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First Congregational Church of Canandaigua records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6175

Scope and content

Records of the Church including church meeting minutes (1799-1908), church discipline (1817-1881), church doctrine (1799-1844), meeting minutes (1805-1962), financial records (1805-1964), legal documents (1799-1939) and records of women's associations ((1824-1971).

Dates

  • 1799-1978.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

In 1799 a group of nine men and women banded together and with the help of missionary Zadoc Hunn organized the First Congregational Society of the Town of Canandaigua. They had no church building but held services in log houses, public buildings and various places. in 1812 with a membership of about forty communicants they erected a stately meeting house.

Extent

2 microfilm reels. (2 microfilm reels.)

Language of Materials

English