Baptisms
Extracted from
The Bi-Centennial Celebration
First Congregational Church
of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898
Statistics of the Church Taken From The Church Records.

BAPTISMS
Pages 158 - 195
[Note: Many of the names in the records have been abbreviated with the last letter being raised above the line - Thos for Thomas. In order to keep the size of the file at a minimum, these are indicated by an apostrophe before the last letter - Tho's. Also, some entries were made with out dates. Rather than assuming that these baptisms were preformed on the same day as one preceding, I've indented them so they appear as they do in the book. -jd]



By Rev. Asher ROSSITER
March 14, 1744 - November 17, 1781


The Rev'd Mr. Asher ROSSETER, departed this life Nov 17th ADomini 1781 in the 66th year of his age, and 38th of his ministry.



By Rev. Jonathan FULLER
December 8, 1784 - February 22, 1786


  • Mar 13, 1785 - Anna Lockwood, daughter of Jonathan FULLER, Past'r by Mr. M.
  • Aug 28, 1785 - Elizabeth, William & John SMITH & Abigail ROSSETER,the family of Jonathan & Hannah SMITH

The Rev'd Jonathan FULLER departed this life Feby. 22, A.D. 1786, in the 23d year of his age, & 2d of his ministry.



By Rev. Lemuel TYLER
May 7, 1789 - September 18, 1810


  • May 17, 1789 - Lydia Ives, daughter of Lieut Asa & Sarah TODD at Northford
  • Dec 6, 1789 - Augustus Williams, son of Stephen & Abigail MALTBY at Northford
  • Dec 6, 1789 - Olive, daughter of James & Sarah LINSLEY at Northford
  • Jan 31, 1790 - Eunice, daughter of Jonah & Eunice WITTER
  • Feb 28, 1790 - Bridget, wife of Asa SMITH
  • Mar 28, 1790 - Youngs, Betsey & Isaac LEDYARD, the children of the above mentioned Bridget SMITH by a former husband
  • May 30, 1790 - Elisha, Sarah, Sophia & John, children of Doct'r Joshua & Huldah DOWNER
  • May 30, 1790 - Rebekah, daughter of Moses & Esther TRACY
  • Jul 18, 1790 - Fanny, daughter of Asa & Bridget SMITH
  • Jun 5, 1791 - Lemuel, son of Lem'l TYLER, Pastor, & Ruth, his wife, ae 1 day
  • Aug 21, 1791 - Asa, Charles, Nancy, Hannah & Chapman, the children of Charles & Hannah FORESIDES
  • Jun 3, 1792 - Julia, daughter of Asa & Bridget SMITH
  • 1792 - Asa, son of Jonah & Eunice WITTER
  • Mar 31, 1793 - Lucius, son of Lemuel TYLER, Pastor, & Ruth, his wife
  • Oct 6, 1793 - Amanda, Charles, Lucretia, Ralph, Betsey & Harriet, the children of Edward & Azuba TRACY
  • Oct 5, 1794 - Louisa, daughter of Lemuel TYLER, Pastor, & Ruth
  • Nov 23, 1794 - Laura, daughter of Jonah & Eunice WITTER
  • Nov 30, 1794 - Austin, son of Asa & Bridget SMITH
  • Jul 26, 1795 - Asa MEECH professed faith & was bpatized
  • Sep 16, 1795 - Ansel, son of Ashbel & Polly SHEPPARD of Greensboro, Vermont
  • Sep 22, 1795 - Ozias & Hiram, sons of Josia's SAFFORD, of Fairfax, S't of Vermont
  • Sep 23, 1795 - Huldah, daughter of Truman & Lucretioe POWEL of Cambridge, Vermont
  • May 15, 1796 - Ruth Fowler, daughter of Lemuel TYLER, Pastor & Ruth, his wife



