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1620
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Pilgrims
set foot set at Plymouth Rock, The Colony of Massachusetts Bay
established
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1638
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First trade boat
with slaves as cargo arrived in Boston
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1646
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Town of Andover
incorporated (originally present day North Andover + Andover)
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1691
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Earliest gravestone
still remaining in the North Parish Burial Yard
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*1708
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South Parish in
Andover established by the Great and General Court of Boston
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*1710
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Robert Russell is
the first person buried in the South Parish burial ground
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*1711
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The Church in the
South Parish of Andover founded, Rev. Samuel Phillips, pastor
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*1771/72
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The Rev. Samuel
Phillips dies, The Rev. Jonathan French installed as pastor
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April
19, 1775
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300+
men from Andover answered The Alarm and chased the British troops
from Lexington back to Boston
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1778
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Phillips Academy
established
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1783
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Slavery abolished
in Massachusetts
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1808
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Andover Theological
Seminary established
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*1809
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Rev. French died
after 37 years of service, the pulpit is not filled for 3 years
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1811
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Andover Theological
Seminary established
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*1812
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The third pastor of
South Church is installed, The Rev. Justin Edwards
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*1814
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First
Missionary society formed, called “The Andover South Parish
Society for the Reformation of Morals”, and two auxiliary
societies formed in:
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*1815
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The Female
Charitable Society
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*1816
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The Juvenile Bible
Society
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*1818
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The practice of
Sabbath School began
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*1818
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The Sewing Society
formed
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1826
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West Parish Church
is the last Congregational Church established by the state
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1828
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Sarah Abbot
established The Abbot Female Academy
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1832
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Baptist society
forms in Andover
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*1833
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All
missions committees are managed together under a Christian
Benevolence department. The
four leading committees were Foreign Missions, Home Missions, the
Tract Society, and the Education Society
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1834
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Official separation
of Church and State effected in Massachusetts
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1835
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Abraham Marland
formed Christ Church as an Episcopal church in Andover
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1836
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Methodist Church
formed in Andover
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*1840
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South Church voted
anti-slavery language into their “Rules of Order”
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1846
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Free Christian
Church formed in Andover
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1855
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North Andover split
from Andover, church renamed South Parish Church
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*1861
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Present church
building erected
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1865
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The Town held its
funeral service for President Lincoln at South Church
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*1901
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Fire destroyed
cemetery and other church records
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*1913
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Memorial Boulder
placed in Cemetery as a tribute to the early settlers
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*1932
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Parish
welfare and trust responsibilities dissolved, church renamed South
Church in Andover
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