Browse the Pilgrim Congregational Church records in Merrimac, Massachusetts

The parish which would come to be known as Merrimac was first organized in 1725 in Amesbury, Mass. A year later, the church itself was founded as the Second Church of Christ in Amesbury. The town of Merrimac separated from Amesbury in 1876, and in 1879 the church was renamed to the First Congregational Church in Merrimac, though it was popularly referred to as the Pilgrim Congregational Church. Also in 1879, the First Orthodox Congregational Society was incorporated, replacing the earlier West Parish Congregational Society. The First Orthodox Congregational Church of Merrimac was incorporated in 1894 and the First Orthodox Congregational Society was dissolved.

The Pilgrim Congregational Church continues to serve the Merrimac community today, and is a member of the United Church of Christ.

The digital collections below include three volumes of church records spanning 1726-1843, as well as two volumes of parish records including one bound and one loose, and a document containing the last will and testament of Rev. Paine Wingate.