yes there was a Greenman shipbuilding yard there and the Greenman had the church built by a Maxson from Westerly about 1840 (may be off by 10 or so years ) he did it so his SDB workers did not have to go far to church .I have some papers on the church and the first service (names time places ) ,I just have to find them . Richard Brandstetter Monmouth Co NJ > What this means is, 1) the records of the Greenmanville SDB Church are > probably in the Archives at the SDB Center in Janesville, WI, and access > would be through Don Sanford, and 2) since the current Westerly church was > organized as an offshoot of the current Ashaway church, the records of > members living in the Stonington/ Mystic/ Westerly area prior to 1840 may be > part of the Ashaway church's history. I will have to do some research on > that and get back to you. > BTW, someone mentioned there is an SDB church in Mystic Seaport. That > is the Greenmanville SDB Church meeting house. It was moved to the seaport > because the Greenman Family, as I understand it, were not only staunch SDBs, > they were major players in the early shipbuilding days of the Mystic area. > I'm not certain of the history - it's been quite some time since I was > exposed to any info regarding the Greenmans and the Greenmanville church. > If and when I get more information on them, I'll be sure to pass it along. > > Terry L. (Crane) Durst > Groton, CT > > ==== SDB Mailing List ==== > Learn more about your Stillman ancestors: > http://www.stillman.org/