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PRESENT CHURCH EDIFICE. 
 
THE 
 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH 
 
 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 1748-1898 
 
 OF 
 
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 The Congregational Church of East 
 Hampton^ (Chatham,) Conn* 
 
 November 30, 1898. 
 
PROGRAMME. 
 
 MORNING SERVICE BEGINNING AT 10 O'CLOCK. 
 
 Organ Dohuitary, - - - - - - - Miss Lola Barton. 
 
 Clntl]Cm — "Send out Thy Light," .-..-. Gounod. 
 
 Scnpture JvcaMng anb prayer, ----- Rev. C. \V. Collier. 
 
 Solo— " He shall feed His flock," ---... Handel. 
 
 Miss Lois ]. Barton. 
 IDelcomc by tl]C pastor, ------ Rev. William Slade. 
 
 Duett — " Love Divine." .-----.. Siainer. 
 
 Miss May Boutelle and Mr. Newton Curtis. 
 Btstortcal Clbbrcss, ------- Rev. Joel S. Ives. 
 
 f7ymn 651 — " How firm a foundation." 
 
 Cl Skctcl^ of tt]c itfe of Her. 3obn Horton, 
 
 first Pastor of the Church. - - - . Mr. AL\rtin L. Roberts. 
 
 ^ymn 1%\ — " For all thy saints who from their labors rest." 
 
 Bcncbictton. 
 Postlubc. 
 
 Collation at Siehcrf s Hall at j2:^o o'clock. 
 
 AFTERNOON SERVICE AT 2:30 O'CLOCK. 
 
 ®rgati Voluntary. 
 
 Ctntt]Cm — " Praise ye the Father," -..--. Gounod. 
 
 Hcabtng of getters from former pastors. 
 
 Solo — " Come unto Him, ' ------- Handel, 
 
 Miss Boutelle. 
 
 abbrcss, - - Rev. H. E. Hart. 
 
 Bymn 7"0 — " Blest be the tie." 
 
 Clbbress, --------- Rev. C. W. Collier. 
 
 Solo — "Fear not ye, O Israel," -------- Buck. 
 
 Mr. Curtis. 
 
 IVorbs of Congratulation anb Hemtntsccncc, - * Rev. E. E. Lewis. 
 
 * Rev. a. W. Hazen, D. D. 
 
 prayer, - - - - By the Pastor. 
 
 Ejymn, written for the occasion by - - - - Rev. Joel S. Ives. 
 
 Scncbictton. 
 postlubc. 
 
 * Not present. Account of the Inside of the Old Church introduced. 
 
Z. X 
 
 ANNIVERSARY HYMN. 
 
 Tune: Stockwell. 
 
 Bells are ringing! Bells are ringing! 
 
 Everywhere the world around, 
 Calls to duty, calls to danger. 
 
 Peals of praise, or sadder sound. 
 
 Toil and skill have wrought the music, 
 Willing hands and earnest thought; 
 
 Year to year has told the secret 
 Closely kept and dearly bought. 
 
 Hearken ! What is now the message ? 
 
 " Holiness unto the Lord!" 
 Hear, Our Father, while we praise Thee, 
 
 With Thy blessing speed The Word. 
 
 As the Lake pours out its treasure, 
 
 Failing not from year to year. 
 So Thy saints have brought their worship. 
 
 Sire and son, in holy fear. 
 
 Witnesses are 'round about us; 
 
 Holy mem'ries stir within. 
 Comforter, Divine Redeemer, 
 
 Cheer our hearts, forgive our sin. 
 
 Heavenly blessings, never lacking, 
 
 Thou hast given in the Past: 
 Blessings more abundant ever 
 
 Grant us, even to the last! / 
 
REV. WILLIAM SLADE, 
 Acting Pastor, 1S97. 
 
Introduction. 
 
 fN SENDING out this record of our Anniversar}% it seems 
 fitting that there should be a word of introdudlion. For 
 several years the people of the church had been looking 
 forward to their one hundred and fiftieth birthda}^ hoping to 
 celebrate it in some becoming manner. At the annual church 
 meeting on January 13, 1898, the following resolution was 
 proposed by Deacon H. D. Chapman, and passed: 
 
 Resolved, That this church observe the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary 
 of its organization with services appropriate to the occasion, and that a com- 
 mittee be appointed to act with a committee of the society, to make all suitable 
 arrangements and provisions for the proper carrying out of this resolution. 
 
 The committees were appointed, whose names will be found 
 in this volume. They all worked with enthusiasm and fidelity. 
 These committees together formed a general committee, which 
 appointed sub-committees. A. A. Bevin was chosen chairman 
 of the general committee; S. Mills Bevin served as clerk, and 
 H. D. Chapman as treasurer. If one were to single out a 
 committee for special praise among all who did so well, it would 
 be the collation committee. They prepared in Siebert's Hall a 
 repast most abundant and attracPtive for a multitude of friends 
 who could not come, and then these hard working women 
 did outwit the weather, carrying through the feast without 
 financial loss. 
 
 It w^as at first proposed to have the celebration on the 28th 
 of September, before the boisterous weather of late fall. It 
 was found, however, that our historians wished more time for 
 their work, and especiall}' desired the Anniversary to occur on 
 
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 the adlual date, November 30th, when the church would com- 
 plete its century and a half. This date was therefore chosen, 
 and more time given for preparation and investigation. Indeed, 
 the thorough work represented in this book could hardly have 
 been done by busy people except by extending the time. 
 
 At last the day came, and what a day! The Sabbath before 
 had warned us of what might be, for as the pastor looked from 
 his study window he could not see the beautiful church spire 
 till near 12 o'clock, so thick was the air with drifting snow. 
 Even the sexton staid at home from church that day. There 
 was a little pleasant weather, then came Wednesday, the 30th, 
 with another blizzard. The streets were filled with drifts. 
 The trains were blocked and several hours late. Some brave 
 descendants of brave John Norton reached us from Willimantic 
 and Portland. These, with those who had come to town the 
 night before, represented the outside world of all the friends 
 who had planned to rejoice with us. The people were disap- 
 pointed, but decided to go on with the exercises. We shall 
 not forget the generosity of those who with their horses and 
 sleighs brought the stranded ones to the church. Nor will 
 some forget the ride on an ox sled from Barton Hill to the 
 church. But all regretted especially the disappointment of 
 those whose health or years prevented a ride over the drifts 
 and in the storm to a service they had been looking forward 
 to with so much pleasure. This day was probably an "old- 
 fashioned winter," come back to make more vivid the days of 
 long ago, a specimen of the environment in which our fathers 
 struggled for existence, but a day in which we had a service 
 of inspiring memories, music, and devotion. 
 
 The exercises proceeded as the programme indicates, with 
 the exception of the words of reminiscence and congratulation. 
 These were omitted. Rev. A. W. Hazen, of the North Church, 
 Middletown, being ill, and Rev. E. E. Lewis, of Haddam, being 
 kept at home by the storm. In place of these addresses the 
 pastor introduced an interesting description of the inside of the 
 old church, given him by Miss Julia A. West, granddaughter 
 of Rev. Joel West. It would be quite impossible to reproduce 
 the impromptu speeches at the table. They were made by the 
 Rev. F. W. Coleman, of the Methodist Church; Rev. C. W. 
 Collier, a former pastor; David Strong, a former resident of 
 
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 the town, and Rev. Joel S. Ives, pastor from 1S74 to 1883, and 
 were a fine combination of laughable and sober thoughts, with 
 some very remarkable stories effectively told. 
 
 There was in the vestry a fine collection of relics and memen- 
 toes, of which a full catalogue was made, and a sermon by the 
 Rev. John Nof ton was printed from an ancient manuscript and 
 served as a souvenir of the day. 
 
 There is an appendix added to the record of the Anniversary 
 which we trust will be especially valuable, since it gathers as 
 far as possible the names of those whose lives and devotion 
 have made the spiritual substance of this venerable church. It 
 gathers, too, the petitions and old papers that record the begin- 
 nings of church and town life, and there are short sketches of 
 deacons whose faithful lives have kept the faith steady and 
 strong. But it remains for some future chronicler to write 
 more fully the story of this church and town, for church and 
 town grew on together. The business meetings of the church 
 were the business meetings of the town. In those meetings 
 they provided for the first public schools as well as for the 
 preaching of the gospel. This volume is therefore only a 
 beginning towards a fuller knowledge of those days of first 
 things, of hard work, and faith in God, of which the present 
 town of Chatham reaps the fruits. 
 
 Special appreciation and thanks should here be extended to 
 Martin ly. Roberts and S. Mills Bevin for their continuous and 
 faithful work in gathering the materials that make the appen- 
 dix such a valuable store of history for those who have this 
 town as their home or their birthplace. 
 
 East Hampton, August i, 1899. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON, 
 
 Prayer 
 
 [^^ORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations; 
 before the mountains were brought forth or ever thou 
 hadst formed the earth or the world, even from everlast- 
 ing to everlasting, thou art God. We feel like crying with 
 thy servant of old: What is man that thou art mindful of him, 
 or the son of man that thou visitest him ! We are but of yes- 
 terday, but thou dost endure throughout all generations. Our 
 little systems have their day; they have their day and cease to 
 be, and thou, O L,ord, art more than they! Into this refuge 
 of th}^ power, thy care, thy love, at this time we would retreat. 
 
 P'or we remember at this time that the kingdom is thine; not 
 ours, but thine; for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the 
 glory, forever and ever. The church is thine; it was born not 
 of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, 
 but of God. Thou didst redeem it wnth the precious blood of 
 Christ. And we vi'ould thank thee, not only that thou didst 
 bring thy church to pass, but that thou hast preserved it also 
 through the tempests of the ages, that thou hast brought to 
 naught the wrath of man that stormed against it, and hast 
 prevailed, too, over the weakness and frailty of thy people. 
 As thou didst feed thine ancient people with manna, and as 
 thou didst open fountains for them in the wilderness, so hast 
 thou nourished thy people unto this day with manna from on 
 high that has sustained their souls. 
 
 We thank thee for the unspeakable heritage that has come 
 to us through th}- church; for apostles, prophets, martyrs; for 
 hol}^ men of old who spoke as they were moved by the Holy 
 Ghost, for the revelation of thyself made to men through them; 
 we thank thee for the services of thy house, for the place of 
 worship, that our faith is not of yesterdaj^ but has been hal- 
 lowed by holy men through ages; we thank thee that we, too, 
 can join therein, can unite our voice with that of thj- church 
 universal in its unbroken anthem of gratitude and prai.se. 
 
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 We thank thee for this particular church, that thou didst 
 call it to take its place in thy great church universal. Through 
 it thou hast greatly blessed this community; thou hast minis- 
 tered to it the water of life, thou hast greath' enriched it with 
 the river of God; thou hast blessed all these homes through it; 
 thou hast blessed the bridal hour and made it sacred; thou hast 
 comforted thy people in the hour of death. We thank thee 
 for all thou hast done in this very house. Wert thou to make 
 these walls to speak they would tell of rich ministrations of 
 thy grace: for here thou hast again and again met with men 
 far from thee; thou hast melted the ston}^ heart, thou hast 
 wrought penitence, thou hast forgiven sin, thou hast broken 
 the bonds of sin, thou hast sent them away with a new song 
 in their mouth. O that men would praise the Lord for all his 
 wonderful works! How often, O thou comforter of thy people, 
 hast thou comforted thy people here! They have come to thy 
 house with strength exhausted, with courage almost gone, but 
 thou didst renew their strength, thou didst make them to run 
 and not be weary and to walk and not faint, thou didst make 
 their hearts to mount up like eagles, thou didst restore their 
 souls. Thou hast hallowed this place, not with hol}^ oil as 
 of old, but through the abundant ministration of thy grace, 
 through which thou hast endeared it to thy people as no 
 stranger could tell. 
 
 And now we pray for the continuance of thy blessing. Thou 
 dost call us to-day to thanksgiving and praise for what thou 
 hast wrought in the past, yet thou wilt hear our petitions. 
 Thou hast carried this tli}" church lo these many 3^ears, carry 
 thou it for the da}'s to come! Let there be underneath the 
 everlasting arms! Manifest thyself here that thou hast not 
 changed, that thine arm is not shortened that it can not save! 
 Repeat the days of old, and show that th}' blessings are indeed 
 new ever}^ evening and fresh ever}^ morning! Fulfill in the 
 daj's to come that which thou hast begun, those intimations 
 thou hast given in what thou hast already done, and may this 
 church be as a field which the Lord has blessed, like a tree 
 planted bj^ the rivers of water, like a branch of the true vine 
 of which thou thyself art the husbandman! 
 
 In particular we pray that sound wisdom and the Spirit of 
 God may ever dwell with th}- people. May the love of God 
 
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 continually be shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost. 
 Guide thou its pastor; may he liv-e, move, and have his being 
 in God and in the love and confidence of his people. Working 
 together in the fellowship of thy Gospel, may they bring forth 
 much fruit. May there be born into thy kingdom continually 
 such as shall be saved, reclaim to thyself those who fall, fill all 
 this thy church with the spirit of Christian service, and may 
 they count it their chief privilege to walk with Christ and 
 serve thee. So through the years to come, as thou dost per- 
 fedl the lives of thy servants and minister to them of thy 
 grace, may they in turn minister to thy church of such as thou 
 hast given them, that through thy church there may flow here 
 rivers of living water, of which men shall drink unto eternal 
 life. Hear thou our prayer: yet not according to our words 
 alone, but according to thy church's needs. We ask in faith. 
 For thy church is dearer to thee than to thy servants, dear as 
 the apple of thine eye and graven on thy hands. In Christ's 
 name we pray. Amen. 
 
REV. JOEL S. IVES, 
 Pastor, 1874-1883. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Historical Address. 
 
 The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Con- 
 gregational Church, East Hampton, Conn., November 30, 
 1898. 
 
 ^^*Y^^ who does not take an interest in his ancestors does 
 J|§/ not deserve to be remembered by his posterit3^" 
 Every Christian takes an added interest in recount- 
 ing the mercies of a covenant keeping God during the days of 
 old. And while clouds of witnesses are around about us, 
 we will listen to the story — -the trials and the triumphs of this 
 century and a half, while this church has maintained among 
 these hills and valleys the ordinances of the Gospel in accord- 
 ance with the Pilgrim faith and form. We are fortunate in 
 being able to celebrate this anniversary upon the very date 
 when this church was organized one hundred and fifty years 
 ago. 
 
 It was then the Town of Middletown and the County of 
 Hartford. On this east side of the Connecticut river there 
 was already a church, called East Middletown Parish — now 
 Portland — the church having been organized October 25, 1721. 
 But the excellence of the water privilege caused by the over- 
 flow of our beautiful Pocotopaug pond, with its deep and 
 never failing springs, attradted settlers hither, who built a 
 forge for the smelting of iron ore brought from West Point, 
 N. Y., and as iron was in much demand for ship building a 
 considerable business was done. In 1825 a new forge was 
 built, and also a scythe factory. 
 
 A petition, dated " Midleton, April 29th, 1743," signed by 
 twenty-five names, states that the ' ' nearest of us " were ' ' five 
 mile distent ' ' and ' ' most of us seven mile ' ' from the ' ' place 
 of publick worship," and that they had hired "by the appro- 
 bation of the societ^^'s committee" a person "approved to 
 preach amongst us for more than six mouths the last year," 
 
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 and therefore ask relief from one-half the taxes imposed by 
 the societ}'. The twenty-five names are as follows: 
 
 John Clark, Thomas Lewis, Hezekiah Russ, 
 
 Samuel Wadsworth, Stephen Griffith, David Bailey, 
 
 John Bevin, Junr., Jonathan Baley, Ebenezer Clark, 
 
 Jabez Clark, Joseph Parke, Shubal Lewis, 
 
 Josiah Cook, William Clark, William Norket, 
 
 William Norket, Junr., Isaac Smith, Ezra Andrews, 
 
 James Johnson, Daniel Young, William Bevin, 
 
 Seth Knowles, Caleb Johnson, John Markham. 
 Isaac Williams, 
 
 A second petition was sent to ' ' the Honourable Assembly of 
 his Majestyes Colony of Connedlicut to be held in New Haven, ' ' 
 signed by thirty-six names, and dated 0(ftober 8, 1744. This 
 states that the former petition was granted, and that some of 
 the petitioners are ten miles distant from a place of worship, 
 "and the Rhoads we are to travel in are very Rough and Bad 
 to Travel in," and while mindful of their " poor circumstances" 
 they are still hopeful of being able to support a minister, and 
 therefore petition that they be set off as a societj^ — the definite 
 bounds being stated — with all the powers of such ecclesiastical 
 societies. The following names appear on the second petition, 
 but not on the first: 
 
 John Clark, Junr., Aaron Clark, Samuel Eggleston, 
 
 Zaccheus Cooke, David Cerby (?), Elisha Cornwell, 
 
 Solomon (?), James Cady, David Anderson, 
 
 Giles Hall, Hamlin John Hall, George Hubbard, 
 
 Isaac Thompson, Mary Johnson, Hezekiah Russ, Junr. 
 
 A third petition, presented b}' Benjamin Stillman as agent, 
 dated April 29, 1746, declares that certain rights were given 
 in answer to the petition of 1744, that they had employed a 
 minister for eleven months each year, that they had increased 
 in strength, and that as "the Society" was about to build a 
 new meeting house, and their taxes would be increased, they 
 ' ' humbly request ' ' that they may be ' ' sett off from said society 
 and be a distinct ecclesiastical society," and to this end that a 
 committee be appointed to view the circumstances and report 
 to the assembly. 
 
 At the 0(5lober session the right was given to lay a tax of 
 fourpence an acre on all laid-out lands for the next three years 
 for the settlement of a minister and the building of a meeting 
 
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 house, full rights of a societ}^ having been given and the name 
 East Hampton having been decided upon, probably because 
 some of the settlers were from Eastham, Barnstable County, 
 Massachusetts. At the Ocftober session of 1748, on petition of 
 the society "now about to settle the Rev. Mr. Norton in the 
 work of the ministry among them, and asking liberty of this 
 assembly to embody into church estate," it was "Resolved, 
 that the}- have liberty, and are hereby granted liberty to 
 embody into church estate with the approbation of the neigh- 
 boring churches." The 30th of November, 1748, marks the 
 date of the consummation of that purpose, which had thus 
 been ripening since the spring of 1743; and even earlier, for 
 the first petition shows that there had been regular preaching 
 here in the year 1742. 
 
 This was then the Third* Societj- of East Middletown, the 
 second being the Middle Haddam Society, organized September 
 24, 1740. In 1767 this part of Middletown, east of the river, 
 was incorporated as a separate town and named Chatham, from 
 Chatham, England, because of the importance of the ship- 
 building. In 1842 the town of Portland was incorporated. It 
 w'ould have been a great improvement if at that time East 
 Hampton had appropriated the name Chatham. I wonder if 
 it is too late for that improvement now ! 
 
 While the building of the forge at the outlet of the lake was 
 the reason for a settlement in this part of the then town of 
 Middletown, it is the bell business which has given distindlion 
 to the place and has been the cause of its prosperity, although 
 ever}' one must regret that the skill and toil of many years 
 have not brought larger wealth to the community. 
 
 It appears from the records that William Barton was in 
 Colonel Flower's regiment of Artillery Artificers during the 
 War of the Revolution, with the rank of Captain, and also 
 that his son William served as an assistant to his father. The 
 son later worked in the Springfield Armory, and in 1808 moved 
 to East Hampton and commenced the manufacture of hand and 
 sleigh bells. He first conceived the idea of hollow castings, 
 which enters now so largely into many branches of trade; but 
 it was never patented, although there were "millions in it." 
 It is a remarkable fadt that for many 5^ears all the cast sleigh 
 
 * Middletown sixth. 
 
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 bells of North America were made in East Hampton or by East 
 Hampton men. The trade seems to be indigenous. 
 
 William Barton, son of Capt. William and Sarah (Sage) 
 Barton, was born November 26, 1763, in Kensington, Conn. 
 He married, February 14, 1790, Clarissa, daughter of Ezekiel 
 and Betsy (Peno3'er) Betts, born in Sharon, Conn., February 
 10, 1768. He was probably the first manufadlurer of sleigh 
 bells, making them then in two parts and soldering them 
 together. It is said he would make a small quantity and take 
 them to the markets, carr\nng them on his person, jingling 
 through the streets, and dispose of them. He died July 15, 
 1849, universally respected and lamented. She died Odtober 
 4, 1858. 
 
 Coffin trimmings were manufa6lured here in considerable 
 quantities for several years, and for the last twenty years the 
 thread and silk industries have been important. The railroad, 
 although a necessity, has laid a heavy burden of taxation, and 
 doubtless retarded growth, which in spite of hindrances has 
 been considerable. 
 
 As a special paper is to be given upon the life and work of 
 the first pastor, the Rev. John Norton, I pass at once to the 
 history of the second pastorate. 
 
 After the death of Mr. Norton a committee, consisting of 
 Deacon Isaac Smith, Deacon John Clark, and Captain Silas 
 Dunham, were instrucfted at a society meeting held "Sept. ye 
 24th, A. D. 1778," to apply to Mr. Parsons "to preach with 
 us on probation;" and a receipt is on record, signed " Received 
 in full of ye above account, Lemuel Parsons," of sevent3'-six 
 pounds, fifteen shillings, for preaching thirteen "Sabbaths and 
 one Thanksgiving daj'." On January 5th, 1779, the society 
 voted to call Mr. Parsons to "settle with them in the Gospel 
 Ministry," upon a "settlement" of two hundred pounds to be 
 paid in four years, b}' equal installments; his salary during 
 these four ^^ears to be seventy pounds, and after the payment 
 of the settlement, eight}' pounds a year. This salar}^ and set- 
 tlement were to be paid in country produce at prices defined in 
 the call; as, for example, rye at three shillings and sixpence 
 per bushel, cheese at fourpence per pound, sheep's wool at one 
 shilling and fourpence per pound, flax at eightpence per pound. 
 There was also added to the salary twentj^ cords of wood annually. 
 
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 This was the unsettled and most trying period of the Revo- 
 lution, and Mr. Parsons, with commendable foresight, being 
 himself a Connedlicut Yankee, replied as follows: 
 
 " Beloved: — I have taken into serious consideration your call and invitation 
 to settle with you in the work of the ministry, and take this method to grate- 
 fully acknowledge your kind and generous offer, and whereas in the proposals 
 of the society no method of ascertaining what shall from time to time be 
 esteemed an equivalency in current money respecting either settlement or salary, 
 to prevent all difficulty in that respect it is proposed that this shall be fixed by 
 agreement between me and a committee of the society for that purpose chosen 
 from year to year." [The method of choosing this committee here follows:] 
 Provided the parish should consent hereto and nothing discouraging should 
 hereafter arise, I hereby signify my consent to settle with you and take the 
 pastoral charge of you. That grace, mercy and peace may be multiplied unto 
 you and yours, through the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ, is the desire 
 and hearty prayer of, gentlemen, 
 
 Your humble servant, Lemuel Parsons." 
 
 These terms were accepted, for his marriage took place the 
 same month and his ordination the following month. The 
 house in which he lived was near the site of the present par- 
 sonage. After a pastorate of twelve years he died in office, 
 and was buried in I^akeview Cemetery, where, near the north- 
 ern entrance, may be found two red sandstone slabs with 
 winged heads, upon one of which may be read this inscription: 
 
 In memory of 
 THE REV. MR. LEMUEL PARSONS, 
 Pastor of this Church. 
 His temper was cheerful, manners kind, and heart benevolent. He 
 lived beloved by relatives, dear to his people, in friendship and esteem 
 with his brethren, and respected by his acquaintance. 
 He was born in Durham, May 2d, 1753; educated at Vale College, 
 1773; ordained over this flock Feb. loth, 1779, and after a short but 
 useful course, he departed in the hope of Christian Salvation, Feb. 14th, 
 1 79 1, in the 38th year of his age. 
 
 Upon the other stone may be read, doubtless in Mr. Parsons' 
 own words: 
 
 The memory of an amiable and virtuous consort, 
 
 MRS. KATHERINE PARSONS, 
 
 who died April gth, A. D. 1780, in the 26th year of her age. 
 
 By an affectionate husband. 
 
 The Reverend Lemuel Parsons, 
 
 God adoring and in flesh mourning his own and new born son's 
 
 AEFECTING LOSS ON THIS MONUMENT IS INSCRIBED. 
 Virtuous bands of Hymen's yoke, 
 By death's rough hands can ne'er be broke, 
 Each kindred mind by grief refined, 
 With Angels joined, its mate shall find. 
 
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 In counedlion with this passionate and poetical burst of 
 affecftion must be recorded the cold fact that the disconsolate 
 widower married before the Christmas season of the same year, 
 viz., December 12th, 1780, Faith, the daughter of the Rev. 
 Ephraim and Elizabeth (Woodbridge) Little, of Colchester, 
 who survived him and married John Partridge, of Dalton, 
 Mass., April 18, 1796. The first wife was the daughter of 
 John and Ann Coe, of Durham. Mr. Parsons was fifth in 
 descent from Cornet Joseph and Mary (Bliss) Parsons, of 
 Springfield, Mass.* 
 
 It should be remembered to the credit of the parish and of 
 the ministerial brethren of the neighborhood, that just one 
 month from Mr. Parsons' death the following vote was passed: 
 "That the widow of the Rev. Mr. Parsons shall have the lib- 
 erty to supply the pulpit six months from the first of January 
 last, and will pay her according to our covenant with the Rev- 
 erend Mr. Parsons during his life, for such proportion of the 
 time as she does supply the pulpit." At the same meeting 
 Deacon Isaac Smith, Deacon John Clark, Captain James Bill, 
 Bryan Parmelee, Esq., and Ensign Gideon Arnold were chosen 
 a committee ' ' to use their discretion in hiring a candidate. ' ' 
 But their labors were not immediately successful. The church 
 was pastorless for a year and eight months. During this time 
 the Rev. David Porter, D. D. , a native of Hebron and a grad- 
 uate of Dartmouth College, and who died at Catskill, N. Y., 
 at the age of eighty-nine, after a long and successful ministry, 
 preached for several weeks near the end of 1791. 
 
 April 30, 1792, the society voted that the committee "apply 
 to Mr. West to preach with us upon probation for four 
 Sabbaths;" and May 21st they were diredled to "apply to Mr. 
 West to preach with us till the first of September next." 
 August 8th, a committee of nine men from different parts of 
 the parish were chosen to bring in proposals as to Mr. West's 
 
 * Rev. Samuel Parsons, son of Lieut. Samuel and Elizabeth (Chipman) Parsons, 
 was born in Durham, Conn., May 2, 1753. He married first, January 28, 1779, Catha- 
 rine, daughter of John Coe, of Durham, who died April 9, 17S0; he married second, 
 December 12, 17S0, Faith, daughter of the Rev. Ephraim and Elizabeth (Woodbridge) 
 Eittle, of Colchester, who survived him and married, April iS, 1796, John Partridge, 
 of Dalton, Mass. 
 
 Children by first wife: John, born March, 1780, married Abigail Faxon, Attica, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Children by second wife: Samuel, born November, 17S1; Catharine, born 1784, mar- 
 ried Dr. Charles Stewart; Nancy Woodbridge, born 1786, married Quartus Knight. 
 
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 settlement. They were George Cummiiigs, Moses Cook, Ivem- 
 uel West, Timothy Rogers, Isaac Smith, Jr., Nehemiah Gates, 
 Bryan Parmelee, Samuel Sexton, and Selah Jackson. On the 
 20th of the same month the proposal of the eastern committee 
 (Rogers, Smith, and Gates) was accepted, and at an adjourned 
 meeting, September 3, 1792, it was voted to offer two hundred 
 pounds for a settlement, with salary of seventy pounds for four 
 years, and eighty pounds after the settlement was paid. Pos- 
 sibly Mr. Parsons' health had put the parish to some expense, 
 for a proviso is added that if it became needful to hire assist- 
 ance the salary should be cut down one-half. 
 
 The Rev. Joel West was the oldest child of Captain Samuel 
 and Sarah (Hunt) West, and was born March 12, 1766, in 
 that part of Lebanon then known as " The Crank," and which 
 was in 1800 incorporated as the town of Columbia. He grad- 
 uated from Dartmouth College in 1789, and studied divinity 
 under Rev. David McClure, of South Windsor, where he united 
 with the church on confession of faith in 1790. He was licensed 
 to preach November 18, 1790, and was ordained the third pas- 
 tor of this church 0(?tober 17, 1792. His emigrant ancestor 
 was Francis West, born in 1606, in Salisbury, Eng., and was 
 in the line of John and Priscilla Alden of the ' ' Mayflower ' ' 
 company. March 11, 1794, he married Elizabeth, the daughter 
 of the Rev. Thomas and Eunice (Eathrop) Brock way, w^ho was 
 born November 28, 1774, and died September 28, 1853. It is 
 related that he brought his bride home in a carriage, the first 
 that had been seen in the place, and this with the facft that 
 she had the first carpet, awakened both curiosity and env3^ 
 Eleven children were born to them; descendants of whom are 
 still members of this church, and proofs of the vitality of the 
 "Mayflower" blood, than which no one can boast a nobler 
 heraldry. 
 
 Mr. West was a man of sunn}^ and hopeful disposition, and 
 was greatly beloved by this people. Especially during the first 
 part of the pastorate religion was at a low ebb. For years 
 there was not a member of the church upon whom he could 
 call for a public prayer. There were a few faithful women. 
 Many withdrew from the society by certificate. The half- 
 way covenant was working out its inevitable results. But the 
 faithful pastor labored on and better days came. " The Great 
 
1 8 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Revival " as it was called of iSiS and 1S19 followed, and it was 
 indeed a "New Way" throughout New England. Taxation 
 for the support of the church was gradually done away with. 
 The flood of infidelity which had swept over the countr}^ was 
 stayed. The standard of church membership was raised. 
 Fifty-two were admitted to the church, among them strong 
 men, pillars in the church, of mighty influence in the whole 
 community. I ma}- mention in this list Sparrow Smith, Elea- 
 zur Veazey, David Buell, Lazarus Watrous, Nathaniel C. Smith, 
 Willard Sears, Horace Clark, and Diodate D. West. 
 
 As indicative of the feeling of church union then prevalent 
 the following vote of March, 1819, is interesting: "That the 
 several brethren might be at liberty to invite to our communion 
 a friend belonging to another denomination of Christians, if he 
 had a desire for it." 
 
 After a pastorate of thirty-four years, the Rev. Joel We.st 
 died suddenly, Odlober 26, 1826, in the sixtieth year of his 
 age. He w^as buried in Eakeview Cemetery, only a short dis- 
 tance from his residence, the house in which his son, Diodate 
 B. West, always lived, and now occupied by his granddaugh- 
 ters, the Misses Mary A. and Julia A. West. 
 
 Childrkn of Rev. Joel West. 
 Nancy Brockway, born Oct. 28, 1795; died Nov. 15, 1795. 
 Brackett, born Feb. 21, 1797; died March 4, 1797. 
 Diodate Brockway, born July 20, 1798. 
 Eveline Orvilla, born May 19, 1800. 
 
 Delia Elliott, born April 21, 1S04; married J. \V. B. Smith. 
 Betsey Emeline, born Sept. 11, 1S06; married Justin Dickinson. 
 Brackett Mortimer, born Sept. 4, iSoS. 
 
 Alice Amanda, born April 13, 1810; died October 29, 1841. 
 Maranda Matilda, born Oct. 31, 1812; married Erastus Day, of Colchester. 
 Chittenden Griswold, born 1S14; died Nov. 5, 1814. 
 Samuel Wales, born Dec. 3, 181 5; died Jan. 22, 1846. 
 Stiles Davenport, born Oct., 1818; died Dec. 4, 181S. 
 
 Deacon D. B. West united with the church July 4, 18 19, and 
 was ele(5led deacon December 11, 1823. He died June 14, 
 1S81, being eighty-three years old, having been a member of 
 the church sixty-two years and an officer fifty-eight years — a 
 very remarkable record. 
 
 The first deacons of the church were Ebenezer Clark, John 
 Clark, and Isaac Smith. (See appendix. ) 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 1 9 
 
 The members of the association supplied the pulpit for some 
 time in aid of Mrs. West. But church affairs were evidently 
 less prosperous, for help was received during the next year 
 from the Missionary Society of Connecticut, and Rev. William 
 Case, of Chester, writing to Dr. Leonard Bacon, at that time 
 the secretary, says: "Aid from your society will probably be 
 the means of saving them from an entire deprivation of the 
 privilege of the gospel." The grand list of the communit}^ 
 was then $6,481, viz., Baptists $546, Methodists $570, Con- 
 gregationalists $2,468, with no society $2,895. The pjopulation 
 was about 1,000. 
 
 March 14, 1828, it w^as voted that "the members of this 
 meeting feel a willingness to settle the Reverend Timothy 
 Stone in the work of the ministry if they can obtain the sum of 
 ninet3'-six dollars from the domestick Missionary Society, and 
 raise a sufficient sum by subscription to pay him his salary." 
 Deacon Warren A. Skinner was appointed a committee to 
 secure this aid, and his letter to Dr. Bacon says: "By the 
 utmost exertions we shall raise two hundred and ten or twenty 
 dollars. With this and the aid of $96 a year for five years we 
 shall be able to settle the Rev. Timothy Stone." Mr. Stone's 
 salary was fixed at three hundred dollars. 
 
 The Rev. Timothy Stone was born in Goshen, in the town of 
 Lebanon, May 29, 1774, where his father, of the same name, 
 was pastor from 1766 till his death in 1797. His mother was 
 Eunice, daughter of the Rev. vSolomon Williams. At the age 
 of thirteen, while preparing for college, he suffered a stroke of 
 paralysis from which his organs of speech never fulh' recov- 
 ered. For this reason he studied for .some time the art of 
 painting with the celebrated John Trumbull, also a native of 
 Lebanon. Afterward, becoming a subjecl of Divine Grace, he 
 resolved to enter the ministry, and placed himself under the 
 instruction of President Dwight and lived in his family. No- 
 vember 20, 1803, he was ordained pastor of the church in 
 South Cornwall. In 1804 Yale conferred upon him the degree 
 of M. A. x\fter a pastorate of nearl}- twenty-five years he was 
 dismissed, and installed pastor here June 4, 1828. 
 
 Mr. Stone's letters to the Missionary Society give various 
 facls of interest. It would appear that the first vSabbath 
 School was begun during 1828, and that in the same year a 
 
20 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 temperance society was formed. During a revival in 1829, 
 "more than sixty, including all classes and denominations, are 
 now indulging a hope of regeneration." In 1830 he writes it 
 is "becoming more and more manifest" that the "church 
 could not prosper on union principles." In 1831, that "fif- 
 teen years ago the Baptists threatened to swallow up the Con- 
 gregational Church." In the same letter: " my good members 
 and my deacons have been too fond of mingling with the 
 Methodists in their meetings, allured by the cheering sound 
 of Christian union." Also he saw that he "damped their 
 devotion ' ' by discountenancing women taking part in prayer 
 meetings and by insisting upon the direction of the meetings. 
 The "ardent brethren" evidently' made it somewhat uncom- 
 fortable for the pastor, and he was dismissed February 7, 1832, 
 being " cordiall}^ recommended as a faithful and worthy min- 
 ister of Christ to confidence and employment." 
 
 Mr. Stone was a man of great simplicity of character and 
 singleness of purpose. Owing to the ill-health of his wife she 
 did not remove from South Cornwall, and after his dismission 
 he returned there, where he died April 14, 1852, being held in 
 high respect by all. The Rev. Timothy Dwight Porter Stone, 
 late of Springfield, was his son. 
 
 It is very interesting to remember that we have two living 
 representatives of Mr. Stone's pastorate — Mr. John William 
 Burke Smith and Mrs. Alice S. (Bevin) Child, who united 
 with the church in 1833 — sixty-five years ago! Mr. David 
 Watson Watrous and Mrs. Laura A. (Markham) Skinner are 
 next in age, having united with the church in 1842 during 
 the pastorate of Mr. Smith. Mrs. Amanda M. Clarke, Mrs. 
 Belinda Bevin Veazey, and Mrs. Ameha A. Watrous have 
 also been members for more than fifty years, having united 
 with the church in 1846, while the Rev. William Russell was 
 pastor. 
 
 Questions of Old School and New School — East Windsor or 
 New Haven — began about this time to agitate the theologians. 
 Samuel Ives Curtis was employed to supply the vacant church. 
 Middlesex Consociation was Old School and Mr. Curtis had 
 graduated from New Haven. Mr. Parsons, of East Haddam, 
 and Dr. Harvey, of Westchester, were champions of the " faith 
 once delivered to the saints" on East Windsor Hill, but not to 
 
REV. SAMUEL I. CURTIS, 
 Pastor, 1S32-1837. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 21 
 
 Dr. Taylor at New Haven ! Middlesex Consociation was true 
 to its convicftious and refused ordination; the church was true 
 to its purpose and called a council, which ordained Mr. Curtis, 
 the fifth pastor. 
 
 Samuel Ives Curtis, the son of Ivah and Hannah (Ives) 
 Curtis, was born in Meriden, March 5, 1S03; Yale Seminary, 
 1829-32; approbated to preach by New Haven East Association, 
 1 83 1, and ordained here November i, 1832. He was dismissed 
 November 21, 1837. Served the church at North Woodstock 
 about two years, when he was called to the church in Union 
 in April, 1839, and was installed there April 12, 1843, remain- 
 ing as pastor till his death, March 26, 1880. 
 
 October 2, 1832, he married Rebecca T. Hough, of Walling- 
 ford, who with her daughter Ann was killed by lightning in 
 her home in Union, Fast Day, March 25, 1842. Her son, Rev. 
 George Curtis, is pastor at Mayville, North Dakota. His 
 second wife was Eliza, the daughter of the Rev. Jesse Ives, 
 one of the first pastors of the Congregational Church in Mon- 
 son, Mass. Their onlj^ child was Samuel Ives Curtis, Jr., 
 born February 5, 1S44; Amherst, 1S67; and now Professor of 
 Biblical Literature in Chicago Theological Semrnary. His third 
 wife was the granddaughter of the Rev. Daniel Grosvenor. 
 
 It was during this pastorate that the square pews were re- 
 moved from the church. There was a marked revival during 
 
 1833- 
 
 After an interim of six months the Rev. Rufus Smith began 
 to supply, June 10, 1838, and "an ecclesiastical council was 
 convened at the house of Mr. Harvey Arnold, September 18, 
 1838," and after "a thorough examination" it was voted to 
 proceed with the ordination exercises on the following day. 
 He was the son of Matthew and Anna (Strickland) Smith, of 
 Chaplin, Conn., and was born x\pril 26, 1795. He was for a 
 time a physician in Griswold, afterward studied theology at 
 Yale, and was approbated to preach by the New London Asso- 
 ciation, May 30, 1836. 
 
 He was a stricl disciplinarian and had high views of the 
 powers of a pastor. His formula for the pra^^er meeting was: 
 "Brother West, will you pra}-? Brother Skinner, will j'ou 
 remark?" Deacon West told me that upon returning from a 
 meeting at Wethersfield he kneeled down to pray in a prayer 
 
22 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 meeting without being called upon by Mr. Smith, but wa.s at 
 once stopped with the decided remark, " I must have order in 
 my meetings." I have been also told that Mr. Smith asked 
 the brethren to meet him at the Arnold house where he lived, 
 a certain Sunday noontime, with the remark, " I want to con- 
 sult with you, but I shall do as 1 choose in the matter!" He 
 w^as gr'eatly troubled by Abby Kell}' and "her followers." 
 And no doubt he had just cause. In closing his report to the 
 Missionary Society he says, " This will be a good society: when, 
 the Lord only knows!" Two years later he writes, " In degree, 
 the susceptibilities of this people to novelty and ultraism are 
 certainly unusual. The wisdom of Solomon and the strength 
 of Samson would not hold them with bit and bridle." Poor 
 man, how little he understood human nature! In 1842 he 
 reports that they had almost succeeded in raising funds to 
 build a new church. In 1844 he is more hopeful, and believes 
 the society will be able to get along without aid and also build 
 a church. Ill health and the evident fridlion between himself 
 and certain members of the church induced him to ask for a 
 dismission, which was granted June 24, 1845. He had no 
 other pastorate, and died in East Hartford, June i, 1854. 
 
 Although there are these recollections and records which 
 cause us to smile, his seven years' pastorate was evidentl)^ pro- 
 du(5live of blessing and helpfulness. There was need doubtless 
 of a strong hand and a firm loyalty to Congregational principles 
 and methods. And it should be remembered that the church 
 has never after this needed aid from the Missionary Society. 
 The whole amount granted between 1827 and 1844 was $1,339. 
 The offerings to Home Missions from this church have been 
 more than twice the amount of aid rendered, while the total 
 charities are more than nine times that amount. 
 
 Early in October, 1845, the Rev. William Russell, son of 
 Alden and Sarah (Andrews) Russell, and great-great-grandson 
 of the Rev. John Norton,* the first pastor, began his work 
 
 * Rev. John Norton married Eunice Hitchcock. 
 
 Son, John Norton, Jr., married Ede Clark. 
 
 Daughter, Sarah Norton, married Elizur Andrews. 
 
 Daughter, Sarah Andrews, married Alden Russell. 
 
 Son, William Russell, married, May lo, 1842, Sarah Elizabeth Brown, of New 
 Haven. Children: Hattie Hamlin, born March i, 1S44; Sarah Norton, born July 6, 
 1847; Minnie Williams, born November 22, 1851. 
 
REV. LEUMAS H. PEASE, 
 
 Acting Pastor, 1S56-1S58. 
 
CONGREGATIONAI^ CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 23 
 
 here and was installed the seventh pastor, Ocftober 14, 1846. 
 He was born in Stratford, Conn., February 15, 1815; Yale, 
 1837; Yale Divinity School, 1841; and was ordained pastor at 
 Wakeman, Ohio, December i, 1842. Difficulties arose regard- 
 ing the location of the new church, and at his request he was 
 dismissed Oclober 11, 1855. He was pastor at New Ipswich, 
 N. H., for three years, and preached at Sherman, Conn., from 
 i860 to 1862. Because of a severe asthmatic trouble, he relin- 
 quished further ministerial service and obtained a clerkship in 
 the Treasury Department at Washington, where he remained 
 till 1 886, and died in Washington, March 17, 1889. 
 
 The Rev. lycumas Hoyt Pease, born in Colebrook, Conn., 
 January 20, 181 1, supplied about a year and a third between 
 1856 and 1858. During the war ( 1861-1865) he was chaplain 
 of Ellsworth's Avengers (a New York regiment), and was also 
 in the Christian Commission. From 1865 till his death. May 
 20, 1887, he was seamen's chaplain at New Orleans, and made 
 frequent visits here, at which time it was often the custom of 
 the Sunday School to present him with a National flag for his 
 Bethel. His strong individuality and kindly disposition will 
 make him long remembered. 
 
 Many candidates were heard and several calls were extended 
 before November 24, 1859, when a unanimous call was ex- 
 tended to the Rev. Henry Alanson Rus.sell, who was installed 
 the eighth pastor, December 14, 1859. He was born in Pros- 
 pecfl, Conn., August 14, 1826; Yale Divinity School, 1853; 
 ordained pastor of the First Church, Winsted, April 19, 1854, 
 and was dismissed from that church August 25, 1858. After 
 a pastorate of four and one-half years he was dismissed June 
 28, 1865, and served the churches in Centerbrook and Cole- 
 brook, Conn.; Moers, N. Y.; and Cabot, Vt., and is now resid- 
 ing in Winsted in honored old age. 
 
 Another marked figure in the pulpit of this church was the 
 Rev. Gustavus Dorman Pike, who was here about two years, 
 but made many visits to the place during his employment by 
 the American Missioiiary Association. He was born in Tops- 
 field, Mass., August 6, 1831; Dartmouth, 1858; Andover, 1861; 
 ordained pastor of the Olivet Street Church, Nashua, N. H., 
 April 23, 1862. He traveled extensively with the Fisk Jubilee 
 Singers in their campaigns which secured over $70,000. He 
 
24 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 died in Hartford, January 29, 1885. His quaint and racy words 
 will not soon be forgotten. 
 
 The ninth pastor was the Rev. George Whitefield Andrews, 
 born in Wayne, Ohio, February 4, 1833; Oberlin, 1858; Ando- 
 ver, 1867; ordained pastor of this church, November 13, 1867. 
 At his request he was released from pastoral duties, November 
 14, 1870, that he might go south for his health. He was after- 
 ward formally dismissed by the Consociation, and remained in 
 the emplo}^ of the American Missionary Association. He is 
 now Professor of Theology in Talladega College, greatly hon- 
 ored and beloved. It was during this pastorate, in 1866, that 
 the parsonage was built (at a cost of $3,000). 
 
 Rev. Burritt Augustus Smith, born in Oxford, Conn. , August 
 4, 1820; Yale, 1843; preached for three years, and a half till 
 April, 1874. After teaching in Middletown from 1875 to 1883, 
 he removed to Worcester, Mass., and died there June 16, 1899. 
 
 The tenth pastor, Rev. Joel Stone Ives, began May 17, 1874, 
 and was ordained September 29, 1874. He was born in Cole- 
 brook, Conn., December 5, 1847, the son of Rev. Alfred E. and 
 Harriet (Stone) Ives; Amherst, 1870; Yale Divinity School, 
 1874. After being dismissed 0(ftober 31, 1883, he was in- 
 stalled at Stratford, Conn., November 20, 1883, and was dis- 
 missed October 31, 1899, to accept the ofhce of Secretary of the 
 Missionary Society of Connecticut. 
 
 Rev. Edward Payson Root, born in Montague, Mass., August 
 4, 1844; Amherst, 1871; Yale Divinity School, 1875; ordained 
 pastor at Hampden, Mass., June i, 1876; dismissed December 
 28, 1883; was installed the eleventh pastor, Februarj^ 7, 1884. 
 Being dismissed in 1891 because of ill health, he has since 
 supplied churches in Colorado. Odlober 19, 1887, the Young 
 People's Society of Christian Endeavor was formed with Mr. 
 Root as president. 
 
 From June, 1891, to May, 1893, Rev. Henry Holmes, born 
 in St. Paul, Minn., June 30, 1861, studied at Carlton College 
 three years, and graduated at Hartford Seminary, 1892, served 
 the church and was ordained June 7, 1S92. He has been pastor 
 at Wauwatosa, Wis., since 1893. 
 
 Rev. Christopher W. Collier, born at Westbury, Wiltshire, 
 England, February 23, 1866; Williams, 1892; Harvard, 1893; 
 Yale Divinity School, 1896, w^as ordained at North Adams, 
 
REV. BURRITT A. SMITH, 
 Acting Pastor, 1S70-1874. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 25 
 
 Mass., January 3, 1894. Ailing pastor of this church from 
 November, 1893, to October, 1897, when he was dismissed for 
 the purpose of further stud}^ in Germany, and we are glad to 
 liave him with us to-day. 
 
 The church is now acceptably supplied by the Rev. William 
 Slade, who was born in Thetford, Vt., December 13, 1856; 
 Dartmouth, 1884; Andover, 1887; ordained pastor at West 
 Newbury, Mass., September 18, 1888; pastor at Williamstown, 
 Mass., six years; beginning service here in Ocftober, 1897. 
 
 It would be impossible to give a complete record of the church 
 membership. In 1792, there were 45 males and 59 females, 
 total 104; in 1S18, the number had fallen to 55; but 52 were 
 added in 1819; in 1833, the number was 74; in 1856, there 
 were 68 members. During the last 64 years there have been 
 419 additions — just 100 were received to the church in 1S74-83; 
 the number last January is 262, and during the 150 years the 
 grand total is probably above 700. 
 
 A few Baptist families moved here in 1775, a church was 
 organized September 10, 1784, and a building was eredled on 
 the corner southwest of this church, but it has long since been 
 removed. 
 
 Rev. Joel McKee began to hold Methodist services about the 
 year 18 17. In 1830 a meeting house was built on Miller's Hill; 
 in 1850 the building now standing near the railroad was erected, 
 and the edifice now in use was built in 1875. 
 
 The Catholics have held services for more than thirty years, 
 and have recently built a commodious place of worship on 
 Bevin Hill. 
 
 The Swedes within a few months have come into possession 
 of the building formerly owned by the Union Congregational 
 Church, where the Lutheran forms of service will be observed. 
 
 The location of the present church building was the result of 
 much discussion, and even after its completion there was not 
 satisfaction with the result, so that, together with other causes 
 which obtained in the community, the Union Church was 
 organized in 1856, twenty-five members being dismissed from 
 this church September 5th, and for more than twenty years 
 maintained a vigorous life, and not a few of the useful workers 
 in this and the Methodist churches were once members of the 
 Union Church. 
 
26 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 It is an interesting record that up to the close of the last 
 century the ecclesiastical society had charge of the schools. 
 In 1754, it was voted to lay a tax and " Sargeant " Cook, 
 Joseph Parke, and William Bevin were appointed a committee. 
 In 1758, the school was kept in the house of Jo.seph Parke on 
 Bevin Hill. In 1796, a separate school organization seems to 
 have been formed. 
 
 December 20, 1750, Captain Ebenezer Clark being modera- 
 tor, the society voted "to build a meeting house for divine 
 worship, two-thirds of the qualified voters being present," of 
 the following dimensions, "46 feet long, 36 feet in width, and 
 22 feet between joints." The question of location was not 
 easily solved. Petitions to "affix a place for a meeting house 
 for divine worship " were sent up in 1751 and in 1752. The 
 location agreed upon was near the present site, but it is uncer- 
 tain when the building was first occupied. The last vote on 
 record, for payment for the use of a private house " to meet in 
 on the Sabbath," is December 15, 1755; when it was also voted 
 to make a rate of twelve hundred pounds to pay the charges 
 already laid out on the meeting hou.se and to provide pnlpit, 
 doors, sashes, and glass, "and set said glass." The first vote 
 to seat the meeting house is July 8, 1762. And any men who 
 would assume such a delicate duty should have their names on 
 record. They were Isaac Smith, Deacon John Clark, Lieu- 
 tenant Stephen Olmstead, Captain Abijah Hall, and Ensign 
 Silas Dunham. 
 
 There were at first the square pews, galleries on the east, 
 south, and west sides, with the pulpit and its sounding board 
 on the north, under which were the seats for the deacons. 
 The 3^oung men from twenty years and upward and the youpg 
 w^omen from eighteen 3'ears and upward — when would they 
 cease to be young women? — were assigned to the galleries. 
 
 This building became dilapidated during its century of use, 
 and was injured by fire on the night of January 9, 1854. 
 Seven years previously a special meeting, of which Lazarus 
 Watrous was moderator, voted to build a new church, if suf- 
 ficient funds could be obtained. Samuel Skinner, Timothy R. 
 Markham, Amos Clark, and Amiel Abell were appointed a 
 committee thereto. Again the difficulty of location arose, nor 
 is it hard to see why there should have been decided differences 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 27 
 
 of opinion. In October, 1849, the question was left to a com- 
 mittee. The fire settled the matter that something must be 
 done, and March 4, 1854, the majority decided to build on the 
 old location, appointing Hiram Veazey, Amiel Abell, Timothy 
 R. Markham, Stephen G. Sears, Alfred Williams, Abner G. 
 Bevin, Amos Clark, Alexander N. Niles, and Henry Skinner 
 the building committee. January 2, 1855, it was voted "that 
 the meeting house be now received into the hands of the 
 society." During 1S74 the pulpit was replaced by a desk and 
 platform, the prayer meeting room was improved, and in 188 1 
 nearly $1,500 were expended in extensive repairs and improve- 
 ments. Funds are in hand toward the building of a chapel, 
 which has always been an especial need of the church. It is 
 worthy of note that eleclric lights were placed in the church 
 last spring. 
 
 Early action was taken in reference to music. May 15, 1760, 
 it was voted, "Captain Jonathan Alvord — chosen to sett the 
 psalm. ' ' Also, ' ' Seth Alvord chosen quorister. " " November 
 ye 27th, 1762, voted to sing Watts' Varshon the whole of the 
 time." Robert Shattock, Titus Carrier, and Bryan Parnielee 
 are also chosen " quoristers." In 1791 eighteen were thus 
 chosen. A pitch pipe furnished the key. This was a small 
 wooden instrument, in shape something like a long narrow 
 book, with a mouthpiece at one corner and on the opposite 
 edge slides marked for the different keys. After the hymn 
 was announced, the chorister gave out the tune, sounded the 
 pitch pipe and raised the tune. The audience would then 
 join in various degrees of harmony. Sometimes the pitch pipe 
 would make its journey quite around the meeting house from 
 one chorister to another. After this came the tuning fork. 
 Still later Silas Hills played a single bass viol, and about 1839 
 William F. Clark when only twelve years of age began playing 
 the violin in the church services. After this a reed instrument 
 was used, and the present pipe organ was obtained in 1866. 
 For some time previous to 1854 Dr. Nettleton's Hymns were 
 used, and in Odtober of that year " Psalms and Hymns," recom- 
 mended by the General Association in 1845, was adopted. 
 Sunday, May 9, 1875, "Hymns and Songs of Praise," edited 
 by Drs. Hitchcock, Eddy, and Schaff, was used for the first 
 time. This has now given place to the " Church Hymnal." 
 
