The First Methodist Church of Rochester was organized in 1820. On May 3rd 1933 the Church building was destroyed by fire. The Church's records were in the building, and while saved from the fire, they were so badly damaged by water that there was but little which could be read.
Only the following marriages were distinct enough to transcribe.
| Date | Groom and Bride | Witnesses |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 21, 1854 | William H. Furgeson to Nancy Clements | ----- McElvey & Sarah Clements |
| Apr. 12, 1854 | Calvin Johnson of Florence, Mich. to Mary E. Johnson | |
| May 11, 1854 | Franklin White to Mary Carnes (or Carrins) | |
| May 18, 1854 | Elijah Defendorf to Harriet Bevier | Chas. S. Foot & Jemima Foot |
| June 7, 1854 | Homer Foot to Harriet F. Swift | |
| June 7, 1854 | John Rankin to Diantha Howe | Silas Woodworth & Mary E. Howe |
| June 17, 1854 | William H. Showers to Jane L. Jeffries | Henry Leonard & Anne Jeffreys |
| Sep. 4, 1854 | Simon Adar Ames to Mary A. Gregg | Helen Redman |
| Sep. 10, 1854 | William Sloan of Parma to Ann Hogan of Parma | |
| Sep. 20, 1854 | John Davidson to Margaret C. Robinson | |
| Nov. 7, 1854 | George Miller of Sodus, NY to Elizabeth Knickerbocker | |
| Dec. 20, 1854 | John Laugham to Eloner Chote | |
| Dec. 25, 1854 | William McKelvey to Louisa Ham | ----- Ham & Louisa Defendorf |
| Jan. 1, 1855 | Joshua L. Smith of Coxackie to Phebe A. Husted | |
| Jan. 5, 1855 | John Snyder to Mary A. Barhyte | |
| Jan. 14, 1855 | Julius A. Brown to Sarah J. Randall | |
| June 3, 1855 | John Kerren to Catherine A. Caine | |
| Nov. 11, 1855 | T. H. Green to Mariah H. Comer of Hamilton, Canada | |
| Nov. 20, 1855 | William M. Osmun of Gates to Charlotte A. Spencer of Gates | |
| Dec. 20, 1855 | O. G. Brooks to A. Elizabeth Hanford | |
| Dec. 23, 1855 | ----- Houghton of Mass. to Anne E. Rice | |
| Sep. 18, 1856 | Charles A. Seeley of Brockport to Esther Fox | |
| Sep. 21, 1856 | Alexander Vahue of Gates to Mary E. Myers | |
| Oct. 1856 | William H. Smith to Catherine M. Lacy | |
| Oct. 14, 1856 | Andrew Robinson to Margaret Wiggins | |
| Oct. 16, 1856 | David Shields to Sarah Faulkner | |
| Oct. 30, 1856 | William H. Cooley to Mary A. Gifford | |
| Dec. 7, 1856 | Marcus Martin to Miss Clark | |
| Dec. 25, 1856 | Francis Hendricks to Eliza J. Marks | |
| Jan. 1, 1857 | Walter Williamson to Lydia Stebbins | |
| Jan. 10, 1857 | John Ashton to Jane M. Philips | |
| Jan. 15, 1857 | Fred A. Cutler of N. J. to Rebecca Chilton of Brighton | |
| Feb. 16, 1857 | William Rice to Elizabeth Craft | |
| Feb. 22, 1857 | Leonard Humphrey to Anna Williams | |
| Mar. 20, 1857 | Lot Howe to Mrs. Matilda Barlow | |
| Apr. 3, 1857 | Jeremiah W. Leary of Cincinnati, Ohio to Charlotte E. Eustace | |
| May 10, 1857 | William A. Sprung to Jennie Blair | |
| Aug. 7, 1857 | Robert Poole to Sarah E. Mackwood | |
| Oct. 14, 1857 | Henry W. Gifford to Sarah P. Holmes | |
| Oct. 15, 1857 | John C. Romel of Batavia to Ellen Cullen of Peterburg, Canada | |
| Oct. 27, 1857 | Ralph Hutchinson to Bianca Hyke | |
