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and Paul. Cuffee, of the Shinnecock tribe. Mr. Horton was the pastor of South Hanover from 1752 till his death, March 27, 1777, at the age of 62.
South Hanover was supplied till the close of the war by the Rev. Aaron Richards, who had been obliged to remove, on account of the nearness of the British army, from his charge at Rahway. The Rev. Ebenezer Bradford graduated at Nassau Hall in 1773, and was licensed by New York Presbytery in 1775. A request was made to the Synod by his Presbytery in 1775, for leave to ordain him as an evangelist, and the Synod left the matter to the discretion of the Presbytery. He was ordained before 1777, probably as pastor of South Hanover. He was set- tled there in 1781, when he withdrew with his father-in-law, the Rev. Jacob Grear,t and Messrs. Tuttle and Grover, and formed Mor- ris County Presbytery. He left New Jersey before 1784, and settled at Rowley, Massa- chusetts, where he died. Two of his sons entered the ministry, the Rev. Dr. John M. Bradford, of Albany, and the Rev. James Bradford, of Sheffield, Massachusetts. The late Judge Ebenezer G. Bradford, of York and Lancaster, was also his son.
The Rev. Alexander Miller was his suc- cessor at South Hanover. He graduated at Nassau Hall in 1764, was licensed by New York Presbytery in 1768, and was ordained in 1771. He was directed to spend six or eight Sabbaths among the settlements on the Hudson, and we find him applying for aid for the church in Schenectady, and the Synod directed him to supply every fifth Sabbath among the vacancies around that city. Tra- dition reports him to have been a frequent supply at Albany, and to have made himself sadly unpopular by stopping the clerk in the midst of the psalm, with an intimation that a little of such singing was enough ; the said veritable authority avouching that there was abundance of reason from the style of the singing to justify Mr. Miller in his opin- ion of it. He was installed pastor of South Hanover in 1784, and in 1794 was principal of Hackensack Academy. He presided at the opening of Albany Presbytery in 1802, when the Presbyteries of Columbia and Oneida had been set off, and he appears to have resided without charge in Columbia Presbytery from 1809 to 1819. K. H.
[+" Green"~Ep. RECORD.) .
[*Born at Southampton, L. I .- ED. RECORD. ]
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(Continued from page 44.) HALF-WAY MEMBERS.
1773.
Jan. 10. Hannah, wf. of David Phillips.
24. Silas Ayrs & Mary his wf.
Feb. 28. Deborah, David Day's wf.
Apr. 1. Joseph Bears & Miriam his wf. June 27. John Gwinnup & Rachel his wf .. July 18. Joseph Lewis & Anne his wf.
David Moor & Bathiah his wf.
.. " Calvin Extel & Mary his wf.
.6 Hannah, wf. of Timo. Loce.
Dec. 14. Elizabeth, wf. of Jacob Arnold. 1774.
Jan. 2. Mary. wf. of Isaac (?) Ayrs.
Feb. 6. Timo. Mills, Junr. &,Anne his wf.
May 22. Jno. Milborn & Mary his wf.
June 16. Aaron Pierson & Mary his wf.
". " James Humes & Agnish or Ann his wf.
July 17. Elias Hedges & Mary his wf.
Aug. 14. David Dalglish & Jane his wf.
" 28. Abraham Gilbard & Joanna his wf. Sept.18. Isaac (?) Morris & Rebecca his wf.
Elizabeth, Rob't Young's wf., on her accomt.
Dec. 27. Abigail, wt. of David Garrigus. 1775.
Jan. 10. Ezek. Crane. Bap. Eunice his, re- new cov.
" Sam'l Baldwin & Rhoda his wf.
" 15. Daniel Smith & Joanna his wf. June 29. Abel Tompkins.
Rachel, wf. of Uriah Allen.
July 9. Mary, wf. of Demas Ford.
" Sarah Chever, adult.
" 20. Abrham Day & Sarah his wf. " 30. Docr. Bern Budd.
Aug. 3. Eunice, wf. of Jno Primrose.
" " Hannah, wf. of Ephrain Lyon.
31. Mary, Matt. Ball's wf.
" Joseph Cook & Kezia his wf.
May 4. Jonathan Ogden & Abigail his wf. " 4. Sam Freeman & Sarah his wf. 1776.
Feb. 11. Nathan Guiering & Abigail his wf.
