Windham
Congregational
Church
Church Records
Original records located at the Vedder Library. Retyped by Arlene Goodwin from a transcription of the original records by unknown individual.
Officers, Elders
and Members
1803-1828
Deacons
1803
Jedediah Hibbard |
1808
William Hubbard |
1807 Gideon Hosford |
1817 George Babcock |
Church Clerks
1803 George C. Stimson |
1813 Luman Squires |
1808 Noah Pond |
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1812 Erastus Beach |
1826 A. Stone |
Standing Committee
1807 George Stimson |
1814 James O. Gates |
1809 Theophilus
Peck |
1817 Elisha Strong |
1812 William Beach |
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1813 Jarius Munson |
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1826-1842
Deacons
Timothy Hubbard 1834 Jarius Munson 1837 Argulus White
Ruling Elders
1826 Timothy Hubbard |
1833 Buel White |
1828 James Robertson |
1837 Nathaniel Stimson |
Trustees
1808 Noah
Pond |
1830 Austin Strong |
1809 Perez Steele |
1831 Henry Kinsley |
1810 Ephrahim Turney |
1832 Eli P. Robinson |
1811 James
O. Gates |
1833 Halsey Hubbard |
1812 Robert
M. Turney |
1834 Charles Voose |
1813 Joseph
Hamilton |
1835 Chauncey Hubbard |
1814 Orange Munson |
1836 Elisha White |
1815 John
Tuttle |
1837 Sylvester Hitchcock |
1816 Jarius Steele |
1839 Lawrence Winnie |
1817 Benjamin Kinsley |
1840 George L. Morss |
1818 George Babcock |
1842 E. S. White |
1819 Aaron Claflin |
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1820 Abijah Stone |
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1822 Clark Finch |
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1823 David
Arnold |
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1825 Bennet Osborn |
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Communicant Members
1803-1826
Original Members
Elisha Strong |
Esther Rice |
Sabara Hubbard |
Samuel Ives |
Ichabod Brown |
Rebekah Tuttle |
Lowly Ives |
Elijah Strong |
Anna Buel |
Jedediah Hubbard |
Samuel Crocker |
Increase Claflin |
Amos Hubbard |
Betsey Crocker |
Sarah Claflin |
Martha Hubbard |
Lydia Baldwin |
George Stimson |
Dolly Hubbard |
Lois Lockwood |
Experience Stone |
Dolly Hubbard jr |
Abigail Snow |
Hannah Morison |
Jared Rice |
Abigail Stimson |
Sarah Rice |
Added Subsequently
Abraham Dudley |
Mary Pond |
Molly Robinson |
Benjamin Chamberlin |
Noah Pond |
Gilbert Saxton & wife |
William Chamberlin |
Simon Pratt |
William Beach & wife |
Mary Chamberlin |
Abigail Fitch |
James Coe & wife |
Sarah Brown |
Isaac Miles & wife |
Lucy Baldwin |
Hannah Munson |
Daniel Miles & wife |
Joseph Hamilton |
Richard Peck |
Samuel Baldwin & wife |
Sarah Lord |
Betsey Peck |
Ebenezer Johnson & wife |
(woman) Squire |
Elihue Rogers |
Samuel Peck & wife |
Truman Hinman & wife |
Elizabeth Rogers |
Harvey Baldwin |
Sylvester Miles |
Lucy Hull |
Isaac Babcock & wife |
Sally Miles |
Edward Pond |
Alanson Saxon & wife |
Nathaniel Stimson |
(woman) Pond |
Philetus Reynolds |
Sarah Stimson |
Adoniram Miner |
Theophilus Peck |
Rebecca Stimson |
