There must have been Episcopalians in town earlier, but the first allusion to them occurs in the record of a town Meeting in 1744, just previous to the death of Mr. Boardman: “Voted, That those of us who are of the Church of England shall be free from paying any charge for a minister for one year, if circumstances remain as they now are; but, if in the providence of God our Reverend Pastor should be taken away, then the said Church men to be under the same regulation as the rest.” The Rev. James Beach, of Newtown, visited New Milford occasionally between 1740 and 1745, and a lay reader read service for some time. The first Episcopal clergyman who resided here was Rev. Solomon Palmer, who came in 1754. This Society continued feeble for many years; but under the 20 years pastorate of the Rev. Charles G. Acly, just closed, it has grown strong and healthy. It has now 132 families and 265 communicants. The Separatists, or Strict Congregationalists as they were called, built a meeting house, in what is now the old cemetery, in 1761. They disbanded in 1812, uniting some with this Society and some with the Episcopalians. Between 1780 and 1785 the followers of Jemima Wilkenson, who is described as a remarkably comely woman, with dark hair and sparkling black eyes, built a house in what is now the old cemetery, on the hill on the road towards New Preston. They soon sold this building to the Episcopalians and moved to Genesee, New York, where Jemima resided. The Baptists formed a small Church and erected a house of worship in the lower end of the town called the Neck (Bridgewater) in 1788-90, “but never had a pastor, and soon moved elsewhere.” The Baptist Church at Northville was organized February 9th, 1814, with 7 males and 16 female members, most of whom had previously been connected with a Baptist Church in Roxbury. Its present membership is 46. The Baptist Church at Gaylordsville was formed about 1830 and has always been small. Its present membership is 33. Somewhere about 1830 a Union Church was built at Merryall, which was used chiefly, but not wholly, by the Baptists. No Society was ever formed, and no service has been held in the house for 20 years. The Rev. Elijah Hebard, from Stratford circuit, seems to have been the first Methodist Episcopal minister who visited New Milford. In 1815 he preached at John Warner’s in Pleasant Valley. Others followed, and in 1825 a Society was formed in Gaylordsville; that Society still exists and has now 66 members. In 1826 the Methodists erected a Church at Northville; and in 1828-9 they erected another on the Plains at a cost of $3,000. It is to be regretted that these organizations at Northville and on the Plains are both extinct and have been so for twenty-five years. The Methodist Church in the Village was erected in 1849 and dedicated by Bishop Janes in May, 1850—the Rev. Wm. M’Allister, then being the Preacher in charge. Its present membership is 130.