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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
Brockton, Mass. Porter Congregational Church, 1800-1979.
Collection
Identifier: RG5395
Abstract
The Porter Evangelical Church in North Bridgewater, later the Porter Congregational Church in Brockton, was established in 1850 by members who left the First Parish Congregational Church over ecclesiastical differences. The church purchased a building just north of the First Parish Congregational Church in 1851 and the building was further renovated in 1883, 1925, and 1950. The Wendell Avenue Church and Waldo Congregational Church were both formed out of area missions administered by the...
Dates:
1800-1979
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
Cambridge, Mass. Pilgrim Congregational Church of Cambridgeport records, 1863-1992.
Collection
Identifier: RG2350
Abstract
Stearns Chapel was erected in 1863 and was located on Harvard Street, near Windsor; it was designed primarily as a Mission Sabbath School and operated for a number of years by the First and Second Congregational, Baptist and Methodist churches. The name was changed to Pilgrim Congregational Church of Cambridgeport in 1871. The collection includes church records, financial records, ministers’ records, membership records, auxiliary group records, historical information, orders of service and...
Dates:
1863-1992
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Springfield, Mass. Emmanuel United Church of Christ records, 1881-2000.
Collection
Identifier: RG4392
Abstract
The church started as White Street Congregational Church in 1881, but did not officially start until 1888. The collection includes topics on church records; pastor files; church groups; historical material; and photographs.
Dates:
1881-2000
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
- Auburndale Baptist Church (Auburndale, Mass.) 1
- Brattle, William, 1662-1717 1
- Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
- Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
- Emmanuel Congregational Church (Springfield, Mass.) 1
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- Hilliard, Timothy, 1747-1790 1
- Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 1
- McKenzie, Alexander, 1830-1914 1
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- Pilgrim Congregational Church of Cambridgeport (Cambridge, Mass.) 1
- Porter Congregational Church (Montello, Brockton, Mass.) 1
- Stearns Chapel (Cambridge, Mass.) 1
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