Dunnell, H. G., comp., "List of Members of the Old Church, Topsfield," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16, 1862, 213 - 215.
Joseph Capen was ordained on 11 Jun 1684. He made a kept a list of church members.
This is his list of male members in full communion when he arrived:
| Francis Pabody d. d. | John Reddington | Abraham Reddington, Senr |
| Joseph Bixby Senr | John Gould Senr | Thomas Baker |
| Thomas Perkins Deacon d d May 7, 1685 | John Pabody | Thomas Dorman |
| Ephraim Borman | Samuel Howlet | Isaac Cumins |
| John French | Daniel Hovey | Isaak Estie |
| James How Senr | Samuel Purley | Nehemiah Abbott |
| John Cummins Dec 7 dismissed to church at Dumstable | Robert Stiles d. d. | Thomas Perkins Junr. |