June 19.

Ae. 2 years.

July 8.

Nov. 15. 1842. Jane Montague, 64 years. Died Nov. 12. Relict of Rev. Mr.

Nov. 27. [June]

Mar. 1843.

Mon.

Nancy D. Wheaton. Died Nov. 24. Wife of Dr. D.
Erastus Worthington.

Sarah Amelia Allright. Service at father's house.
William, son of Isabella

Died June 17. Killed by a chaise.

Abner Guild (Col.). Died July 6, aet. 71. Greatly beloved.

Jan. 5. 1844.

Christopher Colt, infant.

Died Jan. 3.

Funeral from Mrs.

Turner.

Feb. 28.

June 16.

June 22.

Aug. 14.

Aug, 30.
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
Dec. 23.

John Allright, 12 weeks.
Funeral father's house.
Elizabeth Clap, aet. 75. Died June 13. Funeral from her house.
Charles Henry Wentworth. Died June 21, aet. 5. Drowned.
George Piper, aet. 69. Died Aug. 11. From Mr. Merrifield.
Samuel Richards, 82. Died Aug. 28. From his own house.
Luzarda L. Mason, 4 yrs.

Died Feb, 26.

Josephine Parker, 1 yr. Dr. Burgess absent.

Edward Whiting, 79. Gave Ch. $1000.00.

Marianne Williams. Died Dec. 22. English woman about 50.
Buried at Farm Brook community.

NAMES OF PERSONS CONFIRMED. By Rt Revd Abr N. Griswold. Mch. 23. 1822. Abigail Sweet, Mary Richards, Erastus Worthington, Sally Worthington, Hannah Ames, Lucretia Townsend, Sarah Townsend, Elizabeth Horton Dill, Mary Derby, Samuel Lowder, Ruth Lowder, Jonathan Kingsbury, Ezekiel Kingsbury, Kingsbury, Kingsbury, Mary Whiting, Priscilla Whiting, Edward Whiting, Charlotte Farrington, Samuel Richards, Sophia Guild, Margaret Guild, Timothy Richards.

Feb. 27. 1824. Lucy Butterfield, Catherine Wilson, Hannah Lewis, Julia Metcalf, Angellet Kingsbury, Eliza Briggs.

Dec. 10. 1826. Apollos Morris, Naomi Morris, Susan Whitney,

Eliza Dixon, Mary Kingsbury, Cain.

Elisha Thayer, Elizabeth Thurston, Lydia Radford.
John Bent, Hannah Bent.

Julia Metcalf, Frances Maria Whitney.

Morris,

William Thurston, Julia Ann Hawkins, Sarah Jane Wiggin.
Clarissa Mann, Lucy Ann Harrison, Hannah Herring.

Mary Ann Woodward, Catharine Sweet.

Mary Tower.

Oct. 1. 1837.

Jan. 6. 1839.

Jan. 12. 1840.

Ira Cleveland, George N. Fisher, Amos Albee.

Sylvanus Thayer, Sarah Guild, Esther Anne Swett.

Confirmed by Rt Rev. B'p Eastburn.

April 23. 1843. Frances L. Swett, John Drayton, Elizabeth Langdon Dayton,

George W. Greene, Edward E. Titcomb, Sarah A. Titcomb,
Maria Ingalls Bissett, Elizabeth Maria Bissett, Mary W.
Bryant, Mary Anne Turner, Miss McCloud, (Trin. Ch.).

May 28. 1844. Stephen H. Cleveland, Alfred Allright.

THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH RECORDS.

BOOK I.

When the Revd Alvan Lamson was ordained over the First Parish in Dedham as Preacher of morality and religion, October 29th, 1818, the following persons, constituting a majority of the First Church, remonstrated against his ordination, and withdrew from the Parish:

