Records of the Belcoda Baptist Church, Wheatland, NY

Records of the Belcoda Baptist Church

Wheatland, NY

The Belcoda Church was founded in 1811 when there were few churches in this area. Located in the hamlet of Belcoda in the Town of Wheatland, there were few houses surrounding the church during the time of it's founding and there are still few houses. Members came from a large surrounding area and there was a strong members until 1852. It was then that the congregation was divided into four societies; Belcoda, Mumford, Churchville and Clifton. Attendance at Belcoda decreased tremendously and in 1871 the church was closed. The church was dismantled and parts were used in other structures.

On May 30^th 1917 a boulder with a memorial plaque was erected on the site of the former church.

These records of the church came from the book Belcoda, a Biographical and Historical Story of A Country Church (1920) by Harriet Brown Dow. Included are:

a list of Pastors
a list of members (separated by males and females)
a second list of members which the book describes as "compiled by Deacon Blackmer after the division supplemented by Mr. Eugene E. Harmon."
a list of baptisms
some marriages. Deacon Blackmer did not record marriages. When it became necessary to refer to a woman who had married since uniting with the church, both names are given with the explanatory "now" or "formerly" - these references almost entirely record requests for letters of dismission and recommendation.
a list of deaths of church members

Settled Pastors

July 17, 1813, Elder Solomon Brown began his labors which ended with his death, July 2, 1815.
September 8, 1817 to January 13, 1827, Elder Ely Stone.
June 5, 1827 to December 6, 1828, Elder Aristarchus Willey.
September 6, 1829 to June 4, 1831, Elder William M. Smith.
February 11, 1834 to April 22, 1835, Elder John L. Latham.
June 6, 1835 to October 23, 1836, Rev. Daniel Eldredge.
October 15, 1837 to May 1, 1842, Elder John Middleton.
May 15, 1842 to October 13, 1844, Elder Gibbon Williams.
January 1, 1845 to November 30, 1850, Elder Hiram K. Stimson.
December 1, 1850 to December 1, 1852, Rev. William M. Everts.
January, 1853 to February 25, 1855, Rev. S. M. Bainbridge.
May 6, 1855 to November, 1857, Rev. Thomas W. Clark.
April, 1858 to February 3, 1861, Rev. Austin Harmon. (Grandson of the first deacon and the first settled minister.)
June, 1861 to June, 1862, Rev. John M. Shotwell.
October 25. 1866 to July 7, 1866, Rev. Martin W. Holmes.
March 1, 1867 to May 16, 1869, Rev. David Morse. Rev. Morse was the last settled pastor.

Members of the Church

Males
Rawson Harmon Jirah Blackmer Benjamin Irish Andrew G. Cone Joseph Tucker Henry Martin William Lacy Joseph Douglass Abraham Grant William Martin Jacob Catlin Elder Solomon Brown John Ross David Hendrick Isaac Brown William Tenny Isaac Simons Ashbel A. Hosmer Silas Kelsey Asa Tennv Philip P. Rich Stephen Baker Elisha Mudge David Lumsden Stephen Wilkin, Jun. Abel Bingham Erastus Southmaid John Welch Sylvester Whitney Elder Ely Stone William Welch Philip Wardner William Shirts Abraham Calkins Rufus Scofield John A. Johnaon John Smith, Jun. Isaac S. Smith Daniel Grant Samuel J. Hecock Henry G. Woodhull Benjamin Woodhull John Toms Joel Yale John Smith Harvey Slaton Elijah Parmeter William Pebody Belden Hosmer Silas Barns John Grant William Van Doosen Henry Clark Joseph Snider Elijah Bills Joseph Lewis John J. Blackmer Elias Parker Samuel Hamblin William Grant Samuel J. Hecock David Beebe John Mudge, Jun. William Clark Theodore Brown Hiram Kelsy Armenus Wardner Lovias Tenny Eli Lee Caleb Brooks Parker, the Aged William Printup Lewis Poodry Seneca Jones Caw-ne-co-junt-hah Bennett Con-on-doa-e-oh Little Beard Elder Aristarchus Willey Wm. Seehler	David B. Rollin Daniel Lee Benjamin Woodhull Jesse Tenny Ariel Harmon Noah P. Morse Andrew McCombs Lucius Loomis Hallet Smith David Bangs Charles Tenny Jacob McCormick Dillis Dexter Abiram Toms Adrian Manley Hezekiah Hebberd Archibald Green Eld. William W. Smith Isaac Simons Orin D. Jones Abraham E. Hotchkin Noah Hotchkin Armenus Wardner Disbrow Calkins Isaiah J. Hudson John Morse Andrew McClure Amos F. Albright William Nelson William Blackmer George Hoffman Joseph Snider William Welch Reuben Tenny Alvab Tenny Horace P. Smith James Agnew Hiram Adams William Mudge Samuel Mudge Comfort Smith Joseph Albright Ira Harmon Eld. Horace Griswold Justus W. Tenny Enos Hubbell Donforth Reed Sterling A. Hebberd Abel A. Woodhull Noah P. Morse Nathaniel Randal Francis Le He Isaac Baley Simeon Baker Jonathan Munn Gideon Skinner Deming Wardner Ira S. Preston Miles Willmore Andrew McClure Somers Wilkinson Alexander Watson Dea. James Woods Meredith Pitcher Hastings Morley Jacob Watson Rev. John L. Latham Smith Wheeler Joseph Rice Eld. Daniel Eldredge Amariab S. Stebbins William R. Mudge Eld. Samuel W. Ford Belden Hosmer Harry Stanhope Charles Stanhope John Wines Adam Oles	Perviz W. Cady Eld. John Middleton Andrew McComb Rawson Harmon, Jun. Joseph Hawkins Bradford Hebbard Hiram Tenny Jamee Cady Alfred Mudge Cornelius Hubbel Norman Harmon Foster S. Watson James Dolson Oscar Granger Horace S. Mather Julius Munn William N. Reed William Garbutt, Jun. Peter Widener Lewis E. Lane Perry C. Burrows Harry Marsh Adam Elliot Parris Baker Melanckton W. Brown Anson Fales Eld. Reuben Tenny John J. Blackmer Davis Stanhope Andrew Cone Solomon Mosier Alfred Mudge Eld. Gibbon Williams Joseph Snider John G. Randal Luke Blackmer Rufus J. Hebbard Philetus Tenny Nathan Sickles Oscar F. Harmon Orville Tourgee Daniel P. Owen Austin Harmon Oliver P. Blackmer Sylvester Harmon Newland Irish Adin Hall George Sheffer David N. Smith Rufus Green Augustus E. Harmon Alfred Mudge Eld. Solomon Goodale Erastus Johnson James Lowry Thomas P. Jones Alouno Tenny Eld. Hiram K. Stimson Montcalm Stimson Edmund Thompson George G. Braman Daniel W. Bliss Rohert Hayes Chauncey McNall Benjamin Royston Charles Stanhope Elisha Harmon Albert Tenny Ira Hebbard Sidney C. Hosmer Egbert Basset Ammi Blackmer Samuel R. Stimson Thomas Burdett Henry Perkins Martin Sage Milton Blackmer John Smith	John S. Durham William Hitchins George Rossiter Abel Newton Holdridge Benadam Palmer Eber Sickles Edwin M. Harmon Lafayette Stanhope Hiram Sage Edwin E. Basset Anan Harmon Charles Justus Theron Brown Henry Royston Byron P. Rodgers Jacob Widener, Jun. Hiram C. Hull Henry Gillman James Hinche Whiting Scoville Admiral Skinner William Smith Thomas William Hebbard James Waugh William Piper William Basset David Starkey Sidney Southmaid Dillis Widener Anson S. Rose John W. Dawson Cyrus Marsh Leonard D. Dexter William G. Hawkins Henry Widener, Jun. William Burdette Lewis Dexter Levi Chapman Michael Wimer Peter Wimer Erastus Southmaid Joseph Maynes Austin Harmon James Thompson Egbert Basset Franklin Stone Eld. Reuben Tenny Alvadus Tenny Alonzo Barnac Ransom Collins David F. Spencer Edwin Collins Stephen Baker, Jun. Orville Hitchins John A. Crosman Erastus Southmaid George Welch Kirtland Stark Rev. William W. Everts Augustus E. Harmon Philetus Tenny Jeremiah McCarty Montcalm Stimson Lloyd K. Smith William Remington, Jun. George S. Spalding James O. Paddock Emmet Lytle George W. Wilcox David Munson Archibald Seely John Munson Nelson Arrowsmith Jedediah Munson Nelson Davis John Howard Arid H. Brown

