BAPTISMS BY Eliphalet ADAMS The Later History of the First Church of Christ, New London, Conn. S. Leroy Blake Press of the Day Publishing Company New London 1900 All notes in brackets are those of Blake 1751 Mar 17 John WATERHOUSE's child, Daniel Apr 21 Samuel MORGAN's child, Lucretia Apr 28 William HATCH's child, Stephen May 1 Johanna FARGO's child, Lucretia May 5 George RICHARDS's child, Katharine Jonathan LATTIMORE's child, Boradil May 19 James HARRIS his child, James Jun 3 At Mohegin Joseph JOHNSON's child in right of his wife Elizabeth GARRET, Joseph Jun 23 Stephen PRENTISS Junr and his wife had yr child baptized, Lucy Jul 3 Samuel BROOKS's child, Stephen Jul 7 My grandchild, Pygan ADAMS's child, Lydia Jul 14 Titus HURLBUT's child, Hannah Zaccheus WHEELER's child, Bridget Aug 7 Ezekiel DANIELS's children [no names] Oct 6 Nathaniel SHAW's child, Mary Stephen HEMPSTEAD's child, Lucy Oct 13 Oliver MANWARING Junr's child, Lucretia Oct 20 Capt. Daniel COYT's child, Daniel Oct 27 Amos HALLAM and wife had yr child baptized, Sarah Nov 3 Samuel BILL Junr's child, David Nathan DOUGLASS's child, Hannah Manasseh LEACH's child, Manasseh Jan 19 [1751 N. S.] Samuel TALMAN's child [no name] James LAMPHIRE's child [no name] Feb 9 George COLFAX's child [name illegible] Mr. FELLOWS' child of Boston, Andrew 1752 Mar 8 Col. Gurdon SALTONSTALL's child, Gilbert James FRENCH's child, of Boston, Samuel Mar 22 Isaac FELLOWS' child, Thomas Apr 20 Joseph HURLBUT's child, Ann May 6 John MORGAN Junr his twins, Isaac, Rebeckah May 10 James COMSTOCK's child, James Jun 7 William MORE's child, Mary John TINKER Junr's child, Joseph Jun 14 Nicholas DARROW's child, Elizabeth Samuel BEEBE's child, Rhoda Jul 1 Robert DOUGLASS's child, Daniel Daniel EAMS's child, Anna Jul 9 Nathaniel COYT's twins, Samuel, William Jul 19 Joseph COYT's child, Thomas Aug 16 Jeremiah MILLER Junr his child, Ann Sep 13 O. S. John COYT's child, John Jonathan COLVER's child, Christopher Oct 4 O. S. William DOUGLASS's child, Lydia Nicholas HALLAM's child, John Thomas MANWARING Junr's child, Sarah John WHEELER's child, Elizabeth Oct 18 O. S. Thomas BUTLER Junr's child, Walter Oct 25 O. S. John ROGERS's child, Lydia Nov 22 O. S. Nathaniel HOLT's child, Peter Dec 13 O. S. Pygan ADAMS's child, Elizabeth 1753 Mar 4 Amos HALLAM's child, Amos Apr 8 Christopher CHRISTOPHERS' child, Jonathan Apr 15 John DOUGLASS's child, Grace Apr 22 David GARDINER's child, Joseph John HAWKINS's child, Deborah May 20 George HENDRY's child, Thomas Jun 3 Jonathan LATTIMORE Junr's child, Jonathan George RICHARDS's child, Esther John DART's child, Bethiah John MINOR's child, Eunice Jun 24 Jasper DANIELS' child, Phebe Jul 6 James and Jane HARPIN, had yr child baptized, being sick, Johanna Aug 6 Bryan PALMS' child, Jannet Aug 13 William HATCH's child, Joseph Aug 20 Zaccheus WHEELER's child, Guy Sep 9 William MORGAN's child, Bridget THE REV. MR. ADAMS DIED OCT. 4TH, 1753, AFTER WHICH THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN WERE BAPTIZED. Oct 28 By the Rev. Mr. Jewit [of North Parish, now Montville]; George COLFAX's child, Ebenezer Joseph WATERHOUSE's child, Sarah Nathan DOUGLASS's child, Deborah 1754 Feb 3 By the Rev. Mr. Cleveland [of Haddam], Bryant PALMES' child, Joseph Mar 17 William HOLT's Jun. child, Samuel Apr 21 By the Rev. Mr. Ellis [of Franklin], Stephen PRENTIS's child, Hannah Apr 28 By Rev. Mr. Cleveland, Samuel MORGAN's child, Margaret May 12 By the Rev. Mr. Lord [of Norwich] Stephen HEMPSTEAD's child, Stephen Isaac FELLOWS's CHILD, Joseph Aug 4 By the Rev. Mr. Johnson [of Old Lyme] Gurdon SALTONSTALL's child, Sarah Nov 25 By the Rev. Mr. Jewit, Joseph COIT's child, Daniel Lothrop Samuel TALMAN's child, Elizabeth 1755 Feb 23 By the Rev. Mr. Beckwith [of Hamburg in Lyme] Nicholas HALLAM's child [no name] Amos HALLAM's child [no name] Mar 2 By the Rev. Mr. Johnson, Joseph HARRIS's child, Lydia Jun 8 By the Rev. Mr. Jewit, Zaccheus WHEELER's child, Sarah James THOMPSON's child, Elizabeth Aug 18 By the Rev. Mr. Griswold [of East Lyme] Jesse MINER's child, Amos Oct 5 By the Rev. Mr. Throop [of Bozrah] John COIT's child Mehetabel George RICHARDS's child, George George COLFAX's child, Lucy Thomas BUTLER's Junr child, Daniel Nathanael COIT's child, Katherine Joseph HURLBUT's child, George Nathan DOUGLASS's child [no name] 1756 Feb 22 By the Rev. Mr. Johnson, Oliver MANWARING's child, Oliver Samuel BILL's child, Daniel John HAWKINS's child, Mary Samuel BEEBE's 2nd child, Bethiah Oct By the Rev. Mr. Jewit, Joseph COIT's child, Jerusha 1757 Apr 3 By the Rev. Mr. Estabrooks, [of East Haddam] Thomas FOSDICK's child, Clement Charles BULKELEY's child, Jonathan Nicholas HALLAM's child, Robert Amos HALLAM's child, Lydia Isaac FELLOWS's child, Elizabeth George COLFAX's child, William Jeremiah MILLER's child, Katherine Jul 24 By the Rev. Mr. Lord [of Norwich] Pygan Adams's child, Lydia John DART's child, Caleb William HOLT's child, David John ROGERS's child, Elizabeth James THOMPSON's child, John Transcriber's note: In 1757, Rev. Mather Byles became the minister of First Church of New London. David _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.