Joshua Bates, the late pastor; Samuel Fales, a deacon; Jonathan Richards, a deacon; Jonathan Avery, Benjamin Farrington, Timothy Stow, Ebenezer Fisher, Samuel Haven, Jason Messinger, John Bullard, John Guild, Joseph Swan, a deacon; Anna Bates, Rebecca Fales, Sarah Richards, Martha Barry, Jerusha Avery, Abigail Fuller, Thankful Gay, Elizabeth Ellis, Lucy Whiting, Ruth Morrill, Hannah Guild, Lendamine Guild, Rebecca Guild, Susan Guild, Miriam Guild, Elizabeth Haven, Elizabeth Smith, Nancy Wheaton, Julia Metcalf, Polly Whiting, Polly Howe, Lucy Avery, Eliakim Morrill, Nathaniel Guild, William Howe, Eli Parsons, Reuben Richards, Paul Lewis, Elisha Thayer, John Bent, Jason Wight, James Morse, Jesse Wheaton, Spencer Fuller, Mary Fales, Sarah Farrington, Sarah Mann, Sarah Stowe, Prudence Stow, Prudence Clark, Eunice Lewis, Sylvia Nichols, Lois Howe, Mary White, Susan Robie, Mary Howe, Sarah Howe, Lucinda Bonfils, Abigail Parsons, Sally Daniell, Hannah Crane, Mary Hunnewell, Betsey McIntosh, Susan McIntosh, Elizabeth McIntosh, Rebecca Damon, Mary Daniell, Betsey Edson, Elizabeth Clap, Lucy Smith, Olive Messinger, Lydia Fuller, Nancy Thayer, Catharine Bird, Lucy Morse, Anna Webb, Hannah Bent, Martha Paul, Anna Dickerman, Betsey Draper, Louisa Damon, Abigail Fuller, Elizabeth Fuller, Elizabeth Noyes, Sarah Fuller, Hannah De Wolfe, Lucy Bullard, Lydia Bullard, Sally Squier, Rachel Gould, Sarah Richards, Harriet Rice, Nancy Swan.

MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN DEDHAM.

Admitted during the ministry of the Revd Ebenezer Burgess.
[By profession, unless otherwise stated.]

April 29. 1821. Joseph Morrill, Cynthia Whiting, Borridille Whiting, Betsey Ellis, Lucy Glover, Mary Wilson Chickering; Samuel Bird from 2d Ch. Dorchester, Elijah Howe from Ch. Philadelphia.

[NOTE. The members who withdrew from the First Parish, reorganized, and elected Rev. Ebenezer Burgess as Pastor, Oct. 9, 1820. Their records show that this Church also continued the name of The First Church until 1876, when the present name, The First Congregational Church in Dedham, was adopted. To prevent confusion, the present name of this Church has been adopted in this Vol.-ED.]

June 9. 1821.

July 22.

Sept. 2.
Oct. 14.

Nov. 25.

Jan. 6. 1822.
Feb. 17.
March 31.

June 23.

Sept. 15.
Oct. 27.
Dec. 8.

Dec. 21. 1823.

April 25, 1824.

Jany 2. 1825.

Feby 13.
May 8.

July 31.

May 31. 1826.
Nov. 5.

June 3. 1827.

Oct. 7.

Eliza Wellington, Abigail Fuller, Rebecca Jordan, Eliza Lyon,
Rachel Adams Lyon; Jesse Warren, Ch. West Parish, Ded-
ham; Betsey Warren, Ch. West Parish, Dedham; Henry
Winchester, 2d Ch. Roxbury; Ebenezer Newell, Ch. Needham
W. Parish; Mehitable Newell, Ch. Needham W. Parish;
Harriet N. Heath, Ch. in Dover; Frances Newell, Ch. in
Dover; Elizabeth W. Newell, Ch. in Pembroke, N. H.; Lu-
cinda Newell, Ch. in Pembroke, N. H.; Nancy W. Newell,
Ch. Needham. W. P.

Luther Boynton, Abigail Boynton, Louisa Boynton, Catherine
Allen, Jane Little Montague; Deborah Richards, 2d Ch.
Roxbury; Betsey Wight, 2d Ch. Dorchester.

Sally Ellis, Ch. in Easton; Caroline Baker, Ch. in Dedham W.
P.; Roxa Dwight Baker, Hannah Haselton.
Abigail McIntosh, Prudence Clark; Anna Glover, Ch. in Dedham
W. Parish.

Mary Ann Sturtevant, Saba Adams Sturtevant, Rebecca Eaton
Guild, Lendamine Draper Guild, Cornelia Guild, Minerva
Wheaton, Elizabeth Robinson.

Sally Draper (wife of Moses), Sally Draper (wife of Martin),
Anna Fuller; Sarah Fisher, Ch. in Harford, Penn.
Mary H. Cheney, Ch. Needham, E. Parish; Susan Richards.
Mary Coolidge, Melinda Sanborn; Jane Montague, 2d Ch. in
Marshfield.

Joseph W. Gay, Maria Gay, Nathan Everett, Hephzibah Everett,
Stephen Grover, Nancy Grover, Susan Thayer, Sally Webb,
Sarah Farrington, Nancy Farrington, Lydia McIntosh.
Mary Elizabeth McIntosh.

William Paul, Abigail Pratt.
Rebecca White, Abel Kenney.

Edward Messenger, Patience Bosworth; Rhoda Fuller, Ch. Dedham, W. Parish.

Abigal Fuller, Miranda Guild, Roxanna Alden.

Rebecca Alden, 1st Ch. Needham; Abigail B. Burgess, Old
South Ch. Boston; Naney Damon, Priscilla Clapp, Sally Fuller.
William Symmes, Lucy Phipps Farrington.

