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The Second Meeting-House.
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Clark, Moses, 2 2 0
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Freeman, Sam1 IO O 0
Jones, Samuel, 2 3 4
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Dod, Dan Sr., 5 0
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Smith, James,
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The new house of worship, completed and dedicated to its sacred uses in the last days of the year 1754, was Samell from an a stone structure, of the same mate- rial as that of the parsonage house, and laid in the same style of ma- sonry. Those of the parish, "regularly chosen to Stephen Dot manage the affair of the building," were Samuel Har- rison, Samuel Freeman, Joseph Harrison, Stephen Dod, David Williams, Samuel Condit, William Crane, Joseph Riggs. Matthew Williams, who was a mason, had the superintendence of the mason work. Moses
Williams, 58
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Crane, 56 16 6
Cundit, 28 0 0
Dod, 50 3 9
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Baldwin had the charge of the carpenter work. A writ- ten contract between the latter and the committee is pre- served among the manuscripts of the New Jersey His- torical Society. The "agreement" provides that he shall perfectly finish the house, excepting the masonry, after the model
william brane of the meeting- house in New- ark, finding all the materials, "such as timbers, boards, sleepers, glass, oils and paint, nails, hinges, locks, latches, bolts, with all other kinds of materials neces- . sary for finishing" the same.
The details of this contract, supplemented by the recollections of many who have worshiped within its walls, furnish a good idea of the building and its appointments. Standing as it did lengthwise with the street, its south broadside was its front, with the broad entrance door in the centre. Opposite to this door was the pulpit, approached by a broad aisle with a double row of pews on each side, and narrow aisles on the ends of the room. One pew on each side of the pulpit, two on the right, and two on the left fronting the pul- pit, all with doors and hinges, and somewhat ele- vated above the Williams seats, but upon the floor, were provided for of- ficials in the congregation. In the pulpit was the desk taken from the old building, remodeled and adapted for its new relations. A seat, made of wood, was built against the wall for the minister and his associates. Four wooden pegs on the wall above gave their support to the clerical hats. After the Revolu- tion this space back of the pulpit was occupied by a large gilt eagle. The arched wall of the room, and the
The Parson in the Parsonage. I45
ends of the building above the plate and under the galleries, were ceiled with white wood boards, and "painted a light sky color."
THE PARSON IN THE PARSONAGE.
With a dwelling built for the comfort of his house- hold, and with a new house of worship convenient for the needs of his parish, as well as in accord with the improving methods of living, Mr. Smith was equipped anew for his pastoral work. There was very much at this period to invite his attention and his active agency in public affairs ; but there is not an atom of evidence that ,he allowed himself to be drawn aside from his labors in promoting the cause of education, the good of the church at large, and the spiritual welfare of his own people. There is not an allusion in his diary to a single public event ; nor does his biography, published after his death, make note of any.
In August, 1757, he was called to mourn the loss of his wife by death, after a marriage union of nine years. "She is described," says Hatfield in his His- tory of Elizabethtown, "as superior to most of her sex in strength of genius ; her intellectual qualities were quick and penetrating. She had a thirst for knowledge, and was greatly delighted in reading." An agreeable companion, she was admired and loved by all. She died after a year of suffering, leaving three daughters.
The pastor, thus bereaved, employed a house-keeper who served his household for two years, 1 when, in I. On page 65 of the frequently-quoted account-book is entered :- " PHEBE RICHARDS, Widow; Nov. 1, 1757 ; Then you came to keep my house, and kept it to April 1, 1758, after the rate of 3s. pr Weeke." She remained with him until the spring of 1759 ; assisted by a maid servant. The wages of the latter woman were 4s. 6d. per week ; and she was charged, on one occasion, with "Callico for a Gown, 5 Yards at 5s." Some of our lady readers may think that the smallness of the "pattern " was in propor- tion to the bigness of the price.
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October, 1759, he married Rebecca, daughter of Major Isaac Foote, of Branford, Conn. On the 8th of that month, he credits Isaac Cundict with "Carting my Things to Newark when going to New England, 2s, 6d ;" and, on November 5th, with "Carting up my Wife's Things from Newark, out of Griffin's Vessel, 5s, 6d." That she had a liberal allowance of this world's goods is apparent from the fact that, after his death, they were appraised at £89, 1s, 10d. In the account with Matthias Pierson, who was twenty-five years old, although then attending Mr. Smith's school, (page 132,) is the following curious entry : "1759, Oct. 30; cash had of you in our voyage, 11s, 7d." This suggests that Mr. Pierson accompanied him on this wedding-excursion ; and perhaps that he served as "best man" at the ceremony.
