Records of the Baptist Church,
Penfield, N. Y.
During the Ministry of
Rev. Abel Haskell,
1860 - 1865

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These records were in the series Unpublished Cemetery, Church and Town Records (vol. 115) from the Daughters of the American Revolution. That volume can be found at the New York Library and the Library of the D.A.R. in Washington, DC.

Rev. Abel Haskell was at the Genevea (NY) Baptist Church from 1848 to 1852. He then went to minister at the Yates (Orleans Co., NY) Baptist Church from 1851 to 1860. Then he came to the Penfield Baptist Church. The second part of this record contains vital record items from his diary while he was in Penfield.

Rev. Haskell died Nov. 21, 1866. He is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Penfield.

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Rev. Haskell left no list of members of this Church, but this has been compileds, as accurately as possible, from those making donations to the Church, and from persons mentioned in his diary.

Members of Baptist Church, Penfield, N. Y.

Franklin Adams,
Athean Adams,
David Allen,
Mrs. Esther Allen,
Lewis Allen,
Widow Allen,
Miss Ophelia Allen,
Hiram Aughampaugh,
Mary Bowen,
Sister Bradley, (Died at Fairport, Oct. 16, 1860),
H. Brooks,
Dr. T. A. Brown,
Dr. J. A. Burrows,
James Butler, Lovett's Corners,
S. C. Carpenter,
Charles R. Carter,
Mrs. Asenath S. Case,
Orestes Case,
Riley Case,
Mrs. Cornelia Case,
L. V. Case,
A. S. Clark,
Mrs. A. S. Clark,
Oren M. Clark,
Sister Cole,
Andrew Cook,
Jane Cook,
A. Covey,
Isaac Covey,
Spencer Covey,
Isaac Crippen,
Mrs. Isaac Crippen,
Miss A. Dyer,
Brother Dyer,
L. U. Dutton,
John Embury,
Mrs. Mary Embury,
H. Estin,
Sarah Estin,
Brother Etts,
William Fellows,
Clarence Fullam,
Lemuel Fullam,
Tina Fuller,
Mrs. Jane Fuller,
Mrs. Miriam Fuller, (aged over 90 in Jan. 1861),
Theron Fuller,
Eugene Fuller,
Mrs. Susan Fuller,
Mrs. Lorilla Fuller,
Addison Fuller,
Dea. H. H. Fuller,
John F. Fuller,
Z. Fuller, (Funeral, Sept. 10, 1860),
Palmer Fuller,
Emma Fuller,
Daniel Fuller,
William S. Fuller,
Artemas S. Fuller,
Giles Fuller,
Hugh Gaston,
C. Gath,
N. A. Gifford,
Zina Gifford,
Minerva Gove,
Clark Gray,
Nathan Hammond,
Jacob F. Hardick,
Henry Hayward,
S. Heath,
----- Henderson,
Silas Higbie,
Mrs. Hester (Ross) Higbie,
Alanson Higbie,
Mrs. Lucy (Rundel) Higbie,
Myron Higbie,
Florence Higbie,
Abijah P. Higbie,
Mrs. Sarah (Ross) Higbie,
William Henry Higbie,
Nathan Higbie,
Mrs. Mary (Wheeler) Higbie,
Chauncey Hinman,
Mary Jane Hinman,
Prof. A. J. Howe,
Burton Howe,
Sister Mary Howe,
Miss Hubbard,
John P. Huntington,
A. Johnson,
Mrs. M. H. Johnson,
Michael B. Jumph,
Brother Kimball,
Stella Knapp,
H. S. Knapp,
Samuel Lawrence,
I. Leake,
Mr. Leonard,
Prof. B. Lewis,
Miss Sarah Lincoln,
Mrs. S. Lincoln,
Charlton Lincoln,
Sister Sarah Lloyd,
Samuel Lloyd,
Mrs. C. Mann,
Mrs. Lucy Mason,
O. C. Merritt,
J. S. Merritt,
Adam Miller,
Deacon S. S. Millerd,
James L. Millerd,
Deacon B. Millerd,
Lewis Mulliner,
Mrs. Cynthia Mulliner,
George Mulliner,
Riley Mulliner,
Mary Mulliner, (Second wife of Alanson Higbie),
Maria Mulliner,
Darius Nettleton,
Abel G. Northrup,
Deacon Northrup,
Sarah Osgood,
S. M. Osgood,
Sister Palmer,
John Palmer, Lovett's Corners,
William F. Palmer, Lovett's Corners,
Deacon Orrin Pope,
Miss Pope,
Aaron Quick,
Sister B. Quick,
Sister Sarah Quick,
William Raymond,
Mrs. John C. Rich,
Samuel Rich,
Mrs. Sereno Rich,
Joseph Rich,
Peter Rissinger,
Oliver C. Ross,
Mrs. Betsey (Shearman) Ross,
Horace A. Ross,
Mrs. Emily (Benedict) Ross,
Abijah Ross,
Mrs. Ruhama (Rundel) Ross,
Mrs. Scott,
Brother Scribner,
Henry Sharpe,
Sister Sharpe,
Mrs. Adam Sherman,
Matilda Scidmore,
Mr. T. Skidmore, Lovett's Corners,
Robert Staring,
A. P. Thomas,
Crandall Thomas,
F. Thomas,
Deacon Tower,
Sister Tripp,
O. Upson,
Elder Virgil,
R. W. Warner,
R. B. Weaver,
Sister Weeks,
Ard Weeks,
Jerome Welch,
Lyman Welch,
Harvey Whalen,
Mrs. Whalen,
John White,
Hattie White,
P. Williams,
Richard Wood,
Sister Judith Wood,
Rollin Woodruff,
William Woodruff,
William Woodruff,
R. B. Wright.

