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



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