Manchester, Vt. First Congregational Church records, 1804-1867.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two volumes of church records dating from 1804-1867. The collection includes meeting minutes, records of votes, baptismal records, membership lists, records of deaths, annual reports, and church governance records.
Dates
- 1804-1867
Creator
- First Congregational Church (Manchester, Vt.) (Organization)
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Historical Note
The First Congregational Church in Manchester Vermont was first organized in 1784 with seven founding members. Rev. Job Swift was ordained the first minister and in 1779 the first meeting house was constructed. In 1818, the Rev. Lemual Haynes, who was of African descent, was ordained the seventh minister of the church. The first meeting house was razed in 1829 and the second constructed by the Fall of that year. A parsonage was built in 1862. The third, and last, meeting house was constructed 1871. In 1925 the church interior was renovated and in 1929 an organ was installed along with choir pews. In 1960 a new three-manual organ was installed. The First Congregational Church continues to serve the Manchester community today.
Ministers
- Job Swift
- 1783-1785
- Bogue
- 1797-1798
- Wetmore
- 1803-1804
- James Davis
- 1804-1805
- Abel Farley
- 1805-1812
- Amos Pettibone
- 1813-1816
- Lemuel Haynes
- 1818-1822
- E. W. Rossiter
- 1822-1823
- H. A. Parsons
- 1824-1826
- Johnson
- circa 1827
- L. L. Tilden
- circa 1828
- James Anderson
- 1829-1858
- N. L. Upham
- 1859-1861
- R. S. Cushman
- 1862-1877
- Albert C. Reed
- 1878-1884
- Allen Clark
- 1885-1886
- E. P. Wild
- 1886-1890
- J. D. Adam
- 1892-1893
- George Smart
- 1894-1902
- John Barstow
- 1902-1906
- Vincent Ravi (Booth)
- 1907-1909
- Sidney K. Perkins
- 1910-1921
- John E. TenDyke
- 1922-1925
- D. Cunningham Graham
- 1925-1931
- Eric Allen
- 1931-1939
- Walker T. Hawley
- 1939-1947
- Lawrence W. Fairchild
- 1948-1951
- Raymond Putnam
- 1952-1955
- E. H. Nickerson
- 1955-1964
Extent
2 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The First Congregational Church in Manchester Vermont was first organized in 1784 with Rev. Job Swift as the first minister. Three meeting houses have been constructed by the church, the first in 1779, the second in 1829, and the third in 1862. This collection contains the early administrative records of the church which include meeting minutes, vital records, and church governance records.
Arrangement
Records have been arranged chronologically by start date.
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Acquisition Information
Materials were temporarily loaned to the Congregational Library and Archives, November 2017, by Anne Ehret of the First Congregational Church in Manchester, Vt for the purpose of digitization. Materials were returned following digitization; Accession 2017-16.
Accruals
Additional accruals are expected for this collection in the form of full-text transcription. There is no anticipated date for this accrual.
Location of Originals
The physical volumes are currently held by the First Congregational Church in Manchester Vermont.
Bibliography
Processing Information
Processed by Susan Stanley, April 2018, using DACS Second Edition. Additional description by Zachary Bodnar, September 2018.
Creator
- First Congregational Church (Manchester, Vt.) (Organization)
- Title
- Manchester, Vt. First Congregational Church records, 1804-1867.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Susan Stanley, Zachary Bodnar
- Date
- 2019-02-13
- Description rules
- Dacs2 2013
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Congregational Library & Archives Repository