Church Membership
Extracted From
Manuel of
Trinity Congregational Church
East Orange, New Jersey
1893

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

ORIGINAL MEMBERS, 5 APR 1870 Frederic A. ADAMS (Rev.), died 1888 Mary J. ADAMS, died 1882 Clara B. ANDERSON, died 1892 Lizzie ANDERSON Theron BALDWIN (Rev.), died 1870 Caroline W. BALDWIN, died 1877 Mary P. BALDWIN George H. BREWER Martha BRADSHAW Fanny F. FESSENDEN, died 1893 Israel H. GERRY, transferred 1879 Josephine M. P. GERRY, died 1874 Jacob L. HALSEY Sarah R. HALSEY William G. HALSEY, transferred 1881 Emily A. HARVEY Nancy E. MEANS Anne PIERSON Edward E. QUIMBY Cynthia E. QUIMBY Richard A. THORP Josephine D. THORP William H. WILEY Mary McK. WILLIS, dismissed 1893 CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS, 1870 to 1893 Those received on Confession of Christ are indicated by a star (*). Those not so indicated were received on transfer from other churches. A name in brackets is the suname before marriage; dec. denotes deceased; dis. dismissed; tr. transferred to another Church; dr. dropped from the roll by vote of the church. The years given are the dates of beginnning & termination of the membership. 1880, ABBOTT, Edwin, 1883, tr. 1870, ADAMS, Frederic A., Rev., 1888, dec. 1870, ADAMS, Mary J., (Frederic A.), 1882, dec. 1870, ADAMS, George E., Rev., 1875, dec 1870, ADAMS, Helen M. (Geo. E.) 1873, * ADAMS, Sarah R. 1873, * ADAMS, Mary L. 1870, ANDERSON, Clara B. (Andrew), 1892, dec. 1870, ANDERSON, Lizzie 1875, ANDERSON, Ellen M. (Frederic W.) 1890, * ANDERSON, Walter F. 1893, * ANDERSON, Elsie L. 1877, APPLEBAUGH, Mary, 1880, tr. 1875, BAKER, Mary L., Mrs., 1879, dec. 1875, BAKER, Lucy B. 1870, BALDWIN, Theon Rev., 1870, dec. 1870, BALDWIN, Caroline W. (Theron), 1889, dec. 1870, BALDWIN, Mary P. 1883, BALDWIN, Henry 1888, BALDWIN, Lydia M., 1892, tr. 1890, BALDWIN, Fritz W., Rev. 1890, BALDWIN, Sarah L., (Fritz W.) 1893, * BALDWIN, Alice M. 1889, BARNES, Sarah C., Mrs., 1893, dec. 1878, BARRELL, Eliza A., (Geo.), 1889, tr. 1885, * BARRELL, Louisa C., 1889, tr. 1888, BARTELL, Caroline L., Mrs. 1875, * BATCHELLOR, Mar E., 1891, dec. 1890, * BLAUROCK, James Edwin 1892, * BLOMQUIST, Charles F. 1893, tr. 1892, * BLOMQUIST, Tina M. (Chas. F.), 1893, tr. 1890, BOWERS, Cornelia W., Mrs. 1877, BOWERS, Ogden H. 1877, BOWERS, Mary S., 1880, tr. 1877, BOWERS, Cornelia 1882, * BOWERS, Laura H. 1889, * BOWERS, Mabel 1870, BRADSHAW, Martha 1877, BRADSHAW, Laura H. 1870, BREWER, George H. 1870, * BREWER, Martha A. (George H.) 1887, * BREWER, Emma 1887, * BREWER, Walter B. 1892, BREWER, Marcy S., Mrs. 1881, BROWN, William B., Rev., 1883, tr. 1881, BROWN, Charlotte E., (Wm. B.), 1883, tr. 1886, * BROWNE, Theresa (Geo. B.), 1887, tr. 1888, * CARLSON, Adolf, 1890, tr. 1890, * CARLSON, Maria 1882, * CARTER, Emily [BOWERS], (Robert D.) 1870, CLARKE, John T., 1872, tr. 1870, CLARKE, Ellen A. J. (John T.), 1872, tr. 1890, CLOSSON, Henry B. 1890, CLOSSON, Ellen B. B. (Henry B.) 1891, COGGESHALL, Fanny A. 1893, CONEY, Anna C., (Geo. E.) 1877, COOLBAUGH, Ella, (Frank W.), 1881, tr. 