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The efforts of George Keith in 1689, when he was an earnest supporter of the faith and doctrine of the Society of Friends, to endeavor to place the
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society securely upon the doctrine of the triuity, did not die out with his separation from the society, as the seed he then sowed grew slowly and brought forth its fruit in the division of the society in 1828. To quote from William Hodgson, a Friend : "George Keith had been an eminent instrument in the gathering of people called Quakers from the barren mountains of empty profession to the green pastures and still waters of pure, life-giving Christianity." Keith insisted that the society should clearly define the doctrine of the inner light, which they failed to do, and in 1691 he left the society and in 1692 the Burlington Yearly Meeting published a declaration of disunity against him. Keith returned to England and in 1700 was admitted to Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church, returned to this country, and with many of the Friends of rank, wealth and influence, who were in sympathy with his views, united in form- ing the Episcopal Church in New Jersey. Others in sympathy with him formed a society called Keithian or Christian Quakers. Many were dealt with by the society and disowned. It was not until 1827-28 that the great "separation " occurred in the society, when those who believed with Elias Hicks became generally known as the Hicksite Friends and their opponents as the Orthodox Friends. After this the two branches continued using the meeting-house, divided by a partition, until its destruction by the Orthodox Friends, in 1851, when the Orthodox built their present house near the main Street and the Hicksites theirs on Ellis Street.
The Public Friends who have ministered to the meeting at Haddonfield have been quite numerous. There were many visiting friends who were prom- inent speakers. It is not known who were the regular speakers or ministers before 1700, but probably Friends from the meetings in Philadel- phia or Burlington. In that year John Estaugh came to this country and in 1702 became connected with this meeting, then at Newton. He remained in connection until his death, in 1742. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him and died in 1762. Han- nah, the wife of Joseph Cooper, also a public Friend, was a speaker in England and in 1732 married Joseph Cooper, of Newton township. In 1739 she went on a religious visit to Barbadoes. She died in 1754. John Griffith, a leading public Friend of London, made a religious visit to this country, which extended from 1736 to 1766. He ministered several times during that period at Haddonfield. His journal was published in London in 1779. Thomas Redman, the first of the name who resided in Haddonfield, was also a
public Friend and traveled much. He died in 1766. His son, Thomas Redman, followed him and was a staunch supporter of the faith and principles of the Society, and for his adherence to the principles was imprisoned in Gloucester jail eight weeks, from January 20, 1777, to March 18th following. Joseph Tomlinson came to the country about 1686 and was in the household of Thomas Sharp. He became a preacher and was highly respected. He died in 1719. His son Ephraim was born in 1695 and died in 1780. He was held in high estimation as a preacher and for his consistent life. Joshua Lord was one of the trustees of Woodbury Friends' Meeting in 1696, and also a trustee of Haddonfield Meeting in 1732. Joshua Lord was trustee of Haddonfield Meeting in 1771. The last-named was a prominent minister. Joshua Evans, from about the time of the Revolution, was also a minister. He resided on the Cuthbert farm. Benjamin Swett and his wife were preachers of the meeting many years. Elizabeth L. Redman, wife of Thomas Redman and mother of John, Charles and Sarah, was an acceptable preacher. The present public Friends of this Orthodox Meeting are Charles Rhoades and his sister Deborah.
Marriages .- The following is a list of the mar- riages of the Haddonfield Meeting as obtained from the early records from 1720 to 1800:
1720. Timothy Matlack to Mary Haines. Jedediah Adams to Margaret Christian. Joshua Raper to Sarah Cooper, Thomas Adame to Hannah Sharp.
1722. Samuel Nicholson to Sarah Burrough. Thomas Ellis to Catharine Collins.
1723. Samuel Burrough to Ann Gray. Joseph Mickle to Elizabeth Eastlack.
1724. James Wills to Sarah Clement. Thomas Sharp to Elizabeth Smith.
1725. John Hudson to Hannah Wright. Robert Jones to Sarah Siddon. Isaac Albertson to Rachel Haines.
1726. John Burrough to Phebe Haines. John Wille to Elizabeth Kaigha.
1727. Joseph Kaighn to Mary Estaugh, Ephraim Tomlinson to Sarah Corbit. James Cattle to Mary Engle, widow.
1728. John Haines to Jane Smith. Isaac Knight to Elizabeth Wright.
1729. Thomas Wright to Mary Thackara. John Turner to Jane Engle.
1730. Timothy Matlack to Martha Haines. Samuel Sharp to Mary Tomlinson. John Kay to Sarah Ellis. Bartholomew Wyat to Elizabeth Tomlinson. David Price to Grace Zane.