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 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 The organization of this church was just as the country was 
 emerging from the War of King George II. Mr. Norton had 
 suffered a year's imprisonment in Canada. Many, doubtless, 
 of the members in those early years took part in the colonial 
 wars, but they left no record except the military titles here and 
 there. In the French and Indian wars, from 1755 to 1759, the 
 following names deserve mention, being more than one-third 
 of the members known to have served from East Middletown: 
 
 Benjamin Goff, 
 Josiah Caswell, 
 Joshua Bailey, 
 Bryan Parmelee, 
 Stephen Ackley, 
 Joseph Smith, 
 James Bailey, 
 Michael Smith, 
 
 Satnuel Goff, 
 Elkanah Sears, 
 William White, 
 Stephen Ivnowlton, 
 Titus Carrier, 
 John Norton, 
 Moses Freeman, 
 John Hailing, 
 
 James Webb, 
 James Bill, 
 Recompense Bailey, 
 Daniel Hills, 
 Simeon Young, 
 Marcus Cole, 
 Simeon Freeman. 
 
 And, also, as serving under Captain Savage in 1755: John 
 Bevin, Josiah Cook, Amos Dewey, Thomas Shepard; and 
 Lemuel Shurtleff, Samuel Mott, and Abner Norket, under 
 Captain Champion. 
 
 During Mr. Norton's pastorate the Revolutionary War began, 
 and only age prevented him from participating in it. The 
 train-band under Captain Silas Dunham started at once to 
 relieve the beleaguered citizens of Boston, but returned after 
 five days' absence. The second of^cer in this company was 
 Lieutenant Timothy Percival, who lived within the borders of 
 Middle Haddam parish, but in 1767 was set off to this parish 
 for his convenience in attending church. Benjamin Kneeland 
 was ensign and Marcus Cole clerk or orderly sergeant. Other 
 names in this roll of honor are: 
 
 Stephen Olmsted, 
 Ralph Smith, 
 Samuel Kilbourn, 
 Samuel Hill, 
 Daniel Hill, 
 Caleb Cook, 
 John Johnson, 
 Nehemiah Day, 
 Sylvanus Freeman, 
 William White, 
 Samuel Sexton, 
 
 Benjamin I-Cneeland, 
 Thomas Hill, 
 Daniel Clark, 
 Amos Clark, 
 Elijah Clark, 
 Samuel Freeman, 
 Hezekiah Goff, 
 William Bevin, 
 Daniel Park, 
 Elijah Bailey, 
 Daniel Mackall, 
 
 Lazarus Watrous, 
 Nathaniel Markham, 
 Elisha Cornwell, 
 John Norton, 
 Ezra Ackley, 
 David Cornwell, 
 Ezra Purple, 
 Joshua Bailey, 
 James Johnson, Jr., 
 Nathaniel Garnsey, 
 Ithamar Pelton. 
 
CONGREGATIONAI, CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 29 
 
 To this roll the following names are added of persons who 
 saw more or less acftive service during that trying period, but 
 it is not pretended that it is a complete list: 
 
 Stephen Ackley, 
 Stephen Ackley, Jr., 
 Hewitt Alvord, 
 Seth Alvord, 
 Ruel Alvord, 
 Soloman Bailey, 
 William Barton, 
 Samuel Brown, 
 Titus Carrier, Ensign, 
 Aaron Clark, 
 Abner Clark, died, 
 Stephen Clark, 
 David Clark, 
 Abner Cole, Lieut., 
 Hendrick Cole, 
 Moses Cole, 
 
 Samuel Cowdrey, 
 Benjamin Cobb, 
 Joshua Frank, colored, 
 John Fuller, 
 Stephen Gates, 
 Josiah Goff, 
 Samuel Goff, 
 Jabez Hall, 
 Isaac Johnson, 
 Daniel Judd, Jr., 
 Tchabod Lucas, 
 John Markham, 
 Jacob Norton, died, 
 Elias Norton, Surg. Mate, 
 Reuben Norcott, 
 William Norcott, 
 
 Sylvanus Norcott, 
 John Park, 
 Peter Parker, 
 Rowland Percival, 
 Randall Shattuck, 
 David Sears, 
 William -Stoddard, 
 Sparrow Smith, 
 Michael Smith, 
 Lemuel West, 
 Hopkins West, 
 John West, 
 John Welsh, 
 Joel Wood, 
 Philip White, 
 Thomas White, died. 
 
 In the war of 18 12, the only member of this church known 
 to have been in the service was Warren West. 
 
 The Civil War, while it called for a less sacrifice in num- 
 bers, revealed no less patriotism and valor. The names of 
 this Grand Army of the RepubHc who have been members of 
 this church are the following: 
 
 Abner A. Bevin, 1st Lieut., 
 William H. Bevin, ist Lieut., 
 David Strong, ist Lieut., 
 James M. Moore, 2d Lieut., 
 Clark Strong, Adjutant, 
 Lumas H. Pease, Chaplain, 
 John W. Skinner, Drum Major, 
 Samuel T. Rodman, 
 Stephen R. Demay, 
 
 Alexander E. Ingraham, 
 Osmer C. Hills, 
 Henry Snow, 
 Gwinnett Carpenter, 
 Nelson Flood, 
 Lorenzo D. Rich, 
 Henry T. Sellew, 
 Horatio D. Chapman, 
 D. Carlos Carpenter, 
 
 Hubert E. Carpenter. 
 
 In all these trials of faith the women were no less patriotic 
 and self-sacrificing than the men, and to record their names 
 would be to make a record of the membership of the church. 
 And while we pray for the triumph of the Prince of Peace, we 
 can see that in this world of partial things even the sword may 
 be the minister of righteousness and war the hastener forward 
 of His coming. 
 
30 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 East Hampton may rejoice not only that it has the Gospel 
 preached to it, but that it has preached the Gospel, not only in 
 the lives of holy men and holy women, whose faith and alms 
 come up as a memorial before God, but also by those, whose 
 names we mention, who have given themselves distincftively to 
 the heralding of the Good News. The Rev. Howard Norton 
 Smith,-'' great-great-great-grandson of the Rev. John Norton, 
 born December 16, 1858 — how well I remember the day he 
 united with this church, Jul}' 12, 1874; studied at Oberlin, 
 1896; ordained at Berea, Ohio, June 6, 1889; pastor at Sara- 
 toga Church, Omaha, Nebraska, 1889-91; at Rock Springs, 
 Wyoming, 1891-97; and at San Luis Obispo, California. 
 
 Amasa West, born August 15, 1775; united with the church 
 in 1803; studied at Williams; studied divinity; taught and 
 preached at Jamestown, N. Y.; approbated to preach in 1815; 
 preached in Ohio and Michigan; died in Wisconsin in 1850. 
 
 Benjamin Sears, born Feb. 10, 1771, married Ann Bigelow, 
 and removed to Delaware, Ohio. Changing his views of the 
 Christian religion, he joined the Baptist Church and devoted 
 himself to the ministry. After serving the church in Dela- 
 ware for some years he received an appointment as missionar}^, 
 and with his two sons, John and Benjamin, went to Fort 
 Wayne, Ind., where he aided in construdling a church, the 
 first church established in Indiana. 
 
 Stephen Olmsted, Jr., the son of Captain Olmsted, who was 
 buried on Miller's Hill in the same plot with the Rev. John 
 Norton, was born in this parish, and for forty 3'ears was a 
 Baptist clergyman in Schodack, N. Y. Another son, Jona- 
 than, liberally endowed Hamilton College. 
 
 John W^atson Alvord, born in East Hampton, April 18, 1807; 
 Oberlin, 1836; for a long time was secretar}' of the American 
 Tradl Society. 
 
 Time would fail me to tell the whole story. Indeed, I sup- 
 pose if all were told the world could not contain the books. I 
 have tried to choose the most important facls. But it is always 
 
 * Rev. John Norton married Eunice Hitchcock. 
 
 Daughter, Elizabeth Norton, married Nathaniel Clark. 
 Daughter, Eunice Clark, married Sparrow .Smith. 
 Son, Nathaniel C. Smith, married Charlotte Strong. 
 Son, Henry S. Smith, married Helen M. Niles. 
 Son, Howard N. Smith. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 3 I 
 
 sad, as Dr. S. Weir Mitchell says, that " the siftings of memory 
 let so much of thought and feeling escape" that we keep little 
 more than the barren facls; and 3'et, as he says again, some 
 things live for us "the life of eternal remembrance." And 
 there is an encouragement in the words of Bacon: " Industrious 
 persons, b}' an exa6l and scrupulous diligence and observation, 
 out of monimients, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private 
 records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books 
 that concern not stor}', and the like, do save and recover some- 
 what from the deluge of time." 
 
 Have I heard someone say "the former days were better 
 than these ' ' ? Sureh^ such an one cannot have read of those 
 former daj^s. All honor to the faith, fidelity, self-sacrifice, cour- 
 age, endurance, accomplishment, of those who have gone before 
 us. We are their debtors. But they without us are not made 
 perfect. Ours is a better heritage — -as much better as the 
 fulfillment is better than the promise — the fruition than the 
 flowering. The}^ laid the foundations in the far-off past — • 
 those noble men and women, who had such "bad rhoades to 
 travel in" that they were ready to endure hardness for the 
 having of a church and a minister of their own. But the 
 temple is better than the foundations. And in the larger view 
 of the Kingdom of God, He who died for our sins sits now at 
 the right hand of God, "from henceforth expedling until he 
 ^nakes his enemies the footstool of his feet. ' ' The Expectant 
 Christ is upon the Throne. 
 
 We look across the landscape and only the tops of the hills 
 attract our vision. In the backward glance of history it is 
 the prominent events which hold our attention. Fortunately 
 we try to find the best things in the past to remember. But 
 it we stud}^ the landscape the valleys are as important as the 
 mountains, and as surely as the universe is slowly moving 
 towards its great center, so the lives of men, for the Cosmos 
 is made up of particulars, are moving toward ' ' the far-off, 
 divine event" — the perfected Kingdom of God. 
 
 In this accomplishment the faithful life of an individual is 
 of uncounted worth, by how much more the one hundred and 
 fifty years of a Christian Church! 
 
32 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 A Sketch of the Life of the Rev. 
 John Norton. 
 
 Clo the ITTembers of ihe (Eongrcaattotial i£l]nrcb in tEast Bampton anb tbetr 
 ^rienbs asscmblcb upon tlie (Due liunbrcb i:in'ii ^iftictl] clnntrcrsary 
 of its 0raanization, Greeting: — 
 
 TOUR anniversary committee during the past summer ex- 
 tended me an invitation to prepare and read upon this 
 occasion a paper relative to the Hfe and labors of the 
 first settled pastor of your church and parish, the Rev. Mr. 
 John Norton, and his family. Though the preparation and 
 reading of such papers was somewhat out of my line of busi- 
 ness, I accepted the invitation and endeavored to obtain from 
 reliable sources all the information respecting them that was 
 available. That this paper is deficient in many important 
 particulars, will be apparent to you all, but the deficiency is 
 entirely due to the loss of important records upon those points, 
 as every possible clue that gave any promise of throwing any 
 light upon the subject has been closely followed, either by 
 myself or some of his descendants, who have generously given 
 me the benefit of their investigations, and to whom let me 
 here express my sincere and heartfelt thanks for the kindly 
 interest they have taken in the matter. 
 
 Mr. Norton was born in the parish of Kensington, in the 
 present town of Berlin, but which was at the time of his birth 
 a part of the town of Farmington, Conn., November i6, 1715. 
 He was the fourth son and child of John and Anna (Thompson) 
 Norton, of Kensington, grandson of John and Ruth (Moore) 
 Norton, of Farmington, and great-grandson of John and Eliz- 
 abeth ( -) Norton, whose name appears upon the first 
 
 page of the first book of records of the town of Branford, Conn., 
 in connection with the sale of land, and who was one of the 
 eighty-four original proprietors of that township. The family 
 is of Norman descent, and the first of the name, La Seur de 
 Norville (afterward changed to Norton), came into England 
 
ALONZO CLARK, 
 
 1822-1876. 
 
 Sexton of the Church for nearly 30 j^ears. 
 
 MARTIN L. ROBERTS, 
 
 HIRAM BARTON, 
 
 1799-1878. 
 
 For many years a member of the church 
 
 choir. Son of Wm. Barton, founder of the 
 
 Bell business, IJast Hampton's principal 
 
 industry. 
 
 FRANCIS GRISWOLD EDGERTON, M. D., 
 1797-1870. 
 The beloved physician who for more than 40 
 years practiced medicine in East Hampton 
 Parish and vicinity. 
 
CONGREGATIONAI, CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 33 
 
 from Normandy in 1066 in the celebrated filibustering crew of 
 William the Conqueror as his constable, at that time an office 
 of high military rank. The place to which the family traces 
 its planting after crossing the English Channel is at Sharp- 
 enhow, a hamlet of Bedfordshire. Mr. Norton was of the 
 sixteenth generation that have been definitely traced in this 
 country and England, but their pedigree has been questioned so 
 far as it relates to some of the early families in England, but 
 of its correctness in relation to the family since they settled in 
 America, there can be no doubt. His father was a well-to-do 
 farmer and resided on the main road leading from Middletown 
 to Farmington, near what is known as Mill River crossing. 
 He is sometimes mentioned in the Farmington records as John 
 Norton, 3d, and also as Sergeant John Norton, which fadl 
 shows that he held that rank in the train-band, as the militia 
 was at that time designated. The ancestors of his mother were 
 prominent among the early settlers of Hartford and Farming- 
 ton. No materials from which any particulars or incidents 
 relating to his early life could be gathered have been found, 
 and it is fair to presume that his early years were passed amid 
 such scenes as were common to the youth and young men of 
 that period, nearly all of whom were compelled by the mere 
 force of circumstances to toil early and late upon the farm, 
 which was the main dependence of the people of that time. 
 
 He graduated at Yale College in the class of 1737, being at 
 that time in the twenty-second yesLV of his age. It is not defi- 
 nitely known, but the probabilities are that he was prepared 
 to enter that institution by the Rev. William Burnham, who 
 at that time was the pastor of his native parish. He studied 
 theology probably at Springfield, Mass., as the records of that 
 place show that he was a resident there soon after his gradua- 
 tion, but the name of his tutor has not been ascertained. He 
 was ordained at Deerfield, Mass., on the 25th day of Novem- 
 ber, 1 74 1, as the pastor of a church that day organized for the 
 parish of Fall Town, then a part of the town of Deerfield, but 
 since then incorporated as a separate town by the name of 
 Bernardston. 
 
 Bernards-town or Bernardston at the time Mr. Norton was 
 ordained was, as has just been mentioned, called Fall Town. 
 It was thus designated because it was granted to the soldiers 
 
34 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 or the descendants of those soldiers who were in the fight with 
 the Indians at the Great Falls in the Connedliciit River, May 
 i8, 1676. The first meeting of the proprietors of this township 
 was held on the 23d of September, 1741, at the house of lyieut. 
 Sheldon, when it was voted to invite the Rev. John Norton to 
 settle in the ministry, and he have ^200 as a settlement, half 
 in money, half in work, and a salary of ^130 for the first five 
 years, afterward to be increased ^5 a year until it should 
 amount to ^170. Mr. Norton accepted this invitation, and 
 as before stated was ordained on the 25th of November, 
 1741. 
 
 The Rev. Jonathan Ashley, of Deerfield, preached the ordi- 
 nation sermon from the fifteenth chapter of Romans and the 
 thirtieth verse: "Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord 
 Jesus Christ's sake and for the love of the spirit, that ye strive 
 together with me in your prayers to God for me. ' ' This ser- 
 mon was printed under the following title, which was taken 
 from a fine copy in the possession of the Connedlicut Historical 
 Society at Hartford: 
 
 The United Endeavors and Earnest Prayers of 
 
 Ministers and People to promote the great Design of the Ministry 
 
 Recommended in a 
 
 Sermon 
 
 Preached at Deerfield Nov. 25, 1741 
 
 Upon the gathering a Church for Fall-Town and the Ordination of 
 
 Mr. John Norton 
 
 as Pastor to the Church there 
 
 By Johnathan Ashley A. M. 
 
 and Pastor of the Church in Deerfield 
 
 to which is added 
 
 The charge given by the Reverend Mr. Benjamin Doolittle 
 
 and a Right Hand of Fellowship by the Reverend Mr. Joseph Ashley 
 
 Boston Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green 
 
 in Queenstreet 1742 
 
 ' ' Owing to the unsettled state of the times ' ' and the fad; 
 that his parish w^as situated in the angle between the military 
 line of the ConuecT:icut and that of the Deerfield, and conse- 
 quently his parishioners had as much as they could do to main- 
 tain their families in a war already commenced, and raging to 
 that extent that in some cases the women were necessitated 
 to bear arms in defence of their dwellings, Mr. Norton labored 
 among them but about four j^ears, when he was dismissed, and 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 35 
 
 appointed chaplain to the hne of forts that had been recentlj- 
 built for the protection of the inhabitants living upon the west- 
 ern frontier of Massachusetts from the ravages of the French 
 and their savage Indian allies. 
 
 This line of forts consisted of " Northfield," " Fall Town," 
 "Colerain," "Fort Shirley in the Town of Heath," "Fort 
 Pelham in the Town of Rowe," "Fort Massachusets in the 
 town of Adams," and the soldiers posted at the "Collars," 
 " Shattuck's Fort," "Rhodetown," and " New Hampton," all 
 under the command of Capt. Ephraim Williams, the illustrious 
 founder of Williams College at Williamstown, Mass. 
 
 He entered upon the service of chaplain in the month of 
 February, 1746, and passed his time in one or the other of 
 the forts just mentioned, as his sense of duty to each garrison 
 might prompt or circumstances permit. His wife and three 
 small children resided in Fort Shirley', which he seems to have 
 made his headquarters. 
 
 He was at Fort Massachusetts when it was besieged and 
 captured by a large body of French and Indians, in August, 
 1746, and was taken captive with the rest of the garrison and 
 carried to Quebec, where he remained about a year, when he 
 was exchanged and returned to Boston. He wrote an account 
 of the siege and of his journey to Quebec, his captivity and 
 return, which he entitled "The Redeemed Captive," possibly 
 after a memorable precedent. The full title of this little book 
 
 is as follows: 
 
 The Redeemed Cai'tive 
 
 being a Narrative of the taking and carrying into captivity 
 
 The Reverend Mr. John Norton. 
 
 When Fort Massachusetts surrendered to a large body of French and 
 
 Indians, Aug. 20, 1746, with a particular account of the defence made 
 
 before the surrender of that Fort and the Articles of Capitulation etc 
 
 Together with an account both entertaining and affecting of what Mr. 
 
 Norton met with and took notice of in his traveling to and while in 
 
 captivity at Canada and till his arrival at Boston, on Aug. 16, 1747. 
 
 Written by himself. 
 
 Jer. 21-4. Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will turn back the weapons of war 
 that are in your hand wherewith ye fight against the King of Babylon and 
 against the'Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls I will assemble 
 them into this city. 
 
 chap. 50-33. The Children of Israel and the Children of Judah were op- 
 pressed together and all that took them captives held them fast, they 
 refused to let them go. 
 
 Lam. 1-3. Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction. 
 Neh. 7-6. The.se are the children of the Province that went up out of the 
 captivity of those that had been carried awaj'. 
 
 Boston Printed and Sold opposite the Prison 174S. 
 
36 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 There are but few copies of the original edition of this plain, 
 unattradlive, but highl}' interesting narrative of the dailj' details 
 of his captivit}' in existence, and they are in the possession of 
 public and historical libraries. The only copy of this edition 
 that I have heard of being for sale was held at the sum of $650. 
 A limited edition of one hundred copies was reprinted b}- the 
 late Samuel G. Drake, of Boston, in 1870, to which he added 
 copious notes, and that edition has now become so scarce as to 
 readily bring $5 per copy. A part of this work was also printed 
 in the appendix of Drake's Particular Histor}' of the French 
 and Indian War, 1744-1749, published in Albau}^, N. Y., in 
 1870. The greater portion of it was also reprinted, inter- 
 spersed with interesting notes and comments, in Prof. Perry's 
 "Origins in Williamstown," published in 1894. The first 
 edition of this little work, that consisted of only forty duo- 
 decimo pages, was from necessity comparatively small, arising 
 from the fadl that only his immediate friends and the friends 
 of those who were in captivity with him would be interested in 
 its publication, which fa(5t would limit its circulation to a great 
 extent and in some measure account for its scarcity. From 
 this narrative we learn that Mr. Norton left Fort Shirley on 
 Thursday, August 14, 1746, in company with Dr. Thomas 
 Williams and fourteen of the soldiers, and went to Fort Pel- 
 ham, and from thence to Captain Rice's, where he lodged that 
 night. On Frida}^ the 15th, he proceeded to Fort Massachu- 
 setts, where he states that he designed to tarry about a month. 
 This fort at that time was garrisoned by some twenty soldiers, 
 about half of whom were sick, under the command of Sergeant 
 John Hawks. On the 19th, he states that there were in the 
 fort twenty-two men, three women and five children, and that 
 between eight and nine o'clock of the forenoon they were 
 attacked by a party of eight or nine hundred French and 
 Indians under the command of Monsieur Regaud de Vaudril, 
 who having surrounded the fort on every side began with 
 hideous acclamations to rush towards it, firing incessantly. 
 This mode of warfare they kept up during the day and evening 
 and also upon the forenoon of the 20th, suffering but little 
 damage from the defenders of the fort, who w^ere short of 
 ammunition. About twelve o'clock of the 20th the enemy 
 desired to parley, which was agreed to by Sergeant Hawks,. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF p:AST HAMPTON. 37 
 
 who was given two hours to consider the matter of surrender- 
 ing. Although the Httle garrison had held -out bravelj^ and 
 only lost one of their number thus far during the engagement, 
 the fact that they were surrounded by a vastly superior force, 
 while only eight of their number were in a condition to resist 
 an attack, and they short of ammunition, induced them, after 
 praying to God for his guidance and a careful consideration of 
 their circumstances, to surrender upon the best terms they 
 could obtain. The general tenor of these terms were, that 
 they should all be prisoners to the French and that the savages 
 should have nothing to do with them; that the children should 
 live with their parents during the term of their captivity, and 
 that all should have the privilege of being exchanged at the 
 iirst opportunity. Contrary, however, to the expressed stipu- 
 lations of the articles of capitulation, a part of the garrison 
 were turned over to the Indian allies in order to pacify them, 
 as they were complaining bitterly because they had not been 
 allowed a share in the spoil. Mr. Norton strongly protested 
 against this adtion upon the part of the French, but without 
 avail, and he writes that his heart was filled with sorrow and 
 that he trembled with fear, expecling that many of those who 
 were weak and feeble would fall by the merciless hand of the 
 savages. It seems, however, that contrary to his expectations, 
 the captives who fell into the hands of the Indians were well 
 treated and kindly cared for during the long and distressing 
 march to Canada, which they took up on the morning of the 
 2ist of August, the next day after the surrender. During 
 this march Mr. Norton was in charge of Lieutenant Dumuy, 
 a French officer who had been in much active service. The 
 route by which they proceeded lay through an unbroken wilder- 
 ness to East Creek, one of the tributaries of Lake Champlain, 
 now known as Pawlet River, thence north by Lake Champlain 
 and the Sorelle and St. Lawrence Rivers to Montreal, and from 
 thence to Quebec, where they arrived on the 15th of* September, 
 having traveled the greater part of the w^ay after leaving East 
 Creek in canoes. During this long and distressing journey, 
 and after their arrival at Quebec, Mr. Norton ministered to 
 the spiritual needs of his fellow-prisoners and improved every 
 opportunity that presented itself to advise and cheer them as 
 best he could under the unfavorable circumstances in which 
 
3S CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 they were placed. On the 20th of May, 1747, he was taken 
 severely ill and was, he writes, given over to die by all who 
 saw him, that during this period his reason departed from him 
 and returned not again until the 14th of June, when he began 
 to recover and speedily regained his health, so that on the 27th 
 of July he set sail for Boston under a flag of truce, where he 
 arrived on the i6th day of August, which was he writes a day 
 of great joy and gladness to him, he having been in captivity 
 a 3^ear lacking four daj^s. 
 
 Shortly after his release from captivity he presented a peti- 
 tion to the General Assembly of Connecfticut at its 0(5tober 
 session in 1747, showing that he was taken and carried into 
 captivity, and had suffered great loss and damage, and at 
 present was much deprived of the means of living. In consid- 
 eration of this petition the Assembly voted him the sum of 
 ^100 in bills of credit, old tenor, worth at the current rates of 
 the time perhaps ^20 in silver. In January, 1748, he appears 
 to be living in Springfield, Mass., as he presented a memorial 
 to the General Court of Massachusetts at that time, dating from 
 that place, " showing that he entered into the service of that 
 province as a chaplain to the line of forts on the western fron- 
 tier, was captivated and carried into Canada by the enemy, 
 where he was detained a prisoner for the space of twelve months, 
 during which time he constantly officiated as a chaplain among 
 his fellow-prisoners, in the manner he was able under the great 
 difficulties and suffering of his imprisonment, and besides the 
 great difficulties and hardships that he endured, his family 
 were reduced to great straight and difficulties at home." He 
 prayed that they would take his distressed circumstances in 
 consideration and grant him such help and relief as they should 
 deem meet. In consideration of this petition the General Court 
 of Massachusetts ordered that the sum of ^37 los. be allowed 
 him for services as chaplain to the prisoners whilst in captivity 
 at Canada. 
 
 The records of the church and society of North Guilford, in 
 this State, show that on the ist of December, 1747, they voted 
 to treat with him as a probationer, and on the ist of March, 
 1748, gave him a call to settle with them in the work of the 
 ministry, but for some reason not recorded he did not accept 
 the call. In June, 1748, a committee from this parish applied 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 39 
 
 to the Hartford South Association of Ministers to recommend 
 them a suitable candidate to supply their pulpit, and that body- 
 advised an application to Mr. Norton. At the 0(5lober session 
 of the General Assembly following, a committee consisting of 
 Ebenezer Clark and Ezra Andrews represented that the inhab- 
 itants of this parish being now about to settle him, asked and 
 obtained liberty to be embodied into church estate, which was 
 granted provided they obtained consent of the neighboring 
 churches. It seems that there was no difficulty in obtaining 
 this consent, as upon the 3otli daj^ of November, 1748, one 
 hundred and fifty years ago to-day, this church was organized 
 and Mr. Norton duh' installed as its first pastor. The names of 
 those who officiated at his installation here have not been recov- 
 ered, but without doubt the}^ were the regular settled pastors 
 of the neighboring churches. His salary voted at a society 
 meeting held on the 9th of August, 1748, was one hundred 
 ounces of silver, or public bills of credit equivalent thereto, for 
 the three years next after his settlement, and after that to 
 add to his salary annually in the same proportion as we shall 
 advance in our lists until it shall amount to one hundred and 
 thirty ounces of silver, and that to be his standing salary. This 
 salary, one hundred and thirty ounces in silver, was equivalent 
 to forty-three pounds, six shillings and eight pence in 1759, 
 and in the present currency $i66.66f . It was also voted to the 
 Rev. Mr. Norton his firewood, to be brought to his house. The 
 amount given him as a settlement, as it was called, is stated in 
 Fields' Statistical Account of Middlesex County, published in 
 1819, as equivalent to $666. 66|, but there are no votes upon 
 record that tell how or when it was to be paid. The last men- 
 tion made of it upon the records is at an adjourned annual 
 meeting of the societ}^ held December 18, "Anno Domini" 
 1752, when it was voted "to the Rev'd. Mr. Norton fifty 
 pounds old tenor, which is in full of his settlement." 
 
 After being installed, Mr. Norton took up his residence among 
 this people and ministered unto them in spiritual things until 
 his death, with the exception of a few months in 1755-56, 
 during which time he was chaplain of the government forces 
 raised by the colony to go to Crown Point. During his absence 
 the members of the Hartford South Association supplied his 
 pulpit, the appointments according to their records covering 
 
40 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 the time from Oclober 12, 1755, to Februar}' 2, 1756. In 1760 
 he served as chaplain of the third regiment raised for the expe- 
 dition against Canada, taking the place of the Rev. James 
 Beebee of that parish in vStratford, which is now the town of 
 Trumbull, who received the appointment, but for some reason 
 failed to serve. The length of this term of service is unknown, 
 but was probably only for a short period. Mr. Norton died 
 March 24, 1778, of the small-pox, and was buried in the field 
 east of the present residence of Mr. Charles H. Strong, doubt- 
 less as was the custom of the time in such cases, at the solemn 
 hour of midnight. Seven persons victims of the same dread 
 disease are interred in the .same locality. The terror inspired 
 by the presence of that disease in a community at that period 
 can hardly be realized or understood at the present time when 
 vaccination has been substituted for the original disease. Then 
 its subjects were banished as far as possible from the abodes of 
 men while living and from the public burial places when dead. 
 Mr. Norton it is believed contracled this disease while return- 
 ing from a business trip to Middletown from some parties who 
 made inquiries of him respedling the locality, one of the number 
 being in the first stages of the disease at the time. The records 
 of the First Church in Chatham (now Portland) also show that 
 a number of persons of that parish died about that time of the 
 same dread disease. 
 
 A red sandstone slab, ornamented after the manner of the 
 times, marked his grave at the place of his interment for one 
 hundred and twenty years, \Vhen it was removed to the Lake- 
 view Cemetery and set up by the side of that of his wife. It 
 bears the following inscription: 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 The Rev. John Norton, 
 
 Pastor of the 3d Church in Chatham, 
 
 who died with the Small Pox, March 24, A. D. 177S, 
 
 In the 63d year of his age. 
 
 His remains are still at their original resting place, it not 
 being thought best at this time to have them disinterred, but 
 it is much to be regretted that his dust could not be permitted 
 to mingle with that of his kindred and the parishioners among 
 whom he mingled in the daily walks of life and to whom he 
 ministered in holy things for nearly thirty 3^ears. But while 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 4 1 
 
 ill the course of events his last resting place may be forgotten 
 by men, and the hallowed spot where his remains lie be dese- 
 crated and given over to other purposes, it cannot be forgotten 
 by Him whose watchful eye never slumbers, and in due time 
 his being shall hear the voice of the ' ' vSon of Man ' ' and come 
 forth to everlasting life. Until then, may the wild flowers ever 
 shed their sweetest perfume and the birds of the air carol their 
 sweetest songs above the hallowed place where they rest undis- 
 turbed by the din and turmoil of the busy world. 
 
 The inventory of his estate amounted to ^494 and included 
 a library of twenty-nine volumes and ninety-six pamphlets. 
 
 Mr. Norton's residence was on Miller's Hill, his house stand- 
 ing near the present residence of William I. Brooks. This 
 property containing twenty-two acres, three roods and four rods 
 of land, with houses and barns standing thereon, he purchased 
 in 1752 of Elisha Cornwell and Ann, his wife, for ^800, old 
 tenor. This was a part of lot No. 147 in what was known as 
 the three-mile division, a tra(5t of land granted to the proprie- 
 tors of Middletown in 1683 by the General Assembly. He 
 married Eunice, daughter -of Luke and EHzabeth (Walker) 
 Hitchcock, of Springfield, Mass., who was born March 2, 
 1712-13. She died May 27, 1796, in the eighty-fourth year 
 of her age, and was interred in Eakeview Cemetery by the 
 side of a son who died in infancy. She is said to have been a 
 w^oman "that looked well to the ways of her household," and 
 in every sense of the word was a helpmeet for her husband. 
 
 They were the parents of nine children, the oldest a daugh- 
 ter, Asenath, who was born in Springfield, Ocftober 13, 1738, 
 and who married, July 13, 1758, James, son of Lieut. James 
 and Kesiah (French) Bill, who was born in Lebanon, Conn., 
 February 20, 1736. He settled on some land near the north- 
 west corner of the lake, given him by his father in 1763. He 
 was very prominently associated with the affairs of the town 
 and society, and held many offices of profit and trust in the 
 gift of his townsmen. He was elecfted representative to the 
 General Assembly in the years 1782, '83, '84, '87, '89, '90, 
 '92, '95, and '98. He was one of the deacons of this church, 
 having been appointed to that office February 5, 1795, and for 
 several years was a Justice of the Peace. He served as a soldier 
 in the French and Indian war, and during the Revolution 
 
42 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 served the town upon committees to enlist soldiers for the 
 Continental service and furnish supplies for soldiers' families 
 during that trying period. She died January 2, 18 10, and he 
 Jul}' 25, 1823. Their family consisted of five sons and six 
 daughters, all but one of whom reached the years of maturity 
 and their descendants settled in various parts of the Union. 
 
 James Bill, Jr., their eldest son, settled in the State of New 
 York, and at one time represented Albany in the State Legisla- 
 ture, and later was a judge in the County of Oswego. Norton 
 Bill, their third son, studied medicine with Dr. John Rich- 
 mond, and is said to have been a physician of great promise, 
 but fell a vidlim to consumption in the twentj'-eighth year of 
 his age.* 
 
 Elizabeth, the second child and daughter of the Rev. John 
 Norton, was born in Springfield, December ig, 1740, and mar- 
 ried November 6, 1766, Nathaniel, son of Jabez and Sarah 
 (Judd) Clark, born August 7, 1743. She died May 18, 1770, 
 aged twenty-nine years and five months, leaving a daughter, 
 Eunice, who married May 3, 1787, Sparrow, son of Deacon 
 Isaac and Mary (Sparrow) Smith, whose son, John W. B. Smith, 
 is the oldest living member of this church. 
 
 John Norton, Jr., third child and first son, was born in 1743, 
 probably in Fall Town. He married September 19, 1765, Ede, 
 daughter of Jabez and Sarah (Judd) Clark, born August 29, 
 1745, sister of Nathaniel Clark, Elizabeth Norton's husband. 
 He resided near the Samuel B. Child place on Bevin Hill, and 
 for many years was the teacher of the public school and is 
 reported to have been a very stri(5t disciplinarian. In 1771 he 
 was appointed by the General Assembly a surveyor of land for 
 the County of Hartford. He was also a member of Captain 
 
 * Family Record of Deacon James and Asenath (Norton) Bill: 
 
 Asenath, born Nov. i8, 1759; married Oct. 18, 1781, Jonathan Bill. 
 
 L,ucy, boru Dec. 31, 1761; married April 12, 1784, Apollas Arnold. 
 
 James, born Feb. 4, 1764; married Aug. 31, 1783, Hannah Goodrich. 
 
 Elvira, born Feb. 22, 1766; married Jan. 17, 1793, EHzur Skinner, of Cambridge, 
 
 N. Y. 
 Erastus, born July 6, 1768; married Nov. 27, 1788, Sarah Hall. 
 Norton, born July 14, 1770; married May i, 1791, Sally Buell. 
 Clarissa, born Aug. 18, 1772; married Nov. 16, 1797, Oliver Bill. 
 Achsah, born Nov. i, 1774; died July 8, 1775. 
 
 Achsah, born , 1777; died May 3, 1812. 
 
 ^mos, born June 9, 1779. 
 Abner, born Aug. 11, 17S1. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HA:MPT0N. 43 
 
 Silas Dunham's company that responded to the Lexington 
 Alarm, as it was called in 1775. He died May 11, 1808, of 
 the gout, aged sixtj'-five years, and his widow married April 
 II, 1809, Deacon Moses Cook, whom she also survived, dying 
 February 18, 1827, in the eighty-second year of her age. 
 
 His family consisted of nine children, three sons and six 
 daughters. John, the eldest son, died in infancy, and a second 
 son of that name, born April 7, 1775, married March 7, 1798, 
 Lucy, daughter of John and Lois (Brainerd) Johnson, born 
 May 13, 1775, and removed to Otsego County, N. Y., where 
 they resided together for more than sevent}^ years before death 
 did them part, he dying in 1868 in his ninety-fourth year, she 
 dying in 1873 in her ninety-ninth year. 
 
 Jabez Clark Norton, third son of John, Jr., and Ede Norton, 
 followed the sea, and was swept from the deck of the vessel of 
 which he was in command during the September gale of 18 19, 
 and was never seen again. His grandsons, Jabez Clark Norton, 
 of Willimantic, Lieut. -Commanding U. S. Ship Pompey, and 
 James Phillips Norton, commercial traveler for the Whitnej^ 
 Paper Co., are the only living male representatives of the Rev. 
 John's family that bear the family name.* 
 
 Sarah Norton, the fourth child and third daughter of John, 
 Jr., and Ede Norton, married Elizur Andrews, of Glastonbury, 
 and removed to Stratford and was the grandmother of the Rev. 
 William Russell, who was pastor of this church from 1846 to 
 1855. Mr. Russell graduated from Yale College in the cele- 
 brated class of 1837, just one hundred years later than his 
 illustrious predecessor and ancestor. 
 
 Anna Norton, the third daughter and fourth child of the 
 Rev. John, was born at Fall Town, September 22, 1745, and 
 died in Fort Shirley, August 26, 1747. A rough stone upon 
 
 * Family Record of John Ts'oyton, Jr., and Ede (Clark) Sortoii: 
 
 Dorinda, born Nov. 19, 1766; married (i) May 17, 1795, Jesse Penfield, (2) Andrew 
 
 Shepard. 
 Lucinda, born Feb. 11, 1769; died it is said with yellow fever. 
 John, born March 3, 1771; died Mar. 17, 1771. 
 
 Sarah, born Feb. 2, 1773; married , 1793, E;iizur Andrews. 
 
 John, born April 7, 1775; married Mar. 7, 1798, Lucy Johnson. 
 
 Belinda, born April 12, 1779; married (i) Nov. i, 1797, Hezekiah Smith, (2) Thomas 
 
 Child. 
 Jabez Clark, born June 26, 17S1; married Oct. 24, 1804, Sarah Pelton. 
 Celiuda, born Jul}' 18, 1785; married Nov. 25, 1807, Erastus Carrier, of Colchester. 
 Florinda, born Jan. 3, 17S9; married (i) Mar. 28, 1808, Jesse Hubbard, (2) Isham. 
 
44 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 which was chiseled, probably by some soldier of the garrison, 
 the following inscription: 
 
 Hear lys ye body of Anna 
 
 D. of ye Rev 
 
 Mr. John Norton. She died 
 
 Aug ve aged I747 
 
 was set up at the head of her grave, and for one hundred and 
 thirty-seven years withstood the wars of the elements until the 
 day in August on which she died and the number of years that 
 she had lived became entirely obliterated. In 18S4 this stone 
 was placed in the museum of Williams College, where with 
 other relics of the old fort it still remains. Professor Perry, of 
 Williams College, writes that the tradition is still lively in 
 Heath that there used to come up from Connedlicut on an 
 occasional pilgrimage to the site of Fort Shirley, and particu- 
 larly to the grave of Anna Norton, some of her relatives, 
 probably her mother. This, he says, is very likely and may 
 well pass into an historical iaS.. 
 
 Jacob Norton, the second son and fifth child of the Rev. John, 
 was born December 15, 1748, and died in a prison ship in New 
 York during the Revolution. 
 
 Elias Norton, the third son and sixth child of the Rev. John, 
 was born Odtober 21, 1750, and died November 5, of the same 
 year. 
 
 Anne, the fourth daughter and seventh child of the Rev. 
 John, was born March 29, 1752, but of her we have no further 
 record, unless she is the person of that name who was received 
 into full communion in this church August 12, 1769. 
 
 Eunice, the fifth daughter and eighth child of the Rev. John, 
 was born 0(5tober 23, 1754, and died unmarried Ocftober 12, 
 1845, leaving her property, which amounted to about $100, to 
 this ecclesiastical society. After the death of her mother Aunt 
 Eunice, as she was usually called, resided alone in a house that 
 formerly stood near the residence of the late Matthew Haling, 
 and which with its contents was destroyed by fire during her 
 temporary absence. It was this fire that is supposed to have 
 destroyed the early records of the church and also important 
 papers that belonged to the family, which would be valuable 
 and interesting had the}^ been preserved until to-day. A new 
 house was erecled for her by subscription upon the site where 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 45 
 
 now Stands the house of Thomas O'Connell, in which she lived 
 until it was deemed imprudent for her to remain alone any 
 longer and she was removed to the house of the late Amos 
 Clark, where she died. 
 
 Elias Norton, ninth child and fourth son of the Rev. John 
 Norton, was born October 23, 1754, twin brother to Eunice. 
 He studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Mosely, of East Haddam, 
 and January 29, 1776, was appointed surgeon's mate to Dr. 
 Robert Usher, surgeon to Colonel Wadsworth's Regiment of the 
 Connecticut Eine. He eventually, however, cast in his lot with 
 the Loyalist party, and before the close of the war sought refuge 
 in the provinces. Soon after the beginning of the present cen- 
 tury he returned to Addison, Me., where he married an English 
 lady and was granted a pension of ninety- six dollars a year by 
 the government. The granting of this pension was considered 
 an unjust proceeding at that time by many persons, but it is 
 evident that the government considered the service that he 
 rendered to his country more than offset his disloyalty. He 
 died in Addison, Me., about 1846, leaving a widow who died 
 shortly afterward. I have not learned that he left any family. 
 
 There are but few records extant from which any opinion of 
 Mr. Norton's literary ability can be formed. His published 
 narrative, though a work full of valuable and interesting facfts, 
 is written in the dryest manner possible. The few manuscript 
 sermons from his pen that have been preserved show that he 
 was well versed in the dodlrinal views of the church of his time 
 and compare well in a literarj' point of view with the average 
 preacher of those days. The few records of the church kept 
 by him, that are known to be in existence, .show him to be a 
 careful, painstaking and methodical man, giving as the)' do the 
 dates of births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths that occurred in 
 the parish. It is a source of profound regret that the greater 
 portion of them are irrecoverabl}'- lost, as their aid would be of 
 inestimable value at this time, when there are so manj^ search- 
 ing among the records of the past for the story of their ancestry. 
 Upon the records of Yale College his name appears as the nine- 
 teenth in a class of twenty-four, but prior to the year 1767 the 
 names of the scholars in that institution are entered upon the 
 catalogue in the order of their famil}^ rank and give no indica- 
 tion of their rank in scholarship. The few traditions that have 
 
46 CONGREGATIONAI, CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 been handed down to us relating to his pastorate here, show 
 that he allowed no seeming lapse from dut}" on the part of any 
 of his parishioners to pass unnoticed. The absence of any of 
 the heads of families from the regular Sabbath services were 
 investigated at the earliest possible moment, and the offender 
 was sure to be severely reprimanded unless a valid excuse could 
 be found for his negledl of duty. The impression is that he 
 was a man. of sterling, substantial qualities, and that he con- 
 sidered himself as settled over this parish in every sense of the 
 word. 
 
 Thus briefly have we summarized the principal incidents and 
 events that we have been able to colle(5l, that relate to the life 
 and labors of him who was the first to ' ' tend these few sheep 
 in the wilderness, ' ' and by whom doubtless he was looked upon 
 as a man " sent from God." Lapse of time and the destrudlion 
 of early records of both the church and family have rendered 
 the task extremely difficult, but with the material that has been 
 at my command I can only say that I have done what I could, 
 the best that I could, and certainly there can be no person who 
 regrets more than myself that in some important details it is so 
 unsatisfadlory and incomplete. 
 
 And now, in closing, let me again express ni}- sincere and 
 heartfelt thanks to all who have kindly aided me in the prepa- 
 ration of this paper, and also to fervently hope that the efforts 
 of some future historian may be crowned with success in search- 
 ing for " the hidden things that remain." 
 
REV. CHRISTOPHER W. COLLIER, 
 
 Acting Pastor, 1893-1897. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 47 
 
 Address Representing the Former 
 Pastors. 
 
 ■•^tSVEAR Friends: — I do not see how I am to keep out the 
 J^ personal in what I am expe(5led to say to-day, for, as I 
 understand it, I am to represent the former pastors of 
 this church. Of course, if one is to represent them one must 
 be hke them, in some respe(5ts at least; in more than one sense 
 he must be one of them. Now I am going to assume not so 
 much that I think and feel as they do, but that they think and 
 feel as I do. So I shall speak pretty freely the feelings of m}^ 
 own heart and from my own experience. 
 
 Speaking in that way, I am sure it will have to be largely in 
 the vein of congratulation; it will consist in telling you of some 
 things that have greatly cheered and helped your former 
 pastors. 
 
 For one thing: they have taken great satisfacftion in the 
 substantial character of this church. That is the reputation 
 this church has in all the surrounding country. I used to 
 hear it at the Ministers' Association; at the conferences, and 
 when talking with individuals. Let us keep in mind that by 
 the "church" I mean the membership, not the building in 
 which we worship. Unless we keep this point clear we shall 
 run into difficulties, as did one of my friends from whom I 
 heard the other day. He had just been called to become pastor 
 of a church in this State, and he was describing the church in 
 some detail; at one point he overlooked this distincftion between 
 the church building and the membership of the church, and 
 vv^ent on to say that there were 16S members in his church, 
 built of granite! That must be a very substantial church! But 
 I am glad to say that the membership of this church, though 
 substantial, is not built of granite. This church is substantial 
 in the charadler of the men and women who constitute it; in 
 the number of its membership; in the general stability of its 
 characfter, and in the steadiness of its j&nancial concerns. And 
 this last is no mean thing. I myself can testify, so far as the 
 
48 CONGREGATTONAI. CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 minister's salary is concerned, that during ni}^ pastorate with 
 you it was ready when it was due, and sometimes it was paid 
 before. Now that is as it should be, though it is not so com- 
 mon as it should be. The community has a right to expect 
 the minister to be an example as regards money matters, and 
 it has the right to expert as much of the church. There should 
 be no institution in town more jealous of its good reputation for 
 promptness and reliability in financial affairs than the church. 
 Often the minister finds it impossible to do as he would like in 
 such affairs because of the dilatoriness of the church; but I am 
 glad to say such is not the case here, and I trust this church 
 will always be found at the farthest remove therefrom. 
 
 This substantial character of the church has been supple- 
 mented by the fine qualit}' of its spirituality, and this too has 
 been a great comfort to its pastors. There are as earnest 
 Christians here as anywhere. I shall never forget some of the 
 prayer meetings we have held together in the basement of this 
 church. Yet the spirituality of this church has come out in 
 other ways than in the prayer meeting, as goes without saying, 
 for a spirituality that shows itself there, but only there, is not 
 worthy of the name. I felt all this the first Sabbath I was 
 with you, and it drew me to you. 
 
 Yet this spirituality has existed along with a broad and 
 generous tolerance. I do not see how a preacher has the right 
 to expecft or indeed needs a greater freedom of utterance than 
 you have granted here. Personally I do not know how many 
 heresies I may have broached here, but j^ou listened and waited 
 with a patience and kindliness that as much as said, " Oh, it is 
 all right; we know what he is driving at, and he will come out 
 all right by and by!" Certainly I have said some things that 
 I would not saj^ now. Yet I believe still in the freedom you 
 grant. The Kingdom of God is not much hurt by mistakes 
 conscientiously, reverently made, no more than the oak is hurt 
 by some unusual blast. The minister is to be trusted in the 
 realm of spiritual things; if in the main he cannot be trusted, 
 then b}^ that very facft he is shown to be unfit for the Christian 
 ministry. To be sure he will make mistakes in theology and 
 religious matters, but if in the main he is the right kind of a 
 man, trtist him, give him liberty, and he will work out all right 
 in the end. Now this is what this church has done; it has not 
 
CONGREGATIOXAI. CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTOX. 49 
 
 di(5lated to its ministers. Neither has it been cursed by any 
 one man taking the reins and trying to "run" things. You 
 have been careful in choosing 3-our pastor, then you have 
 trusted him. 
 
 And you have done all this in a most kind-spirited and 
 appreciative way. Some churches let their minister alone, to 
 be sure, but they let him too severely alone. There is too 
 little sympathy exchanged, yet the best preaching and the best 
 pastoral work is dependent on the best of feeling existing be- 
 tween pastor and people. Now, personally, I do not see how 
 you could have treated a minister more kindly than you treated 
 me. Away at Yale as I was a good half of the time! And 
 my own feeling in the matter is fully shared by my wife! I 
 hope only that wherever my lot ma}' be cast, the people to 
 whom I minister may be as kindly as the East Hampton people 
 have been. 
 
 Yet in this, too, I believe I voice the feeling of the other 
 pastors. For instance, only yesterday I was talking with 
 Brother Ives about a certain church, and he said: "Why, I 
 know that church; I have preached there several times. It is 
 a good church. I have often thought it was a second East 
 Hampton on a larger scale!" Let me say I shall consider that 
 church carefully. 
 
 But this church has been appreciative as well as kindly. 
 When a good piece of work has been done, you have not gone 
 away content with sa3ang that you pay the salary promptly 
 and that this squares off that. You have not done that, but 
 by your words of appreciation you have shown your pastor 
 that his work has told, that he has accomplished what he set 
 out to do, and he has taken great satisfaction in it. Was that 
 pride on the pastor's part? Possibly; but more likely it was 
 the satisfadlion of an earnest man whose heart is in his work, 
 who longs to see some fruit of his work, to be assured that his 
 work is not in vain; for no man can do his best work and keep 
 it up constantly save in the spirit of hopefulness, and probably 
 that is nowhere truer than in the Christian nlinistr^^ Now 
 5'ou, by your appreciation of good work, when good work was 
 done, have aroused in your pastors fresh hopefulness and power. 
 That is the way to get the most and the best work out of a 
 pastor, and I trust this church will never lose sight of it. 
 
50 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 My word to-day, then, is a word of congratulation, of con- 
 gratulation on what the past has been. It is a good past. 
 This should be a day of joy, therefore, because of much work 
 well done. That is our feeling as we look back. And as we 
 look forward it is with hope. For this church in its latent 
 powers and possibilities was never stronger than it is to-day, 
 and the success of the past should be but the prelude of a suc- 
 cess greater still in the days to come, as the dawn is the prelude 
 of the coming day. God looks to you for such a future. As 
 a church determine that it shall be so, and lay hold of Him for 
 help. God bless you. He will bless you. You can and will 
 
 succeed. 
 
 C. W. COLLIER, 
 
 Pastor, 1893-97. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 5 I 
 
 Address by Rev. Henry E. Hart. 
 
 /p^/^Y RETURN to this place and anniversary was trying in 
 Y\p/ many respects. After receiving the invitation, it came 
 to me often and with a pecuHar heartache, How shall 
 I sing the lyord's song in a strange land? A friendly letter 
 came to my relief and lifted me to the duty. I come as if to 
 speak of a dear and honored friend who had passed away. 
 Your pastor introduced me happily to this occasion b}^ his 
 letter of invitation, in which he says: "Please write me that 
 you will come with your message to help us, or your memories 
 to cheer us." 
 
 My memories of the North Church are delightful. The 
 organization of that church may be likened to a river that in 
 time of high water overflowed its banks and made for itself a 
 new channel, and later, further down the stream, united itself 
 again to the original river. 
 
 The Union or North Church was organized in September, 
 1856. Public worship was continued there until May, 1880, 
 a period of twenty-four 5'ears. Twenty-five members from 
 the First Church constituted the nucleus of the new church. 
 During the twenty-four years of its existence, ninety members 
 were added on profession of faith, and nineteen by letter from 
 other churches, in all one .hundred and thirty-four members; 
 of these, fifty-two have died, twent3^-one joined the South or 
 First Church at one time, and twenty-eight were dismissed 
 and recommended to other churches. 
 
 Of money contributed, there w^ere $73.50 in 1868, $88.10 in 
 1869, with $90 given the same j^ear for the Sunday School 
 library. In 1870, $77.97 were given for various objecfts, and 
 $17 for the Home of the Friendless; $94.97 in all for 1870. 
 
 What about the pastor? He came, a j^oung man of 32 with 
 a wife ten years younger. He had preached three years to a 
 church in Litchfield County, and so had a little experience and 
 entered zealousl}^ on the work. The people cordially supported 
 and encouraged him in every proper way. 
 
52 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Of the deacons, one may say, they were plain men, emi- 
 nently faithful in their office, never troublesome or in the way. 
 Deacon Sears and Deacon Markham were good men and true; 
 they did their whole duty. And the young people! How 
 many were there! Young people of the ages from 12 to 25 
 years and a little over, a large, faithful and sincere company 
 of Christian youth. They were well behaved and orderly. It 
 is a pleasure to think of them even now and recall their relig- 
 ious experience, their fidelit}', their close and loyal attachment 
 to the church of their choice. As Miss Ella Buell once said, 
 ' ' We were all young together. ' ' 
 
 As to the dodtrines we held, they were the old-fashioned 
 orthodox kind, and we were not disturbed by new theories. 
 There w^as no Revised Version then. I was not critical, but 
 pra(ftical. We worked for results. I lived and labored to- 
 gether with them from July 29, 1866, to November, 1871. 
 
