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SAINT MARK. 
 
HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 Saint Mark's <ri)urcl) 
 
 NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 
 
 AND OF ITS PREDECESSOR 
 
 WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN 
 
 FROM THE FIRST 
 
 Church of England Service in America 
 
 TO 
 
 NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN 
 By JAMES SHEPARD 
 
 NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 
 1907 
 
"How beautiful and holy, in all its perfectness of obligation, is the 
 spiritual connexion which subsists between a faithful minister of Christ, 
 and the flock which he is appointed to feed with the pure word of God." 
 
 Bishop Blomfield. 
 
 
 /ys 
 
 THE TUTTLE, MOEEHOUSE & TAYLOR COMPANY 
 
TO MY WIFE, 
 
 CELIA ADELAIDE CURTIS, 
 
 A DEVOTED AND USEFUL MEMBER OF 
 
 SAINT mark's, 
 
 THIS WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY 
 
 DEDICATED. 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 Page 
 
 List of Illustrations 7 
 
 Foreword 9 
 
 I. The Church in America. 
 
 History 15 
 
 II. The Church in Connecticut. 
 
 History 37 
 
 The Bishops of Connecticut: 
 
 Brief mention 105 
 
 Biographical Sketches: 
 
 Right Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D 106 
 
 Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, D.D 108 
 
 Right Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D no 
 
 Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D.D in 
 
 Right Rev. John Williams, D.D 112 
 
 Right Rev. Chauncey Bunce Brewster, D.D 114 
 
 Synopsis of Connecticut Laws relating to Ecclesiastical mat- 
 ters 1636-1821 116 
 
 III. The Church in Wethersfield and Berlin. 
 
 Christ Church : History 132 
 
 Ministers of Christ Church : 
 
 Brief mention 171 
 
 Biographical Sketches : 
 
 Rev. Seth Hart, M.D 172 
 
 Rev. James Kilbourne 182 
 
 Rev. Samuel Griswold 194 
 
 Rev. Roger Searle, A.M 202 
 
 Biographical notices, parishioners of Christ Church 219 
 
 Records of Christ Church 246 
 
 Local baptisms from register of Christ Church, Middletown, 
 
 Conn 271 
 
 IV. The Church in New Britain. 
 
 St. Mark's History 277 
 
 Ministers of St. Mark's : 
 
 Brief mention 427 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 Biographical Sketches : 
 
 Rev. N. S. Wheaton, D.D. 429 
 
 Rev. T. J. Davis 433 
 
 Rev. Z. H. Mansfield 436 
 
 Rev. J. M. Guion, S.T.D 437 
 
 Rev. C. R. Fisher, M.A 440 
 
 Rev. Abner Jackson, D.D., LL.D 443 
 
 Rev. Alexander Capron 447 
 
 Rev. F. T. Russell, M.A., S.T.D 449 
 
 Rev. L. B. Baldwin 452 
 
 Rev. J. C. Middleton, S.T.D 454 
 
 Rev. J. H. Drumm, M.D., D.D 458 
 
 Rev. W. E. Snowden 460 
 
 Rev. J. H. Rogers 462 
 
 Rev. James Stoddard 463 
 
 Rev. H. N. Wayne 466 
 
 Rev. H. I. Bodley 467 
 
 Table of Parish Officers 1836-1906 469 
 
 Baptisms 486 
 
 Confirmations 562 
 
 Communicants 578 
 
 Marriages , 591 
 
 Burials 621 
 
 Index of subjects 645 
 
 Index of persons 655 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 1 Portrait of St. Mark Frontispiece 
 
 2 Certificate by Bishop Seabury Facing page 37 
 
 3 Portrait of Bishop Seabury Facing page 106 
 
 4 Portrait of Bishop Jarvis Facing page 108 
 
 5 Portrait of Bishop Brownell Facing page iii 
 
 6 Portrait of Bishop Williams Facing page 112 
 
 7 Portrait of Bishop Brewster Facing page 114 
 
 8 Map showing the location of Christ Church Page 132 
 
 9 Distant view of New Britain from site of Christ Church, 
 
 Facing page 134 
 
 10 The Elizur Deming house, Newington Facing page 151 
 
 11 To the memor}' of Facing page 153 
 
 12 A window from Christ Church Page 163 
 
 13 Chalice used at Christ Church Facing page 164 
 
 14 Churchyard belonging to Christ Church Facing page 166 
 
 15 Portrait of Rev. Seth Hart Facing page 172 
 
 16 Portrait of Rev. James Kilbourne Facing page 182 
 
 17 Portrait of Rev. Samuel Griswold Facing page 194 
 
 18 Portrait of Rev. Roger Searle Facing page 202 
 
 19 Silhouette, Rev. Roger Searle Page 211 
 
 20 St. Mark's Church igo6 Facing page 277 
 
 21 Signatures on paper of organization Page 285 
 
 22 Seating plan of the church, 1837 Page 294 
 
 23 The Davis family Facing page 305 
 
 24 St. Mark's Church 1859 Facing page 346 
 
 25 St. Mark's chancel and choir Facing page 412 
 
 26 St. Mark's rectory Facing page 417 
 
 27 Parish house and library Facing page 419 
 
 28 Portrait of Rev. N. S. Wheaton, D.D Facing page 429 
 
 29 Portrait of Rev. T. J. Davis Facing page 433 
 
 30 Portrait of Rev. J. M. Guion, S.T.D Facing page 437 
 
 31 Portrait of Rev. C. R. Fisher, M. A Facing page 440 
 
 32 Portrait of Rev. Abner Jackson, D.D., LL.D Facing page 443 
 
 33 Portrait of Rev. Alexander Capron Facing page 447 
 
 34 Portrait of Rev. F. T. Russell, M.A., S.T.D Facing page 449 
 
 35 Portrait of Rev. L. B. Baldwin Facing page 452 
 
 36 Portrait of Rev. J. C. Middleton, S.T.D Facing page 454 
 
 37 Portrait of Rev. J. H. Druram, M.D., D.D Facing page 458 
 
 38 Portrait of Rev. W. E. Snowden Facing page 460 
 
 39 Portrait of Rev. J. H. Rogers Facing page 462 
 
 40 Portrait of Rev. James Stoddard Facing page 464 
 
 41 Portrait of Rev. H. N. Wayne Facing page 466 
 
 42 Portrait of Rev. H. T. Bodley Facing page 468 
 
FOREWORD 
 
 It gives me great satisfaction to introduce this book and its 
 author to various readers, because I can say things which ought 
 not to go unsaid and yet cannot be said by the author himself. 
 
 The writer of the ensuing pages is a Pilgrim of the Pilgrims 
 and approaches the records of the parish as a matter of local 
 history in which he has been long interested, and in connection 
 with which he has been well known. 
 
 But as he studied and followed facts to their sources, by sheer 
 force of the interest of the subject and connection of local 
 with larger fields, he was compelled to widen his scope and 
 plan to include the diocesan and the national Church. There 
 is a consequent freshness and vigor which are due to the point 
 of view, and to the novelty of the facts to the author's mind. 
 Matters not hitherto emphasized become salient points and 
 stand out vividly because they aroused peculiar interest in the 
 historian's thought. I venture to cite as examples, his mention 
 of the entire absence of Scripture readings in the public wor- 
 ship of the Standing Order, his consideration of the early 
 Connecticut laws, and the story of the Anti-Episcopal Con- 
 vention. 
 
 The author is an expert in patent causes and has developed 
 as such that genius for details without which no man can write 
 history, (and especially local history,) accurately. He has 
 during the last three years consumed numerous days, travelled 
 many miles, spent sundry dollars, perused almost endless 
 periodicals, ransacked various libraries, and consulted reliable 
 authorities in order to make this volume full and accurate. 
 Some may feel that there is an over-abundance of details, but 
 experience seems to prove that these are, in after years, the 
 most valuable and most sought after portions of such a record. 
 
 Mr. Shepard has done his work for the simple love of it, and 
 because he realizes the necessity of securing at once a correct 
 ensemble of facts which will soon cease to be procurable at all. 
 The living grandchildren of the men and women of 1798 and 
 the children of those of 1836 are very, very few. If the history 
 
X FOREWORD. 
 
 of Christ Church, Wethersfield and Berlin, and of St. Mark's 
 Church, New Britain, was to be written with authority, it must 
 not longer be deferred. 
 
 None can read the pages of this volume and fail to see that 
 the author is a man of peace. He has avoided the bringing 
 back afresh into the limelight or remembrance some sad and 
 sorry episode of the days gone by. Suffice it to say that it has 
 often been impossible for the parish priest with spiritual ideals 
 and sense of responsibility to God, to coordinate his policy and 
 preaching with the somewhat materialistic ideas of those ves- 
 trymen and laymen who hired the head of the morality depart- 
 ment of their establishment as cheaply as possible, and sought 
 to discharge him when they did not approve. The reader 
 must content himself to take the hint when an ironic twinkle in 
 the author's eye, or a pathetic quiver in his voice, bids one study 
 between the lines. 
 
 Only one impwrtant detail has absolutely eluded every effort 
 to run it down. No reason can be found for the adoption of 
 the name "St. Mark's." The old parish was Christ Church, 
 as is usual for the first parish in a given district. The old 
 parish being dead and the old church demolished, why was not 
 the new one called Christ Church too, as the lineal descendant 
 would naturally be? There is no allusion or hint, direct or 
 indirect, to lead to a satisfactory answer. Christ Church it 
 was of old, St. Mark's it now is, and that is all we know with 
 certainty. 
 
 Much valuable aid has been derived from the endorsements 
 on old sermons showing when and where they had been 
 preached. The sermons of Rev. Seth Hart were especially 
 valuable in this respect. Letters written by him to his wife, 
 who remained in Wallingford, Conn., while he journeyed to 
 Cleveland, Ohio, in 1797, were exceedingly quaint and inter- 
 esting. 
 
 These references will show how great are the obHgations 
 owed to the descendants and relatives of some of the chief 
 characters in this book. As Rector of the parish, I have been 
 delegated to make due acknowledgments in this place to all 
 such helpful and patient friends, and to every one who has in 
 any way assisted the author in his work. Special thanks are 
 due to the Rev. Samuel Hart, D.D., Vice-Dean of the Berkeley 
 
FOREWORD. xi 
 
 Divinity School, Middletown, Conn., and to the Rev. Joseph 
 Hooper, Rector of the Church of the Epiphany, Durham, Conn. 
 The undersigned has deemed it a privilege to read proof and to 
 do the chores. 
 
 Lastly, because most important of all, I wish to voice the 
 thanks of the Churchmen and women of New Britain for all 
 time, and of the present Rector and of all his predecessors, to 
 Mr. Shepard himself. If every copy of this edition is sold, the 
 proceeds will barely cover the cost of issuing it. There will 
 be no compensation for the devotion, and time, and toil, it has 
 cost the indefatigable worker who composed it. Our gratitude 
 is all we can offer for that, and we render it spontaneously and 
 abundantly to one who is too modest to appreciate how much 
 we owe him. 
 
 HARRY I. BODLEY, 
 
 Rector of St. Mark's Church. 
 
 New Britain, Conn. 
 Lent, 1907. 
 
 Special thanks are also due to the Rev. Harry I. Bodley for 
 his kind encouragement and advice ; for his appreciation of my 
 work; for listening always with interest to dry details of 
 newly discovered facts, and for the aid given me in various 
 ways from beginning to end, without which, the preparation of 
 this volume would have been a much greater task. 
 
 The Author. 
 
I. THE CHURCH IN AMERICA 
 
THE CHURCH IN AMERICA 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 Every English ship that came early to this continent or to 
 its borders had on board a Chaplain of the Church of England 
 whose duty it was to perform Divine Service daily, according 
 to the rules of that Church. Without doubt John Cabot in 
 1497 carried with him to America in his ship " The Matthew " 
 some minister of the Church of England. In 1498 a priest 
 going to New Foundland was granted a royal bounty. Early in 
 the sixteenth century, a canon of St. Paul's, London, was at St. 
 John's, New Foundland, for a while. But these were of the 
 unreformed Church. 
 
 In 1553 the explorers under Sir Hugh Willoughby had with 
 them Master Richard Stafford, Minister of their three ships. 
 This fleet was the first in America to have prayers and preach- 
 ing under the reformed Church of England. The Chaplain of 
 Frobisher's expedition performed Divine Service along the 
 shores of Maine and the Provinces in 1577. On May 31, 1578, 
 on the shores of Hudson's Bay, " Master Wolfall celebrated a 
 Communion upon land" for the Captain and others. This 
 worthy man was the first missionary priest of the Reformed 
 Church of England who ministered on American shores and the 
 ice fields of the North. 
 
 On June 21, 1579, the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, Chaplain to Sir 
 Francis Drake, landed where California now is and performed 
 religious services for six weeks. He was the first clergyman 
 who used the Book of Common Prayer in the territory now 
 embraced in the United States. 
 
 It was expressly stated in the first charter for an English 
 Colony in America, which was granted to Sir Humphrey Gilbert 
 in 1583, that the laws of the new settlement should not be 
 "against the true Christian faith or religion now professed in 
 
l6 THE CHURCH 
 
 the Church of England" and the first law enjoined on taking 
 possession of St. John's Harbor, New Foundland, was that the 
 Colony's religion should be "in public exercise according to the 
 Church of England." 
 
 In July, 1584, Raleigh's first expedition landed at Roanoke 
 Island, North Carolina, where Divine Service was then per- 
 formed. 
 
 Sir Thomas Hariot labored in Virginia, (now North Caro- 
 lina,) and records his use of the Prayer Book among "the poor 
 infidels" in 1585. He was one of the "first lay readers in the 
 American Church." The first baptisms in America occurred in 
 Raleigh's second colony, under Governor White. Manteo, an 
 Indian Chief, was baptized Aug. 13, 1587, at Roanoke Island, 
 N. C, and seven days later Virginia Dare was baptized, the first 
 white child born in America of English parents. In 1589, 
 Raleigh assigned his patent to a company of merchants and 
 gave them one hundred pounds sterling "in especial regard and 
 zeal of planting the Christian religion in those barbarous 
 countries." This donation was the first contribution directly 
 for missionary work in America. 
 
 In 1602 and 3, Gosnold and Pring commanded expeditions 
 which landed on the New England coast. (Cape Cod and 
 Martha's Vineyard.) They had as lay reader one William 
 Salterne, who was ordained shortly after his return to England. 
 He was the first to use the Book of Common Prayer in what 
 is now called New England. Bishop Perry says there is every 
 reason to believe that "the prayers and praises of the Leyden 
 settlers .... were anticipated by the forms of the Church 
 of England in the very locality where the Pilgrim fathers lived 
 and died." 
 
 In 1605, an expedition sailed from Bristol, Eng. under Cap- 
 tain Richard Weymouth, with the declared object of "promul- 
 gating of God's Holy Church by planting Christianity." They 
 sailed up the Penobscot and erected a cross near Belfast, Me. 
 The savages who attended their worship were much impressed. 
 Some of these savages were taken to England and educated. 
 
 The first service of a permanent Church in America was at 
 Jamestown, where the Virginia Colony landed. May 13, 1607, 
 with the Rev. Robert Hunt, M.A., as their Chaplain. A rustic 
 
IN AMERICA. 17 
 
 altar was erected and the Holy Communion celebrated for the 
 first time June 21, 1607. The Virginia charter provided "that 
 the true word and service of God be preached, planted, and 
 used, according to the rites and doctrine of the Church of 
 England." Virginia never intermitted. 
 
 The first clergyman to preach the Gospel in the English 
 tongue in New England was the Rev. Richard Seymour of the 
 Popham Colony, who preached at the mouth of the Kennebec 
 River, Maine, Aug. 9, 1607. The Indians who went to Eng- 
 land in 1605 returned with the Popham Colony and are thought 
 to have become missionaries among their fellow red men. 
 These Episcopal Indians afterwards rendered valuable service 
 to the Plymouth Pilgrims. The first church building in 
 America was erected by this Popham Colony in the fall of 
 1607, a little in advance of the erection of the church at James- 
 town, but the church in Maine was abandoned in 1608, when 
 the Colony returned to England. 
 
 The first marriage recorded in America took place at James- 
 town, Va., in 1608. 
 
 About 1610, a Church was organized at Hampton, Va., after 
 which we have no religious history until the landing of the 
 Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620. Shortly after their coming 
 the Rev. William Blackstone settled at Boston, Mass., and was 
 the first Church of England clergyman to settle within the 
 bounds of Massachusetts. Mather speaks of him as one of 
 the "Godly Episcopalians." 
 
 In 1623, the Rev. William Morrell came over with Robert 
 Gorges and a Colony was formed at Weymouth, Mass. He 
 was the authorized Ecclesiastical Commissioner, but he returned 
 to England in about a year. The first settlers in the New 
 Hampshire Colony, 1623, were Churchmen. 
 
 In 1629, two brothers, John and Samuel Brown, worshipped 
 with Prayer Books at their house in Salem, Mass., and were 
 joined by some of their neighbors. They were denounced as 
 ringleaders of a faction and sent back to England. Samuel 
 Marverick, a Churchman in Boston, was about this time sub- 
 jected to a number of persecutions. The same year, under the 
 authority of Virginia, William Clayborn established a trading 
 station on Kent Island, Maryland. The Rev. Richard James 
 
1 8 THE CHURCH 
 
 of the English Church was with him and was the first Christian 
 minister in Maryland. 
 
 In 1630, the Rev. William Blackstone of Boston sold his 
 farm and removed to Rhode Island, settling a few miles north 
 of Providence on the river which still bears his name. He 
 was the first white inhabitant of that state as well as the first 
 minister. 
 
 The charter of Maryland was granted June 30, 1632, to 
 Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, whose company 
 landed at St. Mary's, March 27, 1634. A chapel was erected 
 here in 1635 for services of the English Church. 
 
 After the settlement of Rhode Island, 1635, the Rev. William 
 Blackstone frequently went to Providence to preach the Gospel. 
 
 In 1636, William Gorges came out with a patent for the terri- 
 tory of Maine, which patent established the Church of England 
 as the religion of the Colony. The first regularly settled minis- 
 ter was the Rev. Richard Gibson, 1637, who spent about seven 
 years at Saco, Me. The Rev. Robert Jordan about this time 
 served as an itinerant minister. In 1638 a church and par- 
 sonage had been built at Portsmouth, N. H., and the Rev. Mr. 
 Gibson of Saco, Me., called as Rector. The parish was 
 organized in 1640 and was probably the first organization of 
 the kind in New England. 
 
 In 1638, Archbishop Laud designed sending a Bishop to New 
 England, but his plans were thwarted by the outbreak of 
 troubles in Scotland. [Hawkins' Historical Notices of the 
 Missions of the Church of England, p. 376.] 
 
 In 1641, New Hampshire came under the authority of Massa- 
 chusetts and Episcopalians had to suffer. The same year a 
 report was made to Gov. Winthrop that the people of Saco, in 
 Maine, "were much addicted to Episcopacy." In 1642, Richard 
 Gibson of Portsmouth, N. H., was tried in Boston for baptizing 
 infants and solemnizing marriages at the Isle of Shoals accord- 
 ing to the ritual of the Church of England. He was banished 
 by the Puritans and never returned. The Church at Ports- 
 mouth has no history for ninety years after this. 
 
 About 1642 certain Puritan ministers were recommended by 
 the Governor of Massachusetts to the Council of Virginia, 
 where pious people had invited them to labor, but the next year 
 
IN AMERICA. 19 
 
 they were forced to leave that Episcopal stronghold and return 
 to Massachusetts. 
 
 In 1644-5, Massachusetts by law forbade under heavy penal- 
 ties the use of the Prayer Book in public or private, and all 
 copies of it were to be delivered up. 
 
 In 1646 a Swedish Episcopal church was built at Tinicum, 
 which was the first church in Pennsylvania, and its Rector, the 
 Rev. John Campanius, was at work nearly forty years before 
 William Penn's arrival. In this year also petitions were 
 presented at Boston for permission to use the Prayer Book, 
 which were answered by punishing the petitioners for sedition. 
 These petitions were repeated in 1664 with the same result. 
 
 In 1648, the Congregationalists formed a Church in Virginia 
 with 118 members, but its Elder, Mr. Durand, was soon 
 banished, and afterwards its pastor, Mr. Harrison, was obliged 
 to depart. 
 
 On October 16, 1660, the Rev. Robert Jordan, who lived 
 thirty-one years at Falmouth (now Portland), Me., preaching, 
 except when silenced by the Puritans, was before the General 
 Court of Massachusetts for baptizing children and warned not 
 to repeat the oifence. He was finally imprisoned. 
 
 In 1661, Robert Boyle, Esq., was appointed the first governor 
 of a company incorporated by His Majesty " For the Propaga- 
 tion of the Gospel among the Heathen Nations of New Eng- 
 land." This grew out of a missionary society which was 
 formed in England in 1649. 
 
 There was no Episcopal Service in New York until the Eng- 
 lish came there to reside, when it was expressly stipulated that 
 liberty of conscience should be enjoyed by all. The first service 
 of record was by the Rev. Charles WoUey, 1678, but it is pro- 
 able that the English used the Dutch church in the Fort for 
 their Prayer Book service. The service in the Fort was all the 
 footing that the English Church had in New York for more 
 than thirty years. The Rev. Alexander Innes succeeded Mr. 
 Clark as the "orthodox " chaplain at the Fort. 
 
 In 1679, Robert Jordan, the itinerant preacher of Maine, 
 died. He was the sole priest of the Church in New England 
 who was faithful to his ordination vows. The words of Com- 
 mon Prayer were not heard again in Maine for eighty years. 
 
20 THE CHURCH 
 
 aside from that of John Gyles, a lay reader who read prayers at 
 the garrison from 1683 to 1688. 
 
 About the time of Jordan's death, 1679, several persons peti- 
 tioned the Bishop of London that a Church of England be 
 allowed in Boston, which was granted, and King's Chapel was 
 established among as bitter enemies as the Church has ever 
 encountered on this continent. About this time Bishop Comp- 
 ton, of London, made inquiry as to how the Foreign Plantation 
 was provided with clergymen and found that there were not 
 above four ministers of the Church of England in North 
 America. 
 
 The first clergyman of the Church to appear in South Caro- 
 lina was the Rev. Atkin Williamson, about 1680. 
 
 The Charter to William Penn of Pennsylvania, 1681, pro- 
 vided that if twenty persons should apply to the Bishop of Lon- 
 don for a clergyman, that he might reside in the Province with- 
 out any denial or molestation. 
 
 The first church in South Carolina was erected about 1682 
 on the site now occupied by St. Michael's Church, at Charleston. 
 
 The Church in America was without a head until 1685, when 
 the Rev. James Blair, D.D., came as missionary to Virginia 
 under the Bishop of London. He was for nine years Rector of 
 Henrico Parish and in 1689 was appointed Commissary and 
 performed such oversight of the clergy for the Bishop as he 
 could without actually being a Bishop. 
 
 On May 23, 1686, the Rev. Robert Ratcliffe read Common 
 Prayer and preached in his surplice at the Town House in 
 Boston, which was so great a novelty to the Bostonians that he 
 had a very large audience. On June 15, the members of the 
 Church of England assembled for organization. They held 
 their services in the town hall for some time, but finally 
 arranged to hold them in the South Meeting House after the 
 Puritans were through. 
 
 The first New England Almanac with the holidays of the 
 Episcopal Church noted in its calendar, was published by John 
 Tulley of Saybrook, Conn., for the year 1687 and afterwards 
 until 1702. It was also the first one that began the year with 
 January instead of March. It was printed in Massachusetts, 
 
IN AMERICA. 21 
 
 as there was no printing press then in Connecticut. [Albert C. 
 Bates in Connecticut Quarterly, Vol. IV, 409.] 
 
 In 1689, King's Chapel was erected on the site of the present 
 edifice and was opened for service June 30. 
 
 During the revolution against the King, the Governor and 
 others were imprisoned and the Chaplain was obliged to flee. 
 The chapel was mutilated and subjected to the grossest indigni- 
 ties. The Prayer Book was held up to ridicule in a series of 
 pamphlets and those who continued its use were denominated 
 "Papist dogs and rogues, idolaters, and the like." 
 
 The King's instructions to Governors Andros of Massa- 
 chusetts and Dongan of New York were that they should "take 
 especial care that God Almighty be devoutely and duly served 
 throughout your Government ; the Book of Common Prayer 
 . . . read each Sunday and Holy day, and the Blessed 
 Sacraments administered according to the Rites of the Church 
 of England." 
 
 In 1 69 1, the Rev. James Blair of Virginia was sent to Eng- 
 land for a charter for William and Mary College to be a semin- 
 ary for the education of fit men for the sacred ministry. The 
 first commencement was held in 1700. 
 
 Christ Church, Philadelphia, the first in that place, was 
 erected in 11695, and the first clergyman to officiate in it was 
 the Rev. Richard Sewall of Maryland. Its first Rector was 
 the Rev. Thomas Clayton. 
 
 The earliest permanent Church in Rhode Island was Trinity 
 Church of Newport, under the preaching of the Rev. Mr. 
 Lockyer and the patronage of Sir Francis Nicholson, who has 
 been called the founder of the Church of Rhode Island. 
 
 An act was passed in South Carolina in 1698 "to settle a 
 maintenance on a Minister of the Church of England in 
 Charleston." Outside of Charleston there was but one clergy- 
 man of the Church in 1700. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Bray returned to England in 1701 and had the 
 honor of obtaining the charter of the Society for the Propaga- 
 tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. This Society is referred 
 to in history as the S. P. G. 
 
 The charter recites that it is our duty "to promote the Glory 
 of God, by the instruction of our People in the Christian 
 
22 THE CHURCH 
 
 religion" and to accomplish that end, arranged that "a sufficient 
 maintenance be provided for an Orthodox Clergy to live 
 amongst" the people in those parts. At this time South Caro- 
 lina had 7,000 souls besides negroes and Indians living without 
 any minister of the church. North Carolina had 5,000 without 
 any minister. Virginia had 40,000 divided into 40 parishes 
 with about half the number of clergymen. Maryland had 
 only about 25,000 and only about 13 clergymen. Pennsylvania 
 had 20,000 with only 700 who attended church and only 250 
 communicants. New York had 30,000 with 1,200 church 
 attendants and 450 communicants. The two Jerseys had 15,000 
 with 600 church attendants and 200 communicants. Connecti- 
 cut had 30,800 with 150 church attendants and 35 communi- 
 cants. In the other New England Colonies there were 90,000 
 with 750 church attendants and 150 communicants. 
 
 About 1702, a church was built near Eden, N. C, and 
 Dr. Bray sent the Rev. Daniel Brett there as the first minister 
 of the Church in that Province. In the same year the Rev. 
 Samuel Thomas was sent to South Carolina as the first mis- 
 sionary there of the S. P. G. The Rev. George Keith, Rev. 
 Patrick Gordon, and Rev. John Talbot arrived in Boston, June 
 II, 1702. The two former were missionaries of the S. P. G., 
 and Talbot joined with them. Gordon went to Jamaica and 
 organized the first parish of Long Island. Keith and Talbot 
 made a tour of nearly all the colonies. Talbot became Rector of 
 St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N. J., but continued to work 
 in various places. 
 
 Prior to 1700 there were but few Churchmen in New Jersey. 
 The Rev. George Keith arrived and held his first service of 
 the Church at Amboy, Oct. 4, 1702. Prior to his coming the 
 Rev. Alexander Innes had officiated in the Jerseys. Mr. Keith 
 first came to America in 1682 and was a Quaker preacher at 
 Monmouth, N. J. The line of reading and argument which he 
 pursued with reference to Quakerism led him into the Church 
 of England. In 1694, he went to England for holy orders, 
 which he received in 1700. 
 
 In 1702, the Church in Maryland was established by law and 
 the Book of Common Prayer was required to be read in all 
 the churches having an income from the Government. A 
 
IN AMERICA. 23 
 
 prior act had required the use of the Prayer Book in every place 
 of public worship in the Province. This was repealed for the 
 benefit of the Roman Catholics and Quakers. 
 
 In 1704, the Rev. James Honeyman was appointed Mission- 
 ary of the S. P. G. and sent to Newport, R. I. This was the 
 first place in New England that the Society provided a minister 
 for. 
 
 A petition for a Bishop in America was signed by fourteen 
 clergymen of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania at Bur- 
 lington, N. J., 1705. 
 
 The second church in Rhode Island was erected in the 
 Narragansett country in 1707, where there had been Churchmen 
 since about 1700. This church is still standing (1906), and is 
 believed to be the oldest Episcopal church in the northern part 
 of the United States. 
 
 In 1713, the ministers, wardens and vestrymen of Trinity 
 Church, Newport, R. I., petitioned the Queen for the establish- 
 ment of Bishops in America. 
 
 In 1715, the S. P. G. Society repeated its request for Bishops 
 with the proposition to establish four Sees, two in the colonies, 
 one of which was to be at Burlington, N. J., and the other at 
 Williamsburg, Va. About the same time bequests of £2,000 
 became operative towards the settlement of two Bishops, one of 
 which was for America. 
 
 It is claimed that John Talbot of New Jersey and Dr. Robert 
 Welton of London were consecrated Bishops by the non-juring 
 Bishops in England. Talbot returned to New Jersey and Dr. 
 Welton came over and was Rector of Christ Church, Philadel- 
 phia, 1724 to 1726. It is certain, however, that they never 
 exercised Episcopal jurisdiction. 
 
 A most remarkable event took place at New Haven, Conn., 
 in 1722. Dr. Samuel Johnson, formerly the tutor at Yale Col- 
 lege and then Congregational pastor in West Haven, met other 
 ministers of the Standing Order and joined them in the study 
 of questions suggested by the Prayer Book. The result of 
 their studies appeared the day after commencement, in 1722, 
 when seven ministers made a declaration that some of them 
 doubted the validity of Presbyterian ordination. Messrs. 
 Samuel Johnson, Daniel Brown, the tutor, and Timothy Cutler, 
 
24 THE CHURCH 
 
 the Rector of the College, determined to seek holy orders at 
 the hands of a Bishop. They were soon followed by Mr. James 
 Wetmore. These men were promptly removed from their posi- 
 tions and hotly abused by their former companions. They were 
 called " cudweds," " highflyers," and other names. On Oct. 
 2, 1722, the committee of Christ Church, Boston, wrote to Dr. 
 Cutler, congratulating him and his friends on account of their 
 recent declaration in favor of the Church, and invited Dr. 
 Cutler to settle in Boston. They also promised to pay for the 
 passage of Messrs. Cutler, Johnson and Brown to England for 
 holy orders and to provide for the support of Mr. Cutler while 
 there. They were ordained in 1723 and Dr. Cutler arrived in 
 Boston to take charge of Christ Church, Sept. 24, 1723. Dr. 
 Johnson settled at Stratford, Conn., and Mr. Brown died in 
 England. This Episcopal accession from Yale College brings 
 to mind that Elihu Yale doubted " whether it was well in him 
 being a Churchman, to promote an academy of dissenters, " but 
 on reflection concluded " that the business of good is to spread 
 religion and learning among mankind, without being too fondly 
 attached to particular tenets." 
 
 One of the foremost advocates for an Episcopate was John 
 Checkley of Boston. He was in England with Johnson and 
 Cutler in 1723. To counteract the baneful influences of infi- 
 delity which he encountered he published, first in 1719 and 
 second in England, 1723, Leslie's famous " Short and Easie 
 Methods with the Deists" together with his " Discourse con- 
 cerning Episcopacy." He urged that a Non-Episcopal minis- 
 try was " not only invalid, but sacrilege and rebellion against 
 Christ. " His book was denounced by the Puritans as a " false 
 and scandalous libel. " In the lower court he was adjudged 
 guilty without a hearing ahd on appeal he was fined £50, impris- 
 oned and ordered to keep quiet. In 1727 he was in England 
 for ordination but was defeated by reason of letters from two 
 Congregational ministers of Marblehead, Mass. At last he 
 received holy orders in 1739 at the age of 59 and was appointed 
 missionary of the S. P. G. at Providence, R. I., where he 
 remained until his death in 1753. 
 
 A reprint of his book, together with an account of his trial, 
 was pubhshed at Windsor, Vt., in 1812. 
 
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 In 1725, Samuel Johnson, Dr. Cutler, and other clergymen 
 of New England, petitioned the S. P. G. for Bishops. In 1727, 
 largely through the efforts of Dean Berkeley, a charter and a 
 grant for a Bishop in America was obtained, but the king died 
 before it was sealed. 
 
 In 1732, Queen's Chapel at Portsmouth, N. H., was begun. 
 The Rev. Arthur Brown was its Rector from 1736 until his 
 death in 1773. Of the six hundred families in Portsmouth, less 
 than sixty were Episcopal, but all the Churchmen in New 
 Hampshire were Mr. Brown's parishioners. In 1767, his 
 church was the only one in the Province. 
 
 Georgia was the first and only Colony where the Church was 
 founded wholly by charity. General James Oglethorpe 
 obtained a charter for a colony and with the first emigrants 
 landed there in 1733. Twenty-one disinterested noblemen and 
 gentlemen constituted its trustees and over one hundred minis- 
 ters received commissions to take up collections in England in 
 behalf of Georgia. In December, 1735, John and Charles Wes- 
 ley came there, full of zeal for the conversion of the Indians. 
 Mr. John Wesley was made Rector of Christ Church, Savannah, 
 and here he established the first Sunday School, nearly fifty 
 years before Robert Raikes established them in England. In 
 1738, George Whitefield, as missionary of the S. P. G., started 
 for Georgia to assist Wesley, but they crossed each other on the 
 way. Whitefield arrived at Savannah, May 7, 1738. It was 
 not long before he instituted such a series of irregularities as to 
 lose the sympathy of the more pronounced Churchmen. In 
 1748 the Rev. Bartholomew Zouberbudler, Rector of Christ 
 Church, Savannah, was the only minister in Georgia. 
 
 Those who opposed the appointment of Bishops in America 
 argued that it would lead to a separation of the Colonies from 
 England. A letter to the Bishop of London from Dr. Samuel 
 Johnson, Nov. 3, 1738, says there is no " cfisposition towards an 
 independency on our mother country from our general desire 
 of Bishops to preside over us, the reverse of this is the 
 truth ... we must patiently submit and wait upon Provi- 
 dence till it shall please God to enlighten the minds of men, 
 and send us better times." 
 
 In consequence of the unreasonable opposition of the Anti- 
 Episcopal ministers to the appointment of Bishops in the 
 
26 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Colonies, the Bishops in England, who in 1750 advocated such 
 appointment, took pains at the outset to disarm all possible 
 hostility by having the authority of Colonial Bishops specifi- 
 cally limited to the Church of England congregations, and that 
 no taxes be laid upon the people for the Bishop's support. 
 
 The first missionary of the Church to Africa was the Rev. 
 Thomas Thompson, who left New Jersey for Africa in 175 1. 
 
 Funds were raised for King's College of New York, (now 
 Columbia College,) in 1746 to 175 1. In the latter year these 
 funds were vested in ten trustees, one Presbyterian, two Dutch 
 Reformed, and seven Episcopalians. In 1753 Dr. Samuel John- 
 son of Stratford was elected its first President. On July 17, 
 1754 he opened the College with a class of eight in a vestry 
 room belonging to Trinity Church, New York. 
 
 In 1755, all of the students of Yale College were compelled 
 to worship at the College Chapel, so that Episcopal students 
 could not attend Trinity Church on Sunday. The two sons of 
 Missionary Punderson were forced to comply with this rule. 
 Scholars were fined for attending Church of England service, 
 communicants only being excepted and that only on Christmas 
 and Sacrament days. 
 
 On April 2, 1756, the College of William and Mary con- 
 ferred the degree of Master of Arts upon Benjamin Franklin. 
 This was the first honorary degree ever given by the College. 
 
 The passage of the stamp act was taken advantage of about 
 1764 and 5 to raise a fresh clamor against an Episcopate in 
 America. 
 
 About the last effort of the Episcopalians before the Revolu- 
 tionary war to secure a Bishop for America was on May 21, 
 1766, when 14 clergymen met in voluntary convention at New 
 York. They were from New York, New Jersey, and Connecti- 
 cut. Samuel Seabury of Westchester, N. Y., was Clerk. They 
 wrote a letter to the Secretary of the S. P. G. referring to the 
 loss of Wilson and Giles, saying — " This loss brings to our 
 minds an exact calculation made not many years ago, that not 
 less than one out of five who have gone for Holy Orders from 
 the Northern Colonies have perished in the attempt, ten have 
 miscarried out of fifty-one. This we consider an incontestable 
 argument for the necessity of the American Bishops." About 
 
IN AMERICA. 27 
 
 this time, the Episcopate was largely discussed in the news- 
 papers, in pamphlets, and in sermons, both by Episcopalians 
 and their opponents. In the same month that this Episcopal 
 Convention was held, the Presbyterian " Synod of New York 
 and Philadelphia " at their annual meeting, originated a plan 
 of concerted action to prevent the establishment of an Episco- 
 pate. The " General Association of Connecticut," (Congrega- 
 tionalist,) at their June meeting at Guilford, 1766, received an 
 invitation to join the Presbyterian Synod of New York and 
 Philadelphia, in convention for " Consultation about such things 
 as may have a hopeful tendency to promote and defend the 
 Common Cause of Religion against the attacks of its various 
 Enemies." The invitation was accepted and delegates appointed. 
 Accordingly a convention was held at Elizabeth, N. J., begin- 
 ning Nov. 5, 1766, and their organization perfected. Twenty 
 members were present from the Synod and eight from Connecti- 
 cut. They provided for a general convention of the pastors of 
 the Congregational, Consociated and Presbyterian Churches in 
 North America, consisting of delegates chosen by their re- 
 spective bodies, to be held annually, and agreed that the next 
 convention should be held at New Haven, Sept. 10, 1767. The 
 general design of the convention was to gain information and 
 unite in " spreading the Gospel, and defending the religious 
 liberties of our Churches, keep up a correspondence throughout 
 this united body and with our friends abroad " and to " culti- 
 vate and preserve loyalty " to the king. It was also agreed 
 that letters be sent to the Rev. Ministers of the Congregational 
 and Presybterian Churches of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
 and Rhode Island, and the Dutch Reformed Churches of New 
 York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, " informing them what 
 we have done at this General Convention and invite them to 
 send delegates to New Haven." Appended to the minutes of 
 this meeting is a supposed letter from a gentleman in the 
 Colonies to his foreign correspondent, setting forth at length 
 what a terrible calamity it would be to have a Bishop in 
 America and his great anxiety on that account. Also a letter 
 from Mr. Francis Alison to Mr. Sproat, setting forth his 
 reasons for being persuaded that there was a determination or 
 fixed resolution in England to send Bishops to America. 
 
28 THE CHURCH 
 
 This was probably the first General Convention of any 
 religious body ever held in America and it met annually for ten 
 successive years. The only enemies of religion referred to in 
 their proceedings were Episcopalians, and from beginning to 
 end the only business before the Convention was for the pur- 
 pose of preventing a Bishop, or Bishops, being established in 
 this country. The invitations to attend were broad and 
 included every religious body in the whole country who either 
 feared or hated an Episcopal Bishop. In short, it was a great 
 uprising of all who were opposed to an Episcopate and it may 
 be properly designated as the Anti-Episcopal Convention. 
 
 Its Journal was printed by E. Gleason, Hartford, Conn., 1843, 
 under the direction of a committee of the General Association 
 of Connecticut, and entitled " Minutes of the Convention of 
 Delegates from the Synod of New York and Philadelphia and 
 from the Associations of Connecticut held annually from 1766 
 to 177s, inclusive." 
 
 Their ten Conventions were held in September, October or 
 November, as follows: — 1766, '68, '70, '72 and '74 at Elizabeth- 
 town, N. J. ; 1767 and '69, New Haven, Conn. ; 1771, Norwalk, 
 Conn.; 1773, Stamford, Conn.; 1775, Greenfield, Conn. 
 Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire were repre- 
 sented at their second Convention and several other colonies 
 were represented later. Committees were appointed to carry 
 on a correspondence with " our friends," (Dissenters,) in Eng- 
 land and the pastors of the various colonies. Long letters to 
 and from the committee of Dissenters in London were before 
 the Convention nearly every year. Correspondence was also 
 extended to Scotland and Ireland, and throughout the Ameri- 
 can Colonies. They wrote to Maryland, Virginia, Georgia and 
 the Carolinas for " all instances of Episcopal oppression they 
 can find in said colonies," to the Eastern Colonies for 
 " instances of the lenity of their government with regard to 
 Episcopal Dissenters therein." Committees were appointed for 
 the various colonies, including Nova Scotia, Canada and West 
 Florida, to examine their laws and charters relating to ecclesi- 
 astical affairs, with reference to the religious liberties of any 
 denomination, and particularly " to ascertain the number of 
 
IN AMERICA. 29 
 
 inhabitants in each of the Colonies with the proportion of the 
 Episcopalians to the Non-Episcopalians." 
 
 Reports on these matters were received from New York, 
 Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, South 
 Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland, 
 Georgia, Nova Scotia and Barbadoes. 
 
 Their letter to the Dissenters of London in 1773 stated that 
 the " Episcopalians in the colony of New York bear the pro- 
 portion of about one to twenty of its present population, Con- 
 necticut a greater proportion. In New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
 vania their proportionate numbers are less." In Massachusetts, 
 Rhode Island and New Hampshire, "they are much less still." 
 In the Southern Colonies, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 
 South Carolina and Georgia, " the Non-Episcopalians are in 
 some of them a majority, and in the rest a large and growing 
 proportion." 
 
 The report of the Rev. Elizur Goodrich of Durham, Conn., 
 as to Connecticut, is the only one preserved and is printed in 
 full in the appendix. It makes the Episcopalians of Connecti- 
 cut in 1774 number about one to thirteen of the whole number 
 of inhabitants. 
 
 The object of this census was to belittle the Episcopalians 
 and show " the vast superiority in numbers of the Non-Epis- 
 copalians," in the hopes that if such facts were known in Eng- 
 land the chances for an American Bishop would be lessened. 
 The numerous letters to and from their friends in England show 
 how alarmed they were " from the restlessness of the mission- 
 aries and their bigoted adherents," and although the Episco- 
 palians were apparently quiet, they said, " We have reason to 
 believe that the bigoted Episcopalians on this side of the water 
 have by no means dropt the project, but will ever be restless in 
 their attempts to accomplish their purpose." One letter says 
 Dr. S. (Episcopal) "told me that they would have Bishops 
 settled in America in spite of all the Presbyterian opposition, 
 and added that the Quakers and Baptists would join them 
 against us." The Convention admitted repeatedly that they 
 would not oppose Bishops "provided other denominations could 
 be safe from their severity and encroachments, but this we think 
 
3° THE CHURCH 
 
 impossible," and because they thought this impossible they 
 determined to oppose the Episcopate with all their might. 
 
 They refer to our forefathers as having " seen and felt the 
 tyranny of Bishops' courts," and added : " Such tyranny if 
 now exercised in America would either drive us to seek new 
 habitations among the heathen ... or excite riots, rebel- 
 lion and wild disorder. We dread the consequences as oft as 
 we think of this danger." "We can not but tremble at the 
 prospect of the dreadful consequences that could not be pre- 
 vented from taking place upon the establishment of an Ameri- 
 can Episcopate," and all this, they say, " without doing any real 
 service to religion or to the Episcopal Church." 
 
 Again, they complain of the S. P. G. for granting consider- 
 able salaries to " missionaries in the most populous parts of our 
 colonies even where there are faithful ministers of other 
 denominations settled, and but few families of their religious 
 persuasion." We may here state that there is not a single 
 instance in which this Society ever appointed a missionary 
 to any parish in America until the parish asked them to do so. 
 
 One letter to the committee of Dissenters in London says : — 
 "The peculiar care of the Episcopalians among ourselves, where 
 they have influence, to fill all places of power and trust in our 
 various governments with those of their own denomination 
 . . . seems calculated to promote their grand design . . . 
 These considerations make it evident to us that their views are 
 not so much to promote Christianity as the establishment of 
 Episcopal Church government in the colonies, and therefore 
 engage our constant watchfulness lest they should take the 
 advantage of our being ofif our guard to accomplish a design, 
 which however pleasing to them, will be attended with the most 
 lamentable consequences to the interest of true religion and 
 liberty among us." 
 
 The number of those who belonged to the Church in America 
 was never so large as some supposed. At the beginning of the 
 war there were only about 8o clergymen to the north and east 
 of Maryland. These, except in Boston, Newport and Phila- 
 delphia, were mainly supported by the S. P. G. There were not 
 more than six in Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. In 
 Maryland and Virginia the Church was supported by legal 
 
IN AMERICA. 31 
 
 establishment. There were more Churchmen in the other 
 Southern Colonies than in the north, but not so many as in 
 Virginia and Maryland. 
 
 All eflforts on the part of the Episcopalians for a Bishop 
 practically ceased in 1776. The Episcopalians were closer to 
 the king than any other people in America, and as hatred to the 
 king increased with the excitement and hardships of the Revolu- 
 tion, the Episcopalians were despised, hated, persecuted with 
 greater zeal, and finally almost silenced. 
 
 In 1782, the Rev. Dr. White, (afterwards Bishop,) beHeving 
 that the war would be indefinitely protracted, published a 
 pamphlet advocating the adoption by the Episcopalians of a 
 Presbyterian form of government. 
 
 In March, 1783, ten of the fourteen clergymen of Connecti- 
 cut met at Woodbury and decided to reply to Dr. White's 
 pamphlet and to elect a Bishop. The Rev. Jeremiah Leaming 
 was their first choice, but on account of his infirmities, they 
 elected Dr. Samuel Seabury, who went to England for consecra- 
 tion, arriving in London, July 7, 1783. 
 
 On Aug. 13, 1783, the Churchmen of Maryland met in con- 
 vention at Annapolis and adopted a document concerning 
 fundamental rights and liberties " of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church." This is claimed by some to have been the first use 
 of the name Protestant Episcopal, but Bishop Perry's History 
 says that a convention met at Chestertown, Md., Nov. 9, 1780, 
 and voted that the " Church known in the province as 'Protest- 
 ant' be called 'the Protestant Episcopal Church'." 
 
 The first step towards forming a collective body of the 
 Episcopal Church was at New Brunswick, N. J., in May, 1784, 
 by clergymen from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 
 who arranged for a larger meeting at New York in October of 
 that year. 
 
 The Rev. Samuel Seabury, by reason of the " Erastian 
 notions which prevailed in the Church, the machinations of 
 English politicians, and the arguments of influential Congrega- 
 tionalists in Connecticut," failed of consecration in England 
 and consequently turned to Scotland, where he was consecrated 
 Bishop, at Aberdeen, Nov. 14, 1784. On Aug. 2, 1785, Bishop 
 Seabury met his clergy at Middletown, Conn., and four persons 
 
32 THE CHURCH 
 
 were made deacons. This was the first ordination in America. 
 Three days later a committee was appointed to act with the 
 Bishop in proposing necessary changes in the Prayer Book. 
 The New York Convention of October, 1784 had agreed to 
 " adhere to the liturgy of the . . . Church as far as shall 
 be consistent with the American Revolution." 
 
 The first General Convention of the Church in America met 
 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1785, and consisted of 
 clergy and lay representatives from seven states. Bishop Sea- 
 bury and his clergy declined to attend this Convention. Many 
 radical changes in the Prayer Book were proposed. The Ipook 
 was published in 1786, and was known as the " Proposed Book," 
 because the changes made therein had never been formally 
 adopted. The Scottish Bishops who consecrated Bishop Sea- 
 bury desired that he should use the Scotch Communion Office 
 as far as practicable, and accordingly he prepared such Office, 
 which was printed at New London in 1786 and distributed for 
 general use. 
 
 The first consecration of a church in America was at Nor- 
 walk. Conn., July, 1786. 
 
 On Sunday, Feb. 4, 1787, the Rev. William White, Bishop- 
 elect of Pennsylvania, and Rev. Samuel Provoost, Bishop-elect 
 of New York, were consecrated at London. A special act of 
 Parliament had to be passed before this could take place, and 
 this act was limited to the establishment of a College of Bishops 
 for America. A union of the Dioceses was effected at the Gen- 
 eral Convention held July to October, 1789, at Christ Church, 
 Philadelphia, when the Constitution of the Church was adopted 
 and the Prayer Book revised, thus perfecting the organization 
 of the Church in America. The first House of Bishops con- 
 sisted of Bishops White and Seabury, and nothing was admitted 
 into the Prayer Book that was not approved by both. The new 
 Book went into use Oct. i, 1790. Methodism was first intro- 
 duced in America at New York in 1766. This child of the 
 Church continued to use the Book of Common Prayer until 
 about 1790. 
 
 The Rev. James Madison, D.D., was elected Bishop of Vir- 
 ginia and consecrated at Lambeth Palace Chapel, Sept. 17, 
 1790. Of the Church in America in 1790, there were 7 Dio- 
 
IN AMERICA. 33 
 
 ceses and 190 clergy ; in 1904, 62 Dioceses, 23 Missionary 
 Jurisdictions with 91 Bishops and 5,058 clergy. 
 
 In the year 1790 thirty Congregational families at Clare- 
 mont, N. H., joined the Episcopal Church in a body. 
 
 The first consecration of a Bishop in America was at New 
 York, Sept. 17, 1792, when Thomas John Claggett, D.D., was 
 consecrated as Bishop of Maryland. 
 
 In 1794, the Rev. Samuel Peters, D.D., formerly of Con- 
 necticut, but then residing in England, was elected Bishop of 
 Vermont and attempted to receive consecration in England. 
 This was denied him for various reasons, some of which were 
 that it was contrary to the act of Parliament of 1786, and that it 
 would be disrespectful to the American Bishops. 
 
 Shortly after the Revolution, King's Chapel in Boston had 
 been appropriated by the Unitarians, so that in the year 1797 
 there were only two Episcopal parishes in Boston, Trinity 
 and Christ Churches. 
 
 The first Almanac designed especially for Churchmen was 
 published in 1816, by T. & J. Swords, New York City. It 
 contained a list of all the clergy in the United States together 
 with the Dioceses, parishes and various organizations. It has 
 been continued by the Swords and their successor, Mr. 
 Thomas Whittaker of New York, up to the present time. 
 
 In the strongholds of the Congregationalists, Massachusetts 
 and Connecticut, Episcopalians and others after a while were 
 '' tolerated " by law, and Connecticut recognized them as " sober 
 dissenters " in 1708, but it was not until 1818 that all religious 
 denominations were placed on precisely the same footing in 
 Connecticut, and it was not until 1830 that Congregationalism 
 ceased to be the established religion in Massachusetts. 
 
 Authorities : Bishop Perry's History of the American Episco- 
 pal Church ; Bishop Coleman's History of the Church in 
 America; The Church Cyclopedia; Dr. Beardsley's Life of 
 Samuel Johnson; Documentary History of the Church in Ver- 
 mont; Journal of the Anti-Episcopal Convention, 1766-75; 
 Records of Convocation, Diocese of Connecticut ; Wilberforce's 
 P. E. C. in America ; History of the S. P. G. Society. 
 
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THE CHURCH IN CONNECTICUT 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 The early towns or plantations in Connecticut were first 
 settled as religious societies. These societies each brought with 
 them their minster, and the ministers and people, who had been 
 educated and trained in the Episcopal Church, were dissenters. 
 It was only in matters of worship and Church government that 
 they dissented. In all the cardinal doctrines of religion their 
 beliefs were the same. Even as late as 1774, the Rev. Elizur 
 Goodrich of Durham, a prominent Congregationalist, declared 
 that the principles and faith of the Congregationalists was in 
 general the same as that contained in the doctrinal articles of 
 the Church of England. But in matters on which the Puritans 
 dissented, they were very emphatic and radical. To worship in 
 their own way and manage their Church affairs without refer- 
 ence to any one else, was the main object of their coming to 
 America. In this way, the people of the several towns were 
 practically all of one mind, both as to their civil and religious 
 government. While the Church was, in a sense, separate from 
 the town, the distinction was not clear, and there was practically 
 no distinction between the town and the ecclesiastical society, 
 all matters relating to the society being voted upon in town 
 meeting until about 1657. Until 1669, there was precisely the 
 same number of ecclesiastical societies in the Colony as there 
 were towns or plantations. Every town before 1658 was, for 
 anything in the laws of the Colony, free to establish worship 
 according to the practices of any denomination, (excepting such 
 as were considered notorious heretics), but no one expected to 
 follow any other than the " Congregational way." Laws for 
 the support of ministers were passed in 1644; compulsory 
 attendance on " Gospel service " and respect for the ministers 
 was enacted in 1650. No exceptions were made, so that every 
 
38 THE CHURCH 
 
 one had to attend service, and all males over 16 years of age, 
 whether saints or sinners, had to pay their due proportion for 
 supporting the minister. When part of the people were dis- 
 satisfied with the Gospel Service, and their number was large 
 enough, they banded together, went to some new field and 
 established a new plantation and ecclesiastical society by them- 
 selves. 
 
 In 1657, for local causes not necessary to mention, a party 
 led by Elder Goodwin attempted to withdraw from the Church 
 at Hartford and start a second Congregational Church and 
 society in that town. The Legislature was equal to the occa- 
 sion and all persons were prohibited from embodying them- 
 selves " into Church estate without consent of the General Court 
 and approbation of the neighboring Churches." After this date 
 new ecclesiastical societies applied to the General Court for 
 permission to organize. But, for the particular benefit of the 
 Hartford seceders, the General Court further enacted a law 
 forbidding the people from attending any ministry or Church 
 administration " distinct and separate from and in opposition to 
 that which is dispensed by the settled and approved minister of 
 the place." This resulted in the removal of the seceders to 
 Hadley, Mass. In 1656 severe laws were passed against 
 " Quakers, Ranters, Adamites, or such like notorious Heri- 
 tiques," and this is the first mention by name in the statutes of 
 any religious sect or denomination. There were no such sec- 
 taries then in Connecticut, but Quakers had arrived in Boston 
 and this law was passed at the recommendation of the Commis- 
 sioners for the United Colonies. 
 
 The first record of the name of any denomination not con- 
 sidered heretical is dated October, 1664, when William Pitkin, 
 John Steadman and Robert Reeve, of Hartford, Michael 
 Humphreys, James Enno, John Moses, and Jonas Westover, 
 of Windsor, presented a memorial to the General Assembly 
 stating that they were members of " the Church of England " ; 
 that they were not given the Communion, and that their chil- 
 dren were not baptized ; and praying that " no law shall make us 
 pay or contribute for the maintenance of any minister or-officer 
 in the Church that will neglect or refuse to baptize our children 
 and to take care of us as members of the Church." [Ecclesi- 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 39 
 
 astical manuscripts, Vol. i, Doc. lo, b.] Whether these men 
 were in fact Episcopalians or not depends upon when they were 
 members of the Church of England, for that Church was 
 legally Presbyterian from 1645 to 1660. Whatever they 
 desired, it is clear that they did not expect nor ask for the 
 establishment of worship in accordance with the usages of the 
 Episcopal Church. The Court recommended the ministers and 
 Churches to entertain persons " who are of an honest and godly 
 conversation " by an " explicit covenant and that they have their 
 children baptized." Stiles' "Windsor," Vol. i, p. 196, says 
 that a copy of this recommendation or act was sent to every 
 minister in the Colony. This was the beginning of the legal 
 establishment of the so-called half-way covenant which cul- 
 minated in legalizing the Saybrook Platform, in 1708. The 
 standard of morals and religion that would entitle one to have 
 his children baptized is not stated in the act of 1664, but pre- 
 suming the law to have been applicable to the memorialists, we 
 may say that the General Court acknowledged members of the 
 " Church of England " to be persons " of an honest and godly 
 conversation." 
 
 Two years later, (Nov. 22, 1666,) this same William Pitkin 
 and John Steadman with four others, viz., Joseph Fitch, 
 Nicholas Olmstead, Jno. Gilbert and Edward Grannis, called on 
 Mr. Whiting, (minister of the First Church of Hartford,) and 
 requested full privileges " in all the ordinances of Christ," on 
 account " of a union they had already," referring to their 
 Church membership in England. Mr. Whiting knew of no 
 such union but agreed to consider the matter. [Walker's 
 History First Church, p. 200.] The first mention by name in 
 the laws of the Colony of any orthodox denomination is in the 
 act of May, 1669, whereby the " Congregational " Churches 
 (profession and practice) were approved, and others " orthodox 
 and sound in the fundamentals of Christian religion, may have 
 allowance of their perswasion and profession in church ways or 
 assemblies without disturbance." This in effect prevented the 
 law of 1657 from being applied to any ministry or Church 
 administration other than Congregationalists. 
 
 Such application of the law was also prevented by the law of 
 1665, which gave all persons full and free liberty to worship 
 
4° THE CHURCH 
 
 God in the way they think best, provided they make no disturb- 
 ance of the pubHc or minister's support. Thus the way was 
 open for all denominations to organize new societies, subject 
 to the approval of the General Court. In October, 1669, the 
 Second Church at Hartford was legally established and given 
 permission to " practice the Congregational way without dis- 
 turbance." This is the first instance in Connecticut of two 
 ecclesiastical societies in one town. For more than ten years 
 the " half-way covenant " had been agitated, so that there were 
 two kinds of Congregationalists then in the Colony, the old and 
 straight kind that would baptize the children of none but those 
 who were "'fit for the Lord's Supper," and the new and large 
 kind that would baptize the children of those who were " not 
 yet fit for the Lord's Supper," provided they were persons " of 
 an honest and godly conversation," or, according to the General 
 Assembly of 1664, provided they had as much rehgion as mem- 
 bers of the Church of England were supposed to have. The 
 Second Church of Hartford was the first in the Colony that 
 made a special issue of straight Congregationalism in its forma- 
 tion, but notwithstanding this fact, it was overcome by the 
 raging tide that swept over nearly all the Congregational 
 Churches in the Colony, and it began immediately to practice the 
 half-way covenant. 
 
 By request. Gov. Leete reported to the English Commis- 
 sioners for Trade and Foreign Plantations on July 15, 1680, 
 that " in our corporation are 26 towns and there is one and 
 twenty churehes in them. In one of them, (Hartford,) we 
 have two churches. Our people are some strict Congrega- 
 tional men, others more large Congregational men, and some 
 moderate Presbyterians ; and, take the Congregational men of 
 both sorts, they are the greatest part of the people." 
 
 " There are 4 or 5 Seven day men and about so many more 
 Quakers." 
 
 These Seven-day men and Quakers were probably the 
 Rogerenes of New London, founded about 1675. They were 
 variously called Quakers and Baptists, and no other Seven-day 
 men or Quakers are known to have been in the Colony at that 
 date. The Rogerenes were the first disturbing sect within our 
 borders. The Presbyterians and Congregationalists were so 
 
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 nearly alike as to be considered practically the same, and appar- 
 ently there was no trouble as to taxes, with the sinners who may 
 have resided in the Colony. The first general complaint against 
 compulsory minister's support came from the Rogerenes, in the 
 memorial of Richard Steere et al. of New London, to the Gen- 
 eral Assembly, dated Jan. i6, 1694-5. It was a tirade against 
 the Colonial Government, based largely on alleged violations 
 of the English act of toleration. We quote the following: 
 
 "For do not the Presbyterian party here being most numerous 
 and powerful forcably seize by Distress the estates of some and 
 threaten to do the like by others of their fellow dissenters, viz., 
 Baptist and Quaker, for the building of a Presbyterian meeting 
 house and for the maintainence of a Presybterian minister. 
 Nor are such who are of the Church of England Communion 
 like to fare any better, though the same is contrary to nature, 
 reason and the laws of the realm of England." 
 
 Their expression of contempt for the civil authority seems 
 to have been the main object of this memorial, rather than relief 
 from taxes, and Steere was promptly called to answer for his 
 contempt. The reference to "the Church of England Com- 
 munion " in this memorial was probably for effect, as no 
 Churchmen were known to have been in the vicinity of New 
 London at that date. There were, however, about ten or fifteen 
 families then at Stratford, " who had been bom and bred in 
 England " and were already Episcopalians. From them came 
 the first expression in this Colony of a desire for the services 
 of the Church. Some of them were in Stratford about 1675, 
 but it was not until 1702, after the Society for the Propagation 
 of the Gospel in Foreign Parts had been organized, that they 
 petitioned for a missionary. 
 
 The first preaching in Connecticut by Episcopal ministers 
 was Sept. 13, 1702, when the Rev. John Talbot, missionary of 
 the S. P. G., preached at New London in the Congregational 
 Church in the forenoon, and the Rev. George Keith, his com- 
 panion, in the afternoon. They were invited to preach there 
 by the minister. Rev. Gurdon Saltonstall, who entertained them 
 at his house. After the morning service they were invited to 
 dinner by Governor Winthrop, who also entertained them at 
 
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 his house " then and the next day." This was the only stop in 
 1702 of these missionaries in Connecticut. 
 
 On Oct. 26, 1704, the Rev. Mr. Vesey of Trinity Church, 
 New York, wrote to the Secretary of the S. P. G. that " Mr. 
 George Muirson, a sober, ingenious youth designs, God willing 
 to receive Holy Orders and is recommended by my Ld. Corn- 
 bury & the Reve'rd. Clergy convened at New York." Some- 
 time in 1705, the Churchmen of Stratford, Conn., applied to 
 Mr. Vesey for services at Stratford. Mr. Muirson was sta- 
 tioned as missionary at Rye, N. Y., before Nov. 21, 1705, on 
 which day he wrote that he had " lately been in ye Government 
 of Connecticut where I observe some people well affected to ye 
 Church." The people of Connecticut were then attending 
 services at Rye on Sundays. 
 
 On Sept. 2, 1706, Missionary Muirson came in company with 
 Col. Caleb Heathcote to Stratford, and Mr. Muirson preached 
 both forenoon and afternoon to a numerous congregation and 
 baptized about twenty-four persons. Inasmuch as Keith's 
 Journal makes no mention of services at New London in 1702, 
 other than preaching, this service at Stratford is supposed to 
 have been the first in Connecticut, in accordance with the Book 
 of Common Prayer. The Churchmen of Stratford applied to 
 the authorities for the use of the meeting house, (which the 
 Churchmen had helped to build,) but this request was refused. 
 Mr. Muirson says that the people of Stratford " ignorantly 
 called " the Church "Rome's sister." Col. Heathcote writes to 
 the Society that they found the " Colony much as we expected, 
 very ignorant of the constitution of our Church and for that 
 reason great enemies to it." 
 
 At the second coming to Stratford of Messrs. Muirson and 
 Heathcote, (they were there three times before April 4, 1707,) 
 Mr. Joseph Curtice and James Hudson read a paper to Mr. 
 Muirson forbidding him, under threats of fine and imprison- 
 ment, from holding service or administering the Sacrament, 
 the purport of which paper Mr. Muirson says " was to let me 
 know that I had done an illegal thing in coming among them 
 to establish a new way of worship, and to forewarn me from 
 preaching any more. And this he did by virtue of one of their 
 laws." Mr. Muirson asked for a copy of the paper and was 
 
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 refused. The day following, Curtice and others stood in the 
 highway and forbade any to go to the assembly of Churchmen. 
 The ministers and magistrates were remarkably industrious, 
 going from house to house and persuading the people from 
 hearing Mr. Muirson and threatening fines and imprisonment 
 to all who should go to hear him. Mr. Muirson describes the 
 law that the officers read to him with such accuracy as to clearly 
 identify it as the act of March 8, 1657-8 that was enacted to sup- 
 press the seceding Congregationalists of Hartford, and which 
 prohibited people from entertaining or attending any minis- 
 try or Church administration " distinct and separate from and 
 in opposition to " that which is dispensed by the settled and 
 approved minister of the place. A minister or Church adminis- 
 tration could not be in opposition to another, unless they were 
 both of the same persuasion. The true intent and object of the 
 law was to regulate the Congregational Churches. It could not 
 have been intended to apply to any other denomination, for 
 there was not then in the Colony any body of people of any 
 other persuasion. The toleration act of 1669 gave all Dis- 
 senters from the Congregational way, who were orthodox and 
 sound in the fundamentals of Christian religion, the right to 
 worship in their own way " without disturbance." But this 
 act was omitted from the revision of 1702 and no substitute for 
 it was enacted until 1708, and thus, at this particular time, 
 (1707,) there was no law to modify the law of 1657, which was 
 so vaguely worded as to be improperly applied to suppress 
 Churchmen, although it was never so intended. This one 
 instance at Stratford is the only record we have of any attempt 
 to so use this law. There never was a law of the Colony that 
 could have been properly used to prevent Episcopalians having 
 a minister in orders from assembling and worshipping God in 
 accordance with the rules of the Church. 
 
 Beardsley's " History of the Church in Connecticut " says : 
 When the Commissioners of Charles Second visited Connecti- 
 cut in 1665, they reported to England that the Colony " will 
 not hinder any from enjoying the Sacrament and using the 
 Common Prayer Book, provided they hinder not the mainten- 
 ance of the public minister." " But the Commissioners could 
 not have meant by this statement that there was any legal pro- 
 
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 vision for such liberty. . . . For there was no letting up of 
 the Puritan rigor, nor relaxation of the rule that none should 
 have liberty to worship God publicly, except after the order of 
 the religion established by the civil Government until 1708." 
 In this Beardsley was clearly in error. The law of April, 1665, 
 (which had just been enacted,) provided for that liberty of 
 worship which the Commissioners reported, and so did the law 
 of 1669, while it was in force. In fact the toleration act of 
 1665 was the most liberal of all and applied to " all persons of 
 civil lives " giving them full liberty to " worship God in that 
 way which they think best." The act of 1669 was restricted 
 to persons " orthodox and sound in the fundamentals of 
 Christian religion," while the act of 1708 was still farther re- 
 stricted, and encumbered, each successive toleration act making 
 liberty to " worship God in that way they think best " still more 
 difficult than it had been before. " Quakers, Ranters, Adamites, 
 or such like notorious heretiques," are the only sectaries that 
 were ever prohibited, or against whom any law was ever directly 
 enacted, and the law against them was repealed in May, 1706. 
 Mr. Muirson wrote to England that the laws here " deny a 
 liberty of conscience to the Church of England people, as well 
 as to others," and that such denial is " repugnant to the laws 
 of England." He therefore disregarded the attempted applica- 
 tion of the law to him because such an application was a clear 
 violation of the English toleration act, which guaranteed to 
 all freedom to worship God in their own way. The people of 
 Stratford were not intimidated by the acts of the authorities. 
 On the contrary, more and more came to hear Mr. Muirson 
 and to receive baptism and the Holy Communion, many of 
 whom had never received it before. 
 
 Mr. Muirson writes to the Secretary of the S. P. G. under 
 date of April 4, 1707, that on invitation, he had lately preached 
 in a private house at Fairfield and baptized some children. The 
 Rev. Mr. Evans of Philadelphia was with him. He also asks 
 the Society to send over some Common Prayer Books and some 
 small treatise in defense of the Church. For years after, this 
 request for Church books was often and earnestly repeated 
 by the several missionaries. The Church at Stratford was 
 
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 organized by Mr. Muirson, and wardens and vestrymen elected 
 in April, 1707. 
 
 Under date of April 14, 1707, Col. Heathcote writes that 
 Mr. Read, the minister at Stratford, had come over to the 
 Church and had been dismissed. Again, under date of Feb. 
 24, 1707-8, he says: "I acquainted you in my former letter 
 that there was a very ingenious gentleman at Stratford, one 
 Mr. Read the Minister of that place, who is very inclinable to 
 come over to the Church. By reason of this, he has undergone 
 persecution by his people who do all in their power to starve 
 him." Mr. Heathcote desired Mr. Read to go to England for 
 orders, and writes that in case of " any proposal of his coming 
 over for ordination, his family, which is pretty large, must be 
 taken care of." This was the Rev. John Read, Congregation- 
 alist minister at Stratford. In Orcutt's " History of Strat- 
 ford " we find that he was called to Stratford in May, 1703, 
 and very soon after, Sept. 25, 1706, " perhaps before, some 
 talk was indulged in by the public which Mr. Read resented 
 and demanded inquiry." " No indication as to what was said 
 offensive to Mr. Read . . . has been found except the 
 intimation that he had made overtures to join the Episcopal 
 Church." He resigned March 27, 1707. He was the first 
 Congregational minister in Connecticut to go over to the 
 Church and also the first person to do so whose name is 
 known. Perhaps he was one of the ministers who had 
 opposed the services of the Church at Stratford. 
 
 He was born 1673, graduated at Harvard 1697, married 
 Ruth, daughter of Major John Talcott of Hartford, preached 
 at Waterbury, 1698-9, at East Hartford two years, then at 
 Stratford, 1703 to 1707, removed to New Milford and settled 
 in a log hut, bought large tracts of land of the Indians, was 
 involved in large and unsuccessful land litigation and was 
 finally rewarded by a grant of 20,000 acres of land from the 
 General Court. Part of this land was in the present town of 
 Redding, (originally spelled Reading,) the town being named 
 after Mr. Read, whose son John was one of its first settlers. 
 The people at New Milford used Mr. Read's house as a place 
 of worship, Mr. Read himself preaching there occasionally. 
 He was admitted to the bar in 1708 and then both preached and 
 
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 practiced. In 1712 was appointed Queen's Attorney for the 
 Colony; removed to Boston in 1722, where he was a successful 
 lawyer, Attorney General of that Colony, and a Communicant 
 at King's Chapel. He died at Boston, Feb. 14, 1748-9- [D. C. 
 Kilbourn in Connecticut Magazine, and Orcutt's History of 
 Stratford.] 
 
 Mr. Muirson extended his services into several places in 
 Fairfield County and was so well received that the Rev. John 
 Talbot, (who had probably preached there about that time,) 
 writes to Mr. Keith in February, 1707-8, that " Nor walk and 
 Fairfield are ready to break open their meeting house doors 
 and let him, (Mr. Muirson,) in if he would sufifer it." And 
 also that they had " taken measures at Stratford to build a 
 church, which never was seen in that country before. I pray 
 God sent them an able minister of the New Testament for 
 they have been long enough under the old dispensation." 
 
 Mr. Muirson writes that the people of Connecticut " say the 
 sign of the cross is the mark of the beast and the sign of the 
 devil, and that those who receive it are given to the devil." 
 The Society finally tranferred Mr. Muirson from Rye to Strat- 
 ford, but he died Oct. 12, 1708, before he learned of this 
 appointment. The parish with about 30 communicants and a 
 respectable number of families was left to the occasional 
 services of missionaries who chanced to visit them. In 1710 
 the Rev. John Sharpe, Chaplain to the Forces in the Fort of 
 New York, officiated frequently at Stratford and several other 
 places in Connecticut. He records in his diary the baptism at 
 Long Hill, Jan. 27, 1710, of " Isaac Styles, the first Man Child 
 born in the Colony of Connecticut, a man of 80 years of age." 
 In this year the people of Stratford petitioned for a missionary 
 and at length Rev. Francis Philips was appointed, arriving there 
 just before Christmas, 1712, and staying part of the time till 
 the mid-summer of 1713. He left without orders from, or the 
 knowledge or consent of the Society whose agent he was. But 
 the Church continued to grow, and on April 9, 1714, they write 
 to Col. Heathcote that they " have at last got the timber felled 
 and do hope to have it raised in three months time," meaning 
 a house of worship. In order to prevent as much as possible 
 the growth of the Church in Stratford, the Standing Order, 
 
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 after consulting the rest of Connecticut and the wise men of 
 Boston, determined that one of the best preachers that both 
 Colonies could afford should be sought and sent to Stratford 
 to counteract the growth of the Church. Accordingly the Rev. 
 Timothy Cutler, then of Boston, or its vicinity, was settled at 
 Stratford. But while the Congregationalists were thus sup- 
 plied with an able minister, the poor Episcopalians had none. 
 Their house of worship did not materialize, and the venerable 
 Society failed to send them a missionary, although they 
 promised in 1720 to do so. Two years afterwards the Rev. 
 George Pigott was sent to them and on May 29, 1722, they say 
 of " his care over us, we are well satisfied that it will be to the 
 advantage of the Church." But about five years before Mr. 
 Pigott came, the Rev. Mr. Cutler had become the Rector of 
 Yale College, and little did the wise men who had placed him 
 at Stratford to check Episcopacy, dream that in eight short 
 years he would be the means of imparting to the Church in 
 Connecticut its first susbtantial growth, whereby the one poor 
 struggling Church in a single town was soon multiplied many 
 times, and extended throughout the western part of the Colony. 
 Not only in Connecticut, but throughout all the Colonies was 
 there great consternation when it became known, in 1722, that 
 Timothy Cutler, the Rector of Yale College, Daniel Brown 
 the tutor, and the Rev. Samuel Johnson, pastor of the Congre- 
 gational Church at West Haven, had declared for Episcopacy 
 and were going to England to receive ordination by a Bishop. 
 At this time there was not an Episcopal house of worship in 
 Connecticut and the little band at Stratford was the only 
 organized Church. The Rev. James Wetmore, Congregational 
 minister in North Haven, soon followed the others to England 
 for Episcopal ordination. Mr. Brown died in England, Cutler 
 and Johnson returned in the fall of 1723, Mr. Cutler going to 
 Christ Church at Boston, while Mr. Johnson relieved Mr. 
 Pigott at Christ Church, Stratford, the latter being transferred 
 to Providence. Mr. Wetmore eventually settled at Rye, N. Y. 
 Referring to the conversion of Dr. Cutler and his three com- 
 panions, Mr. Pigott says Oct. 3, 1722, " This great onset 
 towards a reformation in this deluded country has brought in 
 vast numbers to favor the Church of England." Newtown and 
 
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 Ripton, if not Fairfield, he adds, intend to petition the Society 
 for ministers. On Nov. 6, 1722, Mr. Pigott writes, " The sub- 
 scribers at Ripton have been of long standing incHned to the 
 Church, yet among them there are some lately brought over. 
 But those of Newtown to a man have been induced by my means 
 to embrace our profession. I believe two missionaries might 
 serve all four towns, that is one might attend on Stratford and 
 Fairfield and the other on Newtown and Ripton, alternately." 
 During the year ending June, 1723, sixty-seven new communi- 
 cants were added to the Church at Stratford, and when Mr. 
 Johnson arrived there to take charge on Nov. i, 1723, he found 
 seventy-nine communicants and a house of worship in progress 
 of construction. The Churchmen of Stratford gave what they 
 could for building the church, to which was added liberal con- 
 tributions of several pious and generous gentlemen of the 
 neighboring provinces, and something from travellers who 
 passed through the town. Mr. Pigott's labors in addition to 
 Stratford, Fairfield, Ripton and Newtown, had been extended 
 to Norwalk, North Haven and perhaps other places, and this 
 so disturbed Deputy Gov. Nathan Gold of Norwalk, that he 
 proposed to the General Court a law to prohibit Mr. Pigott 
 practicing the function of a minister in any place in the Colony 
 other than Stratford. But no such law could be passed. Dr. 
 Johnson under date of Jan. 18, 1723-4 writes that the Church- 
 men are chiefly in six or seven towns and "yet there is not one 
 Clergyman of the Church of England besides myself in this 
 whole Colony." He was obliged to ride about to other towns, 
 (some ten, some twenty miles off,) " where there is as much 
 need of a minister as at Stratford. ... A considerable 
 number of young men, five or six, I am sure of would be 
 ordained, but for want of Episcopal ordination decline the 
 ministry and go into secular business." About a year later 
 Dr. Johnson refers to a young man of Fairfield, (Mr. Henry 
 Caner, grad. Yale 1724,) whom the Doctor was preparing for 
 the service of the Church. This is the first person studying 
 for the ministry of the Church in Connecticut of whom we have 
 any account. He was probably brought up in the Church, as 
 he was born in England, about 1703. In 1725, Dr. Johnson 
 writes " Sundry of the young candidates for the ministry repair 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 49 
 
 to me frequently for books and conversations upon religious 
 subjects. People are poor, (many of them,) and thirst after 
 Prayer Books, Catechisms, &c. but these books are not to be 
 had in this country even if they had money to purchase them." 
 
 The church at Stratford, the first Episcopal church in Con- 
 necticut, was so far finished as to be opened for Services on 
 Christmas day, 1724; the second church was opened at Fair- 
 field, in the fall of 1725, and the third church was opened at 
 New London on Dec. 9, 1730. 
 
 Gov. Talcott wrote to the Bishop of London under date Dec. 
 I, 1725, that " there is but one Church of England minister in 
 this Colony and the Church with him have the same protection 
 as the rest of our Churches and are under no constraint to the 
 support of any other minister." He refers to " some few 
 persons " in other towns " who have declared themselves to be 
 of the Church of England ; and some of them that live 30 or 
 40 miles from where the Church of England's minister lives " 
 have made some objection to compulsory minister's support. 
 It may be true that the Churchmen of Stratford were not vinder 
 " constraint to contribute to the support of any other minister," 
 but if so, it was through the leniency of those in authority, as 
 before May, 1727, the law, if enforced, would have compelled 
 them to do so. 
 
 Mr. Johnson writes to the Bishop of London, Sept. 26, 1726, 
 as follows : " I cannot but think it very hard, that that Church 
 of which our most gracious King is the nursing father, should 
 not, in any part of his Majesty's domains, be at least upon a 
 level with the Dissenters and free from any oppression from 
 them." 
 
 " As soon as any stranger, though an Englishman, comes 
 into any town, he is according to their laws, immediately 
 warned to go out, which they always do if he is a Churchman, 
 and it is in the breast of the selectmen of the town whether 
 they will accept of any bondsman for him. Neither can he 
 purchase any lands without their leave, and unless they see 
 cause to allow him to stay, they can, by their laws, whip him 
 out of town, if he otherwise refuse to depart. By this means 
 several professors of our Church, for no other crime but their 
 profession, have been prevented from settling here." 
 
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 In January, 1726-7 Mr. Johnson writes that he has been to 
 Fairfield " to visit a considerable number of my people in prison 
 for their rates to the dissenting minister. ... I wish your 
 Lordship, or some of your sacred character, could have been by 
 to behold the contempt and indignity which our holy religion 
 here suffers among an ungrateful people." "Unless we can 
 have relief and be delivered from this unreasonable treatment, 
 I fear I must give up the cause, and our Church must sink and 
 come to nothing." And yet these people were legally put in 
 prison and could not reasonably have expected any other treat- 
 ment as long as the law remained as it then was. Referring 
 to Church and State in Old England and in New England, one 
 writer says " The real difference was, that in Old England the 
 Church was subordinate to the State ; but in New England the 
 State was subordinate to the Church." 
 
 " This mode of government answered a tolerable purpose so 
 long as the community continued Christian, and so long as the 
 people were united in sentiment," and we may add, in religion. 
 Such unity had been the case for nearly one hundred years, but 
 it no longer existed. The Baptists came to Groton in 1704 and 
 organized a Church in 1705, although it was about twenty-five 
 years before a second Church was organized. The Quakers 
 of New York state had also crossed our borders, and the Con- 
 gregationalists had split up into two factions, those adopting 
 the Saybrook Platform of 1708, and the dissenters therefrom, 
 known as Separatists. These with the Presbyterians and 
 Churchmen made six different religious denominations then 
 in the Colony, besides the Rogerenes of New London. These 
 new conditions made the old law for the minister's support both 
 unreasonable and unjust. The toleration acts of 1665, 1669, 
 and 1708, in terms complied with the law of England by extend- 
 ing freedom of worship to persons of all denominations, but 
 the laws in general were so framed that those who elected to 
 worship in any other than the Congregational way were sub- 
 jected to various annoyances and made to pay for it so dearly 
 as to discourage all other worship, as far as it could be dis- 
 couraged without actual prohibition. Mr. Johnson considered 
 the law of the Colony for the minister's support to be contrary 
 to the indulgence granted the Colony "by their charter, which 
 
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 forbade them to do anything contrary to the laws of England." 
 The toleration act of 1708 expressly provided that dissenting 
 worshippers should not be " excused f roni paying minister's 
 rates", for the " way " established by law. 
 
 The Church wardens and vestry of Fairfield petitioned the 
 General Court which assembled May 15, 1727, for some act to 
 " excuse us from paying any dissenting minister, or to the 
 building of any dissenting meeting house." Also requesting 
 that the money formerly taken from them by distraint, (as 
 they say " contrary to His Honor, the Governor's advice,") 
 be restored to them again. A law purporting to give Church- 
 men relief from taxes was passed, and it is difficult to conceive 
 how any law for such purpose could have possibly been so 
 framed as to give as little relief. It was the first law to name 
 the Church of England, and the first law granting any relief 
 from taxes to those who were not of the Standing Order. It 
 has been stated that this law was passed at the request of 
 Churchmen, but they never requested this law. It was like 
 asking for bread and receiving a stone. The rights of Epis- 
 copalians under the laws of the Colony have generally been 
 misunderstood, and the importance of this act of 1727 in the 
 history of the Church is so great as to warrant an extended 
 discussion. 
 
 The preamble to the act shows that it was granted " Upon 
 the Prayer of Moses Ward of Fairfield, Church Warden, and 
 the rest of the Church Wardens, Vestry M§n and Brethren, 
 representing themselves under Obligations by the Honorable 
 Society, and Bishop of London, to pay to the Support of the 
 established Church," and that " said Ward appeared, and by 
 his attorney declared to this Assembly, that he should not 
 insist on the return of the money prayed for." 
 
 The law enacted " That all persons who are of the Church of 
 England, and those who are of the Churches established by the 
 laws of this Government, that live in the bounds of any Parish 
 allowed by this Assembly, shall be taxed by the parishioners 
 of the said Parish, by the same rule, and in the same proportion, 
 for the support of the Ministry in such Parish." The condi- 
 tions here imposed are the controlling features of the act. It 
 is imperative that Churchmen shall be taxed to support the 
 
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 ministers of the Standing Order, " by the same rule, and in the 
 same proportion " as all others, and further, the conditions of 
 this act are applicable only to those " that live in the bounds " 
 of the particular Congregational parish where the tax was laid. 
 The omission to notice this condition has been one of the chief 
 causes of misunderstanding the law. 
 
 The law gives no conditions for relief to the tax payer as to 
 taxes for supporting ministers of the Standing Order. The 
 only relief is directly for the Episcopal Minister and is as 
 follows : 
 
 " But if it so happens that there be a Society of the Church 
 of England, where there is a person in Orders according to the 
 Canons of the Church of England, settled and abiding among 
 them, and performing divine service, so near to any person that 
 hath declared himself of the Church of England, that he can 
 conveniently, and doth attend the public Worship there, then the 
 Collectors, having first indifferently levied the Tax, as above- 
 said, shall deliver the Taxes collected of such persons declaring 
 themselves, and attending as aforesaid, unto the Minister of the 
 Church of England, living near unto such persons ; which 
 Minister shall have full power to receive and recover the same, 
 in order to his support in the place assigned to him." 
 
 But before the Episcopal minister could recover the taxes 
 paid by the members of his flock to the Collector of the Stand- 
 ing Order, he must prove that he " is a person in orders accord- 
 ing to the canons of the Church " ; that he resides in the same 
 Congregational parish with those Churchmen whose taxes he 
 demands ; that he has regularly performed Divine Service in 
 that vicinity ; that the persons whose taxes he demands have 
 " declared " themselves to be Churchmen, and that they have 
 regularly attended services at the public worship conducted 
 by this minister. 
 
 The remainder of the act is as follows : 
 
 " But if such proportions of Taxes be not sufficient in any 
 Society of the Church of England to support the incumbent 
 there, then such society may levy and collect of them who 
 profess and attend, as aforesaid, greater Taxes, at their own 
 discretion, for the support of their Minister. 
 
 " And that the parishioners of the Church of England, attend- 
 ing as aforesaid, are hereby excused from paying any Taxes 
 
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 for building Meeting Houses for the present established 
 Churches of this Government." 
 
 The provision for further taxing Churchmen for their own 
 support requires no explanation, but the relief from paying 
 meeting-house taxes applies, by reason of the words "attending 
 as aforesaid " only to such Churchmen as have fulfilled the 
 conditions named in the previous portion of the act, and there- 
 fore only those Churchmen who resided in the same Congrega- 
 tional parish that the Episcopal Minister resided in, could 
 properly claim exemption from meeting-house taxes. 
 
 In the spring of 1727 when this act was passed, there were 
 only two Episcopal houses of worship in use within the Colony, 
 one at Stratford and an unfinished one at Fairfield. There was 
 another in the process of building at New London. These 
 three towns had each organized a parish or society ; so also 
 West Haven, Ripton, Ridgefield, Newtown, Norwalk, North 
 Haven, Poquonnuck, (North Groton,) Green's Farms, Green- 
 field, Chestnut Ridge, (Redding,) and Danbury, either had 
 parishes or had laid the foundations for a parish, and yet, to 
 take care of all these fourteen places, there was only one Minis- 
 ter " in Orders according to the Canons of the Church of Eng- 
 land settled and abiding among them ", and Stratford, where the 
 Rev. Samuel Johnson resided, was the only place in the Colony 
 where Churchmen could get any relief under this law. 
 
 Fairfield, however, was soon added to the list by the appoint- 
 ment as missionary of Rev. Henry Caner, who had been study- 
 ing for the ministry for three years last past and had also per- 
 formed good service as catechist and lay reader. He returned 
 in the fall of 1727 from England, where he had been for ordina- 
 tion. His first report to the Society is dated March 15, 1727-8. 
 He says the heavy taxes levied for the support of dissenting 
 ministers renders his people " almost inacapable of carrying on 
 the Church." Under the same date he writes to the Bishop of 
 London that "the Dissenters in this government have lately 
 passed an act to exempt all professors of the Church from pay- 
 ing taxes to support their ministers, yet they take the liberty 
 to determine themselves who may be called Churchmen, and 
 interpret that act to comprehend none that live a mile from the 
 Church minister, but of its revenues likewise, we are entirely 
 
54 THE CHURCH 
 
 deprived of the benefit of; and tlie favor which they would 
 seem to do us proves, in reality, but a shadow." 
 
 Under date of April 2, 1728, Mr. Johnson of Stratford writes 
 to the Bishop of London, that " The Government have pre- 
 tended to make a law in favor of the Church, whereby all 
 that live near our parish churches are exempted from paying 
 taxes to dissenting ministers, and it is of some service to such, 
 but those that live scattering in the country are yet persecuted 
 as bad as ever, and in this law they still call themselves the 
 Established Churches, and treat us as Dissenters." 
 
 Mr. Caner mentions nearness to the Church minister as the 
 controlling condition for exemption from taxes, but in fact, 
 the bounds of the established parish where the Church minister 
 resided was the real limit of exemption, while the words " near 
 to " in the law relate to the place of worship and not to the 
 abode of the minister. The law itself defines what " near to " 
 means, so that if a person could and did attend worship in any 
 place he was " near to " that place within the meaning of the 
 law. We are at a loss to see on what ground the taxes of the 
 Churchmen of Fairfield who attended Mr. Caner's services 
 there should not have been paid over to Mr. Caner, unless they 
 were assessed before Mr. Caner's return from England. It was 
 certainly the rule to give Episcopalians the benefit of this law 
 in all places where the Episcopal ministers resided, and in most 
 other places Episcopaliaws legally suffered. The authorities 
 might however have claimed that a general missionary for two 
 or more different places was not a minister " settled and abid- 
 ing " in any particular place according to the intent of the law. 
 That a minister should have several parishes to serve alternately, 
 was foreign to the conceptions of the Standing Order. They 
 might well have raised the question as to who were " declared " 
 Churchmen. The only law bearing on the declarations of dis- 
 senters was the toleration act of 1708, which required those who 
 desired to worship God in a way different from that of the 
 Standing Order, to qualify themselves at the County Court 
 " according to an act made in the first year of the late King 
 William and Queen Mary." We find no record of any such 
 qualification in Hartford County and do not know that any one 
 ever qualified under it except a few Straight Congregational- 
 
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 ists in New Haven County. The words " hath declared himself 
 of the Church of England " as used in the act of 1727 could 
 be fairly construed as so declaring under the toleration law of 
 1708. We do not know that the law ever was so construed. 
 On May 9, 1728, the Church wardens and vestrymen of Fair- 
 field presented a memorial to the General Assembly saying that 
 the act of 1727 " is not fully understood " and particularly they 
 did not understand " what part of the professors of the Church 
 of England are exempted, all being within the district of the 
 Rev. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Caner's ministry, within the county 
 of Fairfield." They ask for an explanation, and also for a law 
 that taxes be granted " by the book of canons . . . and not 
 by your collectors." No action was taken on this petition. 
 
 A little before April i, 1728, Mr. Johnson preached at New 
 Haven. He says, " Great pains were taken to hinder people 
 from coming to Church and many well wishers to it were over- 
 persuaded not to come; however, I had near a hundred 
 hearers." After sermon, " some ten of the members of the 
 Church there subscribed one hundred pounds towards the build- 
 ing of a church in that town." , 
 
 The act of 1727 encouraged the Quakers to apply for relief 
 from taxes, which was granted at the May session in 1729 and 
 the same favor was extended to the Baptists in October, 1729. 
 We presume the law makers preferred Quakers and Baptists to 
 Episcopalians, for the most objectionable features of the law of 
 1727 were omitted from these acts of 1729, whereby all Quakers 
 and Baptists that attended their respective meetings were 
 wholly exempted from taxes on behalf of the Standing Order. 
 The Straight Congregationalists had no relief whatever from 
 the oppressions of the Standing Order until 1777. 
 
 The Rev. Samuel Seabury, father of Bishop Seabury and the 
 Congregationalist minister at North Groton, (now Ledyard,) 
 declared for Episcopacy, went to England for ordination, and 
 returned as missionary to New London, Dec. 9, 1730. The 
 Rev. John Beach, Presbyterian minister at Newtown, soon 
 followed, and was returned here as missionary for Redding and 
 Newtown in 1734. 
 
 The people of North Groton consoled themselves over the 
 loss of the Rev. Samuel Seabury by securing the services of the 
 
5 6 THE CHURCH 
 
 Rev. Ebenezer Punderson, and they were so well pleased with 
 him as to say " we looked upon ourselves as favorites of 
 Heaven," but in about two and a half years he "publicly 
 declared himself to be a conformist to the Established Church 
 of England," and they say some " ten or twelve of the people 
 of our Parish and heads of families have signed his paper and 
 contributed money to him to have his expenses " to England 
 paid for him "to be ordained by a bishop." [Ecclesiastical 
 Mss., Vol. 4, Doc. 51.] Mr. Punderson was recommended by 
 the clergy of Connecticut, who said there was " a good prospect 
 that many of his former parish will go with him." He came 
 back in 1734 as missionary for North Groton and parts 
 adjacent. In December, 1733, Mr. Johnson wrote to the Bishop 
 of London that he believed two or three worthy young ministers 
 of this Colony "will in a little time declare for us," and that 
 " two of them especially have hopes that the most of their con- 
 gregation will conform with them." One of these two was Mr. 
 Punderson and the other was Jonathan Arnold, who had suc- 
 ceeded Mr. Johnson at West Haven. In 1734 Mr. Arnold 
 returned from England with the appointment of itinerant mis- 
 sionary of the Colony, and the Standing Order at West Haven, 
 like the people of North Groton, were grieved at the loss of two 
 successive pastors and part of their congregation. 
 
 The honorable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 
 Foreign Plantations of the Realm of England breathed into 
 the Church in Connecticut the breath of life, and by its foster- 
 ing care sustained the Church until it was strong enough to 
 stand the shock of the American Revolution. Each missionary 
 was requested to " keep a constant and regular correspondence " 
 with the Secretary of the Society, besides making semi-annual 
 reports. It is by this correspondence that we have such a com- 
 plete history of the Church. The missionaries were paid from 
 twenty to seventy pounds steriing per annum, and each mis- 
 sionary was allowed a library valued at ten pounds sterling with 
 five pounds worth of tracts. Of the 83 missionaries on the 
 Society's list in New England more than one-fourth were 
 brought up Dissenters. In Connecticut there was a much 
 larger percentage of those who had come over to the Church. 
 Of the first nine missionaries appointed to stations in Connecti- 
 cut, six of them had been dissenting ministers. 
 
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 The missionaries were instructed " that they take special 
 care to give no offence to the Civil Government, by inter-med- 
 dling in affairs not relating to their own calling and function." 
 
 "That they particularly preach against those vices, which 
 tliey shall observe to be most predominating in the places of 
 their residence." 
 
 No missionary was appointed to any place without first being 
 petitioned for, and without being recommended by some mis- 
 sionary or other person known to the Society. Even then no 
 missionary was sent until the Society knew " whether those 
 places are able and willing to contribute towards the mainten- 
 ance of a missionary," and those places which were most willing 
 to contribute were always supplied first. Ripton and Newtown 
 in 1722 both asked for a missionary and referred to certain 
 lands for Church support, but did not state specifically how 
 much they could do. Two years later they were informed that 
 the " Society are inclined to send them a Missionary, but write 
 first to know what the value of the land is . . . and what 
 they will contribute further annually ? " 
 
 The people soon learned that it was necessary to offer the 
 Society something substantial towards supporting a missionary 
 before they could have one, and even then only a few mission- 
 aries were to be had. 
 
 There was at Hebron in 1736 " a numerous congregation 
 who attended the services of the Common Prayers with great 
 seriousness " when Missionary Seabury of New London, thirty 
 miles away, came to visit them. They could not get a mis- 
 sionary and so desired Mr. Seabury to " administer to them 
 four times a year until one could be sent." 
 
 In 1740 the " Church newly planted " at Wallingford was 
 served only once a quarter by a minister and every Lord's day 
 besides they were served by a lay reader. They knew that Mr. 
 Morris could not come to them oftener, but, say they, "we 
 hope God in his providence, will so order it that we may at last 
 be oftener attended." Mr. Morris writes that upon Mr. Arnold 
 leaving, the people " seemed to despair of having another to 
 succeed him." ..." Should I give an account of the 
 geography of my mission you would find it large enough for a 
 Diocese." 
 
58 THE CHURCH 
 
 In 1741, Mr. Morris visited Simsbury, (Bloomfield,) where 
 " they are in hopes of having a minister at last, and have accord- 
 ingly prepared some timber to build a church." He arranged 
 with the other missionaries to assist him so that Simsbury might 
 be served " eight times a year." He agreed to attend Walling- 
 ford three times a year, " which they seem satisfied with, for 
 they know it is as much as I can do." 
 
 In October, 1743, Mr. Beach speaks of attending about 
 twenty families at New Milford and New Fairfield, where he 
 goes several times a year " but seldom on the Lord's day." 
 They frequently go fifteen miles to attend church at Newtown. 
 
 In April, 1744, the Church wardens of Simsbury write to 
 the Society that they have "nothing so much to object against 
 as the want of a settled minister." Mr. Punderson of North 
 Groton writes, " I am at present the only missionary in this half 
 of the government and part of Rhode Island," and urges the 
 Society to fill the vacancy at New London occasioned by the 
 transfer of Mr. Seabury to Long Island. Other removals 
 occurred, so that in 1747 Dr. Johnson says, " I am now alone 
 here on the sea coast, without one person in orders besides 
 myself for more than a hundred miles." The Church wardens 
 of Litchfield asked for a missionary in 1747, and say they are 
 remote from all the missionaries, except the Rev. Mr. Gibbs, 
 twenty-seven miles away, and Rev. Mr. Beach, between thirty- 
 five and forty miles away. 
 
 In 1756, the people of Norwich were desirous of having a 
 missionary, and before they had one the Mohegan Indians 
 petitioned the Society to have this missionary give them a share 
 of his time, "that we may be taught to go to that good place 
 when we die, as well as the white man." They would pay some- 
 thing but they could not pay much save a few oysters, fish, etc. 
 In 1764 the Rev. Mr. Viets, missionary at Bloomfield, was 
 thirty-five miles from any other Episcopal minister. 
 
 In 1768, the Church wardens of Guilford tell a long story 
 about having tried in vain, since 1744, to have a minister settled 
 among them, but could get nothing but transient service, 
 although some came and staid long enough to greatly encourage 
 them, and left soon enough to grievously disappoint them. 
 They conclude as follows : — " We have labored under the 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 59 
 
 greatest discouragements for upwards of twenty-three years 
 and built a church, purchased a Glebe and " obtained everything 
 that we have so " long struggled for except the Society's patron- 
 age." We " are stripped of our minister and left to mourn 
 our loss, and to be the derision and scoff of the dissenters." 
 They asked to have Mr. Tyler, who was going home for orders, 
 sent to them. But still again they were disappointed, for Mr. 
 Tyler came back as missionary to Norwich and adjoining parts. 
 He opened the church at Pomfret, (Brooklyn,) April 12, 1771, 
 the last church built in the Colony, and which is now, (1906,) 
 standing. [Mention is made of this old church by the Rev. 
 George Israel Browne, with illustrations, in the Conn. Magazine, 
 Vol. X, p. 69, etc.] It was built by Mr. Godfrey Malbone, an 
 ardent Churchman, who for years had without murmur paid 
 one-eighth of all the taxes in the parish. When he began, in 
 1769, to build the church, there were but two Churchmen that 
 he knew of besides himself. The Standing Order decided to 
 build a new meeting-house, which Mr. Malbone objected to as 
 unnecessary, but he was told that they would build it and compel 
 him to pay for it. His lawyer, a Churchman, advised him that 
 as the laws stood he could not help himself, unless the Episco- 
 palians had a church and minister of their own.. Consequently 
 Mr. Malbone decided to have both a church and a missionary. 
 In October, 1770, this Church was legalized by the General 
 Assembly. With a little outside aid the building was ready, 
 as before stated, in 1771. About twenty heads of families, 
 brought up in the Dissenting way, joined with them before the 
 church was completed, and more joined later, for there was not 
 another church nearer than Norwich, twenty-two miles away. 
 But the great difficulty which Mr. Malbone encountered was 
 to get a missionary. He applied for one in 1769 and engaged to 
 pay one hundred pounds annually. Without a minister settled 
 there the people were bound by law to pay for the meeting- 
 house and minister's rate of the Standing Order. Failing to 
 have a missionary sent to him by the Society, he employed the 
 Rev. Mr. Moseley, a chaplain in the British Navy, but still they 
 were not freed from taxes as the Dissenters would not admit 
 that Mr. Moseley was " in orders in accordance with the Canons 
 of the Church." In 1772 Mr. Moseley withdrew in favor of 
 
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 the Rev. Daniel Fogg, a missionary of the S. P. G., and then the 
 Churchmen in the parish of Brooklyn were relieved from 
 further taxes to the Standing Order. 
 
 There never were in the Colony half as many missionaries as 
 were being earnestly begged for, and all the while that this cry 
 for more ministers was heard throughout the land, the Dis- 
 senters were complaining about the S. P. G. sending ministers 
 where they were not wanted. Dr. Blake's " Separates " of New 
 England says that the S. P. G. was a society for aiding the 
 Church of England in America and for planting " its Churches 
 where the ground was abundantly occupied and supplied with 
 the ministrations of the Gospel, though not after the Episcopal 
 order." The great Anti-Episcopal Convention, 1766 to 1775, 
 complained of the S. P. G. for paying considerable salaries to 
 missionaries where the Convention thought they were not 
 wanted. There was no minister of any denomination at Red- 
 ding, when Mr. Henry Caner first ministered to the people 
 there. At the present day it is hard to realize how much the 
 S. P. G. did for the Church in Connecticut. The Rev. John 
 Beach in 1743 said : " I bless God for the pious care and charity 
 of the venerable Society . . . and had it not been for that, 
 we have reason to think there would not have been at this day 
 as much as one congregation in this Colony worshiping God 
 according to the Church of England." 
 
 The missionaries frequently represented to the Society the 
 great want of schools for the instruction of children in the 
 principles of religion and convenient learning. The Society 
 from the first paid salaries to several catechists and school 
 masters, particularly in the Provinces of New York and Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 The school masters were to instruct the children in reading, 
 writing and arithmetic, also in the Catechism, reading the Holy 
 Scripture and in the use of the Prayer Book. They were 
 required to frequently consult and advise with the ministers ; 
 to take all their scholars regularly to Church, and to teach them 
 to join in the worship. 
 
 They were to teach the children special morning and evening 
 prayers for use in school, and also for private use at home • 
 a short prayer for every child to use when they first come into 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 6 1 
 
 their seats at church and before they leave their seats. Also 
 " A Grace before " and " after Meat." 
 
 The first mention found of a catechist in Connecticut is Nov. 
 6, 1722, when the Rev. Mr. Pigott asks to have a French gentle- 
 man of Fairfield appointed as catechist. He refers to Dr. 
 James Laborie, a Hugenot who was ordained at Zurich, Oct. 
 30, 1688, removed to England, and was licensed by the Bishop 
 of London for teaching grammar and catechising in the parish 
 of Stepney. He officiated in several French churches of 
 London for nine or ten years and in 1698 came to America and 
 was settled in the ministry at " New Oxford", Mass., with a 
 commission from Bishop Compton to instruct the Indians there, 
 which he did with great success. He removed to New York 
 and had charge of the French Church there from Oct. 15, 
 1704, to Aug. 25, 1706. He then engaged in the practice of 
 medicine and removed to Stratford, Conn, about 1709. He was 
 Surgeon for the Colony at Wood Creek, 1709, and in the 
 expedition to Port Royal and Nova Scotia, 1710, being also 
 Chaplain on the Brigantine " Mary." He removed to Fair- 
 field about 17 16. Here, without any salary, he continued his 
 labors and began to teach both Whites and Indians. He says 
 he was interrupted by Lieut. Gov. Nathan Gold, " a mortal 
 enemy to the Church and violently compelled to surcease my 
 endeavors " on the ground that " my commission extended no 
 farther than Boston Colony." After the arrival of missionary 
 Pigott in 1722, he worked with him and instructed the people 
 at his own house on the Lord's Day when Mr. Pigott could not 
 be present. On Jan. 13, 1723-4, the latter writes that " Dr. 
 Laborie's industry there, (Fairfield,) takes off the present 
 necessity of a missionary for that town. He is an excellent 
 preacher, but Episcopacy cuts off his practice in physic." 
 Although he became a Churchman, he does not appear to have 
 ever received Episcopal ordination. His name is not found in 
 the annual reports of the S. P. G. and although called a cate- 
 chist his work was in the nature of a missionary. Sometimes 
 lay readers who were preparing for the ministry were called 
 catechists when not in the employ of the S. P. G. This was 
 the case with Mr. Ebenezer Thompson of Simsbury, 1742. The 
 only other record we have of a catechist is that Dr. Johnson 
 
62 THE CHURCH 
 
 was paid ten pounds a year for a catechist at Stratford, from 
 1746 to 1755, inclusive. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Johnson of Stratford writes, June 23, 1724, to 
 the Bishop of London "that this town, and indeed the whole 
 colony, is destitute of any Episcopal school, by which means 
 our youth are trained up in prejudice against the established 
 Church, and since your Lordship hath expressed so pious a care 
 as to enquire concerning the state of schools, I have been 
 encouraged to recommend this honest gentleman, the bearer 
 hereof, Mr. Thomas Salmon, to your Lordship and the honor- 
 able Society ; he is one of our Church wardens and is well quali- 
 fied for an English school master, and hath kept the school for 
 several years in this town to the universal satisfaction of both 
 the Church people and Dissenters." It does not appear that 
 he was ever appointed. 
 
 Mr. Johnson writes to the Secretary, Sept. 16, 1726, that Mr. 
 Henry Caner of Fairfield " designs about two years hence to 
 wait upon the honorable Society for orders and a mission, " 
 meanwhile the people would be very thankful if the Society 
 would " grant him a small encouragement for the pains he takes 
 in instructing that people and their children in the principles of 
 religion as catechist." Instead of waiting two years, Mr. Caner 
 was ordained and returned as missionary at Fairfield within 
 a year. Mr. Johnson writes Sept. 20, 1727, that he " should be 
 very glad that the same salary which was allowed to him, (Mr. 
 Caner,) as school master at Fairfield, might be allowed for a 
 school in this town, (Stratford,) where there is great need of 
 one, and it might be of good service, not only for forming the 
 minds of children to a sense of religion, but likewise for a 
 resort for such young gentlemen, successively, as from time 
 to time leave the College here. . . . They might while 
 they keep school, improve themselves in the study of Divinity, 
 till they are qualified for higher business." And so Mr. Caner 
 was paid a school master's salary in remuneration of his ser- 
 vices to the Church at Fairfield until he could be appointed as 
 missionary. His service as schoolmaster was less than one year 
 and hence does not appear in the annual reports of the S. P. G. 
 In the same letter, Mr. Johnson says, " The Dissenters have 
 two poor schools in this town, but the Church hath none." 
 
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 Again, Oct. 23, 1727, he says, in my " last I informed the 
 Society of what service it might be to the interest of reUgion 
 to have a school here, and that Mr. Bennett (who has for above 
 half a year kept school among the Dissenters here, and been 
 rejected by the greatest number of them upon conformity to 
 our Church,) would be very serviceable and acceptable, . . . 
 We have already raised nigh thirty pounds per annum " and 
 could give a good support to a school which he asks for, as 
 " nothing could so happily contribute to the enlargement of our 
 Church. " 
 
 Mr. Johnson writes, Nov. 20, 1729, that he finds " in the 
 abstract of the proceedings of the Society last year, mention 
 made of a salary for a school at Stratford but have never 
 received any letter or otherwise any intimation from the Society 
 about it, . . . However, I should be very thankful if there 
 was a salary appoihted for that purpose, and there is great need 
 of it, yet since we want ministers more of the two, than school 
 masters, I would not desire that the providing for a school 
 should stand in the way of providing missionaries." 
 
 An anonymous letter dated Stratford, Oct. 30, 1727, was sent 
 to the Bishop of London, discouraging the school. It purported 
 to have been written in the interest of Churchmen and claimed 
 that a school would be " a prejudice and a wrong to us, " by 
 disturbing the " friendship between us and the committee of the 
 schools," who now employ " a man of our persuasion in one " 
 of the schools. Mr. Bennett was not appointed, but finally the 
 prayer for a school master at Stratford was granted and Mr. 
 Johnson writes to the Bishop of London, Dec. 10, 1733, thank- 
 ing him for his " interest with the honourable Society for set- 
 tling a school in this place. " The school at Stratford was prac- 
 tically the first sectarian school for general education ever set 
 up in the Colony, aside from the schools of the Standing Order. 
 All the public schools of the Colony were controlled by 
 ecclesiastical societies of the Standing Order, although other 
 denominations were permitted to vote. Episcopalians could 
 have no vote on school matters without attending the meetings 
 of the Congregational Societies. In the report of the S. P. G. 
 for the year 1733, Mr. Joseph Brown is put down as " School 
 Master " at Stratford with a salary of fifteen pounds per annum. 
 
64 THE CHURCH 
 
 and he is so reported for twenty-one consecutive years. Mr. 
 Brown was one of the vestrymen of Christ Church and sub- 
 scribed thirty pounds for building the church in 1742-3. 
 
 On the first Monday in February, 1733-4, the Rev. Samuel 
 Johnson, in behalf of the members of the Church of England 
 in Stratford, asked for liberty to erect a " School House on the 
 Common near the southeast corner of Lieut. Joseph Beach'es 
 house lot," and the town voted to grant his request. [Orcutt's 
 Stratford, Vol. i, p. 322.] Probably the house was built and 
 this is where Mr. Brown taught. 
 
 In May, 1728, a law was passed requiring the Treasurer of 
 the Colony to " deliver the sum of forty shillings upon every 
 thousand pounds in the list of the respective towns " to the 
 school committee of the said towns " to be by them distributed to 
 the several parishes or societies in each town for the benefit of 
 their respective schools. " 
 
 In October, 1737, a law was passed permitting certain school 
 funds to be appropriated " to the support of the Gospel minis- 
 try, as by the laws of this Colony established." This of course 
 all went, said Dr. Johnson, to support ministers of the " Presby- 
 terian or Congregational persuasion, (being those that are 
 peculiarly countenanced by the Laws of this Government,) to 
 be divided in proportion to their several lists and this in such 
 manner that we of the Church of England cannot lay claim 
 to any share of them for the support of our Ministers or 
 Schools." 
 
 By reason of these laws, a long memorial, drafted by Dr. 
 Johnson, was presented to the General Court at their May 
 session, 1738, praying " that we may be secured of our propor- 
 tion of those public monies toward the support of our Ministers 
 & that our schools also, where we have any peculiar to our- 
 selves, may have their proportional benefit of the said act, as 
 also the 40 shillings on the iiooo, which has hitherto been 
 denied to the School of the Church of England at Stratford. " 
 [Ecclesiastical Mss., Vol. 10, Doc. 324.] The objectionable 
 law was repealed in 1740. This memorial gives us positive 
 proof that there was, in 1738, an Episcopal school at Stratford, 
 which was of such a general educational character as to warrant 
 a demand for their share of " the 40 shillings on the £1000 ", 
 given for public schools. 
 
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 Mr. Richard Caner appears in the annual reports for the 
 years ending February, 1740 and February, 1741, as " School 
 Master at Fairfield." In November, 1739 he reported thirty 
 scholars. In the report for 1742 he was reported as missionary, 
 thus showing that his salary as school master was in remunera- 
 tion for missionary work. In 1742, the Rev. Timothy Allen 
 was conducting a school at New London known as ," The Shep- 
 perd's Tent" and which was designed for educating young 
 men to become exhorters, etc., for the so-called New Lights. 
 An act passed in October, 1742, (and said to have been aimed 
 at these " New Lights " ,) imposed heavy penalties upon any 
 one who should teach, keep, or maintain " any public school 
 whatsoever, " other than as " established or allowed " by law. 
 This law, (which was enacted for four years only,) was broad 
 enough to have suppressed the Episcopal school at Stratford, but 
 the authorities do not appear to have had any desire to do so. 
 
 The school was finally discontinued at the request of Dr. 
 Johnson, as appears from his letter to the Society dated April 
 14, 175 1, stating " that, as it is now much less charity to provide 
 for a school in this town than heretofore, " and " Mr. Brown 
 tells me he is, willing to resign", he advises the Society to 
 appoint a missionary for Ripton in place of the school master at 
 Stratford. 
 
 Mr. Hutchinson appears in the reports of the S. P. G. as 
 school master at North Groton, (Ledyard,) from 1745 to 1764 
 inclusive. A school master whose name is not given was paid 
 for work among the Narragansett Indians from 1767 to 1777, 
 inclusive. On June 5, 1765, the Rev. Matthew Graves of New 
 London recommends " to the care of the Religious Society " 
 for a school master " Mr. Bennett, the school master among the 
 Mohawks," who designs " to return when the small pox is 
 abated. " The Digest of the Reports of the S. P. G. says that 
 Cornelius Bennett of the Mohawk mission, New York, labored 
 among the Narragansett Indians for a short time. 
 
 On June, 1770, Dr. Johnson writes the Secretary from his 
 old home at Stratford, thanking him for ordering Mr. Somas- 
 ters to be placed at Stratford, and says : " This happily falls in 
 with a design I have entertained of holding a little Academy, 
 or resource for young students of Divinity to prepare them for 
 
66 THE CHURCH 
 
 Holy Orders. Have now four, Marshall, Fingley, Perry and 
 Jones. Marshall will go next fall to Woodbury. This I shall 
 continue while I live with the assistance of Mr. Kneeland." 
 Mr. Somaster's name is not found in the annual reports of the 
 S. P. G. No doubt the Somaster's Library which was trans- 
 ferred from the Church at Stratford to the Episcopal Academy 
 at Cheshire and then back again to Stratford, originally 
 belonged to this teacher. The foregoing account includes all 
 the Episcopal schools in Colonial Connecticut of which we have 
 any record. 
 
 Referring again to the laws of the Colony, a fine of 20 shil- 
 lings was imposed by the law of 1721, on those who should 
 assemble in any public meeting-house without the consent of the 
 minister and congregation. This made it more difficult for the 
 Episcopalians to get permission to use the meeting-houses which 
 they had helped to build. 
 
 The poorer Churches of the Standing Order were also 
 favored by having their county rates remitted to them or by 
 otherwise receiving substantial aid from the Colony. In 1728 
 the county rates were remitted to the parish of Redding, where 
 Mr. Caner had preached when there was " no minister of any 
 denomination whatsoever " there, and this favor was continued 
 for twenty years or more. In October, 1730, the Society of 
 Horse Neck, (Greenwich,) petitioned the General Court for 
 aid, saying that " of our small number not a few have listed 
 themselves under the banner prelatical and also not a few under 
 the banner of yea and nay and how far the leaven may spread we 
 fear more than we are sure of." The county rates collected in 
 the town of Greenwich for the year 1730, (from Episcopalians 
 and others,) were ordered to be paid over to the treasurer of 
 this Congregational parish. 
 
 We have already referred to the withdrawal of two ministers 
 in succession and many of the people from the societies of the 
 Standing Order at North Groton and West Haven. The for- 
 mer asked for aid in 1734 and fifty pounds was granted them. 
 West Haven petitioned for aid in 1735, showing " the broken 
 circumstances of said parish by reason of their ministers one 
 after another declaring themselves to be of the Church of Eng- 
 land principles and carrying from them considerable estate and 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 67 
 
 inhabitants, whereby they are incapable to maintain the gospel." 
 A committee was appointed to investigate. [Ecclesiastical 
 Mss., Vol. 10, Docs. 51 and 271.] Many other places were 
 granted favors and their memorials asking for aid appear in 
 the archives of the State. They often give the number of 
 inhabitants in their respective parishes with a statement of how 
 many Episcopalians, Baptists or Quakers they had in order to 
 show how the ranks of the Standing Order had been diminished. 
 
 We have before referred to the money appropriated for 
 schools being refused the Episcopal school at Stratford, and to 
 the school funds belonging to the State, (including the Episco- 
 palians,) being devoted to the support of the Gospel ministry 
 for the Standing Order, without giving any portion of it to 
 the Churchmen. The lengthy memoral of 1738, in protest of 
 these practices, is very interesting reading. It gives numerous 
 reasons as to why the Churchmen should receive their "propor- 
 tion in the said public monies ", the first reason being as 
 follows : 
 
 " Because the Doctrines and Principles of the Church of 
 England do professedly and most certainly tend, (at least 
 equally with those of any other persuasion,) not only to fit and 
 prepare men for eternal happiness in the life to come, but also 
 to promote the public good of society in this world, by teaching 
 them to be sober, virtuous and industrious in their callings, 
 serious and devout towards God and just and charitable towards 
 men, and in every respect to be good Christians, kind neighbors, 
 upright magistrates, dutiful subjects and faithful and conscien- 
 tious in every relation and condition of life, and consequently 
 Her professors ought to have the like equitable and favorable 
 treatment wit;h those of any other denomination of Christians." 
 
 It closes with a prayer for equal rights and then says : " In 
 hopes of which, (as in duty bound,) we shall ever pray for the 
 health and happiness of your Honors and all the members of 
 this Assembly and for the peace and prosperity of this Colony." 
 
 The memorial was signed, (so says the document,) "to the 
 number of about 636." [Ecclesiastical Mss., Vol. 10, 324.] 
 We thus have the autographs of nearly all the Episcopalians 
 over 16 years of age residing in the Colony in 1738. Dr. 
 Johnson says more names could have been added if there had 
 
68 THE CHURCH 
 
 been time. The names are arranged as from Greenwich and 
 Stamford under Rev. Mr. Wetmore; of Groton under Rev. 
 Mr. Punderson ; of New London under Rev. Mr. Seabury ; of 
 Hebron under Rev. Mr. Seabury; under Rev. Mr. Arnold; 
 under Rev. Mr. Beach ; under Rev. Mr. Johnson of Stratford ; 
 and under Rev. Mr. Caner at Norwalk and Fairfield. Nothing 
 was granted. 
 
 The law as to attendance upon the worship of the Standing 
 Order was of course applicable to Churchmen who did not 
 attend a service of their own, but we do not think that it was 
 generally enforced against them. Mr. Morris, in 1740, writes 
 that two warrants were issued before his time " to take up two 
 men in Waterbury for not attending their meetings, and when 
 one of them offered to give his reasons why he could not go to 
 their extempore prayers he was silenced and ordered to prison 
 or pay his fine." Under the law the accused could be fined 
 unless he should " make it appear that he did attend . . . 
 or was necessarily detained therefrom." Mr. Beach writes, in 
 1743, that the people of New Fairfield when they had no 
 preaching on the Lord's day meet together " and one of their 
 number reads some part of the Common Prayer and a sermon " 
 and that they were " lately prosecuted and fined . . . for 
 their meeting to worship God according to the Common 
 Prayer." 
 
 " The case of these people is very hard, if on the Lord's day 
 they continue at home, they must be punished; if they meet 
 to worship God according to the Church of England, in the best 
 manner they can, their mulct is still greater, and if they go 
 to Independent meeting they must hear the Church vilified. " 
 
 They could have been lawfully prosecuted for staying at 
 home, or for leaving home except to worship " in some Con- 
 gregation by law allowed " , or in " some place by law allowed 
 for that end." After 1727, every Church of England congrega- 
 tion and place of worship was " by law allowed " , but by a 
 narrow construction of the law, a private house with service 
 by a lay reader, might have been held not to be a place or con- 
 gregation allowed by law, inasmuch as the law of 1727 legalized 
 the societies of the Church of England only " where there is a 
 person in orders according to the canons " of that Church 
 
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 " settled and abiding among them." There was no such minis- 
 ter at New Fairfield and hence the laws which were passed in 
 1721, to prevent noisy itinerant persons, who had no authority 
 whatever to preach, from preaching in private houses and on 
 the streets, were made to do duty against this devout band who 
 from necessity were without a minister. This is the only in- 
 stance we have found of prosecuting those who attended Prayer 
 Book service by a lay reader, and perhaps this circumstance was 
 the cause of adding the proviso to these laws in 1750: " That 
 this act shall not be taken or construed to hinder the meeting 
 of such Persons upon any Religious Occasion. " 
 
 The law of 1740 forbade " any person not a settled and 
 ordained minister " from holding services in any parish without 
 being expressly invited by the minister of the parish, and in 
 1767 the Rev. Mr. Boardman of Middle Haddam unsuccess- 
 fully tried to use this law to keep Episcopal ministers out of 
 his parish. 
 
 The most serious grievance the Churchmen had was the 
 failure of the law of 1727, or any other law, to give relief from 
 taxes for the Standing Order. Such relief was asked continu- 
 ously from 1727 until 1775. 
 
 The first relief from ecclesiastical taxes of the Standing 
 Order came from New London in 1726, when the rates of all 
 other denominations in that town were paid by voluntary con- 
 tributions. This was continued for three years and in Octo- 
 ber, 1729 the selectmen of New London petitioned the General 
 Court for permission to leave out of " the minister's rate " all 
 those who are of the Church of England, the First and Seventh- 
 day Baptists, and some "which we call Quakers." The peti- 
 tion was granted in the Lower House provided that persons 
 so exempted cannot vote in " Society Meetings, " but it was 
 dissented from in the Upper House. 
 
 As to relief under the laws of 1727, Missionary Punderson 
 writes in 1750, that the law is " expressed in such limited and 
 ambiguous terms as to be the occasion of many disputes and 
 difficulties to the messengers of peace to whose care they 
 belong." There is no doubt but that many Episcopalians were 
 released from taxes that could not have been released had the 
 law been strictly and rigidly enforced. It was the general rule 
 
70 THE CHURCH 
 
 that collectors accepted certificates of the missionaries as to the 
 payment of rates, the same as if they had themselves collected 
 them and paid them over to the missionary, provided the amount 
 so paid was equal to the tax assessed and that no question other 
 than such payment was involved. After 1728, there was no 
 trouble within those parishes where the missionaries resided. 
 No matter how long a society had been organized, nor how 
 large a parish they had, if no missionary abided among them 
 they were by law compelled to pay rates to the Standing Order, 
 while under the law these rates were always assessed even when 
 the Standing Order had no minister to support. Under date 
 of March 30, 1750, Dr. Johnson writes to the Secretary that 
 " the people must be forced to pay the dissenters till they have 
 ministers of their own in orders." That the law was so con- 
 strued has also been stated by missionaries Gibbs, Graves, Pun- 
 derson and others, some of whom had been advised by lawyers 
 who were Churchmen. The minister's rates for the Standing 
 Order that was paid over about 1763 to Missionary Winslow 
 at Stratford amounted to thirty pounds sterling per annum. 
 Missionaries Gibbs, Wetmore and others sued collectors of the 
 Standing Order for the rates of their parishioners outside of 
 the parish where the missionary resided, and in each case were 
 defeated. Mr. Gibbs refused to pay the cost and was put in 
 jail according to law, and so barbarously treated by the officer 
 who took him to Hartford, that he was incapacitated for life. 
 The cases of Episcopalians put in jail for non-payment of eccle- 
 siastical taxes of the Standing Order are too numerous to men- 
 tion. The people of Wallingford about 1740, or before, peti- 
 tioned for redress to the Governor, who had proved a strong 
 opponent to them, and they say that " when the other party hath 
 applied to him for advice how to proceed against us, he hath 
 lately given his sentence to enlarge the gaol and fill it with 
 them" (that is, fill it with Churchmen). They even followed 
 a Churchman for ecclesiastical taxes after he was dead. The 
 Society of North Guilford laid taxes for building the meeting- 
 house in 1748 and for minister's support for four years against 
 Samuel Fowler " a Professor of ye Church of England " , but 
 failed to collect the same in his lifetime. They sued his execu- 
 tors in the New Haven County Court and it was decided that 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 71 
 
 action did not lye against them. A special act was passed by 
 the General Assembly in 1753 to enable these taxes to be col- 
 lected from the estate. [Colonial Records, Vol. X, p. 182.] 
 
 In 1738, forty-one Churchmen of Greenwich and Stamford 
 who attended worship in the borders of New York petitioned 
 for exemption and were refused, although such exemption was 
 granted to Connecticut Quakers who worshipped in the borders 
 of New York. In 1740, Samuel Johnson, J. Wetmore, Henry 
 Caner, John Beach, Jon. Arnold, Samuel Seabury and Ebenezer 
 Punderson, ministers of the Church of England, renewed their 
 petition for relief. In 1742, twenty-seven Churchmen of Sims- 
 bury petitioned for exemption and organization. In 1743, 
 forty-five Churchmen of Simsbury renewed this petition. In 
 1744, thirty-eight Churchmen of Waterbury petitioned for 
 relief. In 1745, thirty-three Churchmen of Redding petitioned 
 for relief. In 1748, thirty-eight Churchmen of Redding 
 renewed their petition, reciting the favor that the General Court 
 had extended to the Presbyterians of Redding for twenty years, 
 and " disclaiming any suspicion that the Assembly will be 
 partial or their charity confined to Christians of one denomina- 
 tion to the exclusion of all others. Nor can we suppose that 
 their wisdom will account our worshiping God in the manner 
 established in our mother country such a crime as to forfeit and 
 render us unworthy of enjoying for a short season that charity 
 which our fellow parishioners have ever and do enjoy." Nega- 
 tived in both houses. [Ecclesiastical Mss., Vol. 10, Docs. 334, 
 336, 337, 339, 340 and 341.] Other petitions of a similar 
 character failed to receive any favor. 
 
 The missionaries and others complain that " it is found by 
 repeated experiments, that a poor Churchman can expect no 
 redress in any court here ; " that, " the Independents by force 
 and under pretence of authority, have carried away our estates, 
 to support their teachers, to build their meeting houses and to 
 procure their parsonages, " that " The Church people, your 
 Lordship's sons, are imprisoned, arrested and non-suited with 
 prodigious cost, contrary to the laws of God and man ; . . . 
 a cruel injustice and usurpation imposed on no other society ; " 
 that they are " totally discouraged and discredited " but " had 
 our religion the same privileges throughout this Colony, that 
 
72 THE CHURCH 
 
 the Baptists have, we would flourish and increase like the lily 
 of the valley and the cedars of Lebanon. " Complaints of this 
 character, it is said, arrived in London almost with every ship. 
 The complaints about unfair decisions and biased judges came 
 largely through a belief that the law of 1727 was for the relief 
 of Churchmen, whereby relief was expected in cases for which 
 the law gave no relief. As the Colony laws were framed, we 
 do not know of a decision as to taxes that was improperly 
 rendered against Churchmen. Missionary Punderson had 
 grievances, but was advised by a lawyer who was a Churchman 
 that he had no case. However unjust the law may seem to 
 have been, its enforcement did not show that antagonism to 
 Episcopacy that was shown at Stratford in the early days of the 
 Church. Missionary Caner says, in 1733, that " the spirit and 
 temper of the people formerly so hot against us very much 
 abates and that they begin to treat us in a much more friendly 
 manner than they were wont.'' Missionary Seabury says, in 
 1735, that "the dissenting party are very civil and obliging to 
 me." Missionary Punderson says, in 1739, that the dissenting 
 brethren, many of them, " are brought to have a good opinion " 
 of the Church " and occasionally attend our worship." Mis- 
 sionary Johnson says, in 1746, that " there seems a very grow- 
 ing disposition towards the Church in the town of New Haven 
 as well as the College." In 1746 there was no dissenting minis- 
 ter at Stamford and Missionary Dibblee was given the use of 
 the meeting-house, where the people of all sorts generally 
 attended when he preached there. Missionary Hubbard, in 
 1772, says : " I have the happiness to see the greatest unanimity 
 reigning amongst us and the denominations with whom we 
 live." Missionary Beach says : " The rising generation of the 
 Independents seem to be entirely free from every pique and 
 prejudice against the Church." 
 
 In 1752, the law makers began to look upon Episcopalians 
 with more favor when special privileges were granted to the 
 Churchmen of Newtown. The parishioners of Trinity Church, 
 Fairfield in 1761, those of St. John's Church, New Milford, 
 and of the Church in Brooklyn in 1770, were incorporated in 
 Church estate by acts of the General Court, with substantially 
 the same rights as Churches of the Standing Order. No other 
 
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 favors were granted until 1784, when it was enacted that upon 
 filing a proper certificate and attending church, all Churchmen 
 could be relieved from paying Congregational taxes. Before 
 this more than half of all the Churchmen in the Colony were 
 compelled to pay double taxes. 
 
 One of the most unreasonable accusations ever made against 
 the Churchmen of the Colony was that imputing to them the 
 insincerity of being Churchmen for the sake of smaller taxes. 
 And strange to say, these charges sometimes came from 
 Churchmen, instead of their enemies. 
 
 The first record found of such a charge is in the letter of 
 missionary Philips to the Society, dated Sept. 9, 1713, excusing 
 himself for leaving Stratford so abruptly, and in which he says 
 that he found " the greatest part of those who pretended to be 
 of the Church way were only so to screen themselves from 
 taxes imposed on them by Dissenters." On Dec. i, 1725, Gov. 
 Talcott of Connecticut wrote to the Bishop of London, saying 
 that there are some few persons, outside of Stratford " who 
 cannot well be judged to act from any other motive than to 
 appear singular, or to be freed from a small tax, and hence 
 have declared themselves to be of the Church of England." 
 Prior to 1727, the particular denomination of Christians a 
 person belonged to, or did not belong to, made no difference 
 whatever as to the amount of his taxes to the Standing Order, 
 and hence it is utterly inconceivable how these charges could 
 have then been made. After the law of 1727 which purported 
 to grant relief, the charge does not seem so strange, but was 
 still unreasonable. It was often made by people who ought 
 to have known better, as for example the Rev. Elizur Good- 
 rich of Durham, who in his report on Connecticut to the Anti- 
 Episcopal Convention in the year 1774, says of Episcopalians 
 that their ministers " as may be feared sometimes beguile them 
 with promises of discharging their rates, if they become 
 Churchmen." It is true that some men will do mean things in 
 order to lessen their taxes, but when there is no possible chance 
 for one to accomplish that object there is no reason for imput- 
 ing to them any such motive. All persons throughout the 
 Colony were assessed alike without regard to what denomina- 
 tion they belonged. Episcopalians, under the law, were com- 
 
74 THE CHURCH 
 
 pelled to pay this assessment and no collector would cancel their 
 rate until he knew that it had been paid in full. The amount 
 was the same whether the rate went to the Congregational or 
 Episcopal minister, so that it was utterly impossible for any one 
 to reduce the amount of their ecclesiastical taxes by being a 
 Churchman, even when they had the full benefit of exemption 
 from taxes to the Standing Order. But only a few Churchmen 
 could have this exemption, so that most of them paid double 
 rates for the privilege of being Churchmen, one rate to the 
 Church and one rate to the Standing Order. The Standing 
 Order was large and strong, and received substantial aid from 
 the Government, while the Church was small and weak and 
 received aid from a charitable society that helped only those 
 who helped themselves. Consequently the demands of the 
 Church on its members were greater than those of the Standing 
 Order even when Church rates only were paid, so that it cost 
 more to belong to the Church than it did to be a sinner, or 
 belong to the Standing Order. The Rev. John Beach of New- 
 town and Redding writes to the Society in 1746 that " it is very 
 certain that our people generally expend more by far for the 
 support of religion than their neighbors of the dissenting per- 
 suasion. " He also certifies to this before the General Court in 
 1748, as to the members of the Church at Redding and also that 
 he holds " in the utmost indignation " any " insincerity in mat- 
 ters of religion in order to save purses. " The taxes raised by 
 the Standing Order from non-professors and from professors 
 of all denominations, together with other benefits from the 
 Government, made the religion of that order, in a financial 
 sense, the cheapest religion in the Colony and consequently it 
 was the only religion of which a person's motive for adoption 
 could be reasonably imputed to a desire to save purses. 
 
 The law under which the Dissenting minister of Middle 
 Haddam attempted to keep the Episcopal ministers out of his 
 parish was made in 1742 to suppress the great number of 
 vagrant preachers and sundry illiterate persons that appeared 
 after the coming of Whitefield, and some of which had no 
 authority whatever as preachers. Missionary Punderson of 
 New London wrote in December, 1741, that " there are at least 
 twenty or thirty of these lay holders-forth within ten miles of 
 
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 75 
 
 my house, who hold their meetings every night except Satur- 
 day. " Even Whitefield's preaching was not pleasant to many, 
 as is shown by a letter of six members of the Church in Ply- 
 mouth, 1744, who were formerly Dissenters, but who say they 
 " fled to the Church of England " after reading the Prayer 
 Book and hearing Whitefield's " extemporaneous jargon. " 
 Several missionaries write in substance that the wild enthusiasm 
 drove many Dissenters into the Church. 
 
 In 1742, there were fourteen churches built and building, and 
 seven clergymen. When Dr. Johnson came to Stratford there 
 " were not one hundred adult persons of the Church in this 
 whole Colony, whereas now (1742,) there are considerably 
 more than two thousand, and at least five or six thousand young 
 and old. " At the commencement at New Haven in 1748, 
 " there were nine of our Clergy together " there and " among 
 the candidates for their degrees there were no less than ten 
 belonging to our Church." 
 
 At the beginning of 1756 there were twelve missionaries of 
 the S. P. G. in the Colony. In 1760, Dr. Johnson says there 
 were thirty Churches in the Colony, though but fourteen minis- 
 ters. President Stiles' sermon on Christian Union of the same 
 date gives twenty-five parishes and fourteen ministers. In 
 1 761, the Rev. Mr. Beach says that in twenty-nine years the 
 Church " is increased more than from one to ten, and what is of 
 much greater importance, their conduct for the most part, is a 
 credit to their profession " and is also an advantage to the 
 " Independents, for they who live near to the Church of Eng- 
 land acquire juster notions of religion and become more regular 
 in their worship. " In 1766, Mr. Viets said that " the propor- 
 tion of Church people to the Dissenters in Simsbury is nearly as 
 one to three." In 1768, he writes that " there are 52 Congre- 
 gational ministers in this County, viz., Hartford, (which then 
 included Middletown, the Haddams, Chatham, Colchester, Bol- 
 ton, Somers, Tolland, Willington, Hebron and Stafford). In 
 all the four New England Colonies there are 586 Congrega- 
 tional ministers, 38 of the Church Clergy, 39 Anabaptists, 10 
 Presbyterians, 30 Quaker assemblies and about 50 congrega- 
 tions of those called Separatists, somewhat resembling the old 
 Independents. " 
 
76 THE CHURCH 
 
 In 1769, Mr. Beach says: "There are in these two parishes, 
 (Newtown and Redding,) about 2400 souls of whom a Httle 
 more than half profess the Church of England. Here are 
 about 50 negros most of whom have been baptized. Here are 
 no heathens or infidels, no Papists or Deists. " Of Newtown, 
 he says : " It is of some satisfaction to me to observe that in 
 this town of late in our elections, the Church people make the 
 major vote, which is the first instance of this kind in the 
 Colony, if not in all New England. " 
 
 In the annual report of the S. P. G. for 1777, the missionaries 
 of Connecticut were Ebenezer Kneeland, Stratford and Mil- 
 ford ; Christopher Newton, Ripton and North Stratford ; John 
 Sayre, Fairfield ; Ebenezer Dibblee, Stamford ; Matthew Graves, 
 New London and Charlestown ; John Beach, Newtown and 
 Redding; Bela Hubbard, New Haven and West Haven; Wil- 
 liam Gibbs, Simsbury and Hartford ; Roger Viets, assistant to 
 Mr. Gibbs ; Richard Mansfield, Derby and Oxford ; Richard 
 S. Clark, New Milford, Woodbury, Kent, New Fairfield and 
 Sharon; James Scovill, Waterbury and Westbury; Samuel 
 Peters, Hebron; Samuel Andrews, Wallingford, Cheshire and 
 North Haven ; John Tyler, Norwich ; Daniel Fogg, Pomfret, 
 Plainfield and Canterbury. Dr. Beardsley's list of clergy at this 
 time gives all the above except Mr. Gibbs, and adds the Rev. 
 John Rutgers Marshall, of Woodbury; Rev. Gideon Bostwick, 
 of Great Barrington, Mass., (who was reckoned as with the 
 Connecticut clergy;) Dr. Samuel Seabury of Westchester, 
 N. Y. and Rev. James Nichols, Plymouth and Bristol, a 
 graduate of Yale 1771, and the last missionary of the Society 
 that went to England for ordination. Abraham Jarvis of 
 Middletown should also be added. 
 
 These twenty-one ministers and their predecessors had regu- 
 larly read the first and second lessons at each service, which was 
 so pleasing to the people generally that the Congregational 
 ministers by this time had generally adopted the custom of 
 reading the Scripture in public. It is claimed that before the 
 Episcopalians came, the Bible was never read in public, not 
 even so much as the Ten Commandments or the Lord's Prayer. 
 Dr. Beardsley speaks of this in his history of the Church, and 
 we find that several missionaries refer to it in their letters to 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 77 
 
 the Society. The Rev. Mr. Arnold, in 1736, performed Divine 
 Service at Milford and describes the town as a place " where 
 the use of the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten Command- 
 ments, or the reading of the Scripture in Divine Service was 
 never before known. " Rev. John Beach, in 1772, writes' that 
 he has " performed divine service in many towns where the 
 Common Prayer had never been heard, nor the Holy Scrip- 
 tures read in public . . . and in some places where there 
 never had been any public worship at all, nor any sermon 
 preached by any teacher of any denomination. " 
 
 The digest of the reports of the S. P. G. tells of two Dissent- 
 ing ministers in New England who " put on ye courage to read 
 the Holy Bible in the meeting and say the Lord's Prayer, a 
 thing not done before, and they resolved to continue it tho' very 
 much opposed." In Solomon Palmer's "Mission," (1754 to 
 1771,) one parish of Dissenters, from observing the regular 
 method of reading the Scripture in Church, " Voted, that a new 
 folio Bible be bought for them and that their Teacher read 
 lessons out of it Simday, morning and evening. " Some of the 
 missionaries who gave us these facts had for years been Dis- 
 senting ministers and therefore were in a position to know what 
 the custom of the Standing Order was before the Episcopalians 
 came here. The reading of the Scripture in public was prob- 
 ably omitted so as to avoid all appearance of everything 
 ritualistic, and no doubt this omission was made in England at 
 the time they left the Mother Church and made so many radical 
 changes in order to avoid the forms which they denounced as 
 Popish. That the Puritans and Pilgrims as early as 1624 were 
 not accustomed to read the Scripture in public, is indicated 
 from the fact that before that date a young woman member 
 of the Separatists Church, at London, was the subject of dis- 
 cipline for the offense of " attending the service of the Church 
 of England, especially for the purpose of hearing the Scrip- 
 ture read and explained. " [John Robinson, by Rev. O. S. 
 Davis, D.D., p. 176.] She would not have gone to the service 
 of the Church of England especially to hear the Scripture read, 
 if it had then been the custom to do so in the Dissenting church. 
 
 In 1765, five of the missionaries of Connecticut wrote a letter 
 to the Society relative to what is called " the imposition of 
 
78 THE CHURCH 
 
 Stamp duties : saying that " We think it our incumbent duty 
 to warn our hearers in particular of the unreasonableness and 
 wickedness of their taking the least part in any tumult or 
 opposition to his Majesty's acts. " As a rule the Episcopalians, 
 remembering with the sincerest gratitude the favors they had 
 received from the mother country, were not inclined towards 
 rebellious conduct. For these reasons, those who were bitterly 
 opposed to the Stamp act, (although the act was repealed about 
 1766,) were displeased with the Episcopalians, much of the old 
 bitterness towards them was revived and the establishment of 
 an American Episcopate was looked upon with increasing 
 terror. 
 
 In May, 1766, steps were taken by the Synod of New York 
 and Philadelphia to organize an Anti-Episcopal Convention for 
 the sole object of opposing an American Episcopate. A fuller 
 account of this Convention is given in the preceding chapter. 
 Connecticut had her full share in this Convention, the Standing 
 Order having resolved in their Association at Guilford, June 3, 
 1766, to accept the invitation of the Synod and join them in 
 Convention. The first Convention was held at Elizabethtown, 
 N. J., Nov. 5, 1766, with six members present from Connecticut 
 the first day, and two more on the day following. The sermon 
 was by Noah Wells. Nearly a month previous, the Episcopal 
 clergy of Connecticut had petitioned for a Bishop. The peti- 
 tion was dated Oct. 8, 1766, and signed by Samuel Johnson, 
 President, and eleven other clergy. The Anti-Episcopal Con- 
 vention met annually for ten years, 1766 to 1775 inclusive, 
 meeting every alternate year in Connecticut. The Congre- 
 gationalists of Connecticut had several different Associations, 
 three of which were not represented at the first Convention, 
 and in 1768, the Association from the Western district of New- 
 London County sent a letter to the Convention giving reasons 
 why they declined to send delegates. The Rev. John Smalley 
 of New Britain was one of the committee in 1768 to prepare 
 the letter to the Dissenters in London and also one of the com- 
 mittee to carry on correspondence with friends in London, 
 Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Rev. 
 Eliphalet Whittlesey preached the Convention sermon in 1768. 
 and on Connecticut matters their friends in England were to 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 79 
 
 write to Messrs. Whitman and Wells, and in 1769 to Wells and 
 Mather. In 1769, Connecticut had a majority in the Conven- 
 tion, there being eleven members from Connecticut and only 
 seven from New York and New Jersey. In 1770, Rev. 
 Nathaniel Taylor was president of the Convention and Messrs. 
 Hobart and Ross were appointed to " collect instances of lenity 
 of their government with regard to Episcopal Dissenters 
 therein. " In 1771, Mr. Wells was appointed to canvass Nova 
 Scotia and Mr. Goodrich to canvass Connecticut and report the 
 character of the laws relating to ecclesiastical affairs, and the 
 number of Episcopalians and Non-Episcopalians in these prov- 
 inces. From this we see that no less than nine Congrega- 
 tional ministers of Connecticut were prominent in, and received 
 special honors from this Anti-Episcopal Convention. The 
 General Association of Congregationalists in Connecticut also 
 voted their support and sympathy from time to time, and at 
 Watertown, June 16, 1772, instructed their delegates to 
 "heartily concur with the Southern Gentlemen in counteracting 
 any Motions that have or shall be made for sd. Episcopate." 
 
 The report of the Rev. Elizur Goodrich, D.D., of Durham, is 
 the only one of the several reports that has been printed. His 
 essay on the ecclesiastical laws of the Colony attempts to show 
 how good the " religious Establishment " of the Colony was ; 
 that the Hardships which the Episcopalians complained of did 
 not exist, and that the laws regulating taxes were made for 
 their benefit and at their request. He also appears to think 
 that the Established Churches would not be adverse to an 
 alteration of the law so as to make the Episcopalians 
 " altogether disconnected " and to enable them " to do their own 
 business without any concern " of the Established Churches. 
 His census was as follows: — 
 
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 An account of the number of the inhabitants of Connecticut, 
 Jan. I, 1774, and an estimate of the proportion of the Episco- 
 paHans and Non-Episcopalians: 
 
 
 Hartford County. 
 
 
 
 Town. Epis. 
 
 Non-Epis. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Bolton, .... 
 
 994 
 
 994 
 
 Chatham, 
 
 
 
 90 
 
 2289 
 
 2369 
 
 East Haddam, 
 
 
 
 88 
 
 2655 
 
 2743 
 
 Enfield, 
 
 
 
 
 1353 
 
 1353 
 
 Farmington, 
 
 
 
 244 
 
 5719 
 
 5963 
 
 Glastenbury, 
 
 
 
 
 1992 
 
 1992 
 
 Haddam, 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 1690 
 
 1713 
 
 Hartford, 
 
 
 
 III 
 
 4770 
 
 4881 
 
 Simsbury, 
 
 
 
 914 
 
 2757 
 
 3671 
 
 Somers, 
 
 
 
 
 1024 
 
 1024 
 
 Suffield, 
 
 
 
 
 1980 
 
 1980 
 
 Tolland, 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 1242 
 
 1247 
 
 Wethersfield, 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 3341 
 
 3347 
 
 Willington, . 
 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 Colchester, 
 
 
 
 No report. 
 
 
 3057 
 
 East Windsor, 
 
 
 
 
 
 2961 
 
 Hebron, 
 
 
 
 
 
 2285 
 4680 
 
 Middletown, 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stafford, 
 Windsor, 
 
 
 
 
 
 1333 
 2082 
 
 I to 22. Total, 
 
 Town. 
 
 New Haven, 
 
 Branford, 
 
 Derb)^, 
 
 Durham, 
 
 Guilford, 
 
 Milford, 
 
 Wallingford, 
 
 Waterbury, 
 
 I to 7. Total, 
 
 1471 32806 50675 
 
 New Haven County. 
 
 Epis. Non-Epis. 
 
 Total. 
 
 942 7080 
 
 8022 
 
 86 1852 
 
 1938 
 
 725 1094 
 
 I8I9 
 
 6 1025 
 
 I03.I 
 
 213 2633 
 
 2846 
 
 153 1812 
 
 1965 
 
 626 41 5 I 
 
 4777 
 
 No report. 
 
 3498 
 
 2751 19647 25896 
 

 in 
 
 CONNECTICUT. 
 
 
 81 
 
 New London County. 
 
 
 
 Town. Epis. 
 
 Non-Epis. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Preston, . . . . 221 
 
 2034 
 
 2255 
 
 Groton, 
 
 
 
 222 
 
 3266 
 
 3488 
 
 Killingworth, 
 
 
 / 
 
 68 
 
 1889 
 
 1957 
 
 Stonington, . 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 4924 
 
 4956 
 
 Saybrook, 
 
 
 
 .33 
 
 2595 
 
 2628 
 
 New London, 
 
 
 
 No report 
 
 
 5366 
 
 Norwich, 
 
 
 
 (( n 
 
 
 7032 
 
 Lyme, 
 
 
 
 (I tc 
 
 
 3860 
 
 I to 25. Total, 
 
 596 
 
 14708 
 
 31542 
 
 Fairfield County. 
 
 
 
 Town. Epis. 
 
 Non-Epis. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Danbury, .... 420 
 
 2053 
 
 2473 
 
 Greenwich, . 
 
 
 
 443 
 
 221 1 
 
 2654 
 
 New Fairfield, 
 
 
 
 87 
 
 I20I 
 
 1288 
 
 Newtown, 
 
 
 
 1084 
 
 1084 
 
 2168 
 
 Norwalk, 
 
 
 
 792 
 
 3451 
 
 4243 
 
 Redding-, 
 
 
 
 478 
 
 711 
 
 1 189 
 
 Ridgefield, 
 
 
 
 329 
 
 1344 
 
 1673 
 
 Stamford, 
 
 
 
 710 
 
 2793 
 
 3503 
 
 Fairfield, 
 
 
 
 No report 
 
 
 4544 
 
 Stratford, 
 
 
 
 (t tt 
 
 
 5201 
 
 10 to 34. Total, 
 
 4343 
 
 14848 
 
 28936 
 
 Windham County. 
 
 
 
 Town Epis. 
 
 Non-Epis. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Coventry, . . . . 11 
 
 2021 
 
 2032 
 
 Pomfret, 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 2186 
 
 2241 
 
 Kilingly, 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 3409 
 
 3439 
 
 Lebanon, 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 3805 
 
 3841 
 
 Mansfield, 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 2431 
 
 2443 
 
 Plainfield, 
 
 
 
 
 1479 
 
 1479 
 
 Voluntown, 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 1470 
 
 1476 
 
 Union, 
 
 
 
 
 512 
 
 512 
 
 Canterbury, . 
 
 
 
 No report. 
 
 
 2392 
 
 Ashford, 
 
 
 
 tf It 
 
 
 2228 
 
 Windham, 
 
 
 
 « It 
 
 
 3437 
 
 Woodstock, . 
 
 
 
 It It 
 
 
 1974 
 
 1 to 115. Total, . 
 
 150 
 
 I73I3 
 
 27494 
 
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 Town. 
 
 Litchfield, 
 Canaan, 
 
 Cornwall, 
 Hartland, 
 New Hartford, 
 Norfolk, 
 Salisbury, 
 Sharon, 
 Torrington, . 
 Barkhampstead, 
 Colebrook, 
 Goshen, 
 Harwinton, 
 Kent, . 
 New Milford, 
 Westmoreland, 
 Winchester, . 
 Woodbury, . 
 
 I to i6. Total, 
 
 Litchfield County. 
 
 Epis. Non-Epis. 
 
 91 1482 
 
 53 904 
 
 49 451 
 
 25 960 
 
 38 928 
 
 91 1845 
 
 83 1903 
 
 31 912 
 
 No report. 
 
 655 
 
 10600 
 
 Total. 
 
 1509 
 1573 
 
 957 
 500 
 
 985 
 
 966 
 
 1936 
 
 1986 
 
 843 
 250 
 
 150 
 1098 
 1015 
 1922 
 
 2742 
 1922 
 
 327 
 5224 
 
 25944 
 
 Summary. 
 
 County, 
 
 Hartford Co., 
 New Haven Co., 
 New London Co., 
 Fairfield Co., 
 Windham Co., 
 Litchfield Co., 
 
 Total, 
 
 Epis. 
 I47I 
 
 2751 
 596 
 
 4343 
 150 
 655 
 
 Non-Epis. 
 32806 
 19647 
 14708 
 14848 
 
 I73I3 
 10542 
 
 Total. 
 50675 
 25896 
 31542 
 28936 
 27494 
 25944 
 
 9966 I 19922 190487 
 
 I Epis. to 12 Non Epis. nearly ; the Episcopalians about one 
 to thirteen of the whole number of inhabitants, and probably 
 there would be no great difference from this proportion were 
 the account of all the towns come in, which I hope soon to 
 gain. 
 
 Elizur Goodrich. 
 
 Durham, Sep. 5, A. D. 1774. 
 
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 There are a few errors in footing that do not affect the 
 proportion of EpiscopaUans to the Non-Episcopalians. The 
 figures here given are the same as in the printed Goodrich report. 
 
 Of the towns not reported, Hebron and Middletown in Hart- 
 ford County ; Waterbury in New Haven County ; New London 
 and Norwich in New London County; Fairfield and Stratford 
 in Fairfield County; and New Milford and Woodbury jn 
 Litchfield County, are among the towns where the Episcopa- 
 lians were the most numerous, so that a full report would no 
 doubt have shown a much larger percentage of Episcopalians. 
 Only eight towns are reported as containing no Episcopalians. 
 Newtown is the only one reported in which the number of Epis- 
 copalians equals that of all others, besides having the largest 
 number, 1084, of any reported town. New Haven is second 
 with 942, and Simsbury third with 914. 
 
 The Revolutionary War terminated these conventions and 
 suspended all efforts towards establishing an American Episco- 
 pate. 
 
 The history of what others did against the Church people dur- 
 ing the war would alone make a large volume, while the history 
 of what the Church people did for the advancement of the 
 Church may be told in few words — they did nothing but exist. 
 That was all they could do. Naturally and properly, the mis- 
 sionaries and their people were slow to commit any overt act 
 against the king, and hence were censured and abused. For 
 a time all of the churches were closed and public services 
 suspended, save at Newtown and Redding, where the Rev. 
 John Beach presided. The few churches that were after- 
 wards opened omitted the Prayers for the king, and some 
 otherwise modified their service. Nearly all of the clergy, 
 excepting Messrs. Jarvis, Hubbard and Tyler, were subjected 
 to imprisonment, mob violence, banishment, or other persecu- 
 tion, and even these had narrow escapes. Acts of violence that 
 would never have been thought of except in war time, were 
 perpetrated, of which we will give only one case by each party. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Mather of Stamford, who figured in the Anti- 
 Episcopal Convention, was, with his four sons, taken from the 
 parsonage at night by eight loyalists and carried to New York. 
 
 The Rev. Jeremiah Leaming, D.D., of Norwalk, one of the 
 ablest and most respected missionaries of the S. P. G., had his 
 
84 THE CHURCH 
 
 estate confiscated. His picture was defaced by a mob and 
 then nailed to a sign post bottom side up, and finally, Dr. Learn- 
 ing was confined in the Fairfield County jail for so long a time 
 that he contracted a hip disease that made him a cripple for life. 
 In New London, however, the Congregationalists and Episco- 
 palians dwelt together in harmony, (although some indignities 
 against the Rev. Mr. Graves were indulged in by the crowd.) 
 In January, 1780, the Episcopalians voted to allow the Congre- 
 gationalists the use of the church during the winter. For a 
 fuller account of revolutionary history and acts, we refer to 
 Beardsley's " History " , Chapter xxiv ; Sabine's " American 
 Loyalists " ; and Hawk's and Perry's " Documentary History 
 of the Church in Connecticut." For other facts before the 
 Revolution see " Sketches of Church Life in Colonial Connecti- 
 cut " , by Lucy Cushing Jarvis, 1902. 
 
 The Rev. John Beach of Newtown writes to the Secretary 
 of the S. P. G., Oct. 31, 1781, that Newtown and Redding he 
 believes are " the only parts of New England that have refused 
 to comply with the doings of the Congress, and for that reason 
 have been the butt of general hatred. Am now in the Bad year 
 of my age, " have been " 60 years a public preacher, and after 
 conviction in the Church of England 50 years." But in 1783 
 Messrs. Beach, Gibbs and Kneeland were dead, and others had 
 removed, so that, including Bostwick of Great Barrington, 
 there were only fourteen clergy left in the Colony. Messrs. 
 Andrews, Scovill, Clark and Viets soon after removed to Nova 
 Scotia, leaving only nine clergymen of the Church within the 
 bounds of the State. 
 
 In March, 1783, ten of the clergy met quietly at Woodbury 
 and elected the Rev. Samuel Seabury for their Bishop. He had 
 been before introduced to England by a letter of Dr. Samuel 
 Johnson dated Sept. 29, 1748, saying that young Seabury's 
 father has " a promising son, and as he designs him for the 
 Society's service, he desires me to mention what I know of him, 
 and as he has lived for four years much under my eye, I can 
 truly testify of him that he is a solid sensible, virtuous youth, 
 and I doubt not may in due time do good service. " Dr. 
 Samuel Seabury arrived in London, July 7, 1783, but it was 
 over a year before he could return as the first Bishop in 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 85 
 
 America, and " do good service " in Connecticut, as he finally 
 did. The work of the S. P. G. had now ceased in the United 
 States but was continued in the British Provinces of America. 
 Dr. Seabury was made very uneasy when in London, by hear- 
 ing reports that several of the Connecticut missionaries were 
 expected in Nova Scotia with a large portion of their congrega- 
 tions. In May, 1784, he says if these gentlemen " do not 
 choose to stay in Connecticut why should a Bishop go there, I 
 answer one reason of their going is the hope of enjoying their 
 religion fully, which they cannot do . . . without a 
 Bishop." He was also desirous of having a law passed to per- 
 mit a Bishop to reside in Connecticut, fearing that the absence 
 of such a law might be urged against his consecration. He 
 was informed that the new laws of the State, 1784, (which had 
 not then been published,) gave all that was desired. The law 
 relating to denominations other than the Standing Order was 
 the first to use the word " Episcopal ", and gave that Church the 
 same powers and privileges as the ecclesiastical societies estab- 
 lished by law, and " all the legal rights and powers intended by 
 our constitution to be given to any denomination. " The Rev. 
 Dr. Leaming and Rev. Abraham Jarvis were instrumental in 
 having this law enacted. Taxes were still laid on every adult 
 male, for ministers' support and " meeting-houses " of the 
 Standing Order, but all persons of every other denomination 
 could be exempted from such taxes, by filing a proper certi- 
 ficate showing that they attended Divine Service elsewhere and 
 paid their full share for its support. From this time on the much 
 abused Separatists or Strict Congregationalists and the doubly- 
 taxed Episcopalians, had no substantial grievance under the law. 
 In fact by this time the distinction between the Straight Congre- 
 gationalists and those of the Standing Order had vanished, for 
 now the rock upon which they split, the half-way covenant, had 
 been largely discontinued. It was discontinued at New Britain 
 in 1767; at Southington before 1780; at Hartford between 
 1771 and 1804; at Newington between 1775 and 1805, and 
 about the beginning of the 19th century it was universally 
 abandoned. The early laws of the Colony were not hard on the 
 people during the conditions for which they were made. They 
 did well enough for the first seventy-five years. In. 1708 
 
86 THE CHURCH 
 
 the followers of Hooker were overthrown, and for about 
 seventy-five years more the Saybrook Platformists were the 
 new Standing Order; they ruled with an iron hand and 
 refused to modify their laws to adapt them to the new condi- 
 tions of the Colony. It was under the rule of the new Standing 
 Order that Episcopalians had to suffer; but even the Episco- 
 palians fared better under the law than did the Straight Con- 
 gregationalists. The latter were practically told by the Gen- 
 eral Court of 1743 that they need not expect any favor of the 
 Assembly. But in 1784, when the new Standing Order were 
 returning to the ways of Hooker, who was a Straight Congrega- 
 tionalist, they began to look upon others with more favor, and 
 then, for the first time they placed all who differed from them 
 in religion upon substantially an equal footing. And now that 
 Standing Order of Connecticut, who for seventy-five years 
 treated Episcopalians and Straight Congregationalists with 
 great injustice, is a thing of the past; the Episcopalians still 
 survive, and there are none other than Straight Congregation- 
 alists now in Connecticut. 
 
 A united people once more at peace, a repeal of all Colony 
 laws, and an entirely new revision of State laws, were the new 
 conditions in Connecticut that greeted the first Bishop of 
 America upon his return from Scotland in 1785, where he had 
 been consecrated Nov. 14, 1784. He had been thirty-one 
 years a missionary of the S. P. G., was absent for consecration 
 full two years, had more than expended all he had, and now 
 there was no provision whatever for his support. The London 
 "Seabury Commemoration", 1884, says "Providence had per- 
 mitted his native land to be a state without a King; it was 
 his cherished task to see that his native land should have a 
 Church, and not without a Bishop." 
 
 Two days after arriving at his home. in New London, he 
 wrote to the Rev. Mr. Jarvis concerning the first Convention, 
 which met at Middletown, Aug. 2, 1785, with the Rev. Dr. 
 Leaming as Chairman and the Rev. Mr. Jarvis Secretary, and 
 ten others in attendance. 
 
 On the next day, the Bishop was formally received, greeted 
 and accepted by the clergy, as their Bishop. Four persons were 
 ordained deacons, the first in the American Church. At the 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 87 
 
 conclusion of the service the Bishop dissolved the Convention 
 and directed the clergy to meet at five o'clock in " Convocation." 
 There had been voluntary conventions of the clergy from 1739, 
 but this is the first time that the word "Convocation" was applied 
 to a meeting of the clergy in Connecticut. It was so called 
 because they were convoked by Episcopal authority. After the 
 organization of the Convention of clergy and lay delegates in 
 1792, the Convocation ceased to act upon affairs concerning 
 the temporal interests of the Diocese, while it still, if requested, 
 advised upon them. [Printed " Records of Convocation ", pp. 
 12 and 13.] The four last recorded meetings of the Convoca- 
 tion were held in 1830, 1837, 1847 and 1848, respectively. 
 
 The subject of changes in the Prayer Book was discussed at 
 Middletown, and on Aug. 12, 1785, the Bishop issued a pastoral 
 letter enjoining the clergy to make certain changes in con- 
 nection with the State Prayers and mention of the British 
 government. 
 
 The Convocation at Derby, Sept. 22, 1786, adopted further 
 changes in the Prayer Book, including " The Communion 
 Office " based upon the Liturgy of the Church in Scot- 
 land. The day after Bishop Seabury's consecration he 
 made a " Concordate " with the Scottish Bishops. Without 
 " prescribing to their Brethren in this matter " of the Com- 
 munion Office, they recommended "the most primitive Doc- 
 trine and practice in that respect, which is the pattern the 
 Church of Scotland has copied after in her Communion Office. " 
 And on the other part " Bishop Seabury agrees to take a seri- 
 ous View of the Communion Office recommended by them and 
 if found agreeable to the genuine Standards of Antiquity, to 
 give his sanction to it, and by gentle Methods of Argument 
 and Persuasion, to endeavor as they have done to introduce it 
 by degrees into practice without the Compulsion of Authority 
 on the one side or the prejudice of former Custom on the 
 other. " 
 
 The " Communion Office " with "Private Devotions Recom- 
 mended to the Episcopal Congregations in Connecticut By 
 the Right Reverend Bishop Seabury " was printed at New 
 London by T. Green in 1786. At this time there were many, 
 especially in the South, that thought Bishop Seabury's conse- 
 
88 THE CHURCH 
 
 cration illegal and for that reason an effort was made to have 
 New England, under Bishop Seabury, remain only a branch of 
 the American Church. But in strict accordance with the Con- 
 cordate " by gentle methods of argument and persuasion . . . 
 without the compulsion of authority" and with a sacrifice of 
 all personal rights and interests, Bishop Seabury and his friends 
 succeeded in uniting all conflicting elements in one American 
 Church, bringing together the Bishops of the English and 
 Scottish succession and adopting, in 1789, the revised Prayer 
 Book with that ancient " Communion Office " which was after 
 the pattern of the Church of Scotland, but which is now in 
 regular use only in the American Church. 
 
 The first occasion on which Bishop Seabury wore his Epis- 
 copal attire and mitre is said to have been at the consecration of 
 St. James's church at New London, Sept. 20, 1787. The 
 Psalms were beautifully chanted and most of the clergy present 
 were vested in their robes. 
 
 In 1787, an unusual incident occurred at Barkhamsted, when 
 the Rev. Jonathan Marsh, A.M., Congregational minister at 
 New Hartford, preached a Christmas Sermon to the Episco- 
 palians, which he did at their request. It was printed at Hart- 
 ford that year and a copy of it is now in the library of the 
 Connecticut Historical Society. 
 
 On June 2, 1790, the Bishop and fifteen clergymen met in 
 the Presbyterian Meeting-house at Litchfield and appointed a 
 committee on the Constitution and Canons of the Church, and 
 Oct. I, 1790, at Newtown, the enactments of the " General Con- 
 vention at Philadelphia on the 2* day of Octob' 1789 " were 
 approved and adopted by a vote of 13 to i. 
 
 In 1790, Rhode Island was added to Bishop Seabury's charge. 
 
 The dying grip of the Standing Order on the purses of other 
 denominations rallied a little in May, 1791, when an act was 
 passed in addition to, and in alteration of, the certificate 
 exemption law of 1784, whereby no certificate was legal unless 
 the party claiming exemption was examined by two justices, 
 (or one in case the town did not have two,) who should give 
 the desired certificate if " they shall judge the same well 
 founded." The Convocation of Oct. 5, 1791, voted to ask for 
 the repeal of this law and in that month both certificate laws 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 89 
 
 were repealed and a new one passed, granting exemption on the 
 same conditions as before, upon filing of a certificate merely 
 signed by the applicant. 
 
 On Oct. 5, 1791, the Convocation at Watertown appointed 
 the first Standing Committee, consisting of five clergymen, as 
 laymen at that date had no part in the management of Diocesan 
 matters. This has never been changed, and the Standing Com- 
 mittee of to-day is composed of five clergymen. Of the ninety- 
 four Dioceses of the Church in America, only four, Connecticut, 
 Maryland, Easton of Maryland and Michigan City of Indiana, 
 have no lay members on the Standing Committee. 
 
 On Oct. 7, 1791, the same Convocation voted — "That each 
 Clergyman recommended it to the people of his Cure to choose 
 one or more persons to represent them at a Convocation to be 
 holden at the Church in New Haven on the 30th of May 
 next. . . . which representatives are to be considered as 
 a Committee of conference, to confer with the Convocation, 
 at that time & place, on all matters that respect the temporal 
 interest of the Church." In conformity therewith the clergy 
 met separately in Convocation at Trinity Church, New Haven, 
 June 6, 1792, and on the same day in that church the "Bishop, 
 Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Con- 
 necticut " held their first Annual Convention. There were 
 twenty of the clergy and twenty-four of the laity present. The 
 lay delegates are arranged in the Journal by counties, and Hart- 
 ford County is the only one not represented. The first busi- 
 ness of the Convention was the adoption of " The constitution of 
 the Protestant Episcopal Church in Connecticut." They then 
 appointed four clerical and four lay deputies to the next Gen- 
 eral Convention and appointed a committee to report to the 
 next Diocesan Convention a plan for a religious and charitable 
 society. After the several parishes in the State approved the 
 Constitution adopted in this Convention, the Diocese of Con- 
 necticut was duly established and thereafter met annually in 
 convention. The first society or parish formed within the 
 Diocese was that of Exeter in the town of Lebanon, which was 
 voted to be " a separate ecclesiastical society " by the Convo- 
 cation at Huntington, Oct. 10, 1792. The same Convocation 
 also took steps towards establishing a " Fund for the Bishop's 
 
90 THE CHURCH 
 
 support"; but it did not mature in Bishop Seabury's time. 
 After numerous delays, an act of incorporation was passed in 
 May, 1799, but the trustees do not appear to have been active 
 until about 1803. In that year the Convention voted that no 
 delegate be admitted to the Convention unless he delivered, 
 with his certificate, the grand levy of the Church he wished to 
 represent. This levy was to be used as a basis of assessments 
 for the Bishop's fund. 
 
 When the annual Convention met at Middletown, June 5, 
 1793, it appeared from the reports of the lay delegates and 
 certificates exhibited that the " Constitution of the Church in 
 Connecticut had been fully approved and adopted by a great 
 majority of the Churches in the State. " 
 
 The practicability of instituting an Episcopal Academy in 
 this State was considered as early as the Spring of 1789, and in 
 the Convocation of Feb. 15, 1792, the several clergy were 
 requested to see what could be done towards erecting an Episco- 
 pal Academy. The matter was considered in the annual Con- 
 vention of 1794. The committee reported to the Convention of 
 1795 and it was voted that the Academy be established. The 
 constitution of the Academy was adopted in the Convention of 
 1796. In 1802 the State authorized a lottery to raise $15,000 
 for the Episcopal Academy. The Bishop's address to the Con- 
 vention of 1892 refers to this Academy as " our oldest Diocesan 
 Institution." Also in 1894, one hundred years after the 
 Academy was instituted, when the Bishop says that from 1796 
 the " Trustees have been elected by the Convention of the 
 Diocese. " 
 
 The Convention of 1795 voted that the Journals of the Con- 
 vention from the first be printed, and that in future they be 
 published annually. Bishop Seabury's Psalter " was also 
 printed in 1795, by Thomas C. Green, New London. " It is 
 mentioned at length in Beardsley's " Life of Bishop Seabury," 
 and is described also in Dr. Wright's " Early Prayer Books of 
 America." It was a book for family use and was never known 
 to have been used in the churches. Only three copies of it are 
 now known to be in existence. They belong respectively to 
 Mr. James Terry of Hartford, Mr. Henry White of New 
 Haven, and Mr. George Ploadley of Hartford. 
 
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 A national Thanksgiving was appointed by George Wash- 
 ington, the President, for Feb. 19, 1795. The proclamation 
 was not read at New London because the date appointed fell in 
 Lent, which was not considered an appropriate time for Thanks- 
 giving. It was also considered objectionable to observe Fast 
 day during Easter week, although not objectionable during 
 Lent. These matters were discussed in the Connecticut 
 " Gazette " and Bishop Seabury gave his views of the matter, 
 although his name did not appear as the author. Governor 
 Huntington of Norwich was a friend of the Bishop. The Con- 
 gregationalists of Norwich were then worshipping in the Epis- 
 copal Church by the courtesy of the Episcopalians. The annual 
 State Fast for 1795 was appointed for Good Friday by Gover- 
 nor Huntington, and this was the first time that the State Fast 
 in Connecticut had ever been appointed on Good Friday. It 
 was again so appointed for 1797, and since then that has been 
 the continuous practice. [Fast and Thanksgiving days in New 
 England, by Rev. W. DeLoss Love, Jr., Ph.D.] 
 
 At the General or Triennial Convention in 1792, Bishop Sea- 
 bury waived his right to preside, and agreed to exercise the 
 Presidency in rotation with the other Bishops. This made 
 Bishop Provoost the Presiding Officer, and the consecrator, with 
 the other Bishops, of the Rev. Thomas Claggett, D.D. 
 
 Bishop Seabury's first ordinations were at Middletown, 
 Aug. 3, 1785, when Messrs. Furgeson, Van Dyke, Baldwin and 
 Shelton were made deacons. His last ordination was at St. 
 Matthew's, East Plymouth, Oct. 21, 1795, the day of conse- 
 crating the church, when Alexander Viets Griswold, after- 
 wards Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, was ordained priest. 
 The first confirmation in America was by Bishop Seabury at 
 Stratford. His first consecration of a church was at Norwalk, 
 in July, 1786, and his last known official act was the consecra- 
 tion of St. Mark's Church, Harwinton, Oct. 22, 1795. He died 
 suddenly on Feb. 25, 1796. 
 
 Bishop Seabury's first charge to the clergy, at New Haven, 
 Aug. 4, 1785, is printed in the reprint of the Journals 1792 to 
 1820, p. 147, and a list of the ordinations by Bishops Seabury, 
 Jarvis, and Brownell, appear in the same reprint, and again with 
 additions up to date in the Journal for 1865, pp. 151-165; 
 
92 THE CHURCH 
 
 again in the Journal for 1866, pp. 166-180, and in the Journal 
 for 1886. The latter also contains a list of ordinations from 
 Connecticut by English Bishops and a list of clergymen 
 deceased up to July i, 1886. 
 
 In the Journal of 1882, pp. 152, etc., appears not merely a 
 list but the full record of Bishop Seabury's Ordinations. The 
 " Calendar " of Hartford for 1854 contains short biographical 
 notices, by Rev. A. B. Chapin, of all the clergymen ordained by 
 Bishops Seabury and Jarvis. They begin with the issue of 
 July I, and are concluded with the issue of Nov. 25. 
 
 At a special Convention held in Trinity church. New Haven, 
 May 5, 1796, the clerical and lay delegates formed two separate 
 houses for the purpose of deliberating separately on the subject 
 of electing a Bishop. The clergy made choice of the Rev. 
 Abraham Jarvis, but he declined the office. 
 
 The Rev. John Bowden was elected for Bishop, Oct. 19, 1796, 
 and on June 7, 1797, he signified to the Convention, in writing, 
 his non-acceptance of the Episcopate. 
 
 On June 7, 1797, at Derby, the Rev. Mr. Jarvis was unani- 
 mously reelected by the clergy. The laity were notified of his 
 election and they unanimously concurred. At the Commence- 
 ment at Yale in September, 1797, the degree of Doctor of Divin- 
 ity was conferred on the Rev. Abraham Jarvis, Bishop-elect of 
 the Church in Connecticut. In the church where he was first 
 elected he was consecrated on Oct. 18, 1797, by the Right Rev. 
 Dr. White of Pennsylvania, the Right Rev. Dr. Provoost of 
 New York, and the Right Rev. Dr. Bass of Massachusetts and 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 The Convention of June 6 and 7, 1798, appointed a com- 
 mittee " to draft an address to the President of the United 
 States." This address appears in the " Conn. Journal & 
 Weekley Advertiser" of New Haven, issue of Jan. 31, 1799, 
 together with a letter of acknowledgment and thanks from the 
 President, John Adams. The occasion for sending the address 
 was the war among the nations of Europe. The closing lines 
 of the address are as follows : — We " assure the Rulers of our 
 Country that we will use our best endeavors to promote unity 
 of opinion, respect for the laws, and reverence for all that are 
 in authority over us. And to do our best endeavors we add our 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 93 
 
 prayers to Almighty God Beseeching Him to direct and dispose 
 the hearts of all Christian Rulers, that they may truly, and 
 impartially administer justice to the punishment of wickedness 
 and vice, and to the maintenance of true religion and virtue. " 
 Signed 
 
 " Abraham Bp. of Connecticut. " 
 
 The Records of Convocation, p. 53, show that the Rev. Mr. 
 Baldwin was appointed Aug. 22, 1798, to draft an address to 
 the President in behalf of the Convocation. The first men- 
 tioned address was in behalf of the Convention. 
 
 The English custom of omitting the surname in the official 
 signature was followed both by Bishop Seabury and Bishop 
 Jarvis, the latter being the last Bishop of Connecticut that thus 
 signed. A facsimile of one of Bishop Seabury's certificates 
 is shown at the beginning of this chapter. 
 
 The Canons for the Church in Connecticut were adopted at 
 the Convention held June 6, 1799, and are printed in the Journal. 
 
 When the Convention met at Newtown, June 3, 1801, a 
 procession was formed by its members, the clergy, in their 
 gowns, and marched from the house of the Rev. Mr. Burhans, 
 to the Episcopal church, attended by a band of music. This 
 custom of marching to the Convention in procession was 
 followed for many years. 
 
 Dr. Beardsley says that about this time there were not more 
 than half a dozen churches in the Diocese supplied with organs, 
 and their number was not much increased for twenty-five years. 
 Organs were used in Episcopal churches in this country for 
 more than fifty years before the Congregationalists began to 
 use them. The first church organ in New England was placed 
 in King's Chapel, Boston, about 1714. The first organ in aay 
 house of public worship in Connecticut, (according to Dr. 
 Beardsley,) was delivered to Christ Church, Stratford, the last 
 of April, 1756. Christ Church, Middletown, was finished in 
 1755, and Richard Alsop imported an organ from England and 
 presented it to the parish, but this was probably some time after 
 April, 1756. Trinity Church, New Haven, voted June 30, 
 1794, to hire Mr. Salter as organist for six months. The first 
 organ in any house of public worship in what is now Hartford 
 
94 THE CHURCH 
 
 County was placed in the Congregational church at Worth- 
 ington, (now Berlin,) 1792, and the first in an Episcopal church 
 of this county was in use at Christ Church, Hartford, at the 
 consecration of that church, Nov. 11, 1801, and for several 
 years these were the only organs in that part of the State. 
 
 At the annual Convention of 1804, the members were 
 requested to procure various historical information as to early 
 Churches, clergymen and prominent lay brethren, and to trans- 
 mit the same to the editors of the " Churchman's Magazine." 
 This magazine was first published at New Haven in 1804, and 
 was the first diocesan paper in Connecticut, and also the first 
 Episcopal periodical ever published in this country. With 
 various interruptions, changes in management and place of 
 publication, it was continued until 1827, when it was succeeded 
 by the "Episcopal Watchman", of Hartford, until 1834. In 
 1837, the " Chronicle of the Church " was published at New 
 Haven by order of the Convention. In 1841 the name was 
 changed to the "Practical Christian, and Church Chronicle" 
 and it continued to the end of 1844. It was succeeded by the 
 " Calendar " of Hartford in 1845 ^^'^ the " Calendar " was 
 succeeded in 1866 by the " Connecticut Churchman." In 1867 
 the name was changed to " The Churchman ", and in July, 
 1877, the office of publication was removed to New York City, 
 where it is still published. A paper called " The Churchman " 
 had been published in New York, 183 1 to about 1859, but as 
 it had ceased to exist, the proprietors of the paper published at 
 Hartford felt free, in 1867, to adopt that name. The present 
 New York paper is therefore a continuation of the diocesan 
 paper which was started in the Diocese of Connecticut and pub- 
 lished in that Diocese for seventy-four years. 
 
 The fashion set by the certificate law of 1784 and 1791, for 
 avoiding ecclesiastical taxes to the Standing Order, was often 
 followed in withdrawing from other societies. The following 
 is from the papers of the Episcopal Society of Barkhamsted, 
 and is dated June 20, 1805. 
 
 " This certyfies that i . . . having seriously taken it 
 into Consideration in what way is most Exceptable to worship 
 god i think the presbyterian way of worship the Best & shall 
 imBrace it in Future. " 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 95 
 
 The Journal of the annual Convention for 1807 is the first 
 in which the Bishop's address appears. It was more in the 
 nature of a charge to the clergy and people than are the 
 addresses of recent years. Wardens and vestrymen of to-day 
 will find in this address such a clear and comprehensive state- 
 ment of their duties as to repay them for reading it. 
 
 The Bishop refers to, and rebukes, the practice of employing 
 lay preachers or preaching candidates. At this time there was 
 upon an average " more than two congregations to one Clergy- 
 man " in this Diocese and from lack of ministers or other cause, 
 as soon as persons were registered as candidates for holy orders 
 they began to preach as if they had a license. One person 
 began to preach in 1788 and was not made deacon until nearly 
 three years thereafter; another commenced to preach in 1802, 
 more than a year and a half before he was ordained, and there 
 were many more doing the same thing. No objection was 
 made to the employment of candidates to say the prayers and 
 to read a sermon, in the absence of a clergyman, but for one to 
 preach on the ground of being a candidate was contrary to the 
 principles of the Church and an error both on the part of the 
 candidate and of the parishioners who employed him. 
 
 At the annual Convention of 1808, the several parishes in the 
 Diocese were divided into thirty-four cures, covering by name 
 seventy-two parishes, and " parts adjacent." At that time 
 there were only twenty-six clergymen for these seventy-two 
 parishes, eight of the thirty-four cures being reported as 
 vacant. There were only four cures limited to one parish each. 
 One cure was composed of one parish and parts adjacent, nine- 
 teen cures were each composed of two parishes, one cure of two 
 parishes and parts adjacent, and nine cures were each composed 
 of three parishes. Even as late as the fall of 1819, there were 
 only seven parishes in the Diocese capable of supporting full 
 services independently. 
 
 The first parish reports appear in the Journal for 1809, but 
 out of the seventy-two parishes named in the cures of 1808 
 only twenty parishes are included in these reports. 
 
 In this Journal we also find a committee was appointed to 
 publish documents respecting Mr. Ammi Rogers " and distrib- 
 ute them to all persons who may wish for information on that 
 
96 THE CHURCH 
 
 subject." There was no lack of material for this committee. 
 Without going into details, we may say that Mr. Rogers was 
 attempting to force himself upon the Diocese and to officiate 
 within it, in violation of the ancient canons of the Church. The 
 41st Canon passed at the Council of Laodicea, A.D. 321, pro- 
 vided " that no clergyman ought to travel without the consent 
 of his Bishop." The 13th Canon passed at the Council of 
 Chalcedon, being the fourth Council, A.D. 451, provided "that 
 a foreign clergyman and not known shall not officiate in another 
 city, without commendatory letters from his own Bishop." 
 The present canons as to removals had not then been adopted 
 here, but they are the same in substance as these ancient canons. 
 
 The Convocations of 1801 and 1803 requested of Rogers 
 testimonials from his Bishop, and in 1804, Bishop Jarvis for- 
 bade the clergy and Churches in this Diocese to allow Mr. 
 Rogers to officiate. But he continued to officiate, and after the 
 death of Bishop Jarvis, Bishop Hobart of New York, Rogers' 
 own Bishop, turned his back on him at Hebron. 
 
 The Bishop's address to the annual Convention 1812 gives 
 a history of the Bishop's fund and shows how insufficient it 
 had been and " with what languor, the support of the Bishop 
 has hitherto been regarded." All that his " worthy predeces- 
 sor received from the Diocese " he believed " did not amount 
 to the interest of the money he expended of his own property 
 to accomplish for us, the object of our wishes." These words 
 of Bishop Jarvis were not spoken for himself at his advanced 
 age, " with no rational prospect of any great length of days to 
 come." This was his last address to the Convention. He died 
 May 13, 1813, nineteen days before the sitting of the annual 
 Convention. This Convention passed a resolution requiring 
 every clergyman to preach a sermon to his parish strongly 
 enforcing the importance of raising " an adequate and reason- 
 able support of the Episcopate." The Grand Levy of the 
 Parishes ordered in 1803 was not required to be entered on the 
 Journal until 1805 and first appears in the Journal for 1806. 
 This course was continued for many years. In August, 1813, a 
 committee was appointed to lay a special assessment on each 
 parish in the Diocese " for raising the Bishop's Fund." At 
 the November Convention in that year, the Treasurer of the 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 97 
 
 Bishop's fund was requested to visit the various parishes to 
 receive the money due on this assessment. Dr. Beardsley 
 says that the parish assessments of 1813 amounted to $16,570.00 
 and not quite one half of that sum was afterwards received. 
 In the Journal for 1817 there is a list of seventy-five parishes, 
 fourteen of which had paid their assessments in full, including 
 the parish of Christ Church, Middletown, which not only paid 
 its assessment early, but paid " one hundred and ninety two 
 dollars more." There were fifteen parishes that had paid 
 their assessments only in part, and forty-six parishes that had 
 not paid any of the assessment of 1813. In the Journal for 
 the year 1853, pp. 92-106, the amounts assessed in August, 
 
 1813, against the seventy-five parishes is given, with a statement 
 of those that had paid nothing. The committee reported that 
 some of these parishes were not then recognized by the geog- 
 raphy, and even the locality was not quite certain. At the 
 annual Convention of 1854, no one of the parishes reported as 
 delinquent for the assessments of 1813 and 1832 had paid any 
 part thereof, and their assessments were remitted. 
 
 The first effort for a missionary society, made at the Con- 
 vention of 1792, was reported in 1793 to have been too general 
 in its object to obtain the sanction of the Legislature. The 
 Journal of the 1797 Convention shows that money had been 
 collected " for the purpose of supporting Missionaries," but in 
 1798 such money was applied to the benefit of the Episcopal 
 Academy. 
 
 At the annual Convention of 1813, a committee was appointed 
 on the subject of a missionary society for the Church in this 
 State, to report to the next Convention. That Convention 
 appointed a new committee and at the October Convention, 
 
 1814, they reported a " Constitution for the establishment of 
 said Society." The report was read and accepted but does 
 not appear to have been adopted. At the annual Convention 
 of 1815 a committee was appointed to draft a constitution for a 
 Bible and Prayer Book Society. This committee reported to 
 the annual Convention of 18 16 and their report was approved, 
 but it was deemed inexpedient to connect said Society with 
 the Convention and the matter was referred to the consideration 
 of a meeting held later by friends of the cause. The Society 
 
98 THE CHURCH 
 
 was formed and its officers were reported in the first issue 
 of Swords' " Almanac " for the year 1817. The matter of a 
 missionary society was again before the Convention in the 
 spring of 1817, and the annual Convention of 1818 organized 
 a society under the name of " The Protestant Episcopal Society 
 for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge." Provision was 
 made in its constitution for the dissolution and absorption of 
 the " Bible and Common Prayer Book Society." The Christian 
 Knowledge Society is now known as the " Missionary Society 
 of the Diocese of Connecticut." 
 
 Shortly before the sitting of the annual Convention of 1815, 
 Bishop Griswold of the Eastern Diocese, at the invitation of the 
 Standing Committee, performed Episcopal acts in this Diocese 
 which he reports in his address to the Eastern Convention in 
 1816. It appears from this address that he supposed he had 
 been invited to take charge in Connecticut. The Middlesex 
 " Gazette " for June 15, 1815, reports the confirmation of 
 twenty-two persons by Bishop Griswold at Christ Church, 
 Middletown, on Sunday, June 4 ; five ordinations Tuesday, June 
 6, and one ordination on Friday, June 9. The Convention 
 was held June 7, and Bishop Griswold was " requested to take 
 a seat in the Convention." He was also thanked for his sermon 
 at the ordination at Christ Church on June 5, not June 6, as 
 reported in the " Gazette." 
 
 The October Convention of 1816 voted to invite the Rt. Rev. 
 John Henry Hobart of New York to perform the Episcopal 
 Offices in this Diocese. He accepted and delivered the sermon 
 at that Convention. Also at the annual Conventions of 1817 
 and 1818. Dr. Beardsley says that Bishop Hobart confirmed 
 in Connecticut 3,057 persons, only eleven less than the entire 
 number by Bishop Jarvis in his whole fifteen years of his Epis- 
 copate. Part of Bishop Hobart's Episcopal acts are reported 
 in the Middlesex " Gazette " issues of Eeb. 29, 1816, Nov. 14, 
 1816, and Aug. 26, 1819, and in the " Christian Journal " 
 for October, 1817. 
 
 The Connecticut Bible Society issued a large edition of Bibles 
 and distributed them in the west, particularly in Ohio. The 
 word " ye " was substituted for we in Acts vi, 3. In conse- 
 quence of this edition, the October Convention of 1816 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 99 
 
 instructed their Deputies to the General Convention to endeavor 
 to have some specific edition of the Old and New Testament 
 recognized. This resulted in the adoption of the standard 
 version now in use. The story of its adoption is told by the 
 Bishop on pages 38 and 39 of the Convention Journal for 1881. 
 
 The first Episcopalian to be elected as a State Officer in 
 Coimecticut was Jonathan Ingersoll, one of the wardens of 
 Trinity Church, New Haven, who was elected Lieutenant 
 Governor in 1816. 
 
 In October, 1817, Governor Wolcott appointed as usual a 
 minister of the Standing Order to preach the annual Election 
 Sermon in May, 181 8. At the same time he appointed the Rev. 
 Harry Croswell, Rector of Trinity Parish, New Haven, as sub- 
 stitute preacher, in case of failure on the part of the regular 
 appointee. The latter early informed the Rev. Mr. Croswell 
 of his intention to default. Bishop Hobart advised the per- 
 formance of the full service of the Church, the same as usual, 
 and the use of Bishop Seabury's State Prayers. The sermon 
 was preached by Dr. Croswell in the Center Church at Hartford. 
 Two of the oldest Divines of the Standing Order were seated in 
 the pulpit. This was the first time an Episcopal minister ever 
 preached the State sermon in Connecticut. According to the 
 usual custom the sermon was printed. In 1822, Governor Wol- 
 cott appointed Bishop Brownell to preach the State sermon in 
 May of that year. " The Governor, State Officers, members 
 of the Legislature, and a numerous body of the clergy, moved 
 under a military escort to the Episcopal church at New Haven, 
 where Divine Service was performed and an eloquent and 
 patriotic sermon delivered by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell." 
 [Conn. Mirror of May 6, 1822.] This is the first time that the 
 State of Connecticut ever worshiped in an Episcopal church. 
 What a marked contrast this shows over the days when Rev. 
 Abraham Jarvis, sometime after having been ordained in Eng- 
 land, attended an Election sermon at Hartford and the preacher 
 pointed at him in contempt, saying " What do they not deserve 
 who cross the Atlantic to bring Episcopal tyranny and super- 
 stition among us?" In 1828, the Rev. Nathaniel S. Wheaton 
 preached the Election sermon. These three are the only Epis- 
 copalians that ever delivered the Election sermon. Election 
 sermons were discontinued in 1830. 
 
lOO THE CHURCH 
 
 The Rev. Thomas C. Brownell, Assistant Minister of Trinity 
 Church, New York, was elected Bishop of this Diocese at the 
 annual Convention held in New Haven, June 2, 1819. At New 
 Haven, on Oct. 27, 1819, a procession from the house of Gover- 
 nor Ingersoll was formed and proceeded to Trinity Church, 
 where the Rev. Thomas Church Brownell was consecrated to 
 the holy office of Bishop, by the Right Rev. Bishop White, 
 Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, and Right Rev. Bishop Griswold. 
 Morning prayers were read by the Rev. Reuben Ives and a 
 discourse delivered by the Right Rev. Bishop White. The 
 degree of D.D. was conferred by Columbia College upon 
 Bishop-elect Brownell, shortly before his consecration. 
 
 At the Convention which elected Bishop Brownell, the ven- 
 erable Dr. Richard Mansfield, in the ninety-seventh year of 
 his age, was present. He was made Doctor of Divinity by 
 Yale in 1792, the first Episcopalian to receive that honor. He 
 was the Rector of St. James's Church, Derby, for seventy-one 
 years and eight months. He had seen the Church in New 
 Haven grow from but two or three families to a society of about 
 2,000 souls. The only other minister in Connecticut whose 
 service in one parish exceeded his was the Rev. Samuel Nott, 
 pastor of the Congregational church at Franklin, who served 
 that parish seventy-one years and ten months. ' Rev. John 
 Beach of Newtown was the only Episcopal minister of fifty 
 years service prior to the close of the Revolutionary war. 
 Dibblee of Stamford and Tyler of Norwich both served before 
 and after the war for more than fifty years in all ; Hubbard of 
 New Haven nearly fifty years, while Croswell of New Haven, 
 Fogg of Brooklyn, and Shelton of Bridgeport, each served 
 forty or more years in the same parish. 
 
 The Theological Seminary of New York was transferred to 
 New Haven and opened Sept. 13, 1820, but was transferred 
 back to New York in October, 182 1. Bishop Brownell's 
 address to the Convention in 1820 called attention to, and urged, 
 Sunday schools, which were then generally established through- 
 out the Diocese. 
 
 A " Commentary on the Book of Common Prayer " was 
 prepared by Bishop Brownell and published in 1823. It was 
 the first work of the kind ever prepared in this country and 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. lOl 
 
 was SO well received that an edition was afterwards published 
 by Bishop Hobart of New York. 
 
 Several unsuccessful efforts had been made to change the 
 Episcopal Academy at Cheshire into a college. At the annual 
 Convention of 1816, a committee was appointed to apply to the 
 General Assembly for an act of incorporation and charter 
 for an Episcopal College and this committee was continued by 
 the annual Convention of 1817. 
 
 In December, 1822, at the house of Bishop Brownell, steps 
 were taken to renew the efforts to obtain a charter for an Epis- 
 copal College, which charter was granted to Washington Col- 
 lege, (now Trinity,) of Hartford, May 16, 1823. It was said 
 to have been the first college in America " under the special 
 patronage and guardianship of Episcopalians." It was built 
 in 1824, and Bishop Brpwnell was its first President. 
 
 On Feb. 15, 1828, Jacob Oson, a man of color, was made 
 deacon, and on the next day he was ordained priest with a 
 view to missionary service in Africa. The Bishop's address 
 to the Convention of 1829 refers to the death of this mission- 
 ary, which occurred as he was about to embark. " By this 
 dispensation of divine Providence one of the first efforts in our 
 Church in the cause of foreign missions has been defeated." 
 At that time there was an African Mission School in the Dio- 
 cese, where three very promising young men of color were in 
 course of preparation for the same field of labor. 
 
 At the sitting of the General Convention of the Church at 
 Philadelphia, in August, 1829, Bishop Brownell preached a 
 sermon before the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. 
 He referred to the destitute condition of many places in the 
 southwest. As Bishop Brownell was then the youngest Bishop, 
 it was arranged that he should make an Episcopal visitation to 
 that country. Accordingly he started early in November and 
 visited parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, South 
 Carolina, and other of the Atlantic States, and returned home 
 early in March, 1830, having traversed an extent of country 
 of at least six thousand miles, three hundred of which he 
 traveled on horseback. He performed " Episcopal functions 
 where never a prelate of our Church had before been wel- 
 comed." [Christian Journal for 1830.] In the Bishop's 
 
102 THE CHURCH 
 
 address to the annual Convention of this Diocese in 1830, Bishop 
 Brownell gives a report of this visitation. In his address to 
 the Convention in October, 1835, he states that the Diocese of 
 Alabama was placed under his charge several years ago, and 
 refers to attending the annual Convention of that Diocese at 
 Tuscaloosa, in January, 1835, and performing Episcopal func- 
 tions. In his Address to the annual Convention of this Diocese 
 in 1845, he refers to the twenty-five years of his Episcopate 
 with a summary of ordinations and confirmations, and adds — 
 " in my Visitation in the Southwestern States, I have Conse- 
 crated two Churches in Kentucky, four in Mississippi, two in 
 Louisiana and two in Alabama, and have confirmed 245 persons 
 in those States." 
 
 Bishop Brownell presided over the General Convention at 
 New York in 1853, being then the senior Bishop, instead of the 
 youngest Bishop, as he was in 1829. 
 
 For other historical matter we refer to the " Records of 
 Convocation ", printed by order of the Convention 1904, with 
 many valuable historical notices by the Rev. Joseph Hooper, 
 M.A., of Durham, and to the Journals of the Convention from 
 1792 to date. A list of parishes in this Diocese with dates of 
 organization may be found in the Journal for 1878, also in 1891, 
 to which is added, in each case, the date when the present 
 church building was used. That of Christ Church, West 
 Haven, was first used in 1740, and in 1906 was the oldest in 
 Connecticut. In the Journal of 1896, p. 179, is an account of 
 extinct parishes ; of the Ancient records, in the Journal for 
 1897, p. 175; of the changes in parish names, in the Journal 
 for 1900, p. 112; of the growth of the Diocese, in the Journal 
 for 1901, p. 2; and a list of all the Deputies from Connecticut 
 to the General Convention is in the Journal for 1904. 
 
 And it may be of interest to turn to the Journal of 1905 and 
 compare its list of two hundred and eleven clergy, besides the 
 Bishop, and a total of just exactly that number of places of 
 worship in this Diocese, with the fourteen clergy of 1783 with 
 no Bishop and about forty-five parishes ; or with the following 
 list of twenty-five Connecticut clergy from the Journal of the 
 Triennial Convention of 1799, when there were about sixty 
 parishes. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. I03 
 
 The list is as follows: 
 
 The Right Rev. Abraham Jarvis, D.D., Bishop. 
 
 Rev. Jeremiah Learning, residing at New Haven. 
 
 Rev. John Bowden, D.D., Principal of the Episcopal 
 Academy at Cheshire. 
 
 Rev. Richard Mansfield, D.D., Rector of Christ Church, at 
 Derby, and of the Churches of Oxford and Great Hill. 
 
 Rev. Bela Hubbard, Trinity Church, New Haven, and Christ 
 Church, West Haven. 
 
 Rev. John Tyler, Christ Church, Norwich. 
 
 Rev. Daniel Fogg, Rector of Trinity Church, Pomphret. 
 
 Rev. William Smith, D.D., Rector of St. Paul's Church, 
 Norwalk. 
 
 Rev. Philo Shelton, Rector of Trinity Church, Stratfield, St. 
 John's, Fairfield, and a Church in Weston. 
 
 Rev. Ashbel Baldwin, Rector of Christ Church, Stratford, 
 and Trinity Church, Trumbull. 
 
 Rev. Chauncey Prindle, Rector of Christ Church, Water- 
 town, and St. Peter's, Plymouth. 
 
 Rev. Reuben Ives, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Cheshire, 
 and the Churches at Hamden and Southington. 
 
 Rev. Tilotson Brownson, Rector of St. Peter's Church, 
 Waterbury, and the Churches at Salem. 
 
 Rev. Truman Marsh, Rector of St. John's Church, New 
 Milford, and the Churches of Roxbury and New Preston. 
 
 Rev. Ambrose Todd, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Syms- 
 'bury, and St. Peter's Church, Granby. 
 
 Rev. Solomon Blakesley, Rector of St. Stephen's Church in 
 East Haddam. 
 
 Rev. Seth Hart, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Wallingford, 
 and a Church in Berlin. (Christ Church, Worthington.) 
 
 Rev. Charles Seabury, Rector of St. James's Church, New 
 London. 
 
 Rev. Smith Miles, Rector of the Churches at Chatham and 
 Middle Haddam. 
 
 Rev. David Butler, Rector of Christ Church, Reading, and 
 the Church at Ridgefield. 
 
 Rev. Alexander V. Griswold, Rector of St. Matthew's 
 Church, Bristol, (East Plymouth,) St. Mark's, Harwinton, 
 and a Church in Northfield. 
 
104 THE CHURCH 
 
 Rev. William Green, Rector of St. John's, Seabrook. 
 
 Rev. Calvin White, Deacon, St. John's Church, Stamford, 
 and a Church at Horseneck. 
 
 Rev. Evan Rogers, Deacon, the Churches of Hebron and 
 Pomphret. 
 
 Rev. Bethel Judd, Deacon. 
 
 The names of the Rev. Daniel Burhans, D.D., Rector of 
 Trinity Church, Newtown, and John Callahan, Deacon, should 
 be added, to make the list complete. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. I05 
 
 THE BISHOPS OF CONNECTICUT 
 
 BRIEF MENTION 
 
 The Right Reverend Samuel Seabury, D.D. 
 
 The first American Bishop and first Bishop of Connecticut, 
 for eleven years, three months and eleven days. Consecrated 
 Nov. 14, 1784; died Feb. 25, 1796. 
 
 The Right Reverend Abraham Jarvis, D.D. 
 
 The eighth American Bishop and second Bishop of Con- 
 necticut, for fifteen years, six months and twelve days. Conse- 
 crated Oct. 18, 1797; died May 13, 1813. 
 
 The Right Reverend John Henry Hobart, D.D. 
 
 The eleventh American Bishop and third Bishop of New 
 York. Consecrated May 29, 181 1; died Sept. 12, 1830. Act- 
 ing Bishop of Connecticut for three years and ten days, from 
 Oct. 17, 1816, to Oct. 27, 1819. 
 
 The Right Reverend Thomas Church Brownell, D.D. 
 
 The nineteenth American Bishop and third Bishop of Con- 
 necticut, for forty-five years, two months and ten days. Con- 
 secrated Oct. 27, 1819; died Jan. 13, 1865. 
 
 The Right Reverend John Williams^ D.D. 
 
 The fifty-fourth American Bishop and fourth Bishop of Con- 
 necticut, for forty-seven years, three months and eight days, 
 being Assistant Bishop for the first thirteen years. Conse- 
 crated Oct. 29, 1851 ; died Feb. 7, 1899. 
 
 The Right Reverend Chauncey Bunce Brewster, D.D. 
 
 The one hundred and eighty-third American Bishop and 
 fifth Bishop of Connecticut, being Bishop Coadjutor the first 
 year of his episcopate. Consecrated Oct. 28, 1897, one hundred 
 years after the consecration of the second Bishop of Con- 
 necticut. 
 
Io6 THE CHURCH 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 The Right Reverend Samuel Seabury, D.D. 
 
 Samuel, the second son of Samule and Abigail, (Mumford,) 
 Seabury, was born at North Groton, (now Ledyard,) Con- 
 necticut, on November 30, 1729; died Feb. 25, 1796, in the 
 sixty-seventh year of his age. Early in life he married a Miss 
 Hicks of New York, who died before 1784 and he did not 
 marry again.. At the time of his birth his father was officiating 
 as a licentiate of the " Standing Order " in the meeting-house 
 of the Second Ecclesiastical Society of Groton located in North 
 Groton, but soon after conformed to the Church of England, 
 was ordained in England and became the first incumbent of 
 St. James's Church, New London. The future bishop was 
 educated by his father and in the common schools of the town 
 until his father's removal to Hempstead, Long Island, in 1742. 
 He entered Yale College in 1744, and was graduated with honor 
 in 1748. Mr. Seabury was sent by his father to Huntington, 
 Long Island, as "catechist" in 1748, in which position he was 
 confirmed by the Venerable Society with a salary of ten pounds 
 sterling per annum. He commenced the study of medicine 
 while at Huntington and in 1752 went to Edinburgh to continue 
 his medical course until of age to present himself to the Bishop 
 of London for ordination. 
 
 He was made deacon in the Chapel of Fulham Palace on St. 
 Thomas's Day, Dec. 21, 1753, by the Rt. Rev. John Thomas, 
 Bishop of Lincoln, acting for the infirm Bishop of London. 
 Dr'. Thomas Sherlock. He was ordained priest in the same 
 chapel on Sunday, December 23, 1753, by the Rt. Rev. Richard 
 Osbaldiston, Bishop of Carlisle. 
 
 He was immediately appointed by the Propagation Society to 
 the mission of Christ Church, New Brunswick, N. J. In 1757 
 he went to Grace Church, Jamaica, from which he removed in 
 1766 to the rectorship of St. Peter's Church, Westchester 
 County, N. Y. To add to his small income, he opened while at 
 Westchester a classical school. 
 
 As the Revolution approached, with his friends Dr. Chandler, 
 Dr. Inglis, and the Hon. Isaac Wilkins, he allied himself with 
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 included the welfare of the church of England, and wrote 
 strongly in its favor. His "Letters of a Westchester Farmer" 
 are an excellent specimen of his style in political controversy. 
 He was also for several years the Secretary of the Voluntary 
 Conventions of the Clergy of New York and New Jersey, which 
 some from Connecticut occasionally attended. 
 
 He was roughly treated by the patriots in his neighborhood, 
 compelled at various times to conceal himself and on one occa- 
 sion was taken to New Haven and treated with much indignity. 
 Upon his release from confinement he returned to Westchester, 
 but was soon obliged, early in 1776, to close the churches in 
 his parish and join the numerous loyalists in the city of New 
 York. After the departure of General Washington from Man- 
 hattan Island in September, 1776, he officiated, in turn with 
 other clergymen who had left their parishes, for the refugees 
 in the old City Hall on Wall Street. In 1778 he was appointed 
 to the charge of St. Andrew's Church, Staten Island, but found 
 it unsafe to take up his residence there. 
 
 His support for seven years came from the stipend of fifty 
 pounds a year from the Venerable Society, the practice of medi- 
 cine, and his chaplaincy of the Royal American Regiment of 
 Colonel Edmund Fanning. He was made a Doctor in Divinity 
 by Oxford University in 1778. With his election and accept- 
 ance of the Bishopric of Connecticut came a new period in Dr. 
 Seabury's life. He went to England in July, 1783, in the 
 flagship of Admiral Digby. His noble and unceasing efforts 
 to induce the Bishops in England to rise above political and 
 traditional precedents and consecrate him under a special act 
 of Parliament, form a chapter of pathetic interest in our annals. 
 In the summer of 1784, he made a formal application to the 
 Bishops of the Church in Scotland to consecrate him. Upon 
 their favorable answer he journeyed to Aberdeen and was con- 
 secrated a Bishop in the Church of God, in Bishop Skinner's 
 chapel in Long Acre, Aberdeen on Sunday, November 14, 1784, 
 by the Primus, Dr. Robert Kilgour of Aberdeen, Dr. Arthur 
 Petrie of Moray and Ross, and Dr. John Skinner, Coadjutor 
 Bishop of Aberdeen. He returned to London immediately 
 after and sailed for America in March, 1785. He spent some 
 weeks among relatives in Nova Scotia and arrived at Newport, 
 R. I., on June 20, 1785. 
 
108 THE CHURCH 
 
 The Right Reverend Abraham Jarvis^ D.D. 
 
 Abraham, the sixth son and ninth child of Captain Samuel 
 and Naomi, (Brush,) Jarvis, was born at Norwalk, Conn., on 
 May 5, 1739; died May 3, 1813, nearly seventy-four years of 
 age. Married May 25, 1766, Ann, daughter of Samuel Farmar 
 of New York City. She died at Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 4, 1801, 
 and he married, second, July 4, 1806, Mrs. Lucy, widow of 
 Nathaniel Lewis of Philadelphia. He was a bom Episcopalian, 
 his father having conformed to the Church of England two 
 years before the Bishop was born. He was carefully trained 
 in the district school and at home, and then placed under the 
 tuition of the Rev. Noah Wells, the Congregational minister of 
 Stratford, to be prepared for college. He became a student at 
 Yale when eighteen and was graduated with honor in 1761. 
 
 He went immediately after to Middletown to officiate as lay 
 reader in Christ Church. He also pursued by himself a course 
 in theology, presumably set forth for him by the learned Dr. 
 Samuel Johnson. 
 
 About 1762 it becoming necessary to leave his work to be 
 inoculated for the small pox, he resided for several months at 
 Elizabethtown, N. J., in the family of the Rev. Dr. Thomas 
 Bradbury Chandler, the well-read theologian and acute pleader 
 for an American Episcopate. Under him he probably com- 
 pleted his course in theology. 
 
 In the fall of 1763, in company with his intimate friend, Bela 
 Hubbard, and William Walter of Roxbury, Mass., he sailed for 
 England to seek holy orders. His expenses were defrayed by 
 a subscription of the members of the Middletown parish. He 
 was made deacon in " the royal Chapel of St. James, West- 
 minster," on Sunday, February 5, 1764, by the Rt. Rev. Fred- 
 erick Keppel, Bishop of Exeter. 
 
 He was ordained priest in " the parish Church of St. James, 
 Westminster", on Sunday, February 19, 1764, by the Rt. Rev. 
 Charles Lyttleton, Bishop of Carlisle. 
 
 Both of these ordinations, at which his companions also were 
 ordained, were by special commission from the aged and feeble 
 Bishop of London, Dr. Richard Osbaldiston, who, as had his 
 predecessors, exercised jurisdiction over the American Colonies. 
 Mr. Jarvis sailed for America in April and was again at work in 
 
ET. KEV. ABRAHAM JAKVIS^ D.D. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 
 
 109 
 
 June. He had been duly cfiosen as Rector of Christ Church, 
 Middletown. An unusual salary of seventy pounds sterling was 
 pledged to him by the parish. For some reason not now to be 
 ascertained, the Venerable Society declined to continue the 
 stipend of twenty pounds which had been allowed to the Rev. 
 Ichabod Camp, the first Rector and Missionary. Mr. Jarvis 
 became a true pastor, not only for the people in Middletown, but 
 in all the surrounding country. He greatly encouraged the 
 small band of Churchmen in Hartford by his presence, his ser- 
 vices and his advice. There would have been rapid growth 
 in Hartford had the suggestion to make Middletown and Hart- 
 ford a mission under Mr. Jarvis met with the approval of the 
 authorities in England. 
 
 His energy and success as a parish priest are shown by a 
 memorandum made a few years after his ordination, in which 
 three hundred and sixty-five souls, of whom one hundred and 
 fifty were communicants, are recorded as under his charge. 
 With the continued regard and affection of his parishioners, he 
 served them in holy things for thirty-five years. 
 
 Upon the death of Bishop Seabury, at the special Convention 
 held in Trinity Church, New Haven, on May 5, 1796, he was 
 chosen Bishop. As there had been a diversity of opinion 
 among the clergy and some opposition by prominent laymen, 
 he immediately declined the election. 
 
 When Dr. Bowden, who in October, 1796, had been elected, 
 finally declined the Episcopate, Mr. Jarvis was unanimously 
 elected at the annual convention held in St. James's Church, 
 Derby, on June 7, 1797. He accepted and was consecrated in 
 Trinity Church, New Haven, on the feast of St. Luke, October 
 18, 1797. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. William 
 Smith, of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk. It is one of the five 
 instances in the history of the American Church when the ser- 
 mon at the consecration of a Bishop has been by a priest. The 
 others are: The Rev. Dr. William Smith, Provost of the Uni- 
 versity of Pennsylvania, preached at the consecration of Dr. 
 Claggett, 1792 ; Dr. Robert Smith, 1795 ; and Dr. Bass, 1797. 
 The Rev. Dr. Frederick Beasley preached at the consecration 
 of Mr. Chase in 1819. 
 
 The second Bishop of Connecticut was faithful in his admin- 
 istration of the Diocese and saw a moderate but real growth. 
 7 
 
no THE CHURCH 
 
 During his later years he was afflicted with asthma and any- 
 clerical duty was done with difficulty, but he never allowed his 
 bodily infirmity to interfere with his official and religious obli- 
 gations. In 1799 he removed to Cheshire, where the Episcopal 
 Academy, under Dr. Bowden, was coming into favorable knowl- 
 edge of the people. 
 
 In 1803 Bishop Jarvis removed to New Haven, where he 
 passed the remainder of his days. 
 
 When the present Trinity Church was erected, his body was 
 removed from the public cemetery and buried beneath the 
 chancel. An elegant Gothic monument, with a classic and 
 affectionate Latin inscription written by his son, the distin- 
 guished scholar. Dr. Samuel Farmar Jarvis, adorns the walls 
 of the church. 
 
 These sketches of Bishop Seabury and Bishop Jarvis are 
 mainly taken from the historical notes by the Rev. Joseph 
 Hooper, in the " Records of Convocation." 
 
 The Right Reverend John Henry Hobart^ D.D. 
 
 John Henry, son of Capt. Enoch and Hannah, (Pratt,) 
 Hobart, was born at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 14, 1775, died 
 Sept. 12, 1830; married in the spring of 1800, to Mary Goodwin 
 Chandler, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Bradbury Chandler, 
 of Elizabethtown, N. J. His father died when he was one year 
 old, so that his early training fell wholly upon his pious and 
 talented mother. He was received into the Episcopal Academy 
 at Philadelphia when he was nine years of age. In 1788 he 
 entered the College of Philadelphia, and in the autumn of 1791 
 was transferred to Princeton College, where he was graduated 
 in 1793, with the highest honors of his class. He was tutor at 
 Princeton 1796-1798, and studied theology under Bishop White. 
 He was ordained deacon, June 3, 1798, and settled over two 
 small Churches near Philadelphia, Trinity Church at Oxford, 
 and All Saints at Perkiomen, Pa., until 1799, when he had 
 charge of Christ Church, New Brunswick, N. J. In May, 1800, 
 he went to St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I., but was 
 called to Trinity Church, New York, in September of that year 
 
RT. REV. THOMAS CHURCH BROWNELL, D.D. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. Ill 
 
 as assistant minister. In 1806 he received the degree of Doctor 
 of Divinity from Union College and in 181 1 he was elected 
 Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of New York. He was conse- 
 crated in Trinity Church, New York, May 29, 1811, by Bishop 
 White, by whom he had previously been both confirmed and 
 ordained. " He had a mind that never wearied ; he had a nerve 
 that never was relaxed." A long list of his publications may 
 be found in Sprague's " Annals of the American Pulpit," 
 Vol. V. 
 
 The Right Reverend Thomas Church Brownell, D.D., 
 LL.D. 
 
 Thomas Church, eldest son of Sylvester and Mercy, 
 (Church,) Brownell, born at Westport, Mass., Oct. 19, 1779; 
 died at Hartford, Conn., Jan. 13, 1865. Married Aug. 6, 
 181 1, Charlotte, daughter of Tertullus Dickinson of Lansing- 
 burgh, N. Y., by the Rev. Dr. Butler, Rector of St. Paul's 
 Church, Troy, N. Y. She was an Episcopalian, and thus by 
 this marriage he was for the first time brought into intimate 
 relations with Episcopalians. At the age of fifteen he was a 
 teacher in one of the common schools. After a preliminary 
 education at the Bristol Academy, Taunton, Mass., he entered 
 BrOwn University but changed to Union College in 1802, where 
 he was graduated with highest honors in 1804. In 1805 he was 
 tutor in Greek and Latin, and in 1806 professor of logic and 
 belles lettres. He studied theology while in College under the 
 Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Nott, who became president of Union Col- 
 lege in 1804, and made young Brownell tutor and professor as 
 before stated. About 1809 he was appointed professor of 
 Chemistry and Mineralogy with leave to spend a year in Europe 
 in the study of chemistry and other sciences. He had intended 
 to enter the Congregational ministry, but being convinced of 
 the historical and scriptural grounds of Episcopacy he was bap- 
 tized by the Rev. Cyrus Stebbins of Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 
 5, 1813, and shortly after confirmed. He was ordained deacon 
 by Bishop Hobart, April 10, 1816, and priest by the same Bishop, 
 Aug. 4, 1816. In 1814, he was appointed professor of rhetoric 
 and chemistry at Union College. After being made deacon, in 
 1816, he was missionary in Schenectady, and its vicinity, and in 
 
112 THE CHURCH 
 
 1817 he became assistant minister of Trinity Church, New 
 York, where he remained until he was elected Bishop of Con- 
 necticut in 1819, but a little over three years after he was made 
 Deacon. For many years he was President of the Retreat for 
 the Insane at Hartford. The last twelve years of his long epis- 
 copate he was, by seniority, the Presiding Bishop of the Church 
 in America. For other data, see the preceding article on the 
 Church in Connecticut. Besides the Prayer Book there men- 
 tioned, he published " Selections on the Religion of the Heart 
 and Life ", the " Christian's Walk and Consolation ", an 
 abridgement of an " English Commentary on the New Testa- 
 ment " and the " Errors of the Times ", being his charge to the 
 clergy in 1843. 
 
 Dr. Beardsley says : " His equability, his sagacity, the 
 impartiality of his determinations, the largeness of his views, 
 the avoidance of needless collisions, the decision of his conduct, 
 when decision became needful, had their result in the strong and 
 united and confiding Diocese. He sought no constrained uni- 
 formity. He entertained no fanciful ideal. He leaned towards' 
 no extreme tendency. He was steadfast, because his mind was 
 clear. He brushed away all that was not essential to any ques- 
 tion or purpose, or smiled and suffered it to pass by. He 
 recognized the right of all. No one had cause to suppose him- 
 self wronged with hini by any prejudice; and when 'swift to 
 hear, slow to speak, and very slow to wrath', he spoke, at length, 
 the Church listened and was satisfied." 
 
 A colossal statue of Bishop Brownell, the gift of his son- 
 in-law, Gordon W. Burnham, stands on the campus of Trinity 
 College. 
 
 The Right Reverend John Williams, D.D., LL.D. 
 
 John, son of Ephraim and Emily, (Trowbridge,) Williams, 
 was born at North Deerfield, Mass., Aug. 30, 181 7. His father 
 was a lawyer and author of the first volume of the Massachu- 
 setts Reports. His youthful education was in his native town 
 and his Unitarian parents trained him in that faith. Later he 
 attended an academy of high reputation at Northfield, and 
 entered Harvard College in 1831. After two years he changed to 
 Trinity College, Hartford, where he was graduated in 1835. His 
 
RT, KEV. JOHN WILLIAMS^ D.D. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. II3 
 
 discussions at Harvard with a friend and a careful study of the 
 Book of Common Prayer led him to the Episcopal Church and 
 caused him to transfer to a Church College with the consent of 
 his father. Having become a candidate for holy orders, he 
 entered the General Theological Seminary at New York in 1835, 
 but was called home by the illness of his father, with whom he 
 remained until his death. He completed his theological studies 
 with the Rev. S. F. Jarvis, D.D., of Middletown, Conn., and 
 was ordained deacon by Bishop Brownell, in Christ Church, 
 Middletown, Sept. 2, 1838, and priest by the same Bishop in the 
 same church, Sept. 26, 1841. He was tutor in Trinity College, 
 1837 to 1840, after which he spent about a year traveling with 
 his mother in England and on the Continent. For some months 
 he assisted Bishop Luscombe at the Chapel of the British 
 Embassy in Paris. He was assistant minister in Christ Church, 
 Middletown, 1841 to 1842, and Rector of St. George's, Schenec- 
 tady, N. Y., 1842 to 1848. He was elected President of Trinity 
 College and removed to Hartford in 1848, holding that office 
 until 1853. 
 
 He was elected Assistant Bishop of Connecticut at St. John's 
 church, Waterbury, June 11, 1851, and was consecrated in St. 
 John's Church, Hartford, Oct. 29, 185 1, by Bishops Brownell, 
 Hopkins, DeLancey, Eastburn, Chase, Henshaw and Burgess. 
 
 He was Assessor to the Presiding Bishop and Chairman of 
 the House of Bishops by election from Oct. 26, 1883, until he 
 became Presiding Bishop of the Church on the death of Bishop 
 Alfred Lee of Delaware, April 12, 1887. 
 
 In addition to these other duties, he was a Junior Fellow of 
 Trinity College, 1845 to 1849; Professor of History, 1849 to 
 1853; Lecturer on History, 1853 to 1892; Trustee, since 1848; 
 Visitor, since 1853; Vice Chancellor and Chancellor, since 1865. 
 He was the founder of Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, 
 in 1854, and was its Dean and Professor of Doctrinal Theology 
 and Liturgies until his death. 
 
 He was made Doctor of Divinity by Union College, 1847; 
 Trinity, 1849; Columbia, 1851, and Yale, 1883, and made 
 Doctor of Laws by Hobart College in 1870. 
 
 Entered into rest from his home in Middletown, February 7, 
 1899, aged 81 years, 5 months and 8 days, and was buried in the 
 Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Feb. 10, 1899. 
 
114 THE CHURCH 
 
 We quote from the " Commemorative and Biographical 
 Record of Middlesex County," as follows : 
 
 " Bishop Williams was famous as a bishop and as a wit. His 
 humor was of a character that was subtle, and his manner digni- 
 fied, yet gentle, kindly and lovable. His personality attracted 
 to him the love of his people, and to them there will never be 
 another Bishop Williams. He was a great and good man." 
 
 The Right Reverend Chauncey Bunce Brewster, D.D. 
 
 Chauncey Bunce, the eldest son of the Rev. Joseph and Sarah, 
 (Bunce,) Brewster, was born on September 5, 1848, at Wind- 
 ham, Conn. His father was then Rector of St. Paul's Church 
 in that pleasant village, but soon after of St. Paul's, Walling- 
 ford, whence he removed to New Haven, and became Rector of 
 Christ Church, in which position he remained highly esteemed 
 and beloved for nearly thirty years. The Rev. Joseph Brewster 
 ended his useful life on Nov. 20, 1895, during his incumbency 
 of St. Michael's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 It is an interesting and unusual fact that he gave three sons to 
 the ministry. The family is one that has been highly honored 
 in New England, and especially in Connecticut. It can trace 
 its ancestry directly to the elder of the Plymouth Colony, 
 William Brewster. 
 
 After a careful preparation in the Hopkins Grammar School, 
 Chauncey Brewster entered Yale College, graduating with 
 honors in 1868 and having the distinction of being class orator. 
 During the collegiate year 1870-71 he was tutor at Yale College. 
 He was well trained in the studies necessary for the holy minis- 
 try at Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn. He was 
 made deacon in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Middletown, 
 on Wednesday, May 29, 1872, by the Rt. Rev. Dr. John Wil- 
 liams. He spent his diaconate as assistant to the Rev. Dr. 
 Deshon at St. Andrew's Church, Meriden, Conn. On May 30, 
 1873, he was ordained priest in St. Andrew's, Meriden, by 
 Bishop Williams, and soon after accepted the rectorship of the 
 historic parish of Christ Church, Rye, N. Y., where he made 
 full proof of his ministry. 
 
 In 1881 he became Rector of Christ Church, Detroit, Mich. 
 Besides his round of parish duty he was called to occupy several 
 
RT. REV. CHAUNCF.Y BUNCE BREWSTER, D.D. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. II 5 
 
 diocesan positions of importance, being a member of the Stand- 
 ing Committee and deputy from that Diocese to the General 
 Convention of 1883. 
 
 In 1885 he accepted a call to Grace Church, Baltimore, which 
 had been served by such men as Bishop Atkinson and Bishop 
 Coxe. His last parish was Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights. 
 In the Diocese of Long Island he has been President of the 
 Standing Committee, Chancellor of the Cathedral of the Incar- 
 nation, a Trustee of the Church Charity Foundation, and Chair- 
 man of other boards and committees. He was a deputy to the 
 General Convention of 1892 and also to that of 1895. He was 
 by the General Convention of 1895 appointed on the Commis- 
 sion on Church Unity, and has been for some years a member 
 of the Board of Managers of the Domestic and Foreign Mis- 
 sionary Society. 
 
 His election by the Diocesan Convention at St. John's, Water- 
 bury, on Tuesday, June 8, 1897, called him back to serve his 
 native State as Bishop Coadjutor. He received the degree of 
 Master of Arts in course from Yale, and that of Doctor in 
 Divinity from Trinity College in 1897. 
 
 Dr. Brewster has written various review articles and is the 
 author of a series of Good Friday addresses, entitled " The Key 
 of Life," published in 1895. 
 
 The foregoing sketch was prepared by the Rev. Joseph 
 Hooper and published in the " Jarvis Centenary," 1897. A 
 recent work of Bishop Brewster is worthy of special mention. 
 It is entitled " Aspects of Revelation, being the Baldwin Lec- 
 tures for 1900. By Chauncey B. Brewster, D.D., Bishop of 
 Connecticut." These lectures were delivered at the University 
 of Michigan and published by Longmans, Green & Co., New 
 York, 1901. 300 octavo pages. 
 
Il6 THE CHURCH 
 
 SYNOPSIS OF CONNECTICUT LAWS RELATING 
 TO ECCLESIASTICAL MATTERS 
 
 1636-1821. 
 
 Compiled from Colonial Records and Statute Laws of the 
 Colony and State. 
 
 1636. The Court, April 26, 1636, ratified and confirmed the 
 formation of the Church on the River of Connecticut, composed 
 of members dismissed from the Church at Watertown, Mass. 
 
