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Church records and registers.

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 386 Collections and/or Records:

Newburyport, Mass. First Church disunion records, 1743-1770.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0131
Abstract The Third Church of Newbury was formally gathered in 1726. In 1743 a group of parishioners left the church to more closely follow the teachings of George Whitefield and form the First Presbyterian Church. In 1764 the town of Newburyport was incorporated and the Third Church became the First Church in Newburyport. In 1794 the Parish voted to be incorporated as the First Religious Society. By 1825 the church was already aligned with the Unitarian denomination. The church continues to serve the...
Dates: 1743-1770

Northbridge, Mass. Centre Congregational Church records, 1782-2011.

 Series
Identifier: RG5030
Abstract The town of Northbridge, Massachusetts, was incorporated in 1772 and the First Church in Northbridge was established in 1782. The first meeting house was constructed in 1774. In 1834 a significant portion of the congregation withdrew to form the Congregational Church of Whitinsville (now the Village Congregational Church). The second meeting house was constructed in 1836. In 1879 another contingent of the church's members withdrew to form the Rockdale Congregational Church, though both...
Dates: 1782-2011