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HISTORICAL CATALOGUE
1 66 1
BY REV . SO LO MO N CLARK
Author of Historicals, Antiq u ities, and G raduates,
of Northampton , Mass.
IL L U ST RAT ED .
Thy W ay, 0 G od , is in the Sanctuary .
" —PSALM 77 13.
N O RTHAMPTO N,MASS
GAZETTE PRIN TIN G COMPAN Y .
1891.
FIFTH MEETING HO U SE— ERECTED 1877—78 .
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INTRO DUCTIO N .
The Work here in troduced , covering a period of
two hundred and th irty years,sol icits the charitable
j udgment of an intelligen t community .
It i s not claimed to be perfect,though that has
been the wri ter’s steady purpose and endeavor . At
the beginning,difficulties , arising from the absence
of yearly dates in receiv ing Members,were to be met .
For the fi rst almost 100 years , the precise time when
people united with the church i s omitted . This was
the order stead ily pursued from 1661 ti l l 1754. From
th i s latter date,the beginning of Mr . Hooker
’s min
istry, the admissions and the year go together.
Note another particular. But one in terval appears
when names of Members have been lost . Thi s oc
cu rred near the close of Jonathan Edwards pastorate .
Al i enation exi sted . The church went into a dark
cloud . F ew conversions occurred . Fewer sti l l un i t
ed with the chu rch . The record of that in terval ,
and of those admissions i s mi ssing. The only one of
the kind during the long period covered by th i s
h i story .
INTRODUCTION .
The Work,embracing over forty - two hundred and
fifty names,has been one of
,constantly increasing
interest on the w ri ter’s part. Grati tude i s hereby
expressed that he i s permitted to see i ts completion .
It i s offered as a tribute of the author ’s e steem for
h i s native place . May i t serve as a reminder of the
superior wor th of those , who, so long ago, l aid in
th is community the foundations of the first church .
CHAPTER I .
FORMATION OF THE FIRST CHURCH. JUNE 18 , 1661.
Rev . E leazar Mather’s Ministry ,
1658— 1669 .
O RIG INAL MEMBERS.—HI STORICAL ITEMS .
Samuel Wrigh t . One of th e fi rst se ttlers. His
home lot l ay between King and Marke t streets .
On i t are, The F i rs t National Bank The Smith
Chari ties and other build ings .
John Marsh .
Thomas Woodford . Was of Springfield in 1636 and
of Hartford 1639 . Where he collected funds in
1645 for the students at Cambridge .
Bathorn Wil ton .
Abigail Strong .
Margaret Wright .
Arthur Willi ams .
Mary Alford .
Sarah Bridgman .
6 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
George Alexander. Had a son Al exander Alexander
in 1656.
Isaac Sheldon . Lived on King Street for near fifty
years,father of fifteen chi ldren . Ancestor of
the Northampton Sheldons .
Mary Sheldon .
Alexander Edwards . Came from Wales . See the
origin of that name in Northampton where he
l ived , Welsh End,
" toward the Hospi tal .
W i ll iam Hannum . Came from Windsor,Conn . His
son John had th i rteen children .
Nathaniel Phelps.
Bathorn Williams .
Ann Bartlett .
Del iverance Hanchett .
George Langton .
Esther Mather.
Dorcas Lyman .
Ruth Baker.
Hannah Langton .
Honor Hannum .
Aaron Cooke . A man of daring and energy,a fa
mous wolf hunter. Had the title of Major .
Joanna Cooke .
Will iam Holton . One of the Springfield pet itioners
and one of the first settlers . The fi rst deacon,
chosen in 1663 .
ELEAZAR MATHER’
s MINISTRY . 7
Mary Hol ton .
Sarah Clark .
Susan CunlifI.
Elizabeth Woodward .
Al ice Hutchinson .
Susan Al exander .
Richard Lyman . Chosen on the first board of Se
lectmen in 1655 . Prominen t in promoting the
business and welfare of the communi ty . Recorder
of the proprietors of N onotuck, or Northampton ,
from 1654 to 1657. S ix generations fol lowed him
on his Pleasant stree t homestead .
Hephzibah Lyman .
John Lyman , brother of Richard , was in Northampton 1658 . He married Dorcas Plum .
John King. A man of in tell igence and worth . Lived
on King street ; received i ts name from him .
John Ingersoll .
Mary Burt .
Sarah King .
Eleazar Mather .i
The first pastor,preached eleven
years,deceased at th i rty - two . Esther Mather
,hi s
widow,was a remarkable woman . She married
the second minister,Rev . Mr. Stoddard
,and l i ved
seventy - seven years in Northampton .
David W i l ton .
8 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Will i am Clark,viz . , Lieut . Will iam . In public l ife
one of the associate j ustices for Hampshire County ,
fil led other offices,one of the seven pil lars of the
church .
John Strong. Same as Elder John . Came to
Northampton the same year wi th Lt . Wm . Clark,
1659 . Both aided in developing the infant col
ony . The descendants of both were numbered by
the th ousands .
Henry Cunlifi .
Henry Woodward . One of the early pillars of the
first church , ancestor of the late Samuel Wood
ward , M . D .
Thomas Root . Hi s descendants l ived in Southampton and el sewhere .
Thomas Hanchett . Chosen second deacon in 1668 .
Moved to W estfield wi thin the next two years .
Will iam Janes . Was recorder of l ands for twenty
years, also a school teacher, and bore the honorable
title of Mr. , conferred only on a few .
"
Thomas Bascom . Came from the North of England .
His grandson . Jonathan , was a first sett ler in
Southampton .
Will iam Hulburd .
Avis Bascom .
Ann Hulburd .
Elizabeth Curtis .
ELEAZAR MATHER’S M INISTRY . 9
Abigai l Strong James .
Josi ah Dudy.
Mary Strong.
John Stebbins . Father of sixteen ch i ldren . Ap
pointed in 1661 w i th others to buil d a meeting
house,forty- two feet square
,costing not over 150
pounds
Joseph El iot . Born in Roxbury. He came in 1662 ;preached as Mr. Mather’s assi stant, w i th a view
to se ttlement, remained not over two years.
Clemence Mason .
El i zabeth Phelps .
Richard Weller.
Sarah Smith .
Robert Bartlett . Killed by the Indians March 14th
1676, when they broke through the pal isades at
the lower end of Pleasant street, setting fi re to
several hou ses and barns.
Joseph Leeds .
Freedom Strong.
Sarah Hannum .
Sarah Allen .
Samuel Smith .
Mary Smith .
Joseph Parsons . United with the l i ttle band at
Northampton in 1655 . Had the title of Cornet .Kept the first house of entertainment in the place .The Parsons famil ie s there descended from him .
CHA FTER II .
R ev . Solomon Stoddard’
s Ministry, 1672 1729 .
ADMISSIONS —HISTORICAL ITEMS .
Solomon Stoddard . The second mini ster . A man
of learn ing ; a plain , successful preacher. F i ve
harvests crowned his l abors . Married Esther
Mather, widow of the fi rst min i ster,the hon
ored mother of th irteen children all reared fam
ilies of thei r own,often a large household . His
son , Anthony Stoddard , preached nearly sixty
years.
Medad Pomeroy . Became one of the fi rst men in
town . Served as selectman,town clerk and
treasurer,register of deeds, representative to leg
islature , forty - one years deacon .
Josiah Dewey .
Thomas Bascom , Jr.
Caleb Pomeroy.
Nehemiah Allen . Ancestor of Col . Ethan Al len
of Vermont .
Judah Wright .
SOLOMON STODDARD’S MINISTRY . 11
Timbthy Baker. Belonged to the same race with
O smyn,l ate a member of Congress, President of
the Board of Trustee s of the Smith Charit ies .
Joseph Parsons,Jr. Third justice of the Court of
Common Pleas,a man of large business, publ ic
and private . Lived w i th h i s w ife s ix ty years,
reared twel ve children,all married , had large
famil ies . His son,Joseph
,was pastor at Leba
non,Conn . ,
1700—8 .
John Bridgman . Son of James the settler.
Samuel Davis .
John Hannum .
John Holton .
John Clark . The first deacon John . Son of Lt.
Will iam . Lived where the Art Gallery stands .
Constantly in publ ic service . Went representa
tive to Boston fourteen times. His devotion to
publ ic duties injured h is health and shortened
hi s l ife . By h is ten ch ildren had over eighty
grandch ildren .
David Burt .
Joshua Pomeroy .
Jonathan Hunt . From Hartford . Home lot on
what became Elm street. His dwell ing near the
Mil ls place , afterwards Miss Burnham ’s . A
O ooper , a skill ed workman . Chosen deacon in
1680. A valuable ci tizen .
12 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
John Woodward .
Benjamin Edwards . His daughter , Mindwell, mar
ried Noah Parsons , Sr . , who l ived on Sou th
street,near the entrance to L . B. Will i ams ’
house,where h i s twelve ch i ldren were born .
Eleanor F rarey.
Mary Holton .
Katherine Wilton .
Susanna Alexander .
Hephz ibah Marsh .
Mary Hunt.
Ruth Limon .
Katherine Branch .
El izabeth Weller.
Freedom S trong.
Sarah Al len .
Mary Bascom .
Abigail .
El izabe th Smeade .
Mary Bridgman .
Mary Phelps .
Experience Pomeroy,
Hephzibah Pomeroy.
Thankful Taylor.
Sarah Clapp .
Hephzibah Lyman .
SOLOMON STO DDARD’S MINISTRY . 13
Joseph Hawley . Graduated ‘ at Harvard,1674.
Came at once to Northampton . Taught a gram
mar school . Chosen captain,rece ived ti tle of
Mr. Ancestor of Northampton Hawleys .
Will iam Smead e .
Enos Kingsley. Came from Dorcheste r. Married
in Northampton , 1662.
Samuel Langton . The Samuel L . Parson s’ place
on West street came into that family through
Samuel Langton,an ancestor
,who bought i t in
1709.
Samuel Smith .
Samuel Al len . Came unmarried to Northampton
in 1657. Recei ved h is home lot on King street,
corner of King and Back Lane,now cal l ed Ed
wards street . Married , 1659 , Hannah Woodford .
The Allen s of Northampton and Pittsfield de
scended from them .
Ebenezer Strong. A farmer and tanner . The
th ird and last ruling elder in the Fi rst Church .
The seven th child of Elder John . He was ser
geant, constable, and for a long time one of the
selectmen .
Samuel Bartlett .
John Taylor.
Nathaniel Phelps, Jr.
Thomas Judd .
14 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
John French.
James Wright .
Samuel Clark . Brother of the first deacon John ,
sons of Lt . Wil l iam . The two received from
their father six acres each on Elm street . John
on the south and Samuel on the north side .
Jonathan Parsons. The fi rst of three or more of
that name in Northampton .
John Hulburt .
Ebenezer Wright . Establ ished himself on Bridge
street about 1684. The homestead i s sti ll owned
by his descendants . F il led the office O f deacon
forty - four years.
Will iam Holton , Jr.
Robert Lyman . Fond of hunting, fish ing,and the
l ike,hence from him the names Robert’s H ill s
and Robert’s Meadow . The fi rst who discovered
the Westhampton lead mines .
Jacob Root .
Rachel Strong.
Sarah Al exander .
Joanna Ingraham .
El izabeth Langton .
Rebecca Rust .
Sarah Bartlett.
Elizabeth Lyman .
Sarah Merry.
16 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Nathaniel Edwards . Son of Alexander from Wales,born in Northampton 1657, soon after the fam
ily came .
Matthew Clessen.
William Phelps . His father,Dea. Nathan iel ,
came from England i n the great sh ip,Mary and
John . Will i am was born in Northampton,1657.
Lived near Shady Lawn .
John Broughton .
Thomas Hun t .
Samuel Smith , Jr.
Samuel Parsons .
John Alexander .
Will iam Southwell .
Nathaniel Curti s .
Philip Paine .
Thomas Sheldon . One of the fifteen ch ildren of
Isaac . Chosen the seventh deacon in 1702.
Samuel W right,'
Jr. A selectman in 1655 . His
homestead on Bridge street t i ll recently,contin
ued in the family, through the long period of
225 years .
Mehetabel Smeade .
Hannah Allen.
Elizabeth Parsons .
Broughton .
Ruth Wright .
SOLOMON STODDARD ’S M INISTRY . 17
Abigail Phelps .
Mary Clark .
Hannah Sheldon .
Thankful Edwards .
Hephzibah Pomeroy .
Abigail Holton .
Hannah Alexander.
Sarah Baker.
Mindwell Sheldon .
Mary Paine .
Sarah Wait .
Abigai l Al vord .
Clemence Hunt .
Sarah Hol ton .
Martha Dick inson .
El izabeth Stebbins .
Warham Mather . Son of Rev . Eleazar. Has the
honor of be ing the fi rst native of Northampton
who graduated , viz . , at Harvard , 1685 . Preached
some,also taught . Finally was Justice of Peace
at New Haven ; al so Judge of Probate there
1716—27.
Nathaniel Alexander .
John King, Jr. Was a l ieu tenant . Married daugh
ter of Dea. Medad Pomeroy. She l ived in to her
ninet ieth year.2
18 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Jeded iah Strong,Sr. Was a constable, received
eigh teen shil l ings a year, for blowing the trum
pet Sabbath morning,to summon people to
church . He l i ved to be ninety - six . Had four
teen ch ildren .
Joseph Wright .
Benj amin Carpenter.
Noah Cooke .
Preserved Clap . Son of the renowned Roger of
Dorchester . Chosen second Elder of the church .
Described as a bl essing to Northampton .
Jeded iah Strong,Jr.
John Livermore .
Eleazar Smith,
John Sear", Jr .
Samuel Allen , Jr . He was deacon of the church
in the t ime ' of Jonathan Edward s,third pastor .
Samuel Rus t.
Moses Hutch inson .
Hope Root . In the first half century about si x ty
Roots were born .
Nathaniel Clark . Grandson of L t. Wil li am . The
first of several of the same name who l ived on
the South s treet homestead .
Isaac Sheldon .
John Hutch inson .
Abijah Ingersol l.
SOLOMON STODDARD ’S MINISTRY .
Benj amin Janes .
Abigail Root.
Elsie Ingersoll .
Hephzibah Janes .
Joanna Smith .
El izabeth Parson s .
Mary Parsons .
Abigail Strong .
Sarah Parsons .
Elsie Hannum .
Sarah Alexander .
Mary Sheldon .
Sarah Wright .
Sarah Southwick .
Mary Stebbin s .
Mary Ashley .
Rhoda Parsons .
Sarah King.
Mary Miller .
Abigail Wright .
Elizabeth King.
Samuel Davi s .
Elizur Wrigh t.
19
Within the first h alf century
about eighty Wrights were born in Northampton .
Benoni Janes . Probably the same,with two ch il
dren,kil led by the Indians , 1704, at Paskhomuck
now Easthampton .
20 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Joseph Cook .
Mark Warner. From Hadley,1687. His home
s tead included the corner where John Clarke ,
the banker , l i ved . Ancestor of the N orthamp
ton Warners .
Benj amin Hast ings.
Ebenezer Pomeroy . Acted as attorney in the trial
of four Indians,for the crime of murd er
,com
m itted in Hadley . He was a Maj or, al so Hon
orable.
Samuel Kingsley .
Nathaniel Rust .
Ebenezer Strong, Jr. His family numbered th ir
teen chi ldren .
Benjamin Wright .
Samuel Phelps .
David Lee . Removed to Coventry, Ct. , in 1709 .
His granddaughter married Rev. Thomas Al len .
first mini ster in Pittsfield .
Preserved Strong .
Roger Clap . Chosen captain . Went represen ta
tive . Had eight sons and a daughter ; all mar
ried and reared famil ies .
Samuel Edwards , Jr . Grandson of Alexander from
Wales . Lived 80 Sou th street. His oldest was
Dea. Samuel , l ived in Southampton , grandfather
of Prof . B . B . Edwards .
SOLOMON STODDARD ’S MINISTRY . 21
- J0hn Al vord , Sr .
John Alvord,Jr .
J oseph King . Accidentally kill ed while hunting
w ith another.
Sarah Smith .
Ruth Al vord .
Abigail Searls .
Mercy Allen .
Sarah Rust .
Hannah Janes .
Elizabeth Porter .
Hannah Hutch inson .
Marcy F i eld .
Mary Burt .
Pri scilla Webb .
Thankful Davi s .
Lydia Taylor.
Mindwell Lyman .
Joanna Smith .
Mary Hastings .
Sarah Curti s .
Mary Miller .
Sarah Allen .
Thankful Lyman .
Mehetabel Wright .
Anne Lyman .
Abigai l Lyman .
22 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mark Warner,Jr. Homestead on Blackpole, same
as Prospect street con tinued ; had seven daugh
ters and four sons ; removed beyond Florence to
what became the Warner district . Attained h i s
n inetieth year .
Thomas Strong. Son of Elder John . Received
from his father a homestead on Pleasant street .
Whole number of h is chil dren , si xteen .
Benjamin Alvord . A weaver, an express rider,
actively engaged in the French and Indian war.
Ebenezer Edwards .
Benj amin Lyman . A l ieu tenan t . An enterpri sing
man , traded some, an extensive farmer, fatted
cattle in the stal l , owned 500 acres near Gran
ville , Mass . Two of h i s sons were graduates.
Jonathan Strong. The fi rst of five or six of the
same name . Selectman five t imes. Number of
h is children , seventeen . Thirteen of them were
married .
William Phelps , Jr .
Jonathan Alvord .
Jonathan Rust .
Ebenezer Hunt . Lived on Bridge stree t. Moved
h is large family in 1723 to Lebanon , Conn .
John Clark . Styl ed the 2d Deacon John . Buil t
1704 on South street . Captain and deacon . De
ceased at the age of eighty - nine .
24 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Clemence Judd .
Mercy Pomeroy.
Martha Hunt .
Lydia Lee .
Hannah Langton .
Sarah Sheldon .
Mary Strong.
Increase Clark . Born where the Art Gallery stands .
Buil t opposi te the same,1710. One descendant
continues on the place,viz .
, Mrs. Mary Tenny .
John Stoddard . The renowned Col . John . An
eminent civil ian . As a State sman had no supe
rior in hi s day .
Ebenezer Alvord .
Jonathan Sheldon .
John Hannum,Jr . His son
,Eleazar
,l ived in
Southampton .
Joseph Meacham .
John Parsons . The two,Esther Alvord and John
Parsons, were drowned the same day, Oct . 8th ,1707.
Samuel Bartlett, Jr. His father recei ved permis
s ion in 1686 to erect a gri st mill at the fall s of
the Manhan river .
Nathaniel Curtis .
Nathaniel Alexander,Jr.
Samuel Baker.
SOLOMON STODDARD’S MINISTRY . 25
Thomas Stebbins .
Ebenezer Clark . A l ieutenant . His hou se,the
second buil t by Lieu t . Will iam ,stood near Pres
ident Seelye’
s. His age almost one hundred .
John. Baker. Usual ly styled Capt . John . Buil t
abou t 1710 the John Whittelsey house . His six
sons,verv tall men , averaged eighty - two years
each .
Mindwell King.
Sarah French .
Mary North .
Thankful Phelps.
Mercy Rust .
Rebekah Stoddard .
Mary Phelps .
Mehetabel King.
Thankful Al vord .
Hannah Wright .
Mary Smith .
Sarah Pomeroy .
Ruth Wright .
Rebekah Strong .
Sarah Clark .
Mary Root .
El izabeth Clark .
Dorcas A l vord .
Mary Strong.
26 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mary Searl .
Mercy Parsons .
Mary Smith .
Experience Clark .
El izabeth Alvord .
Marv Sheldon .
Rebekah Clark .
Joseph Hawley . The second of thi s name,a l ien
tenant . Married Rebecca,sister of Col . John
Stoddard . This marriage united the Hawley and
Stoddard famil i es and gave to Northampton one
of the ablest advocates of c ivil freedom before
the Revolution,viz . , Major Joseph Hawley .
Will iam Holton .
Samuel Sheldon .
Samuel Strong.
Noah Cook . His house on West street stood on
Smith College grounds . Married,1712, Abigail ,
daughter of first deacon John Clark . When
chosen deacon,1739 , the F i rst Church enjoyed
a bright period .
Josiah Parsons . The Sixth chil d of Esquire Jo
seph’
s l arge family and the first of the name in
town .
Preserved Clap,Jr . Was captain
,married Mehet
abel Warner of Hatfield . Among his ch i ld ren
were Roger, Preserved , John , Eliphaz , Ezra .
SOLOMON STODDARD’S MINISTRY . 27
Samuel Curti s, Jr.
John Kingsley .
Abraham Miller . He marri ed the daughter of
Elder Preserved Clapp .
Benon i S tebbins .
Thomas Cheney.
Ebenezer Lyman .
Preserved Bartlett .
Jonathan Wright .
John Wrigh t .
Samuel Holton .
Nathan iel Parsons .
Ebenezer Bridgman .
Ebenezer Sheldon . The fi rst Sheldon on the
Bridge s treet homestead . In 1701 , married Mary,
daughter of first deacon Jonathan Hunt, a lady
of refinement, a favori te among the young ; her
age e ighty - seven .
Mary Edwards .
Esther Curtis .
El izabeth Stebbins.
Mary King.