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Some of the house-keeping items, in the account- book, are interesting, and of them we select a few: "A Hooke to roast meat, 1s, 6d ;"-"Cutting wood 1 Day at the Door, 2s, 6d ;"-"helping your Bror Isaac Kill my Hogs, 2s, 6d ;"-"1 Bushel of Wheat Flower, 5s ;"-"Cyder Spirits, 3 Gallons, 10s, 6d ;"-"1 Bar- rel of Cyder, 9s ;"-"Tobacco, 2s, 6d ;"-" Pulling Flax, 2s, 8d ;"-"Whitening 34 Yards Cloth, 8s, 6d ;" "Weaving two Coverlits, £1."
In 1761, Mr. Smith made an investment in human chattels, and the record of the transaction shows that he "discounted " the day of payment :
1761. Credt. March 31. This Day Hagar & Lettice her child came to our House for whom I am to pay £70, 0, 0, Money at Eight Shillings pr ounce, at the End of one year from sd day. 70 0 0
1761. Debtr. August 14. Then paid Mrs. Dickingson on the Account of Hagar one Dollar.
£ s. d.
Sep. 15. 1761.
HANNAH BAYNE, Widw.
Then I paid Mrs. Dickinson the Sum of £68, 13, 7, for Hagar and her child, for which I have her Receipt in full as the Pay- ment was made before the year was up,
68 13 7
Un Memory of MF-Martha the Wife of the Rev! ME Caleb Snoch who died Aus! 20 1787 Need Se
How loved bow vol ved ina To whom itled as by the
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TOMB OF REV. CALEB SMITH, 1762 ; AND GRAVE OF HIS WIFE, MARTHA, 1757.
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The Parson in the Parsonage.
In October, 1762,-it being three years after this second marriage, Mr. Smith was taken sick with dys- entery, 1 and on the 22d of the same month he ceased from his earthly labors, at the age of thirty-eight years and ten months, and after a pastorate of fourteen years. His remains lie in the old parish burial place. His tomb is built of freestone covered by a large hor- izontal slab, bearing the following memorial :
"1764.
" This Stone we erect as a monumental token of love & grati- tude to our late Pastor, the Revd Caleb Smith, who died Octr 22d, 1762, in ye 39 yr of his age.
" Beneath this tomb the precious reliques lie of one too great to live but not to die! indu'd by nature with superior parts to swim in science & to scan the arts to soar aloft inflam'd with sacred love to know admire & serve the God above. Gifted to sound the thundring law's alarm the smiles of virtue & the gospels charms a faithful Watchman studious to discharge th' important duties of his weighty charge. To say the whole & sound the highest fame He liv'd a Christian & he di'd the same A man so useful, from his People rent his babes the Colleg & the Church lament."
He left him surviving, his widow and four children ; three by the first marriage, and one by the second.
The settlement of his estate was made chiefly by Joseph Riggs, one of the executors of the will. He charged the widow with £1 for "one grate Bibel ;" and 3s. for "1 candel-stick ;" and £4 for a "Larg Looking glas ;" and Ss. 9d. for "7 wine glases ;" and
I. Dysentery in a malignant form was epidemic in New Jersey and in the Provinces, at times, in the middle and latter parts of the last century. We have no evidence that it was prevalent at the time of Mr. Smith's death. In that year, 1762, "in America, the heat and drought exceeded what was ever before known. From June to September 22d, there was scarcely a drop of rain. Almost all the springs were exhausted, and the distress occasioned by the want of water was extreme. The forest trees appeared as if scorched. (Webster on Pestilence.)
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£1, 15s. 6d. for "By Mr. Roe [her, second husband, ] bought at the Vandue in Books." The goods and money given to her by the will amounted to £102, 8s. 3d ; and she was allowed £37, 2s. 7d. for "her third of the Land sold by Vandue."
Mr. Riggs charged, in his own favor-
"two Days to Reckon with peopel, 0 14 O
" to my Self tending the Vandue, . 0 7 0
" to Seling and Colecting at the Vandue to the value of 22, II, II-my feas, 2 6
" Paid John Dod for Righting at Vandue, 9 8
" to 4 galons of Rum for Vandue, I O
" to 2 lb of Sugar @ 1od per lb., I 4
"to half pound of Candels, . 7
"to Sundry Servises & Entertaining the Exectrs · 3 10 0
" Cash to Ezekiel Johnson for Coffin furniture, I 9
" Cash to Mrs Dugdal for Betsey's morning suite, .
