First Congregational Church of Christ records, 1807-1878.
Collection Number: 6055
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
First Congregational Church of Christ records, 1807-1878.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6055
Abstract:
Two volumes of church meeting minutes which include Articles of Faith, Church covenant,
disciplinary cases, founding of a Sabbath school, temperance resolutions, membership
lists, baptismal records, church rules, and a decision to discontinue affiliation
with the Ithaca Presbytery.
Creator:
First Congregational Church of Christ (Danby, N.Y.)
Quanitities:
1 microfilm reels.
Language:
Collection material in English
The First Congregational Church of Christ in Danby was organized as a Presbyterian
church in 1807 based on the "Plan of Union." The Presbyterian form of government was
dropped in 1867, and the Congregational form took its place. The early records refer
to the church as the Congregational Church in Spencer, New York. The church building
was erected in 1820, and in 1879 was the oldest building in Danby. A Sabbath school
was opened in 1828.
The records contain church meeting minutes, 1807-1878. Included in the minutes are:
Articles of Faith and Church Covenants, disciplinary cases, a decision to open a Sabbath
school, temperance resolutions, membership lists, baptismal records, Church Rules,
and a decision to discontinue affiliation with the Ithaca Presbytery.
Additional materials in accession # 6113 - First Congregational Church of Christ,
Danby record book, 1808-1825.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
First Congregational Church of Christ records, #6055. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Congregational Church of Christ (Spencer, N.Y.)
Ithaca Presbytery (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Places:
Danby (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Subjects:
Temperance and religion -- New York (State) -- Danby.
Church discipline
Presbyterian Church -- Education.
Presbyterian Church -- Membership.
Presbyterian Church -- New York (State) -- Danby.
Congregational churches -- New York (State) -- Danby.
Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
Baptismal certificates.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Item 1 |
Church Meeting Minutes, July 3, 1807 - June 16, 1848 . Chronological, paginated (except
between pp. 106-122).
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July 3, 1807 - June 16, 1848 | |
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Scope and Contents
Contents: Confession of Faith, Church Covenant (pp. 4-13), names of persons received
as members and how received (by letter, certificate or examination), names of individuals
who were baptised. The minutes of church meetings in this volume contain a letter
to Rev. Samuel Parker requesting his services as a preacher, Church rules (pp. 26-27),
examples of church discipline, Articles of Faith (pp. 28-33), a Church Covenant (pp.
33-35), names of persons dismissed and excommunicated. The volume also contains a
record of a vote to join the Cayuga Presbytery (February 1815), the names of individuals
suspended from the church, a decision to open a Sabbath school (May 1828), the namesof
persons elected to the board of directors of the Sabbath school, a discussion on a
protracted meeting held in Spencer, N.Y. (October 1837), the trial of a deacon who
was excommunicated, several statistical and financial reports, and a decision to adopt
the Articles of Faith and Covenant of the Ithaca Church (p. 282, May 1846).
Rear of volume contains: membership lists (1807-1848), a letter dated July 26, 1917,
to the minister requesting information about a former member, and Baptismal Records
(1813-1833).
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Church Meeting Minutes, Sept. 5, 1847 - December 26, 1878 , Chronological, paginated.
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Sept. 5, 1847 - December 26, 1878 | |
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Scope and Contents
Contents: Index, Articles of Faith and Church Covenant (pp. 1-5), names of persons
admitted to the church (by letter, certificate or examination), names of individuals
who received letters of dismission. Also included are statistical reports (number
of members, deaths, baptisms, amounts collected for various causes), examples of church
discipline, minutes from the annual meeting of the Presbytery held in Danby (May 1,
1850, p. 27), temperance resolutions (April 17, 1852), names of delegates to Presbytery
meetings, names of persons elected deacons, record of a meeting held with the Congregational
churches of Spencer and Candor and the Presbyterian churches of Ithaca and Newfield
(February 1864), and a decision to discontinue affiliation with the Ithaca Presbytery
and united with the Susquehanna Association (1867).
Rear of volume contains: record of contributions, baptismal records, membership lists,
records of deceased members, records of dismissions, suspensions and excommunications.
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