| Dec. 1, 1857 | John Hertel of Wheatland to Mary E. Lear of Wheatland | |
| Dec. 10, 1857 | L. J. W. Van Dake to Frances A. McGonegal | |
| Jan. 9, 1858 | William J. Kingston of Grand Haven, Mich. to Ellen Horton | |
| Feb. 16, 1858 | John Delton to Hannah Graves | |
| Mar. 3, 1858 | James Borling to Martha Bridgman | |
| Mar. 5, 1858 | Francis Brown to Margaret Conway | |
| Apr. 13, 1858 | Albert Backus to Mary D. Wood | |
| Apr. 19, 1858 | Joseph Dolby to Eliza Shove | |
| Apr. 26, 1858 | George Augustus Snow to Anna Anderson | |
| May 5, 1858 | James Snyder to Sarah Ann Dolby | |
| May 12, 1858 | Robert Henderson to Martha Gamble | |
| May 12, 1858 | James Winser to Bridget Dooley | |
| May 19, 1858 | William J. Vianco to Julia A. Van Houten | |
| May 25, 1858 | Alphonso F. Phillips to Isabella A. Foote | |
| May 27, 1858 | William Shelp to Elizabeth Vaughn | |
| June 24, 1858 | Lot McInerny of Hamilton, Canada to Ellen A. Hicks of Kingston, NY | |
| June 30, 1858 | Dilizon (?) Holt of Barre, NY to Mary L. Hopkins of Barre, NY | |
| July 4, 1858 | Jacob Redner to Fanny Garrett | |
| Oct. 9, 1858 | Nelson R. Hines to Margaret Crowley | |
| Dec. 8, 1858 | John Coley of Bergen to Margaret A. Taylor of Bergen | |
| Dec. 24, 1858 | George Chapman to Sarah Ann Hutchinson | |
| Dec. 31, 1858 | Willard G. Brockway of Brockport to Eva A. Hibbard of Brockport | |
| Mar. 4, 1859 | Richard Bourne to Elizabeth Manzer | |
| Apr. 6, 1859 | Isaac H. Thompson to Sarah A. Lee | |
| May 16, 1859 | Alfred Stuchfield to Hemy (?) Ashdown | |
| May 25, 1859 | Joseph H. Perkins to Mary E. Schermerhorn | |
| June 9, 1859 | Edmund E. Whittier to Harriet Craft | |
| June 10, 1859 | Lewis P. Angevine to Mary E. Youngs | |
| June 23, 1859 | Calvin A. Leonard of Geneva, NY to Sarah E. Marks | |
| July 21, 1859 | Joseph Fothergill of Ogden to M. Elizabeth Boyd | |
| July 31, 1859 | John Campbell to Mrs. Nancy Shields | |
| Nov. 13, 1859 | Thomas Quirk of Greece to Maria Sweet of Greece | |
| Dec. 6, 1859 | William H. Wells to Sarah Proby (?) | |
| Dec. 10, 1859 | John H. White of Albany, NY to Catherine R. Wood | |
| Jan. 8, 1860 | Alfred Maddock to Hester Hipp of Penfield | |
| Apr. 5, 1860 | William F. Sterrett to Louisa Williams | |
| Apr. 8, 1860 | George Doyle to Lizzie A. Halpin | |
| Apr. 18, 1860 | H. Vesey of Murray, NY to Frances M. Morgan of Boston, Mass. | |
| May 23, 1860 | Henry D. Marks of New York City to Lovina A. Harrison | |
| July 25, 1860 | John Alabaster of Geneva, NY to Harriet Bemish | |
| Oct. 7, 1860 | Abram Tallman of Canajoharie, NY to Hannah P. Salisbury | |
| Oct. 24, 1860 | James B. Donaldson to Kate E. Wallace | |
| Dec. 27, 1860 | Hurley S. Austin of Fairport to Maria Holmes | |
| Dec. 27, 1860 | John H. Bourne to Lizzie Manzer | |
| Jan. 1, 1861 | Richard Hannah to Catherine Frazer | |
| Jan. 1, 1861 | Jacob Michael to Ardelia Anderson | Louisa Coffee & Delia Anderson |
| Apr. 11, 1861 | John Spencer to Emma Miller of Chili, NY | |
| May 1, 1861 | John R. Marks to Minerva Craig | |
| June 4, 1861 | George W. Vaughan to Mary E. Wilsey | |