Patience Miner |
(Feb. 1807 |
Jonathan Beach & wife |
Jonathan Beach & wife |
Sylvia Strong |
Jarius Munson & wife |
Deacon Beach |
Cynthia Claflin |
Mrs. Allen |
David Johnson & wife |
David Arnold & wife |
Loly Ives |
Theron Hough’s wife |
Perez Steele & wife |
Samuel Baldwin |
Zadoc Pratt’s wife |
Gideon Hosford |
Aaron Claflin |
Rockwell Strong |
Samuel Hubbard |
Robert M. Turney |
Ephrahim Chamberlin |
Josiah Chatfield |
Betsey Steele |
Sally Stimson |
Reuben Smith & wife |
Nancy Stone |
Sally Skiff |
Samuel Henson & wife |
Debora Stone |
Stephen Johnson’s wife |
Freeman Snow |
Levi Babcock & wife |
Rebecca Osborn |
Widow Pangman |
George Babcock |
Widow Tichenor, 1806 |
Lucinda Wears |
Timothy Bailey & wife |
Theophilus Peck’s wife |
Nathan Osborn |
Elisha Thomson & wife |
Anna B. Tuttle |
Derrick Conine |
Anna Hitchcock |
John Sturges |
Mrs. Boardman |
Mrs. Mary Ann Barlow |
Orange Munson & wife |
Mrs. Timothy Baldwin |
John Rice & wife |
Mrs. Lydia Baldwin |
Esther Chatfield |
Mrs. Aaron Steele |
Phoebe Stimson |
Mrs. Jacob Hitchcock |
Mrs. Stimson |
Mrs. Cherry Burnham (Benham) |
Joseph Atwood & wife |
Mrs. Parnel Tyler |
James O. Gates |
Mrs. Abram Cargill |
James Robinson |
Mrs. Nathan Osborn |
James Saxton |
Mrs. John Ives |
Theron Hough |
Mrs. Peter Lewis |
Lemuel Hitchcock |
Mrs. Polly Bush |
Phoebe Hitchcock |
Mrs. Laura Hale |
Widow Parsons |
Mrs. Freeman Snow |
Henrietta Claflin |
Mrs. Rachel Beers |
Sally Claflin |
Mrs. Samuel Smith |
John Tuttle jr. |
Mary Strong |
Hannah Tuttle |
Mrs. Dumah Tuttle |
Polly Tuttle |
Mrs. Benjamin Morss |
Beul White |
Mrs. Benjamin Kinsley |
Jarius Strong |
Mrs. Buel White |
Selina Hough |
Mrs. Lewis Bagley |
Ruth Smith |
Mrs. Nicholas Hummel |
Andre Hubbard, 1816 |
Mrs. Samuel Hubbard |
Hudson Kinsley |
Mrs. Charles Voise |
Austin Strong |
Mrs. Charles Graham |
Docia Strong |
Josiah Brainard |
Halsey Hubbard |
Mrs. Nathaniel Stimson |
Susannah Prout |
Mrs. Ebenezer Beers |
Lucy Prout |
Mrs. Widow Stimson |
Cornelius K. Benham |
Mrs. James Robinson |
Zalmon Hitchcock |
Mrs. Polly Stimson |
Abijah Stone & wife |
Mrs. Elias Fanchier |
Mandana Hamilton |
Mrs. Bennet Osborn |
Martha Hubbard |
Mrs. Henry Osborn |
Olinda Munson |
Mrs. Stephen Steele |
Mrs. Lucy Steele |
Mrs. John Sturges |
Benjamin Kinsley |
Mrs. Austin Strong |
Benjamin Morss |
Mrs. Sally Edmonds |
Henry Van Slyke |
Welthy Hubbard |
James Wears |
Suca Prout |
Charles Voise |
Betsey Stone |
Ephrahim Turney |
Lydia Robinson |
Argalus White |
Aaron Steele |
Nathaniel Stimson |
Ebenezer Beers |
Curtis Mattoon |
Enoch Blakeslee |
Merrit Osborn |
Caleb P. Ives |
Whiting Race |
Henry Osborn |
Albert Tuttle |
George White |
Alfred Smith |
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1826 –
1830
Mrs. Hannah Barber |
Mrs. Lois Beers |
Mrs. Polly Strong |
Elenor Osborn |
Mrs. Sally Osborn |
Lydia Robertson |
Aletta Bell |
Mrs. Hannah Beame |
Huldah Turney |
Margaret Mathews |
Keziah Goodrich |
Loring Andrews |
Eli P. Robinson & wife Mary |
Eliza Shipman |
Roma R. Ives |