1890, CRAMER, Hattie A. (Augustus H.) 1871, CRANE, Richard T. 1871, CRANE, Mary H., (Richard T.) 1880, * CRANE, Emma H. 1883, CRANE, Thomas S. 1883, CRANE, Annie D. (Thomas S.) 1883, CRANE, William F. D. 1883, * CRANE, Adelaide W., 1885, dec. 1885, * CRANE, Almira K. 1889, * CRANE, Louise D. 1893, * CRANE, Ethel W. 1882, * CROWELL, Martha L., 1892, dr. 1878, CUTTS, Usher W., 1891, tr. 1878, CUTTS, Mary A. (Usher W.), 1891, tr. 1883, DARROW, Caroline L., Mrs. 1874, DEDERICK, Levi, 1882, tr. 1874, DEDERICK, Almira (Levi), 1879, dec. 1893, * DEWEY, Gertrude A. 1883, DOTY, Ariminta J. (William), 1885, tr. 1878, DUNKERLEY, W. Arthur, 1881, tr. 1878, DUNKERLEY, Margery (W. Arthur), 1881, tr. 1877, * EATON, Edwin W. 1873, * EATON, Frances M. (Edwin W.) 1880, * EATON, Charles Edwin 1893, EATON, Kate E., Mrs. 1873, ENGLISH, James, 1878, tr. 1873, ENGLISH, Sarah N. (James), 1878, tr. 1888, * ERIKSON, Amanda M. 1875, FAY, Marcellus E., 1878, dec. 1875, FAY, Emma P. (Marcellus E.), 1884, tr. 1870, FESSENDEN, Fanny F., Mrs., 1893, dec. 1891, FIELD, Albert O. 1891, FIELD, H. Evelina (Albert O.) 1891, * FIELD, Grace B. 1891, * FIELD, Mabel H. 1893, * FIELD, Jessie 1890, FLACK, J. Day 1877, FORD, Mary S., (Geo. W.) 1885, * FORD, Elizabeth O. 1886, * FORD, Lucretia T. 1889, * FORD, Anna F. 1870, GERRY, Israel H., 1879, tr. 1870, GERRY, Josephine M. P. (Israel H.), 1874, dec. 1876, * GERRY, Irving, 1879, tr. 1877, * GERRY, Gertrude, 1879, tr. 1877. GERRY, H. Gertrude [BALDWIN], (David J.), 1888, tr. 1877, GREENE, Richard G., Rev, 1892, tr. 1877, GREENE, Augusta (Richard G.), 1892, tr. 1877, * GREENE, Ernest, 1892, tr. 1882, * GREENE, Adele, 1892, tr. 1888, GREENE, James Wilson, 1890, dec. 1890, HALL, Susan M., Mrs, 1870, HALSEY, Eliza, Mrs., 1889, dec. 1870, HALSEY, Harriet E. 1870, HASLEY, Elizabeth S. 1870, HALSEY, Phebe J. 1870, HALSEY, Jacob L. 1870, HALSEY, Sarah R. (Jacob L.) 1870, HALSEY, William G., 1881, tr. 1879, * HALSEY, Harvey R. 1870, HALSEY, Anna P. 1890, HALSEY, Hannah B. (Chas), 1892, dec. 1889, * HALSEY, Fanny S. 1877, HAMILTON, Edward P. 1877, HAMILTON, Alice (Edward P.), 1893, dec. 1870, HARVEY, Emily A., (Hayward A.) 1886, * HAWLEY, H. Reed 1878, HEALD, John O. 1887, * HEALD, Mary Elizabeth, (John O.) 1893, HOLDEN, Horace 1893, HOLDEN, Anna A. (Horace) 1893, HOLDEN, Horace, Jr. 1879, HOLMES, Abby N. [SMITH], (Joseph D.) 1886, HOLMES, David G., 1892, tr. 1886, HOLMES, Elizabeth A., (David G.), 1892, tr. 1893, * HOOK, William B. 1885, HOOK, Virginia M., (Wm. B.) 1884, *HOOK, Stella Louise, 1892, dec. 1893, HOOK, Louisa M. 1873, HOWES, Isaiah C., 1889, tr. 1873, HOWES, Mary H., (Isaiah C.), 1889, tr. 1877, * HOWES, Robert C., 1889, tr. 1882, * HOWES, Marion, 1889, tr. 1885, * HOWES, Edith, 1889, tr. 1876, * HOWES, Jenny R. [OSGOOD], (Frank H.), 1893, tr. 1878, HUNTER, J. Elizabeth 1878, HUNTER, Kate P. 1873, HUTCHINS, Elizabeth C., (Rev. Samuel) 1876, HUTCHINGS, George L., 1882, tr. 1876, HUTCHINGS, Elizabeth N. 1879, * HUTCHINGS, Cornelia V. 1893, HYDE, Lewis H. 1890, * JOHANSSEN, Annette L. 1888, * JOHNSON, Eugenia 1888, * JOHNSON, Hulda 