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

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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

Lancaster, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1708-1846.

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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

Manchester, Mass. Orthodox Congregational Church records, 1717-1917.

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Identifier: RG5361
Abstract The First Congregational Church in Manchester-by the-Sea, Massachusetts, was formed on November 7, 1716 with 21 members. The first meeting house was constructed in 1656, the second in 1695, and the third in 1719. The fourth and final meeting house was constructed in 1809. The church name was changed to Orthodox Congregational Church in 1843. The church split in 1857 due to ecclesiastical differences and was reformed in 1869. The church, now known as the First Parish Congregational Church in...
Dates: 1717-1917

Manchester, Vt. First Congregational Church records, 1804-1867.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5359
Abstract

The First Congregational Church in Manchester Vermont was first organized in 1784 with Rev. Job Swift as the first minister. Three meeting houses have been constructed by the church, the first in 1779, the second in 1829, and the third in 1862. This collection contains the early administrative records of the church which include meeting minutes, vital records, and church governance records.

Dates: 1804-1867

Mattapoisett, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1736-1984.

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Identifier: RG4840
Abstract

The church was gathered in July of 1736 as Second Church in Rochester, Massachusetts, and didn't become Mattapoisett Congregational Church until 1860 after the town of Mattapoisett was incorporated. The early years of the church were marked by much contention, most notably regarding pastoral appointments and policies on singing. The collection contains records relating to membership, vital statistics, ecclesiastical councils, meeting minutes, and financial records.

Dates: 1736-1984

Medfield, Mass. First Parish Unitarian Church records, 1697-1970.

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Identifier: RG5309
Abstract The First Parish Church was founded in 1751 shortly after the incorporation of the town of Medfield. Rev. John Wilson was the first pastor. A second meeting house was constructed in 1706. The third and current meetinghouse was built in 1789. In 1813 the town and the parish were legally separated with members of the church incorporated as The First Parish. In 1827 a group of members of the First Parish petitioned for permission to withdraw from the First Parish, which was becoming...
Dates: 1697-1970

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

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

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

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Barnstable Unitarian Church (Barnstable, Mass.) 1
Barnum, Caleb, -1776 1
Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745 1
Berkeley Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
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Bradford (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
Brewton, Marjie 1
Brunswick (Me.) 1
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Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Christian Band of Somerset. 1
Church of Christ (Grafton, Mass.) 1
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Congregational Church (Wenham, 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
Cooley, Timothy Mather, 1772-1859 1
Danvers (Mass.) 1
Dayton (Ohio) 1
Dodge, Ezekiel, 1722-1770 1
East Congregational Church (Springfield, Mass) 1
East Parish Congregational Church (Barnstable, Mass.) 1
Emmons, Nathanael, 1745-1840 1
Evangelical Congregational Church (Grafton, Mass.) 1
Federated Church of Sturbridge and Fiskdale (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Field, Joseph, 1788-1869 1
First Baptist Church (Brunswick, Me.) 1
First Christian Society (Somerset, Mass.) 1
First Christian Union Church (Somerset, Mass.) 1
First Church (Danvers, Mass.) 1
First Church (Ipswich, Mass.) 1
First Church (Pembroke, Mass.) 1
First Church in Wenham Congregational (Wenham, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Bradford, Haverhill, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Granville, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Lancaster, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Pittsfield, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Abington, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Franklin, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Fulton, N.Y.) 1
First Congregational Church (Georgetown, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Hanover, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Hopkinton, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Manchester, Vt.) 1
First Congregational Church (Mattapoisett, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Medfield, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Natick, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church in South Hadley Falls (South Hadley, Mass.) 1
First Parish Church (Brunswick, Me.) 1
First Parish Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
First Parish Church Congregational (Manchester, Mass.) 1
First Parish Church in Weston (Weston, Mass.) 1
First Parish Unitarian Church (Medfield, Mass.) 1
Franklin (Mass.) 1
Fulton (N.Y.) 1
Georgetown (Mass.) 1
Grafton (Mass.) 1
Granville (Mass.) 1
Granville Federated Church (Granville, Mass.) 1
Haynes, Lemuel, 1753-1833 1
Hopkinton (Mass.) 1
Independent Congregational Church and Society (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Kendal, Samuel, 1753-1814 1
Kimball, David T. (David Tenney), 1782-1860 1
Lancaster (Mass.) 1
Lewis, Daniel, 1685-1753 1
Manchester (Mass.) 1
Manchester (Vt.) 1
Mattapoisett (Mass.) 1
Mead, Asa, 1792-1831 1
Medfield (Mass.) 1
Natick (Mass.) 1
North Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
North Congregational Church (Sanford, Me.) 1
North Parish Community Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
North Parish Congregational Church (Sanford, Me.) 1
Orthodox Congregational Church (Manchester, Mass.) 1
Peabody, Oliver, 1698-1752 1
Pembroke (Mass.) 1
Pilgrim Congregational Church of Cambridgeport (Cambridge, Mass.) 1
Pine Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Prentice, Solomon, 1705-1733 1
Prentiss, Thomas, 1747-1814 1
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