)
1859.
Allen, Alonzo N.,
Allen, .Jabez,
l
Allen, Sarah ~Irs., f
AJ1de1·son George
Andrew,
Delia :irr~.,
Andrew, Annie ~1iss,
Arnold, Julia M. Miss,
Arnold, Mary 0. Mrs:,
(wid. Clrnrles)
Baird. ,Tames ,V.,
1868.
Bacon, Amanda A. Mrs.,
(Henry A.)
1869.
Barstow, John P.,
l 1856.
T.nfrs., f 1851.
Barstow,Abigail
Barstow, Charles T.,
J 859.
Bachelder. Adeline "\V.:::ifrs.,
(John)
1865.
Bachelder,
Emma L. Miss, 1865.
Bachelder,
Hermann
L.,
1865.
Bachelder,
Charles V{.,
1865.
Bennett, Emily Mrs.,
1870.
Bell, Jackson,
1870.
Bell, Thomas,
l
J 870.
Bell, Jane Mrs.,)
1870.
Bell, William H.,
1869.
BilL Henry,
l
1855 .
1855.
Bill, Julia 0. Mrs., f
Bishop , Sherman B.,
l 1864.
Bishop, Ellen W. Mrs., f 1864.
Bishop, Nathan P.,
l 1868.
Bishop, Nancy D. J\.frs., f 1868.
Bishop, Barzillai,
1868.
Bishop, Nathan L.,
l 1869 .
Bishop, Julia E. Mrs., f
1870 .
Blackman,
Eliza A. Mrs., 184-7.
Blackman,AntoinetteMiss,
1859.
niackman,
Lucy .A. ~iss, 1859.
Blackman, Elizabeth Miss, 185!:J.
Blackman,
Marion Miss,
1865.
Blackman, Clarissa C. Miss, 1865.
Blackman,
Benjamin B.,
1859.
Blackstone,
Isabella F.
Mrs. (T. B .)
J 865.
Blackstone,
Emily Mrs.,
(Lorenzo)
l 858.
Blackstone,Hattic
B .Miss, 1865.
Blackstone,
Frances
E.
1\fiss,
1871.
Bliss, Harriet; Mrs.,
(Willard)
1867.
Bolles, Albert S.,
1866.
Boswell, Mary Miss,
1859 .
1865.
Bottom, Annie M. Miss,
Brainerd,
Betsey A. nfrs., 1862.
Brainerd,
Rosalia U.Miss, 1865.
Brakenridge,
Bradisih C., l J 865.
Brakenridge,
R.K Mrs., f 1865.
Branch, Lyman .l', ., •
J 865.
Brewer, Mary E. Miss,
1871.
Brown,· Jane A . M. Miss, J 854.
Brown, Lorenzo,
1865.
Browning,
Thomas,
1870.
Brnce, George IL,
1871.
Bruce, },fartha F. Miss,
1871.
Bnckingham,
vVilliam A ., 184 2.
Buckingham,
Israel J\.f., t J 843.
Buckingharn,.
L.A. Mrs ., \ 1843.
Burnett, Jane \V . l\frs.,
(J. G.)
1869.
Burnham,
Charles .A.,
l 866.
Bussey, James, Jr.,
l 1843.
Bussey, Phebe E. Mrs ., f 1865.
1
J 851l.
l 852.
1852.
1865.
1871.
lS"il.
l 870.
1854.
�I
'i
I
\
j
William W .,
l 1842.
Nancy 1L Mrs., \
1842.
Richard II.,
/ 1846 .
Caroline L. JI.Irs., f 1846.
.Tane 1L llfrs.,
(wid. Edwin)
1851.
Coit, Hattie S. J\Iiss;
1871.
Colton, Mary IL Mrs.,
(wid . Horace)
1842.
Cole, Il arriet ?ifiss,
1842.
Colburn, Richard,
/ 1859.
Colburn, Caroline l\Irs., f 1857.
Collin, Emily L., Mrs .,
(Charl es)
1856.
Oon,·erse_, Alonzo,
1862.
Congdon, Caroline Mrs.
(Gilbert L.)
1847.