Items from the Diary of Rev. Abel Haskell

Sept. 10, 1860 Funeral of Z. Fuller.
Sept. 11, 1860 Married A. S. Onderdonk and Fannie Moons at Yates.
Oct. 16, 1860 Sister Bradley died.
Dec. 1, 1860 Married Henry S. Hill and Agnes J. Fuller.
Dec. 5, 1860 H. S. Knapp and Lottie Covey.
Dec. 6, 1860 Attended wedding of Spencer Covey.
Dec. 31, 1860 Funeral of Huntington Child.
Jan. 22, 1861 Funeral of Mr. Westgate.
Feb. 6, 1861 Funeral of Mr. Adams, 90.
Feb. 10, 1861 Funeral of Mrs. Lewis.
Feb. 13, 1861 Wedding at Silas Higbie's.
Feb. 14, 1861 Married E. C. Bowerman and H. B. Fuller.
Feb. 19, 1861 Funeral of Mrs. Wisner.
Feb. 21, 1861 Funeral of Brother Wright's child.
Feb. 23, 1861 Dr. Huntington died.
March 5, 1861 Funeral of Miss L. B.
Apr. 2, 1861 Married L. Dutton and Fannie Allen.
Apr. 4, 1861 Married James L. Miller and Hattie L. Wiltsie.
Apr. 15, 1861 Funeral of Oliver Ney of Attica.
May 16, 1861 Married Joseph Babcock and Mrs. ---- Burdick.
Aug. 14, 1861 Funeral of Sister Heath.
Aug. 30, 1861 Funeral of Mrs. Smith.
Sept. 2, 1861 Funeral of Brother Alpheus Clark.
Sept. 3, 1861 Death of Brother Isaac Crippen.
Sept. 17, 1861 Funeral of Mrs. Cynthia Mulliner.
Sept. 27, 1861 Funeral of G. Northrup's child.
Oct. 6, 1861 Funeral of Alanson Higbie's child.
Oct. 13, 1861 Funeral of Sister Mary Howe.
Oct. 20, 1861 Baptized Mrs. Emily Ross.
Nov. 6, 1861 Esther Haskell died (his daughter).
Nov. 10, 1816 Married Dr. Davis and Mary M. Goodwin.
Dec. 11, 1861 Married George Mulliner and E. M. C.
Dec. 16, 1861 Funeral of Mrs. Dr. Burrows.
Jan. 1, 1862 Married Henry H. Case and Hattie Jane Wright.
Jan. 21, 1862 Funeral of Brother Ett's child.
Feb. 8, 1862 Funeral of 3 children of Calvin Crandall, all buried in one grave, at East Boomfield.
Feb. 16, 1862 Funeral of Mrs. Benedict.
Feb. 22, 1962 Funeral of I. Covey's child.
March 3, 1862 Funeral of Nelly Wood.
March 12, 1862 Funeral of John Fuller's child.
March 24, 1862 Funeral of Joseph Rich's child.
March 28, 1862 Funeral of George Spink.
Apr. 20, 1862 Florence Higbie died.
May 27, 1862 Funeral of Artemas Fuller's child.
May 29, 1862 Married George C. Taylor and Wealthy A. Fuller.
May 30, 1862 Funeral of Artemas Fuller's youngest child.
July 20, 1862 Funeral of C. Dancy, Fairport.
Nov. 14, 1862 Funeral of Dr. McKennan's child.
Nov. 27, 1862 At funeral of Mrs. Burns.
Dec. 12, 1862 Funeral of Marvin Darling.
Jan. 4, 1863 Funeral of P. W. Church.
Apr. 2, 1863 Married J. R. Mulliner and S. J. Scribner.
Apr. 5, 1863 Funeral of Mrs. King's child.
Apr. 8, 1863 Funeral of Dr. Bowen, Yates.
Apr. 19, 1863 Funeral of sister Sarah Lloyd.
May 14, 1863 Married Spencer Birdsall and Eliza Darling.
May 16, 1863 Funeral of Esq . J. Harris' child.
May 31, 1863 Went to Webster to the burial of Mrs. Perkins.
June 21, 1863 Baptized seventeen.
June 30, 1863 Burial of Charles Bourne.
July 8, 1863 Visited LeClear, bereft of a son at Gettysburg.
July 26, 1863 Funeral of C. P. LeClear.
Aug. 2, 1863 Funeral of S. White.
Aug. 8, 1863 Hermann Pope died suddenly.
Aug. 13, 1863 Funeral of Sister Martha Fuller.
Sept. 14, 1863 Funeral at Chester Clark's.
