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Lancaster, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1708-1846.
Collection
Identifier: RG5329
Abstract
The town of Lancaster and the First Congregational Church in Lancaster were established on November 28, 1653. The first and second meeting houses both were destroyed during Native American raids as part of larger geopolitical movements. The third meeting house was constructed in 1706 and the fourth in 1743. During Rev. Timothy Thayer time as minister, the church adopted Unitarian tenants and the fifth meeting house, designed by Charles Bulfinch, was constructed. In 1970 the church joined the...
Dates:
1708-1846
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Marlborough, Mass. First Church records, 1704-2002.
Collection
Identifier: RG1358
Abstract
The First Parish Church was organized in 1666. Shortly after the formation of the First Congregational Evangelical Society in 1833, members of the First Church voted to worship with this society, and in 1835 the First Parish and the First Evangelical Congregational Society were incorporated as the Union Society. The church was renamed the Union Church in Marlborough to reflect this new merger, and was most recently renamed in 1913 as First Church. The First Congregational Church in...
Dates:
1704-2002
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
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