 1837. Church officers were exempted from military duty 
 March 8, 1637. 
 
 1638-9. The Fundamental Orders of 1638-9, between 
 Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield, recite in the preamble, 
 that they confederated " together to maintain and preserve the 
 liberty and purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus, which we 
 now profess, as also the discipline of the Churches," but there 
 is not a word in the body of the " Orders " that refers to 
 ecclesiastical affairs. ' 
 
 1642. Among the capital laws passed Dec. i, 1642, idolatry 
 and blasphemy were punishable with death. This was dropped 
 as to idolatry in the revision of 1784, then changed to whipping 
 on the naked body, not exceeding forty stripes, or sitting in 
 the pillory one hour. 
 
 1644. Minister's support was first provided for Oct. 25, 
 1644, requiring the people to be called together " that every man 
 voluntarily set down what he is willing to allow " ; those refus- 
 ing, to be rated by authority and collected as other debts. 
 
 1650. In 1650, the first code of laws was enacted, but it 
 was over a century and a half before it was printed. It was 
 distributed in manuscript and read at times in various public 
 meetings. Excommunicated persons as well as others were 
 given power to make their wills. The Selectmen were in- 
 structed to " have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neigh- 
 bors " for having their children and servants educated and 
 "once a week at least, catechised in the grounds and principles 
 of religion," and if not, the Selectmen should bind out such 
 children for such instruction. Substantially this law was in 
 force until 1821. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. II7 
 
 It was forbidden to behave contemptuously "towards the 
 Word or the Messengers thereof" ; the penalty for the second 
 offense was a fine of 5 pounds, or to stand two hours in public 
 " upon a Lecture day, with a paper fixed on his breast written 
 with Capital Letters, — an open and obstinate contemner of 
 god's holy ordinances." In force until 1750. 
 
 Wheresoever Gospel Service was held on Sunday, "every 
 person shall duly resort and attend thereto", also on public 
 Fasts and Thankgivings, or be subject to. a fine of 5 shillings. 
 The civil authority, until 1750, had power and liberty to see "the 
 rules of Christ's Church observed in every Church according to 
 His Word," and to deal with any Church member "so it be done 
 in a civil and not in an ecclesiastical way." 
 
 All male persons sixteen years old and upwards who did not 
 voluntarily contribute, were taxed for the minister's rate accord- 
 ing to the list of persons and estates, (except Magistrates and 
 Elders,) until 1821, although voluntary contributions were 
 dispensed with in 1697, and after 1799 the polls or persons of 
 those under 21 years of age were put in the list at half the 
 value of adults. 
 
 1656, 7 and 8. In October, 1656, towns and persons were 
 forbidden to entertain, or unnecessarily speak to " Quakers, 
 Ranters, Adamites, or such like notorious heritiques," under 
 penalty of 5 pounds per week, and the magistrates had power 
 to send them to prison for securing them until they could con- 
 veniently be sent out of the jurisdiction. In 1657, the books or 
 manuscripts of the Quakers were also suppressed and turned 
 over to the Elders, or by a later act, to the Court. In Oct., 1658, 
 Magistrates had power to punish all heretics by banishment or 
 corporal punishment, also to inflict the same punishment on any 
 one instrumental in bringing such persons into the Colony. In 
 July, 1675, the penalty for non-attendance of public worship 
 was suspended as to Quakers ; also the imprisonment of them, 
 provided they do not gather in assemblies nor make disturb- 
 ance. In May, 1706, the law against heretics was repealed. 
 
 In March, 1657-8 all persons were prohibited from embody- 
 ing themselves " into Church estate without consent of the 
 General Court and approbation of the neighboring Churches." 
 This was in force until 1750. Prior to 1657 the Churches and 
 
Il8 THE CHURCH 
 
 towns seem to have grown up without special legislation and 
 without clearly defined distinctions between the Church and the 
 Town. In 1643 when the Assembly acted upon certain troubles 
 between Mr. Smith and the people of Wethersfield, they ordered 
 a copy of the report sent to Mr. Smith and to the " Towne " 
 instead of to the Church. Later they imposed a fine of 10 
 pounds on any one who should repeat any complaint against 
 Mr. Smith of which he had been cleared by the Court. After 
 1657, special acts were passed for the formation of new 
 Churches in the respective towns, and when there were more 
 than one Church in one town, the bounds of each parish were 
 generally fixed by the Assembly. 
 
 The act of March 8, 1657-8, also forbade the people from 
 entertaining or attending any ministry or church administration 
 " disinct and separate from and in opposition to that which is 
 . . . dispensed by the settled and approved minister of the 
 place, except it be by approbation of this Court and the neigh- 
 boring churches." Provided ' this act shall not hinder any pri- 
 vate meetings of Godly Persons . . . with the allowance of 
 the settled minister." This law was intended only to regulate 
 churches of the Standing Order and was passed especially for 
 suppressing the seceding Congregationalists of Hartford. In 
 so far as it could be construed to apply to any other denomin- 
 ation, it was practically annulled by the toleration acts of 1665 
 and 1669. It was in force until 1750. 
 
 1662. In October, 1662, it was declared that all laws and 
 orders of the Colony stand in full force " unless any be cross to 
 ye Tenor of our charter." 
 
 1664. Oct. 13, 1664, upon a writing from " several persons 
 in the Colony, (seven residents of Hartford and Windsor, call- 
 ing themselves members of the Church of England,) that they 
 are not entertained in Church fellowship, the Court recom- 
 mended the ministers and Churches to entertain persons " who 
 are of an honest and Godly conversation", by an " explicit 
 covenant, and that they have their children baptised." A copy 
 of this recommendation was sent to every minister in the 
 Colony. [Stiles' Windsor, Vol. i, p. 196.] 
 
 After a long controversy, it was ordered in March, 1657-8, 
 that all prosecutions cease between the Church in Hartford and 
 the withdrawers until the matters in controversy are brought to 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. II9 
 
 an issue in a way that the Court shall determine. The assembly 
 of New England Elders at Boston, 1657, approved of the half- 
 way covenant as did also the Boston Synod of 1862, but in 1664 
 is the first specific reference to it noticed in the Colonial Records. 
 The half-way covenant was an issue at Hartford in 1666, being 
 opposed by Mr. Whiting and his followers, and Mr. Whiting's 
 petition "for a distinct walking " and to " practice the Congre- 
 gational way without disturbance " was granted in October, 
 1669. Numerous other matters relating to special legislation 
 for particular churches were from time to time before the Gen- 
 eral Assembly. 
 
 1665. In April, 1665, it was enacted that all persons of civil 
 lives may freely enjoy the liberty of their consciences and the 
 worship of God in that way which they think best, provided that 
 this liberty tend not to the disturbance of the public, or mainten- 
 ance of the ministry. Omitted from the revision of 1672. 
 
 1667. In May, 1667, Indians were forbidden to work or play 
 on the Sabbath under a penalty of 5 shillings or sit in the public 
 stocks one hour, but it was a year later when this provision was 
 extended to all, at which time the general law against work, 
 play, travel, etc., on the Sabbath, Fast and Thanksgiving days, 
 or staying outside of the meeting-house during service, was 
 passed, and with various changes was continued in the revision 
 of 1821. The Sabbath was defined as from sunset on Saturday 
 until midnight on Sunday. 
 
 1668. In October, 1668, the law as to attending public wor- 
 ship was amended so that the judge might find the accused 
 guilty unless " he make it appear that he did attend ... or 
 was necessarily detained therefrom." This was dropped in the 
 revision of 1702 but was reenacted in May, 1712, and dropped 
 again in 1750. 
 
 1669. A new act relating to Dissenters, (non-Congregation- 
 alists,) was enacted in May, 1669, " for the honor of God, wel- 
 fare of the Churches and preservation of the public peace so 
 greatly hazarded", whereas the profession and practice of the 
 Congregational Churches was approved "until better light in an 
 orderly way doth appear", but as others are otherwise per- 
 suaded, the Court declared that all persons " orthodox and 
 sound in the fundamentals of Christian religion may have allow- 
 
I20 THE CHURCH 
 
 ance of their perswasion and profession in church ways or 
 assemblies without disturbance." This was in force until 1702. 
 
 1672. The substitution of the Charter for the Fundamental 
 Orders and the admission of New Haven into the Colony made 
 a new code of laws necessary. It was ordered in 1671 and com- 
 pleted in 1672. It was printed in Cambridge by Samuel Green 
 in 1673, and was the first printed laws of the Colony. On the 
 title page were the Scripture texts. 
 
 "Let every Soul be subject unto the Higher Powers ; for 
 there is no Power but of God." 
 
 "Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the Ordi- 
 nance of God: and they that resist shall receive to them- 
 selves Damnation." 
 
 New Haven Laws. 
 
 The New Plaven Colony had very brief laws. Those only 
 who desired to be admitted into the Church were admitted as 
 planters, and none but Church members could vote or hold 
 office. October, 1639, it was voted "that the word of God shall 
 be the only rule to be attended unto in ordering the affairs of 
 government in this plantation." 
 
 The revision of 1672, with the exception of omissions, made 
 but little changes in the ecclesiastical laws. If any society 
 failed to allow suitable maintenance for the minister, the County 
 Court would order what the maintenance should be. 
 
 1676. In May, 1676, family prayer and worship was recom- 
 mended, and the ministers and Selectmen were ordered to see 
 that it was performed in every family. If any were obstinate 
 and refractory, the grand jury were to present them to the next 
 Court for punishment, or to be bound over to good behavior. 
 In force until 1702. 
 
 1694. The ordained ministers of the Colony in October, 
 1694, were given permission to perform the marriage service, 
 but in 1702, they could do so only in the town where the minis- 
 ter was settled. 
 
 1697. In May, 1697, it was provided that if any town or 
 plantation was without a minister for any year or years, the 
 minister's salary should be collected and kept subject to the 
 order of the Court. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 12 1 
 
 X702. A new revision of the laws was made in 1702, pro- 
 viding that if no agreement was made with the minister or he is 
 aggrieved by too scanty allowance, he may apply to the General 
 Assembly, who will fix his salary. Boarders, sojourners, and 
 young persons living in any family were subject to a fine of 5 
 shillings for not attending private worship in those families. 
 The Sabbath laws and laws for minister's support were both 
 continued in substance until 1821. 
 
 1706. In October, 1706, ministers were exempted from 
 taxes and not to be set in the list, and in October, 1737, this was 
 extended to all members of the minister's family. The law 
 was changed in the revision of 1821 so as to exempt only the 
 polls of the ministers. 
 
 1708. In May, 1708, the majority present at any town or 
 society meeting were given power to call and settle a minister 
 who shall be the minister of such town or society and all agree- 
 ments with him shall be binding. 
 
 In May, 1708, " being sensible of the defects of the discipHne 
 of the Churches," the Saybrook Convention was ordered to be 
 composed of "the Reverend Ministers delegates from the 
 elders and messengers of the Churches in this government." 
 In October of that year, the Assembly declared " their great 
 approbation of such a happy agreement, and do ordain that all 
 the churches within this government that are or shall be thus 
 united in doctrine, worship and discipline be ", owned and 
 acknowledged established by law. Provided that nothing 
 herein shall hinder any Church or society allowed by law who 
 soberly differ from the united churches from exercising worship 
 and discipline in their own way. The Churches thus established 
 under the Saybrook platform provided for an explicit covenant 
 to be acknowledged by those who were not members in full 
 communion, so that their children could be baptized. 
 
 The rights of Dissenters having been dropped from the revi- 
 sion of 1702, it was enacted in May, 1708, "for the ease of such 
 as soberly dissent from the way of worship and ministry estab- 
 lished" by law ; That, if any persons shall at the County Court 
 of that country they belong to, qualify themselves according to an 
 act made in the first year of the late King William and Queen 
 Mary, granting liberty of worshipping God in a way separate 
 
122 THE CHURCH 
 
 from that which is estabHshed by law, they may enjoy the same 
 without any let, hindrance and molestation whatsoever, but are 
 not excused from paying minister's rates. This was repealed 
 in May, 1743, when a substitute therefor was enacted. 
 
 1709. In October, 1709, single persons, boarders, and 
 sojourners, were forbidden to meet in companies on Sunday or 
 Lecture day evenings, except for "religious occasions," under 
 a penalty of five shillings. 
 
 1715. In 1715, the Selectmen were to see that every house- 
 holder had a Bible and large families a number of Bibles, ortho- 
 dox catechism and other good books of practical godliness, and 
 if this order was neglected, to make return to the next Court 
 who may deal with the accused according to the law relating to 
 the education of children. In force until 1821. 
 
 1721. In May, 1721, the laws relating to Sabbath keeping 
 and attending public worship were changed to require the 
 attendance to be " in some congregation by law allowed." A 
 fine of 20 shillings was imposed on those who should assemble 
 in any public meeting house without the consent and allowance 
 of the minister and congregation. A fine of 5 shillings was 
 imposed for unnecessarily leaving home on the Lord's Day 
 except to worship God "in some place by law allowed for that 
 end." In October, 1721 each town was to appoint annually 
 two Tything men for each parish. In force until 1821. 
 
 1723. In 1723, when the Baptists were increasing and 
 irregular preachers took upon them to administer the sacrament 
 of baptism," all persons who neglected public worship on the 
 Lord's Day and formed themselves into separate companies in 
 private houses, were, until 1821, subject to a fine of 20 shillings, 
 and until 1750, if any person not a lawful or allowed minister 
 shall administer or make show of the "Holy Sacraments" they 
 were subject to a fine of 10 pounds. 
 
 1727. The first mention of the Church of England or Epis- 
 copal Church is in the act of May 11, 1727, when it was enacted 
 as to all persons, including Episcopalians, living in the bounds 
 of any parish allowed by this Assembly, that they should be 
 taxed alike, and "if it so happen that there be a Society of the 
 Church of England where there is a person in Orders according 
 to the canons of the Church of England settled and abiding 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 1 23 
 
 among them and performing divine service so near to any 
 person that hath declared himself of the Church of England, 
 that he can conveniently and doth attend the public worship 
 there; then the Collectors" shall deliver the taxes collected of 
 such Churchmen to the Church of England ministers, who shall 
 have full power to receive and recover the same. 
 
 Societies of the Church of England " may levy and collect of 
 them who profess and attend as afore said, greater taxes at 
 their own discretion for the support of their Minister." 
 
 "And the Parishioners of the Church of England attending 
 as afore said are hereby excused from paying any taxes for 
 the building of Meeting Houses for the present established 
 Churches of this Government." 
 
 1728. It was enacted in October, 1728, that no person could 
 vote in society meetings, except those persons having a freehold 
 of forty pounds, or that are persons in full communion with 
 the Church. The " or " was changed to " and " in the revision 
 of 1750, and in 1748, and after, Dissenters who exercised their 
 right of exemption from taxes were prohibited from voting in 
 society meetings, except for school purposes. A penalty of 15 
 shillings for violating this law was enacted in 1769. 
 
 1729. In May, 1729, it was enacted that Quakers " who do 
 attend the worship of God " either in the Colony or on the 
 borders thereof and shall produce a certificate of their having 
 joined themselves to their society, shall be excused from con- 
 tributing to the support of the established ministry, or paying 
 any tax for the building of any meeting-house. In October, 
 1729 the same privileges were granted to the "people called 
 Baptist." 
 
 The laws as to taxing Episcopalians, Quakers and Baptists 
 were in force until 1784, when a modified form of law apply- 
 ing to all tolerated Dissenters was enacted. The law as to Epis- 
 copalians, before 1784, was much less liberal than the law as 
 to Baptists and Quakers. 
 
 1735. In May, 1735, the law gave the collectors of the 
 Established Churches the power of constables and after receiv- 
 ing the names and amounts assessed in the society, the collector 
 was given a warrant against every person on the list, which war- 
 rant he could serve in case of necessity. The minister's rates 
 
124 THE CHURCH 
 
 collected by him were paid over directly to the minister. This 
 law was in force until 1821. 
 
 1737. In 1737, an act was passed permitting the Western 
 land fund to be appropriated "to the support of the Gospel 
 Ministry." This was repealed in 1740. A new law on the 
 same subject was passed in 1795. 
 
 1740-42. In October, 1740, " considering the unhappy mis- 
 understandings and divisions", a General Consociation of the 
 Churches of the Colony was ordered to be convened at Guil- 
 ford, at the expense of the Colony. In May, 1742, referring to 
 the endeavor of the said Consociation " to prevent the growing 
 disorders amongst the ministers and churches settled by order 
 of the Assembly", and reciting that divers ministers go into 
 and preach in parishes under the care of other ministers, and 
 also sundry illiterate persons who have no authority whatever, 
 publicly preach and exhort, it was enacted that no licensed 
 minister or any person not a settled and ordained minister go 
 into any parish and hold service without being expressly invited 
 by the minister of the parish or of the congregation, nor meet 
 in any irregular association, under penalty of forfeiting all 
 benefit of the law for minister's support, while the irregular 
 preacher was to be bound over to his peaceable and good 
 behavior to the next County Court. If any foreigner or 
 stranger so offend he shall be sent out of the Colony as a 
 vagrant person. This law was dropped in 1750. 
 
 In October, 1742, ministers that were not educated at Yale 
 or Harvard College, or some other allowed Protestant college 
 or university, were denied the benefit of the laws for the sup- 
 port of the ministry. This law was enacted to be in force four 
 years only. 
 
 1743. The Moravians had a mission among the Indians of 
 Sharon and Kent and were said to have been stirring up discord 
 among the people, whereupon it was enacted in May, 1743, that 
 all foreigners or persons suspected of seditious designs, or of 
 being spies, should be brought before the Governor for exam- 
 ination. 
 
 At the same session, the toleration act of 1708 was repealed, 
 because Congregational Separatists, for whom it was never 
 intended, tried to take the benefit thereof. As a substitute for 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 125 
 
 the repealed act, any of his Majesty's subjects, being Protes- 
 tants, inhabitants of this Colony, and dissenting from the estab- 
 lished worship, were given permission to ask for privileges in 
 Church ways, and if they had any distinguishing character from 
 Presbyterians or Congregationalists, they " may expect indul- 
 gence of this Assembly." 
 
 In October, 1743, a law was enacted against such vagrant 
 preachers as had been sent out of the Colony and returned 
 again to preach or exhort. This law was dropped in 1750. 
 
 1747. In 1747, it was enacted that when any parish or relig- 
 ious society allowed by law, (those only tolerated by the laws 
 of this Colony and dissenting from us excepted,) shall vote to 
 build a meeting-house, they shall apply to the County Court to 
 fix the place where it shall stand. The clerk of the society was 
 required to report the doings of the society and progress of 
 the building to the County Court. A fine of $134.00 was 
 imposed for building a meeting-house without complying with 
 this act. This law was in force until 1821. 
 
 1750. Another revision was made 1750, which omitted 
 sundry laws and also enacted a law against the denial of God 
 or the Holy Trinity, punishable by disability to hold office, and 
 for a second offence disability to sue, or be guardian, executor 
 or administrator on any estate. Continued until 1821. Those 
 who profaned the Lord's day or disturbed any congregation 
 allowed for the worship of God, were to " be publicly whipt not 
 exceeding Twenty stripes." The laws relating to attending 
 public worship were amended by a proviso " That this act shall 
 not be taken or construed to hinder the meeting of such Persons 
 upon any Religious Occasion." 
 
 1752. In May, 1752, the Honorable Society in Scotland for 
 Propagating Christian Knowledge was given liberty to solicit 
 contributions from various Churches and such contributions 
 were recommended. 
 
 In October, 1752, upon the memorial of certain "professors 
 of the Church of England " of Newtown, they were exempted 
 from paying taxes to support the ministry. This grant changed 
 their rights under the former laws in no way except that they 
 did not have to pay taxes to the Congregational collector 
 to be by him paid back to the Episcopal minister, and that the 
 
126 THE CHURCH 
 
 exemption was not conditional on their church attendance, 
 nor on the residence of the minister. The inhabitants of the 
 said town were given power to lay taxes, etc., exclusive of the 
 Episcopalians. 
 
 1757. In May, 1757, the parishioners of the Baptist Church 
 at Enfield were exempted from taxes for support of the minis- 
 try and for building meeting-houses of the Established Order. 
 In 1764, like privileges were granted the Baptists of Somers and 
 Suffield attending at Enfield, and to those of Willington and 
 Windsor, attending at Stafford. 
 
 1761. In May,. 1761, the parishioners of Trinity Church, 
 (Episcopal,) of Fairfield, were given power to organize, appoint 
 a collector, lay taxes for supporting the minister and for build- 
 ing and repairing their church, substantially the same as the 
 established churches. 
 
 1764. In October, 1764, Societies and parishes were author- 
 ized to elect a Society Treasurer, with the same powers as 
 Town Treasurers. 
 
 Illegal voting in societies meeting was made punishable by 
 a fine of 15 shillings. 
 
 1766. In October, 1766, the oaths agreeable to an Act of 
 Parliament of Allegiance and Supremacy, Declaration against 
 Popery and Oath of Abjuration were ordered "printed with the 
 acts of this Assembly " and were so printed. 
 
 1769. In January, 1769, Joseph Meeham, a Baptist minister 
 of Enfield, who had married a member of his flock, contrary 
 to law, (as he was not a minister of the Established Order,) 
 was fined; but the fine was remitted as there was no criminal 
 intent. 
 
 1770. In May, 1770, the Episcopal Church called St. John's 
 in New Milford, and in October, 1770, the Church in the town 
 of Pomfret, in the parish of Brooklyn, were respectively given 
 like privileges with Trinity Church of Fairfield. These three 
 Churches at Fairfield, New Milford and Brooklyn, were the 
 only Episcopal Churches in the Colony established by law. It 
 was, however, the intention of the Legislature to establish the 
 Episcopal Church at Newtown, as appears from the original bill 
 in Vol. 10, Ecclesiastical Manuscripts, but when the bill was put 
 in its final form, the rights voted to be given to the said Church 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 1 27 
 
 were, by an error, given to such inhabitants of the town as were 
 not Episcopalians. In October, 1770, it was enacted that those 
 who dissent from the Standing Order "and attend public Wor- 
 ship by themselves " shall not incur the penalties of the law 
 "for not attending" Worship on the Lord's Day. 
 
 1777. In May, 1777, a law was passed giving the Strict Con- 
 gregationalists who have separated from the churches and con- 
 gregations established by law, substantially the same right of 
 organization and maintenance as other churches and exempting 
 them, under certain conditions, from taxes for the Established 
 Church. 
 
 The conditions of exemption were more numerous and rigid 
 than that required of the Episcopalians or other Dissenters, 
 even requiring that all of the names of the persons attending 
 the Separate Churches shall be lodged with the clerk of the 
 established society where they dwell. In one particular the. 
 Episcopalians fared harder than any other Dissenters. They 
 were the only denomination whose taxes had to pass through 
 the hands of the Congregational collector, and whose exemption 
 was conditioned on the abode of their minister. On the whole 
 the Separates had the greatest grievance under the law and the 
 Episcopalians the next. 
 
 1784. An entire new revision of the laws was adopted in 
 1784, after the return of peace, and which in terms repealed all 
 former laws. The principal change in ecclesiastical matters 
 was the act relating to Dissenters from the Standing Order 
 which, for the first time, placed all Dissenters on the same level, 
 although they were still less favored than the regulars. 
 
 It provided that all Dissenters "whether of the Episcopal 
 Church or those Congregationalists called Separates, or the 
 People called Baptists or Quakers, or any other Denomination " 
 who have formed into distinct bodies, attend and support public 
 worship, and file a certificate to that effect with the clerk of the 
 society where they dwell, signed by their minister, shall be 
 exempt from taxes for the support of such society. Also that 
 such organized Dissenters shall have substantially the same 
 powers and privileges as the Ecclesiastical Societies established 
 by law. Also that all persons who do not attend and help sup- 
 port any other Public Worship shall be taxed in the Society 
 where they dwell. 
 
128 THE CHURCH 
 
 In order to prevent a misconstruction of the law for not 
 attending, on the Lord's day, the worship and ministry estab- 
 lished by law, it was enacted that persons professing the Chris- 
 tian religion and dissenting from the established. way, shall not 
 be prosecuted for non-attendance " on account of their meeting 
 together by themselves on said day for public worship in a way 
 agreeable to their conscience." 
 
 1791, In May, 1791, an act was passed in addition to and in 
 alteration of the exemption certificate law of 1784, whereby 
 no certificate was legal unless issued by two justices, (or by one 
 in case the town did not have two,) after an examination of the 
 person claiming exemption, and a decision that the claim was 
 " well founded." This act, together with the act which it 
 amended, was repealed in October, 1791, and a new act passed 
 granting exemption on the same conditions as before, upon 
 filing a certificate merely signed by the applicant, instead of by 
 the minister or justices. The names of the various dissenting 
 denominations were omitted. The revision of 1784 is the only 
 instance noted in which the word "Episcopal " occurs in the 
 statutes. The word Methodist does not appear in any revision. 
 
 1792. In October, 1792, contributions were ordered in the 
 several religious Societies and Congregations in this State, on 
 the first Sabbath of May annually, for three years, for the 
 support of such Missionaries as the General Association of this 
 State shall employ in the Northern and Western States where 
 " the ordinances of the Gospel are not established." 
 
 1795. In May, 1795, the General Assembly were given 
 power, on a proper petition, to authorize any school society to 
 appropriate the State school fund for the support of the Chris- 
 tian ministry, or the public worship of God; the same to be 
 used for the benefit of all religious societies, churches or con- 
 gregations of all denominations of Christians within its limits, 
 and to be proportioned according to the list of persons and 
 estates, including all individuals who may compose a part only 
 of such society, church, or congregation. This was in force 
 until the revision of 1821, after which school money appro- 
 priated for any other purpose was to be forfeited. 
 
 1796. Another revision of the laws was made in 1796, with 
 no important change in ecclesiastical matters. 
 
IN CONNECTICUT. 1 29 
 
 1808. The same is true with reference to the revision of 
 1808. 
 
 1816. In May, 1816, the penalty for blasphemy was changed 
 from whipping to imprisonment not exceeding two years, with 
 power to bind over for good behavior. 
 
 1817. In May, 1817, the exemption certificate law of 1791 
 for Dissenters was repealed and a new law enacted, whereby 
 any person could withdraw from any religious society to which 
 he belonged and join any other society of a different denomina- 
 tion, by leaving a certificate thereof with the town clerk, and 
 thereupon would not be liable for any future expense of the 
 society from which he withdraws. Under this law all religious 
 societies were for the first time placed on precisely the same 
 footing, excepting that every one who had not withdrawn was 
 supposed to belong to the parish of the Standing Order within 
 which he resided. The revision of 1784 placed all denom- 
 inations on substantially the same footing, but there was still 
 a lack of equality in that Dissenters were required to file a 
 certificate and the Standing Order were not, and further, it 
 made no difference with the taxes of one belonging to the 
 Standing Order whether he regularly attended public worship 
 or not, while this fact did make a difference with the taxes of 
 Dissenters, provided they helped to support a dissenting society. 
 
 1818. After the adoption of the new constitution in 1818, 
 a new revision was necessary and was printed in 1821. 
 
 The new constitution declared that, " The exercise and enjoy- 
 ment of religious profession and worship, without discrimina- 
 tion, shall forever be free to all persons in this state." That 
 " No preference shall be given by law to any christian sect or 
 mode of worship", and that "no person shall, by law, be 
 compelled to join or support, nor be classed with, or associated 
 to any congregation, church or religious association." Our 
 forefathers came here to enjoy religious freedom, which no 
 doubt they did, but it was two centuries after their coming when 
 that freedom was fully extended to all. 
 
HI. THE CHURCH IN WETHERSFIELD 
 AND BERLIN 
 
132 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Map showing the location op Christ Church 
 
THE CHURCH IN WETHERSFIELD AND 
 
 BERLIN 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH. HISTORY 
 
 Christ Church, Worthington, 1797, was located in the south- 
 west corner of the town of Wethersfield, and in that part of 
 ancient Wethersfield which is now the southwestern part of the 
 town of Newington. The parish, or society as it was then 
 generally called, had no specific boundaries, and had no occa- 
 sion for any, as they taxed only those who voluntarily joined 
 them. On the other hand, the Congregationalists or " Standing 
 Order " had the whole state marked out into ecclesiastical 
 societies, and every male person over eighteen years of age was 
 by law considered a member of the particular society or parish 
 within the bounds of which he resided. Every man was forced 
 to pay taxes for the support of the Congregational minister in 
 the parish where he resided, unless he filed a certificate showing 
 that he attended Gospel service regularly elsewhere, and paid 
 his full share for its support. By this system of resident mem- 
 bership in the various societies, the Congregational Societies 
 alone were definitely defined. For sake of convenience, socie- 
 ties of other denominations made use of the names of these well 
 defined Congregational parishes in designating their own loca- 
 tion, and hence the Episcopal Church in Wethersfield was 
 designated as " Christ Church, Worthington," because it was 
 located within the bounds of a Congregational parish named 
 Worthington. This parish was known as of the town of Berlin, 
 because the greater part of the parish was in that town, 
 although the northern part, where Christ Church was located, 
 was in the town of Wethersfield. The church stood near the 
 town lines between Wethersfield and Berlin, and near the junc- 
 tion of four Congregational parishes, the southeast corner 
 of the parish and present town of New Britain, the northeast 
 corner of the parish of Kensington, the northwest corner of the 
 
134 THE CHURCH 
 
 parish of Worthington, and the southwest corner of the parish 
 of Newington, all being within less than half a mile from Christ 
 Church. The parish of Wethersfield to the northeast was not 
 so far away but that some of its residents came here to church. 
 Others came from Stepney parish, (now Rocky Hill,) on the 
 east, in the town of Wethersfield, and perhaps a few came from 
 Cromwell in the town of Middletown. But nearly all the 
 people of Christ Church lived in the four adjacent parishes. 
 One collector was appointed for Newington and New Britain, 
 and another for Worthington and Kensington, and nothing is 
 said in the records about a collector for those outside of these 
 four parishes. This peculiar location has given rise to much 
 confusion in designating the Society. It has been variously 
 called as of Wethersfield and Berlin, of Wethersfield and 
 Worthington, of Newington, of Wethersfield, of Berlin, and of 
 Worthington. The proper designation is Worthington, or to 
 be more definite, the parish of Worthington in the town of 
 Wethersfield, of 1797, or town of Newington of 1906. The old 
 Newington parish did not extend so far to the south as does the 
 present town. The church stood about two and one-quarter 
 miles east by south from the present St. Mark's Church. Its 
 site may be found by going southerly from the Town Home to 
 where the road ends at South street, often called the Rocky Hill 
 road, or down South Main street to South street, then easterly 
 on South street over the Kelsey crossing, (the first crossing 
 north of Berlin Depot,) across the low lands, up the hill by the 
 house of the late John Webster to the first road that runs 
 northerly. This road is in Newington and is called Church 
 street because the church was located on it. At the left, on 
 the northwest corner of Church and South streets, is the old 
 cemetery, directly opposite which, towards the north end, on the 
 highest ground, the old church stood for about twenty-eight 
 years. A beautiful view of New Britain may be had from this 
 place, and on the other hand, the old cemetery plainly marks 
 the site of the old church as viewed from Walnut Hill in New 
 Britain. 
 
 Every person living within the present town of New Britain, 
 nearly all within the bounds of Worthington and Newington, 
 and many within the bounds of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, Crom- 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 35 
 
 well and Kensington, were nearer to Christ Church than they 
 were to any other Episcopal church, or to that of any denomina- 
 tion except Congregational. The nearest Episcopal churches 
 were, Hartford, Portland, Middletown, Meriden, and Southing- 
 ton, all of them about eight or nine miles away. The accom- 
 panying map shows the location with especial reference to New 
 Britain and surrounding towns. A reach of seven and a half 
 miles in every direction, making a circle fifteen miles in diam- 
 eter, would include none but Congregational churches. A 
 circle of eight miles radius is drawn on this map around the old 
 site, with seven inner circles one mile apart. Every modern 
 Episcopal church now within this eight-mile circle is designated 
 by a Latin cross, and every Episcopal church that was stand- 
 ing in 1797, within the territory of the map, is designated by a 
 Greek cross. The Congregational meeting-houses that stood 
 within the eight-mile circle in 1797 are designated by a small 
 circle. It will readily be seen from this map that Christ Church 
 more than any other was the Church Home for the people in 
 the two towns of Wethersfield and Berlin, and that the most 
 remote comer of present New Britain, (which then belonged 
 to Berlin,) is not five miles distant from the site of the old 
 church. A broken line circle of a four-mile radius from St. 
 Mark's Church is also shown on this map. 
 
 Having given the geography of Christ Church, let us go 
 back a little and consider more specifically than in the pre- 
 ceding chapters, the conditions which led to its formation. In 
 1722, there was not an Episcopal house of worship in Connecti- 
 cut, but about that time missionary Pigott, of Stratford, had 
 held service at North Haven, about twenty-three miles from 
 Berlin. In 1724, the Churchmen were chiefly in six or seven 
 towns and Rev. Samuel Johnson was the only clergyman in the 
 Colony. The Church at West Haven was organized 1723, 
 which was then the nearest to Berlin of any Episcopal Church. 
 In 1729, missionary Johnson held service in this vicinity, the 
 first within the present Hartford County, and says that he finds 
 on the Connecticut River " a considerable number who are 
 subscribing towards a Church at a town called Wethersfield ;" 
 and in October, 1730, he says, " upon the Connecticut River 
 they are contriving to build a church." The next service in 
 
136 THE CHURCH 
 
 this section was probably held at Middletown, by the Rev. James 
 Wetmore, a native of that town, who records that he had held 
 service there several times but does not give the date. The 
 supposed date is about 1730. It was prior to 1739, when the 
 Rev. Ebenezer Punderson, of Groton, " preached to a sober 
 body of people near one hundred, two of which have since 
 joined our communion." Although the Church at Middletown 
 was not formally organized until about 1749, that town appears 
 to have been the first in this part of the State to hold services 
 that ripened into a Church. St. Peter's, at Plymouth, was 
 organized 1739, and St. Andrew's, Simsbury, (nowBloomfield,) 
 was organized in 1740, mainly by Episcopalians who came 
 there from Boston to work the Simsbury copper mines. The 
 money for building the church and purchasing the glebe was 
 largely contributed by gentlemen of Boston and Newport. 
 This was the first Church within the present Hartford County. 
 The Church at Wallingford, about thirteen miles from Christ 
 Church, Worthington, was organized in 1741. There were a 
 few Churchmen in Cheshire about this time. Next came the 
 Church in New Cambridge, (Bristol,) about 1746, the leading 
 men in which came mostly from Wallingford and Cheshire. 
 Their church building was erected in 1754 and was the second 
 church building in Hartford County. It is not shown on the 
 accompanying map of 1797, because they consolidated with, and 
 removed to St. Matthew's, East Plymouth, before that date. 
 The church building at Middletown was finished in 1755, and 
 from that date to 1797 it was the Home Church for the people 
 in the vicinity of New Britain. 
 
 Missionary Punderson went to Hartford in 1750, to present 
 a memorial to the General Assembly in favor of the Church, 
 but went to Middletown, sixteen miles away, before he found 
 any one to preach to. But in 1762, the church was begun at 
 Hartford, and in May, 1763, missionary Johnson writes that 
 " Hartford does not get forward as was expected." Mis- 
 sionary Winslow of Stratford says, in July, 1763 : " It cannot 
 but much engage all our wishes to see a Church established 
 in a place of so much consequence as Hartford. . . . They 
 are obliged for your mentioning to Dr. Johnson the Society's 
 intention to recommend it to Mr. Viets, if placed at Symsbury, 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 37 
 
 to take some care of them; but would, with submission, rather 
 wish that instead of this they might be annexed to Middletown, 
 when that mission is again suppHed." The Society however did 
 not adopt this suggestion. About this time there was a Church 
 called St. Ann's, at Salmon Brook, (Granby,) with a building 
 partially finished, but after a few years it seems to have disap- 
 peared. 
 
 The first resident Churchman of Wethersfield or Berlin, 
 whose name is known, was Dr. Nathaniel Winchell, of Berlin. 
 In the Kensington Church records we find the following entry : 
 " At the same meeting, (Dec. lO, 1766,) Doctor Nathaniel Win- 
 chel appeared before ye Church and offered his reasons for 
 absenting himself from our Communion and Worship for a 
 long time, and declared yt. he had now joined the Church of 
 England." It was then put to vote, " Whether since the Doctor 
 has in an irregular manner withdrawn from our Communion 
 and worship and now declares that he will not Continue with 
 us, we shall withdraw our Pastoral and Church watch. Voted 
 in the affirmative." 
 
 On May 20, 1770, a Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard of Kensington 
 had a daughter baptized at Christ Church, Middletown, the 
 parents and Widow Abigail Shailer being sponsors. On July 
 5, 1772, their daughter Mercy was baptized in the same place, 
 when the parents and widow Cahill were sponsors. Andrew's 
 History of the First Church in New Britain says that Dr. 
 Smalley, the pastor of that Church, considered the whole parish 
 as his people, for in 1772 there were only three Churchmen in 
 New Britain and not more than that number of Baptists. The 
 people of Newington began to have their children baptized at 
 Christ Church, Middletown, in 1773, and those from Wethers- 
 field in 1774. Jonathan Gilbert, one of the first wardens of 
 Christ Church, Worthington, a descendant of the Jonathan 
 Gilbert of Hartford who called himself a member of the Church 
 of England in 1666, had his son David baptized at Middle- 
 town, Aug. 16, 1776, the parents and Dr. Steele being sponsors. 
 Doctor David and Daniel Steele were both founders of the 
 Church in Worthington and were both married by the Rev. Mr. 
 Jarvis of Middletown. They were the sons of Dr. Samuel 
 Steele and were known as the twin doctors. After the Worth- 
 
138 THE CHURCH 
 
 ington Congregational meeting-house was built in Berlin, (the 
 building is now used as the town hall,) the customary writ of 
 attachment against every taxable person in the parish was 
 issued, and placed in the hands of the collector. 
 
 It was directed to Isaac North, Jr., of Wethersfield, and in 
 His Majestie's Name commanded him to forthwith levy and 
 collect "of ye persons named in ye annexed list ... as 
 therein set down ... it being a tax or assessment agreed 
 upon and granted by ye inhabitants of sd. Society at their special 
 Meeting for that purpose legally warned and assembled on ye 
 23d. day of Deer. A.D. 1772, for ye defraying of ye necessary 
 Charges of building a meeting house in sd. Society ", and to 
 deliver the sums collected " unto Capt. Samuel Heart, Society 
 Treasurer." 
 
 " And if any person or persons shall neglect or refuse to make 
 payment, ... to distrain ye Goods or Chattels of such 
 person or persons " — 
 
 " And for want of Goods & Chattels wherein to make dis- 
 tress, you are commanded to take ye body, or bodies of ye per- 
 son or persons so neglecting or refusing, & him or them com- 
 mit unto the keeper of ye Goal in ye sd. County." 
 
 Dated at Wethersfield, this 8th. day of March, A.D. 1773, 
 
 and signed 
 
 " Thomas Belding Juste paeis." 
 
 The names of " ye persons in ye annexed list " do not appear, 
 but from the endorsement on the back of the writ it must have 
 included Dr. Samuel Steele, who either neglected or refused to 
 pay the said tax. The endorsement is dated Worthington in 
 Wethersfield, June ye 20th., 1776, and certifies that the said 
 North did " Levy and take one certain yoke of oxen or stags 
 with Poken belonging to Dr. Samuel Steele of Worthington." 
 The next day, June 21, 1776, Thomas Seymour Esqr. of Hart- 
 ford, Attorney for the King, and the last King's Attorney for 
 Hartford County, addressed a letter to Mr. Norton and the 
 Gentlemen of the Committee of the Society at Worthington, 
 saying — " I am informed by Doctor Steele that he is a sincere 
 Professor as well as Worshiper in the Church of England and 
 has for some time past paid to the incumbent when he attended 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 39 
 
 and has his Receipts accordingly. This being the Case, hope 
 you will not, at least, in this Day of public Calamity put him 
 or his Estate to any loss or Trouble especially for the building 
 of meeting houses & in a Time when we are strugling for Civil 
 & Religious Liberty ; 'tis, prehaps a pity, to Compel Men to pay 
 where they do not worship." As the law then was, Dr. Steele 
 was clearly liable, and it is a noticeable fact that his attorney 
 does not claim any legal defence. The " incumbent " herein 
 referred to, where Dr. Steele attended Church, was the Rev. 
 Abraham Jarvis, of Middletown. At a meeting of the Worth- 
 ington Society, (Congregational,) held Feb. 19, 1776, about 
 four months before Dr. Steele's oxen were attached, " David 
 Webster was chosen a committee in behalf of the Society, to 
 make application unto the Rev. Mr. Jarvis of Middletown and 
 get what information he can from him respecting several men 
 in this society who call themselves of the Established Church of 
 England." This vote and the baptismal records of Christ 
 Church, Middletown, show that as early as 1776, there were 
 several Episcopal families in this section, whose Church home 
 was at Middletown. On Dec. 31, 1776, the Worthington 
 Society voted to refer " a matter of dispute between this Society 
 and Doct. Samuel Steele and Jonathan Gilbert, Jr." on rates 
 and taxes to arbitration. 
 
 The first Episcopal minister that ever resided in the town 
 of Berlin was the Rev. John Sayre, of Fairfield. He was under 
 confinement at the house of Col. Isaac Lee for seven months 
 during the Revolutionary war. He says, " I was at length 
 banished, (upon the false and malicious pretense of my being 
 an enemy to the good of my country,) to a place called New 
 Britain, in Farmington, about 60 or 70 miles from Fairfield, 
 where I was entirely unknown, except to one poor man, the 
 inhabitants differing from me both in religion and political prin- 
 ciples. However, the family in which I lived showed me such 
 marks of kindness as they could, and I was treated with civility 
 by the neighbors". It is not probable that he held services here 
 under these circumstances, but he appears to have made a good 
 impression, for we have the singular coincidence that about 
 sixty years thereafter the land for the first Episcopal Church 
 within the present town of New Britain was donated by a 
 grandson of Col. Isaac Lee. 
 
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 Extracts from the records of Christ Church, Middletown, 
 printed upon another page, disclose the names of some of the 
 early Episcopalians of this section, and the records of the 
 Kensington Society, (Congregational,) give us a few more. 
 At a meeting of that Society, Jan. 7, 1782, Solomon Winchell's 
 rates, payable in the year 1780, were abated, he having shown 
 by a certificate from Mr. Andrews of Wallingford that he had 
 there paid a sum which " included " said rates. The society 
 appear to have made this abatement from a sense of justice, as 
 there was no law, prior to 1784, by which a certificate from a 
 Wallingford minister could be used to release one from taxes in 
 Kensington. From Kensington to Wallingford seems like a 
 long road for one to go for Church services. 
 
 On Oct. 9, 1782, a committee of the Kensington Society, 
 appointed to consider the question of taxing certain dissenters 
 from the Standing Order, reported that they had "heard their 
 reasons which are that they attend Worship at a meeting of 
 another Constitution and do not take any benefit here, and 
 further, that the civil Authority of the State have no authority 
 to interpose in Religious Matters and that it is an infringement 
 on their Conscience to be obliged to pay their money to support 
 a Worship which they cannot attend." The committee were of 
 the opinion " that all the rates now made & that are not now 
 Collected against Calvin Hulbert, Barnabas Dunham, Nathll. 
 Cole, Selah Cole, Asaph Cole, Josiah Norton, Hezekiah Heart, 
 Gideon Williams, John Cole Jr., Ebenezer Heart, Nathll. Win- 
 chell ought to be abated." Selah Cole and Gideon Williams 
 were Baptists and Nathaniel Winchell was an Episcopalian. 
 
 We find no record of any certificates being filed under the 
 law of 1784 or 1791, in the Congregational Societies of 
 Wethersfield, Newington, Rocky Hill or Worthington. In 
 New Britain such certificates were lodged with the clerk, as is 
 shown by the following vote, dated Oct. 28, 1816: "That the 
 prudential committee enquire whether those persons who have 
 lodged certificates comply with the law, and if not their taxes 
 are not to be abated," but we find no copy of any certificate. 
 On Nov. 7, 1785, the New Britain Society instructed their 
 Prudential Committee to " make such abatements to those gen- 
 tlemen that dissent from us in public worship ... as they 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. I41 
 
 shall judge just and reasonable, viz : those that do pay other and 
 duly attend other meetings." A similar vote viras passed on 
 Nov. 6, 1786. We find several abatements to parties that were 
 known to be Episcopalians, but we have not been able to learn 
 the name of any Episcopalian from the records of the first 
 Ecclesiastical Society of New Britain. 
 
 The only certificate filed by an Episcopalian under the law of 
 1784 and recorded in the records of the Kensington Society, 
 is as follows : 
 
 "Cheshire, August 20, 1790. 
 
 This may certify whom it may concern that Mr. Jonathan 
 Barnes of Berlin hath this day professed himself a member of 
 the Episcopal Congregation in Cheshire, & hath subscribed for 
 its future maintainance. 
 
 Reuben Ives, Clerk." 
 
 The law of 1784 required the certificate to be signed by the 
 minister. In fact, Mr. Ives was the minister at Cheshire, 
 although he signed as clerk. Mr. Ives also had charge of the 
 Church at Meriden, organized 1789, and at Southington, about 
 1791. He was a diligent missionary for all of this section and 
 may have been the first minister to administer to the few 
 Churchmen of this vicinity. We know that he came here about 
 1800, but the first record of any service in the town of Berlin 
 is an endorsement on one of the Rev. Seth Hart's sermons, as 
 delivered at Worthington, January, 1795. Mr. Hart was a 
 native of Kensington, in the town of Berlin, and very naturally 
 would preach there when he came home. We give in full this 
 first known sermon to these people. 
 
 Titus 2. 10. 
 
 That they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in alj 
 things. 
 
 St. John V. 23. 
 
 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour 
 the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the 
 Father which sent him. 
 
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 That mankind are capable of increasing the intrinsic worth 
 or beauty of the Gospel Dispensations is not to be supposed. 
 But that its end and design may be fully answered, 'tis neces- 
 sary that the Faith and morals of men be regulated by the 
 important truths and divine precepts therein revealed. For 
 this purpose hath God our Saviour published his Doctrine to 
 the world of mankind. The only or the most effectual way 
 therefore to honor the Son, must necessarily be, to allow His 
 gospel to have its proper and genuine effect upon our minds 
 and manners. To comply with the Doctrines of the Gospel, 
 and endeavor to promote the end and design of it, is conferring 
 upon it and its author all the honor which we have power to do. 
 For when religion produces the happy consequences for which 
 it was instituted, its beauty and excellence are displayed in the 
 lives of its professors. It then visibly appears most charming 
 in the eyes of beholders. And as becoming ornaments give a 
 lustre to the external form, so also an exact obedience and 
 practice, becomes ornamental to a good institution. The 
 design of Christianity is to reconcile us to God, to make us 
 amiable in his sight, and qualify us for the enjoyment of happi- 
 ness, by enlightening our minds with the knowledge of the 
 truth, and turning us from the dangerous paths of Sin and 
 Ignorance to the practice of virtue. Hence the Gospel is called 
 the word of reconciliation, and God is said in Christ to be 
 reconciling the world unto himself. But how can God be 
 reconciled to mankind, while they persist in the indulgence of 
 their depraved appetites or vicious inclinations? While they 
 are destroying their own usefulness and greatest worldly com- 
 fort, instead of wisely seeking, for themselves and others, that 
 happiness which Revelation is calculated to promote, both in this 
 life and that which is to come? Since he is of purer eyes than 
 to behold evil, and cannot look upon iniquity, notwithstanding 
 all the merits of our Saviour and Redeemer, impenitent sin- 
 ners must appear vile and pitiful in the sight of God. And for 
 this reason it is so frequently declared to be the design of 
 Christianity to bring sinners to repentance and a holy life. As 
 in the words of St. Paul to Titus, the grace of God, which 
 bringeth Salvation, hath appeared unto all men, teaching us 
 that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live 
 
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 soberly, righteously and godly in this present world. Christ 
 came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. And 
 whoever will give himself the liberty to take a general, a rational 
 and impartial view of the Gospel Dispensations, must neces- 
 sarily find tliat it is a most admirably wise and benevolent con- 
 trivance to render mankind agreeable to God, and happy in 
 themselves, purifying them from vice and immorality, by 
 increasing their knowledge of the nature and fitness of things, 
 and of his divine will, and inspiring them with a pleasing hope 
 and calm resignation, by revealing to them the hidden mysteries 
 of futurity. It is that excellent instrument, which alone can 
 excite in us a conformity to God, and make us partakers of the 
 divine nature in the present world, and eternal life and glory 
 hereafter. How noble and divine are all the laws and prospects 
 of our adorable Saviour? And what powerful motives and 
 almost irresistible inducements to obey them, are contained in 
 the promises and threats of the Gospel. What can restrain 
 mankind from vice and iniquity, if they will not be awed by 
 that worm which never dies, and that fire which is never 
 quenched? And what can excite them to a discharge of their 
 Duty, if the positive assurance of a crown and kingdom, an 
 exceeding and eternal weight of Glory will not allure them? In 
 a word, since the Doctrine of God our Saviour has no other 
 view but to make men virtuous and holy, and consequently 
 forever happy, how is it possible, unless through ignorance of 
 its principles and natural tendency, that they can miss the end 
 of this creation, and thus involve themselves in remediless ruin. 
 It being, I say, the great design of Christianity to make men 
 virtuous and happy, the only method to honor the ever blessed 
 gospel and its divine Author, is, by a compliance with its rules 
 and precepts, to endeavor to promote a design, which was 
 worthy of a God to propose, and of his Son to publish and 
 prosecute. And when, therefore, this heavenly Doctrine has its 
 due and natural effect upon our minds, when we are trans- 
 formed into the temper and genius of the Gospel, and are 
 obedient to the Laws of Christianity, we may then be said to 
 honor the Son as he honoreth the Father, our lives are thus 
 made a credit to our professions, and we an honour to that 
 holy name whereby we are called. And although the chris- 
 
144 THE CHURCH 
 
 tian institution is in itself most engaging and beautiful, still 
 its excellence can only appear in its full lustre, when it shines 
 forth in the well timed practice of its true professors. When 
 virtue is drawn to the life in the christian portrait, we thus 
 behold and feel its blessed effects. Hence says our blessed 
 Lord to his Disciples : Let your light so shine before men, that 
 they may see your good work, and glorify your Father which is 
 in heaven, (i. e.) Let those virtuous and noble principles 
 which I have taught you not only be duly impressed upon your 
 minds, but display their energy and happifying tendency 
 through all your conduct. And if your lives are conformed to 
 my Doctrine, if you are devout and humble, industrious and 
 temperate, just and beneficent, if these virtues abound in you, 
 it must necessarily tend to induce others to acknowledge the 
 excellency of that religion, which is solely designed for the pro- 
 motion of true piety and happiness. This must be an honour 
 and glory to Christ the author of this noble institution. And 
 for this reason St. Paul styles those eminent Christians whom 
 he sent with Titus, the glory of Christ. But on the other hand, 
 they who make professions of Christianity, and yet do not con- 
 form to its laws, who name the name of Christ, and do not 
 depart from iniquity, and who, instead of imitating those pure 
 examples of the blessed Jesus, in whom they profess to believe 
 and confide, are cruel and unjust, passionate and lascivious, 
 covetous and intemperate, not only fail of the happiness 
 intended them, but disgrace religion. When professed Chris- 
 tians are destitute of those divine Graces and virtues, which 
 alone mark the true followers of the blessed Emanuel, as though 
 they had never heard of Christ or His Doctrines, or were the 
 enthusiastic adherents of the pagan Deities, a blood thirsty 
 Mars, a thievish Mercury, a wanton Venus, or an adulterous 
 Jupiter, they are so far from being ornaments, that they are 
 truly no less than blots and blemishes, a reproach and dishonour 
 to this holy profession. Instead of alluring others to embrace 
 Christianity, they had the triumph of Infidelity. And thus we 
 may survive in general, our ability either to adorn, or dishonor 
 the Doctrines of God our Saviour. But since there are some 
 virtues which more especially reflect honour upon the christian 
 religion, when they are practiced by its true professors, it may 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 45 
 
 not be amiss perhaps, to consider what they are, and what is 
 their nature and tendency. And both reason and revelation will 
 teach us that the first and greatest Dvity enjoined us, is Love, a 
 charitable and benevolent temper of mind towards our brethren 
 of the human Race. This is the highest excellence of Chris- 
 tianity, and its principal distinguishing characteristic. It is 
 essential to and tends directly to promote our own good and 
 the good of others. It tends to the peace and happiness of 
 society and individuals here and to fit and prepare mankind for 
 the mutual enjoyment of bliss and glory in the world to come. 
 Hereby the end and design of Christ's coming is answered, and 
 the Doctrines of his blessed Gospel derive their greatest orna- 
 ment. Christianity teaches us, to suppress all undue resentment 
 and forgive all injuries, not to be overcome with evil, but to 
 subdue whatever has the appearance of it, by a cheerful display 
 of kind offices. And hereby shall ye know (says Christ) that 
 ye are my Disciples, if ye have Love one to another. When 
 therefore we sincerely regard and seek the welfare of our 
 brethren in general. When we strive to become useful mem- 
 bers of community, and endeavor to contribute according to 
 our best abilities for the general benefit and happiness of man- 
 kind, we become truly ornamental of our holy religion, and a 
 universal benevolence, and diffusive goodness displayed in a 
 Christian, must necessarily be the highest recommendation of 
 Christianity to others. But what can be more absurd and 
 inconsistent than to gratify a sordid selfishness or an envious, 
 malicious sneer while we pretend to embrace the most liberal, 
 charitable, and benevolent system which even the Deity 
 himself could produce. Again, a merciful and compassionate 
 disposition, when called forth to the relief of the needy and 
 necessitous, is also a very striking comment upon christian 
 morality. For, blessed are the merciful, saith our Saviour, 
 who was himself a mirror of mercy. And St. James also 
 informs us that pure Religion, and undefiled, is to visit the 
 fatherless and widows in their affliction. When therefore 
 we relieve the necessitous, comfort the disconsolate, instruct 
 the ignorant, and earnestly strive to reclaim the vicious, we not 
 only derive inexpressible pleasure from our endeavours thus to 
 imitate our supreme benefactor, whose tender mercies are over 
 
146 THE CHURCH 
 
 all his works, but thereby do honour to his sacred name and 
 institution. Further, the Doctrine of God our Saviour is 
 adorned by us, when our intercourse and commerce with each 
 other, is fair, just and equal. It is reported that one of the 
 Roman Emperors (although a heathen) held our blessed 
 Saviour in high estimation for this single law of Justice, what- 
 soever ye would that men should do to you, do ye the same 
 to them. And truly 'tis a most valuable precept, for, indeed, if 
 this golden rule were strictly observed by the professors of 
 Christianity, it would doubtless have a most powerful tendency 
 to recommend and enforce it to the unbelieving world, and if 
 this fundamental principle of all Law and Justice could once 
 become the guide and governor of the moral conduct of all 
 men, we should find the state of society greatly altered. Peace 
 and good order in public communities, love and social agree- 
 ment in private families, on which the improvement and happi- 
 ness of society and of individuals entirely depend, would then 
 lead to the highest enjoyments we are capable of in this life, 
 and to the final salvation of all mankind. If in our common 
 concerns and intercourse with each other, we were as unwilling 
 to over-reach or defraud our neighbors as to suffer it ourselves, 
 as unwilling to injure the interest or character of others, as to 
 lose our own, what happiness might we be instrumental of, and 
 what honour should we reflect upon our holy religion and its 
 adorable author? But when professed Christians are governed 
 by a principle of avarice and contracted selfishness, and to com- 
 pass their views, become dishonest and regardless of their 
 solemn engagements, promises and covenants, when they will 
 not hesitate to strip a neighbor of his all, and leave him to drag 
 out a life of want and wretchedness, they not only render them- 
 selves unfit for that new heaven and new earth, into which they 
 vainly expect to be finally admitted, but are a standing shame 
 and disgrace to those pure Doctrines of our dear Redeemer, 
 which so strongly inculcate the strictest justice, and most impar- 
 tial Equity. I have not time to enumerate that variety of vir- 
 tues, which, when reduced to practice, become particularly orna- 
 mental to the doctrines of Christianity. But to comprise them 
 in a single observation. We may do honour to the Doctrine 
 of God our Saviour, by pursuing whatsoever things are true, 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. I47 
 
 honest, just, pure, lovely and of good report, and by strictly 
 adhering to whatever we have either learned, or received from 
 the Oracles of God. Lastly, since we are, or ought to be, 
 sensible how we may adorn, and do honour to that divine insti- 
 tution, which is the sure foundation of our present and future 
 happiness, let us be persuaded to engage earnestly in this excel- 
 lent work. Let us strive to bring our tempers and conduct to 
 a suitable conformity to the laws of Christ. Let us press 
 forward toward perfection, and hunger and thirst after uni- 
 versal Righteousness. This is the obligation which lies upon 
 each of us, in consequence of our title to the name of Christians. 
 We name the name of Christ, and are baptized into his Religion ; 
 and I presume that all you who make profession of Christianity 
 would be highly affronted at the charge of Hypocrisy, or Infi- 
 delity. But, my Brethren, what can the bare empty name of 
 Christians avail us, when our baptismal covenant is broken? 
 Or how, indeed, can we, with propriety be styled Christians, 
 unless we become followers of Christ? Unless we receive Him 
 for our supreme teacher and director, who has himself both 
 taught and exemplified the highest perfection of virtue and 
 morality? Therefore to become truly Christian is to have a 
 just faith, and a practice corresponding, to believe that all those, 
 who seek for and obtain a knowlege of the truth, and live in 
 obedience to the precepts of the Gospel, shall be eternally happy, 
 and that they who wilfully remain in ignorance and persist in 
 a course of impiety, and are finally impenitent, shall be forever 
 excluded from the enjoyment of bliss and glory in the world to 
 come. But how absurd must it be to pretend to the world that 
 we believe this Doctrine, when our daily conduct plainly contra- 
 dicts it? For did we as verily believe that God will punish all 
 those, who are guilty of disobedience to, and neglect of his 
 Laws, with eternal Death, as we do that the civil Magistrate 
 will, the detested murderer with a temporal Death, we could not 
 surely indulge ourselves in sinful practices. And if our belief 
 in the promises and threats of the Gospel, is not sufficient to 
 influence our conduct, why do we pretend to Christianity? 
 Since it must be considered truly absurd to make profession 
 of a religion which we do not believe in. The excellency of 
 Christianity, in preference to any other religious system, does 
 
148 THE CHURCH 
 
 not consist in making us more witty or ingenious, more subtle 
 or expert in overreaching our neighbor than a Jew or Mahome- 
 tan; but in furnishing us with juster notions of God and 
 futurity, in tempering and adorning our minds with humane 
 and virtuous motives, and thus rendering us worthy and useful 
 members of society on earth, and qualifying us for the joys of 
 heaven. And if it has not this effect upon us, how are we 
 bettered by our profession? Or of what account is our ortho- 
 dox faith? For as St. Paul observes, he is not a Jew who is 
 one outwardly, so neither is he a Christian whose temper and 
 conduct is not influenced by his belief in the Gospel. What a 
 sad and fearful doom, then must await all those who thus trifle 
 with their gracious Sovereign ? Who make profession of 
 Christianity, and yet persist in their iniquity? Who enter into 
 covenant with the God of heaven, and immediately violate their 
 plighted fidelity? As they wilfully reflect dishonor upon Christ 
 and his holy institution, their guilt must be great, and their con- 
 demnation proportionably severe. For of some it is said, Christ 
 will cut them asunder, and appoint them their portion with 
 Hypocrites. And of what greater Hypocrisy can we be guilty 
 than to assume the Garb of Religion without being possessed of 
 its graces and virtues ? To wear the form of godliness, and yet 
 deny the power of it? Surely it must be more tolerable for 
 Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgement than for such 
 of us. For to whom much is given, of them the more shall be 
 required. But, my friends, may it be our wisdom seriously to 
 impress our mind with a realizing sense of the important privi- 
 leges which are conferred upon us, and remember that we must 
 shortly enter upon a never ending state of existence wherein we 
 must be inconceivably either happy or miserable, and that 
 according to our conduct in the present life. And may God of 
 his infinite mercy, so touch each of our hearts, as to turn them to 
 the wisdom of the just, that as we have named the name of 
 Christ, we may all depart from iniquity, and adorn the Doctrine 
 of God our Saviour in all things, that when we meet before his 
 seat of Judgement, we may give up our account with joy, and 
 find a welcome into the pure mansions of endless bliss and glory. 
 Through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with the 
 Father and the Holy Spirit be ascribed, all honour, glory, might, 
 majesty and dominion both now and forever. Amen. 
 
IN WETHEESFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 49 
 
 Mr. Hart preached at Worthington again in April, 1796. 
 
 By this time a few additons were made to the number of local 
 Churchmen by accessions from Wallingford, Bloomfield and 
 other places. The first step towards organization of which we 
 have any record was found among the papers of the late Samuel 
 F. Talmadge of Berlin, a grandson of Doctor Daniel Steele. It 
 was brought to public notice through the Rev. Henry N. 
 Wayne of St. Mark's Church, and published in the " Morning 
 Dispatch " of New Britain, issue of March 22, 1897. It is the 
 most important paper in the history of the Church and we regret 
 to say that the original appears to be lost beyond all hopes of 
 recovery. The copy of it would probably have been lost for- 
 ever had not Mrs. Shepard thoughtfully preserved a clipping 
 from the " Dispatch." The " Dispatch " was a short lived 
 paper and no file of it is known to be in existence. 
 
 The following copy of this document was taken from the 
 said clipping: — 
 
 "Barlin, Sept. 4, 1797. 
 
 Wee the Subscribers Being Desirous of Erecting an Episco- 
 pal Church in Some Convenant Place Whear all those who 
 would Subscribe theair Names Should be Satisfyed in Setting 
 of it. This is to try the mind of People to see how maney Sub- 
 scribers theair will bee that is willing for to have a church and 
 if theair is a SufiScant Number of Subscribers that are willing 
 to Erect a Church. Then to warn a meeting of the Subscribers 
 and to meet in some place most agreeable to all and to consult 
 where it Shall be Set.. 
 
 David Steel. 
 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 
 Daniel Steel. 
 
 Stephen Webster. 
 
 John Watson. 
 
 David Dickinson. 
 
 Selah Beckley." 
 
 And so after_these beginnings, it came to pass, that on the 
 twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one 
 thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven ; and on the eleventh 
 day of the Episcopate of Abraham, by Divine permission. 
 
150 THE CHURCH 
 
 Bishop of Connecticut, a site had been selected and "the stake " 
 driven, preparatory to building an Episcopal church for the 
 people of this vicinity. Forty-three persons subscribed the sum 
 of $1,230.00, of which $685.00 was to be paid in cash and the 
 balance in labor. 
 
 Mrs. Frances Deming, the widow of Captain Selden Deming, 
 now residing on Church street, Newington, has the old record 
 book, of about three hundred pages, 8 X 13^ inches, but only 
 thirty-five pages have been used. It is a substantially bound 
 leather-covered book, now in good condition and has leather 
 strings for tying the lids of the cover together. On one cover 
 is written at the top " Pr°* Ep' Parish Book of Records." At 
 the bottom, other side up, is written " Church Book." The 
 subscription paper is recorded first ; and next we find the record 
 of "a meeting of the inhabitants of the Episcopal Society in 
 Wethersfield and Worthington, held at Mr. Elizur Deming's 
 on Monday the 13th. of November, A.D. 1797." At this meet- 
 ing they elected a clerk and a committee " to order the neces- 
 sary business for said society, the year ensuing," and then 
 adjourned to Dec. 7th of the same year, at which adjourned 
 meeting they voted : 
 
 "That the Society go on to build the church where the stake 
 is now set." 
 
 "That the house be fifty feet long, and forty feet wide." 
 
 "That a steeple be built with the house," and six men were 
 appointed a building committee. 
 
 A treasurer and collector were elected Feb. 5, 1798, and April 
 19, 1798, it was voted " That there should be a spire built to the 
 steeple." 
 
 The church was so nearly finished by Mar. 25, 1799, that a 
 business meeting is recorded as " held at Christ Church." This 
 is the first record of the name of the church, and most of the 
 meetings after this date are recorded as " held at Christ Church, 
 in Wethersfield and Worthington." 
 
 At this time there were only two completed Episcopal Church 
 buildings in the present Hartford County. St. Andtew's church 
 at Bloomfield, and the church at Southington. Hartford had 
 been long in building their church, but it was not ready for 
 consecration until 1801. Granby was also building a church but 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 151 
 
 it was not completed until 1800. As before stated, there had 
 early been a church at Bristol and at Salmon Brook, Granby, 
 but they were both gone before 1797. In point of organiza- 
 tion, Christ Church of Worthington was the sixth Church in 
 Hartford County. 
 
 The first mention of a minister is in the record of the meeting 
 of April 19, 1798, when it was voted " That we hire Mr. Seth 
 Hart to preach every fourth Sabbath the year ensuing." Three 
 days later, the next Lord's day, April 22, the Rev. Seth Hart 
 preached to them from Acts 26, 28. " Then Agrippa said 
 unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Most 
 of the business meetings were held at the house of Elizur 
 Deming, and probably this service was held at that house and 
 all of their services, until the church was completed. The 
 Elizur Deming house is still standing, (1906.) It is about half 
 a mile north of the old church site. On Nov. 26, 1798, they 
 voted to hire Mr. Hart to preach half of the time the next 
 year. He was then living at Wallingford, and had charge of 
 the Churches at Wallingford and Meriden, which he retained 
 until the last of December, 1800, when he removed to Hemp- 
 stead, L. I. On June 20, 1799, having built the church and 
 arranged for the cost thereof, they voted that any one desirous 
 of joining them should not be taxed, " excepting what shall be 
 laid for the support of the minister." On July i, 1799, they 
 voted " That this Society do approve and adopt the constitution 
 of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Connecticut as formed 
 by the Bishop, Clergy and Laity of said Church in convention 
 holden in Trinity Church, in New Haven, June 6th. 1792, and 
 proposed to be laid before the several parishes in the Diocese 
 for their consideration and adoption." The Rev. Seth Hart 
 presented this resolution of adoption to the Convocation of the 
 Clergy, Nov. 20, 1799. 
 
 They were first represented in the Diocesan Convention on 
 June 6, 1798 by John Goodrich, and for the last time in June, 
 1807, by John Goodrich 2^^., of Newington, (formerly John 
 Goodrich, 3"^.) They elected delegates in the years 1808, 1809 
 and 1810, but their names do not appear in the Journal of 
 Convention. 
 
 Their annual tax was generally two cents on the dollar of the 
 ratable estate of its members, besides special taxes at various 
 
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 times. In October, 1800, a committee of three was appointed 
 to treat with some people that have professed to be Church-men, 
 and are not v/iHing to pay taxes. In October, 1801, they voted 
 to apply to the legislature for a lottery for the benefit of the 
 Church. In April, 1806, they again desired a lottery " to finish 
 the Church," and in April 1808, they voted for the third time 
 to apply " for a lottery for the benefit of the parish." None of 
 these petitions for a lottery appear to have been granted. 
 
 Oct. 5, 1801, it was voted " That Joseph Sage apply to New 
 Britain parish for our arrearages of public moneys," and on 
 April 15, 1805, that Jonathan Gilbert, Jr. "go to the committee 
 of New Britain and get the public money that belongs to the 
 Episcopalians in that society." 
 
 The money received by the State from the sale of lands in the 
 Western Reserve, (Ohio,) was appropriated to the use of 
 schools. Nearly every parish had a school society which was 
 practically the same as the Congregational society. By special 
 acts of the legislature the New Britain society had appropriated 
 their " School Fund " to the support of the Gospel. There was 
 a provision in the law that when the school fund was thus used, 
 it should be for the benefit of all denominations in proportion to 
 their persons and estates. In the year 1805, the grand list of 
 New Britain was $22,735.23 and the sum paid the School 
 Society was $92.04. The Congregational Church received 
 these dividends from time to time, and thus each time, they 
 legally owed to the parish of Christ Church about four mills on 
 the dollar of the listed estates of some eight or ten Episcopalians 
 who resided in the New Britain parish. The record does not 
 show whether they ever got it or not. 
 
 The land upon which the church stood was leased April 5, 
 1798, by Elisha Dunham of Wethersfield, to John Goodrich and 
 Unni Robins of Wethersfield, Jonathan Gilbert and David 
 Dickinson of Berlin, and their associates, for an Episcopal 
 church " for the full term for which the said John, Unni, Jona- 
 than and David and their associates shall want to improve said 
 land for the use and benefit of said Church, or any parcel or 
 quantity of people for that use." In April, 1802, a committee 
 was appointed " to view the ground Mr. John Goodrich 3rd 
 proposed to give for a glebe and burying ground." This offer 
 
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 was not accepted as appears by a warranty deed on the Wethers- 
 field land records, dated Dec. 24, 1803 from Aezial Belden 
 of Berlin, to Jonathan Gilbert of Berlin, John Goodrich and 
 Elizur Deming of Wethersfield, " being a committee of the 
 Episcopalian Society formed within the town of Wethersfield 
 and Berlin aforesaid, and to the rest of the subscribers " their 
 heirs and assigns forever, a certain piece of land " for a Church 
 Yard or a place to bury the dead." All of the inscriptions in 
 this old cemetery were copied by Mr. Edwin Stanley Welles of 
 Newington, and are published in Tillotson's " Wethersfield In- 
 scriptions," 1899, together with a brief notice of the old 
 Church. One who was a vestry-man, and many who were com- 
 municants of St. Mark's Parish, are buried in this cemetery, 
 which in a large measure is a record of the old Church, and as 
 to some facts its only record. One stone reads "Sacred to the 
 memory of Mr. Jonathan Gilbert. He was one of the first 
 wardens of Christ Church and departed this life December ye 
 8th. Anno Domini 1805, in the 6ist. year of his age. 
 
 His life was virtuous and useful 
 
 His death was serene, calm and peaceful." 
 
 Near by is the stone of his son Jonathan Gilbert Jr., who was 
 also a warden of this Church. 
 
 The last sermon in the Rev. Seth Hart's list for Worthington 
 was delivered March 23, 1800. The Society voted April 14, 
 1800, " That the present committee shall agree with some 
 minister to perform service half of the time the year ensuing," 
 thus showing that the Rev. Seth Hart probably ceased his labors 
 here about that time. He was followed by Mr. James Kil- 
 bourne, a New Britain boy, who was then only a lay reader. 
 On Dec. 3, 1801 the society voted "That we give Mr. James 
 Kilbom a letter of reccommendation to the Bishop of the 
 Diocese," and at the same meeting they voted to hire Mr. 
 Kilbourne to perform Divine Service one half of the time the 
 year ensuing. Among the Kilbourne papers in Ohio, this 
 recommendation was found. It is thought to be in the hand- 
 writing of Jonathan Gilbert, is addressed "Right Reverend 
 Abraham Jarvis, D.D. & Bishop of Connecticut, Residing at 
 Cheshire ", and is endorsed " Recommended to the Bp. from 
 Berlin." 
 
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 It reads as follows : — 
 
 "Berlin, 7th of Decern' r, 1801. 
 
 Reverend Sir — We hereby address you as our patron bene- 
 factor and most worthy guide in the Episcopal Persuasion. 
 We ourselves being fully satisfied therein tender unto thee our 
 truly sincere and most cordial thanks for the tender regard thou 
 hast been pleased to discover towards us, and that you many 
 long live for the instruction of us and our fellow-creatures and 
 thy own satisfaction is our sincere prayer, and let us give glory 
 unto Him to whom glory is due. 
 
 Nextly, we recommend unto thee the very amiable and pious 
 Mr. James Kilbourne, who has preached with us alternately for 
 the year past to the universal satisfaction of his hearers, and do 
 assert that at a meeting of the Episcopal Society called Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, legally warned and assembled on Thurs- 
 day, the 3d of instant December, for the purpose of trying their 
 minds for the treating with and further employing Mr. Kil- 
 bourn to preach to them in case he can be obtained. We, the 
 subscribers, do hereby certify that they were unanimous, not a 
 dissenting vote, and that he may still long continue to persevere 
 in the vocation whereunto he's called is our sincere desire. 
 
 Accept, kind sir, these from your acknowledged constituents 
 and truly obedient Very Humble Serv'ts, 
 
 John Goodrich, ] 
 Jonathan Gilbert, S Wardens. 
 
 Selah Buckley, Clerk. 
 
 Asahel A. Kellsey, 1 
 
 David Beckley, [ Societies Committee. 
 
 John Goodrich, 1 
 
 Joseph Sage, Societies Clerk. 
 David Gilbert, 
 Jonathan Gilbert, Jr., 
 Joseph Goodrich." 
 
 Mr. Kilbourne had probably been for two years a candidate for 
 holy orders and as shown by this recommendation began his 
 services at Berlin in 1800, probably in the spring of that year. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 155 
 
 This recommendation also confirms the cemetery record that 
 Jonathan Gilbert was one of the first wardens, besides showing 
 that John Goodrich was the other. Selah Buckley, (Beckley,) 
 who signed as "Clerk" was only clerk pro tern, of the meeting 
 of Dec. 3, 1801. The name Joseph Goodrich which is signed 
 to the document does not appear in the book of records. The 
 records are evidently incomplete. Jonathan Gilbert, Jr. was 
 elected warden, April i8, 1808, to fill the vacancy caused by 
 his father's death in 1805. We have no record of the election 
 of any other warden and who the other wardens were we do 
 not known. We have no record of the election of any vestry- 
 men, but we are informed by tfie Rev. N. S. Sage that Oliver 
 and Joseph Sage were both vestrymen. 
 
 Pursuant to this recommendation, Mr. Kilbourne was made 
 deacon, at Cheshire, by Bishop Jarvis, Jan. 24, 1802, as is 
 shown by the following certificate : 
 
 "By the Tenor of these presents, we Abraham, by divine 
 permission Bishop of Connecticut, do make it known unto all 
 men, that on Sunday, the twenty forth day of January, in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, under 
 the protection of Almighty God, administering holy Orders, in 
 St. Peter's Church, in Cheshire, did ordain our well beloved in 
 Christ, James Kilburn ; concerning whose morals Learning, Age 
 & Title we were well satisfied, unto the holy Order of Dea- 
 cons : According to the manner and form prescribed, & used 
 by this protestant episcopal Church, in the United States of 
 America ; and him, the said James Kilburn did then and there 
 rightly and canonically, ordain Deacon. He having first, in 
 our presence freely & voluntarily, subscribed the declaration 
 required. ... In Testimony, whereof, we have hereunto 
 affixed our Episcopal Seal, the day, and Year above written, 
 and the fifth year of our Consecration 
 
 Abraham Bp Connecticut, 
 
 seal 
 fee I dollar" 
 
 This certificate is on parchment. The seal is not wax, but 
 is an impression on another piece of parchment, pendantly 
 attached by a small strip. Mr. Kilbourne is next referred to in 
 the records, Nov. 30, 1802, as the Rev. James Kilbourne, when 
 
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 the committee were instructed to engage him one quarter of the 
 time from Christmas until Easter and then half of the time 
 until Christmas, 1803. He was residing in Granby in Septem- 
 ber, 1801, but his residence was given as Berlin, in December, 
 1802, when he signed the articles of agreement of the Scioto 
 Company. We may therefore call him the first resident minister 
 of the Church in this place. In the summer of 1802, he made 
 his first trip to Ohio, preparatory to settling there, and it seems 
 that the Bishop thought he was neglecting his parish, as is 
 shown by the following letter: 
 
 "Berlin, July 29, 1802. 
 
 Right Reverend Sir: — ^We are informed that the Bishop is 
 displeased with Mr. Kilbourn's calculation, in leaving this 
 Parish to take a journey into the Northwestern Territory — 
 fearing that it will prove a disappointment and a damage to the 
 church here. 
 
 We beg, therefore, humbly to represent to the Bishop — That 
 Mr. Kilbourn has long contemplated this journey and often 
 declared it to the wardens and others from the first of his 
 reading here, and it was fully understood in the last contract 
 made with him by the committee a short time before he was 
 ordained, and was a condition in the contract, that he should be 
 at liberty to make this particular journey if he should think it 
 expedient — and he did not engage so much as to supply the 
 pulpit during his absence ; but he has, notwithstanding, been 
 so thoughtful of our interest and prosperity as to agree with 
 the Rev. Mr. Warren, the Rev. Mr. Ives, and Mr. S. Griswold, 
 a Candidate, to supply us as usual while he shall be absent, 
 which is more than we expected, but is in full unison with the 
 wishes of all the parish. 
 
 We understand the contract which he has made with Mr. 
 Griswold and fully approve of it, and as we have once heard 
 Mr. Griswold read to the satisfaction of the whole Society pres- 
 ent, we must request the Bishop to forward Mr. Kilbourn's 
 design in this respect, encouraging Mr. Griswold to come for- 
 ward agreeably to the encouragement he has given. We believe 
 it would be an injury to the Society if he should not. We could 
 all wish, to be sure, that Mr. Kilbourn did not wish to take this 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 157 
 
 journey, but inasmuch as he does, we ought to and we do hereby 
 certify that it is no more than we agreed to at the time when we 
 made our contract with him, which contract on the part of 
 Mr. Kilbourn has been observed with honor. 
 
 We subscribe ourselves, with all due submission and respect, 
 Your very Humble and Obedient Servants, 
 
 John Goodrich, 
 Jonathan Gilbert. 
 
 Wardens of the Church in Wethersfield and Worthington. 
 To the Right Reverend Abraham Jarvis, Bp. of Connecticut." 
 
 The certificate of Mr. Kilbourne's ordination was copied for 
 us from the original, by Mr. F. T. Cole, editor of the "Old 
 Northwest Geological Quarterly," and the recommendation and 
 letter to the Bishop are copied from Vol. 6, pp. 122, 123, of 
 that magazine. The Rev. Joseph Warren referred to in this 
 letter was the Rector at Middletown, and the records of the 
 said Church show that he baptized one adult and eight children 
 at Wethersfield, Jan. 17, 1801. No doubt these baptisms were 
 at Christ Church, Worthington. Mr. Ives was the Rev. 
 Reuben Ives of Cheshire, and probably Mr. Warren and Mr. 
 Ives both officiated here occasionally during all of Mr. Kil- 
 bourne's time, to perform such offices as a deacon could not 
 perform. Mr. Kilbourne left here with his family for Ohio, 
 in April, 1803, and founded the town of Worthington, Ohio, 
 which he named in honor of his old parish. The S. Griswold 
 referred to in this letter was Samuel Griswold, brother of 
 Bishop Griswold. He was made deacon at Cheshire, Nov. 27, 
 1803, and ordained priest at Middletown, June 6, 1805, at which 
 time he is described in the " Churchman's Magazine " as Rector 
 at Great Barrington, Mass. He preached at Granby in the 
 spring of 1802, and as he was then taking Mr. Kilbourne's 
 place we infer that Mr. Kilbourne then had charge of the 
 Church at Granby. Mr. Griswold continued to preach at 
 Worthington as late as March 18, 1805. He was present at the 
 Diocesan Convention of Connecticut in June, 1805, which implies 
 that he was still residing here, and no doubt he continued to offi- 
 ciate at Christ Church, Worthington, until he was reUeved by the 
 
158 THE CHURCH 
 
 Rev. Roger Searle. The "Churchman's Magazine" called Mr. 
 Searle Rector of Christ Church, Berlin, and a Church at Dur- 
 ham, when he was ordained to the priesthood, on June 8, 1806. 
 We have no doubt but that he officiated here in the year 1805. 
 He resided for a time at Durham, but probably resided here in 
 1806 and 1807, as he was a member of Harmony Lodge of 
 Masons, Berlin, from June 16, 1806 to Jan. 27, 1807, or later. 
 Some time during the year 1807, Mr. Searle took charge of the 
 Churches at Northfield and Harwinton and removed to the 
 latter place. He appears however to have retained his care of 
 Christ Church, for he preached here Aug. 7, Oct. 2 and 30, and 
 Nov. 27, 1808 and Jan. i, 1809. If any other ministers have 
 been settled over the old Church we do not know who they were. 
 There is no record between that of the annual meeting April 
 2, 1810, and June 29, 1826, a gap of more than sixteen years. 
 At this annual meeting, 1810, they elected the regular officers, 
 laid a tax of two cents on the dollar and appointed a delegate 
 to the Diocesan Convention. There were no signs of decay 
 and we have reason to believe that the Church was more or less 
 active during these sixteen years. The Rev. N. S. Sage, a 
 Universalist minister of Junction City, Kansas, writes me that 
 his mother, (whose maiden name was Susan Mallory,) was a 
 member of Christ Church, Berlin, and that she was confirmed 
 in 181 1, at which time she was presented with a prayer book 
 inscribed " From Christ Church, Berlin, Established 1797." 
 The Rev. Asa Cornwall, Rector at Southington, reports in the 
 Journal of Convention for 1816, that he had during the year 
 officiated occasionally at Berlin. We learn from the Rev. 
 Nathaniel E. Cornwall, of Stratford, (a grandson,) that endorse- 
 ments on Asa Cornwall's sermons and his diary show that he 
 preached at Berlin, April 15, 1804, Newington Dec. 6, 1812 and 
 Jan. 3, 1813, Berlin Sept. 11, 1814, Sept. 25, 1814, Oct. 30, 1814, 
 June and June 30, 1815, (charged for two Sundays,) Aug. 
 13, 1815, at the funeral of Mrs. Lucy, wife of David Gilbert, 
 of New Britain, and Dec. 11, 1818, at the funeral of Mrs. Lucina, 
 wife of Elizur Deming. Although these endorsements are for 
 Newington and Berlin, they all refer to Christ Church, Worth- 
 ington. On Oct. 8, 1815, the Rev. Roger Searle visited his old 
 Church at Worthington, and preached two sermons. He also 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 159 
 
 baptized Mr. John Dunham and his two children, and Jerusha, 
 infant daughter of Thomas and Jerusha Deming. Mr. Deming 
 was elected treasurer, April 19, 1802 and held that office until 
 his death, more than twenty-five years later. Mr. Searle again 
 came to Berlin, Feb. 28, 1816, and baptized two adults, but does 
 not appear to have preached a sermon. Although the records 
 stop in 1810, the parish was assessed in August, 1813, for the 
 Bishop's fund, showing that the Diocese did not then consider 
 it a dead parish. 
 
 Jonathan Gilbert, Jr., one of the wardens of Christ Church, 
 lived in the southeastern part of New Britain and died 1809. 
 His son Raphael afterwards became a Methodist preacher. It 
 was largely through his influence that the Methodists were 
 established in New Britain. He obtained preachers and held 
 meetings in various places. One of these meetings was held, 
 without permission, at Christ Church, Worthington, and thus 
 the last service, so far as we know in this old Episcopal church, 
 was what we would now call an old-fashion Methodist revival 
 meeting, and it is said that soon after this the church steeple fell 
 over northeasterly into a hole. We have the tradition of the 
 steeple falling over from three different sources, and one old 
 lady, (non-Episcopal,) who lived near by as a girl, has no recol- 
 lection of the church, except that for years it was a habitation 
 for owls and bats, with its steeple lying in a hole. 
 
 We do not know the date of this Methodist meeting, but we 
 learn from the "American Mercury" issue of Sept. 11, 1821, 
 and the " Connecticut Mirror " issue of Sept. 20, 1821, that one 
 of the " severest gales within our recollection " commenced at 
 Hartford about 7 o'clock p. m. Sept. 3, and that not less than 
 forty buildings in the town of Wethersfield were blown down, 
 unroofed, or otherwise damaged. " In the Newington Society 
 the steeple of the Episcopal church was blown down." The 
 steeple of the Episcopal church at Middletown was blown down 
 during the same storm. This makes the date of the Methodist 
 meeting at about the summer of 1821. 
 
 The references to this old church in the Journals of Con- 
 vention are as follows : 
 
 John Goodrich, Wethersfield, Delegate. June Convention 
 1798. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Kilbourne, present. April Convention 1802. 
 
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 Selah Brockley, (Beckley,) Berlin, Delegate. April Conven- 
 tion 1802. , 
 
 Rev. James Kilbourne, present. Oct. Convention 1802. 
 
 Uri (Unni) Robbins, Wethersfield and Worthington, dele- 
 gate. Oct. Convention 1802. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Griswold, president. June Convention 1805. 
 
 John Goodrich, (of Newington,) Wethersfield and Worth- 
 ington, delegate. June Convention 1805. 
 
 Rev. Roger Searle, present. Oct. Convention 1806. 
 
 J. Goodrich, (of Nevifington,) Wethersfield and Berlin, dele- 
 gate. June Convention 1807. Grand Levy, $4,320.00. 
 
 Rev. Roger Searle, present. June Convention 1808. 
 
 Middletown, Durham and Berlin, vacant, assigned to one 
 cure. June Convention 1808. 
 
 Rev. Asa Cornwall's report, "Officiated occasionally" in 
 Berlin. June Convention 1816. 
 
 Berlin, one of the Parishes that " have as yet paid nothing " 
 on the 1813 assessment for the Bishop's Fund. June Conven- 
 tion, 1817. 
 
 Berlin, assessment of $129, for the Bishop's Fund unpaid. 
 Convention of 1821. 
 
 Two baptisms reported at Berlin, Journal for 1823. 
 
 Berlin, Wethersfield, Worthington and Newington, referred 
 to in report of Ancient Parishes, page 179, Journal for 1896. 
 
 The Journal for 1897, p. 175, says of St. Mark's Parish, New 
 Britain, that " There seems to be reason for believing that the 
 present parish is identical with that organized in Worthington 
 Society, Berlin in 1797." 
 
 In 1826, the Society was without a clerk, owing to the 
 removal of Oliver Sage to Greenfield, Mass., and consequently 
 a meeting was warned by Luther Beckley, Esq., Justice of the 
 Peace, " for the purpose of appointing the necessary officers, 
 . . . and doing any other business which said meeting may 
 find proper and necessary." The meeting was held at the 
 church July 10, 1826, and the usual officers elected. A com- 
 mittee was also appointed to "enquire into and try to ascer- 
 tain who has robbed and plundered our Church building of the 
 books, seats and other property" and to take means to bring 
 such persons to justice. The meeting then adjourned to Aug. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. l6l 
 
 8, 1826, when a committee was appointed to sell the church 
 building " at public auction on the first Monday of Oct. next, 
 if not sold at private sale before that time." Meetings were 
 held Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9 and 23, and Nov. 17, 1826. Mr. Ralph 
 Dickinson bid $85, Oct. 2, Jabez Dickinson bid $108, Oct. 23, 
 but the record says he "was a by bidder" and so it was not sold. 
 The meeting of Nov. 17, 1826 was the last meeting ever held 
 in the old church, at which time the building was sold to Jabez 
 Dickinson for $115. The formal transfer was made by the 
 committee on the same day, as follows : 
 
 " To whom it may concern. Know ye, that we Thomas Dem- 
 ing, Ralph Dickinson, Linus Gilbert & Samuel S. Goodrich a 
 committee appointed for the purpose of selling the Church 
 building belonging to the Episcopal Society of Wethersfield & 
 Worthington, being directed & fully authorised by said Society 
 at a meeting legally warned & held at the church on the 8th. day 
 of August A.D. 1826. Having given public notice by advertis- 
 ing, that we should sell it at public vendue; — and Mr. Jabish 
 Dickinson of Berlin being the highest & last bidder: we do 
 therfore sell & dispose to said Jabish Dickinson, said church 
 building standing in Wethersfield in Hartford County, for the 
 sum of one hundred & fifteen dollars ; the receipt whereof we 
 hereby acknowledge. — Accordingly we do grant, sell & confirm 
 unto Jabish Dickinson said Building with the under-pinning 
 stone & all other appurtenances belonging to said church build- 
 ing. — ^And said Dickinson is to have the full term of one year 
 to move said building from the spot on which it now stands. 
 And we do warrant and covenant with s** Dickinson that we 
 have full power & authority to sell & dispose of s'' building in 
 manner & form as is above written; & that the same is free 
 of all incumbrances whatsoever. — 
 
 In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals 
 this 17'" day of November A.D. 1826. 
 
 Signed, seal'd &c. 
 
 In presence of Thomas Deming (seal) 
 
 Luther Beckley Ralph Dickenson (seal) 
 
 Jerusha Dickenson Samuel S. Goodrich (seal) 
 
 Hartford County ss. Berlin Nov. I7'^ 1826. 
 
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 Personally appeared Thomas Deming, Ralph Dickinson & 
 Samuel S. Goodrich signers & sealers of the foregoing instru- 
 ment and acknowledged the same to be their free act & deed. — 
 Before me 
 
 Luther Beckley Just, of the Peace." 
 
 Mrs. Harriet H. Dickinson, widow of Nathaniel, the son of 
 Jabez, says that Ralph Dickinson bought the building and that 
 Jabez had no interest whatever in it. A close study of the 
 records relating to the sale appears to confirm this statement. 
 Ralph was evidently the real buyer, although he bought it in 
 the name of his brother. 
 
 The building was torn down ; a part of the timbers were used 
 to build a cider mill at the Oliver Richards place on the Hart- 
 ford and New Haven turnpike, in the south part of Newington. 
 The rest of the building and its contents were taken to the 
 Ralph Dickinson place. Here part of the timbers were worked 
 into another cider mill, which is now a part of Mr. Richard Bol- 
 ton's barn. Later some of the timber was used in repairing the 
 old shop opposite the house of Mr. William Bulkeley in Berlin. 
 The Richards cider mill has recently been worked over into a 
 wagon shed, so that the old church timber is still in use. 
 
 Having disposed of the church, there naturally came the 
 question of what should be done with the money. When the 
 old church building at Southington was sold, they gave the pro- 
 ceeds to the Christian Knowledge Society. There was no way by 
 which such money could be equitably distributed among the 
 people, and we may assume that some one connected with Christ 
 Church referred the matter to the Bishop. He made an order 
 that the assets should be turned over to the Episcopalians who 
 should first erect a church building within three miles of the 
 old site. A meeting was held at the house of Mr. Nathaniel 
 Dickinson, Dec. 28, 1827 for the election of officers, Mr. Dick- 
 inson being then elected treasurer. A committee was also 
 appointed to take possession of the treasurer's book, money and 
 all the property belonging to the society, showing that they still 
 intended to keep up their organization although they were house- 
 less and homeless. We found in the attic of the old Ralph Dick- 
 inson house the round portion of the tops of the windows from 
 the old church and in the barn we found the square portion 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 
 
 163 
 
 A Window from Christ Church 
 
164 THE CHURCH 
 
 from which the round part had been cut, and thus we are able 
 to present the accompanying illustration of the windows. 
 Pointed panes in round top windows are not common. Christ 
 Church in West Haven, built 1740, and the old North church on 
 the New Haven green, have windows of the same style, and 
 from the illustration of Christ Church, Hartford, in Dr. Rus- 
 sell's History of that Church, we judge that the windows were 
 of the same pattern. In the same attic there was a grand old 
 table that belonged to the Church. It is hand-made of syca- 
 more, framed together without screws or nails, and the top is a 
 single board over thirty inches wide. Mr. Richard Bolton has 
 presented it to St. Mark's Church. It has been refinished and 
 is now in use at their parish house. In the same Ralph Dick- 
 inson family was one of the old communion cups, which is 
 illustrated on another page. Mrs. Selden Deming also has a 
 table that formerly belonged in the old church. 
 
 The last record belonging strictly to the old parish of Christ 
 Church, Worthington, is the following receipt which was found 
 among papers belonging to the Dickinson family. 
 
 "$152.33 
 Berlin, Feby. 4th. 1837. 
 
 Rec''. of Nathaniel Dickenson late treasurer of the Episcopal 
 Society of Wethersfield & Worthington one Note of seventy 
 five dollars dated Nov. 17th. 1826 payable six months from date 
 & one of seventy two dollars -f^ dated Nov. 25th. 1828 payable 
 on demand Also seven dollars and ^W cash 
 
 Selden Deming Treasurer." 
 
 We have no record of the election of Selden Deming as 
 treasurer. He was the son of Thomas Deming, who had 
 been treasurer for more than 25 years. Nathaniel Dickinson, 
 aged 78, died March 30, 1837, less than two months after the 
 date of this receipt. He was the last treasurer of record and 
 his recognition of Mr. Deming as treasurer, indicates that he 
 was duly elected. It is probable that owing to Mr. Dickinson's 
 infirmities and age, a new treasurer was elected about the date 
 of this receipt, in order to maintain their organization, so that 
 the proceeds from the sale of the old church could be paid 
 over to their proper successors in due time. 
 
CHALICE, FROM CHRIST CHURCH. 
 
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 The active life of the old Church was only about i8 years. 
 It was never very large nor rich. In fact we have called it the 
 "lost Church", as its existence was apparently soon forgotten. 
 Beardsley wrote a history of the Church in Connecticut and 
 does not appear to have found it. Some half dozen or more 
 families followed Mr. Kilbourne to Ohio, and before 1822, it 
 had lost more than that number of its leading men by death, 
 such removals and deaths taking away most of the liberal sup- 
 porters of the society, enough to cripple even a stronger society 
 than this ever was. 
 
 A biographical sketch of the Rev. Roger Searle, by the Rev. 
 A. B. Chapin in the "Calendar" of Nov. 4, 1854, says that Mr. 
 Searle "first preached about two years in a Parish in Durham 
 and Berlin which soon became extinct by the removal of the 
 principal inhabitants to the West." This statement made thus 
 early may be accepted as the real cause for the decline of this 
 Church. According to the census of 1830, the entire population 
 of the town of Berlin was only 3,037. The town then included 
 the three parishes of Worthington, Kensington and New 
 Britain. 
 
 It has been stated that the formation of this Church grew out 
 of dissensions in the Congregational Society of Newington as 
 to the location of the meeting house, but this is erroneous. It 
 is true that after an 18-year contest, the Newington Society 
 located their meeting house in the summer of 1797 farther east 
 than some of the people wanted it, and this only a few months 
 before Christ Church of Worthington was started. But there 
 is no evidence that any one of the dissatisfied parties had any- 
 thing to do with the formation of Christ Church, other than to 
 contribute towards the building. It was an opportune time to 
 get subscriptions and may have caused the Episcopalians to 
 start then, but this is practically all the effect that the Newington 
 quarrel ever had on Christ Church. 
 
 The real founders of the Church were the seven men who 
 signed the first paper, Sept. 4, 1797. This paper is dated at 
 Berlin, not Newington. Of the seven founders, six lived at 
 that time in the Worthington parish, and one, Stephen Webster, 
 lived in Newington. He was never a member of the Newing- 
 ton Church nor of the Society, except by residence, and he is 
 
l66 THE CHURCH 
 
 not known to have had any part in the meeting house contro- 
 versy. Four of these founders had been previously identified 
 as EpiscopaHans by their associations with Christ Church, 
 Middletown. Tliere were only nine persons whose subscrip- 
 tions to the building fund amounted to $50 or more, viz : John 
 Goodrich $190., David Goodrich $170., Jonathan Gilbert $100., 
 Daniel Steele $100., Jonathan Gilbert, Jr. $60., David Gilbert 
 $60., Elizur Deming $60., David Steele $56., and David Dickin- 
 son $50. Three different persons by the name of John Good- 
 rich, (with their families,) are recorded in the Wethersfield 
 records as married from 1770 to 1776. In this record they are 
 designated as John Goodrich, John Goodrich 2nd. and John 
 Goodrich 3rd. Besides this, they are uniformly thus designated 
 throughout the land records. The two first lived in the parish 
 of Wethersfield. John 2nd was a deacon in the Congrega- 
 tional Church and John 3rd lived in Newington. The name of 
 John 3rd does not appear in the subscriptions to the building 
 fund, nor anywhere in the records, until April 6, 180 1. There 
 was also a John Goodrich and John Goodrich Jr. living in the 
 Kensington parish within less than a mile of Christ church, but 
 they are supposed to have always been Congregationalists. 
 John Goodrich of Christ Church lived in the town of Wethers- 
 field and not Berlin, as is shown by the lease of the land for the 
 church and the deed of land for the cemetery, dated respec- 
 tively, April 5, 1798, and Dec. 24, 1803, in both of which he is 
 called John Goodrich of Wethersfield. While the clerk of the 
 society might carelessly record "John Goodrich" for John 
 Goodrich 3rd, this would not be the case in legal documents. 
 This lease and deed, beyond any reasonable doubt, identify the 
 John Goodrich who subscribed the $190., as John Goodrich of 
 the Wethersfield parish and not John Goodrich 3rd of Newing- 
 ton. David Goodrich lived in Newington but had been pre- 
 viously identified as an Episcopalian by the baptism of his 
 children at Christ Church, Middletown. Jonathan Gilbert, (he 
 was Jonathan, Jr. in 1776,) Daniel Steele, Jonathan Gilbert, Jr., 
 David Gilbert and David Goodrich all lived in Worthington and 
 were all Episcopalians. Elizur Deming lived in Newington. The 
 only member of Christ Church that was ever prominent in the 
 Congregational Society of Newington was Unni Robbins, but he 
 
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 was in no sense a founder of Christ Church. His name is not in 
 the subscriptions for building the church and does not otherwise 
 appear of record until Dec. 7, 1797. Whatever help the society 
 had from the defeated Congregationalists of Newington, it is 
 absolutely certain that there was, and had been for more than 25 
 years, a growing Episcopal element which was ripe for the 
 harvest in 1797, and that the organization originated with, and 
 was mainly supported by those who were Episcopalians then 
 and had been for a long time. If we should assume that the 
 records are in error and that the person recorded as John Good- 
 rich was in fact John Goodrich 3rd, then we would have one 
 Newington man who was a prominent leader and financial 
 supporter of Christ Church. But even then he was still with 
 the minority, he was not one of the seven founders, and no 
 matter how vexed he may have been about the Newington 
 meeting house, that fact could have no bearing on the evidence 
 before given of prior Episcopal sentiment. His brother David 
 had long been an Episcopalian and we cannot say that John was 
 not so inclined before the summer of 1797. 
 
 We have no records of marriages, baptisms, deaths, confirma- 
 tions or of the communicants. The one book of Society meet- 
 ings is all the record that the Society has left us, and this is 
 manifestly incomplete. We print elsewhere the entire record 
 from this book. 
 
 Only four certificates of withdrawal appear in this book, two 
 in favor of the Presb)^erians, one in favor of the Baptists, 
 and one whose choice, if he had any, is not stated. It is singu- 
 lar that Samuel S. Goodrich, who thus withdrew from the 
 Society in 1809 in favor of the Baptists of Hartford, should in 
 1826 again be one of the most prominent members of the 
 Society. 
 
 In addition to the early Episcopalians before named as found 
 in the Kensington Church and Society records, (Congrega- 
 tional,) we find 44 certificates of withdrawal under the law of 
 1791, 31 of which certificates are in favor of the Baptists, 11 
 in favor of the Episcopalians and 2 of the Methodists. After 
 the adoption of the new constitution 1818, the law did not 
 require a declaration in favor of other denominations, and only 
 two certificates after that date state the preference of the with- 
 drawer, one Episcopal and one Methodist. 
 
l68 THE CHURCH 
 
 David Wright withdrew Sept. 24, 1801, "to join the Epis- 
 copal Society ... in the Town of Wethersfield and in the 
 Society of Worthington." 
 
 Liva Peck, certified Oct. 15, 1801, "that I am A EpiscopaHan." 
 
 Moses Peck and Jason Peck, certified Oct. 11, 1802, that 
 they were EpiscopaHans and had joined that order in Cheshire. 
 
 Henry Pratt, certified Sept. 10, 1804, that I "for consci- 
 ence sake do embrace the EpiscopaHan principles and have 
 joined myself to that society in Cheshire." 
 
 Silas B. Lawrence certified April 22, 1805, to his wish "to 
 join the Episcopal Church." 
 
 Timothy Percival, certified, Jan. 8, 1808, that he had joined 
 " the Episcopal Society in Newington." 
 
 Solomon Squire, certified, Oct. 10, 181 1, that he had joined 
 "the Episcopal Society in Wethersfield." 
 
 Joseph Yale, certified, Aug. 8, 1814, that he belonged "to the 
 Episcopal church in Meriden." 
 
 Joseph P. and Naaman Finch, certified, Aug. i, 1815, that 
 they belonged "to the Episcopal church in Southington." 
 
 Theodore Ellsworth, certified, Nov. 29, 1839, that he was " in 
 favor of the Episcopal Order." 
 
 The people who withdrew in favor of Cheshire, Southington 
 and Meriden, probably lived in the southwestern part of Ken- 
 sington, much nearer to Southington and Meriden than to Christ 
 Church, and perhaps nearer to Cheshire. Besides this, Ches- 
 hire was the stronger Church with more regular service, which 
 consideration may have led some to go there, even if the dis- 
 tance was a little greater. 
 
 We know but little of the women of Christ Church. The 
 record book does not contain the name of any female. We 
 elsewhere give a brief notice of each person whose name 
 appears of record and in such notice give the name of the wife 
 if known. The clerical diary of the Rev. Roger Searle records 
 the baptism of the mother of Mrs. Alfred Hadley. She was 
 Jerusha, dau. of Thomas Deming, baptized Oct. 8, 1815, 
 probably in the old church, confirmed in the East Main street 
 chapel of St. Mark's Parish, Dec. 7, 1837, in the very first con- 
 firmation class, on the day that the church was consecrated. 
 
 Lucy Gilbert, wife of Nathaniel Dickinson, one of the orig- 
 inal members of St. Mark's, gave $5.00 in 1837 for building 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 69 
 
 the East Main street chapel. Her husband was one of the most 
 important members of Christ Church and her son Ralph was 
 connected with both the old and the new churches. At least 
 four of her grandchildren have been members of St. Mark's. 
 She was a most zealous Church woman. One of her grand- 
 sons was married by a Congregational minister, and when the 
 old lady first met the bride she said she could not congratulate 
 her as she did not consider that they were married and advised 
 the couple to go to New Britain and get married by Mr. Guion. 
 She knew of the Bishop's order concerning the money received 
 from the sale of the old church and for years referred to it as 
 the promise that the fund was to help build a new church. 
 
 To the late Roger Welles, Esq., of Newington, belongs the 
 credit of first bringing the history of this old Church to public 
 notice. Years ago he copied from the old record book all the 
 facts contained therein. Mr. Selden Deming told him that the 
 avails of the sale of the old building were paid over to St. 
 Mark's Church of New Britain. Under Newington, in Vol. ii, 
 p. 329, of the Hartford County Memorial History, 1886, this 
 Church is noticed by Mr. Welles. He also gave a sketch of its 
 history in the "Connecticut Farmer" of July 30, 1887, and in 
 Dr. Stiles' History of Ancient Wethersfield, 1904, Vol. i, p. 804. 
 The history of Christ Church would not be complete without 
 some mention of the State of Ohio. The Rev. Seth Hart, who 
 preached once at Worthington in 1795 and again in 1796, and 
 was later the first Rector of Christ Church, was the first Epis- 
 copal minister to officiate in that portion of Ohio known as 
 "New Connecticut." In the summer of 1797 he performed the 
 regular burial, marriage and baptismal services at Cleveland, 
 Ohio. Only one Episcopal minister had ever before performed 
 services in any part of that state. The second minister of Christ 
 Church, Rev. James Kilbourne, was the first resident minister 
 in Ohio. One should read the notice of him given elsewhere 
 in order to realize how much this minister of Christ Church 
 did for that State. Joseph Sage and William Watson of 
 Christ Church were among the original incorporators of Mr. 
 Kilbourne's St. John's Church at Worthington, Ohio. John 
 Goodrich 3rd, his son John Jr., and Clarissa, wife of John Jr., 
 were also members of that Church. Three other adult sons of 
 
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 John Goodrich 3rd also settled in Ohio. Harlo P. Sage, son of 
 Joseph, is said to have been a member of Christ Church. He 
 married another member, Susan Mallory, before referred to as 
 confirmed in 1813, and they settled at Huntington, Ohio, in 
 1824. 
 
 When the Rev. Philander Chase of Hartford, went to Ohio 
 in 1817, he went almost immediately to these people from Christ 
 Church and was settled over them at Worthington, Ohio, with 
 their former minister, the Rev. James Kilbourne, as assistant. 
 The Rev. Roger Searle, the fourth minister of Christ Church, 
 was one of the first and most prominent of the missionaries in 
 Ohio, as detailed in the sketch of his life. These two ministers, 
 Messrs. Kilbourne and Searle, practically made the Diocese of 
 Ohio and elected the Rev. Philander Chase as its first Bishop. 
 The civil, educational, and religious conditions of Ohio were 
 largely molded by these men. Mr. Kilbourne was president of 
 the Worthington Academy and College for forty-three years, 
 and it is a singular illustration of bread cast upon the waters and 
 coming back after many days that the first resident Rector of 
 the present St. Mark's Church, 1837-8, the Rev. Thomas J. 
 Davis, received his preliminary education at Worthington, Ohio. 
 He earnestly pleaded a reward after many days in asking mis- 
 sionary aid for the then struggling parish of St. Mark's. The 
 bread which Worthington, Conn, cast upon the waters, returned 
 to their successors after many days, when Rev. Mr. Davis came 
 to us from Ohio and from this child of the Old Church. 
 
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 MINISTERS OF CHRIST CHURCH 
 
 BRIEF MENTION 
 
 1. Rev. Seth Hart, Rector from April 23, 1798, to March 23, 
 1800. 
 
 Service, i year and 11 months. 
 
 2. Rev. James Kilbourne, Lay reader from about May, 1800 
 until ordained deacon Jan. 24, 1802; then Minister in charge 
 to the spring of 1803, less the summer of 1802. 
 
 Service, about 2 years and 6 months. 
 
 3. Rev. Samuel Griswold, Lay reader during Mr. Kilbourne's 
 absence in summer of 1802, and probably succeeded Mr. Kil- 
 bourne in the spring of 1803. Ordained deacon, Nov. 27, 1803, 
 then Minister in charge and was officiating as late as March 18, 
 1804. 
 
 Service, about i year and 6 months. 
 
 4. Rev. Roger Searle, Deacon. Minister in charge about 
 1805, until ordained priest, June 8, 1806, then Rector to Jan. 
 I, 1809. 
 
 Service, about 4 years. 
 
172 THE CHURCH 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 THE REV. SETH HART, M.D. 
 
 The first minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church to 
 be settled in the territory now covered by St. Mark's Parish 
 was the Rev. Seth Hart and he is the only one of our twenty 
 ministers who was ordained by the venerable Bishop Seabury, 
 the first American Bishop. He was the son of Matthew and 
 Elizabeth (Hopkins,) Hart, born at Kensington, Conn., June 
 21, 1763, died at Hempstead, L. I., March 14, 1832, married 
 Oct. 7, 1788, Ruth, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah, (Burn- 
 ham,) Hall, of Wallingford, Conn., born April 8, 1770, died 
 Nov. 3, 1841. 
 
 Mr. Hart was graduated from Yale 1784, having given spec- 
 ial attention to the classics, surveying, the mechanical arts and 
 medicine, probably with the intention of becoming an M.D. 
 Mrs. Hart's mother speaks of him as "Dr. Hart." His parents 
 were Congregationalists, but he was brought in contact with the 
 Episcopal Church through Miss Ruth Hall, who became his 
 wife. The Rev. Ambrose Hull, who was made deacon in 1788, 
 married a sister of Mrs. Hart, and it is believed that Mr. Hull 
 was influential in leading Mr. Hart into the Church and causing 
 him to discard the practice of medicine for the ministry. It is 
 not known where Dr. Hart lived from 1784 to 1790, but in 
 the latter year Mrs. Hart was living with her mother, in 
 New York, and Mr. Hart was staying at Branford, Conn, with 
 Mr. Hull, who was in charge of the Church there from the last 
 of April, 1790, to the same date in 1791. Under date of Dec. 
 I, 1790, Mr. Hart writes to his wife from Branford, saying 
 "The cries of the Church vacant of pastors has overcome all 
 worldly views, all human passions, and I have resolved to yield 
 myself up to its seiVice, for the cause of Christianity, and per- 
 haps a little comfort to myself and family. In short, I have con- 
 cluded to quit the world, the flesh and the devil, to attack the 
 Gospel in bulk, overhaul it from one end to the other, eradicate 
 all false doctrines, and support the true Episcopalian order of 
 Priesthood, or, rather strengthen it by adding one to the number 
 of clerical worthies." This announcement was only an enthusi- 
 
REV. SETH HART, M.D. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 73 
 
 astic declaration of his determination to continue with increased 
 energy, the study for the ministry which he was then pursuing. 
 The names of the places where and the dates when he preached, 
 are endorsed on his sermons. The first of these endorsements 
 is Weston, Oct. 19, 1788. The next is Newtown, March i, 
 1789. A few other places and dates are Redding, March 15, 
 1789, Umpawaug, (in Redding,) June 21, 1788, Milford, West 
 Haven, and North Guilford, all before the date of the letter to 
 his wife already mentioned, thereby showing that he had then 
 been a candidate for the priesthood for over two years. The 
 Rev. Mr. Hull was settled at Redding, Conn., from Oct., 1788, 
 until he went to Branford, in the spring of 1790, and Mr. Hart's 
 intimate connection with Mr. Hull may be inferred from the 
 fact that two of these early sermons were delivered at Redding, 
 and two others near there. His sermons are written in a clear 
 and bold hand with numerous abbreviations, some of which are 
 as follows: "fm." for from, "gt." for great, "wd." for would, 
 "wh." for which, "wn." for when, "wt." for with, "ya-" for 
 they, "ye." for the, "ym." for them, "ys." for this, and "yt." 
 for that. A circle with a dot in the center was used for the 
 word world — and the same with "ly" added was used for 
 worldly. The Rev. Samuel Griswold also used a circle for the 
 word world, but he placed a Greek cross inside the circle, 
 instead of a dot. Some idea of the compactness of Mr. Hart's 
 writing may be had from the fact that there are about two hun- 
 dred and eighty words on a sheet of paper measuring six inches 
 wide by seven and three-eighths inches high. The style of his 
 sermons may be seen from his sermon at Worthington, Conn., 
 1795, as hereinbefore given. 
 
 In Mr. Hart's letter to his wife in 1790, he says of his pre- 
 paration for the ministry "you may depend upon it I shall 
 pursue it with ardor and attention, and I think it the most prob- 
 able plan to render my life and yours happy. You know my 
 dear I have ever been a little odd in regard to religious matters, 
 but I fully believe I shall succeed reputably in the profession." 
 In another letter about this time he says he will stay in Branford 
 all winter and advises his wife to remain with her mother in New 
 York. He was undoubtedly at this time preparing himself for 
 holy orders. In the late summer or fall of 1791, the Church at 
 
174 THE CHURCH 
 
 Waterbury, says Bronson, invited the "Rev. Seth Hart, who 
 had been reading prayers for several months to the acceptance 
 of the people, ... to become the minister as soon 'as he 
 shall be put into holy orders.' His salary for half the time, his 
 residence being in the old society of Waterbury, was to be 
 £40, lawful money, annually, to be increased twenty shillings 
 a year for five years, and thereafter to be £45, he to have the 
 use of the glebe." 
 
 In the "Memoirs of the Rev. Ammi Rogers, 1832," page 
 16, Mr. Rogers says — "Application was made to me to preach 
 . . . in the Churches in Waterbury, Woodbury and Salem, 
 which I did to the unanimous approbation of the parishes. But 
 Mr. Jarvis, by the consent of Bishop Seabury, soon sent Mr. 
 Hart, then a candidate for the ministry, to take charge of these 
 parishes. This excited uneasiness, and a division among them. 
 I declined performing service there, the Church in Salem 
 refused to employ Mr. Hart and unfriendly feelings were 
 excited." This was sometime in the year 1791, but no historian 
 has given us specifically the date of Mr. Hart's first service at 
 Waterbury. The earliest date for Waterbury found on his ser- 
 mons is April 24, 1 79 1, and if this was his first service there, it 
 corresponds with the intentions stated in his letter of Dec, 1790, 
 to remain in Branford all winter. He continued to preach in 
 Waterbury about half of the time until Aug. 31, 1794, when the 
 last semi-monthly sermon of which we have any record was 
 delivered. The history of St. Paul's Church, of Woodbury, by 
 Rev. Solomon G. Hitchcock in the "Chronicle of the Church" 
 for Aug. 29, 1840, says Mr. Hart officiated there one fourth of 
 the time from Easter 1791, to Easter 1793. The first date on 
 his sermons for Woodbury is May 22, 1791, and the last is Nov. 
 4, 1792. 
 
 On Sept. 30, 1790, the Convocation Voted "that the Secre- 
 tary write letters to the Churches of Woodbury & Salem, recom- 
 mending to them, an union with the Church at Waterbury for 
 the purpose of settling a Minister." In accordance with this 
 recommendation the Church at Salem, (Millville, in Nauga- 
 tuck,) voted Nov. 29, 1790, to form such a union and the 
 Church at Waterbury passed a similar vote. Dr. Bronson says 
 in his history of Waterbury, p. 304, "But somehow Salem 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 75 
 
 appears to have taken umbrage at some of the proceedings, and 
 in order to make amends a committee of the Waterbury Church 
 was instructed Aug. 29, 1791, to invite the Church of Salem to 
 join them in the support of a clergyman" and also to assure 
 them of no intentional ill treatment. From this it appears that 
 if Salem refused to hire Mr. Hart as Mr. Rogers asserts, it was 
 by reason of some supposed affront from Waterbury, and not 
 because of their admiration for Mr. Rogers, nor their displea- 
 sure with Mr. Hart. While Mr. Hart officiated at Waterbury 
 and Woodbury in the spring of 1791, Woodbury did not vote 
 to employ him, until June 20, 1791, and we have no evidence 
 that he was invited to settle in Waterbury prior to Aug. 29, 
 1791. That Salem invited him to preach there about the same 
 time may be inferred from the fact that he preached at Gunn- 
 town, (Salem,) Sept. 18, 1791, and we have no evidence that 
 he had preached there before that date. On Dec. 6, 1791, the 
 Church at Salem voted to rescind the vote to form a mission 
 with Waterbury and Woodbury, but at the same meeting they 
 voted "to hire Mr. Hart one quarter part of the time," thus 
 showing that they were still well satisfied with him and he 
 continued to serve them regularly as long as he staid at Water- 
 bury. The clergy of Connecticut in Convocation at Water- 
 town, voted Oct. 6, 1791, "That Mr. Seth Hart be recom- 
 mended for examination for the order of a deacon." He was 
 ordained deacon by Bishop Seabury, in Christ Church, West- 
 bury, (Watertown,) Oct. 9, 1791, "according to the Rites and 
 ceremonies of the Church of England, omitting the Oaths by 
 the English Office required." In addition to the certificate of 
 ordination, the Bishop on the same date, gave Mr. Hart a license 
 "to perform the Office of a Deacon in the Diocese of Connecti- 
 cut, more particularly in St. James Church in Waterbury, and 
 in the vacant Churches and Congregations in its neighborhood, 
 and also in preaching the Gospel of Christ." Mr. Hart was 
 present at the Convocation in New Haven, June 6, 1792, and the 
 records of the Convocation at Huntington, Oct. 10, 1792, say 
 that "The Rev'd Mr. Hart, Deacon, presented himself to be 
 admitted to the order of Priest, & after due examination, was 
 on Sunday 14th. October, ordained to the same in St. Paul's 
 Church, Huntington, by the Rt. Rev'd Dr. Seabury." The 
 
176 THE CHURCH 
 
 ordination sermon was preached by the Rev'd Mr. Shelton. 
 Under date of Nov. i, 1792, the Bishop "at the request of the 
 Episcopal congregations in Waterbury and Salem" gave Mr. 
 Hart a certificate of admission "to the Rectory of the Churches 
 in Waterbury and Salem — willing him faithfully to perform 
 the duties and to receive to his Use, the Temporal Emoluments, 
 to the said Rectory appertaining," and on the same day gave 
 Mr. Hart a license to perform the office of priest, a facsimile of 
 which license is given on a preceding page. 
 
 As early as January, 1793, Mr. Hart had ceased to serve 
 Woodbury and instead taken charge of St. Matthew's Church at 
 East Plymouth, (or as it is more commonly called "East 
 Church,") and continued to serve them as late as Oct. 5, 1794, 
 Avhen he preached there, and baptized two persons. His ser- 
 mons for East Plymouth are endorsed as 'Bristol," or "Cam- 
 bridge," (which was the old name for Bristol,) but there was no 
 Church in Bristol at that date and besides this the records of St. 
 Matthew's Church of East Plymouth show frequent baptisms 
 by Mr. Hart from July, 1793, to Oct., 1794. The Records of 
 Convocation, page 49, make the same mistake and their meet- 
 ing at East Plymouth, Oct. 21, 1795, when the church was con- 
 secrated, is erroneously recorded as "at Bristol." At his own 
 request his services at Waterbury were discontinued in the fall 
 of 1794, when he removed to Wallingford, Conn. A sketch of 
 the Church at Waterbury in the "Churchman's Magazine," Vol. 
 14, p. 172, says: "As a proof that his labors while here were 
 productive of much good by inspiring his flock with union, 
 zeal and liberality, we have now to take notice that at his depar- 
 ture a company of subscribers purchased his house and five 
 acres of land situated in the centre of the town, and then con- 
 veyed it to the use and benefit of the Church forever." 
 
 After being ordained, he was present at every meeting of the 
 Convocation and of the Conventions of the Diocese, until the 
 fall of 1796. He acted as Secretary pro tempore, for the Con- 
 vocation at New Milford, Sept. 25, 1793. He preached at 
 Wallingford, July 20, 1794, and at North Haven, July 27, 1794, 
 and probably removed to Wallingford in September of that year 
 and took charge of the Churches at Wallingford and North 
 Haven. He preached at Meriden on Thursday, Jan. i, 1795, 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 177 
 
 and again in the following February, and after that appears to 
 have devoted about half of the time to Wallingford, one quarter 
 of the time to North Haven and one quarter to Meriden. In 
 the Connecticut Journal, New Haven, is an advertisment, dated 
 April i6, 1795, of a Boarding School at Wallingford, for young 
 ladies to be opened "the first of May next in the house formerly 
 occupied by Rev. Mr. Andrews, but now by Mrs. Hall and 
 Daughter from New York, in which will be taught tambour work, 
 embroidery and various kinds of fine needle work, by Miss 
 Hall ; and to such as choose reading, writing, arithmetic and 
 geography, by the Rev. Mr. Hart." The Mrs. Hall thus adver- 
 tised was the mother of Mrs. Hart, and thus it appears that in 
 addition to Mr. Hart's many clerical duties he was about to take 
 up the profession of teaching. In the spring of 1797, for 
 reasons unknown to us, he enters upon a new field of labor for 
 about nine months. General Moses Cleveland, as agent of the 
 Connecticut Land Company, located the city of Cleveland, 
 Ohio, in 1796. About the middle of April, 1797, Mr. Hart 
 started for Cleveland in charge of the second party, as the agent 
 of the Connecticut Land Company. On June 3, a Mr. Eld- 
 ridge fell off his horse in attempting to swim the river and was 
 drowned. He had been dead an hour when Dr. Hart arrived 
 at the place, but to satisfy the feelings of a distressed surviving 
 brother, says Dr. Hart, "I attempted to restore him by every 
 convenient method for an hour or more but in vain." The 
 corpse was taken to Cleveland and Dr. Hart says : "The next 
 day being Sunday we selected a lot of ground for a grave yard 
 and in the afternoon we carried the corpse in as regular and for- 
 mal manner as we could and gave it decent burial as our cir- 
 cumstances and situation would permit. I made use of our 
 burial office at the grave also reading the lessons from the 15th. 
 Cor. and it never before sounded so solemn in my ears. It was 
 the first time a funeral had been formally attended by white 
 people on this purchase and it was my first employment in the 
 Country." "There were present at the interment 32 men, 7 
 women and 3 children." The young man, Mr. Eldridge, be- 
 longed in the eastern part of Connecticut. The service at this 
 funeral was the first religious service in the city of Cleveland, 
 and in fact the first by a minister of any Church in New Con- 
 
178 THE CHURCH 
 
 necticut, or Northern Ohio. The Rev. Dr. Doddridge of Vir- 
 ginia was the only Episcopal minister who had ever before offi- 
 ciated in any part of Ohio, and thus Mr. Hart was the second 
 Episcopal minister to hold service in that state. 
 
 In another letter Dr. Hart writes to his wife the following : — 
 "Mrs. Stiles who tarried here last winter, yesterday, (July 11, 
 1797,) became the joyful mother of a fine first born son." No 
 doubt Mr. Hart baptized this child, for the Year Book of 
 Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, for 1901-2, page 94, says: "The 
 first religious service known to have been held here was the 
 baptism of an infant by the Rev. Seth Hart, a clergyman of 
 this Church and one of the original land company who came out 
 with Col. Cleveland." The burial service before noted was Mr. 
 Hart's first service there. 
 
 Under date of July 20, 1797, Dr. Hart writes from Cleveland 
 that "A young lady came on here with Mr. Carter's family 
 . . . and the other day a young man came on from Presque 
 Isle, and on the 17 inst. I married them and received a fee of 
 four dollars." Thus Mr. Hart was the first Episcopal minister 
 to perform three important services of the Church in Northern 
 Ohio. In the latter part of November, Dr. Hart was on his way 
 home, where he expected to arrive in December, if "business 
 and the roads permit." On Nov. 23, 1797, he writes to Mrs. 
 Hart, from Canandaigua, "I am told you are the mother of a 
 fine little Daughter — God be praised ! — Kiss the little boys once 
 more for their papa and the dear little daughter as much as her 
 tender infancy will bear." In January, 1798, we find him 
 preaching again at Wallingford and again at Meriden on May 
 6, 1798, but he appears to have severed his connection with the 
 Church at North Haven upon starting for Ohio in the spring of 
 1797. The time previously given to North Haven, was after 
 his return given to Christ Church, Worthington, where he 
 preached April 22, 1798, to 1800, as detailed in the previous 
 pages. With seldom less than three parishes under his care, 
 he officiated, before removing to Long Island, seven different 
 dates at North Guilford, six at Stratford, six at Northford, six 
 at Cheshire and four at Huntington, besides from one to three 
 different dates in some sixteen other places in Connecticut, not 
 before mentioned. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 79 
 
 In marked contrast with his Convention and Convocation 
 record before his trip to Ohio, his name does not again appear 
 in the Journals of Convention until the June Convention at 
 Middletown, in 1815, v*fhen he was given a seat as a visiting 
 brother from the Diocese of New York, and it appears only 
 once more in the "Records of Convocation," and that was at 
 Derby, Nov.' 20, 1799, when he presented the resolution of 
 Christ Church, Worthington, which formally admitted that 
 Church into the Diocese of Connecticut. His genius for 
 mechanics led him to devote considerable time to inventions. 
 He was granted a patent on Jan. 4, 1799, on a machine for mak- 
 ing nails. He also invented, but did not patent, a machine for 
 shearing cloth and one for making brooms. These inventions 
 caused him to make many visits to New York. "He was at 
 one time chaplain of the prison in New York and made daily 
 visits to it and perhaps had other engagements there." He 
 preached at New York Chapel once and at St. Paul's, New 
 York, once during the year 1799, and several times in various 
 churches in New York during the year 1800. He was enabled 
 to do so only by discontinuing his services at Christ Church, 
 Worthington. St. Mark's Church, New York, was left with- 
 out a Rector in the spring of 1800, and Mr. Hart appears to 
 have acted as a temporary supply. On May 8, 1800, the vestry 
 resolved "that the thanks of the Vestry be presented to the 
 Rev'd Mr. Hart for his services in St. Mark's Church, and that 
 the treasurer be authorized to allow him the sum of seven 
 dollars a day for the time he has officiated." 
 
 One of Mr. Hart's sermons is endorsed Hempstead, L. I., Sept. 
 14, 1800, at which time the Rev. John Henry Hobart, after- 
 wards Bishop, was the Rector of St. George's Church. After 
 Mr. Hobart was called to Trinity Parish, New York, as assist- 
 ant minister, the vestry of St. George's extended an invitation 
 to the Rev. Seth Hart to become their Rector. He was recom- 
 mended by Mr. Hart's own Diocesan, the Right Rev. Bishop 
 Jarvis, by the Rev. Dr. Beach of Trinity Church, New York, 
 and by the Rev. Ambrose Hull of Connecticut. The vestry 
 offered Mr. Hart a salary of £150 per annum, the use of the 
 rectory with the glebe attached ; the use of the Greenfield farm 
 near the south bay, with liberty to take from the latter, wood 
 
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 for fuel and fencing, which Mr. Hart was to get at his own 
 expense. South and North Hempstead were included in the 
 cure, his services to be divided between the two as might be 
 determined upon. Mr. Hart entered into possession on Sunday, 
 Dec. 21, 1800, and thus Connecticut lost one of its most ener- 
 getic and faithful ministers. 
 
 We quote from the History of St. George's Church, by Rev. 
 W. M. Moore, D.D., 1881, as follows:— 
 
 "Mr. Hart had the reputation of being a good classical 
 scholar and was an amiable man, of a cheerful and almost 
 jovial temperament ; and had attained a reputation of being a 
 successful teacher." He "engaged in some mercantile occupa- 
 tion, which resulted unfavorably . . . Meanwhile he car- 
 ried on a classical school ; endeavored to make the land which 
 had been made part of his income, (and the larger portion of 
 which land lay four miles away,) to yield something to his 
 support, and took care of the spiritual needs of the parish 
 extending in one direction fourteen miles and having services 
 in two places. There was over 1000 persons under his care." 
 (In 1822 they began to build a new church.) "The new build- 
 ing was constructed in its general plan after one near Mr. 
 Hart's former parish in Connecticut." (The building was con- 
 secrated Sept. 19, 1823.) "It was a day of just rejoicing for 
 Mr. Hart. But for him, humanly speaking, the church would 
 not have been built. Others had counselled it, urged it, but 
 he acted. With inflexible purpose and indomitable persever- 
 ance he solicited the funds for the building, as an old friend of 
 his once said to the writer, 'Mr. Hart tramped the city day and 
 night and scoured the whole country and beset every man or 
 woman who professed to love Christ or His Church, to give 
 to Christ's cause for Christ's Sake !' The church is his monu- 
 ment." 
 
 On the Sunday after the consecration, Mr. Hart preached 
 from Genesis 18, part of verse 17. "How dreadful is this 
 place? This is none other but the house of God; and this is 
 the gate of heaven." This sermon, prefixed by a short histori- 
 cal sketch, was published by T. & J. Swords, New York, 1823, 
 and in the same year his sermon before the Morton Lodge of 
 Masons, at Hempstead, was published. Both of these sermons 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. l8l 
 
 are in the library of the General Theological Seminary, New 
 York. The "Christian Journal" for March, 1821, has about two 
 pages devoted to an extract from Mr. Hart's sermon, delivered 
 in Trinity Church, New York, Oct. 19, 1820, at the annual 
 meeting of "The Corporation for the Relief of Widows and 
 Children of the Clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church 
 in the State of New York." 
 
 Numerous publications have brief references to Mr. Hart, 
 but his best record is found among the manuscript sermons, 
 correspondence and other papers which he left, and which are 
 now in the possession of his granddaughter, Miss Mary Amelia 
 Hart, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Besides an examination of these 
 sermons, we have been favored with and made use of copies of 
 the more important papers, while a descendant of Mr. Hart, the 
 Rev. Wm. Howard Falkner, A.B., B.D., Rector of St. Paul's 
 Church, Louisville, Ky., has made an exhaustive study of these 
 manuscripts and prepared a paper on Mr. Hart which he read 
 on April 23, 1904, at the Bicentenary of St. George's Church at 
 Hempstead, L. I. We have used this paper freely in prepar- 
 ing this sketch. 
 
 The Rev. Samuel Seabury, father of Bishop Seabury, built 
 a school house about 1762 in the rear of the Rectory of St. 
 George's Church, and this Mr. Hart refitted for a boarding 
 school, which he conducted for several years. Among his 
 pupils was his nephew, James Gates Percival, the poet. In 
 1817, there was some trouble in St. George's and a petition was 
 circulated to the effect that the best interests of the parish 
 required Mr. Hart's resignation. Only two persons signed it, 
 while a counter petition was signed by two hundred and fifty- 
 five persons. Quoting again from Dr. Moore's History, "Mr. 
 Hart had a stroke of paralysis at the beginning of the year 
 1829. Finding himself unable to perform the duties of his 
 office and unwilling to retain a position whose obligations he 
 could not adequately discharge, Mr. Hart suggested to the 
 vestry that he thought it to be his duty to resign the rectorship." 
 Upon his resignation the Vestry voted "to pay him the said 
 Rector, forty dollars half yearly . . . during his natural 
 life." But in three years his "remains were laid in the Church- 
 yard, near where the chancel of the old church formerly stood." 
 
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 "Mrs. Ruth Hart, who had been a faithful and excellent com- 
 panion and counsellor to her husband, survived him nine years 
 . . . and was laid in the earth by his side." 
 
 Bishop Onderdonk, in his address to the Convention 1832, 
 refers tenderly to the death of "The Rev. Seth Hart one of the 
 oldest Presbyters of the Church, and who for about thirty years 
 was the pastoral head of the parish of St. George's Church." 
 The Rev. Richard D. Hall, Mr. Hart's successor at Hempstead, 
 also mentioned him in his parochial report, as one long known 
 and respected in that Diocese, saying "Among other evidences 
 of his zeal and devotion to the cause of Christ, was the com- 
 pletion of the present commodious and convenient edifice the 
 congregation worship in, and for which he toiled Hard and 
 spent many weary days. 'He rests from his labors and his 
 works do follow him.' " 
 
 REV. JAMES KILBOURNE. 
 
 The only native of New Britain that ever belonged to either 
 branch of our National Congress was James Kilbourne. No 
 person in America by the name of Kilbourne has been more 
 extensively known and distinguished in public life ; few of any 
 name present a brighter example of persevering and successful 
 efforts, and none present an example more worthy of approval 
 and imitation. The Scioto Company of Granby, Conn., 
 founded the settlement at Worthington, Ohio, in 1803. James 
 Kilbourne was the man who promoted the company, explored 
 the country ; led the young men that cleared the ground ; made 
 all arrangements concerning -the business of the company ; 
 returned to Connecticut and directed the journey of the fami- 
 lies ; surveyed their lands ; preached to them on Sundays and 
 Holy days ; published their newspaper ; developed their busi- 
 ness and manufacturing interests ; led them successfully to 
 battle with the Indians ; represented them and Central Ohio 
 in Congress ; and for nearly fifty years dominated the place. 
 
 He was the son of Josiah and Anna (Neal) Kilbourne, born 
 at New Britain, Conn., Oct. 19, 1770, on the Francis place in 
 the south part of Stanley Quarter, the first farm north of the 
 
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 residence of Charles S. Andrews; died at Worthington, Ohio, 
 April 24, 1850; married Sunday, Nov. 8, 1789 at St. Andrew's 
 Church, Bloomfield, Conn., to Lucy Fitch, daughter of John 
 Fitch, builder of the first steamboat. She was born at Windsor, 
 Conn., Aug. 23, 1769; died at Worthington, Ohio, March 8, 
 1807. He married (2), June 5, 1808, Cynthia, daughter of 
 Maj. Nathan Goodale, born at Brookfield, Mass., July 31, 1775, 
 died at Columbus, O., March 23, 1861. 
 
 Josiah Kilbourne sold his farm in 1773 to Elijah Francis, 
 moved across the street into a small hut, where he lived for 
 about a year, and then removed to what is now called the Slater 
 farm, about two miles northwest of the center of New Britain. 
 In April, 1783, when James was between twelve and thirteen 
 years old, he removed to what is known as the Brown tract, in 
 the dead swamp woods, on the east side of Farmington moun- 
 tain, where he was remote from neighbors and between two and 
 three miles from church or school. After meeting with many 
 misfortunes and with a prospect of losing all he had, Mr. Kil- 
 bourne, knowing that he could not care for his son, advised the 
 boy to see what he could do for himself and gave him permis- 
 sion to do so. The boy was now not quite sixteen years old, 
 had no winter clothes, no coat or shoes, was scarcely able to 
 read and not able to write anything more than his name. Start- 
 ing out for himself on Sept. 23, 1786, without finding employ- 
 ment, he walked thirty miles, but during that walk he resolved 
 that education, industry, and strict integrity were essential to his 
 success in life and these he must have. This resolve was never 
 forgotten. On the second day he succeeded in letting himself 
 to a farmer and soon after bound himself out for four years at 
 Tariffville, Conn., to learn the trade of clothier. The bargain 
 he made certainly showed remarkable shrewdness for a lad of 
 15. No compensation was offered him other than his board, 
 and for this he consented to serve seven months, on condition 
 that he could have five months in the summer time, when farm- 
 ers were busy, in which to earn for himself such wages as he 
 could. 
 
 It was his good fortune to find employment, five months in 
 the year for three years, at the farm of Elisha Griswold and 
 there find a true friend and companion with education, refine- 
 
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 ment, and religion, and with a self-sacrificing love and gen- 
 erosity that impelled him to labor night after night for the good 
 of the boy stranger that Providence had placed in his care. 
 This friend was Alexander Viets Griswold, then a son of a 
 wealthy farmer, working on his father's farm, but afterwards 
 the Bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Episcopal Church. 
 Mr. Griswold was privately educated by his scholarly mother 
 and his eminent uncle, the Rev. Roger Viets, and was well fitted 
 for educating the young apprentice whose studious and indus- 
 trious habits had made the future Bishop greatly interested in 
 his welfare. For three summers they studied invariably half of 
 each night. In later life Mr. Kilbourne says of Bishop Gris- 
 wold, "with him I learned the English, Latin and Greek gram- 
 mar, arithmetic and other branches of mathematics, and much 
 besides of useful knowledge. And nothing gives me greater 
 pleasure than occurrences which render it suitable for me to 
 declare this debt of gratitude which I owed to that great and 
 excellent man while living, nor less to his memory, now that 
 he has gone to the bosom of his God ; a debt I can never pay but 
 in the heart's warm devotion." It was through this Griswold 
 family that young Kilbourne obtained his first knowledge of 
 the Episcopal Church with which he united, and became 
 ardently attached to its doctrines and forms. Here young Kil- 
 bourne won the confidence and respect of all who knew him, 
 so that when his employer became financially embarrassed in 
 October, 1789, Kilbourne was not only released from his appren- 
 ticeship but full charge of the whole establishment was given 
 to him in order to wholly release his master from work and 
 care. The next month he was married, and thus when but a 
 month over 19 years of age he was well educated and settled 
 in family and business. He practiced strict economy and 
 applied himself to labor almost incessantly and with wonderful 
 endurance. In the busy season, he not infrequently saw the 
 sun rise and set twice without taking rest except while at his 
 meals. On Jan. 16, 1792, he bought, for his father, the home 
 in dead swamp from which he departed but little more than five 
 years before. When he had been from home only six years 
 he was the owner of three clothiers establishments, that of his 
 old master at Tariffville, another at Granby and another at 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 185 
 
 Avon, which he owned jointly with his brother WilHam. Dur- 
 ing the first seven months that he conducted the Tariffville woAs 
 he cleared about $800.00 and was thereby enabled to start the 
 works at Granby about 1790. In 1792 he erected the works at 
 Avon. He personally superintended all three of these mills. 
 While he felt no inconvenience from his protracted labors, his 
 lungs became seriously affected by constantly inhaling the 
 poisonous fumes from the dyes and his whole system was pros- 
 trated thereby. He removed from Simsbury to Farmington in 
 1793 and in the fall of that year he was somewhat improved, 
 but was seized with a disease of the back and hips by which he 
 was closely confined for eight months, and for eighteen months 
 after this confinement was only able to move about on crutches. 
 In 179s he disposed of his clothier works and devoted himself 
 to farming for a year, then rented his farm and started a store 
 in Granby, to which place he removed about 1797, and in a 
 short time became what in Granby was deemed wealthy. Here 
 he built a tavern near his store, and besides his store, the tavern, 
 and the Granby mill, he was the owner of five farms, including 
 the Slater farm in New Britain where he lived as a boy, and the 
 Brown farm on the Farmington mountain from which he de- 
 parted in 1786. He originated and successfully carried through 
 the turnpike road from Hartford to Albany via Granby, Blan- 
 ford and Pittsfield; formed and conducted two literary socie- 
 ties ; established a public library ; was assessor of town taxes ; 
 fiscal agent for the Episcopal Society; superintended the build- 
 ing of their church which was completed in 1800, and was fre- 
 quently invited to deliver addresses before literary associations. 
 Having provided himself and family a comfortable independ- 
 ence, he "concluded to take breath a little, but without much 
 relaxation." He still found time to prosecute his researches 
 after truth and knowledge, giving no small share of attention 
 to theology and ecclesiastical history. His old friend and tutor 
 had turned from a farmer to a preacher and had charge of the 
 Churches at East Plymouth, Northfield and Harwinton. On 
 several different occasions Mr. Kilbourne spent a few weeks at 
 a time at these places with the Rev. Mr. Griswold, pursuing 
 again his favorite studies. This was probably during Mr. Kil- 
 boume's bodily afflictions, 1794 and 5. He was often called 
 
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 upon to officiate as lay reader in various places and at the solici- 
 tation of his friends decided to take orders. He probably began 
 to officiate about the first of May, 1800, at Christ Church, 
 Worthington, where the Episcopalians of New Britain then 
 worshiped. On Dec. 7, 1801, he had been preaching there a 
 part of the time for one year and was recommended by that 
 Church to the Bishop for ordination. He was residing at 
 Granby in September, 1801, but resided in the town of Berlin 
 in 1802 and 1803. He had his marriage and the birth of his 
 children recorded in the Berlin records. He was ordained 
 deacon by Bishop Jarvis, Jan. 24, 1802, at Cheshire, Conn. His 
 only connection with the Convocations and Conventions of the 
 Church in Connecticut was attending the Convocation of the 
 clergy at Cheshire, April 12, 1802, the special Diocesan Con- 
 vention on the same day and place, and the fall Convention at 
 New Haven, Oct. 19, 1802. He officiated in several parishes 
 and was invited to settle in three or four, but what parishes they 
 were, other than that of Christ Church, Worthington, we do 
 not know, although we believe that he preached at Granby. He 
 declined these calls in order to give his time to the formation of 
 an emigration company to the Northwestern territory. With 
 this end in view he made two exploration trips to Western and 
 Northwestern New York, but under the advice of his father-in- 
 law, Mr. Fitch, he turned his attention, in 1800, to Ohio. Mr. 
 Fitch had resided in Kentucky, formed companies for the pur- 
 chase of lands in Kentucky and Ohio, and as a captive of the 
 Indians had travelled through a large part of the Northwestern 
 territory, so that he was familiar with Ohio. Tradition says 
 that his daughter Lucy, who married Mr. Kilbourne, was "the 
 first white girl, not a captive, to place her foot on Ohio soil." 
 Of the Ohio emigration Mr. Kilbourne says it took him about 
 one year to make his friends believe him in earnest, the next 
 year to convince them that he was not insane, the third to 
 explore the country and form the company, and the fourth year, 
 1803, to settle the country with just one hundred people. In 
 the spring of 1802 Mr. Kilbourne started on his first expedition 
 to Ohio. The little Church at Worthington, Conn., he left in 
 the care of the Rev. Mr. Warren of Middletown and the Rev. 
 Mr. Ives of Cheshire, with Samuel Griswold officiating as lay 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 187 
 
 reader. The latter was a brother of Bishop Griswold, of the 
 family with which Mr. Kilbourne lived when he was educated 
 by the future Bishop. On this trip to Ohio Mr. Kilbourne 
 traveled three hundred miles by stage. From the end of the 
 stage route he walked over the mountains to Pittsburgh, one 
 hundred and fifty miles, carrying a heavy pack. After walking 
 from Pittsburgh for over a hundred miles he found his old dis- 
 ease of the back and hips returning and was obliged to rest for 
 a few days and then proceed on horseback. He made a general 
 survey of the State, constructed the first map ever made of Ohio, 
 selected a desirable site and returned to Connecticut. If Ohio 
 had voted to be a slave state he would have given up the project, 
 but as soon as he learned that it was to be a free state he com- 
 pleted the organization of the Scioto Company and purchased 
 the 16,000 acres of land that he had selected, near the present 
 city of Columbus. The articles of agreement for this company 
 were signed at Granby, Conn., Dec. 14, 1802. The company 
 was composed mainly of residents of Simsbury and Granby 
 with a few from other towns in Connecticut and Massachuetts. 
 It was evidently a company of Episcopalians. Their first town 
 plot was to contain 160 acres divided into 160 lots, the four 
 central ones being reserved for a Parade. There was to be one 
 town lot and one farm lot of not less than one hundred acres 
 for the use and benefit of a public school, and a like town and 
 farm lot for the use and benefit of a Protestant Episcopal 
 Society, thereby practically arranging at Granby, Conn., in 
 1802, for the planting of an Episcopal Church in Ohio in 1803. 
 On April 7, 1803, Mr. Kilbourne started from Hartford for 
 Ohio on horseback, followed by a millwright, a blacksmith, nine 
 laborers and a family in two wagons. Necessary supplies were 
 purchased at Pittsburgh, which were forwarded via the Ohio 
 and Scioto rivers. Mr. Kilbourne arrived at Worthington in 
 advance of the others and cut down the first tree May 5, 1803. 
 ■ By the latter part of this month the wagoners had reached the 
 end of the road fifty miles away, where Mr. Kilbourne joined 
 them and, cutting a path through the woods, the party came 
 safely to camp in a few days. The very first cabin erected was 
 for use as a school and church. In mid-summer Mr. Kilbourne 
 returned to Connecticut to conduct his and ten other fami- 
 
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 lies to the new purchase, all of whom arrived at Worthington 
 by December, 1803. The family of Ezra Griswold, another 
 brother to the Bishop, was the first to arrive. The first Sunday 
 after the arrival of the third family Divine Service was held, and 
 immediately after the arrival of the eleventh family a school 
 was commenced. In May, 1804, Mr. Kilbourne laid out the 
 village into 162 town lots, one of which and a farm lot was 
 given to St. John's Church, which was formally organized, Feb. 
 6, 1804, and legally incorporated Jan. 27, 1807. Mr. Kilbourne 
 was of course, from the first, the minister, and he thus became 
 the first Episcopal minister to reside in Ohio, and for fourteen 
 years was the only Episcopal minister residing in that State. 
 The place where the company settled in Ohio was named Worth- 
 ington, in honor of Mr. Kilboume's old parish of the same name 
 in Connecticut. 
 
 In the spring of 1804, Mr. Kilbourne was made Captain of all 
 the Northwest frontier, on the Indian line, having about men 
 enough in the northwest third of the State for one Company 
 and these mostly from his own settlement. About this time he 
 opened an Indian trading house, whereby he succeeded in con- 
 ciliating the favor of the Indians and in a measure checked their 
 depredations. He set out to all the proprietors their land in the 
 company's purchase, closed up all its concerns and dissolved the 
 association. On July 3, 1804, he received the unasked and 
 unexpected appointment of District Surveyor from the Secre- 
 tary of the U. S. Treasurer, and executed the duties of that 
 office for nine years. He held his commission longer, complet- 
 ing the survey by deputy. On July 4, 1804, they celebrated the 
 Fourth of July by felling seventeen great trees, one for each 
 State, and listening to an address by their leader and minister, 
 James Kilbourne. He was also their civil magistrate, having 
 been appointed Justice of the Peace for three years. In the 
 spring of 1805 he explored the south shore of Lake Erie, then 
 Indian territory, and selected the present site of Sandusky City. 
 He also went to New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, pur- 
 chased some quarter townships and became a general land 
 agent. In 1806 he formed three new companies of settlers 
 besides inducing the settlement of one hundred members from 
 Granby and Granville, the Bixbe settlement from Lenox and 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 89 
 
 Other parts of some hundreds of families and a number of fami- 
 lies from Newburgh, N. Y. He was also elected president ex 
 officio of Ohio College at Athens, which office he resigned 
 in 1820. In 1807 he was elected president of the corporation of 
 St. John's Church, president of the Worthington Academy, and 
 was appointed Major of the first Battalion on the Indian fron- 
 tier. He also went eastward again and brought on additional 
 settlers. In 1809 he was elected by the Legislature as one of 
 three commissioners to establish the site of Miami Univer- 
 sity. In 181 1, with P. H. Olmstead, he published at Worthing- 
 ton "The Western Intelligencer," the first newspaper in the 
 county, and the predecessor of the "Ohio State Journal." In 
 1812 he was appointed by the President of the United States as 
 one of the commissioners to establish the boundary between the 
 great Virginia Northwestern Reservation and the Public Lands 
 of the United States, which duty he executed under cir- 
 cumstances of much peril, attended by thrilling encounters with 
 hostile Indians. In January, 1813, he took steps which resulted 
 in the establishment of a post office at Columbus, Ohio. He 
 was elected by the Democrats in the Fifth district of Ohio as 
 a member of the Thirteenth Congress of the U. S. ; took his 
 seat May 24, 1813, and served through the two regular and two 
 extra sessions. His services were of the most useful and prac- 
 tical kind. The interests of the Great West were the objects 
 of his special attention, with particular reference to the pioneer 
 settlers, the seamen on the lakes and the soldiers in the Indian 
 wars. He was the originator of the Homestead act, and after 
 introducing his first resolution on the subject was appointed 
 chairman of the select committee who prepared the bill pro- 
 viding for donation of lands to actual settlers in the North- 
 western Territory. He was reelected to and served in the 
 Fourteenth Congress, but declined to be a candidate for further 
 election. He introduced a resolution for laying an income tax 
 on those who had an income over a certain amount and for 
 increasing the tax on capital invested in banking. At one time 
 he delivered an oration on Lafayette before a joint meeting of 
 the Senate and House at Washington. Upon Mr. Kilboume's 
 return from the second session of the Thirteenth Congress he 
 had been unanimously reelected Colonel of the Frontier Rifle- 
 
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 men, which office he accepted although he had before refused it. 
 Mr. Kilbourne was a Master Mason in the Lodge at Simsbury, 
 Conn., before he went to Ohio, and in Ohio he was the first 
 Worthy Master of the first Masonic Lodge, first High Priest 
 of the Royal Arch Chapter, and one of the three first officers 
 of the Encampment of Knights in Central Ohio. 
 
 Early in September, 1816, Mr. Kilbourne visited the Rev. Dr. 
 Doddridge at the latter's residence in Wellsburg, Va., and there 
 arranged for a Convention of Episcopalians of the Northwest 
 for the purpose of organizing a Diocese preliminary to the elec- 
 tion of a Bishop. The Convention met at Worthington, Ohio, 
 Oct. 21 and 22, in 1816, and issued circulars designed to interest 
 others in the establishment of a Diocese. Another Convention 
 was held at Windsor, Ohio, April 2, 1817, and petitioned the 
 General Convention of the Church in America, (which met at 
 New York in May, 1817,) to establish a Diocese to include the 
 western country, according to the plan of Messrs. Kilbourne 
 and Doddridge. The General Convention recommended organ- 
 ization according to States, and in conformity thereto another 
 preliminary Convention was held at Columbus, Jan. 5, 1818, 
 which arranged for holding the formal Convention at Worth- 
 ington, Ohio. Early in the spring of 1817, the Rev. Philander 
 Chase of Hartford, Conn., removed to Ohio and was soon set- 
 tled over the Church at Worthington, with Mr. Kilbourne as 
 assistant. At the Worthington Convention, June 3 to 5, 1818, 
 Mr. Chase, by the votes of three clergymen and lay delegates 
 from ten parishes, was elected the first Bishop of Ohio and the 
 first Bishop west of the Alleghany mountains. Mr. Kilbourne 
 and Roger Searle, another former Rector of Christ Church. 
 Worthington, Conn., were two of the three clergymen who 
 voted for Mr. Chase. Bishop Chase remained at Worthington 
 in charge of St. John's Church with Mr. Kilbourne as his 
 assistant. About this time Mrs. Cynthia Kilbourne was elected 
 president of the Female Tract Society of Worthington. In the 
 Journal of the Ohio Convention for 1820, Mr. Kilbourne is 
 reported as residing at Worthington, instead of officiating there 
 as before. In 1821 he addressed a letter to the Bishop in which 
 "he declared his intention no longer to be a minister of the 
 Church of Christ." Thus after more than twenty years of 
 
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 faithful service, his offices as clergyman were ended by his 
 voluntary act. He had never been advanced to the priesthood, 
 probably because he did not desire to devote his life work to 
 the ministry. Bishop Perry calls him the "secular clergyman," 
 and for some reason unknown to the writer, Bishop Chase, in his 
 Reminiscences, makes no mention of Mr. Kilbourne, with whom 
 he had been intimately associated in matters of religion and 
 education for several years. 
 
 During the war with England 1812 to 1815, Mr. Kilbourne, 
 on account of his knowledge of the clothier business and of his 
 successful business experience, was urged by the President of 
 the United States, Cabinet Officers, members of Congress and 
 others, to engage in the manufacture of woolen goods to aid in 
 clothing the army and navy. Under the expectation of a pro- 
 tective tariff he invested largely in the enterprise and prosecuted 
 the business extensively. Peace came in 1815, but still there 
 was no protection on woolens. He continued the business until 
 1820, when he lost all that he had, and all hope for a protec- 
 tive tariff. Finding himself at fifty years of age again totally 
 without means except some physical strength and a mind not 
 greatly discomposed, he says, "I took up the compass again and 
 went into the woods." For more than twenty years he was 
 much of the time busily engaged as a surveyor, and no doubt he 
 has surveyed more townships, highways, turnpikes, railroads 
 and boundary lines, than any three other men in Ohio. 
 
 On the 25th of August, 1817, Colonel Kilbourne delivered an 
 address at Worthington, Ohio, to James Monroe, the President 
 of the United States. In 1819 a new charter was given to the 
 Worthington Academy under the name of Worthington Col- 
 lege. Mr. Kilbourne was one of the trustees and was elected 
 the first president of the new corporation, as he had been of the 
 old. He held this office as long as he lived and was thus presi- 
 dent of these institutions for forty-three years. In 1820 he was 
 chosen Presidential Elector and cast his vote for James Mon- 
 roe. In 1823-4 he was a member of the General Assembly of 
 Ohio, served on fourteen committees and as a member of the 
 committee on revision of the laws, he personally formed the 
 glossary of the new Revised Code, defining all the Latin, Greek 
 and obsolete English words, and the technical phrases used in 
 
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 the code. He was also appointed by the Governor to select the 
 lands given by Congress for the Ohio canals. He acted with 
 the Democratic party up to 1824, when he supported Henry 
 Clay and afterwards became an ardent Whig. In 1825 he was 
 appointed County Assessor by the Court of Common Pleas, 
 which office he filled for many years. Through his efforts the 
 "Reformed Medical College of Ohio" was located at Worthing- 
 ton in 1829, under the name of the "Medical Department" of 
 Worthington College. After the incorporation of Worthington 
 in 1835, Mr. Kilbourne was elected its first mayor. In 1838-9 
 he was again a member of the General Assembly and distin- 
 guished himself by his constant devotion to matters of State 
 policy. He voted for the abolition of capital punishment and 
 imprisonment for debt. Among the acts favoring the exten- 
 sion of knowledge and science was the charter for the "Worth- 
 ington Literati," which society was founded by Mr. Kilbourne 
 and of which he was elected the first president under its charter. 
 He also secured the incorporation of the Worthington Female 
 Seminary, the Blendon Young Men's Seminary and The Liter- 
 ary and Botanic College. On arriving at the age of 70 in 
 1840, he declined nearly all public offices, but he kept on making 
 speeches and delivered more than one hundred public addresses 
 on state and national policy during the seven years preceding 
 his death. Of the many corporations and associations of which 
 he was a member, he was the first president of all but two, and 
 later was president of both of these. He was called to preside 
 at more than half of all the public conventions and meetings he 
 ever attended. He presided over the great State Convention, 
 July 4, 1839, for laying the cornerstone of the Capitol of Ohio 
 and over the immense Whig Convention at Columbus, Feb. 22, 
 1840. He was somewhat of a poet and several of his poems 
 have been published. In his notes on religious subjects, we 
 find the following put down as words not in the Bible, "Adams 
 Fall, Man's Fall, Fall of Adam, Fall in Adam, Fall with Adam, 
 Fall through Adam, Fallen Man, Fallen Race, Fallen Nature:" 
 He says, "the word fall or fallen is not once used in the whole 
 Bible in reference to Adam's sin, or any effect thereby on his 
 posterity." 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 93 
 
 Under Maxims, he wrote "Let the first mild morning rays of 
 the sun shine on your head, and you will not want a hat to 
 defend it from its scorching beams of noon." 
 
 "Earn your breakfast before you eat it, and the Sheriff shall 
 not deprive you of your supper." 
 
 Living up to such maxims as these, he acquired for himself 
 and family a comfortable independence, bringing up nine of 
 his thirteen children to business, science, virtue and honor. 
 The bare- footed and coatless boy from the dead swamp woods 
 of the Farmington mountain was known in Ohio as a gentleman 
 of the old school, distinguished by the urbanity of his manners 
 and his colonial costume. He had a clean shaven face, long 
 hair tie.d in a cue, wore a blue coat with brass buttons, buff vest, 
 large watch chain with seals, and carried a cane almost as tall 
 as himself. At home every man was his neighbor, and he was 
 never so engrossed in his own affairs that he could not lend an 
 ear to the troubles of others, and do all in his power to bring 
 relief. The most lengthy notices of him are found in the His- 
 tory of the Kilboume Family, 1856, and in the "Old North 
 West Genealogical Quarterly," 1903. Other notices appear in 
 Howe's "History of Ohio," Martin's "History of FrankHn 
 County, Ohio," Taylor's "Ohio in Congress," Bishop Perry's 
 "History of the American Episcopal Church," the "Calendar" 
 of Hartford, Conn., 1854, Lanman's "Biographical Annals," 
 "The Biographical Congressional Directory," "Connecticut as 
 a Colony and State," Hollister's "History of Conn.," Andrews' 
 "History of the First Church of New Britain," Appleton's 
 "American Cyclopaedia," "Cyclopaedia of American Biog- 
 raphy," the "Encyclopedia Americana," and Lamb's "Bio- 
 graphical Dictionary of the United States." This New Britain 
 boy became "a man of versatile ability," an "eminent pioneer," 
 with unceasing labor and remarkable endurance, "a man of 
 wonderful energy and perseverance, and an earnest friend of 
 education, good order and religion." Andrews truly says that 
 he was "in several respects the most distinguished man New 
 Britain ever raised." 
 
194 THE CHURCH 
 
 THE REV. SAMUEL GRISWOLD 
 
 Samuel, a child of the first Church in Hartford County, (St. 
 Andrew's, Simsbury,) born Jan. i, 1780, in that part of Sims- 
 bury which is now Tariffville, to Elisha and Eunice (Viets) 
 Griswold, died at Volney, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1862, aged 82 years, 
 8 months and 3 days; married (i), Oct. 16, 1803, at Cheshire, 
 Conn., Thetis Gilchrist, born at Woodbury, Conn., Aug. 14, 
 1780; died Nov. i, 1814, at Great Harrington, Mass. He 
 married (2), Oct. 27, 1817, at Great Barrington, Mass., Maria 
 Riley, born Jan. 20, 1792, at Sharon, Conn., died at Volney, 
 N. Y., Aug. 31, 1845. Elisha Griswold was from the Windsor 
 branch of a numerous family, the descendants of Matthew 
 Griswold. Eunice, his wife, was the daughter of John and Lois 
 Viets, and granddaughter of Alexander Viets, who was a phy- 
 sician from Germany and whose name has been perpetuated 
 in the person of Bishop Griswold of the Eastern Diocese, an 
 elder brother of Samuel. The mother of Samuel was a sister 
 of the celebrated missionary of the S. P. G., the Rev. Roger 
 Viets. The Bishop was educated by his uncle Roger and by his 
 mother, and no doubt Samuel was largely indebted to this 
 mother for his early education. He was admitted to Yale Col- 
 lege in 1797, and remained until some time in his senior year, 
 but left before it was time for him to graduate in 1801. His 
 first sermon was preached at Granby, Conn., May 2, 1802, at 
 which time he was a candidate for holy orders. By the kind- 
 ness of a granddaughter, Mrs. Clara Beach Chapman, of Mil- 
 waukee, Wis., this primary sermon is now in the archives of 
 the Diocese of Connecticut. He was lay reader, and officiated 
 at Christ Church, Worthington, Conn., for the Rev. James Kil- 
 bourne during his trip to Ohio in the summer of 1802. His 
 engagement here required part of his time only ; the rest of his 
 time he probably devoted mainly to Granby, but he preached in 
 several other towns during that summer. On Oct. 5, 1803, the 
 Convocation at Derby, Conn., Voted "That Mr. Samuel Gris- 
 wold be recommended to the Bishop for holy orders." He was 
 ordained deacon at St. Peter's Church, Cheshire, Conn., Nov. 
 27, 1803, by the Right Rev. Bishop Jarvis. He probably sue- 
 

 REV. SAMUEL GRISWOLD. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. I95 
 
 ceeded the Rev. James Kilbourne at Christ Church, Worthing- 
 ton, in the spring of 1803, and endorsements on his sermons 
 show that he preached at Berlin, (Worthington,) Feb. 19, and 
 March 18, 1804, whereby we suppose that he was in charge of 
 that Church until the spring of 1804. He preached at Great 
 Barrington, Mass., June 10, 1804, and probably took charge of 
 the Churches at Great Barrington and Lenox, Mass., about that 
 time. He was present at the Convocation in Litchfield, Conn., 
 June 6, 1804, and at Middletown, June 5, 1805. He was 
 ordained priest at Christ Church, Middletown, Conn., June 6, 
 1805, by the Right Rev. Bishop Jarvis. This was the second 
 day of the Diocesan Convention at Middletown, and Mr. Gris- 
 wold's name appears in the Journal as a member of the Con- 
 vention, from which we infer that he was not permanently 
 settled at Great Barrington before that date. He probably had 
 resided at Great Barrington since some time in 1804, as his 
 family Bible records the birth of his first child as at Great 
 Barrington, Jan. 17, 1805. That he was both honored and 
 remembered in Connecticut by his parishioners is indicated by 
 the fact that Samuel and Fanny Bull of Wethersfield are 
 recorded in the Register of Christ Church, Middletown, as hav- 
 ing a son "Samuel Griswold" baptized July 4, 1805. This 
 son died within a year and the Wethersfield town repords show 
 the birth of a second son on whom the parents bestowed the 
 same name; then a third, and finally Oct. 13, 1810, the fourth 
 son was born to them, and then for the fourth time these parents 
 named a son for Samuel Griswold. 
 
 Field's "History of Berkshire County," 1829, p. 231, says of 
 the Church at Great Barrington, "About 1805, the Rev. Samuel 
 Griswold from Simsbury, Conn, became their pastor and sus- 
 tained that relation until 1821. He is now residing in Mexico, 
 in the state of New York," but no other record is found of 
 his residence at Mexico. 
 
 The Journal of the Massachusetts Convention for 1811 
 reports one hundred and twenty-eight persons confirmed at 
 St. James' Church, Great Barrington, and twenty-four per- 
 sons for 1812. In 1813, Mr. Griswold is reported as Rector 
 of the Churches at Great Barrington and Lenox, and is again so 
 reported in 1816. 
 
196 THE CHURCH 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Stone's "Memoir of Bishop Griswold," p. 171, 
 refers to the Bishop's first visit to Berkshire County as follows : 
 "In that of Great Barrington especially, where the Bishop's 
 brother was Rector, and where the present writer was a parish-, 
 ioner, the 4th of July 181 1 was rendered memorable to Epis- 
 copalians ... by the fact that 128 of their number knelt 
 around the chancel rails of the quiet little village Church, before 
 the first Bishop that had ever spoken within its walls, and 
 received from him" the rite of confirmation. 
 
 In Phelps' "History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton," 1845, 
 p. Ill, mention is made of the Episcopal church erected at Sal- 
 mon Brook, (Granby,) 1792, but not finished until 1800. The 
 Rev. Ambrose Todd, Asa Cornwall, Samuel Griswold, Nathan- 
 iel Huse, and others are named as those who have officiated 
 there. It also says that they generally united with St. Andrew's 
 Church. The records of St. Andrew's show that the Rev. 
 Samuel Griswold was paid $100 for services there in 1815. He 
 was still the Rector at Great Barrington, although he officiated 
 elsewhere part of the time. There was some friction at Great 
 Barrington which finally caused him to sever his connection 
 with that Church. Bishop Brownell's address to the Diocesan 
 Convention of Connecticut, in June, 1820, says that the 
 associated parishes of Simsbury and Granby "have presented a 
 call to the Rev. Samuel Griswold of Great Barrington." In the 
 Journal of the same Convention, the Rev. missionary Humphrey 
 reports that the Church at Barkhamsted has engaged the ser- 
 vices of the Rev. Mr. Griswold of the Eastern Diocese one- 
 fourth of the time. The Barkhamsted Church was generally 
 taken care of by the minister of St. Andrew's Parish. 
 
 Mr. Griswold was succeeded at Great Barrington in the fall 
 of 1 82 1, by the Rev. Solomon Blakesley of East Haddam, 
 Conn. On Nov. 19, 1821, St. Andrew's Parish, Simsbury, voted 
 to hire the Rev. Samuel Griswold. In 1822 he was still offi- 
 ciating at Simsbury and Granby, but the Bishop had not been 
 officially notified of the fact when he made his address to the 
 Convention of 1822. He does not appear to have ever been 
 transferred or dismissed from the Eastern to any other Diocese. 
 Swords' "Almanac" for the years 1822 and 1823 give his resi- 
 dence as at Simsbury, Conn., but he removed, for the second 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 97 
 
 time, to Great Barrington, Mass., before Feb. i8, 1823, when his 
 fourth child was born at that place. He was succeeded at Sims- 
 bury and Granby by the Rev. R. Warner, March 29, 1823, "but 
 in consequence of a tempwrary connection between the Rev. Mr. 
 Griswold of the Eastern Diocese and the parish of Granby," 
 Mr. Warner did not assume full charge at Granby until Dec. i, 
 1823. On Oct. 29, 1823, the Church at Barkhamsted agreed 
 to pay Rev. Samuel Griswold "for his services for the term of 
 six months coming." In the papers belonging to the Bark- 
 hamsted parish is a receipt from Mr. Griswold, dated Sept. 
 21, (year not given,) for his services in the parishes of Bark- 
 hamsted, Hartland, & Colebrook. He was officiating in these 
 parishes in the year 1824 and in some of them later. He 
 preached once or more at Hartland as early as 1821, and at 
 Colebrook as late as April 13, 1827. In the Journal of Con- 
 vention for 1825, he is placed in the list of clergy as residhig 
 at Barkhamsted ; in 1826 and in 1827, as officiating at Bark- 
 hamsted; also as "entitled to a seat or residing in the Diocese 
 but not present." In 1828 and 1829, his name is not in the 
 list of clergy belonging to the Diocese but is in the list of clergy 
 "entitled to a seat, or residing in the Diocese but not present." 
 The Journal for 1829 is the last one that mentions his name, 
 and it is the last publication found that has his name in any 
 clergy list. Swords' "Almanac" for the years 1824 and 1825 
 changes his residence from Simsbury, Conn., to Great Barring- 
 ton, Mass., and changes it to Barkhamsted in 1826, 1827 and 
 1828. On Aug. I, 1826, the Church at Barkhamsted hired 
 him for the season. Although he was generally called as of 
 Barkhamsted, 1825 to 1829, (and that was probably his post 
 office address,) he lived in the northeast corner of the town of 
 Winchester, near the Barkhamsted line, not far from River- 
 ton. One of his kinsmen has reported that he lived at Riverton, 
 but in fact he lived in the town of Winchester. This is shown 
 by the records in his family Bible and has been supplemented 
 by land and other records furnished us by Mr. B. W. Pettibone 
 of Winchester. He bought forty acres of land in Winchester, 
 April 9, 1824, and not long after built a house there. He sold 
 the same number of acres to Aaron Richards of New Hartford, 
 Dec. 21, 1827. In both of these deeds he is described as "of 
 
198 THE CHURCH 
 
 Winchester." His fifth child was born at Winchester, Conn., 
 April 4, 1825, and his son Samuel died at Winchester, March 6, 
 1827, and was buried at Hemlock Cemetery in Colebrook, near 
 Robertsville. He removed from Winchester to Oswego 
 County, N. Y., about 1828, and finally settled at Volney, where 
 he resided until his death. He is described in the Winchester 
 land records as residing at Volney, N. Y., Feb'. 13, 1834. He 
 built a brick store with dwelling house attached at Volney and 
 engaged in the business of a country merchant. He also had 
 a farm near there with a tenant on it, but he used to do many 
 hard days work on the farm and was proud of his success in 
 raising crops and fruit. He was also for many years United 
 States Loan Commissioner for that district. He was a very 
 obliging man, selling many goods on credit, loaned considerable 
 money and was considered wealthy. In his old age people 
 imposed upon him and took advantage of his kindly dispositiorb 
 so that when his estate was settled it was found to contain many 
 worthless notes and accounts. He was postmaster at Volney 
 for many years. There was another general store there, 
 directly opposite Mr. Griswold's and kept by Mr. Horace N. 
 Gaylord, who was an ardent Democrat, while Mr. Griswold was 
 an ardent Whig and a follower of Henry Clay. When the 
 Whigs were in, Mr. Griswold had the post-office, and when 
 the Democrats won, the post-office went to Mr. Gaylord. An 
 old neighbor of Mr. Griswold writes that "His word was law 
 at all times, and the day he died he insisted on making up the 
 mail," although he was so feeble he could hardly write. 
 
 After removing to New York he engaged in secular employ- 
 ments only, but he was never deposed or displaced from the 
 ministry, and he never relinquished his interest in the Church. 
 In the parish register of Zion Church, Fulton, N. Y., the first 
 list of communicants, 1828, contains the name of Mrs. Samuel 
 Griswold, and under the heading "Added in 1839," is the name 
 of Samuel Griswold. We are told that Mrs. Griswold "was 
 a most lovable woman and had a great and soothing influence 
 over her husband." Mr. A. G. Comstock of Detroit, Mich., a 
 grandson of Mr. Griswold, writes me as follows : — "My Grand- 
 father was always, as I remember, quite reticent regarding his 
 career as a clergyman. He was always a religious observer and 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 1 99 
 
 a zealous and ardent Churchman. The nearest Episcopal church 
 was at Fulton, N. Y., 3J^ miles, where he always rented a pew 
 and when his health was good and the weather fine, attended 
 church frequently on Sundays and Holy days, taking me and the 
 rest of the family with him. I also remember of his officiating as 
 clergyman on certain occasions." He ranked "very high as 
 a preacher of great power." "I remember that while I was a 
 mere lad, (born 1840,) he was called upon to officiate in the 
 Episcopal Church at Fulton, during a vacancy in the rectorship 
 there, and I remember distinctly hearing him preach from that 
 pulpit several times." Years ago there was a man living at 
 Volney who had never seen an Episcopal minister in his vest- 
 ments. Mr. Griswold persuaded him to go to Fulton and wit- 
 ness a confirmation service by Bishop DeLancey. That man 
 has since been one of the wardens of Zion Church for a long 
 time. We have this story from the Rector, Rev. A. H. Grant. 
 That warden is now over eighty years old and tells Mr. Grant 
 that Mr. Griswold was "a man of fine personal appearance, of 
 rather florid face with venerable gray or white hair. He had 
 the reputation of a man of ability, and used occasionally to con- 
 duct the service here in Zion Church, when there was no resi- 
 dent minister. There was always a good congregation on hand 
 when the report went out that Mr. Griswold was to officiate. 
 . . . He read the service very distinctly and impressively, 
 to the decided edification of the congregation." Mr. Griswold's 
 venerable appearance, his office as post-master, and his chris- 
 tian name Samuel, or some other reason, caused him to be com- 
 monly known by the name of "Uncle Sam." 
 
 Another warden of Zion Church was also well acquainted 
 with Mr. Griswold and has in his possession a sermon by Mr. 
 Griswold, marked on the outside "Great Harrington, June 24, 
 1807." One remarkable feature, says the Rev. Mr. Grant, "is 
 its clear and vigorous handwriting. The sermon is on the sub- 
 ject of Masonry, and was evidently preached before the 
 Masonic Lodge of the town, in celebration of St. John Baptist's 
 Day. It is very strong and sensible and vigorous and interest- 
 ing." A few of his sermons are now in the possession of a 
 granddaughter, Miss Elsie L. Beach, of Winsted, Conn., and a 
 few others are in the possession of her sister, Mrs. Clara B. 
 
2 00 THE CHURCH 
 
 Chapman of Milwaukee, Wis. The endorsements on these few 
 sermons have been of great assistance in fixing the time of Mr. 
 Griswold's services in the various places hereinbefore named. 
 We are informed that Mr. Griswold was the first to introduce 
 vaccination at Great Barrington and it created great commotion 
 there, "some of the superstitious people in that community even 
 threatening to hang him for it." 
 
 Mr. Griswold's descendants now living are all from his 
 daughters. He had two sons, but one of them died at 12 years 
 of age and the other died in 1849, leaving a wife and only one 
 child, a daughter. This was a great blow to Mr. Griswold, 
 and he writes to his daughter Jane, from Volney, Oct. 22, 1849, 
 saying: "This death terminates the name of Griswold, in that 
 branch of the family that proceeds from me, that is, with my 
 last breath soon to be drawn the name ceases and is forever 
 extinct, as no male bearing my name will be left of my progeny. 
 Thus my name is soon to be as though it were not. Those that 
 inherit my blood are hereafter to mix by another name with 
 unborn generations that are to come and go as time shall roll 
 on to eternity's end." Thirteen years later, his funeral was 
 attended in the Presbyterian Church at Bristol Hill, a few 
 miles from Volney, and he was laid to rest by the side of his 
 second wife, in the Volney Center Cemetery. 
 
 We have been unable to find the files of the Fulton "Patriot," 
 for the year 1862, (then the only local paper,) but his grand- 
 daughter, Miss Beach, has furnished us a copy of an obituary 
 notice "from some unknown publication from which we quote 
 the following: 
 
 "His sermons, a large number of which have been preserved, 
 bear testimony alike of his fidelity as a pastor and his great 
 learning and ability as a scholar. They breathe the most sin- 
 cere devotion to the cause of Christianity, are replete with 
 sound and convincing logic, vigorous but not redundant rhetoric, 
 and rise at times to the highest standards of fervid eloquence. 
 While discharging his pastoral duties he devoted a part of his 
 time to the business of teaching. He taught the classics to a 
 large number of young men, preparatory to their collegiate 
 course, who afterward filled most honorable and responsible 
 positions in life. He was in full possession of his sacerdotal 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 20I 
 
 orders at the time of his death. He read and translated the 
 Latin, Greek and Hebrew languages with great ease and fluency. 
 Mr. Griswold removed to this country about the year 1828, and 
 has continued to reside here since. On coming here he 
 embarked in the mercantile business. Although leaving the pul- 
 pit, he continued to be a most zealous Churchman, always aiding 
 and sustaining by purse, precept, and example the denomination 
 of his choice. By great prudence, economy and industry, he 
 acquired a large fortune. His business habits were peculiar. 
 He made a memorandum in writing of almost all his business 
 transactions, however small. Hence his papers are very volu- 
 minous. There was method and system in all he did. Within 
 the compass of his vigilance and circumspection, nothing 
 was wasted. He was a man of the strictest integrity. He 
 demanded the same of others. He sometimes seemed to fail a 
 little in charity for the shortcomings of those who were not 
 possessed of the same strength of character that he had 
 acquired. He was very indulgent to his debtors, particularly 
 those who were honest and industrious, or those who could not 
 be prompt by reason of misfortune. He was warm, generous 
 and faithful as a friend, almost implacable as an enemy, stead- 
 fast in his attachments, inexorable in his dislikes, a keen dis- 
 cerner of human character. He abhorred snobbery in every 
 form. He had an utter contempt for shams of every phase. 
 Such men will have enemies. He had them. Mr. Griswold was 
 a great reader, especially of standard and gifted authors. He 
 possessed fine conversational powers, and conversed with great 
 freedom with those who shared his confidence. For others 
 he had but few words. He seldom sought others for sympathy. 
 No matter how great his afflictions or adversities, he never 
 obtruded his grief upon the attention of others. With a stern 
 and unbending will he locked his troubles within the recesses 
 of his own heart. Mr. Griswold has ceased a long, honorable 
 and useful life, leaving a record of numerous virtues, deserving 
 our remembrance and emulation. His errors it becomes us to 
 avoid and forget." 
 
202 THE CHURCH 
 
 THE REV. ROGER SEARLE, A.M. 
 
 The first person to inform the General Convention of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church in America of the state of the 
 Church in Ohio, was the Rev. Roger Searle. He represented 
 the Diocese before there was a Diocese to represent. He was 
 then making the Diocese. His nine years of energetic labor in 
 Ohio have placed him on record as one of the most noted 
 pioneer missionaries of the West, a devoted and "zealous 
 worker for the Glory of God, and the extension of His 
 Kingdom." 
 
 A plain marble slab marks his grave in Chestnut Grove Ceme- 
 tery, Ashtabula, Ohio, upon which is inscribed: 
 
 "Rev. / Roger Searle / first Rector of St. Peter's / Church 
 Ashtabula — a / man distinguished for virtue / piety, and labor 
 in the Gospel— / Died / Sept. 6, 1826, / Aged 52." 
 
 His seventh child, Mrs. Peter B. Johnson of Paola, Kans., 
 now, (1906,) 89 years of age, says he was born at Willington, 
 Conn. The record of his marriage at Middletown, Conn., in 
 1800, describes him as of Coventry, Conn. The "Christian 
 Journal" for January, 1827, says that he "was a native of 
 Stafford, Tolland County, Conn., born of respectable and pious 
 parents, July 25, 1774." Another account says that he was born 
 July 8, 1775, but July 25, 1774, is thought to be correct. The 
 name of Searle does not appear in the town records of Willing- 
 ton or Stafford and we cannot find the name of Roger Searle in 
 the records of Coventry, Conn. But Lorenzo Dow's Journal 
 shows that Mr. Searle was living at Coventry about 1791 ; went 
 with young Dow to hear the Methodist preacher Hope Hull; 
 "found the pardoning love of God" and was one of the thirteen 
 original members, Nov. 12, 1792, of the first Methodist Society 
 in those parts. He was a second cousin of the eccentric 
 preacher Lorenzo Dow, and Dow says that Searle and his sister 
 "were the only young persons" he then had "to associate with 
 on religious subjects." 
 
 Mr. Searle entered the ministry at the age of nineteen and for 
 more than ten years was a reputable preacher in the Wesleyan 
 connection. 
 
REV. ROGER SEARLE, A.M. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 203 
 
 The minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, Vol. i, show that he was admitted into full 
 connection as a preacher in 1796, and under their rules he should 
 have been admitted on trial two years before. This agrees with 
 the statement that he began to preach at the age of nineteen. 
 In 1790, there were only four Methodist clergymen in New 
 England. [Holister's History of Connecticut, Vol. 2, p. 555.] 
 He was appointed to the Saratoga Circuit in 1796. Was in the 
 list of "Deacons" in 1797, and then appointed to the "Bath" 
 Circuit. He was assigned to the Kennebeck Circuit in 1798, 
 the Dutches Circuit 1799, the Middletown Circuit 1800, and 
 the Cambridge Circuit 1801 and 1802. As showing how exten- 
 sive a field these circuits covered, it may be remarked that the 
 Middletown Circuit of Connecticut in 1800 practically covered 
 the whole of the present Middlesex and New Haven Counties, 
 and a few places in Hartford County. The lines were not 
 clearly defined and perhaps overlapped each other. James 
 Coleman was assigned to the Middletown Circuit with Mr. 
 Searle, but they probably served alternately in the various 
 places, both going over the same field. In 1803 and 1804, Mr. 
 Searle is put down as a "Supernumerary," followed by his 
 withdrawal some time before the Conference in the spring of 
 1805. For this Methodist record we are indebted to Messrs. 
 Sylvester Smith and Eugene C. Hill, of New Haven, Conn. 
 Mr. Searle's name is not found in any list of graduates respec- 
 tively of seventeen of the Colleges that were organized in the 
 United States before 1800. He was married by the Rev. Enoch 
 Huntington, (Congregationalist,) at Middletown, Conn., Aug. 
 7, 1800, to Sarah, daughter of Adino and Lois (Strong) Pome- 
 roy of Middletown, Conn., born April 21, 1772, died at Ogdens- 
 burg, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1849. It is probable that he was preparing 
 himself for holy orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church dur- 
 ing his two years as "Supernumerary" in the Methodist Church. 
 He applied for Episcopal ordination from a conviction of the 
 insufficiency and irregularity of the Methodist ordination, was 
 ordered a deacon by the Rt. Rev. Abraham Jarvis, D.D., at 
 Middletown, Conn., June 6, 1805, and ordained a priest by the 
 same Bishop at New Haven, June 8, 1806. The "Churchman's 
 Magazine" of New Haven, Vol. ill, page 240, refers to this 
 
204 THE CHURCH 
 
 ordination as taking place at Trinity Church, and describes Mr. 
 Searle as Rector of Christ Church, Berlin, (parish of Worthing- 
 ton,) and what is now the Church of the Epiphany, Durham. 
 These two Churches were probably his first Episcopal cure, 
 and both of them were in the field of his labors in the Methodist 
 Church, a few years before. Being Rector of these Churches 
 at the time of his ordination to the priesthood, he had probably 
 been officiating there while a deacon. The record of the ves- 
 try meetings of Christ Church do not disclose who their 
 preachers were after 1803, and the notice before referred to in 
 the "Churchman's Magazine" is the only positive proof that 
 Mr. Searle was the Rector at Worthington, although a later 
 number of the "Churchman's Magazine" says he was Rector 
 for two or three years at Durham. His second son was born 
 at Durham, Conn., Nov. 25, 1805, from which we may infer 
 that he was settled over these Churches before that date and 
 that his residence was at Durham. Perhaps he changed his 
 residence to New Britain or Worthington, about 1806, for we 
 find that he was initiated into Harmony Lodge of Masons, Ber- 
 lin, June 16, 1806, "date of passing," Oct. 27, 1806, and "date 
 of raising," Jan. 27, 1707, with a memorandum that he was 
 Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of the State in 181 5. The records 
 of the Convocation of the clergy of Connecticut show that he 
 was present at Middletown, June 4, 1805, and was then recom- 
 mended to the Bishop for deacon's orders, to which he was 
 admitted two days later. He was present at the Convocations 
 twice in 1806, once in 1809, once in 1810, twice in 1812, three 
 times in 1813, twice in 1814, twice in 1816 and for the last time 
 June 3, 1817. He was present at the Conventions of the 
 Diocese of Connecticut, October 1806, June 1808, June and 
 October 1810, June 181 1, June 1812, June, August and Novem- 
 ber 1813, June and October 1814, June 1815, June and Octo- 
 ber 1816, and for the last time at Guilford, Conn., June 4, 1817. 
 We may assume that he resided in or near New Britain at the 
 date of being raised to the Degree of Master Mason, Jan. 27, 
 1807, and that he removed to Harwinton, Conn., between that 
 date and Feb. 11, 1808, at which time he was admitted to 
 Aurora Lodge of that place. His residence at Harwinton is 
 also shown by the birth of a son at that place, March 5, 1808. 
 
IN WETHEESFIELD AND BERLIN. 205 
 
 In the Journal of the General Convention, May, 1808, he is 
 reported in the list of Connecticut clergfy, as Rector of St. 
 Mark's Church, Harwinton, and the Church at Northfield. 
 D. C. Kilboume, Esq., of Litchfield, Conn., gives his record 
 from a manuscript history of Aurora Lodge, as follows: — 
 Admitted as before stated. "Was Senior Warden, 1809-10, 
 and Worshipful Master 1811-12. Chaplain of Grand Lodge 
 1815-16. Was a Protestant Episcopal minister at East Plym- 
 outh. His last attendance at Lodge, Jan. 9, 1815. Was a 
 zealous Mason as well as Churchman. Lectured for the 
 Masons on several occasions. In 1817 he was sent by the 
 P. E. Church as a missionary or organizer of parishes to 'New 
 Connecticut,' Northern Ohio. Served his Church faithfully 
 in that capacity. Died in Ohio in 1826." He was installed 
 High Priest of Darius Chapter, Litchfield, Conn., Dec. 27, 1815. 
 In the Journal of Convention, June, 1808, the committee on the 
 bounds of the several cures reported the parishes of Harwinton 
 and East Plymouth as under the care of Mr. Searle. 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Convention, June i, 1810, says 
 "St. Peter's Church in Plymouth, having become vacant by the 
 removal of the Rev. Mr. Prindle . . . the Rev. Mr. Searle 
 has resigned St. Mark's Church in Harwinton and taken the 
 cure of St. Peter's Church, and St. Matthew's, in Plymouth." 
 In a historical sermon, 1868, by the Rev. X. A. Welton, now 
 residing at Redlands, Cal., it is stated that "in 1809, the two 
 Plymouth parishes entered into a written contract, (which is 
 on record,) with the Rev. Roger Searle, who agreed to give 
 two-thirds of his time to St. Peter's, which contracted to pay 
 that proportion of his salary of $450, and to furnish him yearly 
 thirty cords of good fire wood if he would reside in the parish." 
 He purchased one acre of land near the church at Plymouth 
 center, Feb. 19, 1810, and had a house thereon in which he lived 
 Jan. 13, 1814, when he gave a mortgage to raise $1,000. At 
 the meeting of St. Peter's Parish, April 23, 1810, he was pres- 
 ent as "Rector Elect." He was present as Rector, June 2, 
 1817, and at every vestry meeting save one, between 1810 and 
 1817. 
 
 A note book, formerly belonging to Roger Searle, is now in 
 the possession of Mr. Wm. H. Searles of Elyria, Ohio, by 
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206 THE CHURCH 
 
 whose courtesy we have many items of interest. It begins 
 Sept. 24, 1815, by charging St. Matthew's Parish $9.00 for his 
 Sunday services. It refers largely to farm affairs both in Con- 
 necticut and Ohio. The only Connecticut parishes named in 
 the book outside of Plymouth is a record of services at St. 
 Mark's (Harwinton,) Dec. 8, 1816, and at Warehouse Point, 
 July 6, 1817. 
 
 This note book contains the following entry: — "Nov. 10, 
 1816. This closes my seventh year's services in Plymouth, and 
 I am at least seven hundred dollars poorer than when I came to 
 this town." 
 
 Mr. Searle also left a diary of his clerical work in a separate 
 book, which shows that he preached many times in Plymouth 
 before November, 1809, from which we suppose that the seven 
 years service relates to his permanent engagement there. This 
 diary is now in the archives of the Diocese of Connecticut. 
 The first twenty-six pages are missing. The first places 
 recorded in the remaining pages are Harwinton, Dec. 25, and 
 Northfield, Dec. 27, 1807. He then preached at Harwinton 
 from two to four successive Sundays, (in one case for seven,) 
 until March 5, 1809, when he preached his first sermon at St. 
 Peter's, Plymouth. His first sermon at St. Matthew's, East 
 Plymouth, was May 29, 1808. Although he relinquished his 
 charge at Durham about 1807 and removed to Harwinton, he 
 appears to have retained his care of Christ Church, Worthing- 
 ton, (which he designates as Berlin,) and preached there four 
 times during the year 1808 and again Jan. i, 1809. His last 
 services at Berlin were Oct. 8, 1815, and Feb. 28, 1816. 
 Between March S, 1809 and May 7, 1809, he generally alter- 
 nated between St. Mark's, Harwinton, and St. Matthew's, East 
 Plymouth, and then St. Peter's, St. Matthew's, and St. Mark's, 
 each received about one-third of his time until his closing ser- 
 vice at Harwinton, May 27, 1810. From this time on he gen- 
 erally devoted about one-third of his time to St. Matthew's and 
 two-thirds to St. Peter's. On May 24, 1810, he preached a fun- 
 eral sermon in the Baptist meeting-house at Bristol. Other 
 places, where he preached, not elsewhere mentioned in this 
 paper, are Burlington, Litchfield, Middletown, Watertown, 
 Windsor, Wolcott and Woodbury. This diary records the text 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 207 
 
 of all the sermons mentioned, the funerals attended after Sept. 
 13, 1809, and the names of those he baptized and married, after 
 June 13, 1813. 
 
 The Convocation of the clergy of Connecticut assembled at 
 Plymouth on the first Tuesday of June, iSio. On the day 
 following they met again and marched in procession to the 
 church. "Morning Prayer was read by the Rev'd. Samuel F. 
 Jarvis and a sermon was delivered by the Rev'd. Chauncy 
 Prindle, and the Rev'd. Roger Searle was duly, and canonically 
 instituted into the Rectorship of St. Matthew's and St. Peter's 
 Churches in Plymouth, by the Rev'd. Philo Shelton." In 
 October, iSio, he had the honor of reading Morning Prayers 
 for the Diocesan Convention at Cheshire. At the June Con- 
 vention 181 1 he was appointed one of the committee to take into 
 consideration the dissolution of the Rev. Smith Miles' connec- 
 tion with the Society of Chatham. He was admitted an elector 
 at Plymouth, iSii. That his two parishes in Plymouth were 
 prosperous, is shown by the Bishop's address to the Convention 
 in 1812, stating that "The holy rite of Confirmation was admin- 
 istered to 122 in St. Peter's Church in the town of Plymouth," 
 out of a total of 464 for the entire State. This is by far the 
 largest confirmation class reported in the Journal of Con- 
 vention, prior to 1820. He records in his diary the confirma- 
 tion of 141 persons by Bishop Hobart at St. Peter's, Oct. 25, 
 1816. His first report of his parishes to the Convention appears 
 in the Journal for 1812, after which they are reported every 
 year to 181 7. He was at Philadelphia Nov. 19, 181 5, and 
 witnessed the consecration of Bishop Croes. On his return 
 he stopped at New York and preached in St. John's Church 
 Sunday morning, Nov. 26, and in the evening at St. Paul's. 
 He read the lessons at New Haven, Feb. 22, 1816, for the 
 institution of the Rev. Harry Croswell to the rectorship of 
 Trinity Church. He read Morning Prayer at the Conven- 
 tion for the second time at New Haven, in June, 1816, at which 
 Convention he was elected as one of the deputies "to the next 
 General Convention," to be held at New York, in May, 1817. 
 
 On December 27, 1813, the anniversary of St. John the 
 Evangelist, Mr. Searle delivered an address before Harmony 
 Lodge, at Berlin, Conn., which was published at Hartford, 
 
208 THE CHURCH 
 
 1814, by a vote of the Lodge. Referring to the burial office, 
 Mr. Searle says : — "These last offices the brethren of this Lodge 
 have performed for several of their members, since the speaker 
 had the honor of receiving among them the three first degrees 
 of the order. . . . No unhallowed hands inflicted the 
 strokes which brought those Brothers and Companions to the 
 dust ; therefore no confusion hath taken the precedence of 
 order among the workmen. It was a visiting messenger sent 
 from the high court of all human destinies, to execute its man- 
 dates ; it was Death. But Charity whispers a hope, that, like 
 the 'Widow's Son' those Companions have fallen maintaining 
 their integrity. It was the pleasure of the Grand Master of the 
 universe, that they should be called off. And it ill accords with 
 the fidelity of the workman to murmur at the plans and pro- 
 ceedings of the wise Master Builder. However arduous the 
 task assigned may seem, in dutiful submission, and faithful 
 performance, consist their greatest security and highest felic- 
 ity. They are not to expect, in this terrestrial Lodge, those 
 high attainments in the mysteries, and plans of operation, pecu- 
 liar to the Great Architect, 'what I do thou knowest not now 
 but thou shalt know hereafter.' . . . Then may we not 
 indulge the fond hope, that the recording angel hath enrolled 
 their names in the archives above ; not as transient visitants, 
 but, as perpetual members of the Celestial Lodge which is far 
 away." This address is the only publication from Mr. Searle's 
 pen that we have found. 
 
 The name of "Rev. Sir Roger Searle appears in the Charter 
 of Mt. Vernon Encampment, No. i, Worthington, Ohio (now 
 Mt. Vernon Commandery, No. i.) June 5, 1818; he received 
 then the Red-Cross and the Orders of the Temple and Malta. 
 
 In 1817, Mr. Searle was well established at Plymouth and had 
 become well known and esteemed throughout the State. He 
 had his marriage and the birth of six children recorded on the 
 town records at Plymouth. From this record, which gives the 
 places where his children were born, we get something of an 
 idea of the migratory life that he had lived. His seventh child, 
 Nancy Sarah Maria, (now Mrs. Johnston,) was born at Plym- 
 outh, Conn., Feb. 7, 1817, the very day that he first entered 
 the State of Ohio on his missionary work. The great tide of 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 209 
 
 emigration to the Western Reserve, started by Moses Cleveland 
 in 1796, reached Plymouth about 1813. [Atwater's History 
 of Plymouth.] Many of his flock were moving to Ohio, In 
 his two parishes, according to his reports to the Convention, 
 there was a loss of twenty-eight families out of one hundred 
 and thirty-nine, between 1815 and 1817. His people were poor 
 and his salary small at best, and insufficient for his proper sup- 
 port. In the great West, he could easily obtain land and cattle, 
 and his grass and his cattle would grow while he was preaching, 
 as well as while he was sleeping. His former service of ten 
 years as a Methodist circuit rider perhaps led him to dream of 
 the privations and self-sacrifice of a pioneer missionary and 
 made him once more long for '"the unfathomable feeling of 
 pleasure in new and exciting work." 
 
 The missionary spirit had been for some time working in 
 Connecticut. The matter was first considered in Convention in 
 1792. After the annual Convention of 1816 the Bible and 
 Prayer Book Society was formed, and according to Swords' 
 "Almanac" Mr. Searle was one of its directors 1816 and 1817. 
 "His labors here were much blessed and he gained the esteem 
 and affection of a large circle of friends." His well known 
 qualifications for a pioneer missionary caused some of the 
 Bishops, many of his clerical brethren and "many gentlemen 
 of distinction in Ohio" to urge him to go West and gather and 
 organize into parishes the dispersed members of the Church. 
 As early as 1816 he had contemplated a radical change. 
 
 The story "of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Medina, Ohio," 
 by the Rev. Francis E. McManus, says, "An exceeding flutter 
 of excitement was experienced in the little village of Plymouth, 
 Connecticut, when it was noised around the place that the Rec- 
 tor of St. Peter's Church would resign and become a missionary 
 in the 'Reserve' • . . . The Rev. Roger Searle had been 
 Rector of St. Peter's seven years, and becoming restless' under 
 the monotony of the work, asked for a 'leave of absence from 
 January thirtieth to May thirty-first, to visit the New West and 
 perhaps live there.' " "On the first day of February, 1817, he 
 left his family and parish in Connecticut, and proceeded on his 
 way to Ohio, with letters of credence and recommendation from 
 the Standing Committee of this Diocese, Bishops, and many 
 
2 10 THE CHURCH 
 
 respectable clergymen and laymen in other Dioceses. After a 
 cold and tedious journey, in which he suffered much, he reached 
 the borders of Ohio on the morning of Feb. 17, 1817. As he 
 approached the dividing line between Pennsylvania and Ohio, 
 he desired Mr. Talbot, who was his companion from Springfield, 
 Penn., to Ashtabula, Ohio, to stop his sleigh on the line. The 
 request being complied with, Mr. Searle kneeled down in the 
 snow, and in the hearing of Talbot only, put up a fervent prayer 
 to Almighty God for the blessing of His aid upon the contem- 
 plated researches and labors in the wide field which he was now 
 entering, the greater part of which had been untrodden by the 
 feet of any Clergyman of the Church. The prayer ended, Mr. 
 Searle resumed his seat by the side of Talbot and drove on to 
 Ashtabula, where they arrived at one o'clock, Feb. 19, 1817. 
 Here with great joy he was welcomed by several families who 
 had been his parishioners in Connecticut, and who had been, 
 since 1813, in the practice of assembling on Sundays for public 
 worship conducted by a lay reader." [The Jarvis Centenary, 
 pps. 45, 46.] In like manner, Mr. Searle proceeded from place 
 to place and in the short space of about two months organized 
 seven new Churches as follows : 
 
 St. Peter's, Ashtabula. St. Paul's, Medina. 
 
 Trinity, Cleveland. St. Luke's, Ravenna. 
 
 St. John's, Liverpool. St. James', Boardman, 
 St. Mark's, Columbia. 
 
 The party who came to Ohio with Mr. Searle rested at Ash- 
 tabula for a week and then proceeded to the residence of Zenas 
 Hamilton, a former resident of Danbury, Conn., who had 
 erected a log cabin in the wild tangle of woodland, into which 
 he moved his family October, 1814. More than two .years 
 passed before Mr. Hamilton saw a soul aside from his own 
 family. The ever active Mr. Searle promised to meet them 
 there in a few weeks. While he was organizing the Churches 
 at Cleveland, Liverpool, and Columbia, his companions from 
 Connecticut had selected their home sites and established the 
 Colony at Medina, where they were joined by others and anx- 
 iously awaited the arrival of Roger Searle. On Monday night, 
 March 10, a solitary wanderer of robust build, rather corpulent 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 211 
 
 and six feet in height, reached a turn in the road where the 
 cabin of Zenas Hamilton was visible. Pushing his broad-brim- 
 med hat back on his head, and throwing his cloak ends back 
 over his shoulders, he called aloud. Here the settlers had 
 gathered to talk over their prospects and rehearse events of the 
 past. The wanderer knocked at the cabin door, and the startled 
 party soon saw their old friend, Roger Searle, who greeted them 
 cordially by saying, "I'm true to my word." A log fire burned 
 cheerily on a hearth built of stones turned up by the plow, Mrs. 
 
 Rev. Roger Searle, M. A. 
 
 Hamilton had in preparation a steak of bear meat and a bowl 
 of rye porridge for supper. After the usual questioning con- 
 cerning the latest news, Roger Searle had them in earnest con- 
 versation on the question of establishing the Church in their 
 midst. For be assured, he said, "that where religion is not 
 foremost, there is no permanent home." The first religious ser- 
 vice of any name in Medina was held by appointment in Zenas 
 Hamilton's cabin the day following Mr. Searle's arrival, and 
 immediately after the service, a Church was formally organized. 
 "The good words from those pioneers," wrote Roger Searle 
 
212 THE CHURCH 
 
 later, "encouraged me not a little." "I was free here to travel 
 unbeaten paths, and in a land where there were great needs of 
 Missionary effort." 
 
 "One Lord's day, after service in the house of Miles Ferris, 
 it was decided to build a church. So on the tenth day of April 
 1817, the whole community 'rose early and cleared ground 
 enough to build a log house.' Trees were felled, the logs 
 hewed, and by four o'clock in the afternoon the house had been 
 built and divine services conducted." It was built in the usual 
 fashion of log houses and roofed with bark and clods. "The 
 seats were rough poles supported between the logs and stakes 
 driven into the ground. There were no aisles, and those who 
 wished front seats stepped over the poles to their places. A 
 small table served as the lectern and pulpit, and a three legged 
 rustic chair completed the chancel furniture." [Story of St. 
 Paul's E. C. Medina, and Howe's History of Ohio, Vol. 11, p. 
 459.] In many places Mr. Searle found "Churchmen and com- 
 municants, waiting for the clergyman's presence to organize 
 into parishes, and gladly receiving at his hands the sacraments 
 so long denied them in this newly settled land." 
 
 A meeting, called a convention, of such parishes as have been 
 organized "by the Divine blessing on the pious zeal and active 
 exertions of the Rev. Roger Searle, Rector of St. Peter's 
 Church, Plymouth, Conn.," was held at the house of Solomon 
 Griswold, Windsor, Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 2, 1817. 
 Prayers were read by the Rev. Philander Chase and a sermon 
 was preached by the Rev. Roger Searle. Here was arranged 
 the plan for the Preliminary Convention to meet at Columbus, 
 Jan. 5, 1818, for the formation of a Diocese and to arrange for 
 the election of a Bishop. The meeting at Windsor unanimously 
 passed the following resolution : — 
 
 That "It is our ardent desire to be known and respected in 
 the General Convention of the P. E. C. to meet in the month of 
 May next, in the city of New York, and that the Rev. Roger 
 Searle, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Plymouth, State of Con- 
 necticut, who under God has been so usefully instrumental in 
 our formation, be and is hereby appointed and authorized to 
 represent us, and to solicit from that right reverend and honor- 
 able body, the fostering care and assistance which we greatly 
 need." 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 2 13 
 
 Mr. Searle was also requested by this meeting to give the 
 Convention "a statistical account of the parishes lately formed 
 on the Reserve." 
 
 It was also resolved "That the Rev. Philander Chase, now 
 present, most respectfully present to the Rev. Roger Searle, 
 the thanks of this convention, for his pious and active exertions 
 in establishing and promoting the welfare of our Primitive 
 Church in this Western Country, and that he assure him of our 
 affectionate regard and our ardent prayers for his temporal 
 and eternal welfare." 
 
 The Journal of this first Preliminary Convention is in the 
 handwriting of the Rev. Roger Searle, who was President of 
 the Convention. [Bishop Perry's History of the Church.] 
 
 The General Convention of the Church in America was held 
 at New York, May 20 to 27, inclusive, 1817, and Rev. Roger 
 Searle was present as Deputy from Connecticut. One of the 
 reasons he had given for his trip to Ohio was that he might 
 study the needs of this missionary field "and report the same 
 to the governing body of the Church." [The Church Cyclo- 
 paedia under Ohio.] He reported a list of nineteen different 
 parishes in Ohio, and he might have added that there was not 
 at that time a single clergyman in full orders residing there, 
 although Rev. James Kilbourne, Deacon, of Worthington had 
 resided there for fourteen years, and two others, Mr. Chase 
 and Mr. Searle, were about to establish their residence there. 
 A motion was made for a Diocese to include for the present 
 the Western Country. The House of Bishops recommended 
 the organization of conventions according to States, and 
 added "this Convention have received with much satisfac- 
 tion, information of the measures which have been already 
 adopted in the State of Ohio, for the organization of the 
 Church in that State." The House of Bishops also recom- 
 mended the authorities of the Church in "each State respec- 
 tively to adopt measures for sending Missionaries to our 
 destitute brethren in Western States." 
 
 But in his zeal for Ohio Mr. Searle did not forget the instruc- 
 tions of the Convention in Connecticut, to solicit a resolution 
 "recognizing some specific edition of the Old and New Testa- 
 ment, to be considered as the authentic version or standard." 
 
214 THE CHURCH 
 
 The Connecticut delegation placed the matter in Mr. Searle's 
 hands and he presented such a resolution May 27, which was 
 referred to the House of Bishops, who carried it over to the 
 General Convention of 1820, and then reported that by reason 
 of the patent "privileges enjoyed in England for the printing 
 of the Bible, and the heavy fines which may be inflicted on the 
 patentees for a falsifying of the text, the English editions may, 
 in general be depended on." [Other facts concerning this 
 matter are given in the history of "The Church in Connecti- 
 cut."] At that Convention the canon was adopted which pro- 
 vides for the appointment of a person or persons in each 
 Diocese to compare all Bibles with the approved edition. Mr. 
 Searle was honored by being placed on the committee "to 
 enquire into the expediency of an additional number of hymns." 
 During the year 1817, he also had the honorary degree of A.M. 
 conferred on him by Middlebury College, of Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 At the adjournment of the Convention, Mr. Searle returned 
 to his home in Plymouth and arranged for his removal to Ohio. 
 Mr. Frank Farnsworth Starr of Middletown, Conn., has 
 kindly given us access to a file of Mr. Searle's letters. In a 
 letter dated Plymouth, Aug. 4, 1817, to his wife's nephew, Mr. 
 Nathan Starr of Middletown, Conn., Mr. Searle says, "Having 
 had much conversation with the good people of my parish on the 
 subject, a special meeting was warned, and held last Wednesday, 
 in which was read my communication resigning my rela- 
 tionship of this parish, and asking their acceptance of the same 
 to take effect on the i6th. day of Sept. next." 
 
 "Thus a dissolution of my pastoral connection is effected in 
 the most friendly and amicable manner. And by the most 
 rapid disposition of all my concerns, consistently with system 
 and safety if it please God, I intend to be on the road with my 
 loved family for Chillicothe, at the fartherest by the first of 
 October." He officiated at St. Peter's, Plymouth, Conn., for 
 the last time Aug. 31, and at St. Matthew's, Sept. 7, 1817. He 
 started for Ohio with his family about the 20th of Sept. with 
 letters of dismission, credence and recommendation, from the 
 Standing Committee of this Diocese, and located at Medina, 
 as the center of the extensive field in which he determined to 
 labor. At the second Preliminary Convention at Columbus, 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 215 
 
 Jan. 5, 1818, "The two missionary priests, Messrs. Searle and 
 Chase,, the only clergymen in full orders resident in the State, 
 were present, and representatives from eight parishes." The 
 formal Convention met at Worthington, Ohio, June 3 to 5, 
 1818, and by the votes of three clergymen, the Rev. Messrs. 
 Roger Searle, Samuel Johnson priests, and James Kilbourne, 
 deacon, together with the suffrages of ten parishes, the Rev. 
 Philander Chase was elected Bishop. 
 
 In another letter to his nephew Starr, of Middletown, Conn., 
 dated Canfield, Ohio, May 27, 1818, Mr. Searle writes: "My 
 family are growing very happy in this country. . . . My 
 services are vastly extensive and laborious, my salary is cal- 
 culated at 1000 per annum, but hardly a dollar in circulation, 
 nor has there been since we reached this country." His note 
 book records receiving at one place 3 gallons of whiskey, and a 
 hand twist of tobacco towards his salary. In addition to his 
 clerical labors he was something of a farmer and cattle raiser, 
 as is shown by his note book and by the record at Medina under 
 date of July 10, 1820, of the ear mark for his cattle. The dif- 
 ficulty of travel in the early days is shown by minute directions 
 which he wrote Oct. 16, 1818, for his son "for finding the best 
 road from Medina to Canfield." He calls particular attention 
 to one blind place in the forest where there is no house from 
 four to six miles from the Franklin Mills, and adds "It was 
 here I was lost in March and in December 1817." 
 
 Bishop Chase says that Mr. Searle "was fixed in the northern 
 part of the diocese, embracing a circumference of more than 
 a hundred miles." At one time he had Ashtabula, Boardman, 
 Canfield, Cleveland, Columbia, Jefferson, Liverpool, Ravenna, 
 Rome and Medina, to minister to. According to Swords' 
 "Almanac" he was also Rector of Trinity Church, Brooklyn, 
 1821 to 1826, with the addition in 1825 of Christ Church, Wind- 
 sor. The Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society within and 
 for the Diocese of Ohio is reported in Swords' "Almanac" for 
 1822, with Roger Searle Vice President and Chairman of the 
 Board of Managers, which office Mr. Searle held until his death. 
 With such multitudinous duties it is not strange that there should 
 have been some little dissatisfaction and complaint of inatten- 
 tion. There was also at one time some slight friction between 
 
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 him and Bishop Chase. In his "Reminiscences," Bishop 
 Chase says that Messrs. Searle and Hall alone refused to put 
 their names to the paper of commendation drawn up to be 
 signed by the clergy of Ohio, preparatory to the Bishop's 
 departure for England to raise funds for the building of Ken- 
 yon College. Just at this time the Bishop was called upon to 
 settle some difficulties between Mr. Searle and the people of 
 Medina, which the Bishop readily composed, after which Mr. 
 Searle thought it his duty to sign the paper and Mr. Hall fol- 
 lowed his example. The Rev. John Hall was brought into the 
 Church through Mr. Searle. Later the Bishop and Mr. Searle 
 were excellent friends and he was taken into the Bishop's confi- 
 dence regarding the organization of Kenyon College. The 
 Methodists and Congregationalists had followed the Episcopa- 
 lians to Medina and when it was reported that "a split was 
 among the Episcopals," a wag of the day said "The devil has 
 come to Medina, gotten the Episcopals by the ears, forced the 
 Methodists to special prayer meetin', while the Congregation- 
 alists look on and sing: — 
 
 'Sweet is the work, my God and King !' " 
 
 The Church however still prospered and when Mr. Searle 
 resigned the charge of St. Paul's Parish in 1824, the people of 
 Medina requested him to keep an oversight of the Church there, 
 which he did for nearly a year. He removed from Medina to 
 Ashtabula, where he remained till his death. In the Bishop's 
 address to the Convention in June, 1826, he says, "The Rev. Mr. 
 Searle has been for the greater part of the year absent from the 
 diocese, I am told for the recovery of his health." In the fall of 
 1825, we find him writing letters to his nephew Starr, from 
 Albany, Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y. The letter from 
 Rochester, dated Sept. 7, shows that he was on his way to Mid- 
 dletown. Conn., the former home of his wife, to bring his 
 family "for a visit to our native part of the states," where he 
 says he will visit Middletown "before visiting my aged mother 
 and sisters." He was a great letter writer. In 1800 he wrote 
 to Lorenzo Dow, who was then at Dublin, Ireland. The 
 Church at Ashtabula have a large number of his letters, a num- 
 ber of his letters are in the Bishop Hobart papers and besides 
 the letters to Middletown from which we have quoted, other 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 217 
 
 letters of his are with the Secretary of the Commission of the 
 Diocese of Connecticut for the preservation of ancient docu- 
 ments. 
 
 There was one thing Mr. Searle did not know how to do. 
 He could not rest. The little relaxation he received from a 
 journey through New York and Connecticut came too late. 
 He was worn out, the inevitable came, and his labor in estab- 
 lishing "a witness of the Gospel" was at an end. Brief notices 
 of his death appear in the "Connecticut Observer," the "Gos- 
 pel Advocate" for December, in the "Church Register" for 
 September, and the Ashtabula "Journal" and "Churchman's 
 Magazine," (Middletown, Conn.) for November, 1826, the 
 latter being reprinted in the "Christian Journal" for Novem- 
 ber, while a further notice of him in that paper appeared in 
 January, 1827. After seven days of painful sickness he died 
 at Ashtabula in the house of his friend, the Rev. John Hall, 
 herein before referred to, and was buried with Masonic honors. 
 A large number of clerical brethren were present at his funeral. 
 Few clergymen of the Church below the order of Bishop were 
 more extensively known and respected, not only in the Diocese 
 of Ohio, but by the clergy and laity in various States. 
 
 His widow was left to struggle with her legal thirds in the 
 log cabin and land where they had lived. One of his daughters 
 in a letter to Mr. Starr, July 9, 1830, says : "Since my father's 
 death our family has been very much broken up. It would be 
 impossible for you without experience to know all the trials and 
 fatigues which he endured and after all, yes dear cousin, even 
 his life a sacrifice." 
 
 "If people where my father labored and toiled had paid 
 him his just and reasonable dues, the widow and fatherless 
 would have been comfortable." 
 
 The widow is buried at Ogdensburg, N. Y., where a memorial 
 stone marks her grave. About twenty years ago, when a new 
 church was built at Medina, a memorial window to Mr. Searle 
 was placed in it by contributions from the people. The year- 
 book of Trinity Cathedral Parish, Cleveland, Ohio, 1899-1900, 
 pays a tribute to Mr. Searle their founder, who made that 
 parish the object of his watchful care, visiting it almost every 
 year for nine years. He is again mentioned in the year-book 
 
2l8 THE CHURCH 
 
 for 1901-1902. The Rev. Francis E. McManus in a recent 
 letter says, "God blessed his labors and those Ohio Churches 
 which he established are monuments to his indefatigable 
 labors." The "Churchman's Magazine" says, "For several 
 years his labors were arduous and his privations great. He 
 was amiable and affectionate in his disposition. The remem- 
 brance of his good qualities will be long cherished in the domes- 
 tic circle. He closed a life of much vicissitude at the place 
 where he first preached after he crossed the Alleghany, and 
 among the friends who first embraced him on his mission to 
 the west." 
 
 Bishop Chase says, "God's blessing, evident upon the minis- 
 tration of the pious and zealous pastor of his flock in Ashta- 
 bula, leaves no room for human commendation. If such were 
 multiplied, the Church would flourish even in the woods." 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 219 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES 
 
 OF ALL PERSONS WHOSE NAMES APPEAR OF RECORD, 
 
 AND A FEW WHO ARE OTHERWISE SHOWN TO 
 
 HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH 
 
 As our only record of Christ Church is that of the parish 
 meetings, it is evident that these notices do not include all 
 members of the parish. This is shown by the fact that one of 
 the seven founders of the Church does not appear of record, 
 neither is there any mention of the names of two persons who 
 are known to have been officers of the Church. Two of the 
 several persons that withdrew from the Congregational Society 
 of Kensington in favor of Christ Church do not appear of 
 record. The only mention we have of some members is their 
 withdrawal, or the abatement of their taxes, and thus if a per- 
 son was faithful to the end, paid his taxes promptly, and was 
 not appointed to any office or on any committee, we would not 
 have his name. The subscription for the building of the church 
 is a part of the record, and probably some of those whose names 
 appear on this subscription belonged to some other denom- 
 ination. In all cases, the connection of each person with the 
 Church is stated at the beginning of each notice, so that the 
 readers can draw their own conclusions as to whether or not 
 any particular person is identified as an Episcopalian. 
 
 Andrews, Arthur. Elected one of the choristers March 25, 
 1799. 
 
 Son of Elizur and Anna (Clark,) Andrews, b. Sept. 15, 1778, 
 at Richmond, Mass. ; d. at Bridgeport Centre, Mich., Aug. 
 19, 1847; ni- ]^^- 20, 1805, Mary Ingraham of Wethersfield. 
 Was a carpenter and joiner by trade. Like his father, had con- 
 siderable musical talent and was at one time leader of the sing- 
 ing at the Congregational Church at Newington. He was a 
 magistrate, a deacon, and an ardent temperance man. Lived 
 first at Newington, then in Hartford and Springfield for a time, 
 and finally removed to Michigan. 
 
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 Andrews, Elisha. His rate bill abated May 30, 1803. 
 
 Son of Joseph, Jr., and Asenath (Whaples,) Andrews, b. 
 Oct. II, 1773, at Newington; d. March 4, 1810, at Berlin; m. 
 Mary Wolcott of Newington. His widow m. March 9, 1812, 
 Warner Dunham. 
 
 Andrews, Elizur. Subscribed $20.00 for building the church. 
 Elected chorister March 25, 1799, April 15, 1803 and May 22, 
 1840. Clerk pro tern. Dec. 16, lygg. Committee to settle build- 
 ing account Jan. 8, 1800. Rate bill of 1804 abated April 15, 
 1805. Acknowledged service of call for the meeting of July 
 ID, 1826. 
 
 Son of Benajah and Anne (Clark,) Andrews, b. Dec. 13, 
 1747, at Newington; d. Dec. 4, 1829; m. November, 1769, his 
 cousin Anna Clark, b. Jan. 26, 1755, at Woodbury, Conn., d. 
 Feb. 16, 1836. She was admitted to the Congregational 
 Church, Newington, 1804. He was a carpenter and joiner. 
 Committee to consider school petition in 1782 and to procure 
 materials for building the Congregational meeting-house at 
 Newington, April 27, 1795. Sold his homestead in 1802 to 
 Uzziel Lattimer. 
 
 Atkins, Hezekiah. Subscribed $5.00 for building the church. 
 
 Son of Benjamin and Hannah (Watts,) Atkins, b. May 16, 
 1765 ; m. 1783, Judith, daughter of Elisha Lewis, b. Aug. 22, 
 1765. Lived in New Britain near the Luther Mills at Clayton, 
 and sold land there to Joseph Churchill, April 4, 1799. 
 
 Barnes, Blakesley. Withdrew Oct. 18, 1809, to join the 
 "Presbyterians" in Worthington. 
 
 Son of Moses and Phebe (Blakesley,) Barnes of Walling- 
 ford, b. 1781 ; d. Aug. i, 1823, gravestone in North cemetery, 
 Berlin; m. Aug. 11, 1807, Almira, daughter of Samuel and 
 Mindwell (Griswold,) Porter, b. March 2, 1786, d. 1835. 
 From a poor boy without a penny he became a man of 
 wealth. Had a tin shop and a store in Berlin. Was a mem- 
 ber of Harmony Lodge of Masons. Estate probated at Middle- 
 town, 1825, when $34,701.66 was distributed to his heirs. 
 
 Barnes, William. His rate abated April 2, 1804; m. Mar- 
 garey Bartlett. Had a child, "Dolly Bartlett," bapt. by Rev. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 22 1 
 
 Mr. Warren of Middletown, Jan. 17, 1801, probably at Christ 
 Church, Worthington. He lived at Newington and signed an 
 agreement June 2, 1800, to pay his share per scholar for a 
 summer school at the center there that year. 
 
 Beckley, David. Moderator of meeting April 14, 1800. 
 Collector for Worthington June 11, 1800. Business Committee 
 April 6, 1801, and signed Mr. James Kilbourne's recommenda- 
 tion to the Bishop, Dec. 7, 1801 as Societies' committee. His 
 expenses of $5.34 for going to Hartford to induce the Legisla- 
 ture to give permission to hold a lottery for the benefit of the 
 Church was voted paid April 19, 1802. 
 
 He was son of David and Hephzibah (Wilcox,) Beckley, b. 
 March 31, 1765; d. Oct. 16, 1822, buried at Beckley Quarter; 
 m. March 31, 1785, Eunice, daughter of Moses and Martha 
 (Robbins,) Williams, of Rocky Hill. The baptism of his 
 daughters Julia Oct. 6, 1787 and Honour Jan. 20, 1791, is 
 recorded at Christ Church, Middletown. He and his wife were 
 sponsors there at the baptism of six children of Solomon and 
 Martha Bulkley, Oct. 16, 1787, and for another child of same 
 parents, Jan. 20, 1791. 
 
 Beckley, Loton. Acknowledged service of call for the meet- 
 ing of July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Selah and Caroline (Beckley,) Beckley, b. 
 Nov. 3, 1793; d. Huntington, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1847; m- Oct. 
 16, 1820, Lucy Kirby, daughter of Seth and Huldah (Rich- 
 ardson,) Beckley, b. Wethersfield, Aug. 28, 1800, d. Ohio, 1875 
 or 6. 
 
 Beckley, Luther. He issued the warrant in the capacity of 
 a Justice of the Peace, and authorized Samuel S. Goodrich to 
 warn all members of the society to attend a meeting July 10, 
 1826. Opened and organized the meeting and administered 
 the oath of office to the clerk. 
 
 He was son of David and Hephzibah (Wilcox,) Beckley, b. 
 Oct. II, 1778; d. Jan. 11, 1841 ; m. Sarah, daughter of Solo- 
 mon and Olive (Hart,) Flagg, b. Aug. 10, 1785; d. Feb. 21, 
 1861, age 75. Both buried in Beckley Quarter. 
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22 2 THE CHURCH 
 
 Beckley, Moses W. Acknowledged service of the call for 
 the meeting of July lo, 1826. 
 
 He was son of David and Eunice (Williams,) Beckley, b. 
 Oct. 7, 1791, at Rocky Hill; d. Sept. 27, 1868, at Southington, 
 Conn. ; m. April 4, 1816, Mary, daughter of Robert and Sarah 
 (Hart,) Cornwall, b. July 12, 1798; d. Sept. 7, 1885. He was 
 a member of Harmony Lodge of Masons, kept a tavern in 
 New Britain, corner Middletown turnpike and Shuttle Meadow 
 road. Gave $10.00 towards building the Methodist church. 
 
 Beckley, Orrin. Warned by Goodrich to attend the meeting 
 of July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Elias and Rachel (Savage,) Beckley, b. 1784; 
 d. March g, 1846; his estate was probated Dec. 15, 1846; m. 
 Oct. 20, 1805, Julia, daughter of David and Eunice (Williams,) 
 Beckley, bapt. at Middletown, Oct. 16, 1787, d. Oct. 16, 1808. 
 He m. (2), Harriet, daughter Shubael and Sarah (Hart,) Pat- 
 terson, b. Oct. 3, 1788, d. Sept. II, 1847. 
 
 Beckley, Selah. One of the seven founders. Subscribed 
 $40.00 for building the church. Elected clerk, Nov. 13, 1797, 
 June 25, 1798, March 25, 1799 and April 14, 1800. Clerk 
 pro tern. Dec. 2, 1801. Appointed Nov. 26, 1798, Committee 
 to hire Rev. Seth Hart. Oct. 21, 1799, Committee to settle 
 with subscribers to the building fund, and Jan. 8, 1800 to settle 
 the building accounts. Committee on land for a glebe and 
 cemetery April 19, 1802, Committee to apply to the Assembly 
 for a lottery April 8, 1808 and is then called "Captain." 
 Elected one of the choristers March 25, 1799, April 15, 1803 
 and May 22, 1804. Elected delegate to the Diocesan Conven- 
 tion April 6, 1801, April 19, 1802, May 30, 1803 and April 3, 
 1809, but 1802 is the only time that he is reported as present in 
 the Journal of Convention. Was moderator of the meeting 
 Dec. 29, 1801 and April 3, 1809. Elected tax collector for 
 Worthington, April 15, 1803. On Dec. 7, 1801 he signed Mr. 
 James Kilbourne's recommendation to the Bishop. 
 
 He was son of Elias and Lois (Parsons,) Beckley, b. March 
 31, 1767; m. Nov. 10, 1787, Caroline, daughter David and 
 Hephzibah (Wilcox,) Beckley, b. Sept. 8, 1768, d. at Stow, O., 
 Oct. 8, 1820. Residence Beckley Quarter, Berlin. Was a 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 223 
 
 member of Harmony Lodge of Masons. His daughter Hephzi- 
 bah was baptized at Christ Church, Middletown, Conn., Jan. 20, 
 1791, and son Noel bapt. same place, Feb. 15, 1792. 
 
