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Harwich, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1726-1982.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0089
Abstract The First Congregational Church of Harwich, Massachusetts, was founded in 1747 when the town of Harwich was split into the North and South Parishes. On April 8, 1747, the precinct voted to complete construction on a meeting house which was finally completed in 1748. In 1792, the second meetinghouse was completed after the first had been condemned a year earlier. The church officially became known as the First Congregational Church of Harwich when the church became incorporated in 1898 at the...
Dates: 1726-1982

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

 Collection
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

Hickory, Iowa. Hickory Grove Congregational Church records, 1867-1917.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5270
Abstract

The Hickory Grove Church was formed in 1867 and operated until 1917. This collection contains financial information, church records and membership list.

Dates: 1867-1917

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

Jackson, Mich. First Congregational Church records, 1832-1935.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5258
Abstract First Congregational formed out of the efforts of Rev. Marcus Harrison and those that agreed that disagreed with the pro-slavery position of nearby churches. Harrison and around 60 others broke away and formed the First Congregational Church on March 6, 1841. The original building would give way to a few different locations until the current church, built in 1860. The First Congregational Church joined the UCC and continues to operate to this day. In July 2017 the church was added to the...
Dates: 1832-1935

Jaffrey, N.H. United Church of Jaffrey records, 1827-1980.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0106
Abstract

The roots of the United Church of Jaffrey start in 1850 when 23 members of Jaffrey's First Congregational Church established Jaffrey East Orthodox Congregational Church, erecting a meeting-house the same year. The United Church records document the history and life of the church, including reports, meeting minutes, vital statistics, financial information, church bulletins, auxiliary groups, correspondence, and property deeds. Records are fragmentary and incomplete.

Dates: 1827-1980

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

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Women -- Societies and clubs. 18
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Covenants (Church polity). 12
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Haverhill (Mass.) 2
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
Dodge, Ezekiel, 1722-1770 1
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 1
Dr. Jones Memorial Church Congregational (Scranton, Pa.) 1
East Congregational Church (Jaffrey, N.H.) 1
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