Ordination.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Barnstable, Mass. Unitarian Church records, 1717-1930.
Collection
Identifier: RG1327
Abstract
The East Parish Church in Barnstable was officially gathered in 1723 after the town of Barnstable was split into East and West Parishes in 1717. In 1836 the original meeting house was replaced by a new structure. This meeting house was destroyed by fire in 1905; construction on the third and final meeting house was completed in 1907. During the nineteenth-century the church joined the Unitarian movement and became the Barnstable Unitarian Church. The church continues to serve the local...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1717-1930; 1967
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
Epson, N.H. Congregational Church letter, 1782 December 15. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0865
Halifax, Mass. Congregational Church records, 1734-1932.
Collection
Identifier: RG5192
Abstract
A Congregational church was officially formed in Halifax in 1734, with 53 founding members. A second meeting house was built in 1852. In 1842 a Ladies Sewing Circle was organized and continued to be central to church life. The Halifax Congregational Church is now a member of the United Church of Christ, and continues to serve the community today. This collection consists of early administrative records for the Congregational Church and the associated parish in Halifax.
Dates:
1734-1932
Haverhill, Mass. West Congregational Church records, 1734-1900.
Collection
Identifier: RG5067
Abstract
When the western part of Haverhill became too populous for one church in 1734, the West Parish of Haverhill was established by a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts, and the church, initially known as the Third Church, was itself established in 1735. In the first half of the 19th century, the governance of the parish was controversially distributed between multiple denominations, but in 1852 it was relinquished again to the Congregationalists. This collection contains the earliest...
Dates:
1734-1900
Joseph Hardy Neesima letters to George R. Leavitt, 1874, 1879. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS4846
Dates:
1874, 1879
Marblehead, Mass. Old North Church records, 1684-1866.
Collection
Identifier: RG5043
Abstract
The First Church of Christ of Marblehead was established on August 13, 1684 and Rev. Samuel Cheever was ordained the first minister. The first meeting house was built atop Old Burial Hill in 1638 and the second meeting house was constructed 1695. The third, and final, meeting house, built of stone, was constructed in 1824. Disagreements over the appointment of ministers led to the establishment of the Second Church in 1716 and the Third Church in 1858. Now known as the Old North Church, the...
Dates:
1684-1866
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
Oxford, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1721-1850.
Collection
Identifier: RG4841
Abstract
The First Congregational Church of Oxford (MA) was established in the house of Rev. John Campbell on January 18, 1721 and construction of the first meetinghouse followed. The second meetinghouse was completed in 1748. The church split in 1813 with some members forming a Universalist church in the South Meetinghouse. The Third and final meetinghouse was constructed in 1829. The church joined the United Church of Christ in 1961 and continues to serve the local community today. This collection...
Dates:
1721-1850
Rhode Island Conference of the United Church of Christ records 1812-1974.
Collection
Identifier: RG0150
Dates:
1812-1980