History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N.J., 1742-1882 pt 1, Part 52

Author: First Presbyterian Church in Morristown (N.J.)
Publication date: 1880
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Now, coming under the influence of these truths, verified so oft in our history and ex- perience as a Church, we can to-day sing of goodness and mercy,-we can meditate on his work and talk of his doings ;- for God, mighty to save, has oft appeared in the midst of us, filling this house with his glory, and more than once answering the cries of his awakened and longing people. And to some of God's wonders among us let me turn your thoughts.

Scarcely was this region of country sur- veyed before we find a Church organized. In 1718, three years after it became the legal property of the white man, and when there were but few farms cleared and few dwellings to be seen, a new Church was formed at Whippany, called at that time East Han- over ; and a house of worship reared near,

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COMBINED REGISTERS, for Pastorate of the Rev. Samuel Fisher ; July. 1809, to Dec. 1814 For meaning of abbreviations 'see second page of THE RECORD for April, 1884.

It will be esteemed a great favor if the readers of THE RECORD will send CORRECTIONS, or additional INFORMATION, to Lock Box 90, Morristown, N J.

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Stephen Tunis, with w. [MEHITABLE BISHOP.]

Eliza Ann ; b. 20 Sept., 1808 ; B. 4 June, 1812.

Joseph Turner [s. of Stephen & Phebe (Peck)] ; d. 22 July, 18II, aet, 22.

Hannah Tuthill ; m. 12 April, 1810, to Johnson Conklin.

JANE (HANCOCK) TUTHILL, w. Theodorus, s. Dr. Sam'l; d. I June, 1814, aet. 55.

Samuel Tuthill, M. D., d. 31 May, 1814, aet. 89.

SARAH TUTHILL ; [dg. of -- Kinney], w. of Dr. Samu'l , d 12 Nov , 1811, aet. 80 Barnabas Tuttle, d. 16 April. 1812, aet. 56.

Catharine Tuttle ; m. 11 May, 1814, to Joseph Youngs, both of Hanover.

Thomas Tuttle (once " Tuthill") ; d. 8 March, 1810, aet 79.

BETHIAH (YOUNG) VAIL, w. Stephen ; C. 27 April, 1812; dis. 26 Jan., 1841, to 2d Ch .; d. 19 Sept. 1847, aet. 69.

Harriet, b. 7 March, 1802 ; B. t. w. 3 July, 1812.

Alfred Lewis, b. 25 Sept, 1807 ; B. f. w., 3 July, 1812.

George, b. 21 July, 1809; B. Sarah Davis, b· 19 Feb., 1811 ; B. “

Eliza Vail ; m. 20 Jan,, 1812, to James C. Canfield [s. of Isaac ?] ; [dis. 1819, to Missouri Territory, as w. of Charles Tucker ?'

MARGARET [VAIL], serv. of Silas Johnson & w. of "black Jack Vail"; B. & C. I May, 1814 ; dis. I Nov. 1827, to N. Y. City. Clarey ; b. 12 Mar., 1806 ; B. f. w. 2 July, 1814.

John ; b. 3 Aug., 1808 ; B. f. w. 2 July 1814.

Harry ; b. I Dec., 1810 ; B. f. w. 2 July, 1814.

Jane Frances ; b. 3 Dec., 1812; B. f. w. 2 July, 1814.

PHEBE VAIL, w. of Henry ; d. 28 Mar., 1814, aet. 56.

David Ward ; m. 18 Aug., 1811, to Phebe Ward, both of Bloomfield.

Phebe Ward ; m. 18 Aug., 1811, to David Ward, both of Bloomfield.

Thomas Watson ; d. 6 May, 1812, aet. 51.

Andrew White, of Monmouth Co .; m. 18 Sept., 1813, to Jane Tunis, of Hanover. Abner Whitehead, with w. [ABIGAIL, dg, of Jabez Condit ?]

"Child," d. 13 Feb., 1810, aet. 3.

Isaac ; b. 16 Sept., 1809; B. f. w. 24 June, 1810. Lucinda ; b. I Jan., 1812 ; B. f. w. 14 June 1812.

Asa Horace ; b. Dec., 1813 ; B. f. w. 30 June 1815.

