Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17768, Daniel Weed, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Weed, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 17768
CONTENTS
carded

Sub to Hon. Saml. Simons a Pension Agent Jan'y 21. 1845 to E. St. John Aug 7. 1845
549 Connecticut
Miriam Weed
New Canaan, in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Scofield of the Reg't commanded by Col. St. John in the Connecticut line for 12 months
17549 Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per an to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Apr. 1833 and d r B. Isaac, of Norwalk Conn. Present.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 - $80. Pension allowance ending 4 Sep 33 20.
$100.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 46

Daniel Reed
N o 3143
a roll of 16 days service in '82 of Scofield's Comp y has the name of Daniel Weed - This shews that the service was not continuous - By consent of Mr. Isaacs service estimated at 12 mo.
adm d
12 mo. per
40 $

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Fairfield, }
On this 1 st day of Augt. 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before The Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County
now sitting, - Daniel Weed - a resident of New Canaan - in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged Sixty Six - years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That on my arriving to the age of sixteen years on the 1 st day September 1781 I enlisted into Capt. Reuben Safford's Company of State troops in said town of New Canaan as it is now called it was then called Canaan being a Parish of Norwalk and served in said Company under Col. John Moad who was afterwards appointed Genl. during the remainder of the Revolutionary War and at the close was discharged at said New Canaan having served said term of time in guarding and protecting the sea coast at Norwalk Stamford Shore neck and on the lines was in no regular battle have no written discharge and no documentary evidence of my services. was born in said New Canaan on the 1 st day of Sept. 1765. Remained in the Family. Bible have always lived in said New Canaan and now live there

The said Daniel Weed - hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel Weed
We, William Bonney a clergyman, residing in the town of New Canaan and Enoch St John residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Weed who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 66 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William Bonney Enoch St John
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Bonney - who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of New Canaan and that Enoch St John who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of New Canaan - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Benj. Isaac Judge
I, Charles Isaac Clerk of the Said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Weed for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Said Probate Office , this 1 day of Aug - 1832.
Chas. Isaac Clerk

Stratford 21 st June - 1848
Hon. Truman Smith -
Dear Sir - I send herewith the statement you requested from me - a certificate from Rev. Mr. Smith of NewLondon relative to the decease of the persons whose names are attached as witnesses to my further former declarations and also a copy of Mr. Edwards' communication at the time his pension was stopped, in order that you may be made acquainted with the grounds on which that decision was based. The new declaration - I suppose will reach you - from Norwich - by the time that this does. or soon after. The delay in its transmission has been occasioned by the fact that it is required to be certified by the Judge of Probate. But Mr. Butler who holds that office in Norwich is a member of the legislature where service this year has been unusually protracted. It adjoins however this week and the moment Butler returns to Norwich the declaration will be forwarded - with other papers.
I trust you will perceive that the explanatory details contained in the present statement completely obviate Mr. Edwards' objections. He decided my further claim for services before he was 16 to be wholly unfounded on the ground that in his first declaration he testified that he entered the service the day he was 16 years old. Now it is true that he never entered any service or belonged to any description of troops that made him

liable to do military duty of any kind till he was enrolled in the militia at the age of 16. But it is no less true that he served nearly a year before that, as a substitute for Aaron Comstock, whenever the latter was called out on guard duty. Mr. Brooks of this place who drew up my father's 2 d declaration in 1843 will witness that the fact of this substitution was distinctly stated to him both by my father and myself as one of the reasons why he had supposed that he could claim nothing for the services included in that declaration. But Mr. Brooks replied that it was of no consequence, because the law provided that a substitute should have the same pension as if he had performed the service himself. I regret however that he did not set down this substitution, as it would have shown that the fact that my father entered the service when he was 16, was perfectly consistent with his having done duty in the guards before that time.
Mr. Edmonds objects to the 2 d declaration in 1832, that it represents my father as having served in the guards under Capt. Scofield - whereas Scofield commanded in the militia. The two facts however are perfectly consistent, for all the service that my father performed in the guards after he was 16 was performed as a member of the militia and in consequence of being so. But in the copy of that declaration which is before me, he is represented as having served in the state troops . It would therefore appear that Mr. Edmonds supposed the guards and the

state troops to be the same. I presume that Mr. Isaac (of Norwich) who drew up that declaration had a similar impression - or else confounded the state troops with the militia - for I put the question the other day to Mr. Brooks before mentioned, who has done as much business in the pension line as Isaac ever did - do you know the distinctive character of the state troops - in what respect for instance they differed from the militia? and he replied in the negative. Dea. Isaac Sherman of Bridgeport however who has long acted as an agent for pensioners, informs me that the state troops differed from the militia in being raised by the legislature expressly to protect the state against the militia. British - that they differed from continentals in this that they were never called on - at least were never obliged to go out of the state - that they were called out at the time the British made their incursion to Danbury - and moreover that they always acted in regiments and not in detached parties. This last fact alone would be enough to convince me that my father never belonged to them - for he always spoke of his services as performed in some connection with small parties - under a captain. In fact I never heard him use the word state troops in my life. Still as the service of the state troops and the guards was of the same general nature - that of domestic protection - it is likely that Isaac (he died of paralysis some time since) supposed that the latter were included under the general name of the former and therefore wrote "state troops" - the rather as

he found them specifically named in the Act of Congress under which my father claimed, whereas the Grenadiers are not.
But why are they not? (On referring to that Act of 1832 - you will perceive that it only specifies continentals, state troops, volunteers and militia.) The reason is - as I am informed by every body that I have consulted who pretends to know anything about it - that the grenadiers were not a standing body of troops - it was a name given to volunteers, militia &c. when called out to protect the coast and the lines. Thus one of the oldest men in New Canaan tells me that the "alarm list" in which my father states in his present declaration that he served for Constable went under the general name of the grenadiers. The old inhabitants of this place inform me that there was a company here of volunteers raised for the purpose of protecting this part of the coast and that they were called the grenadiers or the coast grenadiers - sometimes the Stratford grenadiers - that they used to turn out whenever there was an alarm - and though they never went out of the town yet they all received pensions - at least all who served long enough. But in the Southwestern part of the country there were special demands for this service and the militia as well as other descriptions of troops were constantly liable to be called out to perform it - the British being so near on the West and having the command of the Sound and Long Island, from which the Tories used to instigate them to come on to ravage and plunder the property of their former Whig neighbors. The account which my father always gave is this - that his own company - Capt.

To the Hon. Truman Smith

Seaford's - was always liable and often in fact called out on guard duty. Then again Col. Mead who commanded the regiment would frequently call for a certain number of men from each company to go on this service - that he was often detailed in this way - the company or party thus formed by detachments being sometimes commanded by Capt. Seaford, sometimes by Capt. Benton and sometimes by other captains - but the company in which he was enrolled and in consequence of belonging to which he was always liable to be called out on guard service was the (militia) company of Capt. Seaford.
I was quite surprised at the meagerness of that full declaration. From my knowledge of the matter as disclosed in it as communicated to me by my father years ago - it struck me as reading it as a very bare account written by a person who had made himself but very imperfectly acquainted with the facts. I was living in Ohio at the time it was drawn up by Isaac - but the account I have received of the matter is that there were several persons whose depositions as to their revolutionary services were taken at the same time - that Isaac asked my father but a very few questions and then told him - that is sufficient. Mr. Sherman before mentioned, who knew Isaac well tells me it was always his habit in making out these declarations, to be as concise as possible. He tells me moreover that at that time it was not thought necessary to be very particular, - the Department

being quite liberal in construing the pension laws and deciding upon pension claims, but that probably because they had found themselves in some instances imposed on, they were now much more strict. I know - and I am sure that fine minutes conversation with him would convince any other person of the same thing - that my father is incapable of intentionally imposing upon them or any one else; and being now required to make a new statement - after so long a time and at his advanced age, and when nearly every one of those is deceased who 16 years ago could have testified as to the particulars of his service had it been required, - I certainly ask nothing for him but justice, but it seems to me no more than just that these things should be considered in estimating his statements. I should not wonder if it should prove that as to some minute particular it should prove that his memory had played him false - but to show the injustice of allowing any such thing to pass against him, I will state the following. I was informed that my father on his recent examination stated that the alarm list in which he served for Constable was composed of men exempt from ordinary military duty as being over 45 years of age - and of no others so far as he recollected. Now I knew Constable's age pretty nearly and knew that he could not have been much over 30 at the very close of the war - how then could he have been drafted into a company composed of men over 45? The statement seemed irreconcilable with what I knew to be fact. But a few days since,

conversing with an old gentleman who resided in No. 1 Canal St. at the time of the revolutionary war. I asked him if he could tell me any thing about this alarm list. He replied at once that it was composed of men exempt from ordinary military duty - either because they were over 45 - or because they had held some military rank and thrown up their commission or been discharged. Now I know from other sources that this last was true of Sergeant Cornstock - so that my father's statement was perfectly consistent. And this is a specimen of his memory - you have probably made the same observation as to the recollection of other aged persons - its impressions of things long past is accurate and reliable enough so far as they go, but it is often the case that it has lost a part of the impression. The person above referred to also stated that this alarm list was connected with the Militia and under the order of the Col. of the (militia) regiment.
Hon. J. Smith
I am very respectfully & truly yours - W. B. Wells
P.S. I have written the above for you and in company with the gentlemen of the Department, with a view to acquaint you as fully as possible with the nature of the case. But you can show it to them if you like - as I have nothing that I wish to conceal from them. They certainly cannot be more unwilling to give my father, than I am that he should receive, what he is not justly entitled to.

Newark N.J. Oct. 29, 1849. Comm ee of Pensions
Sir
In the year 1833 my name was placed upon the Pension Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners and I continued to draw my stipend of $40. per year until Sept. 1844. In March 1845 my paper was duly forwarded to the Agent at Hartford from Hartford where I then resided and on the 7th of the same month was returned to me with a note at the bottom signed by the agent saying that my pension was suspended in January 1845, but the pension was not paid from the 4th Sept 1844 to the time of suspension, for proof of which the paper (which was returned) are now in my possession.
In August 1848 the Agent was directed by you to resume the payment of the pension from the time of suspension, but he paid it but he paid it from the 4th Sept. 1844 which you will readily perceive was correct so far as justice to me was concerned, although in doing me justice, he transcended his order from your department.

On the 4th Sept last my power of attorney was sent to the Agent at Hartford as usual and instead of receiving my half yearly stipend he has retained the amount paid from Sept 1844 up to the date of suspension viz $15. 34 , with the following explanation
(Copy)
"On the settlement at Washington of my quarterly accounts in which the payment made to you was charged, the whole amount viz. $160. was charged back upon this office and the voucher returned for correction and explanation, this was duly given by me to the Accounting Officer and if on the receipt of the result of this explanation it is found that the whole $160 is allowed, I will then pay over to you Attorney the amount withheld from your last Stipend $15. 34 ."
So it appears that the explanation was made by him a year ago, he has paid over one half yearly stipend since, and said not a word about the pending "explanation," and now, with no action upon it at Washington he retains the money to which I am justly entitled
Having waited a reasonable time and

Having nothing further from the Agent I take the liberty of appealing to your Department for redress, and after the explanation offered above, I need only say that I claim $15 34 / 100  on account for Pension from the 4th Sept. 1844 to the 21st January 1845, which is, or should be in the hands of your agent at Hartford. Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt.
John A Ward for Daniel Ward
Wm L Edwards

I am a son of Daniel Weed - was born in New Canaan in in the year 1811 and am and have been since 1839, pastor of the First (Congregational) Church in Stratford - Conn. The statement of my father's revolutionary services herewith submitted was drawn up at Norwalk where he at present resides - 20 miles from here and I have had no communication with him and no agency directly or indirectly in the matter of preparing it. But on examining it I am free to aver that it contains nothing of any consequence that is not corroborated by my recollections of his statements made to me or to others in my hearing, years before he had any expectation of a pension - and nothing at all that conflicts with those recollections. I am certain that he never made any attempt to obtain a pension, nor have I any reason to be- lieve that he ever cherished the hope of receiving one - previously to the passage of the pension act of 1832.
1. I can thus vouch for the fact that he served under Capt. Bouton in the guards as a substitute for Aaron Comstock from the time he was about 15 years old - though I cannot say, from my early recollections, in what description of troops, - "the guards", as I am advised, having been a general name given to all kinds of troops - volunteers, militia &c. when employed to protect the coast and "the lines" - (between Conn. and N.Y.) The account of the matter was this. At about the age of 15 he was indentured as an apprentice to Aaron Comstock to learn the mason's trade. Com- stock belonged to a company that was required to turn out on coast and line duty whenever called for. But having a family and a good deal of business, he made it a practice after my father became his apprentice - when he was called out, to send him in his place.

2. I can no less vouch for the fact that his services in the guards on his own account after he was 16, were performed as a militia soldier. In all I ever heard him relate respecting his services I never knew him to use the word "state troops" in which he is represented in his declaration of 1832 as having served. The repre- sentation of the matter contained in his present declaration is what he always used to make in his family. -
3. What he says as to his services being of such a frequency and covering in the whole such a period of time as materially to injure him in respect to the means of gaining a livelihood - that is by preventing him from getting a complete trade, perfectly ac- cords with his early statements. Cornstock used to send him to sere for him and then from the time of his entering the militia he was constantly liable to be called out on his own account, and these calls were so frequent, the British being in possession of the river on the one side and of the N. Y. frontier on the other - that when he was 21 he only had half a trade. Thus though weaving was formerly, before the establishment of manufactories, quite profitable - at least much more so than field labor, and though he always had a loom in his house and used sometimes to weave for himself, yet he never since any remembrance attempted to get a living by it but supported a large family by day labor in the field.
4. As to the number of times he was called out and the actual amount of service he performed, my recollections will not permit me to speak with precision. He never made any formal statement on the subject - to my knowledge - but from the facts, circumstances & personal incidents which I have heard him relate, I should think that his calls into active service during the period covered by his declaration, must have been quite numerous.

I have heard him speak of the first night he was out in the guards, in the southern part of what is now the town of New Canaan. He was sitting in one corner of a room in the home where they were quartered for the night - timid and dejected - when the woman of the house coming in and observing him, said - You poor little fellow you look as if you had better be sitting in your mother's chimney corner than to be here watching the cow boys.
On another occasion when his company was stationed near the road from New Canaan to Five Mile River Bendings, about a mile from the latter - it was a cold night and they had made a fire on the ground in a barn where they were quartered. The Captain came in and told them they must keep a good lookout that night, for a short time before a company of the guards had all been carried off, a few miles from there. The enemy had come up, shot the sentinel who it was supposed was too frightened to give the alarm, and surprised and captured the whole guard. My father who had seated himself by the fire, observed that he would rather go to Long Island or white I as a prisoner than turn out on sentry such a cold night. An older man in the company, not particularly remarkable for courage, amused them very much by the manner in which he turned upon him, exclaiming - You little fool, you don't know nothing and you don't fear nothing.
I have also heard him tell how he once came near shooting an American general. I am not positive but believe this was at Haverbrook. It was night and he was standing sentinel, having received strict orders to let no one pass - especially from the Westward. A horseman came galloping from that direction. He challenged him - no answer - he bid

him stand - but he continued to advance and by this time was quite near him. He now cocked his musket and was just about to fire when "he sung out and I knew him in a minute. It was old General Waterbury." He spoke of the satisfaction he afterwards felt when Capt. Benton told him that the general had inquired his name - praised his fidelity and called him "a good boy" - saying that he was in such a hurry that he did not notice his challenge.
Again - one Sunday afternoon he was called out in consequence of a report that a company of the enemy had come over to Stamford. Their captain concluded them several miles when apprehending from what he had heard that the enemy could not be far off he directed his men to take possession of a certain unoccupied building and await their approach. He assigned to each of them the position he was to occupy in and around the building. Number 1 was to occupy such a place - number 2 another - & my father was posted at the door and he spoke of the tremors he felt in thinking that if the enemy having discovered their situation should make a sudden attack, he from his exposed position would probably be the first victim. The enemy however did not see fit to approach them. Whether they fell in with them at all on that occasion I do not remember.
In another instance he had been out all night -

Affidavit of W.B. Weed

with Capt. Benton keeping guard on the lines. In the morning they called at a house and asked for breakfast. Bless you - said the woman to whom they applied, - we have nothing to give you. The upper party [the whigs] come and rob us and the lower party [the enemy] come and rob us - so that we have nothing to eat in the house. My father said he had heard such things before and therefore while she was talking he made bold to pass into another room the door of which was partly open - where he found a large table covered with a cloth. On raising a corner of it he discerned that it was loaded with provisions which it seems the woman had prepared for a party of Tories whom she was expecting to breakfast. I came back, said he, and told Capt. Benton there was victuals enough in the next room. He came and looked and then told us to eat as much as we wanted - but not to waste any thing.
Such are some of the statements of facts, incidents and circumstances connected with my father's services during the revolutionary war, which I heard him relate before I was 16 - at which time I left home for college. Some of these statements are more and some less distinctly stamped on my recollection at present - but the general impression which they have left indelibly on my mind is that from the time he became an apprentice to Comstock till the war was over, a very large part of his stated business was to keep guard against the British and the Tories - or cowboys as he always called them.

6 5. With reference to what is said in the affidavits herewith transmitted - respecting the "common report" of his having performed revolutionary services, I will state that it is within my knowledge that distinctions have been shown him in New Canaan - such as free admissions to public dinners - on this express ground. I remember for example that several years ago a tavern keeper there - I am not sure that he kept tavern - but his name was Brewster - undertook to provide a public dinner on the 4 th of July - for which each of the guests was to pay him so much. To four persons, of whom my father was one, he gave a free admission to the table expressly on the ground of their having been revolutionary soldiers. Of course he proceeded upon common report as he had lived in the town but a short time.
6. Finally as to my father's personal character - credibility in addition to what is testified by Rev. Mr. Smith his former pastor - and by Dr. Samuel Noyes who was his family physician till he left New Canaan and for 33 years before - and who is also a member of the Cong. Church in that place - I may be permitted to state that he is at present a member in full standing, of the church of which I am pastor - having never applied for a dismission to the church in Norwalk where he at present resides, because there is no certainty how long he will remain there. When he came to live with me in 1844 he brought a certificate from the Congregational church in New Canaan representing him to be in good and regular standing. He was received into that church when I was about five years old.
J. B. Ward

State of Connecticut ss:
Court of Probate in ss for the District of Stratford.
Be it remembered that on the twenty seventh day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before me, the Rev. William B. Weld, of Stratford in said District, who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition, and made solemn oath that the same is true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court, the day and date aforesaid.
David Plant, Judge

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss Norwalk
On this 19 th day of June A.D. 1848 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate within and for the district of Norwalk, in said County and state aforesaid. Daniel Reed, formerly a resident of the town of New Canaan, in said County, afterwards a resident of Stratford in said County, but now residing in said Norwalk, aged Eighty two years. who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 1 st 1832.
That in the month of October 1880 he entered a company in New Canaan (then called Canaan being a parish of Norwalk and Stamford) called the "Alarm List" or "Guards" as a substitute for Aaron Comstock of said New Canaan, with whom he then lived as an apprentice, said company being under the command of Capt. Daniel Bouton, and belonging to Col John Ward's Regiment and being composed of men, exempted from military duty in the militia, from having held office in the militia, or their age, or other causes, and their duty being to guard and protect the coast at Norwalk and Stamford, and the inhabitants on the lines at the westward of said New Canaan, and the inhabitants in said New Canaan, in which company he continued to serve until the first day of September 1881 as a substitute for said Comstock as aforesaid,
That on the first day of September 1881, having attained his sixtieth year, he was enrolled as a member of Capt. Eben Scofield's company of Militia in said New Canaan, belonging also to Col John Ward's Regiment (and not Capt. Eben Scofield's Company of State Troops as inadvertently stated in his declaration made Aug. 1881) in which company he continued until the close of the revolutionary war, being during the whole of said term under the orders of the officers, and in the few intervals when not under arms, was liable to be called into active service at a moment's warning, the nature of said service being such as to prevent his attention to other pursuits, his duty being to guard and protect the coast, and the inhabitants on the lines, at the westward of said New Canaan, and continuing to act as a substitute for said Comstock, whenever he was ordered out in his company, as aforesaid,

provided he, the said Wood was not on duty in his own Company,
That at this distance of time, in consequence of old age and loss of memory, he cannot recollect with precision his different terms of duty, nor the length of each term, nor when it commenced, nor when it ended, being either draughted by order of Col. Mead, called out by company or detachment by order of his Captain, or as a substitute for said Comstock, including the whole time before and after he was 16 years of age at least forty times, and being on duty from two to fifteen days each time.
He was called out and went to Middlesex, a parish between Newalk and Stamford a distance of seven miles from his home, more than ten times, to prevent the depredations of the enemy, who were frequently crossing to that place from Long Island. He was called out at Stamford once at least, distance ten miles, while the enemy were in possession of the County adjoining on the west, was at that time under the command of Capt. Butler was quartered at the house of a Mr Lockwood, and drew his rations from Stamford, Ezekiah Benedict being the steward of the company. He was on duty at North Castle, a place on the line about twenty miles to the westward of New Canaan, more than ten times, to guard and protect the inhabitants in that quarter from the enemy, parties of whom were continually harassing those known to be favorable to the cause of liberty, by pillaging and destroying their property and endeavoring to seize and carry off the most influential men. He was also on duty by command of his officers in the said parish of Canaan, more than twenty times, pursuing and detecting Tories, and guarding and protecting the inhabitants from their depredations, besides being called out on occasions of alarms, and being kept under arms a whole day, or a whole night, a great number of times. When on duty at the above named places he was either encamped in the open field or quartered at the houses or out-houses of persons in the neighborhood, and furnished with provisions by said persons, or drew rations from the commissarys department. That being constantly in service as above stated from October 1780 until the end of the war, doing the duty of two men, in the service of his Country, being prevented thereby from learning his trade, he has been obliged for the most part of the time since to resort to day labor to support himself and family.

