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1844 Joseph Davis.
1.845 Gabriel Horton.
1846.
1847 Stewart T. Durland. =
1848
1849. Daniel Fullerton.
1850. .Timothy Wood.
1851 Hulet Clark.
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1853.
1854-55. Albert A. Seymour.
1856-57. Joseph M. Case.
Robert C. Tuthill.
1858-59. John C. Wisner.
1860-61 De Witt Decker.
1862-63 Joseph M. Case.
1801-66
1867-68.
1869-70.
1871
1872 John R. Halstead.
1873
N. E. Mapes.
James W. Potter.
Lapsou DunD.
1877-78.
Emmett Tuthill.
1879-80.
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Lansou Dunn.
The following additional names are mentioned in the town records from 1792 to 1793: Benjamin Hal- sey, Peter Whittaker, Phineas Parshall, Jacob Coy- kendall, Thomas Gale, Elisha Eldred (Road District 2), Urialt Ferguson (District 5), William Lain (Dis- trict 6), Israel Lee (District 8), Sylvanus Lowrey (Dis- trict 10), William Knapp (District 14), Absalom Stillwell (District 15), John V. Cleve (District 16), Ebenezer Holly (District 23), Daniel Van Fleet (Dis- triet 13), Nathan Arnout (District 32), Daniel Ham- mel (District 34), James Steward, Jr., Paul Lee, Wm. Tucker, Thomas T. Collard (Road District 1), Jacob
Denton (District 2), Hezekiah Lowrey (District 5), Noah Terry. Abner Crossman, Richard Wood (Dis- triet 18), Joseph Reed (District 20), James Jackson (District 22), Everid Hardenbeck (District 24), Hugh McConnelly (District 31), Aaron Clark ( District 32), Abraham Elston (District 34), George Lutes (Dis- trict 35), Ashbell Cadwell, Richard Allison, Nathan Van Anken, Benjamin Gale (Distriet 1), Charles Brenning (District 3), Elisha Smith (District 4), Philetus Howell (Distriet 7), John Ralphsuider (District 9), Reuben Cash (District 11), Peter Caverna (District 13), Daniel Albertson, Michael Halstead, William Graham, Uriah Chapman, Jacob Shimers. We give a list of the officers elected in 1842:
John C. Wisner, supervisor; Henry H. Stewart, town clerk ; Richard M. Tothill, Jr., Simeon M. Stoddard, justices of the peace; James M. Reeve, Hngh McCouuell, overseers of the poor; Daniel T. Durland, Jacob M. Johnson, Samuel Jones, assessors ; Peter Kimber. Erastus Stickney, John C. Buckbee, commissioners of highways; William Dickerson, Henry Clark, John C. Owens, commissioners of common schools; Lewis Armstrong, Horace K. Stewart, inspectors of schools; Timothy W. Kelly, collector; Isaac M. Lee, Lewis Howell, Daniel T. Hulse, Timothy W. Kelly, Oliver E Wood, constables; Lewis C. Wood. town sealer.
The following were the principal town officers from 1789 to 1880 :
Supervisors.
Town Clerks.
1789-90. John Bradner.
1791-92.
1793-96. Jonathan Cooley.
1797 Levi Van Etten.
1798 Nathan Arnout.
1799-1800 Henry Tucker. 4
1801-7
1808 David Christie.
1809
1810
1811-12 Joseph Smith.
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Peter Holbert.
Johu Hallock, Jr.
1814-16.
Benjamin Dunning.
1817-18
1819
1820. Joshua Sayre.
1821 David Christie.
James Ilulse.
1829
Benjamin Duoning. "
William Evans. Martin L. Mapes.
1823.
1824 1825 .. Increase B. Stoddard. David Christie.
1826-27
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1828
1829
James Hulse.
John Neely, No. 12.
Jamies Green, No. 31.
1832-33
Merritt H. Caslı.
Nathaniel Bailey, No. 13.
Richard Hulse, No. 32.
1834
Joseph Davis.
Wm. Kimber, No. 14.
John Van Tuyl, No. 33.
Samuel Moore, No. 15.
Aaron Everett, No. 34.
Asa Dolsen, No. 16.
Godfrey Lutes, No. 35.
Daniel Cooley, No. 17.
Daniel Myres, No. 36.
James Reeves, Jr., No. IS.
Augustus Oakley, No. 37.
Joslina Davis, No. 10.
Simon Westfall, No. 38.
