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USA > New Jersey > Gloucester County > History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, vol. 2 > Part 71
USA > New Jersey > Cumberland County > History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, vol. 2 > Part 71
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Feb. 21, 1834, the church met, elected trustees, and became incorporated under the general laws of the State. In 1839 and 1840, Rev. John F. Crouch was . the minister in charge on this circuit, and Rev. Thos. Stewart his assistant. At the Quarterly Conference on
Cumberland Cireuit for 18-10 it was resolved that Fair- field and Cedarville be thereafter known as stations. and at the Annual Conference in the spring of 1841 they were set off as such. Cedarville was connected with this church until it was made a separate station iu 1801. In 1848 subscriptions were again made, and the meeting-house was repaired, painted, and im- proved. As the village of Fairton grew the incon -. venience of the meeting-house became greater, and Sept. 30, 1865, a committee was appointed to examine concerning a site for a new church in the village. October 6th of the same year the committee were directed to buy the lot now occupied by the church from George MI. Swing and Theophilus Tomlinson for three hundred and fifty dollars. July 16, 1866, the tearing down of the old building, "Swing's meet- ing-house," was commenced, and soon finished. The new church was completed and dedicated Jan. 26, 1867.
The church records contain no account of those who preached here while this was connected with the eir- enit. Since it was made a station, in 18-11, the follow- ing have been the ministers here, in connection with Cedarville until 1861, and since that at Fairton alone : 1841, Abraham Owen ; 1842, Matthias German ; 1843, Jacob Loudenslager; 18.14, Joseph Gaskill; 1845, George A. Raybold; 18:16-47, Abraham Gearhart ; 1818-10, Levi Herr; 1950-51, William Tunison ; 1852-53, J. C. Summerill; 1854, Jacob Loudenslager; 1855-56, William Walton; 1857-58, Isaac Hugg; 1859, Furman Robbins; 1860, Richard Thorn; 1861, Henry D. Bcegle ; 1862, Joseph II. James; 1863-64, Thomas D. Sleeper; 1865, William C. Stockton ; 1866-67, John HE. Hutchin-on ; 1868-69, George 11. Tullis; 1870-71, Socrates Townsend; 1872-74, Wil- liam T. Abbott ; 1875-77, John W. Hickman ; 1878, Samuel S. Weatherby ; 1879-80, Joseph E. Willey ; 1881-82, James Rogers; 1883, Jacob .T. Price.
The church also has a commodious parsonage ad- joining the church. The present membership is one hundred and eighty-seven, and that of the Sunday- school two hundred. The trustees are Smith Davis, Ephraim Harris, William Sink, Eli Elmer, Israel Brown, Charles Taylor, and Joseph Woodruff.
Cedarville Methodist Episcopal Church.1-The exact time of the introduction of Methodism into Cedarville is not known. A few Methodists were here a little before 1820, among whom was Dr. James B. Parvin, a local preacher.
The first sermon by a regular "itinerant" was preached in the house of one Tunis Egbert, some time after 1820. Until the year 1832 there was only occasional worship; during that year a wheelwright- shop was fitted up for that purpose. After the work- men were through with their work on Saturday morning the shavings were cleared away and rough boards were used as benches. It was in this shop that the society was organized. The wheelwright-
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shop was used for divine worship about five years. In 1537 a small clauch was erected on a lot adjoining the graveyard. The society continued in this church for thirty-two year. On the al of January, 1969, the lecture-room of the present edifice was dedicated to the service of God. The audience-room, being left unfinished for a time, was not dedicated until the Sth of January, 1871.
berland Circuit. In 1511 it was set off with Fairton as one charge, and remained so for about twenty years. In ISC1 these two churches asked for and obtained a pastor cach, and have supported one separately ever since. During the year 1873 the new parsonage was built under the direction of the pastor, Rev. B. C. Lippincott, at a cost of about $2000.