That being, to the best of his knowledge the only survivor of both the aforesaid companies, he can refer to no person living, who served with him to support this declaration, he has no documentary evidence, has no written discharge, the company to which he belonged being relieved from active service after the close of the war, and not before. That he must by leave to refer to the evidence appended to the declaration made by him August 1 st 1882 upon which a pension was granted of 40 dollars per year, and the supplementary declaration made by him August 8 th 1885 and also such evidence as he is now able to obtain, and which is hereto appended.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
To the first question presented to be propounded by the court declarant answers
1 st That he was born in that part of New Canaan which was taken from Stamford and in the year 1765
2 He thinks there is a record of his birth in a family bible, but he does not know where it is.
3 When called into service he was living in New Canaan Parish Now the town of New Canaan
4 th He entered first as a substitute as stated in his declaration ; afterwards was enrolled and called out as therein stated
5 th He recollects no particulars except those herein before stated
6 th He had no written discharge 7 th That no person in New Canaan when the war ended can testify regarding them
Sworn and Subscribed
on the day & year aforesaid in open court before me H. H. H. Judge

We Theophilus Smith, a clergyman, residing in the town of New Canaan and Stephen Hoyt residing in said New Canaan hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Weed who always resided in New Canaan until the last five years, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty two years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before me Samuel Raymond Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } Probate Court District of Norwalk }
This is to certify that Daniel Weed the foregoing declarant appeared before this court and having made the foregoing declaration in open court before me, subscribed the same and made solemn oath to the truth & the substance of the same as above stated.
And I do further certify and declare as my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Theophilus Smith who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of New Canaan; and that Stephen Hoyt is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. Attest Thos B. Butler Judge of the court of Probate for the District.

State of Connecticut District of Norwalk Probate Court -
I, Josiah M. Carlton, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Wood for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of July 1848.
Josiah M. Carlton Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk -

I Samuel Raymond of New Canaan in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut one of the Justices of the Peace for said County do hereby certify on oath, That I have always resided in said New Canaan and have been acquainted with Daniel Need, whose name is subscribed to the declaration to which this is appended more than forty years, that I have frequently heard him mention the services mentioned in said declaration, and from conversations had at various times with said Need previous to the passage of any Act of Congress granting pensions to Revolutionary soldiers, and from common report I have no doubt that the said services were by him performed, and furthermore I certify that the statements of the said Need are entitled to full credit. I also certify that I was well acquainted with Deacon Comstock, of said New Canaan, and have often heard the said Comstock declare that the said Daniel Need was an apprentice to him and served as a substitute for him as therein stated.
Samuel Raymond one of The Justices of the Peace of Fairfield
I worn and subscribed this 19th day of June 1848 before me and I certify that the above named document is entitled to full credit John A. Need Justice of Peace

I Samuel S. Noyes of New Canaan in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut do hereby certify on oath, that I have resided in said New Canaan as a practicing Physician thirty six years, that I have during the whole of said time been acquainted with Daniel Wood whose name is subscribed to the declaration to which this is appended, that I have often heard the said Wood speak of his services as therein stated, and from conversations had at various times with said Wood previous to the passage of any act of Congress granting pensions for revolutionary services, and from common report, I have no doubts as to the truth of the statement therein recited.
I further certify that the said Daniel Wood was for many years a member (in good standing) of the Congregational Church in said New Canaan, until he removed his relation from said Church in 1843, of which said Church I also was and still am a member, and furthermore that the statements of the said Wood are entitled to full credit.
Samuel S. Noyes
I sworn and subscribed this
19th day of June 1848
before me
John A. Wood Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the statements of the above named Samuel S. Noyes are entitled to full credit.
John A. Wood Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County, do hereby certify, that John A. Wood Esq before whom the depositions here attached, of Samuel Raymond, Samuel S. Moyer, Allen Clinton and Saml Abbott were taken, was, on the 19 th day of June 1848, the date of said respective depositions, a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County, duly commissioned, qualified, and acting as such, and duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths. That his Commission was dated the 14 th day of June 1847 and expired with the 19 th day of June 1848, And I further certify that the signatures annexed to said depositions, purporting to be his, are known to me to be his genuine official signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County Court in Norwalk this 3 rd day of July A.D. 1848
Thomas Robinson Clerk

I Allin Clinton of New Canaan in the County of Connecticut aged 88 years of Fairfield and State do upon oath declau, That I have been acquainted with Daniel Weed whose name is subscribed to the declaration herewith appended more than sixty years, that I have associated with him for many years as a laborer, that many years before the passage of any Act of Congress granting pensions for revolutionary services I have heard the said Weed speak of his services as mentioned in said declaration, and from conversation had with him, and from common report, I have no doubt that he performed the said services, and that the said statement of the said Weed is entitled to full credit. Allin Clinton Sworn and subscribed this 19th day of June 1848 before me John A. Weed Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the statements of the above named Allin Clinton are entitled to full credit. John A. Weed Justice of the Peace

I Aaron Abbott of New Canaan in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged 89 years do hereby declare that I have resided in said New Canaan forty years, that I have known Daniel Weed the person whose name is signed to the application for pension herewith appended during the said period of forty years, during all which time we both resided in the same town of New Canaan, that said Daniel Weed has always been reported a soldier of the Revolution, and that I have no doubt, from conversation with him, previously to the acts of Congress granting pensions and from common report, that the services stated in said declaration were by him performed
Aaron Abbott
I have subscribed this 19th day of June 1848 before me
John A. Weed Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the Statements of the above named Aaron Abbott are entitled to full credit
John A. Weed Justice of the Peace

I 17468 INVALID.
File No. 17.768
Daniel Weed
Br Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 401
[Arrangement of 1870.]

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT, AT THEIR MEETING IN SUFFIELD, JUNE, 1847. — WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE REPORT ON THE STATE OF RELIGION.
Keep, rri, ed.
NEW HAVEN PRINTED BY J. H. 1847.

MINUTES.
THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT held its annual meeting at the house of Rev. A. C. WASHBURN, in Suffield, on the 3d Tuesday of June, 1847.—Present,
From
Rev. Messrs.
Hartford North Association, { P. F. Sanborne, William Thompson. Hartford South, { W. G. Jones, A. L. Stone, M. Tucker, D. D. Hartford Central, { A. C. Raymond, Thomas Robbins, D. D. R. H. Seeley. New Haven West, { C. Brewster, E. L. Cleaveland, J. Day, D. D. New Haven East, { A. G. Beman, G. W. Perkins, G. I. Wood. New London, { Tryon Edwards, Abel McEwen, D. D. Fairfield West, { J. A. Hawley, C. T. Prentiss, T. B. Sturges. Fairfield East, { R. D. Gardiner, W. B. Weed. Windham, { E. Dickinson, G. J. Tillotson, J. E. Tyler. Litchfield North, { J. R. Keep, L. Perrin, A. Reed. Litchfield South, { J. F. Norton, D. L. Parmelee, J. B. Stoddard. Middlesex, { F. W. Chapman, W. A. Hyde.

  Tolland, { D. Bancroft, A. R. Livermore, J. Vaill.   Annual General Assembly, { R. Davidson, D. D.   Gen. Assoc. of Massachusetts, { T. M. Cooley, D. D. T. D. P. Stone.   Gen. Assoc. of N. Hampshire, { J. G. Davis, J. W. Perkins.   Gen. Convention of Vermont, { A. R. Gray.   Evang. Consociation of R. I. { C. Hyde.   Gen. Association of Illinois, { Joseph Mason. 
TRYON EDWARDS was chosen Scribe; JEREMIAH DAY, D. D., Moderator, and J. F. NORTON, Assistant Scribe.
The meeting was opened with prayer by the Moderator.
The certificates of the appointments of delegates from the several District Associations and corresponding bodies were read; as also the standing rules of the Association.
Messrs. McEwen, Parmelee, Reed, Tucker, and Cooley, were appointed a Committee of Overtures, and reported in part; which report was accepted.
Benjamin Ely, Esq., Treasurer in behalf of the Committee on the Everest Fund, made a report as to that fund, and also as to the bequest of Mrs. Everest. Reports accepted, referred to a committee consisting of Dr. Robbins, Mr. Parmelee, and Dr. McEwen, and ordered to be published in the Minutes. (See Appendix A.)
Benjamin Ely, Jairus Burt, Lancel Foot, and Charles B. McLean, were appointed Trustees of the united funds.
Messrs. Reed, Thompson, Tucker, Cooley, and Cleaveland, were appointed to prepare the narrative on the state of religion.
The report of the Treasurer was presented, accepted, and laid on the table. (See Appendix B.)
The annual Associational Sermon was preached by Rev. G. J. Tillotson, of Brooklyn, from Ec. vii. 10.
At the close of this service, reports on the state of religion were heard from the various District Associations, and the delegates from foreign bodies.
Adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. Closed with prayer by the Moderator.
The Connecticut Branch of the American Education Society held its annual meeting in the evening. The reports of the Treasurer and Board of Directors were read, and addresses or remarks made by Rev. Messrs. Emerson, and W. Clarke, and Drs. Hooker, Hawes, Tyler, and others. The officers for the ensuing year were then appointed, and the meeting adjourned.
June 16.—The Association met at 8 o'clock, according to adjournment. Opened with prayer by the Moderator. The minutes were read and approved, and the roll called.
A Minute of the Hartford North Association, on the subject of temperance, having been read,
Voted , That in accordance with its request, Rev. Dr. Hewit be heard on that subject, this evening, at half past 7 o'clock.
Messrs. Cleaveland, Dr. Robbins, and Thompson, were appointed a committee on the subject of delegates to foreign bodies. On the report of this committee, the following delegates were chosen:
   Principals. Substitutes.     Gen. Assembly of Pres. { Ch. meeting annually. { L. H. Atwater, W. Clarke. { T. Robbins, D. D. M. Tucker, D. D.   General Association of { Massachusetts. { E. L. Cleaveland, J. Eldridge. { E. Strong, J. Beach.   General Convention of { Vermont. { A. Marsh, C. Thompson. { H. B. Blake, Tryon Edwards.   General Association of { New Hampshire. { D. March, E. Lyman. { P. R. Hurd, A. Reed.   Evang. Consociation of { Rhode Island. { N. Hewit, D. D. A. C. Washburn. { C. T. Prentiss, D. Heminway.   General Conference of { Maine. { R. S. Stone, H. Bushnell, D. D. { S. Hubbell, H. H. Morgan.   General Association of { New York. { J. O. Knapp, A. L. Stone. { G. J. Tillotson, A. Savage.   General Association of { Michigan. { J. D. Hull. { R. H. Seeley.   General Consociation of { Wisconsin. { E. Hall, D. D. { B. F. Northrop.   General Association of { Iowa. { J. A. Hawley. { E. Hall, D. D.  
E. R. Tyler was appointed committee on statistics.
The following persons were appointed receivers of statistics in the various District Associations:
Hartford North, Levi Smith; Hartford Center, W. Patton; Hartford South, W. W. Woodworth; New Haven West, A. K. Teele; New Haven East, E. R. Gilbert; New London, T. L. Shipman; Fairfield West, S. I. Merwin; Fairfield East, R. D. Gardner; Windham, G. J. Tillotson; Litchfield North, R. H. Seeley; Litchfield South, J. B. Stoddard; Middlesex, A. S. Chesebrough; Tolland, A. Miller.
Treasurer's Report .—The report of the Treasurer was taken up, and after remarks by Messrs. Edwards, Strong, Dr. McEwen, and others, was referred to a committee consisting of Drs. McEwen, Tucker, and Parmelee, to report what means shall be taken to secure the full payment of dues from the District Associations, and full and accurate reports as to the statistics of the churches. This committee subsequently reported as follows, and their report was accepted and adopted:
Whereas delinquencies have occurred in the payment of the tax to

the Treasury of the General Association; and whereas inadequate returns of statistics are made to this body by the pastors and stated supplies of some of the churches; therefore,
Resolved , That henceforth the delegates from each District Association shall be responsible annually to pay to the Treasurer of the General Association a sum equal to the amount of fifty cents for every pastor and stated supply belonging to the Association from which said delegation is sent; and also that each said delegate report to the Treasurer the name of every pastor or stated supply of his Association who is a delinquent in payment, or in returning to his Association's receiver of statistics the statistics of the church under his care; and that the published Minutes of the General Association be, by the Treasurer, withholden from every pastor or stated supply who shall be, in either of these particulars, delinquent.
Resolved , That collectors, in the several District Associations, be requested to call on past delinquents, to make immediate payment of their tax.
Voted , That when we adjourn, it be to meet at 2 o'clock, to hear some statements respecting the Foreign Evangelical Society.
Voted , That Mr. Dickinson be a committee to distribute the Minutes of Foreign Bodies.
The resolutions passed by the Association of New Haven East, on the subject of giving the Bible to the slaves of our land, were taken up, and read, and after discussion and amendment, were passed in the following form:
1. Resolved , That every human being has a right to the Holy Scriptures, and a right to acquire the learning necessary to peruse them.
2. That the people of the United States are under special obligations to supply the slaves of our country with the Bible, according to their respective opportunities and abilities.
3. That we are gratified to learn that contributions have been transmitted to the American Bible Society, for the express purpose of enabling it to supply the slaves with the Bible, and that we will cordially aid any efforts that Society may make in prosecuting this work.
The resolutions of the same Association (New Haven East) on the subject of war, were read, and referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Vaill, McEwen, Perkins, Cooley, and Hyde.
The committee on the Narrative of the State of Religion submitted their report, which, after suggestions on some points, was recommitted for amendment, after which it was adopted, as follows, and ordered to be read at the communion service, and printed in the Minutes.
NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION.
The Committee on the State of Religion would respectfully report: In reviewing the history of the past year, the Association have come to take up, with the Psalmist, the mingled song of mercy and judgment, though in the love of our God the mercy vastly predominates. And first of all we must record the riches of that sovereign
grace, which has in so many places called numbers out of darkness into marvelous light. On more than twenty of our churches has God been pleased to shed the reviving influence of his Spirit, while in several other cases a few hopeful conversions have occurred, and additions been made to the professed number of Christ's friends.
Among the congregations which have been most signally favored may be mentioned Birmingham, Woodbridge, Waterbury, Southport, Windham, Center Village, Plainfield, Brooklyn, Rockville, Vernon, Somers, Harwinton, South Britain, South Glastenbury, Eastbury, New Britain, Canton, South Windsor, and the Temple-street church in New Haven.
And even in those cases where no such effusions have taken place, all the outward tokens of temporal prosperity have been remarkably enjoyed. Our congregations have been increasingly attentive; our Sabbath schools have been thriving and interesting; the claims of the various benevolent societies have been met with a prompt and augmented liberality, and our churches generally have been walking in the faith and order and peace of the gospel. Nearly all of them are now supplied with pastors, and although dismissions are more frequent than we could wish, yet we believe that there is a growing estimate of the value of the pastoral relation and the importance of its permanency. We deem it matter of special notice and cause of unfeigned gratitude, that not one of our brethren has been removed by death during the year.
Five new houses of worship are reported as having been built, and four others are now in the process of erection; and in two instances within the bounds of Fairfield East, our attention is called to the interesting fact that the effort to provide a house for the God of Jacob to dwell in, has been attended with the happiest effects on the cause of religion generally.
Our venerable College, the pride of our State and the hope of our churches, continues to enjoy its wonted prosperity, fulfilling the high and enlightened design of its pious founders, and our theological schools are quietly and successfully pursuing their important work, while in both there has been, we are pleased to learn, a delightful increase of the missionary spirit among the students.
But while for these and other tokens of God's mercy we have cause for fervent gratitude, we have also abundant cause for deep humiliation. In very many of our parishes the refreshing dews of God's grace have been almost entirely withheld. And in consequence the life of piety has languished; Christians have been formal and worldly; insensibility to the glory of God and the value of souls, has to a melancholy extent prevailed, and the gospel, designed to be life and salvation, has to many, there is reason to fear, proved only a savor of death unto death.
And we feel that it ought to be the subject of deep and prayerful inquiry, why for these few years past there has been all over our country such an absence of the reviving power of God's Spirit, as has been seldom experienced during any recent periods of our history.
The temperance cause, there is reason to apprehend, has lost