Deborah B. Shepard.

Nathaniel Lang, Reuben Fuller, Dolly Lang; Nathaniel Talbot,
2d Ch Roxbury.

Lucy Cushman, Ch. in Attleboro'; Edward J. W. Morse, Sarah
Selman, Sally Jane Selman, Naomi Goldwaite, Eliza S.
Wyatt.

Myra Ware Leland, Elizabeth Johnson.

Rebecca Bullen.

John Lyons, Mary Lyons, Thomas Wiggin, Eliza Wiggin, Joseph
Allen, Pelina Reed Whiting, Eunice Messinger, Lucinda
Guild, Edwin Macomber, Eleanor Bain, Lucy Holden, Mary
Alden, Lucinda Orr, Jemima Atwood; Josiah Curtis, Ch. in
South Boston; Phebe Southworth, Ch. in West Fairlee (Vt.);
Nancy Ladd, Ch. in Holderness (N. H.)

Amanda Taft, Bap. Ch. in Pawtucket (R. I.); Elisha McIntosh,
Abigail Hayden, Mary Ann Webb.

July 28.

Mar. 23. 1828. Cesar Nichols, Sarah Richards, Sarah Dewing, Ruena Farns-
worth, Hannah Gay, Prudence Wood, Charlotte Tyler, Caro-
line Whiting, Abigail Libbee, Mary White, Jeremiah Myers,
Joseph Allen Cheney, Washington F. Fisher, Jesse Wheaton,
Horace Clark, Mary Clark, Eliphalet Kingsbury, Mary Ann
Kingsbury, Sarah Whiting, George Whiting, Hannah Fisher,
Mary Snell, Elizabeth Webb, James Downing, Belinda
Downing, Harriet Belknap, Ann Wight, Mary Messinger,
Nancy B. Thayer; Lucy Shaw, Evan. Ch. South Boston;
Caleb Remington, Pres" Ch. New York.
Levina Howard, Ch. in N. Bridgewater; Milton Tyler, Richard
Hall Wiswall, Sally Needham, Sarah Gould, Almira Whiting
Davis, Eliza Alexander, Nancy Adams, Hannah Fisher,
Lydia N. Kingsbury, Emeline Mary Sumner, Alice Sumner,
Chloe Briggs, Sally Clark, Martha Clark, Mehitable Smith
Fuller, Jonathan Gould, Nathaniel M. Guild, William Chen-
ery, Rebecca Kingsbury, Nancy Newell Gay.
Eliphalet Pond.
Reuben Guild, Catherine Bird, Benjamin Boyden, George Owen,
Seth Wight, Mary Ann Wight, Lucy Ann Morse, Almira Whit-
ing, Mary Herring; Asenath Norton, Ch. in Winchester, N.H.
Joanna Farrington, Ch. in Portland, (Me); Mehitable Fuller, Ch.
in Needham, E. P.; Samuel Southworth, Union Ch. in
Boston; Betsey Rugg, Ch. in Charlestown; Ann Pond, Abi-
gail H. Howard, Lurana Crosley, Loring Johnson.
Martin Draper, William Smith, Ruby Lewis.
Abigail Newell, Martha Briggs, Chatherine L. McDonnell,
Betsey Stow, Parla P. Warren, Julia Bird; Martha Bird, So.
Ch. in Dedham; Mary A. Wood, 1st Ch. in Newton.

Jany 28. 1829.
Feb. 22.

Aug. 9.

Nov. 1.

Mch. 7. 1830.

April 18.
May 1. 1831,

July 25.
Mch. 13. 1832.

May 13.

Sarah K. Gould, Lucinda Fowler, Samuel Gile Bent.

John Perkins, Thomas Allen Gale, Abigail Clark, Mary Bird,
Rebecca Bullard; Jesse Houghton, 2d Ch. Dorchester; Ann
Mary Houghton, 2d Ch. Dorchester.

Rebecca Fisher, Mary Carley.

Mary Whiting, Aaron Cass, Priscilla Cass, Susan Blaney Caf-
fray, Mary Morse, Artemas Ambler, Mary Pedrick, Nancy
Trescott, Mary Ann Webb, Alexander McWhirk, Francis W.
Bird, Ebenezer Paul Crane, Sarah Fisher, Hannah Gale,
Levina Howard, Emily Paul, Deborah Kingsbury; Samuel
Gould, 1st Ch. in Needham; Esther Gould, 1st Ch. in Need-
ham; Elizabeth Gould, 1st Ch. in Needham; Roland Packard,
South Ch. in Braintree; Sarah Packard, South Ch. in Brain-
tree; Matilda McWhirk, Ch. in Carickfergus, Scotland;
Betsey Mann, Trin. Ch. Taunton; Mary Blood, Park St. Ch.,
Boston.

