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    "The First Freewill Baptist Church" in town was organized at North Leeds, Feb. 11, 1829, by Elder Abizer Bridges.  The original members were, Joshua Tupper, Warren Howard, Lucy Tupper, Mercy Dunham, Julia A. Stanley, Almira Turner, Martha Grant, Anna Additon, Deborah Bridges, Eliza Bridges.  It belonged to Bowdoin Quarterly Meeting, and in 1836 had a membership of 75 - the largest in its history.  The Union Chapel was erected in that place on that date, one-half of which was owned by this society, one-fourth by the Methodist society and one-fourth by individuals of the Baptist and Campbellite (Christian) faith.  From the church record we quote: "Dedicatory Exercises of Union Chapel, North Leeds.  Convened at the Chapel on 16th day of November, 1836; 11 o'clock A.M.

     "Introductory Prayer, by Rev. Daniel Hutchinson;
     "Reading Scripture, by Elder Walter Foss;
     "Dedicatory Prayer, by Elder Allen Barrows;
     "Sermon, by Elder Daniel Hutchinson;
     "Address to Society, by Elder Allen Barrows;
     "Concluding Prayer, by Elder Walter Foss;

     "Sacred Music, led and conducted by John Gould, Esq., an able and devotional manner on the occasion."
     Prior to the completion of the Chapel the Free Baptists held their meetings in school and dwelling houses, but from this time their meetings were held in the house of the Lord every second Sabbath.  From 75 members in that year, but 8 were on the rolls in 1891, yet the church was then recognized by the Quarterly Meeting.  With the death of its deacon, Francis Davis Millett, which occurred in 1893 , its identity was lost.  Other deacons were Joshua Tupper, Warren Howard and George Gould.  Those of Campbellite or Christian faith were not many; yet, for several years they held meetings in the chapel their allotted portion of the time. Rev. Greenwood C. Gordon was their pastor.

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near their cemetery where it remained for a time, when it was again moved farther west to a place nearly opposite the dwelling of Stephen Welcome.  Among the members and prominent supporters of this society were the Baileys, some of whom removed to Winthrop, whose children engaged in the manufacture of oil-cloth. Gradually the members decreased in number until the society lost its identity, and about 1869 the house was sold, torn down and carried away.