Danforth, John, 1660-1730
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1660 (date of birth)
- Existence: 1730 May 26 (date of death)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Dorchester, Boston, Mass. First Church records, 1727-1784.
Collection
Identifier: RG0861
Abstract
In 1631, a log cabin was built to serve as the first meeting house of the recently settled Dorchester Plantation. For its first five years of existence, the parish had two ministers, John Warham and John Maverick. They were followed by Rev. Richard Mather, who served from 1636-1669. The church evolved from a Trinitarian Congregational church, during the pastorate of Thaddeus Mason Harris (1793-1836), to the Unitarian denomination. The First Parish Dorchester Church, now a member of the...
Dates:
1727-1784