1731. Daniel Morgan to Mary Haines, widow.
1732. William Mickle to Sarah Wright.
1733. Samuel Abbott to Hannah Foster. Thomas Egerton to Sarah Stephens. Richard Bidgood to Hannah Burrough, widow.
1734. Peter White to Robecca Burr.
1735. Nathan Beaks to Elizabeth Hooten.
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1736. Edward Bortou to Margaret Tomlinson. Thomas Bishop to Rachel Matlack. Nathan Lippincott to Mary Engle. 1736. Walter Fawcett to Margarett Rillings. David Stratton to Mary Elkintou.
1737. Jacob Taylor to Ann Andrews. Thomas Redman to Mercy Gill. Jacob Howell to Mary Cooper. Thomas Thorne to Mary Harrison.
1738. Thomas Egerton to Esther Bates.
1739. James Whitall to Ann Cooper. Charles French to Ann Clement. Bobert Stevens to Ann Dent. Isaac Lippincott to Hannah Engle. Thomas Rakestraw to Mary Mason.
17 40. Jacob Hinchman to Abigail Harrison.
1741. Samuel Stokes to Hannah Hinchman. Thomas Stokes to Abigail Matlack. William Albertson to Jane Turner. Joshua Stokes to Amy Hinchman. 1742. Isaac Burrough to Deborah Jenoings. John Ashard to Mary Middleton.
1742. Thomas Hooten to Mercy Bates. Samuel Mickle to Latitia Matlack.
1743. Henry Wood to Ruth Depuis. Daniel Fortiner to Rebecca Smith. Joseph Wilkioe to Sarah Hartshorn. Daniel Hillman to Abigail Nicholson.
1744. Abrabam Haines to Sarah Ellis. Samuel Nicholson to Rebecca Saiot. John Warrington to Hannah Ellis. Job Siddou to Achsa Matlack.
1746. James Cooper to Deborah Matlack. Jobn Hillman to Hannah Nicholson. Samuel Noble to Lydia Cooper.
1747. William Miller to Elizabeth Woodward. Jacob Clement to Hannah Albertson.
1748. Joseph Snowden to Rebecca Howell. Michael Lents to Rachel Richardson. Samuel Clement to Ruth Evane. Benjamin Champion to Ann Hewitt. William Matlack to Mary Turner. Samuel Collins to Bosanna Stokes.
1749. Samuel Nicholdson to Jane Albertson (widow). James West to Mary Cooper. Jacob Stokes to Priscilla Ellis. John Jaffereye to Mary Butcher. Archibald Mickle to Mary Burrough.
1750. Thomas Hiochman to Letitia Mickle (widow). Jacob Ellis to Cassandra Albertson. John Branson to Sarah Sloao. John Thorne to Mary Gill (widow). John Barton to Elizabeth Champion. Jonathan Fisher to Hannah Hutchison. Simeon Breach to Mary Sbores.
1751. Jacob Burrongh to Sarah Throne. Enoch Burrough to Deborah Middleton. John Glover to Mary Thoroo. Joseph Bispbam to Elizabeth Hinchman.
1752. Samuel Hugg to Elizabeth Collins. Thomas Bates to Sarah Pancoast. Restore Lippiocott to Ann Lord. Charles West to Hannah Cooper. James Hinchman to Sarah Bickam.
1753. Joshua Evaos to Priscille Collins. Nathan Beaks to Lydia Morgan. Robert Stevens to Mary Kaighn. Jacob Burrough to Cassandra Ellis. 1754. Samuel Burrough to Hannah Speoce. ' 1755. John Hillman to Mary Horner. Isaac Ballinger to Patience Albertson. 1756. William Bates to Elizabeth Hooten.
Isaac Horner to Elizabeth Kay.
1757. Josiah Burrough to Sarah Morgan. Caleb Hughes to Abigail Ellis. 1758. Samuel Clement to Benlah Evans. Daviel Tomlinson to Mary Bates. John Buzby to Sarah Ellis. Samuel Tomlinson to Ann Burrough.