| June 8, 1861 | George C. Cherry to Elizabeth A. Hill | |
| July 4, 1861 | Theodore Sands of Parma to Mary Ann Teller of Parma | |
| July 6, 1861 | James Cooper to Sarah Jane Shields | |
| July 19, 1861 | Charles H. Stebbins to Catherine McKanna | |
| Sep. 20, 1861 | George A. Platt to Prof. Eliza Davis | |
| Sep. 21, 1861 | Edward Farr to Elizabeth Benney | |
| Sep.- Oct. 1861 | John Crawford to Fanny O'Conner | |
| Sep.- Oct. 1861 | John Minnamon of Pittsford to Ann Cooney | |
| Oct. 3, 1861 | John R. Harvey of Coburg, Canada to Clara Harvey of Coburg, Canada | |
| Oct. 23, 1861 | Howard Burt of Kendall to Lucy Kocher of Phelps | |
| Dec. 29, 1861 | Thomas Roach to Harriet Van Houten | |
| Apr. 11, 1862 | William J. Keers to Mary Ann Ryan | |
| Aug. 10, 1862 | Rufus A. Harris to Catherine Brown of Canada | |
| Aug. 20, 1862 | William M. Borradaile to Mary McCarthy | |
| Aug. 21, 1862 | William H. Shaw of Clarkson to Helen M. Wheeler | |
| Aug. 28, 1862 | John Callen to Eliza Glinn | |
| Sep. 23, 1862 | ----- Timmerman of New York City to Lucretia Dunkle | |
| Oct. 11, 1862 | ----- Newman of New York City to ----- Truesdale | |
| Oct. 15, 1862 | John Callhen to Eliza Glenn | |
| Nov. 22, 1862 | ----- Cochran to Mary Beck | |
| Dec. 13, 1862 | D. C. La Rue of New York City to Ellen Brady | |
| Dec. 13, 1862 | Thomas McCabe to Miss Lee | |
| Dec. 31, 1862 | George Teller to Mary Thompson | |
| Mar. 23, 1863 | William Hightree to Ann Brumley | |
| Mar. 25, 1863 | Peter Treehouse to Rosanna McGuire | |
| Apr. 8, 1863 | Edward Perry of Wyoming, NY to Lucy J. Norris of North Java, NY | |
| Apr. 15, 1863 | Edward Lincoln of Macedon to Lydia Ann Minnot of Macedon | |
| May 12, 1863 | Osman Haskins to E. Augusta Goodenough | |
| May 23, 1863 | Albert Du Planty of Honeoye Falls to Elizabeth Love | |
| June 1, 1863 | William C. Hutchins of New York City to Jessie Brass of Buffalo | |
| June 12, 1863 | Benjamin H. Beming to Sarah J. Summers | |
| June 17, 1863 | Eugene C. Austin of Parma to Sophia L. Parish of Greece | |
| July 8, 1863 | Charles E. Bostwick to Jane Banford | |
| Aug. 18, 1863 | Thomas Galley to Eliza T. Ware | |
| Aug. 22, 1863 | James Ryan of Seneca, NY to Catherine Whalen | |
| Oct. 1, 1865 | Henry Davis to Jane Banker | |
| Oct. 5, 1865 | R. H. Warfield to Libbie L. Cozzens | |
| Nov. 14, 1865 | Jerome Beebe of New York City to Sarah W. Palmer of Buffalo | |
| Nov. 14, 1865 | Edmund B. Fellows of Chili to Julia W. Babcock of Irondequoit | |
| Dec. 9, 1865 | Samuel B. Williams to Emma E. Warfield | |
| Dec. 14, 1865 | William Blackman to Frances A. Pardee of Victor | |
| Dec. 14, 1865 | Charles P. Murrell of E. Bloomfield to Emma Mason of E. Bloomfield | |
| Jan. 24, 1866 | L. C. Bronson of Jackson, Mich. to Nellie B. Dean | |
| Feb. 13, 1866 | Ethan E. Bennett of Syracuse to Nellie Joyce | |
| Mar. 14, 1866 | Robert C. Gourlay to Agnes Smith | |
| Apr. 18, 1866 | Thomas Douglas of Penfield to Kate Reeder of Penfield | |
| May 6, 1866 | Joseph H. Suits to Florence E. Terry | |
