First Parish Church Historical Committee

Parish Historians provide a vital service in keeping our church history documented and available.
They are also a valuable resource for the town.

Significant Events 1698 Church "gathered" as Puritan town church     (farmers parish of Watertown) 1700 First meeting house in use 1713 Town of Weston established 1722 Second meeting house built 1801 Paul Revere bell installed 1822 First Sunday school opens 1830 Gradual shift to Unitarian theology started   1840 Third meeting house built 1841 Ladies' Benevolent Society organized 1875 Town placed town clock on church 1879 Voluntary system replaced tax assessment 1888 Fourth meeting house finished (present stone church) 1899 Tiffany window installed (west end of sanctuary) 1913 Conant Road parsonage built 1918 Transept provided more space for choir 1918 Hook and Hastings organ installed 1924 Parish House completed 1930 Sears Memorial Chapel completed 1953 Connick window installed above altar (east end of sanctuary) 1966 Roxbury-Weston Preschool opened 1968 New wing built and breezeway enclosed 1991 New name adopted:   The First Parish Church in Weston 1998 Memorial Garden established

Ministers 1. 1703 - 1706 Mr. Joseph Mors 2. 1709 - 1750 Rev. William Williams, Jr. 3. 1751 - 1782 Rev. Samuel Woodward 4. 1783 - 1814 Rev. Samuel Kendal 5. 1815 - 1865 Rev. Joseph Field, Jr. 6. 1866 - 1876 Rev. Edmund H. Sears 7. 1876 - 1879 Rev. Francis B. Hornbrooke   8. 1880 - 1882 Rev. Hobart Clark 9. 1882 - 1916 Rev. Charles F. Russell 10. 1916 - 1926 Rev. Palfrey Perkins 11. 1927 - 1964 Rev. Miles Hanson, Jr. 12. 1964 - 1995 Rev. Harry H. Hoehler 13. 1975 - 1995 Rev. Judith L. Hoehler 14. 1995 -   Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Wintle Assistant and Associate Ministers 1996 - 1999 Rev. Edwin J. Moreano Assistant 1996 - 1999 Rev. Jean M. Sullivan Assistant 1999 - 2006 Rev. Suzanne R. Spencer  Associate 2007 -   Rev. Peter Boullata Associate Covenants 1709 First, Having perused the Confession of Faith put forth by the last Synod of Churches, held in Boston ...  1720 You do thankfully acknowledge ye Divine goodness towards you, that you have bin by ye act of Your ... 1741 Voted, Whereas Some serious Persons may have Scruples in their minds about Making a Relation of ...  1867 The following Statement of Faith, the original of which was prepared for the Channing church in ... 1884 At a meeting of the church of the First Parish of Weston, February 24, 1884, the Reverend Charles ... 1984   In the love of truth and in the spirit of   Jesus Christ we join for the worship of God   and the service of humankind.