ground during the year, and we feel truly sorrowful that a movement which has been so signally owned of God for good should meet with any hindrances, public or private, to arrest its progress.
The want of sufficient attention to discipline in our churches, appears to be widely felt as a great and growing evil, impairing the moral power of the sacramental host, and giving occasion to the gainsayer for hardening himself in his unbelief. In one or two cases within the bounds of Hartford North, a faithful discharge of this duty has been followed by the happiest results; and we would affectionately suggest whether more efficient efforts to maintain this right arm of the church's strength would not be blessed by God to the restoration of that favor, the absence of which we have been so long and so deeply deploring.
The Association have been concerned to learn that in some churches serious fears are entertained that in intelligent and deep principled piety, and in that conscientiousness and single mindedness in things pertaining to the kingdom of Christ, for which New England has been so remarkably distinguished, there is a great deterioration visibly taking place in our churches and societies generally; that those who are leaving the stage seem to be the very pillars of the temple, and those who are gathered into the Lord do not give promise of making good their place; and that neither in spirituality of mind nor general weight of Christian character, are the children likely to be equal to their fathers. We hope there are no good grounds for these fears; but it surely becomes us to look well into a subject in which the hopes of the future, temporally and spiritually, are so deeply involved. The Association rejoices in the prosperous accounts which have come to us of the condition of the various ecclesiastical bodies with which we are in friendly correspondence. In New Hampshire and Vermont things appear to be very much as among ourselves—great temporal and outward prosperity, with here and there a few sprinklings of heavenly grace—while the General Association of Massachusetts, the Consociation of Rhode Island, and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, report the outpourings of the Divine Spirit extensively within their borders. Within the bounds of one Association alone in Massachusetts, over 500 have been hopefully converted to God.
To the delegates of these bodies we offer our most hearty greetings; and towards them and the endeared communions to which they belong, we cordially reciprocate the sentiments of Christian affection, and fervently desire that the churches in connection with these bodies may largely enjoy the communications of the divine blessing, and grow in grace and in the knowledge of our common Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The report of the Trustees of the Missionary Society of Connecticut was presented, accepted, and ordered to be printed. (See Appendix C.)
Rev. J. Hawes, D. D., Seth Terry, Esq., Rev. Dr. Tucker, Hon. Elisha Stearns, Henry White, Esq., Rev. S. Spring, Rev. T. P.
Gillett, Rev. A. Bond, D. D., Hon. T. C. Perkins, Hon. T. S. Williams, Rev. H. Bushnell, D. D., and Edward Goodwin, Esq., were elected Trustees of the Society for the ensuing year.
Francis Parsons, Esq. was chosen Treasurer, and Rev. H. Hooker, Auditor of accounts.
The committee appointed by the General Association in 1846, to consider the communication of the General Association of Iowa, and the whole subject of correspondence with foreign bodies, reported. Their report was accepted, and that part relating to Iowa, (recommending the interchange of delegates,) was adopted. The remaining part (recommending an extensive plan of intercourse between all the evangelical Congregational bodies of our land) was ordered to be printed with the Minutes, for the District Associations to report thereon to the General Association of 1848. (See Appendix D.)
Voted , That delegates to corresponding bodies out of New England, when prevented from personally attending, be directed to write a fraternal letter to such bodies.
The committee appointed in 1846 to report as to the use of the words "accept," and "adopt," reported, recommending the following rule, which was adopted:
When a report has been made before this body, the question of its acceptance shall be taken without debate; and its adoption , or approval , (as the case may be,) shall be deemed a separate and additional act, to be passed when discussion, alteration, or amendment, (if need be,) shall have prepared the way for such adoption or approval, as the sense or rule of the Association. Provided, that this rule shall not preclude a motion for both acceptance and adoption under one vote, when the circumstances of the case justify it.
At 2 o'clock, remarks were heard from Rev. Dr. Baird and Mr. Hastings, as to the plans and operations of the Foreign Evangelical Society; in view of which, the Association adopted the following preamble and resolution:
Whereas the Foreign Evangelical Society is working with cheering success for the revival of pure Christianity in Roman Catholic countries, and thereby greatly aiding the church of God in America, in her present conflict with the Papacy, therefore
Resolved , That this Association do commend the interests of this Society to the affections of Christians every where, and bespeak for it a cordial hearing on the part of the churches under their charge, as deserving a place among the prominent religious societies of the age.
At 2½ o'clock, the Association united in the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Rev. Dr. Day presided; Rev. Dr. Davidson distributed the bread, and Rev. Mr. Stone, the cup; assisted by Rev. Messrs. Vaill and Hyde.
Rev. E. R. Tyler was appointed Treasurer, with the usual compensation for his services, and printing the Minutes.
The Association, according to vote, now attended the anniversary of the Home Missionary Society of Connecticut, auxiliary to the American Home Missionary Society. The report of the Treasurer

was presented, accepted, and ordered to be printed with the Minutes. (See Appendix E.)
The report of the Directors was next read by Rev. Horace Hooker, and was accepted and ordered to be printed in the Minutes. (See Appendix F.) Addresses were made by Rev. Messrs. Edwards, Dr. Robbins, and Mr. Hyde. Rev. Dr. Tyler, and Messrs. Stone, Clarke, Dutton, Atwood, and J. Barnes, Esq., were elected Directors of the Society, and the meeting was closed with singing and the benediction.
Rev. Mr. Beckwith was heard on the subject of Peace.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, Rev. Dr. Hewit was heard, on the subject of a law proposed to prevent the sale of intoxicating drinks. In view of his remarks, it was
Resolved , That this Association approve the views which have been presented on the subject of legislation for the prevention of the evils of intemperance, and would commend to the attention of the Ministers in this State, and of bodies in correspondence with us, the form of statute on this subject which has been explained to them by Rev. Dr. Hewit.
Resolved , That the form of petition and statute proposed be published in connection with the Minutes.
Closed with prayer by Rev. Mr. Vaill, and adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.
June 17. —Met according to adjournment. Opened with prayer by the Moderator. The Minutes were read and approved, and the roll called.
The following persons were appointed to certify the regular standing of traveling Ministers: J. Hawes, D. D., Calvin Chapin, D. D., Jeremiah Day, D. D., Abel McEwen, D. D., Nathaniel Hewit, D. D., Thomas Punderson, Daniel Dow, D. D., James Beach, Gurdon Hayes, George A. Calhoun, Bennet Tyler, D. D., D. D. Field, D. D., and T. P. Gillett.
Rev. E. W. Hooker, D. D. was appointed preacher of the Concio ad Clerum for the present year.
The following persons were appointed collectors of moneys in their respective Associations: Hartford North, S. H. Allen; Hartford Center, W. W. Patton; Hartford South, J. A. Smith; New Haven West, A. M. Train; New Haven East, S. W. S. Dutton; New London, H. P. Arms; Fairfield West, J. A. Hawley; Fairfield East, J. S. Whittelsey; Windham, J. E. Tyler; Litchfield North, S. T. Seeley; Litchfield South, H. D. Kitchel; Middlesex, D. S. Brainerd; Toland, D. Bancroft.
The committee on the Report as to the Everest Fund, made a report, which was accepted, adopted, and ordered to be printed with the Minutes. (See Appendix G.)
The committee on the resolutions from New Haven East Association, on the subject of War, reported. Their report was accepted, and the following resolutions, which they recommended, were passed:
Resolved , That we view with deep sorrow and alarm, the development of the war spirit since the commencement of the present war, and would respectfully but earnestly suggest to all concerned in the religious instruction or care of the young in particular, the duty and importance of special efforts to guard them against such a spirit, to strip the custom of its false and delusive charms, and hold it up in its true character, as a great sin and curse.
Resolved , That we look with extreme grief upon the manifold evils already inflicted by this war upon both its parties, and would publicly record our strong and unanimous desire, that our rulers will in good faith, and in a spirit of the most magnanimous forbearance, use all proper Christian means in their power, to bring this war to a close, with the least possible delay.
Resolved , That, believing the will of God revealed in his word to be the supreme, infallible rule of duty for all mankind, we feel bound to bear our solemn testimony against certain principles, or modes of reasoning, extensively proclaimed since the commencement of the present war, which would entirely set aside that rule , by requiring us to support human government whether right or wrong.
Resolved , That we regard the efforts for the prevention of war among nations, as an enterprise deserving the cordial support of the Christian community.
The committee appointed in 1846, to report on the subject of Congregational Tracts, made a report, which was accepted and adopted, and in view of which, after remarks and discussion, Messrs. Thompson, Sturges and Keep were appointed a committee to report next year as to some Tracts on this subject issued in Fairfield county, and also as to any other Tracts on the same subject that may come before them.
Drs. McEwen, Robbins, and Mr. Thompson, were appointed a committee to report a subject for the Concio ad Clerum for 1848. On their report, "THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST" was assigned as the topic.
Voted , That the next meeting of the Association be held at Hartford.
The committee to examine and adjust the different interests of the Trustees of the Chapel Hymns, and of the Village Hymns, made a report, which was accepted, and as the matter in question is still unadjusted, the same committee, consisting of Drs. Day, Tyler, Hawes, Fitch, and Bacon, and Messrs. Griggs, McEwen, Cleaveland, and Parmelee, was re-appointed.
Rev. Jeremiah Day, D. D., Rev. Bennet Tyler, D. D., Rev. Joel Hawes, D. D., Rev. E. T. Fitch, D. D., and Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., were chosen Trustees of the copyright of the book of Psalms and Hymns for the year ensuing.
Dr. Robbins and Mr. Cleaveland were appointed a committee on the subject of Foreign Correspondence, and the re-arrangement of the schedule for appointments by the District Associations, to report in 1848.
Reports were heard from the delegates to Foreign Bodies: and at different times in the course of the day, the several delegates from Foreign Bodies took leave of the Association.

Resolved , That Rev. Mr. Washburn be requested to express the thanks of this body to his people, and the inhabitants of the place, for their kind Christian hospitality, and to the choir of singers for their appropriate and acceptable services.
The Minutes having been read and adopted, the Association, after uniting in prayer with Rev. Dr. Cooley of Massachusetts, adjourned sine die .
JEREMIAH DAY, Moderator .
TRYON EDWARDS, Scribe .
J. F. NORTON, Assistant Scribe .
APPENDIX.
(A.)
REPORT OF EVEREST FUND COMMITTEE.
To the General Association of Connecticut, to be in session in Suffield, the third Tuesday of June, 1847, the Everest Fund Committee, and Committee on Bequest of Mrs. Everest, Report:
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
   DR.     1846.   July. Paid highway tax on Bank Stock, list 1845, $1 80   Sept. 7. Paid expense of Committee, - - - - 1 00   " 8. Paid State and Town taxes, list 1845, - - - 2 40   Oct. 2. Paid appropriation to Dom. Miss. Soc. of Conn. 100 00   Nov. 20. Paid " to Conn. Tract Society, - - 100 00   1847.   Jan. 12. Paid appropriation to Conn. Bible Society, - 50 00   June 1. Paid postage and other incidental expenses, - 1 35   Balance in treasury to new account, - - 6 78   $263 33  
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
   CR.     1846.   June 1. By balance in treasury, - - - - - 5 16   1847.   June 1. By interest received during the year, - - - 258 17   $263 33  
BEQUEST OF MRS. EVEREST.
As Mrs. Everest bequeathed one-fourth of her residuary estate to the same specific objects as Doctor Everest had one fourth of his residuary estate, the Committee, viz. Benjamin Ely, Jairus Burt, Lancel Foot, and Charles B. McLean, judged it expedient to have their bequests blended or consolidated, and managed by one Committee; accordingly they preferred a petition, dated 7th May, 1847, to the General Assembly of Connecticut, which was granted, and an Act or Resolution was passed, of which the following is a copy:

"Resolved by this Assembly, That the prayer of said petition be and the same is hereby granted, and that the petitioners, together with such persons as the General Association of Connecticut shall from time to time appoint to be associated with them, shall constitute a body corporate and politic, by the name of "THE TRUSTEES OF THE EVEREST FUND," and by that name have power to do all lawful acts, and make all lawful contracts in the execution of said trust, in order to carry into effect the intention of said donors,—and by that name may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded. Provided, however, that this Act may at any time be altered or revoked by the General Assembly."
Doctor Everest died in 1822. Principal of the fund from his estate has been passed into the hand of the Trustees, it being
Mrs. Everest died in 1843. Committee have from her estate passed into hand of the Trustees, Also, in Talcott Mountain Turnpike Co. Stock,
Principal of Everest Fund in hands of the Trustees, Remaining in hands of Committee, two notes, nominally about $245, from which and from "effects of doubtful value," in hands of the Administrators on estate of Mrs. Everest, a small addition will be made to the fund.
Bloomfield, June 1, 1847.
B. ELY, Treasurer.
(B.)
ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
The Treasurer of the General Association of Connecticut from June, 1846, to June 16, 1847, respectfully reports, that he has received and expended the following amounts:
   1846.   June 16. From Hartford North Association, $5 00   " 4. " " South " 7 00   Oct. 8. " New Haven East, " 4 00   Nov. 4. " " West, " 7 50   July 7. " New London " 10 00   Aug. " Fairfield East " 3 00   June 16. " " West " 9 50   " " " " " " on tax of 1844, 50   " " " Windham " 9 00   July 22. " Litchfield North " 5 50   June 16. " " South " 8 00   Aug. 14. " Middlesex " 7 00   June 16. " Tolland " 7 00   Amount, $83 65  
1846. The Expenditures have been,
   July 7. Cash paid E. R. Tyler, $25 65   Postage at different times, 35   Sept. Freight on Minutes from Massachusetts, 63   Treasurer's compensation, 10 00   Sept. 1. J. H. Benham, for printing Minutes, in part, 32 00   Nov. 4. " " " " " 14 50   1847.   April 29. " " " " in full, 23 50  
Amount, $106 63 Balance due the Treasurer, $23 63
Errors excepted,
EDWARD STRONG, Treasurer.
New Haven, June, 1847.

(C.)
To the Missionary Society of Connecticut, to be convened at Suffield, on the third Tuesday of June, 1847, the Trustees of the Society respectfully present the following report:
The receipts of the Society, for the year ending December 31, 1846, were $5,464 57, and the expenditures, for the same period, $2,035 76.
No addition was made, during the year, to the Permanent Fund, which now amounts to $30,000. Several legacies* were received; but as they were not specifically devoted, by the donors, to this Fund, the Trustees deem it expedient to employ the increased resources of the Society, in adding to the number of missionaries. The wants of the West are as pressing as they will probably be, at any future time,—and no more profitable investment can be made, than in churches which will help to lay the foundations of civil and ecclesiastical institutions, where such help is now imperiously needed.
Twenty-one missionaries have been commissioned by the Board, since their last report;—of whom thirteen were stationed on the Western Reserve, two in Illinois, three in Michigan, two in Wisconsin, and one among the Mohegans. The three in Michigan were employed among the scattered feeble Congregational churches,—and in gathering others, from members of our denomination who have removed from the East, and still retain their ecclesiastical preferences. The labors of these appear to have been judiciously directed, and to have been crowned with a good degree of success.
Though this Society occupies a narrower field than it cultivated in early days, with eminently happy results, it still has a work to perform in establishing the kingdom of Christ, and in extending the institutions and principles so dear to its venerable, disinterested founders.
In the name of the Trustees,
HORACE HOOKER, Secretary.
Hartford, June 14, 1847.
* Of these, $2000 were from Mrs. Averill, of Hartford, mentioned in the last Report, but since paid to the Treasurer,—$100 from Mrs. Catherine Freebody, a colored woman, of Hartford,—$300 from Mrs. Beebe, of Wallingford,—$100 from Calvin Barber, Esq., of Simsbury.
(D.)
The Committee appointed by the General Association at Somers, in 1846, to take into consideration the communication from the General Association of Iowa, with the whole subject of correspondence with foreign bodies, respectfully report:—
In view of the steady increase of Congregationalism in the United States, and its spreading organization at the West; and in view of the impracticability of maintaining with General Associations far West, the same sort of correspondence which we are so happy to maintain with our Congregational brethren in these New England States, the Committee have thought proper to propose for the consideration of this General Association, the outline of a new system. Is it not practicable and desirable to form a General Congregational Union, or Convention, under some such plan as the following?
1. The Union to be a Union, not of churches, or of persons professing to represent the churches, but of pastors and other ministers actually employed in the work of the ministry.
2. The object to be, not government of the churches, or of the ministers united in the organization; but friendship, brotherly communion, mutual instruction and edification, and mutual support.
3. The assembled body to consist of delegates from particular (not General) Associations in a certain ratio—say one for every twelve ministers in actual service.
4. The meetings to be once in three years, with some provision for special meetings, in an emergency.
5. The business and exercises of the meeting to be, (1.) A full and free inquiry into the condition and progress of the Congregational Churches throughout the American States,—what they are as to number, strength and resources—what they are doing for the kingdom of Christ at home and abroad, and what they ought to do. (2.) Devotional exercises, including a sermon, or sermons, preached directly to ministers, on their duties, and dangers, and trials. (3.) Dissertations, lectures, and discussions, on subjects previously designated in theology, ecclesiastical history, and church government.
6. The body to be exclusively Congregational, and, if corresponding with ecclesiastical bodies in this country, to correspond only by letter.
It has seemed to the Committee that there are certain Protestant Evangelical bodies in the United States, with which the General Association of Connecticut ought to be better acquainted. They would therefore propose that a committee, or committees, be appointed to communicate to the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church, to the General Synod of the Lutheran Church, and to the General Synod of the German Reformed Church, the fraternal desire of the General Association of Connecticut for a stated correspondence and communion with them, and to arrange with any committees which may be appointed by those bodies respectively, such a plan of correspondence as may be mutually satisfactory and profitable.
LEONARD BACON. LEVERETT GRIGGS. HORACE BUSHNELL.

(E.)
ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF THE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Connecticut Home Missionary Society Auxiliary to the American Home Missionary Society, in acc't with F. PARSONS, Treasurer.
   1846. DR.     June 19. To paid Auditor's order to Milton, $25 00   19. " H. Hooker, 10 99   23. " H. L. Hammond, 74 00   July 4. " Hitchcockville, 30 00   27. " Eastford, 25 00   Aug. 1. " Westville, 25 00   3. " Grassy Hill, 25 00   6. " J. H. Benham, 14 00   10. " Salem, 22 50   12. " Groton, 15 08   15. " Middle Haddam, 25 00   20. " Rhode Island Domestic Missionary Society, 500 00   26. Remitted to American Home Missionary Society, 1500 00   27. paid Rainbow, 25 00   28. " Prospect, 20 00   Sept. 14. " Milton, 25 00   23. " South Killingly, 50 00   24. " Voluntown and Sterling, 100 00   28. " Colored Society, New Haven, 25 00   Oct. 19. " Eastbury, 25 00   29. " West Suffield, 50 00   29. " Rainbow, 12 50   Nov. 2. " H. Hooker, 50 00   3. " Burlington, 50 00   4. " Grassy Hill, 25 00   12. " Sandy Hook, 75 00   12. " Jewett City, 50 00   13. " Salem, 22 50   13. " Eastford, 40 00   14. " West Avon, 25 00   19. " Westville, 25 00   23. " Salem, 25 00   30. " Humphreysville, 62 50   Dec. 1. " Colored Society, Hartford, 50 00   2. " Hitchcockville, 40 00   17. " Windsor Locks, 50 00   24. " Colored Society, New Haven, 25 00   24. " American Home Missionary Society, New York, 1000 00   1847.   Jan. 5. " South Killingly, 42 00   19. " Hitchcockville, 25 00   25. " Eastbury, 25 00   25. " Middle Haddam, 35 00   Feb. 9. " Grassy Hill, 25 00   9. " Westford, 18 00   9. " Rainbow, 18 75   16. " Colored Society, Hartford, 50 00   22. " Bridgewater, 76 40  
   Feb. 24. To paid Turkey Hills, 38 00   24. " Groton, 9 92   March 4. " Milton, 50 00   15. " North Madison, 50 00   15. " Salem, 22 50   19. " North Madison, 50 00   23. " Prospect, 55 00   31. " Unionville, 50 00   April 7. " Colored Society, New Haven, 50 00   8. " Westville, 40 00   12. " Middle Haddam, 15 00   12. " Hitchcockville, 30 00   14. " Westford, 82 00   17. " Bridgewater, 23 60   22. " Rainbow, 18 75   26. " Rhode Island Domestic Missionary Society, 500 00   30. " West Stafford, 90 00   May 1. " H. Hooker, 50 00   5. " West Avon, 25 00   5. " Eastbury, 25 00   5. " Wolcott, 100 00   5. " Turkey Hills, 12 00   5. " East Lyme, 90 00   6. " West Hartland, 75 00   7. " Burlington, 50 00   7. " Grassy Hill, 25 00   15. " Salem, 22 50   18. " South Killingly, 58 00   18. " West Suffield, 50 00   18. " North Mansfield, 60 00   24. " Jewett City, 50 00   25. " Humphreysville, 62 50   27. " Windsor Locks, 50 00   To postage, counterfeit bill, and discount on uncurrent money, 5 60   $6,539 59   To balance carried to new account, 2,010 10   $8,549 69  
   1846. CR.     June 15. By balance brought from old account, $1736 13   15. " interest on E. W. Bull's note, (principal paid,) 2 75   17. " cash from Colchester, to be applied toward support of Rev. J. C. Downer, of Elizabeth, Joe Davis Co., Illinois, by Doct. E. W. Parsons, 44 00   19. " Canton, by E. Hosford, 23 12   19. " Union, by Rev. H. Hooker, 13 40   24. " Lisbon, Hanover Soc., by Rev. Mr. Ayres, 13 35   30. " Hebron, by Nathan Smith, 12 64   July 3. " Norwich, 1st Soc., by Rev. H. P. Arms, 47 00   3. " West Hartford, of which $30 from Joseph E. Cone, to constitute Mrs. Seward a life member, by Th. Brace, 129 57   6. " Columbia, by Rev. J. W. Woodward, 31 13   9. " Burlington, by C. Hosmer, 4 34  

