Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-21

and during the term OF his service among
Munson was added to the above named
committee. It is not likely that these
overtures met with success, for in the fol-
lowing December it was voted, ''That we
will support the Rev. Mr.. Andrews for his
service with us for the one half of the
time, providing tho sum do not exceed
forty pounds lawful money" The COM
mittee was futher strengthened by the adj
dition of Alven Bradley presumably Mt.
Carmel man,
A week later at society meeting, this
committee reported no progress and it was
then voted to rescind the action of the
previous meeting appropriating e40 and
assess themselves four pence on the pound
on tho list of 1855 for the support Of Mr..
Andrews one-half of the time for said
year.
Now the grand list valuation of the
Second Ecclesiastical society in 1885 was
E1790.7.6. Their assessment conse-
quently would only yield ESQ in round
numbers. Here was either declension
in feeling toward Mr.. Andrews or an in
tention that this vote should apply to the
unexpired term of the year, part of
which had been unavoidably lost, in at
tempting to engage him. With their
views toward him, it was clearly the
latter.
All this earnest, generous effort was
failure. The popular feeling in Walling
ford was very bitter against Mr.. Andrews,
and those who had been identified with the
Church of England during the war. Mr..
Andrews was conscientiously a loyalist
and in the circumstances believed that it
was his duty to leave the country. Before
leaving he presented St. Johns parish,
from his limited means, e7 to assist the
parish in securing another clergyman. He
| went to St. Andrews parish, New Bruins
| wick, where he was very successful and
| highly honored. He was here in 1856 on
visit and spent the winter of 1923 in
Wallingford, officiating in North Haven
Hs1 G 6ruh his time IL $780, 81 Tied
his senior warden here died, and four
years before the death of his devoted
friend, Joseph Pierpent, Esq. Recently
there has been erected in his memory in
St. Andrews parish, New Brunswick, a
beautiful stone church, in which is the
coat of arms presented him by King
George. Thus has he been honored in the
place of his burial. In his native place,
Meriden, Ct, St. Andrews's parish was 80
named in honor of him, and the four
parishes now existing in his once mission
ary field here, are the enduring memorials
of the ministry of ''Parson Andrews"
The officers of St. Johns parish during
Mr.. Andrews ministry, were as follows:
VestrymenN Mix. John Blakeslee, Ash
zophar Blakeslee, clerk
Samuel Pierpont held the Office of senior
warden or junior warden, nearly every
year the Office of senior warden, from
1851 to 1920, ffty-nine years. Abra-
ham Blakeslee was a warden until his
death in 1855. He was succeeded, as
junior warden, in 1855, by Zophar Blakes-
lee. The additional vestrymen, between
1852 and 1885, were Matthew Blakeslee,
Ebenezer Blakeslee, Simon Tuttle, Abra-
ham Sicily, Oliver Blakeslee, Joel Blakes-
lee, Timothy Shatock, Hopestill Critenden,
Walter Munson, Joseph Pierpont, James
Lemuel Bradley, Richard Brockett, Ben
janin Brooks, Titus Frost, Jonah Todd,
| Timothy Fowler, John futile, Samuel
Sackett, Alven Bradley.
Oliver Blakeslee was the first clerk, but
| Zophar Blakeslee succeeded him from 1852
| to 1885, although between 1773 and 1876
Joseph Pierpont esq.,, was the assistant
| clerk. Then Joseph Pierpont succeeded
| him and continued clerk until his death in
| 1OSf dt Cue age OF ninety Ono.
Abraham Blakeslee was the lay reader OF
the church services at first, with the as
sistance of Samuel Mix in ITO, and Samuel
Pierpont, Zophar Blakeslee and others
later, as the absence of the Rev. Mr.
Andrews 80 many Sundays during the
year made lay services necessary
The church was always regularly
ePsn'G Sunday Tr Mr. ray andrews n?1yeSsS w Va
officiating elsewhere. Some of the book.
of sermons read by these men, and also by
others later, are now in the parish library
with their original library number, and il
some cases having the original signature O.
the purchaser. This is particularly tn
case with regard to Zophar Blakeslee. HI
used, among others, three volumes O
Bishop Sherlock's sermons, published il
| 1861. Then followed, among others, Bish
op Atterbury' sermons and Bishop Horne's
published later, etc. These sermons wer
the best works of the English church dur
ing the last century, to which we're added
near the close of the century, Bishop Sea
bury's rermons, etc. AS early as 176'
there were at least Lightweight volumes i,
the parish, and over one hundred volume
at the close of Mr.. Andrews ministry
many having been sent from England
These books indicate high standard o
religious thought in those days on tn
part of the people of St. Johns church
| and in q large measure accounts for tn
| preservation of their church during tn
revolutionary war and afterward.
SHELDON B. THORPE.