History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 104

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1170

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Third Generation .- John Case, son of the foregoing Godfrey, and grand- son of John,-to whom we are indebted for much of the material of this sketch,-married Eliza, daughter of Elijah Rittenhouse, and has three 8018,-Elijah R. Case, C.E., Levi W. Case, A.M., M.D., and Joseph Case. Hle lives at Case's Saw-Mill.

Levi Case married a daughter of Jacob Bunn, and has one sou-Whit- field-and two daughters,-Elizabeth and Lucy. He lives ou the home- stead-farm, near Milford.

Margaret Case (deceased), wife of William Besson, had two sons-Jolin Bessou, attorney-at-law, Hoboken, N. J., and Samnel Austin Besson, A.M., attorney-at-law, Jersey City, N. J .- and three danghters,-Elizabeth, Hannah (deceased), and Frances.

Catharine Case, wife of Spencer Alpaugh, has three daughters,-Mary, Adella, and Camella. They live at Little York, in this county.

Susan Case, wife of Heory Eckel, has one daughter,-Lydia, wife of Dr. William Rice, of Trenton, N. J. Henry Eckel and wife live at Freuchtown, N. J.

Godfrey Case (deceased), son of Peter and grandson of John, married Sallie, daughter of Daniel Curtis. They had four children,-Samuel, Elizabeth, wife of Sammel Worthington, Peter, and Mary Martha, wife of - Mathis.

Henry Case (deceased), son of Peter, married - Vorliis. They had two sons,-Vorhis and Whitfield.

John Case (deceased), son of William and grandson of John, wae mar- ried twice. Ilis first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hoff. By this marriage they had three sons-William, John F., and Jeremiah H. -and three daughters,-Mary, wife of John B. Opdyke; Anue, wife of Jonathan Kugler; and Elizabeth, wife of William Wilson. His second wife was Amy, daughter of William Hoff. By this marriage they had one son-Ell-and two daughters,-Catharine, wife of Holloway II. Hewitt, and Margaret, wife of Wilson Silverthorn.

Christopher Case (deceased), son of William, had two wives,-Catharine Rupel, by whom he had one son, William, and - Case, by whom he bad one daughter, Annie, and three sons, George, Peter, and Christopher.

THIE ECKEL FAMILY.

HEINRICHI HAECKEL came from Germany about 1750, and settled at Hellertown, Pa. The name soon

became corrupted to Eckel. A son of his, John Eckel, married Mary Harpell, in Pennsylvania, and about 1780 came to Alexandria and settled on the farm at Mount Pleasant on which Jacob Eckel, a great- grandchild, now resides. John and Mary had five children,-Henry, Philip, John, Mary, and Hannah.

Henry Eckel, son of John, had nine children,- Aaron, John, Eliza, Fanny, Peter, Mary Ann, Henry, Samnel, and George. Philip died young; John had seven children,-Samuel C., Sarah, Jordan, Hannalı, Selinda, Amandus, and Elizabeth; Mary married Isaac Mathews, of West Amwell, in this county ; Hannah married Pierson Baker, of Mercer County:

Peter Eckel, son of Henry and grandson of John, married Sarah Welch, by which marriage there were two danghters,-Elizabeth and Ellen. After her de- cease he married Emma, danghter of David and Eliz- abeth Rockafeller. They had two children,-Laura J. and P. Judson Eckel. They live in Alexandria.

Henry Eckel, son of Henry, married Susan, daugh- ter of Godfrey Case. They had two children,-Lydia and Levi. They live in Frenchtown.

CIVIL LIST.

This list is necessarily imperfect, as earnest search and persistent inquiry fails to develop any of the town records farther back than the year 1860.

CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.

1756-70, William Everitt; 1766-74, Henry Stoll; 1774, John Emley ; 1775, Johu Emley, Henry Stoll ; 1784, Henry Stoll (moderator), --; 1787-89, John Brink, William Lowry; 1790, Thomas Lowry, John Brink; 1791, Thomas Lowry, John Emley; 1792, Thomas Lowry, Adam Leonard; 1793, Thomas Lowry, Joseph Chamberlain; 1794, Thomas Lowry, Benjamin Wright ; 1795-96, Henry Gulick, Benja- min Wright ;$ 1800, David Everitt, William Godley.

We are indebted to William T. Srope, Esq., for the following list of officers, copied from his private col- lection of historical material :

TOWN COMMITTEES.

