Chronicles of the Old Congregational Church

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Excerpt from Chronicles of the Old Congregational Church: At Great Yarmouth, 1642 to 1858 It consists of a few meagre extracts from the original Church Book, followed by "A Chronological List of the Ministers belonging to the Congregational Church at Yarmouth in Norfolk, from the year 1643 to the present time." The date represented by "the present time" is not mentioned, but the last minister named "was chosen in 1798 and left in 179-, " although the record goes on to state that this worthy published a book in 1809. The ministers included in this list, subsequent to the year 1732, are those who presided over that section of the Church which afterwards became Unitarian. Mrs. G. D. Palmer's book bears the autograph of her grandson, Mr. F. D. Palmer by whose kindness it appears to have come into our possession comparatively recently. A few fragments are all that we have in addition to the foregoing, and it is to that rich mine of Nonconformist lore, Dr. Williams Library, that we must turn for full and detailed information. Here we find, (1) a complete copy of the original Church Book (or probably books) made with minute care, in 1846, by Joseph Davey, most diligently annotated, and containing a wealth of information bearing not only on the history of the Church, but also upon that of the times contemporary, (2) a history of the Congregational Church at Great Yarmouth, from 1642 until the recognition of the Rev. Alexander Creak, embodying and including all the above mentioned, and much more, the whole written in a style of high literary merit, and representing an enormous amount of labour and painstaking research. Mr. Davey's daughter is still living, and by the kindness of her friend, Miss Russell, the writer is able to give the following details as to the author to whom we owe so much. Mr. Davey was an accountant by profession, a man of culture and literary tastes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.