   July 9. By cash from Hartford, 1st Society, gentlemen, 741 00 } " " ladies, 298 93 { 1039 93   10. " " South Soc., by Rev. Mr. Hempsted, - - - 183 50   10. " Terryville, by Milo Blakeslee, - - 45 02   13. " So. Coventry, by Rev. H. B. Blake, - 56 05   July 13. " New Britain, South Society, by Rev. S. Rockwell, - - 100 62 } Sabbath School, 11 70 { 112 32   14. " Suffield, 4 ladies, by Mrs. Geo. Loomis, - 5 00   15. " Farmington, of which $15 from friends of Anna Maria Williams, in part to const. her life member, by S. Hart, - 227 38   16. " Hartford N. Society, additional payment, - 5 00   20. " Bethlem Ch. and Soc., by Rev. F. Harrison, - 57 00   20. " Plymouth Hollow Church and Society, by Rev. H. D. Kitchel, 62 75 } do. Fe. Benev. Soc. for the West, 20 00 { 82 75   Aug. 8. " Wethersfield 1st Soc., to constitute Dea. Eben Stillman a life member, - 37 91   8. " Legacy of Miss Eliz. King, Hartford, by Charles Goodwin, Exec., - 140 21   18. " Plymouth 1st Soc., by Rev. Eph. Lyman, - 90 00   22. " Upper Middletown, by John Stevens, - 17 40   27. " Voluntown and Sterling, by Rev. J. Allen, - 11 00   31. " Jewett City, by Rev. T. L. Shipman, 28 00 } do. Ladies' Sewing Soc., 12 00 { 40 00   Sept. 1. " Glastenbury 1st Soc. ladies of the Benev. Soc., by Geo. Plummer, to constitute Rev. James L. Wright life member, - 30 00   3. " Salem, by Rev. Charles Thompson, - 10 00   3. " Pomfret, a female member of 1st Ch., deceased, by Rev. D. Hunt, - 50 00   5. " Litchfield 1st Soc., $30 to const. Rev. B. L. Swan a life member, by Moses Morse, Treasurer, - 153 00   5. " New Preston, $30 to const. Israel Brunson a life member, by do. - 60 00   5. " Litchfield South Farms, by do. - 31 00   5. " South Canann, by do. - 8 00   10. " Gilead, by Israel E. Hutchinson, - 17 00   24. " South Mansfield, by Rev. Mr. Atwood, - 36 52   30. " Wallingford, a dona. fin Mrs. Blakeslee, - 20 00   30. " Wallingford Congregational Society, by Rev. E. R. Gilbert, - 56 44   Oct. 7. " Bridgeport, Rev. Dr. Hewit's Society, to const. Miss Lucy W. Waterman, Miss Caroline Olmsted, Edward Sterling, Dea. Wm. De Forest, Dea. Sherwood Sterling, and Dea. Hervey Higley, life members, by H. Higley, - 237 00   7. " Everest Fund, by B. Ely, Treasurer, - 100 00   9. " Andover, a bequest from Mrs. Ruth Miller, to const. her son, Rev. Alpha M. a life Director of the A. H. M. Soc. - 100 00   9. " Andover, collected by Rev. A. Miller, - 30 00   12. " Norfolk, by Rev. J. Eldridge, - 80 00   19. " New Preston, by M. Morse, - 20 00   22. " Simsbury, a friend of Missions, by Rev. A. McLean, - 5 00   24. " Pomfret 1st Soc., H. M. Asso., 93 45 } do. Ladies' Sewing Soc., 43 13 { 136 58  
   Oct. 24. By cash from Hartford North Society, additional, - 2 50   31. " do. 1st Society, additional, - 75 50   31. " Eastford, by Rev. Francis Williams, - 18 57   Nov. 21. " Burlington, Ladies' Sewing Society, by Mrs. H. French, - 8 43   21. " Hebron, legacy from Mrs. Thalia Hayden, by Dea. Nathan Smith, Ex'r, - 50 00   21. " Farmington, by S. Hart, - 10 00   23. " Litchfield, coll. at an. meet. Miss. Soc. - 77 83   23. " Washington, by S. J. Baldwin, - 7 00   23. " do. from Mrs. Fanny Smith, - 1 25   23. " Warren, by Rev. Mr. Keep, - 59 00   23. " South Cornwall, - 34 51   23. " Litchfield South Farms, additional, - 1 00   23. " Colebrook, (ded. $2 counterfeit,) by O. Stillman, - 66 75   23. " Canaan, South Society, - 10 00   23. " Winsted, monthly concert, - 25 39   23. " Torrington, gentle'n 15 75, ladies 14 25, to const. Rev. John A. McKinstry l. m. - 30 00   23. " Milton, by Rev. Mr. Norton, - 12 74   Dec. 18. " Hartford, James M. Bunce, to const. Lewis Weld a life Director, - 100 00   31. " One year's interest on the Langdon legacy, - 60 00   31. " Bethel, by Isaac H. Seeley, - 58 93   1847. Jan. 12. " Wethersfield, 1st Soc., avails of monthly concert, by Dea. T. Stillman, - 27 17   12. " Manchester, $30 of which from Benj. Lyman, to const. himself life member, by Rev. Mr. Northrop, - 153 00   13. " West Avon, by Rev. J. Bartlett, - 27 15   25. " West Suffield, to const. Dea. Ozias Harmon life member, by Rev. J. W. Sessions, - 30 00   29. " Ellington, to const. Rev. N. M. Eggleston and Mrs. Eggleston life memb. 70 30 } Ellington Sewing Society, 8 00 { 78 30   Feb. 2. " Griswold, 1st Society, $41 75, } Ladies' Benev. Society, 5 00, { 46 75   4. " Berlin, Worthington Society, by Timothy Boardman, - 151 58   17. " Wethersfield, 1st Soc., mon. concert, - 24 44   18. " Huntington, by Rev. C. N. Seymour, - 24 00   25. " Windsor, by Rev. T. A. Leete, gent'n, - 26 54   25. " Groton, $9 92, Westford, $18, by H. Hooker, - 27 92   March 4. " Granby, Salmon Brook, by Rev. J. C. Houghton, - 26 62   5. " Southington, gentlemen and ladies, by J. S. Phinney, - 393 45   8. " Windsor, La. Asso. by Mrs. Simmons, Tr. - 40 65   8. " Ledyard, Mrs. Mary Avery, by Rev. J. R. Avery, - 10 00   13. " East Hartford, Gentlemen's Association $192 42, Ladies do. $107 50, to const. Solomon Olmsted life Director, and Mrs. Amelia Olmsted, Mrs. Lydia Spring, Job Porter, Jared Ayres, Edward G. Hayden and Rev. F. H. Pitkin, life members of A. H. M. Soc., by Mr. Ayres, - 299 92  

   13. By cash from Bridgewater, by Rev. P. Kilbourn, 6 17   13. " New Milford, a friend, 8 83   16. " Columbia, coll. $13 82, Gilbert Fuller 2 00, J. Richardson 1 00, Nancy H. Clark 3 82, Dea. L. Dewey 50 cents, Mrs. Beaumont 1 00, Miss Aczah Clark, (avails of gold beads,) 1 50, J. Woodward and wife, 10 00, 33 64   25. " Lyne, Ladies' Reading Society, by D.R. Noyes, 6 00   27. " Bozrahville, to constitute Rev. Stephen Hayes a life member, by H. Mowry, 30 00   April 8. " Winchester Center, L. P. 4 00, M. F. I, by Rev. F. Marsh, 5 00   8. " Newington, 23 21   14. " Norwich, 4th Cong. Soc., by S. Mowry, 60 00   24. " Marlborough, by John Bigelow, Treas. 18 00   24. " Somers, by Rev. Joseph Vaill, 67 92   26. " Rockville, to const. Allen Hammond, Mrs. A. Hammond, Mrs. Geo. Kellogg and Mrs. Ralph Talcott, life members, &c., by A. Hammond, 394 50   May 1. " New London, 1st Soc., 30 of which to const. Miss Mary F. Hallam life mem- ber, by E. H. Learned, 114 05   5. " Southbury, 30 of which to const. Dea. Nathan Mitchell life member, by Rev. Wm. H. Whittmore, 41 00   5. " Simsbury, Ladies Benev. Soc., by Miss Mary A. Phelps, Treas. 20 00   6. " Lyne, 1st Soc. Ladies Benev. Society, 10, monthly concert and coll. 13, by J. Hart, Treas. 23 00   6. " Westville, 40 ; Grassy Hill, 10, 50 00   18. " Hitchcockville, to const. Ezra Doolittle, Esq. life member, by S. C. Blair, Sec. 35 77   21. " Barkhamsted, by Rev. R. S. Hazen, 16 77   26. " Winchester, Levi Platt, by Rev. F. Marsh, 5 00   27. " Glastenbury, 1st Soc., by Geo. Plummer, 79 00   31. " Legacy from Calvin Barber, Esq., Sims- bury, by James Lewis, Ex'r, 100 00   31. " Lisbon, Hanover Soc., by Rev. Mr. Ayres, 16 50   $8,549 69   By balance carried to new account, $2,010 10  
F. PARSONS, TREASURER.
Hartford, June 1, 1847.
We the subscribers, Auditors, have examined the above accounts, with the vouchers, and find that the balance of two thousand and ten dollars and ten cents, was in the hands of the Treasurer, on the first day of June, A. D. 1847.
SETH TERRY, } Auditors. T. C. PERKINS, }
Hartford, June 15th, 1847.
( F. )
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF CON- NECTICUT, AUXILIARY TO THE A. H. M. SOCIETY.
If a committee were appointed to report, annually, the condition of the lovely river that flows through these rich meadows and gives its name to our State,—what is the course of its channel—what bars obstruct its navigation—what floods change the direction of its current, and wear away its banks—what measures should be taken to make it a better medium of intercourse with the citizens of our own and other communities,—they might, for a few years, find topics of interest and novelty. But when repetition had made these topics familiar—when every favorable circumstance which observation can discover, and every remedy for evils which experience can suggest, had been again and again urged on the public mind, the task would be as irksome as it would be needless, to expend labor and exhaust patience, in exhibiting them anew. So, of the moral river of your charities, which, for more than thirty years, has been flowing among the hills and valleys of Connecticut, nor lost itself in the ocean till it had laved and fertilized other fields than our own : the Directors have been so often called to describe its character and its benefits, that they find it difficult to bring any thing new concerning them to your attention.
The original range of appeal, indeed, was comparatively narrow to this Society. It entered on a work in which no sudden success could be anticipated, to quicken flagging zeal, and the failures and mistakes in conducting which, could not, by distance, be thrown into the shade. To inspire an interest in its undertaking, the Society could offer nothing extrinsic to dazzle the imagination, or to gratify the passion for startling, magnificent enterprise. The wastes of Connecticut, to be sure, were wide in comparison with its limits, but insignificant in comparison with the outspreading wilderness towards the setting sun. It was, too, even then, seen that for our political safety, religious institutions must be planted in the growing settlements of the West, and experience had shown that, with the blessing of heaven, churches could speedily be gathered among a population composed, in part, at least, of persons once members of Eastern churches. And what were the few scattered bones in this little glen of our State, in comparison with the "exceeding many," and "exceeding dry," of a valley stretching through half a continent? And if the decay of one church was premonitory of danger to others in the vicinity, and rightly regarded, would remind them that "when our neighbor's house is on fire, it is time to take care of our own,"—the decay had been so gradual as to excite no alarm. The power of sympathy, too, which, one might think, could be pressed into the service, contrary to experience in other cases, was, in this, found to be

cold just in proportion to proximity, and strong inversely, as the distance. It seemed, in the face of facts, to be a fixed principle, that churches in Connecticut could need no assistance. They should support themselves—rely on their own strength—whatever sympathy or assistance was bestowed on others. And even when the reports of the Society had disclosed real weakness in these churches, to many this became only an argument for greater callousness of feeling. Now, in their apprehension, it has become evidently much better to leave them to perish in their weakness, and expend care where it would be sooner rewarded by self-support. Churches in Connecticut, it would seem, could not be feeble enough to deserve aid, or if so, as a punishment, or for some other reason, aid should be denied.
But, narrow as was the range of appeal to this Society, it has, by the progress of time, and by success itself, so far as pertains to our own State—its original and appropriate sphere, become still more contracted. In the midst of churches long organized, and in a community where both political and ecclesiastical changes of magnitude are rare, often the principles of the Society have been fully exhibited, objections to its action so often examined, and now so little prevalent, and the motives for its support so often urged, it seems unreasonable to require novel topics, or to present a protracted report on an occasion like this. The Directors, therefore, offer only a summary view of their operations, since the last anniversary, which, together with the results, have been very similar to those of the previous year.
During the year, ending May 1, 1847, appropriations were made to thirty-four churches in Connecticut. Their names and the amount of aid to each, follow, viz:—
In Hartford County. —West Avon, Rev. John Bartlett, pastor, $50; West Suffield, Rev. J. W. Sessions, pastor, $100; West Hartland, $100; Eastbury, Rev. Aaron Snow, pastor, $100; Rainbow, Rev. Cornelius B. Everest, stated supply, $75; Burlington, Rev. James Noyes, pastor,* $100; Unionville, $100; Turkey Hills, Rev. Pliny F. Sanborn, pastor, $50; Windsor Locks, Rev. S. H. Allen, pastor, $100; Congregation of colored people, Hartford, Rev. J. W. C. Pennington, pastor, $100. Total, ten churches, and amount of aid, $875.
In New Haven County. —Humphreysville, Rev. William B. Curtiss, pastor, $125; Westville, $100; Wolcott, Rev. Aaron C. Beach, pastor, $100; Colored Congregational church, New Haven, Rev. A. G. Beman, pastor, $100; Prospect, Rev. Reuben Torrey, pastor, $75; North Madison, Rev. William Case, stated supply, $100. Total, six churches, and amount of aid, $600.
In New London County. —Grassy Hill, Rev. Oliver Brown, stated supply, $100; East Lyme, Rev. Frederick Gridley, pastor, $90; Salem, Rev. Charles Thompson, pastor, $90; Groton, Rev. Jared R. Avery, pastor, $50; Jewett City, Rev. Thomas L. Shipman, pastor, $100. Total, five churches, and amount of aid, $430.
In Windham County. —Westford, Rev. Charles S. Adams, pastor,
* Mr. Noyes was dismissed about the middle of the year.
$100; Voluntown and Sterling, Rev. Jacob Allen, pastor, $100; Eastford, Rev. Francis Williams, pastor, $75; North Mansfield, Rev. A. R. Livermore, pastor, $60; South Killingly, Rev. Isaac C. Day, stated supply, $150. Total, five churches, and amount of aid, $485.
In Fairfield County. —Newtown, Rev. Jason Atwater, stated supply, $150; Sandy Hook, Rev. Daniel Gibbs, stated supply,* $75. Total, two congregations, and amount of aid, $225.
In Litchfield County. —Bridgewater, Rev. James Kilbourn, pastor, $100; Milton, Rev. John F. Norton, pastor, $100; Hitchcockville, Rev. Luther H. Barber, pastor, $125. Total, three churches, and amount of aid, $325.
In Middlesex County. —Middle Haddam, Rev. Philo Judson, stated supply, $75.
In Tolland County. —West Stafford, Rev. Elliot Palmer, pastor,† $90; Union, Rev. Samuel J. Curtiss, pastor, $100. Total, two churches, and amount of aid, $190.
SUMMARY.
The whole amount appropriated to churches and congregations, in this State, for the year ending May 1, 1847, is viz:—
   Hartford County, . . . . . $875   New Haven “ . . . . . 600   New London “ . . . . . 485   Windham “ . . . . . 335   Fairfield, “ . . . . . 225   Litchfield “ . . . . . 325   Middlesex “ . . . . . 75   Tolland “ . . . . . 190   Total, . . . . . $3,110  
The Board, during the past year, as for several years previous, appropriated $1000 to be expended in Rhode Island by the Domestic Missionary Society of that State.
Donations to the amount of $2,500 were made, during the year, to the A. H. M. S.
The receipts of the Society, from June 15, 1846, to June 1, 1847, were $6,813.56. About $450 of this were from legacies.
Beside the donations to the Parent Society, just referred to, $10,790.78 were paid directly into its treasury from this State, during the year. If to these sums we add $5,464.57 received by the Missionary Society of Connecticut, the whole amount devoted to Home Missions, in this State, for the year, is $23,068.91. This is $3,685.25 more than the receipts of the previous year.
The expenditures for the year, including the donations to the A. H. M. S., were $6,539.59.
The results of our operations, the year past, resemble those spe-
* Mr. Gibbs left at the end of six months.
† Mr. Palmer was dismissed at the end of the year.

cified in former reports. A few of the aided churches seem at a stand, and if they do not go backward, it is all they seem to expect. Perhaps this is all, which, in their circumstances, can be, at present, reasonably expected of them. The greater part, however, annually put forth new signs of growing vitality. They expended more than $10,000, the past year, in the erection or repairs of houses of worship, and for parsonages; while their contributions for the improvement of their choirs in sacred music, for Tract volumes, and for different benevolent institutions, amount to well nigh the sum appropriated to them by the Board.
The Directors regret to report that the evidences of spirituality, in these churches, as in other parts of the State, are less marked than those of external prosperity. Only seventy-nine have been reported as added to the number of members, of which, sixty-seven were by profession. There may have been additions not reported. The Directors, however, would acknowledge with gratitude, that lately the Spirit has been poured out from on high, on a few of these churches. An interesting revival was enjoyed by the colored Congregational church in New Haven, under the pastoral care of Rev. A. G. Beman, for some months, at the beginning of the year, in which time, he says, "About seventy individuals of all ages, from ten years to the old man of three score, have professed to find a Savior. The most of these, after a suitable time and examination, will unite with us in church fellowship." In Eastbury, also, there has been a season of deep religious feeling. "As the fruits of this awakening," the pastor, Rev. Aaron Snow, reports that "thirty-two were added to the church," on the first Sabbath in May. Of these, all but seven were under twenty-one years of age, and most of them members of the Sabbath school. In Middle Haddam, "fifteen or sixteen hopeful conversions" were reported, at the close of the Missionary year, by Rev. Philo Judson, the stated supply. In East Lyme, there was a partial revival, in March and April, as the fruits of which, from "ten to twelve conversions" are reported by the pastor, Rev. Frederick Gridley. In a late report, Rev. Charles Thompson, pastor of the church in Salem, says, "For the last three or four months, we have enjoyed more or less of the time, the special visitations of the Holy Spirit; we have had emphatically a revival of religion in the church, and a few conversions in the bounds of the parish." Eleven members have been added to the church by profession, during the year.
Three societies, once aided, last year assumed the responsibility of self-support. One of these, Monroe, voluntarily relinquished, during the year, the appropriation of the Board—supplied its place by an extra effort, and, in addition, undertook to build a new house of worship, which will be finished in the course of the season, at an expense of $2,650. It gives the Directors great pleasure to hold forth such an example to stimulate other churches aided by this Society, and encourage its patrons to a patient continuance in their labors of love. As the recipients of your bounty withdraw, it is probable that others will, for awhile, take their place, and that the churches will always have "the poor" among their number, to keep alive their sympathies.
But prompt assistance, it is believed will save many societies from deep decline, and prevent the necessity of that tedious process in recovering them to vigor, experienced in the beginning of our enterprise. The special mission of this institution, henceforth, so far as regards Connecticut, will be, by judicious aid, to encourage old societies to bear up against temporary difficulties, and to cherish the infancy of societies that may be formed in manufacturing and other growing villages.
But if the exigencies of our own State no longer required the existence of this Society, it has so intertwined itself with other parts of the country, that its operations abroad are as much needed as they ever were at home. Rhode Island still asks our co-operation, and rewards it by the most pleasing tokens of gratitude which can be given—the judicious employment of our benefactions, and the rich fruits they produce. And the still enlarging West—so full of hope and of fear to our country; of hope, if it is incorporated into the kingdom of Christ, —of fear, if it should swell the empire of the god of this world, presents motives to awake our sympathies and draw forth our charities, such as were never before presented even by that valley of wonders. At no time has the natural world furnished clearer indications that He who is "head over all things to the church," has need of the instrumentality of our country, and that he employs it in extending the reign of truth and righteousness. By the medium of a power, a greater than which he rarely uses in his government, he is chasing multitudes of the superstitious and ignorant, from lands where superstition and ignorance are fenced in on every side, to our country, which offers peculiar facilities for their improvement and reformation. What means it that famine, with its host of terrors, is stalking—not through regions heathen and half civilized, where we are not surprised to hear of its ravages—but through kingdoms where science boasts its highest achievements, and Christianity, at least in name, has for ages wielded its scepter? What means this cutting off supplies, always relied on as sure, from all the granaries of the Eastern world? And why did plenty pour out all her bounties into the lap of our country, just when want was exhausting every resource in its power, on the other side of the Atlantic? Why, here, overflowing abundance—why, there, destitution appalling and immeasurable? Not to transfer to our country ship loads of gold, long hoarded in the vaults of European banks; the purposes of high heaven are farther reaching than this: but that all eyes and all hearts might turn to this land of Protestant freedom, as the last hope of man—but that prejudice might melt beneath the warm beams of our charities, and nations groaning under political and ecclesiastical bondage, through our efforts to mitigate their physical sufferings, might receive more readily the moral training which Providence gives us the opportunity and the privilege to impart.
And if such a duty is demanded, by the signs of the times, of any part of our country, it is specially demanded of Connecticut. Small in extent, homogeneous in population, our State was early supplied with churches and pastors,—and what it has freely received, it should freely give. But more than this, as we have no large cities and rich

unoccupied fields to invite settlement, immigrants will, for the most part, pass us by, and fix their abode in regions more alluring. The churches in this State have never known, nor will they know even in this overflowing flood of immigration, the evils caused by the sudden influx of masses differing in education, opinions, habits and religious faith. They are, therefore, bound by the weightiest obligations to assume no common share in the work of moulding into proper shape the rough, incongruous materials which the exigency of the times is casting upon our shores. The thousands on thousands which Providence is guiding hither, seem to come with letters of commendation to our christian kindness, from our ascended king; and however unmindful others may be of the command, "Feed my sheep, feed my lambs," it must not be forgotten or disregarded by the favored churches of Connecticut.
In behalf of the Directors,
Hartford, June 14, 1847.
HORACE HOOKER, Secretary.
(G.)
THE COMMITTEE ON THE REPORT OF THE EVEREST FUND,
Find, that the present amount of the Fund including the Legacy of Dr. Solomon Everest who died in the year 1802; and that of his Widow who died in 1843, amounts to $7,081.89. In the judicious and careful management of the faithful Treasurer, Benjamin Ely, Esq., the Fund has been gradually increasing for a number of years, notwithstanding the regular appropriations made annually to charitable objects prescribed by the Donors. The object to which the avails of this Fund are to be applied according to the Will of Dr. Everest, and those prescribed in the second Legacy over the same, are Missions, the education of pious young men for the ministry, and the charitable distribution of Bibles. The care of the Fund and the distribution of the annual proceeds, are committed to the discretion of a Board of Trustees, annually appointed by the General Association. For a number of years after the commencement of this distribution, the Committee made an annual report to this Body of their proceedings, distinguishing, particularly, the young men whom they assisted as beneficiaries. The present practice seems to be to pay over to the public societies, having in view the same objects, the annual proceeds of the Fund, and no report is made to this Body but that of the Treasurer. The Committee would respectfully submit, that the former course ought to be restored.
THOMAS ROBBINS.
Suffield, June 17th, 1847.

