First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6118

Scope and content

Four volumes which include session meeting minutes (1808-1830, 1830-1838, 1838-1850, 1851-1879); the Church Covenant and Confession of Faith; lists of members, baptisms and deaths; and annual statistical reports to the Presbytery. There were revivals in the church in 1830-1831, 1858-1859, in the 1860's and 1870's and in 1877-1878.

Dates

1802-1879.

Creator

First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls (Seneca Falls, N.Y.) (Organization)

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Information obtained from these records may not be published or otherwise released in such form that any individual mentioned in the records can be identified..

Biographical / Historical

On August 10, 1807 the First Presbyterian Church of Junius was formed by the Reverend Jedediah Chapman of Geneva when seventeen members elected deacons and elders and signed a covenant. By 1817 the society was able to build a meeting house, which it sold in 1842 to allow for the construction of a new brick meeting house on the same site. In 1871 this meeting house was torn down and a large gothic church was built. There were revivals in the church in 1830-1831, 1858-1859, in the 1860's and 1870's and in 1877-1878.