| May 8, 1866 | William Radcliffe of Rouseville, PA to Margaret A. Radcliffe of Chardon, Ohio | |
| May 20, 1866 | Theodore Mace to Clara Amos | |
| May 22, 1866 | Sanford W. French to Clarice M. Vick | |
| May 23, 1866 | William Wade to Mary Webster | |
| May 24, 1866 | Charles F. Williams of Penn Yan to Josephine A. Howard | |
| June 7, 1866 | Albert F. Cowles of Hartford to Nellie E. T. Franch | |
| June 20, 1866 | William Wright to Louisa Vogler | |
| July 4, 1866 | James S. Carson of Perinton to Mollie E. Jeffrey of Perinton | |
| July 4, 1866 | Wilson J. Rogers of Batavia, NY to Eliza Manchester of Batavia, NY | |
| July 4-16, 1866 | Charles Moore of Toronto, Canada to Ettie Weare Tupper | |
| July 10, 1866 | George W. Eggleston of Lancaster to Mary L. Chappell | |
| Aug. 5, 1866 | Charles B. Smith of Buffalo to Emily Eddy of Buffalo | |
| Aug. 20, 1866 | Carl V. Barrsturf of Berlin, Prussia to Rosa Wensel | |
| Sep. 24, 1866 | Thomas S. Wright to Harriet A. Hicks | |
| Sep. 25, 1866 | Marcus Tuttle of Colborn, Canada to Mary Ann Peacock | |
| Oct. 16, 1866 | Thomas F. Aldrich to Katherine R. Miles | |
| Oct. 18, 1866 | Walter Cherry to Emily Kerr | |
| Nov. 13, 1866 | Benjamin Rogers to Mary S. Trenanan (or Trenaman) | |
| Nov. 15, 1866 | John S. Stevens to Lucy A. Armstrong of Buffalo | |
| Nov. 20, 1866 | Nathan Hawkins of Greece to Ann D. Cummings of Parma | |
| Dec. 31, 1866 | Thomas Parry to Susan Mann | |
| Jan. 14, 1867 | Charles Gurnee of Ontario, NY to Laura A. Pease of Ontario, NY | |
| Mar. 12, 1867 | John Mitchell to Emma Coleman | |
| Mar. 31, 1867 | Abram G. Williams to Emma H. Hall | |
| Apr. 3, 1867 | William Cox of Chili to Catherine Cook of Chili | |
| May 6, 1867 | James Courtney to Mary Hoover | |
| May 15, 1867 | Walter H. Booth of Syracuse to Mary B. Stark | |
| May 21, 1867 | Henry Walker to Augusta Boyce | |
| May 22, 1867 | Alfred Merchant of Irondequoit to Eureka Ruloff of Brighton | |
| May 23, 1867 | Jeremiah R. B. Smith of Lima to Rachel Murphy | |
| May 29, 1867 | Giles M. Graves to Eliza Webster | |
| May 29, 1867 | S. M. Irving Prentice to B. F. Harrison | |
| June 10, 1867 | Job Male of Colburn, Canada to Libbie Scott of Colburn, Canada | |
| June 11, 1867 | John Clark to Mary E. Jaquith | |
| Aug. 19, 1867 | Henry S. Robinson to Emily S. Ingersoll | |
| Sep. 3, 1867 | Perry C. Haybarger of Erie. PA to Marilla H. Cole of North East, PA | |
| Sep. 8, 1867 | John Buckley to Mary A. Flynn | |
| Oct. 6, 1867 | B. B. Johnston to Margaret E. Gary | |
| Oct. 7, 1867 | David J. Sadden to Isabella J. Kerwin | |
| Oct. 23, 1867 | E. B. Vincent to Gurtrude Brittin | |
| Nov. 7, 1867 | Henry M. Tallman of Lima, NY to Maria E. Tallman of Jamestown, NY | |
| Jan. 4, 1868 | Alfred Day to Marian Meek | |
| Jan. 9, 1868 | Lemuel Blandon of Murray, NY to Lydia Bossley of (?) | |
| Feb. 8, 1868 | Henry Bronson to Nellie Meek | |
| Feb. 11, 1868 | Henry N. F. Marshall of Boston, Mass. to Alice S. Whittlesey | |
| Mar. 4, 1868 | John F. Staley to Lizzie Read | |
| Mar. 28, 1868 | Lyman McCarty of Buffalo to Florence A. Smith | |
