Members of the Church of Christ of Williamstown, Massachusetts

The town of Williamstown was settled in 1753 and incorporated in 1765. At the time of incorporation, a church was gathered under Rev. Whitman Welch, who died in 1776. He was succeeded by the Rev. Seth Swift, who was ordained in 1779 and died in 1807. The Rev. Walter King was installed in 1813, died two years later, and was succeeded by Rev. Ralph Wells Gridley.

This database lists the members of the church from the tenure of Rev. Swift (1779) up to the publication date of 1831. Abbreviations that accompany the names are as follows:

* Individual was dead by 1832
l - Individual came from a sister church
d - Individual was dismissed
w - Individual withdrew to a church of another denomination
r - removed to distant parts
x - excommunicated

The maiden names of married women are shown in italics.

This original text is part of the R. Stanton Avery Collections, call number MSS MS WIL 435.

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