Minister and Member History

Celebrating 300 years of History

Called Ministers since the 1721 “gathering”

First Century 1721-1821

Daniel Newell 1721-173
Moses Bartlett 1732-1766
Cyprian Strong 1767-1811
Eber Lescomb Clark 1812-1815
Hervey Talcott 1816-(1861)

Second Century 1821-1921

​Hervey Talcott (1816)-1861
Andrew C. Denison 1861-1868
Isaac C. Meserve 1869-1871
Samuel Hopley 1872-1873
William B. Lee 1873-1875
John S. Bayne 1876-1887
Henry M. Bowden 1888-1893
Wesley Wood Smith 1894-1901
Lyndon S. Crawford 1902-1903
Carleton Hazen 1904-1909
John J. Blair 1909-1915
Mehran K. Thomson 1915-1921

Third Century 1921-2021

Arthur Varley 1922-1938
Forrest Musser 1938-1941
Edward T. Clapp 1941-1973
Dwight E. Juliani 1973-1990
Roger S. Nicholson 1990-1991
George S. Haskins 1991-1995
Rosemary S. Turner 1996-1997
James P. Truesdell 1997-2000
David Snyder 2000-2002
E. Evelyn Eddy 2002-2004
Susan M. Prichard 2005-2006
Jane E. Hawken 2006-present

Roll of the 29 Original Members

On October 25th 1721, 13 men and 16 women joined the church

Shamgar Barnes
Susannah (Wright) Bevin
Thomas Buck
Esther (Ward) Cornwall
Patience (Payne) Egglestone
Samuel Egglestone
Naomi (Hale) Gaines
John Gaines
Mary (Cole) Goodale
Richard Goodale
Samuel Hall
Sarah (Dickens) Hurlbut
Hannah (Diggins) Judd
Jonathan Judd
Mercy (Bevin) Miller
Rev. Daniel Newell
Hannah (Turner) Ranney
John Ranney
Esther (Ranney) Savage
Ebenezer Smith
Mary (Roberts) Smith
Elizabeth (Hurlbut) Stocking
Elizabeth (Ranney) Warner
Sarah (Hurlbut) Warner
Joseph White
Mehitable (Hurlbut) White
Nathaniel White
Elizabeth (Hubbard) Wright
Thomas Wright