18. Zippora Conger & Bap.
Mar. 24. Jabez Beach & Anne his wf.
Apr. 14. Robert Rolfe, Bap. adult.
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Mary, wf. of David Hoppen.
May 5. Mary, wf. of Moses Wick & Bap.
June 2. Jonathan & Mary Hallick of South- old.
" 23. Elizabeth, wf. of Thomas Pierson.
June 30. Phebe, wf. of James Bullen. July 28. Phebe, wf. of Abr. Hathaway.
" Lidia, wido. of Will Crane.
Aug.11. Elizabeth, wf. of Barzillai Orsborn.
Nov. 3. Phebe, wf. of Jeduthan Day. 1777.
Aug.28. Ezra Halsey & Sarah his wf. Sept.21. John Beach consort of Sarah
Chever in cov. before.
Oct. 19. Sarah, wf. of Silas Gildersleeve.
30 .. Nathaniel Thompson & his sister.
Phebe, wf. of Jno. McCaulin.
Nov. 6. Mary, wido. of Abraham Hathaway.
Dec. 21. Leah, wido. of John Sutten. 1778.
Apr. 5. Abijah Cutler & Dinah his wf. " 26. John Arnold & his wf.
May 10. Abigail, wf. of Jedediah Osborn.
Aug. 2. Mary, wf. of Daniel Freeman, Junr.
Nov.15. Esther, wido. of Rob. Day.
1779. Apr. 25. Luther Extel & wf.
Oct. 17. Abner Condict.
" " John Lyon & wf. Rachel.
Nov.25. Timo. Stiles & Damaris his wf.
Feb. 13. Phebe, wf. of John Kenny.
June 25. Nathaniel Broadwell & wf. Joanna.
Aug. 13. Stephen Conkling, Juur., his wf. Rachel.
Sept.10. Mary, wf. of Ichabod Spinnage.
17. Abijah Fairchild & wf. Sarah.
Oct. 1. Joseph Marsh & wf. Elizabeth.
" 25. Jane, wf. of Docr. Lewis Dunham. 1780. Apr. 5. Joseph Byram & Esther his wf.
June 24. Wm. Satterly & Elizabeth his wf. 1781.
Jan. 1. Jesse Cutler & Elizabeth his wf. 1782.
Mar. 24. John Dickerson & Grace his wf.
May 3. Eph. Lindsley's wf. Martha. " Elizabeth. David Walker's wf.
Thomas Keen or Kein & wf.
5. Jacob Emery & Elizabeth his wf.
" 26. John Lindsly, Junr. & Sarah his wf.
June 2. Daniel Freeman, Jr. & Mary before. 23. Caleb Edy & Esther his wf., who was baptized.
July 22. Sarah, wf. of Sam'l Seward.
Sept.15. George Marsh & Catharine his wf.
Oct. 10. Cornelius Loce & Mary his wf.
Oct. 20. Henry Clark & Mary his wf.
Nov. 3. Peter Hill & Charity his wf.
" Ichabod Badgly & Sarah his wf. · (To be continued.)
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( Continued from page 45.) BAPTISMS.
1756.
April 4. Henry Primrose & wf., child Abi- gail.
Elijah Pierson & wf., ch. Sarah.
" Demas Lindly & wf., ch. Zenas.
22. Philip Conduit & wf., ch. Hannah.
" 26. John Pitney & wf., ch. Comfort.
Christopher Woods & wf., ch. Sarah, born Jan. 15, 1756.
May 16. Doc. Sam'l Tuthil & wf .. ch. Jane.
" Philip Hathaway &, wf. ch., Shad- rack.
June 27. David Gauden & wf., ch. Hopestill. July 11. Stephen Freeman & wf., ch. John. Aug. 1. John Fford & wf., ch. Mahlon.
Moses Prudden & wf., ch. Abigail.
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" Abel Lyon on wf.'s accompt., ch. John.
15. Dan'l Freeman & wf., ch. Elizabeth. Sept. 12. Gideon Riggs & wf., ch. Abraham, I think.
" 15. Gilbard Heady & wf., ch. Abraham.
19. Lorance Decker, ch. Josia, I think.
16 Wido. Rebecah Woods, ch. Phebe. Oct. 3. David Beeman & wf., ch. Josiah. " 10. John Cole & wf., ch. David.
Nov. 5. Sarah, wf. of John Hermon, Household-Abigail, Hannah, Lu- cretia Price & John. - -Jan.
" 21. Benjamin Woodruff & wf., ch. Joseph.
Dec. 5. John Lindly & wf., ch. Joanna.
" 8. Benjn. Freeman & wf., ch. Samuel.
15. Ebenezer Stiles & wf., ch. Rebecca. 1757.
Jan. 16. Robard Arnold & wf., ch. Ziba, born Nov. 12, 1756.
16. Benjn. Hathaway, Jr's wf., ch. Mary.
23. Jonathan Reeves & wf., ch. Rachel.
30. James Frost's wf., negro ch. An- tony.
Feb. 6. Thomas Throop & wf., child Thomas, I think.
Mar. 21. Abraham Hathaway & wf., ch. Sarah.
John Burrel & wf., ch. Jedediah.
Shadrack Howard & wf., ch. Re- becca.
Apr. 24. Uriah Cutler & wf., ch. Jesse.
" Peter Dickerson & wf., ch. Ester.
" Demas Lindley & wf., ch. Daniel.
17. John Robond (?) & wf.,ch.Elizabeth.
" Philip Hathaway & wf., ch. Bathia. May 1. Deborah, wf. of Benjn. Bailey & ch. Phebe.
Benjn. Prudden & wf., ch. Eunice.
Stephen Hedges & wf., ch. Ame.
Phineas Fairchild & wf., ch. De- borah, born Feb. 22, 1757.
Phebe, Dan. Dickin's wf., ch. Mary
15. Timo. Mills & wf., ch. Timothy.
Zophor Gildersleeve & wf., ch. Elijah.
Junia Lindsley & wf., ch. Ruth.
June 6. Benjn. Coe & wf., ch. Rachel.
July 3. Thomas Tuttle & wf., ch. Jacob.
Henry Gardiner & wf., ch. Joseph.
10. Adoniram Prudden & wf., ch. Sarah.
24. Sam'l Arnold & wf., ch. Samuel.
Aug. 7. Moses Prudden & wf., ch. Joanna.
21. John Marsh & wf., ch. Ephraim.
.. Dan'l Howard & wf., ch. Simeon.
John Lose, on wf.'s acompt., chn. Abigail & Hanna.
Oct. 3. Jabish Beers & wf., ch. Nathaniel.
16. Joseph Edmister & wf., ch. Joseph. Nov. 6. Peter Norris & wf., ch. Ebenezer.
15. Charles Howell & wf., ch. Samuel. 1758.
1. John Fford & wf., ch. Chilion.
Benjn. Pierson & wf., ch. Hannah.
Eleazar Hathaway's wf., ch. Zo- phar.
8, Tunis Spear of Rockaway, . ch. Abraham.
". " Sam'l Shipman & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
15. Sollomon Munson & wf., ch. Joshua.
" Elijah Pierson & wf., ch. Benjn.
.. Benjn. Prudden & wf., ch. Rachel.
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22. Daniel Freeman & wf., ch. Phebe.
Feb. 5. Jonathan Wood & wf .. Jerusha. " 26. Sam'l Day & wf., ch. Jehial.
Mar. 12. Stephen Hodges & wf., ch. Na- than, I think.
" 19. Sarah Allen, wido., household- Amos, Elizbeth & Jonah.
Apr. 16. David Gauden & wf., ch. John.
" 23. Christopher Wood & wf. ch. Eliza- beth, born Mar. 17, 1758. - ; ( To be continued. )
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(Continued from page 46.) MARRIAGES. -: 0 :- -
1769.
Mar 30. David Moore & Bathiah Cutler.
Apr. 12. Isaac Southard & Rachel Goble.
.. " Asher Smith & Eunice Lum.
" 20. George Lefollet & Jemima Mint- horn, Mendham.
Abner Wines & Kezia Pierson.
" 23. Joseph Benway & Ann Freeman.
May 22. Samuel Pierson & Rebeccah Garri- gas.
" 25. David Wheeler & Hannah Youngs. June 1. Elias Hedges & Mary Ludlam.
7. Samuel Sutten & Easter Sutten.
" 15. Silas Flint & Mary Clark.
20. Aaron Lilly & Tamson French.
July 6. Devid Day & Deborah Halsey.
