Records of the Belcoda Baptist Church

Wheatland, NY

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The Belcoda Church was founded in 1811 when there were few churches in this area. Located in the hamlet of Belcoda in the Town of Wheatland, there were few houses surrounding the church during the time of it's founding and there are still few houses. Members came from a large surrounding area and there was a strong members until 1852. It was then that the congregation was divided into four societies; Belcoda, Mumford, Churchville and Clifton. Attendance at Belcoda decreased tremendously and in 1871 the church was closed. The church was dismantled and parts were used in other structures.

On May 30th 1917 a boulder with a memorial plaque was erected on the site of the former church.

These records of the church came from the book Belcoda, a Biographical and Historical Story of A Country Church (1920) by Harriet Brown Dow. Included are:

  1. a list of Pastors
  2. a list of members (separated by males and females)
  3. a second list of members which the book describes as "compiled by Deacon Blackmer after the division supplemented by Mr. Eugene E. Harmon."
  4. a list of baptisms
  5. some marriages. Deacon Blackmer did not record marriages. When it became necessary to refer to a woman who had married since uniting with the church, both names are given with the explanatory "now" or "formerly" - these references almost entirely record requests for letters of dismission and recommendation.
  6. a list of deaths of church members

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Settled Pastors

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Members of the Church

Males
Rawson Harmon
Jirah Blackmer
Benjamin Irish
Andrew G. Cone
Joseph Tucker
Henry Martin
William Lacy
Joseph Douglass
Abraham Grant
William Martin
Jacob Catlin
Elder Solomon Brown
John Ross
David Hendrick
Isaac Brown
William Tenny
Isaac Simons
Ashbel A. Hosmer
Silas Kelsey
Asa Tennv
Philip P. Rich
Stephen Baker
Elisha Mudge
David Lumsden
Stephen Wilkin, Jun.
Abel Bingham
Erastus Southmaid
John Welch
Sylvester Whitney
Elder Ely Stone
William Welch
Philip Wardner
William Shirts
Abraham Calkins
Rufus Scofield
John A. Johnaon
John Smith, Jun.
Isaac S. Smith
Daniel Grant
Samuel J. Hecock
Henry G. Woodhull
Benjamin Woodhull
John Toms
Joel Yale
John Smith
Harvey Slaton
Elijah Parmeter
William Pebody
Belden Hosmer
Silas Barns
John Grant
William Van Doosen
Henry Clark
Joseph Snider
Elijah Bills
Joseph Lewis
John J. Blackmer
Elias Parker
Samuel Hamblin
William Grant
Samuel J. Hecock
David Beebe
John Mudge, Jun.
William Clark
Theodore Brown
Hiram Kelsy
Armenus Wardner
Lovias Tenny
Eli Lee
Caleb Brooks
Parker, the Aged
William Printup
Lewis Poodry
Seneca Jones
Caw-ne-co-junt-hah Bennett
Con-on-doa-e-oh Little Beard
Elder Aristarchus Willey
Wm. Seehler
David B. Rollin
Daniel Lee
Benjamin Woodhull
Jesse Tenny
Ariel Harmon
Noah P. Morse
Andrew McCombs
Lucius Loomis
Hallet Smith
David Bangs
Charles Tenny
Jacob McCormick
Dillis Dexter
Abiram Toms
Adrian Manley
Hezekiah Hebberd
Archibald Green
Eld. William W. Smith
Isaac Simons
Orin D. Jones
Abraham E. Hotchkin
Noah Hotchkin
Armenus Wardner
Disbrow Calkins
