Thursday, May 2, 2013

1855 History & Catalog of Members of the First Congregational Church of Calais, Maine


A Brief History of the First Congregational Church, Calais, Maine, Their Articles of Faith, Church Covenant, Standing Rules, Questions for Self-Examination and Catalogue of Church Members, July 1855. Boston, Printed for the Church, 1855


Names that appear on the pages are transcribed below each page.



Reverend Jotham Sewall
Reverend Elijah Kellogg of Portland, Maine
Reverend Mr. McCall of St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Reverend Jonathan Bigelow of Lubec, Maine
Reverend Alexander McLane of St. Andrews, New Brunswick



Amaziah Nash of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Calais
E. M. P. Wells of the First Congregational Church in Middletown, Connecticut
David McDougal of the Congregational Church in Portland
Lucy Gates of the Congregational Church in Hubbardston, Massachusetts
Lydia Christopher of the Congregational Church in Wiscasset, Maine
Mary Jellison of the Congregational Church in Wiscasset, Maine
Jane Darling of the Congregational Church in Dunbarton, New Hampshire
Mary Ann Boies, by professional and baptism
Reverend Mr. McEwen
Mr. Moses Church
Mr. Aaron B. Church
Reverend Eber Child of Deering, New Hampshire



Mr. Franklin Yeaton, then at Bangor, Maine
Mr. Batchelder, then at Bangor, Maine
Reverend S. H. Keeler of Amesbury Mills, Massachusetts



Samuel F. Baker, first Deacon of the Church, died October 1849, greatly lamented
Deacon George Downes, elected to the office 4 May 1838
Deacon James Robbins, elected to the office 7 January 1850

















Settled Pastors of the Church
  • Rev. A. B. Church, Settled October 2d, 1828, Dismissed March 20th 1834 
  • Rev. Eber Child, Settled January 1st, 1835, Dismissed March 22d, 1837 
  • Rev. S. H. Keeler, Settled November 20th 1839 
Deacons of the Church, 1855
  • George Downes
  • James Robbins
Clerk of the Church
  • A. L. Clapp


Catalogue of Members

Explanations - * Deceased; d. Dismissed; e. Excluded; nr. Non-resident; (--) Names assumed by marriage, after uniting with the Church; l. Received Letter


1825
  • d. E. M. P. Wells, l.
  • d. Amaziah Nash, l.
  • d. David McDougal, l.
  • * Mrs. Jane Darling, 1.
  • * Mrs. Lydia Christopher, 1.
  • Mrs. Mary L. Jellison
  • * Mrs. Lucy Gates, l.
  • Mrs. Mary Ann Boies.
1826
Mrs. Mary Arnold, 1.

1827
  • * Samuel F. Barker, l. 
  • Anna Deming (Barker) 
  • d. Sarah F. Deming
  • d. Elizabeth Carleton 
1828
  • George Downes 
  • Mrs. Betsey Downes 
  • * Mrs. Phoebe Sawyer 
  • William H. Tyler, l. 
  • *d. Samuel Topliff, l. 
  • d. Mrs. Hannah Topliff, 1. 
  • d. Mrs. Anna T. Church, 1.
  • nr. Sarah A. Jones 
  • d. Mary Topliff 
1829
  • Thomas Sawyer, 1. 
  • Mrs. Elizabeth C. Wilson, l.
  • Mrs. Sarah Deming
  • d. Mrs. Catharine Pond
  • * Mrs. Ann M. Olmstead 
1830
  • d. Neal D. Shaw
  • * Mrs. Emeline Kelsey
  • Mrs. Mary Barnard
  • d. Jacob Lord, l. 
  • * Mrs. Hannah Lord 
  • * Josiah Flagg, l.
  • Mrs. Sarah Cross
  • B. E. A. Wilcox (Weymouth)
1831
  • Mrs. Rebecca L. Tyler
  • * George S. Smith
1832
  • * Mrs. Harriet Stickney
  • d. Huldah A. Pond
  • Edith A. Johnson (Wharff)
  • Lucy Jane Stewart, nr.
  • Ashur B. Basford
  • d. Edward Warren
  • Joseph L. Ingalls, nr.


