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Records in the Walter E. Corbin Collection, comp. by Walter E. and Lottie S. Corbin, available from the New England Historic and Genealogical Society: Reels 3, 4: Belchertown Records are also also on microfiche from the Holbrook Institute.
Congregational: The Congregational Church was gathered in 1737 as the Church at Cold Spring; renamed when the town was incorporated, Belchertown First Congregational Church. The Congregational Society was organized in 1823. Ministers: Rev. Edward Billing, ordained 1739, dismissed 1752; Rev. Justus Forward, ordained 1756, died 1814. Deacons included John Smith (d. 1777), Aaron Lyman (d. 1780), Elijah Smith (d. 1770), Joseph Bridgman (d. 1773), Joseph Smith (d. 1803), Edward Smith, Elijah Dwight (d. 1795), Amasa Smith, Eliakim Phelps, and James Walker. "Church Records Book No. 1." 1756-1762, with other data to 1801. "No. 2 Records of the Church in Belchertown." 1764-1801. COPY "Records of Admission to Communion in the Chh at Belchertown - Baptisms - Marriage - Deaths &c. No. 3" 1764-1801. "Records of the Church of Christ." Proceedings, 1756-1802; records 1802-1832. "Records of Congregational Church, 1833-1849 inclusive." "Church Records." 1849-1892. Data to 1907. Church Records 1891-1928. "Society Records, Belchertown." 1834-1882. Brainerd Congregational Church existed from 1834 until 1841, merging with the First Congregational to form the Belchertown Congregational Church. Mark Doolittle, Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church of Belchertown (Northampton, 1852). Includes memberships lists and other information on individuals. Baptists: Town records mention Baptists, but all seem to have attended meetings in other towns, particularly Amherst and Wilbraham. Methodists: Belchertown had an active Methodist church from the early 19th century. Ethel Alden Collis, Methodists in Belchertown and Enfield, Massachusetts (1948). Roman Catholic: More information is needed on this denomination in Belchertown.
William E. Shaw, History of Belchertown in the 18th Century, ed. William A. Doubleday (Amherst, 1968).
Stone House Museum, 20 Maple Street, Belchertown, MA
McLaughlin Fish Hatchery, East Street (off Route 9), Belchertown, MA, 413-323-7671.
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