 Beckley, Sylvester. Tax collector March 30, 1807. 
 
 Son of Elias and Lois (Parsons,) Beckley, b. April 14, 1771 ; 
 d. Dec. 17, 1821, buried at Beckley Quarter; m. at Kennebunk, 
 Me., Hannah, daughter Samuel Moody, b. 1770, d. March 18, 
 1838. He was a member of Harmony Lodge of Masons. He 
 and his wife were witnesses at the baptism of Mr. John Dun- 
 ham, Oct. 8, 1815. His wife Hannah M. d. March 18, 1838, 
 aged 58. 
 
 Belden, Joel. Warned by Goodrich to attend the meeting 
 of July 10, 1826. Lived in New Britain, near the present 
 Town Home. His estate was probated in 1833, when his son 
 Hiram and widow Abigail agreed on the distribution. 
 
 Blinn, David. Subscribed $10.00 for building the church. 
 
 Son of Peter and Martha (Collins,) Blinn, b. Oct. 10, 1735 ; 
 m. May 13, 1766, Deborah White of Cromwell. He lived at 
 Rocky Hill. 
 
 Blinn, Jonathan. Subscribed $20.00 for building the church. 
 
 Only son of Jonathan and Sarah Blinn, bapt. at Newington, 
 Oct. 3, 1762; d. June 8, 1803; m. Oct. 25, 1789, Honor, 
 daughter Jonathan and Sabre (Andrus,) Stoddard, b. July 16, 
 1770. She was admitted to the Congregational Church, New- 
 ington, July 2, 1797. He was school committee Newington, 
 Oct. 3, 1796. He probably lived in New Britain before this 
 date, as the baptism of four of his children by Rev. Mr. Smal- 
 ley of New Britain, is recorded in the Congregational Church 
 records of Newington. 
 
 Bramann, Paul. His rate abated April 2, 1804. 
 
 Churchill, Joseph. Subscribed $15.00 for building the 
 church. His taxes abated March 30, 1807 for the years 1803- 
 4-5 & 6, and again on April 20, 1807. He died at Newington, 
 April 26, 1812, age 62; m. Sept. 11, 1777, Rhoda, daughter of 
 Benjamin and Sarah (Dewey,) Goodrich, b. March 25, 1750. 
 She d. Feb. 24, 1817, age 76. He owned the mill at Clayton 
 recently known as the Luther mills. 
 
2 24 THE CHURCH 
 
 Coslet, Francis. Subscribed $3.00 for building the church. 
 His rate abated April 2, 1804, and April 20, 1807. He died 
 Dec. 31, 1826, age Tj; m. (i), Sept. i, 1784, Rachel Atkins, 
 (2), April 21, 1791, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Mary 
 (Goodrich,) Smith, b. April 5, 1761, d. Oct. 8, 1838. He was 
 a British soldier, taken prisoner with John Watson, (in the 
 capture of Burgoyne,) while in the act of firing at their captors. 
 He was a shoemaker. He joined the Congregational Church 
 at Newington, May 3, 1801 and had his children baptized there. 
 
 Crofoot, Ephraim, Jr. Subscribed $10.00 for building the 
 church. Lived in the Worthington parish. 
 
 Was son of Ephraim and Mary (Williams,) Crofoot, b. 1757; 
 was soldier in Revolutionary war. His widow Lois was a pen- 
 sioner at Middletown, Conn., 1837, age 79. 
 
 Crofoot, Joseph. His taxes were abated April 19, 1802. 
 
 He was son of Ephraim and Mary (Williams,) Crofoot; m. 
 Hannah, daughter of Benjamin and Eunice (Williams,) Beck- 
 ley, b. July 13, 1768. His estate was probated at Middletown, 
 Conn., Nov. 6, 1829, when he is described as late of Leyden, 
 N. Y. They lived at Berlin. 
 
 Deming, Asahel. Subscribed $6.00 for building the church. 
 
 He was son of Giles and Hannah (Wright,) Deming, bapt. 
 at Rocky Hill, July 7, 1765; d. about 1840; m. Feb. 14, 1792, 
 Lucy Moreton, daughter of John. She d. Dec. 6, 1816, age 
 41. He was a sea captain, lived for a time in Wethersfield, and 
 removed to New Britain about 1794. Lived northwest of the 
 Shipman school house. Was a member of Harmony Lodge 
 of Masons. Died at West Hartford, but was buried at New 
 Britain. 
 
 Deming, Elizur. Subscribed $60.00 for building the church. 
 The first meeting of the society was held at his house, Nov. 13, 
 1797, and probably their first service by the Rev. Seth Hart, 
 April 22, 1798, was at his house. Also all subsequent meet- 
 ings and services until the church was ready to use, March 25, 
 1799. The key to the church was by a vote of the society 
 kept at his house. He was elected treasurer, Feb. 5, 1798, 
 
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 June 25, 1798, March 25, 1799, April 14, 1800 and April 6, 
 1801. On April 20, 1807 he was authorized to settle all col- 
 lectors bills granted when he was treasurer. He was modera- 
 tor of the meeting Nov. 4, 1799 ; clerk pro tern. Jan. 8, 1800 ; 
 tithingman Dec. 3, 1801, committee to apply for a lottery April 
 18, 1808 and prudential committee April 23, 1810. He was one 
 of the trustees to whom the land for the cemetery was deeded 
 in 1803. On July 5, 1826 he acknowledged service of the call 
 for a meeting. 
 
 He was son of Janna and Anne (Kilbourne,) Deming, b. Feb. 
 3, 1751 ; d. Dec. 7, 1827, age yy; m. May 6, 1773, Lucina 
 Francis, who d. Dec. 9, 1818. Her funeral sermon was by the 
 Rev. Asa Cornwall, Dec. 11, from Psalm 103, 17 and 18 verses. 
 He was a farmer of Newington and lived on Church Street 
 about half a mile north of Christ Church. The Wethersfield 
 records show that he was among the men who went to New 
 York in the sloop Ann in 1776 to join the patriot army. He 
 and his wife are both buried in the Church Street cemetery. 
 
 Deming, Elizur Jr. Was appointed tax collector for New- 
 ington and New Britain, April 15, 1805. Acknowledged ser- 
 vice of the call for the meeting July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Elizur and Lucina (Francis,) Deming, b. 
 May 18, 1782; d. Dec. 8, 1847; ^- J^"- 4. 1809, Sarah, 
 daughter of David and Clarinda (Steele,) Goodrich, b. June 3, 
 1788, d. May 22, 1852. Both are buried in the Church Street 
 cemetery, Newington. 
 
 Deming, James. Appointed collector for Wethersfield, June 
 II, 1800. 
 
 He was son of Elizur and Lucina (Francis,) Deming, b. 
 July 29, 1776; m. April 18, 1810, Jemima Culver, who was 
 living at Hartford as late as 1868. 
 
 Deming, Roger. Was warned by Goodrich to attend the 
 meeting of July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Waitstill Deming (who was a brother of 
 Janna,) b. July 19, 1771 ; d. Dec. 19, 1837; m. (i), Esther, (2), 
 Mabel, who d. Jan. 26, 181 1, age 44, and is buried in the Church 
 Street cemetery. 
 
2 26 THE CHURCH 
 
 Deming, Selden. Received the assets of the society from 
 the Treasurer of record, (Nathaniel Dickinson,) Feb. 4, 1837, 
 and gave his receipt therefor as "Treasurer." He paid 
 $106.00 of this money to St. Mark's in 1838 and was called 
 upon for the balance in 1841. 
 
 He was son of Thomas and Jerusha (Selden,) Deming, b. 
 July 19, 1807 ; d. July 18, 1885, buried at Church Street ceme- 
 tery; m. March i, 1846, Frances, daughter of Ebenezer and 
 Sally (Chappell,) Goodale, b. Nov. 6, 1825. He lived on Church 
 Street, Newington, in the house built by his father in the year 
 1800. His widow and daughter were residing there in 1906 
 and then had the old record book in their custody. Mr. Dem- 
 ing's name is in the list of parishioners of St. Mark's and his 
 wife is a communicant. 
 
 Deming, Thomas. Subscribed $40.00 for building the 
 church. Was appointed collector June 25, 1798, committee to 
 settle the building account Jan. 8, 1800, and to hire a minister 
 April 14, 1800. He was elected treasurer April 19, 1802, which 
 office he held until his death in 1827. On June 21, 1802, he 
 was authorized to sue for the remainder of the subscriptions 
 for building the church. Moderator of meetings April 10, 
 1806, March 30, 1807, Oct. 6, 1809 and July 10, 1826. Was 
 one of the six members who in 1826 requested a Justice of the 
 Peace to call a meeting of the society and was warned by Good- 
 rich to attend the said meeting. He was elected treasurer for 
 the last time July 10, 1826, and the same day was elected pru- 
 dential committee. Aug. 8, 1826 he was appointed one of the 
 committee to sell the church building. 
 
 He was son of Janna and Anne (Kilbourne,) Deming, b. Oct. 
 27, 1755; d. Sept. 29, 1827; m. (i), Sept. 16, 1804, Jerusha 
 Selden, who died May 4, 1821, age 48, (2), April i, 1823, 
 Mary Wright. He and his wife Jerusha are buried in Church 
 Street cemetery. 
 
 Dickinson, David. One of the seven founders. Subscribed 
 $50.00 for building the church. Appointed building committee 
 Dec. 7, 1797, and tax collector Dec. 16, 1799. He was one of 
 the trustees to whom the land for the church was leased in 1798. 
 On Oct. 28, 1800, Jonathan Gilbert was appointed to collect 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 227 
 
 the tax that David Dickinson was to collect, and on April 15, 
 1803 said Gilbert was instructed to settle all matters between 
 said Dickinson and the Society. 
 
 He was son of Nathaniel and Thankful (Beckley,) Dickin- 
 son; d. March 25, 1826, age 70. His wife Sibyl d. Nov. 26, 
 1839, age 83. She was daughter Daniel and Eunice Andrews, 
 b. May 30, 1756. Both are buried at Beckley Quarter. They 
 had two children, Leonard and Esther, bapt. at Christ Church, 
 Middletown, Feb. 15, 1792. She joined the Congregational 
 Church, Worthington, Oct. 7, 1827. 
 
 Dickinson, Jabez. He bid $106.00 for the church building 
 Oct. 23, 1826, and it was sold to him, Nov. 17, 1826 by the 
 committee for $115, but it was bought for his brother Ralph, 
 
 He was son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Gilbert,) Dickinson ; m. 
 Julia Bailey. He and his wife were Congregationalists. Their 
 son Nathaniel became a member of St. Mark's Church, and 
 his autograph is on the original organization paper. 
 
 Dickinson, Nathaniel. One of the seven founders. Sub- 
 scribed $20.00 for building the church. Was appointed tax col- 
 lector April 19, 1802, also, committee to view land for a glebe 
 and cemetery. Prudential committee April 10, 1806, March 30, 
 1807, April 18, 1808, April 3, 1809 and April 23, 1810. Was 
 one of the committee April 10, 1806 to see if we can get a 
 lottery. Signed the call for the meeting of July 10, 1826, and 
 was warned by Goodrich to attend the said meeting. He was 
 moderator of the meeting Oct. 2, 1826, also Dec. 27, 1827. The 
 last meeting of the society was held at his house, Dec. 28, 1827, 
 at which time he was elected treasurer. 
 
 He was son of Nathaniel and Thankful (Beckley,) Dickin- 
 son; d. March 30, 1837, age 78; m. May 10, 1786, at New 
 Britain, Lucy, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Collins,) 
 Gilbert, b. Aug. 26, 1770, d. June 25, 1853, age 83. Both 
 buried at Church Street cemetery. He was one of the original 
 members of the Congregational Church of Worthington, 1775. 
 His wife Lucy was one of the original members of St. Mark's, 
 1836. His son Ralph was elected vestryman, at the first 
 meeting of St. Mark's Parish, Aug. 28, 1836 and the autograph 
 of his son Ashbel appears on the original organization paper. 
 Ashbel's name is also in the list of communicants. 
 
2 28 THE CHURCH 
 
 Dickinson, Ralph. Signed the call for the meeting of July 
 lO, 1826, and was warned by Goodrich to attend the said meet- 
 ing. Was appointed prudential committee July 10, 1826 and 
 December 28, 1827. One of the committee to sell the church 
 building, Aug. 8, 1826, bid $85.00 for the building, Oct. 2, 
 1828 and a week later offered to give up the bid in case the 
 society could do better. His brother Jabez finally bought the 
 building for him. He was elected one of the first vestrymen of 
 St. Mark's, Aug. 28, 1836. 
 
 Son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Gilbert,) Dickinson; d. May 
 30, 1839, age 43. His wife Jerusha d. March 15, 1836, age 
 42. Both buried at Church Street cemetery. Her burial is 
 recorded at Christ Church, Hartford. His son Ralph was a 
 communicant of St. Mark's. 
 
 Dunham, Elisha. The subscription, Oct. 29, 1797 was for a 
 church "where a stake has lately been set, a little north east of 
 Elisha Dunham." A meeting of the society was held at his 
 house, Feb. 5, 1798. He gave a lease of the land for the 
 church, April 5, 1798. He lived near the Kelsey crossing a 
 little east of the line between New Britain and Newington, 
 (then Wethersfield.) 
 
 Dunham, John. Mr. Dunham with Laura Ann and Maria 
 Smith, two children of Mr. Dunham and his wife Lois, were 
 baptized at "Berlin" by the Rev. Roger Searle, Oct. 8, 1815, 
 probably at Christ Church, Worthington. 
 
 He was son of John and Lydia (Tryon,) Dunham of Berlin, 
 b. Feb. 6, 1784; d. April 13, 1826; m. May 10, 1807, Lois, 
 widow of Elnathan Smith and daughter of Elias and Lois 
 (Parsons,) Beckley, b. Nov. 16, 1773, d. at New Haven, July 
 22, 1833. He resided at Kensington, and either he or his 
 father withdrew from the Congregational society there Aug. 
 19, 1805 in favor of the Baptist. 
 
 Ellsworth, Theodore. Subscribed $2.00 for building the 
 church. His autograph is appended to the original organiza- 
 tion paper of St. Mark's, his name is in the list of communi- 
 cants, and he was elected one of the vestrymen April 15, 1844. 
 He died May 5, 1849, and was buried at Kensington during 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 229 
 
 Mr. Capron's time, by the Rev. John M. Guion, a former Rec- 
 tor. He m. July 21, 1792, Rebecca Lucas and was then a resi- 
 dent of Chatham, Conn. On Jan. 2, 1786, Phineas Dean Jr. 
 was appointed his guardian by the Probate Court of Middle- 
 town. He lived in Kensington and in 1809 was one of the 
 committee of the Congregational society there, also in 1824. 
 He filed a certificate of withdrawal from that Society Nov. 
 29, 1839 "in favor of tlie Episcopal Order." 
 
 Francis, Allen. Subscribed $12.00 for building the church. 
 Withdrew from the Society Oct. 28, 1800, to join the Presby- 
 terian order. 
 
 He was son of Josiah and Milly (Stoddard,) Francis of New- 
 ington; m. Nov. 13, 1797, Esther Hotchkiss. He lived at what 
 is now the lower end of Lincoln Street, New Britain. 
 
 Francis, Roger. Subscribed $5.00 for building the church. 
 
 Was son of Josiah and Milly (Stoddard,) Francis of New- 
 ington; d. Sept. 16, 1839, age 76; m. Dec. 16, 1790, Elizabeth, 
 daughter Hezekiah and Anna (Stedman,) Andrews, b. June 8, 
 1766. He was her second husband. He was a blacksmith in 
 New Britain, but removed to Newington and then to West 
 Hartford. Was living at Newington, June 2, 1800, when he 
 signed an agreement to pay his share per scholar for a summer 
 school at the center there that year. 
 
 Gilbert, David. Subscribed $60.00 for building the church. 
 Appointed April 15, 1803 tax collector for New Britain and 
 Newington and again April 3, 1809. Prudential committee 
 April 15, 1805. He signed Mr. James Kilbourne's recom- 
 mendation to the Bishop, Dec. 7, 1801. 
 
 He was son of Jonathan and Hannah (Collins,) Gilbert, b. 
 1772, bapt. Aug. 16, 1776 at Middletown (Christ Church) ; m. 
 May 27, 1795, Lucy, daughter of John and Rosetta (Blinn,) 
 Squire. She d. Aug. 12, 1815, age 43, and is buried at Church 
 Street. Her funeral was attended Aug. 13, with sermon by 
 the Rev. Asa Cornwall of Southington. He lived in New 
 Britain, and bought the Skinner place on East Street in 181 3. 
 
 Gilbert, Jonathan. Subscribed $100.00 for building the 
 church. Was appointed one of the building committee Dec. 7, 
 1797, moderator of the meeting June 25, 1798, June 13, 1799, 
 
23° THE CHURCH 
 
 Oct. 5, 1801 and Nov. 30, 1802 ; prudential committee March 
 25, 1799. Appointed Oct. 21, 1799 on committee to settle with 
 subscribers to the building fund, Oct. 28, 1800, to treat with 
 professed Churchmen not willing to pay taxes. Elected tax 
 collector Oct. 28, 1800 and June 11, 1801. Elected clerk April 
 15, 1803, April 2, 1804 and April 15, 1805. Was one of the 
 first wardens and signed Mr. James Kilbourne's recommenda- 
 tion to the Bishop, Dec. 7, 1801. 
 
 He was son of Jonathan and Keziah (Smith,) Gilbert, b. 
 1745; d. Dec. 8, 1805; m. Jan. i, 1767, Hannah Collins, who 
 d. May 23, 1823, age 78. Both are buried at the Church Street 
 cemetery. He lived in Worthington, and had a controversy 
 with the Congregational society there in 1776 about taxes for 
 building the meeting-house. His taxes there were abated Nov. 
 I, 1 79 1. His son David was baptized at Christ Church, Middle- 
 town, Aug. 16, 1776. 
 
 Gilbert, Jonathan, Jr. Subscribed $60.00 for building the 
 church. Appointed prudential committee Nov. 13, 1797. 
 April 19, 1802, April 15, 1803, April 2, 1804, April 18, 1808 
 and April 3, 1809. Was one of the building committee Dec. 
 7, 1797. He was one of the trustees to whom the land for 
 the church was leased 1798, also to whom the land for the 
 cemetery was deeded in 1803. Tithingman, April 6, 1801, and 
 chorister May 22, 1804. Appointed Dec. 3, 1801, one of the 
 committee to hire Mr. James Kilbourne, and April 15, 1805 to 
 go to New Britain, and "get the public money that belongs 
 to the Episcopalians in that society." On Dec. 7, 1801, he 
 signed Mr. James Kilbourne's recommendation to the Bishop. 
 Was elected clerk Feb. 27, 1806 and delegate April 21, 1806 
 to the Diocesan Convention, but not reported present. 
 Appointed tax collector April 18, 1808 and elected warden 
 same date. 
 
 He was son of Jonathan and Hannah (Collins,) Gilbert, b. 
 1758; d. May 17, 1809; m. Eunice, daughter of Raphael and 
 Sarah (Hubbard) Hurlbert, b. 1767. She m. (2), Thomas 
 Booth, who d. May 6, 1836, age 80. She d. Nov. 20, 1851, age 
 84, and was buried by Mr. Booth at Beckley Quarter. Jona- 
 than Gilbert, Jr. lived in New Britain, not far from the Town 
 Home. He is buried at Church Street cemetery. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 23 1 
 
 Gilbert, Linus. Was one of the six members who requested 
 a justice to call a meeting for July lo, 1826, and was warned by 
 Goodrich to attend the said meeting. Elected prudential com- 
 mittee July 10, 1826 and again Dec. 28, 1827. Was one of the 
 committee Aug. 8, 1826 to sell the church building. 
 
 He was son of Jonathan and Eunice (Hurlbert,) Gilbert, b. 
 Sept. 19, 1789; m. (i), Nov. 18, 1812, Sally Dunham, who 
 d. Dec. 1836, (2), July 29, 1837, widow Abigail Porter, a 
 daughter of Unni Blinn, b. 1805, d. Dec. 18, 1853. He Hved 
 on Stanley Street in the south part of New Britain. He 
 belonged to the first Methodist class in New Britain and sub- 
 scribed $50.00 for building the Methodist church in 1824. 
 
 Gilbert, Moses. Was warned by Goodrich to attend the 
 meeting of July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Moses Gilbert, b. May 24, 1744. His estate 
 was probated Aug. 2, 1826 ; m. May 18, 1810, Widow Abigail 
 Mitchell. He lived at Worthington. 
 
 Gilbert, Russell. Acknowledged service to the call for the 
 meeting of July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Jonathan and Eunice (Hurlbert,) Gilbert. 
 Lived in New Britain; d. at Meriden, 1870; m. Betsey Chap- 
 man, of Glastonbury, Conn. 
 
 Gilbert, Thomas. Subscribed $8.00 for building the church. 
 
 He was son of Moses, b. Oct. 21, 1738; m. April 24, 1760, 
 Mary North. His estate was probated at Farmington, Jan. 
 5, 1815. He lived at Worthington. 
 
 Goodrich, Bela. Subscribed $3.00 for building the church. 
 Was appointed June 20, 1799 tax collector for Newington and 
 New Britain. 
 
 He was son of John 3rd and Abigail (Price,) Goodrich of 
 Wethersfield, b. Feb. 4, 1777, and removed to Blendon, Frank- 
 lin Co., Ohio. 
 
 Goodrich, David. Subscribed $170.00 for building the church. 
 Was elected building committee Dec. 7, 1797, collector June 11, 
 1801, April 19, 1802 and Oct. 6, 1809 His children Eleanor, 
 
232 THE CHURCH 
 
 Samuel Steele, Jamon, and Chauncey Smith, were baptized at 
 Christ Church, Middletown, Feb. 15, 1792. 
 
 He was son of Benjamin and Sarah (Dewey,) Goodrich, b. 
 March 9, 1757; d. Aug. 22, 1822; m. Dec. 25, 1780, Clarinda, 
 daughter of Dr. Samuel and Hannah (Nott,) Steele. He was 
 a member of Harmony Lodge of Masons. Lived in Newington. 
 
 Goodrich, Elias. His rate bill was abated April 2, 1804 and 
 again March 30, 1807. 
 
 He was son of Peter and Bathsheba (Miller,) Goodrich, b. 
 July 17, 1765; m. Jan. i, 1790, Hannah Bailey. He resided 
 in Kensington, and died at Petersburg, Va., June, 1821, age 
 55. Gravestone in West cemetery, Kensington. 
 
 Goodrich, John. Subscribed $190.00 for building the church. 
 Was moderator of the meeting, Nov. 13, 1797, May 31, 1798, 
 March 25, 1799, Jan. 8, 1800, April 2, 1804 and April 15, 
 1805. He was on the building committee Dec. 7, 1797, elected 
 prudential committee Nov. 13, 1797, June 25, 1798, March 25, 
 1799, April 14, 1800 and April 2, 1804. Was one of the 
 trustees to receive lease of land to build the church, 1798, and 
 deed for the cemetery, 1803. Appointed April 19, 1798 to col- 
 lect the subscription every Sabbath. Elected May 31, 1798 
 delegate to the Diocesan Convention and was present at Nor- 
 walk, June 6, 1798. Appointed substitute delegate March 25, 
 1799 but no delegate was present that year. He was appointed 
 a committee Nov. 26, 1798 to hire Mr. Hart; July i, 1799, 
 to finish the steeple, and Oct. 21, 1799 to settle with sub- 
 scribers to the building fund. On Dec. 7, 1801 he signed as 
 warden Mr. James Kilbourne's recommendation to the Bishop. 
 
 He was son of John and Anne (Riley,) Goodrich, b. March 
 12, 1745; buried at Wethersfield, Dec. 23, 1830; m. Mary, 
 daughter of Bennaja and Sibel Hale, b. 1745, d. Dec. 13, 1798, 
 and is buried at Wethersfield. Six of his children were bap- 
 tized at the Congregational Church, Wethersfield before 1789. 
 One John Goodrich was a member of Harmony Lodge of 
 Masons and proposed the Rev. Roger Searle for membership. 
 
 Goodrich, John 3rd. He was appointed prudential com- 
 mittee, April 6, 1801, April 19, 1802, and April 15, 1803. Col- 
 
IN WETHEESFIELD AND BERLIN. 233 
 
 lector June ii, 1801. On Dec. 7, 1801 he signed as Societies' 
 committee, Mr. James Kilbourne's recommendation to the 
 Bishop. Moderator of the meeting April 19, 1802, April 15, 
 1803 and Feb. 27, 1806. He was allowed a bill of $8.75 April 
 17, 1802 for boarding clergymen, and April 19, 1802, proposed 
 to give land for a glebe and cemetery. He was appointed dele- 
 gate to the Diocesan Convention April 15, 1805, and was pres- 
 ent at Middletown, June 5, 1805. He was appointed April 10, 
 
 1806 on the committee for getting a lottery. A person known 
 as John Goodrich 2nd d. at Wethersfield, April 27, 1806 and 
 after this the above John Goodrich 3rd was called John Good- 
 rich 2nd and under this name he was appointed March 30, 
 
 1807 delegate to the Diocesan Convention and was present at 
 Watertown the first Wednesday of June, 1807, the last time 
 that any delegate from this Church is reported in the Journal. 
 
 He was son of Benjamin and Sarah (Dewey,) Goodrich, 
 b. Aug. 21, 1754; d. in Ohio 1834; m. Oct. i, 1776, Abigail 
 Price. On Dec. 8, 1799, he bought a Negrd man "Tom," the 
 bill of sale being recorded on the Wethersfield land records. 
 He sold his farm, which was partly in Newington and partly in 
 New Britain, to Uzziel Lattimer in 1807 and removed to Ohio. 
 Four of his sons, Bela, Levi, Joseph and John, also removed to 
 Ohio. John Sen'r., John Jun'r., and Clarissa wife of John Jr. 
 were members of St. John's Church, Worthington, Ohio. 
 
 Goodrich, Joseph. On Dec. 7, 1801 he signed Mr. James 
 Kilbourne's recommendation to the Bishop. 
 
 He was son of John 3rd and Abigail (Price,) Goodrich, b. 
 Feb. 19, 1778; d. Sept. 29, 1833; m. Dec. 31, 1802, Abiah, 
 daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Stevens,) Slater. He 
 removed to Liberty, Ohio. 
 
 Goodrich, Samuel. He was appointed tax collector April 21, 
 1806. If the foregoing is his full name, he was son of Peter 
 and Bathsheba (Miller,) Goodrich of Berlin, b. Aug. 2, 1778; 
 m. (i), Jan. i, 1803, Abigail Hamlin, (2), Charlotte Russell. 
 He removed to Middletown, Conn. 
 
 Goodrich, Samuel Steele, Perhaps he was the tax collector 
 appointed April 21, 1806 under the name of Samuel Goodrich. 
 
234 THE CHURCH 
 
 As Samuel S. he filed a certificate of withdrawal, Nov. 27, 1809, 
 in favor of the Baptist Society in Hartford. On June 29, 
 1826, he was one of the six members who requested a Justice 
 to call the meeting of July 10, and was authorized by the Jus- 
 tice to warn all the members to attend that meeting. He 
 warned those who did not accept service and made oath to such 
 warning July 5, 1826. He was elected clerk July 10, 1826 
 and again Dec. 21, 1827, being the last clerk of record. He 
 was appointed Aug. 8, 1826, one of the committee to sell the 
 church building and auctioneer Oct. 2, 1826, to sell said 
 building. 
 
 He was the son of David and Clarinda (Steele,) Goodrich, b. 
 Dec. 15, 1783; baptized at Christ Church, Middletown, Conn. 
 Feb. 15, 1792; m. Jan. 21, 1806 Lina, daughter Enoch and 
 Keziah (Gilbert,) Kelsey, b. June 15, 1787. He was a black- 
 smith and lived at Newington. 
 
 Griswold, S. Was a candidate for holy orders in 1802, had 
 read service at Christ Church and had a contract to supply the 
 pulpit during Mr. Kilbourne's absence in Ohio that year. 
 
 Further notice under Ministers of Christ Church. 
 
 Hart, Rev. Seth. Voted, April 19, 1798 to hire him to preach 
 every fourth Sabbath for the year ensuing, and Nov. 26, 1798 
 to preach half of the time the next year. He was here from 
 April 22, 1798 to March 23, 1800. 
 
 Further notice under Ministers of Christ Church. 
 
 Hart, Thomas 2nd. Subscribed $3.00 for building the 
 church. 
 
 He was son of Deacon Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Lawrence,) 
 Hart, of Kensington, b. Dec. 6, 1754; d. Sept. 26, 1832. He 
 was a farmer in Kensington and never married. 
 
 Holmes, Lemuel. His rate in list of 1804 was abated March 
 30, 1807. He d. Sept. 7, 1839, age 75; m. (i), Jan. 6, 1785, 
 Sarah Whaples of Rocky Hill, (2), Sept. 29, 1799, Sylvia, 
 daughter of William and Lois (Whaples,) Andrews, b. April 
 17, 1762; d. April 17, 1829. He lived in Newington and was 
 one of the eight persons appointed Jan. 7, 1805, to keep houses 
 of entertainment ordination day. His children were baptized 
 there in the right of his wife Sarah. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 235 
 
 Hurlbert, Hart. His full name was Agathus Hart Hurl- 
 bert, sometimes recorded as Holabird. He was appointed col- 
 lector for Worthington and Kensington, May 22, 1804. 
 
 Son of Raphael and Sarah (Hubbard,) Hurlbert, b. June 28, 
 1776; d. Jan. 29, 1831 ; m. Oct. 25, 1798, Sarah, daughter 
 of Abijah and Axy (Beckley,) Hubbard, b. Feb. 22, 1780. 
 She was living with her daughter Mary, at Buffalo, N. Y., 
 about 1861. He was a member of Harmony Lodge of Masons 
 and lived in Worthington. 
 
 Kelsey, Asahel Allis. Subscribed $12.00 for building the 
 church. Was elected one of the choristers March 25, 1799 and 
 April 15, 1803. Tax collector for Worthington and Kensing- 
 ton, June 20, 1799. Appointed Jan. 8, 1800 on committee to 
 settle building accounts. Oct. 28, 1800 to treat with professed 
 Churchmen not willing to pay taxes. Prudential committee 
 April 6. 1801 and April 19, 1802. He signed Mr. Kilbourne's 
 recommendation to the Bishop Dec. 7, 1801 as societies' com- 
 mittee. Clerk pro tempore Nov. 30, 1802. 
 
 Son of Asahel and Content (Parsons,) Kelsey, b. July 17, 
 1768. Lived at Worthington. 
 
 Kelsey, Moses. Was appointed tax collector for Newington 
 and New Britain, May 22, 1804. 
 
 He was son of Charles Jr. and Hannah Kelsey, b. Sept. 3, 
 1778; m. (i), Nov. 30, 1800, Hannah, daughter Elizur and 
 Anna (Clark,) Andrews of Newington, b. Sept. 18, 1772. She 
 obtained a divorce, and he m. (2), Nov. 6, 1804, Widow Mercy 
 Miller of Rocky Hill, who d. March 20, 1840, age 73. He 
 resided in Berlin in 1800, then removed to Newington, where he 
 lived at the time of his second marriage, after which he lived 
 at Rocky Hill. 
 
 Kilbourne, Rev. James. Voted, Dec. 3, 1801, to give Mr. 
 James Kilbourne a letter of recommendation to the Bishop and 
 that we hire him "to perform divine service" one half of the 
 time the year ensuing. A similar vote was passed Dec. 29, 
 1801, and Nov. 30, 1802, it was voted to engage him for one 
 quarter of the Sundays until Easter, and then half of the time 
 until Christmas, 1803. He began his services here probably 
 about May i, 1800, and continued until the spring of 1803. 
 
 Further notice under Ministers of Christ Church. 
 
236 THE CHURCH 
 
 Lattimore, Uzziel. Subscribed $10.00 for building the 
 church. 
 
 He was son of Luther and Dorothy (Smith,) Lattimore; 
 bapt. Nov. 5, 1769; d. Feb. 15, 1849, ^S^ 79/^ years; m. by the 
 Rev. Abraham Jarvis at Middletown, Conn., Dec. 23, 1795, to 
 Lucy Taylor of West Britain. She d. April 29, 1830. They 
 lived at Newington, where they are both buried. In 1819 he 
 was a committee of the Congregational Society of Newington 
 on the sale of pews, and in 1827 to sell wood belonging to the 
 Society. He owned what is now the paper mill near Newing- 
 ton Center. He bought the farm of John Goodrich 3rd in 1807. 
 
 Luddington, Daniel. Was appointed one of the prudential 
 committee Nov. 13, 1797. Tax collector for all except 
 Worthington, April 6, 1801, and David Goodrich was appointed 
 June II, 1801 to collect the tax said Luddington was appointed 
 to collect. Withdrew from the society by certificate dated 
 April 23, 1806. 
 
 He was son of Daniel and Susan (Clark,) Luddington, of 
 Wallingford, b. May 9, 1744; d. May 8, 1820; m. April 22, 
 1773, Mabel, daughter of Stephen and Kate (Forbs,) Lee, b. 
 Feb. 19, 1750. He lived on East Street in New Britain; was 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary war. 
 
 Luddington, Samuel. Subscribed $12.00 for building the 
 church. 
 
 North, David. His taxes were abated April 19, 1802. 
 He was son of Jedediah and Sarah (Wilcox,) North; bapt. 
 at Kensington, April 25, 1762. Lived in Worthington. 
 
 North, Simeon. His taxes were abated April 19, 1802. 
 
 He was son of Jedediah and Sarah (Wilcox,) North, b. June 
 13, 1765; d. Aug. 25, 1852; m. (i), 1786, Lucy Savage of 
 Middletown, b. May 19, 1766, d. Feb. 24, 1811, (2), Lydia, 
 daughter of Enoch Huntington of Middletown. He was Lieu- 
 tenant Colonel 1811-13. Had a pistol factory in the south part 
 of Worthington. 
 
 Norton, Andrew. Subscribed $10.00 for building the church. 
 Appointed prudential commitee April 14, 1800, also to hire 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 237 
 
 a minister. Was warned by Goodrich to attend the meeting of 
 July 10, 1826. Died May i6, 1838, age 85; m. Oct. 2, 1777, 
 Sarah Kelsey of Worthington, who d. Jan. 4, 1817. They Hved 
 in Worthington and are both buried in the South cemetery. 
 
 Norton, Joab. Was appointed tithingman, Dec. 3, 1801. 
 
 Percival, Timothy. Withdrew from the Congregational 
 Society of Kensington Jan. 8, 1808, in favor of Christ Church. 
 
 He was son of James and Dorothy (Gates,) Percival, b. 1776; 
 d. Nov. 6, 1808; m. Dec. 8, 1801, Aurelia, daughter of James 
 and Thankful (Winchel,) Booth, bapt. Oct. 7, 1781. She m. 
 (2), March 17, 1817, Joseph H. Flagg, and d. Aug. 25, 1828. 
 He lived in Kensington, was an uncle of the poet and a member 
 of Harmony Lodge of Masons. 
 
 Richards, Oliver. Subscribed $6.00 for building the church. 
 
 He was son of Joseph and Mary (Kelsey,) Richards, b. July 
 8, 1769; d. Sept. II, 1847; m. Lydia, daughter of Samuel and 
 Abigail (Smith,) Andrews, b. Feb. 18, 1774, d. Jan. 8, 1861, age 
 87. Both buried at Beckley Quarter. Andrews calls her 
 "Lydia" and her gravestone says "Lucy". They lived on the 
 New Haven and Hartford turnpike in the south part of New- 
 ington. His taxes in the Congregational Society of Newington 
 were abated March 8, 1802, perhaps because he had filed a certi- 
 ficate that he was an Episcopalian. 
 
 Robbins, Unni. Was appointed one of the building com- 
 mittee Dec. 7, 1797, prudential committee June 25, 1798 and 
 March 25, 1799. Appointed March 25, 1799, delegate to the 
 Diocesan Convention and again April 14, 1800, but his name 
 does not appear in the Journal of either Convention. He was 
 one of the trustees to whom the land for the church was leased 
 1798. He was appointed Oct. 21, 1799, to settle with sub- 
 scribers to the building fund, and Jan. 8, 1800, to settle the 
 building accounts. Tax collector Dec. 16, 1799, Moderator of 
 the meeting Oct. 28, 1800, and Dec. 3,. 1801, he was placed 
 on the committee to hire Mr. James Kilbourne. He is in the 
 Journal as attending the Diocesan Convention at New Haven, 
 Oct. 19, 1802, but there is no record of his appointment as dele- 
 gate to that Convention. 
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23^ THE CHURCH 
 
 He was son of Thomas and Prudence (Welles,) Robbins, b. 
 Feb. 9, 1741 ; d. June 17, 1810, age 68 ; m. Feb. 14, 1765, Mary, 
 daughter Captain Martin Kellogg, who d. Jan. 22, 1816, age 
 73. Both buried at Newington. He was quite prominent in 
 the Congregational Society of Newington from 1774 to about 
 the time that Christ Church was organized, after which he 
 appears to have had no connection with the Newington Society. 
 His son, Unni Jr., became prominent in the Newington society. 
 Unni Senior is the only person who was prominent in Christ 
 Church that had previously been active in the Congregational 
 Society of Newington. On Oct. 22, 1798, the said Newington 
 Society appointed a committee to "treat and settle with Mr. 
 Unni Robbins the differences betwixt him and the society." 
 
 Rogers, Ammi. The delegates to the Diocesan Convention 
 appointed April 3, 1809, were given "power to act as they shall 
 think proper concerning Rev. Ammi Rogers." 
 
 He was a native of Branford, Conn. ; belonged to the Diocese 
 of New York and was officiating in the Diocese of Connecticut 
 in defiance of the ecclesiastical authority. 
 
 Sage, Joseph. He was elected clerk April 6, 1801, and signed 
 as "Societies Clerk," Dec. 7, 1801, Mr. Kilbourne's recom- 
 mendation to the Bishop. He was on the committee Oct. 5, i8or, 
 to apply "to New Britain, parish for our arrearages of public 
 moneys." Elected clerk, April 19, 1803. 
 
 He was son of Solomon and Lois (Wilcox,) Sage; d. 1841 ; 
 m. Sarah Kelsey, who d. 1847, ^S^ 9^- He lived in New Britain, 
 was a member of Harmony Lodge of Masons 1803, removed 
 to Ohio in 1806 and was one of the incorporators Jan. 27, 1807, 
 of St. John's Church, Worthington, Ohio. He returned to 
 Connecticut and obtained a patent April 14, 1810, for an 
 improvement in clothes pressing machines. This was the first 
 United States patent ever issued to a resident of New Britain. 
 In 1812, he enlisted as a private and returned from the war 
 a Captain. He returned to Ohio and deeded 640 acres of 
 land to St. John's Church, Worthington. Again he returned 
 to Connecticut and removed to Ohio for the third time about 
 1818, where he purchased the whole township of Huntington, 
 Loraine Co., and resided there until his death. One of his 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 239 
 
 grandsons says that he was a vestryman of Christ Church, 
 Worthington, Conn. 
 
 Sage, Oliver. Was appointed tax collector Oct. 5, 1801, 
 prudential committee April 15, 1802, April 2, 1804, April 15, 
 1805, April 10, 1806, March 30, 1807, April 18, 1808, April 3, 
 1809 and April 23, 1810. He was elected clerk, March 30, 
 1807, April 18, 1808, April 3, 1809 and April 23, 1810. He 
 certified a certificate of withdrawal, April 2^, 1806 as "clerk," 
 but no record of his appointment is found prior to 1807. He 
 was elected delegate to the Diocesan Convention April 3, 1809. 
 A grandson of his brother Joseph says that Joseph and Oliver 
 Sage were both vestrymen of Christ Church. 
 
 He was son of Solomon and Lx>is (Wilcox,) Sage, b. 1769; 
 d. 1859 ; m. Polly Dennis. He lived in Worthington ; was 
 a member of Harmony Lodge of Masons. Two of his children, 
 Elvira and Rodney, were baptized at Christ Church, Middle- 
 town, Sept. 26, 1794, at which time he lived at Greenfield, Mass., 
 but he resided at Worthington in 1800. Was residing at 
 Greenfield again in 181 1. The baptism of Theodore and Theo- 
 dosius, children of Oliver and Polly Sage of Greenfield, Mass., 
 is recorded at Christ Church, Hartford, Sept. 24, 1812. 
 
 Slater, Benjamin. Was moderator of the meeting April 6, 
 1801, April 18, 1808 and April 23, 1810. Elected prudential 
 committee April 15, 1805, April 10, 1806 and March 30, 1807. 
 He was appointed Dec. 3, 1801 on the committee to hire Mr. 
 James Kilbourne and April 19, 1802 to view ground for a glebe 
 and cemetery. His rate was abated May 30, 1803. On April 
 ID, 1806 was appointed one of the committee to get up a lottery. 
 Elected delegate to the Diocesan Convention April 18, 1808 and 
 April 23, 1810, but was not reported as present. Was appointed 
 tax collector April 23, 1810. 
 
 Son of Reuben and Mary (Terry,) Slater of Simsbury, bom 
 Feb. 22, 1753; died at New Britain March 28, 181 1 ; m. Aug. 
 20, 1772, Lydia Stevens. His estate was probated at Farming- 
 ton, Feb. 23, 181 1, at which time the widow Lydia and six 
 children were living. He lived in the northwest part of New 
 Britain, about two miles from the center on the farm where 
 the Rev. James Kilbourne lived when a boy and which farm 
 
2 40 THE CHURCH 
 
 he purchased of the said Kilbourne Sept. 17, 1798. His first 
 two children were baptized at Bloomfield by the Rev. Roger 
 Viets. He probably removed to New Britain about 1790. 
 
 Smith, Josiah. His rate in list of 1804 was abated April 10, 
 1806. 
 
 He was bom 1756; d. April 9, 1821. His wife Ann d. June 
 30, 1804, in the 44th year of her age and he m. (2), Oct. 19, 
 1804, Widow Norton. He lived at Worthington, where he and 
 his first wife were buried. 
 
 Squire, Elisha. Subscribed $5.00 for building the church. 
 He lived in Kensington in 1800; d. in Newington, Nov. 1821, 
 age 78; m. July 8, 1767, Rachel Bronson of New Britain. He 
 was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and a pensioner. 
 
 Squire, John. Subscribed $20.00 for building the church. 
 His rate abated April 2, 1804. Resided at Newington, where 
 he d. Feb. 8, 1813, age 75. He m. about 1760, Rosetta Kirkham, 
 widow of Nathaniel and daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Blinn. 
 He owned the covenant at Newington, July 24, 1768. 
 
 Squire, Solomon. Subscribed $2.00 for building the church. 
 Acknowledged service of the call for the meeting of July 10, 
 1826. He lived in Kensington and d. September, 1835. His 
 wife d. November 1829. A deed she signed Oct. 10, 1799 gives 
 her name as Sally. Administration on her estate was granted 
 to Eli F. Dunham of Southington. Withdrew Oct. 10, 181 1, 
 from the Congregational Society in Kensington in favor of "the 
 Episcopalian Society in Wethersfield." 
 
 Steadman, Thomas. His rate abated April 15, 1805 and April 
 20, 1807. The records of Christ Church, Middletown, record 
 his baptism, with William, Absalom, Daniel, Zuba, Martin 
 Lyman, and Elizabeth Atkins, children of the said Thomas and 
 his wife Hannah, as taking place at Wethersfield, Jan. 17, 
 1801, no doubt at Christ Church. 
 
 He was from Groton, Conn., and m. at Middletown, Conn., 
 Jan. 26, 177s, Hannah, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah 
 (Watts,) Atkins, b. Aug. 12, 1750. They lived in New Britain. 
 He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 241 
 
 Steele, Daniel. He was one of the seven founders, subscribed 
 $100.00 for building the church, signed the request for the 
 Justice to warn the meeting of July lo, 1826 and was warned 
 by Goodrich to attend the said meeting. 
 
 He was son of Dr. Samuel and Hannah (Nott,) Steele, b. 
 Jan. 17, 1759; bapt. at Kensington, July 8, 1759; d. Sept. 11, 
 1826; m. at Middletown by the Rev. Abraham Jarvis, Oct. 31, 
 1792, Anna Ford of Berlin. He lived in Worthington, was 
 called Dr. Daniel and is buried at Beckley Quarter. 
 
 Steele, David. He was one of the seven founders, subscribed 
 $56.00 for building the church, appointed prudential committee 
 Nov. 13, 1797, tax collector Feb. 5, 1798 and April 6, 1801, 
 but was excused Oct. 5, 1801 from collecting the tax. He was 
 warned by Goodrich to attend the meeting of July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Dr. Samuel and Hannah (Nott,) Steele, b. 
 Jan. 17, 1759; bapt. at Kensington, July 8, 1759; d. Nov. 2, 
 1832 ; m. by Rev. Abraham Jarvis at Middletown, Jan. 10, 1792, 
 Hannah, daughter of Charles Jr. and Hannah Kelsey of Berlin. 
 She was known as a sister of Moses Kelsey. He was a Revolu- 
 tionary pensioner in 1831 and his widow was pensioned under 
 the act of 1838. Dr. Steele was a twin with Dr. Daniel and 
 they were known as the twin doctors. He lived at Worthing- 
 ton and was buried at Beckley Quarter. Hannah Steele was 
 buried at Newington, by the Rev. Mr. Guion of St. Mark's, 
 New Britain, on March 25, 1849. 
 
 Steele, David, Jr. was warned by Goodrich to attend the 
 meeting of July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Dr. David and Hannah (Kelsey,) Steele, b. 
 1794,- m. Lucy Blinn. His estate was probated March 8, 1848. 
 He resided in New Britain, and his name is in the first list 
 of parishioners of St. Mark's 1837. 
 
 Steele, Joseph. Subscribed $13.00 for building the church. 
 His rate bill, except one dollar, was abated May 30, 1803. 
 
 He was son of James and Mercy (Cowles,) Steele of Ken- 
 sington, b. 1747 or 8. His estate was probated at Hartford, 
 1816. He resided at Newington, near Beckley Quarter. His 
 rate in the Congregational Society of Newington was abated 
 Dec. 6, 1874. 
 
242 THE CHURCH 
 
 Steele, Shelden. He acknowledged service of call for the 
 meeting of July lo, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Dr. Daniel and Anna (Ford,) Steele, b. 1799, 
 d. April 19, 1878. He lived in Berlin east of the Dickinson 
 place on the line between Berlin and Newington. Was unmar- 
 ried. 
 
 Tryon, John. He was moderator of the meeting Dec. 3, 
 i8oi and appointed tax collector for Worthington and Kensing- 
 ton, April 15, 1805. 
 
 He was from Middletown and m. Rhoda Lucas, April 29, 
 1769. He d. Sept. 1815, age 66, and is buried in the South 
 cemetery, Worthington. He lived in Berlin. His wife Rhoda 
 of Berlin signed deeds 1797 and 1806. 
 
 Tryon, Noah. His rate for 1802 was abated April 15, 1805 
 and for 1805 March 30, 1807. 
 
 He was son of John and Rhoda (Lucas,) Tryon, b. at Middle- 
 town, Conn., Aug. 28, 1772; m. at Newington, April 23, 1820, 
 Lucinda Westcott of Wethersfield. He lived at Worthington. 
 
 Watson, John. He was one of the seven founders ; sub- 
 scribed $8.00 for building the church. 
 
 He d. April 13, 1822, age 75 ; m. Dec. 10, 1780, Abigail, 
 daughter of Daniel and Eunice Andrews, b. May 4, 1759, d. at 
 New Marlborough, Mass., May 6, 1833. Mr. Watson was a 
 British soldier and with Francis Cosslet was taken in the 
 capture of Burgoyne while in the act of firing at their captors. 
 He was residing at Worthington in 1808. Alfred Andrews 
 says he lived at the Skinner place on East Street, New Britain, 
 which he sold to David Gilbert in 1813. The Berlin records 
 describe him as of Hartford in 1814, and of New Marl- 
 borough, Mass., in 1815. His will, dated 1821, is recorded at 
 the Probate Office in Hartford. 
 
 Watson, William. His rate for 1804 was abated April 10, 
 1806. 
 
 He was son of John and Abigail (Andrews,) Watson; m. 
 July 17, 1806, Sally White in Franklin County, Ohio. He was 
 one of the incorporators of St. John's Church of Worthington, 
 Ohio, Jan. 27, 1807, the Church which his former Rector, Rev. 
 
IN WETHEESFIELD AND BERLIN. 243 
 
 James Kilbourne, founded. The will of John Watson, dated 
 ' 1821, mentions his son William of Liberty, Franklin County, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Webster, John. Subscribed $5.00 for building the church. 
 
 He was son of David and Lydia Webster, b. April 7, 1768; 
 d. Feb. 26, 1829; m. Jan. 28, 1790, Eunice, daughter of Abra- 
 ham and Olive (Smith,) Deming of Beckley Quarter. She d. 
 Aug. 12, 1835, age 63. He lived in Worthington. Both were 
 buried at Beckley Quarter. 
 
 Webster, Stephen. Was one of the seven founders. The 
 Newington (Congregational) Society abated March 17, 1798, 
 twelve shillings of Stephen Webster's rates. 
 
 He was son of Stephen and Ann (McCloud) Webster, bapt. 
 at West Hartford, Conn. Sept. 9, 1770; d. at Hartford, Conn. 
 1823 ; m. Prudence Butler of Cromwell, Conn. He was a 
 soldier in the war of 1812 and after that a seafaring man. 
 
 Weldon, Luther. His rate for 1805 was abated March 30, 
 1807. 
 
 He was son of Ebenezer and Olive (Collins,) Weldon, b. 
 Oct. II, 1768; d. Nov. 26, 1847; ™- Jerusha, daughter of 
 Raphael and Sarah (Hubbard,) Hurlbut, b. by family record, 
 March 22, 1767, by Wallingford record, March 25, 1771. Shfe 
 d. Jan. 19, 1867. Mr. Weldon was living at Argyle, N. Y., in 
 1799 and in New Britain as early as 1804. Was a soldier in the 
 war of 1812. 
 
 Welles, Absolom. Subscribed $5.00 for building the church. 
 
 He was son of Capt. Robert and Abigail (Hurlbut,) Welles, 
 b. March 14, 1766; m. Nov. 10, 1785, Lorraine, daughter of 
 Ephraim and Sarah (Chandler,) Patterson, d. April 14, 1825, 
 age 56. Lived at Newington and both were admitted to the 
 Congregational Church there Feb. 17, 1805. 
 
 Wentworth, Sion. Subscribed $20.00 for building the church. 
 His rate was abated April 2, 1804 and April 20, 1807. 
 
 He was son of Shubael and Damaris (Hawes,) Wentworth, 
 of Newington, b. 1754; d. April 18, 1823; m. (i), Anna Stod- 
 dard, b. Jan. II, 1769, d. Aug. 2, 1780, (2), May 11, 1789, 
 Rebecca, daughter Israel and Rebecca (Meekens,) Boardman, 
 b. June 3, 1759, d. March 21, 1814. They lived at Newington. 
 
244 THE CHURCH 
 
 Whaples, Eli. His rate abated April 2, 1804, and April 20, 
 1807. 
 
 He was son of Reuben and Hannah Whaples of Newington, 
 b. 1739; d. about 1804. A deed on the Wethersfield records, 
 dated Oct. 15, 1804, describes land as butted "East on the heirs 
 of Eli Whaples deed." Eli Whaples m. March 7, 1765 Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of John and Phebe Foster of Middletown, Conn. 
 He is described in the marriage record as of Washington. 
 Elizabeth Whaples (widow of Eli) d. Jan. 7, 1819, age 79, 
 at Newington. The name of Eli Whaples appears several times 
 among the soldiers of the French and Indian War. He was 
 also a Corporal in the Revolutionary War. Residence, New- 
 ington. 
 
 Whaples, Elij. Subscribed $5.00 for building the church. 
 The abbreviation as copied in the records stands for Elijah, but 
 no record of any such Whaples is found. Jonathan and Mar- 
 garet Whaples of Newington had a son Elizur, bapt. Dec. 28, 
 1755 ; m. Ruth, daughter of Robert and Ruth Woodruff, b. 
 April 10, 1751, d. May 27, 1794. He was a soldier in the 
 Revolutionary War, lived in New Britain, where he owned 
 land in 1784 and where on March 16, 1801, the Congregational 
 Society voted "That a tax against Elizur Whaples of 90 cents, 
 Oliver Stanley collected be suspended for the present." 
 
 Whaples, Elisha. Subscribed $7.00 for building the church. 
 The baptism of "John Bartlett," son of Elisha and Sarah 
 Whaples, is recorded at Christ Church, Middletown, as at 
 Wethersfield, Jan. 17, 1801 and was probably at Christ Church, 
 Worthington. 
 
 He was son of and Lucy (Atkins,) Whaples. Lucy 
 
 was daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Watts,) Atkins of 
 New Britain, and m. (2) a Mr. Todd. Benjamin Atkins deeds 
 land to his daughter Lucy Todd and to her son Elisha Whaples. 
 Elisha Whaples lived in New Britain until 1806, then removed 
 to Newington. Sarah, wife of Elisha Whaples 2d, was 
 admitted to the Congregational Church, Newington, Feb. 27, 
 1814. 
 
 Elisha Whaples ist, 2nd, 3rd and 4th were admitted to said 
 Church, May 6, 1821. 
 
IN WETHEESFIELJ) AND BERLIN. 
 
 245 
 
 Whittlesey, Lemuel. Subscribed $20.00 for building the 
 church. 
 
 He was son of Eliphalet and Dorothy (Kellogg,) Whittlesey, 
 b. May 16, 1740; d. Aug. 30, 1823; m. Hannah, daughter of 
 Robert Welles, b. April 22, 1742, d. April 2, 1810. Both are 
 buried at Newington. He lived at Maple Hill and was a mem- 
 ber of the Congregational Church, Newington ; was one who 
 opposed the final location of the meeting-house there, and 
 offered to give one hundred pounds towards building the house, 
 if placed where the stakes were first set. 
 
 Woodruffs, The. On April 19, 1802, the taxes of several 
 persons and "the Woodruffs", were abated. 
 
 Wolcutt, Justus. Subscribed $4.00 for building the church. 
 
 He was son of Justus Wolcott, bapt. July 24, 1763 ; m. Dec. 
 12, 1785, Rosetta, daughter of John and Rosetta (Blinn,) 
 Squires, b. May 7, 1768. Lived at Newington. 
 
 Wright, David. Filed a certificate of withdrawal from the 
 Congregational Society of Kensington, Sept. 24, 1801, in 
 favor of Christ Church of Worthington. 
 
 He was son of Joseph and (Hudson,) Wright; m. 
 
 (i), May 4, 1795, Abigail Wadsworth, of Kensington, (2), 
 Clarrissa, daughter of Benjamin Hopkins and widow of Sub- 
 mit Hart. They lived at Kensington. 
 
 Wright, Joseph. He was warned by Goodrich to attend the 
 meeting of July 10, 1826. 
 
 He was son of Dea. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Culver,) 
 Wright, b. Oct. 7, 1799; d. July 19, 1855; m. Feb. 3, 1814, 
 Dorothy, daughter of Ebenezer and Lucy (Jerome,) Hart, b. 
 Oct. 7, 1779 at Rocky Hill. He lived in New Britain and 
 inherited the farm of his father at the south end of East Street. 
 He was selectman, judge of probate, member of the school 
 committee and representative to the General Assembly. Was 
 called Colonel. 
 
246 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 RECORDS OF CHRIST CHURCH, WETHERS- 
 FIELD AND BERLIN, CONN. 
 
 1797-1827 
 
 We, whose names are under written, severally promise and 
 engage to pay the sums by us subscribed to such committee or 
 treasurer as shall, by the majority of subscribers, be chosen to 
 receive the same, subscribed for the purpose of building an 
 Episcopal Church at the place where a stake has lately been set, 
 a little north east of Elisha Dunham. 
 
 Berlin, Oct. 29, 1797. 
 
 Jonathan Gilbert. 
 
 $ 50. cash. 
 
 $50. 
 
 John Goodrich. 
 
 100. 
 
 90. 
 
 Samuel Ludington. 
 
 2. 
 
 10. 
 
 Joseph Churchel. 
 
 10. 
 
 5- 
 
 David Goodrich. 
 
 100. 
 
 70. 
 
 Selah Beckley. 
 
 20. 
 
 20. 
 
 John Watson. 
 
 4- 
 
 4- 
 
 Jonathan Gilbert, Jr. 
 
 40. 
 
 20. 
 
 Joseph Steel. 
 
 9- 
 
 4- 
 
 David Gilbert. 
 
 30. 
 
 30- 
 
 Thomas Deming. 
 
 20. 
 
 20. 
 
 Elizur Deming. 
 
 30. 
 
 30- 
 
 John Squire. 
 
 10. 
 
 10. 
 
 Elizur Andrus. 
 
 
 20. 
 
 Elishar Whaples. 
 
 2. 
 
 
 Sion Wentworth. 
 
 10. 
 
 10. 
 
 Uzziel Latimore. 
 
 
 10. 
 
 Elij. Whaples. 
 
 
 5- 
 
 Justus Woolcot. 
 
 
 4- 
 
 
 $437- 
 
 $412. 
 
 Jonathan Blin. 
 
 $ 10. cash. 
 
 $10. 
 
 Elisha Squire. 
 
 3- 
 
 2. 
 
 Lemuel Whittlesey. 
 
 20. 
 
 
 Allen Francis. 
 
 
 12. 
 
 Roger Francis. 
 
 
 5- 
 
 labor. 
 
 labor. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 247 
 
 Absalom Wells. 
 
 5- 
 
 
 Asahel Deming. 
 
 3- 
 
 3- 
 
 Francis Cosslet. 
 
 
 3- 
 
 Hezekiah Adkins. 
 
 
 5- 
 
 Elisha Whaples. 
 
 
 5- 
 
 Solomon Squire. 
 
 
 2. 
 
 Thomas Gilbert. 
 
 
 8. 
 
 Thomas Hart, 2"">. 
 
 3- 
 
 
 Asahel A. Kellsey. 
 
 
 12. 
 
 Daniel Steel. 
 
 100. 
 
 
 Andrew Norton. 
 
 10. 
 
 
 Ephraim Crofoot. 
 
 
 10. 
 
 David Dickenson. 
 
 25- 
 
 25- 
 
 David Steel. 
 
 56. 
 
 
 Oliver Richards. 
 
 
 6. 
 
 John Webster. 
 
 
 5- 
 
 David Blin. 
 
 
 10. 
 
 Thaniel Dickinson. 
 
 10. 
 
 10. 
 
 Theodore Elworth. 
 
 
 2. 
 
 Bela Goodrich. 
 
 3- 
 
 
 $248. $135. 
 
 The above is a true copy of the original, Test. 
 
 Selah Beckley, Society's Clerk. 
 
 At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Episcopal Society in 
 Wethersfield and Worthington held at Mr. Elizur Deming, on 
 Monday the 13th of November, A.D., 1797. 
 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley be clerk to enter and record the 
 votes and doings of the Society the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a moderator to lead in such 
 meeting. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich, Daniel Ludington, David Steel, 
 Jonathan Gilbert Jr. be a committee to order the neces- 
 sary business meeting for said society the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned, to the first Thursday 
 of December next at two o'clock, at Mr. Elizur 
 Demings. 
 
248 THE CHURCH 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held Thursday, the 7 day of Decm^ 
 1797. 
 
 Voted. That the Society go on to build the church where the 
 stake is now set. 
 
 Voted. That the house be fifty feet long and forty feet wide. 
 
 Voted. That a steeple be built with the house. 
 
 Voted. That Unni Robbins, David Goodrich, Jonathan Gilbert, 
 John Goodrich, Jonathan Gilbert, Jr., and David 
 Dickenson be a committee to get timber and employ 
 hands to build the house and to procure all the neces- 
 saries to the building the same. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the twenty first 
 day December at two oclock, after noon, Mr. Elizur 
 Demings. 
 
 At a meeting held at Elisha Dunham's the fifth day of Feby. 
 the A.D. 1798. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming be a Treasurer for the Society the 
 
 year ensuing. 
 Voted. That one third of the subscription money be paid by 
 
 the first day of April next. 
 Voted. That David Steel be a collector for the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the first Monday of 
 
 April next, at four oclock after noon, at Mr. Elizur 
 
 Demings. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting, held on the second day of April 
 1798, at Mr. Elizur Demings. 
 
 Voted. That the meeting be adjourned to the 19th day of the 
 present month at 4 oclock, after noon, at Mr. Elizur 
 Demings. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held Thursday the 19 of the April 
 1798, at Mr. Elizur Demings. 
 
 Voted. That there should be a spire built to the steeple. 
 
 Voted. That we hire Mr. Seth Hart to preach every fourth 
 Sabbath the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a collector to collect the sub- 
 scription every Sabbath. 
 
IN WETHEESFIELD AND BERLIN. 249 
 
 At a meeting held at Elizur Demings on Thursday the 31 
 day of May 1798. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a delegate to attend the general 
 
 convention when they shall meet. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Episcopal Society, 
 in Wethersfield and Worthington, legally warned and held at 
 Mr. Elizur Demings in said society, on the 25th of June 1798. 
 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley be a clerk for said society the 
 
 year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be a moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That John Goodrich, Jonathan Gilbert, Unni Robbins 
 
 be a committee for said society the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming be a treasurer for said society the 
 
 year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be a collector to collect the 
 
 remainder of the subscription money for the church. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the 26th day of Nov. 
 
 1798, at Mr. Elizur Demings, at three o'clock, after 
 
 noon. I 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held at Mr. Elizur Demings on 
 the 26th of Nov. 1798. 
 
 Voted. That there should be a committee to go aijd hire Mr. 
 
 Hart to preach with us half the time the next year. 
 Voted. That John Goodrich And Selah Beckley be a committee 
 
 to go and agree with Mr. Hart to come and preach with 
 
 us half the time the next year. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Episcopal Society 
 in Wethersfield and Worthington held at Christ Church on the 
 25th day of March 1799, legally warned 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to Elizur Demings 
 
 forthwith. 
 
25° THE CHURCH 
 
 At a meeting held at Mr. Elizur Demings, by adjournment, 
 on the 25th day of March 1799. 
 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley should be a Clerk for the Society 
 the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich, Jonathan Gilbert, Unni Robbins, 
 be a committee for the Society the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming be a Treasurer for said Society 
 the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Unni Robbins be a delegate to attend the conven- 
 tion the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a delegate to attend the con- 
 vention in case Mr. Robbins fails. 
 
 Voted. That Asahel A. Kellsey, Elizur Andrus, Selah Beckley, 
 Arthur Andrus be choristers for the church the year 
 ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 At a meeting held at Christ Church in Wethersfield and 
 Worthington, on the 13th day of June 1799, legally warned. 
 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be a moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the 20th day of this 
 
 present month at four oclock after noon, at this place. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held on the 20 day of June 1799. 
 
 Voted. That there should be a tax laid of two cents on a dollar. 
 Voted. That the above tax should be paid be the first of January. 
 Voted. That Asahel A. Kellsey should collect the tax in 
 
 Worthington and Kensington. 
 Voted. That Bela Goodrich be a collector for Newington and 
 
 New Britain. 
 Voted. That all those people that are desirous of joining the 
 
 church in this place shall be exempted from paying any 
 
 taxes to the church excepting what shall be laid for 
 
 the support of the minister. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the first day of July 
 
 next, at five oclock afternoon. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 251 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held on the first day of July 1799. 
 
 Voted. That there should be a tax laid of two cents on a dollar 
 to finish the steeple. 
 
 Voted. That the above tax shall be paid by the first of August 
 next. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a committee to finish the steeple, 
 and for to collect the above tax. 
 
 Voted. That this Society do approve and adopt the constitution 
 of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Connecticut as 
 formed by the Bishop, Clergy and Laity of said Church 
 in convention holden in Trinity Church, in New Haven, 
 June 6th 1792, and proposed to be laid before the sev- 
 eral parishes in the Diocese for their consideration 
 and adoption. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held at Christ Church, in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, on the 21st day of October, 1799, 
 
 Voted. That Unni Robbins, John Goodrich and Jonathan Gil- 
 bert, Selah Beckley be a committee to call on the people 
 that subscribed for the building of the church for their 
 bills of what they have* done so there may be a settle- 
 ment made. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the fourth day of 
 November, at two oclock after noon, at this place. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held on the fourth day of Novem- 
 ber. 1799. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming be a moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the third day of 
 
 Decmr. at one oclock after noon, at this place. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held on the third day of Decmr. 
 1799. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the i6th of this 
 present month, at one oclock after noon, at this place. 
 
252 THE CHURCH 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held the 16 day of Dec. 1799. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Andrus be Clerk Pro tempore. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to Mr. Elizur Deming's. 
 
 Voted. That a tax be laid on the ratable estate of this society 
 
 of two cents on a dollar payable the first of February 
 
 next. 
 Voted. That Unni Robbins and David Dickinson be collectors 
 
 of said tax. Said tax is to be made on the List of 1798- 
 Voted. That the key of the church be left at Mr. Elizur 
 
 Deming's. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 At a meeting held at Christ Church in Wethersfield and 
 Worthington, the 8th day of Jan. 1800. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming be Clerk pro tempore. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. 
 
 Voted. That Unni Robbins, Elizur Andrus, Thomas Deming, 
 Selah Beckley, Ashael A Kellsey be a committee, and 
 that they shall have full power to take all said accounts 
 that have been made for building said church into 
 consideration, and if they find any of said bills charged 
 too high, may reduce them down, and if there is any 
 that has not charged enough to said bills, may be 
 added to, so that every one may have equal justice done 
 them for building said church. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the second Monday 
 of February next at this place, at one oclock after noon 
 at this place. 
 
 At our annual meeting held at Christ Church in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, on the 14 day of April iSoo. 
 
 Voted. That David Beckley be a moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley Be clerk the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming be Treasurer the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That John Goodrich, Andrew Norton and Thomas 
 
 Deming be a committee for the church the year 
 
 ensuing. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 253 
 
 Voted. That the present committee shall agree with some 
 minister to perform service half the time the year 
 ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Unni Robbins be a delegate to attend the Conven- 
 tion at Waterbury the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the second Monday 
 of June next at two oclock in the afternoon. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held at Christ Church, Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, on the eleventh day of June 1800. 
 
 Voted. That there should be a tax laid of two cents on a dollar, 
 
 and to be paid into the treasury by the first day of April, 
 
 1801. 
 Voted. That David Beckley be collector to (collect) for the 
 
 above tax in Worthington, and James Deming in 
 
 Wethersfield. 
 Voted. That the present committee should get a large bible 
 
 for the use of the church. 
 Voted. That this meeting adjourn without day. 
 
 At a meeting held at Christ Church in Wethersfield and 
 Worthington, on the 28 day of Oct. 1800, legally warned. 
 
 Voted. That Unni Robbins be a moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be a collector to collect the tax 
 
 that David Dickenson was to collect. 
 Voted. That John Goodrich, Jonathan Gilbert, Asahel A. 
 
 Kellsey be a committee to treat with some people that 
 
 have professed to be churchmen, and are not willing 
 
 to pay taxes. 
 
 April 6, 1 80 1. 
 
 At a meeting held at Christ Church in Wethersfield and 
 Worthington on the sixth day of April A.D. 1801, legally 
 warned, (it being an annual meeting.) 
 
 Voted. That Benjamin Slater be made moderator to lead in 
 
 said meeting. 
 Voted. That Joseph Sage be a clerk for said society the year 
 
 ensuing. 
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254 THE CHURCH 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming be Treasurer for the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Asahel A. Kellsey, John Goodrich 3rd. and David 
 
 Beckley be a committee for the society the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert Jun'. be a Tythingman for the 
 
 year ensuing. 
 Voted. That a tax of two cents on a dollar be granted on the 
 
 list 1800, payable the first of January next. 
 Voted. That David Steel be a collector for said tax in Worth- 
 
 ington and Daniel Ludington for the remainder of 
 
 said tax. 
 Voted. That Mr. Selah Beckley be a lay delegate to attend the 
 
 convention in June next. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the 2nd Thursday in 
 
 June next at this place at 3 oclock P. M. 
 
 June II, 1801. 
 
 At the meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield and 
 BerHn legally holden by adjournment on the nth day of June 
 1801. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. David Goodrich be a collector to collect the 
 tax which Mr. Daniel Ludington was appointed to 
 collect at our last annual meeting. 
 
 Voted. That a tax of eight cents on a dollar be granted on the 
 list 1800, payable the one half by the first day of Febru- 
 ary next, and the remainder by the first day of April 
 next. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. Jonathan Gilbert and Mr. John Goodrich 3rd 
 be collectors to collect the aforesaid tax. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 Oct. 5th. 1801. 
 
 At a meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield and Berlin 
 legally holden at Christs Church in Wethersfield on the 5th day 
 of October A.D. 1801. 
 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be a moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. ^ 
 
 Voted. That David Steel be excused from collecting the tax 
 granted by this society April 6th, 1801, on the list 1800. 
 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage collect the above tax. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 255 
 
 Voted. That Joseph Sage apply to New Britain parish for our 
 
 arrearages of public moneys. 
 Voted. That (we) go to the Assembly to apply for a Lottery 
 
 for the benefit of the church &c. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 Dec. 3, 1801. 
 
 At a meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield and Berlin, 
 legally holden at Christ Church in Wethersfield, on the 3rd 
 day of December, 1801. 
 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley be a Clerk Pro. temp. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. John Trion be moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. 
 
 Voted. That we give Mr. James Kilborn a letter of recom- 
 mendation to the Bishop of this Diocese. 
 
 Voted. That we hire Mr. James Kilborn to perform divine 
 service one half the time the year ensuing, if he can 
 be obtained, so as to give satisfaction to the people. 
 
 Voted. That Messrs. Unni Robbins, Benj. Slater, and Jonathan 
 Gilbert Jr. be a committe to treat with Mr. James 
 Kilborn. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming and Joab Norton be Tythingmen 
 for the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the 29th day of the 
 present month at this place at 3 oclock P. M. 
 
 Dec. 29, 1801. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held at Christ Church in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, on the 29th day of December 1801. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. Selah Beckley be moderator to lead said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That we hire Mr. James Kilborn to officiate as a 
 
 clergyman one half of the Sundays the year ensuing at 
 
 fifty pounds lawful money. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 April 19, 1802. 
 
 At an annual meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield 
 and Berlin, legally holden at Christ's Church in Wethersfield 
 and Worthington on the 19th day of April 1802. 
 
256 THE CHURCH 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich 3rd be moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. 
 
 Voted. That Joseph Sage be Clerk the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be Treasurer the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich 3rd, Asahel A. Kellsey and Jona- 
 than Gilbert Jr. be the Prudential Committee the year 
 ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That we allow David Beckley 5 dol. and 34 cents, 
 expenses to the Assembly in October last, as will 
 appear by his bills this day received. 
 
 Voted. That a tax of two cents on the dollar payable by the 
 first day of December next be granted on the list 1801 
 to defray the expense of preaching the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That David Goodrich and Nataniel Dickenson be col- 
 lectors to collect said tax. 
 
 Voted. That we allow Mr. John Goodrich 3rd. 8 dollars and 
 75 cents for boarding clergymen, as per bill this day 
 received. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. Selah Beckley, be lay delegate to the con- 
 vention the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley Benjamin Slater and Nathaniel 
 Dickenson be committee to view the ground Mr. John 
 Goodrich 3rd proposes to give for a glebe and burying 
 ground, and make report to the next meeting. 
 
 Voted. That the taxes against Simeon North, Joseph Crofoot, 
 David North and the Woodruffs be abated. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the 3rd Monday in 
 June next at 3 oclock P.M. 
 
 June 21, 1802. 
 
 Voted At an adjourned meeting of the Episcopalians in 
 Wethersfield and Berlin. 
 
 That Mr. Thomas Deming be authorized to sue for and col- 
 lect the remainder of the subscriptions for building the 
 Church and accompt with the Society for the same. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 Nov. 30, 1802. 
 
 At a special meeting of the Episcopalians of Wethersfield 
 and Berlin, legally holden at Christ Church in Wethersfield 
 and Worthington on the 30th day of November 1802. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 257 
 
 Voted. That Asahel A. Kellsey, be Clerk pro tempore. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. Jonathan Gilbert be Moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. 
 
 Voted. That the committee engage the Rev. James Kilborn 
 to perform divine service at this place one quarter of 
 the Sundays from Christmas until Easter, and after 
 Easter the half of the time until Christmas 1803. Then 
 this meeting was disolved. 
 
 At a meeting legally warned and held at Christ Church in 
 Wethersfield and Worthington on the 13 day of April, A.D. 
 1803. 
 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be Clerk to enter and record 
 
 the votes and doings of the society the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That John Goodrich 3rd be Moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be a Treasurer for the Society 
 
 the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That John Goodrich 3rd, Jonathan Gilbert Jr. and 
 
 Oliver Sage be a Committee for the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That there should be a tax laid of two cents on a 
 
 dollar. 
 Voted. That the above tax should be made on the list 1802. 
 Voted. That the above tax should be paid by the first day of 
 
 November next. 
 Voted. That David Gilbert should collect the said tax in New 
 
 Britain and Newington. 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley should collect said tax in Worth- 
 ington. 
 Voted. That Elizur Andrus and Asahel A. Kellsey and Selah 
 
 Beckley be choristers to lead in singing the year 
 
 ensuing. 
 Voted. That the present committee be empowered to settle all 
 
 matters with David Dickenson respecting the society. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the last Monday of 
 
 May next at three oclock in the afternoon. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethers- 
 field and Berlin, holden at Christ Church on the 20 day of 
 May A.D. 1803. 
 
258 THE CHURCH 
 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley be a Delegate to attend the conven- 
 tion the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Elisha Andrus's rate be abated in Nathaniel Dick- 
 ensons rate bill. 
 
 Voted. That Joseph Steel's rate be abated in David Good- 
 rich's rate bill, all except one dollar. 
 
 Voted. That Joseph Steel's rates be abated, one quarter of 
 them, in John Goodrich's rate bills, which he is to 
 collect of 8 cents on the dollar. 
 
 Voted. That one half of Benjamin Slater's rates be abated in 
 John Goodrich's rate bills, that he is to collect of 8 
 cents on the dollar. 
 
 Voted. That the present committee be empowered to settle 
 with the collectors, and abate such rates as they think 
 can't be collected. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be disolved. 
 
 At our annual meeting held At Christ Church in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, on the 2 day of April, A.D. 1804. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. 
 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be Clerk for the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be Treasurer for the year 
 ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a committee for the year 
 ensuing. 
 
 Voted, 'that Oliver Sage be a committee for the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert Jr. be a committee for the year 
 ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Elias Goodrich's rate be abated in Nathaniel Dick- 
 enson's rate bill. 
 
 Voted. William Barnes' rate $3.34 and Paul Bramon's rate 
 $1.20, and Francis Coslet's rate $1.28 and John Squire's 
 rate $ .8r, and Zion Wentworth's rate $1.54, and Eli 
 Whaples' rate $1.97, be all abated in Daniel Luding- 
 ton's rate bill. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to Tuesday after the 
 third Sunday in May next, at three oclock after noon 
 at this place. 
 
IN WETHEESFIELD AND BERLIN. 259 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held on the 22 day of May A.D. 
 1804, at Christ Church in Wethersfield and Worthington. 
 
 Voted. That a tax of two cents on a dollar be laid on the list 
 1803 to be paid by the first day of November next. 
 
 Voted. That Moses Kelsey be a collector to collect the above 
 tax in Newington and New Britain. 
 
 Voted. That Hart Holabird be a collector to collect the above 
 tax in Worthington and Kensinpton and settle with 
 the Treasurer. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Andrus, Selah Beckley and Jonathan Gil- 
 bert Junr. be choristers for the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned four weeks from this 
 day at five oclock P. M. at this place. 
 
 At our annual meeting held at Christ Church in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington an the 15 day of April A.D. 1805. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich be a moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. 
 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be Clerk for the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be Treasurer the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage be a committee for the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Benjamin Slater be a committee for the year 
 ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That David Gilbert be a committee for the year 
 ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That a tax of two cents on a dollar be granted and 
 made on the list 1804, payable by the first of Novem- 
 ber next. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming Junr. be a collector to collect the 
 above tax in Newington and New Britain. 
 
 Voted. That John Tryon be a collector to collect the above tax 
 in Worthington and Kensington. 
 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert Junr. be appointed to go to the 
 committee of New Britain and get the public money 
 that belongs to the Episcopalians in that society. 
 Voted. That Thomas Stedman's rate be abated in David Good- 
 rich's rate bill, one dollar of it. 
 Voted. That Thomas Stedman's rate be abated in Moses Kel- 
 sey's rate bill one dollar of it. 
 
26o THE CHURCH 
 
 Voted. That Noah Tryon's rate be abated in Nathaniel Dick- 
 enson's rate bill, it is $1.20. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Andrus's rate be abated in Moses Kelsey's 
 rate bill, it is $1.34. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich 3 be a lay delegate to go to the 
 Episcopal convention in June next to represent said 
 Society. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the first Tuesday of 
 May next to be holden at this place at three oclock 
 in the after noon. 
 
 Feb. 27, 1806. 
 
 At a meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield and Berlin, 
 legally holden at Christ Church in Wethersfield, the 27th day of 
 February 1806. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich 3rd be a Moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be clerk for the present meeting. 
 Voted. That the present committee collect the subscription 
 
 and pay out the same for the pulpit and seats made in 
 
 said church. 
 Voted. That said meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 April 10, 1806. 
 
 At an annual meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield 
 and Worthington, legally holden at Christ Church on the loth 
 day of April A.D. 1806. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. Thomas Deming be Moderator to lead in 
 said meeting. 
 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage be Clerk for the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be a Treasurer the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Benjamin Slater, Nathaniel Dickenson and Oliver 
 Sage be a Prudential Committee for the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That we apply to the Assembly for a lottery to finish 
 the church. 
 
 Voted. That John Goodrich 3rd & Benjamin Slater and Nathan- 
 iel Dickenson be a committee to see if we can't get a 
 lottery, and to apply to the Assembly in May next, if 
 they find it expedient. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 261 
 
 Voted. That Josiah Smith's tax be abated on Hart Hurlbert's 
 bill $2.66 
 
 and William Watson's tax in said bill, 1.20 
 
 $3-86 
 Voted. That Noah Tryon's rate on Nathaniel Dickinson's bill 
 
 be abated $1.20. 
 Voted. To adjourn this meeting to the 21st day of April, 1806, 
 
 at two of the clock in the afternoon at this place. 
 
 April 21, 1806. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethers- 
 field and Berlin. 
 
 Voted. A tax of two cents on a dollar, payable on the first of 
 November next, and granted on list of 1805, and to be 
 paid for ministerial services to such clergymen as the 
 committee shall think proper to employ. 
 
 Voted. A tax of five mills on a dollar, and payable the first of 
 November next, and granted on list of A.D. 1805, and 
 to (be) paid out for the repairs of the Pro. Epis. 
 church by the committee. 
 
 Voted. That Sam'll Goodrich be a collector to collect the above 
 taxes, and pay the same to the treasurer. 
 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be a lay delegate to attend the 
 convention. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting adjourn without day. 
 
 March 30, A.D. 1807. 
 
 At an annual meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield 
 and Berlin, legally holden at Christ Church in Wethersfield 
 and Berlin, on the 30th day of March 1807. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. Thomas Deming be Moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage be Clerk to record the doings of the 
 
 Episcopalians the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be Treasurer the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage, Nathaniel Dickinson and Benjamin 
 
 Slater be a Prudential Committee the year ensuing. 
 
262 THE CHURCH 
 
 Voted. To raise a tax of two cents on a dollar on list of A.D. 
 
 1806, and payable to the treasurer the first of Novr. 
 
 A.D. 1807, to defray the expenses of preaching the 
 
 year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Sylvester Beckley be a collector to collect the 
 
 above tax. 
 Voted. To abate Joseph Churchill's taxes in David Gilbert's 
 
 rate bill, and in Moses Kellsey's, Elizur Deming's, and 
 
 Samuel Goodrich's. 
 Voted. To abate Lemuel Holmes' rate in Moses Kellsey's rate 
 
 bill. 
 Voted. To abate Elias Goodrich and Noah Tryon's rates in 
 
 Jonathan Gilbert's rate bill of eight cents on a dollar 
 
 and made on list 1800. 
 Voted. To abate Luther Weldon's rate in Samuel Goodrich's 
 
 rate bill, made on list of 1805. 
 Voted. To adjourn this meeting three weeks from this day at 
 
 three oclock in the after noon at this place. 
 
 April 20, A.D. 1807. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting of the Episcopalians, legally holden 
 at Christ Church in Wethersfield and Berlin, on the 20 of 
 April A.D. 1807. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. John Goodrich 2d. be lay delegate to the con- 
 vention the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. To abate the following taxes in Unni Robbins, rate 
 bill viz : 
 
 Joseph Churchill's . . . $2.42 
 
 Francis Coslet's 
 Zion Wentworth's 
 Eli Whaples' 
 John Squire's 
 William Barnes' 
 Thomas Stedman's 
 
 •39 
 1.42 
 1.84 
 2.14 
 1.20 
 1-53 
 
 $10.94 
 Voted. That Mr. Elizur Deming should settle all the collector's 
 bills that was granted when the said Deming was 
 Treasurer. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 263 
 
 Voted. That the present committee should have power to abate 
 
 all the taxes they think proper. 
 Voted. That this meeting adjourn without day. 
 
 April 18, 1808. 
 
 Annual meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield and 
 Beriin, legally holden in Christ Church in sd. Wethersfield and 
 Berlin on the i8th day of April 1808. 
 
 Voted. That Benjamin Slater be Moderator to lead in said 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage be Clerk to record the votes and 
 
 doings of the Parish the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be treasurer the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Nathaniel Dickinson, Jonathan Gilbert and Oliver 
 
 Sage be the prudential committee the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That a tax of two cents on a dollar be granted, and 
 " payable to the treasurer by the first day of Novr. 1808, 
 
 and to be made on list A.D. 1807. 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be a collector to collect the said 
 
 tax. 
 Voted. That Benjamin Slater be a lay delegate to the conven- 
 tion the year ensuing. 
 Voted. That Jonathan Gilbert be a warden for the Pro. Epis. 
 
 Parish in Wethersfield and Berlin. 
 Voted. That the present committee have power to abate all the 
 
 taxes that are now granted, and have heretofore been 
 
 granted against those they think ought to pay the 
 
 taxes. 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming and Capt. Selah Beckley be 
 
 appointed to apply to the Assembly for a lottery for 
 
 the benefit of the parish. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 April 3, 1809. 
 
 Annual meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield and 
 Berlin, legally assembled at Christ Church on the 3rd day of 
 April A.D. 1809. 
 
 Voted. That Selah Beckley be -Moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. 
 
264 THE CHURCH 
 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage be Clerk the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be treasurer the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage, Nathaniel Dickenson and Jonathan 
 Gilbert be the committee the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That the present committee have full pov^er to abate 
 any taxes they think proper, or any part of taxes they 
 think proper to abate. 
 
 Voted. That a tax of two cents on a dollar be granted and 
 made on list A.D. 1808, and payable to the treasurer 
 the first day of Novr. A.D. 1809. 
 
 Voted. That David Gilbert be a collector for the above tax. 
 
 Voted. That Capt. Selah Beckley and Oliver Sage be lay dele- 
 gates to attend the convention the year ensuing, and 
 that they shall have power to act as they shall think 
 proper concerning Rev. Ammi Rogers. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 Oct. 6, 1809. 
 
 At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Prot. Epis. Parish in 
 Wethersfield and Berlin, legally holden at the church on the 
 six day of Oct. 1809. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be moderator to lead in sd. 
 
 meeting. 
 Voted. That David Goodrich be a collector to collect the tax 
 
 made of list 1808, and payable to the treasurer the 
 
 first day of Novr. 1809. 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned without day. 
 
 April 23, A. D. 1810. 
 
 Annual meeting of the Episcopalians of Wethersfield and 
 Berlin, legally assembled at Christ Church in Wethersfield 
 and Berlin, on the 23 of April A. D. 1810. 
 
 Voted. That Benjamin Slater be Moderator to lead in said 
 meeting. 
 
 Voted. That Oliver Sage be Clerk to record the doings of the 
 Parish the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be treasurer the year ensuing. 
 
 Voted. That Elizur Deming, Oliver Sage and Nathaniel Dick- 
 enson be a prudential committee the year ensuing. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 265 
 
 Voted. That a tax of two cents on a dollar be granted on list 
 A. D. 1809, and payable to the treasurer by the first 
 day of Novr. A.D. 1810, in order to pay the arrearages 
 of the parish. 
 
 Voted. That Benjamin Slater be a collector for the above tax. 
 
 Voted. That the present prudential committee have full power 
 to abate those taxes they think proper, or in their 
 judgement ought to be abated. 
 
 Voted. That Benjamin Slater be a lay delegate to attend the 
 convention this year. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting adjourn without day. 
 
 To Luther Beckley Esq. Justice of the- Peace for Hartford 
 County, comes the subscribers, members of the Episcopal Soci- 
 ety of Wethersfield and Worthington, and informs said Justice 
 that the last clerk of said Society has removed out of this State, 
 and there being no committee, who are qualified by law to 
 warn a meeting of said Society, — We therefore request you to 
 issue a warrant to some proper person, directing him to warn 
 a meeting of said Society agreeably to the statute in that case 
 provided, for the purpose of appointing the necessary officers 
 for said Society, and doing any other business which said meet- 
 ing may find necessary and proper. 
 Wethersfield, June 29th 1826. 
 
 Thomas Deming 
 Nathaniel Dickenson, 
 Daniel Steele, 
 Samuel S. Goodrich, 
 Linus Gilbert, 
 Ralph Dickenson. 
 
 To Samuel S. Goodrich of Wethersfield in Hartford County, 
 a member of the Episcopal Society of Wethersfield and Worth- 
 ington, Greeting. 
 
 By authority of the State of Connecticut you are herebv re- 
 quired to give legal notice or warning to all the members of the 
 Episcopal Society of Wethersfield and Worthington to attend 
 a Society meeting at the Church on Monday, the loth day of 
 July 1826 at 2 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of appointing the 
 necessary officers for said Society, and doing any other business 
 
266 THE CHURCH 
 
 which said meeting may find proper and necessary. And you 
 are to make due returns of your doings to me according to law. 
 Dated at Berhn this 30th day of June, 1826. 
 
 Luther Beckley 
 Just, of the peace. 
 
 July 3, 1826. 
 
 We the undersigned, do hereby acknowledge legal service 
 made by Samuel S. Goodrich. 
 
 Lotan Beckley 
 Solomon Squire 
 Moses W. Beckley, 
 Elizur Deming Jr., 
 Elizur Deming, 
 Elizur Andrus, 
 Sheldin Steele, 
 Russel Gilbert, 
 
 June 30th 1826. 
 
 I then made legal service of the within to Roger Deming, 
 Joseph Wright, Andrew Norton, and Orrin Beckley, and on 
 the 3d day of July 1826, I made legal warning to Joel Belden, 
 David Steele, David Steele Jr., Linus Gilbert, Moses Gilbert, 
 Thomas Deming, Nathaniel Dickenson, Daniel Steele and 
 Ralph Dickenson. 
 
 Samuel S. Goodrich. 
 
 Hartford County, ss. Berlin, July 5th, 1826. 
 
 Personally appeared Samuel S. Goodrich and made oath 
 that he has made service of this warrant agreeable to his 
 endorsement thereon. 
 
 Before me, Luther Beckley, 
 
 Just, of the Peace. 
 
 At a meeting of the Episcopal Society of Wethersfield and 
 Worthington legally warned and convened at the church on the 
 loth day of July 1826, when I declared said meeting duly 
 opened, and led them to the choice of a moderator and clerk. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 267 
 
 and that said meeting might be fully organized, I administered 
 to the clerk the oath prescribed by law. 
 
 Certified by 
 
 Luther Beckley, 
 Just, of the Peace. 
 
 The foregoing are true copies of the original. 
 
 Attest, Samuel S. Goodrich, Qerk. 
 
 Resolved that this petition and warrant be entered on our 
 book of records. Voted, and to be recorded. 
 
 At a meeting held at the Episcopal church in Wethersfield 
 and Worthingfton on the loth day of July 1826, legally warned 
 and convened. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be Moderator of said meeting. 
 
 Voted. That Samuel S. Goodrich be Clerk of said society. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming be Treasurer of said society. 
 
 Voted. That Ralph Dickenson, Thomas Deming, and Linus 
 Gilbert be a prudential committee of said Society. 
 
 Voted. Unanimous, that our prudential committee and society 
 clerk enquire into and try to ascertain who has robbed 
 and plundered our church building of the books, seats 
 and other property belonging to said building, and to 
 take all proper, prudent and necessary means to bring 
 to justice all persons who have unlawfully taken away 
 any thing from said church building. 
 
 Voted. That said meeting be adjourned to the 2nd. Teusday 
 
 in August next at 2 oclock in the afternoon. 
 
 Samuel S. Goodrich, Clerk. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, held at the Episcopal Church in said 
 Wethersfield, on the 8th. day of August 1826. 
 
 Voted. That there be a committee appointed to sell the Epis- 
 copal church building in Wethersfield, belonging to the 
 Episcopalians in Wethersfield and Worthington. 
 
 Voted. That Thomas Deming, Ralph Dickenson and Linus Gil- 
 . bert, and Samuel S. Goodrich, Society Clerk, be a com- 
 mittee to sell said church building. 
 
268 THE CHURCH 
 
 Voted. That the church building be sold at public auction on 
 the first Monday in October next, if not sold at pri- 
 vate sale before that time. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to the last Monday in 
 September next, at 2 oclock, afternoon. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting by the Episcopalians in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, held at the Church in said Wethersfield, 
 on the 25th. day of Sept. 1826. 
 
 This meeting was unanimously adjourned to the first Monday 
 in Oct. next, at 2 oclock, afternoon. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting by the Episcopalians in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, held at said church, on the 2nd. day of 
 Oct. 1826. 
 
 Voted. That Nathaniel Dickenson be Moderator in said meet- 
 ing. 
 
 Voted. That the church building should be sold at auction, on 
 this day, at the highest bidder, for one week, if not 
 overbid then the building to be his. 
 
 Voted. That the purchaser should have six months credit with 
 good security. 
 
 Voted. That Samuel S. Goodrich be auctioneer. Said building 
 was bid off by Ralph Dickenson at $85. for one week : 
 if there be no higher bider then it is his. Carried to 
 next page. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned to next Monday at 2 
 o'clock afternoon. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting by the Episcopalians in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, held at the Church Meeting house in 
 said Wethersfield, on the 9th. day of Oct. 1826. 
 
 Voted. That this meeting be adjourned two weeks from this 
 day at 2 oclock afternoon, for the purpose of selling 
 said church building at auction, if no other arrange- 
 ments are made before that time in regard to Mr. 
 Ralph Dickenson's bid on said building at auction at 
 the last meeting. He agreed before the meeting to 
 give up the bid in case the society should do better 
 with the building at the next meeting or before. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 269 
 
 At an adjourned meeting by the Episcopalians in Wethers- 
 field and Worthington, held on the 23d. day of October 1826, 
 at said church for the purpose of selling the church building 
 at auction, Mr. Jabesh Dickenson bid one hundred and six 
 dollars: as Mr. Dickenson was a by bidder it was not sold to 
 him at this time at this price. 
 
 On the 17th. day of November 1826, the church building was 
 sold to Jabesh Dickenson by the committee at one hundred and 
 fifteen dollars. Said building was sold in this way, — for one 
 note thirty nine dollars on demand, the remainder in a note to 
 be paid in six months after date. 
 
 At an adjourned meeting held at Mr. Nathaniel Dickenson's 
 on the 28th. day of December 1827. 
 
 Voted. That Mr. Nathaniel Dickenson be treasurer for the 
 ensuing year. 
 
 Voted. That Linus Gilbert and Ralph Dickenson be the pru- 
 dential committee of ths society for the ensuing year. 
 
 Voted. That our prudential committee are directed to require 
 and demand of 
 
 Carried to next page, 
 the administrator on the estate of Thomas Darning the 
 treasurer's book, money, and all the property belonging 
 to said society, giving their receipts for the same. 
 
 At a meeting of the Episcopalians in Wethersfield and Worth- 
 ington, legally warned and held at Mr. Nathaniel Dickenson's 
 on the 2ist. day of December 1827, Mr. Nathaniel Dickenson 
 was chosen moderator and Samuel S. Goodrich was chosen 
 clerk for the year ensuing. 
 
 Said meeting was adjourned to the 28th. day of this present 
 month, at six o'clock P. M. 
 
 This last ought to be recorded before the above. 
 
 (At the end of the book.) 
 October 28, 1800. This is to certify that Mr. Allen Francis 
 wishes to absent himself from the Episcopal church of Christ 
 in Wethersfield, and join himself to the Presbyterian order. 
 
 Allen Francis. 
 
 17 
 
270 THE CHURCH 
 
 October i8, 1809. This is to certify that Blakesly Barnes 
 wishes to absent himself from the Prt Epis church and join the 
 Presbyterians in Worthington Parish. 
 
 Blakesly Barnes. 
 
 Berlin, April 23d. 1806. I desire to be esteemed not one of 
 yours any more; a certificate of Daniel Luddington. 
 
 The above is a true copy of Daniel Luddington's certificate 
 handed to me. 
 
 Oliver Sage, Parish Clerk. 
 
 Nov. 27, 1809. Samuel S. Goodrich's certficate. 
 
 Wethersfield, Nov. 27, 1809. This is to certify to the Epis- 
 copal Society in Wethersfield and Worthington that I do pro- 
 fess myself a Baptist, and do belong to the Baptist Society in 
 Hartford, and that is my place to attend public worship. 
 
 Samuel S. Goodrich. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 271 
 
 LOCAL BAPTISMS 
 
 FROM THE REGISTER OF CHRIST CHURCH, NOW 
 
 CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, 
 
 MIDDLETOWN, CONN. 
 
 (By the kindness of Mr. Frank Farnsworth Starr, of 
 Middletown.) 
 
 1770, May 20, dau. of Hubbard of Kensing- 
 
 ton. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents and Wid. Abagail Shaler. 
 1772, July 5, Mercy Hubbard, dau. of Hubbard of 
 
 Kensington. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents and Wid. Cahill. 
 1773) Jan. 3, Ann, dau., and Samuel, son of Samuel Davis of 
 
 Newington. 
 
 Sponsors, Mother, Wm. Johnson, Wm. Joyce, 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Banks 
 1774, Nov. 6, Nathaniel, Ashbel and Lucy, children of 
 
 Joseph Forbes of Wethersfield. 
 
 Sponsors, Mother, Mrs. Abigail Shaler, Philip 
 
 Mortimer, Mrs. Jeremiah Wetmore. 
 1776, Aug. 16, David, son of Jonathan Gilbert of Worth- 
 
 ington. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents, and Dr. Steele. 
 1778, May 8, Siba, Hannah, Sarah, Abigail and James, 
 
 children of Stephen DeWolf of Worthington. 
 
 Sponsors not mentioned. 
 
 1778, May 8, Lois, child of Selah Hubbard of Worthington. 
 
 Sponsors not mentioned. 
 
 1779, Nov. 25, Martin, child of Thomas Powers of Worth- 
 
 ington. 
 
 Sponsors not mentioned. 
 1781, Mar. II, Thomas, child of Thomas and Martha Denny 
 
 of Wethersfield. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents and Dr. John Osborn. 
 1786, Aug. 22, George Carter, an adult from Wethersfield. 
 
 Witnesses not mentioned. 
 
272 > THE CHURCH 
 
 1786, Sept. 21, Ataresta, John and Sarah, children of Roger 
 
 and Mehitable Brown of Rocky Hill. 
 Sponsors not mentioned. 
 
 1787, Oct. 16, Julia, child of David and Eunice Beckley of 
 
 Rocky Hill. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents, Solomon Bulkley and Wife. 
 
 1787, Oct. 16, Sarah, James, Annie, Oliver, Brizilla and 
 
 George, children of Solomon and Martha 
 
 Bulkley of Rocky Hill. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents, David Beckley and Wife. 
 
 1788, Feb. 2, Henry, child of Elizur and Marcy Andrews of 
 
 Southington. 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 1788, Feb. 3, John, son of Henry and Abagail Barbora of 
 Wethersfield 
 Sponsors, Parents and Wm. Joyce. 
 
 1790, Jan. 2, Henry, child of Elnathan and Lucy Bronson 
 
 of Kensington. 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 
 1 79 1, Jan. 20, Honour, child of David and Eunice Beckley 
 
 of Rocky Hill. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents and Carolina Beckley. 
 1791, Jan. 20, Hepsibah, child of Selah and Carolina Beckley 
 of Berlin. 
 Sponsors, Parents and Carolina Beckley. 
 
 1791, Jan. 20, Martha, child of Solomon and Martha Bulkley 
 
 of Rocky Hill. 
 
 Sponsors, Mother and David Beckley and 
 
 Wife. 
 
 1792, Feb. 15, Eleanor, Samuel Steele, Jamon and Chauncey 
 
 Smith, children of David and Clarinda Good- 
 rich of Newington. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 1792, Feb. 15, Leonard and Esther, children of David and 
 
 Sybil Dickinson of Berlin. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 1792, Feb. 15, Noel, child of Selah and Carolina Beckley of 
 
 Berlin. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 
IN WETHERSFIELD AND BERLIN. 273 
 
 1801, Jan. 17, at Wethersfield, Thomas Steadman, an adult 
 
 William, Absolam, Daniel, Zuba, Martin 
 
 Lyman and Elizabeth Atkins, children of 
 
 Thomas and Hannah Steadman. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 1801, Jan. 17, At Wethersfield, John Bartlett, child of Elisha 
 
 and Sarah Whaples. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 1801, Jan. 17, At Wethersfield, Dolly Bartlett, child 6f Wm. 
 
 Barnes. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 1801, Jan. 17, At Wethersfield, Wells, child of E. A. 
 
 Steadman. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 1801, Feb. 15, David Miller and Abagail Miller, "The 
 
 Parents, viz. Mr. Sam^ Clark and Mrs. 
 
 Dorthy, his Wife. At Berlin." 
 
 Sponsors not mentioned. 
 1805, July 4, Pitkin Seth, Fanny White and Samuel Gris- 
 
 wold, children of Samuel and Fanny Bull of 
 
 Wethersfield. 
 
 Sponsors, Parents. 
 1805, July 4, Nancy Bill. 
 
IV. THE CHURCH IN NEW BRITAIN 
 
ST. mark's church, 1906. 
 
THE CHURCH IN NEW BRITAIN 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 There were three Churchmen Hving in New Britain, in 1772, 
 according to Andrews' History of the First Church, (Congre- 
 gational,) but who they were is not stated. We have no prior 
 record of any Churchmen living within the Hmits of present 
 New Britain. Daniel • Luddington married in New Britain, 
 April 16, 1773, and resided here until his death in 1820. 
 He was active in the parish of Christ Church, Worthington, 
 for the first four years of its existence, and had probably been a 
 Churchman at Wallingford, where he lived before coming to 
 New Britain. We are inclined to think that he was one of the 
 three Churchmen mentioned by Andrews, but whether he 
 resided here before 1773 or not, the latter date makes him the 
 first Churchman to reside in New Britain that we can mention 
 by name. 
 
 Our next record is that of the temporary residence here of 
 the Rev. John Sayre, of Fairfield, as before noted. 
 
 Benjamin Slater who formerly owned the Slater woods, 
 where we still frequently go for Christmas greens, was pre- 
 haps the next Churchman to come to New Britain. Some of 
 his children were baptized at St. Andrew's Church in Bloom- 
 field and he was living there as late as April, 1786, but removed 
 to New Britain before 1798. 
 
 Between 1797 and 1826, sixteen persons, who were heads 
 of families residing in New Britain, are identified by the 
 records of Christ Church, as members of that parish. Their 
 names are as follows : 
 
 Moses W. Beckley. Joseph Sage. 
 
 Joel Belden. Benjamin Slater. 
 
 Allen Francis. Thomas Steadman. 
 
 David Gilbert. David Steele Jr. 
 
 Jonathan Gilbert Jr. John Watson. 
 
 Linus Gilbert. Luther Weldon. 
 
 Russell Gilbert. Elisha Whaples. 
 
 Daniel Luddington. Joseph Wright. 
 
278 THE CHURCH 
 
 In addition to the above :- 
 
 Hezekiah Atkins. Roger Francis and 
 
 Asahel Deming. Elijah Whaples. 
 
 all residents of New Britain, each subscribed something in 
 1797, towards building the church, but we do not know whether 
 they ever belonged to the society or not. 
 
 Six of the sixteen persons identified with the parish of Christ 
 Church were residing in New Britain in the year 1800. Every 
 one of these six either died, removed, or withdrew, before 1826, 
 so that not one of them remained in the Church on that date. 
 The other ten were not members until after I'Soo. One of 
 these later members died before 1826, leaving nine persons 
 belonging to the parish who were residing in New Britain 
 in 1826. At no one time prior to the organization of St. 
 Mark's, 1836, can we count more than nine Church families in 
 New Britain, although probably others resided here of whom 
 we have no record. In 1836, the remnant of the old Church 
 residing in New Britain consisted of David Steele (formerly 
 David Jr.), Luther Weldon and Joseph Wright. In Newing- 
 ton there were Elizur Deming Jr., Roger Deming and Oliver 
 Richards. In Worthington, Nathaniel Dickinson, Ralph Dick- 
 inson, Andrew Norton and Sheldon Steele ; and in Kensington 
 Theodore Ellsworth. Of these remnants, David Steele of New 
 Britain, Ralph Dickinson of Worthington, and Theodore Ells- 
 worth of Kensington, are the only persons whose names can 
 be found in the early records of St. Mark's Church. Mrs. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson is in the first list of commtmicants and we 
 may presume that her aged husband was a member of the 
 parish of St. Mark's, although he died about seven months after 
 its organization. 
 
 On Dec. 5, 1824, Mr. George Francis of New Britain 
 married Elizabeth Parker of Lenox, Mass., an ardent Episco- 
 palian, through whose efforts, more than those of any other one 
 person, the Church people of this section were reorganized into 
 the present St. Mark's Church. Cyrus Booth of New Britain 
 married his second wife, Myrta Loper, July i, 1825. The 
 baptism in private of a child of Cyrus Booth, of New Britain, 
 May 14, 1826, is given in Dr. Russell's history of Christ Church, 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 279 
 
 Hartford. From this record we infer that Mrs. Booth No. 2 
 was an Episcopalian. About two years later, Nov. 3, 1828, 
 Mr. Lorenzo P. Lee, of New Britain, married Jennette Todd 
 Hills, of Hartford. She was baptized at Christ Church, Hart- 
 ford, by the Rev. N. S. Wheaton, Feb. 24, 1828, and upon her 
 marriage and removal to New Britain another Church woman 
 was added to the few already here. 
 
 In the list of communicants of Christ Church, Hartford, pre- 
 pared by the Rev. Philander Chase before he left there in 1817, 
 is the name of Hezekiah Seymour. Mr. Seymour was brought 
 up as a Congregationalist, but walking up Main Street one 
 Sunday when the doors of Christ Church were wide open, he 
 was attracted by hearing the Commandments read and so 
 tarried through the service. The reading of the Command- 
 ments in public service was a novelty to him and he was so 
 surprised to find it to be a regular custom that he afterwards 
 frequented the Church until he became an ardent Churchman. 
 On Aug. 24, 1829, he married Elizabeth Hinsdale Burritt of 
 New Britain, who was at one time a member of the Congrega- 
 tional Church but afterwards became a communicant in the 
 Episcopal Church. A son of theirs was baptized at Christ 
 Church, Hartford, Sept. 2, 1832, their residence being given in 
 Dr. Russell's History as Little Britain. We presume this was 
 intended for New Britain, and that Mr. Seymour removed from 
 Hartford to New Britain before 1832, thus adding two more 
 persons to the Church people of this place. After the abandon- 
 ment of the old church at Worthington about 1820, to the 
 organization of St. Mark's, 1836, Christ Church of Hartford 
 was the Church Home for the Churchmen of New Britain, 
 although the distance was such that we could not expect them 
 to regularly attend service there. But Hezekiah Seymour was 
 such a devout and zealous Churchmen that he regularly walked 
 to Hartford to attend service on Sundays when the weather 
 would permit. In later years, the fact that Mr. Seymour con- 
 sidered the services of the Church worth walking to Hartford 
 for, led Dr. S. W. Hart to believe that there must be some- 
 thing unusually attractive in the services of the Church, and 
 he decided to study the matter. The result was that Dr. Hart 
 also became an ardent Churchman. 
 
28o 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 The reorganization of the Church in 1836 was mainly due to 
 the combined efforts and example of Mr. and Mrs. Seymour, 
 Mrs. Francis and Mrs. Lee, but according to all accounts, to 
 Mrs. George Francis more than to any other one person the 
 Church is indebted for its existence. Our Parish Register 
 says "Church service was first celebrated in New Britain, at 
 the earnest and frequent solicitations of Mrs. George Francis, 
 at one time the only communicant of the Church residing in 
 the town." She could not have been the only communicant 
 after November, 1828, when Mrs. L. P. Lee came here to reside. 
 There were at least nine parishioners of the old Church resid- 
 ing in New Britain before 1828, and while several of them 
 may not have been communicants, it is hardly probable that 
 there were not a few communicants among them or their 
 families. A newspaper clipping dated June 8, 1896, (probably 
 from the Morning Dispatch, New Britain,) says that "When 
 the (old) Church was sold a Mrs. Francis of Stanley Quarter 
 invited all the Episcopalians of this vicinity to her house, 
 where services were conducted every Sunday until 1836." A 
 report of a historical address delivered by the Rev. Henry N. 
 Wayne, March 21, 1897, in a clipping from the "Morning Dis- 
 patch" of March twenty-second, says, "When the (old) Church 
 became split a portion of the people went to Meriden to St. 
 Andrew's, and a part did not go anywhere. There was living 
 in what is now commonly known as Stanley Quarter, a very 
 zealous Church woman named Mrs. George Francis. She went 
 around among the people who had given up Church attendance 
 and secured promises from them to meet at her house. She 
 next went to see Totten, then president of Trinity college of 
 Hartford, and he promised to take charge of the services at 
 regular intervals." This account as reported is partly errone- 
 ous. If any went to St. Andrew's it must have been from 
 Worthington and Kensington, and not from New Britain. 
 We have been unable to confirm the report of the meetings 
 at the Francis house. There never was any known split in 
 Christ Church, Worthington. Bishop Brownell, and not Dr. 
 Totten, was President of the College until 1831, and the Rev. 
 Nathaniel S. Wheaton until Feb. 28, 1837, although Dr. Totten 
 was elected President to succeed Dr. Wheaton. Mrs. Francis 
 could not have invited the people to- meet at her house when the 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 281 
 
 use of the old church was first discontinued, because it was aban- 
 doned as early as 1821, about three 3'ears before Mrs. Francis 
 moved to New Britain. Mrs. Henry Baxter, a daughter of 
 Mrs. Francis, and others who would be likely to know of 
 such meetings, have no knowledge or tradition of them. Mrs. 
 Francis left a brief record of the Church up to Dec. 23, 1848, 
 which says "The first Episcopal preaching in New Britain 
 was on the 17th. of January 1836, by the Rev. Silas Totten 
 at the old Conference," meaning the old Academy near the 
 Strickland School House, but she makes no mention of any 
 service other than preaching. If there had been services regu- 
 larly at her house every Sunday for ten years, it is strange 
 that she did not record it. Professor Russell during his Rec- 
 torship of St. Mark's prepared a historical sketch of the 
 Church from various records and manuscripts, probably includ- 
 ing that of Mrs. Francis, and recorded the same in the Parish 
 Register. This says : "The Bishop was finally induced to send 
 from Hartford . . . the Rev. Silas Totten, who held the 
 first service in the Academy building on the 17th. of January, 
 1836." Dea. Alfred Andrews, in his History of the First 
 Church, (Congregational), gives a sketch of St. Mark's taken 
 from Professor Russell's papers and says: "The first service 
 according to the usages of the Protestant Episcopal Church 
 was held in New Britain, in the old Academy building on the 
 17th. of Jan. 1836." 
 
 These somewhat varied statements raise the question of 
 when the first service of the Church was performed in New 
 Britain. Jonathan Gilbert, Jr., one of the Wardens of Christ 
 Church, died in New Britain, May 17, 1809. Benjamin Slater,- 
 who held several offices in the Church, died at New Britain, 
 March 28, 181 1. The Church was active on both of these dates 
 and Prayers must have been said at the house of each, even 
 if the funeral sermon was preached at the church, and thus 
 Episcopal service must have been performed here as early as 
 1809. Lucy, wife of David Gilbert, died at New Britain, 
 Aug. 12, 181 5, and the Rev. Asa Cornwall of Southington 
 preached her funeral sermon on the next day, but we do not 
 know where it was delivered. The baptism "in private" of 
 Cyrus Booth's child by the Rev. N. S. Wheaton, May 14, 
 1826, was undoubtedly at Mr. Booth's house in New Britain, 
 
202 THE CHURCH 
 
 and was perhaps the first Episcopal baptism within the present 
 town. The Rev. Thomas J. Davis died at Philadelphia, July 
 2, 1886. Two obituary notices of him say that "his first parish 
 was New Britain, Conn." As a matter of fact his first cure, 
 after being ordained Deacon, was Bethany and Salem Bridge, 
 (Naugatuck,) Conn. In the precise language of these notices 
 this statement of Mr. Davis' first parish is incorrect, but a 
 statement made by Mr. Davis in the year 1876 explains how 
 such a mistake could have occurred. Mr. Davis told his first 
 wife's niece, (now Mrs. Samuel Ordway of Puyallup, Wash- 
 ington,) that his first service was in New Britain, when he 
 was a student at Washington, (Trinity,) College. He was 
 sent here by the officers of the College and performed service 
 as a lay reader and probably read sermons. Mr. Davis entered 
 the college 1829 and left Nov. i, 1830, and therefore his 
 reading service here must have been prior to the latter date. 
 One of the clippings before noted says that Mrs. Francis 
 applied to the President of Trinity College, and Prof. Russell's 
 sketch implies that she asked the Bishop to establish services 
 here. If Mr. Davis was sent here in response to the solicita- 
 tions of Mrs. Francis, both of these accounts in the particu- 
 lars last named would be correct, for at the time Mr. Davis 
 was sent here by the college authority. Bishop Brownell was its 
 President as well as Bishop. Mr. Davis' letter concerning the 
 consecration of the church in 1837, (hereinafter given in full,) 
 refers to the few Episcopalians in this village and its vicinity, 
 who for years "have looked forward to the organization of a 
 Church." It does not seem probable that they could have 
 had such expectation before any services of the Church had 
 been held here, and who could better know of their looking 
 forward "for years" towards an organized Church, than one 
 who had led them in service as a humble lay reader six years 
 before such organization? The obituary notices of Mr. Davis 
 appear to confirm the statement he made to Mrs. Ordway 
 in 1876, and undoubtedly any seeming discrepancy was due to 
 the compiler, who assumed that Mr. Davis' first service was in 
 his first parish. 
 
 It seems strange that Mrs. Francis did not mention the ser- 
 vice here by Mr. Davis prior to 1830, but at the same time it 
 is not inconsistent with her precise language that "The first 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 283 
 
 Episcopal preaching" was Jan. 17, 1836. Service by a lay 
 reader, who also read a sermon, was not "Episcopal preaching," 
 and she may have used the word "preaching" advisedly, know- 
 ing that services without preaching had been held here before. 
 Professor Russell's sketch does not specifically say that Dr. 
 Totten's service was the first in New Britain. It is impossible 
 to say with any certainty when the first Episcopal service was 
 held in the limits of present New Britain, but we are warranted 
 in assurhing that funeral services, if nothing more, were held 
 here as early as 1809, and occasional service of various kinds 
 up to 1836, w^hen we had both services and preaching by the 
 Rev. Silas Totten on the 17th. of January. It seems utterly 
 impossible that this could have been, strictly speaking, the first 
 services of the Church in New Britain. At the first service 
 held here by Dr. Totten, only three communicants of the Church 
 residing in New Britain were present, viz : Hezekiah Seymour, 
 Mrs. L. P. Lee and Mrs. George Francis. Bishop Brownell 
 performed Divine Service and preached here April 17, 1836. 
 
 The Rev. N. S. Wheaton, then President of Trinity College, 
 began to officiate here regularly on June 19, 1836. By this 
 time several Episcopalians from other places had located here, 
 and a few natives were favorable to the Church, so that with 
 these additions to the Episcopalians before named, a Church 
 was formally organized Aug. 28, 1836. The first record in the 
 first book is as follows : — 
 
 "State of Connecticut Hartford Co^. 
 
 Record of the organization of St. Marks Church or Chapel 
 New Britain, Aug. 28'''. 1836. 
 
 At a meeting held Aug'. 28'''. 1836 present. 
 
 Hon. I. E. Smith Hezekiah Seymour 
 
 Lorenzo P. Lee Cyrus Booth 
 
 Emanuel Russell John B. Parsons 
 
 George Francis Arthur Pendleton 
 
 John Fairbrother Henry Baldwin 
 
 Philip S. Judd Rev. N. S. Wheaton 
 
 On motion. Rev"'. N. S. Wheaton was appointed Chairman 
 Lorenzo P. Lee Secretary. 
 
284 THE CHURCH 
 
 On Motion, it was resolved that it is expedient to organise 
 in this place a Parish or Congregation to be in union with the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States & with the 
 portion of it, within the Diocese of Connecticut. 
 
 Resolved, that the persons whose names are subscribed to this 
 paper, together with such others as may hereafter be regularly 
 united with the association, compose the said Parish or Congre- 
 gation, to be denominated the Parish of St. Marks Church. 
 Resol"^. that Lorenzo P. Lee & Ira E. Smith be the Wardens 
 & Emanuel Russell, Frederic T. Stanley, Ralph Dickenson, 
 Hezekiah Seymour, Cirus Booth & George Francis, be and 
 are hereby elected the Vestry men of the Parish and that they 
 constitute the committee of the same. 
 
 Resolved, that Charles N. Stanley be & hereby is elected clerk 
 of the Parish. 
 
 Resolved, that this Parish hereby adopts the constitution and 
 canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of 
 Con'. & that Ira E. Smith be a Delegate to the next Diocesan 
 convention, with a request that this Parish be received into union 
 
 with the same. 
 
 Charles N. Stanley, 
 
 Clerk." 
 
 The original of this record was prepared beforehand on a 
 loose sheet with blanks left for dates and names which were 
 afterwards filled in. This paper is now in the archives of the 
 parish. It is in the handwriting of Lorenzo P. Lee and appears 
 to have been used as a constitution for subsequent members of 
 the Parish to sign. The signatures, 27 in all, are on the 
 back of the paper and a fac simile of them is herewith given. 
 The first eleven signatures are the same as the eleven names 
 recorded as present, but they are arranged in a different order. 
 Although the paper is dated 1836, some of the persons who 
 signed it were not residents of the place until after 1840, 
 therefore it is impossible to tell when the different persons 
 signed. Probably only the first eleven signed on or before the 
 date of organization. Only eleven members are recorded as 
 present, but Charles N. Stanley, the clerk of the meeting, must 
 have been present and is thereby identified as a member of 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 285 
 
 the Parish. Frederick T. Stanley and Ralph Dickenson were 
 elected Vestrymen but none of these three names appear on 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 'e*L*c^ 
 
 
 > 
 
 
 v^ 
 
 Signatures on Paper of Organization 
 
 the organization paper. Counting them as members of the 
 Parish, the total number at the date of organization was four- 
 18 
 
286 THE CHURCH 
 
 teen. Why the name of the old Church "Christ Church" was 
 dropped and "St. Marks" substituted therefor, or why the 
 name "St. Marks" was adopted or by whose suggestion, we 
 have been unable to learn. 
 
 Ira E. Smith, Esq., who was at this first meeting appointed 
 Delegate to the next Diocesan Convention with instructions to 
 unite the Parish with the Diocese, was faithful to his trust. 
 The next Convention was held Oct. ii, 1836, and it is recorded 
 in the Journal that St. Mark's Church, New Britain, and Christ 
 Church, Westport, had applied for admission into the union, 
 which application was on motion referred to a Committee con- 
 sisting of Rev. Dr. Coswell and Col. Tracy. This Committee 
 made a favorable report and on motion, it was "Resolved, 
 that the Churches be admitted into union with the Conven- 
 tion." Ira E. Smith from St. Mark's Church, New Britain, 
 presented his testimonial as lay delegate, which was approved 
 and he took his seat. With these two new Churches there 
 were then ninety congregations and seventy-five clergy besides 
 the Bishop in the Diocese of Connecticut. New Britain was 
 the seventh Church of the Diocese within Hartford County, 
 the others being Christ Church, Hartford, St. Luke's, Glaston- 
 bury, St. Andrew's, Simsbury, (Bloomfield,) St. Peter's, 
 Granby, St. John's, Warehouse Point, and the Church at 
 Southington. The report of the Christian Knowledge Society 
 in the Journal for 1836 shows that this missionary society 
 had made an appropriation of $10.00 to defray the traveling 
 expenses of a clergyman in visiting the newly formed parish of 
 New Britain. 
 
 The next record of ,St. Mark's is the copy of a subscription 
 paper for preaching in 1837 which we give in full, as follows : — 
 
 "We the subscribers do hereby promise to pay to the Vestry- 
 men of S'. Marks Church New Britain, the sums severally 
 affixed to our names, to be applied in payment of the salary or 
 support of a good Episcopal Clergyman who shall be emploved 
 & preach in said society of New Britain during the ensuing 
 year to be paid in annuity Instalments. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 287 
 
 Emanuel Russell 
 Lorenzo P. Lee 
 Hon. I. E. Smith 
 George Francis 
 Hezekiah Seymour 
 George Brown 
 Ralph Dickinson 
 Royal S. Hall 
 Charles Parsons 
 Arthur Pendleton 
 Curtis Whaples 
 F. T. Stanley 
 L N. Lee 
 Morton Judd 
 Joseph Fuller 
 Chauncy Cornwell 
 William Smith Esq. 
 H. W. Shipman 
 Rev"*. S. Southworth 
 A. H. Stanley 
 Augustus Ward 
 Blinn Whaples 
 Andrew G. Graham 
 Cyrus Booth 
 Enos S. Hurlburt 
 Lynus Burwell 
 Henry North 
 A. W. Southworth 
 E. A. Parker 
 Bradford Bulloch 
 Thomas Tracy 
 E. B. Lewis 
 James Mix 
 Francis Caswell 
 James Day 
 Levi Smith 
 E. D. Harington 
 Asaph Thomas 
 
 Berlin Jan^ 
 
 $60.00 
 30.00 
 30.00 
 10.00 
 
 8.00 
 20.00 
 10.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 3.00 
 10.00 
 10.00 
 30.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 2.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 2.00 
 
 2.00 
 10.00 
 
 2.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 2.00 
 
 2.00 
 10.00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 2.00 
 
 3.00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 2.00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 II, 1837. 
 
 Norman Woodruff 
 Henry L. Parsons 
 Elnathan Peck 
 Alanson K. Sperry 
 W. B. North 
 Charles A. Warner 
 E. M. Stoddard 
 G. Clark 
 C. N. Lewis 
 Marcellus Clark 
 Cornelius B. Erwin 
 
 & Lewis 
 W". H. Smith 
 Elihu Burritt 
 P. S. Judd 
 E. M. Smith 
 W°. Bingham 
 Enos Hunn 
 T. S.Wetmore 
 Geo. M. Landers 
 Samuel Blinn 
 John S. Hazen 
 Stephen L. Strickland 
 Thomas Bunnell 
 W. B. Stanley 
 Alanson Warner 
 E. H. Burritt 
 Henry W. Flagg 
 Phillip Hart 
 John Fairbrother 
 George Elliot 
 C. N. Stanley 
 Sam Booth 
 Theodore S. Bronson 
 Stephen Hart 
 
 10.00 
 1. 00 
 1. 00 
 1. 00 
 S.oct 
 1. 00 
 1. 00 
 •50 
 ■50 
 5.00 
 
 6.00 
 5.00 
 3.00 
 5.00 
 5.00 
 2.00 
 1. 00 
 2.00 
 5.00 
 1.06 
 15.00 
 5.00 
 1. 00^ 
 S-oo 
 1. 00 
 4.00 
 2.00 
 1. 00 
 3.00 
 S-oo 
 8.00 
 S-oo 
 2.00 
 1. 00 
 
 $414.00' 
 
260 THE CHURCH 
 
 Dr. Wheaton continued to be Rector of the Parish until April 
 i6, 1837, but others officiated here during his Rectorship as is 
 shown by an entry in Emanuel Russell's pocket memorandum 
 book, as follows: — March 26, 1837, "John Williams Lay 
 Reader preached here twice, has gone to Deerfield, Franklin 
 County, Mass. Says he will write us if an opportunity offers 
 for a Clergyman. 
 
 Paid him five Dollars." 
 
 This Lay Reader was afterwards Bishop Williams and his 
 service here in 1837 was probably his introduction to St. Mark's 
 Parish. He was then but little over 19 years of age. He was 
 not ordered a deacon until Sept. 2, 1838. The parish register 
 erroneously says that "The Rev. Z. H. Mansfield and the Rev. 
 John Williams, the Assistant Bishop of the Diocese, officiated 
 from June 1838, to Nov. 1840," Mr. Mansfield's services ended 
 in November, 1838, and Bishop Williams was not the Assistant 
 Bishop 1838 to '40 for he was not consecrated until 185 1. We 
 find no record of any early service here by him other than the 
 two Sundays before named, and Mrs. Francis' manuscript, 
 which says after Mr. Mansfield's record, "Rev. John Williams 
 part of the time." It is not clear whether or not she refers to 
 the time Mr. Mansfield was here. The Rev. Isaac Jones was 
 paid $5.00 for services, no date, but probably in 1837. The 
 next entry in Mr. Russell's book is the address of the Rev. 
 Thomas J. Davis, South Glatonbury, Conn., probably fur- 
 nished Mr. Russell by the future Bishop of the Diocese. Mr. 
 Russell wrote to Mr. Davis, March 27, 1837, care of Macy 
 & Wadsworth, Philadelphia, and again on April 12, 1837. 
 Mrs. Francis' manuscript says that Mr. Davis was Rector from 
 April 23, 1837, to June i, 1838. Mr. Emanuel Russell's mem- 
 orandum says that under date of May 4, 1837, "Rev. Thomas 
 Davis and family arrived here on Tuesday Evening and went to 
 Mr. Cornwall's to board. Engaged for one year for $250. and 
 board for self and family." 
 
 There is only one parish meeting on record during the year 
 and no officers other than a delegate to the Convention were 
 elected at that meeting. Charles N. Stanley, the clerk of the 
 previous year, signed as clerk of this meeting and thus we sup- 
 pose that the officers of the previous year held over another 
 year. Instead of naming the officers here we give elsewhere 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 289 
 
 all the principal officers to date in tabulated form. The one 
 parish meeting of 1837 was held June 9, when it was "Resolved 
 that a Committee be appointed to confer on the expediency of 
 building a Church or Chapel in this Society and report thereon." 
 Lorenzo P. Lee, Esq., Emanuel Russell and Hon. Ira E. Smith, 
 were appointed as that committee. 
 
 The Convention was held in June 1837 and there was no 
 delegate or minister present from New Britain. The Bishop's 
 address to the Convention says that "The Rev. Thomas J. 
 Davis has removed to the Parish of New Britain," and that 
 "The Rev. Dr. Wheaton has accepted the Rectorship of Christ 
 Church, New Orleans, and has been succeeded in the Presidency 
 of Washington College by the Rev. Silas Totten." 
 
 In the Parochial reports, New Britain was represented for 
 the first time, as follows: 
 
 "St. Mark's Church, New Britain, Rev. Thomas J. Davis, 
 Rector. 
 
 "I received a call to this Parish about the last of April, which 
 I accepted with the consent of the Bishop. This Parish was 
 received into union with the diocese at the sitting of the last 
 Convention, having been organized under the charge of Dr. 
 Wheaton. And had the times continued as favorable as they 
 then were, the Parish would probably by this time have erected 
 a Church ; for such had been their determination under the 
 fostering care and blessings of heaven. But in consequence of 
 the change, all attempts have as yet been suspended. 
 
 "At present we meet for divine worship in the upper part of 
 the Academy, a room which will accommodate from 50 to 100 
 persons. Most of the time this is filled as full as can be com- 
 fortably seated. As yet I am unable to report the number 
 of families who will acknowledge themselves members of the 
 Parish. There is belonging to it 12 communicants. I bap- 
 tized 6 children on Sunday last. A Sunday School has been 
 formed which is as yet small though continually increasing. 
 I have organized a Sewing Society, the avails of which have 
 been appropriated to the purchase of books and tracts explana- 
 tory of the distinctive principles of the Church and her holy 
 religion, which is very little known, but eagerly sought for. 
 Indeed, I think there is no hazzard in saying, that New Britain 
 is fine missionary ground for the Church, and bids fair for a 
 
290 THE CHURCH 
 
 rapid growth in the faith, as it was once deHvered to the saints. 
 At present, it needs greatly the fostering aid which the Chris- 
 tian Knowledge Society is nobly designed to afford weak and 
 languishing Parishes in the Diocese. But if sustained thus 
 for the present, it is fondly hoped that as bread cast upon the 
 waters, after not many days, the same will he found, not only 
 in the increase of the Parish, but also in its liberal contribu- 
 tions for the like benefits to others." 
 
 This report of the Rector may have been written before June 
 9, when they appointed a committee on the expediency of build- 
 ing a church, but probably the burden of building seemed so 
 great that all efforts in that direction were suspended as stated 
 in this report. The Convention of 1837 was held June 13 and 
 14, and the last Sunday prior to the 13th was June 11, 1837, 
 the probable date of the baptism reported as "Sunday last" 
 although it may have been on June 4th. This was Mr. Davis' 
 first baptism and was also the first baptism reported to the 
 Convention. Mr. Wheaton did not make any report of his 
 work here. There is a tradition in the Lee family that the 
 baptism of three of the children of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Lee, viz : 
 Franklin, Hills, Jeannette Todd and James Todd, was the first 
 baptism after the organization of the Church. It is possible 
 that these Lee children were three of the six children baptized 
 by Mr. Davis as before stated, but it is thought that they were 
 baptized by the Rev. N. S. Wheaton, (who had been Mrs. Lee's 
 Rector when she lived at Hartford,) and that the baptism, 
 which was in the Academy, was in the winter or early spring 
 of 1837, before Mr. Davis came here. The Sunday School 
 herein referred to was established May 21, 1837, as we find by 
 the manuscript of Mrs. George Francis, which is the only 
 record we have, aside from this Parish report, of the forma- 
 tion of the Sunday School. The fostering aid of the mission- 
 ary society which this report says New Britain "needs greatly," 
 was kindly bestowed upon St. Mark's as one of the parishes 
 requiring aid to support a rector to the amount of one hundred 
 and fifty dollars per annum, besides paying the Rev. Silas 
 Totten the ten dollars appropriated the year before "for travel- 
 ling expenses in visiting the Parish of New Britain." Another 
 evidence of our past poverty is found in the fact that in 1837, 
 
IlSr NEW BRITAIN. 29I 
 
 New Britain was in the list of parishes that had not paid their 
 assessments to the convention fund. 
 
 But the committee on building a church, although dis- 
 couraged, decided to make an effort as appears by the following 
 record : — 
 
 "We the subscribers do hereby severally engage to pay the 
 sums affixed to our Names In the way & manner designated by 
 us for the purpose of Erecting & finishing off a House of 
 Public Worship which shall belong to S'. Marks Parish New 
 Britain, June 29, 1837." 
 
 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. 
 
 Rev*. Tho^ J. Davis (our Pastor), 
 
 
 
 $20.00 
 
 Andrew G. Grayham 
 
 
 
 work 
 
 10.00 
 
 W™. Graham 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 5.00 
 
 Charles Parsons 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 10.00 
 
 George M. Landers 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 10.00 
 
 T. S. Whitmore 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 10.00 
 
 Stephen L. Strickland 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 20.00 
 
 H. W. Whiting 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 10.00 
 
 John B. Parsons 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 17.28 
 
 Jabez Cornwell 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 10.00 
 
 John S. Hazen 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 15.00 
 
 Walter Gladden 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 5.00 
 
 Alonzo Stanley 
 
 cash paid 
 
 
 
 5.00 
 
 G. W. Winchester 
 
 Goods 
 
 
 
 15.00 
 
 Curtis Whaples 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 10.00 
 
 Cyrus Booth 
 
 
 
 work 
 
 12.00 
 
 Chas. A. Warner 
 
 
 
 
 1. 00 
 
 L. N. Tracy 
 
 paid cash 
 
 
 
 5.00 
 
 F. T. Stanley order on Whaples 
 
 
 25.00 
 
 HnnH Phil* 
 
 
 
 
 25.00 
 3.00 
 
 lld-llU JTIlll . 
 
 E. A. Parker 
 
 
 paid 
 
 work 
 
 A. W. Southworth 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 3.00 
 
 W. B. Stanley 
 
 order on Whaples p*. 
 
 5.00 
 
 Ch''. Cornwell 
 
 
 
 work 
 
 5.00 
 
 N. Woodruff 
 
 order on 
 
 Whaples pd. 
 
 10.00 
 
 Elizur D. Harington 
 
 
 
 
 3.00 
 
292 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 
 
 
 E. B. Lewis 
 
 paid 
 
 
 
 3.C0 
 
 Perry Moore 
 
 paid in board and labor 
 
 
 3.00 
 
 James Day 
 
 dead 
 
 
 
 3.00 
 
 Alanson Warner 
 
 
 
 P^. 
 
 3.00 
 
 Francis Crowell 
 
 
 
 
 3.00 
 
 Tho^ Tracy 
 
 
 
 pa''. 
 
 3.00 
 
 Julius Parker 
 
 
 
 
 3.00 
 
 Sam> Booth p*. by 
 
 sawing 
 
 
 work 
 
 5.00 
 
 H. H. Douglass 
 
 
 
 paid 
 
 3.00 
 
 Henry North 
 
 
 
 paid 
 
 5.00 
 
 Henry Austin 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 3.00 
 
 John Fairbrother 
 
 
 
 
 3.00 
 
 W. H. Smith paid 
 
 in goods 
 
 
 
 5.00 
 
 C. N. Stanley 
 
 
 
 
 10.00 
 
 H. W. Shipman 
 
 Cash 
 
 
 
 5.00 
 
 Mrs. Dickinson 
 
 
 
 paid 
 
 5.00 
 
 P. S. Judd 
 
 in goods 
 
 
 
 3.00 
 
 W. Smith Esq. p. c 
 
 )f S. Woodruff & Co. 
 
 order 
 
 
 
 
 on 
 
 Whaples 
 
 4.00 
 
 Oscar M"=Lean 
 
 In work 
 
 
 
 10.00 
 
 Norman Woodford do 
 
 
 
 3.00 
 
 354-28 
 
 The name of Mr. or Mrs. George Francis does not appear in 
 this list, but it is certain that they gave something and tradi- 
 tion has it that Mrs. Francis gave $50.00 towards building the 
 church and that she saved the money for this purpose out of her 
 personal earnings. 
 
 With this list for a start, outside aid was solicited, a site 
 selected and the building was soon under way. On Nov. 20, 
 1837, Mr. William Russell of New York City, (son of Eman- 
 uel Russell) writes to his sister Harriot at New Britain, saying: 
 "Rev. Mr. Davis was in town yesterday and bought an organ 
 for our little church. I am going home on the 29th. to keep 
 Thanksgiving when we are going to get up a concert of sacred 
 music in the church before its dedication. Mr. Davis says that 
 if he does so he can make enough out of it to defray all the 
 remaining expenses of the Church." 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 293 
 
 The building was ready for consecration Dec. 7, 1837, as 
 appears by the following record : — 
 
 "Whereas sundry good People of the Parish of New Britain, 
 and the vicinity have erected a House for the worship of 
 Almighty God According to the Liturgy and Offices of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church, and have requested that the same 
 may be consecrated agreeably to the usages of the said Church. 
 
 Now, therefore, be it known that I, Thomas Church Erownell, 
 by divine permission. Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut, did 
 this day consecrate the said building by the name of St. Marks 
 Church, and separating for ever from all such allowed and com- 
 mon uses, the same did dedicate to the service of Almighty God, 
 for reading his holy Word, for celebrating his Holy Sacra- 
 ments, for offering to his Glorious Majesty the sacrifices of 
 prayer & thanksgiving, for blessing the people in his name, and 
 for the performance of all other Offices, according to the 
 doctrine, discipline & worship of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church In the United States of America. 
 
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand &l seal 
 this seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord 1837, 
 and of my consecration the 19*^. 
 
 Thomas Church Brownell. 
 Seal. 
 
 Copy by Em\ Russell from the original April 19, 1838." 
 
 The building was on the north side of East Main street 
 near the residence of the late George M. Landers. It was so 
 small, that the people did not know whether to call it a church 
 or a chapel. It is still standing (1906) on Myrtle street, corner 
 of High, as a part of the old Roman Catholic school, but has 
 been added to and remodeled to such an extent that its original 
 form does not appear. There is a pl-an of 24 pews in the 
 record book, which plan we produce on the next page as our only 
 picture of the East Main street Church. We are told that 
 the exterior was so plain and unchurchly as to be frequently 
 mistaken for a private house. One week day a pedlar was 
 knocking at the door when the Hon. G. M. Landers was passing 
 by and noticing the mistake kindly informed the man that 
 "St. Mark was not at home." 
 
294 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Mr. Dwight A. Parsons has loaned us the account book of 
 his father John B. Parsons, whose account with "St. Mark's" 
 shows that the Church was built by the day. The account 
 
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 begins Sept. 6, 1837, ^-t which time he charged the Parish for 
 eight and a half days' labor by himself at $1.50 per day. 
 A little later he charges for the labor of "Whaples" and "Wil- 
 liam" at the rate of $1.00 per day each. The last charge for 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 295 
 
 work is dated Nov. 25, 1837, and is for "building 24 slip doors 
 at 34 cts. $8.16." 
 
 We get a little more light from his account with Lorenzo 
 P. Lee & Co., to whom he charged on the same dates exactly 
 the same items as he charged the Parish except that the first 
 four days were charged as "work on the church," and the 
 next four and a half days as performed the "second week." 
 This shovv's us that Mr. Parsons began work on the church 
 the last week in August, 1837. The Treasurer's account 
 March 23, 1838, has the following entry: "Paid Whiting's tim- 
 ber bill at the Bason 8.07." and there are several other entries 
 of money paid to Whiting. "The Bason" was the freight 
 station at Plainville of the Farmington Canal and it was kept 
 by Mr. Whiting. These items therefore show that the timber 
 for the church or a part of it came to Plainville on the canal 
 and was then drawn to New Britain by team. 
 
 When the church was consecrated, Emanuel Russell's 
 daughter Harriot was attending the Female Seminary at Troy, 
 N. Y. On Dec. 10, 1837 her brother William writes her again 
 from New York City as follows — "The little church is a 
 beauty and the organ is a very good one. I think without 
 exception, (for its size,) the church is one of the most com- 
 modious and best planned buildings that I ever saw. The 
 pews are very easy, they recline a little backwards at the top 
 and the foot place is under the seat forward, which is an 
 improvement upon the usual way of making them. There are 
 26 slips below, 20 of them will hold 10 each and 6 five each. 
 Mr. Davis and Father say that I must raise 50 dollars this 
 year for them which I think 'can't be did'." The seating plan 
 and John B. Parsons' account say 24 slips. St. Mark's Church 
 was the first to install an organ in any house of public worship 
 in New Britain. On Dec. 11, 1837, Mr. Emanuel Russell 
 wrote to his daughter Harriot saying: — "Tis hardly worth 
 while for me to write as the girls have no doubt given you 
 all the news, besides I am much fatigued having rode over 30 
 miles today. Our dear little Chapel is completed and adorned 
 with a fine organ, and we have collected a hansome congre- 
 gation with a fair prospect of adding to the number." 
 
 "You must attend church regularly, relinquish novel reading 
 and devote your mind to your studies, and exert yourself to 
 lay a broad foundation for future improvement and usefulness." 
 
296 THE CHURCH 
 
 The following extracts from a letter to Miss Harriot from 
 her sister Emeline show that Mr. Russell could well depend 
 upon "the girls" to give her the news. "I must tell you some 
 of the most important events since your departure, in the 
 first place not long after you left we had a tea party. There 
 were 20 invited but were not all here. The Misses Smith 
 sent a very polite note of apology, the Judge (Hon. Ira E.) 
 was in Hartford and they could not walk so far. Mrs. Win- 
 chester remarked afterwards to some people that our table 
 looked splendid, and I think she was not far from right. Next 
 came Thanksgiving. William came up and we invited Mr. 
 and Mrs. Davis, but she did not come being preengaged at 
 Hartford. . . . Next came the preparation for the conse- 
 cration, we made all the cushions and carpets for the Chapel 
 at our house, two days before the consecration (you must 
 know that we have all of our Chapel carpeted,) we really had 
 a regular consecration. On the morning of the occasion, Mr. 
 Thomas Lee came and very politely and kindly offered us a 
 deed of the land on which the Chapel stands. We had a most 
 impressive service. I believe the Presbyterians had hard work 
 to get their eyes shut that night, they stared so, but they realy 
 behaved verj' well and conformed to all our rules in service. 
 I was quite surprised and pleased to see them show us so 
 much respect. I believe they all wished they were Episco- 
 palians too. It was well ordered and full as possible and 
 no mistake. Ten or twelve were confirmed, among the num- 
 ber was Father, Cate and myself. I hope we shall be better 
 for it and that we shall all worship the Lord in the beauty 
 of holiness in that dear little Chapel. Oh Harriot, how I 
 wish you had been here for I cannot tell, neither can you 
 imagine how beautiful the service was and how delightful 
 it is to have a church of our own. We had nine here to dinner, 
 the Bishop and some of the Hartford big bugs. The choir 
 are coming out here two or three times this winter to sing for 
 us and play on the organ. We shall not have an organist until 
 Christmas. Doctor Rockwell and lady are decided Episco- 
 palians, also Mr. and Mrs. Hazen. Well I believe I have 
 told you enough about the Qiapel, if not Mrs. Bassett can 
 tell you more." Mrs. Theresa Bassett was one of the original 
 communicants of the Church here, but was then teaching at 
 Troy, N. Y. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 297 
 
 In the record book we find without date a "List of those 
 Confirmed" which includes Emanuel Russell, Catherine Russell, 
 and E. E. Russell, (Eliza Emeline). These are respectively 
 "Father, Cate and myself" referred to in Miss Emeline Rus- 
 sell's letter as confirmed on the day of the Consecration. 
 We are thus enabled to fix the date when this class was con- 
 firmed. In Mr. Russell's memorandum book is the first list 
 of Parishioners without date, but the last preceding date is 
 Dec. 7, 1837, and we presume this list was made out not long 
 after that date. It is as follows : — 
 
 LIST OF NAMES P. E. CHURCH. 
 
 Judge Smith. Mason. 
 
 E. Russell. P. Judd. 
 
 L. P. Lee. O. H. Seymour. 
 
 Cha^ Stanley. Hez. Seymour. 
 
 Geo. Francis. Mrs. Dot^ Stanley. 
 
 Cyrus Booth. J. Fairbrother. 
 
 Arthur Pennington. Selden Deming. 
 
 Frederic Stanley. David Steel. 
 Alfred Stanley. Whaples 
 
 Chester Birge. Southard. 
 
 R. Dickinson. Pratts. 
 
 Churchill. (Solomon; Mrs. Hart. 
 
 Geo. Landers. Winchester. 
 
 John Hazen. 
 
 For more "about the Chapel we quote the following from the 
 "Chronicle of the Church," New Haven, Conn, issue of Dec. 
 29, 1837. 
 
 "New Britain, Dec. i8, 1837. 
 
 Mr. Editor, Dear Sir, — The Chronicle being the proper organ 
 of communication for this diocese, I take the first opportunity 
 to forward you a brief account of our Church, which was con- 
 secrated on the 7th. instant, by the name of St. Mark's Church. 
 There were present, besides the Bishop, the Rev. Mr. Hull of 
 Wallingford, the Rev. Mr. Covil of Bristol, and the Rev. Mr. 
 Burgess of Hartford. We were also favored with the presence 
 and assistance of the choir of Christ Church, Hartford, which 
 
298 THE CHURCH 
 
 gave peculiar interest to the services of the day. The comple- 
 tion of our Church and the services of that day, were a source 
 of great gratification to the friends of the Church, but espec- 
 ially so to the few Episcopalians in this village and its vicinity, 
 who have for years, with a faith which rested upon the promises 
 of God, that he would not forget his people, nor leave them 
 comfortless, looked forward to this star of Jacob, now risen up 
 for a light, to enlighten them that sit in darkness and the 
 shadow of death. How or when this was to be brought about, 
 was more than their fondest hope or wish could conjecture; 
 and their hope had been so long deferred that their hearts had 
 often become sick ; but still blessed be God, they did not sink 
 in despair. For often were they invited by their friends of 
 other denominations, to join with them, and become members 
 of their body. But this in good conscience they could not do. 
 They felt it a duty, situated as they were, and did, therefore, 
 attend their worship ; but having been brought up in the nur- 
 ture and admonition of the Lord, as the Church has set it forth 
 in her beauty of holiness, they could not forget this way of 
 Zion, nor sing her songs, as it were, in a strange land. Whilst 
 they endeavored, therefore, to wait patiently for the salvation 
 of the Lord, and with thankful hearts pay due respect to all 
 that surrounded them, by improving the blessings which their 
 religious services presented for enjoyment ; they would still 
 think upon Zion. Their minds would be constantly going 
 round about her, and marking her bulwarks, her strong towers, 
 her places, with all her pleasant things. And thus be led to say 
 in their hearts of the Church, as the true Israelites of old 
 remarked concerning Jerusalem. 'How shall we sing the 
 Lord's song in a strange land. If I forget the Church, let my 
 right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember her, let 
 my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I do not prefer 
 her to my chief joy.' And such, doubtless, will ever be the 
 case, with all who have been rooted and grounded in the dis- 
 tinctive principles of the Church. They will never leave nor 
 forsake her. It is true, indeed, that some who claim to have 
 been brought up in the Church have forsaken her, and would 
 fain forget her. But it is more likely, that they, as the apostle 
 remarked, (i John 11, 17,) 'went out from us but they were not 
 of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 299 
 
 continued with us; but they went out that it might be made 
 manifest that they were not all of us.' For I feel perfectly 
 well assured, that those who are of us, or Churchmen from 
 principle, will never lose that principle. Although when 
 deprived of the worship of the Church they will make the best 
 improvement of all the other religious privileges within their 
 reach ; yet they will not, they cannot forget their first and true 
 love. For with regard to the Church they will feel bound to 
 say, as did the intrepid apostle St. Peter, to his blessed Lord 
 and Master. At the time that many of the disciples went back 
 and walked no more with him. (John vi. 66.) The Lord 
 Jesus said unto the twelve, will ye also go away? Simon 
 Peter answered him. Lord to whom shall we go? Thou hast 
 the words of eternal life. 
 
 "The few Episcopalians who compose St. Mark's parish, 
 New Britain, are such as have either been brought up in the 
 Church, or else by searching for the principles of holiness have 
 found it to possess, in the most scriptural sense, the founda- 
 tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the 
 chief corner stone. Hence they compose a house that is at 
 unity with itself ; live like brethren in the unity of the spirit 
 and the bonds of peace. As face answereth to face in ivater, so 
 their hearts stand linked in one common interest for the growth 
 and prosperity of the Church, the present condition of which, 
 is to them, a source of inexpressable satisfaction ; as one of 
 said to me on the day of the consecration. 'This is a glorious 
 day to us.' To this my own heart responded. For I know 
 that they could all say with David, 'I was glad when they said 
 unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.' And this good 
 spirit was so appropriately and cordially evinced, that it dif- 
 fused itself through the community generally ; so that while 
 there was nothing to offend or mar the happiness of any, what- 
 ever were their peculiar religious views, there was much to be 
 admired and approved of by all. Hence, instead of producing 
 discord and disunion in the great Catholic Church, that is com- 
 posed of all true believers, it had the happy tendency to remove 
 prejudices which were founded and supported by ignorance and 
 falsehood, and so tends strongly to bring us all nearer to that 
 standard of sacred union, which is the only true test of Chris- 
 tianity, 'To love one another.' Wherefore we trust that our 
 
3°° 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 efforts have not only been very signally crowned with that 
 kind of blessing which makes glad the city of our God. 
 
 "It gives me pleasure to avail myself of this opportunity 
 to express what I have always felt, and trust shall never cease 
 to feel, a grateful acknowledgement for the many kindnesses 
 which I have received, and the aid so opportunely afforded 
 me by my urgent solicitations, for causing this charitable 
 work of ours. By management and considerable exertion, 
 I succeeded in supplying my parish with services on every 
 Lord's day wth one exception, and visited all the principle 
 parishes in the diocese, to solicit aid of individuals for this 
 object. And what was given me for its accomplishment, jmd 
 the manner in which it was given I. cannot soon forget ; for 
 my feelings were too much enlisted not to mark the spirit as 
 well as the amount of all the contributions. The hardness 
 of the times was such, as to afford an easy apology to all 
 who were desirous of evading applications of this kind. Hence 
 they who wished to do so, could very gracefully say 'go in 
 peace,' or 'we wish you success,' without any consciousness 
 or apparent conviction that they were leaving undone, a thing 
 which they not only conceded was right, but also what was 
 actually in their power to do. But notwithstanding this kind 
 of reception sometimes met with, I was more and more 
 encouraged to continue my efforts, because I also met with 
 many good and generous hearts which appeared much better 
 by contact, that were open to my application. And hence my 
 success was so unexpectedly great, that we may still say 'it 
 was the Lord's doings, and it is marvelous in our eyes.' 
 
 "The amount of money subscribed from abroad, some of 
 which was in materials for our building, or goods to pay our 
 workmen, is six hundred and fifty-four dollars and seventy- 
 five cents. 
 
 Hartford, 
 
 $145.00 
 
 Norwich, 
 
 24.00 
 
 New Haven, 
 
 136.00 
 
 Windham, 
 
 3.00 
 
 Waterbury and 
 
 
 Newtown, 
 
 5-75 
 
 Naugatuc, 
 
 131.00 
 
 Stamford, 
 
 7.00 
 
 Chatham, 
 
 36.00 
 
 Norwalk, 
 
 34.00 
 
 Wallingford, 
 
 9.00 
 
 Saybrook, 
 
 45.00 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 45.00 
 
 Private Friends, 
 
 7.00 
 
 New London, 
 
 28.00 
 
 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 30I 
 
 "And in our own village, besides the timber for the frame of 
 the Church given by one gentleman, and the ground on which 
 it is errected by another, there has been raised three hundred 
 and sixty-two dollars and twenty cents. 
 
 "This with what some of our friends where subscriptions have 
 not been circulated, have promised to forward us for the object, 
 and what may still be raised among ourselves, I trust will 
 enable us to meet all our accounts. I am pleased also to 
 acknowledge the receipt of a beautiful Bible and two Prayer- 
 books for the Church, from Professor Good of Washington 
 College. And also from the agent of the Episcopal Press, one 
 dozen Common Prayer-books with some tracts for free dis- 
 tribution, and with them from Mr. F. H. Huntington, N. Y., 
 a few books for a parish library. 
 
 "With these acknowledgements I tender my sincere thanks, 
 
 and hope that by the blessing of God, we shall go on with such 
 
 prosperity, as not only to be able but also willing, and even 
 
 desirious to do unto others as those have contributed unto our 
 
 necessities have done unto us. And that as they have cast their 
 
 bread upon the waters, I humbly trust, they shall receive it after 
 
 many days 
 
 Thos. J. Davis." 
 
 As humble and inexpensive as this little church was, it is 
 believed that it could not then have been built but for outside 
 aid, and it is surprising to learn that nearly two thirds of the cost 
 of building was donated from other towns. Mr. Davis does 
 not state the donor of "the timber for the frame of the Church" 
 but the Hon. Ira E. Smith had plenty of timber land, more than 
 any other member of the Parish, and he was one of the most 
 Eberal members. The donor of the land we learn from Miss 
 Russell's letters and also from the Berlin land records. Vol. 17, 
 p. 459. The deed is dated Nov. 28, 1837. Mr. Thomas Lee 
 was the father of L. P. Lee, one of the organizers of the Church. 
 The consideration was his "love and good will towards the 
 Episcopal Church in New Britain generally." It was deeded to 
 Emanuel Russell and Lorenzo P. Lee Trustees of St. Mark's 
 Church in New Britain. The land was forty feet wide and 
 seventy feet deep and in addition to its boundary was described 
 as "the land on which the new Episcopal Church has lately 
 19 
 
302 THE CHURCH 
 
 been erected." It was witnessed by Augustus Ward and Philip 
 S. Judd and received for record June 8, 1838. 
 
 The parish meeting of April 23, 1838, unanimously "Resolved 
 that the Wardens, Vestry, and Members of St. Mark's Church 
 in New Britain, deeply sensible of the generous and friendly 
 motives of Thomas Lee Esq. in presenting gratutiously to the 
 Parish the lot on which our Church is built, with great pleasure 
 improve the earliest opportunity to convey to him our sincere 
 acknowledgements for the very liberal donation, and beg of him 
 to accept the assurance of our gratitude and personal respect. 
 
 Resolved that E. Russell be the bearer of a copy of the above 
 resolution to Tho'. Lee Esq. In behalf of the society. 
 
 Delivered as directed April 24, 1838." 
 
 At the same meeting it was by a unanimous vote "Resolved, 
 that whereas many of the citizens of this Village have liberally 
 contributed to the Erection of an Episcopal Church in New 
 Britain, as well as to the support of an Episcopal Clergyman the 
 past year, who are members of various religious denominations ; 
 the Congregation of St. Mark's Church, gratefull for the public 
 manifestations of principles so congenial to the spirit of the 
 Christian religion and so well calculated to unite all Evangelical 
 denominations in the great and good work of spreading the 
 Gospel of Jesus Christ to the gloomy regions of Idolitry & 
 Error, discharge a heartfelt duty in giving this public testi- 
 mony of their thankfullness, and ardently hope that it is the 
 happy harbinger of that blessed period when the wolf shall 
 dwell with the Lamb & the Leopard shall lie down with the 
 Kid, & the Calf & the young Lion & the fatling together & 
 a little child shall lead them. 
 
 Resolved that a copy of the above resolution be presented to 
 each of the religious societies in New Britain and that they 
 be presented by E. Russell. 
 
 Resolved, that a communication be made to the Rev'^. Mr. 
 Davis stating the situation of our society, and the reasons that 
 compelled the society to discharge him from his pastoral duties 
 among us, & return our many obligations to him for the Zeal, 
 Industry & ability he has exercised In the discharge of the 
 Various & arduous duties attendent on the efforts necessary to 
 build a Church & unite a scattered congregation In the bonds 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 303 
 
 of union, as Christians & friendly social Intercourse as citizens ; 
 Resolved, that Do"'. Rockwell, Geo. Winchester & E. Russell, 
 be a Committee to draft and present to the Rev'^. T. J. Davis a 
 communication, agreeable to the preceeding resolution & that 
 said Committee meet at the House of Eml. Russell on Thurs- 
 day evening next at 7 ock. P. M. 25 inst. April to report. 
 
 Resolved that Do"' Rockwell be a committee to call on the 
 Rev"*. T. J. Davis this Evening & Inform him that a communica- 
 tion will be presented to him from the society expressive of their 
 views, feelings & the situation of the society next Sunday 
 Evening. 
 
 Adjourned without day. 
 E. Russell Sec='." 
 
 In conformity with this vote the Rev. Mr. Davis closed his 
 rectorship of the society about June i, 1838. The only known 
 reason for his leaving was the financial crisis of that year, and 
 the limited number of those on whom the support of the Church 
 rested. This is not clearly brought out in the record but is 
 disclosed in another letter of Mr. Emanuel Russell to his 
 daughter Harriot, dated April 7, 1838, saying "I regret to say 
 that we shall be unable to keep Mr. Davis the ensuing year, we 
 cannot raise his salary under the present depression of busi- 
 ness and shall have to hire some young single man to supply his 
 place at a much less salary." It must indeed have been a seri- 
 ous depression of business when they felt compelled to seek a 
 man at a salary much less than $250. per annum and board, with 
 the missionary society paying $150. of that amount. Of 
 course the board for a family of four persons was somewhat of 
 an item. Mr. Davis' services here were unusually valuable. 
 Without his aid in obtaining money from other towns, even 
 the little chapel could not have been built. A new church with 
 the first organ in New Britain, a Sunday School, and a Sewing 
 Society, raising money for a Sunday School library, is a good 
 showing for a rectorship of a year and one month. He was 
 the right man in the right place, and it was certainly a misfor- 
 tune that this little parish of about fifteen families could not 
 have retained him. He was a minister of the Church for fifty- 
 five years. His short term of thirteen months service in New 
 
304 THE CHURCH 
 
 Britain is in marked contrast with his forty-four years of ser- 
 vice in the city of Philadelphia, thirty-six years of which he 
 was continuously in one Parish. 
 
 There are always difficulties in establishing the Church in 
 a community which has for a long time been composed largely 
 of only one religious denomination. Of necessity the Church 
 will when established draw more or less from other congrega- 
 tions and this is always unpleasant for those who suffer this 
 loss. Mr. Russell's letter last quoted from further says — "New 
 Britain has lost all its charms, except for a few righteous men 
 we might have the bituminous lake of asphaltites spread over 
 its plains. Every stranger that comes into our village is cau- 
 tioned against attending our poor despised church, for the 
 reason that its members are not respectable nor our principles 
 orthodox and we do not hold to a change of Heart. . . . 
 Alas poor human nature, is it true that no one can worship 
 God acceptably but Presbyterians alias Congregationalists ? Is 
 there no truth, no beauty, no solemnity, no scripture in our 
 solemn service ; have we not beautiful prayers and do we not 
 pray with a faith and holy zeal . . . for our enemies and 
 for all mankind ? And we pray most sincerely that our enemies 
 may have better minds and exercise more charity, or at least 
 use less intrigue and persecution. Mrs. Davis has returned 
 and is almost sick with grief and exertion but (was) some 
 better Sunday evening. . . . Your good mother is not very 
 well, time and infirmities fritter away our old and failing frames 
 and the place that knows us now will soon know us no more. 
 It is however of little import if we succeed in gaining the mark 
 of the prize of our high calling and can be joyfully transferred 
 from a temporal to a celestial Kingdom. Eternal in the 
 heavens where reigns eternal peace and joy." The name of 
 Emanuel Russell will never fade from the History of St. Mark's 
 Church, The excerpts from the letters of William Russell were 
 furnished us by Mr. H. E. Russell of New London, Conn, and 
 the other Russell letters were loaned us by Mr. William H. 
 Russell of Englewood, N. J. 
 
 The first resident Rector, Mr. Davis, left here about June i, 
 1838, with his grief-stricken wife and was soon settled at 
 Akron, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ordway of Puyallup, 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 305 
 
 Washington, (formerly of New Britain,) have presented St. 
 Mark's Church with the Life of Thomas Jefferson, by T. J. 
 Davis, also a photograph of Mr. Davis in his old age and an 
 old daguerreotype of Mr. Davis and family, taken not long 
 after they were here. We are thus enabled to present a picture 
 of the Davis family, consisting as it did when Mr. Davis was 
 here, of Mr. and Mrs. Davis and two sons, Thomas the elder 
 son, and James Montgomery the younger son. The same 
 Parish meeting that voted to dissolve the relations of pastor 
 and people prepared themselves for being without any minister 
 by the election of George Winchester as Lay Reader. In the 
 Journal of Convention for 1838, the Rev. Zebadiah Hyde Mans- 
 field, a newly ordered Deacon, is in the Clergy list as "officiat- 
 ing at St. Mark's Church, New Britain." Mrs. Francis gives 
 June 22 as the beginning of his ministry here, but we place it 
 as on or before June 12, the date of the Convention. The 
 Bishop's address to the Convention refers to the confirmation of 
 eight persons, and the consecration of St. Mark's Church at 
 New Britain on Dec. 6, 1837. The certificate of consecration 
 says Dec. 7. The address also says that "The Rev. Thomas J. 
 Davis has resigned the charge of the Parish of New Britain." 
 
 The parochial report for New Britain, 1838, is as follows — 
 "No Rector, Families 15, Communicants 12, Baptisms 14, (11 
 children, 3 adults,) burials 3, marriages i, confirmations 8." 
 New Britain was still in the list of parishes who had not paid 
 their assessment to the convention fund. The report of the 
 missionary society showed that the society had received $6.00 
 from St. Mark's Church, New Britain by the Hon. Ira E. Smith, 
 paid Rev. Thomas J. Davis of New Britain $75, and that $75 
 was due the said parish. 
 
 We have no record of any parish meeting after that of April 
 23, 1838, until March 15, 1841. Our only original record of 
 Mr. Mansfield's service, aside from the Journal of the Conven- 
 tion, is Mrs. Francis' manuscript and the treasurer's account. 
 The latter is apparently incomplete and many items have no 
 date. Mrs. Francis does not give any date for the end of Mr. 
 Mansfield's service, but we presume he officiated until relieved 
 by his successor, Mr. Guion, and hence we fix his last Sunday 
 as Nov. 25, 1838. Mrs. Francis, and others following her, 
 
306 THE CHURCH 
 
 place the beginning of the Rev. John Marshall Guion's ser- 
 vice as Dec. 2, 1840, but this is an evident error as to the year, 
 although the month and day are correct, as appears by Mr. 
 Emanuel Russell's memorandum book as follows: — 
 
 "Dec. 2d, 1838. Agreed with Revd. Mr. Guion to supply 
 our pulpit during the winter at $5. pf. Sunday with some 
 encouragement of doing better if the Society could do it. 
 
 E. Russell. 
 
 Revd. Mr. Guion began Deer. 2d. 1838 the first time." 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Convention in June, 1839, 
 announces that the Rev. Thomas J. Davis has taken letters 
 dimissory to the Diocese of Ohio, the "Rev. John M. Guion 
 has removed from Meriden to the parish of New Britain, to 
 which he has been elected Rector." "The Rev. Zebadiah H. 
 Mansfield has removed from New Britain to the Parish of 
 Warehouse Point." Mr. Guion appears to have been hired 
 temporarily "during the winter" but engaged as Rector some 
 time previous to the sitting of the Convention, and it is hoped 
 that the "encouragement of doing better" on the part of the 
 society was realized, although no great increase of the Rector's 
 salary was probable. 
 
 New Britain was still in the list of parishes that had not paid 
 their assessment to the convention fund. The missionary 
 society paid Emanuel Russell, of St. Mark's Church, Treasurer, 
 $75.00 due last Easter, and Mr. Russell forwarded the same 
 to the Rev. Thomas J. Davis, "for missionary services in that 
 Parish." St. Mark's Church also paid the missionary society, 
 by Mr. Russell, $4.00. 
 
 The report of the parish for 1839 is as follows : — 
 
 "St. Mark's New Britain, Rev. John Marshall Guion, Rector. 
 
 I continued in the parochial charge of St. Andrew's Church, 
 Meriden, until the close of October last at which time I resigned 
 the Rectorship. 
 
 Since the first Sunday in Advent under a temporary arrange- 
 ment, I have regularly officiated in St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain, where I have likewise attended two funerals. This 
 Parish of recent origin is as yet feeble in respect to numbers and 
 resources. Their limited abilities are therefore very inadequate 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 307 
 
 to the support of a Clergyman; other considerations however 
 have prevailed with me, with the approbation of the Bishop, to 
 accept the rectorship to which I have been canonically elected. 
 The zeal and perseverance of a little band of the friends of the 
 Church have commended them to the patronage of the almoners 
 of the Church's bounty; the prospect of ultimate success 
 promises well to repay their 'nursing care.' The precise number 
 of families and communicants strictly united to the Church has 
 not as yet been ascertained; it is however, in each case very 
 small; yet do they form a rallying point for a numerous class, 
 which is found in the population of a manufacturing town, not 
 decidedly attached to any religious denomination, who are glad 
 to avail themselves of the opportunity of attending the ser- 
 vices of the Church, while many young persons, accustomed 
 to her worship, perhaps educated in her principles, though 
 called to leave the paternal roof, find themselves not excluded 
 from the privileges to which their youthful associations incline 
 them. Hence the band of Episcopalians here strictly form 
 a missionary family, the church is a missionary Church ; the 
 ground is a missionary ground. The general attendance on the 
 Lord's day has been respectable, frequently numerous, so much 
 so as to encourage the hope, that the permanent establishment 
 of the Church in New Britain, will be the means of much 
 spiritual good. In conclusion, though the writer, aware as he 
 is of the mutations of these changeful times, would not indulge 
 in expectations too sanguine, yet would he not withhold the 
 expression of his persuasion, that with due fostering care, 
 under the divine blessing, St. Mark's Parish will, at no distant 
 day, take its rank among the more flourishing in the Diocese." 
 
 Our only record within the parish for 1840 is Mr. E. Rus- 
 sell's account as treasurer and this does not have a dozen entries 
 during the year. We quote two items therefrom: — "1840 Jan. 
 5, 10, Collected at Church 1.38. Feb. 2'* Collected at Church 
 1. 00." We presume a new treasurer was elected in the spring 
 of 1840, to succeed Mr. Russell, as Feb. 2 of that year is the 
 latest date we find in his account. No treasurer's account for 
 several years after that date has been found. 
 
 There was no minister or delegate from New Britain present 
 at the Convention in 1840, and no parish report. New Britain 
 
308 THE CHURCH 
 
 was Still in the list of parishes that had not paid the assessment 
 for the convention fund. The missionary society paid the 
 parish $50 and the Rev. John M. Guion $25, for the parish. 
 
 If the Church slumbered throughout the year 1840 there 
 were some signs of life, among the ladies, early in 1841, as 
 appears from the following advertisement in the "Practical 
 Christian and Church Chronicle," of New Haven, issue of Jan. 
 29: 
 
 "The Ladies of St. Mark's Parish, New Britain propose 
 holding a Fair in the large upper room of North & Stanley's 
 Brick Factory in said village, on Wednesday and Thursday the 
 3rd. and 4th. of February, the avails of which are to be appro- 
 priated to the discharge of the debt under which the Church 
 labours. The aid of the benevolent, disposed to encourage a 
 little band of Churchmen in their exertions, and especially of our 
 brethren of the neighboring Parishes, is respectfully solicited." 
 
 An editorial notice in the same paper called attention to the 
 above advertisement and said : "We learn from a friend that at 
 no time have the prospects of this Parish been more encourag- 
 ing than at present. A high degree of interest appears to be 
 excited in the success of the Church accompanied with an 
 unwonted attention to religious duties. Their numbers are 
 limited, and there is a debt resting upon the Church, which 
 though small is large and heavy in comparison with their means 
 and weighs as a discouragement upon some otherwise friendly 
 to the Church. The object is to remove the debt and we hope 
 they will receive encouragement in their benevolent under- 
 taking." 
 
 The result of the fair is told in a later issue as follows : — 
 "The Ladies' Sewing Society of St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain, return their heartfelt acknowledgement to the Episco- 
 palians of Hartford and to the inhabitants of New Britain, 
 of the different Christian denominations, for their generous 
 patronage of the recent Fair of which the receipts to the amount 
 of $300, are a substantial testimony of liberality more than 
 anticipated. It must be gratifying to our friends to learn that 
 the avails applicable to the contemplated object will afford 
 relief to our little Parish, struggling as it has been under pecu- 
 niary difficulties of serious moment and result, it is confidently 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 309 
 
 hoped, in securing an important amount of spiritual benefit. 
 New Britain, Feb. 14, 1841." 
 
 Apparently the men were somewhat stirred up to find the 
 ladies looking after the Church debt and thus at the next 
 annual meeting of the parish, March 19, 1841, appointed S. G. 
 Bucknall, I. E. Smith, L. P. Lee and George Francis "a com- 
 mittee to investigate the pecuniary situation of the Church." 
 The said committee were also instructed to "wait upon Selden 
 Deming and procure the money that belongs to the Society." 
 At an adjourned meeting March 20, 1841, it was "Voted that 
 Hon. I. E. Smith and L. P. Lee Esq. be a committee to call on 
 Capt. Selden Deming of Wethersfield, and receive from him 
 the balance of money in his hands, the avails of the old church, 
 which by provision of the Bishop was to be paid to the first 
 Episcopal Church erected within 3 miles of the old church site, 
 and that they are hereby authorized to give the pledge or 
 security of the parish to save Selden Deming harmless from all 
 costs and claims of the Society or proprietors of the old Church, 
 both for the sum now to be paid by him and for all former 
 payments reed, from him." 
 
 The account of E. Russell, Treasurer, has the following 
 entries:— "1838, March 20, Reed, of Mr. S. Deming for which 
 myself and L. P. Lee gave Deming our joint Note on demand 
 as Treasurer of the Old Church. 
 
 $56.00" 
 "1838, Oct. 20, Red. of S. Deming for which I gave my 
 rect. as Treasurer of St. Mark's Parish for — $50.00" 
 
 These entries of $106.00 received from Capt. Deming before 
 March 20, 1841, account for the "former payments" referred 
 to in the foregoing vote, but we find no record of "the sum 
 now to be paid by him" — and consequently how much money 
 St. Mark's parish received from the old Church (Christ Church, 
 Worthington) is not known. Mr. Deming told Roger Welles 
 Esq. of Newington, that the proceeds of the sale of the old 
 church were paid to St. Mark's Church of New Britain. One 
 hundred and fifteen dollars was the amount received for the 
 sale in 1826, but this would be increased largely by accumulated 
 interest before 1841. We thus find that although St. Mark's 
 
3IO THE CHURCH 
 
 was a new organization, in less than two years after its forma- 
 tion, it was considered the successor of the old Church. 
 
 In the Journal of Convention for the year 1841, New Britain 
 appears to have been represented both by the Rector and dele- 
 gate, although they did not arrive until the second day. The 
 Bishop's address reported the confirmation of 8 persons at New 
 Britain, April 4, 1814, and for the first time in the history of 
 the Church, New Britain was in the list of parishes that had 
 paid their assessment to the convention fund, the amount being 
 $2.25. The missionary society were then paying the parish 
 only $50 per annum instead of $150.00 as formerly. In 1840, 
 the society received from the parish $4.25. 
 
 The report of the parish for 1841 is as follows: — 
 
 Rev. John Marshall Guion, Minister. 
 
 "Families 27, baptism — adults 4, communicants — added by 
 removals 9, anew 3, lost by death 2, removals 4, total 18, con- 
 firmed 8, married 3, burials 4. Sunday School — teachers 4, 
 scholars 30, Missionary and Charitable contributions $19.75. 
 
 This Parish which through the disastrous condition of busi- 
 ness, and other circumstances, has encountered difficulties of 
 a severely trying nature, at the present moment appears to give 
 promise of prosperity in both its temporal and spiritual inter- 
 ests. They who have been conversant with it from the com- 
 mencement declare that at no former period were its pros- 
 pects ever so encouraging. To aid in retrieving it from a debt 
 which created much embarrassment, the Ladies' Society held a 
 fair, the avails of which, augmented by the liberality of our 
 friends in Hartford, and amounting to nearly $300. have 
 essentially relieved us from a threatening impediment to suc- 
 cess. The heart of the Rector has been warmed and encour- 
 aged by the zealous efforts of his little flock, with their very 
 limited resources, and in the face of many hindrances, to 
 sustain the cause of the Church, and especially by the manifest 
 interest in vital religion, which has been awakened among them. 
 A comparatively large accession to the number of communi- 
 cants has been anticipated, which it is confidently expected will 
 be made at no distant day." 
 
 "The Chronicle of the Church" and its successor, "The Practi- 
 cal Christian and Church Chronicle," was the official organ of 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 3 11 
 
 the Diocese. The Rev. Thomas J. Davis was the New Britain 
 agent for it when he was here, and later Mr. L. P. Lee was the 
 agent. In the issue of Jan. 7, 1842, we find the following: — 
 
 "Our readers will perceive the few Churchmen in New Britain 
 are about to make another effort to extricate themselves from 
 debt and we trust it will not be in vain. They have been ener- 
 getic and persevering and deserve, as we trust they will receive, 
 the assistance of the friends of the Church. 
 
 FAIR. 
 
 Encouraged by their former success the Ladies of St. Mark's 
 Church, New Britain, propose holding another Fair on the 
 afternoon and evening of the 19th. and 20th. of the present 
 month, the avails to be appropriated to the same object as the 
 last, the relieving their Church from debt which they hope by 
 this effort entirely to accomplish. The attendance of friends 
 from neighboring towns is respectfully requested." 
 
 After the fair, a card dated Feb. 11, 1842, extended thanks 
 "to the inhabitants of Hartford and the neighboring towns and 
 to their friends in New Britain, ... to Col. Chapin and 
 the ladies of New Haven, to Mr. Scoville of Waterbury and to 
 the Ladies of Hartford and Glastonbury for their kind dona- 
 tions." ' The card also stated, "They are most happy in being 
 able to state that the object for which they have labored is at 
 length accomplished as a sufficient sum is now raised to free 
 their Church from debt." 
 
 It will thus be seen that the parish is indebted to the ladies 
 for making the Church free from debt for the first time after 
 its formation, and this probably, during the darkest days, finan- 
 cially, that the Church ever had. 
 
 The report for the parish of New Britain in the Journal of 
 Convention for 1842 is as follows : — 
 
 "Rev. John Marshall Guion, Rector. 
 
 Families 33, baptisms, infants 2, communicants added 7, pres- 
 ent number 25, marriages 5, burials 4, Sunday School teachers 
 5, scholars 40, Missionary & Charitable contributions $22.50. 
 
 This parish may now be regarded as prosperous. But for 
 the utter prostration of business, cutting off the pecuniary 
 
312 THE CHURCH 
 
 resources of its friends, it might be added that it is prosperous 
 in every respect. Yet even under difficulties pressing with 
 peculiar severity upon a manufacturing community, we have 
 reason to 'thank God and take courage.' The number of fami- 
 lies and communicants is gradually increasing and there cannot 
 be a doubt that the augmentation would be still greater, was 
 it not that the straightened circumstances of both have hereto- 
 fore prevented the pastor from giving to his flock the whole of 
 his time, which experience has shown to be indispensible to the 
 common interest. Our situation too, strikingly illustrates a 
 truth, which it is presumed is a matter of universal observation, 
 that the conservative principles of the Church do not warrant 
 the expectation of rapid accessions to her numbers. The har- 
 monious and exemplary conduct of her members has outlived 
 a large share of opposition, and silenced the reproach of gain- 
 sayers, so that 'having no evil thing to say' former adversaries 
 are constrained to respect, even to favor the cause, they once 
 conscientiously withstood, and many an enquiring eye, and 
 many an approving judgement are turning towards the distinc- 
 tive principles of the 'only united Church.' Still our inveterate 
 predilection for systems consecrated by the supposed authority 
 of revered Fathers, not of primitive, but of puritan times, on 
 the one hand, and a hankering after novelties and excitement 
 on the otherj are checks to the progress of truth, which time 
 and circumstances, and above all, the guidance from above 
 promised to the sincere searchers for truth, we may hope will 
 remove. God has dealt very graciously with us as a Parish 
 during the past year, sparing us the pain of a single bereave- 
 ment by death, the funerals reported being all of persons of 
 other denominations or places." 
 
 In 1843 there was no business transacted at the annual meet- 
 ing of the parish other than the election of the usual officers. 
 In the Journal of Convention for 1843, the residents of Far- 
 mington, desiring service, were recommended to appl}^ to the 
 minister of the Church at New Britain, thus practically uniting 
 Farmington and New Britain in one cure. In this year the 
 parish was once more placed in the list of those who had not 
 paid their share of the convention fund. The same was true in 
 1844, but they paid their share in 1845-1846 and 1847, failed to 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 313 
 
 pay in 1848 but after that they paid regularly. The Rev. Mr. 
 Guion's report of the parish to the Convention of 1843 was as 
 follows : — 
 
 "Families 26, baptisms — infants and children 6, communi- 
 cants — added by removals 2, anew 5, total 7, present number 32, 
 marriages i, burials 5, missionary and charitable contributions 
 $17. The condition of this Parish is much the same as that 
 represented in my former reports ; modified by the accumula- 
 tion of pecuniary embarrassments, arising out of the business 
 derangements of the place, not uncheered however, with an 
 especial degree of religious seriousness, and by the exemplary 
 walk, cordial unanimity and persevering zeal of our little flock. 
 With mingled emotions we can well appropriate the lan- 
 guage of the confiding apostle : 'troubled on every side yet not 
 distressed; perplexed but not in despair; cast down but not 
 destroyed.' The diminution in the number of families reported, 
 as compared with the preceeding year, is mainly owing to 
 several who then with the stronger reasons were counted as 
 permanent accessions, having betaken themselves to a new and 
 more popular place of resort. (The South Congregational 
 Church was organized July 5, 1842.) A very encouraging 
 number of persons are awaiting the rite of confirmation. The 
 funerals reported were all of persons disconnected with the 
 parish, with the exception of an infant, through a gracious 
 Providence, the only instance of mortality within our flock for 
 more than two years. Peculiar circumstances have occasioned 
 a temporary disappointment in the re-organization of the 
 Sunday School. 
 
 This whole region seems to present a most propitious field 
 for missionary labor, embracing several isolated families of 
 Episcopalians, and a mass of individuals ever prompt to lend 
 a favorable ear to the word dispensed in the Church, and whom 
 the notoriously distracted state of the various sects, would 
 doubtless dispose to seek refuge in the 'opened door' of the ark 
 of security and peace. On a few occasions I have ministered 
 with much gratification to myself, and I trust with acceptance 
 to different assemblages, and feel with pain the restraint of 
 circumstances which interferes with a constant and systematic 
 course of action upon ground so inviting." 
 
314 THE CHURCH 
 
 This report indicates that Mr. Guion did not devote all of 
 his time to this parish because it was necessary for him to 
 preach elsewhere a part of the time in order to receive a salary 
 sufficient to his support. 
 
 "At the Annual (adjourned) Meeting of the Society of St. 
 Mark's Church," April 15, 18/^4, "S. G. Bucknall, Hezekiah 
 Seymour and H. E. Russell were appointed a Committee to call 
 upon Rev. J. M. Guion to learn his disposition as to remaining 
 our Spiritual Charge for the ensuing year provided a sufficient 
 sum can be subscribed to tender him." 
 
 Our only record of the result of this vote is found in Mr. 
 Guion's report of the Parish to the Convention of 1844, as 
 follows : — 
 
 "Baptism — infants 2, marriages 3, funerals i, communicants — 
 lost by removal i, present number 31. 
 
 My report of this Parish at the last Convention is applicable 
 to its present condition and members. Their inabilty to sustain 
 the entire services of a Clergyman has induced me to devote a 
 portion of my time to other vacant Parishes, and during the 
 past year about one third has been given to Wolcott. Four 
 Sundays I have officiated at Essex borough. The residue of 
 my time has been employed at New Britain, which is now my 
 sole Cure. 
 
 The reasons why no additions are reported is that several 
 who would be classified as such, are awaiting the rite of con- 
 firmation to seal their union with the Church. The necessi- 
 ties of the Parish have been such as to prevail with me not to 
 press the usual parochial collections." 
 
 There was no minister or delegate present at the Convention 
 1844. 
 
 In the "Calendar" of Hartford, Jan. 4, 1845, the ladies of this 
 parish advertised to hold a fair on the afternoon and evening 
 of Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 29 and 30, saying: "The 
 attendance and patronage of all who feel interested in the wel- 
 fare of this little band of Churchmen is earnestly and respect- 
 fully solicited." The success of this fair is not known. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 315 
 
 At the annual meeting of the parish, Easter Monday, March 
 24, 1845, it was "Voted that the following be communicated to 
 the Rev'^. J. M. Guion. 
 
 That we the members of St. Mark's Parish, sensible of the 
 high and important Services which the Rev"*. J. M. Guion has 
 so faithfully rendered the Parish for the many years he has 
 been our Pastor, and deeply grateful to him for those Services, 
 we hereby wish to express to him our fervent gratitude and our 
 thanks, but taking into consideration his very engrossing 
 Employment in another Town, we believe the interests of the 
 Parish will be better promoted by Employing as speedily as 
 possible some active young man who can devote his whole time 
 and services to the welfare of the Parish." 
 
 The "engrossing Employment in another Town" was teaching 
 a private School at Hartford, as is shown by the following 
 advertisement in the "Calendar" issue of Jan. i8, 1845. 
 
 "Classical and English School. 
 
 The Subscriber has been induced to open in this city a school 
 for instruction in the Classics, Mathematics and the various 
 branches of a liberal English education. For this purpose he 
 has engaged commodious and agreeable apartments at the 
 rooms No. 182-1-2 Main St. at which place the terms and other 
 particulars will be made known." 
 
 Signed, John M. Guion. 
 
 The editor also called special attention to this advertisement, 
 saying that "Mr. Guion is an estimable clergyman, and a 
 graduate of Columbia College, New York. We understand 
 that the use of philosophical and chemical apparatus of the 
 College will be afforded to Mr. Guion in instructing his pupils." 
 
 Mr. James J. Goodwin of Hartford and New York was one 
 of Mr. Guion's pupils at this school in 1845. 
 
 At the Convention in June, 1845, ^^r. Guion and a delegate 
 from St. Mark's were present and among the visiting clergymen 
 was the Rev. Thomas J. Davis of Philadelphia, a former Rector 
 of the parish. The Bishop's address to the Convention reports 
 the confirmation of 17 persons at New Britain, June 8, 1845, 
 while Mr. Guion makes only 15. His report to this convention 
 is as follows: — 
 
3l6 THE CHURCH 
 
 "Families about 30, communicants — removed i, added 6, 
 total 36, baptisms — adults 3, infants 9, total 12, confirmed 15, 
 marriages 3, funerals i. 
 
 The spiritual prosperity of this Parish, it is believed, was 
 never so encouraging as at the present very auspicious period, 
 while its pecuniary interests would seem to be gradually 
 improving." 
 
 The parish being unable to pay a minister for full time, and 
 still unwilling to have him use his time elsewhere, Mr. Guion 
 was compelled to resign, which he did Dec. 20, 1845. Oi^ Dec. 
 29, following, his resignation was presented and read at a parish 
 meeting, when it was "Resolved, that the Parish accept the 
 resignation of the Rev. Mr. Guion, and that with a deep & 
 abiding sense of the kindly feelings expressed by him in his 
 letter of resignation, and which heretofore have been so often 
 exhibited to us individually and collectively, (as well as for his 
 many years of ministerial Labor among us) we tender him our 
 most grateful thanks, and reciprocating his kind wishes, we 
 pray heaven to bless him (and his Family) with rich blessings, 
 both temporal & Eternal. 
 
 Resolved, that a copy of the foregoing resolution Signed 
 by the Wardens of the Parish be transmitted to the Rev. Mr. 
 Guion. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. ) Wardens of 
 
 S. G. Bucknell. \ St. Mark's Church. 
 
 Voted that the Society Engage Mr. C. R. Fisher to officiate 
 for us as our Clergyman until Next Easter provided we are 
 enabled to pay him the sum he required." 
 
 Mr.' Guion was a land owner in New Britain, and so well 
 established here that it was not an easy matter to remove. 
 How long he continued his school at Hartford we do not know 
 but we presume he discontinued it during the year 1846. Mr. 
 Fisher officiated here for the three months for which he was 
 engaged, but continued to reside in Hartford. In the Bishop's 
 address to the Convention of 1846, we find that Charles Rich- 
 mond Fisher was ordered a Deacon Dec. 21, 1845 and had been 
 transferred to the Diocese of Massachusetts. The address also 
 says that "The Rev. John M. Guion has resigned the rector- 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 317 
 
 ship of St. Mark's Church, New Britain. The Standing Com- 
 mittee reported that Alexander Capron from the graduating 
 class of 1845 had been "recommended as a Candidate for 
 Orders." Mr. Capron became the first Rector of St. Mark's 
 after the completion of the present church building on West 
 Main St. 
 
 Mr. Fisher's report of the parish to the Convention of 1846 
 is as follows : — 
 
 "I took the temporary charge of this Parish immediately 
 after my ordination in Dec. last, but the condition of the Parish 
 at that period and the shortness of the time during which I had 
 charge of it, prevent me from making such a report as the 
 Canon requires. 
 
 Families about 25, baptisms — 6 children, communicants — 
 added anew i, whole number about 40, marriages i, burials i. 
 Sunday School — teachers 5, scholars about 20. 
 
 The children were catechized almost every Sunday, in the 
 Church immediately after the morning service. The Holy 
 Communion was administered on the Festival of the Nativity 
 by the Rev. Dr. Jarvis, and in the three following months by the 
 Rev. H. H. Bates, the Rev. Dr. Totten and the Rev. John M. 
 Guion, former Rector of the Parish, and on Easter Sunday by 
 the Rev. Wm. Payne. I thrice assisted in the administration. 
 The average number of communicants at any one time is about 
 20. The average attendance on public worship on the after- 
 noon of Sundays is about 75. My charge of this Parish closed 
 at Easter." 
 
 This report shows that Mr. Fisher took charge of the parish 
 shortly after Dec. 21, 1845 ^^^d as Mr. Guion's connection with 
 the parish was not fully dissolved until Dec. 29, that date may 
 be considered as the beginning of Mr. Fisher's term. He was 
 not however a stranger to the parish, for he officiated here once 
 or twice a month during the last five months of Mr. Guion's 
 rectorship. By the kindness of Mr. Fisher's daughters, now 
 residing at Hartford, Conn, we are permitted to make the fol- 
 lowing excerpts from his diary. 
 
 "i2th. Sunday after Trinity 1845 (Aug. 10,) I officiated at 
 St. Mark's, New Britain. Dinner at Mr. Russell's, tea at Mr. 
 Seymour's. Reached home at 8 o'clock in the evening. 
 
31° THE CHURCH 
 
 i6th. Sunday after Trinity, (Sept. 7, 1845.) Officiated at 
 New Britain. Tea at Mr. Bucknall's and returned in the 
 evening. Staid Saturday night and Sunday noon at Mr. Rus- 
 sell's. Vestry meeting after service in the afternoon. 
 
 i8th. Sunday after Trinity, (Sept. 21, 1845.) At New 
 Britain. Read the 6ist. and 62nd. sermons of 2nd. Vol. of 
 Bishop Dehon. Met the choir on Saturday evening. Called on 
 Mr. Guion in the evening and Judge Smith in the morning. 
 
 Saturday, Oct. 4, 1845. Left home for New Britain at 3 
 o'clock. In the evening, met the choir at Mr. Bucknall's where 
 I stopped. 
 
 22nd. Sunday after Trinity, (Oct. 19, 1845.) ^t New 
 Britain. Read two sermons from the Church of England 
 Magazine. Mr. Thomas R. Pinchon went with me. Tea at 
 Mr. Todd's. 
 
 24th. Sunday after Trinity, (Nov. 2, 1845.) ^.t New 
 Britain. Read the loth. and 12th. sermons of Bishop Griswold. 
 
 Sunday, Nov. 16, 1845. Prof. Stuart went with me to 
 New Britain. Dinner at Mr. Wooley's and tea at Mr. Todd's. 
 The congregation numbered nearly 80 today, being much 
 larger than on any former occasion when I have officiated in 
 this church. I catechised the children as usual. 
 
 At New Britain again Nov. 30, 1845, ^^id stopped with Mr. 
 Todd. 
 
 On Tuesday evening Dec. 23, 1845, th^ Parish of St. Mark's, 
 New Britain, voted to give me a call to take the pastoral charge 
 until Easter next and agreed "to make me as liberal a compensa- 
 tion as the condition of the Parish will possibly admit." All 
 the Parish is able at present to pay is at the rate of $300. per 
 annum. On Christmas Eve, by special request, I preached in 
 St. Mark's. The Church was full to overflowing." 
 
 This was only three days after he was made a Deacon, and 
 as he had no right to preach before that, it was his first sermon 
 in this parish. There is no parish meeting of record between 
 March 24, and Dec. 29, 1845, at which latter meeting the 
 engagement of Mr. Fisher is recorded. 
 
 Again turning to his diary: — 
 
 "Feb. IS, 1846, Preached once at the house of Mr. S. G. 
 Bucknall, a most violent snow storm prevented almost any man 
 from moving out. My Senior Warden, old Mr. Hezekiah Sey- 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 319 
 
 mour came to Mr. Bucknall's in the morning and said it would 
 be of no use to open the church for it was as much as a man's 
 life was worth to try to get out. I thought best not to go to 
 the church but to preach where I was." 
 
 Feb. 16. Attended the funeral of Mr. George Dewey, aged 
 31, from the church. There were nearly 300 persons present 
 notwithstanding the great depth of snow. 
 
 March 15, 1846. Rev. Mr. Guion administered the Holy 
 Communion for me at New Britain. I preached at Cabots- 
 ville, Mass. where I performed the m — sesvice of the Church 
 for the first time that it was ever performed in that place. 
 
 Easter Sunday, 1846, (April 12.) Rev. Mr. Payne of Union- 
 ville preached and administered the Holy Communion for me 
 in my Parish. The Hon. Ira E. Smith received the Holy Com- 
 munion for the first time. There were 26 that received the 
 Communion." 
 
 This closed the ministry of Mr. Fisher in this Parish. 
 
 Mr. Guion's report to the Convention of 1846 shows that he 
 resigned on Dec. 20, three days before the Parish voted to call 
 Mr. Fisher. The report is as follows : — 
 
 "I resigned the Rectorship of St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain, on the 20th. Dec. last, since which date my services 
 have been rendered to destitute Parishes wherever required. I 
 have officiated in New Britain twice, three times in Bristol and 
 since June 1845, o^^e a fortnight in St. Matthew's Church, 
 Plymouth, until Easter when the Parish were enable to secure 
 the services of their present Pastor. I have solemnized the 
 marriage rite three times in St. Mark's Parish, and attended one 
 funeral in St. Matthew's. This last Parish, though from vari- 
 ous causes much depressed, I left in a state of harmony. . . . 
 In New Britain there continues a little band of pious and 
 devoted ones struggling with praiseworthy zeal, though under 
 many discouragements, to sustain the cause they love ; for them 
 the prayer of every Christian heart must be "for my brethren 
 and companions sake I will wish thee prosperity.' " 
 
 Mrs. Francis records that the Rev. Abner Jackson officiated 
 from April 19, 1846, but the parish has no record of when he 
 was first engaged. His report to the Convention for 1846 says 
 "Since the Sunday after Easter, I have had charge of St. 
 Mark's Church, New Britain. 
 
320 THE CHURCH 
 
 I find in this Parish about 25 families and 29 communicants." 
 
 This shows that Mr. Jackson's services immediately followed 
 those of Mr. Fisher, the first Sunday after Easter of that year 
 being April 19. 
 
 At the annual parish meeting April 7, 1847, i^ was "Voted 
 to engage the services of Revd. Mr. Jackson for the ensuing 
 year as Rector of the Parish." Two weeks later a meeting of 
 the Parish was held at the church "for the purpose of devising 
 means for either removing the old or for building a Nezv Church 
 for the Parish. 
 
 Revd. Mr. Jackson in the Chair." 
 
 At the said meeting "H. E. Russell, J. B. Parsons & Chas. 
 Parsons were appointed a committee to report (to the next 
 meeting of the parish) the estimated Cost of removing & alter- 
 ing the old Church into a double House suitable to the use of 
 2 Families & also to report (if it can be ascertained) what we 
 can obtain for the Building as it stands." 
 
 The Rev. John M. Guion of New Britain received a call 
 April 13, 1847, to Grace Church, Saybrook, which he accepted. 
 His report to the Convention for 1847 is in part as follows : — • 
 
 "During the past ecclesiastical year, having had no Parochial 
 charge until Easter, I have rendered such clerical services as 
 have been requested. I have officiated. . . .two Sundays in St. 
 Matthew's, Plymouth, and seven in New Britain, in the absence 
 of the minister of the Parish, for whom I have also adminis- 
 tered the Holy Communion and whom I have assisted on 
 various other occasions. Here I have baptized three children." 
 
 The Rev. A. Jackson for himself reported to the Convention 
 that he "has been engaged during the year in the discharge of 
 the duties of his Professorship in Trinity College. He has offi- 
 ciated constantly on Sundays at St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain." 
 
 His report for the parish, 1847, was as follows: — 
 "Families about 30, communicants 30, two having been lost 
 by death and one by removal, and three having been gained by 
 removal. The attendance is very much improved, and a new 
 interest seems to be felt in the prosperity of the Church. A 
 very desirable lot has been purchased in a central situation, 
 on which it is designed either to place the present building, 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 321 
 
 making extensive repairs and alterations, or to build a new 
 Church. The Minister sees much to encourage his labors in 
 this Parish." 
 
 The matter of a new churchl was again taken up at a parish 
 meeting July 5, 1847, from the record of which we copy as 
 follows : — 
 
 "John B. Parsons, & H. E. Russell were duly appointed a 
 committee to visit New Haven for the purpose of Conferring 
 with Mr. 'Stone' (an architect there), upon the plan for a New 
 Church Edifice for the Parish, to obtain his Terms, drawings 
 & complete plans if they are considered suitable & to report the 
 same to the Parish at a Future Meeting. 
 
 On Motion of Mr. H. Seymour a Building Committee was 
 nominated & I. E. Smith, Rev. Prof^. Jackson, H. E. Russell, 
 J. B. Parsons & J. H. Todd were appointed a Building 
 Committee. 
 
 Hon. I. E. Smith presented a subscription paper to the Meet- 
 ing for the purpose of raising the necessary means to defray 
 the Expense of Erecting said Church Building, it not being 
 completed. The sums Subscribed will not be recorded until 
 completed. 
 
 On Motion, Meeting adj**. without day. 
 
 H. E. Russell, Clerk." 
 
 The following 
 the record of the 
 
 Names : — 
 I. E. Smith 
 H. E. Russell 
 J. B. Parsons 
 Hez. Seymour 
 Wm. Bingham 
 S. G. Bucknell 
 Noble Hill 
 J. H. Todd 
 Jo^ Staples 
 P. S. Judd 
 Geo. Bullock 
 L. P. Lee 
 John L. Perkins 
 
 subscription list is recorded immediately after 
 said meeting of July 5 : — 
 
 $600.00 
 
 200.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 20.00 
 
 75.00 
 
 40.00 
 
 20.00 
 
 1 50.00 
 
 50.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 25.00 
 
 40.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 Hiram C. Fenton $ 4.00 
 
 Aug. Penfield 10.00 
 
 Wm. H. Smith 5.00 
 
 Chas. Parsons 75-00 
 
 Chri'*. Senior 5.00 
 
 Edward Senior 5.00 
 
 Nath^ Dickinson 5.00 
 
 Geo. Wooley 25.00 
 
 Wm. Blacksley 10.00 
 
 Mr. Kilbourn i5-00 
 
 Rev. A. Jackson 100.00 
 
 Elias Barnes 10.00 
 
 A. G. Graham 50.00 
 
322 THE CHURCH 
 
 On Dec. 9, 1847, the parish voted to sell to Judge Smith 
 "the old Church Building at $500. to be removed by him before 
 the 9th of April 1848." At the same meeting Charles Parsons 
 and William Bingham were added to the building committee. 
 In accordance with this vote the building was removed to its 
 present site on Myrtle street and made over into a tenement 
 house. Later it was used as a part of St. Mary's School build- 
 ing as before stated. 
 
 On April 8, 1848, it was "Voted, That S. G. Bucknall as 
 Treasurer of the Society be and is hereby authorized to sign a 
 quit claim deed to G. M. Landers relinquishing any and all 
 claim which St. Mark's Parish have or are supposed to have 
 in the land recently occupied by their Church Building and for 
 which the Society held a conditional quit claim deed from 
 Thomas Lee deceased." The parish were now without any 
 place of public worship of their own and consequently obtained 
 the use of the old Academy, then on the lot where the Strick- 
 land School House is, and used the same until the new church 
 was ready for use. 
 
 In the "Calendar" for May 6, 1848, is the following death 
 notice : 
 
 "In New Britain on the 27th. ult., in the 82d. year of his age, 
 Solomon Churchill. He was the oldest member of St. Mark's 
 Parish, was amidst much bodily iniirmity, a constant and devout 
 attendant on all its services and died in the confidence of a 
 certain faith." It is to be regretted that we have no parish 
 register of marriages, baptisms and burials, until 1849. 
 
 At the Convention of 1848, the Rev. Thomas J. Davis of 
 Pennsylvania was again present as a visiting clergyman and 
 probably made a visit to his old parish at New Britain before 
 he returned home. The Bishop's address states that Alexander 
 Capron A.B. a candidate for Holy Orders has been transferred 
 to the diocese of New York. 
 
 The reports of the Rev. Mr. Jackson for the parish and for 
 himself to the Convention of 1848 are as follows : — 
 
 "St. Mark's Church, New Britain, Rev. A. Jackson, Rector. 
 
 Families 34, Communicants 42, Baptisms 8, Deaths 6. The 
 Parish is now engaged in the erection of a handsome gothic 
 Church in a central position capable of seating over 250 persons, 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 323 
 
 which will be ready for consecration in October. Its pros- 
 pects are very encouraging. The population of the village 
 is rapidly increasing. And it is believed that with the Divine 
 blessing, the zealous and judicious labors of a resident Pastor 
 will soon build up a self sustaining and prosperous Parish. 
 
 The Rev. A. Jackson. . . has had charge of St. Mark's 
 Church, New Britain, where he has officiated on Sundays and 
 on some of the chief Festivals and Fasts. In addition to these 
 duties he has been since the first of April last, Editor of the 
 Calendar." 
 
 The report of the missionary society for the year 1848 shows 
 $50. paid to the Rev. Professor Jackson, which was towards 
 his salary as Rector of St. Mark's Church. For twelve years 
 the missionary society of the Diocese, (then called the Christian 
 Knowledge Society,) had carefully watched over the little band 
 of Churchmen at New Britain and aided them greatly in paying 
 their expenses. It was the desire and aim of the Rev. Prof. 
 Jackson to make this parish self-sustaining. And now with an 
 increase of population in the village, with the number of fam- 
 ilies in the parish more than doubled in the last ten years and 
 the communicants in the Church more than trebled, the time 
 had come into the parish could take care of itself, and hence in 
 June, 1848, St. Mark's Parish in New Britain ceased to be a 
 mission and first became a self-supporting parish, and remained 
 so for three years. 
 
 The parish records have nothing about purchasing a site for 
 the church, nothing about the progress of the building, and not 
 a word about laying the Cornerstone. The records herein 
 before given show that John B. Parsons, who helped build the 
 old church, was chairman of the building committee and that 
 his brother Charles was on that committee with him. The land 
 on which the church stands was first bought by Charles Par- 
 sons, April 10, 1847, of Lucina C. Hart and Lucina Hart for 
 four hundred dollars, as shbwn by the Berlin Land Records, 
 Vol. 24, p. 538, and is described as follows :— "Beginning at the 
 South East corner of the School House lot of District No. i, 
 of said New Britain, on the line of the East and West highway 
 (West Main Street,) thence running East along the line of 
 said highway five rods and two and one half links, thence North- 
 
324 THE CHURCH 
 
 erly in a line at right angle with said highway to a point at the 
 intersection of the North line of the premises sold, thence West- 
 erly at right angles with the North and South highWay (Wash- 
 ington Street,) on the west of said premises to the said North 
 and South highway at a point nine rods and twenty links North- 
 erly of the south west corner of said school house lot, thence 
 southerly along the said highway one rod and twenty links to 
 the North West corner of said School house lot, thence easterly 
 along the North line of said School house lot to the North East 
 corner of the same and thence along the East line of said 
 school house lot to the place of beginning, containing about 
 fifty rods of land more or less." It was witnessed by L. L. 
 Sperry and Marcellus Clark and received for record May 18, 
 1848. The school house then stood on the corner of West Main 
 and Washington streets and the land sold was what may be 
 called an L shaped piece on the north and east sides of the 
 school house lot. It did not include the land where the parish 
 house now stands. The land conveyed by this deed was deeded 
 by Ira E. Smith, April 7, 1848, to Lorenzo P. Lee, George 
 Wooley, Noble Hill, Christopher Senior, Sheldon Smith, George 
 Francis and William Blakeslee, Vestry men of St. Mark's 
 Parish, New Britain, and to their successors in office, as appears 
 from the Berlin Land records, Vol. 24, page 314. 
 
 Mr. John B. Parsons as chairman of the building committee 
 had charge of the building. The principal carpenter was a Mr. 
 Moulthrop of Wallingford, but Mr. Parsons and others worked 
 with him, the church being built by the day and not by contract. 
 Mr. Levi Blinn says that a shanty was built in front of the 
 church and all the window sash were made in that shanty by 
 hand. The Strickland Brothers of New Britain had charge 
 of the mason work and a colored man named "Lem. Powers" 
 laid the stone work for them. Mr. Parsons' account relating 
 to this building begins Dec. 14, 1847, when he charges one 
 and a half days and expenses going to New Haven. On March 
 13, 1848, he charges cash paid for slabs for shanty 38 cents. 
 On June 19, 1848, for going to Hartford after raisers and June 
 23, to cash for 24 bottles of beer $1.00 ; and so we presume that 
 the frame was raised on June 23, 1848. The beer of that date 
 was root beer, which came in stone bottles holding each one 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 325 
 
 quart, the retail price being 2 cents per glass. Mr. Parsons' 
 account ends June 30, 1848. 
 
 The corner stone was laid on Monday, June 19, 1848. We 
 are indebted to "The Churchman" of New York for the 
 following account, which they copied for us from the old New 
 York Churchman, issue of July 6, 1848 : — 
 
 "The corner stone of St. Mark's church. New Britain, was 
 laid with appropriate rites on Monday the 19th. inst. at five 
 o'clock P.M. A procession consisting of the officiating clergy, 
 wardens, vestry and members, of the parish, was formed at the 
 Academy which was used while the church was in progress 
 for the celebration of divine service. As the procession 
 approached the site of the new church, the service was begun 
 (according to New York Ritual,) by the Rev. P. S. Chauncey, 
 rector of Christ Church, Hartford. The articles deposited in 
 the box were announced and the corner stone was laid (at the 
 request of the Bishop who was absent on official duty,) by the 
 Rev. A. Jackson, rector of the parish. A prayer was then 
 offered by the Rev. C. R. Fisher of Hartford and formerly 
 minister of the parish, after which the Rev. Mr. Chauncey 
 delivered in the presence of a numerous and very attentive 
 congregation an appropriate and beautiful address. The Gloria 
 in excelsis was then heartily sung by the whble congregation 
 and the remaining collects were offered and the benediction 
 pronounced by the rector of the parish. 
 
 "The material of the church is to be wood ; the style Gothic, 
 thte dimensions 55 feet in length by 34 in width. The Chancel 
 extending 12 feet farther; the entrance is through the tower 
 in front ; the total length 75 feet, the site is very central, being 
 at the N. W. angle of the public square." 
 
 This was originally published in "The Calendar" of Hartford, 
 issue of June 24, 1848, together with other matter which we 
 quote as follows : — 
 
 "There is a small but devoted band of Churchmen, who with 
 the promise of some assistance from abroad have undertaken 
 a great work. If they are enabled to carry it out, there is 
 every reason to believe that a self sustaining and prosperous 
 Parish will soon be established. The village is eminently 
 
326 THE CHURCH 
 
 prosperous and rapidly increasing in population. Houses are 
 fast springing up and yet there is at all times a demand far 
 beyond the supply. 
 
 "We commend this enterprise to the favorable consideration 
 of our brethren as one which promises to amply repay all that 
 may be expended upon it. If what the few Churchmen of New 
 Britain are attempting to do nozv had been done ten years 
 ago, that would in all probability have been at this moment 
 one of the strongest parishes of the diocese. 
 
 "Subscriptions for this object will be gratefully received by 
 the Editor of the Calendar." 
 
 The only person now living in New Britain who has related 
 to us any distinct recollection of the laying of the corner stone, 
 is Mr. Thomas H. Brady, who was then only five years old. 
 The stone for the foundation was quarried at the ledge, corner 
 of Elm and East Main streets. Mr. Brady's father drevir the 
 stone to the site of the church with an ox team. It was his 
 delight to have the boy Thomas with him and the bundle of 
 hay that he carried for the cattle to eat was placed on top of 
 each load of stone during the forenoon to make a cushion for 
 the boy to ride on. The laying of the corner stone was a 
 matter of conversation with the workmen, who told the team- 
 ster Brady that the service of the Episcopal Church was just 
 like that of the Catholics, and so he decided to attend. And 
 Thomas distinctly remembers that on one week day morning 
 his father dressed in his Sunday clothes, comprising a silk 
 hat and white shirt with a high standing collar, mounted his 
 ox cart and drove to town to witness the laying of the corner 
 stone of St. Mark's Church. 
 
 The lofty spire was built and finished within the church and 
 afterwards it was raised into its elevated position. Young 
 Brady sat "on the green" near where the Soldiers' monument 
 now is, and watched the spire in its journey towards the sky. 
 Its rising up out of the building, is now remembered as one of 
 the strangest sights that Mr. Brady ever saw. 
 
 At a parish meeting Sept. 30, 1848, "I. E. Smith, J. H. Todd, 
 H. E. Russell and such others as they may associate with 
 them" were authorized to borrow money for the parish "to the 
 amount of Five Thousand Dollars." 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 327 
 
 Professor Jackson's work as missionary here had been so 
 successful and was so far advanced that he could now leave 
 the parish in other hands and consequently the parish voted 
 Nov. 26, 1848, "that we invite the Rev^ Alex'r. Capron to 
 become our Minister until next Easter Monday, and that we 
 pay him at the rate of four Hundred Dollars per annum." 
 
 Mr. Capron's letter of acceptance is in the parish files and 
 is here given in full : — 
 
 "Hartford, Nov. 27, 1848. 
 
 Mr. H. E. Russell, 
 
 Dear Sir: — 
 
 I am happy to acknowledge your note of yesterday, 
 inviting me, on behalf of your parish, to become your Minister 
 until Easter l.Ionday, next. 
 
 Allow me to return my sincere thanks to yourself, dear Sir, 
 & through you, to the Wardens, Vestry &c. of St. Mark's, for 
 your kind invitation. The conditions are satisfactory & it 
 shall be my effort, to discharge the duties of your parish, so far 
 as my office permits, to the best of my ability. May it please 
 our Heavenly Father, so to direct & further us by His Council 
 & Aid, that the connexion shall prove conducive to the mutual, 
 & everlasting welfare of all concerned through the merits of 
 His dear Son our Savior Jesus Christ. 
 
 Your 
 To Obliged friend & Servt. 
 
 Mr. Henry E. Russell. Alex Capron." 
 
 The "Calendar" for Dec. 16, 1848, has the following notice: — 
 "Consecration. 
 
 St. Mark's Church, New Britain will be consecrated 
 to the service of Almighty God on Saturday, Dec. 23 ; Services 
 to commence at 11 o'clock A. M. The Clergy are invited to 
 attend in Surplices." The hour was afterwards changed to 
 10 o'clock instead of 11, in order to "suit the arrangement of 
 the cars both ways" "and have the service concluded in time for 
 the accommodation train to Hartford at i P. M." 
 
328 THE CHURCH 
 
 The first record in parish book No. 2 is the request to 
 consecrate followed by the certificate of consecration, as 
 
 follows : — 
 
 "To the Right Reverend Thomas Church Brownell, D.D. 
 L.L.D. Bishop of the Diocese of Connt. 
 
 Rt. Reverend and Dear Sir: — 
 
 The people of the Parish of Saint Mark's, New Britain, 
 having been moved, as they must, by a christian zeal for the 
 Glory of God and the building up of the Kingdom of His 
 dear Son, to erect a House to be devoted to His worship, and 
 to the decent reverent Celebration of the Sacred Mysteries of 
 our most Holy Faith, respectfully request that you do now 
 consecrate this House, which they have built, and set it apart 
 forever from all unhallowed, worldly and common uses, to be 
 henceforth perpetually devoted and dedicated to the Services 
 and Glory of the Most high god. 
 
 Signed A. Jackson, Rector. 
 
 Hezk. Seymour, ) ,,. , 
 S. G. Bucknall, ^"Wardens. 
 
 Noble Hill, 
 
 Wm. Bingham, 
 
 Geo. Francis, 
 
 L. P. Lee, r Vestrymen. 
 
 Geo. Woolley, 
 
 J. B. Parsons, 
 
 C. Senior, 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 23, 1848." 
 
 "Whereas, sundry good people of the Parish of St. Mark's, 
 New Britain, have erected a House for the Publick Worship 
 of God, according to the Doctrine and Ritual of the Protestant 
 Episcopal Church in the United States, and have requested that 
 the same may be consecrated agreeably to the usages of the 
 said church. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 329 
 
 Now, therefore be it known, that I, Thomas Church Brownell, 
 by Divine permission, Bishop of The Diocese of Connecticut, 
 with the prescribed Rites and Solemnities, did this day duly con- 
 secrate the said House, by the name of St. Mark's Church, 
 and setting it apart henceforth from all unhallowed, worldly 
 and common uses, the same did dedicate to the service of 
 Almighty God, for reading his Holy Word, for celebrating his 
 Holy Sacraments, for offering to his Glorious Majesty the 
 sacrifices of Prayer and Thanksgiving, for blessing the people 
 in His Name, and for the performance of all other Holy Offices, 
 according to the Doctrine, Discipline and Worship of the Pro- 
 testant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and 
 for the sole use of a congregation, in Communion with the 
 said Church, and in union with the Diocese of Connecticut. 
 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed 
 my Episcopal Seal, this Twenty third day of December, in 
 the year of our Lord, One thousand, eight hundred and forty 
 eight, and in the thirtieth year of my Consecration. 
 
 L.S. Signed, Thomas Church Brownell." 
 
 Although Professor and Mrs. Jackson resided at Hartford, 
 the latter was deeply interested in the welfare of the parish 
 as is evidenced by the fact that she presented the Church with 
 a large and beautiful copy of the Book of Common Prayer, 
 which was probably used for the first time on the day of the 
 consecration. It is inscribed "St. Mark's, New Britain, Pre- 
 sented by Emily Ellsworth Jackson, Dec. 23, 1848, being the 
 day of the Consecration." 
 
 The following account of the consecration is taken from the 
 "Calendar," issue of Jan. 6, 1849 • — 
 
 "Consecration. 
 
 St. Mark's Church, New Britain, was consecrated to the 
 service of Almighty God on the 23d. ult. by the Rt. Rev. the 
 Bishop of the Diocese. The request to consecrate was read 
 by the Rev. Mr. Capron, and the sentence of consecration by 
 the Rev. Mr. Jackson. Morning Prayer was read by the Rev. 
 Dr. Williams, President of Trinity College, assisted by the 
 Rev. Mr. Chauncey. The Bishop officiated in the Ante-com- 
 
33° THE CHURCH 
 
 munion service, the Rev. Mr. Jackson reading the Gospel and 
 the Rev. Mr. Fisher the Epistle. The sermon was by the Rev. 
 Mr. Coxe from Ps. Ixxxiv, 3, 'Yea the sparrov/ hath found 
 a house, and the swallow a nest,' etc. It was an earnest and 
 affectionate discourse, well suited to the occasion and the 
 circumstances of the parish. After the Sermon, the Bishop 
 administered the holy rite of confirmation to nine persons. 
 
 "The prospects of this parish are at present very encouraging, 
 though it has seen some dark days. By a most energetic and 
 praiseworthy effort, it has exchanged the former unsightly and 
 badly located house of worship for one convenient in situation, 
 and beautiful in appearance. The new Church contains 60 
 pews on the floor of the nave, and more than 50 of these were 
 rented at once, for a sum more than sufficient to pay the 
 Rector's salary. The village is rapidly increasing in popula- 
 tion, so that a few more yea:rs must see this a strong, and well 
 established parish. The Rev. Professor Jackson has labored 
 here as a Missionary since Easter 1846, and now resigns the 
 parish into the hands of the Rev. Alexander Capron of the 
 Diocese of New York, with heartfelt prayers for its peace and 
 prosperity. 
 
 Description of the Church. 
 
 "The building is of wood with a tower and spire at the south- 
 ern end of the nave and a chancel of very fair proportions at 
 the North. No aisles, but the nave is covered with a very 
 high pitched open roof which is imposing and church like. 
 The church is lighted with simple lancet windows on the sides 
 and a two light northern window over the altar. A pleasing 
 effect is produced by the coloring of the walls which are not, 
 as is usual, lined off in imitation of stone work, but are colored 
 a warm gray which harmoniously unites the colors of the black 
 walnut seats and oaken roof. 
 
 "Although there is a great discrepancy between the character 
 of the roof and that of the windows and the detail generally, 
 the design to say the least is church-like, and under the cir- 
 cumstances reflects credit on the little flock that were for the 
 first time that day assembled to worship within its walls. The 
 aim of the congregation is so commendable that it is witli 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 33 1 
 
 pleasure we can speak of the admirable execution of the work, 
 having been assured by competent judges that the carpentry, 
 and more especially the carving of the interior is excellent 
 and reflects great credit upon the workmen employed, whilst 
 the liberality of the parishioners who have contributed largely 
 and ungrudgingly has been shown by the step they took in 
 the first instance of securing the professional services of the 
 best architect that they knew of in the neighborhood. Any 
 failure therefore in the design is attributable to him and not 
 to the congregation who have done their best to render to 
 God a fitting dwelling. 
 
 "The church can scarcely be said to be finished at present, 
 the Font, Altar, Organ case, and North window which is to 
 be fitted with stained glass of a character which we can 
 prophesy will be somewhat superior to anything generally seen, 
 have to be provided, and these will be what they should be, 
 as an architect amongst us who has already greatly assisted 
 the congregation of St. Mark's by his advice and aid, has 
 undertaken their superintendence, and at no very distant period 
 we hope in these respects at least, the church will not be open 
 to the criticism and remarks of either the over accurate or 
 the illnatured. 
 
 "As it is, it is unpretending, and free from many of the faults 
 that are generally to be found in our modern churches, whilst 
 in the ecclesiastical arrangement, though in the simplest man- 
 ner, of the chancel and pulpit and reading desk, there is very 
 much that is highly commendable. 
 
 "The architect from whom the design and drawings were 
 obtained, is Mr. Stone of New Haven, and they were executed 
 by Mr. Moulthrop of Wallingford, of whose workmanship, we 
 have already made favorable mention, and we will here take 
 the opportunity to express for the congregation the thanks we 
 feel towards Mr. Wheeler, the Architect, who however unfor- 
 tunately came too lately among us in this instance, but who 
 has given us most ready and valuable assistance, and who will 
 superintend the completion of those things which fortunately 
 will still remain for his skill to exercise itself upon." 
 
 At the annual meeting of the parish, April 9, 1849, Mr. 
 Capron's salary of Four Hundred and fifty dollars was voted. 
 
332 THE CHURCH 
 
 This was an increase of fifty dollars over the year before. At 
 a parish meeting held May 21, 1849, the treasurer was author- 
 ized to borrow "the sum of Twenty Eight Hundred dollars to 
 pay the building debt of the Parish." 
 
 At the June Convention 1849, Mr. Capron was reported as 
 the "Minister of St. Mark's, New Britain," and the Rev. John 
 M. Guion as "residing at New Britain." 
 
 The Bishop's address reports the admission of Mr. Capron 
 into the Diocese, from the Diocese of New York, and his 
 acceptance of the charge of St. Mark's Parish. It notes the 
 confirmation of nine persons at New Britain and says "On 
 the 23rd. of December last I consecrated St. Mark's Church in 
 the Parish of New Britain. It was erected under the auspices 
 of the Rev. Professor Jackson of Trinity College, is capacious 
 in its dimensions, and is distinguished for the good taste of 
 its architectural arrangements." 
 
 The fact that the new church building was "distinguished 
 for the good taste of its architectural arrangements" as stated 
 by the Bishop, is evidenced by the History of Trinity Church, 
 Branford, Conn., published by The Rev. Melville K. Bailey, 
 1882, which says of the Church built there in 1850: — 
 
 " The design of the present edifice indicates such excellent 
 taste that it is an interesting question to whom it is due. It 
 is said that Messrs. Isaac H. Palmer and Eli F. Rogers con- 
 sulted with the Rev. Dr. Harry Croswell in regard to it. They 
 drove to New Haven together to see him, and he recommended 
 that they take St. Mark's Church, New Britain, as a model. 
 In accordance with this advice the architect, S. M. Stone of 
 New Haven, was instructed to provide a similar plan." 
 
 The report of the parish by its minister, the Rev. Alexander 
 Capron, deacon, in the Journal for 1849 is as follows: — 
 
 "Families — removed 2, added 24, present number 58. Single 
 persons holding seats 15, Communicants — deceased 2, removed 
 5, added 24, in all 66. Baptisms — infants 7, adults 3. Con- 
 firmed 9, Marriages, 2. Burials, 7. Sunday School — scholars 
 40, Catechists, 10. Collections — for parish library and paro- 
 chial purposes $9.61. Domestic & Foreign Missions $8.15, 
 Offertory $9. Seabury Monument $5.25. Total $32.61. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 333 
 
 "The Rev. Professor Jackson continued in charge of this 
 parish until Nov. 19, 1848. Through his energy and truly- 
 Christian liberality of the few Churchmen belonging to this 
 Parish, a handsome Gothic Church was erected during the last 
 summer and autumn, at a cost of $6,300. 
 
 "It is proper to observe that the class of 9 persons reported 
 as confirmed received instruction for that holy rite from the 
 former Rector, Rev. Prof. Jackson. 
 
 "It is due also to the liberality of the donors to state that a 
 beautiful Chancel window has been presented to the Parish 
 by Mr. Gervase Wheeler, architect; and a handsome stone 
 Font by Mr. Henry E. Russell. It is due to the ladies of the 
 Parish to state that through their industry the Church has been 
 handsomely carpeted. 
 
 "Under the blessing of God, the labors of the former Rector 
 and the persevering efforts of the parishioners have accom- 
 plished much for the Church in this place. The prospects of 
 the Parish are at present most encouraging. And too much 
 can hardly be said in commendation of the unanimity, earnest- 
 ness, and liberality, of the little band of Churchmen who have 
 testified their willingness to 'honor the Lord with their sub- 
 stance', by adding a beautiful ornament to their flourishing 
 village, and giving to its inhabitants a goodly temple wherein 
 they may worship Grod, in the solemn and primitive forms of 
 the Church." 
 
 This is supplemented by Professor Jackson's report as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
 "He also continued in charge of St. Mark's church. New 
 Britain, until the 19th. of Nov. 1848, making in all about two 
 years and seven months of labor in this interesting missionary 
 field. . . . From the first it was his constant object to 
 bring the Parish into a state in which it could sustain a resi- 
 dent Rector. And this by God's blessing has been happily 
 effected. A handsome Gothic Church capable of containing 
 over 300 persons, was completed and consecrated on the 23rd. 
 of Dec. 1848. The seats were all taken at once and there is 
 every reason to believe that under the zealous labors of the 
 resident Pastor the parish will soon attain to a stable pros- 
 perity. The Missionary takes great pleasure in here testi- 
 
334 THE CHURCH 
 
 fying that he has never seen more united zeal, and more 
 devoted Hberality towards the cause and Church of Christ, 
 than in this Httle strugghng Parish. And he shall ever look 
 back with the most grateful recollections to his brief connexion 
 with it." 
 
 Professor Jackson was editor of the "Calendar" from April 
 I, 1848 to April I, 1853, ^ii'i probably this accounts for the 
 frequent references in that paper to St. Mark's Church. In 
 the issue of June 9, 1849, is a notice of the death at Berlin of 
 Mr. Theodore Ellsworth on May 5, 1849, age JJ, and of the 
 death, at New Britain, of Mrs. Abigail, wife of Charles Par- 
 sons, May 18, 1849, ^gs 32, to which is added the following: 
 " Mr. Ellsworth and Mrs. Parsons were both well known to 
 us as devout communicants of St. Mark's Church, New Brit- 
 ain." Mr. Ellsworth was identified with Christ Church, 
 Worthington, from the first, was one of the vestrymen of St. 
 Mark's in 1844, and a communicant until his death. During 
 this time he had witnessed the erection of three houses of 
 worship for the Churchmen of this vicinity and he was a 
 devout worshipper in all of them. 
 
 We find by the parish register that " Hannah Steele " was 
 buried at Newington, by the Rev. Mr. Guion, March 25, 1849. 
 There is no further data concerning this burial. Doctor David 
 Steele, one of the seven founders of Christ Church, Worthing- 
 ton, left a widow Hannah, who received a pension under the 
 law of 1838. He presume that the Hannah Steele buried 
 by Mr. Guion was the widow of Doctor Steele and that 
 she too had seen three church buildings erected and had 
 worshipped in them all. 
 
