UMASS/AMHERST ^ 31EDbt.D14bfi'=5bDb at? ^ V It ''^^•^''^^i^rj I I I UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY F 74 M62M7 ^ Date Due III CARD (tt^ PmNTGO IN U.9.A, -* ,, v\Jb^ "^^^ ' '^^'~ :33s,^Ai(^a)>^^ vv\,\^W;H^ v^ /MJ/a ■; '-^ l^t^r^ fxyon^^i—^^ en l(rnCi. (^:, ^ LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MA SSACHUSET TS AMHERST, MASS. FIRST CHURCH MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS MR, PUTNAM'S CENTURY AND HALF DISCOURSES %\\ listorid %m\mi AND A CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS PUBLISHED BY THE CHURCH, BOSTON: C. C. P. MOODY, PRINTER, 52 WASHINGTON STREET, 1854. 82325 E 11 K A T A LINES FROM TOP. P. 5, 1. 7 for Howlad read Ilowland. P. G, 1. G for 1st r. 6tli. P. 36, 1. 5 for Nov. 2 r. Nov. 1. 1. 10 and 23 for Mary r. Mercy. P. 37, 1. 15 after Soule, add, and child. 1. IG for Hannah Love r. wid. Hannah Cox. P. 42, 1. 8 for Blanford r. Branford. 1. 13 for 5 r. 25 ; p. 44, 1. 9 for 12 r. 15. P. 45, 1. 10 for Tinkham r. Raymond. 1. 17, add, Henry Thomas and Joseph Tinkham. P. 50, 1. 13, for holy and without sin r. perfectly holv. P. 53, 1. 1 for Finney r. Tinkham. P. 54, Is. 2, 3 omit all after deacon.- Is, 4, 5 after Cobb omit the two lines. P. 61, 1, 1 after and r. was ; for was r. had a. P. 68, for 25 r. 12. P. 74, Cobb, for 418, 425 r. 518, 525. LINES FROM BOTTOM. P. 3, line 9, for easterly read westerly. P. 5,1. 13, for 1690 r. 1698. P. 34, 1. 1, for 24 r. 19^, p. 35, 1. 9, for 70 r. 78 ih. P. 36, 1. 7, for Shore, &c., r. Stone of Southboro'. P. 37, 1. 6, r. so sleep the saints and cease, &;c. P. 38, 1. 18, for grade r. glade. P. 43, 1. 5, for July r. June. P. 45, 1. 1, for fifty r. sixty. P. 49, 1. 11, after on r. having. P. 51, 1. 7, r. a sentence of just. P. 53, 1. 5, for 25, 1849, r. 12, 1847. P. 54, 1. 13, for Rutland r, Royalton. P. 60, 1. 1, after a, add, sound. P. 64, 1. 13, for Abigail r. Abijah. P. 70, 1. 16, for There r. These. Desc. Cat. No. 172, r. d. Jy. 30. No. 480, admitted 1750, not 1751, No. 640, was dismissed, when ordained. No. 948, is still a member here. PREFACE. Tlie C'!uu-c!i took sonic action in the ye;;r 1838, on the sul)j(.'Ct of ;i reprint of t!ie catalogue of its members from the beginning, in connection with such historical matter as miglit be deemed useful and of general interest. A committee of three v,-us then chosen for this business, and was increased in 18-il by the addition of three other brethren. Little Y/as done, however, for several years. In 184i3 the pastor favored his people with two discourses on " Tlie Faithfulness of God to this Church," during the one hundred and fifty years of its existence, whicli period closed with th.e Sabbath on which the discourses were preached. The ir.terest on this subject was revived, and the church soon after "\oted that these Century and Half Discourses should be printed with the contemplated catalogue and history. One of the original members having died, the vacancy was fdled in 1846, and still another brother added in 1847. But time passed on without the matter being taken up in earnest till 1851, when only three of the eight, who had been chosen for this work, remained here to accomplish it. The historical part was put to press early in 1852, and the discourses soon followed ; — but on account of the incompleteness of records, and the labor of getting the necessary information from other sources, the Descriptive Catalogue could not be prepared at that time. lluch effort has since been made to gather facts, to procure as full an account of each member as is attainable at this distance of time. This delay, however, has brought to light new facts, making necessary the addition of Notes and a more extended Errata. The committee in concluding a work, which, on account of the peculiar difficulties attending it, has been long protracted, cherish the hope that what they have imperfectly done may lead the living members of the church to ponder well on the various relations they sustain to those who have died in the Lord, to one another, and to all wdio, by their prayers and efforts, may yet be brought into spiritual communion with them- selves on earth and in heaven. To the favor of God we now commend the result of our labors, pray- ing that His blessing may m.ake it useful to the present and future generations of this church and this people. MiDDLEBORorori, ./i/,/3/, 1854. CON T E N T S Abbrcviatiwis, table of, . . • Admissions under each pastor 27, in old age 62, table of annual and by pastorates, Disc.* 55, candidates for, ,,.... Anecdotes of Mr. Talnicr 8, 28 ; Don. Thomas, Articles of Faith, original 15, revised 49, remarks on, . . . . Backas, Kev. Isaac 05, 70, and notes at Baptist Societies 70, othersj Catalogues, of this church 81 — 1 15,cx- planation of, 79, of C. C. Church, 68, addenda, . . . . Cemetaries, Hill, 33, Green, Charities, ...... Chronological Notices, Disc. Confession, mutual, . . . . Covenant, original, 18, renewal of, 19, present, or revised, 48, halfway, 79, and members of, . Church, first organizations, 13, 14, Halifax, 64, West Precinct, 63, Titicut, 65, North Rochester, 66, Four Corners, 68; notice of some members 55, additions by revivals 26, 10, it is a legal body, 11, order of and rights, 28, 51, during divine service, Deacons, table of, 117, 52, induction of, 31, Deaths, additional, of members, 121, by small pox, . . . . Events, list of. Disc. Epitaphs, 33, 35, 37-8, 72, Fund, Parish, Green, upper, 44, lower, Indian missions, &c., 3, 4, Law-suits, Palmer vs. Parish, 7, Par- ish vs. Parish, 9, Weld vs. Parish, 80 30 61 47 end. 71 118 45 30 54 24 118 121 117 37 54 124 71 46 123 40 Letters by Mr. Thachcr, 23, 121, Mr. BosiYorth, Meeting Houses, 5, 41, 44 : sales of, 5, 41, present 72, Disc. . Member's church, males in 1744,39; total in 1744, 123; under each pastor 27, and Disc. 55 ; on remov- ing to take letters 31, who became pastors, 54 ; notice of some, 55. Luke Short, 59, voters who, 12, resident brethren in 1854, 116; non-residents, . . . . Ministers, members who became, 54, others who became, 124, who preached as candidates, 8, 41, Monody, by Kev. S. Conant, Parishes, West, 63, North, 05, Halifax 64, North Rochester, 66, Four Corners, 68, Baptists, 70, Metho- dists, .,..-• Pastors, notices of. Fuller, 32 ; 4, 5, 6 : Palmer, 34 ; 6, 7, 8 : Thacher, 35, 7, 8, 123 : Conant, 36 ; 5, 8, 9, 10, 123: Weld, 39, 5, 9, 124: Barker, 41 : Paine,43 : Eaton,44 : Putnam, 44: table of, 117, imposition of hands, 31, also members, Proprietors, twenty-six men, 4, origi- nal, 12 3; Hill Cemetary, 33; Green Cemetary, 45; Meeting house lot, Records, Lost, ..... Revivals, 26, 10, Disc. 29, 37, 40, Sacrament of the Supper, 30, table furniture, Singing, Towns incorporated, Middleboro'. 03, Halifax, 04, Carver, . 13 34 116 42 38 32 44 124 41 72 27 88 * Note.— Dwe. refers to the Discourses which are pnged indepoud«ntly.ij An account of tho first org-inizatinD, tho suiressirc pastors. lerivals. &c . will also he found in them, HISTORICAL NOTICE. "Considerable exertions were made by some of the early settlers to Christianize the natives. In Middlebor- oiigh and many other places, these efforts were atten- ded with a good degree of success. At the commence- ment of the Indian war, in 1675, there were three churches in this town, one at Namasket, one at Titicut, and one at 'Sowampset, the last of which, contained 35 members ; all of them, 90 members." (S. Eddy's Com. PL Book of Hist. Reading.) "In the year 1685, Governor Hinkley, of Plymouth, sent to the corporation in England, an account of the praying Indians of that colony; they amounted to 1439, besides boys and girls, which were supposed to be three times that number; at Namasket and Titicut 70, at Namatakeeset 40." (Hutch. His. Mass., vol. 1, p. 313.) Namasket was a mile from the present meeting-house of the first precinct, south-easterly, an Indian village of that name on a river of the same name ; Titicut was an Indian village six miles westerly, on the Cohannet, or Taunton river, and Namatakeeset is supposed to be the same as 'Sowampset, a village upon the Great Pond in the south part of the town, and probably this was the name of the "Long Pond," although the Indian name of that pond is not certainly known. There is no subse- quent account of these churches. No doubt, the "Nam- aschiicks," worshipped with the first settlers, and before the oro-anization of our church in 1694, had become extinct or had migrated. That part of Middleborough, which is now the first precinct, was purchased of the Indian sachem, Wampa- tuck, in March 1662, by " twenty-six men," and con- firmed by the government of the Plymouth colony, January, 1663, with some other purchases made of the " Black Sachem," Tispaquin, sachem of Namasket. The town was incorporated by its present boundaries, July 1st, 1669, and afterwards fully confirmed by the court at Plymouth. From 1669 to 1675 the town sent depu- ties to the court. But in 1675 the Indian war broke up the settlement, and the purchasers returned to Plym- outh. In 1679 they returned to Middleborough with their minister. Rev. Samuel Fuller, and made a perma- nent settlement. In their re-organization they mention the loss of their records, when their houses were burnt by the Indians. The following are the names of the " twenty-six pur- chasers " who were here when the war broke out, and who probably returned after the war. Their minister was with them in 1675 ; and as he was one of the origi- nal purchasers, he was probably with them in their first settlement in 1669, as otherwise they would not proba- bly have been allowed to remove from Plymouth. The town is about 14 miles on its South line, about the same distance from that line to its north, — contains more than 100 square miles, and is, in extent of territory, the largest town in the Commonwealth. JOHN THOMPSON, MOSES SIMMONS. ISAAC ROWLAND, SAMUEL BARROWS, FRANCIS COOMBS, SAMUEL EATON, SAMUEL FULLER, FRANCIS BILLINGTON. JOHN MORTON, GEORGE SOULE, NATHANIEL SOUTHWORTH, SAMUEL EDDY, -EPHRAIM TINKHAM, SAMUEL PRATT, HENRY WOOD, GEORGE VAUGHAN, WILLIAM NELSON, JOHN SHAW, DAVID THOMAS, JACOB THOMPSON. JOHN COBB, FR.\NCIS MILLER, JABEZ WARREN, JOHN HOWLAD, EDWARD BUMP, JOHN ALDEN. In 1680, the town provided a house lot, and twelve acres of land for Mr. Fuller, and it seems he then lived in a house upon it, which they call his. His salary was " £20, to be paid one quarter in silver and the rest in produce, corn at two shillings, and wheat at four per bushel." The tradition is, that he lived in a house a little east of Dr. Sturtevant's. The town'agreed " to turn out and fence his field, and every one that did not, was to pay a bushel of corn." The first meeting-house was between his house and '• the Green," and in August, 1701, was sold at auction for £5 2s., the town having, the year before, built a meeting-house on the " Lower Green," nearly opposite the present school-house," thirty- six feet by thirty, and sixteen stud," as by vote of November, 1690. It had two ridge poles and four gable ends. In 1745 the roof was taken off, and a " pitched roof" put on. The meeting-house on the " Upper Green," was built the same year ; the parish having separated into two meetings ; one held by the " old lights," or " standing party," and the other by the " new lights," or " revival men." Of the " old lights," Rev. Thomas Weld, was pastor ; of the " new lights," Rev. Sylvanus Conant. The "old lights" broke up in the year 1754 or 1755, and soon after the old house was sold, and of the materials a dwelling-house was built where tlie pas. torage house now stands. The parish were again united and Mr. Conant was the acknowledged pastor of both " old lights" and " new lights." The site of the old house is now plainly to be seen just below the school-house. The house on the Upper Green was built by proprietors, and was sold in 1828, and the materials removed, but not until the dedication of the present meeting-house, January 1st, 1829. The church was organized, and Mr. Fuller ordained pastor, Dec. 26th, 1694. On Mr. Fuller's death, August 17, 1695, Mr. Cushman, afterwards minister of Plympton, Mr. Clap and Mr. Cutting were successivly invited to supply the pulpit. In August, 1696, Mr. Thomas Palmer was applied to, and engaged to preach a quarter of a year, for which he was paid £13. In October, the town voted him £35 for a salary." In November, 1698, the town voted " that his goods shall be brought from Plym- outh at the town's charge," and he was probably ordained, May 2nd, 1702, (though possibly a year or two sooner,) not without strenuous opposition on the part of a num- ber of the members of the church. Committees were soon chosen by the town and by the church " to devise means of a regular, comfortable, and peaceable settle- ment." lie was charged with misbehavior in the church and with intemperance. The first council was convened by the church exparte, and it condemned him ; the sec- ond, called by the town and the church, advised that, "as the town earnestly desired, both old and young to enjoy his ministry, he should continue his ministry until the council should meet more fully ;" and finally, twelve churches were convened, and advised the church to depose him. In 1705, his salary was £40. In 1706, the same, " provided he continue in the work of the minis- try the whole year ; if removed, to pay him proportion- ally." In November 1706. they voted ''to seek out a man for the supply of the ministry." The records of the church are not extant, but the town voted, June od 1707, to provide for the ministers and messengers that are to sit in council." December 12th, 1707, the select- men were authorized to agree with Mr. Peter Thacher for the work of the ministry for a quarter of a year. It would seem that Mr. Palmer had then stopped preach- ing, and that the council then advised his deposition. But the records of the church give the proceedings of the council precisely one year later. Mr. Thacher was ordained, November 2d, 1709, and his ministry contin- ued from this time until his death, in 1744. Mr. Palmer lived on the " Mory Place," which he owned, and prac- ticed physic, in town, until his death in 1743. It appears from the records, that although he did not preach through the year 1706, yet that he sued the parish for his salary, and recovered judgment for it up to the time when the council advised his dismission, to the amoimt of £52, but on settlement with the parish, con- sented to release £15 of the judgment. "Mr. Palmer preached a considerable time (after being rejected by the church,) in his own house, where he had a few hear- ers." [Mr. Baker's century sermon.] Extracts from the Church Records, June 2d, 1707 (1708?J " Voted, by the church of Middleborough, that, in pursuance of the advice of twelve churches, in council here convened, which have de- clared that Mr. Thomas Palmer, the former minister and pastor, ought to be removed from the work of the Gospel ministry, and suspended from communion at the Lord's table for his scandalous immoralities, — therefore, in conformity to said advice of said council, as also upon the advice of a convention of reverend ministers at Boston, the church doth now declare that they now look on Mr. Thomas Palmer as no longer their pastor, but as deposed from the work of the ministry, and also suspended from the table of the Lord ; and we withdraw from the said 8 Mr. Palmer, and unite in our endeavors to settle the ordinances of the Gospel among us." "November 13th, 1737. This day Mr. Thomas Palmer, the former pastor of this church, had the censure of the church taken off, and was restored to communion by unanimous vote of the church, after hearing his confession."* After the decease of Rev Mr. Thacher, the church again had " troublous times." The great revival had brought large numbers into the church. The resident male members were considerably above one hundred, and they desired to settle a minister who favored the revival. A respectable portion of the people, and deacon Barrows? with sixteen or seventeen male members of the church? wished to settle a different man. The church at first called the old pastor's son, Peter Thacher, but for reas- ons unknown, (said to be in order not to break with the minority,) they withdrew the call, and sent for Mr. Conant. He came in September, 1744, but the parish also sent for a candidate, and one preached in the fore- noon and the other in the afternoon ; after which the parish refused to permit Mr. Conant to preach in the meeting-house, and he preached in the Mansion house, by invitation of Madame Thacher, for several months Although he was called in October, he was not ordained until March, and this took place in the yard or court in front of Madame Thacher's house. His friends then * An aged lady gives the following anecdote as illustrative of the character of the deposed pastor : — '•' Mr. Palmer, after his deposition, practiced physic, but kept no horse. His distant patients had to furnish him ; and when, one day, he returned from the west precinct, on his patient's horse, (that he might not be impounded on his way back) he tied up the bridle with these lines attached to it : — Don't take me up, but let me pass For I'm my master's faithful ass ; He Doctor Palmer lent me, Who rode me to his house, And gave me a pottle of oats, And home again he sent me." went resolutely at work in building a meeting-liouse on the ''Upper Green." It was raised July 17th, 1745, and was soon put into a condition to accommodate the meet- ings. In the meantime the parish had called a Mr. Weld to be their minister, and he was ordained in the old meeting-house, October 2d, of the same year. The church by their committee, Ezra Clap, Edmund Weston, and Samuel Eddy, sent into the council a strenuous pro- test against the proceeding. The parish and church had now a " hard business." A new meeting-house to build, the old meeting house to repair, and two ministers and two churches to sustain, and more than all, " crimina- tions and recriminations," and alienations among breth- ren — " old lights, and new lights" — " the church and the standing party." We have two printed pamphlets in which hard names and words are dealt freely against each other. A tax made by the parish against the new society, as well as the old, well nigh brought on open war, and add to these, a lawsuit about the records and the furniture of the Lord's table. This was finally adjusted, and the church chose Ebenezer Clap, Seth Tinkham, and Samuel Eddy to present a petition to ^e General Court for relief. This was April 22d, 1746. It seems they succeeded in getting a law passed, by which those who chose to worship in the new meeting house might file their names with the clerk of the old society, and so become members of the new ; and more than two hundred names were filed in 1748. In 1754, another law was passed, by which both societies were again united under their former name, and that union has continued to the present time. The reputation of Mr. Conant, the pastor, has been very good. He was distinguished for his urbanity and 2 10 concilatory manners, and succeeded in a few years, in uniting the people in his favor. He was a lively, anima- ted preacher, and seems to have done all that any man could do in such times — times of war, French and revo- lutionary, stamp act, tea tax, Boston massacre, — every- thing to agitate the public mind. He was requested to accept the chaplaincy of a regiment, and the patriotism^ not the will of his people, consented. He three times married, but left no children. It may well be asked what would have been the condition of our churches after the war, if they had not been prepared, by the great reformation, to meet the shock ? The " sacra- mental host" were not all wasted by these wars and trials. Their venerable countenances and gray hairs are still remembered by some of us now living. Our church has since seen days of affliction ; but we cannot say with the patriarch, " few and evil have been our days." It is almost two centuries since the " seed of the kingdom" began to be sown here, and more than a century and a half since the visible kingdom was first established here — "a church built on a rock," as we trust. The " glorious things spoken" of this kingdom, have been many times seen here. The records of 1728 and 1741-42, in what may be called ancient times, and those of 1808 and 1823, in our own time, are not soon to be forgotten ; nor are we to forget the other showers of divine grace in 1818, and in our present pastor's time. " Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." " The days of darkness are many," and in them we are to be humble and prayerful ; the days of light to the church are not a few, and we may well " rejoice and be glad in them," and remember them with cheerful- ness. If we are wise, wc shall rise by repentance from 11 our baitings and backslidings, and get improvment and strength to " run the race set before us," with a more perfect heart, setting up our memorials as we advance, and girding up the loins of our minds to run with pa- tience the race which is yet before us. This church was very dear to the hearts of our brethren who have left us, and may it still be dear to us in all its interests ; may the worship and the ordinances here be maintained "as long as as the sun and the moon shall endure." «: Forgetting the things which are behind," may we " press forward to those things which are before" us, till we shall " attain to the measure of the stature of perfect men in Christ Jesus." THE CHURCH IS A LEGAL BODY. This church considers that it is under the protection of the law, in its proper action and its religous worship ; and not only so, but that it has legal rights, and that it is de- sirable that the members should know what its legal rights are. L " The people of God have a legal right to gather themselves into church state." Ancient Charters 100. II. They have free election of all their officers. Id. 101. " The churches shall be allowed to exercise and enjoy all their accustomed privileges, and those respect- ing church order, divine worship and discipline, and are to be encouraged therein. Id. 245. Const. 20. Eev. Statutes 201. HI. " Those who disturb them in their worship are guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by fine and im- prisonment." Anc. Ch. 104. Rev. Statutes. 741. So also disturbances in their church action — their elections, Anc. Charters 104. 12 IV. "Every church has free liberty of administration, recommendation, dismission, expulsion, and disposal of their officers and members, with free exercise of the dis- cipline and censurers of Christ, according to the rules of His tvord. Anc. Charters, 101. V. " By the church, is meant those who are in full communion." Id. 114. Under this law, every member of a church, in full communion, old or young, male or female, has the right of voting in the church. But John Robinson, our eccle- siastical father, says the churches do not admit the sisters to take a part in the husiness matters of the church, as it is against the spirit of the directions of St. Paul in re- spect to them. But undoubtedly if a male of any age be admitted to full communion, he should be allowed to vote. Rev. Mr. Camp was a candidate here, after the decease of Mr. Conant, and a majority of the church voted for him. He insisted upon the sisters being called out and voting, and many of them did so, much to the offence of some of the brethren. He did not accept the call. They have been called once only since, but more than half refused, and no good came of the measure. It is to be hoped that we shall not again act against the advice of " the author of Congregationalism." The church, by their deacons, are a body politic, and may even bring actions. See Revised Statutes 202- " The deacons of the churches are a body corporate, authorized to hold the property of the church, to re- ceive all donations of land and personal estate, and to sue and defend in every case relating to such property." Anc. Charters 206. " The deacons are corporate bodies, for the purpose of taking and holding in succession, all grants and donations, whether of real or personal estate 13 made to them and successors, or to the poor of the churches." Id. 205. " The churches may call the deacons to account, and sue them.'' Id. 206. ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH, 1694, [O.S.] The church records from the organization to the coming of the Rev. Peter Thacher, in 1708, are not known to be in existence, and are supposed to have been early lost to the church. Mr. Noah Bosworth, of Halifax, Mass., a descendent of the first pastor, in the sixth generation, providentially reading our present Articles of Faith and list of members printed in 1826, inferred that this church had no record of its first organi- zation. With a commendable thought and generosity he presented to this church an ancient copy made from the lost records. His letter * enclosing it, shows that great reliance may be placed upon it, as a true copy by Ebenezer Fuller, who commenced it with the following date and remark : " MiddleborougJi, March 8, 1734. — A copy of the record of the First Church of Christ in Middleborough, which was written by Mr. Samuel Fuller, first pastor of that church." * *' Looking over the records of the First Church in Middleborough, made out and printed for the information of its members into the history of said church, I noticed that there was no account of the formation of said church, or of the names of the first members of it ; and, having among the writings of my great grandfather, Ebenezer Fuller, a copy of the record of the first formation of said church and the Covenant they i entered into, and the Articles of Faith, &c. ; and thinking, if that record was lost it f\^ would be gratifying to the present pastor and church to have so ancient a copy of said record, transcribed March 8, 1734, by one, with his own hand, who was a member of said church. 1 with pleasure forward the said copy to the said First Church in Middle- boro', with confidence that it is an authentic copy of the original record ; as my great grandfather, Ebenezer Fuller, who copied and preserved it, doubtless for his own use, was the grandson of Rev. Samuel Fuller, the first pastor of said church. " Halifax, Sept. 5, 1826. "NOAH BOSWORTH." Note. — Mr. Bosworth died March 7, 1837, in advanced age. It is by his just view of the appropriate disposition of such papers, that this church and community are in possession of an account of this transaction, and a knov,'leJ-3 cf the original m&mbers of this church. 11 THE COPY OF EBENEZER FULLER, IN 1734. " I. Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God hath Jed thee these forty years. — Deut. 8 : 2. " December 26, 1794, [0. S.] — A church of Christ was gathered at Middleborough, formerly called by the heathen Namassacut, a fishing place, as some say. " The persons and their names that entered into church fellow- ship, some of them members of Plymouth church before, being dis- missed from Plymouth for that intent ; some of them members of other churches dwelling here then, and some that were never in church fellowship before that time, whose names are as foUoweth : " SAMUEL FULLER and his wife, JOHN BENNET and his wife, '• JONATHAN MORSE and his wife, ABIEL WOOD and his wife, " SAMUEL WOOD, ISAAC BILLINGTON, " SAMUEL EATON, SAMUEL CUTBURT, " JACOB TOMSON and his wife, JOHN COB, Jun., " HESTER TINKAM, The Widow DEBORAH BARDEN, " WEIBRAH BUMPAS, EBENEZER TINKHAM,— j&/S WIFE, " Not being present by reason of sickness in their family, yet after owning the covenant of the rest, being in the esteem of the rest, it is as well as if she were there present at that assembly,* " Ebenezer Tinkham, Isaac Billington, Jacob Tomson ; these then baptized. " Soon after were baptized the children of John Cob in their infancy ; John, Martha, Patience. Also, Lidia Bumpas, the daughter of Weibra Bumpas. " II. In order to the gathering of a church, it pleased God, who hath the hearts of all men in his hands, to move upon the hearts of sundry of those to desire a church may be gathered in this place, — to desire and seek it of God ; and Divine Providence made way for it, " Letters were sent for ministers and brethren to assist in the work, namely : to Plymouth, Sandwich and Barnstable : and the Elders sent Mr, John Cotton, Mr. Rouland Cotton, Mr. Jonathan Russell, and brethren to assist them. Mr. Samuel Fuller, then • For names and other particulars of the original members see Descriptive Catalogue. 15 ordained to be a Teacher to that church ; who had hved there and preached the word amongst them, whose preaching God had made beneficial to divers of them, and made choice of by mutual consent. God can, and oft doth, out of the mouth of babes and sucklings ordain praise. "John Bennet, Sen., our brother, ordained Deacon, — Deacon in the church of Middleborough, March 10, being the second Sab- bach in that month, and chosen by a full consent to that office some considerable time before ; who formerly dwelt at Beverly ; whom God in the way of his providence sent to dwell in Middleborough to be serviceable there in church and town." « ARTICLES OF OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH,* " Then also read, owned and acknowledged by us at the church gathering. " We do believe with our hearts and confess with our mouths : " I. That the Holy Scriptures, contained in the Old and New Testaments, are the word of God, and are given by inspiration of God, to be the rule of faith and life. " II. That there is but one only living and true God, and that in the unity of the Godhead there be three persons of one substance, power and eternity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. " III. That this one God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, made the whole world and all things therein, in the space of six days, very good. " IV. That God made man after his own image in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness. " "V. That our first parents being seduced by the subtilty of Satan, eating the forbidden fruit, sinned against God, and fell from the estate wherein they were created ; and that all mankind de^ scending from them by ordinary generation, sinned in and fell with them in their first transgression, and so were brought into a state ot sin and misery, losing communion with God, and falling under his wrath and curse. * These Articles were printed in 172'i2, and reprinted in 1771 ; and are also in the Fuller copy of 1734, but are not on the existing Church Records. 16 " VI. That God, in his eternal purpose, chose and ordained the Lord Jesus, his only begotten Son, to be the one and only mediator between God and man, the Prophet, Priest and King, the head and Savior of his church. " VII. That Jesus Christ, the second person in the Trinity, is the very and eternal God, of one substance, and equal with the Father ; and that when the fulness of time was come, the Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, took upon him man's nature, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, of her substance, so that the Godhead and man- hood were joined together in one person, which is very God and very man, yet one Christ, the only mediator between God and man. "VIII. The Lord Jesus^ by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself upon the cross, hath fully satisfied the justice of his Father, and purchased, not only a reconciliation with God, but an everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven, for all those whom the Father hath given to him. " IX. That the elect of God are made partakers of the redemp- tion purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to their souls by his word and Spirit. " X. That justification is an act of God's free grace unto sinners, in which he pardoneth all their sins, accepteth and accounteth their persons righteous in his sight, not for any thing wrought in them or done by them ; but only for the perfect obedience and full satisfac- tion of Christ imputed to them by God, and received by faith alone. " XL That sanctification is a work of God's grace, whereby the elect are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin and live unto righteousness. " XII. That whomsoever God hath accepted in Jesus Christ, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly per- severe to the end, and be eternally saved. " XIII. That the grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the word, by which also, and by the administration of the sacraments a,ndi prat/er, it is iucrvasod and strengthened. 