1890, * JOHNSON, Inga 1890, * JOHNSON, Sara K. 1873, * KENDALL, Marie [HARTIG], (J. C.), 1879, tr. 1879, KENNEDY, Charlotte A. (David A.), 1891, tr. 1879, KING, Alexander 1879, KING, Agnes (Alexander) 1876, * KIRTLAND, Eliza M. [HALSEY], (Jared T.), 1879, tr. 1888, * LARSON, Caroline [ANDERSON], (Carl J.) 1890, * LARSON, Hilda C. 1888, * LARSON, Sophie 1888, * LARSSEN, Annie 1885, * LATHAM, Margaret S. [OSGOOD], (Harry H.), 1887, tr. 1892, LATHROP, Charlotte E. 1890, * LAWSON, Anna 1890, * LAWSON, Matilda 1882, LEE, Wm. Creighton 1890, * LOFBERG, Sophie, 1893, tr. 1877, LYMAN, Frederic, 1883, dec. 1877, LYMAN, Caroline (Frederic) 1878, MANKIN, George J., 1884, dec. 1878, MANKIN, Frances G., 1887, dec. 1891, MARTIN, Jennie T., 1892, tr. 1871, MARVIN, William H., 1884, tr. 1871, MARVIN, Emily A. (Wm. H.), 1844, tr. 1882, * MARVIN, Carrie G., 1884, tr. 1890, McGREGOR, MAry C., 1892, tr. 1892, McMAHON, Ophelia [COLE], (Wm. H.) 1891, McWHINNIE, Maria 1890, MEAD, Charles A. 1870, MEANS, Nancy E. 1879, MELLICK, Anna C., Mrs. 1888, * MELLICK, Anna C. 1889, * MELLICK, Henry S. 1890, MILLER, Emma M. [OWEN], (Livingston A.), 1892, tr. 1890, MILLER, Marion S., (S. Fischer) 1874, * MILLS, Mary F. [QUIMBY], (Chas. J.) 1890, MINOR, Cyrus W., 1893, tr. 1890, MINOR, Jennie A., (Cyrus W.), 1893, tr. 1873, MORGAN, Geraldine W., (Wm. H.), 1886, tr. 1893, MUHLEMAN, Elsie M. 1893, MUHLEMAN, Josie 1890, * NEILLSON, Gertrud C., 1893, tr. 1890, * NEILLSON, Matilda 1890, * NEILLSON, Sophie, 1893, tr. 1889, * NOREN, Lena 1890, * OLSEN, Anna C. 1878, OSBORN, Esther, Mrs., 1878, tr. 1876, * OSGOOD, Helen Z., 1877, dec. 1882, OSGOOD, James H., 1887, tr. 1882, OSGOOD, Jane T. (James H.), 1887, tr. 1876, * PECK, Wm. Stanley, 1880, tr. 1890, * PETTERSSEN, Maria S. 1871, PIERSON, Harriet, 1888, dec. 1870, PIERSON, Anne 1870, PIERSON, Isabel F., (Wm., M.D.) 1886, * PIERSON, Margaret H., 1888, tr. 1876, * PIERSON, Louise R. 1882, * PIERSON, Lelia P. (E. Dickson) 1885, * PIERSON, Edith A. 1890, * PIERSON, Wm. Dickson 1880, * PINKHAM, William E., 1892, tr. 1892, POST, Cornelia E., Mrs. 1870, QUIMBY, Edward E. 1870, QUIMBY, Cynthia E. (Edward E.) 1876, * QUIMBY, Annie E. 1884, * QUIMBY, William E. 1884, * QUIMBY, Kate R. 1887, * QUIMBY, Cynthia P. 1875, REED, Laura M. 1874, ROBERTS, Henry, 1876, tr. 1874, ROBERTS, Esther (Henry), 1876, tr. 1890, RYDBERG, Hulda [SWANSON], (T. J.) 1891, SEWARD, Theodore F. 1891, SEWARD, Mary C., (Theo. F.) 1891, * SEWARD, Theodora M. 1891, SIMONDS, Eva L. 1890, SLEEPER, Elmina R. (Hanson M.) 1873, SMITH, Theodore H., 1878, dec. 1873, SMITH, Mary J., (Theo. H.) 1877, * SMITH, Samuel H., 1887, tr. 1886, SMITH, Grace H. (Samuel H.), 1887, tr. 1877, * SMITH, Theodore H., Jr. 1879, SMITH, Caroline C., (Henry W.), 1889, dec. 1879, SMITH, Fanny R. 1885, * SMITH, Josephine [TRABOLD], (Thompson T.) 1888, * SODERQUIST, Carl, 1893, tr. 1893, STERLING, Mary L., (Charles A.) 1893, STERLING, Edith W. 1893, STERLING, Eleanor A. 1892, STOVER, Fanny H., (Joseph W.) 1889, * SUTHERLAND, Emily 1889, TERRY, Roderick, 1891, dec. 1889, TERRY, Sarah P., (Roderick) 