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Creator: St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818 Date: 1795/1837 Contributing Institution: African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Description: Absalom Jones was the founder of of St. Thomas. This bound manuscript is a register of births and baptisms performed by Jones from 1796 to 1830. Each record includes the child's date of birth, child's and parents' names, and date of baptism. The record of one marriage performed in 1795 is also in... View Full Item at African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1841/1862 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: A bound volume of birth certificates for members of Congregation Mikveh Israel, dating from 1841 to 1862. Each certificate includes the date of birth in both the Gregorian and Jewish calendars, the name of the newborn, parents' names, and the name of the shamas (the synagogue's sexton) recording ... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1843/1886 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: A bound volume of birth certificates for members of Congregation Mikveh Israel, dating from 1843 to 1886. Each certificate includes the date of birth in both the Gregorian and Jewish calendars, the name of the newborn, parents' names, and the name of the shamas (the synagogue's sexton) recording ... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1782/1783 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Minutes of the parnas (president of the congregation) and junta (board of managers) and general meetings of Congregation Mikveh Israel from 1782 to 1783. The majority of the minutes are concerned with funding and building a new synagogue. Other topics include the election of leaders, the need for... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1824/1870 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Meeting minutes of the Board of Managers, or "adjunta" of Congregation Mikveh Israel, from 1824 to 1870. Each entry includes the date and usually the location of the meeting, names of members present, and business discussed. Business discussed includes (but is not limited to): regular elections o... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Church of England Date: 1766 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: "The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches: and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordai... View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1768 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: One page, front and back, documenting "an account of work and materials" done at First Baptist Church in 1768. Expenses include, for example, supplies such as stone, brick, sand, wood, and nails, and services such as relocating corpses from a bank into the vaults, and building gutters for those v... View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society -
Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1796/1797 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: One page, front and back, listing the names of individuals interred in the First Presbyterian burial ground and the date and cost of their lot and burial service, from May 1, 1796 to May 1, 1797. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1798/1799 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: One page, front and back, listing the dates of burials, names of those buried, causes of death, and costs of burials at First Presbyterian Church between September 1998 and May 1799. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1800 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: List of persons buried at First Presbyterian Church from May 1, 1799 to May 1, 1800. Listings include the date of burial, name of deceased, relatives' names, age at time of death, and the amount paid to First Presbyterian for their burial. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1797/1798 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Record of people who were unaffiliated with any parish, buried at First Presbyterian Church from May 1, 1797 to May 1, 1798. Each burial listing includes the date, names of individual buried and relatives such as parents or spouses, and amount paid to First Presbyterian Church for burial. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1783/1799 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: 18 loose pages documenting the individuals buried in the graveyard of Second Presbyterian Church from 1783 to 1799. Individual burial dates are not included, but date ranges are provided. Children are often listed with only a parent's name, and it is noted if the decedent or parent is a stranger ... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1838/1860 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Record of persons buried at Second Presbyterian Church from 1838 to 1860. Burials are listed by permit number, and include date of death or burial, name of deceased, place of birth, age at time of death, occupation, cause of death, whether the deceased was a church member or stranger, grave locat... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1785/1808 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Account of people buried in the graveyard of Second Presbyterian Church from 1785 to 1808. Each listing through page 45 records the date of burial and name of deceased, or in some cases parent's name, and notes if the decedent or parent is a stranger to the church. An index of decedent age at tim... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1804/1867 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Record of persons buried in Second Presbyterian's northern burial ground between 1804 and 1867. Burials are grouped by range, then listed by plot number, with the name of the deceased and age at time of death. This bound manuscript was used by the exhumation crew when the graves were moved to Mou... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1804/1810 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Record of persons buried in Second Presbyterian's graveyard from 1804 to 1810. More details are included in this bound manuscript than in the sexton's records covering the same time period. The book is written in sideways to create a wider page for nine columns, including: name of deceased, place... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1804/1837 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: This bound manuscript holds three main groups of records, which are not in chronological order. First, sexton's records of burials from 1826 to 1832, including the date, person buried, and fees paid. Second, records of the sexton's expenditures dating from 1818 to 1837, including purchases of woo... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1851 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Record of persons buried at Second Presbyterian Church in 1851. Burials are listed by name of deceased, and include date and cause of death, age at time of death, and location of grave. View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1867 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Record of persons buried in Second Presbyterian Church's Noble Street burial ground, who were moved to Mt. Vernon cemetery in 1867. Each burial listing includes the original grave number, name of deceased, the location of their grave after re-interment at Mt. Vernon, and the type of grave marker ... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society -
Creator: Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1867 Contributing Institution: Presbyterian Historical Society Description: Record of persons buried in Second Presbyterian Church's Arch Street burial ground, who were moved to Mt. Vernon cemetery in 1867. Each burial listing includes the original grave location, name of deceased, the location of their grave after reinterment at Mt. Vernon, the size of their case and th... View Full Item at Presbyterian Historical Society