Isaac Whitehead, of Chatham, [s. of Onesimus ?]; m. I Feb., 1812, to Esther Arnold. Mahlon Whitehead, of Sussex ; m. 17 April, 1810, to Hannah Harporee.

ONESIMUS WHITEHEED, [s. of Isaac & Sarah ?] ; d. 4 July, 1814, aet. 72-10-21.

MATTHIAS WILLIAMS; L. 30 Oct., 1812, fr. Orange; m. Mary Armstrong, wid. [of Nath'l?] ; d. 1832, aet. 79. Sarah Williams, d. I May, 1810, aet. 48.

Joshua Wilson ; m. 21 Oct., 1809, to Elizabeth Tharp.

Sarah Wilson, w. of Joshua ; d. 12 July, 1809, aet. 56.

Joshua Wiltz, of N. Y .; m. 8 Sept., 1813, to Catharine Ford, of Hanover, [dg. of Jon ?] MEHITABLE WOOD [dg. of-Fairchild], w. of David ; B. & C. 3 July, 1814.

Rev. Wm. Woodbridge, of Greenwich, N. Y .; m. 14 Dec., 1810, to Elizabeth Stiles, wid. Sally S. Woodhull, of Long Island ; m. 2 April, 1812, to Rev. Richard S. Storris [Storrs ?] of Mass.

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Elizabeth Hatfield Woodruff, [2d] m. 13 May, 1811, to Jacob Beers, [s. of Nath'] ] Isaac Wort, Pompton, Burgen Co .; m. 23 Jan., 1811, to Eleanor Cohill.

Isaac Wychoff ; m. 16 May, 1812, to Abigail Johnson ; both of Chatham.

DINAH YOUNG, wid .; C. 3 Nov., 1814 ; dis. Nov., 1821 ; m. to Ephraim Cutler ; d. I Feb., 1839, aet. 84.

Isabella Young, [dg. of-Berry], wid. of Joseph ; d. 27 July, 1814, "advanced."

Joseph Youngs ; m. 11 May, 1814, to Catharine Tuttle, both of Hanover.

STEPHEN YOUNGS [s. of Ephraim ?], with w. [Abigail ?]

Harriet Cook, b. 21 Feb., 1810; B. 6 May, 1810, [d. 6 Mar. 1812 ?]

Stephen ( b. 2 Jan., 1813, ; B. 4 July, 1813.

James

Irene ; b. 6 Mar., 1015 ; B. 30 June 1815.

COMBINED REGISTERS, from Jan. 1815 to Dec. 1840, through the Pastorates of Wm. A. McDowell, Albert Barnes, Charles Hoover, and Orlando L. Kirtland.

Adams, William ; d. 6 May, 1826, aet. 47.

Adamson, William, of Camden, So. Carolina ; m. 22 May, 1827, to Frances A. Carmichae ADAMSON,-w. of William ; L. 28 Dec., 1815, fr. Hanover ; d. 20 Feb., 1836, aet. 75. ALLEN, GILBERT ; [elected elder and deacon, 31 July, 1777, last met with Session, 23 Feb., 1815, present 120 times out of 158] ; d. 6 Jan., 1816, aet, 80.

ELIZABETH,- -; d. 10 Jan., 1816, aet. 79.

Allen, Harriet, [adopted dg. of Jesse Sexton] ; m. 20 Aug., 1825, to Timothy H. Prudden. ALLEN, JABEZ [LINDSLEY], [adopted s. of deacon Allen] ; C. 22 . Noy. 1827 ; dis. 8 Dec., 1828, to Ist. Ch., Newark ; returned fr. same 17 May, 1832 ; dis. again.

CAROLINE CONKLING MILLS, [dg. Jabez & Hannah (Coe)]; m. 21 Mar., 1827 ; dis., re- turned & dis. again with her husband.

Hannah Caroline, b. 23 July, 1828; B. 5 Sept., 1828 ; d. 29 Nov. 1831, aet. 3. Charles Mills, b. II June, 1833 ; B. I Sept. 1833.

Allen, Moses, deacon ; d. near Green Village, 9 Nov. 1823, aet. 70.

§ ALLEN, RODERICK ; B. & C. 7 Dec., 1834 ; dis.

SOPHRONIA, P .- -, C. 18 Feb. 1836 ; dis.