9. Daniel Lawrance & Charity Mills, Succasuney.
Aug. 31. Zenas Baldwin, of Sussex, & Dorcas Younglove.
Oct. 25. Isaac Prudden & Hannah Lum.
" 29. Matthew Rue & Lidia Adams, widow, both of Hunterdon.
Nov.13. Matthew Jennings & Ursula Coe.
" 15. Moses Gard & Sarah Lyon.
Dec. 6. David Raynor & Elizabeth Lindsley
10. John Ludlam & Sarah Headley.
" 14. Jacob Gard & Sarah Hathaway. 1770.
Jan. 10. John Prudden & Abigail Riggs.
24. Stephen Arnold & Phebe Guiering.
" Samuel Loree & Mary Reeve.
Mar. 8. Joseph Guierin, & Martha Fauger- son, of Mendham.
" 11. Jabish Rogers & Rachel Lee.
" 19. Samuel Carter & Susanna Frost. July 16. Nathan Hall & Susanna Halbert. Aug.29. Ursula Coe & Mary Burnet.
Sept.23. John Adams & Agnish Bloys wido, both of Woodbridge.
. I think, Ezek. Crane & Eunice Hay- ward.
Oct. 1. Jacob Arnold & Elizabeth Tuthill. .. 9. Nathanial Burt & Rebecah Throop.
" 11. Morris Sharphenstine & Catharine Miller.
" 8. Daniel Extell, of Mendham, & Ruth Tuttle.
Nov.14. Joseph Youngs & Izabel Berry.
" 27. Joseph Beers & Miriam Hathaway.
Dec. 27. Isaac Ayers & Mary Cooper. . .. . Stephen Cooper & Mary Swaine. 1771.
Jan. 9. Matthias Burnet & Phebe Brook- fied.
Mar. 5. John Sutten & Leah Balden.
12. Benjamin Woodruff & Phebe Pier- son.
May 1. Joseph Lefollet, widower, & Phebe Gobil.
9. James Gillispie & Jane Marsh.
' 13. William Stubs & Mary Headly.
15. William Hayward & Servia Hudson.
" 26. Robert Arnold & Mary Pierson.
June 4. John Day, of Newark Mountains. & Mary Ludlam, of ye town.
" 17. John Allison & Catarine Mitchel, both of Brookland Forge.
July 4. Joshua Lambart & Anne Johnson.
Aug. 19. Aaron Lindsly & Abigail Halsey.
Sept. 3. Elijah Freeman & Hannah Smith.
Oct. 6. Benjamin Casterline & Ruth Mather
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9. David Moureson & Elizabeth Hyler.
" 20. Job Hathaway & Lydia Johnson.
Nov. 7. Calvin Axtel & Mary Mills.
20. Herrick Benjamin & Joanna Wood- ruff.
Dec. 4. William Crane & Lydia Edmister, 450 married.
12. Patrick McGill & Lucretia Harmon.
" Thomas Axtell & Mary Tuttle.
.. 19. Jacob Hall & Damoras Moore.
23. Stephen Fairchild & Salome Tomp- kins.
Silas Ayres & Mary Byram.
26. Epenetus Beach & Hannah Ayrs.
30. Usual Tompkins Susannah Benja- min.
(The slippers worn by Miss Ben- jamin upon the occasion of her marriage, are upon exhibition at Washington's Headquaters. Ed. of RECORD.)
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1772.
Jan. 13. Gershom Hathaway & Sarah Free- man.
Jan. 30. Aaron Gobil & Charity Lindsley.
Feb. 26. Timothy Stiles & Anna Carter.
Apr. 9. David Jefferres (?) & Sarah Winings.
May 6. Abraham Gibbard & Joanna Free- man.
" 16. Joseph Casterling & Susannah Lyon.
( To be continued.)
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(Continued from page 47.) BILL OF MORTALITY,
1776.
July 18. Silas, son of David Day, aet. 5, dysentery.
.. Norris, son of widow Stewart,t aet. 5, dysentery.
" 26. Jonathan, son of Nathan Reeve, aet. 5, dysentery.
" 28. Juba, servent of Nathan Reeve, aet, 2, dysentery.
29. David Anderson, aet. 24, dysentery. Abraham Gilbert, aet. 28, dysentery.
Aug. I. Eleanor, widow of Richard Easton,* aet. 78, old-age.