Isaiah J. Hudson
John Morse
Andrew McClure
Amos F. Albright
William Nelson
William Blackmer
George Hoffman
Joseph Snider
William Welch
Reuben Tenny
Alvab Tenny
Horace P. Smith
James Agnew
Hiram Adams
William Mudge
Samuel Mudge
Comfort Smith
Joseph Albright
Ira Harmon
Eld. Horace Griswold
Justus W. Tenny
Enos Hubbell
Donforth Reed
Sterling A. Hebberd
Abel A. Woodhull
Noah P. Morse
Nathaniel Randal
Francis Le He
Isaac Baley
Simeon Baker
Jonathan Munn
Gideon Skinner
Deming Wardner
Ira S. Preston
Miles Willmore
Andrew McClure
Somers Wilkinson
Alexander Watson
Dea. James Woods
Meredith Pitcher
Hastings Morley
Jacob Watson
Rev. John L. Latham
Smith Wheeler
Joseph Rice
Eld. Daniel Eldredge
Amariab S. Stebbins
William R. Mudge
Eld. Samuel W. Ford
Belden Hosmer
Harry Stanhope
Charles Stanhope
John Wines
Adam Oles
Perviz W. Cady
Eld. John Middleton
Andrew McComb
Rawson Harmon, Jun.
Joseph Hawkins
Bradford Hebbard
Hiram Tenny
Jamee Cady
Alfred Mudge
Cornelius Hubbel
Norman Harmon
Foster S. Watson
James Dolson
Oscar Granger
Horace S. Mather
Julius Munn
William N. Reed
William Garbutt, Jun.
Peter Widener
Lewis E. Lane
Perry C. Burrows
Harry Marsh
Adam Elliot
Parris Baker
Melanckton W. Brown
Anson Fales
Eld. Reuben Tenny
John J. Blackmer
Davis Stanhope
Andrew Cone
Solomon Mosier
Alfred Mudge
Eld. Gibbon Williams
Joseph Snider
John G. Randal
Luke Blackmer
Rufus J. Hebbard
Philetus Tenny
Nathan Sickles
Oscar F. Harmon
Orville Tourgee
Daniel P. Owen
Austin Harmon
Oliver P. Blackmer
Sylvester Harmon
Newland Irish
Adin Hall
George Sheffer
David N. Smith
Rufus Green
Augustus E. Harmon
Alfred Mudge
Eld. Solomon Goodale
Erastus Johnson
James Lowry
Thomas P. Jones
Alouno Tenny
Eld. Hiram K. Stimson
Montcalm Stimson
Edmund Thompson
George G. Braman
Daniel W. Bliss
Rohert Hayes
Chauncey McNall
Benjamin Royston
Charles Stanhope
Elisha Harmon
Albert Tenny
Ira Hebbard
Sidney C. Hosmer
Egbert Basset
Ammi Blackmer
Samuel R. Stimson
Thomas Burdett
Henry Perkins
Martin Sage
Milton Blackmer
John Smith
John S. Durham
William Hitchins
George Rossiter
Abel Newton Holdridge
Benadam Palmer
Eber Sickles
Edwin M. Harmon
Lafayette Stanhope
Hiram Sage
Edwin E. Basset
Anan Harmon
Charles Justus
Theron Brown
Henry Royston
Byron P. Rodgers
Jacob Widener, Jun.
Hiram C. Hull
Henry Gillman
James Hinche
Whiting Scoville
Admiral Skinner
William Smith
Thomas William Hebbard
James Waugh
William Piper
William Basset
David Starkey
Sidney Southmaid
Dillis Widener
Anson S. Rose
John W. Dawson
Cyrus Marsh
Leonard D. Dexter
William G. Hawkins
Henry Widener, Jun.
William Burdette
Lewis Dexter
Levi Chapman
Michael Wimer
Peter Wimer
Erastus Southmaid
Joseph Maynes
Austin Harmon
James Thompson
Egbert Basset
Franklin Stone
Eld. Reuben Tenny
Alvadus Tenny
Alonzo Barnac
Ransom Collins
David F. Spencer
Edwin Collins
Stephen Baker, Jun.
Orville Hitchins
John A. Crosman
Erastus Southmaid
George Welch
Kirtland Stark
Rev. William W. Everts
Augustus E. Harmon
Philetus Tenny
Jeremiah McCarty
Montcalm Stimson
Lloyd K. Smith
William Remington, Jun.
George S. Spalding
James O. Paddock
Emmet Lytle
George W. Wilcox
David Munson
Archibald Seely
John Munson
Nelson Arrowsmith
Jedediah Munson
Nelson Davis
John Howard
Arid H. Brown

 

