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First Parish (Hingham, Mass.)

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Corporate name headingFirst Parish (Hingham, Mass.)
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Variant(s)First Parish in Hingham (Hingham, Mass.)
First Church in Hingham (Hingham, Mass.)
Old Ship Church (Hingham, Mass.)
Church of Christ in Hingham (Hingham, Mass.)
First Church and Parish in Hingham (Hingham, Mass.)
Beginning date1635-09
Special noteThe following is a valid AACR2 heading: Church of Christ in Hingham (Hingham, Mass.)
Found inOrder of exercises, at the meeting house of the First Parish, July 4, 1842, 1842.
MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: First Parish (Hingham, Mass.); usage: First Parish; First Parish in Hingham; First Church in Hingham; note: formed Sept. 1635)
Newsletter, Nov. 12, 1992: caption ("Old Ship Church, First Parish in Hingham")
Weis. List of the Unitarian Churches and Their Ministers in the United States and Canada, 1947: p.220 ("Sept. 18, 1635. Hingham, Massachusetts. The First Parish in Hingham (Church of Christ in Hingham [no publs. in LC database]; First Church in Hingham, Sept. 1635; First Parish in Hingham, March 6, 1721) became Unitarian without division in church or parish under Dr. Gay (First Parish)")
A vindication of the proceedings of the First Church and Parish in Hingham in settling the Rev. Joseph Richardson, A.M. as their Gospel minister, 1807.