List of Members in
The Old Church, Topsfield
Extracted from
New England Historical & Genealogical Register
Vol 16, p 212, July 1862
H. G. DUNNEL

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

The Church of Topsfield Parish [Transcriber's note:-- the original listing separates the men & women into two separate columns. The women's entries are numbered, the men aren't. There are also unexplained breaks in the listings which I have duplicated here.] s Mr. KNIGHT & Mr. PERKINS preached here before the formation of the church. The church was formed, & Mr. Thomas GILBERT ordained, Nov 1663. He was dismissed 1671, and died at Charlestown, 28 Oct 1673. Jeremiah HOBART ordained 2 Oct 1672; dismissed 21 Sep 1680 & died at Haddam. Conn., 6 Nov 1715. Mr. PERKINS also died here, 21 May 1682. Joseph CAPEN ordained 11 Jun 1684; d. 30 Jun 1725 Daniel BRUSH ordained 17 Nov 1779; dismissed 26 May 1788 Asahel HUNTINGTON ordained 12 Nov 1789; d. 22 Apr 1813 Radney Gove DENNIS ordained 4 Oct 1820; dimissed 6 May 1829 James F. McEWEN installed 5 May 1730; dismissed 5 May 1841. The book kept by Rev. Joseph CAPEN, from 1684, heads his list thus: A List of members in full communion at Topsfield when I was ordained or were admitted afterwards. MALES Francis PABODY, d. d John REDDINGTON Abraham REDDINGTON, Sr. Joseph BIXBY, Sr. John GOULD, Sr. Thomas BAKER Thomas PERKINS, Deacon d d 7 May 1686 John PAYBODY Thomas DORMAN Ephraim BORMAN Samuel HOWLET Isaac CUMINS John FRENCH Daniel HOVEY Isaak ESTIE James HOW, Sr. Since my ordination were admitted of: Daniel REDDINGTON Tobijah PERKINS Jacob FOSTER, Jr. William PABODY John HOW Ephraim CURTISE Sergt. Jacob TOWNE Timothy PERKINS Daniel WOOD Daniel CLARKE, Sr. d d Samuel SIMONS Thomas HAFFEN John STILES Mr. William PERKINS Samuel STANLEY Abraham HOW Benjamin FOSTER John ESTIE Thomas REDDINGTON Philip KNIGHT Abraham REDDINGTON John GOULD Jr. John PERLEY, Sr. John WILDS, Sr. Zacheus CURTIS Joseph HAIL John KENNEY Luke HOVEY Isaac ESTEY John ANDREWS Samuel PURLEY Nehemiah ABBOT John CUMMINS 7 Dec, dismissed to Church at Dumstable Robert STILES d d Thomas PERKINS, Jr. John ANDREWS Jacob SMITH John CUMMINGS Jonathan BIXBY Isaac BURTON Joseph ESTY Daniel CLARKE Thomas ROBINSON Joseph PEABODY, Jr. Zacheus GOULD Samuel FOSTER Amos DORMAN Joseph TOWNE Nehemiah ABBOTT Abraham FOSTER John ROBINSON, Sr. John HOVEY, Sr. Wm. CHAPMAN Elishe PERKINS Timothy PERLEY Benjamin BIXBY, Sr. Thomas GOULD John HOWE Thomas HOWLITT Thomas PERLEY Thomas DORMAN Job AVERILL John CURTISS John NICHOLS John HOVEY Michael DUINNEL, Jr. Seth DORMAN Timothy PERKINS Samuel SMITH Samuel STANLEY Paul AVERILL Joseph BORMAN Wm. BIXBEY Ivory HOVEY Jesse DORMAN Joseph TOWNE John PERKINS John PERLEY FEMALES Deac'n PERKINS Wife Lt. GOULD's Wife Tho. Dorman Wife Isaac EASTIE's Wife Jacob TOWN's Wife Joseph TOWN's Wife Widow Mary TOWNE Ephraim DORMAN's Wife John WILD's Wife James HOW Sr., his Wife Michael DUNNEL's Wife John NICHOL's Wife Daniel BORMAN's Wife Isaak CUMMIN's Wife William HOWELETT's Wife Abraham REDDINGTON Wife Joseph BIXBY's Wife John PAYBODY's Wife Samule SIMON his Wife Robert SMITH's Wife William SMITH's Wife Widdow ANDREWS Nehemiah ABBOT's Wife Widow PERLEY William WATSON his Wife John FRENCH, his Wife; John CUMMIN, his Wife Benjamin BIXBY's Wife Tobijah PERKINS Wife of My own Wife Thomas ANDREW, his Wife The Wife of Mathew STANLEY Sr. The Wife of John CURTIS Martha REDDINGTON Saran BISN-R Ye Wife of Daniel