First Baptist Church of Newark records

Collection — microfilm reel: 1

Identifier: 6021

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The records include "Minutes of the Twenty-seventh Anniversary of the Wayne Baptist Association" (September l86l) and minutes from church meetings (1835-1917).

The church meeting minutes contain: Covenants, Articles of Faith, examples of how the session acted as a court, names of church members, names of persons baptized, and account records taken during the building of the original church (1836).

Dates

1835-1917.

Creator

First Baptist Church of Newark (Newark N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The church was established in February 1835 as the Lockville Baptist Church. The original church was built in 1836. When Lockville became incorporated as Arcadia the church changed its name to the Baptist Church of Arcadia.

In 1864 a large portion of the church broke off to form the First Baptist Church of Newark. The original church once again changed its name, this time to the Baptist Church of East Newark.

Extent

1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Minutes of the Twenty-seventh anniversary of the Wayne Baptist Association (1861) and minutes of church meetings, a history of the Marion Baptist Church, and a treasury report of Wayne County Baptist churches. Also Lockville Baptist Society (later called the Baptist Church of Arcadia) records (1835-1855), minutes (1835-1847) of church meetings and annual meetings (1847-1917).

Physical Description

Microfilm

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: B.D.
Date completed:: Nov. 1978
EAD encoding:: Andrea Hektor, June 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, February 2015