Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . ce erected their first church in 1762, till about the year 1783, they were under the pastoral careof the Rev. Mr. Andrews of Wallingford.* The above is a representation of the central part of North Haven;the Episcopal church with a Gothic tower is seen on the left. Thefirst house south, seen in the center of the engraving, is the housewhere Dr.
Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . ce erected their first church in 1762, till about the year 1783, they were under the pastoral careof the Rev. Mr. Andrews of Wallingford.* The above is a representation of the central part of North Haven;the Episcopal church with a Gothic tower is seen on the left. Thefirst house south, seen in the center of the engraving, is the housewhere Dr. Trumbull, the historian of Connecticut, resided for morethan half a century. The building on the extreme right is the Con- * Dr. Trumbull? Centennial Sermon. NORTH HAVEN 243 gregational church, erected in 1739, and finished in 1741. The firstmeeting house in the town, thirty eight feet by forty, was erected onthe same spot, about 1718. The Rev. James Pierpont gave the plat ofground on which it stood, upon condition that the people would erecta house of worship upon it. The drawing of the engraving was madea short time previous to the taking down of the Congregational steeple however was removed before the drawing was Congregational Church, North Haven. A handsome Congregational church now stands a few rods westwardof the old meeting house. This church, and likewise that of the Epis-copal denomination, was erected in 1835; both are built of brick, ofwhich considerable quantities are made in the town. The buryingground is seen in front of the Episcopal church. Dr. Trumbull wasburied in this yard, nearly in front of his house. The following is theinscription on his monument. Here rest the remains of the Rev. Benjamin Trumbull, D. D. who was born atHebron, Connecticut, A. D. 17:!o, and died February 2d, A. D. 18-20, aged 85. Hewas graduated at Yale College, A. D. 1757, and ordained pastor in North Haven,A. D. 1760, in which relation he ill his death; a period of
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