- Founding member of Congregational Church
[Noted as founding members of the Congregational Church in Berkley, Mass. on 2 Nov 1737]
" Samuel Tobey, Elkanah Babbitt, Ebenezer Hathaway, Gershom Crane, John French, Ebenezer Phillips, John Briggs, Ephraim Allen, Benjamin Leonard, John Hudson, Josiah Babbitt, Benjamin Babbitt, George Babbitt, Daniel Axtell, of males, number fourteen.
Abigail Burt, Mary Phillips, Mary Jones, Hopestill Harvey [or Hervey], Hannah French, Experience Myrick, Hopestill Woods, Elizabeth Holloway, Mary [or Mercy] Babbitt, Sarah Briggs, Abigail Babbitt, Dorcas Jones, Hopestill Phillips, Zipporah Allen, Elizabeth Paul, Dorcas Babbitt, Wistill [Waitstill] Axtell, Phebe Reed, Jemima Hathaway, Abigail Burt 2d, of females, number, twenty, in all thirty-four, and all these belonging before to ye churches of Dighton and Taunton."
..." Received into ye church ye same day and gathered with ye before mentioned ones, ye following persons: Edward Paull, Adam Jones, Benjamin Paull, Joseph Burt, Samuel Myrick, John Paull, James Phillips, Seth Briggs, Benjamin Babbitt[2], Samuel Jones, Isaac Babbitt, being in number eleven males. Ann Briggs, Mary Phillips [2d], Mehetable Babbitt, Sarah Darling, being in number four females--in all fifteen--which added to the thirty-four from adjoining chruches, make forty-nine foundation members of the Berkley church. The Lord bless them all."
[Note the first 34 founding members were previously members of the churches of Dighton or Taunton. The last 15 were new church members. These are listed again on p. 39 in the Catalogue of members, but include one other member: Mary Hathaway who must have joined between Nov 2 and Dec 31, 1837.]
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1672 - 1760 (88 years)
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