HIGH STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Providence, Rhode Island
from Hand-book of the High Street Congregational Church,
Providence, R.I
Providence, Printed by M.B. Young, 1861,

[Transcribed by Coralynn Brown]

Formed December 18, 1834 House of Worship dedicated Jan. 8, 1835 PASTORS William Beale Lewis Ord. Apr 16, 1835; Dis. July 11, 1837; Died Dec. 27, 1849. Rev. Nathaniel Smith Folsom Installed Sept. 6, 1838; Pastorship ended Mar. 19, 1840 Rev. Leonard Stickney Parker Installed Dec. 30, 1840; Dismissed Oct. 5, 1843. Rev. Arthur Granger Installed June 13, 1844; Died in Office Aug. 2, 1845. Rev. William James Breed Installed Nov. 11, 1846; Dismissed April 13, 1852. Rev. Samuel Wolcott Istalled April 20, 1853; Dismissed Sept. 12, 1859. Rev. Lyman Whiting Installed Dec. 21, 1859. DEACONS Josiah Chapin, chosen Mar. 23, 1832; Res'd June 5, 1849. Aaron Wood, chosen Mar. 23, 1835; Res'd Oct. 3, 1887. John C. Cass, chosen Nov. 7, 1837; Res'd June 4, 1839 Benjamin S. Bourn, chosen July 9, 1839; Res'd April 6, 1852. James Eames, chosen June 19, 1849; Henry P. Knight, chosen June 19, 1849; Died May 15, 1857 Stephen H. Tabor, chosen Jan. 20, 1852 Issac N. Beach, chosen June 15, 1852 ORIGINAL MEMBERS * Not now members. *Josiah Chapin *Wyllis Ames *Gilbert Richmond *Aaron Wood *Leonard Whitney *John C. Cass *Paris Hill *Samuel Ashley *James H. Martin *William C. Chapin *Samuel Briggs *William J. Martin *Edwin D. Elliot Charles D. Greene James Eames Amos C. Barstow Chester Pratt John Ames *Asenath C. Chapin, wife Josiah *Ann G. Greene *Elizabeth W. Russell *Sarah E. Pratt *Lucy P. Ames, w. Wyllis *Elizabeth Richmond, widow Gilbert *Nancy Wood, w. Aaron *Mary Codding, w. Henry *Charlotte S. Whiting, w. Leonard *Eliza W. Phillips, w. Whipple *Susan W. Cass, w. John C. *Ruth Winchester *Eliza C. Stevens *Catharine W. Perry, w. Stephen *Sarah Briggs, w. Samuel Sally Eames, w. James Emeline M. Barstow, w. Amos C. Hannah Pratt, w. Chester Frances M. Cragin, widow Benjamin Jr. Lydia Irons, w. Waterman Alice E. Ames, w. John LIST OF MEMBERS 1835 Samuel K. Thompson 1837 Richard Brownell Benjamin Balch 1839 John W. Cole 1841 William H. Stow Samuel Tweed Waterman Irons Joseph F. Gilmore Nehemiah Knight Edwin Knight William P. Cooke 1842 Pliny E. Capron Daniel Angell Ephraim R. Barstow Kingsley T. Lewis Tristam H. Angell Benj. S. Olney Jr. Charles H. Pierce Samuel B. Durfee James H. Work 1843 Jabez C. Olney 1845 William Troop Olney Read 1847 Hugh B. Bain William H. Pratt Albert P. Hawkins Gurdon E. Lyman 1849 William M. Durfee Isaac N. Beach Samuel A. Winsor 1850 Stephen H. Tabor Henry W. Arnold Charles B. Jencks Andrew T. Farrell William Phinney Luther Winchester Ansel B. Pope 1851 William Andrews Albert L. Andrews Robert Leach 1853 William Griffiths Corn'ls E. Cummings 1854 Chas. D. Greene, Jr. James H. Elliott William R. Greene William F. Elliott Jerem. F. Tourtellot James E. Lyman 1855 Lyman Haywood Reuben H. N. Bates Thomas W. Eddy Andrew G. Sweet William A. Andrews Joseph T. Snow