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Dorchester, Boston, Mass. First Church records, 1727-1784.

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Identifier: RG0861
Abstract In 1631, a log cabin was built to serve as the first meeting house of the recently settled Dorchester Plantation. For its first five years of existence, the parish had two ministers, John Warham and John Maverick. They were followed by Rev. Richard Mather, who served from 1636-1669. The church evolved from a Trinitarian Congregational church, during the pastorate of Thaddeus Mason Harris (1793-1836), to the Unitarian denomination. The First Parish Dorchester Church, now a member of the...
Dates: 1727-1784

Dorchester, Boston, Mass. Second Church records, 1770-1991.

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Identifier: RG0069
Abstract The Second Church in Dorchester was first organized on January 1, 1808 by 64 members of First Church. The first official pastor for the newly formed Second Church was Dr. John Codman. Codman was a member of an influential family and graduated from Harvard. His pastorate continues to be the longest for the church and during this time was regularly visited by Daniel Webster and (on occasion) John Adams. The last pastor of Second Church in Dorchester was Reverend Donald P. Brickley. He...
Dates: 1770-1991

Dover, N.H. First Parish Church records, 1614-1862.

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Identifier: RG1319
Abstract Gathered in 1633, the First Parish Church in Dover is the oldest church in New Hampshire. Rev. Hanserd Knollys organized the First Parish Church as a religious organization in 1638. The church joined the United Church of Christ in 1961 and the name changed to First Parish Congregational Church in 1996. Records include births, marriages, deaths, dismissals, disciplinary cases, meeting minutes, financial records, and pew plans; letters by Rev. Jeremy Belknap, Rev. Hubbard Winslow, and the...
Dates: 1614-1862, 1967

