New York, Spring Street Presbyterian Church

According to The Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Old Spring Street Presbyterian Church, New York, the Spring Street Presbyterian Church in New York City, was organized in 1811. A new church building was constructed on the corner of Laight and Varick Streets in 1825, and part of the congregation moved to that location. Other members continued Spring Street Presbyterian Church at the original location and briefly united with the Reformed Church in America. Laight Street was dissolved in 1843, but the original Spring Street congregation continued and in 1838, joined the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (New School). In 1870, after the Old School/New School division ended, it reunited with the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The congregation was dissolved in 1963.

A search of our catalogs shows the following records of the Spring Street Presbyterian Church deposited in our holdings which contain genealogical information:

• Laight Street Presbyterian Church. Records, members, baptisms, 1821-1834; 1840-1841. (Call number: V MI46 N48lc)
   
• Laight Street Presbyterian Church. Baptisms, marriages. (Call number: V MI46 N48lr)

We also have session records for the church. Baptisms and marriages are sometimes recorded in the minutes of the session, but the catalog records give no specific indication of baptism or marriage information in the following:

• Laight Street Presbyterian Church. Session minutes, 1835-1843. (Call number: V MI46 N48ls)
   
• Spring Street Presbyterian Church. Session minutes, 1811-1936. (Call number: V MI46 N481sr)

The Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) has microfilm of the Laight and Spring Street records, and they are available through the Family History Centers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  To use the microfilm, you may visit their website, www.familysearch.com, and search for a center near you.

In addition to the registers and session minutes, the society also holds trustees records, treasurer’s records, deeds, mortgages, men’s club records, youth’s missionary association records, and correspondence.

Sources:

The Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Old Spring Street Presbyterian Church, New York. (New York, NY: The Church, 1886). (Call number: Pam BX 9211. N70013 S605 1886)