1758. Joseph Morgan to Mary Stokes. 1759. Thomas Thorne to Abigail Burrough. Samuel Webster to Sarah Albertson. John Branson to Sarah Sloan. 1760. John Starr to Euoice Lord. John Brick to Abigail French. Thomas Champion to Deborah Clark. Chatfield Brown to Hannab Androws. Constantine Lord to Sarah Albertson.
1761. John Sharp to Sarah Andrews. Simeon Zaue to Sarah Hooten. Elnathan Zane to Bathsaba Hartly. Jacob Jenning to Mary Smith. Richard Gibbs to Mary Burrongh.
1762. Jacob Cozens to Esther Zane. Joha Mickle to Elizabeth E. Hopkios. James Brown to Catharine Andrews. John E. Hopkins to Sarah Mickle. Stephen Thackara to Elizabeth Sloan.
1762. David Davis to Martha Cole. James Gardiner to Mary Tomlinson. 1763. Job Kimsey to Elizabeth Eastlack.
1764. James Whitall to Rebecca Matlack. Caleb Lippincott to Ann Vinacomb. James Starr to Elizabeth Lord. James Cooper to Mary Mifflin (widow). Ebenezer Hopkins to Ann Albertson.
1765. Jonathan Knight to Elizabeth Delap. William Cooper to Abigail Matlack. Joseph Burrough to Mary Pive.
1766. Griffith Morgan to Rebecca Clement. Constantine Jeffreys to Patience Butcher. Isaac Townsend to Katharine Albertson.
1767. John Wilkios to Rachel Wood. Josiah Albertson to Elinor Tomlinson. Caleb Cresson to Sarah Hopkins. John Redman to Sarah Branson. Aquilla Jooes to Elizabeth Cooper.
1767. Joshua Lippencott to Elizabeth Wood. Robert Cooper to Mary Hooper. Mark Miller to Mary Redman. John Gill to Abigail Hillman.
1768. Jacob Haives to Bathsaha Burrough. Samuel Brown to Rebecca Branson. 1769. Job Whitall to Sarah Gill. 1770. Joshua Cresson to Mary Hopkins. James Sloan to Rachel Clement. Jonathan Iredell to Elizabeth Hillman
1771. Joseph Gibson to Sarah Naines. Isaac Buzby to Martha Lippincott.
1772. Joseph Mickle to Hanoah Burrough. Thomas Wright to Mary Branson. Benjamin C. Cooper to Ann Black. Amos Cooper to Sarah Mickle.
1773. Samuel Allison to Martha Cooper. Geo. Ward to Aun Branson. John Barton to Amy Shivers.
1774. Joseph Reeve to Elizabeth Morgan. Benjamin Catheral to Esther Brown. Joshua Stretch to Lydia Tomlinson. Wm. Zane to Elizabeth Hillman. Wm. Kneas to Sarah Pederick. James Stuart to Mary Ballanger. Enoch Allen to Haunah Collins. 1776. Joab Wills to Amy Gill.
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Wm. Edgarton to Tabitha Harrison. John Haines to Hipparchia Hinchman. Caleb Lippincott to Zilpah Shinn.
1776. Nathaniel Barton to Rachel Stokes. Jobn Clement to Hannah Griscom. Jonathan Brown to Sarah Ballinger.
1777. Samuel Tomlinson to Martha Mason. Joshna Evane to Ann Kay. Job Cowperthwaite to Ann Vickers. David Branson to Elizabeth Evans.
1778. Joseph Burrough to Lydia Stretch. Marmaduke Cooper to Mary Jones. Wm. White to Ann Paul.
1779. Samnel Stokes to Hope Hunt. Joshua Paul to Mary Lippincott. James Hinchman to Sarab Morgan. Jededia Allen to Ann Wilkins. Benj. Test to Elizabeth Thackara. Richard Snowden to Sarah Brown.
1780. Benj. Horten to Sarah Snowden. Wm. Lippincott to Elizabeth Folwell. Samuel Tomlinson to Mary Bates.
1781. Peter Thompson to Mary Glover. John Gill to Sarah Pritchett. Robert Zane to Elizabeth Butler. Daniel Hillman to Martha Ellis. Isaac Ballinger to Mary Bassett. John Webb to Amy Wills. Edward Gibbs to Hepsibab Evans.
