Covenants (Church polity).
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Haverhill, Mass. West Congregational Church records, 1734-1900.
Collection
Identifier: RG5067
Abstract
When the western part of Haverhill became too populous for one church in 1734, the West Parish of Haverhill was established by a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts, and the church, initially known as the Third Church, was itself established in 1735. In the first half of the 19th century, the governance of the parish was controversially distributed between multiple denominations, but in 1852 it was relinquished again to the Congregationalists. This collection contains the earliest...
Dates:
1734-1900
Hillsborough, N.H. Hillsborough Center Congregational Society records, 1840-2022.
Collection
Identifier: RG5439
Abstract
The Congregational Society in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, was first organized and began convening in its first meeting house in 1769. Over the next two decades, the society constructed two more meeting houses. Its third meeting house served the community until 1839, when a group of church members withdrew to form their own congregation and build their own meeting house, a fourth, in Bridge Village. After the split in the community and the construction of the fourth Bridge Village meeting...
Dates:
1840-2022
Hopkinton, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1722-1911.
Collection
Identifier: RG5193
Abstract
The First Congregational Church in Hopkinton was organized in 1724, shortly after the establishment of the town of Hopkinton by Harvard College, who had purchased the land from a local community of "praying Indians". Five versions of the meeting house have existed, two of which were destroyed, first by fire in 1882 and then by a hurricane in 1939. In September 2011 the name of the church was officially changed to Faith Community Church. This collection includes the earliest records of the...
Dates:
1722-1911
Medway, Mass. First Church of Christ records, 1730-1876.
Collection
Identifier: RG0927
Abstract
Originally named Boggastow in Nipmuck Territory, then part of Medfield, Medway was settled in 1657 when an increasing number of colonists settled the land west of the Charles River. Medway was incorporated on October 25, 1713 and the decision to immediately build its own church was made at town meeting on November 23, 1713. The Church of Christ, later known as First Church of Christ, was organized on October 7, 1714. The section known as East Medway separated in 1885 to form the town of...
Dates:
1730-1876
Michael McGiffert manuscript, circa 2000-2017.
Collection
Identifier: MS5362
Abstract
Michael McGiffert was born on October 5, 1928. He devoted his career to education and research, teaching at Colgate University, the University of Denver, and the College of William and Mary, where he also served as the editor of the William and Mary Quarterly. He died July 2, 2016. The Michael McGiffert manuscript is a unfinished encyclopedic book titled "God's Covenants: A Study of Evangelical and Ecclesial Puritanism" whose scope covers 16th and 17th century puritan thought on the subject...
Dates:
circa 2000-2017
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