1832 cont.
  • * Thomas J. Lee, l.
  • d. Mrs. Catharine D. Lee, 1.
  • d. Charlotte C. Davis, l.
  • Sarah D. Wharff (Stickney)
1833
  • d. Charlotte M. Jellison
  • * Lucinda E. Darling
1834
  • * Mrs. Sarah Deshon
  • d. Lucy Lee, l. 
1835
  • d. Rev. Eber Child, l.
  • d. Adaline T. Deming, l.
  • Samuel Darling
  • Abby J. Girdler (Cooper)
  • Mrs. Sarah Hanscomb, d.
  • d. Harriet P. Vance, l.
1836
  • Francis Swan
  • d. Nathan Bacheller
  • * William G. Brewer
  • d. Rachel Belmore (Gadsby)
  • *John P. Deshon, e. 
  • John Smith, 3rd, nr.
  • Mrs. Mary Aylwood
  • nr. Margaret Martin
  • d. Owen Lovejoy
  • Martha Gilman, nr.
  • Charles Perkins
  • Charles E. Swan
  • d. Asa A. Pond, Jr.
  • d. John P. Lunt
  • James P. Vance, nr.
  • d. Harriet E. Pond (Bedlow)
  • * Mrs. Hannah Pike, l.
  • Solomon Hawks, nr.
  • * Dennis Garland, l.
  • Mrs. Anna Garland, l.
  • d. Thomas Rogers, l.
  • d. Mrs. Margaret A. Rogers, l.
  • Margaret M. Gardner, l. nr. 
  • Ainsworth Farnham, l. nr.
  • d. Mrs. Judith Hardy
  • Jane Johnson, nr
  • Esther Bradford
  • George N. Cole, e.
  • Jonathan Williams, nr.
  • d. George M. Porter
  • Francis K. Swan
  • d. David Perkins
  • Mrs. Eliza J. Jellison, l.
  • Mrs. Elizabeth P. Smith, l.
1837
  • James Robbins, l.
  • Mrs. Mary Robbins, l.
  • l. Sophia Harrington, nr.
  • d. John Johnson
  • d. Joseph E. Eaton, l.
  • d. Henry F. Eaton, l.
1838
  • John Nichol, l.
  • Mrs. A. C. Nichol, 1.
  • * Mrs. Charlotte O. Pike, l.
  • Mrs. Hannah Reed, l.
  • d. James G. Kimball
  • Mrs. Emeline Kimball, d.
  • Mrs. Mary Richardson, 1. nr.
  • * Sarah P. Swan (Manning)
  • Lucy McLeod (Panter)
  • Adeline Boardman (Todd)
  • d. Sarah J. Nash
  • * Emily K. Dyer
1839
  • Rosanna Hilton, l.
  • * Sarah Noyes, l.
  • * David Spencer, l.
  • Jones C. Haycock
  • Mrs. Lucinda Haycock
  • John Panter
  • Tempy F. Weymouth, possibly Temperance F. Weymouth?
  • d. Isaac Flint, l.
  • d. Mrs. Caroline Flint, l.
  • d. Mrs. Eliza J. Stone, l.
  • Uriah Smith, l.
  • Mrs. Hopestill Smith, l.
  • d. Mrs. Abigail Albee, b.
Members admitted under the pastorate of Rev. S. H. Keeler
January 1, 1840
  • Mrs. Jane Parker, l.
  • *Thomas D. Smith, l.
  • d. Mrs. Mary A. Smith, l.
  • * Mrs. Mary E. Cooper


