Church records and registers.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 369 Collections and/or Records:
Hyde Park, Boston, Mass. Clarendon Congregational Church records, 1880-1956. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0102.b
Hyde Park, Boston, Mass. Clarendon Congregational Club records, 1892-1950. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0102.a
Hyde Park, Boston, Mass. First Congregational Church of Hyde Park records, 1861-2003. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4923
Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ records, 1829-1986. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0103
Dates:
1829-1986
Ipswich, Mass. First Church records, 1724-1898.
Collection
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.
Collection
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
Isaac Watts and Mrs. Sewall correspondence, 1728.
Collection
Identifier: MS0995
Abstract
Isaac Watts was born on July 17, 1674. Watts attended the Dissenting Academy in Stoke Newington due to his nonconformist beliefs. Watts was called to be a pastor at the independent chapel, Mark Lane Congregational Chapel, in London. Watts wrote many hundreds of hymns during his life, as well as works on theology and logic. He died on November 25, 1748. This collection contains a single letter written by Isaac Watts to a Mrs. Sewell on the occasion of the death of her infant.
Dates:
1728
Island Falls, Me. Whittier Congregational Church records, 1859-1894. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0105
Dates:
1859-1894
Jackson, Mich. First Congregational Church records, 1832-1935.
Collection
Identifier: RG5258
Abstract
First Congregational formed out of the efforts of Rev. Marcus Harrison and those that agreed that disagreed with the pro-slavery position of nearby churches. Harrison and around 60 others broke away and formed the First Congregational Church on March 6, 1841. The original building would give way to a few different locations until the current church, built in 1860. The First Congregational Church joined the UCC and continues to operate to this day. In July 2017 the church was added to the...
Dates:
1832-1935