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Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925.

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Identifier: RG4970
Abstract The First Congregational Church of Middleboro was first organized on December 26, 1694 and Samuel Fuller was ordained as the first minister. The First meeting house had been constructed previously in 1680 and the second was constructed in 1701. Ecclesiastical differences between competing factions resulted in the congregation splitting and the third meeting house being constructed in 1745. The congregation remerged in 1754. The fourth and present meeting house was built in 1828. The...
Dates: 1702-1925

Natick, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1721-1920.

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Identifier: RG4839
Abstract First Congregational Church of Natick, Massachusetts, was established in 1651 by a group of English settlers and missionaries under the leadership of Rev. John Elliot. The church became home to many local Native Americans, also known as “Praying Indians,” and was the location of the writing of the “Eliot Bible:” a bible translated into phonetic Algonquian. This collection contains records of church covenants, meeting minutes, baptismal records, lists of deaths, disciplinary records,...
Dates: 1721-1920

Paradox, Colo. First Congregational Church records, 1911-1999.

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Identifier: RG5503
Abstract The First Congregational Church in Paradox, Colorado, was organized on February 19, 1911 with Rev. James Walker as the first minister. Worship was held in the Paradox school house until 1954 when a church building was constructed on land donated to the church. The church was dissolved in 1998 and the church building was given to the Paradox Fire Protection District in Paradox, CO. This collection contains the administrative and membership records of the First Congregational Church in...
Dates: 1911-1999

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

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

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

Sanford, Me. North Congregational Church records, 1786-1905.

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Identifier: RG5036
Abstract The town of Sanford, originally in Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1768 and the Congregational Church in Sanford was gathered on March 28, 1786. Construction on the first meeting house was completed in 1792. The second meeting house was constructed in the northern half of Sanford in 1831. The Congregational Church became the North Congregational Church in 1847 after 14 members left to form the South Congregational Church. The second meeting house was destroyed in a fire in 1878 and...
Dates: 1786-1905

South Hadley, Mass. Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls records, 1824-2012.

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Identifier: RG5052
Abstract The Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls began as the South Society in South Hadley when, in February of 1824, the population removed from the center of South Hadley felt they needed a more conveniently located church. Later that year, the Society united in a church organization called The South Church of Christ in South Hadley. The church did not become known as The Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls until 1918. The congregation voted to close in 2012 due to declining...
Dates: 1824-2012

Springfield, Mass. East Congregational Church records, 1925-2019.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5490
Abstract East Congregational Church began in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1921 under the leadership of Reverend Dr. Orville T. Fletcher. Four years later in May of 1925, the first service at East Congregational Church was held, led by Rev. Myron Fowell. The church was originally operating on the second floor of the Central Hall building from 1925-1929, and relocated to their new Community House upon its completion in 1929. Rev. Donald Simpson was called to service in 1948, and during his time he led...
Dates: 1925-2019

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Berkeley Temple Congregational Church (Boston, Mass.) 2
Brockton (Mass.) 2
Haverhill (Mass.) 2
Ipswich (Mass.) 2
North Bridgewater (Mass.) 2
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Abington (Mass.) 1
Adams Square Congregational Church (Worcester, Mass.) 1
Aiken, Silas 1
Allen, Thomas, 1743-1810 1
Amesbury (Mass.) 1
Andros, Thomas, 1759-1845 1
Appleton Street Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Arlington (Mass.) 1
Atlanta University 1
Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
Baldwin, Mary. 1
Baptist Church (Fiskdale, Mass.) 1
Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
Barnstable (Mass.) 1
Barnum, Caleb, -1776 1
Beckwith, Kenneth D., 1896- 1
Beecher, Edward 1
Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 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
Brookfield (Mass.) 1
Brunswick (Me.) 1
Bryant (S.D.) 1
Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
Burchard, John. 1
Burley, Jonathan. 1
Bushnell, Samuel Clarke, 1852-1930 1
Butricks, Wills N. 1
Buttrick, Agnes Gardner, 1893-1990 1
Buttrick, George Arthur, 1892-1980 1
Calvinistic Congregational Church (Fitchburg, Mass.) 1
Campello (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 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
Cleaveland, John, 1749-1815 1
Colorado Springs (Colo.) 1
Conant, Sylvanus, 1720-1777 1
Congregational Church (North Braddock, Pa.) 1
Congregational Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Grafton, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Manchester, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Sanford, Me.) 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 Parish and Society (Wenham, Mass.) 1
Conrad, Arcturus Z. (Arcturus Zodiac) 1
Cripple Creek (Colo.) 1
Dane Street Congregational Church (Beverly, Mass.) 1
Danvers (Mass.) 1
Dayton (Ohio) 1
Diener, Gloria, 1902-1970 1
Dodge, Ezekiel, 1722-1770 1
East Congregational Church (Springfield, Mass) 1
Eliot Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Eliot Presbyterian Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Eliot Union Church (Lowell, 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
Federated Church of Sturbridge and Fiskdale (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Field, Joseph, 1788-1869 1
Field, Levi A. (Levi Alpheus), 1821-1859 1
First Baptist Church (Brunswick, Me.) 1
First Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
First Church (Brookfield, Mass.) 1
First Church (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.) 1
First Church (Danvers, Mass.) 1
First Church (Ipswich, Mass.) 1
First Church (Pembroke, Mass.) 1
First Church in Fitchburg (Fitchburg, Mass.) 1
First Church in Marlborough (Congregational) (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
First Church in Wenham Congregational (Wenham, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Bradford, Haverhill, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Lancaster, Mass.) 1
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