History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . can agree whereto set our new Meeting-House. After .some delayan agreement was finally made to set the meeting-house at y Rock on the west side of RogerBrook, near the present site of the Centre PrimarySchool-house. The house was built and occupied forthe first time in January, 1710; £108 was raised tomeet its cost. Young men and maids had libertyto build seats round in the galleries on their owncharge. A minister for the new parish and mccting-housewas at once sought. Mr. .Simucl Phi
History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . can agree whereto set our new Meeting-House. After .some delayan agreement was finally made to set the meeting-house at y Rock on the west side of RogerBrook, near the present site of the Centre PrimarySchool-house. The house was built and occupied forthe first time in January, 1710; £108 was raised tomeet its cost. Young men and maids had libertyto build seats round in the galleries on their owncharge. A minister for the new parish and mccting-housewas at once sought. Mr. .Simucl Phillips, a graduateof Harvard College, not yet twenty-one years of age,was invited to preach as a candidate for commenced his novitiate on April 30, a six months trial, the parish, on November2d, voted clearly in y affirmative on the questionof his continuance with them. Less than sisweeks later, December 12th, the parish unanimous-ly requested him to become their settled , on account of his e.\treme youth, toassume at once so grave a continued. J Gr»fCTiWocd Rmt J-^ht/^e^ ANDOVER. 1593 his ministerial services, without ordination, till Octo-ber 17th of the following ye:ir. On that clay he wasordained and inducted by an eccle-siastical councilinto the office v)f pjistor and leucher of the SouthParish and Church in Andovcr. On the same day,and by the same council, tlie church was organizedand recognized. The church was composed of thirty-five members,fourteen males and twenty-one females, viz. : Abbot, Goorpe. Abbot, Dorcas (w. Geo.). Abbot, JoliD. Abbot, Sjirah (w. John). Abbot, Siimh (w. Boitj). Abbot, Neheniinh. Abbot, Abigail (w. Dea. Neh). Btkllanl, Iteboccji (w. John). lianmil, llaaui\h (w. Wui). Bipibir, Hannah (w. Daul). BUnchnnl, Anne (w. Jona). Chandler, Williuni, Chandler, SjinUi (\v. Wm). Chandler, Thoniiis. Chandler, Mary (w. Thos). Dane, Fnincia. Dane, Hannah (w. Francis). Farnum. Italjih. Furnnm. S;imh
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