By Rev. John HYDE
May 26, 1812 - May 28, 1827


  • Jul 1812 - John Barker, son of Rev. John HYDE
  • Sep 26, 1813 - Chs. MEECH & wife & Shubael MEECH
  • Oct 3, 1813 - Polly Crary, Chs. Lamb & Cynthia Melissa, children of Chs. MEECH
  • Oct 24, 1813 - Sarah, Hezekiah Lord, Lydia, Henry, Mary, Susan, Shubael, Adaline, Edwin Butler, children of Shubael MEECH
  • Nov 7, 1813 - Eunice HARRIS & Nancy AMES
  • Nov 21, 1813 - Phebe Prentice, Bradford, Curtis, Mary Tyler, Louisa, Sally Maria, Susan Augustua, Chs. Tyler, children of Wd. Pheba AMES
  • Jul 24, 1814 - Daniel GORE, also William, child of Moses HILLIARD
  • Aug 7, 1814 - Lucinda, Lura, Athelia, Diara, children of Oliver SPICER
  • Aug 21, 1814 - Asa Park, Rachel, Mary, Daniel Chester, Clarinda Lucy, children of D'l GORE
  • Oct 9, 1814 - Sally Billings, Lucy Billings, Stephen Wilcox, Sanford Billings, Noyes Billings, Lucretia Kimball, children of Steph'n MEECH
  • Oct 9, 1814 - Hezekiah, son of Ephraim MEECH
  • Oct 16, 1814 - John Tyler, son of Shubael MEECH
  • Mar 26, 1815 - Samuel Nott, son of John HYDE, Pastor
  • May 20, 1815 - Sabra TRACY, also Sam'l Capron, child of Daniel GORE
  • Aug 20, 1815 - Sarah Ann, daughter of Charles MEECH
  • Oct 1, 1815 - William, Jonathan, Betsy, Celina, Joseph Wilbur, children of W'm SMITH
  • May 5, 1816 - Chester, son of Moses HILLIARD
  • Jul 7, 1816 - Harriot Newell, daughter of Ephraim MEECH
  • Sep 1, 1816 - Dwight Lester, son of Shubael MEECH
  • Sep 29, 1816 - Olive ROOD
  • Nov 3, 1816 - Eunice, infant child of Stephen MEECH
  • Jul 6, 1817 - Mrs. Esther RIX
  • Jul 6, 1817 - George, child of Daniel GORE
  • May, 1818 - Sally, daughter of Moses & Sally HILLIARD
  • Sep 5, 1818 - Eleanor, daughter of William SMITH
  • Sep 5, 1818 - Maria Loiza, daughter of Sam'l TRACY, Hopkinton, R.I.
  • Oct 31, 1819 - Daughter of Franklin PARK
  • Nov 7, 1819 - Louisa, daughter of Charles MEECH
  • Jul 2, 1820 - Sabra Ann, daughter of Moses HILLIARD
  • Sep 3, 1820 - Susan Nott, daughter of John HYDE, Pastor
  • Oct 22, 1820 - Henry Austin, son of Daniel GORE
  • Feb 4, 1821 - Polly, wife of Henry FANNING
  • Feb 4, 1821 - Henry Nelson & W'm Austin, child of H. FANNING
  • Apr 7, 1821 - Crista Cook, daughter of W'm SMITH
  • Sep 30, 1821 - Lemuel Tyler, Louiza Tyler, & Helen Maria Williams, children of Dr. Eliazar B. DOWNING
  • Mar 17, 1822 - John COOK
  • Jul 7, 1822 - Lemuel Swan, son of Ch's MEECH
  • Aug 11, 1822 - Hannah, daughter of W'm SMITH
  • Oct 13, 1824 - Barnabas Bruen, son of John HYDE, Pastor
  •                     Frederick, son of Moses HILLIARD
  • Dec 14, 1822 - Ezra SMITH, Ch's SMITH & Orra GEER
  • Mar 7, 1824 - Amy, wife of Ruel COOK, Polly, wife of Joseph YARRINGTON, Sophia, wife of Henry FANNING, Betsey COOK, & Amy COOK
  • May 2, Elizer Butler, child of Dr. DOWNING, Celia Tyler, daughter of Ruth MEECH, Mary Emeline, Luther, Lucelia, Lucy Ann, Ch's Alonzo, children of Joseph YARRINGTON
  • Jul 4, 1824 - Sybel KIMBALL
  • Aug 22, 1824 - Daniel Tyler, Eleazer Hyde, & Susan, children of Ezra B. SMITH
  • Sep 5, 1824 - Olive STARKWEATHER, Rosina A. DOWNER, & Lucy Park, child of Henry FANNING
  • Oct 17, 1824 - Isaac Fellows, son of William SMITH
  • May 15, 1825 - Diantha Maria, daughter of Ch's MEECH
  • May 15, 1825 - Stephen Noys, son of Joseph YARRINGTON
  • Oct 30, 1825 - Elias Brewster, son of Moses HILLARD
  • Mar 25, 1827 - Moses, son of Ezra B. SMITH



