Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871 · scan page 9

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6
riiis Church wan,
at
its
institution, and
is now, ConLTCLTational
in
its govcrninent.
It acknou Iodides the
obliirations and responsi-
bilities of the comnninion of Churches, and
is in sppcial fellowship
j
witii
the
Coiigre<rational
Churclies
of New
England commonly
known as " Orthodox."
PASTORS AND
TEACIIiaiS.
Rev. John
Davf.m'oht,
H.l)., was
installed pnstor in
h^V.);
re-
sinrned his charge in 1( J()7, havinix been in the service of the church
28 years;
he died pastor of the
lirst church in Boston, .Marcli
1 1th,
1670. aijed 73.^
Rev. William
IIookk
was
installed
teacher
in
l<i44:
relin-
quished
his charge
in
U\'}i\,
iiavin^f served
years
;
he
died
in
England, March
'^Ist, 1078, an^d 77.
Rev. Nicholas Stkf.et was installed teacher Nov. *2i5th, IGoD;
and died
April 2'2d,
11)7-1, h ivino" served 14 yrs.f
Rev. James
Pikiii»o.\t
wis ordained July
'^d,
liy^l:
and
died
j
Nov.
14th, 1714.
in the
.5i)th year of his age, having served oO yrs.
Rev. JosEiMi NovEs
was
ordained
July
4th.
171i>;
and
died
June 14th,
17()l, at the
ii'jn of 73. haviuL'' served neiirly
l.l yrs.
Rev. Chauncey Wuittelsev was ordained co-pastor
\\ itii Mr.
Noyes, March
1st,
I7.")S, and died July *24tli, 17S7. at the age of 70,
having served Q!) yrs.
Rev. James Daw,
D.D., was
installed
April
*-29th,
\76J;
was
j
dismissed Nov.
180."),
having served
l().Vyrs.
;
he
died Aug. 18th,
i
18r>, aged 77.
|
* Rev
Sa\ii:el
IOAr<>\
w. is assistant to Mr.
Davi'npDrt
in
pr^achinu:,
before the
tortiiid
<»r_j m'lz iti.Mi of tlu' Cliuicli
;
Inir he \v.i> iu'Vlt
in
otficc
a;i pastor or tLMcli'T.
He
rctiiin.^ii
to
lOii^M uid
in
hUit.
IK-
died
at
Dent(^n, in Lanra-liiro, .Ian,
•.Uh. l6o5,
a-^'od
h.S.
f
After the removal of
Mr. D.ivenpoii
\ii
WJiJT,
Mr.
Scr»'el
was the
only
inini-tLM-
in
lli.;
C'iiutLli.
an
J
froiu
thai time
tiio
ottii'cs
ul
pastor
and teacher were uniteil.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P008-0009. Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871, printed page not verified, PDF page 9. New Haven (Conn.). First Church of Christ; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualoffirstchu00newh_0/page/n9/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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