1782. Joshna Cooper to Abigail Stokes. John Barton to Rebecca Engevine. John Reeves to Beulah Brown. David Ware to Sarah Shinn. Bestore Lippincott to Deborah Ervin. Joshua Harlan to Sarah Hinchman.
1783. Zaccheus Test to Rebecca Davis. Isaac Stiles to Rachel Glover. Jacob Jennings to Ann Hopkins. Asher Brown to Mary Ward.
1784. James Thackara to Jane Gannt. Charles Fogg to Ann Bates. Wm. Knight to Elizabeth Webster. James Hopkins to Rebecca Clement. Darling Haines to Mary Lippincott. James Mickle to Hannah Lord. Jonathan Morgan to Elizabeth Fisher.
1785. Daniel Roberts to Hannah Stokes. Abraham Warrington to Rachel Evane. Peter Thompson to Sarah Stephenson. John Stuart to Deborah Griscom. John Evans to Elizabeth Browning. 1788. Isaac Jonesto Sarah Atkinson. Caleb Atkinson to Sarah Champion. Francis Boggs to Ann Haines. 1789. Wm. Rogers to Mary Davis. Joseph Davis to Mary Haines. Wm. Saterth waite to Mary Prior. Samuel Glover to Hannah Albertson. John Thorne to Mary Duberee.
1790. Thomas Knight to Hannah Branson. Thomas M. Potter to Mary Glover. Josiab Kay to Elizabeth Horner. 1791. Gen. Abbott to Mary Redman. Samuel Abbott to Martia Gill. Jeremiah Wood to Mary Horner.
1782. Joseph Burrough to Martha Davis. John Gill to Susanna Branson.
1793. Jesse Lippincott to Mary Ann Kay. Joseph Cooper to Sarah P. Buckley.
1793. Marmaduke Burr to Ann Hopkins. Abraham Silver to Sarah Knight. Joshua Roberts to Sarah Cole.
1794. Obedialı Engle to Patience Cole. John Albertson to Anti Pine.
1795. Isaac Ballinger to Esther Stokes. Job Bishop to Lardle Jones. Joseph Kaighn to Sarah Mickle. Jesse Smith to Mary Paul. Wm. E. Hopkins to Ann Morgan.
1796. Joseph Glover to Sarah Mickle. Aaron Pancoast to Ann Cooper. Joseph Bennett to Mary Morgan. Reuben Braddock to Elizabeth Stokes.
1797. Jonathan Knight to Elizabeth Kaighn. Peter Hammit to Mary Duel. Joseph C. Swett to Ann Clement.
1798. Richard M. Cooper to Mary Cooper. Joseph Burr to Mary Sloan. Abel Ashard to Ann Jennings.
1799. Robert Rowand to Elizabeth Barton. Wm. Roberts to Ann Brick. Isaac Thorne to Rachel Horner. Samuel Hooten to Sarah Ballanger.
The Hicksite Friends .- In the years 1827-28, when Elias Hicks, the exponent of the early teachings of Robert Barclay and others, was trav- eling through the country, he visited the Friends' Meeting in Haddonfield, and won to his cause a number of the Friends, who at once organized a meeting of Hicksites, as his followers were termed. The feeling between the two parties was such that the partition in the meeting-house was kept down, and separate meetings held from that time until the destruction of the house, in 1851, by the Orthodox Friends. A lot was then purchased at Ellis and Walnut Streets, and the present brick . meeting-house erected. The public Friends who have ministered to the people of this branch of the society were Samuel Allen and Mary, his wife, both deceased.
HADDONFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH .- The history of the Baptist Church at Haddonfield is closely identified with the Baptist Churches of Mount Holly and Evesham. As early as 1784 the Rev. Peter Wilson, pastor of the Baptist Church at Hightstown, Monmouth County, occasionally preached at Mount Holly, in Burlington County, N. J. At intervals others of like persuasion offi- ciated there, and in 1801 a church was organized with thirty-six members. About the year 1788 religious services were held at the house of Matthew Wilson, in Evesham township, Burlington County, and afterward continued, with more regularity, at the school-house in that neighborhood. In 1803 Joseph Evans and Letitia, his wife, and Rebecca Troth were baptized, they being the first in that region, and two years after, the covenants were adopted and a church organized with forty-five members, many of whom had been dismissed from the church at Mount Holly.