1841-43, William Vliet; 1841, Robins Smith, William W. Cose; 1841-43, Jonas Thatcher; 1841, James Dalrymple ; 1842-43, Jonathan Pickel, William Fleming, Solomon Weider ; 1851, John E. Case; 1851-54, John H. Sinclair, Henry Kels; 1851-59, George Ilice; 1851-52, Wil- liam S. Hartpence ; 1852-53, John Slater ; 1853-58, Peter A. Bloom ; 1853-54, Peter Eckel ; 1855-56, Jolin Kugler; 1855, Lovi Case, Moses Robbins; 1857, Cornelius Hoff, John Weider; 1858-59, Joseph Myers; 1859-67, Benjamin Wright; 1859-60, Bateman Stont; 1859, Christopher Starner; 1860, Francis B. Hager, Jonathan Kugler, Benjamin G. Pursoll; 1861, William II. Dawes, Joseph C. Wright; 1862-75, William Bunn; 1862-76, George W. Bonnell; 1862, David McCrea ; 1863-72, John Weider ; 1863-66, Baltis Pickel; 1868-71, Charles Shuler; 1868-70, Jacob Hager; 1868-69, Richard Bloom; 1871-73, James M. Duckworth ; 1872, Philip S. Hawk ; 1873, Samuel Willson, Jacob Bunn ; 1874-80, William J. Duckworth; 1874-77, Daniel R. Hill ; 1876-77, Aaron Matthews; 1877-79, Saumel Stont; 1877-78, Charles Rockafeller; 1878, John Cole, George W. Hager; 1879-80, Iliram W. Cronce; 1880, Samnel B. Dalrymple.

TOWN CLERKS.

1841-48, Wholston Vanderbelt; 1849, Jonathan Pickel ; 1850, Wholston Vanderbelt; 1851-52, IIenry F. Vaunortwick; 1853, William C. Al- pangh ; 1854, Thomas A. Runyan ; 1855-56, Peter Cole; 1857-59, James II. Murphy ; 1860, Aaron Matthews; 1861, James N. Ilice;

# The chosen freeholders from 1800 to 1880 are given on, page 264 of this work, to which the reader is referred.

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ALEXANDRIA.

1862-63, Peter C. Bloom: 1864, Mosen K. Everitt; 1865-66, Jamies HI. Murphy; 1867, James N. IIlco ; 1868-75, Charles Alpaugh ; 1876-80, William Bonnell.

ASSESSORS.

1810-41, Jonathan Pickel; 1842-13, George V. Alpaugh; 1850, Samuel Stout ; 1851, Wholston Vanderbelt ; 1852-53, Lemnel B. Myers; 185-1, William A. Huff; 1855-58, Samuel Stout ; 1859-61, Joseph M. Pickel ; 1862-61, Charles Alpangh; 1865-67, Aaron Matthews; 1868-70, Thomas R. Opdyke; 1871-73, William Bonnell; 1874-76, Andrew J. McCreu; 1877-80, William D. Bloom.

COLLECTORS.

1841-43, George Ilice; 1850, George G. Lungor; 1×51-52, John B. Op- dyko; 1863, Aaron Root; 1854-56, Matthias Bunn; 1857-59, l'eter Colu ; 1860-62, James 11. Murphy : 1863-69, Charles Warford ; 1870- 72, John llackolt; 1873, Charles Warford; 1874-75, Thomas B. Op- dyke ; 1876-80, Willlam V. Bloom.

SCHOOLS.

"Old Church" District (No. 31) is one of the oldest in the present limits of the county. The school-house stood originally on a lot situated on the corner now occupied by Joseph Everitt, in Franklin township. The lot contained half an acre of land, and belonged to the farm which John Emley, Sr., had bought, March, 1737, of Robert Strettel, of Philadelphia, and conveyed, Jan. 1, 1755, to his son, Elisha Emley. We have an old lease for this lot, found among the papers of Jacob Race, Sr., deceased, from Elisha Emley to John Emley, Sr., John Emley, Jr., Jacob Large, Robert Large, Harmanus Kester, and James Willson, bearing date May 1, 1756, the language of which implies unequivocally that a school-house, as well as " habitation" for a teacher, had already been built. How long they had been in use we can only conjecture, but we feel assured that the inhabitants provided school privileges for their children as soon as practicable after settling in the neighborhood. This was about 1730.