Females
Lydia Harmon Mary Martin Anna Irish Polly Tucker Zilpha Sage Betsey Martin Hannah Douglass Elizabeth Coon Esther Hendrick Clarissa Shirts Polly Ross Lucy Jaqueth Sal1y Brown Delight Bennet Abigail Smith Sarah Basset Annas Tenny Nancy Lawson Anna Hosmer Abigail Kelsy Anna Grant Mary Tenny Temperance Tenny Urania Kennedy Elizabeth Grant Susanna Rich Sally Blackmer Rebekah Pnuith Mareia Baker Patty Baker Lydia Lumsden Polly Calkins Mary Smith Polly Hosmer Hannah Bingham Maria Brown Thirza Blackmer Nancy Southmaid Laura Marsh Charlotte Smith Lydia Boovee Polly Stone Lois Stone Eliza Stone Laura Whitney Miriam Dexter Clarissa Armstrong Amy Adeline Stone Polly Wardner Roxanna Scofield Sally Johnson Sally Yale Mehitable Green Eunice Grant Lucy Hinche Sarah Toms Nancy Smith Melinda Parker Harriet Orcut Julia Hosmer Anna Clark Lucretia Brown Sabra Cone Betsey Snider Tabitha Olmstead Amanda Basset Hannah Bills Elizabeth Van Benscheten Abigail Skinner Experience Gillman Harriet King Elizabeth Wiley Miriam Harmon Almira Phelps Anna Clark, 2nd Sarah Jackson Tabitha Olmsted Dorotha Ann Beebe Polly Almy Betsey Mudge Mary Hosmer Amelia Allen Corina Harmon Delia Stone Harriet Smith Amanda Tenny Caroline Welch	Caroline King Mary Whitney Laura Welch Mindwell Lee Eliza Barber Pamelia Toms Hannah Brooks Jane Martin Cocanda Bennett Elizabeth Barber Naoma Smith Gehee Poodry Queeno Printup Deborah Osgood Polly Luke Abigail Kelsey Janet Robinson Polly Cone Patty Smith Mary Lowe Marcia Cutler Almeda Lewis Desdemona Lee Anna Macumber Eunice Woodhull Hannah Clark Nancy Griffin Elizabeth Harmon Betsey DeKay Deborah Jones Susanna McCombs Thankful Tenny Esther Jones Paraloxay Hamlin Nancy Tenny Mary Armstrong Lydia Blackmer Pamelia Hoffman Eunice Bangs Mary Toms Amanda Calkins Abigail Manley Amarilla Calkins Martha Hebberd Mary Longly Caroline Flinn Deborah Hoffman Cynthia Almy Clarissa Parker Fanny C. Smith Anna Johnson Phebe Kinney Emeline Stoddard Hannah Welch Tirza Blackmer Mareb Hotchkin Sally Jones Maria Shaw Mary Hudson Orrilla Emmerson Lucinda Daniels Mary Morse Diodama Wanslay Olive Alhright Hannah T. Hotchkin Elizabeth Gillman Sarah Blackmer Eliza Ann Hoffman Harriet N. Mudge Lois Elizabeth Hoffman Betsey Snider Abigail Welch Rebekah Tenny Eliza Ann Smith Jane Smith Harriet Hosmer Exana Smith Celia Maria Smith Sarah Smith Emeline Harris Catherine Wardner Sophia Hosmer Lois Wilkinson Ann Tenny Roxanna Osburn Nancy Brown Lura Ann Brown	Lucy Griswold Eunice Armstrong Lydia Scott Fanny Hubbell Hannah Freeman Mary Ann Armstrong Permelia Baker Nancy M. Smith Patty Sickles Clarissa Smith Sarah Bassett Sarah Munn Chloe Hammond Eunice Buck Olive Buck Chloe Buck Mary E. Griswold Harriet Lurana Munn Hannah Hawley Ruth Woodhull Josephine E. Armstrong Cynthia Harper Adaline Hotchkin Clarinda Griffin Catherine Myers Lovina Loomis Betsey Ann King Eliza Morse Sarah Vandorn Sally Williams Abigail W. Harmon Mariette Blackmer Clarissa E. Armstrong Rachel Griffin Lucinda Munn Elizabeth Woods Rebekah Myers Caroline Hoffman Melissa Macumber Hannah Burt Cornelia Murdoff Eunice Weaver Abigail Sheldon Mercy Woods Welthy Johnson Gratis Wilkinson Laura Smith Esther Skinner Nancy Morley Peggy Stottle Anna Pitcher Mary Ann Blount Elizabeth Morley Lucinda Latham Celestia Whitney Katherine Allen Polly Stone Sarah Rice Orrett Brown Anna Roberts Rose M. Baker Permelia Eldredge Permelia Stebbins Arvilla Hosmer Olive Lilly Mary Ann Wilkinson Harriet Rose Louisa Brown Marinda Chambers Elizabeth Ward Lucinda Stanhope Livy Donagha Nancy Stimson Permelia Baker Betsey Porter Emila Wines Esther Thompson Emeline Hoffman Abigail Oles Caroline Shirts Fanny Blackmer Cynthia Blackmer Sarah Blackmer, 2nd Anna Roberts Cynthia Cady Caroline Hebbard	Elvira Mudge Amy Randal Adeline Shirts Minerva Blackmer Julia Blackmer Elizabeth Blackmer Ellen Cady Mary Ann Mudge Thankful Myers Mary Myers Mary C. Middleton Susanna McComb Marcy Rogers Esther Tenny Elizabeth G. Hawkins Maria Bradbury Marion Burgess Hortense A. Harmon Fanny Armstrong Almeda Hoffman Teresa Tenny Sarah Smith Asenath Baker Fanny Mudge Harriet Brown Juliet Burgess Caroline Granger Mary Ann Frost Jane Harris Jane Watson Jane Blackmer Hilinda Harmon Caroline Harmon Mary Harmon Nancy Hunt Angeline Justus Sarah R. Avery Jerusha Franklin Sarah Toms Roina Marsh Maria Sheffer Alvira Hebbard Amanda Gillman Martha Baker Abigail Brittain Elegant Duer Hannah Bush Nancy Griswold Mary E. Hebbard Sarah Lowrey Asenith Mosier Affa Mariah Stone Amanda Skinner Ann Wilkinson Betsey Weed Dorcas Blackmer Anna M. F. Williams Betsey Snider Jane McNiece Agnes Lowry Arvilla Emmons Lucretia Harmon Sally Cross Lucinda Bassett Delia Tourgee Caroline C. Mudge Emily Ann Williams Delia Jane Williams Mary C. Tenny Nancy Tenny Frances M. Hebbard Mary Fisk Emeline Harmon Elizabeth M. Tenny Angeline Stanhope Sarah Elizabeth McArthur Eliza Collins Emeline Harmon Cynthia Harmon Phebe Ann Cross Mary Cross Martha Cross Jane Justus Caroline Wilkinson Angeline Wilkinson Elizabeth Willet Kezia Rodgers