Cook, Belsey Mrs.,
(wid. Cushing E.) 1850.
Coombs, Jane Miss,
1856.
Corbin, Jaue Miss,
1869.
Cox, George H ., }
1857.
~
1857.
Cox, Eliza l\Irn.
Cox, Emma T. Miss,
1857.
Orosgrove, Thomas,
·} 1857.
Orosgrove, Maria llfrs.,
1856.
Culler, Louisa G. Mrs.,
Outler, Charlotte A. Mrs., 1872.
(wid. Simou)
1859.
Culver, Ann llfrs. (G. A.) 1848.
1862.
Carr, Elizabeth .Mrs.,
Caulkin s, Eli za l\Irs.,
1848.
(John H.)
Carrier, Sarah W. Mrs.,
(Titus)
1842.
Carter, Sarah ?if. Mrs.,
(Charles W.)
1856.
Carroll, Ann Miss.
1865.
Caswell, James,
t 1859.
Caswell, l\Iargt.B.Mrs .,) 1859.
Uaulkins, Emma J. llfrs.,
(Samuel 0.)
1853.
Champlin, Louisa D. Mrs.,
(wid. Joseph)
1850.
Champlin, Happy 0. Miss,1864 . .
/ 1859.
Chapell, Nathan 0.,
Uhapell, llfary A. ?ifrs., f 1859.
Olrnpell, Raymond,
1865.
Chapman, Elizabeth llfiss, 1856.
Chapman, Mrs. Emily,
1871.
Chester, Lucy 0. hlrs.,
1864.
(Leonard H.)
1865 .
Chester, Carl,
Chesler, Esther H. Mrs.,
1866.
(wid. Ilardin)
Child, Alice H. Mrs.,
(wid. Asa)
1861.
Child, Alice H. Miss,
1861.
Child, Calvin G.,
1859.
Olark,llfary D.1frs .,(Ansel)l859.
Coffee, James,
} 1870.
187 0.
Coffee, Margaret :Mrs.,
Coit,
Coit,
Coit,
Coit,
Coit,
)
1851.
Davis, Jeremiah,
Davis, Ilarriet Mrs., ) 1851.
Davis, Emma Miss,
1866.
Dearden, W. 'l'.,
1869.
Dewing, Lottie M. Miss, 1865.
Dorrance, Mary T. :Mrs.
(wid. Francis A.) 1856.
~ 1865.
Douglas, Frank,
Douglas,Abby P. llfrs.,
1865.
Dowd, Maria llfrs.,(Heury)l864..
Dowd, Julia M. :Miss,
1865.
Dowd, Laura llfiss,
1868.
Dowd, Frederick 0.,
1868.
Dubu isson, Catharine Mrs.,
(G. W.)
1869.
Dubuisson, Mary F. Miss, l 869.
Dyer, Elijah,
} 1867.
Dyer, Abigail 0. Mrs.,
1863.
Dyer, Charles E.,
1860.
Dyer, Alice 0. l\Iiss,
1871.
Dodge, Harriot Mrs.,
(William)
1853.
Eaton, I,ydia llfrs.,
(wid. Wm. P.)
Elliott, William S.,
English, Katie E .. Miss,
184-6.
1867.
Fitch, Abbie 0. Mrs.,
Follet, George,
Force, Eilen llfrs,
(Albert N .)
Frazier, Elihu llL,
Frazier, Esther Mrs.,
Fuller, Avander,
Fuller, Henry A.,
Fuller, Augusta llfrs.,
1870.
1865.
1847.
Fargo, Jane 1L Mrs.,
(J.A.)
1857.
Ferris. Jnlia E. Miss,
1871.
Fillmore, Jared B.,
} 1865.
Fillmore,Sarah K.Mrs.,
1865.
Fillmore, Clarence J.,
1869.
} 1867.
Filson, Robert,
Filson, Maggie S.llfrs.,
1865.
Finley, Nancy :Miss,
1862.
}
}
1862.
1863.
1863.
1865.
1865.
1865.
�8
1842.
Othniel,
1
1842.
Eliza Mrs., 5
1843.
