The First Parish Church of Norwell has records back to 1642 and has scanned all of the church records to facilitate historical and genealogical research. See http://www.firstparishnorwell.org/archive.htm
My understanding is James Sparrell was involved in the building of the church. Werelatelink cites a reference showing he was a member of the church in 1820.
Do any records exist of the building of the church?
Here are photos of a family heirloom given to my grandfather as recognition for many years of service with the Scituate Historical Society. It is a framed picture of the church with what we believe is the proposal for building it. It is addressed "To the Gentlemen Committee for Building a Meeting House in the South Parish". It is from -or what we think appears to read- James N Sparrell, George A Robbins, Elnathan Cushing Jr.
It's header states "Scituate Feb 22 1830" (or 1820)?
The proposal gives two options based on the spire on the cupola- $2,650 or $2,750.
