Our History: Ministers | Church on the Hill

The Rev. Mr. Elijah Mason, 1766

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The Rev. Mr. James Richards, 1767

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The Rev. Mr. Samuel Hopkins, 1769

Samuel Hopkins was born in 1721 in Waterbury, Connecticut, and was named after his paternal uncle, Samuel Hopkins (1693–1755). Hopkins graduated from Yale College in 1741, then studied divinity in Northampton, Massachusetts with Jonathan Edwards. He was licensed to preach in 1742, and spent time in leadership at many congregational churches throughout southern New England.

The Rev. Mr. Samuel Munson, 1770 – 1793

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The Rev. Dr. Samuel Shepard, 1795 – 1846

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The Rev. Dr. Henry Neill, 1846 – 1854

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The Rev. Dr. Edmund K. Alden, 1854 – 1859

The Rev. Mr. Reuben S. Kendall, 1860 – 1865

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The Rev. Mr. George Muir Smith, 1865 – 1871

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The Rev. Mr. Samuel H. Tolman, 1872 – 1873

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The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst , 1874 – 1880

The Rev. Dr. R. Dewitt Mallary, 1880 – 1889

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The Rev. Mr. Edward Day, 1890 – 1898

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The Rev. Dr. Frederick Lynch, 1899 – 1904

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The Rev. Mr. Clayton J. Potter, 1904 – 1907

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The Rev. Mr. Leon D. Bliss, 1909 – 1917

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The Rev. Mr. Benson N. Wyman, 1918 – 1927

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The Rev. Dr. Hubert Stafford, 1927 – 1932

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The Rev. Mr. Edward A. Driscoll, 1932 – 1941

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The Rev. Mr. J. Herbert Owen, 1942 – 1952

The Rev. Dr. Harry Trust, 1953 – 1959

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The Rev. Mr. David E. Moore, 1959 – 1965

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The Rev. Mr. Harris B. Hinchcliff, 1966

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The Rev. Mr. Robert R. Kyte

The Rev. Mr. Alan Macy (interim)

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The Rev. Douglas Moschetta Clark

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The Rev. Ms. Julia Aldrich (interim)

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The Rev. Ms. Jane Arst Powell

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The Rev. Ms. Susanna Crolius (interim)

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The Rev. Mr. Robert L. Livingston (interim)

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The Rev. Ms. Natalie Shiras, 2004– 2015

The Rev. Mr. Richard Noel Chrisman, 2015 – 2016

The Rev. Dr. John A. Nelson, 2016 - 2019

The Rev. Liz Goodman 2019-