History of Fairfield County, Connecticut

another preaehing-station. There a minister by the mune of Crawford : .. , , , ., ' ' Here stamis a strong ami elegant frame. The Flower of lionnd Mill shall belts name was know n to have preaehed. That renowned and eeeentiie eharaeter Lorenzo I)ow is known to Inive Jireaehed in this vieinity, as there are ]i\ing witnesses who have listened to his peenliar and startling ! Away went the bottle; the eork tlewonl.and the liijiiid went spirting words. This lillle land <if brothers, with tleuse whom they gatheieil throngh the air. The bottle stnnk the gronml, Imt did not break, wlienee int.. the fold, im.f fr.nn Innise to hinisc-, nnlil they finally eonteniplat..d ' a struggle ensm-d betw.en Samuel llu~t.d ami .anolher man; Sannnd building a house of w.nship. liod .saw that a ehnreli was rn^eded here. was the viit.u-aml broke the h,.|lh.. Theehui.jh was iledic ated by the Two years, or Iheieabouts, before the ihnr.h Wius de.lii ated, (oie of its late Kev. Noah lA-vings. H.ll. ealliest ami noblest workers, Nathaniel llusted, ilied, .Ian. in, \sli;. I '■!]! the eighteen presi.ling id.leis wb.i have jiresidi-d over the district need not say he died a true and earnest Christian. wliieh has in. Inded lionnd Kill, only four are now living. Their names " IJnt the work whieli had beini started did n..t sto]). His three sons, are as follows : liev. Charles Kletehei-, presiding eliler at inesent ; Rev. Jannvs, Nathaniel, and Salnnel, who took his pla -e ami walked in his ,1. II. Merwin, ll.U. ; l!ev. G. II. Kettell, I>.I).; liev. II. 1''. I'ease, super- foidsteps, eontinued on in tlur g.md work. Jatnes ami Nathaniel have annnateil. followed their father, ami Inive long sinee gone to tlo-ir eternal " of the si\ty-six preacheis w ho h;ive oe. n] ii'd this riretiit sinee Ispt, abode. .Ml, as yon know, wele endowed with Christian hearts. Theii- fortwtwo are deeeased, twelve ale sil]iel annilated, nine al e in the etteet- homes wele always open to tli(. Methodist minister, the salm- as their ive woik, and three are siipernnmerary. father's. The hon.se of Bi-njamin la.ekwooil is still standing as lli,. ■■The rcuiierstone of the present editi. e was laid ml the 'J'Jd (hiy of serond landmark of 3tetliodisin, and is now oeenpied hy his grandson, Novembt.r, l.sTl. The old building was then removed, phieed upon its who bears his grandfather's name. l!enjaniiii I.oekw I's mi'inbership, ioumlaliiui. ami recovered, a lobby and steeple being added. The I nild- it is said, can be tra.-ed hai k eighty years. Some .it the |a>.iphels cd" that iiig eommittee was liev. S. llowland, Kra.stns M. liinlsall, .lohn I'nrdy day predi.ted that the Methodist would 'eat them oiil of la. use and cil), N. II. Ilnsted, A. 1", Kaynnuid. .bdiii Turdy ('il) wius treasurer ; Ne- liome.' But their propheries jiroved niitrne, as Ihey lived ((Oiifoi table bemiah H. II listed, seeictary. The ground was pniehasedof William S. all their d.ays, having snlfieii'iit to .■at and drink. liiowii. The chureli w.as dedieated on the :;lst day of .Inly, IST:!, liev. *■ Ma.)or Loekwood, son of IIen.ianiin Loi kwood, has ber-n a iiK-niher of Kphraim Watt preacher in chaige, atel Kev. .lohn It. Jlerwin presiding this society for si.\ty-six years. He still holds his eonneition with this elder of the district, church, and occasionally tills his place in this time-honored sam Inaiy. ■'The following is a list of th,- pn.si.ling cldeiis fioin l!<IU to IST.si; He was the lirst class-Ieaditr after the dedication of the chnieh. He .T ph Crawfoid, Fridioin Garietson. Samind Jlerw in, Nathan Hangs, united with the church at a vi-ry early age, and marks the ti by the I'eler i'. Sanford, Lai an Clark, Daniel tlstramler, I'hineas liice, Ularviu preachers who were on the circuit at the time when the l:<^v. I'luneas Kichaidson, Nii holas While, Ilelilan Bangs, .lami-s I'loy, William II. Rice preached, and the same year that tJen.HulI, (jf the A liiaii army, Noiiis, Kdwin K. (hiswold, Halt F. Tease, .lohn B. Merwin, tieitrge il. in the waruflKPi, surrendered to the British in Canaihi willeait si liking Keltell, Charles Fletcher. a blow. Jlr. Loekwood recollects distinctly the remarks. d liiolln.r liice '■The following is a list of the preaehei-s in ch.arge from Islll toL-iTS: when he hearil of Hull's inghu ions snrremlei. He said h.