Lists

Pastors and Teachers to 1868

1630–1667

John Wilson. Installed as teacher, August 27, 1630; as pastor, November 22, 1632; died August 7, 1667.

1633–1652

John Cotton. Installed as teacher, October 10, 1633; died December 23, 1652.

1656–1663

John Norton. Installed as teacher, July 23, 1656; died April 5, 1663.

1668–1669/70

John Davenport. Installed as pastor, December 9, 1668; died March 15, 1669/70.

1668–1710

James Allen. Installed as teacher, December 9, 1668; died September 22, 1710.

1670–1674

John Oxenbridge. Installed as pastor, April 10, 1670; died December 28, 1674.

1684–1697

Joshua Moodey. Installed as assistant, May 3, 1684; died July 4, 1697.

1693–1697

John Bailey. Installed as assistant, July 17, 1693; died December 12, 1697.

1696–1725

Benjamin Wadsworth. Ordained September 8, 1696; resigned to become President of Harvard College, June 16, 1725; died March 12, 1736/37.

1705–1715

Thomas Bridge. Installed May 10, 1705; died September 26, 1715.

1717–1769

Thomas Foxcroft. Ordained November 20, 1717; died June 18, 1769.

1727–1787

Charles Chauncy, D.D. Ordained October 25, 1727; died February 10, 1787.

1778–1798

John Clarke, D.D. Ordained July 8, 1778; died April 2, 1798.

1799–1811

William Emerson. Installed October 16, 1799; died May 12, 1811.

1813–1814

John Lovejoy Abbot. Ordained July 14, 1813; died October 17, 1814.

1815–1850

Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham, D.D. Ordained March 15, 1815; resigned March, 1850; died April 4, 1870.

1853.

Rufus Ellis, D.D. Installed May 4, 1853.

The following ministers have served since 1868:

–1886

Rufus Ellis, D.D.

1886–1898

Stopford Wentworth Brooke.

1898–1905

James Eells.

1906–1946

Charles Edwards Park, D.D., S.T.D. Emeritus 1946–.

1946–1958

Duncan Howlett, LL.D., D.D.

1960–

Rhys Williams.

Ruling Elders

1630, August 27

Increase Nowell. Dismissed to Charlestown Church, 1632.

1632, November 22

Thomas Oliver. Died January 1, 1657/8.

1633, October 10

Thomas Leverett. Died April 3, 1650.

1650, September 12

James Penn. Died October 30, 1671.

William Colbron. Died August 1, 1662.

Jacob Eliot. Died May 6, 1651.

1670, April 10

John Wiswell. Died August 16, 1687.

1672, April 28

Thomas Clarke. Died July 28, 1678.

1679, August 14

Timothy Prout. Died 1702.

Isaac Addington. Died March 19, 1714/5.

1694/5, March 19

Joseph Bridgham. Died January 5, 1708/9.

Thomas Jackson. Died 1710.

1701, September 18

Henry Bridgham.

David Copp. Died November, 1713.

Deacons to 1868

1630, August 27

William Gager. Died September 20, 1630.

William Aspinwall. Removed to Rhode Island c. 1637.

1633, October 10

Giles Firmin. Died September, 1634.

1636, November 27

William Hutchinson. Died c. 1642.

Jacob Eliot. Died May 6, 1651.

1640, May 17

Valentine Hill. Died 1662.

Jacob Eliot. Died May 6, 1651.

1643(?)

William Colbron. Died August 1, 1662.

1650, September

Thomas Marshall. Died c. 1665.

James Johnson. Dismissed April 13, 1667.

Richard Trusdale. Removed to Third Church. Died 1671.

1667–1668

Edward Ransford. Dismissed February 12, 1667.

Jacob Eliot. Dismissed February 12, 1668/9. Died August 16, 1693.

1668, February 14

Henry Bridgham.

Robert Saunders. Died October 7, 1693.

Henry Allen. Died January 6, 1696.

1696, September 6

David Copp. Died November, 1713.

John Marion, Jr. Died January 3, 1727/8.

1701, November 9

Isaiah Tay. Dismissed May 14, 1721.

1704, October 8

Thomas Hubbart. Died November 7, 1717.

1719, April 12

Samuel Marshall. Died February 10, 1742/3.

Jonathan Williams. Died March 27, 1737.

1731, May 23

Zechariah Thayer. Died February 7, 1735/6.

1735, November 9

Thomas Wait. Died 1775.

1736, April 7(?)

Cornelius Thayer. Died April 10, 1745.

1737, October 16(?)

Jonathan Williams, Jr. Died March 27, 1788.

1747, August 18

Daniel Marsh. “But to this day, January 1, 1754, declines being ordained.”

1779(?)

Jacob Williams. Died in Vermont, c. 1821.

James Thwing. Died December 11, 1789.

1789, December 20

David Tilden. Died c. 1814.

James Morrill. Died April 3, 1833.

1815, February 5

James Hiller Foster. Died December 10, 1862.

1862, May 18

George Oliver Harris.

Meeting Houses

The first House of Worship was erected on State Street in 1632.

The second was built on Cornhill in 1639 and was consumed by fire, October 2, 1711.

The third was built upon the same location in 1713 and for many years was known as the “Old Brick.”

The fourth Meeting House was erected in Chauncy Place in 1808. Services were held in it for the last time on May 10, 1868.

The cornerstone of the fifth or present House of Worship, on the corner of Berkeley and Marlborough Streets, was laid on April 4, 1867, and the building was dedicated on December 10, 1868.