 Another great loss fell upon the Church, Sept. 6, 1849, in 
 the death of the Hon. Ira E. Smith, aged 63. The following 
 obituary notice appeared in the "Calendar" for Sept. 15: — 
 
 " Judge Smith was a prominent citizen of New Britain, his 
 native place, where he had followed the profession of law for 
 many years and held various offices of honor and trust by the 
 suffrage of his fellow citizens. He has always been one of 
 the most zealous and liberal supporters of St. Mark's Church 
 in that village. He took a deep interest and bore an active 
 part in the erection of the new Church to which he contributed 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 335 
 
 largely and for which he had it in heart to do much more, 
 when he was suddenly summoned away. Ever since we have 
 known him, now some three years, he has been a devout and 
 faithful communicant of the Church and as such, we doubt not 
 he has fallen asleep in Christ." 
 
 Mr. Smith at the time of his decease was treasurer of the 
 parish, and on Sept. 28, 1849, the vacancy in that office was 
 filled by the election of Mr. Ashbel Dickinson. 
 
 The "Calendar" of Feb. 2, 1850, has a notice of a meeting of 
 the clergy of Hartford County at St. Mark's Parish, New 
 Britain, on Tuesday afternoon and evening, Feb. 25, 1850. 
 
 Mr. Capron came to this parish in deacon's orders. On Dec. 
 18, 1849, the Standing Committee met at New Haven and 
 recommended him for a priest. The first Episcopal ordina- 
 tion ever held in New Britain took place at St. Mark's Church, 
 on Feb. 24, 1850. (Feb. 26, according to the Bishop's address.) 
 The following account is from the Calendar for March 2, 
 1850:— 
 
 "Ordination and Confirmation. 
 
 "The Bishop of the Diocese visited the parish of New Britain 
 last Sunday and in the morning admitted the Rector of St. 
 Mark's the Rev. Alexander Capron to the Holy order of Priest. 
 Morning service was read by the Rev. Dr. Co it of Trinity Col- 
 lege. The sermon from John xxi, 17, was by the Rev. Profes- 
 sor Jackson of Trinity College. The Ante-Communion was 
 said by the Rev. Dr. Hawks of New York. The candidate 
 was presented by the Rev. J. M. Guion. The Bishop was 
 assisted in the Communion by the Rev. Dr. Coit and Rev. Dr. 
 Hawks. 
 
 "In the afternoon, the Bishop administered the Holy Rite of 
 Confirmation to four persons. Rev. Mr. Guion reading the 
 Service and the Rev. Dr. Coit preaching from Romans 11-25. 
 The day was singularly mild and beautiful for the season. 
 The Congregation was large and appeared to be deeply inter- 
 ested in the Service." 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Convention of 1850 mentions 
 this ordination as on Feb. 26, 1850, and also reports the confirma- 
 tion of six persons on July 15, 1849, but makes no mention of 
 
336 THE CHURCH 
 
 the four persons confirmed on the day that Mr. Capron was 
 ordained. The parish register gives the date of this confirma- 
 tion as on Feb. 24, 1850. The "Calendar" says it was Sunday 
 and the 24th fell on Sunday in 1850. 
 
 The statistics in the parish reports are so voluminous that we 
 omit giving them yearly after this date, but refer to them later. 
 A part of Mr. Capron's report to the Convention of 1850 is 
 as follows : — 
 
 "By the blessing of God upon us during the past year, the 
 Parish has steadily increased and has enjoyed uninterrupted 
 prosperity. An effort which, it is believed, will be successful, 
 is now being made to cancel the remaining indebtedness 
 incurred by the erection of the new Church. 
 
 "It is with pleasure that I improve this opportunity of making 
 my acknowledgement to my Rev. friend and brother, the Rev. 
 J. M. Guion, not only for his services in preaching and adminis- 
 tering the Holy Eucharist on each Communion Sunday, with 
 two or three exceptions, during the whole of my Diaconate, but 
 especially for the kind interest he has manifested in my own 
 efforts and the welfare of the Parish." 
 
 The Rev. John M. Guion probably resided in New Britain 
 longer than any other Episcopal minister ever has. He came 
 here in December, 1838, located at the lower end of Kensington 
 street, and did not remove until about 1853. The Bishop's 
 address in 1854 states that he had been transferred to the 
 Diocese of Maryland. He took charge of the Church at Say- 
 brook on Easter 1847, but probably did not remove his family 
 and no doubt he was here the greater part of the time. On 
 May 6, 1849, he entered upon his duties as Principal of the 
 High School in New Britain. This school was then under the 
 control of the State Normal School. In 1852 or 1853 he kept 
 a private school in the basement of the old Baptist Church, and 
 had about thirty scholars. Two of this number were Messrs. 
 Dwight A. Parsons and James T. Lee. Mr. Guion thus had a 
 practically continuous residence in this town for about fifteen 
 years, and during the whole of that time was ever ready and 
 willing to render any services that he could to St. Mark's 
 Church or to any of its parishioners, with the consent of the 
 Rector in charge. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 337 
 
 At the adjourned annual meeting of the parish, held April 
 26, 1 85 1, the parish "Voted to pay Revd. Alexr. Capron $500.00 
 salary for the year ensuing." This was an increase of $50. 
 The Sexton's salary was also raised from $25. to $35. per 
 annum at the same meeting. 
 
 The "Calendar" for May 17, 185 1, mentions the confirmation 
 of fourteen persons at St. Mark's Church, New Britain, on 
 Sunday, May 4, and adds — "It was noticed as an interesting 
 circumstance that a considerable portion of the candidates were 
 heads of families. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. 
 Coit who also attended the Bishop in his recent visitations at 
 New Haven and Waterbury." 
 
 The last person to sign the original papers of organization 
 of St. Mark's Parish on Aug. 28, 1836, was Philip S. Judd. 
 In the "Calendar"'of May 17, 1851, we find the following death 
 notice — "After a short illness in New Britain, on Friday May 
 2, Mr. Philip S. Judd, in the fiftieth year of his age. Mr. Judd 
 has long been a resident in New Britain and regarded by all 
 who knew him as an upright man, a good neighbor and a good 
 citizen. He left a wife and four young children." 
 
 The Rev. John Williams, D.D., was elected assistant Bishop 
 at the Convention of 185 1. He was no stranger to New 
 Britain, and it is pleasing to note that four of St. Mark's 
 ministers signed the testimonial of the Assistant Bishop-elect, 
 viz : Alex. Capron, John M. Guion, Charles R. Fisher and A. 
 Jackson. It was also signed by J. H. Todd and Stephen G. 
 Bucknall of St. Mark's Church, New Britain. 
 
 Mr. Capron's parish report to the Convention of 185 1 is 
 in part as follows :— "To cancel the debt for the erection of the 
 Church, we have raised in our own parish during the year, 
 between twenty-seven and twenty-eight hundred dollars ; so that 
 during the year we have raised in our own parish about $3000 
 for various purposes. The prosperity of the parish has been 
 uninterrupted during the past year, and its increase though not 
 rapid, has been steady, its prospects at present, with the blessing 
 of the great Head of the Church, are most encouraging." 
 
 The "Calendar" for Aug. 20, 1851, under the heading, "Hart- 
 ford County," says — "The Convocation of the County held its 
 quarter meeting pursuant to notice on Tuesday, Aug. 12, in 
 
338 THE CHURCH 
 
 the Parish of St. Mark's Church, New Britain. There were 
 present of the Clergy the Rev. Messrs. Bates, Chapin, Fitch, 
 Fisher, Guion, Jackson and the Rector of the parish. 
 
 "The first service was held at 3 P. M., the Rev. Messrs. Fisher 
 and Fitch officiating in the Service and the Rev. Mr. Chapin 
 preached an excellent Sermon from St. James, 1-27, 'Pure 
 religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to 
 visit the fatherless and widows in their afflictions and to keep 
 himself unspotted from the world.' 
 
 "The Service in the evening was conducted by the Rev. 
 Messrs. Bates and Nichols, and a Sermon preached by the 
 Rev. Mr. Fitch from St. Matthew, 6-10, 'Thy Kingdom come.' 
 The subject being general missions of the Church, their origin, 
 progress, and present condition was appropriate for the occa- 
 sion, and listened to with pleasure by a considerable congre- 
 gation. 
 
 "The Sermon was followed by an address, extempore, from 
 the Rev. Mr. Chapin, on the subject of missions. The Rev. 
 speaker dwelt especially upon the benefit the Church in this 
 Diocese had derived from missionary effort. 
 
 "The fact was asserted by the speaker that there are even in 
 our own country many thousands of persons who attend no 
 place of public worship, and that there is not probably accom- 
 modation in all the places of public worship in the country for 
 more than three fourths of the people. These facts, aside from 
 any other consideration are calculated to arouse every church- 
 man to a sense of the obligation resting upon each, to do all in 
 his power, to promote the object, had in view by Convocation, 
 viz: the extension of the Church in this county. If there is 
 not yet such an interest manifested by the several parishes of 
 the county, as we would desire, it is because Churchmen are 
 not informed of the state of things immediately about them. 
 We hope, therefore, that an interest in this good cause will 
 grow up in all the parishes in proportion to the frequency of 
 our County meetings. C. A." 
 
 At the annual parish meeting, April 22, 1852, the Sexton's 
 salary was raised from $35. to $40. 
 
 In the Journal of Convention for 1850, we find the name 
 of Francis T. Russell as a Candidate for holy orders, he having 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 339 
 
 been recommended by the Standing Committee at Hartford, 
 Feb. 17, 1852. 
 
 By Mr. Capron's report of the parish to the Convention of 
 1852, we find that the parish had paid for "a Bell and other 
 Church purposes over $1100.00." He also says "The growth 
 of our parish though not rapid is steady and healthy. Our 
 congregations are large, prejudices unfavorable to the Church 
 are wearing off; and with the blessing of the Great Head of 
 the Church it is believed the hopes of the most sanguine will 
 yet be realized." For three years the parish appears to have 
 been self-sustaining, but the report of the Christian Knowledge 
 Society to the Convention of 1852 shows that St. Mark's 
 Rector, Mr. Capron, was paid $5.00 June 11, 1851, while $60.00 
 more was paid to him in two instalments of $35 and $25, before 
 Aug. 30, 1852. This is the last record we find of St. Mark's 
 Parish receiving aid from the missionary society. 
 
 The "Calendar" for June 26, 1852, says, "The Convocation 
 of Hartford County held a meeting on Tuesday the iSth. June, 
 in the parish of St. Mark's, New Britain. There were present 
 of the Clergy, the Rev. Dr. Clark, the Rev. Prof. Jackson, Rev. 
 Messrs. Huntington, Bates, Putnam, Fitch, Tuttle, Fisher, 
 McClory, Chapin and Benedict, and Rev. Mr. Reed of Litch- 
 field County. 
 
 "Divine Service was celebrated in the church in the afternoon 
 and evening, and though the heat of the day was extreme the 
 congregations in the afternoon and evening were larger in 
 proportion to the parish than we have ever seen on any similar 
 occasion. The people of St. Mark's have done themselves 
 credit in the interest shown in the Jubilee Services, for the 
 celebration of which the meeting was appointed at this time. 
 The absence of the Rev. Mr. Coxe who was expected to preach 
 the Jubilee sermon caused no little disappointment. Under the 
 circumstances the Rev. Mr. Huntington preached a sermon in 
 the afternoon from St. Matt, xiv, 30-31. After which remarks 
 were made by the Rev. Prof. Jackson on the closing of the 
 Jubilee Services in England, and the interest which has been 
 manifested throughout the Church in this country during the 
 past year, in the celebration of this Third Jubilee of the Vener- 
 able Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. 
 
340 THE CHURCH 
 
 "In the Evening, according to appointment, the Convention 
 Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Clark, from Acts ix, 31, 
 and most earnestly did the speaker press upon Churchmen the 
 duty of increased earnestness in carrying out the purposes for 
 which the Church was established by her Divine Author and 
 Head." 
 
 In September, 1852, the Rev. Alexander Capron of New 
 Britain was the Secretary of the Hartford County Convention. 
 
 The following notice appeared in the Calendar, issue of 
 Dec. II, 1852: — 
 
 "Fair at New Britain. 
 
 "We are requested to give notice, which we do with great 
 pleasure, that the ladies of St. Mark's parish intend holding 
 a Fair at Humphrey's Hall in the village of New Britain, on 
 Wednesday and Thursday the 29th and 30th. inst. . . . 
 
 Donations will be thankfully received and may be left at the 
 Book Store of F. A. Brown Esqr. (Hartford,) or forwarded 
 to the ladies of the parish to be left at the Humphrey House, 
 New Britain. 
 
 The Churchmen of New Britain have done so nobly in sus- 
 taining and establishing the Church in their midst that they are 
 deserving of every encouragement." 
 
 At a parish meeting in January, 1853, for the sale of slips, 
 sales were made to forty-six persons, to the amount of Five 
 hundred and ninety-eight dollars leaving unsold 14 slips 
 appraised at $81. The names of the buyers and amount paid 
 by each are recorded in the "Minutes of St. Mark's Parish." 
 This is the first time since 1838 that such a record appears in 
 the parish books. A similar record was made for the year 
 1854. In 1838 the seats were sold on Easter Monday, and we 
 presume this was the custom up to 1853. In 1855 the time for 
 selling the seats was changed from January to Easter Monday, 
 but there is no record of the sale until 1857, after which the sales 
 are recorded each year for a time, the last record being for the 
 year 1868 when there were one hundred and six pew holders and 
 the sales amounted to $2058.00. In the files of the parish we 
 find that twenty persons subscribed $212.25 for tlie support of 
 preaching for the year 1846, and fifteen persons subscribed 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 34 1 
 
 $190.25 for the same object for the year 1847. The largest 
 subscription was that of Ira E. Smith for $50.00. In 1853 the 
 highest price for a pew was $34, paid by H. E. Russell. It will 
 thus be seen that in fifteen years, from 1853 to 1868, the number 
 of pew holders was more than doubled while the amount of 
 sales had increased more than threefold. 
 
 At the annual meeting of the parish, Easter Monday, March 
 28, 1853, the Rector's salary was raised from $500, to $700, per 
 annum. Nothing of special interest to New Britain appears 
 in the Journal of Convention for 1853. 
 
 The diary of the Hon. Elihu Burritt indicates that it was his 
 custom when in New Britain on Sunday, to attend the Congre- 
 gational church in the morning and some other church later in 
 the day. On Sunday, Nov. 26, 1853, he writes : "In the after- 
 noon attended service at the Episcopal meeting house which 
 was also pretty well filled. Mr. Capron preached a good solid 
 discourse." On Christmas Sunday, Dec. 25, 1853, he writes, 
 "In the evening attended the Episcopal Church which was 
 crowded excessively by an audience of whom I could recognize 
 but a few familiar faces, so changed is the population of New 
 Britain. The singing was good and Mr. Capron preached a 
 good sermon." 
 
 Another quarterly meeting of the Convocation of Hartford 
 County was held at St. Mark's on the loth. and nth. of 
 January, 1854, and is reported in the "Calendar" of Jan. 21st. 
 There were present of the clergy the Rev. Messrs. Benedict, 
 Coxe, Douglas, Fitch, Huntington, Fisher and J. L. Scott, and 
 the Rev. Mr. Horton of New London County. 
 
 Service was held on Tuesday evening in the church and 
 missionary addresses by the Rev. Messrs. Douglas, Hunting- 
 ton and Benedict, and a collection made for the aid of Missions 
 in Hartford County. On Wednesday morning service was 
 again held in the church and the Convocation sermon was 
 delivered by Rev. J. L. Scott, editor of the "Calendar," from 
 I Cor. xiv, 10, "There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices 
 in the world, and none of them is without signification." 
 
 The services were pretty well attended and the contribution 
 of twenty dollars for Missions in the county was fully up to 
 the proportion of the ability of the parish as compared with 
 neighboring parishes. 
 
342 THE CHURCH 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Capron's report to the Convention for the 
 year 1854 was in part as follows: — "The Ladies' Sewing 
 Society have raised for parochial purposes some $50, during 
 the year. An effort is now making to raise $1,000, for other 
 purposes of the Parish, which when accomplished, will leave 
 the Parish free from debt. Though not rapidly increasing in 
 numbers, we are as a Parish, growing in efficiency and 
 constancy.'' 
 
 Mr. Francis T. Russell, before mentioned as a candidate for 
 holy orders, was recommended by the Standing Committee 
 Feb. 27, 1855, for deacon's orders and was ordained by the Rt. 
 Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D.D., at Christ Church, Hart- 
 ford, March 25, 1855. Appended to the record of the annual 
 meeting of St. Mark's Parish for 1855 is the following 
 memorandum : — 
 
 "At the annual meeting of the Parish, Easter Monday, April 
 9th. 1855, the Rev. Francis T. Russell of Hartford was unani- 
 mously elected Rector of the Parish, and took charge and first 
 officiated as such on the fourth Sunday after Easter, 1855." 
 (May 6.) 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Convention of 1855 says that 
 "The Rev. Alexander Capron has resigned the Rectorship of 
 St. Mark's, New Britain, and taken charge of the Mission at 
 Central Village. (Plainfield.) . . . The Rev. Francis T. 
 Russell is the Minister of St. Mark's, New Britain." 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Capron's report to the Convention of 1855 
 says that "he resigned the Rectorship of St. Mark's Church, 
 New Britain, on Easter Monday." 
 
 The report of St. Mark's Parish to the Convention of 1855 
 was made by the Rev. Mr. Russell, and says, "The late Rector 
 of the parish having resigned his charge on Easter Sunday, the 
 following statements include his report as well as my own. 
 . . . During the past year the whole amount of our Church 
 debt, $1,500 has been cancelled by liberal subscriptions. 
 
 "I was ordained Deacon on the fifth Sunday in Lent, (March 
 25, 1855,) and officiated in various places, chiefly in Christ 
 Church, Hartford, until the time of my connection with this 
 parish the fourth Sunday after Easter. Before and since my 
 ordination I have attended to the duties of my Professorship, 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 343 
 
 at the Berkeley Divinity School and Instructorship at Trinity 
 College." 
 
 The second ordination at St. Mark's Church of New Britain 
 was on June 27, 1855, when the Rev. John Clarkson DuBois, 
 deacon, and missionary to St. Croix, West Indies, was ordained 
 priest by the Right Rev. John Williams, D.D., Assistant Bishop. 
 
 At a special meeting of the vestry, Dec. 18, 1855, Noble Hills 
 was appointed collector and allowed a commission of five per 
 cent, on all collections. Wm. G. Coe, Norris Bailey and N. 
 Dickinson were appointed a committee "to superintend the 
 expenditures of the Church." It was "Voted That in future 
 the Vestry meet once a month." 
 
 On Feb. 12, 1856, the Standing Committee recommended the 
 Rev. Francis T. Russell, deacon, to the Bishop, to be advanced 
 to the priesthood. In accordance therewith he was ordained 
 at a special ordination held in St. Mark's Church, March 12, 
 1856, by the Assistant Bishop, the Right Rev. John Williams, 
 D.D. The "Calendar" of March 15, 1856, says:— 
 
 "The Rev. C. R. Fisher began Morning Service, the Rev. 
 J. H. Waterbury of Bolivia, Ills, read the Lessons and the Rev. 
 E. A. Washburn preached from St. Mark xvi, 17, 18 and 20. 
 The candidate was then presented by the Rev. Mr. Abercrombie 
 of Christ Church, Hartford, and the services proceeded, in 
 which the Rev. Mr. Deshon read the Epistle and the Rev. Mr. 
 Willey the Gospel. All the above named clergymen joined in 
 the imposition of hands as did also the Rev. President Goodwin 
 and the Rev. H. Fitch. The Bishop administered the Com- 
 munion to the clergy ; Rev. Messrs. Willey and Deshon to a 
 large body of the laity. The Rev. Mr. Cook, Deacon, was also 
 present, besides several Berkeley Divinity students and a very 
 large and attentive congregation." 
 
 At the annual meeting of the parish, March 24, 1856, it was 
 "Voted, that the salary of the Rector for the ensuing year be 
 $800, commencing on the ist. day of April, 1856." This was 
 $100 more than Mr. Capron's salary when Mr. Russell came 
 here, and Mr. Russell's report to the Convention of 1856 shows 
 that it was an increase to him of $300. and therefore his salary 
 at first was only $500.00 per annum. The parish in 1855 were 
 
344 THE CHURCH 
 
 in straightened circumstances and we presume there was talk 
 of once more applying to the missionary society for aid. It 
 was Mr. Russell's desire that his salary should be placed so low 
 that no aid should be received from that society and this was • 
 the reason why his salary at first was made lower than that of 
 his predecessor. 
 
 Mr. Russell's report to the Convention of 1856 says, "On 
 Easter Monday an increase of $300.00 was added to the Rec- 
 tor's salary for the ensuing year. I would greatf ully acknowl- 
 edge the extreme kindness and constant attention of the good 
 people of my parish, by which I have been enabled to 'live of 
 the altar.' 
 
 "We are now suffering sadly for want of room in the Church, 
 all the slips being rented and more applied for. 
 
 "During the year I have attended to my appointed duties at 
 Trinity College and the Berkeley Divinity School as heretofore." 
 
 At the annual n^eeting of the parish, April 13, 1857, it was 
 "Voted, that one half of each collection and one half of the 
 Offertory be appropriated to the liquidation of the Church debt, 
 and that in addition, a special collection for that purpose be 
 taken up on the last Sunday in each month." 
 
 A meeting of the Hartford County Convocation was held in 
 St. Mark's, New Britain, on April 19, 1857. There were pres- 
 ent of the clergy Rev. Messrs. Adams, Fitch, Gregory, Hall, 
 Jarvis, McClory, Mines, Robinson, Russell, and Washburn. 
 The Convocation sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Jarvis 
 from St. Matt. ix. 37, and at the evening service the Rev. Mr. 
 Washburn preached, and addresses were made by the Rev. 
 Messrs. Hall and Russell. The meeting was informed that the 
 "Church Missionary operations in the County were in a most 
 promising condition." The report of this meeting in the 
 "Calendar" of April 30, 1857, gives a detailed account of this 
 work, all of it outside of New Britain. 
 
 At the Convention held at New Haven, June 9, 1857, Morn- 
 ing Prayer was read by the Rev. B. H. Paddock and concluded 
 by the Rev. F. T. Russell, Rector of St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain. This is the fii^st instance noted in the Journals of 
 Convention in which the minister or delegates from St. Mark's 
 Church have been prominent in the Convention. The Assistant 
 Bishop's address states that the Rev. Alexander Capron had 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 345 
 
 received Dimissory Letters to the Diocese of Wisconsin. The 
 report of the parish to this Convention was wholly statistical. 
 Among the contributions was a gift to the Rector of $250. 
 
 According to Elihu Burritt's diary the Rev. Mr. Russell 
 delivered an address to the Normal Scholars at the Methodist 
 Church, Oct. 4, 1857. On Sunday, May 9,-1858, Mr. Burritt 
 says that "Mr. Russell gave a good sermon on the duty of 
 confirmation. His voice is truly noble and clear and beauti- 
 fully disciplined. A considerable number are to be confirmed." 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Russell's report of the parish to the Conven- 
 tion of 1858 was in part as follows : — 
 
 "The financial difficulties of the past season, while they have 
 affected somewhat the material prosperity of the parish, have 
 been blessed to us, I believe, in spiritual benefit and increasing 
 interest in unfading riches. When our artizans were thrown 
 out of work in the fall, daily prayers were established for a few 
 weeks, which were well attended, as were the Lenten services. 
 We looked forward to a winter of severe suffering among the 
 poor, whose daily food was the reward of their daily labor, but 
 a merciful Providence has been far better to us than our fears, 
 and we gratefully record no cases of actual suffering ; and 
 though our Alms and Offerings for the benefit of the poor have 
 not been great, nor such as can appear in figures, we are happy 
 in the belief that they have been accepted and blest in their use. 
 
 "As usual, we have suffered much during the past year from 
 removals, so that while there have been twenty added to our 
 list of Communicants, we have lost eighteen by removal and 
 death, making an actual increase of only two over the number 
 reported last year. Within five years past, I find that we 
 have lost as many families and communicants as would make 
 another parish of just our present number. 
 
 "The girls of the parish have paid for the introduction of gas 
 fixtures into the Church. 
 
 "In addition to parish work, I have been engaged in the duties 
 of my department at Berkeley Divinity School. 
 
 "Two young men of the parish are now pursuing liberal 
 studies with a view to the sacred ministry." 
 
 There is nothing of special interest in the Journal of Conven- 
 tion for 1859, nor in the parish records, until July i, when 
 
346 THE CHURCH 
 
 a meeting of the vestry unanimously "voted to call a special 
 meeting of the Parish, to take into consideration the expediency 
 of enlarging the church." 
 
 A special meeting was held July 5, 1859, Rev. F. T. Russell, 
 Rector, in the chair, when it was "Voted, That in the opinion of 
 the Parish, it is both necessary and expedient to enlarge the 
 church, by the addition of 27 feet in length, thereby adding 
 40 slips, and the Vestry be and they are hereby authorized to 
 proceed with the same at the earliest moment." 
 
 "Voted, That the Vestry be and they are hereby authorized 
 to devise such means, by the sale of Slips and conveyance of 
 the right of occupancy of the same, or to borrow such sum or 
 sums of money, as in their opinion may be necessary to make 
 the proposed enlargement, not exceeding two thousand dollars." 
 
 In accordance with this vote the building was cut through 
 the middle, the rear part of it moved back and the new part 
 filled in between the two. There were four windows on each 
 side of the building and two more were added on the east side 
 making the six windows now present on that side. Before 
 the work commenced Mr. E. L. Goodwin made a little sketch 
 in water colors of the church as it then was and this is the only 
 known picture of the church as it was prior to i860. A map 
 of New Britain was published by Richard Clark, Philadelphia, 
 in 185 1, and in the margin is a picture of what purports to be 
 St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Five windows are shown on 
 the east side instead of only four, from which we infer that a 
 contemplated enlargement of the church building was known 
 as early as 1851, and that the publisher attempted to illustrate 
 the church as he supposed it would appear in the near future. 
 By the courtesy of Mrs. Goodwin we have been able to herewith 
 present an enlargement of the Goodwin sketch. The steeple 
 was much too large for the church and no doubt it was a 
 great improvement in the appearance of the building to have 
 "a church built to its steeple." The bell was originally hung 
 in a little tower at the rear of the church because it was thought 
 that the steeple was too frail to support a heavy bell, but after- 
 wards it was hung in the steeple. 
 
 At a parish meeting, Oct. 3, 1859, it was unanimously "Voted 
 That a Chapel be built, according to tlie plan furnished by the 
 
ST. mark's church, 1859. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 347 
 
 Architect, and that the Vestry be authorized to proceed with the 
 building of the same." 
 
 At a meeting of the vestry, immediately after the above parish 
 meeting it was voted "That H. E. Russell, Virgil Cornish and 
 Dr. S. W. Hart and the Rector, be a committee to superintend 
 and carry out the erection of a Chapel, in accordance with the 
 plan furnished by the architect Mr. Hallett." 
 
 We learn from the address of the Assistant Bishop to the 
 Convention of i860, that the improvements in the main build- 
 ing and the present chapel were so nearly completed on Jan. 
 3, i860, that he "reopened St. Mark's Church, New Britain, 
 the capacity of which has been nearly doubled." 
 
 This is supplemented by the Rev. Mr. Russell's report of the 
 Parish as follows : — 
 
 "During the past year the numbers of our parish have 
 'provoked one another unto good works' with a generosity 
 indicative of an increasing appreciation of the privileges to be 
 secured in the Church. 
 
 "Our Church has been enlarged more than one third in length 
 by the addition of forty slips, the greater part of which are 
 already rented, and the building is otherwise improved. The 
 remainder of the old debt has been cancelled. One mem- 
 ber of the Parish who has evinced his accustomed liberality, 
 has presented a new organ to the Parish valued at eleven 
 hundred dollars making the total sum given for objects within 
 the Parish more than five thousand dollars, and leaving less 
 than a tenth part unpaid." 
 
 There is no mention of this organ in the records until the 
 vestry meeting of April i, 1861, when Mr. H. E. Russell and 
 Dr. S. W. Hart were appointed a committee "to insure the 
 church building and organ," and but for the Rector's report 
 and an item in the "Calendar," we would have known nothing 
 of the new organ. We are informed that the member who thus 
 "evinced his accustomed liberality," was Henry E. Russell. 
 The organ which was in the old church on East Main street, 
 had done duty in the new church until this time, when it was 
 placed in the Church of Our Saviour, Plainville. A little later 
 Mr. H. E. Russell presented the parish with a smaller organ 
 
348 THE CHURCH 
 
 for use in the Chapel. This is now in St. Gabriel's Church, 
 East Berlin. 
 
 In connection with these improvements, a large and hand- 
 somely bound Bible was presented to the parish in i860, by 
 Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. The Bible was designed especially for 
 use in the new chapel and is still used at all services that are 
 held in the chapel. Mrs. Sigourney was particularly interested 
 in the parish through her daughter, Mrs. Mary Huntley Sigour- 
 ney Russell, the wife of the Rector. 
 
 A further notice of the recent improvement is found in the 
 "Calendar" of Jan. 21, i860, as follows: — 
 
 "On Tuesday, Jan. 3, St. Mark's Church was reopened with 
 appropriate services by Bishop Williams. Several of the 
 Clergy of the Diocese were present and took part in the 
 solemnities of the occasion. 
 
 "The church has been enlarged by the addition of forty slips, 
 adding a third to its original length. The depth of the church, 
 including the chancel, is now eighty feet, while the width is the 
 same as before, thirty-six feet. It was a great improvement 
 on the former building and in better harmony with the design 
 of the architect, Mr. Stone of New Haven. The beautiful 
 tracery of the roof is by the increased length rendered promi- 
 nent to the eye and the oak graining gives a more cheerful 
 aspect to the whole interior. 
 
 "On the west side of the church a chapel, thirty-six feet in 
 length, has been added, a part of which is devoted to an organ 
 chamber or chapel, which opens into the church by an arch 
 sixteen feet high and thirteen feet wide. 
 
 "The new organ, the princely gift of one who is known to all 
 who are familiar with the history of St. Mark's Church, is a 
 superior instrument from the factory of Johnson, in Wethers- 
 field. 
 
 "The members of this parish have done nobly in the efforts to 
 discharge the remainder of their former indebtedness, and to 
 make the above improvements without leaving a heavy debt. 
 The amount subscribed the present year for these purposes is 
 more than five thousand dollars, a large sum for a small parish. 
 May the Lord return this liberality in tenfold blessings into 
 their bosoms. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 349 
 
 "It is a singular fact that the important incidents in the parish 
 date by periods of eleven years. In 1837 the first church was 
 built and consecrated ; in 1848 the second church was conse- 
 crated and in 1859 it was enlarged by the addition of one 
 hundred and sixty sittings. Now is it too much to expect that 
 in eleven years from the present time the fourth term shall be 
 marked by the erection of a stone church? Time will decide." 
 
 The parish was also honored at the Convention of i860 by 
 having its Rector placed on the committee to nominate the 
 Board of directors for the Christian Knowledge Society. 
 
 Mr. Russell was also the secretary of the Hartford County 
 Convocation, which office he held until March 8, 1864, when he 
 resigned, preparatory to removing from the Diocese. A meet- 
 fng of the Convocation assembled in St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain, Tuesday evening, March 12, 1861. The Rev. Mr. 
 Washburn preached a sermon on 2 Chron. xx. 15. Many 
 important and interesting facts were elicited "concerning the 
 Church's work against the three fold forces of false doctrines, 
 heresy and schism." 
 
 On Wednesday morning the Holy Communion was cele- 
 brated and a sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Short of Broad 
 Brook. The report of this meeting in the "Calendar" is 
 signed "R" and concludes as follows : — 
 
 "Another of these profitable seasons has passed with its 
 pleasant memories and its spiritual profit. To clergymen and 
 people alike they leave impressions not soon to be forgotten, 
 and labors for the Church after such councils and social inter- 
 changes, are undertaken with a more cheerful heart and a 
 stronger hand. 'Behold how good and joyful a thing it is, 
 brethren, to dwell together in unity.' " 
 
 At the annual meeting of the parish April i, 1861, a vote of 
 thanks was passed to "Dr. Hart for his valuable present of a 
 book-case for the use of the Library." Also to "Mr. Emanuel 
 Russell for his liberality in insuring the church edifice against 
 fire." At the Hartford County Convocation at Hartford, 
 April 3, 1861, Morning Prayer was said by the Rev. F. T. 
 Russell of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, and Mr. Russell 
 "presented the subject of the present state of rehgion in the 
 Sandwich Islands in a forcible and interesting speech." 
 
350 THE CHURCH 
 
 From the Journal of Convention for 1861, we find that the 
 Rector of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, had succeeded the 
 Rev. E. Livingston Wells as Rector of the Church of our 
 Saviour, Plainville, with the Rev. P. Voorhees Finch for Assist- 
 ant at Plainville. Mr. Russell was one of the directors of the 
 Christian Knowledge Society from 1861 to 1863, and was then 
 tendered a re-election but declined. The improvement in the 
 church property and the hard times caused by the war appear to 
 have financially crippled the parish to such an extent that the 
 Rector voluntarily offered to have his salary reduced. A 
 special meeting of the vestry was held Oct. 19, 1861, to consider 
 this proposition and they appointed A. T. Post, S. W. Hart and 
 N. Bailey, a committee to consider the matter and report. The 
 report was presented at a special meeting of the vestry held 
 Oct. 23, 1861, and is as follows: — 
 
 "The Committee appointed on the resolution, To examine 
 and see, whether the Rector's proposition to reduce his salary 
 should be entertained or not, and also what disposition should 
 be made of the unsold seats, respectfully report." 
 
 "That they have attended to the duties assigned them, and 
 that they are of the unanimous opinion, that we ought not to 
 accept the generous proposition, made by the Rector, believing 
 that 'the labourer is worthy of his hire,' and that the Church is 
 fully able to raise the amount necessary to defray all the pres- 
 ent expenses— The Committee respectfully recommends, that 
 there be an evening service, at which time a plate collection 
 shall be taken up to meet any deficiency in the income of the 
 Church, caused by the long suspension of business, occasioned 
 by the rebellion, as it is believed, many persons, who attend 
 that Service, would cheerfully give a small amount for the 
 object — " 
 
 The committee further recommended, that all the unsold 
 seats, in the Church, be offered for the balance of the pew- 
 renting year to any person or persons, who may desire to attend 
 the Church, at any price in their power to give, and that some 
 one person be appointed to take the exclusive charge of renting 
 the Slips, and to whom all persons in future be referred — 
 
 "Having thus briefly presented the results of our labors, as 
 appointed by the aforesaid resolution, thereby completing our 
 duties, respectfully submit this our report in full." 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 35 1 
 
 Another meeting of the Convocation of Hartford County 
 was held March ii, 1862, at St. Mark's Church, New Britain, 
 and although that day opened with a driving snow storm the 
 number of the brethren in attendance was quite large. The 
 report of this meeting in the "Calendar" is signed F. T. R. 
 and is as follows: — 
 
 "The exercises of the Church were extremely interesting 
 both in the morning and evening. The Rev. Mr. Olmstead 
 preached to the Clergy and the Rev. Mr. Fisher to the laity. 
 There were present of the Clergy, Rev. Messrs. Clark, Fisher, 
 Finch, Jackson, Olmstead, Russell, Seeley, Short, and the Rev. 
 Thos. S. Judd of New York. All the members of the Convoca- 
 tion took part in the service. 
 
 "The business meeting drew out some interesting facts con- 
 cerning the missionary operations in the County, and the 
 literary exercises were profitable. Among other topics dis- 
 cussed, was the possible effect upon the clerical order of the 
 provisions of the new Conscription bill. 
 
 "An appropriation was asked to aid West Hartford parish, 
 in securing a resident Rector. 
 
 "Would that a large number of those parents in the Church 
 who send their children away from Church influences could 
 have heard the impressive discourse of the Rev. Mr. Olmstead. 
 How can the young members of the Church grow up in loyalty 
 to her teachings when they are dismissed from her care and 
 nurture? And what hope have we of well instructed Church- 
 men, a generation hence, who have been deprived of the best 
 educational influences of the Church they should reverence 
 and love? If it is argued in reply that Church institutions are 
 not what they should be, will it tend to better them if patronage 
 is withdrawn?" 
 
 At the Convention of 1862, St. Mark's Rector, Mr. Russell, 
 was elected supplemental deputy to the General Convention. 
 He had relinquished the charge of the Church of Our Saviour 
 at Plainville, and with an assistant, had taken charge of the 
 Church of the Redeemer, Sonthington. This position he held 
 in 1863. 
 
 At an adjourned parish meeting April 22, 1862, "Mr. Henry 
 E. Russell offered to give $300. towards the deficiency in the 
 past year's current expenses, if the parish would raise the 
 
352 THE CHURCH 
 
 balance," which ofifer was accepted, but the committee appointed 
 for that purpose were a long time collecting money enough to 
 pay the balance. 
 
 At the annual meeting April 6, 1863, the following vote was 
 passed: — 
 
 "That the Vestrymen be authorized to purchase at a fair price 
 for St. Mark's Society of Messrs. Russell and Erwin, a strip of 
 land adjoining the East side of the Church building of eight 
 or ten or twelve feet wide of the same depth as the said 
 Society's lot, and in payment, to sell at a fair price and convey 
 by a proper deed of conveyance to Mr. C. B. Erwin the narrow 
 strip of land belonging to the said Society, on the North West 
 side of the Church building and now used as a passway by the 
 said Society — said land so sold to be of the same width as the 
 lot of C. B. Erwin's lying immediately South of and adjoining 
 said passway — and the balance to be paid within ninety days 
 after the bargain is made — or to sell and convey by a proper 
 deed of conveyance to C. B. Erwin the narrow strip of land 
 belonging to said society on the North West side of the Church 
 building and now used by said Society as a passway — said land 
 to be of the same width as the lot of C. B. Erwin's lying 
 immediately South of and adjoining said passway, for and in 
 consideration of a passway twelve feet wide and as long as the 
 said Society's lot on the East side of the said Church to be used 
 as a passway in common, forever, by said Russell and Erwin 
 or other agents, heirs and assigns, and St. Mark's Society or 
 their agent, heirs and assigns. And the Clerk be and he is 
 hereby authorized and empowered to execute proper deeds of 
 conveyances therefor." 
 
 St. Mark's Parish, New Britain, was again honored by the 
 Convention in 1863, when its Rector, the Rev. Francis T. 
 Russell, was made secretary of the Convention. 
 
 Mr. Russell's report of the parish to the Convention, 1863, 
 says, "Through the liberal subscription of a communicant of 
 the parish, the income of the parish the past year exceeded by 
 a few dollars the expenses ; the first year I have had the privi- 
 lege of presenting such a report." 
 
 The vestry met in the chapel at the request of the Rector, 
 July 16, 1863, who reported — "that he had been elected Profes- 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 353 
 
 sor of Oratory in Trinity College at Hartford, Conn., and 
 requested that he may be allowed to accept it, that the duties 
 of the office would take one day a week during term time, as 
 the duties of the Divinity School did, making two days a week 
 in which he would be absent from home. If the permission was 
 withheld, would it not be better to elect a new Rector in his 
 place. He having been called to a similar Professorship in 
 Geneva College where the Salary was to be more than St. 
 Mark's Parish were able to give. As he felt compelled to seek 
 more Salary to maintain his family." Permission to accept 
 the Professorship in Trinity College was given the Rector. A 
 little more than six months later, Dec. 27, 1863, the Rector 
 tendered his resignation. At an adjourned meeting of the 
 vestry, Jan. 3, 1864, this resignation was read and also an 
 address of the Bishop of this Diocese in reference to the salary 
 of the clergy. 
 
 "On motion of Mr. Bronson, it was voted to accept the 
 resignation of our Rector, F. T. Russell, and on motion of Mr. 
 V. Cornish ; H. E. Russell, W. L. Humason, Dr. S. W. Hart, 
 M. Bronson and A. T. Post, were appointed a committee to 
 draft suitable resolutions to present to the Rector." At a 
 vestry meeting Jan. 15, 1864, the following resolutions were 
 accepted and ordered to be published in the "Calendar," and a 
 copy signed by the wardens and vestrymen to be sent to Mr. 
 Russell. — 
 
 "Whereas, — ^The Rev. Francis T. Russell has tendered his 
 resignation as Rector of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, 
 Ct., to take a Professorship in Hobart College, and having been 
 advised by his Bishop and his Brethren of the Clergy to accept 
 this more extended field of usefulness to the Church. 
 
 "Resolved: That this Vestry have received with deep regret 
 the resignation of their beloved Pastor the Rev. Francis T. 
 Russell. 
 
 "Resolved: That in accepting his resignation, this Vestry beg 
 leave to offer to Prof. Russell their grateful acknowledgements, 
 for the faithful manner in which he has performed his duties 
 as Rector, and, for his untiring devotion to the Spiritual welfare 
 of his flock, during the nine years, he has gone in and out, 
 among this people, and they regret that circumstances compel 
 
354 THE CHURCH 
 
 him to break the tie of Pastor and people, which has so long 
 held them in Kindly intercourse. 
 
 "Resolved: That the Rev. Prof. Russell carries with him the 
 respect and affection of this Vestry and Parish and their united 
 prayers for his temporal and eternal well being." 
 
 The record says that "Rev. Mr. Russell's letter, tendering 
 his resignation, is placed on file," but we have been unable to 
 find it. 
 
 At the annual meeting Easter Monday, 1864, there was "a 
 general talk about a Rector" after which the meeting adjourned. 
 
 The Assistant Bishop's address to the Convention of 1864 
 says that "The Rev. Francis T. Russell has resigned the Rec- 
 torship of St. Mark's, New Britain," and Mr. Russell's own 
 report to that Convention says that he "resigned at Easter 
 the Rectorship of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, and the 
 Professorship of Oratory in Trinity College and accepted the 
 Horace White Professorship of Rhetoric and Elocution in 
 Hobart College, New York." We may here note that Mr. 
 Russell's resignation was tendered Dec. 27, 1863, but from Mr. 
 Russell's report that he resigned at Easter, (March 26, 1864,) 
 we understand that the resignation did not go into effect until 
 the latter date. There is nothing in the records of the parish 
 and vestry meetings to show the date when Mr. Russell's rector- 
 ship terminated. 
 
 The "Calendar" of Jan. 16, 1864, thus mentions "the Rev. 
 F. T. Russell, who leaves this Diocese at Easter for his new 
 post in Hobart College and whose removal will be a serious 
 loss to Trinity College and to the Diocese." The same issue 
 quoted a notice of Mr. Russell from the "Gospel Messenger" of 
 New York, a portion of which quotation is as follows: — 
 
 "During the seven years that he has been in Holy Orders he 
 has been the Rector of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, and 
 during the same period he has been Professor of Elocution in 
 the Berkeley Divinity School. He is also at the present time 
 Professor of Oratory in Trinity College, Hartford. Professor 
 Russell has studied our best English literature very thoroughly 
 with a view to its interpretation by the voice. His great skill 
 and power in thus giving expression to the thought and senti- 
 ment of our best literature, enables him to inspire the young 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 355 
 
 with ardent love of whatever is noble and beautiful in it, while 
 his mature and correct taste will prove a safe guide for studies 
 which take this direction." 
 
 Another of the original founders of St. Mark's Church 
 passed away on January i8, 1864, "in the comfort of a reason- 
 able, religious and holy hope, and in reverent expectation of a 
 glorious resurrection, Emanuel Russell Esq. in the 85th. year 
 of his age." 
 
 The following notice is from the "Calendar" of Jan. 30, 
 1864: 
 
 "The aged disciple rests in an honored grave. His life spent 
 in the service of his Savior, adorned his christian profession. 
 Convinced of the divine origin and constitution of the Church, 
 he was faithful unto her as unto the Bride of Christ. His 
 fellow disciples mourn the loss of one whose virtues they would 
 emulate and whose integrity, christian faith and example they 
 would follow. Faithful in all his domestic relations, he both 
 gave and received overflowing measures of tender affection. 
 As a citizen, he won the esteem of his fellow-townsmen, and 
 has left a name long to be revered for singular honesty and 
 integrity in business relations. Believing profoundly in the 
 oversight and orderings of Providence in all the changes and 
 chances of human life, he relinquished uncomplainingly, in his 
 advanced years, all title to wealth, and rejoiced that he was 
 no longer burdened with the responsibility and danger of 
 worldly riches. A gentleman of the old school manners, manly 
 and urbane, his graceful form will be missed from the streets 
 and from our homes. With rare native gifts of intellect, and 
 with natural ardor of feeling, he passed through life gaining 
 as many friends and making as few enemies as any one would 
 be likely to do who possessed such positive views of right and 
 such intolerance of wrong. His faith was steadfast. He is 
 now translated from the imperfect perceptions of our mortal 
 condition to the clearer visions of Paradise. The white hairs 
 of the venerated old man were found in the way of righteous- 
 ness, and were therefore a crown of glory unto him. A 
 brighter crown of reward and rejoicing, as we believe, shall 
 rest on his brow, when the righteous shall be called by their 
 Savior to sit on thrones in His Father's Kingdom. 
 
 R" 
 
35 6 THE CHURCH 
 
 At a parish meeting June 19, 1864, it was "Voted that H. E. 
 Russell be directed to give the Rev. Mr. Miles a call to officiate 
 as Rector of St. Mark's Parish for one year at a Salary not to 
 exceed twelve hundred dollars per year." We do not know 
 whether he came or not but in less than two months, Aug. 3, 
 1864, a vestry meeting "Voted that the Vestry give Rev. L. B. 
 Baldwin a call to officiate as Rector of St. Mark's Parish," but 
 there is nothing in the records of the meeting to show when his 
 rectorship began. The "True Citizen," pubHshed by L. M. 
 Gurnsey, at New Britain, issue of Aug. 12, 1864, says: — 
 
 "We understand that St. Mark's Episcopal Society of this 
 place, have extended a call to Rev. Mr. Baldwin of Nashua, 
 N. H. He has verbally accepted the call, and it is expected 
 he will commence the performance of his official duties with 
 them, about Oct. ist." 
 
 At the Diocesan Convention 1865, the Rev. Leonidas B. 
 Baldwin, received from the Diocese of New Hampshire, was 
 reported as Rector of St. Mark's, New Britain, and the Rev. 
 Francis T. Russell as having been transferred to the Diocese 
 of Western New York. 
 
 Instead of being a mere field of labor for the missionary 
 society of the Diocese, New Britain was now sending its minis- 
 ters as missionaries to other places. It was missionary work 
 when the Rector of St. Mark's, Mr. Russell, took the rector- 
 ship of the mission at Plainville, in 1861, and at Southington, 
 1863, and in the summer of 1865, the Rev. L. B. Baldwin, 
 Rector of St. Mark's, was doing missionary work at Newington 
 Depot. He reported to the Hartford County Convocation, 
 at Bristol, Nov. 7, 1865, that "the services at Newington which 
 have been kept up during the past summer, must be discon- 
 tinued for the present, as no room can be had." 
 
 At the meeting of the Hartford County Convocation held at 
 Hartford, on Feb. 6, 1866, the Rev. L. B. Baldwin of New 
 Britain delivered the sermon. 
 
 In the second book of records of the parish and vestry meet- 
 ings, one page, without any preceding record that can be read 
 in connection therewith, begins as follows: — 
 
 "New Britain Record, and printed notices posted in con- 
 spicuous places about the village." Then a few minor matters 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 357 
 
 are recorded and signed "Henry P. Curtiss, Clerk." The notice 
 thus referred to appears in the New Britain "Record," issue of 
 April 6, 1866, and relates to the sale of slips on April 9, 1866. 
 It, is dated April 3. The record of a sale of slips without date 
 immediately follows the record above referred to. It was the 
 custom to hold the annual meetings on Easter Monday and to 
 sell the slips one week later. Easter in 1866 was April i, and 
 therefore this notice is dated the day after Easter Monday, 
 and we may presume that this fragment of a record is that of 
 the annual meeting on Easter Monday, April 2, 1866. The 
 immediately preceding record was that of a special meeting 
 Nov. 20, 1865, and was signed "G. R. Post, Clerk," who was 
 tile last clerk of record, from which we may presume that 
 Henry P. Curtiss was elected clerk at the annual meeting 1866. 
 Evidently a leaf is missing from the book at this point and the 
 bulk of the record, for 1866 including the election of officers, 
 is lost. It was lost before 1875 ^.s appears by the following 
 entry: "These books were given to me to read by the Parish 
 clerk soon after I became Rector, (in 1875), ^^'^ I found them 
 mutilated as this page shows." Signed, J. H. Drumm. A very 
 careful comparison of the ofScers for the years preceding and 
 following 1866, supplemented by the memory of one of the 
 vestrymen, leads us to believe that with the exception of the 
 clerk before noted, the officers whose terms expired in the 
 spring of 1866 were reelected at the annual meeting of that 
 year. 
 
 The "Connecticut Churchman," Hartford, April 7, 1866, 
 says : — 
 
 "The Rev. L. B. Baldwin, Rector of St. Mark's Church, 
 New Britain, recently received a purse of nearly three hundred 
 dollars as a token of their respect and esteem. We wish that 
 such examples of generosity may be contagious and excite other 
 parishes to similar methods of expressing their affection for 
 their Pastors." 
 
 The issue of May 5, 1866, says that the Christian Knowledge 
 Society held a meeting at St. Mark's Church, New Britain, on 
 April 25, 1866. Addresses "were made by Rev. Messrs. Acley 
 and Sanford, and the Bishop made a comprehensive and 
 
35^ THE CHURCH 
 
 forcible speech, such as it was desirable that every parish in 
 the Diocese should hear." 
 
 The New Britain "Record" of April 27, 1866, gives an 
 account of another meeting on the same day as the above, 
 saying : — 
 
 "A meeting of the Hartford County Convocation was held 
 in St. Mark's Church, last Wednesday. There were present 
 of the clergy the Revs. Dr. Short, Profs. Huntington, Niles and 
 Mallory of Trinity College and Messrs. Seeley, Fisher, Gregory, 
 Adams, Deshon, and Baldwin the Rector. At the public ser- 
 vices in the morning, the sermon was preached by the Rev. 
 Francis Goodwin of Trinity Church, Hartford. At a business 
 meeting in the afternoon, expositions of Scripture and discus- 
 sions of questions of practical interest occupied the time. In 
 the evening there were further public services with missionary 
 addresses by Bishop Williams, Rev. Mr. Sanford of Wolcott- 
 ville and Rev. Wm. Acley of New Milford." 
 
 According to the New Britain "Record" of June 29, 1866, 
 "The fair and festival given b}' the Ladies' Relief Society of St. 
 Mark's Church last week Thursday and Friday evenings was 
 in every way worthy of those who were engaged in tfie matter. 
 The receipts were four hundred and seventy-five dollars, 
 expenses two hundred." 
 
 The same paper issue of Aug. 10, 1866, says : "Rev. Mr. 
 Baldwin of St. Mark's Church will be absent during the month 
 of August, Rev. Dr. Fuller of Middletown supplying his pulpit 
 during his absence." This is the first mention found of a 
 vacation for the Rector. 
 
 After the annual meeting April 22, 1867, the vestry appointed 
 Mr. G. W. Payne collector of slip rents with an allowance of 
 three per cent, "except the amounts paid by Mr. H. E. Russell." 
 
 Our Rector the Rev. L. B. Baldwin, was elected Secretary 
 and Treasurer of the Hartford County Convocation, about 
 1867. At the Convention of 1867, Morning Prayer was con- 
 cluded by the Rev. L. B. Baldwin, Rector of St. Mark's Church, 
 New Britain. 
 
 Mr. Baldwin's report for the year concludes as follows : — 
 
 "Special services in the German language have been held 
 monthly, during a large portion of the year. The success that 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 359 
 
 has attended them gives good cause to hope for permanent 
 results. The Rector gratefully acknowledges the valued ser- 
 vices of Prof. Simonson of Trinity College, in carrying on this 
 interesting work among the Germans." 
 
 Notices of these services were given in the New Britain 
 "Record" and we may add that these services were appreciated 
 by the Germans. Before the German Churches were estab- 
 lished here, there was a very large proportion of Germans in 
 St. Mark's Parish. 
 
 The parish appears to have been financially embarrassed when 
 the vestry voted June 23, 1867, "That the clerk be requested 
 to report on the state of the finances and see if Mr. Baldwin's 
 salary cannot be paid by ist. July." 
 
 The Hartford County Convocation met again at St. Mark's 
 Church, New Britain, Oct. 22, 1867. The "Churchman" of 
 Hartford says : "The services opened on Tuesday evening with 
 the regular Evening Prayer, which was read by the Rev. Robert 
 Meech and the Rev. Francis T. Russell. At its close the Rev. 
 L. B. Baldwin, Rector of the parish, stated by way of introduc- 
 tion, that the primary object of this Convocation was missionary 
 work, therefore "whatever might be said or done should have 
 regard either to the work of Church extension, or the duty 
 of strengthening feeble parishes and looking after the scattered 
 sheep of Christ's flock." 
 
 Remarks were made by the Rev. Mr. Nelson and the Rev. 
 Prof. Huntington. Also by the Rev. Samuel Hall of Pennsyl- 
 vania, a former member of the Convocation. 
 
 The report says : "This was the most animating meeting of 
 the Hartford Convocation that was ever attended. It sounded 
 the keynote for work and found the answering desire in every 
 heart to take hold of this mission work of ours and extend the 
 knowledge of Christ and His Gospel within our borders." 
 
 On the following day the sermon was delivered by the Rev. 
 Mr. Nelson. The clergy present, in addition to those named 
 above, were Rev. Messrs. Bishop, Carter, Fisher, E. Hunt- 
 ington, Mills, Pratt and Seeley. 
 
 At a special meeting of the vestry, Feb. 28, 1868, the "Rev. 
 L. B. Baldwin presented a plan for the support of the Church 
 for the ensuing year." It was voted to have the said plan 
 printed and distributed in the parish. The annual meeting of 
 
360 THE CHURCH 
 
 April 13, 1868, voted to leave the matter to the vestry, v^ho 
 reported that they propose that "the seats of the church shall 
 be appraised and offered for sale ; the payments for which shall 
 be made according to the plan submitted by the Rector, at the 
 offertory to be made each Sabbath." 
 
 At the same meeting Stephen G. Bucknall was duly elected 
 senior warden, and Henry E. Russell junior warden, the 
 record stating that such election was "owing to the decease 
 of Senior Warden Seymour, who had presided as such for 
 the last 30 years." At a special meeting of the parish, April 
 13, 1868, the following minute was adopted and is on record: — 
 
 "By the death of Mr. Seymour another link is broken in 
 the chain which connects our Parish of to-day with the period 
 of its organization. 
 
 "Firmly and intelligently attached to the principles of our 
 Church from his youth ; actively interested in the Corporation 
 of this Parish ; always holding some official position and for 
 more than a quarter of a century a Warden of the Church ; 
 ever ready according to his ability to labor for its advancement ; 
 constant in his attendance upon its public services until pre- 
 vented by the infirmities of age ; exemplifying in all the rela- 
 tions of life the high calling of a Christian, 'doing justly, loving 
 mercy and walking humbly with his God,' his life seemed to be 
 one peculiarly identified with St. Mark's Parish and his death 
 an event of its united tribute of affectionate remembrance. 
 
 "Those who have been associated with the deceased officially, 
 and those who have so long met as worshippers with him in 
 the sanctuary, feel a common assurance that while the Church 
 Militant has lost, the Church Triumphant has gained a man of 
 God, and they would bear gratefully in mind his example of 
 faith and love and humility as one worthy of imitation. Those 
 who offer this tribute to the memory of the departed, not 
 unmindful of the duty of Christian sympathy, do commend 
 the bereaved partner, in this hour of her affliction, to the tender 
 mercies of a loving Father, and humbly pray that she may 
 realize the fullness of His promise, to be the widow's God now 
 and forever." 
 
 The New Britain "Record" of April 17, 1868, contains the 
 following : 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 36 1 
 
 "Hezekiah Seymour, one of the oldest members of Harmony- 
 Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in this place, died on 
 Saturday last. Mr. Seymour was born in Hartford, Oct. 27, 
 1788, was initiated into St. John's Lodge in 1822. He removed 
 to New Britain over thirty years ago and was one of the peti- 
 tioners for the restoration of the charter of Harmony Lodge in 
 1848. In 1851, he was one of the petitioners for the charter of 
 Giddings Chapter, No. 25, and still later a charter member of 
 Doric Council, No. 24. In all these bodies he was a worthy 
 and exemplary member. He had also been senior Warden of 
 St. Mark's Church for more than thirty years. He is univer- 
 sally lamented as a good citizen, a true and upright christian 
 man. His funeral was attended with Masonic honors from 
 St. Mark's Church on Wednesday afternoon." 
 
 At a special meeting of the vestry, April 30, 1868, it was 
 "Voted, That a committee of three be appointed to look into 
 the repairs of the church and also to ascertain if it would be 
 expedient to open the Chapel Archway so as to make the 
 whole practicable for seats." May 8, 1868, it was voted that 
 "the necessary repairs of the church be immediately perfected." 
 
 St. Mark's Church was recognized in the Convention of 
 1868 by the election of Mr. Henry E. Russell of New Britain 
 as Supplemental Deputy to the General Convention, and by the 
 appointment of Virgil Cornish of New Britain on the com- 
 mittee to nominate directors of the Missionary Society. 
 
 The following is from the Rev. Mr. Baldwin's report of the 
 parish in the Journal of 1868 : — 
 
 "The Parish is prosperous and growing. The weekly Offer- 
 tory has been introduced to meet the current expenses, and 
 measures are now being taken to provide a large number of free 
 sittings for the increased number of worshipers. The Rector 
 would here acknowledge his indebtedness to Prof. Simonson 
 of Trinity College, for faithful missionary labors among the 
 Germans of this community during the past year." 
 
 On July I, 1868, it was found "that the extraordinary 
 expenses of the Church in making the necessary repairs and 
 the unsettled debt of the Church for the last year amounted to 
 the sum of five hundred dollars." The treasurer was author- 
 
362 THE CHURCH 
 
 ized to borrow that amount and pay the church debts. On the 
 same date a salary of two hundred dollars was voted the sexton, 
 Mr. W. G. Payne, "provided there be no extra claims for 
 services except such as are authorized by the Vestry." There 
 was also "some discussion as to the propriety and expediency 
 of putting in pews or a small number of regular pews in the 
 Chapel near the new opening." The "new opening" here 
 referred to is the present door way between the chapel and the 
 church. It was made by removing the organ that was placed 
 there in 1859, to the gallery at the south end of the church, 
 where it remained until about 1895. 
 
 At a vestry meeting March 30, 1869, it was "Voted,^To 
 increase the salary of Revd. L. B. Baldwin to the sum of 
 $1500.00 for the year to commence April i, 1869." We do not 
 know what his salary was before this increase. 
 
 A part of Mr. Baldwin's report in the Journal for 1869 is 
 as follows : — ■ 
 
 "The Rev. L. Simonson of Trinity College, with much self- 
 denying labor, has continued his ministrations among the Ger- 
 mans of this community, giving them two services a month 
 throughout the year. He has also kindly aided the Rector in 
 other services. 
 
 "The weekly Offertory for the maintenance of the Parish has 
 been in successful operation during the year. Its results are 
 apparent in an increased income and greater promptness in 
 meeting the current expenses." 
 
 At a meeting of the vestry held at the church on Friday 
 evening, April 15, 1869, a discussion "was held on the proposi- 
 tion of the Pastor to make this society a free church." At an 
 adjourned annual meeting held April 25, 1870, it was "Voted, 
 That the sittings in this Church be free to all who desire them 
 for the space of one year, and that the necessary pledges be 
 circulated for signature, for support of this Parish." Also 
 "that the collection of Pledges and voluntary offerings be 
 referred to the Wardens and Vestry." Mr. Baldwin's report 
 to the Convention of 1870 says "All the sittings in the church 
 are free. The current expenses of the parish are fully met 
 by the weekly offerings." At this Convention the Rev. Mr. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 363 
 
 Baldwin, Rector of St. Mark's, was appointed one of the com- 
 mittee on the admission of new parishes. 
 
 At the meeting of the wardens and vestry, June 14, 1870, 
 "A communication was received from the Rector notifying 
 them that he had received a call, and that he should prefer to 
 remain with the Parish provided the Parish could do as well by 
 him." The meeting adjourned to June 17, at which time "A 
 motion was made and seconded that a Parsonage be purchased 
 and an increase of Salary be made to Revd. L. B. Baldwin to 
 $2,000.00 per annum. After due discussion the motion was 
 lost." It was then voted "that the Wardens be requested to 
 call on Rev. Mr. Baldwin, and ascertain if he will modify his 
 proposals to the Vestry and also to make the best possible 
 terms with him." 
 
 The New Britain "Record" of July i, 1870, says :— "Rev. L. B. 
 Baldwin, for several years Rector of St. Mark's Church in this 
 place, has resigned his pastorate and accepted a call to St. 
 James Church, Birmingham. Mr. Baldwin's departure is 
 deeply regretted by the people of the parish. He has labored 
 earnestly and ably in New Britain." 
 
 At a meeting of the wardens and vestry July 10, 1870, at the 
 house of Dr. S. W. Hart, the following communication was 
 received : — 
 
 "To the Wardens and Vestry of St. Mark's Church:— 
 
 Gentlemen, — Having accepted an invitation to the Rector- 
 ship of St. James Church, Birmingham, it becomes my duty 
 to resign my present charge. I do accordingly, herewith tender 
 my resignation of St. Mark's Parish, the same to take effect 
 on the last day of the present month. 
 
 "Though a judgment formed by careful deliberation, judici- 
 ous advice and prayer for divine guidance seems to have forced 
 this decision upon me, yet I cannot conceal that it has cost me a 
 painful effort of feeling to accept it. 
 
 "I shall never forget these early years of ministry so happily 
 spent among you, the harmonious relations which have uninter- 
 ruptedly existed between us and the many proofs of esteem 
 and good will of which I have so often been the recipient. 
 These I regard as a title to your lifelong friendship which I 
 hope never to forfeit. 
 
364 THE CHURCH 
 
 "I trust that you may be wisely guided in the choice of a 
 successor, and that this portion of Christ's flock may soon 
 rejoice in a worthy Pastor who shall receive as evident tokens 
 of your affectionate regard as I have, but whose tokens of 
 success may be far more abundant than my own. 
 
 "Permit me now to commend you and all the members of this 
 Parish to God's most holy keeping and to pray that we may all 
 so faithfully serve him now, that when all the changes and 
 chances of this mortal life are over, we may rejoice in being 
 gathered as one fold in the Everlasting Kingdom of his dear 
 Son. 
 
 New Britain, Your affectionate friend and Pastor, 
 
 July 9th. 1870." L. B. Baldwin. 
 
 The motion of June 17th to purchase a "Parsonage" is very 
 significant. The parish had no rectory and the Rev. Mr. 
 Baldwin lived in one of the brick tenements on Washington 
 Place. There was some talk of buying the corner where Sier- 
 ing & Holmes block now is, which could have then been pur- 
 chased for a moderate sum, and the deal came very near being 
 consummated. It is not strange that Mr. Baldwin did not like 
 to live on "Railroad Row" as Washington Place was often 
 called, and we are informed that the want of a suitable rectory 
 was the main reason for Mr. Baldwin's resignation. 
 
 On July 30, 1870, the wardens and vestry authorized the 
 clerk to forward the following: — 
 
 "To the Revd. L. B. Baldwin, 
 
 Rector of St. Mark's Church, 
 New Britain. 
 
 "We the Wardens and Vestry of St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain, beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 
 9th. inst. tendering your resignation of the rectorship of this 
 Parish, and we do, hereby, accept the same to take effect 'on 
 the last day of the present month' as you propose. 
 
 "We would however, accompany your acceptance with the 
 assurance, that we fully reciprocate your kind remembrance of 
 our harmonious and friendly relationship in the past to which 
 you so feelingly refer, as well as your expressions of affection- 
 ate regard for our future interests. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 365 
 
 "Although unlocked for by this Parish, we cannot but feel that 
 a change made through prudent council and much prayer, will 
 be all for the best. We are in God's hands and 'He ordereth 
 all things well.' 
 
 "We would therefore as you go forth to your new charge bid 
 you a hearty God Speed, adding the fervent prayer that God 
 will abundantly strengthen and bless you in your Sacred Call- 
 ing and that we with you may at the last, 'come ofif more than 
 Conquerors through him that loved us.' 
 With affectionate regards, 
 
 we are very sincerely yours. 
 Signed 
 
 S G. BucKNALL ) Wardens." 
 Virgil Cornish ) 
 
 According to the New Britain "Record," the Rev. L. B. 
 Baldwin preached his farewell sermon in St. Mark's Church, 
 Sunday morning, July 31, 1870, the Rev. Mr. Spaulding 
 preaching in the evening. 
 
 The Rev. Samuel Hall of Morristown, N. J. officiated the 
 Sunday before. 
 
 We learn from the treasurer's books that the Revs. N. Seely, 
 L. Simonson, B. Judkins, Frederick Gardiner, Rufus Emery 
 and George Buck, officiated here one or more Sundays each, 
 between Aug. i, 1870, and April i, 1871. On April 10, 1871, 
 the Rev. C. Collard Adams was paid $186.00 in full to date, 
 and the New Britain "Record" of March 24, 1871, calls Mr. 
 Adams, "officiating rector at St. Mark's Church," and in the 
 issue of April 7, 1871, says that he "has filled the position of 
 Rector for the past two months with great acceptance." 
 
 The following relating to a Rector and rectory is from the 
 record of a meeting of the wardens and vestry, Sept. 7, 1870: — • 
 
 Discussion was had on the subject of a Rector and of the 
 different candidates who had been presented to the Parish. 
 
 "Voted, — To take an informal vote as to a choice, and there 
 being no majority, it was moved and seconded that the whole 
 matter be put into the hands of the Vestry to make such choice 
 of a Pastor as they should deem best suited to the interests of 
 this Parish." 
 2.3 
 
366 THE CHURCH 
 
 Henry E. Russell, Esq. having offered to donate to the society 
 a lot sufficient for the purpose of a "Parsonage," it was voted, 
 "That the thanks of this Parish be presented to Mr. Russell for 
 his liberality and kindness," also — 
 
 "Voted, — That a committee of five be appointed to solicit 
 subscriptions to build a parsonage and report how much could 
 be obtained for that purpose; said committee to be appointed 
 by nomination." 
 
 The following persons were appointed said committee : 
 
 Geo. R. Post. Wm. Bishop. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. Sherman Cooley. 
 
 1 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 "Votes of thanks were presented to Messrs. Henry E. Russell 
 for his liberality in having the Church newly painted without, 
 and to Mr. Virgil Cornish for superintending the same without 
 charge to the Parish." 
 
 On Sept. 28, 1870, Mr. George R. Post, chairman of the com- 
 mittee on collections for a "Parsonage" reported to a vestry 
 meeting that the sum of five thousand dollars had been sub- 
 scribed. A building committee, (for the rectory, we presume,) 
 was appointed at that meeting. On Jan. 27, 1871, the vestry — 
 
 "Voted that a committee of three consisting of Messrs. Henry 
 E. Russell, Virgil Cornish and Geo. R. Post, be and hereby 
 are, authorized to act for the Vestry and purchase the house 
 and lot now owned by Revd. Mr. Perrin, adjoining the church 
 lot of said St. Mark's Church, paying therefor a sum not 
 exceeding eleven thousand dollars." 
 
 Mr. Perrin was the pastor of the First Congregational Church 
 and thus the vote to acquire a "Parsonage" was literally com- 
 plied with. The rectory thus purchased in 1871 is now the 
 parish house. 
 
 On March 3, 1871, the vestry appointed a committee to 
 confer with Messrs. Russell & Erwin with reference to the 
 sale of a lot 45 by 83 feet, from the property recently pur- 
 chased of the Rev. Mr. Perrin and to offer said lot for two 
 thousand dollars. On March 16, 1871, the vestry voted to 
 sell to Messrs. Russell & Erwin the eastern end of the Perrin 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 367 
 
 lot for "seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, if more could not 
 be obtained." The purchase of the Perrin property was rati- 
 fied by the parish at an adjourned annual meeting, April 17, 
 1871, the property being purchased "as a Rectory for this 
 Parish." But the parish could not then pay the amount neces- 
 sary to secure a deed and hence Mr. Henry E. Russell advanced 
 the money and took a deed of the property. The vestry voted 
 April 24, 1871 to "accept a bond of Mr. Henry E. Russell 
 Sr. to be given in place of a deed of the Rectory property, such 
 deed to be given to the Society at such time as the Society shall 
 relieve Mr. Russell from liability on the purchase of said 
 Rectory." 
 
 Mr. Russell is here designated as senior in order to distin- 
 guish from a nephew of the same name who came into the 
 parish about 1866, and is designated in the records as Henry 
 E. Russell 2nd. or Jr. This distinction was generally followed 
 for many years, although the senior H. E. Russell had removed 
 to New York about 1872. The senior Henry E. Russell was 
 a son of Emanuel Russell hereinbefore repeatedly mentioned, 
 and the junior Henry E. Russell was a son of William Russell 
 of New York hereinbefore mentioned, and a grandson of 
 Emanuel Russell. 
 
 At a parish meeting Sept. 28, 1870, "Mr. H. E. Russell noti- 
 fied the Parish that he had deeded the land adjoining the 
 church, fronting on Washington Street and that the same was 
 duly recorded." 
 
 This was the school house property on the corner of West 
 Main and Washington Streets, and it appears from the parish 
 report hereinafter quoted, that this lot was presented to the 
 parish. There is nothing in the records of the parish to show 
 this fact and whatever thanks Mr. Russell may have had for 
 his generosity do not appear of record. This lot was the last 
 of the three pieces of land that constitute the present lot, on 
 which the church and parish house now stand. 
 
 Returning again to the vacancy in the rectorship, the wardens 
 and vestry on Sept. 22, 1870, appointed Messrs. Russell and 
 Guion a committee "to go to Brooklyn on the next Sunday to 
 attend divine service at the Church presided over by the Rev. 
 Mr. Jessup." There was also some talk about extending a 
 call to the Rev. Mr. Moffat of Marshall, Mich. 
 
368 THE CHURCH 
 
 At a meeting of the Vestry at the house of Henry E. Russell, 
 Jan. 20, 1 87 1, a call was extended to the Rev. J. C. Middle- 
 ton of Calvary Church, Stonington, and "Warden Cornish" 
 was "appointed a committee to urge him to accept the call, and 
 to visit the Bishop, also to have him use his influence." 
 
 The New Britain "Record" of Jan. 10, 1871, says: "Rev. 
 John C. Middleton of Calvary Church, Stonington, has accepted 
 a call to St. Mark's Church in this city, to take effect from 
 Easter Sunday, April 9. He will officiate at St. Mark's next 
 Sunday." (Jan. 15.) It thus appears that an informal call 
 had been extended and that five days after hearing Mr. Middle- 
 ton preach, the call was made formal and recorded. 
 
 A special meeting of the vestry was held at the house of 
 S. W. Hart, Feb. 10, 1871, for the purpose of hearing the 
 following communication : — 
 
 "To the Wardens and Vestrymen 
 
 of St. Mark's Parish, New Britain, Ct. 
 Gentlemen : — 
 
 I hereby accept the invitation extended to me to become your 
 Rector, and God willing, will enter upon the sacred duties of 
 the office immediately after Easter Sunday. 
 
 I trust that a higher Power than my own will has guided me 
 in this matter, and that the blessing of God may rest upon us 
 as we shall work together for His glory and the good of His 
 Holy Catholic Church. 
 
 I can ask from you no further pledges that you will aid me 
 in every way, than you have already made ; and on my part I 
 can only promise to try to be a faithful Pastor and Rector to 
 you all. 
 
 May I not ask your special and earnest prayers that God will 
 bless us in the new relations we are to sustain towards each 
 other, and that as co-workers with God, and fellow helpers of 
 each other we may Glorify His Holy name by extending on 
 Earth the influence of His Holy Church, gathering into its 
 fold constantly many souls who shall be saved by the precious 
 Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Very sincerely and affectionately 
 yours in Christ Jesus, 
 
 John C. Middleton. 
 Stonington, Ct. Feb. 7th. 187 1." 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 369 
 
 Mr. Middleton had been Rector at Stonington, Conn, for 
 eight years. The resolutions tendered him by the Church 
 there, upon his resignation, were pubUshed in the New Britain 
 "Record" of April 7, 1871. After kind assurances of their 
 "profound regard for his constant and faithful labors to pro- 
 mote the interests of the Parish," they say: — 
 
 "And in view of this fidelity to the trusts which have been 
 committed to his charge, while regretting that he deems it his 
 duty to remove to a Parish where his opportunities for useful- 
 ness will be enlarged, we earnestly commend him to the support 
 and confidence of the people over whom he has been called, in 
 the hope that his labors there will be blessed and profitable in 
 good works as they have been here." 
 
 The annual parish meeting of April 17, 1871, was opened 
 with prayer by the Rev. John C. Middleton. The Rector also 
 called the attention of the meeting to chapter 4, section 204, 
 of Connecticut State Laws relating to Ecclesiastical Societies, 
 requiring all members of the parish to sign their names to a 
 proper declaration of membership. In compliance with this 
 law, the following paper, signed by J. B. Parsons and Henry 
 E. Russell, was presented : — 
 
 "We whose names are hereunder signed hereby express our 
 desire and intention of becoming members of the Ecclesiastical 
 Society of St. Mark's Parish, of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church in the city of New Britain and Diocese of Connecticut." 
 
 All persons present who desired to become members of the 
 Parish came forward and signed their names, after which the 
 two original signers elected all who had thus signed as "mem- 
 bers of this society." The regular business of the meeting was 
 then transacted. 
 
 At a meeting of the wardens and vestry, April 2, 1871, th.° 
 clerk was requested to communicate with the Bishop relative 
 to the institution of Rev. John C. Middleton as Rector. The 
 following copy of such communication was found on a loose 
 sheet in the record book :- — 
 
 "At a meeting of the Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mark's 
 Parish, New Britain, held in their Church on the 23d day of 
 April 1 87 1, the following resolution was unanimously adopted. 
 
 "Resolved, that in accordance with the provisions of Canon 
 xii. sec. I (3) Title i, of Digest of the Canons, the Rt. Revd. the 
 
37° THE CHURCH 
 
 Bishop of the Diocese be informed that it is our desire and 
 request that he should proceed, at his own convenience, to 
 institute into the Rectorship of the Parish of St. Mark's, New- 
 Britain, the Rev. John Cavarly Middleton, Presbyter, who has 
 been lawfully called and elected to the same." 
 
 The office of institution of a Rector is optional and Dr. 
 Middleton is the only Rector of St. Mark's of whom we find 
 any record of "Institution." The following is taken from the 
 New Britain "Record" of April 28, 1871 : — 
 
 "On Tuesday the 25th. Rev. John C. Middleton was insti- 
 tuted Rector of St. Mark's Church in this city. Rev. Messrs. 
 Deshon of Meriden, Brown of Unionville, Wildman of Wal- 
 lingford, Baldwin of Birmingham, and Russell of Waterbury, 
 participated in the service. The officers of the Church, Rector 
 elect, the Bishop and clergy proceeded in due order at loyi 
 o'clock A. M. from the rectory on Washington Street to the 
 Church. The exercises consisted of the Morning Prayer ser- 
 vice, conducted by two or three of the clergy, the ceremony of 
 the Institution by the Bishop as it is found in the Book of Com- 
 mon Prayer, and the Holy Communion conducted by the Rector. 
 Fine music, appropriate to the occasion, was prepared and sung 
 by the choir. The whole service was of a most interesting and 
 impressive character." 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Convention of 1871 says that 
 "The Rev. Leonidas B. Baldwin has resigned the rectorship of 
 St. Mark's, New Britain and become the Rector of St. James', 
 Birmingham. The Rev. John C. Middleton has resigned the 
 rectorship of Calvary Church, Stonington, and accepted that 
 of St. Mark's, New Britain." The Institution of Mr. Middle- 
 ton into the rectorship of St. Mark's on April 25, 1871 is also 
 mentioned. 
 
 Mr. Middleton's report of the parish for 1871 says that: — 
 
 "The report is as full as it could be made under the cir- 
 cumstances, the present Rector having but recently assumed the 
 charge of the Parish. The vacancy in the Rectorship extend- 
 ing over the most of the past year will explain why so little was 
 done for "objects without the Parish." 
 
 "During the year past a Rectory has been purchased on a 
 lot adjoining the Parish Church and the lot on the corner of 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 37 1 
 
 West Main and Washington Streets has been given by deed 
 to the Parish by Henry E. Russell, Esq. so that now the 
 ecclesiastical property can hardly be exceeded in beauty and 
 value, and in the capacity of future improvement by any Parish 
 in the Diocese. 
 
 "The church is entirely free, and its ordinary expenses are 
 fully met by the offerings laid upon the altar each Lord's day." 
 
 The New Britain "Record" of Nov. lo, 1871, mentions the 
 following innovation: "At St. Mark's Church the psalms, 
 instead of being read by the Rector and congregation, are sung 
 by the Rector and choir." 
 
 The church erected twenty-three years before, with its tall 
 slender spire, was in need of repairs, and thus the vestry, April 
 24, 1871, appointed Henry E. Russell "a committee of one to 
 attend to the duties of general repairs of the church." He 
 reported Aug. 7, 1871, "that on examination the steeple of the 
 church would have to be strengthened and repaired generally," 
 whereupon Virgil Cornish was added to the committee on 
 repairs. Mr. Cornish reported Sept. 16, 1871, that it was neces- 
 sary to repair the roof of the church as well as to make gen- 
 eral inside repairs. The vestry voted "To appoint a committee 
 to attend to said repairs in connection with the Ladies of the 
 Parish, who were about to retint the walls of the church . . . 
 and if possible re-carpet the same. Messrs. H. E. Russell, V. 
 Cornish, and F. Guion, were appointed that committee." Mr. 
 Cornish reported to a vestry meeting Oct. 28, 1871, "that the 
 condition of the steeple was found to be such that a large 
 amount would be necessary to make it safe. According to a 
 carpenter's estimate, nearly $1500 would be required." Also 
 that by taking down the spire "the necessary repairs could be 
 done for from three to four hundred dollars." It was then 
 "Voted : — That the spire be taken down as soon as possible, and 
 that Mr. G. C. Pettis be added to the committee as Mr. H. E. 
 Russell was about to leave the city." 
 
 This vote was rescinded at a vestry meeting Nov. 14, 1871, 
 upon a statement by Warden Cornish that Mr. Eli Pinney esti- 
 mated that the necessary repairs to the steeple could be made 
 for three or four hundred dollars without taking down the 
 spire, and the committee were instructed to employ Mr. Pinney 
 to make such repairs. 
 
372 THE CHURCH 
 
 At a vestry meeting Dec. g, 1871, the treasurer, Mr. Bishop, 
 "reported that the outstanding bills unpaid for repairs to the 
 church, materials," &c. were about $1,100.00. A subscription 
 was ordered to pay these bills, and "four hundred and fifty 
 dollars was then and there subscribed," and it was voted to take 
 up an additional collection each Sunday for the expenses of 
 the Church, "except when regular appointed collections are 
 given out by the Rector." 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Middleton, our Rector, was a poet as well as a 
 preacher and became noted for his beautiful Christmas Carols. 
 The following, from his published carols, was written especially 
 for the Christmas Service here in 1871. — 
 
 The Christmas chimes are ringing in 
 
 The day when Christ was born ; 
 And children's voices sweetly tuned. 
 
 Welcome the blessed morn 
 With the first Christmas song again, 
 
 "Glory to God, good will to men." 
 
 Judea's hills with glory crowned, 
 
 Beheld the Prince of Peace, 
 While angels of His advent sang 
 
 In songs that ne'er shall cease. 
 Each year resounds the chorus still, 
 
 "Glory to God, to men good will." 
 
 Now wrapped in swathing bands behold 
 
 The infant Saviour lie ; 
 The wondering Mary at His side — 
 
 Th' adoring shepherds by — 
 And angels o'er them, singing still, 
 
 "Glory to God, to men good will." 
 
 None others raise the joyful song 
 
 From Jew or Gentile tongue ! 
 But now from eastern shore to west 
 
 That Christmas song is sung. 
 Which first swelled out o'er Judah's plain, 
 
 "Glory to God, good will to men." 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 373 
 
 The Church on earth and Church in Heaven 
 
 To-day are truly one — 
 There ransomed children's voices rise 
 
 In praises round the throne ; 
 And here we join the glad refrain, 
 
 "Glory to God, good will to men." 
 
 "Glory to God in sweetest songs !" 
 
 Let children's voices raise 
 Th' angelic chorus, till the earth 
 
 Be all enwrapt with praise, 
 And every heart the anthem thrill, 
 "Glory to God, to men good will." 
 
 The Burritt Union Mission Sunday School, which for the 
 last thirty-three years has met regularly at the Cherry Street 
 Chapel, owes its origin to a deceased member of St. Mark's 
 Church. In the summer of 1871, Mrs. Hezekiah Seymour of 
 Seymour Street found some boys on her place stealing fruit. 
 She managed to engage the boys in conversation, during which 
 she inquired if they attended Sunday School. Upon receiving 
 a negative reply she invited them to come to her house on Sun- 
 day afternoons for instruction. The invitation was accepted 
 and this was the beginning of what was afterwards known as 
 the Seymour Mission, or the Ledge School House Mission. 
 The following obituary is from the New Britain "Record" of 
 Feb. 9, 1872 : — 
 
 "Elizabeth Burritt, eldest daughter of Elihu & Elizabeth 
 Burritt, and widow of the late Hezekiah Seymour, died, (Tues- 
 day,) Feb. 6, aged 76. When married she had been a member 
 of the Congregational church for 13 years, when she trans- 
 ferred her connection to the Episcopal, at its first organization 
 in New Britain; her membership in both being 55 years. At 
 her death she was the oldest member of that Church, and for 
 more than 40 years one of the most devoted to its services. 
 Within the last six months she became for the first time a 
 Sunday School teacher ; and that in her own house. Having 
 long observed with regret a large number of children in her 
 own immediate neighborhood who seldom if ever attended any 
 
374 THE CHURCH 
 
 place of worship, she invited a few of them to come in on 
 Sunday afternoons and receive what instruction she could give 
 them. Several gladly accepted the invitation and seemed 
 pleased to spend an hour with her in this way. The little circle 
 increased from week to week, until on the last Sunday, (but 
 one,) of her life, (Jan. 28, 1872,) twenty four children of 
 different ages were assembled in her sitting room, and were 
 taught by her pastor in person, Rev. Mr. Middleton. On that 
 evening she attended service at the Episcopal Church, appar- 
 ently as well as usual. But early on Monday she was violently 
 attacked with the illness that has been so prevalent and fatal, 
 and after a little more than a week of extreme suffering, closed 
 her long life of Christian experience and devotion. The little 
 Sunday School she had gathered in her house was the subject 
 uppermost in her mind, and oftenest on her lips, and those to 
 whom she expressed the wish for its continuance, will endeavor 
 to carry it out, to the full extent of her best expectations when 
 living." 
 
 Mrs. Seymour's brother, the Hon. Elihu Burritt, was deeply 
 moved by the dying request of his sister to have this mission 
 continued and proceeded to carry out the request. The mission 
 was transferred to the "Ledge School House," corner of East 
 Main and Elm Streets, and placed in the charge of Mr. Middle- 
 ton, of St. Mark's Church, which charge he faithfully fulfilled 
 as long as he remained in New Britain. Mr. Burritt named it 
 the "Seymour Mission." The people of that section were 
 generally interested and it was attended by many adults. See- 
 ing these good results, Mr. Burritt conceived the idea of simi- 
 lar missions for other parts of the city. A little memorandum 
 book of his on missions shows that besides the Seymour Mis- 
 sion there was in 1872 a mission on Osgood Hill, and in 
 1873, mention is made of the "Cherry Street Chapel," the 
 "barn chapel," (which was on Broad street,) the "McLean Mis- 
 sion," the "Baptist German Mission" and the "Free Evening 
 School." Some of these missions were continued for several 
 years but the Cherry Street Mission is the only one that is still 
 continued. 
 
 At a meeting of the parish, March 5, 1872, when there was 
 a large number present, the subject of free or rented seats 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 375 
 
 was freely discussed and it was unanimously voted by a yea and 
 nay vote that "the seatings of St. Mark's Parish for the ensuing 
 year be made free." But the next year an adjourned parish 
 meeting Feb. 17, 1873, voted to return to the old system of rent- 
 ing pews after Easter next, by a vote of 19 to i, it being then 
 alleged that the free system "was inadequate to meet the cur- 
 rent expenses." 
 
 There was a prior debt of $500, which with the recent repairs 
 left the parish with a floating debt amounting to $1,600.00 
 besides a mortgage of about five thousand. They were then 
 paying the Rector a salary of $2,000 per annum besides the use 
 of the rectory. No other Rector had ever been paid so much, 
 and it was twenty-five years later before the same salary was 
 voted to any other Rector. 
 
 There is no record of any parish or vestry meeting between 
 March 5, 1872, and Feb. 6, 1873. The parish book has no 
 missing page, nor fragmentary records, thereby showing that 
 the meetings during that time were never recorded therein. 
 The officers for 1872 have been made up from the records of 
 the Vestry meetings in the early part of 1873, and this record 
 shows ten vestrymen when there should be only nine. 
 
 The following is the Rev. Mr. Middleton's Christmas Carol, 
 written especially for the Christmas Service of 1872 : — 
 
 Hark to what the angels say. Alleluia. 
 Christ the Lord is bom to-day, Alleluia. 
 In the manger lieth He, 
 Helpless in His infancy, 
 God, from all eternity! 
 
 Glory to God ! Glory to God ! 
 In excelsis gloria; 
 In terra pax hominibus 
 Bonae voluntatis. 
 
 Yonder cross-formed star behold! 
 Now it gleams like burnished gold! 
 
 Higher still it climbs the sky, 
 
 Nigher comes and yet more nigh ! 
 
 Shepherds, can you tell us why? 
 Hark ! the Angels sing again — 
 Peace on earth, good will to men! 
 
376 THE CHURCH 
 
 O'er that lowly manger, bright 
 
 Gleams the star of golden light, 
 
 Driving far the shades of night. 
 Blessed be the Virgin mild. 
 Bending o'er her sleeping Child 
 
 Wrapped in swaddling bands, at rest 
 
 On the Holy Mother's breast — 
 
 God o'er All, forever blest. 
 
 Kings of Saba treasures bring 
 David's subjects own their King — 
 
 Whom the inn cannot contain. 
 
 Whom the great and proud disdain. 
 
 He o'er all is born to reign. 
 Many years have passed since then ; 
 Still we raise the song again ; 
 
 Lift the heart and bow the knee, 
 
 Jesu, Mary's Son, to Thee — 
 
 Born from sin to set us free. 
 
 A parish meeting Feb. 6, 1873, appointed Messrs. Parker, 
 Hicks and Bailey, a committee "to confer with Mr. H. E. 
 Russell in relation to his proposition to extinguish the debt of 
 St. Mark's Parish." The next day the matter was again before 
 the Vestry and adjourned to Feb. 13, 1873, when the committee 
 stated that Mr. Russell's proposition "was to the effect that 
 Mr. Russell would donate six thousand dollars, or its equiva- 
 lent, provided the parish would raise among its members the 
 sum of one thousand dollars, which sums would liquidate all 
 liabilities outstanding in the name of the parish and leave a 
 small balance on hand." Messrs. Pettis, Hart and Guion were 
 appointed a committee to raise the one thousand dollars required 
 for the acceptance of the proposition. 
 
 At an adjourned parish meeting Feb. 17, 1873, Mr. Russell's 
 proposition was accepted "in case the thousand dollars should 
 be raised," and the committee were advised to draft "such 
 legal papers in the matter as will secure the Parish against the 
 loss of the gift in future." 
 
 The vestry voted May 8, 1873, to have the committee per- 
 fect the papers and present them to a future meeting in rela- 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 377 
 
 tion to Mr. Russell's proposition, from which it appears that 
 the one thousand dollars was either raised or in sight. The 
 papers were prepared and the wardens were authorized June 
 19. 1873, to execute the same. Mr. Pettis of the committee 
 reported to the vestry June 2, 1873, that the subscription was 
 $15.00 short of the necessary $1,000. The vestrymen then 
 present contributed $2.00 each to make up the deficiency. The 
 matter was again considered by the vestry, July 28 and 29, 
 1873- 
 
 An adjourned meeting of the vestry was held Sept. 8, 1873, 
 to consider the financial condition of the parish, a part of the 
 record of which meeting is as follows: 
 
 "After discussing the subject of finances thoroughly, it was 
 deemed advisable to use a portion of the funds on hand held 
 contingent to the fulfillment of the Russell proposition, in 
 liquidating such outstanding bills against the Parish as were 
 most pressing, and it was therefore: — 
 
 Voted: That the Treas'r. be and is hereby authorized to 
 draw on the Fund known as the 'Rectory Fund' in the hands 
 of Mr. Ira E. Hicks for the payment of the bills outstanding 
 against the Parish amounting to between two and three hundred 
 Dolls." 
 
 The following preamble and resolution was offered by Mr. 
 H. E. Russell 2nd: 
 
 "Whereas, for several years past pur current expenses have 
 almost continually been in excess of our ability to pay, to the 
 great detriment of the best interests of the parish, and 
 
 Whereas, the absence of one of our most prominent members, 
 and the depressed condition of business, and of money matters 
 generally, throughout the country will tend to reduce our 
 income, therefore 
 
 Resolved, that we make preparations in advance to so reduce 
 our expenses, wherever it is possible to do so, that our expendi- 
 tures may be brought within our income, believing that thus, 
 by a wise and economical administration of affairs, we shall 
 bring about greater harmony among the people and lay the 
 foundation of greater prosperity hereafter;" which by vote 
 was adopted, "with a manifest inclination to move in the spirit 
 thereof." 
 
378 THE CHURCH 
 
 At the same meeting the question of the Rector's salary was 
 discussed, the record stating that the amount now paid (being 
 equivalent to at least $2500.00) is in excess of the ability (of 
 the parish) to pay, and it was unanimously "Voted, that after 
 the coming Easter the salary of the Rector be reduced to fifteen 
 hundred dollars and house rent per annum." 
 
 At an adjourned meeting of the vestry at the rectory Dec. 
 20, 1873, the city were given permission to temporarily use the 
 church bell as a fire alarm. 
 
 At a parish meeting in the chapel June 29, 1874, the fol- 
 lowing communication was read by the clerk. — 
 
 "The Rectory, New Britain, 
 
 St. Peter's Day, June 29, 1874. 
 
 To the Parish of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, Conn. 
 
 Gentlemen, — During the past year at various times, my 
 inclinations have led me to wish to resign the Rectorship of 
 this parish; but what have seemed to me the best interests of 
 the Parish as often forbade my doing so. At the present 
 time, as in the opinion of others this hindrance to my action 
 is removed, and as I cannot live on the decreased salary, I do 
 hereby resign the Rectorship of the Parish of St. Mark's 
 Church, New Britain, in the diocese of Connecticut, to take 
 effect on the 9th day of September 1874, it being the Wednes- 
 day after the first Sunday of that month. 
 
 I rejoice greatly in leaving, that I can look upon the Parish, 
 and, comparing it with what it was when I came here, see 
 substantial marks of progress and of God's blessing on earnest, 
 however feeble, work done for Him. 
 
 The numerous accessions to the Parish, the large number of 
 Baptisms and Confirmations, the marked additions to the list 
 of Communicants and the well filled Sunday School, to say 
 nothing of the improvements in and around the Church are 
 pleasing tokens that the work of the past three years has not 
 been in vain. 
 
 Permit me also to record here my grateful appreciation of 
 the very many acts of kindness and love, of which I,have been 
 the recipient at the hands of many of the Congregation, and to 
 assure you that I shall not forget them. Thanking you indi- 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 379 
 
 vidually, for every favor shown me, and praying that God 
 may send you a Pastor with (whom) all may delight to work 
 for the Gloi-y of our blessed Lord and the best interests of His 
 Church, I am, affectionately yours, 
 
 John C. Middleton." 
 
 The resignation of the Rector was accepted and the clerk 
 was instructed to send a copy of this letter of resignation to the 
 Bishop of the Diocese, together with the resolution of the parish 
 accepting the same. 
 
 In August the Sunday school held their annual picnic on the 
 Church grounds. On Sunday, Sept. 6, 1874, Mr. Middleton's 
 farewell sermon was preached. The New Britain "Record" 
 says "a considerable portion was given to memorials of the dead 
 and to statistics of his ministration. Mr. Middleton will soon 
 become pastor of the Church at Glen Cove, L. I." Here he was 
 eminently successful and so universally beloved that he remained 
 there until removed by death, after a service of fourteen years. 
 
 He once revisited St. Mark's parish and preached here on 
 Sunday, Nov. 14, 1875. 
 
 Letters from several parties were read by Dr. Hart at a 
 vestry meeting Sept. 7, 1874, in regard to the vacant rector- 
 ship. It was also voted "That the Rev. Mr. Eddy be requested 
 to supply the Desk next Sunday" and that "the Wardens sup- 
 ply the desk for the present." 
 
 A meeting of the vestry was held Sept. 15, 1874, at the 
 house of Ira E. Hicks, at which letters were read from Bishop 
 Williams relating to the Rev. Dr. Drumm of Bristol, Pa., after 
 which it was "Voted, That Junior Warden Parker be author- 
 ized to go to Bristol, Pa. for the purpose of listening to the 
 Revd. Dr. Drumm and to ascertain whether he is desirous of a 
 change, and if so, what salary he commands, and to obtain such 
 other information as may be necessary in this connection." 
 This vote was rescinded Oct. 9, 1874, and the wardens were 
 then "authorized to invite Dr. Drumm to preach here on Sun- 
 day, Oct. 25," but probably he did not accept. 
 
 At a vestry meeting at the house of G. C. Pettis, Oct. 26, 
 1874, the correspondence relating to the vacant rectorship was 
 read, embracing letters from Bishop Williams and the Rev. 
 
380 THE CHURCH 
 
 Mr. Baldwin, in relation to Dr. Drumm, and one from Dr. 
 Drumm. Also letters regarding Mr. Barrows. A committee, 
 not exceeding the whole number of the vestry, (seven,) was 
 authorized to visit Bristol, Pa. at the expense of the Church, 
 and Messrs. Parker, Russell, Cooley, Post, and Pettis, expressed 
 their willingness to go. The two wardens and six of the vestry 
 agreed to share this expense equally and thus relieve the 
 Church of the charge. 
 
 At the vestry meeting of Nov. 6, 1874, the chairman of the 
 committee appointed to visit Dr. Drumm reported "having 
 visited Bristol, Pa. and attended service at Dr. Drumm's 
 Church in the morning, and Communion Service thereafter. 
 That the sermon, an uncommonly fine one, was written 
 expressly for Communion Sunday and betrayed an entire 
 absence of ritualistic teaching. A conference with Dr. Drumm 
 afterwards disclosed the fact that the salary which we could 
 pay would be inadequate, and as we could not wish a Rector to 
 come among us on a salary unsatisfactory to him, it is in the 
 opinion of the committee inexpedient to give Dr. Drumm a 
 call. This conclusion was made known to the Bishop, whom 
 the committee met on the cars, and met his approval." 
 
 "Upon motion, the report was accepted and ordered placed 
 on file, the committee to continue in power, and authorized to 
 acquaint Dr. Drumm with the result." 
 
 "Letters were read from Rev. Francis Goodwin of Hartford, 
 and Prof. Pynchon of Trinity College, recommending Rev. 
 Mr. Goodrich." 
 
 At the next vestry meeting, Nov. 23, 1874, a letter "from 
 Bishop Clarkson was read recommending Mr. Roberts." 
 
 It was also stated "that Dr. Drumm had written a letter in 
 reply to one from Junior Warden Parker, advising him of the 
 conclusion of the committee, stating that inasmuch as the action 
 of the Vestry had disposed of the question of his coming to 
 New Britain permanently, he would be glad to come east and 
 form acquaintances, and would be glad to officiate a Sunday 
 with us if we so desired." 
 
 He was invited to officiate next Sunday. 
 
 A letter from Professor Russell was read recommending the 
 Rev. Mr. Goodrich. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 38 1 
 
 An informal ballot for a Rector was then taken by the vestry 
 from those who had officiated as candidates, when "Mr. Good- 
 rich had four votes, Mr. Barrows two, and Mr. Shinn one." 
 
 The next meeting of the vestry, Dec. 7, 1874, "Voted : That 
 a parish meeting be called for Monday evening Dec. 14." 
 
 At the said parish meeting commendatory letters of the Rev. 
 Messrs. Barrows, Drumm, Goodrich, and Shinn were read. An 
 informal ballot of eighteen votes resulted in eight votes for Dr. 
 Drumm, six for Mr. Barrows, three for Mr. Goodrich and one 
 for Mr. Shinn. 
 
 Mr. ToUes inquired as to what salary the different candi- 
 dates would demand? 
 
 "Mr. Parker stated that Dr. Drumm is now receiving $1600 
 per annum and would probably expect as much here if called. 
 Mr. Barrows and Mr. Goodrich it is understood, will accept 
 $1500 and rectory." 
 
 Upon motion of Mr. Finch, it was "Voted: That a meeting 
 of the legal members, communicants and pew holders of St. 
 Mark's Church be called for a more general expression of the 
 preference of the congregation who are regular in attendance, 
 and that an informal vote be taken at such meeting for the 
 choice of Clergyman." 
 
 This representative meeting was held Wednesday evening, 
 Dec. 30, 1874. The Rev. Mr. Abbott was named as a candidate 
 in addition to the four candidates before mentioned. The 
 salary expected by each different candidate was announced by 
 the chair, Junior Warden Parker. The third informal ballot 
 showed fifty-four votes, of which Dr. Drumm had thirty-two, 
 Mr. Barrows fifteen, Mr. Goodrich six and Mr. Bird one. On 
 the first informal ballot Mr. Bird received six votes. This is 
 the first mention of Mr. Bird in the record. "Dr. Drumm hav- 
 ing a majority of all the votes cast, was declared the choice of 
 the meeting." 
 
 This is the first instance of record in which the ladies of 
 St. Mark's Church have had any direct vote in the choice of a 
 Rector, or other management of the parish. As to one family, 
 
 we are told that Mrs. H voted for Dr. Drumm, while 
 
 her husband voted for a different man. 
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382 THE CHURCH 
 
 At a special meeting of the legal members of the parish 
 Jan. 7, 1875, Dr. Drumm was unanimously elected Rector. 
 The vestry met on the 9th, instructed the clerk to notify Dr. 
 Drumm of the action of the parish and appointed a committee 
 to perfect the necessary arrangements. 
 
 The New Britain "Record" of Jan. 15, 1875, announces the 
 call to Dr. Drumm and adds that he "has preached in this city 
 several times and is reputed to be a man of much worth and 
 ability." The election of Dr. Drumm to the rectorship of St. 
 Mark's, New Britain, was also announced in the "Churchman" 
 of Jan. 30, 1875. 
 
 Senior Warden Hart reported to the vestry meeting of Oct. 
 26, 1874^ "that the street committee had awarded the Church 
 property $125.00 for damages resulting from widening West 
 Main street, and upon discussion it was deemed best to accept 
 the award." 
 
 Early in 1875 separate books were opened for recording the 
 meetings of the parish, and vestry. The new book for the 
 record of the parish meetings opens with the record of the 
 special meeting which elected Dr. Drumm, Jan. 7, 1875, and 
 the new book for the record of vestry meetings opens with 
 the record of the vestry meeting of Jan. 30, 1875, when Dr. 
 Drumm's letter of acceptance of his call was submitted. 
 
 There are three parish books other than the registers, before 
 1875. The first is marked "Records of St. Mark's Church." 
 It begins Aug. 28, 1836, and extends to Nov. 26, 1848. The 
 treasurer's account and other matters are contained in the back 
 part of this book. The next book is marked "Minutes of St. 
 Mark's Parish, New Britain, Connecticut. Commencing with 
 the Act of Consecration of the New Church Edifice. Decem- 
 ber Twenty-third A.D. 1848." The last record in it is that of 
 a vestry meeting at the church, March 30, 1869. The third 
 book is marked "St. Mark's . Minutes of Vestry and Parish 
 Meetings . March 29, 1868, to Jan. 9, 1875." 
 
 There must have been many vestry meetings of which we 
 have no record. In the first book, a vestry meeting is recorded 
 for April 23, 1838, after which there is no record of any except 
 parish meetings, until Nov. 26, 1848. There is no record of 
 any other vestry meeting until Jan. 9, 1855. After 1855, vestry 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 383 
 
 meetings are more frequently recorded, but it is not probable 
 that all of the vestry meetings since that date appear of record. 
 Since 1875, the record is thought to be complete. 
 
 While the parish records, before described, are nearly com- 
 plete from 1836, the parish register begins with 1849. "Parish 
 records" are only those kept by the clerk ; the "register" is the 
 record kept by the Rector, or, in the absence of a Rector, by the 
 wardens. There are four registers consisting of specially pre- 
 pared pages with printed headings in the following order: — 
 History, Families, Baptisms, Confirmed, Communicants, Mar- 
 riages, Burials, Index. 
 
 Register No. i was opened by the Rev. Mr. Capron 1849, 
 and closed by the Rev. Mr. Middleton in November, 1870. 
 
 Register No. 2 was opened by the Rev. Mr. Middleton in 
 November, 1870, and closed after the death of the Rev. Mr. 
 Rogers in 1886. 
 
 Register No. 3 was opened by the Rev. Mr. Stoddard in 
 April, 1886, and closed by the Rev. Mr. Bodley in June, 1901. 
 
 Register No. 4 was opened by the Rev. Mr. Bodley in 1901, 
 and is the current register. 
 
 We regret to say that the pages headed "History" have been 
 sadly neglected. The Rev. Messrs. Russell, Rogers, Stoddard 
 and Bodley, are the only Rectors who have made entries on 
 these pages. 
 
 The vestry meeting of Jan. 30, 1875, appointed Messrs. Post 
 and Pettis a committee to repair the rectory and ordered a check 
 for $100 to be sent to Dr. Drumm to aid him in moving to 
 New Britain. The New Britain "Record," of Jan. 29, 1875, 
 says that Dr. Drumm "proposes to estabHsh his residence here 
 in March and to ofiiciate on the Sunday before Easter." The 
 issue of March 12, 1875, says "Rev. L. B. Baldwin formerly of 
 this city will preach at St. Mark's Church next Sunday. Rev. 
 Dr. Drumm, the pastor-elect, will arrive in New Britain in 
 season to conduct service on the Sabbath following," and the 
 "Record" of March 26, 1875, says that Dr. Drumm commenced 
 his pastoral labors at St. Mark's Church last Sunday," showing 
 that his first Sunday here as Rector was March 21, 1875. The 
 "Churchman" of Hartford, for March 20, 1875, says that Dr. 
 Drumm will enter upon the rectorship on Sunday, March 21st. 
 
384 THE CHURCH 
 
 The Rector, Dr. Drumm, presided at the annual parish meet- 
 ing March 2, 1875. 
 
 On April 6, 1875, the vestry voted that "Dr. Drumm be 
 asked to repeat the sermon that he preached last Sunday morn- 
 ing- at his earliest convenience." 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Convention of 1875 announces 
 letters of dismission to Rev. John C. Middleton to the Diocese 
 of Long Island, and the reception into this Diocese of Rev. 
 John H. Drumm, D.D., Rector of St. Mark's, New Britain, 
 from the Diocese of Pennsylvania. 
 
 A vestry meeting June 29, 1875, instructed the clerk to 
 "request the Rector to write a suitable letter of acknowledge- 
 ment to the widow of the late Ralph Dickinson of the bequest 
 to the Parish of $100.00." 
 
 Ralph Dickinson here referred to was a son of Ralph Dickin- 
 son one of the first vestrymen of St. Mark's Church, Aug. 28, 
 1836, and a grandson of Mrs. Lucy Dickinson whose name is 
 in its first list of Communicants. His grandfather, Nathaniel, 
 was probably one of the first members of the parish. Nathaniel 
 and the senior Ralph were both prominent members of the 
 parish of Christ Church. These three generations of Dickin- 
 sons all lived successively in the same house. This Dickinson 
 home is the one to which the old church building and all appur- 
 tenances thereto were removed, and from which we have 
 obtained some of the most important ties between the old 
 Church and the present St. Mark's. 
 
 At the last named vestry meeting, it was voted to ask the 
 Rector to confer with the clergy of the other churches in this 
 place with a view to arranging a uniform hour for evening 
 service that none may be annoyed by the ringing of bells during 
 service. 
 
 On Dec. 8, 1875, ^t a vestry meeting, the Rector announced 
 himself as not in favor of fairs or festivals for raising funds 
 to meet expenses, and so we may presume that the ladies held 
 no December fair during the years 1875 ^"d 1876. 
 
 The Rector, Dr. Drumm, presided at the annual meeting in 
 1875, but does not appear to have been called to the chair at the 
 annual meeting of April 17, 1876. The record shows that he 
 spoke of the Rector's right to preside at vestry meetings, but 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 385 
 
 he did not care to press his rights. In the absence of any State 
 law to the contrary, the Church law holds good. 
 
 Dr. Hart in reply said that the action of the parish, which 
 was taken some years ago, obliging the senior warden to preside 
 at all meetings of the parish, was provoked by peculiar cir- 
 cumstances which no longer exist and therefore he desired to 
 return to the old custom of having the Rector preside at all 
 parish meetings. No action was taken on the matter and the 
 senior warden took the chair and proceeded with the regular 
 business. 
 
 There was a State law that was contrary to the Church law 
 as to the Rector's right to preside. It was passed in 182 1, for 
 the government of Town meetings and meetings of all societies 
 "lawfully assembled" and gave them the "power to choose a 
 moderator to preside, unless it be otherwise especially provided 
 by law." There was no law of the State that provided other- 
 wise as to Episcopal societies. The law relating to ecclesiasti- 
 cal societies placed the general management of them in the 
 hands of a "Society's committee," and in order that the wardens 
 and vestry could legally exercise the general duties required 
 by the Episcopal Church, a law was passed in 1842, providing 
 that "Wardens and Vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church shall be a Society's committee with all powers granted 
 to committees of religious societies." No religious society was 
 then known in law as a parish. 
 
 We find no record of any action of the parish requiring the 
 senior warden to preside over all its meetings, and if there 
 was such a vote it would have been illegal, because it would 
 deprive the meetings of their power to choose a moderator. 
 Part of the records merely state who presided without telling 
 whether they were elected or presided as a matter of right. 
 Many of the records, especially of the meetings prior to i860, 
 state that the presiding officer was chosen and the records show 
 that the Rector has generally presided at all meetings when 
 present. A State law approved March 23, 1877, provided that 
 all Episcopal Societies that have been or may be organized in 
 the State "shall be known in law as parishes as v/ell as eccle- 
 siastical societies" and also provided that the general manage- 
 ment and meetings of these parishes "shall be such as are 
 
386 THE CHURCH 
 
 provided and prescribed by the constitution, canons and regula- 
 tions of said Protestant Episcopal Church." 
 
 The Church Canons require the Rector to preside at all 
 meetings of the parish when present, and this has been the 
 general rule in St. Mark's Parish. 
 
 Dr. Drumm's parochial report of St. Mark's in the Journal 
 of Convention, 1876, says— "The parish has suffered greatly 
 from removal of communicants, and from general depression 
 of business ; but there is good hope of improvement." 
 
 In the library of the General Theological Seminary, New 
 York, there is an 8vo pamphlet of eight pages, entitled "Easter 
 Decorations. A pastoral Letter to the Congregation of St. 
 Mark's Church, New Britain, Conn." It is signed, "Affec- 
 tionately your pastor John H. Drumm." Dr. Drumm was 
 opposed to having the chancel profusedly decorated and in this 
 letter set forth very clearly and forcibly his reasons therefor. 
 After Dr. Drumm's successor came, viz: June 18, 1878, the 
 vestry voted that it was their wish "that all floral decorations 
 within the chancel be made by the Rector." Dr. Drumm was 
 very strict in the observance of the laws of the Church and 
 always faithfully and honestly followed the same as he under- 
 stood them. As a preacher he is said to have had no superiors 
 and few equals. We do not find his name in such reports of 
 the Hartford County Convocations as we have examined, which 
 no doubt may be accounted for by his poor health. He attended 
 the Conventions of the Diocese during his rectorship of St. 
 Mark's. 
 
 In the summer of 1876, the parish was again financially 
 crippled and a special committee reported to the vestry Aug. 21, 
 1876, that in view of the financial conditions of the parish "we 
 shall be unable" to retain our Rector beyond April i, 1877, ^^d 
 that he be offered every reasonable opportunity of effecting 
 a change. 
 
 The vestry on Sept. 4, 1876, fixed the hour for Evening 
 Service at 3 P. M. 
 
 On Dec. 11, 1876, a committee was appointed to solicit sub- 
 scriptions for paying the Rector, and on Jan. 16, 1877, the 
 vestry voted to apply to the Bishop for a license to Mr. Atwood 
 as lay reader, upon the departure of Dr. Drumm. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 387 
 
 Being unable to perform the duties of a parish minister, by 
 reason to recent and severe illness, the Rector presented his 
 letter of resignation to the vestry, Jan. 20, 1877, to take effect 
 on the last day of March, which resignation was accepted. 
 
 The "Churchman" of Feb. 3, 1877, says that "The Rev. 
 John H. Drumm, D.D. who is slowly recovering from a severe 
 illness, has resigned the rectorship of St. Mark's, New Britain." 
 Dr. Drumm had long suffered from ill health and was thereby 
 laboring under great difficulty. As early as 1861 he returned 
 from Europe, where he had been to recuperate, and was very 
 much improved in health. 
 
 In May, 1877, he was at San Saba, Texas, where he was the 
 first missionary in that town and district, doing such duty as 
 his strength would permit. He did not go there merely to be 
 a missionary, but for his health, under medical advice. It was 
 however too late, and in 1878 he returned to his former home 
 at Bristol, Pa. where he died March 5, 1879, without ever hav- 
 ing severed his Canonical connection with the Diocese of Con- 
 necticut, into which he was called by this parish. 
 
 For three Sundays or more during Dr. Drumm's absence 
 in the summer of 1876, the services here were conducted by the 
 Rev. John D. McConkey, who was the first person from St. 
 Mark's Parish to enter the ministry. The parochial reports for 
 1872 and 1876 each gave one person as "Studying for the 
 Ministry." These refer to Mr. McConkey, who attended St. 
 Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y., 1872, until 1874; and 
 the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. in 1875 
 and 1876. He now resides at Lewiston, Idaho, where he had 
 the charge, (which he has recently resigned,) of the Church 
 of thfe Nativity for nineteen years. Only one other Minister of 
 the Church has ever been produced from St. Mark's Parish, 
 viz: the Rev. Nathan ToUes Pratt, who settled at Bridgeport 
 and is now a practicing physician there. He is in the annual 
 reports as "Studying for the Ministry" in 1894, 5 and 6. 
 Another is reported for the years 1888, 89, and 90. This was 
 Isaac D. Russell, who is now the Treasurer of the Russell & 
 Erwin Mfg. Co. 
 
 At a vestry meeting March 26, 1877, the senior warden 
 reported having received a number of letters recommending the 
 
388 THE CHURCH 
 
 Rev. William E. Snowden, of Walden, N. Y. for the vacant 
 rectorship. After the regular business of the annual meeting 
 of the parish, April 2, 1877, Mr. Snowden vi^as recommended 
 and letters concerning him from a former Rector, the Rev. Mr. 
 Capron, were presented. Others desired to recall their former 
 Rector, the Rev. Mr. Baldwin. The Rev. Mr. Applegate was 
 also mentioned, but the meeting decided in favor of the Rev. 
 Mr. Snowden. 
 
 On April 10, 1877, Mr. Parker stated to the vestry that he 
 had tendered a call to the Rev. Mr. Snowden by telegraph and 
 that Mr. Snowden had telegraphed his acceptance. There were 
 special reasons for prompt action and the vestry approved the 
 same and voted to make the call formal. The Rector's salary 
 was fixed at $1200 per annum, after April 16, with use of the 
 rectory. A special meeting of the parish was held April 16, 
 1877, and the call was ratified and confirmed. The following 
 letter was sent to the Bishop. 
 
 "We the Church Wardens, do certify to the Right Rev. 
 John Williams, that the Rev. Wm. E. Snowden of Walden, 
 N. Y. has been chosen Rector of St. Mark's Parish, New 
 Britain. 
 
 William Parker, Sen. Warden. 
 H. E. Russell 2^ Jun. Warden. 
 New Britain, Ct. April 17, 1877." 
 
 In so far as the record shows, the first clerk of the parish 
 to take the proper oath of office was Mr. F. G. Guion, who was 
 duly elected at the parish meeting of April 2, 1877, ^rid whose 
 oath is recorded as follows : — 
 
 "I solemnly swear, that I will faithfully discharge, according 
 to law, my duties as Clerk of St. Mark's Parish, New Britain, 
 Conn, to the best of my ability ; so help me God. 
 
 F. G. GuiON. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn before me this loth. day of April, 
 A.D. 1877. 
 
 Martin S. Wiard. 
 
 Notary Public." 
 
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 It has been the regular practice since 1877 to have the clerk 
 sworn and to place the oath on record according to canon. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Snowden was present at the Convention of the 
 Diocese, June 11 and 12, 1877, ^nd the Bishop's address men- 
 tions the reception into the Diocese of the Rev. William E. 
 Snowden, Rector of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, from the 
 Diocese of New York. 
 
 On Nov. 26, 1877, the vestry gave permission to St. Mark's 
 Guild to make certain alterations in the interior of the chapel 
 without calling on the vestry for any portion of the expense. 
 
 The Guild herein referred to was a Brotherhood of male 
 members of the Church, who met to organize on Oct. 26, 1877. 
 It was formally organized Nov. i, 1877, with twenty charter 
 members under the name of St. Mark's Guild. The Rev. Wil- 
 liam E. Snowden was President, Mr. J. C. Atwood, Vice Presi- 
 dent, and F. G. Guion was the Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
 Article 2 of the constitution was as follows: — 
 
 "The objects of the Guild shall be to assist the Rector in the 
 Parochial work of the Church, to promote and increase a spirit 
 of Missionary zeal and brotherly love among its members, to 
 bring others, especially young men, under its influence ; to show 
 courtesy and hospitality to strangers, to stimulate an interest 
 in the Church and its services, to cultivate a spirit of social 
 intercourse and literary improvement, and in general to pray 
 and work for the best interests of the Church and Parish." 
 
 The meetings at first were every Friday evening, but after- 
 wards they were monthly. The last meeting on record was 
 May 9, 1879, shortly after the retirement of the Rev. Mr. Snow- 
 den from New Britain. 
 
 In the Journal of Convention, June, 1879, the name of Wil- 
 liam L. Bostwick of New Britain appears in the list of clergy. 
 He had been Rector of Trinity Church, Northfield, Conn, but 
 resigned on account of ill health before the Convention of 1877. 
 He resided at Hartford in 1878 and removed from there to 
 New Britain, so that we then had two clergymen residing in 
 this parish. He continued to reside here until 1885, when he 
 removed to Fair Haven. He officiated, when health would per- 
 mit, in various parishes and often assisted the Rector of St. 
 Mark's and sometimes suppHed his place when the Rector was 
 
39© THE CHURCH 
 
 absent. For a season, while residing in New Britain, he 
 officiated at Canaan, Conn, for our present Rector, the Rev. 
 Harry I. Bodley, during his absence abroad. Mr. Bostwick 
 died at Stamford, Conn., March 13, 1895. 
 
 At the annual meeting of the parish, April 14, 1879, it was 
 ordered that the reports of the Rector and treasurer be printed 
 and placed in the pews. 
 
 At a vestry meeting Sept. 29, 1879, the matter of providing 
 means for paying the Rector's salary was taken up and a few 
 days later the Rector resigned. On Oct. 13, 1879, the vestry 
 voted to call a special meeting of the parish to consider the 
 Rector's resignation. The special meeting was held Oct. 27, 
 
 1879, and the following letter was presented. 
 
 "St. Mark's Rectory, New Britain, Ct. 
 Oct. 2, 1879. 
 J. C. Atwood Esqr. 
 
 Dear Sir, — Permit me to acknowledge receipt of the action 
 of a Vestry meeting held last Monday. 
 
 I desire hereby through you as Sr. Warden, to tender my 
 resignation of the Rectorship of St. Mark's Parish to the 
 Wardens and Vestry, and to the members of St. Mark's Parish, 
 said Resignation to take effect on the first day of May, 1880. 
 
 Respectfully and Sincerely 
 
 Your friend and Pastor, 
 
 William E. Snowden." 
 
 With a preamble referring to the financial condition of the 
 parish and expressing regrets as to "a severance of the ties 
 which have bound us together as Pastor and People for nearly 
 three years," it was — 
 
 "Resolved: That the resignation of the Rev. W". E. Snow- 
 den, as Rector of St. Mark's Parish, to take effect May i, 
 
 1880, be and is hereby accepted by the parish." 
 
 It was stated that the parish expenses exceeded the receipts 
 by about $267.00 and the vestry were ordered to prepare a notice 
 of the financial situation to be submitted by the Rector to the 
 congregation and ask for an increase in the offerings for the 
 remainder of the year. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 39 1 
 
 At the annual meeting of the parish March 29, 1880, the 
 number of legal members on the roll was thirty-four. 
 
 A special meeting of the parish was held June i, 1880, to 
 elect a treasurer in place of Mr. Hicks who had resigned and 
 to consider the matter of a new Rector. 
 
 The Rev. John H. Rogers was not a candidate, but the 
 wardens, Messrs. Atwood and Tolles, were appointed to go to 
 Schenectady to see and hear Mr. Rogers on Sunday next, and 
 ascertain if he will consider a call should one be tendered him. 
 
 At the Convention 1880, the Bishop's address announced the 
 transfer from this Diocese of the Rev. William E. Snowden 
 to the Diocese of New York. The report of the parish was by 
 the senior warden, J. Clement Atwood. 
 
 At an adjourned special meeting of the parish June 22, 1880, 
 the committee to hear Mr. Rogers reported that they found 
 him a man most desirable to be called, and warmly recom- 
 mended him in every way. If the parish should extend a call 
 to him he would visit New Britain to consider the matter and 
 should his impressions prove favorable he would accept it. 
 The meeting voted to call Mr. Rogers and the call is entered 
 in the records, as follows : — 
 
 "New Britain, Conn., June 23, 1880. 
 To the Rev. John H. Rogers, 
 
 Dear Sir : — At a meeting of St. Mark's Parish, New Britain, 
 Conn, held on Tuesday Evening, June 22, 1880, you were duly 
 elected to the Rectorship of the Parish. 
 
 We take pleasure in communicating to you the action of St. 
 Mark's Parish and invite you to enter upon the duties of said 
 Rectorship at the earliest possible day. We are Rev* Sir 
 Yours very truly. 
 For St. Mark's Church 
 
 J. C. Atwood, Sen. Warden. 
 Henry Tolles, Jun. Warden." 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Rogers declined the call on July 17, 1880, 
 and a special parish meeting on July 28, 1880, unanimously 
 voted to ask him to reconsider the matter, with the following 
 result. 
 
392 THE CHURCH 
 
 "Ashfield, Mass., Aug. 9, 1880. 
 The Wardens of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, Conn. 
 
 Dear Sirs : — The unanimous request made by the members 
 of your Parish that I should reconsider the answer returned by 
 me to the invitation to become your Rector, assures me beyond 
 a doubt of the confidence reposed in me by the parishioners 
 of St. Mark's, and I have accordingly given to this matter 
 another very thoughtful and prayerful consideration, the result 
 of which is that I have finally concluded to reverse my former 
 decision and to accept the important office which you and your 
 fellow parishioners have so kindly and courteously urged me to 
 assume, and will enter upon the duties connected therewith on 
 the second Sunday in Sept. next. 
 
 Praying God that he may give me strength and grace to 
 minister among you acceptably to Him and to the profit of all 
 the souls entrusted to me, I am, my dear Sir, 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 John H. Rogers." 
 
 At a meeting Aug. 2, 1880, the vestry voted $1000 per annum 
 with the use of the rectory, as the salary they could offer Mr. 
 Rogers, and we presume that his salary was first fixed at that 
 amount. The annual meeting of the parish April 17, 1881, left 
 the matter of the Rector's salary with the vestry. 
 
 At the Convention 1881, the Rev. John H. Rogers was pres- 
 ent and the Bishop's address reported him as Rector of St. 
 Mark's, New Britain, from the Diocese of Albany. 
 
 At a vestry meeting Nov. 17, 1881, it was voted to take down 
 the church spire because it was unsafe, and to raise money for 
 repairing the church by subscription. The Rector was made 
 chairman of the committee on repairs, which committee was 
 appointed the month previous. 
 
 A vestry meeting April 18, 1882, voted to change the aisles 
 in the church so as to have only two aisles nearer the middle, 
 instead of the one middle aisle and two on the sides, as now 
 arranged. This was reported to be feasible and that the cost 
 would be $100.00. This change was never made. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 393 
 
 Mr. Henry E. Russell Sen. of New York proposed to sur- 
 render his mortgage of $6,000.00 on the church property, (with 
 interest at 8 per cent, from July 10, 1873, amounting to 
 $4,660,) provided the church property be transferred to the 
 "Trustees of Donations and Bequests for Church Purposes." 
 A committee was appointed to consider the matter, and at a 
 special meeting of the parish July 23, 1883, the proposition was 
 accepted, and the Rev. John H. Rogers, Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 and Henry Tolles, were appointed a committee to execute the 
 conveyance of the church property to the said "Trustees," 
 which they did. 
 
 The records of the parish meetings and those of the vestry 
 during the Rev. Mr. Rogers' term of office, have frequent 
 reference to various improvements. The last of these were 
 completed so that the church was re-opened for Divine Service 
 on Christmas day, 1885, and in less than one month the guiding 
 hand in all this work was called to his eternal home. The 
 history from 1880 to the close of 1884 was recorded in the 
 parish register No. 2, by the Rev. Mr. Rogers. It has every- 
 thing of importance that can be found in any record, and many 
 things that are not recorded elsewhere. We therefore take 
 substantially the whole of it, as follows : — 
 
 The Rev. John Henry Rogers entered upon his rectorship 
 of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, Sept. 12th. 1880, the 2nd. 
 Sunday in Sept. and the i6th. after Trinity. A condition of 
 his accepting the call was that the rectory should be put in 
 good order and that he should have the month of August, each 
 year, for a vacation, and that the Church services during that 
 time should be provided for by the Vestry. The rectory was 
 accordingly papered and painted throughout, new floors laid, 
 a bath room made, a portion of the library partitioned off for a 
 hall and many other improvements were also made, immediately 
 before and after the Rector's arrival. 
 
 October, 1880. The north end of the church edifice was 
 clapboarded, the chancel and the adjoining rooms were 
 thoroughly repaired outside and in, and painted with two coats 
 of paint. 
 
 November, 1880. The Ladies' Society was organized and a 
 Guild, with the Rector, ex officio. President, consisting of three 
 divisions. Women's, Young People's and Children's. 
 
394 THE CHURCH 
 
 April 17th. 1881, Easter Day. A special fund for the repair 
 and improvement of the church building was begun with the 
 offerings at the early Celebration, the Rector having found the 
 church edifice in a very neglected and shabby condition. 
 
 During the season of 1880 and 1881, the Women's Division 
 of the Guild presented to the Church a very beautiful set of 
 purple altar hangings, with lectern and pulpit hangings, made by 
 the Sisters of St. John the Baptist in New York City, at a 
 cost of $129.00, gave the Rector an Easter gift of a black silk 
 stole elegantly embroidered with gold, paid for various improve- 
 ments in the interior of the church edifice, costing $32.31, and 
 added to the fund for the repair and improvement of the church 
 edifice $223.00 and sent a box of clothing to the Rev. Mr. Mun- 
 ford, missionary in Mississippi, valued at $85.00. 
 
 During the season of 1880 and 1881, the Young People's 
 Division of the Guild presented to the Church a very rich black 
 silk stole with embroidered ends, costing $8.15; contributed 
 towards sundry improvements to the interior of the church 
 building $9.03, and to Diocesan Missions $4.34, and contributed 
 articles of clothing to the mission box for Rev. Mr. Munford. 
 
 During the season of 1880 and 1881, the Children's Division 
 of the Guild contributed toward chancel improvements $4.08 
 and gave to the Church for the improvement and care of the 
 church grounds the proceeds of a fair and festival $80.06. 
 December, 1880. Addition to the Sunday School library of 
 103 volumes, which cost with catalogues, $69.24, said amount 
 having been contributed by the congregation. 
 
 November, 1881, the spire of the church having been pro- 
 nounced by competent experts to be unsafe, was taken down to 
 the tower at a cost of $142.00. October, 1881. The east side 
 of chancel roof was shingled. November, 1881. The south 
 side of chapel roof was reshingled. 
 
 During the season of 1881 and 1882, the Woman's Division 
 of the Guild paid for new gas piping of a portion of the church 
 $34.29, paid toward new furnace for the church $33.18, sent a 
 box of clothing valued at $65.00 to Mrs. Klujery, mission 
 teacher in Utah under Bishop Tuttle, and paid expressage on 
 the same $4.35. 
 
 Duing the season of 1881 and 1882, the Young People's 
 Division of the Guild presented to the Church the glass parti- 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 395 
 
 tion, (under the arch,) between the church and chapel, costing 
 $132.64, of which $75.00 was raised by them by means of a 
 supper. It was an Easter gift A.D. 1882. 
 
 During the season of 1881 and 1882, the Children's Division 
 of the Guild contributed to the fund for the improvement and 
 care of the church yard, proceeds of annual spring festival 
 $106.91. 
 
 December, 1881, the children of the Sunday School presented 
 to the Church a Christmas gift of new windows for the chapel, 
 fitted with tinted cathedral glass, costing $82.00, paid for out 
 of the Sunday offerings. December, 1882, the Sunday School 
 presented to the Church a new chandelier and side brackets 
 for the chapel, costing $50.11, paid for out of their Sunday 
 offerings. 
 
 During the season of 1882 and 1883, the Women's Division 
 of the Guild purchased for use at parish social gatherings 
 and entertainments 5 doz. cups and saucers, $6.20, 5 doz. plated 
 knives, $8.75, and 5 doz. plated forks, $8.80, at a total cost of 
 
 $23-75- 
 
 It has presented to the parish 60 posts for a new fence cost- 
 ing $27.31, paid the balance of the bill for new furnace i. e. 
 $67.70, and for the cross on the top of the new spire $42.31 
 and has also paid to the general fund for the repair and 
 improvement of the church $162.25. During the season of 
 1882 and 1883, the children's Division of the Guild raised at 
 their annual festival $68.43 ^o'' the fund for the care and 
 improvement of the churchyard, and presented to the Church 
 5 doz. ice cream plates to be used at social gatherings and 
 entertainments, at a cost of $3.50, paid for out of money taken 
 for work done and for dues. May 14th, 1883, the tower of the 
 church building was taken down, which taking down was com- 
 pleted May 19th. In the stone foundation of the wooden but- 
 tress at the south east corner of the tower, a lead box was found 
 which was removed to the rectory and carefully opened. In 
 the box wrapped up in heavy brown paper were found a Bible 
 bearing imprint Jasper Harding, Philadelphia, 1846; a Book 
 of Common Prayer, bearing imprint, Buffalo, William B. and 
 Charles E. Peele, stereotyped by L. Johnson 1845 ; a "Church 
 Almanac" dated 1848, a Journal of the Connecticut Con- 
 
396 THE CHURCH 
 
 vention of 1847 ; a copy of "The Calendar," (a Church news- 
 paper,) dated Hartford, Conn., Saturday, June 17th. 1848 r 
 a copy of "The Churchman," (Church newspaper,) New York, 
 Saturday, June 17th. 1848, a copy of "The Southern Church- 
 man" (Church newspaper,) dated, Alexandria, Va. Friday, 
 June i6th. 1848, and also a written list of the officers of the 
 parish elected Easter Monday, 1848 ; a partial list of the 
 contributors to the building fund and a list of the building 
 committee, in the handwriting of Henry E. Russell, (of New 
 York City, 1883,) parish clerk, copies of which may be found 
 at the end of this register. A note at the end of the register 
 says that "The work of taking down the tower was begun May 
 14, 1883 and the above said lead box was opened by order 
 of John H. Rogers, Rector, the contents taken out by him May 
 16, 1883, and this copy made. All the articles contained in 
 the box . . . were found to be in a very damp condition 
 and the papers of which copies are here given, crumbled away 
 in part, although all the contents of the box were carefully 
 dried and deposited with the archives of the Parish." 
 
 Returning now to the "history" pages of the said register, 
 the tower was found to be in a very decayed condition when 
 removed. At the time the tower was removed, the wooden but- 
 tresses and pinnacles at the corners of the church building- 
 were also taken away. On removing the water table the sills 
 all around the church building were found to be in a good and 
 sound condition except on the north side of the chapel and at 
 the northwest corner of the church. These removals were 
 simply preparatory to a thorough repair and rebuilding of the 
 church edifice. The repairs and improvements have been as 
 follows: A new tower has been built on the west side of the 
 Church surmounted by a bronze cross gilded, and through the 
 tower a second entrance has been made. A deep porch has been 
 placed over the old entrance on the front and a large rose 
 window above it, surmounted by deep spandrils, and the rest 
 of the gable covered with shingles. The original walls of the 
 church (outside) consisted simply of matched boards. These- 
 have been covered with clapboards. The roof has also been 
 newly shingled, at a cost of $450.00 which includes the new 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 397 
 
 shingling of the north side of chapel roof. Dormer windows 
 have been placed in the roof for the thorough ventilation of 
 the church and a wooden cresting on the ridge with a wooden 
 cross, the church building having been without any cross on 
 its exterior previously. Thus the exterior of the church edifice, 
 which was originally built in 1848 A.D., has been literally built 
 over and entirely covered, so that not a square inch of the old 
 exterior is now visible. All of this has been done during the 
 summer of A.D. 1883, except the clapboarding of the north or 
 chancel end which was accomplished in the autumn of 1880, 
 and not only a more comely but also a more substantial building 
 is the result. Besides the making of the vestibule at the south 
 end of the interior, no other improvement has been made inter- 
 nally at this time except so far as the rose and dormer windows 
 add thereto. 
 
 The peal of three bells placed in the belfry at this time, 
 (July, 1883,) were made by Henry McShane & Co. of Balti- 
 more, Md. the weights of which are 1195 lbs., 622 lbs., 320 lbs., 
 at a cost with mountings, of $577.68 plus freight, raising, cart- 
 age &c. $69.45. Total cost of bells $647.13. To which amount 
 the sale of the old bell 1994 lbs. (original weight over 2000 lbs. 
 but a piece was cut out after it was cracked,) contributed, 
 (1994 lbs. at 17 cts.) $338.98. The balance $308.15 was made 
 up of the following contributions: Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 Senior Warden, $177.56, Mr. C. B. Erwin, $50.00, St. Mark's 
 Sunday School, $80.59. The musical notes of the bells are the 
 1st, 3rd and 5th of the scale, G. B. D. 
 
 The general plan of the repairs and improvements and the 
 design of the tower were made by the Rector. The spandrils 
 on the front of the church and the general form of the porch, 
 though not its dimensions, were designed by W. C. Brocklesby, 
 an architect of Hartford, Conn, who was consulted to a 
 limited extent. The detail working drawings were made by 
 Mr. A. W. Scoville, architect and builder, of Hartford, Conn, 
 by whom the work was also done in a very thorough and excel- 
 lent manner and to the entire satisfaction of the parish. The 
 church building and chapel, (exterior,) have been painted with 
 two coats of paint, the tints having been prescribed by Mr. 
 E. J. N. Stent of New York, decorative architect. The work 
 25 
 
398 THE CHURCH 
 
 was superintended and directed by the Rector and the Senior 
 Warden, (Henry E. Russell Jr.). Dr. S. W. Hart greatly 
 helped forward the undertaking by obtaining subscriptions and 
 also by collecting them. During the summer and autumn, 
 (1883,) the whole churchyard was filled in with earth delivered 
 on the ground by Mr. H. E. Russell Jr., Senior Warden. The 
 yard has also been graded, planted and a new drain made. 
 New walks of stone have also been laid costing $167.34, and a 
 new fence built around the whole property. The stable has 
 been removed from its old position near the chancel, to the 
 north east corner of the churchyard and has likewise been 
 repaired and painted at a total cost of about $125.00. The well 
 belonging to the rectory having become permanently dry was 
 covered over at this time and the piazza at the rear of the 
 rectory was enlarged and brought into its present improved 
 form, (1883.) The total cost of the above repairs and 
 improvements has been about $9,000. 
 
 A.D. 1884. In the early part of the summer of 1884, the 
 exterior of the rectory was painted a dark green tint, the 
 chimneys were rebuilt, the roofs were newly shingled, except 
 the roof of the north side of the addition, the piazza outside the 
 front door was remodelled and improved, the entrance to it 
 changed from the west end to the south side and the walk and 
 gate changed also to correspond. A new cooking stove was 
 also purchased at this time for the kitchen of the rectory and 
 new gutters placed on the south side of the roofs of the rectory. 
 The total cost of these repairs and improvements was $371.33. 
 
 Nov. 1st. 1884. On All Saints' Day, 1884, a very beautiful 
 brass eagle lectern was presented to the parish by Mrs. E. 
 Douglas Smith and is inscribed "To the Glory of God and In 
 Memory of Charles S. and Mary A. Douglas," the former 
 being the father and the latter the step-mother of the donor. 
 A folio Bible, bound in red morocco, was also presented by Mrs. 
 Smith, with the lectern and is similarly inscribed. The cost 
 of the lectern was $500.00 and of the Bible $50. Mrs. Mary 
 A. Douglas spent her early Hfe in this parish, being the daughter 
 of Mr. Norman Warner, and in this church she was married. 
 The lectern and Bible were dedicated on the morning of All 
 Saints' with an appropriate service. The lectern was made by 
 J. & R. Lamb of 59 Carmine St., New York City. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 399 
 
 Nov. 30th, 1884. On the first Sunday in Advent, (Nov. 
 30th, 1884,) a very beautiful brass altar cross was presented to 
 the parish by the Misses CordeHa W. and Henrietta L. Guion 
 in memory of their aunt, Mrs. Mary A. Douglas, and having 
 been put in place was at the morning service on that day duly 
 dedicated to God's glory. The cross was made by Messrs. Cox 
 Sons, Buckley & Co. of London, England, at the cost of 
 $95.00. 
 
 In the autumn of A.D. 1884, the Sunday School library was 
 removed from the room on the east of the chancel to the south- 
 west corner of the chapel, which was curtained off for the pur- 
 pose, and a new book case was purchased. The cost of book 
 case and curtain was $36.51 which were paid out of the offer- 
 ings of the Sunday School. 
 
 The history entered in the parish register by the Rev. Mr. 
 Rogers ends here and the history for the year 1885 and the 
 early part of 1886 is entered in the handwriting of Mr. J. C. 
 Atwood. 
 
 In the year 1885, in accordance with the action of the vestry 
 at their meetings of Nov. i and Dec. 4, 1884, and March 6, 
 1885,, the whole interior of the church was painted and decor- 
 ated in color after design by Stent, new gas fixtures were put 
 in, new colored glass was inserted in the doors' opening into the 
 "Chapel," a passage way was constructed from the vestry 
 room to the chapel, the chancel was deepened eight feet and 
 re-modelled at a cost of $500, $400 of which was given by Mrs. 
 F. G. Guion, and $100 by Rev. J. H. Rogers, the church and 
 chancel were furnished with new carpets, and the vestry room 
 was enlarged to adapt it for use for Women's Parish Work, 
 the whole cost of which was $ . 
 
 A new chancel window, as a memorial of Norman and Emma 
 Warner, parents of the donors, was given, costing $510, one 
 half of which was paid for with money left for the purpose 
 by the late Mrs. Charles S. Douglas, and one half by Mrs. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 
 A brass chancel rail, as a memorial of Mrs. Charles S. Doug- 
 las, and two Glastonbury oak chairs for the chancel, costing 
 $110, were also presented by Mrs. FrankHn G. Guion. 
 
400 THE CHURCH 
 
 A dossal or curtain, and rod, placed under the chancel 
 window, were presented by the Rev. John H. Rogers. 
 
 The church thus renovated, improved and furnished, was 
 ready for occupancy on Christmas day, 1885, when it was 
 re-opened and used for Divine Services. 
 
 "On the 23d of January 1886, the Rector, Rev'd. John H. 
 Rogers, died after a brief illness. His funeral was attended on 
 the 26th by Bishop Williams and other clergy, and the inter- 
 ment was made in Providence, R. I. The following preamble 
 and resolutions were adopted by the vestry of St. Mark's 
 Church." 
 
 "Whereas it has pleased Almighty God in his wise provi- 
 dence to remove from the care of this Parish our beloved 
 Rector, the Rev'd. John Henry Rogers, therefore. 
 
 Resolved: That while we recognize in this great affliction 
 the hand of an all wise providence, we desire to give expres- 
 sion to our deep sorrow in the loss we have sustained. 
 
 Resolved: That we hereby bear testimony to his devotion 
 and faithfulness in all the duties devolving upon him as Rector 
 of this Parish, and to the very valuable service rendered during 
 his Rectorship resulting in the entire renewal and improve- 
 ment of the church and parish buildings, which will remain as 
 a monument to his fitness for so important a work. 
 
 Resolved: That we tender our most sincere sympathy to Mrs. 
 Rogers, and to the other members of the bereaved family, and 
 beg to assure them that we share with them the sense of a 
 personal loss. 
 
 Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be presented to 
 Mrs. Rogers, and that they be also entered in full upon the 
 records of the Vestry and furnished to 'The Churchman' for 
 publication." 
 
 These resolutions also appear in the records of the vestry 
 meeting of Feb. 24, 1886. At a vestry meeting Jan. 25, 1886, 
 Dr. Hart and Mr. Atwood were appointed as representatives of 
 the parish to accompany the remains of the late Rector to the 
 city of Providence and attend the final committal of the body 
 at that place. 
 
 The New Britain "Observer" of Jan. 29 says : — 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 40I 
 
 "The funeral took place at the church on Tuesday afternoon, 
 Bishop Williams read the service and the Rev. Mr. Townsend 
 made the responses. The Rev. Mr. Goodwin of Hartford read 
 the lesson. The bearers were the Revs. F. T. Russell, Water- 
 bury ; Baldwin, Boston ; Randall, Meriden ; Johnson, Bristol ; 
 Seymour, Hartford ; Hyde, West Hartford. The remains were 
 taken to Providence, Wednesday, for burial, and were accom- 
 panied by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Atwood, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. 
 Hart, and Mrs. F. G. Guion." 
 
 We take the following from the New Britain "Herald" of 
 Jan. 25 :— 
 
 "It is with deep feelings of regret that we make the sad 
 announcement of the death of Rev. Mr. Rogers. It is but a 
 week ago that he officiated at the funeral of Lawrence Pres- 
 singer and those who saw him there could not see any indication 
 of that dread disease to which he succumbed." 
 
 "The end came Saturday evening at ii o'clock. The mind 
 which had been clouded for hours previous, was clear, and the 
 body racked with pain seemed at rest. With the friends that 
 gathered by his side, at his request he joined in the last service 
 of earth, and with voice clear and distinct, raised his hands and 
 pronounced the words of the benediction." 
 
 "At the Church a congregation gathered with sad faces, and 
 joined in a brief service on Sunday morning. At the announce- 
 ment of the Rector's death by J. C. Atwood many were visibly 
 affected. Reference was also made to the sad event by the 
 pastors of all the city churches." 
 
 "On the Sunday previous he preached two sermons at the 
 church, besides attending a session of the Sunday School, and 
 a special meeting in the evening; and in addition to all this 
 officiating at a funeral in the afternoon. The fatiguing exer- 
 cises of the day combined, were considerable, and a cold was 
 taken which culminated in pneumonia." 
 
 "The deceased during his five years pastorate of St. Mark's 
 Church, endeared himself to his parishioners and made numer- 
 ous friends outside his congregation. It may well be said of 
 him that to know him was to love him. Though he did not 
 aspire to oratory, his sermons were ever full of genuine Chris- 
 tian sentiment and not unfrequently he discussed with ability 
 
402 THE CHURCH 
 
 and force questions of theology and ethics. But it was as the 
 silent unobtrusive worker that the deceased clergyman was best 
 known. The conducting of the Sunday School and the visita- 
 tion of the sick and distressed were his delight. His was the 
 welcome visit to the home of distress. Many grief stricken 
 homes were lit up by his cheerful and genial presence and com- 
 forted by his quiet and cheerful conversation." 
 
 Notices of his funeral were sent to the one hundred and forty 
 Rectors of this Diocese. 
 
 A Providence paper dated Jan. 30, 1886, thus speaks of his 
 work in New Britain: 
 
 The success of his labors there are "a worthy culmination 
 of his Christian work. . . . Through his influence the 
 whole church property was conveyed to the committee on 
 bequests and donations of the diocese of Connecticut, in trust 
 for St. Mark's parish, so that it can never be encumbered with 
 debt. The rectory has been put in thorough repair, inside and 
 out, the grounds graded and beautified, and the church edifice 
 renovated, so that the character of both exterior and interior 
 has been entirely changed." 
 
 The "Churchman" of New York, June 30, 1886, has the 
 following : — 
 
 "His all too brief service of nearly six years in St. Mark's, 
 New Britain, was the work of his ripest years and its fruitage 
 was the ripest. He had wrought out the beautifying of the 
 church edifice on a very extensive plan, had lifted the worship 
 to a more spiritual plane, had welded together the hearts of 
 his people. All this he did by the force of his own life. He 
 was manly and gentle, just and kind. His walk among men 
 was the making of his light to shine before, so that they saw 
 his good works and glorified the Father which is in heaven." 
 
 Other improvements in the church edifice during Mr. Rogers' 
 rectorship and recorded by Mr. J. C. Atwood in the parish 
 register, are as follows: — 
 
 "Early in the year 1886, there were presented to and placed 
 in the Church, three stained glass windows as follows : — 
 
 One by Mr. Henry E. Russell Senior, in memory of his 
 parents Emanuel and Betsey Russell. 
 
 One by Mr. Norris Bailey, in memory of his wife, Roxa 
 Buckley Bailey, and — 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 403 
 
 One by Mr. and Mrs. Sherman P. Cooley, to the memory of 
 WilHam and Adaline Bradley, the parents of Mrs. Cooley." 
 
 At a vestry meeting Feb. 8, 1886, Messrs. Hart and Atwood 
 reported that they had visited Watertown, Conn. ; attended the 
 services there on Sunday, conducted by the Rev. James Stod- 
 dard, and that they recommended him as a candidate for the 
 rectorship, whereupon a special parish meeting was ordered. 
 
 The said special meeting of the parish was held Feb. 15, 1886, 
 and they voted to give the vestry power to make choice of a 
 Rector. 
 
 At a vestry meeting Feb. 17, 1886, Mr. Stoddard was invited 
 to visit New Britain, on a week day, to confer with the vestry. 
 
 At the same meeting Mr. H. E. Russell, Jr. was appointed 
 chairman of the committee on improvements of the interior of 
 the church edifice. He suggested placing a mural tablet in the 
 church as a memorial of the late Rector, Mr. Rogers. 
 
 On Feb. 25, 1886, the Rev. James Stoddard met the vestry 
 by invitation and a call was extended to him at an annual salary 
 of $1300. 
 
 The following is Mr. Stoddard's letter of acceptance: — 
 
 "To Mr. F. G. Guion, clerk of St. Mark's Parish, New 
 Britain, Ct. 
 
 Dear Sir: — I hereby accept the invitation extended to me, 
 through you, to become the Rector of St. Mark's Parish, New 
 Britain, Ct. I also designate the first of April next, as the 
 date when I will assume the duties of the position. 
 
 In thus accepting the Rectorship of St. Mark's Parish, I 
 believe I am acting under a true conviction of duty. I am not 
 forgetful of the many responsibilities and difficulties before me, 
 but I pray God for his grace to meet and to bear them faith- 
 fully. 
 
 I trust the relations between the Parish and myself will 
 always be most harmonious, and marked by mutual confidence 
 and by mutual help. If that is so, I am sure our Heavenly 
 Father will bless all our united efforts for the good of His 
 Church, and will crown them with real and abiding fruit. 
 I remain faithfully yours in Christ, 
 
 James Stoddard. 
 
 Christ Church Rectory, Watertown, Conn., March i, 1886." 
 
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 The Rev. Mr. Stoddard entered upon the rectorship of the 
 parish April i, 1886, and presided over the annual parish 
 meeting April 26, 1886. 
 
 The Journal of Convention 1886 reports the Rev. James 
 Stoddard as Rector of St. Mark's, New Britain, and also 
 reports him as one of the committee on "Christian Education." 
 In Mr. Stoddard's report of the parish he says, "The present 
 Rector has been in charge but two months. The report there- 
 fore, practically states the condition of the Parish at the time 
 he assumed charge. During the year, the interior of the 
 Church has been beautifully decorated, and $3,600 has been 
 expended in this and other improvements and in memorials. 
 Credit for all this is due the Rev. John Henry Rogers, who was 
 the Rector until January 24, when he 'fell on sleep.' " 
 
 The Bishop's address to this Convention speaks of the death 
 of Mr. Rogers, in connection with another deceased clergyman 
 and says : "With work, abounding work, well done in the past 
 and fields of even better work opening brightly in the future, 
 they were called to end their labors at what seems to us mid- 
 day. We take refuge under such bereavements in the Lord's 
 own words, 'What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt 
 know hereafter ; ' and to this comfort we add the great thought 
 that 'whether we live or die we are the Lord's.' " 
 
 On May 19, 1886, Doctor Samuel W. Hart offered to pre- 
 sent the parish a black walnut case with glass doors, for use 
 as a receptacle for clerical robes, which offer was accepted with 
 thanks. 
 
 In June, 1886, a very beautiful brass tablet backed with dark 
 green marble, was placed upon the wall of the church to the 
 left of the chancel arch, in loving memory of the Rev. John 
 Henry Rogers. This tablet was the gift of Mr. H. E. Russell Jr. 
 
 On Christmas day, Dec. 25, 1886, a beautiful altar service 
 and brass book rest for the altar were presented to the parish 
 by Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, widow of the late Rector. 
 
 At the service, Easter Even, April 8, 1887, a new marble 
 font was dedicated or blessed. This font was the gift of Mr. 
 John Hanna, and was wrought at his marble works in New 
 Britain, according to designs furnished by E. Stent & Co., 
 New York. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 405 
 
 At the early service, Easter morning, April lo, 1887, a 
 Stained glass window was unveiled. It was the gift of Mr. 
 George R. Post in memory of his wife, who was long a faith- 
 ful communicant of St. Mark's. 
 
 On the first Sunday in May, 1887, a new credence table was 
 used for the first time. It was presented to the parish by Mrs. 
 F. G. Guion. 
 
 These five gifts above mentioned are recorded under "'His- 
 tory'' in the parish register. 
 
 Again the parish met a great loss in the death of one who 
 had served the Church as a faithful worker, a vestryman and 
 both junior and senior warden. The vestry meeting of June 9, 
 1887, passed proper resolutions "on the death of our beloved 
 brother, William Parker." 
 
 The Journal of Convention 1887 again reports the Rector of 
 St. Mark's, the Rev. James Stoddard, on the committee on Chris- 
 tian Education and also reports him as one of the Trustees of 
 the Episcopal Academy. This latter office he held until he was 
 elected vice president and principal of the Academy in 1892. 
 
 The "History" in the parish register for the last of 1887 
 is as follows : — • 
 
 "New cushions were provided for the church and were used 
 the first time on Sunday, Sept. 4, 1887. The cost of the 
 cushions was $325. The money was raised in part by the 
 Benevolent Society, in part through a festival and in part by 
 subscription." 
 
 There are many in New Britain who have a vivid recollec- 
 tion of the terror of the great blizzard of March 12, 1888, while 
 others will never forget the Christian cheerfulness and heroic 
 acts on that day of the Rev. James Stoddard, Rector of St. 
 Mark's. Before noon the snow was so deep and the storm so 
 furious that it was impossible for horses or any beast to travel, 
 and none but human beings were seen moving on the streets. 
 Of these, with but one exception, none ventured out except to 
 reach home, or other comfortable place of shelter. From early 
 in the forenoon until late at night, Mr. Stoddard was out in the 
 storm, away from his comfortable fireside, looking for some one 
 that he could help in reaching a place of shelter. It mattered not 
 to him of whose flock they were, but like a true Shepherd, he 
 
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 was ready to give his services to any man, woman or child that 
 could be benefited thereby. Leaving them in the snow and 
 asking them to rest a few minutes, he would tramp on ahead a 
 short distance and return, not merely walking through the 
 snow, but with oft repeated short steps trampling it down to 
 make somewhat of a path, then lead them on as far as he had 
 tramped, then leave them to rest again, and so on repeatedly 
 until they were safely housed. But there was no rest for him 
 so long as any human being was struggling in the storm, into 
 the fury of which he immediately returned, looking for others 
 whom he might assist by his labor and cheerful presence. 
 There were few men who had the strength to endure the 
 struggles that he endured for others on that day, and we know 
 of none other who had the strength and was willing to give 
 it. We believe that no other person in New Britain walked 
 half as far in the snow that day, as did the Rector of St. Mark's. 
 There are those not of his flock, who were never before so ten- 
 derly moved by the acts of any minister, as they were on that 
 day by the loving kindness of the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 At a recent meeting of a Charity Organization of New 
 Britain, the fact was brought out that the Rev. Mr. Stoddard 
 was the first person to move towards its formation. He dis- 
 covered that he had been imposed upon by a woman who had 
 received aid from him. Upon reporting this to his friend and 
 neighbor, the Rev. Dr. Cooper, he found that the same woman 
 had also imposed upon him. The next day they conferred with 
 the pastors of the Baptist and Center Churches and found that 
 the same imposter had deceived them. They decided that it 
 was high time that the Churches took concerted action. This 
 resulted in the formation of the present Charity Organization. 
 
 The last one of the many Rectors of St. Mark's that were 
 educated at Trinity College was Mr. Stoddard. The Rev. 
 F. T. Russell during his rectorship of St. Mark's recorded 
 the following in the parish register: — 
 
 "The parish is greatly indebted under God to a long continu- 
 ance of nursing care and protection furnished by Trinity Col- 
 lege. With but two exceptions, all who have been connected 
 with the parish as lay readers, ministers or Rectors, have been 
 also identified with Trinity College, as students, officers or 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 407 
 
 graduates." Of the ministers there was but one exception, 
 the Rev. Mr. Guion, and we presume the other exception was 
 the lay reader Mr. George Winchester. The Rev. Mr. Baldwin, 
 who followed Mr. Russell as Rector of St, Mark's, was a 
 Trinity graduate, while his most valuable assistant, the Rev. 
 Prof. Simonson, who worked here among the Germans, was 
 connected with Trinity College, so that in 1870 the ministers of 
 St. Mark's Church, for twenty-seven years out of thirty-four, 
 were those who had been identified with Trinity College. 
 After Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Stoddard is the only Rector that has 
 been identified with Trinity College. 
 
 Quoting again from the parish register: 
 
 "Just before Lent, 1888, the interior of the chapel was painted 
 and the walls tinted and decorated to correspond with the rest 
 of the church. The ladies of the parish at the same time raised 
 by subscription, money for the purchase of a new carpet for the 
 chapel and this carpet was laid at Easter tide. The cost of 
 these improvements was $125.00." 
 
 The Rector's report is embodied in full in the record of the 
 annual parish meeting of April 2, 1888. 
 
 At the Convention in 1888, Morning Prayer was read by the 
 Rev. Mr. Bailey and by the Rev. James Stoddard, Rector of 
 St. Mark's, New Britain. The parish was also honored by 
 having its Rector placed on the committee to fill vacancies in 
 the Diocesan Boards of Trustees. 
 
 The vestry meeting of April 17, 1889, passed resolutions on 
 the death of one of their brother vestrymen, William L. Huma- 
 son. He was senior warden in 1878 and had been one of the 
 vestry repeatedly since his first election to that office in 1853. 
 No greater compliment to his faithfulness, ability and worth 
 could be given than the election of his son, William L. Huma- 
 son, Jr., April 22, 1889, to take his place in the vestry. 
 
 On May 10, 1889, the vestry authorized the treasurer to 
 receive from the executors of Mr. Erwin's estate the income of 
 the $5,000 bequeathed to the parish. Mr. Stoddard's report 
 of the parish in the Journal of Convention, 1889, says : "Under 
 the head of 'Endowment for Parish Support' the sum of 
 $5,000 is reported. This is a bequest from the late C. B. 
 Erwin, (a CongregationaUst,) and has become available during 
 
4o8 THE CHURCH 
 
 the last year. It is in the form of a Trust Fund ; the income 
 to be used for the Sunday School Library." 
 
 Motive power for the organ was voted by the vestry Sept. 
 29, 1890, and probably introduced soon after. 
 
 The Journal of Convention 1890 reports a meeting of the 
 Hartford County Archdeaconry at New Britain, since the sit- 
 ting of the previous Convention. A like report is in the Journal 
 of Convention, 1892. 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Convention 1892 has the 
 following : — 
 
 "Turning now to a subject of local interests, I have a few 
 words to say in regard to our oldest Diocesan Institution, the 
 Episcopal Academy of Connecticut. The Rev. Dr. Horton, 
 after a faithful and generous administration, retires from its 
 principalship . . . and the Rev. James Stoddard has been 
 elected his successor with a unanimity on the partof the electors, 
 and of approval of the choice from all quarters, that argues 
 well for the future of the Institution." 
 
 The resignation of the Rector was presented to the annual 
 parish meeting April 18, 1892, and is as follows: — 
 
 "To the Wardens, Vestrymen and members of St. Mark's 
 Parish, New Britain, Conn. 
 
 Gentlemen : — I herewith tender to you my resignation as 
 Rector of St. Mark's Parish, the same to take effect upon the 
 first of July 1892. 
 
 The reason for this action is that having been elected Princi- 
 pal of the Episcopal Academy, at Cheshire, Conn, it seems, after 
 careful consideration, right and best for me to assume that 
 responsible position. 
 
 Though I do not enter upon its duties until the first of July, 
 I present my resignation at this time that you may have ample 
 opportunity to prepare for the needs of the future before my 
 official connection with the parish shall cease. 
 
 The relation between us which has existed more than six^ 
 years, wih not be dissolved without many regrets on my own 
 part, regrets at parting from true and proved friends, at break- 
 ing up many associations which have made my life fuller and 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 409 
 
 richer, at laying aside a work which has so long claimed my best 
 of thought and effort. I cannot trust myself to express all my 
 feelings, and will only add, that as the change has come unex- 
 pectedly to us all, so I hope and believe our Heavenly Father 
 will bless us in it, and that as the years go on, we shall each and 
 all find cause to thank Him, that through His Providence we 
 have been permitted to sustain the relation of Pastor and People 
 in His Church. 
 
 Ever your sincere friend, 
 
 James Stoddard. 
 
 New Britain, Conn., April i8, 1892." 
 
 The resignation was accepted and the vestry were authorized 
 to select and nominate a Rector for action by a parish 
 meeting. 
 
 At a meeting of the vestry July 13, 1892, the following 
 resolutions were offered and adopted: — 
 
 "With sincere regret we have come to the close of six years 
 association with the Rev. James Stoddard. In terminating the 
 relation of pastor and people, a relation so sacred and supremely 
 important, the Vestry of St. Mark's Parish deems it proper to 
 spread the following minutes upon its records. 
 
 That the acquirements, strong character, and singleness of 
 purpose of the Reverend James Stoddard have commanded 
 universal respect and universal confidence in him as a minister 
 of the Gospel. 
 
 That his efficient and faithful labor and personal influence 
 have lent substantial aid to practical and progressive Chris- 
 tianity in this community. 
 
 That we shall hold in lasting and affectionate remembrance 
 his catholic spirit, and his faithful ministration in the manifold 
 and exacting offices of our church. 
 
 In parting with him, we express our entire confidence that 
 his stay here, full of activity, full of useful work, full of study 
 and thoughtful progress, full of kindly sympathy with men and 
 with truth, full of love for children and intelligent interest in 
 their welfare and education, full of the affection and confidence 
 of his people, full of success and honorable reward, gives prom- 
 
4IO THE CHURCH 
 
 ise and potency of reward and larger success in the new. 
 station so important and influential, to which, under God, he 
 has been called. 
 
 Voted, That a copy of the resolutions be sent to Mr. Stod- 
 dard, to the Bishop, and that his resignation and the resolu- 
 tions be published in the daily 'Herald' and 'Record' of this 
 city." 
 
 The longest vacancy in the rectorship of St. Mark's prior 
 to this time was that of eight and one half months, between the 
 rectorships of the Rev. Messrs. Baldwin and Middleton. But 
 between the rectorship of Mr. Stoddard and that of his suc- 
 cessor, the Rev. Henry N. Wayne, there was a vacancy of one 
 year and three months. 
 
 At a vestry meeting Dec. 7, 1892, it was stated that twenty- 
 nine names had been presented as candidates for the vacant 
 rectorship and that fifteen of them had preached here. The 
 vestry voted to nominate the Rev. Frederick Gardiner Jr. of 
 Pomfret, Conn, for a special parish meeting to act upon. 
 
 The said special meeting was held Dec. 27, 1892, and in 
 addition to the name of the Rev. Mr. Gardiner Jr. the name of 
 the Rev. John D. Skene, of Brooklyn, N. Y. and of the Rev. 
 Robert Graham of Columbus, O. were presented, with letters 
 of recommendation. The Rev. Mr. Skene had eighteen votes 
 out of twenty-eight and was declared elected. The vestry 
 were authorized to fix his salary at $1500 a year with use of 
 rectory, allowing the Rector a vacation of four weeks, during 
 which time the parish would provide an officiating minister. 
 A motion to make the call of Mr. Skene unanimous was lost. 
 The Rev. Mr. Skene declined the call, and was soon called 
 again. 
 
 At a vestry meeting April 19, 1893, Messrs. Norris Bailey, 
 I. D. Russell and C. F. Chase, reported that they had attended 
 service at St. Paul's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., conducted by 
 the Rev. John D. Skene and that they recommended him for 
 Rector. 
 
 At a special parish meeting April 26, 1893, the names of the 
 Rev. Messrs. Skene, Graham, Smyth, and Chase, were nomi- 
 nated to the vacant rectorship. An informal ballot gave Mr. 
 Skene thirteen votes out of twenty-two. This was made formal 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 4II 
 
 and a committee appointed to notify the Rev. Mr. Skene of his 
 election. It is understood that Mr. Skene declined these calls 
 because he was informed that they were not unanimous. 
 
 Mr. I. D. Russell and Mr. C. F. Chase reported to the vestry, 
 June 22, 1893, that they had attended Divine Service at West- 
 port, Conn., conducted by the Rev. H. N. Wayne, and they 
 recommended him as Rector of this parish. A letter recom- 
 mending Mr. Wayne was received from Bishop Williams, and 
 on July 3, 1893, the vestry nominated him to that office for the 
 action of a special parish meeting. The said meeting was held 
 July II, 1893, when a ballot of twenty-five votes showed twenty- 
 one votes in favor of Rev. Mr. Wayne, and four blanks. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Wayne met the vestry here on July 24, 1893 
 and made a few remarks concerning the duties of Rector and 
 people. His salary was fixed at $1300 a year with use of the 
 rectory and a promise that the salary should be increased when 
 the parish have an increased income. After May i, 1895, his 
 salary was fixed at $1500, per annum. 
 
 The following letter was read at a vestry meeting, July 31, 
 1893:- 
 
 "Westport, Conn., July 26, 1893. 
 "Mr. F. Guion, Clerk of the Vestry, St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain, Conn. 
 
 Dear Sir: — Yours of the 25th. inst. conveying to me the 
 result of the vestry meeting held July 24, 1893, is received. In 
 reply I would say that I accept the terms offered and God will- 
 ing will enter upon my duties as Rector of St. Mark's Parish, 
 Oct. I, 1893. May the Almighty Father bless the step the 
 Parish and I have taken, so that through us the Glory of God 
 and the welfare of His Church may shine forth before men. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 H. N. Wayne." 
 
 In but little over a month after Mr. Wayne began his duties 
 as Rector of the parish, viz: on Nov. 11, 1893, he suggested 
 that the vestry take action as to enlarging the chancel so as to 
 give room for the organ and choir stalls, and that a choir of 
 boys be organized and a choir master employed for training 
 them. 
 
412 THE CHURCH 
 
 He also suggested action looking towards the erection of a 
 new church edifice. 
 
 It was estimated that the chancel improvements would cost 
 $1300, and the vestry on March 12, 1894, ordered the said 
 improvements. The ladies of the parish met the vestry on June 
 29, 1894, to talk over certain improvements and on Oct. 15, 
 1894, the vestry voted to leave the matter of setting the organ 
 in the hands of the Rector. The chancel and vestry were 
 enlarged and a sacristy added. A new pulpit, presented by one 
 of the members of the parish, should also be mentioned in con- 
 nection with the chancel improvements. The organ was 
 repaired and removed from the gallery to its new position in 
 the chancel, and general repairs were made in the interior of 
 the church edifice. A new carpet was laid in the center aisle, 
 and a litany book and desk provided. The choir of boys was 
 organized and the ladies furnished the vestments. The parish 
 report in the Journal of Convention 1895 says: — 
 
 "During the past year extensive alterations have been made 
 in the chancel of the Church to permit the introduction of a 
 vested choir, which sang its first service on the 22d Sunday after 
 Trinity, 1894. 
 
 On Rogation Sunday, an offering was made by the Parish of 
 money, old gold and silver and jewels, for the purpose of 
 obtaining a solid silver paten and chalice, to take the place of 
 the set of base metal now in use. The offering will yield about 
 $140, with which it is hoped a handsome set can be purchased." 
 
 The set was soon after purchased. 
 
 At the Convention of 1895, Mr. Howard C. Noble of St. 
 Mark's Parish, New Britain, was one of the committee on the 
 admission of new parishes. 
 
 Four ladies of the parish, — Mrs. J. Clement Atwood, Mrs. 
 Willard E. Stevens, Mrs. George M. Parsons, and Mrs. F. G. 
 Guion, wrote to the vestry Dec. i, 1894, with reference to 
 building an addition to the church and chapel for use as a parish 
 house, and desired permission of the vestry to prepare plans and 
 obtain estimates of the cost. The vestry replied Dec. 3, 1894, 
 that they would be pleased to have the ladies submit the said 
 plans and estimates for the further consideration of the vestry.. 
 The proposed improvements were not made. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 413 
 
 Pledges for parish expenses were circulated in 1895, and it 
 was reported to the annual meeting, April 15, 1895, that the 
 pledges thus far received represent an income considerably in 
 excess of that realized from the sale of slips in 1894, and there- 
 upon the pledge system was adopted. 
 
 The record of the annual meeting, April 6, 1896, says that 
 Mr. Hicks presented tlie Rector with an envelope which had 
 been handed him to deliver. We are told, outside of the 
 record, that it contained $50.00 from anonymous friends. 
 
 A communication from the town and city of New Britain 
 was presented to a special parish meeting Jan. 18, 1897, in 
 regard to selling the Church property to them. The necessary 
 two-thirds to decide the matter were not present but an infor- 
 mal ballot of thirty-five votes gave twenty -two in favor of a 
 sale and thirteen opposed. A committee of six was appointed 
 to prize the church property and the average price set by them 
 was $81,765. 
 
 On Sunday, March 21, 1897, the Rector gave a historical 
 address, with particular reference to Christ Church, Worth- 
 ington, as the beginning of the present parish and recommended 
 a suitable celebration of its centennial anniversary on the fourth 
 of September next. At the annual meeting April 19, 1897, the 
 matter was again spoken of and a new altar was proposed as 
 a fitting memorial. It was voted and the matter of raising the 
 money to meet the expense was left with the vestry. The new 
 altar was not provided. 
 
 At a vestry meeting. Nov. 23, 1898, Messrs. Norris Bailey 
 and Isaac D. Russell were authorized to transfer the Erwin 
 fund of St. Mark's Parish to the Trustees of Donations and 
 Bequests for Church Purposes, which transfer was duly made. 
 
 At the Convention 1898, Mr. Charles F. Chase of St. Mark's 
 Church, New Britain, was reported as one of the committee to 
 prepare the roll of lay delegates, and at that Convention he 
 was elected on such committee for the next Convention. He 
 has served on that committee continuously up to the present 
 time. 
 
 A special parish meeting Oct. 20, 1898, considered the resig- 
 nation of the Rev. H. N. Wayne, and voted not to accept it. 
 At the annual parish meeting, April 13, 1899, the Rector's 
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414 THE CHURCH 
 
 letter of resignation, dated April 3, 1899, to take effect July 1st 
 was accepted. 
 
 At an adjourned annual meeting April 17, 1899, a committee 
 was appointed to ask the Bishop to appoint a Rector of St. 
 Mark's Parish, at a salary of $1000, with use of the rectory. 
 At a special parish meeting June 19, 1899, the committee to 
 confer with the Bishop reported the nomination of the Rev. 
 Harry I. Bodley of Mount Vernon, N. Y. Mr. Bodley was 
 unanimously elected and requested to take charge on Aug. ist. 
 The committee appointed to notify the Bishop of the call 
 extended to Mr. Bodley, were instructed by the vestry to state 
 that the salary of the Rector will be one thousand dollars a 
 year and the use of the rectory, the hope being expressed that at 
 the end of a year, or sooner, an additional two hundred can 
 be given. 
 
 On June 29, 1899, the vestry proposed that Mr. Bodley 
 assume the duties of the rectorship at a yearly salary of $1200, 
 with additional compensation to be paid whenever the income 
 of the parish will justify it. 
 
 All the members of the vestry met Mr. Bodley July 6, 1899, 
 and discussed with him the financial condition of the parish. 
 After Mr. Bodley withdrew, the vestry voted to adhere to their 
 call. 
 
 Mr. Bodley accepted the call and entered upon the rectorship 
 of the parish on Aug. i, 1899. His first ofEcial acts were per- 
 formed on the Feast of the Transfiguration, which fell that 
 year on Sunday, Aug. 6. The Journal of Convention for 1899 
 gives the changes made since the sitting of the Convention, 
 which included the transfer of the Rev. Harry I. Bodley to 
 this Diocese from the Diocese of Kansas, and the removal of 
 the Rev. Henry N. Wayne from New Britain to White Plains, 
 N. Y. 
 
 We learn from the parish register that in September, 1899, 
 the church exterior was painted and electric lights placed in 
 the porch and vestibule by the liberality of H. C. Noble, Esqr. 
 
 The Ladies' Aid Society also renovated the rectory, cleaned 
 the church and renewed the carpets, in part, at a cost of about 
 $600. During the year 1900, the Sunday School installed 
 electric lights in the nave and choir of the church at a cost of 
 $173- 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 41 5 
 
 On March i, 1900, a parish paper called "The Lion" was 
 published. It was issued quarterly until October, 1904, when 
 it died for want of proper financial support and for want of 
 some one, other than the Rector, to take charge of properly- 
 addressing and mailing the papers to subscribers. The issue 
 of Dec. 15, 1902, announced that "The Lion" was hungry and 
 was being starved slowly and surely. At that time it owed the 
 Rector $40.40 for cash expenditures in excess of receipts. Its 
 hunger was partially appeased for a time, but it was starved to 
 death in 1904 and died largely indebted to the Rector. 
 
 The first number of "The Lion" proposed the building of a 
 new church edifice, gave a list of the officers of the Parish, the 
 Sunday School, the Ladies' Aid Society, St. Margaret's Guild 
 ■and the Daughters of the King. Also the names of the 
 members of the Choir. 
 
 In the Journal of Convention 1901 the name of the Rev. 
 Harry I. Bodley, Rector of St. Mark's, appears as one of the 
 committee to cooperate in Connecticut with the General Board 
 of Missions and he is so reported continuously until 1907. The 
 Board held a meeting at New Haven, May 22, wherf one of the 
 addresses was made by the Rev. Mr. Bodley. 
 
 At a vestry meeting Jan. 21, 1901, the Rector, wardens and 
 clerk were appointed a committee to confer with the Trustees 
 of Donations and Bequests for Church Purposes in regard 
 to the parish securing the right to transfer the Church property 
 On Feb. 3, 1902, the vestry voted to inform Mayor Bassett that 
 the parish was ready to consider the sale of the Church pro- 
 perty (for a post office site,) when the Government make a 
 definite proposition. At the annual parish meeting March 31, 
 1902, the Rector and lay delegates to the Convention were 
 requested to petition the Convention for the appointment of a 
 committee to represent the Convention between its sessions in 
 the matter of giving the required consent to the transfer of the 
 Church property. At the Convention of 1902, on motion of 
 the Rev. Harry I. Bodley, the consent of the Convention of the 
 Diocese of Connecticut was given to the conveyance by the 
 Trustees of Donations and Bequests for Church Purposes of 
 the property of St. Mark's Parish, New Britain, or any part 
 thereof. 
 
4 16 THE CHURCH 
 
 At a vestry meeting April 29, 1901, a committee was 
 appointed to consider the matter of a new organ, and on July 
 5, 1901, the new organ was ordered by the vestry. On Feb. 3, 
 1902, the committee on the new organ reported the amount of 
 receipts and expenditures and passed a vote of thanks to the 
 Rector for his efforts in raising money for the organ. "The 
 Lion" of Nov. i, 1901, says that the contract for the new 
 organ was made with The J. W. Steere & Son Organ Co. The 
 organ with the necessary repairs and alterations cost $2,562.37 
 which was mostly paid by subscriptions, the balance being 
 provided for by accumulated interest on the bequest of Mrs. 
 Jane Henn. One hundred dollars was subscribed by the 
 Ladies' Aid Society, in addition to which they gave the pro- 
 ceeds of their Christmas sale 1901, amounting to $231.94. The 
 organ was used the first time on Septuagesima, Jan. 26, 1902. 
 The Bishop's address in the Journal of Convention 1902 says: 
 "On the second of February, 1902, I dedicated the new organ 
 in St. Mark's Church, New Britain." 
 
 On March 8, 1902, the vestry passed appropriate resolutions 
 on the eightieth anniversary of the fcirth of the senior warden, 
 Mr. Norris Bailey, for his long and faithful service. The 
 resolutions are of record and a copy of them, signed by the 
 Rector and vestry, was sent to Mr. Bailey. Mr. Bailey's service 
 as vestryman and warden are hereinafter noted. 
 
 The changes made for the new organ necessitated a removal 
 of the Russell memorial window, and the vestry voted June 21, 
 1902, to appropriate from the interest on the Russell Fund an 
 amount not exceeding $250.00 for enlarging the said window 
 and placing it in one of the openings in the nave of the church. 
 It was accordingly enlarged and placed in its new position. 
 
 At the annual meeting March 31, 1902, it was voted that the 
 fiscal year of the parish end on May ist of each year and that 
 the annual meeting be held on the second Monday in May of 
 each year. 
 
 At a vestry meeting March 21, 1903, the Rector made a 
 report on plans for additions to, and changes in the old rectory. 
 The Rector and the Superintendent of the Sunday School were 
 requested to ascertain if the accumulated interest of the Erwin 
 Fund can be used for that purpose. The proposed changes 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 417 
 
 were approved, and the Rector and Mr. H. C. Noble were 
 appointed a committee to obtain definite plans. On April 20, 
 1903, the plans for the annex to the rectory were approved and 
 ordered, with a request to pay bills for same to the amount of 
 $800. At the annual meeting of May 11, 1903, the Rector 
 made a report on the additions to the rectory and also brought 
 the matter of a new rectory to the attention of the parish. 
 The vestry were empowered and instructed to consider the whole 
 matter of a parish house and a new rectory and report some 
 definite plan. In accordance with this vote the vestry on May 
 18, 1903, ordered a new rectory at a cost not exceeding $8000 
 for house and lot, when $4,000 shall be subscribed. 
 
 The matter was submitted to a special parish meeting June i, 
 1903, and left with the vestry and a building committee to be 
 appointed by the vestry, provided the total cost did not exceed 
 $10,000. Mr. Norris Bailey was appointed agent to sign note 
 and mortgage if necessary. The vestry on June 8, 1903, 
 appointed the Rector, Messrs. Hicks, Noble, Chase, White, 
 Morse and Graham the building committee for the new rectory, 
 Mr. Klett being appointed as a substitute in case of a vacancy. 
 
 The building committee on July i, 1903, voted to acquire the 
 Allis property. No. 18 Lexington Street, on condition that the 
 sum of $3,000 be raised. On Sept. 21, 1903, Mr. Bailey 
 reported to the vestry that the Allis property has been pur- 
 chased for a rectory at a cost of $8,500 and mortgaged for 
 $6,000. On Oct. 4, 1903, the Bishop blessed the new Rectory 
 of St. Mark's, New Britain. 
 
 The old rectory with the annexed library is now known as 
 the parish house. 
 
 The Rev. Harry I. Bodley, Rector of St. Mark's, was elected 
 Archdeacon of Hartford in July, 1903, and the Bishop 
 appointed him to that office for four years from July 4. The 
 Archdeaconry met at New Britain, Nov. 18, 1903. 
 
 The Journal of Convention for 1903 reports the Rev. Harry 
 I. Bodley as on the committee to cooperate in Connecticut with 
 the American Church Building Fund. At the same Conven- 
 tion, on the motion of the Rev. Harry I. Bodley, the directors of 
 the Missionary Society were empowered to employ a special 
 agent during the year at a cost of not over $1,000 and traveling 
 
41^ THE CHURCH 
 
 charges. The Rev. Mr. Bodley also introduced a resolution for 
 changing the canon relating to parish members, so that those 
 who regularly absent themselves from parish meetings may. be 
 dropped from the rolls. The matter was carried over to the 
 next Convention, when it was changed somewhat and again 
 carried over. At the Convention of 1905, the change in the 
 canon was adopted, whereby upon certain conditions, the 
 annual parish meeting may vote to drop from the roll any 
 member who "has attended no meeting of the parish for the 
 past five years." 
 
 The vestry meeting of Oct. 21, 1903, gave a vote of thanks 
 to the retiring sexton, Mr. George Vines, who had served in 
 that capacity for eleven years. Mr. J. G. F. Hughes was then 
 chosen to that office, which he now (1906) holds. The first 
 sexton whose name appears of record was William Bradley, 
 1849. The next Mr. Hamilton, 1850 to 1852. His salary was 
 raised at the annual meeting of April 22, 1852, from $35 to 
 $40 per year. Mr. Noble Hill was sexton 1853 to 1857. His 
 salary in the latter year was $50. Mr. William G. Payne 
 succeeded Mr. Hill at the same salary in 1858 and was sexton 
 in 1868 at a salary of $200 per year. He resigned in 1869, 
 after which Mr. Dwight A. Parsons and Mr. Chester C. Birge 
 each served one year and then Mr. Payne resumed the office 
 and held it until about 1889. Mr. Payne was succeeded for 
 about three years by Mr. William J. Stewart, who was followed 
 by Mr. Vines. The salary of the present sexton is $300 per 
 year with house rent. 
 
 At the annual meeting of May 11, 1903, a committee was 
 appointed to arrange for the formation of a Men's Club. On 
 Nov. 4, 1903, about forty men were given a supper at the 
 parish house by the Woman's Guild and the Men's Club of St. 
 Mark's Parish was organized, with Mr. Charles J. White as 
 President and Mr. Charles F. Chase, Secretary. 
 
 In the Journal of Convention 1904, there is a report of the 
 committee on extending the work of the Church among the 
 colored people of Connecticut. A preliminary canvass showed 
 that out of a population of approximately 32,000 New Britain, 
 in 1904, had 125 colored persons, of which 60 were adults and 
 65 minors. They belonged to about 17 families. The total 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 419 
 
 number of colored persons in New Britain who attended any- 
 church was 80. 
 
 The following list of Societies are reported in the "Lion" for 
 December, 1903 : — 
 
 The Men's Club; St. Mark's Social Club; The Boys Club; 
 Daughters of the King; St. Cecelia's Guild and the Woman's 
 Guild. There had formerly been two societies among the women 
 for doing similar work. In October, 1902, they were each dis- 
 banded and a new Woman's Guild of St. Mark's Church formed 
 with six principal committees, covering all departments of 
 woman's work in the parish. The Woman's Guild is a power in 
 the parish for missionary and other branches of parochial 
 work. It pays the interest on the rectory mortgage and has 
 also largely reduced the principal. It pays the coal and gas 
 bills for the parish house and other running expenses. With 
 its social meetings, and hospitable greetings, it makes the parish 
 house a home for all. 
 
 At a vestry meeting May 9, 1904, resolutions were adopted 
 in memory of Henry Tolles, Esqr., then recently deceased. He 
 had served as vestryman and warden, but especial reference 
 was made to his long and faithful service as choir master and 
 chorister of St. Mark's. In fact he is the only person of record 
 that has been elected to the office of Chorister at a parish 
 meeting. His name so appears from 185 1 to 1863, and he was 
 among the singers in the present church in 1848 or early in 
 1849. Some of the other early singers in this church were Mr. 
 and Mrs. John B. Parsons; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parsons; 
 Mr. Eli H. Porter; Diana Bucknall, (Mrs. Edwin M. Tal- 
 madge;) EHzabeth Hart, (Mrs. William Burritt;) Julia Hart, 
 (Mrs. Butler;) Julia W. Post, (Mrs. Frederick Fitch;) 
 Jeanette Lee, (Mrs. William G. Coe;) Mrs. Ransom and Mrs. 
 Capron, wife of the Rector. Miss Lee began to sing in the old 
 church on East Main Street about 1845, when she was only 
 ten years old and continued to sing in church until she married 
 Mr. Coe in 1856. Other singers in the old church were Mary 
 Rice, (Mrs. Bucknall,) adopted daughter of the Rev. Mr. 
 Guion; Jane Todd (Mrs. Bingham;) Elizabeth Hart and 
 Diana Bucknall above named; Messrs. Lorenzo P. Lee, E. N. 
 Stanley, Loren F. Judd, John B. Parsons and Charles Parsons. 
 
420 THE CHURCH 
 
 In these early days the chorister was not the organist as 
 at present. The first organist was a young man from Hartford 
 referred to in the Russell letters before noticed, and whose name 
 is not known. The next, we believe, was Stephen Gittins Buck- 
 nail, a son of Warden Stephen George Bucknall. He was 
 organist about 1839 ^nd was the last organist at the East Main 
 Street church. He was generally known as Gittins Buck- 
 nall. The first organist in the West Main Street church was 
 Mr. Lewis Downs. Mr. Theodore L Driggs of Waterbury 
 was organist for a time and so was Mr. Henry G. Seymour, 
 a son of Warden Hezekiah Seymour. J. Willard Parsons 
 began to play the church organ, at times, about 185 1, when he 
 was only seven years old, and so small that hi? feet could not 
 touch the pedals as he sat on the stool. He said that Mr. Sey- 
 mour was the earliest organist that he could remember. Young 
 Parsons began to play the organ regularly about 1854, when 
 he was only eleven years old. Since then he has stated that 
 Mr. Tolles was very kind and helpful to him. With the excep- 
 tion of a few months when young Parsons was in the war as a 
 drummer boy, he was the organist until about 1864, when he 
 went to Kentucky for about three years, and Mr. Theron Camp 
 filled the position. Mr. Parsons returned and was organist 
 again from sometime in 1867, to September, 1871, when he 
 resigned. Mr. Parsons has stated that St. Mark's Church at 
 one time was the only Church in town that employed a paid choir. 
 Mr. Frederick C. Potter of New London was organist in 1873 ; 
 Mr. Franklin W. Guion 1876-1878 ; Miss Shubert in 1879, and 
 the present organist, Mr. Henry J. Brown, began his service 
 here in the fall of 1881. For a time, about 1886, the position 
 was filled by Mr. John J. Bishop, and then resumed by Mr. 
 Brown until about 1891, when Mr. Wolcott Abbee was organist. 
 Mr. Brown was organist again in 1894 and for a short time near 
 the close of the rectorship of the Rev. H. N. Wayne, Mr. J. W. 
 Raymond was organist. Mr. Brown has served continuously 
 since early in 1899, and the ever efficient service of the boy 
 choir is due to his skillful training. Others of whom we have 
 no record may have served as organists, but as the organists 
 have generally been hired by the music committee their names 
 do not appear in the parish records. Most of these items about 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 42 1 
 
 the music are from the recollections of Mrs. William G. Coe 
 of Winsted and Mr. D. A. Parsons of this city. 
 
 At the vestry meeting of March 13, 1906, the regular monthly 
 meetings were discontinued, and it was arranged that the 
 vestry meet thereafter at the call of the Rector, or upon the 
 written request of three members. 
 
 At the adjournment of the annual meeting May 14, 1906, 
 tlie roll of legal members of the parish of St. Mark's Episcopal 
 Church, New Britain, Conn, numbered fifty-one. 
 
 At a vestry meeting Oct. 12, 1906, a committee was appointed 
 to confer with the committee of the city in regard to the sale of 
 the church property. 
 
 A special meeting of the parish was held on Dec. 26, 1906. 
 when it was resolved that the parish sell the land at the corner 
 of West Main and Washington Streets with the buildings 
 thereon, "to the city of New Britain or any other customer, 
 at a price not less than $100,000.00." 
 
 At the same meeting, forty-three members of the parish 
 signed a request that the "Trustees of Donations and Bequests 
 for Church Purposes of the Diocese of Connecticut," reconvey 
 to the said parish the above named land and buildings which 
 the said Trustees now hold; the said request to be in effect 
 for one year and then only in case that the said property shall 
 be sold, for at least one hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 A committee of nine was elected by ballot with power, for 
 the purpose of carrying out the above resolution and request, 
 and in case of a sale, to purchase a new site for a church and 
 a parish house. 
 
 At the date of this meeting, the legal members of St. Mark's 
 Parish numbered forty-nine, and forty-three of that forty-nine 
 were present and unanimously concurred in all three of the 
 foregoing propositions. It is believed to have been the best 
 attended meeting of the corporation ever held in the parish, 
 and was certainly the most harmonious. It is remarkable that 
 such a large proportion of legal members of this or any other 
 parish should vote unanimously on three different propositions. 
 
 Since the organization of St. Mark's Church, 1836, it has 
 had sixteen different ministers. Two of these, the Rev. Messrs. 
 Fisher and Mansfield, were hired for a short period, with no 
 
42 2 THE CHURCH 
 
 intention of long continued service. The longest service of any 
 minister was that of the Rev. F. T. Russell, who was here eight 
 years, nine months and twenty days. During the first ten 
 months of his ministry he was in his diaconate. The next 
 longest service is that of the present Rector, the Rev. Harry I. 
 Bodley, who has been Rector since Aug. i, 1899. On Jan. i, 
 1907, he had served seven years and five months. The Rev. 
 John M. Guion served in all seven years and one month, the 
 first few months of that service being before he was elected 
 Rector. The Rev. Messrs. Capron, Stoddard, Baldwin, Wayne 
 and Rogers, have the next longest service, each one having 
 served in the order named, a little more or less than six years. 
 
 On December 31, 1906, only four of the former Rectors of the 
 Church were living. The oldest living Rector was the Rev. 
 F. T. Russell of Grand Rapids, Mich, and the next oldest was 
 his immediate successor, the Rev. L. B. Baldwin of New Haven, 
 Conn. Both of these Rectors have frequently visited their old 
 parish and have both been here recently. The Rev. Mr. Rus- 
 sell last officiated here on Ascension Day, May 24, 1906, more 
 than fifty-one years after his first service. At the fiftieth anni- 
 versary of the beginning of his rectorship he was remembered 
 by the officers of the Church, who greeted him with a kindly 
 message. A part of his reply to that message is as follows : — 
 
 Soldiers' Home P. O., 
 
 Grand Rapids, Mich., 
 Second Sunday after Easter, '05. 
 To the Rector, Wardens & Vestry, 
 
 Beloved Brethren: — Your thoughtful message reached me, 
 breathing an affectionate interest, and tenderly awakening a 
 gratitude which words cannot adequately express. 
 
 It speaks of days that are gone as well as those that remain 
 to me. Half a century of time writes a history of itself and 
 leaves impressions which can never be effaced while the faculty 
 of memory can be in exercise. I treasure the thoughts of those 
 earlier days, the beginning of my work in the sacred ministry. 
 They were very happy days, and your kindness and considera- 
 tion, your loyalty and affection, made them so. My labors were 
 called successful, but I have always realized that it was because 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 423 
 
 you made them fruitful under God's blessing. In fact, it was 
 on account of your cordial appreciation of what I aimed to do 
 that I felt I was in danger of being overvalued and that I felt 
 1 ought to leave you. 
 
 But I left New Britain and my beloved parishioners of St. 
 Mark's Parish very reluctantly, and it was a long time after 
 before I could be contented to hear the bleating of the sheep 
 of my flock without an impelling desire to return and serve 
 them to the end of the activities of my life. And now, nearly 
 half a century of flitting time has gone, and the end of all 
 for me, at least, must be close at hand. I can recall the days 
 spent with you with the deepest gratitude, and I can think hope- 
 fully of the dear ones who have preceded me to the lasting 
 rest. I have many to welcome me to the better world. 
 
 "I have wished you good luck ye that are of the House of 
 the Lord." 
 
 With deepest affection, 
 
 Yours most faithfully, 
 
 Francis T. Russell. 
 
 The lay readers hereinbefore referred to have generally 
 officiated only in the absence of a minister, instead of assisting 
 the minister as at present. Mr. William Pitt Tyron served as 
 lay reader for about two years and was succeeded by the present 
 lay reader. Dr. F. A. B. Forrest. 
 
 For twenty-three consecutive years, 1845-1868, Mr. Heze- 
 kiah Seymour and Mr. Stephen G. Bucknall served together 
 as wardens of St. Mark's Church, although in the year 1848, 
 Mr. Bucknall served in the place of another person who had 
 been elected to that office. Mr. Seymour and Mr. Bucknall 
 each served as warden for twenty-seven years in all. Mr. 
 Seymour was junior warden for seven years and senior warden 
 for twenty years, while Mr. Bucknall was junior warden for 
 twenty years and senior warden for seven years. The warden 
 whose length of service most nearly approaches that of Messrs. 
 Seymour and Bucknall is Mr. Norris Bailey. He was junior 
 warden in 1876, also in 1884. He was elected senior warden in 
 1885, and with the exception of the year 1889 has continuously 
 been senior warden to date, 1907. He has thus served as 
 
424 THE CHURCH 
 
 1 
 
 warden for twenty-three years and has been senior warden for 
 twenty-one years. As senior warden, his years of service 
 exceed that of Messrs. Seymour and Bucknall and therefore he 
 has held that office for more years than any other one person. 
 Of all the officers of every kind, he has been an officer of the 
 parish for more years than any other person. He had pre- 
 viously served as vestryman for twenty-four years, making his 
 service in the vestry, as vestryman or warden, amount to forty- 
 seven years. He was first elected a vestryman in 1853, fifty- 
 three years ago and he has served as vestryman or warden for 
 thirty-two consecutive years, ever since the spring of 1874. 
 Other wardens who have served six years or over are Dr. 
 S. W. Hart, seven years, and Messrs. Henry Tolles and Isaac 
 D. Russell, who have served six years each. In all, so far as 
 we know, only twenty-six different persons have filled the office 
 of warden. 
 
 Eighty different persons have filled the office of vestryman. 
 The number of vestry has been changed from year to year but 
 has never been less than three, nor more than ten : 
 
 The longest service as vestryman is that of Mr. Ira E. Hicks 
 who has served twenty-eight years and is closely followed by 
 Mr. H. C. Noble with a service of twenty-seven years, and Mr. 
 Norris Bailey who has served twenty-four years. Others 
 whose service has been ten years or more, and the length of 
 their service is as follows: — 
 
 George M. Parsons 
 
 17- 
 
 Charles F. Chase 
 
 14. 
 
 Nathaniel Dickinson 
 
 16. 
 
 Dr. S. W. Hart 
 
 13- 
 
 Noble Hill 
 
 16. 
 
 Wm. L. Humason Jr. 
 
 12. 
 
 Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 
 IS- 
 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 II. 
 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 
 IS- 
 
 F. G. Guion 
 
 10. 
 
 Henry E. Russell 
 
 14. 
 
 William Parker 
 
 10. 
 
 The office of treasurer has been filled by twenty different 
 persons, the present treasurer, Mr. Henry E. Beach, having 
 served for sixteen years and next to him in length of service 
 is Mr. H. E. Russell, Senior, who served ten years. 
 
 Fourteen different persons have served as parish clerk. The 
 present clerk, Mr. Charles F. Chase, has the best record, having 
 served continuously for thirteen years. The next best records 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 425 
 
 are those of Mr. Henry E. Russell, Senior, who served eleven 
 years ; Mr. William B. Smyth ten years and Mr. Franklin G. 
 Guion nine years. 
 
 Out of the seventy-one years since the organization of St. 
 Mark's there have been twelve years in which the parish had no 
 lay representation in the Conventions of the Diocese. At five 
 different Conventions one of the lay representatives was a per- 
 son that had not been elected by the parish either as a delegate 
 or a substitute. Twenty-seven different persons have been 
 given seats in the Conventions as lay representatives of the 
 parish. Mr. Virgil Cornish has been seated in nineteen Con- 
 ventions ; Dr. S. W. Hart in eleven ; Mr: Stephen G. Bucknall 
 in eight ; Mr. Charles F. Chase in seven, and Mr. Leonard Doig 
 in six. 
 
 No one person has ever given more support to the parish in 
 money and earnest work than Mr. H. E. Russell, Senior. The 
 full amount of his gifts will never be known, but he has 
 repeatedly presented the parish with gifts to the amount of 
 from six to over ten thousand dollars each. He has also served 
 as vestryman, clerk, treasurer, delegate to the Convention and 
 warden. 
 
 The annual reports of the parish as published in the Journal 
 of Convention should be considered in their entirety in order 
 to do them full justice. 
 
 From these reports we learn that in 1841 there were four 
 officers including teachers, and 30 scholars in the Sunday 
 School. In 1856, nine officers and 62 scholars. In 1866, 
 twelve officers and 100 scholars. In 1876, sixteen officers and 
 120 scholars. In 1886 they had dropped down to twelve 
 officers and 115 scholars. In 1896, there were twenty-five 
 officers and 240 scholars and in 1906 there were thirty-five 
 officers and 250 scholars. 
 
 The growth of the Church is indicated by the number of 
 communicants, which in 1837 was only 12. Ten years later, 
 1847, there were 30. In 1857, the number rose to 95, and in 
 1867 to 162. In the next ten years the increase was only eight, 
 the number in 1877 being only 170. In 1887 there were 271 ; 
 in 1897 the number was 455, and in 1907, more than five 
 hundred. 
 
42 6 THE CHURCH 
 
 The largest confirmation class in the history of the Church 
 was the class of Jan. 25, 1903, when thirty-eight persons were 
 confirmed. During a rectorship of less than three and one half 
 years, the Rev. Mr. Middleton presented 90 persons to the 
 Bishop for confirmation. Only four Rectors have ever pre- 
 sented a larger number. There were 98, 99, 148 and 160 per- 
 sons confirmed during the respective rectorships of the Rev. 
 Messrs. Russell, Stoddard, Wayne and Bodley. 
 
 From this it appears, that the present Rector has presented 
 more persons to the Bishop for confirmation than has any other 
 minister in the history of the Church. The number that he 
 has thus presented is ten more than the entire number presented 
 by the first eight ministers, during the first twenty-five years 
 after the organization of St. Mark's Church. 
 
 The financial reports of the parish in the Journal of Conven- 
 tion for 1906 give the entire parish expenses as $5,051.02. 
 About 1840, the entire amount of such expenses was about 
 $400.00 of which the missionary society paid $150.00, leaving 
 only about $250.00 that was raised by the parish. In 1906, 
 the offerings of the parish for Diocesan and other general pur- 
 poses amounted to $470.42. The offering for missionary and 
 charitable contributions in 1841 amounted to only $19.75. 
 How insignificant the parish expenses and offerings of 1841 
 appear ! But they were not so in fact, for there are now 
 about thirty times as many communicants as there were in 
 1841, and if the parish was now as liberal in proportion to its 
 numbers, the ordinary annual expenses of the parish would be 
 about $9,000, and the yearly offerings would be nearly a third 
 larger than at present. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 427 
 
 MINISTERS OF ST. MARK'S CHURCH 
 
 BRIEF MENTION 
 
 1. Rev. Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton, D.D., Rector from June 
 19, 1836 to April 16, 1837. 
 
 Service, 9 months and 11 days. 
 
 2. Rev. Thomas Jefferson Davis, Rector from April 23, 
 1837, to June I, 1838. 
 
 Service, i year, i month and 8 days. 
 
 3. Rev. Zebediah Hyde Mansfield, Deacon, Minister in 
 charge from June 12, 1838, to Nov. 25, 1838. 
 
 Service, 5 months and 2 weeks. 
 
 4. Rev. John Marshall Guion, S.T.D., Officiating Minister 
 from Dec. 2, 1838. Is called Rector in the Parochial reports 
 for 1839 ^nd afterwards so called in the Parish Records. 
 Resignation accepted Dec. 29, 1845. 
 
 Service, 7 years and i month. 
 
 5. Rev. Charles Richmond Fisher, M.A., Deacon. Minister 
 in charge from Dec. 29, 1845, to Easter (April 12,) 1846. 
 
 Service, 3 months and 13 days. 
 
 6. Rev. Abner Jackson, D.D., LL.D., Rector from April 19, 
 1846, to Nov. 19, 1848. 
 
 Service, 2 years and 7 months. 
 
 7. Rev. Alexander Capron, Deacon. Rector-elect from Nov. 
 26, 1848, until ordained Priest, Feb. 26, 1850, then Rector to 
 Easter (April 8,) 1855. 
 
 Service, 6 years, 4 months and 12 days. 
 
 Vacancy, 3 weeks. 
 
 8. Rev. Francis Thayer Russell, M.A., S.T.D., Deacon. 
 Rector-elect from May 6, 1855, until ordained Priest, March 
 12, 1856, then Rector to March 26, 1864. 
 
 Service, 8 years, 9 months and 20 days. 
 
 Vacancy, 7 months. 
 
 9. Rev. Leonidas Bradley Baldwin, Rector from Oct. i, 1864, 
 to Aug. I, 1870. 
 
 Service, 5 years and 9 months. 
 
428 THE CHURCH 
 
 Vacancy, 8 and one half months. 
 
 10. Rev. John Cavarly Middleton, S.T.D., Rector from April 
 1 6, 1 87 1, to Sept. 9, 1874. 
 
 Service, 3 years, 4 months and 23 days. 
 
 Vacancy, 6 months. 
 
 11. Rev. John Hetherington Drumm, M.D., D.D., Rector 
 from March 17, 1875, to March 31, 1877. 
 
 Service, 2 years and 2 weeks. 
 
 12. Rev. William Edward Snowden, Rector from April 10, 
 1877, to May I, 1880. 
 
 Service, 3 years and 21 days. 
 
 Vacancy, 4 months and 11 days. 
 
 13. Rev. John Henry Rogers, Rector from Sept. 12, 1880, 
 to his decease, Jan. 23, 1886. 
 
 Service, 5 years, 4 months and 1 1 days. 
 
 Vacancy, 2 months and 8 days. 
 
 14. Rev. James Stoddard, Rector from April i, 1886, to 
 July I, 1892. 
 
 Service, 6 years and 3 months. 
 
 Vacancy, i year and 3 months. 
 
 15. Rev. Henry Nicoll Wayne, Rector from Oct. i, 1893 
 to July I, 1899. 
 
 Service, 5 years and 9 months. 
 
 Vacancy, i month. 
 
 16. Rev. Harry Innes Bodley, Rector from Aug. i, 1899. 
 Total vacancy between 1854 and 1900, 3 years and 9 months. 
 
REV. NATHANIEL SHELDON WHEATON, D.D. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 REV. NATHANIEL S. WHEATON, D.D. 
 
 Nathaniel Sheldon, a son of Sylvester and Mercy (Sperry,) 
 Wheaton, was bom at Washington, Conn., Aug. 20, 1792, died 
 in peace and hope on March 18, 1862, at the old homestead 
 where he was born. He was married. Joseph Wheaton, his 
 grandfather, (who was of Welsh descent,) came with his wife 
 Lydia Kent, in 1744, from Seekonk, R. I. and settled in that 
 part of New Milford which is now Washington. 
 
 Nathaniel S. Wheaton received his preliminary education at 
 the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Conn., and was graduated 
 at Yale College in 1814. He engaged in teaching in Maryland 
 and while there studied theology. He was ordained deacon by 
 the Right Reverend James Kemp, Bishop of Maryland, June 
 6, 1817, in All Saints' Church, Fredericktown, Md., at which 
 time he was settled over the parish of Queen Caroline, Anne 
 Arundel County. On May 7, 1818, the new church of St. 
 Bartholomew, Montgomery County, was consecrated, after 
 which Mr. Wheaton had charge of both of these parishes. 
 According to the Maryland Journal of Convention for 1819, 
 Mr. Wheaton was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Kemp 
 immediately after the Convention adjourned on May 24, 1818. 
 The Connecticut Journal of Convention 1865 erroneously gives 
 the date as "May 18, 1848." He returned to his native State 
 in 1819 and on January 5, 1820 was elected Assistant Rector 
 of Christ Church, Hartford, and was elected Rector April 23, 
 1 82 1, serving until 1831. He was present at the Diocesan Con- 
 vention in 1820 and every year thereafter except 1824, until 
 1827. In 1821 he was one of the directors of the Christian 
 Knowledge Society and is so reported each year until 1831. 
 He was also appointed in 182 1 to cooperate with the committee 
 on printing the Constitution as adopted by the Convention, and 
 in 1823 on the committee to print the Journal. He was also 
 elected in 1823 as one of the Standing Committee and held that 
 office until 1835 or 6, and was its secretary after 1826. 
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43° THE CHURCH 
 
 In 1823, the trustees of Washington College requested Mr. 
 Wheaton to go as their agent to Great Britain to solicit books 
 and philosophical instruments, and on Aug. 26, 1823, the parish 
 of Christ Church gave him permission to do so. He sailed in 
 September, 1823, and returned in 1824. His Notes on Travel 
 were printed in the "Episcopal Watchman" 1827-9, and pub- 
 lished in book form in 1830. When abroad he had the oppor- 
 tunity of making a study of churches with a view of building 
 a new edifice for Christ Church. He was the architect for the 
 present church edifice, which was completed in 1829. Dr. Rus- 
 sell's history of Christ Church, page 76, says : "Mr. Wheaton 
 gave attention to every detail and we are indebted to him, not 
 only to his fine taste but to the skill of his hands, for he 
 fashioned some of the models for the stucco ornaments, and 
 some of the stone faces on the east end of the church were cut 
 by him." In 1828 he subscribed $1900.00 towards the build- 
 ing of this church. On Dec. 16, 1829, he presented the parish 
 with a transparent painting of the Ascension, after Raphael, 
 by W. Bacon of London, to be placed in the Chancel window. 
 There it remained for many years the admiration of the parish- 
 ioners, and the astonishment of many. Unfortunately it was 
 damaged some years ago by a falling ladder. In 1854, it was 
 replaced by a window of stained glass. In appreciation of 
 what Mr. Wheaton had done in connection with the new church 
 edifice, a parish meeting on March 8, 1830, passed the following 
 resolution : — 
 
 "Resolved, That we do congratulate each other upon the 
 important and valuable acquisition of our New Church, and 
 acknowledge the liberality as well as the otherwise more import- 
 ant agency of the Rev. Nathaniel S. Wheaton in procuring it, 
 and the Parish do unite in prayer to Almighty God, that he may 
 long tread the courts thereof, and successfully labor at the 
 altar therein, until having made up many jewels and prepared 
 many ornaments, he be called with them to possess the build- 
 ing of God not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." 
 
 In 1821, the Rev. Mr. Wheaton was one of the editors of the 
 "Churchman's Magazine." In 1826 he was elected by the 
 Diocesan Convention as deputy to the General Convention. 
 Also one of the committee for the American Society for Promo- 
 tion of Christian Knowledge. In 1872 he was elected as one 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 43 1 
 
 of the committee on the admission of the parish of St. Thomas, 
 Canterbury ; in 1828, as one of the committee on the Episcopal 
 Academy and in 1835 was on the Board of Trustees for that 
 academy. He preached the "Election Sermon" to the State 
 of Connecticut in 1828, being the third and last Episcopal 
 minister that ever had that honor. 
 
 He was present at the Diocesan Conventions from 1827 to 
 1836 inclusive. In 1829 he resigned the office of secretary 
 of the Church Scholarship Society and was again elected by the 
 Diocesan Convention as deputy to the General Convention. He 
 was so elected for the third time in 1834. 
 
 He was elected to the presidency of Washington College, 
 (now Trinity,) Oct. 4, 1831, and in November of that year 
 as first vice president of the Hartford Episcopal Missionary 
 Society. At the Diocesan Convention in 1833 he delivered the 
 sermon, and in the same year the degree of Doctor of Divinity 
 was conferred on him by Washington College. 
 
 In 1834, he was elected by the Diocesan Convention as one 
 of the Trustees of the General Theological Seminary. In 1836, 
 while president of the college, he organized St. Mark's Parish 
 at New Britain and was its Rector for nearly a year as previ- 
 ously noted. The Bishop's address to the Convention 1837 
 says that he had accepted a call to the rectorship of Christ 
 Church, New Orleans, where he remained until 1844. He 
 was a giant physically, mentally, and morally, and it was 
 here that his remarkable powers were a great blessing to 
 the people. During the ravages of the yellow fever he was 
 the only one of the three Protestant clergymen that was free 
 to perform ministerial duties. One minister was dead and the 
 other was disabled. Dr. Wheaton was unremitting in caring 
 for and comforting the sick and burying the dead. He rushed 
 on horseback from one cemetery to another in order to meet 
 the mortal remains of such as might require his office. At one 
 time he led a funeral procession in which were the bodies of 
 five young men. His life was spared, but even with his vigor, 
 the strain and care of this siege impaired his health, which he 
 never fully recovered. 
 
 In 1844 and 1845, he was travelling in Europe and in 1848 
 he returned to this State. The Bishop's address to the Con- 
 vention of 1850 mentions his re-admission into the Diocese 
 
432 THE CHURCH 
 
 from Lxiuisiana. In the Parochial Reports for 1849, it appears 
 that he had temporary charge of the Church at Meriden, from 
 June 25, 1848, to April 21, 1849. In the Journal of Convention 
 for 1850 he is reported as secretary of the Church Scholarship 
 Society, and the Bishop's address says that he was officiating at 
 Hartford. 
 
 From 1845 to 1862, he officiated gratuitously as occasion 
 required in St. Andrew's Church, Marbledale, (in Washington,) 
 and also in the church at Washington when the Rector was 
 absent. His ill health was a burden to him after 1858 but his 
 interest in Trinity College was never abated. He spent con- 
 siderable time that year in soliciting money for the college, 
 notwithstanding the magnificent endowments that he had before 
 secured. He bequeathed the sum of ten thousand dollars to 
 the college, to be applied to the erection of a chapel, and also a 
 subsidiary legacy for the general fund amounting to as much 
 more. 
 
 Bishop Brownell is reported to have said that "he never 
 listened to so many sermons of any preacher so uniformly 
 interesting and excellent in several respects." 
 
 The Bishop's address in the Journal of Convention, 1862, 
 contains the following: — 
 
 "To Dr. Wheaton, this Diocese owes a debt of gratitude 
 which cannot be forgotten. The vigorous labors of his early 
 ministerial life in one of our principal parishes ; the gratuitous 
 missionary labors of his later years ; his aid, not in advice 
 merely but in means also, in the work of church building; his 
 constant and magnanimous interest in the welfare of the col- 
 lege, which did not waste itself in formal phrase or customary 
 profession, but was all along living and real, attested — if it 
 needed attestation — at the last, by his noble bequest to its 
 endowments ; these, brethren, are substantial claims on our 
 grateful remembrance. His later days were days of suffering 
 from disease, but all was bright and clear at last. For myself, 
 I desire always to remember him as I first knew him, when 
 he occupied the presidency of the college, as the clear and able 
 expounder of the word of God, the patient and accurate instruc- 
 tor, the well balanced Christian man, carrying under a reserved 
 and sometimes cold exterior, an unselfish, warm and generous 
 heart." 
 
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 REV. THOMAS JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 433 
 
 REV. THOMAS J. DAVIS. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson, a son of Thomas and Joannah (Whitter,) 
 Davis, was born near Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 3, 1802; died at 
 Philadelphia, Pa., July 2, 1886; married (i) Oct. 25, 1832, 
 Harriet, daughter of WiUiam and Sally (Wardwell,) Wads- 
 worth, of Hartford, born 1813, died at Philadelphia, Jan. 15, 
 1845. He married (2) March 7, 1846, at St. Stephen's Church, 
 Philadelphia, Magdalen, daughter of Joseph Swift, Esqr. She 
 died and he married (3) April 3, 1866, at Philadelphia, Eliza 
 H. Campbell, of Philadelphia, born in New York, Jan. 2, 181 5, 
 died at Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1893. 
 
 Thomas Davis, the father of Thomas Jefferson, was a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary War. He removed from Maryland, and 
 settled in Ohio, where his son received his preliminary educa- 
 tion at Worthington. Mr. Thomas J. Davis entered Wash- 
 ington College from Reading, O., as a student of the "Partial 
 Course" in 1829, and left the college Nov. i, 1830. His name 
 appears in the list of communicants of Christ Church, Hart- 
 ford, 1829. The Standing Committee on Aug. 4, 1831, recom- 
 mended him as a candidate for holy orders and he was ordained 
 deacon at Christ Church, Hartford, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop 
 Brownell, Sept. 4, 1831. He settled at Salem Bridge, (Nauga- 
 tuck,) some time after the consecration of the church there, 
 June 8, and before June 30, 1832. On Sept. 4, 1832, at St. 
 Michael's Church, he was ordained to the priesthood by the 
 Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell. Morning Prayer was read by the 
 Rev. Frederick Holcomb and an appropriate sermon was 
 delivered by the Rev. WilHam Bartow. The Rev. Ashbel Bald- 
 win assisted in the service. Mr. Davis also had charge of the 
 Church at Bethany during his rectorship of St. Michael's. 
 
 His name appears in the list of clergy in the Journal of Con- 
 vention, 1832, and he was present at every Convention until 
 1837. In 1834 he was the Rector of St. Luke's Church, South 
 Glastonbury, where he served until Easter, 1837. He was 
 Rector of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, 1837, 1838, as 
 detailed in the history of those years. In the Journal of Con- 
 vention of 1839 he is reported as having been transferred to the 
 Diocese of Ohio. We learn from the record of St. Paul's 
 
434 THE CHURCH 
 
 Church, Akron, O., that "In August, 1838, the vestry elected 
 as Rector, Rev. Thomas J. Davis, a scholarly Christian, which 
 caused the services to take on a 'Churchly' instead of a 'cot- 
 tage' form, as had been the case, and they were held in a 
 not unsuitable room on the second floor of a store building on 
 the southeast corner of Market and Howard Streets; the first 
 floor being occupied by a 'general store', the third used for the 
 sitting of the Court of Common Pleas." Mr. Davis was present 
 in the Diocesan Conventions of Ohio in 1839 and 1840, and was 
 then Rector of St. Paul's. In the report of the parish for 
 1841, Mr. Davis says that he "continued at St. Paul's, Akron, 
 till the first of September, at which time the sickness of my 
 father in Mount Vernon made it necessary for me to leave there 
 to take care of him. On the 5th. Oct. I notified the parish and 
 have resigned my charge, since which I have, continued to 
 reside in Mount Vernon, officiating in various places." His 
 father was a communicant of the Church at Mount Vernon, 
 Ohio, and died there Sept. 24, 1841. 
 
 The Journal of Convention for 1842 of both Dioceses 
 announce the transfer of the Rev. Thomas J. Davis from the 
 Diocese of Ohio to the Diocese of Pennsylvania. In the latter 
 Journal, in reporting the parish of St. Mark's Church, Moya- 
 mensing, Philadelphia County, he says : "I accepted the charge 
 of this parish the 4th of Jan. last and I am happy to say 
 that it has been constantly increasing in numbers and pros- 
 perity." He resigned his care of this parish in May, 1843 ^^'^ 
 engaged in teaching school through the week, assisting in 
 Divine Services on Sundays in several of the city churches. He 
 was so engaged also in 1844, preaching occasionally and assist- 
 ing, mainly at St. Peter's Church under Bishop Odenheimer. 
 
 In 1845 he is reported as one of the "Missionaries of the 
 Society for the advancement of Christianity" in the district 
 of Philadelphia, and he was the City Missionary, 1847 to 1849 
 inclusive. 
 
 He reports to the Convention of 1850 that "Since the last 
 Convention I have labored assiduously to establish the Church 
 in the spiritually destitute region of the Rising Sun village." 
 
 "At a meeting of the vestry on the 24th of Aug. 1849, I was 
 chosen Rector at a salary of five hundred dollars. 
 
 "This arrangement was made with the unanimous resolution 
 that every exertion should be made to cause a church edifice 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 435 
 
 to be erected," and he immediately began to solicit for that 
 object and the building was erected under Mr. Davis' super- 
 vision. The Church which Mr. Davis thus established was 
 named the Church of the Resurrection and Mr. Davis was the 
 Rector continuously until April i, 1872, when he retired from 
 active service and was elected Rector Emeritus. At this latter 
 date the parish of St. George was united with the Church of 
 the Resurrection. 
 
 In 1876 he had published at Philadelphia by Claxton, Remsen 
 & Haffelfinger, a i6mo volume of 180 pages, entitled — "A 
 Sketch of the Life, Character and Public Services of Thomas 
 Jefferson." 
 
 He was a member of Mary Commandery No. 36, Knights 
 Templar of Pennsylvania, in 1873, ^"^ i" 1875 was made an 
 honorary or life member. He was wont to officiate on Sun- 
 days at the Masonic Home in Philadelphia, and one of his 
 brother Masons says : "I remember him as a perfect gentle- 
 man in every way." 
 
 The Rector Emeritus of the Church of the Resurrection, 
 Rising Sun, died after a prolonged illness July 2, 1886, aged 
 84 years. His funeral was attended from the church on July 
 6. The Rev. Joseph R. Moore read the office for the burial of 
 the dead, after which the body was interred at the Church of 
 St. James the Less, Falls of Schuylkill. The services at the 
 grave were according to the Masonic ritual. The death of the 
 aged priest was noted in the Philadelphia "Ledger," which said 
 that throughout his ministry at the Church of the Resurrec- 
 tion he taught a private school for boys, as the parish was not 
 able to entirely support him. It also stated that "His first 
 parish was at New Britain, Conn." "The Standard of the 
 Cross," Cleveland, Ohio, also made the latter statement. This 
 is an error, as his first cure included the two parishes of Salem 
 Bridge and Bethany, Conn. Probably the error arose from the 
 statement which Mr. Davis had made, that his first services 
 were at New Britain, Conn., but this was only as a lay reader 
 when he was a student at Trinity College, 1829-1830. Thus 
 endeth the record of a faithful minister of Christ, who for 
 fifty-five years labored with the poor and needy. He was 
 forty-four years a minister in Philadelphia and connected with 
 but a single Church for twenty-seven years. 
 
43^ THE CHURCH 
 
 REV. ZEBEDIAH HYDE MANSFIELD. 
 
 Zebediah Hyde, a son of William and Susan (Hyde,) Mans- 
 field, was born Dec. 19, 181 1, at Norwich Town, upon the home 
 lot of his ancestor, the first William Hyde of Norwich ; died 
 unmarried, April 16, 1858, at Norwich, Conn., in the same 
 room in which he was born. His nearest of kin informs us that 
 there is no picture of him in existence. 
 
 He was graduated from Trinity College in 1836, and was 
 then a candidate for holy orders. He was ordained deacon, 
 June 12, 1838, and priest, March 18, 1840, by the Rt. Rev. 
 Bishop Brownell. He is in the list of clergy in the Journal of 
 Convention 1838, as officiating at St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain, Conn., where he remained for a few months. His 
 next charge was the Church at Warehouse Point, Conn., where 
 he officiated until 1841. He probably resigned his charge there 
 on account of ill health as the Bishop's address for 1842 men- 
 tions his absence from the Diocese by. reason of ill health. He 
 engaged in teaching a classical school at Wilmington, Del., 
 and was received into the Diocese of Delaware, Aug. 29, 1844, 
 from the Diocese of Connecticut. He was then prevented by 
 imperfect health from speaking in public except in small rooms. 
 He visited his native state in 1848 and preached once at Christ 
 Church, Norwich, also at St. John's Church, Warehouse Point, 
 with much pleasure. He was still teaching at Wilmington, Del., 
 in 1852, and was preaching on Sundays in various places. He 
 resided at Georgetown, D. C. 1852, 1854, and in the latter year 
 was transferred from the Diocese of Delaware to the Diocese 
 of Connecticut, where he had charge of a family school and the 
 direction of the department of Ancient Languages in a large 
 seminary in the vicinity of Norwich. He was also then assist- 
 ing at Grace Church, Yantic. He was soon after made Rector 
 of that Church and remained so until his death. 
 
 His love for the Church and especially the Church in his 
 native place is shown by his will, in which he left a legacy to 
 St. Andrew's Church of Wilmington, Del., while the amount 
 of his deposit in the Norwich Savings Bank, amounting to 
 about $1850.00, was given to the "Board of Directors of the 
 
REV. JOHN MARSHALL GUION, S.T.D. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 437 
 
 Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge in the State 
 of Connecticut," towards the support of the minister of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church in the village of Yantic. Also a 
 residuary legacy to the same Society amounting to nearly 
 $6,000.00 for the purpose of providing a rectory at Yantic. 
 
 The Assistant Bishop's address to the Convention of 1858 
 refers to the death of Mr. Mansfield as follows: "Amid many 
 discouragements, arising from continued bodily illness, he per- 
 severed with unobtrusive fidelity in the duties of his holy 
 calling; and he has left behind him a remembrance, which 
 those whom he served will long cherish and preserve." 
 
 REV. JOHN MARSHALL GUION, S.T.D. 
 
 John Marshall, a son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Marshall,) 
 Guion, was born Feb. 22, 1801, at Rye, N. Y. ; married in St. 
 Mark's Church, New York City by the Rev. Dr. Creighton, 
 May 15, 1832, Elizabeth Ives, daughter of John Robert Wheaton 
 of New York City. She was born Jan. 5, 1801, at Norwich, 
 England. He was of the sixth generation in descent from 
 Louis Guion, a French Huguenot who came to America in 1687 
 and settled at New Rochelle, N. Y. In 1822 John M. Guion 
 entered Columbia College, from which he was graduated in 
 1826. His theological studies were pursued at the General 
 Theological Seminary, New York and completed in 1829. On 
 the Third Sunday after Trinity, July 5, 1829, he was made 
 deacon in St. Paul's Chapel, New York, by the Right Rev. 
 Bishop Hobart. He immediately went to Palmyra, N. Y., as 
 missionary and in 1830 he was in charge of St. Mark's Church, 
 New York City, as minister under Dr. Creighton. He was 
 ordained to the priesthood in 1830, and in 1832 he removed to 
 Connecticut and had charge of Grace Church, Saybrook in 
 that year, although he was not canonically received into the 
 Diocese until after the sitting of the Convention of 1833. He 
 was present at many of the Diocesan Conventions from 1832 
 to 1848 inclusive. While at Saybrook, he published a pamphlet 
 entitled "An apology for the Church's reply to a Retrospect 
 on the Minister and Church at Saybrook," Middletown, Conn., 
 
438 THE CHURCH 
 
 1834. A copy of this work is in the library of the General 
 Theological Seminary, New York, as is also a copy of his 
 sermon on "Ministerial Holiness" New York, 1835. These are 
 his only publications of which we have any knowledge. He 
 resigned the rectorship at Saybrook and entered on that of St. 
 Andrew's Church, Meriden, April 24, 1836. He resigned the 
 rectorship of St. Andrew's Church in October, 1838, and on 
 December 2, he began to officiate in St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain. He was elected Rector before the sitting of the Con- 
 vention in 1839. The account of his rectorship at St. Mark's 
 is hereinbefore given. During the last year of his rectorship 
 in New Britain, 1845, he was teaching a private school at Hart- 
 ford. His report as published in the Journal of Convention for 
 1846 shows that he had during the ecclesiastical year officiated 
 on alternate Sundays at St. Matthew's Church, East Plymouth. 
 In 1847 he was again officiating at his old parish, Grace Church 
 in Saybrook, and he had also during the year officiated seven 
 Sundays in New Britain. He was succeeded at Saybrook by 
 the Rev. C. R. Fisher in the spring of 1849, ^^'^ on May 6, 
 1850, he began teaching in the State Normal School at New 
 Britain, where he remained for about two years or more, when 
 he conducted a private school at New Britain, for a time. In 
 1853 he was in charge of Christ Church, Bethany, Conn., where 
 he had officiated since April 24, of that year. In the summer 
 of 1852, he officiated on alternate Sundays at St. Matthew's, 
 East Plymouth, and for about two months thereafter officiated 
 in the parish of St. James', Birmingham, pending the entrance 
 of the Rector-elect. 
 
 He was dismissed from the Diocese of Connecticut and 
 transferred to the Diocese of Maryland 1854, and became 
 assistant minister in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore, Md. While 
 there, he officiated upon various occasions for the Chaplain of 
 the United States Senate. 
 
