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A HALF CENTURY. 



MEMBERS 



" One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the 

 Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel." — Isaiah, xiiv; 5. 



One hundred and twenty persons, whose names stand first in this 

 Catalogue, were members of the First Churcli in New Britain; they 

 became members of this Clmrch at its organization, July 5, 1842. 

 They stand here in the order in which they are found in the original 

 petition. 



EXPLANATJONS. 



The year of admission is placed over the name. 



li — placed before a name, signifies that the person was received by letter from another 

 church; all others were received on the confession of their faith. 



The date at the right of the name denotes the year that the relation to the church was 

 dissolved. 



L — placed before the date, signifies that the person has been dismissed by letter to 

 another church. 



D — placed before the date, signifies that the person was i*emoved by discipline, which 

 includes those from whom watch has been withdrawn on account of long absence. 



* — signifies that the person is deceased. 



The name enclosed in a parenthesis, following the Christian name of a female, was 

 her maiden name. 



The names of husband and wife standing together in the catalogue are connected with 

 a brace. 



1 Elijah Francis, . 



2 Chauncey Cornwell 



3 Seth J. North, . 



4 Alvin North, 



5 Samuel Hart, 



6 Norman Woodruff, 



7 Henry North, . 



8 Ozias Hart, 



9 Dennis Sweet, . 



10 Andrew P. Potter, 



11 Josiah Dewey, . 



12 Elijah Hart, 



13 John Judd, 



14 Abijah Flagg, . 



15 Alonzo Stanley, 



16 Aaron C. Andrews, 



17 George Hart, . 



18 William Bassett, 



19 William H. Smith, 



20 Chester Hart, . 



21 George L. Tibbals, 



22 Edmund Steele, 



23 Theodore A. Belknap, 



*1846 

 *1863 

 *1851 

 *1865 

 *1863 

 L1866 



* 1853 



* 1845 

 D 1855 

 L1848 

 *1851 



* 1856 

 *1875 

 *1842 

 *1851 

 *1847 

 ^ 1891 

 D 1851 

 *1873 

 D1860 

 L 1 850 

 *1879 

 L1854 



