Organization of the Church
Congregational Church
Town of Barryville
Sullivan County, New York
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Records of the Barryville Congregational Church of Barryville, Sullivan Co., New York, Compiled by Gertrude A. Barber, 1929.
Organization of the Barryville Congregational Church
March 27, 1836. "The Rev. Felix Kyte having been called to minister to the Congregational Church at the Village of Half Way Brook, the inhabitants of this place solicited and obtained a portion of his labors in this vicinity.
"Some members of the Congregational Church at Half Way Brook Village being residents in this neighborhood and a proposition having been made and carried into effect to build a place of worship for the joint use of the Congregational Church and Episcopal Methodist Societies, a petition was drawn up and signed by cenrtain members (hereafter named) requesting the parent society at the Village to organize themselves into a separate church.
"This petition was granted by unanimous vote but for certain resons, was not carried into effet till Sabbath, March 27, 1836, when the Church was regularly orgainzed after the manner and form usually adapted by Congregational Churches".
The members that constituted were:- Justas HICKOK
- Daniel O. SKINNER
- John CARPENTER
- Salome SKINNER
- Sarah Jane FULLER
- Anne CARPENTER
- Eleanor CARPENTER
- Mary QUICK
- Sarah ALWOOD
A church meeting was afterwards called when Rev. Felix Kyte was voted as their regular minister.
Daniel O. Skinner was chosen clerk of the church & Justus Hickok was chosen Deacon on April 10.
The "Meeting House" or Church building used by the aforenamed Societies was erected in 1835, dedicated on Sept. 15 of that year. This building was destroyed by fire Dec. 25, 1877, in the early morning.
Church services were held for a time in the Public School Building, District No. 5, Barryville, N.Y.
On Jan. 6, 1878, accepted an invitation to worship in the Baptist Church and continued to worship there up to the time of the dedication of the new Congregational Church building erected 1903 on the same site as the building that was burned in 1877.
The new building was dedicated June 9, 1903, the Rev. Wm. A. Robinson acting as Moderator, from Middletown, N.Y.
The Congregational Church Society was incorporated on Dec. 11, 1903.
Sept. 2, 1852. Church met and the name of the First Congregational Church of Barryville, Sullivan County, N. Y. adopted.
The dedication of the Congregational Church at Barryville, N. Y., was solemnized on June 9, 1903.
The following individuals were received into membership of the Church at this time:- Mrs. W. J. CARTER
- Versa CARTER
- Clifford CARTER
- Rev. P. E. DECKER
- Mrs. P. E. DECKER
- Mrs. Lydia MORRIS, by letter
- Mrs. Anna STEEL
- Miss Margaret DECKER (baptism)
- Mrs. Mary NELSON
- Mrs. Jeannette WOLFF (baptism) on Confession of faith