 He was received into the Diocese of Western New York 
 from the Diocese of Maryland, Feb. 13, 1854, and became Rec- 
 tor of Trinity Church, at Seneca Falls, New York, and was 
 also appointed Chaplain of the Auburn State Prison. He 
 resigned the rectorship of Trinity Church, Seneca Falls, Feb. 
 29, 1876, on account of failing health, after a rectorship of 
 over twenty-one years and was made Rector Emeritus. Shortly 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 439 
 
 after he settled at Seneca Falls he was invited to the principal- 
 ship of the Seneca Falls Academy, which position he filled for 
 several terms to the entire acceptance of its patrons. In 1865, 
 Columbia College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of 
 Sacred Theology. 
 
 The Seneca Falls "Reveille" of Jtily 26, 1878, contains an 
 obituary notice of the Rev. John M. Guion, S.T.D., together 
 with a copy of sympathizing resolutions passed at a meeting 
 of the Rector, wardens and vestrymen of Trinity Church, also 
 at a meeting of the Sessions of the Presbyterian Church and 
 at a meeting of the Common Council of the city of Auburn, of 
 which council a son of the Rev. Mr. Guion was a member. 
 We copy the following from the above named obituary 
 notice : — 
 
 "Dr. Guion was a man of finished education and eminently 
 successful in his ministerial work. He always possessed the 
 warm love and respect of the people to whom he ministered, 
 and his kindness of heart, quiet humor and geniality endeared 
 him to all those with whom he came into social relations. In 
 the pulpit he exhibited his great powers of mind. His presenta- 
 tions of gospel truth were made with all the grace and elegance 
 which springs from the infusion of the mind with the spirit 
 of classic learning. In his official capacity he united unusual 
 mental power with impressive dignity of manner, and a com- 
 manding influence over others, and he tempered and adorned 
 them all in no ordinary degree, with the active graces of the 
 christian. The sick and distressed found in him a tender and 
 sympathizing friend. Among his people he was an honor and 
 a pillar of strength, and many feel that a great man hath fallen 
 this day in Israel. In every relation of life, in the Church, in 
 society and family circle, he was a beloved and exemplary man, 
 a consistent christian, beautifully exemplifying the power of 
 holy religion, commanding and securing the love and confidence 
 of all." 
 
 "His whole life was characterized by faithfulness to duty, 
 and a self-sacrificing spirit for the good of others. In his 
 daily walk and conversation he exhibited a type of christian 
 faith of wonderful strength and beauty. Indeed, he exempH- 
 fied in his own person the consistency and power of the religion 
 to which he devoted his life." 
 
44° THE CHURCH 
 
 REV. CHARLES RICHMOND FISHER, M.A. 
 
 Charles Richmond, a son of Daniel and Betsey (Fisher,) 
 Fisher, was born Sept. 17, 1819, at Franklin, Mass. ; died at 
 Hartford, Conn., Nov. 24, 1876; married at Hartford, by the 
 Rev. George Burgess, May 26, 1846, to Susan B. Griswold, of 
 Hartford, who died at Hartford, Dec. 28, 1905. His parents 
 were members of the Congregational Church in Franklin, Mass. 
 His father died when Charles was only fifteen, and for some 
 years he was a clerk in the book store of William Marshall in 
 Providence, R. I. Here he attended Grace Church and became 
 acquainted with that time-honored form of worship and system 
 of religion to which he was ever after heartily attached. 
 
 He entered Trinity College in 1838, graduating in 1842. His 
 cheerful face and genial manners, coupled with an excellent 
 spirit and diligence in his studies, soon attracted the special 
 attention of Bishop Brownell and Mr. Fisher was led by him 
 to engage in the active duties of the ministry. On Aug. 2, 
 1842, he was recommended by the Standing Committee as a 
 candidate for holy orders and on Nov. 5, 1845, they recom- 
 mended him for deacon's orders. He had studied theology 
 under the Rev. George Burgess, Rector of Christ Church, Hart- 
 ford, who was afterwards the Bishop of Maine. On Dec. 21, 
 1845, in Christ Church, Hartford, he was admitted to the order 
 of deacons by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Church Brownell. Morn- 
 ing Prayer was read by the Rev. Dr. Totten and the Rev. 
 George Burgess read the lessons and preached the sermon. 
 Before being made deacon he had officiated in various places 
 as lay reader and was quite frequently called to New Britain 
 as a lay reader during the closing year, (1845,) of the Rector- 
 ship of the Rev. Mr. Guion, and immediately after being made 
 a deacon he was called to officiate for three months in St. 
 Mark's Church, New Britain, as narrated in the preceding 
 pages. In the Journal of Convention 1846, he is reported as 
 having been transferred to the Diocese of Massachusetts. The 
 Bishop's address, as reported in the Massachusetts Journal of 
 Convention for 1846, says, "A parish has been organized dur- 
 ing the past year in the manufacturing village of Cabotville, 
 in the town of Springfield. The congregation is served by the 
 
REV. CHARLES RICHMOND FISHER, M.A. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 44I 
 
 Rev. Charles R. Fisher." He remained here one year and 
 then was re-transferred to the Diocese of Connecticut. Mr. 
 Fisher wrote in his diary under date of May 24, 1848, "I have 
 had this day the great pleasure of attending the consecration 
 services of Grace Church, Cabotville. This is the church 
 which, with God's blessing, I was the chief instrument in erect- 
 ing, having visited Boston three times for the purpose and 
 collecting there and in other places, the sum of twenty-three 
 hundred dollars." 
 
 Mr. Fisher went immediately from Cabotville to St. Mary's 
 Church at Manchester Mills and on June 9, 1847, ^t the Dio- 
 cesan Convention in Christ Church, Hartford, he was ordained 
 to the priesthood by Bishop Brownell. The Rev. Dr. Burgess 
 was the presenter, who, with the Rev. Dr. Mead of Norwalk, 
 the Rev. F. J. Goodwin of Middletown, and the Rev. Frederick 
 Miller of Branford, united with the Bishop in the laying on of 
 hands. The sermon was preached by the Rev. F. J. Goodwin. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Fisher was first present in the Diocesan Con- 
 vention of Connecticut for 1847, ^^^d was present thereafter 
 every year except 1865, for thirty years, his last attendance 
 being in 1876, the year of his death. 
 
 He officiated at Manchester Mills until the 9th Sunday after 
 Trinity, 1848, when he was obliged to suspend his ministerial 
 labors on account of a severe and protracted sickness. On 
 Good Friday, 1849, he resumed his labors, taking charge of the 
 parish of Grace Church, Saybrook and continued in charge 
 until the first Sunday after Christmas. On the first Sunday 
 after Epiphany 1850, he took charge of St. Peter's, Hebron. 
 
 On Dec. 2, 1850, the Bishop appointed him the City Mis- 
 sionary and Rector of the Free Episcopal Chapel at Hartford. 
 The first meeting of this missioUj (which afterwards became 
 St. Paul's Church,) was held Nov. 27, 1850, and Mr. Fisher, 
 with the exception of about two years, was the Rector as long 
 as he lived. 
 
 At the Dioceson Convention 1853, the Rev. C. R. Fisher was 
 appointed to receive the assessments for the Bishop's Fund, and 
 was re-appointed at every Convention, except that of 1865, 
 until 1868. In 1863 he was the Rector of the Church of Our 
 Saviour, at Plainville. From Aug. 2, 1862, until June, 1864, he 
 
442 THE CHURCH 
 
 held services twice a month on Sunday evenings at Christ 
 Church, Unionville. In 1864, by the request of the Bishop he 
 was in charge of St. Andrew's Church in Bloomfield. In 1868, 
 he was elected by the Convention on the Board of Education 
 of the Church Scholarship Society and was Secretary of the 
 Board from 1869 to 1876 inclusive. In 1871 he reported to 
 the Convention that he officiated in the wards of the Hartford 
 City Hospital, every Sunday afternoon. His occasional ser- 
 vices were very numerous ; the number of marriages solemn- 
 ized by him was 1717, and the baptisms and burials were also 
 recorded by the hundreds. 
 
 His long service as missionary in Hartford caused him to be 
 familiarly known as "Father Fisher." He had frequently been 
 chaplain of the Lower House of the State Legislature, chaplain 
 of the First Regiment of the State Militia, and grand chaplain 
 of the Grand Lodge of Masons of this State. Although he 
 served in many different places, he resided at Hartford during 
 the last thirty years of his life. "He gave food to the hungry, 
 help to the hopeless and from his heart, overfull with the broad 
 humanity of Christ, he extended to every suffering one the 
 word and act that gave them hope and strength." 
 
 "He carried his religion where it was most needed, viz., 
 among those who had no other comfort or consolation. He 
 walked in his warm-hearted ministry through the unpopular 
 and unfrequented places, after the manner of his Master, who 
 talked to the poor and humble by the dark waves of Galilee." 
 
 A memorial pamphlet pubhshed by Brown & Gross, Hartford, 
 1877, gives a full account of the funeral, several press notices 
 of his life and death and the funeral Discourse by the Rt. 
 Rev. John Williams, Bishop of Connecticut, delivered at St. 
 Paul's Church, Dec. 10, 1876. 
 
 "Mr. Fisher's patient and faithful work for the good of 
 Christ's people can never be fully known and its effects can 
 never be truly estimated until the day comes when every man 
 shall receive his own reward according to his own labor." 
 
BEV. ABN 
 
 NF.R JACKSON, D.D., tL.t). 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 443 
 
 REV. ABNER JACKSON, D.D., LL.D. 
 
 Abner Jackson was born Nov. 4, 181 1, in Washington 
 County, Pennsylvania. His childhood and early youth were 
 spent in a quiet country home ; and that administration and love 
 for the beautiful in nature, which were so strong in his soul, 
 and so evident to all who knew him in after life, were, no 
 doubt, first developed amid the lovely scenes surrounding him . 
 there. He prepared for a collegiate course, at West Alex- 
 andria, Pennsylvania, and in 1828, he was admitted to the 
 College at Washmgton, in his native State. At the end of two 
 years he left that institution, intending to enter, eventually, the 
 legal profession. In the meantime, he took charge of the 
 Academy at Meadville, where he remained a year and a half. 
 During his residence there, his attention was, in some way, 
 probably by reading, turned to the Church. Led on, step by 
 step, by that strong, clear conviction, and that simple, fearless 
 devotion to duty which always characterized him, both in 
 thought and in deed, he became a communicant, and subse- 
 quently a candidate for holy orders. He entered Trinity (then 
 Washington,) College, Hartford, in 1833, ^^^ very soon mani- 
 fested his intellectual strength, by leading his class in all 
 branches of study. He was graduated in 1837, with the 
 highest honors, receiving for his appointment the valedictory 
 oration. 
 
 He was at once appointed Tutor in the College, and served 
 in that position one year. In 1838, he was elected Adjunct 
 Professor of the Ancient Languages. On Aug. 3, 1837 he 
 was recommended by the Standing Committee as a candidate 
 for holy orders and on Sept. 2, 1838, he was ordained deacon 
 at Middletown. In 1840, he was transferred from the Chair 
 of Ancient Languages to that of Intellectual and Moral 
 Philosophy. 
 
 Professor Jackson was married April 27, 1841, to Emily, 
 daughter of Governor Ellsworth of Hartford. She died July 
 I, 1853, and he married second, on Sept. 9, 1856, Mary Wray, 
 daughter of Frederick Cobb of Schenectady, N. Y. 
 
 He was ordained priest, at Hartford, May 13, 1847. He 
 retained his professorship at Trinity College till 1858. In addi- 
 
444 THE CHURCH 
 
 tion to his work in the special departments already mentioned, 
 he served as Lecturer on Chemistry, from 1839 to 1852. He 
 was librarian of the College from 1837 to 1849. During a 
 large portion of the time between the years 1840 and 1856, he 
 had charge of the Latin, and gave nearly all the instructions in 
 that department. From 1848 to 1853, he was editor of the 
 "Calendar," a Church paper published in Hartford, which was 
 afterward enlarged into the "Churchman." He officiated in 
 many of the towns and missionary stations in the vicinity of 
 Hartford, and, in several places, began services, the results 
 of which are now visible in strong and flourishing parishes. 
 His work at New Britain has been hereinbefore mentioned. 
 He had charge of the Mission at Windsor Locks, from Oct. 
 15, 1854, to July I, 1855. At times he was in charge of St. 
 Luke's, South Glastonbury, and he had charge of St. James', 
 West Hartford, from the second Sunday after Easter 1856, 
 until some time in 1857. 
 
 In 1858, he was elected to the Presidency of Hobart College, 
 Geneva, N. Y. He accepted the position, and remained there, 
 serving at the same time as Professor of Ethics and Metaphy- 
 sics, and of the Evidences of Christianity, until 1867, when he 
 was called to his Alma Mater as President. The Bishop's 
 address to the Diocesan Convention of Connecticut, 1868, says 
 as to his presidency of Trinity College, "I heartily congratulate 
 the Diocese and the College on so auspicious an event." 
 
 He entered upon the duties of that office at the beginning 
 of Trinity Term, 1868. He came in the ripeness of manhood, 
 with a mind unusually rich in learning, with the benefits of 
 long experience, and with high hopes and far-reaching plans 
 for the future of the College, prepared to concentrate all his 
 energies upon this, the last as well as the first field of his col- 
 legiate work. In 1868 he was made chairman of the Board of 
 Education of the Church Scholarship Society and served until 
 his death in 1874. He was also one of the Trustees of the 
 Berkeley Divinity School, 1869-1874. He was on the Standing 
 Committee of the Diocese 1870-71, and was appointed an 
 examining chaplain by the Bishop in 1872. He was supple- 
 mental deputy to the General Convention 1868 and deputy in 
 1872. It was under the presidency of Dr. Jackson that the 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 445 
 
 great change involved in the sale of the old college grounds to 
 the city and its transfer to the new site was begun. 
 
 But he was destined to be removed from earth to Paradise, 
 in the midst of his usefulness, and while his work seemed 
 incomplete. On Sunday morning, April 19, 1874, he entered 
 into rest, and the transition from this world to Paradise was 
 so painless and peaceful, that the sleep of life and that of death 
 could hardly be distinguished from each other. 
 
 President Jackson was, it will be seen, for nearly forty years, 
 engaged in the work of Christian education. He was beloved 
 and will be always remembered with reverent affection by all 
 those who were associated with him in academic life, as students 
 or as instructors. 
 
 In all relations, as a devout man, a Christian scholar, and a 
 priest of the Church, he won such love as seldom goes out from 
 human hearts. There was in his character that harmonious 
 blending of varied qualities which enabled him to impress others 
 without seeming to do so. His was a well proportioned devel- 
 opment in all the elements of sound scholarship and Christian 
 culture. He was familiar with every important branch of 
 learning. He was a careful and thorough student of literature, 
 both ancient and modern, having gathered by patient investiga- 
 tion, and thoughtful reading, the intellectual wealth of past 
 ages. He also made it a matter of duty, as well as a pleasure, 
 to keep pace with, and in some things to anticipate, the progress 
 of present times. Though his special attention was, in his later 
 life, given to metaphysics and philosophy, and though his 
 thoughts were turned more directly to the great questions at 
 issue in that field of speculation, he was not a stranger to those 
 other sciences which are called practical. He made theology 
 the starting point in every search after truth, regarding the 
 problem of man and that of nature as blind riddles, except to 
 those who believe in a higher revelation from God, made known 
 through His Church and the Written Word. 
 
 Some of the above facts are from the Journal of Convention 
 of this Diocese, but they are mainly taken from a memorial 
 pubHshed not long after his death. The address of the Rev. 
 Wm. Payne, D.D., Rector of St. George's Church, Schenectady, 
 before the House of Convocation of Trinity College in affec- 
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446 THE CHURCH 
 
 tionate commemoration of the Rev. Abner Jackson, D.D., 
 LL.D., has also been published; so also has a volume of his 
 sermons, a copy of which has been presented by his daughter 
 to St. Mark's Church, New Britain for use in the Sunday 
 School Library. 
 
 We quote the following from the Bishop's address to the 
 Diocesan Convention, 1874: 
 
 "When in 1868 I announced to you the assumption by Dr. 
 Jackson of the presidency of the College, it was with the hope 
 that I should not in my lifetime see that post again left vacant. 
 It was a joy of joys to me that he was in it. Coming together 
 as we did to the College, more than forty years ago, and having 
 been immediately associated in all the intervening time, (with 
 only the exception of the years when he held the Presidency 
 of another College,) in labors for its welfare, the tie that bound 
 us to each other was one of no common strength. I can bear 
 witness, as few others can, to the single-hearted, self-sacrific- 
 ing, untiring zeal and energy with which my dear departed 
 brother gave himself to what he considered to be, and what has, 
 indeed, been, though not as we had thought, his life-long 
 work." 
 
 "But you will permit, I am sure, these few words of loving 
 memorial to one who was my brother in every thing but natural 
 descent ; and I know that your voices will join with mine in 
 testifying to the greatness of the loss that God has been pleased 
 to permit to fall upon the College, the Diocese, the whole 
 Church, and the inestimable interests of Christian and Churchly 
 education." 
 
REV. ALEXANnER CAPRON. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 447 
 
 REV. ALEXANDER CAPRON. 
 
 Alexander, a son of Cyrus and Althea (Allen,) Capron, was 
 born in November, 1814 at Clermont, Columbia County, N. Y. ; 
 died at No. 181 Carteret Ave., Jersey City, N. J. on April 3, 
 1890. He was married in St. John's Church, Hartford, Conn, 
 in June, 1848, to Mary Roxanna, daughter of Oliver and 
 Hannah (Goodwin,) Welles, who was bom at Hartford, Oct. 
 29, 1823 and died at Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 23, 1897. 
 
 He entered Trinity College in 1841 as from Hudson, N. Y., 
 and was graduated in 1845. The Standing Committee of the 
 Diocese met on Aug. 6 and 7, 1845, ^^d recommended Alex- 
 ander Capron from the graduating class of Trinity College, as 
 a candidate for holy orders. He was reported as a candidate 
 in the Journal of Convention for 1847, ^^^d the Bishop's address 
 to the Convention of 1848 states that he had been transferred 
 to the Diocese of New York. In 1848, he was recommended 
 by the Standing Committee of that Diocese for the order of 
 deacon and was made deacon some time during 1848. Alex- 
 ander Capron, Deacon, was transferred in 1848 to the Diocese 
 of Connecticut, and became the minister of St. Mark's Church, 
 New Britain, Nov. 26, 1848, in which church he was ordained 
 to the priesthood, Feb. 24, 1850. He was present at every 
 Convention of the Diocese from 1849 to 1855 inclusive. He 
 resigned the rectorship of St. Mark's on Easter Monday, 1855, 
 and took charge of the mission at Central Village, Conn., which 
 he resigned in the summer of 1856 and was transferred to the 
 Diocese of Wisconsin. Here he took charge of St. Matthew's 
 Church, Kenosha, on the first Sunday in September, 1856, and 
 remained there for about two years, when he received a call 
 to St. John's Church at Quincy, 111. He entered upon the rec- 
 torship at Quincy in November, 1858. 
 
 The "Calendar" of Hartford, Conn., issue of Dec. 18, 1858, 
 for the benefit of the people of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, 
 published the following from the "Kenosha Times." "It is a 
 source of regret to all classes of citizens that the Rev. Mr. 
 Capron of St. Matthew's Church has found it necessary to 
 leave us. He has accepted a call from the beautiful town of 
 Quincy, Illinois, where he thinks the climate is better adapted 
 
448 THE CHURCH 
 
 to the health of his family. It is hardly necessary to say that 
 Mr. Capron has made a warm personal friend of every member 
 of his parish since his residence in Kenosha, and that the good 
 wishes of every one go with him and his family to his new 
 home. It will be difficult to supply his place. He is a man of 
 rare ability and education, as well as of most excellent personal 
 and social qualities. We congratulate our neighbors of Quincy 
 upon their good fortune." 
 
 In addition to the charge at Quincy, Mr. Capron preached 
 once a fortnight at Mendon, during the summer of 1859. The 
 "Calendar," (Hartford,) for Feb. 12, 1859, says: We learn 
 from a correspondent that the active Rector of St. John's 
 Church, Quincy, 111., has recently established a "Church Home" 
 in Quincy, in which already two orphans and two widows are 
 comfortably provided for. In i860 he reported holding ser- 
 vices on Sunday afternoon three times a month, in a Methodist 
 Chapel seven miles from Quincy. In 1861 and 1862 he 
 reported additional service on alternate Monday evenings in 
 a rural district ten miles from Quincy ; thus making three 
 separate missions in addition to his regular duties at St. John's 
 in Quincy. He was one of the deputies from Illinois to the 
 General Convention in 1862. 
 
 On March 10, 1863, another Rector took charge of the 
 Church at Quincy and the Bishop's address to the Convention 
 of 1863 names the Rev. Mr. Capron among those who had 
 received "Letters Dimissory" but does not state to what 
 Diocese Mr. Capron had been transferred. According to the 
 "Church Almanac" he was settled at Middletown, N. Y., from 
 1864 to 1877 inclusive. He is reported in the Michigan Journal 
 of Convention for 1878 as the Rector of Christ Church at 
 Adrian, Lenawe Co., where he entered upon his duties on the 
 first Sunday in October, 1877. ^^ ^^^- ^O' 1880, he was trans- 
 ferred again to the Diocese of New York, into which Diocese 
 he was received for the third time and to which he belonged on 
 the day of his death. He is reported in the "Church Almanac" 
 as located at Port Jervis, N. Y., 1881 and 1882 ; at Highland, 
 N. Y., 1883-4 and 5 ; Esopus, N. Y., 1886 and Walden, N. Y., 
 1887. His last parish was at West Park, N. Y., (near 
 Esopus.) He was residing in Jersey City, N. J., 1887 to 
 
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 FRANCIS THAYEK RUSSELL, M.A., S.T.D. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 449 
 
 1890, without any charge but continued to preach as occasion 
 offered until two days before his death. 
 
 On April 2, 1890, he received a fall that caused internal 
 injuries from which he died after an illness of thirty-six hours, 
 on the third day of April, 1890, aged 76 years. A brief notice 
 of his death appeared in the "Churchman," saying that he 
 "will be long remembered for faithful service." Another 
 notice was published in the "Church Almanac" for 1891 and 
 he was briefly referred to in the Bishop's address to the 
 Diocesan Convention of New York, as one who was a mission- 
 ary and in a true sense "giving himself in cheerful self 
 devotion." 
 
 REV. FRANCIS THAYER RUSSELL, M.A., S.T.D. 
 
 Francis Thayer, a son of William and Ursula (Wood,) Rus- 
 sell, was born at Boston, Mass., June 10, 1825 ; married in 
 Christ Church, Hartford, Conn., Oct. 25, 1855, Mary Huntley, 
 daughter of Charles and Lydia (Huntley,) Sigourney, who was 
 born Aug. 3, 1828, at Hartford, Conn., died at Waterbury, 
 Conn., July 20, 1889. 
 
 Mr. Russell's father was born and educated in Scotland and 
 came to America in 18x9 as a teacher. Francis T. Russell 
 was educated in part by his father and partly at Phillips 
 Academy at Andover, Mass. His theological studies were 
 pursued at Trinity College, Hartford, before the Berkeley 
 Divinity School, in Middletow'n, Conn., was established. He is 
 reported in the Journal of Convention, 1853, as a candidate for 
 holy orders and was seated as such in the Convention of 1854. 
 He was made deacon at Christ Church, Hartford, on March 
 25, 1855, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell. He officiated for 
 a time in various parishes, mostly in Hartford, and became the 
 minister in charge of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, on 
 May 6, 1855. He was ordained to the priesthood in his church 
 at New Britain on March 12, 1856, and it was nearly nine years 
 before he resigned the rectorship of that parish. The story of 
 these years has been told in the preceding pages. In 1864 he 
 accepted the Horace White Professorship of Rhetoric and 
 
45° THE CHURCH 
 
 elocution at Hobart College, Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y. 
 In addition to his duties at this college he served as missionary 
 at Phelps. He remained at Geneva until 1866, when finding 
 that the lake region did not agree with his health, he became 
 Rector of St. Stephen's Church at Ridgefield, Conn., in the 
 hills of Fairfield County, on June 3, 1866, and was transferred 
 from the Diocese of New York to the Diocese of Connecticut. 
 He still retained his professorship at Hobart College, giving 
 a few weeks instructions annually until 1869. Professor Rus- 
 sell was trained in the theory and practice of public speaking 
 by his father and by the distinguished public reader, Mr. James 
 E. Murdock, who was then associated with the senior Mr. 
 Russell in educational work in Massachusetts. 
 
 From 1867 to 1875 inclusive. Professor Russell was one of 
 the board of directors of the Missionary Society of Connecticut, 
 and was the secretary of that Society 1868 to 1872. In 1868, 
 he resigned the rectorship of St. Stephen's Church, Ridgefield, 
 and became Associate Rector of St. John's Church, Waterbury, 
 with the Rev. J. L. Clark. Here he remained for seven years. 
 He was called to the rectorship of St. Margaret's Diocesan 
 School for Girls July 23, 1875, and resigned his position in St. 
 John's Church on the first of October following. He was also 
 elected the same year as one of the trustees of St. Margaret's 
 School, and still holds the position of Rector and of trustee, 
 although for the last few years he has resided at Grand Rapids, 
 Mich. In 1871, he was elected by the Diocesan Convention as 
 supplemental deputy to the next General Convention. He was 
 also elected one of the committee on rules of order. 
 
 In 1872 he was one of the Trustees of the Berkeley Divinity 
 School, and the following years until 1886, when he resigned. 
 In the Diocesan Convention of 1875, he was appointed one of 
 the committee on Christian Education. Also in 1885. In addi- 
 tion to his duties at St. Margaret's School, he officiated regu- 
 larly on Sunday mornings in 1875, at St. Paul's Chapel in 
 Waterville, and most of the time thereafter until 1880. When 
 Trinity Church, Waterbury, was organized in May, 1877, the 
 Rev. F. T. Russell was invited to take charge of the parish 
 and he did so until a Rector was elected later in that year, and 
 thereafter he assisted the Rector of Trinity Church until 1881. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 45 1 
 
 From 1882 to 1900, he often assisted the Rector at St. John's 
 Church. During the vacancy in the rectorship of St. John's 
 Church, 1883-4, he was acting Rector of the parish. 
 
 In the Journal of Convention 1901, the Rev. Francis Thayer 
 Russell, D.D., is in the list of presbyters as "Rector of St. 
 Margaret's School (1875) '> Assistant in Trinity Church, 
 Waterbury; and instructor in Reading the Church Services 
 and Delivery of Sermons in the General Theological Seminary, 
 New York, (1885.)" During the academic year he frequently 
 assisted the Rector of St. Stephen's Church in New York City. 
 In 1903, he resigned his position at the General Theological 
 Seminary and removed to Grand Rapids, Mich., but still 
 retained the rectorship of St. Margaret's School, which he 
 visits twice a year. In addition to Professor Russell's duties 
 at St. Margaret's School he reported in the Journal of Conven- 
 tion, 1905, that he "has officiated constantly in clerical duties 
 every Lord's Day, and has also attended to educational work at 
 Akeley Hall, the Diocesan School for Girls at Grand Haven, 
 Michigan, and at Howe Military School for Boys at Lima, 
 the Diocesan School for the Diocese of Michigan City." In 
 1906 he reports the same service for every Lord's Day and 
 "other special services at the pro-cathedral, St. Mark's Church, 
 Grand Rapids, Mich." 
 
 The honorary degree of Master of Arts was conferred on the 
 Rev. F. T. Russell by Trinity College 1857, and that of Doctor 
 of Sacred Theology by Hobart College, 1894. Professor Rus- 
 sell has generally been engaged in educational and parochial 
 work, but it has always been in connection with educational 
 institutions of the Church. He was connected as an instruc- 
 tor with the Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, for about 
 forty years, St. Margaret's School for Girls, Waterbury, for 
 thirty-one years, the General Theological Seminary, New York, 
 for twenty-three years. Trinity College, Hartford, for twenty 
 years and other various institutions for a lesser number of 
 years. His various publications have been mostly in the line 
 of educational work for the Church. One of his best known 
 works is "The Use of the Voice in Reading and Speaking ; a 
 Manual for Clergymen and Candidates for Holy Orders," 
 which was published at New York 1883, and a second edition 
 
452 THE CHURCH 
 
 was published in 1894. Numerous references to Professor 
 Russell may be found in Anderson's History of Waterbury, 
 1896. 
 
 The Rev. Francis T. Russell has been an ever active minister 
 of Christ for fifty-two years. He has been in the ministry 
 longer than any other minister of St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain, with the single exception of the Rev. Thomas J. Davis, 
 who was a minister for nearly fifty-five years. The Rev. Mr. 
 Russell is the only Rector of St. Mark's that the people here 
 have had the pleasure of listening to, fifty-one years after his 
 first service in this parish. 
 
 REV. LEONIDAS BRADLEY BALDWIN. 
 
 Leonidas Bradley, a son of Joseph Breed and Cynthia Eliza 
 (Bradley,) Baldwin, was born at New Haven, Conn., March 5, 
 1834; married at Middletown, Conn., June 8, 1863, Annie 
 Mary, daughter of William Dorson and Betsey Ann (Wyse,) 
 Willard, of Middletown, Conn. Mr. L. B. Baldwin received his 
 preliminary education at the Hopkins Grammar School, New 
 Haven, Conn. He was graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, 
 in the class of i860. His theological training was completed at 
 the Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn., in 1863. 
 L. B. Baldwin, B.A., was recommended by the Standing Com- 
 mittee of this Diocese, Oct. 11, i860, as a candidate for holy 
 orders. In 1861, he was officiating as lay reader at St. Mat- 
 thew's Church, East Plymouth, and his report of that parish is 
 in the Journal of Convention, 1861. On May 19, 1863, he was 
 recommended by the Standing Committee for the office of a 
 deacon and was made deacon by the Rt. Rev. John Williams, 
 D.D., at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Middletown, Conn., 
 May 27, 1863. 
 
 The Journal of Convention for 1864 shows that he had been 
 transferred to the Diocese of New Hampshire. He was pres- 
 ent at the Diocesan Convention, New Hampshire, in 1864, and 
 the address of the Right Rev. Carleton Chase, Bishop of that 
 Diocese, says: that on July 23, 1863, "I accepted a Letter 
 Dimissory from the Ecclesiastical Authority of Connecticut, 
 in favor of the Rev. Leonidas Bradley Baldwin, to whom, 
 being a deacon, I gave a license to preach the Gospel. From 
 
REV. LEONIDAS BRADLEY BALDWIN. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 453 
 
 that time to the present, Mr. Baldwin has officiated as Minister 
 in charge and Rector elect at Nashua." Mr. Baldwin's report 
 of St. Luke's Parish, Nashua, shows that his connection with 
 the parish began July i, 1863. At this Convention he was 
 appointed the "Preacher of the Missionary Sermon." 
 
 Bishop Chase's address to the Diocesan Convention of New 
 Hampshire for 1865 says, "Our last Convention was holden in 
 Trinity Church, Claremont, on the 25th of May last, (1864.) 
 . . . After Morning Prayer I ordained to the Priesthood 
 the Rev. L. B. Baldwin who was presented by the Rev. Dr. 
 Hubbard." The same address under date of Sept. 17, (1864,) 
 says: "About this date I received with surprise and regret 
 letters from the Rev. L. B. Baldwin and the Wardens of St. 
 Luke's Church, Nashua, informing me of his resignation of 
 the Rectorship of that Church and its acceptance." On Sept. 
 26, 1864, the Bishop gave Mr. Baldwin a Letter Dimissory to 
 the Diocese of Connecticut. He came to this Diocese to take 
 the rectorship of St. Mark's Parish, New Britain, and entered 
 upon the duties of that office Oct. i, 1864. Here he continued 
 until Aug. I, 1870 as before noted, about which latter time 
 he became Rector of St. James' Church at Birmingham, Conn. 
 He was present at every Diocesan Convention of this Diocese 
 but one from 1865 until 1880, at which latter date he had been 
 transferred to the Diocese of Massachusetts, into which he was 
 received Dec. 17, 1879. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Baldwin was present at the Diocesan Conven- 
 tion of Massachusetts, 1880, and every year thereafter until 
 1887, when he had been transferred to the Diocese of New 
 Hampshire. He read the Litany at the Massachusetts Conven- 
 tion, 1880, and his report of the parish of St. Mark's Church, 
 Boston, shows that he assumed charge of that Church in 
 November, 1879. At the Diocesan Convention of 1882, Mr. 
 Baldwin made application for the admission into Union with 
 the Diocese of St. Mark's Church, Boston. At the 1886 Con- 
 vention Mr. Baldwin was appointed one of the Committee on 
 the Admission of New Parishes. 
 
 About the last of September, 1886, the Rev. L. B. Baldwin 
 became the Rector of St. James' Church, Keene, N. H. and 
 held that office until 1892. He read part of the Evening Prayer 
 
454 THE CHURCH 
 
 at the Diocesan Convention of New Hampshire in 1887; was 
 one of the committee on the Admission of New Parishes 1888 ; 
 on Christian Education 1890; and on Canons and other busi- 
 ness 1 89 1. 
 
 In 1892, he was transferred to the Diocese of Easton, Mary- 
 land, where he remained until 1904, when he was obliged to 
 retire from active work on account of ill health. In 1904 he 
 removed to New Haven, Conn., where he and his wife now 
 reside. The portrait used in this work was first used in the 
 "Portrait and Biographical Record of the Eastern Shore of 
 Maryland" 1898. Mr. Baldwin is still remembered and 
 revered by many in New Britain as one of our oldest living 
 Rectors. His last pastorate of twelve years at Easton, Md. was 
 terminated only for the want of physical strength to serve 
 them longer. He has had only four rectorships since he left 
 New Britain, and three of them have been longer than was his 
 rectorship here. 
 
 REV. JOHN CAVARLY MIDDLETON, S.T.D. 
 
 John Cavarly, a son of Nathaniel and Abbie Hempstead 
 (Crocker,) Middleton, was born at New London, Conn., Jan. 9, 
 1833, died at Glen Cove, L. I., July 7, 1888, married April 23, 
 1863, Annie Elise, daughter of William and Mary Jane Ander- 
 son, born Dec. 8, 1836, died March 20, 1864. His early school- 
 ing was at New London and later he attended the Williston 
 Seminary at Easthampton, Mass., to prepare for college. He 
 was graduated at Yale College in 1859. His theological studies 
 were completed at the Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, 
 Conn. In the Journal of Convention i860, Diocese of Con- 
 necticut, the Standing Committee report that John C. Middle- 
 ton, A.B., Yale College, was recommended on June 29, 1859, 
 to the Bishop as a candidate for holy orders. 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Diocesan Convention of Rhode 
 Island 1861 says : "On the festival of St. Matthew's, Sept. 21, 
 (i860,) I admitted Mr. J. C. Middleton to the Holy Order of 
 Deacon, in Grace Church, Providence. The candidate was 
 presented by the Rev. Mr. Henshaw." He began his ministry 
 as the assistant of the Re,v. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, then 
 Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 
REV. JOHN CAVAELY MIDDLETON, S.T.D. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 455 
 
 but afterwards the Bishop of Long Island. He remained with 
 the future Bishop for three years, when he removed in the spring 
 of 1863, to Stonington, Conn., leaving behind him strong traces 
 of his character and influence that remained with Bishop Little- 
 john through life. The address of the Right Rev. John Wil- 
 liams, Assistant Bishop, to the Diocesan Convention of Con- 
 necticut in 1862, says: "I also ordained the Rev. John C. 
 Middleton to the Priesthood, at the request of the Bishop of 
 Rhode Island, in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, 
 L. I. on the 2d day of March 1862." In the spring of 1863, he 
 was received into the Diocese from the Diocese of New York 
 and was the Rector of Calvary Church at Stonington. In 1864, 
 he was holding weekly services at Mystic Bridge in addition to 
 his services at Stonington. In the Diocesan Convention of 1867 
 he was one of the committee on that part of the Bishop's address 
 which referred to the work of Church Extension, and this 
 address shows that the cornerstone of the chapel of the Holy 
 Cross, in Calvary Parish, Stonington, had been laid by the Rev. 
 John C. Middleton. He was on the board of directors of the 
 Missionary Society from 1869 to 1871 inclusive. In 1870 the 
 thanks of the Diocesan Convention were voted to him for his 
 sermon before the Missionary Society. He entered upon the 
 rectorship of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, on April 16, 
 1 87 1, and served until Sept. 9, 1874, as narrated in the previous 
 pages. He was then transferred to the Diocese of Long Island, 
 and became the Rector of St. Paul's Parish at Glen Cove, L. I. 
 One who was admitted into the Church at Glen Cove, through 
 Dr. Middleton, and later came into the ministry through him, 
 is now the Rector of the Church of the Ascension, Atlantic City, 
 N. J. He has published a paper called the "Rector's Scrap 
 Book" and one issue was in loving memory of the Rev. John 
 C. Middleton, S.T.D. It was designed to illustrate some of 
 the teachings of Dr. Middleton, as well as to bring together 
 a few of his hymns and carols. It was from this "Scrap 
 Book" that we took the two carols which Mr. Middleton com- 
 posed while in New Britain, and which appear in the preced- 
 ing pages. This memorial, without the hymns and carols, 
 has been pubHshed in "The Lion" of St. Mark's Parish. The 
 Rev. J. H. Townsend, in the "Scrap Book," says of Dr. 
 Middleton :— 
 
45^ THE CHURCH 
 
 "He was a pioneer in the restoration of a practical belief in 
 the 'Communion of Saints,' in the Tree and Open Church' 
 Movement, in the 'Vested Choir' Movement, in organized Guild 
 Work, and in certain departments of Sunday School Work. 
 He was the friend of old and young, rich and poor. His invin- 
 cible spirit exemplified his motto, 'Fortis in Arduis.' The 
 beautiful Parish Church that he built at Glen Cove, L. I. 
 expresses his ideal as far as possible, and remains an enduring 
 monument to his faith and zeal." 
 
 The following is from the funeral discourse delivered by 
 Bishop Littlejohn at the Church in Glen Cove as published in 
 the "Scrap Book": 
 
 "In the gifts and aptitudes of a Parish Priest, he was remark- 
 able. As nearly as any one I have ever known, he realized 
 George Herbert's ideal of the country Parson. It was his aim 
 in all things pertaining to his office and work 'to do that which 
 Christ did, and after His manner, both for doctrine and life.' 
 He knew the sheep of his fold and he was known of them. He 
 could call the very lambs of his fold by their names. He 
 tended, taught, cared for them, loved them after the example 
 of the Great Shepherd who gave His life for the sheep. He 
 fed them out of the Word of Life and in the Sacrament of 
 Christ's Body and Blood with a free and full, yet painstaking 
 and discriminating hand ; nor did he ever shear the sheep whom 
 he had not fed. Who could have been more watchful — who 
 more prompt and brave in keeping up the lawful fences around 
 his cure and in keeping off the wolf — whether in the shape of 
 religious error, or of secular pleasure, or worldly vanities, or 
 of spiritual indifference and torpor. Such were his methods 
 as an instructor and guide of souls, that no one could be long 
 in his Parish, without gaining some knowledge of the first 
 principles of the doctrine of Christ, of the laws of the Church's 
 Constitution and Discipline and Worship, of History, so far 
 as it served to illustrate the Church's traditions and usages, 
 and of Christian morality in its bearing on conduct and char- 
 acter in the every-day affairs of life. As a teacher, clear, sys- 
 tematic, simple, patient, tireless, he never left anyone in doubt 
 as to his meaning — ^he never stopped with half truths — he never 
 allowed any one to take away from sermon, or lecture, or 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 457 
 
 familiar instruction, patches and scraps of Bible truth and 
 Church doctrine. Slowly, but surely, little by little, day after 
 day, he pressed home the message he was commissioned to 
 deliver, until I am bold to say, it must be the fault, the grievous 
 fault of this Parish, if in all needful Christian knowledge, it is 
 inferior to any and not superior to most congregations in the 
 Diocese. He had, moreover, a rare faculty for keeping the 
 Parish busy in good works, and such good works as helped 
 to widen its sympathies, increase its zeal, and enlarge its knowl- 
 edge of the needs of the Diocese and of the whole Church 
 throughout the world." 
 
 "But his work and influence whatever they were in his Parish, 
 were not confined to it. While in charge of this cure, he never 
 forgot that he was a Priest of the whole Church, and that he 
 had duties to the Body of Christ wherever it was. No narrow, 
 selfish parochialism, no local ties or obligations, ever hedged 
 in his sympathies or cramped his labors. His heart was as 
 large as the Church, and he strove to make the hearts of his 
 people as large as his own. When we find, therefore, what 
 offices he filled — what services he performed outside his Parish, 
 it is only what we might expect from him as a wise, able, 
 well- furnished Priest of the Church. He was one of the 
 Standing Committee on Sunday School instruction in these five 
 contiguous Dioceses. He personally prepared, every month, 
 the scheme of instruction for nearly 100,000 children. Pie was 
 Chairman of the Standing Committee on Christian Education 
 in the Diocese of Long Island. He was a Corporator and 
 Trustee of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, with the grave 
 and responsible task superadded, of an active supervision of 
 the Cathedral Schools ; and finally, in November last, he was 
 nominated by his Bishop, Archdeacon of Queens County, and 
 the affectionate and spontaneous confirmation of the Bishop's 
 choice by the Clergy of Queens, evinced, as nothing else could, 
 the strong hold he had on the confidence and love of his 
 brethren." 
 
 "Our departed brother has gone from us, his career on earth 
 is ended, and this is the record of his character and work. It 
 speaks for itself. Eulogy can add nothing to it. My words 
 are of little account, except as they serve to express our sense 
 
458 THE CHURCH 
 
 of the common loss, and to unburden our hearts of their grief. 
 A true man has been taken from this community, a loving and 
 devoted head from this Parish, and from the household that has 
 long; sojourned in its parsonage, and a most exemplary and 
 faithful Priest from the Church of God. O well beloved and 
 departed brother, faithful unto death, thou hast entered into the 
 joy of the Lord, and the Crown of Life is already on thy brow, 
 casting its heavenly halo back on us in our sorrow and our 
 tears. We thank God for thy work, thy example, thy char- 
 acter; and we pray that we may so spend the residue of our 
 days, that we may be allowed to join thee the other side of the 
 Dark Valley, and taste with theethe joys of Paradise, the powers 
 of an endless life. The great miracle of Christ hath been 
 wrought in thee. Thou art not dead, but asleep ; for they can- 
 not die who have realized their oneness with the risen life of 
 their risen and ascended King." 
 
 REV. JOHN HETHERINGTON DRUMM, M.D., D.D. 
 
 John Hetherington, a son of Thomas and Anne Nimmo 
 Drumm, was born in Dublin, Ireland, May 2, 1827, died at 
 Bristol, Pa., March 5, 1879. He was brought up by his uncle. 
 Dr. W. J. M. Lynn of Armagh, Ireland. He studied for a 
 physician in Ireland and while there was graduated from a medi- 
 cal college. He then came to America and was graduated from 
 the New York Medical College in 1852, and soon after began 
 the practice of medicine at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, where he 
 was in successful practice for about five years. Here he 
 married his first wife, who several years after died of consump- 
 tion. Shortly after her death he decided to give up the prac- 
 tice of medicine to enter the ministry. He was ordained a 
 deacon by the Right Rev. Dr. Binney, Bishop of Nova Scotia, 
 Dec. 17, 1857. He was the minister at Lunenburg, 1857-58 
 and at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, 1858-59. 
 
 On May 12, 1859 he was received into the Diocese of Penn- 
 sylvania from Nova Scotia, and became the minister in charge 
 of St. James' Church, at Dundaff, Pa. He was married in the 
 family homestead at Dundaff, on Feb. 7, i860, to Miss Jeanie 
 Graham, by the Rev. Thomas Drumm, a brother of the groom, 
 
EEV. JOHN HETHERINGTON DRUMM^ M.D., D.D. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 459 
 
 Mrs. J. H. Drumm now resides at Philadelphia, Pa. In 1861, 
 he resigned at Dundaff and became Chaplain of the 52nd 
 Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. He also acted as 
 assistant surgeon. He was compelled to leave the army on 
 account of ill health. On Feb. i, 1863, he was minister in 
 charge of St. James' Church, at Bristol, Pa., and on Feb. 20, 
 1863, was ordained to the priesthood, in that church, by the 
 Right Rev. William B. Stevens, at the fir.=t visit of Bishop 
 Stevens to that Church. Here he remained until he was called 
 to New Britain in 1875. It was at Bristol that the Rev. Dr. 
 Drumm wrote his famous work entitled "Vox Ecclesise, or the 
 Doctrine of the Protestant Episcopal Church on Apostolic Suc- 
 cession," which was published at Philadelphia by Smith, English 
 & Co., 1866, an octavo volume of 516 pages. He also wrote at 
 Bristol the letters entitled "The Cummins Controversy" on the 
 question of "whether the Church of England ever admitted to 
 Parishes under its jurisdiction, ministers who had not received 
 Eoiscopal ordination." This was an octavo pamphlet of 31 
 pages. After these publications, the Rev. J. H. Drumm had the 
 honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred on him by 
 Hobart College. 
 
 The history in the parish register of St. James' Church at 
 Bristol, Pa., pays a fine tribute to the memory of the Rev. Dr. 
 Drumm. His library contained over three thousand volumes. 
 He went from New Britain to San Saba, Texas, as mis- 
 sionary, in hopes of regaining his health, but after the fall of 
 1877, he was unable to perform services with any regularity. 
 ' He left Texas in March, 1878, and returned to Bristol, Pa., 
 where a service of thirteen years had endeared him to the 
 people, and where he could spend his last days among friends. 
 He died March 5, and was buried in the Church cemetery, 
 March 8, 1879, in a spot that he had chosen for himself. 
 
 The Bishop's address to the Diocesan Convention of Con- 
 necticut, 1879, says: "Dr. Drumm was with us for only a little 
 time, but long enough to win profound respect for his learning 
 and devotion. His memory will live not alone in the lives of 
 those to whom he ministered, but in those labors of his pen 
 which have instructed and will instruct so many of the Church's 
 children." 
 
460 THE CHURCH 
 
 REV. WILLIAM EDWARD SNOWDEN. 
 
 William Edward, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McFad- 
 den,) Snowden, of County Armagh, Ireland, was born at 
 Elizabethport, N. J., Aug. 8, 1817 ; died at Cornwall, N. Y., 
 Nov. 5, 1888 ; married at Edenton, N. C, by the Rev. Samuel I. 
 Johnston, D.D., on Aug. i, 1842, to Harriet Augusta, daughter 
 of Joseph Harvey and Sarah (Creecy,) Skinner, who was born 
 at Harvey's Neck, Perquimans County, N. C, Feb. 8, 1822, 
 and died at Cornwall, N. Y., 1885. Mr. Snowden's grand- 
 father was from the North of England, although he settled in 
 Ireland. His mother, Elizabeth McFadden, was of Scotch 
 descent. Being left a widow with four small children, she 
 settled in New York, and there raised and trained her children 
 for high positions in life. One son, William Edward, the sub- 
 ject of this sketch, became a minister, the two other sons 
 became doctors of note, and the only daughter married a 
 minister. 
 
 Mr. Snowden received his early education at Trinity School, 
 New York, and was graduated from Columbia College, 1838. 
 In the summer of that year he visited Egypt and upon return- 
 ing in the fall entered the General Theological Seminary at 
 New York. Failing in health, he was ordered South by his 
 physicians in the fall of 1839. He became chaplain to the 
 family of Mrs. Joseph H. Skinner and tutor to her sons, and 
 it was thus that he became acquainted with her daughter Har- 
 riet, whom he afterwards married. He was made deacon by 
 the Right Rev. Levi Silliman Ives, Bishop of North Carolina, 
 on June 6, 1841, in St. Paul's Church at Edenton, N. C. and 
 ordained to the priesthood by the same Bishop on May 22, 
 1842, in St. Stephen's Church, Oxford, N. C. 
 
 He served as Missionary in Beaufort County, N. C, 1841- 
 1844, having charge of Trinity Church, Beaufort; St. Thomas, 
 Bath ; St. John's, Durham Creek, and Zion Chapel. He was 
 Rector of St. Peter's Church, Washington, N. C, 1844-1848, 
 Holy Trinity Church, Hertford, N. C, 1848-1867, having 
 charge also of the mission at Galesville and other places near 
 Hertford. He was next the Rector of St. Paul's Church, Beau- 
 fort, N. C, 1867-1872, when he was transferred to the Diocese 
 
REV. WILLIAM EDWARD SNOWDEN. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 46 1 
 
 of Maryland and called to the rectorship of Christ Church, 
 Rock Spring, Harford County. In 1872, he had charge of 
 Emmanuel Church at Bel Air, in connection with the Church 
 at Rock Spring. He relinquished these charges in 1875 and 
 became Rector of St. Andrew's Church at Walden, Orange 
 County, N. Y., from which place he was called to St. Mark's 
 Church, New Britain, Conn., and began his duties there on 
 April 10, 1877. Here he remained until May i, 1880, and was 
 transferred from the Diocese of Connecticut to the Diocese of 
 New York. He was made Rector of St. John's Church, 
 Canterbury, Orange County, New York and missionary at Corn- 
 wall, where he remained until he died, Nov. 5, 1888. 
 
 He was seriously ill with pneumonia in 1884 and shortly 
 after his good wife died. From "that time up to the closing 
 hours of his life they have been hours of affliction. Gradually 
 he became blind and gradually his health failed, but with all 
 he had continued his pastoral duties, conducting the services 
 at St. John's besides those at St. John's Chapel and a service 
 once a month at the W. C. T. U. mission at West Cornwall." 
 
 During the last illness of the Rev. Mr. Snowden, Bishop 
 Potter visited him with the tenderest affection and ministered 
 to him in his last sickness. There was a large number of clergy 
 present at the funeral and "the Rev. Dr. Mason, who had 
 known the Rev. W. E. Snowden during forty years of his 
 forty-seven in the ministry, paid a beautiful tribute to his life ; 
 and Bishop Potter, who held the deceased Rector in high 
 esteem, also paid a glowing tribute to his memory." He was 
 tenderly mentioned in the New York Journal of Convention, 
 both by Bishop Potter and by the Assistant Rector of St. John's 
 Church, Cornwall. There were also numerous press notices 
 of the deceased, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, his old 
 parish in the South, sent resolutions of loving remembrance to 
 the family of the deceased. 
 
 The following is from the resolutions passed by the Arch- 
 deaconry of Orange, immediately after the funeral, and pub- 
 lished in the "Churchman" of New York : 
 
 "Mr. Snowden had completed nearly forty-seven and a half 
 years of active labors in the ministry before his last illness. A 
 naturally delicate constitution had in him been so strengthened 
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462 THE CHURCH 
 
 by good care and right living, that he was enabled to continue 
 his work with great effectiveness, and was only compelled to 
 forego his public ministrations for five Sundays before he was 
 taken to his final rest. 
 
 "The larger part of Mr. Snowden's ministry was exercised 
 in the diocese of North Carolina. In coming among us some 
 years ago, he brought with him an already ripe experience in 
 the work of winning souls to Christ, which with a high degree 
 of scholarly culture, a nature of great refinement, a gentle and 
 kindly spirit, of shrinking sensitiveness, but of the warmest 
 affection, endeared him greatly to those who knew him well, 
 and made his life a bright example of exalted Christian char- 
 acter. His deep piety and his devotional spirit were beautifully 
 witnessed to in the services of his Church into which they had 
 transfused themselves ; there was breathed into them a spirit of 
 true worship which realized the highest idea of the communion 
 of the soul with God." 
 
 REV. JOHN HENRY ROGERS. 
 
 John Henry, a son of Horatio and Susan (Curtis,) Rogers, 
 was born Jan. 4, 1834, at Providence, R. I. ; died at New Britain, 
 
 Conn., Jan. 23, 1886; married Elizabeth Wright, 
 
 daughter of James Dugald Brown, Esqr. of Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Mr. Rogers came of old Rhode Island stock, an unbroken 
 succession of six generations of his ancestors having lived and 
 died within that State. He was educated at Providence, in the 
 common schools and at Brown University, graduating in 1854, 
 with the degree A.M. He then applied himself to business 
 pursuits until i860, about which time he entered the Berkeley 
 Divinity School at Middletown, graduating in 1863. He was 
 ordained deacon in Emmanuel Church, Newport, R. I. on Aug. 
 29, 1862, by Bishop Clark, being presented by the Rev. Dr. 
 William Child. He was ordained to the priesthood in the 
 Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N. Y. on Nov. 15, 1863, 
 by the same Bishop ; the Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, (afterwards 
 Bishop Littlejohn,) being the presenter. He was an Assistant 
 Minister in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 1863-1865, under Dr. Littlejohn, following closely the services 
 
REV. JOHN HENRY ROGERS. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 463 
 
 there of the Rev. John C. Middleton, who like Mr. Rogers, 
 afterwards became a Rector of St. Mark's Church, New 
 Britain. The Rev. Mr. Rogers was Rector of St. James' 
 Church, Great Harrington, Mass., 1865-1866. In the spring of 
 1866 he accepted the charge of St. Andrew's Chapel at Fac- 
 to ryville, N. Y., entered upon the duties there at Easter, and 
 remained until 1868. He is also reported as at West Brighton, 
 Staten Island, N. Y., for the same period. Saint Andrew's 
 and West Brighton are both in the, Borough of Richmond, 
 N. Y. For more than four years he was travelling in Europe 
 and the East. In returning from Palestine he was seized with 
 Syrian fever at Constantinople, so that his life was despaired 
 of, and that grievous illness left an enduring impress on his 
 constitution. In 1873 he was residing in the city of New York 
 without any charge. In 1874 he was in temporary charge of 
 the Church of the Redeemer, in the city of New York, during 
 the absence of the Rector, the Rev. Dr. Shackelford. He was 
 transferred from the Diocese of New York to the Diocese of 
 Albany, into which he was received June 10, 1875, ^'^d became 
 the Rector of Christ Church, Schenectady. He was dismissed 
 from the Diocese of Albany, Sept. 23, 1880, to the Diocese of 
 Connecticut, where he entered upon the rectorship of St. Mark's 
 Church, New Britain, Conn., and there spent the remainder of 
 his days, as related in the history for the years 1880- 1886. 
 
 REV. JAMES STODDARD. 
 
 James, a son of Enoch Vine and Sarah Ann (Allen,) Stod- 
 dard, was born at New London, Conn., Dec. 20, 1849; married 
 in New York City, April 27, 1881, Alice, daughter of George 
 Lewis and Matilda Jane (Rockwell,) Kent, born at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., July 28, 1855. Mr. Stoddard was born into the Church, 
 his father having been a zealous Churchman and for many 
 years prominent in the Diocesan Conventions of this Diocese. 
 James Stoddard was educated at Trinity College, Hartford and 
 the Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown. 
 
 On July 12, 1871, James Stoddard, B.A., was recommended 
 by the Standing Committee of this Diocese as a candidate for 
 holy orders. He was made a deacon, in the Church of the 
 
464 THE CHURCH 
 
 Holy Trinity at Middletown, Conn., by the Right Rev. John 
 Williams, D.D., Bishop of Connecticut, on May 28, 1874 and 
 served during his diaconate as assistant to the Rev. Edwin 
 Harwood, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, New Haven. On 
 Friday, June 11, 1875, the feast of St. Barnabas, in St. James' 
 Church, New London, he was ordained to the priesthood by 
 the Right Rev. Bishop Williams. Mr. Stoddard was presented 
 by the Rev. Dr. Harwood and the sermon was preached by the 
 Rev. Professor Samuel Hart, of Trinity College. At the New 
 Haven County Convocation, Waterbury, Oct. 24 and 25, 1875, 
 the Rev. Mr. Stoddard "read a thoughtful essay upon the 
 subject of Religion and the Masses." He was Rector at St. 
 James's Church, Westville, Conn., 1875-1877. On Dec. 30, 
 1876, he accepted the rectorship of Christ Church, Watertown, 
 Conn., where he remained until April i, 1886 and then entered 
 into the rectorship of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, remain- 
 ing there until July i, 1892, as narrated in the previous pages. 
 
 He first attended the Diocesan Convention of this Diocese 
 in 1875, the year that he was ordained to the Priesthood, and he 
 has been present at every Diocesan Convention of the Diocese 
 to which he has belonged since that date, thus attending the 
 annual Diocesan Conventions for thirty-two consecutive years. 
 
 He read a portion of the Morning Prayer at the Convention 
 in this Diocese, 1882. In 1892 he was elected vice president 
 and principal of the Episcopal Academy, at Cheshire, Conn. 
 In 1893-4-5 and 6, he was one of the directors on the Board of 
 Education of the Church Scholarship Society. He was also 
 appointed in 1894 and in 1895 by the Bishop as one of the 
 Commissioners on the Endowment of the Episcopal Academy. 
 During his principalship of the Academy he held daily service 
 in the School Chapel, frequently assisted or acted for the Rec- 
 tor of St. Peter's Church, Cheshire, and held services in vari- 
 ous other places. In 1896, (and in years following,) he held 
 services on Sundays during his vacation, at Black Rock, 
 Niantic, Conn., for the benefit of the summer residents. The 
 Bishop's address to the Diocesan Convention 1897 says: that 
 the "Rev. James Stoddard has resigned (July i, 1896,) the 
 office of Principal of the Academy, proposing to return to 
 Parish work. Mr. Stoddard's term of office has been for the 
 
KEV. JAMES STODDARD. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 465 
 
 Academy a period of reconstruction and of reorganization in 
 administration and instruction. It was necessary to do very 
 much in the way of building and renewal in order to put the 
 school property in proper condition as regards health and con- 
 venience. It was also necessary to arrange the courses of study 
 with full appreciation of the increased demands upon a Pre- 
 paratory School of the first rank. 
 
 "Under Mr. Stoddard's efficient direction this work of recon- 
 struction and reorganization has been done with great wisdom. 
 The new system of administration has worked well. This 
 school property has been greatly improved and enlarged, and 
 is to-day more valuable and better fitted for school purposes 
 than ever before. The courses of study and standard of 
 instruction have been brought into line with the first prepara- 
 tory Schools of the country. Comparison with the best schools 
 in these particulars need not be feared. For these great gains 
 in the Academy acknowledgment is due to Mr. Stoddard and 
 the staflf of teachers which he there formed and directed. 
 
 "In times of peculiar difficulty he has guided the school wisely 
 towards better things, and his name will ever be most honorably 
 associated with its history. He retires from his office with the 
 best wishes of all the Trustees and with their appreciation of 
 his faithful services." 
 
 At this Convention the Rev. Mr. Stoddard was appointed on 
 the committee on the admission of new parishes. In Septem- 
 ber, 1896, to October, 1897, he was Priest in charge of the 
 Church of the Holy Trinity, Middletown, Conn. From Octo- 
 ber, 1897, to May, 1898, he was Priest in charge of Grace 
 Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. and on June i, 1898, he became Rector 
 of St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holley, N. J., where he is at 
 present located. At times while here he has also had charge 
 of the nearby churches of St. Martin's and St. Luke's. 
 
466 THE CHURCH 
 
 REV. HENRY NICOLL WAYNE. 
 
 Henry Nicoll, a son of Henry C. and Mary L. (Nicoll,) 
 Wayne, was born at West Point, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1844 ; married 
 at the Church of the Transfiguration, New York, Oct. i, 1872, 
 Edith, daughter of Samuel O. and Elizabeth (Hunt,) Town- 
 send, who was born at Armonk, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1850. 
 
 He was graduated from St. Stephen's College, Paris, France, 
 1869, and from the General Theological Seminary of New 
 York, 1872. He was ordained a deacon by the Right Rev. 
 Horatio Potter, Bishop of New York, on June 30, 1872, and 
 ordained to the priesthood by the same Bishop on Oct. 12, 1872. 
 He was Rector of St. Peter's Church, Lithgow, N. Y. and 
 missionary from July, 1872, to May, 1874. For a while in 
 1874, he was an officiating minister in Trinity Parish, New 
 York. He was transferred from the Diocese of New York to 
 the Diocese of Maryland and became Rector of St. Paul's 
 Church, Baltimore, Md., July, 1874, where he remained until 
 July, 1882. He was then transferred back to the Diocese of 
 New York, and was Rector of St. Paul's Church, Edgewater, 
 Staten Island, N. Y. from July, 1882 to June 1891. He was 
 received into the Diocese of Connecticut from the Diocese of 
 New York, and became Rector of Christ Church, Westport, 
 Conn, in June, 1891. He was called from there to the rector- 
 ship of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, Conn., where he served 
 from Oct. I, 1893 to July i, 1899. There was a marked 
 increase in the number of Baptisms, Confirmations and Com- 
 municants, during his rectorship, and the vested choir introduced 
 by him is a constant and pleasant reminder of his work. On 
 June 28, 1899, he was given letters dimissory from this Diocese 
 to the Diocese of New York, when, according to the Journal of 
 Convention for 1899, he removed to White Plains, N. Y. He 
 had charge of the Church at Armonk, near White Plains, for a 
 time and was missionary for parts adjacent For about one 
 year he was at Amenia, N. Y., and then removed to Armonk, 
 where he still resides, officiating in various places. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Wayne is a grandson of Judge James M. 
 Wayne, who was an Associate Justice of the United States 
 Supreme Court, and as before stated, he is a son of Henry C. 
 
REV. HENRY NICOLL WAYNE. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 467 
 
 Wayne, who was a General in the Confederate Army during the 
 Civil War. He was one of the founders of the Connecticut 
 Society of the Sons of the Revolution and one of its first 
 officers. He is now the Registrar General of the Military 
 Order of Foreign Wars. 
 
 REV. HARRY INNES BODLEY. 
 
 Harry Innes, a son of Charles Scott Todd and Frances Price 
 (Curd,) Bodley, was born at Lexington, Ky., April lo, 1852; 
 married at New York City by the Rev. George H. Houghton, 
 D.D., Sept. 13, 1877, to Mary Anna, daughter of James Stuart 
 and Hannah Maria (Webb,) Gillespie, who was born in New 
 York City, July i, 1852. 
 
 Harry Innes Bodley received his preliminary education from 
 private tutors and in private schools at Lexington, Ky., New 
 York City, St. Louis, Mo., and Faribault, Minn. His higher 
 education was at Columbia College and the General Theological 
 Seminary, New York. 
 
 He was ordained deacon in the Church of the Transfiguration, 
 New York, on Trinity Sunday, May 27, 1877, by the Right Rev. 
 Bishop Horatio Potter, D.D., by whom he was also ordained 
 to the priesthood in the same Church in New York on June 10, 
 1878. He was minister in charge and Rector of Christ Church, 
 Canaan, Conn., from July 15, 1877, to Feb. 20, 1882. In addi- 
 tion to this cure he also had the charge of Christ Church, Shef- 
 field, Mass., from Jan. 23, 1881, to Jan. 29, 1882. He was the 
 secretary and treasurer of the Litchfield Archdeaconry, 1878- 
 1880. 
 
 From Canaan he removed to North Adams, Mass. where he 
 began the duties of Rector of St. John's Church on Feb. 21, 
 1882, and continued there until July 6, 1890, when he removed 
 to Mount Vernon, N. Y. He was at this time an Examining 
 Chaplain for the Diocese of Massachusetts. He was special 
 preacher and lecturer at St. John's Church, Stamford, Conn., 
 from October, 1890 to the spring of 1891, residing meanwhile 
 at Mount Vernon. He was Corresponding Secretary of the 
 Society for the Increase of the Ministry, from Sept. 18, 1892, 
 to Nov. I, 1895. 
 
468 THE CHURCH 
 
 On Sq)t. 28, 1895, he was transferred from the Diocese of 
 Massachusetts to the Diocese of Kansas. In the Journal of 
 Convention of that Diocese, 1895, the clergy list contains the 
 name of the Rev. Harry I. Bodley, "Visitor and Examiner of 
 St. John's Military School, Salina." The Right Rev. Frank 
 Rosebrook Millspaugh was consecrated Bishop of Kansas, 
 Sept. 19, 1895. In his address to the Diocesan Convention of 
 1896, he says: "My first official act Sept. 19, 1895, was the 
 nomination of the Rev. Harry I. Bodley (Dean,) to Grace 
 Cathedral, Topeka." The Rev. Mr. Bodley was installed as 
 Dean at the Cathedral on Nov. 17, 1895. On May 24, 1896, 
 the Bishop visited St. John's School, Salina, and the Baccalau- 
 reate sermon in Christ Church was by the Very Rev. Dean 
 Bodley. At this Convention, 1896, the Very Rev. H. I. Bodley 
 is reported as on the Board of Visitors and Examiners of the 
 College of the Sisters of Bethany, Topeka, and as Dean of the 
 Cathedral Chapter. He was also appointed by this Convention 
 chairman of the committee on finance, and chairman of the 
 committee to arrange for the annual convention of the Brother- 
 hood of St. Andrew, the Woman's Auxiliary and the order of 
 the Daughters of the King in Junction City, at the time of the 
 next Diocesan Convention. 
 
 He resigned his position at the Cathedral on Sept. 12, 1897, 
 and removed to Mount Vernon, N. Y. In the Kansas Journal 
 of Convention, Sept. 1898, the Rev. Mr. Bodley reports having 
 exercised his ministry in New York, Brooklyn, and Tarrytown, 
 N. Y., also in New Haven, Stamford, and elsewhere in Con- 
 necticut, besides having charge of the Church of the Trans- 
 figuration, Norfolk, Conn., during the summer. Early in 1899 
 he became the private secretary of the Right Rev. Henry Cod- 
 man Potter, D.D., Bishop of New York. 
 
 On the seventeenth of April, 1899, the parish of St. Mark's, 
 New Britain, Conn., elected a committee to request Bishop 
 Brewster to appoint a Rector for that parish. In compliance 
 with this request, the Bishop appointed the Rev. Harry I. 
 Bodley of the Diocese of Kansas, who became the Rector on 
 Aug. I, 1899. 
 
REV. HARRY INNES BODLEY. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 469 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 
 Elected. 
 
 Aug. 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 28, 1836, 
 
 1837 
 23, 1838, 
 
 1839 
 1840, 
 18, 1841 
 March 22, 1842 
 April 24, 1843 
 April 15, 1844 
 March 24, 1845 
 April 13, 1846. 
 April 7, 1847 
 April 24, 1848. 
 
 Senior Warden. 
 
 Lorenzo P. Lee. 
 No record. 
 George Winchester. 
 No record. 
 No record. 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 9> 
 
 1849. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 I, 
 
 1850. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 April 
 
 26, 
 
 1851. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 April 
 
 22, 
 
 1852. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 March 28, 
 
 1853- 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 24. 
 
 1854. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 9> 
 
 1855- 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 March 
 
 24, 
 
 1856. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 13. 
 
 1857. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 5. 
 
 1858. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 24, 
 
 1859- 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 9. 
 
 i860. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 I, 
 
 1861. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 22, 
 
 1862. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 April 
 
 6, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Hezekiah Se3Tiiour. 
 
 March 28, 
 
 1864. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Junior Warden. 
 Ira E. Smith. 
 
 Emanuel Russell. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 signed as Junior 
 Warden, Dec. 23, 
 1848. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
470 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 
 Elected. 
 
 Af>ril 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 17, 1865. 
 2, 1866. 
 
 22, 1867. 
 
 13, 1868. 
 29, 1869. 
 
 18, 1870. 
 17, 1871. 
 
 1, 1872. 
 
 14, 1873- 
 6, 1874. 
 
 29. 1875. 
 
 17. 1876. 
 2, 1877. 
 
 22. 1878. 
 
 14. 1879. 
 
 29. 1880. 
 
 17. 1881. 
 
 10. 1882. 
 
 26. 1883. 
 14, 1884. 
 
 6, 1885. 
 26, 1886. 
 11,1887. 
 
 2, 1888. 
 22, 1889. 
 
 7, 1890. 
 
 30. 1891. 
 
 18. 1892. 
 
 3, 1893. 
 26, 1894. 
 i5> 1895- 
 
 April 6, 1896. 
 April 19, 1897. 
 April 11,1898. 
 
 Senior Warden. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 William Parker. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Henry E. Russell, Jr. 
 Henry E. Russell, Jr. 
 Henry Tolles. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Junior Warden. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 William Parker. 
 
 William Parker. 
 
 William Parker. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Henry E. Russell, 2d. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Henry Tolles. 
 
 Henry Tolles. 
 
 Henry Tolles. 
 
 Henry Tolles. 
 
 Henry Tolles. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 Franklin Graham. - 
 
 Charles D. Hine. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 Alfred S. Finch, Re- 
 sigmed. Succeeded 
 by Howard C. No- 
 ble, April 29. 
 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 N. Albert Hooker. 
 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 

 
 IN NEW BRITAIN 
 
 • 
 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS 
 
 1836-1906 
 
 Elected. 
 
 Senior Warden. 
 
 Junior Warden 
 
 April 
 
 13, 1899. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 
 April 
 
 16, 1900. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 
 April 
 
 8, 1901. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 
 March 
 
 31, 1902. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 
 May- 
 
 II, 1903. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 
 May 
 
 9, 1904- 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
 May 
 
 8, 1905. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
 May 
 
 14, 1906. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
 471 
 
472 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1 906 
 Vestrymen. 
 
 Aug. 28, 1836. 
 
 April 24, 1843. 
 
 Emanuel Russell. 
 
 Andrew G. Graham. 
 
 Frederick T. Stanley. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Ralph Dickinson. 
 
 Wm. Blackslee. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour. 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 Cyrus Booth. 
 
 Lorenzo P. Lee. 
 
 George Francis. 
 
 
 
 April IS, 1844. 
 
 1837- 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 No record. 
 
 Andrew G. Graham. 
 
 
 Charles Parsons. 
 
 April 23, 1838. 
 
 Theo. Ellsworth. 
 
 Ira E. Smith. 
 
 Wm. Blackslee. 
 
 Ralph Dickinson. 
 
 March 24, 1845. 
 
 Lorenzo P. Lee. 
 Philip S. Judd. 
 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 Sheldon Smith. 
 
 Andrew G. Graham. 
 
 Andrew G. Graham. 
 
 1839. 
 
 George Wooley. 
 
 Ira E. Smith. 
 
 No record. 
 
 
 
 April 13, 1846. 
 
 1840. 
 
 Lorenzo P. Lee. 
 
 No record. 
 
 George Wooley. 
 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 April 18, 1 84 1. 
 
 Christopher Senior. 
 
 Ira E. Smith. 
 
 Sheldon Smith. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 George Francis. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 Wm. Blackslee. 
 
 Andrew G. Graham. 
 
 
 George Francis. 
 
 April 7, 1847. 
 
 
 Lorenzo P. Lee. 
 
 March 22, 1842. 
 
 George Wooley. 
 
 George Francis. 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 
 Christopher Senior. 
 
 Andrew G. Graham. 
 
 Sheldon Smith. 
 
 Wm. Blackslee. 
 
 George Francis. 
 
 Lorenzo P. Lee. 
 
 Wm. Blackslee. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 473 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 Vestrymen. 
 
 April 24, 1848. 
 Lorenzo P. Lee. 
 Noble Hill. 
 John B. Parsons. 
 George Wooley. 
 Christopher Senior. 
 George Francis. 
 Wm. Bingham. 
 
 April 9, 1849. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Charles Parsons. 
 William Bradley. 
 Henry Tolles. 
 Noble Hill. 
 George Wooley. 
 Virgil C. Goodwin. 
 
 April I, 1850. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 George Wooley. 
 Wm. Bradley. 
 Noble Hill. 
 Henry Tolles. 
 
 April 26, 185 1. 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 George Wooley. 
 Wm. Bradley. 
 Henry Tolles. 
 
 April 22, 1852. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Noble Hill. 
 Wm. Bradley. 
 Henry H. Todd. 
 Wm. G. Coe. 
 
 March 28, 1853. ' 
 Wm. G. Coe. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Henry H. Todd. 
 Wm. L. Humason. 
 Noble Hill. 
 Wm. B. Smyth. 
 George Kilbourn. 
 
 April 24, 1854. 
 William G. Coe. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 William L. Humason. 
 William B. Smyth. 
 Noble Hill. 
 George Kilbourn. 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 William Bradley. 
 Jacob A. Strickland. 
 
 April 9, 1855. 
 William G. Coe. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson, 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 George Francis. 
 William L. Humason. 
 George Kilbourn. 
 William Bradley. 
 Jacob A. Strickland. 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 March 24, 1856. 
 William G. Coe. 
 Oliver B. North. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
474 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 
 Vestrymen. 
 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Marcellus Clark. 
 
 Wm. L. Humason. 
 
 April 13, 1857. 
 
 Augustus T. Post. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 April I, 1861. 
 
 Oliver B. North. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 
 Nathan R. Cook. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
 Marcellus Clark. 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 Gerrett P. Post. 
 
 Jacob A. Strickland. 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 Merritt Bronson. 
 
 Jacob A. Strickland. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 William L. Humason. 
 
 April 5, 1858. 
 
 Augustus T. Post. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 April 22, 1862. 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 Oliver B. North. 
 
 Oliver B. North. 
 
 Jacob A. Strickland. 
 
 Merritt Bronson. 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 Marcellus Clark. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 
 April 6, 1863. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 April 24, 1859. 
 
 Merritt Bronson. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Oliver B. North. 
 Jacob A. Strickland. 
 
 March 28, 1864. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 William L. Humason. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 April 17, 1865. 
 Henry E. Russell, Re- 
 
 April 9, i860. 
 
 signed. Succeeded 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 by Alexander Pratt, 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 Nov. 13. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 William L. Humason. 
 
 Jacob A. Strickland. 
 
 Added Nov. 13. 
 
 Oliver B. North. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 475 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1 906 
 Vestrymen. 
 
 James D. Frary. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Buel Sedgewick. 
 
 April 2, i866. 
 Probably the same as 
 in 1865. 
 
 April 22, 1867. 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 James D. Frary. 
 George R. Post. 
 William Bradley. 
 
 April 13, li 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 William N. Lockwood. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 Henry E. Russell 2nd. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
 March 29, 1869. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 William N. Lockwood. 
 Henry E. Russell 2nd. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Sherman P. Cooley. 
 
 April 18, 1870. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 George R. Post. 
 William Parker. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 
 April 17, 1871. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 William Parker. 
 George C. Pettis. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 James D. Frary. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 George R. Post. 
 Henry E. Russell 2nd. 
 
 April I, 1872. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 James D. Frary. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 George C. Pettis. 
 William Parker. 
 George R. Post. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Sherman P. Cooley. 
 Henry E. Russell 2nd. 
 
 April 14, 1873. 
 Henry E. Russell 2nd. 
 James D. Frary. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 George R. Post. 
 George C. Pettis. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Thomas G. Banks. 
 
 April 6, 1874. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
476 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 Vestrymen. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 George R. Post. 
 George C. Pettis. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Thomas G. Banks. 
 Sherman P. Cooley. 
 
 March 29, 1875. 
 
 Norris Bailey. 
 George C. Pettis. 
 George R. Post. 
 Joseph Clement Atwood. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 
 April 17, 1876. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 George C. Pettis. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 Leonard Doig. 
 William Parker. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Henry E. Russell 2nd. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 
 April 2, 1877. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 George R. Post. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 April 22, 1878. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 William Parker. 
 George C. Pettis. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Henry Tolles. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
 April 14, 1879. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 William Parker. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 
 March 29, 1880. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Joseph E. Hance. 
 Charles H. Smith. 
 William Parker. 
 
 April 17, 1 88 1. 
 Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Charles H. Smith. 
 William L. Humason. 
 
 April 10, 1882. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 William L. Humason. 
 
 March 26, 1883. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 477 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1 836-1906 
 Vestrymen. 
 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 
 April 14, 1884. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 William Parker. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 April 6, 1885. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 William Parker. 
 
 April 26, 1886. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 William Parker. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 April II, 1887. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 
 April 2, 1888. 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 William L. Humason. 
 G«orge M. Parsons. 
 
 April 22, 1889. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 George J. Turnbull. 
 William L. Humason Jr. 
 
 April 7, 1890. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Franklin Graham. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 George J. Turnbull. 
 William L. Humason. 
 William B. Steeles. 
 
 March 30, 1891. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Henry J. Browne. 
 Charles D. Hine. 
 George J. Turnbull. 
 Alfred S. Judd. 
 Alexander Pratt. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Robert Aymers. 
 
 April 18, 1892. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 George J. Turnbull. 
 William L. Humason. 
 
 30 
 
478 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 Vestrymen. 
 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 Charles J. White. 
 Alfred S. Judd. 
 Robert Aymers. 
 Charles F. Smith. 
 
 April 3, 1893. 
 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 
 Charles D. Hine, Re- 
 signed. Succeeded 
 by Geo. M. Parsons, 
 April 26. 
 
 William L. Humason., 
 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 
 N. Albert Hooker. 
 
 George J. Turnbull, 
 Resigned. Succeed- 
 ed by Howard C. 
 Noble, April 26. 
 
 March 26, 1894. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 N. Albert Hooker. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 
 April IS, 1895. 
 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 
 William L. Humason. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 Howard C. Noble, Pro- 
 moted. Suceededby 
 George M. Parsons, 
 April 29. 
 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 N. Albert Hooker. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 
 April 6, 1896. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 N. Albert Hooker. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 
 April 19, 1897. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 William L. Humason. 
 George H. Mitchell. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 
 April II, 1898. 
 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 
 Sherman P. Cooley. 
 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 
 George H. Mitchell. 
 
 N. Albert Hooker, Re- 
 signed. Succeeded 
 by George M. Par- 
 sons, July 25. 
 
 April 13, 1899. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 John J. Coats. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 479 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1 906 
 
 Vestrymen. 
 
 Thomas H. Porter. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 John Crabtree. 
 
 April i6, 1900. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 John J. Coats. 
 John Crabtree. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 Thomas H. Porter. 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 
 April 8, 1901. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 John J. Coats. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 Thomas H. Porter. 
 John Crabtree. 
 
 March 31, 1902. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 John J. Coats. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 John Crabtree. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 George H. Mitchell. 
 
 May II, 1903. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 John J. Coats. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 George H. Mitchell. 
 Charle.s F. Chase. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 John Crabtree. 
 
 May 9, 1904. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 John J. Coats. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 George H. Mitchell. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Charles J. White. 
 
 May 8, 1905. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Charles J. White. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 William L. Humason. 
 William E. Attwood. 
 Frederick A. B. Forrest. 
 
 May 14, 1906. 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 Ira E. Hicks. 
 Charles J. White. 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 William L. Humason. 
 William E. Attwood. 
 Dr F. A. B. Forrest. 
 
48o 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 
 Elected. 
 
 Aug. 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 March 
 
 April 
 
 April 
 
 28, 1836. 
 
 1837- 
 23, 1838. 
 
 1839. 
 1840. 
 
 18. 1841. 
 
 22. 1842. 
 
 24. 1843. 
 
 15. 1844. 
 
 24. 1845. 
 
 13. 1846. 
 7, 1847. 
 
 24, 1848. 
 9, 1849. 
 
 1, 1850. 
 
 26. 1851. 
 
 22. 1852. 
 
 28. 1853. 
 
 24. 1854. 
 
 9> 1855- 
 24, 1856. 
 
 13. 1857- 
 
 5, 1858. 
 24, 1859. 
 
 9, i860. 
 
 1, 1861. 
 22, 1862. 
 
 6, 1863. 
 
 28. 1864. 
 
 17. 1865. 
 2, 1866. 
 
 April 22, 1867. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Emanuel Russell. 
 Emanuel Russell. 
 Emanuel Russell. 
 Emanuel Russell. 
 
 Ira E. Smith. 
 Ira E. Smith. 
 Ira E. Smith. 
 Ira E. Smith. 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 Stephen G. Buckneull. 
 IraE. Smith. Deceased 
 
 Succeeded by Ash- 
 
 bel Dickinson, Sept. 
 
 28. 
 Ashbel Dickinson. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 Samuel W. Hart. 
 George R. Post. 
 Probably George R. 
 
 Post. 
 James D. Frary. 
 
 Parish Clerk. 
 
 Charles N. Stanley. 
 Charles N. Stanley. 
 Emanuel Russell. 
 
 Andrew G. Graham. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 Henry E. Russell. 
 
 Henry E. 
 Henry E. 
 William B 
 William B 
 William B 
 William B 
 William B 
 William B 
 William B, 
 William B 
 William B 
 William B 
 Augustus 
 Augustus 
 George R. 
 George R. 
 Henry P. 
 
 Russell. 
 Russell. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 
 Smyth. 
 T. Post. 
 T. Post. 
 Post. 
 Post. 
 Curtis. 
 
 Henry P. Curtis. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 481 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 
 Elected. 
 
 April 13, 1868. 
 March 29, 1869. 
 April 18, 1870. 
 April 17, 1871. 
 April 1, 1872. 
 
 April 
 April 
 
 14, 1873. 
 6, 1874. 
 
 March 29, 1875. 
 April 17, 1876. 
 April 2, 1877. 
 April 22, 1878. 
 April 14, 1879. 
 March 29, 1880. 
 
 April 
 
 I7> 
 
 1881. 
 
 April 
 
 10, 
 
 1882. 
 
 March 26, 
 
 1883, 
 
 April 
 
 14, 
 
 1884. 
 
 April 
 
 6, 
 
 1885. 
 
 April 
 
 26, 
 
 1886. 
 
 April 
 
 II, 
 
 1887, 
 
 April 
 
 2, 
 
 1888. 
 
 April 
 
 22, 
 
 1889. 
 
 April 
 
 7, 
 
 1890. 
 
 March 
 
 30, 
 
 1891. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Henry E. Russell, 2d. 
 Henry E. Russell, 2d. 
 William Bishop. 
 William Bishop. 
 William Bishop. 
 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 
 Thomas G. Banks. 
 Resigned. Succeed- 
 ed by Franklin G. 
 Guion, April 13. 
 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 Howard C. Noble. 
 
 Thomas F. Main. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Ira E. Hicks. Re- 
 signed. Succeeded 
 by C. H. Smith, 
 June 8. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
 Henry J. Browne. 
 
 Henry J. Browne. Re- 
 signed. Succeeded 
 by Henry E. Beach, 
 June 2. 
 
 Parish Clerk. 
 
 Henry P. Curtis. 
 
 Henry P. Curtis. 
 
 Henry P. Curtis. 
 
 Henry P. Curtis. 
 
 Henry P. Curtis. Re- 
 moved from town. 
 Succeeded by Leon- 
 ard Doig, Feb. 13, 
 
 1873- 
 Leonard Doig. 
 Leonard Doig. 
 
 Leonard Doig. 
 Leonard Doig. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 Charles H. Avery. 
 Charles H. Smith. 
 
 Leonard Doig. 
 Charles H. Smith. 
 Charles H. Smith. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
482 
 
 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 
 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS 
 
 ,, 1836-1906 
 
 J 
 
 Elected. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Parish Clerk. 
 
 April 
 
 18, 1892. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Alfred S. Finch. 
 
 April 
 
 3, 1893- 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Alfred S 
 signed 
 
 ;. Finch. Re- 
 Succeeded 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 by Franklin G. Gui- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 on, April 26. 
 
 March 26, 1894. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 April 
 
 iS> 1895. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 April 
 
 6, 1896. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 April 
 
 19, 1897. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 April 
 
 II, 1898. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 April 
 
 13, 1899. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 April 
 
 16, 1900. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 April 
 
 8, 1901. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 March 
 
 31, 1902. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 May 
 
 11,1903. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 May 
 
 9, 1904. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 May 
 
 8, 1905- 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
 Miay 
 
 14, 1906. 
 
 Henry 
 
 E. 
 
 Beach. 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Chase. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 483 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 DIOCESAN CONVENTION 
 
 Delegates. 
 
 1836 Ira E. Smith 
 
 1837 Emanuel Russell 
 
 1838 Ira E. Smith 
 
 1839 Lorenzo P. Lee 
 Emanuel Russell 
 
 1840 
 
 1841 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 1842 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 1843 Jonah H. Todd 
 
 1844 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 184s Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 1846 Jonah H. Todd 
 
 1847 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 1848 Ira E. Smith 
 
 1849 Henry E. Russell 
 
 1850 Virgil C. Goodwin 
 
 1851 Henry E. Russell 
 
 1852 Nathaniel Dickinson 
 Jonah H. Todd 
 
 1853 Wm. B. Smyth 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 
 1S54 Henry E. Russell 
 Norris Bailey 
 
 1855 Henry E. Russell 
 Wm. G. Coe 
 
 1856 Wm. B. Smyth 
 Marcellus Clark 
 
 1857 Henry E. Russell 
 Oliver B. North 
 
 1858 Henry E. Russell 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 i8s9 Henry E. Russell 
 
 Virgil Cornish 
 i860 Virgil Cornish 
 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1861 Virgil Cornish 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 
 1862 Henry E. Russell 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1863 Virgil Cornish 
 Oliver B. North 
 
 Substitutes. 
 
 Emanuel Russell 
 
 Henry E. Russell 
 Henry E. Russell 
 
 Henry E. Russell 
 Ira E. Smith 
 Hezekiah Seymour 
 
 Jonah H. Todd 
 Hezekiah Seymour 
 Noble Hill 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 Nathaniel Dickinson 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Nathaniel Dickinson 
 Jonah H. Todd 
 Jacob A. Strickland 
 Wm. Bradley 
 Oliver B. North 
 Nathaniel Dickinson 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Oliver B. North 
 Jacob A. Strickland 
 Oliver B. North 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 Augustus T. Post 
 Merritt Bronson 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Jacob A. Strickland 
 George R. Post 
 Augustus T. Post 
 Augustus T. Post 
 Henry E. Russell 
 
 Attended. 
 Ira E. Smith 
 No attendance 
 Ira E. Smith 
 
 Emanuel Russell 
 No attendance 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 No attendance 
 Jonah H. Todd 
 No attendance 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Jonah H. Todd 
 Noble Hill 
 No attendance 
 No attendance 
 Virgil C. Goodvirin 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Jonah H. Todd 
 Jonah H. Todd 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Henry E. Russell 
 Norris Bailey 
 Henry E. Russell 
 Wm. G. Coe 
 Wm. B. Smyth 
 Marcellus Clark 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Henry E. Russell 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 Augustus T. Post 
 Augustus T. Post 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
484 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 
 Delegates. 
 1864 Virgil Cornish 
 
 Henry E. Russell 
 l86s Virgil Cornish 
 
 Henry E. Russell 
 1866 
 
 1867 Virgil Cornish 
 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1868 Virgil Cornish 
 Edwin L. Goodwin 
 
 1869 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 1870 Virgil Cornish 
 Henry E. Russell 
 
 1871 Virgil Cornish 
 Henry E. Russell, 1st 
 
 1872 
 
 1873 Virgil Cornish 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 1874 Virgil Cornish 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 1875 Virgil Cornish 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1876 Samuel W. Hart 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 1877 Virgil Cornish 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1878 Virgil Cornish 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1879 Virgil Cornish 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1880 Wm. L. Humason 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1881 Samuel W. Hart 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 
 1882 Samuel W. Hart 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 
 1883 Wm. L. Humason 
 Samuel W. Hart, M.D. 
 
 1884 Samuel W. Hart 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 
 i88s Samuel W. Hart 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 
 Substitutes. 
 ' Wm. L. Humason 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 Henry P. Curtis 
 James D. Frary 
 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 Norris Bailey 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 Henry Tolles 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 Edwin L. Goodwin 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 Franklin G. Guion 
 Wm. Parker 
 Henry Tolles 
 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 Nathaniel Dickinson 
 Norris Bailey 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 Franklin G. Guion 
 George C. Pettis 
 George C. Pettis 
 George R. Post 
 Norris Bailey 
 Nathaniel Dickinson 
 Franklin G. Guion 
 George R. Post 
 Norris Bailey 
 Henry Tolles 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 Norris Bailey 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 Henry Tolles 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 Norris Bailey 
 Norris Bailey 
 Franklin G. Guion 
 Henry Tolles 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 Henry Tolles 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 
 A tt ended. 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 
 No attendance 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Franklin G. Guion 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Wm. Parker 
 Virgil Cornish 
 WilHam Parker 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 No attendance 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 George C. Pettis 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Virgil Cornish 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 Virgil Cornish 
 
 No attendance 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 Dr. Samuel W. Hart 
 
 No attendance 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 Samuel W. Hart, M.D. 
 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 
 No attendance 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 TABLE OF PARISH OFFICERS, 1836-1906 
 
 485 
 
 Delegates. 
 
 1886 Norris Bailey 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1887 Norris Bailey 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1888 Norris Bailey 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 
 1889 Samuel W. Hart 
 Norris Bailey 
 
 1890 Norris Bailey 
 Howard C. Noble 
 
 1891 Norris Bailey 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 
 1892 Norris Bailey 
 Charles D. Hine 
 
 1893 Norris Bailey 
 Henry E. Russell 
 
 1894 Howard C. Noble 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 
 189s Howard C. Noble 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 
 1896 Isaac D. Russell 
 George H. Mitchell 
 
 1897 Isaac D. Russell 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 
 1898 Norris Bailey 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 
 1899 Charles F. Chase 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 
 1900 Charles F. Chase 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 
 1901 Charles F. Chase 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 
 1902 Norris Bailey 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 
 1903 Norris Bailey 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 
 1904 Alfred S. Finch 
 Charles F. Chase 
 
 1905 Alfred S. Finch 
 Charles F. Chase 
 
 1906 Charles F. Chase 
 Dr. F. A. B. Forrest 
 
 Substitutes. 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 Henry E. Russell Jr. 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 H. E. Russell Jr. 
 Franklin Graham 
 William L. Humason 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 Franklin G. Guion 
 Franklin Graham 
 Franklin G. Guion 
 Charles D. Hine 
 Ira E. Hicks 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 Ira E. Hicks 
 Charles D. Hine 
 Charles F. Chase 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 Charles F. Chase 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 Charles F. Chase 
 George H. Mitchell 
 Howard C. Noble 
 Howard C. Noble 
 George H. Mitchell 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 George W. Fisk 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 Howard C. Noble 
 Ira E. Hicks 
 John J. Coats 
 Charles F. Chase 
 Ira E. Hicks 
 Charles F. Chase 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 Ira E. Hicks 
 Charles J. White 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 F. A. B. Forrest 
 Ira E. Hicks 
 Charles J. White 
 
 Attended. 
 Franklin G. Guion 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 Samuel W. Hart 
 William L. Humason 
 Joseph C. Atwood 
 Norris Bailey 
 Norris Bailey 
 
 Norris Bailey 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 Charles D. Hine 
 
 No attendance 
 Howard C. Noble 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 Howard C. Noble 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 George H. Mitchell 
 Isaac D. Russell 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 Norris Bailey 
 George H. Mitchell 
 Charles F. Chase 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 
 Charles F. Chase 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 Norris Bailey 
 Charles F. Chase 
 Charles F. Chase 
 N. Albert Hooker 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 Charles F. Chase 
 Alfred S. Finch 
 Charles F. Chase 
 Charles F. Chase 
 Dr. F. A. B. Forrest 
 
486, 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Clergyman &• Remarks. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 1849. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 May 20 
 
 Alexander Capron 
 
 
 Saml. Alexander 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 June 10 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Jane Brown 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 June 10 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Sophia Parsons 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 July IS 
 
 
 
 Elias Barnes 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 July IS 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Caroline Barnes 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 March 
 
 Private 
 
 
 Frank Albert Senior 
 
 Feb., 
 
 1849 
 
 April 8 
 
 Easter 
 
 Day 
 
 Elizabeth Russell 
 
 Oct., 
 
 1848 
 
 April 8 
 
 Easter 
 
 Day 
 
 Alfred Stanley Judd 
 
 
 
 April 8 
 
 Easter 
 
 Day 
 
 Emma Hart Dickinson 
 
 
 
 April 8 
 
 Easter 
 
 Day 
 
 Anne Jane Hills 
 
 Oct., 
 
 1848 
 
 April 9 
 
 Private 
 
 
 Francis Samuel Cowles 
 
 
 1848 
 
 May 26 
 
 Private 
 
 
 Mary Hamilton 
 
 
 1849 
 
 July 8 
 
 
 
 Ellen Corneha Tolles 
 
 
 
 July 8 
 
 
 
 Edwin Tolles 
 
 
 
 July 8 
 
 
 
 Adelaide Tolles 
 
 
 
 Oct. 14 
 
 Private 
 
 
 Mary Jane Peard 
 
 
 
 Dec. 30 
 
 Rev. J. M. Guion 
 
 
 James Alexander Capron 
 
 Sept. 7 
 
 ,1849 
 
 1850. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 20 
 
 Alexander Capron 
 
 
 Nelson Jones Goodwin 
 
 
 
 Feb. 12 
 
 Clinic 
 
 
 Margaret Anne Harrington 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Feb. 12 
 
 Private 
 
 
 Malvina Yaman Harrington 
 
 
 
 Mar. 7 
 
 
 
 George Marshall Welch 
 
 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 Private 
 
 
 James George Burt 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 Sept. 29 
 
 Rev. J. M. Guion 
 
 
 Francis Denison Welch 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 Oct. 13 
 
 Alexander Capron 
 
 
 Elizabeth Waters 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 Nov. 24 
 
 
 
 Augusta Josephine Kilbourne 
 
 
 
 Nov. 24 
 
 
 
 James Alexander Goodwin 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Dec. 22 
 
 
 
 Mr. George Kilbourn 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Dec. 22 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Kilbourn 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 1851. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. II 
 
 J. M. Guion 
 
 
 Ella Jerusha Collins 
 
 Mar. 24, 
 
 185 1 
 
 Apr. 27 
 
 Alexander Capron 
 
 
 Lorin Delos Barnes 
 
 
 
 Apr. 27 
 
 
 
 Ellen Maria Barnes 
 
 
 
 Apr. 27 
 
 
 
 George Russell Brown 
 Mrs. Harriet Fenton 
 
 
 
 Aug. 10 
 
 Private 
 
 
 Henry Dowd Todd 
 
 
 
 1852. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 8 
 
 J. M. Guion 
 
 
 Julius Francis 
 
 Dec. 2, 
 
 1851 
 
 Mar. 7 
 
 Alexander Capron 
 
 
 Darwin Francis 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Apr. II 
 
 
 
 William Henry Thornton 
 
 8 months 
 
 May 2 
 
 at Warehouse Point 
 
 Silien Steinmetz 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 May 2 
 
 at Warehouse Point 
 
 Anne Station 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 May 29 
 
 
 
 Norris Bailey 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 May 29 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Roxa Deming Bailey 
 
 Aduh 
 
 
 May 29 
 
 
 
 Timothy Langdon 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 May 29 
 
 
 
 William Humason 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 June 20 
 
 Prof. Jackson 
 
 
 Elizabeth Lydia Waters 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 Nov. 14 
 
 J. M. Guion 
 
 
 Henry Merriam Webster 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 Nov. 14 
 
 
 
 Mary Althea Capron 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 1853. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 12 
 
 Alexander Capron, Private 
 
 
 Oliver Fenton 
 
 I year 
 
 old 
 
 July 24 
 
 
 
 Julia Francis 
 
 Infant 
 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 487 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Senior 
 Henry E. & Elizabeth Russell 
 Philip & Betsey Judd 
 Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Dickinson 
 Mr. & Mrs. Noble Hills 
 Samuel & Sabra Cowles 
 Mr. & Mrs. John Hamilton 
 Mr. & Mrs. Henry ToUes 
 Mr. & Mrs. Henry ToUes 
 Mr. & Mrs. Henry ToUes 
 H. L. & Eliza Peard 
 Alexander & Mary Capron 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Goodwin 
 
 Mr. & Margaret A. Harrington 
 Cyrus & Jane E. Welch 
 
 Cyrus & Jane E. Welch 
 
 Waters 
 Mr. & Mrs. George Kilbourne 
 Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Goodwin 
 
 Gilbert & Jerusha Collins 
 
 Elias & Caroline Barnes 
 Elias & Caroline Barnes 
 Mr. & Mrs. C. P. Brown 
 
 Henry H. & Emily Todd 
 
 Darwin & Henrietta W. Francis 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour, Wm. Bradley & wife 
 Hezekiah Seymour, Wm. Bradley, Mrs. Seymour 
 Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Bradley & Mrs. Guion 
 H. Seymour, Mr. & Mrs. N. Hills 
 H. Seymour, Mr. & Mrs. N. Hills 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. George Woolley 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. Seymour & Mrs. Hannah Tolles 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. Seymour & Mrs. Hannah Tolles 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. Seymour & Mrs. Hannah Tolles 
 Mr. & Mrs. Peard, the Uncle & Aunt 
 James G. Wells, Revd. Prof. Jackson & Mrs. H. 
 
 Wells 
 Mr. & Mrs. Todd & Mr. Bucknall 
 Mrs. Goodwin & Mrs. Schortau 
 Mrs. Goodwin & Mrs. Schortau 
 Mr. Goodwin & Mr. & Mrs. Seymour 
 
 Mr. Stephen J. Bucknall & Mrs. Bucknall 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Noble Hills and Mrs. Capron 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. A. Capron 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Seymour & Mr. Hill 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Hill & Mrs. Capron 
 
 Mr. G. E. Collins, Mrs. E. Y. Guion & C. Dick- 
 inson 
 Mr. & Mrs. Hill & Mrs. Capron 
 Mr. & Mrs. Hill & Mrs. Capron 
 Mr. & Mrs. Hill & Mr. N. Dickinson 
 Mr. & Mrs. Woolley & Mrs. Capron 
 
 Mr. S. G. Bucknall & Noble Hill 
 
 Frederick & Sarah Waters 
 William & Sarah Webster 
 Alexander & Mary R. Capron 
 
 Oliver & Harriet Fenton 
 Darwin & Henrietta H. Francis 
 
 S. G. Bucknall, Noble Hill & Mrs. Hill 
 
 S. G. Bucknall, Noble Hill & Mrs. Hill 
 
 Hezekiah Seymour, Mr. & Mrs. Bucknall 
 
 Emanuel Russell, H. Seymour 
 
 Alexander & Mary R. Capron 
 
 Noble & Susannah Hills 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Wells & Mrs. Guion 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. S. G. Bucknall 
 
488 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 I8S3 
 
 Oct. I 
 
 Oct. 23 
 
 Nov. 6 
 
 i8S4- 
 
 Apr. IS 
 
 June 4 
 
 June II 
 
 Oct. I 
 
 Oct. I 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 Dec. 25 
 
 Dec. 25 
 
 i8S5- 
 
 May 18 
 
 July IS 
 
 July IS 
 
 July IS 
 
 July IS 
 
 July IS 
 
 Sept. I 
 
 Sept. 9 
 
 Sept. 9 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 i8s6. 
 
 Feb. I 
 
 Feb. I 
 
 Feb. I 
 
 Feb. I 
 
 Feb. I 
 
 Apr. 27 
 
 May 4 
 
 May 4 
 
 May 4 
 
 May 4 
 
 May 4 
 
 May II 
 
 May II 
 
 July 6 
 July 
 July 
 July 
 July 
 July 
 
 Jtily 13 
 
 July 13 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. 
 Alexander Capron Private 
 
 Name. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 Easter Even 
 Whitsunday 
 Holy Trinity 
 
 F. T. Russell, Private 
 
 Sixth Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sixth Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sixth Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sixth Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sixth Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Private 
 
 Fourteenth Sunday af. Trinity 
 
 Fourteenth Sunday af. Trinity 
 
 Fifth 
 Sunday 
 Sunday 
 Sunday 
 Sunday 
 Sunday 
 
 Seventh 
 Seventh 
 Seventh 
 Seventh 
 Seventh 
 Seventh 
 
 at Mr. Bradbury's 
 
 at Mr. Bradbury's 
 
 at Mr. Bradbury's 
 
 at Mr. Bradbury's 
 
 at Mr. Bradbury's 
 
 Sunday after Easter 
 
 after Ascension Day 
 
 after Ascension Day 
 
 after Ascension Day 
 
 after Ascension Day 
 
 after Ascension Day 
 
 Whitsunday 
 
 Whitsunday 
 
 Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Sunday after Trinity 
 
 Grace Louisa Penfield 
 
 John James Coats 
 
 Anna Goldsborough Smyth 
 
 Ellen Maria Tolles 
 WilHam Henry Russell 
 Catharine Waters 
 Catharine Henry 
 Martha Francis Henry 
 
 Webster 
 Virgil Pettibone Humason 
 William Lawrence Humason 
 
 William Judd 
 WilHam Burnham North 
 George Post North 
 Edward Mills North 
 Joseph Gibbons 
 Jacob Gibbons 
 William Henry Tolles 
 Richard Henry Smyth 
 Lucy Abigail Cook 
 Grace Elizabeth Staples 
 Frank Ernest William Vensil 
 Francis William Fenton 
 George Austin Fenton 
 Walter Warren Fenton 
 Mary Adelaide Loomis 
 Anne Denslow Loomis 
 Charles Martin Loomis 
 Sarah Howard Loomis 
 
 Ella Jane Bradbury 
 Hannah Althea Bradbury 
 Elizabeth Ann Fewkes 
 Frederick Gee Fisher 
 Mary Ann Sunderland Fisher 
 William Newton Lockwood 
 Francis Hull Webster 
 Mary Sigourney Gibbons 
 Martha Phoebe Gibbons 
 Arthur Seabury Welch 
 Maria Josephine Wood 
 Austin Stowe Humphrey 
 Timothy Root 
 Mrs. Martha Ann Leland 
 Ada Estelle Leland 
 Ann Maria Smith 
 Harriet Smith 
 Ellen Augusta Smith 
 Charles Henry Smith 
 Mrs. Sarah Conklin 
 Mortimer Augustus Conklin 
 
 I yr. & 8 mos. 
 
 Infant 
 
 Infant 
 
 Adult 
 
 Infant 
 
 Infant 
 
 10 years 
 
 about 6 yrs. 
 
 Infant 
 
 S years 
 
 18 months 
 
 68 years 
 
 II years 
 
 6 years 
 
 3 years 
 
 2 years 
 
 4 years 
 
 2 weeks 
 
 2 years 
 
 S years 
 
 II years 
 
 9 years 
 
 7 years 
 
 II years 
 
 6 years 
 
 9 years 
 
 3 years 
 
 7 months 
 
 II years 
 
 2 years 
 
 3 months 
 
 3 years 
 
 Adult 
 
 2 months 
 
 3 months 
 
 3 months 
 
 7 months 
 
 Adult 
 
 Aduh 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 2 years 
 
 II years 
 
 4 years 
 
 18 months 
 
 7 years 
 
 Adult 
 
 13 years 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 489 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Chester & Sarah Penfield 
 Mr. & Mrs. Tames Coats 
 Wm. B. & Anne Smyth 
 
 Wife of Henry ToUes 
 Henry E. & Elizabeth Russell 
 Frederick & Sarah Waters 
 
 Wm. B. & Sarah Webster 
 Wm. L. & Eunitia Humason 
 Wm. L. & Eunitia Humason 
 
 Mr. O. B. & Mrs. M. E. North 
 Mr. O. B. & Mrs. M. E. North 
 Mr. O. B. & Mrs. M. E. North 
 Mr. T. B. & Mrs. Martha Gibbons 
 Mr. T. B. & Mrs. Martha Gibbons 
 
 Mr. Wm. B. & Mrs. A. M. T. Smyth 
 Mr. & Mrs. N. R. Cook 
 Mr. J. & Mrs. A. A. W. Staples 
 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Vensil 
 Francis & Rebecca Fenton 
 Francis & Rebecca Fenton 
 Francis & Rebecca Fenton 
 Chester M. & Mary Loomis 
 Chester M. & Mary Loomis 
 Chester M. & Mary Loomis 
 Chester M. & Mary Loomis 
 
 John W. & Phebe W. Bradbury 
 John W. & Phebe W. Bradbury 
 William & Louisa Fewkes 
 Joseph & Catherine Fisher 
 Joseph & Catherine Fisher 
 
 William B. & Sarah A. Webster 
 Mr. T. B. & Mrs. Martha Gibbons 
 Mr. T. B. & Mrs. Martha Gibbons 
 Cyrus & Jane E. Welch 
 
 George A. & M. A. Leland 
 George A. & M. A. Leland 
 Charles & Harriet Smith 
 Charles & Harriet Smith 
 Charles & Harriet Smith 
 Charles & Harriet Smith 
 Mr. A. & Mrs. Sarah Conklin 
 Mr. A. & Mrs. Sarah Conklin 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. James Coats 
 Mr. & Mrs. Smyth 
 
 Mrs. L. P. Lee & Mrs. Hill 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Russell 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Capron 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Capron 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Capron 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Capron 
 
 Virgil Pettibone, Alexander Capron, Amanda Eno 
 
 Virgil Pettibone, Alexander Capron, Amanda Eno 
 
 Mrs. Guion 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Mr. Gibbons & Mrs. Bucknall 
 
 Mr. Gibbons & Mrs. Bucknall 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Smyth 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. N. R. Cook 
 
 Parents & Mrs. C. Vensil 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Russell 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Russell 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Russell 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Russell 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Dicken & Mary Horsfall 
 
 Ezra Dyson & Julia Fletcher 
 
 Alfred & Jane March 
 
 Jonathan Brooke & Mary Tyler 
 
 James L. Broadbent & Sarah Pickford 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. Seymour & Mr. Bucknall 
 
 Mr. Webster 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. S. G. Bucknall 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. S. G. Bucknall 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. George Kilbourn 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. William B. Smyth, Miss Russell 
 
 Mr. Seymour & Mr. & Mrs. Wm. B. Smyth 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Bucknall & Mr. S. Smith 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. William B. Smyth 
 
 Mrs. S. G. Bucknall 
 
 Miss Mary A. Smith 
 
 William & Sophia Payne 
 
 William & Sophia Payne 
 
 William & Sophia Payne 
 
 Mr. S. G. Bucknall & George Kilbourn 
 
 Mr. S. G. Bucknall & George Kilbourn 
 
49° 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 i8s6 
 
 July 
 
 13 
 
 July 
 
 13 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9 
 
 Dec. 
 
 2 
 
 i8S7. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 25 
 
 Feb. 
 
 3 
 
 Mar. 
 
 IS 
 
 Apr. 
 
 10 
 
 May 
 
 10 
 
 May 
 
 24 
 
 Aug. 
 
 2 
 
 Aug. 
 
 2 
 
 Aug. 
 
 
 1858. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 8 
 
 Apr. 
 
 3 
 
 Apr. 
 
 3 
 
 Apr. 
 
 3 
 
 May 
 
 2 
 
 June 
 
 16 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 18 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 17 
 
 1859. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 23 
 
 Apr. 
 
 23 
 
 May 
 
 IS 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 17 
 
 Sept. 
 
 2 
 
 i860. 
 
 Tan. 
 
 I 
 
 Feb. 
 
 S 
 
 May 
 
 6 
 
 May 
 
 6 
 
 Tune 
 
 I 
 
 "July 
 
 8 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. 
 Rev. F. T. Russell 
 
 Bishop Williams 
 
 Rev. F. T. Russell 
 
 At Christ Church, Middletown 
 
 On Good Friday 
 Fourth Sunday after Easter 
 
 Rev. W. C. Hopkins, private 
 Rev. F. T. Russell, prv,, Pl'ville 
 
 at Lancaster, Mass. 
 
 at Lancaster, Mass. 
 
 Name. Birth. 
 
 John Adolphus Conklin II years 
 
 Charles Abraham Conklin 8 years 
 
 Ellen Augusta North 3 months 
 
 Alexander Beatty S months 
 
 Harriet Louisa Fenton 6 months 
 Jane Adams Dimond 
 
 Sophia Echart 3 months 
 
 Gordon Russell 2 months 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Hanaford Adult 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Rowe Adult 
 
 Catherine Helen Lovell Adult 
 
 Norman Warner Adult 
 
 Mrs. Delia Morgan Adult 
 Alonzo Frederick Elliot Harris 6 months 
 Isabel Louise Leland 
 
 Elizabeth Tyler 18 months 
 
 Charles Wrisley 6 years 
 
 Arthur Lowry Bishop 5 years 
 
 Tench Tilman Smyth 3 months 
 
 George Edward Morgan 
 
 Emma Augusta Morgan 
 
 Alice Elizabeth Orvis Adult 
 
 Harry Earnest March 4 months 
 
 Ellen Salina Wrisley 10 years 
 
 Lilla Ida Wrisley 4 years 
 
 Mary Margaret Low 3 years 
 
 John Bocking 5 months 
 
 Christiana ElizabethRiendecker 11 months 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Neucomb 17 months 
 
 Henry Liesler 
 
 Lizzy Jane Beatty 4 mos. ( ?) 
 
 Almeda Ella Welch 
 
 Huntley Russell 6 weeks 
 
 Martha Susan Moore Adult 
 
 Lilla Adella Baggs 6 years 
 
 Julia Amelia Warner Adult 
 
 Sophia Caroline Eiker i yr. 4 mos. 
 
 Caroline Stoakes 2 yrs. 3 mos. 
 
 John HolHster North S months 
 
 Thomas Henry Low 6 months 
 
 John Christopher Nichols 9 months 
 
 Charles William Dyson 13 weeks 
 
 Grace Abby Merrill years 
 
 Jerusha Selden Merrill years 
 
 Frederick Eckhart 16 months 
 
 Grace Agnes Goodwin 10 months 
 
 Sering 
 
 Frederick Hines 8 years 
 
-IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 491 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Mr. A. & Mrs. Sarah Conklin 
 Mr. A. & Mrs. Sarah ConkUn 
 Oliver B. & M. E. North 
 Ambrose & Jane L. Beatty 
 O. W. & Harriet Fenton 
 George & Ehza Dimond 
 Frederick & EHzabeth Echart 
 Rev. F. T. & Mary H. S. Russell 
 
 (Hypothetical) 
 
 (Hypothetical) 
 Charles & Jane Harris 
 George A. & Martha Leland 
 Alfred & Elizabeth Tyler 
 Alonzo & Susan J. Wrisley 
 
 Laura A. & James H. Bishop 
 WiUiam B. & A. M. T. Smyth 
 Samuel & Delia Morgan 
 Samuel & Delia Morgan 
 
 Alfred & Jane March 
 Alonzo & Susan J. Wrisley 
 Alonzo & Susan J. Wrisley 
 Mr. & Mrs. George Low 
 
 Albert & 
 Jacob & 
 
 Riendecker 
 Neucomb 
 
 Ambrose & Jane L. Beatty 
 
 Cyrus & Jane Welch 
 
 Rev. Francis T. & Mary S. Russell 
 
 Lucretia Baggs 
 
 Enoch & Sophia Eiker 
 Frederick & Frances Stoakes 
 Oliver B. & M. E. North 
 Mr. & Mrs. George Low 
 
 Robert 8z Mary Ann Nichols 
 Ezra & Harriet Dyson 
 Mrs. Jerusha Merrill 
 Mrs. Jerusha Merrill 
 Frederick & Sophia Eckhart 
 Edward & Frances A. Goodwin 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Mr. S. G. Bucknall & George Kilbourn 
 Mr. S. G. Bucknall & George Kilbourn 
 Parents & Mrs. Hollister 
 Parents & George Dimond 
 Henry & Ellen M. Tolles & Mrs. Fenton 
 Parents & Mrs. Ruth Post 
 Mrs. Emma Wilson & Mrs. Echart 
 Mr. & Mrs. O. H. Gordon & Giles A. Easton 
 
 Prof. Buckham & Jane H. Russell 
 Rev. Mr. Davies & G. A. Easton 
 Mary Johnson 
 
 H. E. Russell & Mrs. Warner 
 Mr. & Mrs. O. B. North 
 Parents & William John Elliot 
 Mr. & Mrs. S. G. Bucknall 
 Mr. & Mrs. A. Conklin 
 
 The parents 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. O. B. North 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. O. B. North & Mrs. Morgan 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Smith 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. S. G. Bucknall 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. N. Hill & Mrs. Wrisley 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. N. Hill & Mrs. Wrisley 
 
 Parents & Miss Sarah Reed 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Riendecker 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. John Bogking 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. John Bogking 
 
 Parents & Harriet Wells 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Eliza Dimond 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Caroline Smith 
 
 William B. Bradley & Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney 
 
 Mrs. Mary H. S. Russell 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. N. Bailey & Mrs. C. Smith 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. N. Bailey & Mrs. M. H. S. Russell 
 
 Wm. & Caroline Retch 
 
 Frederick & Wilhelmine Ungerer 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents & Thomas W. Reed 
 
 Parents & John Killin 
 
 Parents 
 
 Mrs. Merrill & Mrs. F. 
 
 Mrs. Merrill & Mrs. F. 
 
 Parents 
 
 T. Russell 
 T. Russell 
 
 Francis & Christina Hines 
 
 Frederick & Joanna Hielalius 
 
492 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 i860 
 Aug. 12 
 Aug. 12 
 Aug. 12 
 Aug. 12 
 Sept. 9 
 Sept. 9 
 Sept. 23 
 Sept. 23 
 Sept. 23 
 Sept. 23 
 Oct. 7 
 Oct. 7 
 Oct. 7 
 Oct. 7 
 Nov. 25 
 Dec. 9 
 Dec. 24 
 
 1861. 
 Mar. 5 
 Mar. 8 
 Mar. 10 
 Mar. 18 
 Mar. 25 
 Mar. 30 
 Apr. 4 
 Apr. 18 
 Apr. 22 
 June 30 
 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Aug. 23 
 
 Oct. 12 
 
 Oct. 20 
 
 Oct. 27 
 
 Oct. 27 
 
 Nov. 3 
 
 Nov. 3 
 Nov. 17 
 Nov. 22 
 Dec. 1 
 
 Dec. I 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 Rev. F. T. Russell 
 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 
 1862. 
 Apr. 29 
 Apr. 29 
 Apr. 29 
 
 Francis Hines 
 Bertha Hines 
 Alonzo Harris 
 Paulina Francesca Trepka 
 Emma Louisa Martin 
 Isabella Martha Beatty 
 Frances Narcissa Taylor 
 Eliza Ganglofif 
 Mary Ann Gangloff 
 Henry Philip Gangloff 
 William Henn 
 Francis George Henn 
 August Henn 
 Henry Hick 
 Private Catherine Ihle 
 
 Louisa Niepling 
 Richard Arthur Beach 
 
 Rev. Giles A. Easton 
 Rev. F. T. Russell 
 
 Frederick Eugene Conklin 
 Caroline Angelo Stroatzzi 
 Elizabeth Angelo Stroatzzi 
 Christian Ludwig Mack 
 Mary Jane Stevens 
 Arthur Seabury Goodwin 
 Private Frederick William Horsfal 
 George Frederick Joseph Henn 
 Caroline Egar 
 Elbert Chester Penfield 
 Ida May Penfield 
 Simon Frederick Echart 
 Ellen Burnett 
 Margaret Scoville 
 William Russell Whitmore 
 George Michael Newberth 
 Albert Philip Newberth 
 Ellen Margeritta Bulkley 
 
 Stuart 
 Isabel Winthrop Stuart 
 Martha Lucietia Oakes Smith 
 Sigourney Russell 
 Corneha Ann Vibberts 
 
 Private 
 Private 
 Private 
 
 Private 
 
 Private 
 Private 
 
 Private — sick-bed 
 
 Jenny Stillman 
 
 Annis Maria Smith 
 Mary Gertrude Bailey 
 Caroline Elizabeth Post 
 John Girard Post 
 George Curtis Post 
 
 Easter even. George Christopher Rebstock 4 months 
 Easter even. Lillian Thompson Goodwin 5 months 
 Easter even. Freddie Alberta Taylor 7 months 
 
 6 years 
 
 2 years 
 
 I year 
 
 4 years 
 
 9 months 
 
 4 years 
 
 2j4 years 
 
 5 months 
 
 7 years 
 
 6 years 
 
 2 years 
 
 19 months 
 
 7 weeks 
 
 3 months 
 
 4 months 
 
 3 years 
 
 I year 
 
 ZVi years 
 
 10 days 
 
 5 months 
 
 months 
 
 2 weeks 
 
 3 months 
 
 3 months 
 
 3 years 
 
 4 months 
 
 6 months 
 
 4 months 
 
 3 months 
 
 months 
 
 7 years 
 
 2 years 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 6 weeks 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 8 years 
 
 6 years 
 
 18 months 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 493 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Francis & Christina Hines 
 Francis & Christina Hines 
 
 Henry V. & RosaUe Trepka 
 Carl & Mary A. Martin 
 Ambrose & Jane L. Beatty 
 Emery E. & Mary N. Taylor 
 Henry P. & Elizabeth M. Gangloff 
 Henry P. & Elizabeth M. Gangloff 
 Henry P. & Elizabeth M. Gangloff 
 Francis A. & Barbara Henn 
 Francis A. & Barbara Henn 
 Francis A. & Barbara Henn 
 Peter & Elizabeth Hick 
 Valentine & Margaret Ihle 
 Christian & Elizabeth Niepling 
 James & Mary Beach 
 
 Mr. A. & Mrs. S. Conklin 
 James & Catherine Stroatzzi 
 James & Catherine Stroatzzi 
 Christian L. & Harriet Wells 
 Mr. & Mrs. Stevens 
 Edward & Frances M. Goodwin 
 John D. & Mary P. Horsfal 
 Cornelius & Henn 
 
 Ignatius & Caroline Egar 
 Chester & Grace Penfield 
 Chester & Grace Penfield 
 Frederick & Sophia Echart 
 Robert & Elizabeth Burnett 
 Charles & Scoville 
 
 Frederick H. & Fanny Whitmore 
 George & Dorothea Newberth 
 George & Dorothea Newberth 
 
 Mrs. I. W. Stuart 
 Mrs. I. W. Stuart 
 
 Rev. F. T. & Mary S. Russell 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Frederick & Joanna Hielalius 
 Frederick & Joanna Hielalius 
 
 Parents 
 
 C. Repstock, Alice Orvis & Mrs. Martin 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. George Dimond & Miss BuUard 
 
 Mr. Goodwin, Mrs. Birge 
 
 Henry P. Fritz, Mary May, Mary Siebert 
 
 Henry P. Fritz, Mary May, Mary Siebert 
 
 Henry P. Fritz, Mary May, Mary Siebert 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Mrs. Antonia Camera 
 
 Louisa Schenfield & Elizabeth Niepling 
 Mr. Beach & Mr. & Mrs. John Payne 
 
 William B. Payne 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. John Hanna & Mrs. Stevens 
 Parents 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick 
 
 Mr. S. G. Bucknall, Mr. & Mrs. Penfield 
 
 Mr. S. G. Bucknall, Mrs. Fenton & Mrs. Birge 
 
 Parents 
 
 Philip Hoffart & Mrs. Newberth 
 PhiUp Hoffart & Mrs. Newberth 
 
 Mrs. S. & Miss Jane H. Russell 
 
 Mrs. S. & Miss Jane H. Russell 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. Seymour & Miss M. Johnson 
 
 Rev. Mr. & Mrs. S. F. Jarvis & Rev. F. T. Russell 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. William B. Smyth & Mrs. Chester 
 
 Birge 
 Mr. & Mrs. C. G. Birge 
 Mr. Cornish & Mrs. Caroline Smith 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Horace Bailey 
 George R. & Elizabeth Post 
 George R. & Elizabeth Post 
 George R. & Elizabeth Post 
 
 Christopher & Alice Rebstock 
 Edward L. & Frances E. Goodwin 
 Emery & Mary N. Taylor 
 
 31 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Post & Mrs. Garry P. Post 
 Mr. & Mrs. Post & Mrs. Garry P. Post 
 Mr. & Mrs. Post & Mrs. Garry P. Post 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Sylvia Smith 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
494 
 
 THE 
 
 CHURCH 
 
 
 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 
 i862 
 Apr. 29 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 Rev. F. T. Russell, 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Sarah Elizabeth Rackcliffe 
 
 II years 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Clara Margaret Rackcliffe 
 
 5 years 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Thomas Winship Rackcliffe 
 
 4 months 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Orlando Prescott Keith 
 
 II years 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Anita Stillman 
 
 8 years 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Emagine Stillman 
 
 6 years 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Ambrose Judd Beatty 
 
 5 months 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Helen Louise Rodgers 
 
 6 months 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Gustave Albert Heidecker 
 
 2 years 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 
 Easter even. 
 
 Louisa Susannah EmeUa Henn 
 
 II months 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Rev. P. V. Finch 
 
 1, Private 
 
 Louis Haufmann 
 
 21 months 
 
 May 17 
 
 Rev. F. T. Russell, Private 
 
 Charles Menderling 
 
 19 months 
 
 July 7 
 
 
 Private 
 
 John Henry Schmidt 
 
 8 months 
 
 Sept. 8 
 
 
 
 Andrew Lawrence 
 
 10 years 
 
 Sept. 8 
 
 
 
 Isabella Lawrence 
 
 13 years 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 
 
 George Lawrence 
 
 8 years 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 
 
 Catherine Eliza Lawrence 
 
 6 years 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 
 
 Ellen Isabel Norton 
 
 2j4 years 
 
 Sept. 26 
 
 
 Private 
 
 Joseph Scoville 
 
 3 months 
 
 Sept. 28 
 
 
 Private 
 
 Caroline Louisa Gangloff 
 
 3 months 
 
 Nov. 2 
 
 
 
 Grace Jane Beach 
 
 2 months 
 
 Nov. 27 
 
 
 
 Samuel Keith 
 
 Adult 
 
 Xmas 
 
 
 
 John Edward Greenwood 
 
 5 months 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 
 
 John WiUiam Budds 
 
 
 Jan. 25 
 
 
 
 James Henry Budds 
 
 
 Apr. 2 
 
 
 Private 
 
 Charles Heck 
 
 4 weeks 
 
 Apr. 4 
 
 
 
 Jenny Welton Pettis 
 
 10 months 
 
 Apr. 4 
 
 
 
 Elizabeth Jane Hanna 
 
 2 months 
 
 Apr. 21 
 
 
 Private 
 
 Emma Heller 
 
 3 years 
 
 May 3 
 
 
 
 Emma Nancy Orvis 
 
 Adult 
 
 May 24 
 
 
 
 Johnny Christian Seibert 
 
 7 yrs. 3 mos. 
 
 May 24 
 
 
 
 Christina Seibert 
 
 4 yrs. 3 mos. 
 
 May 24 
 
 
 
 Philip Seibert 
 
 2 yrs. 5 mos. 
 
 May 24 
 
 
 
 Barbara Seibert 
 
 3 years 
 
 May 24 
 
 
 
 Philip Edward Seibert 
 
 I yr. 9 mos. 
 
 June 2 
 
 
 Private 
 
 William Angelo Stroatzzi 
 
 18 months 
 
 June 24 
 
 
 
 Edgar Merritt Bronson 
 
 II months 
 
 June 26 
 
 
 Private 
 
 John Gerry Fitch 
 
 2yi months 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 
 
 Matthew Edward Nunn 
 
 8 months 
 
 Sept. 6 
 
 Certified in 
 
 Private 
 
 James Edward Oshea 
 
 3 years 
 
 Sept. 6 
 
 Church, Oct. 
 
 Private 
 
 John Henry Oshea 
 
 5 years 
 
 Sept. 6 
 
 4, 1863 
 
 Private 
 
 Ellen Barbara Oshea 
 
 4 years 
 
 Sept. 6 
 
 
 
 Henrietta Seibel 
 
 4 months 
 
 Sept. II 
 
 
 Private 
 
 James Henry Butts 
 
 I day 
 
 Sept. 20 
 
 
 Private 
 
 John Whiting Haslan 
 
 3 weeks 
 
 Oct. 18 
 
 
 
 Emma Julia Gussmann 
 
 6 years 
 
 Oct. 18 
 
 
 
 Ernest Arthur Gussmann 
 
 4 years 
 
 Oct. 18 
 
 
 
 Bertha Susanna Gussmann 
 
 2 years 
 
 Nov. II 
 
 
 Private 
 
 Mary Rossberg 
 
 7 years 
 
 Nov. 28 
 
 
 Private 
 
 Adelaide Kumm 
 
 18 months 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 
 Private 
 
 Sophia Cornelia Heidaker 
 
 17 days 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 495 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Thomas & Henrietta Rackcliffe 
 Thomas & Henrietta Rackcliffe 
 Thomas & Henrietta Rackcliffe 
 Charles & Mary Keith 
 George & Jenny Stillman 
 George & Jenny Stillman 
 Ambrose & Jane Beatty 
 William C. & Carrie Rodgers 
 Ferdinand & Sophia Heidecker 
 Frank & Barbara Henn 
 Conrad & Julia Haufmann 
 Charles & Catherine Menderling 
 Henry & Louisa Schmidt 
 Alexander & Catherine Lawrence 
 Alexander & Catherine Lawrence 
 Alexander & Catherine Lawrence 
 Alexander & Catherine Lawrence 
 Francis & Mary Norton 
 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Scoville 
 Henry R & Elizabeth M. Gangloff 
 Mrs. Mary Beach 
 
 Edward & Margaret Greenwood 
 
 Peter & Eliza Heck 
 George C. & Emily M. Pettis 
 John & Fanny Hanna 
 William & Paulina Heller 
 
 Philip & Margaretta Seibert 
 Philip & Margaretta Seibert 
 Philip & Margaretta Seibert 
 Philip & Margaretta Seibert 
 Adam & Barbara Seibert 
 James & Catherine Stroatzzi 
 Merritt & Mary J. Bronson 
 Frederick & Julia Fitch 
 William & Caroline Nunn 
 James & Barbara Oshea 
 James & Barbara Oshea 
 James & Barbara Oshea 
 Henry & Isabella Sieble 
 C. & Butts 
 
 Septimus & Haslam 
 
 Henry & Catherine B. Gussmann 
 Henry & Catherine B. Gussmann 
 Henry & Catherine B. Gussmann 
 Charles & Elizabeth Rossberg 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Mrs. Rackliffe 
 
 Mrs. Rackliffe 
 
 Mrs. Rackliffe 
 
 George R. & Mrs. Ruth Post 
 
 Mrs. Sedgewick, Augusta Birge, Mrs. H. E. Russell 
 
 Mrs. Sedgewick, Augusta Birge, Mrs. H. E. Russell 
 
 John Hanna, William DeBow, Mrs. Hanna 
 
 H. E. Russell, Mrs. Rodgers, Mrs. Mary Fenton 
 
 Mrs. H., Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Leisler 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 Parents 
 Parents 
 Parents 
 Ellen H. Killen, Mrs. R. Nichols 
 
 Mrs. Beach, Mr. & Mrs. William Payne 
 Mr. George R. Post & Mrs. Ruth Post 
 Edward Greenwood, T. William Pilling & Bune 
 
 Hanna 
 Mr. & Mrs. John Hanna 
 Mr. Davis & Mrs. R. Raineic 
 
 Parents 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Hanna & Miss Eliza Wheeler 
 
 Miss S. Smith, Miss Johnson & Mr. Cornish 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Joseph Langstein 
 
 Henry Bahm 
 
 Jacob Snyder 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. William McConkey & Mary McConkey 
 
 Catherine Scoville 
 Arthur Grumbt 
 Agnes Martin 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Albert Heidaker 
 
4' 
 
 JO 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 
 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. Name. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. I 
 
 Rev. F. T. Russell 
 
 Emilia Heisler 
 
 6 years 
 
 Jan. I 
 
 
 Charles Heisler 
 
 4 years 
 
 Jan. I 
 
 
 Estellina Heisler 
 
 2 years 
 
 Mar. 5 
 
 
 John Carl Tiefenbach 
 
 3 years 
 
 Mar. 5 
 
 
 Elizabeth Ellen Tiefenbach 
 
 I year 
 
 Mar. 6 
 
 
 Herbert Newton Lockwood 
 
 3 months 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Harriet Newell Wolfe 
 
 Adult 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Wiley Parker 
 
 Adult 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Lydia Almira Parker 
 
 Adult 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Luman Franklin Parker 
 
 Adult 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Charles Jothan Erastus Parker Adult 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 William Daniel Wiley Parker 
 
 12 years 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Ellen Maria Lawrence 
 
 I year 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Edwin Charles Henn 
 
 10 months 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Rosanna Emilia Henn 
 
 6 months 
 
 May 1 
 
 
 Ida Jane Harris 
 
 7 weeks 
 
 Oct. 10 
 
 L. B. Baldwin 
 
 Rosa Belle Spencer 
 
 Adult 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 
 Margaret Elizabeth Beatty 
 
 I year 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 
 Ada Emily Taylor 
 
 7 weeks 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. I 
 
 
 William Frederick Shaw 
 
 6 years 
 
 Jan. I 
 
 
 John Benjamin Shaw 
 
 4 years 
 
 Mar. I 
 
 
 Elizabeth Field Baker 
 
 
 Mar. I 
 
 
 Lucy Alice Baker 
 
 I year 
 
 Mar. 19 
 
 
 Georgianna Emily Pettis 
 
 3 months 
 
 Mar. 22 
 
 
 Katrina Caroline Gangloff 
 
 3 months 
 
 Mar. 26 
 
 
 Henrietta Seiple 
 
 4 months 
 
 Apr. 2 
 
 
 Lewis Hick 
 
 5 months 
 
 Apr. 15 
 
 
 Frank Alva Martin 
 
 7 years 
 
 Apr. IS 
 
 
 William Ernest Martin 
 
 4 years 
 
 Apr. 15 
 
 
 Albert William Henn 
 
 2]/i month 
 
 Apr. 15 
 
 
 William Wheeler Hanna 
 
 zyi month 
 
 Apr. 15 
 
 
 Murray Lozier Stanley 
 
 6 months 
 
 Apr. 15 
 
 
 Leah DeWolfe Bulkley 
 
 10 years 
 
 Apr. 15 
 
 
 Catharine Anna Judson 
 
 8 years 
 
 Apr. IS 
 
 
 Herbert Zolva Frisbie 
 
 10 years 
 
 Apr. 30 
 
 
 Julia Matilda Vergason 
 
 Adult 
 
 Apr. 30 
 
 
 Mrs. Sarah J. Stanley 
 
 Adult 
 
 Apr. 30 
 
 
 Watson Griswold Palmer 
 
 Adult 
 
 Apr. 30 
 
 
 Mrs. Mary Gilbert Palmer 
 
 Adult 
 
 May 26 
 
 
 Mrs. Julia Porter 
 
 69 years 
 
 July 19 
 
 
 Mary Whiting Haslam 
 
 4 months 
 
 July 23 
 
 
 Alice Sarah Baldwin 
 
 2 months 
 
 July 23 
 
 
 Mary Lee Post 
 
 3 months 
 
 July 30 
 
 
 Frances Isabella Bronson 
 
 I year 
 
 July 30 
 
 
 Nellie Goodrich 
 
 16 months 
 
 Oct. I 
 
 
 Louis William Rossberg 
 
 7 weeks 
 
 Nov. 3 
 
 
 Frances Mary Nash 
 
 13 months 
 
 Nov. 5 
 
 1866. 
 Jan. 26 
 
 
 Hattie Francis Deming 
 
 9 years 
 
 
 Private George Beatty 
 
 r week 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 
 Josephine Eugenie Corey 
 
 2 years 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 497 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Edward & Lena Heisler 
 
 Edward & Lena Heisler 
 
 Edward & Lena Heisler 
 
 John C. & Christiana E. Tiefenbach 
 
 John C. & Christiana E. Tiefenbach 
 
 William N. & Jane Lockwood 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Alexander & Catherine Lawrence 
 Frank & Barbara Henn 
 Cornele & Rosa Henn 
 Charles & Jane Harris 
 
 Ambrose & Jane Beatty 
 Edwin C. & Emily Taylor 
 
 James & Anna Shaw 
 James & Anna Shaw 
 George & Leticia Baker 
 George & Leticia Baker 
 Geo. C. & Emily N. Pettis 
 Henry P. & Eliza Ganglofif 
 Henry & Isabella Seipel 
 Peter & Margaret Hick 
 Frank & Dora Martin 
 Frank & Dora Martin 
 Frank A. & Barbara Henn 
 John & Fanny Hanna 
 Alfred H. & Sarah J. Stanley 
 
 W. A. & M. E. Judson 
 Zolva & Frisbee 
 
 Septimus & Elizabeth Haslam 
 Rev. L. B. & A. M. Baldwin 
 George R. & Elizabeth Post 
 Merritt & Mary J. Bronson 
 Albert J. & Emma Goodrich 
 John & Elizabeth Rossberg 
 William & E. Nash 
 Selden & Frances Deming 
 
 Ambrose & Jane Beatty 
 Henry C. & Elizabeth Corey 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 George Puhn, Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler 
 
 George Puhn, Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler 
 
 Parents & Edward L. Goodwin 
 
 Miss Gould 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Norris Bailey 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Norris Bailey 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Norris Bailey 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Norris Bailey 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Norris Bailey 
 
 Parents 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Cornele Henn 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Henn 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Nunn & Mrs. Beach 
 
 Mrs. Grimes & Mrs. William Payne 
 
 The parents & Mr. & Mrs. Birge 
 
 The parents & Mary A. Connor 
 
 The parents & Mr. Woodford 
 
 The parents & Mr. Woodford 
 
 The mother & Mr. & Mrs. William Payne 
 
 The mother & Mr. & Mrs. William Payne 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Jane Tanner & J. McConkey 
 
 Conrad & Julia Hoffman 
 
 William Rebstock & Dora Martin 
 
 William Rebstock & Dora Martin 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 Parents & Mr. & Mrs. William L. Humason 
 
 Mrs. Norris Bailey 
 
 The rhother & Mrs. Betsey Judd 
 
 Ralph & Althea Dickinson 
 
 Mrs. Julia Curtis 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. William L. Humason 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 Mrs. Jennie Elizabeth Stebbins 
 
 Alice Haslam & Mrs. Ann Goddard 
 
 William D. Willard & B. A. Willard 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Ruth Post 
 
 Mrs. Caroline Smith & Mrs. C. Birge 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Dickinson 
 
 William John & Elizabeth Rossberg 
 
 The parents 
 
 The mother, Mr. Bucknall & Mrs. Curtis 
 
 The mother 
 
498 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 r866 
 
 
 Mar. 31 L. B. Baldwin. 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 
 June 7 
 
 
 June 9 
 
 
 June 9 
 
 
 June 28 
 
 
 July 22 
 
 
 Aug. 19 F. Goodwin 
 
 Oct. 7 L. B. Baldwin. 
 
 1867. 
 
 
 Mar. 2 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 Apr. 20 
 
 
 May 12 
 
 
 June 9 
 
 
 July 28 
 
 
 Sept. IS 
 
 
 Nov. 3 
 
 
 Dec. I 
 
 
 Dec. I 
 
 
 1868. 
 
 
 Jan. 14 
 
 
 Feb. 2 
 
 
 Mar. 13 
 
 
 May 10 
 
 
 May 21 
 
 
 May 21 
 
 
 May 21 
 
 
 May 21 
 
 
 May 21 
 
 
 June 14 
 
 
 June 14 
 
 
 June 14 
 
 
 June IS 
 
 
 June 21 
 
 
 June 21 
 
 
 June 21 
 
 
 June 21 
 
 
 June 21 
 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Fanny Risley Bassett 
 Henry Lester Vibberts 
 Fanny Rebecca Weeks 
 Leona Weeks 
 Robert George Dunbar 
 Katie Hannah Gaff 
 Mrs. Lucy Anna Cooley 
 Elizabeth Ann Hanna 
 Ferdinand Charles Heidecker 
 Mary Ellen Henn 
 Margaret Jane McNulty 
 
 Private Francis Edward Halin 
 
 George Alexander Johnson 
 Isaac Daw Russell 
 Cora Peck Frary 
 Harry Landers Frary 
 Grace Russell Frary 
 William Henry Barnes 
 Ebenezer Pardee 
 George Herbert Pardee 
 Inez Lilian Pardee 
 George Francis Dorler 
 Gilbert Jepson 
 Florence Rosella Graham 
 Charles Hooker Graham 
 Julia Henn 
 
 Wilhelmina Hammars 
 Mary Ann Seipel 
 Edward Alexander Pratt 
 George Cooley 
 Frederick William 
 Louisa Mary 
 
 Emelie Dorothea 
 Wilbur Sylvanus 
 Florence 
 Fanny 
 
 Jennie Ellen 
 Farewell 
 Harry 
 
 Charlotte Harrison 
 Mary Maria 
 William Alfred 
 Gerrett Bulkley 
 Eliza Verian 
 Ann 
 
 Sherman Pomeroy Cooley 
 Julia Eloise Gearhart 
 Hypothetical Henry Pierce Curtiss 
 Charles Henry Barnes 
 Mrs. Ellen Augusta Frary 
 
 Birth. 
 
 2 years 
 ZYi years 
 
 12 years 
 9 years 
 
 3 weeks 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 
 2 yrs. ID mos. 
 II months 
 
 2 months 
 
 3 weeks 
 
 4 months 
 3 years 
 
 5 months 
 10 years 
 
 8 years 
 I year 
 7 weeks 
 
 IS months 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 10 years 
 I month 
 5 months 
 
 3 months 
 14 months 
 
 7 months 
 
 4 months 
 
 1 month 
 
 2 months 
 4 months 
 
 Feb. 16,1867 
 
 10, 1867 
 
 19, 1866 
 
 18, 1866 
 
 7, 1868 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov 
 Feb. 
 Feb. 
 
 13 years 
 Aug. 29, 1867 
 July 26, 1867 
 Apr. 1, 1868 
 June 13, 1868 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 499 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Charles & Sarah Bassett 
 Lester A. & Cornelia A. Vibberts 
 William & Desdemona Maria Weeks 
 William & Desdemona Maria Weeks 
 Robert & Jane Dunbar 
 
 William & Jane Hanna 
 Ferdinand & Sophia Heidecker 
 Cornelius & Rosa Henn 
 William & Isabella McNulty 
 
 Richard & Agnes Halin 
 Peter & Catherine Johnson 
 Henry E. & Mary Augusta Russell 
 James D. & Helen A. Frary 
 James D. & Helen A. Frary 
 James D. & Helen A. Frary 
 Charles Henry & Lovinia Barnes 
 Ebenezer & Mary Pardee 
 Ebenezer & Mary Pardee 
 Ebenezer & Mary Pardee 
 George P. & Julia A. Dorler 
 
 Frank A. & Barbara Henn 
 Theodore & Wilhelmina Hammars 
 Henry & Isabella Seipel 
 Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Pratt 
 Dr. George P. & Lucy A. Cooley 
 Henry P. & Eliza Gangloff 
 Frederick William & Louisa Stock 
 
 John R. & Anna M. Schmidt 
 William & Frances Crossland 
 August C. & Catherine Rossberg 
 John & Fanny Hanna 
 William & Jane Hanna 
 Joseph & Anna Scofield 
 Joseph & Anna Scofield 
 George & Mary Cadwell 
 Horace & Mrs. Stoddard 
 William N. & Jane Lockwood 
 George R. & Elizabeth Post 
 Dixon R. & Mary Ann Connell 
 Robert & Jane Dunbar 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The mother & 
 
 The mother & Mrs. Norris Bailey 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 The parents 
 
 Miss Julia Eno 
 
 Mrs. Annie M. Baldwin 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 The parents & Helen Baker 
 
 Clafton & Margaret McNulty 
 
 Mr. Bucknall, Mr. Cornish & Mary Johnson 
 
 Rev. L. B. Baldwin & Mrs. C. C. Johnson 
 
 The parents & Alice Peck 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Landers 
 
 The parents & Mrs. C. C. Johnson 
 
 The parents & Emily Webster 
 
 Mrs. Jane Canfield 
 
 Mrs. Jane Canfield 
 
 Mrs. Jane Canfield 
 
 Mr. V. Cornish & Mrs. Margaret Hicks 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. William Payne 
 
 The parents & Avis Niblo 
 
 The parents & Margaret Post 
 
 The parents 
 
 August & Catherine Rossberg 
 
 The parents & Mary McConkey 
 
 Mr. Nathan ToUes & Mrs. Marcellus Clark 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Julia_ Wilson 
 
 Frederick William & Louisa Stock 
 
 Lewis & Mary Leisler 
 
 Emilie Holbauer & Dorothea Ezhold 
 
 Frances Crossland 
 
 H. P. Gangloff & Mrs. Galloitz 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 Mrs. Mary G. Palmer, Mary Allen 
 
 Mrs. A. M. Baldwin, Mary Allen 
 
 The parents & Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Ruth Post 
 
 Eliza B. Verian & Edward Prior 
 
 The parents 
 
 William Bradley 
 
 Avis C. Knibloe, Lucy G. Angell 
 
 Mrs. Julia Curtiss 
 
 William G. Webster 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Russell 
 
500 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. 
 
 1868 
 
 
 June 28 
 
 L. B. Baldwin 
 
 June 28 
 
 
 July 15 
 
 
 July IS 
 
 
 July IS 
 
 
 July IS 
 
 
 July 29 
 
 
 July 29 
 
 
 Aug. I 
 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 
 Sept. I 
 
 N. J. Seely 
 
 Sept. 10 L. B. Baldwin. 
 
 Sept. IS 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Oct. 18 
 
 Oct. 25 
 
 Nov. 29 
 
 Nov. 29 
 
 Nov. 29 
 
 Nov. 29 
 
 Nov. 29 
 
 Dec. 6 
 
 Dec. 6 
 
 Dec. 6 
 
 Dec. 6 
 
 Dec. 13 
 
 Dec. 13 
 
 Dec. 21 
 
 Dec. 26 
 
 1869. 
 
 Jan. 6 
 
 Jan. 24 
 
 Mar. 14 L. Simonson 
 
 Mar. 14 
 
 Mar. 26 L. B. Baldwin 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 28 L. Simonson 
 
 Mar. 28 
 
 Mar. 28 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 
 ks. Name. 
 
 B: 
 
 Caroline 
 
 
 John Stanley 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Henry Charles 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Louisa Elvinia 
 
 May 
 
 Adolph 
 
 May 
 
 Henry Augustus 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Onofrio 
 
 Oct. 
 
 William 
 
 July 
 
 Walter 
 
 July 
 
 Richard Knight 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Eugene Francis 
 
 May, 
 
 Lydia Emma 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Charles 
 
 July, 
 
 Joseph 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Celeste 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Albert William 
 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Caroline 
 
 Apr. 
 
 George 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Charles 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Frank 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Jane 
 
 Jan. 
 
 William Henry 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Joseph 
 
 Mar. 
 
 George Edward 
 
 June 
 
 Emma 
 
 July 
 
 Mary Ellen 
 
 Nov. 
 
 WilHam 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Frederick Lum 
 
 June 
 
 Louis William 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Albert Wilcox 
 
 June 
 
 Mary Ann 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Martha 
 
 Jan., 
 
 Albert William 
 
 June 
 
 Emilie Louise 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Anna Magdalena 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Almira Jane 
 
 May 
 
 Grace Celinda 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Charles Frederick 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Emily Amelia 
 
 Apr. 
 
 George Alfred 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Ada Maria 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Dwight Oscar 
 
 July 
 
 Carrie Elizabeth 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Ella Maria 
 
 July 
 
 Clara Bertha 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Aphena Melissa 
 
 July 
 
 Carl Wiegand 
 
 Sept.; 
 
 Gohanette 
 
 Nov., 
 
 Edward Cornelius 
 
 Nov., 
 
 Birth. 
 
 20,1868 
 
 17. 1864 
 S,i866 
 9,1868 
 
 19, 1867 
 
 24. 1867 
 
 16. 1868 
 15, 1868 
 
 5, 1868 
 1868 
 
 7,1866 
 1868 
 
 19. 1866 
 4, 1868 
 
 4,1868 
 28,1868 
 
 2, i8s9 
 2S, 1862 
 
 I, i86s 
 
 2,1866 
 24, 1868 
 13, 1868 
 
 30. 1865 
 31,1866 
 29,1868 
 
 13. 1868 
 4,1868 
 2, 1868 
 
 27,1868 
 
 1866 
 
 16. 1867 
 14,1868 
 
 13. 1869 
 4,1868 
 
 7. 1867 
 22, 1861 
 
 3. 1868 
 
 28. 1868 
 I, i8S4 
 
 28, 1848 
 
 22, 1850 
 
 12, i8ss 
 
 14, i8S4 
 
 20, 1854 
 
 6, i8s7 
 
 1868 
 
 1867 
 
 1868 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 501 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Jacob & Mary Schmidt 
 James & Sarah Ann Bedford 
 Adolph & Susan Schmidt 
 Adolph & Susan Schmidt 
 Adolph & Susan Schmidt 
 Henry & Elizabeth Voigt 
 Agostino & Anna Bertini 
 Agostino & Anna Bertini 
 Septimus & Eliz. Haslam 
 Peter H. & Northall 
 
 Charles Henry & Lovinia Barnes 
 John & Ann Poles 
 Joseph A. Martin 
 Joseph A. Martin 
 Caroline Nunn 
 William & Mary Volkner 
 Frank & Dora Martin 
 Charles & Elizabeth Taylor 
 Charles & Harriet Walker 
 Charles & Harriet Walker 
 Charles & Harriet Walker 
 Charles & Harriet Walker 
 Charles & Harriet Walker 
 Albert & Mary Hill 
 William & Martha Woodcock 
 William & Martha Woodcock 
 William & Martha Woodcock 
 William & Ellen Bishop 
 Jacob & Louise F Hetterich 
 Alfred O. & Ellen E. Smith 
 Mary Ann & Michael Nelligan 
 
 James & Catherine Stroatzzi 
 Lester and Cornelia A. Vibberts 
 Christian & Fried. M. Wuckelt 
 
 Christian & Fried. M. Wuckelt 
 Charles H. & Catherine Wilcox 
 Edward & Esther Judd Yates 
 James A. & Emily C. Smith 
 James A. & Emily C. Smith 
 William Edward & Jane Vergason 
 Samuel & Roxana Chidsey 
 Chauncey P. & Jeanette Welton 
 Chauncey P. & Jeanette Welton 
 Chauncey P. & Jeanette Welton 
 John A. & Ellen Eno 
 James F. & Mary Jane Colvin 
 James F. & Mary Jane Colvin 
 Peter & EUzabeth Walder 
 Heinr. & Elizabeth Walder 
 Cornelius & Rosa Henn ■ 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Stephen Sauter, Mary Gammerdinger 
 
 The parents 
 
 H. P. Gangloff, August Rossberg, Mrs. Voight 
 
 H. P. Gangloff, August Rossberg, Mrs. Voight 
 
 H. P. Gangloff, August Rossberg, Mrs. Voight 
 
 August Rossberg & Mr. Wescher 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall & Mrs. Hannah Backa 
 
 Edward L. Goodwin, Annie Staples 
 
 William G. Webster & Emily Webster 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Selena Corbett 
 
 The father & Mrs. Catherine Gammerdinger 
 
 The father & Mrs. Catherine Gammerdinger 
 
 William & Caroline Nunn 
 
 William H. Heller & Albert Morton 
 
 Rudolph & Eliz. Ray & Caroline Martin 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 George Bedford, Fanny Bedford 
 
 Christopher Britten & Sarah A. Paramore 
 
 George & Sarah Ann Bedford 
 
 Christopher Britten & Mary Hills 
 
 Ira E. Hicks, Mrs. Annie M. Baldwin 
 
 Anton Nott & Maria Schmidt 
 
 The father & Mrs. Henry Graves 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Fenton 
 
 Emilie Louise Hallbauer, L. F. Rauper, H. P. 
 
 Gangloff 
 Louise F. Rauper, Mrs. Hallbauer & Mr. Gangloff 
 The parents & Robert Henn 
 The parents & Mrs. Philip Judd 
 
 Mrs. Jane Vergason 
 
 The mother & Jane Beach 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 Mrs. Amanda Vail 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 Carl Esle & Elizabeth Walder 
 
 Katrine & Peter Walder 
 
 Edward Henn 
 
502 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Clergyman &• Remarks. 
 1869 
 Mar. 28 L. Simonson 
 Mar. 28 
 
 Apr. 18 L. B. Baldwin 
 May 16 
 June 13 
 June 20 
 July 2 
 
 Name. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 Sept. 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 
 1870. 
 Jan. 2 
 Jan. 2 
 Apr. 6 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 Apr. 16 
 June 5 
 June 5 
 June II 
 June II 
 June 12 
 June 19 
 June 19 
 June 21 
 July 10 
 July 10 
 
 July 10 
 July 10 
 July 20 
 
 Katrina Seibert 
 
 Wilhelm 
 
 Sarah Elizabeth 
 
 Cora Sandford 
 
 Beulah Elvira 
 
 Henry 
 
 Mary Ann Arnold 
 
 Adam 
 Private Eugene 
 
 Samuel Henry 
 
 George Walter 
 
 George Harrison 
 
 Abner 
 
 Cornelia Elizabeth 
 
 William Henry 
 
 Charles William 
 
 Robert 
 
 William 
 
 Edward 
 
 George 
 
 Emma 
 
 John 
 
 Walter 
 
 Frederick Henry 
 Private Edwin John 
 
 Norman Lewis 
 
 Amelia Elizabeth 
 
 Alice May 
 
 Anna Augusta 
 
 Harriet Ann 
 
 Augusta Adele 
 
 Ralph 
 
 Annie Maud 
 
 Charles Elisaph 
 
 Minnie Elizabeth 
 
 George Adam 
 
 Louisa 
 
 Ralph James 
 
 Julia Anna 
 
 Mrs. Jane Nash Vergason 
 
 Mary Augusta Russell 
 
 Adolph 
 
 Ira Edward Hicks 
 
 William Bishop 
 
 Flora Agnes Campbell 
 
 William Goldsborough 
 
 Mary Sophia 
 
 Albert Edmund 
 Clarence Russell 
 Private Grace Lee 
 
 Dec. 
 June 
 Mar. 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov. 
 May 
 Adult 
 
 June 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 May 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 May 
 
 May 
 
 June 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Aug. 
 July 
 Feb. 
 Aug. 
 Sept. 
 Sept. 
 Mar. 
 Dec. 
 Nov. 
 Feb. 
 Sept. 
 Aug. 
 Dec. 
 
 16, 1866 
 
 4,1868 
 
 23, 1869 
 
 12. 1868 
 16,1868 
 
 7,1869 
 
 18. 1869 
 16,1869 
 16,1869 
 28,1868 
 
 14. 1868 
 
 29. 1869 
 28, 1869 
 31. i8S7 
 
 21, i8ss 
 16,1869 
 
 1. 1855 
 20, 1858 
 25, i860 
 14, 1866 
 
 8,1868 
 
 1,1867 
 
 25. 1868 
 
 22, 1869 
 
 7. 1856 
 17, i8S7 
 
 21. 1869 
 
 20. 1870 
 25, 1869 
 
 10. 1869 
 
 13. 1870 
 5,1869 
 1,1869 
 3,1869 
 
 Aug. 26, 1861 
 Feb. 18,1863 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 June 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 May 
 
 1, 1870 
 
 1869 
 1870 
 1870 
 
 Oct. 6, 1869 
 Oct. 17, 1869 
 May 25, 1870 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 503 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Philip & Margaret Seibert 
 Philip & Margaret Seibert 
 Thomas & Catharine M. Stenson 
 Edgar B. & Mattie L. Jones 
 George C. & Emily N. Pettis 
 Henry & Isabella Seipels 
 
 Conrad & Regina Seipels 
 Agostino & Anna Bertini 
 William & Jane Hanna 
 Joshua & Fanny J. Thornily 
 Harrison & Lizzie Prentiss 
 Henry & Sarah J. Buritling 
 John & Ann Poles 
 James A. & Emily C. Smith 
 
 Robert & Lizzie Richardson 
 William & Mary Bateman 
 William & Mary Bateman 
 William & Mary Bateman 
 William & Mary Bateman 
 William & Mary Bateman 
 
 William & Mary Nichols 
 Charles & Caroline Fisher 
 John & Jane Webster 
 Lewis & Roxana Beckley 
 Irenaeus & Rhoda Thorp 
 W A. & M. E. Judson 
 Adolph & Susan Schmidt 
 Charles & Harriet Walker 
 Edward L. & Frances E Goodwin 
 
 Charles B. & Annie E. Erichson 
 Charles Henry & Lovina Barnes 
 Edward & Esther Yates 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Annie E. Erickson 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Annie M. Baldwin 
 
 Adam & Henry Seiples 
 
 S. G. Bucknall, Mrs. Jenny Stillman, Mrs. A. M. 
 
 Baldwin 
 Adam & Henry B. Seiples 
 
 The mother 
 
 Henry P. Curtiss & parents 
 
 Mrs. Hackney 
 
 The parents & William E. Bell 
 
 Mrs. Emily C. Smith & Agnes Smith 
 
 John Poles & Agnes Smith 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother & Mr. Coats 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 James E. Ewett & Edward Sutton 
 James E. Ewett & Edward Sutton 
 
 The parents 
 
 Ralph & Althea O. Dickinson 
 
 The mother & Mrs. Betsey Judd 
 
 Mrs. Mary Volkner & Mrs. Holnitz 
 
 The mother 
 
 The parents 
 
 The mother 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Sarah Webster 
 
 The parents & Mrs. Betsey Judd 
 
 James H. & Ann Beach 
 James H. & Ann Beach 
 
 Martin & Katrina Stiebeck 
 
 Hugh & Mary Gibb 
 
 Dr. S. W. & Margaret C. 
 
 John & Mary S. Crellin 
 
 Hart 
 
 William & Sarah Ehzabeth Halliley 
 Frank H. & Grace Hooker 
 William & Ellen Bishop 
 
 The mother & Laura C. Merrill 
 
 The mother & Laura C. Merrill 
 
 Mrs. Annie M. Baldwin 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Post 
 
 Adolph & Mrs. Elizabeth Sperl 
 
 Doctor S. W. Hart 
 
 Doctor S. W. Hart 
 
 Agnes Porter & James Porter 
 
 The parents 
 
 William G. Payne, Mrs. Sophia Payne, Mrs. Mary 
 
 Horsfall 
 The parents & Robert Henn 
 William Henry Russell & Mrs. Elizabeth Russell 
 
S04 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. 
 1870 
 July 24 L. B. Baldwin 
 July 26 
 Sept. 12 W. H. Moffett 
 
 Name. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 1871. 
 
 William Taylor 
 Private Lizzie 
 Private Jeremiah 
 
 C. C. Adams Passion Sunday Lillia Anna 
 Apr. 26 John C. Middleton Catharine Jane Georgina 
 
 May 18 Ascension Day Agnes DriscoU 
 
 Oliver Dixon Cornell 
 Whitsunday Ellen Sarah 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Bunting 
 Norman Peck Cooley 
 Karoline Hetterich 
 Trinity Sunday Edith Pendleton Curtiss 
 Trinity Sunday Mary Ella Barnes 
 Trinity Sunday Sarah Adelia Norton 
 
 Lillie Muller 
 
 Henry Thomas Atkins 
 Anna Mary Eisinger 
 Frederick William Walkner 
 Katy Roth 
 
 Laura Augusta Webster 
 Hugo Frederic Haigis 
 
 Charles James Dunbar 
 William James Kincade 
 In articulo mortis Richard Daniel Stephens 
 Peter George Niehofen 
 Charles Alfred Finch 
 Charles Colmbach 
 John William Ellin 
 All Saints Amy Lee Wells 
 
 All Saints Ellen Drusilla Northall 
 
 Mary Ann Hallily Clark 
 Arthur Henry Walker 
 
 Advent Sunday Henry Bunting 
 
 Paulina Grutzmacher 
 
 Fazzie Crane Miner 
 Mary Rhoda Pettis 
 Lizzie Fisher 
 Lilla Magness 
 Palm Sunday Paulina Hermina 
 Easter Eve. Grace May Bassett 
 Easter Day James Darius Frary 
 
 May 
 
 21 
 
 May 
 
 28 
 
 May 
 
 28 
 
 May 
 
 31 
 
 June 
 
 I 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 June 
 
 II 
 
 June 
 
 2S 
 
 June 
 
 25 
 
 June 
 
 25 
 
 June 
 
 30 
 
 July 
 
 6 
 
 July 
 
 7 
 
 July 
 
 IS 
 
 Aug. 
 
 I 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4 
 
 Aug. 
 
 6 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12 
 
 Oct. 
 
 6 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I 
 
 Nov. 
 
 14 
 
 Nov 
 
 19 
 
 Dec. 
 
 3 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9 
 
 187 
 
 2. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 5 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21 
 
 Mar. 
 
 3 
 
 Mar. 
 
 3 
 
 Mar. 
 
 24 
 
 Mar. 
 
 30 
 
 Mar. 
 
 31 
 
 July 
 
 1, 1870 
 
 Sept. 
 
 30, 1869 
 
 Jan. 
 
 1, 1870 
 
 July 
 
 20, 1870 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 1871 
 
 Nov. 
 
 3, 1870 
 
 Dec. 
 
 5, 1870 
 
 Mar. 
 
 16, 1867 
 
 Aug. 
 
 8,1869 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13, 1870 
 
 Sept. 
 
 24, 1870 
 
 Dec. 
 
 19, 1870 
 
 Aug. 
 
 IS, 1870 
 
 Mar. 
 
 7, 1871 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25, 1871 
 
 May 
 
 17, 1870 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13, 1870 
 
 Jan. 
 
 ID, 1871 
 
 Adull 
 
 
 June 
 
 9, 1871 
 
 Apr. 
 
 24, I87I 
 
 Mar. 
 
 19, I87I 
 
 July 
 
 31. I87I 
 
 July 
 
 5, 1871 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29, 1869 
 
 Jan. 
 
 27, 1871 
 
 July 
 
 7, 1871 
 
 July 
 
 24, 1871 
 
 Adull 
 
 t 
 
 June 
 
 14, 1871 
 
 Aug. 
 
 9, 1871 
 
 Oct. 
 
 31, 1871 
 
 Mar. 
 
 22, 1867 
 
 Sept. 
 
 12, 1870 
 
 June 
 
 27, 1871 
 
 Feb. 
 
 6, 1872 
 
 July 
 
 4, 1871 
 
 Nov. 
 
 10, 1871 
 
 Adult 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 505 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Septimus & Elizabeth Haslam 
 
 John & Kate Rowe 
 
 Merritt & Catharine Humason 
 
 Charles H. & Catharine Wilcox 
 Thomas & Catharine Murray Stenson 
 George M. & Emma M. Parsons 
 
 Dixon R. & Mary E. Cornell 
 Henry & Isabella Seipel 
 Henry & Sarah Bunting 
 George P. & Lucy P. Cooley 
 Jacob & Louisa Hetterich 
 Henry P. & Julia A. Curtiss 
 Charles H. & R. Lovina Barnes 
 Halsey J. & Emily A. Norton 
 
 Richard & Bertha Muller 
 
 Charles & Sarah Atkins 
 Frederick & Rosa Eisinger 
 William & Anna Mary Walkner 
 Gottlieb & Katy Roth 
 
 John & Lizetta Haigis 
 
 Robert & Jane Dunbar 
 
 Henry & Martha Kincade 
 
 William & Sarah Ann Stephens 
 
 Albert & Dora Niehofen 
 
 Alfred S. & Ellen C. Finch 
 
 Jacob & Rachel Calmbach 
 
 John & Rebecca Ellin 
 
 Albert S. Wells, Alice (Lee) Wells 
 
 Peter H. Northall, Mrs C. A. 
 
 Northall 
 Mary Ann & James Clark 
 Charles Henry Walker, Mary 
 
 Walker 
 Henry & Sarah J. Bunting 
 Henry & Catharine Grutzmacher 
 
 Rhea B. & Jackson N. Miner 
 George C. & Emily N. Pettis 
 Charles & Caroline Fisher 
 Eugene & Mary G. Magness 
 Gottlieb & Barbara Lorch 
 Charles & Sarah Bassett 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents 
 
 Parents & Richard Halliley 
 
 The parents 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Lee Flowers & Mrs. Agnes 
 E. Driscoll 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 Charles Carter & Mary E. Colvin 
 
 Mrs. Cooley & her sister, Mrs. Barnes 
 
 Jacob Schaefer, Paulina Rentschler 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Millie P. Clark 
 
 Emily A. Norton, Alonzo Bassett 
 
 R. Lovina Barnes, William B. Webster, Sarah 
 H. Webster 
 
 Hermann Willareth, Eliza Willareth, Bertha 
 Muller 
 
 The parents 
 
 William Walkner, Mary Ann Walkner 
 
 Frederick Eisinger, Rosa Eisinger 
 
 John Roth 
 
 William B. Webster 
 
 Hugo Oberamt, Margaret Oberamt, Katie Nie- 
 hofen 
 
 Eliza Cairns, Robert Smith 
 
 William Stoddard, Matilda Stoddard 
 
 Peter & Kate Niehofen 
 
 Henry & Ellen M. Tolles 
 
 The parents & Charles Menderlein 
 
 Susannah Ward, Richard Malin 
 
 Parents & Mrs. L. P. Lee, Miss Kitty Lee, Miss 
 
 Ella Lee 
 Miss Jane McClatchie 
 
 Mother & Richard & Catharine Hallily 
 Mrs. Mary Walker, Miss Eva Eno 
 
 George & Sarah Elston 
 Mr. Frederick Adams, Mrs. 
 
 Caroline Adams 
 
 Mrs. Kate Parsons & Mrs. Geo. R. Post 
 Parents & Mrs. B. C. Porter 
 Parents & Lucy Nichols 
 Mr. Fisher, the mother & Mary E. Whitney 
 Hermann C. Witte & Pauline Rentschler 
 The mother & 
 
 Mrs. Frary, Mr. A. M. Hyde, Mr. W. Parker 
 (prox.) 
 
So6 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 1872 
 Mar. 31 
 Mar. 31 
 
 Apr. 21 
 
 Apr. 21 
 
 Apr. 21 
 
 May 2 
 
 May 5 
 
 May S 
 
 May 5 
 
 May 12 
 
 May 19 
 
 May 26 
 
 May 26 
 
 May 26 
 
 June 16 
 
 July 7 
 
 July 14 
 
 Aug. II 
 
 Aug. II 
 
 Aug. II 
 
 Sept. I 
 
 Sept. 8 
 
 Sept. 27 
 
 Sept. 27 
 
 Sept. 27 
 
 Sept. 27 
 
 Oct. I 
 
 Oct. I 
 
 Nov. 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 8 
 
 1873- 
 
 Jan. 19 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 May 2 
 
 June I 
 
 June I 
 
 Clergyman & Remarks. 
 
 John C. Middleton, Easter Day 
 Easter Day 
 
 'Name. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 Whitsunday 
 Trinity Sunday 
 Trinity Sunday 
 Trinity Sunday 
 
 St. Michael's & All Angels' 
 
 St. Michael's & All Angels' 
 
 St. Michael's & All Angels' 
 
 St. Michael's & All Angels' 
 
 Rev. Mr. Brown 
 John C. Middleton 
 
 Easter 
 
 Whitsunday 
 
 Harriet Louise Judd 
 
 Adult 
 
 Martha Ellen Lunt 
 
 Adult 
 
 Caroline Elizabeth Banks 
 
 Adult 
 
 Mary Agnes Craw 
 
 Adult 
 
 Jane Elizabeth Vergason 
 
 Adult 
 
 Martha Middleton 
 
 Adult 
 
 Frederic William Schaeffer 
 
 Jan. 4, 1872 
 
 Frank May 
 
 Dec. 29, 1871 
 
 Anna May 
 
 Nov. 11,1871 
 
 Louisa Bauman 
 
 Feb. 18, 
 
 Charlotte Ellen Brown 
 
 Sept. 2, 1871 
 
 Edith May Swain 
 
 
 Ella Mary Forbes 
 
 
 Sarah Ellen DeBank 
 
 
 Charles Smart 
 
 19 years 
 
 Cora May Haslam 
 
 May 22, 1871 
 
 Frederic WiUiam Swain 
 
 Dec. 12, 1864 
 
 Alice Louisa Prentice 
 
 Mar. 22, 1872 
 
 Grace Redfield Pratt 
 
 
 Nathan Tolles Pratt 
 
 
 Addie Tolles Finch 
 
 Tan. 16, 1872 
 
 Edward Thomas Richard Cook ' 
 
 Louisa Seiples 
 
 June IS, 1872 
 
 Mary Jane Malin 
 
 May 14, 1872 
 
 William Bradley Cooley 
 
 Apr. 15,1872 
 
 Florence Amy Mathers 
 
 Mar. 26,1869 
 
 George Mathers 
 
 May 20, 1866 
 
 Allan Joseph Beaton 
 
 Adult 
 
 Jessie Margaret Beaton 
 
 Aug. 28, 1872 
 
 Ernest Alfred Rose 
 
 
 Mary Florence Stevens 
 
 
 Erwin Ernest Haslam 
 
 Nov. 14, 1872 
 
 Anna Smythe Hart 
 
 Sept. 13,1872 
 
 Charles Palmer 
 
 Dec. 9, 1872 
 
 Elizabeth Stansbury Parker 
 
 Oct. 14, 1872 
 
 William Charles Harris Cook 
 
 
 William Dyson 
 
 June 28, i860 
 
 George Dyson 
 
 June 4, 1864 
 
 Thomas Dyson 
 
 May 6, 1866 
 
 Ernest Dyson 
 
 July 6, 1868 
 
 Harry Dyson 
 
 July 8, 1870 
 
 Bernard Dyson 
 
 Sept. 29, 1872 
 
 Thomas G. Banks 
 
 Adult 
 
 Charlsetta Root 
 
 Adult 
 
 Florence Lee Stanley 
 
 Nov. 18, 1870 
 
 Katie Mary Schmidt 
 
 Feb. 6, 1873 
 
 Harriet Maria Root 
 
 Sept. 13,1866 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 507 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Mrs. Vergason 
 
 Jacob & Minnie Schaeffer 
 Adolph & Laura May 
 Emil & Augusta May 
 Louis & Emilie Bauman 
 Samuel & Martha A. Brown 
 
 Elizabeth Smart (widow) 
 Septimus & Elizabeth Haslam 
 William & Rebecca Swain 
 Harrison & Lizzie Prentice 
 Alexander & Martha J. Pratt 
 Alexander & Martha J. Pratt 
 Alfred S. & Ellen C. Finch 
 Edward & Lucy (Taylor) Cook 
 Adam & Anna Seiples 
 Richard & Mary Ann Malin 
 Sherman P. & Georgianna Cooley 
 George & Mary Ann Mathers 
 George & Mary Ann Mathers 
 
 Allan Joseph Beaton, Mary Beaton 
 
 James B. & Laura A. Stevens 
 Henry Haslam & Mary Haslam 
 
 S. Waldo Hart, M.D., Margaret 
 
 (Smyth) Hart 
 Henry Palmer, Johanna (Carroll) 
 
 Palmer 
 William Parker, Caroline K. Parker 
 Edward & Lucy Cook 
 Thomas & Martha Dyson 
 Thomas & Martha Dyson 
 Thomas & Martha Dyson 
 Thomas & Martha Dyson 
 Thomas & Martha Dyson 
 Thomas & Martha Dyson 
 
 Charles & Rebecca Murray 
 Adolph & Susan Schmidt 
 
 John Erwin & C. Root 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Mrs. Frary & Mrs. Anderson 
 
 Mrs. Frary & Mrs. Anderson 
 
 Mrs. Ira E. Hicks 
 
 Her parents 
 
 Mrs. Vergason & Mrs. Anderson 
 
 Mrs. Anderson & Miss Anderson 
 
 Parents & Frederick William Schaeffer 
 
 Charles Hallbauer, Mrs. Caroline Bauman 
 
 Mrs. Carolina Schmidt, Charles Bauman 
 
 Charles Hallbauer, Mrs. Caroline Bauman 
 
 Parents & Mary Jane Watson 
 
 Mrs. Gibbons 
 
 Mrs. Barrett 
 
 Mrs. Barrett 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca A. Smith 
 
 Charles & Sarah Whiten 
 
 F. G. Guion & Edith M. Swain 
 
 Rev. John C. Middleton, Miss Theresa Lee 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Watson 
 
 Parents, Mrs. Louisa Seiples & Henry M. Seiples 
 
 William Gorman & Mrs. George Mather 
 
 Parents & Mrs. William Bradley, Norris Bailey 
 
 William Gorman, Mrs. Richard Malin 
 
 William Gorman, Mrs. Richard Malin 
 
 Mrs. Aulextious Hackney, Rev. John C. Middleton 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Margaret Keefe & the Rev. 
 
 John C. Middleton 
 William S. Rainsley, Joseph Rose, Mary Jane 
 
 Wilson 
 Mr. & Mrs. William B. Webster, Mrs. Bassett 
 The father & Mr. George D. Carleton, Mrs. 
 
 Louisa C. Carleton 
 William B. & Anna M. Smyth, Anna G. Smyth 
 
 Mary McConkey, Henry Taylor 
 
 Parents & Miss Harriet A. Parker 
 
 John J. Coats, Mary, Jane Watson 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Barrett 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Barrett 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Barrett 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Barrett 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Barrett 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Barrett 
 
 Mrs. Caroline E. Banks 
 
 Mrs. S. J. Anderson & Mrs. J. D. Frary 
 
 Parents & Mrs. Maria Rowley 
 
 The mother. Miss Anderson, Mrs. Catharine 
 
 Menderlein 
 Miss Root, Miss M. Lunt 
 
5o8 
 
 THE. CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By THE Rev. John C. Middleton. 
 
 1873. 
 June 8 
 June 26 
 
 Name. 
 
 Emily Selina White 
 Georgianna Bertha Barnerd 
 
 June 29 Henry Lyman Latham 
 
 July 13 William Henry Gussman 
 
 July 19 Julia Hick 
 
 July 26 Daisy Olivia Steele 
 
 Aug. 3 Holdrich Gautier 
 
 Aug. 17 George Webster Barnes 
 
 Sept. 7 Peter Haigis 
 
 Sept. 7 Mary Schweiser 
 
 Sept. 14 Anna Jane Bedford 
 
 Oct. 31 Mary Chester Potter 
 
 Nov. I Anna Turner Libbey Parsons 
 
 Nov. I Leroy Churchill Potter 
 
 Nov. I Anna Martha Hanna 
 
 Nov. 14 George Hale 
 
 Dec. 7 Charles Joseph White 
 
 1874. 
 
 Jan. 4 Frank Antone Henn 
 
 Jan. 4 Mary Dresale 
 
 Jan. 4 Rose Bertha Dresale 
 
 Feb. I Charles Frederic Erichson 
 
 Feb. 25 Francisca Walkner 
 
 Mar. 4 Louisa Day 
 
 Mar. 14 Martin Gautier 
 
 Mar. 14 George Gihring 
 
 Mar. 25 Mary Ann (Sweet) White 
 
 Mar. 26 Charles Edward Smith 
 
 Apr. 4 George Middleton Parsons 
 
 Apr. 4 
 
 Apr. s 
 
 Apr. 24 
 
 Apr. 24 
 
 June 
 
 June 7 
 
 Alice Sarah Yates 
 Julia Annie Dibble 
 Anna Newton Hooker 
 Alberti Tryon 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Mar. i, 1872 
 New Britain, June 5, 1873 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 9, 1872 
 
 New Britain, July s, 1873 
 
 Newington, July 18, 1872 
 
 Jan. 16, 1873 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 15, 1873 
 Mar. II, 1872 
 
 New Britain, July 10, 1873 
 
 Adult— Wife of F. C. Potter 
 
 New Britain, May 12, 1873 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 5, 1873 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 16, 1870 
 Dec. 25, 1869 
 
 Sept. 7, 1863 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 6, 1873 
 Jan. 29, 1872 
 Oct. 9, 1873 
 
 New Britain, June 16, 1873 
 
 New Britain, June 20, 1873 
 New Britain, Feb. ij, 1874 
 New Britain, Nov. 18, 1872 
 New Britain, Nov. 12, 1873 
 Adult 
 
 New Britain Apr. 10, 1873 
 
 Apr. 16, 1872 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 
 By THE Rev. C. R. Fisher. 
 Mary Caroline Rosselius 
 
 By the Rev. John C. Middleton. 
 Charles Moore Adkins New Britain 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 509 
 
 Parents. 
 
 William & Selina (Pyne) White 
 George & Mary (Walter) Barnerd 
 
 Chester Gates & Abby Franziska 
 (Dickey) Latham 
 
 Peter & Lizabeth Hick 
 
 Samuel A. & Matilda Steele 
 
 Peter & Antonie Gautier 
 
 Charles H. & R. Lovina (Webster) 
 Barnes 
 
 John & Lizetta (Krietz) Haigis 
 
 Frederick & Catharina (Schafer) 
 Schweiser 
 
 James & Sarah Ann (North) Bed- 
 ford 
 
 George M. & Emma M. (Driscoll) 
 
 Parsons 
 Frederic C. & Mary C. (Connor) 
 
 Potter 
 William & Jane Hanna 
 Francis & Ellen (Blannerhassett) 
 
 Hale 
 Edward & Mary Ann White 
 
 Cornelius & Rosa Henn 
 
 Charles B. & Annie E. (Staples) 
 
 Erichson 
 WilUam & Anna Mary Walkner 
 Alfred & Elizabeth (Wood) Day 
 Peter & Antonie Gautier 
 George & Katie Graff Gihring 
 
 Charles H. & Carrie E. (Welton) 
 
 Smith 
 Emory S. & Katharine (Crosby) 
 
 Parsons 
 Edward & Esther M. (Judd) Yates 
 William H. & Harriet N Dibble 
 Wife of Albert Hooker 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Sarah Pyne, Harry Saunders 
 
 The mother, Mrs. & Miss Anderson, Lewis Bau- 
 
 man 
 The mother, Mrs. Fanny Huse (her sister), J. C. 
 
 Middleton 
 
 Julia Hoffman 
 
 The mother, Marilla Lydia Steele 
 
 The parents 
 
 Mr. Wm. Payne, Mr. Charles Webster, Mrs. C. 
 
 H. Barnes 
 Peter Niehofen, Catharina Neihofen 
 John Herman, Marie Jetter 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Martha Middleton, John Lacy 
 
 Mr. F. C. Potter, Mrs. S. J. Anderson, Mrs. 
 
 Emma M. Parsons 
 Laura C. Merrill, Jennie M. Post, Charles G. 
 
 Fisher 
 Albert M. Hyde, Frederic C. Potter, Mary C. 
 
 Potter 
 Mrs. Hanna 
 Mrs. Coles, Mr. John Milton Stevens 
 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. B. C. Porter, John C. 
 Middleton 
 
 The parents. Bertha Langcettel 
 Peter & Emma Hermann, Mrs. Rosa Henn 
 Peter & Emma Hermann, Mrs. Rosa Henn 
 The parents 
 
 Mrs. Frederica Francisca Grothe, The parents 
 The parents, Mary Mulvey 
 
 David Ludwig, Mrs. Antoine Gautier 
 
 Mrs. S. J. Anderson, Miss Anderson, William G. 
 
 Payne 
 The parents, Mrs. Canfield 
 
 John C. Middleton, Rhea B. Miner, Mrs. K. Par- 
 sons 
 Mrs. Betsey Judd, Mrs. Yates 
 
 Miss Stattlee, Miss E. L. Flinn 
 Albert Hooker, Mrs. Henry Hooker 
 George M. Parsons 
 
 Louis F. & Mary Rosselius 
 
 William Rosselius, Rosina Noll, Carrie Kanold 
 
 George M. & Jerusha (Merrill) The parents 
 Adkins 
 
 32 
 
Sio 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1874 
 
 June 7 
 
 June 21 
 
 June 21 
 
 June 21 
 
 June 28 
 
 July 29 
 
 Clinton Mortimer Pettis 
 Frederic Henry Rackliffe 
 Gertrude Louise Rackliffe 
 Frank Eugene Rackliffe 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. John C. Middleton. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 22, 1874 
 New Britain, Oct. 8, 1865 
 New Britain, Dec. 30, 1866 
 New Britain, Nov. 28, 1868 
 
 Adolph May 
 
 Agnes Perry Swasey 
 
 Aug. 2 Florine Seiples 
 
 Aug. 6 John Alfred Dunbar 
 
 Aug. 8 Minna Calmbach 
 
 Aug, 9 Adam Menderlein 
 
 Aug. 30 Henry George Lorch 
 
 Aug. 30 William Henry Rose 
 
 Aug. 30 Grace Ellen Butler 
 
 Sept. 6 Joanna Clara Bassinger 
 
 Sept. 6 Anna Seipel 
 
 Sept. 6 Belle Elizabeth Smith ■ 
 
 Sept. 7 Agnes Olive Porter 
 
 Sept. 9 Emily Butler Fenton 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 2, 1873 
 New Britain, July 26, 1874 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 26, 1873 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 13, 1873 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 8, 1874 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 8, 1874 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 16, 1873 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 Sept. 6, 1873 
 New Britain, June 27, 1874 
 New Britain, July 4, 1874 
 
 New Britain, June 3, 1874 
 New Britain, June 28, 1872 
 
 1875. 
 Feb. 28 
 
 Aug. I 
 Aug. 14 
 Aug. 15 
 Aug. 22 
 
 Sept. 8 
 Sept. 12 
 
 By the Rev. Dr. Gardener of Middletown. 
 
 Emma Bell Brown New Britain, aged 4 months 
 
 By the Rev. John H. Drumm. 
 
 Jennie May Vanhorn 
 Sarah Jane Dunbar 
 Anne Eliza McNulty 
 George Seiple 
 
 George William Seabourne Vynne 
 Mabel Thornell Simons 
 
 Bristol, Pa., 
 
 May 31, 1874 
 Mar. 9, 1875 
 Mar. 30, 1875 
 July 22, 187s 
 
 1875 
 June 8, 1875 
 
 By the Rev. John C. Middleton of Glen Cove, L. I. 
 Nov. 17 Chauncey Birge Pomeroy Sept. 4, 1875 
 
 By the Rev. John H. Drumm. 
 
 Nov. 28 Herbert Varian Cornell Nov. 13, 1874 
 
 Nov. 28 Elizabeth Eva Gibbons Sept., 1875 
 
 Dec. 12 Johan Friedrich Kaulbach May 13, 1875 
 
 1876. 
 Jan. 2 Pauline Maria Tressel 
 
 By the Rev. Mr. Hunter, of Hartford, a former pastor of the baptized. 
 
 Mar. 8 Kate (Catherine) Estelle Lozier Dec. 25, 1853 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 5" 
 
 Parents. 
 
 George C. & Emily N. (Welton) 
 
 Pettis 
 Thomas Smith & Henrietta W. 
 
 (Hart-Francis) Rackliffe 
 Thomas Smith & Henrietta W. 
 
 (Hart-Francis) Rackhffe 
 Thomas Smith & Henrietta W. 
 
 (Hart-Francis) Rackliffe 
 Adolph & Laura May 
 Erastus P. (M.D.) & Agnes (Smyth) 
 
 Swasey 
 Henry & Isabella (McConkey) 
 
 Seiple 
 Robert & Jane Dunbar 
 Jacob & Rachel Calmbach 
 Charles & Katharine Menderline 
 Gottlob & Babbet Lorch 
 
 Corbin & Susan Bassinger 
 
 Adam & Anna Seipel 
 
 Charles H. & Carrie (Welton) 
 
 Smith 
 Bryan C. & Ann Maria Porter 
 Waker W. & Annie E. (Butler) 
 
 Fenton 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents, Mr. & Mrs. E. L. Goodwin 
 
 Mrs. Rackhffe, Miss JuHa M. Francis 
 
 Mrs. Rackhffe, Miss Julia M. Francis 
 
 Mrs. Rackliffe, Miss Julia M. Francis 
 
 Emil Matz, Rika Matz 
 
 William B. & Mrs. Anna M. T. Smyth, William 
 
 G. Smyth, Mrs. M. C. Hart 
 Mrs. Louisa Seiple, Florine Teich, John McConkey 
 
 James Coates, Robert Dunbar, Mrs. Ellen Coates 
 
 In articulo mortis 
 
 Parents, Adam Hust 
 
 George Ceiner, Pauline Rentschler 
 
 Alfred S. Finch, William S. Rainsley, Mrs. Bessie 
 
 Rainsley 
 Miss Laura Merrill 
 John Hauser, Wilhelmina Hauser 
 Anna Seipel. Isabella Seipel, Henry Seipel 
 The parents, Mrs. Mary Colvin Welton 
 
 The parents 
 
 Miss Hattie Fenton, George A. Fenton 
 
 Samuel & Martha Brown 
 
 Parents, Emma Croft 
 
 The mother, Mary Winder 
 Mr. Wm. McNulty, Mrs. Isabella McNulty 
 Mr. James Coates, Mrs. Ellen Coates 
 Mr. George Matthews, Mrs. Matthews, the 
 parents 
 
 George & Maria Jane Vynne Mr. & Mrs. Bennett 
 
 Frederick & Mary (Foulds) Simons The parents, Mrs. Foulds 
 
 Robert & Jane Dunbar 
 WiUiam & Isabella McNulty 
 Conrad & Regina Seipel 
 
 Chauncey S & Augusta Birge Pom- Burritt Birge, Cora P. Frary, M. Louise Ander- 
 eroy son 
 
 Dixon R. & Mary Anne Cornell 
 Jacob B. & Hattie L. Gibbons 
 Albrecht & Catarina Kaulbach 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Emil Tressel 
 
 The parents (Private) 
 
 The parents, Mr. & Mrs. Gibbons, Sen'r 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Lozier, Danville, N. Y. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Stanley 
 
512 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Name. 
 1876 
 
 Mar. 17 Mary Alettie Butler 
 Mar. 22 Catherine Stanley Butler 
 Mar. 22 Lilian Abigail Butler 
 Apr. 16 Mary Anne Clarke 
 Apr. 16 Lewis David Frey Henn 
 May 20 Joseph Dehm 
 June 8 Cliflford Borden Hance 
 June 29 George Hyland Gray 
 July 9 Emily Rhoda Barnes 
 
 July 16 Elizabeth Bostwick Beatty 
 
 Aug, 16 Ottilia Hilda Unkelbach 
 
 Aug. 16 Amelia Louise Unkelbach 
 
 Aug. 26 Henry Mitchell Loomis 
 
 Aug. 27 Samuel Henry Browne 
 
 Sept. ID James Alexander Kinkade 
 
 " BAPTISMS 
 
 By the Rev. John H. Drumm. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Oct. 9, i860 
 Jan. I, 1837 
 June 13, i860 
 
 Feb., 1876 
 
 Sept. 24, 187s 
 May 24, 1876 
 Dec. 19, 1875 
 
 Bristol, Pa. 
 
 New Britain, July 11, 1874 
 New Britain, Nov. 20, 1870 
 Feb. 7, 1876 
 Jan. 13, 1876 
 New Britain, July s, 1870 
 
 June 29 Isabella Seipel 
 Aug. 7 Lena Seipel 
 
 1877. 
 
 May 20 Josephine Erichson 
 
 May 27 Margaret Elizabeth Russell 
 
 May 27 Ethel Russell 
 
 May 27 Harriet Corliss Russell 
 
 June 10 Cordelia Newell Parker 
 
 June ID Anna Laura Copley 
 
 June 24 Samuel Waldo Hart 
 
 June 24 Annie Mary Fischer 
 
 June 24 Fred Davis North 
 
 Aug. 4 Oscar Bauman 
 
 Aug. 4 Emma Bauman 
 
 Sept. 2 Gertrude Judd Noble 
 
 Sept. 14 James Adams McConkey 
 
 Sept. 23 Walter Eugene Pritchard 
 
 Sept. 23 Henry William Pritchard 
 
 Sept. 23 Mary Louise Pritchard 
 
 Sept. 23 Bertha Alice Pritchard 
 
 Sept. 23 Eleanor Forsyth Swanston 
 
 Sept. 23 William Franklin Clark 
 
 Oct. 5 Elizabeth Haywood 
 
 Oct. 30 Jeannie Naphey 
 
 By the Rev. J. D. McConkey. 
 
 Aged one year 
 Aged three months 
 
 By the Rev. Wm. E. Snowden. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain, Mar 28, 1871 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 23, 1875 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 28, 1873 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 3, 1877 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 14, 1877 
 
 New Britain, June 10, 1875 
 
 New Britain, June 16, 1876 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 17, 1873 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 19, 1877 
 
 Adult 
 
 New Britain, May 30, 1873 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 29, i86o 
 
 New York, N. Y., Aug 9, 1863 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 8, 1868 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 8, 1876 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, Mar. 28, 1876 
 New Britain, July 18, 1875 
 New Britain, Nov., 1875 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 513 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. I. W. Butler 
 James & Mary Ann Clarke 
 Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Henn 
 Mr. & Mrs. David Dehm 
 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Hance 
 Wm. S. & Julia A. Gray 
 Chas. Henry & Rhoda Lovina 
 
 Barnes 
 Horatio B. & Fanny G. Y. Beatty 
 
 Joseph & Louise Unkelbach 
 Joseph & Louise Unkelbach 
 Henry A. & Mary Jane Loomis 
 Samuel Henry & Martha Browne 
 Henry & Ellen Kinkade 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Mr. G. W. Meyer, Miss Angell 
 
 Miss Laura Merrill, Mrs. Savage 
 
 Miss Laura Merrill, Mrs. Savage 
 
 The parents 
 
 Lewris David Frey, the mother 
 
 John Seuleider, the father 
 
 The parents (child very ill) 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Granger 
 
 Chas. Herbert Webster, Mrs. Catherine Wilcox 
 
 Mrs. E. B. Bostwick, Miss Kate Bostwick, R. 
 
 Cabeen Beatty 
 The parents 
 The parents 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Mitchell of Bristol, Conn. 
 The parents, Thos. Porter, Mrs. Porter 
 James Kinkade, Mary Manley 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Henry Seipel 
 Mr. & Mrs. Adam Seipel 
 
 Charles B. & Annie E. Erichson 
 Henry E. (2nd) & Mary Augusta 
 
 Russell 
 Henry E. (and) & Mary Augusta 
 
 Russell 
 Henry E. (2nd) & Mary Augusta 
 
 Russell 
 William & Caroline Kirkland Parker 
 Mr. & Mrs. George D. Copley 
 Samuel Waldo (M.D.) & Margaret 
 
 Catharine Hart 
 John & Mary Fischer 
 Mr. & Mrs. Edw. Mortimer North 
 Louis & Amelia Bauman 
 Louis & Amelia Bauman 
 Howard C. & Hattie Noble 
 William McConkey 
 Henry & Tryphena Pritchard 
 
 Henry & Tryphena Pritchard 
 
 Henry & Tryphena Pritchard 
 
 Henry & Tryphena Pritchard 
 
 James Andrew & Alison Forsyth 
 
 Swanson 
 Alexander J. & Theresa E. Clark 
 Thomas & Jane Haywood 
 John & Josephine Naphey 
 
 The parents 
 
 H. E. Russell, M. A. Russell, Cordelia L. Guion 
 
 H. E. Russell, M. A. Russell, Cordelia L. Guion 
 
 H. E. Russell, M. A. Russell, Cordelia L. Guion 
 
 Parents 
 Parents 
 Parents 
 
 John Fischer, Mary Fischer, Carlotta Brenneke 
 
 William Parker, parents 
 
 Emil Kahl, Emma Hallebauer 
 
 Emil Kahl, Emma Hallebauer 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood, Jennie Atwood, Hattie Noble 
 
 William McConkey, Jr., Mrs. Wm. McConkey, Jr. 
 
 Mrs. Tryphena Pritchard, Miss Julia Francis, 
 
 Ralph Beach 
 Mrs. Tryphena Pritchard, Miss Julia Francis, 
 
 Ralph Beach 
 Mrs. Tryphena Pritchard, Miss Julia Francis, 
 
 Ralph Beach 
 Mrs. Tryphena Pritchard, Miss Julia Francis, 
 
 Ralph Beach 
 Parents 
 
 Dwight O. & Mary E. Welton 
 
 Jane Haywood, Harriet A. Snowden 
 
514 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 By the Rev. Wm. E. Snowden. 
 
 1877. 
 Nov. 10 
 Dec. 2 
 Dec. 2 
 Dec. 25 
 Dec. 25 
 
 Jan. I 
 
 Jan. I 
 
 Jan. 20 
 
 May 17 
 
 June 7 
 June 
 June 
 June 
 June 
 June 
 
 June 21 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 Oct. 18 
 
 Oct. 27 
 
 Oct. 27 
 
 Nov. 22 
 
 Nov. 23 
 
 Nov. 27 
 
 Dec. 15 
 
 1879. 
 
 Jan. 21 
 Mar, 
 Mar. 
 
 Mar. 30 
 
 Name. 
 
 Franklin Benton Lockwood 
 
 Ada Sykes 
 Lillie Seipel 
 Lotta May Northall 
 Alice Maud Rainsley 
 
 Alfred Sykes 
 
 Albert Sykes 
 
 Florence Bell Taylor 
 
 Jennie Elvira Ingeborg Steinstrom 
 
 Mr. Charles Munro Burgess 
 
 Mrs. Helen Leontine Burgess 
 
 George Edward (Parker) Burgess 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Case 
 
 William Dickey Latham 
 
 Edward Saunders 
 
 Mr. John Erwin Root 
 
 Marx Joseph Unkelbach 
 
 William Henry Porter 
 
 Edgar Porter Stebbins 
 
 Mrs. Nellie McConkey 
 
 Jane Fisher 
 
 Hulda Louise Barg 
 
 Florence Estelle Fisher 
 Elizabeth Pierce Hardy Fair 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Campville, Conn. 
 
 New Britain, 2 yrs. old 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 10, 1877 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Waterville, Conn., Oct. 10, 1872 
 Lakeville, Conn., Nov. 22, 1877 
 New Britain, June 29, 1876 
 New Britain, Apr. 4, 1878 
 
 Robert Seymour Atkinson 
 13 Ella McConkey 
 13 Mary Estella McConkey 
 
 George William Fisher 
 
 Apr. 9 
 
 Apr. 9 
 
 Apr. 9 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 June I 
 
 June I 
 
 June 2 
 
 July 13 
 
 Aug. 23 
 
 Aug. 23 
 
 Aug. 31 
 
 Sept. 7 
 
 Sept. 15 
 
 Sept. 19 
 
 1880. 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mr. Franklin Graham 
 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Graham 
 Mrs. Mary Jane Colvin 
 Agnes Ellen Fisher 
 Smith 
 Eva May Norton 
 Mary Agnes Blackman 
 Albert Emery Middleton 
 Theodore Augustus Hance 
 Edward Broadbent Jones 
 Harriet EUzabeth Walker 
 Elizabeth Thompson Clarke 
 Louise Mary Guenthar 
 George William Rausch 
 Isabella Seipel 
 John Frederick Shelton 
 
 Ellen Gertrude Loomis 
 
 Lizzie Foulkes 
 
 Russell Tryon Magness 
 
 Julius Thomas King 
 
 Child. 
 
 New Britain, May 30, 1875 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 15, 1876 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 23, 1878 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 9, 1876 
 
 Adult 
 
 Williamsburg, N. Y., June 26, 1878 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 27, 1878 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 22, 1878 
 New Britain, Apr. 19, 1878 
 
 New Britain, May 4, 1873 
 
 New Britain, June 9, 1878 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 6, 1879 
 
 New Britain, Mar 30, 1879 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 27, 1877 
 
 New Britain, Easter Day, 1878 
 New Britain, Jan. 16, 1879 
 New Britain, June 29, 1878 
 New Britain, June 29, 1878 
 New Britain, Dec. 8, 1878 
 Pratts Station, June 2, 1878 
 New Britain, Nov. 4, 1878 
 New Britain, Mar. 26, 1879 
 Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1877 
 New Britain, Feb. 13, 1878 
 New Britain, 1879 
 
 Glastonbury, Conn., Nov. 12, 1878 
 
 Hartford, Conn., Sept. 3, 1878 
 New Britain, Nov. 21, 1878 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 19, 1878 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 515 
 
 Parents. 
 
 William Newton Lockwood 
 James & Esther Sykes 
 Conrad & Regale Seipel 
 Wm. Henry & Mary Northall 
 Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Rainsley 
 
 James & Esther Sykes 
 James & Esther Sykes 
 Wilfred F. & Ella A. Taylor 
 John & Amelia Steinstrom 
 
 Chester & Abby Latham 
 Harry & Louisa Saunders 
 
 Joseph & Louise Unkelbach 
 Thos. H. & Mary Jane Porter 
 Samuel E. & Jennie E. Stebbins 
 
 Joslyn 
 George & Mary Fisher 
 John A. & Emma Maria Barg 
 
 George & Eliza Fisher 
 
 Robert James & Elizabeth Margaret 
 
 Fair 
 John E. & Elizabeth Atkinson 
 Robert & Mary Christine McConkey 
 Robert & Mary Christine McConkey 
 William Charles & Sophia Eger 
 
 Fisher 
 
 Alfred W. & Theresa W. Fisher 
 Charles H. & Carrie E. Smith 
 Halsey John & Emily A. Norton 
 Robert James & Alphena Blackman 
 William & Mary Middleton 
 Joseph E. & Elizabeth M. Hance 
 Edward & Clara Jones 
 George & Sarah Ann Walker 
 James & Mary Ann Clarke 
 Andrew & Katrina Guenthar 
 Elizabeth Rausch 
 Adam & Annie Seipel 
 Charles F. & Georgia Chevalier 
 
 Shelton 
 Robert N. & Ellen N. Loomis 
 
 Henry C. & Mary Jahe Foulkes 
 Eugene & Mary Gertrude Magness 
 
 John & Mary Sigourney King 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Mr. W. N. Lockwood, Mrs. A. A. Canfield 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Mrs. William H. & Mrs. Richard P. Northall 
 
 Mrs. Rainsley 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents, Lucius & Emily Beach 
 
 Carolina Steinstrom, Annie Johnson 
 
 Rev. W. E. & Mrs. H. A. Snowden 
 
 Rev. W. E. & Mrs. H. A. Snowden 
 
 Rev. W. E. & Mrs. H. A. Snowden 
 
 Mrs. Snowden, Geo. M. Parsons 
 
 Geo. M. Parsons, Mrs. Snowden 
 
 Parents 
 
 Mrs. Charlesetta Root 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents, Mr. Wm. Watson 
 
 Parents & J. E. & Charlesetta Root 
 
 W. A. McConkey 
 
 C. Fisher, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. H. Fisher 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Olof Sohnnason, Mrs. H. C. Fors- 
 
 man 
 Privatim et in extremis 
 Parents, Mrs. Elizabeth Pierce Hardy 
 
 Privatim in extremis 
 
 Parents, Mrs. Sarah A. Elston 
 
 Parents 
 
 The father, Jas. A. McConkey, Mrs. Ellen Blinn 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Snowden 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Snowden 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Dwight O. Welton 
 
 A. W. Fisher, Joseph & Eliza A. Mitchell 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Norton, Mrs. Barnes 
 
 Mrs. A. Blackman, Mr. & Mrs. D. O. Welton 
 
 Parents, John Grimly 
 
 Parents, Mrs. Henry E. Russell, 2nd 
 
 Christopher & Elizabeth Britton, E. Jones 
 
 George & S. A. Walker, Mrs. George Dennis 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents, Miss Lizzie George 
 
 Mrs. Rausch, Andrew Guenthar 
 
 Mr. &. Mrs. Henry Seipel, Mrs. Annie Seipel 
 
 C. F. Shelton, A. S. Finch, Laura Merrill 
 
 Rev. W. E. Snowden, Mary E. Lockwood, Mrs. 
 
 A. A. Canfield 
 Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Foulkes, Mrs. M. J. Foulkes 
 Alberti Tryon, Mrs. Harriet G. Patterson 
 
 Martha P. Gibbons, J. D. Gibbons, John King 
 
5i6 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 By the Rev. Wm. E. Snowden. 
 
 Name. 
 1880. 
 
 Mar. 27 William Henry Stevens 
 
 Mar. 27 Edward Irwin Stevens 
 Mar. 27 Judd 
 
 Mar. 27 Judd 
 
 Mar. 27 Smith 
 
 Mar. 23 Mrs. Josephine Kinne 
 
 Mar. 5 Mrs. Mary Andrews 
 
 Mar. s Carrie Jane Andrews 
 
 Mar. 5 George Frederick Andrews 
 
 Apr. 25 Frederick Edward Barnes 
 
 Apr. 25 Florence Lovinia Barnes 
 
 Jan. n Lucy Weise Dennis 
 
 1878. 
 
 Apr. 21 Helen Wake Dyson 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, July 31, 1879 
 New Britain, Oct. 19, 1876 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 18, 1880 
 New Britain, Feb. 18, 1880 
 Clayton, Dec. 23, 1879 
 
 Naugatuck, Conn., Jan. 30, 1876 
 
 By the Rev. W. L. Bostwick. CThere being no Rector.) 
 1880. 
 July s Cora Etta Bunnell 
 
 Sept. II 
 Oct. 24 
 Oct. 31 
 Nov. 14 
 Nov. 14 
 Dec. 5 
 Dec. 5 
 
 1881. 
 Jan. 16 
 Feb. 5 
 May 29 
 
 Henry Willis Bunnell 
 Minnie Cary Foulds 
 John Irving Middleton 
 Chester William Blake 
 Charles Edward Preisinger 
 Leon Chester Latham 
 Belle May Beatty 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 30, 1879 
 By the Rev. John H. Rogers. 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 17, 1880 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 20, 1880 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 23, 1880 
 
 Wheehng, West Virginia, Oct. 15, 18 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 20, 1880 
 
 New Britain, June 4, 1880 
 
 New Britain, May 17, 1880 
 
 Ida May Watson 
 George Edward Fisher 
 Goldie May Bunnell 
 
 Mar. 27 Louise Henrietta Smith 
 June 29 Sophia Caroline Fisher 
 
 New Britain, May 8, 1881 
 New Britain, Feb. i, i88i 
 Oct. 12, 1879 
 
 ' Adult 
 New Britain, June 26, 1880 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Sept. 
 Oct. 
 Oct. 
 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 
 By the Rev. A. B. Crawford. 
 
 7 Charles Oscar Bunnell New Britain, July 26, 1881 
 
 By the Rev. John H. Rogers. 
 
 8 John Alfred Erichson New Britain, July 9, 1881 
 
 3 Carl Albert Manson New Britain, Aug. 17, 1881 
 
 16 AHce AUevera Anderson New Britain, Sept. 25, 1881 
 
 2 Joseph Mumford Hance 
 4 George Andrew Porter 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 26, 1881 
 New Britain, Nov. 7, 1881 
 
 Jan. 15 Hiram Hewitt Philips 
 Feb. 2 Merritt Alpheus Young 
 
 Kensington, Conn., Feb. 2, 1881 
 Aged 21 years 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 517 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Williard E. & Annie Stevens 
 Williard E. & Annie Stevens 
 Alfred S. Judd 
 Alfred S. Judd 
 Charles H Smith 
 
 Ira F. & Mary Andrews 
 Ira F. & Mary Andrews 
 
 Chas. H. & R. Lovinia (Webster) 
 
 Barnes 
 Chas. H. & R. Lovinia (Webster) 
 
 Barnes 
 George & Susannah (Bedford) 
 
 Dennis 
 
 Thomas & Martha Dyson 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 W. E. & Annie Stevens 
 W. E. & Annie Stevens 
 
 Mrs. H. A. Snowden, A. C. Snowden 
 Rev. W. E. Snowden, Mrs. Snowden, H. A. 
 
 Snowden 
 Rev. W. E. Snowden, Mrs. Snowden, H. A. 
 
 Snowden 
 Rev. W. E. Snowden, Mrs. Snowden, H. A. 
 
 Snowden 
 William B. Webster, Mrs. Haley, John Norton 
 
 Mrs. Mary Andrews, Francis Hull Webster 
 
 Rev. Wm. E. Snowden, Mrs. Susannah Dennis, 
 Miss Elizabeth Fitzgerald 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dyson, Mrs. Cook 
 
 Rufus George & Fanny Bunnell Private 
 
 Rufus George & Fanny Bunnell 
 William & Angelina Foulds 
 William & Mary Middleton 
 John A. & Ida M. Blake 
 Lawrence & Barbara Preisinger 
 Gates & Abby Francisca Latham 
 Alexander & Carrie Lilian Beatty 
 
 Private 
 
 Miss Minnie Bushnell, Mr. Henry Foulds 
 
 Parents, Thomas Fox Hill 
 
 The father, Chester Penfield, Grace Penfield 
 
 Margaret Deming, Charles Nachtnagel 
 
 Alexander Beatty, Fanny H. Dickey 
 
 J. Clement Atwood, Lizzie Beatty 
 
 William Henry & Mary Watson William Corker, Eliza Jane Corker, the mother 
 George Edward & Ellen Ehza Fisher Private 
 
 Rufus George & Fanny Bunnell Mrs. Susan Evans, Mr. Amasa Covey 
 (adopted) 
 
 Charles H. Smith, Elizabeth W. Rogers 
 William C. & Sophia Fisher Edward Cramp, Caroline Eger 
 
 Rufus George & Fanny Bunnell Parents 
 
 John & Johanna Erichson 
 Charles & Anne Manson 
 August & Caroline Anderson 
 
 Joseph E. & Elizabeth M. Hance 
 Thomas H. & Mary Jane Porter 
 
 William & Elizabeth Philips 
 
 John A. & Amelia Matilda Bergren 
 
 Private 
 
 Edward Ohlsen, Oscar Anderson, Albertina 
 
 Ohlsen 
 John A. Mumford (Grandfather), the parents 
 Father, Mr. Robert B. Hurrell, Mrs. Lizzie Hur- 
 
 rell 
 
 Parents 
 
 William Everitt Johnson, Mrs. Mary A. Wood- 
 ward 
 
5i8 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 i88 
 Feb. 
 
 2. 
 6 
 
 Anne Elizabeth Hall 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26 
 
 Julia Halen 
 
 Mar. 
 
 16 
 
 Harry Falen 
 
 Apr. 
 
 2 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Fox 
 
 Apr. 
 
 2 
 
 Etta Fox 
 
 Apr. 
 
 8 
 
 Evelyn Louisa Clark 
 
 July 
 
 30 
 
 Curtiss Fischer Smith 
 
 Sept. 
 
 8 
 
 Robert Norton Loomis 
 
 Sept. 
 
 10 
 
 Maud Hooker Brown 
 
 July 
 
 31 
 
 Idela May Prentice 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I 
 
 John Alfred Bunnell 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12 
 
 Fred Merrill Hadley 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12 
 
 Gertrude Mary Middleton 
 
 Nov. 
 
 ig 
 
 Mabel Meletta Mentis 
 
 1883.' 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 2 
 
 William Messenger 
 
 Feb. 
 
 6 
 
 James Anderson Hanna 
 
 Feb. 
 
 6 
 
 Leila Belle Hanna 
 
 Feb. 
 
 6 
 
 Fanny Kirke Hanna 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12 
 
 Lily Catherine Pfeifer 
 
 Mar. 
 
 18 
 
 Elsie Wells 
 
 Mar. 
 
 18 
 
 Margaret Florence Patterson 
 
 Apr. 
 
 8 
 
 William Cowley Russell 
 
 May 13 Albert Edward Hyde 
 
 June 17 Annetta Matilda Jouett 
 
 July 1 Elsie Lavinia Durn 
 
 July I William Chester Chalonor 
 
 July I Nettie May Humason 
 
 July 2$ Hilda Josephina Westling 
 
 Sept. 23 John Rollins Watson 
 
 Nov. 22 Henry Seiple 
 
 1884. 
 
 Jan. 13 Ellen Henderson 
 
 Feb. 3 Arthur Hill 
 
 Apr. 6 Clarence Wilbur Hubbard 
 
 Apr. 6 Lewis Bell White 
 
 Apr. 6 William Livingstone White 
 
 June I Mena Louisa Hauser 
 
 June I Robert Hauser 
 
 June IS Fanny Mabel French 
 
 June IS Mary Louise Saunders 
 
 June IS Richard West Saunders 
 
 Sept. 21 Sarah Mary Porter 
 
 Oct. 5 Agnes Hickey 
 
 Oct. 5 Carroll Bulkeley Phelps 
 
 Oct. 5 William Lawrence Goodridge 
 
 Oct. 25 WiUiam Ernest Middleton 
 
 i88s. 
 
 Jan. 7 WiUiam Beighton 
 
 Jan. 13 Lily Barbara Bayard 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. John H. Rogers. 
 Name. Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 29, 1881 
 
 Adult 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 3, 1880 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 4, 1881 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 26, 1881 
 
 Rocky Hill, Conn., Adult 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 10, 1882 
 
 New Britain, May 27, 1882 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 20, 1882 
 
 New Britain, June 4, 1882 
 
 New Britain, July 22, 1882 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 7, 1877 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 5, 1881 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 29, 1880 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 15, 1883 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 15, 1882 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 12, 1882 
 
 New Britain, June 3, 1882 
 New Britain, Oct. 24, 1882 
 New Britain, Mar. 11, 1883 
 New Britain, Mar. 10, 1883 
 New Britain, May 4, 1881 
 
 New Britain, June 18, 1883 
 New Britain, May 26, 1882 
 New Britain, July 23, 1883 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 24, 1883 
 
 Adult 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 2S, 1883 
 
 Manchester, N. H., Aug. 20, 1875 
 Manchester, N. H., Sept. 12, 1877 
 New Britain, Apr. 13, 1882 
 New Britain, Oct. S, 1883 
 New Britain, Apr. I, 1884 
 New Britain 
 
 His previous baptism certified in church 
 New Britain, July 17, 1884 
 New Britain, Apr. 23, 1884 
 Nov. 26, 1882 
 New Britain, July i, 1884 
 New Britain, Feb. 6, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 26, 1884 
 Certified in the church, Apr. 4, 1885 
 New Britain, Nov. 28, 1884 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 SI9 
 
 Parents. 
 George & Emily Hall 
 Emily Falen, Thos. Crandall 
 
 James & Mary Ann Clark 
 
 Charles H. & Louise Henrietta Smith 
 
 George Selah & Florence Rosella 
 
 Brown 
 Harrison & Elizabeth Prentice 
 Rufus George & Fanny Bunnell 
 Alfred & Grace A. Hadley 
 William & Mary Middleton 
 Peter & Hannah Mentis 
 
 Conell & Maria Messenger 
 
 William & Jenny Hanna 
 William & Jenny Hanna 
 John & Nettie Maria Pfeifer 
 
 William C. & Caroline Elizabeth 
 
 Russell 
 Albert M. & Anita Hyde 
 Hans Peter & Anne Jouett 
 John & Rosa Lee Durn 
 William T. & Sarah A. Chalonor 
 Charles Aurelius & Anne Eliza 
 
 Humason 
 Albert & Amelia Westling 
 William Henry & Mary Watson 
 Louisa Seiple 
 
 Peter & Hannah Henderson 
 
 Wilbur Fisk & Martha Elizabeth 
 
 Hubbard 
 Matthew B. & Elizabeth White 
 Matthew B. & Elizabeth White 
 Robert & Emma Hauser 
 Robert & Emma Hauser 
 Charles & Elizabeth Sarah French 
 Harry & Louisa Saunders 
 Harry & Louisa Saunders 
 Thomas H. & Mary Jane Porter 
 Michael & Helen Hickey 
 Herman L. & Leah D. Phelps 
 Sewall & Ellen Goodridge 
 William & Mary Middleton 
 
 Albert & Emily Beighton 
 
 Paul & Letitia Bayard 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Mother, Mrs. Ellen Roach, Benjamin Ward 
 
 Mrs. Isabella Seiple, Miss Louisa Seiple 
 
 Private 
 
 Mrs. Isabella Seipel 
 
 Mrs. Isabella Seipel 
 
 Mother, Jane Clark, Lillian Abigail Butler 
 
 Parents 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Maria Loomis (his wife), Mrs. Lily 
 Beebe 
 
 Franklin & Mary Elizabeth Graham (Grand- 
 parents) 
 
 Ann Alexius Hackney 
 
 Private 
 
 Parents, Mrs. Jerusha D. Merrill (Grandmother) 
 
 Parents, Mrs. Emma Bennett 
 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Clark, Miss Catherine Clark 
 
 Private 
 
 Private 
 
 Private 
 
 Private 
 
 Private 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth W. Rogers 
 
 Mrs. Catherine Wilcox, John James Coates 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 John Becker, Katie Pearson 
 
 Mrs. Emma Bennett 
 
 Parents 
 
 Emma A. & John C. McDougal 
 
 Private 
 
 George M. Parsons, Emma M. Parsons 
 
 Private 
 
 Petrea Vanski, Hannah Henderson 
 William G. Payne, George Vine 
 George Bull, the parents 
 
 Mother, Ehzabeth H. Livingstone 
 
 Mother, Ehzabeth H. Livingstone 
 
 Louisa Smith, the mother 
 
 Louisa Smith, the mother 
 
 John Haigis, Christina Haigis, mother 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 Samuel & Sarah Ann McElrath, the mother 
 
 Mrs. Rachael McCartney, Mrs. Harriet Walker 
 
 Mr. Norris Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Cooley 
 
 Arthur Hill, Elizabeth Pass 
 
 Private 
 
 Willoughby Whitehead, Fanny Whitehead 
 
 (Private) 
 Private 
 
S20 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 May 
 May- 
 May 
 May 
 May 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. W. L. Bostwick. 
 Name. Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 5- 
 19 Richard James Coats Barnard New Britain 
 
 By the Rev. John H. Rogebs. 
 4 William Wallace Andrews 
 
 4 Adalbert Jesse Andrews 
 4 Harriet Mabel Andrews 
 4 Henry Beighton 
 17 Beatrice Russell 
 12 Cora Belle Walker 
 24 Gertrude Emily Flower 
 
 24 Harold Stillman Hyde 
 
 30 Frank Edward Hall 
 
 31 Howard Cole Noble 
 
 May 31 Colton David Noble 
 
 July 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 
 188 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 May 
 
 July 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 July 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 19 Caroline Kirkland Parker 
 19 William Stansbury Parker 
 
 New Britain. Nov. 26, 1871 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 12, 1874 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 14, 1877 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 26, 1884 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 11, 1864 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 19, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 31, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 14, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 2, 1880 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 13, 1882 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 19, 1879 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 11, 1881 
 
 By the Rev. W. L. Bostwick. 
 30 Senior Preston New Britain, July 28, 1885 
 
 By the Rev. John H. Rogers. 
 9 Ada Slack New Britain, June 14, 1885 
 
 IS William Charles Albrecht New Britain, Oct. 12, 1885 
 
 5 By the Rev. James Stoddaed. 
 
 24 Roberta Corscaden 
 
 24 Carmalita Amanda Corscaden 
 
 24 Emma Andrews Bell 
 
 25 Anna Dyer 
 
 25 Anderson Dana Dyer 
 
 9 Corell Messenger 
 
 4 Nancy Emeline Blair 
 4 John Henry Blair 
 
 4 Lilly Jane Blair 
 
 4 Richard Edmon Blair 
 
 4 Ida Josephine Bunnell 
 
 4 Chloe Philina Bunnell 
 
 4 Christine Martha North 
 4 Edward Bishop 
 4 Blakeslee Barnes 
 
 4 Charles August Unkelbach 
 
 4 Anna Elera Unkelbach 
 
 Providence, R. I., Apr. 13, 1868 
 Providence, R. I., June 4, 1870 
 New Britain, Jan. 8, 1885 
 
 New Britain, May 11, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 16, 1886 
 
 New Hartford, Conn., Sept. 25, 1841 
 
 Grafton, Vermont, Feb. 2, 1857 
 Crownpoint, N. Y., Mar. 17, 1879 
 
 Champion, Mich., July 28, 1882 
 
 New Britain, July 17, 1885 
 
 New Britain, June 29, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 25, 1885 
 
 New Britain, July 2, 1885 
 
 New York City, N. Y., Mar. 24, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 12, 1879 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 9, 1884 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 521 
 
 Parents. 
 George G. & Alice Maria Barnard Private 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Ira Frederick & Mary Jane Andrews 
 
 Ira Frederick & Mary Jane Andrews 
 
 Ira Frederick & Mary Jane Andrews 
 
 Albert & Emily Beighton 
 
 Henry E. (Jr.) & Mary A. Russell 
 
 Adult 
 
 James Henry & Harriet Rebecca 
 
 Flower 
 Albert Middleton & Anita Hyde 
 George H. & Emily Hall 
 Howard Cole & Hattie Stanley 
 
 Noble 
 Howard Cole & Hattie Stanley 
 
 Noble 
 William & Caroline Kirkland Parker 
 William & Caroline Kirkland Parker 
 
 Mother, Mrs. Carrie Jane Bell (his sister) 
 
 Mother, Mrs. Carrie Jane Bell (his sister) 
 
 Mother, Mrs. Carrie Jane Bell (his sister) 
 
 Willoughby Whitehead, Fanny Whitehead 
 
 Private 
 
 Private 
 
 Father, Sarah Augusta Chichester 
 
 Parents 
 Private 
 Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Ira E. Hicks 
 
 Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Ira E. Hicks 
 
 Parents, Emily Josephine Parker (her sister) 
 Parents, Emily Josephine Parker (her sister) 
 
 Walter & Henrietta Preston 
 
 Private 
 
 Daniel & Charlotte Slack 
 Christopher & Bertha Albrecht 
 
 Private 
 
 William O'Brien, Charles Gates, Emma Myer 
 
 Thomas & Martha Corscaden 
 Thomas & Martha Corscaden 
 Lorenzo F. & Carrie J. (Andrews) 
 
 Bell 
 Charles Olin & Carrie (Hussey) 
 
 Dyer 
 Charles Olin & Carrie (Hussey) 
 
 Dyer 
 Harmon & Mary Ann (Norton) 
 
 Messenger 
 William & Lavina Wilder 
 John & Nancy Emeline Blair 
 
 John & Nancy Emeline Blair 
 
 John & Nancy EmeUne Blair 
 
 George Rufus & Fanny Wilder 
 
 Bunnell 
 George Rufus & Fanny Wilder 
 
 Bunnell 
 Edward M. & Ella Grace North 
 William & Ellen J. Bishop 
 Blakeslee & Aida Cromwell Barnes 
 
 Joseph Peter & Louisa Katie Unkel- 
 
 bach 
 Joseph Peter & Louisa Katie Unkel- 
 
 bach 
 
 The mother 
 The mother 
 The parents, Mrs. Mary Jane Andrews 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Elmira J. Camp 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Camp, the Rector 
 
 Mrs. Maria Messenger 
 
 Mrs. Fanny Bunnell 
 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. John J. Coats, Miss 
 
 Henrietta L. Guion 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. John J. Coats, Miss 
 
 Henrietta L. Guion 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. John J. Coats, Miss 
 
 Henrietta L. Guion 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. John J. Coats, Miss 
 
 Henrietta L. Guion 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. John J. Coats, Miss 
 
 Henrietta L. Guion 
 The parents. Miss Nettie Davis 
 The parents 
 The parents, Dr. George P. Cooley, Mrs. Lucy 
 
 A. Cooley 
 The parents, Mr. Karls Knust 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Anna Stadler 
 
522 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1886. 
 
 July 
 July 
 July 
 July 
 
 July 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 July 
 Aug. 
 
 7 
 II 
 
 I 
 
 Aug. 
 
 I 
 
 Aug. 
 Aug. 
 Aug. 
 Aug. 
 Aug. 
 Aug. 
 Aug. 
 
 I 
 I 
 I 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 15 
 
 Sept. 
 Oct. 
 Oct. 
 
 12 
 3 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 Oct. 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 3 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 Oct. 
 Oct. 
 
 8 
 8 
 6 
 
 Oct. 
 Oct. 
 
 10 
 10 
 
 Name. 
 
 William Earnest Middleton 
 Caroline Ann Middleton 
 Anna Violet Saunders 
 Thomas Henry Saunders 
 
 Mabel Helen Vines 
 Thomas Watson Hall 
 
 Oscar Anjane Anderson 
 Ange Camily Anderson 
 
 Louis Edward Roland Barker 
 Charles Siebert 
 Mary Agnes Whatley 
 
 Martha Davis Whatley 
 
 Florence Esther Slack 
 Ethel Gillott 
 
 Minnie Elizabeth Guenther 
 Louis Andrew Guenther 
 Henry Norton Copley 
 Emma Norton Copley 
 Ethel Graves 
 
 Alonzo George Bull 
 Amelia Maggie Seipel 
 Horace Dudley King 
 
 Minnie Rebecca Bowers 
 
 Clarence Albert Bowers 
 
 Franklin Thomas Bowers 
 
 Selina Bowers 
 
 John William Bowers 
 
 Laura May Bunn 
 
 Ella Louisa Malona 
 
 Knight Terry Fuller 
 Lavina Lucy Storey 
 George Edward Grimley 
 
 Henrietta Schantz 
 Carrie Ethel Cowlam 
 Ralph Wells Palmer 
 
 Harry Burt Coleman 
 Harvey Smith Terry 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 6, 1884 
 New Britain, Mar. 26, 1886 
 New Britain, Dec. 23, 1883 
 New Britain, May 31, 1886 
 
 New Britain, July 29, 1878 
 New Britain, June 3, 1886 
 
 New Britain, June 21, 1886 
 New Britain, June 21, 1886 
 
 Manchester, England, May 3, 1879 
 Plainville, Conn., Nov. 6, 1885 
 New Britain, Feb. 16, 1882 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 18, 1885 
 
 New Britain, May 20, 1883 
 New Britain, July 3, 1883 
 New Britain, Sept. 8, 1882 
 New Britain, Apr. 12, 1885 
 New Britain, June 26, 1885 
 New Britain, June 26, 1885 
 New York City, N. Y., Nov. 27, 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 26, 1885 
 New Britain, Apr. 24, 1881 
 New Britain, July 26, 1886 
 
 West Winsted, Conn., Nov. 4, 1877 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 19, 1879 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 27, 1880 
 
 Wilmington, 111., July 2, 1881 
 
 Waterville, Conn., Dec. 27, 1883 
 
 New Britain, May 18, 1886 
 
 Simsbury, Conn., July 17, 1886 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 6, 1884 
 Shelbourne Falls, Mass., Apr. 8, 1877 
 New Britain, Mar. 29, 1882 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 11, 1886 
 New Britain, June 21, 1886 
 North Haven, Conn., Jan. 15, 1886 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 12, 1881 
 New Britain, Nov. 6, 1882 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 523 
 
 Parents. 
 
