The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . 92 MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY. useful one, extending through fifty-five years (1748-1803). He wasa typical old-time divine, — reverenced by the old and regarded withsomething like awe by the young. A printed sermon on the lateterrible earthquake (1755), and other literary work of his, have been preserved. He preached the Elec- p. y A AAP ff \A^r\. Sermon in 1769, and in Octo- ^^,^2;^^- fK C^Ci-/^^ ber of that year the funeral sermon ^ of r4overnor Pitkin, before the assembled dignitaries of the colony. His house, —
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . 92 MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY. useful one, extending through fifty-five years (1748-1803). He wasa typical old-time divine, — reverenced by the old and regarded withsomething like awe by the young. A printed sermon on the lateterrible earthquake (1755), and other literary work of his, have been preserved. He preached the Elec- p. y A AAP ff \A^r\. Sermon in 1769, and in Octo- ^^,^2;^^- fK C^Ci-/^^ ber of that year the funeral sermon ^ of r4overnor Pitkin, before the assembled dignitaries of the colony. His house, — large, unpaiiited, gambrel-roofed, — near the site of the old mceting-liouse, still stands, a fine example of the better class of houses of a hundred and thirty years. ^¥^mma0f^::- ? ????% DR. WILLIAMS S HOUSE. ago. Mr. Andrew Yates was ordained as colleague of Dr. Williams in1801. He was a man of wide learning, of strong sense, of simple,loving heart. He was a warm friend of the children, who in his daywere gathered once a year and reviewed upon the Westminster Cats- Cy/:rZy6^^z-
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