Methodist Episcopal Church Of Hamburg Records,1856-1927.
Collection Number: 6138
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Library
Title:
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Hamburg records, 1856-1927.
Collection Number:
6138
Creator:
Methodist Episcopal
Church of Hamburg (Hamburg, N.Y.)
Quantity:
1 reel microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
One volume of quarterly conference meeting minutes of the
Whites Corners, Eden and Abbots Corners Circuit (1856-1909) and one volume of
minutes of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Hamburg.
Language:
Collection material in English
The organization of the Hamburg Methodist Episcopal Church started with the founding
of the Genesee Conference in 1810. The New Amsterdam Circuit included Hamburg. In
1813 Reverend Gideon Lanning worked this circuit which stretched from Batavia to
Niagara and from Towanda to south of Buffalo. This was later divided into four
circuits including the Eden and Hamburg circuits, beginning in 1819. In 1822 a
camp meeting at Hamburg was the first activity other than class meetings. In 1839
Brother H.M. Ripley took over the circuit and under his ministry a church of 150
members was built and dedicated that same year under Pastor Amos Worchester. Later
in 1858 under R.N. Leeke this church had the largest revival in the vicinity with
400 conversions. In October 1864 the charge was first referred to as the Hamburg
Eden charge in the quarterly conference minutes. In October 1866 the Hamburg and
Eden charges divided, with Coopers Ridge (after July 29, 1870), Potters Green
(services discontinued July 1867), Abbotts Corners, and Whites Corners falling under
Hamburg's jurisdiction. Later Water Valley and Town of Armor were included. A new
church was started November 10, 1884, which ran into trouble when the contractors
refused to complete the work and had to be taken to civil court.
In July 1884 a distinction was further made between the charges of East Hamburg and
Hamburg. On January 30, 1886 the Hamburg-Buffalo district of the Genesee Conference
was officially recognized. On May 9, 1887 the new church was finally dedicated in
Hamburg. The Town of Armor appeared on this charge September 18, 1896 and in 1906 it
became the Hamburg-Amor charge, temporarily. Another new building was started on
March 2, 1909 and was not completed at the end of the records in 1927. The town of
Armor was dropped from the charge on September 14, 1917. On April 2, 1926 the church
in Hamburg's name was officially changed from the Second Methodist Church to the
Hamburg Methodist Episcopal Church.
One volume of quarterly conference meeting minutes of the Whites Corners, Eden and
Abbots Corners Circuit (1856-1909) and one volume of minutes of the official board
of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hamburg.
Names:
Methodist Episcopal Church of Hamburg (Hamburg,
N.Y.)
Leeke, R.N.
Leeke, R.N.
Genesee Conference. Hamburg Circuit
(N.Y.)
Genesee Conference. Abbots Corners Circuit
(N.Y.)
Genesee Conference. Whites Corners Circuit
(N.Y.)
Genesee Conference. Eden Circuit
(N.Y.)
Subjects:
Methodist Episcopal Church -- New York (State) --
Hamburg.
Church records and registers -- New York (State)
-- Hamburg.
Revivals -- New York (State) --
Hamburg.
Methodist church buildings.
Church records and registers
Methodist church buildings
Revivals
Places:
Erie County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and
customs.
Hamburg (N.Y.) -- Religious life and
customs.
New York (State) -- Erie County
New York (State) -- Hamburg (Town)
Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
Cite As:
Methodist Episcopal Church of Hamburg records, #6138. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections. Cornell University Library.
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