Records of the First Church of Rockingham, VT

Rockingham, in Windham County, Vermont, is one of 129 townships near the Connecticut River which were granted by Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire, between 1749 and 1764, and were known as the "New Hampshire Grants." The charter was granted to Rockingham in 1752. The First Church of Rockingham was organized on October 27, 1773, and Samuel Whiting was ordained as the first pastor.

The records were copied by Thomas Bellows Peck from the original volume, which was in the possession of William H.H. Putnam, whose wife descended from one of the early members of the church. Mr. Peck's transcription was printed in 1902.

The original text is part of the NEHGS Rare Books Collection, call number RB/F59/R7/R7/1902.

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