 William & Mary Middleton 
 William & Mary Middleton 
 Horace N. & Mary Ann Saunders 
 Harry & Louise Saunders 
 
 George & Mary Jane Vines 
 George & Emily Hall 
 
 Oscar & Emma Anderson 
 
 Louis & Elizabeth Barker 
 
 Leonard & Ellen (Cooper) Siebert 
 
 Henry Theodore & Anna (McCon- 
 
 key) Whatley 
 Henry Theodore & Anna (McCon- 
 
 key) Whatley 
 Daniel & Charlotte Slack 
 Sarah Ann Gillott 
 Andrew & Katie Guenther 
 Andrew & Katie Guenther 
 Henry Norton & Emma Copley 
 Henry Norton & Emma Copley 
 Edward C. & Nettie C. Graves, 
 
 New York City 
 Alonzo D. & Isabella Dixon Bull 
 Adam & Anna Seipel 
 John J. & Mary S. King 
 
 George Washburn & Annie Bowers 
 
 George Washburn & Annie Bowers 
 
 George Washburn & Annie Bowers 
 
 George Washburn & Annie Bowers 
 
 George Washburn & Annie Bowers 
 
 William Frederic & Maria Lavina 
 
 Bunn 
 Francis Albert & Lillian Phoebe 
 
 Malona 
 Martin J. & Eva J. Fuller 
 Walter & Sarah Ann Storey 
 Thomas & Emma Grimley 
 
 Martin & Mary Schantz 
 
 Austin & Emma Cowlam 
 
 Wells Smith & Amelia Elizabeth 
 
 Palmer 
 Franklin C. & Ann Maria Colman 
 Geo. Buell & Harriet Terry 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Miss Caroline Grimley 
 
 The parents 
 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Jones, Mr. & 
 
 Mrs. Alfred Saunders 
 The parents, Mrs. Emma Bennett 
 The parents, James & Mary J. Wostenholm, Mrs. 
 
 Sherman P. Cooley 
 The parents, John Peterson, Mrs. Elizabeth 
 
 Peterson 
 
 The parents, William G. Payne 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, William J. McConkey, Mrs. Jane 
 
 McConkey 
 The parents, William J. McConkey, Mrs. Jane 
 
 McConkey 
 The parents, Sarah Ann Gillott 
 The mother, Daniel Slack, Mrs. Charlotte Slack 
 The parents 
 The parents 
 
 The mother, George Scarlett, Mrs. Mary Scarlett 
 The mother, George Scarlett, Mrs. Mary Scarlett 
 Wm. H. Moore, Mrs. Ada L. Moore, Mrs. Lora 
 
 S. Moore 
 The parents, Wilbur F. Hubbard 
 The parents, Maggie Holzhouser, Isabella Seipel 
 The parents, Thomas B. Gibbons, Mrs. Thomas 
 
 B. Gibbons 
 
 Sarah Ann Storey, Fergus 
 
 Sarah Ann Storey, Fergus 
 
 Sarah Ann Storey, Fergus 
 
 Sarah Ann Storey, Fergus 
 
 Sarah Ann Storey, Fergus 
 
 Elizabeth Crabtree 
 
 The parents, Arthur Hill, Mrs. Isabella Agnes 
 Culver 
 
 The parents 
 
 The mother, Thomas Webb, Mrs. Frances Webb 
 
 The mother, James Wostenholm, Mrs. Jane 
 Wostenholm 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Katie Coats 
 
 The parents, John Blake, Emma R. Hatzing 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Althea O. Dickinson, Dr. E. W. 
 Ensign 
 
 The parents, George B. Terry 
 
 The parents, Franklin C. Coleman, Ann M. Cole- 
 man 
 
 The mother. 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Perks 
 
 
 The mother. 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Perks 
 
 
 The mother. 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Perks 
 
 
 The mother. 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Perks 
 
 
 The mother. 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Perks 
 
 
 The parents. 
 
 Mrs. 
 
524 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 By THE Rev. James Stoddard. 
 Name. Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Oct. 10 Gertrude Lydia Jennette Bunting New Britain, Jan. lo, 1882 
 
 1886. 
 
 Nov. 4 Mrs. Lavina Hills 
 Nov. 4 Mary Lee 
 Nov. 7 Julius Stepler 
 
 Nov. 7 Charles Stepler 
 
 Nov. 7 George Stepler 
 
 Nov. 7 William Frederick Stepler 
 
 Nov. 7 Alta Lucetta Mattison 
 
 Nov. 7 Pearl Scott Mattison 
 
 Nov. 7 Lena Zoe Mattison 
 
 Nov. 7 Reuben Oscar Mattison 
 
 Nov. 7 Flossie Elizabeth Mattison 
 
 Nov. 7 Ida Jean Blake 
 
 Nov. 7 Ida May Rackliffe 
 
 Nov. 7 Frederick Henry Yurgens 
 
 Nov. 7 Mary Elizabeth Scharff 
 
 Nov. 7 Louisa Wright 
 
 Nov. 7 Jesse Harrison Sweet 
 
 Nov. 21 Mrs. Ella Agnes Stearns 
 
 Nov. 21 Alice Gertrude Stearns 
 
 Nov. 21 Frank Earnest Stearns 
 
 Nov. 21 Jennie Estelle Stearns 
 
 Dec. 3 Maud Louise Brown 
 
 1887. 
 Feb. 7 Margaret Leontin Larson 
 Feb. 20 Alarik Leopold Sonneson 
 Mar. 4 Ottelia Charlotte Johnson 
 
 Apr. 27 Bertha Olsen 
 
 June S Frederick Hawksley 
 
 June 5 George Francis McCormick 
 June S Elsie Lydia Schariif 
 
 June S Edward Norman Fisher 
 June 5 Louis Martin Powell 
 
 Kensington, Conn., Feb. 28, 1810 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 23, 1873 
 
 New York City, N. Y., Jan. i, 1879 
 
 New Britain, May 2, 1880 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 4, 1885 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 27, 1886 
 
 Sunderland, Vt., Apr. 19, 1876 
 
 Sunderland, Vt., Nov. 3, 1877 
 
 Arlington, Vt., Nov. 26, 1879 
 
 Bristol, Ct, Nov. 4, 1881 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 5, 1883 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 12, 1886 
 
 Simsbury, Conn., Oct. i, 1882 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 25, 1886 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 15, 1886 
 
 New Britain, May 15, 1886 
 
 Pine Meadow, Conn., Apr. 15, 1878 
 
 Rockville, R. I., Mar. 3, i860 
 
 South Coventry, Conn., Mar. 22, 1878 
 
 Norwich, Conn., Aug. 8, 1880 
 
 Norwich, Conn., Dec. 2, 1882 
 
 Stonington, Conn., July 20, 1870 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 16, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 3, 1886 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 14, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 17, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 23, 1880 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 27, 1886 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 21, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 12, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 7, 1885 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 525 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Horace W. & Ella Maria Bunting 
 
 Erastus & Lydia (Andrews) Peck 
 
 Lee & Bridget Maginnis 
 Conrad & Christina Stepler 
 
 Conrad & Mary Stepler 
 
 Conrad & Mary Stepler 
 
 Conrad & Mary Stepler 
 
 Carlos M. & Annie L. Mattison 
 
 Carlos M. & Annie L. Mattison 
 
 Carlos M. & Annie L. Mattison 
 
 Carlos M. & Annie L. Mattison 
 
 Carlos M. & Annie L. Mattison 
 
 John Armstrong & Jennie Anne 
 
 Blake 
 Henry Erwin & Lizzie Emma Rack- 
 
 liffe (adoptive parents) 
 Clarmore Henry & Elizabeth Ellen- 
 ore Yurgens 
 Frederick Charles & Elizabeth 
 
 Scharff 
 Charles & Augusta Guenther Wright 
 William Nelson & Emily Jane Sweet 
 Stephen A. & Hannah A. Clark 
 Harvey Edward & Ella Agnes 
 
 Stearns 
 Harvey Edward & Ella Agnes 
 
 Stearns 
 Harvey Edward & Ella Agnes 
 
 Stearns 
 Thomas F. (deceased) & Mary 
 
 Harrison Brown 
 
 Charles & Betty Leontin Larson 
 Louis & Hilda Sonneson 
 Charles & Zalma Ottelia Johnson 
 
 George & Maggie L. Olsen 
 John & Elizabeth (Gillott) Hawks- 
 ley 
 John & Ellen McCormick 
 Frederic C. & Elizabeth Scharff 
 
 George E. & Ellen E. Fisher 
 Louis G. A. & Kate Powell 
 
 33 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents, Charles H. Smith, Mrs. Carrie E. 
 
 Smith 
 Mrs. Ralph Dickinson 
 Mrs. Ralph Dickinson 
 The father, Mrs. Mary Stepler, Mrs. Margaret 
 
 Fitch, George Eppler, Mrs. Eppler 
 The father, Mrs. Mary Stepler, Mrs. Margaret 
 
 Fitch, George Eppler, Mrs. Eppler 
 The father, Mrs. Mary Stepler, Mrs. Margaret 
 
 Fitch, George Eppler, Mrs. Eppler 
 The father, Mrs. Mary Stepler, Mrs. Margaret 
 
 Fitch, William Sterauf 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. James Wostenholm, 
 
 Mrs. James Stoddard 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. James Wostenholm, 
 
 Mrs. James Stoddard 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. James Wostenholm, 
 
 Mrs. James Stoddard 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. James Wostenholm, 
 
 Mrs. James Stoddard 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. James Wostenholm, 
 
 Mrs. James Stoddard ' 
 The parents, Mrs. Lillie C. Foulds, Miss Lucy 
 
 Mitchell 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Frederick Charles Scharff 
 
 The parents, Mary A. Scharff 
 
 The mother, the Rector 
 
 The mother, George M. Parsons 
 
 Miss Eva A. Sweet, George M. Parsons 
 
 The parents. Miss Eva Alida Sweet, Geo. M. 
 
 Parsons 
 The parents. Miss Eva Alida Sweet, Geo. M. 
 
 Parsons 
 The parents. Miss Eva Alida Sweet, Geo. M. 
 
 Parsons 
 The mother. 
 
 The parents, Gustave Larson, Mrs. Annie Larson 
 The father, Joseph Huttberg, Emma Huttberg 
 The mother, Charles Johnson, Misses Jennie & 
 
 Fannie Johnson 
 The parents 
 The mother, Wm. Henry Leaman, Jane Beaton 
 
 The parents, Adna Hart, Mrs. Margaret Robert 
 The parents, Mrs. Frederica Christina Helm, Mrs. 
 
 Maria Elenore Rettner 
 The parents, Joseph Roberts 
 The parents, Martin J. Schantz, Mary Schantz 
 
526 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Name. 
 1887. 
 July 3 Gladys Louise Hartman 
 
 July 9 Anna Olivia Malmgren 
 
 July, 10 Annie Josephine Bath 
 
 July ID Hermine Louise Bath 
 
 July 10 Carl Heinrich Albert Bath 
 
 July 10 Rosie Henrietta Bath 
 
 July 10 Mary Christine Bath 
 
 July 10 Clara EUie Bath 
 
 July 10 Flora May Bath 
 
 July 31 William Eugene Norton 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, May 5, 1887 
 New Britain, May 6, 1887 
 Hartford, Conn., Feb. 27, 1876 
 New Britain, July 31, 1878 
 New Britain, Feb. IS, 1880 
 New Britain, Jan. 2, 1882 
 New Britain, Oct. 24, 1883 
 New Britain, Mar. 31, 1885 
 New Britain, May 13, 1887 
 New Britain, May 5, 1887 
 
 Sept. II Charles Frank Dietz 
 
 Sept. II William Wallace Wright 
 
 Sept. 25 Arthur Napoleon Larson 
 
 Oct. 2 Lizzie Julie Fischer 
 
 2 John Henry Kinkade 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov. 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 6 Katie Amelia Guenther 
 
 4 Anna Emma Humason 
 
 4 Frank Aurelius Humason 
 
 4 Marjorie Florence Humason 
 
 9 Hattie Louise Allen 
 
 Dec. 9 George James TurnbuU 
 
 Dec. 26 Leoine Norine Rosie Melien 
 
 1888. 
 
 Jan. I Alfred Henry Mitchell 
 
 Jan. I Margaret Edith Ellen Mitchell 
 
 Feb. 4 Abba Amanda Somberg 
 
 Feb. 28 Katie Margaretta Stepler 
 
 Mar. 24 George Kent Stoddard 
 
 Mar. 31 Nellie May Kirk 
 
 Mar. 31 Francis Edward Middleton 
 
 Mar. 31 Harry Albert Hall 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 18, 1887 
 Newington, Conn., July 4, 1875 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 18, 1887 
 New Britain, June 20, 1884 
 New Britain, June 26, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 7, 1887 
 New Britain, Nov. 19, 1883 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 18, 1886 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 6, 1886 
 
 Hartford, Conn., Oct. 24, 1869 
 
 Waterbury, Conn., Mar. 6, i860 
 New Britain, Nov. 11, 1887 
 
 Dewsburv, Yorkshire, England, Dec. 
 
 22, 1877 
 Batley, Yorkshire, England, June 8, 18? 
 New Britain, Aug. 12, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Feb. I, 1888 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 13, 1888 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 14, 1873 
 New Britain, Dec. i, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 24, 1888 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 527 
 
 Parents. 
 Frederic & Eliza (Mills) Hartman 
 Carl E. & Ida Christina Malmgren 
 
 Carl Heinrich Albert & Christine 
 
 Marie Bath 
 Carl Heinrich Albert & Christine 
 
 Marie Bath 
 Carl Heinrich Albert & Christine 
 
 Marie Bath 
 Carl Heinrich Albert & Christine 
 
 Marie Bath 
 Carl Heinrich Albert & Christine 
 
 Marie Bath 
 Carl Heinrich Albert & Christine 
 
 Marie Bath 
 Carl Heinrich Albert & Christine 
 
 Marie Bath 
 Halsey John & Emily D. (Webster) 
 
 Norton 
 Frank A. & Caroline Dietz 
 John Holmes & Sarah Elizabeth 
 
 Wright 
 August & Anna Larson 
 John & Mary Fischer 
 Henry & Ellen Kinkade 
 
 Andrew & Katie Guenther 
 Charles Aurelius & Anna Eliza 
 
 Humason 
 Charles Aurelius & Anna Eliza 
 
 Humason 
 William L. (Jr.) & Florence M. 
 
 (Coles) Humason 
 Edward & Louisa S. Allen, Rocky 
 
 Hill 
 James & Mary Sutherland TurnbuU 
 Meh & Louise Melien 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents, Mrs. F. D. Friend, Mrs. B. D. 
 
 Osborne 
 The parents, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Miss Fanny 
 
 Johnson 
 The mother, Mrs. Dr. S. W. Hart, Mr. & Mrs. 
 
 Geo. M. Parsons 
 The mother, Mrs. Dr. S. W. Hart, Mr. & Mrs. 
 
 Geo. M. Parsons 
 The mother, Mrs. Dr. S. W. Hart, Mr. & Mrs. 
 
 Geo. M. Parsons 
 The mother, Mrs. Dr. S. W. Hart, Mr. & Mrs. 
 
 Geo. M. Parsons 
 The mother, Mrs. Dr. S. W. Hart, Mr. & Mrs. 
 
 Geo. M. Parsons 
 The mother, Mrs. Dr. S. W. Hart, Mr. & Mrs. 
 
 Geo. M. Parsons 
 The mother, Mrs. Dr. S. W. Hart, Mr. & Mrs. 
 
 Geo. M. Parsons 
 The mother, Mrs. Rhoda L. Barnes, Francis H. 
 
 Webster 
 The parents, Henry E. Miller, Mrs. Mary Miller 
 Mrs. Mary Deming, Mrs. Mary Murphy, William 
 
 Murphy 
 The parents, Carl Larson, Mrs. Bettie Larson 
 The parents, Jacob & Mrs, Julie Kendal 
 Mrs. Sarah A. McElrath, Mrs. Wilham Hanna, 
 
 Mrs. WilHam McConkey 
 The parents, the Rector 
 The father, Wm. John Humason, Mrs. Ruth 
 
 Humason 
 The father, Wm. John Humason, Mrs. Ruth 
 
 Humason 
 The parents. Miss Julia J. Eno, Edward A. Coles 
 
 Mrs. Louise P. Allen (stepmother) 
 
 Mrs. Emily Nash Turnbull 
 
 Hortense & Matilda & Lewis Melien, Fanny 
 Johnson, Albin Anderson, John Lumburg 
 
 George & Hannah Maria Mitchell B. Thompson, Elias Preston, Caroline Giles 
 
 George & Hannah Maria Mitchell 
 M. P. & Salma Somberg 
 
 Conrad & Mary Stepler 
 
 Rev. James & Alice Kent Stoddard 
 
 Henry Ellis & Almena Maria Kirk 
 William & Mary Middleton 
 
 George & Emily Hall 
 
 B. Thompson, Caroline Giles, Martha Preston 
 Parents, Peter & Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Fanny 
 
 Johnson 
 Parents, Mrs. Charles Kupper, Mrs. Cornelius 
 
 Henn 
 Parents, Rev. Samuel Hart, D.D., Mrs. George L. 
 
 Kent 
 The mother 
 The parents, Mrs. Francis Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth 
 
 Smith 
 Mother, Mr. William Ashmore, Mrs. Clara Alice 
 
 Ashmore 
 
528 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 1888. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 
 Apr. 8 
 
 Apr. 8 
 
 Apr. 8 
 
 Apr. IS 
 
 May 25 
 
 June 17 
 
 June 17 
 
 June 22 
 
 July I 
 
 July I 
 
 July I 
 
 July 15 
 
 July 29 
 
 July 29 
 
 July 29 
 
 July 29 
 
 July 29 
 
 Name. 
 
 I Charles Frederick Kupper 
 
 I William Henry Kupper 
 
 I Robert Edward Kupper 
 
 8 Arthur George Mair Staveley 
 
 Gladys Lilias Mair Staveley 
 
 John Mair Stavely 
 
 Frederick George Bell 
 
 Mrs. Elva Minerva (Blake) Bemis 
 
 Lizzie Turner Johnsan 
 
 Howard DeGray Johnson 
 
 John Bernhard Brink 
 
 Frank Sabart Saunders 
 Bessie Corinna Wilson 
 Albert Joseph Porter 
 John Almon Hobson 
 Carrie Fisher 
 Myron Lewis Blinn 
 
 Charles William Parker 
 
 Harold Hiland Parker 
 
 Elmer Clifford Parker 
 
 Carrie Fannie Eva Bunnell 
 James Wilbur Blair 
 Frederick William Guite 
 George Edward Guite 
 Wilfred Guite 
 Mortimer Alexander Beatty 
 Edna Louise Beatty 
 Willie Frederick fledler 
 George August Fledler 
 Lila Mary Schantz 
 Oct. 17 Halsey John Norton 
 
 July 29 
 
 July 29 
 
 Sept. 2 
 
 Sept 
 
 Sept, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov. 3 Ellenor Anna Anderson 
 
 Dec. 9 Aurhelm Engelbert Johnson 
 
 Dec. 22 William Edward Kelsey 
 
 Dec. 22 Florence May Kelsey 
 
 1889. 
 Jan. 6 Maria L. Blinn 
 Jan. 6 Charles Fisher 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New York City, Nov. 16, 1872 
 New Britain, Nov. 16, 1876 
 New Britain, Dec. 25, 1878 
 Sheffield, England, Aug. 23, 1881 
 
 New Southgate, London, N. England, 
 
 Feb. 7, 1884 
 New Britain, Dec. 4, 1887 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 6, 1887 
 
 Middletown, Conn., July 6, 1852 
 
 Warehouse Point, Conn., July 25, 1867 
 
 New Britain, July 12, 1887 
 
 New Britain, June 22, 1888 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 3, 1888 
 New Britain, Jan. 14, 1886 
 New Britain, May 21, 1888 
 New Britain, July 25, 1886 
 New Britain, May 12, 1876 
 New Britain, Dec. 14, 1882 
 
 Meriden, Conn., Feb. 28, 1880 
 
 Shelbourne Falls, Mass., Sept. 28, 1883 
 
 Meriden, Conn., Sept. 20, 1885 
 
 New Britain, May 30, 1888 
 New Britain, June 6, 1888 
 New Britain, July 30, 1884 
 New Britain, Mar. 18, 1886 
 New Britain, July i, 1888 
 New Britain, Aug. 29, 1881 
 New Britain, July 18, 1888 
 New Britain, Nov. 28, 1873 
 New Britain, Sept. 5, i88i 
 New Britain, June 5, 1888 
 Kensington, Conn., May 20, 1848 
 
 New Britain, July 11, 1888 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 2, 1888 
 New Britain, July 28, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 27, 1886 
 
 New Britain, Mar, 8, 1837 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., June 25, 1882 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 529 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Charles & Katie Kupper 
 
 Charles & Katie Kupper 
 
 Charles & Katie Kupper 
 
 John Mair & Ada E. E. Mair Stave- 
 ley 
 
 John Mair & Ada E. E. Mair Stave- 
 ley 
 
 John Mair & Ada E. E. Mair Stave- 
 ley 
 
 Frederick L. & Carrie J. Andrews 
 Bell 
 
 Albert & Lucy Ann Blake, Middle- 
 town, Ct. 
 
 Charles L. & Mrs. Harriet A. John- 
 son 
 
 Lizzie Turner Johnson 
 
 John B. & Emma P. (Erichson) 
 
 Brink 
 Horace N. & Mary A. Saunders 
 James A. & Corinna E. Wilson 
 Thomas H. & Mary J. Porter 
 John E. & Alice M. Hobson 
 Charles & Carohne Fisher 
 Frank Albert & Ellen Matilda Blinn 
 
 William D. & Nellie J. Parker 
 
 William D. & Nellie J. Parker 
 
 William D. & Nellie J. Parker 
 
 George R. & Fannie M. Bunnell 
 John & Nancy Emeline Blair 
 Frederick & Caroline R. Guite 
 Frederick & Caroline R. Guite 
 Frederick & Caroline R. Guite 
 Alexander & Carrie L. Beatty 
 Alexander & Carrie L. Beatty 
 William & Minnie Hedler 
 WiOiam & Minnie Hedler 
 Martin & Mary Davis Schantz 
 Henry E. & Sarah A. Norton, Ken- 
 sington 
 Charles Gustave & Isabelle (Ma- 
 
 lona) Anderson 
 Charles & Ataneir Johnsen 
 David Nelson & Mary Emma (Bed- 
 ford) Kelsey 
 David Nelson & Mary Emma (Bed- 
 ford) Kelsey 
 
 Charles & Caroline Fisher 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Parents, Charles Steianf, H. Steianf 
 Parents, William Steianf, William Schmidt 
 Parents, Conrad Stepler, Mrs. Mary Stepler 
 The parents, Arthur Lloyd 
 
 Parents, Mrs. Eugene Magnus, Mrs. H. Goodrich 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Elliot S. Morse, Mrs. Martha 
 
 G. Morse 
 The parents, Mrs. Mary J. Andrews 
 
 Mrs. Alfred S. Judd 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Harriet Johnson, Howard 
 
 Johnson, the Rector 
 The parents, Mrs. Eva Jungbla, Mrs. Johanna 
 
 Edmond 
 The parents, Mrs. Henry C. Bailey 
 The parents, Mrs. Emma A. Bodwell 
 The parents, the Rector 
 
 The parents, Henry Watson, Mrs. Mary Watson 
 Frank Vanderbeck, Mrs. Ellen M. BUnn 
 Parents, Frank Vanderbeck, Mrs. Emily C. Van- 
 derbeck 
 Parents, Mrs. Almira Hall, Mr. & Mrs. Charles 
 
 Davis 
 Parents, Mrs. Almira Hall, Mr. & Mrs. Charles 
 
 Davis 
 Parents, Mrs. Almira Hall, Mr. & Mrs. Charles 
 
 Davis 
 The mother, Mrs. Dr. Hart, Geo. M. Parsons 
 The mother, Mrs. S. W. Hart, Geo. M. Parsons 
 The parents, Samuel Hume, Mrs. Lena Schofield 
 The parents, Samuel Hume, Mrs. Lena Schofield 
 The parents, Samuel Hume, Mrs. Lena Schofield 
 Parents, John Hanna, Mrs. John Hanna 
 Parents, John Hanna, Mrs. John Hanna 
 The parents, Mrs. August Burckhardt 
 The parents, Mrs. August Burckhardt 
 Parents, Mrs. Baltas Single 
 Mrs. Emily D. Norton 
 
 The parents, Mary Malona, Frank Anderson 
 
 The father, Alfred Noren, Mrs. Alfred Noren 
 The mother, Mrs. Lucelia Jane (Moris) Gilbert, 
 
 the Rector 
 The mother, Mrs. LuceHa Jane (Moris) Gilbert, 
 
 the Rector 
 Mrs. Frank Blinn 
 The mother, Mrs. Frank Blinn, Mrs. Maria L. 
 
 Blinn 
 
53° 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Feb. 
 Apr. 
 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 June 
 June 
 
 June 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 July 
 
 Sept. 
 Oct. 
 
 3 Edgar Mitchell 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 Name. Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 2, 1889 
 
 16 Carl Leonard Larson 
 
 7 James Henry Sleath 
 
 20 Lucy Elizabeth Alger 
 
 20 Ruth Annie Chaloner 
 
 2 Wesley Arthur Saunders 
 
 2 Frederick Charles Scharfif 
 
 2 Henry George John Jurgens 
 
 7 Laura Gertrude Pond 
 
 8 George Christopher Olsen 
 
 28 Ottilie Turnbull 
 
 ID Rosa Paulina Abetz 
 
 20 Herbert Alfred Johnson 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 14, 1888 
 New Britain, Dec. 8, 1888 
 
 Boonville, N. Y., July 23, 1871 
 New Britain, July 22, 1888 
 New Britain, June 11, 1888 
 New Britain, Mar. 11, 1889 
 
 New Britain, June 12, 1888 
 Hartford, Conn., Nov. 6, 1888 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 15, 1889 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 9, 1889 
 
 Dec. I Harold Andrews White 
 
 New Britain, July 15, 
 New Britain, Oct. 16, 1888 
 
 New Britain, Aug. S, if 
 
 Dec. IS Violet Leteshe Byer New Britain, Aug. 27, 1889 
 
 Dec. 15 Henry Bartholomew Pfeifer New Britain, May 29, 1889 
 
 Dec. 29 Phillip Eagen Bernadotto MolanderNew Britain, Apr. 8, 1889 
 
 i8go. 
 
 Apr. s Frederic Samuel Kincade 
 
 Apr. 5 Gertrude Ellen Magson 
 
 Apr. 5 Minnie Julia Bomba 
 
 Apr. 5 Earnest Harold White 
 
 Apr. 5 Emma Gertrude Brumbaum 
 
 Apr. 5 Henry Edward Stepler 
 
 Apr. 5 George Martin Eppler 
 
 Apr. 5 Mina Mary Eppler 
 
 Apr. 5 Norman Grimley Middleton 
 
 May 19 Mrs. Martha Gladden 
 
 May 31 Lilli Franziska Kraus 
 
 June I Elsie Dora Dietz 
 
 June I Elsie Helena Unkelbach 
 
 June I Eva Luella Stearns 
 
 July II Pearl Lillian Hemingway 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 4, 1889 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 4, 1889 
 New Britain, Feb. 2, 1890 
 New Britain, Jan. 8, i8go 
 
 New Britain, July 14, 
 New Britain, May 28, i«B9 
 New Britain, Mar. 26, 1879 
 New Britain, Jan. 9, 1881 
 New Britain, Dec. 9, 1889 
 Jonesville, Saratoga Co., N. 
 
 30, 183s 
 New Britain, Feb. 14, 
 New Britain, Mar. 28, 
 New Britain, Dec. 10, 
 New Britain, July 29, 
 New Britain, Feb. 17, 1890 
 
 By the Rev. Jaeed Starr. 
 Aug. 17 Alfred George Hall New Britain, May 18, 1890 
 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 Sept. 7 Benjamin Scarlett New Britain, Apr. 14, 1890 
 
 1890 
 1889 
 1889 
 
 Y., Dec. 
 
 Sept. 7 Clarence Arthur Scharff 
 
 New Britain, June 28, 1890 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 531 
 
 Parents. 
 
 George & Anna Maria Mitchell 
 
 Charles & Betty Larson 
 
 John Henry & Sarah Clarke Sleath 
 
 Charles Allen & Bertha Louise Alger 
 Wm. T. & Sarah A. Chaloner 
 Arthur F. & Mary Saunders 
 Frederick Charles & Elizabeth 
 
 Scharff 
 Henry & Elizabeth Jurgens 
 Charles F. & M. Florence (Magnus) 
 
 Pond 
 George & Maggie L. (Ranny) 
 
 Olsen 
 George James & Emily Nash Turn- 
 bull 
 Joseph & Rosa Fischer Abetz 
 Alfred & Hannah Johnson 
 
 Charles J. & Minnie S. (Andrews) 
 
 White 
 Paul & Letesche Byer 
 John & Annetta Maria Pfeifer 
 Alex. E. & Lina S. Molander 
 
 Henry & Ellen Mary Kincade 
 
 Albert James & Mary Jane Magson 
 
 John & Kate Bomba 
 
 Joseph Henry & Abigail S. White 
 
 Emil & Emma Brumbaum 
 Conrad & Mary Stepler 
 John S. & Margaretta Eppler 
 John S. & Margaretta Eppler 
 William & Mary Middleton 
 Leonard & Eliza Jones 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Tom Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, Martha, 
 
 Anna Thompson 
 Parents, Charles Carlson, Mrs. Amanda Carlson 
 Parents, William Bertini, Jane Matilda Clarke, 
 
 Katherine Clarke 
 Mrs. Margaret L. Fitch 
 The parents, Mrs. John Crabtree 
 The parents, the Rector 
 The parents, Charles Arnkeim 
 
 The parents, John Rittner 
 
 The mother, Eugene Magnus, Alvina M. Stearns 
 
 The parents, Ferdinand Billian, Mrs. Agnes Billian 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Ottilie Dickinson Mason 
 
 The parents 
 
 Ludwig & Matilda Anderson, Charles Johnson, 
 
 Mary Hanson 
 The parents, Eugene J. Porter, Mrs. Edith A. 
 
 Bristol 
 The parents, the Rector 
 The parents, the Rector 
 The parents, Andrew G. Larson, Mrs. Amie 
 
 Larson 
 
 The parents, Samuel McElrath, Margaret Han- 
 nah Brown 
 Ralph Chant, Elizabeth Elhott, Ellen Rice 
 The parents, Julia Kendel, Permin Leist 
 The parents, James A. Swanstrom, Mrs. David 
 
 Buell 
 The parents, Marcus M. Brumbaum, Sarah Fruil 
 The parents, Mrs. Katie Kuper, Henry Kuper 
 The parents, John Eppler 
 The parents, Mrs. Mina Hedler 
 The parents, Arthur Miller, Anna Miller 
 George J. Gladden, Mrs. Leonard 
 
 William & Anna Kraus The parents, Marie Buckfink 
 
 Frank Antoin & Lena Carrie Dietz The parents, Alfred Hostetra, Lizzie Zimmerman 
 Joseph & Louise Unkelbach The parents, Mrs. Helena Hanrig 
 
 Harvey E. & Ella A. Stearns The mother, Idela Sweet, William Sweet 
 
 Lewis & Sophia Samuels Heming- The parents, the Rector 
 way 
 
 George R. & Emily Hall 
 
 Jonathan Henry Smith, Mrs. Esther Bottomly 
 
 John W. W. & Jane Beatson Scar- The parents, John Beatson, Mrs. Charlotte A. 
 
 lett Slack 
 
 Frederick Charles & Elizabeth The parents, John Scharff 
 
 Scharff 
 
532 
 
 THE CHtJRCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 Place m 
 
 Date of Birth. 
 
 Name. 
 i8go. 
 Sept. l8 Ottho Vogel 
 Oct. 3 Gunard Ferdinand Sonesson 
 Nov. 2 William James Steadman 
 Nov. 2 Mabel Loveland Rackliffe 
 
 Nov. 2 Edwin Lewis Watson 
 
 Nov. i6 Franklin Earnest Holland 
 
 Nov. 27 Thure Maritz Larson 
 Nov. 27 William Burnham Webster 
 
 Nov. 29 Louise Lockwood Smith 
 
 Nov. 29 Florence Bradlee Smith 
 
 1891. 
 Jan. 7 Louis Melven Sonneson 
 Feb. 22 Catherine Eva Kauffmann 
 
 Mar. 6 Margaret Mitchell 
 
 Mar. IS Washington Irving Davids 
 
 Mar. IS William James Davids 
 
 Mar. 17 William Charles Guenther 
 Mar. 24 Ethel Victoria Larson 
 
 Mar. 28 George Franklin (Gamble) Dickinson Danbury, Conn., or New Milford, Conn., 
 
 July 22, 1876 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 21, 1890 
 Talapoosa, Georgia, May 29, li. 
 New Britain, Aug. 5, 1890 
 New Britain, May 3, 1890 
 
 New Britain, May 29, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 23, i8go 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 24, 1890 
 Meriden, Conn., Aug. 19, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Oct. I, 1873 
 
 New Britain, July 30, 1876 
 
 New Britain, June 11, 1890 
 
 New Britain, July 19, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 25, 1891 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 26, 1891 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 26, 1891 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 9, 1889 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 24, lE 
 
 Mar. 28 Walter James Wheaton 
 
 Mar. 28 Carrie Jennett Smith 
 
 Mar. 28 Arthur John Bottomly 
 
 Mar. 28 Mark Earnest Bottomly 
 
 Mar. 28 Lottie Maria Blair 
 
 Apr. 4 William Bertie Coats 
 
 Apr. 26 James Kent Stoddard 
 
 May II Ehzabetha Dietz 
 
 May 24 John William Eastwood 
 
 June 7 Ethel Maud Hemingway 
 
 June 28 Paul John Bayer 
 
 June 28 Melicent Eno Humason 
 
 Jime 28 Lawrence Cole Humason 
 
 July 4 Frederick Charles Keehner 
 
 July 4 Charles Harry Anderson 
 
 Hartford, Conn., Nov. 2S, 1879 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 2S, 1888 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 11, 1888 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 23, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 16, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 8, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 26, 1891 
 New Britain, May 11, 1891 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 13, 1891 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 6, 1891 
 
 Kensington, Conn., Feb. 20, 189 
 New Britain, Jan. 11, 1889 
 
 New Britain, May 16, 1891 
 
 Hartford, Conn., Apr. 20, 1891 
 
 Phalanx, N. Y., Apr. 18, 1890 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 533 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Richard & Margaret Vogel 
 Lewis & Hilda Larson Sonesson 
 John & Kate Steadman 
 Frederic H. & Charlotte Elizabeth 
 
 Rackliffe 
 William Henry & Mary Elizabeth 
 
 Watson 
 Franklin & Margaret Jane (Stark) 
 
 Holland 
 Gust & Anna Larson 
 Francis H. & Elizabeth Hazelwood 
 
 Webster 
 Theodore Elliot & Louisa Lockwood 
 
 Smith (deceased) 
 Theodore Elliot & Louisa Lockwood 
 
 Smith (deceased) 
 
 Lewis & Hilda Larson Sonneson 
 John P. & Emma (Boertzel) Kauff- 
 
 mann 
 George & Anna Maria Mitchell 
 Washington Irving & Jennie Belle 
 
 (Simonson) Davids 
 Washington Irving & Jennie Belle 
 
 (Simonson) Davids 
 Andrew & Katie Guenther 
 Charles & Betty Larson 
 Abraham & Nancy Gamble 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Richard Bolton, Adelaide Philips 
 The parents. Miss Bessie Loveland, Miss Ger- 
 trude Rackliffe 
 The mother, Ralph Chant, Annie A. Wilhams 
 
 The parents, Andrew Stark, Deborah Stark 
 
 The parents, Alex Molander, Mrs. Lina Molander 
 The parents, William H. Barnes, Mrs. Jennie 
 
 Sweet Barnes 
 The father, Miss Emma W. Smith 
 
 The father, Miss Emma W. Smith 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Julia McGraff 
 
 The parents, Geo. A. Frey, Mary Boertzel 
 
 The parents, Mrs. C. Giles 
 
 James Mafoy Relyea, Miss Jessie Simonson 
 
 James Mafoy Relyea, Miss Jessie Simonson 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Mary E. Rossberg 
 
 The parents. Miss Mary Dunbar, James Turner 
 
 Wm. G. Payne 
 
 Walter James & Louise Carrie The parents, Charles Gustaf Dietrich 
 
 Wheaton 
 Charles H. & Carrie E. Smith 
 Arthur John & Esther Bottomly 
 Arthur John & Esther Bottomly 
 John & Nancy Emeline Blair 
 
 George Wells & Katharine (Sengle) 
 Coats 
 
 James & Alice Kent Stoddard 
 
 Frank Antoin & Mrs. Lena Carrie 
 Dietz 
 
 John William & Mary Ann East- 
 wood 
 
 Louis & Sophia (Samuels) Heming- 
 way 
 
 Paul & Lethishe Bayer 
 
 Wm. Lawrence & Florence M. 
 (Cole) Humason 
 
 Wm. Lawrence & Florence M. 
 (Cole) Humason 
 
 Frederick Edward & Matilda Maud 
 Keehner 
 
 Lars Jacob & Carolina Anderson 
 
 The parents. Miss Belle E. Smith 
 
 The parents. Miss Alice Clark 
 
 The parents. Miss Sarah Ann Burgess 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Fannie M. Bunnell, Richard 
 
 Blair 
 The parents, Mrs. J. J. Coats, Mrs. Bertha Neyer 
 
 The parents, Norris Bailey, Mrs. Geo. P. Cooley 
 The parents, the Rector 
 
 The parents, Thomas Ovendale, Mrs. Mary 
 
 Ovendale 
 The parents, Maria Samuels 
 
 The parents, Charles Hipp, Mrs. Paul Kohule 
 The parents, Mrs. Eunetia Humason, Mrs. 
 
 Amanda O. Vail 
 The parents, Mrs. Eunetia Humason, Mrs. 
 
 Amanda O. Vail 
 The parents, Jacob Luger, Mrs. Mary Luger 
 
 The parents Albert Stramquist, Patentia Wil- 
 son 
 
534 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Name. 
 1891. 
 July 5 Henry Alfred Raymond 
 
 July S Ellen Agnes Anderson 
 
 July 19 Clara Muir Vibberts 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By THE Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Brockton, Mass., Mar. 4, 1891 
 New Britain, Feb. 14, 1891 
 New Britain, July 16, 1890 
 
 Aug. 2 Rachel May Andrews 
 
 Aug. 2 Minott Francis Saunders 
 
 Aug. 2 Caroline Dorothy Rice 
 
 Aug. 2 George Henry Lawrence 
 
 Aug. 
 Aug, 
 Aug, 
 Aug. 
 Aug, 
 
 2 Fanny Louise Magson 
 2 Edward William Jurgens 
 
 New Britain, May 14, 1891 
 New Britain, Aug. 4, 1890 
 New Britain, Nov. 23, 1890 
 New Britain, Nov. 28, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 5, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 12, 1891 
 
 2 Frederick James Clarke Ensworth New Britain, July 2, 1891 
 
 2 Albert Edward Otto Bath 
 
 2 Albert Herman Bath 
 
 Sept. 13 Roy William Hellberg 
 
 Sept. 20 Lionel Thompson Hawksworth 
 
 Oct. 4 Louise Howard Noble 
 
 Oct. 4 Alice Edith Day 
 
 Nov. I Frederick Lewis Hart 
 
 Nov. I Horace Isaac Hart 
 
 Nov. 
 Nov. 
 
 I Ann Goodwin 
 I Ellen Goodwin 
 
 Nov. 21 Grace May Schrumpf 
 
 Dec. 6 Mary Elizabeth Sleath 
 
 Dec. 13 Sarah Louisa Flynn 
 
 Dec. 20 Muriel Lee Post 
 
 1892. 
 
 Jan. I Beatrice Vanhess Christesen 
 
 Jan. I Louise Elizabeth Christesen 
 
 Jan. 2 Mrs. Agnes Melvina Wood 
 
 Jan. 2 Grace Eva Baisden 
 
 Jan. 3 Jane Edith Middleton 
 
 Jan. 17 Anna Emelia Anderson 
 
 Jan. 27 .A.bbe Kathrina Sonneson 
 
 Feb. 5 Frederick David Nash Halliley 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 8, 
 
 New Britain, May 28, 1891 
 
 New Britain, July 12, 1891 
 
 New Britain, May 8, 1891 
 
 New Britain, May 13, 1891 
 Worcester, Mass., Nov. 11, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 24, 1883 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 30, 1885 
 
 South Meriden, Conn., Sept. 7, 1887 
 New Britain, Dec. i, 1890 
 New Britain, Nov. 2, 1891 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 11, 1891 
 New Britain, May 25, 1891 
 New Britain, Sept. 21, 1891 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 9, i 
 New Britain, Dec. 4, 
 
 Westminster, Conn., Apr. 20, 1866 
 Hartford, Conn., Jan. 18, 1872 
 New Britain, Oct. 26, 1891 
 New Britain, Jan. 11, 1891 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 26, 1891 
 Norwood, Mass., May 16, 1891 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 535 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Alfred W. & Louise M. (Seipel) 
 
 Raymond 
 Charles Gustave & Isabella Agnes 
 
 Anderson 
 Albert William & Florence J. 
 
 (Muir) Vibberts 
 Frank Henry & Sadie May Andrews 
 Arthur F. & Mary Saunders 
 Alfred Henry & Ellen Clara Rice 
 George Lewis & Sarah Ann Law- 
 rence 
 James Albert & Mary Jane Magson 
 
 Henry Clarmore & Elizabeth EUen- 
 
 ora Jurgens 
 Frederick C. & Jennie M. Ensworth 
 
 Albert & Mary Bath 
 
 Albert & Mary Bath 
 
 Gustave William & Sophia A. 
 
 (Johnson) Hellberg 
 John Beatty & Martha Hannah 
 
 (Thompson) Hawksworth 
 Howard C. & Hattie E. Noble 
 Alfred A. & Jennie (Murphy) Day 
 
 Isaac Warner & Mary F. Florence 
 
 Hart 
 Isaac Warner & Mary F. Florence 
 
 Hart 
 William & Ann Goodwin 
 William & Ann Goodwin 
 Adam John & Harriet Emma 
 
 Schrumpf 
 John Henry & Sarah Clarke Sleath 
 Patrick & Mary Christine Flynn 
 Gerritt B. & Harriet Barkentin Post 
 
 Rudolph Vilhelm Emanuel & Lizzie 
 
 Marie Christesen 
 Rudolph Vilhelm Emanuel & Lizzie 
 
 Marie Christesen 
 Uriah & Lucy Bingham 
 Charles & Georgene Eliza Baisden 
 WilHam & Mary Middleton 
 Robert & Augusta Anderson 
 
 Lewis & Hilda Larson Sonneson 
 William Henry & Sarah Elizabeth 
 
 (Scofield) Halliley, Norwood, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents, Henry Seipel, Mrs. Isabella Seipel 
 
 The parents, Frank Anderson, Bertha Diane 
 
 Bloodgood 
 The parents, Mrs. Muir (Grandmother) 
 
 The parents, Mrs. William Alvord 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Henry W. Lawrence, Miss Law- 
 rence 
 
 Miss Harriet Holland, Miss Agnes Ellen Elliott, 
 Charles James Elliott 
 
 The parents, Louis F. Harvey Jurgens 
 
 The parents, Jas. A. McConkey, Miss Katie 
 
 Clarke 
 The mother, Annie Bath, Mrs. G. P. Cooley, Mrs. 
 
 J. Stoddard 
 The mother, Annie Bath, Mrs. G. P. Cooley, Mrs. 
 
 J. Stoddard 
 The parents, Charles Erickson, Alisla Gustafson 
 
 Geo. H. Cartledge, Mrs. Belle Cartledge, S. Wil- 
 liam White 
 
 The parents, Miss Chloe A. Noble, Noble Bennitt 
 
 The mother. Miss Sarah Jane Jones, James Wil- 
 son Jones 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Webster, the Rector 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Webster, the Rector 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Willard E. Stevens 
 The parents, Mrs. Willard E. Stevens 
 The parents, Mrs. Harriet A. Johnson 
 
 The parents. Miss Jennie Ellen Hanna 
 
 The mother, Louisa Seipel 
 
 The parents, Geo. S. Barkentin, Miss Carrie E. 
 Post 
 
 The parents, Clinton Burling, Mrs. Fannie Van- 
 hess Burling 
 
 The parents. Dr. Ralph C. Dunham, Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth Beebe 
 
 Mrs. Grace Smith, Miss Lizzie Millward 
 
 Miss Clara Louise Judd 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Jane Taylor 
 
 The parents, Andrew G. Anderson, Miss Char- 
 lotta Arvidson 
 
 The parents, Gust Larson, Mrs. Annie Larson 
 
 The parents, Frederick C. Ensworth 
 
536 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1892. 
 
 Mar. 6 Mable May Scheidler 
 
 Mar. 18 Isabel Winslow Joy 
 
 Apr. 16 Mary Margareta Amelia Stepler 
 
 Apr. 17 Herman August Carl Schmidt 
 
 Apr. 17 Anna Auguste Marie Schmidt 
 
 Apr. 17 Paul Jacob Frederic Seigrist 
 
 May I Elizabeth Lee Hungerford 
 
 May 9 Rosa Bayer 
 
 May IS Earnest Eastwood 
 
 June 5 Paul Adolph Lange 
 
 June 26 Elmer Newton Sweetland 
 
 Dec. IS Anna Lila Bertini 
 
 Dec. IS Dorothy Raymond White 
 
 Dec. IS Royton Truman Bristol 
 
 Dec. IS Lenore Chaloner Prentice 
 
 1893. 
 
 Mar. 3 Katherine Clara Rowley 
 
 Mar. 30 Catherine Mary Abetz 
 
 Mar. 30 Flora Anna Abetz 
 
 Mar. 30 Mary Jane Porter 
 
 Mar. 30 Emil Franz Leib Brumbaum 
 
 Mar. 30 Howard Welton Smith 
 
 Mar. 30 Ruth Lovina Church 
 
 Mar. 30 Annie Ellen Mitchell 
 
 Apr. 2 Walter Shrumpf 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 Name. Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 26, 1891 
 
 Cottage City, Mass., June 15, 1887 
 New Britain, Aug. 29, 1891 
 BerUn, Conn., Dec. 8, 1889 
 
 Kensington, Conn., Jan. 23, 1892 
 
 Kensington, Conn., Mar. 17, 1892 
 
 Bethel, Conn., Feb. 2, 1892 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 28, 1892 
 New Britain, Mar. 13, 1892 
 New Britain, Oct. 3, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 8, 1892 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 11, 1892 
 New Britain, May 4, 1892 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 23, 1886 
 
 New Britain, July 11, 1892 
 
 Newington, Conn., Oct. 22, 1892 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 3, 1890 
 New Britain, Nov. i, 1892 
 
 New Britain, Nov. ig, 1892 
 New Britain, June 28, 1892 
 
 New Britain, April 23, 1892 
 New Britain, Feb. 17, 1893 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 12, 1890 
 New Britain, Jan. 20, 1893 
 
 By the Rev. Arthur Chase. 
 July 23 Elise Rockwell Russell New Britain, May 26, 1893 
 
 By the Rev. H. N. Wayne. 
 
 Oct. IS Drucilla Olsen 
 
 Oct. 15 Sarah Ethelene Smith 
 
 Oct. 22 Annie Diehl 
 
 Oct. 22 William George Calmbach 
 
 Oct. 22 George Frederick Calmbach 
 
 Oct. 22 Philip George Calmbach 
 
 Oct. 22 Frederick Joseph Steadman 
 
 Oct. 22 Lillian Goodwin 
 
 Oct. 28 Ruby Grace Burr 
 
 Dec. 10 Emma Calmbach 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 June 27, 1892 
 Oct. 30, 1892 
 
 June II, 1881 
 Mar. 26, i88s 
 Sept. 8, 1887 
 May 29, 1892 
 Mar. s, 1893 
 July 4, 1893 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 537 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Henry C. & Fannie M. Scheidler 
 
 Charles A. & Emily Joy 
 Conrad & Mary Stepler 
 William & Auguste Reichenberg 
 
 Schmidt 
 William & Auguste Reichenberg 
 
 Schmidt 
 Jacob & Lena S. Seigrist 
 
 Frederick Buell & Mary Lee Post 
 
 Hungerford 
 Paul & Lethishe Bayer 
 John W. & Mary A. Eastwood 
 William Fred & Louisa Heisler 
 
 Lange 
 George Newton & Alice Louise 
 
 (Prentice) Sweetland 
 Onofrio F. & Concetta Bertini 
 Charles Joseph & Mary S. Andrews 
 
 White 
 Truman H. & Edith Andrews Bris- 
 tol 
 George E. & Edith W. Chaloner 
 
 Prentice 
 Frank Hills & Katherine Clark 
 
 Rowley 
 Joseph & Rosa Fischer Abetz 
 Joseph & Rosa Fischer Abetz 
 
 Thomas H. & Mary J. Porter 
 Amos F. & Emma L. Brumbaum 
 
 Chas. H. & Carrie E. Smith 
 Elbert Edward & Emeline Rhoda 
 
 Church 
 William & Rebecca J. Mitchell 
 Adam R. & Hattie Emma Schrumpf 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents, Miss Sophia Kenley, Fred W. 
 
 Scheidler 
 The parents, Mrs. Hattie L. Irving 
 Mrs. Eppler, Mrs. Guenther, Mrs. William Hedler 
 The parents. Miss Eda Splettsloezer, Mrs. Paul 
 
 Mani 
 The parents. Miss Eda Splettsloezer, Mrs. Paul 
 
 Mani 
 The parents, Miss Eda Splettsloezer, Mrs. Paul 
 
 Mani 
 The parents, Gerritt Bulkley Post, Miss Caroline 
 
 Elizabeth Post 
 The parents, and Grandmother 
 The parents, the Rector 
 Paul G. Lange, Mrs. Othilia Lange, AmeHa Heis- 
 
 eler 
 The parents, Mrs. Lizzie Prentice, George 
 
 McNulty 
 The mother, Mrs. Augustino Bertini 
 The parents, Mrs. Truman H. Bristol 
 
 The mother, Charles J. White, Walter Steele 
 
 The parents. Miss Cora Haslarri 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, William Mitchell, Rebecca J. Mitchell 
 
 The parents, Miss Annie Fischer, Deboldt Rein- 
 holt 
 
 The parents, Samuel McElrath 
 
 The parents, Mrs. A. Merritt, Theodore Brum- 
 baum 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Emeline Norton, Mrs. M. E. 
 Carey 
 
 The parents, Joseph Abetz, Mrs. Mary Fischer 
 
 The parents, George M. Parsons 
 
 Isaac D. & Elizabeth R. Russell 
 
 Rev. Arthur Chase, Mrs. Lucy P. Cooley, Harriet 
 C. Russell 
 
 George & Maggie E. Olsen The parents, 
 
 George & Annie Smith The parents, 
 
 Jacob & Regina Calmbach Mrs. Bertha 
 
 Jacob & Regina Calmbach Mrs. Bertha 
 
 Jacob & Regina Calmbach Mrs. Bertha 
 
 Jacob & Regina Calmbach Mrs. Bertha 
 
 John & Catherine A. Steadman The parents, 
 
 William & Anne Goodwin The mother, 
 
 Hanford B. & Sarah E. Burr The mother, 
 
 Jacob & Rachel Calmbach Mrs. Bertha 
 
 Mary E. Quilty 
 Ella L. Barker 
 Zimmerman, Pauline 
 Zimmerman, Pauline 
 Zimmerman, Pauline 
 Zimmerman, Pauline 
 Henry Steadman 
 Grace R. Pratt 
 Isabella Seiper 
 Zimmerman 
 
 Calmbach 
 Calmbach 
 Calmbach 
 Calmbach 
 
538 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1893. 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. H. N. Wayne. 
 Name. Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Dec. 10 Laura Elizabeth Bedell 
 
 Dec. 17 
 Dec. 23 
 1894. 
 
 Jan. 
 Jan. 
 Jan. 
 Jan. 
 Jan. 
 
 Feb. 25 
 Feb. 25 
 Feb. 25 
 Feb. 25 
 Mar. II 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 24 
 Mar. 25 
 Apr. I 
 Apr. 9 
 Apr. 22 
 Apr. 29 
 May 27 
 June I 
 June I 
 June 10 
 June 17 
 June 17 
 June 24 
 July I 
 July 22 
 July 25 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Annabel Laura Andrews 
 Romaine Walter Palmer 
 
 Blanche Schray 
 
 Frederick Schray 
 
 Helen Schray 
 
 Matilda Louise Schray 
 
 Franklin Woodruff Pardee 
 
 Emma Louisa Baum 
 
 Arthur Brooks Attwood 
 
 Frank Erwin Towers 
 
 William Manly Goff 
 
 Frederick Wheeler 
 
 Frank Walter Klett 
 
 William John Gleed 
 
 Frederick Remington Eldridge 
 
 Grace Lillian Nichols 
 
 Vincent Dugmore 
 
 Ruth Edith Bristol 
 
 Alice Albertha Mattoon 
 Edward Francis Mattoon 
 
 Mary Isabel Fisher 
 Mildred Carolyn Prentice 
 Violet Mary Ethel Metcalfe 
 Francis Joseph Webster 
 Lovina Elizabeth Webster 
 Ralph Elliott Chant 
 Lilly Eastwood 
 Howard Erwing Holland 
 Herbert Stanley Holland 
 Dorothy Margaret Sweetland 
 Edith May Rice 
 Alice Ada Rice 
 Irene May Saunders 
 Charles Edward Flynn 
 Elizabeth Ida Wheeler 
 Piney Pearl Beyer 
 Constance Mary Russell 
 
 Sept. 2 Frank Eugene Rackliffe 
 Sept. 23 Harold Chester Greenalgh 
 
 Sept. 26 Howard Francis Wade 
 
 Oct. 28 George Dickson Kinkade 
 Dec. 9 Minnie Luanna Beaton 
 Dec. 9 William Francis Eddy 
 
 Dec. 16 Henry Frank Rowley 
 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 
 June 
 
 17, 1893 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 July 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25, 1878 
 8, 1883 
 21, 1888 
 10, 1891 
 I, 1892 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 
 Oct. 17, 1882 
 
 
 Sept. 17, 1883 
 
 
 Oct. 22, 1889 
 
 
 June 21, 1892 
 
 
 Jan. I, 1891 
 
 
 Oct. 8, 1893 
 
 
 Feb. 23, 1893 
 
 
 Aug. 4, 1890 
 
 
 Apr. 17, 1892 
 
 
 May 19, 1892 
 
 
 Aug. 25, 1893 
 
 
 Mar. 7,. 1894 
 
 
 Feb. 27, 1894 
 
 
 May 2, 1892 
 
 
 Jan. 9, 1893 
 
 
 Nov. 13, 1893 
 
 
 Feb. 7, 1894 
 
 
 Feb. 7, 1894 
 
 
 Jan. 17, 1894 
 
 
 Apr. 20, 1892 
 
 
 Dec. 21, 1893 
 
 
 Sept. 15, i&)2 
 
 
 July 17, 1893 
 
 
 Sept. 2, 1885 
 
 
 Jan. 30, 1894 
 
 New Britain, 
 
 June 22, 1894 
 
 June 19, 1892 
 Providence, R. I., June 4, 1894 
 
 Adult 
 
 Aug. 18, 1894 
 Aug. 23, 1894 
 
 Mar. 5, 1887 
 June 30, 1894 
 
 By the Rev. J. B. Robinson. 
 Dec. 30 William Edward Sleath Mar. 4, 1894 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 539 
 
 Parents. 
 David F. & Lydia A. Bedell 
 
 Anson J. & Rosa A. Wheeler 
 Romaine & Lilly Palmer 
 
 Richard & Elizabeth Schray 
 Richard & Elizabeth Schray 
 Richard & Elizabeth Schray 
 Richard & Elizabeth Schray 
 Willie E. & Ida M. Pardee 
 Henry & Mary Baum 
 Nathan & Blanche Attwood 
 William & Josephine Towers 
 Milton & Annie Goff 
 Abner S. & Ida E. Wheeler 
 Leopold & Augusta L. Klett 
 William & Elizabeth Gleed 
 William S. & Fannie Eldridge 
 Stanley E. & Julia L. Nichols 
 Leonard & Annie Dugmore 
 Truman H. & Edith A. Bristol 
 Charles B. & Frances L. Mattoon 
 Charles B. & Frances L. Mattoon 
 George E. & Ellen E. Fisher 
 George E. & Edith M. Prentice 
 John W. & Clara Metcalfe 
 Francis H. & Elizabeth Webster 
 Francis H. & Elizabeth Webster 
 Ralph & Eliza S. Chant 
 John W. & Mary A. Eastwood 
 Franklin & Margaret J. Holland 
 Franklin & Margaret J. Holland 
 George N. & Alice L. Sweetland 
 Alfred H. & Ellen Clara Rice 
 Alfred H. & Ellen Clara Rice 
 Arthur F. & Mary Saunders 
 Patrick F. & Mary C. Flymi 
 Abner S. & Ida Wheeler 
 Paul & Letitia C. Beyer 
 Isaac D. & Elizabeth R. Russell 
 
 Frederic H. & Charlotte E. Rackliffe 
 Frederick W. & Margurite H. 
 
 Greenalgh 
 John F. & Flora E. Wade 
 Henry A. & Ellen M. Kinkade 
 Chas. H. & Mary A. Beaton 
 Miles & Margaret Eddy 
 Frank H. & Katharine Rowley 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret E. Parsons, Mrs. Annie Stevens, 
 
 Mr. Norris Bailey 
 Mrs. Chase, Miss Eliza Chase 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 The parents 
 
 Mrs. Henry Seipel, Louisa Seipel 
 
 Charles F. Chase, Alice Chase 
 
 Charles F. Chase, Alice Chase 
 
 Ellen Maria Goflf 
 
 Emily J. Parker 
 
 LilHan Schmidt 
 
 Mary Fritz 
 
 Giles Remington, Fannie E. Remington 
 
 Edgar S. Healey, Gertrude Morton 
 
 Joseph Fletcher, Frances Fletcher 
 
 Charles J. White, Mary A. White, Ida A. Steele 
 
 Parents 
 
 Parents 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Chase 
 
 The parents, Laura M. Chaloner 
 
 The parents, Alice C. Chase 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Jenny Barnes 
 
 George Elliott, Mrs. Annie Smith 
 
 Mother, Clara Metcalfe 
 
 J. M. Holland, Margaret A. Holland 
 
 J. M. Holland, Margaret A. Holland 
 
 Elizabeth Prentice, Margaret McNulty 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Chase 
 
 The mother 
 
 Mrs. Sarah E. Lawton 
 
 I. D. Russell 
 
 H. N. Wayne, Mrs. H. E. Russell, Mrs. H. N. 
 
 Wayne 
 Albert E. Loveland, the parents 
 Samuel H. Brown, Martha A. Brown 
 
 James R. McElrath, Mary H. Farrell 
 
 Charles Price, Mary Price 
 
 Grace R. Pratt, Carmilita A. Corscaden 
 
 Annie J. Bailey, Margaret Eddy 
 
 Parents 
 
 John H. & Sarah Sleath 
 
 Parents 
 
540 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. H. N. Wayne. 
 
 Name. 
 i89S- 
 
 Feb. 10 Samuel Ernest Towers 
 
 Feb. 10 Hannah Jane Towers 
 
 Feb. 10 Helena Frances Towers 
 
 Feb. 17 Helen Elizabeth WilHams 
 
 Mar. 3 George William Mitchell 
 
 Mar. 3 Wilbur Vernon Dyson 
 
 Mar. 10 Gadsby Lees 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 May 
 
 24 Bertha Schmarr 
 
 24 Electa Maria Buell 
 
 31 Annie Dealtry Towles 
 
 31 Anita Louise Pardee 
 
 13 Thomas Martin 
 
 13 Hannah Martin 
 
 13 Daisy Irene Hudson 
 
 13 Otto Frederick Schmarr 
 
 13 Jacob Hermann Schwab 
 
 13 Florence Amy Kingsbury 
 
 13 Fanny Beatrice Elliott 
 
 13 Lillian Twigg 
 
 13 William Howard Hudson 
 
 13 Lester Albert Barnes 
 
 13 Ruth Emily Barnes 
 
 13 Mable Irene Powell 
 
 13 Grace Louise Powell 
 
 13 Mildred Emily Bath 
 
 13 Catherine Senior 
 
 13 Russell Smith Chaloner 
 
 13 George Emil Kraus 
 
 IS OHvia Beebe Christesen 
 
 20 Joseph Julius Brennecke 
 
 28 Herbert Ephraim Sanders 
 
 5 Eugene Parker Chase 
 
 May 8 Sidney Hungerford 
 
 May 12 Percy Mount 
 
 May 12 Eva Mount 
 
 June 30 Eric Clifford Hellb.erg 
 
 June 30 Stuart Sigfrid Hellberg 
 
 July 6 Katy Rutherford Murcer 
 
 July 21 Arthur Polke Middleton 
 
 Aug. 4 Ruth Ellen Ensworth 
 
 Aug. 25 Ruth Abetz 
 
 Aug. 25 Frank Vernon Mitchell 
 
 Aug. 25 Lillian May Ronnalter 
 
 Aug. 25 Irene Ward 
 
 Sept. 22 Bertha Orlean Broadley 
 
 Sept. 24 Lillian Annie Masden Frost 
 
 Oct. 2 George William Dunbar 
 
 Oct. 2 Levi Dwight Boughton 
 
 Oct. II Flossie Etta Bailey 
 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 July 31, 1883 
 Dec. 14, 1894 
 
 Dec. 21, 1894 
 
 Sept. 24, 189s 
 Dec. 16, 1882 
 
 May 14, 1894 
 Jan. 31, 1894 
 Feb. 14, 189s 
 Oct. I, 1894 
 Oct. 20, 1887 
 Aug. 30, 1887 
 May 2, 1894 
 Sept. 19, 1894 
 
 July 3, 1894 
 Oct. 26, 1893 
 Oct. 5, 1892 
 Nov. 7, 1893 
 May 26, 1892 
 July 7, 1893 
 Dec. 15, 1893 
 June 2, 1892 
 Oct. 20, 1894 
 May 30, 1894 
 July 10 or 13, 1894 
 Feb. 23, 189s 
 
 Apr. 19, 1895 
 
 Jan. 12, 1895 
 Oct. 24, 1892 
 Nov. 17, 1894 
 Sept. 25, 1894 
 Sept. 25, 1894 
 Apr. 27, 1895 
 Dec. 31, 1894 
 
 Apr. I, 1895 
 Oct. I, 1894 
 Oct. 25, 1893 
 Mar. 6, 1895 
 Dec. 8, 1894 
 July 8, 189s 
 Mar. II, 1893 
 Oct. I 1895 
 Oct. I 1895 
 May II, 1890 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 541 
 
 Parents. 
 
 William & Sarah J. Towers 
 William & Sarah J. Towers 
 William & Sarah J. Towers 
 Lewis F. A. & Annie J. Williams 
 
 George H. & Mary Ann Mitchell 
 
 Harry & Jennie Dyson 
 Harry & Sarah Lees 
 
 Herman & Bertha Schmarr 
 David N. & Sarah M. Buell 
 Thomas D. & Sarah B. Towles 
 William E. & Ida May Pardee 
 John & Mary Martin 
 John & Mary Martin 
 William & Emma Hudson 
 Hermann & Bertha Schmarr 
 Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Schwab 
 Walter & Fanny Kingsbury 
 Charles J. & Hannah Elliott 
 
 Chas. E. & Ellen Twigg 
 William & Emma Hudson 
 Eugene F. & Martha G. Barnes 
 Eugene F. & Martha G. Barnes 
 Lewis G. A. & Catherine L. Powell 
 Lewis G. A. & Catherine L. Powell 
 Albert & Mary Bath 
 Abraham & Frances M. Senior 
 William T. & Sarah A. Chaloner 
 William & Annie Kraus 
 R. W. E. & Lizzie M. Christesen 
 Reinhold J. & Emma M. Brennecke 
 John C. & Mary C. Sanders 
 Charles F. & Elizabeth P. Chase 
 
 Frederick B. & Mary L. Hungerf ord 
 
 Harry & Kate Mount 
 
 Harry & Kate Mount 
 
 Gustaf W. & Sophie A. Hellberg 
 
 Gustaf W. & Sophie A. Hellberg 
 
 James & Lizzie Murcer 
 
 WilHam & Mary Middleton 
 
 Frederick C. & Jane M. Ensworth 
 Joseph & Rosa Abetz 
 William A. & Rebecca J. Mitchell 
 Theobald & Annie M. Ronnalter 
 James & Sarah Ward 
 Walter & Elizabeth Broadley 
 Henry M. & Harriet Frost 
 Robert G. & Maud E. Dunbar 
 Charles D, & Helena E. Boughton 
 Henry T. & Anna J. Bailey 
 34 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Charles F. Chase 
 
 Mrs. Anna Towers, Lizzie Atwood 
 
 Mrs. Anna Towers, Lizzie Atwood 
 
 Alice E. Gibson, Ellen M. Gibson, James A. Bag- 
 shaw 
 
 John B. Hawksworth, Benjamin Thompson, 
 Martha H. Hawksworth 
 
 Thomas Dyson, Jr., Ellen W. Dyson 
 
 Benjamin Thompson, William H. Porter, Althea 
 Goodison 
 
 Mrs. Ellen M. Kinkade, Grace Pratt 
 
 The mother, Grace Pratt 
 
 George Vines, Maria L. Vines, Alice E. Gibson 
 
 H. E. Beach, Mrs. Agnes A. Beach, the mother 
 
 The parents, Minnie Whiteley 
 
 The parents, Minnie Whiteley 
 
 The parents, Sarah Harris 
 
 George Hoff (by proxy) Bertha Schmarr 
 
 Hermann Schmarr, Jacob Kendal, Julia Kendel 
 
 George Edward Elliott, the mother, Eliza Chant 
 
 George Edward Elliott, the mother, Fanny Kings- 
 bury 
 
 The parents, Mary Martin 
 
 The parents, George Smith 
 
 Mrs. R. L. Barnes, Emily A. Norton 
 
 Mrs. R. L. Barnes, Emily A. Norton 
 
 Sarah Lawton 
 
 Sarah Lawton 
 
 George Vines, Mrs. Chase, Annie Bath 
 
 Arthur Mitchell, Ruth Mitchell, the mother 
 
 Cora M. Haslam, Laura M. Chaloner 
 
 William Kraus, Emil Kraus, Lena Kraus 
 
 Isaac D. Russell, Bessie A. Miner 
 
 Joseph Remmer, Anne Scheidler 
 
 Alice Chase 
 
 Rev. Arthur Chase, James Eugene Parker, Mrs. 
 Gara D. Chase 
 
 The father, Mrs. Margaret Fitch 
 
 Guiseppe Sperlongo, Ada J. Sperlongo 
 
 Guiseppe Sperlongo, Ada J. Sperlongo 
 
 John Jacobson, Mina Jacobson 
 
 The parents 
 
 The mother, Katie Dunn 
 
 George Vines, Albert Emery Middleton, Mrs. 
 Emma Bennett 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Sarah Sleath 
 
 Theobald Ronnalter, Lena Abetz 
 
 Thomas Brewin, Agnes Brewin 
 
 Joseph Abetz, Rosa Abetz 
 
 Phillis Granville 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Bertha Gridley 
 
 John H. Hill, Sarah E. Frost 
 
 Joseph Slater, Annie Howe 
 
542 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. 
 
 H. N. Wayne. 
 
 
 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II 
 
 Kate Florence Eddy 
 
 
 Dec. 25, 1889 
 
 Oct. 
 
 14 
 
 George Thomas Mitchell 
 
 
 Sept. 13, 1895 
 
 Oct. 
 
 17 
 
 Rosie Ethel Steele 
 
 
 Mar. 13, 1894 
 
 Oct. 
 
 17 
 
 Ethel May Bailey 
 
 
 Mar. 25, 189s 
 
 Oct. 
 
 20 
 
 Lester Edward Andrus 
 
 
 May 30, 1895 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27 
 
 Annie Gertrude Smith 
 
 
 Feb. 28, 1895 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27 
 
 Evelyn Louise Elliott 
 
 
 Sept. 13, 1895 
 
 Nov. 
 
 II 
 
 Bertha Viola Bates 
 
 
 Sept. 19, 1894 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16 
 
 Rachael Fredereka Jolly 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16 
 
 Charles Frederick Calmbach 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 17 
 
 William Harold Wollman 
 
 
 June 25, 189s 
 
 Dec. 
 
 28 
 
 Samuel Goodrich 
 
 By the Rev. 
 
 Adult 
 Fr. C. N. Field. 
 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27 
 
 Julia Russell 
 
 By the Rev. 
 
 H. N. Wayne. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1896 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29 
 
 Charlotte Harriet Kenyon 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Althea Margaret Goodwin 
 
 
 Dec. 12, 189s 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Margaret Emma Flynn 
 
 
 Dec. 15, 189s 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Gertrude Maud Markie 
 
 
 Jan. 25, 1895 
 
 Apr, 
 
 4 
 
 Ida Noravella Wheeler 
 
 
 May 29, 1894 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Florence May Kibbe 
 
 
 June 5, 1889 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Albert Kibbe 
 
 
 Mar. 21, 1891 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Antoinette Rosa Henn 
 
 
 Nov. 19, 1895 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Mae Frances Hilton 
 
 
 July 16, 1894 
 
 Apr. 
 
 S 
 
 Harry Mount 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 Apr. 
 
 12 
 
 Margaret Hirst 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 May 
 
 17 
 
 Edwin Kingsbury 
 
 
 Mar. 13, 1896 
 
 May- 
 
 17 
 
 Leslie Raymond Chant 
 
 
 Mar. II, 1896 
 
 May 
 
 28 
 
 William Elijah Attwood 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 July 
 
 12 
 
 Rosalind Elizabeth Bailey 
 
 Adult 
 
 
 July 
 
 12 
 
 Annie May Steele 
 
 
 June 7, 1896 
 
 July 
 
 30 
 
 Mable Hemingway 
 
 
 Feb. 29, 1896 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3 
 
 Claire Stowe Attwood 
 
 
 Mar. 16, 1896 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16 
 
 Giovanni Agostino Bertini 
 
 
 Nov. II, 1893 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16 
 
 Rosolia Eugenia Bertini 
 
 
 Oct. I, 189s 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16 
 
 Mabella Florence Blot 
 
 
 Jan. 30, 1886 
 
 Aug. 
 
 30 
 
 Amy Louise Rice 
 
 
 Mar. 24, 1896 
 
 Sept. 
 
 6 
 
 Walter Thomas Dexter 
 
 
 May 21, 1896 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13 
 
 Lillian Louise Lawrence 
 
 
 May 13, 1893 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13 
 
 Margaret Demarest Anderson 
 
 
 Mar. 13, 1896 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26 
 
 John Ernest Senior 
 
 
 May 13, 1896 
 
 Oct. 
 
 18 
 
 Wilber Henry Bailey 
 
 
 July 13, 1896 
 
 Oct. 
 
 25 
 
 Florence Rhoda Casey 
 
 
 Aug. 6, 1896 
 
 Nov. 
 
 2 
 
 Ernest Leroy Middleton 
 
 
 Dec. 21, 189s 
 
 Nov. 
 
 IS 
 
 Ethel Mount 
 
 
 Oct. 19, 1896 
 
 Dec. 
 
 6 
 
 Amy Louise Middleton 
 
 
 Jan., 1894 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. Jaeed Starr. 
 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13 
 
 May Bell Middleton 
 
 
 Sept. 7, 1887 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13 
 
 Richard Henry Middleton 
 
 
 Aug. 21, 1891 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13 
 
 Charles William Middleton 
 
 
 Apr. 2, 1893 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 543 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Miles W. & Margaret J. Eddy 
 George & Anna Maria Mitchell 
 Ellsworth & Margaret J. Steele 
 Wilbur E. & Idella May Bailey 
 Frank J. & Annabelle Andrus 
 George & Susannah T. Smith 
 George E. & Celia E. Elliott 
 
 Nathan A. & Eliza Bates 
 Jacob G. & Regina Calmbach 
 Jacob G. & Regina Calmbach 
 William & Annie WoUman 
 Hypothetical 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 AHce E. Gibson 
 
 The parents, Sarah Ann Harris 
 Edward Halden, Jr., Agnes E. Elliott, Alice 
 Chapman 
 
 Anna M. Diehl 
 Anna M. Diehl 
 The father, Louise Seiple 
 
 Isaac D. & Elizabeth R. Russell 
 
 William & Ann Goodwin 
 Patrick F. & Mary C. Flynn 
 Herman & Elizabeth Markie 
 Abner S. & Ida I. Wheeler 
 William & Gertrude Kibbe 
 William & Gertrude Kibbe 
 George F. & Josephine V. Henn 
 John F. & Laura J. Hilton 
 William & Mary Mount 
 William & Harriet Hirst 
 Walter & Fanny Kingsbury 
 Ralph & Eliza Chant 
 William H. & Josephine Attwood 
 Henry T. & Annie Bailey 
 
 Ellsworth J. & Margaret J. Steele 
 Lewis & Sophia Hemingway 
 William E. & Alice S. Attwood 
 Onofrio F. & Cancetta Bertini 
 Onofrio F. & Cancetta Bertini 
 Arthur F. & Harriet J. Blot 
 Alfred H. & Ellen C. Rice 
 Thomas R. & Sophia L. Dexter 
 George & Sarah Ann Lawrence 
 John B. & EHzabeth Anderson 
 Abraham & Frances M. Senior 
 Wilber E. & Idella M. Bailey 
 George & Mary E. Casey 
 William H. & Mary Ellen Middle- 
 ton 
 Harry & Kate Mount 
 Charles & Amy Middleton 
 
 Alice Gibson, Jennie Hanna 
 
 The mother, Grace Goodwin 
 
 Emma Louisa Baum 
 
 Mary Stella McConkey 
 
 The mother, Hattie Tubbs 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother 
 
 Andrew F. Henn, Mary E. Henn 
 
 The parents 
 
 H. J. Browne, George Vines 
 
 Benjamin Thompson, Charlotte Jewett 
 
 Ralph Chant, the parents 
 
 The parents, Walter Kingsbury 
 
 Alice Belden Attwood 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Mary F. Hart, Josephine 
 
 O'Brien 
 Frederick Hart, Mary F. Hart 
 
 Marion E. Gross, Agnes I. Spencer, the father 
 
 Guiseppe Sperlongo, Ada J. Sperlongo 
 
 Guiseppe Sperlongo, Ada J. Sperlongo 
 
 Frederick Nelson, Charlotte H. Nelson 
 
 The parents 
 
 Joseph Walter Dexter, the parents 
 
 Alfred H. Rice, the mother, Emma Burgess 
 
 The parents 
 
 Frederick J. Hart, Rosalind E. Bailey 
 The parents, Florence L. Barnes 
 
 Guiseppe Sperlongo, Ada J. Sperlongo 
 Frederick Nelson, the mother 
 
 William H. & Mary E. Middleton The parents. Rose H. Darwent, Harry Bedham 
 William H. & Mary E. Middleton The parents. Rose H. Darwent, Harry Bedham 
 WilHam H. & Mary E. Middleton The parents. Rose H. Darwent, Harry Bedham 
 
544 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By THE Rev. H. N. Wayne. 
 
 1897. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Adult 
 
 Adult 
 
 Jan. 24 Frederic Omer Rackliffe 
 
 Jan. 25 Lillian Christina Heuisler 
 
 Feb. 14 Ethel May Blakeslee 
 
 Feb. 14 Grace Rowena Blakeslee 
 
 Feb. 21 Marian Winslow Hungerford 
 
 Mar. 25 Elsie Agnes Davis 
 
 Mar. 28 Olga Sophie Hellberg 
 
 Apr. II Howard Gwynne Mitchell 
 
 Apr. 14 Thomas Sparks Bishop, Jr. 
 
 Apr. 17 Hermann George Hoff 
 
 Apr. 17 Charles Leroy Andrus 
 
 Apr. 25 Edvirard Slater Kilby 
 
 Apr. 25 Bessie Kirkland Mills 
 
 June 6 Helen Carlton Chase 
 
 Lena AmeUa Kraus 
 Elizabeth Annie Wearne 
 Royal Emerson Loomis 
 Harold John Hemingway 
 Frederick George Hoff 
 Ada Elizabeth Ward 
 Howard Mitchell 
 Clarence Bernadotte Wollman 
 Eva May Lockery 
 Whillemina Howe 
 Mary Ellen Howe 
 Florence Alice Howe 
 Albert Henry Howe 
 Francis Clay Howe 
 Gladys Annie Williams 
 
 Dec. 7 Harold Edward Chant 
 
 1898. 
 
 Jan. 9 Annie Elizabeth Giles Thompson 
 
 Jan. 30 Elsie May Roberts 
 
 Jan. 30 Katherine Roberts 
 
 Mar. 13 Singne Hedirg Louisa Gustafson 
 
 Mar. 13 Esther Aefhild Mathilda Gustafson 
 
 Mar. 20 William Arthur Miller 
 
 Mar. 27 Alice Jessum Adult 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 July 23, 1896 
 
 June 
 
 24 
 
 July 
 
 I 
 
 July 
 
 26 
 
 July 
 
 28 
 
 Sept. 
 
 IS 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4 
 
 Nov. 
 
 25 
 
 Mar. 27 Carrie Eleanor Hooker 
 
 Mar. 27 Amy Leora Hooker 
 
 Mar. 27 Dwight LeRoy Hooker 
 
 Apr. I Emily Jemima Webster 
 
 Apr. I Francis Hull Webster 
 
 Apr. 9 Johnston Vance 
 
 Apr, 9 Agnes Vance 
 
 Apr. 9 Robert Cummings Vance 
 
 Adult 
 
 Aug. 2, 1885 
 Feb. 16, 1892 
 Dec. II, 1896 
 Sept. 21, 1896 
 Nov. 29, 1896 
 Jan. 13, 1897 
 
 Feb. 27, 1895 
 Feb. 3, 1897 
 Dec. 9, 1881 
 Mar. 28, 1897 
 
 May 20, 1897 
 
 July 4, 1896 
 Apr. 24, 1897 
 May 23, 1897 
 Apr. 19, 1897 
 July 24, 1897 
 July 18, 1896 
 Feb. I, 1897 
 Mar. 4, 1897 
 Apr. 4, 1897 
 Sept. 27, 1897 
 Feb. 26, 1888 
 Apr. 8, 1890 
 June 8, 1892 
 Jan. 8, 189s 
 Sept. 18, 1897 
 
 July 2, 1897 
 
 Nov. 26, 1897 
 
 Feb. 18, 1886 
 July 25, 1891 
 Oct. 4, 1893 
 Oct. 17, 1896 
 Feb. 7, 1898 
 
 Sept. 9, 1886 
 Jan. 13, 1890 
 June 17, 1895 
 Nov. 12, 1897 
 Dec. 21, 1890 
 Apr. 25, 1892 
 Feb. 21, 1894 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 545 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Frank E. & Mary E. Rackliffe 
 Lewis & Rowena C. Blakeslee 
 Lewis & Rowena C. Blakeslee 
 Lewis & Rowena C. Blakeslee 
 Frederick B. & Mary L. Hungerford 
 Willis P. & Inez M. Davis 
 Gustaf W. & Sophie A. Hellberg 
 George H. & Mary A. Mitchell 
 
 Thomas Sparks & Rebecca Hance 
 
 Bishop 
 George & Louise C. Hoff 
 Frank J. & Annabelle Andrus 
 William M. & Gertrude A. Kilby 
 Joe W. & Bessie K. Mills 
 
 Charles F. & Elizabeth P. Chase 
 
 William & Annie I^raus 
 Charles & Amelia B. Wearne 
 Bernadotte & Louise Loomis 
 Louis & Sophia Hemingway 
 George & Louise C. Hoff 
 James & Sarah E. Ward 
 William A. & Rebecca J. Mitchell 
 William & Annie Wollman 
 Frederick & Cora May Lockery 
 William H. & Sarah Ann Howe 
 William H. & Sarah Ann Howe 
 William H. & Sarah Ann Howe 
 William H. & Sarah Ann Howe 
 William H. & Sarah Ann Howe 
 Lewis A. & Annie J. Williams 
 
 Ralph & Eliza Chant 
 
 Benjamin & Margaret Thompson 
 
 Thomas & Lizzie Roberts 
 Thomas & Lizzie Roberts 
 John P. & Annie M. Gustafson 
 John P. & Annie M. Gustafson 
 Arthur & Martha Ann Miller 
 James Thomas & Sarah Ellen Jes- 
 
 sum 
 Dwight F. & Alice A. Hooker 
 Dwight F. & Alice A. Hooker 
 Dwight F. & Alice A. Hooker 
 Francis H. & Elizabeth D. Webster 
 Francis H. & Elizabeth D. Webster 
 Robert J. & Matilda Vance 
 Robert J. & Matilda Vance 
 Robert J.' & Matilda Vance 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Frederic Henry Rackliffe, the parents 
 Rowena C. Blakeslee 
 Emily J. Parker, Minnie L. Beaton 
 Emily J. Parker, Minnie L. Beaton 
 The parents. Miss Carry Post 
 
 John M. Forsman, Mathilda Peterson 
 
 Francis Gwynne Mitchell, William Henry Gleed, 
 
 Elizabeth Gleed 
 Isaac D, Russell, Henry T. Wayne, Mrs. Isaac D. 
 
 Russell 
 Herman Schmarr, Mary Klett 
 Lizzie Dailey 
 Emily J. Parker 
 The father, Mrs. W. T. Hartman, Miss M. Emma 
 
 Atkinson 
 The father, Mrs. Emma B. Hendrickson, Miss 
 
 Alice Chase 
 Emil Strohecker, Barbara Strohecker 
 Henry P. Gangloff, Susan Gangloff 
 
 Elizabeth Wood 
 
 Ellen Vernon 
 
 Isabella Seipel, Louise Loomis 
 
 George Vines, Lizzie Medley 
 Mary Elizabeth Parkin 
 Mary Elizabeth Parkin 
 Mary Elizabeth Parkin 
 Mary Elizabeth Parkin 
 
 George A. . Gibson, Nellie M. Gibson, Louisa E. 
 Williams 
 
 George Henry Mitchell, Annie Jewett, Elizabeth 
 
 Bertha Spoerl 
 The parents, Mrs. Elizabeth Camsell 
 The parents, Rosahnde Bailey 
 Mrs. Goodale, Minnie Beaton 
 Mrs. Goodale, Minnie Beaton 
 Albert E. Middleton, Martha L. Taylor 
 Mrs. Emma Bennett, Minnie Beaton 
 
 Mrs. Alice A. Hooker, Jennie Hooker 
 George W. Fisk, the mother 
 George W. Fisk, the mother 
 Mrs. Jenny Barnes 
 Mrs. Emily Norton 
 
 R. M. Clark, M.D., Mrs. George M. Parsons 
 R. M. Clark, M.D., Mrs. George M. Parsons 
 Hon. Amos J. Cummings, by proxy, Mrs. George 
 M. Parsons 
 
54-6 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 By the Rev. H. N. Wayne. 
 
 i8g 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 Apr. 
 May 
 
 Name, 
 i. 
 9 Norman Edward Rowley 
 9 Dorothy May Prentice 
 17 Edith Caroline Smith 
 21 James Henry Minor 
 
 May 21 John Bacon Minor 
 
 May 22 Tom Thompson Hawksworth 
 
 May 29 Fannie Wheeler Anderson 
 
 June 24 Joseph Frederick Abetz 
 
 June 26 Frederick Walker 
 
 June 26 Hattie Marie Hoffman 
 
 July 17 Harold Thomas Dyson 
 
 Nov. 24 Harold Rudolph Brumbaum 
 
 Dec. 7 Clifford Senior 
 
 Dec. 18 Harry Wilhem Larson 
 
 Dec. 24 Marion Henrietta Rackliffe 
 
 Dec. 25 Edwayn Phillip Diehl 
 
 1899- 
 
 Jan. 30 Frederick Edwin Dowsett 
 
 Mar, 30 Harold Clifford Mitchell 
 
 Apr. I Burdette Richardson Sheldon 
 
 Apr. I Ethel May Barnes 
 
 Apr. I George Dewey Barnes 
 
 Apr. I Lilian Caroline Mitchell 
 
 Apr. I Mable Bryant Rice 
 
 Apr. I Ida May Rice 
 
 Apr. I Miria Gertrude Rice 
 
 Apr. I Henry William Rice 
 
 June 21 Dwight Lean Wheeler 
 
 June 22 Eldred Liscomb Minor 
 
 June 25 Katherine Atwood Cowles 
 
 June 25 Howard Wesley Loomis 
 
 June 25 Dorothy Giles Thompson 
 
 June 25 Charles Everett Kinkade 
 
 By the Rev. 
 
 Adult 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Sept. I, 1896 
 Sept. I, 1896 
 Jan. 17, 1897 
 Mar. 16, 1887 
 
 Feb. I, 1896 
 
 Apr. 13, 1898 
 
 Nov. 22, 1897 
 June 2, 1898 
 
 Apr. 18, 1894 
 Mar. 24, 1898 
 
 Sept. II, 1896 
 Dec. 4, 1898 
 Aug. 17, 1896 
 June 27, 1898 
 
 Mar. IS, 1898 
 
 Aug. II, 1898 
 Mar. 5, 1899 
 Aug. 27, 1891 
 July 30, 1896 
 Nov. 17, 1898 
 Dec. 17, 1898 
 
 Apr. 14, 1897 
 
 Oct. 8, 1887 
 June 6, 1892 
 Dec. 19, 1889 
 June 19, 1897 
 Sept. 16, 1898 
 
 Apr. 28, 1899 
 Nov. 22, 1898 
 May 2, 1899 
 
 Mar. 3, 1899 
 
 Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Aug. 
 Sept. 
 
 27 William Frederick ConoUy 
 10 Alice Urissa Hannam 
 
 Sept. 17 Charlotte Mary Rowley 
 
 Sept. 17 Louis Charles Sleath 
 
 Sept. 17 Ruth Margaret Gustafson 
 
 Oct. 2 William Charles Wearne 
 
 Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 17, 1897 
 New Britain, May 13, 1899 
 
 Newington, Conn., Sept. 17, 1898 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 22, 1899 
 New Britain, Aug. 26, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 18, 1899 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 547 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Frank H. & Katherine Rowley 
 George E. & Edith M. Prentice 
 George & Annie Smith 
 John B. & J. L. Eldred Minor 
 
 John B. & J. L. Eldred Minor 
 
 John B. & Martha H. Hawksworth 
 
 John B. & Elizabeth H. Anderson 
 Joseph & Rose Abetz 
 Charles & Harriet Walker 
 William J. & Jennie Hoffman 
 Thomas, Jr. & Elizabeth Nelly 
 
 Dyson 
 Emil F. & Emma K. Brumbaum 
 Abraham & Frances M. Senior 
 Anders G. & Alma E. Larson 
 Frederic H. & Charlotte E. Rackliffe 
 
 Phillip & Anna M. Diehl 
 
 George W. & Elizabeth Dowsett 
 George & Anna Maria Mitchell 
 Charles L. & Alice A. Sheldon 
 Eugene & Martha Barnes 
 Eugene & Martha Barnes 
 George H. & Mary Ann Mitchell 
 
 Alfred H. & Ellen Clara Rice 
 
 George & Rose Rice 
 
 George & Rose Rice 
 
 George & Rose Rice 
 
 Dwight L. & Margaret E. Wheeler 
 
 John Bacon & J. L. Eldred Minor 
 
 Clinton W. & Eliza A. Cowles 
 Bernadotte & Louise S. Loomis 
 Benjamin & Margaret Thompson 
 
 Henry & Ellen Kinkade 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Cora Haslam 
 
 The parents 
 
 Norris Bailey, George M. Parsons, Rachael C. 
 
 Russell 
 Norris Bailey, George M. Parsons, Rachael C. 
 
 Russell 
 Alfred Mitchell, George Cartledge, Mrs. George 
 
 Cartledge 
 The parents 
 
 Mrs. Jennie Hoffman 
 
 Frederick Walker, Mrs. W. S. Sweetland 
 
 Andrew W. Clark, Mrs. Lydia A. Mitchell 
 
 Rudolph Wilkey, Antoinette A. Brumbaum 
 
 John F. Johnson, Mrs. Mathilda Johnson 
 
 Mrs. C. E. Elsbree, Mildred R. Loveland, Frank 
 
 E. Rackliffe 
 Pauline J. Calmbach 
 
 Eva A. Brainard 
 
 Mrs. Jennie S. Barnes 
 
 Mrs. George Casey 
 
 Christian H. Mitchell, by proxy, Mrs. Christian 
 H. Mitchell, by proxy, Mrs. Alfred H. Rice 
 
 The mother, George H. Mitchell, Mrs. George H. 
 Mitchell 
 
 William Hedeler, Minnie Hedeler 
 
 William Hedeler, Minnie Hedeler 
 
 William Hedeler, Minnie Hedeler 
 
 Emily J. Parker 
 
 Dr. George P. Cooley, George M. Parsons, Eliza- 
 beth C. Wayne 
 
 The parents, Mrs. J. C. Atwood 
 
 Amelia M. Seiple 
 
 John B. Hawksworth, Martha H. Hawksworth, 
 Edith Mitchell 
 
 Thomas H. Porter, Mary Jane Porter 
 
 John & Ellen Foster ConoUy 
 Francis John Babot & Alice Han- 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Miss Lizzie Lunn, by proxy 
 
 Frank H. & Katherine Clarke Row- The parents 
 
 ley 
 John Henry & Sarah Clarke Sleath The parents, Mrs. Fannie Elliott Kingsbury 
 John & Annie Mattie Seaholm The mother, Miss Minnie L. Beaton, Mrs. Mary 
 
 Gustafson Ann Williams 
 
 Charles & Aurelia B. Blewett The parents, Henry P. Gangloff, Susan Gangloff 
 
 Wearne 
 
548 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 1899. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Oct. IS Lottie Mary Brennecke 
 
 Oct. IS Ethel Ward 
 
 Oct. 15 Earl Marshall Holland 
 
 Nov. 19 Lillie Rosa Bertini 
 
 Nov. 19 Rena Frances Baldwin 
 
 Nov. 19 Mary Emma Ford 
 
 Nov. 19 Walter William Ford 
 
 Nov. 19 Clarence Howard Banner 
 
 Nov. 19 Benjamin Lawrence Banner 
 
 Nov. 22 Thomas LeRoy Prosser 
 
 Dec. 17 Dorothy Gertrude Allen 
 
 Dec. 17 Jennie Gladys Whatley 
 
 Dec. 17 Mabel Elizabeth Bollerer 
 
 Dec. 17 Charles Ronnalter 
 
 Dec. 17 Francis Kenneth Wollman 
 
 Dec. 27 Luella Irene Atwell 
 
 Dec. 27 Hicks Atwell 
 
 1900. 
 
 Jan. 27 William Nelson Murdock 
 
 Jan. 31 Edith Fanny Chant 
 
 Feb. 20 Paul Albert Kraus 
 
 Feb. 23 Leslie George Walker 
 
 Mar. 25 Margaret EUzabeth Russell 
 
 Apr. 14 Mabel Elizabeth Foster 
 
 Apr. 14 Frank Henry Andrus 
 
 May 12 Cecil Mount 
 
 May 20 Thurlow Tomlinson Schofield 
 
 May 20 Clifford Fairwell Schofield 
 
 May 20 Dorothy Alice Watson 
 
 June 3 Frederick Louis Williams 
 
 June 17 Florence Wheeler 
 
 June 17 Mabel Beryle Wheeler 
 
 June 17 Ruby Marcine Roberts 
 
 June 29 Edward Buel Hungerford 
 
 July IS Ruth Agnes Steele 
 
 Sept. 5 Dwight Fremont Hooker 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 23, 1898 
 New Britain, June 22, 1898 
 New Britain, June 22, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 14, 1899 
 New Britain, July 2, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 17, 1894 
 
 New Britain, June 13, 1897 
 
 New Britain, May 31, 1897 
 
 New Britain, May 12, 1893 
 
 Hartford, Conn., Oct. 23, 1898 
 
 Palatka, Florida, June 3, 1892 
 
 New Britain, Oct. S, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Feb. ig, 1898 
 New Britain, June 4, 1899 
 Sandgate, Vt., July 15, 1879 
 Springfield, Mass., Nov. 20, 1898 
 
 Middletown, Conn., Aug. 16, 1874 
 New Britain, Dec. 17, 1899 
 New Britain, July 29, i8g8 
 New Britain, July i, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 17, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 22, i8gi 
 
 New Britain, July i, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Apr. 24, 1900 
 June 25, 1893 
 Aug. 16, 1899 
 
 Mt. Hermon, Mass., Mar. 3, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 12, 1900 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 10, 1890 
 Middletown, Conn., Sept. 15, 1897 
 New Britain, June 2, 1899 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 19, 1900 
 
 New Britain, Nov. II, 1899 
 
 Oct. 22, 1856 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 549 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Reinhold & Emma Brennecke 
 James & Sarah Broadbent Ward 
 Estella Laura Holland 
 
 Onofrio F. & Concetta Bertini 
 
 Charles Sheriden & Ida Francis 
 Baldwin 
 
 William Friend & Ellen E. Wagstaff 
 Ford 
 
 William Friend & Ellen E. Wagstaff 
 Ford 
 
 Benjamin & Elizabeth Haines Ban- 
 ner 
 
 Benjamin & Elizabeth Haines Ban- 
 ner 
 
 David Davies & Blanche Leaf Pros- 
 ser 
 
 Clifford E. & Annie Danford Allen 
 
 Frederick Harry & Annie Krah 
 
 Bollerer 
 Theobold & Anna Fisher Ronnalter 
 William & Annie Seipel Wollman 
 Joseph E. & Ella I. Chellis Marion 
 Guy Hicks & Luella I. Marion 
 
 Atwell 
 William & Ellen Gleason Murdock 
 Ralph & Elizabeth S. Elliott Chant 
 William & Annie Kratt Kraus 
 Thomas D. & Annie E. Beckett 
 
 Walker 
 Isaac Daw & Elizabeth Rockwell 
 
 Russell 
 Frank French & Martha Phoebe 
 
 Gibbons Foster 
 Frank James & Belle Wheeler 
 
 Andrus 
 Harry & Kate Mount 
 
 Richard L. & Alice Maud Vines 
 Watson 
 
 Louis A. & Annie J. Gibson Wil- 
 liams 
 
 Abner S. & Ida E. Mitchell Wheeler 
 
 Abner S. & Ida E. Mitchell Wheeler 
 
 John Thomas & Elizabeth Helen 
 Roberts 
 
 Frederick B. & Mary L. Post Hun- 
 gerford 
 
 Ellsworth John & Margaret Jane 
 Bailey Steele 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Joseph Fleschner, Mary Fodt 
 
 The mother 
 
 Annie C. Holland, Minnie L. Beaton, Eva S. 
 
 Brainard 
 Lorenzo Pagano, Ada Jane Sperlongo 
 The mother, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert S. Fowler 
 
 The mother, William Wagstaff, Maria Wagstaff 
 
 The mother, William Wagstaff, Maria Wagstaff 
 
 The parents, Miss Beaton 
 
 The parents. Miss Beaton 
 
 Mary Durn Brown, the mother 
 
 Mr. William Barnes, Mrs. William Barnes, Mrs. 
 
 Eva S. Brainard 
 Mrs. H. J. Brown, Harry I. Bodley 
 The parents, Minnie Krah Howell, Frederick A. 
 
 Krah 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Helen Seipel 
 Ira E. Hicks, Mrs. Hicks 
 The mother, Ira E. Hicks, Margaret E. Hicks 
 
 Alice Gibson, Amanda Beach, Harry I. Bodley 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Jacob Ensle, Mrs. Jacob Ensle 
 The parents, Sarah Walker 
 
 Florence Smith, Norris Bailey, Margaret EHza- 
 
 beth R. Chamberlain, Emily J. Parker 
 The mother 
 
 The mother, Amanda Beach, Alice Gibson 
 
 The mother, H. I. Bodley 
 The mother, Mrs. T. Crauley 
 The mother, Mrs. T. Crauley 
 The parents, Mrs. Herbert Bacon 
 
 William N. Murdock, Amanda E. Beach 
 
 The mother, Frederick Wheeler, Miss E. J. Parker 
 The mother, Frederick Wheeler, Miss E. J. Parker 
 The parents, Annie J. Bailey 
 
 The parents, Mr. & Mrs. Norris Bailey 
 
 Horace Hart, Annie Rhodes, Annie J. Bailey 
 
 Carrie Eleanor Hooker, Harry I. Bodley 
 
55° 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1900. 
 Sept. IS 
 
 Sept. 16 
 Sept. 16 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 Name. Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Clarence Joseph Hemingway New Britain, July 18, 1899 
 
 Ernest Clarence Billian 
 Edith White 
 
 Sept. 16 Eleanor White 
 
 Sept. 16 Ethel Abetz 
 
 Sept. 16 Raymond Ernest Walker 
 
 Oct. 21 Richard Smyrk 
 
 Oct. 21 Jennie Smyrk 
 
 Oct. 21 Lucy Mary Ward 
 
 Nov. 11 Martha Grace Barnes 
 
 Nov. II Martha Margaret Barnes 
 
 Nov. II Alice Hortense Humphrey 
 
 Nov. II Ethel Eleanor Humphrey 
 
 Nov. II Gladys Josephine Humphrey 
 
 Nov. II Edward Humphrey Barnes 
 
 Nov. II Gladys Emily Church 
 
 Nov. 18 Eleanor Florence Conolly 
 
 Dec. 9 Flossie Emma Leonard 
 
 Dec. 19 Kenneth Wilbur Stoddard 
 
 1901. 
 
 Jan. 20 Edith Lesley Welles 
 
 Jan. 20 Andrew Clark Conway 
 
 Feb. 
 Mar. 
 
 Mar. 
 May 
 
 May 19 
 
 June 16 
 
 July 21 
 
 July 21 
 
 July 21 
 
 July 27 
 
 Sept. 
 Sept. 
 
 Jennie Isabel Rowley 
 Lovina (Ford) Laurie 
 
 Byron Charles Wheeler 
 Katheryn Putnam Wilcox 
 
 Edna Frances Bagshaw 
 
 Dorothy Stowe Bacon 
 
 Daisy Evelyn Judd 
 
 Edith Josephine Judd 
 
 Baden Powell Thompson 
 
 Elsie Ellen Harlow 
 
 Viola Florence Markie 
 Edward Howard Post 
 
 Sept. IS Alathea Margaret Martin 
 
 New Britain, May 22, 1897 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 31, 1894 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 12, 1896 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 12, 1896 
 
 New Britain, July 16, 1900 
 
 New Britain, July 26, 1900 
 Springfield, Mass, Dec. 17, 1871 
 Hampden, Maine, Sept. 20, 1879 
 Hampden, Maine, Dec. 8, 1884 
 E. Hampden, Maine, Mar. ig, i88( 
 E. Hampden, Maine, May 3, 1885 
 New Britain, Sept. 20, 1900 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 2S, 1900 
 New Britain, Apr. 26, 1900 
 New Britain, Sept. 22, 1900 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 4, 1900 
 
 Reading, Pa., Oct. 24, 1882 
 
 Thompkins Cove, N. Y., Dec. g, 1869 
 
 Newington, Conn., 1900 
 
 Albany, N. Y., Apr. 12, i860 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 17, 1900 
 New Britain, Feb. 8, 1901 
 
 New Britain, June 30, 1900 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 31, 1900 
 
 Terryville, Ct., Nov. 4, 1886 
 
 Pequabuck, Conn., Aug. 25, 1890 
 
 New Britain, June 30, 1900 
 
 New Britain, June 7, 1901 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 2, 1900 ' 
 New Britain, Dec. 26, 1900 
 
 Clinic — Died. 
 New Britain, Aug. 7, igoi 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 SSI 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Louis & Sophia Samuels Heming- 
 way 
 Ferdinand & Agnes Mary Billian 
 Charles Joseph & Mary S. Andrews 
 
 White 
 Charles Joseph & Mary S. Andrews 
 
 White 
 Joseph & Rose Fischer Abetz 
 Thomas D. & Annie E. Beckett 
 
 Walker 
 Richard & Lucy Broadbent Smyrk 
 Richard & Lucy Broadbent Smyrk 
 James & Sarah Broadbent Ward 
 Eugene F. & Mary Casey Barnes 
 Abram & Amelia Humphrey 
 Abram & Amelia Humphrey 
 Abram & Amelia Humphrey 
 Abram & Amelia Humphrey 
 George W. & Martha M. Humphrey 
 
 Barnes 
 Albert E. & Emily Barnes Church 
 John & Eleanor Foster ConoUy 
 Hurlbut J. & Rosalind Bailey 
 
 Leonard 
 Wilbur Nathan & Minnie Florence 
 
 Fuller Stoddard 
 
 William Howard & Mary Darling- 
 ton Welles 
 
 George W. & Tillie N. Springstad 
 Conway 
 
 Frank H.&Katherine Clarke Rowley 
 
 William Sidney & Elizabeth Turner 
 Ford 
 
 Abner S. & Ida Mitchell Wheeler 
 
 Paul Peck & Elizabeth Humason 
 Wilcox 
 
 James A. & Mary F. Atwood Bag- 
 shaw 
 
 Herbert D. & Maria Louisa Vines 
 Bacon 
 
 Wm. E. & Anna Louise Rider Judd 
 
 George & Minnie Woodward Judd 
 
 Benjamin & Margaret Hirst Thomp- 
 son 
 
 Clifford E. & Mary E. Quilty Har- 
 low 
 
 Herman & Elizabeth Peebles Markie 
 
 Jacob & Minnie Louise Bath Post 
 
 Frederick Henry & Lilly F. Jack- 
 son Martin 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Annie Ellis, Harry I. Bodley 
 
 George Clarence Kumm, Ada Louise Billian 
 The parents 
 
 The parents 
 
 The mother 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Sarah Walker, George H. 
 
 Beckett 
 The mother 
 The mother 
 
 The mother, Lucy Mary Smyrk 
 Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Wetherill 
 Emily M. Bassett, George W. Barnes 
 Emily M. Bassett, George W. Barnes 
 Emily M. Bassett, George W. Barnes 
 Emily M. Bassett, George W. Barnes 
 The parents, Emily M. Bassett 
 
 The parents, Emily M. Bassett 
 
 The mother, Martha Ann Miller, Arthur Miller 
 
 Annie Rhodes, Annie Bailey, Frederick Lewis 
 
 Hart 
 The parents, Eva Smith Fuller 
 
 Emily Josephine Parker, Jane Darlington 
 
 Hattie Louisa Conway, Harry Innes Bodley 
 
 The parents 
 
 Wm. M. Laurie, Georgia Susan Davis 
 
 Samuel F. Adam, the mother 
 
 Richard Wilcox, W. L. Humason, Julia Humason, 
 
 Mrs. A. L. Sanford 
 The parents, Fred Schray, Mary Banner 
 
 George Vines, Mabel Helen Vines, the mother 
 
 The father, Minnie E. Beaton, Susanna Kemp 
 
 Smith 
 Wm. E. Judd, Minnie E. Beaton, Susanna Kemp 
 
 Smith 
 Henry J. Browne, Minnie Clark 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Fannie Webb 
 
 The mother, Mrs. Ellen Coping 
 The mother, H. I. Bodley 
 
 Abigail G. Staples, the mother, Wm. H. Porter 
 
552 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Name. 
 1901. 
 Sept. IS Irene Louise Lootnis 
 Sept. IS Walter Raymond Woolman 
 Sept. 22 Lillian Gertrude Roberts 
 Sept. 28 Annie Isabel Johnston 
 
 Sept. 28 Douglass Andrews Johnston 
 
 Sept. 28 Agnes Hawthorne Johnston 
 
 Oct. 20 Edward Adolph Kraus 
 Nov. 18 Stanley Judd Kelley 
 
 Nov. 24 Hazel Amelia Cancellarini 
 
 Dec. 8 Grace Annetta Pfeifer 
 
 Dec. 25 George Theodore Simons 
 
 1902. 
 Jan. 19 George Trask Shelton 
 
 Jan. 19 Harold Lambert Shelton 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 14, 1900 
 New Britain, July 29, 1901 
 
 New Britain, April 24, 1862 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 28, 1890 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 30, 1896 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 9, 1901 
 Rocky Hill, Conn., July 17, 1901 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 16, 1900 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 3, 1900 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 21, 1901 
 
 Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 28, 189S 
 
 New Britain, July 25, igoo 
 
 Jan. 26 Alfred Charles William Middleton New Britain, Sept. 2, 1901 
 
 Jan. 31 Louise Julia Klett 
 
 Mar. 29 Gertrude Frances Mitchell 
 
 Mar. 30 Stanley Hudson Bell 
 
 Mar. 30 Charles Gibson Williams 
 
 Mar. 30 Myrtle Isabelle Boyington 
 
 Mar. 30 Isabel Virginia Anderson 
 
 Mar. 30 Frank Kenneth Chant 
 
 Mar. 30 Edward Ives Burr 
 
 Mar. 30 Harold James Bagshaw 
 
 Apr. 13 Mabel Alice Barnes 
 
 Apr. 27 Victor Bernhardt Cancellarini 
 
 May 18 Doris Ethel Wolff 
 
 May 2S Nellie Kellogg 
 
 June IS Mildred Corrinne Hellberg 
 
 June IS Celia Louise Elliott 
 
 June 29 Harold Raymond Andrus 
 
 July 6 Elsie Bennett Watson 
 
 Worcester, Mass., July 2, 1872 
 
 New Britain, June 3, 1901 
 
 New Britain, March 6, 1901 
 
 New Britain, July 20, 1901 
 New Britain, Dec. 17, 1901 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 30, 1901 
 
 New Britain, 190 1 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 24, 1900 
 New Britain, Nov. 11, 1901 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 20, 1901 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 18, 1901 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 24, igor 
 
 Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 24, 187S 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 3, 1899 
 
 Clinton, Conn., Jan. 6, 187s 
 
 New Britain, June 7, 1902 
 
 Mt. Hermon, Mass., Sept. 2, 1900 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 553 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Bernadotte & Louise Seipel Loomis William Woolman, Anna S. Woolman, the mother 
 William & Anna Seipel Woolman Louise S. Loomis, Bernadotte Loomis, the father 
 
 John H. & Julia B. Church Andrews Carrie Douglass, Mary AHce Adams, Robt. J. 
 
 Vance 
 Frank Hawthorne & Annie Isabel Rev. J. F. Sexton by proxy, Robt. J. Vance, Carrie 
 
 Andrews Johnston Douglass 
 
 Frank Hawthorne & Annie Isabel Mary Alice Adams, Carrie Douglass, Robt. J. 
 
 Andrews Johnston Vance 
 
 William & Anna Grote Kraus The parents 
 
 Joseph Francis, Jr., & Clara Louise The parents, Harriet Lunt Judd 
 
 Judd Kelly 
 Bernhardt, Jr., & Isabel Seipel Can- The parents 
 
 cellarini 
 John & Annetta Maria Britsch The mother, Lillian C. Pfeifer 
 
 Pfeifer 
 George Frederick & Beatrice Fred- May Gillette Johnston, the parents 
 
 erickson Simons 
 William L. & Edith B. Trask Shel- The parents 
 
 ton 
 William L. & Edith B. Trask Shel- The parents 
 
 ton 
 Alfred & Clara Ovendale Middle- Gertrude Dorgan for Mary E. Middleton, Harry 
 
 ton Veedahm for Wm. Henry Middleton 
 
 Frank & Julia Mayberger Diemar Annie G. Bodley, George W. Klett, Frank W. 
 
 Klett 
 George H. & Mary Ann Mitchell Percy Lee, Elizabeth Frick, Frances Gwynne 
 
 Mitchell 
 Charles Hudson & Martha Viola The parents 
 
 Gray Bell 
 Louis A. & Annie J. Gibson Williams The mother, Annie A. Turner, Charles W. Turner 
 Eugenie F. & Isabella Seiple Boying- The mother, Walter F. Boyington, Bertha F. 
 
 ton Teich 
 
 Charles Gustave & Isabelle Agnes William T. Gibson, Mary J. Littlehale 
 
 Anderson 
 Ralph & Eliza S. Elliott Chant Fannie Kingsbury, Walter • Kingsbury, the father 
 
 Clarence J. & Lillian Goodwin Burr The parents 
 James A. & Mary Frances Atwood Charles R. Atwood, Eva B. Relyea 
 
 Bagshaw 
 George W. & Martha Humphrey The parents, Geo. E. Casey, Mary Barnes Casey 
 
 Barnes 
 Bernhardt Jr. & Isabel Seipel Can- The parents, Mrs. Hornkohl 
 
 cellarini 
 Charles Oliver & Ellen M. Gibson The parents 
 
 Wolff 
 Wm. Beeler & Mary Ellen Meek Dr. Kenneth E. Kellogg, Mrs. H. I. Bodley 
 
 Daniels 
 Gustave William & Sophie Johnson The parents, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Rybeck 
 
 Hellberg 
 Albert Hudson & Amelia Louise Geo. Edward Elliott, Mrs. Callie D. Tyler 
 
 Brown Chatfield 
 Frank J. & Belle Wheeler Andrus Geo. Vines, John J. Coats, the mother 
 Richard L. & Alice Maud Vines The parents, Rosalie Mathilda Durn 
 
 Watson 
 
554 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 Name. Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 Evelyn Quintard Payne New York City, Nov. il, 1897 
 
 (Hypothetical) 
 
 Florence Seymour Stevens 
 Maud Olivia Chati^eld 
 
 James Mills Ward New Britain, May 17, 1902 
 
 Charles Henry Sewell Thompson New Britain, June 30, 1902 
 
 John Oliver Elliott 
 
 Charlton Eugene Henry Torello 
 
 Ellen Senior 
 
 Bernice Lampson Finch 
 
 1902. 
 Aug. 3 
 
 Aug. 3 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 Sept. 21 
 Sept. 27 
 
 Oct. 19 
 
 Oct. 19 
 
 Oct. 20 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Nov. 16 Raymond William Juengst 
 
 Dec. 7 Anna Wilhelmina Brennecke 
 
 Dec. 28 Gladden McWilliams Barnes 
 
 1903. 
 
 Jan. II William George Rice 
 
 Jan. 25 Ethel (nee Bennett) Kinne 
 
 Jan. 25 Howard Ransom Kinne 
 
 Jan. 25 Elliott Stephen Morse 
 
 Jan. 25 James Alfred Dyson 
 
 Jan. 25 Belle Lucretia Kimball 
 
 Jan. 25 Gertrude Anna Kimball 
 
 Jan. 25 Layet Olivia Desmond 
 
 Feb. I Eleanor Atwood Cowles 
 
 Apr. 12 Gertrude Mabel Gustafson 
 
 Apr. 12 Florence Beatrice Hannam 
 
 Apr. 25 Wilham Daniel Kellogg 
 
 May I William George Carson 
 
 May 3 Ethel Marion Post 
 
 May 31 Isabella Procter McNulty 
 
 June 14 Thomas Melville Dyson 
 
 June 24 Mary Etta Munson 
 
 June 24 Elvira Grace Munson 
 
 July 12 Raymond Mount 
 
 July 25 Plerbert James Wheeler 
 
 July 26 Florence Elizabeth Miller 
 
 Norfolk, Conn., Feb. 17, 1901 
 New Britain, Dec. 21, 1886 
 
 Plainville, Conn., March 2, 1902 
 
 New Britain, June 27, 1902 
 
 New Britain, Oct., 1902 — Chnic 
 New Britain, May 9, 1902 
 
 New Britain, Oct. I, 1902 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 10, 1902 
 Barkhamsted, Conn., Apr. 8, 1902 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 28, 1900 
 New Britain, Jan. 14, 1874 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 2, 1900 
 
 Waterbury, Ct,, Sept. 12, 1847 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 19, 1875 
 New Britain, Aug. 12, 1872 
 New Britain, April S, 1876 
 Meriden, Conn., Oct. 25, 1891 
 
 Plainville, Conn., Sept. 3, 1902 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 28, 1902 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 22, 1903 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 7, 1902 — Clinic 
 New Britain, Mar. 11, 1903 — Clinic & 
 
 died 
 New Britain, Sept. 19, 1902 
 New Britain, Dec, 17, 1902 
 New Britain, Feb. I, 1903 
 
 Terryville, Conn., Sept. 12, 1839 — Clinic 
 Northfield, Conn., Apr. 10, 1870 
 New Britain, Mar. 29, 1903 
 New Britain, May 22, 1903 
 New Britain, May 22, 1903 
 
 By the Rev. Jared Starr. 
 Aug. 16 Cora Martha Bertini New Britain, June 16, 1903 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 555 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Edward Quintard & Harriet Hooker Adele Q. Palmer, by proxy, the mother, Mary Q. 
 
 Hoyt Payne Hoyt, by proxy, Virginia H. Meyer, Blake- 
 
 man Q. Meyer, by proxy, H. I. Bodley 
 Harry Edwards & Charlotte Sey- The parents, Mary C. Seymour 
 
 mour Stevens 
 Edward H. & Annetta McCartney Eliza Hartman, John J. Coats, the mother 
 
 Chatfield 
 James & Sarah Broadbent Ward Mrs. H. J. Browne, the mother 
 Benjamin & Margaret Hirst Thomp- Luke Sewell, by proxy, the mother, Charles 
 
 son Wearne, Amelia Wearne 
 
 Charles James & Anna Topham Clara Martin, John Topham, Ralph Chant 
 
 Elliott 
 Charles Antonio & Julia E. Gru- Ovina Ruth Grunenthal, Emil Brumbaum, the 
 
 nenthal Torello mother 
 
 Abraham & Frances M. Senior The mother, Mrs. Samuel TuUey, H. I. Bodley 
 
 Charles Alfred & Amy Fredretta Alfred Seward Finch, Ellen Coe Tolles Finch 
 
 Lampson Finch 
 Jacob William & Mary Baum Miss Emma Baum, the father 
 
 Juengst 
 Reinhold & Emma Brennecke Mr. & Mrs. Kraus, the parents 
 
 Ernest E. & Eva May McWilliams The father, Thomas Mc Williams, May Footit 
 
 Barnes 
 Alfred Henry & Ellen Clara Rice The parents 
 Joseph W. & Delia Reynolds Ben- Forrest Conklin, Mrs. Eliza Hartman, Wm. Aaron 
 
 nett Kinne 
 
 William Aaron & Ethel Bennett The parents, Forrest Conklin 
 
 Kinne 
 Stephen & Caroline Antoinette Norris Bailey, Charles F. Chase, Martha T. Morse 
 
 Tuttle Morse 
 John B. & Emily E. Andrews Dyson George Vines, Mabel H. Vines Dyson 
 Luke W. & Elizabeth Stone Kimball Norris Bailey, Celia Antoinette Shepard 
 Luke W. & Elizabeth Stone Kimball Norris Bailey, Celia Antoinette Shepard 
 James & Elizabeth Desmond Annie Lovetta Larson, John P. Larson, H. I. 
 
 Bodley 
 Clinton W. & Elizabeth Atwood The parents, Jennie Dimond Atwood 
 
 Cowles 
 John P. & Annie M. Seaholm Gus- The parents 
 
 tafson 
 Francis J. B. & Alice Hannam The parents proxy for Mr. and Mrs. Frank 
 
 Frampton, Southampton, England 
 Kenneth E. & Nellie Daniel Kellogg The parents, Mary Anna Bodley 
 William Carson The parents 
 
 Jacob & Minnie L. Bath Post Mary C. Bath, Edward W. Post 
 
 George & Lilly Roberts McNulty The parents, William McNulty, Isabella McNulty 
 
 Thomas Jr. & Elizabeth Helen The parents, Lydia A. Mitchell 
 
 Dyson 
 
 Shelton & Eliza Ford Bronson Smith Clara Minnie Potter, Elmira Lulu Munson 
 
 Hosea & Mary Etta Smith Munson Clara Minnie Potter, Elmira Lulu Munson 
 
 Harry & Kate Mount The parents, George Vines, Mrs. Thomas Bennett 
 
 Dwight L. & Margaret Fay Wheeler The mother, the rector, Mary Anna Bodley 
 
 Arthur & Martha Ann Grinley Mil- Carrie Middleton, Emily Tailor, John L Mid- 
 ler dleton 
 
 Onofrio F. & Concetti Bertini Augustino Bertini, Anna C. Bertini, Concetti & 
 
 Onofrio Bertini 
 
556 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Name. 
 1903. 
 
 Sept. 27 John Frederick Allen 
 
 Oct. 25 Clemens Graham Darnstaedt 
 
 Nov. 26 Elbridge Willis (clinic) died 
 
 Dec. II Louis Schutz (clinic) died 
 
 Dec. 25 Lilian Ruth Simons 
 
 1904. 
 
 Mar. 6 Martha Amelia Ransom 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 14, 1902 
 New Britain, May 25, 1903 
 Fayetteville, N. C, Aug. 3, 1886 
 New Britain, July 25, 1903 
 Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 4, 1889 
 
 Mar. 6 Sarah Inez Messenger 
 
 Mar. 6 Hattie Frances Messenger 
 
 Apr. 3 Florence Martha Featherstone 
 
 Apr. 3 Everett George Church 
 
 Apr. 3 Eugene William Barnes 
 
 Apr. 3 Dorothy Mitchell Loomis 
 
 Apr. 3 Catharine Lillian Martin 
 
 Apr. 17 John Arthur Turner 
 
 Apr. 24 Janet Inglis Newton 
 
 May I Gertrude Smyrk 
 
 June 19 Mabel Hannah Elliott 
 
 June 19 Lenore Elliott 
 
 June 19 Wilfred Arthur Chant 
 
 July 31 Wesley Elliott Porter 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 22, 1880 
 Unionville, Conn., Nov. 9, 1874 
 Clinton, Mass., Aug. 9, 1900 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 4, 1903 
 New Britain, June 21, 1903 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 17, 1902 
 New Britain, April 8, 1903 
 New Britain, June 22, 1901 
 New Britain, Dec. S. 1903 
 New Britain, Apr. 12, 1903 
 New Britain, Nov. 9, 1903 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 4, 1903 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 9, 1903 
 
 New Britain, June 26, 1904 
 
 By the Rev. H. N. Wayne. 
 Aug. I James Wayne Cooper New Britain, May 22, 1904 
 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Sept. 18 Mildred Louise Hornkohl 
 Oct. 2 Sadie EHzabeth Upton 
 
 Oct. 2 Mabel Gertrude Upton 
 
 Oct. 16 Doris Elizabeth WilHams 
 
 Nov. 24 George Frederick Hambach 
 
 1905. 
 Jan. IS Eleanor Madeline Larson 
 
 Mar. 19 Clarence Ralph Northrop 
 
 Mar. 19 Lawrence Damon Bigelow 
 
 Mar. 26 Virginia Caswell Hurlbut 
 
 Apr. 2 Hilda Lee Towers 
 
 Apr. 2 Nettie Edna Calburnia Towers 
 
 New Britain, May 7, 1904 
 Chicago, 111., Feb. 14, 1890 
 
 Chicago, 111., Feb. 7, 1892 
 
 New Britain, Aug. 5, 1904 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 31, 1904 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 14, 1904 
 
 New Britain, April 11, 1891 
 
 Brandon, Vt., Oct. 22, 1884 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 14, 1904 
 
 Springfield, Mass., Feb. 5, 1897 
 
 Apr. 30, 1890 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 557 
 
 Parents. 
 John & Marion Watson Allen 
 
 Frederick William & Mattie Louise 
 
 Graham Darnstaedt 
 Simon & Hattie Murdock Willis 
 Louisa A. Schutz 
 George Frederick & Beatrice Fred- 
 
 erickson Simons 
 Victoria D. & Annie Faustmawn 
 
 Ransom 
 Coral & Maria Clark Messenger 
 Coral & Maria Clark Messenger 
 William Henry & Martha Carrie 
 
 Kramer Featherstone 
 Albert E. & Emily Barnes Church 
 Eugene Francis & Martha Grace 
 
 Wetherill Barnes 
 Bernadotte & Louise Seipel Loomis 
 Andrew & Clara Topham Martin 
 James & Mary Dunbar Turner 
 R. Page & Effie Inglis Newton 
 Richard & Lucy Broadbent Smyrk 
 Charles James & Anna Topham 
 
 Elliott 
 George Edward & Celia Louise 
 
 Elliott 
 Ralph & Eliza S. Elliott Chant 
 
 William Henry & Emma Elliott 
 Porter 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Jennie Mira Allen Risley, Susan Dunn, Katie 
 Dunn 
 
 Charlotte Horton Hill, Clemens Richard Darn- 
 staedt, the mother 
 
 The mother, H. L Bodley 
 
 H. I. Bodley, attendant 
 
 The parents, Victoria Matilda Mason 
 
 C. Antoinette Shepard, Mary Anna Bodley 
 
 C. Antoinette Shepard, Mary Anna Bodley 
 C. Antoinette Shepard, Mary Anna Bodley 
 
 The parents 
 
 George E. Casey, Mary E. Casey 
 
 The parents, Emily M. Seipel 
 
 Mary Topham, John Topham, Mrs. Henessy 
 
 Margaret Turner, Arthur Turner 
 
 The mother, Mary Anna Bodley, Chas. F. Chase 
 
 The mother, Mary Ward, H. L Bodley 
 
 Ralph Chant, Mrs. Ralph Chant, Mrs. C. J. Elliott 
 
 George E. Elliott, Mrs. George E. Elliott, Mrs. 
 
 Louis Hitchcock 
 Ralph Chant, Mrs. Ralph Chant, Herbert J. 
 
 Kingsbury 
 Mrs. Thomas H. Porter, Geo. A. Porter, the 
 
 father 
 
 James Earnest & Elizabeth Wayne 
 Cooper 
 
 August & Helen Seipel Hornkohl 
 
 William & Elizabeth Jane Godfrey 
 Upton 
 
 William & Elizabeth Jane Godfrey 
 Upton 
 
 Luther B. Jr. & Isabella G. Hub- 
 bard Williams 
 
 Emil & Josephine Watrous Ham- 
 bach 
 
 John Peter & Annie Loretta Kerr 
 Larson 
 
 Arthur J. & Clara Williams North- 
 rop 
 
 Edward Luke & Katharine Ketchum 
 Bigelow 
 
 George Elmer & Grace Caswell 
 Hurlbut 
 
 James & Margaret Doll Towers 
 
 James & Margaret Doll Towers 
 35 
 
 James Earnest Cooper, Glenn Hylton Wayne, 
 Edith Wayne Goss 
 
 The parents, Louise Seipel Loomis 
 The mother, Herbert Lain, H. I. Bodley 
 
 The mother, Herbert Lain, H. I. Bodley 
 
 The parents, Mrs. Martha E. Hubbard, Clarence 
 
 W. Hubbard 
 The mother, Miss Elsie Hambach, Mr. & Mrs. 
 
 Fredk. Ehrle 
 Albert Ensle, Pauline Ensle, the mother 
 
 Mrs. Eliza Hartman, Dr. F. A. B. Forrest, Mr. 
 
 Mr. C. E. Youngblad 
 Miss Eliza Hartman, Dr. F. A. B. Forrest, Mr. 
 
 C. E. Youngblad 
 Mrs. Grace M. Hadley, Mrs. Marshall I. Smith, 
 
 Mr. Marshall L Smith 
 Miss H. J. Towers, Dr. F. A. B. Forrest, Mrs. H. 
 
 J. Browne 
 Miss H. J. Towers, Dr. F. A. B. Forrest, Mrs. H. 
 
 J. Browne 
 
558 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Name. 
 I90S- 
 Apr. 2 Jennie May Sweet 
 
 Apr. 2 Burdette Clifton Sweet 
 Apr. 2 Duncan Scaife 
 Apr. 2 Doris Louise Hardy 
 
 Apr. 22 Theodore Smith Hart 
 
 Apr. 22 Maxine Hart 
 
 Apr. 22 Sarah Alice Rowley 
 
 Apr. 23 Annie Louisa Broadley 
 
 Apr. 23 Charles Winship Rackliffe 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Sept. 7, 1902 
 New Britain, Aug. 12, 1904 
 New Britain, May 5, 1904 
 New Britain, Feb. 17, 1905 
 New Britain, Oct. 7, 1902 
 New Britain, June 6, 1904 
 Newington, Conn., Dec. i, 1903 
 New Britain, Sept. 20, 1897 
 New Britain, Jan. 23, 1905 
 
 Apr. 23 Lillian Ethel Williams 
 
 Apr. 30 Frederick DeWitt Peck 
 
 Apr. 30 Lois Williams Peck 
 
 Apr. 30 Edwin Barnes Peck 
 
 May 14 Clinton Alfred Bigelow 
 
 May 28 Chester Arthur Humphrey 
 
 June 28 Harold Emil Tucker 
 
 June 29 Beatrice Pearl Knapp 
 
 June 30 Gordon Disbrow Porter 
 
 July 9 Eunice Miriam Ward 
 
 July 12 Ethel Irene Wheeler 
 
 July 12 Robert Edward Wheeler 
 
 July 15 Harry Edward Stearns 
 
 July IS Harold Edwin Stearns 
 
 July 21 Henry Abram Church 
 
 July 23 Everett Townsend Fieber 
 
 July 23 Gladys Mary Ronnalter 
 
 July 30 Mary Louise Post 
 
 July 30 Lillian Amelia Barnes 
 
 Sept. 10 Althea Selina Blinn 
 
 New Britain, Dec. 10, 1904 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., May 7, 1901 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., June 12, 1902 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., June 24, 1903 
 
 Cranston, R. L, Aug. S, 1896 
 
 Hampden, Maine, Dec. 18, 1882 
 New Britain, Feb. 15, 1905 
 
 New Britain, April 5, 190S — Clinic 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 2, 1905 — Clinic 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 5, 1905 
 New Britain, May 24, 1902 
 
 New Britain, Mar. 10, 1905 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 17, 1905 — Clinic, 
 
 twins 
 New Britain, Oct. 17, 1905 — CUnic, 
 
 twins 
 New Britain, Dec. 6, 1904 — Clinic 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 11, 1904 
 
 New Britain, April 27, 1905 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 16, 1905 
 New Britain, Mar. 5, 1905 
 
 New Britain, Nov. 29, 1902 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 559 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 Parents. Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 Jesse Harrison & Lillie Belle Hill Mr. Charles Hill, Mrs. Charles Hill 
 
 Sweet 
 Jesse Harrison & Lillie Belle Hill Mr. Charles Hill, Mrs. Charles Hill 
 
 Sweet 
 Thomas Jonas & Elizabeth Fisher Mrs. Ellen Blinn, the parents 
 
 Scaife 
 Robert & Florence Seipel Hardy Mr. Henry Seipel, Mrs. Henry Seiple, Mrs. Isa- 
 bella S. Boyington 
 Maxwell Stansberry & Louise Smith Florence Bradlee Smith Hart, Theodore Elliott 
 
 Hart Smith, the father 
 
 Maxwell Stansberry & Louise Smith Florence Bradlee Smith Hart, Theodore Elliott 
 
 Hart Smith, the mother 
 
 Frank Hills & Katharine Clarke The parents 
 
 Rowley 
 Walter & Elizabeth Miller Broad- Mrs. Gridley, the parents 
 
 ley 
 Thomas Winship & Alice Gibson Charles O. Wolff, Ellen Gibson Wolff, Thomas 
 
 Rackliffe H. Gibson 
 
 Louise A. & Annie Gibson Williams Thomas H. Gibson, Mary F. Bagshaw 
 DeWitt Keeler & Florence Lovinia Mrs. Lois Peck Williams, the parents 
 
 Barnes Peck 
 DeWitt Keeler & Florence Lovinia Mrs. Lois Peck Williams, the parents 
 
 Barnes Peck 
 DeWitt Keeler & Florence Lovinia Mrs. Lois Peck Williams, the parents 
 
 Barnes Peck 
 Charles Harrison & Myra Alice Eleanor S. Bodley, Bertha Harrison Bigelow, Dr. 
 
 Quimby Bigelow F. A. B. Forrest 
 
 Abram & Amelia Humphrey William H. Barnes, Emma J. S. Barnes 
 
 Burton Charles & Clarabelle Wol- None, clinic 
 
 sky Tucker 
 George Henry & Elizabeth Fisher The mother. Rose Fisher Abetz 
 
 Knapp 
 Alphonso B. & Harriet Disbrow The mother, W. E. Attwood, Nellie Lewis 
 
 Porter 
 James & Sarah E. Broadbent Ward The mother, Mrs. Lucy Smyrk 
 Frederick Jewel & Hattie Dora The mother, Anna Eliza Ramsford 
 
 Rainsford Wheeler 
 Frederick Jewel & Hattie Dora The mother, Anna Ehza Ramsford 
 
 Rainsford Wheeler 
 Harvey E. & Ella Agnes Clark The mother, Sarah E. Norton 
 
 Stearns _ , „ ,- 
 
 Harvey E. & Ella Agnes Clark The mother, Sarah E. Norton 
 
 Stearns .,.._, 
 
 Henry & Alice Hortense Humphrey The mother, Ruth Lavmia Church 
 
 Church „ . ,, _. , ^-. T ••«■ 
 
 Minor M. & Mabel Anne Smith The parents, Daisy May Fieber, Henry J. M. 
 
 Fieber Smith ^^ , . 
 
 Theobald & Anna Mary Fisher Ron- The parents, Katharme Abetz 
 
 Jacob & Minnie Louise Bath Post Rosa H. Bath, William Reidel 
 
 George Webster & Martha A. Hum- The parents, Albert E. Church, Emily Barnes 
 
 phrey Barnes Church 
 
 George Washington & Clara Goodi- The parents, Elsie Goodison 
 
 son BHnn 
 
S6o 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Name. 
 1905- 
 Sept. 10 Clara May Blinn 
 
 Sept. 17 Gladys Mary Slaney 
 
 Sept. 17 Anna Doretha Hornkohl 
 Nov. 5 Charles Edward Kraus 
 Nov. 19 Gladys Eleanor Middleton 
 
 Nov. 26 Jessica Eleanor Jackson 
 
 Nov. 26 Nellie Jackson 
 
 Nov. 26 Harriet Jackson 
 
 Nov. 26 Bertha Elizabeth Larson 
 
 Nov. 26 Mildred Ellen Watson 
 
 Dec. 31 Ethel May Binning 
 Dec. 25 Clifford Clarence Simons 
 
 1906. 
 Jan. 20 George Edward Dodson 
 
 Jan. 28 Richard Whiten Haslam 
 Feb. II John Douglass Rankin 
 
 BAPTISMS 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Place and Date of Birth. 
 
 New Britain, Oct. 2, 1904 
 
 New Britain, June 13, 190S 
 
 New Britain, June 20, 1905 
 New Britain, July 10, 1904 
 New Britain, Aug. 11, 1905 
 
 Feb. 14, 1890 
 April 15, 1892 
 Dec. 23, 1894 
 New Britain, Aug. 2, 1905 
 
 Hartford, July 17, 1905 
 
 New Britain, June 19, 1905 
 New Britain, April 4, 1905 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 22, 1905 
 
 New Britain, Oct 3, 1905 
 New Britain, Aug. 3, 1905 
 
 By the Rev. Wm. H. Morrison. 
 
 Apr. s Earl G. Elliott 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 4, 1906 
 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Apr. is Robert Joseph Turner 
 
 Apr. 29 Ethel Naomi Church 
 
 May 13 Irene Roberts McNulty 
 
 May 20 Mary Peck Wilcox 
 
 June 3 Merrill Harrison Sweet 
 
 June 3 William Arthur Hedeler 
 
 June 3 James Howard Bagshaw 
 
 June 6 Melvin Chester Seymour 
 
 Sept. 16 Howard Arthur Banner 
 
 Oct. 21 Winifred Frances Kensell 
 
 Dec. 30 Viola Clara Giles Hawksworth 
 
 New Britain, Feb. 10, 1906 
 New Britain, Dec. 22, 1905 
 New Britain, July 18, 1904 
 New Britain, Feb. 8, 1906 
 New Britain, Nov. 22, 1905 
 New Britain, Aug. 1904 
 
 New Britain, Jan. 3, 1906 
 Simsbury, Conn., Aug. 13, 1905 
 New Britain, July 11, 1906 
 Hartford, June 15, 1906 
 New Britain, Oct. 20, 1906 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 BAPTISMS 
 
 S6i 
 
 Parents. 
 
 Sponsors or Witnesses. 
 
 George Washington & Clara Goodi- The parents, Elsie Goodison 
 
 son Blinn 
 Lewis John & Alice Spence Slaney 
 
 August & Helen Seipel Hornkohl 
 William & Anna Grote Kraus 
 John Irving Middleton 
 
 Joseph Jackson 
 
 Joseph Jackson 
 
 Joseph Jackson 
 
 John Aaron & Bertha Schmarr Lar- 
 son 
 
 Henry S. & Sarah Ann Kinkade 
 Watson 
 
 Charles & Caroline Binning 
 
 George Frederick & Beatrice Fred- 
 erickson Simons 
 
 Bertha Winston, Ellen Agnes Anderson, Thomas 
 Spence 
 
 The parents, Amelia Maggie Seipel 
 
 Dora & Christian Fritz, the mother 
 
 The mother, Louise Didsbury Kensel, Wm. Ernest 
 Middleton 
 
 Henry J. & Mary D. Browne, Mary Jane Porter 
 
 Henry J. & Mary D. Browne, Mary Jane Porter 
 
 Henry J. & Mary D. Browne, Mary Jane Porter 
 
 Selina Josephine Larson & Herman Otto 
 Schmarr 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. James A. Kinkade, Ellen May Kin- 
 kade 
 
 The parents 
 
 The parents, Louis Alfred Brown & Victoria 
 Matilda Mason 
 
 WiUiam Edward & Theresa Falk The father, Emma Matilda Anderson, Magnus 
 
 Dodson Anderson 
 
 Wilbur T. & Cora Haslam Haslam Elizabeth Crabtree, Geo. A. Porter, Agnes Brewin 
 John & Guylena Bolles Rankin Alice Sarah Vibberts, Charles Vibberts & Sarah 
 
 Josephine Bolles 
 
 Charles James & Anna Topham 
 Elliott 
 
 James & Mary J. Dunbar Turner 
 
 Henry & Alice H. Humphrey 
 
 Church 
 George & Lily Roberts McNulty 
 
 Paul Peck & Elizabeth Katharine 
 
 Humason Wilcox 
 Jesse Harrison & Lillie Belle Hill 
 
 Sweet 
 William & Carrie M. Barrows Hed- 
 
 eler 
 James A. & Mary Frances Atwood 
 
 Bagshaw 
 Thomas Henry & Sarah Ann Barnes 
 
 Sejnnour 
 John Henry & Agnes Veronica 
 
 McNamara Banner 
 WiUiam Henry & Louise Didsbury 
 
 Kensell 
 John Beatty & Martha H. Thomp- 
 son Hawksworth 
 
 The father, Herbert A. Lain, Caroline M. Ben- 
 stead Lain 
 
 The mother, Chester Arthur Humphrey & Ethel 
 Lena Humphrey 
 
 The parents, William McNulty, Isabella Sullivan 
 McNulty 
 
 Elizabeth Wilcox, Elizabeth Peck Wilcox, Eunitia 
 Eno Humason & Paul Peck Wilcox 
 
 George & Mary M. Merrill 
 
 Arthur C. Barrows, William F. & Minnie Hedeler 
 William Bagshaw & Mrs. Lewis Williams 
 
 Elizabeth Barnes Parkin, Bessie Meyers, William 
 H. Murley 
 
 Sophia Banner, Arthur Stanley, John Henry 
 Banner 
 
 The mother, John I. Middleton, Mrs. J. I. Middle- 
 ton 
 
 The mother, Benjamin Thompson 
 
562 THE CHURCH 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Right Reverend Thomas Church Brownell, D.D. 
 First in the East Main Street Chapel. 
 
 Rev. Thomas J. Davis, Rector. 
 
 There is no date in the original record, but a letter written 
 by Miss Emeline Russell shows that this class was confirmed 
 December 7, 1837, the day of the consecration of the chapel. 
 
 This is the only record of Confirmations found prior 
 to 1848. The Journal of Convention reports eight persons 
 confirmed April 4, 1841, seventeen persons confirmed June 8, 
 1845. The Rev. John M. Guion was the Rector on both of 
 these dates. 
 
 Dec. 7, 1837. 
 
 Jerusha Dickinson. E. E. Russell. (Eliza Emeline.) 
 
 Jerusha Deming. Catherine Russell. 
 
 Miss Crumby. Emanuel Russell. 
 
 Mrs. Philip Hart. William Churchill. 
 
 By the Right Reverend Thomas Church Brownell, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Alexander Capron, Rector. 
 
 (This 1848 class was prepared by Rev. Abner Jackson.) 
 Dec. 23, 1848. 
 
 Henry E. Russell. Mrs. Catharine Vensil. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth, Wife of H. E. Betsey Julianna Todd. 
 
 R. Mary Ann Smith. 
 
 Joseph Staples. George Bullock. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Ashburn Staples. Mrs. Rebekah Bullock. 
 
 July 15, 1849. 
 
 Samuel Alexander. Louisa Dickinson. 
 
 Elias Barnes. Mrs. Anne Hamilton. 
 
 Mrs. Caroline Barnes. Charles P. Todd. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1850. 
 
 Miss Maria Peard. Miss Caroline Pettibone. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Strickland. Edward L. Goodwin. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 563 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Rt. Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D.D. 
 
 May 4, 1851. 
 
 Mr. George Kilbourn. 
 Mrs. Kilbourn. 
 
 Mr. William B. Smyth. 
 Mr. Orrin Brown. 
 Mrs. Charlotte Brown. 
 Mrs. Miranda Patterson. 
 Mr. Oscar M. Butler. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Anne Butler. 
 Mrs. Henrietta H. Francis. 
 Mr. Henry G. Seymour. 
 Miss Mary E. Hill. 
 Miss Mary Jane Goodwin. 
 Mrs. Harriet Fenton. 
 Mrs. Christopher Senior. 
 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, first year of his 
 Consecration. 
 
 May 
 Timothy Langdon. 
 Mrs. Timothy Langdon. 
 William H. Grimes. 
 Mrs. (C. J.) Grimes. 
 Norris Bailey. 
 Mrs. Roxa Deming Bailey. 
 William L. Humason. 
 Mrs. Eunitia Humason. 
 
 30, 1852. 
 
 Darwin Francis. 
 Jacob (L.) Strickland. 
 Richard Birchall. 
 Edwin Goodwin. 
 Henry Randall. 
 Caroline Dowdd. 
 Augusta Griswold. 
 Octavia Dickinson. 
 
 Easter Sunday Evening, Apr. 16, 1854. 
 Mrs. Mar>' Wells, widow of Miss Julia J. Eno. 
 
 late Ashbel Wells. Miss Eva L. Eno. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Maria Tolles, wife Miss Jane Wilson. 
 
 of Henry Tolles. William H. Webster. 
 
 Rev. Francis T. Russell, Rector. 
 Evening, June 7, 1855. 
 Mrs. Ada L. Wood. 
 
 Orlena Mitchelson. 
 Lewis A. Babcock. 
 Jeannette Lee. 
 Elizabeth Smyth. 
 
 Oliver B. North. 
 Dicken Horsfall. 
 
 Louisa F. Smith, a Normal 
 
 Scholar. 
 Ambrose Todd. 
 Mary Hobart Guion. 
 George W. Waters. 
 
 July 18, 1856. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Ann Leland. 
 Mrs. Sylvia R. Smith. 
 
564 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 Timothy Root. 
 J. Marshall Guion. 
 Alfred (S.) Finch. 
 Austin S. Humphrey 
 Edmund H. Russell. 
 Charles Smith. 
 Mrs. Harriet Dyson. 
 Mrs. Sarah Conklin. 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Francis T. Russell, Rector. 
 
 July 18, 1856. 
 
 Mary Tolles. 
 
 M. Josephine Wood. 
 
 Ellen Dyson. 
 
 Ruth Johnson. 
 
 Rhoda Lovina Webster. 
 
 Sarah Horsfall. 
 
 Amelia Bowden Guion. 
 
 Robert Henn. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Smith. 
 
 Mrs. Emma G. Warner. 
 
 Norman Warner. 
 
 Cordelia B. Beers. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Hanaford. 
 
 Jan. 
 Henry R. Gridley, in private. 
 
 May 15, 1857. 
 
 Alice Sheard. 
 
 Sophia Beach. 
 
 Henry Beach. 
 
 Catherine H. Lovell. 
 
 Mrs. Delia Morgan, in private. 
 
 Christopher Wells. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Wells. 
 
 Charles Harris. 
 
 Martin V. B. Glover, Normal 
 
 Scholar not residing in the 
 
 Parish. 
 Augustus Warner, Normal 
 
 Scholar not residing in the 
 
 Parish. 
 Chester Penfield. 
 
 15, 1858. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet F. Gridley, in 
 private. 
 
 May 16, 1858. 
 
 Hetty H. Guion. 
 
 Elizabeth Guion. 
 
 Mrs. Susan J. Wrisley. 
 
 Alice E. Orvis. 
 
 Celia Randall. Normal Schol- 
 ar not residing in the Parish. 
 
 Lydia A. Staats. Normal 
 Scholar not residing in 
 the Parish. 
 
 Dr. S. W. Hart. 
 Emery E. Taylor. 
 Mrs. Mary N. Taylor. 
 Isabella Rowbotham. 
 Esther M. Judd. 
 Mrs. Julia A. Warner. 
 
 May 16, 1859. 
 
 Susan M. Moore. 
 William N. Lockwood. 
 Esther L. Hitchcock. 
 Nathan R. Cook. 
 Mrs. Barbara Henn. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 565 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Ralph Dickinson. 
 Robert Henn. 
 Christopher Repstock. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Martin. 
 Emily Webster. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 George R. Post. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Post. 
 Mrs. Martha L. O. Smith. 
 Mrs. Jenny Stillman. 
 Mrs. Althea O. Dickinson. 
 Mrs. Cornelia Ann Vibberts. 
 Ellen H. Johnson. 
 Francis E. Felix. 
 
 10, i860. 
 
 Margaret Smyth. 
 Mrs. (Sarah) Penfield. 
 Emma (G.) Gibbons. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Habermahl. 
 
 8, 1861. 
 Carlos DeW. Felix. 
 Emma Felix. 
 Augusta Birge. 
 Georgianna Bradley. 
 Annis Maria Smith. 
 Margaret L. Post. 
 
 Grace Russell. 
 Mrs. Harriet W. 
 
 Mack. 
 
 Thomas F. Hart. 
 Mrs. Jane Lockwood. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Leisler. 
 Mary Webster. 
 Mrs. Jane Harris. 
 
 May 3, 1863. 
 
 Peter Gangloff. 
 Lewis Leisler. 
 
 May 30, 1863. 
 
 Emily N. Orvis. 
 Ellen Tolles. 
 
 By the Right Reverend Horatio Southgate, 
 
 Missionary Bp. of Constantinople. 
 
 Rev. L B. Baldwin, Rector. 
 
 Apr. 23, 1865. 
 Ellen Douglas. 
 
 By the Right Reverend John Williams, D.D. 
 May 2, 1865. 
 
 Lucy Ella Luther. 
 
 Alfred H. Stanley. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah J. Lozier Stanley. 
 
 Emma Hart Dickinson. 
 
 Martha Louisa Staples. 
 
 Arthur McConkey. 
 Mrs. Eliza Gangloff, 
 Mary McConkey. 
 WilUam McConkey. 
 Annie G. Kennedy. 
 
566 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D. 
 
 Rev. L. B. Baldwin, Rector. 
 
 May 2, 1865. 
 
 Julia Matilda Vergason. 
 Mary Allen. 
 Catherine Hallily. 
 Laura Clementina Merrill. 
 Watson Griswold Palmer. 
 Mrs. Mary Gilbert Palmer. 
 
 June 
 Mary Ann Gill. 
 Elizabeth Jane McKeon. 
 Sarah Ellen Webster. 
 Katie Hannah Gaff. 
 Theressa Lee. 
 Alice Lee. 
 Ella Lee. 
 
 May 
 Gilbert Jepson. 
 Mary Johnson. 
 Mrs. Mary Cadwell. 
 
 June 
 John James Coats. 
 Emma Tolles. 
 Joseph Porter. 
 Mrs. Jane Ford. 
 Annie McConkey. 
 Henry Pierce Curtiss. 
 Henry Emmanuel Russell. 
 Charles Henry Barnes. 
 
 July 
 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Arnold. 
 Emma Schultz. 
 Mary Deering. 
 Mary Elizabeth Colvin. 
 
 June 
 
 Thomas Guernsey Holcomb. 
 William Lawrence Humason. 
 
 Annie Esther Staples. 
 
 Rosa Belle Grimes. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Jane Sedgewick 
 
 Mrs. Dora Martin. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Edwards Judson. 
 
 10, 1866. 
 
 Miss Craigin. 
 
 Dennis Halliley. 
 Mrs. Lucy Anna Cooley. 
 Lucy Goodell Angell. 
 Marietta Robinson. 
 Amanda Wilson. 
 Mary Wilson. 
 
 16, 1867. 
 
 Mary H. Rosseter. 
 Emilie P. Barrett. 
 Virgil P. Humason. 
 
 28, 1868. 
 
 Julia Eloise Gearhart. 
 Charles Webster. 
 Sherman Pomeroy Cooley. 
 Florence Rosella Graham. 
 Mrs. Ellen Augusta Frary. 
 Grace Merrill. 
 Peter H. Northall. 
 
 4, 1869. 
 
 Carrie Elizabeth Welton. 
 Ella Beach. 
 Nelson Goodwin. 
 
 19, 1870. 
 
 Hendrick Schwab. 
 Mrs. Margaret Schwab. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 567 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams^ D.D. 
 
 James Porter. Ira Edward Hicks. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Nash Vergason. Mrs. Catharine Gammerdinger. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Augusta Russell. Frank Henry Hooker. 
 
 Mrs. Annie Judson Pelton. William Bishop. 
 
 Rev. John C. Middleton, Rector. 
 
 July 2, 1 87 1. 4th Sunday after Trinity. 
 Robert McConkey. 
 Minnie S. Mott. 
 Grace A. Penfield. 
 Anita (B.) Stillman. 
 John Orin Stivers. 
 Laura A. Webster. 
 
 Jennie A. Dimond. 
 Edwin Murray Doig. 
 Leonard Doig. 
 George Austin Fenton. 
 Elizabetha F. Gangloff. 
 Alexander McConkey. 
 
 Apr. 25, 1872. 
 
 Miss (Emma) Andrews, Nor- 
 mal Scholar. 
 Mrs. Caroline E. Banks. 
 Leah Buckley. 
 Lizzie Canfield. 
 Mary A. Craw. 
 Rebecca Davis. 
 Hattie Fenton. 
 Julia Francis. 
 James D. Frary. 
 Cordelia W. Guion. 
 Henrietta L. Guion. 
 Mrs. Harriet L. Judd. 
 Martha E. Lunt. 
 
 St. Mark's Day. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Middleton. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah E. Norton. 
 
 Alice D. Peck. 
 
 Carrie E. Post. 
 
 Ella Nichols. 
 
 Drusilla E. Northall. 
 
 Richard P. Northall. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah E. Savage. 
 
 Grace Staples. 
 
 Elizabeth A. Stephens. 
 
 Mrs. Jane E. Vergason. 
 
 Gerald Hart, at Episc. Acad., 
 
 Cheshire, Entered here by 
 
 order of the Bishop. 
 
 The third Confirmation during a twelve-month postponed 
 from June 5, on account of the death of the Bishop's mother. 
 
 June 20, 1872. 
 
 William Brittani. 
 Nora DeBank. 
 Sarah E. DeBank. 
 Emily (A.) Fletcher. 
 Margery Helen Fletcher. 
 
 Mary Gibbons. 
 Carrie Jones. 
 Lilla Pickford. 
 Edith Swain. 
 Amelia Thorpe. 
 
S68 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D. 
 Rev. John C. Middleton, Rector. 
 June 20, 1872. 
 Ellen M. Forbes. Mary J. Watson. 
 
 Cora Frary. 
 Martha Gibbons. 
 
 Frank Webster. 
 
 Monday evening, Apr. 28, 1873. 
 
 Thomas G. Banks. 
 Alexander Beattie. 
 Louise Butler. 
 Lucy P. Curtiss. 
 Jane Clark. 
 Eva L. Flinn. 
 Charles Hackney. 
 John Haigis. 
 John Hanna. 
 Otto Heboe. 
 
 Apr. 26, 1874. 
 
 Mrs. Margaretta (Peck) George F. J. Henn. 
 
 Emily J. Kellogg. 
 
 Charles H. Murray. 
 
 Rebecca Murray. 
 
 Sarah S. Peck. 
 
 Lillian Pettis. 
 
 Adrian Post. 
 
 Charlesetta Root. 
 
 Frances E. Terrell. Normal. 
 
 Mrs. Arthur F. Vensil. 
 
 Barnes. 
 Frank Bille. 
 Mrs. M. A. Corey. 
 Walter Doig. 
 Ellen Farrell. 
 Joseph E. Hance. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hance. 
 
 Ida May Penfield. 
 
 Mrs. Armie Newton Hooker. 
 Bryan C. Porter. 
 Mrs. Mary C. Potter. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Prentice. 
 E. Hovi^ard Taylor. 
 Albert S. Wells. 
 Mrs. Mary A. White. 
 
 Sept. 7. 
 
 Erastus Perry Swasey, M.D. 
 
 Jennie Hall. 
 William Somers. 
 Mary Swain. 
 
 Chas. Fisher. 
 Saml. Rainsley. 
 Wm. H. Rose. 
 Alettie Butler. 
 
 Rev. John H. Drunim, Rector. 
 Sept. 15, 1875. 
 
 Helen A. Humason. 
 Swain. 
 
 Apr. 6, 1876. 
 
 Mary Stuart Bacon. 
 Henrietta Gertrude Kirke. 
 Hester Grinnell. 
 Lincoln Davis. 
 
in new britain. 569 
 
 confirmations 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D. 
 Mrs. I. W. Butler. Ralph Beach. 
 
 Lilian Butler. Chas. F. Smith. 
 
 Rev. WilV.am E. Snowden, Rector. 
 Nov. 18, 1877. 
 Miss Lillie Goodwin. Mr. Samuel Brown. 
 
 Miss Jeannie Welton Pettis. Mrs. Mary (Wm. H.) Northall. 
 Miss Hattie Augusta Snowden. Miss Katie Clark. 
 Henry A. S. Snowden. Miss Addie Palmer. 
 
 Wm. Foulds. , Mrs. Hattie (Howard C.) 
 
 Miss Jeannie Case. Noble. 
 
 Miss Rosa Henn. Mrs. Isabel J. Smith. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Symonds. Henry Wm. Pritchard. 
 
 Mr. Alberti Tryon. James Adams McConkey. 
 
 Mr. John Crabtree. Mr. Louis Barker. 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte (A. C.) Fenton. Mrs. Annie (Jones) Stevens. 
 Miss Lizzie Amalia Rossberg. Miss Louisa Margaret Seipel. 
 
 July 17, 1878. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Case. Mrs. Frances G. Johnson. 
 
 Mr. William Case. Mr. John Erwin Root. 
 
 JV[r. Dwight O. Welton. Miss Grace Goodwin. 
 
 John A. Blake. Mrs. Abby Franziska Latham. 
 
 Apr. 10, 1879. 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Hanna. Miss Minnie Newton. 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Beatty. Henry Schab. 
 
 Mr. William McNulty. Louis Schab. 
 
 Mrs. Isabel McNulty. Mr. Franklin Graham. 
 
 Mr. William Middleton. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Graham. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Middleton. Mr. Wm. Charles Fisher. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Eliza Fisher. Mrs. Ellen M. Blinn. 
 
 Mar. 24, 1880. 
 
 Mrs. Frederika Lang. Miss Mary Bedford. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Andrews. Miss Sarah Clarke. 
 
 Mrs. Helen Leontine Burgess. Miss Lillie Beach. 
 
 Mrs. Josephine Kinne. Miss Lillie Holcombe. 
 
 Mr. Edmund John Pearson. Miss Carrie Jane Andrews. 
 
 Mr. Charles Munro Burgess. Miss Henrietta Seipel. 
 
 Master Charles Joseph White. Miss Julia Henn. 
 
57° 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D. 
 
 Rev. John H. Rogers, Rector. 
 Apr. 19, 1881. 
 George Foulds. Louise Henrietta Smith. 
 
 Stuart Beebe. Lydia Emma Foulds. 
 
 John Wilson. Mary Ellen Henn. 
 
 Apr. 9, 1882. 
 
 Miss Eva Sweet. 
 Miss Mary Ann Seipel. 
 Miss Julia Falen. 
 Samuel Dunbar. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Fox. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Crabtree 
 Miss Etta Fox. 
 Miss Fanny Bassett. 
 Miss Mary Lee Post. 
 
 Frederic Rackliffe. 
 Thomas Edward Bennett. 
 Albert William Henn. 
 Jenny Hanna. 
 Henry Toothell. 
 Harriet Maria Root. 
 Jerusha Adkins. 
 
 Feb. 29, 1884. 
 James Henry Goldthwaite. 
 
 Mar. 30, 1884. 
 
 Apr. I, 1883. 
 
 Margaret Caroline Bachover. 
 
 Elsie Wells. 
 
 Almira Jane Wilcox. 
 
 Margaret Florence Patterson. 
 
 Mary Durn. 
 
 Alice Sweet. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Coates. (Widow.) 
 Robert Duncan Livingstone. 
 
 Jan. S 
 Miss Ella Fowler. 
 Miss Hannah E. Patterson. 
 Miss Evelyn Atwood. 
 Miss Emily Smith. 
 Miss Edith W. Todd. 
 Miss Rachel Russell. 
 Miss Grace Pratt. 
 Miss Emily Josephine Parker. 
 Miss Sarah Seiple. 
 Miss Jenny Sweet. 
 
 Arthur Hill. 
 
 , 1886. 
 
 Garrett Post. 
 Norman Cooley. 
 Walter Haines. 
 Wm. E. Hazard. 
 Isaac D. Russell. 
 George Cooley. 
 Charles Finch. 
 Percy Lee. 
 Leslie Lee. 
 Wm. Prout Stranghan. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 571 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Right Reverend John Williams, D.D. 
 
 Rev. James Stoddard, Rector. 
 
 Dec. 
 Sadie May Alvord. 
 Mary Eliza Clementina At- 
 
 wood. 
 Mary Ella Barnes. 
 Maud Louise Brown. 
 Mary Anne Bennett. 
 Carmelita Corscaden. 
 Roberta Corscaden. 
 Annie Dunbar. 
 Mrs. Rosalin Matilda Durn. 
 Fanny Hanna. 
 Anne Hanna. 
 Cora May Haslam. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Jones. 
 
 Dec. 
 Hattie Louise Allen. 
 Harriet Jane Barkentin. 
 Amelia Bath. 
 Julia Anne Beach. 
 Mrs. Frances Emeline Blair. 
 Mrs. Fanny W. Bunnell. 
 Alfred S. Judd. 
 Minnie Krah. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Edith Wilter Bailey. 
 
 Wm. Henry Barnes. 
 
 Mrs. Elva Blake Bemis. 
 
 Emma Burgess. 
 
 Rosa Fischer. 
 
 Maud Elinor Fisher. 
 
 Mrs. Catherine Mary Gam- 
 
 merdinger. 
 Henry Burnham Norton. 
 Charles George Phillips. 
 
 5, 1886. 
 Margaret Jane McNulty. 
 Florence Magnus. 
 Agnes Driscol Parsons. 
 Mary LaFetra Russell. 
 Amelia Caroline Taylor. 
 Mrs. Mary Andrews White. 
 Grace Celinda Yates. 
 Guy Atwell. 
 Frederic Bishop. 
 Frederick Keith Fitch. 
 George McNulty. 
 Eugene Jay Porter. 
 Nathan Tolles Pratt. 
 
 II, 1887. 
 Idela Krou. 
 
 Gertrude Louisa Rackliffe. 
 Louisa Seipel. 
 Annie Seipel. 
 
 Mrs. Elison Forsyth Swanston. 
 Geo. Jas. Turnbull. 
 Minnie Elizabeth Yates. 
 
 23, I 
 
 Wm. James Phillips. 
 
 Anna Post. 
 
 Lewis A. H. Powell. 
 
 Mrs. Katie Schantz Powell. 
 
 Flora Seipel. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Simonson. 
 
 Idela Leonora Sweet. 
 
 Maria Louisa Vines. 
 
 Mrs. Elz. Hazelwood Webster. 
 
572 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 By the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D. 
 Rev. James Stoddard, Rector. 
 Mar. 2, 1890. 
 Margaret Russell. Phillipina Neurath. 
 
 Clara Laura Judd. Erwin Earnest Haslam. 
 
 Isabella Grace Hubbard. Alfred Hine. 
 
 Louise L. Smith. 
 Elizabeth Zimmerman. 
 Florence Zimmerman. 
 Josephine Sedgewick. 
 Hulda Wooldert. 
 Frank H. Andrews. 
 Mary Ann Clarke. 
 Amanda Beach. 
 Sarah M. Hance. 
 
 Dec. 28, 1890. 
 
 Anna Bath. 
 
 Mrs. Edith Ada Bristol. 
 Belle Elizabeth Smith. 
 Nellie M. Kirke. 
 Mrs. Harriet A. Johnson. 
 Elizabeth S. Parker. 
 Alice Maud Vines. 
 Mrs. Ada Staveley. 
 Kate Marsh. 
 
 Jan. 
 Grace Eva Baisden. 
 George Franklin Dickenson. 
 Minnie Elizabeth Holle. 
 Alfred Stanley Judd, Jr. 
 Annie Krah. 
 Elizabeth Millward. 
 Elizabeth Hance Parker. 
 Margaret Dorothea Phillips. 
 
 17, 1892. 
 
 Mrs. Agnes Melsina Wood. 
 Lizzie Jane Phillips. 
 William Henry Phillips. 
 Thomas Charles Phillips. 
 Mrs. Edith Chaloner Prentice. 
 Charles Edward Smith. 
 Florence Bradley Smith. 
 Hilda Atheila Unkelbach. 
 
 Anna Smyth Hart. 
 Margaret Carroll Hart. 
 Deborah Rosina White. 
 Isabella Seipel. 
 Emma Calmbach. 
 Alice Gertrude Stearns. 
 Isabella Seipel. 
 Helen Seipel. 
 Annah T. L. Parsons. 
 
 Rev. Henry N. Wayne, Rector. 
 Apr. 19, 1894. 
 
 Emma Isabell Schnuck. 
 Kitty Lovina Blakeslee. 
 Annabelle Andrews. 
 Lena M. Pitzner. 
 Carolin N. Hooker. 
 Plelen Maria Gibson. 
 Ida Pitzner. 
 Emma Baum. 
 Mary F. Hart. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 573 
 
 By the Rt. 
 
 Laura M. Chaloner. 
 Laura E. Bedell. 
 Gertrude J. Noble. 
 Bertha L. Zimmerman. 
 Ella McConkey. 
 May McConkey Lukey. 
 
 Cordelia N. Parker at 
 
 Annie M. Ronnalter. 
 Garret P. Fitch. 
 Sarah Lawton. 
 Mary E. McConkey. 
 Minnie L. Bath. 
 Helen Lees. 
 Clifford B. Hance. 
 William H. Porter. 
 Horace W. Saunders. 
 Frederick Elliott. 
 Charlotte E. Rackliffe. 
 Mable G. Fletcher. 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 Rev. John Williams, D.D. 
 
 William B. Cooley. 
 John A. Dunbar. 
 William F. Hedeler. 
 Edmond A. Blakeslee. 
 James A. Kincade. 
 Stanley S. Smith. 
 
 Sept. 15, 1894. 
 
 St. Luke's Chapel, Middletown. 
 Nov. 30, 1894. 
 
 Emma Thompson. 
 
 Mildred E. Bradley. 
 
 Edward L Stevens. 
 
 Annie E. McNulty. 
 
 Lewis E. Barker. 
 
 Ellen W. Dyson. 
 
 Annie J. Gibson. 
 
 Eliza A. Goodison. 
 
 Lilly Magnus. 
 
 Martha Miller. 
 
 Jane A. Blake. 
 
 Annie Delhi. 
 
 Apr. 
 Florence Lavinia Barnes. 
 Ann Jane Cannell. 
 Alfred Henry Rice. 
 Alfred Henry Mitchell. 
 William Thomas Reynolds. 
 Albert Emery Middleton. 
 Charles J. Elliott. 
 Christian Cannell. 
 Sarah Ann Kincade. 
 Bertha Schmarr. 
 Edith D. Wayne. 
 Annie Sylvester Callender. 
 Ada Jane Sperlongo. 
 George Edward Elliott. 
 36 
 
 10, 1895. 
 
 Mable Helen Vines. 
 Jennie Dunbar. 
 Edith M. E. Mitchell. 
 Lena Deitz. 
 Ella Agnes Stearns. 
 Charles Henry Bath. 
 Annie Dealtry Towles. 
 Mrs. J. L. Eldred Minor. 
 George Franklin Chapin. 
 Samuel Earnest Towers. 
 Hannah Jane Towers. 
 Charles Winthrop Taylor. 
 Agnes O. Porter. 
 
574 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Right Rev. John H. White, D.D., Bp. of Indiana. 
 Rev. Henry N. Wayne, Rector. 
 
 Arthur Shuffle. 
 Harry Mount. 
 Herbert W. A. Lain. 
 Alice Louise Sweetland. 
 Blanche Schrey. 
 Charlotte Harriet Case. 
 Electa Buell. 
 Amelia Margaret Seiple. 
 Idella May Prentice. 
 Minnie L. Beaton. 
 
 Apr. 24, 1896. 
 
 Laura Jane Hilton. 
 
 Theodore J. Natzki. 
 
 Otto Natzki. 
 
 George Smith. 
 
 Thomas Winship Rackliflfe. 
 
 Richard Schrey. 
 
 George W. Klett. 
 
 Lilly Frances Jackson. 
 
 Stella Laura Holland. 
 
 Frederick Nelson. 
 
 By the Right Rev. Leighton Coleman, D.D., Bp. of 
 Delaware. 
 
 Apr. 
 Henry Hooker. 
 Julia Emma Gruenthal. 
 Rosie Henrietta Bath. 
 Sophia Banner. 
 Gertrude Mary Middleton. 
 Clara Sarah Brennecke. 
 Annie EHza Jewett. 
 Mrs. Charlotte Jewett. 
 Arthur Wellesley Thomas. 
 
 23, 1897. 
 
 Guyon Russell Fitch. 
 Thomas Sparks Bishop, Jr. 
 Grace Goodwin. 
 Rosalinde Bailey. 
 George Andrew Porter. 
 Walter Jewett. 
 Ann Eliza Beckett. 
 Mrs. Emma Brennecke. 
 
 By the Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, D.D., 
 Bp. Co.\djutor of Conn. 
 
 Apr. 
 Carrie Eleanor Hooker. 
 Jennie Alice Root. 
 Mabel Jane L. McWilliams. 
 Belle May Beatty. 
 Margaret Agnes Elliott. 
 George Wilbur Fisk. 
 Margaret Thompson. 
 
 8, 1898. 
 
 Nettie Alvina Brumbaum. 
 George A. Gibson. 
 Isaac Odishoo. 
 John B. Hawksworth. 
 Elizabeth Helen Roberts. 
 Emma Goddard. 
 Walter Banner. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 575 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, D.D. 
 
 George Henry deed. Mary A. Banner. 
 
 Anna Violet Saunders. Lillian C. Heisler. 
 
 By the Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, D.D., Bishop 
 OF Connecticut. 
 
 Julia H. G. Humason. 
 Alice Jessum. 
 Lilly Ford. 
 Mable Ellen Ford. 
 Frederick Schrey. 
 
 Mar. 31, 1899. 
 
 Lillian C. Pfeifer. 
 Sidney G. Fletcher. 
 Martha M. M. Brown. 
 John M. Pfeifer. 
 
 Rev. Harry 
 Jan. 
 John Henry Banner. 
 Charles Gillespie Bodley. 
 Edith Walter Booth. 
 Maude Hooker Brown. 
 Elsie Gertrude Fletcher. 
 Thomas Gibson. 
 Joseph Mumford Hance. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 Eleanor Stuart Bodley. 
 Mary Elizabeth Riggs. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 William Banner. 
 Martha Margaret Barnes. 
 Martha Grace Barnes. 
 Mary Christine Bath. 
 Amelia Pauline Brumbaum. 
 Andrew Clark Conway. 
 Hattie Louisa Conway. 
 Helen Jane Lavare Coping. 
 Elsie May Coping. 
 Irene Christina Cowlishaw. 
 Catharine Gleed. 
 Corinne Godard. 
 
 I. Bodley, Rector. 
 28, 1900. 
 
 Fanny Kirke Hanna. 
 
 Henry Kingsbury. 
 
 Herbert James Kingsbury. 
 
 Frank Walter Klett. 
 
 William Nelson Murdock. 
 
 Colton David Noble. 
 
 Helena Frances Towers. 
 
 13, 1900. 
 
 Confirmed in Trinity Church, 
 Bristol. 
 
 20, 1901. 
 
 Dwight Fremont Hooker. 
 Emelia Nikolina Iverson. 
 Gwendoline Alathea Jackson. 
 Frederick Henry Martin. 
 Elsie May Roberts. 
 John Henry Sleath. 
 Edith Lesley Welles. 
 Mary Agnes Whatley. 
 Frederick Wheeler. 
 Ruth Evelyn Wheeler. 
 Burton Abel White. 
 
576 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, D.D. 
 
 Rev. Harry I. Bodley, Rector. 
 
 Feb 
 Mary Margaret Bonnell. 
 Bertha Lillian Burr. 
 William Carson. 
 Alvina Ruth Grunenthal. 
 Clarence Wilbur Hubbard. 
 Louise Julia Klett. 
 Annie Kraus. 
 William Frank Kraus. 
 
 Jan. 
 Frederick Edward Barnes. 
 George Webster Barnes. 
 Flora May Bath. 
 Anna Davenport Bodley. 
 May Beatrice Church. 
 Forrest Conklin. 
 Layet Olivia Desmond. 
 Margaret Rosalie Diehl. 
 James Alfred Dyson. 
 Celia Louise Elliott. 
 Louise Monteith Elmer. 
 Evelyn Millicent Fletcher. 
 William Graham Flower. 
 Gladys Louise Hartman. 
 Marjorie Florence Humason. 
 Alice Hortense Humphrey. 
 Ethel Eleanor Humphrey. 
 Leon Jackson. 
 William Jackson. 
 
 . 2, 1902. 
 
 Ernest Raymond Low. 
 Ethel Dwight Lusk. 
 John Irving Middleton. 
 William Eugene Norton. 
 Helen Sarah Phillips. 
 Royal Thomas Phillips. 
 Henry Shiels Watson. 
 
 25, 1903. 
 
 Annie Isabel Johnston. 
 Douglas Andrews Johnston. 
 Mary Emma Juengst. 
 William Aaron Kinne. 
 Ethel Kinne. 
 Belle Lucretia Kimball. 
 Gertrude Anna Kimball. 
 George Elliott Kingsbury. 
 Elliott Stephen Morse. 
 Christine Martha North. 
 George Christopher Olsen. 
 Ada May Rice. 
 Frank Sabart Saunders. 
 George Kerr Senior. 
 James Henry Sleath. 
 Celia Antoinette Shepard. 
 Carl Tomlin. 
 Anna E. Unklebach. 
 Martha Davis Whatley. 
 
 March 6, 1904. 
 Albert Edward O. Bath. Catharine May Mason. 
 
 Elsie May Bennett. Sarah Inez Messenger. 
 
 Agnes Naomi Brewin. Hattie Frances Messenger. 
 
 Emma Gertrude Brumbaum. Annie Ellen Mitchell. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 577 
 
 CONFIRMATIONS 
 
 By the Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, D.D. 
 
 William John Gleed. Ida May Rackliffe. 
 Charlotte Amelia Grunenthal. Martha Amelia Ransom. 
 
 Carrie M. Hedeler. Henry William Rice. 
 
 Theodora Fitch Hooker. Cora Ellen Sagendorf. 
 
 Mary Iverson. Otto Frederick Schmarr. 
 
 Nellie D. Kellogg. May Tanner Shannon. 
 
 John Henry Kinkade. Mary Ward. 
 
 Lily Franziska Kraus. Albert Henry Whatnall. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1905, at Trinity Church, Hartford. 
 William Elijah Attwood. 
 
 March 19, 1905. 
 Ellen Agnes Anderson. Harold Harriott Mount. 
 
 Elizabeth Banner. Mary Louisa North. 
 
 Lawrence Damon Bigelow. Louise Howard Noble. 
 
 Elsie Goodison. Clarence Ralph Northrop. 
 
 Louise Estelle Gussman. Julia Edna Ogron. 
 
 Lionel Thompson Hawksworth. Albert Joseph Porter. 
 Dr. Louis D. Henn. Mabel May Scheidler. 
 
 Louise Margarette Hornkohl. Ray William Tomlin. 
 Hilda May Kingsbury. Sadie Elizabeth Upton. 
 
 Caroline Ann Middleton. Edward Lewis Watson. 
 
 William Ernest Middleton. 
 
 March 18, 1906. 
 
 George H. Beckett. John Kraus. 
 
 Matilda Louise Brainard. Jennie McConkey Lukey. 
 
 Jennie Rebecca Brewin. Frank Edward Middleton. 
 
 Maria Mary Brewin. Mary Jane Porter. 
 
 Alonzo George Bull. Gertrude Alida Stiles. 
 
 Mabel Elizabeth Foster. Josephine Thompson. 
 
 Rose Hannah Goodison. Elsie Helen Unklebach. 
 
 Roy William Hellberg. Bertha Wenz. 
 
 Birdie Hilton. John Wenz. 
 
 Jessica Eleanor Jackson. Flarold Andrews White. 
 
 May I, 1906, at Portland, Conn. 
 Emma Gertrude Alinquist. Mabel Theresa Latchford. 
 
578 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 List of communicants whose names do not appear after 
 1837, in the foregoing Hst of confirmations. 
 
 1837- 
 Mrs. George Francis. 
 Mrs. (Lucy) Dickinson. 
 Jerusha Dickinson. 
 Mrs. Lorenzo P. Lee. 
 Mr. (Philip S.) Judd. 
 Mr. (Andrew G.) Graham. 
 Mr. (Hezekiah) Seymour. 
 Mr. (William) Churchill. 
 Mr. George Winchester. 
 Mrs. Mary Winchester. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Russell. 
 Miss Eliza Emeline Russell. 
 Solomon Churchill. 
 Mrs. Theresa Bassett. 
 
 1849. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth H. Seymour. 
 Stephen G. Bucknall. 
 Mrs. Hannah Bucknall. 
 Mrs. Eliz. L. Francis. 
 Mrs. Jeannette T. Lee. 
 Shelden Smith. 
 Mrs. Shelden Smith. 
 Miss Mary Jane Smith. 
 Mrs. Betsey Judd. 
 Jonah H. Todd. 
 Mrs. Charlotte E. Todd. 
 Henry Hobart Todd. 
 Edward Todd. 
 Miss Martha Todd. 
 George Wooley. 
 Mrs. Loisa J. Wooley. 
 Mrs. Stephen Talmadge. 
 
 Hon. Ira E. Smith. 
 
 Christopher Senior. 
 
 Rev. J. M. Guion. 
 " Mrs. Guion. 
 
 Mr. G. W. Murray. 
 
 Mrs. G. W. Murray. 
 
 Mrs. Ruth Post. 
 
 Mr. Hind. 
 
 Mrs. Sabra Cowles. Ken- 
 sington. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Dickinson. Ken- 
 sington. 
 
 Miss Jerusha Dickinson. 
 Kensington. 
 
 William Bradley. 
 
 Mrs. Adeline Bradley. 
 
 A. G. Graham. 
 
 Mrs. A. G. Graham. 
 
 Noble Hill. 
 
 Mrs. Susanna Hill. 
 
 Virgil C. Goodwin. 
 
 Mrs. Goodwin. 
 
 Orris Tolles. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Tolles. 
 
 Henry E. Tolles. 
 
 Mrs. Fanny Tolles. 
 
 George Tolles. 
 
 Mrs. Collins. 
 
 Mrs. Blood. 
 
 Maria Malone. 
 
 Jane Malone. 
 
 Robert Malone. 
 
 John Hamilton. 
 
 Ashbel Dickinson. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 579 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 Mrs. Dickinson. 
 
 Miss Emily Dickinson. 
 
 Robert Tolles. 
 
 1850. 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte Gladden. 
 Theodore Ellsworth. Ken^ 
 
 sington. 
 Charles Parsons. 
 Mrs. Abagail Parsons. 
 Henry Malone. 
 Augustus Penfield. 
 Mrs. Haynes. 
 
 Miss Norton. 
 H. E. Smith. 
 Mr. Frederick Waters. 
 Mrs. Sarah Waters. 
 James McDonald. 
 Mrs. Schortau. 
 
 Mrs. Emma H. Dickinson. 
 Nathaniel Dickinson. 
 Mrs. Margaret A. Harrington. 
 Mrs. H. A. Hull. 
 Mr. - Tracy. 
 Mrs. E. H. Brown. 
 Mts. Margaret Baker. 
 Henry L. Peard. 
 Mr. Peard. 
 
 Miss Selden. Newington. 
 Miss Adeline Welton. 
 Edward Dayton. 
 Qarissa Dayton. 
 Mrs. Mary Capron. 
 
 Miss Mills. 
 
 I 
 
 1851. 
 Mr. Wm. B. Webster. 
 Mrs. Sarah Webster. 
 Miss Mary Ann Hardin. 
 Miss M. J. Murphy. 
 
 Peter Pride. 
 
 Mrs. A. M. T. Smyth. 
 
 Miss Graves. Nor- 
 
 mal School. 
 
 Miss Francis Wells. Nor- 
 mal School, Stratford. 
 
 Miss Granniss. 
 
 Normal School, Litchfield. 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Stephens. 
 
 1852. 
 
 Catharine Shaw. 
 Mrs. Caroline Todd. 
 Mrs. McCrackan. 
 
 Miss McCrackan. 
 
 Samuel Parmelee. 
 Mrs. Eliza Diamond. 
 Mrs. Henry. 
 Miss Elizabeth P^uggles. 
 Miss Julia Camps. 
 Miss Rachel Woodward. 
 Miss Mary Randall. 
 Miss Sarah Atwood. 
 Miss Vincha H. Todd. 
 Miss Martha L. Chatfield. 
 Mr. Milo A. Todd. 
 
 1853- 
 Miss Maria Horton. 
 Miss Post. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Bradbury. 
 Mrs. Mary Loomis. Hartford. 
 Mrs. G. C. Guy. 
 Andrew Corbett. 
 
 1854. 
 Mrs. Underbill. 
 Mrs. Eno. 
 Miss Amanda Eno. 
 Mrs. Cook. 
 
S8o 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 1855- 
 Mrs. C. N. Smith. 
 Mr. Case. Normal 
 
 School. 
 Mrs. Ruth H. Johnson. 
 Miss Mary Johnson. 
 Miss Henrietta Johnson. 
 Miss Jane Tuder. Berlin. 
 Mrs. Lucretia Baggs. 
 Miss Pratt. Berlin. 
 Mrs. Jeannette Lee Coe. 
 
 1856. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Ellis. 
 
 Grace Elizabeth Merritt. 
 
 Miss Rebecca M. Lockwood. 
 
 Mrs. Georgianna Sage. 
 Unionville. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Gibbons. 
 
 Mrs. M. J. Goodwin Root. 
 
 Mrs. T. B. Clark. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah D. Clark. 
 
 William Payne. 
 
 Sophia Payne. 
 
 Jane L. Beatty. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Ann Birge. 
 
 Mrs. Laura A. Bishop. 
 
 Eliza R. Rawley. 
 
 Mrs. Angelina M. R. Buck- 
 ham. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Beers. 
 
 Mrs. Jerusha Merrill. 
 
 Jane H. Russell. 
 
 Mrs. Grace M. Henn. 
 
 Virgil Cornish. 
 
 Mrs. Rhoda Lovina Barnes. 
 
 1857- 
 Mrs. Elijah P. Donaldson. 
 Christine Roberts. 
 
 Elizabeth King. 
 Benjamin F. Rowe. 
 Mrs. Mary R. Horsfall. 
 Mrs. Ann Taylor. 
 Ada Eno. 
 
 1858. 
 
 Rev. Chas. H. Wheeler. 
 Mrs. Wheeler. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Birge. 
 Mrs. Clarissa Bartholomew. 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Harris. 
 
 1859. 
 
 Mrs. Cartheryn Boyn. 
 Robert Nichols. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Nichols. 
 James McKeon. 
 Mrs. Mary McKeon. 
 Merritt Bronson. 
 A. T. Post. 
 Mrs. Julia K. Post. 
 
 i860. 
 
 George Payne. 
 
 Mrs. Esther M. Yates. 
 
 Miss Ellen Hurlburt. 
 
 Mrs. Selden Deming. 
 
 Jacob Hatzung. 
 
 A. Pratt. 
 
 Mrs. Frances A. Goodwin. 
 
 Mrs. Alex. Pratt. 
 
 Mrs. M. E. Riedecker. 
 
 Mrs. Frances Hanna. 
 
 R. G. Wilson. 
 
 1861. 
 Ambrose Beatty 
 Mrs. Georgianna Cooley. 
 Mrs. Margaret L. Fitch. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 S8i 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Debow. 
 Valentine Ihle. 
 Mrs. Rosetta Smith. 
 Henry Trepka. 
 Mrs. Trepka. 
 
 1862. 
 Miss Elizabeth Wilson. 
 Mrs. Valentine Ihle. 
 Mrs. George Jackson. 
 Miss Jerusha Foote. 
 Jessie Jackson. 
 Mrs. Emily N. Pettis. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Margaret McConkey. 
 William McConkey. 
 Mrs. Susanna Ette Hart. 
 Henry Seiple. 
 Mrs. S. A. Farrell. 
 Mrs. Isabella Seiple. 
 Samuel Keith. 
 Jane Tanner. 
 Mary Ann Rehm. 
 Mrs. Caroline Nunn. 
 Mrs. Ann Buskill. 
 Septimus Haslam. 
 Mrs. Mary Haslam. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Mr. Chas. Douglas. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth S. Corey. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Douglas. 
 Mrs. Letitia Baker. 
 Mrs. Margaret C. Hart. 
 Mrs. Alfred Vail. 
 Richard Halliley. 
 Mrs. Julia Curtiss. 
 Mrs. Cath. HaUiley. 
 Dr. L. S. Ludington. 
 
 George W. Sharp. 
 Flora Townshend. 
 Mrs. W. A. Sharp. 
 Mr. George C. Pettis. 
 Mrs. Emma Goodrich. 
 Helen Porter. 
 Mrs. Annie M. Baldwin. 
 Mrs. Fanny Isham. 
 
 1865. 
 Mrs. Jennie Eliz. Stebbins. 
 Mrs. Catharine Johnson. 
 Mrs. Willard E. Royce. 
 Mrs. Charlotte Dealing. 
 Mrs. Betsey Hill. 
 Mrs. Catharine Wilcox. 
 Mrs. Martha L. Jones. 
 Mrs. Annie E. Erichson. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Augusta Kleinecke. 
 Mrs. Margaret E. Hicks. 
 Nathan Tolles. 
 Mrs. Pattie Tolles. 
 Mrs. Jane McConkey. 
 Albert A. Caufield. 
 Mrs. Jane Caufield. 
 Mrs. Ellen C. Finch. 
 Elvira P. Dudley. 
 Avis Knibloe. 
 Mrs. Harriet Lockwood. 
 Mary Rebecca Lockwood. 
 Bertha Post. 
 Mrs. Alice Wells. 
 
 1867. 
 
 Lavina Stone. 
 Jane Beach. 
 Jennie Eastern. 
 Lucius Beach. 
 
S82 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 1867. 
 Mrs. Emily Beach. 
 Mrs. Cordelia L. Guion. 
 Elisha Risley. 
 Mrs. Homer B. Sprague. 
 John McConkey. 
 Mrs. Jeannette Welton. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Rossberg. 
 Mrs. Ann Kingsley. 
 Mrs. Sarah Porter. 
 
 1868. 
 James Nichols. 
 Mrs. Ellen Bishop. 
 Samuel Edgar Stebbins. 
 Maria Smith. 
 Samuel E. Chidsey. 
 Mrs. Roxanna Chidsey. 
 George N. Manchester. 
 Alexander Birkniere. 
 
 1869. 
 Agnes Porter. 
 Dixon R. Cornell. 
 Jane McClatchie. 
 Franklin G. Guion. 
 Eliza B. Varian. 
 Mrs. Fanny Jane Thornily. 
 John Hensly Wiggins. 
 Mrs. Almira P. Goldthwaite. 
 Ella M. Clark. Normal School. 
 Iris Monson. " " 
 
 John W. Inman. 
 Mrs. Sarah Inman. 
 William Parker. 
 Mrs. Caroline K. Parker. 
 Mrs. Ella J. Hart. 
 George Meyer. 
 Mrs. Ann Maria Porter. 
 George M. Parsons. 
 
 1870. 
 
 Edwin Tobey. 
 Adelaide G. R. Tobey. 
 Robert L. Nugent. Normal 
 
 School. 
 Mrs. Emma Parsons. 
 Mrs. C. Cone. 
 William Henry Russell. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Mrs. Frank Miller. 
 Mrs. Cyrus Northrop. 
 Sarah J. Anderson. 
 M. Louise Anderson. 
 Albert Middleton Hyde. 
 Mrs. Maria E. Deming. East 
 
 Haddam. 
 William Rainsley. 
 Bessie Rainsley. 
 Frances Southey. 
 
 1872. 
 
 Mrs. (William) Warner. 
 
 Mr. (James H.) Craw. 
 
 Mrs. (Martha) Craw. 
 
 Mrs. Albert Miller. 
 
 Mrs. Emory S. Parsons. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Kinkade. 
 
 Mrs. Warden. 
 
 Miss Southey. 
 
 Mr. (Howard C.) Noble. 
 
 Frederic Nichols. 
 
 Miss Lizzie J. (Canfield) 
 
 Wheelock. 
 Frank Bille. 
 George S. Vines. 
 Otto Heboe. 
 Mrs. Ella Grace North. 
 Mrs. Ann Crabtree. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 583 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 1873- 
 
 Mrs. Emily A. Norton. 
 
 Mrs. Grace Russell Hooker. 
 
 Mrs. Julia M. Weeks. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Camp. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Schultze , Her- 
 mann. 
 
 Mrs. Mary E. Welton. 
 
 Henry J. Wheeler. 
 
 Charles F. Shelton. 
 
 Mrs. Georgianna Shelton. 
 
 Mrs. John Sloane. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Stevens. 
 
 Mrs. Thomas F. Brown. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca A. Smith. 
 
 Mrs. Steele. 
 
 Mrs. Cath. M. Stenson. 
 
 Mrs. Carrie E. (Welton) 
 Smith. 
 
 Mrs. S. J. Smith. 
 
 Charles Atkins. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Atkins. 
 
 Joseph C. Atwood. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza H. Atwood. 
 
 Mrs. Addia S. Belden. 
 
 Mrs. A. M. Beach. 
 
 Mrs. Bronson. 
 
 Mrs. Alice Booth. 
 
 Mrs. Lizzie Jones Barker. 
 
 Mrs. Martha A. Brown. 
 
 Mrs. Edward Butler. 
 
 Mrs. James Coates. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Clark. 
 
 Mrs. Mary E. Cornell. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Cook. 
 
 Mrs. Doig. 
 
 Annie Doig. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Dunbar. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Foulds. 
 
 Royal C. Graves. 
 
 Mrs. Delia Graves. 
 
 Mary Graves. 
 
 Hattie Graves. 
 
 Alice Graves. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Hackney. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Hotchkiss. 
 
 Lizzie Hotchkiss. 
 
 Henry Kinkade. 
 
 Mrs. A. C. Lewis. 
 
 Katie Lewis. 
 
 Mrs. Mary G. Magness. 
 
 Mrs. Elvira E. Nicholls. 
 
 Frederick C. Patter. 
 
 Mary A. Taylor. Mrs. ? 
 
 Thomas. 
 
 Mr. WilHam Watson. 
 
 Mrs. Watson. 
 
 Dinah L. Hallam. 
 
 1874. 
 
 John Durn. 
 Mrs. Harriet Grant. 
 Miss Goldthwaite. 
 Mrs. Thomas Bennett. 
 
 1877. 
 
 Mrs. Imogene (Case) McCon- 
 
 key. 
 Mrs. Mary (Symonds) James. 
 Miss Lizzie Isabel (Rossberg) 
 
 Rackliffe. 
 
 1878. 
 Mrs. Charlotte Hooker. 
 Mrs. Catherine S. Butler. 
 
 1881. 
 Robert Aymers. 
 Rev. William Lewis Bostwick. 
 
S84 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1881. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Maria Bostwick. 
 
 William Perry Bostwick. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Beebe. 
 
 Miss Emma Grace Elena 
 Carpenter. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Cookson. 
 
 Miss Matilda Crompton. 
 
 Miss Mary Anna Crompton. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Aim Davis. 
 
 Miss Helen M. Goldthwaite. 
 
 George Edward Emmons. 
 
 Miss Ellen Pauline Fitch. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Rebecca Flower 
 
 Mrs. Fannie Olive Goodwin. 
 
 Miss Ellen N. Goodwin. 
 
 Mrs. Maria Heales. 
 
 Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Rus- 
 sell. 
 
 Mrs. Martha E. Hubbard. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Jones. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Maria Loomis. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Ann McElrath. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Mills. 
 
 Miss Margaret Noble. 
 
 Thomas H. Porter. 
 
 Mrs. Emily Jane Sweet. 
 
 William B. Steeles. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. Steeles. 
 
 Mrs. Amelia Caroline Schaff. 
 
 1882. 
 Henricus John Brown. 
 Charles H. Smith. 
 Mrs. Mary Francis Curtis. 
 George F. Curtis. 
 
 1883. 
 Mrs. Catherine Louisa Smith. 
 Frank G. Bonnell. 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 Mrs. Mary Toothell. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Towers. 
 Mrs. Betsey Warner. 
 Albert William Henn. 
 Mrs. Louise Saunders. 
 
 1886. 
 
 Mrs. Jennie D. Atwood. 
 Mrs. Christina Aymers. 
 Mary Douglas Aymers. 
 Ann Jeannette Aymers. 
 Margaret C. Backover. 
 Miss Ella Louise Fowler. 
 Mrs. Ellen Pauline Bartlett. 
 Mrs. Sarah M. Bassett. 
 Ambrose Beatty. 
 Miss Margaret Elizabeth 
 
 Beatty. 
 Mrs. Carrie Jane Bell. 
 Mrs. Pauline Bremmer. 
 Mrs. Mary H. Brown. 
 Mrs. Mary D. Browne. 
 Mrs. Sarah Maria Buel. 
 Mrs. Mary Tuttle. 
 Mrs. Maria Lavinia Bunn. 
 Mrs. Ann Eliza Cadwell. 
 Mrs. Margaret Florence Coats. 
 Mrs. Martha G. Corscaden. 
 Edward Kitto Curtiss. 
 Mrs. Carrie Mary Damon. 
 Mrs. Harriet H. Dickinson. 
 Mrs. Carrie H. Dyer. 
 Robert E. Ensign, M.D. 
 Mrs. Emma Ensign. 
 James Henry Flower. 
 Mrs. Jane Dyson Ford. 
 Mrs. Walter C. Ford. 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Goodale. 
 Mrs. Grace Abby Hadley. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 58s 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 Mrs. Eliza (Mills) Hartroan. 
 
 Wm. Edward Hazzard. 
 
 Mrs. Hattie Maria Hazzard. 
 
 Cornelius Henn. 
 
 William Horegood. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Jane Horegcxxi. 
 
 Lottie N. Horegood. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Lum. 
 
 Robert B. Hanell. 
 
 Mrs. Lizzie Hanell. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet M. Hurlburt. 
 
 Mrs. Anita B. (Stillman) 
 
 Hyde. 
 Mrs. Mary Sigourney King. 
 Mrs. Almena M. Kirke. 
 Alice Krah. 
 Mrs. Caroline Lee. 
 Miss Kate Rebecca Lockwood. 
 Mrs. Harriet Mills. 
 Mrs. Emily Delia Norton. 
 Mrs. Mary Jane Porter. 
 William Watson. 
 Mrs. Matilda J. Pratt. 
 Mrs. Henrietta W. Rackliffe. 
 Fred Henry Rackliffe. 
 Mrs. Etta C. Root. 
 Mrs. Mary Saunders. 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Saunders. 
 Miss Mary Schwab. 
 James Stoddard. 
 Mrs. Emily S. Turnbull. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Tuttle. 
 Mrs. Marie Jane Vines. 
 Mrs. Frances Deming. 
 Mrs. Julia M. Miller. 
 Mrs. Julia A. Davis. 
 Miss Fanny Nash. 
 Miss Sarah Jane Stevens. 
 William Wright. 
 Miss Flora Mason. 
 
 Mrs. Rosanna Perks Banner. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen May Kincade. 
 
 C. L. Mason. 
 
 Richard Bolton. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Clark Sleath. 
 
 Mrs. Ida May Pardee. 
 
 1887. 
 
 George Edward Caldwell. 
 
 Miss Jane Mary Elliott. 
 
 Elizabeth Stephenia Elliott. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Gibbons Foster. 
 
 Augusta Adelle Goodwin. 
 
 Miss Elizabeth White Hance. 
 
 Asher C. Hance. 
 
 Miss Susan Elizabeth Hance. 
 
 Arthur Hills. 
 
 Franklin Holland. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret J. Holland. 
 
 George E. Huntley. 
 
 Mrs. Martha T. (Pomeroy) 
 Morse. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers. 
 
 Mrs. Ella F. (Bliss) Wet- 
 more. 
 
 Mrs. Marilla (Samuel) Hub- 
 bard. 
 
 Mrs. Louise P. Allen. 
 
 Mrs. Alice B. Attwood. 
 
 Mrs. Frederick Wallace 
 Bradley. 
 
 Henry E. Beach. 
 
 Mrs. Agnes Beach. 
 
 Zadok Morgan. 
 
 Mrs. Sabra Coles. 
 
 Mrs. Abby S. Caldwell. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Morton. 
 
 Miss Emma Wells Smith. 
 
 James Towers. 
 
586 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 Ferdinand Billian. 
 
 Mrs. Agnes M. Billian. 
 
 Mrs. Fann)' Elliott. 
 
 Mrs. Mary J. Elliott Magson. 
 
 Ralph Chant. 
 
 Mary Lee Dickinson. 
 
 John M. Staveley. 
 
 Alronora (Laura) Tabel. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Blackmer. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen M. Blinn. 
 
 Margaret Hanna Brown. 
 
 Robert H. Burton. 
 
 Mrs. Millie E. (Morse) 
 
 Burton. 
 Mrs. Hulda Morse. 
 Mrs. Julia L. Burton. 
 Robert Dunbar. 
 Mrs. Ida S. Kindelan. 
 Geo. Rufus Pierpont. 
 Mrs. Anna B. Pierpont. 
 Jessie Simonson. 
 Mrs. Abigail S. White. 
 Jennie B. Simonson. 
 
 1889. 
 
 Lulu Andrus. 
 
 Frank C. Babcock. 
 
 Mrs. Henrietta Sedgwick. 
 
 Miss Anna Anderson. 
 
 Wm. Kirke Brown. 
 
 Charlotte Ellen Brown. 
 
 Miss Louise Egbert. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret A. Holland. 
 
 James Munroe Holland. 
 
 1890. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Abbe Clark. 
 Emma Louise Clark. 
 
 Mrs. Mary S. Heidecher. 
 
 Charles Daniel Hine. 
 
 Mrs. Mary S. Hine. 
 
 Edwin S. Hine. 
 
 Miss Edith C. Hine. 
 
 Thomas Edward Lukey. 
 
 Mrs. Mary McConkey Lukey. 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Smith. 
 
 George Andrews. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Jane Sweet 
 Barnes. 
 
 Charles F. Chase. 
 
 Miss Emma Hance. 
 
 Mrs. Annie Holland. 
 
 Harry Elijah Kinbloe. 
 
 Emma Lloyd. 
 
 Fanny E. Lloyd. 
 
 Mrs. S. A. Lovejoy. 
 
 Miss Chloe A. Noble. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Parker. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet J. Post. 
 
 Mrs. Henrietta Seipel Preston. 
 
 Mrs. Jane B. Rogers. 
 
 Harriet Russell. 
 
 Mrs. Nellie Whelpby Town- 
 send. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Etta Turner. 
 
 Bernard A. Westerland. 
 
 Mrs. Alice A. Sweet Sheldon. 
 
 Mrs. Emma L. Moulton. 
 
 1891. 
 
 Alexander Rice McKim. 
 Mrs. Eva Sweet Brainard. 
 Edward M. Piatt. 
 
 1892. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza S. Elliott Chant. 
 Mrs. Henrietta Kirke Frey. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 587 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 Mrs. Katherine C. Rowley. 
 
 Charles H. Penfield. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Penfield. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Seipel Bun. 
 
 Mrs. Annie Dicker. 
 
 Minnie L. Reiland. 
 
 Florence Littlehale. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth R. Russell. 
 
 Benjamin Thompson. 
 
 Mrs. Martha H. Hawkshurst. 
 
 Alice E. Gibson. 
 
 George A. Mitchell. 
 
 Mrs. George A. Mitchell. 
 
 Herbert L. Mills. 
 
 N. A. Hooker. 
 
 Lizzie R. Lang. 
 
 Mary A. Lang. 
 
 John W. Metcalfe. 
 
 Mrs. Clara Metcalfe. 
 
 Herbert H. Walker. 
 
 Mrs. Herbert H. Walker. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Langley. 
 
 Mrs. John E. Dugmore. 
 
 Althea Goodison. 
 
 Mrs. William M. Trewhella. 
 
 Mrs. Mary L. Bowman. 
 
 Mrs. Charles Broadway. 
 
 Mrs. Joseph P. Kendall. 
 
 Mrs. Eva S. Rising. 
 
 Mary Ellen Quilty. 
 
 Mrs. Emily J. Schnuck. 
 
 Mrs. Tully. 
 
 Mrs. Garafelia D. Chase. 
 
 Alice C. Chase. 
 
 Eliza D. Chase. 
 
 Mrs. Gallic Tyler. 
 
 H. N. Wayne. 
 
 Mrs. Edith T. Wayne. 
 
 H. T. Wayne. 
 
 Elizabeth C. Wayne. 
 
 Mrs. Rachel McCartney. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Kincade. 
 
 Wm. H. Gleede. 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Gleede. 
 
 Susan Dunn. 
 
 George E. Casey. 
 
 Joseph Fletcher. 
 
 Florence M. Parker. 
 
 Mrs. F. K. Stone. 
 
 Serghis David Yohannan. 
 
 Walter Kingsbury. 
 
 Joseph Ackhas. 
 
 Herbert Brown. 
 
 Elmer G. Hurlburt. 
 
 Mrs. Elmer G. Hurlburt. 
 
 Mrs. John Durn. 
 
 F. O. Pickop. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Pickop. 
 
 Geo. B. Pickop. 
 
 Alice J. Pickop. 
 
 Lucy A. Pickop. 
 
 Mrs. Sophia L. Dexter. 
 
 Hilkiah Bradley. 
 
 Mrs. Adah L. Sanford. 
 
 Clarence C. Hunt. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth L. Camsell. 
 
 Louis Barker. 
 
 Ella L. Barker. 
 
 Miss Alice Bowe. 
 
 Mrs. Minnie Hedeler. 
 
 Mrs. George H. Prentice. 
 
 Charles H. Pratt. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy A. Pratt. 
 
 Mrs. Barnum. 
 
 Charlotte H. Blot. 
 
 Enoch C. Adams. 
 
 Mrs. Enoch C. Adams. 
 
 William Perry Bentley, 
 
 Walter J. Hawthorne. 
 
 Mrs. George W. Fisk. 
 
588 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 1892. 
 
 Edward A. Baldwin. 
 Mrs. Fannie B. Baldwin. 
 Oscar J. West. 
 
 1899. 
 Mrs. Georgia Susan Davis. 
 Abigail G. Staples. 
 John B. Kemp. 
 Mary Ann Bodley. 
 Harry Innes Bodley. 
 George H. Houghton Bodley. 
 
 1900. 
 Jane Elizabeth Gill. 
 Genevieve M. Weiant. 
 Florence A. Soule. 
 Joseph Mellor. 
 Lucius Otto Lusk. 
 Nora Frai'.ces Lusk. 
 Paul Peck Wilcox. 
 Elizabeth K. H. Wilcox. 
 James Cooper. 
 William W. Penfield. 
 Sarah E. Penfield. 
 Miss L. H. Robertshaw. 
 Miss Ada Robertshaw. 
 Charles Peck Wetmore. 
 Augusta M. W. Wetmore. 
 Albert E. Church. 
 Emily B. Church. 
 Mrs. Alpha A. Penrose. 
 
 1 901. 
 Bertha Delvalle. 
 Dr. Frederick Albert Beas- 
 
 ley Forrest. 
 William L. Shelton. 
 Mrs. WilHam L. Shelton. 
 Mrs. Dollie Keeney Munson. 
 
 Mrs. Louisa Schermerhorn. 
 Mortimer Wright. 
 Mrs. Grace Wright. 
 Marshall I. Smith. 
 Mrs. Marshall I. Smith. 
 William George Cottrell. 
 Mrs. Martha Robinson Cot- 
 trell. 
 
 1902. 
 
 Mrs. Almon N. Wood. 
 Mrs. Christian Ziegler. 
 Mrs. Alice J. Preston Nugent. 
 Mrs. Celia Adelaide Shepard. 
 Miss Elmira Lulua Munson. 
 Mrs. Mary Louise Morrow. 
 Mrs. Nettie Bray Coats. 
 Mrs. Mary E. Logan. 
 Mr. James S. Clark. 
 Mr. Charles Tomlin. 
 Mrs. Tomlin. 
 
 1903. 
 
 Miss Alice M. Hodgson. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Orrin Elmer. 
 
 Elizabeth Weir. 
 
 Harriet Walker. 
 
 Cecelia Greco. 
 
 Mrs. McBrayne. 
 
 Miss Faith Ketchum Bigelow. 
 
 Miss Alice Germond. 
 
 Mrs. M. Louise Vines Bacon. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Barker. 
 
 Mrs. Martha A. Humphrey 
 
 Barnes. 
 Mr. James E. Beale. 
 Mrs. Emma Durn Bennett. 
 Mrs. Anna Cocking Bertini. 
 Mrs. Anna Krah BoUerer. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 589 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 Mrs. Isabella Seipel Boy- 
 ington. 
 
 Mrs. Eva A. Brainard. 
 
 Mrs. Florence R. Brown. 
 
 Mrs. Clarence Burr. 
 
 Mrs. Carson. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Barnes Casey. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Parker Chase. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Graham Coch- 
 rane. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Coping. 
 
 Mrs. Wilbur R. Corbin. 
 
 Mrs. Carmelita Cramm. 
 
 Mrs. Mabel Helen Vines 
 Dyson. 
 
 Miss Susan Dunn, Jr. 
 
 Mrs. Joseph O. Elmer. 
 
 Mrs. Percy J. Hapeman. 
 
 Mrs. Louise L. Smith Hart. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Borden H. Hen- 
 drickson. 
 
 Mrs. Albert A. Hermann. 
 
 Mrs. Helen Seipel Homkohl. 
 
 Miss Lois Margarette Hom- 
 kohl. 
 
 Mr. J. Geo. F. Hughes. 
 
 Mr. Frederick Buell Hun- 
 gerford. 
 
 Mrs. Mary L. Post Hunger- 
 ford. 
 
 Mrs. Grace Caswell Hurlbut. 
 
 Mrs. Lizzie Hurrel. 
 
 Mr. John T. Jackson. 
 
 Mrs. John T. Jackson. 
 
 Mrs. Grace E. Judd. 
 
 Clara L. Judd Kelley. 
 
 Kenneth E. Kellogg. 
 
 Nellie D. Kellogg. 
 
 Fannie Elliott Kingsbury. 
 37 
 
 Elfrida K. Kramer. 
 Louise Seipel Lomis. 
 Margaret Lukey. 
 John Malone. 
 Jackson Martin. 
 George H. Mitchell. 
 Mary Ann Mitchell. 
 Josephine S. Mott. 
 Rosina Bamforth North. 
 Mary Louisa North. 
 Hannah E. Patterson. 
 Florence L. Barnes Peck. 
 George Penfield. 
 Sarah Phillips. 
 Harriet Disbrow Porter. 
 Minnie L. Bath Post. 
 Clinton Henry Pasco. 
 Edith M. C. Prentice. 
 Anna Gaylord Rockwell. 
 Mrs. Cordelia Guion Russell. 
 Bertha Schmarr Larson. 
 Horace N. Saunders. 
 Susan Rice Smith. 
 Emily C. Smith. 
 Annah T. L. P. Swain. 
 Margaret Hirst Thompson. 
 Mary Ann Thompson. 
 Martha Seymour. 
 Mrs. Isabella Tulley. 
 Annie E. B. Walker. 
 Betsey Warner. 
 Sarah A. K. Watson. 
 Thomas Webb. 
 Fannie Shergold Webb, 
 Louise M. Welles. 
 Mary S. White. 
 Caroline Williams. 
 Elizabeth Weir. 
 Mary A. W. Williams. 
 
59° 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 COMMUNICANTS 
 
 1903. 
 
 Isabella G. H. Williams. 
 Annie S. Wollman. 
 Ellen M. Wolff. 
 
 1904. 
 Mrs. Kitty Bigelow. 
 Mr. George R. Lester. 
 Miss Martha Seymour. 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Thompson. 
 Mrs. Caroline Williams. 
 Mr. Albert H. Whatnall. 
 
 1905. 
 Mr. Clinton Henry Pasco. 
 Mrs. Margaret Rose Camsell. 
 Mrs. Rosina Bamforth North. 
 Mr. Minor M. Fieber. 
 Mrs. Mabel Anne Smith 
 
 Fieber. 
 Mrs. H. W. Freeman. 
 Levi Bailey. 
 Alice Hortense Humphrey 
 
 Church. 
 William Nelson Murdock. 
 Amanda E. B. Murdock. 
 Florence B. Smith Hart. 
 
 Anna M. Diehl. 
 Bertha Schmarr Larson. 
 Jane Jones. 
 Theresa Lee. 
 Laura J. Hilton. 
 William W. Penfield. 
 Sarah E. Penfield. 
 Martha Grace Barnes. 
 Elsie May Roberts. 
 Martha Seymour. 
 Margaret Rose Camsell. 
 Annie Madeley Walker. 
 
 1906. 
 
 Abigail Cushman. 
 Bertha Harrison Bigelow. 
 Louise S. Carroll. 
 Thomas Henry Neale. 
 May Beatrice Church. 
 William Graham Flower. 
 Ethel Eleanor Humphrey. 
 Elizabeth Barnes Parkin. 
 Ellen M. Blinn. 
 Amanda H. Nichols. 
 Jeanette A. Davis. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 FROM REGISTER NO. I. 
 
 By the Rev. John M. Guion. 
 1849. 
 
 Oct. 2, Franklin Guion, Cornelia Warner. 
 
 By the Rev. Alexander Capron. 
 Oct. 7, Willis A. Pierce, Maria Clarke. 
 
 Dec. 16, Sidney Miller, Emily Dickinson. 
 
 By the Rev. John M. Guion. 
 Mr. Collins, Jerusha Dickinson. 
 
 By the Rev. Alexander Capron. 
 1851. 
 
 Apr. 6, Frederic Schoenfeld, Louisa Heindrich. 
 
 Oct. 18, Augustus S. Jerome, Loisa Dickinson. 
 
 1852. 
 
 Jan. 25, James R. Scott, Sylvia L. Buckbee. 
 
 Apr. 21, Henry Tolles, Ellen M. Ford. 
 
 June 2, Henry H. Todd, Caroline Dowd. 
 
 By the Rev. John M. Guion. 
 July 29, Emile Baxter, Annette Powell. 
 
 By the Rev. Alexander Capron. 
 Aug. 16, Dr. Warren N. Dunham, Julia W. Burritt. 
 Sept. 28, George Lee, Rebecca Deming. 
 
 By the Rev. John M. Guion. 
 Oct. 27, William Burritt, Elizabeth Hart. 
 
 By the Rev. Alexander Capron. 
 
 1853- 
 May 29, Martin M. Johnson, Adelaide Brown. 
 
 Oct. 19, George Tolles, Catharine G. Wright. 
 
 i8S4- 
 
 Jan. I, William W. Baldwin, Caroline A. Lee. 
 
 Mar. 26, James Mand, Eliza Ingham. 
 
 Oct. 3, Charles P. Todd, Augusta Griswold. 
 
 591 
 
592 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1854. 
 
 Dec. 24, Lester A. Vibberts, 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. S. Benedict. 
 
 Cornelia A. Pratt. 
 
 1855- 
 Aug. 19 
 Dec. 18 
 
 1856. 
 Jan. S 
 Mar. 17 
 May I 
 May 13 
 May 23 
 May 27 
 Dec. 31 
 
 1857- 
 Mar. 19: 
 
 July IS 
 Oct. 6 
 Nov. 4 
 
 1858. 
 May 17 
 June 2 
 Oct. 13 
 Nov. 25 
 
 1859. 
 Mar. 31 
 Apr. 7 
 
 July 5: 
 Oct. 20 
 
 i860. 
 May 9 
 May 19, 
 June 30 
 Aug. I 
 Sept. 26 
 Oct. I 
 
 1861. 
 Feb. 14 
 
 By the Rev. F. T. Russell. 
 
 Sheldon Smith, 
 Alfred Vail, 
 
 George Fletcher, 
 Connell Henn, 
 Elijah C. Baldwin, 
 Edwin S. Clark, 
 Thomas B. Clark, 
 William G. Coe, 
 Oliver Powe, 
 
 Albert Burnett, 
 William H. Jones, 
 Charles S. Douglas, 
 Woodford Kilbourn, 
 
 David M. Warren, 
 Marcellus Clark, 
 Edwin M. Talmage, 
 Elliot B. Allen, 
 
 Jeremiah Kinny, 
 Alpheus B. Fairchild, 
 Alexander Walritier, 
 William H. Heller, 
 
 Thomas S. Rackcliff, 
 Christian L. Mack, 
 William H. Hamilton, 
 Hiram A. Ford, 
 Isaac Little, 
 William N. Lockwood, 
 
 Sylvia West. 
 Amanda O. Eno. 
 
 Julia Fox. 
 
 Elizabeth Grace Merritt. 
 
 Julia Childs. 
 
 Fanny M. Hotchkiss. 
 
 Sarah Duffy. 
 
 Jeanette T. Lee. 
 
 Mary Ann French. 
 
 Margarett A. Kingsley. 
 Mrs. Hannah Power. 
 Mrs. Mary A. Welles. 
 Lucy A. Staples. 
 
 M. Josephine Wood. 
 Mary Tolles. 
 Dianna C. Bucknall. 
 Sophia Beach. 
 
 Elizabeth Donaldson. 
 Margaret Lee. 
 Ellen Meyers. 
 Pauline A. Messenger. 
 
 Henrietta W. Francis. 
 Harriet Wells. 
 Isabella Hamilton. 
 Jane Dyson. 
 Hannah G. Burrill. 
 Jane L. Alfred. 
 
 Christopher F. Rebstock, Alice E. Orvis. 
 

 IN NEW BRITAIN. 55 
 
 
 MAJ^RIAGES 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. F. T. Russell. 
 
 i86i. 
 
 
 
 Apr. 8, 
 
 John Ellis, 
 
 Mary Stahmann. 
 
 June 13, 
 
 Frederick Fitch, 
 
 Julia W. Post. 
 
 Sept. 2, 
 
 Bernard Weigett, 
 
 Frederica Wacksmuth. 
 
 Oct. 12, 
 
 Frederick A. Traut, 
 
 Frederica Berg. 
 
 Nov. 20, 
 
 Robert Hine, 
 
 Louisa Sweirs. (Col- 
 ored) 
 
 Nov. 28, 
 
 Lorenzo D. Jenner, 
 
 Dora Maloney. 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 3, 
 
 John S. Allen, 
 
 Elizabeth J. Warner. 
 
 May 28, 
 
 Theodore E. Welch, 
 
 Annis M. Smith. 
 
 Aug. 6, 
 
 Charles Wielannt, 
 
 Delia Lambert. 
 
 Sept. II, 
 
 Albert J. Goodrich, 
 
 Emma Gibbons. 
 
 Dec. II, 
 
 Charles L. Webster, 
 
 Jennie Watson. 
 
 Dec. 25, 
 
 Watson W. Clark, 
 
 Mary J. Patterson. 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 8, 
 
 Henry C. Corey, 
 
 Elizabeth S. Corey. 
 
 Nov. 18, 
 
 Asahel H. Woodruff, 
 
 Ellen Dyson. 
 
 Dec. 21, 
 
 Alfred H. Stanley 
 
 Sarah J. Lozier. 
 
 Dec. 31, 
 
 Daniel S. Hosmer, 
 
 Alice H. Pierce. 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 27, 
 
 Frank Metzer, 
 
 Catherine Baum. 
 
 Jan. 27, 
 
 Benedick Reichenstein, 
 
 Elizabeth Baum. 
 
 Mar. 5, 
 
 Lemuel Dyson, 
 
 Sarah Broadbent. 
 
 By the Rev. L. B. Baldwin. 
 Oct. 20, Septimus Haslam, Elizabeth Whiting. 
 
 By the Rev. Jared Flagg, D.D. 
 Nov. 10, S. Waldo Hart, M.D. Margaret C. Smyth. 
 
 By the Rev. L. B. Baldwin. 
 1865. 
 Mar. 16, Albert Rondecker, Mrs. Catharine Schney- 
 
 der. 
 Sept. 5, Frederick Roof, Mrs. Mary Gussman. 
 
 Sept. 5, Fred William Sock, Mrs. Louisa Muehling. 
 
 Oct. 16, Alfred S. Finch, Ellen C. Tolles. 
 
594 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 By the Rev. L. B. Baldwin. 
 
 1866. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 30, 
 
 George E. Trask, 
 
 Rosabel V. Grimes. 
 
 Mar. 22, 
 
 Edward Yates, 
 
 Esther M. Judd. 
 
 July 3. 
 
 Gotlieb Gamerdinger, 
 
 Mrs. Catherine Scovill 
 
 Oct. 16, 
 
 George H. Porter, 
 
 Addie Tolles. 
 
 Oct. 18, 
 
 George F. Wood, 
 
 Alice Haslam. 
 
 By the Rev. F. T. Russell. 
 1867. 
 Feb. 12, Sherman P. Cooley, 
 
 Mar. 30, 
 Dec. 24, 
 Dec. 25, 
 
 1868. 
 Apr. 18, 
 June 24, 
 Sept. 8, 
 Oct. I, 
 Oct. 24, 
 Oct. 26, 
 Oct. 29, 
 Nov. 4, 
 Nov. 21, 
 Dec. 24, 
 
 1869. 
 Mar. 12, 
 Mar. 25, 
 Apr. 22, 
 Sept. I, 
 Oct. 22, 
 Oct. 28, 
 
 1870. 
 May 21, 
 
 Feb. 2, 
 May 31, 
 
 Georgianna Bradley. 
 
 By the Rev. L. B. Baldwin. 
 
 Michael Rauber, Louise Joos. 
 
 Alanso L. Bassett, Mary S. Webster. 
 
 Edgar B. Jones, Mattie L. Staples. 
 
 Thomas Stenson, 
 Jacob Single, 
 Albert S. Wells, 
 Frederick Fitch, 
 Konrad Seiple, 
 Alfred S. Henn, 
 Frank H. Hooker, 
 Charles B. Erichson, 
 John Ott, 
 Henry Buntling, 
 
 David Erwin, 
 Theodore Frahm, 
 Hobart W. Deming, 
 John Crellen, 
 Erttman Meisner, 
 Alfred Shirtcliff, 
 
 John Diebold, 
 
 Joseph Herbst, 
 Adam Seiple, 
 
 Catharine M. Prior. 
 Catharine Lenze. 
 Alice Lee. 
 Margaret L. Post. 
 Regina Miller. 
 Mary G. Johnson. 
 Grace Russell. 
 Annie E. Staples. 
 Caroline Kirchler. 
 Mrs. Sarah J. Johnson. 
 
 Mary Jane Erwin. 
 Jeanette Auding. 
 Emma J. Jewett. 
 Mary S. Allen. 
 Johanna Haut. 
 Elizabeth Schofield. 
 
 Mrs. Christianna Bar- 
 quit. 
 Margaretta Schmitt. 
 Anna Holnetz. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 595 
 
 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. Francis Gilliat. 
 
 187 
 
 0. 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 8, 
 
 Henry B. Seiple, 
 
 Anna Hart. 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. C. Collard Adams. 
 
 1871. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22, 
 
 Robert Carswell, 
 
 Mrs. Rachel Martin. 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. John C. 
 
 Middleton. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 29. 
 
 Charles H. Smith, 
 
 Carrie E. Welton. 
 
 May 
 
 3. 
 
 William White, 
 
 Selina Pyne. 
 
 May 
 
 17. 
 
 F. Edward Weeks, of 
 North Brookfield, Mass 
 
 Julia M. Vergason. 
 
 June 
 
 20, 
 
 John Rufenacht, 
 
 Anna Gough. 
 
 June 
 
 21, 
 
 Walter W. Fenton, 
 
 Annie E. Butler. 
 
 July 
 
 18, 
 
 Martin Rice, 
 
 Elizabeth Bernhearth. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3, 
 
 Peter Hermann, 
 
 Emma Schultz. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 20, 
 
 WiUiam H. Rose, 
 
 Jessie Wilson. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 23. 
 
 Henry Palmer, 
 
 Johanna Carroll. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9. 
 
 Julius Eissig, 
 
 Minnie Grutzmacher. 
 
 187 
 
 '2. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 8, 
 
 William H. Stephens, 
 
 Elizabeth Cookson, 
 
 (Mrs.) 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4, 
 
 George Uhline, 
 
 Jane Ashley. 
 
 May 
 
 4. 
 
 William Shean, 
 
 Susan Given. 
 
 June 
 
 6, 
 
 Martin Eppler, 
 
 Catharine Karle. 
 
 June 
 
 29, 
 
 Robert Adams, 
 
 Frances A. Evan. 
 
 July 
 
 2, 
 
 Lewis Barker, 
 
 Lizzie Jones. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 12, 
 
 Emil Tresselt, 
 
 Bertha Henn. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25. 
 
 Dwight 0. Welton, 
 
 Mary E. Colvin. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 28, 
 
 John K. Goodrich, 
 
 Ella R. NichoUs. 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. C. R. 
 
 Fisher. 
 
 
 
 Frederic C. Potter, 
 
 Mrs. Mary M. Chester. 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. John C. 
 
 Middleton. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 27. 
 
 George W. Sanford, 
 M.D. of Tariffville, 
 Conn. 
 
 Ada L. Eno. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 24, 
 
 Frederick Simons, 
 
 Mary E. Foulds. 
 
596 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 By the Rev. John C. Middleton. 
 
 1873- 
 
 
 Jan. 14, 
 
 Emil D. Hunziker, 
 
 Feb. 12, 
 
 George M. Adkins, 
 
 Feb. 13, 
 
 John Kiefer, 
 
 Apr. 2, 
 
 Dwight W. Mitchell, 
 
 Apr. 15, 
 
 Ik 
 
 1873- 
 
 May 29, 
 
 June 4, 
 
 June 10, 
 
 July 2, 
 
 Aug. 12, 
 
 Aug. 12, 
 
 Aug. 16, 
 
 Sept. 17, 
 
 Sept. 24, 
 
 Oct. 22, 
 
 Oct. 25. 
 
 Dec. 16, 
 
 1874. 
 Jan. 15, 
 
 Chauncey S. Pomery, 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Minnie Peters. 
 Jerusha S. Merrill. 
 Carrie Meuziger. 
 Rose Murphy, both of 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 Augusta M. Birge. 
 
 FROM REGISTER NO. 2. 
 
