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Marlborough, Mass. First Church records, 1704-2002.
Collection
Identifier: RG1358
Abstract
The First Parish Church was organized in 1666. Shortly after the formation of the First Congregational Evangelical Society in 1833, members of the First Church voted to worship with this society, and in 1835 the First Parish and the First Evangelical Congregational Society were incorporated as the Union Society. The church was renamed the Union Church in Marlborough to reflect this new merger, and was most recently renamed in 1913 as First Church. The First Congregational Church in...
Dates:
1704-2002
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Medfield, Mass. First Parish Unitarian Church records, 1697-1970.
Collection
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
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925.
Collection
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
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Natick, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1721-1920.
Collection
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
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Stoneham, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1728-1889.
Collection
Identifier: RG5190
Abstract
The town of Stoneham was incorporated in 1725. A vote in 1726 provided for the building of a meetinghouse and the First Congregational Church was organized in 1729. The first pastor was Rev. James Osgood who was ordained in September 1729. Rev. John Cleaveland was pastor from 1785 until an ecclesiastical council dissolved his relationship with the town in 1894. The second meeting house was constructed in 1803 and the third in 1840. This collection contains the early records the Church....
Dates:
1728-1889
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Wendell, Mass. Congregational Church records, 1783-1955.
Collection
Identifier: RG4890
Abstract
The Congregational Church of Wendell was formed in Wendell, Mass. on November 29, 1774. The Wendell, Mass. Congregational Church records document the history, administration, and life of the church and its members from its inception through the 1950s. Types of records present include extensive financial records, church and society meeting minutes, correspondence, and important earyy vital statistics for the church and its members.
Dates:
1783-1955
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Marriage records. 9
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- Pews and pew rights. 5
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- Necrologies. 4
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- Sunday schools. 2
- Account books. 1
- Algonquin Indians. 1
- Boston Massacre, 1770. 1
- Christian union. 1
- Church architecture -- Designs and plans. 1
- Church bulletins. 1
- Church societies. 1
- Church youth groups. 1
- Clergy -- Appointment, call, and election. 1
- Clergy -- Relocation. 1
- Clergy -- United States. 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). 1
- Confession. 1
- Courtship. 1
- Covenants (Church polity). 1
- Creeds. 1
- Excommunication. 1
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- Prayers. 1
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- Andros, Thomas, 1759-1845 1
- Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
- Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
- Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745 1
- Berkley (Mass.) 1
- Bidwell, Adonijah, 1716-1784 1
- Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
- Breck, Robert, 1682-1731 1
- Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
- Brockton (Mass.) 1
- Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
- Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
- Clap, Thomas, 1705-1774 1
- Cleaveland, John, 1749-1815 1
- Conant, Sylvanus, 1720-1777 1
- Congregational Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
- Congregational Church (Wendell, Mass.) 1
- Danforth, John, 1660-1730 1
- Davenport, John, 1597-1670 1
- Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Field, Levi A. (Levi Alpheus), 1821-1859 1
- First Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
- First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 1
- First Church (Ipswich, Mass.) 1
- First Church in Marlborough (Congregational) (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- First Church of Christ (Wethersfield, Conn.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Georgetown, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Medfield, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Middleboro, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Natick, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Stoneham, Mass.) 1
- First Evangelical Congregational Society (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- First Parish Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- First Parish Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
- First Parish Unitarian Church (Medfield, Mass.) 1
- Fourth Parish Church (Bridgewater, Mass.) 1
- Free Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
- Georgetown (Mass.) 1
- Goodhue, John N. (John Northend), 1810-1839 1
- Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765) 1
- Haverhill (Mass.) 1
- Independent Congregational Church and Society (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- Marlborough (Mass.) 1
- Marsh, John, 1742-1821 1
- Medfield (Mass.) 1
- Middleboro (Mass.) 1
- Natick (Mass.) 1
- North Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
- North Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- North Parish Community Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- Ogden, David L. (David Longworth), 1792-1863 1
- Osgood, James, 1705-1745 1
- Packard, Asa, 1758-1843 1
- Peabody, Oliver, 1698-1752 1
- Prentiss, Thomas, 1747-1814 1
- Rogers, John, 1666-1745 1
- Sears, Freeman, 1779-1811 1
- Second Parish (Rowley, Mass.) 1
- South Congregational Church in Natick (Natick, Mass.) 1
- Stoneham (Mass.) 1
- Thatcher, Peter, Jr., 1688-1744 1
- Tobey, Samuel, 1715-1781 1
- Trinitarian Congregational Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
- Union Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- Union Society of Marlborough (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- Wendell (Mass.) 1
- Wise, John, 1652-1725 1 ∧ less
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