History of Newport County, Rhode IslandFrom the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns, and their subsequent progress . choolteacher,deacon and priest,Mr. Jeremiah Leaming,under a temporary ap-pointment, or until theVenerable Society for thePropagation of the Gospelshould supply a perma-nent minister. In 1752 asum sufficient to purchasea parsonage was raisedby subscription. In 1754Thomas Pollen was sentout from England by thesociety a s society having cut offtwenty pounds of theirallowance to the churcli,the pewholders had agreedamong themselves to ana
History of Newport County, Rhode IslandFrom the year 1638 to the year 1887, including the settlement of its towns, and their subsequent progress . choolteacher,deacon and priest,Mr. Jeremiah Leaming,under a temporary ap-pointment, or until theVenerable Society for thePropagation of the Gospelshould supply a perma-nent minister. In 1752 asum sufficient to purchasea parsonage was raisedby subscription. In 1754Thomas Pollen was sentout from England by thesociety a s society having cut offtwenty pounds of theirallowance to the churcli,the pewholders had agreedamong themselves to anannual tax for the supportof their minister. CHURCH, .NEWPORT. Polleu left the church of his own accord in 1760, and the venerable society was againinvited to send over a successor ; but they neglecting to replyand withholding their annual allowance, the church called totheir charge the Reverend Marmaduke Brown of Portsmouth,whom they settled with a salary of one hundred pounds ster-ling per annum, provided the English society did not continuetheir mission in Newport. In 17G9 the .society petitioned the general assembly for an act. HISTORY OF NEWPOKT COUNTY. 453 of incorporation. The same year Mr. Brown visited England,the pulpit being filled in his absence bj the Reverend Mr. i5is-set, who came from England two years before as an the death of Mr. Brown the charge was placed in Mr. Bis-sets liands until the venerable society should be heard Bisset was soon after sent abroad with a letter from Trinitychurch soliciting the continuance of the mission, but withoutresult. Thrown wholly upon their own resources, the congrega-tion in 1771 elected Mr. Bisset their minister. This reverend gentleman was in charge when on Sunday, tlie8th of December, 1776, the British entered the bay and tookpossession of the island. Mr. Bisset, English born, was natur-ally loyal to the crown ; moreover, a large number of thewealthy and influential members of Trinity church
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