 What, now, were the justifying principles or motives in 
 organizing and supporting the North Church? 
 
 First: A regard for independent and manly adtion. The 
 South Church would not yield an inch in regard to the location 
 of the new church. They would not make any concession to 
 the wish of the North people. The company that went off 
 were somewhat numerous. Twenty-five people formed the 
 nucleus of the new church, and these with their families prob- 
 ably made the congregation of about one hundred persons. 
 Business had begun to prosper, the village was growing, and 
 altogether they felt justified in forming a new church. 
 
 Second: The separate organization of the North Church led 
 the people there to bestir themselves to a degree of adtivity 
 that would not have been possible had they continued with the 
 South Church. The independent organization called out their 
 best activity. They worked and gave, they lived, prayed in 
 secret, w'orshiped publicly, and put forth their best energies 
 for their church. They came to love their church more deeply 
 for the toil and sacrifice they gave. 
 
 Revivals: One in i860, when Rev. J. J. Bell was pastor; 
 again during the winter of 1866-67 ^"^ the first year of my own 
 pastorate, resulting in the addition of thirteen young people to 
 the church the first Sunday in July, 1867, and many at various 
 times afterward. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 53 
 
 Rev. Fred W. Chapman did excellent work for the church 
 during two years before I came, and prepared the way for my 
 period of service. 
 
 Good men were reared in the North Church, and they are 
 a power for good with you to-day. There are Deacon John 
 Watrous, too well known among you to need any recommen- 
 dation from me; Elijah C. Barton, my ever dear and faithful 
 friend; Edwin Barton, with a wife every way as good and 
 excellent as he; Robert Hall, true and good, and a host of 
 other names might be added, but especially should be men- 
 tioned those faithful helpers on Clark's Hill, Mr. Lyman H. 
 Clark and his brother Francis, who with their families gave 
 and maintained excellent and efficient choir service. 
 
 F. J. Stedman, ever memorable for his heroic attempt to 
 keep sober at a critical time, and last and noblest of all, that 
 most true and loyal brother, George H. White, now several 
 years in glory. Brother White was pure gold. He was a 
 diamond which the Master polished for his own most holy 
 service. He came out on the Lord's side, February 19, 1867, 
 the first one to thus declare himself, and ever remained one 
 on whom all the church might depend. His rest is glorious. 
 
54 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 The Inside of the Old Church. 
 
 An Interview with Miss Julia A. West. 
 
 'HE OLD CHURCH was put lip a good while before it was 
 finished. Rough boards served for seats. There was 
 no entry. The doors opened directly into the church, 
 much to the embarrassment of those who came late. There 
 were three aisles — a main aisle up the center and two side 
 aisles. A row of box pews was on the sides of the church and 
 two rows of box pews between each aisle. In these old-fash- 
 ioned pews part of the people faced the preacher and part of 
 them turned their backs to him, and some of them were side- 
 wise to the preacher as they sat around the inside of those box 
 pews. The top of the pew was of ornamental open work, and 
 these pieces of wood could be made to squeak as you turned 
 them around in their sockets. This was a delight to the 
 children, but the special privilege of the children came when 
 they stood during the long prayer and looked out over the 
 railing. 
 
 In the old da^^s there was one stove. It was in the middle 
 aisle. It was hard to tell just where the pipe w^ent to, per- 
 haps out of the window. It was very cold in the old church. 
 There were great cracks in the uneven floor, and one who sang 
 long ago in the choir used to tell how her breath froze upon 
 her veil as she sang. 
 
 The pulpit was longer than broad. It was reached by a 
 stairway on the west side of it. Three steps brought you to 
 a broad stair, from which j-ou turned and passed to the pulpit, 
 which was paneled and painted white, and had turned yellow. 
 A red cushion projetled out over the front of the pulpit. 
 Under the pulpit was a place called the "dungeon," of which 
 the children were much afraid. Over the pulpit was the 
 sounding board, shaped like an umbrella without a handle. 
 It had no visible means of support and was a great mystery to 
 the little folks, but it was probably supported in some way 
 
PARSONAGE— Erected i8 
 
 |U0l ^'^ii |IM> 
 
 iHlf 
 
 an 
 111* 
 
 Ifrr 
 
 FIRST MEETING HOUSE— Erected 1755. 
 (From a drawing made from memory by Mrs, K. K- Marcy, Evaustou, Illinois,) 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 55 
 
 from the back. This sounding board was white, and had at 
 each corner of its many sides a big carved blossom painted 
 bright red, which looked like a peony. 
 
 In the old church a stairway led from each side of the south 
 doors to the gallery. The galleries were on three sides, and 
 the choir sat in the front seats. Hannah Sears, who lived one 
 hundred and twenty years ago, is said to have remarked: 
 "There were no tunes. We took the Psalms and sung them 
 along like a chant." Some of the old singers were Betsy 
 Smith and Nabby Smith, sisters of Uncle John Smith. There 
 was Dolly Parmalee and Dempse}' Parmalee, too. They got 
 a piece of music and pricked off the notes for extra copies, 
 which they called "patent note." They often sang "Judg- 
 ment Anthem" and "Easter Anthem." When Mr. Curtis 
 was here they say he used to give out ' ' How Firm a Foiin- 
 dation" every Sunday. They had only a pitch-pipe to help 
 them in singing. 
 
 In the southeast and .southwest corners of the gallery, a few 
 steps higher than the other pews, were the "nigger pews." 
 Here sat old Phyllis, a colored woman, whom tradition says 
 was quite disturbed because she was black. She had short 
 curly hair, and to remedy the defe6l she raveled worsted stock- 
 ings and hung the yarn down the sides of her face. Later the 
 "nigger pews" were put down stairs on the west side. Then 
 it was only a plain seat with a back and near the wood room. 
 
 The church was lighted with tallow candles. The posts 
 under the galleries were dark blue. To these the candles were 
 hung. They were set in sockets with a rim to keep the melted 
 tallow from dripping down. For extra lights they brought 
 their brass candlesticks with candles in them. The tithing 
 man rapped on the floor with his stick when there was any 
 mischief or disorder, and sometimes pointed at the offender, 
 which was considered a great disgrace. 
 
 By and by things were changed inside the old church. This 
 made a great deal of talk. They partitioned off an entrj^ from 
 the main part. Two windows were put into the partition, so 
 one could look in upon the audience. They took the box 
 pews from the body of the church, leaving pews only on the 
 sides. They put in two stoves, one by the east door, the other 
 by the west door. Long pipes from the stoves met in a drum 
 
56 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 above the center of the church; then from the drum a pipe 
 went up into a very small chimney. These stove pipes leaked. 
 Square pans were wired under the joints to catch the drops, 
 but many a hat and cloak were spoiled. But, most wonderful 
 of all, they put in a whale-oil chandelier. By and by some 
 people began to carpet their pews and put in cushions. They 
 commenced to dress better and think more of themselves. 
 
 Rev. Joel West was ordained in the old church, 0(5lober 17, 
 1792. To his ordination the people came from all the country 
 round. One woman came before sunrise in order to get a seat. 
 Rev. Thomas Brockwa}- rode over from Lebanon, now Colum- 
 bia. His beautiful daughter came, too, and as she passed the 
 house soon after purchased by the young preacher ordained 
 that day, she was so much pleased with it that she said in jest 
 to her companions, "See, that is ni}^ house." Indeed, the 
 young preacher soon brought this girl of eighteen or nineteen 
 home as his bride. The house by the lake was improved till 
 it became the pride of the town, and her house at last; &nd 
 there is the cradle still in which her twelve children were 
 rocked to sleep. Perhaps no minister's wife ever made such a 
 stir as this yotrng bride made when she came to church in her 
 wedding costume. Her dress was of changeable silk of bright 
 colors and very beautiful. Over her shoulders was a red broad- 
 cloth cloak with a large hood, the whole trimmed with white 
 swansdown. And she had a white satin bonnet trimmed with 
 white swansdown. Her hair was "banged" across her fore- 
 head and hung in a long braid down her back. This woman, 
 Mrs. Joel West, of a hundred years ago, had the first carpet 
 that was ever owned in town, and what an extravagance for a 
 minister's wife! When Deacon Bill came to the parsonage he 
 did not dare step on the beautiful covering of the floor, but 
 carefully walked around the edges, thinking that carpets were 
 never made for boots. These are memories of the old church 
 and days gone by. 
 
REV. GEORGE W. ANDREWS, D. D., 
 Pastor, 1867-1870. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 57 
 
 Letters from Former Pastors. 
 
 Talladega, Ala., September 24, 1898. 
 To the South Congregational Church, East Hampton, Conn.: 
 *-|SyF.AR Friends: — I am glad to send you a word of greeting on this one 
 1^1 hundred and fiftieth anniversary. As the ancient church of Phillipi 
 ^T was Paul's first love in Europe, so you were my first love among the 
 churches of New England, and as Paul's faith and interest in that church never 
 faltered, so my interest and faith in you have ever remained steadfast. 
 
 It is always a joy for me to visit you and to know of your prosperity, spiritual 
 and material. I am with you in spirit on this interesting occasion, though far 
 separated in body. E.xcept for the Macedonian call, "Come down into the 
 south land and help us," which we heard, I believe our relation as pastor and 
 people might have been long. 
 
 It is twenty-eight years in November since we came into our present mission 
 field fresh from our good-byes and farewells with you. These have been short 
 years, full of work and full of joy in the Lord. We cannot doubt that our 
 mission here was from Him w^ho ever guides His church and His disciples. 
 
 During all these years my faith in God and His word has grown stronger and 
 stronger. I am as certain that the Bible in its spirit and teachings is the Book 
 of God, as I am that the world I live in is the work of God. Let me exhort you 
 to be diligent students of the Bible. I like often to repeat Isaiah, 50th chapter, 
 7th verse, and to make its experience and its spirit and its faith mine. 
 
 My dear friends of the South Church, my heart goes out to you afresh upon 
 this anniversary occasion. May the dear Father bless and keep you all to His 
 praise and glory, both the living and the dead, alive for evermore. 
 
 Affectionately yours, g. W. ANDREWS. 
 
 (^* ^?* ti?* 
 
 Rev. Mr. Slade: 
 
 Dear Sir: — My father wishes me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, 
 inviting him to be present at your one hundred and fiftieth anniversary next 
 September, also an invitation received from Mr. Mills Bevin. 
 
 It would give him great pleasure to be with you, but his very feeble state of 
 health makes it impossible. He is not even well enough to write you a letter 
 to be read at the anniversary. 
 
 He hopes that it will be a very interesting and memorable occasion, and 
 regrets very much that he is unable to be with you and enjoy it with you. 
 Yours truly, ANNA COLBURN BARNARD, 
 
 For REV. B. A. SMITH. 
 
 Worcester, Mass., 69 Lincoln St., July 29, iSgS. 
 
58 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 BuENA ViSTA, Colo., October 7, 1S98. 
 To the Church at East Hampton, Conn.: 
 
 Dear Brethren: — It would give me great pleasure to join in your celebra- 
 tion, but that seems impossible. Of course it will be an occasion full of 
 interest. You still have a warm place in my heart, and my desire and prayer 
 to God is "that all may be richly blessed." 
 
 The last few years have wrought great changes. Many familiar faces will 
 be seen no more. One by one those who have loved the church have passed 
 to the church triumphant, and who knows but what in the glorified presence 
 they have as much interest and joy in this celebration as the earthly partici- 
 pants. Be assured of my deep interest in the church. Trusting that the 
 celebration will be pleasant and profitable, 
 
 I am most cordially, EDWARD P. ROOT. 
 
 t(?* ?<?• t^* 
 
 To the Mcinbc7-s of the First Congregational Church of East Hampton, Conn.: 
 
 Dear Brethren: — From this new parish in the finest city in the northwest^ 
 Mrs. Holmes and myself send greetings to a beloved church in one of the most 
 beautiful nooks of all New England. We may find other people with whom to 
 labor will be a delight, but none with whom it can be a greater delight than to 
 have labored with you. It is safe to say that no other church will ever be to us 
 dearer than was and is the East Hampton Church. 
 
 May you be blessed abundantly in this one hundred and fiftieth anniversary 
 of your organization. To have completed such a term of usefulness may well 
 be a matter of congratulation on the part of any church. God grant that the 
 younger portion of the congregation, just entering upon their work in and 
 through the church, may appreciate the history lying back of the church into 
 which they come, and appreciating it, may be true to it, worthy of those who 
 have gone before. 
 
 We shall ever consider it one of the privileges of our lives to have labored 
 for even two years among you, to have stood in such a close relation to the 
 church whose history reaches back so far into the life of this nation; the church 
 whose influence has been felt in all parts of the world. And if it shall be found 
 in the day when all things shall be made plain by the Spirit of God, that we 
 added ever so little to the measure of the influence exerted by the church, we 
 shall be more than satisfied. 
 
 I need not tell you that it would be an unspeakable pleasure to be with you 
 on the day of your anniversary. But the distance between us is so great that 
 however mighty the desire to be with you, and to enjoy the exercises of the 
 day, it is impossible. But we shall be with you in spirit, and the day will be 
 marked by us in this our distant home. 
 
 The dear Father command his richest blessings upon you as a church, not 
 only upon this day of deep interest historically, but upon all the days which 
 lie down the years yet to come. 
 
 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, 
 that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting cove- 
 nant, make you perfect in every good work, to do His will, working in you 
 that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be 
 glory forever and ever. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, HENRY HOLMES. 
 
 Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 23, 1S98. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 59 
 
 Committees of Arrangements. 
 
 CHURCH. 
 
 Rev. William Slade, Dea. E. C. Barton, 
 
 Dea. H. D. Chap^lw, Dea. H. W. Porter, 
 
 J. W. Smith. 
 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 A. Avery Bevin, S. Mills Bevin, A. H. Conklin, 
 
 Halsey Mead, Robert H. H.all. 
 
 SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 
 
 COLLATION. 
 
 Mrs. Robert H. Hall, • Mrs. A. H. Co.xklin, 
 
 Mrs. William H. Bevin, Mrs. Philo Bevin, 
 
 Mrs. H. E. Carpenter. 
 
 invitation and printing. 
 Rev. William Slade, S. Mills Bevin. 
 
 reception. 
 Halsey Me.-vd, Mrs. Philo Bevin. 
 
 entertainment and finance. 
 H. D. Chapman, Herbert Clark. 
 
 decoration. 
 
 Walter C. Clark, Herbert Clark, Mrs. Hayden Clark, 
 
 Mrs. James Forbes, Mrs. Robert A. Beckwith, 
 
 Robert A. Beckwith. 
 
 music 
 A. W. Sexton, Mrs. William Slade, Miss Lois J. Barion. 
 
 RELICS. 
 Clark ^L Watrous, E. D. Barton. 
 
 USHERS. 
 Robert A. Beckwith, D. Clifford Barton. 
 
6o CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Deacons. 
 
 fHE first deacons of this church were Ebenezer Clark and 
 Isaac Smith, who were probably chosen to that office at 
 or not far from the time of its organization. Ebenezer 
 Clark was the son of John and Sarah (Goodwin) Clark, and 
 was born in Middletown, probably in that part that is now 
 Cromwell, Jul}' ii, 1711. He married first, June 21, 1733, 
 Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Whitmore, who died 
 April 9, 1738, and was interred in the old quarry cemetery in 
 Portland. He married second, September 20, 1739, Ann, 
 daughter of Captain John and Ann (Ward) Warner, of Mid- 
 dletown. In 1743 he was appointed by the General Assembly 
 ensign of the first company or train-band on the east side of 
 the Connedlicut river, and afterwards had the title " Captain." 
 He was one of the leading petitioners for the incorporation of 
 this society in 1744, and prominent in the administration of its 
 early affairs. He removed from this parish about the year 
 1755 to the parish of Judea, then that part of the town of 
 Woodbury since set off as a separate town by the name of 
 Washington. His second wife died there March 3, 1795, aged 
 79. He died April 5, 1800, at the age of 89. His gravestone, 
 now standing in the cemetery at Washington, states that he 
 was a deacon of the church there for forty-four years. 
 
 Children of Deacon Ehenezer Clark. 
 (By his first wife.) 
 Abigail, born April i, 1734. 
 Jedediah, born Jan. 16, 1736. 
 
 (By his second wife.) 
 Tabitha, born June 18, 1740; baptized June 22, 1740. 
 Ebenezer. born Feb. 28, 1742; baptized April 4, 1742. 
 Ann, born ^Farch i, 1744; baptized April 8, 1744. 
 
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 Rebecca, born Dec. 28, 1745; baptized Jan. 13, 1746; died Nov. 11, 
 
 1755- 
 Susannah, born April 23, 174S; baptized May i, 174S. 
 Joseph, born May 30, 1750. 
 Jerusha, born April 24, 1752. 
 Sarah, born March 3, 1755; died June 30, 1776. 
 Moses, born March 4, 1757; died March 4, 1757. 
 
 Isaac Smith, chosen with Kbenezer Clark as one of the first 
 deacons of this church, was a son of Ralph and Mary ( Mayo) 
 Smith, and was born in Eastham, Mass., November 17, 1716. 
 He married at Eastham, March 9, 1738, Mary Sparrow, born 
 March 10, 1718. She died April 17, 1785, and he married, 
 
 second, Ej'dia , who died March 24, 1799, aged 75. 
 
 He removed with his father and brothers to Middle Haddam 
 about 1740, and he and his wife Mary united with the church 
 there April 5, 1741. His residence in East Hampton was near 
 the present rCvSidence of Henry Hutchins on Walnut avenue. 
 He died July 29, 1802, full of years and full of honors. 
 
 Children of Deacon Isaac Smith. 
 Azubah, born Dec. 7, 173S, in Eastham, Mass.; married Jan. 10, 
 
 1760, John Hinckley. 
 Ralph, born March 15, 1742, in Middletown, Conn.; baptized April 
 
 25, 1742; married Dec. 2, 1767, Hannah Hollister. 
 Isaac, born Nov. 18, 1745, in Middletown, Conn. 
 Mary, born Feb. 6, 1747, in Middletown, Conn.; baptized March 22, 
 
 1748; married Dec. 3, 1767, Nathaniel Bosworth. 
 
 Sarah, born Jan. 27, 1750-1, in Middletown; married Sage. 
 
 Phebe, born April 22, 1753, in Middletown, Conn.; married Oct. 25, 
 
 1775, Ezekiel Wright. 
 Asenath, born March 20, 1756, in Middletown, Conn.; married Jan. 
 
 II, 1 78 1, John Markham. 
 Sparrow, born August 14, 1760, in Middletown, Conn.; married May 
 
 3, 1787, Eunice Clark. 
 
 John Clark, Jr., son of John and Sarah (Goodwin) Clark, 
 born December 9, 17 15, was chosen deacon to fill the vacancy' 
 occasioned by the removal of his brother Ebenezer from the 
 parish. He resided upon Clark's Hill, in the first frame hou.se 
 eredled in the parish, and kept an ordinary or public house in 
 addition to carrying on a large farm. This house was erecled 
 in 1744, and was situated on the main thoroughfare leading 
 from Middletown to the northeastern part of the colony. As 
 the mode of traveling at that time was principally upon foot or 
 
62 CONGREGATIONAI. CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 horseback, there is no doubt but that many a weary traveler 
 has partaken of the good cheer of this famous hostelry. This 
 house was destroyed by fire Odlober 28, 1887, but a fine pho- 
 tograph of it was exhibited at the anniversary by Mr. Clark 
 M. Watrous, as was also the unique sign that swung before its 
 door, which. was kindl}^ loaned by Mrs. Stewart D. Parmelee. 
 Deacon Clark held for many 3'ears the office of Justice of the 
 Peace, an office of far greater powers and jurisdi(5tion at that 
 time than the present, and his court records show that a large 
 number of cases were brought before him for adjudication and 
 settlement, and that many offenders against the peace and order 
 of the community learned from him in a pracftical manner that 
 " the law was a terror to evil-doers." He married, Februar)^ 
 I, 1744, Sarah, daughter of Captain Nathaniel and Mehitable 
 (Hurlbut) White, born Odlober 24, 1724, who died January 
 26, 1780. He died August 8, 1809, aged ninety-four years. 
 Children of Deacon John Clark. 
 John, born March 15, 1745; married Feb. 15, 1767, Deborah Mosely. 
 Mehitable, born Nov. 14, 1746; died Nov. i, 1747. 
 Sarah, born Feb. 20, 1747-8; married first, Nov. 18, 1767, James 
 
 Johnson, Jr.; second, Jan. 18, 1781, Capt. Silas Dunham. 
 INIehitable, born April 8, 1750; married November 13, 1771, Daniel 
 
 Judd, Jr. 
 Daniel, born Oct. 13, 1752; married June 30, 1780, Lydia Davison. A 
 
 Revolutionary soldier, Pomfret, Conn. 
 Esther, born Oct. 2, 1754; married Peter Parker. 
 Elijah, born Nov. i, 1756; died Nov., 1776, in the army in New York 
 
 State. 
 Desire, born June 12, 1759; died June 12, 1759. 
 David, born May 23, 1760. 
 Lydia, born April 13, 1763; married Nov. 21, 1784, Joseph Davison, 
 
 of Pomfret, Conn. 
 Moses, born Nov. 23, 1766; baptized Nov. 30, 1766; married June 3, 
 1788, Millicent Blish. 
 
 Deacons Smith and Clark, having become incapacitated from 
 performing the duties of the office by reason of the infirmities 
 of age, it was deemed best by the church to appoint their suc- 
 cessors, and on the fifth day of February, 1795, James Bill, 
 Esq., and Gideon Arnold were sele(5led for that purpose. 
 An account of Deacon Bill will be found in connexion with 
 the famih' of the Rev. John Norton, whose daughter he 
 married. 
 
COXGREGATIOXAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 63 
 
 Gideon Arnold, who was chosen as the colleague of James 
 Bill, was the son of Deacon Gideon and Abigail (Brainerd) 
 Arnold, and was born in Haddani in 1735. He married, Sep- 
 tember 2, 1761, Lucy, daughter of Gershom and Mary (BuellJ 
 Hinckley, of Lebanon, born March 19, 1738. He resided in a 
 house now standing near the silk mill and was licensed as a 
 tavern keeper and carried on a small farm. His wife died 
 March i, 1801, in the sixty-third year of her age, after a long 
 and painful illness, which she endured with exemplary patience 
 and resignation in the hopes of Christian salvation. He died 
 February 17, 1807, in the sevents'-second year of his age, and 
 his tombstone, standing in Lakeview Cemeter}', tells the pass- 
 er-by who pauses for a moment to read, that being highly 
 Tespedled in life, his death was universally lamented. 
 
 " In veracity he was strict, 
 In his profession sincere: 
 In his friendship he was clost, 
 In his manner meek, 
 In religion exemplary." 
 
 Children of Deacon Gideon Arnold. 
 ApoUos, born March 23, 1763; married August 12, 1784, Lucy Bill. 
 Mary, born Sept. 5, 1765; baptized Sept. 15, 1765; died Jan. 10, 1768. 
 Dan, born June 11, 1767; baptized July 26, 1767; married Arethusa 
 
 Clillett, and lived in Hebron, Conn. 
 A son, born June 6, 1769; died June 8, 1769. 
 * Mary, born Sept. 14, 1772; died April 18, 1793. 
 Charles, born Nov. 16, 1776; married first, Deborah Thomas; second, 
 
 Lucy Thomas, of Lebanon, Conn. 
 Lucy, born Jan. 12, 1779; married April 7, 1S03, Capt. David Buell. 
 
 * Copy of inscription on tombstone in Lakeview Cemetery: 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of 
 Miss Polly Arnold 
 daughter of Mr Gideon & Mrs Lucy ."Vrnold 
 who after a short illness departed this life ye iSth of April .\D 1793 
 in j-e 21st year of her age. 
 She was a person unaffected in her mien, mild and sedate in her temper, benevolent 
 in her nature, sincere in her profession, exemplary in her life, engaging in her man- 
 ners, pleasant, calm and resigned in death. 
 
 Let weeping virtue mourn around thy tomb 
 
 And meek eyed pitj' vail thy early doom 
 
 Yet worth like thine sustains no wide decay 
 
 Tho. time should sweep these sculptured lines awa\' 
 
 In realms of bliss beyond the verge of time 
 
 Thy name shall flourish in immortal prime 
 
 Tho. here alas thy lifes short circuit ends 
 
 Thou best of daughters, sisters and of friends 
 
64 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 On the 1 6th of May, 1805, a Httle more than ten years after 
 the elecflion of Deacons Bill and Arnold, Moses Cook and Isaac 
 Smith were elecfted as their successors. Moses Cook was the 
 son of Josiah and Hannah (Sparrow) Cook, and was baptized 
 in the church at Middle Haddam, September 26, 1742. He 
 resided north of the lake, and in company with his younger 
 brother, Richard, carried on a grist mill that formerly stood 
 where the East Hampton Bell Company's manufa(5lory now 
 stands. He married, December 18, 1765, Elizabeth Cone, 
 and they were admitted to full communion in this church 
 April 23, 1769. She died Ocftober 8, 1808, aged sixty-four 
 years, and he married second, April 11, 1809, Ede, daughter 
 of Jabez and Sarah (Judd) Clark and widow of John Norton, 
 Jr. He died May 15, 18 18, aged seventy-five years, and 
 his second wife died February 18, 1827. His children were 
 by his first wife, and were, as far as can be ascertained, as 
 follows: 
 
 Lydia, born Sept. 23, 1766; baptized May 18, 1769; married Comfort 
 
 Beebee. 
 Selden, born Mar. 17, 1768; baptized May 18, 1769; died Nov. 16, 1769. 
 Selden, born Jan. 4, 1770; baptized Jan. 14, 1770. 
 Moses, born Jan. 7, 1772; baptized April 3, 1772. 
 Elizabeth, born 1774; married Sept. 11, 1794, Adonijah Strong, Jr. 
 
 Josiah, born ; died June 4, 1778. 
 
 Susanna, born 1776; died May 8, 177S. 
 
 Josiah, born ; baptized May 9, 1779. 
 
 Susanna, born ; baptized September 6, 1779; married first, April 
 
 25, 1798, Daniel Butler Newton; second, Sept. 17, 1801, Henry 
 
 Strong. 
 
 Hannah, born ; baptized June 6, 17S2. 
 
 Livia, born ; baptized July iS, 17S4; married Nov. 3, 1803, Wix 
 
 Watrous. 
 
 Selden, born ; baptized June 25, 17S6. 
 
 Orrin, born ; baptized Nov. 16, 1788; married June 22, 1813, 
 
 Polly Parmelee. 
 
 Isaac Smith, colleague of Deacon Cook, was the son of Dea- 
 con Isaac and Mary (Sparrow) Smith, and was born November 
 18, 1745. He married, January 9, 1772, Jerusha Brooks. He 
 was a farmer and resided in a house now standing near the 
 eastern terminus of Walnut avenue. He died Odlober 28, 18 15, 
 aged seventy years. She died July 11, 1836, aged ninety-one 
 3'ears and six months. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OP EAST HAMPTON. 65 
 
 Children of Deacon Isaac Smith. 
 
 Isaac, born Oct. 11, 1772; married Sept. 12, 1796, Hannah Brown, 
 and was a successful physician in Portland, Conn. 
 
 Amasa, born July 22, 1774; married Mary Williams; was a school-teacher. 
 
 Jerusha, born June 29, 1776; died May 13, 1S60. 
 
 Mary, born June 5, 1778. 
 
 Brooks, born June 3, 17S0; baptized July 23, 1780; married Mar. 7, 
 1 81 1, Elizabeth Brooks. 
 
 Infant son, born May 2g, 1782, still-born. 
 
 Azubah, born Oct. 15, 1783; baptized Nov. 30, 1783; married Benja- 
 min Cobb. 
 
 Infant daughter, born Jan. 8, 17S5, still-born. 
 
 Porter, born April 8, 1788; baptized Nov. 16, 17SS; married Statira 
 Brainerd, Nov. 3, 1811. 
 
 Washington, born Jan. 28, 1791; married first, Cynthia Barstow; sec- 
 ond, Mary J. Davis. 
 
 Joseph Sage was ele(5lecl a deacon July 24, 18 15, and was the 
 son of Ebenezer and Abiah (Southmayd) Sage, and was born 
 in Middletown in 1757. He kept the toll gate on the turnpike 
 road near the Griffith place, where the railroad now crosses. 
 He died February 20, 18 18, aged sixty years, and was interred 
 in the cemetery at Middle Haddam. He had no children. 
 
 David Clark, elecfbed deacon of this church July 10, 1816, 
 was the son of Deacon John and Sarah (White) Clark, and 
 was born May 23, 1760. He was a farmer and tavern keeper, 
 and for many 3^ears a Justice of the Peace. He was the iirst 
 Worshipful Master of Warren Lodge, No. 51, F. and A. M., 
 instituted August i, iSii, and which for many j^ears met in 
 the hou.se of Orrin Alvord, near the meeting house. He served 
 a short term during the latter part of the Revolutionary War 
 as a private, and in 1831 was granted a pension of $26.66 per 
 annum. He died January 8, 1839, aged seventy-nine years. 
 He resided at the old homestead on Clark's Hill, and was 
 thrice married. His first wife was Jerusha, daughter of Cap- 
 tain Abijah and Margaret (Dewey) Hall, who was born May 
 21, 1760, and to whom he was married September ig, 1782. 
 She died August 24, 1800, and he married second, Novem- 
 ber 15, 1801, Eunice, daughter of Joshua and Ruth (Mayo) 
 Griffith, born April 16, 1780. She died July 27, 181 1, and he 
 married third, May 28, 18 13, Mehitable, daughter of George 
 and Mehitable (Miller) Hubbard, born June 12, 1782. She 
 died November 26, 1854. 
 
66 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Children of Deacon David Clark. 
 
 (By first wife.) 
 
 Elijah, born Jan. 28, 1784; baptized Oct. 3, 1784. 
 
 Chauncey, born Jan. 19, 1789; baptized April 26, 1789; married Zilpah 
 
 (iriffith. 
 
 Jerusha Hall, born August, 1800; baptized Aug. 25, 1800; died Oct. 
 
 23, 1800. 
 
 (By second 7vifc.J 
 
 Deborah Griffith, born Nov. 3, 1802; baptized May 15, 1803; married 
 
 Hubbard Barton. 
 Emilia Adeline, born Jan. i, 1805; baptized April 28, 1805; married 
 
 Minories Watrous. 
 
 Jerusha Hall, born Dec. i, 1807; baptized Dec. i, 1S07; married 
 
 Lewis Utley. 
 
 (By third wife.) 
 
 Mary Esther, born July 27, 1814, town record; baptized July 10, 1S14, 
 
 church record; married William Bailey. 
 
 Warren Ackley Skinner, who was ele(fted deacon May i, 
 1 8 18, was the son of Samuel and Ruth (Ackley) Skinner, and 
 was born in the parish of Westchester, in the town of Col- 
 chester, March 7, 1789. He was a farmer, and resided on 
 Miller's Hill in the house occupied by Mrs. Sarah A. Skinner. 
 He died January 4, 1862, and after the record of his death 
 upon the church books is w^ritten the following quotation from 
 the twelfth Psalm, first verse: "Help, I^ord! for the godly 
 man ceaseth!" He and his wife united with this church by 
 letter from Westchester in 18 16. He was ever zealous for the 
 work of the Lord, and in the Lord's hand was an important 
 fadlor in the building up of the church, both in spiritual and 
 temporal things, during the forty-five years that he was a faith- 
 ful watchman upon the walls of Zion. He married, November 
 28, 18 10, Anna, daughter of Asa and Anna (Marvin) Day, born 
 January 28, 1791, who died September 18, 1879. 
 
 Children of Deacon ^YARREN Ackley Skinner. 
 Diantha, born Sept. 19, 1811; baptized July 28, 1816; married Feb. 15, 
 
 1832, Anson Carpenter. 
 Samuel, born May 14, 1814; baptized July 28, 1S16; married Oct. 6, 
 
 1 841, Laura A. Markham. 
 Ruth Ann, born Nov. 24, 1816; baptized May ii, 1S17; married Oct. 
 
 6, 1 841, Ambrose N. Markham. 
 Emily, born Feb. 21, 1819; baptized June 20, 1819; married Nov. 8, 
 
 1843, John B. Hungerford. 
 Mary Octavo, born July 27, 1821; baptized July 27, 1S21; married 
 
 Sept. 23, 1844, Daniel N. Markham. 
 
DEA. WARREN A. SKINNER, 
 
 1789-1862. 
 
 MRS. ANNA SKINNER, 
 
 1791-1879. 
 
 RESIDENCE OF DEA. WARREN A. SKINNER. 
 
 (miller's hill. ) 
 
 ms^^^A. 
 
 DEA. SAMUEL SKINNER, 
 
 1814-1895. 
 
 MRS. LAURA SKINNER. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 67 
 
 Henry L., born May 30, 1823; baptized Aug. 24, 1S23; married Oct. 
 
 7, 1849, Clarine A. Markham. 
 John Williams, born Feb. 26, 1825; baptized Sept. 11, 1825; married 
 
 Oct. 3, 1847, Amelia Stranahan. 
 Warren, born June 17, 1828; baptized Sept. 28, 1828; married April 
 
 29, 1855, Sarah M. Ackley. 
 Lyman Francis, born Sept. 18, 1S30; baptized July 3, 1831; married 
 
 first, Dec. 31, 1855, Nancy M. Clark; second, April 25, 1S65, 
 
 Grace E. Brown. 
 Rosannah, born Oct. 5, 1832; baptized Aug. 25, 1S33; married Nov. 
 
 26, 1852, Horatio D. Chapman. 
 
 Diodate Brockway West was chosen deacon December ii, 
 1823. He was the son of Rev. Joel and EHzabeth (Brockway) 
 West, and was born July 20, 1798, and was admitted to com- 
 munion July 4, 1819. He was a farmer and commercial 
 traveler, and resided at the old homestead near the outlet of 
 the lake. He represented the town in the General Assembly 
 in 1870. He married, May i, 1822, Nancy, daughter of Capt. 
 Timothy and Hannah (Sears) Rogers. She died July 5, 1855. 
 He died June 13, 1881. 
 
 Children of Deacon Diodate Brockway West. 
 Child, still-born, Jan. 20, 1823. 
 Marianne Rogers, born Sept. 26, 1824. 
 Julia Brockway, born Sept. 10, 1828. 
 Herbert Rogers, born March 16, 1831; died Jan. 26, 1855. 
 
 December 30, 1857, Samuel Skinner and Allen Cushman 
 Clark were chosen, and continued to exercise the duties of that 
 office until December 18, 1888, when they were relieved from 
 active service, and a new method of choosing incumbents of 
 that office came into vogue. 
 
 Samuel Skinner was the son of Deacon Warren A. and Anna 
 (Day) Skinner, and was born May 14, 1S14. He resided 
 near Skinner's Mills and carried on the manufacfture of paper 
 boxes to a con.siderable extent. He united with the church 
 on profession of faith, in 1S33, and ever after was a faithful, 
 earnest worker in the service of the Master. He was rarely 
 absent from any service of the church, and for years was the 
 acknowledged leader of the prayer meetings. He married, 
 0(5tober 6, 1841, Laura Ann, daughter of John and Anna 
 (Estabrook) (Niles) Markham, born 0(ftober 25, 18 13, and 
 died without issue. 
 
68 
 
 COXGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Allen C. Clark was the son of Amos and Betsey M. S. 
 (Smith) Clark, and was born August 9, 1817. He married, 
 April 2, 1845, Frances M. Ackle}-, who died April 5, 1S97. 
 He was a farmer and stonecutter, and is still living on Miller's 
 Hill at the age of eightj^-one years. They had one child, who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 Beginning with December 18, 1888, the deacons were chosen 
 biennially to serve four years. After four years' service they 
 are ineligible for eledlion to this office for the space of two 
 5'ears. Under this new method the following persons have 
 served the church in the oihce of deacon: Hubert E. Carpenter, 
 Chauncey B. West, Elijah C. Barton, Walter C. Clark, Edwin 
 D. Barton, Horatio D. Chapman, John Watrous, Horace W. 
 Porter. 
 
 Of this number only one has passed away — Chauncey B. 
 West, W'ho died August 28, 1893. He w'as an earnest Chris- 
 tian man and ever faithful to the church. 
 
Dea. Edwin D. Barton. 
 
 Dea. H. Welton Porter. 
 
COXGREGATIOXAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 69 
 
 Old Documents. 
 
 (D OLL OF CoiMPANY that responded to the lyexington Alarm 
 from Chatham in 1775, and their term of service, copied 
 from " Conne(5licut Soldiers in the Revolution." The 
 
 entire Company were residents at the time of East Hampton 
 
 parish. 
 
 Silas Dunham, Captain, - 5 days. | Amos Clark, - - - 5 days. 
 
 Timothy Percival, Lit'iitenant, 5 " 
 Isaac Kneeland, Clerk, - 5 " 
 Marcus Cole, Sergeant, - 5 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Stephen Olmsted, - - 5 " 
 
 Ralph Smith, - - - 5 " 
 
 Samuel Kilbourn. - - 3 "' 
 
 Samuel Hill, - - - 5 " 
 
 Daniel Hill, - - - 5 " 
 
 Caleb Cook, - - - 2 " 
 
 John Johnson, - - - 5 " 
 
 Nehemiah Day, - - - 5 " 
 
 Sylvanus Freeman, - - 5 " 
 
 William White, - - - 5 " 
 
 Samuel Se.xton, - - - 5 " 
 
 Benjamin Kneeland, - - 5 " 
 
 Thomas Hill, - - - 5 " 
 
 Daniel Clark, - - - 5 " ' 
 
 5^ t^* (^* 
 
 Amos Clark, 
 
 - 5 
 
 Elijah Clark, 
 
 5 
 
 Samuel Freeman, 
 
 - 5 
 
 Hezekiah Goff, - 
 
 - 5 
 
 William Bevin, - 
 
 - 5 
 
 Daniel Park, 
 
 - 5 
 
 Elijah Bailey, 
 
 - 5 
 
 Daniel MacKall, 
 
 - 5 
 
 Lazarus Watrous, 
 
 - 5 
 
 Nathaniel Markham, - 
 
 - 5 
 
 Elisha Cornwell, - 
 
 - 5 
 
 John Norton, Jr., 
 
 - 2 
 
 Ezra Ackley, 
 
 - 3 
 
 David Caswell, - 
 
 - 2 
 
 Ezra Purple, 
 
 - 3 
 
 Joshua Bailey, 
 
 - 3 
 
 James Johnson, Jr., 
 
 - 3 
 
 Nathaniel Garnsey, 
 
 - 3 
 
 Ithamer Pelton, - 
 
 - 5 
 
 Upon the Memorial of John Clark, Stephen Griffith, Hez. Russ, Samuel 
 Wadsworth, Jonathan Bayley, David Bayley, John Bevin junior, Joseph Parke, 
 Ebenezer Clark, Jabez Clark, William Clark, Shubal Lewis, Josiah Cook, Isaac 
 Smith, William Norket, William Norket junior, Daniel Young-, Ezra Andrews, 
 James Johnson, Caleb Johnson, William I5evin, Seth Knowles, Isaac Williams, 
 John Markham and Thomas Lewis, all of Middletown, in Hartford County, 
 showing to this Assembly that they live very remote from the place of publick 
 worship in the third society in Middletown whereunto they belong, praying 
 that upon their hiring an approved minister to preach to them six months in a 
 year they should be released from paying towards the minister's salary of said 
 society one-half of their rates or taxes that shall be taxed against them on that 
 account. 
 
70 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Resolved by the Assembly, That the said John Clark, &c., for this current 
 year and annually on their procuring an orthodox minister to preach to them 
 six months in a year, they be released and are hereby released from paying to 
 said society one-half of what might otherwise be taxed against them by said 
 society for their minister's salary. 
 
 Way, 1743. Past in ye Lower House. 
 
 Test: Jno Fowler, Clerk. 
 
 Concurred in the Upper House. 
 
 Test: Gf.o. Wyllys, Secy. 
 
 ^* •,?* *^^ 
 
 To the Honotirable General Assembly to he held at Hartford In the Comity of 
 Hartford on the Second Thursday of may ij-fj 
 
 We the under written all Inhabatants In middleton in said County in the 
 third society in Middleton afsd to this Honourable assembly Humbly sheweth 
 that the several Habetations wherein we dwell are more than five mile distent 
 the nearest of us and most of us seven mile & some more from the place of 
 publick worship whereto we. Belong and the Roads are very dificult to Travel 
 & especially the winter & spring season; and by the approbation of the Society's 
 Committee we have hired app person approved to preach amongst us for more 
 than six months the Last year & we being under such circumstances Humbly 
 pray that this Assembly wold — Grant that on our hireing a minister to Preach 
 six months In ayear yearly v^-e may be Released from paying Taxes to the 
 Society whereto we Belong six months in ayear, or that we may Receive of the 
 Society's Committee one half of what shall be colected from us for the Seport 
 of our ministers yearly Salary. — or some other way Grant Relief as your Hon- 
 ours in your Great wisdom shall think fitt and your memorialists as In duty 
 Bond shall ever Pray. 
 
 Middleton April 2gth 1743. 
 
 Signed by JOH.M Ci-.ARK and twenty-four others. 
 Ecclesiastical Records, 
 Vol. 9, p. 40. 
 
 To the Honourable General assembly of his Majestyes Colony of Connecticutt to 
 Be held at Newhaven In the Cottnty of N'ewhaven on the Seeoiid Tliiirs- 
 day of October A.D. 1744 
 the Humble memoral of us under written all of the third Society In Mid- 
 dleton In Hartford County to this Honourable assembly Humbly sheweth that 
 your memorelist all of us Living In said Society and are agreat way distance 
 from the Publick worship the Nearest of us more than five miles and some Ten 
 miles and the Rhoads we are to Travel in are very Rough and Bad to Travel 
 in and upon our memorials to this Honourable assembly In May 1743 this 
 assembly Released us from paying to the Support of our minister one half of 
 our ministeral charges on our hireing preaching amongst our Selves part of the 
 year — and your memorilst have ever Since hired a minister among our Selves 
 and we are Sensible of our poor Circumstances & Inability to be asociety but 
 
CONGREGATIONAI. CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 7 I 
 
 wokl hope that we are and shall be able to Hire a preacher among our Selves 
 if we were not obliged to pay to the Seports of our minister in the Society and 
 the Circumstances of the Rest of the Society are able to Seport our minister 
 without us wold therefore Humbly pray that this Assembly would Release us 
 and all others within the Bounds following (viz South on Middle Hadam 
 Society. East on Colchester Bounds & to Extend west by said Society to a 
 Highway that Runs North & South the west side of the Create Hill so coled to 
 Run by said North & South Highway from Middle Hadam Souciety to the 
 South end of the Creat Hill then to Run Northeasterly by the west side of the 
 said Hill to the three mile division so caled then to Glausenberrv Bounds then 
 East by Glausenberry to Colchester) from paying any ministeral charges to 
 said Society on our Hireing an orthodox minister among ourselves and that 
 we may be enabled to Raise a Tax on our poles and Ratable Estate to pay the 
 minister or ministers we shall so hire or In some other way Grant Relief to 
 your poor memorelist and we as In duty Bound shall ever pray. 
 Middleton October 8th 1744 
 
 Signed by Eben'r Clark and thirty-tive others. 
 Ecclesiastical Records, 
 Vol. 9, /. 43. 
 
 The iirst petition, dated 
 
 John Clark, 
 Stephen Griffith, 
 Hezekiah Russ, 
 Saml. Wadsvvorth, 
 Jonathan Baley, 
 David Bailey, 
 John Bevin, Junr., 
 Joseph Parke, 
 Ebenezer Clark, 
 
 April 29, 1743, has the following names attached 
 
 Jabez Clark, 
 William Clark, 
 Shubal Lewis, 
 Josiah Cook, 
 
 Isaac Smith, 
 his 
 
 William X Norket, 
 mark 
 
 William Norket, Jr., 
 
 Daniel Young, 
 
 Ezra Andrews, 
 
 James Johnson, 
 
 Caleb Johnson, 
 
 William Be^in, 
 
 Thos. Smith (erased), 
 
 Seth Knowles, 
 
 his 
 
 Isaac X Williams. 
 mayk 
 
 John Markham, 
 
 Thomas Lewis. 
 
 The second petition is 
 petitioners, as follows: 
 
 Ebenezer Clark, 
 John Clark, Jr., 
 Aaron Clark, 
 William Clark, 
 John Markham, 
 John Clark, 
 Joseph Parke, 
 Jabez Clark, 
 Samuel Egelston, 
 William Norket, Jr., 
 Zaccheus Cooke, 
 James Johnson, 
 
 dated October 8, 1744, and is signed b\' thirty-six 
 
 Hezekiah Russ, 
 Hezekiah Russ, Jr., 
 Seth Knowles, 
 Isaac Smith, 
 David Cerby (?), 
 Isaac Williams, 
 William Norket, Sr. 
 Jonathan Bayley, 
 Ezra Andrews, 
 Elisha Cornwell, 
 William Bevin, 
 Soloman (?), 
 
 James Cady, 
 David Anderson, 
 John Bevin, 
 Giles Hall, 
 Hamlin John Hall, 
 Samuel Wadsworth 
 George Hubbard, 
 Isaac Thompson, 
 Caleb Johnson, 
 Mary Johnson (?), 
 Daniel Young, 
 Josiah Cook. 
 

 £ 
 
 s. 
 
 Jabez Clark, 
 
 - 39 
 
 9 
 
 Nathan Harding', 
 
 27 
 
 
 Samuel Wadsworth, - 
 
 - 40 
 
 
 Eben'r Clark, 
 
 - 42 
 
 13 
 
 John Clark, 
 
 - 143 
 
 10 
 
 John Markham, 
 
 21 
 
 
 Hez'h Riiss, 
 
 - 100 
 
 16 
 
 Daniel Hills, 
 
 - 31 
 
 
 Jon'an Bailey, - 
 
 - 48 
 
 16 
 
 John Bevin, Junr., 
 
 - 34 
 
 6 
 
 Will'm Bevin, - 
 
 20 
 
 
 Joseph Parke, 
 
 - 26 
 
 
 David Bailey, 
 
 - 27 
 
 
 Sam'l Eggleston, 
 
 - 30 
 
 
 George Hubbard, 
 
 - 33 
 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 James Johnson, - - - 86 
 
 Seth Knowles, - - - 5S 
 
 Stephen Griffith, - - 45 
 
 John Bosworth, - - - 18 
 
 Daniel Young, - - - 22 
 
 Josiah Cook, . . - 32 
 
 Azariah Andrews, - - 30 
 
 John Stephens, - - - 26 
 
 Isaac Williams, - - - 18 
 
 Isaac Smith, - - - 30 
 
 Widow Johnson, - - g 
 
 William Norket, - - 41 
 
 William Norket, Junr., - 20 
 
 The foregoing is a true copy of the Lists of Sundry of the Eastern Inhab- 
 itants of the East Society in Middletown taken in ye year 1743 and I certify 
 that the total sum for the whole of Sd Society in .Sd year including the above 
 lists is ^5653 I. 
 
 Per WiLLM RocKWKLL, T. Clerk. 
 Stale Archives Ecclesiastical, 
 Vol. 9, //. 41, 42. 
 
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 To the Honourable General Assembly of the Colonv of Connecticut to be held at 
 Hart for if the Second Thursday of May A.D. 1746 
 the Humble memorial of John Clark Ebenezer Clark and others some of the 
 Inhabitants of the Third Society in Middleton Living at the Eastern part of 
 said Society In ye County of Hartford by there agent Benjamin .Stilman 
 Humbly sheweth that this assembly at there sessions at Newhaven in October 
 1744, upon the petition of your memorelest to the Number of about forty 
 persons this assembly Granted that all the Inhabitants that dwelt within the 
 following Bounds shold have power meet together and choose a clerk to vote 
 and agree to hire aminister and Grant Rates & Taxes to defray the Charge of 
 hiring aminister &c, and the bounds to Districts to begin ati the No. East 
 Corner of Middle Hadam Bounds and from thense Running west to a highway 
 Running Northerly and .Sotherly on the west side of a hill coled the great hill 
 and from Said Highway northerly by the Same to the South end of the Said 
 Hill then Northerly by the west Side of Said Hill until it Comes to the three 
 mile Division So caled thense by said Division to Glassenbery bounds then 
 East by Glassenbery bounds to Colchester bounds then Southerly by Colchester 
 bounds to the first mentioned place — and thereupon your memorilest have 
 eversince hired a minister eleven months in ayear and sence that Time We 
 have Increased so that we are Now on the publick List about Seventeen hun- 
 dred pounds and we Live very farr distant from the place of public worship 
 None Less than five miles— and if we shold longer continue with Said third 
 Society it is Likely our Taxes wold be Great there for that said Society are 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 73 
 
 about to Build a new meeting house we wold therefore Humbly Request that 
 those that' Live within Said Bounds may be sett off from said Society and be a 
 Distinct Ecleastica! Society with such preveliges as allowed by Law for Societys 
 or that a Committe be appointed to view our circumstances and make Report 
 to this assemble — and your memorests as In Duty Bound shall ever pray. 
 
 Be.n'jamix Stilmax agent. 
 Middletown April 2gth 1746. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Records, 
 Vol. 9, p. 45. 
 
 !^* ^* t^* 
 
 To Honourable General Assevihly of the Colony of Connecticute in America Now 
 setting att Hartford in the Comity of Hai'tford and Colony aforsd, 
 
 the memoriall of us the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Parish of East hamton 
 in Middletown in the County of Hartford together With Some of the Inhab- 
 itants of Middle hadani Society Humbly Sheweth to this Assembly that a 
 question Ariseth Concerning the bounds of this our Parish as we lye Adjoining 
 upon the Society of Middle haddam by Reason of an Alteration In the Length 
 of a tear of Lots Colled the great Lotts now middle haddam grant Saith begin- 
 ning att the great highway near the great River and running East on the north 
 side of thomas Hatch Lot to the End of the great Lots to another highway 
 then Turning and Runing Southerly in sd highway untill it Intersects a west 
 Line=Drawn from the northwest corner of West Chester Society as it Lyeth in 
 middletown which Grant was given out before that any allteration was made 
 on the rear of sd Lots 
 
 East Hampton grant Saith beginning att the North East Corner of middletown 
 bounds next to Pine Swamp alias West Chester Society and from thence Run- 
 ing West to the Rear of the Long Lots then runing northerly by the Rear of 
 Sd Lots to the great highway which give eth to Easthampton Society a Tract 
 of Land about one hundred rods in ^^'edth which was Esteemed to belong to 
 middle haddam Society 
 
 now there was taken out of the South East Cornar of Middletown next to 
 Haddam bounds and added to the West Chester Society (before either of mid- 
 dle haddam or East hampton Societeys was made) a certain Tract of Land as 
 by there grant Appears in these Words viz. and that part of Middletown be 
 that tear of lots or so many of sd Lots as butte on Colchester bounds East 
 between Sd Haddam bounds and Salmon River which Lots Lj^e on Length 
 one mile East and West Viz so much out of Middletown 
 
 Here With us Lyeth a Question whether or no this Includes only the Land 
 South of Salmon river or the Whole of the Lots mentioned part of the West- 
 End of Which lott are on the north side of the River So that we know not 
 where to find pine Swamp Corner by Reason of the Rivers varying so much to 
 the South Which Leavs a Tract of Land in Dispute of Considerable value and 
 with Inhabitants upon it &c 
 
 And for Relefe on this Case We your Honours Humble memorialists bring 
 this Address and pray to have it taken into your Honours Consideration and 
 to Afford us your gracious Assistance that So we may Know our bonds Either 
 
74 CONGREGATIONAI. CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 by sending us a Cmttee to Determine tlie matter or Provide some other way 
 for us as you in your great Wisdom Shall Think best. 
 
 So prays your Honours Humble memorialists att Comand and as in Duty bound 
 Shall Ever pray 
 
 Dated in middletown may ye 14 A.D. 1751 
 
 Signed by Saml Wadswor'ih 
 
 and nine others for East Hamton. 
 
 - Easthamton 
 
 Saml Wadsworth Ebener Darte ) of Middlehaddam 
 
 John Clark jun r 
 
 T h n l- Theodor Higgins 1 midle fladam 
 
 Ebenezer Clark 
 Wm Norket 
 James Cole 
 Moses Cole 
 Abijah Hall 
 James Johnson 
 Samuel Egelston 
 
 Ecclesiastical Records, 
 Vol. 9, p. S2. 
 