Joseph M. Case. Stewart T. Durland.
Stephen Harding.
Lewis Armstrong. William Hatch, Jr.
Henry C. Halsey.
Samuel B. Elston.
Isaac Winters,
Simeon M. Coykendall.
Jacob P. Snook.
John R. Halstead.
Charles H[. Tuthill. Heury D. Decker.
Eliakim Elston. Charles McMorrow.
Lanson Dont. =
1874
1875-76. William H. Clark.
Jonathan Cooley. Henry Tucker. James Steward.
Martiness Coykendall. James Steward.
James Steward, Jr.
Increase B. Stoddard. Peter Holbert.
Hezekiah Taylor.
Jonathan Carpenter. Hulet Clark. .6
Jonathan Bailey. Peter Holbert. James Ilulse.
Roswell Mead.
Richard MI. Tuthill.
Richard M. Tuthill, Jr.
DeWitt C. Hallock.
Erastus Stickney.
Henry 11. Stewart. David Clark.
1831
IInlet Clark.
John Finton, No. 39."
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MINISINK.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
mentioned as presiding at town-meetings in the ear- lier years when they were not elected by the people, but were appointed by the Governor and Council.' The dates given are the years when their names first appear :
1789, John Bradner, Solomon Coykendall; 1790, James Dolsen, John Davis ; 1793, Levi Van Etten ; 1795, Jonathan Cooley ; 1796, llenry Tooker, Jonathan Wood ; 1802, Increase B Stoddard, Peter Holbert ; 1805, Joslina Sayre; 180%, Alexander Bodle, John Jackson: 1812, Nathan Aruout, Benjamin Sawyer; 1813, Joseph Smith ; 1816, John Durland, Jonathan Carpenter, John Hallock, Jr .; 1819, David Chris- tie ; 1821, William Graham ; 1823,* Caleb Howell and Hulet Clark ; 1828, Stephen W. Fullerton, James Ilnise; 1829, Joseph Halluck ; 1831,; Stephen W. Fullerton ; 1832, Joseph Hallock, Gideon W. Cock ; 1833, Gideon W. Cock ; 1834, George Hill ; 1835, Stephen W. Fuller- ton, John C. Owen; 1836, John C. Owen; 1837, Gideon W. Cock ; , 1838, George Hill, James F. Clark ; 1839, Gabriel Horton, Richard M. Tuthill; 1840, James F. Clark ; 1841, Gideon W. Cock ; 1842, Richard M. Tuthill, Jr .; 1843, Gabriel Horton ; 1844, Edward Shute (also the same to fill vacancy); 1845, William B. Hunt; 1846, Richard MI Tut- hill, Jr .; 1847, Erastus Stickney ; 1848, John P. Manning ; 1849, W'm. B. Hunt ; 1850, Joseph M. Case, Steward T. Durland, John C Wisner, Sidney Mulford ; 1851, Sidney Mulford ; 1852, Samuel Slau- son; 1853, Jolin C. Wisner; 1854, Peter C. Hanford, Wmn. H. Hart; 1855, W'm. II. Hart; 1856, Peter Kimber ; 1857, Richard M. Tuthill, Jr .: 1858, Joseph M. Case ; 1859, Wm. Hortou; 1860, l'eter Kimber; 1861, George D. Wilson (also the same to fill vacancy) ; 1862, Joseph M. Case, John C. Wianer; 1863, Wm. Horton ; 1864, Peter Kimber; 1865, Jolin C. Wisner; 1866, Joseph M. Case; 1867, John B. Halsey ; 1868, Peter Kimber, Robert C. Tuthill ; 1869, Joba C. Wisner; 1570, Joseph M. Case ; 1871, Robert C. Tuthill; 1872, Peter Kimber; 1873, S. T. Darland; 1874, Joseph M. Case ; 1875, Robert C. Tuthill, J. P. Snook ; 1876, Peter Kimber; 1877, Thomas S. Halse (also to fill va- cancy, Thomas S. Ilulse) ; 1878, J. P. Snook ; 1879, Jesse O. Martin, C. W. Horton ; 1880, Peter Kimber, Jonathan Shepherd, Nathan C. Hanford.
THE BONDING OF THE TOWN OF MINISINK.
This was effected by papers recorded in the office of the county clerk, and bearing date July 15, 1869. The bonds were to be issued in aid of the Oswego and Mid- land Railroad Company, to the amount of $75,000. The bonds were issued in pursuance of the above action. The interest has been annually paid, but the principal remains a debt against the town.