Thankful Strong.
Experience Lyman .
Mary Wright .
Dorothy Hawley .
Lyd ia Warner.
28 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Abigai l Hol ton .
Mary Sheldon .
Lydia Hawley .
Mary Baker.
Abigail Langton .
Abigail C lark .
Mary Sheldon .
Mehetabel Clap .
Miriam Cook .
Mehetabel Strong .
El izabeth Bartlett .
Thomas Sheldon .
Samuel Clark .
John Bascom .
James Sear".
David Rust .
Thomas Alvord . Previou s to 1730 owned the
house,barn , hatter
’s shop which,at the above
date,came into possession of Dea . Ebenezer
Hunt,in the center.
John Lyman . The second of th is name,a lieuten
ant . Settled at South Farms, molested by the
Indians,1704, a year di sastrous to Pascomac
neighbors .
Moses Lyman . Chosen captain . His daughter
Hannah married Elijah Hunt,on Elm street .
His daughter Phebe married Lt . Caleb Strong,and became the mother of Gov . Caleb Strong.
SoLoMoN STODDARD S MINISTRY . 29
Will iam Bartlett .
Thomas Holton .
Noah Parsons .
I saac Sheldon .
Will iam King.
John Porter.
Jeremiah Webb .
Benj amin Stebbins .
Will iam Parsons .
Samuel Smith .
Jonathan Parsons .
El izu r Wright,Jr .
W aitstill Strong.
Nathaniel Searl .
El'
i akim Strong .
John Hulbert .
Timothy Dwight . Same as CO ". Timothy . Lived
on Market street,Styled Esqui re and Surveyor
Dwight . One of the fi rst in full,legal practice
in the community .
Grace Phelps .
Mary Clapp .
Sarah French .
Hannah Stebbins .
Sarah Southwel l ;
Ruth Edwards .
Mary Sheldon .
30 FIRST CHURCH IN NoRTHAMPTO N .
Hannah Miller.
Sarah Rust .
Hannah Wright.
Lydia Parson s .
Mary Cook .
Mary Stebbins .
Esther Edwards .
Elizabeth Hodge .
Hannah Bascom .
Thankful Bascom .
Sarah Phelps .
Mary Bridgman .
Sarah North .
Hannah Clesson.
Mary Clark .
Abigail Clark .
Sarah Wright .
Mindwell Parson s .
Samuel Hulbert .
John VVaH;
Jarnes IIulbert.
El iak im Cook .
Noah Clark . The ninth chi ld and fifth son of the
fi rst Dea. John . His homestead was at the top
O f the hi ll above the Baptist Church . Eighty
two at hi s decease,younger than any of six
brothers .
32 FIRST CHU RCH NORTHAMPTON.
Experience Wright .
El izabeth Judd .
Thankful Al exander .
Hannah Porter.
El izabeth Alexander .
Esther Cook .
Abigail Strong.
Jemima Sheldon.
Sarah Smith .
Sarah Smith .
Hannah Porter.
Priscil la Searl .
Mehetabel Strong.
Hannah French .
El izabeth Phelps .
Sarah Searl .
Hannah Wright .
Elizabeth Wright .
Mindwell Lyman .
Susanna Webb .
Mindwell Hol ton .
Sarah Edwards .
Mindwell Parson s .
Mindwell Strong .
Experience Dwigh t .
Hewett Strong.
Ebenezer Rust .
SOLOMON STODDARD’S MINISTRY . 33
Ezra Strong.
Samuel Wright .
Thomas Al exander.
William Sanderson .
Samuel Wright .
John Alexander.
Ebenezer Southwel l .
Ezek iel Bascom .
Joseph Lyman , fi rst born of Lt . Benj amin , home
on Pleasant street . Married in Farmington,Ct .
His second ch ild , Mercy, married Hon . Joseph
Hawley,the patriot .
Jonathan Kingsley .
Eliakim King .
Ezek iel Bascom .
Samuel King.
Ebenezer Pomeroy. Son of Major Ebenezer . Chos
en deacon 1739 . Served th irty - five years . Saw
ten spiritual harvests .
Noah Wright . Captain Noah . Succeeded his
father, Dea. Ebenezer,on Bridge street home
stead .
Will iam Clark .
Del iverance Bridgman .
Samuel Pomeroy.
Samuel Sheldon .
Joshua Lyman .
3
34 FIRST CHU RCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
George,an Indian .
Josiah Pomeroy . Same as Ensign Josiah , brother
of Dea. Ebeneze r,one of Major Ebenezer’s s ix
son s .
Joseph Al vord . Born 1698, grandson of Alexander
Alvord, by occupat ion a weaver. Married Clem
ence , daughter of Dea . Ebenezer Wright .
Eunice Clark .
Abigai l Lyman .
Mary Lyman .
Abigail Hulbert .
Hannah Hunt .
Jemima Cook .
Sarah Strong .
Martha Strong.
Mary Phelps .
Lydia Searl .
Hannah
Esther King.
Joanna Clark .
Thankful Sheldon .
Abigail Phelps .
Esther Lyman .
Hannah Root .
Elizabeth Clapp .
Beth iah Lyman .
Mary Strong.
1 241 14?
SOLOMON STODDARD ’S MINISTRY .
Mary Strong.
Abigail Lyman .
Deborah Alvord .
El i zabeth Pomeroy .
Es ther King.
Thomas White .
Willi am Wait, Jr.
Samuel Marshall . A prominent ci ti zen , selectman ,
captain , hou se stood near the site of the Bapti st
Church . Capt . Joseph Hawley m arried Lydia,
daughter of Capt . Samuel Marshall .
Ebenezer Cooke or Cass .
Jonathan Allen .
Noah Sheldon . Born 1709, on the Bridge street
homestead . Second child of Ensign Ebenezer.
Jonathan Hunt, Jr. Same as Lieut . Jonathan,
ancestor of Madam Henshaw . He was the first
to occupy what i s now the S . E . Bridgman place .
A publ ic spiri ted man . Gave twenty pounds
towards the town school s .
Samuel Stebbins .
Phinehas Lyman . He entered Yale and died be
fore completing hi s college course .
G ideon Lyman . Same as Lieut . Gideon,held sev
eral town ofii ces.
Jerijah Strong . The eighteenth and youngest child
of Elder John . Baptized by the first mini ster,
36 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mr. Mather,he l i ved through Mr. Stoddard’s
l ong pastorate,also through the eventful one of
Mr . Edwards, i nto Mr. Hooker’s attain ing the
age of abou t n inety.
Preserved Clapp . He settl ed on Sou th street. The
place was afterward owned, 1747, by Josiah
Clark , Jr.
John Clark . The th ird Dea . John,l i ved in Sou th
ampton .
Nathan Lyman .
Jonathan Root .
Ebeneze r Miller Jr .
Elias Root.
Aaron Lyman .
Preserved Wright .
Joseph Wright, Jr.
Hezekiah Wright .
John Bridgman.
Benj amin Lyman .
Thomas Bridgman .
Benj amin Root .
Miriam Clark .
Mary Clark .
Mary Alvord .
Mary Wright .
Elizabeth Edwards .
Hannah Southwel l .
SOLOMON STODDARD’S MINISTRY . 37
Elizabeth Burt .
El izabeth Lyman .
Hannah Strong.
Sarah Parsons .
Anna Wait .
Lydia Wrigh t .
Deborah Phelps .
El i zabeth Hunt .
Rebecca Clary .
Rebecca Strong.
Thankfu l Alexander .
Clemence Wright .
Miriam Sheldon .
Ruth Alexander .
Keziah Wright .
Experience Stebbins .
Margaret Leonard .
Ruth Bascom .
Esther Strong.
Samuel Allen , Jr .
Moses Kingsley .
John Clapp . O ne of the five sons of Capt. Pre
served .
Ebenezer Hawley . His father was the fi rst Jo
seph Haw ley. Gave his property to h i s nephew ,
the eminent Major Joseph .
Ebenezer French .
38 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Jonathan King.
John Burt .
Jonathan Burt,Jr .
Eliakim Clark .
El iakim Phelps .
Supply Kingsley . The church chose h im associate
deacon with Ebenezer Hunt in 1754.
Elisha Clark . The last one k illed by Indian
cruel ty. At the t ime he was thresh ing in hi s
barn , 1747. His father was the second Dea.
John .
Aaron Leonard .
Jonathan Rust .
Amos Loomis .
Samuel Phelps,Jr .
Nathaniel Clark, Jr. Was ensign , afterwards l ieu
tenant, chosen selectman several t imes .
Roger Clapp, Jr. Son of Capt . Preserved . His
son , Roger, was a settler of Southampton .
Jonathan Graves.
Josiah Alvord .
Ebenezer Hunt. The same that was chosen dea
con . He kept a record of passing events,which
has served and sti ll does,a valuable purpose .
Lydia Wright.
Esther Webb .
Eunice Judd .
CHAPTER III.
Rev . Jonathan Edw ards’ Ministry, 1727— 1750.
ADMISSIONS .—H ISTORICAL ITEMS .
Jonathan Edwards . The th ird mini ster of North
ampton . His pastorate,attended w i th uncom
mon success,cont inued twenty - three years . Con
sid ered the greatest of American logicians and
theologian s .
Ebenezer Parson s. Same as Captain Ebenezer .
Third son of Esqu ire Joseph . His home lot was
near the Norwood House . Active and u seful in
publ ic affai rs,
Josiah Strong.
Noah Bridgman . The town voted him a tract of
land at Horse Mountain or North Farms .
James Lyman .
Jonathan Dwigh t.
Stephen Root.
Ephraim Ayres.
Jonathan Burt,Jr .
Eleazar Hannum .
THIRD MEETING HOUSE— ERECTED 1737 .
JONATHAN EDWARDS MINISTRY. 41
El i sha Searl .
Gideon Parsons .
Eleazar Hutch inson .
Eleazar K ingsley.
Eli sha Sheldon .
Zebadiah Miller .
Asa Wright .
Elkanah Burt .
Thomas Burt .
Phinehas King .
Amos,a Negro .
Benj amin Phelps .
Joseph Hunt . Son of second Jonathan . Gradua
ted at Yale , 1729 . Entered no profession . His
dwell ing stood on Elm street,on the left hand
of the road leading to Round Hill .
Jonathan Strong, Jr. He was the first of five
Jonathan Strongs on South street . He married,
1730, Elizabeth , daughter of Capt . Roger Clapp ,
in same neighborhood . The first tything man,
viz : in 1761 .
El izabeth Wait .
Esther Wright.
Mary Parsons.
Mehetabel Strong.
Elizabeth Strong.
Hannah Lyman .
42 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Eunice King .
Mary Leonard .
Elizabeth All en .
Hannah Allen .
Hannah Root .
Martha Root .
Mindwell King.
Mary Hunt .
Hannah Strong.
Hannah Clark .
Rachel Langton .
Mary Bascom .
Hannah Miller .
Theodotia Hunt .
Hephz ibah Pomeroy .
Jerusha Clark .
Abigail Bridgman .
Hephz ibah Hulbert .
Elizabeth Langton .
Aaron Clark .
Samuel Dank .
Samuel Mather,M . D . Graduated at Yale , 1726.
Stud ied medicine . Lived here in ful l practice
fifty years , being the fi rst educated physician
that settled in Northampton . O fii ciated as a
magistrate and selectman .
Samuel Clapp, Jr.
JONATHAN EDWARDS ’ MINISTRY . 43
Joseph Clark .
Jonathan Bascom .
Daniel Pomeroy. Same as Lt . Daniel . The
youngest of Major Ebenezer’s six sons . Killed
at the battle of Lake George in 1755 .
Joseph Al l en . Father of fourteen ch ildren . Three
of them were mini sters . His wife acted as phy
sician with remarkable success .
Nehemiah Dwight . Came from Dedham . The
first in town to own a sleigh . It had plank
runners . A t that time pleasure sle igh s did not
exist .
Ben j amin Stebbin s .
Daniel Alexander .
Reuben Case .
Thomas Porter.
Joseph Bascom .
Eleazar Burt.
Jonath an Clark .
Ebenezer Wright,Jr .
Nehemiah Allen .
Ithamar Clark .
Ebenezer Miller,Jr.
Ichabod Strong.
Samuel Mather, Jr. Graduated at Yale,1756.
A physician in W estfield . A special ju stice of
the Court of Common Pleas.
44 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Jonathan Clapp . Born on South street , l ived in
Easth ampton , kept a publ ic hou se, rose to the
rank of major, had fourteen ch ildren , ancestor
of Allens , Lymans, and other races .
Caleb Strong. A lieutenant of superior intel lect,
father of Caleb , eleven times governor of Massa
chusetts.
Daniel Warner. The fi rst of that name who l ived
in the Warner d i strict,near John F . Warner ’s .
Elizabeth ~Warner .
Mary Stebbins .
Hannah Pomeroy.
Mary Marsh all .
Mary Lyman .
Mindwell Burt.
Sarah Edwards .
Martha Bascom .
Mary Clesson.
Eun ice Parsons .
Abigail Lyman .
Rebecca Leonard .
Eunice Strong.
Thankful Pomeroy.
Lydia Rust .
Elizabeth Clap .
Jemima Parson s .
Thankful Phelps .
46 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Hezekiah Root, Jr.
Reuben Wright.
Titu s Wright .
Elnathan Wright.
Joseph Bridgman .
Seth Pomeroy. General Seth,a patriot of the
Revolution,at the battle of Bunker H ill
,a
brave officer . A manufacturer of fire - arms .
Gad Lyman . An early settler i n Goshen .
Ephraim Parsons .
I srael Rust, Jr.
Seth Marshal l .
Josiah Phelps .
Enoch Southwell .
Nathaniel Edwards . He taught the fi rst school on
South street . His son Nathaniel went to college,
but did not graduate .
Sarah Langton .
Lydia Burt.
Mary Bartl ett .
Abigai l Bridgman .
Mary Wright .
Marv Kingsley.
Sarah Root .
El izabeth King.
Sarah Hutchinson .
Bethiah Webb .
JONATHAN EDWARDS MINISTRY . 47
Ruth Root.
Mary Clark .
Experience Al l en .
Wait Parson s .
Sarah Clap .
Lyd ia Bridgman .
Mary Burt .
Elizabeth Al vord .
Abigail Langton .
Elizabeth Clark .
Jemima Danks .
Doro thy Mather.
Esther Root .
Mary Hannum .
Mindwell Clapp .
Eleazar King.
Joseph King.
Seth Strong.
Moses Wright .
Pelatiah Holbrook .
Ephraim Wright . His home lot near the center,
between King and Market streets . 1794, he
gave three and one - half acres to h i s son Seth .
Near the end of the century, Seth sold to Asa
hel Pomeroy and went to Boston .
Ebenezer Clark, Jr. Built
,1740, on Elm street.
Three generat ions l ived there, among them Dea .
Jared and his family.
48 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mark Warner, 3d .
Elihu Parsons .
Charles Wright .
Thomas Strong. Son of the first Jonathan . Grad
uated at Yale,1740. Settled in the mini stry at
New Marlborough,1744—77.
Ebenezer Wright, 3d .
Joseph Mille r.
W aitstill Strong, Jr.
Aaron Miller.
Nathaniel Day .
Selah Clark .
Ebenezer Phelps . The fi rst of that name, house
near Shady Lawn .
John Hunt . Buil t and occupied the Henshaw
mansion where S . E . Bridgman lives . Set ou t
the elms which gave name to the street .
Eliphaz Clap .
John Baker,Jr.
Paul Dudley .
Ezra Clark . Lived on Bridge street near the toll
gate . Commenced there 1739 . Was one of th e
Committee of F ifteen in the war of the Revolu
tion .
Will iam Lyman . Same as Capt . Willi am . His
son,Will iam
,a graduate of Yale
,1776, a mem
ber of Congress,Consul to London under Jef
JONATHAN EDWARDS’ M INISTRY . 49
ferson, died there 1811
Cathedral,England .
Samuel Cl ark,Jr.
Rebecca Searl .
Lydia Pomeroy .
Sarah Cass .
Mary Pomeroy.
Elizabeth Allen .
Mindwell King.
Prudence Stoddard .
Thankful King.
Rebecca Stebbins .
Miriam Danks .
Mary Parson s .
Rebecca Mix .
Rachel Judd .
Hannah Alexander.
Martha Alexander.
Phebe Stockbridge .
Eli zabeth Danks.
Mindwell Parson s .
Rebecca Alvord .
Hannah Bartlett .
Sarah Janes .
Mercy Edwards .
Elizabeth Clark .
Mary Hulburd.
4
buried Gloucester
50 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Hannah Phelps .
El ias Lyman,Jr. Kept a publ i c hou se near Rock
Ferry,South Farms . Educated two son s at Dart
mou th College .
Zebulon Wright .
Elisha Strong.
Abel Ingersoll .
Gideon Hale .
Ebenezer Wait .
John Wright,Jr.
Stephen Sheldon and I srael Sheldon . Broth ers,
son s of Ensign Ebenezer on Bridge street .
Samuel Strong.
Aaron Wrigh t .
Reuben King .
Joseph Strong. One of th i s name moved, 1716, to
Conventry, Conn . A man of property and great
worth . Became town treasurer,selectman and
j ustice of the peace . For fifty- two times was
representative . Including extra sessions,he was
a member during sixty - five sessions . In his
ninety - first year he was moderator of the town
meeting.
Benajah Strong. His son,Asahel
,a deaf mute
,
was drowned July 9th, 1770.
Phinehas Clark . Lived on Elm street next be
yond Prof. Stoddard’s .
JONATHAN EDWARDS’ M INISTRY . 51
Noah Baker. Became a Bapt ist min i ster, preached
in Sunderl and,l i ved to be n inety - one .
Noah Clark , Jr .
Timothy Baker.
Samuel Bridgman .
Noah Wait .
Eleazar Root .
Simeon King .
Joseph Hunn .
Ezra Clapp . Graduated at Yale,1740. Lived at
Westfield .
Samuel Kingsley . Buil t abou t 1740. The house
stands on South street,number 19 , owned for
merly by Dea . Daniel Kingsley .
Prisc ill a Searl .
Sarah Edwards .
Miriam Edward s .
Mary Warner .
Eunice Parsons .
Esther Wait .
Thankful Clark .
Sarah Baker.
Mary Baker.
Elizabeth Clark .
Mary Strong.
Elizabeth Edwards .
Eleanor Dwight .
52 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Mary Bridgman .
Hannah Loomis .
Naomi Strong.
Hannah Wait .
Damari s Wait .
Sarah Parsons .
Abigail Clesson.
Thankful Clesson.
Hannah King.
Abigail Clark .
Mindwell Lyman .
Dinah Wright.
Aaron Clapp .
Daniel King.
Thomas Wright .
Medad King .
Asahel King.
Timothy Root.
Moses Sheldon .
Moses Kellogg.
Samuel Edwards , Jr . Lived number 80 South
street, great grandfather of Prof. Bela B . and
Dr . Justin Edwards,both eminent Bible scholars.
Abner Lyman . Married about 1726, Lydia, daugh
ter of the first Mark Warner.
Asahel Clapp .
Moses Hannum .
54 FIRST CHURCH NORTHAMPTON .
Dorothy Root .
Rachel Clapp .
Experience Strong.
Esther Sheldon .
Anna Bartl et t .
Rachel Parsons .
Anna Phelps .
Eunice Searl .
Eunice Wright .
Abigail Judd .
Submit Clapp .
Rachel Maudsley .
Rachel Searl .
Abigail Hutch inson .
Lois Clark .
Experience Wait .
Rachel Parsons .
Phebe Lyman .
Hannah Edwards .
Catharine Clark .
Naomi Warner.
Martha Sheldon .
Timothy Clark .
Aaron Baker .
Benj amin Edwards,Jr .
Thomas Wait .
Samuel Langton , Jr.
JONATHAN EDWARDS’ MINISTRY . 55
Nathan Graves .
Eldad Pomeroy .
Zebadiah Al vord .
Onesimus Nash .
Elisha Warner. Son of the first Mark . Lived in
Chesterfield . Had no children .
Simeon Clark . Born O pposi te the Art Gal l ery.
Married Rebecca Sheldon, 1749 . The next year
moved to Amherst . Chosen deacon there . The
homestead continu ed till recently in same family.
Jerij ah Strong, Jr. Lived on North Market street .
The fifth and sixth generati on s now occupy the
place .
John Searl . Graduated at Yale, 1745 . Entered
the min istry . Assi sted in preparing some of Ed
wards’ works for publ icati on .
Jacob Parsons . Married daughter of first Ebenezer
Hunt . Father of twel ve ch ildren . Lived on
Bridge street .
Ebenezer Pomeroy, 3d . Son of Deacon and grand
son oi Major Ebenezer.
Nathaniel Searl .
Nathaniel Sear", Jr.
James Downing.
Caleb Clark .
Samuel Burt .
56 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Robert Danks . A descendant probably of the Rob
ert who began , 1665, the settlement at Nasha
wannuck , and from whom Danks’ pond received
its name .
David Burt,Jr.
Edward Cotes.
Will iam Bartlett,Jr. One of the early settlers at
Westhampton in 1768 was Will iam Bartlett .
Buil t the first frame house,paid the largest tax .
Elihu Lyman . Graduated at Yale,1745 . Studied
law,l i ved at New Haven
,partner of his brother
Daniel .
