1716-1737 1716-1737 Edward Holyoke MinisterEdward Holyoke Minister

1716 1716 First Meetinghouse First Meetinghouse

1738-1770 1738-1770 Simon Bradstreet - Simon Bradstreet - MinisterMinister

1771-18021771-1802Isaac Story - MinisterIsaac Story - Minister

18021802Isaac Mansfield - Board Isaac Mansfield - Board PresidentPresident

Edward Holyoke left Marblehead to be the President of Harvard College.

18031803William Reed - Board William Reed - Board PresidentPresident

The famous poet William Carlos Williamswas a Unitarian.

1803-18081803-1808Hezekiah May - Hezekiah May - MinisterMinister

1807-18081807-1808Joshua Prentiss - Board Joshua Prentiss - Board PresidentPresident

A Unitarian cartoonist – Thomas Nast – “invented” Santa Claus as a kindly figure representing Christmas.

1810-18151810-1815Nathaniel Hooper - Board Nathaniel Hooper - Board PresidentPresident

Unitarian Charles Follen introduced the Christmas tree at a party at his Cambridge home in 1832

1811-18491811-1849John Bartlett - MinisterJohn Bartlett - Minister

1816-18171816-1817William Reed - Board William Reed - Board PresidentPresident

Minister John Bartlett was responsible for the founding of Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital.

1818-18191818-1819Nathaniel Hooper - Nathaniel Hooper - Board Board PresidentPresident

Hans Deutsch, an Austrian artist, first brought together the chalice and the flame as a Unitarian symbol dur ing his work with the Unitarian Service Committee during World War II.

1820-18211820-1821Capt. John Riley - Capt. John Riley - Board Board PresidentPresident

Once upon a time religious liberals who didn't believe in the trinity of God became known as Unitarians. 

1821-18241821-1824Nathaniel Hooper - Nathaniel Hooper - Board Board PresidentPresident

Those who believed in universal salvation instead of hell became known as Universalists

1824-18251824-1825John Trent - Board John Trent - Board PresidentPresident

In 1961 the Unitarians and Universalists merged into one association of liberal congregations – the Unitarian Universalists.

1826-18291826-1829Samuel Turner - Board Samuel Turner - Board PresidentPresident

Unitarian Universalism has no set beliefs, and that is its defining characteristic.

18321832New Meetinghouse builtNew Meetinghouse built

1832-18331832-1833Joseph W Green - Joseph W Green - Board Board PresidentPresident

We believe that personal experience, conscience and reason should be the final authorities in religion, and that in the end religious authority lies not in a book or person or institution, but in ourselves. We are a "non-creedal" religion: we do not ask anyone to subscribe to a creed.

18341834David Blaney - Board David Blaney - Board PresidentPresident

A 2001 survey of UUs in the midwest showed that they describe themselves as:

1835-18361835-1836John Chandler - Board John Chandler - Board PresidentPresident

Unitarian Edmond Halley was an English astronomer who calculated the orbit of the comet now called Halley's comet.

18371837John Truitt - Board John Truitt - Board PresidentPresident

Alexander Graham Bell came across a Unitarian pamphlet and found its theology congenially undogmatic. 'I have always considered myself as an Agnostic,' he wrote to his wife ‘but I have now discovered that I am a Unitarian Agnostic.'

18381838David Blaney - Board David Blaney - Board PresidentPresident

Joseph Priestley was one of the first Unitarians in Britain. Best known for his discovery of oxygen, when his home and church in England were burned down, he came to America.

18391839Benjamin A Robinson - Benjamin A Robinson - Board Board PresidentPresident

Horace Greeley – newspaper publisher and author of the statement “Go west, young man, go west” was a Universalist.

18401840Samuel Turner - Board Samuel Turner - Board PresidentPresident

Pete Seeger, famed folk singer, was a Unitarian.

1841-18421841-1842Benjamin A Robinson - Benjamin A Robinson - Board Board PresidentPresident

The funeral for Captain James Mugford, famed Revolutionary War hero – was held in this meetinghouse. It was a huge affair.

18431843John Truitt - Board PresidentJohn Truitt - Board President

UU social justice activist, writer and poet, Lydia Maria Child, wrote the song “Over the River and Through the Woods . . .

18441844Stephan P Hathaway - Stephan P Hathaway - Board Board PresidentPresident

Unitarian minister James Pierpont wrote the song “Jingle Bells”

1845-18471845-1847John Truitt - Board PresidentJohn Truitt - Board President

1848-18491848-1849George Wilson - Board George Wilson - Board PresidentPresident

1849-18561849-1856Benjamin Huntoon - MinisterBenjamin Huntoon - Minister

18501850David Blaney - Board PresidentDavid Blaney - Board President

18511851Benjamin Lindsay - Board Benjamin Lindsay - Board PresidentPresident

1853-18581853-1858David Blaney - Board PresidentDavid Blaney - Board President

1859-18611859-1861Benjamin Lindsay - Board Benjamin Lindsay - Board PresidentPresident

1860-18641860-1864Samuel R Calthrope - MinisterSamuel R Calthrope - Minister

1862-18651862-1865Dr. H. H. F. Whittemore - Dr. H. H. F. Whittemore - Board Board PresidentPresident

1864-18661864-1866David Blaney - Board PresidentDavid Blaney - Board President

1866-18681866-1868James H Wiggin - MinisterJames H Wiggin - Minister

18671867F. W. L. Huntoon - Board F. W. L. Huntoon - Board PresidentPresident

1868-18691868-1869David Blaney - Board PresidentDavid Blaney - Board President

1868-18721868-1872William B Buxton - MinisterWilliam B Buxton - Minister

1870 - 18711870 - 1871Dr. H H F Whitemore - Board Dr. H H F Whitemore - Board PresidentPresident

1872-18921872-1892Stephen P Hathaway Jr - Board Stephen P Hathaway Jr - Board PresidentPresident

1873-18841873-1884Benjamin H Bailey - MinisterBenjamin H Bailey - Minister

1886-18901886-1890James K Applebee - MinisterJames K Applebee - Minister

1891-18921891-1892John B Barnhill - MinisterJohn B Barnhill - Minister

1893-18961893-1896Samuel P Hathaway - Board Samuel P Hathaway - Board PresidentPresident

1893-18991893-1899Henry C McDougall - MinisterHenry C McDougall - Minister

1902-19051902-1905Albert Walkley - MinisterAlbert Walkley - Minister

1907-19091907-1909Arthur P Bartlett - Board Arthur P Bartlett - Board PresidentPresident

19101910Joseph S Wormstead - Board Joseph S Wormstead - Board PresidentPresident

1911-19151911-1915Arthur P Bartlett - Board Arthur P Bartlett - Board PresidentPresident

19101910Meetinghouse burns downMeetinghouse burns down

19111911New Meetinghouse completedNew Meetinghouse completed