The following is the list of the pastors of the church and their years of service : Rev. Edward Stout, 1932- 33; Rev. Joseph Gaskill, 1834-35; Rev. John W. MeDougall, 1834-35; Rev. William Williams, 1834- 36 ; Rev. J, J. Sleeper and Brother Christopher, in ; settled in Back Neck, below New England Town. IIe 1837-38; Revs. John F. Crouch and Thomas G. Stew- art, in 1839-40; Rev. Abraham Owen, in 1841, was the first pastor of Cedarville and Fairton.
Rev. Matthias German occupied the charge in 1842; Jacob Loudenslager, in 1943; Joseph Gaskill, in 1844; George A. Raybold, in 1815; Abraham Gearhart, in 1846-17; Levi Herr, in 1845-40; William Tunisou, in 1850-51 ; J. C. Sumuerill, in 1852-53; Jacob Lou- denslager, in 1854; William Walton, in 1855-50; I-anc Hugg, in 1857-58; Furman Robbins, in 1859; Richard Thorn, in 1860, and in 1861 he was the first pastor for Cedarville after separating from Fairton ; D. L. Adams, in 1862; Joseph Asbbrook, in 1503-64; ; number of years, for three hundred and forty-seven L. O. Manchester, in 1865-66; Heury G. Williams, in 1867; George L. Dobbins, in 1808-70; Benjamin C. Lippincott, in 1871-78; MI. C. Stokes, ju 1874-75; William S. Barnart, in 1876-77; Levi Larew, in 1878- 80; John S. Price, in 18$1-$2, died at his charge in March, 1853. In March, 1883, its present pastor, Nelson A. Macnichol, was appointed. The charge . was foreman of the grand jury. In 1716 he was one bas a large Sunday-school, under the cfficient man- agement of Capt. B. F. Simms.
MOSES BATEMAN was born in the township of Fair- field, July 19, 1760; was the son of Nehemiah Bate- man, and probably a descendant of John Bateman, one of the original settlers from Long Island, who .came from there at the close of the seventeenth cen- tury.
eighteen, he became a member of Capt. Pearl- Company of militia, and then enlisted in the Conti- nental army. He was married three times, -sir-t. 1.+ Hannah Jones, July 29, 1783; second, to Ilana ?: Hog!in, March 17. 1701; and, third, to Elizabeth Bateman, Dec. 23, 180S. He had nine children, all of whom are now deceased except Dr. Eli E. Bale- I man, who resides at Cedarville. His oldest son, Dr. Moses Bateman, was surgeon of the militia in service at Billingsport, and died there Nov. 7, 1814, in the thirtieth year of his age. The father had but littie education, but was a man of sound judgment, and
The number of members at the organization of the society was about twenty. In 1837 the number was increased to fifty. The membership has steadily in- creased until it now (1583) numbers two huudred. The cost of the first church was about $1500. The . made a good use of his opportunities. For many cost 'of the present edifice was $10,000, and it was . years he occupied a farm opposite the parsonage of dedicated free from debt. For about nine years Ce- Mr. Osborn, of whom he was a warm friend and sup- darville was connected with what was known as Cum- , porter, and like him was a Democrat in politics. H ;- principal business was a farmer, in which he was very succesful, accumulating a very handsome estate. He was for several years a judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas, aud for twenty years a justice of the peace, in which capacity he was much employed. He died Ang. 12. 1$41.
HENRY BECK, JR., was the son of Henry Buck, of the township of Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Conn. Henry Buck, Jr., and his father were both black- smiths by trade. His father died previous to 1721. Henry, Jr., came to Cohansey previous to 1702, and
soou formed a partnership with Richard Whitacar in the store business, trading in dry-goods, groceries. clothing, liquors, tools for farming, books, etc. They also owned a sloop, and traded with New York and Boston. The old store-book of the firm is still in possession of a member of the Whitacar family. They did a large business for that early day, it being probably the only store cast of the Cohansey. Aug. 17, 1:09, his father deeded him a dwelling and land. Dear a place called Rocky Ilill, in Hartford Co., Conn., which he sold, June 20, 1721, to James Goold. of Boston, mariner, who traded at Greenwich for a
pounds. Both he and his partner were among the most prominent inhabitants of Fairfield, and trans- acted a large amount of public business. In 1707 and 1708 he was overseer of roads for the south side of Cobansey. In 1709 he was appointed assessor. At December term, 1710, and March, 1710-11, he of the chosen freeholders, and also constable. Iu 1718 he was again chosen freeholder, and in 1712 and 1720 assessor. In 1721 and 1722 he was a justice of the peace. Thicze offices were of far greater ici- portance ja that day, and were filled by the best men in the community. .