17 " XIV. That the visible church under the Gospel is not confined to one nation, as it was under the law, but consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion according to the Gospel order, and their children ; and is the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, the house and family of God ; and that unto this church Christ hath given the ministry, grace and ordinances of God, for the gathering and perfecting of saints to the end of the world ; and doth by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them eflFectual thereunto. " XV. That prayer, singing of psalms and reading of the Scrip- tures, the sound preaching and conscionable hearing of the word, as also the due administration and worthy receiving of the sacra- ments instituted by Christ, namely Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and all parts of the ordinary religious worship of God, besides solemn fastings and thanksgiving, upon special occasions, which are in their several times and seasons, to be used in a holy and religious manner. " XVI. That the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the alonCshead of his church, hath appointed officers in his house for the regular carrying on of the affairs of his kingdom ; and that each particular church hath power from Christ regularly to administer censures to offending members, and to carry on the affairs of his visible kingdom accord- ing to his word. " XVII. That the bodies of men, after death, turn to dust and see corruption, but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal substance, immediately return to God who gave them ; the souls of the righteous being then made perfect in holiness, are received into heaven, and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell. " XVIII. That the bodies of the just and unjust shall be raised at the last day. " XIX. That God has appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ ; in which day, all persons that have lived upon earth shall appear before the judgment seat of Christ , to give account of their thoughts, words and deeds, and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether it be good or evil." 18 "THE CHURCH COVENANT, That was read and consented to at the church gather- ing:— " Forasmuch as it hath pleased God, who hath commanded us to pray daily, that his kingdom may come and be advanced, and hath given direction, in his holy word, and manifold encouragements to his poor servants to seek and set forward his worship and the con- cernments of his glory ; we do, therefore, personally present our- selves this day in the holy presence of God, to transact with Him this great affair of His kingdom and glory, and of our own salva- tion ; and humbling ourselves before the Lord for all our sins, and the sins of ours, earnestly praying for pardoning mercy and recon- ciliation with God through the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and for the gracious presence and assistance of his Holy Spirit, under a deep sense of our own weakness and unworthiness, and with an humble confidence of his favorable acceptation ; each of us for our- selves, and all of us jointly together, enter into a holy covenant with God and one with another, that is to sai/, — We do, according to the terms and tenor of the everlasting covenant, first, give up ourselves and our offspring unto the Lord God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. as the one only true and living God, All-sufficient, and our God, in covenant ; and unto our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, our Prophet, Priest, and King ; the only mediator of the covenant of grace ; promising and covenanting, through the help of His grace, to cleave to God and to our Lord Jesus by faith, in a way of Gospel obedience, with full purpose of heart, as his covenant people, forever : And we do also, by this act of confederation, give up ourselves, one unto another in the Lord, according to the will of God, promising and engaging to cleave and walk together in holy union and communion as members of the same mystical body, and as an instituted church of Christ, rightly instituted and established in the true faith and order of the Gospel ; further, obliging our- selves, by this our holy covenant, to keep and maintain the holy word and worship of God committed to us, and endeavor faithfully to transmit it to our posterity, to cleave unto and uphold the true Gospel ministry as it is established by Jesus Christ in his church, to have it in due honor and esteem for the work's sake ; to subject 19 ourselves fully and sincerely unto the ministerial exercise of the power of Christ in the dispensation of the word, the administration of the sacraments, — the Lord's Supper to members in full communion and without offence, and Baptism to visible church members and their infant seed, — as also for the due application of the holy discipline, with love, care and faithfulness ; watching one over another, and over the children of the covenant growing up with us ; and all in obedience to the blessed rule and government of our Lord Jesus Christy the alone head of his church : and withal we further engage ourselves to walk orderly in a way of fellowship and communion with all neighbor churches, according to the rules of the Gospel, that the name of our Lord Jesus may be one throughout all the churches, to the glory of God the Father. This, our holy church covenant, we do, in most solemn manner, take upon our souls, in all the parts of it, with full purpose of heart, as the Lord shall help us, and according to the measure of grace received, we will walk before and with God fy\\j, steadfastly and constantly in the discharge of all covenant duties, each to other ; and the Lord keep this forever in the thoughts and imagination of the hearts of us, his poor servants, to establish our hearts unto Him ; and the good Lord pardon every one of us that prepareth his heart to seek the Lord God of his fathers. Amen." RENEWAL OF COVENANT, 1713. At a church meeting early in January, 1713, (N. S.,) the members expressed a mutual forgiveness toward one another, and friendship for their pastor ; and, having decided on a solemn Renewal of Covenant, agreed to observe a day of fasting and prayer. At another meet- ing in the same month at Mr. Thacher's dwelling, his record says : " On the forenoon I preached from Jer. 50 : 5. The afternoon began with prayer, and then I read the Covenant and expounded it to them in particular." " The children of the church were called on to come and own and to improve their privilege in God's covenant." "April 3, 1713, (he records.) was the day appointed for 20 public fasting and Renewal of Covenant by entering into new engagements to the Lord and one another. My father Thacher, [Rev. Peter Thacher, of Milton Mass.J was present and began with prayer. I preached from Rev. 2 : 10. In the afternoon, after prayer, the church gave their renewed assent to the following holy covenant." The Covenant here referred to, was the original one of 1694 ; and the following Achiowledgments, called an " explication of the Covenant," and doubtless prepared for the occasion, were adopted at this time and entered on the church records in connection with the Covenant. '■''April 3, 1713. — We, that through God's goodness have been gathered, and are still continued a church of His, having here- tofore consented to the covenant of grace, according to the gracious terras thereof; having made choice of the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as our God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, as the glorious mediator, upon whose fulness of merit and power we rely, as well to be strengthened to the duties, as to enjoy the bless- ings of that well ordered covenant ; having according to his will, incorporated ourselves into that evangelical church-state, wherein our desires after the mercies of that covenant are to be expressed and answered ; being sensible that our justification by faith in the righteousness of Christ, as of our only surety, doth oblige us to keep all God's commands, as holy, just and good : being also awakened by the heavy judgments impending over our nation and country ; would search our hearts after what might be in us provoking to God ; acknowledging it to be our duty, not only to walk circum- spectly, respecting gross sins and miscarriages, but would also guard against prevailing corruptions that often prevail among the people of God ; especially, to renew our engagements which are laid on us by the covenant of God, which hath been not only accepted, but renewed, and is hereby renewed and expressed. "WE THEN ACKNOWLEDGE, " I. That it would be a great evil in us, If cur love to the world should make us abate of our love to communion with God, or abate 21 of that zeal and watchfulness which we should always keep alive in our souls, oi' hinder us from the most affectionate read- ing of his word, and seeking his face every day in our houses, or from daily use of closet supplication and meditation. " II. It would be a great evil in us, If we should [not] , on the one hand, protest against any thing in the worship and service of God for which we have not a divine institution, and against the use of all pagan, papal superstitions : if we should not, on the other side, to the best of our capacities, attend and support the institutions of God in the midst of us, with en- deavors that there be nothing wanting thereto. " III. It liwuld be a great evil in us, If when we draw near to God in his ordinances, we should allow ourselves to be formal, carnal or sleepy in what we do ; or if we should come to the Lord's table without due examinations and humiliations and supplications preparatory thereto ; or, if in managing church discipline, we should vent our own passions or serve our own humors. " IV. It would be a great evil in us, If we should abuse the good creatures of God by sensualities, in eating or drinking, or recreations, or by extravagancy in apparel, or in the irreverend use of God's names, titles, attributes, word or ordinances. " V. It would be a great evil in us, If we should not keep a strict guard over our thoughts, as well as words and works on the Sabbath ; and also, on all under our influence, to restrain them from violations of that sacred rest. " VI. It ivould be a great evil in us. If we should not study to have our families well instructed and governed, and in such a condition as is agreeable to the fear of God. " VII. It ivoidd be a great evil in us, If by the prevalency of a private spirit we should be backward to any public service whereby God might call us with our persons or estates to serve our generations, or if we should by unjust neglect or censure, ill requite such as have been serviceable to us, which are the ministers of God to us for good. " VIII. It vjould be a great evil in us. If we should fail of a patient, peaceable, forgiving temper, towards our neighbors, or if we should not with meekness of wisdom smother all causes of contention. 22 " IX. It would he a great evil in ns, If we should spend our days in idleness, and not be diligent in such employments as may adorn the doctrine of God, by rendering us useful to our neighbors. "X. It ivould be a great evil in us, If our carriage or dis- course should any ways savour of a lascivious disposition in our soul. " XI. It would be a great evil in, us, If we should use dis- honesty in our dealings, by fraud, force, or unreasonable ex- actions. " XII. It ivould be a great evil in us, If we should go. mali- ciously to make, or injuriously to spread any false reports, or too easily receive slanders against the innocent, or countenance the broachers of them. " XIII. It woidd be a great evil in us. If we should not con- scientiously observe and fulfil what promises we lawfully give one another. " Xiy. It ivould be a great evil in us. If we should be dis- contented with others' prosperity, or our own adversity, wherein we are confined. " XV. It would be a great evil in us. If we should not be ready charitably and liberally to relieve the necessities of the poor that call for our bounties. " XYI. It ivould be a great evil in us. If we should not with a brotherly affection, either give or take reproofs where there is cause for them, or if we should withhold our testimony against whatever might fall out among ourselves displeasing to God. " Wherefore, we do, by solemn vote, declare against all these evils as abominable things, utterly dispairing of any strength in ourselves to keep clear thereof; we do most humbly ask the all- sufficient grace of God in Christ, that neither these, nor any -other iniquities may have any dominion over us, but that we -watch against them all, both in ourselves and in one another." '■'■March 12, 1713. — The above written explication of our holy , church Covenant was read privately in the church, and assented ,to by vote. April 3, 1713, it was also read in public, and as- , sented. to Qxpressedly. " PETP]R THACHER, Pastor:' 23 PASTORAL FIDELITY. The following original letter of Mr. Thaclier, to a church member who had abruptly turned away from the Lord's table, is characteristic equally of the writer and of the times : — " MiDDLEBOEo', Feb. 4, 1740-41. " Brother Smith ; " Such has been my imfirmitys, and such the season, as hath diverted my loving purposes and sincere desires to visit you, and if possible be so happy as to recover you to a sense of your sin, in turning away from Wisdom's fui'nished Table and bidden Guests. Alas my brother, why have you done this ? This ac- tion is highly and greatly aggravated. I know of no Gospel rule that gives any countenance to such a breach of order, and breach of covenant with God, and with the church. Is it not practically to say that there was nothing in that holy Institution worth staying for ? That you were at your liberty to come to it, or stay from, as you pleased ? " How could you pour more open and high contempt upon ■one of Christ's most solemn and soul-endearing, and strength- ening institutions ? Had you then, or now, assurance of having [even] one more such an heart-melting and quickening oppor- tunity ? Have they been such empty and fruitless opportunities to your soul, as induced you to turn away so lightly ? I hope not. What could be the reason ? Was it offence with myself or any other communicant ? Matt. 18th, directly your duty in that case. But surely, every one's most impoi'tant concern is with his own heart. If it was your offence with the church in general, or any act of theirs, will you withdraw communion from them, censure yourself, and break covenant with them, before you in writing remonstrated to them their error and youl^ own doubt ? Ought you not to have done this before you had, in such a Bianner, disquieted every one that stayed ? Is this to eat the Lord's Supper, to pay suitable and thankful reverence to that whieli was purchased with Christ's blood, yea, and shows forth his death too ? Dear b];'other, you must have wrong notions of the terms of oommiisnion, if you are not heartily and deeply liu'mMed for this w^jdv^rtent act of yours, that so deeply 24 wounds your own soul, your pastor's, and the whole church, and greatly dishonours God and tends to bring the clmrcli of Christ and that ordinance of Christ into the greatest contempt in the eyes of them without. Dear brother, do I thus speak because I love you not ? God knowcth,— but that I may be found faithful to Christ, my office, and your dear precious soul. I beseech you by the kindness and gentleness of Christ, that you would be moved, be persuaded, be overcome by one who you know loves you, and hath your salvation at heart, to be sensible of your fault, to acknowledge it to God, and to condemn it before your brethren. Why will you be instrumental to bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave, and hasten a period to that ministry you have been many years delighted in ? " I am yet your loving, though grieved pastor, " PETER TEACHER." MUTUAL CONFESSION. The following document is found in the hand-writing of Rev. Mr. Thacher, and signed by the members of the church : — "We, the subscribers, members of the First Church of Christ in Middleborough, at a meeting, this 10th day of April, 1738, to enquire and resolve to our Rev. Pastor, and one another, whether we are in suitable frames to communicate at the Lord's table together, and whether we advise it proper for our Rev. Pastor to administer to us under the general and visible decay of brotherly love among us , do freely and humbly acknowledge, and have reason to do it with trembling, grief, and fear, that there is too evident tokens of our want of love, and want of peace, not only in this precinct, but also, even among the members of this church. We desire to mourn for these our sensible divisions. We acknowledge our want of zeal for the interests of Christ, and the discipline of Christ among us; that we have been no more united 25 to discountenance vice in ourselves and others, as by covenant we have expressly obliged ourselves to do; and also, that we have been too much estranged our- selves, one from another ; our want of zeal for the honor of God's house and worship ; do, by these presents, severally, each one for himself, judge and condemn our- selves herein, and sincerely ask the forgiveness of God and our brethren, and declare by our hands hereto affixed, our sincere forgiveness of each other, and our hearty reconciliation and re-union in all the affairs of Christ's interest, worship, discipline and glory, earnestly begging grace from God to walk together from this time more as becomes the disciples and followers of the God of love than ever before we have done, desiring to be mutual helpers of each other, and especially comforts to our pastor ; and that, for time to come, we will pray and labor for such a unity, as may render us terrible as an army with banners, united to pull down, and in all suitable ways to bear testimony against all sin and wickedness, and to watch against all occasions and temptations to contention, and to mark them who would estrange us one from another, and to have no fellowship with them. Under a sense of these obligations we desire to come to the table of our Lord, and into his presence at his table, and there to seal before his immediate presence what we hereunto set our hands, humbly imploring the grace of Christ to be there abundantly shed forth on ourselves and each other, and desire that our pastor would lead us thither. HENRY THOMAS, NATHAN CLARK, JAMES RAYMOND, LEMUEL DUNHAM, BENJAMIN TUCKER, SAM'L BARROWS, JR., SAMUEL BARROWS, FRANCIS EATON, EDMUND WESTON, OBADIAH SAMPSON, HEZK'A PURKINGTON, BARN'BAS GROSSMAN SETH TINKHAM, COOMBS BARROWS, SAMUEL EDDY, 4 26 EBENEZER REDDING, EPHRAIM WOOD, ICIIABOD PADDOCK, SAMUEL WARREN, NEHEMIAH BENNET, THOMAS TUPPER, SAMUEL EDDY, JR., SAMUEL WOOD, EBENEZER FINNEY, BENJAMIN WHITE, JONATHAN SMITH, JOHN CA VENDER, JAMES SMITH, EZRA CLAP, DAVID ALDEN, JOSEPH BATES, NOAH THOMAS, THOMAS WOOD, SAMUEL SAMPSON, JOHN RAYMOND, DAVID DELANO, JOHN VAUGHAN, ICHABOD TUPPER, NATHAN BASSETT, MOSES STURTEVANT. ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH. There have been, during our history, several consider- able revivals in our church and parish, and the records show corresponding additions to the church. In 1729, June 13, Mr. Thacher notes on the records " one hun- dred and seven or eight communicated at the sacrament this day," the additions having been chiefly the preceed- ing year. In 1740-42, being the time of the " great awakening" throughout New England, after a revival here, very deep and powerful, an account of which has been given and distributed among our people, one hundred and fifty or more were added to the church. Also, in 1807, 1808, the preaching of the Rev. James Davis, in the absence of Mr. Barker at "Washington, appeared to be blessed. A great religious attention was realized, and about one hundred hopeful converts were admitted into the church. In 1818 and 1823 also, the records then show additions to the church, after special seasons of revival in those years. There was also a con- siderable revival revival in 1830, and also in 1840, some of the fruits of which appear in the list of members for these and subsequent years. 27 The additions to the church during the ministry of our respective pastors, have been as follows : Original Members, 20 In Rev. Mr. Thacher's ministry about .... 466 « Mr. Conant's " 86 « Mr. Barker's " 247 " Mr. Paine's to settlement of Mr. Eaton, 72 « Mr. Eaton's, 61 « Mr. Putnam's, 128 Uncertain, 7 1087 We have no record of the additions in the ministry of Mr. Palmer, or Mr. Fuller. SINGING. It appears from the records of the parish and of the church, that the choristers were chosen by the church, and that their choice was usually concurred in by the parish. Here is one of their votes : — " The easterly precinct of Middleborough, Sept. 18, 1732, voted, in reference to the singing of psalms in the congregation, that the precinct concur with the church so far as to appoint their pastor, Mr. Thacher, to set the tunes of the psalms in the time of public worship, so long as he shall find it for the peace and satisfaction of the church and congregation." Since in our day the singers, as a choir, have managed the singing themselves and chosen their own choristers. Once the parish and church voted against the introduction of musical instruments, but of late years no order has been taken in the church or society on the subject, and the singers bring in such instruments as they think proper, and appoint their own choristers. 28 PASTORAL POWER. As a specimen of manners, one hundred and fifty years ago, it may be mentioned that Dr. Palmer was much and late at the tavern ; and when he left for home quite late on one occasion, some person met him near the door and " drubbed him soundly with a cane." It was soon generally known, and considered to be well deserved, and that such a mode of correction was very proper, and Mr. Thacher was much commended as an energetic corrector of morals. It seems to have been taken for granted that he administered the correction, and that he was the proper person to administer it. THE ORDER OF THE CHURCH. The order of the church from its beginning has been, and continues to be, strictly Congregational, in accord- ance with the platform of John Robinson, and the practice and discipline of the churches of the Pilgrims ; the prominent features of which are, self-government, independence, open communion and free toleration. "We choose our own officers, and depose them when there is just cause, receive, dismiss, and excommunicate members by vote of the whole church, yet not without advice of neighbor churches when it is desired by the pastor and brethren ; never, however, regarding such advice as authoritative. We esteem the government of the church to be wholly of a moral and not of a coercive character. No pastor or elder has ever inter- posed to control or embarrass the action of this church. 29 "We have had no hostility against other churches. We liave never, as a church, refused occasional communion with members of other churches of good standing, nor have we refused to dismiss a member to another church when such member has desired it for better edification. We do not censure for mere opinion; advocacy of heresy and immorality are subjects for disciplinary action, but the first and second private interviews are to be had before the ofience is told to the church. We claim to be built upon the testimonies of the prophets and the apostles, Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone. Our articles of faith are instruments used to ascertain that the members all agree, but delinquents are to be tried by the Bible and its truths ; and although every body is allowed to read the Scripturs and inter- pret them for himself, yet in trials for heresy, the inter- pretation of the church must prevail. We have never had any Ruling Elders in this church. There is not much in a name. We have a standing com- mittee to advise and act in all cases in which such offices were, by the platform, authorised to act. It was a decided principle of Robinson that the Elders should advise^ but not rule without the consent of the church, and this principle is, that in which Congregationalism chiefly differs from Presbyterianism. The church has an annual meeting for business on the last Friday of every returning January, when the Stand- ing Committee and Treasurer are to be chosen, and also committees to advise in respect to the public charities, and who also are to take the responsibility of the religious meeting in their districts. But any matters relating to the duty or welfare of the church are also attended to at that meeting. m Although the deacons, by law and usage, are the treasurers of the church, we have a special treasurer to receive the small contributions which the exigencies of church state require ; but the treasurer makes no dis- bursment without the direction of the church or the advice of the deacons or pastor or both. The church considers it to be the duty of every several member of the church to "lay by," as God prospers him, and according to his ability, (of which he is expected to judge carefully and conscienciously,) for church purposes, the support of the pastor and the Lord's table, and also for such objects of general benev- olence as the church shall, from time to time advise, the manner of the collections all to be under the advice of the committees. Contributions to the Board of Foreign Missions have always, since its establishment, been taken up in this church, either by collections in the meeting-house, or by collectors appointed to visit the people, and also at the district meetings as monthly concerts. The concerts are to be held on the first Monday of every month, but may be held a day before or after when notice to that effect shall be given from the pulpit, and collections are always taken at these meetings. The sacrament of the Supper is administered on the first Sabbath of every second month, beginning in January ; and at the close of the communion service a collection is taken for the support of the table, and such other calls as may be responded to by the church as a body. The standing committee will, as far as practica- ble, visit such persons among us as have religious hopes, with a view of their becoming candidates for admission to the church, but more especially they will be present 31 at the parsonage house on Friday, two weeks preceding the sacrament, to converse with those who are candidates for admission. If approved, the candidates are to be propounded two weeks before reception to the com- munion. The lecture preparatory to the sacrament is preached in the vestry on Friday before the sacrament. Members who change their residence and settle in dis- tant places are to take letters testimonial and unite with some church where they reside ; and members of other churches coming to reside with us are expected to bring letters testimonial from their churches, with a view of uniting with this church ; and on presenting such letters they are to be admitted as members by vote, and a copy "of the Book of the Church" is to be given them for their information before admission. By Congregational usage, letters testimonial are discredited, in case of change of residence, if not presented within a year from the time of such change. This church admits the right of every church member of good standing to claim such letters when he conscienciously believes that he can be better edified in another church ; and good standing is to be implied if nothing appears on the records of the church to the contrary. It appears by the records of the church that, after the early deacons were chosen, there was a solemn in- duction of them into the office by ordination. Such has not been the modern practice ; and this church con- siders that ordination, or the laying on of hands with prayer, though a very proper, and sometimes a very im- pressive ceremony, and of apostolic example, is yet not a divine institution, not commanded, and may lose its solemnity by being made too common. In the case of the choice of pastor, the church thinks it should not be 32 dispensed with, not only the primitive example, but the manifest solemnity and good effects should cause it to have a place in the order of Christ's house. This church considers that our order requires that the pastors, on becoming such respectively, are to be subject to the discipline and watch of the church, and before ordination are to be admitted into full communion ; and such has been the usage of this church, although the records do not always show that it was done. Mr. Fuller's admission is recorded, and the restoration of Mr. Palmer shows that he had before been s^ member ; that Mr. Thacher was also a member is clear from the baptism of his children before his wife became a member. It is recollected, if not recorded, that all our ministers, for seventy years past, were so admitted, and all the ten ministers who belonged to this church, on their settle- ment, had recommendations to become members of the church over which they were ordained pastors. John Cotton writes that he was present at the ordination of Mr. Conant, and that he was received into the church before he was ordained. PASTORS. 1. Samuel Fuller. — Mr. Fuller "was educated for the ministry, and came in with the first settlers of the town as a religious teacher, as well as one of the twenty- six purchasers." The Plymouth church did not permit its members to remove unless provision was made for their religious instruction. Having had his house burnt by the Indians, as the other settlers had, he returned to 33 Plymouth with them till the war ended, and then re- turned with them to Middleborough, and continued his ministry till a church was gathered, and soon after died. His whole ministry must have exceeded twenty years. The tradition is, that he was a sober, grave, industrious, enlightened, and self-denying minister. He was buried on " the Hill," the burial ground provided by the pro- prietors at the first location of the proprietary, and the legal title to the land is still in them. But the town and proprietary were so nearly identical that their proceed- ings are recorded in the same book. The following inscription is on the stone set at his grave : — " Here lyes buried y® body of y* Rev. Samuel Fuller, who departed this life Aug. y^ 17% 1694, in y^ 71*' year -,^ of his age. He was y* 1'' minister of y* Church of Christ in Middleborough." Mr. Fuller was the son of the pilgrim, Samuel Fuller, a celebrated surgeon and physician, to whom both the Pilgrims and Planters of Massachusetts were much indebted for his success in treating the diseases of the new settlements. He died in 1633, and his will is recorded with the " Old Colony Records," and printed in the Genealogical Register, Vol. 4, p. 33. In this he orders certain of his estates to be sold and the proceeds to be applied to the education of his two children, Samuel and Mercy, and another portion he devises to Roger Williams, " if he would accept the same, having heretofore once declined to accept it." The New England Memorial says, " He was deacon of the church, and for- ward to do good in his place, and much missed after God removed him out of the world." 5 34 The children of Rev. Mr. Fuller were Samuel, b. 1659^ Mercy, Experience, Elizabeth, Hannah, John, and Isaac. Samuel settled on a paternal estate in Rocky Nook, Kingston, where are still some of his descendants. Mercy married Daniel Cole ; Experience, James Wood ; Eliza- beth, Samuel Eaton, and Hannah, Eleazer Lewis. John \j and Isaac settled in what is now Halifax, then Middle- borough, where there are numerous descendants. A THOMAS PALMER. He is supposed to have been a native of Plymouth, and brother of William Palmer of that place, as the town voted to pay for the removal of his goods from Ply- mouth to Middleborough. There was much opposition to his settlement, and at last, they of the opposition, seem to have been taken by surprise, when, after several years preaching, he was ordained in May 2, 1702. The opposition continued, and council after council was held, until his deposition was advised as has been stated. He seems to have been a rash, headstrong man, and the charges of intemperance made against him seem to have been well sustained. Having been restored to the church, as has been mentioned, it is pleasing to have ground for hope that he died a good man. He had a numerous family, the most of whom died young. " The Morey estate " descended from him to the daughter who married a Chenet/, and from her to Mrs. Morey. He lived upon it all his life. The house was a kind of gar- rison, and built like the old meeting-house with " two ridge poles and four gable ends." His children were Thomas, who died, aged 24 ; Zuri- 35 shadai, died aged 18, 1719 ; Sarai, died at 2 ; Job, died at 25 ; John, died 1709. Samuel was pastor of the church in Falmouth. Elizabeth married Cheney. James in- herited a large estate south of Plymouth road, near W. S. Eddy's, which he greatly embarrassed by his negli- gence as collector in the time of the troubles, when the " Old Lights " assessed a great tax and compelled James to pay it, though he could not collect it. His two sons, James and Zurishadai, sold the old estate and removed to Vermont. There is a stone at his grave in the parish burial ground, and another loose one in the wall. That in the wall has this inscription : " All ye that pass along this way, Remember still your dying day, Here's human bodies out of sight, Whose souls to have took their flight. And shall again united be In their doomed eternity." It is not known why there were two. The memento is the same on each. " Dr. Thomas Palmer who died, June 17, 1743, aged 70." His wife Elizabeth, died April 17, 1740, aged 64. REV. PETER THACHER. A tract has been printed by the church, and distribu- ted in the parish, which gives a very full account of this venerable "man of God." He was born, October 6, 1688, in Milton; his father, of the same name, being the pastor of the church there, and his grandfather, Thomas, minister in the Old South Church in Boston, and his 36 great grandfather, Peter, a Puritan minister in Salisbury, England. He graduated at Harvard College in 1706. He began his ministry here in September, 1707, and was chosen pastor, June 30, 1708, before he was 20 years of agO; and after arriving to 21, was ordained, Nov. 2, 1709. January 25, 1711, he married Mary, daughter of Samuel Prince, Esq., then of Rochester, and sister of the Rev. Mr. Prince, of the Old South Church, Boston, and by her had ten children, nearly all of whom became members of the Church. One of his daughters, Mary, married Nathaniel Foster, and some of her descendants are settled here ; two of the children died here, and the others all removed. Mr. Thacher had an excellent library, was a hard student, a laborious pastor, and a sound preacher. He died April 22, 1744, and was entombed, as w'as afterwards Madam Thacher and Samuel Thacher, his son, in a family tomb in the parish burial ground. The house in which Mr. Thacher lived was burnt February 3, 1780. The names of his children were Peter, Oxenbridge, Samuel, John, Thomas, Mary, Susannah, Mercy, Thedora, and Moses. Peter was forty years pastor of the church in Attleborough, useful and beloved. Mary married Nathaniel Foster, and Susan- nah married Samuel Tucker, of Milton ; Mary married Rev. Mr. Shore, of Southbridge. Madam Thacher was a grave, intelligent, and exemplary matron, for many years a great help to the church, and lived to a good old age. She died 1771, aged 84. REV. SYLVANUS CONANT. He was a descendant of the celebrated Roger Conant, who was with the Plymouth Pilgrims in 1623, and 37 removed to Salem. He was born in 1720, and gradua- ted in 1740 at Harvard College. He was the son of Lot Conant, the son of Nathaniel, who came from Beverly and settled in Bridgewater before 1690. He began his ministry here September 9, 1744, was called to be pas- tor October 1, of the same year, and was ordained March 28, 1745. He continued his ministry, at first, at the house of Madam Thacher, and after the new meet- ing-house was built, (which was the same year,) in that house till his death, which was of the small pox, Decem- ber 8, 1777. He was buried with eight of his parishion- ers in a field of one of them, Mr. John Smith, by the road side, near Otis Soule's. The following are their names : Zechariah Eddy, Widow Rhoda Smith, Joseph Smith, Bethia Smith, William Soule, Sarah Reading, Hannah Love, all between 5 and 18, December, 1777. The following is the inscription on the stone set at the head of his grave : — " Memento Mori. IN MEMORY F REV. SYLVANUS CONANT, MINISTER OP THE FIRST CHURCH IN MIDDLEBOROUGH, WHO DIED OF SMALL POX, DEC. 8, 1777, IN THE 58th tear OF HIS AGE, AND 33d of his MINISTRY. So sleep the souls, and leave to groan, When sin and death have done their worst, Christ hath a glory like his own, Which waits to clothe their wasting dust." The character of Mr. Conant has before been noticed, both as a preacher, an exemplary Christian, and a pri- 38 vate gentleman, and his great success in conciliating and uniting the church and people. He was successively the husband of three wives, who were much esteemed, but left no children. His memory is still dear to some of our people. One of his wives united to this church in 1758 by letter from the church in Norwich, Connecticut, and died in 1759, aged 28 years, and was interred in the parish burying ground. There is a stone also in the parish burying ground commemorative of his death. EXTAKCT OF A MONODY BY KEV. S. CONANT ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. " 1 What voice is this I hear from yonder grave That charms my listening ear — awakes my love? Sure 'tis some heavenly guest, inviting me to rest On my Redeemer's breast, — come from above. 2. My -willing soul attend without delay, And th' heavenly dove descend to point the way To soft retire and shade, amidst some silent grade, And be my light and aid, lest I should stray. 3. Welcome sweet solitude, now I 'm alone, Let nothing here intrude, ho damp be thrown To quench the heavenly fire of love that doth inspire My heart with warm desire : Lord hear my groan. 4. To see thy lovely form is all my aim. And meditate thy grace and charming name. Oh ! bless my longing eyes from yonder lofty skies With light, that I may rise and sing thy fame. 5. My heart with sweet surprise is drawn away, A captive to the skies, when I array My ardent thanks to bring, unto my heavenly king, Whose praise I long to sing in endless day. 6. One thing the muse implores before she goes From those delightful bowers of soft repose ; Lord, guide me in the way through life to yonder day. Where joy without decay, and pleasure flows. 