St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Methodists]]> Methodist Church]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church fund raising]]> Methodists]]> Methodist Church]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Burial records]]> Cemeteries]]>
This manuscript documents the agreement between the Trustees of First Baptist and a Mr. William Brown that Mr. Brown would "in a good workmanlike manner and according to the best of his art and skill" remove all remains to Mount Moriah.

In 2016, human remains were uncovered at the Arch Street site by a construction crew. The effort to identify and re-inter those remains are documented at archstbones.org.]]> Manuscripts]]> Contracts]]> ]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church membership]]> Presbyterians]]> Presbyterian Church]]>
Also included is a letter dated November 17th, 1894 from a researcher interested in "Pennsylvania's early citizens" and listing approximately 90 names connected with First Presbyterian. Numbers penciled in next to the names refer to the page numbers of the bound manuscript on which the name can be found.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Baptism and church membership]]> Baptists]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Catholics]]>
The first page of the manuscript lists the Trustees of Holy Trinity from 1819 to 1826. Next is a summary of the numbers of "baptismi" (baptisms), "sepultura" (burials) and "matrimonia" (marriages) performed by each "pastore" (shepherd, reverend) from 1790 to 1823.

A chronological list of the baptisms performed by Reverend Wilhelmus Elling from 1799 to 1806 begins on image 9 and runs through image 82. Each entry includes name, date of birth, date of baptism, parents' names and names of sponsors. Some entries include the signatures of the parents and sponsors.

Image 83 lists all the infants who were buried in 1806. A chronological listing of burials from 1796 to 1798 takes up the remainder of the manuscript. Entries include the date of death, and sometimes place of death.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Farmer, Ferdinand, 1720-1786]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Marriage records]]>
Note: Some page scans are missing, photographs have been inserted as placeholders until the book can be re-scanned.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Farmer, Ferdinand, 1720-1786]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Marriage records]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Molyneux, Robert, 1738-1808]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Marriage records]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Lutherans]]> Episcopalians]]> Lutheran Church]]> Episcopal Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Lutherans]]> Baptismal records]]> Marriage records]]> Burial records]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Clergy]]> Lutheran Church]]>
Baptismal records are found on images 5-67 (1750-1780) and 191-203 (1780-1788).

Burial records from are found on images 2-4 (1787-1789) and 177-190 (1750-1776).

Marriage records from are found on images 4-5 (1778); 68-158 (1750-1779); and 169-175 (1779-1780); and 204-237 (1779-1789).

Although the vast majority of records in this bound volume are baptisms, burials and marriages, images 158 to 168 include accounts of the experiences of several early pastors of Gloria Dei in the 1730s, 1740s and 1750s. These pages include notes from meetings with the congregation and vestry.

Some entries are written in Swedish.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Marriage records]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Catholics]]>
Baptisms are listed chronologically from images 11 to 28, then from images 33 to 39. Baptismal records include the date, name of person baptized, pastor, parents, and sponsors. A name index for baptismal records begins on image 91.

Some burial information, including the interment of infants and paupers, can be found interspersed in the baptismal records, from images 23 to 25. The names of congregants buried at Holy Trinity are listed by date on images 29 to 32.

Marriages records, some quite detailed, are recorded in images 41 to 90.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818]]> St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Baptismal records]]> African American churches]]> Episcopal Church]]> African Americans]]> Episcopalians]]> Registers (Lists)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Baptists]]> Cemeteries]]> Burial records]]> Church finance]]>
Note: A piece of the page is missing, due to deterioration.]]>
Expenses on the recto include materials such as brick from Isaac Coats (9000 bricks at 24s/) [image 1], lime, sand, oak and pine boards, cedar boards for lining vault doors, nails, hooks, staples, and hinges. Labor costs include digging away a bank, wheeling dirt, moving corpses out of the bank and placing them in vaults, spreading dirt, making centers and coverings for vaults, building gutters, turning arches over vaults, laying stone work, building a common sewer, walling up steps, laying herringbone pavement, and making and hanging vault doors [image 1]. A payment for damage done in Mr. Dunkin's garden is also recorded [image 1]. The total on the recto comes to £87 0s 3½d.