Eunice Sheldon .
Martha King.
Thankfu l Parsons .
Experience Wright .
Sarah Wright .
Sarah Holton .
Lydia Wright .
Naomi Wright .
Martha Phelps .
Sarah Burt.
Silence Clark .
Abigail Janes .
Mary Searl .
Rachel Pomeroy .
Lois Strong.
JONATHAN EDWARDS M INISTRY . 57
Hannah Miller .
Sarah Miller.
Mary King.
Eunice Edwards.
Eunice ‘ Cook .
Eunice Wait .
Abigai l Phelps .
Hannah Judd .
Eunice Phelps .
Miriam Wrigh t .
David Bartlett .
Noah Lyman .
Charles Coles .
Jonathan Al vord .
Ephraim Danks.
Samuel Hannum .
Matthew Clark . Married 1754, Sarah , daughter of
the second Dea. John Clark on Sou th street .
Matthew Clark lived at Lebanon , Conn .
Jonathan Edwards .
Benoni Danks .
Zadok Lyman .
Jason,servant to Major Pomeroy .
Simon , servant to Capt . Dw ight ,
Ishmael,servant to Nathaniel Edwards .
Joab, a colored man .
58 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Josiah Clark,Jr . Son of Ensign Josiah . Se ttled
and l ived on Sou th street . O fiiciated as deacon
th irty - four years .
Gideon Henderson .
John Wait, Jr .
Thomas Starr .
Will iam Clark . A farmer on Elm street . Married
and settled nearly opposi te John Whittelsey’s,
1746. Drove fat cattle to Boston between 1753
57. He and Daniel Clark,hi s cou sin , were
neighbors fifty- eight vears.
Daniel Strong . Brother of Job the coll egian , aided
h is brother in obtaining an education . Another
Daniel Strong was drum major in the war of the
Revolution,went by the name of Dub Strong.
"
Nathaniel Phelps,Jr .
Ebenezer Pomeroy,4th .
Ebenezer Bartlett,Jr.
Benj amin Parsons . An unmarri ed brother of Jo
seph on Sou th street , l i ved to be eighty - eigh t.
The place went into the hands of Will iam Par
sons, hatter, same as Major Will i am .
David Bartlett,Jr .
Rachel King.
Christiana King.
Anna King.
Mary Waters.
JONATHAN EDWARDS MINISTRY. 59
Sarah Lyman .
Mercy Searl .
El izabeth Root .
Mary Hannum .
Sarah Pomeroy.
Mary Church ill .
Elizabeth Phelps.
Martha Root .
Mary King.
Freedom Edwards .
Abigai l Danks .
Dorothy Danks .
E l i zabeth Cass .
Hannah Keet .
Rachel Wright .
Patience Alvord .
Abigai l Judd .
Jemima Bartlett .
Esther Parsons .
Mabel Bar tlett .Elizabeth , servant to Col . John Stoddard .
Joseph Parsons . His homestead on South street
j o ined that of Noah Parsons. Always l ived on
the place . Age eighty - five .
Seth Clark .
Ebenezer Al vord .
O l iver Warner.
60 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Bela Strong. Ithamar Strong. Same as Capt .
Ithamar,boatman on the Connecticut ri ver. He
li ved on the westerly corner of Main and South
streets . Bela Strong lived where Memorial Hall
stands .
Obadiah Frary .
Medad Lyman .
Will iam Sheldon .
Simeon Lyman .
John Miller,Jr.
Stephen Wright,Jr .
Timothy Wright . Lived ' on King street . His
daughter,El izabeth
,married Dea. Enos Wright,
one of the best women that ever l ived . Grand
parents of W i ll iam K . Wright .
Gershom Clark .
John Langton .
Samuel Janes, Jr.
John Lyman,Jr. An inn - keeper for fifty
- three
years at South Farms . Himself one of ten ch il
d ren,so in h is tu rn he became the father of the
same number . One went to Yale .
Supply Clapp .
Benjam in Parsons,Jr.
Caleb Wright .
Noah Edwards.
Gideon C lark .
62 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Sarah King .
Jemima Wright .
Martha Hunt .
Mary Baker.
Rachel Phelps .
Sarah Alvord .
El izabeth Edwards .
Lucy Strong .
Charles Brewster .
Samuel King.
Noah Copley .
Jedediah Clark.
Joseph Cook .
Seth Wright .
Edmund Taylor .
Abraham Miller,Jr.
Noah Langton .
Thomas Judd,Jr. His father l ived fi rst in the
center,then at South Farms . Reared ten ch il
dren . The Judds of South Hadley were hi s de
scendants.
Enoch Clark . Born 1726, near the Art Gallery.
A Lieu t . , also an inn - keeper .
Joseph Hawley . The th ird and most eminent of
th at name . Graduated at Yale,1742. As an
advocate of American l iberty stood pre - eminent .
Rendered important service to hi s country in h i s
JONATHAN EDWARDS’ MINISTRY . 63
seat in the legisl ature . Served twenty six years
as deacon .
Phinehas Lyman . Son of Lieu t . Gid eon . Eli za
beth Hawley,Capt. Elisha’s widow,
after a few
years of widowed l ife,married Ph inehas Lyman .
Timothy Dwight, Jr., viz . Major Timothy . An
extensive trader,l arge l and holder , for sixteen
years was Judge of Common Pleas . Had fou r
teen ch ildren,several of them graduates.
John Pomeroy .
John Alvord , Jr.
John Macklane .
Moses Webb .
Ebenezer Clapp .
El isha Pomeroy .
Ebenezer Edwards . Killed by the fal l of a tree,
Aug. 22d , 1771,‘
aged fifty- one .
Benjamin Lyman,Jr.
Aaron Hannum .
Jonathan Kingsley,Jr .
Preserved Bartlett,Jr.
Matha Clark .
Jemima Clark .
Eunice Alvord .
Abigai l Lyman .
Sarah Parsons .
Mary Marshal l .
64: FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Rebecca Marshall .
Anna Wright .
Jemima Sheldon .
Esther Lyman .
Rachel Hunt .
Sarah Miller.
Hannah Strong .
Mary Parsons .
Lvd ia Parson s.
Phebe Edwards .
Abigail Pomeroy .
Dinah Corse .
Catharine Munn .
Mary Lyman .
Elizabeth Bartl ett.
Loi s Phelps .
Lu cy Warner.
Sarah Clark .
Bathsheba, a colored woman .
Eliakim Wright .
El ish a Baker .
Jonathan Mille r.
Stephen Dorchester .
Eliakim Marshall .
Noah Pomeroy .
Samuel Al vord .
Caleb Sheldon .
JONATHAN EDWARDS’ MINISTRY . 65
Samuel Langton .
Medad Edwards . Home on Sou th street . A tra
di tion remains that be occupied a block hou se,
"
much used in those times as a means of defence .
Constructed of logs, the lower story penetrated
below the surface of the ground several feet ;the upper proj ected on all sides beyond the
lower.
Elias Sheldon . Born 1721 . The second who l ived
on Sheldon place,Bridge street . Continued
there till 1793.
Isaac Lyman . Son of Capt . Moses. Graduated at
Yale, 1747. Was pastor at York,Maine
,s ixty
years,1749—1809 .
Simeon Pomeroy . Lived on King street near the" Edwards Elms
,between Mrs. Dr . F i sk ’s and
the Aaron Breck place .
Samuel Clarke . A native of Windsor, Ct . Came
to Northampton,1747, a saddle and harness
maker. Lived on corner of Bridge and Hawley
streets . N ine children born there . Ancestor of
John the banker, Edward , Chri stopher, Richard ,and
'
of the present Chri stopher.
Dorcas Lyman .
Lydia Lyman .
Margaret Al vord .
Rachel Keet .5
66 FIRST CHURCH
Elizabeth Ru st .
Ruth Connor.
Mary Down ing .
Sarah Parsons .
Hannah Edwards.
Experience Phelps .
Catharine Wright.
E" perience Birge .
Jerusha Alvord .
Margaret Parsons .
Mary Tule .
Experience Lyon .
Rebecca Sheldon .
Sarah Strong .
Sarah Bartlett .
Jemima Root.
Elizabeth Cook .
Jemima Miller .
Rebecca Searl .
Rachel Barnard .
Sarah Strong .
Lydia Hutch inson .
Martha Alvord .
Sarah Langton .
Mary Canfield .
Sarah Searl .
Beulah Parson s .
NORTHAMPTON.
JONATHAN EDWARDS’ MINISTRY . 67
El izabeth Bartlett .
Jeru sha Clark .
Esther Edwards . Married,1752, Rev . Aaron Burr,
pres ident of Princeton Coll ege .
Jerusha Edwards . E" pected to marry Rev . David
Brainerd,m i ss ionary . He died at her father’s
,
1747.
Mary Edwards . Married to Major Timothy Dwight .
O ne of her fourteen ch ildren was Timothy
Dwight,president of Yale College
,1795—1817 .
Her husband bu ilt the Mrs . Dr . F i sk house .
Her ch ildren were all born there . The three
foregoing, Esther, Jeru sha, and Mary Edwards ,
were daughters of Rev . Jonath an Edwards, th ird
pastor.
Mary Alexander.
Exp erience King.
Hannah Baker.
Ann Judd .
CHAPTER IV
Rev . J ohn Hacker’s Ministry, 1754— 1777.
ADMISSIONS.—HISTORI CAL ITEMS.
Abner Barnard .
Charles Clapp .
Stephen Baker.
Silas Brown .
Phil ip Clark .
Obadiah Janes .
Moses Bartlett .
Thomas Willi ston .
O’
scar Munson .
Nathaniel Bartle tt.
Sil as Hamilton .
El ihu Clark . The fi rst of that name . The young
est son of Lieu t . Ebenezer. Lived near Presi
dent Seelye’s .
El ish a Cook . Son of Dea. Noah . Owned w ith
h is brother Aaron,the upper mill .
(68)
70 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Mi riam Phelps .
Mary Clark .
Eunice Brown .
Eunice Phelps .
Elizabeth Elmer .
Naomi Bartle tt.
Hannah Baker.
Hannah Bascom .
Joseph Stebbin s.
Medad King.
Eleazar King .
Samuel Judd , 2d . Lived seventy - seven years on
Pleasant street,1685—1762. Followed there by
Samuel , 3d .
El ij ah Hunt . House and lot west of Miss Burn
ham place on Elm street . He reared and edu
cated his si ster’s son , Hon . Elijah Hunt Mill s,
born in Chesterfield .
Joseph Root.
Moses Parsons . Among the removal s to Durham ,
Conn . , i s found the name of Moses Parson s .
Elizabeth Burt .
Mercy Clark .
Esther Hunt.
Margaret Hutch ins .
JOHN HOOKER’S MINISTRY . 71
Catharine Parsons.
Mary Phelps .
Hannah Hunt .
1756.
S ilas Clark . Home lot above the Baptist meeting
house . Succeeded h is father, Noah . Whole
number of Silas ch ildren , twelve .
Elij ah Clark. Born and l ived opposi te the Art
Gallery . One of the committee of fifteen in the
war of the Revolution . Chosen deacon in 1785 .
Three of hi s sons were deacons .
Will iam Phelps .
Thomas F airfield .
Samuel F airfield .
Samuel Judd .
S imeon Alvord .
Gideon Lyman .
Thomas All en . Graduated at Harvard College,
1762. F i rst min ister of Pittsfield . On account
of hi s valor at the battle of Benn ington was
called the " fighting parson .
" Father of Presi
dent Wm . Allen , grandfather of Judge Will iam .
Mrs . Nathaniel Phelps .
Haunot Root .
Elizabeth Wright .
Lucy Alvord .
72 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Hannah Clark .
Thankful Clark .
Prudence Parsons .
Mrs. Jonathan Janes .
Sarah Hooker,of Springfield
,wife of Rev . John
Hooker,the fourth mini ster . She was Col .
Worth ington’s daugh ter .
Miriam Lyman .
Thankful Lyman .
Eunice Pomeroy .
Lyd ia Phelps .
Obadiah Clark .
Aaron Kingsley .
Joseph Lyman .
Simeon Clapp,on Sou th street
,practiced as a phy
sician.
Rhoda Kingsley .
Mary Bartlett .
Sarah Clapp .
1758 .
George Hodge .
Jane Hodge .
Jerusha Sheldon .
Sarah Allen .
Martha Pomeroy.
JOHN HOOKER’S M INISTRY . 73
Freelove Chilson .
Mrs . Eli sha Alvord .
Lois Shattuck .
Elnathan Phelps .
John Graves.
John Hurlburt .
Samuel Phelps .
Noah Bridgman and Will iam Judd . Both mar
r ied , 1759, and settled at North Farms . Thei r
famil ie s intermarried .
Catharine Brown .
Sarah Allen .
Mercy Bridgman .
Susanna Judd .
1760.
Joseph Alvord . A weaver, home Br idge street.
Hannah Parsons .
Prudence Stoddard .
Mary Hunt .
Lydia C lark .
Lois Parsons.
Joel Clark .
Adino Pomeroy.
74 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Paul King .
Joel Parsons.
Pl iny Pomeroy,brother Will i am cloth ier
,
and father of Gains.
Jerush a Burt.
Martha Clark .
Mary Miller.
Loi s Pomeroy .
Jemima Burt .
Mary Burt.
Lucy Baker.
Thankful S tar .
Experience Clark .
Lydia Cook .
Mary Ring.
Mrs . Joel Parsons .
Oliver Lyman .
Mr. Strickl and .
Asahel Clark.
O l iver Burt .
James Hulburt .
Simeon Strong. Hawley street,
eighty - five years,a farmer and
eleven children .
Joseph Clapp .
JOHN HOOKER’S MINISTRY . 75
Simeon Bartlett .
Elias Lyman . The second El ias , kept a publ ic
house near Rock Ferry, largely patronized .
El ij ah Southwell .
Asahel Danks.
Rufus Brown .
Noah Strong, Jr.
Joseph F airfield .
Ezekiel Bascom .
Moses Kingsley . The third of that name,became
deacon in 1785 . Moved to Chesterfield 1794.
His grand - daughter, Judith, marr ied the late
Moses Breck .
Joel Pomeroy .
Caleb Pomeroy .
Daniel Alexander.
John Strong .
Joe l Strong.
Phinehas Allen .
Jonath an Stearn s.
Joseph Clark . Son of the first Nathan iel , a far
mer in Southampton .
Elisha Wrigh t .
Ebenezer Strong. Son of Elder Ebenezer. Had
thirteen children . His hou se and barn stood on
the homestead of Gov. Caleb Strong.
Eleanor Lyman .
76 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mrs. Downing Warner .
Jerusha Brown .
M rs . Asahel Clark .
Mrs . Phil ip Clark .
Lucy Bartlett .
Hannah Searl .
Rachel Lyman .
Miss Lyman .
Hannah Strong .
Naom i Bascom .
Mary Buck .
Jerusha Phelps .
Sarah Wrigh t .
Rebecca Burt.
Mary Kingsley .
Rachel Strong.
Hannah Strong.
Elizabeth Bascom .
Mrs . Benj amin Wrigh t.
Jemima Alvord .
Mary Brown .
Jerusha C lark .
Rebecca Miller.
Miriam Tufts .
Hannah Janes .
Mary Rust .
Ann Ash ley.
78 FIRST CHU RCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Moses All en . Born on King street . Graduated at
Princeton,N . J . ,
1772.
‘ Became a min ister .
Preached in Virgin i a , Sou th Carol ina. A fai th
ful preacher , highly esteemed .
El ij ah Parson s . Son of I saac . Graduated at Yale,
1768. Settl ed at East Haddam, Ct. , 1772
—1827 .
Left a tract of l and in Ohio to two N orthamp
ton nephews .
Paul Guilford .
Benjamin Edwards .
Mr . Kelton.
John King.
Nathaniel Edwards, 3d . The first at Roberts
Meadow,viz .
, 1773 . Had thirteen ch ild ren .
A farmer, inn - keeper, al so keeper of toll gate .
Titu s King . Same as Master King. Had m any
droll ways as a teacher. His school on School
house Square, between Main and King streets,
was for a time the on ly publ ic sch ool in town .
Nathaniel Day .
Joel Bartlett .
Jonathan Wait .
El i sha Southwell .
Joseph All en , Jr.
Samuel F airfield .
John Parson s . Commenced at Pascomac, 1736,
l ived there 1736—85 . His twin chi ldren, David
JoHN HOOKER’S MINISTRY .
and Jonathan , were much attached
other.
Martha Clark .
Hannah Clark .
Eleanor Strong.
Martha Alexander .
Abigail Clark .
Experience Clark .
Esther W right,
Hannah Birge .
Henry Burt .
Thankfu l Day .
Sarah Alvord .
Eunice Lyman.
Hannah Pomeroy .
Naomi Wright .
Martha Wright .
Mary Starr .
Hephz ibah Chil son .
Mrs . Nathan i el Day .
Esther Wright.
Esther Parsons .
Mrs . Titus King.
Mehetabel Parsons .
Mary Lyman .
79
80 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Martha Lyman .
Hannah Bridgman .
Mrs . Jonathan Strong .
Phebe Pomeroy.
Mrs. Moses Bartlett.
Abigai l Searl .
Esther Lyman .
Eun i ce Root .
Eunice King.
1765 .
Eli sha Lyman . Lived on Pleasant street . It be
came a public house .
Daniel Pomeroy. Same as Major Daniel . The red
tavern which stood where the present Cathol ic
Church stands, was associated w i th h i s name ,1755—1805 .
Benj amin Sheldon .
Samuel Munson .
Jonathan All en .
Mrs . Benj amin Sheldon .
Sarah Wai t .
Mrs . Samuel Phelps .
Ruth Phelps .
Mrs . Jonath an Allen .
Mrs . Elij ah Hall .
JOHN HOOKER’S MINISTRY . 81
1766.
David Lyman .
Lemuel Lyman .
John Clark .
Ol iver Wright.
Martha Stoddard .
Eunice Cotes .
Sarah Small age .
Mrs . John Clark .
Mary Bartl ett.
El izabeth Taylor .
Mrs . Joel Wrigh t .
Mrs . N . Langford .
1767.
Benjamin Southwick,
i
Jr.
Joel Hunt . Brother of El ij ah . His house stood
on Prospect street on the northeast corner of
Elij ah Hunt ’ s homestead .
Sarah Pomeroy .
Abigail Clark .
Tamar Danks .
Lucy Clapp .
Mrs. El i sha Lyman .
Mrs . Elias Lyman .
Sybil Pomeroy .
Mrs . Solomon Ferry .
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82 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
1768 .
Robert Breck . From Springfield . Graduated at
Yale,1756. A lawyer and clerk
'
of the Cou rt
of Common Pleas .
Thomas Bridgman . Graduated at Harvard , 1762.
Read law in the office of Major Hawley. Began
practice in hi s native place . Deceased 1771, age
th i rty - one .
1769 .
Israel Rust .
Joseph Putney .
Samuel Parsons .
Heman Pomeroy .
Esther Clark .
Mrs . Joseph Putney .
Esther Warner .
Mrs . Daniel Elmer.
John Hunt. Graduated at Harvard , 1 764. Four
years pastor O ld South Church , Boston . His
early death , 1775 , much l amented .
Benj amin Tappa‘
n . A patriot of the Revolution .
Acted on the committee of fifteen. Went wi th
others to repel the invasi on of Burgoyne at Sara
toga . Had eleven ch ild ren. A rem arkabl e
family .
JOHN HOOKER’S MINISTRY 83
1770.
Moses Clark . Moved to Sunderland,had fourteen
ch i ldren ; one of the number was Dea . Israe l
C lark on Bridge street .
Solomon Al len . Attained th e rank of Major in
the Revolu t i onary war. Chosen deacon in 1797.
Entered the min istry,1801, a pioneer m i ssionary
in western New York . Four churches organized
as the fru i t of hi s l abors .
David Parsons .
Jonathan Parson s . Home at Pascomac. Baptized
by Rev . Jonathan Edwards . Marri ed and admi tted to church by Rev . . John Hooker.
Timothy Wright .
Mrs . Joel S trong.
Naom i Lyman .
Martha Wrigh t .
Abigail Lyman .
Jerusha Rust .
Mrs . Simeon Birge .
Rhoda Strong.
Esther Wright .
Mary Wrigh t.
Mary Wright .
Rachel Al vord .
Catharine Knight.
Rachel Burt.
84 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Lydia Hol ton .
Sarah Alvord .
Mindwell Phelps .
Mrs . Samuel Judd .
Hannah Day .
Sarah Worth ington .
Martin Clark .
Jonathan Strong,Jr. Lived on South street .
Same as Ensign Jonathan. Tything man in
1767.
Gideon Clark,Jr.
Benj amin Pomeroy .
Daniel Wright. Was postmaster about seventy
years ago . Father of F . Hunt Wright, a cashier .
Eli sha Mather, a tanner on Hawley stree t .
Azariah Lyman .
Eleazar Wright.
Moses Bartlett . Settl ed at West Farms .
1771 .
Dr . Levi Shepherd . Father of Thomas,Levi and
Charles . The th ree sons buil t on Round Hill .
Dr . Levi 85 Sons had a factory on Pleasant street .
Theodore Hopk ins .
Abij ah Lyman .