Among those who connected themselves with the church at Mount Holly was John Sisty, then a
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young man, and a resident of that town. Yielding to the persuasions of his associates, he occasionally addressed religious meetings, which developed a gift for the ministry. In 1814 he was made a licentiate, the next year ordained, and preached regularly once in each month at the Evesham Meeting-house for nearly four years and without compensation. During this time he removed to Philadelphia, and had his residence and place of business on the west side of Front Street, a few doors below Market Street, and there continued for many years. While friends of his own religious belief at Haddon- field, in the year 1817, requested him to preach, with a view of founding a Baptist Church. This invitation was accepted, and in the afternoon of August 17, 1817, he preached his first sermon in the Grove School-house. These meetings were
THE FIRST BAPTIST MEETING-HOUSE. BUILT IN 1818, TORN DOWN IN 1852.
continued the second and fourth Sabbaths of each month until June 11, 1818, when a Baptist Church was regularly organized.
At that time the Society of Friends was the only religious denomination which had stated meetings in the village, and, it might be said, in the neigh- borhood, save, perhaps, the Protestant Episcopal Church at Colestown. The Grove School-house, in which he conducted the first services, was a plain building, furnished with unpainted desks and with benches without cushions of backs. To this uninviting and uncomfortable place was Mr. Sisty taken when he first sought to promulgate the opinions and practices of his adopted church. In this unpretending structure, many miles from any
other in doctrinal sympathy, did that good man persevere in his efforts to draw around him those who were willing to accept his views of religion and follow the requirements of his creed as by him explained. The services were of the simplest character, often without the singing of hymns, for there were but few who understood or had any knowledge of music. He soon found, however, that these meetings attracted attention and was much encouraged to continue his efforts, with the ultimate object of founding a branch of the society. In after-years Mr. Sisty often spoke of the kind and sympathetic manner in which he was received by members of the Society of Friends, and who always expressed themselves as pleased with his efforts and hoped that success might attend him. An organization was effected June 11, 1818, with the following-named persons as members: Chas. Kain, Isaac Cole, Samuel Vanhorn, John Fairlam, Hannah Clement, Maria Hillman, Sarah Kain, Ann Kain, Elizabeth Vanderveer, Keturah Rowand.
Charles Kain and his wife, Sarah, resided at Fellowship, in Burling- ton County; Isaac Cole, in Cam- den; Hannah Clement, in Haddon- field ; and Ann Kain, at Marlton, Burlington Co. Elizabeth Vander- veer resided at Moorestown, in the last-named county ; John Fairlam and Samuel Vanhorn, near Coles- town ; and Maria Hillman and Ket- turah Rowand lived near Fellow- ship.
Zaccheus Logan, Joseph Evans Isaac Smith, David Vanderveer and Charles Kain were selected as trus- tees to take the title of the lot which was purchased of the heirs of Eliza- beth West, deceased, by deed dated Feb. 19, 1819, and duly recorded. On this lot was erected a neat and comfortable brick meeting-house. The building, when finished, presented a creditable appearance, and was much admired by strangers. The entrance was by a front-door and two side-doors, the latter being used by those coming in carriages. The inside arrangement was admirable, with a double range of pews in the middle and a range on either side, next the walls, with two side-aisles to a cross- aisle, between the side-doors. The pulpit was paneled, but plain, and reached by several steps on either side, only large enough, however, for two persons to sit in; galleries extended around three sides of the building and furnished with
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benches throughout. Two large ten-plate wood- stoves stood in the main aisles for heating pur- poses. The pews were neatly finished with solid backs and doors, but without paint and not num- bered.
The collections were taken in velvet sacks at- tached to long black handles, and were by the deacons passed solemnly round near the close of the service. The money in circulation in those days were the old Spanish coins, and twelve and six-penny bits generally made up the sums con- tributed. Open baskets were at last substituted on account of the many pieces of spurious coin found in the velvet sacks and placed there by those who had little regard for the necessities of the church. September 5, 1818, John Sisty pre- sented his letter of dismissal from the Baptist Church at Mount Holly, and, on August 14, 1819, by a formal vote of the church and the pew-hold- ers, was invited to become their pastor. At the same meeting Charles Kain and Isaac Coles were selected as deacons. November 13th following, Mr. Sisty, by a letter, accepted the charge, his services being rendered without compensation, the church paying his necessary expenses, which seldom exceeded one hundred dollars per year.
