Religious Preferences
Extracted From Appendix II
The Old Rockingham Meeting House
ERecommendedted 1787 &
The First Church in Rockingham, Vermont, 1773-1840

Lyman S. Hayes & William D. Hayes
1915

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

LIST OF THOSE FILING CERTIFICATES WITH ROCKINGHAM TOWN CLERK OF RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE, TO AVOID ASSISTING IN THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWN CHURCH. [B = Baptist CE = Church of England E = Episcopal PE = Protestant Episcopal U = Universalist D = Certificate that they "Disagree with the majority of the inhabitans of the town," without stating any preference.] ABNER, Jonathan, U ADAMS, Eli, B ADAMS, Josiah, B ADAMS, Luther, U ADAMS, Philip, D ADAMS, Samuel M., B ALBEE, Ebenezer, U ALBEE, Ebenezer, Jr., U ALLBEE, John, D ALDRICH, Simeon, D ARCHER, Benjamin, D ATKINSON, Alexander, D ATKINSON, Thomas, D ATKINSON, Thomas, Jr., D AYER, Elisha, B AYERS, David, U BANCROFT, PE BARNEY, Frederick, CE BARRETT, Joel, B BARRON, Jonathan, D BARRY, Jonathan, D BARRY, Samuel, D BELLOWS, Abijah, U BELLOWS, Roswell, D BELLOWS, Solomon, D BENNETT, John, D BENNETT, Nathaniel Jr., D BERRY, Asa, U BERRY, Joel, D BERRY, John, U BICKFORD, Samuel, D BINGHAM, Reuben, CE BIXBY, Daniel, U BIXFORD, Sam'll, U BLANCHARD, Jonathan, PE BLANCHARD, Seth, D BOLLES, John, D BOLLES, Jonathan, U BOLLES, Lemuel, D BOLLES, Nicholas, D BOYNTON, John, D BOYNTON, Richard Jr., D BRADSHAW, George, D BURK, Eastman, D BURK, Henry, D BURT, Jonathan, U BURT, Roswell, D BYINGTON, Abraham, D CAMPBELL, David, U CAMPBELL, James, U CHAFFA, Otis, D CHAMBERLAIN, Joel, D CLARK, Hezekiah Wood, D CLARK, Jedidiah, D CLARK, Nathaniel, D CLARK, Robert G., D CLARK, Timothy Jr., D CLATON, John B COBURN, Amezah, B COOPER, John, U COOPER, John, D COOPER, Zebede, U CUTLER, Samuel, D CUTLER, William B., D DARBY, Edward Jr., D DARLING, Timothy, B DAVIS, Benjamin, D DAVIS, Cyrus, CE DAVIS, Henry, U DAVIS, James, D DAVIS, Nathaniel, U DICKINSON, Silas, D DILL, James, PE DORLEN, Timothy, B DOWN, Thomas, D DRURY, Isaiah, D DUNFREE, Cornelius, CE EASTMAN, Ichabod, D EASTMAN, Samuel, U EDDY, Benjamin, D EDSON, Daniel, B EDSON, Josiah, U ELLIS, John, D EMERY, Samuel Jr., D EMORY, Samuel, D EVANS, Ely, D EVANS, Ely, Jr., D EVANS, Dea. Peter, PE EVANS, Peter, Jr., D EVANS, Randall, D FARLEY, Jesse, D FAY, Joh, D FISH, John U FISH, Solomon, D FISHER, Enoch, D FLETCHER, Luke, U GARFIELD, Enoch, U GIBSON, Abel, B BIGSON, John W., D GILMORE, John, D GILMORE, Robert, D GILSON, Joseph, U GILSON, Zachariah, D GLASUR, Tabitha, B GLOSON, Timothy, B GLOSON, Wilber, B BLOSSON, Ichabod, B GOODALE, Elijah, B GOODELL, Elijah, Jr., D GOULD, Thomas, D GOWAN, Benjamin, D GRAVES, Daniel, Jr., D