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Bristol’s Congregational Churches and Loyal History
The Bristol community built a strong church presence since 1681, starting with a 250 pound effort to erect a Meeting House and house for the minister. Early feuds over salaries and two major revivals shaped a long line of pastors, culminating in the 1855 main church on Bradford and High streets and later chapel added by the DeWolf sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Congregational Church
Nathaniel Bosworth
Benjamin Woodbridge
Woodbridge
Samuel Lee
Church of Christ In
Catholic Congregational Society
Catholic Congregational Church
First Congregational Church In
Lee
England
John Burt
Henry Wight
Isaac Lewis
Griswold
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Joel Mann
Wight
Lewis
Congregational
Bradford and
High Streets
Charlotte DeWolf
Maria DeWolf Rogers
William Walker
High
Wood Streets
James Orem
Orem
James McSparran
McSparlan
Narragansett
New England
Church of England
Nathaniel Cotton