Members of the Church

Jirah Blackmer, died June 6^th, 1867.
Ariel Harmon, died May 15^th, 1855.
William Welch, dismissed September 30, 1872.
Comfort Smith, died, December 30^th, 1853.
Ira Harmon, died June 13^th, 1866.
Harry Stanhope. dismissed April 23^rd, 1854.
John J. Blackmer, died January 5^th, 1865.
Oscar F. Harmon, dismissed April 23^rd, 1854.
Sylvester Harmon, dismissed February 13, 1870.
Newland Irish, dismissed July 1^st, 1854.
George Sheffer.
Rufus Green.
Rev. Solomon Goodale, died November 7^th, 1862, aged 95 years.
Benjamin Royston, dismissed August 5^th, 1854.
Elisha Harmon, died January 19^th, 1864.
Ammi Blackmer, dismissed April 17, 1870.
Martin Sage, died October 24^th, 1857.
Edwin M. Harmon, dismissed May 15^th, 1872.
Hiram Sage.
Edwin E. Bassett, dismissed February 3^rd, 1855.
Charles Justus, died March 31, 1873.
Theron Brown, died October 29^th, 1859.
Byron Rodgers, dismissed October 1^st, 1859.
Joseph Maynes, dismissed March 12^th, 1854.
George Welch, died October 27^th, 1863.
Ariel H. Brown, dismissed December 3^rd, 1853.
George G. Braman, dismissed March 4^th, 1854.
Hiram C. Hull.
Thomas William Hebbard, dismissed April 9^th, 1854.
Nelson Davis.
Volney Sage, Bapt. Jan. 2^nd, 1853, dismissed March 2^nd, 1861.
Rev. Samuel M. Bainbridge.
Edward Ford, Bap. March 13^th, 1853, dismissed May 5^th, 1854.
George E. Harmon, Bap. March 13^th, 1853, dismissed November 3, 1866.
William T. Bradbury, Bap. March 20^th, 1853.
Alden J. Justus, Bap. March 20^th, 1853, dismissed July 25^th, 1858.
Clarissa Armstrong, died December 25^th, 1860.
Carina Harmon, dismissed September 15, 1872.
Hannah Welch, died July 19^th, 1856.
Tirza Blackmer, died April 20^th, 1856.
Abigail Welch, died November 4, 1868.
Sophia Hosmer, dismissed April 30^th, 1853.
Lucinda Stanhope, died August 12^th, 1861.
Caroline Shirts, died.
Sarah Blackmer, dismissed January 4^th, 1874.
Minerva Blackmer, died February 19, 1883.
Elizabeth Garbutt.
Marcy Rodgers, died August 14^th, 1857.
Hortense A. Murdock, dismissed April 1^st, 1854.
Jane Blackmer, died January 29^th, 1869.
Caroline King, dismissed May 4^th, 1861.
Mary Harmon, died August 11^th, 1863.
Angeline Justus, died December, 1879.
Maria Sheffer, dismissed February 18, 1874.
Elegant Duer, died April 15^th, 1861.
Nancy Griswold, died March 10^th, 1856.
Amanda Skinner.
Arvilla Emmons, dismissed March 26^th, 1854.
Lucretia Harmon, dismissed February 13^th, 1870.
Sarah Elizabeth McArthur, died July 12^th, 1872.
Mary Green.
Almyra Sheffer, dismissed February 18^th, 1874.
Mary Blackmer, died October 16^th, 1863.
Jerusha Franklin.
Ruth Harmon, dismissed November 6^th, 1869.
Mary Sage.
Jane Justus.
Martha Gridley.
Mary Chamberlain.
Sarah Brown.
Lovina Bradbury, dismissed September 24^th, 1854.
Susan Rodgers, dismissed October 1^st, 1859.
Frances Elizabeth Harmon, united at Medina.
Mary Ann McElroy, died May 19^th, 1854.
Ann Maria Brown, died October 7^th, 1879.
Amaret Harmon, died March 7, 1880.
Lucinda S. Stanhope, dismissed April 20^th, 1856.
Harriet Sage, dismissed November 3^rd, 1855.
Cornelia Harmon.
Esther Maynes. dismissed March 12^th, 1854.
Lucinda Sheldon, died December 22^nd, 1862.
Mary J. Robinson. dismissed December 23^rd, 1855.
Emeline Ford, dismissed May 6^th, 1854.
Caroline Austin.
Emely Waggoner.
Amanda Cady.
Anna V. Brown, dismissed December 3^rd, 1853.
Mary Brown, dismissed October 10^th, 1858.
Eliza Marshall, Bap. February 6^th, 1853.
Mary P. Bainbridge, dismissed March 3^rd, 1855.
Margaret Marshall, Bap. March 6, 1853, died December 15^th, 1854.
Elizabeth Day, dismissed July l^st, 1854.
