APPENDIX: RELIGION IN PRINCIPAL SHAYSITE TOWNS, 1770–1800

Middlesex County

Groton

Samuel Dana, 1761–75

Tory minister

Presbyterians, 1782

Daniel Chapin, 1776–1826

Pepperell

Joseph Emerson, 1747–75

Vacant 1775–79

John Bullard, 1779–1821

Shirley

Phinehas Whitney, 1762–1819

Shakers, 1783

Townsend

Samuel Dix, 1761–97

Bristol County

Easton

Archibald Campbell, 1763–82

Vacant 1782–84

Presbyterians, 1750

William Reed, 1784–1809

Rehoboth

1st Parish

Ephraim Hyde, 1766–83

Salary, 1784–96

Baptists, 1753

John Ellis, 1784–96

Shakers, 1783

2d Parish

Robert Rogerson, 1759–99

Baptists, 1753

Shakers, 1783

Worcester County

Barre

Josiah Dana, 1767–1801

Salary, 1785–88

Harvard

Daniel Johnson, 1769–77

Vacant 1777–82

Baptists, 1776

Ebenezer Grosvenor, 1782–88

Vacant 1788–92

Shakers, 1781

William Emerson, 1792–99

Hubbardston

Nehemiah Parker, 1770–92

Salary, 1785–92

Vacant 1792–1802

Oakham

Presbyterian

John Strickland, 1767–73

Vacant 1773–86

Reorganized Congregational

Daniel Tomlinson, 1786–1828

Half-Way Covenant, 1786

Paxton

Alexander Thayer, 1770–82

Vacant 1782–85

John Foster, 1785–89

Vacant 1789–94

Daniel Grosvenor, 1794–1802

Princeton

Timothy Fuller, 1767–76

Tory minister

Thomas Crafts, 1786–91

Vacant 1776–86

Joseph Russell, 1796–1801

Singing, 1784–87

Spencer

Joseph Pope, 1773–1826

Singing, 1785–89

Templeton

1st Church

Ebenezer Sparhawk, 1761–1805

Baptists, 1782

2d Church

Ebenezer Tucker, 1788–99

Vacant 1785–88

Ward

Isaac Bailey, 1774–1814

Hampshire County

Ashfield

Nehemiah Porter, 1774–1819

Salary, 1783–89

Baptists, 1761

Shakers, 1781

Colrain

Presbyterian

Samuel Taggart, 1777–1818

Meetinghouse, 1779–88

Baptists, 1780

Schism, 1784–86

Conway

John Emerson, 1769–1829

Baptists, 1788

Greenwich

Robert Cutler, 1760–86

Joseph Blodgett, 1786–1833

Leverett

Henry Williams, 1784–1811

Vacant 1774–84

Baptists, 1765

Leyden

Destitute to 1800

Baptists, 1780

Dorrelites, 1794

Longmeadow

Stephen Williams, 1716–82

Vacant 1782–85

Richard Storrs, 1785–1819

Ludlow

Antipas Steward, 1793–1802

Meetinghouse 1780–88

Destitute to 1789

Vacant 1789–93

Monson

Jesse Ives, 1773–1805

Salary, 1783–87

Baptists, 1793

New Salem

Joel Foster, 1752–1805

Baptists, 1770

Pelham

1st Presbyterian

Nathaniel Merrill, 1775–80

Salary, 1780

Jabez Fisher, 1793–1805

Vacant 1780–93

2d Presbyterian

Matthias Crozier, 1791–98

Vacant 1786–91

Shutesbury

Abraham Hill, 1742–78

Tory minister Vacant 1778–1806

Baptists, 1780

South Brimfield

Ezra Reeves, 1765–1818

Baptists, 1736

Revival, 1779–83

Ware

Ezra Thayer, 1759–75

Vacant 1775–85

Benjamin Judd, 1785–87

Deist, anti-Shays minister

Reuben Moss, 1792–1809

Vacant 1787–92

Whately

Rufus Wells, 1771–1834

Baptists, 1789

Berkshire County

Adams

Samuel Todd, 1766–78

Vacant 1778–1800

Baptists, 1769

Alford

Joseph Avery, 1779–87

Anti-Shays minister

Baptists, 1786

Dalton

James Thompson, 1795–99

Vacant 1785–95

Egremont

Eliphalet Steele, 1770–94

Anti-Shays minister

Baptists, 1787

Lee

Elisha Parmalee, 1783–84

Vacant 1780–83

Alvan Hyde, 1792–1829

Vacant 1784–92

New Ashford

Destitute to 1800

Pittsfield

Thomas Allen, 1764–1810

Baptists, 1772

Shakers, 1780

Tyringham

Adonijah Bid well, 1750–84

Vacant 1784–89

Shakers, 1782

Joseph Avery, 1789–1808

West Stockbridge

Oliver Ayres, 1793–1807

Destitute to 1789

Baptists, 1780

Shakers, 1781