Oliver A.,
Emily 0. Mrs.,
(wid. Elihu)
1843.
Gallup, Emily 0. Miss,
1859.
Gallup, Alexis F.,
I 1853
Gallup, Elizabeth Mrs., l 1853.
Gallup, Sarah 0. Mrs.,
(wid.)
1859.
( 1865.
Gallup, William A.,
Gallup,Aug•JSta l-.f.Mrs., f 1865.
Gallup, Nelson,
1871.
Gallup, Emily E.,
1871.
Gardner, Louisa F. Mrs.,
(wid. Elisha H.)
1859.
Geer,George Washington, 1867.
Gilbert, Orrin,
1869.
Gager,
Gager,
Gager,
Gallup,
Hamilton, Jane Miss,
I
Hall, Amasa 0.,
Hall, Eliza W. Mrs., f
Harris, .Betsey H. Urs.,
(wid. Robert B.)
Hawes, William A.,
Hebard, Mary L. Miss,
Hebard, Mary A . Miss,
Hewett, Lydia E. Miss,
Hewett, Ann M. Miss,
Hewitt, Gilbert L.,
Higgins, Grace A. Mrs.,
(Worter 0.)
Hinckley, Eliza 0. Mrs.,
(J. G.)
Hinckley, Mary L. Miss,
Hinckley, Maria Mrs.
(Wm. H.)
Riuckley, Mary B Mrs.,
Holm, Louisa Mrs.,
(wid. Joseph)
Holyoke, Mary Mrs.,
(wid. Josiah)
1869.
1868.
1868.
1857.
]865.
1853.
1858.
1862.
l 861.
1865.
1869.
1858.
1856.
1868.
1871.
1842.
Gibbs, Edward N.,
~ 1865.
Gibbs, Samh B. Mrs.,
~ 1868.
Glendinning,Martha Mrs., 1869.
Goddard,Oatharine S.Mrs., 1871.
1871.
Goddard, RosP S. Miss,
Gould, Lyman,
I
1856.
Gould, Harriet Mrs, f
1856.
Gould, Hattie A. Miss,
1865.
Green, Mary S. Miss,
1S71.
Greene, William P., I
1850.
1850.
Greene, T D. Mrs., f
Greene, Augusta . B. Miss, 1871.
Greenman, Sarah L. Mrs., 1848.
Greenman, William M., l 865.
l 1843.
Griswold, Leander,
Griswold, Lydia Mrs., f 1842.
Griswold, Henry E.,
1853.
Hopley, Samuel Rev., )
Hopley, Uary B. Mrs ., f
Hovey, Emily W. Mrs.,
(E. F.)
Howard, Lucy, J\L Miss,
Howard, George F.,
l
Howard,George F. Mrs., f
Howard, George B.,
Howard, Edward,
Hunt, Elizabeth Miss,
Hunt, Mary J. Miss,
Huntington, Henry G., (
Huntington , S.R. Mrs., \
Hoyt, S. Elizabeth :Miss,
Huntington, Elizabeth R.
Mrs., (J. J\f.)
Huntington, Ella i\iiss,
Hutchison, · Wm. Rev., I
Hutchison, F. G. Mrs., f
Holmes, Henry,
l
Holmes, Frances J. Mrs., l
1867.
1863.
1860
1844
1869.
1862.
1868.
1868.
1859.
1859.
1864.
1864.
1868.
1856.
1869.
1868.
1868.
1869.
1869.
1847.
Jackson, Esther Miss,
1856.
Jackson, Julia Miss,
1856.
Jennings, William H., l 1865.
Jennings, Nancy Mrs., f 1864.
Jennings, J\Iary Ella J\fiss,1865.
Jewett, Frank F.,
1871.
Jillson, Lucy M. Miss,
1868.
Jillson, Seth,
}
Jillson, l,lizabeth Mrs.,
Jones, Gurdon A. Jr., }
Jones,Oaroline F. Mrs.,
Johnson, Susan M. Mrs.,
(Gilbert)
Johnson, Julia L. Mrs.,
(Henry)
1859.
1869.
1862.
1859.
1865.
1863.