WOOD, Sarah WOOD a Wife of John TOWN, Mary a Wife of Samuel HOWLET, Sarah Deliverance, Wife of John STILES Wife of Jacob FOSTER Martha FOSTER, dismissed to Concord Joanna STANLEY, Wife of Samuel Sarah BIXBY, Wife of Joseph Wife of John GOULD, Jr. Wife of John RAMSDELL Elizabeth STILES Hannah, Wife of Timothy PERKINS Hannah, Wife of Wm PEBODY Margaret KNIGHT ----- PERKINS Lucy, Wife of Nath'll WOOD Sarah, Wife of John ANDREWS Grace, Wife of Ichabod ENDICOTT Widow Mary HALE from Newberry Margaret FRENCH Judith DORMAN Dorotha ROBINSON, Wife of John Mary PERLEY, Sr. Sarah FOSTER MAry, Wife of Joseph HAIL Wife of John KENNEY Susanna HOVEY Abigal ESTY Wife of Jacob FOSTER Elizabeth CURTIS Widdow Sarah GILL Susanna Wife of John GILL Sarah Wife of Jonathan BIXBY Hannah FOSTER Ruth SIMONDS Rebecca SIMONS Hannah BURTON Jane ELY, Wife of J. E. Hannah CLARK Hannah ROBINSON Widdow COOPER Mary PEABODY Elizabeth, Wife of Zacheus GOULD Elleanor PORTER Mary AVERILL Content NICHOLS Elizabeth FRENCH Dorotha DORMAN Mehitable NICHOLS Corp'l Joseph TOWNE's Wife Wife of Nehemiah ABBOTT Phebe TOWNE Jane PERLEY Sarah Wife of John BRADSTREET Sarah Wife of Ephraim WILDS Elizabeth CHAPMAN Priscilla CAPEN Mary CAPEN Elizabeth PERKINS Catherine PERKINS Deborah PERLEY Mercey, Wife of Thos. GOULD Elizabeth PERKINS Mrs. BAKER Widdow AVRIL Abigal Wife of Thos. PERLEY Abigal Wife of Tim'ty PERKINS Sarah Wife of John HOWS Jr Rebecca% Thos HOWELL Susanna Wife of Job ABERILL Priscilla Wife of John CURTIS Mary WATERS Sarah Wife of Josiah PEABODY Deborah, Wife of Thos DORMAN Mary Wife of John HOVEY Judith PERKINS Hannah HOWLETT Hannah Wife of Michael DUNNELL Mary GRANT Wife of Samuel Sarah H--TLE Prudence Wife of Joseph BORMAN Phebe FOSTER Wife of Samuel TOWNE Wife of William HOLLET Jane, Wife of Ivory HOVEY Martha HOW Ruth, Wife of Jessie DORMAN A List of males now belonging to the Church in Topsfield, 18 May 1751 [* Dead; t Dismissed) Daniel REDDINGTON, Deac. * Daniel CLARK Zacheus GOULD * Nehemiah ABBOT * Abraham HOTTER * Elisha PERKINS * Thomas GOULD John HOW of Middletown John CURTIS * John HOVEY Michael DUINNEL Timothy PERKINS * Samuel SMITH of Ipswich Paul AVERILL of Middletown Joseph BORMAN * William Porter NORTON * Deac. Ivory HOVEY Jesse DORMAN John PERKINS, of Middletown John HOWLETT, Deac. * Joseph GOULD Caleb POTTER of Ipswich Tobijah PERKINS Benja HOW (t) Jacob TOWNE * Abraham HOW, Ipswich Thos. POTTER, Ipswich Isaac COMMINGS, Ipswich Edmond TOWNS * Sam'l POTTER, Ipswich Daniel REDDINGTON, Jr. John GOULD, Boxford John ABBOT, Ipswich Richard TOWNE Mark HOW, Ispwich Joseph COMMINGS, Ipswich (t) Mathew PEABODY Joseph HOVEY Jacob BIXBY (t) John PRICHARD Daniel NELSON, dismissed to Lancaster Ivory HOVEY, Jr. (t) Nathan BIXBY (t) Deacon Jacob PEABODY Reverend Mr. If there be any mist that were in y church before your coming it is Jospeh ANDREW & I cannot tell whether he belongs to us or Boxford church. Luke AVERILL Ebenezer LAKE John WILDES Phineas REDDINGTON (t) William REDDINGTON John LOMPSON, Jr., Ipswich Nathan HOOD George BIXBY Stephen PEABODY, Boxford Wm. PERKINS Thomas HOWLETT Jacob PEABODY Jacob ROBINSON Jacob PEABODY, Jr. Jacob AVERAL John ANDREWS, Boxford Joseph EDWARDS John SYMONDS Ezekiel FOSTER, Ispwich Abraham FOSTER, Jr., Ispwich Sam'l HOWLETT, Jr. John WOOD Amos DUINELL Doctor DEXTER Zacheus GOULD Aaron HOVEY Nehemiah HOW, Ispwich Pomp, a negro Servant man, Ispwich David BALCH John PERKINS Rev'd Mr. CAPEN was settled in Tops. 1684