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Church membership. 106
Baptismal records. 80
Marriage records. 70
Church finance. 57
New England's Hidden Histories. 56
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Necrologies. 37
Church discipline. 29
Pews and pew rights. 29
Installation (clergy). 26
Women -- Societies and clubs. 25
Sunday schools. 23
Church societies. 18
Covenants (Church polity). 15
Ordination. 15
Registers of births, etc. 13
Church correspondence. 12
Sermons, American -- Early works to 1800. 12
Church buildings. 11
Church history. 11
Sermons, American. 11
Photographs. 10
Covenants (Church polity) -- Congregational churches. 9
Scrapbooks. 9
Worship programs. 9
Church controversies. 8
Creeds. 8
Church newsletters. 7
Clergy -- Correspondence. 7
Music in churches. 6
Baptism. 5
Charities. 5
Christian education. 5
Church architecture -- Designs and plans. 5
Excommunication. 5
Unitarian controversy. 5
Baptism and church membership. 4
Christian union. 4
Church bells. 4
Church bulletins. 4
Church polity. 4
Clergy -- United States. 4
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). 4
Letters. 4
Obituaries. 4
Women in church work. 4
Anniversaries. 3
Antislavery movements. 3
Christian education of children. 3
Christian stewardship. 3
Church charities. 3
Church lands. 3
Church property. 3
Clergy -- Appointment, call, and election. 3
Funeral sermons. 3
Guest books. 3
Social surveys. 3
Vital statistics. 3
Wills. 3
Church music -- Societies, etc. 2
Church statistics. 2
Church youth groups. 2
Community organization. 2
Confession. 2
Correspondence. 2
Deacons -- Congregational churches. 2
Diaries. 2
Fraternal organizations. 2
Legal documents. 2
Religious articles. 2
Sermons. 2
Temperance -- Societies, etc. 2
Account books. 1
Admonition. 1
African American churches. 1
African Americans -- Segregation. 1
Algonquin Indians. 1
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976. 1
Articles of incorporation. 1
Baptism (Liturgy). 1
Cemeteries. 1
Cherokee Indians. 1
Christian poetry. 1
Church and state. 1
Church anniversaries. 1
Church archives. 1
Church attendance. 1
Church closures 1
Church group work with youth. 1
Church group work. 1
Church libraries. 1
Church management. 1
Church music -- Congregational churches. 1
Church work with Mexican Americans. 1
City missions. 1
Clergy -- Finance, Personal. 1
Clergy -- Relocation. 1
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Confirmation records. 1
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Language
English 374
German 4
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
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Chicago (Ill.) 13
Ecclesiastical Council. 7
Brockton (Mass.) 4
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) 4
Bethany Congregational Church (Montpelier, Vt.) 3
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Cambridge (Mass.) 3
General Conference of the German Evangelical Congregational Churches of North America. 3
North Bridgewater (Mass.) 3
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 2
Arlington (Mass.) 2
Barnstable (Mass.) 2
Beecher, Edward 2
Berkeley Temple Congregational Church (Boston, Mass.) 2
Bethany Church (Montpelier, Vt.) 2
Chicago Theological Seminary 2
Christian Church (Denomination) 2
Church in Brattle Square (Boston, Mass.) 2
Clarendon Congregational Church (Hyde Park, Boston, Mass.) 2
Congregational Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 2
Conrad, Arcturus Z. (Arcturus Zodiac) 2
First Church (Ipswich, Mass.) 2
First Congregational Church (Newton, Mass.) 2
First Congregational Church (Rockport, Mass.) 2
First Congregational Church of Monee (Monee, Ill.) 2
German Congregational Church. 2
German Evangelical Synod of North America. 2
Hanover Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 2
Haverhill (Mass.) 2
Ipswich (Mass.) 2
Marblehead (Mass.) 2
Millard Avenue Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Mt. Desert Congregational Church (Southwest Harbor, Me.) 2
Mystic Congregational Church (Medford, Mass.) 2
Newbury (Mass.) 2
Ockenga, Harold John 2
Old North Church (Marblehead, Mass.) 2
Park Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 2
Pilgrim Memorial Church (Pittsfield, Mass.) 2
Separatist Congregational Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 2
South Church (Salem, Mass.) 2
Sturbridge (Mass.) 2
Tabernacle Church (Salem, Mass.) 2
Third Church (Boston, Mass.) 2
Third Church (Salem, Mass.) 2
Waldo Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 2
Waveland Avenue Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 2
38th Street Open Door Congregational Church (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
Abington (Mass.) 1
Adams Square Congregational Church (Worcester, Mass.) 1
Adams, Nehemiah, 1806-1878 1
Aiken, Silas 1
Albro, John A. (John Adams), 1799-1866 1
All Souls Congregational Church (Bangor, Me.) 1
Allen, Thomas, 1743-1810 1
American Congregational Deaconess Association 1
American Home Missionary Society 1
American Red Cross. 1
Amesbury (Mass.) 1
Andros, Thomas, 1759-1845 1
Appleton Street Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Appleton, Nathaniel, 1693-1784 1
Arlington Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Ashby Congregational Church (Ashby, Mass.) 1
Atkinson, Henry. 1
Atlanta University 1
Auburndale Baptist Church (Auburndale, Mass.) 1
Avalon Park Community Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Babcock, Elkanah 1
Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
Baldwin, Mary. 1
Baptist Church (Fiskdale, Mass.) 1
Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
Barnes, Estle C., 1893-1964 1
Barnstable Unitarian Church (Barnstable, Mass.) 1
Barnum, Caleb, -1776 1
Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745 1
Beckwith, Kenneth D., 1896- 1
Beebe's Grove Congregational Church (Crete, Ill.) 1
Beecher, Henry Ward 1
Beecher, Lyman 1
Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 1
Belvidere Congregational Church (Belvidere, Ill.) 1
Berkeley (Calif.) 1
Berkeley Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Berkeley Temple (Boston, Mass.) 1
Berkley (Mass.) 1
Berthoud (Colo.) 1
Bethany Congregational Church (Worcester, Mass.) 1
Bethany Congregational Church. Montpelier Auxiliary Tract Society (Montpelier, Vt.) 1
Bethlehem Congregational Church (Berthoud, Colo.) 1
Bethlehem Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) 1
Bible Chapel United Church of Christ (Hamersville, Ohio) 1
Bohlert, Steve 1
Boles, Richard J. 1
Boston (Mass.) 1
Boston Congregational Churches (Organization) 1
Bowdoin Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bradford (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Braintree (Mass.) 1
Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
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