Mrs . Timothy Dwight .
Lucy Parson s .
G O V . CALEB STRON G .
DR . EBENEZER HUNT .
JOHN HOOKER’S M INISTRY . 85
Mary Shepherd .
Miriam Bartlett .
Naomi Clark .
Thomas Starr.
Thomas Levake .
Lucius Knight .
Gov. Caleb Strong . Graduated at Harvard , 1764.
U . S . Senator,assi sted in forming the Constitu
t ion of Massachusetts and of the Un ited State s.
Eleven times governor . An eminent lawyer .
Dr. Ebenezer Hunt . Began practice before 1770.
A druggist from 1769 to the present centu ry .
Mrs . Thomas Starr .
Mrs . Elij ah Lyman .
Rachel Bridgman .
Mrs . Samuel Clark .
Mr. Bullard .
Joel Lyman . A l i eu tenant at Sou th Farms . Lived
nearly Sixty years .
Mrs . Bullard .
Hephzibah Guilford .
Esther Hunt.
Mrs. Daniel Al exander.
86 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Abigail Alexander.
Mrs . Benj amin Edwards.
1774.
Phinehas Parson s . Lived on West street , father
of Capt . Samuel Parson s .
Herrick Leonard .
Elij ah Rust .
Timothy Parsons . Brother of Noah , Jr. Both
were neighbors on South street . Both set ou t ,
1755 , each an elm tree . Timothy’s tree died
many years ago . Noah ’s st i l l l ive s.
Isaac Parsons . Home on Bridge st reet, 1715—98 .
His descendants st ill occupy the place .
Mrs . Dr . Ebenezer Hunt .
Mrs. Jonathan Lyman .
Mrs . Phinehas Wright.
Hannah Elwell.
Mrs . Enos Kingsley.
Rebecca Clark .
Martha Parson s.
Mrs . Rhoda Fowl e . The Fowl es l i ved in the brick
house on Pleasan t street .
Anna Barnard .
Ruth Edwards .
Mindwell Parsons .
JOHN HOOKER’S M INISTRY .
1775 .
Nathaniel Clark . The th i rd of that name on the
homestead in Sou th street . Lived there seventy
fou r years , ti l l 1823 .
Joseph En sign .
Joel Hannum .
Ebenezer Cl ark, 3d .
I srael Parsons .
Timothy Gui lford .
Ebenezer Stearns .
Mrs. Ebenezer Clark .
Meribah Miller .
Mrs . Ephraim Wright .
Mrs. Benjamin Tappan .
Mrs . Ezra Clark .
Mrs. Josi ah Dickin son .
Amasa Clapp .
Stephen Clark .
Hezeki ah Porter,M . D . Lived street .
Resided there from 1776 until
Mrs . Hezekiah Porter.
Mrs . Amasa Clapp .
Mrs. Stephen Cl ark .
Mrs . Samuel Wright .
Martha Edwards .
88 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Lucy Edwards .
Mrs . Amasa Strong.
Mrs . Noah Jane s.
Mindwell Lyman .
Sarah Hooker . Daughter of Rev. John Hooker
the pastor . She married , 1777, Hon . Caleb
Strong. They were the parents of Hon . Lewis
Strong.
1777 .
Enos Wright . His son Ebenezer , studied for the
mini stry wi th Rev . Dr . Lyman , of Hatfield .
El isha Alvord . His home lot in the center was
bought by fifty- six persons and given to the
County as a site for a Court House , the remain
der to be u sed for a Common and for no other
purpose .
Quartu s Pomeroy . Brother Of Asahel . A black
smith . Occupied the large mansion on Pleasant
street,known as the N onotuck House . His
shop stood where the first passenger depot on
the Conn . R . R . R . was bu il t . Had ten ch il
dren , four sons and six daughters .
Jonathan Clapp.
Phebe Clark . Lived on Bridge street,a relati ve
of Job Clark .
Elizabeth Wright . Wife of Dea . Enos .
90 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Josiah Sheldon .
Lyman Clark .
Sylvanu s Parsons .
Just in Clark .
Reuben Wright .
Solomon Wrigh t .
Daniel Edwards . Home on West s treet on the
right.
Samuel Breck . Married 1777 Eun ice Allen.
Father of Aaron and Moses Breck .
Seth Wright . Son of Ephraim,a trader at the
corner of King and Main streets . Moved to
Bos ton, became wealthy . In 1809 bought the
place owned by H . Rose Hinckley .
Solomon Clark .
Seth Strong.
Medad Strong .
Simeon Day . He was deaf,used a trumpet, l ived
on North street .
I saac Clark . Married 1784 Nancy , daughter of
Ebenezer Edwards . In 1809 moved from Roberts
Meadow to South street . Had ten chi ldren , one
of them,Isaac
,th e druggist.
Irene Parsons.
Naomi Parsons .
Patty Wright .
Mindwell Parsons.
SOLOMON WILLIAMS
Rhoda Parsons.
Roxy Brown .
Merab Allen .
Prudence Parsons.
Dorcas Wright .
Anna Parsons .
Eunice Lyman .
Anna Strong.
Susanna Baker.
Susanna Wright .
Phebe Lyman .
Salome Rust .
Mabel Strong.
Lucy Parson s .
Esther Burt .
Phebe Clark .
Rachel Edwards.
Cynthia Wright.
Eunice Root .
Thankfu l Strong.
Abigai l Eliot .
Penelope Cook.
Asenath Clark .
Martha Root .
Jerusha Warner.
Sarah Parson s.
Dorcas Parsons.
MINISTRY . 91
92 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Hannah Parson s .
Rhoda Hu lbert .
Elizabeth King.
Abigail Brown .
Rachel Parsons .
Prisc i lla Parson s.
Mrs . Abiathar French .
Mrs . Will iam Pomeroy.
Eli zabeth Strong.
Sarah Wright .
Hannah Lyman .
Mrs . Eli sha Brown .
Mrs . Ebenezer Clapp,Jr .
Phebe Phelps .
Abigail Phelps .
Mrs . Bela Parsons .
Mrs . Jonathan Bartlett .
Heziah Allen .
Anna Wright .
1782.
Medad Alvord . Residence on Bridge street, on
left hand going towards the Bridge . Married
Sarah Baker ; for h is second w ife w idow Betsey
Partridge .
94 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
1785 .
El i Clark . Second son of Dea. El ij ah . Moved
to Skaneateles , N . Y .,1801 , then almost a
wilderness . Has descendants in th e place .
Nathan iel Edwards . The second Nathani el on
South street , who went by the name of Master
Edwards . He devoted part of h is le i sure instruct
ing the gi rl s of h i s neighborh ood in the ordi
nary school branches .
Israel Bridgman .
Medad , a colored man .
Sarah Wright .
El i zabeth Pomeroy.
Mrs . Nathaniel Edwards .
Mrs . Job Strong.
1786.
Mr. and Mrs . Joseph Cook , Jr. O ne of that name
kept the j ail on Pleasant street in 1786.
Maria Alvord .
Sarah Clapp .
Nabby Baker.
Abigail Phelps .
Bela Strong.
Erastu s Bridgman .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS ’ MINISTRY . 95
Samuel Hinckley . Nat ive of Brookfield . Gradu
ated at Yale 1781 . Register of Probate twenty
n ine years,Judge of Probate seventeen years .
Home and office on Pleasan t street .
Mrs . Samuel Hinckley .
Nancy Clark .
Hannah Parsons .
Mrs . Sil as Brown .
Esther Wright .
Patty Lyman .
1788.
Charle s Starkweather . Came in 1787. His pew
was near the pulpi t . When the choir rose to
sing,he al so rose
,faced the singers, the only
one who did so except the venerabl e Asahel
Pomeroy .
Asahel Wright .
Hezekiah Reed .
Lydia Cook .
Mrs . Charle s Starkweather .
1789.
Medad King .
Aaron Cook Jr. The son of Dea. Aaron and
brother of the late Enos Cook .
96 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Luther Clark . Fourth chi ld of Dea. Elij ah . Lived
eigh ty - eight years on Elm street ; bu i lt 1795
the gambrel roof hou se opposite the Art Gall ery .
Held the office of deacon fifty years . Father of
s i x sons and three daughters .
Abner Hun t . Father of Thomas Merrick and
Theodocia Hunt , wife of Sil as M . Smith,al so
other ch i ld ren .
Jacob Clark .
Calvin Clark . The fifth of Deacon El ij ah ’s seven
sons . Marri ed 1 792 Lucy Parson s . That year
started h i s hom e six miles out, at Rail H il l ,
beyond Leeds . Attained the age of 92 . The
4th generation continue on the pl ace .
Enan Clark .
Justin Parson s .
Simeon Parsons Jr . His homestead included the
corner on which John Clarke the banker l ived,
now occupied by the Norwood House .
Joseph King.
Alpha Hurlburt.
Jacob Sprague .
Luke Day . A neighbor at Rai l H il l of Calvin
Clark . Lived one mi le nearer the center .
Thomas Day .
Ebenezer Brown .
Ol i ve r Strong.
98 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Joseph Warner . Son of Daniel . He married Je
rusha. daughter of Noah Edward s . Had fou r
teen chi ld ren . He was the first of several Joseph
Warner’s .
Samuel Henshaw . Born in Eastern part of the
state . Graduated at Harvard College'
in 1773 .
Failure of voi ce compell ed him to leave the
m ini stry for the legal profession . Came to
Northampton in 1788. Appointed in 1797 Judge
of Probate , afterwards Judge of Common Pleas .
His son , John Hunt Henshaw , was admitted to
the Bar of Hampsh i re County .
Mercy Parsons .
Asenath Bartlett .
Eli zabeth Phelps .
Hannah Bartle tt .
Mrs . Ph inehas Parson s.
Mrs . Lewi s Smith .
Mary Bartlett .
Mindwell Whi te .
Mrs . Thomas Clapp .
Mrs . Supply Clapp .
Mrs . Jonathan Miller .
Mrs . Moses Legg .
I rene Parsons .
SOLOMON W ILLIAMS MINISTRY . 99
Deborah Pratt .
Lydia Parsons .
Mrs . Moses K ingsley .
Mrs . Seth Phelps .
Mary Sheldon .
Betty Taylor.
1792 .
Andrew Phelps.
Widow Mary Strong .
Mary Yemons.
Phebe Blackman .
Mrs . Stephen Strong.
Widow Martha Clark .
Martha Barnard .
Mrs . Mary Edwards .
Her niece, Miss Bartlett .
Elizabeth Bartlett .
Lucret ia Lyman .
Mrs . Nabby French .
Esther Parsons .
1793 .
Nathaniel Phelps . The fifth of that name,an
innkeeper on South street, a blacksmith , u sed a
trumpet in church to assist his hearing.
100 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Warham Parson s. His two sons,Thaddeu s and
Elihu,settled
,1797, in Skaneatel es , N . Y . In
h i s later years sold to Eli sha Graves and fol lowed
h is son s to Western New York .
Daniel Rust .
Ethan Marshall .
Catharine Parsons .
Sally Jypsen.
Mrs . Bohan Clapp .
Mrs . David Wrigh t .
Mrs . Joseph Ring .
Mrs . Levi Upson .
Mrs . Abigail H itchcock .
Mrs . Ebenezer Kingsley .
Mrs . Will iam Rust .
Mrs . Calvin Clark .
Emma Clark .
Rufus Phelps .
Jabez Den ison .
Jonas Clark . Home near the bridge on Bridge
stree t . Keeper of tol l gate,several times chosen
sel ectman , grand father of Jonas M . Clark, Super
intendent of Water Works .
Mrs . David Turner .
Mrs . Hezekiah Parsons , Jr.
102 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Rhoda Bridgman .
Mrs . Benjamin Clark .
Mrs . Eleanor Clark .
Jemima Baker .
John Bull ard .
Hannah Bu llard .
Almey Hewitt .
Azarina Root.
Experience Smith . Wife of Justin Smith,Sr . ,
and
mother of Mrs . Mary Tenney .
Bancroft Fowler . A native of Pittsfield , a gradu
ate oi Yale, min ister at N orthfield , professor in
Bangor Theological Seminarv.
Benjamin Bartle tt .
Azarina Root .
Mrs . Joseph Root.
Mrs . Thaddeu s Parsons .
Mrs . Julius Barnard .
1798 .
Mrs. Eliza Phelps.
Mrs . Will iam Edwards,daughter of Benjamin
Tappan . Her hu sband and her sons were eminent
business men .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS MINISTRY . 103
Mrs . Moses Bartle tt .
Hannah Miller .
Mrs . David Nash .
Mrs . Will iam Stockwell .
Esther Pomeroy.
Anna Sackett .
Dorcas Sheldon .
Lydia Lyman .
Mrs. Smith Copeland .
Mrs . Eunice Strong .
Thankful Smith .
Mrs. Will i am Bl i ss .
Eun ice
Rachel Phelps.
Polly Little .
Mrs . Joel Strong.
Mrs . Phinehas Al len
Mrs . Simeon Butler .
ton bookseller .
Mrs . Oli ver Pomeroy .
Mrs . John King, Jr .
Rachel King.
1799 .
1800.
N orthamp
104 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Jonathan Strong,Jr . Married
,1799 , Eunice Clark .
Lived farther end of South street . Two unmar
ried brothers , Asahel and Samuel , very tal l men ,l i ved near .
Enos Clark . The youngest of Dea. El ij ah ’s eigh t‘
children . Chosen deacon in 1818 . At the for
mation of the Edwards Church , 1832, rece ived
the same appointment. Held the office ti ll h i s
death,1864. Rev . T . J . Clark, now of North
field , was h is son .
Will i am Carson .
Lydia Patterson .
Mrs . John Clapp .
Mrs . Enos Clark .
Beulah A l len . Married Will iam Clark,of Ut ica
,
N . Y. A daugh ter married Rev. An sel Eddy,
of Newark,N . J.
1801 .
Abigail Clark .
Mrs . Justu s Parsons . Her home near the Sou th
Street bridge .
Sally Gould .
Esther Cook .
Mrs . Sarah Mather.
Mrs . Rebecca Kingsley.
Mrs . Asenath Baker.
106 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Jul ius Phelps . Capt . Northampton Artillery.
Moved to the Warner d i strict,1815 . Place now
occup ied by h i s son Jul iu s .
Increase Clark . Sixth son of Dea. Elij ah . Home
stead opposi te Dea. Jared Clark ’s, Elm stre et .
Justin Smith . Father of Al vah,Theodore
,Justin
,
Jr and several daughters.
Francis Pom eroy.
Samuel Phelps. His hou se stood on Prospect street
where Mr . Trumbul l l ives . He had the name of
being honest . When the publ ic house in the
center was burnt,1792, he wi th others assi sted
in clearing the hou se . He found the money
deposi t, took care of i t , giving i t in due t ime
to the owner,who said
,
" If i t had not been for
honest Samuel Phelps,I should have lost al l my
money .
Erastu s Clark . An inn - keeper,near President
Seelye’s . In 1807, sold to Major Erastus Lyman
and went west . Lived into the middle of th is
century .
Joseph Bridgeman .
Bilhah .
Mrs . Medad Clark .
1803 .
Rachel Breck .
Widow Holt .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS ’ MINISTRY . 107
Miss Holt .
Bela Amsden .
Mr. and Mrs . D r. Joseph C lark .
Mr . and Mrs . David Dole .
1804.
Nancy Bolter,wife of Will iam Bolter, harness
maker.
Mrs . James Dunham .
Mrs . Daniel King.
Mrs . Asahel Phelps .
Mrs . Seth Wright .
Thankful Clapp .
Mrs . Sarah Parsons .
Mrs . Phinehas Rust.
Justus Clark .
Dea . Israel C lark .
Mrs . I srael Clark .
Will iam Phelps .
1805 .
Mrs . David Clark .
Martha Clark.
Mrs. Joel Clark .
Mrs. Ol ive Wrigh t .
Mrs. Thankful Webb .
Mrs . Heman Pomeroy .
108 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
1806.
Enos Cook . A miller at the upper mill , father of
Horace, Rev . Theodore,Aaron , Mrs . El ihu Clark
on Elm street .
Mrs . Enos Cook .
Deborah Ramsdell .
Mary Pomeroy .
Mrs . Merrick Pomeroy . Her husband was a prin
ter ; h i s shop was in the old Tontine bu ild ing ;
His home was on South street. Dec . 1 , 1805 ,
h is ch ild was burnt .
Mrs . Elihu Clark . Her husband was the second
Elihu . Three Elihu Clarks of d ifferent genera
t i ons were born near Smith Col lege .
Anne Kingsley .
Marill a Searl .
Mrs . Asahel Wrigh t .
Mrs . Lydia Hodge .
Ursul a Wright .
Electa S . Lyman .
El izabeth Wright .
Achsa Clark .
Anne Wright .
Widow Mary Wallace .
Mrs . Sylvester Lyman .
Eleanor Clapp .
Esther Clark .
110 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
El isha Parsons . Lived in the upper part of King
street . Father of Esqu ire Enos .
Noah Strong.
Calvin Smith .
Samuel Bosworth .
David B . Spencer .
Alvah Judd, Jr.
Mrs . Nathan iel Clark .
Spencer Clapp .
Mrs . Spencer Clapp .
Electa Bridgman .
Julia Edwards .
Sarah Warner .
Mindwell Strong.
Mary Alexander .
Sally Miller.
Margaret Dwight .
Eliza Tappan .
Sophia Brown .
Laura Hunt .
Chester Clark .
Wainwright Breck . Deceased 1811, at the age of
twenty - one . Brother of Aaron and Moses .
Nabby Everett .
Eleanor Wright .
Sarah Clark .
Betsey Dotey.
SOLOMON WILLIAMS’ M INISTRY . 111
Elizabeth Steel .
Mrs . Aaron Clapp .
Ebenezer S . Phelps . Chosen deacon , 1816. With
others l eft Northampton , 1831, and settled in
Princeton , Ill inoi s . A ttained age of eighty - five .
Levi Strong. A farmer and cooper on Hawley
street . A leading tenor singer in the F i rst
Church choir .
Mrs . Gershom Clark .
Phebe Hurlburt .
Susanna Warner .
Mary Clark .
Elizabeth B . Pomeroy.
Mrs . Jacob Mill er.
Mi riam Wright, a member of the F i rst Church
choir.
Nancy Parson s .
Rachel Parsons .
Dorothy Parsons .
Experience S trong.
Aurel ia Tappan .
Jerush a Warner .
Sally House .
Harriet Mills . Wife of Senator Mill s. Thei r
daughter Helen , married Judge 0. P. Hunting
ton . Sally Mill s married Prof. Benjamin Pierce.
Mrs . Mill s l ived to be over n inety.
112 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Jane K . Welch . A Boston lady,l i ved much in
Senator Mill s ’ family .
Ashur Shepherd . Home in the Warner di strict .
Samuel K entfield .
John Miller . Lived at West Farms .
Lydia M . Elkey, a col ored woman .
Charlotte Jane , a colored woman .
1807.
Seth Clark and wife .
Mrs . Seth Pomeroy .
Mrs . Thomas Gardner .
Amasa Strong .
Sally Strong.
Nancy Whitney .
Dolly Edwards .
Josiah Clark . Son of Dea . Isaac . Graduated at
Will iams College,1809 . Principal of Leicester
Academy, . 1809—18 . Pastor at Rutland twenty
seven years . Always an acceptable preacher .
Enos W r ight , Jr.
Timothy Wright .
John Smith .
Ansel Clapp .
Sophia Clapp .
Anne Parsons .
Thomas Warner.
Will iam F i eld .
114 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Legi slature in the Hou se and the Senate . Chief
Justice of the Court of Se ssions, 1825 . Also,
County Attorney . Married,1808 , Sophia, daugh
ter of Judge Hinckley . Number of their ch il
d ren,th irteen . Four were graduates . In town
meetings an eminent pres id ing officer .
Rebecca Barnard .
Bilhah,a negress .
Paul Wrigh t and wife .
Mrs . Luther Strong .
Sally Evarts .
Martha Parsons.
Asenath Edwards. Daughter of Nathan iel Ed
wards, 3d , at Roberts Meadow . She married
Rev . Josiah Clark , teacher at Leicester and pas
tor at Ru tl and .
Will iam Bl iss . ~A carpenter on Sou th street . Has
a son in business in Troy, another in Philadel
phia,ano ther in New York a banker
,Morton
,
Bl i ss (it Co.
Mrs . Cecil Dwight .
Esther Strong .
Elisha Graves. His dwell ing on Market,near
Bridge street , fi tted up early as a fort,was one of
the most ancien t houses i n Northampton .
SOLOMON W ILLIAMS’ MINISTRY . 115
1809 .
Polly Graves .
Eleanor Whitney .
Mrs . Sarah Wrigh t .
Mrs . John Breck . Her husband , a trader, was the
fi rst postmaster in Northampton .
Mrs . Samuel Hinckley .
Roxana Starkweather .
Joseph Lyman . Son of Capt . Joseph . Graduated
at Yale,1783 . Admitted to the bar 1787.
Clerk of the Courts, Judge of Common Pleas,
and Probate . President of the old Hampshi re
Bank,High Sheriff. Father of Judge Samuel
F. Lyman .
Theodore Lyman . The si xth and last occupant of
the Richard Lyman homestead on Pleasan t
street . Sold and moved to Amherst,1828 .
