Members Names 1738,

Extracted from
Annals of an Old Parish -
Historical Sketches of Trinity Church
Southport, Connecticut 1725 to 1898
By Rev. Edmund GUILBERT, D. D.

Statement by Rev. Nathaniel E. CORNWALL, Written in the Parish Record, September 5th, 1851 ~ Pages 173-175

"The most needful addition to such annals of this parish, is to be found in a list of names attached to a certain petition or memorial, which was addressed to the Colonial Legislature of Connecticut, in the year 1738, by most of the Episcopalians of mature age, then residing within the Colony. These names are given below. The originals are preserved, with the memorial, in the archives of the State, at Hartford, in the tenth volume of matters "Ecclesiastical." The records of Trinity parish having been destroyed, as it is supposed, in the conflagation of Fairfield, 1779, such a list of persons, calling themselves Episcopalians, in 1738, affords the best basis that can be found for a satisfactory estimate of the state and progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this vicinity at that interesting period in the history of Connecticut. Most of the names are still common in this Township. But some of them have been for many years quite unknown here. And a few of those which are still common in these parts have been long wanting in the list of members of this parish.

Without data, however, for a comparison of this list with others, usually found in parish registers, no sure inferences can be drawn from such facts.

David ADAMS	Robert LORD
Nathaniel ADAMS	Benjamin LINES
Nathan ADAMS	Hester LINES
Nathan ADAMS, Jr.,	Robert LORD
Stephen ADAMS	Cula C. LYON
Joseph BARLOW	Samuel LYON
George BARLOW	Ebenezer LYON
Samuel BARLOW	Ebenezer LYON, Jr.
Samuel BARLOW, Jr.	Samuel LYON
John BELL	Joseph LOCKWOOD
Joseph BEERS	Sarah MacKENZIE
Joseph BEERS, Jr.	John MATHER
David BEERS	George McEWEN
David BOSWICK	Nathan MEEKER
David BOSWICK, Jr.	Ephraim NICHOLS
Richard CANER	Ignatius NICOLL
Peter COLEY	John NICELA
Jonathan CUTLER	William OSBORN
Samuel DAVIS	John POUND
Moses DOWNING	Abraham PULING
Charles DUNCOMB	John SMITH
Josiah GILBERT	George STEWART
Alexander GREEN	David STURGES
Luke GUIRE	Benjamin STURGES, Jr.
Ebenezer GUIRE	Jonathan STURGES, Jr.
Ebenezer HALE	Elnathan STURGES
Samuel HILL	Samuel SQUIRE
William HILL	Willaim TAYLOR
Matthew HOUSE	Daniel THOMPSON
Ebenezer HUBBELL	Benjamin TURNEY
David A. JAMES	Thomas TURNEY
Nathan JENNINGS	Zabulon WAKLORN
Jonathan JENNINGS	Moses WARD
John JENNINGS	Samuel WARD
Samuel JENNINGS	Nathaniel WHITEHEAD
John KNAPP	Abigail WHITLOCK
Daniel KNAPP	Abraham WHITLOCK
James LIVESAY	John WHITLOCK
Richard LIVESAY	John WHITEAR
Elanathan LLOYD	Buckland WILLIAMS

In connection with the above names it is also to be remembered that Trinity parish at that time, embraced Stratfield (now Bridgeport), North Fairfield (now Weston). And it is worthy of notice as not a little remarkable, that amoong the names herewith recorded are not found those of BURR, BULKLEY, PERRY, SHERWOOD, and BRADLEY, now so common, not only in this Township, but also among Episcopalians in these parts. This fact would justify a supposition that after that time, as before, there was a tendency on the part of many Congregationalists of this Township towards the Episcopal Church. And it seems quite certain from various circumstances, that there has been always here a very favorable state of feeling in the community at large towards Episcopacy. Some local and temporary disadvantages have sometimes hindered the progress of this parish, but upon the whole, it may be safely said to have advanced much more rapidly than the population of the Township."