NATHANIEL. C. BURT, D.D .- Nathaniel Clark Burt i was born in Fairton, April 23, 1825. He was the sun of Daniel L. and Saralı Clark Burt. He was gradu- ated at the College of New Jersey, valedictorian of
Moses Bateman, like most of the Fairfeld people, was an ardent Whig, and when the contest with Great Britain began, before he had attained the age of . his class, in 1846, and at the Princeton Theological
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Seminary in 1850; installed pastor of the Franklin Street Church, Baltimore, 1855, and of the Broadway Street Church, Cincinnati, in 1800, and retained this charge eight years. On account of ill health he trav- eled in 1866 through Europe, Egypt, and Syria.
as a farmer nutil his death. He was a magistrate and an influential member of society. In 1767 he was appointed by Governor Franklin sheriff of the county, the commission being in the name of the king, to hold the office for three years, or during his When the same cause impelled him to resign his pas- , pleasure. In 1772 he was elected member of the toral charge in ISGs, he was elected president of the Ohio Female College, and he well fulfilled the duties of the office two years, as long as failing health per-
Assembly, when to entitle him to a scat it was neces- sary that he should have one thousand acres of land, or be worth five hundred pounds, equal to thirteen mitted. In the summer of 1870 he sailed with his ! hundred and thirty- three dollars, of real and personal family for Europe, and remained there, mainly in the estate. In September, 1775, while still a member of Assembly he was elected a member of the Provincial Congress. southern part, until his death, which occurred in Rome, March 4, 1874. He made a free and excellent use of his pen as well as of his speech. He was the author of "Redemption's Dawn," "Ilours Among the Gospels," "The Far East," and "The Land and its - Story." He was scholarly, eloquent, and spiritual. lle wrote much for periodicals, both secular and re- ligions.
DANIEL ELMER, JR., was the son of Rev. Daniel Elmer, and came to Fairfield with his father when he was chosen pastor of the old Cohansey l'resbyte- rian Church in 1728. He was born in Massachusetts in 1715, and was educated, principally by his father, so as to fit him for the profession of a surveyor, which he followed.
In 1735 the son married Abigail Lawrence, daugh- ter of Nathan Lorrance, as he usually spelled his name, who came to Cedarville from Long Island, and was the owner of quite a large property. He took his residence at Cedarville, and lived in a house on the southeast side of the road leading to the Landing, nbout half a mile from the mill-pond. He had a good business as a surveyor, and held a deputation from the surveyor-general of West Jersey, then a valuable office on account of the facilities it afforded for pur- chasing laud and for locating vacant tracts.
and his Council clerk of the county, holding the office : called Sayre's Cross-Roads, now Roadstown. She
In 1757 he was appointed by the royal Governor until his death in 1761. There being at that time no public building appropriated to the office, he per- formed its duties and kept the books and papers, ex- cept during the sittings of the courts, in his dwelling. As there was at this time no law requiring deeds or mortgages to be recorded, the records were compara- tively few and unimportant.
His married life lasted only twenty-three years, his wife surviving him nearly ten years. They had five sons and five daughters. Most of those bearing the family name now residing in Fairfield are descend- ants of Theodorus Elmer, the youngest son of the Rev. Daniel and his first wife, Margaret Parsons. ' Those residing in Bridgeton are all descendants of Daniel, Jr. His eldest son, Daniel 3d, married Mary Shaw, lived at Cedarville, and died in 1775, at the age of thirty-four, leaving one son, Daniel 4th.