Females
Lydia Harmon
Mary Martin
Anna Irish
Polly Tucker
Zilpha Sage
Betsey Martin
Hannah Douglass
Elizabeth Coon
Esther Hendrick
Clarissa Shirts
Polly Ross
Lucy Jaqueth
Sal1y Brown
Delight Bennet
Abigail Smith
Sarah Basset
Annas Tenny
Nancy Lawson
Anna Hosmer
Abigail Kelsy
Anna Grant
Mary Tenny
Temperance Tenny
Urania Kennedy
Elizabeth Grant
Susanna Rich
Sally Blackmer
Rebekah Pnuith
Mareia Baker
Patty Baker
Lydia Lumsden
Polly Calkins
Mary Smith
Polly Hosmer
Hannah Bingham
Maria Brown
Thirza Blackmer
Nancy Southmaid
Laura Marsh
Charlotte Smith
Lydia Boovee
Polly Stone
Lois Stone
Eliza Stone
Laura Whitney
Miriam Dexter
Clarissa Armstrong
Amy Adeline Stone
Polly Wardner
Roxanna Scofield
Sally Johnson
Sally Yale
Mehitable Green
Eunice Grant
Lucy Hinche
Sarah Toms
Nancy Smith
Melinda Parker
Harriet Orcut
Julia Hosmer
Anna Clark
Lucretia Brown
Sabra Cone
Betsey Snider
Tabitha Olmstead
Amanda Basset
Hannah Bills
Elizabeth Van Benscheten
Abigail Skinner
Experience Gillman
Harriet King
Elizabeth Wiley
Miriam Harmon
Almira Phelps
Anna Clark, 2nd
Sarah Jackson
Tabitha Olmsted
Dorotha Ann Beebe
Polly Almy
Betsey Mudge
Mary Hosmer
Amelia Allen
Corina Harmon
Delia Stone
Harriet Smith
Amanda Tenny
Caroline Welch
Caroline King
Mary Whitney
Laura Welch
Mindwell Lee
Eliza Barber
Pamelia Toms
Hannah Brooks
Jane Martin
Cocanda Bennett
Elizabeth Barber
Naoma Smith
Gehee Poodry
Queeno Printup
Deborah Osgood
Polly Luke
Abigail Kelsey
Janet Robinson
Polly Cone
Patty Smith
Mary Lowe
Marcia Cutler
Almeda Lewis
Desdemona Lee
Anna Macumber
Eunice Woodhull
Hannah Clark
Nancy Griffin
Elizabeth Harmon
Betsey DeKay
Deborah Jones
Susanna McCombs
Thankful Tenny
Esther Jones
Paraloxay Hamlin
Nancy Tenny
Mary Armstrong
Lydia Blackmer
Pamelia Hoffman
Eunice Bangs
Mary Toms
Amanda Calkins
Abigail Manley
Amarilla Calkins
Martha Hebberd
Mary Longly
Caroline Flinn
Deborah Hoffman
Cynthia Almy
Clarissa Parker
Fanny C. Smith
Anna Johnson
Phebe Kinney
Emeline Stoddard
Hannah Welch
Tirza Blackmer
Mareb Hotchkin
Sally Jones
Maria Shaw
Mary Hudson
Orrilla Emmerson
Lucinda Daniels
Mary Morse
Diodama Wanslay
Olive Alhright
Hannah T. Hotchkin
Elizabeth Gillman
Sarah Blackmer
Eliza Ann Hoffman
Harriet N. Mudge
Lois Elizabeth Hoffman
Betsey Snider
Abigail Welch
Rebekah Tenny
Eliza Ann Smith
Jane Smith
Harriet Hosmer
Exana Smith
Celia Maria Smith
Sarah Smith
Emeline Harris
Catherine Wardner
Sophia Hosmer
Lois Wilkinson
Ann Tenny
Roxanna Osburn
Nancy Brown
Lura Ann Brown
Lucy Griswold
Eunice Armstrong
Lydia Scott
Fanny Hubbell
Hannah Freeman
Mary Ann Armstrong
Permelia Baker
Nancy M. Smith
Patty Sickles
Clarissa Smith
Sarah Bassett
Sarah Munn
Chloe Hammond
Eunice Buck
Olive Buck
Chloe Buck
Mary E. Griswold
Harriet Lurana Munn
Hannah Hawley
Ruth Woodhull
Josephine E. Armstrong
Cynthia Harper
Adaline Hotchkin
Clarinda Griffin
Catherine Myers
Lovina Loomis
Betsey Ann King
Eliza Morse
Sarah Vandorn
Sally Williams
Abigail W. Harmon
Mariette Blackmer
Clarissa E. Armstrong
Rachel Griffin
Lucinda Munn
Elizabeth Woods
Rebekah Myers
Caroline Hoffman
Melissa Macumber
Hannah Burt
Cornelia Murdoff
Eunice Weaver
Abigail Sheldon
