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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
Natick, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1721-1920.
Collection
Identifier: RG4839
Abstract
First Congregational Church of Natick, Massachusetts, was established in 1651 by a group of English settlers and missionaries under the leadership of Rev. John Elliot. The church became home to many local Native Americans, also known as “Praying Indians,” and was the location of the writing of the “Eliot Bible:” a bible translated into phonetic Algonquian. This collection contains records of church covenants, meeting minutes, baptismal records, lists of deaths, disciplinary records,...
Dates:
1721-1920
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Stoneham, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1728-1889.
Collection
Identifier: RG5190
Abstract
The town of Stoneham was incorporated in 1725. A vote in 1726 provided for the building of a meetinghouse and the First Congregational Church was organized in 1729. The first pastor was Rev. James Osgood who was ordained in September 1729. Rev. John Cleaveland was pastor from 1785 until an ecclesiastical council dissolved his relationship with the town in 1894. The second meeting house was constructed in 1803 and the third in 1840. This collection contains the early records the Church....
Dates:
1728-1889
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Excommunication. 1
- Fraternal organizations. 1
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- Necrologies. 1
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- Pews and pew rights. 1
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- Adams, Nehemiah, 1806-1878 1
- Albro, John A. (John Adams), 1799-1866 1
- Appleton, Nathaniel, 1693-1784 1
- Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
- Brattle, William, 1662-1717 1
- Cambridge (Mass.) 1
- Cleaveland, John, 1749-1815 1
- First Church (Cambridge, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Natick, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Stoneham, Mass.) 1
- Hilliard, Timothy, 1747-1790 1
- Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 1
- McKenzie, Alexander, 1830-1914 1
- Natick (Mass.) 1
- Osgood, James, 1705-1745 1
- Peabody, Oliver, 1698-1752 1
- Sears, Freeman, 1779-1811 1
- South Congregational Church in Natick (Natick, Mass.) 1
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