In an old account-book of Dr. Samuel Willson's, under date of 1752, we find two charges against " William Rennels" and " Rennels the schoolmaster," from which we infer that William Reynolds was the teacher at that time. Towards the close of the century William Bradroth, familiarly spoken of in the tradi- tions of fifty years ago as "Old Bradreth," taught there; after him, "Old Master (William) Tecple." After Teeple, Miss Sarah Curtis taught. She is still living, the widow of Samuel Stout, and mother of Bateman Stout.

The lease for one square chain of this school lot was renewed June 18, 1799. It was given by Jacob Race, who then owned the farm to which it belonged, to Samuel Kester, Samuel Willson, Thomas Hoff, Benjamin Kester, Ichabod Oliver, Samuel Stout, William Large, William Quick, William Brewer, George Fritts, John Large, John Little, Robert Little, Samuel Webster, Joseph Webster, and John Hull, in "consideration of the sum of sixty cents." The lease was for sixty years. The writer remembers accompanying an eller sister one day to the school-house when Miss Sarah Curtis was teacher.

It was of logs, and stood thirty or forty yards from the road-corner. This must have been in 1818.

In 1806 there seems to have been disaffection to- wards the school, or its location, for there was an at- tempt to open another in the part of the district where the present house stands. We have a school-teacher's " article," binding the teacher, Elijah Allen, to teach school for six months, "in the Old Church adjoining Cornwall Farm," for $3.50 per quarter for each scholar. The subscribers' names appended pledged 19 scholars. It is not probable this school was ever taught, for the $11 a month was insufficient pay, and there is nothing said in the subscription about "boarding 'round."

In 1818 the school-house was removed to its present site, near St. Thomas' church. The teachers, after the removal of the house, as far as known by the writer, were Peter Lennard, John Risler, and James Hughes. Hiram Hubby, from Massachusetts, taught four quarters ; then Peter Lennard again, followed by Patrick I. Quirk, Asher Bonham, Jacob Bloom, Wil- liam A. Huff, George Elicott, David Rittenhouse, Emley Bellis, John L. Tinsman, Henrietta Ambler, Ruth Elizabeth Robeson, and several others whose names cannot be ascertained.

The writer began the " pursuit of knowledge" at this old log school-house in his sixth summer. The benches were made of slabs, and had no backs. We were kept in school eight hours a day, including two recesses of fifteen minutes each, and had two hours "noonspell."

In 1860 the old log house gave way to the present building, which is a good, substantial structure. The teachers whose names are remembered are Jeremiah O. Hoff, now a practicing physician, Miss Catharine Rittenhouse, Joseph P. Stout, Holloway W. Bellis, and Miss S. Jennie Sutton.

The trustees are John L. Tinsman, district clerk, Joseph P. Stout, and Sylvester Dalrymple; number of children, 50; public money, $315.37.

In " Pittstown District" (No. 30) the first school of which we have any reliable knowledge was kept in an old building directly in the rear of the present hotel. This building was in a state of advanced dilapidation. Where the school was previously kept is not known. Rev. John Hanna, who came to Pittstown in 1761, sometimes had a number of pupils under his instruc- tion, but never, as we are aware of, a district school. Steven Albro was the first, so far as learned, who taught in the old house. James Hughes was teacher in 1813; then came Nathan Wakefield.

In 1822 a house was built near the cross-roads east of Pittstown, on land belonging to Edward A. Rock- hill, Esq. Nathan Wakefield was the first teacher in the new house, then Sela Hanford, Jacob Pittenger, Jacob Bloom, Robert Mickel, Patrick 1. Quirk, Mar- garet Opdyke, and William Loder.

In 1832 or 1833 another house was built, on land of Mr. Larason Stryker, on the west side of the Hickory Rund, one mile from the village. The trustees at the

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time this house was erected were Moses A. Taylor, Jacob Stires, and John Trimmer. The teachers were William Grant, James Pine, George Slack, Thomas Thomas, - Tozier, Washington Hope, William Godley, - Dewees, William Kennedy, William E. Mattison, now a physician in New Brunswick, N. J., Jacob Race, and Isabella Probasco.

In 1854 the present building was erected, at a cost of $800. It is a frame, 21 by 34 feet. The teachers have been William B. Labaw, now a physician ; Hiram B. Opdyke, now a Methodist clergyman ; Oli- ver H. Huffman, Esq., a graduate of Rutgers College; Oran Landers, Edwin Combs, Nathan Solomon, O. Herbert Sproul, now a physician at Stockton, in this county ; John Fleming, Miss Lydia Frace, William T. Stires, Miss Esther Dalrymple, George N. Best, 1869, now a physician at Rosemont, in this county ; Miss Esther Dalrymple, 1869; Sylvester H. Wright, Miss Susan R. Burd, 1870; George N. Best, Miss Susan R. Burd, Erastus S. Bloom, 1871; Miss Kate Miley, 1872; Miss Susan R. Burd, 1873; Miss Mary W. Lippincott, 1874; Miss Emily McCrea, 1875; Julius Johnson, Jos. S. Fauss, 1876 ; Miss Annie B. Cregar, 1877 ; Julius Johnson, Miss S. Jennie Sutton, 1878; Miss Sadie A. Banghart, 1879; Holloway W. Bellis, 1879-80.

The present trustees are John Probasco, district clerk, Beavers Fritts, and William Young. There are 81 scholars in the district between the ages of five and eighteen, and the public money is $324.91.

The history of "Little York," No. 24, dates back to 1809. William A. Huff, Esq., now deceased, in a letter to Rev. C. S. Conkling, copied in his centennial report, says,-

"About 1809 the people of Little York conceived the idea of organ- izing a school for that neighborhood, but they had no house. In looking around they found an old deserted building, on what was called the Hyde lot. This was fitted up as a school-house, and William Lee, an aged Irishman, employed as teacher. I was one of his pupils. Soon, how- ever, measures were taken for the erection of a school-building. Mathias Alpangh gave the land, some gave money, some material, and others contributed labor. In the latter part of 1810 the new building, which stood near Wright's (or Globe) Mille was occupied. The trustoes were Benjamin Wright, William Alpaugh, and Mathias Alpaugh."

A second house was erected in 1825, a frame, 20 by 24 feet. Esquire Huff taught there in 1825. The present building was erected in 1855, is of two stories, 24 by 36 feet, although only one floor has been occu- pied by the school.

The first house in Winchel's Grove, No. 29, was of logs, roofed with straw, and was fifteen feet square. The second house was erected in 1832, and the third in 1856. The latter is 20 by 30 feet, and is in good repair, having been refitted in 1874. It will seat 50 scholars .* We are indebted to Peter M. Mechling for the following list of teachers and trustees. Teach- ers: Jacob Pittenger, George Elicott, Jemima Atkin- son, Solomon Vredenburg, William Keifer, William Hlackett, Jeremiah Hoff, Daniel M. Mathews, Ocran

Race, Timothy Winchel, John Griffith, Ruhamie Brewer, Clara Bonham, Peter M. Mechling, - Schug, Benjamin F. Severs, William Hoppaugh, and John Y. Rupell. Trustees : Albert Opdyke, William Roberts, Isaac Hiner, John Hackett, Dewitt C. Ed- monds, John Sheridan, Simon Cooley, Ralph H. Dal- rymple, Abner Cooley, and David H. Butler, Num- ber of children, 52; public money, $315.99.

An old lady, Mrs. Sarah Pittenger, stated to Rev. Mr. Conkling that she had attended school in Ever- ittstown, No. 28, about 1785, in a log school-house one mile northeast of Everittstown, and that it was an old building at that time. It is possible that it stood near what was known as Boss' tan-yard as far back as 1776, and that from it sprang the two districts of Everittstown and Winchel's Grove.t We learn from Mrs. Annie Opdyke, aged eighty-two, who has always lived in the neighborhood, that a school-house was built in 1818 between Jeremiah Wright's (for- merly Amos Opdyke's) gate and the brook, a few yards distant. This house stood ten years, and was removed to ground now belonging to Samuel McPherson, a quarter of a mile east of the village. This ground was leased of Cornelius Lake for ninety-nine years. The house was frame, 20 feet square. The trustees at that time were Godfrey Hiner, Cornelius Lake, and Wesley Johnson. In 1858 the present house was built. It is 22 by 35 feet, and will seat 50 pupils.

About 1820 a school-house was built in Union School District at "Case's Hollow," about two miles from Everittstown, on the road from that place to Milford. Andrew Race taught there in 1822. In 1838 or 1839 the district erected a house on the corner of the road leading from Everittstown to Frenchtown, and it superseded the former. In 1855 it was removed to "Shuster's Hollow," and the district was called "Union District." In 1875 it was discontinned by action of the county superintendent.

CHURCHES. ST. THOMAS' CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA.

