MEMBERSHIP RECORDS OF THE UNITARIAN CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, NOW THE MAY MEMORIAL UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1838

(The dates which appeared on available file cards do not necessarily mean this person was taken into the membership on that date. It means they were present and signed the register. Not all church members actually signed “the book,” our membership document. Thanks to members of the Syracuse Genealogical Society for their efforts in compiling membership information for our first one hundred years.)

UNITARIAN CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY IN SYRACUSE NY

CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH

Sept 3, 1838

We the undersigned, professing our belief in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and the Saviour of the world; in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as containing the revelation of God to man, and as a sufficient rule of faith and practise, and desiring to walk in all the ordinances and commandments of the Lord, blameless, do hereby form ourselves into a Christian Church, under the name of the Unitarian Church of Syracuse. We agree and covenant with each other as in the presence of Almighty God, to continue in the Fellowship of this Church, in a regular attendance on Christian ordinances, in the exercise of Christian affection, in the maintenance of Christian liberty, in the pursuit of Christian truth, so long and so far as shall appear to us to be our duty.

The following names are facsimile copies which are affixed to the original draft of the church covenant as written above: Rev. John P. B. Storer, 1840-1844

Rev. Samuel J. May, 1845-1869

Rev. Samuel R. Calthrop, 1868-

Dedicated Nov. 23, 1843

Rededicated Apr. 11, 1853

1884: This church is on the corner of Lock & Burnet Sts. in Syracuse. Owing to the proximity to the “West Shore” Railroad, a new church is being built on James St. It is to be known as the May Memorial Church.

1885: Oct. 20 – dedication. The Unitarian Cong. Church Soc. in Syracuse, N.Y. – May Memorial Church. Rev. Samuel R. Calthrop, pastor. We the undersigned of the May Mem. church, recognizing the great truths for which it has always stood, do here affix our names along with those of its members of other days, in token that we desire to do all in our power to help its future to be worthy of its honored past.

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	OCCASION	DATE	COMMENTS ON CARD
[Biwsije]	W. J.		Oct. 1, 1850	Membership. Pewholder
[Brydew]			Jan. 5, 1903	Membership May 1849
[Herick]	G. W.		Mar. 25, 1839	Membership
[P]olley	Edward		Mar. 25, 1839	Membership
[Parson] or [Powarm]	Jeremiah C.		Oct. 18, 1838	Membership
[Rohe] or [Robe]	L. B.		1884	Membership 1880. Pewholder renter
[Ukan]	Morris W.		Apr. 12, 1925	Membership Oct. 1901
[Walkeys]	J/		1880	Membership. Sub. list 1878
[Wiare]	W. C.		1879	Membership. Subscript list
Abbott	Nancy W.	[1]	Sept. 3, 1838
Abbott	Stephen	[2]	Sept. 3, 1838
Abbott	Stephen	[3]	Feb. 8 1839	Elected a deacon of the church on Feb. 8, 1839
Abel	Simon		Jan. 1, 1845	Membership
Adkins	Ida Hubbard		Apr. 9, 1922	Membership
Adkins	Morton		Apr. 9, 1922	Membership
Agan	A. E.		Jan. 10, 1901	Member in 1862
Agan	Annie H.		Jan. 13, 1901	Member in 1867
Agan	P. H.		Oct. 1, 1850	Membership
Agan	Park H.		1884	Pew holder, renter 1884
Agnew	Kenny		June 1, 1840	Membership; salary subscription list
Alexander	W. H.	[4]	Sept. 3, 1838
Alexander	W. H.
Allen	Thomas		Mar. 25, 1839	Membership
Almstead	Hattie Louise		Dec. 11, 1902	Membership 1888 (note – Mrs. Chas. R. Dow)
Andreas	Emma		Apr. 16, 1922	Membership
Applebee	Alice Roddy		June 2, 1918	Membership
Applebee	John H.		June 2, 1918	Began ministry Jan. 1, 1911. Installed Mar. 8, 1911. 1921 – 10^th anniversary of ministry. Membership
Ashley	Sarah P.	[5]	June 10, 1850	Membership.
Atkinson	F. H.		Jan. 15, 1868	Membership
Austin	Ann	[6]	June 10, 1850	Membership.
Austin	John		Mar. 25, 1839	Membership
Avery	Geo A.		1884	Membership. Pewholder renter
Avery	Lyman		Oct. 1, 1850	Membership. Pewholder
Avery	P. S.		1884	Membership. Pewholder renter
Avery	S. Y.		Oct. 1, 1850	Membership
Babbitt	L. (T?) B.		June 10, 1850	Membership
Babbitt	P. B.		Jan. 1, 1845	Membership
Babcock	Horace		1879	Membership. Subscript. list
Babcock	S.		June 10, 1850	Membership
Bagg	Amelia B.		Nov. 1900	Membership. Member in 1840
Bagg	James L.		June 7, 1901	Membership. Member in 1839
Bagg	Jas. L.		1884	Membership. Pewholder renter
Bagg	Stanley		1884	Membership. Pewholder renter
Baird	Fred C.	Funeral	Dec. 8, 1930	Husband of Mrs. F. C. Woodlawn. Service Dr. Argow, Dr. Applebee
Baird	Helen L.		March 1913	Membership
Baird	Lillian K. (Mrs. F. C.)		Dec. 11, 1902	Membership 1878
Baird	Marian E.		Mar. 1913	Membership
Baldwin	Jonathan		Oct. 18, 1838	Membership
Baldwin	Kate Poole		Jan. 6, 1902	Membership. Member in 1879
Bardeen	Bertha Foote		Apr. 23, 1916	Membership
Bardeen	C. W.		1884	Membership. Pewholder renter
Bardeen	Ethel (Miss)	Funeral