THEOPHILUS ELMER WAS the son of Rev. Daniel Elmer, and was born at New England Town in 1727, shortly after his father settled there, and resided there
During the years 1777 and 1778, those trying years of the Revolution, he was a member of the Council of Safety, consisting of the Governor and twelve Councilors, who by temporary laws were invested with extraordinary powers almost equal to a dictator of ancient Rome.
Mr. Elmer acted as treasurer of the Council part of the time, and considerable sums of money were disbursed. During the year 1780, after he was a .member of the Legislature, or of the committee, he was appointed a commissary in Cumberland County, with full power to obtain horses and provision, by purchase at the regulated price, or, if needful, by impres-ment.
In 1765, during the. pa-torate of Mr. Ramsay, he became a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in 1773 was chosen a ruling elder, but declined to act. He was the principal manager in building the new stone church in 1780, now called the "Old Stone Church," the centennial celebration of which was held in September, ISSO, at which the venerable ex- Judge L. Q. C. Elmer presided.
Ile was three times married, -first to Theodosia Sayre, daughter of a leading citizen of the county. in 1765 sheritl, who resided at the place for a long time vlied in 1765. They had two sons and two daughters, who all married and left children, many of whom from female branches of the names of Holmes, Dia- ment, Lummis, Harris, and others still reside in the county, but none bearing the family name. Ilis second wife was Abigail Lawrence, widow of Timothy Lawrence, who was the brother of his mother. She died in 1775, and some time after he married Hannah Merveilles, a widow residing near Trenton, the mother of Ellen Merseilles, who lived for several years in Bridgeton, and was one of the firm of Seeley & Mer- seilles.
llis will, on file at Trenton, is dated Feb. 22, 1783. Ile died Ang. 1, 1783.
TIMOTHY ELMER was born at Cedarville, in the year 1748, and was the son of Daniel Elmer, Jr., and grandson of Rev. Daniel Elmer. llc died in 1780 at the early age of thirty-two, but during his short lite was a man of considerable importance. His father died when he was about thirteen years old, and but
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little is known of his early life. In 1772 he married Mary Dayton, and lived on a farm left to him by his father, on the main road a little below the Cedarville tavern, where Joab Sheppard now lives. He was an earnest Whig, and at the breaking out of the war of the Revolution was prompt to take up arms to resist the oppressive measures of the British government. When the militia was organized in 1776 he was ap- pointed a captain, and in 1777 was a major.
In the fall of 1779 he was elected a member of the Assembly of New Jersey. He had three children,- Timothy, born in 1773, died in 1936. In the year> 1805-7 he was sheriff, and in 1815 he was appointed surrogate of the county. Oliver, born in 1776, lived on the old homestead, and died in 1857 ; and Jane, born in 1777.
NORTON O. LAWRENCE was the son of Nortou Lawrence, and was born in the township of Fairfield, in the year 1787. His great-grandfather, Nathan (who spelled his name Lorrance, as some of his descendants did), came from Long Island at the commencement of the eighteenth century and settled at Cedarville, where he became the owner of a very considerable real estate.
Jonathan was the father of Norton, who was born in 1,63, married Abigail Ogden, and had four chil- dren,-Norton O., Lorenzo, Leonard, and Lemuel. He was at first a farmer, and lived at a place called Herring Row, removing soon from there to Cedar- ville, where he carried on a considerable mercantile business in connection with Amos Fithian. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and died in 1805. Ilis four sons are also deceased, the last sur- vivor having been Dr. Leonard, who married Anna Osborn, the oldest child of Rev. Ethan O-born, and carried on a considerable business at Cedarville for several years.
Norton O. Lawrence married Plebe Buck, only child of Maj. Ephraim Buck, one of the original set- tlers of Cedarville Landing, and carried on business at that place, maintaining a country store and en- gaging extensively in building vessels, and sending wood and lumber to Philadelphia. They had nine children, of whom three, viz., Norton, Franklin, and Albert, are living. The wife and one of her sons were stricken and died with the cholera in Septem- ber, 1894. Hle died in 1836.
