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1860 Lynn Churches








Transcribed from the1860 Lynn City Directory
pgs. 236-240 by Shaun Cook


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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.

First Methodist Church.
Corner South Common and Market Streets.
Founded 1791.  Rev. Wm. R. Clark, Pastor; Thomas Bowler, Israel Perkins, Paul Newhall, Theophilus Hallowell,
Samuel H. Frothingham, Thomas P. Richardson, Harrison Newhall, Stewards;  Thomas P. Richardson, Harrison Newhall,
Philip P. Tapley, Isaac Newhall, Egbert Burrows, Trustess;  Thomas Bowler, Clerk;  Jacob Young, Organist;  David Thrasher, Sexton.

 Second Methodist Church.
Woodend.
Church built 1811.  Rev. Wm. A. Braman, Pastor;  settled 1857.  Philip Short, Sexton.

Third Methodist Church
South street, near Turnpike Street.
Founded 1839.  Rev. J. L. Hanaford, Pastor;  settled 1859.
Joseph Breed, James Wooley, Elias Clough, Charles H. Breed, Joseph A. Proctor, Benj. B. Johnson,
Edward Poor, Trustees;  Edward Johnson, Clerk; S. Sprague Stovers, Sexton.

Fifth Methodist Church.
Maple Street, Gravesend.
Founded 1850.  Rev. Jarvis A. Ames, Pastor;  settled 1858.
Timothy T. Crane, Clerk;  Daniel Brown, Sexton.

Boston Street Methodist Church.
Founded 1853.  Rev. Henry E. Hempstead, Pastor;  settled 1858.
Edward Johnson, Treasurer;  William S. Waitt, Sexton.

 African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mailey Street.
Founded 1857.  Rev. E. T. Williams, Pastor;  settled 1859.
Wm. Roach, John M. Young, John Richardson, Trustees;  Wm. Beckett, Steward; Wm. Roach, Sexton.

 First Universalist Church.
Union Street.
Founded 1833.  Rev. Elbridge G. Brooks, Pastor;  Joseph M. Anderson, John B. Souther, Deacons;
  John Story, Nathaniel Blanchard, James Chase, Joshua P. Eaton, John Messervey, Henry Breed, Chas. W. Todd, Trustees;
  James M. Sargent, Clerk; J. W. Blaney, Treasurer;  Hiram West, Collector;  James A. Hobbs, Organist;  Benjamin B. Trefethen, Sexton.  

Second Universalist Church.
Corner South Common and Commercial Streets.
Fonded 1837.  Rev. William P. Payne, Pastor;  Ezra Warren Mudge, Clerk;  Samuel Caldwell, Sexton.

 First Baptist Church.
North Common Street.
Founded 1816.  Rev. William C. Richards, Pastor;  settled 1849.
Jonathan Bacheller, Humphrey Chase, ---Roots, Deacons;  Wm. Cogswell, Clerk;  Thomas S. Pearson, Sexton.

 High Street Baptist Church.
High Street.
Founded 1854.  Rev. Alfred Owen, Pastor; Geo. K. Pevear, Joseph Hay, Deacons;  A.C. Pool, Clerk; G. F. Peaver, Sexton.

 St. Stephen's Church - Protestant Episcopal.
North Common Street.
Founded 1835.  Rev. Isaac W. Hallam, Rector; settled 1846.
Edward S. Davis, James R. Newhall, Wardens.  J.F. Kimball, Clerk.  James R. Newhall, Treasurer.  Isaac Hallam, Organist.  John Hallowell, Sexton.

 Christian Church.
Silsbee Street.
Founded 1835.  Rev. William Miller, Pastor.  William H. Goodwin, Clerk.  Edward Hillir, Sexton.

Friends' Meeting.
Cambridge Street.
Established previous to 1675.  Wm. B. Glover, Clerk.  Philip Short, Sexton.

Society of Friends.
Silsbee Street.
Founded 1677.  Micajah C. Pratt, Nathan Breed, Benajah Purinton, Moses F. Rogers, Overseers.  Charles C. Coffin, Clerk.  Philip Short, Sexton.

Roman Catholic Church.
Ash Street.
Rev. Patrick Strain, Pastor;  resides in Chelsea.

 Free Church.
Meetings in Sagamore Hall.
Established 1853.  Rev. Samuel Johnson, Pastor; resides in Salem; settled 1853.
John B. Pierce, J. C. Breed, and J. N. Buffum, Trustees.  Peter Johnson, Clerk, Collector and Sexton.



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