Early Church Records

Records of the First Parish Church of Acton

(From microfilm copies at the Acton Memorial Library).

• Records of Rev. John Swift (1738-1775)  and Rev. Moses Adams (1777-1819) (Internet Archive)
• Records of Rev. Marshall Shedd (1820-1831)  (6.5 MB PDF)
• First Parish Church Records, 1825-1860 (13 MB PDF (election warrants, minutes of meetings, and other clerical records)

Records of the Evangelical Congregational Church, 1832-1932 and Records of the Evangelical Society, 1832-1910, are available on microfilm (Town records, reel 25).

For the history of the early church in Acton, see:

“The Church of Acton, A Moment in History,” in 1973 Town of Acton Annual Report, excerpted from:  James L. Parker,  Division in Early Nineteenth Century Massachusetts Congregationalism: A Study of the Church in the Town of Acton.  Thesis, Tufts Univ., 1965. (Act Coll 974.44 A188)

A Brief History of the Acton Congregational Church [Frances Moretti, Church Historian; and committee, 1982].   (Ref 974.44 A188)