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Excerpt from Concise History of the First Church of Christ, in Ipswich, From Its Formation, A. D. 1634, to A. D. 1862, Also the Confession of Faith and Covenant: With the Rules of Order and of Discipline, to Which Are Annexed the Names of Its Members
In Governor Winthrop's Journal, Vol. 1, page 120, is the following record under date of March, 1633. The Governor's son, John Winthrop, went with 12 more to begin a plantation at Agawam, after called Ipswich.
Under date of November 26, same year, it is recorded Mr. Wilson (by leave of the Congregation of Boston, whereof he is pastor) went to Agawam to teach the people of that plantation, because they have yet no minister.
And again of date April 3, 1634. The Governor went on foot to Agawam, and because the people wanted a minister, spent the Sabbath with them and exercised by way of prophecy and returned home on the loth.
These last two entries show, that religious worship was instituted at Ipswich as early as November, 1633, but that no minister was settled in April, 1634. The exact time of the organization of the Church can not be inferred from these dates; but circumstances favor the belief, that it was soon after that last named.
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