before 1827-????: Second Congregational Church ~ Church Street
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67 Church Street
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Caulkins – pg 459
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1827-1842: Third Congregational Church ~ Sachem Street
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A third Congregational Church was established within the Chelsea district on August 29, 1827, with ten founding members. A small brick edifice was erected for its accommodation near the Park, on what is now Sachem Street.
The building is shown on William Lester’s 1833 Map of Norwich at approximately 49-51 Sachem Street. In 1833, the name for today’s Sachem Street was Prospect Street. On H. McIntyre’s 1850 Map, the church is identified as the “Central Congregational Church” and is next door to the home of L.H. Goddard.
It existed for only twelve years, but during that time, it was a well-sustained and efficient church, receiving 91 members by profession and 66 by letter.
It had four ministers :
Rev. Benson C. Baldwin was installed on January 31, 1828
Rev. Charles Hyde, January 2, 1830
Rev. Joel W. Newton, October 29, 1834
Rev. Thomas K. Fessenden was ordained on October 16, 1839
The church was disbanded on May 23, 1842, and the members were dismissed to other churches.
The house of worship was sold to the Methodist Society after May 23, 1842.
Acknowledgements
“History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession From the Indians, to the Year 1866”, page 558, by Frances Manwaring Caulkins
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1833-Present: Congregational Church ~ Greeneville
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The Greeneville Congregational Church was organized on January 1, 1833, with sixteen members, and a meeting house was built the following year.
143 Prospect Street, Greeneville.
Spire blew down in 1938 Hurricane
Raised in 1893 and was rededicated in 1894.
It has the following ministerial record :
Rev. John Storrs, installed pastor March 12, 1834; dismissed April 17, 1835.
Rev. Stephen Crosby was elected pastor by unanimous consent early in 1837 and officiated as such until his decease in June 1838 but was not installed.
A. L. Whitman, installed Dec, 1838 ; dismissed March, 1846.
Charles P. Bush, 1846; ” Jan., 1856.
Robert P. Stanton, pastor in 1866, installed June 11, 1856.
Mr. Stanton had been previously settled at Cohoes, N. Y., and at Derby, Ct. He is a native of Belchertown, Mass., but in his ancestry connected with Groton, Ct.
Acknowledgements
“History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession From the Indians, to the Year 1866”, page 558, by Frances Manwaring Caulkins
Greeneville Congregational Church Facebook page
“Faith Jennings Collection,” (1997), page 118, by Faith Jennings
Greeneville Congregational Church Facebook page
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