January 1, 1840 cont.
  • d. Eliza Ray (Carson)
  • William D. Lawrence
  • Mrs. Nancy A. B. Lawrence
  • *Jane E. Eaton
  • Samuel Gallagher
  • Mrs. Mary Gallagher
  • Mrs. Mary A. Barnard
  • d. Roxana P. Shephard (Ingley)
  • A. L. Clapp
  • Mrs. Susan B. Clapp
  • d. Daniel Haverty
  • * Electius Hoit
  • Lydia Hoit
  • * Lucy Flint (Wight)
  • * Mrs. Mary T. Galvin
  • d. Louisa Foster, nr.
  • Mrs. Mary Bradford
  • Ann Clark
  • Sarah Arnold (Goodenow)
  • Louisa Bradford, nr.
  • d. Margaret Thompson
  • Mrs. Lucinda C. Williams, nr.
1841
  • Mrs. Lydia Todd, nr.
  • d. Mrs. Betsey Flagg, l.
  • d. Sarah Lunt (Wells)
1842
  • Thomas Robitson
  • Cyrus Nowell, nr.
  • d. Joshua Allen
  • d. Albert Moore
  • d. Samuel Smith
  • Mrs. Mary R. Purington
  • d. Jane P. Tinkham
  • d. Sarah E. Foster (Allen)
  • Martha Sherard, nr.
  • Melinda T. Legett, nr.
  • d. Hiram Moan
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Lord
  • Archibald Holliday
  • Mrs. Mary F. Keeler, l.
1843
  • Sarah Ann McFarland
  • d. Edward Foster, l.
  • *d. Mrs. Fanny Foster, l.
  • d. Mrs. Fayette Smith, l.
1844
Mrs. Betsey Grover, l. nr.

1845
  • Mrs. Mary Ann Davidson
  • * Mary D. Downes (Swan)
  • Eliza A. Garland (Valentine)
  • Mary J. Aylwood, nr.
  • Margaret McFarland
  • Samuel Johnson
  • d. George E. Purington
  • Andrew McCullough
  • Mrs. Ann McCullough
  • d. Eliza White
  • Mrs. Nancy Williams (McBean)
  • Mrs. Abby C. Barnard
  • Bridget Shea
  • Mrs. Lydia Dyer
  • * Mrs. Mary Ann Kelley
  • Sarah Dillon (Boyd)
  • Matilda Johnson, nr.
  • Mary A. Douglas, nr.
  • * William S. Tyler
  • George J. Brewer, nr.
  • Ferdinand Tinker, nr.
  • Charles H. Garland
  • * William P. Garland
  • Caleb C. Vance, nr.
  • d. George Smith
  • Oliver Kelley
  • d. Emeline Kelsey, l.
1846
  • Nathan Longfellow, 1.
  • Mrs. Harriet A. Longfellow
  • d. Mrs. Susan Moan
  • d. Samuel B. Clark, l.
  • d. Mrs. Emeline Clark, 1.
1847
  • Mrs. Mary Garland, l.
  • Thomas Bavis
  • * Mrs. Elizabeth Bavis
  • Elizabeth Gadsby, n.r.
  • Mrs. Mary Ann Hyde, nr.
  • d. George Sherman, l.
  • * Mrs. Mary Bradbury, 1.
  • d. Anna Eliza Bradbury, 1. (Chandler)


1847 cont.
  • Mrs. Helen Swan
  • Mrs. Emily Swan
  • Sarah C. M. Rockwood, nr. (Purple)
  • Samuel W. Valentine
  • d. Henry Clark
  • d. Mrs. Mary J. Clark
  • Hugh Ross
  • Mrs. Mary A. Ross
  • e. Thomas Hannah
  • Mary McKinley (Holliday)
  • Mary I. Cooper
  • Catharine Clark
  • Mrs. Emily Ames, nr.
1848
  • Francis Johnson
  • Mrs. J. C. Perkins
  • d. Mrs. Clarissa Lord, l.
1849
Mrs. Mary L. Manning, l.


