. Bethany sketches and records . n. The tradition is that the ordinationservices were performed in the openair, in a field where now stands thehouse of Mr Collins. Oct 12, 1763. Thesermon was delivered by that emi-nent divine, Dr. Joseph Bellamy, ofBethlehem. Mr. Hawley was a na-tive of New Milford and was gradu-ated at Yale College in 1759, in thesame class with Dr. Trumbull, ofNorth Haven. Three years after the settlement ofMr. Hawley it was considered neces-sary to build a larger meeting houseto accommodate the increasing con-gregation, and application was madeto the county court for a comm
. Bethany sketches and records . n. The tradition is that the ordinationservices were performed in the openair, in a field where now stands thehouse of Mr Collins. Oct 12, 1763. Thesermon was delivered by that emi-nent divine, Dr. Joseph Bellamy, ofBethlehem. Mr. Hawley was a na-tive of New Milford and was gradu-ated at Yale College in 1759, in thesame class with Dr. Trumbull, ofNorth Haven. Three years after the settlement ofMr. Hawley it was considered neces-sary to build a larger meeting houseto accommodate the increasing con-gregation, and application was madeto the county court for a committeeto look over the and choosea site. Much difficulty was experi-enced in choosing a suitable location,and three successive committees wereelected before a location could beagreed upon, and even thru a third ofthe members were The•site was located on the north side ofthe road leading over the hill fromthe shunpike, so called, near theresidence of the late James Cotter. THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 177. Photo by F. H. Simonds. New OF THE CHURCH, As Decorated for the 150th Anniversary Celebration. The meadow opposite his house wasthe meeting house green, the churchbeing on the western side. On thenorth was the mansion of Dr HezekiahHooker, and on the south and eastsides, respectively, the residences ofRev. Stephen Hawley and Capt. Eb-enezer Dayton, of Revolutionary was planned to build the meetinghouse of material furnished by the in-habitants. In December, 1767, it was\X)ted that we will provide the boards,clapboards, shingles, nails and glass,necessary for building the meeting-house the year ensuing. A tax waslaid and it was decided that one halfmight be paid in flax seed or someother species that will answer in New York. The building was to be fortyfeet in width by flfty-five feet was ordered that those that scoretimber for the meeting house shall havetwo shillings sixpence per day; andthose that hew shall have three s
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