First Congregational Church (Braintree, Mass.)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1707 (date of establishment)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Braintree, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1697-1871.
Collection
Identifier: RG5302
Abstract
The Mount Wollaston Parish Meeting House was established in 1639 in the present-day Quincy Area, and by 1640 the town was renamed Braintree. This Meeting House was the site of the original church, which first gathered on September 10, 1707. In 1708, old Braintree was divided into the North Precinct (Quincy) and the South Precinct (Braintree). When Quincy became an official town in 1792, the 1707 church was designated as the First Church in Braintree. The records in this collection include...
Dates:
1697-1871