| Helped with the organization of the church. He led Sunday services in the chapel while the church was being constructed, and Asylum Hill anecdotes say that he suggested Joseph Twichell as first senior pastor. |
| Hartford City Missionary; his suggestion of the need for a Congregational church on Asylum Hill spurred the movement to form the church. |
| Helped with the organization of the church, preaching regularly at the chapel while the church was being constructed and leading a popular Bible study there. |