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Haverhill, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1719-2011.

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Identifier: RG5027
Abstract Haverhill was first settled by Puritans in 1640. Rev. John Ward was officially installed as the pastor of the First Parish in 1645 and the first meeting house was constructed in 1648. The second meeting house was completed in 1699 and the third was completed in 1766. In 1833 the First Parish became Unitarian and the Congregationalist dissenters formed the Independent Congregational Church and Society which was later renamed to the Centre Congregational Church and Society. In 1859 a large...
Dates: 1719-2011

Haverhill, Mass. West Congregational Church records, 1734-1900.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5067
Abstract When the western part of Haverhill became too populous for one church in 1734, the West Parish of Haverhill was established by a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts, and the church, initially known as the Third Church, was itself established in 1735. In the first half of the 19th century, the governance of the parish was controversially distributed between multiple denominations, but in 1852 it was relinquished again to the Congregationalists. This collection contains the earliest...
Dates: 1734-1900

Hopkinton, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1722-1911.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5193
Abstract The First Congregational Church in Hopkinton was organized in 1724, shortly after the establishment of the town of Hopkinton by Harvard College, who had purchased the land from a local community of "praying Indians". Five versions of the meeting house have existed, two of which were destroyed, first by fire in 1882 and then by a hurricane in 1939. In September 2011 the name of the church was officially changed to Faith Community Church. This collection includes the earliest records of the...
Dates: 1722-1911

Ipswich, Mass. First Church records, 1724-1898.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5288
Abstract Ipswich, Massachusetts, first known as Agawam, was settled by John Winthrop in 1633 and was incorporated the following year. The First Church in Ipswich was gathered on August 5, 1634, and the first meeting house was constructed the same year. Construction on the second meeting house was completed in 1647. In 1699 the third meeting house of the First Church was built on the north green. Members left to form new churches in 1681, 1714, 1747, and 1749. In 1749...
Dates: 1724-1898

Ipswich, Mass. South Church records, 1747-1868.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5298
Abstract The South Church in Ipswich, Massachusetts, was formally gathered in 1747 following ministerial angst between Ipswich's two ministers and a petition by parishioners in southern Ipswich who felt traveling to the First Church was too difficult. The first meeting house was completed in 1748 and construction on the second meeting house was completed in 1838. In 1922 the South Church rejoined the First Church to become the First and South Congregational Church. The South Church records document...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1747-1868

Jersey City, N.J. First Congregational Church records, 1859-1972.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0723
Abstract The First Congregational Church in Jersey City, New Jersey, was first gathered in 1841 though it was not until 1858 that the church was formally organized. The first church building, called the Tabernacle Church, was constructed in 1863. A new church building was purchased in 1896 and a new church was constructed in 1904. Due to declining membership, the church was dissolved in 1970. This collection contains records related to the administration, history, and membership of the First...
Dates: 1859-1972

Kenneth D. Beckwith papers, 1922-1966.

 Collection
Identifier: MS5211
Abstract

Kenneth Daggett Beckwith served Congregational churches in Vermont and Massachusetts before serving as Associate Minister for the Massachusetts Conference. This collection contains keepsakes and material from key points in Beckwith’s career and a ledger book of vital statistics of parishioners.

Dates: 1922-1966

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

Lawrence, Mass. South Congregational Church records, 1868-2015.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5323
Abstract

The South Congregational Church was established in 1868; it was a formalization of what M. C. Andrews and J. B. Fairfield started in 1852 when they established a Sunday School. This collection contains meeting minutes and reports; financials; membership ledgers including births, deaths, and marriages; social and auxiliary groups; newsletters; and orders of worship.

Dates: 1868-2015

Lowell, Mass. Eliot Union Church records, 1830-1969.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0113
Abstract The Appleton Congregational Church in Lowell, Massachusetts, was organized in 1830. In 1873, the church building was sold to the First Presbyterian Church and the church moved to a new building along Eliot Street to become the Eliot Street Church. The Kirk Street Church was organized in 1845. In 1919, the Eliot and Kirk Street Churches merged to form the Eliot Union Church. In 1955, the Eliot Union Church merged with the First Presbyterian Church to form the Eliot Presbyterian Church. The...
Dates: 1830-1969

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Brockton (Mass.) 4
Chicago (Ill.) 4
North Bridgewater (Mass.) 3
Barnstable (Mass.) 2
Berkeley Temple Congregational Church (Boston, Mass.) 2
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Haverhill (Mass.) 2
Ipswich (Mass.) 2
Waldo Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 2
Abington (Mass.) 1
Adams Square Congregational Church (Worcester, Mass.) 1
Allen, Thomas, 1743-1810 1
Amesbury (Mass.) 1
Andros, Thomas, 1759-1845 1
Appleton Street Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Atlanta University 1
Auburndale Baptist Church (Auburndale, Mass.) 1
Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
Barnstable Unitarian Church (Barnstable, Mass.) 1
Barnum, Caleb, -1776 1
Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745 1
Beckwith, Kenneth D., 1896- 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
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
Brunswick (Me.) 1
Bryant (S.D.) 1
Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
Calvinistic Congregational Church (Fitchburg, Mass.) 1
Cambridge (Ill.) 1
Campello (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, 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 (Harwich, Mass.) 1
Church of Christ (Westborough, Mass.) 1
Clap, Thomas, 1705-1774 1
Cleaveland, John, 1749-1815 1
Colorado Springs (Colo.) 1
Conant, Sylvanus, 1720-1777 1
Congregational Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Grafton, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Manchester, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Sanford, Me.) 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 North Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.) 1
Congregational Parish and Society (Wenham, Mass.) 1
Creede (Colo.) 1
Creede Congregational Church (Creede, Colo.) 1
Cripple Creek (Colo.) 1
Dane Street Congregational Church (Beverly, Mass.) 1
Danforth, John, 1660-1730 1
Danvers (Mass.) 1
Dayton (Ohio) 1
Denver (Colo.) 1
Dodge, Ezekiel, 1722-1770 1
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 1
East Congregational Church (Springfield, Mass) 1
East Parish Congregational Church (Barnstable, Mass.) 1
Eliot Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Eliot Presbyterian Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Eliot Union Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Emmanuel Congregational Church (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Emmanuel United Church of Christ (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Emmons, Nathanael, 1745-1840 1
Essex Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Evangelical Congregational Church (Grafton, Mass.) 1
Faith United Parish (Fitchburg, Mass.) 1
Falmouth (Mass.) 1
Faneuil Congregational Church (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) 1
Field, Joseph, 1788-1869 1
Field, Levi A. (Levi Alpheus), 1821-1859 1
First Baptist Church (Brunswick, Me.) 1
First Christian Society (Somerset, Mass.) 1
First Christian Union Church (Somerset, Mass.) 1
First Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
First Church (Brookfield, Mass.) 1
First Church (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.) 1
First Church (Danvers, Mass.) 1
First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 1
First Church (Ipswich, Mass.) 1
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