The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . s^-t:;^^^-*:::^^*^ ••;. iivv.^r ;«/^ WINDSOR. 533 children, two died in childhood. His second son, James ShermanLoomis, died in October, 18(17, in the twenty-first year of his age. Hewas a member of the Senior class at Yale College, and was a youngman of rare promise, beloved by all who knew him, and lamented by a large circle of friends. <^.J^S2^Z^^. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ON MAIN STREET, BUILT IN 1794. 534 MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY. CHURCHES OF WINDSOR. BY THE REV, GOWEN C. WILSON, Pastor of the First Congr
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . s^-t:;^^^-*:::^^*^ ••;. iivv.^r ;«/^ WINDSOR. 533 children, two died in childhood. His second son, James ShermanLoomis, died in October, 18(17, in the twenty-first year of his age. Hewas a member of the Senior class at Yale College, and was a youngman of rare promise, beloved by all who knew him, and lamented by a large circle of friends. <^.J^S2^Z^^. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ON MAIN STREET, BUILT IN 1794. 534 MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY. CHURCHES OF WINDSOR. BY THE REV, GOWEN C. WILSON, Pastor of the First Congregational Church. The First Congregational Church of Windsor celebrated its twohundred and fiftieth anniversary March 30, 1880. Its beginningtherefore antedates the birth of the colony of Connecticut by nearlytwo years. It was organized in Plymouth, England, after the mem-bers of the colony had gathered at that port, ready to embark upon the Mary and John, which good ship sailed two weeks before the remain-der of Governor Winthrops fleet. These West-country people, asthe Governor calls them, were mostly from the parts about Dorchesterwhere the Rev. John White, the father, or one chief promoter, of theenterprise preached ; and doubtless it was through his influence, if notin part to avail themselves of his presence and aid, that they deter-mined, unlike the other companies, to embody themselves in churchstate before cro
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