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History of the First Baptist Church
Brooklin, Maine |
History Book Available
Copies of the History are still available.
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Organized
May 22, 1828
As the
Second Baptist Church of Sedgwick
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Pastors
of the First Baptist Church
Meeting in the Old Reach
School House
E. Pinkham - Aug.24, 1828 - Mar. 1832
Church
building dedicated October 29, 1829
Rev. Amos Allen and other
Supply Pastors
E. Pinkham - June 14, 1835 - Apr. 9, 1840
Fall of
1836, a parsonage was built and occupied
Libbeus Kingman - Jan.
1841 (About 1 year)
Supplies
S. L. Rice - June 8, 1843 - Dec.14,
1843
C. L. Carey - Aug.14, 1845-Feb. 1850
O. B. Walker - July 14,
1850 - Mar. 1855
January 31, 1854 dedication of "larger and better"
building
Robert Clark - Oct. 1855-May 1858
Lucius Bradford -
1858 - Apr. 1862 Died Sept 9,1867 in Brooklin
A. J. Nelson - Feb. 4,
1864 - Apr. 1866
Moses Hanscom - Aug.29, 1867 - Jan. 1872
G. GO.
Leavens -Feb.21, 1872 - 1873
E. S. Fish - June 7, 1874 - June
1882
Gideon Mayo - June 1884-1887
O. C. Herbert -1887 - 1889
E.
H. Doane - May 11, 1890 - Dec.30, 1891
F. G. Folsom - July 3, 1892 -
Jan. 7, 1894
1893 a chapel built, joined to the back end of the
church building
Gideon Mayo - June 10, 1894 - May 1, 1898
Daniel
C. York - Mar. 5, 1899 - 1901
H. T. Bock - Aug 8, 1901 - Aug. 30,
1903
S. R. Belyea - Nov. 8, 1903 - Apr. 10, 1904
F. S. Drew - May 1,
1904 - Oct 29, 1905
A. W. Bailey Feb. 4, 1906 - June 1908
Went as
a missionary to South Africa
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Ernest E. Small - Nov.14, 1909 -
Jan.28, 1912
John S. Mackay - 1912
L. B. West - 1915
F. S.
Leathers - 1916 - 1918
Frederic Emerson - 1920
D. D. Johnson -
1920
C. L. Cronkite - 1922
Roy A. Clark - 1924 - Jan.20, 1926
H.
A. Bumham - May 1, 1927 Oct. 6, 1929
Clarence Emery (Winter of
1930)
C. Levens Eldridge - June 15, 1930 - Aug.22, 1933
Leon B.
Meader - Oct.27, 1934 - Oct 9, 1938
Charles M. Smith - July 9, 1939 -
July 17, 1942
Albert Bolster - Dec. 31, 1943 - Feb. 3, 1946
William
Jewett - Dec. 10, 1946 - Mar. 28, 1948
Ralph Champlain - April 18, 1948
- Mar. 26, 1950
Francis Gardner - May 21, 1950 - Mar. 2,
1952
Clayton Hall - June 29, 1952 - June 13, 1954
Lewis Gesner -
October 24, 1954 - Jan. 1, 1958
Elmer Hellmuth - May 4, 1958 - May 14,
1959
Charles Fore - June 26, 1959 - Feb. 19, 1961
Carl Nicol - June
28, 1961 - Jan. 24, 1962
Stephen Sidebotham - July 8, 1962 - June 24,
1968
William S. Fairhurst - Aug. 4, 1968 - Jan. 1969
Walter M. Colby
- Mar. 1969-July 1976
Paul R. Neff - Jan. 1977-Sept. 1985
George L.
Hammond - Dec. 1985-Aug. 1987 (Interim)
Robert T. Paul - Sept.
1987-1995
John V. MacNeill (Interim)
James L. Lufkin - Nov. 1, 1996
- August 27, 2006
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Founding Members of the First Baptist Church of
Brooklin
May 22, 1828
Abraham Babson
John Millet
John Herrick
Samuel Watson
Abraham Fly
William Fly
John Herrick
John L. Wells
Walter Herrick
William Hooper
Solomon York Jr.
Humphry Herrick
Samuel Lufkin
Elient Herrick
Amos Herrick
Nathaniel Allen
Females
Polly Wells
Rebecca
Herrick (Watson)
Rachael Herrick
Lois Herrick
Ruth Wells
Nancy Fly
Mary Tibbets
Hannah Herrick
Ruth Allen
Sally
Herrick (Humphrey)
Sally A. Herrick
Saphier Abbott
Sarah Porter
(Lufkin)
Priscilla Herrick
Licette Herrick
Mary Lufkin
Clarissa
Freethey
(Babson)
Mary
Smith (Babson)
Emiley
Herrick (Dodge)
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Addition, May 22,
1828
Elient
Pinkham - By letter
Joseph
Herrick -
By baptism
William Babson
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By baptism
John
York -
By baptism
Sisters, May 22,
1828
Rebecca Pinkham -
By letter
Phebe
Fly -
By baptism (Miliken)
Cynthia
Cole -
By baptism
Lydia C.
Herrick -
By baptism
Lucy
Cole -
By baptism
Elizabeth
Cole -
By baptism (Gray)
Harriet S.
Herrick -
By baptism
Prudence
Smith -
By baptism (Cane)
Rachel
Herrick -
By baptism (York)
Mary
Freethey -
By baptism
These names were taken from the original church minutes and records. I
have attempted to use correct spelling from the original records but there is difficulty in
reading the original, but elaborate and beautiful, hand writing. Names on
the right in parentheses may have been married names and appear to be
later addition to the list, often appearing in a different
handwriting. Efforts were made to confirm the names and spelling from other town
records.
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First
Baptist Church of Brooklin