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Church membership.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 145 Collections and/or Records:

Granville, Mass. Granville Federated Church records, 1754-1941.

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Identifier: RG5235
Abstract The First Church of Christ in Granville was gathered in 1744, and Moses Tuttle was ordained as the first minister in 1747. The first meeting house was constructed during Tuttle’s ministry. Timothy Mather Cooley, a Granville native, was called to become the minister of the First Church of Christ in 1795 and he served as the pastor for 63 years. In 1937, the First Church of Christ and the Baptist Church in Granville decided to share a building and merge to form the Granville Federated Church....
Dates: 1754-1941

Halifax, Mass. Congregational Church records, 1734-1932.

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Identifier: RG5192
Abstract

A Congregational church was officially formed in Halifax in 1734, with 53 founding members. A second meeting house was built in 1852. In 1842 a Ladies Sewing Circle was organized and continued to be central to church life. The Halifax Congregational Church is now a member of the United Church of Christ, and continues to serve the community today. This collection consists of early administrative records for the Congregational Church and the associated parish in Halifax.

Dates: 1734-1932

Hanover, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1728-1818.

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Identifier: RG4920
Abstract The First Congregation Church of Hanover, Massachusetts, was gathered on December 5, 1728, and the Rev. Benjamin Bass was ordained as the first minister on December 11. The first meeting house was completed in 1728. Construction on the second meeting house was completed in 1765. The third meeting house was constructed in 1826 and was destroyed by fire in 1863. The fourth and final meeting house was constructed in 1864. In 1961 the church joined with the United Church of Christ. The church...
Dates: 1728-1818

Harwich, Mass. First Congregational Church records, 1726-1982.

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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.

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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.

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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

Hickory, Iowa. Hickory Grove Congregational Church records, 1867-1917.

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Identifier: RG5270
Abstract

The Hickory Grove Church was formed in 1867 and operated until 1917. This collection contains financial information, church records and membership list.

Dates: 1867-1917

Hillsborough, N.H. Hillsborough Center Congregational Society records, 1840-2022.

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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