Northampton County, Pennsylvania Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes in Northampton County

 * FamilySearch Places

Databases with Several Denominations

 * 1620-1991 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – ($), free to members of the society, List of Churches Included; Also available at Ancestry ($)


 * 1733-1800 Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births, Northampton County, 1733-1800 Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1991..
 * 1774-1840 Northampton County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1774-1840 at Ancestry $


 * 1758-1806 Hecktown Baptism Index 1758-1806 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1758-1806 Hecktown Marriage Index 1758-1806 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Catholic Church
Before 1828, those living in what was Northampton County would have attended the Blessed Sacrament Church in Goshenhoppen now Bally) in Berks County. Records thereafter would be found in St. John the Baptist Church at Hayock. St. Bernard's Church in Easton was dedicated in 1836.

Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran and Dryland Reformed Church, Hecktown


 * 1763-1832 Dryland Union Lutheran Church, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1763-1832 at Ancestry $

Methodist Church

 * 1836-1885 First Methodist Church, Marriages, 1836-1885 at PAGenWeb – Free, church located in Easton, Pennsylvania but some of the marriages may have taken place in Warren County, New Jersey

Moravian Moravians established a settlement at Bethlehem in 1741. The Bethlehem Digital History Project (winner of a National Endowments for the Humanities prize) includes community records, Bethlehem diary, bills of sale and manumissions, business activity, meeting minutes, Moravian Indian diaries 1763-1765, registers of baptisms, marriages, and deaths, and church regulations.


 * Moravian Church Marriages Bethlehem, 1742-1800; Nazareth 1742-1800; Emmaus 1758-1800. Courtesy USGenWeb Archives

Presbyterian Church
Several Presbyterian churches were built in what is now Northampton County (Bucks until 1751) to accommodate Scotch-Irish settlers. A Presbyterian Church was organized at "Craig's Settlement" by 1737. Mount Bethel Prebyterian Church was organized in 1738 in "Hunter's Settlement" in Lower and Upper Mount Bethel Townships.

First Presbyterian Church, Easton


 * First Presbyterian Church, Easton Alphabetical Listing. Courtesy USGenWeb Archives

Prebyterian Church, Allen Township


 * 1822-1875 Presbyterian Church, Allen Township, Baptism Index 1822-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1822-1889 Presbyterian Church, Allen Township, Marriage Index 1822-1889 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Reformed Church
The Third Street Reformed Church located in Easton was organized between 1745 and 1750 and was the first Reformed church in the area.


 * Deaths and Burials of Reformed Churches of Easton 1768-1844 Courtesy USGenWeb Archives

Christ Union Church


 * 1756-1845 Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1756-1845: Christ Union Church at Ancestry $

Grace Reformed Church


 * Grace Reformed Church RecordsCourtesy USGenWeb Archives

Lowhill Reformed Congregation


 * 1769-1881 Lowhill Reformed Congregation, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1769-1881 at Ancestry $