STATISTICS.
The whole number of church members reported is 36,381 ; last year 33,433.
The whole number of churches is 257; last year 256. Pastors 213; last year 204.
Stated supplies 16 ; last year 35.
Licentiates reported 7; last year 25. The reports are very incomplete.
Number of vacant churches 22 ; last year 19.
Admissions to the churches by profession 738 ; by letter 945 ; total, 1,683. Last year the number reported was 960.
Removals this year by death, 547 ; by dismission, 781 ; by excommunication, 99 ; total, 1427 ; last year, 1263.
Baptisms, adults, 187; infants, 898.
The aggregate ministerial age of pastors is 2969 ; that of ministers 5001. The average ministerial age of pastors is, without the fractions, 14. The average ministerial age of ministers, 17. The aggregate pastoral age is 2170 ; and the average 10.
Non resident members of the churches reported, 2208. Number of members in the District associations is 307 ; the number of pastors 213 ; 16 stated supplies ; 22 in other professions ; 62 without charge ; 19 living out of the State.
New Haven, July, 1847.
EDWARD R. TYLER.
I. HARTFORD NORTH ASSOCIATION.
    Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. age. Past. age. No. Jan. 1847. Add. in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Mal. Fem. Tot. Prof. Let. Tot. Dec. Dis. Ex. Tot. Ad. Inf.     Barkhamsted Reuben S. Hazen Oct. 17, 1821 May 17, 1843 26 4 49 108 157 1 1 2 2 2   Canton Jairus Burt Dec. 20, 1826 May 17, 1843 21 21 63 120 183 3 3 5 4 9 9   East Windsor, First Theo. Inst. S. Bartlett Feb. 15, 1804 May 17, 1843 43 43   Enfield Bennet Tyler, D. D. June, 1808 1835 39 12 12 24 6 6 5 19 24 24   Granby, First East F. L. Robbins Apr. 24, 1816 1835 31 31 91 205 296 6 6 5 19 24 24   Hartland, East West Vacant   Simsbury Pliny F. Sanborne Apr. 29, 1846 1835 1 1 17 36 53 1 1 3 1 4 4   South Windsor, First Sec'd Nelson Scott Sept. 24, 1846 1835 1 1 96 1 1 1 3 4 4   Suffield, First West Vacant   Windsor, First Locks Allen McLean Aug. 16, 1809 1835 38 38   Poquonnoc Levi Smith June, 1821 May 6, 1840 26 7   O. F. Parker Jan. 3, 1844 May 17, 1843 3 3 43 83 126 13 13 2 3 5 5 8 4 9   A. C. Washburn Nov. 6, 1827 Jan. 3, 1838 20 9 60 144 204 1 1 4 3 7 7 2 1 18   J. W. Sessions Nov. 2, 1833 Jan. 11, 1843 14 4 25 50 75 1 1 3 5 4 4 1 2 7   Theodore A. Leete Sept. 24, 1845 May 6, 1840 2 2 25 65 90 5 7 3 5 8 8 4 2 2   Samuel H. Allen Apr. 22, 1846 May 6, 1840 1 1 9 18 27 1 7 1 1   C. B. Everest, s. sup. Nov. 22, 1815 32   Total, 298 177 382 829 1307 19 21 40 28 38 67 12 25 64   

II. HARTFORD CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. Past. age. No. age. 1846. 1847. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Mal. Fe. Tot. Prof. Let. Mal. Fe. Tot. Prof. Let. Dec. Dis. Ex. Tot. Ad. Inf. Ad. Inf.     Hartford, First Joel Hawes, D.D. Mar. 4, 1818 March 4, 1818 29 29 147 241 388 5 16 21 37 7 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72   Second Walter Clarke May 19, 1842 June 4, 1845 2 5 199 382 581 2 16 16 32 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 100   Third Horace Bushnell, D.D. May 22, 1833 May 22, 1833 14 14 54 76 130 2 2 4 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30   Fourth Wm. W. Patton Jan. 18, 1843 Janv. 8, 1846 4 4 35 79 114 5 1 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2   Fifth J. W. C. Pennington May 13, 1838 July 16, 1840 9 9 163 239 402 12 12 24 36 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15   Avon, West John Bartlett Sept. 26, 1811 Oct. 28, 1835 12 12 15 49 64 6   East Stephen Hubbell May, 1830 Dec. 1840 17 17 136 256 392 1 9 10 19 7 10 13 7 10 17 35   Bloomfield Alfred C. Raymond Dec. 3, 1845 Dec. 3, 1845 1 1 34 73 107   Bristol R. H. Seeley July 5, 1843 July 5, 1843 4 4   Burlington Wm. Goodwin Feb. 22, 1844 Feb. 22, 1844 3 3   Collinsville, C. B. McLean Jany. 2, 1822 Feb. 2, 1833 25 25   East Hartford Samuel Spring Nov. 5, 1806 Nov. 5, 1806 41 41   Farmington Noah Porter, D. D. Nov. 5, 1806 Nov. 5, 1806 9 9   Plainville William Wright Nov. 8, 1838 Nov. 8, 1843   Terryville Vacant   Unionville Vacant   West Hartford D. M. Seward Feb. 3, 1836 Jany. 14, 1845 11 2   Total, 204 180 814 1471 2680 14 86 100 59 103 24 196 3 74 299  
III. HARTFORD SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. Past. age. No. age. 1846. 1847. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Mal. Fe. Tot. Prof. Let. Mal. Fe. Tot. Prof. Let. Dec. Dis. Ex. Tot. Ad. Inf. Ad. Inf.     Berlin, Royal Robbins June 26, 1816 June 26, 1816 30 30 39 65 104 2 20 22 42 11 5 6 6 11 9 12   Kensington Chas. S. Sherman Nov. 30, 1838 9 2 78 143 221 10 10 20 8 5 6 6 11 6 23   New Britain, 1st Samuel Rockwell Apr. 11, 1832 Jan. 4, 1843 15 4 53 107 160 11 12 23 12 2 6 8 18 3 6   New Britain So. W. W. Woodworth July 6, 1842 July 6, 1842 4 4 95 141 236 1 4 4 8 4 1 1 1 3 4 3   Worthington Jas. A. Smith Apr. 19, 1832 Dec. 6, 1837 15 9 70 123 193 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 3   Glastenbury, North Warren G. Jones Nov. 20, 1833 July 26, 1837 14 6 61 84 145 1 3 4 7 1 1 1 1 3 1 3   South Aaron Snow Apr. 28, 1841 Apr. 28, 1841 6 6 37 69 106 32 2 34 36 12 1 1 1 3 1 3   Eastbury Bennet F. Northrop Feb. 4, 1829 Feb. 4, 1829 18 18 102 226 328   Manchester John R. Crane, D. D. Nov. 4, 1818 Nov. 4, 1818 28 28 80 260 340 13 4 17 21 14 8 6 6 14 2 11   Middletown, First Zebulon Crocker May 2, 1833 May 2, 1833 14 14 55 125 180   Upper Andrew L. Stone Sept. 3, 1844 Sept. 3, 1844 3 3 70 162 232 44 13 57 70 6 4 2 2 6 19 5   South Lent S. Hough 2 2   Westfield Harvey Talcott Oct. 23, 1816 Oct. 33, 1816 30 30 36 58 94 2 2 4 2   Portland Calvin Chapin, D. D. Apr. 30, 1794 Apr. 30, 1794 53 53 49 143 194 36 9 45 54 13 8 8 8 13 7 11   Rocky Hill Elisha C. Jones June 28, 1837 June 28, 1837 9 9 181 364 545 2 14 16 30 4 12 6 6 16 3 5   Southington Mark Tucker, D. D. Oct. 8, 1817 Oct. 15, 1845 29 2   Wethersfield, First Joab Brace Jan. 16, 1805 Jan. 16, 1805 42 42 63 110 173 3 3 6 10 4 6 6 10 8 6   Newington   Total, 321 264 1113 2265 3577 135 91 226 58 61 8 133 49 67 198  

IV. NEW HAVEN WEST ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. age. Past. age. No. Mal. Fem. Jan. 1847. Fem. Added in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Tot. Prof. Let. Ex. Tot. Dec. Dis. Ad. Inf.     New Haven, First Leonard Bacon, D. D. Sept. 29, 1824 Mar. 9, 1825 22 33 22 569 160 27 17 1 44 8 12 1 5 21 40   Yale Coll. Eleazer T. Fitch, D. D. Nov. 5, 1817 Nov. 5, 1817 30 30 14 160 10 10 35 1 44 8 38 1 1 1   Third Soc. Elisha L. Cleveland July 24, 1833 July 24, 1833 14 14 5 318 25 17 2 1 42 6 10 1 1 1   Church st. Edward Strong Dec. 13, 1842 Dec. 13, 1842 5 5 5 56 25 17 2 1 42 6 10 1 1 1   Bethany D. B. Butts, s. sup. March, 1830 March, 1830 50 34 19 149 2 5 7 1 12 1 8 1 1 1   Derby, First Zephaniah Swift July 5, 1797 Nov. 17, 1813 4 4 54 83 6 24 1 1 30 1 4 1 1 1   Birmingham George Thacher Jan'y 3, 1844 Jan. 3, 1844 3 3 4 70 5 3 1 1 8 1 6 1 1 1   Humphreysville Charles Dickinson May, 1842 Sept. 16, 1843 5 5 4 122 5 3 1 1 8 1 6 1 1 1   Hamden, Mt. Carmel William B. Curtiss Aug. 29, 1843 Aug. 29, 1843 5 5 18 108 13 1 1 1 10 1 6 1 1 1   East Plains J. P. Warren April 20, 1842 July 8, 1846 1 1 45 69 13 1 1 1 10 1 6 1 1 1   Middlebury Austin Putnam March 6, 1834 Oct. 31, 1838 13 9 39 108 13 1 1 1 10 1 6 1 1 1   Milford, First Geo. P. Pruden, s. sup. Oct. 26, 1796 Oct. 26, 1796 51 51 182 343 2 9 11 4 11 4 13 1 1 1   Second Bezaleel Pinneco June 12, 1838 Sept. 24, 1845 9 9 2 525 2 9 11 4 11 4 13 1 1 1   Naugatuck Jonathan Brace July 2, 1828 July 2, 1828 20 20 105 275 7 7 10 8 16 5 3 1 1 1   Orange Asa M. Train June 25, 1845 June 25, 1845 2 2 2 164 10 10 10 8 16 5 3 1 1 1   West Haven Albert K. Teele Aug. 23, 1843 Aug. 23, 1843 4 4 50 114 6 6 6 2 6 2 4 1 1 1   Oxford Cyrus Brewster June 28, 1843 June 28, 1843 4 4 31 103 2 2 2 2 6 2 2 1 1 1   Prospect Edward Wright Nov. 27, 1828 Sept. 1, 1841 19 6 20 70 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   Waterbury Reuben Torrey May 31, 1820 June 14, 1843 24 4 30 50 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   Wolcott Henry Elliot June 21, 1842 June 21, 1842 5 5 25 85 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   Woodbridge Aaron C. Beach Nov. 8, 1843 Nov. 8, 1843 4 4 78 145 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3   Samuel H. Elliott 223   Total, 311 229 689 1294 3194 51 142 223 47 114 13 174 9 85  
V. NEW HAVEN EAST ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. age. Past. age. No. Mal. Fem. Jan. 1847. Fem. Added in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Tot. Prof. Let. Ex. Tot. Dec. Dis. Ad. Inf.     Branford Timothy P. Gillett June 15, 1808 June 15, 1808 39 39 48 119 167 3 3 1 6 4 1 1 5 7   *Cheshire Daniel March Apr. 23, 1845 Apr. 23, 1845 2 2 81 224 305 2 7 11 4 7   Durham Vacant   South Vacant 23 48 71   East Haven Daniel W. Havens June 17, 1847 28 108 136   Fair Haven Burdett Hart Oct. 1, 1846 65 138 203   *Guilford, First E. Edwin Hall Oct. 25, 1843 Oct. 25, 1843 4 4 87 153 240 3 21 2 24 2 3 1 4 4   North Vacant   Third David Root May, 1821 Jan. 1, 1845 26 2 74 114 188 7 7 10 2 8 1 6 6   Madison, First S. N. Shepard   North James P. Terry, s. s. Dec. 4, 1839 8 44 77 121   Meriden George W. Perkins May 30, 1830 May 19, 1841 17 6 18 50 407 1 12 13 13 2 8 1 10 2   *Middlefield James D. Moore July 18, 1838 Dec. 30, 1846 9 9 68   *N. Haven, North S. W. S. Dutton June, 1838 June, 1838 9 9 634   *Chapel st. Leverett Griggs Oct. 30, 1833 Aug. 6, 1845 14 2 125 215 340 36 23 59 59 9 13 1 14 2   *Temple st. Amos G. Beman Oct. 30, 1833 Sept. 1841 8 6 25 99 124 2 34 36 36 3 13 1 16 1   *Howe st. L. H. Sawyer, s. sup. March, 1839   *Westville Vacant   North Branford George J. Wood, s. s. May 25, 1840 7 24 60 84 1 4 5 5 1 2 1 4 1   Northford Vacant 96 78 124 4 1 5 5 3 2 1 5 5   North Haven Vacant   *Wallingford E. R. Gilbert Oct. 3, 1832 Oct. 3, 1832 15 15 145 228 373 3 3 3 4 4 1 8 8   78 152 230 1 9 10 10 4 5 1 10 9   Total, 158 85 961 1873 3815 51 135 176 45 75 2 123 2 72  
* Not consecrated.

VI. NEW LONDON ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. Past. age. No. Jan. 1847. Mal. age. Fem. age. Tot. Add. in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Prof. Let. Tot. Dec. Dis. Ex. Ad. Inf.     New London, First Abel McEwen, D. D. Oct. 22, 1806 Oct. 26, 1806 40 72 166 249 5 14 6 9 3 5   Second Tryon Edwards July 22, 1834 March 6, 1845 13 2 238 240 6 23 3 9 1 2   *Norwich, First Hiram P. Arms July 30, 1830 Aug. 4, 1836 17 11 120 240 9 14 3 10 2 16 14   Second Alvan Bond, D. D. Nov. 29, 1819 May 6, 1835 28 12 256 376 45 76 113 7 12 28 60   Greenville Charles P. Bush Dec. 1, 1846 Dec. 1, 1846 1 124 19 29   *Main st. John P. Gulliver Oct. 1, 1846 Oct. 1, 1846 1 164 8 17   Salem Charles Thompson Oct. 26, 1826 Oct. 23, 1833 21 3 51 81 10 17   Bozrah William M. Birchard, Oct. 25, 1843 Oct. 25, 1843 3 122 13 20   Bozrahville Stephen Hayes, s. sup. March 8, 1820 June 13, 1826 27 10 80 245 7 20 1 2 4 1   Colchester, First Joel R. Arnold Mar. 13, 1782 Mar. 13, 1782 65 65 165 245 3 3 13 2 2 2   Franklin, First Samuel Nott, D. D. Dec. 23, 1846 Dec. 23, 1846 142 2 2   Griswold, First Calvin Terry June 28, 1826 April 5, 1843 21 4 48 78 4 11 2 6 6 18   Jewett City Thomas L. Shipman Aug. 17, 1833 Oct. 9, 1839 14 8 56 65 1 1 2 4 7 18   Groton, Jared R. Avery Aug. 14, 1811 Aug. 14, 1811 36 32 94 126 1 1 2 1 1 10   Ledyard Timothy Tuttle Oct. 21, 1845 May 21, 1845 16 2 57 99 2 2 15 1 16 10   Lebanon, First John C. Nichols May 21, 1845 May 21, 1845 2 72 1 1 3 3   Goshen Joshua R. Brown Dec. 5, 1804 Dec. 5, 1804 42 10 49 146 11 12 3 1 2 12   Exeter Levi Nelson June 29, 1825 Sept. 20, 1837 22 11 46 66 2 1 2 1   Lisbon, First Joseph Ayer, Jr. June 6, 1820 Oct. 5, 1836 27 128   Hanover Frederick Gridley April 1, 1835 April 1, 1835 12 54   East Lyme Nathan S. Hunt, s. sup. April 15, 1846 April 15, 1846 1 111   Montville, First Anson Gleason Aug. 31, 1825 March 7, 1838 22 9 84 156 4 5 1 2 2 21   *Mohegan Myron N. Morris, Dec. 18, 1844 Dec. 18, 1844 82   Stonington, First N. B. Cook 21   Second William Cliff   Preston, First   Long Society   431 299 1006 1910 3657 129 111 232 53 64 7 110 29 90 221  
* Not consecrated. † Register. ‡ Of those deceased during the year, the average age of 10 was 80 years.
VII. FAIRFIELD WEST ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. Past. age. No. Jan. 1847. Mal. age. Fem. age. Tot. Add. in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Prof. Let. Tot. Dec. Dis. Ex. Ad. Inf.     Bridgeport, Second Nath'l Hewitt, D. D. June, 1815 Dec. 1, 1830 32 17 84 144 1 10 1 1 1 1   Darien Ezra D. Kimney July 31, 1827 Aug. 8, 1838 20 9 52 228 1 11 1 1 1 1   Easton Charles T. Prentice June 8, 1836 June 8, 1836 11 11 104 156   Fairfield, First Lyman H. Atwater July 29, 1835 July 29, 1835 12 12 66 95 8 8 3 3 1 2   Greens Farms Giles M. Porter Dec. 25, 1844 Dec. 25, 1844 2 2 163 217 1 1 5 5 1 1   Greenfield Thomas B. Sturges June 8, 1842 June 8, 1842 5 5 105 147   Southport S. J. M. Merwin Dec. 18, 1844 Dec. 18, 1844 2 2   Greenwich, First S. B. S. Bissell, s. sup. April, 1836 11   Second Vacant   Stanwich Vacant   North Vacant   New Canaan Theophilus Smith Aug. 31, 1831 Aug. 31, 1831 16 40 67 107 2 9 1 1 1 1   Norwalk, First Edwin Hall, D. D. Aug. 27, 1830 June 14, 1832 17 15 101 189 4 11 3 3 1 1   Second Z. K. Hawley, s. sup. Mar. 21, 1838 9 52 75 127 2 2 3 3 1 1   Ridgefield, First James A. Hawley Jan. 13, 1841 Oct. 25, 1843 6 93 176 275 5 13 2 2 1 1   Ridgebury Zalmon B. Burr June 7, 1843 June 7, 1843 4 28 49 77 4 4 3 3 1 1   Stamford, First Isaac Jennings, s. sup.   North Vacant   Long Ridge F. H. Ayres, s. sup. Nov. 5, 1843 14 45 95 140 1 6 10 1 1 1   Weston Lewis Pennell, s. sup. 1834 13 11 26 37   Westport Henry Benedict, s. sup.   Wilton John Smith Mar. 18, 1826 Feb. 20, 1839 21 8 93 122 1 6 1 5 1 1   195 105 940 1963 3110 55 64 119 44 66 5 115 17 129 201  