Allen, Sally ; w. Moses, Jr .: d. at Green Village, 25 Nov. 1815, aet. 23.

ALLISON, MARIAN ; L. 20 Feb., 1834, fr. Ist. Ch., Southwark, Philadelphia .; gone.

ALWOOD, Elizabeth ; w. Samuel ; d. 25. Oct. 1820, aet. 81.

ALWOOD, JOHN.

PHEBE [ALWOOD.]

Susan, [b. 1807 ; B. 18/3] ; d. 24 Dec. 1824, aet. 17.

John Henry, b. 3 Sept. 1820 ; B. 5 Sept. 1828.

Emeline Parson, b. 10 Jan. 1823 ; B. 5 June 1829.

ELIZABETH, dg. wid. Phebe; [b. 13 Feb., 1813 ; B. f. w. 2 July, [813] ; C. 26 Feb. 1830 ; d. 24 Jan., 1847, aet. 33.

ALWOOD, JONAS, [s. Samuel.]

NANCY, -- [2d. w .? ]; C. 24 Aug., 1820 ; dis. 8 June, 1841, to 2d Ch .; d. 11 Jan., 1862, aet. 73.

MARY ANN, [b. 1809 ; B. 1813] ; C. 23 Feb. 1827.

[Martha Whitehead; B. 5 Dec., 1823]; dg. d. 27 Jan., 1833, aet. II.

Helen Maria, b. 9 Nov., 1828 ; B. 27 Feb. 1829.

ELIZABETH R., [b. 1800 ; B. 1803] ; C. 28 May, 1829 ; dis. 8 June 1841, to 2d Ch .; d. 5 Nov., 1861, aet. 61.

Allwood, Mary Ann; d. 30 Jan., 1835, aet. 35. [dg. Jonas and Nancy ?]

Alwood, Ruth ; w. Samuel [R ?] ; d. I June 1818. aet. 79.

Alwood, Samuel R .; d. 24 June, 1818, aet. 86.

ALWOOD, SUSANNA ; w. Henry [s. Samuel & Elizabeth ?] ; L. 22 May 1817, fr. Rockaway. Ames, Levi; m. 19 Sept, 1833, to Ruth Goble.

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Page 120.

Silas Mills was s. of John and Cleo(Wines,) not Cloe ; he was married to Eunice (not Emma) Johnson, a dg. of Rich- ard. This correction and addition should also be made on page 118, opposite " Emma Johnson."

Page 118.

James D. Johnson was a s. of Richard. Page 115.

Huldah Freeman was married to Samuel Kirk (not Kork.)

George W. Dixon (not George Dixon) was b. 2 June, 1784.

Page 114 :

Jane DeCamp, w. of Timothy, was a Humes (not Hughes.)

Supplement, page 65, Trustees and Parish, 2d column, 9th line from bottom ; read " meekness" (not "weekness.") Page 211 of Sup., May, 1883 :

June 20, 1807 ; Aaron Boylan was married to Phebe Breese (not Breeze.)

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or on, the spot of land now occupied by the graveyard. This Church was attended by the scattered settlers of the township of Whippany, embracing the territory now in- cluded in the townships of Morris, Chatham and Hanover, until the year 1733, when the people of West Hanover formed a separate congregation, though not organized into a Church till 1738 or 9 on account of strenuous opposition on the part of the eastern por- tion of the congregation.

Religion, during this period, was at a low ebb throughout the whole country. In New England, one of the Mathers writes, "The glorious and precious religion of our heavenly Christ generally appears with quite another face, in the lives of Christians of this day, than what it had in the lives of the saints, into whose hands it was first deliver- ed. The modern Christian is but too gener- ally a very shadow of the ancient." Said one of our own ministers, of the state of things in Pennsylvania in 1734 : "True religion lay as it were a dying and ready to expire its last breath of life. The common notion seemed to be that if people were aiming to be in the way of duty as well as they could, they imagined there was no rea- son to be much afraid." In our own state we have this mournful picture : "The love of many had waxen cold. The savor of re- ligion was lost ; family prayer was scarcely known; ignorance of divine truth over- shadowed their minds, while the practices of many were loose and profane." In view of such declension, the Synod of Philadel- phia, which then comprised the whole of our Church, found it necessary to issue a series of most solemn admonitions to the Presbyteries.