V .- VILLAGES. UNIONVILLE
is said to be a reminiscence of the old dispute between New York and New Jersey as to the boundary line. This was in 1740, and the village, then consisting of only two or three houses, stood on the disputed territory. After the line was settled the village was still so near to New Jersey that it was called Union- ville, in commemoration of the uniting of the two States in friendly relations. At the present time (November, 1880) it is a thriving village, having con- siderable trade and extensive railroad business. There , are stores kept by Halstead & Bro., by Elston & Bro., by Mr. Van Fleet ; hotels by Mr. Conkling, by Mr. Tuthill, and by Mr. Casterlin. Other business places are Hanford's carriage-shop and blacksmithing, Cas-
terlin's harness-shop, Van Fleet's coal- and lumber- yard, Dr. Haines' creamery, Swezey's grocery-store, Caldwell's hardware-store and tin-shop, Tuthill's drug-store (late Whittaker's), etc. The station agent is Enoch Greenleaf.
INCORPORATION.
This was effected by filing the necessary petition and procuring the action of the court thereupon. The election for determining whether to incorporate or not was held Aug. 22, 1871. Joseph M. Case and Lanson Dunn presided, and the question was decided in favor of incorporation, fifty-eight to seven; and it was also determined to spend $150 the first year under the head of ordinary expenditures. The first officers were as follows, chosen Sept. 26, 1871: Isaac Swift, president ; Lanson Dunn, Henry Tuthill, J. Harvey Hanford, trustees; S. D. Cadmus, treasurer ; A. J. Tuthill, collector ; C. M. C. Morrow, clerk. Subse- quent years, elections in March :
1872 .- Isaac Swift, president; Lanson Dann, Dennis Clark, James H. Hanford, trustees : Charles M. C. Morrow, treasurer ; Joseph D. Swift, collector; C. M. C. Morrow, clerk.
1873 .- Peter C. Hanford, president; Lauson Duun, J. Harvey Ilanford, Charles D. Van Fleet, trustees; Richard Casterlin, collector ; C. M. C. Morrow, treasurer; N. C. Hanford, clerk.
1874 .- Peter (. Hanford, president; Lanson Dunn, Charles Van Fleet, Christopher Haggerty, trustees ; Bradoer P. Doty, collector ; William Culverwell, treasurer; N. C. llanford, clerk.
1875 .- Dennis Clark, president ; Christopher Haggerty, A. W. Van Fleet, W'm. W. Tuthill, trustees; Asa D. Elstoo, collector; Wm. Culverwell, treasurer; N. C. Hanford, clerk.
1876 .- Dennis Clark, president ; Andrew Van Fleet, Wm. W. Tuthill, J. Ilarvey Hanford, trustees; David Owen, collector ; Wm, Culverwell, treasurer; N. C. Hanford, clerk.
1877 .- Dennis Clark, president; A. W. Van Fleet, W. W. Tuthill, J. H. Hanford, trustees ; Bradner P. Doty, collector; William Culverwell, treasurer ; N. C. Hanford, clerk.
1878 .- 31. S. Hayne, president ; Wm. W. Tuthill, E. Swezy, Jesse Rosen- crans, trusteea; T. J. Casterlin, collector; Wm. Culverwell, treas- urer; N. C. Hanford, clerk.
1879 .- M.S. Hayne, president ; Wm. W. Tuthill, J. Harvey Hanford, A. W. Van Fleet, trustees ; Joseph D. Swift, collector ; William Culverwell, treasurer; N. C. HIanford, clerk.
1880 .- M. S. Hayne, president ; J. II. Hanford, A. W. Van Fleet, Wm. W. Tuthill, trustees; N. C. Ilanford, collector ; Wm. Culverwell, treas- urer; N. C. Hanford, clerk.
Other officers for the first year were: 1871-72, B. P. Doty, street commissioner ; William Green, police constable.
For the present year, 1880-81, Lanson Dunn, street commissioner ; Richard Casterlin, pound-master ; Jos- eph D. Kimber, police constable.
WESTTOWN
was the only village in the western part of the town at the time of its settlement, and undoubtedly de- rives its name from this circumstance. It is an old- time place, beautifully situated on elevated ground, commanding a fine view of the pleasant Rutger's Valley. Its present business may be summarily stated as follows: post-office, kept by Jonathan Sayre; store, general merchandise, by Elwin Hartwell ; hardware-store and tin-shop, by F. and V. Linke; grocery-store, by Oscar Terwilliger; harness-shop, by
* After 1821 and prior to 1830 they were appointed by the courts in .connection with the board of supervisors.
