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Whitmore Brook (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
on the 4th of November, 1695, voted to have a pulpit and deacons' seat made, as well as the body of seats, and have the walls plaistered with lime, thus increasing the outlay to eighty pounds. It was tedious work sawing the great logs into lumber, so the laths were split in narrow and thin strips varying in width and thickness, and nailed on the joists, concealing the bricks already laid. Lime was made by burning oyster shells, and hair to mix with it may have come from the tannery at Whitmore brook, while a plenty of sand was also to be had near by. Only the walls were thus coated, but doubtless the mud-wasps did their share among the roof timbers and king-posts, which, with the beams, were left exposed to view. The body of seats were a series of long wooden benches without any backs, which occupied the central portion of the flore and were movable. The pulpit was elevated several feet, requiring a stairway to enter it upon the left-hand side, and was not complete without a s
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 5
later the minister had a wedding present of one, in turkey leather, on which his uncle looked and set the tune, and a little later the town ordained that such Person as shall Read the Psalme Shall Sit in the deacons Seat. This functionary read a line (perhaps two) and the people sang them, then more were read and sung, so the psalms and hymns were said to be deaconed. Sometimes the deacon had a pitch-pipe to sound, thus assisting in getting the pitch or keynote. Organs were unknown in New England, as also hot-air and steam heaters, and over a century was yet to roll away ere a stove was installed in a Medford meetinghouse. Our observation is that the taking of the Sabbath collection—offering, we call it now—is something of an art. How was it in ye olde first meeting-house? There seems not to have been any table there then, but there may later have been one. A month after the ordination John Whitmore and John Bradshaw were chosen deacons. Evidently John Whitmore had successf
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ther side and before the little pue and deacons' seat. At this point it is well to consider the peculiar situation of affairs existing, for Medford was a peculiar. Soon after the meeting-house was built Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge was invited to preach. As he lived in Charlestown, the town provided a horse for him to ride to and fro (coming on Saturday and returning on Monday), and paying two shillings therefor, if well shod. The reverend gentleman had been ordained to the ministry in Connecticut twenty-eight years before, and was somewhat over fifty years of age. The town, careful of his comfort, in the bargain about the horse, arranged that he might ride to meeting on the Sabbath, when there should be occasion. It is hardly likely that he did so when he lodged with John Bradshaw, as his home was only across the way. Notice just here again we said the town; there was no church or organized body of worshipers, though some effort was made by Mr. Woodbridge during his stay for s
Kings Chapel (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
e men's seats, i.e., five men, three in the first or fore-gallery, and two in the gallery on the beams, or uper gallery. In 1717 the rail in the body of seats was also moved eastward, to accommodate five more men, and, strange to say, there was no protest from the women. So many pews had been built that the body of seats had been reduced to five rows, as seen in the moving of the rail. And now a word about these pews. They were not such as we now see in church edifices of modern build, but were rectangular enclosures, such as may be seen in King's Chapel in Boston. They had a seat for one person in the front corner next the alley, and across the opposite end and back side, with a door next the alley, and when one was seated only his head was visible above the enclosure, unless perchance the open space between the banesturs allowed the children to have a game of peek-a-boo, which wasn't safe to indulge in, for the tytheingman was ever watchful. [Continued in July Register]
Stephen Willis (search for this): chapter 5
y exprefsed in the vote as above said. Attest: Stephen Willis, Clerck. Referring to the former vote, we fio Thomas Willis John Whitmore John Bradshoe and Stephen Willis, Sixty Pounds, Currant money of N. E. for buil drawne by Left Peter Tufts, Insi. Francis and Stephen Willis, wherein the said Thomas Willis, John Whitmore, John Bradshoe and Stephen Willis doe couenant & Ingage in the building of a meeting-house according to the tio Thomas Willis, John Whitmore, John Bradshoe & Stephen Willis, sixty pounds for building the meeting-house. Senr., Caleb Brooks, Insi. Stephen Francis and Stephen Willis. The duties of no modern mayor or alderman couon John Whitmore were joyned to it, and also Sergt. Stephen Willis if his brother Thomas should be out of the w Peter Tufts and Jonathan Tufts the other two. Stephen Willis and John Francis had those opposite on the westname of Hall, three that of Whitmore, three more of Willis, two of Brooks, and one each of Bradshaw, Francis a
