Coffin, Joshua, 1792-1864
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1792 October 12 (date of birth)
- Existence: 1864 June 24 (date of death)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Newbury, Mass. First Church ecclesiastical council meeting minutes, 1670.
Collection
Identifier: RG0937
Abstract
The town of Newbury, Massachusetts, was first settled in 1635. The First Church was gathered in 1635 and construction on the first meeting house was completed the same year. In 1743 a group of parishioners left to form the First Episcopal Church. Between 1635 and 1806 five meeting houses were constructed. The fifth was destroyed in fire in 1868. The sixth, and final, meeting house was constructed in 1869. The First Church joined the United Church of Christ in 1961 and in 1967 the church was...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1670.; 1853