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Pembroke, Mass. First Church records, 1712-1953.

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Identifier: RG5109
Abstract The First Church in Pembroke was organized October 22, 1712 and its first minister, Daniel Lewis, was ordained December 3, 1712. Under Lewis the parish flourished and in 1727 a larger, meeting house was built. The third meeting house was erected by the end of 1837. In 1841 the church became Unitarian and in 1964 the church rejoined the Congregational denomination. The First Church in Pembroke continues to serve the community today. This collection documents the history and life of the church...
Dates: 1712-1953

Pittsburgh, Pa. Smithfield Evangelical Protestant Church records, 1907-1935.

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Identifier: RG5349
Abstract The Smithfield German Evangelical Protestant church was founded in Pittsburgh in 1782. At that time Pittsburgh was only a hamlet on the frontier. Twenty five years earlier no village was there at all, only Fort Duquesne, a French military outpost. In 1782 the German church had organized and found a place to meet, a log cabin that it rented, but it had no minister. So the congregation sent a letter to the German Reformed Synod in eastern Pennsylvania, saying, in effect, "Please send us a...
Dates: 1907-1935

Pittsfield, Mass. First Church of Christ records, 1764-1864.

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Identifier: RG5411
Abstract The First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was first organized in February 1764. Thomas Allen was called to be the first minister of the church and he was ordained as pastor on April 18, 1764. Construction on the first meeting house was completed in 1770 and construction on the second meeting house was completed in 1793. Thomas Allen’s political beliefs resulted in a schism in 1809 which resulted in the formation of the Second Union Church. The churches reunited in 1818 under...
Dates: 1764-1864

Plymouth, Ill. Plymouth Congregational Church records, 1836-1949.

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Identifier: RG5263
Abstract The Plymouth Congregational Church was founded in Round Prairie in 1836. A building was built the following year, functioning both as a schoolhouse and church. The church worshiped jointly with the local Presbyterians under the same reverend. The church moved to a more prominent location in Plymouth, a city in Hancock County, in 1854. In 1919, the church merged with Presbyterians from the town, keeping the name Plymouth Congregational Church. The church officially closed down in 1959. This...
Dates: 1836-1949

Pueblo, Colo. Christ Congregational Church records, 1955-2023.

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Identifier: RG5485
Abstract In 1955, Rev. Hoy of the First Congregational Church in Pueblo suggested that the residents of the developing Belmont neighborhood should consider establishing a “liberal” protestant church. The Christ Congregational Church was formally incorporated on February 11, 1957. The church building was designed by Elizabeth Wright Ingraham and Gordon Ingraham and construction was completed on the building in August, 1957. The church’s membership rose significantly during the 1960s and dropped during...
Dates: 1955-2023

Reading, Mass. Second Church of Christ records, 1720-1806.

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Identifier: RG5021
Abstract The Second Church of Christ in Reading was gathered on June 29, 1720 with 39 founding members. The first pastor was Rev. Daniel Putnam who served until his death on June 20, 1759. He was followed by Rev. Eliab Stone who became the pastor in 1761 and also served until his death in 1822. Religious disagreements led to a split during the 1830s and in 1892 the Congregationalists and Methodists merged to form the Union Congregational Church of North Reading, which continues to serve the community...
Dates: 1720-1806

Rowley, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1664-1941.

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Identifier: RG4836
Abstract The First Church of Rowley, Mass. was founded in 1639 by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and his followers, who had departed their Anglican church in Rowley, Yorkshire, UK in protest over lax Sabbath laws. Rev. Rogers was a notable Puritan whose conservative zeal influenced the governance of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The church continues to serve the community today as a member of the United Church of Christ. This collection contains the earliest church, parish, and financial records beginning in...
Dates: 1664-1941

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Installation (clergy). 19
Women -- Societies and clubs. 19
Sunday schools. 14
Church societies. 13
Covenants (Church polity). 12
Ordination. 12
Registers of births, etc. 9
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Church buildings. 7
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Covenants (Church polity) -- Congregational churches. 5
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Confirmation records. 1
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Experience (Religion). 1
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Letters. 1
Lord's Supper. 1
Nipmuc Indians. 1
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Russian Germans. 1
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Sunday school teachers -- Photographs. 1
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Marblehead (Mass.) 2
Old North Church (Marblehead, Mass.) 2
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) 2
Waldo Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 2
Abington (Mass.) 1
Adams Square Congregational Church (Worcester, Mass.) 1
Aiken, Silas 1
Allen, Thomas, 1743-1810 1
American Home Missionary Society 1
Amesbury (Mass.) 1
Andros, Thomas, 1759-1845 1
Appleton Street Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Arlington (Mass.) 1
Atlanta University 1
Auburndale Baptist Church (Auburndale, Mass.) 1
Babcock, Elkanah 1
Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
Baptist Church (Fiskdale, Mass.) 1
Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
Barnstable Unitarian Church (Barnstable, Mass.) 1
Barnum, Caleb, -1776 1
Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745 1
Beecher, Edward 1
Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 1
Berkeley (Calif.) 1
Berkeley Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Berkeley Temple (Boston, Mass.) 1
Berkley (Mass.) 1
Berthoud (Colo.) 1
Bethlehem Congregational Church (Berthoud, Colo.) 1
Boston (Mass.) 1
Bowdoin Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bradford (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Braintree (Mass.) 1
Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
Breck, Robert, 1682-1731 1
Brewton, Marjie 1
Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
Brighton (Boston, Mass.) 1
Brookfield (Mass.) 1
Broughton, Glover, 1796-1869 1
Brunswick (Me.) 1
Bryant (S.D.) 1
Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
Bushnell, Samuel Clarke, 1852-1930 1
Calvinistic Congregational Church (Fitchburg, Mass.) 1
Cambridge (Ill.) 1
Cambridge (Mass.) 1
Campello (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Central Congregational Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Centre Congregational Church (Northbridge, Mass.) 1
Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Christ Congregational Church (Pueblo, Colo.) 1
Christian Band of Somerset. 1
Church of Christ (Grafton, Mass.) 1
Church of Christ (Halifax, Mass.) 1
Church of Christ (Harwich, Mass.) 1
Church of Christ (Westborough, Mass.) 1
Church of Christ at Concord (Concord, Mass.) 1
Circle Hill Christian Church (Bradford, Ohio) 1
Clap, Thomas, 1705-1774 1
Cleaveland, John, 1749-1815 1
Colorado Springs (Colo.) 1
Conant, Sylvanus, 1720-1777 1
Concord United Church of Christ (Scranton, Pa.) 1
Congregational Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Concord, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Grafton, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Houlton, Me.) 1
Congregational Church (Manchester, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Wendell, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Wenham, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (West Brookfield, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church and Society of South Hadley Falls (South Hadley, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church in South Hadley Falls (South Hadley, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church of Christ (Hodgdon, Me.) 1
Congregational Church of North Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.) 1
Congregational Parish and Society (Wenham, Mass.) 1
Congregational Parish of Pelham (Pelham, Mass.) 1
Conrad, Arcturus Z. (Arcturus Zodiac) 1
Cooley, Timothy Mather, 1772-1859 1
Creede (Colo.) 1
Creede Congregational Church (Creede, Colo.) 1
Cripple Creek (Colo.) 1
Danforth, John, 1660-1730 1
Danvers (Mass.) 1
Dartmouth College Church of Christ (Hanover, N.H.) 1
Dayton (Ohio) 1
Denver (Colo.) 1
Dodge, Ezekiel, 1722-1770 1
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 1
Dr. Jones Memorial Church Congregational (Scranton, Pa.) 1
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