Father of Henry , the martyr mi ssionary .
Mrs . Theodore Lyman .
1810.
Thomas Wright . Home on Bridge street . Moved
to Tecumseh , Mich igan .
Irene Wright .
Mr . and Mrs . Ralph Payson .
Mrs . Isaac C . Bates . Daughter of Judge and
Madam Henshaw .
116 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Julia Strong.
Mrs . Martha Strong.
Mrs . Jonathan H . Lyman . Daughter
Hinckley.
Mrs . Uriel S ikes .
Electa Roberts .
Lucreti a Allen .
Mrs . Isaac Gere .
Lucy Knight .
1811 .
Mr . and Mrs . Eliph az Burt.
Mrs . Daniel S tockwel l .
Mrs . Lewis Strong. She was Maria Chester of
W ethersfield , Conn . Whole number of their
ch ildren , ten , five sons and five daughters . All
the son s rece ived a publi c education . Two of
the sons,Edward , M . D. ,
and Rev . Stephen
Chester,l ive i n the eastern part of the state .
Mrs . Clemence Patterson .
Mrs . Harvey Till otson .
Mr. and Mrs . John Danks.
Mrs . Daniel Cl ark .
Mr . and Mrs . Isaac Webster.
Mrs . Ebenezer Hunt , Jr. She was a daughter of
Madam Henshaw . Her husband graduated at
Harvard , 1795 . For nearly forty years a drug
IEETIN G HOUSE— ERECTED 1811—12.
SOLOMON WILLIAMS ’ MINISTRY . 117
gist . A member of the Con sti tutional Co ll ren»
tion , 1820—21 . His hou se stood on the site now
occupied by the City Hal l . His succe ssor as
druggist was Winthrop Hi llyer .
Elizabeth Davies .
Ru th Edwards .
1812.
Lew i s S trong. Graduated at Harvard , 1803. F or"
th irty years a l awyer of great abil i ty . A trustee
of Amherst Coll ege . For many years deacon of
F i rst Church, universal ly esteemed .
Dan i el Stebbins. Graduated at Yale , 1788 . Came
to N orthampton, 1806. Li ved on Bridge stree t
fifty years . County Treasu rer thi rty - five y ears .
Attained the age of n ine ty . As a ci ti zen , a pub
l i c officer, a member of the chu rch , held in high
esteem .
Clari ssa Stebbin s .
Abigail Graves.
Mrs. WarhamJudd ;Miri am Wrigh t .
Mr . and Mrs . Jonathan Parsons. The second of
that name at Pascomac, born 1784, Continued
there t ill 1841 . Mrs . H . A . Col l ins,a daughter
,
re sided at Smiths F erry,recently deceased.
Mrs. Reuben Smi th .
F OURTH MEETING HOUSE— ERECTED 1811—12.
118 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mrs . Elij ah Allen , Jr .
Ebenezer S . Phelps.
Anna Phelps .
Ceci l Jewett . The O ldest of the four sons of Tim
othy, located at the westerly end of Blackpole,
now North Prospect street .
Mrs . Ebenezer Kingsl ey .
Seth Pomeroy . Buil t the brick hou se on Pleasan t
street . Son of Quartu s . His son George , a pub
lic spiri ted man , was the first to start the ex
press bu siness west of Albany.
Samuel Cl arke,Jr . Brother of John
,Christopher
,
Edward who bu ilt on Round Hill,Richard who
settled i n Chesterfield . The above , Samuel
Jr., traded for several years in Northampton .
When beyond middle l ife,closed h is busines s.
turned his attention to the min istry . Resided
in Maine , preached only a short t ime . Spent
hi s last davs w ith h i s children at the west .
1813 .
Lorane Redford .
Mrs . Asahel Pomeroy .
Mrs . Polly Crossett .
1814.
Nancy P . Russel l .
Electa Russel l .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS ’ MINISTRY . 119
Sally Judd .
Mrs . Ann Clark .
Ralph Snow . A dry goods trader for many years
on Shop Row . Father of Lorenzo , George , AI
bert,and several daughters . Home on Hawley
street .
Theodosia Snow .
1815 .
Will iam Edwards . Styled CO ". Edward s, grandson
of the dist ingu i shed Rev . Jonathan . Smith Col
lege stands where he l ived . Prof . Park , of An
dover,married h is daughter . Henry and Ogden
were h i s son s . By occupation a tanner.
Thomas Lyman . A farmer,house on Bridge
street .
Dolly Lyman .
Elec ta Stebbins .
Fanny P . Ayres .
Mary Parsons .
Mrs . Hannah Fl in t .
Robert Peckham .
Ruth Peckham .
1816.
Ruth Smith .
Sarah Parsons .
120 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Pol ly Pomeroy . Daughter of Asahel,a prominent
al to singer in the large choi r of the F i rst Church .
Mrs . Eli Ashman . She was Lucy,the youngest
d aughter of Rev . John Hooker,and mother of
two sons much celebrated,viz . , John Hooker
Ashman,professor of law at Harvard
,and George
Ashman,a statesman and lawyer , Springfield .
Samuel Peckham . Became a min ister,preached in
Sou th Royal ston .
Mrs . Hannah Clark .
Zeru iah Clark .
Asenath Wilder.
F idel ia Strong.
Mrs . Jonas Clapp .
Clari ssa Lyman . Daughter of Esq . Levi . She
married,1822, Rev . Will iam Richards, miss ion
ary to Sandwich Islands. Whole number of their
ch i ldren,eight . Her sister El izabeth married
George A. , oldest son of Dea. Luther . Clark .
Harriet Parsons . Daughter of the 3d Moses .
Married for her firs t husband a Mr. Munn of
Greenfield . Her second husband,Rev . Joseph
Knight, preached eighteen years in Peru . She
attained her eighty - eighth year.
Sally Starkweather. She married Rev. James San
ford , uncle of Hon . John E .,Speaker of Mass .
House of Representati ves .
122 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Eliza.
Fanny Hunt .
Sophia Pomeroy .
Abigail Phelps .
Clari ssa Phelps .
Elizabeth Parsons .
Asenath Sanford .
Denn i s Porter.
George Strong.
George Bridgman . Succeeded Col . Edward s in tan
ning business . Moved to Canada.
Moses Breck . An active temperance worker.
Pl iny Dickinson .
George Strong .
Lucy Clark.
Clarissa Rogers,daughter of Dr. Rogers .
Cordel ia Snow .
Anna Wright.
Mary,a colored woman .
Asahel Lyman . Lived near Rock Ferry . Left for
missionary objects from twenty to twenty - five
thousand doll ars .
Mrs . Asahel Lyman .
Sally Noble .
Lois Kingsbury .
Esther D ickinson .
Anna French .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS ’ MINISTRY . 123
Belinda Dickinson . The wife of Zenas Clapp on
South street , and the mother of Rev . Will iam
D . ,remembered for hi s superior pulpit talen ts
and preaching abil iti es.
Sarah Warner.
Sally Clark .
Sally Clapp .
Dolly Allen .
Widow Thankful Sikes .
Reuben Colton .
Mrs. Will iam Clapp .
1817 .
John Grave s .
Mrs . Graves .
Sarah Stebbins .
Elizabeth Gardner.
Mrs . Will iam Gardner .
Mrs . Joseph H . Clark .
Mrs . Nancy Clapp .
Abigail Clark .
Dolly Clark .
Mrs. James Sanford .
Mary Warner .
Mary Hunt .
124 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Theodore Rust . United wi th the F i rst Church
seventy - four years ago , a remarkable instance of
longevi ty . Continued till recently among the
business men of the commun i ty . Recently de
‘ deceased .
Mrs. John Sanford .
1818.
Will i am Clark . The th i rd on Elm stree t,above
the Jewett place . Born 1794. A farmer,owned
the paper mill . Father of Will i am , Lucius,
Fred .
Lou ise Whitney.
Pamela Wright .
Mary Wright .
Chauncey Clark . A member for several years of
the Legislature in the House,twice a State
Senator. Held,
an office in Custom Hou se .
Hiram Ames .
Major Josiah Dwigh t . Graduated at Harvard Col
lege 1786. Clerk of th e Courts,Treasu rer of
Massachusetts . His family numbered seventeen
ch i ldren .
Mrs . Dwight, styled Madam Dwight, tall , hand
somely formed,genial , sympathiz ing, highly
esteemed .
Mrs. Elihu Pomeroy . Her husband was a cooper
next west of Dea. Luther Clark ’s on Elm street .
ISAAC BATES .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS’ MINISTRY . 125
Rhoda Clark .
Eunice Clark .
Theresa Hen shaw,El iza Henshaw,
d aughters
Judge Henshaw .
Mrs . Betsey Town .
1819 .
Jane Shepherd .
Lydia Clark .
El i P . Ashman . Received honorary A . M . from
Middlebury College,1807
,and the same from
Harvard,1809 . Chosen U . S . senator 1816.
Bohan Clark . O wned the lower mill , father of
Enoch W . ,Bohan Jr. , Joseph and Luther, th e
last a banker in New York .
Mrs. Mary Clark .
Mrs . Sarah Hooker .
Will iam Warner .
Jul iette Warner.
I saac C . Bates. Graduated at Yale College, 1802.
A member of Congress,also of the Governor ’s
Counci l and of the U . S . Senate . Father of S.
Henshaw Bates,of Mrs . Fordyce Hubbard
,Mrs .
H . H . Chilson , and Mrs . L . J . Dudley .
Eli sha Mather,M . D . An estimable physici an
,at
one time partner of Dr. J . H . F l int . One of
the musicians of the F i rst Church choi r.
126 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mrs Sarah Mather .
Joseph Warner, Jr . Brother of O l iver , Solomon ,
Seth,Moses , Rev . Aaron and others .
Mrs . Nancy Warner.
El ij ah M . Hayden .
Lucinda Hayden .
Mary Ingall s .
Hannah Ingall s .
Aaron Breck . Chosen deacon 1839. Father of
Samuel,a teacher and graduate of Brown Uni
versi ty,1848 .
Mrs . Aaron Breck .
Mr . and Mrs . Gains Burt .
Mr . and Mrs . Levi Clark .
Col . Jacob Bates and wife . They were the parents
of Hon . Isaac C . He was a l ieu tenant in the
Revolutionary war.
Adam R . Hamilton , Nancy , hi s wife .
Joseph Strong , Hawley street . 1780—1860. Num
ber of h i s ch ildren , eight .
Chloe Strong.
Luther Strong, Polly Strong . He was grandson
of Jerij ah,Jr . Their home on North stree t .
Esther Strong .
Mehetabel Warner.
Eliza Smith .
Mrs . Enoch Jewett.
128 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mary Lee .
Esther Camwell.
Patrick Houghton .
Ansel Bartl ett .
David Syl vester.
Joseph Parson s .
Charles Parson s .
Joseph Allen .
Cordel i a All en .
Betsey Allen .
Sally M . Judd .
Pamela Judd .
Lydia M . Parsons , afterwards Mrs . Eli sh a Turner .
Mother of Wm . E . Turner,a lawyer.
George Wells .
Lyman Knowlton .
Ira Cook .
Horace Lyman . Home on Bridge street . Father
of the l ate Gen . Luke Lyman .
Hiram Ferry . Married,1828
,Lucreti a
,daughter
of Lemuel Clark . A relic preserved by the
Ferrys i s a cradle , in whi ch Dea. Josi ah was
rocked when a babe , 1721 , in wh ich o thers of
that l ine were rocked .
Hiram Smith .
James Ross .
Johnson .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS MINISTRY . 129
Lou ise Winslow .
Mrs . Elij ah Wright .
Betsey Taylor.
Lucinda G . Smith .
Salome Graves .
Abigail W . Clark .
Harriet Shepherd .
Joanna Davenport .
Mrs . Charles Johnson .
Joanna Ingal s .
Hephz ibah Edwards .
Anna Shel ton .
Nancy Graves .
Roxana Cutler.
Esther Clark .
Charlotte Clapp .
Hannah Wright .
Nathaniel Clark . The fourth of th e same name
on the South street homestead . He l ived there
1775—1857, e ighty - two years .
Sarah Whitney . Wife of Josiah D . Whitney . She
was the mother of the two professors , Josiah
D . of Harvard and Will iam D . of Yale , both
eminent in thei r departments of learn ing .
Dolly Fowle .
Betsey D ickinson .
Sally Hunt .9
130 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Hannah Severance .
Sally Ramsdell .
Joanna Herrick .
Sybil Taylor.
Martha Edwards .
Mrs . Joseph Al len.
Mrs . Urani a Webster .
Fanny Wrigh t .
Nancy Sayre .
Sally D illen .
Jacob Lesten .
Marv Lesten .
Charles Johnson .
Moses Parsons .
Lucy Warner.
Mrs . Warham Judd .
Eunice Judd . She married, 1785, Lewi s Smi th ,
at South Farms . Number of thei r ch ildren ,
el even . Charles Smith,one of the el even , owns
th e place .
Widow Mary Wilson .
Rebecca Cl ark .
Clifton Wh ite .
Eunice White .
Fanny Wright .
El i za S . Stebbin s .
Abigail Ingals .
132 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mrs . H . K . Starkweather.
Betsey Shepherd .
Catharine Shepherd .
Mrs . Charle s Shepherd . Her husband graduated
at Yale , 1 798 . Went into bu siness with his
father,Dr . Levi and two brothers . Charle s
Shepherd bu il t on Round Hill .
Mrs . F . Hunt Wrigh t . She l i ved to be over
n inety . Her husband was cash ier of the old
Hampshire Bank .
Abigail H . Pie rce .
Harrie t Clarke .
Miriam Pomeroy . Daughter of Asahel,a member
of the F i rst Church choir, an alto singer.
Sarah Tappan Pierce .
Content Curt is .
El iza Eldredge .
Carol ine Russel .
Theodosia Phelps .
Mary M . Clapp .
Electa Parsons .
Naomi Clark .
Susan Clapp .
Prudence Graves .
Lu ther C lark , Jr .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS ’ MINISTRY . 133
Daniel J . Cooke . At one t ime in company with
David Judd,cabinet makers , whose daughter ,
Mal i ssa,he married . Her son , David B . Cooke ,
at l ast accounts , l i ved in Chicago .
Jacob N . Brewster .
Mrs . Sophi a Clapp .
Will iam Bigel ow .
Anna Bigelow .
Martha S tarkweather . Daugh ter of Charles mar
ried Hon . Chauncey Clark . They left no ch i l
dren . Both deceased 1869 .
Frances A . Henshaw .
Mary Pomeroy .
Solomon,a colored man .
Seth Warner .
Harriet Cook,daughte r of Enos Cook .
1820.
Widow Esther Smith .
Mrs . F . Dickinson .
Solomon Stoddard . Second son of Solomon the
high sheriff . Was town clerk and clerk of the
courts . His wife was daughter of Benjamin
Tappan .
Nathan Rust,Jr .
Mrs . Nathan Ru st .
Cecil i a Lyman . Married Dea. J . P . Will i ston .
Mother of Hon . A . L . Willi ston .
134 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Lucy Whipple . A Miss Wh ipple taugh t
for young l adies . The bu ild ing stood
Art Gallery .
Mr. and Mrs . Andrew Lord .
Hannah El iza Harding.
Will iam Hutchens.Alexander Hayden .
Mrs. Nathan iel Edward s .
Sophia Ashmun .
1821.
Catharine B igelow . Daughter of Will i am,married
Humphrey Farrar and li ved in Petersham .
Naomi Pomeroy .
Mrs . Justus Clark .
Nancy Breck .
Elizabeth Stebbins .
Mr. and Mrs . Zebina Smith .
Timothy Graves and wife .
Widow Mary Day.
El i Loveland . Married a si ster of Chauncey Clark .
The family moved to Marion,Alabama
,where
they l ived over forty years .
Nancy Kill ingly .
Lydia Strong.
Letiti a Gould .
ELIPHALET"
W ILLIAMS .
SoL O MoN‘ WILLIAMS ’ MIN IsTRY .
Asrmallda Woods . Wo rked in the tanning business .
O ccupied and owned the resi dence where John
WhittelSey l ives . Mrs . Whittelsey was his dungh
1822 .
(
Lou isa A . Henshaw .
John Doty .
Israel R . Pilgrim . Home on Union stree t .
Mrs . Carol ine Parsons . Wife of Capt . Samuel,
West street . Paren ts of Syd enham . Samuel L .,
Col . Jo seph B .,Sarah, and others .
Mr. and Mrs . Ashur Shepherd .
Widow Sarah Adams . Daughter of Seth Wrigh t .
Lived at the H . R . Hinckley place .
Penley Thayer"
El iphalet Will iams . Son of Rev . Solomon,the
pastor . Presid ent of Northampton National
Bank thi rty - one yea le,deacon In the Fi rs t
‘Church forty - th ree years . A ttain ed the age of
n inety - fou r .
Julia Phillipe.
136 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mrs . Sylvester Judd . Her husband was th i rd edi
tor of the Hampshi re Gazette . Under h im the
circulation of the paper stead ily increased . Com
menced a h i story of Hadley . Became an honor
ary member of the Connecticu t and Massachu
setts H istorical Societies .
Laura Bartlett .
Abigai l Ingal s.
Lucy Mather .
Anna Strong .
Mary Bigelow .
Martha Clark .
Lucret i a Clark .
Sarah Parsons .
Sarah Clark .
Jul ia Clark .
Ru th Conners .
Martha Day .
Widow Susan Parsons .
Harri et Hutch ins.
Eunice Strong.
Asenath Clark .
Elizabeth L . Clark .
Esther Maria Cook .
Jul ia Wright .
Jul iu s Rust.
Josiah D . Ashley .
SOLOMON WILLIAMS MINISTRY . 137
Henry Hill .
J . Metcal f Wil son .
Reuben Peck .
Stephen Whitney .
Marsh .
Mrs . Lucy Conners .
Jabez French . Father of M . M . French . A
sician of the F i rs t Church choir. Played
double bass v iol .
CHAPTER VI .
Rev . Mark Tu cker’
s Ministry, March 10,1824
Aug . 1827 .
ADMISSIONS —H ISTORICAL ITEMS .
1824.
Mrs . George Bridgman .
Lyd ia Bartle tt .
Samuel Wells . Graduated at Dartmou th College ,
18 13. A lawyer,Justice of Peace, Clerk of the
Courts,h ighly esteemed ci ti zen
,and member of
the church .
Mrs . Samuel Wells .
A . G . Duncan . A clerk in one of the ~ stores.
J . P . Willi ston . Son of Rev . Payson and brother
of Hon. Samuel Wil l i ston,
of Easthampton .
Deacon for th irty - four years . Practically benev
olent on a large scale .
Nancy Jane Rider .
Emel ine Rider .
Mary Eaton .
Mrs . El ij ah Abbott.
MARK TUCKER’S MINISTRY . 139
Elihu Atkins .
Abel Marsh .
Betsey Marsh .
1825 .
Mrs . El izabeth Well s .
Mrs . Desire Atkins .
Thomas Pomeroy . Son of Wil l iam , a clothier ;
brother of Daniel,Northvil le
,Michigan ; also of
Nancy,wife of Will iam Bolter. Attained the
rank of colonel . Chosen deacon in Fl orence
Congregational church .
Enoch Jewett . He and Dea . Thomas Pomeroy
were among the first to bu ild and settle in Flor
ence .
Ursul a Clark . Her home was on Water street .
Widow Charlo tte Wright .
Mrs . Ebenezer Wrigh t .
Zephaniah Hunt . Lived on Market street .
Mary Hunt .
Mrs . El i Judd .
Mary Ann Dwight .
Eli sha Graves,Jr . Brother of Mrs . John Clarke
,
wife of the banker. Lived eighty - two years on
the Graves’ homestead , Market street .
Eliza A . Graves .
Sally Cutter.
140 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Benj amin Eastman . Lived on Market stree t , a
cabinet maker .
Persis Parsons .
Esther Upson .
Lydia Upson .
El izabeth Upson .
Edward Upson .
Justus Upson . The Upsons l ived at South Farms .
Carol ine Day .
Jul ia White .
Mrs . Levi Parsons .
Samantha Parsons .
Sally L . Wh ite .
Saphronia Whi te .
Spencer Taylor.
Amos Smith .
Henry B . Winslow .
Milo J . Smith . Home at Sou th Farms . rep
resentative to the Legislatu re in 1842. Chosen
selectman nine times .
Mrs . Mark Tucker. Her husband was the sixth
pastor of the F i rst Church . W i ll i ams College
conferred on him the degree of D . D . i n 1831 .
Fred eric Janes . Married Paulina Burnell,daugh
ter of Joseph the miller, i n 1833 . Pursued col
legiate studies at Yale and Amherst . Lived several years in New York ed i ting the Chri sti an
Parlor Magazine . Deceased in 1890.
142 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
George A . Crossett . An officer on board of U . S .
sh ip Potomac .
Benj amin Barrett,M . D . Came to Northampton
,
1823 . Partner with Dr. David Hunt,as Hunt
Barrett . Chosen to Legisl ature 1842, State
Senate 1843—4, County Commiss ioner 1847 .
Treasurer of Northampton Savings Bank,1854—64.
Levi Wright . Home on Bridge street .
Jul ia Clark .
Mrs . Anna Birge .