VIII. FAIRFIELD EAST ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. age. Past. age. No. Jan. 1847. Add. in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Mal. Fem. Prof. Let. Tot. Dec. Dis. Ex. Ad. Inf.     Bridgeport, First B. S. J. Page Dec. 4, 1839 Feb. 1847 8 8 53 140 193 3 1 4 1 3 1 5 14   Stratford William B. Weed June 26, 1844 Dec. 4, 1839 3 3 83 160 243 3 1 4 1 2 1 7 14   Huntington C. N. Seymour Mar. 31, 1841 June 26, 1844 6 6 49 131 180 1 1 2 1 4 1 3 7   Monroe Robert D. Gardner Aug. 26, 1829 Mar. 31, 1841 18 18 23 58 47 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 7   Newtown Jason Atwater, s. sup. June 4, 1831 Aug. 26, 1829 7 7 39 87 126 8 4 4 1 3 11   Brookfield Dan C. Curtiss June 7, 1842 June 4, 1831 16 16 13 50 43 8 4 2 1 2 21   Yorktown, N. Y. J. B. Loring, s. supply April 15, 1835 June 7, 1842 5 5 24 68 92 5 1 6 3 3 1 3 10   New Fairfield Henry H. Morgan Dec. 29, 1846 April 15, 1835 12 12 64 161 225 3 11 14 2 9 5 11 12   Danbury, First Rollin S. Stone Oct. 2, 1844 Dec. 29, 1846 1 1 91 129 220 4 4 3 15 1 4 *8   " Bethel Sylvanus Haight Oct. 2, 1844 3 3 31 76 112 2 2 5 1 5 10   Redding Daniel D. Frost 52 82 134 4 1   Trumbull John S. Whittlesey   Total, 79 37 539 1177 1716 12 26 41 7 74 4 33 113  
* Report of last year re-inserted.
IX. WINDHAM ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. age. Past. age. No. Jan. 1847. Add. in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Mal. Fem. Prof. Let. Tot. Dec. Dis. Ex. Ad. Inf.     Brooklyn George J. Tillotson May 25, 1831 May 25, 1831 16 16 70 144 214 5 5 3 2 13 2 19   Ashford, First Charles Peabody 1841 Jan. 20, 1847 6 6 60 110 170 1 1 2 4 4 1 4 2 18   Eastford Francis Williams Sept. 20, 1841 Sept. 20, 1841 6 6 36 98 134 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 15   Westford Charles S. Adams Sept. 17, 1828 Jan. 7, 1846 19 1 25 60 85 5 5 4 5 1 20   Canterbury, First Vacant   Westminster Asa King May 5, 1802 Jan. 23, 1833 41 14 28 72 100   Chaplin Erastus Dickinson Sept. 9, 1835 Oct. 25, 1837 12 12 38 92 130   Hampton William Barnes Sept. 21, 1842 Sept. 21, 1842 5 5 61 99 160 3 3 3 3 3 14   Killingly, North John D. Baldwin, Sept. 3, 1834 April 29, 1846 13 1 32 69 101 5 5 2 2 4 35   South Isaac C. Day, s. sup. April 28, 1847 17 130 201   West Thomas O. Rice Jan. 1, 1845 Jan. 1, 1845 2 2 142 230 372 3 10 13 2 10 3 15 80   Mansfield, First Anson S. Atwood Sept. 1, 1819 Sept. 1, 1819 28 28 50 123 173 1 2 3 1 2 3 15   Plainfield, First Henry Robinson April 30, 1823 April 14, 1847 24 1 27 75 102 3 9 1 4 10   Central Village Jared O. Knapp Sept. 24, 1846 Sept. 24, 1846 12 12 18 35 53 8 8 1 1 4 30   Pomfret, First Daniel Hunt April 8, 1835 April 8, 1835 12 12 61 118 179 1 1 4 3 7 12   Abington Edward Pratt, s. sup. Aug. 13, 1845 2 22 65 87   Thompson Daniel Dow, D. D. April 29, 1796 Ap. 20, 1796 51 10 76 220 296 2 2 2 1 1 1 11   Sterling and Voluntown Jacob Allen Oct. 6, 1813 Oct. 11, 1837 34 10 37 56 93 1 1 1 3 1 1 12   Windham, First John E. Tyler Oct. 11, 1837 Oct. 11, 1837 10 10 24 67 91 3 3 2 2 5 4 28   Scotland Thomas Tallman Mar. 20, 1844 Mar. 20, 1844 3 3 39 82 121 2 2 2 4 4   Williamantic Andrew Sharpe Sept. 23, 1840 Sept. 23, 1840 7 7 32 98 130 5 5 6 3 30   Woodstock, First Jonathan Curtiss Feb. 22, 1818 Feb. 18, 1846 32 1 59 88 147   Muddy Brook Edw'd F. Brooks, s. s. May 21, 1833 Dec. 6, 1837 14 10 45 83 128 1 1 2 1 6 1 30   Village Corners Thomas Boutelle 5 3 74 120 194   William H. Marsh 53 85 138   Total, 346 191 1198 2454 3651 18 60 78 35 47 9 91 6 57 364  

X. LITCHFIELD NORTH ASSOCIATION.
 * Not consociated. 
XI. LITCHFIELD SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
    Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. age. Past. age. No. Jan. 1847. Added in 1847. Removals in 1847. Baptisms. Non res.   Mal. Fem. Tot. Prof. Let. Tot. Dec. Dis. Ex. Tot. Ad. Inf.     Litchfield, First Benj. L. Swan, Nov. 25, 1836 Oct. 22, 1846 11 1 56 107 163 3 2 5 2 5 7 2 8   South Farms David L. Parmelee Feb. 29, 1832 Aug. 25, 1841 15 6 31 61 92 4 3 7 2 2 4 9   Northfield Joel L. Dickinson Feb. 28, 1844 Feb. 28, 1844 3 3 21 32 53 3 3 1 8 1 5 5   Milton John F. Norton Oct. 23, 1844 Oct. 23, 1844 3 3 40 100 140 3 7 10 2 15 19 10   Bethlehem Fosdic Harrison Jan. 2, 1813 July 1, 1835 34 12 146 190 336 3 4 7 4 7 11 1 4   Harwinton Charles Bentley Feb. 15, 1826 Sept. 11, 1839 21 8 142 257 399 3 4 7 4 7 11 1 4   New Milford, First John Greenwood June 20, 1822 Apr. 24, 1844 25 3 17 45 62 2 11 13 3 12 1 16 6 4   Bridgewater James Kilbourn Feb. 21, 1844 Feb. 21, 1844 3 3 73 133 206 2 8 10 3 15 15 12 13   Plymouth, First +Ephraim Lyman Oct. 28, 1835 Oct. 28, 1835 12 12 76 93 169 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 8   Hollow Harvey D. Kitchel Feb. 20, 1839 Feb. 20, 1839 8 8 82 145 227   Roxbury Austin Isham June 5, 1839 June 5, 1839 8 8 48 76 124   Sherman { Maltby Gelston Judson B. Stoddard Apr. 26, 1797 May 16, 1844 Apr. 26, 1797 Oct. 15, 1845 50 50 34 60 94   Southbury, First W. H. Whittimore Sept. 23, 1831 Nov. 16, 1836 16 11 85 95 180   South Britain O. B. Butterfield June, 28 June, 28, 1837 10 10   Washington, First Gurdon Hayes, Apr. 1828 Oct. 29, 1829 19 18   New Preston Hollis Read Sept. 24, 1829 Jan. 1, 1845 18 2   Watertown Philo R. Hurd, July 1, 1840 July 1, 1840 7 7   Woodbury, South L. Q. Curtiss, July 8, 1846 July 8, 1846 1 1   *North John Churchill Apr. 22, 1840 Apr. 22, 1840 7 7   * Not consociated. + Register. Total, 274 175 989 1631 2855 28 63 92 32 78 112 12 61 106   
 * Not consociated. † Registered. 

XII. MIDDLESEX ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. age. Past. age. No. Jan. 1847. Add. in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Mal. Fem. Tot. Prof. Let. Tot. D. c. Dis. Ex. Tot. Ad. Inf.     Chatham, E. Hampton William Russell Dec. 1843 Oct. 14, 1846 3 36 84 120 25 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 9   Mid. Haddam Vacant 46 104 150 23 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 32   Chester Amos S. Chesebrough Dec. 1, 1841 Dec. 1, 1841 5 5 60 98 158 12 6 18 18 25 2 2 1 1 1 1 14   *Clinton Enoch S. Huntington May 26, 1837 May 24, 1843 10 4 58 116 174 2 1 3 3 18 4 4 1 1 1 1 7   Colchester, Westchester Spoofford D. Jewett Feb. 4, 1830 May 1, 1844 17 3 27 62 89 7 1 10 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 6   East Haddam, First Isaac Parsons Oct. 23, 1816 Oct. 23, 1816 30 30 69 148 217 12 1 1 1 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 8   Millington Nathaniel Miner Oct. 11, 1826 May 28, 1833 20 14 23 69 92 1 1 1 1 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 2   Hadlyme Stephen A. Loper Jan. 3, 1827 May 13, 1845 20 2 30 59 89 15 1 16 1 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 9   Haddam, First, Elisha W. Cook Nov. 18, 1846 Nov. 18, 1846 43 34 99 133 13 1 13 1 13 6 12 2 1 1 1 3   *Higganum David D. Field, D.D. s.s. April 11, 1804 36 13 116 220 345 5 1 19 1 19 5 2 2 1 1 1 13   Killingworth Ephraim G. Swift Sept. 10, 1810 Dec. 11, 1833 36 6 53 135 188 13 1 17 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 26   Lyne, First David S. Brainerd June 30, 1841 June 30, 1841 19 28 67 95 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 1 1 1 13   North, Samuel Griswold, s. s. Oct. 20, 1819 27 23 38 61 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 1 1 1 13   Grassy Hill Oliver Brown, s. sup. June 27, 1838 June 27, 1838 9 9 86 168 254 1 1 8 1 8 8 4 1 1 1 1 34   Saybrook, First, Ethan B. Crane Jan. 31, 1844 Jan. 31, 1844 3 3 63 130 193 8 1 12 1 12 3 3 3 1 1 1 28   Pantapaug Joseph D. Hall Sept. 5, 1832 May 29, 1839 14 3 96 120 216 12 1 13 1 13 4 4 4 1 1 1 6   Deep River +Fred'k W. Chapman Jan. 2, 1833 June 28, 1838 14 9 108 168 276 1 13 1 13 4 14 1 1 1 1 15   Westbrook William A. Hyde,   † Register. 276 101 992 1965 2966 125 54 179 52 76 5 133 35 89 227   * Not consociated.  
XIII. TOLLAND ASSOCIATION.
   Churches. Ministers. Ordained. Installed. Min. age. Past. age. No. Jan. 1847. Add. in 1846. Removals in 1846. Baptisms. Non res.   Mal. Fem. Tot. Prof. Let. Tot. D. c. Dis. Ex. Tot. Ad. Inf.     Somers Joseph Vaill Feb. 2, 1814 Aug. 6, 1845 32 1 76 170 246 2 16 18 9 2 2 2 11 7 7 25   Stafford, East George H. Woodward Nov. 4, 1837 Jan. 29, 1840 9 7 31 93 124 2 10 10 2 5 5 5 7 5 5 21   West Vacant   Union Samuel J. Curtis Nov. 1, 1832 Apr. 12, 1843 14 4 10 30 40 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 3 3   Willington David Bancroft Oct. 20, 1839 Oct. 20, 1839 7 7 41 73 114 4 5 9 9 2 2 2 2 8 1 1 14   Mansfield, North A. R. Livermore Aug. 30, 1843 Aug. 30, 1843 4 4 15 99 146 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   Tolland Abraham Marsh June 25, 1829 Nov. 20, 1831 18 15 47 99 146 2 2 2 10 10 10 10 13 2 2 2   Ellington Diodate Brockway Sept. 18, 1799 Sept. 18, 1799 46 46 37 104 141 1 1 2 2 8 8 8 8 11 2 2 2   Vernon, First N. H. Eggleston Feb. 19, 1845 Feb. 19, 1845 2 2 60 135 195 3 4 7 7 4 4 4 4 6 3 3 3   *Rockville Albert Smith Feb. 10, 1836 May 21, 1845 11 2   Coventry, South Horace Winslow June, 1843 Oct. 23, 1845 4 1 39 107 146 20 14 34 34 5 6 6 6 11 2 2 2   North Henry B. Blake Jan. 1, 1845 Jan. 1, 1845 2 2 49 96 145 1 3 4 4 5 13 13 13 24 5 5 5   Columbia George A. Calhoun Mar. 10, 1819 Mar. 10, 1819 28 28 43 93 136 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 6 7   Andover James W. Woodward Nov. 10, 1830 Mar. 23, 1842 16 15 20 34 54 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 7 5 5 10   Bolton Alpha Miller Oct. 20, 1819 June 21, 1829 27 18 25 66 91 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 16   Hebron Vacant   Gilead Edgar J. Doolittle May 18, 1842 May 18, 1842 5 5 38 91 129 7 3 10 10 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 8   Marlborough Charles Nichols Sept. 28, 1825 Sept. 28, 1825 21 21 30 61 91 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1   Hiram Bell Feb. 10, 1840 Feb. 10, 1840 7 7 22 66 88 4 2 6 6 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 9   * Not consociated. 253 175 568 1318 2148 45 74 119 48 72 9 129 12 46 128  

SUMMARY.
   ASSOCIATIONS. Whole No. of churches. No. of Churches associated. Churches with 2 pastors. Churches having 1 pastor. Churches with stated supplies. Churches vacant. Pastors ordained at their installation. Pastors previously ordained. Aggregate ministerial age of pastors. Av. ministerial age of pastors. Average pastoral age. Churches not reported. Number of males reported. Number of females reported. Whole number reported. Additions. Removals. Baptisms. Non-residents reported.   Prof. Leav. Total. Dec. Dis. Ex. Total. Adults. Infants.     Hartford, N. W. 17 17 * 14 1 2 9 3 177 10 12 7 382 629 1307 19 21 40 28 38 1 67 12 25 64   Hartford, C. 17 17 * 14 1 2 7 7 180 11 14 5 814 1471 2680 14 86 100 59 13 24 96 3 74 299   Hartford, S. 17 17 * 17 2 3 12 8 326 19 15 4 1118 2265 3877 135 91 226 59 61 8 128 49 67 198   New Haven, E. 21 21 * 17 2 6 13 5 294 14 11 2 961 1294 3194 81 142 223 47 114 13 174 3 85 158   New Haven, W. 22 22 * 12 3 3 7 5 143 14 9 2 1006 1910 3615 129 125 176 43 75 2 122 2 72 *   New London, W. 27 27 * 23 2 2 12 11 431 19 13 1 940 1963 3110 55 111 240 44 66 7 124 29 90 221   Fairfield, W. 22 22 * 11 6 4 7 5 143 12 8 3 539 1177 1716 12 64 119 26 41 5 115 17 129 201   Fairfield, E. 12 12 * 9 3 1 5 4 29 4 3 1 1198 2454 3651 18 26 38 26 41 7 74 4 83 113   Windham, N. 25 25 * 21 3 1 11 10 344 16 9 1 405 875 1404 26 60 78 35 47 9 91 6 57 364   Litchfield, N. 22 22 * 18 2 1 10 8 185 10 7 1 989 1631 2855 28 28 54 19 36 5 60 3 20 129   Litchfield, S. 19 19 * 18 3 1 11 8 274 13 8 1 992 1965 2966 28 63 91 32 78 4 114 12 61 106   Middlesex, 18 18 * 14 3 1 6 8 189 13 7 1 992 1965 2966 125 54 179 52 76 5 133 35 89 227   Tolland, 18 18 * 15 3 2 9 8 254 14 10 2 568 1318 2148 45 74 119 48 72 9 129 12 46 128   Total, 257 218 5 203 25 22 119 91 2969 14 10 42 10596 21025 36381 738 945 1683 547 781 99 1427 187 898 2208  
* Not reported. † Fractions omitted.
I. MEMBERS OF HARTFORD NORTH ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Shubael Bartlett, East Windsor, Feb. 15, 1804. 43 Pastor.   Bennet Tyler, D. D., E. Windsor, June 1, 1808. 39 Pastor and Pres. Theo. Inst.   Luke Wood, Somers, Dec. —, 1808. 39 Without charge.   Allen McLean, Simsbury, Aug. 16, 1809. 38 Pastor.   Ammi Linsley, North Haven, July 19, 1815. 32 Teacher.   Cornelius B. Everest, Poquonoc, Nov. 22, 1815. 32 Stated supply.   Francis L. Robbins, Enfield, April 24, 1816. 31 Pastor.   Levi Smith, South Windsor, June —, 1821. 26 Pastor.   Ed. W. Hooker, D. D., E. Windsor, Aug. 15, 1821. 26 Prof. Theo. Inst.   Daniel Heminway, Suffield, Aug. 29, 1851. 26 Teacher.   Reuben S. Hazen, Barkhamsted, Oct. 17, 1821. 26 Pastor.   Jairus Burt, Canton, Dec. 20, 1826. 21 Pastor.   A. C. Washburn, Suffield, Nov. 6, 1827. 20 Pastor.   William Thompson, E. Windsor, Sept. —, 1833. 14 Prof. Theo. Inst.   Marvin Root, Coventry, Sept. 25, 1833. 14 Without charge.   Joseph W. Sessions, W. Suffield, Nov. 2, 1833. 14 Pastor.   O. F. Parker, South Windsor, Jan. 3, 1844. 3 Pastor.   Theodore A. Leete, Windsor, Sept. 24, 1845. 2 Pastor.   Samuel H. Allen, Windsor Locks, Apr. 22, 1846. 1 Pastor.   Pliny F. Sanborne, East Granby Apr. 29, 1846. 1 Pastor.   Nelson Scott, Hartland, Sept. 24, 1846. 1 Pastor.  
Aggregate min. age. 449 Average min. age. 21
II. MEMBERS OF HARTFORD CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Erastus Scranton, Burlington, July 4, 1805. 42 Without charge.   Noah Porter, D. D., Farmington, Nov. 5, 1806. 41 Pastor.   John Bartlett, West Avon, Sept. 26, 1811. 36 Pastor.   Joel Hawes, D. D., Hartford, March 4, 1818. 29 Pastor.   Samuel Spring, East Hartford, Jan. 2, 1822. 25 Pastor.   Jonathan A. Hempsted, Hartford, March 5, 1823. 24 Without charge.   James Noyes, Burlington, Oct. —, 1824. 23 Pastor.   Stephen Hubbell, East Avon, May —, 1830. 17 Pastor.   Horace Bushnell, D. D., Hartford, May 22, 1833. 14 Pastor.   Richard Woodruff, Unionville, Feb. 5, 1834. 13 Pastor.   J. W. C. Pennington, Hartford, May 13, 1838. 9 Pastor.   George I. Wood, North Branford, May 18, 1840. 7 Stated Supply.   William Wright, Plainville, Nov. 8, 1838. 9 Pastor.   Walter Clarke, Hartford, May 19, 1842. 5 Pastor.   Merrill Richardson, Terryville, Oct. 28, 1841. 6 Without charge.   Wm. W. Patton, Hartford, Jan. 18, 1843. 4 Pastor.   R. H. Seeley, Bristol, July 5, 1843. 4 Pastor.  
Aggregate min. age. 308 Average min. age. 18

