Windham, Connecticut, Congregational Church Records, 1700-1851

From the introduction:

“In May, 1699, the Connecticut General Assembly confirmed the agreement of the inhabitants of Windham concerning public worship. This permitted them to build two churches and hold meetings, summer and fall at the north end, and winter and spring at the south end. The first minister, Rev. Samuel Whiting, was ordained December 4, 1700. The records here printed are all that exist today of the Windham First Church. Mr. Whiting's records were so fragile even by 1726 that the Rev. Thomas Clap was unable to copy all of them. The style and spelling of the original records have been followed in so far as it was possible. Where the editor has supplied information of any kind, brackets have been used to distinguish between that which is original and what he supplied. The Church Votes are omitted except when information of value, such as admission or dismission, was given. In these cases, the text has been abstracted.

This volume is published jointly by the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Connecticut and The Connecticut Historical Society. The Mayflower Society paid for the printing, binding and copyright, while the Historical Society made the copy, proof read and indexed and is selling on a commission basis. The original records were made available through the courtesy of Mr. James Brewster, State Librarian, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.”

This database contains 3,762 church records, including 391 births and baptisms, 489 marriages, and 782 deaths.  The images of the original book pages may be viewed from the search results page.

This volume is also available in our Boston research library, call number F104.W65 W5 1943.

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