The First Congregational Church is the oldest church in Bristol, founded at the same time as the town itself. It was originally known as the Catholic Congregational Society. The current church building stands on High Street, one block north of the Town Common. After the Revolution, the church was led by the Reverend Henry Wight, a revolutionary veteran originally from Medfield, Massachusetts. The First Congregational Church is now part of the United Church of Christ.
FCC Congregants who served in the Revolutionary War include:
Jonathan Bosworth, Samuel Bosworth, Benjamin Bourne, Shearjashub Bourne, Simeon Bullock, Constant Church, Nathaniel Church, Peter Church, Thomas Church, George Coggeshall, James DeWolf, William DeWolf, Thomas Diman, William Diman, Jonathan Drowne, Solomon Drowne, Aaron Easterbrooks, Isaac Eslick, Jonathan Fales, Nathaniel Fales, Nathaniel Fales Jr., William Fales, Loring Finney, Jeremiah Finney, Barnard Haile, Thomas Holmes, John Howland, Samuel Howland, Jeremiah Ingraham, Samuel Linsey, John May, Archibald Munro, John Norris, Samuel Oxx, Stephen Paine, Samuel R. Paine, Jonathan Peck, Loring Peck, Thomas Peck, Joseph Read, Samuel Read, George Reynolds, Jonathan Reynolds, Joseph Reynolds, Samuel Reynolds, Hezekiah Salisbury, James Smith, Josiah Smith, Richard Smith, Stephen Smith, Edward Talby, Stephen Talby, William Tomlin, Leonard Waldron, Nathaniel Waldron, Newton Waldron, Thomas Waldron, Daniel Wardwell, Jonathan Wardwell, Josiah Wardwell, Stephen Wardwell, William Wardwell, Nathaniel Hicks West
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