I 6 4"
In about a year after the decease of Mr. Smith, the widow married the Rev. Azel Roe, a clergyman who
had studied theology with Mr. Smith. He settled in Woodbridge, New Jersey, where he preached till his death in 1815.1
I. Azel Roe was twenty-one years of age when he became a member of the Mountain Society. After graduating at Princeton in 1756, he came to the Mountain to study theology with Mr. Smith. He was a native of St. George's Manor, Long Island, born February 20, 1738, and of the same township in which his theological teacher was born. He was licensed to preach by the New York Presbytery in 1759, the same year in which he united with the church, and was ordained by the same body, sine titulo, in 1762. In September, 1763, he married the widow of Mr. Smith, and in the same autumn was settled in Woodbridge, N. J., where he died in 1815, aged 77, after an uninterrupted pastorate of 52 years. Mrs. Roe died in 1794. He became one of the most useful and honored ministers of his day, living
2-1764
. This Stone we erect as a monumental token of love & gratitude to our lave Paftor che Rev Caleb Smith who died Oct 22 1762 ing39 Y'of hisage Beneath this tomb the precious reliques" of one too great to live but not to die indu'd by nature with fuperior parts to fwim in Science & to fan the arts to foar aloft inflamd with facred love to know admite & ferye the God above Gifted to found the thundring law's Alar the fmiles of virtue & the gospels charms a faithful Watchman ftudious to difchat thimportant duties of his weighty char To lay the whole & found the higheft lam he hvd a Chriftin & hedid the fame Aman lo useful from his People rent his babesthe Colleg & the Church lame
TOMB OF REV. CALEB SMITH; 1762.
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Apollos, the son of Mr. Smith by the second marriage, upon reaching manhood, went south, and was never heard of afterwards by his Orange friends. 1
A manuscript church record of Rev. Caleb Smith, from 1756 to the time of his death, together with a similar record by Rev. Jedidiah Chapman, from the beginning of his pastorate to 1784, were found among the old manuscripts of Dr. William Pierson, deceased, and in 1887 were kindly put by his son, Dr. William Pierson, in the possession of this writer.
The records are invaluable to those searching for the habitancy and genealogy of the earlier Mountain set- tlers.
A careful analysis of Mr. Smith's record furnishes a supplement to the heretofore unknown history of the Mountain Society.
MEMBERS IN COMMUNION OF THE MOUNTAIN SOCIETY, PRIOR
то 1756.
Burnet, Silas.
Crane, William.
Baldwin, Amos.
Crane, Noah.
Baldwin, Aaron.
Crane, Caleb,
Baldwin, Robert.
Campbell, Benjamin.
Baldwin, Benjamin.
Crane Lewis, and wife.
Crowel, Recompence.
Croel, Joseph.
Campbell, John. Crane, Stephen.
Canfield, Ebenezer.
a life of distinction in the church. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Yale College. He was a trustee of Princeton College ; a member of the first General Assembly and its moderator in 1802. During the Revolution he was in the service ; was taken prisoner by the enemy and confined in the old Sugar House. Barely escaping from a fall into a small stream which his company was obliged to ford, the commanding officer politely offered to carry him upon his back. The offer was accepted, and the suggestion of the parson that the bearer was priest-ridden now, if he had never been before, so convulsed the officer with laughter that he was barely able to sustain his burden. (Sprague's Annals, Vol. III., 233.)
I. Hoyt's History of the First Presbyterian Church, Orange, p. 109.
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Cundict, Daniel
Cundict, David.
Cundict, Joanna, w. of David.
Cundit, Samuel, Jr.
Dod, John Jr. and wife.
Dod, Isaac.
Dod, Thomas.
Davies, Timothy and wife.
Freeman, Thomas and wife.
Freeman, Benjamin,
Freeman, John,
Freeman, Timothy and wife,
Tompkins, Jonathan.
Taylor, Jacob.
Taylor, Rachael, his wife,
Tompkins, -, widow of.
Hedden, Eleazer, wife of.
Hedden, John.
Hedden,"John, Jr.
Hand, William.
Hedden, Jos. wife of.
Harrison, Capt. Amos.
Harrison, David, wife of.
Harrison, Matthew and wife.
Young, Jonathan.
Marten, Jeremiah, wife of. Mun, Joseph, wife of. Mun, Benjamin.
ENTERED INTO COVENANT, AFTER 1756.
May 8, 1757. Mary, wife of Silas Burnet.
June 11, 1758. Hall, Mary.
