This church, the oldest body in this Association, was organized in 1783, although many years previous, a number of Sabbath-keepers, principally members of the Sabbatarian churches in Rhode Island, had removed into these parts, being among the first settlers of the place. Of these, the large and respectable families of the Coons, Greenmans, Crandalls, Greens, and Randalls, were most distinguished for enterprise and intelligence. They occupied a very pleasant situation in the northeasterly parts of the State of New York, adjoining Massachusetts. The place was first called Little Hoosack, and the Sabbatarians resided in the towns of Berlin, Petersburg, and Stephentown, in which branch churches have since been established. After the organization of the church, Rev. William Coon, from Hopkinton, became their first pastor. Elder Coon was a man of great natural ability, and was so pre-eminently blessed in his ministry, that nearly two hundred persons were added to the church in one year. He died in 1801. He was highly esteemed by Mr. Van Rensselaer, then deputy governor of the state, who bestowed upon him a valuable farm, and contributed liberally towards defraying the expenses of their new meeting-house. Rev. Asa Coon, his nephew and successor, officiated in the ministry but a few months, when he was removed by death. Rev. William Satterlee received ordination in 1805, in the thirty-seventh year of his age, and was immediately installed as pastor of the church, in which relation he still continues. Elder Satterlee has been emphatically a father in Israel. Thousands have walked in more brilliant paths, have risen to loftier stations, and acquired more extensive renown, but perhaps no one has been more really useful as a Christian minister. In his family, in the church, in the conference, he was equally amiable, equally attentive to the desires of others, and equally anxious to do good. While others pursued the phantom of popularity, Elder Satterlee remained content with the applause of his own conscience, and his brethren were so well aware of his ability and paternal character, that for many years he was unanimously chosen Moderator of the General Conference. Under his ministry the church became another mother of churches, and nursery of ministers, besides producing several eminent characters. Rev. James H. Cochran was installed as assistant pastor in 1849. SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST CHURCH, PETERSBURG, NEW YORK. This community, a branch of the Berlin Church, was organized in 1829, but remained until 1835 without a pastor, when Bethuel C. Church became a licentiate in their connexion, where he continued for one year. Rev. Azor Estee, his successor, was licensed in 1836, and received ordination in the autumn of the same year. In 1841, he resigned the pastoral charge of this church to Jared Kenyon, who continued in its service as licentiate until 1844, when Elder Estee returned to them again. Rev. William B. Maxson was resident here in 1845.