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Abington, Mass. First Church records 1714-1949.

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Identifier: RG4969
Abstract The First Congregational Church of Abington, MA was established in 1711 and in addition to the 1st Church there were three additional churches founded in the same town: 2nd church of south Abington, now Whitman, 3rd church of east Abington, now Rockland, and 4th church at North Abington. The First Church in Abington also housed a Sunday school that was established in 1818 and is thought to be one of the oldest Sunday schools in the country. The motto of the church is "None too old to study...
Dates: 1714-1949

American Congregational Association records, 1846-2022.

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Identifier: RG4360
Abstract The American Congregational Association was formed in 1851 as the Congregational Library Association. The Association was formally incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1854. In 1864, the organization changed its name to the American Congregational Association in recognition of its broader scope. In 1857 the Association moved from its rented rooms at the Tremont Temple to a house on Chauncy Street where it remained for ten years. In 1872 the Association purchased the Somerset...
Dates: 1846-2022

Arlington, Mass. Pleasant Street Congregational Church records, 1842-2010.

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Identifier: RG4962
Abstract Pleasant Street Congregational Church was organized in December 1842, as the Orthodox Congregational Church of West Cambridge. Many of the original members of the Orthodox Congregational Church had been members of the First Congregational Church in Arlington but left when the church turned Unitarian in 1828. Between 1940 and 1953, Orthodox Congregational Church was renamed Pleasant Street Congregational Church. The church would officially close its doors in early 2011. This collection...
Dates: 1842-2010

Berkeley, CA. Grace North Church records, 1891-2016.

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Identifier: RG5473
Abstract The North Grace Church’s origins began at a meeting on June 28, 1892 with twenty-four “charter members.” The newly formed church, then called the Congregational Church of North Berkeley, was led by Rev. David F. Taylor. The church closed as North Congregational Church in 1992. The church returned in 1995 as Grace North Church and remained open until 2023. This collection contains various records from across Grace North Church and includes topics like vital statistics, church reports and...
Dates: 1891-2016

Berkshire and Columbia Missionary Society records, 1798-2002.

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Identifier: RG4696
Abstract The Berkshire and Columbia Missionary Foundation was a missionary society that was officially founded in February 1798. It is considered to be the oldest missionary society in the US, predating the "Haystack Movement" by eight years. The year prior, members met at the Green River in Hillsdale, N.Y. where it was suggested that a group form to send out missionaries both far and near. The locations that they decided upon included parts of Vermont, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New...
Dates: 1798-2002

Boston, Mass. Berkeley Temple Congregational Church records, 1827-1907.

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Identifier: RG0029
Abstract The Pine Street Church was formed in 1827. In April of 1857, the Committee of the Pine Street Church met to discuss the sale of the church’s property. The church building was later sold in July of 1857. After the sale of the building, the Pine Street Church and Society purchased land for a new church building at the intersection of Berkeley Street and Warren Avenue in the South End of Boston. By 1861, the new church was completed and had changed its name to the Berkeley Street Church. In...
Dates: 1827-1907

Boston, Mass. Union Congregational Church records, 1822-1984.

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Identifier: RG0031
Abstract The history of the Union Congregational Church begins with the formation of the Essex Street Church in 1819. In 1822, owing to a disagreement with the church’s pastor, a minority of the church withdrew from the Essex Street Church and reformed the Union Congregational Church. The church was substantially rebuilt in 1840 and a new church building was constructed at the corner of Columbus Avenue and West Newton Street in 1870. In 1907, the Berkley Temple Congregational Church merged into the...
Dates: 1822-1984

Bradford, Haverhill, Mass. First Church of Christ records, 1682-1915.

 Collection
Identifier: RG4843
Abstract

The First Church of Christ was established in 1682 with Rev. Zechariah Symmes Jr. as its minister. Meeting houses were constructed in 1670, 1706, 1751, 1834, and 1849. In 1810 the church hosted the meeting of the General Association and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions came from that meeting. This collection includes records of vital statistics, financial reports, church meeting minutes, and ecclesiastical council reports.