By Rev. Augustus B. COLLINS
January 16, 1828 - March 16, 1847


  • Oct 19, 1828 - Dwight, the child of Ezra B. SMITH
  • Nov 3, 1828 - Wid. Dorcas MIX
  • Dec 7, 1828 - Joshua BARSTOW
  • Jan 18, 1829 - Wid. Martha BENJAMINS. Mrs. Sally HOMES. Mrs. Mahitable MORGAN. Katharine PHILLIPS, Emily PHILLIPS, Hannah FRINK
  • Mar 8, 1829 - John BALDWIN, Mrs. Anner BALDWIN, W. of John B., Sally Ann BALDWIN, daughter of J. B., Mrs. Hannah SWAN, w. of Daniel S., Mrs. Katharine PRENTICE, Mary Ann PRENTICE, Amy PRENTICE, Mrs. Amy PRENTICE, w. of Sam'l P., Chester Smith PRENTICE, Thomas BROWNING, Esqr., William T. BROWING, Mary P. BROWING, Mason B. BROWNING, Sally Ann BROWING, children of Thomas B., Esqr., Emily A. BALDWIN, David N. PRENTICE & Samuel PRENTICE
  • Mar 25, 1829 - Sophia GRINALS
  • Jun 7, 1829 - Mrs. Mabel PARKS, Charles PRENTICE, Charles SWAN 3rd, Nancy Ann MOTT, Mary Melissa, child of Dec. W'm SMITH, & Hamilton Fowler, child of Doc't E. B. DOWNING
  • Jul 12, 1829 - Charles Franklin, Mary Eaton, & William Henery, children of Samuel & Amy PRENTICE. Adaline, Catharine, Elizabeth Hull, Harriet Augusta & Frances Adelia, all children of Thomas BROWNING Esqr & his wife
  • Aug 9, 1829 - Capt. Joseph BOARDMAN, Mrs. Sally INGREHAM, Mrs. Betsey COMBS & Charles GEER
  • --- ----, 1829 - Harriet Tyler, Mary Elizabeth & Emily Williams, all three children of of Mr. Charles & Phebe PRENTICE. also Mary Jane Chittenden, a child of Rev'd Augustus B. & Lydia E. COLLINS
  • May, 1831 - George LORING, son of Dec. LORING
  • Jul 24, 1831 - Capt. Jacob MEECH, Mrs. Desire CRAIRY, Susan Augusta BROWNING, Erastus MORGAN, Junr, Lucy Meech MORGAN, Charles Crairy MORGAN, John MORGAN, Eunice Crairy MORGAN, Adaline TUTTLE, & Caroline Mariah ROUSE
  • Aug 7, 1831 - Henry Warren YARINGTON, child of Joseph A. YARRINGTON
  • Jan 2, 1832 - Stephen Wallbridge MEECH
  • Jun 15, 1834 - Cynthia Mellissa PHILLIPS
  • Jan 11, 1835 - Oliver SPICER, Erastus SAFFORD, Phebe SAFFORD, Ziporah GEER, Mary ROOD, Caroline SWAN, Eunice AVERY, George W. PHILLIPS & Denison B. HOLMES
  • Jul 29, 1835 - Wid. Catharine ROGGERS
  • Sep 6, 1835 - Charles Henery, son of Charles PRENTICE