 
 To the Honourable General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut to be Holden 
 at Hartford in said Colony the Second Thursday of May ij^^ 
 The Honourable Memoriall of John Clark Thomas Alvord & Isaac Smith 
 all of East Hampton Parish in Middletown in Hartford County and the Rest 
 of the Inhabitants of said Parish by Ebenezer Clark there Agent Humbly 
 Sheweth That about Twenty years last past This Honourable Assembly did 
 Grant that the Western part of the Bounds of Colchester with those Lands in 
 Middletown In the first Tear of Lots in the Three mile Division Lying between 
 Salmon River and East Haddam should be one Eclesiastical Society and some 
 years afterward did Grant and make a Society now called Middle Haddam 
 which North Extention & part of East Extention of said Society is said (viz 
 the north part to begin on the South side of a certain forty Rod highway 
 called the Great high Way that is in the Division of Land in Middletown called 
 the great Lots which high Way is Two miles and half in Length — East and 
 West and the North Bounds of said Society to Run East by the South Side of 
 said high Way to the End of said Great Lots to another high-Way than South- 
 erly by the orther high Way untill said line shall Intersect a West Line drawn 
 from the North-West Corner of Westchester Parish as it lyes in Middletown to- 
 said high-Way running Southerly and than to Turn and Run East by said 
 West line to Salmon River than Southerly by said River to the South Extention 
 of Middletown &c 
 
 and that about six years since on Petition of your Memorialists This Honour- 
 able Assembly did Grant and make us a distinct Society by our Selves beginning; 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 75 
 
 the Bounds thereof at the North West Corner of Westchester Parish in Middle- 
 town and from thence to Run West to the East End of said Tear of great Lots 
 Than to Turn and Run North by the East end of said great Lots so far North 
 as said great high Way Than to Turn and Run West by the South Side of said 
 great high Way about one mile c\: half to a high way that runs North than 
 turning and running north by said high Way &c and wheras since our Grant 
 wee have settled a minister among us to our good Satisfaction and have voted 
 to Build a meeting House for Divine worship and have Petitioned the Honour- 
 able County Court in the County of Hartford for a Committee to State the 
 Places to Build on which was granted and a Committee sent to affix the Place 
 and wheras there has a Dispute now lately arisen where the North \\'est Corner 
 of West Chester Parish was Intended to be by your Honours your memorialist 
 soposing it to be where Salmon River cut across the West End of the first Tear 
 of Lots in Middletown next Colchester which is about a mile from Colchester 
 Bounds. But W^est Chester Parish and Middle Haddam Parish would have 
 the. North West Corner farther Northward: Continuing the north Line of West 
 Chester Parish from Colchester where it Runs West into Middletown Bounds 
 through the whole first Tear of Lots about a mile which croses said & River & 
 brings that Corner on the West of said River more Northward than where said 
 River crosses said Tear of Lots at West End and Wheras we suppose the said 
 River was Intended by this Honourable Assembly to be the West Extention of 
 West Chester Parish in every Place therof as that is a dificult River to pass and 
 your Honours have taken off all those Lands Westward of West Chester Parish 
 South of said River to East Haddam, and wheras there is another Tear of Lots 
 in said Three mile Division West of Salmon River southward of East Hampton 
 Parish that contains about five hundred acres of Land which as yet has no 
 Inhabitants settled on it but is now about to be Settled and the owners of said 
 Land or the most of them are desirious to be Included in East Hampton Parish 
 and as said Parish at present is Poor and is likly to be poorer and less able to 
 Support Parish charges than Middle Haddam Parish We would therfore 
 Humbly Pray this Honourable Assembly would now Enact and declare to End 
 said Dispute between said Parishes that the north West corner of West Chester 
 Parish in Middletown be where said Salmon River Intercepts and cuts across 
 the East Tear of Lots in sd division of Land at the West End of said Tear of 
 Lots and that the aforsd Land in the Second Tear of Lots in sd Division on 
 the West Side of Salmon River in said Middletown might be annexed to East 
 Hampton Parish and taken from Middle Haddam and that the Bounds of said 
 East Hampton Parish on the South part may be declared to be To begin where 
 said River cuts across sd first Tear of Lots in Middletown at the West End 
 therof and from thence to run Southerly by said River untill said River runs 
 West of said Second Tear of Lots to a high Way that runs North about 1 7 
 Degrees West Than to turn & run by said Way so far north as shall Intersect 
 a West Line drawn from said Place where said River cuts across said first Tear 
 of Lots at West End and then to run a Due West Line by the needle of the 
 Surveyors Instrument untill the Line come to the aforsd Tear of said great 
 Lots then to turn and Run by the East End of said great Lots northerly to 
 said great high Way than to continue as first Granted to said Parish uiitil it 
 comes to ve aforsd north West Corner of West Chester Parish or Send a 
 
76 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Committee to Enquire and affix the Bounds of said Parish or In some orther 
 way Grant Relief as your Honours in your great Wisdom see good and your 
 memorialist as In Duty Bound shall Ever Pray Dated in Middletown April 
 30th Anno Domini 1752 
 
 Ebenr Clark agent. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Kccords. 
 Vol. 9, leafsj. 
 
 NOTE. 
 
 The foregoing records have been copied line for line from 
 
 the original documents on file in the State Library. I have 1 
 
 attempted to preserve the spelling and capitals of the papers 
 
 copied. i 
 
 GEO. S. GODARD. 
 
 -. ■ vJ 
 
AMOS CLARK, 
 1794-1885. 
 
 DEA. DIODATE B. WEST, 
 1798-1881. 
 
 DEA. ALLEN C. CLARK, 
 1817. 
 
 JOHN W. B. SMITH, 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 77 
 
 Records of Rev. John Norton. 
 
 Note. — The numerals enclosed in parenthesis thus ( i ) refer to the pages of the 
 original record of the Diary of Mr. Norton. 
 
 §OPY of the Record or Diary kept b}' the Rev. Mr. John 
 Norton, Pastor of the East Hampton Congregational 
 Church from 1748 to 1778. Made by Martin L. Roberts 
 from the original manuscript now in possession of Edward E. 
 Cornwell, M. D., 146 Herkimer street, Brooklyn, N. Y. This 
 Record was kept upon small sheets of writing paper sewed 
 together and very closely written, and age and lack of care 
 have rendered some portions of it nearly illegible. It covers 
 the period from April 18, 1764, to March 24, 1772. The 
 remaining records of his pastorate are suppo.sed to have been 
 destroyed when the house of his daughter Eunice was burned. 
 Copied December, 1898. 
 
 Record of Births A. D. 1764. 
 
 1764 Nathaniel son to Elijah & Hannah Cook was Born 
 " Nathaniel Keys & Mercy Keys Daughter was Born 
 
 Israel & Susannah Deweys son Born 
 
 " John & Phebe Bates Daughter born 
 
 " Stephen & Thankful Aclys son was Born 
 
 " Thomas Cowdreys daughter Born 
 
 " Marcus & Phebe Coles Daughter Born 
 
 " Robert Stiles son Nathan Born 
 
 " Mary Woods Daughter born 
 
 " Ebenezer and Huldah Plardings daughter Anna was Born 
 
 " Mercy daughter to Lieut. Stephen Olmsted was Born 
 
 " Reeds son Born 
 
 " Caleb and Mary Johnsons son Born Elisha 
 
 1765 Thomas Aclys child Born 
 Lemuel & Grace Shirtlief, daughter Lucy was Born 
 
 " Nathan Rowleys son Born 
 " Thomas Doolittles son Born 
 
 (3) 
 " Israel & Mary Whitcombs Daughter Mary Born 
 " Ruth Daughter to Elkanah & Ruth Sears born 
 " Sarah Clarks Daughter was Born 
 
 April 
 
 18 
 
 May 
 
 7 
 
 June 
 
 21 
 
 June 
 
 27 
 
 Aug 
 
 S 
 
 
 II 
 
 Oct 
 
 10 
 
 Nov 
 
 9 
 
 Nov 
 
 15 
 
 Nov 
 
 27 
 
 Dec 
 
 II 
 
 
 13 
 
 January 
 
 Jany 
 
 31 
 
 Feb 
 
 II 
 
 
 28 
 
 Mar 
 
 4 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 24 
 
April 
 
 21 
 
 Apri 
 
 25 
 
 
 29 
 
 May 
 
 7 
 
 
 29 
 
 
 30 
 
 Juiy 
 
 5 
 
 21 
 
 24 
 
 August 
 18 
 
 Aug 
 
 30 
 
 Sept 
 
 4 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 17 
 
 Octr 
 
 7 
 
 Nov 
 
 20 
 
 Nov 
 
 22 
 
 Dec 
 
 7 
 
 
 19 
 
 Jan 
 
 2 
 
 Feb 
 
 13 
 
 Mar 9 
 
 April 
 
 22 
 
 
 29 
 
 May 
 
 12 
 
 June 
 
 14 
 
 July 
 
 14 
 
 Sept 
 
 -1 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 23 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 1765 Nathaniel & Sarah Doanes son was Born 
 Ambrose Niles son Born Elihu 
 Barnabas & Anne Freemans Daughter Born 
 Elisabeth Cornwell Daughter to Elisha and Anne Cornvvell 
 
 was Born / 
 
 Sylvanus Freemans son Born 
 Othniel & Jerusha Brainerds son Born 
 Thomas Cowdreys Daughter Born 
 Thomas Conklins Daughter Born 
 Nathaniel Motts Daughter Born 
 Jonathan Olmsted Gates son to Nehemiah and Anne Gates 
 
 was Born 
 Ephraim Norcot son to William and Bette Norcot 
 Isaac & Elisabeth Baileys Daughter Born 
 Mary and Hannah the two Daughters of Stephen and Abigail 
 
 Knowlton were born 
 " Daniel & Bathsheba Mills Daughter was born 
 
 (4) 
 " Mary Niles Daughter to Barnabas & Thank'l Niles was Born 
 " David son to Bryan & Rebecca Parmelee was Born 
 " Mary Arnold Daughter to Gideon & Lucy Arnold Born 
 " Amos & Bethiah Deweys Son was Born 
 
 Ezra Fuller son to John & Susanna Fuller was born 
 " Moses Freeman son to Moses and Susanna Freeman Born 
 " Asa Tylers son Born 
 
 " Eliphaz & Esther Alvords Daughter was Born Elizabeth 
 " Elihu son to Ebenezer & Mary Hall was Born 
 " Joseph Smiths son Born 
 
 1766 Capt Abijah & Margaret Halls Daughter still Born 
 
 Calvin Hall son to Hamlin Jolm Hall and Elisabeth Hall was 
 born 
 " Jerusha daughter to Thomas & Mercy Shepard was born 
 " Elvira daughter to James & Asenath Bill was born 
 
 (5) 
 Jeremiah Woods Daughter Born 
 Joshua and Anne Baileys Daughter was Born 
 John & Desire Markhams Dau Abigail born 
 Lucretia Daughter to John & Azubah Hinckly was born 
 Thomas Acly Junr & Sarah Aclys Son Born 
 Asa Cook Son to Zacheus & Mary Cook was born 
 Patience Bailey Daughter to Jonathan & Patience Bailey born 
 Daniel and Esther Mackall Child Born 
 John Gernseys child born 
 Mane Nathaniel & Sarah Doanes Daughter Sarah Born 
 
 Mane Ebenezer «& Sarah Coles Daughter Born 
 
 Robert Stiles Daughter Born 
 
 Moses and Elizabeth Cooks Daur Born 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 79 
 
 Oct 4 1766 Titus & Mercy Carriers Daughr Born 
 
 8 " Ellijah & Hannah Cooks Daughter Born 
 
 13 " John & Phebe bates Daughter born 
 
 Nov 6 " Joseph & Lydia Caswells son Born 
 
 II " James & Phillis Rich son Born 
 
 18 " Mane Robert & Ruhamah Shattucks Daughter Mary Born 
 
 icj " Mane John & Edey Nortons Daughter Dorinda Born 
 
 23 " Dea John & Sarah Clark Son Born 
 
 29 " Marcus & Phebe Cole son still Born 
 
 Dec 20 " Nathl & Mercy Keys child still Born 
 
 Dec 15 " 'John Godfrey (X: Hannah Hopth son Born 
 
 2r " Ebenezer & Huldah Hardings son Amos born 
 
 Jan 16 1767 Benjamin & Prudence Goffe son Born 
 
 18 " Barnabas & Anne Freemans Daughter Born 
 
 29 " Nathan Rowleys two Daughters Born 
 
 Feby 6 " Recompense & Dorothy Baileys son Born 
 
 25 " Thomas & Thankful Hills son Born 
 
 March i " Thomas & Margaret PJoolittle son John Born 
 
 11 " Barnabas Niles son Salmon Born 
 23 " Othniel Brainerds Daughter Born 
 
 April 7 " Jonathan Shirtliefs Daughter Sarah Born 
 
 8 " Samuel & Elisabeth Browns Daughter Mary Born 
 
 9 " Caleb & Mary Johnson son Born 
 25 " Sylvanus Freemans Daughter Born 
 27 " Isaac & Elisabeth Baileys son Born 
 
 May 2 " Samuel Hodges son Israel Born 
 
 10 " Israel & Mary Whitcombs son Born 
 
 " Jeremiah Woods child born 
 
 June II " Gideon & Lucy Arnolds son Born 
 
 15 " John Hills Daughter Born 
 
 July 17 " Moses & Mary White Coles Daur born 
 
 ■24 " Jabez & Mary Woods Daughter Mary Born 
 
 29 " Jonathan Olmsted son to Lieut Stephen and Mercv Olmsted 
 
 (7) 
 
 Aug 6 " Amos Deweys P>aughter Born 
 
 12 " Stephen Knowltons son Born Joshua 
 
 29 " Darius Gates son to Stephen and and Esther Gates Born 
 
 Sept 7 " Wm Cornwell Goodrich son to Thomas and Esther Goodrich 
 was born 
 
 9 " Joseph Freeman son to Moses and Susanna P^reeman was born 
 
 ■Oct " Daniel & Esther Mackall Daughter Born 
 
 Wilham Norcot son of Wm and Bette Bette Norcot Born 
 
 Dec 26 " Nathl & Agnis Mott son Born 
 
 Jan 4 1768 Ebenezer & Abigail Halls Daughter Born 
 
 6 " Mary Purples son Born 
 
 16 " Brvan and Rebekah Parmelee Daughter Born 
 
8o 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 1768 
 
 Jan 17 176S Stephen & Thankful Aclys Dar Born 
 
 also Jared and Eunice Parmelees Daughter Born 
 18 " Esther Alvord Daughter of Eliphaz and Esther Aivord was 
 Born 
 Allen Hill son of Daniel Hill Junr and Bathsheba Hill Born 
 Samuel & Sarah Woods daur Born 
 Lemuel & Grace Shirtlief son born 
 David & Elisabeth Caswell son was born 
 
 Moses & Elisabeth Cooks son born 
 
 Nathaniel Niles son Born 
 
 Capt Abijah & Margaret Halls Daughter Born 
 
 John & Desire Markhams Daughter Born 
 
 Thomas Cowdreys child Born Jonathan 
 
 Nathaniel & Elizabeth Clarks Daughter Eunice Born 
 
 William & Elisabeth Whites child still born 
 
 Erastus Bill son of James and Asenath Bill was born 
 
 Lucretia Daughter to of Thomas and Mercy Sheperd was born 
 
 Isaiah Cook son to Joshua and Mary Cook was Born 
 
 Ruhamah Daughter to Joseph and Lydia Caswell was Born 
 
 Asriel son to John & Azubah Hinckley was Born 
 
 James & Phillis Rich son Born 
 
 Andrew Fuller son to John and Susanna Fuller was Born 
 
 Joshua Baileys son born Nathaniel 
 
 Cole son to Marcus & Phebe Cole was Born 
 
 Rachel Daughter to Elkanah and Ruth Sears was Born 
 James Johnson Junr & Sarah Johnsons son Born name Amasa 
 John Clark 3d & Deborah Clark, son Born 
 Elizabeth Sears Daughter to Ebenezer Sears Junr & Elisabeth 
 Sears 
 
 Lewis son of Nathan \' Naomi Lewis was Born 
 
 Daughter to Samuel and Thankful Hill was Born 
 
 Huldah Daughter to Ebenr & Huldah Harding was born 
 Jonathan Shirtliefs son Born 
 
 Hannah Daughter to Elijah & Hannah Cook Born 
 
 John & Phebe Bates Daughter was Born 
 
 Lucinda Norton Daughter to John Junr & Edey Norton was 
 
 Born 
 Marianne Smith Daughter to Ralph and Hannah Smith was 
 
 born 
 Leah Freeman Daughter of Sylvanus l\; Leah Freeman born 
 Barnabas & Anne Freemans son Born 
 Enos Brown son to S & El B born 
 Nathll & Mercy Keys Daughter Born 
 Elijah Clarks son Born 
 Isaac & Bette Baileys Daughter Born fp 2j) 
 
 
 20 
 
 Feby 
 
 13 
 
 
 14 
 
 March 2 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 25 
 
 April 
 
 16 
 
 April 
 
 30 
 
 May 
 
 5 
 
 May 
 
 22 
 
 July 
 
 6 
 
 
 8 
 
 July 
 
 18 
 
 Aug 
 
 2 
 
 
 13 
 
 Aug 
 
 17 
 
 Sept 
 
 5 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 19 
 
 
 29 
 
 Oct 
 
 4 
 
 
 7 
 
 Oct 
 
 19 
 
 
 25 
 
 Novr 
 
 
 Dec 
 
 22 
 
 Jany 
 
 
 Feby 
 
 II 
 
 1769 
 
 17 
 26 
 
 Mar II 
 26 
 
 April 5 
 18 
 19 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 8 I 
 
 fioj 
 Baptisms East Hampton A. D. 1764 
 
 April 22 1764 Nathaniel Cook son to Elijah & Hannah Cook was Baptised 
 
 May 6 " Joshua Bailey & Anne Bailey son and Daughter to Joshua & 
 Anne Bailey were Baptised 
 
 Nov 18 " Nathan Stiles son to Robert Stiles was Baptised & Anna Hard- 
 ing Daughter to Ebenezer and Huldah Harding bap 
 
 Feb 17 1765 Mercy Olmsted Daughter to Stephen & Mercy Olmsted was 
 Baptised 
 
 Mar 10 " Thomas Doolittle son of Thomas Doolittle was Baptised 
 
 Mar 17 " Lucy Shirtlief Daughter to Lemuel and Grace Shirtlief was 
 Baptised 
 
 April 14 " Moses Rowley son to Nathan Rowley was Baptised — Mary 
 Daughter to Israel Whitcomb and Ruth' Daughter to 
 Elkanah & Ruth Sears were Baptised 
 
 May 12 " Elisabeth Cornwell Daughter to Elisha and Anne Cornwell 
 Baptd 
 19 " Elisha Johnson son to Caleb and Mary Johnson Baptised 
 
 June 23 " Anselm Brainerd son to Othniel & Jerusha Brainerd was 
 Baptised 
 
 July 14 " Susanna Dewey was Baptised 
 
 " Elisha & Enos Dewey sons to Israel Dewey Junr & Susanna 
 Dewey were Baptised and Mercy Wood Daughter to 
 Susanna Dewey 
 28 " Ephraim Norcot son to William & Bette Norcot was Baptised 
 also Elihu Niles son to Ambrose & Hannah Niles was 
 Baptised 
 Aug 4 " Jonathan Olmsted Gates son to Nehemiah & Anne Gates 
 
 Baptised 
 Sept 15 " Mary & Hannah Knowlton Daughters to Stephen & Abigal 
 Knowlton were Baptised also Talilha Niles Daughter to 
 Barnabas & Thankful Niles also Mary Arnold Daughter 
 to Gideon & Lucy Arnold Baptised 
 " Ezra f^uller son to John and Susanna Fuller was Baptised 
 
 David son to Bryant & Rebecca Parmelee was Baptised 
 " Moses Freeman son to Moses and Susanna Freeman Baptised 
 Elisabeth the daughter of Eliphaz & Esther Alvord Baptised 
 
 (12) 
 
 Elisha Hall son to Ebenezer and Mary Hall was baptised 
 A. D. 1766 Calvin son to Hamlin John and Elisabeth Hall was 
 baptised & Elvira Bill Daughter to James & Asenath 
 Bill was Baptised 
 Mar 23 1766 Timothy and Mary and Phebe Brainerd were Baptised Mrs 
 
 Alvords Children by her ist husband 
 April 27 " Jonathan & Noah Shirtlief sons to Jonathan >.\: Abigail Shirt- 
 lief were Baptised 
 
 
 22 
 
 Oct 
 
 13 
 
 Nov 
 
 3 
 
 
 24 
 
 Dec 
 
 S 
 
 Feb 
 
 23 
 
82 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 May ir 1766 Jerusha Daughter to Thomas & Mercy Shepherd Abigail 
 Daughter to John & Desire Markham & Lucretia dr to 
 John & Azubah Hinckley were baptised 
 
 May 18 " Asa Cook son to Zacheus & Mary Cook was baptised also 
 Thomas & Samuel White sons to Thomas White De- 
 ceased & Susanna White but now Dewey 
 
 25 " Samuel Sarah Nathaniel & Huldah Cowdrey sons and Daugh- 
 
 ters of Thomas Cowdrey were baptised and also Rhoda 
 Bailey Daughter to Joshua & Ann Bailey was Baptised 
 
 (13) 
 July 27 " Bathsheba Hill. Daniel Hill Junr's wife was Baptised & 
 Patience Bailey Daughter to Jonathan and patience Bailey 
 Sept 28 " Sarah Daughter to Nathl & Sarah Doane Baptised 
 Octr " Mary Daughter to Elijah & Hannah Cook Baptised 
 
 Nov 23 " Mary Daughter to Robert & Ruhamah Shattuck baptised & 
 
 Dorinda Dar to John & Edey Norton Baptised 
 Oct " Daniel son to Daniel Hill Jun and Bathsheba Hill and Elisa- 
 
 beth their Daughter were Baptised 
 Nov 30 " Moses son to Dea John & Sarah Clark was Baptised 
 March 8 1767 Thomas and Margaret Doolittles son John Baptised 
 
 22 " Amos Harding son to Ebenr & Huldah Harding Baptised 
 also Salmon Niles son to Barnabas Niles 
 April 12 " Sarah Daughter to Jonathan Shirtlief Baptised 
 
 26 " Hannah & Mary Rowley Daughters to Nathan Rowley were 
 
 Baptised 
 May 3 " Abigail Brainerd Daughter to Othniel and Jerusha Brainerd 
 
 was Baptised 
 10 " Israel Hodge son to Samuel Hodge Baptised and Mary Brown 
 
 Daughter of Samuel & Elisabeth Brown 
 June 21 " Israel Whitcomb son to I & Mary Whitcomb baptised 
 July 5 " Kezia Hill John Hills Daughter Baptised 
 
 (14) 
 26 " Dan Arnold son to Gideon and Lucy Arnold Baptised & Mary 
 Cole Daughter to Moses & Mary White Cole Baptised 
 Aug 2 " Jonathan Olmsted Stephen & Mercy Olmsteds son Baptised 
 also Mary Wood Daughter to Jabez & Mary Wood bap- 
 tised 
 Sept 13 " Joseph Freeman son to Moses & Susanna Freeman Baptised 
 20 " Joshua Knowlton son to Stephen and Abigail Knowlton bap- 
 tised 
 August 1767 Elisha Samuel & Sarah Mott sons & Daughter to Nathl & 
 
 Agnis ^^ott were Baptised 
 Nov I " Darius Gates son of Stephen & Esther Gates was Baptised 
 fany 3 1768 William Norcot son to Willm and Bette Norcot was Baptised 
 10 " William Corn well Goodrich son to Thomas & Esther Goodrich 
 was Baptised 
 Feby 21 " Nathaniel Mott son to Nathll and Agnis Mott was Baptised 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OP EAST HAMPTON. 83 
 
 March 6 1768 Esther Alvord Daughter to Eliphaz & Esther Alvord Baptised 
 
 April 3 " Allen Hill son to Daniel Hill Jr& Bathsheba his wife and Lo- 
 
 throp Shirtlief son to Lemuel & Grace Shirtlief and Lucy 
 
 Hall Daughter to Abijah & Margaret Hall were Baptised 
 
 ffSJ 
 10 " Sarah Parmelee Daughter to Bryan & Rebecca Parmelee bap- 
 tised also Eunice Hall Parmelee Daughter of Jared 
 (& Eunice) late deceased Parmelee Baptised 
 May I " Jerusha Cole Ebener & Sarah Coles Daughter Baptised also 
 Martha Freeman Sylvanus & Leah PVeemans Daughter 
 8 " Jonathan Cowdrey son of Thomias Cowdrey Bapd also Eunice 
 Clark Daughter of Nathl & Elisabeth Clark 
 22 " Sarah Acly Baptised Thomas Aclys Junr wife 
 29 ' ' Margere Markham John & Desire Markhams Daughter baptised 
 June 5 " James & Isaac & David Bailey the sons of Isaac & Elisabeth 
 Bailey Baptised 
 12 " Ichabod Solomon & Esther Bailey sons & Daughter to Solo- 
 mon & Dorothy Bailey Baptised also Jonathan Caswell 
 son to Joseph & Lydia Caswell 
 July 3 " Mary Hall Daughter to Ebenezer& Abigail Hall was Baptised 
 10 " Erastus Bill son to James & Asenath Bill was Baptised 
 24 " Levi Acly son to Thomas & i^arah Acly Bap 
 Aug 7 " Isaac Johnson son to Caleb & Mary Johnson & Ruhamah Cas- 
 well Daughter to Joseph & Lydia Caswell were Baptised 
 21 " Asriel Hinckley son to John & Azubah Hinckley was Baptised 
 
 f Verte to p 2jJ 
 
 (16) 
 Renewing & Coming to Full Communion 
 Joshua Bailey & Anne Bailey his wife were received to full 
 
 Communion 
 Susanna Dewey Renewed her Covenant 
 
 Patience Bailey and Fluldah Harding were Reed to full Com- 
 munion 
 Sarah Clark made Confession for the sin of fornication and 
 
 was accepted 
 Thankful Niles was received to full Communion in this church 
 also Ambrose & Hannah Niles Renewed their Covenant 
 Nov 7 " Eliphaz Alvord & Esther his wife were received to full Com- 
 munion 
 Mar 2 1766 Mary Alvord Consert to Capt Jonathan Alvord was received 
 into full Communion in this Church 
 
 Mar 30 " Thomas Cowdrey and his wife Nathaniel Doane & Sarah 
 
 his wife Renewed their Covenant 
 April 27 " Jonathan Shirtlief & Abigail his wife Renewed their Covenant 
 July 27 " Bathsheba Hill was Received to full Comn 
 Sept 21 " John Norton Jun and Edey his wife were Reed to full Com- 
 munion 
 
 May 
 
 6 
 
 1764 
 
 Mar 
 
 31 
 
 1765 
 
 April 
 
 21 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 9 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 
 28 
 
 " 
 
84 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Sept 
 
 28 
 
 1766 
 
 Feby 
 
 22 
 
 1767 
 
 May 
 
 3 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 21 
 
 
 July 
 
 26 
 
 " 
 
 Mar 
 
 10 
 
 1768 
 
 April 
 
 3 
 
 
 May 
 
 15 
 22 
 
 11 
 
 June 12 
 
 July 3 
 
 Aug 14 
 
 Aug 28 
 
 May 23 
 
 June 28 
 
 Novr 29 
 
 Jany 10 
 
 Feb II 
 
 May 28 
 
 Sept. 12 
 
 19 
 Nov 21 
 Dec 18 
 
 19 
 Feby 6 
 
 July 3 
 Sept 25 
 
 Oct 2 
 Nov 6 
 
 13 
 Mar 30 
 
 April 30 
 
 1764 
 
 1765 
 
 1766 
 
 1767 
 
 (17) 
 
 Othniel Brainerd recommended from the 4th Chu in Mn and 
 receved with us to full C. 
 
 Barnabas Niles Recommended from the Church of X at West- 
 chester and received at this 
 
 John Clark Jr Reed to full Communion 
 
 Moses Cole Jun & Mary White Cole his wife & Mary Cun- 
 ningham Reed to full Communion 
 
 Nathaniel & Agnes Mott Renewed their Covenant 
 
 Jared Parmelee Renewed Covenant 
 
 Israel Whitcomb Reed to Covenant by a Recommendation 
 from Marlboro 
 
 Joseph Caswell & Lydia his wife were Reed to full Communion 
 
 Recompense Bailey & Dorothy his wife 
 
 Elisabeth the wife of Isaac Bailey & Thomas Acly Junr with 
 Sai-ah his wife all Renewed or rather Sarah Acly entered 
 into Covenant 
 
 Barnabas & Thankful Niles Recommended to the Church of 
 X at Rumney 
 
 Ebenezer Hall and Abigail his wife were Reed to full Com- 
 munion 
 
 James Johnson Jr & Sarah his wife & Deborah the wife of 
 John Clark 3rd were Reed to full communion 
 
 Joshua Cook & Mary his wife were Reed to full Communion 
 
 ( Verte p 2g) 
 fiSj 
 Marriages 
 
 Isaac Kneeland & Hannah Cook were married 
 
 Othniel Brainerd & Jerusha Kilbourn were married 
 
 Eliphaz Alvord & Esther Hart were married 
 
 Daniel Miller and Susanna Bevin were married 
 
 Thomas Acly and Sarah Luther were married 
 
 William Mihills and Sarah Stevens were married 
 
 Jonathan Bailey & Experience Wood were married 
 
 John Norton Jun and Edey Clark were married 
 
 Capt Jonathan Alvord & Mary Brainerd were married 
 
 Moses Cook & Elisabeth Cone were married 
 
 Titus Carrier & Mercy Cook were married 
 
 Joseph Markham and Mehitabel Spencer were married 
 
 Joseph Caswell & Lydia Harding were married 
 
 Moses Cole & Mary White Clark were married 
 
 (19J 
 Thomas Hill and Thankful Goffe were married 
 Nathaniel Clark & Elisabeth Norton were married 
 Aaron Hale & Hannah Daniels were married 
 Ebenezer Hall & Abigail Bailey were married 
 Samuel Wood & Sarah Clark were married 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 85 
 
 June 30 1767 Joseph White & Charity Lewis were married 
 July 9 " David Bailey & Jemima Daniels were married 
 Augt 18 " David Caswell & Elisabeth Green were married 
 Sept 24 " Jared Parmelee & Eunice Hall married 
 
 Nov 18 " James Johnson Junr & Sarah Clark also John Johnson & 
 Hannah Clark also William White and Elizabeth Love- 
 land were married 
 Dec 2 " Ralph Smith cS: Hannah Hollister were married 
 
 3 " Nathaniel Bosworth & !Mary Smith were married also Nathan 
 Lewis and Naomi Acly were married 
 Jany 28 1768 Edward Luther was married 
 May II " Ezra Acly & Sarah West were married 
 Sept 8 " Edward Purple and Mary Hodge were married 
 
 (20) 
 
 Deaths 
 
 May 30 1764 Deceased Ellis Bailey the consort of Jonathan Bailey Etat 63 
 
 years 7 months 
 July 21 " Deceased Samuel Hall son to Ebenezer & Mary Hall aged 
 2 years & 10 months and also Susanna Hall Daughter of 
 Ebenezer i\: Mary Hall aged 4 years 11 months 
 July 29 " Deceased Ruth Sears Daughter to Elkanah & Ruth Sears 
 Et 2 y 4 mos 
 " Thomas Cowdrey Daughter deceased aged i hour 
 
 1765 Deceased John Hale Jun Etat 30 years 
 " Deceased Jabez Clark Etat 47 y 9 mos 
 " Deceased Elihu Hall Infant son to Ebenezer iS: Mary Hall 
 
 1766 Capt Abijah & Margaret Hails Daughter still born 
 " Deceasd Phebe Cornwell daughter to Elisha and Anne Corn- 
 well aged 10 years 5 months 
 
 " Deceased Isaac Baileys Daughter aged 9 months 
 " Deceased Anne Bailey Consort to David Bailey Etat 
 " Deceased Leah Freeman Daughter to Sylvanus and Leah 
 Freeman aged 2 years & 7 months 
 
 C21) 
 " Deceased Daniel & Esther Mackalls child 
 " Deceased Jeremiah Woods child Etat 4 mos 
 " Deceased Thomas Cunningham by falling upon an ax cut 
 
 himself so yt his bowels Issued out & mortified 
 " Deceased Elisabeth Cole Etat 25 y 7 m 
 " Deceased Lothrop Shirtlief son to Lemuel and Grace Shirtlief 
 
 Et 3 years 
 " Marcus & Phebe Coles son still born 
 " Nathal & Mercy Keys child still born 
 " Deceased Joseph Whites wife Etat 63 
 
 1767 Deceased Mary Hall Ebeneser Halls wife in the 32 year of 
 age 
 
 " Deceased Philip GoiTs wife 
 
 Augt 
 
 II 
 
 Mar 
 
 17 
 
 April 
 
 25 
 
 Dec 
 
 8 
 
 Jany 
 
 2 
 
 
 6 
 
 April 
 
 28 
 
 
 30 
 
 July 
 
 6 
 
 July 
 
 14 
 
 
 25 
 
 Aug 
 
 14 
 
 Oct 
 
 5 
 
 
 II 
 
 Nov 
 
 29 
 
 Dec 
 
 20 
 
 
 22 
 
 Jany 
 
 10 
 
 April 
 
 22 
 
86 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 July 
 
 20 
 
 Dec 
 
 19 
 
 Jany 
 
 10 
 
 26 
 
 
 31 
 
 May 
 
 5 
 
 
 21 
 
 July 
 
 19 
 
 Augst 7 
 
 Oct 
 
 22 
 
 April 
 
 14 
 
 June 
 
 8 
 
 July 
 
 30 
 
 Nov 
 
 16 
 
 
 17 
 
 Feb 
 
 14 
 
 Mar 
 
 13 
 
 May 
 
 II 
 
 
 14 
 
 iS 
 
 April 
 
 28 
 
 May 
 
 15 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 28 
 
 
 29 
 
 June 
 
 I 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 30 
 
 Augt 
 
 14 
 
 
 15 
 
 Sept 3 
 
 1767 Deceased Joseph Smiths wife Etat 45 years & 4 months 
 " Deceased Moses Cole Etat 60 years 
 
 " Deceased Lucretia Hinckly Etat 20 months 
 
 1768 Deceased Mary Arnold Etat 2 years 4 months 
 
 " Deceased Eunice Parmelee consort of Jared Parmelee Etat 
 17 years & 3 months 
 also Deceased Mary Purples son Etat 14 days 
 " Deceasd Joseph Cook Junr Etat 23 yrs with Consumption 
 
 (22J 
 " Deceased Asa Tyler 
 
 Israel Dewey Deceast Etat 79 y 
 
 William & Elisabeth Whites Child still Born 
 " Deceased John Niles Etat 32 y 
 
 Deceased Moses Freeman Jr Etat 2 years & 10 months 
 " Decesed Phebe Acly Etat 24 
 
 1769 Deceased Prince Freeman Etat 79 years 3 months 
 " Deceased (iideon & Lucy Arnolds son Et 2 days 
 " Nathaniel & Elisabeth Clarks Daughter still born 
 " Deceased Selden Cook Etat 20 months 
 
 " Oliver Beuels Daughter Deed Etat i month 
 
 1770 Samuel Higgins Deceasd 
 
 " Sjlvester Alvord son of Eliphaz and Esther Alvord Decasd 
 
 Etat 20 days 
 " Deceased Cybil Hall Etat 22 years 
 " Decased Elijah Clarks child Etat 13 months 
 
 also Nathaniel & Elisabeth Clarks son still born 
 " Deed Elisabeth Clark Nathaniel Clark Consort Etat 29 years 
 
 5 months 
 
 1 769 Rhoda daughter of Thomas & Margaret Doolittle Born 
 Ezra & Sarah Aclys Daughter Born 
 John & Hannah Johnsons son Abner Born 
 Israel & Mary Whitcomb son born Isaac 
 Susanna Deweys Daughter Born 
 Edward & Mary Purple son Born 
 John Hills son born n Samuel 
 
 Jonathan & Patience Baileys son Born name Submit 
 Gideon & Lucy Arnolds son born 
 Caleb & Mary Johnsons son born 
 Mehitable Cook Born Da' of Zac & Mary Cook 
 Thomas & Thankful Hills Daughter born 
 Nathl & Elisabeth Clark Daugr still born 
 Thomas Cowdreys Daughter Born 
 Hart Gates son of Nehemiah & Anne Gates Born 
 Oliver Brainerd son of Othniel and Jerusha Brainerd was born 
 Hiram Bosworth son of Nathaniel and Mary Bosworth was 
 Born 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST Hx\MPTON. 87 
 
 Sept 2g 1769 Jonah Gates son of Stephen and Esther Gates born 
 
 Cynthia daughter to Moses & Susanna Freeman 
 Oct I " James Cole son to Moses & Mary White Cole Born 
 7 " Oliver Keuells Daughter Born 
 17 " Nicholas Hosenkause son Born 
 Nov 17 " William & Elizabeth Whites son Born and Stephen Knowl- 
 tons Daughter was Born 
 
 (24) 
 Titus & Mercy Carriers son born 
 ?o Recompense & Dorothy Baileys son born 
 
 Selden Cook son to Moses & Elisabeth Cook Born 
 
 Cole Daughter to Ebenezer and Sarah Cole was born 
 
 Daniel Mackalls child born 
 
 Benjamin & Rachel Kneelands Daughter Born 
 
 Silvester son to Eliphaz & Esther Alvord was born 
 
 Rowland Percivals Son Born 
 
 Selden Shurtlief son to Lemuel and Grace Shurtlief Born 
 
 Jeremiah Woods Born 
 
 Hall son to Ebenezer and Abigail Hall born 
 
 Ebenezer Norcot son to William & Bette Norcot born 
 
 Hannah Daughter to Jos & Lydia Caswell born 
 
 Samuel & Sarah Woods son born 
 
 David & Jemima Baileys son born 
 
 also Jonathan & Abigail Shurtliefs son born 
 
 Norton Bill son to James & Asenath Bill Born 
 
 Agnes Mott Daughter of Nathl & Agnes Mott Born 
 
 Acly son of Stephen ^: Thankful Acly born 
 
 (25) 
 Baptisms 
 Aug 28 176S Isiah Cook son to Joshua & Mary Cook Baptised 
 Oct 2 " Amasa Johnson son to James Johnson Jr & Sarah Johnson & 
 Increase Mosely Clark son to John Clark 3d and Deborah 
 Clark & Lucina Shepherd Daughter to Thomas & Mercy 
 Shepherd were Baptised 
 g " Rachel Sears Daughter to Elkanah and Ruth Sears & Elisa- 
 beth Sears Daughter to Ebenezer Junr & Elisabeth Sears 
 were baptised 
 23 " Andrew Fuller son to John & Susanna Fuller was Baptised 
 30 " Susanna Rowley iS; Daniel Bailey son of Joshua & Anne Bailey 
 & Huldah Harding Daughter of Ebenezer & Huldah 
 Harding were Baptised 
 Jany 15 1769 Hannah Cook daughter to Elijah & Hannah Cook Baptised 
 Feby 12 " Lucinda Norton Daughter of John Norton Jr & Edey Norton 
 Baptised 
 26 " Marianne Smith Daughter of Ralph & Hannah Smith Baptised 
 Mar 12 " David Shirtlief son to Jonathan & Abigail Shurtlief Baptised 
 also Leah Freeman Daughter to Sylvanus & Leah Free- 
 man was Baptised 
 
 Dec 
 
 II 
 
 Jany 
 
 I 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 28 
 
 Feby 
 
 iS 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 24 
 
 Marcl 
 
 h 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 31 
 
 April 
 
 4 
 
 May 
 
 7 
 
 
 27 
 
 June 
 
 14 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 Aug 
 
 7 
 
 Sept 
 
 15 
 
April 
 
 30 
 
 May 
 
 14 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 
 II 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 22 
 
 July 
 
 23 
 
 Augt 
 
 20 
 
 Sept 
 
 10 
 
 88 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 (2b) 
 
 1769 Enos Brown son to Samll & Elisabeth Brown Baptised 
 " Mary «& Mercy Carrier Daughters of Titus & Mercy Carrier 
 and Selden & Lydia Cook son & Daughter to Moses & 
 Elizabeth Cook were Baptised 
 Edward Purple son of Edward & Mary Purple Baptised 
 " Samuel Hills son to John Hills baptised 
 " Harris Johnson son of Caleb & Mary Johnson Baptised 
 " Submit Bailey son to Jon Jr & Patience Bailey 
 " Isaac Whitcomb son to Israel & Mary Whitcomb and Mehit- 
 able daughter to Zacs & Mary Cook & Elisabeth daugh- 
 ter to Isaac & Elisabeth Bailey were baptised 
 " Hart Gates son of Nehemiah & Anne Gates Baptised . 
 " Abner Johnson son of John & Hannah Johnson & Hiram Bos- 
 worth son of Nathaniel & Mary Bosworth & vSusanna 
 Cowdrey daughter of Thomas Cowdrey were Baptised 
 20 " John, Joseph, Mary, Anna, Rachel, Reliance & Lydia Smith 
 
 sons and daughters of Joseph Smith Baptised 
 24 " Oliver Brainerd son of Othniel and Jerusha Brainerd Baptised 
 Oct I " Rhoda Doolittle Daughter to Thomas & Margaret Doolittle 
 baptised 
 8 " Jonah Gates son to S'ten & Esther Gates Baptised 
 15 " Stephen, John, Anne and Eunice Acly sons and daughters of 
 Stephen & Thankful Acly also James Cole son to Moses 
 and Mary White Cole 
 
 (27) 
 
 Dec 3 " Mercy Johnson Widow Baptised 
 
 10 " nam Knowlton Stephn & Abigail Knowltons Daughter Bap- 
 tised 
 17 " Cynthia Freeman Daughter to Moses & Susanna Freeman 
 Baptised 
 
 Jany 14 1770 Selden Cook son to Moses & Elisabeth Cook was Baptised 
 
 Feby 4 " John Carrier son of Titus & Mercy Carrier & Cole 
 
 Daughter to Ebenezer & Sarah Cole was baptised 
 
 March 4 " Elihu Bailey son of Recompense and Dorothy Bailey & Syl- 
 vester Alvord son to Eliphaz & Esther Alvd Baptised 
 
 April " Selden Shirtlief son to Lemuel & Grace Shirtlief Baptised also 
 
 Ebenezer Norcot son to William & Bette Norcot 
 
 May 13 " Hannah Caswell Daughter to Joseph and Lydia Caswell 
 Baptised 
 
 May 20 " Seth Hall son of Ebenezer & Abigail Hall Baptised 
 
 July 8 " Hannah Wood Daughter of Jonathan and Abiah Wood Bap- 
 tised 
 
 luly 15 " David Bailey son to David and Jemima Bailey was Baptised 
 22 " Norton Bill son to James and Asenath Bill Baptised 
 29 " Asa Shurtlief son to Jonathan & Abigail Shurtlief Baptised 
 
 Aug 12 " Agnes Mott Daughter of Nathl & Agnes Mott Baptised 
 
Aug 
 
 26 
 
 Sept 
 
 23 
 
 Oct 
 
 15 
 
 Nov 
 
 13 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 89 
 
 (28) 
 
 At a meeting of the sixth Church of Christ in Middletown at 
 the house of the Revd Mr John Norton pastor of sd 
 church 
 
 Voted I that this Church will Choose a committee of five 
 Brethren to join with the Pastor to hear such grievances 
 as may (all out in the Church between Brother and 
 brother or any of same that may be complained of to 
 consider whether it be Censurable and if Censurable 
 whether it is probable that it will be proved and if so if 
 they cant heal the difficulty then to bring it to the Church. 
 Voted in the affirmative 
 
 2 the vote being called for the Church Chose for their Com- 
 mitte Deacon Isaac Smith Deacn John Clark. Elisha 
 Cornwell Josiah Cook Capt Abijah-Hall 
 
 1770 Timothy Parmelee son to Bryan & Rebecca Parmelee Baptised 
 " Elijah Acly son of Sten & Th Acly Baptised 
 ■' Lavinia Cook Dau of Josha & Mary Cook baptised 
 " Isaac Hinckly son of J & A Hinckly Abihu Acly son of Thos 
 & Sarah Acly & John Clark son of John & Deborah 
 Clark were Baptised 
 Jany 3 1771 Asa Hill son to Daniel & Bathsheba Hill and Philena Free- 
 man Daughter to Sylvanus & Leah Freeman Baptised 
 Mar 15 " John Norton son to John & Edey Norton Baptised also Lois 
 Alvord Daughter to Eliphaz and Esther Alvord Baptised 
 31 " Benjamin Sears son to Elkh & Ruth Sears also Joseph Johnson 
 son to James & Sarah Johnson were Baptised 
 
 (29) 
 Jemima Bailey Reed from Middle Haddam Church & Reed 
 
 in this 
 Jonathan Bailev & Susanna Rowley were Reed to Full Com- 
 
 munnion 
 Ralph and Hannah Smith Renewed their Covenant 
 Moses and Elisabeth Cook Edward Purple & Mary his wife 
 
 Mercy wife of Titus Carrier & Mehitabel Clark were 
 
 received to full Communion 
 Nathaniel & Mary Bosworth'Red Covenant 
 Joseph Smith John Johnson and Hannah Johnson his wife 
 
 & Anne Norton were Reed to full Communion 
 Stephen Acly & Thankful his wife renewed their Covenant 
 Mercy Johnson Reed to Full Communion 
 Widow Dunham Reed to Full Communion 
 Thankful Hills the wife of Samuel Hills Received to full 
 
 Communion 
 John Hills and his wife Simeon Wright iS; Rhoda his 
 
 wife were Reed to Full Communion 
 
 Sept 4 
 
 1768 
 
 Oct 3 
 
 " 
 
 Jany i 
 
 1769 
 
 April 23 
 
 
 June 18 
 
 ■ ' 
 
 Augs 13 
 
 " 
 
 Oct 3 
 
 " 
 
 Dec 3 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 1770 
 
 July 31 
 
 1771 
 
 Augst 4 
 
 " 
 
90 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Sept 29 1771 Isaac Kneeland & Hannah his wife Recommended from tlie 
 Church in Marlborough and Received with us 
 
 Feby 6 1772 Stephen Knowlton & Joanna Strong receved to full Com- 
 munion 
 
 May 3 " H E R C (Illegible) 
 
 May 4 1769 
 
 Nov 
 
 22 
 
 " 
 
 Nov 
 
 30 
 
 " 
 
 Jany 
 
 4 
 
 1770 
 
 Novr 
 
 2 
 17 
 
 " 
 
 Jany 
 
 24 
 
 1771 
 
 Jany 
 
 31 
 
 ' ' 
 
 Feb 
 
 2S 
 
 " 
 
 Mar 
 
 10 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 II 
 
 1771 
 
 Sept 
 
 30 
 
 1770 
 
 Oct 
 
 10 
 23 
 27 
 
 
 Nov 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 
 Jany 
 
 10 
 24 
 
 1771 
 
 Feb 18 
 21 
 
 Mar 30 
 
 March 4 177 
 
 April 
 
 2 
 
 April 
 
 10 " 
 
 
 13 
 
 
 26 
 
 
 27 
 
 
 28 
 
 
 29 
 
 May 
 
 6 
 
 
 II 
 
 June 
 
 25 
 
 Tulv 
 
 5 
 
 July 
 
 26 
 
 fjoj 
 Amos Ranney and Rachel Hill married 
 Simeon Wright & Rhoda Cook married 
 Samll Higgins & Katharine Cunningham married 
 Randall Shattuck and Comfort Tyler were married 
 William Lord & Ruth Hodge were married 
 Jared Parmelee & Susanna Olmsted were married 
 Nathaniel Gernsey and Damaris Alvord were married 
 
 Cady & Hannah Wood were married 
 
 Lemuel West & Desire Markham were married 
 John Ward & Catharine Higgins were married 
 Elizur Chapman & Dorothy Lord were married 
 
 Samuel Hills daughter born 
 
 Randall & Comfort Shattucks Daughter Born 
 
 Lavina Cook Daughter of Joshua & Mary Cook Born 
 
 James & Phillis Richs daughter Born 
 
 Simeon & Rhoda Wrights Daughter Born 
 
 Isaac Hinckley son of John & Azubah Hinckley was born 
 
 Abihu Acly son to Thomas & Sarah Acly was born 
 
 John Clark son of John & Deborah Clark Born 
 
 Ebenezer & Huldah Hardings Daughter born 
 
 Philena Freeman Daughter to Sylvanus and Leah Freeman & 
 
 Asa Hill son to Daniel and Bathsheba Hill were born 
 Rufus Dewey Son Born 
 John Clark son Born 
 Elkh and Ruth Sears son born 
 John and Hannah Johnson son born 
 
 fO 
 
 Eliphaz & Esther Alvords Daughter Born 
 
 James Gates son to Nehemiah & Anne Gates was Born 
 
 Elijah Clarks son born 
 
 Elijah & Hannah Cooks daughter born 
 
 Samuel Hodges son Ichabod was born 
 
 Nathaniel and Mary Bosworths Daughter born 
 
 Nathan Rowleys Born 
 
 & Susanna Deweys son Born 
 
 Israel Whitcombs Born 
 
 Isaac and Bette Baileys daughter born 
 Marcus & Phebe Coles son Born 
 Ralph and Hannah Smith Daughter Born 
 Ezra and Sarah Aclys daughter Born 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 91 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 28 
 
 May 
 
 7 
 
 May 
 
 12 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 June 
 
 9 
 
 June 
 
 23 
 
 July 
 
 21 
 
 Augt 9 1 77 1 Ebenezer and Sarah Coles daughter I5orn 
 Sept 17 " Barnabas and Anne Freemans Daughter Born 
 
 BaI'TISMS. 
 
 April 7 1771 Elizabeth Harding Daughter of Ebenezer and Huldah Harding 
 Baptised 
 " Sylvester Fuller son to John and Susanna Fuller baptised 
 " Ichabod Hodge son to Saml Hodge and Eunice Cook Daugh- 
 ter to Elijah and Hannah Cook was Baptised 
 " Timothy Rowley baptised 
 
 " Mary Bosworth Daughter of Nathl & Mary B Baptised 
 " James Gates son of Neh & Anne Gates Baptised 
 1771 Rhoda Whitcomb Daughter of Israel & M Whitcomb Baptised 
 " Silena Bailey Daughter of Widow Bette Bailey baptised 
 " Hannah Smith L^aughter of Ralph and Hannah Smith Bap- 
 tised 
 31 " Roxana and Adino daughter and son of Samuel and Thankful 
 Hill were Baptised 
 Aug 4 " Rhoda ( baptised)? 
 
 Marriages 
 Jany i 1772 Job Acly & Lydia Rowley married 
 
 Isaac Smith & Jerusha Brooks were married 
 " Ezra Purple and Mary Penfield were Married 
 " Joseph Lord and Ruth Purple were married 
 
 1771 Lemuel and Desire Wests daughter born 
 Aaron Hosfords son Born 
 
 " Timothy Percivals child still Born 
 
 " Stephen & Abigail Knowltons Da born 
 
 " Elisha and Ann Cornwells son born 
 
 " Thomas and Esther Goodrich son born 
 
 " Hosenkause daughter born 
 
 " son born 
 
 Baptisms 
 
 1771 Ira Parmelee son to Jared and Susanna Parmelee was Bap- 
 tised 
 
 " Tamzen Cole daughter to Ebenezer and Sarah Cole Baptised 
 
 & Elisha son Elisha and Anne Cornwell was Baptised 
 " Nana Knowlton, Stephen Knowltons daughter was Baptised 
 
 1772 Sarah Kneeland dau of I & H Kneeland Baptised (?) 
 " Moses Cook son of Moses Cook Baptised 
 
 Asa Bailey son to Jon & Patience Bailey Baptised 
 Sarah Shurtlief daughter to Lemuel and Grace Shurtlief 
 
 Jan 7 1772 Moses Cooks son born 
 
 21 " Isaac & Hannah Kneelands daughter born 
 
 30 " John and Lois Johnsons daughter born 
 
 Mar 24 " Jon and Patience Baileys son Born 
 
 
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 16 
 
 Sept 
 
 5 
 
 Oct 
 
 4 
 
 Oct 
 
 30 
 
 Nov 
 
 5 
 
 Nov 
 
 28 
 
 Dec 
 
 21 
 
 Dec 
 
 25 
 
 
 27 
 
 Sept 
 
 I 
 
 Nov 
 
 10 
 
 
 10 
 
 March 2 
 
 April 
 
 3 
 
 April 
 
 19 
 
 
 26 
 
92 COXCxREGATlONAI, CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 ( Last page or cover) 
 Dec 25 1 77 1 Samuel Hodge and Deborah Peters were married 
 
 Deaths 
 Mar 13 1770 Deceased F 15 (illegible) 
 
 Dec " Deceased Isaac & Bette Baileys daughter 
 
 Feb 18 1 77 1 Deceased John Clark aged 91 years 7 months 
 Mar 15 " Deceased John Norton son to John and Edy Norton Etat 14 
 
 days 
 Mar 17 " Deceased David Bailey son to David and Jemima Bailey 
 Etat 9 months 
 
 April 8 " Deceased Watrous Lazarus Watrous daughter Etat 
 
 23 " Nana Knowlton deceased etat i year 5 mos 
 
 26 " Deceased Hodge Samuel Hodges wife 
 
 June 9 " Deceased Nehemiah Gates Etat 37 y 
 July 23 " Deceased James Gates son of Widow Anne Gates 
 Augt 15 " Deed Jane Johnson Daughter of Ensign James lS: Jane John- 
 son Etat 9 y 9 months 
 Augt 21 " Lucretia Shepherd Daughter to Thomas & Mercy Shepherd 
 Decsd etat 3 years 4 months 
 Decased Mercy Wood Etat 18 
 " Deceased Moses Rowleys wife aged (73 years?) 
 " Nana Knowlton Stephens Daughter Deceased 
 
 Marriages 
 1 77 1 James Acly & Hannah Spencer were married 
 Daniel Judd & Mehetable Clark were married 
 Dewey Hall and Hannah Kneeland were married 
 Samuel Goff & Mary Cunningham were married 
 John Johnson Junr & Lois Brainerd were married 
 
 Oct 
 
 26 
 
 Dec 
 
 18 
 
 Dec 
 
 27 
 
 Dec 
 
 12 
 
 Nov 
 
 13 
 
 Augst 28 
 
 Sept 
 
 26 
 
 Oct 
 
 31 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 93 
 
 Baptisms. 
 
