Transcribed excerpt from History of West Haven, Connecticut (1940), printed page 72.
Source: https://archive.org/details/historyofwesthav00unse/page/n197/mode/1up

Methodist Episcopal Church

Prior to 1868, Methodist preachers and laymen from New Haven held services in West Haven. Weekly “class meetings”, at which members of several denominations united in worship, were held at the home of Henry H. Richards, a member of the Congregational church.

The first meeting to consider the organization of a Methodist Episcopal Society, and the erection of a church in West Haven, was called on July 5, 1868, by W. A. Cross. Eight persons were present: Messrs. Bassett, Chapman, Eames, Smith, William and Charles Armstrong, Thomas, and Cross.

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