Mary A. Longley, died June 26^th, 1857.
Clarissa O. Justus, dismissed June 22^nd, 1862.
Jane Ann Baley, dismissed April 23^rd, 1854.
Helen C. Justus.
Juliet M. Stanhope, Bap. March 20^th, 1853, dismissed April 20, 1856.
Frances L. Bainbridge.
Thankful Blackmer, dismissed February 13, 1870.
Angeline J. Bradbury, dismissed December 6^th, 1856.
Orriette T. Griffin, dismissed September 1^st, 1860.
Antoinette L. Harmon, dismissed September 2^nd, 1854.
Angeline Wilkinson, dismissed April 30^th, 1853.
Krina J. Hansey, dismissed March 2^nd, 1861.
Alma Bowen, dismissed July 2^nd, 1853.
Ednah Palmer.
Mary Ann Kenyon, dismissed February 5^th, 1860.
Maria H. Mann, dismissed February 17^th, 1867.
David Day, dismissed July 1^st, 1854.
George Day, dismissed July 1^st, 1854.
Carlton R. Harmon.
William F. Bainbridge, dismissed March 3^rd, 1855.
Sylvester C. Bassett.
Thomas Boyd, died March 25^th, 1864.
Guilford M. Harmon, died September 12, 1879.
Perry C. Burrows, dismissed July 2^nd, 1853.
Levi Stanhope, died June 22^nd, 1861.
John Jacob Hansey. died April 15^th, 1860.
Albert Tenny, dismissed December 3^rd, 1853.
Lafayette Stanhope, dismissed March 4^th, 1854.
Peter Mann, dismissed February 27^th, 1867.
William C. Wilkinson, dismissed August 31^st, 1856.
William B. Hebbard, dismissed February 28^th, 1863.
Joseph Wynn, died August 27^th, 1855.
Ariel H. Brown, dismissed May 5^th, 1866.
Rev. Thomas W. Clark, dismissed November 29^th, 1857.
Chester H. Brown, died February 1^st, 1898.
Daniel Newton Clark, dismissed April 18^th, 1858.
Levi Chapman, dismissed February 28^th, 1857.
Eugene E. Harmon, died 1919.
Rev. Austin Harmon, died 1865.
Francis G. Denton, dismissed May 5^th, 1860.
James Kinney.
Rev. John M. Shotwell, dismissed June 29^th, 1862.
Charles T. Brown.
William C. Johnson.
Rev. M. W. Holmes, dismissed August 31^st, 1867.
Willie Holmes, dismissed December 22, 1867.
Simeon Kingsley, dismissed March 30^th, 1868.
Rev. David Morse, dismissed September 3^rd, 1869.
Elvira A. Hebbard, dismissed February 28^th, 1863.
Emeline Fisk, dismissed February 28^th, 1863.
Emeline Wynn, died May 22^nd, 1855.
Sophia Hawkins.
Anna V. Brown, dismissed May 5^th, 1866.
Sarah H. Kelsey, died August 31^st, 1860.
Angeline Maria Clark, dismissed November 29^th, 1857.
Mary Rogers, dismissed June 9^th, 1873.
Martha Hebbard.
Elizabeth Kinney.
Sarah C. Harmon, dismissed May 3^rd, 1862.
Almyra A. Denton, dismissed May 5^th, 1860.
Rebekah Ingalis.
Naomi Maria Ford.
Harriet Roberts, dismissed May 4^th, 1861.
Asena Whicher.
Mary Leak.
Catherine Kinney. died October 8, 1869.
Maria Kinney, dismissed August 1, 1868.
Salome L. Shotwell, dismissed June 29^th, 1862.
Elizabeth Taylor, dismissed December 8^th, 1861.
Sarah Johnson, dis. to Mumford.
Wm. C. Johnson. dis. to Momford.
Mary P. Holmes, dismissed August 31^st, 1867.
Wealthy A. Sage.
Harriet Kingsley, dismissed March 30^th, 1868.
Sarah Morse, dismissed September 3, 1869.
Hyla Harmon, dismissed July, 1877.
William C. Johnson.

Baptisms

The rite of immersion was administered in streams most convenient; witness that after a meeting in the Riga school house "they repaired to the water" evidently nearby. Usually streams in the church neighborhood were utilized - "at the bridge before you get to Mr. Baker's house," "the old plaster mill dam on the Skinner farm" an old member recalls; and on rare occasions the Oatka at Mumford; Deacon Blackmer seldom specifies. Sometimes it was necessary to break the ice, always the candidates had to ride miles in their wet baptismal robes yet any ill results were said never to have followed.

