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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

Mary B. Farrar sermon and meeting notes, 1882-1886. : [manuscript]

 Collection — Box: 5
Identifier: RG4939
Dates: 1882-1886

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

 Collection
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

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

Richard Cordley papers, 1895-1910.

 Collection
Identifier: MS4979
Abstract Richard Cordley began working as a pastor in 1857, working in Lawrence at the Plymouth Congregational Church. The congregation moved into its first permanent building, called the "Stone Church," though not completed until 1862. Cordley was an abolitionist and supported the free state movement. During the American Civil War, several members were killed by pro-Confederate forces led by William Quantrill in the Lawrence Massacre of 1863. Cordley's home was burned, but the church building...
Dates: 1895-1910

Richard H. Taylor Papers, 1904, 1912, 1960-2014.

 Collection
Identifier: MS1283
Abstract

Richard H. Taylor was born on October 6, 1943 in Paterson, New Jersey and has served as a pastor of the United Church of Christ at five different congregations from 1968 to 2006. Documents include pastoral and organizational records, correspondences, research materials, writings, and sermons.

Dates: 1904, 1912, 1960-2014

Richard J. Boles' collection of New England Church History, 1762-1969, 2012-2013.

 Collection
Identifier: MS5060
Abstract

Dr. Richard Boles is professor of American religious history who specializes in African American and American Indian affiliation with and participation in the North's churches from 1730 to 1850. The collection includes handwritten manuscripts, printed material from the late 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, published sermons, 19th century church histories, and other materials.

Dates: 1762-1969, 2012-2013

South Hadley, Mass. Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls records, 1824-2012.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5052
Abstract The Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls began as the South Society in South Hadley when, in February of 1824, the population removed from the center of South Hadley felt they needed a more conveniently located church. Later that year, the Society united in a church organization called The South Church of Christ in South Hadley. The church did not become known as The Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls until 1918. The congregation voted to close in 2012 due to declining...
Dates: 1824-2012

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 1
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Goodhue, John N. (John Northend), 1810-1839 1
Gordon, George A. (George Angier), 1853-1929 1
Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765) 1
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Herrick, Samuel E. (Samuel Edward), 1841-1904 1
Hilliard, Timothy, 1747-1790 1
Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 1
Holmes, Pauline 1
Hull, John, 1624-1683 1
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Meek, Frederick M. 1
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Packard, Asa, 1758-1843 1
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