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Rev. Albert Gould, was appointed to the charge, by the Conference, 

 in 1875. 



II. That portion of the parent Society left in the Fourth Parish, 

 by the change in place of worship in 1828, continued to share the 

 services of the pastors sent by Conference to the Society on Prospect 

 street, until 1838 ; since which time they have been a separate 

 charge. Their House of Worship, erected in 1838, is located at Riv- 

 erdale. The present pastor, Rev. Walter Wilkie, was appointed b} T 

 the Conference in 1876. 



III. In 1871 a Society was organized at Bay View, and a House 

 of Worship erected in 1872. The present pastor, Rev. William B. 

 Toulwin, was appointed by the Conference in 1876. 



Orthodox Congregationalists. I. A rupture occurred in the First 

 Parish, occasioned by dissatisfaction with the doctrinal views of the 

 pastor, in 1829, which resulted in the formation of the Evangelical 

 Orthodox Church, that year, and of a Society a year later. The 

 House of Worship now occupied by the Society, the second built by 

 them on the same site, was erected at the corner of School and Mid- 

 dle streets, in 1855. The present pastor, Rev. F. B. Makepeace, 

 was settled in 1873. 



II. The North Orthodox Congregational Church, located at 

 Lanesville, was organized in 1831. Their House of Worship, erect- 

 ed in 1828, was enlarged in 1853. Rev. Samuel B. Andrews, their 

 present pastor, was settled in 1875. 



III. The Church connected with the Second Parish, and organ- 

 ized in 1716, withdrew from the Society, when a majority of the lat- 

 ter changed their theological views, in 1830. A reorganization took 

 place, and a new House of Worship was erected in West Gloucester, 

 on the Essex road, in 1834. Rev. Nathaniel Richardson, the pres- 

 ent pastor, was settled in 1874. 



Baptist. I. The Second Baptist Church, (the First having been 

 instituted at Sandy Bay, now the town of Rockport, in 1808,) was 

 organized in 1830. Their House of Worship, the third erected by 

 the Society, and the second on the present site, was built in 1871, 

 on the corner of Pleasant and Middle streets. Rev. J. M. English, 

 the present pastor, was settled in 1875. 



II. A Baptist Chapel was erected at East Gloucester in 1858, 

 and greatly enlarged in 1869. The Church was organized in 1863. 

 The location of the House of Worship is on Chapel street, and the 

 present pastor, Rev. A. M. Higgins, was settled in 1875. 



Roman Catholic. I. St. Anne's Church. Mass was first eel- 