Peter (search for this): chapter 5
w-storm on the preceding day, it is said that more people came than could get inside the meeting-house. The town made generous provision for their entertainment, appropriating eight pounds therefor, but somehow the expenses doubled, as at the March meeting the bill amounted to sixteen pounds. At the same meeting were presented the bills incurred at the fast-day occasion that preceded the call of Mr. Porter—one from Ebenezer Brooks for neats toong & cheefe at ye fast 00-03-6, and one from Capt. Peter for veall at ye fast, 00-06-3, and another from Mrs. Hall for intertainment of ye ministers at ye fast, 01-02-00. The meeting-house had been built for sixteen years, and some minor repairs were made. John Whitmore, Sen.'s, bill was two days & halfe mending meeting-house fence 00-07-06, and nail to mend ye meeting-house 00-01-00, two casements & caping them, 00-07-00 & two turned posts for ye meeting-house, 00-05-00. Three shillings per day would hardly satisfy the carpenters of the p
Zachariah Symmes (search for this): chapter 5
r worship, but for the transaction of the town's business, which was done with a strict attention to the minutest details. Of the tax payers above mentioned but a part were church members. The term church was used by the fathers to designate the associated body of worshipers, and not the house they assembled in. Few roads there were in 1690, for few were needed. From Charlestown, through Mistick, or Meadford, came Robert Sedgwick, Edward Johnson, and four others through the farm of Zachariah Symmes, the minister of the Charlestown Church, to explore the territory to the north, located as Charlestown Village. The way they took was over the rocky hill, where had dwelt the Indian king Nanepashemit, and their route came to be known as the Oborn rode. At the top of the hill another road divides from this, the way to the Weare. It is appropriately called High street, and the hill is still known as Marm Simonds'. The order of the General Court in 1635 that hereafter no dwelling-h
Benjamin Woodbridge (search for this): chapter 5
an alley from the door on either side and before the little pue and deacons' seat. At this point it is well to consider the peculiar situation of affairs existing, for Medford was a peculiar. Soon after the meeting-house was built Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge was invited to preach. As he lived in Charlestown, the town provided a horse for him to ride to and fro (coming on Saturday and returning on Monday), and paying two shillings therefor, if well shod. The reverend gentleman had been ordaasion. It is hardly likely that he did so when he lodged with John Bradshaw, as his home was only across the way. Notice just here again we said the town; there was no church or organized body of worshipers, though some effort was made by Mr. Woodbridge during his stay for such. He desired to reside in Medford, and wished the town to build him a house, which would have been larger (2 ft. wider and 8 ft. longer) than the meeting-house was. The town declined to do so, and he proceeded to have
John H. Hooper (search for this): chapter 5
furnish the data from which we are able to furnish a plan of ye Olde Metinghouse. The Rev. Charles Brooks, in the History of Medford (1855), gives (I think) a mistaken impression of it, both as to its size and appearance. Accustomed to the drawing and use of plans as has been the writer, it seems fitting to present a plan of this ancient edifice that will agree with the ancient record book of the town. Right here it is also fitting that acknowledgment of the valuable assistance of Mr. John H. Hooper should be made, and without which the task would have been much more difficult to accomplish. The placing of certain families in these various pews seems not to have lessened the duties of the seating committee, for on May 19, 1701, Left. Peter Tufts and Deacon John Whitmore were joyned to it, and also Sergt. Stephen Willis if his brother Thomas should be out of the way. Whatever that may mean, it is evident that there was careful provision for a full quota, as the record reads, a
Nathaniel Wade (search for this): chapter 5
h 6, 1699, the deed was voted to be placed in the keeping of Major Nathaniel Wade, and a copy made in the town record book by the town clerk. t only men should sit in the front gallery. It seems that Major Nathaniel Wade had been granted the privilege of building a pew at the soutte to the Conterary. This momentous question settled, the pew of Major Wade claimed attention. After making void a former vote, the major wa of the house taking a part of the pue that (his brother's widow) Madam Wade sits in, soe much of it as shall range with the alley and soe runo have liberty to build a pew that took one-half the room between Major Wade's and a point one foot and a half from the window under the stair the record reads, all votes to the conterary notwithstanding. Major Wade was evidently to have the chief seat in the synagogue, if we judgs ready next year , 703, for a review of the pew business, and as Major Wade was still dilatory, he was directed to take his choice of two pew
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