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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
Haverhill, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1719-2011.
Collection
Identifier: RG5027
Abstract
Haverhill was first settled by Puritans in 1640. Rev. John Ward was officially installed as the pastor of the First Parish in 1645 and the first meeting house was constructed in 1648. The second meeting house was completed in 1699 and the third was completed in 1766. In 1833 the First Parish became Unitarian and the Congregationalist dissenters formed the Independent Congregational Church and Society which was later renamed to the Centre Congregational Church and Society. In 1859 a large...
Dates:
1719-2011
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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