�)
!)
( I Kane,
j \ Kane
I/
\
t
James H.,
I
Lucy M.B. Mrs., f
Kellogg, Fidelia B. Mrs.,
(wid. John A.)
Kellogg, Jolin 0.,
Kies, George A.,
1857.
1866.
1857.
1859.
18G7.
Ladd, l\foria )frs.,
(Albert W.)
1865.
'1 Lathrop, llarriet M. Miss, 1861.
I Learned, Rose J Mrs.,
(Edward II.)
1851.
\
Leavens, Frances J. )Irs.,
(wid. Jedediah)
1812.
Leavens, Maria Miss,
1856.
Leavens, Lucy G. 11,ss, 1859.
Leavens, Frank J.,
1866.
1
Lester, i\Iary .K l\frs.,
(wid. Walter)
1855.
Lester, Elizabeth W.Miss, 1850.
f'
Kies, George ·w..
Kies, Ellen C. 1irs., f
King, glizabeth l\Iiss,
Kiugsley, B~leazer.
I
Kingsley,L .~faria Mrs., f
Kingsley, Emily Miss,
Lester, Sarah K 1Iiss,
Lester, l\fory A. :Miss,
Lincoln, Elisha W.,
Lmcoln, Jaue l\Irs.,
·
Liunell, J. E.,
Linnell,Fanny A.Mrs.,
Linnell, Lizzie Miss,
Linnell, Edward P.,
Loomis, Mary K Mrs.,
(wid. Griswold)
Loomis, Dolly S. :Mrs.,
(wid. Amos)
Loomis, Emma S. 1liss,
1854.
1856.
1869.
1869.
1869.
1869.
1856.
lSMJ.
1871
1871.
1868.
1868.
1868.
1868.
1868.
1861.
1865.
Manning, Kancy )L Mrs.,
1846.
(W. D.)
)fartin, George H.,
1860.
)farLin, Estelle H. Miss, 1865.
George K.
1865.
.ilfarLi11,
.ilfattison, Albert H.,
t 1872.
Mattison, Annie R. Mrs., f 1872.
May, Gertrude R. Miss, 1842.
~. Meech, Sarah Miss,
1857.
)feeker, Cornelia H . .i\Iiss, l 871.
Meeker, Henrietta )fiss, 1870.
)[eeker, .ilfary A. Miss,
1870.
Merriman, Daniel Rev.,
1868.
Millard, William B ,
1865.
llicCurdy, Theodore F.,
1859.
McFarland, Angie Miss, 1867.
l\fcMurray, Janet Miss,
1859.
N cN elly, Susan },frs.,(wid.) 1865.
McNickle, Alexander,
/ 1856.
l\icNickle,Isabella Mrs., f 1856.
.ilfcNickle, Martha Miss, 1871.
l\fcNnlty, Martha C. Miss,1854.
Moore, Estelle C. Mrs.,
1865.
(George H.)
Moore, Harriet N. Mrs., 1868.
.ilfosmau, Saral1 rn.Mrs.,
(wid. E. P.)
1856.
Murdock, l\Iary R. Mrs., 1869.
Murdock, Jeannette Miss, 1869.
Murray, Ann i\liss,
1857.
Neff, Arabella Mrs.(wid.)
Nelson, Peter,
Nickerson, Joseph,
' Xiles, Hannah F. Miss,
Norton, Henry B.,
t
, Norton,Emeline F.Mrs., \
·i Norton, Emeline F. Miss,
Norton, Mary F. Miss,
1850.
1850.
1865.
1842.
1865.
1842.
1857.
1859.
1865.
Nortou, Ella .i\I. Miss,
Norton, 1fary E. Mrs.,
(wid. W. T.)
1856.
Norton, An_tseline P . .i\Iist,1865.
Noyes, Bridget P. Mrs.,
1847.
(George W.)
Noyes,Snsan Mrs.,(Wm.) 1865.
Osgood, Sak,me Mrs.,
(wid. A.)
Osgood, Jane E . .illiss,
1843.
1842.
Otis, David P.,
Otis, David P. Mrs.,
Otis, Annie 1L Miss,
18G2.