1850
  • Fannie R. Keeler
  • Lucy R. Rockwood
  • J. N. Todd
  • Mrs. Elizabeth McNutter
  • Mrs. Hannah Crocker, l.
  • * Benajah Lasure, l.
  • Mrs. Sarah Lasure, l.
  • G. W. Black, 1.
  • Mrs. Jane Black, l.
Received in July, 1850
  • Anson G. Chandler
  • Lewis McGlauflin
  • Mrs. Emily McGlauflin
  • * Leonard Eye
  • Mrs. Leonard Eye
  • Charlotte Clark
  • Mrs. Maria Sawyer
  • * Mrs. Jane Trimble
  • Elizabeth Ann Rockwood
  • Mary Jane Garland
  • Julia E. Kimball
  • Mary A. Kimball
  • Josephine Dyer
  • Mary J. Dyer
  • Mary Hitchings
  • * James Boyd
  • David Rutherford
  • d. Arthur Daniels
  • d. Mrs. Mary J. Daniels
  • Mrs. Ellen Pike
  • Mary E. Wilson
  • Cornelia A. Purington
  • Abby L. Purington
  • Ann E. Barnard
  • Mary Ann Lord
  • Lydia Harding, nr.
  • Sarah J. Dyer
  • Mrs. Charity Collins, l.
1851
  • Christiana Morrison
  • Janette Morrison, nr.
1852
  • Isabel McFarland
  • Mrs. Caroline Rockwood
1853
  • Mrs. Mary Doyle
  • d. J. A. Frazier
  • William H. McKinley
  • Mary E. McWhinney
  • Emeline Weymouth
  • Mrs. Catharine Belmore
  • Mrs. H. A. Wells
  • Mrs. Laura McAllister, l.
  • Mrs. Charles W. Crosby, l.
  • Mrs. John Q. Gould, l.
  • James McNeal
  • d. Margaret M. Hardinbrok
  • Leonice Smith
  • Richard Trimble
  • Theresa McCoubray
  • Margaret Ross
  • Ansel Daily, l.
  • Charles W. Crosby, l.
  • John Q. Gould, l.
1854
  • Phebe Lee
  • Catharine A. Wilson
  • Joshua C. Perkins


1855
  • Charles Crawford
  • Alfred Patterson, l.
  • Mrs. Mary Patterson, l.
  • Mrs. Cornelia Horton, l.
  • Willard Stanhope, l.
  • Mrs. Bethia Stanhope, l.
  • Stephen Barker
  • Lyman C. Bailey
  • Joseph C. Rockwood
  • Mrs. Elmira Hill
  • Mrs. Martha J. Kennedy
  • Mrs. Margaret Sutherland
  • Caroline P. Downes
  • Hannah M. Lasure
  • Mary J. Arnold
  • Ann D. Barker
  • Augusta J. Goodwin
  • Jessie M. Johnson
  • Ellen Orr
Penciled in "Sept. 1855"
  • James H. Robbins
  • Mrs. Lewis Kelley
  • Jane Weymouth
  • Laura Bassford
If you have information on any of the people listed above, please leave a comment or contact me directly. Thanks!



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2 comments:

  1. I am actually working on a paper partly on Calais Congregationalism for an
    upcoming conference, so was very intrigued to accidentally happen on your site while searching for another source concerning the minister at the time. Are you by any chance a fellow member of the St. Croix Historical Society? I have used the 1877/78 membership catalogue directory to link most of these members to census returns, but this has the useful advantage of indicating who was already nonresident by 1855. If you are interested in learning more about this project, you can find my name and email easily by searching Evangelicals+Calais+"St. Stephen" which will take you to my profile on the university's departmental site. Good luck with your project, and thanks for sharing these wonderful images.

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  2. Not a member of St. Croix Historical Society but member of the Washington County [Maine, obviously] Historical and Genealogical Society (yikes, maybe lapsed, must check) and a nonresident member of a society about 20 miles down the river from you [which meets tonight for a talk by Prof. Gary Campbell on his book on the Aroostook War of 1839] We would love to have you present on any number of intriguing areas at one of our meetings! I'm glad that I took a needed break from 19th century autograph albums to feature this booklet and thus connect with you! You can reach me at heirlooms (dot) reunited (at) gmail.com.

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