Charles C. Cragin Selwin C. Winchester Charles E. Hubbard Andrew J. Gale George W. Chace Edgar G. Winsor 1856 Henry H. Truman Henry Potter Jeremiah S. Barrett Charles J. Tincktom James H. Olney 1857 Edward S. Cheney Amasa C. Tourtellot Asa Lyman Willard H. Bellows Edward A. Pabodie 1858 Sam'l W. Thompson Allen Chilson Chris. H. Alexander Edwin G. Baker Zelotes W. Holden Ebenezer W. Walker Ebenezer Storer George A. Sagendorph Tristam B. Peck James D. Peck William P. Cragin John F. Caulkins Fitz James Rice James S. Allen James E. Luther Henry A. White Stephen A. Cooke Stephen A. Cooke Jr. Frank Frost Samuel V. Billings Samuel Donaldson Wm. H. Thompson Samuel A. Wolcott 1859 Henry L. Norris Edward Blake Rev. Lyman Whiting Leadner W. Bugbee 1860 William Knight Frank A. Allen John L. Smith 1861 Stephen Essex 1835 Tabitha Thompson, w. Samuel K. Esther D. Jones Sila H. Cole, w. John W. 1836 Zimrhodia Balcom, widow David Eliza Hopkins, w. Arnold Sarah E. Booram, w. John C. Sally P. Gilmore, w. Joseph F. Catharine S. Cole, w. George A. 1837 Lavina Rounds, w. Jeremiah Lucy W. Fowler 1838 Elizabeth A. Peck, w. Sylvanus 1839 Susan L. Spencer, w. Oren 1840 Susan L. Brownell, w. Richmond Ann E. Moffat, w. Thomas Mary Eames Anna W. Crandall Clara D. Dudley, w. Charles Margaret Read Harriet C. Barker, w. George R. 1842 Sarah Angell, w. Daniel Nancy C. Jenckes, w. John Celia A. Thornton Ann E. Murray, w. James Christie Ann McKenzie Mary D. Pierce, w. Charles H. Caroline M. Angell, w. Tristam H. Mary E. Slocum, w. George W. Susan A. Hopkins, w. George W. Phebe L. Thurston Lydia M. Allen, w. James S. Laura J. Atkinson, w. William Prudence M. Codding Harriet N. Havens Susan A. Lewis, w. Kingsley, T. Elizabeth W. Jewett, w. Joseph Phebe A. Knight, w. Benjamin B. Chatharine A. Seabury, w. Frederick M. Sophia S. Doe, w. Rev. Walter P. Doe Ann Maria Butts Merinda M. Durfee, w. Samuel B. Louisa E. Stevens, w. Ezra A. Mary F. Wheaton Nancy C. Olney, w. Benjamin S. Jr. Marcy Ann Hunt 1843 Caroline C. Winsor, widow James. 1845 Asenath C. Spring Elizabeth B. Rice, w. Fitz James Sarah A. Culverson Mary Ann Harris, w. John W. Mary C. Read, w. Olney 1846 Dorothy Winchester, w. Isaac 1847 Elizabeth A. Cooke, w. William P. Mary Williams, w. Simeon Emeline R. Spencer, widow Arnold W. Sarah Ann Bain, w. Hugh B. Eliza D. McQueen Sophronia E. Hawkins, w. Albert P. Ruby Abbott Sarah H. Lyman, w. Gurdon E. 1848 Abby B. Hall, widow Dexter 1849 Sarah E. Billings, w. Samuel V. Caroline F. Andrews Elizabeth Beach, w. Isaac N. Eliza A. Winsor, w. Samuel A. 1850 Mary F. Francis, w. Marshall M. Mary T. Knight, widow Nehemiah Nancy Tabor, w. Stephen H. Susan W. Farrell, w. Andrew T. L. A. W. Phinney, w. William Tirza Winchester, w. Luther Mary Abby Pope, w. Ansel B. 1851 Catharine C. Pond Mary Eldridge Mary Jencks, w. Jonathan Caroline F. M. Winsor Charlotte A. Chafee, widow Daniel K. Mary T. Irons 1852 Susan Shelly Caroline Potter, w. Otis 1853 Esther Griffiths, w. William Margaret Occlestone, widow Joseph 1854 Joanna E. Barstow, w. Ephraim