. The city of Troy and its vicinity. y, his wife, conveyed to the trus-tees of the church lot 231, fifty byone hundred and thirty feet, on theeast side of Third Street, (the site ofthe present edifice), for the purposeof a burial ground, and to erect ameeting-house for the sole and onlyuse of the society. In the minirtesof the Shaftsbury Baptist Association,meeting at Shaftsbury Centre, June 5,1800, the following entry appears: On motion of Elders [Isaac] Webb 25 and [Lemuel] Covell, voted to recom-mend it to the churclies to lend someassistance to the Baptist church in thevillage of Troy towa
. The city of Troy and its vicinity. y, his wife, conveyed to the trus-tees of the church lot 231, fifty byone hundred and thirty feet, on theeast side of Third Street, (the site ofthe present edifice), for the purposeof a burial ground, and to erect ameeting-house for the sole and onlyuse of the society. In the minirtesof the Shaftsbury Baptist Association,meeting at Shaftsbury Centre, June 5,1800, the following entry appears: On motion of Elders [Isaac] Webb 25 and [Lemuel] Covell, voted to recom-mend it to the churclies to lend someassistance to the Baptist church in thevillage of Troy towa ds building ahou=e for divine worsliip When weconsider that their number at presentis but small, and consists mostly offemales,—there being not more than —together with the importance ofhaving the cause of religion built upin that place; we flatter ourselvesthat our churches will come forwardw)th promptitude, and contribute lib-erally for so noble a purpose. In1S03 the Rev. Isaac Webb becamepastor of the society, which, on Jan-. FIRST PARTICULAR BAPTIST CHURCH, 183O. two or three males who can advanceanything towards such an undertak-ing, and at the same time considerthat there is a favorable prospect oftheir societys increasing, if they hada suitable place to meet in, and hadpreaching part of the time, (whichthey might have, if they had a house. uary 10, 1804, elected Adam Keeling,Edward Tylee, Silas Covell, Ebene-zer Jones, and Noble S. Johnsontrustees of the church. At the Junemeeting rf the Shaftsbury BaptistAssociation at Clifton Park, in1604, the Troy society was added tothe number of churches connected 26 with the body. At its next meeting,in June, 1805, at Hoosick Falls, themembership of the First ParticularBaptist Church in the village of Troywas reported as embracing 75 persons;34 having been added to the societythat year. A small, weather-boardedbuilding was shortly thereafter erectedby the society for a June 4 and 5, 1806, the Shafts-bury Assoc
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