Congregational Church of Reeds Corners records
Scope and content
Church meeting minutes of the Reformed Dutch Church (1843-1847) and the Congregational Church (1851-1925); membership lists, including baptisms, marriages and deaths (1843-1949) and various subscription lists.
Dates
- 1843-1949.
Creator
- Congregational Church of Reeds Corners (Gorham, N.Y.) (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
After a division of the Presbyterian Church of Gorham in about 1842, some members began another church in Bethel, but the remaining members who stayed to form this church, kept the old meetinghouse and were without a minister. Reverend Cornelius Brower from Geneva preached at the church during the first winter after the division. The church became the Reformed Dutch Church of Gorham in March 1843. Also during 1843 the church was moved to another building a mile and a half away. On November 8, 1843, Reverend Abraham Ryerson was installed as pastor. In 1951 the church became the Congregational Church of Reeds Corners.
Extent
1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)
Language of Materials
English
Location of Originals Note
Holder of originals: Records held by Reeds Corners Federated Church, Canandaigua, NY.
- Baptismal certificates.
- Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Gorham.
- Congregational churches -- Clergy.
- Congregational churches -- New York (State) -- Gorham.
- Gorham (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Ontario County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Reformed Church -- New York (State) -- Gorham.
- Reformed Church in America.
- Ryerson, Abraham.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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