The Fredonia Baptist Church, or at times called the Fredonia Baptist Society or the Baptist Society of Pomfret, was formed in 1808. Zattu Cushing was the founder, and his barn was the first meeting house. The society built a wooden structure on the present site in the early 1820s. It served until 1852 when the present brick building was erected. Today's address is 19 Church St, Fredonia, NY 14063.
Book A of the Fredonia Baptist Church records consists of a small (6" x 8"), cloth-bound volume of minutes of church meetings and lists of members from 1821 to 1831. During most of this period, the church was known as the First Baptist Church of Pomfret. Church Clerk Martin D. Harmon began the practice of signing each set of minutes in 1831. At the beginning of Book A are unsigned copies of what appear to be the selected, or perhaps the only surviving, minutes of church meetings from 1805 to 1820, when the church was known simply as the Baptist Church of Pomfret.
Entries dated 1805-1814 Entries dated 1816-1819 Entries dated 1820-1821 Entries dated 1822 Entries dated 1823 Entries dated 1824 Entries dated 1825 |
Entries dated 1826 Entries dated 1827 Entries dated 1828 Entries dated 1829 Entries dated 1830 Entries dated 1831 Entries dated 1832 |
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