Phœbe, daughter of Nathan Reeve, aet. 4, dysentery.
7. Nathan, son of Nathan Reeve, aet. 2.
" " Joseph Hathaway, aet. 48, dysen- tery.
" 8. Joseph Condit,* aet. 48, fever.
" II. Samuel, son of Nathan Reeve, aet I, dysentery.
" 16. William Howard, aet. 27, dysentery.
- Squire Lum, aet. 32, putrid-fever.
- Ephraim Lyon, aet. 36, dysentery.
20. Isaac, son of Isaac Prudden, aet. I,
- Amos, son of Waitstill Munson, aet. 20, dysentery.
" 25. Phobe, daughter of widow Howard, aet. I, dysentery.
" 26. Bethuel, son of Samuel Baldwin, aet. 2, dysentery.
" - Child of Hezekiah Broadwell,
" 28. Zophar Gildersleve, * aet. 70. old-age.
" 29. Eunice, daughter of Jedidiah Greg- ory, aet. 1, dysentery.
Sept. 2. Jabez Lambert, aet. 14, consumption 66 11. Child of David Hoppen.
12. Child of David Hoppen.
.. .. Phillis, servant of Eleazer Hath- away, aet. 24,. dysentery.
Servant child of Eleazer Hathaway, dysentery.
15. Child of Jesse Smith.
Julia, daughter of George Phillips.
" 18. Widow of Matthias Hoppen, aet. 68, fever.
" " Kezia Prudden, aet. 30, dysentery.
19. Child of Nathan Guering.
" 24. Peter Wetzel, aet. 18, consumption.
" 26. Abigail, daughter of Moses Prud- den. aet. 12, dysentery.
27. Deacon Joseph Prudden,* aet. 84,
29. Nancy, daughter of Moses Prudden, aet. I. dysentery.
Ruth, daughter of Moses Prudden, aet. 10.
30. Child of Benjamin Clark.
Oct. 5. Sarah, daughter of Elijah Brown, aet. 13, dysentery.
". Child of Stephen Fairchild, t
.. 6. John Leconte, son of Joseph Lewis. aet. I, teething.
" 12. Joshua Whitehead, jun., aet. 30, fever.
" 14. Hannah, widow of Elder Ezra Hall- sey,* aet. 49, consumption.
" 16. Walter Irving, aet. 20, consumption.
19. Hannah Hathaway, aet. 17, dysen- tery.
" 21. Child of Jabez Condict.
Catharine, daughter of Moses John- son, aet. 4, fever.
23. Elizabeth, daugher of Moses Pier- son, aet. 10, fever.
26. Hannah, wife of Isaac Prudden,+ aet. 33, dysentery.
Lydia, daughter of Nathan Turner, aet. 8, dysentery.
28. Child of David Fithian.
Nov. 4. Child of Constant Cooper.
5. Susanna, widow of Samuel Sweasy,* aet. 80, pleurisy.
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6. Isaac Tuttle, aet. 55, pleurisy.
20. Rhoda, daughter of Moses Johnson, aet. 17, fever.
21. Ephraim Gard, aet. 40, dysentery.
= 29. Elizabeth, wife of Jeremiah Gard, sen., aet. 60, dysentery.
Dec. 1. Wife of Daniel Burnet, aet. 35, con- sumption.
2. Joseph Stiles, Esq., aet. 70, fever.
5. Child of Daniel Burnet. =
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16. Elizabeth, widow of Benj. Hath- away, Esq., aet. 67, remitting- fever.
Robert, son of Uzal Tompkins, aet. I, consumption.
Child of Joseph Riggs.
17. Servant child of Peter Pruden, billious fever.
" 20. Rachel, wife of Benjamin Coe,+ aet. 58, pleurisy.
Servant child of Jonathan Ford.
Servant man of Jonathan Ford, aet. 29, pleurisy. ( To be Continued.)
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(Continued from page 48.) TRUSTEES' BOOK.
The Trustees then appointed Doct. Tut- hill and Mr. Lindsly a committee, to settle and collect the moneys Due for the use or Rent of the said House, and to hire out the said House for the future untill the further order of this Board; Mr. Condict having declined serving any longer as Clerk of the Board, the Trustees unanimously choose Mr. Mills to be Clerk, and agreed that Mr. Condict deliver the money and obligations for money, with the Book to the said Clerk.
Nov. 20, 1781. The Trustees met at Jacob Arnold's, at the Request of the President, all present, and agreed to call for the money due on the Subscription for purchasing a parsonage, and if paid Before the first day of may next to be taken in State money (if offer'd) Allowing the Exchange of two for one, the Trustees appointed Mr. Tuthill, Mr. Ford & Mr. Mills to settle with Mr. Johnes, his Sallary, and charge for Ditching the parsonage meddow. And appointed Mr. Lindsly & Mr. Stiles to settle with Thos. Kinney on Acc't of a piece of Land the Trustees Bought of said Kinney. Trustees settled with Justice Lindsly for Repairing the Burrying yard fence and found Due to him thirty-three Shillings.
May 14, 1782. At a meeting of the Trus- tees at Mr. Johnes, present Mr. Conkling, Mr. Tuthi.l, Mr. Lindsly and Mr. Mills ; Agreed & appointed Mr. Tuthill & Mr. Linds- ly a committe to call on Mr. Ferman, Q. M. & request him to remove the continental building on the parsonage land adjoining the house built by Mr. Huntington, Dec.
Agreed that Mr. Johnes should employ some of the silversmiths to make a vessel for the use of the communion table, & this Bord will pay for the Same (the workman- ship only), and that Mr. Johnes employ some person to Ditch the parsonage med- dow & this Bord pay for the Same. .
May 25, 1782. at a meeting of the Trus- tees on Morristown green, present Mr. Con- dict, Mr. Tuthill, Mr. Lindsly, Mr. Stiles & Mr. Mills. Agreed & Bought the Continen- tal Buildings on the parsonage Land ad- joining the house Built by Mr. Huntington, Dec. for the use of the parish for the sum
of £23. the trustees then agreed with the Q. Ms. Obale & Ferman by Leaving it to men for the Rent to be allowed for the house Built by Mr. Huntington while in publick use for the term of two years & nine Months, which expired in June 1781, for which Rent is to be allowed £9 per year. the trustees ap- pointed Mr. Mills to call on Col. Obale & Mr. Ferman to Settle the purchase of Said Buildings & Rent of said house and Receive the Ballance if to be had.
April 25, 1783 .- At a meeting of the Trustees at Morristown, all present but Mr. Condict, agreed and ordered the Clerk to Call on those persons Indebted to this Bord by note to pay at Least the Interest that is Due and that within three months or De- pend on being prosecuted in Law.
The Trustees then appointed Mr. Conk- lin, Mr. Tuttle, Mr. Lindsly, Mr. Ford & Mr. Mills or any three of them to attend Van- due Next tuesday & to purchase (if they think proper) the Continental house on the parsonage Land for the use of the parish in behalf of the Trustees-and to See to the Settling of the Rent due to the Trustees for the use of the Land where Said house Stands.
May 23, 1783 .- Trustees met at Morris- town at the Request of the president, all present, Appointed Mr. Frederick King to employ some person to Ring the Bell & take care of the Clock.
The Trustees then appointed Mr. Tuttle & Mr. Mills or either of them to Settle with Mr. Johnes Respecting his Sallary from the year 1774, and to Draw a List of the Delin- quents of the Rates and Subscriptions due for Sallary from that time and present a copy of Such deficiency to Each of the Parish col- lectors, and Desire them to Request the peo- ple thus behind to pay their deficiencies or give Notes for the Same. And that the Said Committee at a proper time lay before the Congregation the debt due for the repairs of the meeting house, Ringing the Bell &c., and fall on such meashures as the parish Shall approve for Discharging the same, and that the Said Cominittee take meash- ures to discharge the arrears, Either by ap- plying the debts now due or by a new Sub- scription as shall appear most agreeable to the parish.
(To be continued.)
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MORRISTOWN, N. J. " THIS SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME."-Psalms 102 : 18.
VOL. I.
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(From New York Observer, January 29th, 1880.) WASHINGTON'S COMMUNION
It is well known that Gen. Washington professed the Christian religion, and it is in evidence that he was a praying man, habitu- ally kneeling in secret prayer, and some- times with the Bible open before him while he was on his knees.
It is also in evidence that while the army was at Morristown, he requested of the pastor of the Presbyterian church, Dr. Johnes, the privilege of partaking of the Lord's Supper with the church at its regular communion. His request was cheerfully granted by Dr. Johnes, who said to the General : "We give the Lord's invitation to all his followers of whatever name."
A lady, an adopted daughter of Washing- ton, and his wife's granddaughter, having lived in his family for twenty years, states in a letter to Mr. Sparks, that on communion Sundays the General was in the, habit of leaving the church with her, before the communion, and the carriage was sent back for Mrs. Washington, who remained to com- mune.
Bishop White states in a letter to Rev. Mr. Parker that Washington habitually at-
tended church during his Presidency, with Mrs. Washington, who was regularly a com- municant. From which remark it is fairly inferred that Washington himself was not.
Perhaps other testimony may be adduced to throw more light on the subject. It seems probable that in early life the Father of his Country was a communicant, but that in later years he neglected his duty and privilege in this respect.
PHILO.
Sextons of the First Church.
There are probably few, if any, churches in the land in which the sextons have served longer or more faithfully than in our own church. The names of those who filled that office previous to the year 1784 are un- known. Under date of Nov. 23, 1784, men- tion is made in the Trustees' Book of Nathan Howell, but in such a way as to lead to the inference that he was already filling the position.
The list is as follows ;
Nathan Howell, 1784 to June 21, 1790.
William Cherry, June 21, 1790, to Sept. 12. 1818.
Moses Cherry, son of Wm., Sept. 13, 1818 to Nov. 7, 1841.
Sevalon Mulford, Nov. 6, 1841 to July 29. 1865.
Francis L. Whitehead, Aug. 19, 1865 to -
The "Bill of Mortality " begins in this number its mournful record of that terrible year, 1777. Gen. Washington's army en- camped here in January of that year. Small- pox soon made its appearance with fatal effects. Sixty-eight were swept away by it in the parish alone, not counting those who died in the army. Good pastor Johnes at- tended in that one year over 200 funerals, more than half of which resulted from malignant diseases.
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THE RECORD.
NEWARK, N. J., Box 202, June 28, 1880.
In the RECORD of July, 1880, is the fol- lowing in relation to an article in the Pres'n of Oct. 3, 1846 : " No one now in the office of the Pres'n is able to say who K. H., the author, is." He was the Rev. Richard Webster, then, and till his death, the pastor of the Pres'n church of Mauch Chunk, Pa., the finals of which, inverted, he used for his signature. WM. P. VAIL.
ORANGE, N. J., July 3, 1880. Rev'd. Rufus S. Green :
MY DEAR SIR: I am greatly obliged to you for the RECORD. I have been prompted by the last No. to send you some notes upon its historical glances,
· Are there any memorials of Doct. Tuthill who is named as a Trustee of the Morris- town church, or any in Morris to whom you can refer me for information con- cerning him ? I had no knowledge of such a man till I read the minutes of Trustees in your publication, You are doing a worthy thing in getting your early records in print- ed form. We ought to do it in Orange.
Very truly, STEPHEN WICKES.
NOTES ON "GLANCES AT THE PAST," IN THE RECORD, VOL. I, NO. 7.,
BY DR. WICKES.
The Tuttles, Kitchels and Lindsleys came front Eng., first to the N. Haven & Conn. colony and migrated thence to N. Jersey.
Joseph Tuttle was in Newark before 1738, removed to Hanover, d. 1789, a. 91. His will naines Joseph, John, David and g. son Sam'l, son of Joseph (Conger's genealogies.)
Timothy Tuttle was of Hanover, 1755. Will names Dan'l, Thomas, Isaac, Stephen, Abraham, Mary, , Joanna,. Ibid, Timothy, Joseph & Stephen Tuttle, " all of Newark," gave rec't to Exec'rs Apr. 9, 1725, for legacy from their "honored father, Stephen Tuttle, of Woodbridge."
Robert Kitchel left Eng. in the first ship that ever anchored in New Haven bay. He & his son Samuel were two of the 41 asso- ciates from Milford who signed the " Funda- mental agreement" in 1667, which docu- ment the 23 associates from Branford had signed the year previous. They each rec'd their home lots in the town of Newark.
sister of-Abraham), had Abraham, who, in 1714, sold land in Newark, deed signed also by his wife Sarah. He was in Hanover in 1722. Was a deacon in the church there when he died, 1741, a. 62. Wife d. 1745 ; both buried in Whippany, (Conger, Stearns, et aliis.)
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