Hail Weston/St. Neots

Summary

This church on the Bedfordshire/Huntingdonshire border, first at Hail Weston and afterwards at St. Neots, had members from adjoining Bedfordshire villages. The Church Book is in the possession of the St. Neots Congregational church, as also is my transcript of it. Other copies of the transcript are with the County Record Office, Bedford and with the County Record Office, Huntingdon.

[Lists of members from foundation of the church until 1713 No places of residence are given but against the names of Jane Coates and Ann Francke on p.6 is the annotation ‘dismissed from Rowell’ (i.e. Rothwell, Northants.) in 1702.]

July the first 1691.

The day above written being set apart in a most solem manner by prayer and fasting we who did before in a solem manner congregate together by mutuall covenant and agreement to walke together in the holy ordinances of our Lord, wee did therefore the day above written, by prayer and fasting, and beging counsell of the Lord after severall calls to the worke, then choose, elect, set apart and ordaine our beloved brother Luke for to goe in and out before us, and to minster the holy ordinances of our Lord amongst us, and do therefore before the Lord with all our hearts cordially and sincerely with one consent, accept approve of our said brother to be our leader and commit the pastoral charge into his hands under the Lord, and submite ourselves to him as being chosen by us and by the Lord for us, and give unto him the right hand of fellowship, and pray to the Lord for a mighty blessing upon our procedings in this great concerne and set to our hands to confirme our procedings untill it shall please the Lord to provide better for us. Nathaniell Hews. William Bywaters. Thomas Peacock. John Bartie. William Aspland. Symon Haircocke. Daniell Eaton. John Nutter. Gilbert Taylour. James Measure.

August the 19th 1691.