Installation (clergy).
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works dealing with the installation of a clergyman as the pastor of a church. Works dealing with the ordination of a clergyman (i.e. his first entrance into the clerical office) are entered under the heading [Ordination.] Whenever ordination and installation are simultaneous, preference is given to the heading [Ordination.]
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Brunswick, Me. First Parish Church records, 1735-1829.
Collection
Identifier: RG5236
Abstract
The township of Brunswick was incorporated on May 3, 1717. Until 1747 the town was served by temporary missionary ministers. In 1747 the First Parish Church was actually split into two buildings, one following Congregational polity and the other following Presbyterian polity. In 1772 both groups agreed to follow Congregational polity and in 1808 both groups physically merged into a single meeting house. The church had close relations to Bowdoin College and Harriet Beecher Stowe found...
Dates:
1735-1829