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But soon after the organization of this Church better days dawned upon Zion. The great awakening, as it has been styled, com- menced. The earliest manifestation of this extraordinary presence of the divine Spirit in this country was in our own state, under the preaching of the Tennents, soon follow- ed by that of Whitefield who traversed our land with a heart glowing with seraphic fire for the salvation of the perishing. Whether our Church, then in its infancy, received any of the great tidal flow of special spiritual influences that were per- meating so many places, we have no means of knowing, though we find White- field and others preaching all around us. Still I can find no trace that he ever preach- ed in this Church.

Jehovah has rent the heavens and come down and the mountains are fleeing at his presence. There is something of this bless- ed work all around me." Again, in 1774, we find the Church enjoying a special mani- festation of divine favor, and another re- cord : "These are the ingathering of the di- vine harvest ; sweet drops of the morning dew ;" and, as the result of this awakening, fifty united themselves with the people of God.

Influences were at this time working which, in their developments, were unfav- orable to the progress of true piety. In- stead of rejoicing over the spoils of spiritual conquests, nothing was heard but the con- fused noise of battle. The struggle of the colonies for independence, and the forma- tion of the general government, occupied the thoughts and efforts of the masses ; and as a consequence Zion languished. Then followed the French revolution, preceded and accompanied by much that was demor- alizing and atheistic, and whose influence was greatly felt throughout this country.

In 1742 Timothy Johnes visited the place, preached several Sabbaths, was invited to the pastorate, and a few months afterwards was ordained by New York Presbytery and duly installed over this people, among whom he died after a long settlement of nearly fifty- two years. His ministry was a happy one, and was abundantly blessed to many souls. But soon rays of light penetrated the deepening gloom ; here and there a Church arose from the dust and put on her beauti- ful garments. Among these was our own, which in 1790 enjoyed a fresh and cheering baptism of the Spirit, bringing into her fold some forty members. This was the last re- freshing period that the aged pastor was permitted to see. Whilst Europe was be- ing deluged with blood, whilst Christendom was rejoicing in the uprising of a missionary spirit and in its manifested power among the heathen, and whilst the first signs of a moral change appeared, that afterwards swept from a large portion of the Church its laxity of doctrine and discipline, the spirit of the devoted pastor took its flight, leaving behind him, for that day, a strong Church which was destined under his suc- cessors to experience fuller displays of the riches of sovereign and saving grace. Entering upon his charge in a reviving time, he ever took the deepest interest in the pros- perity of Zion, and was often accustomed to rehearse to his people what was occuring in other portions of the Church. Still no in- stance of more than ordinary success is re- corded of the first twenty years of his labors. After this his longings were met, and his heart gladdened, by an unusual turn- ing of his people to divine realities. For more than a year there had been no ad- ditions to the Church. This filled his soul with sadness; and, as he dwelt upon the un- mistakable evidences of declension and the necessity of a closer walk with God, as he ad- ministered the elements at the sacramental feast, tears began to flow over many a cheek, and prayers to arise for an outpouring of the Spirit. This was graciously answered, and at the next communion forty-four were ad- ded to the membership on profession of their During the closing years of his life, the congregation had become so large and the old Church so crowded, that a new build- ing was deemed expedient and necessary ; and, as the result of much prayer, deliber- ation and effort, the present structure in which we now worship was reared, which, faith ; and, during the year, ninety-four in all. Opposite to their names in the Session book I find the following entry: "These the sweet fruits of the wonderful effusion of God's adorable grace, began on our sacra- ment day, July I, 1764." And in a letter af- terwards published he says: "The Lord says one, " for strength, solidity and sym -.

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COMBINED REGISTERS, from Jan. 1815 to Dec. 1840, through the Pastorates of Wm. A. McDowell, Albert Barnes, Charles Hoover, and Orlando L. Kirtland.

For meaning of abbreviations see second page of THE RECORD for April, 1884.

It will be esteemed a great favor if the readers of THE RECORD will send CORRECTIONS, or additional INFORMATION, to Lock Box 90, Morristown, N. J.

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Anderson, Eliakim ; m. 26 April, 1838, to Effy Dickerson, wid.

Anderson, William ; m. 24 July, 1828, to Sarah B. Douglas, eldest dg. James K., both of Camden, So. Carolina.

ANDRESS, JAMES ; m. 23 Sept. 1819, to Jane Bonnell, dg. Luther, of Springfield ; L. 2 ; May, 1821, fr. Springfield ; susp. 1 Jan. 1830.

ARMSTRONG, ANN ELIZA, [dg. Rhoda (Norris?)] ; step-dg. Tim. Pierson ; C. 22 Aug. 1833 ; dis. 26 Jan., 1841, to 2d. Ch.

ARMSTRONG, HARRIET, [dg. Rhoda (Norris ?)] ; step-dg. Tim. Pierson ; C. 22 Aug., 1833, dis. 26 Jan, 1841, to 2d Ch .; mar. I May, 1853, to Wm. S. Townley.

Armstrong, Lewis [s. wid. Mary, who m. Matthias Williams ?]

JULIA BEADLE, [dg. William.]

Hariet Mills, b. 10 Jan. 1827 ; B. 14 July, 1829.

§ Armstrong, Nathaniel ; d. 23 Oct., 1822, aet. 80.

RACHEL LYON [dg. Samuel] ; d. 14 Jan., 1817, aet. 73.

ARMSTRONG, POLLY, wid. [of William ?] ; m. 19 Dec., 1827, to David Lindsley.

Armstrong,- Mr .; [Samuel, s. Nath'l ; b. Aug. 1779?] ; d. 17 Sept. 1832, aet. 52.

Arnold, Abraham ; m. 7 Nov., 1832, to Louise Goble.

Arnold, Betsey; [dg. Robert & Mary (Pierson), b. May, 1782 ?]; d. 23 Sept., 1834, aet. 52.

Arnold, Deborah M .; m. 17 Sept .. 1834, to John S. Johnson.

Arnold, Col. Jacob ; b. 14 Dec., 1749 ; d. 1 Mar., 1827.

ARNOLD, JOHN ; d. 14 Dec., 1830, aet. 87.

Arnold. Mary Ann ; m. 13 Nov., 1833, to Samuel A. Loree.

ARNOLD, [MARY (PIERSON)], wid. Robert ; d. 16 Mar., 1823, aet. 75.

ARNOLD, PHEBE PHILIPS, dg. wid. Sarah ; B. & C. 7 June 1829 ; m. 24 Feb., 1830, to Barnabas B. Thompson ; dis. "probably."

Arnold, Samuel; d. ("lately," 13 Feb., ) 1817.

ARNOLD, SAMUEL, [s. John] ; d. 18 Jan., 1832, aet. 50.

ARNOLD, SARAH ; L. 28 April, 1815, fr. Newark ; dis. 26 Jan., 1841, to 2d. Ch.

Arnold Sarah, [2d w. &] wid. John ; d. 1 Sept., 1838, aet. 90.

ARNOLD, SILAS HOWELL ; s. Sarah ; B. & C. 7 June, 1829 ; m. 9 Oct., 1837, to Martha L. Pierson.

Ashback, George ; m. 22 Mar., 1832, to Susan Gillem.

Axtell, Amzi; m. 3 April, 1830, to Mary Nixon.

AXTELL, HENRY ; L. 9 Nov., 1836 fr. Mendham ; dis. 26 Jan., 1841, to 2d Ch.

" dis. " " ABIGAIL -- -; L. “ "

ELIZABETH L .; C. 24 Nov., 1836 ; dis. 26 Jan., 1841, to 2d Ch.

PHEBE ANN C .; C. 27 Feb., 1837 ; m. 16 Oct., 1839, to Ziba S. Smith ; dis. 8 June, 1841, to 2d Ch.

Axtell, Henry, "Major;" d. 6 April, 1818, aet. 80.

Axtell, Phebe; d. July, 1829, aet. 89.

Axtell, Jacob T. [s. of. Henry & Abigail ? or s. of Timothy ?]

RACHEL ENSLEE ; m. 22 Dec .; 1827 ; C. 5 Feb., 1829; dis. 8 June, 1841 to 2d Ch, Phebe Elizabeth ; B. 4 Sept., 1829,

Alfred Reeves, b. 10 April, 1830 ; B. 4 Aug. 1830 ?

Mary Louisa ; B. 1 June, 1832.

Caroline Louisa ; b. 16 Dec., 1833 ; B. 30 May, 1834.