Albert Tuttle & wife Minerva |
Emily Hubbard |
Mrs. Sally Ann Youngs |
Mrs. Archibald Bronough |
Mrs. Barber (aged 82) |
Gurnsey Osborn & wife Mariah |
Mrs. Frayer |
Austin Morss |
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Joined in 1831
Dr. Consider King & wife Lucinda |
Mrs. Julia Camp |
William Hubbard |
Mrs. Polly Turney |
Albert Steele & wife |
Mrs. Lydia Lovejoy |
Aaron B. Steele |
Mrs. John Rose |
Alvin Smith & wife |
Mrs. Roma R. Ives |
Geo. Robertson & wife |
Mrs. Lemuel Stimson |
Thomas Southard & wife |
Mrs. Eugene Bennet |
Chauncey Hubbard & wife |
Mrs. Harry Kinsley |
William Robinson |
Mrs. J. M. Job |
Consider Camp & wife |
Mrs. Clarissa Williams |
William Young & wife |
Arinda Arnold |
Horace Graham |
Diadema Voose |
Humphrey R. Potter & wife |
Clarissa Thorp |
Almos M. Babcock & wife |
Hannah Beam |
Abner Berry & wife |
Dorcas Strong |
Eugene Bump |
Aurelia Strong |
Lyman Bigelow |
Elvira Strong |
Isaac Cornwall |
Abigail Stevens |
Joel Brandow & wife |
Florilla Brainard |
William Doty & wife |
Fanny Hinman |
Elisha White & wife |
Emily Osborn |
James M. Lamoreaux |
Fanny Hubbard |
Lawrence Winnie |
Martha Wears |
Milton Robinson |
Nancy Tuttle |
Gilman Morss |
Adeline Tuttle |
Walter Southerland |
Mary Tuttle |
George Arnold |
Clarissa Tuttle |
Horace Hubbard |
Julia Tuttle |
Harmon Hitchcock |
Mahala Tuttle |
Levi Tiel |
Jane Ann Ives |
George L. Morss & wife |
Thursa Chidester |
Henry C. Stimson |
Eliza Ann Morss |
Nathaniel Stimson Jr. |
Florilla Kinsley |
Benjamin Morss Jr. |
Marian Lake |
Samuel Robinson |
Harriet Barney |
Ornan Stimson |
Mary B. Stimson |
Mrs. Sidney Tuttle |
Silva Doty |
Mrs. Halsey Hubbard |
Eliza Ann Robertson |
Mrs. Bennett Osborn |
Laura Goodrich |
Mrs. Daniel Hunt |
Eunice Osborn |
Mrs. Fanny Loomis |
Clarissa Munson |
1832 – 1842
Electa Mattoon |
Antoinette Stannard |
Laban A. Hubbard & wife |
Harriet Stannard |
Mrs. Lydia Goodrich |
Mrs. Desire Mattoon |
George Goodrich |
Mrs. Lucy Osborn |
Philander M. Smith |
Elias Kirtland |
Alexander Reynolds |
Mrs. Lucy Steele |
Isaac N. Reynolds |
Mrs. Eliza Stevens |
Elijah Fuller |
Steven S. Keeler & wife Amelia |
Mrs. Anna Reynolds |
Mrs. Lorinda Hitchcock |
Loretta Reynolds |
Mrs. Jane White |
Mrs. Mary Miller |
Harriet Hubbard |
Nancy Etsall |
Mrs. Mary Atwood |
Cynthia Carndell |
Mrs. Sarah Turney |
Sally Sherman |
Joel Peet & wife |
Alexander Palmer |
Elizabeth Peet |
Eliakim Stannard & wife Frances |
Mrs. Allen Smith |
Mrs. Samuel Ormsbee |
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Note: There were probably a few others, who were members before 1827, whose names are not in the above list, owing to deficient records. Some females perhaps, appear twice both under their maiden and married names.
Marriages
By Rev. Henry B.
Stimson
Sept. 26th, 180 Chauncey Hubbard to Anna Brainard
Mar. 18th, 1804 John Sneathen to Mrs. Doolittle
Apr. 5th, 1830 James Robertson to Miss Betsey Rogers
By --------
Jan 1st, 1830 Alvin Smith to Aletta Bell
June 17th, 1830 Harman Parker to Loiza Shipman.