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Religion has played a large part in the cultural context of Essex County ever since the Puritans. Read church records, personal letters and more to learn about the role of religion in Essex County.
Diary of Margaret Smith, 1678 Town Warrant, Gloucester c. 1700s Gravestone of Sarah Wood (d. 1775), Harmony Cemetery, Boxford First Parish Meeting Minutes, Gloucester 1777 Partial List of Subscribers of the Independent Christian Church, Gloucester c. 1790s Mourning Pictures, c. 1790s and 1800s Act of Incorporation of the Independent Christian Church, Gloucester 1792 Gravestone of Joseph Pierpont (d. 1794), Old South Cemetery, Peabody Meeting Minutes of the Independent Christian Church, Gloucester 1795 Gravestone of David Plummer (d. 1801), First Parish Burial Ground, Gloucester Pliny Fisk Letter, Andover 1818 Ladies’ Miscellany, Salem 1829 (1) Ladies’ Miscellany, Salem 1829 (2) Constitution of the Anti-Slavery Society, Lynn and Vicinity 1832 Records of the Female Anti-Slavery Society, Lynn 1836-1837 Female Anti-Slavery Society Membership Certificate, Lynn 1834 Program for the Anniversary of the Andover Anti-Slavery Society, 1836 Rev. Samuel Jackson Letter, Andover 1840 New England Women’s Auxiliary Association Meeting, 1864 William Lloyd Garrison Centennial Letter, Boston 1876 Letter from the Haverhill Council of Church Women in support of Civil Rights Bill, 1966 (1) Letter from the Haverhill Council of Church Women in support of Civil Rights Bill and Title IV, 1966 (2)
Using Essex History