William  Jenks,  who  became  a  Professor  in  Bowdoin  Col-
lege, and  Mr.  Matthew  R.  Dutton.
In  1 8 14,  the  church  and  parish  extended  an  invitation  to
Mr.  Israel  W.  Putnam  of  Danvers,  Mass.,  to  become
their  pastor ;  and  after  some  hesitation  on  his  part,  in  con-
sequence of  the  division  in  the  parish,  he  was  ordained,
on  the  15th  of  March,  1815.  Some  of  those  who  did
not  sympathize  with  his  doctrinal  views  left  the  parish  :
others  remained,  and  became,  in  later  years,  his  firm
friends.  The  church  was  united  in  sustaining  him  from
the  first.  The  number  of  the  church  at  the  time  of  his
ordination  was  ninety-seven,  —  fourteen  males  and  eighty-
three  females.  Of  the  ninety-seven,  fifteen  were  non-resi-
dent. The  church  steadily  increased  during  his  ministry,
and  had  more  than  doubled  its  numbers  when  he  left.
One  of  the  earliest  enterprises  of  the  church,  after  his
settlement,  was  the  erection  of  the  Brick  Vestry  on  Fleet
Street,  which  was  accomplished  largely  through  the  liberal-
ity of  Gov.  John  Langdon,  an  honored  member  of  the
church.  The  building  was  dedicated  on  the  6th  of  Au-
gust, 1817  ;  and  the  fifty-three  years  of  its  religious  history
mark  a  period  of  rapid  increase  in  the  numbers  and  influ-
ence of  the  church.
In  June,  181 8,  a  sabbath  school  was  established  in  the
Brick  Vestry.  It  was  afterwards  held  in  Jefferson  Hall,
and  included  the  children  of  the  city,  witliout  respect  to
denominations.  Dea.  Amos  Tappan  of  this  church  was
the  first  superintendent,  from  18 18  till  his  death,  in  1821.
Timothy  Farrar,  also  a  member  of  this  church,  succeeded
him  as  superintendent.  It  seems  probable,  from  the  early
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