July 9, 1758. Joseph Riggs, wife of.
Jan. 22, 1759. Ward, John.
Aug. 17, 1759. Williams, Capt. Matthew and wife.
Aug. 17, 1759. Roe, Azel.
Harrison, Joannna, wife of Stephn Harrison.
June 13, 1760. Parsonate, George and wife.
April 11, 1762. Harrison, Sam1, Senr.
June 20, 1762. Harrison, David.
Aug. 8, 1762. Young, Kezia, daugh. of Jonathan.
Ogden, Nath1, Eunice, wife of.
Perry, Arthur,
Pierson, Bethuel.
Pierson, Samuel, Jr., wife of.
Pierson, Elihu, and wife of.
Peck, John. Peck, Jesse and wife.
Riggs, Joseph.
Smith, John.
Gray, William and wife. Gould, John, Jr.
Ward, Ezekiel.
Ward, Abel.
Williams, Isaac.
Williams, Gershom, wife of.
Williams, Timothy, and wife.
Williams, Lieut. David.
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Church Members.
BAPTISMS FROM 1756 TO 1762. BY CALEB SMITH.
1756. Aug. 22. Cyrus, son of Bethuel Pierson.
Sept. 5 . David, son of Joseph Croel.
Sept. 19. Moses, son of Ezekiel Ward. John, son of Joseph Mun.
Nov. 7. Sarah, daugh. of Amos Baldwin. John, son of widow John Tompkins.
1857. Jan.
Jan. Zadoc, son of John Hedden, Jr.
Mar. 6. Mary, daugh. of Daniel Cundict.
Mar. 6. Bethuel, son of Benjn Mun.
April 24.
John, son of Caleb Crane.
April 24. Jemima, daugh. Amos Harrison.
April 24.
Sarah, daugh. Ebenezer Canfield.
April 24. Jairus, son of Gershom Williams.
May 8. Edmund, son of Silas and Mary Burnet.
May 8. A child of William Hand.
June 19. Mary, wife of David Baldwin and three of her children, Joseph, Rhoda, and Hulda.
Oct. 9. Sarah, daugh. of Christopher
Nov. 6. A son of Arthur Perry.
Nov. 27. Moses, son of Timothy Freeman.
Dec. 4. Nathaniel, son of Noah Crane.
Dec. II. Enos, son of Thomas Dod.
1758. Feb. 5. Aaron, son of Aaron Baldwin.
Feb. 25. Katharine, daugh. of John Campbell.
Feb. 5. Abijah, son of Isaac Dod.
March 4. Jemima, daugh. of Silas Burnet.
March 4. David, son of - Coleman.
Apl. 16. Eleazer, son of John Dod, Jr.
Sarah, daugh. of §
May 7. Phebe, daugh. of Eleazer Hedden. Thomas, son of Jeremiah Martin.
May
14. Elizabeth, daugh. of Joseph Hedden.
May 21. John, son of Jacob and Rachael Taylor.
May 21. Harry, servant boy of Lieut. David Williams. His master engaged for his Christian education.
June II. Martha, daugh. of Stephen Crane.
July 9. Abijah, Aaron, Amos, Mary, -
Children of Matthew Harrison.
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Aug.
3. Benjamin Campbell and his two sons, Moses and Aaron.
Aug. 27. Charles, son of Lewis Crane.
Sept. 17. Jonathan, son of Abel Ward.
Oct. I. Sarah, daugh. of Joseph Mun.
Nov. 19. Abigail, daugh. of Benj. Mun.
Dec. John, son of Eleakim Crane.
3.
Dec. 24. Adonijah, son of Matthew Harrison.
Dec. 31. Sarah, daugh. of Benjamin Baldwin.
1759. Feb. 25. Amos, son of Daniel Cundict.
Feb. 25. Isaac, son of Ezekiel Ward.
Mar. II. Jane, daugh. of Arthur Perry.
Mar. 18. Joseph, son of Bethuel Pierson.
Mar. 18. Aaron, son of Isaac Williams.
Mar. 18. Sarah, daugh. of Samuel Pierson, Jr.
May 6. Comfort, daugh. of John Hedden.
May 6. A son of Silas Burnet.
May 13. Esther, daugh. of Amos Baldwin.
May 30. Phebe, daugh. of Jonathan Tompkins.
June 24.
Lydia,
Martha, Daughrs of David and Joanna Cundict.
July 29. Experience, daugh. of Joseph Riggs.
Aug. 5.
John,
William,
[Their parents being dead, Benj. Freeman, their God-father, solemnly engaged for their Christian education.]
