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Abington, Mass. First Church records 1714-1949.
Collection
Identifier: RG4969
Abstract
The First Congregational Church of Abington, MA was established in 1711 and in addition to the 1st Church there were three additional churches founded in the same town: 2nd church of south Abington, now Whitman, 3rd church of east Abington, now Rockland, and 4th church at North Abington. The First Church in Abington also housed a Sunday school that was established in 1818 and is thought to be one of the oldest Sunday schools in the country. The motto of the church is "None too old to study...
Dates:
1714-1949
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Bradford, Haverhill, Mass. First Church of Christ records, 1682-1915.
Collection
Identifier: RG4843
Abstract
The First Church of Christ was established in 1682 with Rev. Zechariah Symmes Jr. as its minister. Meeting houses were constructed in 1670, 1706, 1751, 1834, and 1849. In 1810 the church hosted the meeting of the General Association and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions came from that meeting. This collection includes records of vital statistics, financial reports, church meeting minutes, and ecclesiastical council reports.
Dates:
1682-1915
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Brockton, Mass. First Parish Congregational Church records, 1738-1980.
Collection
Identifier: RG0037
Abstract
The First Parish Congregational Church in Brockton was originally founded as the Fourth Parish Church in Bridgewater in 1737 and formally gathered as such in 1740. The name of the church changed, in 1823, to First Parish Congregational Church to reflect the incorporation of the town of North Bridgewater. In 1827 a portion of the church's membership left to form the South Congregational Church and in 1850 another portion left to form the Porter Evangelical Congregational Church. In 1874 the...
Dates:
1738-1980
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Georgetown, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1731-1866.
Collection
Identifier: RG4967
Abstract
The First Congregational Church in Georgetown was originally established in 1731 as Rowley West Parish. When the town of Georgetown was incorporated in 1838, the Rowley West Parish was renamed to the First Congregational Church of Georgetown. The collection includes meeting minutes, financial records and valuable vital records.
Dates:
1731-1866
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Harwich, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1726-1982.
Collection
Identifier: RG0089
Abstract
The First Congregational Church of Harwich, Massachusetts, was founded in 1747 when the town of Harwich was split into the North and South Parishes. On April 8, 1747, the precinct voted to complete construction on a meeting house which was finally completed in 1748. In 1792, the second meetinghouse was completed after the first had been condemned a year earlier. The church officially became known as the First Congregational Church of Harwich when the church became incorporated in 1898 at the...
Dates:
1726-1982
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Haverhill, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1719-2011.
Collection
Identifier: RG5027
Abstract
Haverhill was first settled by Puritans in 1640. Rev. John Ward was officially installed as the pastor of the First Parish in 1645 and the first meeting house was constructed in 1648. The second meeting house was completed in 1699 and the third was completed in 1766. In 1833 the First Parish became Unitarian and the Congregationalist dissenters formed the Independent Congregational Church and Society which was later renamed to the Centre Congregational Church and Society. In 1859 a large...
Dates:
1719-2011
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Marblehead, Mass. Third Congregational Church records, 1858-1876.
Collection
Identifier: RG5053
Abstract
The Third Congregational Church of Marblehead, also known as the South Church, was established in 1858 by 49 former members of the First Congregational Church in Marblehead. In 1860, the South Church building was dedicated and in 1864, the first minister of the Third Church, Rev. T. D. P. Stone, was installed. The church remained active until 1877 when a fire completely destroyed the church building. Included in the records are meeting minutes, copies of official communications, financial...
Dates:
1858-1876
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Marlborough, Mass. First Church records, 1704-2002.
Collection
Identifier: RG1358
Abstract
The First Parish Church was organized in 1666. Shortly after the formation of the First Congregational Evangelical Society in 1833, members of the First Church voted to worship with this society, and in 1835 the First Parish and the First Evangelical Congregational Society were incorporated as the Union Society. The church was renamed the Union Church in Marlborough to reflect this new merger, and was most recently renamed in 1913 as First Church. The First Congregational Church in...
Dates:
1704-2002
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Mattapoisett, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1736-1984.
Collection
Identifier: RG4840
Abstract
The church was gathered in July of 1736 as Second Church in Rochester, Massachusetts, and didn't become Mattapoisett Congregational Church until 1860 after the town of Mattapoisett was incorporated. The early years of the church were marked by much contention, most notably regarding pastoral appointments and policies on singing. The collection contains records relating to membership, vital statistics, ecclesiastical councils, meeting minutes, and financial records.
Dates:
1736-1984
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
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- Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
- Breck, Robert, 1682-1731 1
- Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
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- Broughton, Glover, 1796-1869 1
- Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
- Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- Centre Congregational Church (Northbridge, Mass.) 1
- Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
- Church of Christ (Harwich, Mass.) 1
- Conant, Sylvanus, 1720-1777 1
- Congregational Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
- Cooley, Timothy Mather, 1772-1859 1
- Dodge, Ezekiel, 1722-1770 1
- Federated Church of Sturbridge and Fiskdale (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
- Field, Levi A. (Levi Alpheus), 1821-1859 1
- First Church (Pembroke, Mass.) 1
- First Church (Salem, Mass.) 1
- First Church in Marlborough (Congregational) (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- First Church of Christ (Bradford, Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- First Church of Christ (Granville, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Abington, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Georgetown, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Harwich, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Mattapoisett, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Middleboro, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Northbridge, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church of Oxford (Oxford, Mass.) 1
- First Evangelical Congregational Society (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- First Parish Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- First Parish Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
- Fourth Parish Church (Bridgewater, Mass.) 1
- Georgetown (Mass.) 1
- Goodhue, John N. (John Northend), 1810-1839 1
- Granville (Mass.) 1
- Granville Federated Church (Granville, Mass.) 1
- Harwich (Mass.) 1
- Haverhill (Mass.) 1
- Haynes, Lemuel, 1753-1833 1
- Independent Congregational Church and Society (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- Lewis, Daniel, 1685-1753 1
- Marblehead (Mass.) 1
- Marlborough (Mass.) 1
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- North Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
- North Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
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- Ogden, David L. (David Longworth), 1792-1863 1
- Old North Church (Marblehead, Mass.) 1
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- Packard, Asa, 1758-1843 1
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- Second Church (Rochester, Mass.) 1
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- Second Congregational Church (Marblehead, Mass.) 1
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- Tabernacle Church (Salem, Mass.) 1
- Thatcher, Peter, Jr., 1688-1744 1
- Third Church (Salem, Mass.) 1
- Third Congregational Church (Marblehead, Mass.) 1
- Union Church (Weymouth, Mass.) 1
- Union Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- Union Society of Marlborough (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- Unitarian Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
- Washburn, Geroge Y. 1
- Weymouth (Mass.) 1
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