"In the year next after Mr. Nelson's death [d. 1855], the Rev. Mr. David Breed supplied for a while, and near the close of 1856 he was invited and was installed the sixth pastor of the church [Newent Church], 17th February, 1857.
Rev. Dr. Samuel Wolcott, father of ex-U.S. senator of Colorado, and pastor of the High Street Church in Providence, R.I., preached the sermon on that occasion. Mr. Breed, in compliance with his request, was regularly dismissed from his pastorate in Lisbon November 30th, 1861."