39 When Rev. George Whitfield preached among ns, he met Mr. Conant near the meeting-house not long after his ordination and asked him how the work prospered on his hands; Mr. Conant was desponding and said, "who is sufficient for these things." On entering the pulpit, Mr. Whitfield announced his text, "I am this day weak, though crowned king," and preached with great power. All the successive wives of Mr. Conant were greatly esteemed and beloved by his people, and of exemplary piety. Mr. Conant preached a sermon at Plymouth in com- memoration of the landing of the Pilgrims, Dec. 22, 1620, which has been printed, as was also a sermon on the death of his wife. These attest the excellency of his preaching, as have also those who sat under the "droppings of the sanctuary" when he preached. REV. THOMAS WELD. This minister is sometimes numbered among the pastors of our church, but is scarcely entitled to that honor. He was a graduate of Harvard College in 1723, and his residence seems to have been in Boston. On the death of Mr. Thacher in the spring of 1744, there were one hundred and fifteen male members in the church. Ninety-nine of them invited Mr. Conant to preach to them on probation, but the parish only permitted him to preach in their house one half day, and he preached for several months at the house of Madam Thacher. But his friends " built him a house." He was called by 40 the church to settle among them, but the parish peremp- torily refused to concur in the call. In the meantime, the parish had applied to Mr. Weld, and he had preached to them and the sixteen members of the church f the minority had given him a call to settle, and the parish concurred in the call. The church protested against his installation, but he was in- stalled October 2, 1745, Mr. Conant having been ordained the March before. He continued to minister to them in the old meeting-house till January 8, 1749, when the question was put in parish meeting, "whether they would dismiss Rev. Thomas Weld from the pastoral office, and he was then dismissed by a great majority of votes." The church was requested to join in the measure, and the meeting-house doors ordered to be shut against him. The reason of this abrupt proceeding does not appear. The church having passed a similar vote, March 18, the parish again passed the same vote, and agreed to join the church in calling a council to complete his dismission, giving leave to Mr. Weld to join them in the call. No doubt the council judged his dismission advisable. He, however, brought his action in Boston for his salary and put his people to much trouble and expense in defending it. He lost his case, and " brought his petition of review." Something must have been recovered, for March 26, 1759 the precinct " voted to pay to the parishioners who had discharged the execution of the administrators of Mr. Weld against the parish ; to Jacob Thompson £38 6s. 2d, to Seth Sampson and John Miller £16 2s. lid, and to William Harlow and John Miller £8 6s. 6^d., besides £5 8s. paid to Ignatius Elms." There was great embarrassment in paying the parish expenses, and the 41 same year the parish, " by vote, sold unto David Sim- mons the old meeting-house for the sum of £13 6s. 8d, exclusive of the pews and the pulpit." ELIJAH PACKARD,* May 1, 1753, a Harvard graduate of 1750, was called to settle with this church (the minority) and parish. It does not appear that he responded to the call. He preached twenty-one Sabbaths for which they paid him £1Q 16s., and this is the last account of that meeting, although many parish meetings were afterwards held to wind up their affairs. After about two years negocia- tion, the parish, which had been divided into two societies by law of , 1747, was re-united by law of 1754, and settled down peaceably under the ministry of Mr. Conant, having just before petitioned general court, " that no presentment might be made against them for being destitute of a minister until the precinct is in a better condition to settle one." REV. JOSEPH BARKER. After the death of Rev. Mr. Conant, the church and people became greatly interested in the preaching of Mr. Abraham Camp, a graduate of Yale, 1773. In 1778 they invited him " to spend the winter with them," and in December, " Voted to give him a call on probation," * He was settled in the ministry at Plymouth, and afterwards went to Marlborough. His native place was Bridgewater. 6 42 and in February following, unanimously invited him to the pastoral office. He answered doubtfully, and requested that the votes of the sisters might be taken. In November, 1780, the church again called him to the pastorate by vote of twenty-two to five. It was said that his high favor of "woman's rights" caused the opposing votes. Mr. Barker was recommended by Rev. Dr. Emmons, and was then sent for to Blanford where he w^as preaching. He was a graduate of Yale, 1771, and was admitted as master at that and several other colleges J was unanimously called to the pastorate, August 9, 1781, and ordained December 5, of the same year. His ministry continued till his death, July 5, "1815, except while he was in Congress, he having been a member of that body in 1805, 1806, 1807, and 1808. In his absence the pulpit was supplied by Rev. Azel Washburn, Rev. Simeon Doggett, and Rev. Mr. Robin- son, of Westborough. Rev. James Davis was with us in 1807. Mr. Barker preached a century sermon one hundred years after the organization of the church, in which many of the historical records are taken notice of, and the character of our pastors given, which was printed at the time ; also, a sermon on the death of Dea. B.Thomas, in which his life and character are very graphically drawn. He was buried in the parish burial ground. Mr. Barker was considered an able, sound and ortho- dox preacher of the Hopkinsion school, and much respected by his people. Those who had lived under the ministry of Mr. Conant, thought there was in Mr. Barker a strong contrast between the two in pastoral visitations, and cheerfulness, and condescentionont of the pulpit; but there was very little complaint. His studies were unremitted, and he brought " beaten oil " into the sanctuary. He was an able sermonizer, of which a volume of his sermons in print give decisive evidence. He was twice married; his first wife was Eunice Stebbins, of Longmeadow ; a lady of great cheerfulness, economy, and piety, and much esteemed by all the people. She died October 6, 1809, aged 49, much lam.ented. He had by her seven children: William, a graduate of Brown in 1808, James, also a graduate there in 1814; William died at Andover Seminary in 1809 ; Joseph, who has a family and lives in the parish ; Stephen ; Eunice, who married Elkanah Doggett, and lived in Chicago, and has recently de] ceased ; Elizabeth, unmarried, and lived with her sister, and Mary, who died in childhood. His second wife, (who survived him,) was Anna Huntington, the widow of a clergyman in Connecticut. REV. EMERSON PAINE. He was a graduate of Brown university, 1813; was ordained February 14th, 1816, not without much oppo- sition ; and after a laborious ministry, (the opposition con- tinuing,) he was dismissed on his own request, by advice of an ecclesiastial council, July 4, 1822. He was after- wards for a number of years, pastor of the church in Little Compton, R. I., and afterwards preached in Halifax where he died, April 26, 1851, aged 65 — and where his widow and several children now reside. 44 REV. WILLIAM EATON. He was installed March 10, 1824, having been previ- ously, for ten years, pastor of the church in Fitchburgh ; was a graduate of Williams College in 1810, and at Ando- ver Theological Seminary in 1813. lie was dismissed by his own request March 3, 1834 by a council, and was settled in Charlotte, Vermont, and afterwards in Hard- wicke, in this State. He died in West Brookfield, April 12, 1840. His wife also has recently deceased. REV. ISRAEL WARBURTON PUTNAM. Mr. Putnam is a native of Danvers in this State, a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1809, and at Andover in 1814. He was pastor of the North Church, in Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, from March 16, 1815, to March 15, 1835 ; was installed pastor over this church, October 28, 1835, and still continues in that office. THE UPPER GREEN— PROPRIETOR'S MEETING-HOUSE, February 17, 1745. — About forty men of the church and parish agreed with each other to build a new meet- ing-house, and on the ninth day of June, that year, purchased of Col. Ebenezer Sproat two acres of land for that purpose, by deed of that date, and describe it as bounded, beginning at Mr. Lazell's corner, by the road, (corner of James Sparrow's garden,) and thence by the 45 road south, 40 degrees, west, 30 rods, thence north, 38 degrees, west, 14 rods, thence north, 48^ degrees, east, 28| rods, thence in Lazell's Hne to the road. Deed recorded, book 29, foho 12-13. Sproat reserves one share and conveys the residue to thirty-nine others: Jabez Vaughan, Jonathan Smith, James Smith, Gersham Cobb, Seth Tinkham, Ebenezer Finney, Noah Thomas, William' Cushman, Benjamin Tucker, Edward Thomas, Samuel Eddy, Jr., Zachariah Eddy, John Cox, John Cobb, Ezra Clapp, William Thomas, Jas. Tinkham, John Smith, Edmund Weston, John Soule, Henry Thomas, Jeremiah Tinkham, Oxenbridge Thacher, Joseph Bates, Jr., Thomas Darling, Jonathan Smith, Jr., Joseph Thomas, Samuel Thomas, Samuel Smith, Benjamin Thomas, William Short, Hezekiah Purrington, John Thompson, Samuel Wood, Eph'm. Wood, Enen'r. Wood, and Caleb Thompson. The house to be 55 by 45 in the walls. This was done, and we have the records of the proprietary to recent times. Mr. Conant and his people worshiped in this house, and after the union of the two societies in the year 1767, the house was made about twenty feet longer, by inserting that width in the middle of it. The proprietary continues. It once voted to give it to the parish for a burial ground, but the parish refused to take it on that condition. If they are r ow otherwise minded, no doubt they can have it. THE PARISH BURYING GROUND. This contains about two acres, and was purchased by about fifty persons of James Soule, in 1717, March 30; 46 acknowledged before Josiali Edon, Esq , March 7, 1717, and witnessed by Obadiah Eddy and his daughter Ben- nett. Eecorded book 23, foho 203, 204. Here are the names of the proprietors : Peter Thacher, Jacob Thomson, Isaac Howland, John Morton, John Thomson, Thomas Thomson, Jeremiah Thomas, WiUiam Thomas, Jonathan Cobb, Sen'r., Jonathan Cobb, Jr., John Cobb, Sen'r., John Cobb, Jr., Rodulphus Elms, Ichabod King, Shnbael Thomson, William Nelson, Daniel Yaughan, Ephraim Wood, John Soul, Aaron Simmins, John FuUer, Edward Thomas, Elisha Vaughan, Jabez Vaughan, George Vaughan, John Vaughan, John Hascol, William Hascol, Henry AVood, Samuel Barrows, Benjamin Eddy, Samuel Eddy, Jonathan Morse, Jr., Isaac Fuller, Ebeuezer Redding, Jonathan Smith, Joseph Barden, John Miller, Jr., Jonathan Fuller, Samuel Tinkham, Seth Howland, Joseph Bennet, Samuel Cobb, Peter Bennet, Joel Ellis, Samuel Sampson, Benjamin Stuart, Thomas Bicknell, Josiah Conant, John Tinkham, Isaac Tinkham, Joseph Cobb, Ebenezer Fuller, John Bennett, Samuel Bennett, John Raymond, Jr., Samuel Bennet, Jr., Samuel Parlour, and Nemiah Holmes, said Soul reserving one share. The first person buried in the burying ground was Lidea Thomas, July, 1717. "THE LOWER GREEN." It does not appear of whom the ground was purchased on which the old meeting-house stood, near the school- house ; but the " Green " round about it extending north I 47 to the burial ground was given by deed acknowledged und recorded, book 12, folio 196, by James Sonic, who sold the burying ground as above, '' to the proper use, benefit and behoof of the military company of Middle- borough forever successively." The deed conveys two acres, and is dated the June 20, 1717. Mr. Jacob Soule held the originial deed, but left it with the parish. REVISED COVENANT AND ARTICLES OF FAITH. The Covenant and Articles adopted when the church was gathered were printed in 1722, and again in 1771, for the use of the church, and for the information of those who proposed to become members. When the Rev. Mr. Barker became pastor, the Covenant was revised and modernized, preserving the substance. It was intended to express the implied Covenant, which, by fair implication, those who professed to be believers in the Apostolic age, entered into, and which, not being written, was probably explained to the new converts. A written Covenant was adopted by the New England churches from the first, in John Cotton's time. Hooker says, " The Covenant is that which makes a church what it is, and gives the special nature thereto. It is called a ' house,' the body of Christ. It is in the house of God as in other houses ; we must become covenanting servants, if we have any interest there." The substance of the Covenant is in 11 Cor. : 18, — "They first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God." The usual form is given in Punchard, 313. The substance, as declared by the New England ministers, is '^ giving ourselves up to the Lord to be guided by 48 him, and to the church according to God to be directed by it." Our revised Covenant fully accords with these views. Our Articles of Faith are intended to embody the substance of the Savoy Confession, agreed upon by the Congregationalists in Synod in 1658, not materially different from the Presbyterian confession by the Westminster Assembly in the catechism. Our brethren in England have no other. A particular confession, how- ever, may be useful to those who propose to join a church, and to the church also, in order that none may join but such as are agreed in the fundamental doctrines. It is usual in some churches for the candidate to sign the articles. But during the ministry of Mr. Barker and Mr. Paine, no more was required but to assent to them before the pastor or committee. The articles were revised in the early part of the ministry of Mr. Eaton, and it has been usual to read them to the candidates for admission in presence of all the church. This is done in some other churches, but the practice is not general. The Savoy Confession was adopted by the Synod which framed the platform, and is published with it. THE COVENANT. You do now, in the most solemn manner, in the presence of the heart searching God, of angels and men, avouch the Lord Jehovah to be your God. You give up yourself, your time, talents, and all you have to the Lord. You resolve, by the help of Divine grace, to cleave to God and the Lord Jesus Christ in a 49 way of Gospel obedience. You propose to make the Holy Scriptures, at all times, the rule of your faith and practice, so far as, by the grace of God, you shall be enabled to understand them. You do also, by a solemn Covenant, give up yourself to this church according to the will of God, promis- ing to walk with us in the holy communion, and ordi- nances of the Gospel, willingly subjecting yourself to the watch and discipline of this church, and engaging to watch over your fellow members with love, care, and faithfulness, for our mutual edification. To this do you consent ? We do then, cheerfLdly receive you into full com- munion with us, and promise, by the grace of God, to treat you as a member of Christ's body, faithfully and affectionately to watch over you, and always to be ready, by our council and prayers, to promote your spiritual interest. And we depend on your prayers for us, that we may have grace to perform with fidelity this engagement, and that all of us may be found faithful even unto death, and then join the church triumphant in glory, and be in the immediate j)resence of our Lord forever and ever. Amen. ARTICLES OF FAITH. L We believe there is only one living and true God, the creator of all things, and that in the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and that these three are one true, eternal God, the same in 7 60 substance, equal in power and glory, although dis- tinguished by their personal properties. II. "We believe the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testaments, were given by inspiration of God to be the rule of faith and practice. III. We believe God made all things for himself; that known unto him are all his works from the begin- ing ; that he worketh all things after the counsel of his own will, and that his laws and the principles and administration of his government are perfectly holy, just and good. IV. We believe God created man in his own image, holy and without sin, and that he fell from that happy state by transgressing the divine command, and in con- sequence of the first apostacy, all men, previous to regeneration, are destitute of holiness, unreconciled to God, and under condemnation. V. We believe the Son of God has, by his obedience, sufierings and death, made an adequate atonement for sin, and that all who are saved will be wholly indebted to the sovereign grace of God through his atonement. VI. We believe that such provision is made in the Gospel, that whoever will may take of the water of life freely ; yet, that sinners will not come to Jesus Christ except they are made willing by the special regenerating influences of the Spirit of God. VII. We believe that for those who are ordained to eternal life, who alone will believe in Jesus Christ, there is no condemnation ; but they will be kept by the power of God, through faith, unto salvation. VIII. We believe the qualification for admission into 51 the cliurcli of Christ is, in the sight of Gocl, real piety, and in the sight of man apparent piety, and that all who are in regular standing in the church have a right to all the ordinances of his house, and baptism for their children. IX. We believe that every church has authority from the Great Head of the church to administer censures upon members who walk disorderly, and that it is not required to refer their decisions to any other earthly tribunal. X. We believe secret and family prayer, reading of the Scriptures, a religious observance of the Sabbath, a punctual attendance on the public worship of God, and such appointments of the church for prayer and confer- ence meetings, as are in accordance with the Scriptures, are important privileges and duties of professed Christians, and that a holy life is the best evidence we can give of piety. XI. We believe that, at the second coming of Christ, there will be a resurrection of the bodies, both of the just and unjust ; when all mankind will stand before the judgment seat of Christ, to receive a just and final retribution, according to the deeds done in the body ; and that the wicked will then go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal. ORDER OF THE MEETINGS OF THE CHURCH. Meetings are called at the pleasure of the pastor or of the committee, or on the request of any three of the 62 brethren, and are to be notified from the pulpit, the special business of the meetings to be made known at the same time if desired. The pastor is the moderator and the clerk, but the church may, at any time, choose any of the brethren to these offices, or a minister of a neighboring church for their moderator. Everything is to be done in the church in an orderly manner, according to the establish- ed rules of civil and ecclesiastical bodies. The brethren are to speak their sentiments freely, but in order, one speaking at a time, and the majority of votes is to decide all matters acted on by the church. Every member rises and addresses the moderator, and, on making a motion, has it reduced to writing, if desired by the moderator or brethren, and when seconded, it is read by the moderator, and submitted to the considera- tion of the church. The moderator decides all questions of order, but there may be an appeal from his decision to the church. When a report of a committee is presented, a vote to accept and adopt it is an expression of concurrence with the views of the committee. The church consider it to be the duty of the members to attend the meetings, and their attendance is expected when not prevented by necessity or great inconvenience. DEACONS. John Bennett, chosen deacon at the organization of the church; having served for sometime, w^as or- dained under the election of the church, March 8, 1G95. 53 Ebenezer Finney : the records do not show when he was chosen. These first deacons and their wives died in March, 1738, and were buried in one grave. Samuel Barrows, ) Ordained deacons July 25, 1725. Ephraim Wood : j No church record of their deaths. o -ITT 1 Chosen January 30, 1735, ordained bAMUED Wood, K^ i r i^to^t t^ i?- a-^a Tj, Tj, ' ^ March 5, 1737. Deacon linney died Ebenezer Jb iNNEY : • tvt i irr^r J m Marcli, 1745. T> rr 1 Chosen in Nov., 1745. Dea. Tucker J3ENJAMIN IdCKER, i- j t i n inoi J no T\^^ Gershom Cobb- ^^led July 9, 1781, aged 76; Dea. J Cobb removed to Harwick. Benjamin Thomas, chosen May 23, 1776, died July 9, 1800, aged 78. IcHABOD Morton, chosen January 3, 1782, died May 10, 1809. Abner Bourne, chosen June 8, 1796, died May 25, 1806. Joshua Eddy, chosen Oct. 10, 1805, died May 1, 1833. Perez Thomas, chosen May 4, 1803, died May 21, 1828. Calvin Tillson, chosen August 13, 1819. Samuel Saivipson, chosen June 30, 1826, died July 30, 1850. James Sproat, chosen October 26, 1834, died April 15, 1837, aged 63. John Freeman, chosen October 26, 1834, died Feb. 20, 1847, aged 59. Horatio G. Wood, chosen Dec. 2, 1842. He was dis- missed in order to become a member of the central Congregational church, March 25, 1849. Nathan Bassett : he was deacon of the church which worshipped at the old meeting-house, 1746, Mr. Weld, minister; but we have no record of his election. 54 Ephraim Wood, also, who was received in 1715, served many years as deacon, but there is no record of his election or ordination. Jonathan Cobb : his name is set to the instrument of "Mutual Confession" in 1738, as deacon; he early belonged to the church, but the time of his admission does not appear. Died Aug. 5, 1728, aged 68 years. MEMBERS WHO BECAME MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL. Peter Teacher, Jr., graduate at Harvard College 1737 j settled at Attleborough. Samuel Palmer, graduated at Harvard 1727 ; settled at Falmouth. Nathan Prince, graduated at Harvard 1718; settled at Rattan, Honduras. (See subsequent notice.) Azel "Washburn, graduated at Dartmouth College 1786 ; settled at Rutland, Vermont. IsAiH "Weston, graduated at Brown University 1793 ; settled in Fairhaven. Otis Thompson, graduated at Brown 1798 ; settled in Rehoboth. James Sproat, graduated at Yale College 1741; settled at Guilford, Conn., 25 years, and afterwards at Philadelphia, 25 years, and died 1793. S.T.D. Nor. Car. and Philadelphia: — "Dr. Sproat was a respectable divine and loved to dwell on the peculiar doctrines of the Gospel. He was held in high esteem, and evinced great piety and submission under the heaviest afflic- 65 tlons. In the midst of the yellow fever, when but two or three usually attended a funeral, more than fifty attended his ; and some relig- ious Africans volunteered to carry his bier. He was converted under the ministry of Mr. Tenant, and was settled in his church after his death." — Allen's Bio., Die. Benaiah Pratt, was not a graduate, but preached in Maine in the new settlements. Daniel 0. Morton : he graduated at Middleberry College 1813 ; settled in New Shoreham, Ver. ; Win- chendon, Mass., and died, 1852, in Bristol, N. H. Noaii Alden : he was not a graduate, but was a man of distinction, and a useful preacher. He settled first at Stafford and afterwards at Bellingham ; was a member of the convention which formed the Constitution in 1780, and also of that which adopted the Constitution of the U. S. A. HiLYARD Bryant : he graduated at Amherst College in 1831; settled at Wallingford, Conn., as an Episcopalian. Charles W. Wood ; graduated at Brown University 1834, at Andover Seminary 1837; settled in Ashby, Mass. William Barker, died while pursuing his theological studies in Andover Seminary. NOTICE OP SOME OF THE MEMBERS. Although it may seem invidious, the committee feel constrained to notice some of the members of the church who have gone before us, with some particularity : — 56 JACOB THOMPSON, ESQ. An original member of the cliurch, a man of distinc- tion as a surveyor and magistrate ; he surveyed the " twenty-six men's purchase," and divided it among the proprietors in lots, and also the proprietaries of several neighboring towns. He was a man of great weight of character, and took the lead in the deposition of Mr. Palmer. Several of his letters to neighboring ministers on that subject are still extant. He was considered a man of sound piety, and a pillar in the church, and greatly respected. 1724. — SAMUEL PRINCE, ESQ. A print in Boston, called the " New England Weekly Journal," of July 15, 1728 says, "He was one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace ; and five of the Justices of the county, and an ancient captain of the town, (July 5,) were bearers at his funeral. He at first lived in Sandwich, then at Rochester, of which he was princi- pal proprietor, and was successively representative of each of these towns. He was religious from his youth, and much improved in Scriptural knowledge; of a public spirit and an open heart. In 1723 he came to Middleborough with his wife and resided with Rev. Mr. Thacher, who married his daughter. Mrs. Prince was the daughter of Gov. Hinkley, of Plymouth Colony, by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. He was father of Rev. Mr. Prince, of the Old South Church, Boston, the author of the Chronology. He was buried, 57 by his own request, under the shade of two oaks at the west end of the new burying ground, (the oaks are still standing,) and afterwards removed to a family tomb in the same yard. 1723. — NATHAN PRINCE, Son of the above, was educated at Harvard College, where he was fourteen years tutor and five years a fellow, and afterwards an Episcopal missionary in the Island of Rattan, Bay of Honduras, where he died, July 25, 1748, aged 50 years. He w^as author of a book on the resurrection of our Lord, and of another on the government of the college, both of which were in great estimation. "He is ranked among the great men of this country." — Aller^s Bio. Dictionary. 1725. — MERCY PRINCE, ALICE PRINCE, Daughters of said Samuel, and Elizabeth Ames, (1742) their cousin, were very important helpers in the church, and the tradition is that they promoted the presentation of the silver cup ; they may well be called a family of Princes. Elizabeth married Joshua Lazell, and lived in the house where James Sparrow now lives. Alice mar- ried Samuel Gray, of Harwich. 1712, 1725 — MADAM THACHER AND MADAM MORTON Were grandmothers to many parishioners, and mothers in Israel, ready with every good device and every good work ; the pilgrim spirit was in their hearts, and the pilgrim blood was in their veins, and for nearly forty 58 years the church had no better helpers; both our records and tradition bear testimony to their active labors and charity. 1735. _ SAMUEL EDDY, JR. He was among the best hopes of the church. His wife Lydia, was sister to John Alden, the centenarian, whom some of us remember. They joined the church at an early age, and we find his name in every impor- tant committee, and especially in the troublous times which followed Mr. Thacher's death, he was relied on as well qualified to meet the crisis. The committee of the General Court said, "We could not understand these difficulties till Samuel Eddy came before us." The old people have told us, '' we had no member of so much intel- ligence, firm and constant piety, and sound discretion in the things of the kingdom." His early death was much lamented. His two sons, Samuel and Nathan, were also members. They removed to the State of New York, and were fathers and grandfathers of a number of eminent ministers of the Gospel. 1729. — MERCY BENNETT. She was the wife of Nehemiah Bennett, a man of good report in the church. She was a centenarian, and said " Peregrine White had been in her house." The great snow of 1717 was five or six feet deep. She said that " she was then eighteen years of age, and that she and two other girls of her age walked to Plymouth in that snow to meeting on the Lord's day, thirteen miles, and returned the same day." She was firm and consis- tant, and persevering in her piety to the end. 69 1736. — JOANNA PADDOCK. She was wife of Ichabod Paddock, and daughter of Thomas Faunce, the last " Ruling Elder " in the Plym- outh Church, the son of a pilgrim, and died in 1745, aged 99 years; a man known in all the churches as '' mighty in the Scriptures, strong in the faith, of great discretion, and deep and exemplary piety. A letter from Rev. Mr. Thacher to him, on the subject of the great revival, is extant, and soon to be published. In his last sickness, he showed the rock on which the pilgrims landed ; spoke much of the life to come, and to one, who mentioned to him the good he had done, said, " tell me not of that, if I am saved it will be through free, sovereign grace, abounding in Christ Jesus." The daughter was a Christian worthy of such a sire. 1708-20. — ISAAC FULLER. He was son of the pastor, and a distinguished phy- sician ; he lived in the " Fuller neighborhood," and practiced in the neighboring towns, and was often called to distant places. He was honored by the name *^ Mountebank," which was only vouchsafed to those who were able to prescribe an infallible remedy for all kinds of diseases, or supposed to be so. 1731 — LUKE SHORT. The record by Mr. Thacher is, " I suppose him near one hundred years old." The following account is from a magazine printed some thirty years since, and which agrees with the reminiscences of him by the old people whom we knew. " He was born in Dartmouth, England, 60 where lie lived till he was sixteen years of age. He recollected to have seen Oliver Cromwell, and to have been present when Charles I. was beheaded in 1649. He led a seafaring life, and settled in Marblehead, and thence removed to Middleborough, and had a family of children. At one hundred years of age he worked on •his farm, and his mental faculties were but little impaired. He was sitting one day in his field at this advanced age, when his memory was fixed on his early life, and he called to mind the fact of his having heard the celebrated John Flavel preach, and his text, " If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema marenatha." He also recollected much of the sermon, and also that he said, in the blessing, ^ how shall I bless this whole assembly, when every person in it who loveth not the Lord Jesus Christ is anathema maranatha.' Whereupon a Baronet fell to the floor with solemn conviction. These recollections called his attention to the subject of religion, and he obtained mercy and joined the First Church in Middleborough, and gave pleasing evidence of piety until his death in 1746, aged 116." His house where he lived and died was on the rising ground about one hundred rods southwest of Deacon Tilson's. Among the aged survivors of the great awakening and the wars, and troublous times, whom some of us remember, we would mention Dea. Benjamin Thomas, Barzillai Thomas and John Alden. Dea. Thomas, though not of a cultivated mind in other things, was well versed in the Scriptures, of inflexible virtue, sound and clear orthodoxy, and conscientious in the perform- ance of known duty, holding on upon the old landmarks and not letting them go. " He appeared to have a 61 and discerning mind, and active in duty. He was humbling sense of the depravity of his own heart and his own unworthiness of any favor from God, and said all his dependence was on the free grace of God." — Mr, BarJier'sfun. sermon. In 1782, he was a representative, and in 1788, a mem- ber of the convention which adopted the Federal Con- stitution. A bill was under discussion for repealing the law of primogeniture. The deacon declared his doubts, as the Scriptures showed special favors for the first horU' A Boston gentleman said, " the Deacon mistook the Scriptures, for they said that Jacob, though the j'ounger brother, inherited the birthright." The deacon said, " the gentleman had forgotten to tell us how he obtained it, how Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage, and how Jacob deceived his father, pretending to be Esau, and how his mother helped on the deception — he had for- gotton all that!' The laugh w^as at first against the deacon, but at last turned against the gentleman from Boston. 1742. — BARZILLAI THOMAS. He was 70 years a member of this church, having been admitted at the age of twelve years. He was con- sidered as the most faultless and quiet person who ever lived among us. He appeared to have great religious enjoyment, and that constantly, conversing on nothing but "the things of the kingdom;" of a placid and hum- ble spirit, and well read in the divine word. 1742.— JOHN ALDEN Was grandson of the pilgrim of that name, and lived to the advanced age of 102 years. He was of a clear, sound 62 always at his post on Lord's day, and at meetings of the church, although he lived four or five miles from the place of meeting. The Bible and the doctrines of grace were his ''household words" and his firm reliance in hoping for salvation. At the age of ninety-eight he gave an important deposition with great clearness and promptness. He was asked if his life seemed long ? His answer was, " No ; short ; but important things depend upon this short life." His mind and body seemed unimpaired, when he was visited with an accute disease of which he died. His example and promptness in decision were of great benefit to the church. 1786. — ISAAC THOMPSON, ESQ. Was a man of great usefulness in the church and Com- monwealth. He was thirty-three years a member, and for twenty or thirty years a Representative or a Senator, and for a long time a Selectman • was esteemed an honest man, and well approved ; was prompt and punctual at meeting, and an intelligent and active Christian. 1812. — JOHN WESTON. He had, as was supposed, embraced religion forty years before, but had fallen into infidelity on reading the book of Thomas Paine ; at the age of eighty he was raised from his fall and died in peace. Among others admitted in old age were, in 1823, Josiah Clarke, 79, and Mercy Freeman, 77 ; in 1742, Elizabeth Lewis, 88 ; in 1786, Hannah Tinkham, 94. 1807. — CALVIN TILLSON, JR. Made a credible profession j was admitted at the age 63 of thirteen, and died at twenty-four. The whole eleven years of his religious life was active and warm hearted. He was intelligent and familiar with the Scriptures. He was much esteeemd by the church, and his early death much lamented. 1742 — WOODWARD TUCKER. Was admitted at the age of nine years, and died aged 28, leaving a good report in the church. NEW SOCIETIES AND CHURCHES. The town of Middleborough, with its present bound- aries, was incorporated by Plymouth Colonial Govern- ment, June 1, 1669, about which time the settlers came in. By law, the whole town was one parish, and con- tinued to be one about fifty years. THE WEST PRECINCT. This was incorporated 1719, July 19, and included all the southwest part of the town northerly to a line drawn from near the mouth of Fall Brook, westerly by Trout Brook to the Taunton line, including also a part of the town of Taunton. The church there was organized October 12, 1725. Our records do not show the names of the persons dismissed in order to become members of that church. Two, Ebenezer Richmond and William Strowbridge, and probably theirwives, were among the original members; and March 24, 1727, Elizabeth Hacket was dismissed to join that church. 