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1830s                               Some familiar names: 
                                                    CLEWLEY (sometimes spelled CLULY) - Walton, Nancy, John C. Jaine A.
                                                    KENNEY - Joshua, Susanna, Amos, Harriet, Lucretia, Thamon, Johnathan
                                                    DAVIS - Thaddeus, Lucy, Samuel, Charles, Almira, Lucinda
                                                    ORCUTT (sometimes spelled ORCOTT) - Lucy, Seth, Anna, Elijah, Elizabeth, 
                                                           Anna, Harvey
                                                    ADAMS - Fisher
                                                    THOMPSON - Bernard
                                                    MANN - Joseph
                                                    GILMORES - Rufus, Nancy   
1831                   
  •                                Brother John LIBBY took charge. 
  •                                Troubles and difficulties rent the society. Millerism* came in, and several members
                                              joined the new sect.  
1833                            
  •                                Circuit was separated and taken into the district.

June, 1834              
  •                                Preacher in charge;  John LIBBY 
  •                                Presiding Elder; Ezekiel ROBINSON           
  •                                Recording Secretary;  Nathaniel  McMAHON 
  •                                Isaac CLEWLEY, Jr. estimated the expenses of the elders. 
  •                                John CLEWLEY and William LANCASTER were stewards. 
September 15, 1834       
  •                                First quarterly conference was held at Brewer.
The first birth recorded was Mary Eliza Shedd, infant daughter of Rev. Billings and Emily CLAPP.
*Millerism was started by William Miller, an American who announced that Christ's second coming and the end of the world would be in 1843 - (Listed after the names of those who left the church for Millerism, it said, "The Lord have pity on them."
Ephesians 4:16: From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
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