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First Congregational Church (Medfield, Mass.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1651 (date of establishment)
  • Existence: 1828 date of dissolution)

Biography

First Parish; Church of Christ in Medfield; organized 1651; separated from the town, 1813; some members requested dismissal to form an Orthodox church, Feb. 1828; by about 1838 the First Parish had become Unitarian

Citation:
Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File Thomas Prentice

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Medfield, Mass. First Parish Unitarian Church records, 1697-1970.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5309
Abstract The First Parish Church was founded in 1751 shortly after the incorporation of the town of Medfield. Rev. John Wilson was the first pastor. A second meeting house was constructed in 1706. The third and current meetinghouse was built in 1789. In 1813 the town and the parish were legally separated with members of the church incorporated as The First Parish. In 1827 a group of members of the First Parish petitioned for permission to withdraw from the First Parish, which was becoming...
Dates: 1697-1970