+ After this date choaen at town-meetings.
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HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.
J. DuBois, who has worked at the business fifty years school commissioners were chosen at the annual town- consecutively ; blacksmithing and wagon-shops, by i meeting of 1796 as follows : Henry Tooker, Jonathan Cooley, Jonathan Wood. In 1797 the same persons were chosen, except that John Bradner took the place of Jonathan Cooley, and those of 1797 were re-elected in 1798. This appears to have been the end of that earlier system.
Ira Parsons and by Samuel Sinsabaugh; creamery, ! by Squire Hill ; Terwilliger's creamery, two miles or more away on the Lower Road; hotel, by Mrs. S. J. Fisk ; shoemaker, Malcolm McPherson ; coal, lum- ber, and feed, by J. V. Halsey ; surveying, Alva Sey- bolt ; and station-agent, John H. Sholl. The churches, the large school-house, and quite a number | of fine private residences together make up a rural village that fairly challenges comparison with any other in this section of the county.
GARDNERVILLE
was a small hamlet on the east boundary of the town, and grew np around the mills located there. Like so many other villages in this county, it was named in honor of an early settler. Ira Gardner was a mill- owner and merchant at this point. (See Wawayanda.)
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MILLSBURGH
is on the north line of the town, the dwellings and the business places being mostly on the other side of Rutger's Creek, and hence in the town of Wawayanda. This place was formerly known as Racine, from Mr. John Racine, who was a prominent citizen residing there. The place is situated on the outlet of Bin- nenwater Lake. (See Wawayanda.)
JOHNSON POST-OFFICE
is located on the southern branch of Rutger's Creek, in the north part of the town. It is a station on the New Jersey Midland Railroad, O. Harden, agent. Cudney's store, a blacksmith-shop, and blacksmith- ing with wagon business by Wm. Elston, are about the only business enterprises to be mentioned.
SMITH VILLAGE,
so called, is a rural neighborhood a short distance north of Gardnerville. Formerly it was a smart busi- ness place. There were stores, hotels, and shops. The change of traveled routes and other reasons gradually led to the discontinuance of these. There is now little business worthy of note, and Smith vil- lage has become simply Smith neighborhood.
WATERLOO MILLS
are in the southwest part of the town, and the power | is supplied by the southern branch of Rutger's Creek. The place is not far from the New Jersey Midland Railroad at its western bend in this town. The mills are now owned by Daniel Myers, lately by Mr. Kittell, who still runs a store. This is a point of early settlement, and there were doubtless mills here before 1800. As noticed elsewhere, the Willcoxes were early settlers and business men at this point.
VI .- SCHOOLS.
Under the earlier school law, the provisions of which seem to have been inoperative and quickly abandoned,
During the years that followed, in which there was no official action recorded, schools were maintained by individual effort,-by subscription,-by charging each scholar one dollar a term. Mr. Oliver Wood, of Wa- wayanda, states that in his earlier years he taught by the scholar,-so that that practice was continued some- what after the establishment of the general school sys- tem in 1812.
In the year 1813 the town complied with the pro- visions of the new school law,-voted to raise by tax- ation a sum for the support of schools equal to the amount offered by the State, and chose commissioners and inspectors, the former having anthority to form, alter, or dissolve districts and distribute the public money; the latter examining teachers, certifying to their qualifications, and inspecting the schools. This system continued until 1843, and during that period the following persons served one or more years each as commissioners, the number annually chosen being three: George Phillips, Joshua Sayre, James Van Fleet, Jr., James Eldred, Jonathan Brown, Daniel Dunning, Joshua Van Auken, John D. Wood, Isaac Cook, David Robertson, Francis Kelly, Hnlet Clark, Stephen W. Fullerton, Benjamin L. Manning, Squire Lee, Sammel Knapp, Charles Monell, David H. Slan- son, Abijah Wells, Increase B. Stoddard, John Jack- son, Wilmot Moore, Daniel W. Gedney, James Little, Benjamin Moore, Allen Irwin, Roswell Mead, Doras- tus Brown, Increase Mather, Hugh McConnell, John Roberts, Frederick Dolsen, William Graham, Calvin IIallock, Wakeman B. Oakley, John C. Owen, Charles Mills, John Whiting, Charles S. Lee, Alfred Reed, Edward Shute, Richard M. Tuthill, James M. Reeve, Charles S. Lee, John L. Knapp, James F. Clark, Samuel Slauson, Jacob M. Johnson, Henry C. Halsey, Braddock R. Dunning, Daniel T. Howell, Jesse Green, Wallace Clark, William Dickerson, Henry Clark, James A. Smith.