 Record kept by Rev. Lemuel Parsons. 
 
 Baptisms after ye Revu Mr. Norton's Death Before My Ordination. 
 
 May g 1779 Josiah son of Moses Cook baptised by Revd. Mr. Huntington 
 Marlborough. 
 Lucy daughiter of Isaac Kneeland bapd by Mr. Huntington 
 Marlborough. 
 
 May 17 " Israel son of Ebenezer Cole bapd by Mr. Eells Glastonbury. 
 
 Aug 23 " Cyprian son of John Hinckley bapd by Mr. Lockwood 
 Andover. 
 
 May 24 " Lydia daughter of Ezra Ackleybaptd by Mr. Little Colchester. 
 Levi son of Joseph Caswell baptd by Mr. Huntington Marl- 
 borough. 
 
 April 177S Diadama Dau. of Ralph Smith Baptd by Mr. Robbins, West- 
 
 chester. 
 
 Feby 21 1779 
 
 March 8 
 April 18 
 April 25 
 
 May 17 
 
 May 
 
 30 
 
 June 
 
 20 
 
 July 
 
 10 
 
 Aug 
 
 I 
 
 Aug 
 
 22 
 
 Sept 
 
 6 
 
 Octr 
 
 3 
 
 Oct 
 
 24 
 
 BAPTISM'S AFTER MY ORDINATION. 
 
 Elihu son of Nathaniel Mott. 
 
 Lucy Daughter of Gideon Arnold. 
 
 Susanna Daughter of John Clark Jr. 
 
 Mercy daughter of Thomas Cowdrey. 
 
 Abigail wife of Nathaniel White. 
 
 Elijah son of Nathaniel White. 
 
 Belinda Daughter of John Norton. 
 
 Sarah Daughter of Willm White baptd. by Mr. Parsons East 
 
 Haddam. 
 Hannah Daughter of Jonathan .Strowbridge baptd. by Mr. 
 
 Parsons — E. H.[addam] 
 Asahel son of Israel Whitcomb 
 Molly Daughter of Jared Parmelee. 
 
 Amos son of James Bill baptised by Mr. Strong Chatham 
 Abigail daughter of Recompense Bailey 
 Joanna Daughter of Elihu Hubbard. 
 Ephraim son of Ephraim Harding. 
 Susanna Daughter of Moses Cook 
 Esther Daughter of Moses Cole 
 Deborah Daughter of Nathaniel White 
 David Allen, Adult. 
 Willm son of David Allen 
 Irana Daughter of David Allen 
 
94 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Oct 31 1779 Zuba Daughter of Hezekiah Sage of Sandisfield by Mr. 
 Boardman. 
 Sally Dau. of Hezh Sage of Sandisfield Bapd by Mr. Boardman. 
 Jonah son of Jon Trowbridge Bapd by Mr. Goodrich Durham. 
 
 1780 Elisha son of Oren & Hannah Alvord. 
 Ralph son of Ralph Smith 
 Martha Daughter of Ebenr Harding. 
 Margery Daughter of Moses West Junr. 
 Elisha son of Dewey Hall 
 
 John son of Leml. & Katharine Parsons by Mr. Goodrich. 
 Eunice Daughter of Samuel Kilbourn bapt. by Mr. Boardman. 
 Deborah Daur of Samll Kilbourn bapt. by Mr. Boardman. 
 Mary Daur of Samll Kilborn Baptd by Mr. Boardman. 
 Lucy Daur of Darius Adams. 
 Noah Son of James Rich. 
 John son of Rhuel & Hannah Alvord. 
 Sybil Daughter of Rhuel & Hannah Alvord. 
 Mary Daur of Rhuel & Hannah Alvord. 
 Brooks son of Isaac Smith Junr. 
 Deborah Daur of Isaac Kneeland. 
 Lydia Daur of Joseph Caswell. 
 Ashbel son of Seth Alvord Junr. 
 Roana Daur of Ebenr Bailey 
 Levi son of Ebenr Bailey 
 Zilpha Daur. of Ebenr Bailey 
 Anna Daur of David Kneeland 
 Lucy Daur of Isaac Bevin Bapd by Hunn [Huntington] 
 
 Marlborough. 
 
 1781 Elisabeth Dau of Samuel Kilbourn — Mr. Boardman 
 Lydia Daur of Daniel & Lydia Clark 
 Elihu son of Elihu Hubbard 
 Jabez Clark son of John Norton 
 Chauncey son of Jared Parmelee 
 Liva Daughter of John Johnson Junr 
 Annis Daughter of Oren Alvord 
 Sarah Daughter of Nathaniel Mott. 
 Elisabeth Daughter of Lemll West. 
 
 Asahel son of John Clark Jr. Bapt by Mr. Huntington Marl- 
 borough. 
 
 James Hall son of Ruel «S; Hannah Alvord Bapt by Mr. Hunt- 
 ington Marlborough. 
 
 Abner son of James Bill Bapd by Mr. Gurley Exeter. 
 
 Timo Kilbourn son of Joseph Johnson Baptised by Mr. Gurley 
 Exeter. 
 
 Titus son of Titus Carrier. 
 
 Mary Daur of David Allen 
 
 Joseph son of Samll Goff. 
 
 Ebenezer son of Ebenezer Bailey 
 
 Dec 
 
 26 
 
 Feby 
 
 13 
 
 Mar 
 
 5 
 
 Mar 
 
 26 
 
 Mar 
 
 30 
 
 April 
 
 10 
 
 May 
 
 7 
 
 May 
 
 7 
 
 May 
 
 21 
 
 June 
 
 25 
 
 July 
 
 2 
 
 July 
 
 23 
 
 July 
 
 30 
 
 Septr 
 
 10 
 
 Oct 
 
 15 
 
 Oct 
 
 22 
 
 Oct 
 
 29 
 
 Feb 
 
 25 
 
 Mar 
 
 18 
 
 June 
 
 I 
 
 July 
 
 I 
 
 July 22 
 Augt 12 
 
 Ausf 20 
 
 Sept 16 
 Sept 23 
 Oct 16 
 
Nov 
 
 25 
 
 Deer 
 
 2 
 
 Deer 
 
 9 
 
 Deer 
 
 23 
 
 Dec 
 
 30 
 
 Mar 
 
 10 
 
 Mar 
 
 24 
 
 April 
 
 14 
 
 April 
 
 28 
 
 May 
 
 26 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 95 
 
 Oct 16 1781 Timothy son of John Johnson. 
 
 " Jabez son of John Johnson. 
 
 Gershom son of Capt Silas Dunham Bapd by Mr. Boardman. 
 
 " Darius son of Ephraim Harding 
 
 " Jesse son of Jesse & Lucy Kneeland. 
 
 Samll son of Lemll & Faith Parsons. 
 
 " Abigail Daur of Nathaniel White. 
 
 1782 Lucy Daur of Moses Cole. 
 " Hannah Daur of Dewey Hall. 
 " Hannah Daur of Ezra Ackley 
 " Asahel son o£ Ebenr Harding. 
 " Lydia Daur of Joseph Caswell. 
 " Elijah son of Thos. Shephard. 
 " Ebenezer son of Willm White. 
 
 " Samll Shaylor son of Samll Kilbourn 
 June 9 " Nathan son of Nathan Champion Lebanon. 
 
 " Roswell son of Benjm Harding 
 June 16 " Hannah Daughter of Moses Cook Baptd by Mr. Boardman 
 June 30 " Sally Daur of Ralph Smith Baptd by Mr. Boardman. 
 July 7 " Matilda Daur of Ebenezer Cole. 
 " Synthia Daur of Darius Adams. 
 July 14 " John son of Sylvanus & Anne Norcutt 
 Molly Daur of Danll & Esther Parks. 
 Clarissa Daur of Danll & Esther Parks. 
 " Richard son of Moses West Jr. 
 
 " Benjamin son of David Kneeland — Mr. Boardman. 
 Betsy Daur of Daniel & Lydia Clark. 
 
 1783 Ruth Daur of Seth Alvord Jnr. 
 " John son of James Rich. 
 " Nathaniel son of Ebenezer Bailey 
 " Olive Daur of Elihu Hubbard. 
 " Mercy Daur of Isaac Bevin. 
 " Lydia Daur of Nathaniel & Margaret Markham. 
 
 Abijah son of Nathaniel & Margaret Markham. 
 " Josiah Son of Capt Elijah Cook. 
 Molly Daur. of Joseph Johnson 
 • " Rubi Daur of John Clark Jur. 
 " Sage son of Danll & Esther Parks. 
 
 " Susannah Daur of Ezekiel Porter of Winsted — -Winchester 
 " John son of Jared & Susannah Parmelee 
 " Jared son of John Johnson Jur. 
 " Azuba Daur of Isaac Smith Jur. 
 
 Richard son of Widdow Gideons — Middle Haddam 
 
 1784 Ezeriah Spencer Son of Samll & Elisabeth Fielding 
 Roswell son of Lemuel West 
 
 " Enoch son of Enoch Smith Jur Middle Haddam. 
 
 Rachel Daur of Moses Cole. 
 " Josiah Goff Adult. 
 
 Sept 
 
 I 
 
 Sept 
 
 15 
 
 Nov 
 
 10 
 
 Feby 
 
 2 
 
 Feby 
 
 16 
 
 Feb 
 
 23 
 
 Mar 
 
 30 
 
 May 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 6 
 
 Aug 
 
 3 
 
 Aug 
 
 17 
 
 Sept 
 
 7 
 
 Oct 
 
 5 
 
 Nov 
 
 30 
 
 Dec 
 
 21 
 
 Feby 
 
 8 
 
 April 
 
 II 
 
 April 
 
 25 
 
 May 
 
 23 
 
May 
 
 30 
 
 June 
 
 6 
 
 June 
 
 20 
 
 June 
 
 27 
 
 July 
 
 II 
 
 July 
 
 18 
 
 July 
 
 25 
 
 Augt 
 
 I 
 
 Augt 
 
 15 
 
 Sept 
 
 5 
 
 Sept 
 
 12 
 
 96 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 May 23 1784 Bulkley son of Othniel I5rainerd Jr & Grace Brainerd. 
 
 Polly Daur of Samll & Anna Cowdrey. 
 
 Lucy Daur of Josiah & Anna Goff 
 
 John & Benjm, Mehitable & Susanna sons & Daughters of 
 John & Susanna West 
 
 Pheby Daur of Joseph Caswell 
 
 Betsy Daur of Oren & Hannah Alvord. 
 
 Samll son of Edward & Mary Purple. 
 
 Lydia Daur of Reuben Norcutt. 
 
 Rufus, Oliver, Eunice, Elijah, Lucy, Jesse & Russell sons & 
 Daughters of Eunice Dewey & Rufus Dewey Deceased 
 
 Patience Daur of Dewey & Hannah Hall. 
 
 Li via Daur of Moses & Elisabeth Cook. 
 
 Anna Daur of Amos & Anna Clark. 
 
 Lucy Daur of Jesse & I-ucy Kneeland — Mr. Boardman. 
 
 Lucy Daur of John Gideons Middle Haddam. 
 
 Newel son of Benjm Smith Middle Haddam 
 
 Sabina Daur of Reuben Norcutt. 
 
 Phebe Daur of Ralph & Hannah Smith 
 
 Lea Daur of Ebenr & Zilpha Bailey 
 Sept 26 " Susanna Daur of Isaac Rich Middle Haddam 
 
 " Russell son of John & Lucy Parmelee 
 Oct 3 " Phylena Daur of Amos & Anna Clark 
 
 " Elijah son of David & Jerusha Clark 
 Octr 10 " Rebecca wife of Isaac Johnson, Adult. 
 
 Mercy Hannah Daur of Thos. & Elisabeth Shepard 
 " Joshua son of Noadiah Taylor Middle Haddam 
 
 Molly Daur of William White. 
 " Russell son of Isaac & Hannah Kneeland. 
 17S5 Warren son of Ephraim Harding 
 " Katharine Daur of Lemll & Faith Parsons 
 " George Washington son of Samll & Anna Cowdrey 
 " James son of David & Mercy Kneeland. 
 
 Thankful Patience Daur of Samll & Mary Goff 
 " Moses son of Moses West Jur. 
 " Rhod^ Daur of Stephen & Prudence Clark 
 
 Ebenr Hills Adult. M. Haddam 
 
 Ruth Hills Adult. 
 
 Scila Daur of Ebenr & Ruth Hills. 
 " Seth Croel son of Elihu Hubbard 
 " Enos son of John Johnson Jr. 
 " Anna Daur of John & Lucy Parmelee. 
 " Selinda Daur of John & Edey Norton. 
 " Martin son of Joseph Johnson 
 
 Sarah Daur of Seth & Ruth Alvord 
 " Rebecca Daur of Jesse & Lucy Kneeland. 
 " Deborah Matilda Daur of Silas & Sarah Dunham 
 " Phylena Daur of Apollos & Lucy Arnold 
 
 Octr 
 
 17 
 
 Novr 
 
 28 
 
 Jany 
 
 9 
 
 Jany 
 
 23 
 
 Mar 
 
 20 
 
 April 
 
 17 
 
 April 
 
 24 
 
 May 
 
 I 
 
 May 
 
 15 
 
 May 
 
 29 
 
 June 
 
 5 
 
 June 
 
 19 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 24 
 
 Augt 
 
 21 
 
 Augt 
 
 28 
 
 Sept 
 
 II 
 
 Oct 
 
 16 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 97 
 
 Dec 25 1785 
 
 Feb 19 1786 
 
 Feb 26 
 
 Mar 12 
 
 Mar 19 
 
 April 16 
 
 April 30 " 
 
 May 2 
 
 June 4 
 
 June 25 " 
 
 July 2 ' ' 
 
 July 9 
 
 July 16 
 
 July 30 
 
 July 31 
 
 Sept 17 
 
 Sept 24 " 
 
 Nov 
 
 5 
 
 Mar 
 
 II 1787 
 
 April 
 
 I " 
 
 April 
 
 15 
 
 April 
 
 22 
 
 May 
 
 20 
 
 June 
 
 10 
 
 July 
 
 I 
 
 July 
 
 15 
 
 July 22 
 
 Aug 5 
 Aug 12 
 Aug 26 
 Sept 23 
 Oct 21 
 Nov 1 1 
 Nov 1 8 
 Dec 9 
 Jany 6 
 Feby 3 
 Feby 5 
 Feby 24 
 
 Anna Daur of Adonijah Strong 
 
 Sally Daur of Danll & Esther Parke 
 
 Duel son of Josiah & Anna Goff 
 
 Selden son of Ebenr & Zilpha Bailey 
 
 Mary Daur of Moses & Mary White Cole 
 
 Stephen son of Isaac & Sarah Bevin 
 
 Joseph son of Dewey & Hannah Hall 
 
 Aristarchus so of Capt Elijah & Lois Smith iNf. Haddam 
 
 Nathaniel son of Nathaniel & Margaret Markham 
 
 Selden son of Moses & Elisabeth Cook 
 
 Hannah Daur of Jonathan & Margery Caswell 
 
 Ruth Daur of Edward & Mary Purple 
 
 Hannah Daur of Josiah & Mary Cook M. H. 
 
 Oliver son of Lemuel West 
 
 Sally Daur of John & Azuba Haling 
 
 Grace wife of Isaac Sears Adult 
 
 Alvah son of Isaac & Rebecca Johnson. 
 
 Anna Daur of Isaac & Grace Sears 
 
 Lucy Daur of Isaac & Grace Sears 
 
 Isaac son of Isaac & Grace Sears 
 
 Esther Daur of Jared & Susannah Parmelee 
 
 Sophia Daur of -Samll & Elisabeth Kilbourn 
 
 Anna Daur of Amos & Anna Clark 
 
 Nancy Daur of Samll & Anna Cowdrey 
 
 Bryan son of John & Lucy Parmelee 
 
 Anna Daur of Ebenr & Ruth Hill 
 
 Reuben son of Reuben Norcutt 
 
 James Goff Adult son of Benjmn & Prudence Goff 
 
 Nathaniel son of Joel & Mercy W'ood 
 
 John son of John & Azuba Hailing 
 
 Ishmael Gates son of Mary Andrews 
 
 Hannah Daur of W'illiam White 
 
 John Huet son of Widdow Joanna Alvord 
 
 Nanna Woodbridge Daur of Lemll & Faith Parsons 
 
 Demis Daur of Ezra Ackley 
 
 Rachel Daur of David Allen 
 
 Anna Daur of Stephen & Prudence Clark 
 
 Mary Hubbard Daur of W^illm & Huldah Thomas 
 
 Seth son of Seth .\lvord Jr. & Ruth his wife 
 
 Alfred son of James & Mary Goff 
 
 Nancy Daur of Apollos & Lucy Arnold 
 
 Warren son of Elijah & Azubah Young 
 
 Asahel son of Widw Prudence Goff 
 
 Benjm son of Ephraim Harding 
 
 Lovina Daur of Adonijah Strong 
 
 Polly Daur of Isaac & Grace Sears 
 
 Jabez Cyrus & Salmon sons of John & Hannah Johnson 
 
 Phylanda Daur of Oren & Hannah Alvord . 
 
98 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Mar g 1788 Lucretia Daur of Elijah & Azubah Young 
 
 " Austin son of Jonathan & Margery Caswell 
 
 May 4 " Hoziel son of Hoziel & Margery Smith 
 
 May 18 " Nathan son of Moses .N: Mary White Cole ) ^/^^ Selden 
 Abiel son of Isaac & Rebecca Johnson / j^j Hoddairi 
 
 Rebekah Daur of Ebenr & Zilpha Bailey ) 
 
 May 25 " Hepzah, Olive' & Moses son & Daurs of Phillip & Olive White 
 
 " Deborah Daur of Edward & Mary Purple 
 
 " Roswel son of Elihu Hubbard 
 
 June 8 " Nathaniel Clark son of Sparrow l\: Eunice Smith 
 
 July 6 " Henry & Salah sons of Salah tV Anna Jackson 
 
 July 13 " Johnson son of Daniel & Esther Parke 
 
 " Sally Daur of Jesse & Lucy Kneeland 
 
 Octr 5 " Lucretia, Daniel & Mary Blynn son & Daughters of Hoziel 
 
 & Margery Smith 
 
 Oct 12 " Abner son of Isaac & Sarah Bevin 
 
 Nov 16 " Oren son of Moses & Elisabeth Cook 
 
 " Porter son of Isaac Smith Junr 
 
 Dec 21 " Abner Cole Adult. 
 
 Jany 4 1789 Benjm Goff Adult 
 
 Jany 11 " Lucy Daur of Nathll & Margaret Markham 
 
 Feby i " Florinda Daur of John & Edey Norton 
 
 Mar 8 " Sabina Daur of Reuben Norcot 
 
 Mar 29 " Azuba Daur of Elijah & Azuba Young 
 
 April 26 " Chauncey son of David & Jerusha Clark 
 
 May 17 " Timothy Green son of John & Lucy Parmelee 
 
 May 24 " Sally Daur of Samll & Elisabeth Kilbourn 
 
 " Abner son of Amos & Anna Clark 
 
 Phebe Ackley Daur of Abner & Lydia Cole 
 
 June 22 " Nabby Daur of Phillip & Olive White 
 
 July 26 " Esther Daur of Ruel & Hannah Alvord 
 
 Augt 16 " Warren son of Lemuel West 
 
 " Gideon son of Apollos & Lucy Arnold 
 
 Augt 30 " Nancy Daur of Jared & Susanna Parmelee 
 
 Sept 6 " Danll Kellogg son of Adonijah Strong 
 
 Septr 7 " David son of Ralph & Hannah Smith 
 
 Octr II " Ichabod son of Ebenr Harding Jr & Jerusha his wife 
 
 Octr i3 " David son of David & Elisabeth Allen 
 
 Octr 25 "" Benjamin son of James & Mary GofiE 
 
 Novr 8 " Rachel Daur of Ebenr & Zilpha Bailey 
 
 April 4 1790 Anne wife of Samll Cornwell 
 
 Julia Daur of Samll & Anne Cornwell 
 May 2 " Ruhama Daur of Joel & Mercy Wood 
 
 Tune 6 " Sally Daur of Isaac & Grace Sears 
 
 July 4 " Anna Daur of Isaac & Rebecca Johnson 
 
 July II " James son of James & Sarah Markham 
 
 July 25 " Joseph Chester son of Willm White 
 
 Augt 8 '■ ,Ranny son of Danll & Esther Parke 
 
RESIDENCE OF REV. JOEL WEST. 
 
 GLIMPSES OF LAKE POCOTOPAUG." 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 99 
 
 Augt 22 1790 Abigail Daur of Jonathan & Margery Caswell 
 
 Sept 5 " Noah son of Nathl & Margaret Markham 
 
 Dec 5 " Gershom son of Elijah &Azubah Young Mr. Lyman Millington. 
 
 t^* ^* (^* 
 
 Record kept by Rev. Joel West. 
 
 1792 Jabez son of Reuel il^ Hannah Alvord 
 " Nabby Judd dau of Sparrow & Eunice Smith 
 " Charles son of Nath. cS; Margaret Markham 
 " Elijah son of Reuben iS: Lidia Norcut — Mr. Selden 
 
 1793 Mary dau. of Elijah & Azuba Young — Mr. Huntington 
 " Margeree dau. of Hosial & Margeree Smith 
 " Zeruah Blush dau. of Libeus & Polly Hills 
 " Harry son of John & Lucy Parmelee 
 
 Betsy Norton dau. of Nath. & Dolle Clark 
 
 " Jonathan son of Ebeneezer & Zilpha Bailey 
 
 " Anne dau. of Edward ^: Mar}' Purple 
 
 " Shaler son of Jonathan & Marjory Caswell 
 
 " David son of Wm & Elizabeth White 
 
 " Elisha son of Daniel & Esther Parks. 
 
 " Asher Rowley child of Elizabeth Cole 
 
 " Dolle Loveman dau. of Nath. &. Dolle Clark. 
 
 " Polly dau. of AppoUos & Lucy Arnold. 
 
 " Horace son of Stephen & Prudence Clark 
 
 " Ira son of Nathaniel & Ruth Bailey 
 
 1794 Betsy dau. of Isaac & Grace Sears 
 Julia dau. of Elijah & Azubah Young 
 
 " Dyar Clark son of Joseph & Lucy Daily. 
 
 " Erastus son of Joseph & Lucy Daily 
 
 ' ' Joseph son of Joseph & Lucy Daily 
 
 " Clary dau. of Joseph & Lucy Daily 
 
 " Lucy dau. of Joshua it Ruth Bailey 
 
 " Timothy son of Joshua & Ruth Bailey 
 
 " Percy an adopted dau. of John & Azuba Hinkley 
 
 " Sophia an adopted dau. of Joseph & Hope Buel I c ij 
 
 " Sally Buel adopted dau. of Joseph & Hope Buel ) 
 
 " Prudence dau. of James & Mary Goff. 
 
 " Polly dau. of Gillet & Hannah Hinkley 
 
 " Phebe dau. of Gillet <S: Hannah Hinkley 
 
 " Julia dau. of Joseph & Lucy Dailey 
 
 1795 Amos son of Amos & Anna Clark 
 " Hannah dau. of Reuel & Hannah Alvord 
 " Hosial son of Hosial & Margere Smith Mr. Huntington 
 " Dimis dau. of Joel & Mary Wood. 
 " Lewin son of Jonathan & Margere Caswell 
 " Zeruah Blush dau. of Libbeus & Polly Hills 
 " Nathaniel Clark son of Sparrow & Eunice Smith 
 
 23 " Julia dau. of Isaac & Rebecca Johnson 
 
 Nov. 
 
 4 
 
 
 II 
 
 Dec. 
 
 2 
 
 
 16 
 
 Jany. 
 
 20 
 
 Feby 
 
 . 10 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 24 
 
 May 
 
 5 
 
 
 12 
 
 June 
 
 16 
 
 
 19 
 
 July 
 
 28 
 
 Aug. 
 
 iS 
 
 Sept. 
 
 15 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27 
 
 Nov. 
 
 10 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8 
 
 Mar. 
 
 9 
 
 
 30 
 
 May 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 May 
 
 
 June 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 
 
 24 
 
 
 31 
 
 
 31 
 
 Nov. 
 
 2 
 
 Apl. 
 
 5 
 
 
 26 
 
 May 
 
 24 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 July 
 
 12 
 
 
 26 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 6 
 6 
 
 1795 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4 
 
 i8 
 i8 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 25 
 
 15 
 
 .4 
 
 June 
 
 12 
 
 1796 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Apl. 
 
 4 
 9 
 
 1797 
 
 July 
 Aug. 
 Oct. 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 8 
 
 
 Feby 
 Apl. 
 
 29 
 
 4 
 29 
 
 1798 
 
 June 
 
 3 
 13 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 July 
 
 13 
 15 
 
 22 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 .. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 .' 
 
 Aug. 
 Oct. 
 
 25 
 27 
 
 1799 
 
 Nov. 
 
 10 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 
 
 15 
 
 " 
 
 Apl. 
 July 
 Aug. 
 Oct. 
 
 20 
 20 
 
 25 
 26 
 
 iSoo 
 
 May 
 
 10 
 
 1801 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13 
 
 
 Jany. 
 Feby 
 May 
 Nov. 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 30 
 9 
 
 1802 
 
 Jany. 
 
 May 
 
 Feb. 
 
 16 
 15 
 
 5 
 
 1803 
 1804 
 
 Apr. 
 
 May 
 
 15 
 
 13 
 
 .' 
 
 Mr. Selden 
 
 Harva son of Apollos \: Lucy Arnold 
 
 Fanna dau. of Ashbel & Anna Woodbridge 
 
 Liva dau. of Abner & Lydia Cole 
 
 Charles son of David & Lucy Sears 
 
 Lucy dau. of David & Lucy Sears 
 
 Sila dau. of Benj. ,^ Abigail Gofif. 
 
 Nancy Brocliway dau. of Joel & Betsy West. 
 
 Polly dau. of John l\: Lucy I'armele 
 
 Brackett son of Joel & Betsey West. 
 
 Anna dau. of Joshua & Ruth Bailey. 
 
 Ossmin son of Jonathan & Margere Caswell 
 
 Betsy Maria Sparrow dau. of Sparrow & Eunice Smith 
 
 Artemas son of Apollos & Lucy Arnold 
 
 Reliance dau. of Isaac & Rebecca Johnson 
 
 Octava dau. of Lebbeus & Polly Hills 
 
 Abner son of Abner lS; Lydia Cole — Mr Selden 
 
 Samuel son of Ashbel & Hannah Woodbridge 
 
 Elijah son of Ebenezer Bailey 
 
 Julius Orlando son of John iS: Lucy Parmelee 
 
 Ephraim son of Ebenezer & Phoebe Norcutt 
 
 Manassah son of Ebenezer & Phoebe Norcutt 
 
 Abigail McCleave an adult 
 
 Anne dau. of Abigail McCleave. — Mr. Selden 
 
 Uriah son of Abigail McCleave. — Mr. Selden 
 
 Diodate Brockway son of Joel & Betsey West. 
 
 Julius Norton grandson of James & Asenah Bill 
 
 Nancy dau. of the Widow Rogers — Mr. Mills 
 
 Otis son of Seth Jr. & Sally Alvord. 
 
 Bulah dau. of Seth Jr. & Sally Alvord. 
 
 Julia dau. of Benj. & Abigail Goff 
 
 Laura dau. of Apollos & Lucy Arnold. 
 
 Saml. Gibson son of Lebbeus & Polly Hills 
 
 John Cavilla Adams son of David & Hannah Strong 
 
 Lucy dau. of John & Lucy Parmelee — Mr. Selden 
 
 Evelina Orvilia dau. of Joel & Betsey West. 
 
 Jerusha Hall dau. of David Clark. 
 
 Joshua son of Joshua Jr. iS: Ruth Bailey. 
 
 Amelia dau. of John & Abigail Rich. 
 
 Lucy dau. of Apollos & Lucy Arnold. 
 
 Pamela dau. of Lebbeus & Polly Hills 
 
 Danl. Butler adopted child of Moses Cook. 
 
 Elizabeth dau. of Seth & Sally Alvord. 
 
 Lucy dau. of John & Lucy Parmelee. 
 
 Harlowe son of Ashbel & Hannah Woodbridge 
 
 Deborah Griffith daughter of David & Eunice Clark 
 
 David son of John & Lucy Parmelee. 
 
 Chauncey Hart son of Seth & Sally Alvord. 
 
 Gustavus son of Lebbeus & Polly Hills. — Mr. Selden. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. lOI 
 
 Delia Elliot, daughter of Joel >.\: Betsey West. — Mr. Selden. 
 
 Betsy daughter of James Bores (?) of Stafford. 
 
 Emelia Adeline daughter of David & Eunice Clark. 
 
 Achsah Bill daughter of ApoUos & Lucy Arnold. 
 
 Joseph Butler son of Joseph & Abigail Rich 
 
 Timothy Rogers, son of Nath. & Hannah Markham. 
 
 Charlotte daughter of Lebbeus (S: Polly Hills. 
 
 John William son of Sparrow Smith. 
 
 Omri son of James & Molly Goff: Mr. Gillet. 
 
 Abigail, daughter of Joseph ^: Abigail Rich 
 
 Orpah adopted dau. of Wm. & Elizabeth White 
 
 Betsy Emeline, daughter of Joel & Betsy West 
 
 John, Julia, & Daniel, children of Widow Martha Ackley. 
 
 Nancy Emela, daughter of Joseph & Nancy Hall 
 
 Cyrus son of James & Molly Goff. 
 
 Jerusha Ann daughter of David & Eunice Clark 
 
 Nathaniel Austin son of Joseph (X: Abigail Rich 
 
 Julius Augustus / n, . , ., , r T ui tt-h 
 
 '^ 1 win children of L.ebbeus Hills 
 
 Julia Augusta " 
 
 Brackett Mortimer son of Joel i\; Betsey West. 
 
 " Joel, adopted son of Daniel & Sarah Johnson. 
 Oct. 9 iSog Densy Parmelee, daughter of Timothy i.K; Hannah Parmelee 
 
 " Dolly Stephens daughter of Timothy & Hannah Parmelee 
 
 " Jasper Ward son of Timothy & Hannah Parmelee 
 
 " Thomas Jefferson son of Timothy & Hannah Parmelee 
 
 " Pamelia, daughter of Isaac & Anna Bevin. 
 
 " William son of Isaac & Anna Bevin. 
 
 " Chauncey son of Isaac & Anna Bevin. 
 
 " Isaac Avery son of Isaac & Anna Bevin. 
 
 " Minoris son of Widow Sally Watrous. 
 
 " Lois Loomis daughter of Widow .Sally Watrous. 
 June lo 1810 Joseph son of Nathan Harding Jr. & Philena, his wife. 
 
 " Dennis son of Nathan Harding Jr. & Philena, his wife. 
 
 " Abner Clark son of Nathan Harding Jr. iv; Philena, his wife. 
 
 " Philena Ann dau. of Nathan Harding Jr. & Philena, his wife. 
 Alice Amanda daughter of Joel & Betsey West. 
 Abner Griswold, son of Isaac & Anna Bevin. 
 
 June 
 
 8 
 10 
 
 1804 
 
 Apr. 
 
 28 
 
 28 
 
 1S05 
 
 May 
 
 26 
 
 " 
 
 Apr. 
 
 20 
 
 1806 
 
 May 
 
 II 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 8 
 15 
 
 i. 
 
 July 
 
 13 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 
 
 9 
 
 1807 
 
 Dec. 
 
 27 
 
 •' 
 
 May 
 
 I 
 
 1808 
 
 July 
 
 3 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 
 
 18 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 
 
 27 
 
 - 
 
 July 
 
 22 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 
 
 30 
 
 1811 
 1812 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14 
 
 1813 
 
 June 
 
 27 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 
 18 
 
 " 
 
 Miranda Matilda, dau. of Joel & Betsey West. 
 Amanda daughter of Nathan Jr. & Anna Harding. 
 Gurdon Ackley son of Gurdon Fowler. 
 " Samuel Kellogg son of Gurdon Fowler. 
 " Wim. Lord son of Gurdon Fowler. 
 " Sarah Ann daughter of Gurdon Fowler. 
 Dec. 19 " Philo son of Isaac i\; Anna Bevin. 
 June r6 1814 Abel Shepherd son of Isaac & Sally Hinckley. 
 
 " Emela Smith daughter of Isaac <S: -Sally Hinckley. 
 
July 
 
 10 
 
 Sept 
 
 25 
 
 Aug. 
 
 20 
 
 
 30 
 
 July 
 
 28 
 
 Feb. 
 
 8 
 
 May 
 
 II 
 
 Aug. 
 
 10 
 
 Sept. 
 
 5 
 
 Sept. 
 
 6 
 
 102 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 June 16 1814 Ogden Lewis son of Isaac >i; Sally Hinckley. 
 
 " Lucy Champion, daughter of Isaac & Sally Hinckley. 
 
 " Cleantha Eldridge daughter of Isaac & Sally Hinckley. 
 
 " Sarah Ann daughter of Isaac & Sally Hinckley. 
 
 " Oramel Jared son of Isaac & Sally Hinckley. 
 
 " Mary Esther, daughter of David & Mehitable Clark. 
 Chittendon Griswold son of Joel & Betsey West. 
 
 1815 Alice Stevens, daughter of Isaac & Anna Bevin. 
 " Lucy Caswell, an adult. 
 
 1816 Diantha, daughter of W. A. <S: Anna Skinner. 
 " Samuel son of Warren A. & Anna Skinner. 
 " Samuel Wales son of Joel & Betsy West. 
 
 1817 Ruth Ann daughter of W. A. & Anna Skinner. 
 Maria adopted daughter of Sally Johnson. 
 
 " Adaline daughter of Isaac (X: Anna Bevin. 
 
 1818 Eleazer Veazey Jr. adult. 
 " Rhoda Sears, adult. 
 
 Betsy Sears, adult. 
 
 Oct. 25 " Henry Bush, adult. 
 
 " Lydia Bush, adult. 
 
 Nov. I " Lazarus Watrous, adult. 
 
 " Sally Youngs, adult. 
 Charlotte Smith, adult. 
 
 Nov. 30 " Stiles Davenport son of Joel iS; Betsey West. 
 
 Jan. 3 1819 Abigail Hall, an adult. 
 Lucy Watrous, an adult. 
 
 " Ansel Eber son of Benjamin & Polly Ingraham. 
 
 " Mary Maria daughter of Benjamin & Polly Ingraham. 
 
 " William White son of Benjamin & Polly Ingraham. 
 
 June 20 " Emela daughter of Warren A. & Anna Skinner. 
 
 27 " Mary Cook, an adult. 
 
 July 4 '■ Sabrina Adaline Markham, an adult. 
 
 Sept. 5 " Calvin Hall Jr. an adult. 
 
 " Emila Veazey, an adult. 
 
 Oct. 24 " Betsy Clark daughter of Calvin Jr. lV Dolly Hall. 
 
 31 " Charles A. son of David l\: Lucy Buell. 
 
 " Mary M. daughter of David <.\: Lucy Buell 
 
 " Tillson A. son of David lV Lucy Buell 
 
 " Caroline M. daughter of David & Lucy Buell. 
 
 " William G. son of David & Lucy Buell. 
 
 " Sarah E. daughter of David & Lucy Buell. 
 
 Nov. 7 " Eunice Sears, an adult. 
 
 " Azubah Smith dau. of Benj. & Polly Ingraham. 
 
 21 " Solomon B. son of John & Rhoda Edwards. 
 
 " John J. son of John & Rhoda Edwards. 
 
 June 18 1820 Belinda dau. of Isaac & Anna Bevin 
 
 July 16 " Florilla dau. of Eleazer Jun. & Elizabeth Veazey 
 
 " Marietta dau. of Eleazer Jun. iX: Elizabeth Veazey 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. lO;: 
 
 July 16 1S20 Warren son of Eleazer Jun. (.\; Elizabeth Veazey 
 " Hiram son of Eleazer Jun. tS; Elizabeth Veazey 
 " John W. son of Lazarus & Anna Watrous 
 " Timothy C. son of Lazarus >.\: Anna Watrous 
 " Abner N. son of Lazarus & Anna Watrous 
 " Fidelia A. dau. of Lazarus & Anna Watrous 
 " Harmony dau. of Lazarus it Anna Watrous 
 
 Sarah E. dau. of Lazarus & Anna Watrous 
 " Elijah Morgan son of Elijah & Alice Norcutt 
 
 Lydia Strickland dau of Elijah & Alice Norcutt 
 
 Amelia Emilissa daughter of Calvin Jr. & Dolly Hall 
 
 Achsa Tubbs an adult 
 
 Jaman Allen son of Philena Strong 
 
 Mary dau. of Warren A. & Anna Skinner. 
 
 Lucina dau. of Warren & Talitha West. 
 
 Joseph Chester son of Benj. & Polly Ingraham 
 
 Lyman Harlow son of Horace & Clark 
 
 Harriet dau. of Michael & Mary Smith. 
 
 Anna Mandana, dau. of Lazarus & Anna Watrous. 
 
 Henry son of Warren A. & Anna Skinner 
 
 Eunice Almira dau. of E. & P. Ingraham. 
 
 Asa Day son of Warren & Talitha West. 
 
 John Williams son of Warren A. & Anna Skinner 
 
 Laura Ann dau. of Widow Rhoda Edwards. . 
 
 Jane dau. of Jedediah Barstow 
 
 Ellen Elizabeth dau. of Warren West. 
 1S28 Fredk. Mortimer son of Morris & Sabrina Baker. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 10 
 
 " 
 
 May 
 
 5 
 
 1821 
 
 Nov. 
 
 18 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 9 
 30 
 
 1S22 
 
 Aug. 
 
 iS 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 3 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 
 
 24 
 
 1823 
 
 May 
 
 2 
 
 1824 
 
 May 
 
 15 
 
 1825 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 18 
 
 1S2O 
 
 — 
 
 
 1S27 
 
I04 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Marriages. 
 
 Feb 
 
 II 
 
 April 
 
 13 
 
 May 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 I 
 
 Aug 
 
 II 
 
 Sept 
 
 14 
 
 Oct 
 
 19 
 
 Nov 
 
 4 
 
 Mar 
 
 2 
 
 Mar 
 
 22 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 Septr 
 
 21 
 
 Novr 
 
 22 
 
 Deer 
 
 12 
 
 Dec 
 
 13 
 
 Deer 
 
 19 
 
 Jany 
 
 II 
 
 Jany 
 
 18 
 
 Mar 
 
 15 
 
 Mar 
 
 27 
 
 April 
 
 5 
 
 April 
 
 12 
 
 July 
 
 12 
 
 July 
 
 19 
 
 Sept 
 
 20 
 
 Oct 
 
 18 
 
 Dec 
 
 5 
 
 Deer 
 
 II 
 
 Jany 
 
 7 
 
 July 
 
 25 
 
 Sept 
 
 19 
 
 Oct 
 
 15 
 
 Oct 
 
 24 
 
 Novr 
 
 27 
 
 Jany 
 
 23 
 
 Mar 
 
 26 
 
 May 
 
 I 
 
 RECORD KEPT BY REV. LEMUEL PARSONS. 
 
 1779 Benjm, Catharine & Sarah Goodall 
 " Daniel Parks & Esther Ranny 
 
 " Ithamar Rowley & Demis Gates 
 
 " Jedediah Cone. E Haddam & Molly Johnson E. Hampton 
 " Richard Cook & Mary Rowley 
 
 " Gideon Knowlton E. Haddam & l.ydia Smith E Hampton 
 " Nathaniel Cone & Margery Sexton 
 Jonathan Bailey & Olive Welton 
 
 1780 John Fisk & Martha Goodrich 
 Willm Shattuck & Hannah Spencer. 
 
 " Israel Lucas & Mehitable Whitcomb 
 
 " Nathaniel Markham & Margaret Hall 
 
 " Thomas Cornwal of Chatham i.^ Lois Clark of East Hampton 
 
 " George Gates & Phebe Peters 
 
 " Lemll Parsons of Chatham & Faith Little of Colchester 
 
 " Elisha Hills of Richmond & Hannah Gates of Chatham 
 
 1 78 1 John Markham Jur & Asenith Smith 
 " Capt Silas Dunham & Sarah Johnson 
 
 " Enoch Niles E Haddam & Dorothy Spencer E Hampton 
 " John Clark Esq. & Hannah Ackley 
 " Thomas Shephard & Elisabeth Bailey 
 " John Welch & Jemimah Morgan 
 " Amos Clark & Anna Sears 
 
 Hoziel Smith Middle Haddam c\: Margery Sexton East Hampton 
 " Noah Kellogg New Hartford & Deborah Knowlton E. H. 
 " Jonathan Bill of Lebanon and Asenith Bill of E. H. 
 
 Israel Fox Eastbury & Abigail Hodge E. Hampton 
 
 James Bailey & Abigail Hailing 
 
 1782 Joel Wood & Mercy Clark 
 
 Othniel Brainerd Jur- E. Hampton ^^ Grace Stocking Chatham 
 
 " David Clark & Jerusha Hall 
 
 " John Palmer East Haddam & Mary Percival E. H. 
 Aaron Tallcott Enfield & Jedidah Lord E. Hampton 
 Benjn Strong Haddam & Susanna Trowbridge E. H. 
 
 1783 Jeremiah Bettis, Pownall & Molly Castle E. Hampton 
 Nathaniel Freeman Jur & Livia Cornwal 
 
 " Samll Fielding tS: Elisabeth .Alvord 2d 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 105 
 
 1783 Saml Cowdrey & Anna Bailey ^ 
 
 " James Bill Jur & Hannah Goodrich 
 
 " Sainll Brown Jur & Polly Kellogg 
 
 " Isaac Johnson & Rebecca Cole 
 
 Elisha Niles Colchester & Naomi Ackley E. Hampton 
 
 " Joshua Cook & Elisabeth Cary Middle Haddam 
 17S4 Jonathan Bowers & Rebekah Cary Middle Haddam 
 
 Samll Skinner l^olton & Esther Brainerd E. Hampton 
 Elijah Hubbard Eastbury & Ruth Smith Middle Haddam 
 
 " Thos Goodrich E. Hampton & Lydia Cornwal Chatham 
 
 " Eliakim Stiles Munsell & Hannah Brown 
 
 " John Goodrich & Esther Parmelee 
 
 John Parks & Bethiah Smith Middle Haddam 
 
 " Apollos Arnold & Lucy Bill 
 
 Giddins & Hartland & Mercy Johnson E. H. 
 
 Jacob Brooks Haddam & Lydia Stocking M. Haddam 
 
 John Shephard Jur & Betsy Colton Chatham 
 
 Benjn Hurd & Polly Cary Middle Haddam 
 
 James Shields Chatham cS: Lydia Ackley E. Hampton 
 
 Joshua Bailey Jr. & Ruth Sears 
 
 Joseph Davison Pomphret & Lydia Clark II. Hampton 
 
 Abel Abel & Lucy Hubbard- Middle Haddam 
 
 " John Hailing & Zuba Cook * 
 
 1785 James Risley Hartford & Hannah Bates E. H. 
 " Samll Caswell & Anna Alvord 
 " Stephen Griffith & Zilpah Clark M. Haddam 
 
 Lemll Smith Sandisfield & Ellis Gideons M. Haddam 
 " Stephen Taylor & Sarah Stephenson M. Haddam 
 " Huet Alvord ik Joanna Hill 
 " Christian Hosenkause & Patience Bailey 
 " William Thomas & Huldah Cook 
 
 James Markham & Sarah Cowdery 
 " Willard Sears & Rhoda Bailey 
 " Elijah Simeon Youngs & A zuba Hinckley 
 Nov 29 " Nathaniel Doane N. Hartford & Sarah Adams Middle Haddam 
 " Jonathan Caswell & Margery Markham 
 
 Abner Cole E. Hampton & Lydia Freeman M. Haddam 
 
 PhiUip Francis Colchester & Lucy Cook E. Hampton 
 
 1786 Zachariah Hosmer & Mary Smith M. Haddam 
 
 Janna Griswold N. York State & Lucy Clark E Hampton 
 
 Soloman Bailey & Rhoda Mott 
 
 " Benjn Goff Jur iX; Abigail Brainerd 
 " Israel Hodge & Molly Stiles 
 
 Nathan Burnham E. Haddam ^: Mary Fuller E. Hampton 
 " Ebenr Cole Jur & Ruth Clark 
 " James Goff & Mary Carrier 
 " Jabez Hall & Abigail Willey 
 
 Samll Skinner Colchester l\; Ruth Ackley Chatham 
 
 June 
 
 22 
 
 Augt 
 
 31 
 
 Octr 
 
 13 
 
 Octr 
 
 16 
 
 Deer 
 
 4 
 
 Jany 
 
 25 
 
 Mar 
 
 4 
 
 Mar 
 
 18 
 
 April 
 
 22 
 
 April 
 
 26 
 
 June 
 
 3 
 
 July 
 
 I 
 
 Aug 
 
 12 
 
 Sept 
 
 20 
 
 Sept 
 
 30 
 
 Oct 
 
 19 
 
 Oct 
 
 20 
 
 Oct 
 
 21 
 
 Novr 
 
 5 
 
 Nov 
 
 21 
 
 Dec 
 
 21 
 
 Deer 
 
 30 
 
 Feby 
 
 10 
 
 Mar 
 
 31 
 
 April 
 
 14 
 
 May 
 
 31 
 
 June 
 
 16 
 
 Oct 
 
 6 
 
 Oct 
 
 II 
 
 Novr 
 
 10 
 
 Nov 
 
 24 
 
 Deer 
 
 15 
 
 Deer 
 
 17 
 
 Jany 
 
 5 
 
 Jany 
 
 22 
 
 Feb 
 
 2 
 
 Febr 
 
 5 
 
 Mar 
 
 9 
 
 Mar 
 
 16 
 
 Mar 
 
 19 
 
 Mar 
 
 30 
 
 May 
 
 31 
 
 Octr 
 
 19 
 
io6 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Novr 14 
 
 1786 
 
 Deer 28 
 
 " 
 
 Janr 4 
 
 1787 
 
 Jany 
 
 " 
 
 Mar 15 
 
 " 
 
 April 7 
 
 ^ * 
 
 April 30 
 
 " 
 
 May 3 
 
 " 
 
 May 15 
 
 " 
 
 July II 
 
 " 
 
 July 22 
 
 " 
 
 Aug 26 
 
 " 
 
 Octr 9 
 
 " 
 
 Jany 3 
 
 1788 
 
 Feby 5 
 
 " 
 
 April 6 
 
 " 
 
 Novr 20 
 
 " 
 
 Novr 27 
 
 ' ' 
 
 Deer 4 
 
 
 Deer 21 
 
 " 
 
 Dee 23 
 
 1789 
 
 Jany 6 
 
 1790 
 
 Jany 24 
 
 
 June 6 
 
 
 July 8 
 
 
 Augt 19 
 
 
 Sept 23 
 
 
 Oetr 3 
 
 
 Oet 12 
 
 
 Nov 4 
 
 
 Nov II 
 
 
 Amasa Day Colehester. 6c Elisabeth Young Chatham 
 
 Seth Hall & Hannah Hubbard 
 
 Comfort Beeby & Lydia Cook 
 
 Josiah Bidwell & Lucinda Kneeland Chatham 
 
 Enos Dewey & Mercy Rich M. Haddam 
 
 Zephaniah Mitchel & Bethiah Scranton 
 
 Elisha Thorrington & Elisabeth Mitchel 
 
 Abner Hubbard & Elisabeth Bates 
 
 Sparrow^ Smith & Eunice Clark 
 
 Abner Moses, Hartland (\: Anna Johnson E. Hampton 
 
 Asahel Matthews & Anna Harding 
 
 Michael Smith M. H. & Mary Hall E. H. 
 
 Joshua Goff & Hannah Barnstable 
 
 Phillip Goff Jur & Chloe Cole 
 
 Willm McDaniel Colchester & Sarah Lucas E. H. 
 
 John Lucas & Betsy Davis 
 
 Roswell Hubbard & Mehitable Cook 
 
 Nathaniel Ackley & Elisabeth Spencer 
 
 Willm Morgan & Abigail Wetherill 
 
 Gideon Rogers Lyme & Lucy Ackley Chatham 
 
 Erastus Bill & Sarah Hall 
 
 Lemll Rich & Deborah Taylor 
 
 Samll Cornwell & Anne Rogers 
 
 Asa Mitchell Colchester & Marcy Saxton E. Hampton 
 
 Asa Fox Chatham & Rhoda Doolittle E. Hampton 
 
 Sanford Thomson. Blanford & Peggy Stewart Chatham 
 
 Thos Judd Coventry & Mary Fuller E. Hampton 
 
 John Trowbridge & Susanna Bates 
 
 Elisha Taylor M. Haddam & Anna Cornwell E. Hampton 
 
 Jonathan Cowdery & Deborah Toby 
 
 Ackley Lewis & Sarah Parmelee 
 
 Simeon Young & Lydia Hills 
 
 Gurdon Crocker, Colchester & Sarah Brown E. Hampton 
 
 Samll Skinner Colchester & Mary Saxton E. Hampton 
 
 ^* (^* ^» 
 
 Record kept by Rev. Joel West. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 17 
 
 Nov. 
 
 28 
 
 Jany. 
 
 6 
 
 
 17 
 
 Mch. 
 
 3 
 
 Sept. 
 
 5 
 
 
 26 
 
 Nov. 
 
 3 
 
 Jany. 
 
 5 
 
 
 12 
 
 1792 
 
 1793 
 
 1794 
 
 Stephen Burnham (E. Htfd.) & Joanna Alvord (Chatham) 
 
 Anson Smith & Betsy Woodworth of M. Haddam. 
 
 Lot Hudson & Eunice Cole E. Hampton 
 
 Elizur Skinner (Cambridge NY.) & Elvira Bill (Chatham) 
 
 Oliver Brainerd & Lucy Rogers E. Hampton 
 
 Seth Alvord Jr & Sally Sears E. Hampton 
 
 Walter Chappel (Hebron) & Eunice Hall E. Hampton 
 
 Jonathan Parmelee & Hepzibah White E. Hampton 
 
 Barnabas Freeman M. Haddam & Fanny Needham E. Hampton 
 
 Jonathan Peck (Hebron) & Anna Ackley (E. Hampton) 
 
Mch. 
 
 2 
 
 Apl. 
 
 2 
 
 Aug. 
 
 5 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 Oct. 
 
 5 
 
 Nov. 
 
 26 
 
 Jany. 
 
 S 
 
 
 14 
 
 Feby 
 
 .26 
 
 May 
 
 17 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 July 
 
 9 
 
 Sept. 
 
 6 
 
 Nov. 
 
 4 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 20 
 
 Dec. 
 
 7 
 
 
 31 
 
 Jany. 
 
 20 
 
 Apl. 
 
 3 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 i8 
 
 May 
 
 I 
 
 June 
 
 I 
 
 
 i6 
 
 
 21 
 
 July 
 
 24 
 
 Nov. 
 
 30 
 
 Dec. 
 
 7 
 
 Jany. 
 
