History
The First Congregational Church of Southington, Connecticut began nearly 300 years ago.
“In 1721, with the difficult conditions met during long treks each week to the mother church in Farmington, several of Southington’s early settlers requested “winter privileges,” which would allow them to worship apart from the Farmington church with a man named “Mr. Buck” to preach. Approval to worship among themselves was granted, and this arrangement proved to be so successful that a similar petition was sent to the mother church the following year.
Accompanying this request was also a petition asking to become a separate Ministerial Society. The permission was given to worship here in Southington during the winter months in December of 1722, but the question of allowing the south farmers to become a separate parish was not resolved until March 18, 1723, when it was approved. Work on the church building began in 1724, and the job was not fully completed until 1728.”
We have had three meetinghouses and 27 settled ministers, including Reverend Dr. Ronald B. Brown who joined us in January of 2011. We owe great thanks to Meredith Mann who gathered information from far and wide to compile this fascinating portrait of our growing congregation.
