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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

Barnstable, Mass. West Parish Church records, 1639-1853.

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Identifier: RG5285
Abstract The history of the West Parish Church in Barnstable, Massachusetts, dates back to 1616 with the formation of the non-conformist Southwick Church. In 1634 the leader of the church and many of its members traveled to Boston and in 1639 settled in the newly incorporated Barnstable where they formed the first church in Barnstable. In 1717 the town of Barnstable was split into a West and East Parish; the West Parish Church was the successor church to the earlier Barnstable church. Construction of...
Dates: 1639-1853

Berkley, Mass. Congregational Church records, 1737-1949.

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Identifier: RG1061
Abstract The First Church of Christ was first gathered in 1737 in the newly incorporated town of Berkley, Massachusetts. In 1737, the town agreed to settle Samuel Tobey, a young graduate of Cambridge. In 1788, Thomas Andros, a self-taught veteran of the American Revolutionary War, was settled in Berkley. The Berkley, Mass. Congregational Church records document the early history, administration, and life of the church and its members. The collection includes financial records, church and parish...
Dates: 1737-1949

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

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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

Braintree, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1697-1871.

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Identifier: RG5302
Abstract The Mount Wollaston Parish Meeting House was established in 1639 in the present-day Quincy Area, and by 1640 the town was renamed Braintree. This Meeting House was the site of the original church, which first gathered on September 10, 1707. In 1708, old Braintree was divided into the North Precinct (Quincy) and the South Precinct (Braintree). When Quincy became an official town in 1792, the 1707 church was designated as the First Church in Braintree. The records in this collection include...
Dates: 1697-1871

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

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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

Brunswick, Me. First Parish Church records, 1735-1829.

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Identifier: RG5236
Abstract The township of Brunswick was incorporated on May 3, 1717. Until 1747 the town was served by temporary missionary ministers. In 1747 the First Parish Church was actually split into two buildings, one following Congregational polity and the other following Presbyterian polity. In 1772 both groups agreed to follow Congregational polity and in 1808 both groups physically merged into a single meeting house. The church had close relations to Bowdoin College and Harriet Beecher Stowe found...
Dates: 1735-1829

Danvers, Mass. First Church records, 1672-1845.

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Identifier: RG1309
Abstract The First Church of Danvers was founded in 1672 when a group of farmers who lived quite a distance from the Salem meetinghouse of which they were members petitioned for permission to erect one of their own. This collection contains the early records of the Danvers church, including records pertaining to membership, vital statistics, and church meetings. Of particular note are records pertaining to the confession and trial of Martha Corey (alternatively spelled Kory and Cory) in regards to...
Dates: 1672-1845

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

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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Abington (Mass.) 1
Allen, Thomas, 1743-1810 1
American Home Missionary Society 1
Amesbury (Mass.) 1
Andros, Thomas, 1759-1845 1
Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
Baptist Church (Fiskdale, Mass.) 1
Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
Barnstable (Mass.) 1
Barnum, Caleb, -1776 1
Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745 1
Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 1
Berkley (Mass.) 1
Bradford (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
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Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
Breck, Robert, 1682-1731 1
Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
Brockton (Mass.) 1
Brookfield (Mass.) 1
Broughton, Glover, 1796-1869 1
Brunswick (Me.) 1
Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Centre Congregational Church (Northbridge, Mass.) 1
Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Christian Band of Somerset. 1
Church of Christ (Harwich, Mass.) 1
Church of Christ (Westborough, Mass.) 1
Clap, Thomas, 1705-1774 1
Cleaveland, John, 1749-1815 1
Coffin, Joshua, 1792-1864 1
Conant, Sylvanus, 1720-1777 1
Congregational Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Manchester, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Sanford, Me.) 1
Congregational Church (Seekonk, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Wendell, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Wenham, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (West Brookfield, Mass.) 1
Congregational Parish and Society (Wenham, Mass.) 1
Cooley, Timothy Mather, 1772-1859 1
Danforth, John, 1660-1730 1
Danvers (Mass.) 1
Dodge, Ezekiel, 1722-1770 1
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 1
Emmons, Nathanael, 1745-1840 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 Christian Society (Somerset, Mass.) 1
First Christian Union Church (Somerset, Mass.) 1
First Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
First Church (Brookfield, Mass.) 1
First Church (Danvers, Mass.) 1
First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 1
First Church (Ipswich, Mass.) 1
First Church (Pembroke, Mass.) 1
First Church (Rehoboth, Mass.) 1
First Church (Rowley, Mass.) 1
First Church (Salem, Mass.) 1
First Church (Salisbury, 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 (Granville, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Lancaster, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Pittsfield, Mass.) 1
First Church of Newbury (Newbury, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Braintree, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Abington, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Falmouth, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Franklin, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Georgetown, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Great Barrington, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Hanover, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Harwich, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Hopkinton, Mass.) 1
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First Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
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First Congregational Church (Medfield, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Middleboro, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Natick, Mass.) 1
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First Congregational Church (Stoneham, Mass.) 1
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