64 The first minister was the Rev. Benjamin Ruggles, a graduate of Yale, in 1721, after him Eev. Caleb Turner, a graduate at Yale in 1758, after him Thomas Crafts, a graduated at Harvard in 1783, after him Rev. John Shaw, a graduate of Brown in 1805, then Rev. Homer Barrows, a graduate of Amherst in 1831, then Rev. Mr. Bragg, a graduate of Amherst in 1838. A new meeting- house was built by that church and parish in 1835. The present pastor is the Rev. Calvin Chapman, a graduate of Bowdoin College in 1839. / HALIFAX. In 1735 the present town of Halifax was incorporated, and included within its lines a portion of what had been before Middleborough, our lines having before extended to Winnatuxet River. The following named members of our church were dismissed with letters testimonial, with a view of becoming original members of the church to be gathered in that town, which forthwith took place : Hannah Fuller, Phebe Standish, Ichabod Standish, Abi- gail Tinkham, Elizabeth Fuller, Mary Wood, Elizabeth V Thompson, Mary Thompson, Sen'r., Mary Thompson, Lidea Cobb, Sarah Drew, Elizabeth Drew, Isaac Tink- liam, ^benezer Fuller, John Fuller, Timothy Wood, •j^homas Thompson, JEbenezer Cobb, and John Drew, Jr. The record adds, " Their dismissions and recommenda- tions are to be signed by the pastor, the deacons and Justice White." This was October 13, 1734. A Congre- gational church and the worship have always since been sustained in that town. John Cotton, the first pastor, was a man of considerable distinction, after him Rev. Ephrahim Briggs, and then Rev. Abel Richmond, 65 exercised each a long pastorate.* They have had no settled. Minister since Mr. Rowland's dismission in 1835, but have recently invited Mr. Kimball to become their pastor, and are erecting a new meeting-house. TITICUT PARISH. There was a revival in Titicut under the preach- ing of Mr. Byram, in 1741, and a parish incorpo- rated February 4, 1743. But as the churches of Bridgewater and Middleborough refused to dismiss their members, no church was organized until February 16, 1748 ; and even then, no dismissions were granted under the mutual jealousy of Rev. Mr. Shaw's church and Rev. Mr. Conant's, that they would not get the right minis- ter ; the one being for an " old light " and the other for a ** new light." Rev. Isaac Bachus says, " they resolved to be restrained by such tyranny no longer." " The church increased to three score members in ten months." The meeting-house had been raised and covered in 1747, but in* 1748 a tax was laid upon the whole parish for com- pleting it, much to the ofience of the " new lights," who, it seems, did not worship in it. Mr. Bachus preached two months in it, but was turned over to the " new lights," and taxed and distrained for it, which he says was " all he got for his two months' preaching." He, however, preached among them as a Congregationalist, until a Baptist church was gathered there January 26, 1756, of which he was ordained its pastor. A dissention about baptism took the place of the ^^ old light and new light " controversy, which put all the * Note. — Rev. Wm. Patten was the second pastor, and was settled there in 1757. Rev. Elbridge G. Howe, and Rev. Freeman P. Rowland, succeeded Mr. Richmond, each in a short pastorate ; since which time there has been a stated supply successively by Rev. E. Paine, and Rev. E. Sanford. 9 66 churches of New England in commotion. Several councils were called, one of them represented thirty- seven churches. Some contended that there should be no communion with such as did not baptize their children ; some contended for immersion, and that there should be no communion with such as were not im- mersed. Mr. Bachus was at first very liberal, and though he would not baptize infants, he allowed it to be done by other ministers, and he was willing to com- mune with such as were baptized only by sprinkling ; but he says he found John Bimyan's reasons for open communion were unsatisfactory to him, and he thought best to take the separate stand. The Titicut Parish extends to the west precinct line, and to Purchade Brook, with the exception of certain estates which yet belonged to the old parish ; it also includes a part of Bridgewater to the " four mile line." Mr. Solomon Reed, a graduate of Harvard College in 1739, was settled in 1756, and continued pastor till his death in 1785; he was succeeded by Eev. David Gurney, who was a graduate there in 1785, and was pastor till his death 1815. He was succeeded by Rev. Phillip Colby, ordained Jan. 1, 1817, and who continued to be their pastor till his death, Feb. 27, 1851. They built a new meeting-house in 1808, and it had recently been remodelled and finished, when on Feb. 29, 1852, it was entirely burned down, four days before the time set for the ordination of their pastor elect, Mr. Thomas E. Bliss, and the ordination was postponed. A new Meet- ing-house has since been erected, and Mr. Bliss was or- dained in it June 2, 1852. NORTH ROCHESTER. In 1793, the southeasterly part of the town was 67 incorporated with a part of the towns of Rochester and Freetown, and constituted a parish, now known by the name of North Rochester. In 1794 the north line was perambulated, and was run from Pocksha Pond, by the north line of the farms of Nehemiah Bennet, Esq. and Martin Keith, Esq., and thence due east to the line of the town of Carver. It seems a church had been gathered there previously to the act of incorporation. Jacob Bennett and his wife, Hope Bennett, whose maiden name was Nelson, and Elijah Perry and his wife, Sarah Perry, were members, and said to have come from our church. It is not improbable that they joined it under the ministry of Rev. T. Weld, as Mr. Bennett belonged to Mr. Weld's meeting, and we have no records of what the church under Mr. Weld did, or of its members. Mr. Bennett returned here in 1785, and his wife communed with our church, but it is not remem- bered that Mr. Bennett did. A meeting-house was built soon after the act of incorporation, and the ordi- nances were administered to the church. Rev. Calvin Chaddock being the first pastor. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1791 ; and since his death a new meeting-house has been built, and their present pastor is Rev. Isaac Briggs, a graduate of Brown University in 1795. It seems that a Mr. West preached a number of years at 'Sowampset, and that the people on the east side of the pond attended his meeting, usually passing over in boats ; that the church was organized under his ministry, and that this church became connected with the North Rochester precinct. We have no records of that church, but have a diary of Mr. Bennett, from which it appears that such was the fact, and that he was a member, and that several of our church who joined 68 under the ministry of Mr. Weld became connected with that church. CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The organization of this church took place in the meeting-house of the first precinct, March 25, 1847. Rev. E. N. Kirk, of Boston, preached, and Rev. L W. Putnam, pastor of the first church, gave the right hand of fellowship. The transaction took place imder the advice of an ecclesiastical council. The establishment of a society connected with the church took place about the same time, in pursuance of the provisions of the Revised Statutes; first, by a voluntary agreement of members, and then by a warrant from a Justice of the Peace, issued upon the petition of the members, autho- rising the first meeting. The society is not by lines, but expects its members from the first precinct, on the westerly side of the Nemasket River. They built their present elegant house of worship at the " Four Corners," finished in 1849. Their first and present pastor. Rev. Isaiah C. Thacher, a graduate of Union College, 1841, was installed August 16, 1849, having before been settled in Mattapoiset, (Rochester.) Their covenant and articles of faith are identical with those of this church. The deacons are Hratoio G. Wood, Ebenezer Pickens, and James D. Wilder. The Central Church, at its organiza- tion, consisted of thirty-three members, who, at their request, were dismissed from the First Church, and cor- dially recommended for the enterprise. The following are their names : — Cornelius Burgess, Mrs. Abigail W. Wood, Mrs. Melissa Burgess, Miss Emily T. Wood, Mrs. Betsey T. Burgess, Adoniram J. Cushman, Horatio G. Wood, Mrs. Ann S. Cushman, 69 Consider Bobbins, Mrs. Ruth Reed, James D. Wilder, Mrs. Bathsheba Wilder, James Warren, Mrs. Margaret Warren, Nathan Perkins, Jr., John Perkins^ Mrs. Ann S. Perkins, Ebenezer Pickens, Mrs. Mary B. Pickens, Mrs. Abigail S. Pickens, Miss Caroline M. Pickens, Nathan King, Mrs. Eliz'bth H. Washbnrn, " Olivia A. Hitchcock, " Freelove P.Rounseville, " Betsey Thomas, « Elizabeth Wood, Miss Eleanor B. Wood, Mrs. Almira Goddard, Miss Sarah Jackson, Mrs. Zilpha M. Clark, Miss Hope Writhington, Mrs. Mary Dunham. Admissions since the organization. Miss Harriet Rounseville, Mrs. Mary C. Thacher, 1847. Mrs. Lucy C. Wood, « Ellen Wood, " Elisabeth Whitmore, 1848. Mrs. Lucy Bourne, Joseph Sampson, Mrs. Harriet Eaton, " Maria L. Harlow, 1849. Branch Harlow. Andrew J. Pickens, James M. Pickens, Perry A. Wilbur, Henry D. Bassett, Edward Burt, Mrs. Elizabeth Burt, Henry Arnold, Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold, Miss Sarah Lane, 1850. John McCloud. Nathan Dunbar, Mrs. Betsey Dunbar, Miss Eveline H. Wilder, Miss Lauretta W. Wing, Elijah Burgess, Isaac D. Bump, Mrs. Juliana Bump, Miss Elizabeth Cushman, " Emily F. Perkins, Mrs, Almira E. Perkins, " Sarah Tucker, George Back, George Washburn, George H. Shaw, Mrs. Ann Maria A. Shaw? " Lydia E. Shaw, .-, Foster A. Harlow, Rufus K. Harlow Mrs. Lurany Harlow, Miss Elisabeth S. Harlow, " Harriet W. Burgess, Noah C. Perkins, Mrs. Mary Allen Perkins, John Sidwell, Mrs. Ziplia Ann Rich, Miss Eliza Ann S. Morton, 70 Mrs. Maria Adelina Davis, " Harriet N. Deane. Francis F. Eaton, Mrs. Augusta S. Eaton, " Bulah Ann S. Cole, Fanny D. Lane, Mrs. Susan F. Shaw, Miss Bathsheba L. Wilder, George L. Soule, Preston Soule, Amos Thomas, Henry Dunham, Ann Fitzpatrick, Ebenezer T. Soule, Mrs. Clarissa R. Soule, " Patia S. Doane, 1851. Miss Abigail Washburn. Mrs. Sarah A. Jenney,j " Ann M. Oilman, " Louisa Jane Dunham, " Betsey Harlow, Joshua C. Jenney, Ralph Copeland, Mrs. Nancy C. Copeland, Miss Elisabeth Bryant, Mrs. Lucy M. Pickens 1852. Mrs. A. N. Tisdale, " Hannah Goss, Miss Mary M. Southworth, Abiel Wood, Mrs. Matilda Wood. BAPTIST SOCIETIES AND CHURCHES. There are " poll parishes," not such by lines, but by the vicinity of members, such as are within convenient distances, for united, worship. The first in all this region, for fifty miles or more, was formed in Titicut June 16, 1756, under the influences of Rev. Isaac Backus, its first pastor ; the second was gathered in the west precinct, (Beach Woods,) Nov. 16, 1757 ; the third in South Middleborough August 4, 1761, and has its mem- bers both in the first precinct and North Rochester precinct, the lines of which are near their meeting- house, called The Rock. The Central Baptist Church at the Four Corners, was formed August 13, 1828, and has its members chiefly within the lines of the first precinct. Rev. Mr. Medbury was its first pastor, ordained Nov. 12, 1828, dismissed July 5, 1832; Rev. Harvey Fitz was settled August 1, 1832, dismissed May 15. 1836; Rev. 71 E. Nelson was ordained Dec. 19, 1836, and dismissed March 16, 1851; Rev. J. Aldrich settled April 7, 1851. The meeting-house was built in 1828, by Levi Peirce, Esq., and presented to the church. OTHER SOCIETIES AND CHURCHES. There are two Free Communion Baptist Churches in town. One in " Beech Woods" and one near 'Sowampset pond, both within the west precinct. There are also in town two Methodist churches, one in Fall Brook Village, and one in South Middleborough, at a place called The Spruce. There is also a Christian Baptist meeting. All the churches in town have always been in peace with each other, and rejoice in each others prosperity. THE FUND. The house now owned and occupied by Mr. James Sparrow, was built by Rev. Sylvanus Conant, whose heirs sold it with its premises to the parish. Rev. Mr. Barker de- sired to purchase it of the parish, and it was sold to him, and the sale money was funded. Afterwards the late Mr. Samuel Tinkham devised his whole farm in " the Little Precinct " to the parish, the income of which was to be for the support of the minister for the time being. This was sold and the proceeds also funded. The fund was soon sufficient, by its income, to pay the salary of the pastor, and was so appropriated until the dismissal of Rev. Mr. Eaton. By a process, yet not wholly understood, and by the erection of a parsonage, this fund w^as diminished from $9,000 to less than $3,000, so that the greater part of the salary is now raised by subscription. Mr. Tinkham and his wife were exemplary members of the church. The following is the inscription on their monument on " The Hill " where they are buried : — 72 " Erected by the direction of the First Precinct in Middleborough to the me- mory of Mr Samuel Tinkham, who died March 28, 1 796, aged 72 and four days. When in life he was benevolent to the poor, and in his last will gave all his real estate for the support of the public worship of God in this precinct. Patience, wid. of said Samuel, died Nov. 3, 1814, aged 92." THE NEW MEETING-HOUSE. The lot on which it stands, (about four acres.) was purchased of Zenas Cushman in 1827, and the House was built in 1828, at an outlay of $12 or $13,000, and chiefly paid by the sale of the pews. Nearly three acres of the land is turned out in common. The vestry was built the year following. The lot on which the parsonage stands was purchased of Hercules Cushman, in 1832, when the parsonage was built. The architect of the new meeting-house was Brother James Sproat ; it is a monument of his professional skill, and of his zeal for the decent and orderly worship of God. TABLE FURNITURE. The first set of communion ware used by the church was given by them to a Mr. Scott, for. the use of a Congregationel church in Nova Scotia, of which he was chosen pastor, and over which he was ordained pastor in our meeting-house, in or about 1780 — a church which greatly prospered under his long and faithful ministry. Ano- ther set was purchased by the church, (of pewter or block tin,) which, when the present meeting-house was built, was sold in sepa- rate pieces to different members, and with the proceeds and dona- tions of members, the present set was purchased for about $135. The small silver cup, the gift of the sisters in 1734, has always been set on the table. A large fancy silver cup, presented by the wife of Governor Bowdoin, while he resided in town, (as we are inform- ed,) is not now set on the table, but preserved as a keepsake. The following is the inscription on the small cup : — " GIVEN BY THE SISTERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN MIDDLEBOROUGH, 1734." CATALOGUE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH, MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS. The saints on earth, and all the dead, But one communion make ; All join in Christ, their living head, And of his grace partake. INDEX TO THE NAMES OF MEMBERS. ALDEN 32 John 33 Hannah 222 David 223 Judith 334 Noah 401 Solomon 427 John 617 Elijah 618 Mary 619 Elihu ALLEN 65 Mary 76 Nathaniel 305 Mary 326 David AMES 301 Elizabeth ANTONY 315 Else AT WOOD 720 John 721 Rhoda 840 Francis 841 Shadrack 962 Mary R. 1004 Joanna 1069 Sarah A. BARDEN 20 Deborah 85 Abigail 88 Stephen sr. 170 Abraham sr. 181 Mary 203 Elizabeth 204 Esther 229 Abraham, jr. BARKER 545 Joseph Rev. 579 Eunice 714 AVilliam 760 Anna 788 Elizabeth BARROWS 30 Mercy 59 Samuel 132 Samuel, jr. 133 Susanna 208 Coombs 248 Fear 274 Ruth 552 Ruth 914 Freeman BASSETT 125 Nathan 294 Nathan 302 Thankful BATES 86 Joseph sr. 144 Joanna 310 Joseph jr. 474 Mary 677 Susanna 678 Joseph BENNET 3 John 4 Deborah 147 Samuel sr. 179 Nehemiah 180 Mercy 207 Mary 215 Eleanor 216 Ruth jr. 221 Ruth sr. 273 Thankful 238 Bachelor 763 Mercy 775 Mercy 780 Jacob 2d 794 Rebecca BENSON 477 Samuel BENT 671 Experience BILLINGTON 14 Isaac 186 Mary 499 Ichabod 518 Elenor BOOTH 472 Priscilla BOURNE 563 Abner 568 Mary 575 Abigail 587 Newcomb 588 Abigail 607 Lydia 755 Abigail 765 Joseph 766 Sophia 815 Louisa 895 Lucy BRAND 1044 Joanna BRANNACK 520 Consider BRIGGS 490 John 491 Remember 522 Ebenezer 6'23 AbigaU 708 George 709 Patience 1034 Mary BROWN 561 Elizabeth BUMPAS 18 Weibra 111 Mary 405 Nathaniel BUMP 596 Mercy BRYANT 540 Margaret 580 Hannah 6-36 Jesse 637 Mercy 816 Hillyard 1055 Mercy E. BURGESS 287 Jacob 782 Temperence 1041 Cornelius 1042 Melissa BUSS 842 Martin 843 Eliza CALIMINCO, 463 CANEDY 189 Anibal 432 Elizabeth CARVER 611 Josiah 612 Jerusha CARY 536 Ichabod 537 Hannah CASWELL 56 Mary 171 Daniel 192 Mary 277 Ebe 899 Polly W. 1065 Susan H. CAVENDER 126 Ann 266 John CHAMBERLAIN 844 Joseph CHAMMUCK 383 Martha CLAPP 138 Ezra 139 WaitstiU 362 Elijah 375 Hope 437 Manasseh CLARKE 77 Nathan CLARKE 807 Josiah 808 Blary 809 Deborah P. 845 Elizabeth 1015 Zilpha CLEAVES 51 Eleanor COADE 774 Hannah COBB 17 John 22 Jonathan 23 Hope 57 Rachel 70 Lydia 119 Joanna 219 Thankful 236 Ebenezer 237 Lydia 272 Gershom 419 John jr. 421 John sr. 422 Mary 434 Patience 436 Hope 4.55 Meletiah 469 Ebenezer 470 Mary 418 Abijah 425 Mercy 628 Ebenezer 629 Lydia 644 Binney 645 Azubah 684 Mary 707 Jacob 754 Priscilla 846 Otis T. 847 Adeline 903 Olive T. COLE 473 Thomas COLWELL 966 Mary Ann COMSTOCK 1067 Saba A. CONANT 101 Elizabeth 46S Svlvanus, 1 492 Abigail CORNISH 593 WiUiam 1056 Louisa COX o07 Hauuali ^ 75 cox 398 John sr. 410 John jr. 430 Hannah 431 Mary CROCKER 290 L3-dia CROSSMAN 209 Barnabas 253 Hannah CURTIS 759 Sally CUSHMAN 368 William 369 Susanna 445 Ichabod 497 Deborah 548 Susanna 565 Mercy 741 Sylvia 930 Susanna 1012 Adoniram J. 1013 Ann S. CUTBARTI 16 Samuel DARLING 42 Joanna 149 Thomas 265 Rebecca 365 John 423 Elizabeth 715 Daniel 716 Polly 848 Alanson 849 Hannah H. 850 Aurilla DEAN 964 Eliab 986 Lydla 987 Lois 1047 RuthE. DELANO 89 David sr. 168 Meribah 169 Ann 438 David jr. DEXTER 1060 Elijah Rev. DOANE 1031 Calvin DOGGETT 803 Eliphalet DOTY 615 Isaac DREW 78 John 99 Sarah 173 EUzabeth DUNHAM 162 Ephraim 211 Lemuel 260 Elizabeth 288 Joshua 289 Ketura 404 Ephraim 433 Mercy 983 Henry EARLE 1021 Halford 1022 Elizabeth EASTMAN 932 Mary Jane EATON 15 Samuel 226 Francis 886 William, Rev. 890 Lydia EDDY 60 Malatiah 61 Samuel 100 Abigail 234 Jabez sr. 243 Samuel jr. 244 Lydia 263 .Jedidah 341 Zachariah 342 Mercy 450 Jabez jr. 451 Patience 516 Nathan 535 Samuel 543 Susanna 633 Joshua 634 Lydia 665 Seth 666 Jerusha 681 Silvanus 682 Nathaniel 683 Lydia 718 Zechariah 719 Sarah 761 Anna 797 Atby 851 Thalia 852 Anne Juliet 898 Lydia 915 Betsey 916 Betsey M. 944 Joshua 955 Jane Ellen 967 Charles E. 968 Eliza 969 Susan M. 970 Ann Elizabeth 988 Charlotte E. 1009 Lucy Ann 1010 Mary Jane 1059 Melinda B. 1068 Elira Jane EDSON 853 Charlotte ELLIS 190 Elizabeth 384 Elizabeth jr. 623 Lucia 677 Deborah 680 Southworth 971 Susanna M. 984 Lucia C. ELMES 172 Sarah 524 Elkanah 792 Leonard 804 Eliphalet jr. 817 Eliphalet sr. 818 Chloe 854 Lavinia 855 Louisa FAUNCE 476 Abigail FELIX 324 Thomas jr. FINNEY 240 Ebenezer 246 Jane 354 Nelson FINNEY 586 Sarah 609 Martha 657 Margaret 819 Jane FOLEY 1035 James FREEMAN 486 Bethiah 676 John 820 Hannah 856 Mercy 893 Mary 972 Jane 1061 Virtue M. FULLER 1 Samuel, Rev. 2 Elizabeth 28 John sr. 29 Mercy 41 Mary 91 Isaac 94 Ebenezer 95 Elizabeth 97 Hannah 103 Elizabeth 146 Silence 151 Lydia 155 Mercy 156 John 247 Jabez 276 Mary 304 Timothy 370 Mary 647 Betty 673 Lucy 674 Sally 685 Sophia 799 Sylvia 857 Lauretta Ann 878 Jabez 879 Sally 881 Susan B. 1050 Consider GIBBS 167 Elizabeth GISBY 773 William 928 Thomas GODDARD 1045 Almira GRIFFETII 2.51 Elizabeth 283 Mary GUMEE 220 Sarah HACKET 48 Elizabeth 150 Lydia HALL 453 Mercy HARLOW 632 Betsey 767 Mercy 769 Hepzibah 936 David 989 Stephen jr. 990 Jonathan 991 Sarah 992 Betsey B. 993 Mary L. 1029 Bethiah 0. HARRINGTON 966 Lucy HARRIS 420 Seth HASKELL 49 Murv 594 Abigail 598 Zebulon HASKINS 973 Jerusha HATHAWAY 331 Mary HAYFORD 225 Mary 239 Benjamin sr. HILL 945 Harriet HITCHCOCK 1038 Henry D. 1039 Olivia HOLMES 625 'Ihankful 858 Rufus 8.59 George L. 860 Eunice HOWLAND 382 Joseph HUBBARD 728 Serena JACKSON 278 Joanna 335 John jr. 462 !!^arah 9U9 Sarah JENNY 416 KIDDER 687 Sally KING 79 Ichabod 83 Judith 279 Mary 787 Mercy 925 Nathan KNOWLTON 185 Martha 188 Thomas 388 Prudence LAWRENCE 965 Sarah LAZELL 312 Joshua LEACH 316 Abiel 361 Susanna 435 Sarah .504 John 505 Betty 517 Phebe 704 Susanna 1048 George M. 1049 Betsey E. LEONARD 66 Charity 443 Margery 446 John sr. 6(13 Lucy 686 Betsey 888 Elizabeth 951 Sallv 76 LEWIS 26 Elizabeth 3i Mary 285 Shubael 286 Hazadiah 381 Elizabeth liING 658 Jane LITTLEJOHN 805 Deliverence 821 Miriam 861 Hannah 1062 Elizabeth LOTELL 31 Mary 367 John jr. 408 Lydia 413 Thankful 449 Joseph 758 Jerusha LUCAS 599 Elijah 600 Sarah 822 Job LYON 201 Samuel 202 Joanna 228 Bethiah 293 William 329 Jedediah 389 Martha 390 Sarah 391 Phebe 589 Mary MACIIAAN 152 Patience McDOWALL 641 John McGLATULIN 1070 Freeman T. 1077 Harriet MANSFIELD l(i9 Andrew 110 Sarah MAKGAltET 36 MAXFIELD 521 Catherine MILLER 157 Lydia 264 Uaitstill 409 John jr. 560 Sarah 882 Susanna MORSE 5 Jonathan 6 Mary 50 Mary jr. 284 Martha 498 Desire 549 Isaac 574 Thankful 626 Desire 712 Sage 889 Lucy W. 891 Kuth 1016 Marston S. 1053 Charles S. 1082 Mary M. MORTON 80 Hancah 127 Mercy 495 IchaSod MORTON 496 Deborah 662 Daniel 0. 789 Ilepzibah 802 Lendall P. 904 Eliza S. 910 Hannah D. MUXHAM 533 Edmund NICHOLS 974 Lucia Maria NORCDTT 622 Mary 905 Mary NYE 73 Elizabeth OLIVER 528 Peter jr. 531 Sarah ORCUTT 975 Harriett ORRINGTON 954 Mary Ann OSGOOD 942 Adeline H. PADDOCK 210 Tchabod 261 Joanna 699 Lydia 798 Julia PAINE 791 Emerson, Rev. PALMER 21 Thomas, Rev. 142 Samuel 158 Elizabeth 184 Elizabeth jr. 296 Job PARKER 461 Joseph PARLOW 153 Hannah 448 Hannah PERKINS 749 Lothrop 750 Mercy 790 John 863 Nathan jr. 1023 Eunice 1043 Ann PEGGY 303 PERU 444 PIERCE 642 Experience PICKENS 890 Ebenezer 897 Mary B. 943 Caroline M. loas Abigail S. POMROV 475 Hannah 485 Francis jr. POOL 9ij6 Samuel 907 Lydia POKTER 620 Mercy 729 Sibil 776 Sarah POWERS 500 Stephen 501 Lydia PRATT 27 Thomas 191 Hannah 200 Phebe 227 Jane 270 John 394 Eleazer sr. 396 Joanna 400 Samuel 3d 407 Hannah sr. 440 Samuel jr. 441 Jerusha 466 Elizabeth 604 Sarah 610 Margaret 621 Benaiah 624 Lucy 646 Benjamin 772 Thomas 823 Lydia 824 Phebe 864 Olive 963 Betsey 970 William 1024 Benjamin F. 1025 Abby B. 1026 Mahala S. 1032 Thomas A. PRINCE 117 Nathan 12(t Samuei 121 Mercy 128 Mercy 129 Alice PRINCE 314 PURRINGTON 256 Hezekiah 257 Jlercy 507 Mercy PUTNAM 939 Israel W. Rev. 941 Julia Ann 1006 Harriot O. 1036 ^V•illiam F. 1057 Julia Maria RANSOM 130 Sarah RAYMOND 62 87 James 1C4 John sr. 187 Elizabeth 213 John jr. 254 Mercy 255 Alice 291 Christiana 325 Barnabas 330 Patience 373 Elizabeth jr. 393 Ebenezer 457 Ttiomas 458 Mary 459 Amo.s 460 Peter REDDING 62 Ebenezer 123 Jlercy 245 Bennet 353 Deborah 426 John REDDING 439 WilUam 467 Thomas 478 Joanna 494 Thankful 508 Sarah jr. 513 Fear 597 Luther REED 937 Ruth RICHMOND 58 Ebenezer RICKARD 205 Elkanah 233 Bethiah 374 Japheth RIDER 756 Jael RIPLEY 576 Tilson 688 Hezekiah 689 Priscilla ROBBINS 1030 Consider ROGERS 108 Sarah ROUNSEVILLE 931 Freelove Q. SAMBO 415 SAMPSON 67 Samuel 193 Obadiah 206 Mary 224 Bethiah 562 Thankful 732 Samuel 733 Lydia SATERY 479 Mary 667 Daniel 668 Huldah 1063 Thomas 1064 Penelope 1084 Rhoda J. SEARS 333 David 399 Phebe 703 Abiah SHAW 483 Elkanah 527 Elizabeth 529 Thomas 530 Mary 557 William 558 Lydia 572 James 573 Lois 648 Isaac 651 Samuel 654 Mark 1076 Lydia 1078 Francis M. 1079 Beujaniin 1080 Bethiah SHORT 197 Luke sr. SHURTLIFP 1081 Zilpha SIMMONS 447 Martha 77 SMITH 63 Jonathan 90 Abigail 154 Sarah 161 James 309 Kachel 313 Deborah 318 Jonathan jr. 360 Samuel 392 Sarah 417 Experience 564 Susanna 679 Levi 690 Jauips 691 Patience 865 Lydia 977 Mahala 1046 Susanna B. 1054 Elizabeth S. SNO^ 317 Jonathan SOULE 55 Martha 442 John jr. 464 Rebecca 465 Kachel 471 Esther 554 Sarah 555 Lydia 664 James 2d 710 John 711 Joanna 866 James 867 Ruth 952 Irene 978 Isaac 3d 979 Priscilla 980 Rebecca 1011 Alfred B. 1051 Hannah W. 1052 Marcia SOUTHU'ORTH 69 Esther 135 Kathaniel 137 Jael 308 Rebecca SPARROW 643 Rhoda 734 Josiah 735 Minerva 825 Bathsheba SPROAT 136 Experience 143 Abigail 292 James 323 Ebeuezer 793 James 827 Lucy 868 Thomas 883 Wary STANDISH 194 Ichabod 198 Phebe 740 Irene 826 Josiah 0. 900 Jane STAPLES 9^9 Simeon STROWBRIDGE 106 William 107 Margaret STURTEVANT 195 Moses 196 Klizabeth 627 Sarah 731 Abigail 764 Priscilla 779 Eunice 795 Fanny SWIFT 786 Lucy 828 Josephjr. 829 Mercy 830 Lucy jr. THACHER 35 Peter, Rey. 47 Mary 183 Mary 262 Peter jr. 275 Samuel 299 Thomas 306 John 352 Susanna 454 Oxenbndge THAYER 321 Abigail THOMAS 43 Mary 44 David 45 Susanna 64 Lydia 81 Jeremiah sr. 96 Elizabeth 98 Jlary 105 Elizabeth jr. 115 Hannah 103 Miriam 218 Susanna 238 Henry 249 Abigail 250 Annah 258 Noah 271 Abigail 281 Mary 282 Mary 298 Israel 322 Mary 328 Benoni S50 Eleazer 385 Phebe 386 Sarah 387 AbigaU 402 Sarah 403 Asa 424 William 425 Benjamin 452 Harzillai 484 Elizabeth 506 Elizabeth 509 Lucy • 510 Lemuel 532 Keziah 544 Daniel 546 David 547 ChurchiU 550 Deborah 556 Mercy 566 Thankful 602 Abigail 608 Nathan sr. 638 Zilpah 649 Perez 650 Sarah 669 Zenas 070 Mary 692 William THOMAS 700 Edward 701 Lydia 702 Betsey 736 Jacob 737 Lucy 738 Hope 743 Silvanus 744 Susanna 785 Serena 869 Daniel 884 Silas 885 Eleazer 887 Azel 892 Phebe 894 Betsey 917 Hannah 918 Seneca 919 Hope 920 Eunice 921 Anna 922 Lucia Ann 923 Uinslow 924 Huldah 957 Lothrop jr. 958 Louisa F. 959 Saba S. 960 Mary Ann 661 Mary H. 1017 Phebe 1071 Seneca R. 1072 Zilpha B. 1073 Melinda 1074 Clarissa Jane THOMPSON 9 Jacob 10 Abigail 134 Mary 159 Mary 235 Thomas sr. 268 Caleb 269 Abigail 376 John 418 Lydia 569 Caleb jr. 670 Mary 581 VAiiiiam 682 Deborah 583 Isaac 584 Lucy 685 Freelove 640 Otis 655 Weltha 656 Lydia 705 Reuel 706 Nathaniel 722 Lydia 723 Lucy 724 .Mary 725 Irene 730 Ezra 770 Arad 871 Marietta T. 872 Cordelia 926 Charles F. 927 Fiorantha 935 Cephas 981 AnnaT. 994 Venus 995 Jane 996 Benjamin 1007 Sarah T. 1027 Mary H. TILSON 480 Ann TILSON 515 Silence 652 Calvin 653 Joanna 693 Calvin jr. 739 Hannah 796 Joanna 873 Judith TINKHAM 11 Ebenezer 12 Elizabeth 19 Hester 24 Patience 25 Priscilla 37 Mary 40 Ephraim jr. 46 Ephraim sr. 72 Joanna 74 Mary 93 Isaac sr. 112 Hannah 145 Mary 148 Seth 214 Abijah 267 Jlary a36 Peter sr. 337 Samuel 3d. 338 Susanna 345 Joseph 346 John jr. 347 Hannah 348 Priscilla 349 Patience 357 Martha 358 Agnes 359 Fsther 897 Hannah 428 Ebenezer 482 I.-^aac 519 Hannah 526 Sarah 551 Chloe 577 Lucy 578 Ruth 592 Jeremiah 595 Hannah 601 Mary 614 Elizabeth 631 Sarah 660 Squire 661 Anna 663 Silas 771 John 781 Orin 806 Susanna 831 Elizabeth 901 Barbara 933' Betsey 938 Harvey 985 Jane 997 Oliver G. 1058 Sarah Jane TISDALE 605 Jacob 694 Hannah TORRY 590 Samuel 591 Mary 717 Lj dia TOT MAN 502 Experience TRIBOU 695 Bathsheba 78 TUCKER 164 Benjamin 165 Sarah 327 Woodward 489 Sarah jr. 541 Benjamin jr. 635 Samuel 746 Jedidah 757 Hannah 912 Susanna 933 Mandana TUPPER 176 Ichabod 259 Thomas 411 Rebecca TURNER 456 EUzabeth 616 PrisciUa TYNER 1075 Sarah TALLER 606 Mercy VINICA 998 Rachel 999 Dorlisca N. 1000 Lydia VAUGHAN 38 Joseph 39 Joanna sr. 92 Deborah 113 John 114 Jerusha 131 Joanna 166 Faithful 230 Desire 241 Hinksman 297 Jabez 319 John jr. 320 Jerusha jr. 351 EUsha 363 Daniel 364 Joseph 371 Joanna 372 Sarah 395 Mercy 503 Abraham 567 Lucy 1083 Salome WARREN 174 Samuel 175 Eleanor 182 PrisciUa 343 Benjamin 344 Jedidah 511 Joseph 512 Mercy 659 Keziah 696 John 832 James 833 Margaret 908 Betsey 1019 George WASHBURN 539 Huldah 559 Azel 810 Abiel 811 Elizabeth 812 Abigail 813 CaroUne 814 Louisa Jane 946 EUzabeth H. 982 Eunice WESTON 231 Edmund sr. 232 Susanna 300 Elizabeth 493 Hannah 571 PrisciUa 613 Isaiah 745 Priscilla jr. 762 John 777 Hannah 778 Salome 834 Thomas 835 Abigail 836 Abigail jr. 837 Bethania 838 Lavinia 839 Thomas jr. 1066 Thomas jr. WHITE 160 Benjamin sr. 199 Ann WILBUR 1018 Perry A. WILDER 639 Ebenezer 726 Mary WILDER 727 Mary 753 Susanna 875 James D. 1001 BathshebaL. WILLIAMS 339 John 340 Elizabeth 481 Thomas 770 Jabez ATILLIAMSON 412 Fear WILLIS 487 Ebenezer 488 Mary 802 Ebenezer 876 Jane 940 Sabina WING 874 Betsey L. 880 Lura 902 Lauretta WINSLOW 53 Nathaniel 54 Elizabeth 366 Susanna WOOD 7 Abiel 8 Abijah 13 Samuel 68 Ephraim 71 Rebecca 75 James 82 Samuel jr. 84 Experience 102 Sarah 116 Elnathan 118 Patience 122 Mercy 124 Elizabeth 140 Timothy 141 Mary 177 DaTid 178 Joanna 212 Thomas 217 Jemima 242 Sarah 262 Hannah 280 Sarah WOOD 295 John jr. 311 Ephraim jr. 3.32 Bathsheba 355 Ephraim 356 Edmund 377 Joanna 378 Nathaniel 379 Ichabod 380 Patience 400 Samuel 414 Lydia 429 Lydia 542 Elizabeth 553 Rebecca 672 Sarah 697 Lydia 698 Lucy 713 Maria 742 Abigail 747 Israel 748 Ichabod 751 Elizabeth sr. 752 Theodate 768 Betsey 783 Ichabod 2d 784 Mary 800 Elizabeth jr. 801 Horatio G. 877 Lydia 911 Lucy C. 934 Matilda 947 AVilkes 948 Charles W. 949 Emily Louisa 9,50 Mary T. 953 William H. 1002 Abigail T. 1003 Mercy L. 1005 Mary C. 1008 Alfred jr. 1014 Abiel 1020 Mary 1028 Eleanor B. 1037 Phebe H. WRI6HTINGT0N 1040 Hope WRIGHT 534 Cuffee 630 Anna EXPLANATORY NOTICE. The Descriptive Catalogue contains the names of all persons who have been or are members of the First Church in Middleboro', including the successive pastors (p. 32), so far as records and other documents which the committee have been able to examine will show. The half-way covenant, which was in practice from the earliest records until about 1760, has in some cases made it diflflcult to deter- mine the question of fuU membership. The existing church records do not give the admissions of all, as is evident from other proceedings of the church ; and the absence of all records (except the Fuller copy of the organization, p. 13) until 1708, makes it almost certain that a portion of the admissions of that period of thirteen years have not been ascertained. Much cai'e has been taken to enrol none but members in full communion ; and the committee are not sure but a few others, ex- cluded for want of fuller evidence, were not also members. It will be seen that the Catalogue is columnar in three respects, namely ; — the regular numbering of the whole church ; the dates of admission ; and the names of the members, followed by a particular notice of each ; — the whole occupying but one line when practicable. The order of the particular notices is as follows : — 1. A reference to ancestry or kindred, or both, by abbreviations and the regular numbers if in the church, or by the christian name if not. 2. Reference to the wife or wives by their regular numbers in par- enthesis, if members, or by their whole original name, if not. 3. The year of marriage. 4. Time of death and the age. This order varies only in the case of married women, where the name of the husband, or reference to his number, is placed next after her name, and the reference to kindred after her original surname. In a few instances, where nothing else is known of a member, one or more of their children has been entered in the line. Members whose time of admission is unknown have been inserted near the time when they were found to have been such. The fourteen members, from Nos. 21 to 34 inclusive, were probably nearly all admitted during the time of which there are no records. The double dating of the years before Sept. 1752, is made to agree with New Style, but the day of the month conforms to the records. To bring these to New Style, add ten days to dates prior to the year 1700, and eleven days to dates occurring between 1700 and Sept. 2, 1752, when the New Style was first established in England. The reference to kindred used in this Catalogue of church members is extended to the Addenda at the end ; and the abbreviation ad. indi- cates such reference. ABBREVIATIONS. Ja. Fe. Mh. fa- gr. fa. gr. gr. Ja. mo, hr. sis. s. dau, chi. h. Ap. Ma. Ju. MONTHS. Jy- Au. Se. Oc. No. De. lONDKED. wid. Eng. Bamst. Bridg'r. Carv. HaVx. Plym. Plymt. Sandw. Scitu. War'm. father grandfather great grandfather mother brother sister son daughter child or children husband wife widow married senior junior COUNTEIES. . England Ireland or Irish TOWNS. Barnstable Bridgewater Carver Halifax Plymouth . Plymton Sandwich . Scituate . Wareham CHURCHES. C C C Central Congregational Church of Middleboro' N. P. . North Parish, Middleboro' W. P. . West Parish, Middleboro' abt. ad. ae. Aft. dismissed to MISCELLANEOUS. about . addenda age* African . baptised before born church died another church deacon . excluded from Indian original or maiden name ... . page re. removed from town, and no record of dismission in, resides in the town or State specified re-ad. readmitted to this church after dismission to another i?eu Eeverend M.F.. . . the May-Flower unc uncertain unm unmarried bef. b. chh. d. dis. dea. ex. fr- Ind. o. P re. Figures in parentheses thus (2) refer to the regular number of the husband or wife; when separated by a comma thus (2, 12) they indicate successive husbands or wives, and refer to them. Figures not in parentheses, and preceded by abbre- viations, refer to the ancestors or kindred indicated, thus fa. 20 shows the father may be found at No. 20. Eemarks or references in brackets apply to the person preceding, and who is not a member of this church. The names of members admitted by letters of recommendation from other churches are followed, without the comma, by fr. and the name of the town or place. Names of churches are not usually given. * Wlien either t/i., St., or d. follows the figures for 'the age, the person is suposed to have attained to within six months of the age stated ; without these additions, the exact age may exceed the figuiea eix months. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, FROM THE ORGANIZATION IN 1695 TO 1853, A careful attention to the Explanatory Notice, p. 79, and to the table of abbrevia- tions, including the note respecting tk. st. and d., on the opposite page, mil facilitate the understanding of this catalogue. 1694. 1 de.26,o.s. 2 «)^ 3 a '"' 'O co" OJ g^ 4 N "3 9, =s ^ 5 bcQ 6 o 7 ^ o 8 ^^ •73 9 rr. '^ 10 ^.2 11 >»-r; __^ 12 |o^ 13 > -l2 '^ • 14 o &- 15 16 ;h o c» 17 ^ O - — - 18 19 ^ E£ 20 •^^,->i^ ( REV. SAMUEL FULLER fr. Plym., ord. 1st Pastor. J (2) d. An. 17, 1693, M. 7lst. (p. 6, 32.) [ Elizabeth Fuller, (1) o. Brewster, d. at Plymt. No. 4,1713. " The aged relict of Rev. Samuel." {John Bennet sr., (4) Dea. 1695, d. Mh. 21, 1718, sa. 76. ■} s. of Peter, of Bristol Eng.,aiT. in Va. 1665; here, 1692. (Deborah Bennet, (3) o. Grover, m. in Beverley, 1671, came here in 1692, d. Mh. 22, 1718, ffi. 70. j Jonathan Morse, (6?) d. Jy. 9, 1709, 03. 70th. ( Mary Morse, (5), chi. 50. j Abiel Wood, s.of Henry, fr. Eng., (8) d.oc.l0,1719,re.61st. I Abijah Wood, (7) o.Bowen, m.l683, d.Ma.21,1746, a5.83d. ( Jacob Tomson, s.Jn. [fr.Eng.l623],(lO) d.Se.1,'26, a; 64. (Abigail Tomson, (9) m. 1693, o. Wadsworth, dau. John and Abigail, d. Ja. 15, 1745, x. 74. f Ehenezer Tinkham sr., s. of Eph'm, fr. Eng., (12) m. bef. ■< 1679, Dea. 1695, d. Ap. 8, 1718, a\ 73d. <■ Elizabeth Tinkham, (11), o. Liscom, d. Ap.8, 1718, ae.64. Samuel Wood sr., br. 7, (71) d. Fe. 3. 1718, se. 70th. Isaac Billington, d. De. 1 1, 1709, ic. 66th. Samuel Eaton; 4 chi. b. fr. 1695, d. Mb. 18, 1724, se. 61st. Samuel Cutbart, d. Ap. 17, 1699, aj. 42. John Cobb Jr., (57), d. Oct. 8, 1727, ie. 68th. Weibrah Bumpas, w. Joseph bef. 1670, d. Dec. 27, 1711. Hester Tinkham, (46), o. Wright? d. Ma. 28, 1717, «. 68th. Deborah Barden, "wid. 82 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 >-> ,. ab't 72. Jonathan Smith, m. Susanna Thomas 1713, (154), chi. 318, 360, d. Se. 6, 1767, ie. 79th. Lydia Thomas, (81) m. 1684, o. Howland, dau. Isaac, sis. 595, d. Jy. 6, 1717, iE. 52d. 1st burial in The Green Cemetery. Mary Allen, (76) m. bef. 1708 in Bridgwater. Charity Leonard, wid. ; m. J. Perkins of Norwich 1722. Samuel Sampson, d. Sep. 10, 1744, se. 75th. [w. Mercy, o. Eddy, br. 61, d. 1743, x. 77th.] Ephraim Wood, fa. 13, br. 82, m. Susanna bef. 1710, (2d w. 118), Dea. 1725, d. Jy. 9, 1744, £e. 65th. (p. 53.) Esther Southworth, w. of Ichabod bef. 1713. [lie d. Se. 13, 1757, ce. 79th.] Lydia Cobb. Rebecca Wood, (13) m. bef. 1079, d. Fe. 10, 1718, £e. 67th. Joanna Tinkham, wid. Jeremiah Jr. bef. 1711, [his fa. 11.] 