At a meeting of the church to hear reasons of Deacon Bouton's resigning his office, after hearing and agreeing he had power to Lay Down, the church proceed to a new choice ; again make choice of the deacon, he desires three weeks from the Lord's' Day ensuing for consideration, the petition granted the deacon accepts."
a Sir. Mead was not, perhaps, aware that the Rev. Ebenezer Dibblee, claimed Salem as belonging to his parochial can', under charge of the Venerable Propagation S u i :>' and had performed services here soon after his return from England iu 174$. He formally inducted his successor, Epenetus Townsend, 29th of May, 1768.
6 Book of Records of Presbyterian church, South Salem, vol. I., entitled " Records of the Church of Christ in Salem sd lirst church iu sd town with some place s adjacent." p.p. 1-8. This volume has just been discovered and brought to light by the Rev. Thomas M. Gray who kindly loaned it to the author. It contains besides other minutes a " lists of members from 1752 to 1802." Persons who had renewed their covenant from Aug. 23d, 1752 to Marcli 3, 1783. making in all 167. The number of marriages from Aug. 13, 17.V2. to June '.'d. in ail 666 a list of infants and adult* baptized from May 24th, 1752, to June 24, 1S04, ia all 912, and to complete the whole, a list of deaths from Dec. z;Jd, 1767 to Jan. 11, 1S05.
THE TOWN OF LEWISBORO.