Phebe Tuft .
Sally Willard . Home afterward Chenango County,
Mrs . Fanny Clapp . Became second wife of Phin
ehas Allen , editor of Pittsfield Sun . Has re
cently celebrated h er n inetieth birthday .
David Clark .
Thomas Stearns and wife .
Mrs . Sophi a Clark .
Pri scil la Peck .
Adal ine Brewer .
Sarah Hubbard .
Mrs . Nancy Loveland .
Judith Breck. Wife of Moses Breck,from Ches
terfield .
Sally Eusti s .
Persi s Pease .
MARK TUCKER’S MINISTRY . 143
Abigail J . Lyman .
Nancy A . and Lucy H . Clark . Sisters,daughters
of Dea. Luther Clark , Elm street . Nancy A .
married Will iam Wells of Greenfield . They l i ved
at Port Gibson,Miss . Paren ts of Helen and
Charles Well s,at Saratoga Springs .
Almira Clapp .
Carol ine Bli ss .
El iza Brown
El izabeth M . Chester .
Angeline and Juli a Snow . Sisters , daughters of
Ralph , the trader . Angel ine married Rev. J O
seph Hunt Breck, a native of Northampton .
Preached in Massachu setts, Vermont and Ohio .
Susan Dwight .
Hannah W . Dwight .
Carol ine W . Dwight . Daughter of Major Josiah .
Married,1832, Rev . Samuel Hopkins . They
l ived together not qu it-e fifty years.
Lucy Pomeroy . Daughter of Heman . She mar
ried Luther,son of Theodore Clapp
,i nn - keeper
at Easthampton . They l ived at Gloversvi lle,
N . Y .
Temperance Clark . She married Charles,fou rth
son of Dea. Luther Clark . They were parents
of James Dickson and Charles Henry Clark .
144 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mary and Hannah Butler. Sisters, daughters of
Simeon , the bookseller. Hannah married Mr.
Sunstead .
Frances M . Storrs .
Abigail Pease .
Hannah Clapp .
Frances Greenwood . Reared in the family of SO I
omon Stoddard,Esq . , Elm street . Married his
son Solomon,au thor of Latin Grammar and
Professor at Middlebury College .
Fanny Dick inson . Sister of George P . , 57 Elm
street . Fo r many years her home has been at
the west .
Octav i a Smi th .
S tella Shepherd . Daughter of Levi,married
,1833,
Rev . Mark N i le s . They had five ch ild ren .
Martha Strong.
Erastu s Hopkins . Graduated at Dartmouth,1830.
Settled in mini stry s ix years . Moved to North
ampton 1841 . N ine years a m ember of the Leg
islature . F i rst presiden t of Conn . R . R . R .
Isaac Smith .
O rren Phelps .
David B . Spencer .
Sophia Wilder .
Fanny Jewett.
Lucy Parsons .
146 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Almira Wright .
Del ia Tower .
Sarah and Theodosi a Hunt sisters . Daughters of
Abner Hunt. Sarah m arried Theodore Burt .
Theodosi a married S ilas M . Smith,the paren ts
of W . L. and George H . Smith .
Anson Dwight .
Justice S . Parsons.
Susanna Clark .
Asenath Meachem .
Esther Jewett .
El i sha Parson s, Jr. Born on King street . Left
Northampton and located in Cincinnati,Oh io.
Ann Tappan .
Mary Temple .
Sarah Parsons.
Edward T . Wade .
Ahira Staple s.
Will iam Converse .
Samuel F. Phelps . From Westhampton,a clerk
on Shop Row . Married Phebe,daughter of Ju s
tu s Parsons. A prominent member of D r. Storr’s
Church , Brooklyn, N . Y . , for many years .
Dwight Lathrop.
John L. Clark .
Asa J . Clark .
G eorge Edward s .
MARK TUCKER’S MINISTRY . 147
James Col ton .
James Converse .
Thankful Whi te .
Cynth ia Pierce .
Jane F . Fowler.
Jos iah D . Whitney. A merchant, afterwards Cash
ier and President of Northampton Nat ional
Bank . Three of h i s sons are professors in va
rious colleges ; another i s principal assi stant in
Boston Publ ic Library .
Daniel R . Clark . For about fifty years a mason
by occupation . Home near h i s brother,Dea.
Jared .
David Judd . Was cabinet maker on South street .
Edmund M . Bartlett . Home in the meadow ,
South street.
Elizabeth Tower .
Betsey F i sher. Removed to Ch icopee .
Elihu Clark . The th ird and youngest of that
name . His w i dow res ides in the upper part of
Elm street.
Eli zabeth Mather.
Ann Bowers .
Jul ia Butler .
Will iam Butler. The originator of the Hampsh ire
Gazette i n 1786, also editor and propri etor .
148 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Elizabeth Butler.
Theodore Butler . Bookseller,and member of F i rst
Presbyterian Church in Buff alo,N . Y . Has a
son in Chicago in the stati onery business .
Kitteredge Earl .
Clari ssa Mille r.
Rebecca Clapp .
Hannah Day .
Lorenzo and George W . Snow . Sons of Ralph the
trader .
El izabeth Strong. Daughter of Theodore,hom e
formerly at the east end of Shop Row. Mar
ri ed,1841 , Rev . Augustu s C . Thompson , D . D . ,
Roxbury or Boston .
Eliza Day .
Joseph D . Smith .
Abigail T . Smith .
Just in Smith , Jr . Home oppos ite the Art Gallery.
Will iam S . Smith . Residence l ater in Troy,N . Y .
I saac Bridgman .
Lewis Bridgman . Graduated 1839 at Oberl in Theo
logical Seminary . Has preached mostly at the
west . At last accounts was in Dakota.
Moses B ryan t . Resided at Amherst .
Horace Hill s .
John Moies, Jr. Lived at Pawtucket,R . 1.
Edward H . Li tt l e . Home afterward in Pittsfield .
150 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Dan iel Butler,Jr . F ifty - eigh t years ago wen t to
Green Bay . Died there not l ong since .
John Well s . Associated in trade with J . D . Whit
ney,under the firm of Whitney Wells.
CHAPTER VII .
Rev . I . S’
. Sp encer’
s Ministry , Sep t. 11 , 1828
March 12,1832 .
ADMISSIONS —HISTORI CAL ITEMS.
1828.
Lyman Parsons .
Benjamin Clark,Jr.
Charl es F . Sheldon . Home at Rochester , N
Mrs . James Phelps . Previous to her marriage
taught on Elm street.
James Phelps. Homestead beyond the Hospi tal
toward Easthampton .
Mr . and Mrs. El isha C . Strong . Sou th District .
Mrs . Maria Strong.
Sally O . Lyman .
Mrs . I saac Clark . Wife of the druggist . Clark
Will i ston . They were th e parents of Isaac
Edwards C. , connected with the Bureau of Ed
ucation, Washington , D . C .
Carol ine H . Dewey . Wife of Judge Charles A .
D ewey .
(151)
152 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mary Dwight . Daughter of Ceci l in the Warner
di st rict.
Mrs . Ruth Sheldon .
1829 .
Sophron ia Sheldon .
Nancy Wade .
Rhoda Stetson .
Eunice Hunt .
Roxana Hunt . Married Roswell Hubbard , on
Bridge street . Long a valuable member of the
F i rst Church choir .
Ebenezer M . Dwight .
Edwin Spooner.
Samuel C . Clark .
Laura B . Bartlett .
Mary Edwards .
Stephen Chandler.
Lydia Chandler.
Mrs . Harriet N . Clark .
Mrs . Hannah Spencer.
Mrs . Elvira Bartlett.
Mrs . Charity Judd . From South Hadley. Wife of
Warham . Became one of the oldest persons in
North ampton .
John Phill ips .
Electa Ph ill ips.
154 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Rhoda Everett.
Wil l iam Griffin . Located afterward in Mich igan .
Roxan a Noble .
Octavi a Clapp . At a later d ate l ived in Hartford ,
Conn .
Widow Sarah Edwards .
Clari ssa A . Cook . Home on Pleasant street .
John Bridgman . Brother of Ansel , Sylvester and
Theodore,of Brecksvi lle
,Oh io .
Mrs . John Bridgman .
Mrs . Nancy Wright , Mrs . Ju l i ana Bridgman . Both
l i ved at Horse Mountain .
Amanda Bridgman.
Susannah F . Judd . Afterwards at Brecksville, O .
Horace Wright,Laura Ann Moody
,Clarissa Allen .
These three belonged at Roberts Meadow .
Huldah Converse .
Mrs . Elvira Shepherd . Wife of George Shepherd ,
hatter .
Esther Bridgman .
Mrs . Will iam H . Judd .
Mary B . Kingsley .
Esther H . Starr .
Widow Kezi ah Starr.
O rra Lyon . Home in Whately .
Abigail Warner.
I . S . SPENCER’S MINISTRY . 155
1831 .
Thankful Phelps .
Mrs . Lucy Barnard . Before her marriage was Lucy
Sage,on Elm street .
Henry R . Hayden .
Charles T. Hayden .
Lavini a B . Hayden . The Haydens l ived at the
Factory , now Leeds .
Cynth i a C . Hunt .
Mary Smith . Now Mrs . Tenney, opposite the Art
Gal lery.
Eli zabeth Pierce . Daughter of Rev . John Pierce
of Brookl ine, grand - daughter of Benj amin Tap
pan .
Lucy Gregory,Mrs . Nancy North
,and Laura
Witherell . The three foregoing l i ved at Leeds .
Marcu s T . Moody .
Solomon Strong.
Solomon Stoddard,Jr. The fourth of that name
in Northampton . Graduated at Yale,1820.
Father of Prof . Franci s H . Stoddard of New
York C ity.
Will iam H . Stoddard . Chosen deacon in Edwards
Church . A merchant for many years in h i s n a
t ive place .
Will iam K . Wright, Prospect street . Son of Rev .
Ebenezer, employed by Hampsh ire Missionary
Society in St . Lawrence County,N . Y.
156 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Justus Taylor.
Theodore B . Rogers .
Marcu s C . Parker .
Charles R . Stearns .
Webster Herr ick .
Roxana R . Parson s . Graduated at Mt . Holyoke.
Seminary 1841 . Married Mr. Green Homer,
N . Y .
Harriet Day .
Tryphena Day . The three l i ved at South Farms .
Daniel Willcu tt .
Mel issa Strong.
Sarah Wh i te .
Fanny B . Eastman .
Ansel Jewett . Third son of Timothy . His widow
still survive s on the homestead , Elm stree t .
Mary H . Kirkland .
Mary Parsons . Home afterward in Springfield,O ;
Tryphena Hartwell .
Charles Morton .
Polly Morton .
Jonathan Wood .
Eliab Barnard .
Lewi s Phelps .
Jonathan Ring.
Elvira Ring .
Or i nda Negus .
SILAS M . SMITH .
I . S . SPENCER’S M INISTRY . 157
Ansel Abel s .
Martha Abels .
Asahel S . Abel s .
Ephraim Cushman .
Wealthy Cushman . Lived at the Paper Mi ll .
Su san Furbu sh .
Mrs. Margaret Clapp .
Joseph T . Herrick .
James P. Bradley .
Silas M . Smith . Lived nearly sixty years in North
ampton . In the fu rn i ture bu siness . Lead ing
singer for many years of the F i rst Church choir .
Trustee of the Lunati c Hospi tal . Chosen dea
con of the F i rst Church . Father of W . L . and
George H . Smith .
Enos Parsons . Son of El isha . A lawyer for
many years .
James Greenwood . Brother of Mrs . Solomon
Stoddard , Jr . Became a min i ster .
Cephas Strong . Home on North street . Sexton
of F i rst Church twen ty years .
Sylvester Judd, Jr. Graduated at Yale , 1836.
Pastor at Augusta, Me . ,1840—53 . A public lec
turer and author.
George Strickland .
John W . Littl e .
Phebe Phelps.
158 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Sarah Hamilton .
Elizabeth Mather.
Mary Ann Sm ith .
Elizabeth Strong.
Mrs . T . Chamberlain .
Susan Pratt .
Mrs . Mary Taylor.
Mary Strong.
Mrs . Harrie t Powers .
Joanna Cl ark .
Estes H . Smith .
Mrs . M . H . Wetherell .
Sarah Li ttle .
Sarah T . Bu tler. A daughter of Dan iel on Pleas
ant street .
Mrs . Hannah Clark .
Lucy Gleason .
Eli zabeth White .
Cynth ia Slack .
Mrs . Mary D . Phelps .
Caroline Strong.
Avesta C . White .
Daniel Kingsley . A tailor for nearly fifty years .
Went twice to the Legisl ature . Superin tend en t
of Sabbath School twen ty years . Served as dea
con sixteen years.
160 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Elizabeth Strong . Daughte r O f Jonathan , South
street .
Will iam N . Moore .
Sarah Eusti s .
Sarah Phelps .
Josiah Dwight . Major Josi ah ’s son ; brother of
Margaret , Susan , Carol in e, Ogden and others .
Harriet S . Clark .
Carol ine Starr.
Ellen M . Moies .
Richard B . Davi s , South street . Carriage maker.
Harriet G . Chandler .
Mrs . Nancy B . Clark .
Elizabeth M . Phelps .
Elij ah Kingsley . A carpenter on South street .
Lewi s Parsons . Son of Justus . Succeed ed h i s
father on th e homestead , near th e Sou th street
bridge .
Sarah A . Strong.
El izabeth W . Russell .
Abigai l Clapp .
George Brown .
John S . Reed . Lived in N orthfield .
Lov i sa Well er. Home on Lyman’s Lane .
George Sheldon , D . D . Graduated at Will iams
Col lege,1835 . O rdai ned 1841 . Married Martha
Lyman,1839 . They had eigh t ch ildren . Four
sons graduated at Princeton College .
I . S . SPENCER’S M INISTRY . 161
Phebe Parsons . Married Samuel F . Phelps , Brook
lyn,N . Y .
Mary Russel l .
Mary Wright .
Mrs. Zebina Smith .
Sarah W . Breck .
Abigail M . Joy .
Ebenezer Allen .
Joseph Al len .
Mrs . Mercy Moody .
Emma C . Phelps .
Emel ine Barnum .
Ru th Edwards .
Lovi sa H . Phelps .
Augusta Shepherd .
Lyd i a M . Clapp .
Lydia Janes .
Sally Prat t .
Mrs . Rachel Clapp .
Clari ssa Phelps .
Mary I . Shepherd .
George Ellsworth .
Edward C . Smith .
Sarah T . Stoddard . An only daughter of the th ird
Solomon . Married, 1837, Rev. Albert Sm i th ,
Prof. at Middlebury. Their son,Rev . Arthur
H . Smith , i s a mi ssionary in China.
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162 FIRST CHU RCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Thomas Bridgman . Publ i shed Inscriptions on the
Grave S tones of Nor thampton,1850 ; also sub
sequently several books of in script ions rel at ing to
cemeteries in Boston and el sewhere .
Theodore Bartl ett .
Mrs . Eunice N . Bartlett .
Elizabeth P. Augur.
Mrs . Sarah Wright .
Sarah Clark .
Laura N . Bryant .
Mrs. Wealthy Clark .
Elizabeth Furbu sh .
Evel ina Bannister .
Luther Clark , 2d , Bridge stree t.
Charles Hayden,at Leeds .
Benjamin E . Cook . Came to Northampton , 1827.
Partner of Nathan Storrs , j eweler . Chosen
Brigad ier General , 1850, served five years .
Remini scences of s ix ty years on Shop Row ,
"
in the Centennial Hampsh ire Gazette,by Gen .
B . E . Cook , i s an interest ing sketch .
Bathsheba Steadman .
Mr . and Mrs . Cornel ius Delano. The name recall s
the mode of travel by the stage coach one and
two generations ago . Mr. Delano’s connection
with a stage l ine fi rst brough t h im to North
ampton .
164 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Catharine M . Graves .
Lucy Gere . Daugh ter of Isaac , a goldsmi th . She
married Dr . Brown,removed to Oh io .
Ellen G ouch .
El i Edwards,West street, right hand .
I srael Graves .
Mrs . Fanny Graves .
Mary Ann Clark . Daughter of Bohan,married
,
1835 , to Watson Loud , M . D. ,Romeo
,Michigan ;
the parents of eight ch ildren . In January, 1829 ,
he entered the office of Hun t 85 Barrett,North
ampton , as a medical studen t.
Barton Bisbee .
Mrs . Frances F . Merri tt.
Mrs . G eorge Day .
Mrs . Lucretia Taylor .
F idel ia Herrick .
Moses G age .
O sea Church .
Mrs . Melinda Church .
Elihu Sanford .
Mrs . Sanford .
Mrs . Electa Sage .
Mrs . Moses Richmond .
Henry Lyman . O rdained Oct . 1832, at N orthamp
ton . Sail ed , 1833, with other missionaries for
I . S . SPENCER’S MINISTRY . 165
Batavi a, Isle of Java . Started Apri l,1834, on
an exploring tour with h i s associate,M Mun
son . Both suffered martyrdom,June 28 . Ly
man was only twenty - four,Munson was thi rty .
A monument to Lyman ’s memory stand s near
Brainerd ’s grave in the Northampton cemetery .
CHAPTER V II I .
Ministry of Rev . J oseph P enny, D . D ., J une
5,1833— N ovember 23
,1835 .
ADM ISSIONS—HISTORICAL ITEMS.
1833 .
Mrs . Margaret Penny.
Mrs . Dorcas Hancock .
George Kingsley . The organi st .
Mrs. Nancy Kingsley .
Mrs . Mary W. Bissel l .
Sarah B . Hunt .
1834.
Solomon Clark . F ifth son of Dea . Luther. Grad
uated at Williams College , 1837, and the Semi
nary now at Hartford, Ct.
,1840. Pastorates at
Petersham,South Canton
,Plainfield and Goshen .
Author of Antiqu ities,Historicals and Gradu
ates of Northampton . Publ ished Historical Cat
alogue of the F i rst Church,Northampton
,1891 .
Strong Burnell .
(166)
168 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Nancy Bl iss .
Maria Tower.
Lydia A. Braden .
Irene Bishop .
Ruth All en .
Harriet Ramsdale .
Hetty S . Butler. The youngest of the four daugh
ters of Daniel . She married , 1846, Rev . El i
Smith,D . D. ,
missi onary to Syria . Since 1869
her home has been at Amherst. The three sons
are graduates . Two daughters married and l ive
at the west .
Sophi a French .
Jul ia Ann Sophi a K ing.
Miranda Wright .
Hadassah Durant .
Sally Strong .
Margaret Tower.
Clarissa C . Barnard . Lived on Bridge stree t,a
dress maker.
Vesta Wright .
Anna Wright .
Maria Barnard .
Mary Bridgman .
Sophia Lyman .
Harrie t Phelps .
Persi s Kingsley .
JOSEPH PENNY ’S MINISTRY . 169
Lucy M . Work .
Jacob O sborne .
Nathan Storrs . In 1791 opened a j ewelery shop
where Dr. Roberts’ hou se stands . The next year
he located on Shop Row . In 1828,he erected a
gran i te block,considered the finest bu ilding of
the k ind in the county .
El ihu Strong.
Henry R . Noble .
Timothy A . Russell .
Cephas Parson s .
Lewi s C . Tower .
Cyru s Noble,Jr .
Alpheu s Lyman .
Ira Strong.
Charle s Strong.
Zenas Clapp . Homestead on South street . The
father of Will iam D .
Ambrose French .
William Bli ss , Jr. A captain in the war of the
Rebell ion . A book - binder . Lives in Troy, N . Y .
Danie l R . Burnell .
Levi Wright .
Jonas M . Clark . Superintendent of North ampton
Water Works .
Edwin Clark .
Franci s W . Shepherd .
170 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Will iam Judd . The last of the Judds that con
t inned at Horse Mountain .
Abner B . Warner. Son of O l i ver . G raduated at
Will iams 1833,and at Gilmanton Seminary
,
1834 . Pastor at Milford , N . H .,and Medford ,
fourteen years .
George Day .
O l iver Jones .
Ebenezer Strong .
Medad Strong.
O liver Warner, Jr . Graduated at Will iams 1841 .
For fourteen years Secretary of State . State
Librarian and Clerk of Board of Education .
Elij ah Allen . The third of thi s name,at Roberts
Meadow many years . Married,1849 , Lovisa
Clark,Westhampton .
Asa Strong .
Elihu Judd .
John Smith .
Will iam F i sk .
Henry B . Wolcott .
Neal Sebastin .
Susan Wright .
Hannah Clayton .
Jul ia Ann Hunt .
Elvira Ann Smith .
Eunice Cramp .
172 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Mrs . Electa Smith,wife of Justin Smith
,Jr .
Sidney P . Will iams . Son of Dea . El iphalet .
Graduated at Yale 1829, and at the College of
Physici ans and Surgeon s . Settled in Philadel
ph ia .
CHAPTER IX .
M inistry of Rev . Charles W iley ,N ovember 7
183 7— F ebruary 9,1845 .
ADMISSIONS.—HISTORICAL ITEMS .
1837.
Harri et N . Mather.
David Warner.
Lou i sa Chapin . A native of Hatfield . Her home
was in the family of her aunt,Mrs . Asahel Ly
man at South Farms . She Married,1842, Wil
l iam D . Clapp, member of School Commi ttee .