2d. m. 1720, (ad. 31.) Elizabeth Nye, w. Ichabod bef. 1713 ; chi. Sam'l b. 1715. Mary Tinkham ; m. Henry Wood 1717 ; chi. Moses, &c. James Wood, br ? 7. (84?); chi. bap., Benj., Barna., Abel, Ich. Nathaniel Allen, s. of Sam'l of Bridg'r, (05), 1st w. Bethiah Conant, m. 1696; chi. 228, 305, 326. Nathan Clark, m. Jemima ; chi. Ichabod b. 1716. John Drew sr., (99), chi., ad. 32, 33 ; dis. 1734 to Hal'x. Ichabod King fr. Scitu., 2d m. 1716, (83), 1st w. Hannah, [d. 1716, a;. 36 yrs.] dis. 1733 to Rochester. Hannah Morton, dau. Jn., sis. 131, 134, (125?). Jeremiah Thomas sr., (64, 98), d. Fe. 2, 1736, se.. 77th. Samnel Wood Jr., fa. 13, br. 68, (124, 242), Dea. 1737, b. 1684, d. bef. 1754. Judith King, (79), wid. Gibbs bef., dis. 1733 to Rochester. Experience Wood, (75?) o. Fuller, fa. 1, brs. 28, 91. Abigail Barden, (88), chi. Sarah b. 1695, Abigail, &c. Joseph Bates, (144, 474), 2dm.l743, d.Au.3 1,1778, a\86th. James Raymond, m. Mercy Tinkham, 1716, 2d w. (187), dis. 1753, with w. and dau. 373, to Pomfret, Conn. Stephen Barden sr., (85), chi. AVm. b. 1697, &,c. (ex.1727.) David Delano sr., m. 1700 Elizabeth Eddy. Abigail Smith, m. Eb. Dunham '19, dis. bef. 1731 to Plvm. 84 91 92 93 -94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 IIG 117 118 119 120 121 122 1720, Mh. 6 Dec. 4 1721, Mh. 12 " 12 " 12 u 12 Ma. 14 (( 14 Oc. 15 1722. Mh 11 Api •. 8 (( 16 a 29 a 29 Ju. 14 Sept. 9, Oc. 17. 1723. July 1. " 1. « 1. " 1. « 1. " 1. " 21. De. 15. 1724. Mh. — May 3. Ju. 30. Oc. 25. 25. Nov. 8. Isaac Fuller, fa. 1, (41), chi. Isaac b. 1712. d. 1727, a?.abt.50. Deborah Vaughan, (297), m. 1711, o. Bennet, fa. 3, br. 147, d. Ap. 26, 1761, ffi. 79th. Isaac Tinkham sr., fa. 46, br. 40, 595, ad. 60, (214), dis. 1734 to Hal'x ; Deacon in HaVx. d. Ap. 7, 1750, aj. 65th. ( Ebenezer Fuller, fa. 28, br. 156, sis.151, (95), m.bef.l716. J copyist,(pp.l3,14), he & w. dis. '34 to Hal'x., d.'85? aj 98th. I Elizabeth Fuller, (94), o. Short, b. 1693 in Weymouth, dau. of Luke jr., gr. fa. 197. Elizabeth Thomas sr. fr. Plymt. (44), m. 1718, o. Canedy. Hannah Fuller, (156), o. Thomas, dis. 1734 to Halifax. Mary Thomas fr. Taunton, (81) m. 1720, bef., wid. Durfee, d. Nov. 15, 1749, ffi. 85th. Sarah Drew, (78), chi. Abigail b. 1721, dis. 1734 to Hal'x. Abigail Eddy, w. Benj'n, [br. 61, 234] m. bef. 1717; 2d m. 1747 to Elisha Hayward. 3d m. 1752. (161). Elizabeth Conant, w. Josiah, m. 1701, o. Washburn. Sarah Wood, w. John sr., chi. Stephen b. 1712, David, &c. Elizabeth Fuller, gr. fa. or fa. 1, m. John Eaton 1729, dis. 1731 to Kingston. John Raymond sr., " in 74th yr."; d. Ju. 5. 1725, a?. 77th. Elizabeth Thomas, fa. 8 1, sis. 219,242, m. John Tomson '23. dis. 1734 to Hal'x. d. Aug. 1776, a;. 86th. r William Strowbridge fr. Donaugh Ir. (107), Re. 1725 \ to W. P., dNo. 14, 1777, ffi. 87, I Margaret Strowbridge fr. Donaugh Ir., (106), dis. 1726 ^ to W. P., d. De. 8, 1776, a;. 83. Sarah Rogers ; probably m. Samuel Ford in Marshfield. J Andrew Mansfield fr. 1st ch. in Lynn, (110). ( Sarah Mansfield fr. 1st ch. in Lynn, (109). Mary Bumpas, w. Joseph,[b.l674.]m. bef. 1713.[fa.d.l705.] Hannah Tinkbara fr. Scitu., (176), d. Ap. 13, 1771, 03. 91st. (John Vaughan, fa.38, (114),m.l718, d.Ma.8,1770, se.78th. (Jei'usha Vaughan, (113), 0. Wood, fa. 7, b. 1695, d., aj. 90? Hannah Thomas, (ad.23.) m. 1721 , o. Turner, chi.,2 s., 7 dau. Elnathan Wood, fa. 7, m. Mary Billington 1712, 2d. w. 1735 (380), d. Ap. 20, 1752, x. 66. Nathan Prince, fa. 120, sis. 128, d.Jy.25, '48, {b.50. (p.57.) Patience Wood, (68), m. bef. 1724, chi. 332, & Manassah. Joanna Cobb, " on her bed at her house," (421 ), m. bef 1714, o. Thomas, dau. Wm. sr.,br. ad. 23, d. No. 1 1 , 1 724, x. 32d. [ Samuel Prince Esq. fr. Sandwich, (2d w. 121), d. Jy. 3, ^ 1728, Si. 80, (p. 56.) I Mercy Prince fr. Sandw. (120), dau. Gov. Hinckley, m. bef. 1687, d. Ap. 25, 1736, x. 73. chi. 47, 117, 128, 129. Mercy Wood, w. of Abiel Jr., o. Hacket, m. 1718. 85 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 1724 No. 29 1725 Ma. 30 Jy. 4. « 29, " 29. Se. 5. " 5, Oc. 3, 1726. Ma. 1, " 1. Jy. 17. No. 27. 1727. Jan. 8. Mercy Redding, (62) m. 1706, o.Miller, d. Mh.31, '28,aB.43d. Elizabeth Wood, (82) m. bef. 1717, chi. Joshua, Ann, &c. Nathan Bassett fr. Sand'h, (80?) ; Dea. in Mr. Weld's chh. Ann Cavender, (266) m. bef. 1731, chi. Catharine, b. 1731. Mercy Morton, (ad. 58), m. bef. 1722, o. Foster, d. Ap. 4, 1782, St. 84th. (p. 57). Mercy Prince, fa. 120, sis. 47, 129, d. Au. 9, 1748, ae. 48th. Alice Prince, fa. 120, sis. 128, m. Samuel Gray of Harwich, d. July 4, 1733, as. 31st. (p. 57.) Sarah Ransom, w. Robert ; chi. Wm., Robert, &c. bap. '29. Joanna Vaughan, wid. Elisha, o. Morton, sis. 80. 2d m. (62). Samuel Barrows Jr., fa. 59, br. 208, (133). He & w. dis. 1740 to Killingly Ct. ; 6 sons and 2 daughters. Susannah Barrows, (132), chi.fr.l724, Sarah,Geo,Sam.&c. Mary Tomson, (235), m. 1715, o. Morton, dau. John, sis. 80, dis. 1734 to Hal'x, d. Mh. 20, 1781, ae. 91st. Nathaniel Southworth, (137), m. bef. 1710, d. Ap. 8, 1757, aj. 72. Experience Sproat, " wid. of Lt. Ebenezer who with her was propounded in .July last." [He d. Sep. 28, 1 726, a. 52d.] " I was, (says Mr. Thacher,) by an illness of 11 weeks, disenabled to proceed with them." Her 2d, m. 1731 to Francis Miller, d. JSlov. 19, 1758, £e. 74th. Ja. 22. Jael Southworth, (135), o. Bennet, d. No. 9, 1745, ae. 67th. 22. ( Ezra Clap fr. Milton, (139). d. Se. 20, 1761, aj. 68th. 22. \ WaitstiU Clapfr.MUton.(138),o.Tucker,d.Jy.31,'68a5.73d. Jy. 30. ( Timothy Wood, fa. 7, (141). Both dis. 1734 to Hal'x. d. ] Au. 22, 1756, 03. 63. " 30. ( Mary Wood, (140) m. bef. 1726, d. May 12, 1756, je. De. — Samuel Palmer, fa. 21, mo. 158, sis. 184, br. 296, dis. 1731 as Pastor at Falmouth, Mass. De. — Abigail Sproat, mo? 136, m. Rev. John Wadsworth, of Can- terbury, Ct., 1729, d. 1778, te. 71. (pp. 35, 54.) 1728. Ja. 28. Joanna Bates, (86) m. '17, o. Tinkham, d. Ju.28,1738, «.42d. 28. Mary Tinkham, (148) m. bef. 1726, d. Ju. 16, 1745, a3. 43d. 28. Silence Fuller, w. of Samuel, m. 1726, o. Short, b. 1704, dau. of Luke jr., gr. fa. 197. Mh.lO. Samuel Bennet sr., fa. 3, sis. 92, (221) chi. Samuel, b. 1710. 10. Seth Tinkham, s. Peter & Mercy,(145),d.Fe.9,1751, 8e.47th. 10. Thomas Darling, mo. 42,br.365, (265),d.No.2.1792,iE.88th. 10. Lydia Hackett, w. Geo. m. 1724, o. Thomas, b. 1694. fa. 81. i 10. Lydia Fuller, fa. 28, (226) m. 1733. 17. Patience Mechaan, wid. of Duncan, dau. 291, bap. 24. Hannah Parlow, wid. of Thomas, m. 1722, o. King.; 2d m. 1740 (161), d. Ap. .5, 1750, se. 48. 86 1728. 154 Ma. 12. 155 " 12. 156 June 6. 157 Jy. 14. 158 " 14. 159 Oc. 13. 160 No. 17. 161 " 17. 1729. 162 Mh.24. 163 « 24. 164 « 24. 165 « 24. 166 Apr. 6. 167 " 6. 168 « 6. 169 « 6. 170 « 20. 171 " 20. / 172 « 27. 173 « 27. 174 July 6. 175 " 6. 176 « 6. 177 " 6. 178 " 6. 179 « 6. 180 « 6. 181 Au. 10. 182 « 10, 183 « 10. 1730. 184 Ja. 18 185 " 18 186 " 18 187 Jy. 19 188 " 19 189 Aug. 7 Sarah Smith, (63) m, '25, o. Churchill, d. Ju. 5, 1744, a;. 48. Mercy Fuller, m. — Ford, " dis. 1761 to chh. in Paquague." John Fuller, fa. 28, (97, 244), 1st m. 1719, dis. 1734 to Hal'x. d. 1766, ae. 74. Lydia Miller, w. John, m, 1702, o. Coombs, dau. Francis, [who d. 1683.] d. Mh. 6, 1735, x. 56th. ElizabethPalmer, (21) d. Ap. 17, 1740, ge. 64th. Mary Tomson, fa. 9, br. 268, sis. 180. ra. Eeuben Tomson, dis. 1734 to Hal'x. d. Jy. 19, 1769, x. 58. Benjamin White sr. Esq., (199), d. De. 10, 1750, te. 67th. James Smith, (153) 2d m.'52 (100),d.Se.9,'63,£e.72d (p.23.) Ephraim Dunham, m. Annas Smith 1725, s. Jona. b. 1726. Miriam Thomas, w. Jer'h, jr., o. Thomas, d.Ja.lO, '68, £e.73d. ( Benjamin Tucker, (165) Bea. 1745, d. Jy. 9, '81, a^. 76th. I Sarah Tucker, (164) o. Woodward, d. Mh. 13, '79, £e.67th. Faithful Vaughan, (ad. 34), m. 1720 ? d. Ap. 5, '53, se. 66th. Elizabeth Gibbs. chi. Jabez, bap. Meriba Delano, b. 1709, dau. Nathan, m. C. Dexter, 1731. Ann Delano, sis. 168 probably. Abraham Barden sr., (181), chi. 229, Joseph, Isaac. Daniel Caswell, (192), chi. Mary, Deborah, Jael ; bap. Sarah Elmes, w. Ignatius, m. 1728, o. Bennet, dau. Eben'r. gr.fa. StcTTy. 1789, a?. 82. Elizabeth Drew, dis. 1734 to Hal'x., d. No. 14, 1779. ( Samuel Warren, (175) m. 1704. chi. 182, Samuel, James. 1 Eleanor Warren, (174), o. Billington. chi. Nathan, &c. Ichabod Tupper, (112 ?) m. 1729. ( David Wood, s. David, (178) m. 1720, d. Jy. 29, '38,£e.50. ( Joanna Wood, (177) o. Tilson, chi. Edmund, David, &c. f Nehemiah Bennet, s. John jr., gr. fa. 3, (180) m. 1721, d. 190 Au. 15, 1769, X. 74th. No. 22, ! Mercy Bennet, (179) o. Tomson, fa. 9, d. Se. 4, 1799, se. 99 I yrs. 10 mo. 11 days. (p. 58.) Mary Barden, (170) m. bef. 1698, chi. Mary, 203. Sarah. Priscilla Warren, b. De. 12, 1704, fa. 174, br. 343, 511. Mary Thacher, b. 1711, fa. 35, m. Rev. Nathan Stone, 1751, dis. 1753 to Southboro'. (p. 36.) Ehzabeth Palmer, b. 1704, fa. 21, m. Eben'r Cheney, d. bef. 1780. Their dau. Mary m. Jn. Morey & d. here, 1821. ' Martha Knowlton, (188), 1st chi. at Ipswich, b. 1712. Mary Billington, w. Isaac, [His fa.l4.] m. 1730, o. Dunham, d. Ju. 24, 1777, X. 72d. Ehzabeth Raymond, (87) bef. 1724, dis. 1753 to Ct. Thomas Knowlton, (185) d. Ju. 22, 1755, vd. 69th. Anibal Canedy, chi. Hopestill & Sarah bap.; 2d m. bef. 1739 to Paine. Elizabeth Ellis, (ad. 53), m. 1715 ? d. Ap. 3, 1753, ss. 66th. 87 191 1731 Ma. 23 192 Ju. 20 193 « 20 194 Aug. 8 195 ' 8 196 « 8 197 Se. 23 198 Oc. 10 199 « 10 200 « 10 1732. 201 Ja. 23 202 " 23. 203 Apr. 1. 1733. 204 Mh.l9. 205 Ap, 29. 206 « 29. 207 " 29. 208 unc. 209 (( 210 It 211 ii 212 a 213 (I 214 a 215 July 1. 216 " 1. 217 " 1. 218 " 1. 219 " 1. 220 « 1. 221 Aug. 5. 222 " 5. 223 " 5. 224 « 5. 225 « 5. 226 Se. 30. 1734. 227 Mh.l7. 228 Ap. 28. Hannah Pratt jr., w. Eleazer jr., o. Short, dau. Luke jr., gr. fa. 197, d. Se. 4, 179.3, x. 82. Mary Caswell, (171) m. bef. 1732. Obadiah Sampson fr. Marshfield, fa. 67, (206), chi. fr. 1737. Ichabod Standish, (j98), dis. 1734 to Hal'x, d. Fe. 29,1772. ( Moses Sturtevant fr. Plymt., (196), s. Consider, b. 1733. i Elizabeth Sturtevant fr. Plymt., (195) s. Jos. b. 1734. Luke Short sr., chi. Luke. here. d. 1746, se. 116, (p. 59). Phebe Standish fr. Plymt., (194) m. 1719, o. King, dis. 1734 to Hal'x. Ann White, (160), m. bef. 1727, d. Se. 13, 1778, aj. 81st. Phebe Pratt, w. Benaiah bef. 1737, d. Mh. 5, 1800, te. 88. { Samuel Lyon, (202), chi. 329, d. Fe. 22, 1756, je. 76th. ( Joanna Lyon, (201), o. Bates ? No chi. recorded here. Elizabeth Barden, mo. 181., b. Oc. 1, 1702. m. Sampson? Esther Barden, (229), m. '26, o. Sampson, fa. 67, dis. '37, Elkanah Rickard, 1st w. Ketura bef. 1730 ; chi. Nath'l, '30, Elkanah 1732, (2d w. 233), re. to Bridgewater. Mary Sampson, (193) m. 1731, o. Soul, d. 1743. Mary Bennet, w. Isaac, m. 1732, o. Drew; 4 sons & 2 daus. Coombs Barrows, fa. 59, m. '29 & '32, d. No. 30, '75, se. 71st. Barnabas Crossman, (253) m. bef. 1729 ; 5 sons & 2 daus. ; d. Oc. 1, 1744, IE. 44th. Ichabod Paddock, (261), m. bef '23, d. Au.26, '50, se. 64th. Lemuel Donham, (260), m. 1735 ; 6 sons& 3 dau's. Thomas Wood, fa. 7, m. Hannah Alden, 1729. [Her fa. 32.] d. Ja. 27, 1745, x. 42d. John Eaymond jr., fa. 104, 1st. m, bef. 1703, 2d m. 1726. Abijah Tinkham, (93), o. Wood, fa. 7, dis. 1734 to Hal'x. d. De. 25, 1777, k. 88th. Eleaner Bennet, b. 1711, fa. 147, sis. 216, m. Z. Whitman, of Bridg'r, 1733, d. No. 10, 1777, oe. 66. Ruth Bennet jr., b. 1714, fa. 147, m. Jona. Snow, 1746. Jemima Wood, b. 1712, fa. 116, br. 355, sis. 263, 414. Susanna Thomas. Thankful Cobb, w. James, m. 1718, o. Thomas, fa. 81, sis. 242, 105, d. Ap. 17, 1743, x. 48th. Sarah Gumee ; or Gurnee ; perhaps Gurney. Ruth Bennet sr., (147) m. bef 1710, o. Perry ; chi. 215, 216. 5 David Alden, fa.32, (223) m.be£1728, d.Au.24,1763, {e.61. i Judith Alden, (222) o. Paddleford, d. 1802, se. 94th. Bethiah Sampson, (ad. 44) m. 1727, o. Clark. Mary Hayford, (239) m. bef. 1728. Francis Eaton, (ad. 38) m. 1727, 2d w. (151). Jane Pratt. Bethiah Lyon, w. Eleazer, m. 1732, o. Allen, b. 1708, fa. 76. 88 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 1734. Ju. 10. Au. 11, 11, 11, Se. 29, 29, Oc. 10, 236 « 10 237 " 10 238 « 10 239 « 10 240 Nov. 3 241 « 21 1735. 242 Ap.20 243 Ju. 12 244 " 12 245 « 12 246 Se. 28 1736 247 Ja. 11 248 Ap. 11 249 Ju. 13 250 « 13 251 « 13 252 July — 253 i( 254 u 255 (( 256 il 257 « 258 « 259 Se. - 260 " - Abraham Barden jr., b. 1698, (204), 1st m. Priscilla Alden 1722, dis. to Stafford, Ct. 1737. Desire Vaughan, (241) m. bef. 1733, d. Se. 10, '84, se. 89th, ( Edmund Weston sr.fr.Plyrat.,(232,300),d.Ap.29, '73,a5.76. < Susanna "Weston fr. Plymt., (231) m. bef. 1723, o. Jackson, ( d. No. 4 1734, X. 28th. Bethiah Rickard, (205) m. 1733, o. Conant, dau. Nath'l. Jabez Eddy sr. fr. Carv.,*br. 61, chi. 450, Moses 263. "dis. Se. 6. 1749 to unite with members of Rev. Mr. Shaw's chh. at Titicut." Thomas Tomson sr., s. John fr. Eng., br. 9, (134), dis. '34 to Hal'x. d. Oc. 26, 1742, x. 78. { Ebenezer Cobb, (237), dis. 1734 to Hal'x. I Lydia Cobb, (236), m. bef. 1731, dis. 1734 to Hal'x. Henry Thomas, m. Ruth Nelson 1726, chi. 452. Benjamin Heyford Sr., (225), sons Benjamin, John, Jacob. Ebenezer Finnea fr. Norton, (246), Dea. 1737, d. Sept. 21, 1745,36. 47th. Hinksman Vaughan, b. 1708, mo. 131, (230). 3 sisters b. July 1, 1711 ; also 3 sons b. June 1, 1735. Sarah Wood, (82) m. '30, 1st h. Isaac Howland, o. Thomas, sis. 105, 219. d. Ap.3, 1756, ic. 68. ( Samuel Eddy jr., fa. 61, (244) m. '33, d. '46, se. 36. (p. 58.) ] Lydia Eddy, (243) o. Alden, fa. 32, br. 334, 223, sis. 271, C (2d h. 156,) d. Mh. 1, 1803. ec. 92. Bennet Redding, (439) m. 1734, o. Eddy, fa. 61, br. 243, 341, sis. 412. d. Jy. 15, 1797; ffi. 831 Jane Finnea fr. Norton, (240) ; chi. 354, Lewis, &c. Jabez Fuller, b. 1717, s. Jona. m. Hannah Pratt 1744, gr. fa. 1 ; Re. to Medfield ; himself & 3 chi. Tho., Jabez & Jona., Physicians. Fear Barrows, (ad 57) m.'36, o.Thomas,d.No.2,'61,JB.40th. Abigail Thomas, w. Edward jr., m. 1720, o. Parlow, d. Oct. 13, 1756, se. 62d. Anna Thomas, w. Eben'r, m.l731, o. Ransom, d. 1763,ae.52d. Elizabeth Griffith, w. Jesse, m. 1723, o. Bent; dis. 1742 to Plymt, d. 1743, se. 37? Hannah Wood, 2d. w. John sr., m. 1731, o. Chiles. Hannah Crossman, (209) m. bef. 1729. Mercy Raymond, (393) m. bef. 1732. Alice Raymond, (325) m. 1729, o. Bent, dau. Experience? j Hezekiah Purringlon, (257) ; chi. Joshua, Sam'l, Jn. ( Mercy Purrington, (256) m. 1735, o. Bates, b. '19, fa. 86. Noah Thomas, s. Edw'd sr.,br.608, (281) d.De.20, '58, fe.49. Thomas Tupper, (411) m. 1735, re. to Munson, Ms. 1797? Elizabeth Donham, (211), o. Tinkham, br. 337, sis. 357, 433, d. 35. 63. Then and until 1792 called " The second Church in Plymton." 89 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 26'J 270 271 272 273 274 275 1736.1 Oc. 21.|joanna Paddock, (210), o. Faunce, d. May 4, 1758, se, 68. (p. 59.) 1737. Ap. 24. Jy. 17. Se. 24. No. 6. 1738. Ap. 16. Oc. 12. 1739. Fe. 17. '• 17. 1 13. 1 1 Ma, Jy. 1, 1. 1739. Au. 19. Se. 16. 14. " 28. 1740. 280Mh.ll. 28lJu. 15 282 276 277 278iOc 279 283 284 2c^5 286 287 288 289 290 291 " 15. 1741. Ma. 7. " 7. " 10. " 10. " 10. 21. 21. 21. 2. Ju. Au, Peter Thacher Jr., fa. 35, dis. 1748 to Attleboro, Pastor there; m. 1749 Betliiah Carpenter, d. Se. 13, 1785, ae. 70th, (p. 36.) Jedidah Eddy, w. Moses [fa. 234], m. 1735, o. Wood, fa. 116, d. Mh. 9, 1788, je. 73. Waitstill Miller, (409), o. Clap, d. Au. 27, 1754, ae. 38th. Rebecca Darling, (149) m. bef. 1725. John Ca vender, (126) ; dau. Catherine b. 1731. Mary Tinkham. Caleb Tomson, fa. 9, (269), d. Ja. 10, 1787, se. 75. Abigail Tomson, (268) m. bef. 1737, o. Crossman, d. No. 23, 1791, £6. 77th. John Pratt, s. Sam'I, m. H. Turner, 1725, 2d. w. 1729, (466?) Abigail Thomas, w. Nathan (608) m. 1735, o. Alden, fa. 32, d. Ja. 1744, ffi. 29. Gersham Cobb,h. 1714, fa. 421, br. 419, sis. 377, (455) Dea. 174.7, Re., & d. in old age, in Hard wick, Mass. Thankful Bennet, (ad. 50) m. 1724, 2d. m. Seth Samson 1758, o. Sproat. Ruth Barrows, w. Sylvanus bef. 1738 at Barnst., dis. to "Wendham," 1755. Samuel Thacher fr. Plym., fa. 35, m. Debo'h Bennet 1747, 2d. w. Sarah bef. 1759,3d. m. 1779 Catherine Stephens, d. Mh. 21, 1795, ae. 78th. Mary Fuller. Else Caswell, m. Benj'n. Heyford ? 1752. Joanna Jackson, (335) m. 1735, o. Bates, b. 1718, fa. 86. Mary King, (ad.61)m.l732,o.Green,dis.l747 to Turkey ,N.J. Sarah Wood, (295) m. bef. 1739, dis. 1744 to Berkley. Mary Thomas, (258) m. 1733, o. Alden, fa.. 32, br. 222, 334, 427, sis. 271, 244, d. Au. 1, 1787, ae. 75th. Mary Thomas, (424) m. bef. 1733, d. Au. 4, 1768, ae. 58th. Mary Griffeth fr. Rochester. Martha Morse fr. Carver, w. Jona. d. 1805, ge. 95. ( Shubael Lewis fr. Carv, (286) ; chi. Samuel b. 1739, &;c. I Hazadiah Lewis fr. Carv. (285), o. Eddy, b. 1712, fa. 234. Jacob Burges fr. Yarmouth 2d. chh., m. bef. 1741. ( Joshua Donham fr. Carv. (289.) I Keturah Donham fr. Sandw., (288) m. 1740, o. Barlow. Lydia Crocker fr. Carv., w. Theopholus bef. 1731. Christiana Raymond fr. Bridg'r.,(460), o. Machaan, mo. 152. 12 90 1741. 292 Au 16. 293 Dec :. 6. 294 a C. 295 11 6. 296 a 6. 1742. 297 Jan . 3. 298 a 3. 299 u 3. 300 li 3. 301 a 3. 302 (I 3. 303 li 3. 304 Ja. 10. 305 (( 10. 306 « 10. 307 a 10. 308 a 10. 309 a 16. 310 (I 24. 311 u 24. 312 a 24. 313 li 24. 314 n 24. 315 11 24. 316 li 24. 317 ii 24. 318 Fe. 14. 319 u 14. 320 u 14. 321 (( 14. 322 li 14. 323 11 14. 324 li 14. 325 11 14. 826 u 14. James Sproat, mo. 136, br. 323, Pastor (p. 54), d. 1793, 33. 71. William Lyon, (389); s. Elisha b. 1744, Daniel b. 1761. Nathan Bassett Jr., fa. 125, 1st. w. bef. 1730, 2d. w. (302.) John Wood Jr.,b. 1716, (280), dis. 1744 to Berkley. Job Palmer, fa. 21, br. 142, sis. 184, d. Ja. 1, 1746, ae. 26th. Jabez Vaughan, fa. 38, br. 113, (92) d. Ap. 13, 1773, je. 91st. Israel Thomas, mo. 402, sis. 119, (391), d. Ju. 29, 1778, se. 65. Thomas Thatcher, fa. 35, unm., d. De. 10, 1744, se. 24th. EHzabeth Weston, (231) m. 173-5, o. Smith? Elizabeth Ames, wid. of Seth, 2d. m. 1742 (312), o. Prince dau. of John, gr. fa. 120, d. 175.3. Thankful Basset, (294) 2d. w. bef. 1740. Peggy, (Ind.) m. Tom (Afr.) 1741, servants of E. Leonard. Timothy Fuller, b. 1721, br. 247, dis. 1766 to Attleboro'. Mary Allen, b. Mch. 4, 1715, fa. 76, br. 326. John Thacher, b. Ap. 27, 1723, fa. 35, brs. 262, 275, 299. Hannah Cox, (398)m. 1721, o. Smith, d. De. 18, 1777, a?. 78? Rebecca Southworth, (ad. 82) m. 1741, o. Ellis, mo. 190, br. John 384, d. Ju. 19, 1781, x. 60th. Rachel Smith, (360) m. 1738, o. Cobb, mo. 219, sis. 379, d. Mh. 2, 1767, Si. 47. Joseph Bates Jr., b. 1722, fa. 86, sis. 257, 278, m. Eunice Tinkham 1749, dis. 1787 to Hartland, Vt. Ephraim Wood Jr., fa. 68, br. 400, sis. 332, m. Mary Lazell 1742, 2d. w. (442) m. 1752, d. De. 14, 1781, ce. 66th. Joshua Lazell, (201), s. Prince b. 1745, dau's Elizabeth and Mary ; d. in Bridg'r, 1749. Deborah Smith, (ad.65), o. Barden, d. Ja. 9, 1801, se. 93d. Prince, (Afr.), (416) m. 1747, serv't of Eben'r Morton. Else Antony, (Ind.) d. about 1790. Abiel Leach fr. Hal'x, (435) m. bef. 1739, d. Oc. 2, 1787, 03. 87th. Jonathan Snow fr. Bridg'r, ra. Sarah Soul 1728, 2d. m. 1746 to Ruth Bennet ; gr. fa. of Aaron, d. 1783. an. 81. Jonathan Smith Jr., b. Fe. 14, 1716, (417) m. 1737, fa. 63, br. 360, dis. 1753 to Boulton. John Vaughan Jr., b. Ap. 5, 1720, fa. 113, br. 364, 351, sis. 320, 478, 395, 405. Jerusha Vaughan, fa. 118, (346) m. 1743, d. No. 25, 1787, se. 66. Abigail Thayer, b. 1718, dau. of Isaac, m. L. Kitts, 1754. Mary Thomas, m. James Willis 1759. Ebenezer Sproat, mo. 136, br. 292, (332), d. Ja. 23, 1786, se. 69th. Thomas Felix Jr., (Indian.) Barnabas Raymond, b. Ma. 21, 1710, fa. 213, br. 393, (255). David Allen, b. 1713, fa. 76, sis. 305, m. Fear,— bef. 1745, [who d. 1753, SB. 53d ] 91 1742. Mb . 7. (( 7. a 7. u 7. li 7. n 7. u 7. (( 7. i( 7. a 7. a 7 ii 7 u 7 « 14 u ]4 (( 14 u 14 u 14 li 14 (( 14 a 14. i( 14 a 14 li 14 li 14. u 14. 11 14. ik 14 11 28 a 28 li 28 li 28 11 28. 11 28. 11 28. Woodward Tucker, "aged 9 yrs." fa. 164, br. 541, 635, sis. 489, m. Mercy Tinkham 1756, d. Ap. 12, 1761, se. 28th, (p. 63.) Benoni Thomas, unm. d. about 1750 ? Jedediah Lyon, fa. 201,(589)m. 1743, d.Fe, 9, 1807, £e. 86th. Patience Raymond, b. No. 11, 1724, fa. 87. Mary Hathaway , dis. 1745 to Berkley. Bathsheba Wood, fa. 68, (323) m. 1749, d. Ju. 28, 1798, se. 74. David Sears, (399, 347) m. 1734 & 1781, chi. Zebedee,&c. Noah Alden, fa. 32, br. 222, 427, (371); dis. 1749 to Stafford, Pastor at Bellingham, d. 1797,a!. 71st, (p.55) John Jackson Jr., (278) Re. to St. of Maine, d. 1811,85.95. Peter Tinkham sr., mo. 24, gr. fa. 11, (ad.40) m. 1730, d. Oc. 10,1745, re. 36. Samuel Tinkham 3d., gr. gr. fk. 46 sis. 357, 260, 433, (436) m. Patience Simmons 1760, d. Mh. 28,1796,®. 72,(p.71). Susanna Tinkham, mo. 595, br. 346, sis. 359, 347, m. Jas. Cobb 1749, d. Ju. 21, 1813, je. 88. John Williams. No early records of this name. Elizabeth Williams, m. Jabez Eaton 1759 ? ( Zachariah Eddy, fa.61,br. 243,(342) d. De. 6, 1777, £b. 66. j Mercy Eddy, (341) m. 1737, o. Morton, mo. 127, d. Au. ( 25, 1802, a;. 80. ( Benjamin Warren, fa. 174, (344) m. '41, d. Ja. 1802, se. 81. ( Jedidah Warren, (343) o. Tupper, d. Oc. 20, 1807, 3S. 83d. .Joseph Tinkham, mo.25, (358) m. 1740, d. Ap. 28,1767,£e.45. John Tinkham Jr., mo. 595, (320) d. Au. 22; 1793, «. 74. Hannah Tinkham Jr., mo. 595,br. 346, sis. 338, (364, 333), Ist.m. 1742, 2d. m. (ad.63),3d.m. 1781,d.Ap. 14, 1802,iB.79. Priscilla Tinkham, mo. 25, br. 345, (419, 368) m. 1743,1751, d. Ap. 5, 1769, £6. 43d. Patience Tinkham, (356) m. 1744, d.Ap. 9, 1791, a3.74th. Eleazer Thomas,mo.45, br.425,424,m. Mary Shaw Jr.,1746, d. Se. 23, 1808, aj. 83. Elisha Vaughan, fa. 113, br. 364, (359) m. 1746, b. De.l723. Susanna Thacher, b. 1719, fa. 35, br. 262, 275, 299, 306, sis. 183, m. Samuel Tucker of Milton, 1742. Deborah Redding, b. 1722, fa. 62, br. 426, 439, 467, sis. 410. Nelson Finney, fa. 240? m. Martha Simmons 1749, Rosa- mond Thomas 1755 ; d. Ju. 22, 1781, ee. 53d. Ephraim Wood, fa. 116, (448) m. 1743,d. No. 8, 1783, as. 68. Edmund Wood, fa. 177, (349) m. 1744, d. De. 29, 1805,35.84. Martha Tinkham, br. 337, (378) m. 1742, d. Mh.20, 1744, fe. 24th. Agnes Tmkham, b. 1721, mo. 72, br. 428, (345, 477) m. 1740, 1769 ; a 3d. m ? o. Mackfun, alias Maxwell. Esther Tinkham, b. 1721, mo. 595, br. 346, sis. 338, (351). Samuel Smith, fa. 63, br. 318, (309), d. De. 16, 1781, je. 67. Susanna Leach, se. 9 yrs. fa. 316, d. Mh. 22, 1751, se. 18. 92 1742.1 362 Mh. 28.1 363 u 28. 364 (( 28. 365 (I 28. 366 n 28. 367 li 28. 368 ii 28. 369 Ap 11. 370 11 11. 371 (( 11. 372 u 11. 373 (( 11. 374 (( 11. 375 (( 11. 376 u 11. 377 (I 11. 378 « 11. 379 (( 15. 380 (( 15. 381 u 15. 382 Ma . — 383! « — 384 " 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 Ma. 27 Elijah Clap, fa. 138? br. 437 ? (375) m. 1741, d. 1790. Daniel Vaughan, fa. 297, sis. 371, (372), d. Ja. 8, 1812,a3.99^ Joseph Vaughan, fa. 113, br. 319, (347) m. 1742, b. Ja. 26, 1719, d. abt. 1746. John Darling,mo. 42, br. 149 ?(423)m.l721; had8 ss.&5daus. Susanna Winslow, wid. James m. 1732, 2d. m. 1744, to Jesse Bryant, o. Conant, rao. 101,sis.422,rl.Ap.l7,I801,a;.90th. John Lovell Jr., b. 1702, mo. 31, br. 449, (408) m.bef.l729. William Cushman, (369, 348) m. '35, '51, d. Au. 27, 1768, X. 53d. Susanna Cushman, (368) o. Sampson, d. Se.l3,1749,fE.33. Mary Fuller, dau. Jonathan and Elinor, b. 1725, br. 247. Joanna Vaughan, fa. 113, br. 319, 351, 364, sis. 320, 395, (334) m. 1744, b. 1725, dis. 1749 to Staiifbrd. Sarah Vaughan, (363) m. 1735, o. Cushman, d. Fe. 1, 1791. Elizabeth Raymond Jr., b. 1728, fli. 87, sis. 330, m. 1745 Silas Rickard, dis. 1749, to Pomfret, Ct. Japheth Rickard, m. Martha bef. '55, re. d. No. 25, 1798. Hope Clap, (362) o. Thomas, dis. 1792 to Brookfield. John Tomson, s. of Shubael, (418)? d. Ju. 22,1766, og. 49. Joanna Wood, (400) m. 1737, o. Cobb, b. 1715, fo. 421, br. 272, 419, Re. to Hadley, Mass. and died in old age. Nathaniel Wood, fa. 82, br. 379, (357), 2d. m. 1744 Mary Winslow, dis. 1783 to Woodstock, Vt., d. 1803, x. 78. Ichabod Wood, fa. 82, br. 378, m. 1743 Thankful Cobb, mo. 219, 2d. m. 1777 Priscilla Thomas, mo. 250, d. Au. 8, 1787, x. 68. [Patience Wood (116) ra. 1735; 1st. h. Ichabod Cushman sr., d. Se. 8, 1755, SB, 65th. Elizabeth Lewis, wid. (prob.) of Jas. m. 1716, o. Parlow. Joseph Rowland. Martha Chummuck, (Afr.) chi. James bap'd. (415) m. 1748. 'Elizabeth Ellis Jr., w. John, o. Coomer, 8 chi. b. fi-. 1742, to 1759, d. Mh. 3, 1781, x. 60th. Phebe Thomas, w. Jabez, bef. 1737, d. Fe. 12 1772, re. 58. Sarah Thomas, w. Eph'm. bef. 1740,d. Fe. 20, 1810,£e.89th. Abigail Thomas, prob. w. Nath'l. sr., m. bef. 1722. Prudence Knowlton, w. John, m. 1742, o. Thomas, b. 1722, mo. 387. Martha Lyon, (293) m. 1740, o. Knowlton, b. 1718, fa. 188. Sarah Lyon, br. 293 ? sis. 391 ? Phebe Lyon, (298) m. 1742, br. 293? d. Ma. 27, 1795,«.72d. Sarah Smith, fa. 63, (467?) m. 1747, d. De. 8, 1777, m. 50th. Ebenezer Raymond, b. 1703, fa. 213, (254) m. bef. 1732. Eleazer Pratt Sr., (407) chi. Eleazer b. 1705. Mercy Vaughan, b. 1727, fa. 113, m. Jos. Barden Jr. 1747. Joanna Pratt, wid. Hannah Tinkham, (428) m. bef 1739, o. Shavv,d. Se.5,1794. SB. 79th. 93 1742 Ma. 27 <( 27 a 27 (I 27 a 27 u 27 Ju. 13 (( 20 (( 20. (( 20 a 20. (I 20. ii 20. a 20. Jy. 4. (( 4. a 4. it 4. a 4. a 4. a 4. ii 4. a 4. a 7. a 7. a 7. Au. 19. (( 19. « 19. " 19. 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Oc. 8. John Cox Sr., (307) m. 1721, d. Ju. 5, 1761, a. C6th. Phebe Sears, (333) m. bef. 1734, d. Oc.9, 1779, i«. 67tli. Samuel Wood, fa. G8, br. 311, sis. 332, (377) m. 1737, d. Jy. 12, 1750, £6. 37. Solomon Alden, b. 1728, fa. 222, d. abt. 1813, «. 84? Sarah Thomas, 2d. w, and wid. of Wm. sr., m. 1705, o. Bar- den, d. Ma. 9, 1745, se. 62d. Asa Thomas, b. 1721, mo. 249, brs. Hushai, Zadock, &c. Ephraim Donham Jr., fa. 162, (433) m. 1741, d. abt. 1750. Nathaniel Bumpas, b. 1717, mo. Ill, m. Abiah Vaughan [her fa. 113] 1752. Samuel Pratt 3d. m. Wilberce Bumpas 1741, (ex. 1783.) Hannah Pratt Sr., (394.) Lydia Lovell, (367) m. bef. 1729, chi. Peter, James, &,c. John Miller Jr., (264) m. 1732. d. Ma. 27, 1759, fe. 47th. John Cox Jr., m. Lydia Redding '46, d. Jy. 6, 1770, a3. 47th. Rebecca Tupper, (259) m. 1735, o. Bumpas, b.l713,mo.lll. Fear Williamson, w. Geo. Jr., m. '38, o. Eddy, fa. 61, Re. to N. J. Thankful Lovell, bap. 1723. mo. 31, br. 367. Lydia Wood, b. 1722, fa. 11 6 ? m. Benj'n. Shelley ? 1745. Sambo, (Afr.), (383) m. 1748, serv't. of the Pastor. .Jenny, (Afr.), (314) m. 1747, serv't. of Peter Bennet. Experience Smith, (318) m. 1737, o. Cushman. Lydia Torason, (376?) m. bef. 1742, d. Ja. 28, 1761,a;.39th. John Cobb Jr., br. 272, sis. 377, (348) d. Ju. 22, 1750, je. 28. Seth Harris, m. Abiah Alden, dau. Samuel, dis. 1759 to J5ridg'r., d. in Abington, 1797, x. 741 ( John Cobb Sr., fa. 17, br. 219, si,s. 447, (119, 422) m. bef. ] 1714, and 1725, d. Jy. 6, 1750, se. 61. ( Mary Cobb, (421). o. Conant, mo. 101,d.Au.l6,1795,a5.92d, Elizabeth Darling, (365) o. Bennet, d. Ja. 22, 1774, se, 73. William Thomas Jr., mo. 45, br. 425, (282) d. Ju.7,'64,ai 53d, Benjamin TJiomaa fr. Carv., mo. 45, br. 424, 350, (484), Dea, 1776, d. Ja. 18, 1800, je. 78, (p. 60.) John Redding, fa. 62, br. 439, 467, sis. 353, m. Sarah — bef. 1748, d. Au. 14, 1750, se. 31st. John Alden, fa. 32, br. 222, 334, m. Lydia, bef. 1740, m. Kebecca Weston 1750, d. Mh 27, 1821, re. 102, (p. 61.) Ebenezer Tinkham, mo. 72, (397) d. No. 17, 1801, a>. 87th. Lydia Wood, (ad.45) ra. 1728, o. Lovell, d. Oc. 3,1789,a;.83. Hannah Cox, fa. 398, br. 410, sis. 431, 506, m. Benj. Philips, 1749, dis. 1776 to Ashfield. Mary Cox, b. 1725, fa. 398, m. Joseph Thomas 1746. Elizabeth Canada, (ad.48) ra. '27, o. Eaton, b. 1701, fa. 15. Mercy Dunham, (404), 2d. m. to Joseph Besse 1756, o. Tinkham, dau. SamuelJr., br.337, d. Fe. 16,1811,£e 85th. Patience Cobb, m. Wm. Winslow, '47, dis. 1784 to War'm. Sarah Leach fr. Brids'r., (316), d. Ma. 21, 1795, a3. 87th. Hope Cobb, fa. 272, (337) m. 1745, d. Ju. 3. 1760, je. 33(1. 94 1742. 437 Oe. 8. 438 " 8. 439 Oc. 16. 440 De. 5. 441 " 5. 442 " 5. 443 " 5. 444 " 5. 445 unc. 446 unc. 1743. 447 Mh. 13. 448 « 13. 449 '• 13. 450 « 13. 451 « 13. 452 Ma. 5. 453 ^' 5. 454 « 5. 455 Ju. 16. 456 « 16. 457 Jy. 28. 458 " 28. 459 " 28. 460 Se. 8. 461 " 8. 462 « 8. 463 " 8. 1744. 464 Fe. 5. 465 " 5. 466 « 5. 467 " 5. 1745. 468 Mh. 28. 1746. 469 Mh. 2 470 2 Manasseh Clap, br. 362, m. Rebecca Cushman 1744, d.Mh. 17, 1757, se. 32d. David Delano Jr., fa. 89, m. Deborali Holmes 1745. William Redding, fa, 62, br. 426, (245), d. Oc. 6, 1791, se. 85. j Samuel Pratt Jr., b, Ma. 15, 1097, (441,604), 2d.m.l751. ( Jerusha Pratt, (440) m. bef. 1726, d. bef. 1751. John Soul Jr., mo. 55, sis. 465, 471, m. Mary Leach 1750, [2d. h. (311)1 d. Fe. 19, 1751, aj. 46th. Margery Leonard, m. Eben'r. Briggs of Taunton, '46. Peru, (African). Ichabod Cushman, mo. 380, sis. 589? m. Patience McFunn, alias Maxwell 1751, d. 1768, aj 52. John Leonard Sr., m. Abigail — bef 1735, d. abt. 1775. Martha Simmons, w. Aaron m. 1716, (1st. h. 40) o. Cobb, fa. 17, br. 421, d. Au. 8, 1775, se. 84. Hannah Parlow, b. 1725, mo. 153, (355) m. 1743. Joseph Lovell, mo. 31, m. Patience Barrows 1751? d. Fe. 11, 1796, X. 79. ( Jabez Eddy Jr. fr. Carv., b. Ap. 14, 1700, fa. 234, (451). ( Patience Eddy fr. Carv., (450) o. Pratt. Barzillai Thomas, fa. 238, (506) m. 1757, only chi., Bar- zillai, d. No. 5, 1813, se. 82, (p. 61.) Mercy Hall, dis. 1750 to Raynham. Oxenbridge Thacher, b. July 11, 1725, fa. 35, removed. Meletiah Cobb, (272) m. 1727, o. Smith, b. 1705, dau. J'n. sr. & Mary ; re. to Hardwick. Both d. in old age. Elizabeth Turner, w. Japheth, m. 1725, o. Morse, j Thomas Raymond Sr., (458). "[Mary Raymond, (457) m. bef. 1708; 9 sons & 4 dau's. Amos Raymond, b. 1710, fa. 457, m. Susanna bef. 1733, 6 chi.; re. to Matha's Vineyard. Peter Raymond, b. 1718, fa. 87, (291) m. 1739. Joseph Parker. He was here in 1749. Sarah Jackson, br. 335, m, Jacob Green 1746; 5 s., 3 dau's. CaUiminco, (Afi'.,) m. Anna ; serv't of the Pastor. Rebecca Soul, mo. 55, d. Ja. 24, 1759, re. 46 ; or dau. James and Lvdia, d. Ju. 22, 1747, ce. 47. Rachel Soul, mo."55, m. Eb. Vauffhan '44,d.Se. 4, 1778,36,59. Elizabeth Pratt, wid. (270?) m. bef 1729. Thomas Redding, b. 1727, fa. 62, (392), dis. 1784 to Keene. REV. SYLVANUS CONANTfr.? 4th Pastor, (3d.w.492), d. De. 8, 1777, x. 58th, (p. 36.) Tradition says, 1st. w. Bethan '* of Boston ; 2d. w. Williams of Koxbury. (See Notes at end.) ( Ebenezer Cobb fr. Falmouth, (470). (Mary Cobb fr. Falmouth, (469). 95 11746. 471Ju. 22. Il747. 472au. 16. 1748. Fe. 14 474 De. 25 4751 " 25 473 1749. 476 Ja. 15. 1750. 477Ju. 3, 478' Se. 2, 479 No. 18. 1751. 480,Mh.24. 4810c. 6. 1754. 482Mh.31. 1 1755. 483 Au. 24, 1 1756. 484!Ap. 11. 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 1757. Jy. 3. Oc. 16. 1758. Ju. 25, " 25, « 25, Au. 13, " 13, " 13 Oc. 1, 1759. Au. 12, 1760. Ma. 11 " 11 Jy. 20 Esther Soul fr. Hal'x., br. 442, unm., d. Ma. 15, 1793, an. 86. Priscilla Booth, w. John sr., bef. 1721, s. John &c. Thomas Cole Sr., d. Ma. 16, 1759, ss. 57th, s. Thomas &c. Mary Bates fr. Barnst., (86), o. Blossom,d.De 30,1750,£e.42. Hannah Pumroy fr. Hal'x., br. 485, m. Jn. Eddy 1760 ; 2d. m. to Jn. Bradford 1765, d. in old age. Abigail Faunce fr. Bridg'r., w. James m. 1747, 2d. m. Jn. Jacobs 1766, o. Rickard, d. Mh. 29, 1777, ae. 54tli. Samuel Benson fr.War'm.,m. Keziahbef.'30,2d.ra.'69(358). Joanna Redding, w. Moses m. 1745, o. Vaughan, fa. 297, br. 363, d. Ap. 1805, a. 85^. Mary Savery, w. Thomas m. 1738, o. Williams, dis. 1758 to to Andover, Ct. Ann Tilson fr. Barnst., w. John (ad.89?) gr., s. 652, o. Hara- blin, resided in Carver, and d. in old age. Thomas Williams. Isaac Tinkham fr. Hal'x., fa. 93, (519) d. Oc. 28, 1779, a3.59. Elkanah Shaw, s. of George, (527), d. De.31, 1805,^.81. Elizabeth Thomas fr. Carv., (425) m. bef. 1743, o. Church- hill, sis. 629, d. De. 26, 1804, £e. 80th. Francis Pumroy Jr., m. Sarah Nye of Plymt. 1763, sis. 475, chi., Dr. John d. in Vt., 1844 tE. 80 ; Hannah b. 1766. Bethiah Freeman fr. Sandw., w. Josiah bef. 1725, o. Hall, dau. of Elisha, d. Mh. 4, 1812, sd. 90th. ( Ebenezer Willis Sr., (488) m. 1753, re. to Hard wick. (Mary Willis, (487) o. Jackson, dis. to Hardwick, 1801. Sarah Tucker, fa. 164, br. 327^ unm. d.Ap. 11, 1773, ss. 42. ( John Briggs fr. Hal'x., (491), m. Ab. Morse 1763,d.l810? < £6 99 ( Remember Briggs fr. Hal'x., (490) m.l740,b.l719,fa.213. Abigail Conant fr. Norwich, (468) o. Huntington, dau. Col. Hezekiah of Ct. d. Ja. 3, 1759. se. 28. Hannah Weston. Thankful Redding, fa. 439, unm. d. Ja. 11, 1810, se.. 74. ( Ichabod Morton (496), Bea. 1782, d. Ma.l6,1809,£e.85th. I Deborah Morton, mo.l27,(495) m.'49, d.No.l7,1789,a^.59. Deborah Cushman, wid. John Jr., ra. 1746, b. 1729, fa. 325. 96 11761.1 498 Ju. 14. Desire Morse, mo. 284, sis. 574, bap. 1743. 1762.1 499 Ap. 4.ircliaboa Billington, b. 1737, mo. 186, m. Bette Peck, 1758. 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 July 4. ( Ste|)hen Powers, (501) re.toVt. ( chi., Susanna, Mary, Stephen, A \ "{ T J- TT /^i\i\\ -!-■. ■( and John, father of the Sculp- 4. ( Lydia Powers (oOO), o. Drew. (tor. Experience Totman, w. Samuel ? clii. Samuel, bap. Oc. 3. 1763. Mh.27 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 Abraham Vaughan, fa. 241, m. Ann Russell 1764, d. Se. 14, 1811, «. 76. A tri-hirth with Ebcn'r. & EUsha, b. 1735. Ju. 19. ( John Leach, (505) m. 1759, 2d. m. 1785 Rebecca Sturte- \ vant, d. No. 9, 1822, te. 85, (ex. 1803.) 19. ( Betty Leach, (504), o. Vaughan, fa. 363,d.Ap. 21, '73,86.36. Jy. 10. Elizabeth Thomas, (452) m. 1757, o. Cox, fa. 398, br. 410, sis. 430, 431, d. 1814, £e. 82. 10. Mercy Purrington, b. 1737, fa. 256, br. Joshua, Jn. &c. Aug. 7. Sarah Redding Jr., " age 10 yrs," fa. 467, m. Jas. Tinkham 1770 [his fa. 592], d. Ap. 2, 1774, 3i. 22d. 28. Lucy Thomas, w. Hushai m. 1756, o. Vaughan, dau. of David, d. Oc. 31, 1822, ffl. 84. Oc. 30. Lemuel Thomas, mo. 163, m. 1750 Mehitable Weston, d. Ja. 26, 1776, a. 53d. ( Joseph Warren, b. 1715, fa. 174, (512) m. bef. 1757. ( Mercy Warren, (511). Both dis. 1771 to Ashfield. Fear Redding, fa. 439, m. Nehemiah Holmes 1771, dis. 1773 to Plymt. d. here Mh. 6, 1816, a. 69. Lienor Billington, w. Nath'I. m. 1756, o. Warren, dis. 1789 to Ashfield. Silence Tilson, w. Timo. o. Whitting; chi. Timothy bap. 30. 30. De. 25. 1764. Ap. 22. " 22. 1765 Ja. — Au. 18. Se. 29. 1766. Mh.20. Ju. 8 Au. 17. 1767. Ju. 17. " 17. No. 1. 1768. Ap. 3. Nathan Eddy, fa. 243, m. Eunice Sampson 1757, [sis. 538], d. in N. Y. State, 1813, se. 80. Phebe Leach, wid. of Samuel m. 1750, o. Rickard, 2d. m. 1766 to Joshua Willis. Abijah Cobb, w. Nathan m. 1753, o. Tinkham, fa. 93, br.482, d. Fe. 5, 1776, aj. 48th. Hannah Tinkham, (482) m. bef 1754, o. Robbins, mo. ad. 35, d. Ja. 11, 1780, a3. 51st. Consider Brannack, m. Desire Simmons, [b. 1744, dau. of David sr.] 1764, re. to Vt. 1789. Catharine Maxfield fr. Carv., wid.,d.after 1790? in old age. ( Ebenezer Briggs fr. Hal'x. (523), d. Fe. 18, 1795, a?. 68th. \ Abigail Briggs fr. Hal'x,(522) o. Bryant, d. 1808, a;. 88. Elkanah Elmes, b. '29, mo. 172, m. Sarah Lazell '50. (Ex. 1803.) Mercy Cobb fr. Barnst, wid.of Silvanus of Barnst.,chi.628, 644, d. Mh. 4, 1781, a. 75th. 97 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 1770. Ja. 14. Se. 2. 1771. Ja. 13. " 20. " 20. Fe. 24. Ja. 1773. Fe. 24. Mh.28. Au. 8. Se. 18. " 18. " 26. 1774. Au. 7. 1776. 540 Ju. 30. 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 Se. 8, Oc. 6 1777. Ap. 16 1780. Jy. 30 1781. De. 5. Au. 21. 