  • May 1, 1836 - Phebe Angeline, child of Erastus SAFFORD
  • May 12, 1836 - George ALONZO, child of George W. PHILLIPS
  • Sep 4, 1836 - Sarah Brewer, child of Joseph A. YARINGTON
  • Set 3, 1837 - Eliza Perkins & Sarah Lucretia, children of Erastus P. & Lucretia K. MINER
  • Jan 27, 1838 - W'm Perkins, child of Erastus P. & Lucretia K. MINER
  • May 6, 1838 - Sarah Hellen CRAIRY & Nathan Oscar CRAIRY, children of Nathan & Sarah M. CRAIRY
  • May 15, 1838 - Widow Dimis S. AVERY
  • May 15, 1838 - Nancy Amelia PHILLIPS, child of George W. PHILLIPS
  • Jul 1, 1838 - Andrew Smith FRINK, Samuel Prentice BROWING, Alexander S. PRENTICE & Mrs. Martha WHITTER
  • Aug, 1840 - Sarah Louisa, child of George W. PHILLIPS
  • Sep 5, 1841 - Sarah STANDISH
  • Nov 7, 1841 - Ann Eliza, child of George W. PHILLIPS
  • Nov 7, 1841 - Widow Sarah BAILEY
  • Jan 16, 1842 - Widow Sarah C. COOK
  • Mar 6, 1842 - Elizabeh Brewster, child of Silas PARK
  • Aug 21, 1842 - Andrew Tyler HUNTINGTON, child of Andrew HUNTINGTON
  • Nov 15, 1842 - Augustus Lyman TALCOTT, child of Samuel L. TALCOT & Elizabeth B. Collins TALCOTT, his wife
  • Sep 3, 1843 - Charles Crairy PHILLIPS, child of George W. PHILLIPS
  • Jul 7, 1844 - Eunice Geer PALMER
  • Apr 29, 1845 - John WILLIAMS, an infant child of Robert A. WILLIAMS
  • May 4, 1845 - Nancy Crary BROWING, wife of W'm T. BROWNING & Emma Dorothea, child of W'm T. BROWNING
  • Jun 15, 1845 - Norman Austin, child of George W. PHILLIPS
  • May 10, 1846 - Ruth Ann PALMER
  • Jul 5, 1846 - Clarrissa SMITH
  • Sep 27, 1846 - Abigail AYER, the widow of Jonas AYER, Esqr
  • Oct 4, 1846 - Charles Lucian PALMER & Lydia Ann PALMER, children of Charles PALMER & Lucy Ann PALMER, his wife



By Rev. Nathan S. HUNT
October 20, 1847 - March 31, 1858


Baptisms of Infants

  • Apr 23, 1848 - Thomas, son of William T. & Nancy C. BROWNING
  • May 7, 1848 - Helen Maria, daughter of George W. & Mary C. PHILLIPS
  • Dec 1, 1850 - Amos Avery, son of Wm T. & Nancy C. BROWING
  • Sep 21, 1851 - Marth Amelia & Holis Hyde, children of Charles & Lucy Ann PALMER
  • Sep 14, 1856 - William, son of William T. & Nancy C. BROWNING