 Name. 
 Edsell E. Nettleton, 
 Ellen Drusilla Northall, 
 Richard Wright, 
 Eliza B. Varian, 
 Leonard Doig, 
 Ella Lee, 
 
 James M. Torbert, 
 Kate E. Lunt, 
 George F. Bird, 
 Sarah Chal worth, 
 Richard B. Allen, 
 Mary J. Carey, 
 Joseph Fletcher, 
 Annie V. Chorel, 
 Algernon G. Henderson, 
 Agnes E. Smith, 
 Alfred W. Hadley, 
 Grace A. Merrill, 
 Lewis Wheeler, 
 Mary A. Craw, 
 David Dehm, 
 Annie Young, 
 Addison C. Jones, 
 Minnie S. Mott, 
 
 George Raab, 
 Louisa Schatz, 
 
 Residence. 
 New Hartford, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Wallingford, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Southington, Ct. 
 
 it ct 
 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 
 Meriden, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Haven, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 597 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. C. R. Fisher of Hartford. 
 
 1874. Name. Residence. 
 
 Feb. 17, Peter Mentis, New Britain. 
 
 Johanna Petting, " " 
 
 By the Rev. John C. Middlleton. 
 
 Feb. 21, Walter Storey^ So. Meriden. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Ann Newton, New Britain. 
 
 Feb. 25, George B. Terry, Russia, N. Y. 
 
 Harriet Smith, New Britain. 
 Mar. 21, August Strobel, 
 
 Johanna Jooss, " " 
 
 May 24, Louis Teich, " " 
 
 Fiorina Feist, " " 
 
 By the Rev. C. R. Fisher. 
 
 June 2, George Hoffman, New Britain. 
 
 Sophia Rosselins, " " 
 
 By the Rev. J. H. Drumm. 
 1875- 
 May 20, David L. Redford, New Britain. 
 
 Emma A. Humason, " " 
 
 July 22, Wilfred S. Taylor, 
 
 Ella A. Beach, 
 Oct. 20, Albert Woodward Fisher, 
 
 Theresa Mitchell, New Britain. 
 
 " 21, Henry Kinkade, " 
 
 Ellen Parrell, 
 1876. 
 Jan. 6, William E. Stevens, New Britain. 
 
 Hannah Jones, 
 " 12, Joseph C. Atwood, 
 
 Jeanie A. Dimond, New Britain. 
 
 May 20, David Dehm, 
 
 Balvina Schneider, New Britain. 
 
 " 24, Frank Andress, Meriden. 
 
 Helen A. Smith, New Britain. 
 
598 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. J. H. Drumm. 
 
 1876. Name. 
 
 June 7, Wm. C. Homan, 
 Clarissa O. Jones, 
 " 28, Thomas H. Porter, 
 Mary Jane Watson, 
 Aug. 31, Archibald McBrayne, 
 Mary Anne Tanner, 
 
 Residence. 
 West Meriden. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 By the Rev. L. B. Baldwin and Rev. J. H. Drumm. 
 II, George Browne, New York. 
 
 Florence Graham, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 1877. 
 May 12, 
 
 Nov. I, 
 
 Oct. 24, 
 
 Nov. 6, 
 
 Dec. 25, 
 
 1878. 
 Jan. 24, 
 
 Mar. 25, 
 
 Apr. 24, 
 
 Apr. 25, 
 
 " 27, 
 
 By the Rev. Wm. E. Snowden. 
 
 J. Russell Shepard, 
 Fannie A. Frisbie, 
 Charles W. Andrews, 
 Harriet L. Fenton, 
 Albert Middleton Hyde, 
 Anita B. Stillman, 
 John Ambrose Winslow, 
 Annie Isabel Wragg, 
 Sherman Winchell, 
 Miss Sarah Jones, 
 
 Angus C. Davies, 
 Miss Annie L. Doig, 
 Simon Danids, 
 Miss Emma Gagnon, 
 •Robert J. Blackman, 
 Aphena M. Colvin, 
 Dr. Jay S. Stone, 
 Miss Rebecca C. Davis, 
 Olof Sonnason, 
 Mrs. Mary Smith, 
 Andrew Guenthar, 
 Katrina Nies, 
 
 Southington, Ct. 
 Waterbury, Ct. 
 New Haven, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Meriden, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 Kensington, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Canada. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New York City. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 599 
 
 1878. 
 May 2, 
 
 May 3, 
 
 July I3> 
 Aug. I, 
 
 Sept. 21, 
 
 tt ti 
 
 Nov. 13, 
 
 Dec. 25, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Jan. I, 
 
 Jan. 5, 
 
 Jan. 20, 
 
 Jan. 22, 
 
 Feb. 5, 
 
 Mar. 13, 
 
 Mar. 20, 
 
 Apr. 9, 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. Wm. E. 
 Name. 
 Thomas Charles Grant, 
 Lizzie Kerrins, 
 Frederick H. Hotchkiss, 
 Katie Eudora Blakesley, 
 Joseph Landgren, 
 Charlotta AmeHa Olson, 
 Thomas Andrews McCon- 
 
 key. 
 Miss Nellie Joslyn, 
 Adam Zahnleiter, 
 Emma Himmel, 
 Wm. Charles Fisher, 
 Sophia Eger, 
 James H. Flower, 
 Miss Carrie Rebecca Jones, 
 Charles Aurelius Huma- 
 
 son. 
 Miss Annie E. Green, 
 Henry Whatley, 
 Annie McConkey, 
 
 Henry Franklin Kehr, 
 Miss Louisa Hess, 
 John Armstrong Blake, 
 Ida May Penfield, 
 Frederick S. Gaines, 
 Flora M. Latham, 
 George Dennis, 
 Miss Susannah Bedford, 
 David Stack, 
 Miss Minnie Weckesser, 
 Mr. John Crabtree, 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Haslam, 
 Horace W. Btmting, 
 Miss Ella M. Welton, 
 Albert William Day, 
 Miss Kittie Adela Hart, 
 
 Snowden. 
 Residence. 
 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Farmington, Ct. 
 tt tt 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Norwich, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 Granville, Mass. 
 Granby, Ct. 
 Newington, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Farmington, Ct. 
 
6oo 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1879. 
 
 Apr. 19, 
 Apr. 23, 
 
 Aug. 22, 
 
 Sept. 22, 
 
 Sept. 24, 
 
 Oct. II, 
 
 Oct. 14, 
 
 Dec. 4, 
 
 1880. 
 Apr. 10, 
 
 May 5, 
 Nov. 3, 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. Wm. E. 
 Name. 
 August Voigt, 
 Theresa Jung, 
 William H. Bailey Bed- 
 ford, 
 Miss Eunice E. Unwin, 
 Frank Martin, 
 Miss Florence Craw, 
 Oscar Frodey, 
 Miss Hulda Osterstrom, 
 Wm. H. H. Morgan, 
 Miss Julia Agnes Stevens, 
 Joseph Fredell, 
 Sophie Carlbom, 
 Alexander Beatty, 
 Carrie L. Fisher, 
 Edward Harry Crosley, 
 Katie Theresa Quinn, 
 
 Joseph Powell, 
 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Stani- 
 
 forth, 
 Lawrence Preissinger, 
 Miss Barbara Deming, 
 
 Snowden. 
 
 Residence. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Amherst, Mass. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Berlin, Ct. 
 Kensington, Ct. 
 
 Meriden, Ct. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 it II 
 
 By the Rev. John Henry Rogers. 
 George B. Richards, New Britain. 
 
 Sarah A. Bedford, (Wid- 
 ow) 
 
 Nov. 12, 
 
 August Anderson, 
 Carolina Stenstrom, 
 
 New 
 
 (i 
 
 Britain. 
 
 Nov. 18, 
 
 Herman L. Phelps, 
 
 New 
 
 York City, 
 
 
 Leah D. Bulkley, 
 
 New 
 
 Britain. 
 
 Dec. 18, 
 
 Alfred Lindgren, 
 Johanna Sophie Wisse, 
 
 
 i< 
 
 1881. 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 15, 
 
 Edward Jones, 
 Elizabeth Walter, 
 
 New 
 
 Britain. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 6oi 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 By the Rev. John Henry Rogers. 
 
 1 88 
 Feb. 
 
 I. 
 17. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 July 
 
 30, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 10, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 10, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 7, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 i7> 
 
 1882. 
 Jan. 28, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 22, 
 
 May 
 
 I, 
 
 June 
 
 27, 
 
 June 
 
 28, 
 
 July 
 
 25, 
 
 July 26, 
 
 Name. 
 James D. Rogers, 
 Jane B. Vergason, 
 James Adams McConkey, 
 Imogene Case, 
 Frank Chaubet, 
 Lizzie Grady, 
 Oscar G. Thomas, 
 Mary Jane Cady, 
 Frank G. Hull, 
 Sarah G. Cadwell, 
 Francis Chambers, 
 Emma H. Dickinson, 
 Ernest F. Wann, 
 Matilda C. Anderson, 
 John B. Foyer, 
 Maria A. Brennan, 
 Simon Hahn, 
 Caroline Heinze, 
 
 Henry Rackliff, 
 Lizzie A. Rossberg, 
 Leonard Johnson, 
 Carrie Handander, 
 Conrad Steppler, 
 Mary Stiner, 
 Elias Anderson, 
 Johanna Nielson, 
 George R. Thomas, 
 Kitty Donohue, 
 William T. Bower, 
 Lilian Elizabeth Burns, 
 Carl August Osterman, 
 Ida Agnese Matilda Ol- 
 son, 
 John Pfeifer, 
 Nettie Britch, 
 
 Residence. 
 Yantic, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Collinsville, Ct. 
 
 Farmington, Ct. 
 
 New Britain. 
 tt ft 
 
 Plainville, Ct. 
 
 It n 
 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Waterbury, Ct. 
 New Haven. 
 New Britain. 
 
602 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. John Henry Rogers. 
 Name. Residence. 
 
 1882. 
 
 
 
 
 July 26, 
 
 Martin Schantz, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 Mary Davis, 
 
 t( i( 
 
 July 26, 
 
 Charles D. Barnes, 
 
 New Haven, Ct. 
 
 
 Cora Bell Norton, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Aug. 20, 
 
 Samuel Morris, 
 
 tc (C 
 
 
 Elizabeth Hayward 
 
 it tt 
 
 
 White, 
 
 
 Sept. 26, 
 
 Pher A. Lund, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 Johanna M. Samulson, 
 
 it 
 
 it 
 
 Nov. 6, 
 
 Alfred Joune, 
 Mary Bailey, 
 
 It 
 
 tt 
 tt 
 
 Nov. 29, 
 
 Albert E. Lawton, 
 
 tt 
 
 It 
 
 
 Sarah E. Cooper, 
 
 It ({ 
 
 1883. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 22, 
 
 Henry T. Wheelock, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 Lizzie J. Canfield, 
 
 it 
 
 
 Mar. 22, 
 
 Frank Walker, 
 
 ft 
 
 
 
 Cora Belle Joslyn, 
 
 " 
 
 
 Apr. 3, 
 
 James Wostenholme, 
 Jane Haywood, (Widow) 
 
 tt 
 tt 
 
 
 Apr. 5, 
 
 Frank Hoagland, 
 
 tt 
 
 
 
 Ellen M. Carroll, 
 
 ti 
 
 
 Apr. II, 
 
 Frederick Bell, 
 Carrie J. Andrews, 
 
 it 
 it 
 
 
 Apr. II, 
 
 Charles W. Bailey, 
 Ida Frank, 
 
 tt I 
 it I 
 
 
 May 16, 
 
 William E. Ford, 
 
 tt ft 
 
 
 Mattie C. Holt, 
 
 Mobile, Ala. 
 
 May 19, 
 
 Franz Stock, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 Eliza Gruner, 
 
 tt it 
 
 May 23, 
 
 Edward Fishwick, 
 
 Gainesville, N. Y 
 
 
 Ada Haywood, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 June 16, 
 
 John Bomba, 
 Katie Homberger, 
 
 ft ti 
 it tt 
 
 June 20, 
 
 Spencer C. Page, 
 
 tt it 
 
 
 Carrie G. Penfield, 
 
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IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 603 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. John Henry Rogers. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 New Haven, Ct. 
 (t (( t( 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 1883. 
 
 Name. 
 
 June 28, 
 
 Charles G. Miller, 
 
 
 Christina C. Schuessler, 
 
 July 6, 
 
 Flatham Hill, (Widower) 
 
 
 Louisa Jenkins, (Widow) 
 
 July 26, 
 
 George H. Stanton, 
 
 
 Mary E. Montague, 
 
 
 (Widow) 
 
 July 28, 
 
 Josiah Banner, 
 
 
 Rose H. Perks, 
 
 Aug. 4, 
 
 Sept. 13, 
 
 Oct. II, 
 
 Oct. 15, 
 
 Oct. 22, 
 
 Nov. 22, 
 
 Dec. 13, 
 
 Dec. 25, 
 
 1884. 
 Apr. 15, 
 
 Apr. 19, 
 
 July 2, 
 
 By the Rev. Wm. L. Bostwick. 
 
 Oscar Tornguist, New Britain. 
 
 Sophia Johnson, " " 
 
 By the Rev. John Hen.ry Rogers. 
 
 George J..Turnbull, New Britain. 
 
 Emily S. Nash, 
 
 Cyrus H. Miller, 
 
 Julia M. Smith, 
 
 Oscar Forsman, 
 
 Lotten Gusstafson, 
 
 Joseph Goetz, 
 
 Mary Baumgartner, 
 
 Frank F. Foster, 
 
 Martha P. Gibbons, 
 
 John Albert Westling, 
 
 Amelia Norbach, 
 
 Edward A. Alpress, 
 
 Adelaide Porter, 
 
 Ralph J. Beach, 
 Annie M. E. Burr, 
 John C. Sclender, 
 Christine Neilsen, 
 Arthur F. Saunders, 
 Mary Bonnell, 
 
 Southington, Ct. 
 New Hartford, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Paterson, N. J. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
6o4 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. John Henry Rogers. 
 
 1884. Name. Residence. 
 
 July 3, Thomas Lowman, New Britain. 
 
 Lucy A. Todd, (Widow) 
 
 July 5, Lewis Anderson, " " 
 
 Matilda Anderson, " " 
 
 Sept. 19, Frederick Gustafson, " " ' 
 
 Emma Sahlin, " " 
 
 By the Rev. F. W. Harriman. 
 
 Oct. 2, George B. Badger, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Harriet G. Bostwick, " " " 
 
 By the Rev. John Henry Rogers. 
 
 Oct. 25, John Thomas, 
 
 Margaretta Gigold, 
 Dec. 17, Walter Preston, 
 
 Henrietta Seipel, 
 Dec. 25, Henry W. Pritchard, 
 
 Lillie J. Turnbull, 
 Dec. 31, Henry J. Browne, 
 
 Mary M. Durn, 
 1885. 
 Mar. 12, Otto J. Norris, 
 
 Pauline Wolf, 
 Mar. 28, Edwin H. Chatfield, 
 
 Annette McCartney, 
 Apr. II, George Buttner, 
 
 Elizabeth Loffler, 
 May 4, George Wells Coats, 
 
 Catherine Barbara Sengle, 
 May 19, John Pomeroy Bartlett, 
 
 Ellen Pauline Fitch, 
 May 27, Charles C. Bronson, 
 
 Victorine Rawelt, 
 June 24, John J. Coats, 
 
 Margaret L. Patterson, 
 July 21, John F. O'Brien, 
 
 JuHa Phalen, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. Wm. L. Bostwick. 
 
 60s 
 
 1885. Name. 
 
 Aug. 15, Charles H. Clark, 
 Nancy Platts, 
 
 Residence. 
 New Britain. 
 
 By the Rev. John Henry Rogers. 
 
 Sept. 26, Christian Ellinger, New Britain. 
 
 Margaret Rouse, " " 
 
 Oct. 5, John Bloxham, 
 
 Annie E. Dwyer, 
 Oct. 7, Frederick A. Hartman, 
 
 Eliza Mills, 
 Oct. 22, William E. Hazard, 
 
 Hattie M. Root, 
 Nov. 25, John A. Carlson, 
 
 Gustine G. Gustavson, 
 Nov. 26, James G. Palmer, 
 
 Katherine A. Judson, 
 Dec. 20, John McCormick, 
 
 Ellen Kirk, 
 
 Meriden, Ct. 
 
 a ic 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 (C tt 
 
 East Berlin, Ct. 
 Berlin, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Waterbury, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 FROM REGISTER NO. 3. 
 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 1886. 
 
 
 
 May 6, 
 
 Henry Schwab, 
 Nellie Griswold, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 tt ti 
 
 July I, 
 
 Chester Kirk, 
 
 Bristol, Conn. 
 
 
 Lottie Martin, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 July 3, 
 
 John B. Brink, 
 
 tt tt 
 
 
 Emma P. Erickson, 
 
 it tt 
 
 Sept. 8, 
 
 Willard J. Callender, 
 Minnie Andrews, 
 
 tt It 
 tt tt 
 
 Sept. 30, 
 
 Norris Bailey, 
 
 tt It 
 
 
 Ella L. Fowler, 
 
 tt tt 
 
 Oct. 4, 
 
 William Eissenman, 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y, 
 
 
 Mary Korsman, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Dec. 31, 
 
 Isaac Tygeson, 
 
 it it 
 
 
 Amanda E. Johnson, 
 
 (I (( 
 
 
 38 
 
 
.6o6 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 1887. Name. 
 
 Feb. 5, Frank N. Steele, 
 
 Sarah Gillott, 
 Mar. 24, Alex Molander, 
 
 Lina Simonson, 
 Apr. 16, Gust. G. Lund, 
 
 Johanna Ols, 
 July 21, William T. Redfield, 
 
 Josephine D. Stokes, 
 Sept. 10, Frederick D. Doty, 
 
 Minnie L. Root, 
 Oct. 27, Walter Haines, 
 
 Mary A. Bennett, 
 Nov. 10, Henry J. Sleath, 
 
 Sarah Clark, 
 Dec. 27, John Bronson, 
 
 Elizabeth Olson, 
 Dec. 31, WiUiam P. O'Brien, 
 
 Alice O'Hern, 
 
 Residence. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Hartford, Conn. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Mar. 22, Joseph Neyer, 
 
 Bertha Sengle, 
 May 12, James A. Magson, 
 
 Mary J. Elliott, 
 May 16, George P. Oldfield, 
 
 Hattie S. Dewey, 
 July 3, Alfred W. Raymond, 
 
 Louisa M. Seipel, 
 Oct. I, Newton B. Ellinge, 
 
 Lizzie S. Busleed, 
 Nov. I, William G. Payne, 
 
 Mrs. Althea O. Dickinson, 
 Nov. I, Francis H. Webster, 
 
 Elizabeth D. Hazelwood, 
 Nov. 10, Charles Schwaterer, 
 
 Minnie Feigl, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 Brockton, Mass. 
 New Britain. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 New Britain. 
 Berlin, Conn. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 607 
 
 1888. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Dec. 12, 
 
 Ransom B. Hinman, 
 
 Oxford, Conn. 
 
 
 Alma E. Williams, 
 
 (t ({ 
 
 1889. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 20, 
 
 Lewis Hemingway, 
 Sophia Samuels, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Mar. 6, 
 
 Ferdinand Heidecker, 
 
 New Haven, Conn, 
 
 
 Mary Schwab, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 April 18, 
 
 John Wm. Ward Scarlett, 
 
 a i( 
 
 
 Jane Beatson, 
 
 ic Si 
 
 ti it 
 
 Joseph Abetz, 
 
 (I (( 
 
 
 Rosa Fischer, 
 
 U It 
 
 June 5, 
 
 Willabee Clough Bigelow, 
 
 i( (I 
 
 
 Ruth Elvira Booth, 
 
 ii t( 
 
 June 8, 
 
 Charles H. Falk, 
 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 
 
 N. Matilda Melin, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 June 13, 
 
 Edwin H. Taylor, 
 Mrs. JuHa V. Weeks, 
 
 
 By the Rev. Jared Starr. 
 
 Aug. 10, Adam Schrumpf Jr., New Britain. 
 
 Harriet E. Johnson, " " 
 
 Sept. 25, 
 Nov. 2, 
 Dec. 24, 
 
 1890. 
 Jan. 24, 
 
 April 9, 
 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 Frank H. Andrews, New Britain. 
 
 Sadie M. Alvord, 
 
 Joseph Preissell, 
 
 Josephine Egerer, " " 
 
 Charles Frederick Brain- " " 
 
 ard, 
 Eva Alida Sweet, New Britain. 
 
 William S. Bonney, 
 Anna Reeder, 
 George L. Lawrence, 
 Sarah A. Sharp, 
 
 Bristol, Conn. 
 t( It 
 
 New Britain. 
 
6o8 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 1890. 
 
 May 
 
 3> 
 
 May 
 
 14. 
 
 May 
 
 14, 
 
 May 
 
 15, 
 
 May 
 
 20, 
 
 June 
 
 5, 
 
 June 
 
 7, 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 June 
 
 i9> 
 
 July 
 
 2, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 4, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 30, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 8, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 18, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 26, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 25, 
 
 Name. 
 Charles J. Johnson, 
 Mary A. Hanson, 
 Frederick B. Hungerford, 
 Mary Lee Post, 
 Albert B. Clark, 
 Elsie M. Gibson, 
 Frederick Corlas Ens- 
 worth, 
 Jane Matilda Clarke, 
 Francis F. Brumbaum, 
 Anny Carry Menck, 
 James A. Smith, 
 Ada M. Hall, 
 Thomas Moriarity, 
 Catherine Shaw Logan, 
 Alexander Thom, 
 Martha C. Miller, 
 William H. Welch, 
 Bertha Blaisdell, 
 Hugh M. Allwood, 
 Jean J. Kenyon, 
 Ernest Rudolph GuUander, 
 Helma Charlotte Nelson, 
 Charles L. Sheldon, 
 Alice A. Sweet, 
 Wm. Henry Barnes, 
 Emma Jane Sweet, 
 Frank Hoffarth, 
 Katharina Stadler, 
 Charles E. Hills, 
 Mary A. Murray, 
 Gerritt Bulkley Post, 
 Harriet Jane Barkentin, 
 Calvin E. Fuller, 
 Grace C. Yates, 
 John Beatty Hawksworth, 
 Martha Hannah Thompson, 
 
 Residence. 
 New Britain. 
 
 a (t 
 
 Danbury, Conn. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Terryville, Conn. 
 (I it 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 West Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 Lebanon, Mass. 
 Berlin, Conn. 
 Paterson, N. J. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Bristol, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 609 
 
 i8g 
 
 I. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 10, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 14, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 31. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 9. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 9> 
 
 Mar. 
 
 3, 
 
 April 
 
 30, 
 
 May 
 
 27, 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 June 
 
 17, 
 
 June 
 
 18, 
 
 June 
 
 24, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 27, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 26, 
 
 North Wilbraham, Mass. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Middletown, Conn. 
 
 Waterbury, Conn. 
 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 it if 
 
 New Britain. 
 New Britain. 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By tlie Rev. James Stoddard. 
 Name. Residence. 
 
 George Sherman Lathrop, New Britain. 
 Lulu A. Andrus, 
 Howard Erasmus Gates, 
 Grace May Bassett, 
 Per Alfred Anderson, 
 Ida Cecilia Johnson, 
 Ernest Albert Say, 
 Sarah E. Piatt, 
 David Mclntire, 
 Harriet E. Treat, 
 Charles Augustus John- 
 son, 
 Edith Willis Bailey, 
 George E. Whaples, 
 Leila M. Simons, 
 Henry Frick, 
 Margaret Burns, 
 George C. Beckett, 
 Rosa L. Mason, 
 Arthur John Gilbert, 
 Fabianna Baptiste, 
 George Adam Frey, 
 Etta Gertrude Kirk, 
 George E. Prentice, 
 Edith M. Chaloner, 
 William Ashmore, 
 Lillian Anna Wilcox, 
 Spencer S. Booth, 
 Carrie A. Magnus, 
 Charles Caillias, 
 Johanna Dixon, 
 Frank Hills Rowley, 
 Katherine Clarke, 
 Alfred Wylhe, 
 Anna M. Cook, 
 Ralph Chant, 
 Eliza Stephanie Elliott, 
 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 
 City Island, N. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Newington, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 
 a tt 
 
 New York City. 
 New Britain. 
 
610 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 189I. 
 
 Dec. 8, 
 
 Dec. 24, 
 
 1892. 
 Jan. 4, 
 
 Jan. 19, 
 
 Jan. 20, 
 
 Feb. II, 
 
 Feb. 17, 
 
 Mar. I, 
 
 Mar. 8, 
 
 Mar. 10, 
 
 April 20, 
 April 27, 
 May 30, 
 June II, 
 Nov. 23, 
 Dec. 15, 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 Name. Residence. 
 
 Charles Wolf, 
 
 Maria Samuels, 
 George E. Casey, 
 Mary Ella Barnes, 
 
 John Henry Hemingway, 
 Phoebe Cox, 
 George Ashley Bartlett, 
 Mary Madelene Litcher, 
 Samuel Tobias Hendrick- 
 
 son, 
 Emma Borden Hance, 
 Frederick Richard Clark, 
 Harriette Emma Holland, 
 Han ford Burr, 
 Sarah Ellen Seipel, 
 Richard Bolton, 
 Adelaide Phillips, 
 Daniel J. Mullane, 
 Amelia C. Taylor, 
 Eugene Jay Porter, 
 Florence Edna Matthew- 
 son, 
 William J. Neidl, 
 Clara Pilz, 
 Charles Elliott, 
 Hannah Topham, 
 John H. Rhodes, 
 Jennie Shanley, 
 Edward Kittoe Curtiss, 
 Maud Louise Brown, 
 Thomas Brown, 
 Elisabeth Willward, 
 Enoch Alden Soule, 
 Margaretta C Backover, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 a ic 
 
 Newington, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 
 Red Bank, N. J. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Farmington, Conn. 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Becket, Mass. 
 New York City. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 6ii 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. James Stoddard. 
 
 1893. Name. 
 
 April 27, William C. Russell, 
 
 Cordelia W. Guion, 
 May 10, Alfred S. Judd Jr., 
 
 Grace E. Baisden, 
 
 Residence. 
 New Britain. 
 
 By the Rev. Jared Starr. 
 
 June 21, Frederick W. Greenalgh, Providence, R. I. 
 Marguerite H. Brown, New Britain. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 5. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29> 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 25> 
 
 1894. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 30, 
 
 April 
 
 17. 
 
 April 
 
 24, 
 
 May 
 
 9. 
 
 May 
 
 27, 
 
 July 
 
 9. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 15. 
 
 By the Rev. H. N. Wayne. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 George W. Camsell, 
 Maggie R. Crosby, 
 Emmons D. Gridley, 
 Mary E. Allen, 
 Geore H. Mitchell, 
 Mary A. Frick, 
 Charles L. Smith, 
 Fanny W. Bassett, 
 
 Warren Moran Rogers, 
 Frances Eugenie Fitch, 
 Franklin E. Bassett, 
 Sarah M. Hance, 
 Carlton F. Frisbie, 
 Anna Smyth Hart, 
 Richard L. Watson, 
 Alice M. Vines, 
 Leroy Francis Whittier, 
 Amy Georgiana Ince, 
 William Haggerty, 
 Lillie Goodison, 
 Fremont Barrows, 
 Mary E. Glynn, 
 
 Southington, Conn. 
 
 New Britain. 
 li it 
 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 New Britain. 
 
 North Middletown, Ky. 
 Mount Sterling, Ky. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Plainville, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 Punxsutawney, Pa. 
 New Britain. 
 Cambridgeport, Mass. 
 Toronto, Canada. 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 
6l2 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. H. N. 
 
 Wayne. 
 
 1894. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Sept. 19, 
 
 Theobald Ronnalter, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 Annie Fisher, 
 
 it ct 
 
 Nov. 24, 
 
 George H. Barber, 
 Viney Bellmore, 
 
 li tt 
 
 Nov. 28, 
 
 Charles Duncanson, 
 
 tt tt 
 
 
 Minnie E. Yates, 
 
 tt tt 
 
 Nov. 30, 
 
 James D. Harney, 
 
 East Hartford, Ct 
 
 
 Eva Goff, 
 
 (( S( (t 
 
 Dec. 19, 
 
 William Wollman, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 Annie Seiple, 
 
 tt tt 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 April 30, 
 
 John B. Anderson, 
 
 New York City 
 
 
 Elizabeth J. Hanna, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 May 23, 
 
 WilHe T. Dale, 
 
 Wallingford, Ct. 
 
 
 Ida Grace Johnston, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 June 5, 
 
 Dwight P. Chamberlain, 
 
 Lyons, N. Y. 
 
 
 Margaret E. Russell, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Oct. 5, 
 
 Elof Magnuson, 
 
 tt It 
 
 
 Hannah Johnson, 
 
 tc tt 
 
 Dec. 2, 
 
 Abraham Miles, 
 
 tt it 
 
 
 Mary Nolan, 
 
 it ft 
 
 Dec. II, 
 
 Alix W. Stanley, 
 
 New York City. 
 
 
 Harriette C. Russell, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 21, 
 
 Lawrence Sairteer, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 Anna J. Prevost, 
 
 a (t 
 
 Jan. 29, 
 
 Charles W. Taylor, 
 Deborah R. White, 
 
 tc tt 
 
 Feb. 5. 
 
 William J. Foulkes, 
 Annie D. Towle, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 (t it 
 
 April 16, 
 
 Benjamin Thompson, 
 Margaret Hirst, 
 
 it tt 
 
 ti tt 
 
 June 24, 
 
 Charles L. Howell, 
 Minnie Krah, 
 
 It tt 
 
 it t( 
 
 July 2, 
 
 Bernadotte Loomis, 
 Louise Seiple, 
 
 tt it 
 tt tt 
 

 
 IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. H. 
 
 N. 
 
 Wayne. 
 
 1896. 
 
 Name. 
 
 
 Residence. 
 
 July 
 
 6, 
 
 Sidney Goodison, 
 Ella May Post, 
 
 
 New Britain. 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 3> 
 
 Louis W. Cramm, 
 Carmelita Corscaden, 
 
 
 Middletown, Conn 
 New Britain. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7. 
 
 Frank Rotherforth, 
 Emma Knox, 
 
 
 C( li 
 C< it 
 
 Sept. 
 
 16, 
 
 Henry A. Lienhard, 
 Frances O. Booth, 
 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 ct (I 
 
 Sept. 
 
 29. 
 
 William Cronin, 
 Elizabeth Brown, 
 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 (( it 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. O. 
 
 H. 
 
 Raftery. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 14, 
 
 Thomas Duke McAlpin, 
 
 Portland, Conn. 
 
 
 
 Mary Webb, 
 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 
 By the Rev. H 
 
 N. 
 
 Wayne. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 18, 
 
 Adolph Beaudry, 
 Sadie J. Ferris, 
 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 1897. 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19. 
 
 Henry George, 
 Odelia H. Holoomb, 
 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 it ti 
 
 Feb. 
 
 19. 
 
 Gust Nelson, 
 Ida Carlson, 
 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27, 
 
 George Froeba, 
 Betty Reier, 
 
 
 tt ti 
 ft tt 
 
 May 
 
 5. 
 
 Oscar A. Smith, 
 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 
 
 Minnie Elizabeth Holle, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 16, 
 
 Herbert D. Bacon, 
 M. Louise Vines, 
 
 
 a tt 
 (I tc 
 
 Oct. 
 
 7, 
 
 Dennis F. Nelligan, 
 Elizabeth Bond, 
 
 
 it it 
 
 a tc 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27. 
 
 Thomas D. Walker, 
 Annie E. Beckett, 
 
 
 (t it 
 
 it it 
 
 Nov. 
 
 3> 
 
 George Henry Bodycoat, 
 
 iS ti 
 
 
 
 Fanny Scarlett, 
 
 
 it te 
 
 Dec. 
 
 23. 
 
 Frederick J. White, 
 Mary Reed, 
 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 a it 
 
 613 
 
6l4 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. H. N. Wayne. 
 
 1898. Name. Residence. 
 
 Feb. 14, Charles E. Cory, Danbury, Conn. 
 
 Lizzie McCoy, New Britain. 
 
 Feb. 15, William W. Bland, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Augusta Grace Rose, " " 
 
 April 18, Ernest W. Center, " " 
 
 Mary O'Donnell, New Britain. 
 
 April 28, Walter J. Wheaton Jr., Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Alice V. Gainey, " " 
 
 June I, Irving William Mott, New Britain. 
 
 Josephine Sedgwick, " " 
 
 June I, Clinton William Cowles, Plainville, Conn. 
 
 Eliza Clementine Atwood, New Britain. 
 
 June 2, William George Goodison, Meriden, Conn. 
 
 Minnie Amelia Bess, " " 
 
 June 29, Frederick H. Bollerer, New Britain. 
 
 Anna F. Krah, " " 
 
 Aug. 4, Vertis W. Williams, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Elizabeth A. Brown, Boston, Mass. 
 
 Aug. 17, George William Howe, Southington, Ct. 
 
 Lizzie Annie Madeley, New Britain. 
 
 Aug. 25, Charles Frederick Taylor, Glastonbury, Ct. 
 
 Mabel M. Jones, 
 
 Sept. 21, Maxwell Stansbury Hart, New Britain. 
 
 Louise Lockwood Smith, " " 
 1899. 
 
 April 5, Herman A. Gerber, New Britain. 
 
 Mrs. Vinnie Barber, 
 
 April 16, Edwin Croley, Jersey City, N. J. 
 
 Anna Agnes McKnight, " " " 
 
 April 19, Herbert J. Leonard, New Britain. 
 
 Rosalind E. Bailey, " " 
 
 By the Rev. Harry Lines Bodley. 
 
 Sept. 12, Charles Oliver Wolff, New Britain. 
 
 Ellen Maria Gibson, " " 
 
 Sept. 27, Eugene Johnson, Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 Annie McCauley, Elmwood, Conn. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 615 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 1899. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 27. 
 
 George Webster Barnes, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 
 Martha A. Humphrey, 
 
 East Hampton, Mass. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 Luther Boardman Wil- 
 Hams Jr., 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 
 Isabella Grace Hubbard, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 18, 
 
 William T. Beattie, 
 
 Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 
 
 Katharyn Louise Corco- 
 
 (I it 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21, 
 
 ran, 
 George Pierce Jr., 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 
 
 Carrie Quilton, 
 
 i( it 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8, 
 
 William F. Newton, 
 
 ii it 
 
 
 
 Nettie Grace Simons, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 2, 
 
 William F. Dagnan, 
 
 Providence, R. I. 
 
 
 
 Mary Gagherty, 
 
 a it 
 
 Dec. 
 
 18, 
 
 Frank J. Dunn, 
 
 U. S. Army 6th Regt., 
 New Britain. 
 
 
 
 Barbara Prisesinger, 
 
 (( ii 
 
 
 
 (Wid.) 
 
 
 1900. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3, 
 
 Grove S. Bidwell, 
 
 CoUinsville, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Mary E. Tuttle, 
 
 New Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Jan, 
 
 24, 
 
 Carl Elmer Thorngran, 
 
 Sweden. 
 
 
 
 Hilda Oilie Unkelbach, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 7, 
 
 Paul Peck Wilcox, 
 
 t( ii 
 
 
 
 Elizabeth Katherine Hu- 
 
 Yonkers, N. Y. 
 
 
 
 mason. 
 
 
 April 
 
 I4> 
 
 George Rawson, 
 
 Portland, Coim. 
 
 
 
 Mary Caroline Erickson, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 May 
 
 16, 
 
 Ernest E. Barnes, 
 
 New Hartford, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Eva May McWilliams, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 June 
 
 20, 
 
 Percy Watt Hood, 
 
 Sandusky, Ohio. 
 
 
 
 Margaret Carroll Hart, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 June 
 
 20, 
 
 Jacob Post, 
 
 Minnie Louise Bath, 
 
 tt it 
 It It 
 
 June 
 
 20, 
 
 Andrew Martin, 
 
 ti ti 
 
 Clara Topham, 
 
6i6 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 1900. Name. 
 June 25, DeWitt K. Peck, 
 
 Florence L. Barnes, 
 July 2, George Frederick Simons, 
 
 Beatrice Frederickson, 
 July 4, John Thomas Olemen, 
 
 Edith Margaret Ellen 
 Mitchell, 
 July 23, John G. Dennis, 
 
 Annie Louise Dennis, 
 Oct. 10, Henry Gildersleeve Pellett, 
 
 Minnie Mary Eppler, 
 Oct. 14, George Washington 
 Hutchins, 
 
 Alice Gertrude Stearns, 
 Oct. 24, Edward A. Sexton, 
 
 Annie E. McNulty, 
 Dec. 22, Charles Antonio Torello, 
 
 Julia Emma Grunenthal, 
 Dec. 24, Charles G. Cowles, 
 
 Katie A. McCarthy, 
 Dec. 25, Edward K. Hansen, 
 
 Dora M. Johnson, 
 Dec. 25, Bray D. Martin, 
 
 Miriam Harrison Levin- 
 son, 
 
 1 901. 
 
 Jan. I, William N. Decker, 
 
 Elsie Phoebe McKirdy, 
 Jan. 15, Eugene F. Boyington, 
 
 Isabella Seiple, 
 Feb. 28, Joseph Francis Kelly Jr., 
 
 Clara Louise Judd, 
 Mar. 27, Kennet McK. Munro, 
 
 Annie Elizabeth Carey, 
 April II, Andrew L. Keefe, 
 
 Norina B. Brown, 
 
 Residence. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Portland, Me. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Spencer, Mass. 
 Hardwick, Mass. 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Norwich, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Rocky Hill, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 a it 
 
 New Britain, Ct. 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 617 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 1901. 
 
 May 8, Charles Clinton Wheeler, New Britain. 
 
 Helen Theresa Carlson, " " 
 
 June 5, Thomas Giles, " " 
 
 Rose Kamen, " " 
 
 FROM REGISTER NO. 4. 
 
 June 26, George Washington New Britain. 
 
 Blinn, 
 
 Clara Goodison, New Britain. 
 
 July 18, William Nelson Murdock, 
 
 Amanda Eliza Beach, " 
 
 July 18, Emil Essrig, " " 
 
 Ellen McConkey, " " 
 
 Oct. 28, William Frederick Schays, Meriden, Ct. 
 
 Nona Marie Rohde, " " 
 
 1902. 
 Jan. 14, Homer Guy Cullen, New Britain. 
 
 Annie Lynch, " " 
 
 Mar. II, John Pritchard, Meriden, Ct. 
 
 Olive Stubbing, Wallingford, Ct. 
 
 April II, Robert Moore, Hartford, Ct. 
 
 Vidella Narilla Clystra 
 Monroe, 
 April 29, Frederick A. Krah, Rocky Hill, Ct. 
 
 Annie Emily Kahms, Cromwell, Ct. 
 
 May 7, John Peter Larson, New Britain. 
 
 Annie Loretta Kerr, " " 
 
 June 19, August Joseph Frick, 
 
 Rosie Bertha Langzettle, 
 July 9, James Alfred Dyson, 
 
 Mabel Helen Vines, 
 Sept. 27, John Jungkunz (Widow- 
 
 er) 
 Emma Heinmann Fox New York City. 
 
 (Wid.) 
 
6i8 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 1902. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 George Frederick Butz, 
 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Maud Addison Brockway, 
 
 if a 
 
 Oct. 
 
 22, 
 
 John Sautee, 
 
 Mary Brosneen Moran, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 28, 
 
 August F. Schoen, 
 
 a li 
 
 
 
 Nina L. Ganser, 
 
 i( ti 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13. 
 
 John George Findlater 
 Hughes, 
 
 a a 
 
 
 
 Fanny Eva Gabin, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 29, 
 
 William Edward Dodson, 
 
 a ti 
 
 
 
 Theresa Falk, 
 
 it it 
 
 1903. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21, 
 
 Edward Herbert Hart, 
 
 New York City. 
 
 
 
 Florence Bradlee Smith, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 18, 
 
 Lewellyn E. Robbins, 
 
 Bristol, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Ellen M. Goodwin, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 April 
 
 29, 
 
 Edwin H. Gibbons, 
 
 Springfield, Mass, 
 
 
 
 Elizabeth A. Lewis, 
 
 ti it 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 John Kenealy Brewin, 
 Carrie Fisher, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 it ti 
 
 July 
 
 15, 
 
 Emil Hambach, 
 
 Bristol, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Josephine Watrous, 
 
 . Hartford, Ct. 
 
 July 
 
 25, 
 
 Patrick Crowe, 
 Iva Nettie Maloney, 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 ti it 
 
 Sept. 
 
 I, 
 
 Henry Burr, 
 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Ursula Minor, 
 
 Plainville, Ct. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 i7> 
 
 George Gill, 
 
 Southington, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Ida May Wright, 
 
 ti it 
 
 Sept. 
 
 19. 
 
 Henry Lewis Coe, 
 
 Middlefield, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Beatrice Gregory, 
 
 Rock Falls, Ct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9, 
 
 Gilbert E. Moison, 
 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 
 
 
 Nellie M. Garrard, 
 
 it tt 
 
 Oct. 
 
 i5> 
 
 William Matthew McWil- 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 liams. 
 May Footit, New Britain. 
 
 Oct. 27, William F. Hedeler, 
 
 Carrie M. Barrows, Plainville, Ct. 
 
1903. 
 
 Nov. II, 
 
 Dec. 24, 
 Dec. 28, 
 
 1904. 
 Feb. 26, 
 
 June 22, 
 
 IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Name. Residence. 
 
 Ralph S. Gcx>dwin Jr. Thomaston, Ct. 
 
 M.D. 
 
 Carolyn N. Hooker, 
 
 Roy Albert Whitney, 
 
 Alvina Ruth Grunenthal, 
 
 Louis Augustus Hitch- 
 cock, 
 
 Agnes E. Elliott, 
 
 619 
 
 Sept. 
 
 6, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 22, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8, 
 
 1905. 
 Feb. 23, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 4, 
 
 May 
 
 4, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 5, 
 
 Isaac Albert Kay, 
 (Mrs.) Lucy Edwards, 
 
 (Widow) 
 Charles Edward Swain, 
 Annah Turner Libby Par- 
 sons, 
 Henry S. Watson, 
 Sarah A. Kinkade, 
 Charles G. Kalleer, 
 Caroline D. Wilson, 
 Lewis John Slaney, 
 Alice Spence, 
 John Aaron Larson, 
 Bertha Schmarr, 
 Samuel Henry Isaacs, 
 Signe Amelia Carlson, 
 
 Edward Barrows Bolles, 
 Emma Ellen Perks, 
 Frederick Abel Alcott, 
 Laura Matilda Kane, 
 William Frank Brink, 
 Clara Anna Emmons, 
 William Dan Throop, 
 Katharine English, 
 Thomas H. McCammon, 
 Frances M. Snider, 
 
 Kensington, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 it ii 
 
 Plainville, Ct. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Meriden, Ct. 
 it t( 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain. 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 
 a ct 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 New Britain. 
 Waterbury, Ct. 
 
 i( (C 
 
 Middletown, Ct. 
 
 U it 
 
 Morris, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 Kingston, Ont. 
 Harrowsmith, Ont. 
 
620 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1905- 
 
 Oct. 28, 
 Dec. 4, 
 
 MARRIAGES 
 
 By the Rev. Harry Innes Bodley. 
 
 Name. Residence. 
 
 John Henry Sleath, New Britain. 
 
 Elizabeth Godfrey Upton, " " 
 
 Frederick William Schre- Hartford, Ct. 
 
 der, 
 
 Minnie Elize Martin, New Britain. 
 
 igo6. 
 Feb. 3, 
 
 April 
 
 23, 
 
 April 
 
 25> 
 
 April 
 
 28, 
 
 June 
 
 6, 
 
 July 
 
 I, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 30, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 17, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 28, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 21, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 28, 
 
 Manuel Antoine, 
 Marie Louise Berger, 
 Samuel Swift, 
 Harriet Buckley, 
 Charles Eugene Sharp, 
 Bertha Lillian Fowler, 
 Patrick Joseph Dineen, 
 Helen Veronica Glynn, 
 Raymond Mazeine, 
 Maude Hooker Brown, 
 Frank Allen Johnston, 
 Mamie C. Hansen, 
 Richard Jacoby, 
 Minnie C. Steppler, 
 Cyrus Clyde Bailey, 
 Minnie May Doebuer, 
 Frederick Eugene Hickok, 
 Minnie Wenz, 
 Alexander Morrison Dun- 
 can, 
 Gertrude Anna Kimball, 
 Harry Moses, 
 Mary Kevorkian, 
 Arthur D. Bradley, 
 Marguerite J. Avery, 
 William C. Rowe, 
 Annie E. Jewett, 
 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 
 a ti 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 Kensington, Ct. 
 Bristol, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Hartford, Ct. 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 ti it 
 
 Middletown, Ct. 
 
 (i n 
 
 Plainville, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 Providence, R. L 
 
 New Britain. 
 Norwich, Ct. 
 New Britain. 
 
 Plainville, Ct. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 621 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 By the respective Rectors in charge unless otherwise stated. 
 
 1849- 
 
 Feb. 26 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Mr. Goodrich 
 
 Newington 
 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 Mar. 25 
 
 Hannah Steele 
 
 Newington, Mr. Guion 
 
 
 May 6 
 
 Theodore Ellsworth 
 
 New Britain, 
 
 Mr. Guion 
 
 75 Yrs. 
 
 May 20 
 
 Mrs. Abigail Parsons 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 34 Yrs. 
 
 May 26 
 
 Mary Hamilton 
 
 Hartford 
 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 Apr. S 
 
 Zerah Blynn 
 
 Newington 
 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 Apr. 7 
 
 Asael Blynn 
 
 Newington 
 
 
 55 Yrs. 
 
 June 17 
 
 Mrs. Schortau 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 34 Yrs. 
 
 Sept. 7 
 
 Hon. Ira E. Smith 
 
 New Britain, 
 
 Prof. Jackson 
 
 62 Yrs. 
 
 Sept. IS 
 
 Elizabeth Russell 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Infant 
 
 1850. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. S 
 
 Henry L. Peard 
 
 Hartford 
 
 
 29. Yrs. 
 
 Mar. 7 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Harrington 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 Mrs. Fanny Tolles 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 
 July IS 
 
 Mr. Charles Parsons 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 27 Yrs. 4 Mos. 
 
 Aug. 31 
 
 James Alexander Capron 
 
 New Britain. 
 
 By Mr. Coxe 
 
 II Mos. 2 Wks. 
 
 
 
 & Prof. Jackson 
 
 
 Oct. 6 
 
 John Hamilton 
 
 Hartford, Dr. 
 
 Coit 
 
 4 Yrs. 8 Mos. 
 
 Oct. 9 
 
 Elizabeth Coats 
 
 Kensington 
 
 
 5 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 Oct. 30 
 
 1851. 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Sarah Coats 
 
 Kensington 
 
 
 4 Yrs. 5 Mos. 
 
 The Venerable Geo. Wm. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 87 Yrs. 
 
 
 Murray 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 4 
 
 Mrs. Jerusha Collins 
 
 Newington 
 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 Apr. I 
 
 Vensil 
 
 Buried at sea, between 
 Chagres & New Orleans 
 
 24 Yrs. 
 
 Apr. 6 
 
 Mrs. Emily Todd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 23 Yrs. 
 
 May 6 
 
 Mr. Philip S. Judd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 so Yrs. 
 
 July 2 
 
 Mr. Howd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 Aug. 17 
 
 Henry Dowd Todd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Infant 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 Elizabeth Waters 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 I Yr. 3 Wks. 
 
 Dec. ID 
 
 William Hill 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 2 Wks. 
 
 1852. 
 Feb. 10 
 
 Son of Birt D. & Caroline Hill 
 
 
 
 Julius Francis 
 
 
 
 2 Mos. 
 
 
 Infant son of Darwin & Henrietta W. Francis 
 
 
 Feb. II 
 
 Edwin W. Carrington, M.D. 
 Died of Apoplexy 
 
 Farmington 
 
 
 46 Yrs. 
 
 Mar. 4 
 
 Eunice Langdon 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 9 Yrs. 
 
 
 Daughter of Timothy & Janette Langdon 
 
 
 
 Apr. 26 
 
 Robert Smyth 
 
 New Britam 
 
 
 2 Mos. 
 
 
 Son of Wm. B. & Anne Smyth 
 
 
 
 , '^53- 
 
 
 
 
 
 May 19 
 
 Mary Althea 
 
 Daughter of Alex. & Mary 
 
 New Britain 
 R. Capron 
 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 May 22 
 
 Henry G. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 21 Yrs. 
 
 
 Son of Hezikiah & Elizabeth H. Seymour 
 
 
 
 May 28 
 
 Wm. A. Cocking 
 
 Newington 
 
 
 17 Mos. 
 
 
 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Cocking 
 
 
 
 June 26 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Dickinson 
 
 In the old Church yard, 
 
 83 Yrs. 
 
 
 
 Newington 
 
 
 
 Oct. 3 
 
 Grace Louisa Penfield 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 I Yr, 8 Mos. 
 
 Dec. 28 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. Rackliff 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 22 Yrs. 
 
 39 
 
622 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 i8S4- 
 Jan. 2 
 
 Feb. 8 
 July 7 
 
 July i8 
 
 Aug. 1 6 
 Aug. i8 
 
 Aug. 28 
 
 Nov. 4 
 
 1855. 
 June 9 
 Aug. 14 
 Sept. 5 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 1856. 
 Feb. 6 
 
 Apr. 4 
 
 June 22 
 
 July 13 
 
 July 23 
 
 Sept. IS 
 
 Sept. 18 
 
 Sept. 23 
 
 i8S7- 
 
 Jan. 31 
 
 Sept. II 
 
 Sept. 18 
 Oct. I 
 
 Oct. 23 
 
 Oct. 31 
 
 Dec. 16 
 
 1858. 
 
 Jan. 12 
 
 Jan. 16 
 
 Jan. 28 
 
 Mar. 24 
 
 Mar. 26 
 May 3 
 June 13 
 Aug. 27 
 Sept. 12 
 Sept. 21 
 Nov. 27 
 
 i8S9- 
 Jan. 17 
 Apr. 7 
 May I 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 William Lee 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 Son of Geo. Lee, Colored 
 
 man 
 
 
 Daniel Avery 
 
 New Britain 
 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 Darwin Francis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 31 Yrs. 
 
 (viiho was drowned) 
 
 
 
 Margarette Callis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 (Colored woman) 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Marilla Smith 
 
 New Britain 
 
 55 Yrs. 
 
 Henry Fenton 
 
 
 4 Yrs. 5 Mos. 
 
 Son of Francis Fenton 
 
 
 
 Emily Fenton 
 
 
 10 Mos. 
 
 Daughter of Francis & Rebecca Fenton 
 
 
 Oliver Fenton, Jr. 
 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 Son of Oliver & Harriet Fenton. Croup 
 
 
 William Judd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 George Woolley 
 
 New Britain 
 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 William Henry Tolles 
 
 
 2 Wks. 
 
 Son of Henry Tolles 
 Betsey J. Todd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Ida Jay Tolles 
 
 Daughter of Geo. & Catharine Tolles 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. Webster New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Eliz. L. Francis New Britain 
 
 Elizabeth Ann Fewkes New Britain 
 
 Emily Augusta Todd New Britain 
 
 Richard Henry Smyth New Britain 
 
 Miss Cook New Britain 
 
 Henry M. Webster New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Grace M. Henn New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Emma B. Willson New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Donaldson Tariffville 
 
 Thomas Rogers Manchester 
 
 Edward Pratt Hartford 
 
 Tracy New Britain 
 
 Lizetta Meyer New Britain 
 
 Henry Bishop Plainville 
 
 Sophia Eckardt New Britain 
 
 Henry R. Gridley New Britain 
 Infant daughter of Timothy New Britain 
 
 Root 
 
 Octavia A. Dickinson Newington 
 
 John Tolles New Britain 
 
 Robert Henn New Britain 
 
 Leman Porter Berlin 
 
 Louisa Shubert New Britain 
 
 Douglas R. Gilbert Newington 
 
 James Welch Berlin 
 
 William Waters New Britain 
 
 Norman Warner Kensington 
 
 Levi Brooks New Britain 
 
 22 Yrs. II Mos. 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 39 Yrs. 
 50 Yrs. 
 
 27 Mos. 
 9 Mos. 
 
 20 Mos. 
 26 Yrs. 
 
 5 Yrs. 
 
 19 Yrs. 
 39 Yrs. 
 47 Yrs. 
 
 20 Yrs. 
 
 7 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 84 Yrs. 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 10 Yrs. 
 17 Mos. 
 
 23 Yrs. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 24 Yrs. 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 42 Yrs. 
 
 67 Yrs. 
 
 7 Mos. 
 20 Yrs. 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 30 Yrs. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 623 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 1859. 
 
 July 
 
 13 
 
 Sept. 
 
 29 
 
 Sept. 
 
 31 
 
 i860. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 2 
 
 May 
 
 20 
 
 July 
 
 17 
 
 July 
 
 26 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25 
 
 Oct. 
 
 6 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16 
 
 Nov. 
 
 18 
 
 Dec. 
 
 7 
 
 1861. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 30 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II 
 
 Mar. 
 
 IS 
 
 Apr. 
 
 2S 
 
 May 
 
 10 
 
 May 
 
 18 
 
 June 
 
 20 
 
 July 
 
 12 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12 
 
 Aug. 
 
 20 
 
 Aug. 
 
 26 
 
 Sept. 
 
 12 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I 
 
 Oct. 
 
 13 
 
 Oct. 
 
 31 
 
 Oct. 
 
 31 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13 
 
 Nov. 
 
 19 
 
 Dec. 
 
 s 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II 
 
 1862. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 2 
 
 Jan. 
 
 26 
 
 Feb. 
 
 7 
 
 Mar. 
 
 3 
 
 May 
 
 9 
 
 May 
 
 17 
 
 May 
 
 22 
 
 May 
 
 24 
 
 May 
 
 29 
 
 May 
 
 30 
 
 June 
 
 I 
 
 June 
 
 12 
 
 July 
 
 12 
 
 July 
 
 20 
 
 July 
 
 23 
 
 Name. 
 
 Thomas Neville Plant 
 Arthur Seabury Goodwin 
 Septimus Haslam 
 
 John Snyder 
 George Belden 
 Mary J. Goodwin Root 
 John Williams 
 Thomas T. Williams 
 Luther D. Todd 
 Frederick Eckhart 
 Mortimer Vensil 
 Thomas Judd 
 John A. Conklin 
 John Naedle 
 Ann Alice Haslam 
 
 Lizzy Jane Beatty 
 Caroline Angelo Stroatzzi 
 David M. Warren 
 Robert Donaldson 
 Frederick Lichtenfels 
 Otto Lichtenfels 
 Mary H. Pratt 
 Elbert C. Penfield 
 Catharine Ihle 
 Josephine Harris 
 Christian Ludwig Mack 
 Charles Neuberth 
 Wallace Buckham 
 Gath Sunderland 
 Margaret Scoville 
 Grace March 
 Valentine Ihle 
 Caroline Cocking 
 Alfred E. Stevens 
 Mary Gertrude Bailey 
 George Curtis Post 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Clark 
 Ferdinand Heidaker 
 John Girard Post 
 Francis William Fenton 
 Henry Williams 
 *Louisa S. E. Henn 
 *August Henn 
 Louisa Meyers 
 *William Henn 
 
 * From the same family 
 Mrs. Emma Carpenter 
 Jacob Hatzung 
 William Wright 
 Mrs. Mary N. Taylor 
 Mrs. Elizabeth D. Kenny 
 Mrs. Loujsa Schmidt 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 New Britain 
 Unionville 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Unionville 
 New Britain 
 Berlin 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Stratford 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 East Berlin 
 New Britain 
 
 Berlin 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 Age. 
 
 18 Yrs. 
 
 12 Yrs. 
 6 Wks. 
 
 SO Yrs. 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 19 Mos. 
 41 Yrs. 
 
 16 Mos. 
 
 20 Mos. 
 
 21 Yrs. 
 
 22 Yrs. 
 15 Yrs. 
 19 Mos. 
 
 11 Mos. 
 
 2 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 1 Yr. 
 41 Yrs. 
 22 Yrs. 
 
 S54 Yrs. 
 
 3 Yrs. 7 Mos. 
 31 Yrs. 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 10 Mos. 
 
 17 Mos. 
 10 Mos. 
 
 8 Mos. 
 14 Mos. 
 21 Yrs. 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 37 Yrs. 
 40 Yrs. 
 
 27 Yrs. 
 
 13 Yrs. 
 
 18 Mos. 
 
 S4 Yrs. 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 61/4 Yrs. 
 
 18 Yrs. 
 ID Mos. 
 
 12 Mos. 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 
 9 Yrs. 
 
 26 Yrs. 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 18 Mos. 
 24 Yrs. 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 27 Yrs. 
 
624 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 1862. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 3 
 
 Sept. 
 
 16 
 
 Sept. 
 
 29 
 
 Nov. 
 
 2 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6 
 
 1863. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 24 
 
 Apr. 
 
 19 
 
 Apr. 
 
 26 
 
 May 
 
 18 
 
 May 
 
 25 
 
 June 
 
 2 
 
 1862. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31 
 
 1863. 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 14 
 
 July 
 
 20 
 
 July 
 
 25 
 
 Aug. 
 
 2 
 
 Aug. 
 
 10 
 
 Sept. 
 
 23 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II 
 
 Oct. 
 
 14 
 
 Oct. 
 
 28 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29 
 
 Dec. 
 
 6 
 
 Dec. 
 
 10 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13 
 
 Dec. 
 
 21 
 
 Dec. 
 
 21 
 
 1864. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 I 
 
 Jan. 
 
 4 
 
 Jan. 
 
 8 
 
 Jan. 
 
 17 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21 
 
 Mar. 
 
 28 
 
 May 
 
 13 
 
 Oct. 
 
 2 
 
 Dec. 
 
 19 
 
 1865. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 9 
 
 Tan. 
 
 24 
 
 Feb. 
 
 10 
 
 Mar. 
 
 15 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29 
 
 Name. 
 
 August Rossberg 
 Caroline Gussmann 
 Joseph Scoville 
 Chas. S. Harris 
 John Post 
 
 A Volunteer in U. 
 
 Place of Interment. Age. 
 
 New Britain 5 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 19 Mos. 
 New Britain 3 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 6 Wks. 
 
 New Britain 20 Yrs. 
 S. Army. Died of fever at Harper's Ferry, Va. 
 
 Thomas Hart 
 
 A Volunteer in U. S. 
 Fred'k. Heals 
 Gustave Albert Heidaker 
 Emma Hieller 
 Samuel Keith 
 Mary S. Pratt 
 Emma Felix (Berlin) 
 
 Carlos D. Felix (Berlin) 
 
 William Angelo Stroatzzi 
 George Albert Homer 
 William H. Heller 
 Mrs. Wm. H. Heller 
 Mary Ann Cope 
 William Gussman 
 Gustaf Heisler 
 Ann Buskill (Widow) 
 Mrs. Mary Haslam 
 Ludwig Fifer 
 Henrietta Siebel 
 Emma J. Gussmarai 
 Mary Rossberg 
 Ernest Arthur Gussmann 
 Adelaide Kumm 
 Joseph Rauber 
 Mary Rauber 
 Charles W. Dyson 
 Orris Tolles 
 Sophia C. Heidaker 
 
 Frederick Gussmann 
 Helen Delhi 
 Louisa May 
 Mrs. Margaret Ihle 
 Emmanuel Russell 
 Caroline Fenton 
 Mary Louisa Vibberts 
 Frank Heynz 
 Hester Ann Converse 
 Henry Clinton Corey 
 
 Arthur Seabur^' Goodwin 
 Isabella Martha Beatty 
 Catharine Rich 
 Robert Nichols 
 Conrad Voltz 
 
 New Britain 24 Yrs. 
 Army. Killed at battle Fredericksburg, Va. 
 
 New Britain 55 Yrs. 
 New Britain 3 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 3 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 84 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 61 Yrs. 
 
 Bristol, R. L 18 Yrs. 
 
 Bristol, R. I. 
 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 
 19!^ Yrs. 
 
 I Yr. 6 Mos. 
 
 9 Yrs. 
 
 5 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Unionville 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Battle Field 
 New Britain 
 
 5'/4 Yrs. 
 31 Yrs. 
 10 Mos. 
 62 Yrs. 
 33 Yrs. 
 
 454 Yrs. 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 6 Yrs. 
 
 7 Yrs. 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 18 Mos. 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 17 Mos. 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 70 Yrs. 
 17 Days 
 
 35 Yrs. 
 
 3 Mos. 
 21/4 Yrs. 
 
 39 Yrs. 
 84 Yrs. 
 
 7 Yrs. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 27 Yrs. 
 27 Yrs. 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 5 Yrs. 
 
 35 Yrs. 
 
 36 Yrs. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 625 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Name. 
 
 186s. 
 
 May 
 
 27 
 
 July 
 
 18 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I 
 
 1866. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 25 
 
 Feb. 
 
 16 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 Aug. 
 
 5 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21 
 
 Aug. 
 
 13 
 
 Sept. 
 
 21 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I 
 
 Oct. 
 
 18 
 
 Nov. 
 
 2 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20 
 
 Dec. 
 
 I 
 
 Dec. 
 
 19 
 
 1867. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 ID 
 
 Feb. 
 
 I 
 
 Apr. 
 
 16 
 
 May 
 
 13 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 June 
 
 8 
 
 June 
 
 27 
 
 Nov. 
 
 25 
 
 Dec. 
 
 28 
 
 1868. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 27 
 
 Feb. 
 
 I 
 
 Mar. 
 
 6 
 
 Mar. 
 
 24 
 
 Apr. 
 
 2 
 
 Apr. 
 
 II 
 
 Apr. 
 
 14 
 
 Apr. 
 
 18 
 
 Apr. 
 
 29 
 
 June 
 
 18 
 
 June 
 
 21 
 
 July 
 
 II 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16 
 
 Aug. 
 
 19 
 
 Sept. 
 
 16 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3 
 
 Oct. 
 
 5 
 
 Nov. 
 
 10 
 
 Nov. 
 
 30 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Balthazir Gussman 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 61 Yrs. 
 
 Eliza Baum 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Barbara O'Shea 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 30 Yrs. 
 
 Sarah J. March 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Rose Yorke 
 
 New Britain 
 
 24 Yrs. 
 
 William Roulston Hanna 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I Yr. 
 
 E. Flora Townshend 
 
 New Britain 
 
 25 Yrs. 
 
 Elizabeth Ann Hanna 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 Lincoln Beetison 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 16 Mos. 
 
 Mary Whiting Haslam 
 
 New Britain 
 
 16 Mos. 
 
 Mr. Belden 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Mrs. Jane M. Smith 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 40 Yrs. 
 
 Ezra Dyson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Northall 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 Julius Wiegelt 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 56 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Murray 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 87 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Patty Tolles 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 66 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Christina Smith 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 36 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah J. Conklin 
 
 New- 
 
 Britain 
 
 43 Yrs. 
 
 Ferdinand Chas. Heidecker 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 16 Mos. 
 
 Adelaide E. Rebstock 
 
 New- 
 
 Britain 
 
 2H Yrs. 
 
 Unbaptized child of W. & 
 
 New 
 
 Haven 
 
 6 Wks. 
 
 M. E. Judson 
 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Julia W. Fitch 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 Julia Fitch 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 4 Wks. 
 
 Peter Alexander Johnson 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 42 Yrs. 
 
 Charles Dyson Ford 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Rhodes 
 
 Tariffville 
 
 81 Yrs. 
 
 John Livingston 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 10 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Orpha Adams Eno 
 
 Simsbury 
 
 74 Yrs. 
 
 Henry Isham, M.D. 
 
 Hartford 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 Mary A. Smith 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 33 Yrs. 
 
 Edw. Alexander Pratt 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 18 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Emily Lozier 
 
 DansviUe, N. Y. 
 
 36 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Fritz 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 61 Yrs. 
 
 Marcellus Clark 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 52 Yrs. 
 
 Otto Kerchner 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 19 Mos. 
 
 Hezekiah Sevmour 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 
 
 Cora E. Pettis 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 7 Yrs. 9 
 
 Unbaptized foster child of 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 B. Sedgvv'ick 
 
 
 
 
 David Tyler 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Josephene Kurtz 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 30 Yrs. 
 
 Michael Stiebert 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 75 Yrs. 
 
 Unbaptized child of J. T. 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 7 Wks. 
 
 & Colvin 
 
 
 
 
 Walter Haslam 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 I Mo. 
 
 Louisa Mary Stock 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 Celeste Nunn 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 Jacob Laibbe 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 6s Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Hall 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 2t Yrs. 
 
 William Nunn 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 S8 Yrs. 
 
 Christian Weekel 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 33 Yrs. 
 
 Mos. 
 
626 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 1869. 
 
 Jan. 14 
 
 Jan. 16 
 
 Feb. 3 
 
 Feb. 19 
 
 Mar. 23 
 
 Apr. I 
 
 Apr. 10 
 
 Apr. 18 
 
 Apr. 28 
 
 May 30 
 
 June 14 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Oct. 23 
 
 Oct. 31 
 
 Nov. II 
 
 Dec. 25 
 
 1870. 
 
 Jan. 2 
 
 Jan. 28 
 
 Apr. 3 
 
 May 6 
 
 May 16 
 
 July 17 
 
 July 19 
 
 July 21 
 
 Sept. 19 
 
 1871. 
 
 May 19 
 
 June 3 
 
 July 14 
 
 July 14 
 
 Aug. I 
 
 Aug. 4 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Aug. 24 
 
 Sept. 2 
 
 Oct. 19 
 
 Nov. 6 
 
 Dec. 19 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 1872. 
 
 Jan. 21 
 
 Jan. 24 
 
 Feb. 2 
 
 Feb. 3 
 
 Feb. 7 
 
 Feb. ID 
 
 Feb. 13 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Mary Ann Nelligan 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 John G. Fitch 
 
 New Britain 
 
 S Yrs. 8 Mos. 
 
 Jacob A. Strickland 
 
 New Britain 
 
 46 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Cornelia Ann Vibberts 
 
 New Britain 
 
 42 Yrs. 
 
 William J. Cocking 
 
 New Britain 
 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 John G. Wilson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 William Gussman 
 
 New Britain 
 
 10 Yrs. 
 
 Cora Moore 
 
 New Britain 
 
 19 Yrs. 
 
 Charles Walker 
 
 New Britain 
 
 10 Yrs. 
 
 Wilbur Sylvanus Crossland 
 
 New Britain 
 
 iS Mos. 
 
 Unbaptized child of Wm. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 Wks. 
 
 N. Lockwood 
 
 
 
 Joseph Porter 
 
 New Hartford 
 
 17 Yrs. 
 
 George Taylor 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 
 John Lindlay 
 
 New Britain 
 
 52 Yrs. 
 
 John Barquet 
 
 New Britain 
 
 35 Yrs. 
 
 Eugene Bertini 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 Francis Edw. Mahlin 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 Henry Seiples 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 Florence Rossberg 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 Willie E. Beardsley 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Q Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Russell 
 
 New Britain 
 
 89 Yrs. 
 
 Unbaptized child of Johnson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Wks. 
 
 (in pencil) 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Harriet Lockwood 
 
 New Britain 
 
 72 Yrs. 
 
 William Goldsborough Hart 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 Grace Lee Bishop 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Mos. 
 
 William B. Warner 
 
 New Britain 
 
 55 Yrs. 
 
 William Kuhn 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 Septimus Haslam 
 
 New Britain 
 
 40 Yrs. 
 
 Laura Parker 
 
 Removed for burial to Lee, 
 Mass. 
 
 19 Yrs. 
 
 Frederika Berg 
 
 New Britain 
 
 61 Yrs. 
 
 Richard Daniel Stephens 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Infant 
 
 Sarah Ann (Smith) Stephens 
 
 New Britain 
 
 26 Yrs. 
 
 Mother of the child preceding. Buried in one grave 
 
 
 Peter George Niehoven 
 
 New Britain 
 
 34 Days 
 
 Minna Henn 
 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 Last one by Rev. Mr. Simonson 
 
 
 Fannie Moore 
 
 New Britain 
 
 17 Yrs. 
 
 Ann Kinsley 
 
 New Britain 
 
 61 Yrs. 
 
 George Hill 
 
 New Britain 
 
 26 Yrs. 
 
 Ann Taylor 
 
 New Britain 
 
 61 Yrs. 
 
 Ernest Henry Matthes 
 
 New Britain 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 Last one by Mr. Gangloff 
 
 
 
 Judd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 Martha Gilroy Kinkade 
 
 New Britain 
 
 27 Yrs. 
 
 Wm. E. Vergason 
 
 Norwich 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 Clarissa Bartholomew 
 
 New Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 Elizabeth Seymour 
 
 New Britain 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 Susan Hills 
 
 New Haven 
 
 95 Yrs. 
 
 George Alfred Vergason 
 
 Norwich, Conn. 
 
 3 Yrs. 9 Mos. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 627 
 
 1872. 
 Feb. 14 
 Feb. IS 
 Feb. 27 
 Mar. 10 
 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 May 
 
 Name. 
 
 William J. Kinkade 
 Mrs. Elizabeth S. Corey 
 Sarah Wheeler 
 Eliza (Eschenbach) Melch- 
 
 inger 
 J. T. Savage 
 William Bradley 
 Sherwood Hanna 
 
 May 23 
 
 June 2 
 
 July 6 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Aug. II 
 
 Oct. 24 
 
 Dec. 8 
 
 Dec. 23 
 
 1873- 
 
 Jan. 12 
 
 Jan. 17 
 
 Jan. 27 
 
 Feb. 4 
 
 Feb. 10 
 
 Feb. 17 
 
 Mar. 21 
 
 Mar. 25 
 
 Apr. 8 
 
 Apr. 28 
 
 May 2 
 
 June 30 
 
 July 23 
 
 July 30 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Aug. 6 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Aug. 8 
 
 Aug. IS 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 Sept. 8 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 Oct. 6 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 Dec. 3 
 
 Dec. s 
 
 1874. 
 
 Feb. ID 
 
 Feb. 25 
 
 Mar. 2 
 
 Mar. 12 
 
 Mar. 18 
 
 Mar. 22 
 
 Apr. 10 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Newtown, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 James F. Colvin 
 Mrs. Warden 
 
 Last one by Rev. Mr. Clark 
 Mrs. Ann Haslam New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Welton Plymouth 
 
 Bertie Robbins New Britain 
 
 Charles Pickford 
 
 Last one by Rev. Clayton Eddy 
 Arthur Vensil New Britain 
 
 Wm. Legare Deming Newington 
 
 Georgianna E. Pettis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Mary Butler 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Sarah L. Ryder 
 
 New Britain 
 
 John Haigis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Maria M. Hart 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Henry White 
 
 Madison, Conn. 
 
 George F. McNary 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Morris Benham 
 
 Meriden 
 
 William Payne 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Anna A. Schmidt 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte Tyler 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Laura A. (Gladden) Fenn 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Bertha Hunziker 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Polly Lines 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Willie Scott 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Ulrich Gautier 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Harry Beach 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Freddie Heinreka 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Paul Kulth 
 
 New Britain 
 
 George Heck 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Thomas F. Brown 
 
 Stonington, Conn. 
 
 Frank May 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Catharine Ihle 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Henry Hooker 
 
 New Haven, Conn, 
 
 George Hale 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Edward F. Day 
 
 
 Georgianna Bertha Barnard 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Lillah Pettis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Bernhart Kohler 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Francisca Walker 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Louisa Day 
 
 New Britain 
 
 George Hudson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Martha Middleton 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Louisa Becker 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Age. 
 
 II Mos. 
 
 33 Yrs. 
 67 Yrs. 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 34 Yrs. 
 
 I Yr. II Mos. 
 20 Days 
 47 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 72 Yrs. 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 22 Yrs. 
 
 27 Yrs. 
 
 23 Yrs. 4 Mos. 
 
 8 Yrs. 
 45 Yrs. 
 44 Yrs. 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 60 Yrs. 3 
 43 Yrs. 
 36 Yrs. 
 
 78 Yrs. 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 39 Yrs. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 73 Yrs. 
 214 Mos. 
 65^ Mos. 
 3 Wks. 
 
 7 Wks. 
 VA Yrs. 
 4^/^ Yrs. 
 
 I Yr. 8 Mos. 
 73 Yrs. 8 Mos. 
 6s Yrs. 
 
 3 Yrs. II Mos. 
 
 24 Yrs. 
 6 Mos. 
 
 17 Yrs. 
 I Yr. I Mo. 
 
 8 Mos. 9 Days 
 24 Days 
 
 I Yr. 4 Mos. 
 39 Yrs. 
 16 Yrs. 
 
628 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 1874. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 1 1 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. B. Smith 
 
 New Britain 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 
 Apr. 30 
 
 George C. Vergason 
 
 Norwich, Conn. 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 
 May II 
 
 Stephen G. Bucknall 
 
 New Britain 
 
 74 Yrs. 
 
 
 May 26 
 
 Truman Mortimer Conklin 
 
 New Britain 
 
 II Mos. 
 
 
 May 27 
 
 Ralph Dickenson 
 
 Church street, Newington, 
 Conn. 
 
 53 Yrs. 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 1875. 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 10 
 
 Arthur A. Andrew 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 
 June 30 
 
 Mrs. Eliza H. Atwood 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 37 Yrs. , 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 July 12 
 
 Florence Palmer 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 
 July 17 
 
 Samuel E. Butler 
 
 New Britain 
 
 , 5 Mos. 
 
 27 Days 
 
 July 29 
 
 Agnes (Smyth) Swasey 
 
 New Britain 
 
 26 Yrs. 
 
 
 July 31 
 
 Henry Hoffman 
 
 New Britain 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 5 
 
 Cora Johnson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 14 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Charles Dickens March 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 9 
 
 Minna Calmbach 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 1 1 
 
 Lottie Judd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 Alice Tirzah Dyson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 II Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 William E. Jones 
 
 New Britain 
 
 69 Yrs. - 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 Aug. 23 
 
 Myron Blinn 
 
 New Britain 
 
 II Mos. 
 
 
 Aug.. 24 
 
 Abner Williams 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 18 Days 
 
 Aug. 26 
 
 Joseph A. Wooster 
 
 New Britain 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Alice Gandeuton 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I Yr. 8 Mos. 
 
 Sept. 27 
 
 Gertie Maria White 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 10 Days 
 
 Nov. 28 
 
 Nellie Loomis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Yrs. 
 
 
 
 Last one by Rev. N. J. Seeley 
 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Adaline Bradley 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 
 May 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Bronson 
 
 Plymouth, Conn. 
 
 
 
 July 12 
 
 Charles T. Wood 
 
 New Britain 
 
 43 Yrs. 
 
 
 Aug. 14 
 
 Charles Moore Adkins 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I Yr. 9 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Aug. 24 
 
 Eddie Pritchard 
 
 New Britain 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Dwight Steele 
 
 New Britain 
 
 43 Yrs. 
 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 George William Seabourne 
 Vyne 
 
 New Britain 
 
 S Mos. 
 
 
 Nov. 20 
 
 Chester G. Birge 
 
 New Britain 
 
 74 Yrs. 
 
 
 Dec. 8 
 
 Mrs. Ella (Lee) Doig 
 
 New Britain 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 
 1876. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Mrs. Catherine Halliley 
 
 New Britain 
 
 58 Yrs. 
 
 
 June I 
 
 Mrs. Electa Copley 
 
 New Milford, Conn. 
 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 
 June 27 
 
 Charles Howson 
 
 Shelburne, Mass. 
 
 7 Yrs. 
 
 
 Apr. 19 
 
 Mrs. Jennie Taylor 
 
 New Britain 
 
 38 Yrs. 
 
 
 May 23 
 
 Mrs. Anne Stone 
 
 (wife of Dr. Stone) 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 
 July 3 
 
 George Hyland Gray 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 19 
 
 Amelia Louise Unkelbach 
 
 New Britain 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. 29 
 
 Henry Mitchell Loomis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 
 July 
 
 Shearer (boy) 
 
 New Britain 
 
 15 Mos. 
 
 
 Aug. I 
 
 Hudson (girl) 
 Last two by Rev. J. D. 
 
 New Britain 
 McConkey 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 
 Oct. s 
 
 Mrs. Emma Warner 
 
 Kensington, Conn. 
 
 81 Yrs. 
 
 
 Oct. 7 
 
 Frankie Fenton 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 
 
 1877. 
 
 
 
 
 
 May IS 
 
 Mrs. Alfred March 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 
 May 20 
 
 Dehm 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Infant 
 
 
 June 2 
 
 Helen Lewis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 9 Yrs. 
 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 629 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 1877. 
 June 10 
 
 July 27 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Sept. 
 Oct. 
 
 Mrs. Todd New Britain 
 
 (Mother of Mrs. Walter Lewis) 
 
 Oct. II 
 Oct. 21 
 
 Nov. I 
 Oct. 27 
 Nov. 3 
 Nov. 10 
 Nov. 
 Dec. S 
 Dec. 18 
 Dec. 26 
 Dec. 
 
 1878. 
 Feb. 17 
 Apr. 4 
 Apr. II 
 Apr. 19 
 July 4 
 July 19 
 Aug. I 
 July 27 
 Aug. 6 
 Aug. 6 
 Sept. 9 
 Nov. 2 
 Nov. 27 
 Dec. 20 
 Dec. 21 
 Dec. 30 
 
 1879. 
 Jan. 5 
 Jan. 9 
 Jan. 1 1 
 Jan. 27 
 Feb. 12 
 Feb. 28 
 Mar. 10 
 Mar. 27 
 Apr. 9 
 Apr. II 
 May 31 
 June 5 
 June s 
 June 12 
 June 30 
 Aug. II 
 Sept. 18 
 Oct. IS 
 Oct. 29 
 
 Daughter of Edward Jones 
 (an unbaptised infant) 
 Michel Rauber 
 Hattie J. Gray 
 
 William Russell 
 
 James Tyler 
 
 Jeannie Naphey 
 
 Mrs. Bronson 
 
 Charles Johnson 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Nevrton Lockwood 
 
 Brown 
 Ada Sykes 
 Mortimer A. Conklin 
 Mrs. Mary North Birge 
 
 Hudson 
 
 Mrs. Ross 
 Mr. Selden Welton 
 Mr. Wm. H. Smith, 2d 
 Albert Wilcox Smith 
 William Clifford Foulkes 
 
 Bertini 
 Mr. Gerritt P. Post 
 Charles Hooker Graham 
 Addie Finch 
 George Wm. Middleton 
 Mrs. Jane Powe 
 Mrs. Mary A. Taylor 
 Mrs. Nellie McConkey 
 Florence Estelle Fisher 
 Mrs. Phelps 
 
 Mrs. Frank Fenton 
 
 Charles S. Atkinson 
 Lottie P. Rose 
 Mrs. Fanny J. Thornilley 
 Robert Seymour Atkinson 
 Miss Eliza Wheeler 
 Mr. Robert Smith 
 Elihu Burritt 
 Hattie Emma Shelton 
 Mr. Arthur McConkey 
 Mrs. Charles Butler 
 Edith Louise Fisher 
 Harriet Elizabeth Walker 
 Mrs. Hannah Tolles 
 Florence Rose 
 Thomas Hunter 
 Charles May Forrest 
 Mrs. Christina Cooper 
 Idalie May Norton 
 Mrs. Dwight (Sarah D.) 
 Steele 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Church street, Newington, 
 
 Conn. 
 Mass. 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 New Britain 
 Plymouth, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 Westfield, Conn. 
 NcAV Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Warehouse Point, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Mass. 
 
 New Britain 
 Greenwood cemetery 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 Age. 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 7 Days 
 
 49 Yrs. II Mos. 
 2 Yrs. 5 Mos. 
 
 21 Yrs. 
 71 Yrs. 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 71 Yrs. 
 Infant 
 44 Yrs. 
 Infant 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 35 Yrs. 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 24 Yrs. 
 74 Yrs. 
 
 I Mo. 
 
 9 Yrs. 10 Mos. 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 6 Wks. 
 6s Yrs. 
 21 Yrs. 
 
 6 Yrs. 
 14 Mos. 
 52 Yrs. 
 75 Yrs. 
 
 27 Days 
 87 Yrs. 
 
 3 Yrs. II Mos. 
 21 Days 
 
 5 Yrs. 4 Mos. 
 47 Yrs. 
 55 Yrs. 
 
 1 Yr. 10 Mos. 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 51 Yrs. 
 
 2 Yrs. 2 Mos. 
 
 3 Days 
 
 80 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 4 Yrs. 3 Mos. 
 43 Yrs. 
 
 7 Mos. 
 60 Yrs. 
 18 Mos. 
 34 Yrs. 
 
630 
 
 i879. 
 Nov. 30 
 Dec. 14 
 
 1880. 
 Jan. 9 
 May 16 
 
 July 17 
 
 Sept. 13 
 Sept. 25 
 Oct. 27 
 
 Dec. 8 
 Dec. 30 
 
 1881. 
 Jan. 14 
 Jan. 16 
 Jan. 30 
 Mar. 9 
 Mar. 30 
 Apr. 27 
 May 5 
 July 29 
 Aug. 4 
 Oct. 29 
 
 1882. 
 Mar. 4 
 
 Mar. 26 
 Mar. 31 
 Apr. 19 
 Apr. 20 
 June 4 
 June 5 
 June 26 
 July 24 
 Aug. I 
 Sept. 19 
 Sept. 20 
 Sept. 30 
 Oct. 2 
 Oct. 4 
 
 Oct. 6 
 
 Oct. 14 
 
 Nov. S 
 
 Nov. 24 
 
 Nov. 28 
 
 Dec. 2 
 
 Dec. 23 
 
 Dec. 27 
 
 Dec. 29 
 
 1883. 
 
 Jan. 8 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Mrs. Sabrina Belden 
 
 New Britain 
 
 33 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Eliza Mycroft 
 
 New Britain 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 Albert W. Day 
 
 Farmington 
 
 32 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte Northall 
 
 New Britain 
 
 SI Yrs. 
 
 Last one by Rev. James B 
 
 . Goodrich 
 
 
 Cora Etta Bunnell 
 
 Middletovra, Conn. 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 Last one by Rev. William 
 
 L. Bostwick 
 
 
 Henry Willis Bunnell 
 
 Middletown, Conn. 
 
 3 Wks. S Days 
 
 Edward Cornelius Henn 
 
 New Britain 
 
 12 Yrs. 
 
 Ida M. Blake 
 
 New Britain 
 
 19 Yrs. 
 
 (wife of John A. Blake) 
 
 
 
 Walter Copley 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 Minnie Cary Foulds 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Jane Watson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 56 Yrs. 
 
 Cornelia Foulds 
 
 New Britain 
 
 II Yrs. 
 
 Charlotte Malone (Widow) 
 
 New Britain 
 
 47 Yrs. 
 
 William Brooks 
 
 New Britain 
 
 66 Yrs. 
 
 Thomas Hanna 
 
 New Britain 
 
 37 Yrs. 
 
 Leonard D. Belden 
 
 New Britain 
 
 74 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Henrietta H. Douglas 
 
 New Britain 
 
 53 Yrs. 
 
 Harry Malin 
 
 New Britain 
 
 15 Yrs. 
 
 Chester William Blake 
 
 New Britain 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 William H. Grimes 
 
 New Britain 
 
 66 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Almira Goldthwaite 
 
 New Haven, Conn. Ever- 
 green Cemetery 
 
 80 Yrs. 
 
 Emma Sophia Anderson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 19 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Welton 
 
 New Britain 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Beatty 
 
 New Britain 
 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 Louisa Abbott 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Mos. 
 
 Daniel Jansen 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Helen Dane 
 
 New Britain 
 
 32 Yrs. 
 
 Hiram Hewitt Philips 
 
 New Britain 
 
 14 Mos. 
 
 Niles P. Johnson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 John Oster Brundin 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 Elizabeth Huston 
 
 New Britain 
 
 IS Mos. 
 
 Betsey H. Judd 
 
 New Britain 
 
 69 Yrs. 
 
 Evelyn Louisa Clark 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I Yr. less 4 Days 
 
 Chauncey P. Welton 
 
 New Britain 
 
 57 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Jeannette Welton 
 
 New Britain 
 
 53 Yrs. 
 
 (Wife of Chauncey P. Welton) 
 
 
 John Alfred Bunnell 
 
 Middletown, Conn. 
 
 2 Wks. 
 
 William Lego 
 
 New Britain 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 Peter Mentis 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 34 Yrs. 
 
 George A. Maloney 
 
 New Britain 
 
 13 Yrs. 
 
 Theodore Augustus Hance 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 Robert N. Loomis 
 
 Glastonbury, Conn. 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Betsey Hill (Widow) 
 
 Bristol, Conn. 
 
 82 Yrs. 
 
 Fred. Davis North 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Yrs. 
 
 Ozias L. Webster 
 
 New Britain 
 
 67 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Bucknall New Britain 
 
 (Widow of Stephen G. Bucknall) 
 
 84 Yrs. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 631 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 lb 
 
 Jan. 20 
 
 Feb. 
 Feb. 
 Feb. 
 Feb. 
 Feb. 
 
 Feb. IS 
 
 Feb. 16 
 
 Feb. 28 
 
 Mar. 3 
 
 Apr. 18 
 
 Apr. 19 
 May 6 
 May 24 
 June I I 
 July 2 
 July 8 
 July 18 
 July 19 
 Sept. 7 
 Oct. S 
 Oct. 28 
 Nov. 7 
 Nov. 13 
 Dec. I 
 
 1884. 
 Jan. 17 
 Feb. 4 
 Feb. 9 
 Feb. 24 
 Feb. 25 
 Mar. 3 
 Mar. 17 
 
 Apr. 22 
 
 July S 
 
 July 9 
 
 Sept. I 
 
 Sept. 8 
 Aug. 6 
 Aug. 17 
 
 Dec. 23 
 
 Dec. 31 
 
 1885. 
 
 Jan. 21 
 
 Jan. 28 
 
 Mar. 30 
 
 Apr. 14 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 Apr. 29 
 
 May 3 
 
 May 9 
 
 Mrs. Mary Payne 
 
 New Britain 
 
 84 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Hattie M. Fynbo 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Albert T. Jansen 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Frances Clark 
 
 New Britain 
 
 70 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 James Anderson Hanna 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Yrs. 
 
 Leila Belle Hanna 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Gustave Rudolph Jansen 
 
 New Britain 
 
 14 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Martha L. Jones 
 
 New Britain 
 
 35 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Ida May Watson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 James Coates 
 
 New Britain 
 
 63 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Roxa D. Bailey 
 
 East Berlin, Conn. 
 
 59 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 (Wife of Norris Bailey) 
 
 
 
 
 George Alfred Hall 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Rebecca Grace Fisher 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Yrs. 
 
 Henry Schwab 
 
 New Britain 
 
 62 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Burton Messinger 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte C. Dealing 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 60 Yrs. 
 
 George N. Copley 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Anna Violet Saunders 
 
 New ' Britain 
 
 2 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Leonard Bunn 
 
 Southington, Conn. 
 
 13 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Douglas 
 
 New Britain 
 
 58 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Goldie May Bunnell 
 
 Middletown, Conn. 
 
 4 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 James Porter 
 
 New Britain 
 
 30 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Louis St. John Guion 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 
 
 Days 
 
 Charles Smith 
 
 New Britain 
 
 71 
 
 Yrs. 7 Mos. 
 
 Henry G. Arnold 
 
 New Britain 
 
 50 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Frank A. Penfield 
 
 New Britain 
 
 39 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Rodney H. Wells 
 
 Westfield, Mass. 
 
 16 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Amelia C. Scharff 
 
 New Britain 
 
 36 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Jennie Wickstrum 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Susan H. Beebe 
 
 Bethel, Conn. 
 
 52 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Ruth K. Post 
 
 New Britain 
 
 69 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 James Henry Goldthwaite 
 
 New Haven, Conn. (Ever- 
 green cemetery) 
 
 39 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia A. Whaples 
 
 New Britain 
 
 42 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Nelly A. Hobson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 
 
 Mos. 
 
 George Wallace 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Edna M. Caldwell 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 3 
 
 Mos. 
 
 Last one by Rev. J. C. Sturges 
 
 
 
 William Stevens Case 
 
 New Britain 
 
 23 
 
 Yrs. 9 Mos. 
 
 Herman Schultz 
 
 New Britain 
 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 Lucy M. Schantz 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I 
 
 Yr. I Mo. 
 
 Last two by Rev. William 
 
 L. Bostwick 
 
 
 
 Grace Fades 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I 
 
 Yr. 3 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Olive M. Hill 
 
 New Britain 
 
 S6 Yrs. 
 
 John A. Barg 
 
 New Britain 
 
 32 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Archibald Logan 
 
 Albany 
 
 S3 
 
 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Henn 
 
 New Britain 
 
 72 
 
 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 Frank Walker, Jr. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 13 
 
 Days 
 
 Carrie M. Perks 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 
 
 Yrs. 10 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Catherine Louisa Smith 
 
 Tarrytown, N. Y. 
 
 
 
 Alvin Charles Klett 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Yrs. 
 
 Charles Edward Preisinger 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 
 
 Yrs. 
 
632 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 May II 
 
 May 26 
 
 July 2 
 
 July 12 
 
 July 20 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Aug. 30 
 
 Sept. 24 
 
 Oct. 14 
 
 Nov. 10 
 
 Dec. 15 
 
 Dec. 24 
 
 1886. 
 
 Jan. 10 
 
 Jan. 17 
 
 Jan. 26 
 
 Mar. 17 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 Mar. 15 
 
 May 
 
 I 
 
 May 
 
 24 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18 
 
 Aug. 
 
 23 
 
 Oct. 
 
 2 
 
 Oct. 
 
 19 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29 
 
 Dec. 
 
 7 
 
 1887. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 2 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24 
 
 Feb. 
 
 28 
 
 Mar. 
 
 18 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29 
 
 Apr. 
 
 18 
 
 Apr. 
 
 26 
 
 May 
 
 6 
 
 May 
 
 26 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 July 
 
 S 
 
 July 
 
 10 
 
 July 
 
 13 
 
 July 
 
 16 
 
 Aug. 
 
 10 
 
 Aug. 27 
 
 Name. 
 
 (Mrs.) Cora Belle Walker 
 Elizabeth Thompson Clark 
 Wells Davis Alvord 
 Mary L. Wheelock 
 Selden Deming 
 
 Mrs. Barbara Schneider 
 Adeline Hobson 
 
 Last two by Rev. William 
 Morris F. Fitch 
 Agnes Perry Swasey 
 Ada Slack 
 George W. Fisher 
 Gertrude Alice Hobson 
 
 Daisy May Bower 
 Lawrence Preisinger 
 Rev. John Henry Rogers 
 
 Last one by Bishop Williams 
 
 Elizabeth Lee Post New Britain 
 (Wife of Geo. R. Post) 
 
 Last one by Rev. F, T. Russell 
 
 Sophia K. Payne New Britain 
 
 (Wife of Wm. G. Payne) 
 
 Last one by Rev. W. E. Johnson 
 
 Freddie J. Vergason New Britain 
 
 Last one by Rev. Frank H. Church 
 
 Matthew Clark New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Margaret McConkey New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Harriet C. Hurlburt New Britain 
 
 Last one bj' Rev. Arthur T. Randall 
 
 Mrs. Ellen J. Bishop New Britain 
 
 Last one by Rev. Allen E. Beeman 
 
 Richard Halliley New Britain 
 
 Willet Irving Hongood Stamford, Conn 
 
 Mary Douglas Aymers New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Roxa M. Burgess New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Caroline Collier New Britain 
 
 Conell Messenger New Britain 
 
 Eugene Magnus New Britain 
 
 Nathan ToUes New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Jerusha D. Merrill New Britain 
 
 William B. Sm5'the New Britain 
 
 Edward Collier New Britain 
 
 Joseph Pass New Britain 
 
 Charles M. Verguson New Britain 
 
 William Parker New Britain 
 
 Mrs. Caroline E. Russell New Britain 
 
 Anna Olivia Malmgren New Britain 
 
 Marie Louise Steehomann New Britain 
 
 William Frederick Stepler New Britain 
 
 Sarah Adelia Norton New Britain 
 
 Last one by Rev. H. L. Stone 
 
 Howard Cole Noble New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 20 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 30 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 Church street, Newington, 
 
 78 Yrs. 
 
 Conn. 
 
 
 New Britain 
 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 Wks. 
 
 L. Bostwick 
 
 
 New Britain 
 
 II Yrs. II Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 II Yrs. 2 Mos. 
 
 Shelburne Falls, Mass. 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 25 Yrs. 
 
 Providence, R. I. 
 
 52 Yrs. 
 
 56 Yrs. 
 
 7i Yrs. 
 
 2 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 38 Yrs. 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 53 Yrs. 4 Mos. 
 
 40 Yrs. 
 
 75 Yrs. 
 
 4 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 29 Yrs. 
 79 Yrs. 
 
 62 Yrs. 
 
 46 Yrs. 
 
 S3 Yrs. 
 
 91 Yrs. 8 Mos. 
 
 72 Yrs. 
 
 68 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 633/3 Yrs. 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 69 Yrs. 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 39 Yrs. 
 2 Mos. 
 6 Mos. 
 6 Mos. 
 
 17 Yrs. 
 
 8 Yrs. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 633 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 1887. 
 Sept. 2 
 Sept. 20 
 Oct. I 
 Oct. 17 
 Nov. I 
 Dec. I 
 Dec. 5 
 
 1888. 
 Jan. S 
 Jan. 17 
 Jan. 17 
 Jan. 2S 
 Jan. 28 
 Feb. 4 
 Feb. 18 
 
 Feb. 23 
 
 Mar. 6 
 
 Mar. 10 
 
 Mar. II 
 
 Mar. 29 
 
 Apr. 10 
 
 Apr. IS 
 
 May I 
 
 May 18 
 
 June 23 
 
 July 26 
 
 Aug. 23 
 
 Oct. 16 
 
 Oct. 31 
 
 Nov. 6 
 
 Nov. 9 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Nov. 22 
 
 Dec. 4 
 
 Dec. II 
 
 Dec. 21 
 
 1889. 
 
 Mar. 13 
 
 Mar. 19 
 
 Apr. 6 
 
 Apr. 18 
 
 May 7 
 
 June 19 
 
 June 26 
 
 July 14 
 
 Aug. S 
 
 Sept. 8 
 Sept. 26 
 Oct. 20 
 Oct. 30 
 Nov. 27 
 Nov. 30 
 
 Name. 
 
 William B. Webster 
 John B. Parsons 
 Mrs. Hannah Towers 
 William Watson 
 Henry Stearns 
 Caroline Kirkland Parker 
 Franklin Latham 
 
 Mrs. Maria L. Bunn 
 
 Elizur Tuttle 
 
 Charles Walker 
 
 George Albert Fenton 
 
 Mrs. Emily Belden 
 
 Infant daughter of Gust Lund 
 
 Mrs. Mary Anne Bennett 
 
 Haines 
 Lena M. Wright 
 Sarah Mary Porter 
 Gottlieb Gammerdinger 
 Clara Loveland, Normal pupil 
 Alice Ellen Ford 
 Katie Margaretta Stepler 
 Joseph Cooper 
 Mrs. Mary Ann Latham 
 Mrs. Agatha Langhardt 
 John B. Brink 
 Mrs. Ann Dunbar 
 Mrs. Julianna H. Preston 
 Henry A. Loomis 
 Mrs. Harriet Smith 
 Ellen A. Anderson 
 John Aymers 
 Mrs. Martha D. Gibbons 
 George Langhardt 
 Halsey John Norton 
 John Ellis 
 Edith D. Noble 
 
 Charles Henry Barnes 
 Mrs. Augusta N. Bentley 
 Mrs. Mary E. Kelsey 
 Wm. L. Humason 
 Mrs, Susan Rosetta (Wright) 
 
 Burke 
 Lorenzo P. Lee 
 Bertha Olsen 
 Frederick Charles Scharff 
 Mrs. Jane Perks 
 
 Last one by Rev. Jared Starr 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Staffordville, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 Southington, Conn. 
 Bristol, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 Watertown, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Morris, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Southington, Conn. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Berlin, Conn. 
 
 Beckley Quarter, Conn. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 78 Yrs. 
 
 77 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 59 Yrs. 
 74 Yrs. 
 
 77 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 9 Yrs. 
 
 60 Yrs. 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 82 Yrs. 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 7 Yrs. 3 
 74 Yrs. 
 
 3 Days 
 23 Yrs. 
 
 Mos. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Lizzie L Langdon 
 Rosa Paulina Abetz 
 William K. Brown 
 Charles Gadsby 
 John Malmquist 
 Wilfred Guite 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 II Mos. 
 
 3 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 61 Yrs. 
 
 19 Yrs. 
 10 Yrs, 
 
 I Mo. 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 62 Yrs. ' 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 I Day 
 
 68 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 79 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 72 Yrs. 
 
 73 Yrs. 
 
 4 Mos. . 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 69 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 47 Yrs. 
 
 40 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 72 Yrs. 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 45 Yrs. 
 
 46 Yrs. 
 25 Yrs. 
 68 Yrs. 
 S3 Yrs. 
 
 89 Yrs. 
 
 3 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 4 Mos. 
 45 Yrs. 
 
 35 Yrs. 
 3 Mos. 
 
 20 Yrs. 
 
 73 Yrs. 
 31 Yrs. 
 16 Mos. 
 
634 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Name. 
 1889. 
 
 Dec. 2 Edgar Mitchell 
 
 Dec. 16 Mrs. Abby S. Caldwell 
 
 Dec. 16 Thomas Smith 
 
 1890. 
 
 Jan. 3 Jacob Heis 
 
 Jan. 9 Mrs. Mary A. Clark 
 
 Jan. 22 Eugene M. Pond 
 
 Jan. 31 Mrs. Carrie Roberts Ryder 
 
 Mar. 18 George August Hedler 
 
 Mar. 18 Edwin Schrumpf 
 
 Mar. 27 Charles E. Barnes 
 
 Apr. 9 Thomas Rowe 
 
 Apr. 25 Mrs. Mary McConkey Lukey 
 
 May 19 Charlotte Ellen Brown 
 
 May 23 Edward H. Chatfield 
 
 May 24 Mrs. Martha J. Pratt 
 
 May 28 Jacob Hetterich 
 
 June 2 Maud Ellen Fisher 
 
 June 13 Mrs. Martha Gladden 
 
 July 3 Thomas Lukey 
 
 July 13 Pearl Lilian Hemingway 
 
 Sept. 17 Mrs. Augusta Gammerdinger 
 
 Sept. 19 Otto D. Vogel 
 
 Oct. 4 Mrs. Charlotte L. Hooker 
 
 Oct. 19 Chloe Philena Bunnell 
 
 Oct. 20 Mrs. Emma N. Burkhardt 
 
 Oct. 27 John James King 
 
 Nov. 3 Gustav Wolski 
 
 Nov. 15 Deilleman Bauer 
 
 Dec. 8 Richard Kirk 
 
 Dec. 23 Mrs. Grace R. Pratt 
 
 1891. 
 
 Jan. II Louis Melvin Sonneson 
 
 Jan. 12 Mrs. Jeannette Todd Lee 
 
 Jan. 29 Jennie Rinehold 
 
 Jan. 31 Brvan Churchill Porter 
 
 Feb. 3 Infant of John E. & Alice M. 
 
 Hobson 
 
 Feb. 7 John Hart 
 
 Feb. 10 Mrs. Ellen M. ToUes 
 
 Feb. II Henry Albert Hall 
 
 Feb. 17 Mrs. Mary Post 
 
 Feb. 19 Charles Frank Dietz 
 
 Feb. 27 Mrs. Rosina Rowe 
 
 Feb. 27 William Frederick Nixon 
 
 Mar. 2 Mrs. Jennie Belle (Simonson) 
 
 Davids 
 
 Mar. 9 George Francis 
 
 Mar. 12 George Hoffman 
 
 Mar. 19 William Charles Guenther 
 
 May 16 Bessie Corinna Wilson 
 
 May 22 Infant of Alex. E. & Lina S. 
 
 Molander 
 
 May 26 Christian Hess 
 
 June I George Wilson 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 II Mos. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 55 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 Long Island City, N. Y. 
 
 SO Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 50 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 47 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 20 Yrs. 7 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 42 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 18 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 27 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 52 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 19 Yrs. - 
 
 New Britain 
 
 55 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 61 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 65 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 
 69 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 36 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 40 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 86 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 57 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 42 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 71 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 18 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 24 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 92 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 64 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 16 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I Day 
 
 Long Island City, N. Y. 
 
 66 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 74 Yrs. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 635 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 1891. 
 
 June 5 
 
 June S 
 
 July 9 
 
 July IS 
 
 July 17 
 
 July 25 
 
 July 27 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 Oct. II 
 
 Nov. 6 
 
 Nov. 16 
 
 Nov. 25 
 
 Dec. 12 
 
 Dec. 28 
 
 Dec. 29 
 
 1892. 
 
 Jan. 2 
 
 Jan. 4 
 
 Jan. 8 
 
 Jan. 18 
 
 Jan. 19 
 
 Jan. 26 
 
 Feb. 2 
 
 Feb. 3 
 
 Feb. 4 
 
 Feb. 17 
 
 Feb. 23 
 
 Feb. 24 
 
 Mar. s 
 
 Apr. 8 
 
 Apr. IS 
 
 May S 
 
 May 9 
 
 May 20 
 
 May 27 
 
 May 30 
 
 June 23 
 
 July 7 
 
 July 27 
 
 Dec. 9 
 
 1893. 
 
 Apr. s 
 
 July 3 
 
 July 12 
 
 Sept. 21 
 
 Nov. 27 
 
 Nov. 29 
 
 Dec. 4 
 
 Dec. 26 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Zadok Morgan 
 
 Middletown, Conn. 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 Henry Seigrist 
 
 Berlin, Conn. 
 
 9^/4 Mos. 
 
 Arthur A. Stabert 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 John McCormick 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 
 Margaret Mitchell 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 William Hanna 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 56 Yrs. 
 
 Walter A. Wheeler 
 
 Manchester, Conn. 
 
 20 Yrs. 
 
 Joseph Clement Atwood 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 54 Yrs. 
 
 E. Rudolph GuUander 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 30 Yrs. 
 
 Matthew Slaney 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 54 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet M. Fenton 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 Moses Gilbert 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 69 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 Grace May Schrumpf 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 114 Mos. 
 
 Mrs. Hattie A. Payne 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 41 Yrs. 
 
 Joseph Champayne 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 so Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 Samuel Waldo Hart, M.D. 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 66 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 Willie Augustus Henry 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 II Mos. 
 
 Dicker 
 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Katharine Cowley John- 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 81 Yrs. 
 
 son 
 William Hedeler 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Mattes 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 52 Yrs. 
 
 Joseph Beatson 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 Charles R. Scheidler 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 8 Yrs. 
 
 Margaretta Ramm 
 
 New 
 
 Britain ' 
 
 6 Wks. 
 
 Mrs. Susan Boettcher 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 73 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Nellie L. Barker 
 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 Harrison E. Whaples 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 I Mo. 
 
 Thomas Walker 
 
 Southington, Conn. 
 
 34 Yrs. 
 
 Gottleib Holle 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 53 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 George Dimond 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Emma L. Moulton 
 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 
 45 Yrs. 
 
 Dorothy Alma Van Pelt 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 Pansy Bayer 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 6 Wks. 
 
 N. Wales Sugden 
 
 Rocky Hill, Conn. 
 
 64 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen F. Sugden 
 
 Rocky Hill, Conn. 
 
 66 Yrs. 
 
 Jesse S. Ford 
 
 Southington, Conn. 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 
 Edward H. Farrell 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 41 Yrs. 
 
 Walter Broadlay 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 George Munroe Holland 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 4 Mos. 
 
 Charles Goodwin 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 9 Yrs. 
 
 Last two by Rev. Jared 
 
 Starr 
 
 
 
 Samuel W. Dunbar 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 James Clark 
 
 New Britain 
 
 65 Yrs. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Goodwin Cors- 
 
 caden 
 Nathaniel Dickinson 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 43 Yrs. 
 
 Church St., Berlin, Conn. 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 Last three by Rev. Jared 
 
 Starr 
 
 
 
 Mary Tuttle 
 
 Bristol, Conn. 
 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 Lucy W. Angell 
 
 New 
 
 Britam 
 
 82 Yrs. 
 
 Agnes Blair Smith 
 
 Norwalk, Conn. 
 
 66 Yrs. 
 
 Romaine Walter Palmer 
 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 
 6 Mos 
 
636 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Name. 
 1894. 
 
 Jan. 29 Amanda O. Eno Vail 
 
 Feb. 3 George ToUes 
 
 Feb. 10 Herbert F. Walker 
 
 Feb. 24 G. F. Wood 
 
 Apr. 14 Francis Joseph Webster 
 
 May 7 Warren Lillabridge 
 
 May 24 Edmond A. Blakslee 
 
 June 14 John A. Schmidt 
 
 July 3 Agnes M. Schaffer 
 
 July 7 Jacob B. Gibbons 
 
 July 24 Emma Senior 
 
 Aug. 26 Margaret F. Coats 
 
 Sept. 14 Hannah Sanderson 
 
 Nov. 14 Isabella Hess 
 
 Dec. 7 Eugene Magnus 
 
 Dec. 9 Ralph Elliott Chant 
 
 Dec. 21 Andrew McCartney 
 
 Dec. 31 Jane Dunbar 
 
 Last one by Rev. Henry 
 
 1895- 
 
 Jan. 4 Ethel Irene Magnus 
 
 Jan. 29 George A. Frey 
 
 Apr. 22 William Middleton 
 
 Aug. 26 Clifford C. Bower 
 
 Aug. 30 Nils Ogren 
 
 Oct. 3 Lizzie Schray 
 
 Oct. 12 Mattie M. Northrup 
 
 Oct. 12 Kate Florence Eddy 
 
 Oct. 16 Flossie Etta Bailey 
 
 Oct. 17 George Thomas Mitchell 
 
 Oct. 21 Rosie Ethel Steele 
 
 Nov. 12 Mildred Emily Bath 
 
 Nov. 18 Bertha Viola Bates 
 
 Dec. 22 Mary G. Magnus 
 
 Dec. 27 John Mcllwaine 
 
 Dec. 28 John Goodwin 
 
 Dec. 28 Mary G. Hanna 
 
 1896. 
 
 Jan. 20 Mary Ann Clarke 
 
 Jan. 23 John L. Brooks 
 
 Jan. 31 Emily L. Steele 
 
 Feb. I Elias Place 
 
 Feb. ' 6 John W. Metcalf 
 
 Feb. 21 Alice Watkins 
 
 Feb. 28 Albert St. John Magnus 
 
 Mar. 2 Antoinette Laib 
 
 Mar. 13 Joseph Page 
 
 Mar. 28 Charles Frederick Calmbach 
 
 Mar. 30 Alexander Beatty 
 
 June 3 Herbert Goodison 
 
 June 25 Julia Jane Eno 
 
 July 14 Charles H. Winchester 
 
 Aug. 4 Mable Hemingway 
 
 Aug. 13 Henry Helm 
 
 Aug. 18 Nellie Eliza Middleton 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Simsbury, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 Waterbur3r, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Berlin, Conn. 
 Farmington, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Mitchell 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Waterbury 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Berlin, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 Age. 
 
 75 Yrs. 
 75 Yrs. 
 
 3 Days 
 S8 Yrs. 
 
 6 Wks. 
 92 Yrs. 
 23 Yrs. 
 74 Yrs. 
 68 Yrs. 
 43 Yrs. 
 
 4 Yrs. 6 
 29 Yrs. 7 ....„.,. 
 31 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 53 Yrs. 
 33 Yrs. 
 
 I Yr. II Mos. 
 55 Yrs. 
 
 54 Yrs. 
 
 Mos. 
 Mos. 
 
 3 Yrs. 
 36 Yrs. 
 42 Yrs. 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 25 Yrs. 
 39 Yrs. 
 
 6 Yrs. 
 
 5 Yrs. 
 
 5 Yrs. 
 
 I Mo. 
 
 I Yr. 
 
 I Yr. 
 
 I Yr. 
 58 Yrs, 
 66 Yrs, 
 10 Yrs 
 68 Yrs 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 II Mos. 
 
 8 Mos. 
 5 Mos. 
 
 9 Mos. 
 . S Mos. 
 
 4 Days 
 7 Mos. 
 10 Mos. 
 2 Mos. 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 21 Yrs. 
 29 Yrs. 
 
 60 Yrs. 7 Mos. 
 
 61 Yrs. 
 35 Yrs. 
 21 Yrs. 
 37 Yrs. 
 66 Yrs. 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 19 Yrs. 9 Mos. 
 40 Yrs. 
 8 Yrs. 5 Mos. 
 70 Yrs. 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 5 Mos. 
 
 6 Wks. 
 
 6 Mos. S Days 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 637 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 1896. 
 
 Aug. 19- 
 
 Aug. 20 
 
 Sept. 13 
 
 Oct. 31 
 
 Dec. 17 
 
 Dec. 23 
 
 Dec. 30 
 
 1897. 
 
 Jan. I 
 
 Jan. S 
 
 Jan. 18 
 
 Jan. 31 
 
 Feb. 28 
 
 Mar. 10 
 
 Mar. 17 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Apr. 6 
 
 May 3 
 
 May 12 
 
 June 18 
 
 July 3 
 
 July 24 
 
 Aug. 21 
 
 Aug. 25 
 
 Aug. 26 
 
 Sept. I 
 
 Sept. 17 
 
 Oct. 2 
 
 Oct. 3 
 
 Oct. 8 
 
 Dec. 14 
 
 Dec. 20 
 
 1898, 
 Jan. II 
 Jan. 26 
 Mar. 24 
 
 Apr. I 
 Apr. S 
 Apr. 26 
 May 6 
 May 19 
 June 3 
 June 28 
 July 2 
 July 10 
 Aug. 2 
 Sept. 7 
 Sept. 14 
 Sept. 21 
 Sept. 22 
 Dec. 9 
 Dec. '^ 
 Dec. 27 
 
 Name. 
 
 Richard Jones 
 Elizabeth Louisa Fenton 
 Hannah Kincade 
 Francis L. Goodale 
 John R. Sedgwick 
 Edward Pickford 
 John Hanna 
 
 Mary A. Northall 
 Bertha Frances Wolf 
 Maria Johnson 
 Eliza Meigs Heyward 
 Henry Thomas 
 Richard Schrey 
 George Hoff 
 Elsie Agnes Davis 
 Flora J. Payne 
 William Crocker 
 Russell Magnus 
 Ella Naomi Church 
 Edwin Kingsbury 
 Eliza Dimond 
 William H. Howe 
 Horace W. Bunting 
 Frank Judd 
 Royal E. Loomis 
 Frederick George Hoff 
 Frank H. Webster 
 Eva May Lockery 
 William Nelson Sweet 
 Harold Edward Chant 
 
 Last one by Rev. Nathan 
 Edward Loosey 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Plymouth, Conn. 
 Greenwood, L. L, N. Y. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 T. Pratt 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Age. 
 
 Annie E. Fenton 
 Tom Thompson 
 Harriet Dyson 
 
 Last one by Rev. James 
 William Hill 
 Charles Henry Smith 
 Samuel Thomas 
 Thomas C. Coscaden 
 Fannie W. Hanna 
 Selina Goodison 
 Stephen Chester Fenton 
 Bertha Schmar 
 Frederick Henry Rackliffe 
 Geo. D. Fisk 
 Stanley Dewey Laurie 
 Henry B. Coleman 
 Louisa Seiple 
 James Harmon Beach 
 Mary Jane Magson 
 Elizabeth W. Hance 
 Kittie S. Roberts 
 
 40 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Stoddard 
 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Farmington, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 Rumson, N. J. 
 New Britain 
 
 67 Yrs. 
 5 Yrs. 
 71 Yrs. 
 61 Yrs. 
 73 Yrs. 
 69 Yrs. 
 65 Yrs. 
 
 4 Mos. 
 8 Mos. 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 40 Yrs. 8 Mos. 
 
 1 Mo. 
 86 Yrs. 
 84 Yrs. 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 35 Yrs. II Mos. 
 32 Yrs. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 8 Yrs. 4 Mos. 
 50 Yrs. 
 18 Yrs. 
 
 2 Yrs. 8 Mos. 
 IS Mos. 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 41 Yrs. 
 
 46 Yrs. 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 3 Mos. 
 2 Mos. 
 
 41 Yrs. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 5 Mos. 
 
 64 Yrs. 
 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 52 Yrs. 
 83 Yrs. 
 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 67 Yrs. 
 
 53 Yrs. 
 66 Yrs. 
 
 43 Yrs. 8 Mos. 
 8s Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 47 Yrs. 
 
 32 Yrs. 9 Mos. 
 
 33 Yrs. 
 
 I Mo. ID Days 
 17 Yrs. 
 
 89 Yrs. 7 Mos. 
 79 Yrs. 7 Mos. 
 40 Yrs. 
 8s Yrs. 
 
 8 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
638 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 1899. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 5 
 
 Jan. 
 
 8 
 
 Jan. 
 
 13 
 
 Jan. 
 
 13 
 
 Mar. 
 
 I 
 
 June 
 
 I 
 
 June 
 
 S 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23 
 
 1900. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2 
 
 Feb. 
 
 5 
 
 Feb. 
 
 18 
 
 Feb. 
 
 18 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26 
 
 Feb. 
 
 28 
 
 Mar. 
 
 3 
 
 Mar. 
 
 30 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Apr. 
 
 4 
 
 Apr. 
 
 8 
 
 Apr. 
 
 9 
 
 Apr. 
 
 10 
 
 Apr. 
 
 II 
 
 Apr. 
 
 16 
 
 Apr. 
 
 21 
 
 Apr. 
 
 26 
 
 May 
 
 7 
 
 May 
 
 10 
 
 June 
 
 IS 
 
 Aug. 
 
 S 
 
 Aug. 
 
 9 
 
 Aug. 
 
 17 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14 
 
 Sept. 
 
 23 
 
 Oct. 
 
 7 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26 
 
 Oct. 
 
 2S 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31 
 
 1901. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 I 
 
 Tan. 
 
 14 
 
 Feb. 
 
 18 
 
 Feb. 
 
 21 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24 
 
 Feb. 
 
 28 
 
 Mar. 
 
 9 
 
 Name. 
 
 Ruth M. Tyler 
 Thomas D. Gibbons 
 Sarah T. Gladden 
 Elsie Lavinia Durn 
 Elizabeth A. Clough 
 Elizabeth Smythe Frisbie 
 George E. Fisher 
 Mary A. White 
 Ira Henry Matthews 
 
 Joseph Walter TuUy 
 Claire Stowe Attwood 
 Caroline Prentice 
 James Warburton 
 Alfred S. Judd 
 Leslie George Walker 
 Henry Smith 
 George Tanner 
 Emeline Amelia Alexander 
 Dorothy Gertrude Allen 
 Frederick Carlton Chase 
 Benjamin Banner 
 Alfred S. Judd, Jr. 
 Charles Fisher 
 John Steele 
 Carrie E. Smith 
 Mary Parker 
 Frank E. Stearns 
 James Cooper 
 Lovetta Clarke 
 Edith Fanny Chant 
 Cornelius Henn 
 
 Last two by Rev. Herbe 
 George H. Curtiss 
 
 Last one by Rev. Arthur 
 Alice Amelia Lockwood 
 
 Hooker 
 Lilian Edith Jones 
 Ambrose Beatty 
 Sarah Roberts 
 Baby Senior 
 Esther Maria Yates 
 Cecil Mount 
 Caroline K. Parker 
 Edward Kitto Curtiss 
 Kenneth Wilbur Stoddard 
 Elizabeth Wheeler 
 
 Burritt North Birge 
 Mary A. Darby 
 Benjamin F. Gibson 
 Oliver W. Fenton 
 Nicholas Trinochetti 
 Ella Beegle Wilkinson 
 Catharine Janet Grimes 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 East Plymouth, Conn. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Plymouth, Conn. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Hartford 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 Claremont, N. H. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 rt M. Smith 
 
 New Britain 
 Randall 
 
 Hebron, Conn. 
 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 New 
 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 Britain 
 
 New Britain 
 Lexington, Ky. 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 New Britain 
 
 Age. 
 
 10 Mos. 
 20 Yrs. 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 15 Yrs. 10 Mos. 
 
 39 Yrs. 7 Mos. 
 3 Days 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 71 Yrs. 
 6 Wks. 
 
 40 Yrs. S Mos. 
 3 Yrs. 10 Mos. 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 79 Yrs. 
 
 52 Yrs. 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 75 Yrs. 
 38 Yrs. 
 62 Yrs. 
 
 8 Yrs, 
 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 31 Yrs. 
 6s Yrs. 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 50 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 69 Yrs. 
 19 Yrs. 
 64 Yrs. 
 
 11 Mos. 
 8 Mos. 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 72 Yrs. 
 Z7 Yrs. 
 
 I Yr. 7 
 70 Yrs. 
 61 Yrs. 
 
 iH hrs. 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 29 Yrs. 
 3'/^ Mos. 
 16 Yrs. 
 
 Mos. 
 
 60 Yrs. 
 45 Yrs. 
 69 Yrs. 
 80 Yrs. 
 51 Yrs. 
 
 83 Yrs. 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 639 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 1901. 
 
 Mar. 20 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 Mar. 27 
 
 May 7 
 
 Apr. 27 
 
 June 6 
 
 June 10 
 
 July 18 
 
 July 20 
 
 Aug. 7 
 
 Sept. 7 
 Sept. 13 
 Sept. 22 
 Oct. 5 
 Nov. 25 
 Dec. 7 
 Dec. 19 
 
 1902. 
 Jan. 10 
 Mar. 14 
 Apr. 21 
 Apr. 28 
 Apr. 29 
 June 13 
 June 19 
 Aug. 
 
 Oct. 2 
 Oct. 6 
 
 Oct. 10 
 
 Oct. 31 
 
 Nov. I 
 
 Nov. 8 
 
 Nov. II 
 
 Nov. 23 
 
 Dec. 7 
 
 Dec. IS 
 
 1903. 
 
 Jan. 3 
 
 Jan. 7 
 
 Jan. 8 
 
 Jan. 27 
 
 Jan. 29 
 
 Feb. 4 
 
 Feb. 21 
 
 Feb. 23 
 
 Mar. II 
 
 Mar. 17 
 
 Mar. 19 
 
 Mar. 21 
 
 Apr. 26 
 
 Apr. 28 
 
 May 3 
 
 Name. 
 
 Byron Charles Wheeler 
 Henrietta W. Rackliffe 
 Addin Charles Lewis 
 Gertrude May Middleton 
 Margaret E. Adams 
 Thomas Roe Footit 
 Martin Luther 
 Jacob F. Simons 
 Oscar Clark 
 Hilda Fletcher 
 
 Last one by Rev. W. H 
 Cordelia N. Parker 
 Lovina Ford Laurie 
 Edward Howard Post 
 Eliza Emily Gwatkins Alger 
 Frederick C. Schermerhorn 
 Sarah Maria Buel 
 Frank B. Smith 
 
 Prudence Ransom 
 Mary Gwatkins 
 Mary Elizabeth Graham 
 George W. Gregg 
 George A. Lewis 
 Robert Dunbar 
 Robert J. Vance 
 Cecilia Greco 
 
 Last one by Rev. H. B. 
 Mary Ann Crompton 
 Charles Henry Sewell 
 
 Thompson 
 Althea Goodison Manning 
 Gertrude Josephine Sowles 
 Alfred Giles 
 Mary E. Logan 
 James S. Clark 
 Caroline Bowman Giles 
 Carl F. Strasburg 
 Celia Bassett 
 
 Catharine Johnson 
 Caroline Matilda Scaife 
 Chauncey B. Pomeroy 
 Learned M. Cottrell 
 Mary Ann McBrasme 
 Harold James Bagshaw 
 Grace Annetta Pfeifer 
 Sarah Wyman 
 Louisa Genise Holmes 
 Lydia I. Todd 
 Harriet Walker 
 George R. Post 
 Mark Roberts 
 William Wright 
 William George Carson 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Ase. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 5 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 New Britain 
 
 18 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 92 Yrs. 
 
 Westfield, Conn. 
 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 46 Yrs. 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 SS Yrs. 10 Mos. 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 55 Yrs. 8 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 12 Yrs. 
 
 Morrison 
 
 
 New Britain 
 
 24 Yrs. 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 40 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 r New Britain 
 
 SI Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 14 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 60 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 S3 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 82 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 75 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 New Britain 
 
 27 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 48 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 36 Yrs. 
 
 Pulsifer 
 
 
 Windsor Locks, Conn. 
 
 71 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 25 Yrs. 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 28 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 42 Yrs. 
 
 Waterbury, Conn. 
 
 32 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 43 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 73 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 New Britain 
 
 13 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Yrs. 6 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 27 Yrs. 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I Yr. 2 Mos. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 65 Yrs. 
 
 Southington, Conn. 
 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 Thomaston, Conn. 
 
 77 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6s Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 79 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 63 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 47 Yrs. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Wks. 
 
640 
 
 THE Ci-iURCH 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Name. 
 
 1903. 
 May 27 
 June 14 
 July I 
 
 July 13 
 
 Sept. 8 
 
 Oct. 22 
 
 Oct. 24 
 
 Nov. 30 
 
 Nov. 30 
 
 Dec. 10 
 
 Dec. 12 
 
 Dec. 16 
 
 Nov. 1 1 
 
 Dec. 17 
 
 Dec. 18 
 
 Nov. 17 
 
 Aug. 2 
 
 Oct. 4 
 
 Aug. 18 
 
 Nov. ID 
 
 1905- 
 1904. 
 
 Feb. 19 
 
 Mar. I 
 
 Mar. 2 
 
 Mar. 12 
 
 Mar. 31 
 
 Apr. 13 
 
 Apr. 26 
 
 May II 
 
 June 2 
 
 June 16 
 
 July 2 
 
 July 30 
 
 Feb. 23 
 
 Mar. I 
 
 Mar. 2 
 
 Feb. 27 
 
 Mar. 6 
 
 Apr. 14 
 
 Apr. 14 
 
 Apr. 16 
 
 May I 
 
 May 9 
 
 May 9 
 
 May 29 
 
 July 17 
 
 July 23 
 
 Sept. 2 
 
 Sept. 14 
 
 Oct. I 
 
 Oct. 4 
 
 Oct. 5 
 
 Oct. 27 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 Adrian Dyckman 
 
 New Britain 
 
 I Mo. 
 
 Fanny Hanna Basney 
 
 New Britain 
 
 36 Yrs. 
 
 Charles Edward Tillotson 
 
 Farmington, Conn. 
 
 65 Yrs. 
 
 Archik Bedrossian 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 Florence M. Humason 
 
 New Britain 
 
 55 Yrs. 
 
 Mary Fisher 
 
 New Britain 
 
 60 Yrs. 
 
 Ulysses Grant Bigelow 
 
 Near Yarmouth, Nova 
 Scotia 
 
 32 Yrs. 
 
 Anna Maria Beach 
 
 New Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 
 
 Margaret Kinkade 
 
 New Britain 
 
 39 Yrs. 
 
 Etta G. Frey 
 
 New Britain 
 
 44 Yrs. 
 
 Elbridge Willis 
 
 New Britain 
 
 17 Yrs. 
 
 Tabitha D. Martin 
 
 New Britain 
 
 64 Yrs. 
 
 Edward S. Adkins 
 
 New Britain 
 
 53 Yrs. 
 
 Sarah E. Caswell 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 S3 Yrs. 
 
 Agostino Bertini 
 
 New Britain 
 
 67 Yrs. 
 
 Louis V. Schutz 
 
 New Britain 
 
 34 Yrs. 
 
 Harriet McCartney 
 
 New Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 
 
 Henry Tolles 
 
 New Britain 
 
 83 Yrs. 
 
 Jeremia Blood 
 
 Nashua, N. H. 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 Thomas Jones 
 
 New Britain 
 
 39 Yrs. 
 
 James Towers, Sr. 
 
 New Britain 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 Mary S. Stepler 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Frank K. Field 
 
 Berlin, Conn. 
 
 75 Yrs. 
 
 Nelson P. Payne 
 
 New Britain 
 
 59 Yrs. 
 
 George W. Camsell 
 
 New Britain 
 
 49 Yrs. 
 
 Dwight A. Harris 
 
 Boonville, N. Y. 
 
 46 Yrs. 
 
 William W. Foulkes 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Emily C. Smith 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Joseph Mills 
 
 Torrington, Conn. 
 
 76 Yrs. 
 
 John Crabtree 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Annie J. Pelton 
 
 Portland, Conn. 
 
 72 Yrs. 
 
 Baby Dyson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 4 Days 
 
 Charles Neuschulten 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 79 Yrs. 
 
 Alfred J. Smith 
 
 New Britain 
 
 51 Yrs. 
 
 Elmit P. Sagendorf 
 
 New Britain 
 
 38 Yrs. 
 
 Alice B. Attwood 
 
 New Britain 
 
 40 Yrs. 
 
 Nellie C. Reed 
 
 Torrington, Conn. 
 
 47 Yrs. 
 
 Mary Rebecca Lockwood 
 
 New Britain 
 
 82 Yrs. 
 
 Thomas C. Lockwood 
 
 New Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 
 
 Baby Swain (boy) 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Francis G. Bonnel 
 
 Windsor, Conn. 
 
 45 Yrs. 
 
 Samuel Tully 
 
 Hartford 
 
 75 Yrs. 
 
 Virgil P. Humason 
 
 New Britain 
 
 57 Yrs. 
 
 Daniel Goodison 
 
 New Britain 
 
 
 Sabra Cowles 
 
 Kensington 
 
 8s Yrs. 
 
 Henry Abram Church 
 
 New Britain 
 
 8 Mos. 
 
 Harold Emil Tucker 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 Thomas H. Porter 
 
 New Britain 
 
 60 Yrs. 
 
 Ellen White Beatty 
 
 Madison, Conn. 
 
 
 Eunice Miriam Ward 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 Leopold Klett 
 
 New Britain 
 
 66 Yrs. 
 
 William Thornton 
 
 New Britain 
 
 80 Yrs. 
 
 6 Mos. 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
 9 Mos. 
 
IN NEW BRITAIN. 
 
 641 
 
 BURIALS 
 
 Name. 
 
 Place of Interment. 
 
 Age. 
 
 1905- 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8 
 
 Oct. 
 
 16 
 
 Nov. 
 
 27 
 
 Dec. 
 
 2 
 
 igo6. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 6 
 
 Jan. 
 
 17 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21 
 
 Jan. 
 
 22 
 
 Mar. 
 
 5 
 
 Feb. 
 
 17 
 
 Mar. 
 
 IS 
 
 Apr. 
 
 7 
 
 May 
 
 9 
 
 May 
 
 25 
 
 June 
 
 9 
 
 Aug. 
 
 31 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7 
 
 Dec. 
 
 3 
 
 Thomas R. Footit 
 
 Westfield, Conn. 
 
 31 Yrs. 
 
 Helen J. Woodward 
 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 
 33 Yrs. 
 
 Thomas Taylor 
 
 New Britain 
 
 62 Yrs. 
 
 Mary Maude Simons 
 
 Plainville, Conn. 
 
 30 Yrs. 
 
 McCarthy 
 
 
 
 Ethel May Binning 
 
 New Britain 
 
 7 Mos. 
 
 Almena M. Kirk 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6s Yrs. 
 
 Margaret E. Hicks 
 
 New Britain 
 
 62 Yrs. 
 
 Russell C. Barnes 
 
 New Britain 
 
 3 Mos. 
 
 Marie E. Rossberg 
 
 New Britain 
 
 72 Yrs. 
 
 Eleanor Madeline Larson 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Yrs. 
 
 Helen M. Warren 
 
 Naugatuck, Conn. 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 Earl G. Elliott 
 
 New Britain 
 
 2 Mos, 
 
 Last one by Rev. Jared Starr 
 
 
 Margaret May Stolls 
 
 New Britain 
 
 18 Yrs. 
 
 Elizabeth Jones 
 
 New Britain 
 
 6S Yrs. 
 
 Robert B. Hurrell 
 
 New Britain 
 
 68 Yrs. 
 
 Mary A. Carroll 
 
 New Britain 
 
 S3 Yrs. 
 
 Ann Maria Porter 
 
 New Britain 
 
 70 Yrs. 
 
 Maude C. Waters 
 
 New Britain 
 
 22 Yrs. 
 
INDEXES 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 
 
 Aberdeen, Scotland 31 
 
 Academy at Stratford 65 
 
 Academy, service in ... . 289, 290, 322 
 
 Acting Bishop 98 
 
 Adamites 38, 117 
 
 Admission into Diocese 286 
 
 Adrian, Mich 448 
 
 Africa 26, loi 
 
 African Mission School loi 
 
 Alabama 102 
 
 Albany turnpike 185 
 
 Almanac, first Churchman's ... 33 
 Almanac, first with Church Days, 20 
 
 Amboy, N. J 22 
 
 Amenia, N. Y 466 
 
 America 1 3 to 33 
 
 Aimual reports reviewed 425 
 
 Anti-Episcopal Convention, 27, 28, 
 29, 30, 78, 79 
 Archdeaconry of Hartford, meet 
 
 at New Britain 408, 417 
 
 Armonk, N. Y .. . . 466 
 
 Ashtabula, 210, 
 
 Assessment of 1813 97 
 
 Assets of the old Church 309 
 
 Atheism 125 
 
 Autographs of Churchmen .... 67 
 
 Avon 185 
 
 Baptism, first Episcopal in 
 
 Conn 42 
 
 Baptism, first in America 16 
 
 Baptism of children, 38, 39, 40, 1 18, 
 
 121 
 
 Baptisms 167, 171, 172, 173, 486 
 
 Baptisms, early in New Britain, 278, 
 282, 290 
 Baptisms, local from Middle- 
 town records 271, 272, 273 
 
 Baptists, 40, SO, SS> 122, 123, 126, 127, 
 
 167 
 
 Barkhamsted .' 94, 196, 197 
 
 Belfast, Me 16 
 
 Berlin 134, 207, 272 
 
 Bethany 433,438 
 
 Bible, approved editions, 99, 213, 214 
 Bible, not read in public by the 
 
 Standing Order 76, 77 
 
 Bible, see Word ii7 
 
 Bibles, for every family 122 
 
 Bibles, incorrect edition dis- 
 tributed 98 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Bible & Prayer Book Society . . 97 
 
 Biographical notices of clergy, 92 
 
 Biographical Sketches, 106 to 115, 
 
 172 to 24s, 429 to 468 
 
 Bishop Brownell, elected 100 
 
 Bishop Brownell's Western vis- 
 itation loi 
 
 Bishop, first consecration of in 
 
 America 33 
 
 Bishop, first of Ohio 190, 215 
 
 Bishop, for New England 18 
 
 Bishop, invited to act 98 
 
 Bishop, letter to the ..153, IS4, IS6, 
 157, 255 
 Bishop of Conn., elected, 31, 84, 92 
 Bishop of New York, elected. . 32 
 Bishop of Pennsylvania, elected, 32 
 Bishop of Vermont, elected ... 33 
 Bishop of Virginia, elected .... 32 
 
 Bishop, petitioned for 23, 25 
 
 Bishop Seabury, elected 84 
 
 Bishop's Address, first printed, 95 
 
 Bishops, appointment of opposed, 25, 
 
 27, 28, 29, 30, 78, 79 
 
 Bishops, effort for 26, 31 
 
 Bishops, fear of 29, 30 
 
 Bishops, first House of 32 
 
 Bishop's Fund 96, 97 
 
 Bishops, non-juring 23 
 
 Bishops, Scottish 87 
 
 Bishop's signatures 93 
 
 Bishops of Connecticut. . .105 to 115 
 
 Bishop's support 86,89,96,97 
 
 Bishop Williams, testimonial to, 337 
 
 Blasphemy 116, 129 
 
 Blizzard of 1888 405, 4o6 
 
 Bloomfield S8, 136. 196 
 
 Boarders 122 
 
 Boarders, must join family wor- 
 ship 121 
 
 Boardman, 210, 215 
 
 Boston, Mass 17, 20, 24 
 
 Boston Synod 119 
 
 Branford 172,173 
 
 Bridgeport 100 
 
 Bristol .'..136,176 
 
 Brooklyn, Conn 59, 72, 100, 126 
 
 Burials 621 
 
 Burlington, N. J 23 
 
 Burritt Mission 373, 374 
 
646 
 
 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Calendar, The 334 
 
 California IS 
 
 Calvary Church, Stonington, 368, 455 
 
 Canfield, 215 
 
 Canons adopted 93 
 
 Canons, Ancient 96 
 
 Cape Cod 16 
 
 Capital laws 116 
 
 Catechist S3, 61 
 
 Catechist at Stratford 62 
 
 Catechist, interfered with 61 
 
 Cemetery inscriptions IS3 
 
 Census, Episcopal & Non-Epis- 
 copal 29, 80, 81, 82 
 
 Census of Connecticut, 1774, 29, 80, 
 
 81, 82 
 
 Central Village 342, 447 
 
 Certificate law, 73, 8s, 88, 127, 128, 
 
 129 
 
 Certificates of withdrawal, 94, 140, 
 
 141, 167, 168, 269, 270 
 
 Chancel improvements 411,412 
 
 Chapel built 346, 348 
 
 Charity Organization 406 
 
 Charleston, S. C 20, 21 
 
 Charter of the S. P. G 21 
 
 Cheshire 168, 178 
 
 Children's work 394, 395 
 
 Choir stalls 411 
 
 Chorister . 419, 420 
 
 Christ Church and Ohio . . . 169, 170 
 
 Christ Church, Bethany 438 
 
 Christ Church, Boston ... .24, 33, 47 
 
 Christ Church, Canaan 467 
 
 Christ Church, centennial anni- 
 versary 413 
 
 Christ Church, Hartford, 94, 279, 
 
 286, 429, 430 
 
 Christ Church, Middletown, 93, 97, 
 
 108, 113, 139, 271 
 
 Christ Church, origin of 165 
 
 Christ Church, Philadelphia, 21, 23, 
 
 32 
 Christ Church, reference to in 
 
 Journal of Convention . . . 159, 160 
 Christ Church, Rock Spring, 
 
 N. C 461 
 
 Christ Church, Rye, N. Y 114 
 
 Christ Church, Savannah, Ga., 25 
 Christ Church, Schenectady, 
 
 N. Y 463 
 
 Christ Church, Sheffield, Mass., 467 
 Christ Church, Stratford, 4s, 47, 48, 
 
 49, 64 
 
 Christ Church, Unionville 442 
 
 Christ Church, Watertown .... 464 
 Christ Church, West Haven . . . 164 
 Christ Church, Westport ..286, 411, 
 
 466 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Christian Knowledge Society, 98, 
 
 I2S, 339 
 Christian Knowledge Society, 
 
 meet at New Britain 3S7 
 
 Christmas Carols 372, 375, 455 
 
 Christmas Sermon 88 
 
 Church bells 339, 397 
 
 Church built at Brooklyn, Conn., S9 
 Church building, 1837; 289, 291, 292, 
 
 293, 294, 29s, 322; 1848, 320, 321, 
 
 324, 32s,. 332 
 Church building, description of, 325, 
 330, 331 
 Church building, first in Amer- 
 ica 17 
 
 Church building, first in Penn., 19 
 Church building, first in process 
 
 of construction in Conn 48 
 
 Church building, oldest in Conn., 102 
 Church building, oldest in 
 
 Northern States 23 
 
 Church building, reopened, 347, 348, 
 
 393.400 
 
 Church building, repairs, 346, 347, 
 
 348, 361, 362, 371, 392, 393, 394, 39S, 
 
 396. 397, 399, .402, 404, 407, 41 1> 416 
 Church building, second in 
 
 Hartford Co 136 
 
 Church building, selling of, 160, 161, 
 162, 267, 268, 269, 322 
 Church buildings in Hartford 
 
 Co ISO 
 
 Church building torn down. . . . 162 
 
 Church building, voted, 130, 248, 
 
 289, 320 
 
 Church built of logs. . ._ 212 
 
 Church canons 386, 418 
 
 Church, damaged by storm IS9 
 
 Church debts, 311, 348, 351, 359, 361, 
 372, 37S, 376, 377, 390 
 Churches and towns in Conn., 40, 75, 
 76, 102, 103, 104 
 Churches, established by law, 72, 126 
 Churches, first three in Conn. . . 49 
 Churches, in 1760, 73; in 1777, 76; 
 
 in 1799, 103, 104 
 Churches, majority of adopt 
 
 constitution go 
 
 Churches, new ones only by 
 
 consent of General Court, 38, 117 
 Churches, only one relieved by 
 
 law of 1727 S3 
 
 Churches, regxilated 117, 118 
 
 Church, first in I-Iartford Co. . . 136 
 Church, first organized in Conn., 43 
 Church, first step for collective 
 
 body 31 
 
 Church of England, first named 
 
 in statutes 122 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 647 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Church of England, first record 
 
 in Conn 38 
 
 Church of England, granted 
 
 right to tax themselves ... .32, 123 
 Church of England, legally 
 
 Presbyterian 39 
 
 Church of England, members 
 
 of 38, 39, 118 
 
 Church of England minister, 
 
 legalized 52, 122, 123 
 
 Church of England, recognized 
 
 in law 122, 123, 127 
 
 Church of Our Saviour, Plain- 
 
 ville 350, 3SI, 441 
 
 Church of the Redeemer, New 
 
 York 463 
 
 Church of the Redeemer, South- 
 
 ington 351 
 
 Church of the Resurrection, 
 
 Philadelphia 435 
 
 Church property, sale of, 322, 413, 
 
 41S, 421 
 Churchmen, early of Berlin, 137, 139 
 Churchmen, early in New Brit- 
 ain 277, 278, 279 
 
 Churchmen, find favor 72, 126 
 
 Churchmen, hardships of, 17, 18, 19, 
 
 26, 31, 4a, 49, 50, 59, 68, 69, 71 
 
 Churchmen, increase in number, 75 
 
 Churchmen, in majority 76 
 
 Church papers 94 
 
 Churchmen, pay double rates 74 
 
 Churchmen, unjustly accused, 73, 74 
 Church services by minister, 
 
 allowed by law 68, 122, 123 
 
 Church statistics 33 
 
 Church, supported by law 30 
 
 Claremont, N. H 33 
 
 Clerks 424, 480 
 
 Clergy and parishes, 1836 286 
 
 Clergy, first meet the Bishop in 
 
 America 31 
 
 Clergy, Hst in 1777, 76; in 1799, 
 
 103, 104 
 Clergy, ordained by Bps. Sea- 
 bury and Jarvis 91, 92 
 
 Clergj'man, first Episcopal in 
 
 Mass 17 
 
 Clergyman, first in South Caro- 
 lina 20 
 
 Clergymen, number of . . .30, 75, 102 
 Clergymen, only four in North 
 
 America 20 
 
 Clergj'men, permitted in Pa. . . 20 
 Cleveland, O., 177, 178, 210, 215, 217 
 
 Colebrook I97 
 
 Collectors, powers of 123 
 
 Colored people of New Britain, 418 
 Columbia, 210, 215 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Columbus, 190, 212, 214 
 
 Communicants 167, 578 
 
 Communicants in 1836 283 
 
 Communicants, statistics of .... 425 
 Communion cup used at Christ 
 
 Church 164 
 
 Communion Office 32, 87, 88 
 
 Compulsory minister's support, 
 
 116, 117 
 Concert for benefit of Church. . 292 
 
 Concordate 87 
 
 Confirmation, at Plymouth .... 207 
 
 Confirmations 167, 562 
 
 Confirmations, statistics of .... 426 
 Confirmation, the first . .91, 296, 297 
 Congregational accessions, 23, 33, 45, 
 
 55, 56. 75 
 Congregational Association ... 27 
 Congregational Church, Berlin, 94 
 Congregational Churches ap- 
 proved 39, 119 
 
 Congregational Churches regu- 
 lated 38, 43, 118 
 
 Congregational Church, New 
 
 London 41 
 
 Congregational, first mention in 
 
 the laws 39, 119 
 
 Congregational way alone prac- 
 ticed 37 
 
 Congregationalism in Mass. ... 33 
 Congregationalist, first to come 
 
 over ... 45 
 
 Congregationalists at Hartford 
 
 divided 38 
 
 Congregationalists in Virginia, 19 
 Congressman, born at New 
 
 Britain 182 
 
 Connecticut, 22, 26, 29, 31, 33, 34 to 
 
 129 
 
 Connecticut Bible Society 98 
 
 Connecticut laws 369, 385 
 
 Connecticut, Non-Episcopal cen- 
 sus of 79 to 82 
 
 Consecration, 1837, 293, 296, 297 ; 
 
 1848, 327, 328, 329, 332, 333 
 Consecration, at New London, 88 
 Consecration, Bishop elect failed 
 
 of 31 
 
 Consecration, first of a church, 
 
 32, 91 
 
 Consecration, of Bishops 32 
 
 Consecration of Bp. Brownell, 100 
 Consecration of Bp. Hobart, . . iii 
 Consecration of Bp. Jarvis, 92, 109 
 Consecration of Bp. Seabury, 31, 86, 
 
 107 
 Consecration of Bp. Williams, 113 
 Consecration, last by Bp. Sea- 
 bury 91 
 
648 
 
 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 Constitution of Church adopted, 88, 
 
 89, 90, 151, 251 
 
 Contributions for building, 291, 292, 
 
 300, 301, 302, 321 
 
 Contributions for preaching, 286, 
 
 287, 302, 340 
 
 Convention, Anti-Episcopal, 27, 28, 
 
 29, 78, 79 
 
 Convention, first Annual 8g 
 
 Convention, first General ....28, 32 
 
 Convention fund 291, 306, 310 
 
 Convention of clergy 26 
 
 Convention of Conn, clergy . .31, 86 
 
 Convention, marching to 93 
 
 Conventions in Ohio, 190, 192, 212, 
 
 213, 214, 21S 
 
 Convocation 87 
 
 Convocation at New Britain. 337, 
 338, 339, 341, 349. 351, 358, 359 
 
 Corner stone 325, 326, 327 
 
 Corner stone, contents of . .395, 396 
 
 Cures, number of, 30, 75, 95, 102, 
 
 103, 104 
 
 Daughters of the King . . . .415, 419 
 
 Death of Mr. Rogers 400 
 
 Deaths, 167, 281, 319, 322, 334, 337, 
 
 3.SS, 360, 373 
 Delegates to Convention. 151, 159, 
 160, 249, 250, 253, 254. 256, 258, 260, 
 261, 263, 26s, 425, 483 
 Denomination, first named in 
 
 Conn 38, 119 
 
 Deputy to General Convention, 207, 
 430, 444, 448 
 
 Derby 100 
 
 Dickinson house 384 
 
 Diocese of Connecticut estab- 
 lished 8g 
 
 Diocese of Ohio . . .202, 212, 213, 215 
 
 Dioceses, union of 32 
 
 Dissenters from Standing 
 
 Order 119, 123, I27, 129, 140 
 
 Dissenters in England 28, 78 
 
 Dissenting ministers become 
 
 Churchmen 45, 47, 55, 56 
 
 Dissenters settled Connecticut, 37 
 
 Durham 204 
 
 Dutch Church 19 
 
 East Main St. Church 283 to 325 
 
 Easton, Md 454 
 
 East Plymouth 176, 185, 205 
 
 Ecclesiastical laws 116 to 129 
 
 Election Sermon 99, 431 
 
 Elizabeth, N. J 27 
 
 Enfield 126 
 
 Epiecopal Academy, 90, 97, loi, 408, 
 
 464 
 Episcopal acts by Bp. Grisvvold, 98 
 Episcopal attire, first worn .... 88 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Episcopal Church established by 
 
 law 72, 126 
 
 Episcopal College loi 
 
 Episcopal dissenters 127 
 
 Episcopal, first use of the word 
 
 in Connecticut laws 85, 127 
 
 Episcopal oppression 28 
 
 Episcopalians, lenity with regard 
 
 to 28 
 
 Episcopahans, proportion of, 29, 82 
 
 Episcopalians, taxing 123 
 
 Episcopate 78 
 
 Episcopate, Discourse on pub- 
 lished 24 
 
 Episcopate discussed 27 
 
 Esopus, N. Y 448 
 
 Essex borough 314 
 
 Exeter parish 89 
 
 Fairs, 308, 310, 314, 340, 358, 384, 394 
 Families, number of reduced . . 313 
 
 Family worship 120, 121 
 
 Fairfield, 44, 46, 48, 50, 51, 54, 55, 61, 
 65, 68, 72 
 Farmington, assigned to New 
 
 Britain 312 
 
 Farmington Canal 295 
 
 Fast Day 91 
 
 Favors to Standing Order, 66, 67, 71 
 Financial reports, reviewed .... 426 
 
 Fiscal year 416 
 
 Founders of Christ Church, 149, 165 
 
 Franklin, Conn 100 
 
 Fundamental Orders 116 
 
 Fulton, N. Y 198, 199 
 
 Galesville, N. C 460 
 
 General Association, Journal of, 28 
 General Association of Conn., 
 
 27, 128 
 
 General Consociation 124 
 
 General Convention, loi, 202, 212, 
 
 213 
 
 Georgetown, D. C 436 
 
 Georgia 25 
 
 Gifts to the parish, 301, 305, 329, 333, 
 348, 349. 352, 366, 367, 371, 376, 384, 
 393, 394, 395, 398, 399, 400, 402, 403, 
 404, 405, 407, 414, 425, 446 
 
 Gift to Rector 357, 413 
 
 Good Friday, first appointed as 
 
 Fast Day 91 
 
 Gospel service, appropriation 
 
 for 64, 124 
 
 Grace Cathedral, Topeka, Kan- 
 sas 468 
 
 Grace Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 465 
 Grace Church, Cabqtville, Mass., 
 
 440, 441 
 
 Grace Church, Saybrook, 320, 437, 
 
 438, 441 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 649 
 
 Grace Church, Yantic 436, 437 
 
 Granby, 137, 182, 184, 185, 187, 194, 
 
 196, 197 
 
 Great Barrington, Mass., 195, 196, 
 
 197 
 
 Greenwich 66, 68, 71 
 
 Groton 50, 68 
 
 Guilford 58, 78, 124 
 
 Half-way Covenant, 39, 40, 85, 118, 
 119, 121 
 
 Hampton, Va 17 
 
 Hartford 40, 118, 136 
 
 Hartford Co., first service in . . 135 
 
 Hartford, Second Church 119 
 
 Hartland 197 
 
 Harwinton 91, 185, 204, 205 
 
 Hebron 57, 68 
 
 Henrico, Va 20 
 
 Heretics 38, 117 
 
 Highland, N. Y 448 
 
 High school ■ 336 
 
 Historical information, where 
 
 found 102 
 
 Historical sketches of Christ 
 
 Church 169 
 
 Holy orders, desired 24 
 
 Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 
 454, 462 
 Holy Trinity, Hertford, N. C, 460 
 Holy Trinity, Middletown, 465, 271 
 
 Homestead act 189 
 
 Horse Neck 66 
 
 Huntington 178 
 
 Idolatry 116 
 
 Indians 16, 17, 25, 58, 61, 119 
 
 Inhabitant, first white in Rhode 
 
 Island 18 
 
 Institution 207, 369, 370 
 
 Jamaica, L. 1 22, 106 
 
 Jamestown, Va 16, 17 
 
 Jefferson, 215 
 
 Jerseys 22 
 
 Journal, first parish reports in 95 
 
 Journals, first printed 90 
 
 Kennebec, Me 17 
 
 Kensington, 133, 134, 13S, 140, 141. 
 167, 271, 272 
 
 Kent Island, Md 17 
 
 King's Chapel 20, 21, 33, 93 
 
 King's College 26 
 
 King's instructions to Govern- 
 ors 21 
 
 Ladies' Aid Society 414, 41S, 416 
 
 Ladies' Society 393 
 
 Land for cemetery 152, I53 
 
 Land for church building 152 
 
 Land fund 124 
 
 Land presented the parish 296, 301, 
 302, 367 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Land, purchase of 323, 324, 352, 366, 
 367, 417 
 
 Land, sale of 322, 352 
 
 Laws of Colony, first printed . . 120 
 
 Lay reader 53, 288, 305, 386, 423 
 
 Lebanon 89 
 
 Ledyard 65 
 
 Legislature, listen to Bp. Brown- 
 ell 99 
 
 Lenox, Mass 195 
 
 Letters to the Bishop, 153, 154, 156, 
 
 157, 25s 
 
 Library, Somaster's 66 
 
 Lion, The 415 
 
 Litchfield 58, 88 
 
 Liverpool, 210, 215 
 
 Long Hill 46 
 
 Lottery 152, 255, 260 
 
 Maine 15, 18, 19 
 
 Marriage, first recorded in 
 
 America 17 
 
 Marriages 167, 591 
 
 Martha's Vineyard 16. 
 
 Maryland 18, 22, 30 
 
 Masonic address 207 
 
 Massachusetts 17, 19, 21, 29, 33 
 
 Medina, O. . . .210, 211, 215, 216, 217 
 Meeting houses, 66, 122, 123, 125, 138 
 Meeting called by a Justice, 160, 265 
 Meeting, last one of Christ 
 
 Church 162, 269 
 
 Meetings in private houses, for- 
 bidden 122 
 
 Memorial of Churchmen 67 
 
 Men's Club 418 
 
 Meriden 114, 168, 176, 177, 178 
 
 Methodism 32 
 
 Methodist, early society of .... 202 
 
 Methodist preachers 202, 203 
 
 Methodists 167 
 
 Methodist service at Christ 
 
 Church 159 
 
 Middletown, 86, 90, 91, 93, 97, 108, 
 
 135, 136, 139 
 
 Middletown, N. Y 448 
 
 Milf ord 77, 173 
 
 Minister, Congregational, first 
 
 to come over 45 
 
 Minister, engaged in teaching, 315 
 345, 353 
 Ministerj Episcopal, only one in 
 
 Conn 49 
 
 Minister, first Episcopal made 
 
 D.D. by Yale 100 
 
 Minister, first Episcopal to 
 
 preach in Conn 41 
 
 Minister, first hired 151, 248 
 
 Minister, first in Boston 17 
 
650 
 
 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 Minister, first in Maryland 18 
 
 Minister, first in Rliode Island, 18 
 Minister, first settled in Ohio.. 188 
 Ministers and the marriage ser- 
 vice 126 
 
 Ministers, colored loi 
 
 Ministers, dissenting, become 
 
 Churchmen 45, 47, 56 
 
 Ministers, educated at Yale or 
 
 Hansard 124 
 
 Ministers, exempt from taxes, 121 
 Ministers from St. Mark's .... 387 
 Ministers in 1760, 75; in 1777, 76; 
 in 1799, 103, 104 
 
 Ministers, irregular 122 
 
 Ministers, long service 100 
 
 Ministers, marriage by legalized, 120 
 Ministers, none but settled and 
 
 approved to be attended . .38, 118 
 Ministers, number of Congrega- 
 tional, 1766 75 
 
 Ministers of Christ Church, 151, 153, 
 
 IS7, 158, IS9, 171 to 218, 248, 249, 
 
 253, 25s, 257, 261 
 
 Ministers, officiating, 288, 358, 365, 
 
 379, 381, 387, 389, 410 
 
 Ministers of St. Mark's, 421, 422, 
 
 427 to 4''-)S 
 
 Ministers, only one for 14 places, 53 
 
 Minister's support, 37, 38, 41, 116, 
 
 117, 120, 121, 124 
 
 Minister, violating canons 96 
 
 Ministry of Mr. Baldwin, 356 to 370 
 Ministry of Mr. Bodley ...414, etc. 
 Ministry of Mr. Capron . .327 to 343 
 Ministry of Mr. Davis . . .288 to 305 
 Ministry of Dr. Drumm, 379 to 387 
 Ministry of Mr. Fisher ..316 to 320 
 Ministry of Mr. Guion . . .306 to 319 
 Ministry of Prof. Jackson, 319 to 335 
 Ministry of Mr. Mansfield, 288, 305, 
 
 306 
 Ministry of Mr. Middleton, 368 to 
 
 379 
 Ministry of Mr. Rogers . .391 to 400 
 Ministry of Mr. Russell, 342 to 354 
 Ministry of Mr. Snowden, 388 to 391 
 Ministry of Mr. Stoddard, 403 to 410 
 Ministry of Mr. Wayne, 411 to 414 
 Ministry of Dr. Wheaton, 283 to 288 
 Missionaries, contributions for, 128 
 Missionaries for New London, 
 
 Newtown and Redding 55 
 
 Missionaries from New Britain, 356 
 Missionaries in 1756, 75 ; in 1777, 76 
 Missionaries, must be asked for 3c 
 Missionaries of the S. P. G. ar- 
 rive 22 
 
 Missionaries of S. P. G., duties 
 of S6 
 
 Missionaries of S. P. G., first 9 
 
 in Conn, had been dissenters, 56 
 Missionaries, sent only where 
 
 wanted 57 
 
 Missionaries, want of ... .58, 59, 60 
 
 Missionary appointed 24, 46 
 
 Missionary at Rye, N. Y 42 
 
 Missionary, first appointed to 
 
 Conn 46 
 
 Missionary for Fairfield 62 
 
 Missionary for North Groton, 56 
 Missionarjr, itinerant of the 
 
 Colony 56 
 
 Missionary Society 97 
 
 Missionary Society, aid from, 286, 
 290, 305, 306, 310, 323, 339 
 Missionary Society of Ohio . . . 215 
 Missionary S. P. G., first in 
 
 Conn 41 
 
 Missionary to Africa 26, loi 
 
 Missionary to Ohio 209 
 
 Missionary work, first contribu- 
 tion 16 
 
 Missions in New Britain . . .373, 374 
 
 Money, borrowing 326, 332, 346 
 
 Moravians 124 
 
 Moyamensing, Pa 434 
 
 Mystic Bridge 455 
 
 Naugatuck 174 
 
 New Britain, 78, 133, 13S, 139, 140, 
 
 141, 152, 255, 275, to 641 
 
 New Britain, grand list of 1805, 152 
 
 New Brunswick, N. J 106 
 
 New Connecticut 177 
 
 New England 25 
 
 New England Colonies 22 
 
 New Fairfield 58, 68, 69 
 
 New Foundland 15, 16 
 
 New Hampshire 17, 18, 29 
 
 New Haven, Conn., 23, 55, 83, 99, 
 
 109 
 
 New Haven laws 120 
 
 Newington, 133, 134, 137, 165, 271, 
 
 272 
 
 New Jersey 23, 26, 29 
 
 New London, 41, 55, 65, 69, 84, 88, 
 
 106 
 
 New Milford 45, 58, 126 
 
 Newport, R. 1 23 
 
 Newtown, 47, 48, 72, 76, 83, 84, 93, 
 100, 125, 173 
 
 New York 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 29 
 
 Niantic 464 
 
 Normal School 336, 438 
 
 North Carolina 16 
 
 Northfield 185, 205, 206 
 
 Northford 178 
 
 North Groton 55, 56, 65, 66 
 
 North Guilford 70, 173, 178 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 651 
 
 PAGE 
 
 North Haven, 47, 48, 135, 176, 177, 
 
 178 
 Norwalk, Conn. . . .32, 46, 48, 68, 91 
 
 Norwich 58, 100 
 
 Nova Scotia 85 
 
 Oath of Clerk 388 
 
 Ohio, 156, 157, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 
 191, 2og 
 
 Ohio and Connecticut 169, 170 
 
 Ohio, Diocese of, 202, 212, 213, 215 
 
 Ohio, first Bishop of 190, 215 
 
 Oldest living Rectors 422 
 
 Ordination at New Britain, 335, 343, 
 
 447, 449 
 
 Ordination certificate 15s 
 
 Ordination, first in America, 32, 86, 
 
 91 
 Ordination, going to England 
 
 for 24, 42, 47, 53, SS, 56 
 
 Ordination, lives lost for 26 
 
 Ordination, Presbyterian 23 
 
 Ordinations, by English Bishops 92 
 
 Ordinations, list of 91, 92 
 
 Organization, Christ Church, 
 
 Berlin 149 
 
 Organization of St. Mark's, 283, 284, 
 
 285 
 Organizations in the parish .... 419 
 
 Organists 420 
 
 Organs for Churches, 93, 94, 295, 
 
 347, 348, 362, 408, 412, 416 
 
 Outside aid, 286, 290, 300, 305, 306, 
 
 310, 323, 339 
 
 Palmyra, N. Y 437 
 
 Parishes, adopt constitution ... 89 
 Parishes, number of, 75, 76, 102, 
 103, 104, 286 
 Parish, first formed in the Dio- 
 
 Parish, first organized in New 
 
 England 18 
 
 Parish house 412, 416, 417 
 
 Parishioners of Christ Church, 
 
 219, 278 
 Parishioners of St. Mark's, 1837, 297 
 Parish members . .369, 391, 418, 421 
 
 Parish records 3S7, 382 
 
 Parish register 383 
 
 Parish reports, first 95, 289 
 
 Parish, self-supporting 323 
 
 Pennsylvania 19, 22, 29 
 
 Penobscot 16 
 
 Periodicals, Church 94 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa 21, 23, 32 
 
 Plainfield 342 
 
 Plainville 295 
 
 Pledge system 413 
 
 Plymouth 136. 208, 214 
 
 Pomfret 59, 126 
 
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 Popery 126 
 
 Popham Colony 17 
 
 Port Jervis, N. Y 448 
 
 Portsmouth, N. H 18 
 
 Pras^er Book, Bp. Brownell's . . 100 
 Prayer Book, Bp. Seabury's . . 90 
 Prayer Book, changes in ... .32, 88 
 
 Prayer Book, discussed 87 
 
 Prayer Book, first in New Eng- 
 land 16 
 
 Prayer Book, first used in U. S., 15 
 
 Prayer Book, Proposed 32 
 
 Prayer Book, desired 44, 49 
 
 Prayer Book, revised 88 
 
 Prayer Book, ridiculed 21 
 
 Prayer Book service by laymen, 
 
 68, 69 
 Prayer Book, service denounced, 17 
 Prayer Book, service required 
 
 by law 22 
 
 Prayer Book, study of 23 
 
 Prayer Book, use of prohibited, 19 
 Preachers, irregular ...69, 124, 125 
 
 Preaching candidates 95 
 
 Preaching, first in New Britain, 281 
 Preaching, Subscriptions for, 287, 
 340, 341 
 Presbyterian, Church of Eng- 
 land 39 
 
 Presbyterian Synod 27, 78 
 
 President of U. S., address to, 92 
 
 Private school 336 
 
 Protestants 125 
 
 Protestant Episcopal, name first 
 
 used 31 
 
 Providence 18, 24 
 
 Public money 152, 255, 259 
 
 Public service attending, 68, 117, 119, 
 122, 125, 127, 128 
 
 Public worship, fund for, 128 
 
 Puritan ministers in Virginia.. 18 
 
 Quakerism 22 
 
 Quakers, 23, 38, 40, 50, 55, 71, 117, 
 123, 127 
 Queen Caroline Parish, Md. . . . 429 
 Queen's Chapel, Portsmouth, 
 
 N. H 25 
 
 Ranters 38, 117 
 
 Ravenna, 210, 215 
 
 Recommendation to Bishop, 153, 
 
 IS4, 255 
 Record, last belonging to Christ 
 
 Church 164 
 
 Record, missing page of 357 
 
 Records of Christ Church, 150, 246 
 
 to 270 
 Rector of fifty years ago re- 
 membered 422 
 
 Rector's vacation 358, 393 
 
652 
 
 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 Rector's work in the blizzard, 
 
 40s, 406 
 Rectory, 364, 366, 367, 370, 398, 416, 
 
 417 
 
 Rectory blessed 417 
 
 Rectory, collections for 366 
 
 Redding, 45, 66, 71, 76, 84, 173 
 
 Religious equality 33, 129 
 
 Religious freedom, 119, 121, 125, 129 
 Religious instruction and select- 
 men 116 
 
 Religious sects 40, 75 
 
 Religious societies 129 
 
 Reorganization 369 
 
 Revolutionary War 31, 83, 84 
 
 Rhode Island 18, 21, 23, 29 
 
 Ripton 48 
 
 Rising Sun Village, Pa 434 
 
 Rival service forbidden 118 
 
 Rocky Hill 134, 272 
 
 Rogerenes .40, 41 
 
 Roman Catholics 23 
 
 Rome, 215 
 
 Rye, N. Y 47 
 
 Saco, Me 18 
 
 Salary of Rector, 288, 303, 306, 318, 
 327, 331, 3i7, 341, 343. 344, 350, 
 3S3, 356, 362, 363, 375, 378, 380, 
 381, 388, 390, 392, 403, 411, 414 
 
 Salem 174, 175 
 
 Salem Bridge 433 
 
 San Sabra, Texas 459 
 
 Savages 16 
 
 Savannah, Ga 25 
 
 Saybrook 20, 320, 336 
 
 Saybrook Convention 121 
 
 Saybrook Platform 39, 86, 121 
 
 Schenectady, N. Y 113 
 
 Schools, 62, 63, 64, 6s, 66, 67, 128, 
 
 152, 315, 336, 345, 353, 438, 450 
 Schools, Colony, support of . . . 64 
 Schools, Episcopal, 62, 63, 64 65, 
 
 66, 67 
 School fund diverted, 64, 67, 128, 
 
 152 
 School master at Fairfield ..62, 65 
 
 School master at Ledyard 65 
 
 School master at North Groton, 65 
 School master at Stratford, 63, 64 
 School master for Indians .... 65 
 
 School masters, duties of 60 
 
 School, money raised to support, 63 
 
 Schools, law to suppress 65 
 
 Schools, want of 60 
 
 Scioto Company 182, 187 
 
 Scotland 125 
 
 Seating plan, 1837 294, 295 
 
 Second Church, Hartford, es- 
 tablished 40 
 
 Sectaries, prohibited 44, 117 
 
 Sects, in Conn 40, 50, 75 
 
 Sects, in New England 75 
 
 Selectmen and Bibles 122 
 
 Selectmen and family worship, 120 
 Selectmen and rehgious instruc- 
 tion 116 
 
 Separatists 50, 124, 127 
 
 Sermon at Berlin, 141 to 148, 151, 
 
 158 
 
 Service, asked for 42 
 
 Service, attempt to suppress, 42, 43, 
 
 68, 6g 
 Service, Episcopal, no law 
 
 against 43 
 
 Service, enjoined by first charter 
 
 for an English Colony 15 
 
 Service, enjoined by the King, 21 
 
 Service, first at Medina, 211 
 
 Service, first at Middletown . . . 136 
 Service, first at Newington . . . 151 
 Service, first desire for in Conn., 41 
 
 Service, first in Conn 42 
 
 Service, first in Hartford Co. . . 135 
 
 Service, first in New Britain, 280, 
 
 281, 282, 283 
 
 Service, first in New England, 17 
 
 Service, first in Ohio 178 
 
 Service, first of permanent 
 
 Church 16 
 
 Service, first of reformed 
 
 Church 15 
 
 Service in New York 19 
 
 Service of unreformed Church, 15 - 
 
 Service on early ships 15 
 
 Services, by lay reader, prose- 
 cutions for attending 68 
 
 Services in German, 358, 359, 362 
 Services, unable to support full, 314 
 
 Seven-day men 40 
 
 Sewing Society . .289, 308, 310, 342 
 
 Sextons 418 
 
 Seymour Mission 373, 374 
 
 Signatures of organization, 284, 285 
 Simsbury, 58, 71, 83, 185, 187, 196, 
 
 197 
 
 Singers, early 419 
 
 Slips, free 362, 371, 375 
 
 Slips, sale of 340 
 
 Societies and towns 37 
 
 Society for the Propagation of 
 
 the Gospel 21, 30, 56, 60, 85 
 
 Society meetings 123 
 
 Society treasurer 126 
 
 Somers 126 
 
 South Carohna 20, 21, 22 
 
 Southern Colonies 29 
 
 Southington 168, 272, 286 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 653 
 
 PAGE 
 
 St. Andrew's, Bloomfield, 136, 150, 
 
 196, 286, 442 
 
 St. Andrew's, Factoryville, N.Y., 463 
 
 St. Andrew's, Marbledale 432 
 
 St. Andrew's, Meriden, 114, 306, 432, 
 
 438 
 St. Andrew's, Mount Holley, 
 
 N. J 46s 
 
 St. Andrew's, Walden, N. Y. . . 461 
 St. Andrew's, Wilmington, Del., 436 
 
 St. Bartholomew, Md 429 
 
 St. George's, Hempstead, L. I., 179, 
 180, 181, 182 
 
 St. George's, Schenectady 113 
 
 St. James, Boardman, 210 
 
 St. James, Birmingham, 363, 438, 453 
 
 St. James, Bristol, Pa 459 
 
 St. James, Derby 109 
 
 St. James, Dundaff, Pa 458 
 
 St. James, Great Barrington, 
 
 Mass 463 
 
 St. James, Keene, N. H 4S3 
 
 St. James, New London 106 
 
 St. James, West Hartford 444 
 
 St. James, Westville 464 
 
 St. John's, Cornwall, N. Y. ... 461 
 
 St. John's, Durham, N. C 460 
 
 St. John's Harbor 16 
 
 St. John's, Liverpool, 210 
 
 St. John's New Milford 72, 126 
 
 St. John's, North Adams, Mass., 467 
 
 St. John's, Quincy, 111 447, 448 
 
 St. John's, Stamford 467 
 
 St. John's, Warehouse Point . . 286 
 St. John's, Waterbury, 113, 450, 451 
 St. John's, Worthington, O., 169, 
 187, l88, 189, 190, 233, 238, 242 
 St. Luke's, Glastonbury . . . 286, 433 
 
 St. Luke's, Nashua 453 
 
 St. Luke's, Ravenna, O 210 
 
 St. Margaret's Guild 41S 
 
 St. Margaret's School 450 
 
 St. Mark 293 
 
 St. Mark's, Boston, Mass 453 
 
 St. Mark's, Columbia, 210 
 
 St. Mark's Guild 389 
 
 St. Mark's, Harwinton, 91, 205, 206 
 
 St. Mark's, New Britain, 134, 160, 
 
 170, 172 
 
 St. Mark's, New York 179, 437 
 
 St. Mark's succeeds Christ 
 
 Church 309, 310 
 
 St. Mark's, the name 286 
 
 St. Mary's, Burlington, N. J. . . 22 
 
 St. Mary's, Manchester 441 
 
 St. Matthews, Kenosha, Wis. . . 447 
 
 St. Matthews, Plymouth, 176, 205, 
 
 206, 207, 214, 319, 438, 452 
 
 St. Michael's, Charleston, S. C, 20 
 
 41 
 
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 St. Michael's, Naugatuck 433 
 
 St. Paul's, Akron, 434 
 
 St. Paul's, Baltimore 438, 466 
 
 St. Paul's, Beaufort, N. C 460 
 
 St. Paul's, Edgewater, N. Y. . . 466 
 St. Paul's, Glen Cove, L. L ... 455 
 
 St. Paul's, Hartford 441 
 
 St. Paul's, Medina, O., 209, 210, 211, 
 
 216 
 
 St. Paul's, Waterville 450 
 
 St. Peter's, Ashtabula, O. . .210, 215 
 
 St. Peter's, Cheshire 464 
 
 St. Peter's, Granby 286 
 
 St. Peter's, Hebron 441 
 
 St. Peter's, Lithgow, N. Y. ... 466 
 
 St. Peter's, Philadelphia 434 
 
 St. Peter's, Plymouth, 136, 205, 206, 
 
 207, 214 
 
 St. Peter's, Washington, N. C., 460 
 
 St. Peter's, Westchester, N. Y., 106 
 
 St. Stephen's, N. Y 451 
 
 St. Stephen's, Ridgefield 450 
 
 St. Thomas, Bath, N. C 460 
 
 Stamford 68, 71, 72, 100 
 
 Stamp act 26 
 
 Standing Committee 89 
 
 Standing Order favored, (£, 67, 71 
 State Officer, first Episcopal ... 99 
 
 Stepney 134 
 
 Straight Congregationalists, 55, 86, 
 
 127 
 Stratford, 24, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 
 48, 49, 63, 64, 65, 68, 70, 126, 178 
 Studying for the Ministry, 48, 387 
 Subscriptions for church build- 
 ing ISO, 246, 247 
 
 Sunday laws, 119, 122, 125, 127, 128 
 Sunday Schools, 25, 100, 289, 290, 
 
 373. 374, 39S> 399, 414 
 
 Sunday School statistics 425 
 
 Sunday School, the first 25 
 
 Synod of N. Y. and Phil. ...27, 78 
 Table, used in Christ Church . . 164 
 Taxes abated, 140, 258, 259, 260, 261, 
 
 263 
 
 Taxes for Standing Order, 50, 51, 
 
 52, S3, 54, 59, 60, 69, 70, 71, 72, 
 
 73, 116, 117, 122, 123, 127, 133, 
 
 138, 140 
 
 Thanksgiving in Lent , 91 
 
 Theological Seminary 100 
 
 Toleration act, 39, 43, 44, 54, 119, 
 121, 124 
 
 Towns, 26 in Conn 40 
 
 Towns, to call the minister . . . 121 
 Towns without ministers taxed, 120 
 
 Treasurers 424, 480 
 
 Treasurer's receipt 309 
 
654 
 
 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Treasurer's receipt, Christ 
 
 Church 164 
 
 Trinity, Beaufort, N. C 460 
 
 Trinity, Boston 33 
 
 Trinity, Cleveland, O., 178, 210, 217 
 
 Trinity College, loi, 280, 282, 283, 
 
 406, 407, 431 
 
 Trinity, Fairfield 72, 126 
 
 Trinity, New Haven, 92, 93, 100, 109, 
 
 207 
 
 Trinity, Newport 21, 23 
 
 Trinity, New York 466 
 
 Trinity, Seneca Falls, N. Y. ... 438 
 
 Trinity, Waterbury 450 
 
 Trustees of Donations, 413, 415, 421 
 
 Unitarians 33 
 
 Vagrant preachers 74, 125 
 
 Vermont 33 
 
 Vested choir 412 
 
 Vestry meetings, when held. . . . 421 
 
 Vestrymen 424, 472 
 
 Village of New Britain . . . .325, 326 
 
 Virginia 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 30 
 
 Volney, N. Y. 198 
 
 Voting in Society meetings . . . 123 
 Wallingford, 57, 58, 70, 176, 177, 178 
 
 Wardens 423, 424, 469 
 
 Wardens of Christ Church, 153, IS9, 
 
 263 
 
 Warehouse Point 206, 306, 436 
 
 Washington College loi 
 
 Waterbury 71, 113, 174, 175, 176 
 
 West Brighton, N. Y 463 
 
 Western visitation by Bp. 
 
 Brownell loi 
 
 West Hartford 351 
 
 West Haven, Conn., 23, 47, 56, 66, 
 
 102, 13s, 164, 173 
 
 West Main St. Church . .321 to 334 
 
 West Park, N. Y 448 
 
 Westport 286, 411 
 
 Wethersfield 118, 271, 272, 273 
 
 Wethersfield and Berlin, 131 to 273 
 
 Weymouth, Mass 17 
 
 Williamsburg, Va 23 
 
 William and Mary College, 21, 26 
 
 Willington 126 
 
 Wilmington, Del 436 
 
 Winchester 197, 198 
 
 Window from Christ Church, 
 
 163, 164 
 
 Windsor 118, 126 
 
 Windsor Locks 444 
 
 Windsor, Ohio 190, 212 
 
 Wolcott 314 
 
 Woman's Guild 393, 418, 419 
 
 Woman's work, 289, 296, 308, 310, 
 311, 314, 333, 340, 342, 358, 393, 
 394, 395, 399, 40S, 407, 412, 4i4, 
 416, 418, 419 
 Women, first free the Church 
 
 from debt 311 
 
 Women of Christ Church, 168, 169, 
 
 334 
 Woodbury . .31, 66, 84, 174, 175, 176 
 Word of God, contempt of pun- 
 ished 117 
 
 Worship, compulsory attend- 
 ance 68, 117, 122, 125, 128 
 
 Worship, freedom to granted, 39, 43, 
 
 119, 121 
 
 Worship, no form of forbidden, 37 
 
 Worthington 271 
 
 Worthington, Ohio, 157, 182, 187, 
 
 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 215 
 
 Yale College ...23, 24, 26, 47, 100 
 
 Yale College Chapel 26 
 
 Zion Church, Fulton, N. Y., 198, 199 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS 
 
 (This index does not include tlie names of tlie parents and sponsors in Baptisms, 
 pages 487—561.) 
 
 Abbee, Wolcott 420 
 
 Abbott 381 
 
 Abbott, Louisa 630 
 
 Abercrombie, R. M 343 
 
 Abetz, Catherine Mary 536 
 
 Abetz, Ethel 550 
 
 Abetz, Flora Anna 536 
 
 Abetz, Joseph 607 
 
 Abetz, Joseph Frederick 546 
 
 Abetz, Rosa Paulina 530, 633 
 
 Abetz, Ruth 540 
 
 Ackhas, Joseph 587 
 
 Acley 357, 358 
 
 Adam, George 502 
 
 Adams 344, 358 
 
 Adams, C. CoUard . . . .365, 504, 595 
 
 Adams, Enoch C 587 
 
 Adams, Mrs. Enoch C 587 
 
 Adams, John 92 
 
 Adams, Margaret E 639 
 
 Adams, Robert 595 
 
 Adkins, Charles Moore 508, 628 
 
 Adkins, Edward S 640 
 
 Adkins, George M 596 
 
 Adkins, Jerusha '..... 570 
 
 Albrecht, William Charles .... 52a 
 
 Alcott, Frederick Abel 619 
 
 Alexander, Emeline Amelia . . . 638 
 
 Alexander, Samuel 486, 562 
 
 Alexander, Samuel Jr 285 
 
 Alfred, Jane L 592 
 
 Alger, Eliza Emily Gwatkins . . 639 
 
 Alger, Lucy Elizabeth 530 
 
 Alinquist, Emma Gertrude .... 577 
 
 Alison, Francis 2y 
 
 Allen, Althea 447 
 
 Allen, Dorothy Gertrude . .548, 638 
 
 Allen, Elliot B 592 
 
 Allen, Hattie Louise 526, 57i 
 
 Allen, John Frederick 556 
 
 Allen, John S 593 
 
 Allen, Louise P S^S 
 
 Allen, Mary 566 
 
 Allen, Mary E 611 
 
 Allen, Mary S 594 
 
 Allen, Richard B 596 
 
 Allen, Sarah Ann 463 
 
 Allen, Timothy 65 
 
 Allis, F. H 417 
 
 Allwood, Hugh M 608 
 
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 Alpress, Edward A 603 
 
 Alsop, Richard 93 
 
 Alvord, Sadie May 571, 607 
 
 Alvord, Wells Davis 632 
 
 Anderson, Alice Allevera 516 
 
 Anderson, Ange Camily 522 
 
 Anderson, Anna 586 
 
 Anderson, Anna Emelia 534 
 
 Anderson, Annie Elise 454 
 
 Anderson, August 600 
 
 Anderson, Charles Harry 532 
 
 Anderson, Elias 601 
 
 Anderson, Ellen Agnes 534, 577, 633 
 
 Anderson, EUenor Anna 528 
 
 Anderson, Emma Sophia 630 
 
 Anderson, Fannie Wheeler . . . 546 
 Anderson, Isabel Virginia .... 552 
 
 Anderson, John B 612 
 
 Anderson, Lewis 604 
 
 Anderson, M. Louise 582 
 
 Anderson, Margaret Demarest 542 
 
 Anderson, Marj' Jane 454 
 
 Anderson, Matilda C 601 
 
 Anderson, Matilda 604 
 
 Anderson, Oscar Anjane 522 
 
 Anderson, Per Alfred 609 
 
 Anderson, Sarah J 582 
 
 Anderson, William 454 
 
 Anding, Jeanette 594 
 
 Andrews, (Andross, Andrus) 
 
 Andrews, Abigail 242 
 
 Andrews, Abigail Smith 237 
 
 Andrews, Adelbert Jesse 520 
 
 Andrews, Alfred 137, 193, 237, 242, 
 
 277, 281 
 
 Andrews, Anna Clark 219, 220, 235 
 
 Andrews, Anna Stedman 229 
 
 Andrews, Annabelle 572 
 
 Andrews, Annabel Laura 538 
 
 Andrews, Arthur 219, 250 
 
 Andrew, Arthur A 628 
 
 Andrews, Asenath Whaples . . . 220 
 
 Andrews, Benajah 220 
 
 Andrews, Carrie 516 
 
 Andrews, Carrie Jane 569, 602 
 
 Andrus, Charles Leroy 544 
 
 Andrews, Charles S 183 
 
 Andrews, Charles W 598 
 
 Andrews, Daniel 227, 242 
 
 Andross, Edmund 21 
 
656 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Andrews, Elisha 220, 258 
 
 Andrews, Elizabeth 229 
 
 Andrews, Elizur 219, 220, 233, 246, 
 250, 252, 257, 259, 260, 266, 272 
 
 Andrews, Emma 567 
 
 Andrews, Esther 227 
 
 Andrews, Eunice 227, 242 
 
 Andress, Frank 597 
 
 Andrews, Frank H. . . . 548, 572, 607 
 
 Andrews, George 586 
 
 Andrews, George Frederick . . 516 
 
 Andrews, Hannah 235 
 
 Andrus, Harold Raymond .... 552 
 
 Andrews, Harriet Mabel 520 
 
 Andrews, Henry 272 
 
 Andrews, Hezekiah 229 
 
 Andrews, Joseph, Jr 220 
 
 Andrews, Leonard 227 
 
 Andrus, Lester Edward 542 
 
 Andrews, Lois Whaples 234 
 
 Andrews, Lydia 237 
 
 Andrews, Marcy 272 
 
 Andrews, Mary 516, 569 
 
 Andrews, Minnie 605 
 
 Andrus, Lulu A 586, 609 
 
 Andrews, Rachel May 534 
 
 Andrus, Sabre 223 
 
 Andrews, Samuel 76, 84, 237 
 
 Andrews, Sibyl 227 
 
 Andrews, Sylvia 234 
 
 Andrews, William 234 
 
 Andrews, William Wallace . . . 520 
 
 Angell, Lucy Goodell 566 
 
 Angell, Lucy W 635 
 
 Antoine, Manuel 620 
 
 Applegate 388 
 
 Appleton 193 
 
 Arnold, Henry G 631 
 
 Arnold, Jonathan 56, 57, 68, 71, 'n 
 
 Arnold, Mary Ann 502, 566 
 
 Ashley, Jane 595 
 
 Ashmore, William 609 
 
 Atkins (Adkins) Benjamin 220, 240, 
 
 244 
 
 Atkins, Charles 583 
 
 Atkins, Hannah 240 
 
 Atkins, Hannah Watts 220, 240, 244 
 
 Atkins, Henry Thomas 504 
 
 Atkins, Hezekiah 220, 247, 27S 
 
 Atkins, Lucy 244 
 
 Atkins Rachel 224 
 
 Atkins Sarah 583 
 
 Atkinson 115 
 
 Atkinson, Charles S 629 
 
 Atkinson, Robert Seymour 514, 629 
 Atwood, (Attwood) 
 
 Attwood, Alice B 585, 640 
 
 Attwood, Arthur Brooks 538 
 
 Attwood, Claire Stowe . .. .542, 638 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Atwood, J. Clement 386, 389, 390, 
 391, 399. 400, 401, 402, 403, 470, 
 476, 477, 481, 484, 485, 583, 597, 
 
 635 
 Atwood, Mrs. J. Clement . .401, 412 
 Atwood, Eliza Clementine .... 614 
 
 Atwood, Eliza H 583, 628 
 
 Attwood, Evelyn 570 
 
 Atwood, Jennie D 584 
 
 Atwood, Mary Eliza Clemen- 
 tina 571 
 
 Atwood, Sarah 579 
 
 Attwood, William E. . .479, 542, 577 
 
 Atwater 209 
 
 Atwell, Guy 571 
 
 Atwell, Hicks 548 
 
 Atwell, Luella Irene 548 
 
 Austin, Henry 292 
 
 Avery, Charles H 481 
 
 Avery, Daniel 622 
 
 Avery, Marguerite J 620 
 
 Aymers, Ann Jeannette 584 
 
 Aymers, Christina 584 
 
 Aymers, John 633 
 
 Aymers, Mary Douglass . . . 584, 632 
 
 Aymers, Robert 477, 478, 583 
 
 Babcock, Frank C 586 
 
 Babcock, Lewis A 563 
 
 Bachover, Margaret Caroline. . 570 
 
 Backover, Margaret C 584 
 
 Backover, Margaretta 611 
 
 Bacon, Dorothy Stowe 550 
 
 Bacon, Herbert D 613 
 
 Bacon, M. Louise Vines 588 
 
 Bacon, Mary Stuart 568 
 
 Bacon, W 430 
 
 Badger, George B 604 
 
 Baggs, Lilla Adella 490 
 
 Baggs, Lucretia 580 
 
 Bagshaw, Edna Frances 550 
 
 Bagshaw, Harold James .. .552, 639 
 
 Bagshaw, James Howard 560 
 
 Bailey 407 
 
 Bailey, Charles W 602 
 
 Bailey, Cyrus Clyde 620 
 
 Bailey, Edith Willis 609 
 
 Bailey, Edith Wilter 571 
 
 Bailey, Ethel May 542 
 
 Bailey, Flossie Etta 540, 636 
 
 Bailey, Hannah 232 
 
 Bailey, Julia 227 
 
 Bailey, Levi 590 
 
 Bailey, Mary 602 
 
 Bailey, Mary Gertrude 492, 623 
 
 Bailey, Melville K 332 
 
 Bailey, Norris 343, 350, 376, 402, 410, 
 
 413, 416, 417, 423, 424, 470, 471, 
 
 473, 474, 475, 476, 483, 484, 485, 
 
 486, 563, 605, 631 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 657 
 
 Bailey, Rosalinde 574 
 
 Bailey, Rosalind Elizabeth 542, 614 
 
 Bailey, Roxa Buckley 402 
 
 Baile}', Roxa Deming 486, 563, 631 
 
 Bailey, Wilber Henry 542 
 
 Baisden, Grace Eva . ..534, 572, 611 
 
 Baker, Elizabeth 496 
 
 Baker, Letitia 581 
 
 Baker, Lucy Alice 496 
 
 Baker, Margaret 579 
 
 Baldwin, Alice Sarah 496 
 
 Baldwin, Annie M 581 
 
 Baldwin, Ashbel . . . .91, 93, 103, 433 
 Baldwin, Cynthia Eliza Bradley 452 
 
 Baldwin, Edward A 588 
 
 Baldwin, Elijah C 592 
 
 Baldwin, Fannie B 588 
 
 Baldwin, Henry 283, 285 
 
 Baldwin, Joseph Breed 452 
 
 Baldwin, Leonidas Bradley 6, 7, 
 3S6, 357, 358, 359. 361, 362, 363, 
 364, 365, 370. 380, 383, 388, 401, 
 407, 410, 422, 427, 452, 453, 454, 
 498, 500, 502, 504, 56s, 566, 593, 
 594, 598 
 
 Baldwin, Rena Frances 548 
 
 Baldwin, William W 591 
 
 Baltimore, Lord 18 
 
 Banks, Caroline Elizabeth 506, 567 
 
 Banks, Thomas G. 47s, 476, 481, 
 
 506, 568 
 
 Banks, Mrs. William 271 
 
 Banner, Benjamin 638 
 
 Banner, Benjamin Lawrence . . .548 
 Banner, Clarence Howard .... 548 
 
 Banner, Elizabeth 577 
 
 Banner, Howard Arthur 560 
 
 Banner, John Henry 575 
 
 Banner, Josiah 603 
 
 Banner, Mary A 575 
 
 Banner, Rosanna Perks 585 
 
 Banner, Sophia 574 
 
 Banner, Walter 574 
 
 Banner, William 575 
 
 Baptiste, Fabianna 609 
 
 Barber, George H 612 
 
 Barber, Vinnie 614 
 
 Barbora, Abagail 272 
 
 Barbora, Henry 272 
 
 Barbora, John 272 
 
 Barg, Hulda Louise 514 
 
 Barg, John A 631 
 
 Barkentin, Harriet Jane . ..571, 608 
 
 Barker, Ella L 587 
 
 Barker, Elizabeth 588 
 
 Barker, Lewis 595 
 
 Barker, Lewis E 573 
 
 Barker, Lizzie Jones 583 
 
 Barker, Louis 569, 587 
 
 Barker, Louis Edward Roland 522 
 
 Barker, Nellie L 635 
 
 Barnard, Richard James Coats 520 
 Barnerd, Georgianna Bertha . . 508 
 Barnes, Blakesley (Blakeslee) 
 
 220, 270, 520 
 
 Barnes, Caroline 486, 562 
 
 Barnes, Charles 503 
 
 Barnes, Charles D 602 
 
 Barnes, Charles E 634 
 
 Barnes, Charles Henry 498, 566, 
 
 633 
 
 Barnes, Dolly Bartlett 220, 273 
 
 Barnes, Edward Humphrey . . . 550 
 
 Barnes, Elias 321, 486, 562 
 
 Barnes, Ellen Maria 486 
 
 Barnes, Emily Rhoda 512 
 
 Barnes, Emma Jane Sweet . . . 586 
 
 Barnes, Ernest E 615 
 
 Barnes, Ethel May 546 
 
 Barnes, Eugene Francis 500 
 
 Barnes, Eugene William 556 
 
 Barnes, Florence Lovina 516, 573, 
 
 616 
 Barnes, Frederick Edward 516, 576 
 
 Barnes, George Dewey 546 
 
 Barnes, George Webster 508, 576, 
 
 615 
 Barnes, Gladden McWilliams . . 554 
 
 Barnes, Jonathan 141 
 
 Barnes, Lester Albert 540 
 
 Barnes, Lillian Amelia 558 
 
 Barnes, Lorin Delos 486 
 
 Barnes, Mabel Alice 552 
 
 Barnes, Margaretta (Peck) .. 568 
 Barnes, Martha A. Humphrey 588 
 Barnes, Martha Grace 550, 575, 590 
 
 Barnes, Martha Margaret 550 
 
 Barnes, Mary Ella ...504, 57i, 610 
 
 Barnes, Moses 220 
 
 Barnes, Phebe Blakesley 220 
 
 Barnes, Rhoda Lovina 580 
 
 Barnes, Russell C 641 
 
 Barnes, Ruth Emily 540 
 
 Barnes, William 220, 258. 262, 273 
 Barnes, William Henry 498, 571, 608 
 Barnard, Georgianna Bertha . . 627 
 
 Barnum, Mrs 587 
 
 Barquet, John 626 
 
 Barquit, Christianna 594 
 
 Barrett, Emilie 566 
 
 Barrows 380, 381 
 
 Barrows, Carrie M 618 
 
 Barrows, Fremont 611 
 
 Bartholomew, Clarissa ....580, 626 
 
 Bartlett, Ellen Pauline 584 
 
 Bartlett, George Ashley 610 
 
 Bartlett, John Pomeroy 604 
 
 Bartlett, Margarey 220 
 
658 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Bartow, William 433 
 
 Basney, Fanny Hanna 640 
 
 Bass, Edward 92, 109 
 
 Bassett, Alanso L 594 
 
 Bassett, Celia 639 
 
 Bassett, Fanny 570 
 
 Bassett, Fanny Risley 498 
 
 Bassett, Fanny W 611 
 
 .Bassett, Franklin E 611 
 
 Bassett, Grace May 504, 609 
 
 Bassett, Sarah M 584 
 
 Bassett, Theresa 296, 578 
 
 Bassett, Samuel 415 
 
 Bassinger, Joanna Clara 510 
 
 Bateman 502 
 
 Bateman, Edward 502 
 
 Bateman, George 502 
 
 Bateman, John 502 
 
 Bateman, William 502 
 
 Bates, 338, 339 
 
 Bates, Albert C 21 
 
 Bates, Bertha Viola 542, 636 
 
 Bates, H. H 317 
 
 Bath, Albert Edward Otto 534, 576 
 
 Bath, Albert Herman 534 
 
 Bath, Amelia ; 571 
 
 Bath, Anna 572 
 
 Bath, Anna Josephine 526 
 
 Bath, Carl Heinrich Albert ... 526 
 
 Bath, Charles Henry 573 
 
 Bath, Clara Ellie 526 
 
 Bath, Flora May 526, 576 
 
 Bath, Hermine Louise 526 
 
 Bath, Mary Christine 526, 575 
 
 Bath, Mild'red Emily 540, 636 
 
 Bath, Minnie Louise 573, 615 
 
 Bath, Rosie Henrietta ....526, 574 
 
 Bauer, Deilleman 634 
 
 Baum, Catherine 593 
 
 Baum, Eliza 625 
 
 Baum, Elizabeth 593 
 
 Baum, Emma Louisa 538 
 
 Bauman, Emma 512, 572 
 
 Bauman, Louisa 506 
 
 Bauman, Oscar 512 
 
 Baumgartner, Mary 603 
 
 Baxter, Emile 591 
 
 Baxter. Mrs. Henry 281 
 
 Bayard, Lily Barbara 518 
 
 Bayer, Pansy 63S 
 
 Bayer, Paul John 532 
 
 Bayer, Rosa 536 
 
 Beach 179 
 
 Beach, Mrs. A. M 583, 640 
 
 Beach, Ague'; 585 
 
 Beach, Amanda .^72 
 
 Beach, .^manda Eliza 6i7 
 
 Beach, Ella .S66 
 
 Beach, Ella A 597 
 
 Beach, Elsie L 199, 200 
 
 Beach, Emily 582 
 
 Beach, Grace Jane 494 
 
 Beach, Harry 627 
 
 Beach, Henry 564 
 
 Beach, Henry E. 424, 478, 479, 481, 
 
 482, 58s 
 
 Beach, James Harmon 637 
 
 Beach, Jane 581 
 
 Beach, John 55, 58, 60, 68, 71, 72, 
 
 74. 75, 76, 77, 83, 84, 100 
 
 Beach, Joseph 64 
 
 Beach, Julia Anna 502 
 
 Beach, Julia Anne 571 
 
 Beach, Lillie 569 
 
 Beach, Lucius .s8i 
 
 Beach, Ralph 569 
 
 Beach, Ralph James 502, 603 
 
 Beach, Richard Arthur 492 
 
 Beach, Sophia 564, 592 
 
 Beale, James E 588 
 
 Beardsley, Ebenezer Edwards 33, 
 
 43. 44, 76, 84, 90, 93, 97, 98, 112, 
 
 165 
 
 Beardsley, WilUe E 626 
 
 Beasley, Frederick 109 
 
 Beaton, Allan Joseph 506 
 
 Beaton, Jessie Margaret 506 
 
 Beaton, Minnie Luanna . . . 538, S74 
 
 Beatson, Jane 607 
 
 Beatson, Joseph 635 
 
 Seattle, William T 615 
 
 Beatty, Alexander 490, 568, 600, 636 
 
 Beatty, Ambrose 580, 584 
 
 Beatty, Ambrose Judd ....494, 638 
 
 Beatty, Belle May 516, 574 
 
 Beatty, Edna Louise 528 
 
 Beatty, Elizabeth 569 
 
 Beatty, Elizabeth Bostwick . . . 512 
 
 Beatty, Ellen White 640 
 
 Beatty, George 496 
 
 Beatty, Isabella Martha . . .492, 624 
 
 Beatty, Jane 630 
 
 Beatty, Jane L 580 
 
 Beatty, Lizzy Jane 490, 623 
 
 Beatty, Margaret Elizabeth 
 
 496, 584 
 
 Beatty, Mortimer Alexander . . 528 
 
 Beaudry, Adolph 613 
 
 Becker, Louisa 627 
 
 Beckett, Ann Eliza 574 
 
 Beckett, Annie E 613 
 
 Beckett, George C 609 
 
 Beckett, George H 577 
 
 Beckley, (Buckley, Brockley) 
 
 Beckley, Axy 235 
 
 Beckley, Benjamin 224 
 
 Beckley, Carolina 272 
 
 Beckley, Caroline 221 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 6S9 
 
 Beckley, David 154, 221, 222, 252, 
 „ , ^,. 253, 254. 256, 272 
 
 Beckley, Elias 222, 223, 228 
 
 Beckley, Eunice 272 
 
 Beckley, Eunice Williams 222, 224 
 
 Beckley, Hannah 224 
 
 Beckley, Hephzibah 223, 272 
 
 Beckley, Hephzibah Wilcox 
 
 221, 222 
 
 Beckley, Honour 272 
 
 Beckley, Huldah Richardson . . 221 
 
 Beckley, Julia 222, 272 
 
 Beckley, Lois 228 
 
 Beckley, Lois Parsons 222, 223, 228 
 
 Beckley, Loton 221, 266 
 
 Beckley, Lucy Kirby 221 
 
 Beckley, Luther 160, 161, 162, 221, 
 
 265, 266, 267, 221 
 
 Beckley, Moses W. . . .222, 266, 277 
 
 Beckley, Noel 223, 272 
 
 Beckley, Norman Lewis 502 
 
 Beckley, Orrin 222, 266 
 
 Beckley, Rachel Savage 222 
 
 Beckley, Selah 149, 154, 155, 160, 
 
 221, 222, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 
 
 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 
 
 263, 264, 272 
 
 Beckley, Seth 221 
 
 Beckley, Sylvester 223, 262 
 
 Beckley, Thankful 227 
 
 Bedell, Laura Elizabeth ...538, 573 
 
 Bedford, Anna Jane 508 
 
 Bedford, John Stanley 500 
 
 Bedford, Mary 569 
 
 Bedford, Sarah A 600 
 
 Bedford, Susannah 599 
 
 Bedford, William H. Bailey. . . 600 
 
 Bedrossian, Archik 640 
 
 Beebe, Stuart 570 
 
 Beebe, Susan 584 
 
 Beebe, Susan H 631 
 
 Beeman, Allen E 632 
 
 Beers, CordeHa B 564 
 
 Beers, Julia S8o 
 
 Beetison, Lincoln 625 
 
 Beighton, Henry S20 
 
 Beighton, William 518 
 
 Belden, (Belding) 625 
 
 Belden, Abigail 223 
 
 Belden, Addia S 583 
 
 Belden, Aezial IS3 
 
 Belden, Emily 633 
 
 Belden, George 623 
 
 Belden, Hiram 223 
 
 Belden, Joel 223, 266, 277 
 
 Belden, Leonard D 630 
 
 Belden, Sabina 630 
 
 Belding, Thomas 1.38 
 
 Bell, Emma Andrews 520 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Bell, Carrie Jane 584 
 
 Bell, Frederick 602 
 
 Bell, Frederick George 528 
 
 Bell, Stanley Hudson 552 
 
 Bellmore, Viney 612 
 
 Bemis, Elva Minerva (Blake) 
 
 528, 571 
 
 Benedict 339, 341 
 
 Benedict, S 592 
 
 Benham, Morris 627 
 
 Bennett, Cornelius 63, 65 
 
 Bennett, Elsie May 576 
 
 Bennett, Emma Durn 588 
 
 Bennett, Mary Anne 571 
 
 Bennett, Mary A 606 
 
 Bennett, Thomas Edward .... 570 
 
 Bennett, Mrs. Thomas 583 
 
 Bentley, Augusta N 633 
 
 Bentley, William Perry 587 
 
 Berg, Frederica 593, 626 
 
 Berger, Marie Louise 620 
 
 Berkeley 25 
 
 Bernhearth, Elizabeth 595 
 
 Bertini 629 
 
 Bertini, Agostino 640 
 
 Bertini, Anna Cocking 588 
 
 Bertini, Anna Lila 536 
 
 Bertini, Cora Martha 554 
 
 Bertini, Eugene 502, 626 
 
 Bertini, Giovanni Agostino . . . 542 
 
 Bertini, Lilhe Rosa 548 
 
 Bertini, Onof rio 500 
 
 Bertini, Rosolia Eugenia 542 
 
 Bertini, WilHam 500 
 
 Bess, Minnie Amelia 614 
 
 Beyer, Piney Pearl 538 
 
 Bidwell, Grove S 615 
 
 Bigelow, Bertha Harrison .... 590 
 
 Bigelow, Clinton Alfred 5S8 
 
 Bigelow, Faith Ketchum 588 
 
 Bigelow, Kitty ,. 590 
 
 Bigelow, Lawrence Damon 556, 577 
 
 Bigelow, Ulysses Grant 640 
 
 Bigelow, Willabee Clough .... 607 
 
 Bill, Nancy 273 
 
 BiUe, Frank 582, 568 
 
 Billian, Agnes M 586 
 
 Billian, Ernest Clarence 550 
 
 Billian, Ferdinand S86 
 
 Bingham, Mrs 419 
 
 Bingham, William 287, 321, 322, 328, 
 
 473 
 
 Binney 458 
 
 Binning, Ethel May 560, 641 
 
 Birchall, Richard 563 
 
 Bird 381 
 
 Bird, George F 596 
 
 Birge, Augusta 565, 596 
 
 Birge, Burritt North 638 
 
66o 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Birge, Chester C 297, 418 
 
 Birge, Chester G 628 
 
 Birge, Martha Ann 580 
 
 Birge, Mary 580 
 
 Birge, Mary North 629 
 
 Birkniere, Alexander 581 
 
 Bishop 359 
 
 Bishop, Arthur Lowry 490 
 
 Bishop, Edward 520 
 
 Bishop, Ellen 582 
 
 Bishop, Ellen J 632 
 
 Bishop, Frederic 571 
 
 Bishop, Frederick Lum 500 
 
 Bishop, Grace Lee 502, 626 
 
 Bishop, Henry 622 
 
 Bishop, John J 420 
 
 Bishop, Laura A 580 
 
 Bishop, Thomas Sparks, Jr. 544, 574 
 
 Bishop, William 366, 372, 481, 502, 
 
 567 
 
 Blackman, Mary Agnes 514 
 
 Blackman, Robert J 598 
 
 Blackmer, Susan 586 
 
 Blackstone, William 17, 18 
 
 Blair, Frances Emeline 571 
 
 Blair, James 20, 21 
 
 Blair, James Wilbur 528 
 
 Blair, John Henry 520 
 
 Blair, Lily Jane 52a 
 
 Blair, Lottie Maria 532 
 
 Blair, Nancy Emeline 520 
 
 Blair. Richard Edmon 520 
 
 Blaisdell, Bertha 608 
 
 Blake 60 
 
 Blake, Chester William ...516, 630 
 
 Blake, Ida Jean 524 
 
 Blake, Ida M 630 
 
 Blake, Jane A 573 
 
 Blake, John A 569, 599, 630 
 
 Blakesley, (Blackslee. Blackes- 
 lee, Blacksley, Blackesley) 
 
 Blakeslee, Edmond A 573, 636 
 
 Blakeslee, Ethel May 544 
 
 Blakeslee, Grace Rowena 544 
 
 Blakesley, Katie Eudora 599 
 
 Blakeslee, Kitty Lovina 572 
 
 Blakesley, Phebe 220 
 
 Blakesley, Solomon 103, 196 
 
 Blacksley, William 285, 321, 324, 472 
 
 Bland, William W 614 
 
 Blinn, CBlynn) Althea Selina. . 558 
 
 Blvnn, Asael 621 
 
 Blinn, Clara May 560 
 
 Blinn, David 223, 247 
 
 BHnn, Ellen M 569. 586, 590 
 
 Blinn, George Washington .... 617 
 
 Bhnn, Jonathan 223, 240, 246 
 
 Blinn, Levi 324 
 
 Blinn, Lucy 241 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Blinn, Maria L 528 
 
 Blinn, Martha CoUins 223 
 
 Blinn, Myron 628 
 
 Blinn, Myron Lewis 528 
 
 Blinn, Peter 223 
 
 Blinn, Rosetta 229, 245 
 
 Blinn, Samuel 287 
 
 Blinn, Sarah 223, 240 
 
 Blinn, Unni 231 
 
 Blynn, Zerah 621 
 
 Blomfield, Bishop 2 
 
 Blood, Mrs 578 
 
 Blood, Jeremia 640 
 
 Blot, Charlotte H 587 
 
 Blot, Mabella Florence S42 
 
 Bloxham, John 605 
 
 Boardman 69 
 
 Boardman, Israel 243 
 
 Boardman, Rebecca 243 
 
 Boardman, Rebecca Meekens.. 243 
 
 Bocking, John 490 
 
 Bodley, Anna Davenport 576 
 
 Bodley, Charles Gillespie 575 
 
 Bodley, Charles Scott Todd . . 467 
 
 Bodley, Eleanor Stuart 575 
 
 Bodley, Frances Price Curd . . 467 
 Bodley, George H. Houghton 588 
 Bodley, Harry Innes 6, 7, 11, 383, 
 390, 414, 415. 417, 418, 422, 426, 
 428, 467, 468, 546, 548, SSO, 552, 
 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 575. 576, 
 588, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 
 
 620 
 
 Bodley, Mary Ann 588 
 
 Bodycoat, George Henry 613 
 
 Boettcher, Susan 635 
 
 BoUerer, Anna Krah 588 
 
 BoUerer, Frederick H 614 
 
 Bollerer, Mabel Elizabeth 548 
 
 BoUes, Edward Barrows 619 
 
 Bolton, Richard . . 162, 164, 585, 610 
 
 Bomba, John 602 
 
 Bomba, Minnie Julia 530 
 
 Bond, Elizabeth 613 
 
 Bonney, William S 607 
 
 Booth, Alice 583 
 
 Booth, Aurelia 237 
 
 Booth, Cyrus 278, 281, 283, 284, 285, 
 287, 291, 297, 472 
 
 Booth, Mrs. Cyrus 279 
 
 Booth, Edith Walter 575 
 
 Booth, Frances 613 
 
 Booth, James 237 
 
 Booth, Ruth Alvira 607 
 
 Booth, Samuel 287, 292 
 
 Booth, Spencer S 609 
 
 Booth, Thankful Winchel .... 237 
 
 Booth, Thomas 230 
 
 Bostwick, Gideon 76, 84 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 66l 
 
 Bostwick, Harriet G 604 
 
 Bostwick, Susan Maria 584 
 
 Bostwick, William L. 389, 390, 516, 
 
 520, 583, 603, 60s, 630, 631, 632 
 
 Bostwick, William Perry 584 
 
 Bottomly, Arthur John S32 
 
 Bottomly, Mark Earnest 532 
 
 Boughton, Levi Dwight 540 
 
 Bowden, John ....92, 103, 109, no 
 
 Bowe, Alice 587 
 
 Bower, Clifford C 636 
 
 Bower, Daisy May 632 
 
 Bower, William T 601 
 
 Bowers, Clarence Albert 522 
 
 Bowers, Franklin Thomas .... 522 
 
 Bowers, John William 522 
 
 Bowers, Minnie Rebecca 522 
 
 Bowers, Selina ^22 
 
 Bowman, Mary L 587 
 
 Boyington, Eugene F 616 
 
 Boyington, Isabella Seipel .... 589 
 
 Boyington, Myrtle Isabelle .... 552 
 
 Boyle, Robert 19 
 
 Boyn, Catheryn 580 
 
 Bradbury 488 
 
 Bradbury, Ella Jane 488 
 
 Bradbury, Hannah Althea .... 488 
 
 Bradbury, Mary 579 
 
 Bradley, Adaline 403, 628 
 
 Bradley, Arthur D 620 
 
 Bradley, Cynthia Eliza 452 
 
 Bradley, Frederick Wallace . . . 585 
 
 Bradley, Georgianna 565, 594 
 
 Bradley, Hilkiah 587 
 
 Bradley, Mildred E 573 
 
 Bradley, William 403, 418, 473, 47s, 
 
 483. 578, 627 
 
 Brady, Thomas H 326 
 
 Brainard, Charles Frederick . . 607 
 
 Brainard, Eva A 589 
 
 Brainard, Eva Sweet 586 
 
 Brainard, Matilda Louise 577 
 
 Bramann, (Bramon) Paul 223, 258 
 
 Bray, Thomas 21, 22 
 
 Bremmer, Pauline 584 
 
 Brennan, Maria A 601 
 
 Brennecke, Anna Wilhelmina. . 554 
 
 Brennecke, Clara Sarah 574 
 
 Brennecke, Emma 574 
 
 Brennecke, Joseph Julius 540 
 
 Brennecke, Lottie Mary 548 
 
 Brett, Daniel 22 
 
 Brewin, Agnes Naomi 576 
 
 Brewin, Jennie Rebecca ^^7 
 
 Brewin, John Kenealy 618 
 
 Brewin, Maria Mary 577 
 
 Brewster, Chauncey Bunce 5, 7, 105, 
 
 114, IIS, 468, 574, 575, 576, 577 
 
 Brewster, Joseph 114 I 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Brewster, Sarah Bunce 114 
 
 Brewster, William 114 
 
 Brink, John B 528, 605, 633 
 
 Brink, William Frank 619 
 
 Bristol, Edith Ada 572 
 
 Bristol, Royton Truman 536 
 
 Bristol, Ruth Edith 538 
 
 Britch, Nettie 601 
 
 Brittani, William 567 
 
 Broadbent, Sarah 593 
 
 Broadlay, Walter 635 
 
 Broadley, (Broadlay) Annie 
 
 Louisa 558 
 
 Broadley, Bertha Orlean 540 
 
 Broadway, Mrs. Charles ...... 587 
 
 Brocklesby, W. C 397 
 
 Brockway, Maud Addison .... 618 
 
 Bronson, (Brownson) 629 
 
 Bronson, Mrs 583 
 
 Bronson, Charles C 604 
 
 Bronson, Edgar Merritt 494 
 
 Bronson, Elnathan 272 
 
 Bronson, Frances Isabella .... 496 
 
 Bronson, Henry 174, 272 
 
 Bronson, John 606 
 
 Bronson, Lucy 272 
 
 Bronson, Meritt 353, 474, 483, 580 
 
 Bronson, Nancy 628 
 
 Bronson, Rachel 240 
 
 Brownson, Tilotson 103 
 
 Bronson, Theodore S 287 
 
 Brooks, John L 636 
 
 Brooks, Levi 622 
 
 Brooks, William 630 
 
 Brown, (Browne) 370, 442, 506, 629 
 
 Brown, Adelaide 591 
 
 Brown, Arthur 25 
 
 Brown, Ataresta 272 
 
 Brown, Charlotte 563 
 
 Brown, Charlotte Ellen 506, 586, 
 
 634 
 
 Brown, Daniel 23, 24, 47 
 
 Brown, Mrs. E. H 579 
 
 Brown, Elizabeth 613 
 
 Brown, Elizabeth A 614 
 
 Brown, Emma Bell 510 
 
 Brown, F. A 340 
 
 Brown, Florence R 589 
 
 Brown, George 287, 598 
 
 Browne, George Israel 59 
 
 Brown, George Russell 486 
 
 Brown, Henry J. 420, 477, 481, 584, 
 
 604 
 
 Brown, Herbert 587 
 
 Brown, James Dugald 462 
 
 Brown, Jane 486 
 
 Brown, John 17, 272 
 
 Brown, Joseph 63, 64, 65 
 
 Brown, Margaret Hanna 586 
 
662 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Brown, Marguerite H 6ii 
 
 Brown, Martha A 583 
 
 Brown, Martha M. M 575 
 
 Browne, Mary D 584 
 
 Brown, Mary H 584 
 
 Brown, Maud Hooker 518, 575, 620 
 Brown, Maud Louise 524, 571, 610 
 
 Brown, Mehitable 272 
 
 Brown, Norina B 616 
 
 Brown, Orrin 563 
 
 Brown, Roger 272 
 
 Brown, Samuel 17, 569 
 
 Browne, Samuel Henry 512 
 
 Brown, Sarah 272 
 
 Brown, Thomas 610 
 
 Brown, Thomas F 627 
 
 Brown, Mrs. Thomas F 583 
 
 Brown, William Kirke ....586, 633 
 
 Brownell 196 
 
 Brownell, Mercy Church in 
 
 Brownell, Sylvester in 
 
 Brownell, Thomas Church 5, 7, 91, 
 99, 100, loi, 102, 105, III, 112, 113, 
 280, 282, 283, 293, 328, 329, 342, 
 432, 433, 436, 440, 441. 449, 562, 
 
 563 
 Brumbaum, Amelia Pauline . . . 575 
 Brumbaum, Emil Franz Leib. . 536 
 Brumbaum, Emma Gertrude 530, 
 
 576 
 
 Brumbaum, Francis F 608 
 
 Brumbaum, Harold Rudolph . . 546 
 Brumbaum, Nettie Alvina .... 574 
 
 Brundin, John Oster 630 
 
 Brush, Naomi 108 
 
 Buck, George 365 
 
 Buckbee, Sylvia L 591 
 
 Buckham, Angelina M. R 580 
 
 Buckham, Wallace 623 
 
 Bucknall, Mrs 419 
 
 Bucknall, Diana 419 
 
 Bucknall, Dianna C 592 
 
 Bucknall, George 420 
 
 Bucknall, Hannah 578, 630 
 
 Bucknall, Stephen G. 285, 309, 314, 
 316, 318, 319, 321, 328, 337, 360, 
 36s, 420, 423, 424, 425, 469, 470, 
 472, 480, 483, 484, 497, 578, 628, 
 
 630 
 
 Budds, James Henry 494 
 
 Budds, John William 494 
 
 Buell, Electa 574 
 
 Buell, Electa Maria 540 
 
 Buel, Sarah Maria 584, §39 
 
 Buckley, (Buckeley) 399 
 
 Buckley, Harriet 620 
 
 Buckley, Annie 272 
 
 Buckley, Brizilla 
 
 Bulkley, Ellen Margeritta 492 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Bulkley, George 272 
 
 Bulkley, James 272 
 
 Bulkley, Leah DeWolfe 496, 567, 
 
 600 
 
 Bulkley, Martha 221, 272 
 
 Bulkley, Oliver 272 
 
 Bulkley, Sarah 272 
 
 Bulkley, Solomon 221, 272 
 
 Bulkeley, William 162 
 
 Bull, Alonzo George 522, 577 
 
 Bull, Fanny 195, 273 
 
 Bull, Fanny White 273 
 
 Bull, Pitkin Seth 273 
 
 Bull, Samuel 19S, 273 
 
 Bull, Samuel Griswold 273 
 
 Bulloch, Bradford 287 
 
 Bullock, George 562 
 
 Bullock, George E 285, 321 
 
 Bullock, Rebekah 562 
 
 Bun, Sarah Seipel 587 
 
 Bunce, Sarah 114 
 
 Bunn, Laura May 522 
 
 Bunn, Leonard 631 
 
 Bunn, Maria Lavina 584, 633 
 
 Bunnell, (Bonnell) 
 
 Bunnell, Carrie Fannie Eva . . . 528 
 
 Bunnell, Charles Oscar 516 
 
 Bunnell, Chloe Philina ....520, 634 
 
 Bunnell, Cora Etta 516, 630 
 
 Bunnell, Fanny W 571 
 
 Bonnell, Francis G 640 
 
 Bonnell, Frank G 584 
 
 Bunnell, Goldie May 516, 631 
 
 Bunnell, Henry Willis .... 516, 630 
 
 Bunnell, Ida Josephine 520 
 
 Bunnell, John Alfred 518, 630 
 
 Bonnell, Mary 603 
 
 Bonnell, Mary Margaret 576 
 
 Bunnell, Thomas 287 
 
 Bunting", Gertrude Lydia Jen- 
 
 nette .' 524 
 
 Bunting Henry 504 
 
 Bunting, Horace W 599, 637 
 
 Buntling, Abner 502 
 
 Buntling, Henry 594 
 
 Buntling, Mary Elizabeth 504 
 
 Burgess, Charles Munro . .514, 569 
 
 Burgess, Emma 571 
 
 Burgess, George 113, 297, 440, 441 
 Burgess, George Edward (Par- 
 ker) S14 
 
 Burgess, Helen Leontine . .514, 569 
 
 Burgess, Roxa M 632 
 
 Burgoyne 224, 242 
 
 Burhans, Daniel 93, 104 
 
 Burke, Susan Rosetta 
 
 (Wright) 633 
 
 Burkhardt, Emma N 634 
 
 Burnett, Albert 592 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 663 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Burnett, Ellen 492 
 
 Burnham, Gordon W 112 
 
 Burnham, Hannah 172 
 
 Burns, Lilian Elizabeth 601 
 
 Burns, Margaret 609 
 
 Burr, Annie M. E 603 
 
 Burr, Bertha Lillian 576 
 
 Burr, Mrs. Clarence 589 
 
 Burr, Edward Ives 552 
 
 Burr, Hanford 610 
 
 Burr, Henry 618 
 
 Burr, Ruby Grace 536 
 
 Burrill, Hannah G 592 
 
 Burritt, Elihu 287, 341, 345, 373, 
 
 374. 629 
 
 Burritt, E. H 287 
 
 Burritt, Elizabeth Hinsdale 279, 372 
 
 Burritt, Julia W 591 
 
 Burritt, WiUiam 591 
 
 Burritt, Mrs. William 419 
 
 Burt, James George 486 
 
 Burton, Julia L 586 
 
 Burton, Millie E. (Morse) ... 586 
 
 Burton, Robert H 586 
 
 Burwell, Linus 287 
 
 Buskill, Ann 581, 624 
 
 Busked, Lizzie S 606 
 
 Butler Ill 
 
 Butler, Mrs 419 
 
 Butler, Alettie 568 
 
 Butler, Annie E 595 
 
 Butler, Catherine 583 
 
 Butler, Catherine Stanley .... 512 
 
 Butler, Charles 629 
 
 Butler, David 103 
 
 Butler, Mrs. Edward 583 
 
 Butler, Florence 628 
 
 Butler, Grace Ellen 51° 
 
 Butler, Mrs. I. W 569 
 
 Butler, Julia Anne 563 
 
 Butler, Lillian S69 
 
 Butler, Lilian Abigail S12 
 
 Butler, Louise S68 
 
 Butler, Mary 627 
 
 Butler, Mary Alettie 512 
 
 Butler, Oscar M 563 
 
 Butler, Prudence 243 
 
 Buttner, George 604 
 
 Butts, James Henry 494 
 
 Butz, George Frederick 618 
 
 Byer, Violet Leteshe 53° 
 
 Cabot, John 15 
 
 Cadwell, Ann Eliza S84 
 
 Cadwell, Charlotte Harrison . . 498 
 
 Cadwell, Mary S66 
 
 Cadwell, Sarah G 601 
 
 Cady, Mary Jane 601 
 
 Cahill, Widow I37, 271 
 
 Caillias, Charles 609 
 
 Caldwell, Abby S 585, 634 
 
 Caldwell, Edna M 631 
 
 Caldwell, George Edward .... 585 
 
 Callahan, John 104 
 
 Calmbach, Charles 504 
 
 Calmbach, Charles Frederick 
 
 542, 636 
 
 Calmbach, Emma 536, 572 
 
 Calmbach, George Frederick . . 536 
 
 Calmbach, Minna 510, 628 
 
 Calmbach, Philip George 536 
 
 Calmbach, WilHam George .... 536 
 Callender, Annie Sylvester . . . 573 
 
 Callender, Willard J 605 
 
 Callis, Margarette 622 
 
 Calvert, Cecilius 18 
 
 Camp, Ichabod 109 
 
 Camp, Jane 583 
 
 Camp, Julia 579 
 
 Camp, Theron 420 
 
 Campanius, John 19 
 
 Campbell, Eliza H 433 
 
 Camsell, Elizabeth L 587 
 
 Camsell, George W 611, 640 
 
 Camsell, Margaret Rose 590 
 
 Cancellarini, Hazel Amelia . . . 552 
 
 Cancellarini, Victor Bernhardt 552 
 
 Caner, Henry 48, 53, 54, 55, 60, 62, 
 
 66, 68, 71, 72 
 
 Caner, Richard 65 
 
 Canfield, Lizzie 567 
 
 Canfield, Lizzie J 602 
 
 Cannell, Ann Jane 573 
 
 Cannell, Christian 573 
 
 Capron, Alexander 67, 229, 317, 327, 
 
 321, 329, 330, 331, 332, 335, 336, 
 
 337, 339. 340, 341, 342, 343. 344. 
 
