Church and Family History Research Assistance for Tioga County, New York
CHURCHES:
CHEMUNG (WAVERLY)
The Chemung Church was organized at the house of Phineas Rogers, on September 17, 1834. The presbytery and council was composed of Elders Eli Gitchel, Joseph Beeman, Benjamin G. Avery, John Sawyer, Hezekiah West, and John Knapp, and Brethren Aaron Rathbone, A. Ellis, and Enos Rose. There were eleven charter members, viz., Phineas Rogers, Cornelius Quick, Jesse Kirk, James Olmstead, Jonathan Potter, Margaret Quick, Ann Haughton, Nancy I. Leonard, Jane McConnel, and Betsy Hicks. This church became a member of the Chemung Association.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Beard, Harding, Haughton, Hicks, Kirk, Leonard, McConnel, Moore, Mulock, Olmstead, Park, Potter, Quick, Reed, Rogers, Vail (very incomplete list due to loss of records).
MELVIN HILL
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