By Elder David Irish:
First Baptism, June 10, 1811 - Andrew G. Cone.
By Elder Firman:
Sunday, June 16, 1811 - Polly Tucker.
By either Elder Firman or Elder Andrews; probably the former, though the records are not quite clear:
July 7, 1811 - Joseph Tucker.
By Elder David Irish:
October 11, 1811 - Zelpha Sage and Betsey Martin.
(March 11, 1813 - First letter of dismission. It was granted to Jacob Catlin.)
By Elder Solomon Brown, evidently his first:
May 15, 1814 - Delight Bennett and Abigail Smith.
By Elder Brown, his last baptisms:
April 16, 1815 - William Tenny, Annus Tenny and Nancy Lauson.
By Elder John Upfold:
April 21, 1816 - Elizabeth Grant.
By Elder Solomon Goodale:
December 1, 1816 - Sally Blackmer and Rebeckah Smith.
By Elder Ely Stone:
July 19, 1818 - John Welch, Sylvester Whitney and Laura Whitney.
September 8, 1818 - William Welch.
September 20, 1818 - Marian Dexter.
September 27, 1818 - Clarissa Armstrong.
January 10, 1819 - William Shirts, Rufus Scofield, John A. Johnson, Abraham Calkins, Roxanna Scofield and Sally Johnson.
March 7, 1819 - Isaac Smith, Sally Yale, Daniel Grant, Samuel J. Hecock, Henry G. Woodhull, Benjamin Woodhull, Eunice Grant, Lucy Hincher.
May 2, 1819 - Joel Yale, Nancy Smith, Malvina Parker, Harriet Orent, Julia Hosmer.
July 4, 1819 - William Pebody, Silas Burns, Anna Clark, Sabra Cone, Belden Hosmer, John Grant and Lucretia Brown.
September 5, 1819 - William Van Doesen and Betsey Snyder.
October 17. 1819 - Harriet Bells.
October 31, 1819 - Elizabeth Van Benschoten and Henry Clark.
December 5, 1819 - Joseph Snider.
January 2, 1820 - Joseph Lenis.
May 7, 1820 - Experience Gillman and John J. Blackmer.
June 4, 1820 - Elias Parker and Harriet King.
August 4, 1822 - Mary Hosmer.
December 22, 1822 - William Clark.
March 23, 1823 - Theodore Brown, Corina Harmon and Delia Stone.
March 16, 1823 - Harriet Smith, Amanda Tenny, Caroline Welch and Caroline King.
March 30, 1823 - Hiram Kelsey and Mary Whitney.
April 27. 1823 Armenus Wardener, Lovias Tenny and Laura Welch.
May 25, 1823 - Ella Barber and Pamelia Toms.
July 5, 1323 - Eli Lee and Mindwell Lee.
By Elder Aristarchus Willey:
July 4, 1827 - Polly Crane.
March 9, 1828 - Eunice Woodhull.
April 27, 1828 - Jesse Tenny, Noah P. Morse, Lucius Loomis, Elizabeth Harmon, Deborah Jones, Thankful Tenny, Nancy Tenny, Ariel Harmon, Andrew McCombs, Hallet Smith, Betsey DeKay, Susanne McCombs, Esther Jones, Paraloxay Hamlin.
May 11, 1828 - Mary Armstrong.
June 1, 1828 - Lydia Blackmer and Parmelia Hoffman.
June 15, 1828 - David Bangs, Charles Tenny, Dillis Dexter, Eunice Bangs and Jacob McCormick.
June 22, 1828 - Abiram Toma, Amanda Calkins and Mary Toms.
June 29, 1828 - Adrian Manley and Abigail Manley.
August 3, 1828 - Hezekiah Hebbard and Martha Hebbard.
September 7, 1828 - Mary Longley.
December 7, 1828 - Cynthia Almy.
By Elder Smith:
December 6, 1829 - Emeline Stoddard.
December 20, 1829 - "Widow" Hannah Welch.
March 14, 1830 - Maria Shaw.
By Elder Beckwith:
September 11, 1831 - Catharine Wardner and Sophia Hosmer.
By Elder Horace Griswold:
November 6. 1831 - Ira Harmon, Martha Lura Ann Patty Rogers Brown, Nancy Brown, Lois Wilkinson, Roxanna Osburn and Ann Tenny.
May 6, 1832 - Mary Ann Armstrong, William Smith, Pamelia Baker, Nancy M. Smith, Hannah Freeman and Patty Sickles.
June 3, 1832 - Danforth Reed, Abel A. Woodhull, Harriet Lurana Munn, Hannah Hawley, Adaline Hotchkin, Catharine Myers, Betsey Ann King, Sterling A. Hebbard, Mary E. Griswold, Josephine E. Armstrong, Clarinda Griffin and Lovina Loomis.
June 10, 1832 - Nathaniel Randal, Marietta Blackmer, Abigail W. Harmon and Clarissa E. Armstrong.
July 1, 1832 - Francis La He or LeHe and Rachel Griffin.
September 3, 1832 - Gideon Skinner, Caroline Hoffman, Rebekah Myers and Melissa Macomber.
September 23, 1832 - Deming Wardner and Cornelia Murdoff.
January 27, 1833 - Miles Willmore.
September 1, 1833 - Nancy Morley.
September 19, 1833 - Mary Ann Blount.
November 17, 1833 - Hastings Morley.
By Elder Eldredge:
January 3, 1836 - Arvilla Hosmer, Mary Ann Wilkinson and Olive Tilly.
May 1, 1836 - M. Louisa Brown.
By Elder Middleton:
January 7, 1838 - Emeline Hoffman.
March 4, 1838 - Harry Stanhope, Caroline Shirts, Cynthia Blackmer, Abigail Ooles, Fanny Blackmer, Sarah Blackmer, 2nd.
May 13, 1838 - John Wines, Amy Randal, Cynthia Cady, Adeline Shirts, Julia Blackmer, Adam Oles, Elvira Mudge, Caroline Hebbard, Minerva Blackmer and Elizabeth Blackmer.
June 10, 1838 - Perviz W. Cady, Mary Ann Mudge and Ellen Cady.
July 1, 1838 - Thankful Myers and Mary Myers.
By Elder Leavenworth in absence of Elder Middleton:
April 14. 1839 - Rawson Harmon, Jr., W. Bradford Hebbard, James Cady, Elizabeth G. Hawkins, Marian Burgess, Fanny Armstrong, Teresa Tenny,Joseph Hawkins, Hiram Tenny, Alfred Mudge, Maria Bradbury, Hortense A. Harmon and Almeda Hoffman.
May 5. 1839 - Cornelius Hubbell, Sarah Smith, Asenath Baker, Juliet Burgess, Norman Harmon, Fanny Mudge and Harriet Brown.
May 19, 1839 - Horace S. Mather, Jane Blackmer, Caroline Harmon, Jane Watson, Hylinda Harmon and Mary Harmon.
August 4. 1839 - Oscar Granger, Mary Ann Frost, Caroline Granger and Jane Harris.
September 17, 1839 - Angeline Justus.
November 3, 1839 - William N. Reed and William Garbutt, Jr.
Sunday, April 12, 1840 - Lewis F. Lane, Jacob Widener and Perry C. Burrows (After Sunday service the church and congregation repaired to the water and these three were baptized, Jacob Widener having related his Christian experience after morning worship.)
July 12, 1840 - Adam Elliot.
November 17, 1840 - Amanda Gillman.