GURNSEY, Eldad, B BUSTON, Thomas, B HALL, James, B HAPGOOD, Solomon, D HASELTINE, Jonas, U HASELTINE, Richard, U HASELTINE, William, U HAZELTON, William, CE HIAMES, Stephen, B HOLDEN, Isaac, D HOOKER, Riceris, U HOUSE, James, D HOUSE, Sarah, D HOWES, Bethial Partridge, D JENNEY, (?) Eldah, B JOHNSON, Benjamin, U JOHNSON, Joshua, B JOHNSON, Joshua, Jr., D JONSON, Robert, B KENDALL, Isaac, B KIDDER, Thomas, U KINDEL, Eleazer Jr., B KING, John, U KNAPP, Ephraim, D KNIGHT, Joel, U LANE, Gresham, B LARCUM, Amos LEACH, John, D LOCK, Abraham, U LOCK, Daniel, D LOCKE, Ebenezer, B LOCKE, John, D LOVELL, Elijah, CE LOVELL, Frink, D LOVELL, John, D LOVELL, John W., D LOVELL, Capt. Timothy, CE MARSH, John, U MARSH, Joseph, U MARSH, Moses, D MARSH, Moses, Jr., U MARSH, Samuel, D MASON, Isaac, B MATHER, John, E MATHERS, Asaph, B McILWAIN, Ebenezer, D McNEEL, William, D MEARS, Oliver, D MEED, Edward, U MILLER, Matthew, Jr., D MILLER, Samuel, D MINARD, Ichabod, D MINARD, William [no preference listed] MORRISON, Jonathan, D MORTON, Nathan, D MUZZEY, Joseph, D NURSE, Peter, D NURTON, Stephen, D OBER, Kendall, D OLCOTT, Elias, D ORR, John, D PACKARD, (?), Simeon, D PAGE, William, D PARKER, (?), David, D PARKER, John, U PARKER, Leonard, U PARKS, Elijah, B PARKS, Phineas, B PARTRIDGE, David, D PERRY, Joseph, D PERRY, Gates, D PETTY, Solomon, U PIKE, David (?), U PIKE, Luther, D PORTER, Chandler, U POWARS, Joel, B POWERS, Abel, D POWERS, Timothy, U PRESTTON, James, B PRINCE, Levi, D PROCTOR, Nathan, D PULSIPHER, Ebenezer, D PULSIPHER, John, B PURKINS, Ruphus, B RANDALL, James, D RAYMENTON, Samuel H., Jr., D READ, Isaac, B READE, Elijah, U RICHARDSON, Daniel, D RIPLEY, Benj., B RIPLUY, John, U ROUNDY, John, B ROUNDY, John, Jr., B ROUNDY, Ralph, U ROUNDY, Uriah, U ROYCE, Silas, D SABEN, Silas, D SABIN, Elisher, B SAFFORD, Alven, B SAFFORD, Philip, B SARGENTS, Pelatiah, D SEARLES, Abijah, U SEVERENCE, Ebenezer, D SMALLEY, Jonathan, D SMITH, Jedidiah, D STOCKER, Elijah, U STOWELL, Asa, D TARBELL, Jonathan, B THAIR, Eleazar, B THAYER, Simon, Jr., B THAYER, Wm., E THOMPSON, Ebenezer, D TOWNES, (?), Samuel, D TOZER, Peter, D TURNER, Royal, D WAIT, John, CE WALKER, James, U WALKER, Leonard, D WALKER, Samuel, D WEAVER, Daniel, B WEBB, Joshua, B WEED, Joseph, D WESTON, Joseph, D WHEELOCK, Salmon, U WHITCOMB, Lucy, B WHITE, Abel, U WHITE, Abijah, U WHITE, Phineas, U WHITNEY, Ezra, U WILCOX, Obidah, D WILEY, Jonathan, D WILEY, Robt., D WILLARD, Isaac, D WILLARD, Oliver, B WILLSON, George, D WING, Thomas, B WING, Thomas, D WOLEY, Samuel, D WOLF, John C., D WOOD, David, Jr., D WOOLF, John, D WRIGHT, Capt. Moses, CE WRIGHT, Moses, Jr., U WRIGHT, Nathan, U WRIGHT, Solomon, U WRIGHT, Solomon, Jr., D WYMAN, John, D WYMAN, Asa Miller, D