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Berkley, Mass. Congregational Church records, 1737-1949.
Collection
Identifier: RG1061
Abstract
The First Church of Christ was first gathered in 1737 in the newly incorporated town of Berkley, Massachusetts. In 1737, the town agreed to settle Samuel Tobey, a young graduate of Cambridge. In 1788, Thomas Andros, a self-taught veteran of the American Revolutionary War, was settled in Berkley. The Berkley, Mass. Congregational Church records document the early history, administration, and life of the church and its members. The collection includes financial records, church and parish...
Dates:
1737-1949
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
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
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
Middleboro, Mass. First Church of Middleboro records, 1702-1925.
Collection
Identifier: RG4970
Abstract
The First Congregational Church of Middleboro was first organized on December 26, 1694 and Samuel Fuller was ordained as the first minister. The First meeting house had been constructed previously in 1680 and the second was constructed in 1701. Ecclesiastical differences between competing factions resulted in the congregation splitting and the third meeting house being constructed in 1745. The congregation remerged in 1754. The fourth and present meeting house was built in 1828. The...
Dates:
1702-1925
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Natick, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1721-1920.
Collection
Identifier: RG4839
Abstract
First Congregational Church of Natick, Massachusetts, was established in 1651 by a group of English settlers and missionaries under the leadership of Rev. John Elliot. The church became home to many local Native Americans, also known as “Praying Indians,” and was the location of the writing of the “Eliot Bible:” a bible translated into phonetic Algonquian. This collection contains records of church covenants, meeting minutes, baptismal records, lists of deaths, disciplinary records,...
Dates:
1721-1920
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
South Hadley, Mass. Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls records, 1824-2012.
Collection
Identifier: RG5052
Abstract
The Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls began as the South Society in South Hadley when, in February of 1824, the population removed from the center of South Hadley felt they needed a more conveniently located church. Later that year, the Society united in a church organization called The South Church of Christ in South Hadley. The church did not become known as The Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls until 1918. The congregation voted to close in 2012 due to declining...
Dates:
1824-2012
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Stoneham, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1728-1889.
Collection
Identifier: RG5190
Abstract
The town of Stoneham was incorporated in 1725. A vote in 1726 provided for the building of a meetinghouse and the First Congregational Church was organized in 1729. The first pastor was Rev. James Osgood who was ordained in September 1729. Rev. John Cleaveland was pastor from 1785 until an ecclesiastical council dissolved his relationship with the town in 1894. The second meeting house was constructed in 1803 and the third in 1840. This collection contains the early records the Church....
Dates:
1728-1889
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Wendell, Mass. Congregational Church records, 1783-1955.
Collection
Identifier: RG4890
Abstract
The Congregational Church of Wendell was formed in Wendell, Mass. on November 29, 1774. The Wendell, Mass. Congregational Church records document the history, administration, and life of the church and its members from its inception through the 1950s. Types of records present include extensive financial records, church and society meeting minutes, correspondence, and important earyy vital statistics for the church and its members.
Dates:
1783-1955
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Andros, Thomas, 1759-1845 1
- Badger, Stephen, 1726-1803 1
- Barnard, Edward, 1720-1774 1
- Berkley (Mass.) 1
- Braman, Isaac, 1770-1858 1
- Breck, Robert, 1682-1731 1
- Bridgewater (Mass.) 1
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- 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 (Berkley, Mass.) 1
- Congregational Church (Wendell, Mass.) 1
- Congregational Church and Society of South Hadley Falls (South Hadley, Mass.) 1
- Congregational Church in South Hadley Falls (South Hadley, Mass.) 1
- Field, Levi A. (Levi Alpheus), 1821-1859 1
- First Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
- First Church in Marlborough (Congregational) (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Georgetown, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Middleboro, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Natick, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church (Stoneham, Mass.) 1
- First Congregational Church in South Hadley Falls (South Hadley, 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
- Free Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
- Georgetown (Mass.) 1
- Goodhue, John N. (John Northend), 1810-1839 1
- Haverhill (Mass.) 1
- Independent Congregational Church and Society (Haverhill, Mass.) 1
- Marlborough (Mass.) 1
- Middleboro (Mass.) 1
- Natick (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
- Osgood, James, 1705-1745 1
- Packard, Asa, 1758-1843 1
- Peabody, Oliver, 1698-1752 1
- Sears, Freeman, 1779-1811 1
- Second Parish (Rowley, Mass.) 1
- South Church of Christ in South Hadley (South Hadley, Mass.) 1
- South Congregational Church in Natick (Natick, Mass.) 1
- South Hadley (Mass.) 1
- South Society in South Hadley (South Hadley, Mass.) 1
- Stoneham (Mass.) 1
- Thatcher, Peter, Jr., 1688-1744 1
- Tobey, Samuel, 1715-1781 1
- Trinitarian Congregational Church (Berkley, Mass.) 1
- Union Congregational Church (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
- Union Society of Marlborough (Marlborough, Mass.) 1
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