The bio of this old minister, found in the Free Baptist Cyclopedia, pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward:
Father In His Denomination:
He moved with his father at the age of eight to Sutton, NH, where he resided
till he was twenty-one. He then visited Turnbridge, VT and purchased a tract of land which he soon began to improve. In 1794, he married Miss Lydia Noyes, and for fifty-eight years this happy relation was enjoyed and blessed with five sons and eight daughters. Early in 1799, Daniel Batchelder and Nathaniel Brown held meetings in Turnbridge, and in the revival which followed Nathaniel King was converted March 31, 1799. A church was soon after organized. At Bro. King's house the persecuted Free Baptist preachers found a refuge and home. He himself soon began to conduct meetings. July 1, 1804, he was ordained in the Turnbridge church by Rev's. John and Aaron Buzzell, and Pelatiah Tingley. He was active in meetings and revivals and saw many people added. His labors were not confined to his own parish. For forty-two years he served the Turnbridge church, for seven, the Randolph chuch and for fourteen the Northfield. He held offices of trust and confidence. For thirteen years he represented Turnbridge in the Legislature of the state. In 1811 he visited, in company with Rev. John Buzzell, churches in central Vermont. In the Y.M. at Weare, N.H. in 1814, he preached a leading sermon. The same year he added thirty-two to his church. That year his Y.M., appointed him to collect funds for the poor. In 1819, he with two others crossed the Green Mountains, and organized the Huntington Q.M. In 1821, he was elected president of the Vermont Charitable Society at its organization. Indeed, benevolence was a leading trait of his character. He gave $100 for endowment of Biblical School at Whitestown, NY; $150 for the Bible cause; $350 for Missions and other benevolent purposes. The poor and disabled near him had reason to remember him. He was interested in the anti-slavery movement. He was moderator of the second General Conference. Near the end of his life he repeatedly assured his friends that the doctrine he had preached for more than half a century sustained him in the time of trial.
Father In His Denomination:
He moved with his father at the age of eight to Sutton, NH, where he resided
till he was twenty-one. He then visited Turnbridge, VT and purchased a tract of land which he soon began to improve. In 1794, he married Miss Lydia Noyes, and for fifty-eight years this happy relation was enjoyed and blessed with five sons and eight daughters. Early in 1799, Daniel Batchelder and Nathaniel Brown held meetings in Turnbridge, and in the revival which followed Nathaniel King was converted March 31, 1799. A church was soon after organized. At Bro. King's house the persecuted Free Baptist preachers found a refuge and home. He himself soon began to conduct meetings. July 1, 1804, he was ordained in the Turnbridge church by Rev's. John and Aaron Buzzell, and Pelatiah Tingley. He was active in meetings and revivals and saw many people added. His labors were not confined to his own parish. For forty-two years he served the Turnbridge church, for seven, the Randolph chuch and for fourteen the Northfield. He held offices of trust and confidence. For thirteen years he represented Turnbridge in the Legislature of the state. In 1811 he visited, in company with Rev. John Buzzell, churches in central Vermont. In the Y.M. at Weare, N.H. in 1814, he preached a leading sermon. The same year he added thirty-two to his church. That year his Y.M., appointed him to collect funds for the poor. In 1819, he with two others crossed the Green Mountains, and organized the Huntington Q.M. In 1821, he was elected president of the Vermont Charitable Society at its organization. Indeed, benevolence was a leading trait of his character. He gave $100 for endowment of Biblical School at Whitestown, NY; $150 for the Bible cause; $350 for Missions and other benevolent purposes. The poor and disabled near him had reason to remember him. He was interested in the anti-slavery movement. He was moderator of the second General Conference. Near the end of his life he repeatedly assured his friends that the doctrine he had preached for more than half a century sustained him in the time of trial.
The bio of this old minister, found in the Free Baptist Cyclopedia, pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward:
Father In His Denomination:
He moved with his father at the age of eight to Sutton, NH, where he resided
till he was twenty-one. He then visited Turnbridge, VT and purchased a tract of land which he soon began to improve. In 1794, he married Miss Lydia Noyes, and for fifty-eight years this happy relation was enjoyed and blessed with five sons and eight daughters. Early in 1799, Daniel Batchelder and Nathaniel Brown held meetings in Turnbridge, and in the revival which followed Nathaniel King was converted March 31, 1799. A church was soon after organized. At Bro. King's house the persecuted Free Baptist preachers found a refuge and home. He himself soon began to conduct meetings. July 1, 1804, he was ordained in the Turnbridge church by Rev's. John and Aaron Buzzell, and Pelatiah Tingley. He was active in meetings and revivals and saw many people added. His labors were not confined to his own parish. For forty-two years he served the Turnbridge church, for seven, the Randolph chuch and for fourteen the Northfield. He held offices of trust and confidence. For thirteen years he represented Turnbridge in the Legislature of the state. In 1811 he visited, in company with Rev. John Buzzell, churches in central Vermont. In the Y.M. at Weare, N.H. in 1814, he preached a leading sermon. The same year he added thirty-two to his church. That year his Y.M., appointed him to collect funds for the poor. In 1819, he with two others crossed the Green Mountains, and organized the Huntington Q.M. In 1821, he was elected president of the Vermont Charitable Society at its organization. Indeed, benevolence was a leading trait of his character. He gave $100 for endowment of Biblical School at Whitestown, NY; $150 for the Bible cause; $350 for Missions and other benevolent purposes. The poor and disabled near him had reason to remember him. He was interested in the anti-slavery movement. He was moderator of the second General Conference. Near the end of his life he repeatedly assured his friends that the doctrine he had preached for more than half a century sustained him in the time of trial.
Father In His Denomination:
He moved with his father at the age of eight to Sutton, NH, where he resided
till he was twenty-one. He then visited Turnbridge, VT and purchased a tract of land which he soon began to improve. In 1794, he married Miss Lydia Noyes, and for fifty-eight years this happy relation was enjoyed and blessed with five sons and eight daughters. Early in 1799, Daniel Batchelder and Nathaniel Brown held meetings in Turnbridge, and in the revival which followed Nathaniel King was converted March 31, 1799. A church was soon after organized. At Bro. King's house the persecuted Free Baptist preachers found a refuge and home. He himself soon began to conduct meetings. July 1, 1804, he was ordained in the Turnbridge church by Rev's. John and Aaron Buzzell, and Pelatiah Tingley. He was active in meetings and revivals and saw many people added. His labors were not confined to his own parish. For forty-two years he served the Turnbridge church, for seven, the Randolph chuch and for fourteen the Northfield. He held offices of trust and confidence. For thirteen years he represented Turnbridge in the Legislature of the state. In 1811 he visited, in company with Rev. John Buzzell, churches in central Vermont. In the Y.M. at Weare, N.H. in 1814, he preached a leading sermon. The same year he added thirty-two to his church. That year his Y.M., appointed him to collect funds for the poor. In 1819, he with two others crossed the Green Mountains, and organized the Huntington Q.M. In 1821, he was elected president of the Vermont Charitable Society at its organization. Indeed, benevolence was a leading trait of his character. He gave $100 for endowment of Biblical School at Whitestown, NY; $150 for the Bible cause; $350 for Missions and other benevolent purposes. The poor and disabled near him had reason to remember him. He was interested in the anti-slavery movement. He was moderator of the second General Conference. Near the end of his life he repeatedly assured his friends that the doctrine he had preached for more than half a century sustained him in the time of trial.
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