First Baptist Church of Newark records, 1835-1917.
Collection Number: 6021
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
First Baptist Church of Newark records, 1835-1917.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6021
Abstract:
Minutes of the Twenty-seventh anniversary of the Wayne Baptist Association (1861)
and minutes of church meetings, a history of the Marion Baptist Church, and a treasury
report of Wayne County Baptist churches. Also Lockville Baptist Society (later called
the Baptist Church of Arcadia) records (1835-1855), minutes (1835-1847) of church
meetings and annual meetings (1847-1917).
Creator:
First Baptist Church of Newark (Newark N.Y.)
Quanitities:
1 microfilm reels.
Language:
Collection material in English
The church was established in February 1835 as the Lockville Baptist Church. The original
church was built in 1836. When Lockville became incorporated as Arcadia the church
changed its name to the Baptist Church of Arcadia.
In 1864 a large portion of the church broke off to form the First Baptist Church
of Newark. The original church once again changed its name, this time to the Baptist
Church of East Newark.
The records include "Minutes of the Twenty-seventh Anniversary of the Wayne Baptist
Association" (September l86l) and minutes from church meetings (1835-1917).
The church meeting minutes contain: Covenants, Articles of Faith, examples of how
the session acted as a court, names of church members, names of persons baptized,
and account records taken during the building of the original church (1836).
INFORMATION FOR USERS
First Baptist Church of Newark records, #6021. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Wayne Baptist Association
Lockville Baptist Society (Lockville, N.Y.)
Baptist Church of Arcadia (Arcadia, N.Y.)
Baptist Church of East Newark (Newark, N.Y.)
Places:
Arcadia -- Religious life and customs.
Lockville (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Newark (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Wayne County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Subjects:
Baptists -- New York (State) -- Newark.
Baptists -- Societies.
Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Item 1 |
Minutes of the Twenty-Seventh Anniversary of the Wayne Baptist Association , Sept.
24, l86l , Paginated
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Sept. 24, l86l | |
Scope and Contents
Contents: Constitution & rules of order. Minutes contain: names of churches represented,
names of persons present, names of committees, and committee members formed, resolutions
supporting the Federal government in regard to the Civil War, names of persons who
preached and where they took their texts from, records of Wayne County Baptist Church
memberships, summary of letters (9-10), a history of the Marion Baptist Church (p.
11), treasury report of Wayne County Baptist Churches.
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Item 2 |
Lockville Baptist Society Records, 5 Oct. 1835 - March 25, 1855 , Chronological, not
completely paginated
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5 Oct. 1835 - March 25, 1855 | |
Scope and Contents
Contents: names of persons elected trustees, rules for electing board members, how
and when to hold services and meetings, information on the building of the meeting
house (1836), accounts during the building of the meeting house, slip account records,
decisions on whether or not to retain pastors, discussions on financing and landscaping
the new burial grounds, resolution changing the name of the society to the Baptist
Society of Arcadia (after Lockville was changed to Arcadia), example of a conflict
with church members and new Germans who wished to have a say in the society. A list
of church members in the rear of the book.
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Item 3 |
First Books of Minutes, 1835 - Aug. 1847 , Chronological, paginated (to p. 45).
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1835 - Aug. 1847 | |
Scope and Contents
Contents: names of persons who joined the church (and how they became members), church
covenant (p. 4), Articles of Faith (pp. 4-5 & 8); names of original church members
and where they were from with dates of dismissal and method of dismissal, church discipline
actions, names of persons suspended from the church, names of persons baptized, voting
to do with pastor's salary, names of persons elected deacons. There may have been
some sort of revival in mid-March, 1843 as an unusually large number of persons were
received by the church.
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Item 4 |
Annual Meeting Minutes, 1847-1917 , Description covers only to Dec. 2, 1865
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1847-1917 | |
Scope and Contents
Contents: List of members at beginning of book, Articles of Faith, Church Covenant,
names of persons dismissed and baptized, church disciplinary actions, decisions regarding
pastor's salary, reports of committee on delinquents, names of persons licensed to
preach, reports from finance committee, decision to move the church from Arcadia to
the western part of Newark (1864). Records almost illegible between 1857-1861 because
ink and pencil are so faded. Much of 1863 is also illegible. There may have been some
sort of revival in March 1849 as an unusually large number of persons were received
by the church.
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