First and Third Church separation documents, 1743-1770.

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First and Third Church separation documents, 1743-1770.

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Documents relating to the separation of members of First Church of Newbury, Newbury, Mass. (founded 1635), led by clergyman John Lowell, and the Third Church (gathered in 1726 and incorporated as First Church of Newburyport with the formation of that town in 1764), led by clergyman Jonathan Parsons, a Presbyterian, which led to the founding of a separate church which was part of the Boston Presbytery (a controversy of the Great Awakening).

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Whitefield, George, 1714-1770

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Epithet: Reverend; of Add MS 34068 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x0000fb Epithet: Reverend; Preacher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x0000fc Methodist clergyman. From the description of Papers, 1750-1759. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504475 Clergyman and evangelist. ...

Lowell, John, 1704-1767

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Third Church (Newbury, Mass.)

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First Church of Newbury (Newbury, Mass.)

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Organized 1635. From the description of Council minutes, 1669 Nov. 5-1670 Apr. 19. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70952156 ...

Parsons, Jonathan, 1705-1776

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Jonathan Parsons was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on November 30, 1705, the son of Ebenezer Parsons and Margaret Marshfield. After graduating from Yale College in 1729, he briefly studied theology at Yale. In 1730, he became pastor of the First [Congregational] Church in Lyme, Connecticut, where he remained until 1746, when he became pastor of a new Presbyterian church in what is now Newburyport, Massachusetts. His church at Newburyport later became one of the largest congregations in Nor...

First Church (Newburyport, Mass.)

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Presbytery of Boston (1745-1775)

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