Our History
The Ministers of the First Congregational Church
The First Congregational Church has been fortunate that many ministers have remained steadfast in their ministries for long periods of time. This has brought stability and continuity to the Church and to the Pulpit. During the nearly 300 years the Church has been activity ministering to the needs of arch its parishioners, to the community, and to the world at large, the Church has been served by 19 ministers. They are as follows:
- 1712 - 1738 Thomas Hawley
1740 - 1778 Jonathan Ingersoll
1786 - 1811 Samuel Griswold Goodrich
1817 - 1829 Samuel M. Phelps
1831 - 1837 Charles Grendison Selleck
1838 - 1842 Joseph Fuller
1843 - 1849 James A. Hawley
1850 - 1864 Clinton Clark
1865 - 1868 Samuel Goodrich Coe
1869 - 1871 Pliny S. Boyd
1872 - 1880 Daniel Webster Teller
1882 - 1888 William White Leete
1889 - 1900 John Winthrop Ballantine
1900 - 1915 Andrew W. Gerrie
1916 - 1918 John Maurice Deyo
1919 - 1955 Hugh Shields
1956 - 1986 Clayton Lund
1987 - 1994 William Grant Nigh
1998 - 2005 Dale B. Rosenberger