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Boston, Mass. Park Street Church records, 1804-1976, 2009

 Collection
Identifier: RG1284
Abstract

The beginnings of Park Street Church date to 1804 when a "Religious Improvement Society" began holding weekly lectures and prayer meetings in Boston. Collection includes vital statistics, church records, Park Street Society and financial records, voluntary organizations, historical materials, Shawmut Church records.

Dates: 1804-1976, 2009

Boston, Mass. Salem and Mariners' Church records, 1827-1879.

 Collection
Identifier: RG1070
Abstract When the Salem Street Church formed from the Hanover Church in 1822, there were 98 members. The building was dedicated in 1827, and then George Blagden became the first minister of the Salem Street Church around 1830. During his term as minister, 275 people joined the congregation; during Joseph Towne’s term as minister, 153 people joined as well. While Edward Beecher was minister, the Salem Street Church underwent numerous renovations, and after he left the church, there were discussions of...
Dates: 1827-1879

Chicago, Ill. Union Congregational Church of Auburn Park records, 1909-1913.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5347
Abstract

The Union Congregational Church of Auburn Park first gathered in 1890 and operated until 1937. The record book contains meeting minutes, copies of church correspondence, committee reports, baptismal records, and other church records.

Dates: 1909-1913

Danvers, Mass. First Church records, 1672-1845.

 Collection
Identifier: RG1309
Abstract The First Church of Danvers was founded in 1672 when a group of farmers who lived quite a distance from the Salem meetinghouse of which they were members petitioned for permission to erect one of their own. This collection contains the early records of the Danvers church, including records pertaining to membership, vital statistics, and church meetings. Of particular note are records pertaining to the confession and trial of Martha Corey (alternatively spelled Kory and Cory) in regards to...
Dates: 1672-1845

Foxboro, Mass. Bethany Congregational Church records, 1779-1974.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0078
Scope and Contents Paper Records- Covenant; constitutions; certificate of incorporation; confession of faith (copy); ministerial correspondence, 1779-1970; annual reports, 1942-1964; church minutes, 1779-1953; letters of discipline, ca. 1800-1889; articles of faith; relations for communion, ca. 1763-1850; letters of dismissal, ca. 1800-1958; membership correspondence, 1875-1899; membership directories, 1867-1973 (gaps); library catalogue, 1865; baptisms, 1879-1914; pew assessments and pew plan; receipt books,...
Dates: 1779-1974

Granville, Mass. Granville Federated Church records, 1754-1941.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5235
Abstract The First Church of Christ in Granville was gathered in 1744, and Moses Tuttle was ordained as the first minister in 1747. The first meeting house was constructed during Tuttle’s ministry. Timothy Mather Cooley, a Granville native, was called to become the minister of the First Church of Christ in 1795 and he served as the pastor for 63 years. In 1937, the First Church of Christ and the Baptist Church in Granville decided to share a building and merge to form the Granville Federated Church....
Dates: 1754-1941

Halifax, Mass. Congregational Church records, 1734-1932.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5192
Abstract

A Congregational church was officially formed in Halifax in 1734, with 53 founding members. A second meeting house was built in 1852. In 1842 a Ladies Sewing Circle was organized and continued to be central to church life. The Halifax Congregational Church is now a member of the United Church of Christ, and continues to serve the community today. This collection consists of early administrative records for the Congregational Church and the associated parish in Halifax.

Dates: 1734-1932

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Names
Beecher, Edward, 1803-1895 2
Aiken, Silas 1
Allen, Thomas, 1743-1810 1
American Home Missionary Society 1
Ames, William, 1576-1633 1
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Babcock, Elkanah 1
Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
Ball, John, 1585-1640 1
Baptist Church (Fiskdale, Mass.) 1
Blagden, George W. (George Washington), 1802-1884 1
Boston (Mass.) 1
Bremer, Francis J. 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Christian Band of Somerset. 1
Church of Christ (Halifax, Mass.) 1
Church of Christ (Westborough, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Dalton, N.H.) 1
Congregational Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (Whately, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church of Christ (Hodgdon, Me.) 1
Conrad, Arcturus Z. (Arcturus Zodiac) 1
Cooley, Timothy Mather, 1772-1859 1
Cotton, John, 1584-1652 1
Danvers (Mass.) 1
Ecclesiastical Council. 1
Federated Church of Sturbridge and Fiskdale (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
First Christian Society (Somerset, Mass.) 1
First Christian Union Church (Somerset, Mass.) 1
First Church (Danvers, Mass.) 1
First Church (Rowley, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Granville, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Medway, Mass.) 1
First Church of Christ (Pittsfield, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Hopkinton, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Natick, Mass.) 1
First Parish in Waltham (Waltham, Mass.) 1
Fisher, Edward, active 1627-1655 1
Fowlerville Congregational Church (Fowlerville, N.Y.) 1
Gillespie, Patrick, 1617-1675 1
Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665 1
Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680 1
Gouge, William, 1578-1653 1
Granville (Mass.) 1
Granville Federated Church (Granville, Mass.) 1
Griffin, Edward Dorr 1
Halifax (Mass. : Town) 1
Halifax Congregational Church (Halifax, Mass.) 1
Haverhill (Mass.) 1
Haynes, Lemuel, 1753-1833 1
Hill Church (Westerly, R.I.) 1
Hillsborough Center Congregational Society (Hillsborough, N.H.) 1
Hopkinton (Mass.) 1
Jewett, Jedidiah, 1705-1774 1
Mariners' Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 1
McGiffert, Michael 1
Medway (Mass.) 1
Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison ) 1
Mystic Congregational Church (Medford, Mass.) 1
Natick (Mass.) 1
North Reading (Mass.) 1
Ockenga, Harold John 1
Park Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Parkman, Ebenezer, 1703-1782 1
Peabody, Oliver, 1698-1752 1
Perkins, William, 1558-1602 1
Phillips, Samuel, 1725-1796 1
Preston, John, 1587-1628 1
Putnam, Daniel, 1696-1759 1
Pynchon, William, 1590-1662 1
Reading (Mass.) 1
Rowley (Mass.) 1
Salem Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Salem and Mariners' Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Sears, Freeman, 1779-1811 1
Second Church in Reading (North Reading, Mass.) 1
Separatist Congregational Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635 1
Society for Religious Improvement (Boston, Mass.) 1
Somerset (Mass.) 1
South Congregational Church in Natick (Natick, Mass.) 1
St. Paul's Church (Flatbush, New York, N.Y.) 1
Stone, A. L. (Andrew Leete) 1
Stone, Eliab, 1737-1822 1
Sturbridge (Mass.) 1
Tenney, Samuel, 1777-1854 1
Third Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Tyndale, William, -1536 1
Union Congregational Church of Auburn Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Unitarian Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Ussher, James, 1581-1656 1
Waltham (Mass.) 1
Watertown (Mass.) 1
West Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
West Precinct Church (Watertown, Mass.) 1
Westborough (Mass.) 1
Withrow, John L. (John Lindsay) 1
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