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:
Marblehead, Mass. Old North Church records, 1684-1866.
Collection
Identifier: RG5043
Abstract
The First Church of Christ of Marblehead was established on August 13, 1684 and Rev. Samuel Cheever was ordained the first minister. The first meeting house was built atop Old Burial Hill in 1638 and the second meeting house was constructed 1695. The third, and final, meeting house, built of stone, was constructed in 1824. Disagreements over the appointment of ministers led to the establishment of the Second Church in 1716 and the Third Church in 1858. Now known as the Old North Church, the...
Dates:
1684-1866