During the same period the following persons served one or more years each as inspector of schools: Rev. Thomas Grier, Dr. John T. Jansen, Jr., John Peckham, Henry Ball, Jonathan Brown, Francis Kelly, James Scribner, Samuel Holbert, George Phillips, John S. Swezey, Alexander T. Bodle, Francis Kelly, Roswell Mead, Thomas P. Youngs, John IIal- lock, Jr., Jeremiah Van Auken, Stephen W. Fullerton, Isaac Cook, Phineas Terry, Marcus Stickney, Apollos Jessup, Gabriel Sayres, Solomon Van Fleet, James Hulse, Alexander Boyd, Simon M. Stoddard, Bryan Garrihan, Thomas Royce, Jonathan Carpenter, Wil- liam II. Newkirk, James Hulse, Joseph Halsted, Jonathan Bailey, Harvey Horton, Merritt H. Cash,
HARTWELL'S SCHOOL WANTAGE TP. (I MILE FROM UNIONVILLE N.Y.) SUSSEX CO. N.J.
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MINISINK.
Harvey Ilallock, Dorastus Brown, Horace Armstrong, George N. Wood, Roswell Mead, James F. Clark, Henry Clark, Seth Tompkins, Charles A. Dolsen, Richard M. Tuthill, William Monell, Erastus Stick- ney, Richard Hallock, Alexander I. Johnson, Increase Mathers, Dewitt C. Hallock, James M. Reeve, Horace HI. Stewart, John C. McConnell, Lewis Armstrong.
The commissioners first chosen in 1813 divided the old town of Minisink into twenty-six school districts, under date of June 21st of that year. These are re- corded in full, and we have included them in the chapters upon Deerpark, Minisink, Greenville, and Wawayanda, as the most concise and yet comprehen- sive method of determining the names of the families then residing upon this large territory.
Under date of Oct. 17, 1823, the commissioners erected district No. 28 ont of the part soon after set off to Deerpark, with the following boundaries : " Be- ginning at the Delaware River, where the line of the lands of Stephen St. John and Samuel Caskey inter- sects said river; from thence running with said line between them northeasterly to the mountain ; thence a northeast course to the line of the town of Deer- park, all northwesterly of said line to be a school dis- triet by itself." The next year, however, they united Districts 28 and 21, with the following boundaries : " Which district begins at the house owned by Nathan Van Auken, on the west side of the Neversink River, and including all the inhabitants on the west side of said river until it meets the Delaware River, and up said Delaware River to the house commonly called the old Lambert House, near where mills were for- merly, and from said Lambert's House on a straight line to the place first mentioned." This is interesting as describing the territory of Port Jervis and vicinity just fifty-six years ago, when it was necessary to unite two school distriets to have population enough to sus- tain a good school. The next year (1825) this tri- angular portion of old Minisink west of the Shawan- gunk Mountains was annexed to Deerpark.
After the change from commissioners and inspec- tors to supervision by town superintendents, the fol- lowing were the incumbents of that office: 1844, James M. Reeve ; 1845, Henry Clark ; 1846, Erastus Stickney; 1847-48, Joshua Case. Elected once in two years: 1850, Charles B. Halstead; 1852, not re- corded ; 1854, Gabriel Post ; 1855, Norris L. Bennett.
The law was then repealed and district commis- sioners appointed. At that time all control of the schools by town authority ceased.
At Unionville, near the New Jersey line, there is a flourishing private seminary conducted by Professor Hartwell. He had previously managed a similar in- stitution in Cornwall.
VII .- CHURCHES.