Sept. 22, 1863 Funeral of Mrs. Chapman.
Sept. 23, 1863 Marriage at Whalens.
Sept. 27, 1863 Two funerals, four in Town. (4 funerals, 2 in Town?).
Sept. 29, 1863 Funeral of Carlton Lincoln's child.
Oct. 9, 1863 Mrs. Pope died.
Oct. 23, 1863 John Darling died.
Nov. 5, 1863 Visited and prayed with Bro. Jesse Dutton, very low.
Nov. 6, 1863 Death of Volney Case.
Nov. 29, 1863 Funeral of Henry Hayward, a soldier.
Dec. 3, 1863 Funeral of William Moore.
Jan. 10, 1864 Death of Abijah Ross.
Feb. 3, 1864 Married D. W. Tripp and A. R. Delano.
Feb. 3, 1864 Married T. A. Holdrich and E. C. Butler.
Feb. 24, 1864 Married James B. Spear and Ella L. Dutton.
March 3, 1864 Sister Cornelia Case died.
March 17, 1864 Funeral of Mrs. Austin Ross.
Apr. 24, 1864 Funeral of Brother Wood's child.
Apr. 26, 1864 Visited Sister Emily Ross in her deep affliction.
Apr. 28, 1864 Married Allen Benedict and Marion Fuller.
May 18, 1864 Sudden death of Zebediah Morse.
June 22, 1864 Married J. G. Fisk and S. J. Burns.
July 4, 1864 Funeral of Orsela LeClear at Penfield Center.
July 10, 1864 Funeral of W. F. Olney.
Aug. 15, 1864 Funeral of Miss Sherwood.
Aug. 22, 1864 Funeral of Frankie Woodruff died.
Aug. 25, 1864 Funeral of Leonard Hipp. Mr. Green's child died.
Aug. 30, 1864 Mrs. Gifford and Mrs. Henry Fellows died.
Sept. 4, 1864 Baptized Emma Fuller.
Sept. 7, 1864 Funeral of Mr. Green's child. Mrs. Follett died.
Sept. 11, 1864 Funeral of Major Seth Lee, East Bloomfield.
Sept. 13, 1864 Funeral of Mrs. Chapman.
Sept. 14, 1864 Funeral of George Thompson's child.
Sept. 23, 1864 Married C. W. Robertson and Martha Mulliner.
Nov. 27, 1864 Funeral of Fred Borst.
Dec. 14, 1864 Married W. Fellows and Sarah Lincoln.
Jan. 18, 1865 Married C. H. Brown and Martha R. Higbie.
Jan. 25, 1865 Married J. J. Brown and Emma Olney.
Jan. 29, 1865 Funeral of William McKinley.
March 13, 1865 Married I. E. Mumford and Sarah E. Rowley.
March 22, 1865 Funeral of Sister Graves at Brighton.
Apr. 7, 1865 Mrs. Scidmore died.
Apr. 9, 1865 Funeral of A. F. Case.
Apr. 17, 1865 Funeral of L. Ross and Orin Upson, aged men.
Apr. 20, 1865 Funeral of C. Brooks' child.
May 1, 1865 Funeral of Mrs. Marvin.
May 23, 1865 Funeral of Sister Sarah Quick.
June 6, 1865 Funeral of Levi Daggett.
June 11, 1865 Funeral of F. Olney, at Henrietta.
July 3, 1865 Wedding at E. M. Etts.
July 19, 1865 Burial of Mrs. Norton.
Aug. 12, 1865 Funeral of Charles Bowen's child.
Aug. 25, 1865 Isaac Covey died.
Aug. 28, 1865 Funeral of James Harris' child.
Aug. 29, 1865 Death of Mrs. Upson.
Sept. 6, 1865 Funeral of Blood's child.
Sept. 17, 1865 Funeral of J. Pickett.
Sept. 21, 1865 Funeral of Mrs. Gaskin in Pittsford.
Sept. 25, 1865 Clark Gray died.
Oct. 1, 1865 Mrs. Mann buried. Mrs. (widow) Clark died.
Oct. 15, 1865 Funeral of Brother Quick.
Oct. 21, 1865 Death of Samuel Rich.
Oct. 23, 1865 Funeral of Mrs. Mary Woodworth.
Oct. 31, 1865 Darius Nettleton died.
Nov. 8, 1865 Funeral of Elizabeth Tyrrell.
Nov. 10, 1865 Funeral of Mrs. Tibbetts.
Nov. 15, 1865 Married William Van Lone and Lydia J. LeClere.
Nov. 25, 1865 Marriage at Palmer Fuller's.

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