. Reminiscences of Worcester from the earliest period, historical and genealogical with notices of early settlers and prominent citizens, and descriptions of old landmarks and ancient dwellings ... s in all on the first floor ; a foremost or front gallery of twosections, seating eighteen families, or nine in each section ; anda long gallery of two sections, seating twenty-six seating arrangement as thus arranged, was for eighty-ninefamilies, of whom about one-half were provided for in the gal-leries. As the names of the deacons are not included in thelist, it is presumed they had
. Reminiscences of Worcester from the earliest period, historical and genealogical with notices of early settlers and prominent citizens, and descriptions of old landmarks and ancient dwellings ... s in all on the first floor ; a foremost or front gallery of twosections, seating eighteen families, or nine in each section ; anda long gallery of two sections, seating twenty-six seating arrangement as thus arranged, was for eighty-ninefamilies, of whom about one-half were provided for in the gal-leries. As the names of the deacons are not included in thelist, it is presumed they had seats of honor, specially providedfor them, in front. These names give us an idea of who were the principal re-sidents here at that period—the then solid men of John Chandler, son of the first Judge, was then a residenthere, being then chairman of the board of selectmen as well asoccupant of several county offices, a^id he was probably given aseat of honor with the deacons. The Present Meeting House. In 1763 the present meeting house was erected on the samesite as the previous one. It was originally seventy feetlong by fifty-five feet wide, with twenty-eight feet posts, and. Reminiscences of Worcester. 115 liad a tower on the north, surmounted by a spire. 130feet higli, tlie whole cost being X1542. The pulpit was ontlie east side, and there were galleries on the north, south andwest sides. There were sixty-one square box pews on the low-er floor, that considered tlie best, or the pew of honor, onthe riglit and almost under the high pulpit, valued at X9, beingassigned to Judge John Chandler as an acknowledgment oi hisdonation of X40, the largest sum contributed by any single in-divdual, toward tlie building of the structure. Immediately infront of the pulpit was a long pew for aged and deaf persons,and just in front of the latter another pew for the deacons, thecentral aisle leading therefrom to the main entrance on thewest side. On each side of the central aisl
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