 9 
 
 
 21 
 
 Feby. 
 
 .23 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I 
 
 
 15 
 
 Mar. 
 
 7 
 
 Apl. 
 
 25 
 
 Aug. 
 
 9 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25 
 
 Oct. 
 
 17 
 
 
 25 
 
 Nov. 
 
 II 
 
 
 22 
 
 Nov. 
 
 28 
 
 
 29 
 
 Jany. 
 
 31 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAINIPTON. I07 
 
 1794 Daniel Smith (M. Haddam) (!t Prudence Goff (E. Hampton) 
 Nath. Porter (Glastonbury) & Kerziah Hills (E. Hampton) 
 
 " John Willey Jr. & Elizabeth Sears (E. Hampton) 
 
 " Adonijah Strong & Elizabeth Cook (E. Hampton) 
 
 " Lot Hudson & Huldah Harding (E. Hampton) 
 
 " Timothy Parmelee & Hannah Smith (E. Hampton) 
 
 1795 Ebenezer Norcutt & Phebe Ackley E. Hampton 
 " Henry Jackson & Lois Johnson E. Hampton 
 
 " John Carrier & Lucy Dailey E. Hampton 
 " Jesse Penfield & Dorinda Norton Chatham 
 " Rufus Shailor (Haddam) & Hannah Cole E. Hampton 
 " Isaac Bailey & Polly Douile (?) E. Hampton 
 " Benj. Billings (Lebanon) & Mary Goff Chatham. 
 " Joseph Buell & Marcy Carrier E. Hampton 
 " Godfrey Hop & Pallinea Freeman E. Hampton 
 Geo. Hall (Chatham) & Eunice RoUo (Hebron) 
 John Curtis (Hebron) & Sarah Ackley (Chatham) 
 " Stephen Knowlton & Mary Purple E. Hampton 
 
 1796 Abner Hall & Anne Griffith E. Hampton 
 Jonathan tjoff & Lydia Harding, E. Hampton 
 
 " Hosial Brainerd eV Polly Strong Chatham 
 
 John Patridge (Dalton) iS; Faith Parsons Chatham 
 John Riley & Jerusha Rich Chatham 
 
 " Enos Brown & Anna Williams Chatham 
 Samuel Hills & Polly Lewis E. Hampton 
 
 " Aseph Carter & Sabrey Billings E. Hampton 
 
 " Caleb Floid & Abigail Carter E. Hampton 
 David Hills cS: Polly Welch E. Hampton 
 
 Timothy Fielding (Haddam) & Sarah Knowlton E. Hampton 
 Nath. Markham & Polly Strong E. Hampton 
 
 1797 Elijah Rowley & Sally Morgan E. Hampton 
 " Bulkley Davis & Lydia Alvord Chatham 
 
 Miner Hildreth of Glastonbury \- Deborah Harding of E. 
 Hampton 
 " Hezekiah Smith & Belinda Norton Chatham 
 Jesse Cables & Tamar Carter Chatham 
 
 1798 John Norton Jr. & Lucy Johnson E. Hampton 
 " Ebenezer Sears & Dorcas Beebe E. Hampton 
 
 Daniel Butler Newton tS: Susannah Cook E. Hampton 
 " Isaac Carrier of Marlboro & Marcy Caswell E. Hampton 
 " Daniel Harding lS; Betsey Strong E. Hampton 
 " Elijah Ackley & Abigail Strong E. Hampton 
 
 John Andrus & Anna Jones Glastonbury 
 " Joshua Park of Tyringham & Aruna Cole of Chatham 
 ' ' Noah Strickland & Lydia Norcutt Chatham 
 " David Wyllys & Nancy Johnson E. Hampton 
 " Stephen Chapman & Huldah Cone E. Hampton 
 
 1799 Joseph Haling cV Jerusha Penfield E. Hampton 
 
Io8 COXGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 May 7 1799 Dartiel Hills & Thankful Watrous E. Hampton 
 7 " Daniel Ackley & Martha Harding E. Hampton 
 William Wilson & Lucy Wright Chatham 
 iSoo Luke Osbourn of Blanford & Zilpha Bailey of E. Hampton 
 Elkanah Higgins & Lydia Caswell Chatham 
 Joseph Rich & Abigail McCleve Chatham 
 
 " Daniel Johnson Brookline & Sarah West E. Hampton 
 
 " Isaac Bevins & Anna Avery E. Hampton 
 Israel Cole l\: Ruth Alvord E. Hampton 
 Am.aziah Archer of Hebron & Sarah Sweetland E. Hampton 
 Isaac Niles of Colchester & Almira Willey E. Hampton 
 1801 Cyprian Hinckley & Lydia Bevins E. Hampton 
 
 " Jabez Wood & Hannah Dewey E. Hampton 
 Richard Carrier & Livia Johnson E. Hampton 
 fohn Watrous & Sally Bevins E. Hampton 
 James Randal Providence & Betsey Veazey E. Hampton 
 Edmund West & Lucy Bevins E. Hampton 
 Henry Strong & Susanna Newton E. Hampton 
 John Phelps of Colchester & Adosha Williams of E. Hampton 
 David Clark & Eunice Griffith Chatham. 
 Ezekiel Skinner of Hebron eS: Sarah Mott of E. Hampton 
 
 " Elisha Brown & Esther Norcutt of Chatham. 
 Henry Ackley & Ruth Purple of Chatham. 
 1S02 Joseph Graham tK: Ruth Bailey of Chatham. 
 Elisha Rowley & Polly Alvord of Chatham 
 Seth Marshall of Symsbury & Rhusey Caswell of E. Hampton 
 William Harrison of Munson Mass.iV Esther Doane of Chatham 
 
 " Eleazer \'eazey Jr. & Elizabeth West of E. Hampton 
 
 ^^'illiam Higbee of Turin N.V. & Hannah Hop of E. Hampton 
 Charles Pheps (?) & Lucy Cole E. Hampton 
 
 " Joseph Goff iS; Clarissa Welch 
 
 1803 Enos Bigelow of Colchester & Thankful Freeman E. Hampton 
 Daniel Weairs Enfield & Sarah White K. Hampton 
 Samuel Brown & Sibbil Cowdrey E. Hampton 
 David Buell & Lucy Arnold E. Hampton 
 Joel Crout of Cdastonbury & Cata Hosencruse E. Hampton 
 Nathan Harding Jr. & Filena Clark E. Hampton 
 Ebenezer RoUo Hebron & Susanna Usher Chatham 
 Wix Watrous, Colchester & Livia Cook E. Hampton 
 Simon Smith of \\'aterford & Polly Burr of Chatham 
 
 Dec. 7 " Nathaniel Markham & Hannah Rogers I^. Hampton 
 
 22 " Jesse Dickenson of Marlboro & Anna Welch E. Hampton 
 
 1804 Isaac Niles & Thankful Harding E. Hampton 
 Christopher Watrous & Lucy Sears E. Hampton 
 Titus Carrier & Mehitable Watrous East Hampton 
 George Sellew & Dolly .-\very of Glastonbury 
 
 " Joseph Whitmore (.\; Electa Ackley Chatham 
 
 " Daniel Jones & Lucretia Young .Middle Haddam 
 
 Dec. 
 
 3 
 
 Jany. 
 
 14 
 
 Mch. 
 
 27 
 
 Apl. 
 
 2 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13 
 
 
 27 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9 
 
 
 28 
 
 Jany. 
 
 29 
 
 Feby. 
 
 5 
 
 Mch. 
 
 26 
 
 May 
 
 18 
 
 June 
 
 21 
 
 Sept. 
 
 16 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1 7 
 
 7 
 
 Nov. 
 
 15 
 
 
 22 
 
 
 26 
 
 Dec. 
 
 26 
 
 Feby 
 
 .18 
 
 Mch. 
 
 14 
 
 
 i8 
 
 Apl. 
 
 5 
 
 June 
 
 16 
 
 
 20 
 
 Nov. 
 
 4 
 
 
 23 
 
 Feby 
 
 . 10 
 
 Mch. 
 
 13 
 
 
 27 
 
 Apl. 
 
 7 
 
 May 
 
 22 
 
 Aug. 
 
 II 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9 
 
 Nov. 
 
 3 
 
 
 20 
 
 Apl. 
 
 12 
 
 
 24 
 
 May 
 
 24 
 
 
 31 
 
 June 
 
 17 
 
 Aug. 
 
 2 
 
Sept. 
 
 23 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II 
 
 
 21 
 
 Nov. 
 
 22 
 
 Dec. 
 
 2 
 
 Feby 
 
 3 
 
 Mch. 
 
 3 
 
 April 
 
 4 
 
 Apl. 
 
 16 
 
 May 
 
 I 
 
 Aug. 
 
 15 
 
 Sept. 
 
 4 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II 
 
 Jany. 
 
 13 
 
 Feby 
 
 . II 
 
 Mch. 
 
 12 
 
 Aug-. 
 
 31 
 
 Sept. 
 
 21 
 
 Dec. 
 
 27 
 
 Apl. 
 
 5 
 
 
 27 
 
 May 
 
 17 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 25 
 
 Mch. 
 
 22 
 
 Apl. 
 
 3 
 
 May 
 
 15 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8 
 
 Apl. 
 
 II 
 
 May 
 
 8 
 
 
 30 
 
 July 
 
 9 
 
 Aug. 
 
 17 
 
 Sept. 
 
 4 
 
 Nov. 
 
 30 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13 
 
 Oct. 
 
 13 
 
 
 14 
 
 Nov. 
 
 5 
 
 
 15 
 
 Mch. 
 
 24 
 
 Tulv 
 
 4 
 
 July 
 
 21 
 
 
 23 
 
 Aug. 
 
 31 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 109 
 
 1804 Saml. Mitchel & Mary Cone Chatham 
 
 " James Alvord & Lucy Cook E. Hampton 
 
 " Thomas Rich & Susanna Freeman Chatham 
 
 " Elisha Hall & Hannah Strong E. Hampton 
 
 ". Constant Welch Jr. & Patience Hall E. Hampton 
 
 1805 Sherwood Palmer Cambridge N. Y. & Phebe Smith E. Hampton 
 " Oliver Brainerd & Anna Strong E. Hampton 
 
 " Cornelius Rich Jr. Chatham & Nancy Campbell Lyme 
 
 " Joshua Webb & Anne Welch E. Hampton 
 
 " Dexter Parmenter PrinceT.o\vn N. Y. & Marcy Rich E. Hampton 
 
 " Josiah Carrier of Marlboro & Betsy Kellogg E. Hampton 
 
 Wm Findly Genesee N. Y. & Betsy Alvord E. Hampton 
 
 " Timothy Abbe of Enfield & Rhoda Clark E. Hampton 
 
 1806 Joseph Mitchell & Clarissa Cone Chatham 
 
 " Joseph Rogers & Eunice Smith E. Hampton 
 
 " Russell Watrous of Colchester & .\nne Kellogg E. Hampton 
 
 " Joseph Hall & Nancy Arnold E. Hampton 
 
 " Chaun^ey Brooks & Lucy Alvord E. Hampton 
 
 " Solomon Brainard of Haddam & Lucy Bailey E. Hampton 
 
 1807 Aaron Bell of Glastonbury & Prudence Swan E. H. 
 " Abijah Markham & Cloe Freeman E. Hampton 
 
 " Ira Brainard of Middle Haddam .X: Phebe Cole E. Hampton 
 
 " Selden Rogers of E. Haddam c\; Sally Harding E. Hampton 
 
 " Geo. Welch & Celinda Niles E. Hampton 
 
 " Erastus Carrier Colchester & Celinda Norton E. Hampton 
 
 1808 Jesse Hubbard of Middle Haddam >S: Florinda Norton E. 
 
 Hampton 
 
 " Austin Smith of Middletown & Hannah White E. Hampton 
 
 " Nicholas Ames & Hannah Norcutt Chatham 
 
 " Alexander Bowls & Azubah Youngs Middle Haddam 
 
 i8og Deacon Moses Cook & Widow Ede Norton E. Hampton 
 
 " William Clark 2nd & Sophronia Post E. Hampton 
 
 " Richard Cook & Susanna Brown E. Hampton 
 
 " Bill Williams & Olive Thomas E. Hampton 
 
 " John Guller (?) of Hudson N. Y. & Dolle Freeman of M. 
 
 Haddam 
 
 " Isaac Ransom of Lyme & Rachael Bailev E. Hampton 
 
 " Lazarus W^atrous of Marlboro & Anna Clark E Hampton 
 
 1810 Lester Brainard of Haddam & Betsy Coe E. Hampton 
 Chauncey Hills & Sally Goodrich Chatham 
 
 " Asahel Bemiss of Marlboro & Betsy Harding E. Hampton 
 
 " Warren Young Chatham & Sally Dean E. Haddam 
 
 " Elijah Dickinson Glastonbury & Polly Welch E. Hampton 
 
 " John Isham & Rachael Cole E. Hampton 
 
 181 1 Joseph Selden of Haddam & Clarissa Strong E. Hampton 
 " Robert Coe & Rebecca Bailey E. Hampton 
 
 Daniel R. Wolcot of Bristol & Philander Alvord E. Hampton 
 Bliss Welch & Elizabeth Strong 2d E. Hampton 
 
 " Alvin Cook & Lucretia Smith E. Hampton 
 
no CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Enos Johnson & Anna Parmelee E. Hampton 
 
 Nathaniel Pease Marlboro & Elizabeth Cole E. Hampton 
 
 John Willey & Polly Leanon E. Hampton 
 
 Gersham Youngs & Lydia Cole E. Hampton 
 
 Nathan Champion & Mercy Bevins E. Hampton 
 
 Stephen Bevin & Mary Brown E. Hampton 
 
 Josiah Bell & Lavinia Norcutt Chatham 
 
 Julius Brainard & Sylvia Ackley Chatham 
 
 Jabez S. Brainard of Haddam & Livia Cole E. Hampton 
 
 John Ransom & Betsy Mitchell Chatham 
 
 Joseph Dean E. Haddam & Hannah Gates E. Hampton 
 
 Nathaniel Gates Jr. & Nancy Smith E. Hampton 
 
 Allen House Eastbury & Editha Bigelow E. Hampton 
 
 \Yilliam Holmes of Glastonbury & Abigail Ackley E. Hampton 
 
 Asaph Mitchell of Colchester & Eunice Cole Middle Haddam 
 
 Henry Peters of Hebron & Lydia Adams of E. Flampton (black) 
 
 Erastus Sheldon of New Marlboro Mass. & Rachael Sears E. 
 
 Hampton 
 Guy Chappel & Susan Stills of Lyme 
 David Clark Esq. & Mehittable Hubbard of Chatham 
 Orrin Cook & Polly Parmelee E. Hampton 
 X'ine Starr & Nancy Barton E. Hampton 
 Bryan Parmelee 2d & Huldah Dean E. Hampton 
 Sampson Freeman & Mary Ann Joel E. Hampton 
 Geo. Primus Colchester & Betsy Brister E. Hampton 
 Olmsted Gates & Nabby Youngs E. Hampton 
 George A. Stocking & Triphena Coe Chatham 
 William Wells of Hanover Ohio & -Susan Bigelow E. Hampton 
 John Northam Marlboro & Rachael Kellogg E. Hampton 
 John Mason Saybrook & Demis Boles Marlboro 
 Elijah Norcutt & Alice Chapman Chatham 
 Erastus Mitchell & Sally Bigelow Chatham 
 Giles Hall & Dolly Parmelee E. Hampton 
 Calvin Hall Jr. & Dolly Clark E. Hampton 
 Nathaniel Markham Jr. & Abigail J. .Smith E. H. 
 John Bailey & Lydia Niles E. Hampton 
 Harry Roberts E. Hartford & Rhoda Bailey E. Hampton 
 Benjamin Sherman Norwich & Anne Johnson E. Hampton 
 Henry Bush & Lydia Strong E. Hampton 
 Jared Johnson & Sally Ransom E. Hampton 
 Nathaniel C. Smith & Charlotte Strong E. Hampton 
 Aaron Brown Colchester & Laura ^Vilson Chatham 
 Henry Perkins & Sally Sealy Hartford 
 Amos Clark Jr. & Betsy M. S. Smith E. Hampton 
 Harvey Russell of Marlboro & Lucretia Russel E. Hampton 
 Charles Markham & Sally White E. Hampton 
 George .Smith colored E. Haddam & Jane Dublin [slave of 
 T. Judd] E. Hampton 
 28 " Ira Lucas & Almira Barton E. Hampton 
 
 Sept. 
 
 23 
 
 1811 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 
 
 18 
 24 
 
 28 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 
 
 19 
 
 " 
 
 Jany. 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 20 
 
 1812 
 
 Feby, 
 
 .16 
 
 " 
 
 Apl. 
 
 14 
 
 " 
 
 May 
 
 10 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 5 
 
 ' ' 
 
 Jany. 
 
 12 
 
 25 
 
 1813 
 
 Feby 
 
 . 14 
 
 " 
 
 Mch. 
 
 7 
 21 
 
 J J 
 
 May 
 
 2 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 22 
 24 
 
 .. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 15 
 
 '>2 
 
 .' 
 
 Nov. 
 
 14 
 
 25 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 
 
 26 
 
 " 
 
 Mch. 
 
 23 
 
 1814 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 
 
 2 
 
 " 
 
 Jany. 
 
 20 
 
 1815 
 
 Feby 
 
 • 5 
 
 " 
 
 Mar. 
 
 26 
 
 " 
 
 May 
 
 9 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 
 
 iS 
 
 22 
 
 .. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 " 
 
 Feby 
 
 .26 
 
 1816 
 
 Mch. 
 
 6 
 
 " 
 
 May 
 
 23 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 2 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 
 21 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 
 
 18 
 25 
 
 .' 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6 
 27 
 
 " 
 
CONGREGATIONAI. CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Dec. 4 1816 King Smith of Waterford & Mary Smitli E. Hampton 
 
 Jany. 19 181 7 Harry Rockwell E. Windsor & Esther Niles E. Hampton 
 
 26 " John P. Hauselkuse & Dency Parmelee E. Hampton 
 Feby. 27 " Walter Sexton & Nancy Starr E. Hampton 
 
 July 9 " Philo Gates & Chloe Strong E. Hampton 
 
 Oct. 21 " Benj. A. Strong & Lucy S. Welch E. Hampton 
 
 Nov. 5 " Hiram Markham & Laura Niles Chatham 
 
 27 " Philip White Jr. cS: Lucy Niles E. Hampton 
 Dec. 4 " Russell Rich & Phebe Leonan E. Hampton 
 
 Jany. i 1818 John Sherman Norwich & Philura Welch E. Hampton 
 
 6 " Arthur H. Johnson & Deborah L. Welch E. Hampton 
 
 29 " Wm Haling & Abigail Hall E. Hampton 
 Feby. 19 " Ebenezer Hall & Laura Cole Chatham 
 Mch. 30 " Erastus Buck & Eunice Wells Chatham 
 Apl. 16 " Ezra Strong & Lucy Markham E. Hampton 
 
 16 " Leonard Selden Haddam & Ruth G. Griffith E. Hampton 
 
 June 25 " Asa Dunham Marlboro & Mary Cole E. Hampton 
 
 Aug. 15 " Jacob Adams & Betsy Adams E. Hampton 
 
 30 " Benj. Griffin Middletown & Dorcas Rich Chatham 
 Sept. I " Harry Mosely Marlboro & Candace Beach Chatham 
 
 10 " James Bill Esq. & Phebe Pelton Chatham 
 
 Nov. 26 " Dan. B. Niles & Maria A. Harrington E. Hampton 
 
 Mar. 31 1819 Moses West & Lydia Clark E. Hampton 
 
 June 24 " Elijah Clark 2nd & Mary Hubbard Chatham 
 
 Aug. II " Solomon Bailey & Anna [Mary] Leonan E. Hampton 
 
 Nov. I " Geo. M. Dixon Chatham & Sally McCall Marlboro 
 
 10 " Wm. W. Richmond & Clarissa Bailey E. Hampton 
 
 16 " Elijah Staples & Nancy Brown E. Hampton 
 
 18 " Elijah Bailey Chatham & Harriet Bell Glastonbury 
 
 23 " Minorris Gladding & Emila Cole of Berlin 
 
 Dec. I " Ogden Sears & Betsy Harding E. Hampton 
 
 23 " Lorin Cowdrey & Sarah Ackley Chatham 
 
 May 3 1820 Ezra Ayres Greenwich Mass. & Rhoda Sears E. Hampton 
 
 June I " John Tubbs & Anna Leanan E. Hampton 
 
 7 " Willard Sears Jr. iS: Sally Youngs E. Plampton 
 Sept. 13 " Henry Strong & Philena Arnold E. Hampton 
 Nov. 16 " Isaac Haling & Julia Johnson Chatham 
 
 Dec. 14 " Richard M. Smith & Eunice Richmond E. Hampton 
 
 Apl. 22 1821 Robert Blish & Dorothy McCall Marlboro. 
 
 May 23 " Orimel Clark & Pamelia Bevin E. Hampton 
 
 June 10 " Cyrus Brainard cN; Clarissa Barton E. Hampton 
 
 July 4 " Lord S, Hills & Mary Cook E. Hampton 
 
 Sept. 5 " Cal\in House Glastonbury &■ Julia Ackley E. Hampton 
 
 6 " Harvey Arnold & Betsey Sears E. Hampton 
 
 Nov. 15 " Hiram Richmond & Phebe Edwards E. Hampton 
 
 Dec. 6 " Hubbard Barton & Deborah G. Clark E. Hampton 
 
 Jany. i 1822 Harvey Lucas & Almira W. Niles E. Hampton 
 
 16 " Justin Bolles & Lydia Morgan Middle Haddam 
 
 Apl. 3 " Joshua S. Strong & Lucy Arnold E. Hampton 
 
112 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 May I 1S22 Diodate B. West & Nancy Rogers E. Hampton 
 " Roswell Brooks & Sybil Evans Chatham 
 " Julius Gates & Susanna Strong E. Hampton 
 
 1823 Gilbert Hills & Hannah Strong E. Hampton 
 Daniel Hartwell of Hartford & Betsy E. Adams Chatham 
 
 " Gilson Huxford Marlboro & Anna Billings Chatham 
 " Harvey Harding & Julia Strong E. Hampton 
 " Beckwith Beers Waterford & Hope Evans E. Hampton 
 " Seth Alvord & Abigail Saunders E. Hampton 
 " Thomas Judd Chatham & Esther Carpenter Coventry 
 " John C. A. Strong & Deborah L. Clark Chatham 
 Joseph L. Brainard & Rachael H. Rich Chatham 
 Asa Grover & Susannah Trowbridge E. Hampton 
 
 1824 Abner Cole Jr. & Eliza Brown E. Hampton 
 Daniel W. Tower Whitestown N.Y. & Emila Hills E. Hampton 
 Joseph Goff & Lucy Welch E. Hampton 
 
 " Martin Culver Manchester & Lucy Bailey Chatham 
 " Roderic Ackley & Marietta Spencer Chatham 
 
 1825 Ephraim Parsons Glastonbury & Lydia Cole Chatham 
 Tames Shailer of Colchester & Mehitable Chapman Chatham 
 Giles Goff & Marietta Markham Chatham 
 
 " Eli. Burnham of Colchester & Eliza Ackley Chatham 
 
 " Horace Brown & Lydia Bolles Chatham 
 
 ' ' Philo Rowley & Lucy Ann Kellogg Chatham 
 
 " Charles Dutton Glastonbury & Harriet Grover E. Hampton 
 
 " Wm. R. Smith & Mary Ann Daniels Chatham 
 
 " Hiram Clark & Achsa B. Arnold E. Hampton 
 
 " Hiram Barton of Chatham & Lois L. Watrous Marlboro 
 
 " Horace HinCkley & Abby Ann Ackley Chatham 
 
 " Wm. A. Brown & Lydia B. Smith Chatham 
 
 " Isaac Ackley & Betsy B. Niles Chatham 
 
 " Robert U. Richmond & Caroline B. Smith Chatham 
 
 " Nehemiah Gates Jr. & Elizabeth M. Strong E. Hampton 
 
 " Jared Taylor Glastonbury & Harriet Bailey E. Hampton 
 
 1826 Dr. Chas. Smith & Deborah Griffith Chatham 
 " Henry Flood & Flora Arnold Chatham 
 " Enos Adams & Rebeccah Ann Ward Chatham 
 " Alfred Williams Hampton & Harriet Bailey Chatham 
 " Gideon Brainard Haddam & Martha Ackley Chatham 
 " Jason Ingraham & Nancy Wells Colchester 
 " Augustus Gates & Elizabeth Alvord E. Hampton 
 " Benj. House of Coventry & Submit West Columbia 
 
 Walter H. Clark & Florinda N. Hinckley E. Hampton 
 Minorris Watrous of Marlboro & Amelia A. Clark E. Hampton 
 " Barnard B. Buck & Desire Brown Chatham 
 " Justin Smith iS: Siley Cole Chatham 
 " Washington Smith & Cynthia Barstow E. Hampton 
 
 Aug. 
 
 19 
 
 Nov. 
 
 28 
 
 Jany. 
 
 29 
 
 Apl. 
 
 13 
 
 
 23 
 
 May 
 
 7 
 
 June 
 
 22 
 
 July 
 
 20 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25 
 
 Nov. 
 
 26 
 
 
 27 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II 
 
 Mch. 
 
 23 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26 
 
 Nov. 
 
 21 
 
 Dec. 
 
 5 
 
 
 9 
 
 Feby 
 
 . I 
 
 
 24 
 
 Mch. 
 
 I 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 3t 
 
 Apl. 
 
 28 
 
 May 
 
 28 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4 
 
 Sept. 
 
 4 
 
 
 II 
 
 
 29 
 
 Nov. 
 
 21 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 24 
 
 Dec. 
 
 22 
 
 
 2S 
 
 Jany. 
 
 4 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 12 
 
 Mch. 
 
 14 
 
 Apl. 
 
 10 
 
 
 12 
 
 June 
 
 10 
 
 
 29 
 
 Aug. 
 
 24 
 
 Sept. 
 
 10 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 25 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12 
 
S. MILLS BEVIN. 
 
fHis volume is in many ways a memorial. It records the 
 history of this church, to keep it ever fresh in the 
 minds of the living. The names here enrolled belong 
 for the most part to the Church Triumphant. It is now our 
 sorrowful task to add one more name to the list of the dead 
 before this book is closed, — Samuel Mills Bevin, whose last 
 labor of love was to aid in compiling and publishing these 
 records. He joined the invisible company of just men on 
 March 6th, 1900. And the tribute is here repeated which 
 was given at the funeral service by his pastor, Rev. William 
 
 Slade: 
 
 A TRIBUTE. 
 
 We ought at this hour to make his favorite hymn our prayer. They are the 
 very words we need to utter, and the)- must have braced his spirit, too. 
 
 " Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, 
 Lead Thon me on! 
 The night is dark, and I am far from home; 
 Lead Thou me on! 
 
 H: :): :f: ;{: ^ 
 
 So long Thy power has blest me, sure it still 
 
 Will lead me on 
 O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till 
 
 The night is gone. 
 And with the morn those angel faces smile 
 Which I have loved long since and lost awhile!" 
 
 I have permission to speak freely of his worth, who has been snatched so 
 suddenly from our hearts. It will be a comfort to us, I trust; but I must speak 
 simply and frankly, so that this service may be appropriate. 
 
 His was a trained life. Born of a long line of honorable ancestry, he inherited 
 business talents and moral fibre and a large heart. These gifts were tenderly 
 nourished in this home during his boyhood and youth. School life and college 
 discipline developed and enlarged the resources that were in him. The life of 
 business and responsibility, home cares and affections deepened and widened 
 his worth. 
 
 In this age it is the trained life that is valuable. Business is national and 
 international. Trade is swift and competition tierce. Life has many sides 
 to-day-, and it is the many-sided life — that is, the trained life — only, that can be 
 master of all this swiftness, breadth, and ilepth. With steadv hand and careful 
 
mind, he carried his duties in the Hrm where he will be sadly missed. It was 
 his line cultured taste that brought home the best gifts and selected and gave 
 the beautiful mantel to our Library. He was so well equipped, that the church, 
 the library, the school, the community claimed his counsel and his services. 
 We overloaded him with work. 
 
 But it is his religious life that went deepest and is most precious. The 
 religious life is the unselfish life. The religious life is the life of simple unpre- 
 tending love — love of God, love of friends, love of country, and love of home 
 and all that it holds. It is the life of good will toward men that did thrive and 
 blossom and bear fruit abundantly in him. The workmen have rightly written 
 his name in their flowers — Our Friend. He made his religious faith and feeling 
 definite and open. He was a member and officer in the church. He gave 
 liberally to the support of the church and to every charity and public improve- 
 ment. He did everything quietly. That is a part of religion. It was his 
 childlike temper that was so admirable. 
 
 It seemed best in publishing the records of our church anniversarv that a 
 •short introduction to the book should be written, and in a note at the close I 
 briefly spoke of our indebtedness to the faithful and arduous work of Mr. 
 Martin L. Roberts and Mr. S. Mills Bevin in preparing what the book con- 
 tains. What I had written went to the printer, and the proof came back to 
 Mr. Bevin, and he drew his pencil through his name; then the proof came to 
 me, and I rubbed the pencil marks away. It was his habit to efface himself. 
 He that loseth his life shall find it. 
 
 His Christian life at home remains a dear and private legacy to the heart of 
 his wife and the future knowledge of his children. Our words can add nothing 
 to its tenderness and strength — a legacy that shall never rust nor fade. 
 
 This trained and lovable life has passed on to other tasks and finer services 
 in the Immortal life. May his short life as a Christian and a citizen stir us all 
 to the open and generous service of C!od and men. 
 
Samuel 3piU0 Brbin, 
 
 "Bovn in (East f^ampton, Conn., IHarcl] 27, ^86^. 
 Dicb in pi)i[abclpl]ia, pa., IHarcl) 6, \900. 
 
 He graduated from Williston Seminary in 1S82, and from 
 Princeton College in 1S86. He was married in the year 1S89 
 to Miss Julia H. Williams, of Brooklyn, N. Y. He succeeded 
 his father, Philo Bevin, in the firm of Bevin Bros. Mfg. Co., 
 in the fall of 1886, serving as Secretary and Assistant Treas- 
 urer until his death. He also succeeded his father as Clerk 
 and Treasurer of the Congregational Church in 1894. At 
 the time of his death he was President of the Board of 
 Directors of the Chatham Public I,ibrar^', a member of the 
 School Board, Treasurer of the Chatham Hall Association, 
 and Secretary and Treasurer of the Pocotopaug Water 
 Power Co. 
 
CONGRKGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Deaths. 
 
 Record kept by rev. Lemuel Parsons. 
 
 August 
 
 1779 
 
 Septr 
 
 1779 
 
 Augst -8 
 
 1780 
 
 Nov 9 
 
 " 
 
 May 2g 
 
 1782 
 
 Sept II 
 
 " 
 
 Aug 17 
 
 1784 
 
 Aug 31 
 
 1785 
 
 Jany 6 
 
 1786 
 
 Nov 3 
 
 " 
 
 April 2 
 
 1787 
 
 Chii.drkn Still-Born. 
 Benjamins Strongs 
 Edward Purples 
 Edward Purples 
 
 The child of Thos Gillerey Shepherd 
 The child of Isaac Smith Jr. 
 The child of Edward Purple 
 The child of Ebenr Harding 
 The child of Samll & Elisabeth Kilbourn 
 The child of Isaac Smith Jr & Jerusha his wife 
 A child of Abner & Lydia Cole 
 A child of Willard & Rhoda Sears 
 
 Deaths after Mr. Nortons Decease Before my Ordination 
 May 8 1778 Susanna dau. of Moses Cook aged 2 years 
 June 4 " Josiah son of Moses Cook. 
 
 Deaths after My Ordination. 
 
 1779 Died Mercy Daughter of Thos Cowdrey 
 Died Anne Johnson 
 Died Ebenezer son of Wm White 
 Susy wife of Benjm Strong 
 Died Lucy Daughter of Caleb Cook 
 Died Phillip Goff 
 
 1780 Died Elisabeth Daughter of Samll Kilborn 
 Died Elisha son of Oren & Hannah Alvord 
 Died Katharine wife of Lemuel Parsons 
 Died Ift child of John Ward 
 Died an Infant child of Jesse Kneelands 
 Died Sarah ye wife of Deacon John Clark 
 Died Deborah ye wife of Capt Silas Dunham 
 Died Mercy wife of Thomas Shepherd 
 
 1781 Died Lydia Daughter of Joseph Caswell 
 Elisabeth Daughter of Samll Kilbourn died. 
 Died Robert Patten 
 
 Died ye Widow .Sarah Clark in ye 99th year of her age 
 Died John Hills Jur of ye Small Pox 
 
 1782 Died Elijah Hills son of Samll Hills of ye Small Pox 
 " Died John Hills of ye Small Pox 
 
 Mch 
 
 12 
 
 .July 
 
 26 
 
 Augt 
 
 25 
 
 Aug 
 
 26 
 
 Sept 
 
 19 
 
 Octr 
 
 27 
 
 Jany 
 
 II 
 
 Feby 
 
 13 
 
 April 
 
 9 
 
 May 
 
 25 
 
 May 
 
 31 
 
 June 
 
 26 
 
 July 
 
 27 
 
 Nov 
 
 9 
 
 Jany 
 
 3 
 
 May 
 
 12 
 
 Sept 
 
 16 
 
 Octr 
 
 19 
 
 Deer 
 
 25 
 
 Jany 
 
 3, 
 
 Jany 
 
 21 
 
114 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Feby 2 1782 Died an infant cliild of Jesse Saxtons 
 
 Feby 17 " Died Elisha Cornwal 
 
 JNIarch 4 " Died Asahel son of Israel Whitcomb 
 
 March 5 " Died Annis Daur of Israel Whitcomb 
 
 March 7 " Died an infant child of Hopkins West 
 
 April 20 ■' Died Israel son of Selah Jackson 
 
 Nov 30 " Died an infant child of John Richs 
 
 Feby 17S3 Died an infant child of Jesse Saxtons 
 
 Feby 12 " Died ye widdow Rebecca Dunham aged gg years & 8 months 
 
 Feby 27 " Died Ensn Stephen Gates 
 
 March 7 " Died Willm Waterous 
 
 TVIay 2 " Died Esther wife of Thos Goodrich 
 
 June 4 " Died Esther Daughter of Danll McCall 
 
 Sept I " Died Hannah Shepherd Daur of Thos Shepherd aged 23 yrs. 
 
 Jany 15 17S4 Died a child of Reuben Norcotts aged 16 months 
 
 Jany 16 " Died Clement Bates 
 
 May 14 " Died Rufus Dewey 
 
 June 21 " Died a child of John Riches aged 3 months 
 
 June 28 " Caleb Cook Died 
 
 Augt 27 " Lucy Daur of Josiah & Anna Goff Died aged 2 years 
 
 Sept 21 " W'idow Hannah Cook Died aged 74 years 
 
 Sept 24 " Josiah Carey Jr Died — Middle Haddam 
 
 Sept 28 " Godfrey Houpt Died 
 
 Sept 30 " An infant child of James Bills Jr & Hannah Bill Died. 
 
 Novr 17 " Mary Daur of Moses & Mary White Cole Died aged 17 years 
 
 March 8 1785 A child of George & Phebe Gates Died aged 8 months 
 
 April 17 " Mary wife of Deacon Isaac Smith Died aged 67 years 
 
 Sept 7 " Charity Daur of Samll & Jemima Freeman died aged 12 months 
 
 Sept 28 " Abigail wife of Nathan Harding died aged 6g years. 
 
 Octr 2 " Sylvanus Higgins Died— Middle Haddam 
 
 •Octr 7 " Lydia wife of Jabez Clark Died 
 
 Novr 16 " Jonathan Clark Died aged 96 M. Haddam 
 
 Jany 5 17S6 Anna Daur of Amos & Anna Clark Died 
 
 Jany 20 " Nicholas Hosencause Died 
 
 Jany 23 " Sabina Daur of Reuben Norcott Died 
 
 Mar 4 " Ruth widow of Benjmn Hunt Died M. Haddam 
 
 Mar 21 " An infant child of Cornelius Rich Jur Died aged 1)4, hours 
 
 Mar 24 " A child of Willm & Sarah Exton Died aged 11 weeks M. H. 
 
 April 8 " Nathaniel Cook died aged 21 years 
 
 June 7 " Isaac son of Jesse & Molly Saxton died aged 18 Mo 
 
 July 23 " George Carey Died 
 
 Aug 15 " Benjm Harding Died 
 
 Oct 22 " Elisabeth Daur of John (\i Elisabeth Willey Died aged 16 years 
 
 Nov 19 " Desire wife of John Markham died 
 
 Feby 24 1787 Timo son of John & Hannah Johnson Died 
 
 April 26 " Nathaniel son of Joel & Mercy Wood died aged 2 years 
 
 May 27 " Huet Alvord Died aged 30 years 
 
 May 31 " Benjm Goff Died 
 
CONGREGATIOXAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 115 
 
 17S7 Widdow Susanna Knowlton died aged 80 years 
 
 A child of Deborah Taylors Died aged ^ an hour 
 
 " Capt Abijah Hall died aged 64 years 
 
 " Mary Smith M. Haddam Died in her 23d year 
 
 1788 Salmon son of George & Martha Harding Died aged yrs. 
 " Capt Israel Higgins M. Haddam Died aged 83 years 
 " John Markham Died aged 80 years 
 " Hoziel son of Hoziel & Margery Smith Died aged 2 
 " A child of John & Asenith Markham Died aged 14 mo 
 " Mary wife of Willm Bevin Died 
 
 " Mary wife of Thos Cowdrey died in ye 54 year of her age 
 
 " Benjm son of Benjmn lS; Abigail Goff Died aged 11 months 
 
 1789 Daniel Hill Died aged 
 " Wid. Sarah Young Died in ye 56th year of her age 
 " John Fuller Died aged 62 years 
 " Lemll Tubbs child Died aged 2 weeks 
 " Widow Sarah Clark Died 
 " Samll Brown Died aged 82 
 
 " David son of Ralph & Hannah Smith died aged 5 weeks 
 
 " Abigail Bates Died aged 
 
 " Anna wife of Jacob Goff Died aged 30 
 
 1790 Joshua Cook Died aged 50 years M. Haddam 
 " Two infant children of Nehemiah & Ruth Gates died 
 " Patience Daur of Ebenr & Sarah Cole Died aged 17 years 
 " Mary wife of Samll Taylor Died aged M. Haddam 
 " Widow Jane Johnson Died aged 
 " A child of Abijah & Anna Halls Died 
 " An infant child of Edward & Mehitable Acklys Died 
 " An infant child of Edward & Mehitable Acklys Died 
 " A child of Stephen and Sarah Taylors died aged 5 days 
 " Ama Daur of Stephen & Prudence Clark Died aged 3 yrs & 
 
 9 months 
 
 Deer 25 " Isaac Bevin Died 
 
 Augt 
 
 14 
 
 Sept 
 
 9 
 
 Nov 
 
 22 
 
 Nov 
 
 23 
 
 Jany 
 
 18 
 
 Feb 
 
 7 
 
 Mar 
 
 30 
 
 May 
 
 II 
 
 June 
 
 30 
 
 July 
 
 5 
 
 Sept 
 
 6 
 
 Dec 
 
 16 
 
 Feby 
 
 6 
 
 Peb 
 
 23 
 
 March 7 
 
 May 
 
 2 
 
 June 
 
 II 
 
 Augt 
 
 15 
 
 Octr 
 
 13 
 
 Novr 
 
 9 
 
 Deer 
 
 12 
 
 Mch 
 
 21 
 
 Mch 
 
 29 
 
 April 
 
 10 
 
 April 
 
 22 
 
 May 
 
 12 
 
 June 
 
 6 
 
 June 
 
 12 
 
 July 
 
 4 
 
 Deer 
 
 12 
 
 ^?* t^* 5^* 
 
 NOTE.- 
 
 -A pai 
 
 names in 
 
 the lA 
 
 Dec. 30 
 
 1792 
 
 Mch. ig 
 
 1793 
 
 July 12 
 
 
 Oct. 17 
 
 
 Nov. 21 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 Dec. 24 
 
 
 Feby. 15 
 
 1794 
 
 17 
 
 ' ' 
 
 Record kept by Rev. Joel West. 
 
 — A part of the deaths recorded by the above are eutered opposite their 
 
 Hannah Cole aged 55 years & 2 mos 
 
 Dolle dau. of Solomon & Rhoda Bailey age 3 y. & 7 mos. 
 
 An infant of Levi & Marcy Smith 3 days 
 
 An infant of Daniel Polly age 12 days 
 
 An infant of Solomon iljc Rhoda Bailey age 12 days 
 
 Eunice wife of Lot Hudson age 18 years & 11 mos. 
 
 A child of Nehemiah & Ruth Gates age i year 
 
 A child of Abner & Elizabeth Hubbard age 10 mos. 
 
 Rhoda wife of Willard Sears age 27 y. & 11 mos. 
 
Il6 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 1794 Widow Margaret Dewey age 98 y. 
 " Sally wife of Norton Bill age 20 y. 8 mo. 
 " Zeruah Blush dau of Lebbeus & Polly Hills i year. 
 " Nath. son of Sparrow & Eunice Smith 6 years 10 mo. 
 " Laurena dau of Apollos & Lucy Arnold 2 years 10 mo. 
 " A child of Ashbel & Hannah Woodbridge i year 6 mo 
 " Timothy Fuller age 78 y. 
 
 1795 Saml. Brown 65 y. 
 " Nabby wife of Ichabod Lucas 30 y. 
 " Amasa Johnson age 26 y. & 8 mos. 
 " Child of Solomon Bailey 
 
 1796 Polly wife of Samuel Brown 
 " Margaret wife of Nath. Markham 39 y. 
 
 A child of Jos. Jr. & Marcy Buel — stillborn. 
 
 " Lieutenant Titus Carrier 63 y. 
 
 " An infant of Geo. & Eunice Hill stillborn 
 
 " Captain Timothy Rogers. 
 
 1797 An infant child Bulkley & Lydia Davis 
 " Asenath Rogers 31 y. 
 " Joseph Ransom 76 y. 
 " Elisabeth wife of Thomas Shepherd. 
 " A child of John Trowbridge 
 " An infant of David & Hannah Strong 
 
 " Nancy Brockway dau. of Joel & Betsey West i year 10 mos. 
 
 " Brackett son of Joel & Betsey West 7 mos. 
 
 " William Bevin age 83 y. 
 
 1798 A child of C. Chapel 9 mos. 
 " Norton Bill age 27 y. consumption 
 
 An infant of Ashbel & Hannah Woodbridge 2 weeks. 
 
 " A child of John & Desire Filcher — Stillborn. 
 
 " Widow Hannah Cole age 88 y. 
 
 Thankful Goff dau. of Saml. Goff 14 y. 
 
 " Jonathan Smith died at sea of yellow fever 25 y. 
 
 " An infant child of David & Hannah Strong 
 
 " Clark son of Nathan Harding Jr. 10 y. 7 mos. 
 
 " Festus Freeman son of Sylvanus drowned age 20 y. 
 
 " Hatsel Freeman son of Sylvanus drowned age 17 y. 
 
 " A child of Saml. Smith 4 mos. 
 
 " Phebe wife of Ebenezer Norcutt 29 y. 8 mos. 
 
 1799 Parsons son of Duel & Phebe Rowley 2 y. 11 mos. 
 " Susanna Dethick age 76 y. 
 
 " An infant child of John & Anna Andrus age 15 mos. 
 
 " An infant child of Caleb Chapel 
 " An infant child of David Dean 3 days 
 
 " Caleb Rogers age 27 y. 
 
 An infant child of Miner Hildreth, one week 
 An infant child of Roswell Wells, 3 weeks 
 Samuel Lucas age 80 y. 
 
 Feby. 
 
 21 
 
 April 
 
 17 
 
 May 
 
 II 
 
 July 
 
 23 
 
 
 28 
 
 Aug. 
 
 30 
 
 Nov. 
 
 23 
 
 Jany. 
 
 II 
 
 
 12 
 
 Apl. 
 
 2 
 
 June 
 
 12 
 
 Feb 
 
 22 
 
 May 
 
 21 
 
 
 8 
 
 July 
 
 26 
 
 Aug. 
 
 28 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26 
 
 Jany. 
 
 30 
 
 Mch. 
 
 14 
 
 
 18 
 
 Apl. 
 
 28 
 
 July 
 
 I 
 
 Aug. 
 
 15 
 
 Sept. 
 
 8 
 
 
 24 
 
 Dec. 
 
 17 
 
 Jany. 
 
 4 
 
 
 6 
 
 Feby 
 
 • 5 
 
 
 18 
 
 Mar. 
 
 16 
 
 May 
 
 9 
 
 Apl. 
 
 16 
 
 July 
 
 14 
 
 Aug. 
 
 8 
 
 Sept. 
 
 21 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 23 
 
 Dec. 
 
 29 
 
 Feby 
 
 .26 
 
 Mch. 
 
 27 
 
 
 28 
 
 Apl. 
 
 9 
 
 June 
 
 24 
 
 
 28 
 
 July 
 
 14 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 29 
 
Aug. 
 
 12 
 
 Sept. 
 
 29 
 
 Oct. 
 
 14 
 
 Nov. 
 
 2 
 
 Jany. 
 
 3 
 
 Feby, 
 
 . 22 
 
 Mch. 
 
 II 
 
 
 17 
 
 Apl. 
 
 30 
 
 May 
 
 30 
 
 June 
 
 29 
 
 July 
 
 8 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20 
 
 
 28 
 
 
 5 
 
 Mar. 
 
 27 
 
 
 28 
 
 
 28 
 
 Apl. 
 
 17 
 
 July 
 
 10 
 
 Aug. 
 
 14 
 
 
 27 
 
 
 27 
 
 
 28 
 
 Sept. 
 
 15 
 
 Nov. 
 
 25 
 
 Dec. 
 
 26 
 
 Jany. 
 
 4 
 
 
 21 
 
 Feby 
 
 . 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 23 
 
 Mch. 
 
 23 
 
 Apl. 
 
 24 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23 
 
 Oct. 
 
 25 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9 
 
 Dec. 
 
 27 
 
 Feby 
 
 • 24 
 
 Apl. 
 
 3 
 
 June 
 
 10 
 
 July 
 
 15 
 
 Aug. 
 
 29 
 
 Sept. 
 
 12 
 
 Feby, 
 
 , 6 
 
 Mch. 
 
 9 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. II7 
 
 1799 Abner Brown age 24 y. 
 
 " Widow Mary Rogers age 66 y. 
 
 " Diadama Smith age 21 y. 
 
 " Butler Newton at sea with yellow fever aged 
 
 1800 Stephen Stoddard Clark age 32 y. 
 " Child of I.ebbeus Hills age 5 y. 
 " Jacob Babbitt age 85 y. 
 
 " Child of Lebbeus Hills age 2 y. 
 
 " Wife of Eleazer Veazey 
 
 " Elizabeth wife of Seth Alvord age 83 y. 
 
 " Jonathan Parmelee age 56 y. 
 
 " Captain Lazarus Watrous age 61 y. 
 
 " Jerusha Hall infant child of David Clark, age g weeks. 
 
 " Aaron Clark age 79 y. 
 
 " A child of Grover 3 years. 
 
 " John Alvord died at sea of yellow fever age 25 y. 
 
 1 80 1 Child of John Lucas age 2 y. 
 " Widow Babbit age 83 y. 
 
 Stillborn child of Elihu Mott. 
 
 " Nathan Lewis age 58 y. 
 
 " Child of Oliver Phelps age 9 mos. 
 
 " Child of Elisha Niles age 16 mos. Scalded to death. 
 
 " Child of Asahel Matthews infant 
 
 " Daughter of Elisha Niles aged 8 y. 
 
 " Anna wife of Asahel Matthews aged 27 y. 
 
 " Ebenezer Harding aged 62 y. 
 
 " Lucy Hall 
 
 ' ' Child of Solomon & Rhoda Bailey age 2 y. 
 
 1802 Child of John & Lucy Parmelee age i y. 9 mo. 
 " Child of Abijah & Anna Hall age 9 mos. 
 
 " Child of Isaac Bailey age 10 mos. 
 
 Child of Wm Welch infant 
 
 " Child of Captain Moses & Elizabeth Cook age 3 y. 
 
 " Jemima wife of Danl. Birge age 21 y. 
 
 " Nathaniel Cowdrey age 41 y. 
 
 " Tempa Lambert 
 
 Margaret child of Nath. Markham age 5 y. 
 
 " Polly wife of Nath. Markham age 27 y. 
 
 " Infant of John & Lucy Parmelee 
 
 " Lydia wife of Joseph Caswell age 61 y. 
 
 1803 Ebenezer Hall age 71 y. 
 " Infant of Elisha Niles. 
 
 " Prudence dau. of James & Mary Goff age 10 y. 
 
 " Infant of Richard & Li via Carrier 
 
 " Dolly wife of Bryan Parmelee age 52 y. 
 
 " Elmira wife of Isaac Niles age 24 y. 
 
 1804 Lucy wife of Oliver Brainerd age 36 y. 
 " wife of Gasham Watrous 
 
Ii8 
 
 CONGREGATIONAI, CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Apl. 25 1804 David Hills age 18 y. 
 
 Oct. 30 " Nath. Kyes age 70 y. 
 
 Nov. 6 " Abner Bevin age 16 y. 
 
 Feby. 11 1805 Child of Elijah & Abigail Ackley age 5 mos. 
 
 July 28 " Child of Ebenezer Kellogg age 7 y. 
 
 Oct. 18 " Child of Ichabod Bailey age 8 y. 
 
 Nov. 5 " Rowena dau. of Ebenezer Bailey age 15 y. 
 
 27 " Child of Geo. Gates age 2 y. 
 Jany. 15 1806 Widow Abigail Hall age 76 y. 
 
 28 " Daniel Ackley age 33 y. 
 Feby. 6 " Ralph Smith age 63 y. 
 
 24 " Infant of Stephen Ackley Jr. 
 
 Aug. 9 " Joseph Rogers age 39 y. f^ell from stack of hay. 
 
 Sept. 19 " Abner Andrus age 20 y. Lightning. 
 
 Oct. 26 " A child of Elisha McCall age i y. 
 
 Nov. I " Widow Hopkins age 78. (?) 
 
 5 " Elisha Hurlburt 
 
 15 " jerusha Cole 
 
 Jany. 2 1S07 A child of William Wilson age 5 y. 
 
 Feby. 14 '" Elijah Ackley age 37 y. 
 
 — " A child of Widow Ransom 
 Mch. 19 " Infant of Lemuel West. 
 
 July 7 " Widow Lois Watrous aged 62 y. 
 
 Sept. 10 " Widow Elizabeth Hall age 80 y. 
 
 II " W'idow Mary Lucas age 79 y. 
 
 Feby. 9 1S08 Widow Hannah Trowbridge age 89 y. 
 
 Apl. 13 " Molly wife of Richard Cook age 49 y. 
 
 May 26 " Russell W'hitmore age 13 y. fell down dead. 
 
 June 5 " Esther an Indian Woman 
 
 Aug. II " Betsy Clark age 18 y. 
 
 Sept. 17 " John Watrous age 29 y. 
 
 Oct. 30 " Christopher Comstock age 82 y. 
 
 Nov, 16 " Anson Purple age 32 y. 
 
 Mar. 15 1809 Stephen Colley age 93 y. 
 
 Apl. 4 " Child of Joseph of Abigail Rich age i y. 
 
 17 " Adonijah Strong Jr. drowned age 36 y. 
 
 June 6 " Child of James cSl Mary Goff age 3>^ y. 
 
 Apl. 27 1810 Child of Israel Coles age 4 y. 
 
 Apl. 30 " Child of Geo. Gates age i y. 
 
 May 13 " Child of Geo. Gates age 4 y. 
 
 — " Amos Jackson a black man. 
 June 7 " Andrew Carrier age 76 y. 
 
 30 " Widow Katharine Colly age go y. 
 
 Feby. 7 181 1 Marcus Cole age 77 y. 
 
 II " Saml. Smith a stranger age 57 y. 
 
 May 13 " Hannah wife of Jabez Wood 
 
 July 21 " Wife of Joshua Webb age 73 y. 
 
 24 " Infant child of Joseph Hemsted 
 
July 
 
 27 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 Feb. 
 
 7 
 
 Apl. 
 
 19 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12 
 
 Nov. 
 
 II 
 
 
 30 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 Dec. 
 
 3 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH EAST HAMPTON. II9 
 
 18 II Eunice wife of David Clark age 32 y. 
 
 " A child of Noadiah Wells age i y. ' 
 
 1S12 Nancy a black girl age 14 y. 
 
 " Zaccheus Cook age g3 y. 
 