^ would like hi Billy Hibbard, Kzekiel Calitield, l.unian Andrews, Salmon Lyrjii, Thomas have been general instead of Hull; ■ he thought the British would not Innnimond, Benjamin Gi itlin, I'hineas Bice, Cedes Cari)enter,Theodocius have got oil so easy.' And now Brother Loekwood slill lives to see tile Clark. Aaron llniit,.bdin lieynohhs, .bdin M. Smith, Samuel I). Feignson, ccmnecling link between the old and newly-ilad i hur.h. Klisha I'. .laeid.s, John 51. Smith, .hdin B. JIatthi.as, Fli Hennison, Jarvis " From this ptunt Methodism first made its way into Round Hill. At L, Nichols, Ncdde W. Thomas, Nathaniel i'.uter, N. W. Thomas, Cynis or .about this time an appointment w,a.s established at the cdd s hool- F,is-, Kli.jah Woolsey. Louis Clark, Ahmza F. Sillick, Ceoige I,. Fuller, Iionse which stood in front of this cdince at the .inncti f the n.ads, Seymour Vaiiduseu, William II. Bangs, Nathan Bii-e, liobert Travis, and where the sign-post now stands. This building has huig since been .losiali L. Ilii keison, .lesse Hunt, .Tames II. Bonier, Charles F. Peltoii, ■ leiimlished, and a new one erected opposite and a little hi the s.aith. .1. K. .Still, Itufiis 0. Putney, liobert Codling, Beii.iaiiiiii Bedford, Jacob C.uM the old scho.d-honse tell the stmy of the past, it would not (Uily Washburn. Charles Oos-se, William F. Smith, William McKeiohi.- Bangs, speak of the womlei-saeciun|dished in literature and s.ience by the teach- ' John A. .Selleck. Joseph Wihley, William Boss, William I'oiteiis. Luiuan ings of the veteran schoolmaster and his accompanying rod of coirei tion, .•\iidnis, Iteubcn Han is (sup,), Samuel I'. Fisher. Ilaiiiel Pevinnie, tlliver — here it wjus that your honored servant received his early training, — not | V. Ammerimin, Samuel Cochran, Daniel .1. Wi ight. Henry Hattield. John only that, but it would tell of many a battle under the Caj'tain of our | Love.joy, Klijali Hibbard. Abraham S. Fraia is, Charles Stearns, Seneca salvation, and many a gloiinis victory. llowland, .1, B. Wilcox, George II. thiodsill. Alexamler McAllister, Moses "Keturning to the church. The grouml on which this structure origi- I.yon, S. llowland, .lohn T. Havilainl, Fphraini Watt, Frank M. Hal- nally stood was deeded tothe society hy two brothers who arc. still living | leek, Thomas W. Bethel, William McNick.>ll, M. N. (llmslead, T. J. and honoiahle iiienihers of this church. Their names are Beii.jaiiiin and j Walt. Jonathan Ilnsted. The trustees weio originally Benjamin llusted, Ard ■■ The hdlowingare the naimsof the membeisof Ihecdd chur.li daring Ileynolds, of Stanwich; Nathaniel lliisted, James llusted, Nehcmiah its history Irom ll^lo to 1S5-S, where the present church record lom- Brown, Major Loekwood, and Abel BeynoMs, of Bound liill. The build- niences, as far as have been obtained: Xathaniel Husted, Ituth llusted. iug committee were two hridhers, Nathaniel and Samuel Hnsti-d. The ' Benjamin I.ockwood, Jemima Loekwood, Major Loekwood, Cathaiino builder was Silas Brumlage. Only one trustee lives to tell us of the fiast ; Loekwood, Susan Loekwood, Nehcmiah Brown, Betsey Brown, Conklin hi-s name is Major I kwood. Only one of the building committee lives, ^ llusted, Folly Ann Hn.sted. James Husted, Mary B. llusted, Nathaniel —Samuel llusted, who is now eighty-four years of age, and lives in West- I Husted, Mary 10. Ilnsted, Samuel Husted, Nancy Ilushd, .hmathan I 'lose, em New Yolk. ] Blary t'lose, Ard KeynoMs, Ann F. lieynolds, Nancy German, James A. "The church was dedhah-il to .Mmighly God by Bev. Noah Levings, : IVarsall, Kstlier A. I'eaisall, .hmathan I'. Ilorton, Sarah A. Keonanl, II.D.,of the New York Conference, on Thanksgiving .lay, just fifty yeara Klizabeth Arkerinan. Henry Brown, Sarah Brown, Abraham T. Mills, ago. It was Anno Domini Is^is, ih,. lii.v. Danic'l IieVinnc being pn'acher JIary L. Mills, Hester A. Feriis, JIary Mih's, Ann Miles, I'enina Close, iu chaige, and the liev. Daniel Ostiander piesMiiig elder. The fiaiin^ Lavinia II. .yt. Sarah Dunn, Kliza I'latt, Toin]diiii Ch.se, Sally D. Close, was raised in the mouth of August. It was the custom in those .hiys, Bacliel M. I'latt, Ua. lol I'hitl, .hmathan Loekwood, .Sally Ann Lock- 388 IIISTORY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT.