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His wife died there in 1729. He continued, at "Turkey," "about two years," but " difficulties arising he was never installed." May 24, 1744, he was received by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, having accepted a call to Baskingridge, where he died in 1749 .*
August the 6th 1746 we gave Mr. Timothy Symmes a call and he was Enstal'd with us the 16th of Oct" following, and preached alternately with us and Springfield and was dismissed from us the 26th December in the year 1750, for his ill conduct.
A sketch of Mr. Symmes has already been given in the history of the Springfield church on a previous page. It was during his ministry that the grant of a Lottery was obtained, 1748, (as stated in a former part of this history), to raise £152. 5. 0. to build a parsonage-house "in Turkey, in Eliza- beth Town."
Jan. 15th 1752 A Vote past that we should join with the New House at South Hanover [Madison] but they refused. April 29th 1752 A Vote was past to purchase a personage of Samuel Johnson.
1752 Petitioned the Presby for a liberty to give any Minister a call that we should hear of liberty was granted hearing Mr. Timothy Allen was at Liberty we gave him a call he came in August.
March the 26th 1753 Mr Allen was Install'd with us our agreement with Mr Allen was as followeth viz: the sd Mr Allen was to receive seventy pounds p : Year for his labours in the work of his Ministree among us which Year commenced the first Day of Nov : last, and also fifty pounds bounty, to pay ten pounds p : Year till the whole is paid.t
It thus appears that the first pastor, whom they were able to employ, the whole of his time, was the
REV. TIMOTHY ALLEN.
He was born in 1716, and graduated at Yale College in 1736, the year after Azariah Horton, and the year before Timothy Johnes, afterwards of Morris Town. While in col- lege, he came under the influence of David Ferris, a fellow- student, from a Quaker family of New Milford, Ct., a wild enthusiast, by whom, it has been thought, James Davenport,
" Records, N. P. Chh., p. 2. Prime's Long Island, pp. 142, 3. Webster's P. Chh., p. 364. t Records of New Providence Chh., pp. 2, 3.
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of Southold, was led astray. A letter that Allen wrote, at New Haven, July 1, 1734, to the Rev. Daniel Bliss of Spring- field, Mass., indicates an ardent and pious disposition, impa- tient to be at work in the ministry, and deluded with the idea that so much studying at College was time lost, yet con- triving to be content until God should clearly call him into the field,-seeking opportunity, meanwhile, to do good among the common people of the town .*
He was ordained in 1738, pastor of the church of West Haven, Ct., and proved to be a zealous and faithful preacher of the word. When the " Great Awakening " commenced, he identified himself with the work, and was classed among the New Lights, against whom all sorts of evil things were reported. Among the things charged against Mr. Allen was, that he had publicly said " that the word of God, as contained in the Old and New Testament, is but as an old almanac ; " whereas he said, and very correctly,-"The reading of the Holy Scriptures, without the concurring influence and opera- tion of the Spirit of God, will no more convert a sinner than reading an old almanac." Yet for this and his zeal in pro- moting the Revival, he was disowned by the New Haven East Association, and dismissed from his pastoral charge, in 1742.+
He took part in "the Shepherd's Tent " movement,-the establishing of a new school of the prophets, which was opened at New London, under the care of Mr. Allen, and afterwards removed to Rhode Island. He joined, as has been seen, with Timothy Symmes, in protesting against some of the doctrines in Mr. Dickinson's "Display of Special Grace." As the heat of the Revival controversies wore away, Mr. Allen retraced his steps, and obtained the withdrawal of the censure passed upon him by the Association. He removed to Long Island, and received the fellowship of the Presby- tery of Suffolk, June 14, 1748. He became a member of the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Oct. 12, 1748, and was em- ployed as the supply of the churches of Hopewell and
* Chauncey's Seasonablo Thoughts, pp. 213-5.
t Tracy's Great Awakening, p. 814.