Taught at Will i ston Seminary . An excellent
man , a gifted preacher.
Seth Warner.
1838 .
Mrs . Lydia Clark .
Margaret Clark .
Clarissa Curti s.
Clarissa Curti s,Jr.
Sarah M . Wright .
174 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
1840.
Mrs . Marcia H . Wright .
Theodore Parsons .
Mrs . Theodore Parson s .
Anna Parsons.
Mrs . Electa S . Strong .
Pamel i a Strong.
Seth Parsons .
Hannah H . Lyman . Daughter of Jonathan H .
Esq . , married Rev . Charl es Mason of Grace
Church,Boston .
Mary C . Dickinson . Sister of George P ., 57 Elm
street .
Will iam A . Graves .
Elizabeth W . Hubbard .
Fanny W . Lyman . Married and l ived in Michigan .
Home in Ohio.
Sarah P . Hubbard . Married ; her home was in
Michigan .
Adal ine F. Woodward .
Emily Davi s .
Harriet A . Smith .
I sabel Lyman .
Martha C . Hitchcock .
Frankl in K . Hitchcock .
Alexander Wright .
Ansel C . Parsons .
176 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Dorcas A. Clark .
Martha A. Weller.
Nancy Wright .
Rev . Wm . Allen , D . D . President of two colleges,
Dartmouth,N . H . , and Bowdoin Me . Removed
" to Northampton , 1839 . Delivered the second
Centennial Address at Northampton,Oct . 29th
,
1854.
Mrs . Sarah J . Allen,Elizabeth L . Allen , Charlotte
F . Allen . Wife and two daughters of Presi dent
Allen . Elizabeth L . married,1843, Rev . Henry
B . Smi th , Prof . of Theology i n Union Theolog
ical Seminary , New York C ity. Charlotte F .
married,1841
,Rev . Erastu s Hopkins .
Susan W . Clark. Married,1849
,Rev . Josiah Ty
l er,missionary to Sou th Africa for forty years .
Hannah Elwell .
1841.
Nancy Parsons .
Jane Anna Cook .
Joseph Lathrop . Merchant on Shop Row,
fi rm of
Stoddard Lathrop .
Abba A . Lathrop .
Sydenham Parsons . Druggist,member of the F i rst
Church choir.
Mrs . Mary L . Will iams.
CHARLES WILEY ’S MINISTRY . 177
Erastus Slate .
Mrs . Sarah Slate .
1842 .
Mrs . Mary Miller.
Mira Chapin .
Hannah W . Lyman .
Eunice Hunt .
Nancy E . Warner .
Emily C . Shepherd .
Jul iu s Phelps . Son of Capt . Jul iu s . Homestead
the same as h i s father’s in F lorence .
Marietta B . Levake .
Lydia A. Clark .
Jane S . Daniel s . Married,1844, Hon . O l i ver War
ner, Secretary of Massachu setts .
Caleb Clapp .
Sara Maria Clapp .
Roland Weller .
Zenas Joy . He originated in Plainfield .
Willi am Strong, Hawley street. Reserved one acre
of hi s father Joseph ’s home lot where he l ived .
Number of h is ch ildren n ine .
George Sergeant . A clerk in Stoddard Lath rop’s
store .
George A . Abbott .
O zro Hillman .
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178 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Silas D . Thayer .
Franci s Hunn .
Aaron Breck,Jr. Moved to Lawrence, Kansas,
where the family resides .
Levi Parsons .
Lewi s C . White .
O shea Walker .
Thaddeus Gooch .
John Adams .
Mrs. Abby S . Adams .
Harriet El iza Strong.
Abigai l J . Shepherd .
Lucius A . Clapp .
El izabeth N . Thayer .
Samuel Breck . Son of Aaron , graduated at Brown
Un iversi ty , 1848. Taught in several places .
Gave up teaching and came home to rest . Sick
ness ensued . He deceased 1853 .
George Shepherd . In company with N athan Dike
man , hatters .
Jul ia Ann Janes .
Martha A . Janes .
Josiah W . Smi th .
Jane Sophia Smith .
Jul i a R . Phelps .
Marion Laidlow .
180 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
1845 .
David B . Phelps .
Jesse McIntire.
Mary McIntire .
Hatty B . H . Bull .
Adel ia Shepherd .
Mrs . Corin th E . Bartlett .
O l ivi a Noble .
David S . She ldon . Graduated at M iddlebury, 1831 .
Principal of Northampton High School . Prof.
i n Gri swold Col lege , Davenport, Iowa .
Mrs . Mary L . Sheldon .
Lewi s McIntire.
Mrs . Margaret McIntire.
J . W . Smi th , M . D . A dent ist. His successor was
Dr . Thomas W . Meekins .
Mrs . Clarinda Smith .
CHAPTER X .
Mini stry of R ev . E . Y. Sw ift N ovember 19
1845— Sep tember 22 , 1851 .
ADMISSIONS—HISTOR I CAL ITEMS.
1846.
James Lyman . Brother of Henry the martyr m is
sionary. Lived at Toledo,Oh io .
Frances P . Lyman .
Mrs . Levi Strong.
Mrs . Mary A. Bray .
Elihu King.
Rev . C . J . Tenny , D . D . Resigned pastoral l abors
on account of failure of voice . Dr. Sprague
styles h im " a man of princely intel lect . " His
daugh ter married Judge Will iam Allen .
Ruth C . Tenny .
Lydia Morton .
Catharine G ilfillan. Graduated at Mt . Holyoke
Seminary,1852.
Electa B . Lee .
182 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Catharine L . Swift . Wife of the pastor, Rev . E .
Y . Swift .
G . H . King.
Charlo tte King .
Ebenezer T . Wood .
Betsey R . Wood .
Robert Chase .
Andrew S . Wood . A druggist,succeeded Winthrop
Hillyer on Shop Row . Afterward l ived in
Montreal .
Will iam Boies . Son of Justu s,studied and prac
ticed law in Northampton . In the l ife insurance
business .
Silas D . Chi lds .
Jonathan H . Lyman . A physic ian,afterwards in
Cal iforn ia . Grandson by marriage of the fi rst
Pres ident Dwight of Yale Coll ege .
Samuel B . Bridgman .
Reuben Pierce .
Jonathan Brewster . Kept the Mans ion House ,
which stood near the present Cathol ic Church .
Moses Gilfillan. Father of Thomas and James .
El izabeth G ilfillan.
Anna M . Phelps .
El iza D . Clafiin.
Harriet W. Clafiin.
Persis L . Clark .
184 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mary L . Kingsley,West street.
Carol ine R . Parsons . Daughter of Capt . Samuel ,
West stree t.
Eli zabeth H . Strong.
Carol i ne M . Durant .
Catharine C lark .
Susan S . Stebbins .
Nancy H . Powers .
Jul ia W . Shepherd . Daughter of George,King
street.
Sarah E . Bois,Goth ic street . Daughte r of Justu s .
Lucy A . Wade .
Harriet Davi s .
Carol ine B . Dewey . Daughter of Judge Chas . A .
Martha P. Lyman . Home afterward in Boston .
Jane Elwell and Harriet Elwel l,Water street .
O l ive Converse and Wealthy Slate . Lived on
North street.
Mary S . Davis .
Barton B isbee and Sarah G. Bisbee . Removed to
Spr ingfield , Ill inois .
1847.
Mrs. Frances Hanners and Mary A . Hanners,
street . Came from Charlemont .
Fanny W . Hayden .
Harriet C . Elwell .
E . Y . SWIFT’S MINISTRY . 185
Harriet E . Davis .
Helen M . Clark .
Sarah W . Al l en .
Ann Sophia Allen .
Mrs . Hannah D . Clark and Helen M . Clark .
Mother and daughter, Maple street .
Mrs . Experience D . Kel logg.
Frances C . Bascom .
Mary Bascom .
Martha A . Strong.
Soph ia Chester.
Frankl in Stiles .
Mrs . Roxana Stil es .
Mrs . Soph ia P. Strong. Wife of Will i am,Hawley
street .
Nancy J . Parsons .
Martha S . Damon, Boston .
Frances S . Lyman .
Mrs . Harriet A . Abbottf
George Kellogg.
1848.
El iza M . Cook .
Jul ia Ell iot .
Mrs . Frances E . Stoddard . W idow of Prof . Solo
mon,who deceased 1847, at Middlebury, Vt .
Mrs . Amelia P . Warner.
186 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Charles H . Dickinson , Martha C . Dick in son , Mar
ket stree t .
Mrs . Emma Graves .
Mrs . Princes Wood .
Mrs . Harriet Hutch in s .
Mrs . Lucy B . Lyman .
Horace Clark .
Mrs . Mary Clark .
Truman Meekins .
Polly Meekins .
Luthera Meekins .
Cordel i a A . Case .
Eliza M . Barnard .
Sally Ann French .
Mary E . French .
Lucy M . Burnel l .
Franci s Will i ams .
Sarah B . Delano .
Moses Clark .
Alli son H . Palmer. Teacher of music,chorister
'
the F irst Church . Removed to Chelsea .
Mrs . Ruth G . Palmer .
Thomas G reen .
Mrs . Sarah Green .
Sarah P . Green .
188 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Minerva Smith .
El izabeth H . Tenny .
Sarah P . Kingsley,Judi th B . Kingsley , of South
street .
Charles C . Rust .
Catharine Davi s .
Esther A . Graves .
Lou isa Heal ey . Married,1855 , Rev. Stephen C .
Pixley, a missionary to South Africa .
Carol ine Lawrence .
Joseph H . Parsons .
Edwin G . Durant .
Eli zabeth Adams.
Charle s B . Kingsley . Druggist,successor to An
drew Wood . Chosen deacon in 1873 .
John Warner.
David Allen. Removed to Davenport, Iowa.
Laura Day .
Harriet Hunt .
Sarah E. Allen .
1851 .
Mrs . Esther A . Loomis .
Sarah C . Bray.
Camillu s M . Chapin .
El iza White .
Maria Hubbard .
E . Y . SWIFT’S M INISTRY . 189
Mrs . George Kingsley.
Mrs . Susan F . Clark .
1852 .
Mrs . Frances P . Clark . Removed to Plainfield in
1873 . Deceased 1891 .
Mrs . Martha B . Whittelsey. Mother of cashier
Whittelsey, al so of Jul i a W . and Mary W . ,
South street .
Mrs . Jul ia Parsons .
Ruth Wolcott .
Rev . S . S . Smith . Pastor at Westmin i ster. Agen t
for one of the benevolent societie s . Lived at
Northampton .
Mrs . L . B . Smith .
Cornel i a E . Smith .
Caleb Wright .
Mrs . Sarah L . Wright .
Amanda S . Wright .
CHAPTER X I .
Ministry of Rev . J . P . C leaveland
1853 - Jv.ly 11,1855 .
ADMISSIONS —HISTORICAL ITEMS .
1853 .
James Will iams .
Nancy Willi ams .
Mrs . Elvira Parson s .
Mrs . Charlotte P . Edwards at Pine Grove .
Rev . John P . Cleaveland . Pastor at Detro it Sa
lem,C incinnati
,and Providence .
Mrs . Jul iana C . Cleavel and .
Susan P . Cleaveland .
Will iam M . Lathrop . Graduated at Yale, 1825 .
F irst a lawyer at Enfield , next in mercanti le
business. Later in the insurance work,Boston .
Mrs . Diana Dumont .
Julia Butler . Widow of El ihu,ed i tor of Commer
cial Adverti ser in New York .
Rial Clafiin.
Hannah W . Clafiin, Cherry street.
(190)
192 FIRST CHU RCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Dan iel Strong . Son of Joseph,Haw ley street.
reserved one acre for h is homestead .
Rachel S trong.
Susan D . Phelps .
Mrs . Clari ssa M . Smith .
Mrs . Sarah Ann Parsons .
Mrs . Harri e t E . Parsons .
Mrs. Pamel i a F i tts , Removed to Sunderland .
Emel ine C . Bourne .
CHAPTER? X II .
Ministry of Rev . Zachary E ddy ,Jll arch 8
,
1858— Ap ril 1 , 1867
ADMISSIONS—H ISTORICAL ITEMS .
1858 .
Rev . Zachary Eddy . Twelfth pastor of North
ampton F i rst Church . Publ i shed a Church
Manual in 1860.
Mrs . Malvina R . Eddy .
George L. Wright,from Westhampton . Chosen
deacon 1877 . Residence 42 South street .
Betsey Bentley .
Leonard H . F i eld . Went into business in Jackson
Mich igan .
Submi t F i el d and Dency L . F ield . Res ided on
Union street .
Samuel T . Spaulding. Se ttl ed in Northampton ,
1856. District At torney for n ine years . Ap
pointed Judge of Probate, 1872.
I sabel la Simpson .
13
194 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Haynes K . Starkweather, Jr. Chosen deacon in
1873 . Martha P . Starkweather , Maple street .
A . Lyman Will i ston . President F i rs t National
Bank . One of the deacon s of the F i rst Church .
Home on Round Hill .
Hannah M . Will i ston . Married,1864, Rev. George
S . Bishop , D . D. , pastor at East O range , N . J .
Martin L. Will i ston . Pastorates in several pl aces.
Professor at Carle ton College , N orthfield , Minn .
John W hittelsey. Cash ier N orthampton National
Bank . Trustee and Treasu rer of Cooley Dickin
son Hospi tal .
Henry Roberts .
Addison W . Beals. Removed to Warren,Mass .
Edward L . Bartl ett . Residence New York City .
Theodore Bartlett.‘Mary Jane Church .
Jul ia E . Clark .
David B . Clafiin.
Mary J . Perigo .
Charles Hillman .
Mindwell K . Parson s .
Charles T . Parsons .
Mary S . Lathrop , Abby P . Lathrop,Elizabeth D .
Lathrop , Hawley street .
Carol ine M . Kingsley,Nancy E. Kingsley
,West
street .
196 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Will iam B . Hale. Formerly President of F i rst
National Bank,Northampton .
Harriet A . Hale .
Mary S . Lee .
J . S . Lath rop .
El izabeth S . Lathrop .
Albert H . K ingsley .
Will iam M . Barnard .
Will iam Bli ss .
Martin L. Clapp .
Frederic C . Hillman . Removed to Sou th Deerfield .
Edward M . Kingsley.
J . Dwight Kellogg.
Elij ah D . Clapp .
Mary Clapp .
Martha A . Clark .
Emma C . Bliss .
Frances C . Hunt.
Mary E . Shepherd .
Frances A . Phelps .
Martha M . Phelps.
Ellen W . Converse .
Helen M . Clapp .
Mary Edward s.
El izabeth H . Clark.
Abby P. Lathrop .
Elizabeth D. Lathrop .
ZACHARY EDDY’S MINISTRY . 197
Alfred J . Munyan .
Jonathan E . Col l ins .
Laurentia P . Col lins .
Will iam P. Derby .
Susan E . Clark .
Helen E . Phelps .
Sarah T. Stoddard . Daughter of Prof. Sol omon ,
Married , 1861 , Hon . A . L . W ill i ston , Presiden t
F i rst National Bank .
Louisa G . Stoddard . Daughter of Prof. Solomon ,
married,1869, Martin Luther Will i ston
,who
studied in Germany . Prof. in Carleton College .
George W . Edwards, at Pine Grove .
Frances A . Clark .
O zro C . Wright.
Ellen M . Kingsley .
Sarah W . Lyman .
Mary Jane Simpson .
Sarah B . Foster.
Sarah E . Parson s.
Emily Kingsley .
Sarah C . Bridgman .
El izabeth P. Knapp.
Joseph B . Whitehou se .
Martha A. Whitehouse .
Mary Elwell .
Lizz ie H . Stockwel l .
198 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Emily S . Love .
Martha R . Birge .
1859.
Edward W . Curti s. Removed to Cambridgeport.
Mary E . Ferry .
Anna E . Clark .
El izabeth C . Kingsley.
Mary Baker.
Jane A . Baker.
Clari ssa E . Clark .
Jemima H . Thayer .
Elizabeth B . Lyman .
George W . Perigo .
Sally H . Perigo .
Elbridge Kingsley .
Mercy Moody .
Clari ssa Hancock .
Laura A. Perkin s .
Sarah C . Strong.
Ebenezer W . Strong.
Mrs . E . W. Strong.
George D . Clark . Druggi st, under the firm of
Clark Parsons .
1860.
El izabeth Wood .
Mary S . Clafiin.
200 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
I saac R . Clark .
Sarah R . Clark .
M . Josephine Kell ogg .
Mrs . Catharine J . Prince .
Elizabeth P . W righ t . Graduated at Mt. Holyoke
Seminary,1869.
Charlotte E . Graves.
Heman White,Jr.
Clari ssa Wh ite .
Mrs . Maria Noble .
Mrs . Amanda Edwards .
Almira A . Eames .
Mrs . A . W . O lmsted .
Henry Tucker and Amel ia E Tucker . Removed
to the west .
1863 .
Timothy P . Phelps .
Anna Phelps,West Farms .
Sophroni a Starkweather .
Will iam Richardson .
John M . Knox.
Jeru sha E . Warner.
Elizabeth 0. Baker.
Edith M . Eddy,daughter
Known by her writings .
ZACHARY EDDY’S MINISTRY . 201
Henry A . Dwight . Son of Cecil . Gradu ated at
Will iams , 1829 . Taught at Norfolk,Va. After
the war he l i ved in Northampton .
Lucia D . Dwigh t .
Achsa L . Shumway .
Helen G ilfillan. graduated,1854, at Mt . Holyoke
Seminary . Afterward s Mrs. H . G . Coll ins,
Eli zabeth,N . J .
Luthera F . Norton .
Eliza Towne .
Will is W . Clapp .
Charles F . Warner.
Lucy A . Ayres .
George Bennett .
Franci s P. Searle .
Everett R . Sanders .
Harrie t E . Brooks .
Henrietta Strong,Hospital Hill .
Abby P. Burnham .
1864.
Jul ia H . Strong.
Harriet Will iams.
Henry F . Will iams Sarah Will i ams
Pomeroy Terrace .
M argaret D ickey .
Will i am A . Clark .
202 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
George E . B . Howard .
Helen D . Howard .
S . W . Lee, Jr. O rgan ist of F i rs t Church in 1884.
Hephzibah Lee .
Frances Livermore .
Lucy Phelps .
Rosetta E . Crossett .
Sarah Norri s .
Milo Lovel and .
Mary M . Loveland .
James Allen .
O ti s A . Skil ton .
Adal ine M . Skil ton .
Hatt ie C . Davi s .
Ella S . Thompson .
Sarah J . Strong .
Effie Warner.
L . W . Joy . From Hawley . The fourteenth post
master in Northampton . Held the office twenty
four years .
Rebecca W . Joy .
John Hunt Hastings.
E . Will iams Tyler,lawyer, Peckham 81 Tyler,
Trinity Building,N. Y . City .
Wilbert A . North .
Mary A . Knapp .
Eliza Ring.
204 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Marie tta C . Copeland .
Rev . Ephraim Lyman . Removed to Northampton
1864. Spent h i s l ast years in Minnesota.
Hannah D . Lyman .
Lucy D . F . Lyman .
George R . Lyman .
Ellen H . Lyman .
Minerva Hart .
Jul ia Brown .
1865 .
Henry J . Walker.
Phi la A . Walker .
Jonathan P . Strong. By occupation a mason .
Long a member of the F irst Church choi r.
Levi Parson s Morton .
Lucy E . Dewey .
Mary E . Clark .
Noah H . Lee .
Carol in e A . Nutting.
H . J . Rudd .
Ann ie C . Rudd .
Orrin E . Livermore .
Elizabe th L . Livermore .
Andrew S . Cook .
Marion A . Cook .
Elizabeth L . Baker .
ZACHARY EDDY’S MINISTRY .
Ju l i a Pren tiss .
Lew i s H . Fellows.
Elizabeth R . Fellows .
Will i am P . S trickland . Graduated at Will iams
1858 . Admitted to the Bar 1861. Clerk of the
Cou rts 1864. Judge of the District Court . Dea
con oi F i rst Church .
Mary Strickland .
Sarah Strong. Daughter of Jonathan , South street .
A teacher ; taught in the same school bu ild ing
on Center street over a quarter of a century .
Shortened her days by teaching.
Sarah C . Phelps .
J . Hunt Butler . Booksel ler on Shop Row . Father
of several graduates . President of Northampton
Nat ional Bank .
Sarah M . Butler.
1866.
Mrs . E . P . Strickland .
Laura L. Davenport.
Mary H . Northam .
Harriet W . Harrington .
Erastu s C . Hall .
Elizabeth Hal l .
O l iver Walker. Secretary and Treasurer
Hampshire Mutual F i re Insurance Co .
206 FIRST CHU RCH IN NORTHAMPTON.
Virgin ia Clark .
Catharine Slate .
Catharine S . Kingsley .
George S . Seymour .
Mary F . Clark . Graduated at Mt . Holyoke Sem i
nary,1865 .
Lizz ie A . Clark . Taught Kindergarten School in
Northampton .
Ella L . North .
Mary Anna Parsons .
Harriet Lyman , Sarah C . Lyman , Bridge street
and Grant avenue .
Horace Lamb, Harriet H . Lamb , 14 High street .
Emily S . Church .
