North Church (Salem, Mass.) Records, 1745-1837, 1862-1901
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Scope and Content Note
The North Church of Salem records consist of administrative, financial, and pastoral records of this Salem, Massachusetts, church. It includes correspondence, deeds, receipts, reports, subscription lists, a plan of the pews, lists of members, and catalogs of the books in the church library. The collection has been arranged chronologically.
Dates
- Creation: 1745-1837, 1862-1901
Creator
- North Church (Salem, Mass.) (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Historical Sketch
In the spring of 1770, the minister of the First Church in Salem, Rev. Thomas Barnard (1748-1814) became paralyzed and unable to work. His son stepped in and fulfilled his duties until the annual meeting of the parish. Several votes were taken; the members of the church became split on who to call as their next minister. One group wanted the current minister's son, the Rev. Thomas Barnard, Jr. Another group wished to call the Rev. Asa Dunbar. Since no agreement could be reached, the church divided into two. The First Church called Rev. Dunbar as its minister and the newly formed North Church in Salem selected the Rev. Thomas Barnard, Jr. as its first minister.
In February 1772, forty-two associates bought land on the corner of North and Lynde Streets in Salem. The Proprietors of the North Meeting House met on March 3, 1772, and voted to build a meeting house. It opened in August of 1772, and was used until 1836, when a new meeting house was built. On May 16, 1772, the First Church voted to grant the request of the 52 people who asked for a dismission so that they might become a church connected with this society.
The First Church and North Church reunited in 1923, and moved to the second meetinghouse of the North Church on Essex Street, its current home.
North Church Succession of Ministers
Thomas Barnard, Jr. 1772-1814
John Emery Abbot 1815-1819
John Brazer 1820-1846
Octavius Brooks Frothingham 1847-1855
Charles Lowe 1855-1857
Edmund Burke Willson 1859-1895
George Dimmick Latimer 1893-1907
Theodore Davenport Bacon 1907-1923
Extent
1.75 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The North Church of Salem records consist of administrative, financial, and pastoral records of this Salem, Massachusetts, church.
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
The Rev. John Emery Abbot papers were donated by Miss Willson. The provenance of the rest of the collection is unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tamara Gaydos, August 2018.
Subject
- Abbot, John Emery, 1793-1819 (Person)
- Barnard, Thomas, 1748-1814 (Person)
- Colman, Henry, 1785-1849 (Person)
- Curwen, Samuel (Person)
- Nichols, Benjamin Ropes, 1786-1848 (Person)
- Pickering, John (Person)
- Pickman, Dudley Leavitt, 1779-1846 (Person)
- Ropes, David (Person)
- Willson, E. B. (Edmund Burke), 1820-1895 (Person)
- West, Thomas (Person)
- First Church (Salem, Mass.) (Organization)
- Title
- NORTH CHURCH (SALEM, MASS.) RECORDS, 1745-1837, 1862-1901
- Author
- Processed by: Tamara Gaydos; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository