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Sept. 6. Mary, wf. of Ezek. Day.
Dec. 6. Rachel, Malcolm McCourry's wf.
1768.
Mar. 9. Sam'l S. Johnes & Sarah his wife, my children.
July 26. Eunice, Jon. Ford's wf. " " Phebe, Sam. Hain's wf.
Aug.28. Silas Howell & Hannah his wf. 1769.
June 25. Rebekah, wf. of Jonathan Tichenor. " 29. Kezia, wf. of Josh. Winget.
1770.
Jan. 22. Perkins Byram & Hannah his wf. Feb. 11 Peter Cundict & Anne his wf.
May 4. Lindsley Burnet & Elizabeth his wf.
6. Martha, wf. of Richard Johnson.
Phebe, wf. of Jacob Palmer.
Nov.29. David Wheeler, entered covenant & Bap. & Hannah his wf.
1771.
May 3. Joseph Pierson, Junr. & Mercy his wf.
July 5. Abraham Talmadge & Phebe his wf. Bap. & entered covenant.
14. Rhoda. wf. of Daniel Kenny.
21. Kezia Ball. .6 Rachael, wf. of Jabish Ropes (?). Aug. 4. Catharine, wf. of Wm. Walton.
II. John Millar & Mary his wf.
25. Wm. Gray & Hannah his wf.
May 5. Sam'l Pierson & Rebecah his wf.
Sept. 3. Martha, wf. of Shadrach Hathaway.
" 22. Mary Chever, Bap. adult. on sick bed.
Oct. 6. Thom. Lashly & wf. by certificate. 1772.
Feb. 21. John Bridge & Hannah his wf. " 23. David Youngs & Jane his wf.
Apr. 26. Silas Stiles & Sarah his wf.
May 3. James Smith & Mehitabel his wf.
June 14. James Gillespie & Jane his wf.
Aug. 23. Usual Coe & Mary his wf.
30. Matthias Burnet, Junr. and Phebe his wf.
Sept. 4. William Charlot & Sarah his wf.
Oct. 15. Abijah Chever & Sarah his wf. Nov.15. Esther, wf. of John Jacks.
" 20. Abraham Ludlam, Bap. adult & Rachael his wf., renewed covę- nant.
(To be continued.)
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( Continued from page 37.) BAPTISMS.
1754.
Feb. 24. Mary, wf. of Samuel Hudson, Jun., chn. Zervia & Abraham.
Apr. 1. Deacon Samuel Tuttle & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
" Shadrack Halward & wf., ch. Eunice.
14. Samuel Bailey & wf., ch. Jonah.
Shadrack Hathaway & wf.,ch. Bette.
" 21. John Marsh & wf., ch. John.
May 5. Solloman Munson & wf., twins Abraham & Sarah.
June 9. John Losey, Jun., on wf's Accompt, ch. Elizabeth.
July 5. Phebe Cole, ch. Adoniram.
" 21. Joseph Edmister & wf., ch Ledia.
Aug. 4. Junia Lindley, ch. Sarah.
David Gauden & wf., ch., Jeremiah. 10. Benj. Freeman & wf., ch. Benjamin.
" 25. Sam'l Arnold & wf., ch. Hannah.
John Robards & wf., ch Eunice.
Sept. I. Benj. Hathaway, Jun., ch. Letitia.
22. Robard Arnold & wf., ch. Nathan, born Aug. 17, 1754.
Nov. 3. Daniel Freeman, on wf, accompt, ch. Daniel.
.. .. Isaiah Wines & wf., ch. Deborah.
" Thomas Coe & wf., ch Sarah.
" 10. Joseph Whitehead, on wf's accompt, ch. Deborah.
" 17. Richard Wood, ch. Hannah.
Dec. I. John Fford & wf., ch. Hannah.
" 22. Daniel Howard & wf., ch. Abigail.
" 30. Josiah Pierson & wf., Household of chn., Mary, Joseph, David, Jonathan.
1755.
Jan. 3. Jonathan Stiles & wf. Joanna, ch. Timothy.
5. Stephen Mahurin & wf., ch. Pris- cilla.
" 19. Uriah Cutler & wf., ch. Phebe.
28. Zophar Gildersleeve & wf., ch. Asa. Feb. 9. Gideon Riggs & wf., ch. Junia.
" 16. Jeremiah Johnson, on wf. accompt, ch. Ruth.
" " Jemima Stuard, ch. John.
29. Benj. Coe & wf., ch. Patience.
Mar. 9. John Cole, Bap. and with his wf. had ye household, viz., John, Joseph, Phebe & Hannah.
Mar.16. Samuel Day & wf., ch. Jarerd.
23. Timothy Mills & wf., ch. Mary.
" Benj. Halsey & wf., ch. Joseph.
Peter Norris & wf., ch. John.
30. Matthew Fairchild & wf., ch. Theo- dosia.
Apr. 6. Flora, my negro ch., born March 12, 1755.
21. Peter Dikerson & wf., ch. John.
- James Frost & wf., ch. Sarah.
66 her negro ch. at ye same time, Hanna.
May 4. Samuel Hudson's wido., ch. Samuel.
12. Margaret Sorden, Bap. & her ch. Susanna.
June 1. Daniel Wick & wf., had ye negro chn., bap., Jo & Luis.
8. Humi Whitehead, adult.
15. Jabish Bears & wf., ch. - ---
Phineas Fairchild & wf., chn., Stephen, born Nov. 30, 1753, Abigail, born Dec. 24, 1754.
22. John Jonson & wf., ch. Lidia.
" " Henry Gardiner & wf., ch. Daniel.
" 29. Isaac Tuttle, on wf. accompt, ch. Cissel.
Aug. 3. Abraham Hathaway & wf., ch. Abraham.
Mary Shipman, 2 chn., - & Mary.
" 10. Susanna, Joseph Johnes' wf., ch. Sarah.
30. John Lose, ch. Jane.
Sept 14. Jonathan Reeve & wf., ch. Jonathan. " 28. Jemima Stuard, ch. Mary.
Oct. 13. John Perkhurst & wf., twins, Jemi- ma & Eunice.
" 19. Daniel Wick & wf., ch. John.
" 26. Jonathan Stiles & wl., ch. Jonathan.
Ellizabeth, Ebenezar Mott's wf., ch. Sarah.
Nov. 2. William Brown, ch. Zuba.
David Ogden, on wf. accompt, ch. Eunice.
9. Charles Howell & wf., ch. John.
Dec. I. Jonathan Wood, ch. Joanna. " 15. John Marsh & wf., ch. Joseph. 1756.
Jan. 18. Solloman Munson & wl., ch. Usual. 25. Jnnia Lindley & wf., ch. Mary.
Benj. Shipman & wf., ch. Charity.
Hur Orsborn's wf., on her own ac- compt, ch. Abraham.
Feb. 15. Samuel Munson & wf.,ch.Catharine, (To be continued.)
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( Continued from page SS.) MARRIAGES.
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1766.
Jan. 7. David Gardiner & Abigail Pcck.
29. Gershom Johnson & Mary Ann Trobridge.
Feb. 20. Abrm Lyon & Phebe Ede, both of Mendham,
Apr. 6. Pcter Marserau & Rebecah Lake of Staten Island.
Aug.14. Daniel Bishop & Lois Burnet.
" 31. Samuel Martin & Hannah Moor. Sept.17. Hezekiah Stibins & Susanna Tich- enor.
Nov.19. Joseph Lyon & Rachael Crane of Lyon's Farms.
" 25. Aaron Pierson & Mary Howell. Dec. 3. John Cole & Nelle Freeman.
" Jotham Burt & Phebe Cole.
4. Richard Edwards & Rachel Gilder- sleeve.
" 14. Enos Ward & Mehitabel Burnet.
21. Daniel Talmadge, Baskingridge, & Lois Allen, Rockaway.
" " Macolm McCoury & Rachael Fre- man.
" 24. Jonas Philips & Phebe Arnold. 1767.
Jan. I. Robart Young & Elizabeth Morris.
7. Henry Axtil & Phebe Day.
.. 8. Nathan Hathaway & Rebeccah Gard.
15. John Wortman, of German Town, & Sarah Howard.
" 21. Artemas Day of Mendham, & Bethany Axtel.
Mar. 3. Thomas Riggs of Baskingridge, & Rhoda Tuttle of this town.
23. Samuel Stevens Johnes & Sarah Wheeler.
May 6. Benj. Forger of Sussex, & Anna Mather.
" II. John Leferty & Elizabeth Johnes. June 4. Jonathan Tichenor & Rebeccah Stratten.
" 15. Timothy Locc & Hannah Moore. July 29. Richard Rigens & Lois Jillet.
Dec. 24. John Clutter & Ruth Wade, Mendum. 1768.
Jan. 19. Thomas Barlow & Rebecca Davis, Sucasunney.
21. Sam. Robarts & Elizabeth Ogden, wido.
Docr. Oliver Barnet & Elizabeth Ogden, all of Barnards Town.
Feb. 18. Nathan Reeve & Ruth Goble.
Mar. 28. Josiah Crane & Abigail Hathaway.
29. Usual Kitchel & Hannah Tuttle, both of Hanover.
Apr. 10. William Farguson & Rebeccah Stockbridge.
26. Icabod Blacklidge & Susanna Woodruff.
May 11. Isaac Morris & Rebecca Hathaway. Aug. 4. Robart Cirk-Patrick & Elizabeth Guiering, Mendum.
Il. Matthias Howard & Lois Hathaway.
" 22. Silas Tompkins & Rachel Chevcr. Sept.14. Joshua Winget & Kezia Hall. 20. Joseph Sanderson & Hannah
Loree.
21. Isaac Miller & Joannah Halsey.
Oct. 12. Jonathan Dickerson & Mary Coc.
13. Thomas McCullion & Anne John- son.
Nov. 3. Squire Lum & Phebe Ward.
10. John Mills & Cleo Wines.
James Loree & Anne Armstrong.
24. John Youngs & Hannah Mitchel.
Aaron Willis & Joannah Lyon. 30. Jacob Parmer & Phebe Lyon.
Dec. 1. Silas Stiles & Sarah Ayres.
66 6. Abraham Talmadge & Phebe Fair- child.
14. Lewis Core & Jane Drake.
" 21. Abraham Davenport & Eve Snei- der, both of Pequannock.
26. William Laine & Kezia Mather. 1769.
Jan. 19. Usual Tompkins & Martha Reeve. "
24. Jonathan Benjamin & Elizabeth Hinds.
25. Allexander Drake & Phebe Cook, Mendham.
30. John Breis, Jun. & Hannah Gilder sleeve.
Feb. 8. Isaac Ayres & Joannah Coc.
14. Caleb Chadwick & Susannah Loey(?)
15. Azariah Breis & Susannah Gilder- sleeve.
" 16. Peter Norris & Phebe Ludlum.
Mar. 8. Perkins Byram & Hannah Raynor. Richard Johnson & Martha Raynor. Married up to this date 392. (To be continued.)
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( Continued from page 39.) BILL OF MORTALITY,
1775.
Mar. 5. Wife of James M'Bride, aet. 32, consumption.
16. Isaac Whitehead, aet. 16, Pleurisy.
22. A chi.d of Doct. Timothy Johnes, Epileptic-fits.
" 30. Widow of Samuel Godden. aet. 73, old age.
Apr. 17. - Hamilton, executed.
21. Widow Brown, aet. 80, old age.
22. John Loree, aet. 63, pleurisy.
23. Child of Nathan Turner.
May 3. Ezekiel Cheever, aet. 64, consump- tion.
8. David Wheeler, aet. 27, pleurisy.
9. Child of David Treadwell.
11. Joannah, wife of Abraham Gilbert, aet. 24, consumption.
" 26. Thomas Bridge, aet. 29, consump- tion.
June 11. Thomas Cleverly, aet. 65, consump- tion.
Mary, daughter of Peter Norris, Jun., aet. I, consumption.
July “ Matthew, son of Moses Lindsly.
" Joseph, son of Samuel Allwood, aet. 2, rheumatism.
" Child of Abraham Hathaway.
27. Elizabeth, wife of William Hamil- ton, aet. 18, child bed.
Child of William Hamilton, still born.
Aug. 10. Matthew Ball's wife's child.
18. Sarah, daughter of Jacob White- head, convulsion fits.
" Child of Abraham Day.
20. Cornelius, son of Reuben Hollo- way,faet. 16, drowned.
" 27. Child of William Leonard.
Sept. 1. Child of Abraham Canfield.
" Child of David Douglass, still born.
3. Mabel, daughter of David Fair- child, aet. 1, fits.
10. Child of Matthias Howard.
16. Child of Matthias Howard.
18. Child of Nathaniel Armstrong, still born.
" 20. Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Llhomedieu, aet. I.
24. Rhoda Woodrdff, aet. 10, fever.
26. Child of Jonathan Starke.
.. " Child of Seudars.
" 29. Child of John Bloomfield, aet. 4.
Oct. 4. Phebe, wf. of Samuel Bayles, aet 45 II. Philip, son of Philip Hathaway, aet. 2.
23. Elder Ezra Hallsey,* aet. 48, putrid- fever.
26. Child of Matthias Howard.
Nov. 8. John, son of John Pool, whooping- cough.
20. Simeon Hathaway, son of Joseph Beers, fits.
Robert Tompkins,taet. 18, nervous fever.
22. Huldah Griffin, aet. 22.
" 26. Ezra, son of John Pool, aet. 7, in- flammatory fever.
27. Phœbe, daughter of Nathaniel Armstrong, aet. 2, whooping cough.
Dec. 20. Child of Stephen Arnold, hives.
22. Lydia Seward,* aet. 40, consunip- tion.
1776.
Jan. 8. Catharine, wife of Daniel Tichenor,* aet. 40, consumption.
15. Euphemia, wife of William Cherry,*} aet. 27, consumption.
Feb. 7. James M'Bride, aet. 35, apoplexy.
- Child of Elijah Holloway.
- Child of David Fairchild.
- Mrs. Farber, aet. 104, old age.
" 26. Sarah, daughter of Daniel Tiche- nor, aet. 19, consumption.
Mar. Child of Caleb Munson.
David Treadwell, aet. 30, accidental.
- Phœbe, daughter of Peter Prud- den, aet. 3, epileptic fits.
Apr. - Eunice, wife of Joseph King, Jun., aet. 30, intermittent Fever.
" 9. Nathaniel, son of Daniel Car- michael, worms.
15. Abraham, son of Joseph Pierson, aet. 18, consumption.
23. Ezra, son of John Mills, inflamma- tory fever.
" 24, Oliver, son of Doc. Timothy
Johnes, epileptic fits.
May 4. John Johnson, aet.70, inflammation in his head.
Wife of Foster Williams, aet. 45, fever.
July 2. Child of David Gardner.
7. Joseph, son of Henry Gardner, aet. 19, drowned. ( To be Continued.)
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( Continued from page 40.) TRUSTEES' BOOK.
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August 31, 1779. the Trustees met at Mr. Alexander Carmichael's ; present Mr. Stiles, Mr. Lindsley, Mr. Mills and the president. Moore Furman, Esq., D. Q. M. G. of this State applied to the Board for liberty to erect a Store house for the use of the conti- nent on the Parsonage lot betwen Mr. Car- michaels and Doct. Tuthills, the Board hav- ing considered the proposal made by Mr. Furman agreed thereto, and agreed that the President in behalf of the Board of Trustees do enter into and sign an article of agree- ment with Joseph Lewis or the assistant Q. M. at this post for the time being discribing the land to be occupied by the said D.Q.M.G. for the use of continent and the conditions on which the same is let, agreed that Mr. Carmichael be employed to hire the manure made and left on the green or commons near the meetinghouse property heaped up in order to be removed onto the parsonage lot.
April 16, 1781, the Trustees met at the re- quest of the president at his House, all present but Doct. Tuthill, and agreed that Mr. Timothy Johnes be requested by the president to employ some proper person to clean out the Ditches in the parsonage meadow and that the Board will defray the expense thereof. The Trustees then pro- ceeded to settle accounts with Mr. Condict as Clerk and Treasurer of the Board, and found a balance due to Board of one hun- dred and forty pounds, the most of which appeared to have been received by the said Mr. Condict in continental Money in its depreciated State and was by him Loaned to the continent the first day of March, 1780, the Loaning of which the Board approved of and agreed not to call for or demand the same until it is paid by the Continental .Loan office and the certificate which in- cludes the same with other monies be and remain in the hands of Mr. Condict at the risk of the Board he paying the interest as often as the same is Received from the Loan office.
The Trustces then settled accounts, Mr. Stiles for his expence and time in going to Philadelphia by order of the Board and found due to him the sum of three pounds, thirteen shilling and three pence.
The Trustees agreed to draw a petition to the surveyors of the Roads to meet at William Templetons on Tuesday the 8th day of may next, to in order to Lay out a Road to the parsonage wood Lot.
the Board adjourned to fryday next, two o'clock, to meet at Capt. Arnolds.
April 20, 1781, The Trustees met persuant to adjournment at Captn. Arnolds, all pres- ent but Mr. Ford. In persuance of a for- mer agreement the Trustees executed a deed of conveyance to Alexander Carmichael for a small lot of land adjoining to the sd. Car- michaels, one acre Lot whereon he now dwells dated the 15th of May, 1776. The consideration money paid by the said Car- michael £3., 12,, o. John Huntington ap- plied to the Board to discharge a debt of £7 principal said to be due from Simon Hunt- ington, Deceased, to Samuel Huntington, and also a debt said to be due from the sd. Simon to to Sarah Winters of the sum of £3., 10,, o. After deliberating on the matter theBoard agreed to discharge on the same being proven to be Justly due and that as soon as a sufficiency of money shall be Re- ceived for the use or Rent of a certain House which was built by the said Simon Huntington on the parish Lands.
(To be continued.)
THE LOT.
One of the first acts of the young pastor Johnes was to remind his people of the sin they had committed in the matter of the lot cast a few years before. This " accompt" is the first in a list embracing nearly two hundred names of those who " confessed " for very various sins during his pastorate.
We copy as follows : " An accompt for Public Confession. A public confession at the settlement of the ch. for a transgression Relating to a Lot Cast with Reference to the Setling of a house for Public Worship between Hanover & this town. Ye Per- sons that confessed are Joseph Coe, John Lindley, Jun., Joseph Prudden, Matthew Lum, Uriah Cutler, Stephen Freman, Peter Cundit, Jacob Fford, Joseph Howard, Benj. Bailey, Philip Cundit, Benjamin Coe, Eben- ezar Mahurin, Samuel Nutman, Timothy Peck, Cornelius Arstin, Solomon Munson, Caleb Fairchild, Joseph Coe, Zachariah Fairchild, Joseph Tichenor."
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J. " THIS SHALL. BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME."-Psalms 102 : 18.
VOL. I.
JULY, 1880. NO. 7.
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(The following is the thirteenth of a se- ries of articles entitled Glances at the Past, written for The Presbyterian, and appearing in that paper Oct 3, 1846. No one now in the office of The Presbyterian is able to say who K. H., the author, is .- Ed. of RECORD.)
GLANCES AT THE PAST .- NO. XIII.
Whipanny, New Jersey, was formed into a township in 1700, and included Hanover. It was settled about 1685 from East Hamp- ton, Long Island, and from old England and New England. Forges were established at an early period, and among the active set- thers were the Tuttles from England, near Tweed. Joseph and Abraham Kitchel and Francis Lindsly, also from England. The congregation originally included Morris- town, Madison, Parsippany, Hanover and Chatham. Three acres and a half were given by John Richards, a schoolmaster, on which, in 1718, a meeting house was built, and which is now used for a grave yard.
The first minister was the Rev. Nathaniel Hubbel, who graduated at Yale in 1723, and was settled as pastor of Hanover and West- field in 1727. He retained the pastoral. charge of Westfield till 1746, when he was succeeded by the Rev .. Nathaniel Tucker, a
native of Milton, Massachusetts, and a gradu- ate of Harvard University. He was ordain- ed by New York Presbytery April 9, 1747. and died in December, 1748. He was suc- ceeded by the Rev. John Grant, who died in 1759.
In 1730, the Rev. John Nutman settled at Hanover. He graduated at Yale -in 1727, and he appeared in Synod in 1733, to seek relief, his congregation having divided into East and West Hanover. West Hanover desired to stand by itself, and a resort · had been had to the casting of lots to decide their action. The Synod. heard all the papers in the case, and resolved that West Hanover ought to unite, at least for a time, either with Baskingridge or East Hanover ; they also disapproved of the casting of lots. Mr. Nutman represented that he could not. remain, if the breach were not healed, and, the Synod therefore exhorted the Presby- tery of East Jersey to travail with the two parties to effect a reconciliation. They had leave to dismiss Mr. Nutman if there were no other way of bringing them together. The next year President Dickinson brought up the affair again, inquiring whether they, having cast the lot, and so appealed to God for a decision, were not bound to abide by the issue of the lot. By the lot, it was decided they should remain united, and the Synod blamed them for their profane dis- regard of the ordering of the Lord in the fall of the lot; and declared that they were bound to abide by the lot, however presump- tuous they had been in using it. All mea- sures were unavailing ; united they would not be, and Mr. Nutmar remained pastor of East Hanover until 1745.
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In September, 1735, West Hanover ap- plied to the Synod to ordain Mr. Cleverly, and the Synod referred the business to the Presbytery of Philadelphia. In May, 1736,
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the people pressed the Presbytery to pro- ceed, and they were directed to appoint a day, and give the Presbytery notice that they inight, on the spot, attend properly to the business. In August, 1737, the congre- gation were excused for having made no appointment, and the Presbytery resolved to set out the next day for West Hanover. On their journey, the brethren stopped at Captain Hart's, in Hopewell, New Jersey, and took on trials as a candidate "a young man, John Guild, who had offered in April." At West Hanover, objections were made to Mr. Cleverly, but the Presbytery did not judge him unfit for the ministry ; neverthe- less, they would not ordain him in opposi- tion to a part of the people, and they gave him leave to go and seek some other field of labour. They then wrote to the rector ot Yale College to send on a minister, giving as a reason, that "they knew no other way to supply them."
In May, 1738, the Synod finding the diffi- culties still existing, appointed a large com- mittee to meet and make a final adjustment. On the 26th of July, Andrews of Philadel- phia, Gilbert Tennent of New Brunswick, William Tennent, of Freehold, John Cross, of Baskingridge, Cowell of Trenton, and Treat of Abington, met, and Gilbert Tennent preached from Ezek. xi. 19," I will give them one heart." The result was, that Hanover and Mr. Nutman acknowledged they did not need the help of West Hanover in main- taining the gospel, and the two congrega- tions expressed their entire satisfaction in the judgment of the committee that no fur- ther attempts should be made to merge them in one.
church of South Hanover ; they dropped that name for Bottle Hill, and now the name is Madison. Mr. Green was elected Vice-President of New Jersey College in 1758, and for a season was at the head of that Institution. He was also a member of the Provincial Congress during the trying times of the revolution, and is said to have prepared an able series of papers on the currency. Toward the close of his life, he with several other ministers of New York Presbytery, withdrew and formed Morris County Presbytery-one reason for this was their unwillingness to refuse ad- mission to the ministry to those who had not enjoyed a liberal education.
There were three revivals at Hanover un- der his ministry ; there was a remarkable one in 1790, in the midst of which he died on the 24th of May. This was so noiseless that the neighboring ministers did not know of it till they came to his funeral, and so powerful that after his death, thirty persons the gleaning of the harvest, came to his son to seek spiritual direction and to lament that they had not turned at their pastor's reproof while he was yet with them. His death was so sudden, that his son, then settled over the Second Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, did not receive the tidings in time to attend the funeral. When preaching, after this mournful bereavement, Dr. Green addressed the younger members of the congregation, the men of his own age, most unexpectedly to him they rose in their seats and stood up to receive the word of life.
Mr. Green married the daughter of the Rev. John Pierson, of Woodbridge, New Jersey. He was an active, devout man, and did much to enstamp on the community a high moral and religious character. His venerable son has occupied a distinguished place in the history of our church for nearly sixty years, and one of his grandsons is the respected and useful pastor at Bedford, New York.
The Rev. Jacob Green was born at Mal- den, Massachusetts, January 22, . 1722, and was educated at Harvard University. He was converted under the ministry of Gilbert Tennent, during his journey through New England ; he came with Whitefield to New Jersey, and studied divinity with President Dickinson. He was installed by the Pres- The West Hanover congregation is now Morristown. The first pastor was the Rev. Timothy Johnes, who graduated at Yale in 1737, and commenced his labors at Morris- town in August, 1742. He was ordained by the Presbytery of New York, February 9, 1743, and he died September 15, 1794. He bytery of New York, pastor of Hanover in November, 1746. In 1755, the old meeting house was deserted, and one built at Han- over Neck, and one at Parsippany. In 1757, Mr. Green gave up the charge of Parsip- pany. Previously, in 1748, a portion of the . congregation separated and formed the | was born May 24, 1717. but in what country
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does not appear .* Few men laboured more zealously or more successfully than Dr. Johnes. He was asked by Gen. Washington on the approach of a sacramental season, if the rules of the Presbyterian Church ad- mitted of such a thing as receiving to the Lord's table a pious person of the Episcopal persuasion. The General assigned as a rea- son for the inquiry, his desire to partake of the ordinance with Dr. Johnes's congrega- tion. He was assured that the word of God was the rule of the Presbyterian church, and that therefore every pious per- son was heartily invited and welcomed to join in obedience to the Saviour's command. The army then lay in the neighborhood ; disease, want and death prevailed in the camp, and there was a recklessness about the soldiery that was truly horrible. Wash- ington turned from these things, so mourn- ful and discouraging, and sought comfort under his responsibilities and anxieties at the foot of the cross.
The South Hanover congregation had for their first pastor the Rev. Azariah Horton, a native of New England, but whose parents removed in his childhood to New Jersey. He graduated at Yale in 1735, and on being licensed, received a call to a promising par- ish in Long Island. Dickinson, Burr and Pemberton had been appointed by the Scottish Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, to select missionaries, and to direct their labors among the heathen. They se- lected Mr. Horton, and prevailed on him to relinquish the call, and devote himself to the Indians on the east of Long Island.
He was ordained by New York Presby- tery in 1740 or '41, and his labours at the outset were greatly blessed, and he soon baptized thirty-five Indians. He had little or no success during the remainder of his stay, being sadly annoyed by the Separates. He abandoned the mission in 1752, but the fruits of his labours remain to this day in two Indian churches, one at Poosepatuck, three miles south-west of Moriches, and a larger one at Shinnecock, two miles west of South- ampton. These churches are independent in their organization, and had, until 1812, a succession of Indian pastors in the Rev. Samson Occum, a Mohegan, Peter, John
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