1862.
1865.
t
Pierce, George,
Pierce,Harriet N .Mrs., f
Pierce, Martha Mrs.,
(William B.)
Pitcher, Nancy A. Mrs.,
Platt, Charles B.,
(
Platt, Olive W. Mrs., \
1849.
I
Palmer, Harriet N. }frs.,
(Edwin)
Palmer, Mary J. Miss,
Palmer, Frank,
Palmer, Marietta M. Mrs
(Wm. S.)
Peterson, Ellen Miss,
1865.
1865.
1865.
,
1865.
1864.
1849.
1868.
1871.
]8b9.
1856.
�10
Park, Orrin K,
18fi5.
Parlin, Simon R.,
l 1856. Parlin,Melvina A.Mrs., f 1856 .
Pattison, Margaret Mrs., ] 859.
Pattison, Elizabeth Miss, 1867.
l 852.
Peck, Seth L.,
t
1869.
Peck, Ennice Mrs ., \
Phillips, Maria A. Mrs.,
1856.
(Thomas L.)
Ransom :Eunice Mrs.,
1864.
(wid. George)
1867.
Ranger, John,
] 865 .
Ranger, Anna T. Miss,
1865 .
Ransom, Henry A.,
1868 .
Raymond, Robert F.,
Ripley, Hannah G. Mrs.,
(wid. George B.)
1842.
Ripley, Hannah L. Miss, 1850.
l 846.
Ripley, Harriet Miss,
Ripley, Eiizabeth P. Miss, 1859.
Rix, Charles L.,
1856 .
Scarlet Caroline B. Miss, 185 7.
I 1860.
Schofield, Phineas,
Schofield,Happy R.Mrs., 11 86 0.
Schwerin, Max,
1871.
Selden, Joseph ,
l 1859.
Selden,Oaroline S.Mrs ., f 1859 .
Selden, Edward G.,
1865.
Selden , George L..
1865 .
Setchel, Mary A. Mrs .,
1863.
(Geo. 0.)
l 86 I.
Shepard, Charles,
l 131;9_
Short, Daniel,
Short, Fanny R. Mrs., \
1867.
]860.
Skinner, Lncy Miss,
Smith, George 0.,
1868.
Smith, Maria Miss,
1872.
Southard, Eugene,
1869.
Spaldiqg, Lavina 'l'. Mrs.,
(George H.)
1865.
Spaulding, Emma Mrs.,
(Wm.T.)
1856.
Stanton, Nathan,
1865.
'faylor, Robert,
l 1850.
Tay lor, Robert Mrs.,
f 1850 .
Thoma s, Geo. H.,
1871.
Thomp son, Mary Mrs.,
(wid. Burrill)
1842.
'l'homp son, Part l1ena Miss, 1842 .
1845.
Thompson, F.dward R.,
Throop , Lucretia D. Mrs.,
(wid. Wm . L.)
1852 .
Tompkins,Benjami u W:. / 1849.
'l'ompkin s,E liza A. Mrs., f 184-9.
Trncy, Lizz ie H . Mrs.,(S.D.)1865.
Pollard , Hiram,
1868.
Pollock , Charlotte B. Mrs.,1864 .
Powers, Jane H. Mrs.,
1867.
Prentice, Amos V{..
/ 1842 .
Prentice, H. E. Mr~., f 184 2.
Prei.tice, Lucy Mrs.,
(wid Amos)
1845.
Rix, Esther Mrs.,
1856.
(wid. Russell)
1865 .
Robbins, Zebulon R.,
Robinson, Ursula F. Mrs.,
(wid.)
1859 .
Rogers, E. IL Mrs.,
1851.
Rogers, Bradford H.,
l 1869.
Rog e rs,Jo se phine, Mrs ., \ 1869.
Rollins, Mary G. Mrs.,
1853.
I 1864.
Rood, George H.,
Rood, Frances A. Mrs., ) l 859.
Ruggles, Henry,
1859.
~ 1865.
Standish, John G.,
Standish, Fanny A. Mrs, 5 1865.
Standish, Julia M. Miss, 1867.
