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1755 - 1833 Catalogue of Members
Congregational Church
East Haven, Connecticut


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Of the members of the Congregational Church in East Haven, from 1755, when Rev. Nicholas Street was ordained Pastor, to the present time, Dec., 1833.

N.B. The persons against whose names this mark * is inserted, are dead. The names of those who are dismissed or who have removed from this town with or without a dismission, are printed in Italics. The Names of those from whom the Church has withdrawn fellowship, are omitted as being blotted out. Their number is 14.


East Haven Congregational Church Members

The above names of members were collected and recorded by Rev. Mr. Street in 1756; Mr. Heminway having left no record.

1757

1758

1759

1761

1762

1763

1764

1765

1766

1767

1768

1771

1772

1773

1774

In Sept. the congregation removed from the old house at the northwest corner of the green, into the new house, now occupied. Then the church was composed of about 140 members.

1775

1776

1777

1778

1779

1780

1781

1782

1783

1784

1785

1787

1788

1789

1790

1791

1792

1793

1794

1795

1796

1797

1799

1800

1801

1802

1803

1804

1805

1806

Persons received after Mr. Street's death

Persons received at different times, by letter, from other churches, and not before recorded

1807

Admitted by Mr. Clark

1808

1809

  • Jan. 1. Elizabeth, wife of Truman Russel
  • Jan. 1. Lydia, wife of James Bradley
  • Jan. 1. Asenath, wife of Asahel Bradley, 2d.
  • Jan. 1. Nancy, wife of Justin W. Street
  • Jan. 1. Betsey Heminway
  • Jan. 1. Sarah Pardee
  • Jan. 1. Eunice Miner
  • Jan. 1. Harvey Heminway
  • Jan. 1. Eben Tyler Heminway
  • Jan. 1. Wyllys Heminway
  • Mar. 5. * Mary, wife of Asher Moulthrop
  • Mar. 5. * Huldah, wife of Amos Ludington
  • Mar. 5. Mehitabel, wife of Russel Lanfear
  • Mar. 5. Mehitabel, wife of Nathan Andrews
  • Mar. 5. Gurdon Pardee
  • Mar. 5. Abraham Thompson
  • Mar. 5. * Isaac H. Pardee
  • Mar. 5. Daniel Rowe
  • Mar. 5. Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Rowe
  • May 7. * Asa Mallory
  • May 7. Timothy Thompson
  • May 7. * Abigail Baldwin
  • May 7. * Charlotte, wife of Amos Morris, Jr.
  • May 7. Lois Smith
  • July 2. Elizabeth, wife of Caleb Smith, 2d.
  • July 2. * Widow Sarah Davidson
  • Sept. 3. Mary, wife of George Landcraft
  • Sept. 3. * Mary, wife of Roswell Bradley
  • Sept. 3. Widow Amy Bradley
  • Sept. 3. Eliza Andrews
  • Sept. 3. * Huldah Ludington
  • Nov. 5. Peggy Kism, a black woman

1810

  • May 20. Sophia, wife of Jacob Goodsell, by letter
  • Nov. 4. * Widow Mary Thompson
  • Nov. 4. * Widow Sarah Landcraft

1811

  • Sept. 11. Widow Lornhamah Goodsell, by letter

1812

  • May 11. Widow Abigail Goodsell
  • July 5. Sarah, wife of DeGrasse Maltby

1813

  • Jan. 3. Grace, wife of Anson Bradley
  • May 3. Elizabeth, wife of Elias Bradley
  • Oct. 31. Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Bradley, 2d.

1814

  • May 1. Widow Mary Thompson

1816

  • Mar. 3. * Jacob Goodsell
  • Mar. 3. Benjamin Pardee
  • Mar. 3. Thomas Landcraft
  • Mar. 3. * Lois, wife of Thomas Landcraft
  • Mar. 3. * Lovice, wife of Roswell Augur
  • Mar. 3. * Betsey, wife of John Farren
  • Mar. 3. * Sarah, wife of John Larkins
  • Mar. 3. * Lydia, wife of Isaac Moulthrop
  • Mar. 3. Mary Larkins
  • Mar. 3. Polly Bradley
  • Mar. 3. Hannah Bradley
  • Mar. 3. Nancy Thompson
  • Mar. 3. Laura Chedsey
  • Mar. 3. Eliza Chedsey
  • Mar. 3. Statira Rowe
  • Mar. 3. * Anson Todd
  • May 5. * Anna, wife of Samuel Holt, by letter from the church in Bethlem.
  • July 7. Roswell Augur

