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[The first church in Lynn was gathered June 8,
1632, and was the fifth in Massachusetts.]
Tower Hill
Chapel. Out Station of First Congregational Church. Rev. Allen Lincoln,
Pastor.
First Congregational
Church. Orthodox. Corner of South Common and Vine
Streets. Founded 1632. Rev. Parsons Cooke, Pastor; settled
1836. George Martin, Richard Tufts, Deacons; Frank P. Breed,
Clerk; C. E. Whiting, Organist; Stephen W. Hall,
Sexton.
Second Congregational
Church. Unitarian. Corner South Common and Church
Streets. Formed 1823. Rev. Charles C. Shackford, Pastor;
Henry B. Howe, Clerk; Samuel H. Barnes, Organist; Joseph
Knight, Sexton.
Central Congregational
Church. Orthodox. Silsbee Street. Founded
1850. Rev. Jotham B. Sewall, Pastor; settled
1855. Addison Southworth, Ira Sanborn, Deacons; Philip C.
Knapp, Clerk; H. E. Macomber, Organist; Matthew Plumstead,
Sexton.
First Congregational Methodist
Church. Chestnut, near Broad Street. Founded
1857. Rev. D. L. Gear, Pastor; settled 1857. Jesse
K. Snow, Daniel Hyde, Blaney Chase, Nathan P. Boynton, Henry Tufts,
Trustees: Blaney Chase, Treasurer; Henry Tufts, Clerk;
Martha E. Sanderson, Organist; ---Noyes, Sexton.
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