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

 Collection
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

Boston, Mass. Old South Church records, 1659-2012.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0028
Abstract

Twenty-eight lay members from the First Church in Boston founded the Old South Congregation (originally called the Third Church of Boston) in 1669. This collection includes Church records such as baptismal records, pew proprietor records, membership records, minutes of meetings for church and society, financial and legal, records of various Church committees, ministers, the Prince Library, and published material.

Dates: 1659-2012

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

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

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

 Collection
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

Georgetown, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1731-1866.

 Collection
Identifier: RG4967
Abstract

The First Congregational Church in Georgetown was originally established in 1731 as Rowley West Parish. When the town of Georgetown was incorporated in 1838, the Rowley West Parish was renamed to the First Congregational Church of Georgetown. The collection includes meeting minutes, financial records and valuable vital records.

Dates: 1731-1866

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

Medfield, Mass. First Parish Unitarian Church records, 1697-1970.

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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

Medway, Mass. First Church of Christ records, 1730-1876.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0927
Abstract Originally named Boggastow in Nipmuck Territory, then part of Medfield, Medway was settled in 1657 when an increasing number of colonists settled the land west of the Charles River. Medway was incorporated on October 25, 1713 and the decision to immediately build its own church was made at town meeting on November 23, 1713. The Church of Christ, later known as First Church of Christ, was organized on October 7, 1714. The section known as East Medway separated in 1885 to form the town of...
Dates: 1730-1876

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

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Adams, Nehemiah, 1806-1878 1
Albro, John A. (John Adams), 1799-1866 1
Andros, Thomas, 1759-1845 1
Appleton, Nathaniel, 1693-1784 1
Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
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Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745 1
Berkley (Mass.) 1
Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
Brattle, William, 1662-1717 1
Breck, Robert, 1682-1731 1
Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
Brockton (Mass.) 1
Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
Butler, Willis H. (Willis Howard), 1864-1943 1
Cambridge (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
Crawford, James W. 1
Danforth, John, 1660-1730 1
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 1
Eckley, Joseph, 1750-1811 1
Field, Levi A. (Levi Alpheus), 1821-1859 1
First Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
First Church (Cambridge, Mass.) 1
First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) 1
First Church in Marlborough (Congregational) (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Medway, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Georgetown, 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 Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
First Parish Unitarian Church (Medfield, Mass.) 1
Fourth Parish Church (Bridgewater, Mass.) 1
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 1
Free Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
Georgetown (Mass.) 1
Goodhue, John N. (John Northend), 1810-1839 1
Gordon, George A. (George Angier), 1853-1929 1
Hilliard, Timothy, 1747-1790 1
Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 1
Hull, John, 1624-1683 1
Manning, Jacob M. (Jacob Merrill) (1824-1882) 1
Marlborough (Mass.) 1
McKenzie, Alexander, 1830-1914 1
Medfield (Mass.) 1
Medway (Mass.) 1
Meek, Frederick M. 1
Middleboro (Mass.) 1
Natick (Mass.) 1
North Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
Norton, Mary 1
Ogden, David L. (David Longworth), 1792-1863 1
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Osgood, James, 1705-1745 1
Packard, Asa, 1758-1843 1
Peabody, Oliver, 1698-1752 1
Prentiss, Thomas, 1747-1814 1
Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758 1
Sears, Freeman, 1779-1811 1
Second Parish (Rowley, Mass.) 1
South Congregational Church in Natick (Natick, Mass.) 1
Stafford, Russell H. (Russell Henry), 1890-1971 1
Stoneham (Mass.) 1
Thatcher, Peter, Jr., 1688-1744 1
Thatcher, Thomas 1
Third Church (Boston, Mass.) 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
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