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Pittsfield, Mass. First Church of Christ records, 1764-1864.
Collection
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
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Weymouth, Mass. Old South Church records, 1723-1905.
Collection
Identifier: RG5273
Abstract
The Second Church in Weymouth, also known as the South Church, was gathered in 1723 with James Bayley ordained as the first minister. The first meeting house was constructed in 1722 and the second in 1785. The ordination of a Universalist minister in 1834 resulted in a rift in the church membership with the orthodox members eventually forming the Union Church in 1842. The third meeting house was constructed in 1854. In 1892 the Second Church was incorporated as the Old South Church in...
Dates:
1723-1905
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Allen, Thomas, 1743-1810 1
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- Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 1
- Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
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- Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
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- First Baptist Church (Brunswick, Me.) 1
- First Church (Ipswich, Mass.) 1
- First Church of Christ (Lancaster, Mass.) 1
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- First Congregational Church (Hopkinton, Mass.) 1
- First Parish Church (Brunswick, Me.) 1
- First Parish Church (Dover, N.H.) 1
- First Parish Church Congregational (Manchester, Mass.) 1
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- Kimball, David T. (David Tenney), 1782-1860 1
- Lancaster (Mass.) 1
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- Mead, Asa, 1792-1831 1
- North Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
- Old North Church (Marblehead, Mass.) 1
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- Old South Union Church (Weymouth, Mass.) 1
- Orthodox Congregational Church (Manchester, Mass.) 1
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- Tufts, Asa Alford, 1798-1884 1
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