First Presbyterian Church Of Waterloo Records,1817-1935 [1967].

Collection Number: 6091

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
First Presbyterian Church of Waterloo records, 1817-1935 [1967].
Collection Number:
6091
Creator:
First Presbyterian Church of Waterloo (Waterloo, N.Y.)
Quantity:
2 reels microfilm, 1 folder.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm and printed material.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Seven volumes containing session meeting minutes (1817-1835, 1852-1891); trustee and annual meeting minutes (1817-1845, 1852-1935); pew rent and subscription lists; and registers of members, baptisms, and members. Also included is a list of marriages in Springville and Perry N.Y. (1829-1860).
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The First Presbyterian Church of Waterloo was organized on July 7, 1817. The church was legally incorporated on the following November 7th and met until 1824 in the village school house or court house when a meeting house was built. Neighboring churches in Geneva and Seneca Falls lent the services of their pastors until 1821 when Reverend Aaron D. Lane accepted the call to the pulpit at Waterloo. There is evidence of a significant revival during Reverend Lane's ministry because ninety-three persons were added to the church on April 17, 1831. In 1836 Reverend S.H. Gridley was called from the Presbyterian Church in Perry, New York and served the First Presbyterian Church in Waterloo for the next thirty-seven years. In 1850 when Reverend Gridley threatened to resign because the meeting house was too small to accommodate the ever-increasing membership, the Presbyterian Church Association of Waterloo was formed to oversee the construction of a new church. The present brick church was completed in 1851.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Seven volumes containing session meeting minutes (1817-1835, 1852-1891); trustee and annual meeting minutes (1817-1845, 1852-1935); pew rent and subscription lists; and registers of members, baptisms, and members. Also included is a list of marriages in Springville and Perry N.Y. (1829-1860) and a booklet published in 1967 celebrating the 150th anniversary of the church.
SUBJECTS

Names:
First Presbyterian Church of Waterloo (Waterloo, N.Y.)

Subjects:
Presbyterian Church -- New York (State) -- Waterloo.
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Naples.
Marriage records -- New York (State) -- Springville.
Marriage records -- New York (State) -- Perry.
Presbyterian Church -- Membership.
Presbyterian church buildings.
Church records and registers
Marriage records
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian church buildings
Presbyterian Church -- Membership

Places:
Yates County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Waterloo (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
New York (State) -- Naples
New York (State) -- Perry
New York (State) -- Waterloo
New York (State) -- Yates County

Form and Genre Terms:
Baptismal certificates.
Minutes.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Restrictions on Use:
No part of the information obtained from these records will be published or released in any form that individuals mentioned in the records can be identified.
Cite As:
First Presbyterian Church of Waterloo records, #6091. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Cornell University Library.
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