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 434 THE HISTORY OF BAEEINGTON. The following is a memorandum of notes given by Indi- viduals, in discharge of the subscription which they severally signed for raising a permanent fund the interest whereof was to be appropriated for the support of a Congregational Min- ister, to preach in the Congregational Church in Barrington. The principal was to remain as a fund forever, (viz.) : Subscribers. Nathaniel Smith, Ebenezer Tiffany, Matthew Watson, Elkanah Humphrey, Josiah Humphrey, Jr., John Humphrey, Sj'lvester Viall, Amariah Lilley, Joshua Bicknell, Samuel Bos worth, Joseph Bicknell, Matthew Allin, John Barnes, Mary Horn, ■Consider Tripp, Samuel Allen, Solomon Townsend, Josiah Viall, Kent Brown,. Josiah Kinnicutt, John Short, Edward Bosworth, Samuel Barnes, Amounts. $300 250 300 100 50 50 50 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 25 50 50 25 25 25 50 75 50 Subscribers. Benjamin Martin,. Rachel Smith, Asa Bicknell, Dr. Samuel Allen, Solomon Townsend, Jr, John Harding, Ebenezer Peck, Hezekiah Viall, Shearjashub Bourne, Joseph Adams, Thomas Allin, Matthew Watson, Jr., Josiah Humphrey, John R. Richmond, Enoch Remington, Luther Martin, Calvin Martin, Jabez Bullock, Jr., James Bicknell, Jabez Brown, Ambrose Martin,. ■ Total, Amounts. $50 50 75 100 25 25 75 25 100 50 125 50 50 50 25 25 25 SO SO 53 83 100 $3-103 83 Following the organization of the United Congregational Society, the dual plan of church management, as related to the pastorate and its support, was adopted, which continues to the present time. One of the first acts of the church and society was a united call to the Rev. Samuel Watson to become the pastor of the church, in 1798. A happy pastorate ensued, terminating in Mr. Watson's death in 18 16. The "ruinous condition " of the meeting-house demanded immediate attention, and the United Congregational Society voted to erect a new meeting-house, to take the place of the one built in 1734-9, which was now too small for the congre-