was in no sense a founder of Christ Church. His name is not in the subscriptions for building the church and does not otherwise appear of record until Dec. 7, 1797. Whatever help the society had from the defeated Congregationalists of Newington, it is absolutely certain that there was, and had been for more than 25 years, a growing Episcopal element which was ripe for the harvest in 1797, and that the organization originated with, and was mainly supported by those who were Episcopalians then and had been for a long time. If we should assume that the records are in error and that the person recorded as John Goodrich was in fact John Goodrich 3rd, then we would have one Newington man who was a prominent leader and financial supporter of Christ Church. But even then he was still with the minority, he was not one of the seven founders, and no matter how vexed he may have been about the Newington meeting house, that fact could have no bearing on the evidence before given of prior Episcopal sentiment. His brother David had long been an Episcopalian and we cannot say that John was not so inclined before the summer of 1797.

We have no records of marriages, baptisms, deaths, confirmations or of the communicants. The one book of Society meetings is all the record that the Society has left us, and this is manifestly incomplete. We print elsewhere the entire record from this book.

Only four certificates of withdrawal appear in this book, two in favor of the Presbyterians, one in favor of the Baptists, and one whose choice, if he had any, is not stated. It is singular that Samuel S. Goodrich, who thus withdrew from the Society in 1809 in favor of the Baptists of Hartford, should in 1826 again be one of the most prominent members of the Society.

In addition to the early Episcopalians before named as found in the Kensington Church and Society records, (Congregational,) we find 44 certificates of withdrawal under the law of 1791, 31 of which certificates are in favor of the Baptists, II in favor of the Episcopalians and 2 of the Methodists. After the adoption of the new constitution 1818, the law did not require a declaration in favor of other denominations, and only two certificates after that date state the preference of the withdrawer, one Episcopal and one Methodist.

David Wright withdrew Sept. 24, 1801, "to join the Episcopal Society in the Town of Wethersfield and in the

Society of Worthington."

Liva Peck, certified Oct. 15, 1801, "that I am A Episcopalian." Moses Peck and Jason Peck, certified Oct. 11, 1802, that they were Episcopalians and had joined that order in Cheshire. Henry Pratt, certified Sept. 10, 1804, that I "for conscience sake do embrace the Episcopalian principles and have joined myself to that society in Cheshire."

Silas B. Lawrence certified April 22, 1805, to his wish "to join the Episcopal Church."

Timothy Percival, certified, Jan. 8, 1808, that he had joined the Episcopal Society in Newington."

Solomon Squire, certified, Oct. 10, 1811, that he had joined "the Episcopal Society in Wethersfield."

Joseph Yale, certified, Aug. 8, 1814, that he belonged "to the Episcopal church in Meriden."

Joseph P. and Naaman Finch, certified, Aug. 1, 1815, that they belonged "to the Episcopal church in Southington."

Theodore Ellsworth, certified, Nov. 29, 1839, that he was "in favor of the Episcopal Order."

The people who withdrew in favor of Cheshire, Southington and Meriden, probably lived in the southwestern part of Kensington, much nearer to Southington and Meriden than to Christ Church, and perhaps nearer to Cheshire. Besides this, Cheshire was the stronger Church with more regular service, which consideration may have led some to go there, even if the distance was a little greater.

We know but little of the women of Christ Church. The record book does not contain the name of any female. We elsewhere give a brief notice of each person whose name appears of record and in such notice give the name of the wife if known. The clerical diary of the Rev. Roger Searle records the baptism of the mother of Mrs. Alfred Hadley. She was Jerusha, dau. of Thomas Deming, baptized Oct. 8, 1815, probably in the old church, confirmed in the East Main street chapel of St. Mark's Parish, Dec. 7, 1837, in the very first confirmation class, on the day that the church was consecrated.

Lucy Gilbert, wife of Nathaniel Dickinson, one of the original members of St. Mark's, gave $5.00 in 1837 for building

the East Main street chapel. Her husband was one of the most important members of Christ Church and her son Ralph was connected with both the old and the new churches. At least four of her grandchildren have been members of St. Mark's. She was a most zealous Church woman. One of her grandsons was married by a Congregational minister, and when the old lady first met the bride she said she could not congratulate her as she did not consider that they were married and advised the couple to go to New Britain and get married by Mr. Guion. She knew of the Bishop's order concerning the money received from the sale of the old church and for years referred to it as the promise that the fund was to help build a new church.

To the late Roger Welles, Esq., of Newington, belongs the credit of first bringing the history of this old Church to public notice. Years ago he copied from the old record book all the facts contained therein. Mr. Selden Deming told him that the avails of the sale of the old building were paid over to St. Mark's Church of New Britain. Under Newington, in Vol. II, p. 329, of the Hartford County Memorial History, 1886, this Church is noticed by Mr. Welles. He also gave a sketch of its history in the "Connecticut Farmer" of July 30, 1887, and in Dr. Stiles' History of Ancient Wethersfield, 1904, Vol. 1, p. 804.

The history of Christ Church would not be complete without some mention of the State of Ohio. The Rev. Seth Hart, who preached once at Worthington in 1795 and again in 1796, and was later the first Rector of Christ Church, was the first Episcopal minister to officiate in that portion of Ohio known as "New Connecticut." In the summer of 1797 he performed the regular burial, marriage and baptismal services at Cleveland, Ohio. Only one Episcopal minister had ever before performed services in any part of that state. The second minister of Christ Church, Rev. James Kilbourne, was the first resident minister in Ohio. One should read the notice of him given elsewhere in order to realize how much this minister of Christ Church did for that State. Joseph Sage and William Watson of Christ Church were among the original incorporators of Mr. Kilbourne's St. John's Church at Worthington, Ohio. John Goodrich 3rd, his son John Jr., and Clarissa, wife of John Jr., were also members of that Church. Three other adult sons of