21, « 21 1782. Ap.28 Sarah Tinkham, -wid. Epli'm. m. bef. 1758, o. Standisli, 2d. m. Adam Wright of Plymt. Elizabeth Shaw, (483) m. bef. '50, d. Au. 19, 1786, se. 61st. Peter Oliver Jr., son of Judge O., (531) chi. Margaret H. b. 1771, Thomas H. b. 1772, Peter b. 1774; Re. 1775, d. in Eug. in 1822, £e. 81. j Thomas Shaw, (530) m. bef. '71, d. in the army,1778,ce.40. (Mary Shaw, (529) o. Atwood, d. Ja. 10, 1808, oe. 71st. Sarah Oliver, (528) o. Hutchinson, dau. Gov. H., Re. 1775. Keziah Thomas, w. Jedediah Jr., m. 1749, o. Churchill, sis. 484, 629, d. Ju. 21, 1800, ffi. 67th. Edmund Maxham, m. Rebecca Faunce 1771, 3 sons b. Cuffee Wright, (Afr.), (630), d. Fe. 22, 1796, se. 44th. Samuel Eddy, fa. 243, br. 516, m. Re. to N. Y. State, d. 18*^1 "^ 79 th ( Ichabod Carey fr. Bridg'r., (537), Re. to Chesterfield ? (Hannah Carey fr. Bridg'r., (536), m. 1741, o. Gannett? Bachelor Bennet, m. Mary Sampson 1764, Re. to Vt. Huldah Washburn, w. Jonah m. 1756, o. Sears, b. Au. 10, 1737, fa. 333, dis, 1787 to Randolph, Vt. Margaret Bryant, w. Micah m.'70,o. Paddock ; Re. to St. Me. Benjamin Tucker Jr., b. 1738, fa. 164, ra. Mary Thomas 1760, dis. 1786 to Randolph, Vt, d. as. 77 1 Elizabeth Wood, w. Nathan m. 1757, o. Shaw ; Re. to Vt. Susanna Eddy, fa. 243, br. 535, unm. d. Jy. 29, '17, se. 81st. Daniel Thomas, fa. 258, m.Thankful— bef. 1778, 2d. m. Mary Jakok bef. 1781, d. Ma. 14, 1789, a. 46th. REV. JOSEPH BARKER, 5th Pastor, (579, 760), s. of Joseph, of Branford,Ct,b. Oc. 19, 1751,chi.714, 788,d. I Jy 25, 1815, £6. 64th. (p. 41.) David Thomas, b. 1742, fa. 424, br. 743, m. Deborah How- land 1764, 2d. m. Mary Thomas, wid. (544), dis. 1793 to Woodstock, Vt. Churchill Thomas, mo. 532, m. Hannah Cushman, dau. Joseph, d. De. 31, 1809, ce. 48. Susanna Cushman, w. Zenas, o. Wild, d. Mh. 18, 1830, se. 86. 28 28. Isaac Morse, s. Jonathan Jr., mo. 284, gr. gr. fa. 5, m. Je- mima Pratt bef. 1769, d. Se.22, 1832, on. 91st. Deborah Thomas, w. Joseph Jr., m. 1770, o. Thomas, b. 1736, mo. 386; Re. to Vt. Chloe Tinkham, w. James m. 1777, o. Rickard, dau. Sam'l. or. and Sarah, d, De. 29, 1822. ae. 68. 18 98 552 1782. Ap.28 553 Ju. 2. 654 " 30. 555 '' 30. 556 Jy. 7. 557 558 « 7. " 7. 559 '' 21. 560 No. 17. 561 562 " 17. " 17. 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 57 7 578 De. 1 1783. Ja. 5. 26. Jy. 27. Au. 3. « 10. 1784. Ja. 18. " 18. « 18. Fe. 22. " 22. Ma. 16. Au. 29. 1785. Ma. 22. Au.21. " 28. Ruth BaiTows, mo. 274, m. James McFarland 1793, d. Fe. 20. 1808, X. 51. Rebecca Wood, w. Lemuel m. 1765, o. Tupper, b. 1743, fa. 259 ; Re. to N. Y. State. Sarah Soule, wid. Wm. m. 1762, o. Briggs, br. 490, 522, 2d. m. to Timothy Cobb, d. No. 4, 1820, x. 80th. Lydia Soule, b. 1763, mo. 554, m. Alvin Robinson 1792, dis. 1803 to Sumner, Me. Mercy Thomas, w. John m. 1752, o. Shaw, sis. 645 ; dis. 1803 to Woodstock, Vt., wid. r William Shaw, (558), br. 572, d. Mh. 7, 1807, £e. 68. < Lydia Shaw, (557), o. Soule, dau. Jacob sr., d. Ju. 10, ( 1826, x. 84. AzEL Washburn, b. 1764, mo. 539, dis. 1789 to Royalton, Vt., d. 1841, 32. 77, (p. 54.) Sarah Miller, wid. of Elias m. 1732, o. Holmes, d. Se. 28, 1800, se. 89th. Elizabeth Brown fr. Eastham, w. Thomas, Re. to Vt. St. Thankful Sampson fr. Eastham, w. Israel, m. 1780, o. Mar- tin, d. Se. 24, 1831, x. 82. Abner Bourne, mo. 575, br. 587, (568), m. bef. 1770, Dea. 1796, d.Ma. 25, 1806, a. 59th. Susannah Smith Jr., fa, 360, (747), d. Ju. 24, 1824, ai. 72. Mercy Cushman, w. Noah, m. 1769, o. Soule, dau. Jabez, d. Mh. 24, 1788, te. 40th. Thankful Thomas, mo. ad. 85, (648) m. bef. 1792, d. Fe. 27, 1847, aj. 95th. Lucy Vaughanfr. Bridg'r., w. Eben'r,o. Pratt, d. Ja. 1, 1822, £B. 74 1 Mary Bourne, (563) o. Torry, d. Ma. 9, 1837, as. 88th. Caleb Thompson Jr., fa. 268, (570); He and w. dis. 1810 to Windsor, Vt., d. Te. 9, 1821, x. 68. Mary Thompson, (569), o. Perkins, dau. of Eben'r., sis. 711, d. De. 9, 1816, x. 60. Priscilla Weston, (762) m. 1776, o. Sturtevant dau. Dr. Josiah of Hal'x., chi. 777, d. Mh. 16, 1834, s&. 83d. James Shaw fr. Duxbury, (573), br. 557 ; He and w. dis. 1791 to Bakertown, Pa. Lois Shaw fr. Duxb'y, (572) m. 1749, o. Thomas. Thankful Morse, b. 1745, mo. 284; Re., m. Gannet? Abigail Bourne fr. Pembroke, wid. Eben'r. o. Newcomb, d. De. 10, 1821, se. 98th. Tilson Ripley, " on a bed of sickness," w. Rebecca, 9 chi. b. fr. 1749, to '67, d. Ju. 16, 1785, «. 67th. Lucy Tinkham, fa. 428, gr. mo. 72, gr. gr. fa. 11, m. Issachar Fuller 1785. Iler memory of early families and facts was remarkable. D. Ap. 30, 1847, ai. 95. Ruth Tinkham, fa. 428, sis. 577, unm., d. Oc. 9, 1805, as. 51. 99 1785. 579 Oc. 16. 580 « 30. 1786. 581 Ja. 22. 582 " 22. 583 Ma. 14. 584 " 14. 585 Jy. 2. 586 « 9. 1787. 587 Ap. 8. 588 « 8. 589 Au. 12. 590 Se. 2. 591 " 2. 592 « 23. 593 No. 4. 1788. 594 Jy. 20 595 596 597 600 601 No. 6, De. 7. 1789. Ja. 25. 598'Mh. 15. 599 Ap. 5. 5. Jy. 19. 602 Au. 2 603 « 23 1790. 604 Oc. 3. 1791. 605 Ju, 26 606 Au. 14 Eunice Barker fr. Longmeadow, (545) m. 1785, o. Stebbins, dau. Wtn. and Eunice, d. Oc. 6, 1809, te. 49th, (p. 41.) Hannah Bryant, w. Nehemiah, m. 1757, o. Totman, d. Fe. 16, 1814, ie. 83d. ( Wm. Thomp3on,fa. 268, (582) m. '70, d. Mh.l4,1816,fe.69. Deborah Thompson, (581) o. Sturtevant, dau. Lemuel of Hal'x., sis. 584, d.De. 23, 1842, 33. 96tli. Isaac Thompson, fa. 376, sis. 744, (584) m. 1775, d. De. 21, 1819, ce. 74th. . Lucy Thompson, (583) o. Sturtevant, d. No. 6, '34, se. 81st. Freelove Thompson, w. Jacob m. 1761, o. Finney, dau. of Pelatiah, d. No. 7, 1826, ss. 87th. Sarah Phinney, wid. John, 2d. m. 1799 to Ezra Holmes, o. Thompson b. 1762, dau Nathan, dis. 1808 to Norton. ( Newcomb Bourne fr. Hal'x., mo. 575, i ^|jg 1802 to ) br. 563, (.588.) fc '• fl 11 Vf I Abigail Bourne, (587) o. Cushman. ) ^P^'^g^el^' ^^^ Mary Lyon, (329) m. 1743, o. Cushman,d.Ju.8,1796,a3.73d. ( Samuel Torry sr., b. 1753, s. of Wm. (591); 8 chi.bef.1793. I Mary Torry, (590), o. Finney, b. 1757, fa. 354, Re. West. Jeremiah Tinkham, mo. 72, gr. fa. 11, m. Naomi Warren 1740, d. Ju. 7, 1790, x. 76. WilHam Cornish sr., sis. 677, m. Mercy Swift bef, 1786, 2d. w. Mehitable Bates, d. Fe. 24, 1836, x. 79th. Abigail Haskell, (598) o. Tabor, d. Jy. 26, 1811, fe. 54. Hannah Tinkham, wid. John sr., m. 1716, o. Howland, dau. of Isaac, and gr. gr, dau. of John of the M. F., sis. 641 d. Mh. 25, 1792, x. 97. Mercy Bump, w. Joseph m. 1775, o. Barden, sis. 666, d. Ju. 5, 1811, as, 57th. Luther Redding, b. 1748, mo. 478, m.; Re. to Taunton & d. Zebulon Haskell, (594) m. bef. 1785, d. Oc. 27, 1820. ( Elijah Lucas, (GOO), Re. to Freetown, d. Ju. 8, 1806. I Sarah Lucas, (599) m. abt. 1780, o. Shaw, fa. 529, br. 651. Mary Tinkham, w. Peter Jr., [fa. 336,] m. 1764, o. Thomp- son, fa. 268, br. 581, d. Ma. 30, 1815, se. 70th. Abigail Thomas, w. Israel, o. Finney, fa. 354, sis. 609, d. Fe.6. 1829, a 77th. Lucy Leonard, w. Henry, 1st. m. 1762 to Samuel Turner, 3d. m. to Mr. Doty, o. Pratt, mo. 191, d. May— 1835, se 93 d. Sarah Pratt, (440) o. Fuller, mo. 146, d. No. 1794, se 64? Jacob Tisdell, (694), dis. 1795 to N. P., d. in N. Y. City, Mercy Valler fr. Carv., w. Silas, Re. to Freetown. 100 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 1791. Oc. 9. 1792. Ap. 1. Se. 30, 1793. Ma. 26. Oc. 6. " 6. 1794. Ja. 19, Fe. 2. « 2. « 9. Mh. 2 2 2, 2. 9. Au. 24. No. 2. « 2. « 23. 1795. Ap. 29. Au. 23. No. 15. " 15. 1796. Ju. 5 Au. 14. 1797. Mh.26 Lydia Bourne, w. Eben'r. m. 1788, o. Leach, b. 1766, dau. of Abiel Jr., gr. fa. 316. Re. to Milton. Nathan Thomas sr., b. 1707, s. of Edward sr., br. 258, (271) 2d. m. 1751 to Abigail Sturtevant, d. in old age. Martha Finney, fa. 354, sis. 602, unm. d. Mh. 11. 1833, ae. 69. Margaret Pratt, br. 772, unm. d. Se. 8, 1800, fe 42d. f Josiah Carver fr. War'm., (612), d. Ap. 5, 1799, te. 74. J Jerusha Carver fr. War'm., (611), 1st m. 1744 to Edw'd j Sparrow, o. Bradford, dau. Wm. & Elizabeth of Plym., d. Apr. 23. I 1820, 02. 97. Isaiah Weston, b. 1770, s. Zach'h,dis. 1794 to N.Bedford, m. Sai'ah Dean of Raynham, (p. 54.) d. Elizabeth Tinkham, w. Cyrus, m. 1788, o. Turner, b. 1764, mo. 603, sis. 716, d. at Colraine, abt. 1843. Isaac Doty, m. — Nimlet '89, dis. '03 to Brooktield Vt. Priscilla Turner, w. David, m. '86, o. Pratt; Re. to Me. (Elijah Alden, fa. 427, (618) m. 1779, d. Ju. 26, '26, jb. 72. ■JMary Alden, (617) o. Alden, fa. 401? d. Se. 22, 1839, ( £6. 84th. Elihu Alden, b. 1775, fa. 427, dis. 1808 to Dixraont, Me. Mercy Porter, w. Jonathan, m. 1761, o. Redding, fa. 439, sis. 513, 494, d. Jy. 22, 1833 a;. 93. Benaiah Pratt, s. of Paul, gr. mo. 407, m. Louisa Warren 1792, Re. to Me., a 2nd. & 3d. m., (p. 55.) Mary Norcutt, w. Eph'm. m. 1782, o. Kitts, mo. 321, d. Fe. 3, 1842,03. 83 d. Lucia Ellis, wid. of Matthias, m. 1743, o. Bennet, mo. 273, d. Oc.3, 1804, fe. 79. Lucy Pratt, dau. Eben'r., br. 772, unm. d. Au. 19, 1844, te 80 Thankful Holmes, w. Ezra, o. Clark, d. Apr. 2, '99, as. 50th. Desire Morse, fa. 549, dis. 1819 to Hal'x., (re-ad. 1833.) Sarah Sturtevant, w. Dr. Thomas m. 1777, o. Soule, dau. Zach'h & Sarah, d. Mh. 11, 1839, x. 83. f Ebenezer Cobb, mo. 525, br. 644, (629), d. Au. 22, 1811, j Eb. 80. ] Lydia Cobb, (G28), m. '54, o. Churchill, d. Ja. 10, 1822, [ 33. 80. Anna Wright, (Afr.), (534), 2d. m. to Swansey Hart, d. Sarah Tinkham, wid. of Amos, [mo. 595], m. 1752, o. Tink- ham, dau. Peter, gr. mo. 24, d. Fe. 13, 1820, is. 85th. Betsey Harlow fr. Plym., w. Jonathan sr., o. Blackmar,dau. of John & Mercy, d. Se. 9, 1833, se. 87th. 101 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 1797. Ap. 9, Ma. 21, " 21, « 21. 1798. All. 5. 1799 Ap. 7. Ma. 12, De. 29, 1800. Ma. 18. Ju. 29. Au. 24. " 24. 1801 .Ju. 20. Au. 16. 1802. Ju. 13. " 13. « 13. 1803. Ap. 24. Ma. 22. 1804. Ap. 8, 1805. Ma. 19, 1806. Ju. 8. Au. 10, Se 1. {Joshua Eddy, fa. 341, bi-. 665, sis. 673, 856, (634) Dea. J 1806, d. Ma. 1, 1833, se. 85. 1 Lydia Eddy, (633), o. Paddock, dau. Zacliariali, gr. fa. [ 210, d. Fe. 13, 1838, a3. 82. Samuel Tucker, fa. 164, (757), d. Oc. 29, 1820, se. 75tn. (Jesse Bryant, mo. 366, (637), d. Oc. 26, 1828, £e. 82. ( Mercy Bryant, (636), o. Shaw, d. Ja. — 1819, x. 73. Zilpah Thomas, w. Jeremiah Jr. m. 1786, o. Wood, dau. of Amos, sis. 794, d. Mh. 15, 1825, te. 61. Ebenezer Wilder fr. Clielsea, s, of Nathan'l, sis. 727, (726) m. 1800, d. Se.2l, 1848, x. 76Dh. Otis Thojipson, fa. 706, sis 684 ; Pastor in Rehoboth, 1st. w. Kachael Chandler [d. 1827, 33. 48th.] ; a 2nd. m.; Ke. in Abington. (p. 54.) .John McDowall fr. Scotland Eu. ; s. bap. ; Ee. to St. of Me? Experience Peirce, dau. Wm., unm. d. Jy. 14, 1845 ce. 70 ? Rhoda Sparrow fr. War'm ; w. of Edward, [his mo. 612] m. 1765, o. Burnp, dau. Phillip, d. Ja. 10, 1816, x. 68th. ( Binney Cobb, mo. 525, br. 628, (645) ) Re. to ( Azubah Cobb,(644)m.l762,o.Shaw,sis.556, j Woods'k Vt. Benjamin Pratt, s. Noah of Plymt., sis. 713, m. Jemima Bryant 1785, d. Oc. 18, 1838, ce. 75th. Betty Fuller, w. John, o. Smith, dau. of John, gr. fa. 63, 164, chi. 685, 799, 1050, d. Se. 23, 1832, ce. 75th. Isaac Shaw, (566), chi. 1079, d. Fe. 2, 1824, a;. 75th. {Perez Thomas, fa. 425, (650), Dea. 1803, d. Ju. 21, 1828, j re. 77. \ Sarah Thoma,s, (649) m. 1774, o. Wood, fa. 378, d. Apr. [ 3, 1829, 33. 76th. Samuel Shaw, fa. 529, m. Lydia Cobb 1791, [fa. 628.] r Calvin Tilson, s. of Isaiah, gr. mo. 480, (653, 882), 2d. j m. 1824, Dea. 1819. d" Jy. 3, 1852, gi. 83d. 1 Joanna Tilson, (652), o. Cobb, dau. Wm., d. Oc. 16, [ 1822, te. 56. Mark Shaw, fa. 483, ra. Elizabeth Sampson 1785, [gr. fa. 193, br.732, 2nd. h. (664)], d. Se. 5, 1806, te. 47. Weltha Thompson, w. Thomas, o. Whitmore, sis. of Rev. Benj'n., d. Apr. 16, 1848, re. 76. Lydia Thompson, w. Solomon, m. '86, o. Murdock, dau. Jn. Margaret Finney, w. Lewis, o. Barden, d. Se. 11, '29, ss. 55. Jane Ling, w. Sylvanus, m. 1796, o. Cushman, b. 1776, mo. 701, dis. 1839 to Lisbon Me. & Ke. there. 102 1806. 659 Se. 9. 1807. 660 Ju. 28. 661 (( 28. 662 a 28. 663 Jy. 12. 664 (( 12. 665 i( 12. 666 u 12. 667 ii 12. 668 (I 12. 669 a 12. 670 a 12. 671 a 12. 672 a 12. 673 a 12. 674 a 12. 675 ic 12. 676 u 12. 677 u 12. 678 It 12. 679 il 26. 680 Au 23. 681 (( 23. 682 11 23. 683 « 23. 684 (( 23. 685 u 2.3. 686 (I 23. 687 ii 23. Keziah Warren, w. Nathan m. 1786, o. Weston, 2cl. m. to Wm. White, d. Au. 17, 1830, ce. 66th. Squire Tinklmm, mo. 631, sis. 672, (661), m. 1797, Both dis. 1823 to Hartland Vt. d. Oc. 17, 1851, si. 79. Anna Tiakham, (660) o. Wood, fa. 747, d. Se. 1849, a3. 76th. Daniel Oliver Morton, fa. ad. 10, br. 862, sis. 910, d. Mh. 25, 1852, te. 62. (p. 55.) Silas Tinkham, s. Samuel, br. 526,gr. fa. 46? m. Lydia Smith [wid. of Jabez, o. Savery, br. 667], d. Ja. 22, 1816, x. 77th. James Soule 2d., mo. 554, m. Eunice Thompson, dau. of Eben'r; 2d. m. 1813, (654), d. Fe. 2, 1845, iB. 83. ' Seth Eddy, fe. 341, br. 633, (666), d. Au. 17, 1837, te 83, Jerusha Eddy, (605), o. Barden, sis. 596, d. Oc. 29, '35, £B. 76. Daniel Savery, mo. ad. 62, sis. 663, gr. gr. mo. 43, (668) m. 1794, d. Se. 21, 1836, re. 72. Huldah Savery, (667) o. Soule, mo. 554, br. 664, d. Oc. 17, 1853, iB. 78. Zenas Thomas, fa. 425, br. 649, (670), d. Ma. 12,1821, £E. 59. Mary Thomas, (669) m. 1783, o. Vaughan, dau. of Jesse, gr. fa. 319, d. Fe. 24. 1828, re. 64. Experience Bent, s. John, m. Salome Gushing of Hal'x, d. Jy. 13, 1849, 83. 85th. (ex. 1826 ) Sarah Wood,(748) o.Tinkham, mo. 631, d. Se. 20, 1846, ge 89. Lucy Fuller, wid. of Dr. Jonathan, m. 1775, o. Eddy, fa. 341, dis. 1834,toFairhaven. (Re-ad 1839.) Sally Fuller, mo. 673, m. Jenny, dis. 1829 to Fairhaven and Re. there. Deborah Ellis, (080) ra. 1792, o. Hall, dau. Jabez and Deb- orah, d. Se. 6, 1826, x. 59th. John Freeman, s. of Elisha, (893), Bea. 1833, dis. 1846 to Carver, d. Fe. 10, 1847, ee. 60th. Susanna Bates, w. Thomas, [fa. 80], o. Cornish, br. 593, d. Ju. 13, 1823, a;. 69. Joseph Bates, mo. 677, unm. d. Ju. 19, 1846, jp. 62d. Levi Smith, s. Israel, gr. mo. 313, m. Charity Bryant. Southworth Ellis sr., s. of Thomas & Ruth, gr. mo. 190, (675, 971,), d. Dec. 15, 1840, a\ 72d. Sylvanus Eddy, s. of Sam'l. gr. fa. 341, m. — Fuller, dau. Sam'l of Hal'x., d. 1852 in Vt. Nathaniel Eddy, fa. 633. br. 718, 944, sis. 683, (761, 797, 1059), Z)ea. 1852. Lydia Eddy Jr., fa. 633, br. 718, 944, m. Barzillai Crane 1810, dis. 1811 to Berkley, d. Fe. 10, 1842, re. 55th. Mary Cobb, w. Crocker, o. Thompson, fa. 706, br. 640. Sophia Fuller, mo. 647, sis. 709, br. 1050, (696) m. 1813. Betsey Leonai-d, w. Nathan'l. m. 1788, o. Bryant, fa. 636, d. Sally Kidder, w. Nathan, o. Chaddick of Sandvv.,Re. to Fox- boro', d. Fe. 28, 1840, se. 61. 103 1807. 688 Au. 23. 689 " 23. 690 " 23. 691 « 23. 692 " 23. 693 « 23. 694 « 23. 695 " 23. 696 " 23. 697 " 23. 698 Se. 13. 699 « 27. 700 Oc. 11. 701 " 11. 702 " 11. 703 " 11. 704 « 11. 705 " 11. 706 No. 29. 707 " 29. 708 « 29. 709 " 29. 710 " 29. 711 " 29. 712 " 29. 713 " 29. 1808, 714 Fe. 21 715 Mh. 13. 71(3 " 13. 717 " 13. f Hezekiah Ripley, (689), Both dis. '09 to Middlebury Vt. "i Priscilla Ripley, (688) m. '92, o. Wood, b. '76, dau. Eph'm, f James Smith, mo. 313, (691), m. 1766, d. Se. 29, 1815. j X. 78th. 1 Patience Smith, (690), o. Wood, fa. 356. d. Ma. 12, 1822, ( ffi. 76. William Thomas, fa. 649; Re. to St. of Me. m. d. 1821, £e. 34. Calvin Tilson Jr., fa. 652, unm. d. Ju. 19, 1817, as. 24th. Hannah Tisdale, (605) o. Shaw, dau. Elijah sr., sis. 740, dis. 1826 toN. Y. City. Bathsbeba Tribou, w. Melzar, m. 1789, o. Thomas, dau. David and Eebecca, d. Fe. 13, 1837, a\ 71sl. John Warren, mo. 659, br. 832, (685) m. 1813, chi. 1019. Lydia Wood, w. Jacob, ra. 1784, o. INIiller, dau. John & Zilpha, sis. 735,d.re. 13, 1849, a>. 83d, Lucy Wood, w. Abner Jr. m. 1797, o. Thompson, fa. 581, br. 770 sis. 725, dis. 1831 to No. Rochester. Lydia Paddock, w. John, [gr. fa. 210], o. Gushing, dau. Col. Cushing, d. Ma. 30, 1826, 03. 60. ( Edward Thomas, mo. 509, (701), d. Ja. 16, 1844, as. 85th. ■\ Lydia Thomas, (700), 1st. m. 1774? to Sam'l Cushman, / dau. 658, o. Gano, dau. Jas? d. Ju, 8, 1839, ee. 87th. Betsey Thomas, w. Daniel m. 1793, o. Alden, fa. 427, dis. 1847 to C. C. C, d. Au. 26, 1849, x. 76^.' Abiah Sears, w. of Leonard, 1st h. Sebra Simmons, o. Leon- ard, dau. Joseph, d. 1828, a3. ab't 55. Susanna Leach, w. Joseph, o. Sturtevant of Hal'x. Reuel Thompson, s. Francis, m. Thankful Wood 1802, [d. 1843, X. 66th, fa. 747J, d. Oc. 3, 1851, x. 75th. Nathaniel Thompson, fa. 268, 569, m. Hannah Thomas 1775, dis. 1819 to Rehoboth, d. Ja. 31, 1833, x. 82j. Jacob Cobb, b. 1782, s. of James, gr. fa. 628, m. Patience Barrows 1804. Re. in Hartford Me. ( George Briggs, s. of Eben'r, gr.fa. 522, (709), He. & W. J dis. 1818 to Hartford & Sumner Me. } Patience Brigggs, (708), 1st. h. — Holmes, o. Clarke. (John Soule, s. of James, (711), d. Ja. 29, 1815, ae. 66. } Joanna Soule, (710), o. Perkins, dau. of Eben'r, sis. 570, i 2d. m. Nathan Alden of Bridg'r, 1818. Sage Morse, w. Wm., o. Staples, d. May 21, 1834, se. 89, Maria Wood, w. Joshua, 1st. h. Hacket, o. Pratt, br. 646. William Barker, fa. 545, unm. d. No. 9, 1809, £e. 22. (p. 43.) f Daniel Darling, s. of Benj., gr. fa. 149, (716), d. No. 14, ;■ '14, 33. 42. i Polly Darling, (715) m. 1795, o. Turner, mo. 603, sis. [ 614, chi. 848, 849, 850, d. Ju. 17, 1843, ae 69. Lydia Terry, w. Caleb, m. 1789, o. Darling, b. 1771, br. 715, (ex. 1824.) d. Ja. 5, 1848, £e. 77tb. 104 11808. 718Mh. 13. 719 " 13. 720 721 20. 20. 722 Ap. 3. 723 " 3. 724 725 72G 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 73G 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3, Ma. 15, 15. Au. 14, 14. Se. 11. " 11. " 11. « 11. " 11. " 11. Oc. 16. " 23 " 23 1809. Ap. 9. " 9 .Ju. 4 746 Jy. 23 ( Zechariali Eddy, fa. 633, br. 682, 944, sis. 683, (719.) J Sarah Eddy, (718), o. Edson, sis. 853, gr. gr. fa. 226, & ( gr. gr. gr. fa. 32, d. Se. 7, 1850, a; 69th. j John Atwood, (721), d. Ju. 17, 1839, ve. 63. I Rhoda Atwood, (720), o. Johnson, d. Oe. 11, 1814, jb. 39. Lydia Tliompson, fa. 583, br. 730, (1060), dis. to Plymt. Lucy Thompson, fa. 583, (935), m. 1819, d. Oc. 13, 1852. iu. G6. Mary Thompson, fo. 583, m. Dr. E. Capen, Re. in Boston. Irene Tliompson, fa. 581, bi*. 870, 935, m. Daniel Warren. Mary Wilder, (639), o. Bump, mo. 596, d. Mh. 30, 1848, a;. 71. Mary Wilder, br. 639, m. Henry Holmes 1813, dis 1815 to -Alfred Me. d. there No. 14. 1847, a\ 63d. Serena Hubbard, w. Ahira, o. Tucker, mo. 746, dis. 1810 to Wuidsor, Vt. (Re-ad 1824.) Sybil Porter, dau. of Isaac ot Hal'x, m. — Noyes, dis. 1838 to Plainfield. Ezra Thompson, fa. 583, sis. 722, m. Cynthia Gilford, Re. in New Bedford. Abigail Sturtevant, mo. 627, d. Dc. 30, 1834, a;. 51st. Samuel Sampson, s. John, gr. fa. 193, sis. 654, (733), Dea. 1826, d.Jy. 30, 1850, ffi. 86. Lydia Sampson, (732), o. Holmes, d. Se. 13, 1828, aj. 57th. Josiah Sparrow, mo. 643, (735) m. 1800, dis. 1827 to Rochester, 2d. m. wid. Clarissa Hayward, 3d m. wid- Alice Gushing, d. Ja. 25, 1851, ce 76. "^ Minerva Sparrow, (734) o. Miller, sis. 697, d. Au. 15, 1839, Si. 60. Jacob Thomas, s. of Jeremiah, br. 884, (737) m. 1799, 2d. w. Cynthia Thomas, [fa. 743]. d. Mh. 22, 1851, ». 77. Lucy Thomas, (736) o. Thomas, mo. 550, d. Jy. 10, 1815, se. 40th. Hope Thomas, b. 1787, mo. 550, sis. 737, Re. to Hartford Me, m. Phillip Ellis, d. before 1840. Hannah Tilson, w. Sylvanus, o. Southworth, mo. 308, gr. fa. 135, d. No. 30, 1821, te. 66. Irene Standish, w. Jonathan, o. Shaw, sis. 694, br. Elijah sr., d. Fe. 28, 1822, re. 44. Sylvia Cushman, w. Jacob, m. 1796, o. Thompson, fa, 569, sis. 742, dis. 1829 to Bristol R. I., d. Oc. 13, 1845, re. 67. Abigail Wood, w. Nelson, [br 782, gr. mo. 429,] o. Thompson, fa. 569, sis. 741, d. Mh. 31, 1843, re. 60. ( Sylvanus Thomas, fa. 424, (744), d. Au. 30, 1814, £e. 74. ■I Susanna Thomas, (743) m. 1761, o. Thompson, br. 583, / d. Se. 4, 1822, re. 79. Priscilla Weston Jr., fa. 7(52, sis. 777, 778, m. Joseph Tink- ham, dis. 1850 to Hali'x. Jedidah Tucker, wid. of Nathaniel, [fa. 164] ra. 1767, o. Warren, fa. 343, chi. 728, d. Mh. 25, 1819, re. 71. 105 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 1809. Oc. 22. " 22. " 22. " 22. « 22. " 22. " 22. " 22. 1810. Fe. 25. Ap. 8 Jy. 8. « 8- " 15. Oc. 14. 1811. De. 22 1812. Se. 6. 1813. Jy. 4. « 4. Au. 15. " 15. Se. 26. " 26. " 26, « 26, No. 14, " 14. Israel Wood, fa. 379, m. Priscilla Vaughan, 1772, [d. 1808, .-c. 59th. fa. 351], 2d. m. 1810 (564), d. Ma. 12th, 1829, X. 85th. rchabodWood,fa. 379, (672) m. '75, d. De. 30, 1825, fe. 741 f Lothrop Perkins, fa. ad. 5, br. 790, (750), dis. 1831 to N. ;■ Rochester ; a 2d. m. ] Mercy Perkins, (749), o. Cushman, mo. 565, d. Ap. 30, [ 1815 ic 34. Elizabeth Wood, w. Gorham, ra. 1709, o. Sparrow, mo. 643, sis. 882, 758, br. 734, dis 1847, to C C. C. Tlieodate Wood, br. 947,. (792), d. Jy. 31, 1828, ss. 49. Susanna Wilder, w. Benaiah, [he d. Ma. 15, 1818, se. 43, br. 639], o Bryant, fa. 636, d. Ja. 1, 1818, se. 39 1 Priscilla Cobb, b. 1770, mo. 338, unm., d. in Vt. 1851. Abigail Bourne, w. Abner, o. AVilliams of Taunton?, d. Ja. 15, 1845, x. 64. Jael Rider, w. Jesse m. 1804, o. Elmes, b. 1772, dau. John, gr. mo. 172, dis. 1825 to Plym., d. Hannah Tucker, (635), o. Dunbar, d. No. 1, 1838, 3d. 83. Jerusha Lovell, w. Joseph m. 1783, o. Sparrow, mo. 643, sis. 751, 882, br. 734, 2d. m. (771), d. Au. 6, 1843, os. 77. Sally Curtis fr. Plym., w. David, o. Clarke. Anna Barker fr. Branford Ct., (545), 1st. h. Rev. Jason Atwater, 2d. h. Rev. Lynde Huntington, o. Williams, dau- of Rev. Warham, dis. 1816 to Branford. Anna Eddy fr. Plaintield Ct., (682),o. Andros, dau.of Dea. Abel of P., sis. 797, d. Jy. 13. 1812, x. 28. John Weston, s. John & Content, mo. ad. 63, m. Elizabeth Leonard 1757, 2d. m. 1776 (571), d. No. 15, 1815, se. 82. (p. 62.) Mercy Bennet, wid. John, ra. 1791, o. Morton, dau. Seth, gr. mo. 127, d. Mh. 2, 1826, se. 57. Priscilla Sturtevant, mo. 627, ra. Robert Blair '13. [d.] r Joseph Bourne, fa. 563, (766), He & w. dis. 1816 to N. J Bedford, d. there Ju. 17, 1829, x. 41st. 1 Sophia Bourne fr. Fairhaven, (765), o. Bates, dau. Dea. [ Joseph of F., Re. in Newton Ms. Mercy Harlow, mo. 632, sis. 768, d. Mh. 30, '54, jb. 84th. Betsey Wood, w. Eliab ra. 1808, [he d. Oc. 12, 1852, ae. 71st., fa. 747], o. Harlow, mo. 632, sis. 737. Hepzibah Harlow fr. Sandw., w. Sarauel, o. Burgess ; Re. Jabez Williams, (785) ra. 1815, (ex. 1827)., Re. to Penn. John Tinkham, fa. 346, ra. Mary Wood 1778, 2d m. Lydia Wood, wid. of Thomas 1810, 3d. m. (758), d. Ap. 5, 1829, se. 75. Thomas Pratt, b. 1775, s. of Eben'r, sis. 610, 624, (823). 14 lOG )^ 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 1813. No. 14, " 14 De. 19, " 19, " 19, ' 19, " 19. 1814. Ja. 2. « 23. « 23. " 23. Ap. 10. « 10. « 10. No. 20. " 27. 1815. Ma. 21. Se. 17. 1816. Fe. 14. Oc. 6. No. 17. 1819. Ap. 4. Ma. 16. " 16. Ju. 27. " 27. " 27. William Gisby, s. of Edw'd. bi". 928, gr.gr. mo. 172, m. Ruth T. Bennett [dau. of Thomas & Ruth, gr. fa. ad. 4 & 6], Hannali Coade, dau. of Joscjjh & Sarah of Plymouth, dis. 1837 to Dunkirk N. Y. (Re-ad. 1840). Mercy Bennet, w. Jacob, [fa.ad,6.],m. 1780, o. Porter, mo. 620, sis. 82.'), d Jy. 6, 1847, 33. 85. Sarah Porter, dau. Zacha'h., gr. mo. G20, Re., m. Dr. — Brown of Pa.; now a wid. Hannah Weston, fa. 7G2, sis. 745, unm., d. Ja. 6. 1840, os. 49. Salome Weston, fa. 7G2, mo. 571, sis, 745, 777, (802). Eunice Sturtevant, mo. 627, unm., d. Ma. 14, 1815, ss. 22. Jacob Bennet 2d., s. Eben'r. Livy, (794), d. Au. 20, '50, a;. 76. Orin Tinkham, fa. 771, m. Achsa Townsend, Re. in Me. Temperance Burgess, m. Levi Wood 1814, [s. of Levi, gr. mo. 429], dis. 1837 to Fall River. Ichabod Wood 2d., fa. 747, sis. 661; Re. to Ind. m. bef. 1823, Left 4 chi.; d. Oc. 31, 1830, £e. 42. Mary Wood, (SOI), o. Weston, dau. Abner and Huldah, gr. mo. 539, gr. gr. fa. 231, d. Se. 30, 1827, se. 40. Serena Thomas, dau. Seth, sis. 738, gr. mo. ad. 85, (770), m. 1815, dis. 1833 to Pittsburg Pa. Lucy Swift, w. Joseph sr., o. Cornish, fa. 593, sis. 985. Mercy King, dau. John & Elizabeth, gr. mo. 384, m. Jo- sephus Bump 1814, d. Se. 19, 1818, x. 29? Elizabeth Barker, fa. 545, mo. 579, br. 714, dis. 1827 to Freetown; d. in Chicago, 111. Ap. 5, 1854, ie. 63d. Hepzibah Morton fr. Salsbury Vt., dau. Seth jr., gr. gr. mo. 127, sis. 1061, dis. 1840 to N. Bedford, d. Ma. 16, 1848? sd. 50? John Perkins, fa. ad. 5, br. 749, m. Sarah Snow, 2 m. (1043), dis. 1825 to N. Rochester. (Re-ad. 1845). REV. EMERSON PAINE, 6th Pastor, m. Lydia Pendle- ton, Re. 1822, d. Ap. 26, 1851, a\ 65, (p. 43.) Leonard Elmes fr. Abbeville S. C, fa. 817, (752), (ex. 1827), Re. in Dighton, 2d. m. Stephens. James Sprout, s. Robert jr., gr. gr. fo. 135, (827) m. 1800, Dea. 1833, d. Ap. 15, 1837. je. 63d. (p. 72). Rebecca Bennet, (780) ra. 1802, o. Wood dau. Amos, sis. 638, dis, 1828 to No. Rochester, d. Ma. 24, 1846, aj. 67th. Fanny D. Sturtevant, mo, 627, unm., d. De. 22, 1845, va. 48. Joanna Tilson, fa. 652, mo. 653, br. 693, sis. 873. Abby Eddy, (682), o. Andros, sis. 761, d. Oc. 28, 1848, cB. 55th. Julia Paddock, mo. 699, unm., d. Ju. 6, 1849, a?. 50th. Sylvea Fuller, mo. 647, sis. 685, br. 1050. 10' 800 801 802 803 V804 805 806 80 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 81G \817 NC818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 1819] Ju. 27. Elizabeth Wood, mo. 751, m. CoUester Wood [d. 1850]. All. 15. Horatio G. Wood, s. of Eben'r., br. 947, sis. 752, gr. mo. 429, (784, 836), Dm. 1842, (lis. 1847 to C. C. C. with 32 otliers. 15. Ebcnezer Willis, sis. 876, (778), d. Ja. 20, 1840. ce. 49. 15. Eliphalet Doggett, s. of Mark, m. Sybil Peabody, dis. 1828 to E. Brid'r., 2(i. m. — Keith, Re. in N. Bedford. Eliphalet Elmes Jr., fa. 817, (854), Re. in Taunton. -u,_ Oc. — . 1820. Ja. 11. 1823. Se. — . Oc. 19 " 19 " 19, " 19. " 19. " 19. " 19. " 19. " 19 " 19. " 19. " 19 " 19. " 19. " 19. " 19. " 19. " 19. " 19. Deliverance Littlejohn, w. Wm. m. '94, o. Muxham, dau. Jn., Admitted at her house, d. Ja. 11, 1820, te. 51st. i( 19. ii 19. (I 19. u 19. ii 19. i( 19. ii 19. ii 19. Susanna Tinkham, fa. 663, Admitted at her house, unm., d. De. 30, 1823, ffi. Josiali Clarke, m. Hannah Harlow, d. Ma. 3, 1839, se. 95. Mary Clarke, mo, 845, sis. 809, ra. Edward Stetson 1827, dis. 1828 to N. Bedford, d. Oc. 13, 1836, ts. 37th. Deborah P. Clarke, mo. 845, sis. 808, gr. fa. 807, m. Geo. Thompson 1826, [his fa, 583], d. Mh. 23. 1853, m. 55. ( Abiel Washburn, s. Edward, (811), d. Ju. 17, 1843, si. 80^. ■< Elizabeth Washburn, (810) m. 1788, o. Pierce, dau. Job, (^ sis. 895, d. Mh. 23, 1850, sa. 84. Abigail Washburn, fo. 810, dis. 1851 to C. C. C. Caroline Washburn, fa. 810, m. Rev. Francis Horton, dis. 1833 to Brookfield Ms., d.at W.Camhr'ge Se.20,1849,£e.42f Louisa Jane Washburn, ia. 810, m. Rev. Elam Smalley, dis. 1832 to Franklin Ms., Re in Worcester, Ms. Louisa Bourne, mo. 895, sis. 870, m. Alexander Wood 1824, [fa. 748], Re. in Hanover, Ms. HiLLiARD Bryant, s. of Seth, gr. mo. 673, dis. 1827 to ( Eliphalet Elmes sr.,'fa.'624, (818), d. Au. 4, '30, se. 77th. I Chloe Elmes, (817) m. '77, o. Leonard, d. Jy. 5,'43,a3.86th. Jane Finney, mo. 657, m. Eber Beal, d. Jy. 7, 1825, ae. 26th. Hannah Freeman, mo. 856, unm., d. Se. 22, 1842, a?. 59. Miriam Littlejohn, mo. 805, sis. 86l, gr. gr. mo. 163. Job Lucas, s. of Samuel, m. Mary Morse. Lydia Pratt, (772), o. Macomber, dau. Simeon, sis. 854. Phebe Pratt, w. Zerubbabel, o. Stone, d. Mh. 4, '45, as. 49. Bathsheba Sparrow, ^v. Edward, [d. No. 18, '53, se. 86th,] ra. 1798, o. Porter, mo. 620, sis. 775, d. Mh 27, 1853, se. 80th. Josiah 0. Standish, s. Joshua sr., Re., m.. Re. in Plymouth. Lucy Sproat, (793) o. Clarke, dau. Dr. Joseph & Rebecca, [sis. 544] gr. gr. mo. 127, d. De. 7, 1849, a;. 69. Joseph Swift jr., mo. 786, unm., d. Oc. 9, 1829, se. 20. Mercy Swift, mo. 78G, m. Ich. ShurtlifF, dis. '43 to Carv. Lucy Swift jr., mo. 786, ra. W. Taylor of Pembroke, Re. Elizabeth Tinkham, fa. 663, unm., d. Mh. 28, 1846, 33. 74. ( James Warren, br. 696, (833), He & W. dis. '47 to C.C.C. I Margaret Warren, (832) o. Finney, mo. 657, sis. 819. 108 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 1823. Oc. 19, " 19, « 19. « 19. " 19, " 19, No. 23, " 23, " 23, « 23, " 23, " 23, " 23, " 23, 848 u 23 849 u 23 850 (( 23 851 « 23 852 (( 23 853 (C 23 854 a 23 855 u 23 856 i( 23 857 C( 23 858 « 23 859 (C 23 860 11 23 861 i( 23 862 (( 23 863 (( 23 864 u 23. 865 (( 23. 866 u 23. 867 (( 23. 868 11 23. ( Thomas Weston sr., s. Edmund jr., gr. fa. 231, (835), d. J Ja. 17, 1834, a;. 64. ( Abigail Weston, (834), o. Doggett, d. Au. 11, 1830, ae. 55. Abigail Weston Jr., fa. 834, (801) m. 1830, dis. 1847 lo C. C. C, d. Ja. 7, 1854, x. 53d. Bethania Weston, fa. 834, m. Eai-l Sproat, [fa. 868]. Lavinia Weston, fa. 834, m. Eeland Tinkham [d.Ma. 2, '54, X .50.]; his and her gr. gr. mo. 595 ; d. Oc. 15, 1849, te. 41st. Thomas Weston Jr., fa. 834, gr. gr. fa. 231, (851). Francis Atwood, s. Wm., m. Elizabeth Ward, dau. Benj'n., 2d. m. Abigail Shurtliff, d. Ja 22, 1853, se. 79. Shadrach Atwcod, fa. 840, Re., m.. Re. in Franklin, Ms. ( Martin Buss, (843), Re. I Eliza Buss, (842), Re. Joseph Chamberlain, d. in Plymt. Oc. 6, 1825. Elizabeth Clarke, w. Joseph, m. 1791, o. Morton, dau. of John, gr. mo. 127, d. Mh. 19, 1840, as. 70. Otis T. Cobb, mo. 684, dis. 1834 to Amherst, Ms., m. Maria Cady, dau. of Squire of Ct. Re. in Plainfield, Ct. Adaline Cobb, mo. 684, br. 846, m. Heman Cobb, dis. 1840 to Plym. Re. ad. 1853. Alan.son Darling, fa. 715, sis. 849, 850, (857). Hannah H. Darling, fa. 715, m. — Spaulding, dis. 1837 to Lempster, N. H. Aurilla Darling, fa. 715, m. Hiram Fletcher, dis. 1832 to Lempster, N. H. Thalia Eddy, fa. 944, br. 967, sis. 955, 968, 969, (839). Ann Juliett Eddy, fa. 718, sis, 988, m. Samuel Barrett, dis. 1833, to Cambridge, Re. in Newton, Ms. Charlotte Edson, sis. 719, Re. in Titicut. Lavinia Elmes, (804), o. Macomber, sis. 823, d. Oc. 29 ? 1836, ie. 29? Louisa Elmes, fa. 817, m. Samuel G. Drake of Boston. Mercy Freeman, w. Elisha, o. Eddy, fa. 341, d. Au. 19, 1828, i-e 82. Lauretta Ann Fuller, gr. mo. 647, (848). Rufus Holmes, s. of Zaccheus, (861) dis. 1828 to War'm., d. Mh. 20, 1839, ae. 35. George L. Holmes, mo. 860, Re., m.. Re. in Tenn. Eunice Holmes, w. Peleg, o. Wood, dis. 1840 to N. Bridg'r. Hannah Littlejohn, mo. 805, (858), dis. 1828 to War'm. Lendall P. Morton, br. 662, (904), d. Ja. 11, 1843, re. 46th. Nathan Perkins Jr., gr. gr. mo. 172, (1023) 2d. m. Mrs. Sias, o. Dean, dis. 1847 to C. C. C. Olive Pratt, fa. 772, br. 1032, m. Darius Wentworth, dis. 1835 to Bridg'r. He d., she Re. there. Lydia Smith, dau. Jabez, sis. 1051, gr. gr. fa. 161. James Soule 4th, aged 12 yrs., s. Wm., gr. fa. 664, (1052) Ruth Soule, w. Isaac o. Fuller, d. Se. 30, 1849, a?. 69th. Thomas Sproat, fa. 323, (883) d. Fe. 3, 1833, x. 75. 109 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 (728) 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 1823, No. 23, " 23, « 23, " 23, " 23, " 23, " 23, " 23, " 23, 1824. Ja. 7, Ap. " 4, Mh. 10, Jy. 4, 1825 Se. 9, " 9. 1826. Ja. 22. Jj. 2. Se. 21. 1827. De. 2. 1829. Jy. 5. Daniel Thomas, mo. 702, m. Phebe Thomas, '25, Re. in Pa. Arad Thompson, fa. 581, br. 935, sis. 698, 725, m. Mercy Bourne, [her mo. SO.'j, sis. 815], d. Ap. 22, 1843, x. 56. Marietta T. Thompson, ia. 935, br. 926, sis. 872, 927. Cordelia Thompson, fa. 935, sis. 871, m. Benj'n. Bryant, He. in Philadelphia. Judith Tilson, fa. 652, br. 693, unm. d. Ja. 22, 1836, ae. 30|. Betsey L. Wing, mo. 880, m. Elij. Burgess, dis. '47 to C. C C. James D. Wilder, a3. 15th year, fa. 639, (1001), dis. 1847 to C. C. C. ; Dea. tliere, d. Fe. 7, 1854, x. 45th. Jane Willis, dau. Eben'r and Joanna of Bridgwater, br. 802. Lydia Wood, dau. Timothy, br. 1014, gr. gr. mo. 429, gr. gr. gr. fa. 135, m. Caleb Bassett, Ke. iu W. P. Jabez Fuller fr. Wrenthara, mo. 673, sis. 674, (879), he and W. dis. 1826 to Berkley. They Ec. in Ver. Sally P'^uller fr. Plymt., (878), o. Churchill. Lura Wing fr. War'm., wid. of Ansel, o. Leonard, dau. of Archippus, gr. mo. 338, d De. 15, 1851, a;. 71. Susan B. Fuller fr. Plainfield Ct., w. Zachariah, [his mo. 673, br. 878], o. Barstow, d. in Plainfield, Ct. Serena Hubbard fr. Windsor, Vt., o. Tucker, gr. fa. 164, dis. 1838 to Chicago, 111. and Re. there; vvid.of Ahira. Susanna Miller, wid. John [d. Jy. 16, '18 te. 47th,] m. '92, (652), o. Sparrow b. 1772. mo. 643, br. 734, sis, 751. Mary Sproat, (868), o Briggs, d. Sep. 3, 1834, a?. 73. Silas Thomas, s. of Jer'h, gr. mo. 387, 484, br. 736, m. Mary Shurtliff, d. Au. 10. 1834, a;. G9th. Eleazer Thomas, s. of Eleazer, gr. fa. 350, (920). REV. WILLIAM EATON fr. Fitchburg, 7th Pastor, (890), dis. 1834, d. April 15, 1840, x 56 ; (p. 44.) Azcl Thomas, mo. 892, sis, 894, gr. gr. fa. 428, 298, m. Harriet Thompson 1837, d. Mh. 31, 1844, x. 47th. Elizabeth Leonard fr. Plym., w. of Eph'm., 1st h. Geo. Churchill, o. Harlow, dau. of Seth and Sarah iVarren,* Dea. Nath'l.^ Benfn^ Bichard of the M. P., d. De. 28, 1846, X. 78.' Lucy W. Morse fr. Nor. Bridg'r., dau. of Sam'l, br. 1016, 1053, gr. fa. 549, m. Edw'd. Adams. Lydia Eaton fr. Fitchburg, (886), o. Sanford, dis. 1834, d. in Worcester Ms., Mh. 25, 1850, x. 55. Ruth Morse, w. of Levi, o. Savery, dis. 1839 to Carv. Phebe Thomas, w. Azel, m. 1796, o. Ellis, dau. of Geo., gr. mo. 623, d. in the St. of Me. Feb. 3, 1851, aj.'76. Mary Freeman, (676), o. Cole, dau. of Job, sis. 917, 1081 dis. 1846, to Carv., d. Ju. 13. 1852, x. 65th. Betsey Thomas, mo. 892, m. Sam'l Ellis, dis. '33 to War'm. 110 895 8'J6 1829. Se. 27 « 27 897 " 27 898 899 " 27 " 27 900 901 902 " 27 " 27. " 27. 903 No. 8. 904 " 8. 905 90(] 907 908 " 8. " 8. " 8. " 8. 909 1830. Ja. 20. 910 Ap. 2. 911 Au. 1. 912 De. 5. 913 914 " 5. 1831. Ju. 5. 915 (( 5. 91G (.' 5. 917 (( 5. 918 a 5. 919 a 5. 920 ii 5. 921 u 5. 922 u 5. 923 a 5. 924 Ju. 5. 925 a 5. 92fi a 5. Lucy Bourne, v,'. Wm., o. Pierce, dan. Job, tils. '48 to C C. C. f Ebenezer Pickens, son oi' Sam'l, (897), he and w. dis.'47 to .; C. C. C. ^, Mary B. Pickens, (89 G,) o. Thompson, dau. Benj'n. sis. [ 931, 947, gr. fa. .563, gr. gr. fa. ad. 4. Lydia M. Eddy, (944), o. Morton, dau. Joshua, sis. 971. Polly W. Caswell, w. Eleazer, o. Cobb, dau. of Lemuel, gr. gr. fa , 3C3. Jane Standisli, w. John, o. Churchill dau. Elias ; Ee. Barbara Tinkham, dau. Eben'r. gr. fa. 592. Lauretta Wing, mo. 880, m. Wm. T. Estes, dis. 1843, to Taunton, d. in Sandwich, Ue. 24, 1852, x. 43. Olive T. Cobb, dau. Levi, gr. fa. G28, gr. mo. 550, m. Philander Hackct, d. Au. 12, 1850, a'. 40. Eliza S. Morton, (8G2), m. 1824, o. Hacket, dau. George, sis. 924, br. 903, d. Ja. 12, 1843, ce. 38. Mary Norcutt, mo. 622, rn. Dan'l Dunham, dis. '47 to C.C.C. j Samuel Pool, (907) ; they Re. in South Abington. (LydiaPool, (906), o. Cox. Betsey Warren, w. Galen, [he d. Ju. 19, 1853, a^ 55 ; br. G9G], o. Tribou, mo. G95, gr. gr. fa 298. Sarah Jackson fr. Windsor Vt., dau. of Joseph sr., gr. fa. 335, dis. 1847 to C. C. C. Hannah D. Morton fr. Shoreham Vt., fa. ad. 10, br. 662, 862, m. Horatio N. Wilbur, d. Jy. 26, 184C, x. 37th. Lucy C. Wood fr. Scitu., (947,) m. '27 1st. m. — Gushing, o. Nichols, dis. 1847 to C. C. C, d. Se. 26, 1848, re. 61st. Susanna Tucker, w. Daniel [fa. 327], o. Thoinpson, dau. Nathan, gr. mo. ad. 64, 16 chi. fr. '83, d. Fe. 25, '50, a\86th. Mandana Tucker, mo. 912, gr. gr. mo. ad. 64. Freeman Barrows, mo. 971, dis. 1832 to N. Bedford, Re. in Mo. ; m. Betsey Eddy, w. Eben'r, [fa. 633], o. Stetson, dau. Caleb, Betsey M. Eddy, mo. 915, gr. fa. 633, m. Amasa Thompson [gr. gr. gr. fa. 9], d. No. 17, 1851, a;. 38. Hannah Thomas, wid. of Ezra, [gr. fa. 425], o. Cole, dau. of Job, sis. 893, d. Jy. 5 1 1853, re. 63. f Seneca Thomas,rn. 649, br. 923, sis. 921, (919) Vea., 1852. ( Hope Thomas, (918), o. Faunce, dau. Ansel, gr. mo. 433. Eunice Thomas, (885), o. Shurtliff, dau. Gideon. Anna Thomas, w. Andrew, [d. 1853, te. 75th. mo. 550], o. Thomas, fa. 649. br. 918, d. Ap. 12, 1833, re. 49. Lucia Ann Thomas, fa. 885, unm., d. No. 30, 1836, £e. 20. Winslow Thomas, fa. 649, br. 918, m. Charity Thomas, [dau. of Isaiah, sis. 1077], d. No. 14, 1843, re. 52. Huldah Thomas, w. of Benj'n, o. Hacket, dau. of Geo. sis. 904, d. Se. 25, 1852, re. 60th. Nathan King, m. Ellen Thompson, dis. 1847 to C. C. C. Charles F. Thompson, fa. 935, sis. 927, d. Se. 3, '39, se. 23. Ill 927 1831. Ju. 5. 928 929 Au. 7. " 7. 930 931 " 7. " 7. 932 " 7. 933 934 « 7. " 7. 935 93G 1832. Ap. 1. Oc. 17. (626) 937 1833. Ma. 5. Ju. 2. 938 « 2. 939 1835. Oc. 28. 940 1836. Ja. 3. 941 Mh. 6. 942 « 6 943 No. 6 944 945 946 1837. Mh. 5 « 5 « 5 947 Ma. 7 948 Ma. 7 949 « 7. 