BR 555 .C9 L5 1909 Goodenough, Arthur. The clergy of Litchfield County Ci^^r^ ERRATA. Facing page 128 for St. Michael's, read Congregational. Facing page 138 for St. Peter's, Plymouth, read St. Michael's, Litchfield. Facing page 152 for Episcopal, read St. Peter's. Page 168 read 1888, Rippere.J. Page 213 read Cornelius B. Everest. THE CLERGY OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY u ' ^OCT 2 1942 ^e/aLsE*»\*#THE CLERGY OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY BY ARTHUR GOODENOUGH LITCHFIELD COUNTY CLUBUNIVERSITY MCMIX Copyright, by1909, GoodenoughArthur CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE •I FOUNDATIONS . . 3 II THE PIONEERS 10 18III MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IV AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SERMON 29 V BIOGRAPHIES 39 Rev. Joseph Bellamy 40 Rev. Azel Backus, D.D 42 Rev. TrumbullJohn 43 Father Mills 45 Daniel Farrand 48Rev. Amml Ruhamah Robbins 5°Rev. Blind Minister,from the Autobiography of aExtract Timothy Woodbridge 53 Peter Starr 55Rev. 5^Nathaniel RobertsRev. 5^Cotton Mather SmithRev. 61Jeremiah Day, D.DRev. ^5PERIOD-TRANSITIONVI SECOND 74SKETCHESVII PERSONAL 74Stanley GriswoldRev. 77Alexander GillettRev. vii CONTENTS PAGECHAPTER Rev. Asahel Hooker 80 Rev. Luther Hart 81 Rev. Samuel R. Andrew 82 Rev. James Beach 83 Rev. Chauncey Lee, D.D 85 Rev. Frederick Marsh 88 VIII THIRD PERIOD—MODERNISM 95 IX MORE PERSONAL SKETCHES 99 Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D.D 99 Rev. Adam Reid, D.D 101 Rev. Lavalette Perrin, D.D 103 Rev. William Elliott Bassett 105 Rev. Hiram Eddy, D.