R Jane G. Pratt, w. William H. Margaret A. Leach, w. Robert Elizabeth P. Dresser, w. Henry Helen Butts Almira A. Butts Cordelia B. Butts Elenora Read Catharine B. Read Eliza J. Jackson Anna M. Baker, w. Albert O. Mary E. Browning, w. Beriah G. Helen C. Elliot Mary A. H. McQueen Adelaide P. Jencks Martha T. Winchester, w. Selwin C. Mary B. Winchester Mary M. Shelly Abby M. Fisher Mary Jackson Triphena Williams Mary A. Waring Elizabeth C. Putney, w. Erasmus C. Clarissa Cargill Georgiana S. Hall Mary E. Huddleston, w. Thomas J. Elizabeth F. Allen, w. Frank A. Roby M. Potter, w. Zuriel Lillis Tourtellot, w. Jeremiah F. 1855 Olive H. Haywood, w. Lyman Henrietta Richardson, w. Benjamin Emily Brown Alice H. Potter Zilpha A. Morse Mary A. Bates, w. Reuben H. W. Sarah Eddy, w. Thomas W. Alice Randall Esther B. Remington Esther C. Barrows Sarah Wensley Lydia H. Cooke, w. Stephen A. Lydia M. Angell Elizabeth A. Winsor, w. Daniel Frances Sweet, w. Andrew G. Patience Briggs, w. Thomas R. Mary B. Andrews, w. William A. Waity R. Harris, w. Daniel Sarah A. Waterman, w. Olney B. Harriet A. Henry, w. Albert G. Charlotte S. Packard, w. Levi A. Emme M. Greene, w. Andrew J. Caroline F. Baker, w. William J. Esther W. Potter, w. Earle C. Mary S. Dean Maria M. Hubbard, w. Charles E. Joanna D. Dempster, w. Andrew Angeline H. Johnson S. Sophia Barstow Emeline E. Barstow M. Juliette Kelton, w. George B. Keziah Bowen Frances L. Blanding Catharine P. Mathewson, w. Olney 1856 Maria S. Cummings, w. Cornelius E. Rebecca R. Greene Mary E. Knight, w. Edwin Amanda M. Truman, w. Henry H. Isabella N. Olney, w. Jabez C. Theodora Frost, w. Samuel Mary E. D. Pierce Annie J. Sweetland Abby F. Ladd Julia A. Osgood Susan Barrows, w. Charles Emily J. Peckham, w. John C. 1857 Mary E. Andler Maria M. Snow, w. Caleb B. Cornelia A. Olney, w. James H. Margaret S. Donaldson, w. Samuel Elizabeth F. Beach, w. Henry H. Mary A. Tillinghast Rebecca R. Pabodie, w. Edward A. 1858 Mary S. Lewis, w. Henry B. Mary J. Taylor, w. Henry F. Frances Brown Mary Ann Chace, w. George W. Cordelia A. Chilson, w. Allen Martha D. Allen Helen M. Sherman, w. Remington Sophronia E. Holden, w. Zelotes W., Jr. Laura Lyon Maria A. Moulton, w. Ephraim Emily W. Cobb, w. Samuel A. Amey L. Smith, w. John P. Mary A. Freeman, w. Albert Ruth G. Tinckom Mary C. Whitford Mary A. Snow, w. Joseph T. Sarah A. Snow Mary E. Albro Annie P. Helme Lucy A. Frost Elizabeth G. Greene Josephine C. Hall Elizabeth M. Winsor Martha McAusland Jane McAusland Susan C. Tweed Catharine R. White, w. Henry A. Ann H. Storer Sarah U. Luther, w. James E. Mary L. Barstow Martha M. Barstow Olive A. Walker, w. Ebenezer W. Ruth Harrington Sarah A. Storer, w. Ebenezer Harriet J. Paul, w. Seth S. Georgiana D. Read Emmagene Sweetland Anna E. Cobb Caroline F. Truman Anna T. Walker Victoria E. Stead, w. Frank D. Martha N. Work Lucinda Lyman, w. James E. Mary A. Tinckom Ellen M. Arnold Sarah Moore Adelaide Winsor Harriet E. Work, w. James H. 1859 Harriet Waldron, w. Luther Laura E. Field Patience Parker