Baptist church


Fayette St. (now Oliver St.) N.Y. 1808

..showing the buildings extending to Chatham St.

Creator:Hayward, George, ca. 1800- -- Lithographer 

Published Date: 1863 
Depicted Date: 1808 


Notes:Printed on border: 
"Drawn by G. Hayward, 171 Pearl St., N.Y., 
for D.T. Valentine's manual 1863." 
Discoloration on image. 


According to the NYG&BS:

New York's First Baptist Church dates its founding at 1745, and has just 
observed its 250th anniversary. Numerous other Baptist churches were formed at 
later dates. Records of several of these churches have been turned over to the 
American Baptist Historical Society in Rochester, N.Y. 
See Guide to Historical Resources in Monroe County, 
New York, Repositories, vol. 2 (1983), 
especially p. 8 [NY Co M7571, v.II]. 

New York Genealogical & Biographical Society also has the following:

Oliver Street 
[alias Second, Fayette St., Epiphany], 
marriages by the Rev. John Williams 1792-1844 
[Microfilm N.Y. 32.13]. 

See also B-Ann Moorhouse, 
"The Marriage Registers, 1796-1825, of the Oliver 
(formerly Fayette) Street Baptist Church, New York City," 
The NYG&B Newsletter 11 (2000): 31-32.



Digital ID: 809830
NYPL Call Number: PC NEW YC-Stre-(A-L)