History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . ietors held ameeting there on thatdate. A floor was putin two years later, af-ter a sawmill had beenerected, and further im-provements continuedto be made from timeto time until it wassuperseded in 1751 bya frame meeting-houselocated on the site ofthe present Walkerschoolhouse. A mainaisle ran from the center of this log church, with rows of benches oneither side made of split logs, until boards could be obtained at thesawmill. The men sat on one side and t
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . ietors held ameeting there on thatdate. A floor was putin two years later, af-ter a sawmill had beenerected, and further im-provements continuedto be made from timeto time until it wassuperseded in 1751 bya frame meeting-houselocated on the site ofthe present Walkerschoolhouse. A mainaisle ran from the center of this log church, with rows of benches oneither side made of split logs, until boards could be obtained at thesawmill. The men sat on one side and the women on the other. Thepew was to come later, built at private expense for private use. Inthis building was held the first ecclesiastical council in New Hamp-shire north of Dunstable and west of Somersworth, convened forordaining and installing the first settled minister of Concord, theReverend Timothy Walker, November 18, 1730. From the first settlement until after the Toleration Act of 1819the affairs of the First Congregational church were so identified withthose of the town that they are naturally a part of the general narra-. Log Meeting-house. 688 HISTORY OF CONCORD. five, and are treated at length in that part of this work. Only thoseincidents, therefore, will be referred to here which pertain to the his-tory of the society as a church. In March, 1727, the proprietors empowered Joseph Hall and JohnPecker to agree with a minister to preach at Penacook the yearensuing, to begin the service from the 15 May, allowing at the rateof one hundred pounds per annum for the service. Accordingly, Toppan was employed. The proprietors appointed a com-mittee June 25, 1729, to call and agree with some suitable personto be the minister of Penacook. They also voted that the minis-ter of said town shall be paid by the community £100 per annum;and further, that £100 be allowed and paid out of the companystreasury to the first minister, as an encouragement for settling andta
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