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Joanna Gardner ; B. 3 Dec., 1837.

William Enslee ; B. 29 Nov., 1839.

Axtell, Joanna, w. Jacob ; 18 Oct., 1826, aet. 18.

AXTELL. JONATHAN R .; C. 21 May, 1829 ; dis. 29 Sept. 1831, to Mendham.

Axtell, Melinda ; m. 18 Oct., 1817, to Ellis C. Morris, late of Morristown.

Axtell, Phebe; m. 18 Oct., 1817, to Charles Roff.

AXTELL, RACHEL ; w. Timothy ; L. 26 Aug., 1830, fr. Orchard st. R. D. Ch., N. Y.

Axtell. Sarah Ann R .; m. 8 June, 1839, to James Henry Snook.

Axtell, Col. Silas, ; b. 5 April, 1769; d. 29 Sept., 1823, at Zanesville O., & buried there ; headstone here.

Ayres, John ; d. at Baskingridge, 4 Sept., 1815.

Ayres, Abigail, w. John ; dg. Ebenezer Coe; d. at Flanders, 27 Dec., 1827, aet. 44. Ayres, John

HULDAH AYERS, [dg. Silas & Mary (Byram) ?] ; C. 22 May, 1823 ; m. 26 Feb., 1829 ; dis. 8 June, 1830.

AYRES, NANCY, dg. Samuel ; B. & C. 6 Sept., 1829 ; m. Oliver Hadden ; dis.

§ AYRES, SILAS ; d. 29 Dec., 1826, aet. 77.

MARY BYRAM ; d. 30 Oct., 1819, aet. 64.

Ayers, Tillah P .; m. 29 Nov., 1826, to Sidney D. Pierson.

Ayres, William, of Brooklyn ; m. 15 Feb., 1827, to Phebe Bedell.

BABBITT, ELKANAH ; d. Aug., 1822, (1821 ?)

BABBITT, PHEBE ; L. 23 Nov., 1820, fr. Mendham ; m. 7 Oct., 1826, to Samuel Pierson ; d. 1862.

Babcock, John ; m. 8 Mar., 1821, to Eliza Humes, both of Solitude.

Badgeley, Catherine M .; m. 16 June 1830, to Cephas Holloway.

Badgeley, Elizah D .; m. 28 Sept. 1840, to John Ransley.

BADGELEY, FANNY, w. Timothy ; C. 7 April, 1823 ; dis. 8 June, 1841, to 2d. Ch.

Badgeley, Sally Ann, dg. Timothy ; d. 28 Aug., 1839, aet. 31.

BAIRD, ELISHA ; m. 10 Oct., 1827, to Eliza A. Shelley, dg. William ; B. & C., 6 Sept., 1829. Bard [Baird ?], Elizabeth M .; m. 20 Feb. 1826, to Eli Carter. of New York.

Baker, Charles, lately of N. Y .; m. 9 Oct., 1819, to Elizabeth Casterline.

BAKER, CLARISSA, w. Albert A. ; B. & C. 7 June, 1829 ; dis. 21 Nov., 1836, to Orange or Newark.

BAKER CLARISSA ; B. & C. 7 Sept., 1828 ; dis. 21 Nov., 1836.

Baker, Capt. David ; d. Mar. 1833, aet. 83.

Baker, Esther; d. at Littleton, 24 May, 1828, aet. 67.

BAKER, SARAH, dg. Jonathan ; C. 8 Aug., 1822 ; m. 14 Jan. 1828, to Alfred Johnson.

Baker, Wickliffe G .; m. I Nov., 1826. to Louisa Smith.

BALL, MAGARET ; L. 27 Aug. 1828, fr. Indianapolis, Ind. : dis. 10 Dec. 1830.

BALL, MARY, wid. Jacob ; d. 14 May, 1833, aet. 81.

BALLARD, ELIZA, W .- -; B. & C. 3 June, 1827 ; dis.

Bangheart, Eliza ; m. 15 Sept. 1822, to Edward C. May.

Banker, Christopher ; d. 10 Feb. 1817, aet. 45.

BARNES, ABBY ANN, w. Rev. Albert ; L. 17 Feb. 1825, fr. Fairfield, N. Y .; dis. 21 July, 1831, to Ist. Ch., Philadelphia.

