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    1. Dates of Churches
    2. Bruce/Terry Durst
    3. Hi, all- In my research this week, I was able to narrow down when the different SDB Churches in Southeastern CT and Southern RI existed. They all are considered off-shoots of the Newport SDB Church, because many of the original members of the first churches came out of Newport's congregation. *Ashaway, RI, known as "First Hopkinton SDB Church", 1708 - present. *Rockville, RI, known as "Third Hopkinton SDB Church", 1770/71 - present *Waterford (CT) SDB Church, 1784 - present. *Second Hopkinton SDB Church, 1835 - sometime after 1971. (Interesting start to this group. Tell you another time.) (I'm not sure where in Hopkinton it was located, or when it stopped being an active congregation.) *Westerly, RI, known as "Pawcatuck SDB Church", 1840 - present. *Greenmanville SDB Church, in lower Mystic, CT, 1850 - circa 1900-01. (The meeting house was sold in 1902.) I was unable to gain access to the Westerly Library's Local History Room on Wed. night. It's staffed by volunteers, and there isn't anyone there most evenings. One of the reference librarians pulled out 2 books for me to look at while I was there, which are where I got this information. The books are: "Seventh Day Baptists in New England, 1671-1971, Historical Notes" by Karl G. Stillman; and "Marine Historical Association, Mystic, CT, vol. 1, No. 13", with an article entitled, "George Greenman and Company, Shipbuilders of Mystic, CT", by Thomas A. Stevens and Dr. Charles K. Stillman. The librarian also told me there is a book at the Ashaway Library entitled, "Bicentennial Celebration of the First SDB Church of Hopkinton." I plan to get over to both libraries sometime in the next few weeks and see what else I can find. Catch you all later! Terry L. (Crane) Durst Groton, CT

    04/16/1999 05:52:37