| Apr. 29, 1868 | Hiram E. Wilson to Hester A. Perrin of Irondequoit, NY | |
| June 4, 1868 | Fred. H. Beach to Alice G. Howland | |
| June 13, 1868 | Robert W. Archer to Emma L. Henderson | |
| June 29, 1868 | George Lepper of Sodus to Elizabeth Osborn of Sodus | |
| July 1, 1868 | Joseph King Toates to Eliza A. Peachy | |
| July 4, 1868 | Lewis B. Allen of Ontario to Ella I. Clark of Ontario | |
| July 6, 1868 | Escuit N. Wright of Syracuse to Dyantha C. Patterson of Irondequoit | |
| July 23, 1868 | Charles H. Clark to Sarah A. Jones | |
| July 23, 1868 | Eastman Colby of Ogden to Sarah J. Webster of Ogden | |
| July 24, 1868 | Wright Bridger of Lockport to Maria S. Kennedy of Lockport | |
| July 24, 1868 | William H. Clemence of Auburn to Matie M. Alexander of Seneca Falls | |
| Aug. 1868 | Edward Hipkins of Henrietta to Ann Carlen of Scottsville | |
| Aug. 4, 1868 | John Brantvall of Fairport to Anna Hart of Egypt | |
| Aug. 9, 1868 | Robert M. Hawes to Jennie Provost | |
| Oct. 27, 1868 | James Jr. Kane to Susan E. Brundage | |
| Nov. 10, 1868 | John E. Relyea to Rebecca Belcher | |
| Nov. 24, 1868 | Thomas McCreery of Port Hope, Canada to Helen Richards | |
| Dec. 10, 1868 | Philip Langlois to Emily Van Houten | |
| Dec. 24, 1868 | James A. Soles of Clarendon, NY to Ella S. Housel of Orleans Co., NY | |
| Dec. 24, 1868 | Oren Soles of Clarendon, NY to Acenith A. Snyder of Orleans Co., NY | |
| Dec. 28, 1868 | Robert Spence Tate to Hannah Dougherty | |
| Dec. 29, 1868 | Daniel Marshall of Shelby, NY to Mrs. Pauline Wright of Manchester, NY | |
| Mar. 15, 1869 | Henry B. Chappell of Troy, NY to Carrie F. White of Brooklyn | |
| Mar. 22, 1869 | Alva Britton of Greece to Adda Lewis of Greece | |
| Apr. 11, 1869 | James M. Gill to Addie Jaquemin | |
| June 16, 1869 | William H. Norman to Mary Ann Cannell of Morrison Twp., Canada | |
| June 30, 1869 | Henry A. Cory to Emma R. Vanderhave | |
| July 1, 1869 | William A. Baker to Kittie T. Kane | |
| July 19, 1869 | Frederick Banham to Julia E. Adams | |
| Aug. 11, 1869 | James A. Costello to Eliz. Agnes Cosgrove of Kingston, Canada | |
| Sep. 12, 1869 | Henry Wilson to Sarah Ann Teeple | |
| Oct. 12, 1869 | George Spooner of Henrietta to Charlotte Frazer of Henrietta | |
| Nov. 17, 1869 | Frederick Southgate to Fannie Bankam | |
| Dec. 7, 1869 | James W. Moodie to Matilda Foster | |
| Dec. 26, 1869 | George Son of Albany, NY to Dora H. Palmer | |
| Dec. 28, 1869 | George P. Power of West Farmington to Mary A. Rose of West Farmington | |
| Dec. 30, 1869 | E. Jay Sugru (?) to Ella M. Jones | |
| Jan. 1, 1870 | Amassey Hurley of Ontario, NY to Jennie Hall of Walworth, NY | |
| Jan. 7, 1870 | William Reed of Fowlerville, NY to Emma L. Manchester | |
| Jan. 20, 1870 | James J. Smith of Victor, NY to Mary A. Bliss of Victor, NY | |
| Feb. 1, 1870 | Isaac Andrews of Spencerport to Julia R. Gould | |
| Feb. 15, 1870 | Marion Wilder of Charlotte to Julia Denise of Charlotte | |
| Mar. 9, 1870 | Alexander P. Britton to Elizabeth J. Whitbeck |
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© Richard T. Halsey, 2003