950 951 952 " 7. " 7. Ju. 2. Floranllia Tliompsoii, fa. 935, br. 92G, sis. 871, 872, m. Granville T. Sproat, dis. '39 to La Poiiite, L. S. Thomas Gisby, br. 773, m. Mehetabel Daniels. Simeon Staples, s. of Eben'r of Taunton, m. Lydia Sampson, [her. fa. 732], d. Ja. 17, 1833, x. SU- Susanna Cushman, w. Adoniram, o. Bump, mo. 596. Freelove G. Rounseville, w. Gamaliel, o. Thompson dau. of Benj'n, sis. 897, gr. mo. .585, dis. 1847 to C. C. C. Mary Jane Eastman fr. Brunswick ]Me., m. Kev. Sam'l Utley, dis. 1838 to So. New Marlboro' Betsey Tinkham fr. AVrentham, w. of Geo. W., o. Cole. Matilda AVood, (1014), o. Thompson, dau. of Samuel and Clara, br. 916 ; dis. 1852 to C. C. C. Cephas Thompson, fa. 581, m. Olivia Leonard, (2d. w. 723). David Harlow fr. Brookfield, s. Jesse, m. — Finney, Re. in Plymouth. Desire Morse from Halif'x., unm., d. De. 29, 1851, a;. 80. Ruth Reed, w. Sam'l., o. Sampson, dau. Icho. dis. '47 to C. C. C. Harvey Tinkham, s. of Hazael, gr. gr. fa. 148, (985); 2d. m. — Ramsdell. REV. ISRAEL W. PUTNAM fr. Portsmouth, N. H., 8th Pastor, s. of Eleazer of Dan vers, 1st m. Harriot Osgood, 2nd. m. (941), chi. 1006, 1036, 1057; (p. 44). Sabina Willis fr. Hal'x., w. Martin, o. Thompson, dau. Isaac sr., br. 981, gr. gr. gr. fa. 9, dis. 1849 to Hal'x. Juha Ann Putnam fr. Portsm'h. N.H., (939), o. Osgood, dau. of Sam'l and Maria of N. Y., 1st. h. S. Osgood jr., chi. 942. Adeline H. Osgood fr. Portsmouth N. H., mo 941, m. Wm. C. Eddy, [s. of Wm. S., gr. fa 633.] Caroline M. Pickens, fa. 896, mo. 897, dis. '47 to C. C. C, m. John McCloud ; two brs. and h. on. p. 69. Joshua Eddy, fa. 633, br. 682, 718, sis. 683, (898). Harriet Hill, came fr. and returned to Boston. Elizabeth H. Washburn, w. Philander, o. Homes, dau. of Henry and Dorcas of Boston, dis. 1847 to C. C. C. Wilkes Wood, s. Eben'r., br. 801, m. Betsey Tinkham 1798, [gr. fa. 345]; 2d. w. Betsey Thompson, 3d. w (911), d. Oc. 1, 184.3, x. 73. Charles AY. AVood, fa. 947, dis, 1839 to Ashby (p.55), m. Eliza Ann Bigelow, 2d. m. Catharine Lemist,o. Clarke Emily Louisa Wood, fa. 947, br. 948, 953, sis. 950, 951, or." gr. gr. fa. ad 4, dis. 1847, to C. C. C. ° Mary T. Wood, fa. 947, m. Russell L. Hathaway ; Re. in Ind. Sally Leonard, w. Jas., o. AVood, fa. 947, d. Ja. 1846, sd. 43d. Irene Soule, w. Otis, o. Cushman, dan. Jacob, of Plymt, 112 11837 95.S Se. 3 1838 954 Jy. 1 955 Se. 2 956 (( 2 957 (( 2 958 a 2 959 (( 2 960 u 2 961 u 2 962 No. 4. 1839. 963 Ja. 4. (673) Jy. 6. 1840. 964 Jy. 5. (774) u 5. 965 ii 5. 966 Se. 6. 967 a 6. 968 <( 6. 969 i( 6. 970 i( 6. 971 a 6. 972 n 6. 973 « 6. 974 (( 6. 975 <( 6. 976 i( 6. 977 i( 6 978 u 6. 979 ii 6. 980 (( 6. 981 C( 6. 982 5» 6 983 No. 1. 984 William Henry Wood, fa. 947, br. 948, sis. 949, 950. Mary Ann Orringlon, came from and returned to Boston. Jane Ellen Eddy, fa. 944, br. 967, sis. 851, 969, m. Timothy Cobb, dig. 1842 to Carv , Re. in Fall River. Lucy Harrington, w. Isaac, o. Raymond, dau. Joshua. J Lothrop Thomas Jr., mo. 1073, gr. gr. fa. 350, (958). ( Louisa Faunce Thomas, (957), o. Thomas,fa. 918,br.l071. Saba S. Thomas, fa. 885, unm., d. De. 18, 1845, vs. 25. Mary Ann Thomas, mo. 921, m. Soranus Wrightington. Mary II. Thomas, w. Albert, o. Churchill, dau. Edmund. Mary Reed Atvvood, w. Daniel, o. Whitmarsh, dau. Wm. Betsey L. Pratt fr. Bridgwater, w. Simeon o. Leach, dau. of Levi, of Bridg'r, br. 1048, d. Ap. 19, 1839, x. 27. Lucy Fuller from Fairhaven, d. Se. 13, 1839, a3. 81|. EHab Dean, s. of Seth of Raynham, (986), chi. 987. Hannah Coade fr. Dunkirk N. Y. Sarah Lawrence, w.' Dan'l, o. Custens, dau of Thomas. Mary Ann Colwell, dau. Eben'r., m. Eben'r. Fuller, Hal'x. Charles E. Eddy fr. N. Bedford, fa. 944, dis. 1847 to Provi- dence, m. Elizabeth Simmons of Prov. Eliza Eddy, fa. 944, mo. 898, br. 967, sis. 851, 955, 969. Susan M. Eddy, fa. 944, mo. 898, br. 967, sis. 851, 968, 955. Ann Elizabeth Eddy, fa. 682, mo. 797, sis. 1010, (976), dis. 1844 to Bahimore, Md. Susanna M. Ellis, (680), 1st h. Freeman Barrows, o. Morton, sis. 898, s.914, dis. 1844 to N. Bedford. Jane Freeman, mo. 1061, sis. 1055, 1056, gr. mo. 856, (997), Re. in No. Bridgcwater. Jerusha Haskins, w. Job, o. Raymond. Lucia Maria Nichols, w. James G., o. Cole, dau. Lemuel, gr. fa. 665. Harriet Orcutt, w. Alpheus, o. Soule, mo. 867 ; Re. in. W. P. William Pratt, s. of Simeon, (970), dis. '42 to Bait. Md. Mahala Smith, w. Earl, 1st h. Alfred Soule, o. Shaw, fa. 654, dis. 1845 to Manchester N. H. Isaac Soule, 3d, mo. 867, m. Polly Fuller, dau. of Sam'l. Priscilla Soule, mo. 867, m. S. M. Stephens, Re. in Boston. Rebecca Soule, mo. 867, br. 978, sis. 975, 979. Anna T. Thompson, fa. 705, br. 996, gr. fa. 747, m. Isaac Thompson Jr., d. in. Hal'x. Ma. 11. 1852, se. 38th. Eunice Washburn, w. Lewis, o. Leonard, dau. Jonathan. Henry Dunham fr. Carv., s. of Israel of Carv., m. Louisa Jane Pratt, [fa. 772, sis. 864] ; dis. 1850 to C. C. C. Lucia C. Ellis, w. Southworth Jr., o. Thomas, dau. Noah, gr. fa. 350. 1840. 085 No. 1. 1841. 986 la. 4. 987 .( 4. 988 <( 4. 989 a 4. 990 n 4. 991 a 4. 992 u 4. 993 u 4. 994 u 4 995 (( 4. 996 (( 4. 997 (( 4. 998 u 4. 999 ii 4. 1000 u 4. 1001 « 4. 10(12 u 4. 1003 Ma. 7. 1004 u 7. 1005 i( 7. 1006 Se. 12. 1007 ii 12. 1008 u 12. 1009 No. 7. 1010 u 7. 1011 ii 7. 1842. 1012 Ja. 2. 1013 a 2. 1014 ii 2. 1015 Ju. 26 1016 ii 26 1017 ii 26 1018 ii 26 1019 ii 26 1020 ii 26 1021 Se. 4 1022 113 Jane Tinkhain, (938), o.Cornisli, fa. 593, d. Se. 16, '48 re. '54. Lydia Dean, (964), o. Paddleford, dau. Solomon. Lois Dean, fa. 964, mo. 986. Charlotte Elizabeth Eddy, fa. 718, sis. 852, m. Rev. F. G. Pratt Pastor Winthrop Church, So. Maldfin. Stephen Harlow Jr., gr. mo. 632, br. 990, sis. 991, (1029). Jonathan E. Harlow, s. Stephen sr., br. 989, Physician in Ilingham. m Sarah Harlow, br. 989, sis. 992, m. John A. Williams. Betsey B. Harlow, br. 989, sis. 993, m. John M. Soule. Mary L. Harlow, gr. mo. 632, sis. 992, 991, br. 989, 990. j VenusThompson,mo.655, grgr. mo.372andad. 64,(995). ( Jane Thompson, (994),o. Southworth, dau. Seth and Hope. Benjamin F. Thompson, f-A. 705, sis. 981, m. Sar^di A. Wood, [dau David, gr. gr.'fa. 356, d. Ja. 10, 1854, se. 35]. Oliver G. Tinkham, fa. 938, (972), Re. in N. Bridg'r. Rachel Vineca, w. David, o. Vaughan, mo. 567. Dorlisca N. Vineca, mo. 998, m. Francis Thompson. Lydia Vineca, mo. 998, m. Martin AVood of Hal'x. Bathsheba L. Wilder, (875), o. Murdock, dis. '47 to C. 0. C Abigail T. Wood, mo. 742, sis. 1003, gr. fa. 569. Mercy L. Wood, mo. 768, gr. fa. 747. Joanna Atwood, w. of Jacob, o. Wood, mo. 742, sis. 1002. JMary C. Wood, w. of Eliab Jr., o. Freeman, fa. 676, mo. . 6 1084 •' 6 Marcia Soule, (866), o. Soule, dan. Thomas, gr. f\v. 603, d. Oc. 20, 1853, ffi. 40th. Charles S. Morse, s. Samuel, br. 1016, m. Nancy W. Pratt. Elisabeth S. Smith fr. Hal'x, w. of Moses T., [gr. fa. 690, gr. gr. fa. 356], o. Bourne, dau. Isaac of Hal'x. Mercy E. Bryant, w. of Ira, o. Freeman, mo. 1061, sis. 972, 1056, gr. mo. 860, gr. gr. mo. 486. Louisa Cornish, w. Josiah T., [gr. fa. 593, 664], o. Freeman, mo. 1061, sis. 972, 1055. Julia Maria Putnam, fa. 939, br. 1036, sis. 1006, m. Alfred S. Thaver, Re. in Exeter, N. H. Sarah Jane Tinkham, dau of Enoch, gr. mo. 551, gr. gr. fa. 592, Re. in Boston. Melinda B. Eddy fr. Fall River, (682), o. Bordon, 1st m. to Rev Augustus B. Reed. Rev. Elijah Dexter fr. Plymt., s. of Elijah, late Pastor there, (722), d. Oc 10, 1851, ffi. 65. Lydia Dexter fr. Plymt., (1060.) Virtue M. Freeman, w. of Josiah, o. Morton, dau. Seth Jr., sis 789. gr. fa. 354, gr. gr. mo. 127. Elisabeth Littlejohn, w. Orsamus, o. Swift, dau. Jn. j Thomas Savery, s. of Neremiah, gr. gr. gr. mo. 43, (1064). (Penelope Savery, (1063,) o. Swift, dau. John, sis. 1062. Susan H. Caswell, fr. Bridg'r, w. of Eleazer R., o. Caswell. Thomas Weston Jr., fa. 839, gr. fa. 834, 944. Adeline Cobb fr. Plym., w. of Pieman, o. Cobb, mo. 684. Saba Adams Comstock fr. Dedham, w. of Dr. Wm. W., o. Sturtevant dau. of Thomas, gr. mo. 627. Elira Jane Eddy fr. Providence, w. of Joshua M. [fa. 944], o. Carpenter, dau of Hosea of Prov. Sarah A. Atwood, w. of Josiah, o. Bonney, dau. Ezekiel. Freeman T. Mc.Glathlin, s. of Tho., gr. gr. mo. ad. 85,(1077). ( Seneca R. Tliomas, f\i. 9 1 8, sis. 958, gr. gr. mo. 443,(1072). I Zilpha B. Thomas, (1071), o. Shurtliff, mo. 1081. Melinda Thoma?, wid. of Luthrop, o. Shurlliff, sis. 920. Clarissa Jane Thomas, mo. 1073, br. 957. Sarah Tyner, dau. of Michael and Susan of Ireland. Lydia Shaw fr. Plymt., wid. of Wm., o. Sampson, sis. 1080. Harriet Mc.Glathlin,(1070), o. Thomas, dau. Isaiah, sis. 923, gr. fa. 350. Francis M. Shaw, mo. 1076. j Benjamin Shaw, fa. 648, mo. 566, gr. mo. ad. 85. I Bethiah Shaw, (1079) o. Sampson, dau. Peleg, sis. 1076. Zilpha Shurtliflf, wid. of Barnabas, o. Cole, sis. 893, 917. Mary M. Morse, w. Oliver, o. Goodwin. Salome Vaughan, w. of Wm. H., o. Willis, fo. 802, gr. fa. 762. Rhodu J. Savery, w. of Geo. S. [la. 067, gr mo. 555], o. Churchill, dau. of Asaph and Rhoda, gr. fa. 720. 116 RESIDENT BRETHREN Admitted. Admitted. Darling, Savery. 848, Alanson, 1823. 1063, Thomas, 1852. Dean, Shaw, 964. Eliab, 1840. 651, Samuel, 1803. Eddy, 1078, Francis M. 1853 682, Nathaniel, 1807. 1079, Benjamin, 1853. 718, Zechariah, 1808. Smith, 944, Joshua, 1837. 679, Levi, 1807. Foley, Soule, 1035, James, 1844. 863, James, 1823 Fuller, 978, Isaac, Jr., 1840 1050, Consider, 1850. Thomas, Gisby. 885, Eleazer, 1824 773, William, 1813. 918, Seneca, 1831. 928, Thomas, 1831. 957, Lothrop, 1838 Harlow, 1071, Seneca R., 1850. 989, Stephen, 1841. Thompson. Leach, 935, Cephas, 1832 1048, George M., 1850. 994, Venus, 1841. Lucas, 996, Benjamin F., 1841. 822, Job, 1823. Tinkham, Mc.Glathlin, 938, Harvey, 1833. 1070, Freeman T., 1853. Warren, Morse, 696, John, 1807. 1016, Marston S., 1841. Weston, 1053, Charles S., 1850. 839, Thomas, sr., 1823 Pratt, 1066, Thomas, Jr., 1853 772, Thomas, 1813. Wood, 1032, Thomas A., 1843. 953, William H., 1837 Putnam, 1008, Alfred, Jr., 1841 939, Israel W., Kev. 1835. NON- ■RESIDED rr MEMBERS. 841, Atwood, Dr. Shadrach. 877, Bassett, Mrs. Lydia. 776, Brown, wid. Sarah. 872, Bryant, Mrs. Cordelia. 842, ( Buss, Martin. 843, I " Mrs. Eliza. 707, Cobb, Jacob. 759, Curtis, Mrs. Sally. 1031, Doane, Calvin. 855, Drake, Mrs. Louisa. 804. Elmes, P^liphalet. 966. Fuller, Mrs. Mary Ann, 769. Harlow, wid. Hepzibah. 990. Harlow, Dr. Jona. Edwards. 950, Hathaway, Mrs. Mary T. 945, Hill, Miss Harriet. 859, Holmes, Geo. L. 954, Orrington, Miss Mary Ann. 906, ^ Pool, Samuel. 907, 1 Pool, Mrs. Lydia. 826, Standish, Josiah O. 900, Standish, Avid. Jane. 979, Stephens, Mrs. Priscilla. 830, Taylor, Mrs. Lucy. 1010. Thayer, Mrs. Mary Jane. 1057. Thayer, Mrs. Julia Maria. 869, Thomas, Daniel. 640, Thompson, Rev. Otis. 730, Thompson, Ezra. 999, Thompson, Mrs. Dorliska N. 997, (Tinkham, Oliver G. 972, ) Tinkham, Mrs. Jane. 815, Wood, Mrs. Louisa. 1000, Wood, Mrs. Lydia. 117 02 O H JZ2 Ph I 1— I »0 00 lO i-( O 05 (M CO CO -^ OS OJ CO ■^ lO l~ 00 OS CO S2 'i" ^'12 "5 ■*! 00 01 ■-i t!; =~l r/ S '^' "-I D ~ c 0/ "S a. Q. <;>::< c; K, < < ?;S6 05 IM O Tt< _rS S 'O INf,N > ;>,—, .::i oi O t. CuCLiScscati-tHa ^ 1-5 H « -35 »«w;>^KSa S-HJ*W-'"< < a 5 X g sc: M CCc-D-i7Dl-;fc:CS^ c5 rH(MC0'*LQCOl>'00 02 O TOOCOCT'MCOOi-HC'lCOOO C C0-^C0»0 0?05t^O00^HO' C iO to CD cr> 1-- 1^ :c) oc' o CI o 'r; m "^ >o c-i 00 o C r'^ „ . CO oo . a^^ I O SJ CO IM lO CO — ' oo^co»oooco-;3-7:^ ^^'"'ooQOi— *^H OJ a> Lo'r; . .o"'ra.2.2 C-J<^i-(COCOrH c a 1^ §^--5 3 5-55 ; ,>; -5 r^ -J H- -i: , _ COCOtOOOCOCOC^fM- - 03 O O i-l C^ CO < OO 00 CO 00 .. ^ •? 's ■ ,o .'as'-". S8 2': ,00 ^/j^ ' — ''^ S 00 ^ UJ ^ - ^ p r-T r-i f~ t~ "^^ .^ _< 1^ ,r ; <<: Q ►:, 02 C/3 03 ►i > •>*< 'S* lO lO I I I I > . . . coco-ti<->i Made their relations, and Prudence Conant, b. 1707, mo. 101 ; ) were bap. 1721. Elisabeth Thomas, b. 1698, br. ad. 23 ? made rel. and bap. 1715. Abiah Caswell ; made a relalion and bap. 1722. Robert Mackfun ; (w. 72) ; ' Bap. in Scotland ; restored to cov't.' John Drew Jr. ; fa. 78, m. Susanna Bennet, 1728. ) Made conf. and Thomas Drew ; fa. 78 ; d. Ju. 14, 1770 ? j bap. 1724. Geo. Vaughan, fa. 38, and w. (166), owned the covenant and he was bap. 1728, 1st w. Rebecca, d. 1718; he d. Ap. 11, 1766, re. 83d. Elisabeth Robbins, w. Jn., her chi. bap. fr. 1727 to '38. Elisabeth Hohiies, w. Jn. bef. 1724, o. Tilson, 2d. m. (ad. 4), d. Au, 8, 1773, £E. 74th. Samuel Fuller, fa. 28, br. 94, 156, (146) ; 6 chi. bap. fr. 1729. Thankful Eaton, (226), o. Alden, fa. 32, d. Oc. 29, 1732, a?. 26. Mary Tliomas, br. ad. 23, m. Jacob Soule 1731, d. Mb. 1, 1749, se. 49. Eunice Thomas, br. ad. 23, (336), d. Ap. 8, 1778, «. 69. Betty Thomas, b. 1716, br. ad. 23, m. Jona. Wood, Bridg'r, 1737. Sarah Holmes; her chi. Hannah bap. 1733. Mary Holmes, w. Thomas m. 1731, o. Sproat. Gershom Sampson, br. 193 ? (224) ; chi. bap. fr. 1729. Eben'r AYood, fa. 7, (429), chi. bap. fr. 1729, d. De. 5, 1768, vs. 71. Samuel Warren Jr. ; fa. 174, m. Rebecca Dunham, 1734. Cornelius Warren, b. 1710, fa. 174, chi. bap. fr. 1736. Wm. Canedy, (432) ; ' Wm. Esq., of Taunton, d. Ja. 23, 1774.' Susanna Miller, w. David, m. 1728, o. Holmes ; removed. Lt. Joseph Bennet, s. of Peter, (273), d. Ja. 1742, se. 38th. Priscilla Bennet, br. ad. 50, m. Jn. Miller 1735, d. Oc. 7, 1754, se. 44th. Wm. Nelson, " of a chh. in Ireland ; " 3 chi. bap. fr., 1730. Joel Ellis, (190), 6 chi. bap. 1730, d. Ju. 21, 1763, £b. 85th. J Barna. Eaton, fa. 15, w. Mehita'l, 2 w. (ad. 55), d. No. 1790, re.90th. (Elisabeth Eaton, (ad. 54) m. 1743, o. Clemens? Jabez Wood, b. 1686, fa. 13, m. Mercy Fuller 171G ; 7 chi. bap. 1732. Robert Barrows, b. 1709, fa, 59, (248), d. bef. 1761. Eben'r Morton, .sis. 80, 131, 134, (127), d. Ma. 12, 1750, re. 54th. Mary Palmer, b. 1715, fa. 21 ; relation read and bap. 1732. Samuel Tinkham sr., fa. 46 ? m. 1718, 1730, d. Mb. 16, 1775,03.87. Thomas King, (279); his chi. bap. fr. 1733. Mary Savery, w. Jn. jr., m. 1729, o. Thomas, d. Jy. 20, 1778, a;. 71st. Content Weston, w. Jn., [his 2 w. (347) ; he d. Au. 18, 1768, a3. 73.] Martha Torason, w. of Thomas 2d. m. 1732, o. Soul, mo. 55, d. Mh. 18, 1772, £8. 70th. John Smith, s. of Jn., (313). m. 1736, d. De. 13, 1748, cc. 46th. Mary Shaw ; chi. bap. 1737. A wid. Mary d. Ma. 18, 1793, se. 89. Ichabod Barden, b. 1705, s. of Jn., m. Bethia Elmes, chi. bap. 1737 120 68 Jedidah Wood ; cbi. bap. 1737. Que? 263. 69 Mrs. — Sampson, w. Peleg ; chi. bap. 1739. 70 Amos Bates and w. Jemima; their chi. bap. 173'J. 71 Esther Bennet, \v. Eben'r Jr., owned cov't, and chi. bap. 1739, d. Jy 5, 1776, X. 70th. 72 .Jane BroAvn ; her chi. bap. 1739. 73 ( James Warren, b. 1711, fa. 174, (ad. 74), | Made relations and tbcm- 74 I Mary Warren, (ad. 73), \ ^^elves and chi. bap. 1739. 75 Joanna Barlow, w. Wm. ; her chi. bap. fr. 1738 to '52. 76 Elisabeth Whaley, w. Alexander; her chi. bap. 1740. 77 ( Gershom Cobb Jr., b. 1714, fa. 272, (ad. 78), their chi. bap. 1740. 78 I Miriam Cobb, (ad.77), m. 1739, o. Thomas, mo. 136, d. Ja. 31, 1748, se. 27. 79 .Joseph Harris, (w. Hannah), " His chi. bap. 1741." 80 Mrs. Clarke, w. of John, " Her chi. bap. 1741." 81 Jn. Montgomery ; ra. Mary Strowbridge, 1735 ; chi. bap. 1742. 82 Gideon Southworth, fa. 135, (308), d. Oc. 25, 1788, a3. 70th. 83 Lemuel Harlow sr., (w. Joanna), " His chi. bap. 1745." 84 Benjamin Pratt sr., (w. Lydia), 6 chi. bap. fr. 1745. 85Mehitabel Thomas, w. Sam'12d., 10 chi.bap.fr.l746 to '64.o.Barrows? 86 Jonathan Shaw Jr.; 5 chi. bap. fr. 1746-56. 87 Sarah Morse, w. David, chi. bap. 1748 " on her account." 88 Joanna Reed, w. of Seth, 4 ch. bap. fr. 1750 to '60. 89 John Tilson, (480?) chi. Patience bap. 1750. 90 Elisabeth Ellis, w. of Wm., o. Lazell, 1st. chi. bap. 1753. 91 Nathan Tinkham of Ilal'x., b. 1725, fa. 93, chi. bap. 1756. 92 Joseph Waterman, (w. Joanna), chi. bap. 1756. 93 Abigail Hacket, w. Eben'r, m. 1757, o. Thomas, chi. bap. 1760. 94Mary Willis, w. Jas. m. '59 o. Thomas, chi. bap. 1762 ;d. Ja. 5, 1795,^.69. 95 Deborah Billington, w. Seth, o. Smith, mo. 313, 2 chi. bap. 1763. 96|john Phinney, sis. 585, (586), chi. bap. fr.l781,d. Ap. 2, 1785, ae. 24^. ADDITIONAL DEATHS OF MEMBERS. -«—»•••—»- Since the decease of Miss Elizabeth Barker, (D. C. No. 788) in Chicago, her friends there have forwarded to this church, from among her papers, " A Bill of Mortality kept in the First Precinct in Middleboro' from and after December 5, 1781, by Joseph Barker." This MS. book of her father appears to be a careful record of 827 deaths, specifying the "occasion," or disease, up to the time of his decease, "July 25, 1815, aged 62 years and nine months." From it are gathered the following deaths of church membei"s, which we had not found from other sources. The number will show their place in the Descriptive Catalogue : 315 Alice Anthony d. De. 2, 1786, 33. 80. 207 Mary Bennct, wid. d.Ap. 2, 1785, se. 79th. 265 Rebecca Darling d. Se. 16,l782,ffi.9.3. 289 Wid. Dunham d. Mh. 27, 1801, fc. 97th. 524 ElkanahElmesd.Nov.l9,1809,se.82. 146 Wid. Silence Fuller d. Jy. 23,1786,se. 521 Wid. ~^— Maxfield d. Mh. 11, 1787, £E. 88th. 485 Francis Pomeroy d, Ja. 23, 1807, ss.1 406 Samuel Pratt d. Ap. 20, 1794, ffi. 78- 374 Japhet Eickard d. Nov. 25,1798,ffi.74. 206 Wid. Sampson d. De. 7,l794,£e. 86th. 333 David Sears d. Au. 20, 1788, Ee.78. 216 Wid. of Jona. Snovr d. Ap. 20, 1783, ve. 69th. 322 Wife of Jas. Willis d. Ja. 5,l795,a;.69. 218 Susanna Thomas, mo. 45,br.424,425, 350, unm. d. Ma. 15, 1785, as. 75. 372 Wifeof Dan'l Vaughand.Fe. 1,1791, aj. 73. ORDEE DURING WORSHIP. " Thy WAT, O God ! is in the sanctuary ; Who is so gkeat a God as our God ?" — Psalm Ixxvii : 12. To show the views of the Eev. Peter Thacher — our much venerated pastor, more than a century since — we give below his letter on this subject from the church records, under his hand, in accordance with another on page 23 : — LETTER. "My letter to some who would run out from the jjublic worship at the last singing, before the public blessing, Sept. 18, 1737. To Mr. AND HIS Wife. Dear Friends: — As long as [it was proper in! charity to suggest a cover for your abruptly breaking from the public worship, I was silent. But your manner of leaving it of late obliges me, as your friend and 122 watchman, to bear solemn testimony against such a practice, if not forced to it by bodily indisposition. I solemnly beseech, and in the name of God, charge you to consider what you do when you pour such contempt upon the institutions of the Lord Christ, whom you have taken for your King, and promised subjection to Ilim in all His institutions. God hath appointed His ministers to bless His worshiping assemblies in His name. What do you, if you needlessly turn your backs on this blessing, but say, " 'tis comtemptible," and so are in danger to carry away a curse instead of a blessing ? If all should do as you do, where would the order of God's house be ? What a sad and sinful exam^^le do you set before vain persons, to whom you ought to be exemplary ? How do you grieve the hearts of them which you ought not to make sad ? Every time you do so, you break the covenant of God with your brethren with whom you have promised to walk orderly. If you, with- out the pressing necessities of the body, do so for time to come — which I hope God will, in His mercy to your souls, keep you from — this will be a witness against you, and the guilt of so evil, so God-dishonoring a practice, must lie at your door and not mine, who am your grieved and affectionate friend and pastor, " Peter Teacher." As it is a material order of the house of God, that at the close of the service the minister should pronounce the benediction upon the congre- gation, it is obviously important that they should give a most reverential attention while the Divine blessing is thus implored. The early seating also of the congregation before the service com- mences, adds much to the solemnity and good order of public worship. These orderly attentions are well approved by the church and people in this place, and in general may be observed. Late arrivals at the meeting-house in the morning may cause some irregularity, but prompt- ness in joining the assembly in the afternoon is expected of all. Those also who have the care of children should instruct them in these things. " Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, " Shall flourish in the courts of our God." ^yCfV^J^^ NOTES. Page 3. Indian Churches. In 1698, Rev. Grindal Rawson, of Mendon, and Rev. Samnel Danforth, of Taunton, were commissioned by the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians, to visit, and did visit, the several plantations in the Old Colony, and made their report; 10 Hist. Col. 129 — 134. Extract : " There are at Assowampsit and Quittaub twenty houses and eighty persons. John Hiacoomes, preacher and constant schoolmaster. Mr. Jocelyn preached at Assowampsit. At Kehtehticut are forty adults, to whom Charles Aham preached." All these places are in Middleborough. Kehtehticut, Co- tuticut, and Tetiquid are diiferent spellings of Titicut. Quittaub might be an- other name for Nemasket, or it might be " Betty's Neck." Titicut is mentioned as a place of praying Indians. Rev. Mr. Backus says in his account of Middleboro', (1 Hist. Col. 150), " ABaptist church was formed among them [at Titicut], and Nehemiah Abel, Thos. Sekins, Thos. Felix [see Des. Cat. 324], and John Symons are teachers among them. When I came here [1747] John Symons was the minister of that church, and continued so for near ten years, and then he removed to the southward. He assisted in ordain- ing Silas Paul on Martha's Vineyard in 1763. One Indian gave five acres, and two others fifteen acres of land for the ministry in Titicut. Nehemiah Bennet, Esq., gr. fa. D. C. 179, wrote an account of Middleboro,' (1 Hist. Col. 3), and respecting the Indians in town, says, " Therejis a settle- ment of them descended from the ancients, on ' Betty's Neck,' [perhaps the same as Quittaub], eight houses and eight families ; the general number is from 30 to 40." This was in 1793. He says, " they raise good crops which they sell for rum, and live afterwards by making baskets and brooms. They are subject to hec- tics, and half that are born are carried off by consumptions." Page 34. Rev. Samuel Fuller had also a son Jahez, who died June, 1712, and whose widow, Mercy, married Joseph Vaughan, No. 38. Page 3, at foot. The Indian name of the " Long Pond " is " Pontaquahot." Page 4. It was not intended to give a list of the twenty-six purchasers, but such of them and their representatives as were in town in 1675, when the settlement was attacked by the Indians. The names of the purchasers were : " Francis Sprague, John Adams, George Partridge, Francis Cooke, Thomas Bordman, William Pontus, Samuel Fuller, Edward Bumpus, Francis Bil- linston, William Brewster, John Shaw, Edward Gray, (two shares.) Resolved White, William Hodskins, Andrew Ring, Moses Simmons, AVilliam Nelson, John Howland, George Soul, Phillip Delano, William Mullens, Peter Brown, Samuel Eddy, Matthew Fuller, William Twining." It should be mentioned that the Indian churches referred to on the third page, were gathered by the instrumentality of Rev. Mr. Bourne, of Sandwich, and Rev. Mr. Treat, of Eastham (son of Gov. Treat, of Connecticut) whose labors for the conversion of Indians were not surpassed by the apostle Elliot himself, there being at that time fifteen hundred of them formed into churches in the Old Colony, Page 36. Rev. Mr. Thacher. Backus, in his Church History, says : " He was much engaged in and after the glorious revival of 1741, and his success was so great that there were above 340 communicants in the church when he died." Page 38. Rev. S. Conant, No. 468, married, about a year after his ordina- tion, a lady of Boston whose name was called Bethan or Betell, (perhaps it was Bethune). She died in about a year after marriage. His second wife was Willianis of Roxbury, (perhaps daughter of Dr. Williams,) who lived a num- ber ot years and was the mother of a daugliter named Hannah, who died in \^ 124 infancy. His tbird wife was admmitted to this churcli in 1758 by a letter from the church in " Norwich,"and — as appears by a letter written by Mr. Conant, expressive of his deep affliction, to her father, and which was printed at New London by her friends in the tame year of her death, 1759, — was the daughter of Col Hezekiah Huntington. A son, Hezekiah, was born Nov. 7, 1758, bap- tized Nov. 12th, and died in infancy, leaving Mr. C. childless. A iriend. Miss ScoUay, (ad. 12^^, became a permanent resident in his family at or soon after his third marriage, and conducted his household affiiirs until his death in 1777; in which period she acted as guardian of two young orphan neices. One of them became the wife of the late Dr. Joseph Clarke, and the other, succes- sively, the second wife of Daniel Thomas, and Capt. David Thomas, (Nos. 544 and 546). After Mr. Conant's decease. Miss Scollay tenanted the Dr. Peter Oliver house, (now Capt. Earl Sprout's) and Kev. Abraham Camp (p. 41) boarded with her. She was esteemed a person of much excellence of charac- ter. The inscription on her grave- stone in " the Green " Cemetery is as follows : " Great peace have they who love God." In memory of Miss Rebecca Scollay. ■\Mio died Nov. 15th, 1801 in her 68th year, " The ways of God were her delight ; Her faith was strong, her hope was bright." In 1760 Mr. Conant adopted Deborah Conant then five years of age and the daughter of his brother. Deborah married the late Nathan Lazell of Bridge- water. The above in part has been furni.-hed us by descendents. There is no record or monument in town of the first and second wives of Mr. Conant. Kev. Isaac Backus says : " Mr. Conant ministered to good purpose until his decease." Page 39. In respect to Mr. Weld he says, when a law was passed, " giving liberty to the people to attend which meeting they pleased, the friends of Mr. Weld grew sick of him, and used violence against him, until ^they got him away, and obtained a dissolution of their Society." P. P. 52, 54. Deacons. — Lost Records. The table of deacons on p. 117 corrects some errors on these pages. The following extracts from the church records indicate two deacons at least, acting in 1721 and 1722, while this table shows but one from 1718 to 1724. " Feb. 16, 1720-21. The deacons together with brother Isaac Fuller, [Desc. Cat. 91] were desired to take the most proper aud speedy methods for recover- ing the ancient and original records of the affairs of this church to the time of their present settlement." [i. e. to 1708]. " Dec. 19,1 721. Brother Isaac Fuller brought a remnant of the ancient rec- ords and delivered to P. Thacher." This " remnant" we know nothing farther of; but the copy, p. 13, by Eben- ezer Fuller, the nephew of Isaac, may have been made from it. "May 13. 1722. Voted that the two deacons br. King and Sam'l Wood do meet," &c. P. 55. Three of our people became ministers of the Gospel, and joined other churches : — Daniel Thomas, minister in South Abington, Alvan Cobb in West Taunton, and Stetson Kaymond in Assonet and Scotland [Bridge- water]. Of the members, eleven were ministers of the Gospel, and about the same number pbyicians, or counsellors-at law. P. 63. — The west precinct was incorporated as a town in the year 1853, by the name of Lakeville. Parish Reco7-ds. The book of records commencing with the separation and ordination of Kev. S. Conant has not been in possession of the parish Clerk for some years ; and the committee have thus been deprived of access to it. The course pursued by Mr. Bosworth, p. 13, is commended to all who possess docu- ments of historic value to this church and parish. TWO DISCOURSES ON THE DIVINE FAITHFULNESS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE HISTORY OP THE FIRST CHURCH IN MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS. DURING THE PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS. By ISRAEL W. PUTNAM, EIGHTS PAaiOE. PREACHED JANUARY 5, 1845, FIRST DISCOURSE. Psalm CXIX, 90. Thy Faithfulness is unto all Generations. This day, my hearers, completes the period of one hun- dred and fiftij years from the foundation of the First Church in Middleborough, — the Church of Christ, which was then gathered on this ground, and with which we are variously connected. When we reflect on the length of this period, on the four or five generations which have passed away with it, on the number of ministers who have here preached the gospel of Jesus Christ, on the many hundreds of mem- bers, of whom the church has at different times been composed, and on the several sanctuaries, in which the church and the people have worshiped : — when we reflect that this beloved church still survives the period of a century and half, and that it is looking forward with the prospect of living for centuries yet to come : — and when, moreover, Ave consider that all the blessings it has experienced, and all it hopes for, are to be attributed to the grace of its covenant-keeping God, we may well adopt the language of the text, and say unto Him, " Thy faithfulness is unto all generations." From the records which have been preserved, it ap- pears that this church was organized on the 26th day of December, A. D. 1694, old d/jle, which corresponds with the 6th d.iy of January, according to the present mode of computing time ; so that the hundred and fiftieth anniversary actually comes to-morrow ; still, this day closes the period under consideration, and for all practi- cal purposes may be regarded as the anniversary day. The general sentiment of the text appears to be tlie faithfulness of God to his church on earth. But the subject to which I shall specially call your attention to-day, is The faithfulness of God to this particular Church during its existence for one hundred and fifty years. My plan is I. To consider the attribute of the Divine Faithful- ness ; and II. To show how it has been illustrated in the his- tory of this church. Let us, then, in the first place, I. Meditate on the glorious attribute of God's faith- fulness. This divine attribute is intimately connected, with another, which is denominated Truth. They may, however, be considered separately. By the truth of God is intended that disposition in him, by which he always speaks of things as they are in reality ; so that we know, that whatever he speaks or in any way declares, is cssen- iiallij tnie. The faithfulness of God refers to his disposition and his power always to perform his promises and fulfil his cov- enant engagements. It assures all the subjects of his moral kingdom, that they will never be disappointed in any of the expectations, justly raised in their minds by the declarations of his word, or the dealings of his hand. This attribute of God has its foundation in the other essential properties of his nature ; — or, we may say, it necessarily belongs to the character of Him, who in his knowledge, power and goodness, is "infinite, eternal and unchangeable " As the most perfect conception we can have o?truth,'is that which we know essentially be- longs to the character of God, so without the attribute of faithfulness, that same character would appear essentially defective. That Being who is absolutely infinite in his knowledge, power and goodness, must necessarily be true to all the eno;ao;ements he enters into with his crea- tures. He has no possible inducement to make promises which he has not power to perform, or whose perform- ance is not desirable in itself. He foresees with absolute certainty, the circumstances in which his engagements are to be fulfilled, and what also will be the consequence of their fulfilment. His infinite goodness inclines him to make promises to his creatures of all that his infinite knowledo-e foresees will be desirable for them and that his infinite power is capable of accomplishing. Thus you see, my hearers, that the argument from the other known and perfect attributes of God, for his faith- fulness, is entirely conclusive ; and what our reason teaches us on this subject, is confirmed by the plainest declarations of scripture, and is illustrated by God's cov- enant dealings with his people, in all ages. The lan- guage of scrij)ture is very explicit, — " The Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth cove- nant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations." " Ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls," said Joshua to the people of Israel, "that not one thing hath failed, of all the good things which the Lord your God spake con- cerning you." " Thy faithfulness," says the Psalmist, " shalt thou establish in the very heavens." And the apostle says to the Thessalonians, " Faithful is he that hath called you, who will also do it ; " and to the Hebrew Christians, " Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised." 6 But it is very important for us to consider that the promises of good which God makes to his people, are con- ditional. He stipulates what he will positively do for them on ilie condition they will " love him and keep his commandments." When, therefore, any of his true peo- ple enter into covenant engagements with the Lord, whether as individuals or in the capacity of a church, if they fail of strictly performing the conditions made on their part, they must consider that by thus breaking cov- enant with God, they release him from doing what he had conditionally promised, and that their appeal can then be onlij to his mercy. It is in the relation which his people thus come to sustain toward him, that God manifests that patience and forbearance tow\ard them, which so effect- ually illustrate Us faithfulness. For although they are guilty of a breach of covenant with him, yet so great is his love for them, and so much does he desire to remind them of the blessings which he was willing to bestow, that, actuated by his long-suffering goodness, he actually confers upon them many of those favors which were promised in his covenant, — not to their original extent, but so far, and in so sovereign a manner, as to show that he never ceases to remember the gracious provisions and promises of that covenant. This is most expressly and beautifully illustrated in what God says of the seed of the righteous, in the 89th Psalm. "If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments ; if they break my statutes and keep not my commandments ; then will I visit their transgressions with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes : nevertheless, my loving kind- ness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips." This general principle of the divine faithfulness, this constant regard for the provisions, perpetuity and honor of the everlasting covenant, is seen to display itself in the dealings of God with the whole body of his church on earth, and with all the different portions of it. It is by taking this view of the adorable attributes of the Divine character, and of the covenant faithfulness of God to his people, that we can come to a satisfactory explanation of all his dealings with individual believers or with any portion of his church. They are often guilty of breaking covenant with him, and thus they forfeit all claim to those blessings which had been promised them on condition of strict obedience. Then they suffer for their sins by God's withholding those tokens of his love, which he would otherwise have manifested. This accounts for what individual lelievers often suffer. They violate their covenant vows, and God does not then bestow on them what they might otherwise have enjoyed ; and he sometimes proceeds to chasten them for their sins. He visits them with temporal trials, and not unfrequently with spiritual afflictions. The light of his countenance is withdrawn, and they walk in dark- nesss ; and sometimes he judicially leaves them to great coldness in his service, to much wandering from the path of christian duty, and even to the commission of open sin, which brings reproach upon their own characters, and scandal upon the christian name. But it is to be remembered that in thus chastening indi- vidual believers for breaches of his covenant, and in after- wards mercifully appearing for their relief, by bringing them to repentance and recovery from their wandering state, God acts entirely as a sovereign. He suffers some to go on farther than others, in their backsliding course ; and 8 the strokes of his chastening rod are heavier on some than on