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Center Church historical catalogue, 1639–1914 · scan page 155

Uncorrected OCR. Name spellings, dates, symbols and column order may be wrong. Verify against the original scan. Membership catalogue with death dates and family notes. Entries before 1685 are partly reconstructed; admission dates are not death dates. It does not establish cemetery of burial.

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CATALOGUE    OF    MEMBERS,    1813-I5  143
1824.  Sally,  or  Sarah,  L.  B.  Lyon  Dism.  1836
Sister  of  1823;    born  1790;    married  Abiel  Holmes  Maltby.     Dis-
missed to  the  United  Church.     *Sept.,  1871.
1825.  c    Eleanor  Paris  Root  *Jan.,  1879
Sister  of  1820;    born  Jan.,  1794;    married  Reuben  Rice;    mother
of  2712,  2785,  2786,  2787,  2938,  2960  and  2961.  Admitted  from  the
church  in  Southington.  Dismissed,  Apr.,  1825,  to  the  church  in
Wallingford.     Re-admitted,  Aug.  5,   1838,  from  the  3d  Church.
1826.  Jennette  Root  Dism.  Aug.,  1825
Sister    of    1820;     born    March,    1796;     married    Rev.    Seth    Bliss
(1899).     Dismissed  to  the  church  in  Jewett  City.     *i8 — .
1827.  Timothy  Dwight  Williams  Dism.  Nov.,  1828
Son    of   Joseph    and    Abigail,    of    Norwich;     born    March,    1794;
husband  of  1744.  Dismissed  to  the  Bowery  Presbyterian  Church,
N.  Y.  City.    *June,  1831.
September  4.    0000.    Eleanor  Strong   (Joel)   Root
See  1594-
December  4.    1828.  c    Nathan  Whiting-  *Feb.,  1848
Son   of   William   Bradford   and   Amy,   of   Canaan,    N.   Y. ;    born
May,  1772;    husband  of  1829  and  2792;    father  of  2204,  2240,  2602
and  3898.     Admitted  from  the  church  in  Canaan,  N.   Y.     Deacon,
1819-48.
1829.  c    Lydia  Backus  (Nathan)   Whiting  *Dec.,  1832
Daughter   of   Ebenezer   and   Elizabeth,    of   Norwich;    born   Feb..
1785;   wife  of  1828.
1815
[Uncertain  date.]     1830.    Nancy  Peck  *Jan.,  1858
Daughter  of  1464  and  1617;    born  Sept.,   1791.
Feb.  5.    1831.  c    Melissa   (Freeman  C.)   Bassett         Dism.  181-
Admitted  from  the  church  in  West  Haven.     *i8 — .
1832.  c    Elizabeth   (Nathaniel)   Ives  Dism.  Jan.,  1817
Admitted  from  the  church  in  Tolland.     Dismissed  to  the  church
in  Hudson,  N.  Y.    *i8— .
February  26.    1833.    Polly,  or  Mary  Peck  (Thomas)  Dougal
Dism.  Apr.,  1826
Daughter  of  Elisha,  of  N.  Y.   City;    born    1785;    wife  of   1915.
Dismissed  to  the  ist  Methodist  Church.     *Nov.,  1865.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P001-0155. Center Church historical catalogue, 1639–1914, printed page not verified, PDF page 155. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920. cn; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/historicalcatalo00dext/page/n155/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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