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116 History of Swansea away from this life. The house was entirely remodeled and somewhat enlarged in 1873. The land comprised in the churchyard of the former house was given " for the accommodation of a meeting-house, " by Dr. WiUiam Wood and Capt. John Brown. The portion given by the latter is described in the deed as a triangular lot of one-half acre. An adjoining lot was given for a parsonage in 1772 by Deacon James Brown. The parsonage was bought for thirty pounds, and moved to the place where it stood until torn down in 1865. Previous to that purchase the church had received bequests from Edward Luther, Jonathan Slade, and Anna Monroe, and soon after one from Sybil Slade. Borrowers paid interest in some cases by "sweeping the meeting-house" and in "coals for the meeting-house." The depreciation of the currency was such that only "nine dollars and one-eleventh in silver" were realized from a debt of "fifty pounds, old tenor. One of the "communion cups of soHd silver" was given by Katherine Tilley, and the other by Elizabeth Slade. In times more recent the church has been blessed with benefactors. Tamar Luther, Candace Brightman, William Mason, Joseph G. Luther, EKzabeth Bosworth, the sisters Joanna, Lydia, and Hannah Mason, Mary Gardner, Phebe Kingsley, Samuel and Patience Gardner, and Betsey Bushee Pierce, by will or otherwise, have given money or pews, the income of which assists in defraying the current expenses of the parish. These generous persons are held in grateful recollection by those who enjoy the benefit of their considerate kindness. Possibly this is the oldest church in Massachusetts which never had legal connection with a town. A brief outline of events connected with its history has been given, but the real history of a church (and especially of one including among its members so many generations, with modes of thought and life so divergent) can never be written. The effects of moral forces no man can chronicle, for no man can comprehend. Lester Howard May 12, 1889 to Aug. 20, 1893, resigned. B. S. Batchelor of New Bedford suppfied during the interim. Thomas S. Weeks Oct. 7, 1894 -May 1, 1899, resigned. The Bicentennial anniversary of the Church was celebrated May 1895. He died at Bangor, Me. Feb. 15. 1912. John MacCalman Sept. 1, 1899—May 1, 1900 resigned. W. Parkinson Chase May 1, 1900—May 1, 1901 resigned. WilHam J. Reynolds Sept. 15, 1901—Apr. 30, 1906, resigned. Carlyle Summerbell July 1, 1906—Feb. 29, 1908 resigned. Frederick Lewis Brooks October 4, 1908—July 31, 1909 resigned. "
Churches 117 Ernest R. Caswell Sept. 15, 1910—Sept. 27, 1914 resigned. Weltie E. Baker Jan. 1, 1916— The Six-Principle Baptist Church In 1820, after the termination of Elder Philip Slade's connection with the parish of which he had been pastor, he conducted services at the residence of Deacon EUery Wood. His adherents were recognized by the Six-Principle Baptist Yearly Meeting as a church of that denomination. Deacon Wood bequeathed his homestead for the maintenance of worship, and for several years after his decease meetings were statedly held on Sundays in a room of the dweUing which became the residence of the pastor, Elder Comstock. Occasional services were held after the removal of Mr. Comstock for some time, but not in the few years past. The farm is held by a trustee for the benefit of the Six-Principle Baptist denomination. "SwANZEY Village Meeting House" This Union Meeting House was built about 1830; and was used for rehgious, and various other social interests, by the people of the community, until it was no longer usable for any purpose, when in 1890, the Town condemned the land and made it the site of the first and only Town Hall, the gift of the Hon. Frank Shaw Stevens. The building committee of the Village Meeting House, were: Richard Ghace, John Mason, Artemas Stebbins, and Ebenezer Cole, all of Swansea, as appears by a deed of a pew given in 1831, to John Gray, "in consideration of forty and nine dollars. " The number of the pew was twenty-two. The witnesses to the deed were; George Austin and Venoni W. Mason. Jan. 8th, 1831. Catholic Churches There are two Catholic Churches in Swansea. St. Francis at Barneyville; and St. Dominique's at Swansea Centre; both having been established in 1910-11 under the care of Fr. Bernard Percot of St. Anne's, Fall River; who ministers to both, the French and the Portuguese.
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HISTORY OF SWANSEA MASSACHUSETTS 16
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EDITOR'S PREFACE IT the annual Town
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Editor*s Preface Miss Ruth B. Eddy,
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CONTEISTS—Continued FAMILY RECORD
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SWANSEA LANDS
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THE THE INDIANS An Agricultural Peo
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The Indians 19 of their cultivated
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The Indians 21 together. " Not infr
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The Indians 23 Captain Thomas Derme
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— PURCHASES, DEEDS, ETC. The Gran
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Purchases, Deeds, Etc, 43 in 1698,
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62 Brown, Elisha Brown, John Brown,
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