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Davenport Church manual, 1863 · scan page 9

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HISTORICAL  NOTICE.
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The  Davenport  Church  lias  grown  out  of  an  effort  to
carry  the  gospel  to  the  poor.  Rev.  Edward  E.  Atwateu,
under  an  appointmout  from  the  City  Mission,  commenced
in  November,  1 8 r> 7 ,  to  preach  regularly  every  Lord's  day
at  the  Chapel  which  then  stood  in  Wallace  Street.
It  being  round  important  to  connect  the  administration
of  the  sacraments  with  the  preaching  of  the  word,  the
First  Church  of  Christ  in  New  Haven,  commenced  on  tho
Brat  Sabbath  in  June,  1858,  to  celebrate  the  Lord's  Supper
once  in  two  months  at  the  Chapel,  tho  ininistor  in  charge
and  a  few  other  regular  worshipers  being  members  of
that  church.
The  Chapel  in  Franklin  Street,  erected  by  members  of
the  First  Church  and  Society,  for  tho  solo  use  of  this
Mission,  was  dedicated  to  tho  worship  of  God,  Feb.  11,
1859,  and  from  that  time,  the  congregation  being  freo
from  discomforts  and  annoyances  incident  to  their  first
place  of  worship,  increased  till  it  became  evident  that  the
institution  was  to  he  permanent,  and  to  grow  into  an  inde-
pendent parish.
"With  this  in  view,  .ami  to  provide  for  a  present  need  of
some  organization  for  collecting  and  disbursing  money,  an
Ecclesiastical  Society  was  formed,  March  13,  1800.
The  church  in  the  Davenport  Congregational  Society,
was  instituted  by  a  Council  convened  for  that  purpose,
April  22,  1861

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P006-0009. Davenport Church manual, 1863, printed page not verified, PDF page 9. New Haven (Conn.). Davenport Congregational Church; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualofchurchin00newh/page/n9/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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