1817

  • May 4. * Widow Elizabeth Smith
Admitted by Mr. Dodd

1818

  • May 1. Abigail Ann, wife of Rev. S. Dodd, by letter from the church in Meredith, N. York.
  • May 3. Rachel, wife of Daniel Hughes, by letter from the church in Bristol.

1819

  • Oct. 31. * Jared Bradley

1820

  • Mar. 5. Widow Lydia Potter
  • Oct. 8. James R. Hunt
  • Apr. 29. Levi Potter
  • Apr. 29. Lucy, wife of Caleb C. Ludington
  • Apr. 29. Eve Ely, wife of John Tyler, Jr.
  • Apr. 29. Fanny, wife of Matthew Rowe
  • Apr. 29. Samuel Russel Moulthrop
  • Apr. 29. Daniel Moulthrop
  • Apr. 29. * Roswell Rowe
  • July 22. Lyman Hotchkiss
  • July 22. Sarah, wife of Willet Heminway
  • July 22. Lucy, wife of Joseph Grannis
  • July 22. Nancy, wife of Hezekiah Shepard
  • July 22. Widow Mary Tuttle
  • July 22. Mehitabel Barnes
  • July 22. Abigail Russel
  • July 22. Sarah Landcraft
  • July 22. Maria Landcraft
  • Sept. 16. George Landcraft
  • Sept. 16. Jacob Mallory
  • Sept. 16. Jesse Mallory, 2d
  • Sept. 16. Wealthy, wife of Jesse Mallory, 2d
  • Sept. 16. John Larkins
  • Sept. 16. Matthew Rowe
  • Sept. 16. * Jesse Mallory
  • Sept. 16. James Mallory
  • Sept. 16. Maria Pardee
  • Sept. 16. Almena Ludington
  • Nov. 4. Wyllys Mallory
  • Nov. 4. Huldah Hotchkiss
  • Jan. 6. Sarah Holt
  • Feb. 10. Elnathan Street
  • Feb. 10. Dana Bradley
  • Feb. 10. Mehitabel, wife of Dana Bradley
  • Nov. 3. Loly, wife of Aner Pardee

1824

  • Nov. 7. Sarah Chedsey, by letter from the church in Woodbury

1825

  • Mar. 24. Harriet Ludington, by letter from the first church in Camillus, N. Y.
  • Apr. 10. * Sarah Maria Forbes
  • Sept. 4. Mary M., wife of J. H. B. Chedsey, by letter from the church in Guilford.

1826

  • Mar. 5. Almira Smith

1827

  • Mar. 4. Maria Moulthrop
  • Mar. 4. Betsey M. Bradley
  • June 3. Hannah, wife of Amaziah Landcraft

1828

  • May 4. Lydia, wife of Gurdon Pardee, from the church in Prospect
  • June 8. Dan Parmele, and Frances, his wife, from the church in Guilford, and
  • Samuel H. Heminway, from the same church.
  • July 1. Lois, wife of William Bradley, Jr.
  • July 1. Mary, wife of Daniel Smith
  • July 1. Jared Chedsey
  • July 1. Lucretia Chedsey
  • Nov. 2. Clarissa E. Pardee

1829

  • Mar. 1. Amanda, wife of William Landcraft, by letter from the church in North Haven

1830

  • Jan. 3. Cynthia, wife of Amos Bradley, Jr., by letter from the Presbyterian church in Herkimer, N. Y.

1831

1832

1833

The number of members in the year 1756, when Mr. Street collected and recorded the names, 114

From 1756 to Oct. 1806, the end of Mr. Street's ministry, were added, 230

Received after Mr. Street's death, and at various times from other churches, 14

Admitted by Mr. Clark, 118

Admitted by Mr. Dodd, 125

Total, 601

Number of deaths and removals since 1756, 441

Number of members that remain, 160