Orleans County VT Archives History - Books .....See Below 1993
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Book Title: See Below

A Brief History of First Congregational Church of North Troy, Vermont:

June 1797 Religious group founded by Moses Elkins,
March 1802 Town of Troy, VT, organized
February 1818 Rev. Levi Parsons formed 1st Religious Group at the home of Samuel
Chamberlain
1849 Our church was built
1863 Church raised to make Vestry
1911 Church incorporated 1st Congregational
1999 Organ & Carillon installed.

In 1817, Samuel H. Hovey, a resident of Troy on a journey to New Hampshire, asked
the Rev. Levi Parsons, a missionary working for the Vermont Missionary Society in
Hardwick, to come to Troy. He agreed.
Rev. Parsons had this to say about the reception the Gospel received upon beginning
his work in Troy on January 18, 1818: "Every ear was open to receive instruction,
and many expressed by their countenance and actions the keen distress of a wounded
conscience."

The exact date of his departure is not recorded. Rev. James Parker served from
1822-1826.

THOUGHTS ON THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST AT NORTH TROY, VT,
©1993, pages 7 and 8.

It is known that in 1822 Rev. Levi Parsons became the first U.S. missionary to
Palestine. Of note also is the fact that he was the uncle of Levi Parsons Morton,
who became vice president of the United State in 1888 when Benjamin Harrison was
elected president.



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