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Maidenhead until 1752, when he removed to New Provi- dence .*
1756. Mr. Allen and the Congregation agreed to Petiton to the Presby for his dismission Josiah Broadwell Esq. and Benj. Bonnel chosen to . represent the People and we told the Presby that with reluctance we did petition with him for his Dismission he being under difficult Circumstan- ces we thought it prudent to have him dismiss'd and accordingly he was dismiss'd.
Leaving New Jersey, Mr. Allen returned to New England, and was installed at Ashford, Ct., Oct. 12, 1757. At the age of 70, he took charge of the church of Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Mass., and preached June 15, 1785, at his own installation. He retired from the pastoral work, May 1, 1794, and died, full of Christian comfort, at Chesterfield, Jan. 12, 1806, aged ninety-one.
Several of his occasional sermons were published. "He was a man of genius and talents, an able and zealous defend- er of the doctrines of grace from the pulpit and the press, of strict morals, and a powerful and fervent preacher." +
May 1757 the Congregation chose Josiah Broadwell Esqr and David Lacy to go to the Presby to petition for a Minister accordingly the presby recommended the Revd Jonathan Elmer and accordingly we gave MY El- more a Call and he came.
REV. JONATHAN ELMER
Was born at Norwalk, Ct., June 4, 1727, and was, doubt- less, a great-grandson of Edward Elmer, who came to Cam- bridge, Mass., in 1672, and was one of the founders of Hartford, Ct., afterwards of Northampton, Mass., and Wind- sor, Ct. He graduated at Yale College in 1747, having been associated in study with such men as William Smith, the historian, the Rev. Dr. T. B. Chandler, the Rev. Dr. Jere- miah Leaming, President Ezra Stiles, John Morin Scott, Gov. Oliver Wolcott, President Naphtali Daggett, and Bishop Samuel Seabury. He was licensed by the Fairfield
* Webster's Presb. Chh., pp. 583-5. Trumbull's Connecticut, II., 195, 6. Tracy's Great Awakening, p. 368.
t Records of N. Prov. Chh., p. 3. Webster's Presb. Chh., p. 5S5.
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East Association, May 4, 1748. IIe settled in the ministry, at Florida, Orange Co., N. Y., where, in 1749, he married Amy Gale, and where four children were born to him. He was ordained by the Presbytery of New York, in October, 1750. He removed, and began to preach at New Provi- dence, Oct. 1st, 1757. The terms, on which he was settled, are curious : They
Agreed to give Mr. Elmer Seventy pounds money at Eight shillings p. oz. . for three Years from the first Day of October in the Year 1757 and after the first three Year then to rise five pounds p. Year Until it rises to Eighty pounds and their to stand and Likewise Mr Elmer is to have the use of the pasnage and his firewood got for him. To which M Elmer agreed-The Congregation to purchase M' Henrys Annetasions on the Holy Bible for M' Elmer and M' Elmer shall have the use of sd Books so long as he remains our Minister but if M' Elmer shall remove from us then is to return sd Books or the prime Cost But if M' Elmer shall live and Die our Minister then the Books to be the proper Estate of his law- ful Heirs .*
The books cost £17. 1. 4, the receipt of which for the pur- chase of Mr. Henry, is duly acknowledged by Mr. Elmer. In 1761, the salary was raised to ££90. Eight years he served as a stated supply, and then consented to " take the pas- tural care and Charge of the Congregation so far as to come under an Instalment." The Presbytery, viz., Rev. Messrs. Green, Jones, Horton, Peppard, Brush, Roe, Macwhorter, Hait, Woodruff and Chapman, met at New Providence, Nov. 13, 1765, and installed him, Mr. Woodruff preaching the sermon from Malachi ii. 7, and Mr. Horton presiding. In the year 1764, the congregation were favored, in common with neighboring churches, with a special visitation of the Holy Spirit.
In the fall of the year in 1769-at a publick Lecture it was voted that the seets on the Mens side of Galleries should be rebuilt and that pews over each stare way should be Built. (Cost, £30. 4. 10.)
In 1772, the salary of Mr. Elmer was increased to £100. In May, 1773, it was agreed, to enlarge .the meeting-house, by an addition of 16 feet on the north side; also, that it
* Littell's Passaic Valley, pp. 143, 9. Records of N. P. Chh., pp. 4, 5. 37
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" should be sealed with Boards over head and the sides and ends." Resort was again had to a Lottery, in order to raise the needful money. May 31, 1781, it was agreed
That the meeting-house be plastered both the Sides Ends and overhead . .. that Benjn Bonnel Esqr have leave to build a Pew for the Use of his family near the Window by the Pulpit : ... that Mr. Caldwell and Lawyer Ogden be allowed to build a Pew: ... that a New Door be made in the East side of the Meeting house and a Window in the West side.
Liberty was given, Oct. 12th, to several persons, to build. eight more pews for the use of their respective families, at their private expense, the congregation agreeing to build a pew near the East side of the pulpit, for Mr. Elmer's family .*
As Mr. Elmer advanced in years he became somewhat corpulent, and subject to fullness of blood, resulting at times in vertigo, and occasioning a suspicion of his being addicted to a free use of intoxicating drinks. Complaint was made to the Presbytery in June 1791, and request made mutually for a thorough investigation. A meeting of the Presbytery was held at New Providence, in August 1791, when it was found that but a single instance of apparent intoxication was adduced, in respect to which Mr. Elmer made a full and frank written statement, and several witnesses were examined; when he was unanimously acquitted, and the congregation were exhorted to be at peace among themselves and united in their pastor.
The difficulties continuing, a Committee of the Presbytery was appointed to meet the congregation in November fol- lowing, when an adjustment was made of the pecuniary claims of Mr. Elmer ; but harmony was not brought about in other respects. One of the grounds of complaint against him was, that he was accustomed somewhat frequently to absent himself on the Sabbath, without the knowledge or consent of his people, thus leaving them without a preacher. The congregation greatly declined, so " that frequently on a Lord's Day, scarcely twenty persons would be assembled for worship, in a house in which more than a hundred families
# Records of N. P. Chh., pp. 7-19.
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had been accustomed to meet." The Session were divided, and arbitrary measures taken by Mr. Elmer, to deprive a portion of the elders of their right to vote, which measures, on complaint, were condemned by the Presbytery, in June 1792. The congregation were divided in respect to Mr. Elmer's continuance, one-third urging his dismission and two-thirds opposing it.
March 20, 1793, the Society was incorporated. Trustees were chosen, and the parish voted to petition the Presbytery for Mr. Elmer's dismission. At length, the Presbytery find- ing no prospect of his continuing in peace and comfort, dis- solved the pastoral relation, July 3, 1793. Mr. Elmer ap- pealed to the Synod, who, at their next meeting, Oct. 14th, sustained the action of the Presbytery. After his dismission, he continued to reside in the parish, and for several years before his death was unable to preach. He died, June 5, 1807, the day after the completion of his fourscore years. His wife survived until July 24, 1812, dying at the age of 94. They had six children : Jonathan, Dr. Philemon, John, Dr. Moses Gale, Sarah [wife of Abm. Morrill], and Nathan .*
With the close of Mr. Elmer's ministry, terminated the connection of New Providence with Elizabeth-Town.
The example set by Springfield was speedily followed by the people of
WESTFIELD.
Application was made to the Legislature, and an Act passed, Jan. 27, 1794, to the effect-
That all that part of the township of Elizabeth lying within the fol- lowing lines, beginning at the line of the county of Middlesex, where the north and west branches of Rahway river meet or form a junction ; from .thence running up the said north branch of Rahway river to the mouth of Normahiggin branch, it being the south-east corner of the township of Springfield ; from thence running with the line of Springfield aforesaid, in a course of north forty nino degrees west, to the top of the mountain ; from thence on the same course to the east branch of Green Brook; thence down said branch and Green Brook to the line that divides the
* Records of N. P. Chh., pp. 22, 3, 53-5. Records of the Presb. of N. Y. Webster's Presb Chh., p. 60S. Littell's Passaic Valley, pp. 143-150.
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counties of Essex and Middlesex; thence along the line of Middlesex to the place of beginning, (be) set off from the township of Elizabeth, and made a separate township, to be called by the name of " the Township of Westfield." *
It has already been stated, that the settlement of the neighborhood, to which was early given the name of West- field, dates back to the last year (1699-1700) of the seven- teenth century. It was the result of what was called "The Clinker-Lot Division." Almost immediately after that divi- sion, emigration from the older parts of the town began to set towards the interior, especially to the territory lying be- tween the Rahway river on the East, and the Mountain on the West. It was not, however, until about 1720, that the settlers became numerous enough to constitute a distinct community ; and not until about 1726 or 7, that a religious society was organized, independent of the parent stock. The founders of the Westfield families were Joseph Acken, James Badgley, Nathaniel and Henry Baker, John Bryant, William and Henry Clark, Gardner Connet, James Craig, John and Jonathan Crane, John Davis, John Denman, Isaac and Moses Frazee, Abner Frost, Matthias Hatfield, Isaac Hendricks, John High, Samuel Hinds [Haines], Zebulon Jennings, John Lamb, John Lambert, Moses and John Littell, Cornelius Ludlum [Ludlow], Jonathan and Ephraim Marsh, John Max- well, John Meeker, William and John Miller, Joseph Mills, William, Daniel, and David Pierson, John Robinson, John and Daniel Ross, Ephraim and John Scudder, John Spin- nage [Spinning], Benjamin Squier, Elijah Stites, Thomas Terry, Warren Tucker, Richard Walker, John Williams, Peter Willcox, John, Jonathan and Samuel Woodruff, and Samuel Yeomans. t
Long after the neighborhood was occupied, the people were accustomed, some of them, to come to town on the Sab- bath to hear Mr. Dickinson, and worship with their old neigh- bors. A log house was erected at an early day, where the people assembled at beat of drum, on the Sabbath. This was soon supplanted by a more suitable structure, which was
* Paterson's Laws of N. J., p. 123.
t Huntting's Hist. Discourse, pp. 7-9.
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erected near the site of the present church. A steeple was attached, in 1758, and a bell provided.
A Presbyterian church was constituted as early as 1727. Their first pastor was the
REV. NATHANAEL HUBBELL.
Tradition has it, that he was of English birth, and " of qualities that greatly disappointed the simple-licarted, unsus- pecting Puritans who settled him." More probably he was of the family of Richard Hubbell; who was at New Haven, in 1647, whence he removed to Fairfield, Ct., was living in 1690, and had at least three sons, Richard, Jr., Samuel and Ebenezer, the last of whom removed to New London, about 1690. Nathaniel was born about 1700, graduated at Yale College, in 1723, and was ordained, by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, as early as 1727. His name appears on the roll of the Synod for that year, and was attached, with the names of three others, to a protest, in which he declined the jurisdiction of the Synod. His field of labor included the scattered settlements, lying back of this town and of Newark Mountains,-Westfield and Hanover; the latter including the greater part of what was afterwards Morris County. In 1730, he relinquished the charge of Hanover, retaining West- field until about 1745. His dismission was brought about by reason of his prosecuting a claim for one hundred acres of the parsonage land, given him as " a settlement," or, as others say, to liquidate what was due him from the parish.
They gave him, (says one of his successors), a liberal settlement, as it was called, as they supposed he would live, labor and die among them as a peaceable soul-loving Pastor. But they soon found him seeking theirs so earnestly as to put an end to all anticipated comfort in him, and use- fulness from him ; and his removal was the result. Ho afterwards lived (and died, I think) in a village called "Spanktown " [Leesville], beyond Rahway.
He resided in the bounds of Rahway, several years, but removed, at length, to Lebanon, in Hunterdon co., where he died in 1760. His Will is dated there, July 11, 1760. It was proved, May 28, 1761. Ile speaks in it of his " disobe-
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dient and absconded wife, Elizabeth ; " of his sons, Ahi- jah, Hezekiah, Nathaniel, and Asa; and of his daughters, Lois, Esther, Mary and Susanna .*
Their second pastor was the
REV. JOHN GRANT.
He was born in the year 1716, and graduated at Yale Col- lege in 1741, in the same class with Gov. Livingston, and the Rev. Drs. Hopkins, Buel, Sproat and Welles. He was a member of the Synod of New York in 1746, having been, in Sept., 1746, ordained by the Presbytery ot New York. He had supplied the pulpit of the church at Rahway, for a brief period. His ministry at Westfield was highly acceptable, and he was much beloved by his people. "He died, much lamented, September 16, 1753, aged 37 years." +
The pulpit remained vacant several years. Their next pastor was the
REV. BENJAMIN WOODRUFF.
He was a son of Alderman Samuel Woodruff, who was one of the ten sons of Joseph Woodruff Jr. The latter was the son of Joseph and the grandson of John Woodruff, one of the original planters of this town. He was born in 1733. His father, Samuel, was extensively engaged in merchandise (trading to the West Indies and elsewhere abroad), and one of the most influential citizens of the town. He was named in the first Charter of the Borough, one of the Common Council, was afterwards an Alderman, and then Mayor of the Borough. He was, also, President of the Board of Trustees, and an Elder of the Presb. church. His house was the minister's home, as George Whitefield and the two Brainerds had found it. For nine years, almost from the be- ginning, he was a Trustee of the College of New Jersey, and there his two sons, Benjamin and Joseph, were educated, graduating together in the class of 1753. Joseph took part in his father's business, but Benjamin, having pursued a
* Huntting's His. Discourse, pp. 13, 14; and Ms. Letter. Edgar's Hist. Dis., p. 14. Web- ster, pp. 386-7. N. Jersey Wills, Trenton, H.
t Huntting, p. 14. Webster, p. 576. Edgar, p. 14.
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course of theological study, probably with his pastor, Elihu Spencer, was in due time licensed to preach the gospel. Having supplied the pulpit of the Westfield church awhile, he was ordained their pastor, by the Presbytery of New York, Mar. 14, 1759. He proved a most acceptable and ex- cellent pastor. During the forty four years of his ministry at Westfield, he greatly endeared himself to his people, by his preaching and pastoral intercourse.
In Feb. 1761, the session consisted of Mr. Woodruff, and the Elders, John Woodruff, John Corey, Samuel Hinds, Zeb- ulon Ginnings [Jennings], John Crane, and Samuel Yeo- mans. July 3, 1766, John Mecker and Andrew Hatfield were ordained to the Eldership ; April 7, 1769, William Pierson, Matthias Hatfield, Joseph Acan [Acken], and John Miller, also ; Andrew Hatfield was, at the same time, or- dained a Deacon ; and, Nov. 30, 1792, Caleb Maxfield, Jacob Davis and Ezekiel Ross were added to the Eldership.
The most fruitful period of Mr. Woodruff's ministry was during the years 1785 and 1786. In the former year he received eighty two persons, and, in the latter, thirty four, to full communion. More than usual religious interest was manifested in spiritual matters, during the years 1764, 1765, and 1774.
The society was incorporated, Jan. 16, 17SS, with the fol- lowing Trustees : Thomas Woodruff, Esq., John Scudder, Ephraim Marsh, Jesse Clark, Andrew Hatfield, Ephraim Scudder and John Crane.
Very soon after his settlement, Mr. Woodruff was deprived, of Mary, the wife of his youth. She died, March 6th, 1762, aged 27 years. They were married in 1758, and their daughter, Mary, died, Sept. 14, 1782, aged 23 years. In the spring of the following year, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Capt. William Bryant, and sister of Mrs. William Peartree Smith, who resided nearly opposite his father's house. The children of the second marriage were five ; William Bryant (bap., March 21, 1764); Elizabeth (bap., July 12, 1766) ; Bryant (bap., Nov. 4, 1767); Charlotte. Bry- ant (bap., Sep. 3, 1769) ; and William (bap., Sep. 15, 1771).
