New Britain herald., 1922-12-07
Curtain of History Drawn Back at Exercises Con-
 memorating l5Oth Anniversary of Worthington
 Ecclesiastical Society You Could Pay Your Taxes in Crain-Getting Minister No Easy Job

4 Subsisting Amongst us according [, I the Instructions Within Specified
 Rolled in the affirmative by a lare,
 | Majority there being But ten or clever
 in the Negative.
 At the same Meeting Mir. Jcdcdial I Norton and Scah Heart Esq. wa
 Appointed to Introduce Said Commit
 tee in this parish upon the Society,"
 Cost" y. Attest Samuel Heart, Society,"
 Clerk"
 "The foregoing is transcribed thi.
 Seventh Day Of February ,1774 from an Attested Copy Drawn from the 1Origihal." ' 4&.. Ja Attest, Roger Riley.
 I. t,.Action of Assembly in 1772
 Tie second interesting article ap-
 bearing is the action taken by the
 general assembly regarding the mat ter,of dividing the Kensington Ecclc- siastical society. $ "At q General Assembly of the Gov ernorsand Company of the Colony of Conn, holden at New Haven on tho
 Second Thursday of October A. D.
 1772.-Upon the Memorial of the So-
 ciety of kensington in the Town of
 Harrington in the County of Hart
 ford by their Agent Showing to this
 Assembly that it is best and absolutely
 necessary for their mutual peace and
 real happiness as well as from their
 Limits Situation, Extent and Wealth.
 and other respects That said Society
 should be Divided into two Distinct
 Ecclesiastical Societys by North and
 South Line which they have long
 time laboured to effect. and said Soe
 ciety having now Mutually agreed
 that the most reasonable line of di-
 vision will be in the following manner and form (to wiD beginning at the South Line of the Said Society at the place where the River called Belchers
 River cross the said line. Thence Extending Northerly by Said River until it comes to the four Rods High way so Called, thence on the same Highway until it comes to. the South Side of Selah Heart Esq. land, thence cast on the line of Said Hear Land to the Same River again thence, North erlyFa Direct Course .leaving said Hearts now Land on the west if any of it should happen to fall east of said Course" to a point on the Highway ten feet cast of Deacon Ebenezer Hearts Dwelling House, from thence North to the North line of said Society to in- clude however the whole of said Dea- con Hearts Farm on which he now dwells in said West Society-And it is also further@ Agreed that one or other of said Societys to- be Divided will accept, and receive the ReSss,Ihfr. Clark Mir. Clark. the prsserlt .;p stpr for thoir Minister as he Shan 7chodBe and that such of said Society with whom he shall incline .to continue 1 shalT and will in. future Engage to Perform and fulfil to. him the Con .ract now suhsisting between him and said Society of Kensington. And it 8 further Agreed that the most con- ,enient and suitable place for building Society is at a stake set near a Maple rec in the Dividing Line between the otts of Solomon Durham and Ben- amin Galpin-and the most conven- ent place for that Purpose in said Vest part is a little Westward of the Dwelling House. of Daniel Cole Jun. where a stake was lately set up be- ween two large Stones in the middle f the Highway. And said Society by heir Agents Selah Heart Esq. and 1r. Jedidiah Norton now moving thatl aid line of Division and the place
 xed for the building of Meeting Iouses may be ratified and establish d and that such of said Societys with { shom the said MT. Clark shall incline Q continue may be held to fulfill to i'm the contract now subsisting as foresaid and that each of said Sev- l ral Socetys may be enabled to pro- eed in the building of Meetingl [ouse at the. place aforesaid s7sper1 Iemorial and the Votes and Doings f Said Society as appears. % Ft
 "Wherefore and that peace andf may be restored to them { tc. It is resolved by this Assembly lat the Said Society of Kensington I ,all be and the same is hereby Di- ided into two Distinct Fec. Societys ith full powers and privcleges. r
 "Priveleges as other Societys by t aw Have and do Enjoy according to I le. Lines Bounds and Limits before \ entioned and Described and that lid West Society Shall retain and be [ tlledEby the Name iof Kepsington and c lafH tke Said East Society shall. be n tiled by the Name Of WORTHINGr {, DNs-and that such of said societys a iths,xhom the said 'SMr. Clark shall a loose or signify his Willingness or .sire to continue sAs their Minister a al for the future perform and full l to him the Contract now subsist- l. g between him and said whole So- y ety so long as hc shall remain in the ork of the Ministry amongst them. b nd it is further resolved and order g.
 that the several places fixed for q c building of Meeting House as r oresaid shall and the same are here- cl established to be the most proper E Id convenient for that purpose and B oh of said two Societys shall have eI Il power. And full power and au- ksl ority Is hereby given them by theiril oi ajer Vote to lay taxes and raise and F, " Money for the. Building of Such uC. 2use or Houses at the place 'afore- p i'd as shall seyeEally so vote, and rec to build atd erect for pivinel II d Public Worship in said Society. M Id Whereas the Interest of Rev. MT. oi ark may be materially affected by St 2 Division aforesaid and by his be- " ! obliged to remove from his pres th situation itsis therefore, further si solved that Colonel Jabtz Hamiin, ol ajor Erastus' WolIcott and Major al isha Williams be and they are here- hl
 appointed a Committee with sfull tw wer to- notify all concerned and to sil anime Unto and consider of all cir n, df a ', r<,o yalativn fo tbo caid Mr | I3l