Dates: 1682-1915

Brighton, Boston, Mass. Faneuil Congregational Church records, 1884-1984.

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Identifier: RG0025
Abstract The Faneuil Congregational Church was organized in the Brighton area of Boston, MA from 1903 to 1976. It grew out of the Faneuil Sunday School and built its own church building in 1913. The church closed in 1975 and was officially dissolved in 1976 due to the lack of membership. The collection contains records about the administration and history of Faneuil church and some of the organizations within it. The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, constitution and bylaws, annual...
Dates: 1884-1984

Brockton, Mass. First Parish Congregational Church records, 1738-1980.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0037
Abstract The First Parish Congregational Church in Brockton was originally founded as the Fourth Parish Church in Bridgewater in 1737 and formally gathered as such in 1740. The name of the church changed, in 1823, to First Parish Congregational Church to reflect the incorporation of the town of North Bridgewater. In 1827 a portion of the church's membership left to form the South Congregational Church and in 1850 another portion left to form the Porter Evangelical Congregational Church. In 1874 the...
Dates: 1738-1980

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Waldo Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 2
Adams Square Congregational Church (Worcester, Mass.) 1
Allen, Thomas, 1743-1810 1
Allingham, Robert 1
American Congregational Association. 1
Appleton Street Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Arlington (Mass.) 1
Atlanta University 1
Baptist Church (Fiskdale, Mass.) 1
Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
Barnard, John 1
Barnes, Estle C., 1893-1964 1
Barnes, William D. 1
Bascom, Flavel, 1804-1890 1
Beckwith, Kenneth D., 1896- 1
Berkeley (Calif.) 1
Berkeley Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Berkeley Temple (Boston, Mass.) 1
Berkshire and Columbia Missionary Society 1
Bohlert, Steve 1
Boston (Mass.) 1
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Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
Breck, Robert, 1682-1731 1
Brewton, Marjie 1
Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
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Brosseit, Lawrence 1
Broughton, Glover, 1796-1869 1
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Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
Bushnell, Samuel Clarke, 1852-1930 1
Calvinistic Congregational Church (Fitchburg, Mass.) 1
Cambridge (Mass.) 1
Campello (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Centre Congregational Church (Northbridge, Mass.) 1
Chicago Theological Seminary 1
Child, Virginia H. 1
Christ Church Evangelical (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.) 1
Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Christ Congregational Church (Pueblo, Colo.) 1
Church of Christ (Harwich, Mass.) 1
Churchman's League 1
Churchman's League for Civic Welfare 1
Codman, John, 1782-1847 1
Collins, Earl 1
Colorado Springs (Colo.) 1
Comstock Park Congregational Church (Comstock Park, MI.) 1
Conant, Sylvanus, 1720-1777 1
Congregational Association of Ohio. 1
Congregational Church (Sturbridge, 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 North Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.) 1
Congregational Conference of Ohio. 1
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Cooley, Timothy Mather, 1772-1859 1
Cortland Street Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Cotton, William 1
Cragin Congregational Church (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Cripple Creek (Colo.) 1
Dayton (Ohio) 1
Denver (Colo.) 1
Dodge, Ezekiel, 1722-1770 1
Dorchester Central Congregational Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 1
Einerson, Richard J. 1
Eliot Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
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Eliot Union Church (Lowell, Mass.) 1
Erikson, David M. 1
Essex Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Evangelical Congregational Church (Rumney Marsh, Chelsea, Mass.) 1
Evangelical Congregational Society of North Chelsea (North Chelsea, Mass.) 1
Fagley, Frederick Louis, 1879-1958 1
Faith United Parish (Fitchburg, Mass.) 1
Faneuil Congregational Church (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) 1
Federated Church of Sturbridge and Fiskdale (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Field, Levi A. (Levi Alpheus), 1821-1859 1
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First Church (Salem, Mass.) 1
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First Church in Marlborough (Congregational) (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
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