May 2, 1841 - Andrew Cone and Mary E. Hebbard.
By Elder Williams:
March 5, 1843 - John J. Randal.
March 19, 1343 - Luke Blackmer.
April 23, 1843 - Rufus J. Hebbard, Nathan Sickles, Orville Tourgee, Caroline C. Mudge, Delia Jane Williams, Nancy Tenny, Mary Fish, Philetus Tenny, Oscar F. Harmon, Delia Tourgee, Emily Ann Williams, Mary C. Tenny, Frances M. Hebbard and Elizabeth M. Tenny.
May 7, 1843 - Oliver Pomeroy Blackmer, Adin Hull, Sarah Elizabeth McArthur, Emeline Harmon, Lucy Weed, Mary Cross, Sylvester Harmon, Newland Irish, Eliza Collins, Cynthia Harmon, Phoebe Ann Cross and Martha Cross.
July 2, 1843 - Lucina Sheldon.
August 27, 1843 - George Sheffer, Hannah McNall, Mary Green, David N. Smith, Elizabeth Bigford. These related their Christian experience at the home of Mr. William N. Reed at Scottsville, and they were baptized at Scottsville.
September 3, 1843 - Rufus Green, Angeline Green, Mary Blackmer, Zelpha Alder, Augustus E. Harmon and Mary Ann Bradbury.
May 5, 1844 - Janet Miller and Jane Cady.
By Elder Stimson:
March 2, 1845 - George G. Braman.
June 1, 1845 - Robert Hayes.
November 1, 1846 - Mrs. Elisha Harmon (Ruth Rogers Harmon).
March 21, 1847 - Elisha Harmon, Amy Adeline Stone, Eveline Tenny, Lois A. Holdridge, Mary Sage 2nd and Albert Tenny.
March 28, 1847 - Ira Hebbard, Egbert Basset, Cynthia Harper, Milton Blackmer, Thomas Burdett, Mary L. Thompson, Martin Sage, Sidney Hosmer, Ammi Blackmer, Jane C. Justus, Samuel R. Stimson, Henry Perkins, John Smith and Martha Sage.
April 4, 1847 - George Rossiter, Sarah Avery, Eineline Brown, Lovina Bradbury, Benadam Palmer, Edwin M. Harmon, Hiram Sage, Esther Mariab Stone, Emeline Babcock, Charles Justus, Henry Royston, Cynthia Tourgee, Abel Newton Holdridge, Malvina Tourgee, Huldah Jane Mansfield, Susan Kenyon, Eber Sickles, Lafayette Stanhope, Resilla Heath, Edwin Bassett, Anan Harmon, Theron Brown and Byron Rogers. (Sarah Avery became in 1848, Mrs. V. P. Brown).
April 11, 1847 - Jacob Widener, Jr., Hiram E. Hull, Sophia Hawkins, Mary Ann McElroy, Mary Jane Stone, Clarissa Armstrong, Henry Gillman, Frances Elizabeth Harmon, Eveline Eloda Gillman and James Hinche.
April 25, 1847 - William Smith, Jane Eliza Harmon and Thomas William Hebbard.
May 2, 1847 - David Starkey, Dillis Widener, Mary W. Hosmer, Mary Osborn, Susan Montanny, Sidney Southmaid, Maria Ann Brown, Lydia Hosmer and Melissa Dexter.
May 9. 1847 - Cyrus Marsh, John W. Dawson, Leonard D. Dexter, William G. Hawkins, Wealthy Griffin, Amoret (Avery) Harmon, Irene Whitman, Kezia Rogers, Nancy Holdridge, Fidelia (Phidelia) C. Harmon, and Lucinda Stanhope.
May 16, 1847 - Henry Widener, Jr., Mary Jane Dawson and William Burdette.
May 23, 1847 - Lewis Dexter, Elizabeth Willett, Mary Dexter and Harriet Sage.
May 30, 1847 - Michael Wimer, Cornelia Harmon and Aurella Ann Chapman.
July 11, 1847 - Roxanna Baker.
September 5, 1847 - Erastus Southmaid.
February 13, 1849 - Sarah Smith, Charlotte Mudge, Emeline Hutchins, Alonzo Burman, Alvardus Tenny, Delia Tourgee, Lasira Stimson and Emeline Wagoner. (These related their Christian experience at a meeting of the church held at Octagon Schoolhouse in Riga; at the conclusion of the services the "church repaired to the water" where the rite of baptism was administered.)
February 25, 1849 - Ransom Collins, Edwin Collins, David F. Spencer and Stephen Baker.
March 4, 1849 - John A. Crossman, Olive Spencer, Alma Bowen, Emma Armstrong, Susan Sickles, Cordelia Chapman and Esther Burroughs.
June 3, 1849 - George Welch and Elsie Hunt.
By Elder Everts:
July 6, 1851 - Harriet P. Ball.
February 1, 1852 - Jeremiah McCarty.
March 7, 1852 - Lloyd K. Smith and William Remington.
March 28, 1852 - George Spaulding and Agnes Munson.
April 11, 1852 - James O. Paddock, George W. Wilcox, Archibald Seely, John Munson, Ann McCarty, Laura A. Munson, Emmet Lytle, Nancy M. Collins, Clarissa Seely, Matilda C. Munson, Mary Green, Lois Lytle.
May 7, 1852 - Jedediah Munson. Mary Louise Munson, Catharine M. Green, Nelson Davis, Abigail Munson, Lucinda C. Tenny, Horatia C. Spaulding and John Howard.
June 6, 1852 - Jeremiah Eastman.
July 4, 1852 - Charlotte Munson and Anna V. Brown.
By Elder Bainbridge:
January 3, 1853 - Volney Sage.
February 6, 1853 - Eliza Marshall.
March 6, 1853 - Margaret Marshall.
March 13, 1853 - Edward Ford, Mary A. Longley, Clarlssa O. Justus, George E. Harmon, Elizabeth Day and Mary Ann Baley.
March 20, 1853 - William T. Bradbury, Alden J. Justus, Helen C. Justus, Frances L. Bainbridge.
March 27, 1853 - Oriette Griffin, Thankful Blackmer, George Day, William F. Bainbridge, Angeline Bradbury, David Day, Carlton R. Harmon and Sylvester C. Bassett.
April 10, 1853 - Thomas Boyd, Guilford M. Harmon and Antoinette L. Harmon.
June 12, 1853 - Krina Johannes Hansey.
July 3, 1853 - John Jacob Hansey.
September 13, 1853 - Ednah Palmer.
October 2, 1853 - Mary Ann Kenyon.
March 5, 1854 - Peter Mann and Maria H. Mann.
By Elder Clark:
May 4, 1856 - Chester H. Brown.
July 6, 1856 - Sarah H. Kelsey.
September 7, 1856 - Angeline Maria Clark and Mary Rogers.
By Elder Austin Harmon:
March 6, 1859 - Elizabeth Kinney.
April 8, 1859 - Francis G. Denton, Rebekah Ingalls, Harriet Roberts, Almira A. Denton and Naomi Maria Ford.
April 15, 1859 - Alma Whicher and Mary Leak.
April 22, 1859 - James Kinney and Catharine Kinney.
By Elder Shotwell:
September 1, 1861 - Elizabeth Taylor.
By Elder Increase Childs:
May 3, 1863 - Charles Theron Brown. (Mr. Brown, a grandson of the first settled minister, Rev. Solomon Brown, was the last one to be baptized into membership in the old Church.)