St. Thomas' Church is believed to be the oldest in the present limits of the county. The Rev. John Talbot, missionary of St. Mary's Church at Burling- ton,-as we learn by a letter of his to the secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in For- eign Parts,-visited this section in September, 1723, and found the people preparing to crect a house of worship.

Previous to the setting off of Bethlehem township, in 1728, Amwell formed " the northernmost and utter- most bounds" of Hunterdon County.

The first church stood on the south side of the road, nearly opposite the present one. It was probably a frame building, for a girder and other timbers in the present house contain mortises and other evidences of having been previously used.

$ Rev. C. S. Conkling.

+ ILid.

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It is not probable the builders of this "forest sauc- tuary" were favored for several years with the regular services of a minister, for there were but few then in the colonies. It is presumable they met for worship, and were favored as often as practicable with the vis- its of ministers from Burlington, Hopewell, Elizabeth- town, Newark, Woodbridge, and Amboy.

But few of the early records can now be found. We have an old manuscript, for which we are indebted to the courtesy of Mrs. Cornelia L. Hay, of Somerset Junction, Mercer Co., a granddaughter of Rev. Wil- liam Frazer, and a great-granddaughter of Rev. Colin Campbell, rector of St. Mary's Church of Burlington in 1734. This paper is without date, and purports to be a memorial addressed by the vestry and wardens of St. Thomas' Church to Rev. Mr. Moreton, their min- ister, expressive of their sympathy and encourage- ment under the political persecutions he had suffered. We learn from the Fulham MISS., copied into the Episcopal Historical Society's collections, that Rev. Andrew Moreton was licensed by the Bishop of Lon- lon for missionary service in New Jersey, March 17, 1760.

The names of the vestrymen and wardens appended to the paper referred to are* William Lowrey, Thomas Harris, Jeremiah Thatcher, John Crawford, William Thatcher, Constantine O'Neill, George Birkhead, Jr., Andrew C'raw ford, John Roat, John Taylor, Jr., John Taylor, George Birkhead, Richard Crooks, Philip Grandin, Mansfield Hunt, Jonah Park.

The principal proprietors of the West Jersey Land Society's great tract contributed to the pecuniary sup- port of the minister, as we learn from the following :

" WHEREAS, The Nulmeribors being desirous in assisting to establish the Gospel in Amwoll nul Kingwood Churches, I have desired John Emley, Attorney for the Purchasers of the Society's Great Tract, to pay nuto the Church Wardeus the aum of Ten Pound, yearly, during the continuance of this presen! Minister, which avm is to be paid out of the Society's Ronts as followelh-viz. :

Jord Stirling ... £1 Gs. 8d.

John Stevens ...

3 G 8

James Parker ...

2 0 0

Ex's of A. Johnston

1 6 8

- MrEvery ..

13 4

-Maraton,

Honry Cuyler,

Jacob Ludlow,

10 0 0

" Witness my hand this 4th of October, Anno Doml. 1700.

"JNO. STEVENS."

Dec. 4, 1768, John Grandin, Esq., in behalf of the wardens, informed John Emley, the attorney of the society's purchasers, that £10 was "more than they wanted,"-a noteworthy statement,-and an appor- tionment was then made for Es. Half-yearly receipts are appended for each year until Nov. 22, 1773. These are signed by John Grandin, Philip Grandin, or don- athan Forman, on the part of the vestry. From this paper we learn that the same minister officiated at both St. Thomas' church of Kingwood and St. An- drew's of Amwell.

The Rev. William Frazer succeeded Mr. Moreton. In 1768 he took charge of the two churches of King- wood and Amwell and a third at a place he calls Museonetrong, 28 miles north of the former. In a letter to Rev. Dr. Benton, of London, describing his missionary field, he writes that there were thirty tam- ilies at Kingwood, but no suitable church edifice, pub- lic worship having to be celebrated in private houses. We have a manuscript sermon of Mr. Frazer's for which we are indebted to Mrs. Hay, to which is pre- fixed, in his handwriting, this statement : " Preached at Kingwood on Friday, Hth Nov., 1768, being the day appointed for the congregation to meet in order to fix on a place where to build a new church." It was at this meeting decided to erect a stone building on the opposite side of the road from the former. The road is the line between Kingwood and Alexandria townships. The land belonged to Lewis Stevens, Esq., and was a part of Cornwall farm. The new house was not completed for several years.