1890, TERRY, Jennie E. 1870, THORP, Richard A. 1870, THORP, Josephine D., (Richard A.) 1882, * THORP, Josephine R. 1882, * THORP, R Claude 1891, * THORP, Hubert D. 1878, THURSTON, Frank T, 1888, tr. 1878, THURSTON, Ida (Frank T.), 1888, tr 1882, * THURSTON, Mabel N., 1888, tr. 1893, VAIL, Elizabeth M., (Geo. A.) 1888, * WALDBERG, Sophie 1872, WALES, Joseph, 1893, dec. 1872, WALES, Euphemia H. (Joseph), 1877, dec. 1876, * WALES, Mary W. 1876, * WALES, Frederic H., 1892, tr. 1876, * WALES, Louis H. 1882, * WALES, Anna H. 1890, WALLACE, Annie M., 1890, tr. 1877, WEEKES, Robert D. 1877, WEEKES, Mary G. (Robert D.) 1870, * WHITING, Caroline F. (Charles F.), 1873, tr. 1888, WHITING, Edward McK., 1890, tr. 1880, * WILCOX, Carrie S. [MELLICK], (Francis W.), 1890, tr. 1877, WILEY, John, 1891, dec. 1877, WILEY, Elizabeth B. (John), 1889, dec. 1870, WILEY, William H. 1870, WILEY, Joanna K. (Wm. H.) 1887, * WILEY, Sara K. 1870, WILLIS, Mary McK., Mrs., 1893, dis. 1875, WILLIS, Harriet T. (Geo. H.) 1880, * WILLIS, Paul 1883, * WILLIS, Isabel 1885, * WILLIS, Kate 1887, * WILSON, William 1887, * WILSON, Jane (William) 1890, * WILSON, Richard SUMMARY Original Members 25 Added on Confession of Christ 115 Added from other Churches 150 Total Membership 290 Removed by Decease 32 Removed by Transfer or Dismission 87 Dropped From Roll 1 Total Removed 120 Number of Members, 20 Oct 1893 170 NUMBER ON THE ROLL AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR 1871 -  36 1872 -  37 1873 -  37 1874 -  52 1875 -  56 1876 -  62 1877 -  72 1878 -  94 1879 - 101 1880 - 103 1881 - 106 1882 - 104 1883 - 115 1886 - 126 1887 - 132 1888 - 136 1889 - 142 1890 - 137 1891 - 169 1892 - 175 1893 - 165 OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH FROM ORGANIZATION Acting Pastor - George E. ADAMS, D. D., 1870 to 1 Mar 1875 Pastors Richard Gleason GREENE, 2 Apr 1875 to 1 Jul 1889 Fritz Walter BALDWIN, D. D., 8 Dec 1889 - Deacons: Frederic A. ADAMS, 1870-1888. Deceased Jacob L. HALSEY, 1870-1891. Resigned Richard A. THORP, 1872-1892. Declined re-election. John WILEY, 1877-1891. Deceased Richard D. WEEKES, 1885- David G. HOLMES, 1887-1890. Resigned Henry BALDWIN, 1889- Thomas S. CRANE, 1889- Theodore F. SEWARD, 1892- Theodore H. SMITH, 1892- Ogden H. BOWERS, 1893- Clerks: John T. CLARK, 1870-1872 Richard A. THORP, 1872-1888 Robert D. WEEKES, 1888- Treasurers: Jacob L. HALSEY, 1870-1880 John WILEY, 1880-1886 Robert D. WEEKES, 1886- Sunday School Superintendents: Frederic ADAMS, 1870-1874 Isaiah C. HOWES, 1874-1887 David G. HOLMES, 1887-1890 Ogden H. BOWERS, 1890-1893 Trustees of the Society From Organization: Jacob L. HALSEY, 1870-1892 Edward E. QUIMBY 1870-1892 Frederic ADAMS, 1870-1884 Richard A. THORP, 1870-1885 Hayward A. HARVEY, 1870-1892 William PIERSON, Jr., 1870-1876 George H. BREWER, 1870-1873 Joseph WALES, 1873-1877 Edwin W. EATON, 1875- Isaiah C. HOWES, 1877-1889 E. Dickson PIERSON, 1879-1882 Edward P. HAMILTON, 1881- Alexander KING, 1882- Frederic W. ANDERSON, 1884-1887 John S. HAWLEY, 1885- George A. VAIL, 1892- John O. HEALD, 1892- William H. WILEY, 1892-