Aug. 5. Joseph, son of John Peck.
Aug. ' 19. Jemima, daugh.
and Moses, son
Aug. 19. Uzal, son of John Dod, Jr.
Aug. 19. Jedidiah, son of John Freeman.
Aug. 19. A child (sex forgotten), of Gershom Williams.
Sept. 2. Samuel, ( sons of Thomas Freeman.
Zenas, Jonas, Ruth,
Oct. 7. sons of Timothy Williams.
Peter, Robert,
Oct. 7. Cornelius, son of Timothy Davies.
Nov. II. Abigail, daugh. of Isaac Dod.
Benjamin, Elizabeth,
Stockman.
of Jesse Peck.
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1760. Jan. 6. Ruth, daugh. of Capt. Amos Harrison.
Feb.
3. Hannah, daugh. of Thomas Freeman.
Feb. 24. Lydia, daugh. of Jeremiah Marten.
Mar. 23. Susannah, daugh. of Aaron Baldwin.
May II. Linus, son of Robert Baldwin.
May 11. Lois, daugh. of Stephen Crane.
May II. Stephen, son of John Peck.
May 25. Mary, daugh. of Timothy Williams.
June 13. John,
Nathaniel, $ sons of George Parsonate.
June 15. Charity, daugh. of John Campbell.
June 22. John, son of Robert McEndow.
July 6. Zadoc, son of William Crane. Moses, son of Samuel Cundit, Jr.
1762. Mar. 14. Job, son of Jonathan Tompkins.
April 4. Hannah, daugh. of Elihu Pierson.
April 4. Nehemiah, son of Noah Crane.
April II. Eleazer, son of Robert Baldwin.
May 9. Joanna, daugh. of Isaac Dod.
May 9.
Isaac, son of Timothy -
June I3.
Child (name and sex forgotten,) of Stephen Crane.
June 20. David,
Susanna, S children of David Harrison.
June 20. Sarah, daugh. of John Gould, Jr.
June 25.
Caleb, son of Isaac Williams.
Aug. 15. Katharine, daugh. of Recompence Crowel.
Aug. 29. Enos, son of Samuel Pierson, Jr.
Sept. 26. Rebecca, daugh. of John Campbell.
A SERMON BY REV. CALEB SMITH; NEWARK-MOUNTS, AUGT 9, 1760.
Heb. 3 : 19. So we see, that they would not enter in because of Unbelief.
We may say of Unbelief what the Daughters of Israel said of David after the Slaughter of the Philistines, that other Sins slay their Thousands, but this slays its ten Thousands ; some perish by their Covetousness, others by their Intemperance, we shall see one ruining himself by Profaneness, and another by Dishonesty, but vast Multitudes are daily perishing thro' the power of Unbelief
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and indeed by whatever other Sins the Children of Men shut them- selves out of the Kingdom of God, Unbelief hath a principal Hand in their Undoing ; Thus with Respect to the Israelites in the Wilderness, Unbelief was at the bottom of their Idolatry.
Idolatry, Rebellion, Backsliding, their Lusting, Fornication with the Moabitish women, their Murmuring and other Crimes, they believed not the word of God, and distrusted his Power, Faithfulness and Goodness, which made way for their falling into those particular Sins, for which they were denied an Entranse into the Land of Promise, and were justly doomed to waste away in the Wilderness. Our Text has a particular Respect to the Case of this People, and their Exclusion from the Land of Canaan, for their Unbelief ; this Sin is mentioned as the chief Barr in the way of their Entranse into that good Land, which God some hundred years before had promised to the illustrious Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for an Inheritance to their Posterity. God failed not of his promise, tho' as to the Adults who came out of Egypt their carcasses fell in the Wilderness, Jehovah shewed them that there was really in him no Breach of Promise. For altho' he did not accomplish to their evil Generation the good Things he had promised their Fathers, yet he made good his faithful word to the next generation, who enter the promised Land under Joshua, who was a very eminent Type of Christ, being also called by the same Name, Joshua in the hebrew Language being rendered Jesus in the Greek. Now as we see from the Scripture History, that that gen- eration of Israelites who came out of Egypt, being arrived to adult Age could not enter into Canaan because of their Unbelief, so neither can we enter the celestial Canaan. if we continue under the Power of Unbelief.
I would propose as God shall afford me help.
I. To describe the Nature of Unbelief.
2. Consider its peculiar Malignancy.
3. Shew why such as are under the power of it cannot enter into the Kingdom of God, or be admitted into that blessed and glorious Rest which remains for his believing People.
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