Rev. Mr. Frazer labored until the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. After peace was declared he returned, reopened his churches, and resumed his ministerial labors. He died in 1795, aged fifty-two.

After Mr. Frazer, Rev. George Woodruff, from Trenton, preached at St. Thomas' bi-weekly. The Rev. Clarkson Dunn, from Newton, N. J., succeeded him. There was a period of several years early in the present century when regular services were entirely suspended. The membership had become small, and there was probably no vestry, for the house and grounds were badly neglected.

In 1822 the house was thoroughly repaired, and re- ligious services were resumed under the ministry of Rev. Mr. Douglas, of New Brunswick, N. J. A Sunday-school was conducted by Miss Margaret Op- dyke and the Misses Susan and Mary Forman. Bishop C'roes officiated occasionally. Atter Mr. Douglas came Rev. Mr. Jaques, followed by Rev. William C. Crane on alternate Sundays for two or three years (1836-38).

After Prof. Crane retired services were conducted for several years by James R. Dunham, of Clinton, who afterwards, we have understood, became a li- censed minister. In 1845, Rev. Mr. Adams took charge of St. Thomas', Clinton, and Flemington, re- siding at the latter place. Rev. Mr. Jaques sue- ceeded to Mr. Adams. After him, Rev. Mr. Forgus officiated for a year or two, and retired.

There was then a suspension of services for about ten years, the house being considered unfit for use. During part of this period the Rev. Dr. Boggs, from New Brunswick, N. J., preached in the school-house at Pittstown. In 1875-76, chiefly through the liber- ality and under the direction of Hon. Frederic .i. Potts, of Pittstown, the house was thoroughly re- paired.

The Rev. Edwin K. Smith, of Lambertville, is the present pastor, and there is a fair prospect of a per- manent organization.

* A space, large enough for two names, is lost by wear; the name of William Lowrey is av indistinct as to be uncertain.

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Inside the church, near the chancel, is a tablet mem- orative of Lewis Stevens, whose willing hands helped to raise these walls. In front, by the side of the path that leads to the entrance, side by side, as if in mar- tial rank, repose six heroes of the Revolution.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF EVERITTSTOWN .*

This church was organized in 1817, under the pas- torate of the Rev. George Banghart, who had Rev. Richard N. Petherbridge as his colleague. In 1825, under the pastorate of the Rev. Benjamin Collins, a house of worship was erected. The trustees at this time were Amos Opdyke, Samuel Bellis, Uriah Bellis, Reuben Lee, and Isaac Hartpence.

The names of the successive pastors who have offi- ciated on this charge are :

1824-25, Benjamin Colline; 1826, Isaac Winner, Anthony Atwood; 1827- 28, John Finley, John K. Shaw; 1829-30, William H. Wiggins, Abra- ham Gearhart; 1831, Pharaoh Ogden, Francis A. Morrel ; 1832, Joseph McCool, A. K. Street; 1833-34, Jacob Heavender; 1835-36, Abraham Gearhart, B. N. Reed, Richard Lanning ; 1837-38, Jacob Heavender, James M. Tuttle; 1839, James M. Tuttle, L. R. Dunn; 1840, William Hanley, James White ; 1841, A. K. Street ; 1842, Joseph Gaskill; 1843-44, Zerubbabel Gaskill; 1845-46, Abram M. Palmer; 1847-48, Thomas T. Campfield; 1849-50, D. W. Decker; 1851-52, Rod- ney Winans, Jacob Horner; 1853, Curtis Tally ; 1854-55, J. J. Sleeper; 1856-57, W. W. Christine ; 1858-50, Jobn S. Coit; 1860-61, W. W. Voor- hees, C. P. De Camp ; 1862-63, J. P. Daily ; 1864, William E. Blakeley ; 1865-66, Henry J. Hayter; 1867-68, William S. Galoway; 1869, A. H. Bellis; 1870, J. R. Stratton; 1871-72, William H. Ruth; 1873, William H. McBride ; 1874-75, H. Bice; 1876, James W. Hartpence; 1877-78, A. G. Miller ; 1879, E. S. Jamison; 1880, 1. W. Cole.

The present trustees are Hiram Cronce, Isaac Man- ning, John F. Case, Samuel Stout, Thomas Cronce, Isaac J. Snyder, and Nathan Seal.

From this church have originated several others, --- the Methodist Episcopal Church of Quakertown, that of Frenchtown, of Milford, and of Little York.

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History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 104

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1170

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1170