Marriages

Deacon Blackmer did not record marriages. When it became necessary to refer to a woman who had married since uniting with the church, both names are given with the explanatory "now" or "formerly". They follow verbatim, with dates of notation:

October 6, 1820 - Lois Permit, formerly Lois Stone.
December 31, 1820 - Rebekah Wilkins, formerly Rebekah Smith.
April 4, 1824 - Miriam Dexter, now Miriam Wells.
May 4, 1824 - Laura Almy, formerly Laura Marsh.
January 7, 1826 - Mehitable Green, now Mehitable Smith.
June 10, 1827 - Harriet Pettingill, formerly Harriet Smith.
February 27, 1831 - Caroline Smith, formerly Caroline King.
April 24, 1831 - Puralaxy White, formerly Sister Hamlin.
November 11, 1832 - Amanda Gridley, formerly Amanda Tenny.
April 6, 1833 - Harriet Frost, formerly Harriet King.
July 6, 1833 - Olive Sheldon, formerly Olive Buck.
August 3, 1833 - Lura Ann Griffin, formerly Lura Ann Brown, (full name: Martha Lura Ann Patty Rogers Brown), daughter of Rev. Solomon Brown.
September 28, 1833 - Eliza Ann Whitney, formerly Eliza Ann Smith.
September 28, 1833 - Rachel Brown, formerly Rachel Griffin.
September 28, 1833 - Celia Maria Hull, formerly Celia Maria Smith.
November 1, 1834 - Harriet Rose, formerly Harriet Hosmer.
March 8, 1835 - Maria Watson, formerly Maria Shaw.
October 31, 1835 - Permelia Toms, now Permelia Stebbins.
February 21, 1836 - Chloe Preston, formerly Chloe Buck.
April 24, 1836 - Emeline Van Antwerp, formerly Emeline Harris.
February 4, 1837 - Ruth Willmore, formerly Ruth Woodhull.
April 14, 1837 - Exana Miner, formerly Exana Smith.
July 1, l837 - Mary Biggerstaff, formerly Mary Armstrong.
June 3, 1837 - Caroline Smith, formerly Caroline King.
September 2, 1837 - Marietta Albright, formerly Marietta Blackmer.
December 12, 1838 - Elizabeth Goodhue, formerly Elizabeth Gillman.
December 30, 1838 - Permelia Fulsom, formerly Permelia Hoffman.
June 1, 1839 - Juliet Gear, formerly Juliet Burgess.
January 19, 1840 - Arvilla Emmons, formerly Arvilla Hosmer.
Dec. 5, 1840 - Amy Wright, formerly Amy Rundel.
February 14, 1841 - Hannah Meldrum, formerly Hannah Hawley.
January 2, 1842 - Harriet Pray, formerly Harriet Brown.
April 1, 1843 - Jane Macomber, formerly Jane McMill.
April 1, 1843 - Sarah Marsh, formerly Sarah Rice nee Brown, a daughter of Rev. Solomon Brown.
September 3, 1843 - Laura Phillips, formerly Laura Welch.
January 6, 1844 - Elizabeth Hurdy, formerly Elizabeth Bigford.
April 6, 1844 - Lois Elizabeth Francisco, formerly Lois Elizabeth Hoffman.
February 6, 1845 - Maria L. Wolcott, formerly Maria Louise Brown.
March 3, 1845 - Fannie B. Ewell, formerly Fannie Blackmer, daughter of Deacon Jirah Blackmer.
May 11, 1845 - Deborah Stottle, formerly Deborah Jones.
July 5, 1845 - Esther Maine, formerly Esther Thompson.
April 2, 1848 - Martha Royston, formerly Martha Baker.
May 6, 1848 - Kezia Atwood, formerly Kezia Rogers.
December 2, 1848 - Caroline Davis, formerly Caroline Wilkinson.
February 18, 1849 - Clarissa Mudge, formerly Clarissa Armstrong.
June 2, 1849 - Lydia Tenny, formerly Lydia Hosmer.
June 10, 1849 - Mary Ann McCollum, formerly Mary Ann Bradbury.
November 25, 1849 - Mary Fenton, formerly Mary Royston.
August 11, 1851 - Adeline Stanhope, formerly Adeline Shirts, "departed this life."
October 18, 1851 - Emeline Smith, formerly Emeline Hitchins.
January 31, 1852 - Frances Garbutt, formerly Frances Emmons.
January 1, 1853 - Catherine Howard, formerly Catherine Green.
April 30, 1853 - Angeline Gansen, formerly Angeline Wilkinson.
September 24, 1854 - Lovina Williams, formerly Lovina Bradbury.
November 3, 1855 - Harriet Doyle, formerly Harriet Sage.
December 6, 1856 - Angeline Douglass, formerly Angeline Bradbury.
July 5, 1857 - Mary A. Collier, formerly Mary A. Longley, (died June 26).
December 31, 1859 - Cornelia Knowles, formerly Cornelia Harmon.
September 1, 1860 - Frances E. Welch, formerly Frances E. Harmon.
December 8, 1861 - Elizabeth Meanwell, formerly Elizabeth Taylor.
June 23, 1862 - Clarissa O. Merrill, formerly Clarissa O. Justus.
February 28. 1863 - Emeline McLary, formerly Emeline Fisk.

