Presbyterian Church Of Newark Records,1824-1925.

Collection Number: 6116

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Presbyterian Church of Newark records, 1824-1925.
Collection Number:
6116
Creator:
Presbyterian Church of Newark (Newark, N.Y.)
Quantity:
1 reel microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Minutes of annual and trustee meetings (1824-1836, 1838-1845) with meeting house accounts (1838-1845, 1841) and a list of quarterly subscription payments (1837-); minutes of session meetings (1825-1835), 1835-1837, 1837-1886); registers of members and baptisms; and church reports of membership (1826-1836, 1844-1886).
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

This church was constituted as the First Presbyterian Church of Newark by commissioners from the Presbytery of Geneva on April 20, 1825 at a meeting held in the village school house. Of the original 63 members, 23 were from the church in Phelps, 37 from East Palmyra and two from elsewhere. The first pastor, the Reverend Alfred Campbell was commissioned by the Home Missionary Society to labor with the church. He was installed in November 1826 and remained until September 1828. Revivals occurred in 1831, 1848, 1854, 1874 and 1880.
The first meeting house, finished in the fall of 1827, was wooden. It was taken down to provide space for a new church in 1852. When almost completed it was destroyed by fire in June 1853. Rebuilding was begun and completed in 1854. Both structures cost the Society about $18,000. The church was enlarged and renovated in 1875 at a cost of $12,000.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Minutes of annual and trustee meetings (1824-1836, 1838-1845) with meeting house accounts (1838-1845, 1841) and a list of quarterly subscription payments (1837-); minutes of session meetings (1825-1835), 1835-1837, 1837-1886); registers of members and baptisms; and church reports of membership (1826-1836, 1844-1886).
SUBJECTS

Names:
Presbyterian Church of Newark (Newark, N.Y.)
Campbell, Alfred
Campbell, Alfred.
First Presbyterian Church of Newark (Newark, N.Y.)

Subjects:
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Newark.
Presbyterian church buildings -- New York (State) -- Newark.
Churches, Presbyterian -- New York (State) -- Newark.
Revivals -- New York (State) -- Newark.
Church records and registers
Presbyterian church buildings
Revivals

Places:
Wayne County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Newark (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
New York (State) -- Newark
New York (State) -- Wayne County

Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
Baptismal certificates.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Restrictions on Use:
Not to be published or otherwise released in such form that any individual mentioned in the records can be identified.
Cite As:
Presbyterian Church of Newark records, #6116. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Cornell University Library.
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