Baptisms by Mather Byles The Later History of the First Church of Christ, New London, Conn. S. Leroy Blake Press of the Day Publishing Company New London 1900 Notes in brackets are those of Blake. The capital letter A, throughout the pastorate of Byles, signifies adults. 1765 Jan 13 Griswold, of Jonathan and Lucretia LATTIMORE Samuel, of Samuel and Sarah BELDIN Stephen, of Stephen an Patience CLAY Jan 20 Elizabeth MORGAN, A Benjamin, of Gideon and Rebecca STACY Mar 17 Jonathan, of Richard and Ann LAW Mary, of Nathan DOUGLASS Apr 14 Turner, of Turner and Rebecca MINOR Mary, of John GARDINER May 26 Thomas Clark, of Timothy and Rebecca GREEN Jun 23 Elisabeth, of Lydia MANWARING Jul 7 Gurdon, of Winthrop SALTONSTALL Aug 4 Walter, of Mather and Rebecca BYLES Sep 1 Joseph, Daniel, George, Samuel, of Green PLUMB Sep 29 Henry, of Henry and Sarah LATIMER Nov 10 Jonathan, of William and Mary DOUGLASS Nov 17 Stephen, of John and Esther DOUGLASS Lucy, of Jonathan and Jane CROCKER Nov 24 Samuel, Ann, Thomas, of Thomas and Katherine DENISON Dec 1 John, of Samuel and Elisabeth LATIMER Dec 8 Daniel, of Daniel and Lucy STAR Dec 15 Mary, of George and Lucy COLFAX Dec 29 Katherine GREEN, A 1766 Feb 28 Elisabeth, of Elisabeth HERN, of Stonington Mat 9 Ephraim, of Ephraim LEACH Pain, of Hannah LEACH [the name given the child in Mr. Byles’ separate list is, Pain Kinyon] James, Hannah, of Ephraim and Hannah LEACH Elisabeth, of Roswel SALTONSTALL Mar 23 Dyar, of Sarah HARRIS Apr 6 Eleazer, Mary, of Lucy GAYLORD Apr 27 Martha, of Mary HUBBARD May 11 Mary, of Thomas and Mary HEMPSTEAD Jun 15 Elisabeth, of Thomas and Katherine DENNISON Jun 22 Moses, of Joseph and Mary DISHON Nathaniel, of Samuel and Sarah BELDIN Jul 1 Hannah, of Ebenezer and Joanna HOLT Jul 6 Ann, of James THOMPSON Jul 13 Rebecca, of Turner and Rebecca MINER Jul 27 Joseph, of Jonathan and Lucretia LATTIMORE Aug 17 David, of Stephen and Anna PRENTISS Nathanael, of Nathanael and Katherine THORP Aug 24 Lucretia, of Nicholas and Elisabeth HALLAM Aug 31 Richard, of Lydia BEEBE Sep 11 Esther, of Jonathan and Elisabeth CHAPEL Sep 21 Love, of Nathaniel and Love COIT Sep 28 Grace, of George and Elisabeth DOUGLASS Nov 2 Elisabeth, of Henry and Sarah LATIMER Nov 9 Ann, of Gideon and Rebecca STACY Nov 16 Christopher, of Richard and Mary DISHON Elisabeth, of Samuel and Sarah SIMMONS 1767 Feb 8 Benjamin, of Richard and Anna LAW Mar 1 Ichabod, of Jedidiah and Sarah BROWN Mar 15 Eunice, of Daniel and Lucy STAR Mar 22 Lucy CHAPMAN, A Mary Wanton, of Winthrop SALTONSTALL Russel, of Nathan DOUGLASS Apr 5 Thomas, of Thomas and Mary COIT Mary, of Elisabeth HERN Sarah, of John GARDINER May 3 Rebecca, of Thomas and Lydia JOHNSON Hannah, of Lydia BEEBE May 10 Anna, and Elisabeth, of Mather and Rebecca BYLES May 24 Giles, of Nathaniel and Hannah HEMPSTED May 31 Sarah, of Mary FELLOWS Jun 7 Mary, of Sarah HARRIS Jun 21 At the second society in New London, Lebbeus, of Thankful BAKER by the Rev. Mr. Throop, Samuel MORGAN’s child, Lydia Jul 12 Joseph, of John and Sarah STUBBIENS Jul 19 Daniel and Mary, of Daniel and Mary HOLT Jul 26 William, of Samuel and Sarah SIMMONS Aug 2 Sarah, of Thomas and Mary HEMPSTED Aug 23 Hannah, of Dudley and Frances SALTONSTALL Oct 18 Daniel, of Manasseh and Lydia LEACH Oct 25 Sarah, of William and Mary DOUGLASS Nov 1 Isaiah, of Green PLUMB Dec 6 Samuel, of Stephen and Patience CLAY Dec 27 Richard Roswel, of Roswel SALTONSTALL 1768 Jan 10 Mary, of Nathan and Elisabeth BAILEY in communion with the first church in Groton, but admitted to this church after Mr. Byles left William, of David and Martha MANWARING Jan 18 Elisabeth Hackley, and Thomas, of Cyprian and Elisabeth WATERMAN Lucy, of Isaac CHAPEL Mary, of Isaac and Mary CHAPEL Jan 31 Ezra, of Pember and Abigail CALKINS Feb 7 Rebecca, of Ebenezer and Joanna HOLT Feb 14 Lucretia, of Turner and Rebecca MINOR Mar 6 Samuel, of Timothy and Rebecca GREEN Elisabeth, of George and Elisabeth DOUGLASS Mar 13 David, of Jonathan and Jane CROCKER Mar 20 Susanna, of Mary HUBBARD Mar 27 Richard, and Isaac, of Anna STUBBIENS Apr 3 Samuel, of James Thompson Apr 10 Nathanael, of Jonathan and Lucretia LATTIMORE Apr 12, 1768 The Revd Mr. Byles Dismist himself from the Church and Congregation. During the interim between Mr. Byles and Mr. Woodbridge the following were baptized by visiting clergymen. May 8 The Rev. Mr. Throop of Norwich baptized Samuel, of Samuel and Sarah BELDIN Comstock, Of Jonathan and Mrs. CHAPELL a son of Capt. John DOUGLASS, whose name is not given Oct 23 Revd Joseph Fish of Stonington baptized the following: Richard LAW, Esq., his child Anne Joseph DESHON’s child, Joanna James BUTLER’s child, Grace James DOUGLASS his child, Sylvanus Jedediah BROWN’s child, David Samuel and Elizabeth HARRIS’s child, William Daniel HOLT’s child, Lucy Isaac CHAPEL’s child, Ruth 1769 Apr 2 The Revd Mr.Throop of Norwich baptized the following children, viz. Nathan DOUGLASS’s child, Charles Richard DESHON’s child, Susannah Samuel LATTIMORE Junr his child, George Grey Thomas HEMPSTED’s child, James John GARDINER’s child, Mary David MANWARING’s child, Rebecca Pember CALKINS’s child, John David _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com