III. MEMBERS OF HARTFORD SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Calvin Chapin, D. D., Rocky Hill, Apr. 3, 1794. 53 Pastor.   Jeab Brace, Newington, Sept. 16, 1805. 42 Pastor.   Royal Robbins, Kensington, June 26, 1816. 31 Pastor.   Harvey Talcott, Portland, Oct. 23, 1816. 31 Pastor.   Mark Tucker, D. D., Wethersfield, Oct. 8, 1817. 30 Pastor.   John R. Crane, D. D., Middletown, Nov. 4, 1818. 29 Pastor.   Amos Savage, Berlin, April —, 1826. 21 Agent A. S. S.   Edward R. Tyler, New Haven, Mar. —, 1827. 20 Editor.   Bennet F. Northrop, Manchester, Feb. 4, 1829. 18 Pastor.   Joseph Whittelsey, Berlin, Mar. 27, 1830. 17 Teacher.   James H. Francis, Wethersfield, Aug. 24, 1831. 16 Without charge.   Samuel Rockwell, New Britain, Apr. 11, 1832. 15 Pastor.   James A. Smith, Glastenbury, Apr. 19, 1832. 15 Pastor.   Zebulon Crocker, Upper Middlet'n, May 2, 1833. 14 Pastor.   Warren G. Jones, Glastenbury, Nov. 20, 1833. 14 Pastor.   Elisha C. Jones, Southington, June 28, 1837. 10 Pastor.   Aaron Snow, Eastbury, Apr. 28, 1841. 6 Pastor.   Chauncey D. Cowles, June 10, 1841. 6 Without charge.   James L. Wright, Glastenbury, June 4, 1839. 8 Without charge.   Chester S. Lyman, Manchester, Feb. 15, 1843. 4 Without charge.   William W. Woodworth, Berlin, July 6, 1842. 5 Pastor.   Andrew L. Stone, Middletown, Sept. 3, 1844. 3 Pastor.  
Aggregate Min. age, 408 Average Min. age, 18
IV. MEMBERS OF NEW HAVEN WEST ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Bezaleel Pinneo, Milford, Oct. 26, 1796. 51 Pastor.   Zephaniah Swift, Derby, July 5, 1797. 50 Pastor.   Samuel Merwin, New Haven, Feb. 13, 1805. 46 Without charge.   N. W. Taylor, D. D., New Haven, April 8, 1812. 35 Prof. Theo. Sem.   Thomas F. Davies, New Haven, May 5, 1817. 30 Without charge.   Jeremiah Day, D. D., New Haven, July 22, 1817. 30 Without charge.   E. T. Fitch, D. D., New Haven, Nov. 5, 1817. 30 Prof. Yale Col.   Reuben Torrey, Prospect, May 31, 1820. 27 Pastor.   Leonard Bacon, D. D., New Haven, Sept. 28, 1824. 23 Pastor.   Stephen Topliff, Oxford, Nov. 27, 1827. 20 Pastor.   S. R. Andrew, New Haven, Oct. 28, 1817. 30 Without charge.   George P. Pruden, Middlebury, Stated supply.   Charles Dickinson, Birmingham, May —, 1842. 5 Pastor.   T. D. Woolsey, New Haven, 1846. Prest. Yale Col.   J. P. Warren, Mount Carmel, April 20, 1842. 5 Pastor.   John E. Bray, Clinton, May 16, 1827. 20 Without charge.   Asa M. Train, Milford, July 2, 1828. 19 Pastor.   Jason Atwater, Newtown, Aug. 16, 1829. 18 Stated Supply.   S. S. Jocelyn, New York, Sept. —, 1829. 18 Pastor.   D. B. Butts, Bethany, Mar. —, 1830. 17 Stated supply.   E. L. Cleveland, New Haven, July 4, 1833. 14 Pastor.   Austin Putnam, Hamden, March 6, 1834. 13 Pastor.   Jonathan Brace, Milford, June 12, 1838. 9 Pastor.   James Birney, June 14, 1840. 7 Without charge.   Aaron C. Beach, Wolcott, June 21, 1842. 5 Pastor.  
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Edward Strong, New Haven, Dec. 13, 1842. 5 Pastor.   Edward Wright, West Haven, Jan. 28, 1843. 4 Pastor.   Samuel Elliott, Woodbridge, Nov. 8, 1843. 4 Pastor.   George Thacher, Derby, Jan. 3, 1844. 4 Pastor.   Cyrus Brewster, Orange, Aug. 23, 1843. 4 Pastor.   Wm. B. Curtiss, Humphreysville, Aug. 29, 1843. 4 Pastor.   Albert K. Teele, Naugatuck, Jan. 25, 1845. 2 Pastor.  
Aggregate Min. age, 547 Average Min. age, 17
LICENTIATES.—None reported.
V. MEMBERS OF NEW HAVEN EAST ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     David Smith, D. D., Durham, Aug. 15, 1799. 48 Without charge.   Stephen Dodd, East Haven, Sept. 28, 1803. 44 Without charge.   Aaron Dutton, New Haven, Dec. 10, 1806. 41 Without charge.   Timothy P. Gillet, Branford, June 15, 1808. 39 Pastor.   C. A. Goodrich, D. D., New Haven, July 20, 1816. 31 Prof. Theo. Sem.   W. J. Boardman, Northford, Sept. 20, 1820. 27 Without charge.   David Root, Guilford, May —, 1821. 26 Pastor.   Zolva Whitmore N. Guilford, Sept. 5, 1821. 26 Without charge.   Samuel N. Shepard, Madison, Nov. 2, 1825. 22 Pastor.   Judson A. Root, New Haven, Oct. 4, 1828. 19 Without charge.   G. W. Perkins, Meriden, May 30, 1830. 17 Pastor.   A. C. Baldwin, Hartford, Sept. 16, 1830. 17 Without charge.   E. R. Gilbert, Wallingford, Oct. 3, 1832. 15 Pastor.   Leverett Griggs, New Haven, Oct. 30, 1833. 14 Pastor.   S. W. S. Dutton, New Haven, June 27, 1838. 9 Pastor.   James D. Moore, Middlefield, July 18, 1838. 9 Pastor.   Amos G. Beman, New Haven, March 8, 1839. 8 Pastor.   George I. Wood, North Branford, May 18, 1840. 7 Stated supply.   Edwin E. Hall, Guilford, Oct. 25, 1843. 4 Pastor.   Daniel March, Cheshire, April 29, 1845. 2 Pastor.   Ira H. Smith, Feb. 11, 1846. 1 Without charge.   Burdett Hart, Fair Haven. Oct. 1, 1846. 1 Pastor.  
Aggregate Min. age, 427 Average Min. age, 19
VI. MEMBERS OF NEW LONDON ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Samuel Nott, D. D., Franklin. March 13, 1782. 65 Pastor.   Levi Nelson, Lisbon, Dec. 5, 1804. 42 Pastor.   Abel McEwen, D. D., New London, Oct. 22, 1806. 40 Pastor.   Timothy Tuttle, Ledyard, Aug. 14, 1811. 36 Pastor.   Augustus B. Collins, Willimantic, Sept. 2, 1818. 29 Without charge.   Alvan Bond, D. D., Norwich, Nov. 29, 1819. 28 Pastor.   Frederick Gridley, East Lyme, Jan. 9, 1820. 27 Pastor.   Joel R. Arnold, Colchester, March 8, 1820. 27 Pastor.   George Perkins, Norwich, Feb. 24, 1823. 24 Without charge.   Joseph Hurlbut, New London, Sept. 1, 1823. 24 Without charge.   Joseph Ayer, Jr., Lisbon, June 23, 1825. 22 Pastor.  

   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Lyman Strong, Colchester, Aug. 17, 1825. 22 Without charge.   N. B. Strong, Stonington, Aug. 31, 1825. 22 Pastor.   Charles Thompson, Salem, April 15, 1826. 21 Pastor.   Thomas L. Shipman, Jewett City. June 28, 1826. 21 Pastor.   Spencer F. Beard, Montville, Jan. 22, 1829. 18 Without charge.   Rodolphus Landfear, Coventry, Aug. 26, 1829. 18 Without charge.   Hiram P. Arms, Norwich, June 30, 1830. 17 Pastor.   Stephen Johnson, China, Feb. 21, 1833. 14 Missionary.   Jared R. Avery, Groton, Aug. 17, 1833. 14 Pastor.   John C. Nichols, Lebanon, May 15, 1834. 13 Pastor.   Tryon Edwards, New London, July 22, 1834. 13 Pastor.   A. L. Whitman, Groton, Sept. 17, 1834. 13 Without charge.   Joel W. Newton, Oct. 29, 1834. 13 Chaplain U. S. N.   Israel T. Otis, Lebanon, Goshen, Jan. 10, 1835. 12 Without charge.   Anson Gleason, Montville, April 1, 1835. 12 Pastor.   William M. Birchard, Bozrah, Oct. 25, 1843. 3 Pastor.   William Clift, Stonington, Dec. 13, 1844. 2 Pastor.   Joshua R. Brown, Lebanon, Goshen, May 21, 1845. 2 Pastor.   Myron N. Morris, North Stonington, April 15, 1846. 1 Pastor.   John P. Gulliver, Norwich, Oct. 1, 1846. Pastor.   Charles P. Bush, Norwich, Dec. —, 1846. Pastor.   Calvin Terry, Griswold, Dec. 23, 1846. Pastor.  
Aggregate Min. age, 615 Average Min. age, 21
LICENTIATE.—Elijah B. Huntington.
VII. MEMBERS OF FAIRFIELD WEST ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Platt Buffett, Stanwich, May 25, 1796. 51 Without charge.   Nathaniel Freeman, Weston, July 4, 1809. 38 Without charge.   Mark Mead, Greenwich, Nov. —, 1809. 38 Without charge.   William Belden, New York City, Sept. 20, 1812. 35 Without charge.   Nathaniel Hewit, D. D., Bridgeport, June —, 1815. 32 Pastor.   Henry Fuller, North Stamford, Oct. 8, 1816. 31 Without charge.   Nathan Burton, Ridgebury, Nov. 6, 1821. 26 Without charge.   John Smith, Wilton, March 18, 1826. 21 Pastor.   Ezra D. Kinney, Darien, Jan. 31, 1827. 20 Pastor.   B. Y. Morse, (unknown.) June 12, 1827. 20 Without charge.   Chauncey Wilcox, Ridgefield, June 25, 1828. 19 Teacher.   Edwin Hall, D. D., Norwalk, Aug. 27, 1830. 17 Pastor.   Joseph Fuller, Vershire, Vt. Sept. 30, 1830. 17 Without charge.   Theophilus Smith, New Canaan, Aug. 31, 1831. 16 Pastor.   Frederick H. Ayres, Stamford, Nov. 5, 1833. 14 Stated supply.   Lewis Pennell, Weston, 1834. 13 Stated supply.   Darius Mead, Greenwich, May —, 1835. 12 Without charge.   Lyman H. Atwater, Fairfield, July 29, 1835. 12 Pastor.   S. B. S. Bissell, Greenwich, April —, 1836. 11 Stated supply.   Charles T. Prentice, Easton, June 8, 1836. 11 Pastor.   George Hall, New York City, Jan. 25, 1837. 10 Without charge.   Z. K. Hawley, South Norwalk, March 21, 1838. 9 Stated supply.   James A. Hawley, Ridgefield, June 13, 1841. 6 Pastor.   Thomas B. Sturges, Greenfield, June 8, 1842. 5 Pastor.   Zalmon B. Burr, Ridgebury, June 7, 1843. 4 Pastor.   S. J. M. Merwin, Southport, Dec. 18, 1844. 2 Pastor.   Giles M. Porter, Greensfarms, Dec. 25, 1844. 2 Pastor.  
Aggregate Min. age, 492 Average Min. age, 17
LICENTIATE.—Abel B. Burke.
VIII. MEMBERS OF FAIRFIELD EAST ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Jonathan Bartlett, Redding, Feb. 3, 1796. 51 Without charge.   Thomas Punderson, Huntington, Oct. 26, 1809. 38 Without charge.   Abner Brundage, Peekskill, N. Y. Aug. —, 1816. 31 Without charge.   John H. Hunter, Bridgeport, Dec. 17, 1828. 19 Without charge.   John L. Ambler, Bethel, March 4, 1833. 14 Agent Tract Soc.   Rollin S. Stone, Danbury, April 15, 1835. 12 Pastor.   David C. Perry, Barlow, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1836. 11 Without charge.   William B. Weed, Stratford, Dec. 4, 1839. 8 Pastor.   David C. Comstock, Redding, March 4, 1840. 7 Without charge.   Dan C. Curtiss, Brookfield, June 4, 1840. 7 Pastor.   Robert D. Gardner, Monroe, March 31, 1841. 6 Pastor.   Henry H. Morgan, New Fairfield, June 7, 1842. 5 Pastor.   William T. Bacon, New Haven, Dec. 28, 1842. 5 Without charge.   C. N. Seymour, Huntington, June 26, 1844. 3 Pastor.   John S. Whittlesey, Trumbull, Oct. 2, 1844. 3 Pastor.   Sylvanus Haight, Bethel,   Daniel D. Frost, Redding,  
Aggregate Min. age, 221 Average Min. age, 13
IX. MEMBERS OF WINDHAM ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Daniel Dow, D. D., Thompson, April 20, 1796. 51 Pastor.   Alvan Underwood, Oxford, Mass. May 27, 1801. 46 Without charge.   Asa King, Westminster, May 5, 1802. 45 Pastor.   Thomas Williams, Providence, R. I. 1802. 45 Without charge.   Philo Judson, Middle Haddam, Sept. 11, 1811. 36 Stated supply.   Roswell Whitmore, Stonington, Jan. 13, 1813. 34 Without charge.   Jacob Allen, Sterling, Oct. 6, 1813. 34 Pastor.   James Porter, South Woodstock, Sept. 8, 1814. 33 Without charge.   Otis Rockwood, Bradford, Mass. July 1, 1819. 28 Agent.   Anson S. Atwood, S. Mansfield, Sept. 1, 1819. 28 Pastor.   Henry Robinson, Plainfield, April 30, 1823. 25 Pastor.   Charles J. Warren, Feb. 28, 1828. 19 Agent.   George J. Tillotson, Brooklyn, May 25, 1831. 16 Pastor.   Orson Cowles, North Haven, April 25, 1832. 15 Agent.   Thomas Boutelle, North Woodstock, May 21, 1833. 14 Pastor.   Job Hall, Orwell, Vt. Jan. 15, 1834. 13 Without charge.   Nathan S. Hunt, Montville, Feb. 12, 1834. 13 Stated supply.   Benjamin Ober, Holland, Mass. Jan. 1, 1834. 13 Stated supply.   John D. Baldwin, N. Killingly, Sept. 3, 1834. 13 Pastor.   Daniel Hunt, Pomfret, April 8, 1835. 12 Pastor.   Erastus Dickinson, Chaplin, Sept. 7, 1835. 12 Pastor.   John E. Tyler, Windham, Oct. 11, 1837. 10 Pastor.   Andrew Sharpe, Willimantic, Sept. 23, 1840. 7 Pastor.   Francis Williams, Eastford, Sept. 20, 1841. 6 Pastor.   Andrew Dunning, Norwich, May 18, 1842. 5 Without charge.   William Barnes, Hampton, Sept. 21, 1842. 5 Pastor.   Thomas Tallman, Scotland, May 20, 1844. 3 Pastor.   Thomas O. Rice, W. Killingly, Jan. 1, 1845. 2 Pastor.   Jared O. Knapp, Central Village, Pl. Sept. 24, 1846. 1 Pastor.  
Aggregate Min. age, 583 Average Min. age, 20
LICENTIATES.—Melzar Parker, Thomas G. Clarke, Aden Southworth.