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Mrs. Woodruff survived her husband, and died, March 17, 1805, at New York.
Mr. Woodruff is described as " small in person, dignified and precise in his manners, social in his habits, scrupulously exact and fastidious in his dress, ... with small-clothes, silk hose, buckles, cock-hat, and ruffles, every where the same, and always commanding profound respect."
His death was entirely unexpected. He preached on the Sabbath, with his usual freedom and force, and, on the morning of the following Sabbath, he had ended his course. On the occasion of his funeral, April 4th, 1803, the Rev. Dr. Mc Whorter of Newark, preached, to a deeply afflicted people, from 1 Cor. xv : 56, after which the body was buried under the aisle of the church in front of the pulpit, and over it was placed a marble slab, with the following inscription :
SACRED TO THE MEMORY | OF THE REV. BENJAMIN WOOD- RUFF, A. M., | WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE | APRIL 3, 1803, AGED 70 YEARS.
THE DUST LIES HERE | OF A VENERABLE MAN ;- formed from early youth | in learning human and divine : | passed his collegiate studies with reputation, | SOON ENTERED THE HOLY MINISTRY-WAS SETTLED NEAR FORTY YEARS | PASTOR OF THIS CHURCH.
AN EXCELLENT PREACHER, | zealous, pathetic, prudent and suc- cessful; | in controversy, moderate and calm ; | among ministers, hus- bands, fathers, brothers, friends, | FEW HIS EQUALS. | PIETY, HOSPITAL- ITY, FRIENDSHIP, | HUMILITY, BENEVOLENCE AND MODESTY, | FORMED HIS CHARACTER.
His voice it cries, My people quickly come To Jesus, your eternal rest and home .*
In the extreme west of the township of Westfield, as now bounded, a considerable number of Scotch immigrants found a pleasant home on the eastern border of Green Brook, as early as 1684-5, to which they gave the name of " Scotch Plains." Owing to their remoteness from the village on the Creek, and their location on the waters of the Raritan, they had more to do with Piscataway than with the town in which they were included. They resorted thither for the public
* Huntting's Hist. Discourse, pp. 14-15. Edgar, pp. 14-16.
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worship of God on the Sabbath ; and, as a Baptist church had been organized there as early as 1689, they in time mostly became attached to that denomination. A Baptist church was organized at the Plains in 1747, of which the first pastor was the
REV. BENJAMIN MILLER.
He was a native of Scotch Plains, where he was born in 1717, and in his youth was much addicted to revelry. He was converted from the error of his ways, in connection with a sermon preached by the Rev. Gilbert Tennent, by whom he was encouraged to enter the ministry. He was ordained in 1748, and continued the faithful and honored pastor of the Baptist church, until his decease, on Wednesday Nov. 14, 1781, in his 65th year. At his funeral, the sermon was preached by the Rev. John Gano, of N. Y., who said, " Never did I esteem a ministering brother so much as I did Mr. Miller, nor feel so sensibly a like bereavement." In the carly part of his ministry, Mr. Miller used to preach fre- quently in New York, and from 1753 to 1762, regularly ad- ministered the Lord's Supper to those of his flock who lived in the city. The first Baptist church of New York was an offshoot from the church of Scotch Plains, and was organized by Mr. Miller and Mr. Gano, June 19, 1762. His widow, Joanna, died in Sept. 1796, æt. 96. She was nearly 17 years older than her husband.
Their second pastor was the
REV. WILLIAM VAN HORN.
He was the son of Peter Van Horn, was born in 1746, edu- cated at Dr. Jones' Academy, Pennepek, and was ordained at Sonthampton, Pa., where he continued thirteen years, serving as chaplain in the army during the War. In 1785, he became the pastor of the church of Scotch Plains, remain- ing in this relation until 1807, when he resigned, and re- moved with his wife and seven children to the West, design- ing to settle near Lebanon, Ohio. He died of dropsy, on the way, at Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 31, 1807 .*
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