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Third streets. The church was organized March 3, 1828.
The first pastor was
Rev. Warren Burton, H. C. 1821, who was born at
Wilton, N. H., Nov. 23, 1800, and ordained here March 5, 1828.
He resigned June 6, 1829, and after preaching for short periods in several places, and laboring abundantly in the cause of education, died in
Salem, June 6, 1866.
Rev. James D. Green, H. C. 1817, born in
Malden, Sept. 8, 1798, was ordained at
Lynn, Nov. 3, 1828, and installed here Jan. 6, 1830.
He resigned the pastorate April 21, 1840, and soon afterwards retired from the ministry.
Like other ex-pastors in
Cambridge, he was called by his fellow citizens to the performance of various municipal duties.
He was a Selectman, 1845, and Representative in the General Court six years, between 1841 and 1854.
On the incorporation of the
City in 1846, he was elected as its first
Mayor, and was reelected to the same office in 1847, 1853, 1860, and 1861.
He was succeeded in the ministry by
Rev. Henry Lambert, June 3, 1841, who resigned April 19, 1846.
Rev. George G. Ingersoll, H. C. 1815, D. D. 1845, was installed Dec. 3, 1847, and resigned Oct. 14, 1849.
He died in 1863.
Rev. Frederick W. Holland, H. C. 1831, was installed Oct., 1851, and resigned June 3, 1859; he is actively engaged elsewhere in the work of the ministry.
His successors, for short terms, were
Rev. Frederick N. Knapp, H. C. 1843, from July, 1860, to July, 1861;
Rev. William T. Clarke, from Oct. 1861 to Oct. 1862;
Rev. Henry C. Badger, from Nov., 1862, to Nov., 1863;
Rev. Rufus P. Stebbins, Amh. C. 1834, D. D. 1851, was a ‘stated supply’ from Jan., 1864, to May, 1864.
Rev. Stephen G. Bulfinch, Columbian, Wash.
1827, D. D. 1864, was pastor from Sept., 1865, to July, 1869, and died in 1870.
He was succeeded by
Rev. Samuel W. McDaniel, in Nov., 1869, who resigned, July, 1874.
The parish is now destitute of a pastor.
Deacons.
Second Baptist.—As early as 1824, several persons residing in East Cambridge, being members of Baptist churches in Boston