The verso contains individual accounts for Joseph Watkins Senior, Benjamin Loxley, Samuel Davis, and Samuel Miles, each debited to Joseph Watkins Jr. for sundries and workmanship related to their vaults [image 2]. The Baptist Church account for the front wall of the vaults, foundation of a little house, return and common sewer, pavement, stopping a gateway, and arching the little house totals £33 17s 6d [image 2]. Per Contra entries record cash payments received between September 1768 and March 1769 [image 2]. Additional itemized expenses include work by Hughes & Crawford on imposts and keys, making centers and coverings, iron hooks, oak scantling, hinges, and vault door construction [image 2]. Credits include cash for moving corpses, hinges and fastenings, and rum [image 2].]]> Manuscripts]]> Account books]]> ]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Burial records]]> Lutherans]]> Episcopalians]]> Cemeteries]]> Lutheran Church]]> Episcopal Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Burial records]]> Catholics]]> Cemeteries]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Burial records]]> Catholics]]> Cemeteries]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Burial records]]> Catholics]]> Cemeteries]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Burial records]]> Catholics]]> Cemeteries]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Marriage records]]> Church records and registers]]>
Note: Text on pages i-iv is in German.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Baptismal records]]> Marriage records]]> Burial records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Lord's Supper]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Baptismal records]]> Church membership]]> Marriage records]]> Burial records]]> Church records and registers]]>
Note: blank pages were not scanned.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> St. George's Methodist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> African Americans]]> Itinerancy (Church polity)]]> Methodists]]> Methodist Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church committees]]> Come before them." The minutes of this committee, recorded on both sides of four loose sheets, include the dates of meetings, members present, and committee work discussed, including registering deeds, paying leases, collecting interest on accounts, and consolidating records.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Love feasts]]> Sermons]]> Church membership]]> Hymns]]> Church management]]> Church records and registers]]> Indians of North America]]> Baptismal records]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Church schools]]> Love feasts]]> Church membership]]> Burial records]]> Sermons]]> Indians of North America]]> Baptismal records]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Sermons]]> Church membership]]> Quakers]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Love feasts]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church membership]]> Baptismal records]]> Burial records]]> Sermons]]> Love feasts]]> African Americans]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Diaries]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church finance]]> Church buildings]]> Church discipline]]> Church membership]]> Church management]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Pews and pew rights]]>
There is an alphabetical index of church members' names at the back of the book.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church management]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church finance]]> Church membership]]> Church fund raising]]> Church discipline]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Poor]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church membership]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church membership]]> Church discipline]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church membership]]> Church discipline]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church fund raising]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church membership]]> Church management]]> Church finance]]> Church discipline]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church fund raising]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Baptists]]> Church management]]> Church fund raising]]> Church discipline]]> Church membership]]> Church committees]]> Church buildings]]> Church finance]]> Poor]]> Charity]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church discipline]]> Presbyterians]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church committees]]> Church membership]]> First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]>
Entries note the date and place of meetings, members present, and business discussed. Topics include but are not limited to: the purchase of new grounds and building of a new meeting house; the assignment of pews and pew rents and later a rise in pew rents to help the church out of debt; fees for baptisms and terms for burials; the choice of a new minister; discipline of members for ill behavior; and application for a charter.]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Corporate minutes]]> Presbyterians]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church buildings]]> Church membership]]> Church discipline]]> Cemeteries]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church committees]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Church finance]]> Church management]]> Church committees]]> Presbyterians]]> Corporate minutes]]> Church discipline]]> Pews and pew rights]]> Church buildings]]> Cemeteries]]> Church membership]]> Presbyterian Church]]> Minutes (Records)]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Death registers]]> Catholics]]> Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Registers of births, etc.]]> Catholics]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> First Moravian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Moravian Church]]> Moravians]]> Cemeteries]]> Church records and registers]]> Burial records]]>
Several notes about individuals buried at Potter's Field in Philadelphia are included on the final page.

This manuscript was likely sent or intended to be sent to church leadership in Bethlehem, PA.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church finance]]> African American churches]]> African Americans]]> Episcopal Church]]> Church records and registers]]> Episcopalians]]>
This bound manuscript is a record of people who donated to the Society, or were paid for a service. The transactions span the years 1790 to 1792.

The manuscript also includes a list of the names of church members who owed pew rent up to Easter Monday 1840, and five loose pew receipts dating from 1840 and 1870s.]]> Account books]]> Manuscripts]]> ]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Lutherans]]> Burial records]]> Cemeteries]]> Lutheran Church]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Church records and registers]]> Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)]]> Lutherans]]> Episcopalians]]> Burial records]]> Cemeteries]]> Lutheran Church]]>
Note: Blank pages were not scanned, resulting in some gaps in page numbering.]]> Manuscripts]]> Registers (Lists)]]> ]]>