Baptisms on Profession of Faith

  • Jul 4, 1874 - Sarah Matilda MEECH
  • Jul 2, 1848 - Mrs. Polly MEECH
  • Jul 1, 1849 - Mrs. Lucy RUDE
  • Mar 10, 1850 - Mrs Julia Ann SWAN
  • Jul 7, 1850 - DeWitt Clinton PRENTICE
  • Nov 6, 1853 - Mrs. Esther KIMBALL, Mr. Henry Brown RUDE, Miss Louisa Walbridge MEECH
  • Mar 12, 1854 - Mr. Ira Almon JUDD
  • Nov 5, 1854 - Miss Esther Cordelia COOK
  • May 4, 1856 - Mrs. Cynthia Billings BENJAMIN
  • Jan 4, 1857 - Mr. Charles PALMER
  • Mar 1, 1857 - Mr. Alphonso BROWING, Mrs. Sarah Cole BROWING, Mrs. Harriet Kinne LORING, Mrs. Jane AYER, Mrs. Abby Ann BROWING, Miss Abby PHILLIPS, Miss Susan Russ PRENTICE, Miss Maryenette Turner ROGERS, Mr. Perry Green HOXIE, Mr. Rensellear Courtland SWAN, Mr. James BROWNING, Mr. Thomas Lathrop BROWNING
  • May 3, 1857 - Mrs. Sabrina BROWN, Mrs. Eliza LATHAM, Mrs. Eliza CRARY, Mr. Robert Young LATHAM, Mrs. Happy Lawton LATHAM, wife of R. Y. L., Mr. Albert Gallitin AYER, Mr. William MORSE, Mr. Lucas Henry WITTER, Miss Abby WITTER, Miss. Margaret Elizabeth CRARY, Miss Wealthy Ann REED
  • Jul 5, 1857 - Emily Jane DAVIS, Miss Sally Almira CRARY, Miss Mary Ann WITTER, Miss Lucy Lester LORING




By Rev. Elijah W. TUCKER
January, 1859 - March 12, 1865


  • Jul 5, 1861 - Sarah Perry, daughter of William T. & Nancy C. BROWNING




By Rev. Asher H. WILCOX
June 29, 1865 - September 2, 1869 and January 30, 1870 to 1872




Infants Baptized

  • Jul 1867 - Robert C. MILLER & Margaret E. MILLER
  • Jul 1869 - Mary A. MILLER< William G. BROWNING & Elizabeth K. WILCOX
  • Jan 7, 1872 - Emma I. BROWN

Admissions by Baptism

  • Jul 1865 - George AYER, Wid. Lydia A. HOLDEN, Mrs. Francis BALDWIN, Miss Mary E. BALDWIN, Mrs. Sarah ECCLESTONE, & Miss Abby AYER.
  • Mar 3, 1867 - James H. MYERS, Samuel O. PRENTICE, Miss Eliza H. WITTER, Mrs. Mary R. ROBBINS, Miss Mary LORING, Miss Lydia Emma DAVIS, Miss Emily C. WOODMANSEE, Miss Juliette WITTER, Mrs. Hariet A. HEWIT, Mrs. Susan BATES, Miss Abby MYERS, Miss Abby BENJAMIN, Mrs. Grandison PHILLIPS, Miss Ellen PHILLIPS, Miss Annette HOLDEN & Miss Laura PHILLIPS.
  • May, 1867 - George W. MARION, Morison ROBBINS, William MITCHELL, Christopher MORGAN & Mrs. Emily J. COOK
  • Sep, 1867 - Stillman FISH




By Rev. Andrew J. HETRICK
November 3, 1872 - December 27, 1874




Infants Baptized

  • Jul 4, 1875 - Jennie B. MILLER, who was born Aug. 13, '74




By Rev. George A. BRYAN
May 7, 1876 - April 27, 1887




Infants Baptized

  • Jul 7, 1878 - Peter William MILLER
  • May 7, 1882 - Clara May, Frank Hollis, & Mary Emma, child of Hollis H. & Lydia E. PALMER




By Rev. Richard H. GIDMAN
Oct 5, 1884 -




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