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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
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Cambridge, Mass. First Church records, 1784-1968.
Collection
Identifier: RG4935
Abstract
Cambridge, Massachusetts, was fist settled in 1630 and the first meeting house was erected in 1632. Public worship began in 1633 with Thomas Hooker and the First Church of Cambridge was formally established in 1636 with Thomas Shepard as the first minister. In 1650, 1706, and 1757 the second, third, and fourth meeting houses were constructed. The Parish split in 1829 between Unitarians and traditional Congregationalists after the parish severed its contract with Abiel Holmes over his refusal...
Dates:
1784-1968
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Adams, Nehemiah, 1806-1878 1
- Albro, John A. (John Adams), 1799-1866 1
- Appleton, Nathaniel, 1693-1784 1
- Brattle, William, 1662-1717 1
- Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
- Brockton (Mass.) 1
- Cambridge (Mass.) 1
- Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
- First Church (Cambridge, Mass.) 1
- First Parish Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
- Fourth Parish Church (Bridgewater, Mass.) 1
- Hilliard, Timothy, 1747-1790 1
- Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 1
- McKenzie, Alexander, 1830-1914 1
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