First Congregational Church (Quincy, Mass.)

found: First Church (Braintree, Mass.). The report of a committee of the First Church in Braintree, 1753(name not given)

found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: First Congregational Church (Quincy, Mass.); usage: First Congregational Church; First Congregational Society; First Parish Church in Quincy; First Church of Christ in Quincy; variant: First Church; note: established 1639 as First Church (Braintree, Mass.); 1792 Quincy set off as separate town; name changed to First Congregational Church (Quincy, Mass.))

found: LC manual cat.(hdg.: Quincy, Mass. First Church of Christ; usage (1890): First Church of Christ in Quincy; note: org. 1639, the First Church of Braintree, Mass. was divided in 1708; the original settlement became the North Precinct, set off in 1792 as the town of Quincy; corporate name (1915) is First Congregational Society of Quincy, however, is commonly known as the First Church of Christ)

found: United First Parish Church (Unitarian), Church of the Presidents, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1996:t.p. (United First Parish Church (Unitarian)) p. xvi (a designated Nat'l Historic Landmark; houses remains of 2nd and 6th U.S. pres., John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and their wives) p. xvii (entered for Nat'l Historic Landmark status, Dec. 30, 1970; in Nat'l Reg. of Historic Places) p. 3 (since 1639, when est'd as Braintry [i.e. Braintree] Church) p. 7 (First Congregational Church of Quincy) p. 16 (1824, First Parish incorporated as Congregational Society of Quincy) p. 37 (First Congregational Society of Quincy) [U.S. Nat'l Park Service, Historic structure rept.]

found: Phone call to Church, 12/10/96(name changed to United First Parish Church (Unitarian) in ca. 1950s)

notfound: Nat. reg. hist. pl., 1976 (Mass., Norfolk County, Quincy: United First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Quincy)