The History of Redding Connecticut From Its First Settlement to the Present Ti
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Repaired to the meeting house. Intro- ductory prayer and sermon by Elder Nathan Wildman. Right hand of fellowship in behalf of the Council, and closing prayer by Elder Thomas Lascombe. "Nathan Wildman, Clerk. " There were but 18 original members — 4 males and 14 females. For some years there was no settled pastor, and the pulpit was supplied al- ternately, once in four weeks, by Elders S. Ambler, of Danbury, and Stephen B. Bray, a licentiate from Southbury, Conn. Elders N. Wild- man, of Weston ...; Erastus Doty, of Colebrook, Conn. , and Chandler Cur- tis also preached occasionally. June 3d, 1837, the church extended a unanimous call to Rev. William Bowen, of Mansfield, Conn. , which was accepted, and he became the first pastor of the church. He continued I 1 3 HISTORY OF REDDING. to sustain this relation to the church until November, 1838, when he was dismissed, owing to the inability of the society to meet his salary. The same month the church edifice was nearly destroyed by mob violence — the only instance of the kind that ever occurred in this staid and con- servative town.
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