Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-07-26
NORTH HAVEN ANNALS.

EurSmer Amxoroeglng NOtoo OF ChuEch
HisJory-Days OF Yore Recalled
Rev. mr.. Robbins Manly Determina.
tion to Preach to the DaptIsts and she
Warfare which Followed That Fra
tsrnal Act.
The Rev. Mr.. Wetmore transferred his
homestead (before mentioned) to the North
east society July 28. 1924, for the considers
ton of e280. It will be remembered the
Rev. Mr.. Stiles stipulated, in his agreement
with the society he should have this property
as his settlement" Accordingly, with an
eye to business, the parallel of which is not
often found, Mr.. Stiles received q deed Of
the premises the same day he was ordained
pastor Of the church, to wit, November II,
1874. Which transaction, the OWL or the
religious, took precedence the reader must
guess. The following Is the text OF the
transfer:
Ives, Moses Blakesiy and Ebenezer Frost-----
chosen committees by said society to make out
to the Rev. Mr. Isaac stiles. the house. barn and
living bought Of Mr. Wstmore by said society, pur
have given granted aiensd fE ,r and con-
unto ssia Isaac stiles sns e rs heirs sSd as
| and being within the bounds OF said New Haven,
rs snS as
bought OF Mr.. .wetmore, which land the said Wet
more bought OF James Bishop and bounded as may
l appear. &C., Co."
Though there were score or more of pretty
| demure maidens in the parish, anyone Of
whom would have added grace to pastors
| freside, yet the heart Of the young preacher
| even before the first obeisanoe was made to
him in North Haven, had gone out to sweet
Kozia Taylor of Westfeld. He was married
| to her early in the summer following his Or
dination, or In June, 1725, and she came at
once to her new homes stranger in q strange
| land. At this time she was twenty-three
years old. She died as has been stated In
! 1877, bequeathing to the word the greatest
American scholar of the eighteenth century.
This was q sad blow to pastor, church and
people. The bonds of alliance that bound
them all together were so new and so strong
they wondered that they could be 30 rudely
wrenohed. Three years passed and the
widowed pastor brought home Esther Hooker
Of Pennington ~ the second mistress of his
heart and the parsonage in October, 1928.
With her he lived 80 years, and then che
survived him 10 years further, dying In 1779,
at the age of ". Further allusion to their
family relation will follow.)
The opinion was advanced In former
| chapter that from the location of the parson-
| age 1t appeared evident the ancient highway
| was laid out in it's immediate front. This
conclusion has been severely criticized and de-
clared unwarranted, but fortunately the New
Haven Propristors' Record, page 400, Deem
Der, 1923, is found to contain the following
entry:
upon the motion Of the Rev. Mr.. Isaac Stiles
for the moving Of the Country Road East Of his
that said Country Road be moved according TO The
said motion, and the stalking, Of said road in the
Bassett at the charge OF said Stiles"
There Is little or no evidence that the
young minister in the first ten years of his
pastorate concerned himself much about out
side affairs. He did not take the Freeman's
oath till 1881. In 1889 he was present at the
council in Guilford called by order of the
general assembly to conciliate if possible the
unhappy differences over the Rev. Mr.. Rug
giles, which had arisen there He sided with
the Ruggles faction. In TAO he was pres
emit for the first time at the meeting of the
general association of the colony of Connecti-
cut at Hartford. His first recorded entry in
to the arena of what might DO called public
| affairs was made In 1741.
In this year Rev. Philemon Robbins, q
minister of the Congregational church in
Branford, received a letter from the pastor
of the Baptist church in Wsllingford setting
| forth that another preacher Of distinction
(Mr. Bellamy) had edited his people greatly
| (Robbins) would come mn and do l;kaw,sa
| r. nc In The he,ohtb ~ i. rav,vaI ,sriod orJ
NJ Pohh,rs On he oa,hoi,o;tv 40 =, ~ r.a.a,,
70 aecIins snch a fratarnai ;nvit.t;on '" snd
appointed the FIRST Sabbath in January, 1742,
| as the day when he would be there. Upon
this engagement becoming known, the
Congregational heart in wallinsford
by forty-twS of the leading church
| members desiring him not to come to preach
l to the Baptists was forwarded to HIM two
DAYS before the appointed Sabbath. The
Jealous Wallingford deacon who was made
bearer of this missive also carried adviees
from the Rev. Mr.. Stiles to the same effect,
but, In she words OF Trumbull, "Mr. Rob-
bins could see no reason why these gentlemen
! should desire that ne should not preach to
| the bap.ists. ~ appeared 10 MN rather I'M
KIND anu contrary 10 Cnristian spirit TO
prevent tnoir hnvlng presenting whsn they
tni.steo ior Tue WoIu Oh L'ie' moreover,
ne mao gwen tnem MS woIu ana named the
Gay. ne went ana Preaoned TWO sermons
greatly 10 their pront: ~
S;,rs W.is vhn ehs .no a,ha. . OIL pne
1 1p' 1,e wv Sis ina. Tue rev.
rnienVn M M1Ins ai9 en,er ih,o tne nret
soc,e'y ~ Ut "ne pr .s IN alsor
ueLiy mAh ,ns. III coh.enps OK .he autnoIi.y OF
I'm psr NJ. Wh;tt,s.an So ~" Vn1 ha oa
.ne rev, nj. W =. .Ss @o' %c ne was
C.,.., - =. a ,,aa.,u $50 nj nsy
os Ignn -; anu ~ e'ing nelu fepIaary
YIN, 100 10 IN spne or .ne mastery aTy detenoe
nie po No 90 'nss oIieu na. ,ns hev.
MT. NJ Wnhh,rs pshnuid ~, vas VI. uisoiae,y:
" .Sa ncrmn;i Cos h;s d;sorJ.rS,. 30 menn yer
%,. sne ~. ve ~ sn.iu.,an 1t ~ preaenln9.
nus ~. ~ y. uht a. S;ns "i IN npne 70 meol'
tate on sho nBns ~ Wnen MS o,etnren re-
gsruea MN Ior ms c1arltaoie deed. But the
matter was not 70 end with his unceremoni.
GUS erection. Inc next year at the annual
meeting In cheshire, charges were again pre-
ferred, and II was voted to hold council in
Branford In June Tor the more complete
nearing OF the ainhouny. tney met at the
proper time ana COUNCIL, preacher, complain
ants ana people AFTER very in1ormai session,
arranged tne Terms OK carter ana expressed
themselves satisned: "Peaee was declared"
writes Or. Irumbuii.
The next meeting OK the association was
held here In north Haven June, l774. Hith-
or came Mr.. Robbins expecting to cit with
his fellows, but to bis utter astonishment he
was stencil In their nostrils and they would
/ lava mona of him. TOey did hOWavar oHar