X. MEMBERS OF LITCHFIELD NORTH ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Timothy Stone, Cornwall, South, Nov. 10, 1803. 44 Without charge.   James Beach, Winsted, Jan. 1, 1806. 41 Without charge.   Frederick Marsh, Winchester, Feb. 1, 1809. 38 Pastor.   Cyrus Yale, New Hartford, South, Oct. 12, 1814. 33 Pastor.   Jonathan Lee, Salisbury, June 28, 1815. 32 Teacher.   Grove L. Brownell, Sharon, July 23, 1817. 30 Pastor.   Asahel Gaylord, Norfolk, Sept. 10, 1823. 24 Without charge.   Harley Goodwin, Canaan, South, Jan. 4, 1826. 21 Stated supply.   Joseph Eldridge, Norfolk, April 25, 1832. 15 Pastor.   John W. Beecher, Ellsworth, April —, 1832. 15 Pastor.   William W. Andrews, Kent. May 21, 1834. 13 Pastor.   Alex. Leadbetter, N. Hart'fd, North, Jan. 13, 1837. 10 Pastor.   Adam Reid, Salisbury, Sept. 27, 1837. 10 Pastor.   Alfred E. Ives, Colebrook, Jan. 25, 1838. 9 Pastor.   Samuel Day, Wolcottville, May 5, 1839. 8 Pastor.   Joshua L. Maynard, Cornwall, North, June 14, 1841. 6 Pastor.   John R. Keep, Warren, May 5, 1842. 5 Pastor.   John A. McKinstrey, Torrington, Oct. 5, 1842. 5 Pastor.   Luther H. Barber, Hitchcockville, Oct. 25, 1843. 4 Pastor.   Lavalette Perrin, Goshen, Dec. 13, 1843. 4 Pastor.   Hiram Day, Cornwall South, Feb. 28, 1844. 3 Pastor.   H. Barber, Amenia, Dutch Co. N. Y. Stated supply.  
Aggregate Min. age, 370 Average Min. age, 12
XI. MEMBERS OF LITCHFIELD SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Malthy Gelston, Sherman, April 26, 1797. 50 Pastor.   Fosdick Harrison, Bethlehem, June 2, 1813. 34 Pastor.   John Greenwood, New Milford, June 20, 1822. 25 Pastor.   Charles Bentley, Harwinton, Oct. 15, 1826. 21 Pastor.   Albert B. Camp, Northfield, Jan. 24, 1827. 20 Without charge.   Gurdon Hayes, Washington, April —, 1828. 19 Pastor.   Hollis Read, New Preston, Sept. 24, 1829. 18 Pastor.   W. H. Whittemore, Southbury, Sept. 28, 1831. 16 Pastor.   D. L. Parmelee, Litchfield, S. Farms, Feb. 29, 1832. 15 Pastor.   Ephraim Lyman, Plymouth, Oct. 28, 1835. 12 Pastor.   Oliver B. Butterfield, South Britain, June 28, 1837. 10 Pastor.   Harvey D. Kitchel, Plymouth, Feb. 20, 1830. 8 Pastor.   Austin Isham, Roxbury, June 5, 1839. 8 Pastor.   Philo R. Hurd, Watertown, July 1, 1840. 7 Pastor.   John Churchill, Woodbury, North, April 22, 1840. 7 Pastor.   J. B. Stoddard, Sherman, May 16, 1844. 4 Pastor.   Joel L. Dickinson, Northfield, Feb. 28, 1844. 3 Pastor.   James Kilbourn, Bridgewater, Feb. 22, 1844. 3 Pastor.   John F. Norton, Milton, Oct. 23, 1844. 3 Pastor.  
Aggregate Min. age, 283 Average Min. age, 14
XII. MEMBERS OF MIDDLESEX ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     David D. Field, D. D., Higganum, April 11, 1804. 43 Stated supply.   Ephraim G. Swift, Killingworth, Sept. 10, 1810. 36 Pastor.   Chester Colton, Clark Co., Ohio, Jan. 25, 1815. 32 Home Mission'y.   Isaac Parsons, East Haddam, Oct. 23, 1816. 30 Pastor.   Oliver Brown, Grassy Hill, Oct. 20, 1819. 27 Stated supply.   Nathaniel Miner, Millington, Oct. 11, 1826. 20 Pastor.   Stephen A. Lopez, Hadlyme, Jan. 3, 1827. 20 Pastor.   Spofford D. Jewett, Westchester, Feb. 4, 1830. 17 Pastor.   Frederick W. Chapman, Deep River, Sept. 5, 1832. 14 Pastor.   William A. Hyde, Westbrook, Jan. 2, 1833. 14 Pastor.   Enoch S. Huntington, Clinton, May 26, 1837. 10 Pastor.   Ethan B. Crane, Saybrook, June 27, 1838. 9 Pastor.   Rufus Smith, Colchester, Sept. 19, 1838. 8 Without charge.   David S. Brainerd, Lyme, June 30, 1841. 6 Pastor.   Amos S. Chesebrough, Chester, Dec. 1, 1841. 5 Pastor.   William Russell, East Hampton, Dec. —, 1843. 3 Pastor.   Joseph D. Hull, Pautapaug, Jan. 31, 1844. 3 Pastor.   Elisha W. Cook, Haddam, Nov. 18, 1846. Pastor.   Warren C. Fiske, Wiskonsan, May 19, 1847. Home Mission'y.  
Aggregate Min. age, 297 Average Min. age, 15
LICENTIATE.—William C. Foote, Yonkers, N. Y.
XIII. MEMBERS OF TOLLAND ASSOCIATION.
   Names and Residence. Ordained. Min. age. Occupation.     Diodate Brockway, Ellington, Sept. 18, 1799. 47 Pastor.   Joseph Vaill, Somers, Feb. 2, 1814. 33 Pastor.   Chauncey Booth, South Coventry, Sept. 20, 1815. 31 Without charge.   Nehemiah H. Beardsley, Somers, Jan. 3, 1816. 31 Without charge.   Wm. Ely, E. Hampton, Mass. March 18, 1818. 29 Without charge.   G. A. Calhoun, North Coventry, March 10, 1819. 28 Pastor.   Alpha Miller, Andover, Oct. 20, 1819. 27 Pastor.   Rodney G. Dennis, Grafton, Mass. Oct. 14, 1820. 26 Without charge.   James Ely, Bolton, June 7, 1825. 22 Without charge.   Charles Nichols, Gilead, Sept. 28, 1825. 21 Pastor.   Abram Marsh, Tolland, June 25, 1829. 18 Pastor.   James W. Woodward, Columbia, Nov. 10, 1830. 16 Pastor.   Edward Harris, New York City, Secretary.   Elliott Palmer, West Stafford, June 6, 1832. 15 Without charge.   Samuel J. Curtiss, Union, Nov. 1, 1832. 14 Pastor.   Albert Smith, Vernon, Feb. 10, 1836. 11 Pastor.   George H. Woodward, East Stafford, Nov. 4, 1837. 9 Pastor.   David Bancroft, Willington, Oct. 20, 1839. 7 Pastor.   James P. Terry, North Madison, Dec. 4, 1839. 7 Stated supply.   Hiram Bell, Marlborough, Feb. 10, 1840. 7 Pastor.   Edgar J. Doolittle, Hebron, May 18, 1842. 5 Pastor.   A. R. Luvemore, North Mansfield, Aug. 30, 1843. 4 Pastor.   N. H. Eggleston, Ellington, Feb. 19, 1845. 2 Pastor.   Henry B. Blake, South Coventry, Jan. 1, 1845. 2 Pastor.   Horace Winslow, Rockville, June —, 1843. 4 Pastor.   Wm. A. Benton, Syria, May 18, 1847. Missionary A. B. C. F. M.  
Aggregate Min. age, 416 Average Min. age, 17
LICENTIATE.—Charles Hammond, Monson.

SUMMARY.
   ASSOCIATIONS. Number of members. No. whose ord. is known. Pastors. Without charge. Living out of the State. Aggregate Min. age. Average Min. age, Licentiates.   Stated Supplies. Presidents and professors. Teachers. Editors. Agents. Missionaries.     Hartford, N. 21 21 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 449 21 *   Hartford, C. 17 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 306 18 *   Hartford, S. 22 22 17 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 408 18 *   N. Haven, W. 32 31 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 547 17 *   N. Haven, E. 22 22 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 427 19 *   New London, 33 33 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 615 21 1   Fairfield, W. 27 27 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 492 17 1   Fairfield, E. 17 16 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 221 13 *   Windham, 29 29 21 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 5 583 20 3   Litchfield, N. 22 21 20 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 371 12 *   Litchfield, S. 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 283 14 *   Middlesex, 19 19 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 297 15 1   Tolland, 26 25 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 416 17 1   307 303 213 16 7 5 1 5 4 62 19 5001 17 7  
SCHEDULE,
Showing the Foreign Ecclesiastical Body to which each Association is to nominate a Delegate, for seven successive years.
One delegate to be nominated annually by each Association.
The appointment of delegates to all other Ecclesiastical bodies, with which the General Association is in correspondence, to be left to that body.
NOTE.—This Schedule is the work of the Committee appointed for that purpose, and is yet to receive the approval of the General Association. It is here published that the District Associations may have some reference to it in their nominations to the Session of 1848; there being at present no common rule to guide them.
   1849. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. 1855.     Hartford North, Mass. Vt. N. H. R. I. Maine. N. Y. Illinois.   Hartford Center, Vt. N. H. R. I. Maine. N. Y. Illinois. Mass.   Hartford South, N. H. R. I. Maine. N. Y. Illinois. Mass. Vt.   New Haven West, R. I. Maine. N. Y. Illinois. Mass. Vt. N. H.   New Haven East, Maine. N. York. Illinois. Mass. Vt. N. H. R. I.   New London, N. Y. Illinois. Mass. Vt. N. H. R. I. Maine.   Fairfield West, Illinois. Mass. Vt. N. H. R. I. Maine. N. Y.   Fairfield East, Mass. Vt. N. H. R. I. Maine. N. Y. Illinois.   Windham, Vt. N. H. R. I. Maine. N. Y. Illinois. Mass.   Litchfield North, N. H. R. I. Maine. N. Y. Illinois. Mass. Vt.   Litchfield South, R. I. Maine. N. Y. Illinois. Mass. Vt. N. H.   Middlesex, Maine. N. Y. Illinois. Mass. Vt. N. H. R. I.   Tolland, N. York. Illinois. Mass. Vt. N. H. R. I. Maine.  
The Associational Preacher for any given year, is appointed by the District Association, in which the General Association met the year but one before.
The Preacher of the Concio ad Clerum is nominated by the District Association in which the General Association meets the same year, and is appointed by the General Association.
Delegates to Foreign Bodies, and others, can obtain the Minutes of A. H. Maltby, or E. R. Tyler, New Haven.
S. 717768
Daniel Weed
Conne

Wesminster Jan'y 14 1845
Genl J. Sedgwick
Com. Rensselaer
Sir I send you the papers of Mr. Wood which I presume will satisfy you of service rendered in 1780 or prior to his being 16 yrs of age for which hitherto he has not recd. a penny. Mr. Wood I under- -stand is a good & upright man & depends on his son who is a clergyman in my neighborhood, & of distinction.
I am very respectfully your oblt. Servt.
Saml. Smith

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Probate Court District of Norwalk on the 1 st day of Augt. 1832 before said Court Personally appeared Matthias S' John of New Canaan in said County aged 70 years being duly sworn in open Court doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Daniel Weed of said New Canaan and has always lived in the same Neighborhood and knows that said Weed entered the service of the United States in Capt. Reuben Sedgfield Company of State troops on or about the 25 th day of July 1781 the first day of September 1781. That I belonged to the same Company that we served together during the remainder of the Revolutionary War and at the close we were discharged Thompson was principally part of the time engaged in protecting the sea coast at South Stamford and guarding the same and on the lines under Col. John Moad. afterwards Genl. Matthias S' John
Sworn & subscribed in open Court Benj. Isaacs Judge At the same Court Personally appeared before said Court Asa Comstock Esq. of New Canaan in said County aged 79 years being duly sworn in open Court deposes and say that he is well acquainted with Daniel Weed of said New Canaan and knows that said Weed knows that said Weed entered the service of the United States in Capt. Reuben Sedgfield Company of State troops on or about the first of Sept r . 1781. That I belonged to the same Company and acted as sergeant of said Company that we served together during the remainder of the Revolutionary War and at the close we were discharged Thompson was employed and engaged at South Stamford from New Canaan guarding and protecting the sea coast & on the lines under Col. John Moad. afterwards Genl. Asa Comstock
Sworn & subscribed in open Court
Benj. Isaacs Judge

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } Probate Court District of Stamford May 1. 1833 This may certify that I am well acquainted with the within dispensants Aaron Comstock Esq. and Col. Matthias P. John and know them both to be credible and reputable Persons. B. J. S. Judge

Mr. Edwards Doolittle
1835

Pension Office - Jan. 21 st 1845
Sir - I have the honor to inform you that the readjustment of the pension of Daniel Weed, which he has requested by a supplemental declaration, shows that he was improperly allowed for twelve months service under Capt. Seaford from 1 st September 1781 when he was sixteen years old, to the end of the war. With the present information of the Department, that is altogether improbable. He. Capt. Seaford in 1781 & 2 was not, according to our information, commissioned in the Coast Guards, but commanded a Military company, an original roll of which shows that they were called out on the 8 th January 1782 and discharged on the 23 rd of the same month. Upon this roll is claimants receipt for pay of sixteen days service.
The new claim for ten months service not mentioned in his original declaration is wholly unfounded, as he has sworn in definite language that he entered the service the day he was sixteen years old. The reason assigned for the reported omission of this service is wholly unsearching. Although it is apparent that he is not entitled to any pension, he is invited to make a new statement showing the period and length of each engagement of service, names of Company and other officers, stations, distance of station from his home, probable number of the force, how encamped and quartered, how and by whom paid and subsisted.
This witness Smith M. Gohn has been an applicant for an increase, but he is no more entitled to the pension which he obtained by claimants testimony than claimant is to that he has received upon witness former affidavit.

Newbern May 23. 1848.
Certificate of the Death of Witnesses
I found by the records of the Congregational Church in Newbern, Connecticut, of which the late Matthew H. ... was a member of said church from 1820 to 1828 until his death, which occurred in Newbern Jan. 1830. Also that ... of the Second Church from May 5. 1795 until his death, which occurred in Newbern April 23. 1846.
Witness Joseph ... Newbern

New Canaan May 23. 1848.
I find, by the records of the Congregational Church in New Canaan, Connecticut, of which I am pastor, that Matthias St. John was a member of said Church from Feb. 10. 1788, until his death, which occurred in New Canaan, Jan. 4. 1836.
Also that Enoch St. John was a member of the same Church, from May 6. 1792, until his death, which occurred in New Canaan, April 23. 1846.
Attest Theophilus Smith, Pastor of Cong l Ch h in New Canaan.

Aug 4/88 For the Hon. J. L. Edwards —
Daniel Wood
Ames
Dear T. Smith

Washington city Aug t 4 th 1848
Dear Sir. I enclose him with the papers relating to the case of Daniel Wood which I mentioned to you last evening which I hope will prove satisfactory. I take a deep interest in the case as his son the Rev W. B. Wood of Stratford Ct is one of the most respectable clergymen of my District of the Congregational denomination. I respectfully solicit attention to the subject as as early a day as is practicable. With sentiments of the highest respect I have the honor to be truly Your friend Freeman Smith

Affidavit of Rev. Mr. Smith

I Theophilus Smith do under oath depose and say that I am and have been for the last sixteen years pastor of the Congregational Church in New Canaan, Con.; and that Daniel Weed was a regular member of said Church when I was settled installed in 1831, and continued to be an acceptable member, until about five years since when he received a dismission and recommendation to another church; and that during the above specified time, I was well acquainted with the said Daniel Weed and with his reputa- tion for truth and veracity in New Canaan; & that I ever considered him to be a man of strict integrity and truth; and I believe he was generally so considered by the inhabitants of New Canaan
Theophilus Smith
Dated at Stratford { June 23. 1848. }
Sworn before me this 23 d day of June AD 1848.
Dan'd P. Judson Justice of the Peace

Rev. Mr. Smith of New Canaan having just called at my home on his way home from Virginia I have requested of him a written statement of his opinion respecting my father's character for credibility and also of his belief as to the general estimation in which he was held in this respect by the people of New Canaan. He has accordingly made the affidavit enclosed.
He has also requested to me that it might not be convenient to send a copy of the last published Minutes of our Gen. Association - their minutes for 1848 not being out yet, as that body has only held its annual meeting for this year during the present week. On pages 37 and 38 will be found a verification of what Rev. Mr. S. and myself have stated as to our profession &c.
M c N.

11. to Hon. Fremont 12. 48 Smith August Letter to David Weed Nov. 23. 49 - Also to Chs. Borwick P. A. Same date

Daniel Weed
Home?
5. 6. 14. 17
Braun
P 141.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Weed which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
4th interrogant
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss: Stratford
On this 4 th day of January A.D. 1845 Personally Appeared before the Court of Probate within & for the District of Stratford in Fairfield County & State aforesaid Daniel Weed, formerly a resident in the town of New Canaan in the County and State aforesaid, but now residing in Stratford aforesaid, aged 79 Years who being first sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in addition to his former Declaration, In order to obtain the full benefit of the Provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 Granting pay & pensions to each of the surviving Officers, Non Commissioned Officers Musicians & Indian Spies who had served six months, and upwards, in the Continental, line, or State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, during the Revolutionary War That he was born on the 1 st day of September A.D. 1765 - That he entered the service in the Guards, stationed at New Canaan, for the Protection of the Coast & the Inhabitants living near the lines, (then occupied on the West by the Enemy), under the Command of Capt. Daniel Burton, Col. John Meads Regiment - That he entered the aforesaid Company of Guards, in the early part of the Month of October A.D. 1780 - cannot state the precise day, but within a short time after he had arrived at the age of 15 Years, and served in S. Guards at that time ten months which said term of service was not included in his original declaration, & application for a Pension. That he was at that time made to believe, that no allowance would be made for any services rendered, before the person performing the same, had arrived at the age of 16 Years. That at the time of entering the service in the aforesaid Guards he was but about 15 Years of age, & understanding, that no allowance would be made for services performed while under 16 Years of age, did not set up a Claim for the above mentioned term of service, in his former Declaration. That in order further to support this his present Declaration, he would refer to the Deposition of Benjamin Isaac Esq. accompanying this his present declaration, & would remark that Mr. Isaac, at the time of his making his former Declaration, was a Judge of Probate, and drew up the original papers necessary for him to obtain a pension, & that at the time of so doing, the Judge was impressed with the same idea, as himself, that no allowance would be made for services performed, before the person had arrived at the age of 16. No claim therefore, for this term of service, was set up in his former Declaration, he would however, particularly refer to the Deposition of Mr. Isaac himself, which is attached to this his present Declaration. This Declarant, would also further refer, to the Deposition of Enock St. John, accompanying this his present Declaration, going to prove the fact, of his having performed the service of 10 months in the Guards under the Command of Capt. Daniel Burton, while under 16 Years

of age, as set forth in this his present Declaration. He also further declares that in the Year 1784 immediately after he had arrived at the age of 16, he enlisted, in the Guards then stationed at New Canaan, under the command of Capt. Reuben Scofield, & served in the same until the close of the War, which said term of service was set up in his former Declaration, as will appear by referring to his original declaration on file in the Office at Washington. He also further declares that he served in those two terms as mentioned above in this his declaration, a period of more than two years, and for which service he was justly entitled to a full pension, from March the 4 th 1831 to the present time, whereas he has only received a Pension after the date of 1840 per Annum & the difference between that and a full Pension is now justly his due, & to recover which he now makes this his additional Declaration. He would refer to the certificate of the Comptroller of this State & to the other documents attached to this his Declaration, & also to the documents produced in his former Declaration & now on file in the Office at Washington, to sustain him in his claim, as being justly entitled to a full Pension. —
Daniel Weed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and Year above written
Before Me
Attest. Daniel P. Judson Clerk
Daniel Plant, Judge of Probate for Stratford District.
And the S d Court do hereby declare their Opinion that the said Daniel Weed served in the Guards Stationed at New Canaan during the Revolutionary War under the command of Capt. Daniel Root & Capt. Reuben Scofield as is stated by him in his foregoing Declaration. — Daniel Plant, Judge Attest. Daniel P. Judson Clerk.
I Daniel P. Judson Clerk of the Probate Court aforesaid do hereby certify as as of, contains the proceedings of said Court in the matter of the additional Declaration of Daniel Weed for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 8 th day of January A D . 1845. —
Daniel P. Judson Clerk of Probate for the District of Stratford

Mr. Weed

I hereby certify and declare that Daniel Weed, formerly an inhabitant of New Canaan, now residing in Stratford Conn. performed military service for 10 months commencing in October 1780 - in a military company called the town guards stationed at New Canaan for the protection of the coast and the inhabitants living near the enemy's line to the west, on the border of New York - of which company Daniel Benton was Captain & Col. John Mead's Regiment. I served at the same time in the same company and am personally knowing to the above facts.
Enoch St John
Fairfield County ss. Norwalk Jan 2. 1845
I hereby certify that on the day and year above written, Enoch St John, a person of veracity, entitled to full credit, personally appeared before me, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him submitted.
John A. Wood Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County Ct.
I Sidney B. Brewster Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, certify that John A. Wood is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing and following certificates purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name this 11th day of January A.D. 1845.
Sidney B Brewster
Clerk of Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk

I Benjamin Isaacs of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut do hereby certify and declare. That I have been many years engaged in making applications for, and procuring pensions for Revolutionary soldiers in this town and neighborhood. That I was instrumental in procuring a pension for Daniel Wood, then of New Canaan, now of Stratford in sd County of Fairfield. That at the time the application was made for said pension, and frequently since I have heard said Wood speak of services performed previous to the time he was 16 years old, but I, as well as said Wood being under the impression that a pension could not be allowed for these services, he was silent on the subject in the application on which his present pension is based. That since examining the subject I have repeatedly expressed the opinion to him that had he included said services in his original declaration he would have been entitled to a full pension.
Norwalk Fairfield Co. Conn.
Benj. Isaacs
January 11. 1845
I hereby certify that on the day and year above written Benjamin Isaacs known to me to be a person of veracity and entitled to full credit personally appeared before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed.
John C. Wood Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County Ct.

Comptroller's Office
Hartford Conn: 8 January 1845.
I Certify that on application for evidence of the service of Daniel Weed in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this Office relating to that War, and find in the Accounts of the late "Pay Table" office these entries:—
  "War . . . . . Dr.   1781 June 11 — To Ord r in Treas y p r Cap. Daniel Bouton, Pay Roll, "ditto" [supposed to refer to "Meads Reg t ." mentioned in the line above] } 77. 17. 1   To ditto p r ditto . . . . . 11. 16. 9"   "War . . . . . Dr.   1782 Jan y 18 — To Ord r in Treas y p r Cap. Dan l Bouton, addit l Pay Roll, Coast Guards State Money, . . . . . } 207. 9. 2"   " — — To ditto p r Dan l Bouton Pay Roll Coast Guards . . . . . 35. 17. 11"     "War . . . . . Dr.   1781 Dec r 28 — To Ord r in Treas y p r Cap. Reuben Scofield, addit l allowance his Roll of Service at New York State Money, . . . . . } 77. 9. 5   " — — To ditto p r Cap. Reuben Scofield Pay Roll Militia Horse Neck 504. 6. 7   ditto p r ditto Mileage Roll . . . . . 4. 7. 7   " Jan y 15 — To ditto p r ditto Pay Roll [Coast Guards] . . . . . 2. 300. 8. 9   1783 Feb. 12 — To ditto p r ditto d o Guard at Middlesex . . . . . 132. 12. 7 
The dates given above are supposed to be those of the time of settlement, or of rendering the accounts. No Pay Rolls of these Companies have been found. A Harrington, Comptroller