First Methodist Episcopal Church Of Wayland Records,1866-1896.
Collection Number: 6125
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Library
Title:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Wayland records, 1866-1896.
Collection Number:
6125
Creator:
First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Wayland (Wayland, N.Y.)
Quantity:
2 reels microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
Pre-printed register lists of probationers, classes,
members, baptisms and marriages. Also minutes of annual meetings to elect trustees
and special meetings to deal with temporal affairs and subscription
lists.
Language:
Collection material in English
In 1819 when the Dansville circuit was organized,the settlement which became Wayland
was one of the points visited by the circuit riders. By 1844 it had been renamed
Springwater circuit. In 1852 "Wayland Depot" is mentioned in the Genesee Conference
Minutes as a separate charge. On May 2, 1853 trustees were elected and the church
incorporated as the First Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Wayland in
1858. That same year a Sunday school was organized. In 1859 land was deeded to the
church and a house of worship was constructed. It was enlarged and improved several
times by the addition of prayer rooms and a steeple in 1873, by the a bell in 1875,
by the additional of interior woodwork in 1887, new pews in 1892, a portico in 1897,
social rooms in 1905 and an organ in 1909.
Pre-printed register lists of probationers, classes, members, baptisms and marriages.
Also minutes of annual meetings to elect trustees and special meetings to deal with
temporal affairs and subscription lists.
Names:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wayland
(Wayland, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Church records and registers -- New York (State)
-- Wayland.
Methodist Episcopal Church -- New York (State) --
Wayland.
Church records and registers
Places:
Wayland (N.Y.) -- Religious life and
customs.
Steuben County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and
customs.
New York (State) -- Steuben County
New York (State) -- Wayland
Form and Genre Terms:
Baptismal
certificates.
Minutes.
Cite As:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wayland records, #6125. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections. Cornell University Library.
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