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Records of the First Church in Boston, Mass., 1630-1882.

First Church (Boston, Mass.)
1 v. in a case and 2 extra tall v. in cases.
Massachusetts Historical Society
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Bound volume of records of the First Church in Boston, Mass., and two transcriptions completed by David Pulsifer, 1630-1882. Original record book includes a list of church members, 1630-1778; record of church meetings, 1719-1785; baptisms, 1630-1847; and copies of wills and annuities administered by the church, 1712-1853. (Records from 1630-36 were transcribed from an earlier record book).
First Puslisfer copy contains a transcription of the records from 1630-79; and transcriptions of baptismal records of the Third Church (Old South Church), 1669-1720, which split off from the First Church in 1669. Second Pulsifer copy contains a complete transcription of original volume; and records of wills and annuities administered by the church, 1712-1882.
First Pulsifer copy, 1630-1679 on microfilm, 1 reel, P-76.
Third Church records in first Pulsifer copy are not microfilmed.
Published in full as, "The Records of the First Church in Boston, 1630-1868," Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vols. 39-40, 1961.
This collection covers:
Congregational churches Massachusetts Boston.
Boston (Mass.) Church history.
Boston (Mass.) Statistics, Vital.
Editors, Translators, and other contributors:
Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894.
Third Church (Boston, Mass.)
View this collection description in WorldCat.org:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15913263