First Presbyterian Church Of Seneca Falls Records,1802-1879.

Collection Number: 6118

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls records, 1802-1879.
Collection Number:
6118
Creator:
First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls (Seneca Falls, N.Y.)
Quantity:
2 reels microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Four volumes which include session meeting minutes (1808-1830, 1830-1838, 1838-1850, 1851-1879); the Church Covenant and Confession of Faith; lists of members, baptisms and deaths; and annual statistical reports to the Presbytery. There were revivals in the church in 1830-1831, 1858-1859, in the 1860's and 1870's and in 1877-1878.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

On August 10, 1807 the First Presbyterian Church of Junius was formed by the Reverend Jedediah Chapman of Geneva when seventeen members elected deacons and elders and signed a covenant. By 1817 the society was able to build a meeting house, which it sold in 1842 to allow for the construction of a new brick meeting house on the same site. In 1871 this meeting house was torn down and a large gothic church was built. There were revivals in the church in 1830-1831, 1858-1859, in the 1860's and 1870's and in 1877-1878.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Four volumes which include session meeting minutes (1808-1830, 1830-1838, 1838-1850, 1851-1879); the Church Covenant and Confession of Faith; lists of members, baptisms and deaths; and annual statistical reports to the Presbytery. There were revivals in the church in 1830-1831, 1858-1859, in the 1860's and 1870's and in 1877-1878.
SUBJECTS

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

Subjects:
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Seneca Falls.
Presbyterian Church -- New York (State) -- Seneca Falls.
Church records and registers
Presbyterian Church

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

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Not to be published or otherwise released in such form that any individual mentioned in the records can be identified.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:
First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls records, #6118. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Cornell University Library.
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