Baptismal records.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:
Harwich, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1726-1982.
Collection
Identifier: RG0089
Abstract
The First Congregational Church of Harwich, Massachusetts, was founded in 1747 when the town of Harwich was split into the North and South Parishes. On April 8, 1747, the precinct voted to complete construction on a meeting house which was finally completed in 1748. In 1792, the second meetinghouse was completed after the first had been condemned a year earlier. The church officially became known as the First Congregational Church of Harwich when the church became incorporated in 1898 at the...
Dates:
1726-1982
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
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
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
Jersey City, N.J. First Congregational Church records, 1859-1972.
Collection
Identifier: RG0723
Abstract
The First Congregational Church in Jersey City, New Jersey, was first gathered in 1841 though it was not until 1858 that the church was formally organized. The first church building, called the Tabernacle Church, was constructed in 1863. A new church building was purchased in 1896 and a new church was constructed in 1904. Due to declining membership, the church was dissolved in 1970. This collection contains records related to the administration, history, and membership of the First...
Dates:
1859-1972
Kenneth D. Beckwith papers, 1922-1966.
Collection
Identifier: MS5211
Abstract
Kenneth Daggett Beckwith served Congregational churches in Vermont and Massachusetts before serving as Associate Minister for the Massachusetts Conference. This collection contains keepsakes and material from key points in Beckwith’s career and a ledger book of vital statistics of parishioners.
Dates:
1922-1966