Albert Henry, b. 11 Feb. 1826; B. 7 May, 1826.

James Nathan, b. I Sept. 1827 ; B. 29 Feb. 1828.

Charlotte Woodruff, b. 11 June, 1829; B. 2 Aug. 1829.

Barton, Hannah Mariah, w. Rev. Wm. H., & dg. Rev. Aaron Condict, of Hanover ; d. 20 Jan., 1827, aet. about 27.

BASTEDO, MARY JANE, w .- L. I Sept., 1839, fr. Rockaway ; dis. 27 May, 1841.

BATES, MARY, wid. John ; b. 6 Feb. 1771 ; C. 8 Aug., 1822 ; d. 14 Jan. 1823.

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J. " THIS SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME."-Psalms 102 : 18.

VOLUME IV.

OCTOBER, 1884.

NUMBER 22.

[Printed with the Approval of the Session.]

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Is published monthly ; terms $1.00 a year, in advance. It will probably be completed with Dec. 1825; the Minutes being brought down to 1882, and the Registers to 1884.

Subscriptions should be made to Mr. James R. Voorhees.

Matters pertaining to the publication should be addressed to the

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Entered at the Post Office at Morristown, N. J., as second class matter.

COMBINED REGISTERS ; 1742 to 1884.

We begin this month the publication of the complete alphabetical list from all the Church Registers. It covers a period of 142 years, from 1742 to 1884, and exhibits all the facts of record in connection with each name, except as provided below. The correction of errors is earnestly solicited. All requests from those who prefer that the dates of their birth, baptism, &c., should not be published will be welcomed and com- plied with. Address Lock Box 90, Morris- town, N. J.

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Sept. 11, 1806; Joseph Byly may possibly be Ryly, the writing is indistinct.

Page 210 of Sup. for May, 1883 :

June 14, 1806 : Stephen Prudden should be Stephen A. Prudden.

Jan. 17, 1806 ; David Mann may possibly be Munn, the writing is indistinct.

Page 209 of Sup. for May 1883 :

Sept. 5, 1804 ; Robert McCleanen should be Robert McClennen.

(Continued from page 130.)

REVIVALS IN THE CHURCH : BY THE

REV. DAVID IRVING, D. D.,

metry of proportion was not excelled by any wooden building of that day in New Jersey." Ere its completion, and without being permitted to preach in it, the good old man was gathered to his fathers, after having been privileged to receive into com- munion with the Church 424 persons, bap- tize 2,827, and marry 948 couples.

The first sermon ever preached in this Church was by Mr. Richards, the successor of Dr. Johnes, on the last Sabbath* of Nov., 1795, and in the following years his arduous labors were crowned with a rich and lasting blessing. This came unexpectedly. In his account of it he says : " None of the Church- members, that ever I could learn, were specially stirred up to desire or expect it. Even those who, from their exemplary character, might have been expected to be waiting for the consolation of Israel, were manifestly unprepared for this sovereign act of divine mercy. But, prepared or un- prepared, the windows of heaven were open- ed, and the spiritual rain descended; and one hundred souls were hopefully brought into the kingdom, as the fruit and effect of this refreshing."

In 1803, in two of the neighborhoods be- longing to the congregation, there was more than the usual interest in the truths of religion, and which served to draw forth the prayers and exertions of the Church. Still conversions were limited almost whol- ly to these two localities, but during the year the Church was increased by some

* The Parish minutes of 18 Feb., 1796, say that worship be- gan in the new building on the 26th Nov., 1795. In that year the 26th of Nov. fell on Thursday, so that if the note is correct the first service was probably the weekly lecture,-[Editor.]

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forty members. From the narrative of the General Assembly, which referred to our Church along with some others, we learn that most interesting revivals had been en- joyed in very many portions of the Church. Through a great part of the South and West, North and North-west, the Spirit of God was remarkably poured out, and the whole Church greatly enlarged and en- couraged.

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History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N.J., 1742-1882 pt 1, Part 52

Author: First Presbyterian Church in Morristown (N.J.) Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Morristown, N.J. : "Banner" Steam Print Number of Pages: 942

Author: First Presbyterian Church in Morristown (N.J.)
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Morristown, N.J. : "Banner" Steam Print
Number of Pages: 942