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Données personnelles Rev. Amos Sheffield Chesebrough 

• Il est né le 22 août 1813 dans Stonington, New London County, CT.
• Il est décédé apres 1902 dans Connecticut.
• Un enfant de Enoch Stanton Chesebrough et Sally Sheffield
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 4 décembre 2022.

Famille de Rev. Amos Sheffield Chesebrough

Il est marié avec Harriet Chapman.

Ils se sont mariés le 16 novembre 1841 à New London County, CT, il avait 28 ans.

Enfant(s):

1. Sarah Louisa Chesebrough  1842-???? 
2. Harriet Chapman Chesebrough  1845-1870
3. Sheffield Chesebrough  1847-1925 

Notes par Rev. Amos Sheffield Chesebrough

1.  Amos was graduated from Yale University in 1835 and from Yale Theological Seminary in 1840; he was ordained to the Congregational Ministry as Pastor of the Church in Chester, Connecticut, December 1, 1841; he held pastoral charges also at Glastonbury, Bernon, and Durham, Connecticut; he was a member of the Corporation of Yale University, and in 1885 received from the institution the honorary degree of D. D.; he was the author of several books on church work and Christian nurture.

2.  Amos was among members of the First Congregational Church of Stonington in 1873 planning the 200th anniversary of the church.

From records of their first meetings:

     Voted, That a Committee of six be appointed to report to a future meeting,
     names of persons to fill the above named places. The committee was then
     appointed in the following order:--

     Hon. R. A. WHEELER, Chairman.
     Mrs. EUGENE EDWARDS.
     Miss MARIA STANTON.
     Miss FANNY W. NOYES.
     Mr. NATHAN S. NOYES.
     Mr. THOMAS W. PALMER.

     Voted, To adjourn to meet in this house (Road Church) October 25th, 1873,
     at ten o'clock A. M.

     B. F. WILLIAMS, Clerk.  STONINGTON, CONN., August 20, 1873.

     The first formal meeting of the Committee appointed by the descendants of
     the founders of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Connecticut,
     to make preliminary arrangements, was held at the residence of B. F.
     Stanton, 2d, September 9, 1873.

     Richard A. Wheeler was appointed permanent Chairman, and Maria
     Stanton permanent Secretary. The Committee Voted, That Miss Annie L.
     Smith, of Stonington, be invited to prepare a Hymn for the occasion.

     Voted, That the following named persons be nominated for the officers of
     the day.

     President,

     J. WARREN STANTON, Esq.

     Vice-presidents,

     Rev. William Clift.
     Rev. Joseph Hurlburt.
     Rev. N. B. Cook.
     Rev. Frederick Denison.
     Rev. Paul Couch.
     Rev. A. G. Palmer.
     Rev. Gurdon W. Noyes.
     Rev. Amos S. Chesebrough.
     Rev. Henry Clay Trumbull.
     Rev. James A. Gallup.
     Hon. Henry W. Williams.
     Hon. N. F. Dixon.

     And sixty others from various parts of the country, and descendants of
     the founders.

     Treasurers,

     Benjamin F. Stanton, 2d.
     Richard A. Wheeler.

     Secretary,

     B. F. Williams.

     Corresponding Secretaries,

     Miss Maria Stanton.
     Miss Eliza M. Wheeler.

For several years past the members of the First Congregational Church of Stonington had in contemplation the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary thereof; and in order to carry out their wishes, the following notice was published in the "Stonington Mirror," of August 14th, 1873, and read from the pulpit the following Sabbath:

     TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.

     The third day of June, 1874, completes the second century since the First
     Congregational Church of Stonington was formed, and it has been
     proposed by many to celebrate the event in some becoming manner. And in
     order to make arrangements therefor a meeting of the descendants of the
     founders of the church will be held at the Road Meetinghouse, on the 20th
     day of August, 1873, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to adopt such
     measures as may be thought best in the premises. The families embodied in
     the organization of the church were Stanton, Palmer, Noyes, Miner,
     Wheeler, Denison, Gallup, Chesebrough, Williams, Pendleton, Burrows,
     Park, Fish, Dean, Wells, Cook, Breed, Richardson, Crary, Cole, Fanning,
     Searle, Billings, Frink, Main, and Shaw.

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