s. s. Westmoreland, N. Y. s. s. Middlefield, Mass. s. s. New Milford, Ct. 8. s. Plymouth, Ct. 8. s. Portsmouth, N. H. 8. s. Granville, Mass. s. s. Granville, Mass. s. s. Hebron, Ct. 1805 Union, 1808 784 Williams, 1823 Auburn Theol. Sem. Rev. Josiah Hopkins. Rev. J. Seward and H. Coe. July 25, 1835 Feb. 22, 1835 Jan. 1, 1813 Jan. 1, Aug. 17, 1815, Sept. 7, Oct. 20, 1832 1829 Now Ag. of Am. Bible Soc. 1831 Braceville, Trumbull Co. Feb. Jan. 1, 1831 June, 1834 1816 Jan. 1, 1784 Williams, Jan. 1, 1817 Jan. 1, 1817 Williamsfield, Ash. Co. 1818 Aurora. 1797 1800 Oct. 1, 1826 Apr. 1, 1827 Thompson, Geauga Co. June 17, 1830 Dec. 17, Feb. 1, 1832 Feb. 1, 1831 Set. now Canton, O. 1833, Brookfield, Trumbull Co. Jan. 1, 1831 1784 Williams, Jan. 1, 1816 Jan. 1, 1817 Aurora. VOL. VIII. Place of Nativity. p. Granville, Mass. p. New London, Ct. Notes. WESTERN RESERVE. THE Western Reserve contains eight counties in the north eastern part of the State of Ohio, and situated between Lake Erie on the north, and Pennsylvania on the east, &c. "It extends 120 miles from east to west, and upon an average 52 from north to south. The area is just 3,000,000 of acres ;-a body of 500,000 acres is stricken off from the west end of the tract, and granted by the State of Connecticut, as a donation to certain sufferers by fire, occasioned by the English during the revolutionary war. The manner by which the State of Connecticut became possessed of the land in question, was the following. King Charles II. of England, pursuing the example of his brother kings, of granting lands to his subjects in distant and foreign regions, granted to the then colony of Connecticut in 1662, a charter right to all lands included within certain specified bounds. But as the geographical knowledge of Europeans concerning America was then very limited and confused, patents for lands often interfered with each other. After the United States became an independent nation, these interfering claims occasioned much collision of opinion between them and the State of Connecticut, which was finally compromised by the United States relinquishing their claims to the 3,000,000 of acres described. The United States, however, reserved to themselves the right of jurisdiction. They then united this tract to the Territory, now State of Ohio." This portion of the State was for sometime called the "Connecticut Reserve," or "New Connecticut," from the fact that most of the first settlers emigrated from, and that the lands were owned by the State of Connecticut. But after the lands, to a great extent, were purchased by individuals, and settled by persons coming from all parts of New England, the name Connecticut was dropped and that of Western Reserve was adopted. The first settlement was commenced in 1797 in the townships now called Cleveland and Newburg, and in the year following in Youngstown. The early emigrants to this country, were subjected to all the inconveniences and hardships usually incident to the first settlement of a new country. But by long-continued, industrious and laborious efforts, the forest has been felled, and farms cleared and cultivated, and now all the conveniences and many of the luxuries of life are within the reach of the inhabitants of the Western Reserve. In 1800, three years after the first settlement, there were on the Reserve, 1,144 white inhabitants; in 1810, there were 16,241; in 1820, there were 56,899; in 1830, there were 112,346; and now there are probably over 160,000. Ashtabula County. This County was organized in 1811. In 1820, it contained 7,382-in 1830, it contained 14,584 inhabitants-is situated in the north eastern part of the Reserve, and contains 27 townships and 20 churches, of which 14 are now destitute. There are 5 townships in which there is no Congregational or Presbyterian church. And at present, there is not a single settled pastor in the county. ANDOVER.-First Church. At its formation until 1832, this church embraced two townships, Andover and Cherry Valley. A dispute finally arose about the location of a house for public worship. One party maintained that it ought to be in the centre of the township, and the other that it should be on the State road," in the west part of the township. And finally the church was divided, and a new one formed. The men who have preached more or less to this people, are Messrs Breck, Woodruff, Beardsley, and Loring.-Mr. Breck left Andover Theological Seminary in 1823. Soon after completing his education, he emigrated to this country-labored as "stated supply" sometime in Harrisville and Wadsworth, Medina county-was settled pastor over this |