North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church’s Pastors ~ 1838 to 1938

vermont 2016While at the Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library, I was able to take a look at a booklet entitled The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Methodist Church: North Ferrisburgh, Vermont. It included a list of pastors who served North Ferrisburgh.

As many French Canadians living in Ferrisburgh and Vergennes got married in non-Catholic churches—even if their children were baptized by a Catholic priest—I thought it would be useful to have this list handy to compare it with the information mentioned in the vital records.


Year the minister's charge beganNameNotes
1838DeVol, Charles, M.D.Served the North Ferrisburgh church while preacher in charge of the Monkton circuit.
1839Dunn, HiriamServed the North Ferrisburgh church while preacher in charge of the Monkton circuit.
1841Stewart, Henry W.First resident pastor at North Ferrisburgh
1841Hulburd, David F.Junior preacher assisting H. W. Stewart
1842Frazer, William N.
1843Dickson, Alexander
1845Gridley, Cyprian H.
1846Lovejoy, Charles H.
1848Gold, George S.
1849McGilton, AndrewAssistant to G. S. Gold in 1849
1850White, John D.
1850Dudley, H. C. H.He apparently served for this part of year.
1851Patterson, Robert
1853Barber, Cicero
1855Brown, Zina H.
1857Chase, John
1859Pond, Washington I.
1860Warner, Horace
1862Coburn, Milo P.One of his daughters married Lucius Martin of North Ferrisburgh.
1864Austin, Harvey F.
1867Ingalls, Arthur J.
1869Coburn, Milo P.Was returned to this charge to fill a vacancy during the year.
1870Walker, Leander S.
1871Bond, James H.Under his leadership the church was pratically rebuilt in 1873.
1874Bell, Martin P.
1877Bennett, John W.
1880Ayres, David C.
1883Gregory, Thomas
1886Robbins, George H.
1889Woodall, George W.
1892Bradford, Charles A.
1897Appleman, Jacob M.
1901Lemmon, George T.
1904Wolford, Anthony
1906Potter, Arthur B.
1911Curtis, Charles N.
1913Parker, Albert D.
1915Hagadorn, Fred M.Came to North Ferrisburgh as his first charge.
1920Carroll, W. C.Left because of illness.
1920Rand, E. L.Replaced W. C. Carroll for the remainder of the year.
1921Abbott, Dudley C.
1923Blodgett, Fred B.
1925Reinhart, Thomas H.
1927Winch, Claude V.
1935Elliott, John C.
1937Cook, Clair M.

North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church

North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church