Mr. Lawrence became carly in life a member of Mr. Osborn's church, of whom he was a devoted friend, and was active in promoting all good works. In connection with Mr. fafterwards Rev. ) John Burtt, who emigrated from Scotland to his neighborhood in carly lite, he is said to have established the first Sab- bath-school in the county. . At one time he traveled . considerably in the adjoining townships to establish schools, engaged early in the measures adopted for suppressing intemperance, and was an active mem- ber of the Bible Society.
Jenkwint S. Nixos was born near Cedarville,
Sept. 20, 1794. on the family farm, Jones' I-lan : where all bi- Cumberland County Nixon ancestor- lived and died. His father and grandfather, both named Jeremiah, were both elders of the " Old Stone. Church." Mr. Nixon married, in 1816, Mary siness Thompson, who was born on the family farm adjoin- ing the Nixon farm. In 1829, Mr. Nixon moved to Delaware, where he engaged largely in the tinder business. In the mean time his two youngest chi :- dren were born there. In 1889 he returned to New Jersey, and settled in Bridgeton. He resided here until 1845, when he moved to Dennisville, Cape May Co., and there became extensively engaged in the Inmher trade and ship-building. He launched a number of vessels, some of large tonnage. He con- tinned to reside in Dennisville until the death of hi- wife in 1861, when early in the following year lie moved to Bridgeton, making his home with his daughter. Mr. Nixon was a man of more than average natural ability. Ile was remarkably ener- getie, possessing an indomitable will, which shrank from no obstacle. He was an ardent, uncompro- mising patriot. He was an excellent practical sur- veyor, having few superiors as sueli. He died May 1, 1878, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Nixon left seven children, four sons and three daughters.
JOHN OGDEN (3d) was born in the township of Fairfield, in the year 1755. He was the youngest son of David Ogden, born in 1707, who died in 1760, and grandson of John Ogden, born in 1671, who died in 1745. This grandfather is supposed to have been a son or grand-on of John Ogden, who came from England to Connecticut about the year 1641.
This John Ogden was one of the persons to whom King Charles HT. granted the charter of Connecticut in 1602. He lived for a time on Long Island, and about the year 1678 settled at Elizabeth Town, in New Jersey, where, in connection with other persons, he purchased a tract of land from the Indians, for which a patent was granted by Governor Nichols, and he was Governor of the colony under the Dutch while they held New York. This " Elizabeth Town grant" was the occasion of much contention with the Eng- lish Proprietors, and caused Ogden to be regarded a- a "leading malcontent." He seems, however, to have been a true patriot, a leader of the people, and an carnest Christian. He was the acknowledged pio- neer of the town, the oldest in the State, in who-t house the first white child of the settlement was born. He died carly in 1682, leaving many descendants, who have held distinguished places in the govern- ment of the State, among whom were Col. Aaron Ogden, Governor in 1813, and his son, Elias D. B. Ogden, judge of the Supreme Court.
John Ogden, the grandfather of John (3d), the subject of this notice, came to Fairfield among the early settlers about the year 1690.
John Ogden, who first settled at Cohansey, ownedl
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the mill on the branch of the Cohansey ealled by the early settlers the North Branch, afterward- " Mill ('reck." Ile married Mary Diament, and had six children. His oldest son. John (20), left many de- scendants. One of them, named Jedediah, had a son Isaac Ambrose, who studied theology with Rev. Jonathan Freeman, pastor of the Bridgeton Church. in 1806, became a preacher, first at Cape May and afterwards in Ohio, where he died.
The descendants of the Ogdens of this county in the male and female branches are very numerous. ! During the war of the Revolution they were active Whigs. One of them, named Benjamin, was taken prisoner, and died in 1778. Benjamin S., son of Thomas, a grandson of John (1st), was a captain in the United States army in the war of 1812. David, his second son, had eleven children.' Hlis younge-t son, John (3d), lived while a young man with Jere- miah Nixon (grandfather of Jeremiah S. Nixon), who married his sister Hannah. He had two wives and eleven children. lle was thirty years an elder of the Old Cohansey Presbyterian Church, and during all the latter years of his life lived at the place formerly called " Kill-Pig Hole," now Rockville. He died June 27, 1832.
