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Bradford, Haverhill, Mass. First Church of Christ records, 1682-1915.

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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

Brockton, Mass. First Parish Congregational Church records, 1738-1980.

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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

Dover, N.H. First Parish Church records, 1614-1862.

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Identifier: RG1319
Abstract Gathered in 1633, the First Parish Church in Dover is the oldest church in New Hampshire. Rev. Hanserd Knollys organized the First Parish Church as a religious organization in 1638. The church joined the United Church of Christ in 1961 and the name changed to First Parish Congregational Church in 1996. Records include births, marriages, deaths, dismissals, disciplinary cases, meeting minutes, financial records, and pew plans; letters by Rev. Jeremy Belknap, Rev. Hubbard Winslow, and the...
Dates: 1614-1862, 1967

Haverhill, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1719-2011.

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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

Ipswich, Mass. First Church records, 1724-1898.

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Identifier: RG5288
Abstract Ipswich, Massachusetts, first known as Agawam, was settled by John Winthrop in 1633 and was incorporated the following year. The First Church in Ipswich was gathered on August 5, 1634, and the first meeting house was constructed the same year. Construction on the second meeting house was completed in 1647. In 1699 the third meeting house of the First Church was built on the north green. Members left to form new churches in 1681, 1714, 1747, and 1749. In 1749...
Dates: 1724-1898

Ipswich, Mass. South Church records, 1747-1868.

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Identifier: RG5298
Abstract The South Church in Ipswich, Massachusetts, was formally gathered in 1747 following ministerial angst between Ipswich's two ministers and a petition by parishioners in southern Ipswich who felt traveling to the First Church was too difficult. The first meeting house was completed in 1748 and construction on the second meeting house was completed in 1838. In 1922 the South Church rejoined the First Church to become the First and South Congregational Church. The South Church records document...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1747-1868

Lancaster, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1708-1846.

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Identifier: RG5329
Abstract The town of Lancaster and the First Congregational Church in Lancaster were established on November 28, 1653. The first and second meeting houses both were destroyed during Native American raids as part of larger geopolitical movements. The third meeting house was constructed in 1706 and the fourth in 1743. During Rev. Timothy Thayer time as minister, the church adopted Unitarian tenants and the fifth meeting house, designed by Charles Bulfinch, was constructed. In 1970 the church joined the...
Dates: 1708-1846

Marblehead, Mass. Old North Church records, 1684-1866.

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Identifier: RG5043
Abstract The First Church of Christ of Marblehead was established on August 13, 1684 and Rev. Samuel Cheever was ordained the first minister. The first meeting house was built atop Old Burial Hill in 1638 and the second meeting house was constructed 1695. The third, and final, meeting house, built of stone, was constructed in 1824. Disagreements over the appointment of ministers led to the establishment of the Second Church in 1716 and the Third Church in 1858. Now known as the Old North Church, the...
Dates: 1684-1866

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

Merrimac, Mass. Pilgrim Congregational Church records, 1725-1900.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0123
Abstract Parish organized in 1725; church founded in 1726 as Second Church of Christ in Amesbury, Mass. Merrimac separated from Amesbury in 1876 and in 1879 the church became the First Congregational Church, popularly known as Pilgrim Congregational Church. In 1879 the First Orthodox Congregational Society was incorporated, replacing the earlier West Parish Congregational Society. The First Orthodox Congregational Church of Merrimac was incorporated in 1894 and the First Orthodox Congregational...
Dates: 1725-1900

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Baptist Church (Fiskdale, Mass.) 1
Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 1
Bradford (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Breck, Robert, 1682-1731 1
Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
Brockton (Mass.) 1
Brookfield (Mass.) 1
Bucklin, Sylvester F. (Sylvester Fuller), 1784-1860 1
Centre Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Christ Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Cleaveland, John, 1749-1815 1
Conant, Sylvanus, 1720-1777 1
Congregational Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Congregational Church (West Brookfield, Mass.) 1
Federated Church of Sturbridge and Fiskdale (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
Field, Levi A. (Levi Alpheus), 1821-1859 1
First Church (Brookfield, Mass.) 1
First Church (Ipswich, 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 (Lancaster, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Middleboro, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (Stoneham, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Church (West Brookfield, Mass.) 1
First Congregational Society of Merrimac 1
First Evangelical Congregational Society (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
First Parish Church (Dover, N.H.) 1
First Parish Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
First Parish Church (York, Me.) 1
First Parish Congregational Church (Brockton, Mass.) 1
Fourth Parish Church (Bridgewater, Mass.) 1
Goodhue, John N. (John Northend), 1810-1839 1
Haverhill (Mass.) 1
Hopkins, Daniel, 1734-1814 1
Independent Congregational Church and Society (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Kimball, David T. (David Tenney), 1782-1860 1
Lancaster (Mass.) 1
Lyman, Isaac, 1724-1810 1
Marblehead (Mass.) 1
Marlborough (Mass.) 1
Merrimac (Mass.) 1
Middleboro (Mass.) 1
North Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
North Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
North Parish Community Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
Ogden, David L. (David Longworth), 1792-1863 1
Old North Church (Marblehead, Mass.) 1
Old South Church (Weymouth, Mass.) 1
Old South Union Church (Weymouth, Mass.) 1
Osgood, James, 1705-1745 1
Packard, Asa, 1758-1843 1
Pilgrim Congregational Church (Merrimac, Mass.) 1
Salem (Mass.) 1
Second Church (Weymouth, Mass.) 1
Second Church of Christ (Amesbury, Mass.) 1
Second Parish Church (York, Me.) 1
Separatist Congregational Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
South Church (Ipswich, Mass.) 1
Stoneham (Mass.) 1
Sturbridge (Mass.) 1
Thatcher, Peter, Jr., 1688-1744 1
Tufts, Asa Alford, 1798-1884 1
Union Church (Weymouth, Mass.) 1
Union Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
Union Society of Marlborough (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
Unitarian Church (Sturbridge, Mass.) 1
West Brookfield (Mass.) 1
Weymouth (Mass.) 1
Whitaker, Nathaniel, 1732-1795 1
Wingate, Paine 1
Winslow, Hubbard, 1799-1864 1
York (Me.) 1
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