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By Sarah M. Gould, Kara Jackman
Collection Overview
Title: MA - Lynn - First, 1794-1961
ID: 08/MA/046/003/114
Extent: 33.0 Boxes
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This church was founded in 1791. In 1968, it was merged with St. Paul’s to form Christ Church.
Collection Historical Note
1790: First Methodist service preached by Jesse Lee. 1791: Methodist Society formed and the First Church built, known as Lynn Common ME Church. 1792: The first Methodist Conference of New England was held. 1794: Name changed to First. 1812: First Church moved to a different building and original church sold to the Baptist Society. 1891: Celebrated the 100th Anniversary. 1956: Celebrated the 165th Anniversary. 1968: Merged with St. Paul's to form Christ Church.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1: Box 1

- Item 1: Membership, 1841-1853

- Box 2: Box 2

- Item 1: Baptisms, 1915-1924

- Item 2: Marriages, 1914-1924

- Item 3: Membership, 1854-1869, 1871-1924

- Item 4: Probationers, 1915-1924

- Box 3: Box 3

- Item 1: Baptisms, 1869-1886

- Item 2: Marriages, 1869-1884

- Item 3: Membership, 1802-1886

- Item 4: Probationers, 1869-1886

- Box 4: Box 4

- Item 1: Baptisms, 1900-1914

- Item 2: Marriages, 1900-1914

- Item 3: Membership, 1850-1915

- Item 4: Probationers, 1886-1915

- Box 5: Box 5

- Item 1: Baptisms, 1924-1952

- Item 2: Marriages, 1924-1953

- Item 3: Membership, 1854-1955

- Item 4: Probationers, 1922-1946

- Item 5: Quarterly conference, 1812-1854

- Box 6: Box 6

- Item 1: Quarterly conference, 1872-1907

- Box 7: Box 7

- Item 1: Quarterly conference, 1907-1920

- Item 2: Official boards, 1896-1922

- Box 8: Box 8

- Item 1: Official boards, 1945-1950, 1954-1958

- Item 2: Official boards of Stewarts, 1830-1850

- Item 3: Society for the Promotion of Industry Frugality and Temperance, 1826

- Box 9: Box 9

- Item 1: Official boards, 1849-1896, 1950-1954

- Box 10: Box 10

- Item 1: Church Historian Scrapbook, 1953-1954

- Box 11: Box 11

- Item 1: Cash book, 1828-1870

- Item 2: Church Historian Scrapbook, 1955-1956

- Box 12: Box 12

- Item 1: Church History Scrapbook, 1955-1956

- Box 13: Box 13

- Item 1: Church Historian Scrapbook, 1954-1955

- Box 14: Box 14

- Item 1: Church History Scrapbook, 1950-1956

- Box 15: Box 15

- Item 1: Centennial anniversary, 1891

- Item 2: Epworth League, 1887-1890, 1901-1916

- Item 3: Financial records, 1943-1952

- Box 16: Box 16

- Item 1: Financial records, 1818-1823, 1847-1883

- Box 17: Box 17

- Item 1: Ladies Aid Society, 1899-1900, 1906-1940

- Box 18: Box 18

- Item 1: Ledger, 1826-1832, 1887-1915, 1934-1940, 1946-1952

- Box 19: Box 19

- Item 1: Ladies Relief Society, 1851-1898

- Item 2: Mission and Church Extension Society, 1854-1872

- Box 20: Box 20

- Item 1: Parish records, 1794-1879

- Box 21: Box 21

- Item 1: Pew rental records, 1813-1848

- Box 22: Box 22

- Item 1: Pew rentals records, 1858-1874

- Box 23: Box 23

- Item 1: Sunday school, 1816-1843, 1848-1854, 1858-1861, 1874-1877, 1885-1886

- Box 24: Box 24

- Item 1: Sunday school, 1908-1916, 1926-1929

- Box 25: Box 25

- Item 1: Sunday school, 1889-1907

- Box 26: Box 26

- Item 1: Sunday school, 1890-1905

- Box 27: Box 27

- Item 1: Sunday school, 1878-1882, 1892-1894

- Box 28: Box 28

- Item 1: Membership pledges, 1879-1881

- Item 2: Sunday school (adult), 1865-1871

- Item 3: Sunday school (youth), 1855-1867

- Item 4: Sunday school (membership), 1832-1837

- Box 29: Box 29

- Item 1: Treasurer's records, 1903-1907, 1954-1958

- Box 30: Box 30

- Item 1: Treasurer's records, 1847-1877

- Item 2: Twosers Couple Club, 1953-1960

- Box 31: Box 31

- Item 1: Trustee's records, 1889-1961

- Box 32: Box 32

- Item 1: Trustee's records, 1949-1957

- Box 33: Box 33

- Item 1: Wesleyan Service Guild, 1951-1960

- Item 2: Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, 1926-1940

- Box 34: Box 34: Artifacts - Commemorative Plates, n.d.

1. St. Paul's Methodist Church
2. Wesley United Methodist Church
3. Broadway Methodist Church
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