History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

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.