Existing records from Brighton Baptist Church

Brighton, New York

These records from the Brighton Baptist Church were recorded in Early Rochester Family Records in the Dec. 10, 1910 issue of the Rochester Post-Express.

Brighton; June 22, 1818

Agreeable to previous and mutual consultations, the BaptistBrethren and Sisters of this town met in conference at the homeof Captain Jacob Kennedy, to ascertain their prospects forbecoming constitued into a Baptist church. The following personswere present:

• Amos Graves, deacon
• Mrs. Anna Graves
• Ira Sperry, deacon
• Mrs. Sally Sperry
• Johnson Sperry
• Mrs. Laura Sperry
• Deacon Tenny
• Sarah Tenny
• Uraney M. Kennedy
• Luther Minor
• Immer Reynolds, clerk
• Mrs. Lydia Reynolds
• Lydia Culver

The following deaths are recorded in the early records of the church:

• AUSTIN, Hannah; died July 1829
• CAMPBELL, Hamilton; died 1831
• CRITTENDEN, Cbarlotte; died 1830
• EVANS, Sylvester; died July 25, 1828
• GOULD, Joel; died April 22, 1826
• KETCHUM, Catharine; died Sept. 7, 1822
• LEE, Mary; died 1832
• SHEARMAN, Julia A.; died Oct. 10, 1832
• SMITH, William C.; died Sept. 28, 1823
• SUNDERLAND, Experience; died 1829
• SWAN, John; died March 1833
• WARNER, Margaret; died Sept. 25, 1832

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