 383, 388, 422, 427, 447, 448, 562, 
 
 591, 621 
 
 Capron, Althea Allen 447 
 
 Capron, Cyrus 447 
 
 Capron, James Alexander 486, 488, 
 
 621 
 
 Capron, Mary 579 
 
 Capron, Mary Althea 486, 621 
 
 Capron, Mary Roxanna, 419, 447, 
 
 621 
 
 Carey, Annie Elizabeth 616 
 
 Carey, Mary J 596 
 
 Carlborn, Sophie 600 
 
 Carlson, Helen Theresa 617 
 
 Carlson, Ida 613 
 
 Carlson, John A. 605 
 
 Carlson, Signe Amelia 619 
 
 Carpenter, Emma 623 
 
 Carpenter, Emma Grace Elena 584 
 
 Carrington, Edwin W 62I 
 
 Carroll, Ellen M 602 
 
 Carroll, Johanna 595 
 
664 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Carroll, Louise S SQO 
 
 Carroll, Mary A 641 
 
 Carson, Mrs 589 
 
 Carson, William 576 
 
 Carson, William George ..554, 639 
 
 Carswell, Robert 595 
 
 Carter 178, 359 
 
 Carter, George 271 
 
 Case 580 
 
 Case, Carlton 452, 453 
 
 Case, Charlotte Harriet 574 
 
 Case, Imogene 601 
 
 Case, Jeannie 569 
 
 Case, Margaret .514, 569 
 
 Case, William 569 
 
 Case, William Stevens 631 
 
 Casey, Florence Rlioda S42 
 
 Casey, George E. 587, 610 
 
 Casey, Mary Barnes 589 
 
 Caswell, Francis 287 
 
 Caswell, Sarah E 640 
 
 Caufield, Albert A 581 
 
 Caufield, Jane 581 
 
 Chaloner, Edith M 609 
 
 Chaloner, Laura M 573 
 
 Chaloner, Russell Smith 540 
 
 Chaloner, Ruth Annie 530 
 
 Chaloner, William Chester .... 518 
 
 Chalworth, Sarah 596 
 
 Chamberlain, Dwight 612 
 
 Chambers, Francis 601 
 
 Champayne, Joseph 635 
 
 Chandler, Mary Goodwin Tio 
 
 Chandler, Sarah 243 
 
 Chandler, Thomas Bradbury 106, 
 
 108, no 
 
 Chant, Edith Fanny 548, 638 
 
 Chant, Eliza S. Elliott 586 
 
 Chant, Frank Kenneth 552 
 
 Chant, Harold Edward . . . 544, 637 
 
 Chant, Leslie Raymond 542 
 
 Chant, Ralph 586, 610 
 
 Chant, Ralph ElHott 538, 636 
 
 Chant, Wilfred Arthur S.s6 
 
 Chapin, A. B. 92. 165, 322 338, 339 
 
 Chapin, George Franklin 573 
 
 Chapman, Betsey 231 
 
 Chapman, Clara Beach .... 194, 200 
 
 Chappell, Sally 226 
 
 Chase 410 
 
 Chase, Alice C 587 
 
 Chase, Arthur 536 
 
 Chase, Charles 410, 411, 413, 417, 
 418, 424, 42s, 478, 479, 482, 48s, 586 
 
 Chase, Ehza D 587 
 
 Chase, Elizabeth Parker 589 
 
 Chase, Eugene Parker 5;40 
 
 Chase, Frederick Carlton 6'8 
 
 Chase, Garafelia D 587 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Chase, Helen Carlton 544 
 
 Chase, Philander 109, 113, 170, 190, 
 191, 212, 213, 21S, 216, 218, 279 
 
 Chatfield, Edwin H 604, 634 
 
 Chatfield, Martha L 579 
 
 Chatfield, Maud Olivia S54 
 
 Chaubet, Frank 601 
 
 Chauncey, P. S. 325, 329 
 
 Checkley, John 24 
 
 Chester, Mary M 595 
 
 Chidsey, Ada Maria 500 
 
 Chidsey, Roxanna 582 
 
 Chidsey, Samuel E 582 
 
 Child, William 462 
 
 Childs, Julia 592 
 
 Chorel, Annie V 596 
 
 Christesen, Beatrice Vanhess .. 534 
 Christesen, Louise Elizabeth . . 534 
 
 Christesen, Olivia Beebe 540 
 
 Church, Albert E 588 
 
 Church, Alice Hortense Hum- 
 phrey 590 
 
 Church, Ella Naomi 637 
 
 Church, Emily B 588 
 
 Church, Ethel Naomi 560 
 
 Church, Everett George 556 
 
 Church, Frank H 632 
 
 Church, Gladys Emily 550 
 
 Church Henry Abram 558, 640 
 
 Church, May Beatrice 576, 590 
 
 Church, Mercy in 
 
 Church, Ruth Lovina 536 
 
 Churchill, Joseph 220, 223, 246, 262 
 Churchill, Solomon 285, 297, 321, 
 
 578 
 
 Churchill, William 562, 578 
 
 Claggett, Thomas John 33, 91, 109 
 Clark (Clarke) 19, 339, 340, 351,627 
 
 Clark, Abigail Miller 273 
 
 Clark, Albert B 608 
 
 Clark, Anna 219, 220, 235 
 
 Clark, Anne 220 
 
 Clark, Charles H 605 
 
 Clark, David Miller 273 
 
 Clark, Dorothy 273 
 
 Clark, Edwin S 592 
 
 Clark, Elizabeth 623 
 
 Clarke, Elizabeth Thompson 
 
 . 514. 6.'^2 
 
 Clark, Ella M 582 
 
 Clark, Emma Abbe 586 
 
 Clark, Emma Louise .586 
 
 Clark, Evelyn Louisa 518, 630 
 
 Clark, Frances 631 
 
 Clark, Frederick Richard 610 
 
 Clark, G 287 
 
 Clark, J. L 450 
 
 Clark, James 635 
 
 Clark, James S 588, 639 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 665 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Clark, Jane 568 
 
 Clarke, Jane Matilda 608 
 
 Clarke, Katherine 609 
 
 Clark, Katie 569 
 
 Clarke, Lovetta 638 
 
 Clark, Marcellus 287, 324, 474, 483, 
 
 592, 62s 
 
 Clarke, Maria 591 
 
 Clark, Mary A 583, 634 
 
 Clarke, Mary Anne . . .512, 572, 636 
 
 Clark, Mary Ann Hallily 504 
 
 Clark, Matthew 632 
 
 Clark, Oscar 659 
 
 Clark, Richard S 76, 84, 346 
 
 Clark, Samuel 273 
 
 Clark, Mrs. Samuel 273 
 
 Clarke, Sarah 569, 606 
 
 Clark, Sarah D 580 
 
 Clark, Susan 236 
 
 Clark, Mrs. T. B 580 
 
 Clark, Thomas B 592 
 
 Clark, Thomas March 462 
 
 Clark, Watson W 593 
 
 Clark, WiUiam FrankHn 512 
 
 Clarkson, Robert Harper 380 
 
 Clay, Henry 192, 198 
 
 Claybom, William 17 
 
 Clayton, Thomas 21 
 
 Claxton 435 
 
 Cleveland, Moses 177, 178, 209 
 
 Clough, Elizabeth A 638 
 
 Coats, (Coates) Ehzabeth .... 621 
 
 Coates, Ellen 57° 
 
 Coats, George Wells 604 
 
 Coates, James 631 
 
 Coates, Mrs. James 583 
 
 Coats, John J. 478, 479, 485, 488, 
 
 566, 604 
 Coats, Margaret Florence 584, 636 
 
 Coats, Nettie Bray 588 
 
 Coats, Sarah 621 
 
 Coats, Wilham Bertie 532 
 
 Cobb, Frederick 443 
 
 Cobb, Mary Wray 443 
 
 Cochrane, Ehzabeth Graham... .589 
 
 Cocking, Caroline 623 
 
 Cocking, William 621 
 
 Cocking, Mrs. William 621 
 
 Cocking, William A 621 
 
 Cocking, WilHani J 626 
 
 Coe, Henry Lewis 618 
 
 Coe, Jeannette Lee 580 
 
 Coe, Wilham G. 343, 4I9, 473, 483, 
 
 592 
 
 Coe, Mrs. William G 419, 42i 
 
 Coit 335, 337,621 
 
 Cole, Asaoh 14° 
 
 Cole, F. T 157 
 
 Cole, John Jr 140 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Cole, Nathaniel 140 
 
 Cole, Sela 140 
 
 Coleman, Harry Burt 522 
 
 Coleman, Henry B 637 
 
 Coleman, James 203 
 
 Coleman, Leighton 33, 574 
 
 Coles, Sabra 585 
 
 Collier, Caroline 632 
 
 Collier, Edward 632 
 
 Collins S91 
 
 Collins, Mrs 578 
 
 Collins, Ella Jerusha 486 
 
 Colhns, Hannah 227, 229, 230 
 
 Collins, Jerusha 621 
 
 Collins, Martha 223 
 
 Collins, Olive 243 
 
 Colvin, Aphena Melissa ..500, 598 
 
 Colvin, J. T 625 
 
 Colvin, James F 627 
 
 Colvin, Mary Elizabeth 500, 566, 595 
 
 Colvin, Mary Jane 514 
 
 Compton 20, 61 
 
 Comstock, A. G 198 
 
 Cone, Mrs. C 582 
 
 Conklin, Charles Abraham . . . 490 
 
 Conklin, Forrest 576 
 
 Conklin, Frederick Eugene.... 492 
 Conklin, John Adolphus ...490, 623 
 Conklin, Mortimer Augustus 
 
 488, 629 
 
 Conklin, Sarah 488, 564 
 
 Conkhn, Sarah J 625 
 
 Conklin, Truman Mortimer . . . 628 
 
 Council, Eliza Verian 498 
 
 ConoUy, Eleanor Florence .... 550 
 ConoUy, William Frederick . . . 546 
 
 Converse, Hester Ann 624 
 
 Conway, Andrew Clark ...550, 57s 
 
 Conway, Hattie Louisa 575 
 
 Cook '. 343 
 
 Cook, Mrs 579 
 
 Cook, Miss 622 
 
 Cook, Anna M 610 
 
 Cook, Edward Thomas Richard 506 
 
 Cook, Lucy 583 
 
 Cook, Lucy Abigail 488 
 
 Cook, Nathan R 474, 5^4 
 
 Cook, William Charles Harris 506 
 
 Cookson, Elizabeth 595 
 
 Cookson, Susan 584 
 
 Cooley, George .498, 570 
 
 Cooley, Georgianna 580 
 
 Cooley, Lucy Anna 498, 566 
 
 Cooley, Norman 570 
 
 Cooley, Norman Peck 504 
 
 Cooley, Sherman Pomeroy 366, 380, 
 403, 475, 476, 478, 498, 566, 594 
 
 Cooley, Mrs. Sherman P 403 
 
 Cooley, William Bradley ..506, 573 
 
666 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Cooper, Christina 629 
 
 Cooper, James 588, 638 
 
 Cooper, James W 406, 556 
 
 Cooper, Joseph 633 
 
 Cooper, Sarah E 602 
 
 Cope, Mary Ann 624 
 
 Coping, Ellen 589 
 
 Coping, Elsie May 575 
 
 Coping, Helen Jane Lavare . . . 575 
 
 Copley, Anna Laura 512 
 
 Copley, Electa 628 
 
 Copley, Emma Norton 522 
 
 Copley, George N 631 
 
 Copley, Henry Norton 522 
 
 Copley, Walter 630 
 
 Corbett, Andrew 579 
 
 Corbin, Wilbur R 589 
 
 Corcoran, Katharyn Louise . . . 615 
 
 Corey, Elizabeth 581 
 
 Corey, Elizabeth S 593, 627 
 
 Corey, Henry C 593, 624 
 
 Corey, Josephine Eugenie .... 496 
 
 Corey, Mrs. M. A 568 
 
 Cornbury 42 
 
 Cornell, Dixon R 582 
 
 Cornell, Herbert Varian 51° 
 
 Cornell, Mary E 583 
 
 Cornell, Oliver Dixon 504 
 
 Cornish, Virgil 347, 353, 361, 365, 
 
 366, 368, 371, 424, 425, 470, 474, 
 
 475, 483, 484. SSo 
 
 Cornwall, (Cornwell) Asa 158, 225, 
 
 229, 281 
 
 Cornwell, Chauncey ..287, 288, 291 
 
 Cornwell, Jabez 291 
 
 Cornwall, Mary 222 
 
 Cornwall, Nathaniel E 158 
 
 Cornwall, Robert 222 
 
 Cornwall, Sarah Hart 222 
 
 Corscaden, (Coscaden) Car- 
 
 melita 571, 613 
 
 Corscaden, Carmalita Amanda. 520 
 
 Corscaden, Martha G 584, 635 
 
 Corscaden, Roberta 520, 571 
 
 Corscaden, Thomas 637 
 
 Cory, Charles E 614 
 
 Cosslet, Francis 224, 242, 247, 258, 
 
 262 
 
 Cottrell, Learned M 639 
 
 Cottrell, Martha Robinson 588 
 
 Cottrell, William George 588 
 
 Covil 297 
 
 Cowlam, Carrie Ethel 522 
 
 Cowles, Charles G 616 
 
 Cowles, Clinton William 614 
 
 Cowles, Eleanor Atwood 554 
 
 Cowles, Francis Samuel 486 
 
 Cowles, Katherine Atwood . . . S46 
 Cowles, Mercy 241 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Cowles, Sabra 578, 640 
 
 Coxe,(Cox) 330, 339, 341, 399, 621 
 
 Coxe, Arthur Cleveland 118 
 
 Cox, Phoebe 610 
 
 Cowlishaw, Irene Christina.... 575 
 
 Crabtree, Anna 582 
 
 Crabtree, Elizabeth 570 
 
 Crabtree, John . . .479, 569, 599, 640 
 
 Craigin, Miss .- 566 
 
 Cramm, Carmelita 589 
 
 Cramm, Louis W 613 
 
 Craw, Florence 600 
 
 Craw, James H 582 
 
 Craw, Martha 582 
 
 Craw, Mary Agnes ...506, 567, 596 
 
 Crawford, A. B 516 
 
 Creecy, Sarah 460 
 
 Creighton 437 
 
 Crellen, John 594 
 
 Crellin, Mary Sophia 502 
 
 Crocker, Abbie Hempstead . . . 454 
 
 Crocker, William 637 
 
 Croes, John 207 
 
 Crofoot, Ephraim 224, 247 
 
 Crofoot, Ephraim J 224 
 
 Crofoot, Joseph 224, 256 
 
 Crofoot, Lois 224 
 
 Crofoot, Mary Williams 224 
 
 Croley, Edwin 614 
 
 Crompton, Mary Anna . . . 584, 639 
 
 Crompton, Matflda 584 
 
 Cronin, William 613 
 
 Crosby, Maggie R 611 
 
 Croslej', Edward Harry 600 
 
 Crossland, Wilbur Slyvanus 
 
 498, 626 
 Croswell, Harry 99, 100, 207, 286, 
 
 332 
 
 Crowe, Patrick 618 
 
 Crowell, Francis 292 
 
 Crumby, Miss 562 
 
 Cullen, Homer Guy 617 
 
 Culver, Elizabeth 24S 
 
 Culver, Jemima 225 
 
 Curd, Frances Price 467 
 
 Curtis, (Curtiss, Curtice) 
 
 Curtis, Celia Adelaide 3 
 
 Curtiss, Edith Pendleton 504 
 
 Curtiss, Edward Kitto 584, 610, 638 
 
 Curtis, George F 584 
 
 Curtiss, George H 638 
 
 Curtiss, Henry P. 357, 480, 481, 484, 
 498, 566 
 
 Curtice, Joseph 42, 43 
 
 Curtiss, Julia 581 
 
 Curtiss, Lucy P 568 
 
 Curtis, Mary Francis 584 
 
 Curtis, Susan 462 
 
 Cushman, Abigail 590 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 667 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Cutler, Timothy 23, 24, 25, 47 
 
 Dagnan, William F 615 
 
 Dale, Willie T 612 
 
 Damon, Carrie Mary 584 
 
 Dane, Sarah Helen 630 
 
 Daniels, Simon 598 
 
 Darby, Mary A 638 
 
 Dare, Virginia 16 
 
 Darnstaedt, Clemens Graham . . 556 
 Davids, Jennie Belle (Simon- 
 son 634 
 
 Davids, Washington Irving . . . 532 
 
 Davids, William James 532 
 
 Davies, Angus C 598 
 
 Davis, Ann 271 
 
 Davis, Elsie Agnes 544, 637 
 
 Davis, Georgia Susan 588 
 
 Davis, Jeanette A 590 
 
 Davis, Joannah Whittier 433 
 
 Davis, Julia A 584, 585 
 
 Davis, Lincoln 568 
 
 Davis, Mary 602 
 
 Davis, O. S 77 
 
 Davis, Rebecca 367 
 
 Davis, Rebecca C S98 
 
 Davis, Samuel 271 
 
 Davis, Thomas Jefferson 6, 7, 170, 
 
 282, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 295, 
 
 296, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 
 
 3". 31S, 321. 427, 433, 434, 435, 
 
 452, 562 
 
 Davis, Mrs. Thomas J. 296, 304, 305 
 
 Day, Albert William 599, 630 
 
 Day, Alice Edith 534 
 
 Day, Edward F 627 
 
 Day, James 287, 292 
 
 Day, Louisa 508, 627 
 
 Dayton, Clarissa 579 
 
 Dayton, Edvifard 579 
 
 Dealing, Charlotte 581 
 
 Dealing, Charlotte C 631 
 
 DeBank, Nora 567 
 
 DeBank, Sarah Ellen 506, 567 
 
 Debow, Elizabeth 581 
 
 Decker, William N 616 
 
 Deering, Mary S66 
 
 Dehm 628 
 
 Dehm, David 596, S97 
 
 Dehm, Joseph S12 
 
 Dehon 318 
 
 Deitz, Lena 573 
 
 DeLancy, William Heathcote 
 
 113,199 
 
 Delvalle, Bertha 588 
 
 Deming, Abraham 243 
 
 Deming, Anne Kilbourne . .225, 226 
 
 Deming, Asahel 224, 247, 278 
 
 Deming, Barbara 600 
 
 Deming, Elizur 7, 150, iSi, 153, iS8, 
 
 166, 224, 224, 246, 247, 248, 249, 
 
 250, 251, 252, 2S4, 25s, 259, 262, 
 
 263, 264, 266 
 
 Deming, Elizur, Jr. ...225, 266, 278 
 
 Deming, Esther 225 
 
 Deming, Eunice 243 
 
 Deming, Frances 150, 585 
 
 Deming, Giles 224 
 
 Deming, Hannah Wright 224 
 
 Deming, Hattie Francis 496 
 
 Deming, Hobart W 594 
 
 Deming, James 225, 253 
 
 Deming, Janna 225, 226 
 
 Deming, Jerusha 159, 168, 562 
 
 Deming, Jerusha Selden 226 
 
 Deming, Lucina Francis . . . 158, 225 
 
 Deming, Mabel 225 
 
 Deming, Maria E 582 
 
 Deming, Olive Smith 243 
 
 Deming, Rebecca 591 
 
 Deming, Roger 225, 266, 278 
 
 Deming, Selden 150, 164, 169, 226, 
 297, 309, 632 
 
 Deming, Mrs. Selden 164, 580 
 
 Deming, Thomas 159, 161, 162,^164, 
 
 168, 226, 246, 249, 252, 256, 257, 
 
 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 
 
 266, 267, 269 
 
 Deming, Waitstill 225 
 
 Deming, William Legare 627 
 
 Dennis, Annie Louise 616 
 
 Dennis, George 599 
 
 Dennis, John G 616 
 
 Dennis, Lucy Weise 516 
 
 Dennis, Polly 239 
 
 Denny, Martha 271 
 
 Denny, Thomas 271 
 
 Deshon 114, 343, 358, 370 
 
 Desmond, Layet Olivia . . . 554, S76 
 
 Dewe}^, George 319 
 
 Dewey, Hattie S 606 
 
 Dewey, Sarah 223, 233 
 
 DeWolf , Abigail 271 
 
 DeWolf , Hannah 271 
 
 DeWolf, James 271 
 
 DeWolf, Sarah 271 
 
 DeWolf, Siba 271 
 
 Dexter, Sophia L 587 
 
 Dexter, Walter Thomas 542 
 
 Dibblee, Ebenezer ^2, 76, 100 
 
 Dibble, Julia Annie 508 
 
 Dicker, Annie 587 
 
 Dicker, Willie Augustus Henry 635 
 Dickinson, (Deckenson) 
 
 Dickinson, Mrs 579 
 
 Dickinson, Althea 565, 606 
 
 Dickinson, Ashbel 227, 285, 335, 480, 
 
 578 
 
668 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Dickinson, Charlott Ill 
 
 Dickinson, David 149, 152, 166, 226, 
 227, 247, 248, 252, 2S3, 257, 272 
 
 Dickinson, Emily 579, S91 
 
 Dickinson, Emma Hart 486, 565, 
 579, 601 
 
 Dickinson, Esther 272 
 
 Dickinson, George Franklin 
 
 (Gamble) 532, 572 
 
 Dickinson, Harriet H 162, 584 
 
 Dickinson, Jabez 161, 162, 227, 228, 
 
 269 
 
 Dickenson, Jerusha 161, 228, 562, 
 
 578, 591 
 
 Dickinson, Leonard 272 
 
 Dickinson, Loisa 591 
 
 Dickinson, Louisa 562 
 
 Dickinson, Lucy 278, 292, 384, 578, 
 
 621 
 Dickinson, Lucy Gilbert ...168, 227 
 
 Dickinson, Mary Lee 586 
 
 Dickinson, Nathaniel (Thaniel) 149, 
 162, 164, 168, 226, 227, 228, 247, 
 256, 258, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 
 266, 268, 269, 278, 285, 321, 343, 
 384, 424, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477. 
 483, 484, 579, 635 
 
 Dickinson, Octavia 563 
 
 Dickinson, Octavia A 622 
 
 Dickinson, Ralph 161, 162, 164, 169, 
 
 227, 228, 242, 265, 266, 267, 268, 
 
 269, 278, 284, 285, 287, 297, 384, 
 
 472, 565, 628 
 
 Dickinson, Sibyl (Sybil) 227, 272 
 
 Dickinson, TertuUus iii 
 
 Dickinson, Thankful Beckley .. 227 
 
 Diebold, John 594 
 
 Diehl, (Deihl) Anna H 590 
 
 Deihl, Annie 536, 573 
 
 Diehl, Edwrayn Phillip 546 
 
 Deihl, Helen 624 
 
 Diehl, Margaret Rosalie 576 
 
 Dietz, Charles Frank 526, 634 
 
 Dietz, Elizabetha 532 
 
 Dietz, Elsie Dora 530 
 
 Digby 107 
 
 Dimond, Eliza 579, 637 
 
 Dimond, George 63S 
 
 Dimond, Jane Adams 490 
 
 Dimond, Jennie A 567, 597 
 
 Dineen, Patrick Joseph 620 
 
 Dixon. Johanna 6og 
 
 Doddridge 178, 190 
 
 Dodson, George Edward 560 
 
 Dodson, William Edward .... 618 
 
 Doebuer, Minnie May 620 
 
 Doig, Mrs 583 
 
 Doig, Annie 583 
 
 Doig, Annie L S98 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Doig, Edwin Murray 567 
 
 Doig, Ella (Lee) 628 
 
 Doig, Leonard 425, 476, 481, 567, 
 
 596 
 
 Doig, Walter 568 
 
 Donaldson, Elijah P 580 
 
 Donaldson, Elizabeth 592, 622 
 
 Donaldson, Robert 623 
 
 Dongan 21 
 
 Donohue, Kitty 601 
 
 Dorler, George Francis 498 
 
 Doty, Frederick D 606 
 
 Douglas 341 
 
 Douglas, Charles 581 
 
 Douglas, Charles S 398, 592 
 
 Douglas, Mrs. Charles S 399 
 
 Douglas, Ellen S^ 
 
 Douglass, H. H 292, 630 
 
 Douglass, Mary A. 398, 399, 581, 631 
 
 Dow, Lorenzo 202, 216 
 
 Dowd, Caroline 591, 563 
 
 Downs, Lewis 420 
 
 Dowsett, Frederick Edwin .... 546 
 
 Drake, Francis 15 
 
 DresalCj Mary 508 
 
 Dresale, Rose Bertha 508 
 
 Driggs, Theodore 1 420 
 
 Drumm, Anne Nimmo 458 
 
 Drumm. John H. 6, 7, ,357, 379, 380, 
 381, 382, 383, 384, 386, 387, 428, 
 458, 459, 510, 512, 568, 597, 598 
 
 Drumm, Mrs. John H 459 
 
 Drumm, Thomas 458 
 
 DuBois, John Clarkson 343 
 
 Dudley, Elvira P 581 
 
 Duffy, Sarah 592 
 
 Dugmore, John E 587 
 
 Dugmore, Vincent 538 
 
 Dunbar, Ann 498, 571, 633 
 
 Dunbar, Charles James 504 
 
 Dunbar, George William 540 
 
 Dunbar, Jane 583, 636 
 
 Dunbar, Jennie 573 
 
 Dunbar, John Alfred 510, 573 
 
 Dunbar, Robert 586, 639 
 
 Dunbar, Robert George 498 
 
 Dunbar, Samuel 570 
 
 Dunbar, Samuel W 635 
 
 Dunbar, Sarah Jane 510 
 
 Duncan, Alexander Morrison.. 620 
 
 Duncanson, Charles 612 
 
 Dunham, Barnabas 140 
 
 Dunham, Eli F 240 
 
 Dunham, Elisha . .152, 228, 246, 248 
 
 Dunham, John 159, 223, 228 
 
 Dunham, Laura Ann 228 
 
 Dunham, Lois 228 
 
 Dunham, Lydia Tryon 228 
 
 Dunham, Maria Smith 228 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 669 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Dunham, Sally 231 
 
 Dunham, Warner 220 
 
 Dunham, Warren N 591 
 
 Dunn, Frank J 615 
 
 Dunn, Susan 587 
 
 Dunn, Susan, Jr 589 
 
 Durand 19 
 
 Durn, Elsie Lavina 518, 638 
 
 Durn, John 583 
 
 Durn, John Mrs 587 
 
 Durn, Mary 570 
 
 Durn, Mary M 604 
 
 Durn, Rosalin Matilda 571 
 
 Dwyer, Annie E 605 
 
 Dyckman, Adrian 640 
 
 Dyer, Anderson Dana 520 
 
 Dyer, Anna 520 
 
 Dyer, Carrie H 584 
 
 Dyson, Alice Tirzah 628 
 
 Dyson, Baby 640 
 
 Dyson, Bernard 506 
 
 Dyson, Charles William . . . 490, 624 
 
 Dyson, Ellen 564, 593 
 
 Dyson, Ellen W 573 
 
 Dyson, Ernest 506 
 
 Dyson, Ezra 625 
 
 Dyson, George 506 
 
 Dyson, Harold Thomas 546 
 
 Dyson, Harriet 564, 637 
 
 Dyson, Harry 506 
 
 Dyson, Helen Wake 516 
 
 Dyson, James Alfred 554, 576, 617 
 
 Dyson, Jane 592 
 
 Dyson, Lemuel 593 
 
 Dyson, Mabel Helen Vines .... 589 
 
 Dyson, Thomas 506 
 
 Dyson, Thomas Melville 554 
 
 Dyson, Wilbur Vernon 540 
 
 Dyson, William 506 
 
 Eades, Grace 631 
 
 Eastburn 113 
 
 Easton, Giles A 492 
 
 Easton, Jennie 581 
 
 Eastwood, Earnest 536 
 
 Eastwood, John William 532 
 
 Eastwood, Lilly S38 
 
 Eckhart (Echart, Eckardt) 
 
 Frederick 490, 623 
 
 Echart Simon Frederick 492 
 
 Eger, Sophia 599 
 
 Eddy 379 
 
 Eddy, Clayton 627 
 
 Eddy, Kate Florence 542, 636 
 
 Eddy, William Francis S38 
 
 Edwards, Lucy 619 
 
 Egar, Caroline 492 
 
 Egbert, Louise 586 
 
 Egerer, Josephine 607 
 
 Eiker, Sophia Caroline 490 
 
 42 
 
 FACE 
 
 Eisinger, Anna Mary 504 
 
 Eissenman.William 605 
 
 Eissig, Julius 595 
 
 Eldridge 177 
 
 Eldridge, Frederick Remington 538 
 
 Ellin, John William 504 
 
 Elliott, Agnes E 619 
 
 Elliott, Celia Louise 552, 576 
 
 Elliott, Charles 610 
 
 Elliott, Charles J 573 
 
 Elliott, Earl G 560, 641 
 
 Elliott, Elizabeth Stephenia 585, 610 
 
 Elliott, Evelyn Louise 542 
 
 Elliott, Fanny 586 
 
 Elliott, Fanny Beatrice 540 
 
 Elliott, Frederick 573 
 
 Elliot, George 287 
 
 Elliott, George Edward 573 
 
 Elliott, Jane Mary 585 
 
 Elliott, John Oliver 554 
 
 Elliott, Lenore 556 
 
 Elliott, Mabel Hannah 556 
 
 Elliott, Margaret Agnes 574 
 
 Elliott, Mary J 606 
 
 EUinge, Newton B 606 
 
 EUinger, Christian 605 
 
 Ellis, John 593, 633 
 
 Ellis, Rebecca 580 
 
 Ellsworth 443 
 
 Ellsworth, Emily 443 
 
 Ellsworth, Theodore 168, 228, 247, 
 278, 28s 334, 472, 579, 621 
 
 Elmer, Joseph Orrin 588 
 
 Elmer, Mrs. Joseph 589 
 
 Elmer, Louise Monteith 576 
 
 Emery, Rufus 365 
 
 Emmons, Clara Anna 619 
 
 Emmons, George Edward .... 584 
 
 English 459 
 
 English, Katharine 619 
 
 Eno, (Enno) Mrs 579 
 
 Eno, Ada 580 
 
 Eno, Ada L 595 
 
 Eno, Amanda 579 
 
 Eno, Amanda 592 
 
 Eno, Clara Bertha 500 
 
 Eno, Eva L 563 
 
 Enno, James 38 
 
 Eno, Julia J 563, 636 
 
 Eno, Orpha Adams 625 
 
 Ensign, Emma 584 
 
 Ensign, Robert E 584 
 
 Ens worth, Frederick Corlas ... 608 
 Ensworth, Frederick James 
 
 Clarke 534 
 
 Ensworth, Ruth Ellen 540 
 
 Eppler, George Martin 530 
 
 Eppler, Martin 595 
 
 Eppler, Mina Mary 530 
 
670 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Eppler, Minnie 616 
 
 Erichson, (Erickson) Annie E. 581 
 
 Erichson, Annie Maud 502 
 
 Erichson, Charles B 594 
 
 Erichson, Charles Frederic . . . 508 
 
 Erickson, Emma P 605 
 
 Erichson, John Alfred 516 
 
 Erichson, Josephine 512 
 
 Erickson, Mary Caroline 615 
 
 Erwin, Cornelius B. 287, 352, 366, 
 397, 407, 416 
 
 Erwin, David 594 
 
 Erwin, Mary Jane 594 
 
 Essrig, Emil 617 
 
 Evan, Frances A 595 
 
 Evans 44 
 
 Fair, Elizabeth Pierce 514 
 
 Fairbrother, John 283, 285, 287, 292, 
 
 297 
 
 Fairchild, Alpheus B 592 
 
 Falen, Harry 518 
 
 Falen, Julia 570 
 
 Falk, Charles H 607 
 
 Falk, Theresa 618 
 
 Falkner, William Howard .... 181 
 
 Fanning, Edmund 107 
 
 Farmar, Ann 108 
 
 Farmar, Samuel 108 
 
 Farrell, Edward H 635 
 
 Farrell, Ellen 568, 597 
 
 Farrell, Mrs. S. A 581 
 
 Featherstone, Florence Martha 556 
 
 Feigl, Minnie 6o5 
 
 Feist, Florine 597 
 
 Felix, Carlos D 565, 624 
 
 Felix, Emma 565, 624 
 
 Felix, Francis E 565 
 
 Fenn, Laura A. (Gladden) ... 627 
 
 Fenton, Annie E 637 
 
 Fenton, Caroline 624 
 
 Fenton, Charlotte 569 
 
 Fenton, Elizabeth Louisa 637 
 
 Fenton, Emily 622 
 
 Fenton, Emily Butler Sio 
 
 Fenton, Francis 622 
 
 Fenton, Francis William 488, 623 
 
 Fenton, Mrs. Frank 629 
 
 Fenton, Frankie 628 
 
 Fenton, George Albert 633 
 
 Fenton, George Austin . . . .488, 567 
 
 Fenton, Harriet 486, 563, 622 
 
 Fenton, Harriet Louisa . . . 490, 598 
 
 Fenton, Harriet M 63S 
 
 Fenton, Hattie 567 
 
 Fenton, Henry 622 
 
 Fenton, Hiram C 321 
 
 Fenton, Oliver 486, 487, 622 
 
 Fenton, Oliver, Jr 622 
 
 Fenton, Oliver W 638 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Fenton, Rebecca 622 
 
 Fenton, Stephen Chester 637 
 
 Fenton, Walter Warren ...488, 595 
 
 Ferris, Miles 212 
 
 Ferris, Sadie J 613 
 
 Fetting, Johanna 597 
 
 Fewkes, Elizabeth Ann . . . .488, 622 
 Fieber, Everett Townsend . . . 558 
 
 Fieber, Mabel Ann Smith 590 
 
 Fieber, Minor M 590 
 
 Field 195 
 
 Field, C. N 542 
 
 Field, Frank K ; 640 
 
 Fifer, Ludwig 624 
 
 Finch 351 
 
 Finch, Addie 629 
 
 Finch, Addie ToUes 506 
 
 Finch, Alfred S. 381, 470, 471, 475, 
 
 476, 477, 478, 479, 481, 482, 484, 
 485, 564. 593 
 
 Finch, Bernice Lampson 554 
 
 Finch, Charles 570 
 
 Finch, Charles Alfred ^04 
 
 Finch, Ellen C s8i 
 
 Finch, Joseph P 168 
 
 Finch, Naaman 168 
 
 Finch, P. Voorhees 350, 494 
 
 Fingley 66 
 
 Fisher, Agnes Ellen 514 
 
 Fisher, Albert Woodward .... 597 
 
 Fisher, Annie 612 
 
 Fisher, Annie Mary 512 
 
 Fisher, Betsey Fisher 440 
 
 Fisher, Carrie 528, 618 
 
 Fisher, Carrie L 600 
 
 Fisher, Charles 528, 568, 638 
 
 Fisher, Charles Richmond 6, 7, 316, 
 
 317, 318, 319, 320, 325, 330, 337. 
 
 338, 339, 341, 343. 351. 3S8, 359. 
 
 421, 427, 438, 440, 441, 442, 508, 
 595. 597 
 
 Fisher, Daniel 440 
 
 Fisher, Edith Louise 629 
 
 Fisher, Edward Norman 524 
 
 Fisher, Ellen Eliza 569 
 
 Fisher, Florence Estelle ...514, 629 
 
 Fisher, Frederick Gee 488 
 
 Fisher, Frederick Henry 502 
 
 Fisher, George E 516, 638 
 
 Fisher, George W 514, 632 
 
 Fisher, Jane 514 
 
 Fisher, Lizzie 504 
 
 Fisher, Lizzie Julie 520 
 
 Fisher, Mary 640 
 
 Fisher, Mary Ann Sunderland 488 
 
 Fisher, Mary Isabel 538 
 
 Fisher, Maud Elinor 571 
 
 Fisher, Maud Ellen 634 
 
 Fisher, Rebecca Grace 631 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 671 
 
 Fisher, Rosa 571, 607 
 
 Fisher, Sophia Carolina 516 
 
 Fisher, WilHam Charles ..569, 599 
 
 Fishwick, Edward b02 
 
 Fisk, George D 637 
 
 Fisk, George W 485, 574 
 
 Fisk, Mrs. George W 587 
 
 Fitch 338, 339, 341, 343, 344 
 
 Fitch, Ellen Pauline 584, 604 
 
 Fitch, Frances Eugenie 611 
 
 Fitch, Frederick 593, 594 
 
 Fitch, Mrs. Frederick 419 
 
 Fitch, Frederick Keith 571 
 
 Fitch, Garret P 573 
 
 Fitch, Guyon Russell 574 
 
 Fitch, John 183, 186 
 
 Fitch, John G 494, 626 
 
 Fitch, Joseph 39 
 
 Fitch, Julia 625 
 
 Fitch, Julia W 625 
 
 Fitch, Lucy 183, 186 
 
 Fitch, Margaret L 580 
 
 Fitch, Morris F 632 
 
 Flagg, Henry W 287 
 
 Flagg, Jared -. 593 
 
 Flagg, Joseph H 237 
 
 Flagg, Olive Hart 221 
 
 Flagg, Sarah 221 
 
 Flagg, Solomon 221 
 
 Fletcher 15 
 
 Fletcher, Elsie Gertrude 575 
 
 Fletcher, Emily 567 
 
 Fletcher, Evelyn Millicent .... 576 
 
 Fletcher, George 592 
 
 Fletcher, Hilda 639 
 
 Fletcher, Joseph 587, 596 
 
 Fletcher, Mable G 573 
 
 Fletcher, Margery Helen 567 
 
 Fletcher, Sidney G 575 
 
 Flinn, Eva L 568 
 
 Flower, Gertrude Emily 520 
 
 Flower, Harriet Rebecca 584 
 
 Flower, James Henry 584, 599 
 
 Flower, William Graham . .576, 590 
 
 Flynn, Charles Edward 538 
 
 Flynn, Margaret 542 
 
 Flynn, Sarah Louisa 534 
 
 Fogg, Daniel 60, 76, 100, 103 
 
 Foles, Cornelia Elizabeth 502 
 
 Foles, Lydia Emma 50° 
 
 Foote, Jerusha 581 
 
 Footit, May 618 
 
 Footit, Thomas R 639, 641 
 
 Forbes, (Forbs) Ashbel 271 
 
 Forbes, Ellen M 568, SPI 
 
 Forbes, Joseph 271 
 
 Forbs, Kate 236 
 
 Forbes Lucy 271 
 
 Forbes, Nathaniel 271 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Ford, Alice Ellen 633 
 
 Ford, Anna 241, 242 
 
 Ford, Charles Dyson 625 
 
 Ford, Hiram A 592 
 
 Ford, Jane 566 
 
 Ford, Jane Dyson 584 
 
 Ford, Jesse S 635 
 
 Ford, Lilly 575 
 
 Ford, Mabel Ellen 575 
 
 Ford, Mary Emma 548 
 
 Ford, Walter C 584 
 
 Ford, Walter William 548 
 
 Ford, William E 602 
 
 Forrest, Charles May 629 
 
 Forrest, F. A. B. 423, 479, 485, 588 
 
 Forsman, Oscar 603 
 
 Foster, Elizabeth 244 
 
 Foster, Frank F 603 
 
 Foster, John 244 
 
 Foster, Mabel Elizabeth ...548, 577 
 
 Foster, Martha Gibbons 585 
 
 Foster, Phebe 244 
 
 Foulds, Ann 583 
 
 Foulds, Cornelia 630 
 
 Foulds, George 570 
 
 Foulds, Lydia Emma 570 
 
 Foulds, Mary E 595 
 
 Foulds, Minnie Cary 516, 630 
 
 Foulds, Wilham 569 
 
 Foulkes, Lizzie 514 
 
 Foulkes, William Clifford .... 629 
 
 Foulkes, William J 612 
 
 Foulkes, William W 640 
 
 Fowler, Bertha Lillian 620 
 
 Fowler, Ella 570 
 
 Fowler, Ella L 584, 605 
 
 Fowler, Samuel 70 
 
 Fox, Elizabeth 518, 570 
 
 Fox, Emma Heinmann 617 
 
 Fox, Etta 518, 570 
 
 Fox, Julia 592 
 
 Frahm, Theodore 594 
 
 Francis, Allen ...229, 246, 269, 277 
 Frances, Darwin 486, 563, 621, 622 
 
 Francis, Elijah 182, 183 
 
 Francis, Elizabeth L 578, 622 
 
 Francis, George 278, 283, 284, 285, 
 
 287, 292, 297, 309, 324, 328, 472, 
 
 473, 634 
 
 Francis, Mrs. George 280, 281, 282, 
 
 283, 288, 290, 292, 305, 319, 578 
 
 Francis, Henrietta H 563 
 
 Francis, Henrietta W 592, 621 
 
 Francis, Josiah 229 
 
 Francis, Julia 486, 567 
 
 Francis, Julius 486, 621 
 
 Francis, Lucina 225 
 
 Francis, Milly Stoddard 229 
 
 Francis, Roger 229, 246, 278 
 
672 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Frank, Ida 602 
 
 Franklin, Benjamin 26 
 
 Frary, Cora 568 
 
 Frary, Cora Peck 498 
 
 Frary, Ellen Augusta 498 
 
 Frary, Grace Russell 498 
 
 Frary, Harry Landers 498 
 
 Frary, James D. 475, 480, 484, 504, 
 
 567 
 
 Frary, Ellen Augusta 566 
 
 Fredell, Joseph 600 
 
 Frederickson, Beatrice 616 
 
 Freeman, Mrs. H. W 590 
 
 French, Fanny Mabel 518 
 
 French, Mary Ann 592 
 
 Frey, Etta G 640 
 
 Frey, George Adam 609, 636 
 
 Frey, Henrietta Kirke 586 
 
 Frick, August Joseph 617 
 
 Frick, Henry 609 
 
 Frick, Mary A 611 
 
 Frisbie, Carlton F 611 
 
 Frisbie, Elizabeth Smythe .... 638 
 
 Frisbie, Fannie A 598 
 
 Frisbie, Herbert Zolva 496 
 
 Fritz, Ann Elizabeth 625 
 
 Frobisher 15 
 
 Froeba, George 613 
 
 Frodey, Oscar 600 
 
 Frost, LilHan Annie Masden . . 540 
 
 Fuller 358 
 
 Fuller, Calvin E 608 
 
 Fuller, Joseph 287 
 
 Fuller, Knight Terry 522 
 
 Furgeson 91 
 
 Fynbo, Hattie M 631 
 
 Gabin, Fanny Eva 618 
 
 Gadsby, Charles 633 
 
 Gaff, Katie Hannah 498, 566 
 
 Gagherty, Mary 615 
 
 Gagnon, Emma 598 
 
 Gaines, Frederick S 599 
 
 Gainey, Alice V 614 
 
 Gammerdinger, Augusta 634 
 
 Gammerdinger, Catherine .... 567 
 Gammerdinger, Catherine 
 
 Mary 571 
 
 Gamerdinger, Gotlieb 594, 633 
 
 Gandeuton, Alice 628 
 
 Gangloff 626 
 
 Gangloff, Caroline Louisa .... 494 
 
 Gangloff, Eliza 492, 565 
 
 Gangloff, Elizabeth F 567 
 
 Gangloff, Frederick William . . 498 
 
 Gangloff, Henry Philip 492 
 
 Gangloff, Katrina Caroline . . . 496 
 
 Gangloff, Mary Ann 492 
 
 Gangloff, Peter 565 
 
 Ganser, Nina L 618 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Gardener 510 
 
 Gardiner, Frederick 365 
 
 Gardiner, Frederick, Jr 410 
 
 Garrard, Nellie M 618 
 
 Gates, Dorothy 237 
 
 Gates, Howard Erasmus 609 
 
 Gautier, Holdrich S08 
 
 Gautier, Martin 508 
 
 Gautier, Ulrich 627 
 
 Gaylord, Horace N 198 
 
 Gearhart, Julia Eloise 498, 566 
 
 Gerber, Herman A 614 
 
 Center, Ernest W 614 
 
 George, Henry 613 
 
 Germond, Alice 588 
 
 Gibb, Flora Agnes Campbell 502 
 
 Gibbs, William' 58, 70, 76, 84 
 
 Gibbons, Edwin H .„■•.•• 618 
 
 Gibbons, Elizabeth Eva 510 
 
 Gibbons, Emma 593 
 
 Gibbons, Emma G 565 
 
 Gibons, Jacob 488 
 
 Gibbons, Jacob B 636 
 
 Gibbons, Jacob 488 
 
 Gibbons, Martha 568, 580 
 
 Gibbons, Martha D 633 
 
 Gibbons, Martha Phoebe ..488, 603 
 
 Gibbons, Mary 567 
 
 Gibbons, Mary Sigourney .... 488 
 
 Gibbons, Thomas D 638 
 
 Gibson, Alice E 587 
 
 Gibson, Annie J 573 
 
 Gibson, Benjamin F 638 
 
 Gibson, Ellen Maria 614 
 
 Gibson, Elsie M 608 
 
 Gibson, George A 574 
 
 Gibson, Helen Maria 572 
 
 Gibson, Richard 18 
 
 Gibson, Thomas 575 
 
 Gigold, Margaretta 604 
 
 Gihring, George 508 
 
 Gilbert, Arthur John 609 
 
 Gilbert, David 137, 154, 158, 166, 
 
 229, 230, 242, 246, 248, 254, 256, 
 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 271, 272, 
 
 277, 281 
 
 Gilbert, Douglas R 622 
 
 Gilbert, Eunice Hurlbert 231 
 
 Gilbert, Hannah Collins 227, 229, 230 
 
 Gilbert, Humphrey 15 
 
 Gilbert, Jonathan 39, 137, 152, 153, 
 154, IS5, 157, 166, 226, 227, 229, 
 
 230, 231, 246, 248, 249, 250, 251, 
 253, 254, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 
 
 262, 263, 264, 271 
 
 Gilbert, Jonathan, Jr. 139, 152, 153, 
 
 IS4, ISS. IS9- 166, 230, 246, 247, 
 
 248, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 
 
 281 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 673 
 
 Gilbert, Keziah 234 
 
 Gilbert, Keziah Smith 230 
 
 Gilbert, Linus 161, 231, 265, 266, 
 
 267, 269, 277 
 
 Gilbert, Lucy 158, 168, 227, 228, 281 
 
 Gilbert, Moses 231, 266, 635 
 
 Gilbert, Raphael 159 
 
 Gilbert, Russell 231, 266, 277 
 
 Gilbert, Thomas 231, 247 
 
 Gilchrist, Thetis 194 
 
 Giles, (Gyles) 26 
 
 Giles, Alfred 639 
 
 Giles, Caroline Bowman 639 
 
 Gyles, John 20 
 
 Giles, Thomas 617 
 
 Gill, George 618 
 
 Gill, Jane Elizabeth 588 
 
 Gill, Mary Ann 566 
 
 Gillespie, Hannah Maria Webb 467 
 
 Gillespie, James Stuart 467 
 
 Gillespie, Mary Ann 467 
 
 GilUat, Francis 595 
 
 Gillott, Ethel 522 
 
 Gillott, Sarah 606 
 
 Given, Susan S9S 
 
 Gladden, Charlotte 579 
 
 Gladden, Martha 530, 634 
 
 Gladden, Sarah T 638 
 
 Gladden, Walter 291 
 
 Gleason, E 28 
 
 Gleed, (Gleede) Catherine .... 575 
 
 Gleed, George Henry 575 
 
 Gleede, William H 587 
 
 Gleede, Mrs. W. H 587 
 
 Gleed, William John 538, 577 
 
 Glover, Martin V. B 564 
 
 Glynn, Helen Veronica 620 
 
 Glynn, Mary E 61 1 
 
 Godard, Corinne 575 
 
 Goddard, Emma 574 
 
 Goetz, Joseph 603 
 
 Goff, Eva 612 
 
 Goff, William Manly 5,38 
 
 Gold, Nathan 48, 61 
 
 Goldthwaite, Miss 583 
 
 Goldthwaite, Almira 630 
 
 Goldthwaite, Almira P 582 
 
 Goldthwaite, Helen M 584 
 
 Goldthwaite, James Henry 570, 631 
 
 Good 301 
 
 Goodale, Cynthia 183 
 
 Goodale, Ebenezer 226 
 
 Goodale, Frances 226 
 
 Goodale, Francis L 637 
 
 Goodale, Mary Ann 584 
 
 Goodale, Nathan 183 
 
 Goodale, Sally Chappell 226 
 
 Goodison, Althea .'587 
 
 Goodison, Clara 617 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Goodison, Daniel 640 
 
 Goodison, Eliza A 573 
 
 Goodison, Elsie 577 
 
 Goodison, Herbert 636 
 
 Goodison, Lillie 611 
 
 Goodison, Rose Hannah 577 
 
 Goodison, Sehna 637 
 
 Goodison, Sidney 613 
 
 Goodison, William George .... 614 
 
 Goodrich 380, 381, 621 
 
 Goodrich, Abigail Price . .231, 233 
 
 Goodrich, Albert J 593 
 
 Goodrich, Anne Riley 232 
 
 Goodrich, Bathsheba Miller 232, 233 
 Goodrich, Bela . . .231, 233, 247, 25a 
 Goodrich, Benjamin . .223, 232, 233 
 Goodrich, Chauncey Smith 232, 272 
 Goodrich, Clarinda Steele 25, 234, 
 
 272 
 
 Goodrich, Clarissa 169, 233 
 
 Goodrich, David 166, 167, 225, 231, 
 234, 236 
 
 Goodrich, Eleanor 231, 272 
 
 Goodrich, Elias 232, 258, 262 
 
 Goodrich, Elizur 29, sy, 72< 79i 82, 83 
 
 Goodrich, Emma 581 
 
 Goodrich, James B 630 
 
 Goodrich, Jamon 232, 272 
 
 Goodrich, John 151, 152, 153, 154, 
 
 iSS> 157. 159. 160, 166, 167, 232, 
 
 233, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 
 
 252, 253, 258, 2S9 
 
 Goodrich, John Jr. ... 166, 169, 233 
 
 Goodrich, John 2nd 151, 166, 233, 
 
 262 
 
 Goodrich, John 3rd 152, 166, 167, 
 
 169, 170, 231, 232, 233, 236, 254, 
 
 256, 257, 260 
 
 Goodrich, John K 59S 
 
 Goodrich, Joseph 154, 155, 233 
 
 Goodrich, Levi 233 
 
 Goodrich, Mary 224 
 
 Goodrich, NeUie 496 
 
 Goodrich, Peter 232, 233 
 
 Goodrich, Rhoda 223 
 
 Goodrich, Samuel 161, 162, 167, 233, 
 
 261, 262, 542 
 
 Goodrich, Samuel S. 221, 222, 223, 
 
 225, 226, 227, 228, 231, 232, 233, 
 
 237, 241, 24s, 265, 266, 267, 268, 
 
 269, 270, 272 
 
 Goodrich, Sarah 225 
 
 Goodrich, Sarah Dewey 223, 232, 
 
 233 
 Goodridge, William Ernest . . . 518 
 
 Goodwin 343, 401 
 
 Goodwin, Mrs 578 
 
 Goodwin, Althea Margaret . . . 542 
 Goodwin, Ann 534 
 
674 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Goodwin, Arthur Seabury 492, 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw: 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw: 
 
 Good 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw: 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Good 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Good- 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Good 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw 
 
 Goodw: 
 
 Augusta Adele 502, 
 
 Charles 
 
 Edwin 
 
 Edwin L. . .346, 484, 
 
 Mrs. E. L 
 
 Ellen 
 
 Ellen M 
 
 Ellen N 
 
 F 
 
 F. J 
 
 Frances A 
 
 Francis 358, 
 
 Grace , 574, 
 
 Grace Agnes 
 
 Hannah ....._ 
 
 James Alexander . . . 
 
 James J 
 
 John 
 
 Lillian 
 
 Lillian Thompson . . 
 
 Lillie 
 
 Mary Jane 
 
 Nelson 
 
 Nelson Jones 
 
 Ralph S, Jr 
 
 Virgil C. 28s, 473, 
 
 Goodwin, William 
 
 Gordon, Patrick 
 
 Gorges, Robert 
 
 Gorges, William 
 
 Gosnold 
 
 Gough, Anna 
 
 Grad}', Lizzie 
 
 Graham, (Grayham) 
 Grayham, Andrew G. 285, 287, 
 .121, 472, 480, 
 
 Graham, Mrs. A. G 
 
 Graham, Charles Hooker ..498, 
 Graham, Florence Rosella 498, 
 
 Graham, Franklin 417. 470, 
 476, 477, 485, S14, 
 
 Graham, Jeanie 
 
 Graham, Mary Elizabeth 514, 
 
 Graham, Robert 
 
 Graham, William 
 
 Granniss, Miss 
 
 Grannis, Edward 
 
 Grant, A. H. 
 
 Grant, Harriet 
 
 Grant, Thomas Charles 
 
 Graves, Miss 
 
 Graves, Alice 
 
 Graves, Delia 
 
 Graves, Ethel 
 
 623, 
 624 
 S8S 
 63s 
 563 
 562 
 346 
 534 
 618 
 584 
 498 
 441 
 s8o 
 380 
 569 
 490 
 
 447 
 486 
 31.S 
 636 
 536 
 492 
 569 
 563 
 566 
 486 
 6ig 
 483, 
 578 
 38 
 22 
 
 17 
 18 
 16 
 
 595 
 .601 
 
 291, 
 578 
 578 
 629 
 
 566, 
 598 
 
 475, 
 569 
 
 4,=;8 
 569, 
 6.39 
 410 
 291 
 
 579 
 39 
 199 
 583 
 598 
 579 
 583 
 583 
 522 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Graves, Hattie 583 
 
 Graves, Mary 583 
 
 Graves, Matthew 65, 70, 76, 84 
 
 Graves, Royal C 583 
 
 Gray, George Hyland 512, 628 
 
 Gray, Hattie J 629 
 
 Greco, Cecelia 588, 639 
 
 Green US 
 
 Green, Annie E 599 
 
 Green, Samuel 120 
 
 Green, T 87, 90 
 
 Green, Wilham 104 
 
 Greenalgh, Frederick W 611 
 
 Greenalgh, Harold Chester . . . 538 
 Greenwood, John Edward .... 494 
 
 Gregg, George W 639 
 
 Gregory 344, 358 
 
 Gregory, Beatrice 618 
 
 Gridley, Emmons D 611 
 
 Gridley, Harriet F 564 
 
 Gridley, Henry R 564, 622 
 
 Grimes, Mrs. C. J 563 
 
 Grimes, Catharine Janet 638 
 
 Grimes, Rosa Belle 566 
 
 Grimes, Rosabel V 594 
 
 Grimes, William H 563, 630 
 
 Grimley, George Edward 522 
 
 Grinnell, Hester 568 
 
 Griswold, Alexander Viets 91, 98, 
 
 100, 103, 157, 184, 185, 187, 194, 
 196, 318 
 
 Griswold, Augusta 563, 591 
 
 Griswold, Elisha 183, 194 
 
 Griswold, Eunice Viets 194 
 
 Griswold, Ezra 188 
 
 Griswold, Jane 200 
 
 Griswold, Matthew 194 
 
 Griswold, Mindwell 220 
 
 Griswold, Nellie 60S 
 
 Griswold, Samuel 5, 7, 156, 157, 160, 
 
 171, 173, 186, 194, 19s. 196, 197. 
 198, 199, 200, 201, 234 
 
 Griswold, Mrs. Samuel 198 
 
 Griswold, Solomon 212 
 
 Griswold, Susan B 440 
 
 Gross 442 
 
 Grunenthal, Alvina Ruth . . S76, 619 
 Grunenthal, Charlotte Amelia 577 
 Gruenthal, Julia Emma . . . .S74, 616 
 
 Gruner, Eliza 602 
 
 Grutzmacher, Minnie 595 
 
 Grutzmacher, Paulina 504 
 
 Guenthar, (Guenther) Andrew 598 
 
 Guenther, Katie Amelia 526 
 
 Guenther, Louis Andrew 522 
 
 Guenthar, Louise Mary 514 
 
 Guenther, Minnie Elizabeth . . . 522 
 Guenther, William Charles 532, 634 
 Guion 621 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 675 
 
 Guion, Amelia Bowden 564 
 
 Guion, Cordelia L 582 
 
 Guion, Cordelia W. ..399, 567, 611 
 
 Guion, Elijah 437 
 
 Guion, Elizabeth 564 
 
 Guion, Elizabeth Marshall 437 
 
 Guion, Franklin G. 367, 376, 371, 
 388, 389, 403, 411, 424, 42s, 475, 
 476, 477, 481, 482, 484, 485, 582, 
 
 59 1 
 Guion, Mrs. F. G. 399, 401, 405, 412 
 
 Guion, Franklin W 420 
 
 Guion, Henrietta L 399, 567 
 
 Guion, Hetty 564 
 
 Guion, John Marshall 6, 7, 169, 229, 
 241, 30s, 306, 308, 310, 311, 313, 
 314. 31S, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 
 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 407, 419, 
 422, 427, 437, 439, 440, 486, 562, 
 564, 578, 591 
 
 Guion, Mrs. J. M 578 
 
 Guion, Louis 437 
 
 Guion, Louis St. John 631 
 
 Guion, Mary Hobart 563 
 
 Guite, Frederick William 528 
 
 Guite, George Edward 528 
 
 Guite, Wilfred 528, 633 
 
 Gullander, Ernest Rudolph 608, 635 
 
 Gurnsey, L. M 356 
 
 Gussman, Balthazir 625 
 
 Gussman, Bertha Susanna .... 494 
 
 Gussmann, Caroline 624 
 
 Gussmann, Emma Julia . . .494, 624 
 Gussmann, Ernest Arthur 494, 624 
 
 Gussmann, Frederick 624 
 
 Gussman, Louise Estelle 577 
 
 Gussman, Mary 593 
 
 Gussman, William 624, 626 
 
 Gussman, William Henry 508 
 
 Gustafson, (Gustavson, Guss- 
 
 tafson) 
 Gustafson, Esther Aefhild Ma- 
 thilda 544 
 
 Gustafson, Frederick 604 
 
 Gustafson, Gertrude Mabel . . . 554 
 
 Gustavson, Gustine G 60s 
 
 Gusstaf son, Lotten 603 
 
 Gustafson, Ruth Margaret .... S46 
 Gustafson, Singne Hedirg Lou- 
 isa 544 
 
 Guy, G. C 579 
 
 Gwatkins, Mary 639 
 
 Habermahl, Elizabeth 565 
 
 Hackney, Charles 568 
 
 Hackney, Elizabeth 583 
 
 Hadley, Mrs. Alfred 168 
 
 Hadley, Alfred W 596 
 
 Hadley, Fred Merrill 518 
 
 Hadley, Grace Abby 584 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Haffelfinger 435 
 
 Hagerty, William 611 
 
 Hahn, Simon 601 
 
 Haigis, Hugo Frederic 504 
 
 Haigis, John 568, 627 
 
 Haigis, Peter 508 
 
 Haines, Mary Anne Bennett . . 633 
 
 Haines, Walter 570, 606 
 
 Hale, Bennaja 232 
 
 Hale, George 508, 627 
 
 Hale, Mary 232 
 
 Hale, Sibel 232 
 
 Halen, Julia 518 
 
 Halin, Francis Edward 498 
 
 Hall 344 
 
 Hall, Miss 177 
 
 Hall, Ada M 608 
 
 Hall, Alfred George 530 
 
 Hall, Anne Elizabeth S18 
 
 Hall, Benjamin 172 
 
 Hall, Mrs. Benjamin 177 
 
 Hall, Frank Edward 520 
 
 Hall, George Alfred 631 
 
 Hall, Hannah Burnham 172 
 
 Hall, Harry Albert 526, 634 
 
 Hall, Jennie 568 
 
 Hall, John 216, 217 
 
 Hall, Mary 625 
 
 Hall, Richard D 182 
 
 Hall, Roval S 287 
 
 Hall, Ruth 172 
 
 Hall, Samuel 359, 365 
 
 Hall, Thomas Watson 522 
 
 Hallam, Dinah L 583 
 
 Hallett 347 
 
 Halliley, Albert Edmund 502 
 
 Halliley, Catherine ...566, 581, 628 
 
 Halliley, Dennis 566 
 
 Halliley, Frederick David Nash 534 
 
 HalUley, Richard 581, 632 
 
 Hambach, Emil 618 
 
 Hambach, George Frederick . . 556 
 
 Hamilton 418 
 
 Hamilton, Anne 562 
 
 Hamilton, Isabella S92 
 
 Hamilton, John 578, 621 
 
 Hamilton, Mary 486, 621 
 
 Hamilton, William H 592 
 
 Hamilton, Zenas 210, 211 
 
 Hamilton, Mrs. Zenas 211 
 
 Hamlin, Abigail 233 
 
 Hammars, Wilhelmina 498 
 
 Hanaford, Mary Elizabeth 490, 564 
 
 Hance, Asher C 585 
 
 Hance, Clifford Borden ...512, 573 
 
 Hance, EUzabeth M 568 
 
 Hance, Ehzabeth White . . . 585, 637 
 
 Hance, Emma 586 
 
 Hance, Emma Borden 610 
 
676 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Hance, Joseph E 476, S68 
 
 Hance, Joseph Mumford ..516, S7S 
 
 Hance, Sarah M 572, 611 
 
 Hance, Susan Elizabeth 585 
 
 Hance, Theodore Augustus 514, 630 
 
 Hand 291 
 
 Handander, Carrie 601 
 
 Hanell, Lizzie 585 
 
 Hanell, Robert B 585 
 
 Hanna, Anne S71 
 
 Hanna, Anna Martha 508 
 
 Hanna, Elizabeth 569 
 
 Hanna, Elizabeth Ann ....498, 625 
 
 Hanna, Elizabeth Jane 494, 612 
 
 Hanna, Fanny 498, 571 
 
 Hanna, Fanny Kirke 518, 575 
 
 Hanna, Fanny W 637 
 
 Hanna, Frances 580 
 
 Hanna, James Anderson ..518, 631 
 
 Hanna, Jenny S70 
 
 Hanna, Jennie Ellen 498 
 
 Hanna, John 404, 568, 637 
 
 Hanna, Leila Belle 518, 631 
 
 Hanna, Mary G 636 
 
 Hanna, Samuel Henry 502 
 
 Hanna, Sherwood 627 
 
 Hanna, Thomas 630 
 
 Hanna, William 635 
 
 Hanna, William Roulston .... 62.=; 
 
 Hanna, William Wheeler 496 
 
 Hannam, Alice Urissa 546 
 
 Hannam, Florence Beatrice . . 554 
 
 Hansen, Edward K 616 
 
 Hansen, Mamie C 620 
 
 Hanson, Mary A 608 
 
 Hapeman, Mrs. Percy J 589 
 
 Harding, Jasper 395 
 
 Hardin, Mary Ann 579 
 
 Hardy, Doris Louise 558 
 
 Harney, James D 612 
 
 Hariot, Thomas 16 
 
 Harlow, Elsie Ellen 550 
 
 Harrington, EKzur D 291, 287 
 
 Harriman, F. W 604 
 
 Harrington, Malvina Yaman . . 486 
 Harrington, Margaret .... 579, 621 
 Harrington, Margaret Anne . . 486 
 
 Harris, Alonzo 492 
 
 Harris, Alonzo Frederick El- 
 liot 490 
 
 Harris, Charles 564 
 
 Harris, Chas. S 624 
 
 Harris, Dwight A 640 
 
 Harris, Ida Jane 496 
 
 Harris, Jane 565 
 
 Harris, Josephine 623 
 
 Harris, Mary Ann 580 
 
 Harrison 19 
 
 Hart, (Heart) Mrs 297 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Hart, Dorothy 245 
 
 Hart, Anna 595 
 
 Hart, Anna Smyth ...506, 572, 611 
 
 Hart, Ebenezer 140, 234, 245 
 
 Hart, Edward Herbert 618 
 
 Hart, Elizabeth 419, 591 
 
 Hart, EHzabeth Hopkins 172 
 
 Hart, Elizabeth Lawrence .... 234 
 
 Hart, Ella J 582 
 
 Hart, Florence B. Smith 590 
 
 Hart, Frederick Lewis 534 
 
 Hart, Gerald 567 
 
 Heart, Hezekiah 140 
 
 Hart, Horace Isaac 534 
 
 Hart, John 634 
 
 Hart, Julia 419 
 
 Hart, Kittie Adela 599 
 
 Hart, Lucina 323 
 
 Hart, Lucina C 323 
 
 Hart, Louise L. Smith 589 
 
 Hart, Lucy Jerome 245 
 
 Hart, Margaret C 572, 581, 615 
 
 Hart, Maria M 627 
 
 Hart, Mary Amelia 181 
 
 Hart, Mary F 572 
 
 Hart, Matthew 172 
 
 Hart, Maxime 558 
 
 Hart, Maxwell Stansbury .... 614 
 
 Hart, Olive 221 
 
 Hart, Phillip 287 
 
 Hart, Mrs. Phihp 562 
 
 Hart, Ruth Hall 172, 178, 182 
 
 Hart, Samuel 10, 138, 464 
 
 Hart, Samuel Waldo 279, 347, 349, 
 
 350, 353. 363, 368, 376, 379, 382, 
 
 38s, 3p8, 400, 401, 403, 404, 424, 
 
 42S> 470, 474, 475, 480, 483, 484, 
 
 48s, 512, 564, 593, 63s 
 
 Hart, Mrs. S. W 401 
 
 Hart, Sarah 222 
 
 Hart, Seth 5, 7, 10, 103, 141, 149, 
 151, 153, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 
 17s, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 
 182, 222, 224, 232, 234, 248, 249 
 
 Hart, Stephen 287 
 
 Hart, Submit 245 
 
 Hart, Susanna Ette 581 
 
 Hart, Theodore Smith 558 
 
 Hart, Thomas 234, 624 
 
 Hart, Thomas 2nd 247 
 
 Hart, Thomas F 565 
 
 Hart, William Goldsborough 
 
 502, 626 
 
 Hartman, EHza (Mills) 585 
 
 Hartman, Frederick A 605 
 
 Hartman, Gladys Louise . . 526, 576 
 
 Harwood, Edwin 464 
 
 Haslam, Alice 594 
 
 Haslam, Ann 627 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 677 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Haslam, Ann Alice 623 
 
 Haslam, Cora May 506, 571 
 
 Haslam, Elizabeth 599 
 
 Haslam, Erwin Ernest .... 506, 572 
 
 Haslam, John Whiting 494 
 
 Haslam, Mary 581, 624 
 
 Haslam, Mary Whiting . . .496, 625 
 
 Haslam, Richard Whiten 560 
 
 Haslam, Septimus 581, 593 623, 626 
 
 Haslam, Walter 500, 625 
 
 Haslam, William Taylor 504 
 
 Hatzung, Jacob 580, 623 
 
 Haufmann, Louis 494 
 
 Hauser, Mena Louisa 518 
 
 Hauser, Robert 518 
 
 Haut, Johanna 594 
 
 Hawes, Damaris 243 
 
 Hawk, (Hawkes) 84, 33s 
 
 Hawkins 18 
 
 Hawksley, Frederick 524 
 
 Hawksworth, John B 574, 609 
 
 Hawksworth, Lionel Thompson 
 
 534, 577 
 
 Hawkshurst, Martha H 587 
 
 Hawksworth, Tom Thompson 546 
 Hawksworth, Viola Clara Giles 560 
 
 Hawthorne, Walter J 587 
 
 Haynes, Mrs 579 
 
 Heyward, Eliza Meigs 637 
 
 Haywood, Ada 602 
 
 Haywood, Elizabeth 572 
 
 Haywood, Jane 602 
 
 Hazelwood, Elizabeth D 606 
 
 Hazen, Mrs 296 
 
 Hazen, John S. . ..287, 291, 296, 297 
 
 Hazzard, Hattie Maria 585 
 
 Hazard, William E. ..570, 585, 605 
 
 Heals, Frederick 624 
 
 Heales, Maria 584 
 
 Heathcote, Caleb 42, 45, 46 
 
 Heboe, Otto 568, 582 
 
 Heck, Charles 494 
 
 Heck, George 627 
 
 Hedeler, Carrie M 577 
 
 Hedler, George August ...528, 634 
 
 Hedeler, Minnie 587 
 
 Hedeler, William 635 
 
 Hedeler, William Arthur 560 
 
 Hedeler, William F 573, 618 
 
 Hedler, Willie Frederick 528 
 
 Heidecker, Ferdinand 607, 623 
 
 Heidecker, Ferdinand Charles 498, 
 
 62s 
 Heidecker, Gustave Albert 494, 624 
 
 Heidecher, Mary S 586 
 
 Heidaker, Sophia C 494, 624 
 
 Heinreka, Freddie 627 
 
 Heindrich Louisa S9i 
 
 Heinze, Caroline 601 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Heis, Jacob 634 
 
 Heisler, Charles 496 
 
 Heisler, Emilia 496 
 
 Heisler, Estellina 495 
 
 Heisler, Gustaf 624 
 
 Heisler, Lillian C 544, 575 
 
 Hellberg, Eric Clifford 540 
 
 Hellberg, Mildred Corrinne . . . 552 
 
 Hellberg, Olga Sophie 544 
 
 Hellberg, Roy William . .. .534, 577 
 
 Hellberg, Stuart Sigfrid 540 
 
 Heller, Emma 494, 624 
 
 Heller, William H 592, 624 
 
 Heller, Mrs. William H 624 
 
 Helm, Henry 636 
 
 Hemingway, Clarence Joseph. . 550 
 
 Hemingway, Ethel Maud 532 
 
 Hemingway, Harold John .... 544 
 
 Hemingway, John Henry 610 
 
 Hemingway, Lewis 607 
 
 Hemingway, Mable 542, 636 
 
 Hemingway, Pearl Lillian 530, 634 
 
 Henderson, Algernon 596 
 
 Henderson, Ellen 518 
 
 Hendrickson, Emma Borden H. 589 
 Hendrickson, Samuel Tobias. . 610 
 Henn, Albert William 496, 570, 584 
 
 Henn, Alfred S 594 
 
 Henn, Antoinetta Rosa 542 
 
 Henn, August 492, 623 
 
 Henn, Barbara 564 
 
 Henn, Bertha 595 
 
 Henn, Connell 592 
 
 Henn, Cornelius 585, 638 
 
 Henn, Edward Cornelius . .500, 630 
 
 Henn, Edwin Charles 4.96 
 
 Henn, Francis George 492 
 
 Henn, Frank Antone 508 
 
 Henn, George F. J 492, 568 
 
 Henn, Grace M 580, 622 
 
 Henn, Jane 416, 631 
 
 Henn, Julia 498, 569 
 
 Henn, Lewis David Frey 512 
 
 Henn, Louis D 577 
 
 Henn, Louisa S. E 494, 623 
 
 Henn, Mary Ellen 498, 570 
 
 Henn, Minna 626 
 
 Henn, Robert 564, 565, 622 
 
 Henn, Rosa 569 
 
 Henn, Rosanna Emilia 496 
 
 Henn, William 492, 623 
 
 Henry, Mrs 579 
 
 Henry, Catharine 488 
 
 Henry, Martha Francis 488 
 
 Henshaw 454 
 
 Henshaw, John Prentice Kewly 113 
 
 Herbert, George 456 
 
 Herbst, Joseph 594 
 
 Hermann, Mrs. Albert A 589 
 
678 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Hermann, Emma Schultze .... 583 
 
 Hermann, Peter 595 
 
 Hermina, Paulina 504 
 
 Hess, Christian 634 
 
 Hess, Isabella 636 
 
 Hess, Louisa 599 
 
 Hetterich, Jacob 634 
 
 Hetterich, Karoline 504 
 
 Hetterich, Louis William 500 
 
 Hickey, Agnes 518 
 
 Heynz, Frank 624 
 
 Hicks, Miss 106 
 
 Hick, Henry 492 
 
 Hicks, Ira Edward 376, 377, 379, 
 
 391, 413, 417, 424, 475, 476, 477, 
 
 478, 479, 481, 485, 502, 567 
 
 Hicks, Margaret E 581, 641 
 
 Hick, Julia 508 
 
 Hick, Lewis 496 
 
 Hickok, Frederick Eugene .... 620 
 Hill, (Hills) Arthur ..518, 570, 585 
 
 Hills, Anne Jane 486 
 
 Hill, Betsey 581, 630 
 
 Hill, Birt D 621 
 
 Hill, Caroline 621 
 
 Hills, Charles E 608 
 
 Hill, Eugene C 203 
 
 Hill, Flatham 603 
 
 Hill, George 626 
 
 Hill, George Edward 500 
 
 Hills, Jennette Todd 279 
 
 Hills, Lavina 524 
 
 Hill, Mary E ^63 
 
 Hill, Noble 285, 321, 324. 328, 343, 
 418, 424, 472, 473, 474, 483, 578 
 
 Hill, Olive M 631 
 
 Hills, Susan 626 
 
 Hill, Susanna 578 
 
 Hill, William 621, 637 
 
 Hilton, Birdie 577 
 
 Hilton, Laura J 574, 5.90 
 
 Hilton, Mae Frances 542 
 
 Himmel, Emma 599 
 
 Hine, (Hines) Alfred 572 
 
 Hines, Bertha 492 
 
 Hine, Charles D. 470, 477, 478, 485, 
 
 586 
 
 Hine, Edith C 586 
 
 Hine, Edwin S 58^ 
 
 Hines, Francis 492 
 
 Hines, Frederick 490 
 
 Hine, Mary S 586 
 
 Hine, Robert 593 
 
 Hind 578 
 
 Hinman, Ransom B 607 
 
 Hirst, Margaret 542, 6x2 
 
 Hitchcock, Esther 564 
 
 Hitchcock, Louis Augustus . . . 619 
 Hitchcock, Solomon G 174 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Hoadley, George 90 
 
 Hoagland, Frank 602 
 
 Hobart, Enoch no 
 
 Hobart, Hannah Pratt no 
 
 Hobart, John Henry 5, 79, 96, 98, 
 
 99, 100, loi, 105, no. III, 179, 
 
 207, 216, 437 
 
 Hobson, Adeline 632 
 
 Hobson, Alice M 634 
 
 Hobson, Gertrude Alice 632 
 
 Hobson, John Almon 528 
 
 Hobson, John E 634 
 
 Hobson, Nelly A 631 
 
 Hodgson, Alice M 588 
 
 Hoff, Frederick George ...544, 637 
 
 Hoff, George 637 
 
 Hoff, Hermann George 544 
 
 Hoffarth, Frank 608 
 
 Hoffman, George 597, 634 
 
 Hoffman, Hattie Marie , 546 
 
 Hoft'man, Henry 628 
 
 Holcomb, Frederick 433 
 
 Holcombe, Lillie 569 
 
 Holcomb, Odelia H 613 
 
 Holcomb, Thomas Guernsey . . 566 
 
 Flolland, Annie 586 
 
 Holland, Earl Marshall 548 
 
 Holland, Franklin 585 
 
 Holland, FrankUn Earnest .... 532 
 
 Holland, George Munroe 63S 
 
 Holland, Harriette Emma .... 610 
 
 Holland, Herbert Stanley 538 
 
 Holland, Howard Erwing .... 538 
 
 Holland, James Munroe 586 
 
 Holland, Margaret A 586 
 
 Holland, Margaret J 585 
 
 Holland, Stella Laura 574 
 
 Holle, Gottleib 635 
 
 Holle, Minnie Elizabeth . ..572, 613 
 
 Hollister, G. H 193, 203 
 
 Holmes, John W .^64 
 
 Holmes, Lemuel 234, 262 
 
 Holmes, Louisa Genise 639 
 
 Holnetz, Anna 594 
 
 Holt, Mattie C 602 
 
 Homan, William C 598 
 
 Homberger, Katie 602 
 
 Homer, George Albert 624 
 
 Honeyman, James 23 
 
 Hongood, Willet Irving 632 
 
 Hood, Percy Watt . 615 
 
 Hooker, Alice Amelia Lock- 
 wood 638 
 
 Hooker, Amy Leora 544 
 
 Hooker, Anna Newton ....508, 568 
 
 Hooker, Carolin N 572, 619 
 
 Hooker, Carrie Eleanor . . . 544, 574 
 
 Hooker, Charlotte 583 
 
 Hooker, Charlotte L 634 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 679 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Hooker, Clarence Russell 502 
 
 Hooker, Dwight Fremont 548, 575 
 
 Hooker, Dwight Leroy 544 
 
 Hooker, Frank Henry 567, 594 
 
 Hooker, Grace Russell 583 
 
 Hooker, Henry 574, 627 
 
 Hooker, N. Albert 470, 478, 485, 587 
 
 Hooker, Theodora Fitch 577 
 
 Hooker, Thomas 86 
 
 Hooper, Joseph ...11, 102, no, 115 
 
 Hopkins, Benjamin 245 
 
 Hopkins, Clarissa 345 
 
 Hopkins, Elizabeth 172 
 
 Hopkins, John Henry 113 
 
 Hopkins, W. C 490 
 
 Horegood, Hannah Jane 585 
 
 Horegood, Lottie 585 
 
 Horegood, William 585 
 
 Hornkohl Anna Doretha 560 
 
 Hornkohl, Helen Seipel 589 
 
 Hornkohl, Louise Margarette 577, 
 
 589 
 Hornkohl, Mildred Louise 
 
 Horsfall, Dicken 563 
 
 Horsfal, Frederick William . . . 492 
 
 Horsfall, Mary R 580 
 
 Horsfall, Sarah 564 
 
 Hosmer, Daniel S 593 
 
 Horton 341, 408 
 
 Horton, Maria .' 579 
 
 Hotchkiss, Esther 229 
 
 Hotchkiss, Fanny M 592 
 
 Hotchkiss, Frederick H 599 
 
 Hotchkiss, Lizzie 583 
 
 Hotchkiss, Sarah 583 
 
 Houghton, George H 467 
 
 Howd 621 
 
 Howe 193, 212 
 
 Howe, Albert Henry ; 544 
 
 Howe, Florence Alice S44 
 
 Howe, Francis Clay 544 
 
 Howe, George William 614 
 
 Howe, Mary Ellen 544 
 
 H'owe, Whillemina 544 
 
 Howe, William H 637 
 
 Howell, Charles L 612 
 
 Howson, Charles 628 
 
 Hubbard I37, 271, 453 
 
 Hubbard, Mrs I37 
 
 Hubbard, Abijah 235 
 
 Hubbard, Axy Beckley 235 
 
 Hubbard, Bela 72, 76, 83, 100, 103, 
 
 108 
 Hubbard, Clarence Wilbur 518, 576 
 Hubbard, Isabella Grace . . 572, 615 
 
 Hubbard, Lois 271 
 
 Hubbard, Marilla 58S 
 
 Hubbard, Martha E 584 
 
 Hubbard, Mercy 271 
 
 Hubbard, Sarah 230, 
 
 Hubbard, Selah 
 
 Hudson 245, 628, 
 
 Hudson, Daisy Irene 
 
 Hudson, George 
 
 Hudson, James 
 
 Hudson, William Howard 
 
 Hughes, J. G. F 418, 589, 
 
 Hull 
 
 Hull, Ambrose 172, 173, 
 
 Hull, Frank G 
 
 Hull, Mrs. H. A 
 
 Hull, Hope 
 
 Humason, Anna Emma 
 
 Humason, Charles Aurelius . . 
 
 Humason, Emma A 
 
 Humason, Elizabeth Katharine 
 
 Humason, Eunitia 
 
 Humason, Florence M 
 
 Humason, Frank Aurelius .... 
 
 Humason, Helen A 
 
 Humason, Jeremiah 
 
 Humason, Julia H. G 
 
 Humason, Lawrence Cole .... 
 Humason, Marjorie Florence 
 
 Humason, Melicent Eno 
 
 Humason, Nettie May 
 
 Humason, Virgil Pettibone 488, 
 
 Humason, William L. 353, 407, 
 470, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 
 479, 4.83, 484. 485. 486, 563, 
 Humason, William Lawrence 
 424, 477, 488, 
 
 Humphrey 196, 
 
 Humphrey, Alice Hortense 550, 
 Humphrey, Austin Stowe 488, 
 Humphrey, Chester Arthur . . . 
 Humphrey, Ethel Eleanor 550, 
 
 Humphrey, Gladys Josephine 
 
 Humphrey, Martha A 
 
 Humphrey, Michael 
 
 Hungerford, Edward Buel . . 
 Hungerford, Elizabeth Lee . 
 Hungerford, Frederick Buell 
 
 Hungerford, Marian Winslow 
 Hungerford, Mary L. Post . . . 
 
 Hungerford, Sidney 
 
 Hunn, Enos 
 
 Hunt, Clarence C 
 
 Hunt, Elizabeth 
 
 Hunt, Robert 
 
 Hunter 
 
 Hunter, Thomas 
 
 Huntington 339, 341, 358, 
 
 Huntington, E 
 
 235 
 271 
 629 
 540 
 627 
 42 
 
 540 
 6i8 
 
 297 
 179 
 601 
 579 
 202 
 526 
 599 
 597 
 615 
 563 
 640 
 526 
 568 
 504 
 575 
 532 
 526, 
 576 
 532 
 518 
 566, 
 640 
 424, 
 478, 
 633 
 407, 
 566 
 340 
 576 
 564 
 SS8 
 576, 
 590 
 550 
 615 
 
 38 
 548 
 536 
 589, 
 608 
 544 
 589 
 540 
 287 
 587 
 466 
 
 16 
 510 
 629 
 359 
 359 
 
68o 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Huntington, Enoch 203, 236 
 
 Huntington, F. H 301 
 
 Huntington, Lydia 236 
 
 Huntington, Samuel 91 
 
 Huntley, George E 585 
 
 Huntley, Lydia 449 
 
 Hunziker, Bertha 627 
 
 Hunziker, Emil D 596 
 
 Hurlbert, (Hurlbut, Hulbert, 
 Holabird) 
 
 Hurlburt, Abigail 243 
 
 Hurlbert, Agathus Hart 235, 259, 
 
 261 
 
 Hulbert, Calvin 140 
 
 Hurlburt, Ellen 580 
 
 Hurlburt, Elmer G 587 
 
 Hurlburt, Mrs. Elmer G 587 
 
 Hurlburt, Enos S 287 
 
 Hurlbert, Eunice 230, 231 
 
 Hurlbut, Grace Caswell 589 
 
 Hurlburt, Harriet C 632 
 
 Hurlburt, Harriet M 585 
 
 Hurlbut, Jerusha 243 
 
 Hurlbert, Mary 235 
 
 Hurlbert, Raphael ....230, 235, 243 
 Hurlbert, Sarah Hubbard 230, 235, 
 
 243 
 Hurlbut, Virginia Caswell .... 556 
 
 Hurrel, Lizzie 589 
 
 Hurrell, Robert E 641 
 
 Huse, Nathan 196 
 
 Huston, Elizabeth 630 
 
 Hutchins, George Washington 616 
 
 Hutchinson 65 
 
 Hyde 401 
 
 Hyde, Albert Edward 518 
 
 Hyde, Albert Middleton ..582, 598 
 Hyde, Anita B. (Stillman) ... 585 
 
 Hyde, Harold Stillman 520 
 
 Hyde, Susan 436 
 
 Hyde, William 436 
 
 Ihle, Catharine 492, 623, 627 
 
 Ihle, Margaret 624 
 
 Ihle, Valentine 581, 623 
 
 Ihle, Mrs. Valentine 581 
 
 Ince, Amy Georgiana 611 
 
 Ingersoll, Jonathan 99, 100 
 
 Ingham, Eliza 591 
 
 Inglis 106 
 
 Ingraham, Mary 219 
 
 Inman, John W 582 
 
 Inman, Sarah 582 
 
 Innes, Alexander 19, 22 
 
 Isham, Fanny 581 
 
 Isham, Henry 625 
 
 Isaacs, Samuel Henry 619 
 
 Iverson, Emelia Nikolina 575 
 
 Iverson, Mary 577 
 
 Ives, Levi Silliman 460 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Ives, Reuben 100, 103, 141, 156, 157, 
 
 186 
 
 Jackson, Abner 6, 7, 319, 320, 321, 
 
 322, 323, 32s, 327, 328, 329, 330, 
 
 332, 333, 335, 337, 338, 339, 351, 
 
 427, 443, 444, 445, 446, 486, 562, 
 
 621 
 
 Jackson, Mrs. Abner 329 
 
 Jackson, Emily Ellsworth 329 
 
 Jackson, Mrs. George 581 
 
 Jackson, Gwendohne Alathea . . 575 
 
 Jackson, Harriet 560 
 
 Jackson, Jessica Eleanor ..560, 577 
 
 Jackson, Jessie 581 
 
 Jackson, John T 589 
 
 Jackson, Mrs. John T 589 
 
 Jackson, Leon 576 
 
 Jackson, Lilly Frances 574 
 
 Jackson, Nellie 560 
 
 Jackson, William 576 
 
 Jacoby, Richard 620 
 
 James, Mary (Symonds) 583 
 
 James, Richard 17 
 
 Jansen, Albert T 631 
 
 Jansen, Daniel 630 
 
 Jansen, Gustave Rudolph 631 
 
 Jarvis, Abraham .S, 7, 76, 83, 85, 86, 
 
 91, 92, 93, 96, 98, 99, 103, 105, 108, 
 
 109, no, 137, 139, 153. 155. 157, 
 
 174, 179, 186, 194, 195, 203, 210, 
 
 236, 241 
 
 Jarvis, Lucy Gushing 84 
 
 Jarvis, Naomi Brush 108 
 
 Jarvis, Samuel 108 
 
 Jarvis, Samuel Farmar no, 113, 
 207, 317, 344 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas 305, 43S 
 
 Jenkins, Louisa 603 
 
 Jenner, Lorenzo D 593 
 
 Jepson, Gilbert 498, 566 
 
 Jerome, Augustus S 591 
 
 Jerome, Lucy 245 
 
 Jessum, Alice 544, S7S 
 
 Jessup 367 
 
 Jewett, Annie E 574, 620 
 
 Jewett, Charlotte 574 
 
 Jewett, Emma J 594 
 
 Jewett, Walter 574 
 
 Johnson 348, 401, 626 
 
 Johnson, Amanda E 60S 
 
 Johnson, Annie Isabel 576 
 
 Johnson, Aurhelm Engelbert.. 528 
 
 Johnson, Catherine 581, 639 
 
 Johnson, Charles 629 
 
 Johnson, Charles Augustus . . . 609 
 
 Johnson, Charles J 608 
 
 Johnson, Cora 628 
 
 Johnson, Dora M 616 
 
 Johnson, George Alexander . . . 498 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Johnson, Ellen H 565 
 
 Johnson, Eugene 614 
 
 Johnson, Frances G 569 
 
 Johnson, Hannah 612 
 
 Johnson, Harriet A 572 
 
 Johnson, Henrietta 580 
 
 Johnson, Harriet E 607 
 
 Johnson, Howard DeGray .... 528 
 
 Johnson, Herbert Alfred S30 
 
 Johnson, Ida Cecelia 609 
 
 Johnson, Katharine Cowley . . . 635 
 
 Johnson, L 395 
 
 Johnson, Leonard 601 
 
 Johnson, Lizzie Turner 528 
 
 Johnson, Maria 637 
 
 Johnson, Martin M 591 
 
 Johnson, Mary 566, 580 
 
 Johnson, Mary G 594 
 
 Johnson, Niles P 630 
 
 Johnson, Ottelia Charlotte .... 524 
 
 Johnson, Peter Alexander .... 625 
 
 Johnson, Ruth 564 
 
 Johnson, Ruth H 580 
 
 Johnson, Samuel 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 
 
 47, 48, 49, SO, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 
 
 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 
 
 72, 75, 78, 84, 108, 13s, 136, 21S 
 
 Johnson, Sarah J 594 
 
 Johnson, Sophia 603 
 
 Johnson, WilHam 271 
 
 Johnson, W. E 632 
 
 Johnston, Agnes Hawthorne . . 552 
 
 Johnston, Annie Isabel 552 
 
 Johnston, Douglas Andrews 
 
 552, 576 
 
 Johnston, Frank Allen 620 
 
 Johnston, Ida Grace 612 
 
 Johnston, Mrs. Peter B. . . 202, 208 
 
 Johnston, Samuel 1 460 
 
 Jolly, Rachael Fredereka S42 
 
 Jones 66 
 
 Jones, Addison C 59^ 
 
 Jones, Carrie 5^7 
 
 Jones, Carrie Rebecca 599 
 
 Jones, Clarissa 598 
 
 Jones, Cora Sandford 502 
 
 Jones, Edgar B 514, 594 
 
 Jones, Edward 600, 629 
 
 Jones, Elizabeth 57i, 641 
 
 Jones, Hannah 597 
 
 Jones, Isaac 288 
 
 Jones, Jane 584, S90 
 
 Jones, Lilian Edith 638 
 
 Jones, Lizzie 595 
 
 Jones, Mabel M 614 
 
 Jones, Martha L 581, 631 
 
 Jones, Richard 637 
 
 Jones, Sarah 598 
 
 Jones, Thomas 640 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Jones, William E 628 
 
 Jones, William H 592 
 
 Jordan, Robert 18, 19, 20 
 
 Joslyn, Cora Belle 602 
 
 Joslyn, Nellie 599 
 
 Jooss, Johanna 597 
 
 Joos, Louise 594 
 
 Jouett, Annetta Matilda 518 
 
 Joune, Alfred 602 
 
 Joy, Isabel Winslow 536 
 
 Joyce, William 271, 272 
 
 Judd 516, 626 
 
 Judd, Alfred S. 477, 478, 486, 571, 
 
 638 
 Judd, Alfred Stanley, Jr. 572, 611, 
 
 638 
 
 Judd, Bethel 104 
 
 Judd, Betsey 578 
 
 Judd, Betsey H 630 
 
 Judd, Clara Laura 572 
 
 Judd, Clara Louise 616 
 
 Judd, Daisy Evelyn 550 
 
 Judd, Edith Josephine 550 
 
 Judd, Esther M 564, 594 
 
 Judd, Frank 637 
 
 Judd, Grace E 589 
 
 Judd, Harriet Louise 506, 567 
 
 Judd, Loren F 419 
 
 Judd, Lottie 628 
 
 Judd, Morton 287 
 
 Judd, Philip S. 283, 285, 287, 292, 
 297, 302, 321, 337, 472, 578, 621 
 
 Judd, Thomas 623 
 
 Judd, Thomas S 351 
 
 Judd. William 488, 622 
 
 Judkins, B 365 
 
 Judson, Alice May 502 
 
 Judson, Catharine A 496, 605 
 
 Judson, Mary Edwards 566 
 
 Judson, M. E 625 
 
 Judson, W 625 
 
 Juengst, Mary Emma 576 
 
 Juengst, Raymond William . . . 554 
 
 Jung, Theresa 600 
 
 Jungkunz, John 617 
 
 Jurgens, Edward William .... 534 
 Jurgens, Henry George John .. 530 
 
 Kahms, Annie Emily 617 
 
 Kaller, Charles G 619 
 
 Kamen, Rose 617 
 
 Kane, Laura Matilda 619 
 
 Karle, Catherine 595 
 
 Kauffman, Catherine Eva .... 532 
 Kaulbach, Johan Friedrich .... 510 
 
 Kay, Isaac Albert 619 
 
 Keefe, Andrew L 616 
 
 Keehner, Frederick Charles . . . 532 
 
 Kehr, Henry Franklin 599 
 
 Keith, George 22, 41, 42, 46 
 
682 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Keith, Orlando Prescott 494 
 
 Keith, Samuel 494, 581, 624 
 
 Kelley, Clara L. Judd 589 
 
 Kelly, Joseph Francis, Jr 616 
 
 Kelley, Stanley Judd S52 
 
 Kellogg, Dorothy 24s 
 
 Kellogg, Emily J 568 
 
 Kellogg, Kenneth E 589 
 
 Kellogg, Martin 238 
 
 Kellogg, Mary 238 
 
 Kellogg, Nellie D 552, 577, 589 
 
 Kellogg, William Daniel 554 
 
 Kelsey 134. 228 
 
 Kelsey, Asahel Allis 154, 235, 247, 
 250, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257 
 
 Kelsey, Charles Jr 235, 241 
 
 Kelsey, Content Parsons 235 
 
 Kelsey, Enoch 234 
 
 Kelsey, Florence May 528 
 
 Kelsey, Hannah 235, 241 
 
 Kelsey, Keziah Gilbert 234 
 
 Kelsey, Lina 234 
 
 Kelsey, Mary 237 
 
 Kelsey, Mary E 633 
 
 Kelsey, Moses 235, 241, 259, 260, 
 
 262 
 
 Kelsey, Sarah 237, 238 
 
 Kelsey, William Edward 528 
 
 Kemp, James 429 
 
 Kemp, John B 588 
 
 Kendall, Mrs. Joseph P 587 
 
 Kennedy, Annie G 565 
 
 Kenney, Elizabeth D 623 
 
 Kensell, Winifred Frances .... 560 
 
 Kent, Alice 463 
 
 Kent, George Lewis 463 
 
 Kent, Lydia 429 
 
 Kent, Matilda Jane Rockwell.. 463 
 Kenyon, Charlotte Harriet . . . 542 
 
 Kenyon, Jean J 608 
 
 Keppel, Frederick 108 
 
 Kerchner, Otto 625 
 
 Kerr, Annie Loretta 617 
 
 Kerrins, Lizzie S98 
 
 Kevorkian, Mary 620 
 
 Kibbe, Albert S42 
 
 Kibhe, Florence May 542 
 
 Kiefer, John 596 
 
 Kilbourne, (Kilborn, Kilbourn) 
 
 193, 321 
 
 Kilbourn, Mrs 486, 563 
 
 Kilbourne, Anna Neal 182 
 
 Kilbourne, Anne 225, 226 
 
 Kilbourne, Augusta Josephine 486 
 
 Kilbourne, Mrs. Cynthia 190 
 
 Kilbourn, D. C 46, 205 
 
 Kilbourn, George 473, 486, 563 
 
 Kilbourne, James 5, 7, 153, 154, 155, 
 156, 157, 160, 165, 169, 170, 171, 
 
 PAGE 
 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 
 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 213, 
 215, 221, 222, 229, 230, 232, 233, 
 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 243, 
 
 25s, 257 
 
 Kilbourne, Josiah 182, 183 
 
 Kilbourne, William 185 
 
 Kilbourn, Woodford 592 
 
 Kilby, Edward Slater 544 
 
 Kilgour, Robert 107 
 
 Kimball, Belle Lucretia . . .554, 576 
 Kimball, Gertrude Anna 554, 576, 
 
 620 
 Kincade, (Kinkade) Charles 
 
 Everett 546 
 
 Kincade, Ellen May 585 
 
 Kincade, Frederick Samuel . . . 530 
 Kinkade, George Dickson .... 538 
 
 Kincade, Hannah 587, 637 
 
 Kinkade, Henry 583, 597 
 
 Kincade, James A 512, 573 
 
 Kinkade, John Henry 526, 577 
 
 Kinkade, Margaret 640 
 
 Kinkade, Martha 582 
 
 Kinkade, Martha Gilroy 626 
 
 Kincade, Sarah Ann 573, 619 
 
 Kinkade, William J 504, 627 
 
 Kindelan, Ida S 586 
 
 King, Elizabeth 580 
 
 King, Horace Dudley 522 
 
 King, John James 634 
 
 King, Julius Thomas 514 
 
 King, Mary Sigourney 585 
 
 Kingsbury, Edwin 542, 637 
 
 Kingsbury, Fannie Elliott .... 589 
 Kingsbury, Florence Amy .... 540 
 Kingsbury, George Elliott .... 576 
 Kingsbury, Herbert James .... 575 
 
 Kingsbury, Hilda May 577 
 
 Kingsbury, Walter 587 
 
 Kingsley, Ann 582 
 
 Kingsley, Margarett A 592 
 
 Kinne, (Kinny) Ethel 576 
 
 Kinne, Ethel (Bennett) 554 
 
 Kinne, Howard Ransom 554 
 
 Kinny, Jeremiah 592 
 
 Kinne, Josephine 516, 569 
 
 Kinne, William Aaron 576 
 
 Kinsley, Ann 626 
 
 Kirchler, Caroline 594 
 
 Kirk, (Kirke) Almena 641 
 
 Kirke, Almena M 585 
 
 Kirk, Chester 605 
 
 Kirk, Ellen 605 
 
 Kirk, Etta Gertrude 609 
 
 Kirke, Henrietta Gertrude .... 568 
 
 Kirk, Nellie May 526, 572 
 
 Kirk, Richard 634 
 
 Kirkham, Nathaniel 240 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 683 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Kirkham, Rosetta 240 
 
 Kleinecke, Augusta 581 
 
 Klett, Alvin Charles 631 
 
 Klett, Frank Walter 538, 575 
 
 Klett, George W 417, 574 
 
 Klett, Leopold 640 
 
 Klett, Louise Julia 552, 576 
 
 Klujery, Mrs 394 
 
 Knapp, Beatrice Pearl 558 
 
 Kneeland, Ebenezer 66, 76, 84 
 
 Knibloe, Avis 581 
 
 Knibloe, Harry Elijah 586 
 
 Knox, Emma 613 
 
 Kohler, Bernhart 627 
 
 Korsman, Mary 605 
 
 Krah, Alice 585 
 
 Krah, Annie 572 
 
 Krah, Anna F 614 
 
 Krah, Frederick A 617 
 
 Krah, Minnie 571, 612 
 
 Kramer, Elfrida K 589 
 
 Kraus, Annie 576 
 
 Kraus, Charles Edward 560 
 
 Kraus, Edward Adolph 552 
 
 Kraus, George Emil 540 
 
 Kraus, John 577 
 
 Kraus, Lily Franziska 530, 577 
 
 Kraus, Lena Amelia 544 
 
 Kraus, Paul Albert 548 
 
 Kraus, William Frank 576 
 
 Krou, Idela 571 
 
 Kuhn, William 626 
 
 Kulth, Paul 627 
 
 Kumm, Adelaide 494, 624 
 
 Kupper, Charles Frederick . . . 528 
 
 Kupper, Robert Edward 528 
 
 Kupper, William Henry 528 
 
 Kurtz, Josephene 625 
 
 Laborie, James 61 
 
 Lafayette 188 
 
 Laib, Antoinette 636 
 
 Laibbe, Jacob 625 
 
 Lain, Herbert W. A 574 
 
 Lamb i93 
 
 Lamb, J 398 
 
 Lamb, R 398 
 
 Lambert, Delia 593 
 
 Landers, George M. 287, 291, 293, 
 297, 321 
 
 Landgren, Joseph S99 
 
 Lang, (Lange) Frederika 569 
 
 Lang, Lizzie R 5^7 
 
 Lang, Mary A S.87 
 
 Lange, Paul Adolph 536 
 
 Langdon, Eunice 621 
 
 Langdon, Janette 621 
 
 Langdon, Lizzie 1 633 
 
 Langdon, Timothy ...486, 563, 621 
 Langdon, Mrs. Timothy 5^3 
 
 FAGB 
 
 Langhardt, Agatha 633 
 
 Langhardt, George 633 
 
 Langley, Emma 587 
 
 Langzettle, Rosie Bertha 617 
 
 Lanman 193 
 
 Larson, Arthur Napoleon 526 
 
 Larson, Bertha Elizabeth 560 
 
 Larson, Bertha Schmarr . .589, 590 
 
 Larson, Carl Leonard 530 
 
 Larson, Eleanor Madeline 556, 641 
 
 Larson, Ethel Victoria 532 
 
 Larson, Harry Wilhem 546 
 
 Larson, John Aaron 619 
 
 Larson, John Peter 617 
 
 Larson, Margaret Leontin .... 524 
 
 Larson, Thure Maritz 532 
 
 Latchford, Mabel Theresa .... 577 
 
 Latham, Abby Franziska 569 
 
 Latham, Flora M 599 
 
 Latham, Franklin 633 
 
 Latham, Henry Lyman 508 
 
 Latham, Leon Chester 516 
 
 Latham, Mary Ann 633 
 
 Latham, William Dickey 514 
 
 Lathrop, George Sherman .... 609 
 
 Lattimer, (Lattimore) 
 
 Lattimore, Dorothy Smith .... 236 
 
 Lattimore, Luther 236 
 
 Lattimer, Uzziel 220, 233, 236, 246 
 
 Laud 18 
 
 Laurie, Lovina Ford 550, 639 
 
 Laurie, Stanley Dewey 637 
 
 Lawrence, Andrew 494 
 
 Lawrence, Catherine Eliza .... 494 
 
 Lawrence, Elizabeth 234 
 
 Lawrence, Ellen Maria 496 
 
 Lawrence, George 494 
 
 Lawrence, George Henry 534 
 
 Lawrence, George L 608 
 
 Lawrence, Isabella 494 
 
 Lawrence, Lillian Louise 542 
 
 Lawrence, Silas B 168 
 
 Lawton, Albert E 602 
 
 Lawton, Sarah 573 
 
 Leaming, Jeremiah 31, 83, 84, 85, 
 86, 103 
 
 Lee, Alfred 113 
 
 Lee, Alice 566, 594 
 
 Lee, Caroline 585 
 
 Lee, Caroline A 591 
 
 Lee, Ella 566, 59^ 
 
 Lee, Franklin Hills 290 
 
 Lee, George 59i. 622 
 
 Lee, Isaac I39 
 
 Lee, I. N 287 
 
 Lee, James Todd 290, 336 
 
 Lee, Jeannette Todd 290, 419, 563, 
 
 578, 592, 634 
 
 Lee, Kate Forbs 236 
 
684 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Lee, Leslie 570 
 
 Lee, Lorenzo P. 279, 283, 284, 285, 
 
 287, 289, 290, 29s, 297, 301, 309, 
 
 311, 321, 324, 328, 469, 472, 473, 
 
 483, 578, 633 
 
 Lee, Mrs. Lorenzo P. 280, 283, 290, 
 
 419 
 
 Lee, Mabel 236 
 
 Lee, Margaret 592 
 
 Lee, Mary 524 
 
 Lee, Percy 570 
 
 Lee, Stephen 236 
 
 Lee, Theressa 566, 590 
 
 Lee, Thomas 321, 296, 301, 302 
 
 Lee, William 622 
 
 Lees, Gadsby 540 
 
 Lees, Helen 573 
 
 Leete, William 40 
 
 Lego, William 630 
 
 Liesler, Henry 490 
 
 Leisler, Lewis 565 
 
 Leisler, Mary 565 
 
 Leland, Ada Estelle 488 
 
 Leland, Isabel Louise 490 
 
 Leland, Martha Ann 488, 563 
 
 Lenz, Catherine 594 
 
 Leonard, Flossie Emma 550 
 
 Leonard, Herbert J 614 
 
 Leslie 24 
 
 Lester, George R 590 
 
 Levinson, Miriam Harrison . . 616 
 
 Lewis, Addin Charles 639 
 
 Lewis, Mrs. A. C 583 
 
 Lewis, C. N 287 
 
 Lewis, E. B 287, 292 
 
 Lewis, Elisha 220 
 
 Lewis, Elizabeth A 618 
 
 Lewis, George A 639 
 
 Lewis, Helen 628 
 
 Lewis, Judith 220 
 
 Lewis, Katie 583 
 
 Lewis, Lucy 108 
 
 Lewis, Nathaniel 108 
 
 Lewis, Walter 629 
 
 Lichtenfels, Frederick 623 
 
 Lichtenfels, Otto 623 
 
 Lienhard, Henry A 613 
 
 Lillabridge, Warren 636 
 
 Lindgren, Alfred 600 
 
 Lindlay, John 626 
 
 Lines, Polly 627 
 
 Litcher, Mary Madelene 610 
 
 Little, Isaac 592 
 
 Littlehale, Florence 587 
 
 Littlejohn, Abram Newkirk 454, 
 455, 456, 462 
 
 Lyttleton, Charles 108 
 
 Livingston, John 625 
 
 Livingstone, Robert Duncan . . 570 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Lloyd, Emma 586 
 
 Lloyd, Fanny E 586 
 
 Lockery, Eva May 544, 637 
 
 Lockwood, Franklin Benton . . 512 
 
 Lockwood, Harriet 581, 626 
 
 Lockwood, Herbert Newton . . 496 
 
 Lockwood, Jane 565 
 
 Lockwood, Kate Rebecca 585 
 
 Lockwood, Mary Rebecca 581, 640 
 
 Lockwood, Rebecca M 580 
 
 Lockwood, Thomas C 640 
 
 Lockwood, William Alfred . . . 498 
 
 Lockwood, William N. 475, 488, 
 
 564, 626, 629 
 
 Lockyer 21 
 
 Loffler, Elizabeth 604 
 
 Logan, Archibald 631 
 
 Logan, Catherine Shaw 608 
 
 Logan, Mary E 588, 639 
 
 Loomis (Lomis) Anne Dens- 
 low 488 
 
 Loorais, Bernadotte 612 
 
 Loomis, Charles Martin 488 
 
 Loomis, Dorothy Mitchell .... 556 
 
 Loomis, Ellen Gertrude 514 
 
 Loomis, Ellen Maria 584 
 
 Loomis, Henry A 633 
 
 Loomis, Henry Mitchell ...512, 628 
 
 Loomis, Howard Wesley 546 
 
 Loomis, Irene Louise 552 
 
 Loomis, Louise Seipel 589 
 
 Loomis, Mary 579 
 
 Loomis, Mary Adelaide 488 
 
 Loomis, Nellie 628 
 
 Loomis, Robert N 518, 630 
 
 Loomis, Royal E 544, 637 
 
 Loomis, Sarah Howard 488 
 
 Loosey, Edward 637 
 
 Loper, Myrta 278 
 
 Longmans 115 
 
 Lorch, Henry George 510 
 
 Love, W. DeLoss Jr 91 
 
 Lovejoy, Mrs. S. A 586 
 
 Loveland, Clara 633 
 
 Lovell, Catharine Helen . ..490, 564 
 
 Low, Ernest Raymond 576 
 
 Low, Mary Margaret 490 
 
 Low, Thomas Henry 490 
 
 Lowman, Thomas 604 
 
 Lozier, Emily 625 
 
 Lozier, Kate (Catherine) 
 
 Estelle 510 
 
 Lozier, Sarah J 593 
 
 Lucas, Rebecca 229 
 
 Lucas, Rhoda 242 
 
 Luddington, (Ludington) 
 Luddington, Daniel 236, 247, 254, 
 258, 270, 277 
 Ludington, Linus S 581 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 685 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Luddington, Samuel 236, 246 
 
 Luddington, Susan Clark 236 
 
 Lukey, Jennie McConkey 577 
 
 Lukey, Margaret 589 
 
 Lukey, May McConkey 573, 586, 
 
 634 
 
 Lukey, Thomas 634 
 
 Lukey, Thomas Edward 586 
 
 Lum, Sarah 585 
 
 Lund, Gust 635 
 
 Lund, Gust G 606 
 
 Lund, Pher A 602 
 
 Lunt, Kate E 596 
 
 Lunt, Martha E 506, 567 
 
 Luscombe 113 
 
 Lusk, Ethel Dwight S76 
 
 Lusk, Lucius Otto 588 
 
 Lusk, Nora Frances 588 
 
 Luther, Lucy Ella 565 
 
 Luther, Martin 223, 639 
 
 Lynch, Annie 617 
 
 Lynn, W. J. M 458 
 
 Mack, Christian L. . . 492, 592, 623 
 
 Mack, Harriet W 565 
 
 Macy 288 
 
 Madeley, Lizzie Annie ^14 
 
 Madison, James 32 
 
 Magnus, (Magness) Albert St. 
 
 John 636 
 
 Magnus, Carrie A 609 
 
 Magnus, Ethel Irene 636 
 
 Magnus, Eugene 632, 636 
 
 Magnus, Florence , . . . . 571 
 
 Magnus, Lilla (Lilly) 504, 573 
 
 Magness, Mary G 583, 636 
 
 Magnus, Russell 637 
 
 Magness, Russell Tryon 514 
 
 Magnuson, Elof 612 
 
 Magson, Fanny Louise 534 
 
 Magson, Gertrude Ellen 530 
 
 Magson, James A 606 
 
 Magson, Mary Jane 637 
 
 Magson, Mary J. Elliott 586 
 
 Mahlin, Francis Edw 626 
 
 Malin, Harry 630 
 
 Malin, Mary Jane 506 
 
 Main, Charles F 481 
 
 Malbone, Godfrey 59 
 
 Mallory 3S8 
 
 Mallory, Susan 158, 170 
 
 Malmgren, Anna Olivia ...526, 632 
 
 Malmquist, John 633 
 
 Malone, (Malona, Maloney) 
 
 Charlotte 630 
 
 Maloney, Dora 593 
 
 Malona, Ella Louisa S22 
 
 Maloney, George A 630 
 
 Malone, Henry 579 
 
 Maloney, Iva Nettie 618 
 
 43 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Malone, Jane 578 
 
 Malone, John 589 
 
 Malone, Maria 578 
 
 Malone, Robert 578 
 
 Manchester, George N 582 
 
 Mand, James 591 
 
 Manning, Althea Goodison . . . 639 
 Mansfield, Richard ....76, 100, 103 
 
 Mansfield, Susan Hyde 436 
 
 Mansfield, WiUiam 436 
 
 Mansfield, Zebadiah Hyde 6, 288, 
 305, 306, 421, 427, 436, 437 
 
 Manson, Carl Albert 516 
 
 Manteo 16 
 
 March, Alfred 628 
 
 March, Charles Dickens 628 
 
 March, Grace 623 
 
 March, Harry Earnest 490 
 
 March, Sarah J 625 
 
 Markie, Gertrude Maud 542 
 
 Markie, Viola Florence 550 
 
 Marsh, Jonathan 88 
 
 Marsh, Kate 572 
 
 Marsh, Truman 103 
 
 Marshall, Elizabeth 437 
 
 Marshall, John Rutgers 66, 76 
 
 Marshall, William 440 
 
 Martin 193 
 
 Martin, Alathea Margaret 550 
 
 Martin, Andrew 615 
 
 Martin, Bray D 616 
 
 Martin, Catharine 556 
 
 Martin, Charles 500 
 
 Martin, Dora 566 
 
 Martin, Emma Louisa 492 
 
 Martin, Frank 600 
 
 Martin, Frank Alva 496 
 
 Martin, Frederick Henry 575 
 
 Martin, Hannah 540 
 
 Martin, Jackson 589 
 
 Martin, Joseph 500 
 
 Martin, Lottie 605 
 
 Martin, Mary A 565 
 
 Martin, Mary Elizabeth Caro- 
 line SCO 
 
 Martin, Minnie Elize 620 
 
 Martin, Rachel 595 
 
 Martin, Tabitha D 640 
 
 Martin, Thomas S40 
 
 Martin, William Ernest 496 
 
 Marverick, Samuel 17 
 
 Mary, Queen 54, 121 
 
 Mason 297, 461 
 
 Mason, Catharine May 576 
 
 Mason, C. L 585 
 
 Mason, Flora 585 
 
 Mason, Rosa L 6og 
 
 Mather 79, 83 
 
 Mather, Cotton 17 
 
686 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Mathers, Florence Amy 506 
 
 Mathers, George 506 
 
 Matthers, Ernest Henry 626 
 
 Mattes, Mary 63S 
 
 Matthews, Ira Henry 638 
 
 Matthewson, Florence Edna . . 610 
 
 Mattison, Alta Lucetta 524 
 
 Mattison, Flossie Elizabeth . . . 524 
 
 Mattison, Lena Zoe 524 
 
 Mattison, Pearl Scott 524 
 
 Mattison, Reuben Oscar 524 
 
 Mattoon, Alice Alberta 538 
 
 Mattoon, Edward Francis .... 538 
 
 May, Adolph Sio 
 
 May, Anna 506 
 
 May, Frank 506, 627 
 
 May, Louisa 624 
 
 Mazeine, Raymond 62a 
 
 McAlpin, Thomas Duke 613 
 
 McBrayne, Mrs 588 
 
 McBrayne, Archibald 598 
 
 McBrayne, Mary Ann 639 
 
 McCammon, Thomas H 6ig 
 
 McCarthy, Katie A 616 
 
 McCarthy, Mary Maude 641 
 
 McCartny, Andrew 636 
 
 McCartney, Annette 604 
 
 McCartney, Harriet 640 
 
 McCartney, Rachel 587 
 
 McClatchie, Jane 582 
 
 McCanley, Annie 614 
 
 McClory 339, 344 
 
 McCloud, Ann 243 
 
 McConkey, Alexander 567 
 
 McConkey, Annie 566, 599 
 
 McConkey, Arthur 565, 629 
 
 McConkey, Ella 514, 573 
 
 McConkey, Ellen 617 
 
 McConkey, Imogene ( Case) . . . 583 
 
 McConkey, James Adams 512, 569, 
 
 601 
 
 McConkey, Jane 581 
 
 McConkey, John 582 
 
 McConkey, John D. . . .387, 512, 628 
 
 McConkey, Margaret 581, 632 
 
 McConkey, Mary 565 
 
 McConkey, Mary E 514, 573 
 
 McConkey, Nellie 514, 629 
 
 McConkey, Robert 567 
 
 McConkey, Thomas Andrews 599 
 
 McConkey, William 565, 581 
 
 McCormick, George Francis . . 524 
 
 McCormick, John 60s, 635 
 
 McCoy, Lizzie 614 
 
 McCracken, Mrs 579 
 
 McCracken, Miss 579 
 
 McDonald, James 579 
 
 McElrath, Sarah Ann 584 
 
 McFadden, Elizabeth 460 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Mcllwaine, John 636 
 
 Mclntire, David 6og 
 
 McKeon, Elizabeth Jane 560 
 
 McKeon, James 580 
 
 McKeon, Mary 580 
 
 McKim, Alexander Rice 586 
 
 McKirdy, Elsie Phoebe 616 
 
 McKnight, Anna Agnes .' 614 
 
 McLean, Oscar 292 
 
 McManus, Francis E 209, 218 
 
 McNary, George F 627 
 
 McNulty, Annie E. ..510, 573, 616 
 
 McNulty, George 571 
 
 McNulty, Irene Roberts 560 
 
 McNulty, Isabel ~ 569 
 
 McNulty, Isabella Procter .... 554 
 McNulty, Margaret Jane . .498, 571 
 
 McNulty, William ' . . . 569 
 
 McShane, Henry 397 
 
 McWilHams, Eva May 61S 
 
 McWilliams, Mabel Jane L. . . 574 
 McWilliams, William Matthew 618 
 
 Mead 441 
 
 Meech, Robert 359 
 
 Meeham, Joseph 126 
 
 Meekens, Rebecca 243 
 
 Meisner, Erttman S94 
 
 Melchinger, Eliza 627 
 
 MeHen, Leoine Norine Rosie.. 526 
 
 MeUn, N. Matilda 607 
 
 Mellor, Joseph 588 
 
 Mench, Anny Carry 608 
 
 Menderlein, Adam 510 
 
 Menderling, Charles 494 
 
 Mentis, Mabel Meletta 518 
 
 Mentis, Peter 597, 630 
 
 Menziger, Carrie 596 
 
 Merrill, Grace 566 
 
 Merrill, Grace A 490, 596 
 
 Merrill, Jerusha 580 
 
 Merrill, Jerusha D 632 
 
 Merrill, Jerusha Selden ...490, 596 
 Merrill, Laura Clementina .... 566 
 
 Merritt, Elizabeth Grace S92 
 
 Merritt, Grace Elizabeth 580 
 
 Messinger, Burton 631 
 
 Messenger, Conell 520, 632 
 
 Messenger, Hattie Frances 556, 576 
 
 Messenger, Pauline A 592 
 
 Messenger, Sarah Inez . . . 556, 576 
 
 Messenger, William 518 
 
 Metcalf , Clara 587 
 
 Metcalf, John W 587, 636 
 
 Metcalf, Violet Mary Ethel . . 538 
 
 Metzer, Frank 593 
 
 Meyers, (Meyer) Ellen 592 
 
 Meyer, George 582 
 
 Meyer, Lizetta 622 
 
 Meyers, Louisa 623 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 687 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Middleton, Abbie Hempstead 
 
 Crocker 454 
 
 Middleton, Albert Emery ..514, 573 
 Middleton, Alfred Charles 
 
 William 552 
 
 Middleton, Amy Louise 542 
 
 Middletown, Arthur Polke . . 540 
 Middleton, Caroline Ann . . 522, 577 
 Middleton, Charles William . . 542 
 
 Middleton, Ernest Leroy 542 
 
 Middleton, Frank Edward .... 577 
 Middleton, Francis Edward . . . 526 
 Middleton, George William . . . 629 
 Middleton, Gertrude Mary 518, 574, 
 
 639 
 Middleton, Gladys Eleanor . . . 560 
 
 Middleton, Jane Edith 534 
 
 Middleton, John C. 6, 7, 368, 369, 
 370, 372, 374, 375, 379, 383, 384, 
 410, 426, 428, 454, 4SS, 463, 504, 
 506, 508, SIC, 567, 568, 595, 596, 
 
 597 
 Middleton, John Irving ...516, 576 
 
 Middleton, May Bell 542 
 
 Middleton, Martha . . . 506, 567, 627 
 
 Middleton, Mary 569 
 
 Middleton, Nathaniel 454 
 
 Middleton, Nellie Eliza 636 
 
 Middleton, Norman Grimley . . 530 
 Middleton, Richard Henry .... 542 
 
 Middleton, William 569, 636 
 
 Middleton, William Earnest 
 
 522, 577 
 
 Miller, Bathsheba 232, 233 
 
 Miller, Florence Elizabeth .... 554 
 
 Miller, Frederick 441 
 
 Miller, Mercy 235 
 
 Miller, William Arthur 544 
 
 Miles 356 
 
 Miles, Abraham 612 
 
 Miles, Smith 103, 207 
 
 Mills 359 
 
 Mills, Miss 579 
 
 Mills, Bessie Kirkland 544 
 
 Mills, Eliza 60s 
 
 Mills, Harriet 584, S85 
 
 Mills, Herbert L 587 
 
 Mills, Joseph 640 
 
 Miller, Mrs. Albert 582 
 
 Miller, Charles G 603 
 
 Miller, Cyrus H 603 
 
 Miller, Mrs. Frank 582 
 
 Miller, Julia M 585 
 
 Miller, Martha 573 
 
 Miller, Martha C 608 
 
 Miller, Regina 594 
 
 Miller, Sidney 59i 
 
 Millward, Elizabeth 572 
 
 Mines 344 
 
 Minor, (Miner) Eldred Lis- 
 
 comb 546 
 
 Miner, Fazzie Crane 504 
 
 Minor, James Henry 546 
 
 Minor, John Bacon 546 
 
 Minor, Mrs. J. L. Eldred 573 
 
 Minor, Ursula 618 
 
 Mitchell, Abigail 231 
 
 Mitchell, Alfred Henry ...526, 573 
 
 Mitchell, Annie Ellen 536, 576 
 
 Mitchell, Dwight W 596 
 
 Mitchell, Edgar 530, 634 
 
 Mitchell, Edith M. E 573, 616 
 
 Mitchell, Frank Vernon 540 
 
 Mitchell, George A 587 
 
 Mitchell, Mrs. George A 587 
 
 Mitchell, George H. 478, 479, 484, 
 
 589, 611 
 
 Mitchell, George Thomas .542, 636 
 
 Mitchell, George William 540 
 
 Mitchell, Gertrude Frances . . . 552 
 
 Mitchell, Harold Clifford .... S46 
 
 Mitchell, Henry 636 
 
 Mitchell, Howard 544 
 
 Mitchell, Howard Gwynne . . . 544 
 
 Mitchell, Lilian Caroline 546 
 
 Mitchell, Margaret 532, 63S 
 
 Mitchell, Margaret Edith Ellen 526 
 
 Mitchell, Mary Ann 589 
 
 Mitchell, Theresa 597 
 
 Mitchelson, Orlena 563 
 
 Mix, James 287 
 
 Moffatt 367 
 
 Moffett, W. H 504 
 
 Moison, Gilbert E 618 
 
 Molander, Alex 606 
 
 Molander, Alex. E 634 
 
 Molander, Lina S 634 
 
 Molander, Philip Eagen Berna- 
 
 dotto 530 
 
 Monroe, James 191 
 
 Moody, Hannah 223 
 
 Moody, Samuel 223 
 
 Moore, Cora 626 
 
 Moore, Fanny 626 
 
 Moore, Joseph R 435 
 
 Moore, Martha Susan 490 
 
 Moore, Perry 292 
 
 Moore, Robert 617 
 
 Moore, Susan M 564 
 
 Moore, W. H 180, 181 
 
 Monroe, (Munro) Kennet 
 
 McK 616 
 
 Monroe, Vidella Narilla Clys- 
 
 tra 617 
 
 Montague, Mary E 603 
 
 Moran, Mary Brosneen 618 
 
 Morehouse 2 
 
 Moreton, John 224 
 
688 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Moreton, Lucy 224 
 
 Morgan, Delia •'•490, 564 
 
 Morgan, George Edward 490 
 
 Morgan, William H. H 600 
 
 Morgan, Zadok 585, 63S 
 
 Moriaritjf, Thomas 608 
 
 Morrell, William 17 
 
 Morris, Samuel 602 
 
 Morris, Theophilos 57, 58, 68 
 
 Morrison, William H 560, 639 
 
 Morrow, Mary Louise 588 
 
 Morse, Hulda 586 
 
 Morse, Martha T 585 
 
 Morse, Elliott S 417, 554, 576 
 
 Mortimer, Philip 271 
 
 Morton, Martha 585 
 
 Moseley, Richard 59 
 
 Moses, Harry 620 
 
 Moses, John 38 
 
 Mott, Irving William 614 
 
 Mott, Josephine S 589 
 
 Mott, Minnie S 567, S96 
 
 Moulthrop 324, 331 
 
 Moulton, Emma L 586, 635 
 
 Mount, Cecil 548, 638 
 
 Mount, Ethel S42 
 
 Mount, Eva 540 
 
 Mount, Harold Harriott 577 
 
 Mount, Harry 542, 574 
 
 Mount, Percy S40 
 
 Mount, Raymond 554 
 
 Muehling, Louisa 593 
 
 Muirson, George 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 
 
 Mullane, Daniel J 6ia 
 
 Mumford, Abigail 106 
 
 MuUer, Lillie 504 
 
 Mumford 394 
 
 Munson, (Monson) DolUe 
 
 Keeney S88 
 
 Munson, Elmira Lulua 588 
 
 Munson, Elvira Grace 554 
 
 Monson, Iris 582 
 
 Munson, Mary Etta 554 
 
 Murcer, Katy Rutherford • • . • 540 
 
 Murdock, Amanda E. B 590 
 
 Murdock, James E 450 
 
 Murdock, William Nelson 548, 575, 
 590, 617 
 
 Murray, Charles H 568 
 
 Murray, Elizabeth 625 
 
 Murray, George William 578, 621 
 
 Murray, Mrs. G. W 578 
 
 Murray, Mary A 608 
 
 Murray, Rebecca 568 
 
 Murphy, Miss M. J 579 
 
 Murphy, Rose 596 
 
 Mycroft, Eliza 630 
 
 Naedle, John 623 
 
 Naphey, Jeannie 512, 629 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Nash, Emily S 603 
 
 Nash, Fanny 585 
 
 Nash, Frances Mary 496 
 
 Natzki, Otto 574 
 
 Natzki, Theodore J 574 
 
 Neal, Anna 182 
 
 Neale, Thomas Henry 590 
 
 Neidl, William J 610 
 
 Neilsen, Christine 603 
 
 Nelligan, Dennis F 613 
 
 Nelligan, Mary Ann 500, 626 
 
 Nelson 359 
 
 Nelson, Frederick 574 
 
 Nelson, Gust 613 
 
 Nelson, Helma Charlotte 608 
 
 Nettleton, Edsell E 596 
 
 Neucomb, Mary Elizabeth • • • • 490 
 
 Newberth, Albert Philip 492 
 
 Neuberth, Charles 623 
 
 Neurath, Phillipina 572 
 
 Neuschulten, Charles 640 
 
 Newton, Christopher 76 
 
 Newton, Janet Inglis 556 
 
 Newton, Minnie 569 
 
 Newton, Sarah Ann 597 
 
 Newton, WiUiam F 615 
 
 Neyer, Joseph 606 
 
 Nichols, (Nicholls) 338 
 
 Nichols, Amanda H 590 
 
 Nichols, Ella 567 
 
 Nicholls, Ella R 595 
 
 Nicholls, Elvira E 583 
 
 Nichols, Frederic 582 
 
 Nichols, Grace Lillian 538 
 
 Nichols, James 76, 582 
 
 Nichols, John Christopher . • • . 490 
 
 Nichols, Mary A 580 
 
 Nichols, Robert 580, 624 
 
 Nichols, Walter 502 
 
 Nicholson, Francis 21 
 
 NicoU, Mary L 466 
 
 Niehoven, (Niehofen) Peter 
 
 G S04. 626 
 
 Nielson, Johanna 601 
 
 Nies, Katrina 598 
 
 Niepling, Louisa 492 
 
 Niles 358 
 
 Nixon, WilHam 634 
 
 Noble, Chloe A 586 
 
 Noble, Colton David 520, 575 
 
 Noble, Edith D 633 
 
 Noble, Gertrude Judd 512, 573 
 
 Noble, Hattie 569 
 
 Noble, Howard C. 412, 414, 417, 
 
 424, 470, 476, 477, 478, 479, 481, 
 485, 520, 582, 632 
 
 Noble, Louise Howard 534, 577 
 
 Noble, Margaret 584 
 
 Nolan, Mary 612 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 689 
 
 Norbach, Amelia 603 
 
 Norris, Otto J 604 
 
 North, Christine Martha 520, 576 
 
 North, David 236, 256 
 
 North, Edward Mills 488 
 
 North, Ellen Augusta 490 
 
 North, Ella Grace 582 
 
 North, Fred Davis 512, 630 
 
 North, George Post 488 
 
 North, Henry 287, 292 
 
 North, Isaac ,. 138 
 
 North, Jedediah 236 
 
 North, John Holister 490 
 
 North, Mary 231 
 
 North, Mary Louisa 577, 589 
 
 North, Oliver B. 473, 474, 483, 563 
 North, Rosina Bamf orth . . 589, 590 
 
 North, Sarah Wilcox 236 
 
 North, Simeon 256 
 
 North, W. B 287 
 
 North & Stanley 308 
 
 North, William Burnham .... 488 
 
 Northall, Charlotte 630 
 
 Northall, Drusilla E 567 j 
 
 Northall, Ellen Drusilla . . . 504, 596 
 
 Northall, Jane 625 
 
 Northall, Lotta May 514 i 
 
 Northall, Mary 569 | 
 
 Northall, Mary A 637 
 
 Northall, Peter H 566 
 
 Northall, Richard Knight 500 
 
 Northall, Richard P 567 
 
 Northrop, Clarence Ralph 556, 577 
 
 Northrop, Mrs. Cyrus 582 
 
 Northrup, Mattie M 636 
 
 Norton 138 
 
 Norton, Miss 579 
 
 Norton, Andrew 236, 247, 252, 266, 
 
 278 
 
 Norton, Cora Bell 602 
 
 Norton, Ellen Isabel 494 
 
 Norton, Emily A 583 
 
 Norton, Emily Delia 585 
 
 Norton, Eva May SM 
 
 Norton, Halsey John 528, 633 
 
 Norton, Henry Burnham 571 
 
 Norton, Idalie May 629 
 
 Norton, Joab 255 
 
 Norton, Josiah 140 
 
 Norton, Sarah Adelia 504, 632 
 
 Norton, Sarah E 567 
 
 Norton, Widow 240 
 
 Norton, William Eugene 526, 576 
 
 Nott, Eliphalet m 
 
 Nott, Hannah 232, 241 
 
 Nott, Samuel 100 
 
 Nugent, Alice J. Preston 588 
 
 Nugent, Robert L S82 
 
 Nunn, CaroHne S8i 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Nunn, Celeste 500, 625 
 
 Nunn, Matthew Edward 494 
 
 Nunn, William 625 
 
 O'Brien, John F 604 
 
 O'Brien, William P 606 
 
 Odishoo, Isaac 574 
 
 O'Donnell, Mary 614 
 
 Oglethorpe, James 25 
 
 Ogron, JuHa Edna 577 
 
 Ogren, Nils 636 
 
 O'Hern, Alice 606 
 
 Oldfield, George P 606 
 
 Olemen, John Thomas 616 
 
 Olmstead 351 
 
 Olmstead, Nicholas 39 
 
 Olmstead, P. H 189 
 
 Ols, Johanna 606 
 
 Olsen, (Olson) Bertha ...524, 633 
 
 Olson, Charlotta Amelia 599 
 
 Olsen, Drucilla 536 
 
 Olson, Elizabeth 606 
 
 Olsen, George Christopher 530, 576 
 Olson, Ida Agnese Matilda ... 601 
 
 Onderdonk, H. U 182 
 
 Orcutt, Samuel 45, 46, 64 
 
 Ordway, Samuel 304 
 
 Ordway, Mrs. Samuel 282, 304 
 
 Orvis, Ahce E 490, 564, 593 
 
 Orvis, Emily N 565 
 
 Orvis, Emma Nancy 494 
 
 Osbaldiston, Richard 106, 108 
 
 Osbom, John 271 
 
 O'Shea, Barbara 625 
 
 Oshea, Ellen Barbara 494 
 
 Oshea, James Edward 494 
 
 Oshea, John Henry 494 
 
 Oson, Jacob loi 
 
 Osterman, Carl August 601 
 
 Osterstrom, Hulda 600 
 
 Ott, John 594 
 
 Paddock, B. H 344 
 
 Page, Joseph 636 
 
 Page, Spencer C 602 
 
 Palmer, Addie 569 
 
 Palmer, Charles 506 
 
 Palmer, Florence 628 
 
 Palmer, Henry 595 
 
 Palmer, Isaac H 332 
 
 Palmer, James G 605 
 
 Palmer, Mary Gilbert 496, 566 
 
 Palmer, Ralph Wells S22 
 
 Palmer, Romaine Walter . . 538, 635 
 
 Palmer, Solomon "jy 
 
 Palmer, Watson Griswold 496, 566 
 
 Pardee, Anita Louise 540 
 
 Pardee, Ebenezer 498 
 
 Pardee, Franklin Woodruff . . . 538 
 
 Pardee, George Herbert 498 
 
 Pardee, Ida May 585 
 
690 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Pardee, Inez Lilian 498 
 
 Parker, Caroline Kirkland 520, 582, 
 633, 638 
 Parker, Charles Jothan Eras- 
 
 tus 496 
 
 Parker, Charles WilHam 528 
 
 Parker, Cordelia Newell 512, 573, 
 
 639 
 
 Parker, E. A 287, 291 
 
 Parker, Elizabeth 278 
 
 Parker, Elizabeth Hance 572 
 
 Parker, Elizabeth S 506, 572 
 
 Parker, Elizabeth Wiley 496 
 
 Parker, Elmer CHfford 528 
 
 Parker, Emily Josephine 570 
 
 Parker, Florence M 587 
 
 Parker, Harold Hiland 528 
 
 Parker, Julius 292 
 
 Parker, Laura 626 
 
 Parker, Luman Franklin 496 
 
 Parker, Lydia Almira 496 
 
 Parker, Mary 586, 638 
 
 Parker, William 376, 379, 380, 381, 
 
 388, 40s, 424, 470, 475, 476, 477, 
 
 484, 582, 632 
 
 Parker, William Daniel Wiley 496 
 
 Parker, William Stansbury . . . 520 
 
 Parkin, EHzabeth Barnes 590 
 
 Parmelee, Samuel 579 
 
 Parsons, Abigail 334, 579, 621 
 
 Parsons, Agnes DriscoU ..504, 571 
 
 Parsons, Anna Turner Libbey 508, 
 
 572, 619 
 
 Parsons, Charles 287, 291, 320, 321, 
 
 322, 323, 334, 419, 472, 473, 579, 
 
 621 
 
 Parsons, Mrs. Charles 419 
 
 Parsons, Content 235 
 
 Parsons, Dwight A. 294, 336, 418, 
 
 421 
 
 Parsons, Emma 582 
 
 Parsons, Mrs. Emory S 582 
 
 Parsons, George M. 419, 477, 478, 
 479, S08, 582 
 
 Parsons, Mrs. George M 412 
 
 Parsons, Henry L 287 
 
 Parsons, John B. 283, 285. 291, 294, 
 
 29s. 320, 321, 323. 324. 325, 328, 
 369, 419, 473, 633 
 
 Parsons, Mrs. John B 419 
 
 Parsons, J. Willard 420 
 
 Parsons, Lois 222, 223, 228 
 
 Parsons, Mrs. Sophia 486 
 
 Pasco, Clinton Henry 589, 590 
 
 Pass, Joseph 632 
 
 Patterson, Ephraim 243 
 
 Patterson, Hannah E 570, 589 
 
 Patterson, Harriet 222 
 
 Patterson, Lorraine 243 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Patterson, Margaret Florence 
 
 518, 570 
 
 Patterson, Margaret L 604 
 
 Patterson, Mary J 593 
 
 Patterson, Miranda 563 
 
 Patterson, Sarah Chandler . . . 243 
 
 Patterson, Sarah Hart 222 
 
 Patterson, Shubael 222 
 
 Payne, Evelyn Quintard 554 
 
 Payne, Flora J 637 
 
 Payne, George 580 
 
 Payne, G. W 358 
 
 Payne, Hattie A 635 
 
 Payne, Mary 631 
 
 Payne, Nelson P 640 
 
 Payne, Sophia s8o 
 
 Payne, Sophia K 632 
 
 Payne, William ..317, 319, 44S, 627 
 Payne, William G. 362, 418, 580, 606, 
 
 632 
 
 Peard 579 
 
 Peard, Henry L 579, 621 
 
 Peard, Maria 562 
 
 Peard, Mary Jane 486 
 
 Pearson, Edmund John 569 
 
 Peck, Alice D 567 
 
 Peck, DeWitt K 616 
 
 Peck, Edwin Barnes 558 
 
 Peck, Elnathan 287 
 
 Peck, Florence L. Barnes 589 
 
 Peck, Frederick DeWitt 558 
 
 Peck, Jason 168 
 
 Peck, Liva 168 
 
 Peck, Lois William 558 
 
 Peck, Moses 168 
 
 Peck, Sarah S 568 
 
 Peele, Charles E 395 
 
 Peele, William B 395 
 
 Pellett, Henry Gildersleeve . . . 616 
 
 Pelton, Annie Judson 567, 640 
 
 Pendleton, Arthur . .. .283, 385, 287 
 
 Penfield, August 321 
 
 Penfield, Augustus 579 
 
 Penfield, Carrie G 602 
 
 Penfield, Charles H 587 
 
 Penfield, Chester 564 
 
 Penfield, Elbert Chester . . 492, 623 
 
 Penfield, Emma 587 
 
 Penfield, Frank A 631 
 
 Penfield, George 589 
 
 Penfield, Grace A 567 
 
 Penfield, Grace Louisa ....488, 621 
 Penfield, Ida May ....492, 568, 599 
 
 Penfield, Sarah 565 
 
 Penfield, Sarah E 588, 590 
 
 Penfield, William W 388, 590 
 
 Penrose, Alpha A 588 
 
 Penn, William 19, 20 
 
 Pennington, Arthur 297 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 691 
 
 Percival, Dorothy Gates 237 
 
 Percival, James '. . 237 
 
 Percival, James Gates 181 
 
 Percival, Timothy 168, 237 
 
 Perkins, John L 321 
 
 Perks, Carrie M 631 
 
 Perks, Emma Ellen 619 
 
 Perks, Jane 633 
 
 Perks, Rose H 603 
 
 Perrin, Lavelette 366, 367 
 
 Perry, William Stevens 16, 31, 33, 
 66, 84, 191, 193, 213 
 
 Peters, Minnie 596 
 
 Peters, Samuel 33, 76 
 
 Petrie, Arthur 107 
 
 Pettibone, B. W 197 
 
 Pettis, Beulah Elvira 502 
 
 Pettis, Clinton Mortimer 510 
 
 Pettis, Cora E 025 
 
 Pettis, Emily N 581 
 
 Pettis, George C. 371, 376, 377, 379, 
 
 380, 383, 475,. 476, 484, 581 
 
 Pettis, Georgianna Emily . .496, 627 
 
 Pettis, Jeannie Welton ....494, 569 
 
 Pettis, Lillah 627 
 
 Pettis, Lillian 568 
 
 Pettis, Mary Rhoda 504 
 
 Pfeifer, (see Fifer.) 
 
 Pfeifer, Grace Annetta ...552, 639 
 
 Pfeifer, Henry Bartholomew. . 530 
 
 Pfeifer, John 601 
 
 Pfeifer, John M 575 
 
 Pfeifer, Lillian C 575 
 
 Pfeifer, Lily Catherine 518 
 
 Phalen, Julia 604 
 
 Phelps 196 
 
 Phelps, Mrs 629 
 
 Phelps, Carroll Bulkeley 518 
 
 Phelps, Herman L 600 
 
 Phillips, (Philips) Adelaide . . 610 
 
 Phillips, Charles George 571 
 
 Philips, Francis 46, 73 
 
 Phillips, Helen Sarah 576 
 
 Philips, Hiram Hewitt 516, 630 
 
 Phillips, Lizzie Jane 572 
 
 PhiUips, Margaret Dorothea . . 572 
 
 Phillips, Royal Thomas 576 
 
 Phillips, Sarah 589 
 
 Phillips Thomas Charles 572 
 
 Phillips, William Henry 57-^ 
 
 Phillips, William James 57i 
 
 Pickford, Charles 627 
 
 Pickford, Edward 637 
 
 Pickford, Lilla 567 
 
 Pickop, Alice J S87 
 
 Pickop, F. 587 
 
 Pickop, George B 587 
 
 Pickop, Lucy A 587 
 
 Pierce, Alice H 593 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Pierce, George Jr 615 
 
 Pierce, Willis A 591 
 
 Pierpont, Anna B 586 
 
 Pierpont, George Rufus 586 
 
 Pigott, George 47, 48, 61, 135 
 
 Pilz, Clara 610 
 
 Pinney, EH 371 
 
 Pitkin, William 38, 39 
 
 Pitzner, Ida 572 
 
 Pitzner, Lena M 572 
 
 Place, Elias 636 
 
 Plant, Thomas Neville 623 
 
 Piatt, Edward M 586 
 
 Platts, Nancy 605 
 
 Piatt, Sarah E 609 
 
 Pomeroy, Adino 203 
 
 Pomeroy, Chauncey B. ...510, 639 
 
 Pomeroy, Lois Strong 203 
 
 Pomeroy, Sarah 203 
 
 Pomery, Chauncey S 596 
 
 Pond, Eugene M 634 
 
 Pond, Laura Gertrude 530 
 
 Porter, Abigail 231 
 
 Porter, Adelaide 603 
 
 Porter, Agnes Olive 510, 573, 582 
 
 Porter, Albert Joseph 528, 577 
 
 Porter, Almira 220 
 
 Porter, Ann Maria 582, 641 
 
 Porter, Bryan C 568, 634 
 
 Porter, Eli H 419 
 
 Porter, Eugene Jay 571, 610 
 
 Porter, George Andrew ...516, 574 
 
 Porter, George H 594 
 
 Porter, Gordon Disbrow 558 
 
 Porter, Harriet Disbrow 589 
 
 Porter, Helen S8i 
 
 Porter, James 567, 631 
 
 Porter, Joseph 566, 626 
 
 Porter, Julia 496 
 
 Porter. Leraan 622 
 
 Porter, Mary Jane .... 536, 577, 585 
 Porter, Mindwell Griswold . . . 220 
 
 Porter, Samuel 220 
 
 Porter, Sarah 582 
 
 Porter, Sarah Mary 5 18, 633 
 
 Porter, Thomas H. ...479, 598, 640 
 Porter, William H. ...514, 573. 584 
 
 Porter, Wesley Elliott 556 
 
 Post, Miss 579 
 
 Post, Adrian 568 
 
 Post, Anna 571 
 
 Post, Augustus T. 350, 353, 474, 
 480, 483, 580 
 
 Post, Bertha 581 
 
 Post, Caroline Elizabeth 492 
 
 Post, Carrie E 567 
 
 Post, Edward Howard . . . 550, 639 
 
 Post, Elizabeth 565 
 
 Post, Elizabeth Lee 632 
 
692 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Post, Ella May 613 
 
 Post, Ethel Marion 554 
 
 Post, Garrett 570 
 
 Post, George Curtis 492, 623 
 
 Post, George R. 357, 366, 380, 383, 
 
 40s, 47S, 476, 480, 483, 484, 56s, 
 
 632, 639 
 
 Post Gerrett Bulkley 498, 608 
 
 Post Gerrett, P 474, 629 
 
 Post, Harriet J 586 
 
 Post, Jacob 615 
 
 Post, John 624 
 
 Post, John Girard 492, 623 
 
 Post, Julia K 580 
 
 Post, Julia W 419, 593 
 
 Post, Margaret L 565, 594 
 
 Post, Mary 634 
 
 Post, Mary Lee 496, 570, 60S 
 
 Post, Mary Louise 558 
 
 Post, Minnie L. Bath 589 
 
 Post, Muriel Lee 534 
 
 Post, Ruth 578 
 
 Post, Ruth K 631 
 
 Potter, Frederick C. 420, 583, 595 
 Potter, Henry Codman . . . .461, 468 
 
 Potter, Horatio 466, 467 
 
 Potter, Leroy Churchill 508 
 
 Potter, Mary C 508, 568 
 
 Powe, Jane 629 
 
 Powe, Oliver 592 
 
 Powell, Annette 591 
 
 Powell, Grace Louise 540 
 
 Powell, Joseph 600 
 
 Powell, Katie Schantz 571 
 
 Powell, Lewis A. H 571 
 
 Powell, Louis Martin 524 
 
 Powell, Mable Irene 540 
 
 Power, Hannah 592 
 
 Powers, Lem 324 
 
 Powers, Martin 271 
 
 Powers, Thomas 271 
 
 Poyer, John B 601 
 
 Pratt 297, 359 
 
 Pratt, Miss 580 
 
 Pratt, Alexander 474, 477, 580 
 
 Pratt, Mrs. Alexander 580 
 
 Pratt, Charles H 587 
 
 Pratt, Cornelia A 592 
 
 Pratt, Edward 622 
 
 Pratt, Edward Alexander 498 
 
 Pratt, Edwin Alexander 625 
 
 Pratt, Grace 570 
 
 Pratt, Grace R 506, 634. 
 
 Pratt, Hannah no 
 
 Pratt, Henry 168 
 
 Pratt, Lucy A 587 
 
 Pratt, Martha J 634 
 
 Pratt, Mary H 623 
 
 Pratt, Mary S 624 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Pratt, Matilda J 585 
 
 Pratt, Nathan Tolles 387, 506, 571, 
 
 Pressinger, (Preessinger, Prei- 
 
 singer, Presesinger) Barbara 61S 
 Preisinger, Charles Edward 516, 
 
 631 
 Pressinger, Lawrence 401, 600, 632 
 
 Preissell, Joseph 607 
 
 Prentice, (Prentiss) Alice Louisa 506 
 
 Prentice, Caroline 638 
 
 Prentice, Dorothy May S46 
 
 Prentice, Edith Chaloner 572 
 
 Prentice, Edith M. C 589 
 
 Prentice, Elizabeth 568 
 
 Prentice, George E 609 
 
 Prentiss, George Harrison . . . 502 
 
 Prentice, Mrs. George H 587 
 
 Prentice, Idela May 518, 574 
 
 Prentice, Lenore Chaloner . . . 536 
 Prentice, Mildred Carolyn .... 538 
 
 Preston, Henrietta Seipel 586 
 
 Preston, Julianna H 633 
 
 Preston, Senior 520 
 
 Preston, Walter 604 
 
 Prevost, Anna J 612 
 
 Price, Abigail 231, 233 
 
 Pride, Peter 579 
 
 Prindle, Chauncey . . . 103, 205, 207 
 
 Pring 16 
 
 Prior, Catharine M 594 
 
 Pritchard, Bertha Alice 512 
 
 Pritchard, Eddie 628 
 
 Pritchard, Henry William 512, 569, 
 
 604 
 
 Pritchard, John 617 
 
 Pritchard, Mary Louise 512 
 
 Pritchard, Walter Eugene .... 512 
 
 Prosser, Thomas LeRoy 548 
 
 Provoost, Samuel 32, 91, 92 
 
 Pulsifer, H. B 639 
 
 Punderson, Ebenezer 26, 56, 58, 68, 
 69, 71, 72, 74, 136 
 
 Putnam 339 
 
 Pynchon (Pinchon) 380 
 
 Pinchon, Thomas R 318 
 
 Pyne, Selina 595 
 
 Quilton, Carrie 615 
 
 Quilty, Mary Ellen 587 
 
 Quinn, Katie Theresa 600 
 
 Raab, George 596 
 
 Rackliffe, (Rackliff, RatcHffe) 585 
 Rackliffe, Charles Winship . . . 558 
 
 Rackliffe, Charlotte E 573 
 
 Rackliffe, Clara Margaret 494 
 
 Rackliffe, Erank Eugene ..510, 538 
 
 Rackliffe, Frederic 570 
 
 Rackliffe, Frederick Henry 585, 510, 
 
 637 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 693 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Rackliffe, Frederic Omer 544 
 
 Rackliffe, Gertrude Louise 510, 571 
 
 Rackliffe, Henrietta 639 
 
 Rackliffe, Henry 601 
 
 Rackliffe, Ida May 524, 577 
 
 Rackliffe, Lizzie Isabel (Ross- 
 berg) 583 
 
 Rackliffe, Mabel Loveland .... 532 
 Rackliffe, Marion Henrietta . . 546 
 
 Ratcliffe, Robert 20 
 
 Rackliff, Sarah A 621 
 
 Rackliffe, Sarah Elizabeth .... 494 
 
 Rackliff, Thomas S 592 
 
 Rackliffe, Thomas Winship 494, 574 
 
 Raftery, O. H 613 
 
 Raikes, Robert 25 
 
 Rainsley, Alice Maud 514 
 
 Rainsley, Bessie 582 
 
 Rainsley, Samuel 568 
 
 Rainsley, William 582 
 
 Raleigh 16 
 
 Ramm, Margaretta 635 
 
 Randall, Arthur T. . . .401, 632, 638 
 
 Randall, Celia 564 
 
 Randall, Henry 563 
 
 Randall, Mary 579 
 
 Rankin, John Douglass 560 
 
 Ransom, Mrs 419 
 
 Ransom, Martha Ameha ..556, 577 
 
 Ransom, Prudence 639 
 
 Raphael 43° 
 
 Rauber, Joseph 624 
 
 Rauber, Mary 624 
 
 Rauber, Michael S94, 629 
 
 Rausch, George William 514 
 
 Rawelt, Victorine 604 
 
 Rawley, Eliza R 580 
 
 Rawson, George 615 
 
 Raymond, Alfred W 606 
 
 Raymond, Henry Alfred 534 
 
 Raymond, J. W 420 
 
 Read, John 45 
 
 Rebstock, (Repstock) Adelaide 
 
 E 62s 
 
 Rebstock, Christopher 565 
 
 Rebstock, Christopher F 593 
 
 Rebstock, George Christopher. . 492 
 
 Redfield, William T 606 
 
 Redford, David L 597 
 
 Reed 339 
 
 Reed, Mary 613 
 
 Reed, Nellie C 640 
 
 Reeder, Anna 607 
 
 Reeve, Robert .38 
 
 Rehm, Mary Ann 581 
 
 Reichenstein, Benedick 593 
 
 Reier, Betty 613 
 
 Reiland, Minnie L 587 
 
 Remsen 435 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Reynolds, William Thomas . . . 573 
 
 Rhodes, Ann 625 
 
 Rhodes, John H 610 
 
 Rice, Ada May 576 
 
 Rice, Alfred Henry 573 
 
 Rice, Alice Ada 538 
 
 Rice, Amy Louise 542 
 
 Rice, Caroline Dorothy 534 
 
 Rice, Edith May 538 
 
 Rice, Ida May 546 
 
 Rice, Mable Bryant 546 
 
 Rice, Martin 595 
 
 Rice, Mary 419 
 
 Rice, Miria Gertrude 546 
 
 Rice, William George 554 
 
 Rich, Catharine 624 
 
 Richards, Aaron . . , 197 
 
 Richards, George B 600 
 
 Richards, Joseph 237 
 
 Richards, Mary Kelsey 237 
 
 Richards, Oliver 162, 237, 247, 278 
 
 Richardson, Huldah 221 
 
 Richardson, Robert 502 
 
 Riedecker, Mrs. _M- E 580 
 
 Riendecker, Christiana Eliza- 
 beth 490 
 
 Riley, Anne 232 
 
 RileJ^ Maria 194 
 
 Riggs, Mary Elizabeth 575 
 
 Rinehold, Jennie 634 
 
 Rising, Eva S 587 
 
 Risley, (Wrisley) Charles .... 490 
 
 Risley, Ehsha 582 
 
 Wrisley, Ellen Salina 490 
 
 Wrisley, Lilla Ida 490 
 
 Wrisley, Susan J 564 
 
 Robbins, (Robins) Bertie 627 
 
 Robbins, Lewellyn E 618 
 
 Robbins, Martha ; . 221 
 
 Robbins, Prudence Welles . . . 238 
 
 Robbins, Thomas 238 
 
 Robins, Unni 152, 160, 166, 237, 238, 
 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255, 
 
 262 
 
 Robins, Unni Jr 238 
 
 Roberts 380 
 
 Roberts, Christine 580 
 
 Roberts, Elizabeth Helen 574 
 
 Roberts, Elsie May . . . 544, 575, 590 
 
 Roberts, Katherine 544 
 
 Roberts, Kittle S. 
 
 Roberts, Lillian Gertrude 552 
 
 Roberts, Mark 639 
 
 Roberts, Ruby Marcine 548 
 
 Roberts, Sarah 638 
 
 Robertshaw, Ada 588 
 
 Robertshaw, L. H 588 
 
 Robinson 344 
 
 Robinson, John ^^ 
 
694 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Robinson, J. B 538 
 
 Robinson, Marietta . . .' 566 
 
 Rockwell 296, 303 
 
 Rockwell, Anna Gaylord 589 
 
 Rockwell, Matilda Jane 463 
 
 Rogers, (Rodgers) Ammi 95, 96, 
 
 174, 17s, 238, 264 
 
 Rogers, Eli F 332 
 
 Rogers, Elizabeth 404, 585 
 
 Rogers, Evan 104 
 
 Rodgers, Helen Louise 494 
 
 Rogers, Horatio 462 
 
 Rogers, James D 601 
 
 Rogers, Jane B 586 
 
 Rogers, John Henry 6, 7, 383, 391, 
 
 392, 393, 396, 399, 400, 401, 402, 
 
 403, 404, 422, 428, 462, 463, 516, 
 
 518, 520, 570, 600, 601, 602, 603, 
 
 604, 60s, 633 
 
 Rogers, Mrs. John H 400 
 
 Rogers, Susan Curtis 462 
 
 Rogers, Thomas 622 
 
 Rogers, Warren Moran 611 
 
 Rohde, Nona Marie 617 
 
 Rondecker, Albert 593 
 
 Ronnalter, Annie M 573 
 
 Ronnalter, Charles S48 
 
 Ronnalter, Gladys Mary 558 
 
 Ronnalter, Lillian May 540 
 
 Ronnalter, Theobald 612 
 
 Roof, Frederick 593 
 
 Root, Charlsetta 506, 568 
 
 Root, Etta C 58s 
 
 Root, Harriet Maria 506, 570, 605 
 
 Root, Jennie Alice 574 
 
 Root, John Erwin 514, 569 
 
 Root, Mary J. Goodwin 623 
 
 Root, Minnie L 606 
 
 Root, M. J. Goodwin 580 
 
 Root, Timothy 488, 564, 622 
 
 Rose, Aitgusta Grace 614 
 
 Rose, Ernest Alfred 506 
 
 Rose, Florence 629 
 
 Rose, Lottie P 629 
 
 Rose, William H 510, 568, 595 
 
 Rosebrook, Frank 468 
 
 Ross 79, 629 
 
 Rossberg, August 624 
 
 Rossberg, Ehzabeth 582 
 
 Rossberg, Florence 498, 626 
 
 Rossberg, Lizzie Amalia ..569, 601 
 
 Rossberg, Louis William 496 
 
 Rossberg, Marie E 641 
 
 Rossberg, Mary 494, 624 
 
 Rosselius, Mary Caroline 508 
 
 Rosselius, Sophia 597 
 
 Rosseter, Mary H 566 
 
 Roth, Katy 504 
 
 Rotherforth, Frank 613 
 
 Rouse, Margaret 605 
 
 Rowbotham, Isabella 564 
 
 Rowe, Benjamin F 490, 580 
 
 Rowe, Lizzie S04 
 
 Rowe, Rosina 634 
 
 Rowe, Thomas 634 
 
 Rowe, William C 620 
 
 Rowley, Charlotte Mary 546 
 
 Rowley, Frank Hills 609 
 
 Rowley, Henry Frank 538 
 
 Rowley, Jennie Isabel 550 
 
 Rowley, Katherine C 536, 587 
 
 Rowley, Norman Edward .... 546 
 
 Rowley, Sarah Alice 558 
 
 Royce, Willard E 581 
 
 Rufenacht, John 595 
 
 Ruggles, Elizabeth 579 
 
 Russell, Beatrice 520 
 
 Russell, Betsey 402 
 
 Russell, Caroline E 584, 632 
 
 Russell, Catherine ....296, 297, 562 
 
 Russell, Charlotte 233 
 
 Russell, Constance Mary 538 
 
 Russell, Cordelia Guion 589 
 
 Russell, Edmund H 564 
 
 Russell, Elise Rockwell 536 
 
 Russell, Ehza Emeline ....562, 578 
 Russell, Elizabeth 488, 562, 578, 621, 
 
 626 
 
 Russell, Elizabeth R 587 
 
 Russell, Emanuel 283, 284, 285, 287, 
 
 288, 289, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 
 
 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, .307, 309, 
 
 317, 318, 349, 355. 367, 402, 469, 
 
 472, 480, 483, 562, 624 
 
 Russell, Emeline 296, 297, 301, 562 
 
 Russell, Ethel 512 
 
 Russell, Francis Thayer 6, 7, 281, 
 282, 283, 338, 342, 343, 344, 345, 
 346, 347, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 
 354, 356, 359, 370, 383, 401, 406, 
 407, 422, 423, 426, 427, 449, 450, 
 451, 452, 488, 490, 492, 496, 563, 
 564, 592, 593, 594, 632 
 
 Russell, Gordon 490 
 
 Russell, Grace 565, 594 
 
 Russell, Gurdon W. 164, 278, 279, 
 
 430 
 
 Russell, Harriet (Harriot") 292, 295, 
 
 296, 303, 586 
 
 Russell, Harriet Corliss 512 
 
 Russell, Harriette C 612 
 
 Russell, Henry E. 285, 304, 314, 320, 
 321, 326, 327, 328, 341, 347, 351, 
 352, 353, 356, 358, 360, 361, 366, 
 367, 368, 369, 371, 376, 377, 380, 
 393, 396, 402, 424, 425. 470, 472, 
 474, 475, 477, 478, 480, 483, 484, 
 48s, 562 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 695 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Russell, Henry 2d (Jr.) 367, 377, 
 388, 393, 397, 398, 403, 404, 424, 
 470, 475. 476, 477, 480, 485, 566 
 
 Russell, Huntley 490 
 
 Russell, Isaac D. 387, 410, 411, 413, 
 424, 470, 471, 478, 48s. 498, 570 
 
 Rtfssell, Jane H 580 
 
 Russell, Julia 542 
 
 Russell, Margaret 572 
 
 Russell, Margaret E 548, 612 
 
 Russell, Mary Augusta . . . 502, 567 
 Russell, Mary Huntley Sigourney 348 
 
 Russell, Mary LaFetra 571 
 
 Russell, Rachel 570 
 
 Russell, Sigourney 492 
 
 Russell, Ursula Wood 449 
 
 Russell, William 292, 295, 296, 304, 
 367, 449, 629 
 
 Russell, William C 518, 611 
 
 Russell, William H. ..304, 488, 582 
 
 Ryder, Carrie Roberts 634 
 
 Ryder^ Sarah L 627 
 
 Sabine 84 
 
 Sage, Elvira 239 
 
 Sage, Georgianna 580 
 
 Sage, Harlo P 170 
 
 Sage, Joseph 152, 154, 155, 169, 170, 
 238, 239, 253, 255. 236, 277 
 
 Sage, Lois Wilcox 238, 239 
 
 Sage, N. S iSS, IS8 
 
 Sage, Ohver 15s, 160, 239, 254, 257, 
 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 270 
 
 Sage, Polly 239 
 
 Sage, Rodney 239 
 
 Sage, Solomon 238, 239 
 
 Sage, Theodore 239 
 
 Sage, Theodosius 239 
 
 Sagendorf, Cora Ellen 577 
 
 Sagendorf , Elmit 640 
 
 Sahlin, Emma 604 
 
 Sairteer, Lawrence 612 
 
 Salmon, Thomas 62 
 
 Salter 93 
 
 Salterne, William 16 
 
 Saltonstall, Gurdon 41 
 
 Samuels, Maria 610 
 
 Samuels, Sophia 607 
 
 Samulson, Johanna 602 
 
 Sanderson, Hannah 636 
 
 Sanford 357, 358 
 
 Sanford, Adah L 587 
 
 Sanford, George W 595 
 
 Saunders, (Sanders) Anna 
 
 Violet 522, 575, 631 
 
 Saunders, Arthur F 603 
 
 Saunders, Edward Si4 
 
 Saunders, Frank Sabart . . .528, 576 
 
 Sanders, Herbert Ephraim 540 
 
 Saunders, Horace N 589 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Saunders, Horace W 573 
 
 Saunders, Irene May 538 
 
 Saunders, Louise 584 
 
 Saunders, Mary 585 
 
 Saunders, Mary Louise 518 
 
 Saunders, Minott Francis .... 534 
 
 Saunders, Richard West 518 
 
 Saunders, Thomas Henry .... 522 
 Saunders, Wesley Arthur .... 530 
 
 Sautee, John 618 
 
 Savage, Lucy 236 
 
 Savage, J. T 627 
 
 Savage, Rachel 222 
 
 Savage, Sarah E 567 
 
 Say, Ernest Albert 609 
 
 Sayre, John 76, 139, 277 
 
 Scaife, CaroHne Matilda 639 
 
 Scaife, Duncan 558 
 
 Scarlett, Benjamin S30 
 
 Scarlett, Fanny 613 
 
 Scarlett, John William Ward. . 607 
 
 Schab, Henry 569 
 
 Schab, Louis 569 
 
 Schaff, Amelia Caroline 584 
 
 Schaffer, Agnes M 636 
 
 Schaeffer, Frederick William.. 506 
 
 Schantz, Henrietta 522 
 
 Schantz, Lila Mary 528 
 
 Schantz, Lucy M 631 
 
 Schantz, Martin 602 
 
 Scharff, Amelia C 631 
 
 Scharff, Clarence Arthur S30 
 
 Scharff, Elsie Lydia 524 
 
 Scharff, Frederick Charles 530, 633 
 
 Scharff, Mary Elizabeth 524 
 
 Schatz, Louisa S96 
 
 Schays, William Frederick . . . 617 
 
 Scheidler, Charles R 635 
 
 Scheidler, Mabel May 536, 577 
 
 Schermerhorn, Frederick C. . . 639 
 
 Schermerhorn, Louisa 588 
 
 Schmarr, Bertha 540, 573, 619, 637 
 Schmarr, Otto Frederick . . 540, 577 
 
 Schmidt, Adolph 500 
 
 Schmidt, Anna A 502, 627 
 
 Schmidt, Anna Auguste Marie 536 
 
 Schmidt, Caroline 500 
 
 Schmidt, Emelie Dorothea . . . 498 
 Schmidt, Herman August Carl 536 
 
 Schmidt, Henry Charles 500 
 
 Schmidt, John A 636 
 
 Schmidt, John Henry 494 
 
 Schmidt, Katie Mary 506 
 
 Schmidt, Louisa 623 
 
 Schmidt, Louisa Elvina 500 
 
 Schmitt, Margaretta S94 
 
 Schneider, Barbara 632 
 
 Schneyder, Catherine 593 
 
 Schneider, Balvina 597 
 
696 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Schnuck, Emma Isabell 572 
 
 Schnuck, Emily J 587 
 
 Schoen, August F. _ 618 
 
 Schoenfeld, Frederic SQi 
 
 Schofield, (Scofield) Clifford 
 
 Fairwell S48 
 
 Schofield, Elizabeth 594 
 
 Scofield, Farewell 498 
 
 Scofield, Harry 498 
 
 Schofield, Thurlow Tomlinson 548 
 
 Schortau, Mrs S79i 621 
 
 Schrey, (Schray) Blanche 538, 574 
 
 Schrey, Frederick 538, 575 
 
 Schray, Helen 538 
 
 Schray, Lizzie 636 
 
 Schray, Matilda Louise S38 
 
 Schrey, Richard 574. 637 
 
 Schreder, Frederick William.. 620 
 
 Schrumpf , Adam Jr 607 
 
 Schrumpf, Edwin 634 
 
 Schrumpf, Grace May 534, 63S 
 
 Schrumpf, Walter 536 
 
 Schnessler, Christina C 603 
 
 Schufl3e, Arthur 574 
 
 Schultz, Emma 566, 595 
 
 Schultz, Herman 631 
 
 Schutz, Louis 556 
 
 Schutz, Louis V 640 
 
 Schwab, Hendrick 566 
 
 Schwab, Henry 605, 631 
 
 Schwab, Jacob Hermann 540 
 
 Schwab, Margaret 566 
 
 Schwab, Mary 585, 607 
 
 Schwaterer, Charles 606 
 
 Schweiser, Mary 508 
 
 Sclender, John C 603 
 
 Scoville 311 
 
 Scoville, A. W 397 
 
 Scovill, Catherine 594 
 
 Scovill, James 76, 84 
 
 Scoville, Joseph 494, 624 
 
 Scoville, Margaret 492, 623 
 
 Scott, J. L 341 
 
 Scott, James R 591 
 
 Scott, Willie 627 
 
 Seabury, Abigail Mumford . . . 106 
 
 Seabury, Charles 103 
 
 Seabury, Samuel S, 7, 26, 31, .32, 55, 
 57, 58, 68, 71, 72, 76, 84, 8s, 86, 
 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 99 105, 106, 
 107, 109, no, 172, 174, 17s, 181 
 Searle, Nancy Sarah Maria . . . 208 
 Searle, Roger 5, 7, 158, 159, 160, 165, 
 168, 170, 171, 190, 202, 203, 204, 
 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 
 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 228, 
 
 232 
 
 Searles, William H 20S 
 
 Sedgwick, (Sedgewick) Buel 475, 625 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Sedgewick, Harriet Jane 566 
 
 Sedgwick, Henrietta 586 
 
 Sedgwick, John R 637 
 
 Sedgwick, Josephine ......572, 614 
 
 Seeley, Nicholas J. 351, 358, 359, 
 365, 500, 628 
 
 Seibert, Barbara 494 
 
 Seibert, Charles 522 
 
 Seibert, Christina 494 
 
 Seibert, Johnny Christian 494 
 
 Seibert, Katrina 502 
 
 Seibert, Philip 494 
 
 Seibert, Philip Edward 494 
 
 Seibert, Wilhelm 502 
 
 Seigrist, Henry 635 
 
 Seigrist, Paul Jacob Frederick 536 
 Seipel, (Seiple, Seiples, Seibel) 
 
 Seipel, Adam 502, 594 
 
 Seipel, Ameha M 522, 574 
 
 Seipel, Anna 510 
 
 Seipel, Annie 571, 612 
 
 Seipel, Ellen Sarah 504 
 
 Seipel, Flora 571 
 
 Seiples, Florine 510 
 
 Seiple, George ; 510 
 
 Seipel, Helen 572 
 
 Seiple, Henrietta 494, 496, 569, 604, 
 
 624 
 
 Seipel, Henry 502, 518, 581, 626 
 
 Seiple, Henry B S9S 
 
 Seipel, Isabella 512, 514, 572, 581, 
 
 616 
 
 Seiple, Konrad 594 
 
 Seipel, Lena 512 
 
 Seipel, Lillie 514 
 
 Seipel, Louisa ...506, 571, 612, 637 
 
 Seipel, Louisa M 569, 606 
 
 Seipel, Mary Arm 498, 570 
 
 Seiple, Sarah 570 
 
 Seipel, Sarah Ellen 610 
 
 Selden, Miss 579 
 
 Selden, Jerusha 226 
 
 Sengle, (Single) Bertha 606 
 
 Sengle, Catherine Barbara .... 604 
 
 Single, Jacob 594 
 
 Senior, Baby 638 
 
 Senior, Catherine S40 
 
 Senior, Christopher 285, 321, 324, 
 328, 472, 473, 563, 578 
 
 Senior, Clifford . ~ 546 
 
 Senior, Edward 321 
 
 Senior, Ellen 554 
 
 Senior, Emma 636 
 
 Senior, Frank Albert 486 
 
 Senior, George Kerr 576 
 
 Senior, John Ernest 542 
 
 Sewall, Richard 21 
 
 Seymour 401 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 697 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Seymour, Elizabeth 626 
 
 Seymour, Elizabeth Burritt 279, 280, 
 373) 374 
 
 Seymour, Elizabeth H S78> 621 
 
 Seymour, Henry G. ..420, 563, 621 
 
 Seymour, Hezekiah 279, 280, 283, 
 
 284, 28s, 287, 297, 314, 316, 317, 
 
 318, 321, 328, 360, 361, 373, 420, 
 
 423, 424. 469, 470, 472, 483, 578, 
 
 621, 62s 
 
 Seymour, Martha 589, 590 
 
 Seymour, Melvin Chester 560 
 
 Seymour, O. H 297 
 
 Seymour, Richard 17 
 
 Seymour, Thomas 138 
 
 Sexton, Edward A 616 
 
 Shackelford 463 
 
 Shaler, (Shailer) Abigail 137, 271 
 
 Shailer, Mercy 137 
 
 Shanley, Jennie 610 
 
 Shannon, May Tanner 577 
 
 Sharp, (Sharpe) Charles Eugene 620 
 
 Sharp, George W 581 
 
 Sharpe, John 46 
 
 Sharp, Sarah A 608 
 
 Sharp, Mrs. W. A 581 
 
 Shaw, Catherine 579 
 
 Shaw, John Benjamin 496 
 
 Shaw, William Frederick 496 
 
 Shean, William 595 
 
 Sheard, Alice 564 
 
 Shearer 628 
 
 Sheldon, Alice A. Sweet 586 
 
 Sheldon, Burdette Richardson 546 
 
 Sheldon, Charles L 608 
 
 Shelton, Charles F 583 
 
 Shelton, George Trask 552 
 
 Shelton, Georgianna 583 
 
 Shelton, Harold Lambert 552 
 
 Shelton, Hattie Emma 629 
 
 Shelton, John Frederick 514 
 
 Shelton, Philo gi, 100, 103, 176, 207 
 
 Shelton, William L 588 
 
 Shelton, Mrs. William L 588 
 
 Shepard, Celia Adelaide Cur- 
 tis 3, 149, 588 
 
 Shepard, Celia Antoinette 576 
 
 Shepard, James i, 10, II 
 
 Shepard, J. Russell 598 
 
 Sherlock, Thomas 106 
 
 Shinn 381 
 
 Shipman, H. W 287, 292 
 
 Shirtcliff, Alfred 594 
 
 Short 349, 3Si, 3S8 
 
 Shubert, Miss 420 
 
 Shubert, Louisa 622 
 
 Sering, (Siering) 490 
 
 Siering, William 364 
 
 Sigourney, Charles 449 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Sigourney, Lydia Huntley 348, 449 
 Sigourney, Mary Huntley .... 449 
 
 Simons, Clifford Clarence 560 
 
 Simons, Frederick 595 
 
 Simons, George Frederick .... 616 
 Simons, George Theodore .... 552 
 
 Simons, Jacob F 639 
 
 Simons, Leila M 609 
 
 Simons, Lillian Ruth 556 
 
 Simons, Mabel Thornell 510 
 
 Simons, Nettie Grace 615 
 
 Simonson 626 
 
 Simonson, Jennie B 586 
 
 Simonson, Jessie 586 
 
 Simonson, L. 359, 361, 362, 365, 407, 
 500, 502 
 
 Simonson, Lina 606 
 
 Simonson, Margaret 571 
 
 Skene, John D 410, 411 
 
 Skinner, Harriet Augusta .... 460 
 
 Skinner, John 107 
 
 Skinner, Joseph Harvey 460 
 
 Skinner, Mrs. Joseph H 460 
 
 Skinner, Newton 229, 242 
 
 Skinner, Sarah Creecy 460 
 
 Slack, Ada 520, 632 
 
 Slack, Florence Esther 522 
 
 Slaney, Gladys Mary 560 
 
 Slaney, Lewis John 619 
 
 Slaney, Matthew 635 
 
 Slater, Abiah 233 
 
 Slater, Benjamin 185, 233, 239, 253, 
 
 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 
 
 264, 265, 277, 281 
 
 Slater, Lydia Stevens 233, 239 
 
 Slater, Mary Terry 239 
 
 Slater, Reuben 239 
 
 Sleath, Henry J 606 
 
 Sleath, James Henry 530, 576 
 
 Sleath, John Henry 575, 620 
 
 Sleath, Louis Charles 546 
 
 Sleath, Mary Elizabeth 534 
 
 Sleath, Sarah Clark 585 
 
 Sleath, William Edward 538 
 
 Sloane, Mrs. John 583 
 
 Smalley, John 78, 137, 223 
 
 Smart, Charles 506 
 
 Smith 118, 459, 516 
 
 Smith, Abigail 237 
 
 Smith, Agnes Blair 635 
 
 Smith, Agnes E 596 
 
 Smith, Albert Wi}cox 500, 629 
 
 Smith, Alfred J 640 
 
 Smith, Ann 240 
 
 Smith, Ann Maria 488 
 
 Smith, Annie Gertrude 542 
 
 Smith, Annis Marie ..492, 565, 593 
 
 Smith, Belle Ehzabeth 510, 572 
 
 Smith, Carrie E 514, 583, 638 
 
698 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Smith, Carrie Jennett S32 
 
 Smith, Catherine Louisa ..584, 631 
 
 Smith, Charles 564, 631 
 
 Smith, Charles Edward . . .508, 572 
 
 Smith, Charles F 478, 500, 569 
 
 Smith, Charles H. 476, 481, 488, 514, 
 584, 595, 637 
 
 Smith, Charles L 611 
 
 Smith, Mrs. C. N 580 
 
 Smith, Christina 625 
 
 Smith, Curtiss Fisher 518 
 
 Smith, Dorothy 236 
 
 Smith, Edith Caroline 546 
 
 Smith, Mrs. E. Douglas 398 
 
 Smith, Ellen Augusta 488 
 
 Smith, Elnathan 228 
 
 Smith, E. M 287 
 
 Smith, Emily 570 
 
 Smith, Emily AmeUa SCO 
 
 Smith, Emily C 589^ 640 
 
 Smith, Emma Wells 585 
 
 Smith, Florence Bradlee 532, 572, 
 
 618 
 
 Smith, Frank B 639 
 
 Smith, George 574 
 
 Smith, Harriet . . .488, 564, 597, 633 
 
 Smith, H. E 579 
 
 Smith, Helen A 597 
 
 Smith, Henry 638 
 
 Smith, Herbert M 638 
 
 Smith, Howard Welton ^36 
 
 Smith, Ira E. 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 
 289, 296, 297, 301, 305, 309, 318, 
 319, 321, 322, 324, 326, 334, 335, 
 341, 469, 472, 490, 483, 578, 621 
 
 Smith, Isabel J 569 
 
 Smith, James A 608 
 
 Smith, Jane M 625 
 
 Smith, Josiah 240, 261 
 
 Smith, Julia M 603 
 
 Smith, Keziah 230 
 
 Smith, Levi 287 
 
 Smith, Louisa F 563 
 
 Smith, Louise Henrietta ..516, 570 
 
 Smith, Louise L 532, 572, 614 
 
 Smith, Maria 582 
 
 Smith, Marilla 622 
 
 Smith, Marshall 1 588 
 
 Smith, Mrs. Marshall 1 588 
 
 Smith, Martha Lucietia 492 
 
 Smith, Martha L. 565 
 
 Smith, Mary 598 
 
 Smith, Mary A 562, 625 
 
 Smith, Mary Goodrich 224 
 
 Smith, Mary Jane 578 
 
 Smith, Olive 243 
 
 Smith, Oscar A 613 
 
 Smith, Rebecca A 583 
 
 Smith, Robert 109, 629 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Smith, Rosetta 581 
 
 Smith, Samuel 224 
 
 Smith, Sarah 224 
 
 Smith, Sarah A. B 628 
 
 Smith, Sarah Ethelene 536 
 
 Smith, Sheldon 285, 324, 472, 578, 
 
 592 
 
 Smith, Mrs. S. J 583 
 
 Smith, Stanley S 573 
 
 Smith, Susan Rice 589 
 
 Smith, Sylvester 203 
 
 Smith, Sylvia R 563 
 
 Smith, The Misses 296 
 
 Smith, Thomas 634 
 
 Smith, Mrs. Thomas 586 
 
 Smith, William 103, 109 
 
 Smith, Wm. H. ..287 292, 321, 502 
 
 Smith, William FI. 2nd 629 
 
 Smyrk, Gertrude 556 
 
 Smyrk, Jennie 550 
 
 Smyrk, Richard 550 
 
 Smyth, Anna Goldsborough . . 488 
 
 Smvth, Anne 621 
 
 Smyth, Mrs. A. M. T 579 
 
 Smyth, Elizabeth 563 
 
 Smyth, Margaret 565 
 
 Smyth, Margaret C 593 
 
 Smyth, Richard Henry 488 
 
 Smyth, Robert 621 
 
 Smyth, Richard Henry 622 
 
 Smyth, Tench Tilman 490 
 
 Smyth, William B. 410, 425, 473, 
 480, 483, 563, 621, 632 
 
 Snider, Frances M 619 
 
 Snowden, Ehzabeth McFadden 460 
 Snowden, Hattie Augusta .... 569 
 
 Snowden, Henry A. S 569 
 
 Snowden, Thomas 460 
 
 Snowden, WilHam E. 6. 7, 388, 389, 
 
 390, 391, 428, 460, 461, 462, 512, 
 514, 516, 569, 598, 599, 600 
 
 Snyder, John 623 
 
 Sock, Fred William 593 
 
 Somasters 65, 66 
 
 Somberg, Abba Amanda 526 
 
 Somers, William 568 
 
 Sonneson, (Sonnason) Abbe 
 
 Kathrina 534 
 
 Sonneson, Alarik 524 
 
 Sonesson, Gunard Ferdinand.. 532 
 Sonneson, Louis Melvin ..532, 634 
 
 Sonnason, Olof 598 
 
 Soule, Enoch Alden 611 
 
 Soule, Florence A. 588 
 
 Southard 297 
 
 Southey, Miss 582 
 
 Southey, Frances 582 
 
 Southgate, Horatio 565 
 
 Southworth, A. W 287, 291 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 699 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Southworth, S 287 
 
 Sowles, Gertrude Josephine . . . 639 
 
 Spaulding 365 
 
 Spence, Alice 619 
 
 Spencer, Rosa Belle 496 
 
 Sperlongo, Ada Jane 573 
 
 Sperry, Alanson K 287 
 
 Sperry, L. L 324 
 
 Sperry, Mercy 429 
 
 Sprague in 
 
 Sprague, Homer B 582 
 
 Sproat 27 
 
 Squire, (Squires) Elisha ..240,246 
 Squire, John 229, 240, 245, 246, 258, 
 
 262 
 
 Squire, Lucy 229 
 
 Squire, Rosetta Blinn .... 229, 24s 
 
 Squire, Sally 240 
 
 Squire, Solomon 168, 240, 247, 266 
 
 Staats, Lydia A 564 
 
 Stabert, Arthur A | 635 
 
 Stack, David 599 
 
 Stadler, Katharina ^ 608 
 
 Stafford, Richard 15 
 
 Stahmann, Mary 593 
 
 Staniforth, Mary Ann 600 
 
 Stanley 308 
 
 Stanley, Alfred 297 
 
 Stanley, Alfred H 565, 593 
 
 Stanley, Alix W 612 
 
 Stanley, Alonzo 291 
 
 Stanley, A. H 287 
 
 Stanley, Charles N. 284, 287, 288, 
 
 292, 297, 480 
 
 Stanley, Mrs. Doctor 297 
 
 Stanley, E. N 419 
 
 Stanley, Florence Lee 506 
 
 Stanley, Frederick T. 284, 285, 287, 
 
 291, 297, 472 
 
 Stanley, Murray Lozier 496 
 
 Stanley, Oliver 244 
 
 Stanley, Sarah J. 496, 565 
 
 Stanley, W. B 287, 291 
 
 Stanton, George H 603 
 
 Staples, Abigail G 588 
 
 Staples, Ann Ashburn 562 
 
 Staples, Annie E 566, 594 
 
 Staples, Grace 567 
 
 Staples, Grace Elizabeth 488 
 
 Staples, Joseph 321, 5^2 
 
 Staples, Lucy A 592 
 
 Staples, Martha L s6S. S94 
 
 Starr, Frank Farnsworth . .214, 271 
 Starr, Jared 530, 542, 554, 607, 611, 
 
 633. 635, 641 
 
 Starr, Nathan 214, 215, 216, 217 
 
 Station, Anne 486 
 
 Staveley, Ada 572 
 
 Staveley, Arthur George Mair 528 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Staveley, Gladys Lilias Mair . . 528 
 
 Stavely, John M 528, 586 
 
 Steadman, (Stedman) Absa- 
 lom 240, 273 
 
 Stedman, Anna 229 
 
 Steadman, Daniel 240, 273 
 
 Steadman, E. A 273 
 
 Steadman, Elizabeth Atkins 240, 
 
 273 
 Steadman, Frederick Joseph . . 536 
 
 Steadman, Hannah 240, 273 
 
 Steadman, John 38, 39 
 
 Steadman, Martin Lyman 240, 273 
 Steadman, Thomas 240, 259, 262, 
 
 273> 277 
 
 Steadman, Wells 273 
 
 Steadman, WiUiam 240, 273 
 
 Steadman, William James .... 532 
 
 Steadman, Zuba 240, 273 
 
 Stearns, Alice Gertrude 524, 572, 
 
 616 
 
 Stearns, Ella Agnes 524, 573 
 
 Stearns, Eva Luella 530 
 
 Stearns, Frank Earnest . . 524, 638 
 
 Stearns, Harry Edward 558 
 
 Stearns, Harold Edwin 558 
 
 Stearns, Henry 633 
 
 Stearns, Jennie Estelle 524 
 
 Stebbins, (Stubbing) Cyrus .. in 
 Stebbins, Jennie Elizabeth .... 581 
 
 Stebbins, Edgar Porter 514 
 
 Stubbing, Olive 617 
 
 Stebbins, Samuel Edgar 582 
 
 Steehomann, Marie Louise . . . 632 
 
 Steele, Mrs 583 
 
 Steele, Anna Ford 242 
 
 Steele, Annie May 542 
 
 Steele, Clarinda 225, 232, 234 
 
 Steele, Daisy Olivia 508 
 
 Steele, Daniel 137, 149, 166, 241, 
 
 242, 247, 265, 266 
 
 Steele, David 137, 149, 166, 241, 
 
 247, 248, 254, 266, 278, 297, 334 
 
 Steele, David Jr 241, 266, 277 
 
 Steele, Dwight 62S 
 
 Steele, Mrs. Dwight 629 
 
 Steele, Emily L 636 
 
 Steele, Frank N 606 
 
 Steele, Hannah 621 
 
 Steele, Hannah Kelsey 241, 334 
 
 Steele, Hannah Nott 232, 241 
 
 Steele, James 241 
 
 Steele, John 638 
 
 Steele, Joseph 241, 246, 258 
 
 Steele, Mercy Cowles 241 
 
 Steele, Rosie Ethel 542, 636 
 
 Steele, Ruth Agnes 54^ 
 
 Steele, Samuel 137, 138, 139, 232, 
 
 241, 271 
 
700 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 Steeles, Sarah A 584 
 
 Steele, Shelden 242, 278 
 
 Steeles, William B 472, 584 
 
 Steere, J. W 416 
 
 Steere, Richard 41 
 
 Steinmetz, Silien 486 
 
 Stenstrom, Carolina 600 
 
 Steinstrom, Jennie Elvira Inge- 
 
 borg S14 
 
 Stenson, Catharine Jane Geor- 
 
 gina 504 
 
 Stenson, Catherine M 583 
 
 Stenson, Sarah Elizabeth 502 
 
 Stenson, Thomas 594 
 
 Stent, E. J. N 397, 399, 404 
 
 Stepler, (Steppler) Charles . . . 524 
 
 Steppler, Conrad 601 
 
 Stepler, George 524 
 
 Stepler, Henry Edward 530 
 
 Stepler, Julius 524 
 
 Stepler, Katie Margaretta 526, 633 
 Stepler, Mary Margareta 
 
 Amelia 536 
 
 Stepler, Mary S 640 
 
 Steppler, Minnie C 620 
 
 Stepler, William Frederick 524, 632 
 Stephens, (Stevens) Alfred E. 623 
 
 Stevens, Annie 569 
 
 Stevens, Edward 1 516, 573 
 
 Stephens, Elizabeth A 567 
 
 Stevens, Florence Seymour . . . 554 
 
 Stevens, Julia 583 
 
 Stevens, Julia Agnes 600 
 
 Stevens, Lydia 233, 239 
 
 Stevens, Mary Florence 506 
 
 Stevens, Mary Jane 492 
 
 Stephens, Richard Daniel 504, 626 
 
 Stephens, Sarah Ann 626 
 
 Stevens, Sarah Jane 585 
 
 Stephens, Mrs. Thomas 579 
 
 Stevens, William B 459 
 
 Stevens, William E 597 
 
 Stevens, Mrs. Willard E 412 
 
 Stephens, William H 516, 595 
 
 Stewart, William J 418 
 
 Stiebeck, (Stipek) Adolph 502 
 
 Stiebert, Michael 625 
 
 Stiles, (Styles) 75 
 
 Stiles, Mrs 178 
 
 Stiles, Gertrude Alida S77 
 
 Stiles, Henry R 39, 118, 169 
 
 Styles, Isaac 46 
 
 Stillman, Anita 494 
 
 Stillman, Anita B 567, 598 
 
 Stillman, Emagine 494 
 
 Stillman, Jenny 492, 565 
 
 Stivers, John Orin 567 
 
 Stiner, Mary 601 
 
 Stoakes, Caroline 490 
 
 Stock, Franz 602 
 
 Stock, Louisa Mary 498, 625 
 
 Stoddard, Anna 243 
 
 Stoddard, Enoch Vine 463 
 
 Stoddard, E. M 287 
 
 Stoddard, George Kent 526 
 
 Stoddard, Honor 223 
 
 Stoddard, James 6, 7, 383, 403, 404, 
 40s, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 422, 
 426, 428, 463, 464, 465, 520, 522, 
 524, 526, 528, 530, 532, 534, 536, 
 572, 585, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 
 610, 611, 637 
 
 Stoddard, James Kent 532 
 
 Stoddard, Jonathan 223 
 
 Stoddard, Kenneth Wilbur 550, 638 
 
 Stoddard, Mary Maria 498 
 
 Stoddard, Milly 229 
 
 Stoddard, Sabre Andrus 223 
 
 Stoddard, Sarah Ann Allen . . 463 
 
 Stokes, Josephine D 606 
 
 StoUs, Margaret May 641 
 
 Stone 196 
 
 Stone, Anne 628 
 
 Stone, Mrs. F. K 587 
 
 Stone, H. L 632 
 
 Stone, Jay S 598, 628 
 
 Stone, Lavina 581 
 
 Stone, S. M 321, 331, 332, 348 
 
 Storey, Lavina Lucy 522 
 
 Storey, Walter 597 
 
 Stranghan, William Prout . . . 570 
 
 Strasburg, Carl F 639 
 
 Strickland, Jacob A. 324, 473, 474, 
 483, 626 
 
 Strickland, Ellen 562 
 
 Strickland, Jacob L 563 
 
 Strickland, Stephen L. 287, 291, 324 
 Stroatzzi, Caroline Angelo 492, 623 
 
 Stroatzzi, Catherine 495 
 
 Stroatzzi, Elizabeth Angelo . . 492 
 
 Stroatzzi, Martha 500 
 
 Stroatzzi, William Angelo 494, 624 
 
 Strobel, August 597 
 
 Strong, Lois 203 
 
 Stuart 318, 492 
 
 Sturges, J. C 631 
 
 Sugden, Ellen F 635 
 
 Sugden, N. Wales 635 
 
 Sunderland, Gath 623 
 
 Swain, Annah T. L. P 589 
 
 Swain, Baby 640 
 
 Swain, Charles Edward 619 
 
 Swain, Edith 567 
 
 Swain, Edith May 506 
 
 Swain, Frederick William 506 
 
 Swain 568 
 
 Swain, Mary 568 
 
 Swanston, Eleanor Forsyth 512, 571 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 701 
 
 Swasey, Agnes Perry 510, 632 
 
 Swasey, Agnes (Smyth) 628 
 
 Swasey, Erastus Perry 568 
 
 Sweet, Alice 570 
 
 Sweet, Alice A 608 
 
 Sweet, Burdette Clifton 558 
 
 Sweet, Emma Jane 608 
 
 Sweet, Emily Jane 584 
 
 Sweet, Eva 570 
 
 Sweet, Eva Alida 607 
 
 Sweet, Idela Leonora 571 
 
 Sweet, Jenny 570 
 
 Sweet, Jennie May 558 
 
 Sweet, Jesse Harrison 524 
 
 Sweet, Merrill Harrison 560 
 
 Sweet, William Nelson ..'..... 637 
 
 Sweetland, Alice Louise 574 
 
 Sweetland, Dorothy Margaret. 538 
 Sweetland, Elmer Newton .... 536 
 
 Sweirs, Louisa 593 
 
 Swift, Joseph 433 
 
 Swift, Magdalen 433 
 
 Swift, Samuel 620 
 
 Swords, T. & J. 33, 98, 180, 196, 197, 
 208, 215 
 
 Sykes, Ada 514, 629 
 
 Sykes, Albert 514 
 
 Sykes, Alfred 514 
 
 Symonds 569 
 
 Tabel, Alronora Laura 586 
 
 Talbot 210 
 
 Talbot, John 22, 23, 41, 45, 46, 49, 73 
 
 Talcott, Joseph 49 
 
 Talcott, Ruth 45 
 
 Talmage, Edwin M 592 
 
 Talmadge, Mrs. Edwin M 419 
 
 Talmadge, Samuel F 149 
 
 Talmadge, Mrs. Stephen 578 
 
 Tanner, George 638 
 
 Tanner, Jane 581 
 
 Tanner, Mary Anne 598 
 
 Taylor 2, 193 
 
 Taylor, Ada Emily 496 
 
 Taylor, Amelia C 571, 610 
 
 Taylor, Ann 580, 626 
 
 Taylor, Charles Frederick 614 
 
 Taylor, Charles W 573, 612 
 
 Taylor, Edwin H 607 
 
 Taylor, E. Howard 568 
 
 Taylor, Emery E 5^4 
 
 Taylor, Florence Bell 514 
 
 Taylor, Frances Narcissa 492 
 
 Taylor, Freddie Alberta 492 
 
 Taylor, George 500. 626 
 
 Taylor, Jennie 628 
 
 Taylor, Lucy 236 
 
 Taylor, Mary A 583, 629 
 
 Taylor, Mary N 564, 623 
 
 Taylor, Nathaniel 79 
 
 44 
 
 Taylor, Thomas 641 
 
 Taylor, Wilfred S 597 
 
 Terch, Louis 597 
 
 Terrell, Frances E 568 
 
 Terry, George B 597 
 
 Terry, Harvey Smith 522 
 
 Terry, James 90 
 
 Terry, Mary 239 
 
 Thorn, Alexander 608 
 
 Thomas 583 
 
 Thomas, Arthur Wellesley .... 574 
 
 Thomas, Asaph 287 
 
 Thomas, George R 601 
 
 Thomas, Henry 637 
 
 Thomas, John 106, 604 
 
 Thomas, Oscar G 601 
 
 Thomas, Samuel 22, B37 
 
 Thompson, Annie Elizabeth 
 
 Giles 544 
 
 Thompson, Baden Powell .... 550 
 
 Thompson, Benjamin 587, 612 
 
 Thompson, Charles Henry 
 
 Sewell 554, 639 
 
 Thompson, Dorothy Giles .... 546 
 
 Thompson, Ebenezer 61 
 
 Thompson, Emma 573 
 
 Thompson, Josephine 577 
 
 Thompson, Margaret 574 
 
 Thompson, Margaret Hirst . . . 589 
 Thompson, Martha Hannah ... 609 
 
 Thompson, Mary Ann 589, 590 
 
 Thompson, Thomas 26 
 
 Thompson, Tom 637 
 
 Thorngran, Carl Elmer 615 
 
 Thornilley, (Thornily) Fanny 
 
 J 582, 629 
 
 Thornily, George Walter 502 
 
 Thornton, William 640 
 
 Thornton, William Henry 486 
 
 Thorpe, Amelia 567 
 
 Thorp, Amelia Elizabeth 502 
 
 Throop, William Dan 619 
 
 Tiefenbach, Elizabeth Ellen ... 496 
 
 Tillotson, Charles Edward 640 
 
 Tobey, Adelaide G. R 582 
 
 Tobey, Edwin 582 
 
 Todd 244, 629 
 
 Todd, Ambrose 103, 196, 563 
 
 Todd, Betsey J 622 
 
 Todd, Caroline 579 
 
 Todd, Charles P 562, 591 
 
 Todd, Charlotte 578 
 
 Todd, Edith W 570 
 
 Todd, Edward 578 
 
 Todd, Emily 621 
 
 Todd, Emily Augusta 622 
 
 Todd, Henry Dowd 486, 621 
 
 Todd, Henry H. 285, 318, 321, 326, 
 337, 469, 472, 473, 483, 578, 591 
 
702 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Todd, Jane 419 
 
 Todd, Jonah H 578 
 
 Todd, Julianna 562 
 
 Todd, Lucy 244 
 
 Todd, Lucy A 604 
 
 Todd, Luther D 623 
 
 Todd, Lydia 1 639 
 
 Todd, Martha 578 
 
 Todd, Milo A 579 
 
 Todd, Vincha H 579 
 
 Tolles, Addie 594 
 
 Tolles, Adelaide 486 
 
 Tolles, Catharine 622 
 
 Tolles, Edwin 486 
 
 Tolles, Ellen 565 
 
 Tolles, Ellen C 486, 593 
 
 Tolles, Ellen Maria ...488, 563, 634 
 
 Tolles, Emma 566 
 
 Tolles, Fanny 578, 621 
 
 Tolles, George ...578, 591, 622, 636 
 
 Tolles, Hannah 578, 629 
 
 Tolles, Henry 381, 39i, 393, 4I9, 420, 
 
 424, 470, 473, 476, 484, 563, 591, 
 622, 640 
 
 Tolles, Henry E 578 
 
 Tolles, Ida Jay 622 
 
 Tolles, John 622 
 
 Tolles, Mary 564, 592 
 
 Tolles, Nathan 581, 632 
 
 Tolles, Orris 578, 624 
 
 Tolles, Pattie (Patty) ....581, 625 
 
 Tolles, Robert 579 
 
 Tolles, William Henry 488, 622 
 
 Tomlin, Mrs 588 
 
 Tomlin, Carl 576 
 
 Tomlin, Charles 588 
 
 Tomlin, Ray William 577 
 
 Toothell, Henry 570 
 
 Toothell, Mary 584 
 
 Topham, Clara 615 
 
 Topham, Hannah 610 
 
 Torbert, James M 596 
 
 Torello, Charles Antonio 616 
 
 Torello, Charlton Eugene 
 
 Henry 554 
 
 Tornquist, Oscar 603 
 
 Totten, Silas 280, 281, 283, 289, 290, 
 317, 440 
 
 Towers, Frank Erwin 538 
 
 Towers, Hannah 584, 633 
 
 Towers, Hannah Jane .... 540, 573 
 Towers, Helena Frances . . 540, 575 
 
 Towers, Hilda Lee 556 
 
 Towers, James 585 
 
 Towers, James Sr 640 
 
 Towers, Nettie Edna Calburnia 556 
 Towers, Samuel Ernest . . 540, 573 
 Towle, (Towles) Annie D. 540, 573, 
 
 612 
 
 Townsend 401 
 
 Townsend, Edith 466 
 
 Townsend, Elizabeth Hunt . . . 466 
 
 Townshend, E. Flora 625 
 
 Townshend, Flora 581 
 
 Townsend, J. H 455 
 
 Townsend, Nelly Whelpby ... 586 
 
 Townsend, Samuel 466 
 
 Tracy 286, 579, 622 
 
 Tracy, L. N 291 
 
 Tracy, Thomas 287, 292 
 
 Trask, George E 594 
 
 Traut, Frederick A 593 
 
 Treat, Harriet E 609 
 
 Trepka, Mrs 581 
 
 Trepka, Henry 581 
 
 Trepka, Paulina Francesca . . . 492 
 
 Tressel, Pauline Maria 510 
 
 Tresselt, Emil S9S 
 
 Trewhella, Mrs. William L. . . . 587 
 
 Trinochetti, Nicholas 638 
 
 Trowbridge, Emily 112 
 
 Tryon, (Trion) Albert! ...508,569 
 
 Tryon, John 242, 255, 259 
 
 Tryon, Lydia 228 
 
 Tryon, Noah 242, 260, 261, 262 
 
 Tryon, Rhoda Lucas 242 
 
 Tryon, William Pitt 423 
 
 Tucker, Harold Emil 558, 640 
 
 Tuder, Jane 580 
 
 Tullv, (Tulley) Mrs 587 
 
 TuUey, Isabella 589 
 
 Tulley, John 20 
 
 Tully, Joseph Walter 638 
 
 TuUy, Samuel 640 
 
 Turnbull, Emily S 585 
 
 Turnbull, George J. 477, 478, 526, 
 571, 603 
 
 Turnbull, Lillie J 604 
 
 Turnbull, Ottilie 530 
 
 Turner, Harriet Etta 586 
 
 Turner, John Arthur 556 
 
 Turner, Robert Joseph 560 
 
 Tuttle 2, 339, 394 
 
 Tuttle, Elizur 633 
 
 Tuttle, Mary 584, 635 
 
 Tuttle, Mary A 585 
 
 Tuttle, Mary E 615 
 
 Tygeson, Isaac 605 
 
 Tyler, Callie 587 
 
 Tyler, Charlotte 627 
 
 Tyler, David 625 
 
 Tyler, Elizabeth 490 
 
 Tyler, James 629 
 
 Tyler, John 59, 76, 83, 100, 103 
 
 Tyler, Ruth M 638 
 
 Twigg, Lillian 540 
 
 Uhline, George 595 
 
 Underbill, Mrs 579 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 703 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Unkelbach, Amelia Louise 512, 628 
 
 Unklebach, Anna E 520, 576 
 
 Unkelbach, Charles August . . . 520 
 
 Unklebach, Elsie Helen 577 
 
 Unkelbach, Elsie Helena 530 
 
 Unkelbach, Hilda Atheila 572 
 
 Unkelbach, Hilda Oilie 615 
 
 Unkelbach, Marx Joseph 514 
 
 Unkelbach, Ottilia Hilda 512 
 
 Unwin, Eunice E 600 
 
 Upton, Elizabeth Godfrey .... 620 
 
 Upton, Mabel Gertrude 556 
 
 Upton, Sadie Elizabeth 577 
 
 Vail, Alfred 592 
 
 Vail, Mrs. Alfred 581 
 
 Vail, Amanda O. Eno 636 
 
 Vance, Agnes 544 
 
 Vance, Johnston 544 
 
 Vance, Robert Cummings .... 544 
 
 Vance, Robert J 639 
 
 Van Dyke 91 
 
 Vanhorn, Jennie May 510 
 
 Van Pelt, Dorothy Alma 635 
 
 Varian, Ehza B 582, 596 
 
 Vensil 621 
 
 Vensil, Arthur 627 
 
 Vensil, Mrs. Arthur F 568 
 
 Vensil, Catherine 562 
 
 Vensil, Frank Ernest William . . 488 
 
 Vensil, Mortimer 623 
 
 Verguson, Charles M 632 
 
 Vergason, Freddie J 632 
 
 Vergason, George Alfred 500, 626 
 
 Vergason, George C 628 
 
 Vergason, Jane B 601 
 
 Vergason, Jane E 506, 567 
 
 Vergason, Jane Nash 502, 567 
 
 Vergason, Julia M. ...496, 566, 595 
 
 Vergason, William E 626 
 
 Vesey 42 
 
 Vibberts, Albert William 500 
 
 Vibberts, Clara Muir 534 
 
 Vibberts, Cornelia Ann 492, 565, 626 
 
 Vibberts, Henry Lester 498 
 
 Vibberts, Lester A 592 
 
 Vibberts, Mary Louisa 624 
 
 Viets, Alexander I94 
 
 Viets, Eunice i94 
 
 Viets, John I94 
 
 Viets, Lois I94 
 
 Viets, Roger 58, 75, 76, 84, 136, 184, 
 194, 240 
 
 Vines, Alice M 572, 611 
 
 Vines, George 418 
 
 Vines, George S S82 
 
 Vines, Mabel Helen ..522, 573, 617 
 
 Vines, Marie Jane 58s 
 
 Vines, Maria Louisa 571, 613 
 
 Vogel, Ottho 532 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Vogel, Otto D 634 
 
 Voigt, August 6go 
 
 Voight, Henry Augustus 500 
 
 Volkner, Albert William 500 
 
 Voltz, Conrad 624 
 
 Vynne, George William Sea- 
 bourne 510, 628 
 
 Wacksmuth, Frederica 593 
 
 Wade, Howard Francis 538 
 
 Wadsworth 288 
 
 Wadsworth, Abigail 245 
 
 Wadsworth, Harriet 433 
 
 Wadsworth, Sally Wardwell . . 433 
 
 Wadsworth, William 433 
 
 Walder, Carl Wiegand 500 
 
 Walder, Gohanette 500 
 
 Walker 39 
 
 Walker, Annie E. B 589 
 
 Walker, Annie Madeley 590 
 
 Walker, Arthur Henry 504 
 
 Walker, Charles 500, 626, 633 
 
 Walker, Cora Belle 520, 632 
 
 Walker, Francisca 627 
 
 Walker, Frank 500, 602 
 
 Walker, Frank, Jr 631 
 
 Walker, Frederick 546 
 
 Walker, Harriet 588, 639 
 
 Walker, Harriet Ann 502 
 
 Walker, Harriet Ehzabeth 514, 629 
 
 Walker, Herbert F 636 
 
 Walker, Mrs. Herbert H 587 
 
 Walker, Herbert W 587 
 
 Walker, Jane 500 
 
 Walker, Joseph 500 
 
 Walker, Leshe George 548, 638 
 
 Walker, Raymond Ernest 550 
 
 Walker, Thomas 635 
 
 Walker, Thomas D 613 
 
 Walker, William Henry 500 
 
 Walkner, Francisca 508 
 
 Walkner, Frederick William . . 504 
 
 Wallace, George 631 
 
 Walritier, Alexander 592 
 
 Walter, Elizabeth 600 
 
 Walter, William 108 
 
 Wann, Ernest F 601 
 
 Warburton, James 638 
 
 Ward, Ada Elizabeth 544 
 
 Ward, Augustus 287, 302 
 
 Ward, Ethel 548 
 
 Ward, Eunice Miriam 558, 640 
 
 Ward; Irene 540 
 
 Wardl^ James Mills 554 
 
 Ward, Lucy Mary 530 
 
 Ward, Mary 577 
 
 Ward, Moses 51 
 
 Warden, Mrs 582, 627 
 
 ■^Vardwell, Sally 433 
 
 Warner, Alanson 287, 292 
 
7°4 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 486, 621 
 
 Warner, Augustus 
 
 Warner^ Betsey 584, 
 
 Warner, Charles A 287, 
 
 Warner, Cornelia 
 
 Warner, Elizabeth J 
 
 Warner, Emma 399, 
 
 Warner, Emma G 
 
 Warner, Julia A 490, 
 
 Warner, Norman 490, 564, 
 
 Warner, R 
 
 Warner, Mrs. William 
 
 Warner, William B 
 
 Warren, David M 592, 
 
 Warren, Helen M 
 
 Warren, Joseph ..156, 157, 186, 
 
 Washburn, E. A 343, 344, 
 
 Washington, George 91, 
 
 Waterbury, J. H 
 
 Waters, Catharine 
 
 Waters, Elizabeth 
 
 Waters, Elizabeth Lydia 
 
 Waters, Frederick 
 
 Waters, George W 
 
 Waters, Maude C 
 
 Waters, Sarah 
 
 Waters, William 
 
 Watkins, Alice 
 
 Watrous, Josephine 
 
 Watson, Mrs 
 
 Watson, Abigail Andrews .... 
 
 Watson, Dorothy Alice 
 
 Watson, Edward Lewis 
 
 Watson, Edwin Lewis 
 
 Watson, Elsie Bennett 
 
 Watson, Henry S 576, 
 
 Watson, Ida May 516, 
 
 Watson, Jennie 
 
 Watson, John 149, 224, 242, 243, 
 
 Watson, John Rollins 
 
 Watson, Mary J 568, S98, 
 
 Watson, Mildred Ellen 
 
 Watson, Richard L 
 
 Watson, Sarah A. K 
 
 Watson, William 169, 242, 243, 
 S83, S8S, 
 
 Watts, Hannah 220, 240, 
 
 Wayne, Edith D 
 
 Wayne, Edith T 
 
 Wayne, Elizabeth C 
 
 Wayne, Henry C 466, 
 
 Wayne, Henry N. 6, 7, 149, 280, 
 411, 413, 414, 420, 422, 426, 
 466, 536, S38, 540, 542, 544, 
 556, 574, 587, 611, 612, 613, 
 
 Wayne, H. T 
 
 Wayne, James M 
 
 Wayne, Mary L. NicoU 
 
 Wearne, Elizabeth Annie 
 
 564 Wearne, William Charles 546 
 
 589 Webb, Fannie Shergold 589 
 
 291 Webb, Hannah Maria 467 
 
 591 Webb, Mary 613 
 
 593 Webb, Thomas 589 
 
 628 Webster, 488 
 
 564 Webster, Ann McCloud 243 
 
 564 Webster, Charles 566 
 
 622 j Webster, Charles J 593 
 
 197 Webster, David 139, 243 
 
 582 Webster, Edwin John 502 
 
 626 Webster, Emily 565 
 
 623 Webster, Emily Jemima 544 
 
 641 Webster, Elz. Hazelwood 571 
 
 221 Webster, Francis H. . .48S, 544, 606 
 
 349 Webster, Francis Joseph 636 
 
 107 Webster, Frank 568 
 
 343 Webster, Frank H 637 
 
 Webster, Henry M 486, 622 
 
 Webster, John 134, 243, 247 
 
 Webster, Laura A 504, 567 
 
 579 Webster, Lovina Elizabeth . . . 538 
 
 563 Webster, Lydia 243 
 
 641 Webster, Mary 565 
 
 579 Webster, Mary S 594 
 
 622 Webster, Ozias L 630 
 
 636 Webster, Rhoda Lovina 564 
 
 618 Webster, Sarah 579 
 
 583 Webster, Sarah A 622 
 
 242 Webster, Sarah Ellen 566 
 
 548 i Webster, Stephen .... 149, 165, 243 
 
 S77 j Webster, William B. . .532, 579, 633 
 
 532 1 Webster, WiUiam H 563 
 
 552 [ Weckesser, Minnie 599 
 
 619 I Weekel, Christian 625 
 
 631 I Weeks, Desdemona Maria .... 499 
 
 593 Weeks, F. Edward 595 
 
 246, Weeks, Fanny Rebecca 498 
 
 277 Weeks, Julia M 583 
 
 S18 Weeks, Julia V 607 
 
 630 Weeks, Leona 498 
 
 560 Weiant, Genevieve 588 
 
 611 Weigett, Bernard 593 
 
 589 Weir, EHzabeth 588, 589 
 
 261, Welch, Almeda Ella 490 
 
 633 Welch, Arthur Seabury 488 
 
 244 Welch, Francis Denison 486 
 
 573 Welch, George Marshall 486 
 
 587 Welch, James 622 
 
 587 Welch, Theodore E 593 
 
 467 Welch, William H 608 
 
 410, Weldon, Ebenezer 243 
 
 428, Weldon, Luther 243, 262, 277, 278 
 
 546, Weldon, Olive Collins 243 
 
 614 Welles, (Wells) Abigail Hurl- 
 
 587 but 242 
 
 466 Welles, Absolom 243, 247 
 
 466 Wells, Albert S 568, 594 
 
 544 Wells, Alice 581 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 70s 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Wells, Amy Lee 504 
 
 Wells, Ashbel 563 
 
 Wells, Christopher 564 
 
 Wells, E. Livingston 350 
 
 Welles, Edith Lesley 550, 575 
 
 Welles, Edwin Stanley 153 
 
 Wells, Elizabeth 564 
 
 Wells, Elsie 518, 570 
 
 Wells, Francis 579 
 
 Welles, Hannah 245 
 
 Welles, Hannah Goodwin 447 
 
 Wells, Harriet 592 
 
 Welles, Louise M 589 
 
 Wells, Mary 563 
 
 Welles, Mary A 592 
 
 Welles, Mary Roxanna 447 
 
 Wells, Noah 78, 79, 108 
 
 Welles, Oliver 447 
 
 Welles, Prudence 238 
 
 Welles, Robert 243, 245 
 
 Wells, Rodney H 631 
 
 Welles, Roger 169, 309 
 
 Welton, Adeline 579 
 
 Welton, Carrie E 500, 566, 595 
 
 Welton, Chauncey P 630 
 
 Welton, Dwight O. ..500, 569, 595 
 
 Welton, Elizabeth 627 
 
 Welton, Ella M 500, 599 
 
 Welton, Jeannette 582, 630 
 
 Welton, Mary 630 
 
 Welton, Mary E 583 
 
 Welton, Robert 23 
 
 Welton, Selden 629 
 
 Welton, X. A 205 
 
 Wentworth, Damaris Hawes . .243 
 
 Wentworth, Shubael 243 
 
 Wentworth, Zion (Sion) 243, 246, 
 258, 262 
 
 Wenz, Bertha 577 
 
 Wenz, John 577 
 
 Wenz, Minnie 620 
 
 Wesley, Charles 25 
 
 Wesley, John 25 
 
 West, Oscar J 588 
 
 West, Sylvia 592 
 
 Westcott, Lucinda 242 
 
 Westerland, Bernard A 586 
 
 Westling, Hilda Josephina ... 518 
 
 Westling, John Albert 603 
 
 Westover, Jonas 3° 
 
 Wetmore, Augusta M. W 588 
 
 Wetmore, Ella F S8s 
 
 Wetmore, Charles Peck 588 
 
 Wetmore, Tames 24, 47, 68, 70, 71, 
 
 136 
 
 Wetmore, Jeremiah 271 
 
 Wetmore, T. S 287 
 
 Weymouth, Richard 16 
 
 Whaples 294, 197 
 
 Whaples, Asenath 220 
 
 Whaples, Blinn 287 
 
 Whaples, Curtis 287, 291 
 
 Whaples, Eh 244, 258, 262 
 
 Whaples, Elijah 244, 246, 278 
 
 Whaples, Elisha 244, 246, 247, 273, 
 
 277, 278 
 
 Whaples, Elizabeth 244 
 
 Whaples, Elizur 244 
 
 Whaples, George E 609 
 
 Whaples, Hannah 244 
 
 Whaples, Harrison E 635 
 
 Whaples, Jonathan 244 
 
 Whaples, John Bartlett 244, 273 
 
 Whaples, Lois 234 
 
 Whaples, Lucy Atkins 244 
 
 Whaples, Lydia A 631 
 
 Whaples, Margaret 244 
 
 Whaples, Reuben 244 
 
 Whaples, Sarah 234, 244, 273 
 
 Whatley, Henry 599 
 
 Whatley, Jennie Gladys S48 
 
 Whatley, Martha Davis . . . 522, 576 
 
 Whatley, Mary Agnes ....522, 575 
 
 Whatnall, Albert H 577, 590 
 
 Wheaton, Elizabeth Ives 437 
 
 Wheaton, John Robert 437 
 
 Wheaton, Joseph 429 
 
 Wheaton, Mercy Sperry 429 
 
 Wheaton, Nathaniel Sheldon 6, 7, 
 
 99, 279, 280, 281, 283, 288, 289, 290, 
 
 427, 429, 430, 431, 432 
 
 Wheaton, Sylvester 429 
 
 Wheaton, Walter James 532 
 
 Wheaton, Walter J. Jr 614 
 
 Wheeler, Mrs 580 
 
 Wheeler, Byron Charles ..550, 639 
 
 Wheeler, Charles Clinton .... 617 
 
 Wheeler, Charles H 580 
 
 Wheeler, Dwight Lean 546 
 
 Wheeler, Eliza 629 
 
 Wheeler, Elizabeth 638 
 
 Wheeler, Elizabeth Ida 538 
 
 Wheeler, Ethel Irene 558 
 
 Wheeler, Frederick 538, 575 
 
 Wheeler, Gervase 331, 333 
 
 Wheeler, Henry J 583 
 
 Wheeler, Herbert James 554 
 
 MHieeler, Ida Noravella 542 
 
 Wheeler, Lewis 596 
 
 Wheeler, Mabel Beryle 548 
 
 Wheeler, Robert Edward 558 
 
 Wheeler, Ruth Evelyn 575 
 
 Wheeler, Sarah 627 
 
 Wheeler, Walter A 63s 
 
 Wheelock, Henry T 602 
 
 Wheelock, Lizzie J. (Canfield) 582 
 
 Wheelock, Mary L 632 
 
 White 16 
 
7o6 
 
 INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 White, Abigail S 586 
 
 White, Burton Abel S75 
 
 White, Calvin 104 
 
 White, Charles J. 417, 418, 478, 479, 
 48s, 508, 569 
 
 White, Deborah 223 
 
 White, Deborah R 572, 612 
 
 White, Dorothy Raymond 536 
 
 White, Earnest Harold 530 
 
 White, Edith SSO 
 
 White, Eleanor 550 
 
 White, Elizabeth Haywood . . . 602 
 
 White, Emily Selina 508 
 
 White, Frederick J 613 
 
 White, Gertie Maria 628 
 
 White, Harold Andrews . . .530, 577 
 
 White, Henry 90, 627 
 
 White, Horace 354, 449 
 
 White, John H 574 
 
 White, Lewis Bell 518 
 
 White, Mary A 568, 571, 638 
 
 White, Mary Ann (Sweet)... 508 
 
 White, Mary S 589 
 
 White, Sally 242 
 
 White, William 31, 32, 92, 100, no, 
 
 III, 595 
 
 White, William Livingstone . . 518 
 
 Whitefield, George 25, 74, 75 
 
 Whiting 29s 
 
 Whiting, Elizabeth 593 
 
 Whiting, H. W 291 
 
 Whiting, John 39, iig 
 
 Whitman 79 
 
 Whitmore, T. S 291 
 
 Whitmore, William Russell . . . 492 
 
 Whitney, Roy Albert 619 
 
 Whittaker, Thomas 33 
 
 Whitter, Joannah 433 
 
 Whittier, Leroy Francis 611 
 
 Whittlesey, Dorothy Kellogg. . 245 
 
 Whittlesey, Eliphalet 78, 245 
 
 Whittlesey, Lemuel 245, 246 
 
 Wiard, Martin S 388 
 
 Wickstrom, Jeannie 631 
 
 Wiegelt, Julius 625 
 
 Wielannt, Charles ^ 593 
 
 Wiggins, John Hensley 582 
 
 Wilberf orce 33 
 
 Wilcox, Almira Jane 500, 570 
 
 Wilcox, Catherine 581 
 
 Wilcox, Elizabeth K. H 588 
 
 Wilcox, Hephzibah 221, 222 
 
 Wilcox, Katheryn Putnam . . . 550 
 
 Wilcox, Lilla Anna 504 
 
 Wilcox, Lillian Anna 609 
 
 Wilcox, Lois 238, 239 
 
 Wilcox, Mary Peck 560 
 
 Wilcox, Paul Peck 588, 615 
 
 Wilcox, Sarah 236 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Wildman 370 
 
 Wilkins, Isaac 106 
 
 Wilkinson, Ella Beegle 638 
 
 Willard, Annie Mary 452 
 
 Willard, Betsey Ann Wyse . . . 452 
 Willard, William Dorson .... 452 
 
 Willey 343 
 
 William, Charles 502 
 
 William, King 54, 121 
 
 Williams 490 
 
 Williams, Abner 628 
 
 Williams, Alma E 607 
 
 Williams, Caroline 589, 590 
 
 Williams, Charles Gibson 552 
 
 Williams, Doris Elizabeth .... 556 
 Williams, Emily Trowbridge .. 112 
 
 WilHams, Ephraim 112 
 
 Williams, Eunice 221, 222, 224 
 
 Williams, Frederick Louis .... 548 
 
 Williams, Gladys Annie 544 
 
 Williams, Gideon 140 
 
 Williams, Helen Elizabeth 538 
 
 Wilhams, Henry 623 
 
 Williams, Honour 221 
 
 Wilhams, Isabella G. H 590 
 
 Wilhams, John 5, 7, 105, 112, 114, 
 288, 329, 337, 343, 348, 358, 379, 
 388, 400, 401, 411, 442, 452, 455, 
 464, 563, 564, 56s, 566, 567, 568, 
 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 623, 632 
 
 Wilhams, Julia 221 
 
 Wilhams, LiOian Ethel 558 
 
 Williams, Luther Boardman Jr. 615 
 
 Wilhams, Mary 224 
 
 Wilhams, Mary A. W 589 
 
 Williams, Martha Robbins . . . 221 
 
 Wilhams, Moses 221 
 
 Williams, Thomas T 623 
 
 Wilhams, Vertis W 614 
 
 Williamson, Atkin 20 
 
 Wilhs, Elbridge 556, 640 
 
 Willoughby, Hugh 15 
 
 Willward, Elizabeth 610 
 
 Wilson 26 
 
 Wilson, Amanda 566 
 
 Wilson, Bessie Corinna . . . 528, 634 
 
 WilsoUj Caroline D 619 
 
 Wilson, Elizabeth 581 
 
 Willson, Emma B 622 
 
 Wilson, George 634 
 
 Wilson, Jane 563 
 
 Wilson, Jessie 595 
 
 Wilson, John 570 
 
 Wilson^ John G 626 
 
 Wilson, Mary 566 
 
 Wilson, R. G 580 
 
 Winchell, Nathaniel 137, 140 
 
 Winchell, Sherman S98 
 
 Winchell, Solomon 140 
 
INDEX OF PERSONS. 
 
 707 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Winchel, Thankful 237 
 
 Winchester, Mrs 296 
 
 Winchester, Charles H 636 
 
 Winchester, George 578 
 
 Winchester, George W. 291, 297, 
 
 303, 305, 407, 469 
 
 Winchester, Mary 578 
 
 Winslow 70, 136 
 
 Winslow, John Ambrose 598 
 
 Winthrop, Fitzjohn 41 
 
 Winthrop, John 18 
 
 Wise, see Wyse 
 
 Wisse, Johanna Sophie 600 
 
 Wolcott, (Woolcot) Justus 245,246 
 
 Wolcott, Oliver 99 
 
 Wolfall, Master 15 
 
 Wolf, (Wolff, Wolfe) Bertha 
 
 Frances 637 
 
 Wolf, Charles 610 
 
 Wolff, Charles Oliver 614 
 
 Wolff, Ellen M 590 
 
 Wolff, Doris Ethel 552 
 
 Wolfe, Harriet Newell 496 
 
 Wolf, Pauline 604 
 
 Wollman, Annie S 590 
 
 WoUtnan, Clarence Bernadotte 544 
 Wollman, Francis Kenneth . . 548 
 Woolman, Walter Raymond . . 552 
 
 Wollman, William 612 
 
 Wollman. William Harold 542 
 
 Wolski, Gustav 634 
 
 Wood, Ada L 563 
 
 Wood, Agnes Melvina 534, 572 
 
 Wood, Mrs. Almon N 588 
 
 Wood, Charles T 628 
 
 Wood, George F 594, 636 
 
 Wood, M. Josephine 488, 564, 592 
 
 Wood, Ursula 449 
 
 Woodcock, Emma 500 
 
 Woodcock, Mary Ellen 500 
 
 Woodcock, William 50° 
 
 Woodford, Norman . . 292, 398, 399 
 
 Woodruff, Norman 287, 291 
 
 Wooldert, Hulda 572 
 
 Woodruff, Asahel H 593 
 
 Woodruff, Robert 244 
 
 Woodruff, Ruth 244 
 
 Woodruff, S 292 
 
 Woodruffs, The 245, 256 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Woodward, Helen J 641 
 
 Woodward, Rachel 579 
 
 Woolley, (Wolley) Charles .. 19 
 
 Wooley, George 285, 318, 321, 324, 
 
 328, 472, 473, 578, 622 
 
 Wooley, Loisa J 578 
 
 Wooster, Joseph A 628 
 
 Wostenholme, James 602 
 
 Wragg, Annie Isabel 598 
 
 Wright 90 
 
 Wright, Benjamin 245 
 
 Wright, Catherine G 591 
 
 Wright, David 168, 245 
 
 Wright, Elizabeth 462 
 
 Wright, Elizabeth Culver 245 
 
 Wright, Grace 588 
 
 Wright, Hannah 224 
 
 Wright, Ida May 618 
 
 Wright, Joseph 245, 266, 277, 278 
 
 Wright, Lena M 633 
 
 Wright, Louisa 524 
 
 Wright, Mary 226 
 
 Wright, Mortimer 588 
 
 Wright, Richard S96 
 
 Wright, Wilham 585, 623, 639 
 
 Wright, William Wallace 526 
 
 Wuckelt, Anna Magdalena . . . 500 
 
 Wuckelt, Emilie Louise 500 
 
 Wyse, Betsy Ann 452 
 
 Wyllie, Alfred 610 
 
 Wyman, Sarah 639 
 
 Yale, Elihu 24 
 
 Yates, Alice Sarah 508 
 
 Yates, Edward 594 
 
 Yates, Esther M 580, 638 
 
 Yates, Grace C 500, 571, 608 
 
 Yates, Minnie E 502, 571, 612 
 
 Yohannan, Serghis David .... 587 
 
 Yorke, Rose 625 
 
 Young, Annie 596 
 
 Young, Merritt Alpheus 516 
 
 Yurgens, Frederick Henry . . . 524 
 
 Zahnleiter, Adam 599 
 
 Ziegler, Mrs. Christian 588 
 
 Zimmerman, Bertha L 573 
 
 Zimmerman, Elizabeth 572 
 
 Zimmerman, Florence 572 
 
 Zoubelbudler, Bartholomew ... 25 
 
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