First Congregational Church Of Bristol Records,1800-1913.
Collection Number: 6139
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Library
Title:
First Congregational Church of
Bristol records, 1800-1913.
Collection Number:
6139
Creator:
First Congregational
Church of Bristol (Bristol, N.Y.)
Quantity:
1 reel microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
Meeting minutes (1800-1810, 1813-1844, 1844-1859,
1872-1913); church membership lists (1856, 1870, 1882, 1897); trustee records
including subscription lists and receipts (1827-1831); church constitutions (1806,
1850); covenants and articles of faith.
Language:
Collection material in English
The earliest accounts of religious life in Bristol are of meetings held by several
families on the Sabbath in their homes. In June 1799 John Smith and Seth Williston
organized the Congregational Church of Bristol. In July 1799 the first pastor,
Reverend Joseph Grover, was installed. With the construction of a church building in
1795, this church became the first to have a place of worship in the Genesee Valley.
Due to rapidly increasing membership it was necessary soon after to build a new
meeting house which was completed in 1812. From 1832 to 1834 the Church was referred
to as the North Bristol Congregational Society. The church was strongly anti-slavery
beginning in 1842.
Meeting minutes (1800-1810, 1813-1844, 1844-1859, 1872-1913); church membership lists
(1856, 1870, 1882, 1897); trustee records including subscription lists and receipts
(1827-1831); church constitutions (1806, 1850); covenants and articles of faith.
Names:
First Congregational Church of Bristol (Bristol,
N.Y.)
North Bristol Congregational Society (Bristol,
N.Y.)
Subjects:
Church records and registers -- New York (State)
-- Bristol.
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) --
Bristol.
Congregational churches -- New York (State) --
Bristol.
Antislavery movements
Church records and registers
Congregational churches
Places:
Ontario County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and
customs.
Bristol (N.Y.) -- Religious life and
customs.
New York (State) -- Ontario County
Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
Cite As:
First Congregational Church of Bristol Records, #6139. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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