James O ’N eil.
Eunice C . Walcott .
Sarah J . Prou ty.
Mrs . Margaret J. Hooker.
David E . Phill ips .
Mrs . Lucy E . Morton .
Emily W . Fairman .
Will iam P . Starkweather.
Charles D . Hastings.
Farnum E . Sawin .
John A . Prenti s s. Formerly Sexton
Church .
CHAPTER XIII .
Rev W illiam S. L eavitt’
s Ministry 1867 188 1 .
ADMI SSIONS —H I STORICAL ITEMS .
1867 .
Mrs . Theodosia H . Leavi tt.
1868.
Sarah J . Gibbs .
Mrs . Fel i ci a S . Burt .
Mrs . Clarissa Fox .
Mrs . Martha A . Turner.
Maria N . Dewey . Daughter of Judge Charles A .
Dewey .
Mrs . Sarah Marshall .
Mrs . Lucretia Smith .
James D ickson Clark . Son of Charles, grand son
of Dea . Luther . Graduated at W i l l i ams , 1848.
S tudied law and admi tted to practice, 1851 .
Taught in Brooklyn,1855—64. Publi shed B io
graphical Record of Kappa Alpha Society of
Will iam s College , 1881 .
(208)
WILLIAM s . LEAV ITT ’S M INISTRY . 209
Mrs . Catharine A . Edwards .
Mrs . Susan R. Boies . Wife of Will iam Boies,who
practiced law in Northampton . In 1871 he re ~
moved to Troy,N . Y .
Evans B . Hard ing. Graduated at Medical Depart
ment of Bowdoin College,1863. Located in
North ampton,1864.
Mrs . E . B . Harding .
1869 .
Mary C . Dickinson . Had a private school on
King s tree t .
Ann McLaughlin.
Mrs . Lydia W . Will i ams .
Fred G . Hastings .
I saac D . Smi th .
Mrs . I . D . Smith .
Fanny J . Walker .
J . B . Ackerman .
Mrs . E . G . Ackerman .
Mary H . Ackerman .
Henry A. Wright.
Jennie Wright .
G eorge S . Hunt, Mrs . Fanny Hunt,19 South
street. He originated in Goshen .
Newton Thayer.14
210 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Frank Cl iff ord Lyman . Graduated at Yale,1876.
Taugh t in N ew York C i ty , al so i n Peeksvi ll e,
N . Y .
Will iam H . Nowell , Mrs . W . H . Nowell . He was
chosen deacon of the F i rst Church in 1877 .
El i zabeth Ann a Dwigh t .
1870.
Mrs. Henry R . Hinckl ey. Wife of Henry Rose II .
By profession a lawyer . He was l ieu tenant in
Mass . Caval ry in the Rebell ion .
Mrs . Lucy M . Webb .
Maria L . Wood .
Alfred Starkweather .
Mrs . Fann ie A . Starkweather .
El iza J. Witherell .
Mrs . I . R . Miner .
Catharine D . F . Sergeant .
Nell i e E . Kellogg.
Fanny A . Edwards.
Mary G . Leavi tt .
Elizabeth L . Fai rman .
Susie H . Lyman .
Jenn ie Jenkin s.
Charles H . Chandler.
Mrs. Stella S . Chandler.
212 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
1873 .
George W . Hubbard . Treasurer of Smith Col lege
Trustee of Savings Bank and of Forbes Library ;al so of Hampsh ire Mutual F i re Insurance Co .
Presiden t of Cooley D ickinson Hospital ; Presi
den t of Smi th Charit ie s .
Mrs . Philena T . Hubbard .
Mrs . Carol ine B. Alvord . Removed to Worcester.
Mother of Rev . James C . Alvord .
Wil li s W. Clapp .
Frederic A . Hildreth .
H . K . W . Dickin son .
Angel ine D ickinson .
Sidney Dickinson . A journal i st . In 1885 lectured
on Art at Smith Coll ege .
Edward D ickinson . Son of Henry . Graduated at
Amherst Coll ege,1876. In the musical profes
si on at Elmira,N . Y .
C . H . Dickinson , Jr. Graduated at C ollege of
Physici ans and Surgeons, 1878 . Practiced at
Faribaul t,Minn .
Andrew Sawin .
Mrs . Mary J . Stone .
Mrs . Sarah J . Bates.
Mrs . Sarah W . Lyman . Home at Montreal .
Mrs . Kitty L. Hill .
Mrs . W . P . Abernathy .
WILLIAM S . LEAV ITT’S MINISTRY . 213
1874.
Franci s H . Stoddard . Son of Prof. Solomon .
Graduated at Amherst College,1869 . At Oxford
Un iversity 1885 . Professor in Un iversity of New
York .
Lucy M . Stoddard .
Jenny Spaulding.
Nancy L. Mil ler.
Sarah M . Butler .
Clara W. Lathrop .
Bess ie Lath rop, 21 Bridge stree t .
Etta Theresa B . Kraus . Home in Boston .
Mrs . Sarah B . Smith .
Mrs . Harrie t A. Kingsley.
Arthur W . Clark . Removed to Hartford , Ct .
Lucy L. Strong .
Lucy R . Rutherferd .
John M . Turner.
Mrs . J . M . Turner.
Lizzie Turner.
1875 .
E . W . Higbee, M . D . Began medical p ractice at
Northampton, 1871 . Made European tour , 1881 .
Ida J . Parsons .
Lizz ie G. Parson s .
Jennie W . Kellogg.
214 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
El ias C . Lyman .
Mrs . Jane B . Crouch .
Mrs . Hannah Belden .
Rev . L . Clark Seelye,D . D . Graduated at Uni on
College , 1857. Studied Theology at Andover and‘ in Germany . Pastorate at Springfield . Profes
sor of Engl i sh Literature at Amherst College .
Became President of Smith College,1873 .
Mrs . Henri etta C . Seelye .
Lucia G . Lovel and , Annie B . Loveland, 35 Mar
ket stree t .
Myra G . Strong .
1876.
Mrs . Fanny B . Seymou r .
El izabeth P . Breck .
Alvah Foote .
Mrs . L . Elizabeth Foote .
Ruth A. Parsons .
1877.
Myra Nowell .
Will iam M . Parson s . Removed Haven .
Mrs . E . F . Comstock .
Mrs . Harriet R . Abbott .Ella B . Parsons .
Sarah W. Hillman .
216 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Emma J . Rice .
Arthur L . F isk . At New Haven . Graduated at
Yale,1883.
Mrs. Mary P . Bruce , Maria E . Bruce,3 Market
street .
Mrs . Nett ie B . Rust.
Hattie B . Comstock .
Dr . John T . Stoddard . Graduated at Amhers t,
1874. Studied in Europe . Chosen Professor of
Physics and Chemistry in Smith Col lege,1878 .
1880.
Harriet E . Strong.
Alvin L . Clapp .
George P . Dickinson .
Mrs . Mary R . Dickinson .
Anna M . Dickinson .
Charle s E . Williams .
Mrs . Sarah M . Shipman .
Mrs. C . E . Laidley .
Mrs . Alvira A. Clary .
Mrs . Katharine S . Leavi tt .
Mrs. Ameli a P. Warner.
Mrs . Sophia H . Parkhurst .
Ceylon Moody, Mrs . Lucy Moody,
South
street .
Mrs . Mary C . Maynard .
WILLIAM S . LEAV ITT ’S MINISTRY . 217
1881 .
Ephraim L . Hastings,Mrs . Julia D . Hastings , 23
Market street .
Charles E . Stevens, Netti e M . Stevens, 9 North
street .
Mrs . K . M . Wright .
Lucy H . Smith .
James C . Al vord . Graduated at Will iams College ,
1885 . Grandson of Judge Charles A . Dewey .
Pastor at Hamil ton .
Sally M . Bush .
S tephen D . Hadley . Superintendent of Sabbath
School of the F irst Church .
CHAPTER XIV
Ministry of R ev . H erbert W . L athe,1882 1891 .
ADM ISSIONS —HISTORICAL ITEMS.
1882 .
Mrs . Mary A . Jones .
Ruth B . Dickinson .
Zerviah C . Hillman .
Jennie D . Smith .
Sarah A . Clapp .
Harriet L. Hillman . Graduated at Smi th College ,
1884.
Harriet C . Seelye . Graduated at Smith College,
1888 . Abigail T . Seelye,Elm street .
Minnie D . Gibbs .
Fred W . Connolly. Home in Boston .
Irene F . Pratt .
Rev . Herbert W . Lathe . Graduated at Yal e 1873,
and at Andover,1877. Pastorate in Portland ,
1877—8 1.
Mrs . H : W . Lathe .
220 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mrs . Esther P . Phelps .
Mrs . Electa N ims .
A . L . Will i ston . A corporate member of the
A .
~
B. C . F . M .
Mrs . S . T . Will i ston .
Lucy Will iston .
Prof . J . B . Clark . Graduated at Amherst,
- 1872 .
Professor in Carleton College,Minn . Now Pro
fesse r at Smith College .
Mrs . Myra S . Clark .
Charle s H . Dickin son . Graduated at Amherst,
1881 . Took the Ely Prize for Compositi on, Ju
n ior year , 1880. Graduated at Yale Theological
Seminary, 1884.
Samuel D . Smi th,Lavinia M . Smith , 23 King
street .
Mattie C . Burnham .
Heloise E . Hersey,Hatfield House .
Mary B . Safford .
Carol ine Thayer .
Mrs . Marietta K . Smith .
1883 .
Charle s B . Kingsley,Jr . Druggist . Son and suc
cessor in business of h is father, Dea . Charles B .
Kingsley .
Helen A . Hillman .
HERBERT W . LATHE’S MINISTRY .
Sarah D. W oodrufl".
Sarah M . Marsh .
Jul i a Parsons .
Theodore C . Gladden,Harriet C . Gladd en
, 36
Bridge street .
Mrs . Maria Porier .
Elij ah Allen,Lovi sa C . Allen
,Miriam L . Allen
,
43 Elm street .
Mary E . Clark .
Waldo H . Lamb,Helen 0 . Lamb , 15 Frankl in
avenue .
Helen W . Shu te,and Mary A . Shute members of
Smith College,1883 .
Kate B . Sh ipman .
Mary P. F i sher .
Mary B . Dwight .
Henry E . Smith .
Dora C . Smith .
Harrie t N . Rowland , O l i via J . Rowland , Jul iette
Rowland, 7 Fru it stree t.
1884.
Prof. Benj . C . Blodgett . Born in Boston . Grad
uated 1861 , at Univers i ty of Leipsic , Germ any .
Professor of Music at Smith Coll ege .
Mattie B . Blodgett .
Annie B . Bacon .
222 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Loui sa B . Adams .
Anna W . Edwards . Graduated at Smith Coll ege,
1888 .
Carrie G . Brigham .
Elizabeth A . Wright .
Mary J . Herrick .
Mary L . Spauld ing .
Nell i e B . Spaulding . Graduated at Smith Coll ege ,
1886.
Mary A . Maynard .
Annie P . Kellogg. Graduated at Smith College ,
1888 .
Harriet L . Bill ings .
Martha L . Hadley .
Josie P . Robertson .
Laura E . Sawin .
Mabel D . Kingsley.
Mrs . Mary L . Lyman .
Harry Norman Gard iner . Graduated at Amherst
1878. Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy
at Smith College .
1885 .
Mrs . Lydia A . Clark .
Carol ine R . Clark .
Berth a M . Clark.
Anna B . Strong .
224 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Bess ie H . Kellogg.
Emma B . Starkweather.
Mary F . Merrick .
Katherine E . Phelps .
Maud E . Parsons .
Mrs . Martha A . Clark .
Mrs . Esther M . Wetherell .
Eliz a A . Wilder.
Ella M . Platt .
Harri e t F . Copel and .
Eva M . Robin son .
Theresa B . Will iams .
Walter C . Kingsley .
Robert L . Willi ston . A member of Amherst Col
l ege .
Harry S . Will i ston . Entered Amherst Col l ege,
1891 ; broth er of the preced ing. Both sons of
Hon . A . L . Will i ston .
Charles A . Clark .
Mary Hussey.
Mrs . Mary E . Staab.
Charlotte Webber.
Jessi e Peasely.
Nell ie C . Moody .
Susie Lathrop .
Mary L. Roberts .
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Maud E . Strong .
Lottie B . Strong.
Mrs . Ne'
tta E . Higbeefi
Mrs . E . A . Simison .
Charles M . Starkweather. Graduated at Amherst
Coll ege,1886. Connected with a Un iversity pa
per in New York Ci ty .
Sarah J . Edwards .
Clementine M . Davi s .
Ellen A . Watson .
John L . Clapp .
Annie G . Snel l .
Mrs . Martha M . Rol fe .
Cornel ia B . Strong.
Bertha F . Clapp .
Myron L . Elwell .
Mrs . K . M . Elwell .
1889 .
Mrs . Elizabe th A . Wright .
Charles M . Wrigh t .
F annv I . Hussey .
Thomas B . Ewing.
Ada L . Ewing.
Mrs . Clara F letcher .
Annie F . F letcher .
Hewitt G . Fletcher .
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226 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
Mrs. Eli zabeth Spear.
Mrs . Lill ian D . F i tts .
Mrs . Harriet E. Bates .
Mrs. Dian tha L . Graves .
Mrs . Ellen Clark .
Mrs . Sarah L . Clark .
Mrs . Annie A . Parsons .
Mrs . Alice M . Walker.
Anna M . Strong .
Etta M . Locke .
Sarah L . Daly .
El izabeth Simison .
George H . Walker .
Allen L . Strong .
Walter C . Seelye . Preparing to enter col lege .
Will iam G . Bassett . Judge of Probate Court .
Mrs . Mary C . Bassett . Daughter of Rev . A .
Col ton , Easth ampton .
Mrs . Mary Swift .
Rufus Ames .
Mrs . Sarah A . Ames .
Lucy J . Ames.
Bstie B . Ames .
Add ie Pease .
Mrs . Elizabeth N . Luques.
Mrs. Ella M . Bradley .
CHAPTER XV
Ministers settled since the organization of the
F irst Church.
Eleazar Mather,
Solomon Stoddard
Jonathan Edwards,
John Hooker,
Solomon Will iams,
Mark Tucker,
1. S . Spencer,
Joseph Penney,
Charles Wiley ,
E . Y . Swift,
J . P . Cleaveland ,
Zachary Eddy,
W i l l i am S . Leav i tt,
Herbert W . Lathe ,
O rdained 1661— 1669
1672— 1729
1727— 1750
1753— 1777
1778— 1834
Installed 1824— 1827
O rdained 1828— 1832
Instal led 1833— 1835
O rdained 1837— 1844
Instal led 1845— 185 1
1853— 1855
1858— 1867
1867— 1881
1882— 1891
CHAPTER XVI .
E lders and Deacons Since the organ ization
the F irst Chu rch, Jane 18,1661 .
ELDERS
John Strong, ordained 1663 .
Preserved Clapp .
Ebenezer S trong.
DEACO NS .
W i ll i am Hol ton , Chosen 1663
Thomas Hanchet, 1668
Removed to W estfield .
Medad Pomeroy ,
Jonathan Hunt,
Nathaniel Phelps,
John Clark ,
Thomas Sheldon,
Ebenezer Wright ,
Samuel Allen ,
John Clark ,
Noah Cook ,
Ebenezer Pomeroy,
230 FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHAMPTON .
S tephen Wright,
Chosen 1739
Removed to Easthampton .
Ebenezer Hunt
Supply Kingsley,
Joseph Hawley,
Jonathan Hunt,
Aaron Cook,
Josiah Clark ,
Elij ah Clark,
Moses Kingsley,
Removed to Chesterfie ld , 1794.
Enos Wrigh t, 1791
Solomon Allen, 1797
Became a minister 1804. Preached in Western
New York t ill 1821 .
I srael Clark,
chosen 1804
Luther Clark, 1805
Ebenezer S . Phelps , 1816
Removed to I l l inoi s, 1831.
Enos Clark,
Dismissed to the Edwards Church .
El iphalet Will i ams,
Lewis S trong,
Dismissed to the Edwards Church,1858.
David S . Whitney,
chosen 1831
John P. Will i ston , 1838
Aaron Breck, 1839
CHAPTER XVII .
H om e and F oreign llf issionaries of the N orth
amp ton F irst Chu rch .
Job Strong l abored in company with David
Brainerd among the Indians in New Jersey .
Solomon Allen ,1804—21, a pioneer preacher . in
Western N ew York . Planted several churches .
Ebenezer Wright, 1809
—14. Under the patron
age of the Hampshire Missionary Society in S t .
Lawrence County,N . Y .
Clarissa Lyman,daughter of Esq . Levi . Married ,
1822, Rev . Will iam Richards of the Sandwich
I sland s Mission .
Jerusha Lyman,married about 1825 , Jack son
Kemper,missionary Bishop of the Northwest.
Ansel Bridgman . Home Mi ssionary in Mich igan .
Henry Lyman,martyr missionary to Batavia .
Joseph Hunt Breck and wife , both of North
ampton . Home Miss ionaries on the Western Re
serve . Q
MISSIONARIES . 233
Timothy Dwight, son of Cecil . His early death
prevented h im from be ing a foreign missionary .
Robert Ogden Dwight, son of Major Josi ah , mis
sionary to Madura .
Miss Hetty S . Butler,married Rev . Eli Smi th
,
missionaries to Syria .
Susan Wright Clark , married Rev . Josiah Tyler,
about forty years in South Afri ca.
David T . Stoddard , miss ionary to Persia .
Clara M . Brewster,or Mrs . Hiram Bingham , over
th irty - five years in the foreign field . Now at the
Sandwich Isl ands .
S . Russel l Butler for twelve years on the Lab
rador coast .
Sarah M . Cooke , married Prof. Sil sby . F ive
years at Siam .
CHAPTER XVI II .
Deceased Membe rs of F irst Church and Par ish
w ho left large bequests to Hom e and
F oreign JlIiss ions and other
Charitable Obj ects .
Benjamin Tappan .
John Hopkins .
Asahel Lyman .
Mrs . Asahel Lyman .
Dr . Benj amin Barret t .
Dr . Edward B . Barrett .
Dea. J . P . Will i ston .
Mrs. J . P. Will i ston .
John Clarke,the banker.
Willi am Allen,D . D .
Solomon Stoddard,third Clerk of Courts .
George W . Hubbard .
Tam esin Clark .
Silas M . Smith .
Two names of the last century may be added .
Thomas Allen,deceased 1754, gave between six
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CHAPTER X IX .
Churches a id ed in their F ormation and Mem
bership ,during the last century and s ince
by the N orthamp ton F irst Chu rch.
Almost a score could be mentioned , indebted to
th i s Mother in Israel . Begin with some near at
home . Southampton,Westhampton , Easthampton ,
settled largely from the mother town . They were
model communities and the churches in them .
Count up the graduates,min isters
,authors , teach
ers,professors
,valuable men , they have sent out
into the world,more than one hundred and twenty.
Lebanon, Ct. ,
settled previously,stands h igh on
the rol l of educated communit ies . But that place
received i ts fi rst start from famil ies connected with
the Northampton F i rst Church . The same re
specting Durham , Coven try, Woodbury, of that
state . One of the first mini sters of Woodbury,
Rev . Anthony Stoddard, was a Northampton boy .
Sett l ed in 1702, preached nearly sixty years, was
Clerk of Probate forty years,acted as l awyer and
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CHURCHES AIDED . 237
physic ian , managed one of the largest farms in
town , r eared a family of eleven children , admitted
500 to the church .
I t i s proper to say that the in tell igence of some
Northampton famil ies wh ich se ttled in Amherst
abou t 1750 and earl i er, had something to do in
bringing in to exi stence that noble in st itution, Am
herst Coll ege .
Recall the influence of the F irst Church in the
early t imes of N orthfield , Pittsfield , Skaneate
l es,N . Y .
, Princeton , Ill . , Brecksville , O . The
churches in those places were much indebted for
their excellent beginning to families of the North
ampton F i rst Church .
Coming back to the Connecticut Valley,the
Edwards Church , so efficient , far reach ing in i ts
influence for good , owns and acknowledges the
F i rst Church as Mother. Has not thi s been the
feel ing on the part of both toward each other from
the fi rst ti l l now ?
Will conclude by adducing the F lorence Congre
gational Church . In aid ing i ts early membership,
did not the Northampton Fi rst Church perform an
importan t part ?
CHAPTER XX .
W hat Hath G od W rought 2
Two hundred thirty years ago,A faithful few
,a l ittle band
,
Wishing to serve their G od below,
And thus confess his guiding hand ,
Un ited al l with wil ling mindTo form a church
,a sacred band
Rej oicing in a pastor k ind,To gu ide them to the better land.
The l ittle ones were gathered inBy Cov
’nant vows of parents dear,
And early taught to hate all sin ,As from these records doth appear .
First Mather came, a holy man ;And Stoddard ne" t, of earnest mien
,
And many souls took a firm stand,
Whose names within this book are seen .
Edwards,a wonder of logic rare ;
His preaching,earnest
,faithful
,sound
,
His book s profound beyond compare ,Have spread his fame the world around.
G ifted Hooker in manhood’s prime,
Well served his three and twenty years ;And Wil liams preached a longer time ,E ’en si" and forty busy years .
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