 " Julius Orlando son of John & Lucy Parmelee age 14 y. 
 
 " Jesse Hubbard died in the Army age 23 y. 
 
 '■ Abiel Johnson age 24. 
 
 1813 Jonathan Thatcher a stranger age 28 y. 
 
 " Daniel Strong age 20 y. 
 
 22 " Jonathan Palmer an Indian age 52 y. 
 
 30 " Jabin Strong age So y. 
 
 Apl. S 1 8 14 Timothy Fielding age 39 y. 
 
 " Geo. Hosford son of Geo. Evans age 12 y. 
 
 " Henry Ackley age 34 y. 
 
 " Saml. Mott age 52 y. 
 
 Nathaniel Gates age 50 y. 
 Infant of Marcy Exton 
 
 " Esther Ackley age 37 y. 
 
 " Chittenden Griswold son of Joel & Betsey West age 3 mos. 
 
 1815 Child of Widow Sarah Fielding age 14 mos. 
 " Ann Cook age 84 y. 
 
 " Widow Anna Fox of Westchester age 94 y. 
 
 " Infant of William Clark. 
 
 " Vine Starr age 30 y. 
 
 Dorotha Goff age 61 y. 
 
 1816 Captain Abner Stocking age 87 y. chilld & bruised. 
 " Pierce Powers an Irishman age 70 y. 
 " Wife of Appleton Fox age 61 y. 
 
 Noah Markham drowned at sea age 26 y 
 
 " Anna wife of Dea C. Welsh age 61. 
 
 " John Haling 
 
 " Warren Goff age 21 y. 
 
 Elkanah Sears age 82 y. 
 
 181 7 Bryan Parmelee Esq. age 84. 
 " Widow Mary Watrous age 86 y. 
 " Infant child of Cieorge Lee 
 " Child of Kellogg Strong age 17 mos. 
 " Infant of Young Jacob Adams 
 " Benjamin Leanon age 70 y. 
 " Nath. Bailey age 48 y. 
 " Jas. Webb age 84 y. 
 " Widow Abigail Carrier age 87 y. 
 " Reliance Johnson age 20 y. 
 " Wife of Benajah Billings 
 
 1 8 18 Deacon Joseph Sage age 60 y. 
 " Infant child of Benj. Ingraham age 9 mos. 
 " Widow Anna Welch age 95 y. 
 " Timothy Parmelee age 47 y. 
 
 
 23 
 
 
 24 
 
 May 
 
 I 
 
 
 8 
 
 July 
 
 5 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25 
 
 Nov. 
 
 5 
 
 Mar. 
 
 19 
 
 July 
 
 27 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7 
 
 
 13 
 
 
 21 
 
 Jany. 
 
 14 
 
 Feby, 
 
 ■ 4 
 
 Mar. 
 
 15 
 
 May 
 
 20 
 
 June 
 
 27 
 
 Sept. 
 
 ID 
 
 Oct. 
 
 28 
 
 Nov. 
 
 24 
 
 Jany. 
 
 I 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 20 
 
 Feby, 
 
 •14 
 
 Apl. 
 
 23 
 
 May 
 
 I 
 
 Sept. 
 
 I 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12 
 
 
 16 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7 
 
 Dec. 
 
 21 
 
 Feby. 
 
 20 
 
 Apl. 
 
 I 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 8 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Apl. 
 
 20 1818 
 
 June 
 
 28 
 
 Aug. 
 
 24 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23 
 
 Dec. 
 
 4 
 
 Feby. 
 
 9 i8ig 
 
 
 17 
 
 Mar. 
 
 2 " 
 
 Apl. 
 
 24 
 
 May 
 
 3 
 
 
 29 " 
 
 June 
 
 II " 
 
 Apl. 
 
 26 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4 
 
 Dec. 
 
 27 
 
 Jany. 
 
 ig 1820 
 
 Oct. 
 
 30 
 
 Dec. 
 
 24 
 
 Feby. 
 
 18 1821 
 
 June 
 
 10 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23 
 
 Nov. 
 
 15 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II 
 
 
 16 
 
 Feby 
 
 .23 1822 
 
 Mch. 
 
 15 
 
 Apl. 
 
 16 
 
 June 
 
 5 
 
 July 
 
 II 
 
 Aug. 
 
 I 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 30 
 
 Dec. 
 
 2 
 
 
 23 
 
 Jany 
 
 . 3 1823 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 II 
 
 
 23 
 
 Feb) 
 
 '■ 9 
 
 May 
 
 8 
 
 May 
 
 16 " 
 
 
 21 
 
 Oct. 
 
 2 
 
 
 23 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13 
 
 
 30 
 
 Hannah Hall age 36 y 
 
 John Willey age 72 y 
 
 Lemuel Tubbs age 71 y. 
 
 Saml. Billings age 90 y. 
 
 Stiles Davenport son of Joel & Betsey West age 8 weeks 
 
 Still born child of Eleazer Veazey Jr. 
 
 John Trowbridge age 60 y. 
 
 Thomas Fuller age 76 y. 
 
 Infant child of Leonard Selden of M. Haddam. 
 
 Rhoda wife of Solomon Bailey. 
 
 A child of Jacob Adams Jr. age 9 mos. 
 
 A child of Joseph Goff 
 
 Charles Sears died in St. Jago Island of Cuba age 27 y. 
 
 James Welch age 73 y. 
 
 A child of Geo. Halings aged 4 y. 
 
 Widow Elizabeth Tubbs age 71 y. 
 
 Widow Witherill age 84 y. 
 
 Infant child of Geo. Haling age 4 mos. 
 
 Roswell Wells age 52 y. 
 
 Capt. Jabez Hall age 60 y. 
 
 A child of Elijah Bailey age 13 mos. 
 
 A child of Green Cone age 4 mos. 
 
 Newell Goff age 18 y. 
 
 Dr. John Richmond age 54 y. 
 
 Joel Kellogg age 28 y. 
 
 Infant of Joseph Goff. 
 
 Susannah wife of Geo. Haling age 38 y. 
 David Parmelee age 18 y. 
 
 A child of Harvey Russell age 3 y. 
 
 Maria Bailey age 18 y. 
 
 A child of John & Philura Sherman age 20 mos. 
 
 Captain Enos Brown age 53 y. 
 
 Simeon Young age 53 y. 
 
 Mary Judd age 65 y. 
 
 Dr. Richard Smith age 26 y. 
 
 Saml. Goff, age 98 y. 
 
 Stephen Ackley age 84 y. 
 
 Elihu Hubbard age 78 y. 
 
 Wife of Geo. Evans. 
 
 Celia wife of Horace Brown age 22 y. 
 
 Mary wife of Adonijah Strong age 73 y. 
 
 Child of Amasa Daniels Jr. age 4 y. 
 
 Infant of Harry Roberts. 
 
 Elijah Staples found dead under a fence 
 
 Asahel Matthews age 66 y. 
 
 Widow Phebe Cole age 87 y. 
 
 A child of Major Nath. Markham age 19 mos. 
 
 Cornelius Rich age 80 y. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 121 
 
 Mch. 
 
 — i8 
 
 Apl. 
 
 7 
 
 May 
 
 28 
 
 June 
 
 27 
 
 July 
 
 14 
 
 Sept. 
 
 24 
 
 Apl. 
 
 I i8 
 
 
 II 
 
 May 
 
 II 
 
 
 17 
 
 June 
 
 2 
 
 
 27 
 
 Sept. 
 
 6 
 
 
 7 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9 ' 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 i6 
 
 
 26 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7 
 
 
 lO 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 28 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8 
 
 
 21 
 
 Jany. 
 
 4 i8 
 
 P'eby 
 
 .16 
 
 
 22 
 
 Mch. 
 
 6 
 
 
 24 
 
 Apl. 
 
 12 ' 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 23 
 
 Sept. 
 
 28 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24 
 
 24 Infant of Olmstead Gates 
 ' Thomas Shepherd age 96 y. 
 ' Anna Bigelow age 67 y. 
 ' Clarissa wife of Joseph Goff age 41 y. 
 
 ' Widow Haling age 90 y. 
 
 ' John Edwards age 49 y. 
 
 25 Stephen Ackley Jr. age 34 y. 
 ' Thomas Everton aged 73. 
 ' Olcott Adams age 20 y. black man. 
 ' Adonijah Strong age 76 y. 
 
 Infant of Moses & Lydia West age S weeks. 
 ' Nath. Cone, age 77 y. 
 
 ' William W. Richardson of Munson age 27 y. 
 ' Phillis a black woman of Thomas Judds. 
 ' Charlotte Bailey age 39 y. 
 
 .Sybol wife of Capt. Saml. Brown age 58 y. 
 ' Enos, child of Horace Brown age 3 y. 
 ' Stephen Chapman age 48 y. 
 ' Betsy Hall age 20 y. 
 ' Dimis child of Nath. G. Cone age g y. 
 
 A child of Horace Brown age 4 y. 
 ' Martin Kellogg age 59 y. 
 ' David Strong age 75 y. 
 ' Lois Chapman age 22 y. 
 
 Infant of Oramel & Parmelia Clark age 3 mos. 
 
 Two men strangers by the name of Beckwith 
 
 26 Child of Joseph Goff age 8 y. 
 Kirziah Relic of Cornelius Rich age 79 y. 
 Eleazer Veazey age 78 y. 
 Geo. Gates age 66 y. 
 Calvin Barstow age 75 y. 
 Jesse Clark aged 49. 
 Capt. Saml. Saxton age 76 y. 
 Jehial Judd age 63 y. 
 
 A black infant of Enos & Rebekah Adams 
 A black child of & Rosa Taylor 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 List of Members. 
 
 COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY MARTIN L. ROBERTS. 
 
 fHE names of some of the petitioners for the incorporation 
 of this parish appear npon the records of the churches 
 in East Middletown and Middle Haddam as members in 
 full communion, and it is believed that the major portion of 
 them with their wives were the constituent members of this 
 church. But with the exception of the names of those who 
 united with the church from 1764 to 1772, as per fragment of 
 Mr. Norton's record, the names of the members for the first 
 thirty years of its existence have not been recovered. When 
 Mr. Parsons was ordained, February 10, 1779, he made a 
 record of the male members in full communion at that time; 
 but of the females, and those who had previously renewed 
 their covenant, he made no mention. This list, however, does 
 not pretend to be a perfecft record of those who united since 
 that time, as the records are very imperfetft, and in some cases 
 no records of either admission or dismission have been recorded. 
 Owing to this fatt, the task of compiling the list has been a 
 difficult one, requiring a vast amount of time and patience to 
 accomplish, and the compiler only wishes to add that he has 
 done the best he could with it under the circumstances, and 
 with this explanation respeclfulh' submits it to those whom 
 it may concern for their charitable consideration. 
 
 In the early history of the churches of New England those 
 persons who had themselves been baptized, and who in a public 
 manner "owned the covenant" into which their parents had 
 entered for them, were permitted to have their children bap- 
 tized, though they could not unite with the church in cele- 
 brating the Lord's Supper. This was what was called the 
 " half-way covenant," and was pradliced in this church during 
 the first three pastorates. 
 
REV. GUSTAVUS D. PIKE, 
 
 Acting Pastor, 1865-1867. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 12- 
 
 The names of those persons who "owned the covenant" 
 during Mr. Parsons' pastorate are as follows. Those marked 
 with a "^ were afterwards admitted to full communion. 
 
 Note.— The abbreviations used in this list are as follows: b. = born; bap.=baptized; 
 ch. ^church; d. = died; dis. = dismissed; ex. = excommunicated; E. H. = East Hampton; 
 i,. = letter; m. = married; M. H. = Middle Haddam; p. = professiou; U. C. = Union Con- 
 gregational; w.=wife; wid. = wido\v. 
 
 Daniel Parks. Removed to New York State. 
 
 Esther Parks, (\v. Daniel.) 
 
 Othniel Brainerd, Jr. Removed to Winsted. 
 
 Grace Brainerd, (w. Othniel, Jr.) 
 
 Samuel Cowdrey. 
 
 Anna Cowdrey, (w. Samuel.) 
 
 Josiah Goff. 
 
 Anna Goff, (w. Josiah.) 
 
 John West. 
 
 Eunice Dewey, (wid. Rufus.) 
 
 * David Clark. 
 Jerusha Clark, (w. David,) d. Aug. 24, 1800. 
 
 * John Parmelee. 
 
 * Lucy Parmelee (w. John.) 
 
 * Rebecca Johnson, (w. Isaac,) d. March 27, 1S45. 
 Ebenezer Hill, d. March i, 1S30. 
 [Ruth] Hill, (w. Ebenezer.) 
 Azuba Haling, (w. John.) 
 James Goff, d. Feb. 8, 1849. 
 
 * Mary Goff, (w. James,) d. April i, 1S51. 
 Joanna Alvord, (wid. Hewitt,) m. Stephen Burnham. 
 Huldah Thomas, (w. William.) 
 
 * Sparrow Smith. 
 
 * Eunice Smith, (w. Sparrow.) 
 Hoziel Smith. 
 Margery Smith, (w. Hoziel.) 
 
 * Selah Jackson. 
 
 * Anna Jackson, (w. Selah.) 
 Abner Cole, d. Oct. 31, 1S25. 
 
 *Lydia Cole, (w. Abner.) 
 Jerusha Harding, (w. Ebenezer, Jr.,) L. from East Hartford. 
 
 Names of the male members of the church in full commu- 
 nion, as recorded by the Rev. Lemuel Parsons, February 10, 
 1779: 
 
 Seth Alvord, d. March 17, 1802, aged 87. 
 
 Gideon Arnold, d. Feb. 17, 1S07, aged 72. 
 
 Ezra Ackley, dis. 1800. 
 
 Darius ..Viams, dis. 
 
 Joshua Bailey, d. .Sept. i, iSog, aged 78. 
 
 Othniel Brainerd, d. Dec. g, 1815, aged 87. 
 
 July 
 
 1, 
 7. 
 
 17 
 
 32. 
 
 May 
 
 ~3i 
 23- 
 23, 
 23. 
 23, 
 23, 
 
 17 
 
 S4. 
 
 June 
 
 6, 
 27. 
 
 
 
 Sept. 
 
 16, 
 16, 
 16, 
 16, 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 17S4. 
 
 May 
 
 29, 
 
 29, 
 
 1785- 
 
 Aug. 
 
 27, 
 
 17S6. 
 
 May 
 
 10, 
 10, 
 
 17S7. 
 
 July 
 
 15. 
 29. 
 
 
 June 
 
 s, 
 
 15, 
 
 15, 
 
 178S. 
 
 July 
 
 6, 
 6, 
 
 w 
 
 Dec. 
 
 21, 
 21, 
 
 .. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 17 
 
 Sg. 
 
124 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 April 
 
 IS, 177 
 
 
 iS, 
 
 
 23- 
 
 June 
 
 6, 
 
 
 20, " 
 
 Sept. 
 
 5> 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24, 
 
 
 24. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 14. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 2, 17S 
 
 Mar. 
 
 5i 
 
 
 19. " 
 
 April 
 
 23, 
 
 July 
 
 2 * * 
 
 Samuel Brown, d. Jan. 11, 1795, aged 65. 
 
 James Bill, d. July 25, 1S23, aged 87. 
 
 Elijah Cook, d. 
 
 Joshua Cook, d. 
 
 John Clark, Jr., dis. 1809. 
 
 Moses Clark, d. Oct. 13, 1801, aged 83. 
 
 William Clark, d. Sept. 26, 1812, aged gg. 
 
 John Clark, d. Aug. 8, 1809, aged g4. 
 
 Moses Cook, d. May 15, 1818, aged 75. 
 
 Moses Cole, d. Aug. 3, 1S27. 
 
 Zacheus Cook, d. April ig, 1812. 
 
 Joseph Caswell, dis. 
 
 Silas Dunham, dis. 
 
 Abijah Hall, d. Nov. 22, 17S7. 
 
 Ebenezer Hall, d. Feb. 23, 1803, aged 71. 
 
 Nathan Harding, d. March 27, iSoi, aged 89. 
 
 John Hinckley, d. May 24, 181 1, aged S3. 
 
 Daniel Hill, d. Feb. 6, 1789. 
 
 Dewey Hall, d. May 30, 1S06, aged 57. 
 
 Samuel Hodge, d. 1804. 
 
 John Johnson, d. June 28, 1842, aged 94. 
 
 Isaac Kneeland. 
 
 Stephen Knowlton, e.x. Oct. i, 1795. 
 
 Nehemiah Lord. 
 
 John Markham, d. March 30, 1788. 
 
 John Norton, d. May 15, iSoS. 
 
 William Norcutt, d. March 14, 18 10, aged go. 
 
 Edward Purple, d. July 22, 1794, aged 4g. 
 
 Bryan Parmelee, ex. March i, 1803. Church of England. 
 
 James Rich. 
 
 Ebenezer Sears, d. Dec. 29, 1814, aged 92. 
 
 Isaac Smith, d. July 29, 1802. 
 
 Isaac Smith, Jr., d. Oct. 28, 1S15. 
 
 W'illiam White, d. March 17, 1S23, aged So. 
 
 Nathaniel White, P. 
 
 [Abigail] White, P., (w. Nathaniel.) 
 
 .Sarah Strowbridge, i.., (w. Jonathan.) 
 
 Mary Bevin, L., (w. William,) d. July 5, 178S. 
 
 Catharine Parsons, i,., (w. Rev. Lemuel,) d. April 9, 17S0. 
 
 Elisabeth Bailey, L., dis. iSio. 
 
 David Allen, i'. 
 
 [Elisabeth] Allen i'., (w. David.) 
 
 FJaniel Clark, i'., dis. 
 
 Mary Andrews, p. 
 
 .Samuel Kilbourn, p., dis. 
 
 Israel Whitcomb, P. 
 
 Sarah Norcutt, P., (m. Eliakim Ufford,) dis. 
 
 Rhuel Alvord, p., d. March 27, iSio, aged 59. 
 
July 
 
 2, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 3. 
 
 
 3, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 s, 
 
 
 8, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 
 12, 
 
 
 26, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 14, 
 
 Mav 
 
 — , 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. I 25 
 
 17S0. Hannah Alvord, i'., (w. Rhuel,) dis. 1S25, d. Aug. 3, 1S30. 
 David Kneeland, L. from Marlborough. 
 " Mercy Kneeland, L. from Marlborough, (\v. David.) 
 
 " Ebenezer Bailey, i'., d. June 7, 182S. 
 
 " [Zilpha] Bailey, P., (\v. Ebenezer,) d. Jan. 15, 1795. 
 
 " Nehemiah Lord, l. from Ellington. 
 
 " Lord, L. from Ellington, (\v. Nehemiah.) 
 
 " Lydia Clark, p., (\v. Daniel,) dis. 
 
 1781. Faith Parsons, P., (\v. Rev. Lemuel,) dis. 1796. 
 Abel Johnson, L. 
 
 — , " Johnson, L., (w. Abel.) 
 
 July I, " Thomas Ackley, p., d. Feb. 23, 1794, aged 53. 
 I, " [Sarah] Ackley, P., (w. Thomas,) dis. 1795. 
 
 Elisabeth Ackley, p., dis. iSiS. 
 
 Lemuel West, L. from Ellington, d. June iS, 1S25, aged 78. 
 [Desire] West, l. from Ellington, (w. Lemuel,) d. Apr. 26, 1828. 
 Lucy Kneeland, i.. from Marlborough, (w. Jesse,) dis. 180S. 
 Benjamin Harding, P., d. Aug. 15, 1786. 
 [Olive] Harding, p., (w. Benjamin.) 
 Sylvanus Norcutt, l. from Marlborough. 
 Anna Norcutt, i.. from Marlborough, (w. Sylvanus.) 
 Margaret Markham, p., (w. Nathaniel,) d. May 21, 1796. 
 George Cummings, L. from East Windsor, d. April 4, 1794, 
 
 aged 62. 
 Samuel Fielding, l. from Hebron. 
 Samuel Mott, L. from Hartland, d. Feb. 26, iSoi, aged 66. 
 
 Mott, L. from Hartland, (w. Samuel.) 
 
 Stephen Clark, p., d. Oct. 3, 1S52. 
 Reuben Norcutt, P., d. March 28, 1830. 
 Amos Clark, p., d. March 20, 1843. 
 Anna Clark, p., (\v. Amos,) d. July 8, 1S35. 
 Jesse Kneeland, p., dis. 1S08. 
 Jonathan Caswell, p. 
 David Clark, p., d. Jan. S, 1S39. 
 
 ApoUos Arnold, p., dis. to West Hartford, d. Nov. 10, 1S42. 
 II, " Lucy Arnold, p., (vv. Apollos,) d. March 22, 1S31. 
 June 25, 1786. Lydia Smith, l. from Sandisfield, Mass., (w. Dea. Isaac,) 
 
 d. March 24, 1799. 
 Aug. 20, " Joel Wood, l. from Cornwall, dis. 1798. 
 
 20, " Mercy Wood, l. from Cornwall, (w. Joel,) dis. 1798. 
 
 Sept. 17, " Isaac Sears, p., dis. 1798. 
 
 17, " Grace Sears, P., (w. Isaac,) dis. 179S. 
 
 Feb. II, 1787. Dinah Markham, P., (m. Alworth,) dis. 1802. 
 
 April I, " Synthia Smith, p., dis. 1810. 
 
 Oct. 21, " Prudence GolT, ]'., (wid. Benjamin,) m. Daniel Smith, d. 1817. 
 
 Nov. II, " Azubah Young, P., (w. Elijah,) dis. 1815. 
 
 Mar. 30, 17S8. Moses West, p., d. May 19, 1794, aged 75. 
 
 30, " Olive White, p., (w. Philip,) d. April 22, 1856, aged 92. 
 
 
 I, 
 
 
 
 I, 
 
 " 
 
 
 I, 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9, 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 
 7, 
 
 7,' 
 
 14, 
 
 14, 
 
 1782. 
 
 June 
 
 22, 
 
 1783- 
 
 July 
 
 13, 
 13, 
 
 ,j 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7, 
 7, 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 
 
 30, 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 20, 
 
 17S4. 
 
 July 
 
 II, 
 
 w 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24, 
 24, 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 
 17, 
 
 " 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II, 
 
 " 
 
126 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Feb. 22, 1789. John Parmelee, 1'., ex. Jan. 28, 181S, d. June 28, 1823, aged 62. 
 
 22, " Lucy Parmelee, i'., (w. John,) d. August, 1848, 
 
 Aug. 2, " [Theda] Sexton, t., (w.. Samuel,) ex. March 15, 1806, d. 
 
 Jan. 22, 1831. 
 
 Jan. 3, 1790. Mary Bavin, L. from liaddam, (\V. William,) d. 
 
 Mar. 7, " Joseph Buell, i.. from Glastonbury, dis. 1789. 
 
 7, " Hope Buell, 1,. from Glastonbury, (\v. Joseph,) dis. 1789. 
 
 April 4, " Anne Cornwell, v., (\v. Samuel.) 
 
 June 12, " Sarah Markham, v., (w. James,) d. 1804. 
 
 Aug. 15, " Hannah Norcutt, P., (m. Nicholas Ames,) dis. 1808. 
 
 e^* ((?* 5(?* 
 
 REV. JOEL WEST, PASTOR, 1792-1826. 
 
 Names of the members of the church at the time of Mr. 
 West's ordination not found on Mr. Parsons' records: 
 
 1792. Orrin Alvord, dis. 181 1. 
 
 " Hannah Alvord, (\v. Orrin,) dis. 1811. 
 
 " Lebbeus Hills, dis. 1810. 
 
 " Mary Hills, (\v. Lebbeus,) dis. 1810. 
 
 " Jared Parmelee, dis. 1794. 
 
 " Susanna Parmelee, (w. Jared,) dis. 1794. 
 
 " Sarah Ackley, (w. Ezra,) dis. 1800. 
 
 " Lucy Arnold, (w. Dea. Gideon,) d. March i, 1801, aged 63. 
 
 " EHzabeth Alvord, (w. Seth,) d. May 30, 1800, aged 83. 
 
 " Elisabeth Brown, (w. Samuel,) d. Nov. 30, 1812, aged 80. 
 
 " Asenath Bill, (w. Dea. James,) d. Jan. 2, i8ro, aged 71. 
 
 " Jerusha Brainerd, (w. Othniel,) d. Aug. 11, 1806, aged 77. 
 
 " Sarah Cole, (w. Ebenezer, Jr.,) d. July 10, 181 1, aged 74. 
 
 " Elisabeth Cole, (wid. Ebenezer,) d. Feb. 19, 1794, aged 85. 
 
 " Hannah Cole, (wid. Moses,) d. March 16, 1798, aged 88. 
 
 " Mary Cole, (w. Moses,) d. March 18, 1813, aged 64. 
 
 " Nabby Carrier, (wid. Andrew,) d. Oct. 11, 1817, aged 87. 
 
 Elisabeth Cook, (w. Dea. Moses,) d. Oct. 8, 1808, aged 64. 
 
 " Mary Clark, (w. William,) d. P"eb. 18, 1797, aged 76. 
 
 " Hannah Clark, (w. Dea. John,) d. 1814. 
 
 " Mary Clark, (wid. Aaron,) d. Oct. 3, 1802, aged 73. 
 
 " Mercy Carrier, (wid. Titus,) d. Aug. 5, 1819, aged 74. 
 
 " Zilpha Cunningham, (wid. Thomas,) d. Dec. 3, 1793, aged 
 
 81 years 9 months. 
 
 " Huldah Harding, (wid. Ebenezer,) d. Jan. 26, 1819, aged 78. 
 
 " Mindwell Hills, (wid. John,) d. Nov. 30, 1815, aged 83. 
 
 " Hannah Hall, (wid. I^ewey,) d. Dec. 3, 1815, aged 68. 
 
 " Azuba Hinckley, (w. John,) d. Jan. 18, 1809, aged 70. 
 
 " Rebecca Knowlton, (w. Stephen,) d. Sept. 8, 1795. 
 
 " Mary GofT, (w. Samuel,) d. Dec. 23, 1823,. a'ged 84. 
 Ede Norton, (w. John,) d. Feb. 18, 1827. 
 
CONGREGATlONAIv CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 127 
 
 1792. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 7, 
 
 1792. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 27, 
 27, 
 
 1793- 
 
 Mar. 
 
 17, 
 17, 
 17, 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 
 18, 
 
 ,. 
 
 .Sept. 
 
 29. 
 29- 
 29. 
 
 n 
 
 Mar. 
 
 9, 
 9. 
 
 1794. 
 
 May 
 
 4, 
 
 
 July 
 
 6, 
 6, 
 
 .. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 17, 
 17, 
 17, 
 17, 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4, 
 4, 
 
 1795. 
 
 May 
 
 20, 
 
 1798. 
 
 July 
 
 15. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 
 
 14, 
 14, 
 14, 
 
 " 
 
 Aug. 
 
 13, 
 
 1799. 
 
 July 
 
 20, 
 
 1800. 
 
 June 
 
 25, 
 
 I80I. 
 
 June 
 
 3, 
 
 1803. 
 
 June 
 
 30, 
 
 1805. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27, 
 
 " 
 
 Dec. 
 
 I, 
 
 " 
 
 Eunice Norton, (wid. Rev. John,) d. May 27, 1796, aged 83. 
 
 Betsey Norcutt, (w. William,) d. June 13, 1828. 
 
 Mary Purple, (\v. Edward,) (m. Stephen Knowlton,) d. 
 
 Sarah Parmelee, (wid. Jonathan,) d. Eeb. 14, 1794, aged 86. 
 
 Jerusha Smith, (w. Dea. Isaac, Jr.,) d. July 11, 1836, aged 91. 
 
 Elisabeth Sears, (w. Ebenezer,) d. July 4, 1797, aged 63. 
 
 Ruth Sears, (w. Elkanah,) d. May 7, 1823, aged 90. 
 
 Elizabeth White, (w. William,) d. 1814. 
 
 Bethia Smith, (w. Ezra,) d. April 22, 1793. 
 
 Eunice Norton, i'., d. Oct. 12, 1845. 
 
 Nathaniel Clark, i'., d. Jan. 13, 1814, aged 70. 
 
 Dolle Clark, i'., (w. Nathaniel,) d. March 11, 1S38, aged 87. 
 
 Selah Jackson, p., dis. 1795. 
 
 Anna Jackson, i'., (w. Selah,) dis. 1795. 
 
 Polly Arnold, P., d. April 18, 1793, aged 20. 
 
 Hannah Strong, L. from Marlborough, (w. David,) d. Jan. 
 24, 1808. 
 
 Elisabeth Cole, p., (m. Nathaniel Pease,) dis. 1813. 
 
 Nathaniel Mott, P., d. June r, [808, aged 76. 
 
 Agnes Mott, i'., (w. Nathaniel,) dis. iSog. 
 
 Lydia Cole, P., (w. Abner,) d. Dec. g, 1S04, aged 44. 
 
 Joshua Bailey, Jr., p., dis, 1807. 
 
 Ruth Bailey, p., (w. Joshua, Jr.,) dis. 1807. 
 
 Lucy Daily, p., (w. Joseph,) dis. 1798. 
 
 Clarissa Bill, P., (m. Oliver Bill), dis. 1798. 
 
 Achsa Bill, p., d. May 3, 1812, aged 35. 
 
 Gillett Hinckley, p., dis. 1797. * 
 
 Hannah Hinckley, p., (w. Gillett,) dis. 1797. 
 
 Ashbel Woodbridge, L. from East Windsor, dis. 1S05. 
 
 Hannah Woodbridge, I,, from East Windsor, (w. Ashbel,) 
 dis. 1805. 
 
 David Sears, p., d. April 29, 1842. 
 
 Lucy Sears, p., (w. David,) d. 1829. 
 
 Phebe Norcutt, ]•., (w. Ebenezer,) d. Dec. 29, 1798, aged 
 29 years 8 months 
 
 Abigail McCleve, p., (m. Joseph Rich.) 
 
 Ann Shepherd, L. from Chatham, (w. Thomas,) dis. 1808. 
 
 Sally Alvord, p., (w. Seth, Jr.,) d. Feb. 2, 1819, aged 58. 
 
 Hannah Rogers, P., (wid. Timothy,) (m. Nathaniel Mark- 
 ham,) d. Nov. 29, 1853. 
 
 Deborah Hodge, p., (w. Samuel,) d. Sept. 16, 1799, aged 73. 
 
 Betsey West, p., (w. Rev. Joel,) d. .Sept. 26, 1853. 
 
 Thankful Ackley, P., (w. Stephen,) d. Sept. 9, 1813, aged 76. 
 
 Amasa W^est, P., d. in Wisconsin. 
 
 Azuba Smith, p., (m. Benj. Cobb,) d. May 18, 1865, aged 81. 
 
 Betsey Alvord, p., (m. William Finley,) dis. 1805. 
 
 Joseph Hall, p., dis. 1808. 
 
 Lucy Alvord, p., (w. James H.,) dis. 1808, d. Sept. 11, 1850. 
 
128 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 I, 
 
 1805. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 I , 
 
 28, 
 
 1806 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26, 
 
 " 
 
 April 
 
 IS- 
 
 1808. 
 
 July 
 
 17. 
 17, 
 
 " 
 
 April 
 
 16, 
 
 180Q 
 
 May 
 
 7. 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I, 
 I, 
 
 " 
 
 May 
 
 I , 
 
 20, 
 20, 
 
 1810 
 
 June 
 
 3. 
 
 " 
 
 julv 
 
 I, 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 
 
 17, 
 17- 
 17, 
 
 iSii 
 
 June 
 
 28, 
 
 1812. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 30, 
 30, 
 
 1813 
 
 Sept. 
 
 2S. 
 
 25. 
 
 1814 
 
 Aug. 
 
 30, 
 
 1815 
 
 Sept. 
 
 17, 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 
 
 22, 
 22, 
 
 " 
 
 June 
 
 30, 
 30, 
 
 1816. 
 
 May 
 
 3, 
 
 1818. 
 
 July 
 
 s, 
 
 5, 
 
 5, 
 
 
 
 Sept. 
 
 6, 
 6, 
 6, 
 6, 
 6, 
 6, 
 6, 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 2S, 
 25, 
 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I, 
 I, 
 
 
 
 Nancy Arnold, P., (m. Joseph Hall,) dis. 1808. 
 
 Nancy Rogers, ?., (m. Diodate B. West,) d. July 5, 1855. 
 
 Martha Ackley, i'., (wid. Daniel,) (m. Gideon Brainerd,) 
 
 d. Aug. 16, 1866. 
 Martha Richmond, i,., from Brookfield, Mass., d. 18 14. 
 Daniel Johnson, L. from Jamestown, ex. Feb. 5, 1813. Baptist. 
 Sally Johnson, i.. from Jamestown, (w. Daniel, )d. Sept. 9,1834. 
 Joshua Root, i,. from Gilead, dis. ]8og. 
 Sarah Root, L. from Gilead, (w. Joshua,) dis. 1809. 
 Philanda Alvord, P., (m. Daniel R. Wolcott,) dis. 181 1. 
 Annis Alvord, L. from ist ch. Middletown, dis. 1811. 
 Hannah Parmelee, P., (w. Timothy,) d. April 5, 18 14, aged 43. 
 Anna Bevin, p., (w. Isaac,) d. June 19, 1850. 
 Sally Watrous, i'., (wid. John,) d. Jan. 3, 1866. 
 Hannah Strong, (w. David,) I,, from Lyme, d. Nov. II, 1835. 
 Susanna Strong, p., (w. Henry,) d. April 15, 1820, aged 40. 
 Philena Harding, p., (w. Nathan, Jr.,) dis. 1814. 
 Stephen Knowlton, restored to membership, d. Jan. 2g, 18 14. 
 Gurdon Fowler, p., dis. 18 14. 
 Anna Fowler, i'., (w. Gurdon,) dis. 1814. 
 Ruth Gates, v., (w. Nehemiah,) d. Aug. 18, 1S44. 
 Mary Mitchell, l. from Westchester, d. 
 Isaac Hinckley, P., dis. 1815. 
 Sally Hinckley, P., (w. Isaac,) dis. 1815. 
 Joseph Sage, L. from Middletown, d. Feb. 20, 1818. 
 
 Sage, (w. Joseph,) l. from Middletown, d. 
 
 Lucy Caswell, P., (w. Joseph.) Removed to Exeter, N. Y. 
 
 Artemas Arnold, P., d. 
 
 Philena Arnold, P., (m. Henry Strong,) d. March 8, 1868. 
 
 Polly Arnold, p. 
 
 W^arren A. Skinner, L. from Westchester, d. Jan. 4, 1862. 
 
 Anna .Skinner, (w. Warren A.,) i.. from Westchester, d. Sept. 
 
 18, 1879. 
 Abigail Welsh, P., (w. Constant,) d. Jan. 31, 1834, aged 64. 
 Sparrow Smith, i'., d. July 14, 1842. 
 Eunice Smith, p., (w. Sparrow,) d. Feb. 11, 1850. 
 Mehitable Clark, p., (w. David,) d. Nov. 26, 1854. 
 Lydia Beebe, p., (wid. Comfort,) d. 
 Eleazer Veazey, Jr., p., d. March 6, 1855. 
 Elisabeth Veazey, P., (w. Eleazer, Jr.,) d. Jan. 6, 1861. 
 Selden Cook, p., ex. Dec. 11, 1823. Methodist. 
 Sally Cook, p., (w. Selden,) ex. Dec. 11, 1823. Methodist. 
 Hannah Alvord, p., dis. 1825, d. Aug. 17, 1832. Winsted. 
 Betsey Sears, p., (m. Harvey Arnold,) d. Jan. 23, 1849. 
 Rhoda Sears, P., (m. Ezra Ayres, Greenwich, Mass.,) dis. 
 Henry Bush, P., ex. Jan. i, 1841. 
 Lydia Bush, p., (w. Henry,) d. Oct. 16, 1844. 
 Willard Sears, p., d. Aug. 23, 183S. 
 Betsey Sears, -p., (w. Willard,) d. Jan. 9, 1831. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 129 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 April 25 
 June 27 
 July 4 
 
 Sept. 5 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3, 
 
 " 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7, 
 7, 
 
 " 
 
 
 5, 
 
 1S20 
 
 May 
 
 6, 
 
 1821 
 
 Nov. 
 
 4, 
 
 
 I8I8. 
 
 I8I9. 
 
 Benjamin Ingraham, P. Removed to Ohio. 
 
 Polly Ingraham, P., (w. Benjamin.) Removed to Ohio. 
 
 Rachel Bailey, P., (wid. Nathaniel,) d. Sept. 19, 1850. 
 
 Titus Carrier, P., ex. Dec. 11, 1823. Methodist. 
 
 Mehitable Carrier, P., (w. Titus,) ex. Dec. 11, 1823. Methodist. 
 
 David Buell, p., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. April 5, 1858. 
 
 Lucy Buell, p., (w. David,) d. May 18, 1853. 
 
 MaryGoff, p., (w. James,) dis. April, 1840, toch. in Burton, O. 
 
 Abigail Niles, p., (w. Daniel,) d. Jan. 4, 1853. 
 
 Lazarus Watrous, p., d. March 14, 1850. 
 
 Anna Watrous, p., (w. Lazarus,) d. Oct. 7, 1874. 
 
 Sally Youngs, P., (w. Demas,) dis. 1820. 
 
 Eleanor Higgins, P., (w. Oman,) dis. 1823. 
 
 Nathaniel C. Smith, p., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. Aug. 25, 
 
 1888. 
 Charlotte Smith, p., (w. Nathaniel C.,) dis. Sept. 5, 1856, 
 
 U.C, d. July 12, 1862. 
 Esther Alvord, P., dis. 1825, d. Aug. 28, 1835. Winsted. 
 Beulah Alvord, P., (m. George Clark,) dis. April 22, 1844. 
 
 Granby. 
 Abigail Hall, p., (w. Jabez,) ex. Aug. 30, 1823. 
 Prudence Richmond, p., (w. Dr. John,) d. March 11, 1822. 
 Lucy Watrous, p., dis. Sept. 28, 1856, U. C, d. Feb. 16, 1874. 
 Sarah Fielding, P., (wid. Timothy.) 
 
 Rhoda Edwards, p., (w. John,) d. March 23, 1S56, aged 69. 
 Phebe Caswell, P., d. 1822. 
 Mary Cook, P., (m. Lord S. Hills,) d. 
 
 Horace Clark, p., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. Nov. 13, 1879. 
 *=■ Diodate B. West, p., d. June 14, 1881. 
 Lucy Arnold, 2d, p., (m. Joshua Strong,) dis. 1822. 
 Sabrina Adeline Markham, P., (m. Morris P. Baker,) dis. 
 Rebecca Johnson, p., (w. Isaac,) d. March 27, 1845. 
 Calvin Hall, Jr., p., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. Jan. 23, 1881. 
 Dolly L. Hall, p., (w. Calvin, Jr.,) dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, 
 
 d. July 13, 1880. 
 Elijah Norcutt, p., dis., Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. Dec. 25, 1871. 
 Emilia Veazey, P., (m. Stephen G. Sears,) dis. Sept. 5, 1856, 
 
 U. C, d. April 3, 1879. 
 EvelinaO. West, P.,dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. April 20, 1889. 
 Eunice Sears, P., (m. Henry Snow,) dis. March 8, 1835. 
 Ehsabeth Alvord, p., (m. Augustus Gates,) dis. 
 Mar>' Smith, p., (w. Michael,) d. Nov. 20, 1843. 
 Achsa Tubbs, p., (m. David Hodge.) Removed to Vermont. 
 Talitha West, L. from Westchester, (w. Warren,) dis. Oct. 2, 
 
 1836. 
 
 * Diodate B. West was one of the petitioners for the formation of the Union Con- 
 gregational Church, Sept. 5, 1856, but failing to comply with their requirements at the 
 time of its organization, he maintained an irregular standing with this church for 
 some years, when at his request, by a vote of the church, so much of the petition as 
 related to him was rescinded, and he was restored to full membership. 
 
Dec. 
 
 14. 
 
 1823. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 7, 
 
 1824. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 5, 
 
 " 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4, 
 
 " 
 
 May 
 
 7, 
 
 1826. 
 
 July 
 
 I, 
 I, 
 I, 
 
 I, 
 I, 
 
 1827. 
 
 130 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 May I, 1822. Elkanah Ingraham, L. from North Lyme. 
 
 I, " Mary Ingraham, L. from North Lyme, (w. Elkanah,) d. June 
 
 17, 1823. 
 Orren Bowers, p., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. Jan. 9, 1879. 
 Esther Judd, L. from Coventry, (w. Thomas,) d. Jan. 10, 1846. 
 John C. Robertson, p., dis. March 3, 1833. 
 Charles Smith, L. from N. S. (?), dis. 1826. 
 Elisabeth Barstow, L. from Jewett City, dis. April, 1853. 
 Warren West, P., dis. Oct. 2, 1836. 
 Lucy Strong, p., (wid. Ezra,) d. Dec. 26, 1859. 
 Sarah Clark, p., (m. Ephraim Meech,) dis. 1850, d. April 7, 
 
 1877. 
 Jerusha Kellogg, i.., (w. Alfred,) d. Nov. 6, 1828. 
 Anna Brown, p., (wid. Enos,) d. March 6, 1871. 
 
 ^* Cj?* t^> 
 
 Rev. Timothy Stone, Pastor. 
 
 Aug. — , 1828. Julia Haling, p., (w. Isaac,) d. July 29, 1838. 
 
 July 5, 1829. Henry Bailey, p., dis. 
 
 5, " Nabby Markham, p., (wid. Nathaniel,) d. Aug. 6, 1880. 
 
 5, " Betsey West, p., (m. Justin Dickinson,) dis. 
 
 26, " John Hall, p., d. Aug. 19, 1829. 
 
 Sept. 20, " Isaac Bevin, P., d. May 8, 1870. 
 
 20, " Jedediah Barstow, p., d. April 5, 1846. 
 
 20, " Cyprian Hinckley, P., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. Oct. 13, 
 
 1864, aged 86. 
 
 20, " Lydia Hinckley, p., (w. Cyprian,) d. Sept. 19, 1844. 
 
 20, " Augustus Adams, p., dis. June 9, 1834. 
 
 20, " Amos Clark, Jr., p., d. March 26, 1885. 
 
 April 4, 1830. Samuel Kilbourn, i.., d. Nov. 13, 1834. 
 
 4, " Elisabeth Kilbourn, L., (w. Samuel,) d. April 19, 1S33. 
 
 4, " Lydia Young, P., (wid. Simeon,) d. March 16, 1839. 
 
 4, " Jerusha Smith, P., d. May 18, i860. 
 
 Sept. 5, " Augustus Gates, p., dis., d. Feb. g, 1845. 
 
 (^* (^* ^* 
 
 Rev. Samuel Ives Curtis, Pastor. 
 
 Jan. I, 1833. John C. A. Strong, p., d. Sept. 26, 1870. 
 
 I, " Deborah L. Strong, p., (w. John C. A.,) dis. 1870, d. Aug. 
 29, 1885. 
 
 I, " Alice S. Bevin, p., (m. ist Constant Welsh, 2d Samuel B. 
 
 Childs.) 
 Mar. 3, " Rebecca T. Curtis, (w. Rev. Samuel I.,) L., d. March 25, 1842. 
 
 3, " Silas Smith, L., d. Sept. 30, 1839. 
 Sept. 15, " Ephraim T. Barstow, p., dis. 
 Nov. 3, " Stephen G. Sears, p., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d, Oct. 12, 1874. 
 
 3, " Betsey M. S. Clark, p., (w. Amos, Jr.,) d. Aug. 6, 1887. 
 
ABNER G. BEVIN, 
 i8io-i8q6. 
 
 PHILO BEVIN, 
 1813-1893. 
 
 AMIEL ABELL, 
 1808-1888. 
 
 HIRAM VEAZEY, 
 1816-1889. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OP EAST HAMPTON. I3I 
 
 Nov. 3, 1833. HarrietMarkham, p., (w. Timothy R.,)dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U.C. 
 
 3, " Sarah S. Bevin, P., (w. WiUiam,) dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C. 
 
 3, " John W. B. Smith, p. 
 
 3, " Delia E. Smith, p., (w. John W. B.,) d. Feb. 13, 1867. 
 
 3, " Amiel Abell, P., d. Oct. 6, t888. 
 
 3, " Mariette Abell, p., (w. Amiel,) d. Oct. 4, 1888. 
 
 3, " Warren Veazey, P., dis. Sept. 5, 1836, U.C, d. Dec. 10, 1880. 
 
 3, " Betsey L. Veazey, P., (w. Warren,) dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C. 
 
 3, " Samuel Skinner, P., d. Oct. 16, 1895. 
 
 3, " Titus C. Goff, P., dis. June 9, 1834, to Ohio. 
 
 3, " Allen C. Clark, p., dis. May, 1849, to Bolton, Conn. 
 
 3, " Elisabeth Wheeler, p., dis. 
 
 3, " Laura Wheeler, P., dis. May, 1852. Portland. 
 
 3, " Anzolette D. Smith, p., (m. Philo S. Parsons,) dis. Sept. 5, 
 1856, U. C, d. 
 
 3, " Charlotte A. Bush, p., (m. Zamon Cady,) name stricken from 
 roll, Feb. 28, 1851. 
 
 3, " Catharine C. Markham, P., (m. Abner G. Bevin,) d. Sept. Ii, 
 
 1845. 
 
 3, " Ruth Ann Skinner, p., (m. Ambrose N. Markham,) d. July 
 22, 1892. 
 
 3, " AdeHne Bevin, p., (m. Samuel B. Childs,) d. April 2, 1876. 
 May 3, 1835. Alfred Williams, L., ex. Aug. 15, 1855. 
 
 3, " Silas Hills, L., d. April 27, 1864. 
 
 Mar. 6, 1836. Dorcas Shipman, P., (wid. Beriah N.,) dis. Oct. 19, 1856, 
 U. C, d. July 16, 1872. 
 
 6, " Sabrina A. Baker, i,., (w. Morris P.,) dis. Sept. 18, 1856, 
 
 U. C, d. Feb. 21, 1887, aged 84. 
 Jan. I, 1837. Abner G. Bevin, p., d. July 25, 1896. 
 
 I, " Edward M. Simpson, p., dis. March, 1848. 
 
 I, " Rhoda Roberts, p., (w. Harry,) dis. Jan., 1855. 
 
 I, " Harriet Williams, P., (w. Alfred,) d. June 15, 1844. 
 
 I, " Mary Hills, p., (w. Silas,) d. April 16, 1884. 
 
 I, " Electa M. Shipman, p., (m. Tillson A. Buell,) dis. Sept. 5, 
 1856, U. C. 
 
 I, " Cordelia A. Shipman, p., (m. Alphonzo B. Cone,) d. 
 
 I, " Matilda M. West, P., (m. Erastus Day,) dis. Jan. 3, 1847. 
 
 I, " Alice A. West, p., d. Oct. 29, 1841. 
 
 I, " Amelia Ann Clark, p., (m. Chauncey Bevin,) d. April 16, 1885. 
 Nov. 5, " Esther Scoville, L. from Old Lyme, (w. Isaac,) dis. June, 1853. 
 
 t^* ((9* (^* 
 
 REY. RuFus Smith, pastor. 
 
 Mar. — , 1839. Cyrus Goff, p., d. April 15, 1839. 
 
 — , " Laura Goff, P., (w. Cyrus,) dis. Aug., 1842, (m. William R. 
 Carpenter.) 
 
 — , " Lois Barton, P., (w. Hiram,) d. Jan. 23, 1887. 
 
 June — , " Abigail Hall, (w. Jabez,) restored, d. April 12, 1843. 
 
132 
 
 CONGREGATIONAI, CHURCH OF KAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Oct. — 
 Mar. 8 
 April — 
 
 July 4 
 
 4 
 
 Sept. — 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 July - 
 July - 
 
 1839. 
 1840. 
 
 1841. 
 
 1842. 
 
 1843. 
 
 1844. 
 1845. 
 
 Morris P. Baker, r., d. May 2, 1855. 
 
 Florilla Goff, p., (w. JosepU N.,) d. Nov. 8, 1878. 
 
 Augustus Adams, L. from Westchester, d. Dec. 30, 1S80. 
 
 Rufus Smith, Jr., L., dis. Jan., 1843, Yale College, d. Oct. 
 14, 1847. 
 
 Clarissa Smith, l., (w. Rev. Rufus,) dis. April, 1847. 
 
 Mary Smith, L., d. April 14, 1847. 
 
 Timothy R. Markham, p., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. Oct. 
 30, 1883. 
 
 Mary Ann West, P., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C. 
 
 Deborah Haling, L. from Gilead, (m. Aaron Washburn, Still- 
 water, N. Y.) 
 
 David Watson Watrous, r. 
 
 Richard S. S. Clark, p., dis. April, 1851. 
 
 Laura Ann Skinner, P., (w. Samuel.) 
 
 Sarah E. Watrous, P., (m. Alex. N. Niles,) d. May 25, 1897. 
 
 Philo Bevin, p., d. Sept. 5, 1893. 
 
 Fidelia A. Bevin, p., (w. Philo,) d. May 14, 1861. 
 
 Alphonso B. Cone, p., d. Aug., 1859. 
 
 Maria Niles, p., (w. Dan. B.,) d. Aug. 7, 1890, aged 89. 
 
 Betsey E. Sears, L., dis. March, 1855, to Marlborough, d. 
 
 Frances M. Clark, L. 
 dis. May, 1849. 
 
 from East Haddam, (w. Allen C.,) 
 
 t^* ((?* (^* 
 
 Rev. William Russell, Pastor. 
 
 Jan. 4, 1846. Elizabeth Gates, i.. from New London, (wid. Augustus,) 
 
 (m. Orrin H. Lee,) dis. to Granby, Nov. 4, 1853. 
 May 3, " Noah S. Markham, p., dis. June 23, 1861, to Glastonbur}^ 
 
 3, " Hiram Veazey, p., d. Nov. 23, 1889. 
 
 3, " Belinda Veazey, p., (w. Hiram,) d. March 7, 1899. 
 
 3, " Amy Clark, P., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C, d. Jan. i, 1881. 
 
 3, " Juha Ann Clark, P., (m. ist James F. Jones, 2d Simeon P. 
 Hurlbut,) dis. 
 
 3, " Amanda M. Clark, p., (w. Alonzo.) 
 
 3, " Amelia Melissa Hall, P., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C. 
 
 3, " EmelineM. HaU, p.,(m. O. C. West,)dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U.C. 
 July 5, " Minories Watrous, P., d. Jan. 22, 1882. 
 
 5, " Emilia A. Watrous, P., (w. Minories.) 
 
 5, " Gurdon W. Goodrich, p. 
 
 5, " Roxanna M. Goodrich, p., (w. Gurdon W.) 
 
 5, " Harriet R. Richmond, P., dis. Aug., 1855. 
 
 5, " Jane E. Niles, P., d. Jan. 29, 1851. 
 
 5, " Julianne B. West, P. 
 
 5, " Ann Alvord, P., (m. Noah S. Markham,) dis. June 23, 1861, 
 to Glastonbury. 
 
 5, " RosephaAnn West, P., (m. Henry B. Doane,) dis. Sept. 5, 1856. 
 
 5, " Cornelia N. Smith, p., (m. D. Watson Watrous,) d. June 13, 
 1866. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 1 33 
 
 July 5, 1846. Jane E. Barstow, P., dis. April, 1853. 
 
 Sept. 27, " Annette Watrous, P., (m. Wm. E. Barton,) d. Mar. 11, 1863. 
 
 27, " Rosanna Skinner, P., (m. Horatio D. Chapman), dis. 1854. 
 
 Oct. 30, " Eleanor Wells, L., (w. Asa,) d. Jan., 1849. 
 
 Nov. I, " Mary Adeline Williams, p., (w. Alfred,) dis. Jan. 17, 1864. 
 
 1, " Mary Elisabeth Norton Clark, p., (m. Reuben Payne,) dis. 
 
 June, 1853. 
 April 30, 1S47. Sarah E. Russell, L., (w. Rev. William,) dis. Aug. 3, 1S56. 
 May 2, " Charles F. Rich, L., dis. Jan., 1855. 
 
 2, " Julia A. Rich, L., (w. Charles F.,) dis. Jan., 1S55. 
 Sept. — , 1848. Agnes Wier, i.., (w. ,) dis. May, 1850. 
 
 — , " Dorothy Purple, i.., (w. Nathaniel,) d. Sept. 20, 1879. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1849. Laura Bevin, I., from Westchester, (w. Abner G.,) d. Sept. 
 
 II, 189S. 
 July I, " Alonzo Clark, P., d. Dec. 16, 1896. 
 
 May — , 1850. Joseph Russell, l., dis. Aug., 1855. 
 