The building was dedicated on the last Sabbath in November, 1818, when Dr. Holcom, Reverend Mr. Gregg, Mr. Mahlon and Mr. Cooper were present with Mr. Sisty to conduct the services. These were novel and interesting in a Quaker neighborhood, where formality of any kind on such occasions was studiously avoided. Visitors came from all the country-side, and under the per- suasive eloquence of the eminent speakers, con- tributed liberally towards the payment of the out- standing debt. It is not too much to say that broad-brimmed hats and plain bonnets were scattered through the congregation, and although not of those who then gave, were known to be in sympathy with the enterprise and hoped for its success.
It is proper to record something of the constitu- ent members of the church. Charles Kain was baptized at Salem, New Jersey, in the twentieth year of his age, by the Rev. Job Sheppard, and became a member of the church at that place. The next year, 1813, he removed to Philadelphia, and by letter joined the Rev. Dr. Holcom's church in that city. In 1816 he came to New Jersey again and worshipped with those of the Old Cause- way Meeting-House, near Marlton, Burlington County, and there remained until he became one of the constituent members of the churchi at Had- donfield. He is remembered as leading the sing-
ing, to which place he was chosen as clerk and acceptably filled it for several years.
Isaac Cole, who lived in Camden, was an active member, was liberal to the church and acted as treasurer for several years. He gradually became interested in the church in Camden, and believing that his usefulness lay in that direction, requested his letter, which was granted February 28, 1836, that he could properly connect himself therewith.
Hannah Clement, educated and baptized as a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Chews Landing, a few miles from Haddonfield, was convinced of the faith and practices of the Baptists under the preaching of Dr. William Staughton while residing in Philadelphia. She became a member of the First Baptist Church of that city and was dismissed therefrom June 11, 1818, to connect herself with the Haddonfield Church. She was the first resident Baptist in the town, and used her best efforts towards planting the church there.
She was the wife of John Clement, who took much interest in the enterprise and acted as cash- ier during the erection of the house. At morning and evening service he could always be seen in his seat at the head of his pew, and through all the mutations of the church he regularly occupied the same place, and only abandoned it when he found his remonstrances would not avail to prevent the taking down of the building he had assisted to erect and maintain. He could not be convinced of the need of such a change, which would entail a heavy debt and not add very much to the seat- ing capacity. His wife was alike jealous of any innovation that endangered the ancient landmarks and was likely to weaken or destroy them. She looked suspiciously upon any change in the old forms of worship, and held fast to the ways of the fathers. She lived to see the small heginnings at the Grove School-house come to be a large and influential society. She died an exemplary Chris- tian.
Elizabeth Vanderveer was the wife of David Vanderveer, a resident of Moorestown, some six miles from Haddonfield. Through her influence several other families came from the same town and neighborhood, and were pew-holders in the church. After the death of her husband she was dismissed, November 29, 1838, and took her letter to the Tenth Baptist Church of Philadelphia, to which city, with her children, she went to reside.
John Fairlam was a farmer residing near Coles- town, and rendered what assistiance his limited means would allow towards the new enterprise. He was baptized by John Sisty in 1817, and be-
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came a member of the Old Causeway Meeting, and was dismissed therefrom to join the organiza- tion at Haddonfield. He was separated from the church and became chorister at Colestown.
Samuel Vanhorn, also a farmer and residing near Colestown, was baptized by John Sisty in 1818, and always remained a consistent member of the denomination.
Sarah Kain, wife of Charles, was also baptized by John Sisty, and was ever after an upright and faithful member among her associates. She was anxious that her children should follow in her footsteps, and had the pleasure in her declining years to know that her precept and example had done much for them.
Ann Kain, sister of Charles, was baptized by John Sisty. She afterwards married Samuel Wil- kins, and for several years lived in Haddonfield, and then removed to Woodbury, Gloucester Coun- ty. With her husband and family she returned to the village, where she died in full membership with the church, having never removed her letter therefrom.
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