The Rev. Isaac W. Hallam was the first resident rector of St. Paul's Mission at Willimantic and also rector of St. Paul's at Windham, thus reversing the prior proceudre when the rector of both parishes was resident at Windham Center. Mr. Hallam was native of Stonington, born November 20, 1809; a graduate of Washington (now Trinity) College and of the Theological Seminary of Virginia at Alexandria; received deacon's orders from the Rt. Rev. Richard Channing; priest's orders from the Rt. Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, December 18, 1833, at St. James' Church, New London; was deacon and then rector at St. James'; then in August, 1834, he became missionary to St. James' at Chicago, and then deacon and rector, remaining there until 1843. In 1846 he became rector of St. Stephen's at Lynn, Mass., for fourteen years; in 1860 went to St. Peter's, at Clarksboro, N.J.; and September 1, 1869, came to Willimantic and Windham, remaining here until Easter Sunday, 1875, then became rector of St. Mark's at New Canaan, Conn., until Easter, 1879, thus making nearly fifty years of continuous service in the ministry. Doctor Hallam was also a member of the general convention of The Episcopal Church at Chicago in 1838. In his later years he lived in retirement at Stonington, Conn., and died there October 21, 1888.
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The wife of Rev. Isaac Hallam was Nancy Hallam of Richmond, Va., and she was married to Rector Hallam February 18, 1833. The Hallams remained in Williimantic six years and then removed to New Canaan, Conn. Mr. Hallam had two sons and five daughters ....