 May 4, 1851. Elijah Ransom, i.. from Colchester, dis. April i, 1852. 
 Colchester. 
 4, " Sophia E. Ransom, l. from Colchester, (w. Elijah,) dis. April 
 
 I, 1852. Colchester. 
 4, " Mary E. Sears, P., dis. Sept. 5, 1856, U. C. 
 July 6, " Helen M. Smith, p., (w. Henry S.,) d. Aug. 14, 1896. 
 
 6, " Eliza C. Staplins, p., dis. April i, 1852. Colchester. 
 Oct. 3, 1852. John W. Skinner, L. from East Haddam, dis. 
 
 3, " Hannah A. Skinner, L. from East Haddam, (w. John W. ,) dis. 
 Sept. I, 1853. Frances A. Strong, (w. David,) L. from Middle Haddam, 
 
 d. March 22, 1856. 
 Nov. 4, " Richard S. S. Clark, l. from North Ch., New Haven, dis. 
 Sept. 6, 1874, to Mt. Carmel. 
 
 4, " Elisabeth Strong Clark, (w. Richard S. S.,) i.. from Bolton, 
 
 dis. Sept. 6, 1874, to Mt. Carmel. 
 Jan. 5, 1855. Allen C. Clark, i.. from Bolton. 
 
 5, " Frances M. Clark, (w. Allen C.,) i.. from Bolton, d. April 5, 
 
 1897. 
 _ _^ " (?) Rachel Holbrook, (wid. Chester,) u from Bolton, dis. May 
 4, 1876, to Mt. Carmel. 
 July 2, " Clarine A. Skinner, p., (w. Henry.) 
 
 2, " Rebecca A. Clark, P., d. Feb. 7, 1893. 
 
 2, " Alice A. West, P., (m. Don Carlos Carpenter.) 
 
 2, " Mar>' Matilda Sears, p., (m. ist Gold, 2d John 
 
 Hanchett,) d. Dec. 22, 1875. 
 
 f^ t^ ^* 
 
 REV. L. H. PEASE, ACTING PASTOR. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1856. Isaac A. Bevin, i,. from East Haddam, d. Sept. 28, 1883. 
 
 24, " Huldah Ann Bevin, L. from East Haddam, (w. Isaac A.,) 
 
 d. May 9, 1877. 
 Dec. 7, " Chauncey Bevin, P., d. Aug. 10, 1884. 
 
134 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Dec. 7, 1856. David Strong, p., dis. July 12, 1868. Winsted. 
 
 7, " Henry Emerson Niles, p. 
 
 7, " Lyman F. Skinner, p., dis. Dec. 25, 1870. Meriden. 
 
 7, " Diantha Carpenter, L. from M. E. Ch., (wid. Anson,) d. Nov. 
 9. 1873. 
 
 July 19, 1857. Festus E. Adams, p., d. Oct. 30, 1890. 
 
 ig, " Eunice G. Adams, p., (w. Festus E.) 
 
 ig, " Alexander N. Niles, p. 
 
 19, " William E. Barton, P., d. Feb. g, i8g5. 
 
 19, " Warren Skinner, p., d. Aug. 17, 1872. 
 
 19, " James M. Moore, p., dis. June 23, 1861. Broad Brook. 
 
 19, " Joel West Smith, P. 
 
 ig, " Irvin H. Abell, p. 
 
 19, " Mary J. Watrous, P. 
 
 19, " Mary Purple, p., dis. to Middle Haddam, April 23, 1882, 
 
 d. Oct. 18, 1888. 
 
 ig, " Catharine Rich, p., (w. Denison A.) 
 
 ig, " Josephine Barton, p., (w. Henry V.) 
 
 19, " Marion M. Markham, p., (m. John P. Purple,) d. Dec. 18, 
 
 1863. 
 
 19, " Anna Rich, p. 
 
 ig, " Jane Bevin, p. 
 
 ig, " Lavinia Bevin, p., (m. ist J. B. White, 2d D. C. Norcutt.) 
 
 ig, " Lavinia Snow, p., (m. Rufus D. Clark,) d. May 6, 1863. 
 
 19, " Charity Adams, p., (w. Augustus,) d. Dec, 27, 1877. 
 
 ig, " Louisa M. Adams, p., d. Aug. 27, 1893. 
 
 Sept. 6, " Timothy D. Goff, p., d. June 12, 1886. 
 
 6, " Evelina M. Goff, p., (w. Timothy D.,) d. May 6, 1887. 
 
 6, " Sarah E. Goff, p. 
 
 6, " Lucy A. Goff, v. 
 
 6, " Mandana Moore, p., (w. James M.,) dis. June 23, 1861. 
 
 6, " Philanda E. Markham, p. 
 
 6, " Sophia Bailey, p., d. Dec. 20, 1879. 
 
 6, " Mary Emeline Hills, i'., (m. Albert Parks.) 
 
 6, " Eleanor Melissa Hills, p., (m. Legrand S. Carpenter.) 
 
 — — , — , (?) William Dickson, l. from Glasgow, Scotland, d. Dec. 13, 
 
 1885. 
 
 — — , — , (?) Jane Dickson, l. from Glasgow, Scotland, (w. William,) d. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1883. 
 
 — — , — , (?) Ellen Dickson, L. from Glasgow, Scotland, dis. March 20, 
 
 1859, to Middletown. 
 Jan. 3, 1858. Jerome L. Alvord, p., d. July 14, 1871. 
 3, " Emily V. Alvord, P., (w. Jerome L.) 
 3, " Sarah Skinner, p., (w. Warren.) 
 
 3, " Hannah Markham, p., (w. Alexander H.,) d. Jan. 9, 1881. 
 July — , " Jared C. Kellogg, L. from Hebron, d. Nov. 4, 1891. 
 
 — , " Frances M. Kellogg, L. from Hebron, (w. Jared C.,) d. Dec. 
 25, iSgi. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 1 35 
 
 REV. H. A. RUSSELL, PASTOR. 
 
 May 6, i860. Lorenzo Dow Rich, p. 
 
 6, " Don Carlos Carpenter, p., d. Dec. 5, 1880. 
 
 6, " Abner A. Bevin, p. 
 
 6, " Leander A. Bevin, p. 
 
 6, " Lucius H. Goff, p. 
 
 6, " Clark O. Sears, P., d. Jan. 31, iSgr. 
 
 6, " Charlotte Josephine Sears, p.. (w. Clark 0.,)d. July 10, 1899. 
 
 6, " Rufus D. Clark, p., d. March 22, 1S69. 
 
 6, " Henry Snow, P. 
 
 6, " Legrand S. Carpenter, p. 
 
 6, " Lavina A. Ackly, p., d. Jan. 30, 1881. 
 
 6, " Ann Augusta Markham, p., (m. John M. Starr.) 
 
 6, " Jane Elizabeth Calef, P., d. 
 
 6, " Martha Geraldine Roberts, P. 
 
 6, " Hattie West (Barton), p., (m. Henry T. A. Freeman,) dis. 
 
 Dec. 29, 1867. 
 6, " Caroline Tilden Carpenter, P., (m. ist William P. Waite, 
 
 2d George F. Jones.) 
 6, " Eunice Snow, i.. from Wyoming, N. Y., (wid. Henry,) d. 
 
 Jan. 9, 1875. 
 6, " Sarah S. Russell, i.. from Falls Village, (w. Rev. Henry A.,) 
 dis. Aug. I, 1865. 
 July I, " William Henry Bevin, p. 
 I, " Herman Elijah Rich. p. 
 
 I, " Maria G. Strong, p., (w. David,) d. Feb. 2, 1865. 
 I, " Martha Rich, p., (wid. Amos.) 
 I, " Agnes Dickson, p., (m. Aaron F. Beebe.) 
 I, " Ann Eliza Strong, p., (w. Nathaniel.) 
 Nov. 4, " John Watrous Barton, p., d. Oct. 9, 1867. 
 ♦ 4, " Victoria Gates Barton, r., (w. John W.,) (m. Geo. H. Buck- 
 
 land,) dis. Jan. 3, 1868. 
 4, " Leverett Samuel Sexton, p., d. Feb. 2, 1865. 
 4, " Matilda A. Sexton, p., (w. Leverett S..) d. July 2, 1885. 
 Aug. 18, 1861. Amy Fuller, L. from M. E. Ch., Haddam Neck, (wid. Syl- 
 vester,) dis. Oct. 7, 1866. 
 Feb. 2, 1862. Louise D. Root, L. from Marlborough, (m. Prentice B. .Skin- 
 ner,) d Nov. 3, 1876. 
 July 20, " John C. Shepard. L. from Westchester, d. Nov. 27, 1897. 
 
 20, " iSIary A. Shepard, i.. from Westchester, (w. John C.) 
 Jan. 4, 1863. Cushman A. Sears, M. D., p., dis. July 21, 1867. Portland. 
 4. " Evelyn H. (Lay) Sears, (w. Cushman A.,) l. from Old Lyme, 
 dis. July 21, 1867. Portland. 
 June 14, " Clark Strong, L. from Fulton, Mo., dis. May 5,1867. Winsted. 
 14, " Juliette Strong, L. from Fulton, Mo., (w. Clark,) dis. May 5, 
 1867. Winsted. 
 Jan. 4, 1864. Abby L. Markham, p., (w. F. George.) dis. June 14, 1867. 
 
 4, " Nancy M. Skinner, P., (w. Lyman F..) d. Nov. 16, 1864. 
 May 15, " Jane C. Bevin, L. from Westchester, (w. Philo.) 
 
136 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Rev. G. D. Pike, Acting Pastor. 
 
 — — , 1865. Mary Elizabeth Purple, L. from E. Haddam, (w. John P.,) 
 
 dis. April 23, 1882, to M. Haddam. 
 
 — — , 1866. Eleanor Niles, p., (\v. Henry E.,) d. March 9, 1895. 
 
 — — , " Celena Rose, r., (m. Henry Snow.) 
 
 — — , " Helen Dickson, l., dis. to Cromwell. 
 
 — — , " Catharine Dickson, L., dis. Nov. 4, 1866, to Glasgow, Scot- 
 
 land. 
 May 6, " Samuel B. Childs, p., d. April 13, 1892. 
 6, " Nelson Flood, p., d. May 11, 1877. 
 6, " Henry Skinner, P., d. April 14, 1892. 
 6, " Henry S. Smith, P. 
 6, " Hubert E. Carpenter, p. 
 6, " Anna Carpenter, p., (w. Hubert E.) 
 6, " Josephine W. Abell, p., (w. Irvin H.) 
 6, " Stella Niles, Smith, p., (ra. John W. Leslie.) 
 6, " Ella Kellogg, p., (m. ist William H. Keney, 2d Charles H. 
 
 Bullard,) dis. Jan. 9, 1887. 
 6, " Louisa L. Kellogg, p., (m. Frederick A. Lillie.) 
 6, " Dan. B, Niles, p., d. April 26, 1878. 
 6, " Mary E. Morgan, p., d. June 14, 1888. 
 6, " Ruth A. Carpenter, p., (m. Martin L. Roberts,) dis. June 9, 
 
 1S78, to Howard Ave. Ch., New Haven. 
 6, " Alexander E. Ingraham, p., dis. to Guilford, July 12, 1868. 
 6, " Ozmer C. Hills, p., dis. to Colorado Springs, Col., Aug., 
 
 1880. 
 July I, " Abby T. Shepard, p., (m. James Dickson.) 
 
 I, " Abby J. Morgan, p., (m. Waldo J. Gates,) dis. to Higganura. 
 
 I, " Maggie Dickson, p., (m. Nelson Flood,) d. Aug. 8, 1881. 
 
 I, " Maria L. Morgan, p., (m. Norman W. Spencer,) dis. June, 
 
 18. 1876. Haddam. 
 I, " Mary F. Goff, p., (w. Lucius H.) 
 I, " D. Hawley Skinner, p., d. June 2, 1888. 
 I, " Gwinnett Carpenter, p. 
 I, " Henry T. Sellew, p. 
 I, " Gertrude A. Smith, p., (m. Alfred I. Kellogg,) dis. Oct. 16, 
 
 1870. Chippewa Falls, Wis. 
 I, " S. Jane Strong, p., (w. James H.) 
 I, " Amelia C. Demay, P., (w. Stephen R.,) dis. April 16, 1876. 
 
 Cromwell. 
 I, " Julia B. Starr, P., (m. Asa Brooks,) dis. Dec. 25, 1870. 
 
 E. Haddam. 
 I, " Chauncey G. Bevin, p. 
 Sept. I, " Horatio D. Chapman, l. from East Haddam. 
 
 I, " Rosanna Chapman, L. from East Haddam, (w. Horatio D.,) 
 
 d. Sept. 24, 1899. 
 May 5, 1867. Eliza Dutton, p., (m. Andrew Flood.) 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HAST HAMPTON. 
 
 137 
 
 REV. G. W. Andrews, Pastor. 
 
 May 3, 1868. George W. Goff, p. 
 
 3, " Stephen R. Demay, P., dis. April 16, 1876. Cromwell. 
 
 3, " M. Adelaide Day, p., (w. Roderic,) d. May 10, 1897. 
 3, " Lavina M. Markham, P., (w. E. Erskine,) dis. 
 
 3, " Emma N. Payne, P., (m. Demas W. Cornwell,) dis. Feb. 29, 
 1876. Portland. 
 Florence A. Smith, p., (m. Newman E. Sears,) dis. Jan. 18, 
 
 1885. 
 Ida V. Shepard, p., (m. Lewis H. Markham,) dis. Feb. 17, 
 
 1895. Natick, Mass. 
 Nettie A. Watrous, p., (m. George M. Starr,) d. July 31, 1883. 
 Mary E. Riley, p. 
 Rev. George W. Andrews, L., from Bloomfield, Ohio, dis. 
 
 Nov. 3, 1872. Montgomery, Ala. 
 Harriet W. Andrews, (w. Rev. George W.,) L. from Bloom- 
 field, Ohio, dis. Nov. 3, 1872. Montgomery, Ala. 
 Alfred I. Kellogg, p., dis. Oct. 16, 1870. Chippewa Falls, Wis. 
 Jane C. A. Rich, p., (w. Lorenzo D.) 
 Mary Ann Cone, L. from Colchester, (w. D. Porter.) 
 Feb. — , " E. Morgan Norcutt, l. from U. C, dis. to Coventry. 
 May 2, " Jane M. Watrous, L. from ist Ch., E. Haddam, (w. D. 
 
 Watson.) 
 June — , " Bartlett S. Daniels, L. from M. H., d. April 25, 1878. 
 
 Florilla Daniels, L. from M. H. , (w. Bartlett S. ,)d. Aug. 2, 1880. 
 July — , " Laura P. Noetling, p., (w. William F. G., M. D.) 
 
 Jennette C. Trowbridge, p., (w. John G.,)dis. Westchester. 
 
 Nov. I, 
 
 ^* ^* ^* 
 
 Rev. B. a. Smith, Acting Pastor. 
 
 Dec, 25, 1870. Walter C. Clark, L. from Ottawa, Ont., dis. Jan. 20, 1878. 
 
 M. E. Ch. 
 
 25, " Eliza M. Clark, (w. Walter C.,) l. from Ottawa, Ont., d. 
 
 Dec. 23, 1877. 
 
 Nov. 5, 1871. Rev. Burritt A. Smith, L., dis. June 16, 1876, d. June 16, 1899. 
 
 5, " Ellen M. R. Smith, L., (w. Rev. Burritt A.,) dis. June i6, 1676. 
 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 5, " Anna M. C. Smith, L., (m. Fredk. P. Barnard,) dis. April 24, 
 1881. 
 
 5^* 5^* (^* 
 
 Rev. Joel S. Ives, Pastor. 
 
 July 12, 1874. John M. Starr, p. 
 
 12, " Howard N. Smith, p., dis. Dec. 20, 1886. 
 
 12, " Kate L. Rich, p., (w. Herman E.) 
 
 12, " Elisabeth B. Sellew, p., (w. Henry T.) 
 
138 CONGREGATIONAI. CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 July 12, 1874. Lucy C. Strong, v., (m. Chauncey G. Bevin.) 
 12, " Salome G. Strong, v. 
 
 12, " Anna M. Barton, p. 
 12, " Grace M. Smith, p. 
 
 12, " Kate J. Dickson, p., (m. Amasa R. Darling.) 
 12, " Elizabeth C. Chapman, p., (m. Thomas S. Brown.) 
 
 12, " Anna S. Chapman, P., (ni. Ferdinand W. Allis,) dis. Feb. 15, 
 
 1889. 
 12, " Nellie M. Day, p., (m. James A. Forbes.) 
 
 12, " Lizzie Jane Niles, P., (m. Eugene T. Goodrich,) d. May 7,1883. 
 12, " Anna M. Bevin. p., (m. Henry C. Wadsworth.) 
 12, " Anna J. Johnson, i'., dis. June 13, 1S80. Davisville, Cal. 
 12, " Marilla C. West, p. 
 
 12, " Maria L. Jackson, p., dis. Nov. 20, 1885. Savannah, Ga. 
 
 12, " Irene M. Skinner, i'. 
 
 12, " Meda A. Lewis, p., (m. Abbott W. Arnold,) d. May 5, 1896. 
 12, " Sophia B. Cone, p., (m. Hiram V. Childs.) 
 12, " Imogene C. Skinner, l. from Glastonbury, (w. D. Hawley.) 
 Jan. 3, 1875. Rev. Joel Stone Ives, L. from Castine, Me., dis. Dec. 9, 1883. 
 3, " Emma S. Ives, (w. Rev. Joel S.,) L. from Meriden, dis.T)ec. 
 9. 1883. 
 Nov. 7, " Samuel T. Rodman, L. from Baptist Ch., Moosup. 
 7, " Jennie C. Rodman, p., (w. Samuel T.) 
 
 7, " Jennie A. Andrews, L. from vSouth Glastonbury, (wid. Arthur,) 
 (m. Amasa D. Kellogg,) dis. Nov. 6, 1878, to Cobalt. 
 May 7, 1876. Julia E. Haling, p., (m. ist Lorin F. Morgan, 2d Charles 
 Barber.) 
 " Mary Jane Haling, p. 
 " Annie E. Strong, p., (m. Judson J. Meigs,) dis. Dec. 14, 1890. 
 
 1877. Martin L. Roberts, p., dis. June 9, 1878, to Howard Ave. 
 Ch., New Haven. 
 
 " Samuel Kirby, P., dis. Dec. 23, 1887, to Middletown. 
 " Mary L. Parks, P., (m. Edwin P. Kneeland,) dis. March 5, 
 1S82, to Exeter. 
 Mary C. Buell, P., dis. Dec. 4, 1S81, to Bap. Ch., Plantsville. 
 Belle Sellew, p., (m. Dan. B. Niles,) dis. Feb. 15, 1889, to 
 4th Ch., Hartford. 
 
 1878. George Royal, M. D., p., dis. April 16, 1882, to Rockville. 
 Albert W. Sexton, p. 
 
 " Clayton L. Smith, p. 
 
 " Wilbur F. Starr, p. 
 
 " Gertrude E. Barton, p., d. Oct. 27, 1S81. 
 
 " Annette Barton, p., (m. Newton N. Hills.) 
 
 " Mary Grace Markham, p. 
 
 " Mary E. Sears, p., (m. Clayton L. Smith.) 
 
 " Emily H. Skinner, p., (m. George B. Lord.) 
 
 " Annie Davis Kirby, (w. Samuel,) L., dis. Dec. 23, 1S87. 
 Ellen M. Starr, (w. Wilbur F.,) L. from New Haven. 
 
 
 7, 
 
 
 7> 
 
 Mar. 
 
 4, 
 
 
 4. 
 
 
 4, 
 
 
 4. 
 
 
 4, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 6, 
 
 
 6, 
 
 
 6, 
 
 
 6, 
 
 
 6, 
 
 
 6, 
 
 
 6, 
 
 
 6, 
 
 
 6, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 3. 
 
 June 
 
 g, 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 1 39 
 
 Anna M. Bevin, p., (w. C. Clark.) 
 
 Chauncey Clark Bevin, p. 
 
 Mary O. Markham, p., (w. Daniel N.) 
 
 Harriet E. Markham, v.. (m. George Peck.) 
 
 Sarah E. Markham, v. 
 
 Ida Josephine Sears, v., d. Nov. 15, 1892. 
 
 Lizzie Adelaide Sears, p., d. June 2S, 1S86. 
 
 Hattie Rose Skinner, p., (m. Arthur M. Parks.) 
 
 Edith Delia Smith, p. , (m. Geo. S. Stanton,) dis. Feb. 24, 1 895. 
 
 Laura A. A. Chapman, p., (m. Jonathan W. Williams,) dis. 
 Mar. 25, 1892. Colchester. 
 
 Carrie Veazey Sears, p., (m. \Vm. B. Hills,) dis. Dec. 29, 1892. 
 
 Frank G. Steadman, L. from V . C. 
 
 Dolly Steadman, p., (\v. Frank G.) 
 
 Julia C. Smith, (wid. William E.,) L. from Bridgeport, d. 
 Oct. 8, 1S86. 
 
 Sarah O. Sellew, p., b. Jan. 20, 1801, d. June 4, 1880. 
 
 Mary E. Arthur, L. from Episcopal Ch., M. H., (m. William 
 N. Markham.) 
 
 John S. Hall, L. from U. E. Ch., (Marysville, Mo.,) 1899. 
 
 Chauncey B. West, l. from Marlborough, d. Aug. 28, 1893. 
 
 Mahala West, (w. Chauncey B.,) L. from Marlborough. 
 
 Euphrasia West, (wid. Edmund,) L. from Marlborough. 
 
 Daniel Brooks, L. from U. C, d. March 24, 1888, aged 90. 
 
 Clarissa Brooks, (w. Daniel,) L. from U. C, d. Oct. 18, 1899. 
 
 William L Brooks, L. from U. C. 
 
 Cornelia W. Brooks, l. from U. C, (w. William L) 
 
 Leon Sudley Tracy, p., dis. July 27, 1890. New Haven. 
 
 Flora Eveline Rich, i'., (m. Newell M. Goslee,) dis. June 20, 
 1895. Buckingham. 
 
 Eva Varina Rich, p. 
 
 Nellie Marie Banning, p. 
 
 Susie Diantha Carpenter, P., (m. W'illiard Kline,) Siebert, Ind. 
 
 Edward F. Bigelow, L. from Colchester, dis. Jan. 15, 1884. 
 Portland. 
 
 George Bevin, l. from Northfield, d. July 9, 1892. 
 
 Amelia A. Bevin, (w. George,) L. from Northfield, dis. May 
 2, 1895. Leverett, Mass. 
 
 Robert H. Hall, L. from U. C. 
 
 Elisabeth A. Hall, (\v. Robert H.,) L. from Columbia. 
 
 Lorin F. Wood, M. D., p., dis. April 17, 1887, to West- 
 erly, R. L 
 6, " Abbie E. Wood, p., (w. Lorin F.,) dis. April 17, 18S7, to 
 
 W^esterly, R. L 
 6, " John W. Conant, p. 
 6, " Alice Conant, i'., (\v. John W.) 
 
 6, " Elisabeth C. Goff, p., (w. Harmanus W.,) d. Sept. 4, 1SS3. 
 6, " Arthur M. Parks, P. 
 
 July 
 
 7, 
 
 1878. 
 
 May 
 
 4, 
 4. 
 4. 
 4, 
 4, 
 4, 
 4, 
 4. 
 4, 
 
 4, 
 4. 
 4, 
 4, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 8, 
 
 18S0. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 7, 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 
 4. 
 
 •' 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29. 
 
 29> 
 
 29. 
 
 " 
 
 May 
 Oct. 
 
 7, 
 7, 
 7. 
 7. 
 7, 
 7. 
 
 7, 
 
 7, 
 
 7, 
 
 29- 
 
 1882. 
 
 Jan. 
 May 
 
 7, 
 7, 
 
 7, 
 7. 
 6, 
 
 1883. 
 
I40 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 May 6, 1883. Irving S. Brooks, v. 
 
 6, " Dora B. Baker, p., (m. W. W. B. Markham.) 
 
 6, " Eudosia S. Baker, v. 
 
 6, " Flora L. Baker, p., (m. Newton H. Markham.) 
 
 6, " Adeline E. Ackley, p. 
 
 6, " Maud E. Barton, p. 
 
 6, " Grace E. Conklin, p., (m. Frank W. Bevin.) 
 
 6, " Desdemona Reed, p. 
 
 July I, " Charles H. Johnson, L. from New Britain, dis. 
 
 I, " Caroline C. Johnson, (w. Chas. H.,) L. from New Britain, dis. 
 
 I, " Fanny E. Hills, (w. Alphonso A.,) L. from U. C. 
 
 I, " Viola G. Hills, p., (m. Burton Brewer.) E.- Hartford. 
 
 1, " Frances L. Skinner, p., (m. Charles D. Crosby.) 
 
 Sept. 2, " Mahala A. Hale, p., (w. Amos M.) 
 
 Oct. 28, " Josephine R. West, p., (w. Luman M.,) d. Aug. 15, 1884. 
 
 (,?• ((?• ^* 
 
 Rev. Edward P. Root, Pastor. 
 
 May 24, 1885. Margery Abell, p. 
 
 24, " Lois Josephine Barton, P. 
 
 24, " Angelina Hayes Beebe, P. 
 
 24, " Abbie Lay Chapman, p. 
 
 24, " Herbert Glover Clark, p. 
 
 24, " Clara Adeline Cone, p., (m. Arthur Willey.) 
 
 24, " Isadora Imogene Dickson, p. 
 
 24, " Ellen Augusta Flint, i'., (m. Malcolm Brooks.) 
 
 24, " Houston Flint, p. 
 
 24, " Cornelia Elisabeth Goff, p., (m. Harry W. Strong.) 
 
 24, " Eugene Bulkley Goff, p. 
 
 24, " Jane Annette Goff, p. 
 
 24, " Lucy Bell Goff, p., (m. Sanford Chapman.) 
 
 24, " Frank L. Griffith, p., d. July 7, 1895. 
 
 24, " Clara Antoinette Griffith, p., (w. Frank L.,)(m. Daniel Burns.) 
 
 24, " Martha Maria Rich, p., (m. Norman B. Hurd,) dis. Oct. 6, 
 
 1893. New Britain. 
 
 24, " Pearl P. Shepard, p., (m. Halsey Mead, Jr.) 
 
 24, " Emma Maria Smith, p., (w. Burdette.) 
 
 24, " Lavina Louise Snow, p. 
 
 24, " Minnie Rose Snow, p. 
 
 24, " Laura F. Van Benthuysen, p. 
 
 24, " Ralph Carpenter Waite, p. 
 
 24, " Frederic Eugene Watrous, P., dis. 1892. Meriden. 
 
 24, " Josie Bell West, P., (m. William Demay,) dis. Nov. 4, 1897. 
 
 Derby. 
 
 24, " Emma D. Goff, (w. George W.,) I., from Preston. 
 
 24, " Mary Bryant, (wid. Ira,) L. from New Haven, d. Oct. 28, 1887. 
 
REV. EDWARD P. ROOT, 
 Pastor, 18S4-1892. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. I4I 
 
 May 24, 1885. Rev. Edward P. Root, L. from Hampden, Mass., dis. Dec. 
 29, 1892. 
 
 24, " Fannie B. Root, (\v. Edward P.,) L. from Hampden, Mass., 
 dis. Dec. 29, 1892. 
 
 July 5, " Winfield Veazey Abell, p., dis. Dec. 28, 1893. Columbia, S.C. 
 
 5, " Levi Dingwell Butler, p., d. July 3, 1894. 
 
 5, " Mary Ann Butler, p., (w. Levi D.) 
 
 Nov. 5, " Mary Annette Banning, p., (w. William W.,) d. May 7, 1889. 
 
 6, 1S87. George H. Mead, L. from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 6, " Rebecca A. Mead, (\v. George H.,) l. from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 6, " Carrie Bell Mead, L. from Brooklyn, N. Y., (m. Wm. E. Hale, 
 Jr.,) dis. Feb. 19, 1893, to Middletown. 
 
 6, " Halsey Mead, L. from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 6, " Jennie A. Mead, (w. Halsey,) l. from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 6, " Millie H. Mead, l. from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Dec. 30, " Elijah C. Barton, 1,. from U. C. 
 
 30, •' Helen M. Barton, (w. Elijah C.,) L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Henry Glover Clark, L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Frances A. Clark, (w. Henry G.,) L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Lyman H. Clark, L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Julia E. Clark, (w. Lyman H.,) L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Cynthia Chapman, (w. II. Ellsworth,) L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Mary E. Gillett, (wid. Bennett,) L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Margaret Haling, L. from U. C. 
 
 30,- " Amelia M. Hall, L. from U. C, d. April 23, 1892. 
 
 30, " Mary E. Markham, L. from U. C, d. May 12, 1895. 
 
 30, " Carrie D. Sears, L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " William Utley, L. from U. C, d. Dec. 12, 1893. 
 
 30, " Emeline R. Utley, L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Betsey L. X'eazey, (wid. Warren,) i,. from U. C, d. Jan. 21, 
 
 1897. 
 
 30, " John Watrous, L. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Leonora A. Watrous, (w. John), L. from U. C, d. Nov. 6, 
 
 1899. 
 
 30, " Elnora A. Watrous, l. from U. C. 
 
 30, " Laura Jane Wells, (w. Lyman O.,) l. from U. C. 
 
 30, " George H. White, l. from U. C, d. April 18, 1891. 
 
 30, " Ellen A. White, (w. George H.,) l. from U. C. 
 Jan. I, 1888. Walter C. Clark, L. from M. E. Ch. 
 
 I, " Hester Ann Clark, (w. Walter C.,) l. from M. E. Ch., d. 
 
 June 12, 1895. 
 
 I, " Ann E. Mead, (wid. Halsey B.,) L. from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 I, " Annie E. Mead, L. from Brooklyn, N. Y., d. Jan. 10, 1896. 
 
 I, " Catharine Mead, i.. from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Aug. 31, " Clark M. Watrous, L. from Union. 
 
 31, " Mary Watrous, (w. Clark M.,) L. from Union. 
 Mar. 4, 1890. Edwin D. Barton, l. from U. C. 
 
 4, " Marion L. Barton, (w. Edwin D.,) L. from U. C. 
 
142 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1890. 
 
 July 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Elisabeth Welch Bevin, (w. William H.,) L. from Bap. Ch., 
 
 Bristol. 
 S. Mills Bevin, p. 
 
 Julia H. Bevin, (w. S. Mills,) L. from Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Mary R. Goodrich, (w. Eugene T.,) L. from Westchester, 
 
 dis. Sept. 5, 1895. 
 Lucy Deborah Barton, p. 
 Charles Davis Brooks, r. 
 Carrie May Brooks, p. 
 Crayton F. Carpenter, r. 
 
 Gertrude P. Clark, p., (m. James Evelyn Rich.) 
 Almira Elisabeth Sellew, p. 
 
 Emma Viola Sellew, p., (m. Crayton F. Carpenter.) 
 Ann Eulalie Strong, p., (w. Charles H.) 
 Mary Watrous, L. from M. E. Ch., Bristol, (w. William M.,) 
 
 dis. March 2, 1899, to M. E. Ch., Bristol. 
 George Watrous, l. from Bap. Ch., Bristol, dis. 1892. Bristol. 
 
 e^* t^* (^* 
 
 Rev. Henry Holmes, Acting Pastor. 
 
 June 23, 1S91. 
 
 July 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Mar. 
 May 
 
 July 
 
 13 
 
 (?) 
 
 Harriet J. Beckwith, L. from St. Paul's Ch., Willimantic, 
 (w. Robert A.) 
 
 Carl O. Johnson, p. 
 
 Dagoma Johnson, p., (w. Carl O.) 
 
 Rev. Henry Holmes, L. from St. Paul, Minn., dis. Oct. 8, 
 1893. Wis. 
 
 Amy Elva Carpenter, p.. (m. Alfred J. Vingo.) 
 
 Carrie L. Clark, p. 
 
 Richard Flood, P. 
 
 Clifford C. Barton, p. 
 
 Lucy Whittemore Holmes, (w. Rev. Henry,) L. from Glen- 
 wood, Minn., dis. Oct. 8, 1893. Wis. 
 
 Emma D. Alvord, p. 
 
 Mary Wippert, P., dis. Sept. 9, 1897. Hartford. 
 
 Robert A. Beckwith, p. 
 
 Frederic W^ Arthur, P. 
 
 Catharine Arthur, (w. Frederick W.,) L. from Bap. Ch., 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Sarah S. Smith, (wid. Nathaniel C.,) L. from U. C, d. March 
 12, 1896. 
 
 Sarah E. A. Chapman, L. from U. C. 
 
 Maude E. Chapman, p., (m. Irving H. West.) 
 
 Annie Brainerd, (w. Harris R.,) L. from Colchester, d. Dec. 
 23, 1893. 
 
 Bessie C. Starr, (w. Vine B.,) L. from Middlefield. 
 
 H. Welton Porter, L. from Hebron. 
 
REV. HENRY HOLMES, 
 
 Acting Pastor, 1891-1893. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 143 
 
 July 3, 1892. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 6 
 
 Jan. 
 
 I 
 
 Mar. 
 
 5 
 
 
 5 
 
 IS93. 
 
 Kate Estelle Porter, (w. H. Welton,) L. from Hebron, d. 
 
 May 26, 1895. 
 Milton Legrand Carpenter, p. 
 Ambrose Markham Starr, p. 
 George Henry Sellew, P. 
 William M. Watrous, P. 
 Peter Feld, p. 
 Lena Feld, p., (w. Peter.) 
 Jennie Marietta Rich, p. 
 Ola Maria Goff, p., (m. Albert J. West.) 
 Kirby Selden Carpenter, p. 
 Julia Gertrude Bevin, P. 
 Minnie BoUes Clark, p. 
 James Evelyn Rich, P. 
 
 Edith Niles Graham, i'., (m. Frank E. Stearns.) 
 Marie Emma White, P., (m. Fred. F. Gates.) 
 Mabel Adeline Barton, p. 
 
 t^* 5^* (<?* 
 
 Rev. C. W. Collier, Acting Pastor. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1894. 
 
 4, 
 
 4. 
 
 Nov. 4, " 
 
 Jan. 4, 1895. 
 
 4. " 
 
 4, " 
 
 
 4. 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 5, 
 
 1896 
 
 Nov. 
 
 r, 
 
 " 
 
 
 I, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 I, 
 
 " 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3, 
 
 1S97 
 
 Mar. 
 
 7, 
 
 " 
 
 May 
 
 2, 
 
 " 
 
 July 
 
 4. 
 
 4, 
 
 u 
 
 Sept. 
 
 5. 
 5, 
 5. 
 5, 
 
 '■ 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3. 
 
 " 
 
 Louisa E. Brainerd, P., (wid. Oliver.) 
 
 Harris R. Brainerd, p. 
 
 Cassie Bell Brainerd, p. 
 
 Plora Holden, L. from Cobalt. 
 
 Rev. Christopher W. Collier, L. from White Oaks, Mass., 
 
 dis. June 5, 1899. Orange, Mass. 
 Jennie Wheeler Collier, (w. Rev. C. W.,) L. from White 
 
 Oaks, Mass., dis. June 5, 1899. Orange, Mass. 
 Ralph Eugene Carpenter, p. 
 
 Eva B. Carpenter, (\v. Ralph E.,) L. from Marlborough. 
 Lola Marion Barton, p. 
 
 Lizzie Stevens, (w. Henry L.,) l. from Westbrook. 
 Jonathan W. Williams, L. from Colchester. 
 Laura A. A. Williams, (w. Jonathan W.,) L. from Colchester. 
 Lelia Alberta Field, v. 
 Irving H. West, p. 
 James H. Anderson, L. from Colchester, dis. Dec. 15, 1899, 
 
 Hope Presbyterian Ch., Philadelphia. 
 Hayden L. Clark, L. from U. C. 
 Leonora N. Clark, (w. Hayden L.,) l. from U. C. 
 William Hoskins, p. 
 Lewellyn Lewis Rodman, p. 
 Lyman Horatio Clark, p. 
 
 Chester Benjamin Steadman, p., d. Oct. 19, 1897. 
 Lucy S. Smith, (\v. Edward M.,) L. from Norwich Town. 
 
144 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 REV. William Slade, Acting Pastor. 
 
 Nov. 6, 1898. Marshall Bevin, p. 
 
 6, " Bertha White, P. 
 
 6, " Winfield Veazey Abell, l. from Columbia, S. C. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1899. Olie Blanche Goodrich, p., (m. William Hoskins.) 
 
 4, " Charles Kuhner, p., dis. Dec. 14, 1899, 3d Ch., Torrington. 
 July 2, " Leon S. Tracy, L. from Davenport Ch., New Haven. 
 
 2, " Clara L. Tracy, (w. Leon S.,) I., from Davenport Ch., New 
 
 Haven. 
 2, " Gettine L. Purple, (w. Mayo S.,) l. from M. E. Ch., Haddam 
 
 Neck. 
 2, " Ida M. Sexton, (w. Albert W.,) l. from M. E. Ch. 
 Nov. 5, " Rev. William Slade, L. from ist Congl. Ch., Williamstown, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 5, " Mary B. Slade, (\v. Rev. William,) L. from ist Congl. Ch., 
 
 Williamstown, Mass. 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 1 45 
 
 List of Members, 1900. 
 
 Alice S. Childs, p., (wid. Samuel B.,) - - 1833. 
 
 John W. B. Smith, p., - - - - --.---" 
 
 David W. Watrous, p., 1842. 
 
 Laura A. Skinner, p., (wid. Samuel,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Amanda M. Clark, p., (wid. Alonzo,) 1846. 
 
 Emilia A. Watrous, p., (wid. Minories,) - - - - - - " 
 
 Gordon W. Goodrich, p. (Columbus, O.,) " 
 
 Roxanna M. Goodrich, p., (w. Gordon W.) (Columbus, O.,) - - " 
 
 Julianna B. West, P.,- " 
 
 Allen C. Clark, L., 1855. 
 
 Clarine A. Skinner, p., (wid. Henry,) - " 
 
 Alice A, Carpenter, p., (wid. Don Carlos,) - - - - - - " 
 
 Henry E. Niles, P. (Albany, N. V.,) - . 1856. 
 
 Eunice G. Adams, p., (wid. Festus E.,) ------ 1S57. 
 
 Alexander N. Niles, P. (Cottage City, Mass.,) " 
 
 Joel W. Smith, p., - - - - " 
 
 Irvin H. Abell, P., - - - -" 
 
 Mary J. Watrous, P.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Catharine Rich, p., (w. Denison A.,)- 
 
 Josephine Barton, P., (w. Henry V.,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Anna Rich, p.,- - -" 
 
 Jane Bevin, p.,- - - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Lavina Norcutt, p., (w. Dewitt C.,) .---.--" 
 
 Sarah E. Goff, p., . - - - 
 
 Lucy A. Goff, p., - - - -" 
 
 Philanda E. Markham, p. (Enfield, Conn.,) - - - - - " 
 Mary E. Parks, p., (w. Albert.) (Hebron, Conn.,) - - - - " 
 
 Eleanor M. Carpenter, p., (w. Legrand S.,) 
 
 Emily V. Alvord, p., (wid. Jerome L.,) 1858. 
 
 Sarah Skinner, p., (wid. Warren,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Lorenzo D. Rich, p., - - - i860. 
 
 Abner A. Bevin, p.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Leander A. Bevin, p. (New York,) - " 
 
 Lucius H. Goff, p.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Henry Snow, p., ------------ 
 
 Legrand S. Carpenter, p.,- - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Ann Augusta Starr, p., (w. John ^L,) -------- 
 
 Martha G. Roberts, p., - " 
 
 Caroline T. Jones, p,, (w. George F.,) - - - - - - " 
 
 William H. Bevin, p.,--- -" 
 
146 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Herman E. Rich, p., i860. 
 
 Martha Rich, p., (wid. Amos,) " 
 
 Agnes Beebe, p., (wid. Aaron F.,) - - - - - - ." 
 
 Ann Eliza Strong, p., (wid. Nathaniel,) - - - - - - " 
 
 Mary A. Shepard, L., (wid. John C.,) ------- 1862. 
 
 Jane C. Bevin, L., (wid. Philo,) -.. 1864. 
 
 Celena Snow, p., (w. Henry,) 1866. 
 
 Henry S. Smith, p., - " 
 
 Hubert E. Carpenter, p.,- " 
 
 Anna Carpenter, p., (w. Hubert E.,) " 
 
 Josephine W. Abell, p.. (w. Irvin H.,) " 
 
 Stella N. Leslie, p., (w. John W.) (Chippewa Falls, Wis.,) 
 
 Louisa L. Lillie, p., (w. Frederick A.) (Manchester, Conn.,) - - " 
 
 Abby T. Dickson, p., (wid. James,) " 
 
 Mary F. Goff. p., (w. Lucius H.,) " 
 
 Gwinnett Carpenter, p., - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Henry T. Sellew, p.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 S. Jane Strong, p., (wid. James H.,) --" 
 
 Chauncey G. Bevin, p., - - - - - - - . -" 
 
 Horatio D. Chapman, L.,- - - - - - - - ." 
 
 Eliza Flood, p., (w. Andrew,) --..--.. 1867. 
 
 George W. Goff, p., 1868. 
 
 Mary E. Riley, p. (Boston, Mass.,) 
 
 Jane C. A. Rich, p., (w. Lorenzo D.,) " 
 
 Mary Ann Cone, L., (wid. D. Porter,) -" 
 
 Jane M. Watrous, l., (w. D. Watson,) 1869. 
 
 Laura P. Noetling, p., (w. William F. G.,) " 
 
 John M. Starr, p., .--. 1874. 
 
 Kate L. Rich, p., (w. Herman E.,) " 
 
 Elizabeth B. Sellew, p., (w. Henry T.,) - 
 
 Lucy C. Bevin, p., (w. Chauncey G.,) " 
 
 Salome G. Strong, P.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Anna M. Barton, p.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Grace M. Smith, p., " 
 
 Kate G. Darling, p., (w. Amasa R.,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Elizabeth C. Brown, p., (w. Thomas S.,) - " 
 
 Nellie M. Forbes, p., (w. James A.,) .------" 
 
 Anna M. Wadsworth, p., (w. Henry C.) (Hartford, Conn.,) - - " 
 
 Marilla C. West, p., - - . . - 
 
 Irene M. Skinner, p., -.-.--.---" 
 Sophia B. Childs, p., (w. Hiram V.,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Imogene C. Skinner, L., (wid. D. Hawley,) -----." 
 
 Samuel T. Rodman, L. (Hillstown, Conn.,) - . . . . 1S75. 
 
 Jennie C. Rodman, p., (w. Samuel T.) (Hillstown, Conn.,) 
 Julia E. Barber, p., (w. Charles F.) (Terryville, Conn.,) - - - 1876. 
 Mary J. Haling, p.,- . . . - . . - - -" 
 Albert W. Se.xton, p., - - - - - - - - - - 1878. 
 
 Clayton L. Smith, p. (Bridgeport, Conn.,) " 
 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 1 47 
 
 Wilbur F. Starr, v., - - - - 1878. 
 
 Annette Hills, p., (w. Newton N.,) - - " 
 
 Mary Grace Markham, p. (Providence, R. I.,) - - - . . " 
 Mary E. Smith, p., (w. Clayton L.) (Bridgeport, Conn.,) - - - " 
 Emily H. Lord, p., (w. George B.,)- - - - - - -" 
 
 Ellen M. Starr, I.., (w. Wilbur F.,) 
 
 Anna M. Bevin, p., (w. C. Clark,) 
 
 C. Clark Bevin, p., 1S79. 
 
 Mary O. Markham, p., (w. Daniel N.,) " 
 
 Sarah E. Markham, p., - " 
 
 Harriet E. Peck, p., (w. George.) (Westchester, Conn.,) - - - " 
 Hattie R. Parks, p., (w. Arthur M.,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Frank G. Steadman, L., - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Dolly Steadman, P., (w. Frank G.,) -.-.--." 
 
 Mary Markham, L., (\v. William N.,) 1880. 
 
 John S. Hall, L. (Marysville, Mo.,) - " 
 
 Mahala West, L., (wid. Chauncey B.,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Euphrasia West, L., (wid. Edmund,) " 
 
 William L Brooks, L., 1882. 
 
 Cornelia W. Brooks, L., (w. William L,) - - - - - - " 
 
 Eva V. Rich, p., - - - - - - - - - - - " 
 
 Nellie M. Banning, p., - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Susie D. Kline, p., (w. Willard.) (Siebert, Ind.,) . - - . " 
 Robert H. Hall, l., --------- - 1883. 
 
 Elisabeth A. Hall, L., (w. Robert H.,) 
 
 John W. Conant, P. (Mystic, Conn.,) - " 
 
 Alice Conant, p., (w. John.) (Mystic, Conn.,) ------ 
 
 Arthur M. Parks, p., " 
 
 Irving S. Brooks, p.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Dora B. Markham, p., (w. William W. B.,) 
 
 Eudosia S. Baker, p., - -" 
 
 Flora L. Markham, P., (w. Newton H.,) " 
 
 Adeline E. Ackley, p.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Maud E. Barton, P.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Grace E. Bevin, p., (w. Frank W.,) " 
 
 Desdemona Reed, p. (Unknown,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Fanny E. Hills, L., (w. Alphonso A.,) " 
 
 Viola G. Brewer, p., (w. Burton.) (East Hartford, Conn.,) - - " 
 
 Frances L. Crosby, P., (w. Charles H.,) " 
 
 Mahala A. Hale, p., (w. Amos M.,) - - " 
 
 Margery Abell, p., - 1885. 
 
 Lois J. Barton, p., ---" 
 
 Angelina H. Beebe, p., -" 
 
 Abbie Lay Chapman, p.,- - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Herbert G. Clark, P., - -- - " 
 
 Clara A. Willey, p., (w. Arthur,) - - - " 
 
 Isadora I. Dickson, p., - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Ellen A. Brooks, p., (w. Malcolm,) - - - - - - - " 
 
148 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 Houston Flint, p., -.... 1S85. 
 
 Cornelia E. Strong, p., (w. Harry W. ,) ...... 
 
 Eugene B. Goff, p.,- 
 
 Jane A. GofT, p.,- - - - - - 
 
 Lucy B. Chapman, P., (w. Sanford,) ....... 
 
 Clara A. Burns, p., (w. Daniel,) .------. 
 
 Pearl P. Mead, P., (\v. Halsey, Jr.,) - 
 
 Emma M. Smith, p., (w. Burdett,) ..-.-.. 
 
 Lavina L. Snow, p., - 
 
 Minnie R. Snow, P.,- 
 
 Laura F. Van Benthuysen, p.,- 
 
 Ralph C. Waite, P. (New Haven,) ....... 
 
 Emma D. Goff, L., (w. George W.,) ....--. 
 
 Mary A. Butler, p., (wid. Levi D.,) ...--.- 
 George H. Mead, L., - 
 
 Rebecca A. Mead, L., (w. George,) -..--.. 
 Halsey Mead, L. , ....---.-. 
 
 Jennie A. Mead, L., (w. Halsey,) ..-...- 
 
 Millie H. Mead, l., --------- - 
 
 Elijah C. Barton, L.,- 
 
 Helen M. Barton, L., (w. Elijah C.,) - 
 
 Henry G. Clark, L., 
 
 Frances A. Clark, L., (w. Henry G.,) - 
 
 Lyman H. Clark, L. ,- 
 
 Julia E. Clark, L., (w. Lyman H.,) ------- 
 
 Cynthia Chapman, L., (w. Horace E.,) ------ 
 
 Mary E. Gillett, L., (wid. Bennett,) ------- 
 
 Margaret Haling, L.,- 
 
 Carrie D. Sears, L.,--- 
 
 Emeline R. Utley, L., 
 
 John Watrous, L., ---------- 
 
 Elnora A. Watrous, L., --------- 
 
 Laura Jane Wells, L., (w. Lyman O.,)- 
 
 Ellen A. White, L., (wid. George H.,)- ------ 
 
 Walter C. Clark, L., ----- 
 
 Ann E. Mead, L., (wid. Halsey B.,) - 
 
 Catharine Mead, 1.., --------- - 
 
 Clark M. Watrous, L., --------- 
 
 Mary Watrous, L., (w. Clark M.,) 
 
 Edwin D., Barton, L., - - - - 1890. 
 
 Marion L. Barton, L., (w. Edwin D.,) ------- 
 
 FJlisabeth W. Bevin, L., (w. William H.,) ------ 
 
 S. Mills Bevin, p., . - - - 
 
 Julia H. Bevin, l., (w. S. Mills,) -------- 
 
 Lucy D. Barton, p., - - - - - - 
 
 Charles D. Brooks, P., -..------ 
 
 Carrie M. Brooks, P.,- 
 
 Crayton F. Carpenter, p. (Waterbury,) ------ 
 
CONGREGATIONAI, CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 1 49 
 
 Gertrude P. Rich, p., (w. J. Evelyn,) ------- 1890. 
 
 Almira E. Sellew, P.,- - - - " 
 
 Emma V. Carpenter, p., (w. Crayton F.) (Waterbury,) - - - " 
 
 Ann E. Strong, p., (w. Charles H.,) -- " 
 
 Harriet J. Beckwith, L., (w. Robert A.,) i8gr. 
 
 Carl O. Johnson, p.,- - - - - - - - - .*" 
 
 Dagoma Johnson, p., (w. Carl O.,) - -- - - - -" 
 
 Amy E. Vingo, P., (w. Alfred J.,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Carrie L. Clark, p.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Richard Flood, P., - - - - -" 
 
 Clifford C. Barton, p., - - 
 
 Emma D. Alvord, P.,- - - - - 1892. 
 
 Robert A. Beckwith, p., - - " 
 
 Frederic W. Arthur, p., " 
 
 Catharine Arthur, L., (w. Frederic W.,) - - - - - - " 
 
 Sarah E. A. Chapman, L.,- - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Maude E. West, p., (w. Irving H.,) -..----" 
 
 Bessie C. Starr, L., (w. Vine B.,)- - - - - - - -" 
 
 H. Welton Porter, l., ---------- " 
 
 Milton L. Carpenter, p., - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Ambrose M. Starr, P.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 George H. Sellew, p. (New Haven,) -------- 
 
 William M. Watrous, P. (Bristol, Conn.,) " 
 
 Peter Feld, P.,- - - - - -" 
 
 Lena Feld, P., (w. Peter,) - - - - -- - - -" 
 
 Jennie M. Rich, p., --" 
 
 Ola M. West, P., (w. Albert J.,) - - 
 
 Kirby S. Carpenter, P., " 
 
 Julia G. Bevin, p., ----------- 
 
 Minnie B. Clark, P., - - - - 
 
 James E. Rich, p., ---------." 
 
 Edith N. Stearns, P., (w. Frank E.,)- 1893. 
 
 Marie E. Gates, P., (w. Fred F.,) - - - - - - - " 
 
 Mabel A. Barton, p.,- - - " 
 
 Louisa E. Brainerd, p., (wid. Oliver,) ------- 1894. 
 
 Harris R. Brainerd, p., ..-----.-" 
 
 Cassie B. Brainerd, P., ..------." 
 
 Flora Holden, l., - - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Ralph E. Carpenter, p., - - - - - - - - - 1895. 
 
 Eva B. Carpenter, L. , (w. Ralph E.,)- - - - - - - " 
 
 Lola M. Barton, p., --- -- 1896. 
 
 Lizzie Stevens, L., (w. Henry F.,) - - - - - - -" 
 
 Jonathan W. Williams, L.,- - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Laura A. A. Williams, L., (w. Jonathan W.,) " 
 
 Lelia A. Field, p., ---------- 1897. 
 
 Irving H. West, p.,- - - - 
 
 Hayden L. Clark, I-.,- - - - - - - - - -" 
 
 Leonora N. Clark, l., (w. Hayden L.,) .--.--" 
 
150 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF EAST HAMPTON. 
 
 William Hoskins, i'.,- - - - - - - - . . 1807. 
 
 Lewellyn L. Rodman, p. (Hillstown, Conn.,) -.-.." 
 Lyman H. Clark, i'., - - - - - - - - . . " 
 
 Lucy S. Smith, L., (w. Edward M.,) ---.-.." 
 Marshall Bevin, p.,-----.-... i8q8. 
 
 Bertha White, p., - - - - - . . - . . " 
 
 Winfield V. Abell, L., - - - - ^ - . . - . . " 
 
 Olie B. Hoskins, p., (\v. William), ---.... 1899. 
 
 Leon S. Tracy, L. , - - - - - - . - . ." 
 
 Clara L. Tracy, L. , (w. Leon S.,) - - - - - - . " 
 
 Gettine L. Purple, L., (w. Mayo S.,) - - - - - - . " 
 
 Ida M. Sexton, L.. (w. Albert W.,) 
 
 Rev. William Slade, L., - - - - . . . . . " 
 Mary B. Slade, L., (w. Rev. William,) - "