Deaths of Church Members

March 3, 1814 - William Lacy.
July 2, 1815 - Elder Solomon Brown.
March 14, 1817 - Anna Hosmer.
September 7, 1821 - Mary Tenny.
September 10, 1821 - Asa Tenny.
April 9, 1822 - Maria Brown.
August 29, 1822 - Polly Wardner.
November 5, 1822 - Sarah Jackson.
October 23, 1823 - Polly Almy.
April 2, 1826 - Parker, the Aged.
June 13, 1826 - Annas Tenny.
July 6, 1829 - John Welsh.
May 5, 1831 - Temperance Tenny.
August 22, 1832 - Lydia Scott.
March 2, 1833 - Martha Hebbard.
June 8, 1834 - Alvah Tenny.
October 28, 1834 - John Toms.
May 25, 1835 - Deacon James Wood.
June 24, 1835 - Laura Smith.
January 3, 1837 - William Grant.
May 26, 1837 - Pamelia Eldredge.
June 5, 1837 - Caroline Flinn.
November 17, 1838 - Mary Woods.
December 12, 1838 - Elizabeth (Gillman) Goodhue.
April 1, 1839 - Clarissa Shirts.
February 9, 1840 - Mary Myers.
May 28, 1840 - Esther Tenny.
September 16, 1840 - Elizabeth Harmon.
October 25, 1840 - Polly Hosmer.
December 12, 1841 - Sarah Blackmer.
January 16, 1843 - Mary C. Middleton.
March 3, 1843 - Lydia (Murdock) Harmon.
October 1, 1843 - Mareb Hotchkin.
October 12, 1843 - Ann Tenny.
March 29, 1844 - Nancy Brown.
October 25, 1845 - Julia Blackmer.
May 25, 1845 - Anun Macomber.
March 20, 1846 - Nancy Tenny, wife of Reuben Tenny.
January 28, 1846 - Maria Bradbury.
January 24, 1847 - Abigail Britton.
April 22, 1847 - Lois A. Holdridge.
October 3, 1847 - Andrew G. Cone.
April 25, 1848 - James Lowrey.
May 6, 1848 - Elizabeth Morley.
June 20, 1848 - Sally Brown, (widow of Rev. Solomon Brown).
March 13, 1849 - Sally Blackmer.
March 27, 1849 - Abigail Oles.
April 25, 1848 - Mary L. Thompson.
June 4, 1849 - Maria Baker.
January 4, 1850 - Adeline Hotchkin.
March 26, 1850 - Harriet (Hosmer) Rose.
March 31, 1850 - Delia Targee.
April 1, 1850 - Stephen Baker.
May 5, 1850 - Mary Dexter.
May 13, 1850 - Elder Reuben Tenny.
June 14, 1850 - Deacon Rawson Harmon.
September 22, 1850 - Mary W. Hosmer.
January 1, 1851 - Cynthia Harmon.
June 11, 1851 - Noah Hotchkin.
June 12, 1851 - Adam Oles.
August 11, 1851 - Adeline (Shirts) Stanhope.
September 15, 1851 - William Shirts.
June 12, 1852 - Malvin Tenny.
June 27, 1852 - Egbert Basset, died at sea.
October 11, 1852 - Reuben Tenny.
November 12, 1852 - Abigail Munson.
December 30, 1853 - Comfort Smith.
May 19, 1854 - Mary Ann McElroy.
December 15, 1854 - Margaret Marshall.
May 16, 1855 - Ariel Harmon.
May 22, 1855 - Emeline (Harmon) Wynn.
August 27, 1855 - Joseph Wynn (husband of Emeline H.).
April 20, 1856 - Tirza Blackmer.
July 19, 1856 - Hannah Welch.
June 26, 1857 - Mary A. (Collier) Longley, (in Wisconsin).
October 26, 1857 - Martin Sage.
October 29, 1859 - Theron Brown.
April 15, 1860 - John Jacob Hansey.
August 31, 1860 - Sarah H. Kelsey.
December 25, 1860 - Clarissa Armstrong.
April 15, 1861 - Elizabeth Duer, "in her 87^th year."
June 22, 1861 - Levi Stanhope.
August 12, 1861 - Lucinda Stanhope.
November 7, 1862 - Rev. Solomon Goodale, "Our revered Father Goodale," aged 95 years.
Decemeber 23, 1862 - Lucinda Sheldon.
August 11, 1862 - Mary (Harmon) Sage, wife of Henry Sage.
October 16, 1863 - Mary Blackmer.
January 19, 1864 - Deacon Elisha Harmon, "In consequence of a railroad collision in the State of Ohio."
March 25, 1864 - Thomas Boyd.
January 5, 1865 - Deacon John J. Blackmer.
June 13, 1866 - Ira Harmon.
June 6, 1867 - Deacon Jirah Blackmer.

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