Church records and registers.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 372 Collections and/or Records:
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
Sturbridge, Mass. Federated Church of Sturbridge and Fiskdale records, 1736-1999.
Collection
Identifier: RG5194
Abstract
The land that is modern Sturbridge, Massachusetts, was first visited by English Puritans in 1644. Sturbridge wasn’t settled by English colonists until 1729 by Medfield residents. Construction of the first meeting house was completed in 1734. The Congregational Church in Sturbridge was established on September 29, 1736. In 1747 members of the church withdrew to form a separatist church which later became the Fiskdale Baptist Church. Construction on the second meeting house was completed in...
Dates:
1736-1999
Sturbridge, Mass. Separatist Congregational Church personal records, 1749-1762.
Collection
Identifier: RG0971
Abstract
The Separatist Church in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, was formed in 1747 after 15 members of the Congregational Church in Sturbridge left the church. The separatists refused to pay ministerial taxes and in response the town aggressively attempted to collect the taxes by forcibly taking possessions, livestock, and imprisoning at least 5 of the separatists. In 1749 the Separatist Church was reformed as the Baptist Church in Fiskdale. This collection include personal records relating to the...
Dates:
1749-1762
Summer Hill, N.Y. Summer Hill Congregational Church records, 1831-1977. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0733
Dates:
1831-1977
Sun City, Ariz. Congregational Christian Fellowship records, 1992-2004. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4838
Dates:
1992-2004
Syracuse, N.Y. Congregational Club records, 1923-1954. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG1176
Dates:
1923-1954
Syracuse, N.Y. Plymouth Congregational Church book of remembrance, 1853-1961. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG1177
Tampa, Fla. First Congregational Church correspondence, 1904. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS0975
Taunton, Mass. First Congregational Church and Society records, 1792.
Collection
Identifier: RG4769
Abstract
The First Congregational Church and Society in Taunton, Mass. was gathered in 1637, the same year as the town was founded by members of the Plymouth Colony. The records include a single disciplinary case from 1792.
Dates:
1792
Temple, N.H. Congregational Church records, 1782-1974. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG1409
Dates:
1782-1974