others, even when their sins are no greater. So also he appears for the restoration of some sooner than for that of others ; and all this because he is a sov- ereign and deals with his offending people, now in a. chastening and now in a pardoning way, for reasons which he does not mean that either they or others shall be able fully to comprehend. So it is with his church on earth, considered collec- tively. So it is with different portions of it, and with each individual church. Believers, in their collective capacity, from time to time fail more or less in strict obedience to their covenant engagements with God. The sins of individual believers become the sins of the church, espe- cially if they are open sins and not protested against and properly censured. The departure of a church from the strict terms of their covenant with God, is generally much more grad- ual than that of individuals. This is seen in their falling away from sound christian doctrine. It has sometimes taken not only years, but generations, for a church to give up " the faith once delivered to the saints," and to come fully to embrace an unscriptural one in its stead. The same is true of the ordinances belonging to the covenant of God, under the christian dispensation ; which are. Public Worship, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper. Loose and erroneous views of these ordinances are gen- erally found to prevail in a church, if at all, in a very gradual manner, till at length the departure is open ta the view of the world and offensive to God. So also it is with the tone of moral conduct in a church. Sometimes it is such as becomes the gospel of Christ ; at other times more or less of its members leave 9 their first love ; they cast off fear and restrain prayer. L'ke tha heathen '- they become vain in their imag- inations, and their fooUsh heart is darkened." They yield to the " hist of the flesh, the hist of the eyes or the pride of hfe," till their sins of commission or of omission are so open and reproachful as to call for the reprehen- sion of the chnrch. But, as has been observed, such a downward course of any considerable number of the members of a church is generally very gradual ; and in this connection it may be remarked, that very gradual also is the conduct of a church in coming to neglect that discipline which Christ has appointed, and which is so essential to its welfare. If one public sin is tolerated in a church, and if, on ac- count of fear or favor, or from any other cause, a flagrant oflender is suffered to go on unrebuked and uncensured, others will yield to temptation, and fall into the same or other sins, till at last there is left in the church scarcely streng-th enoug^h to undertake and sustain the neces- sary and saving work of scriptural discipline. These remarks on the religious declension of individ- ual christians and churches, I have made, my hearers, to meet the difficulty which is sometimes felt in vindi- cating the divine faiUifuliicss, a difficulty which I do not wish to avoid. For if the inquiry is made, how it comes to pass that individual christians do sometimes so lament- ably decline in their spiritual interests, conduct, and whole character, even after they have entered into cov- enant with God, who has made such " exceeding great and precious promises" to them, and who is a faithful God ? — And if the further inquiry should be made, why it is that churches, established at first in the true faith of the gospel, and whose members are members of 2 10 Christ's own body, should after a while cease to hold fast that faith, and should become cold in their religious affections, worldly in their conduct, and lax in their dis- cipline, even Avhen they had the covenant promises and faithfulness of God pledged to them ? The answer to all this is easy. The faithfulness of God to his covenant engagements does not obligate him to keep his people in either their individual or their church capacity from committing sin. They remain free moral agents, and are put upon trial as such. All needed good, God prom-* ises them on condition of strict obedience to him. But if they fail of this, if they break covenant with God, he is released from all obligation to confer on them wdiat they might otherwise have received. And if the inquiry is now made, whether they are not still his people ? the answer is, yes ; and he will still deal with them as a- faithful God. His dispensations toward them will, in one view, be in the nature of just punishment for their sins, but in another they will be the fatherly corrections of loving kindness and faithfulness. In the disciplinary course which he pursues with them on account of the violation of their own vows and engagements, he pro- ceeds, as has already been remarked, in an entirely sov- ereign manner. He has infinitely wise reasons for cor- recting and restoring them at one time immediately, and for suffering them at another to go great lengths in disobedience, and even to accumulate a heavy weight of guilt, before he corrects them, and causes them to return from their evil ways, by repentance and vows of new obedience. But there is a very noticeable difference in the ulti- mate dealings of God with individual believers and with churches respectively. Those who are his chosen people^ 11 renewed by his spirit, and sanctified by his grace, will cer- tainly, according to the gracious provisions of his cove- nant, be finally saved. They may forsake his law, they may break his statutes, so that God will visit their trans- gressions with the rod ; nevertheless he will not utterly take his loving-kindness from them, nor suffer his faithful- ness to fail. Such is the teaching of the New Testament, as well as of the Old. ' He who begins a good w^ork in the heart of any sinful child of Adam, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.' Thus the tenor of God's gra- cious covenant secures the final salvation of every true believer, while none but God himself knows who are of this character. But such is not the tenor of God's covenant dealings with any particular church. All true believers in such a church, as I have already stated, will be finally saved, because the promise of God secures their salvation. But the church itself may so decline from its primitive purity in doctrine, conduct and discipline, that God will finally forsake it. Its individual members, if they are true mem- bers of Christ's body, he will save, whether they live and die in connection with such a church, or elsewhere. But the church itself, if it persevere in its departure from christian faith and christian obedience, beyond the point of divine endurance, will inevitably come to nought. Its light will be extinguished, its name will die. Such we know is the history of some churches planted in apos- tolic times, and in subsequent ages of the world. But I would by no means be understood here to say that ever}^ local church which, after a lapse of time ceases to exist, comes to its end in consequence of its departure from the gospel ; for in many instances it is for the welfare of the church at large, that individual 12 portions of it should cease to have a separate existence, and become united with some other portions. Thus also, sometimes, are larger portions of the church seen gradually diminishing, till thej become united with other christian connections, and appear under a new name. It requires, my hearers, much careful study of the word of God, and much observation on his dealings with his church on earth, duly to understand the import of those promises, on whose due fulfilment rests his charac- ter for covenant faithfulness. Against the church, consid- ered in its largest sense, as the great body of believers in all ages of the world, bought with Christ's own blood, we know that the gates of hell will never prevail. And in its most exact sense are the words of my text true, when applied to the church in this respect ; " The faith- fulness of God is unto all generations " of his chosen, cov- enant people, in every age, and in whatever part of the world they dwell ; whatever name they bear, or whatever be their rank or condition in life ; and by a very observable analogy in the dealings of God with his people, we may see that his faithfulness endures to any large portion of his church or to any one particular church, very much in proportion to its own faithfulness in adhering to its covenant vows and engagements. If it is at first established in the truth ; if it is " built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone ; " if it adheres to the doctrines, if it shows forth the graces, if it practices the virtues of the gospel, and if it seeks the glory of its divine author, — we may observe, as a general thing, that its divine head is pleased with its character, and that in his covenant faithfulness he will watch over its interests, .and continue its existence for along period. .True, per- 10 O secution may arise against it, and other inscrutable dis- pensations of providence may affect its prosperity and even its existence. But so well defined in his word are the principles on which God governs his church on earth, and so uniform are his dealings with the various portions of it, that his faithfulness is very gloriously illustrated in the favor which he shows any individual church that fears his name and walks in his statutes. The word spoken by the prophet Azariah to God's an- cient people, has a strict fulfilment in the history of his dealings with his church in all ages. ^' The Lord is with you, while ye be with him ; if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you." Let us now, my hearers, as was proposed, proceed to consider II. How the divine faithfulness has been illustrated in the history of this Church, during the period of one hundred and fifty years. You perceive, at once, that the field of inquiry and remark on which I am now entering is very wide. I shall be obliged, as I proceed, very much to limit myself in selecting from the facts of our history, and in the rea- soning which is founded on them. But it relieves my mind on this point, to know that a committee of the church are preparing for publication such a particular account of its history, as I might otherwise deem it im- portant to furnish on this occasion. Still, I trust that, with divine aid, I shall be able to exhibit such brief views of the subject, as may lead you, my friends, and all the present generation of this people, to see that the God of your fathers is " a faithful God, keeping covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his command- ments, to a thousand generations." ■, \ w 14 1. The first proof of God's faithfulness to this church is found in the consideration that he has graciously sus- tained it, in adhering to the great gospel principles on which it was originally established. That we may clearly see the truth of this remark, it will be necessary to dw^ell somewhat particularly on the cir- cumstances of the formation of the church. As I have already remarked, it was organized in the winter of 1G94-5, bearing the date of December 26th, old style. The present day, Jan. 5th, closes the hundred and fif- tieth year of its existence. The gathering of the church in Middleborough, at that early period of the history of New England, was an in- teresting event. The town was very large in its territo- rial dimensions, and its population had even then become very considerable ; for it is stated that at the breaking out of king Philip's war, so called, in 1675, the number of English families that had settled here was sixteen ; and although they were then driven from the place, yet at the close of the war the population must have rapidly increased, as Mr. Fuller, a deacon of the church at Plymouth, and one of the proprietors in 1669 began early to preach here and continued his labors with occasional intermissions till 1694, w^hen, at the gathering of the church, he was regularly ordained to the work of the christian ministry. All the original records of the church from its organ- ization to the close of the ministry of Mr. Palmer, the second pastor, are, no doubt, irrecoverably lost ; and, as has generally been supposed, through his neglect, or his other more censurable conduct. But recently an an- cient manuscript has come to us from Halifax, which proves to be a copy of an important part of those original I 15 records, made in March, 1734, by Ebenezer Fuller, a grandson of the pastor. This copy of the records, togeth- er with a pamphlet printed in 1722, containing the Confession of Faith and Covenant, and specific acknowl- edgments of the obligations of the covenant, enable us now very clearly to understand the interesting and sol- emn character of the oro-anization of the church. Several members of the church of Plymouth, and other neighboring churches w^ere then residing here. There were others also, who had become hopefully con- verted under the preaching of Mr. Fuller. These per- sons, being very distant from any churches with which they could hold constant christian communion, naturally had the desire and conceived the design of being them- selves formed into a distinct church. In accordance, therefore, with the usages of the pilgrim churches, they sent letters for ministers and brethren in the colony, to come and perform the requisite ecclesiastical services. The Rev. Messrs. John Cotton, Roland Cotton, and Jona- than Russel, with lay brethren, were sent from Plymouth, Sandwich, and Barnstable, to assist on the occasion. As it may be gratifying to this audience to hear the names of those who at first composed the church of Middleborough, I will here repeat them : — Rev. Samuel Fuller, and Elisabeth his wife ; John Bennett, and Deb- orah his wife ; Jonathan Morse, and Mary his wife ; Abiel Wood, and Abigail his wife ; Jacob Thompson, and Abigail his wife ; Ebenezer Tinkham, and Elisabeth his wife ; Samuel Wood, Isaac Billington, Samuel Eaton, Samuel Cuthbert, John Cobb, Jr., Weibrah Bumpas, Hester Tinkham, and widow Deborah Bard en. The services were of a very solemn character, as you would readily see, my hearers, if there were time for me to 16 read to you the articles of faith which they adopted, the covenant which they entered into, and the particuhir obhgations which they considered to be imposed on them by that covenant. Respecting the confession of faith, I would only say now that it was very full and explicit on all those doctrines which our pilgrim fathers considered as clearly revealed in the scripture, viz : — the inspired authority of the Old and New Testaments, as a sufficient and the only rule of faith and practice, in opposition to all opinions of indi- vidual men, and all decisions of ecclesiastical councils ; a trinity of persons in the God-head ; the supreme divin- ity of the son Jesus Christ ; the personality and divinity of the Holy Spirit ; the total depravity of the human heart in its natural state, and its renewal by the sove- reign operation of the Holy Spirit ; atonement for sin by the blood of Christ, and justification by his righteous- ness alone ; election and perseverance of the saints ; resurrection of the dead and final judgment of the world, when the righteous will be received into heaven and the wicked be cast into hell. As to Positive Institutions, they held to the com- mon belief of the sacredness of the Sabbath, and the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper ; the for- mer to be administered to believers and their infant off- spring, and the latter to all who are regular members of the church of Christ. On the subject of Church Consti- tution and Government, they held that a Christian church was a company of christian believers, voluntarily associated for their own religious improvement, with rules of conduct agreeing with the scriptures, and them- selves having authority to administer censures on mem- bers who walk disorderly, and not being required to 17 refer their decisions to any other earthly tribunal ; all which, considered in connection with their views of the two sacraments, and of the respective offices of pastor and deacon, gave, as they believed, the true idea of a congregational church. The covenant which they entered into, and which is very particular in its stipulations, bound them in the most solemn manner to the love and service of God, to great respect for and subjection to the christian ministry, and to all true christian deportment and duty to one another. I regret that it is not practicable for me here to recite to you the whole of the confession of faith and covenant in the very words used on the occasion, as they were very well selected and convey a very clear meaning to every mind, while they show a spirit of deep and heav- enly piety on the part of those, who adopted them. But I trust you will yet have an opportunity to read it all in another form, which shall be preserved for your chil- dren and your children's children, as evidence of the exalted christian character of their ancestors. After the church was duly constituted, in accordance with the confession and covenant already named, Mr. Samuel Fuller, then at the advanced age oi seventy years, was duly ordained as its first pastor. Such, my hearers, was the gathering, one hundred and fifty years ago, of this beloved church, which yet lives. Such were those christian men and women, who at that time were here engaged in the solemn transac- tions which so deeply concerned their own salvation and that of their posterity for generations to come. I shall, with divine leave, in the afternoon consider more particularly than I have here done, how Godp in his cov- 18 enant faithfulness, has sustained this church during all its generations, in adhering to the principles on which it was originally founded. And now I beg you to pause a little and reflect on the scene exhibited here on this ground, in the winter of that far distant year of the foundation of this church. You will remember that Middleborough was not then what it now is. These cultivated fields, these convenient roads, these comfortable dwellings, this goodly sanctuary, and these numerous conveniences for coming to it, were all unknown to your pilgrim fathers and mothers, who assembled here on that cold day of January, 1695, and stood up in simplicity and Godly sincerity, as well as with holy reverence, to avouch the Lord Jehovah to be their God, while He avouched them to be his people. No, they knew nothing of the favored condition in which we are placed, for attending on the worship of God ; nor did they need it ; for they were christians of the generations that are gone. Theirs was the early pilgrim character, strong in faith, devoted m purpose, self-denying in practice, and fearless in conscientious obedience. From what particular parts of the Plymouth colony most of them came, is now unknown. Some were from the original place of landing, being children of the very people who came over in the May-flower and first plant- ed their feet on the Plymouth Rock. Others probably came from England in subsequent years. But here they sought a dwelling place, here they fixed their home ; and although these grounds were not then so 'waste and howling' as were the shores of Plymouth in 1620, yet they were little better than a " wilderness," comj'tared with what thcv now are. But such was tlie character 19 of the early settlers of this town, so much were they like the generation, who went before them, such lovers of rehgious and civil liberty, that they little heeded the humble circumstances in which they were necessitated to worship that God, whom they loved and served. They believed they were here founding a church, in which they were to hold communion with their Saviour, and which they were to leave to their children for gene- rations to come. They rejoiced, therefore, to give them- selves up first to the great Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and then to one another in him. They were heartily willing to bind themselves to his service by the most solemn promises and vows. They believed that he was a faithful God, and would fulfil all his covenant engagements. They trembled only for themselves. They knew their own weakness. They felt the danger they were in, by reason of their sinfulness, of violating their covenant vows. Could you hear the solemn pro- testations which they made against the evil of departing from God, by failing in any way to live a truly christian life, you would be convinced how great was the tender- ness of their conscience, and what abhorrence they felt in view of all sin. As you, my christian friends, who are their successors, are now going to observe the same holy ordinance which was administered to them upon their being constituted a church of Christ, let me say to you, come with adoring gratitude to a faithful and covenant-keeping God, to the same table, which was spread here in 1695, for those primitive christians of Middleborough ; and come too, under the influence of the same holy dread of sinning ao;ainst God. and with the same entire consecration of yourselves to the service of the Redeemer, which you 20 have seen manifested in their example. They are gone, long since, to sit down at the " marriage-supper of the Lamb ; " and to that heavenly feast you also will finally be admitted, if you are found clothed with the wedding garment which the Saviour hath purchased for you, at the price of his own blood. Amen. SECOND DISCOURSE. Psalm CXIX, 90. Tht Faithpulkess is unto all Generations. A considerable part of my morning discourse was occupied, as you will recollect, my hearers, in consider- ing the general attribute of the Divine Faithfulness. I proceeded, however, a little way, in showing what was proposed in the second place : — II. How the Faithfulness of God has been illustrated in the history of this church. 1. The first consideration, which I presented to show the truth of this sentiment, was, that God has graciously sustained the church in adhering to the great gospel principles on which it was originally established. I have already stated, that these principles were a belief in the doctrines commonly called The Doctrines of the Reformation, an exercise of the Graces, and a careful practice of the Virtues enjoined in the gospel, — together with a due observance of its Positive Institutions, — such as the Holy Sabbath, Baptism for penitent believ- ers and their infant offspring, and the sacrament of the Lord's Supper to be administered to all who make a credible profession of the gospel, and maintain an orderly walk as members of the church. From what I have said respecting the formation of this Church, at the distant period of one hundred and fifty years, you have been able to see how strong was the attachment of its original members to the great christian principles here enumerated. We have the most satisfactory reason to believe also, that God smiled 22 upon the clmrch at its organization. Then did the High and Holy One here enter into solemn covenant with his chosen, devoted people. He pledged his everlasting faithfulness to them as a church ; nor has that faithful- ness ever failed. Trials he has, at different times, sent upon them. Early afflictions, and severe ones they had, soon after they were organized, as we shall presently see, when we look at the sudden departure of their first pas- tor, and the character of his successor. But at no period of the history of the church has there been a professed, or a real abandonment of any of the great principles, on which it was at first established. Other churches, formed at that time, and in this part of New England, have forsaken " the faith once deliv- ered to the saints," the faith of their Pilgrim Fathers, and have gone over to the side of religious error. But it has been otherwise with this church. During the period of a century and half, it has steadily adhered to a firm belief in the great Doctrines of the Cross. It has been willing to settle no minister, who was known to reject these doctrines. It has, at different times, varied the form of its Eeligious Creed ; but under no form, which it has ever adopted, so far as I can discover, has it given up any one essential christian truth, which was in its original confession of faith ; and it may be well doubted, whether, with the exception of some slight phraseology, it has ever had a better one than it had at the beginning. The same may be said, as a general truth, respecting the prevailing sentiment of the church on the subject of practical religion. It is very obvious, that our fathers of the first generation of this church regarded a life of prac- tical piety as an indispensable part of christian character, and as a uniform condition of church membership. Their confession of faith, their covenant engagements, their sol- emn protestations against sin in all its forms, show in a most convincing manner, what stress they laid upon true Holy Living. Nor has the church, at any time, varied its ■ belief, if it has, in any degree, its practice, on this subject : and that would be a day of ill omen to its future prosper- ity, that should show a willingness, on the part of its members, to regard anything, short of a life of vital god- liness, as evidence of real christian character, or that Yv^ould dispense with it as a necessary qualification for admission to their communion. As intimately connected with this subject may also be considered that of Church Discipline. The original cove- nant of the church fully provided for this ; and in accord- ance with it, a strict discipline was maintained. But it was a church discipline for the benefit of offenders, as well as for the honor of the Saviour's name. It consisted in a kind and faithful watch over one another for mutual good ; and the measures adopted to reclaim any who had gone astray, were those of gentleness and love, remonstrating with an offender on the folly and ingrati- tude, as well as wickedness of his conduct ; in a word, it was to gain a wandering brother, and bring him back to christian obedience, and not to denounce him as an evil doer, or by any imposing measures of church author- ity, to aim at holding him up before the world as a rep- robate. Still, it was their practice to withdraw from an offending member who would not hear the voice of the church, and henceibrth to regard him according to the Saviour's direction, " as an heathen man and a publican." Such have been the views of this churcli on the sub- ject of discipline. Not that we can say it has been as 24 well understood, and as strictly and carefully enforced, at all times, as it was with the first generations. But the church has ever professed its belief that its prosperity could never be hoped for, unless in the preservation of the purity of its members. But I would remark once more under this head, that the church has been sustained in adhering, to a com- mendable extent, to a practical regard for the Positive Institutions of the'gospel, as it found them acknowl- edged and observed by those of the first generation. The Sabbath was kept very strictly by the Puritans of New England ; and this church has ever regarded it as a day of holy rest. Our Fathers also attached great importance to the ordinance of Christian Baptism, They held, not only in common with all christian denominations, that those, who had never been baptiz- ed, should receive that ordinance on their admission to the church ; but that it was also to be administered to the infant children of God's covenant people. The church was strictly a Pedobaptist church. All its ministers have been of that sentiment, as were its other officers, and its several members for many generations. Great harmony has generally prevailed in the church on this subject, and great spiritual blessings, it is believ- ed, have come not only to the church, but to the souls of this people in consequence of the early consecration of the children of believers to God in the holy ordinance of baptism. I am aware that, very recently, some change of sentiment and practice has obtained in the church. They have, in their charity, cordially admitted to their communion some, who have differed from them on this point, — always, however, I believe, with the understand- ing, thai such practice i^hould not, in its ultimate influ- 25 erlce, have the effect of changing the character of the church from what it had been from the beo:inning> in a Pedobaptist respect, or in any way prejudice the rights and privileges of those, who hold that the bles- sings of God's gracious covenant extends to the seed of believers. This is not the time for discussing that point ; if it were, much could I say in support of the scriptural character of the practice in question. The other ordinance, — that of the Lord's Supper, — ^I hardly need say has ever been sacredly observed by the church ; and, as connected with it, I would add, that it has been an invariable principle with the church to receive none into their communion, who did not give credible evidence of being subjects of a gracious re-^ iiewal by the Holy Spirit, and of saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Invitations also for occasional commun- ion they always cheerfully extend to " all members of other churches, who are in regular standing in their own connection." But I am dwelling long upon the first topic : and, yet I have not seen how I could say less than I have done. Will you now, my friends, turn your minds, and see how God's faithfulness to this beloved church has been man- ifested in the gracious aid he has given them to adhere, for so long a period, to the great gospel principles in which it was established by the flithers of the first gen- eration, — ^principles, which they had received as a spirit- ual legacy from their fathers of many preceding gener- ations. Long since have the pious founders of this church gone to their heavenly rest, — while through the covenant mercy and faithfulness of God, the church, which they loved, has continued to walk in the faith and order in which, with strong confidence in Him and many prayers, they left it at their departure. 26 2. The faithfulness of God has been illustrated in the history of this church, in the enjoyment of an evangeli- cal ministry which, from time to time, He has bestowed upon it. Many churches in the christian world, and some in our beloved New England have declined from the simplicity and truth of the gospel by reason of the defective or erroneous teaching of those, who were placed over them in the ministry. But so great has been the lovins; kindness and faithfulness of God to this church from the beginning, that it has been saved from such unhappy influences. The wdiole number of ministers, settled over this church is eight ; six of whom are deceased. The first of these was the Eev. Samuel Fuller, who was a son of Dr. Samuel Fuller, one of the first company who landed upon the Plymouth Eock, A. D., 1620. The distinguished talents, and eminent piety of the father proved a rich blessing to the son. For several years the latter was a deacon in the church at Plymouth ; and imder the advantages which he enjoyed in that place, he made such progress in general knowledge, and par- ticularly in Christian Theology, that he was licensed to preach the gospel in the colony, and labored in that employment in this town about sixteen years previously to his ordination, which, as I have already stated, took place immediately after the organization of the church. It is impracticable now to come at much knowledge of the peculiar character of his preachpg. That he was eminently pious, and devoted to the ministerial work, — that he preached the plain great truths of the gospel, and faithfully bly? To have been in heaven, during what we ■r>rv< 53 here call a hundredjand fifty years, will be but the begin, ning of bliss. To have been in hell, that same duration will be but the beginning of wo ! But I must cease : Let me, then, only add that now the church on earth is open, and all may enter, who will seek admission through the door which the Saviour has appointed. Open also is the entrance to the church above : will you, my hearers, seek admission there ? You have your free choice. You can take your lot either with the people of God, or with those who slight the promised rest. Oh, make the wise choice. Secure the favor of your final Judge ; and then, when centuries and ages shall have rolled away, your happiness will be secure, and you will look forward to scenes of increas- ing bliss and glory throughout an unending eternity. Amen. CHRO^^OLOGICAL NOTICES. 1694, 0. S., Dec. 26. The First Church of Mlddleborough, was or- ganized, and Rev. Samuel Fuller ordained. 1695, Aug. 17. Mr. Fuller died, aged 70. 1700, May 29. Second Meeting House erected. 1702, May 2. Rev. Thomas Palmer ordained. 1708, June 30. Mr. Palmer deposed. 1709, Nov. 2. Rev. Peter Thacher ordained. 1725, Oct. 12. "West Precinct Church organized. 1734, Oct. 13. Nineteen members dismissed to form a church in Halifax. 1737, Nov. 13. Dr. Thomas Palmer, formerly Pastor, restored to the fellowship of the church. 1742, The great Revival ; 148 added to the church. 1744, April 22. Mr. Thacher died, aged 55. 1745, Mar. 7. Rev. Sylvanus Conant ordained. 1745, Third Meeting House erected. 1748, Feb. 4. Church in North Mlddleborough organized. 1777, Dec 8. Mr. Conant died, aged 55. 1781, Dec. 5. Rev. Joseph Barker ordained. 1807 & 1808, Revival ; 95 added to the church. 1815, July 25. Mr. Barker died, aged 64. 1816, Feb. 14. Rev. Emerson Paine ordained. 1822, June 4. Mr. Paine dismissed. 1823, Revival; 72 added to the church. 1824, Mar. 10. Rev. William Eaton installed. 1828, The present Meeting House erected. 1829 & 1831, Revival ; 36 added to the church. 1834, Mar. 5. Mr. Eaton dismissed. 1835, Oct. 28. Rev. Israel W. Putnam installed. 1840, '41, & '42, Revival ; 68 added to the church. 1843, The Chapel at Four Corners Village erected. 1847, Mar. 12. Thirty-three members dismissed and organized as the Central Congregational Church. 1849, Aug. 16. The Meeting House of the Central Church dedicated, Rev. Isaiah C. Thacher installed. A TABLE, Showing the annual admission of Members, the number Baptized when admitted and the total Baptisms, in the First Chukch of Middleboro', Mass. PASTORS. Ber. S. Fuller. Kev. T Palmer. Records lost to Kev. P. Thacher. BeT. S. Conant. a I 1694 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 17.35 1736 1737 1 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1762 1753 1754 1755 1756 175' 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1 1770 1771 1772 3 7 0,30 014 025 111 126 010 010 Oil 015 010 PASTORS. Eev. S. Conant. Vacancy. Bev. J. Barker. 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1' 1785 17 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 17 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 180' 1808' 1819 1810 1811 1812 1813 ■3 u ■i a a ■3 c .'a o. « I.S PQ •3 i # a -a « o M C. H < K 6 2 17 1 16 1 3 8 1 10 2 3 1 5 4 2 15 4 34 5 18 7 1 10 5 1 4 6 1 25 7 3 16 3 1 12 7 35 1 5 3 1 10 2 1 7 3 1 5 13 6 13 4 3 2 6 1 6 11 1 1 11 .' 4 2 6 2 2 2 3 1 8 2 4 1 c 1 2 5 4 4 M!M 51 2913 a5 12 4 10 fi 2 25 1 t 6 1 ( 12 17 6 l7 PASTORS. Eev. J. Barker. Eev. E. Paine. Vacancy. Rev. Wm. Eaton, Bev. I. W. Putnam H -a s= _; 1814 1816 1823 72 44 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 2 231517 2615;i8 1911.11 SUMMARY. NAMES OF PASTORS. SB ■^i •si Mr. Fuller, | I 20 | 3 | 7 Mr. Palmer, no records, - - . - - | 13 1 16 | | Mr. ThachM, | 35 | 430 | 87 | 985 ~air. Conant. 1 33 | 76 | 6 | t)55 Vacancy, - - | 3 | II | 10 Mr. Barber, | 34 | 246 I 93 | 418 Mr Paine, I 7 | 15 | 6 | 33 Vacancy, - - - | 1 | 72 | 44 | 44 Mr. Eaton, - - | 10 1 . 6 3 | 37 | 6 6 Mr. Putnam, | 16 | 131 | 72 J 98 1069 I 348 I 2316 'i^AjM^tL ■'iMjiJf' djjJv kk, V ^-^h} -Ly^ OK^ dc^Uuic .'t. c^ .z^L I i^ (: . r..c^McJ^<-^^ ^^^v ■' *\fc^ / i ^ M^^lfc w ^ fa ^lh* 1--^, 'XSUJUiy Ttucf // V vA\:^A\\^:i i mmw' ii#