Mercy Woods
Welthy Johnson
Gratis Wilkinson
Laura Smith
Esther Skinner
Nancy Morley
Peggy Stottle
Anna Pitcher
Mary Ann Blount
Elizabeth Morley
Lucinda Latham
Celestia Whitney
Katherine Allen
Polly Stone
Sarah Rice
Orrett Brown
Anna Roberts
Rose M. Baker
Permelia Eldredge
Permelia Stebbins
Arvilla Hosmer
Olive Lilly
Mary Ann Wilkinson
Harriet Rose
Louisa Brown
Marinda Chambers
Elizabeth Ward
Lucinda Stanhope
Livy Donagha
Nancy Stimson
Permelia Baker
Betsey Porter
Emila Wines
Esther Thompson
Emeline Hoffman
Abigail Oles
Caroline Shirts
Fanny Blackmer
Cynthia Blackmer
Sarah Blackmer, 2nd
Anna Roberts
Cynthia Cady
Caroline Hebbard
Elvira Mudge
Amy Randal
Adeline Shirts
Minerva Blackmer
Julia Blackmer
Elizabeth Blackmer
Ellen Cady
Mary Ann Mudge
Thankful Myers
Mary Myers
Mary C. Middleton
Susanna McComb
Marcy Rogers
Esther Tenny
Elizabeth G. Hawkins
Maria Bradbury
Marion Burgess
Hortense A. Harmon
Fanny Armstrong
Almeda Hoffman
Teresa Tenny
Sarah Smith
Asenath Baker
Fanny Mudge
Harriet Brown
Juliet Burgess
Caroline Granger
Mary Ann Frost
Jane Harris
Jane Watson
Jane Blackmer
Hilinda Harmon
Caroline Harmon
Mary Harmon
Nancy Hunt
Angeline Justus
Sarah R. Avery
Jerusha Franklin
Sarah Toms
Roina Marsh
Maria Sheffer
Alvira Hebbard
Amanda Gillman
Martha Baker
Abigail Brittain
Elegant Duer
Hannah Bush
Nancy Griswold
Mary E. Hebbard
Sarah Lowrey
Asenith Mosier
Affa Mariah Stone
Amanda Skinner
Ann Wilkinson
Betsey Weed
Dorcas Blackmer
Anna M. F. Williams
Betsey Snider
Jane McNiece
Agnes Lowry
Arvilla Emmons
Lucretia Harmon
Sally Cross
Lucinda Bassett
Delia Tourgee
Caroline C. Mudge
Emily Ann Williams
Delia Jane Williams
Mary C. Tenny
Nancy Tenny
Frances M. Hebbard
Mary Fisk
Emeline Harmon
Elizabeth M. Tenny
Angeline Stanhope
Sarah Elizabeth McArthur
Eliza Collins
Emeline Harmon
Cynthia Harmon
Phebe Ann Cross
Mary Cross
Martha Cross
Jane Justus
Caroline Wilkinson
Angeline Wilkinson
Elizabeth Willet
Kezia Rodgers

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Members of the Church

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Baptisms

The rite of immersion was administered in streams most convenient; witness that after a meeting in the Riga school house "they repaired to the water" evidently nearby. Usually streams in the church neighborhood were utilized - "at the bridge before you get to Mr. Baker's house," "the old plaster mill dam on the Skinner farm" an old member recalls; and on rare occasions the Oatka at Mumford; Deacon Blackmer seldom specifies. Sometimes it was necessary to break the ice, always the candidates had to ride miles in their wet baptismal robes yet any ill results were said never to have followed.

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Marriages

Deacon Blackmer did not record marriages. When it became necessary to refer to a woman who had married since uniting with the church, both names are given with the explanatory "now" or "formerly". They follow verbatim, with dates of notation:

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Deaths of Church Members

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