Jacob Clark, Sophia Clark, Leonard Alden, Adeline Alden,
Joseph Stow, Calvin Fuller, Frederick A. Taft, Samuel
Rogers Merrill, Henry Stibbs, Joseph Warren Swan, Nathan
Rand, Aaron Clark, Susan Lincoln, Mary Ann Coney, Mary
Elizabeth Farnon, Elvira Richards, Adeline White, Mary
Davis Whiting, Abigail T. Crane, Maria Bullard, Eliza
Newell, Lucretia Cox, Mary Fisher, Jane Messenger.

June 24, 1832. John A. Whitney, Calvin Guild jr., Eunice Fiske, Jason Reed, Emily Newell, Mary Fisher Damon, Lavinia Torrence. Mehitable B. Howe, Alfred Howard, Elisha McIntosh, jr., Nathaniel Tyler Guild, Joseph Daniell Stow, Elizabeth Bird, Mary Ann Gould.

Aug. 5.

Oct. 26.

Solomon Richards, Ch. in Dover; Sarah Richards, Ch. in Dover;
Ebenezer Fish, Union Ch., Boston; Elizabeth Fish. Bowdoin
St. Ch., Boston,

Jan. 20. 1833. Mary Daniell, 2d Ch., Dedham; Lucy Talbot, 2d Ch., Roxbury;
Harriet Tyler, Elizabeth Shaw Bourne, Eunice Lowell,
Augustus Bemis Keen, Nathaniel S. Parsons, Simeon Farns-
worth.

April 14.
July 7.

Aug. 18.
Nov. 10.

Mar. 16. 1834.
June 8.

Oct. 12.

Mar. 29. 1835.

Dec. 6.

Nov. 6. 1836.
April 22. 1837.

Aug. 27.

Ann Mason, Mary Lowell.

Avis Macomber, Almira Sylvester, Sarah Webb, Julia Ann
Griggs; Marcia Bartlett, Ch. in Norway, Me.; Sarah Cass,
Ch. in Candia, N. H.

Maria Griggs, Maria Smith.

Willard Shattuck, Ch. Bradford, N H.; Elizabeth Shattuck, Ch.
Francestown, N. H.; Paul Draper, 1st Ch. Brookfield; Nancy
Draper, 1st Ch. Brookfield.

Alithea Macomber, Lucy Meade.

Jerusha Bingham, Deborah Sumner, Sarah Bourne Burgess, Hiram W. Blanchard, Catherine M. Gilmore, Lydia Robinson, Mary Freeman Wing.

Abigail Whittemore Alden, Emeline Shepard.

Elizabeth K. Rice; Edward Bliss, 1st Ch. in Taunton; Lemina
Bliss, 1st Ch. in Taunton.

Moses Gay, Ch. in Milton; Mehitable Gay, Ch. in Milton; Julia
Ann Howe, Ch. in Milton; Asenath Onion, Ch. in West
Medway; Samuel Curtis, Charles Fuller, Sarah Newbert,
Jonas Gifford, Hannah Jordan.

Josiah Chandler, Lauretta Wheaton Taft, Lucy Talbot Stowell.
John Tripp Kimball, Eunice Gregory, Susan McIntosh, Frances
McIntosh, Miriam Mason Burgess.

Hannah Allen, Samuel Bradley Noyes, Maria Noyes, Elizabeth
Noyes, Amos Macomber, Elizabeth Clap, Susan Jane Whit-
ing, Lemira Carpenter Bliss, Sarah Davenport Snell, Mary
Jane Fuller, Rebecca Wilson Pond, Elizabeth Lucretia
Everett, Catherine Everett; Ann Mary Houghton, 1st Ch. in
Newton.

May 31. 1840. Calvin Guild Jr. Hooksett, N. H.; Margaret Guild, Hooksett, N.
H.; Alpha Parker, Watertown, Vt.; Abigail F. Balch, Med-
field; Eunice Haven, Natick; George Bird, James Fabens
Fish, Sarah Holland Fish, Mary Paul, Sarah Parker.

Dec. 27.

May 2. 1841.

Warren Fales Draper, Julia Ann Pond.

Ebenezer Paul, Harriet Dresser, Harriet G. Parks, Nancy Guild, Amelia Webb; Erastus P. Shepard, 1st Ch. in Nashua. Feb. 20. 1842. Philia Mowry, Sarah Hutchings, Persis Fisher; Ann Jane Sum

Aug. 5.

ner, Park St. Ch. Boston.

Wm. A. Alcott and Phebe L. Alcott, Elliot Ch., Roxbury. April 16. 1843. John A. Whitney, Emily Ann Whitney, Hannah Maria Richards,