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From: Diana Nelson <>
Subject: Re: [MAINE] Eliakim Hatch of Wells, Maine (1790 Approx.)
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 15:09:28 -0400
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You last sentence may be the explanation. There was a difference of
opinion about baptism with the Baptist church believing in whole body
immersion and the Congregational church not. You can probably google
"Baptist Church" and get a more complete history and explanation.

Diana

David Reed wrote:
> Does anyone have any information/articles/dates/etc (anything) that they
> would be willing to share regarding the Eliakim Hatch in Wells, Maine, as
> recorded in the 1790 Census?
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> He appears to be the father of Jacob, who is the father of Eliakim Hatch
> (1850's) of Harmony, Somerset, Maine.
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> An article in The Maine Genealogist "The Family and Ancestry of Elisha Hatch
> of Wells, Maine" by Priscilla Eaton, mentions him only briefly.
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> It also mentions a "conflict" with the First Church of Wells, led by a
> Hatch. At the time, the Church was ministered by Gideon Richardson, who is
> also ancestor, on my mother's mothers side (my mother's mothers maiden name
> was Richardson), and I am researching Eliakim Hatch, who is my mother's
> father's ggg-grandfather on my mom's father's side.
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> It's fascinating to me to think that 150 years before my mother was born, in
> another county, her father's ancestors and her mother's ancestors seemed to
> have known each other, and, had a "difference of opinion!"
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> I'd also be interested to know if anyone has any information on this
> "difference of opinion" which led to the separation of the First Church of
> Wells, and created the First Baptist Church of Wells.
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> Thank-you,
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> -David
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