Starr, En nice Miss,
185 l.
Sterry, Lucy E. Mrs.,
1851.
(wid. James)
Stetson, Mary A. Mrs .,
J 8i35.
(wid . James R.)
l 1863.
Stevens, Heury E.,
Stevens, Nrwcy W .Mrs., f l8G3.
Storer, Egbert,
l 1869.
Storer, Julia . E. Mrs., f ) 869.
1859.
Stu rt evant, H. L . Miss,
St-urtevant, Albert P., l 1865.
Sturtevant, Wiza Mrs., f 1865.
Sturtevant, Franc~s A.
18 71.
Miss,
Swift, Josephine F. Mrs.,
(w ici. E. B.)
1869.
] 87(}.
Swindells, Sophia Miss,
1842 .
Sykes, Dorson E.,
Tracy, Mary,Ann Miss,
Tracy, Uriah
l
Tracy,l<'reelove E.Mrs., l
Tracy, L. H .,
I
Tracy, Eunice L. Mrs., f
Tracy, Mary · L. Miss,
Tracy, Charles,
Tracy, James .K,
~~e?dw~y,Fre~erickW.,
I
'I1e<1dway, S. 0. Mrs., \
Tubb s, Oliver H .,
l
'l'ulJbs, Henrietta Mrs ., \
1842·
1851 ·
] 85 1.
1864.
1864.
1864 .
1865.
1865.
1842.
1842.
1865.
1865.
�11
I
fp
/j
Vogel, Jane Mrs.,
I 87 l.
,'ogel, William,
1865.
Wade, Harriet Miss,
1865.
Wade, Fanuy E. Miss,
1859.
Ware. Emma C. Miss,
1856.
Webb, Mary E. Miss,
Welch, Ifarriet H. Mrs.,
1856.
(G.1L)
1870.
Wells, Francis S.,
1870
Wells, Sarah '1.'.Mrs.,
Whaley, Frances E. Mrs., 1871.
Whipple, Sally Mrs.,
1854..
(wid. Wm.)
1854.
Whipple, Sarah Miss,
1871.
White, IWiott R.,
Whiton, Loretta H .. Miss, 187 l.
Whittemore, Sarah C. .i\lrs.,
}
(B. B.)
Whittlesey, George W.,
1856.
1859.
I
1871.
Wightman, IWza J. Mrs.,
(George E.)
• 1863.
Willard, John,
} 1869.
Willard, A. K. Mrs.,
1869.
Williams, Mary Mrs.,
(Wm.)
1865.
Williams, S11san G. Mrs.,
(Wm.M.)
1865.
Williams, Sarah E. Mrs.,
(Jerome W.)
1857.
Williams, Lydia W. Miss, 1863.
·wmiams, ,Jerome F.,
} 1871.
Williams, Harriet Mrs., 1871.
Wilson, Carrie P. Miss,
1868.
1842.
Woodhull, E. B. Miss,
Wyman, Alfred E.,
l 865.
Total, 448.
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The Broadway Congregational Church of Norwich, Connecticut was established in 1842 as a new congragation formed from the Second Congregational Church of Norwich. This volume contains a catalog of its members for the years 1872 -1873.<br /><a title="The Broadway Congregational Church of Norwich, Connecticut was established in 1842 as a new congragation formed from the Second Congregational Church of Morwalk. This volume contains a history of the church, its articles of faith and an historical listing of ite membership from its founding to 1865. http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=629" href="The%20Broadway%20Congregational%20Church%20of%20Norwich,%20Connecticut%20was%20established%20in%201842%20as%20a%20new%20congragation%20formed%20from%20the%20Second%20Congregational%20Church%20of%20Morwalk.%20This%20volume%20contains%20a%20history%20of%20the%20church,%20its%20articles%20of%20faith%20and%20an%20historical%20listing%20of%20ite%20membership%20from%20its%20founding%20to%201865.%20%20http%3A//historicbuildingsct.com/?p=629">http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=629</a>
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Norwich, Conn. : Bulletin Co., 1872
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Broadway Congregational Church (Norwich, Conn.)
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Connecticut Churches
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