WILLIAM RAMSAY Was one of the Scotch-Irish people who settled in Pennsylvania and became the parents there of so many excellent citizens. Hi, father was James Ramsay. a pions Presbyterian, who came from Ireland and settled in Lancaster County on a farm. William was born in 1732.
He graduated at the College of New Jersey in the year 1754, during the presidency of Rev. Aaron Burr.
Ramsay, who was of mature age when he finished his collegiate course, had embraced religion before he entered upon it, and purstiel the study of theology, but under whose direction is not known. probably at the celebrated " Log College" at Neshaminy. He took the degree of A.M. in regular course at Prince- ton. In January, 175, Res. Daniel Elmer, pa-tor of the Cohansey Presbyterian Church at Fairfield, died.
In March, 1756, Ramsay having received a regular eall to be their pastor, he was received by the .1bing- don Presbytery, " New Side," May 11. 1756, and in- stalled by the same Presbytery, Dee. 1, 1756. He married Sarah Seeley, daughter of Col. Ephraim Seeley, in 1758, and had six children, five of them sons, who lived to mature age.
Mr. Ramsay was a man of ardent piety, an excel- ; lative Council of New Jersey.
lent pastor, and an eloquent preacher. In the midst of his usefulness he was struck down by disease, and died in 1771, at the early age of thirty-nine. Seldom has the death of a minister been more sincerely mourned.
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JOHN TRENOHARD was born in the year 1753, probably in the township of Fairfield, on the farm where his father lived for several years, situate on the straight road from the Old Stone Church to L'airton. "He wasof a respectable English family, one of whom, ' Clay.
named George, settled at an early date in Salem County, where he purchased a considerable tract of land on Monmouth River, now called Alloways Creek, and was a surveyor. In the years 1723-25 he was sheriff of the county, and died in 1728.
George Trenchard, Jr., had five sons and several daughters. The daughters married into several of the leading families of Salem, and have left numerous descendants. The sons were Jolin, Curtis, James, George, and Thomas.
John Trenchard, son of George, was born in 1742. By his first wife, Theodosia Ogden, he had ten ehil- dren. Of these three were sous,-John, Curtis, and Richard. He lived for a time at Cohansey Bridge, and about 1768, with his brother, bought the prop- erty at the northwest corner of Laurel and Jefferson Streets, which was soon afterwards owned by James Boyd. At the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and for several years afterwards, Mr. Boyd's widow resided and kept store there. Trenchard, about 1762, sold this property, and afterwards re- moved to Fairfield, where he died in 1823. His son Curtis (2d) was for several years a well-known consta- ble of Fairfield.
John Trenchard, Jr., worked in early life as a blacksmith with Curtis Edwards, whose shop was situate on the ohl road from Bridgeton to Fairfield. near Rocap's Run. About IS01 he commenced going by water in vessels trading to Philadelphia and else- where, and continued in that employment four or five years, and then went into business at Fairton in keep- ing a store with Daniel P. Stratton. When Mr. Strat- ton removed to Bridgeton, in 1814, he continued the bu-iness, sometimes alone and sometimes with a part- ner, for twenty years, being engaged in building ves- sels and in cutting wood and lumber and shipping the same to Philadelphia, this being at that time a prof- itable business. He also sent produec to Bermuda. In the year 1813 be purchased of David Clark the mill property at Fairton. This mill Mr. Trenehard soon removed to where it now stands, near the straight road from Bridgeton to Fairton. By close attention to business and wise economy he amassed a very con- siderable estate, and he was during ali his life highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens. In early life he was Democratic, but he supported John Quincy Adams rather than Jackson and became a Whig. In the years 1827-28 he was elected a member of the Legis-
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