Church records, 1742-1781.

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Church records, 1742-1781.

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This collection contains the church records relating to the case of Rev. Hill, 1742-1781. Included are the minutes of the proprietors' meeting in 1742 which selected Hill as minister, with his salary proposals and a copy of Hill's acceptance; the records of several ecclesiastical councils which convened in 1777 to deal with the town's desire to dismiss Hill; and the records of several town committees, led by John Powers and Jonathan Dickinson, organized for the purpose of seeking cooperation from Hill to achieve a legal dismissal. Also included are Hill's notes to the church officers stating his reasons for refusing to participate, the town's requests to churches in nearby towns to call an ecclesiastical council, a summary of the events of the case, the final dismissal, and a 1781 deposition against Hill to establish cause for not paying his back salary.

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Gadsden Public Library

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Gadsden Public Library

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Dickinson, Jonathan G.

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Powers, John R. (John Richard), 1966-

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Epithet: Curate of Lidlington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x000176 John Powers ( - ) was a farmer in Greenwich, Mass. From the description of Diary, 1863. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259634 Employee in the safety department of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. From the description of John Powers collection, 1930-1945. (Scottsdale Public Li...

Shutesbury (Mass.)

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Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts is located in the west-central part of the state near the Quabbin Reservoir. Rev. Abraham Hill (1719-1788) graduated from Harvard in 1737, and as a Congregational minister settled, in 1742, as pastor in the town of Shutesbury (Roadtown), Mass. A Loyalist, he was eventually barred from the town pulpit, then dismissed in 1778. He moved to Oxford, Mass., refused to pay taxes as a layman, and won a lawsuit against Shutesbury for his...

Hill, Abraham, 1719-1788

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