The Maine historical and genealogical recorder . have been Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder. 491 the usual course, unless some of the ministers from the older settle-ments in New Hampshire or Massachusetts should have visited MrWight for that occasion. Is is likely that the ministers and dele-gates from Saco and Scarborough were present. We know that asmall church was gathered here at that time, as a necessary pre-liminary to the settlement of a minister. Mr. Thomas Chute andhis wife Mary with their daughter Abigail, were dismissed fromthe Church in Falmouth, which they had joined on


The Maine historical and genealogical recorder . have been Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder. 491 the usual course, unless some of the ministers from the older settle-ments in New Hampshire or Massachusetts should have visited MrWight for that occasion. Is is likely that the ministers and dele-gates from Saco and Scarborough were present. We know that asmall church was gathered here at that time, as a necessary pre-liminary to the settlement of a minister. Mr. Thomas Chute andhis wife Mary with their daughter Abigail, were dismissed fromthe Church in Falmouth, which they had joined on removing fromMarblehead in 1737. Thomas Haskel, lived in Falmouth near theNew Marblehead line, but was dismissed in order to join the newchurch, there being a scarcity of members. Mr. Wight makes norecord of the original members, but records the names of those ad-mitted afterwards. But I think that Abraham Anderson and Baths-hua his wife, Thomas Bolton and his wife Mary were original mem-bers. There may have been a few more. [to be continued.]. 492 Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder. RECORDS OF FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHIN BIDDEFORD. COMMUNICA TED BY A. K. P. MESER VE M. D. Continued from Page 340. THE NAMES OF THOSE THAT WERE BAPTIZED AFTER THE ORDINATION OF MORRILL. June 18, 1749. Priscilla, dau. of Joseph and Mary Fletcher. Sarah, dau. of Job and Sarah Roberts. , dau. of Thomas Jr., and Elizabeth Gilpatrick. Joseph, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Scamman. Miriam, dau. of Joseph and Ann Poak. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Sarah Gooch. Thomas and Mary, son and dau. of Thomas and Hannah and Sarah, son and dau. of Thomas and Sarah , dau. of Samuel and Sarah , dau. of Lieut. Rishworth and Mrs. Abigail Jordan. Eunice, dau. of John and — Deering. Nathaniel, son of Joshua and Elizabeth Cole, dau. of John and Mary , dau. of Nathan and Elizabeth , son of Capt. John and Mrs. Sarah Smi


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