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The Glasite Church Part
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'Ledger': membership lists, notes, memoranda and rolls

Contains: Notes on the churches in America, with 'List of the members of the first Church of Christ in North America'. [Portsmouth, New Hampshire with their age, occupation, place of birth, dates of reception and excommunication, 1841;
List of men and women, 'Brethren in America, 1839;
Transcriptions of letters by Robert Sandeman and one by John Glas;
Sandeman's observations on the Song of Solomon, 1740;
Notes on the first marriage in London "without the Church of England ceremony", 1840;
Extracts from the life of John Barnard, 1777;
Notes on the formation of the London Church;
"Memoranda of a visit by T Boasey (sic) [Boosey] to Dundee, Arbroath, Perth, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Galashiels and Newcastle in 1843": apart from describing his visits to various congregations the author also mentions a trip on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. Also transcription of the Memoranda by Rufus Sweetman [2021] ;
Church Rolls for Aberdeen, Arbroath, Newcastle, Cupar, Edinburgh, Dunkeld, Galashiels, Perth, Hazlehall, Montrose, Old Buckingham (sic), Dundee, Glasgow, Paisley, and list of elders at London, York, Nottingham, Liverpool, Trowbridge, Lindhurst, and Chatham. 1808-1809
With basic index added in 20th century

The number and names of Christ's disciples in the United States of America'

'The number and names of Christ's disciples in the United States of America - and the distance of their places of residence from Danbury. 17th February 1817.' Lists of male and female members and church rolls, from 1788, in: Danbury, Newtown, Newhaven, Turnbull, Stratford and Bridgeport, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; Taunton, Deerfield, and Boston, Massachusetts; Gray and Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Vergennes, Shelburne, Vermont; Harpersfield, Whitesborough, and New York City, New York; Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The author mentions that New Haven, Connecticut and Portsmouth, New Hampshire once had members but that there are none there at the time of writing. Also gives list of men and women who are 'Jesus Christ's Disciples in Dundee on 29 January 1747'

Church Rolls of the Glassites and Sandemanites'

Notebook containing lists of the following congregations, often listing men and women separately: Great Britain: Tealing (list of members who agreed to break away from the Church of Scotland in 1725), and later lists (1751-1753), York (1786), Dundee (1782-1783), Perth (1751 and 1782-1832), Dunkeld (1798), Aberdeen (1751), Arbroath (n.d.), Montrose (n.d.), Glasgow (n.d.), Wooler (1753), Newcastle (n.d.). United States: Danbury, Connecticut (1782 and 1858), Newark, New Jersey (1858), Norwalk, Connecticut (1858). Also contains a list of churches in Scotland and England giving membership totals and an estimate of the number of members in America 1782. Also mentions that James Allen was the first English Elder in 1762.

'Roll of the Church of Perth with lists of the Scattered Brethren in connection therewith at home and abroad. Made up as at June 1848, with alterations subsequent thereto.'

Includes additional rolls for 1863, updated to 1875, for 1876, updated to 1912, and for 1912, updated to 1932. Includes a list of members present when the Perth Church closed on 14 October 1928.
Also contains 'List of Brethren who have died in the Church of Perth, 1832-1910' and 'Brethren at Arbroath and neighbourhood connected with Church at Perth', 1841-1862;
Also, 'Brethren in the East Indies connected with Church at Perth', 1835-1861 and 'Brethren in Glasgow connected with the Church of Perth', 1844-1845

'Dundee 1877'

Contains membership lists of the church at Dundee, 1877, also members list of an unnamed church in London [probably Albion Road, Barnsbury], 1883-1888, with 'Church Members in America', 1886-1889 and Halifax, Nova Scotia, n.d.

Membership lists of the churches in the UK and America

Lists of members, when they joined, were excluded, restored and died, including Michael Faraday and his family. Churches listed include Liverpool, London, Tunstall, Clapham, Nottingham, Trowbridge, Brampton Moor [Chesterfield], Banham, Old Buckenham, Newcastle, York, Whitehaven, Kirkby Lonsdale, Dundee, Edinburgh, Perth, Dunkeld, Arbroath, Glasgow, Cupar, Aberdeen, Galashiels. Also includes lists for the Church in North America, including Danbury, Newton, Connecticut; New York, Harpersfield, New York; Vermont; Providence, Rhode Island; Greenfield, Taunton, Massachusetts; Ohio. There are several songs at the end of the volume and an account of the visit of the American Brethren in 1834

Edinburgh church roll

Includes notes on the ordination of Elders, memo in cases of offence arising, order of readings and order of service.

Membership lists, songs, poems, prayers and scriptures

Volume containing membership lists for Dundee, Leith, Aberdeen, Perth, Glasgow, Paisley, Dornoch, London, New England, with the names of the members of the Tealing congregation who broke away from the Established Church in 1725. Also includes assorted poems, songs and writings, including the Lord's Prayer in several languages, comparative alphabets, and a devotional list of scriptures compiled by James Scott.

Elderly lady

Framed photograph of seated lady in lace shawl and bonnet by C Davis, Edinburgh & Glasgow
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