THE PRESBYTERIAN SOCIETY AT WESTTOWN met for legal organization at the house of Sylvanus Losee, Jan. 26, 1790. The certificate then executed
was signed by John Hazen and James Brown, deacons, and the trustees named were James Brown, Frederic Delano, Henry Tooker, Amos Willcox, John Davis, Jr., and John Whittaker. This church is rather noted for the number of times it has deemed it neces- sary to effect a re-incorporation. March 10, 1803, a second certificate was recorded, including the names of Paul Lee, Jacob Cole, Ezra Corwin, Richard Whit- taker, Joshua Sayre, and Cotton Mather. A third certificate, under date of Aug. 19, 1805, contains the names of Sylvanus Losee, Cotton Mather, David Christie, Ezra Corwin, Joshua Sayre, Israel Lee, Henry Tooker. A fourth certificate, under date of Sept. 14, 1807, contains the names of John Neely, Benjamin Cole, Cotton Mather, Ezra Corwin, Israel Lee, David Christie, Joshua Sayre, and Henry Tooker. A fifth certificate, dated March 28, 1842, contains the names of John Dunkin, Silas C. Brown, David W. Clark, Isaac M. Decker, Daniel Lee, Dorastus Brown, Virgil M. Dunning, Joel J. Bishop.
The earliest certificate above shows the original fact that the church was Presbyterian in 1790. The changes indicated by the above various papers are to some extent shown in the following valuable article by the pastor, Rev. L. T. Shuler :
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF WESTTOWN.
As far back as 1794 there was a Reformed Church at this place, for in that year letters were received by the Particular Synod of that body, from the "Con- gregations of Clove and Westtown, containing com- plaints that the licentiates had not visited them." Corwin's Manual gives the date of organization as I791. In 1797 the Rev. Elias Van Benschoten ac- cepted a call from the united congregations of Clove and Westtown. Some time before 1812 these con- gregations separated, as the following record shows :
"Whereas, Westtown congregation a few years past have separated themselves to another denomination, therefore we, the elders and deacons of the Reformed Dutch Congregation of the Clove, being convened in the house of the Rev. Elias Van Benschoten, in the township of Wan- tage, in the county of Sussex, and State of New Jersey, do hereby re- quest the clerk of the peace for the county of Sussex to record us by the name of The Trustees of the Reformed Dutch Congregation of the Clove. Given under our hands and seals the second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve, 1812.
" I'ETER BEAMER,
" MICHAEL DECKER,
" MICAGAII DEEN,
" PETER VAN SICKEL,
" JOEL CROEL,
" BENJAMIN VAN SICKEL,
" LEVI AYERS, JR., " ISAACK VAN OCKEN."
The "other denomination" to which reference is made was undoubtedly the Presbyterian, for on March 10, 1803, the people of Westtown met at the house of Paul Lee, fifteen days' notice having been given, to incorporate themselves as a religious society accord- ing to the act passed March 27, 1801. Jacob Cole and Ezra Corwin were elected inspecting officers; Richard Whittaker, Joshua Sayre, and Cotton Mather
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were elected trustees to take charge of the estate and property, and to be known by the title of The Trus- tees of the First Presbyterian Church of Westtown. .July 19, 1805, subscriptions were made towards the erection of a church edifiee, to the amount of $1733.50. Just a month from that time the congregation met at the house of Sylvanus Losee, and elected Ezra Cor- win, Joshua Sayre, Israel Lee, and Henry Tooker trustees. These trustees held a meeting on September 3d, and decided that the church building should be 50 by 40 feet, and that the floors should be laid with white-oak boards an inh and a quarter thick. Feb.
who was to frame and inclose the building, to build a pulpit and deacons' seat with stairs into the pulpit, and a canopy overhead, for the sum of $450, the ma- terials being all furnished by the trustees, the work to be done by Nov. 1, 1806. The remainder of the work was done by Richard Whittaker and Paul Lee, for $900. The seats were sold the last day of Novem- ber, 1807, but the church remained without a pastor until Sept. 5, 1808, when Rev. Thomas Grier accepted a call and began his labor. In December of that year Nathaniel Chandler, John Neely, Philip Lee, and Hezekiah Taylor were chosen elders. This num- ber was inereased in less than a year by the ordination of Garret Brink and Phineas Terry. The congrega- tion at this time covered the territory now occupied by the churches of Westtown, Centreville, and Union- ville, and extending along the Shawangunk Mountain from the borders of the town of Mount Hope into the State of New Jersey. The pastoral labors of Rev. Jr. Grier were wonderfully blessed. In the year 1815, 103 persons were received into the church, and 57 in 1816, all upon profession of their faith. In 1820 another revival resulted in the addition to the churchi of 194 members. In 1816 the eldership was increased by the election of Robert Carr, Samuel Van Fleet, David Christie, David H. Slauson, and Alexander Boyd. The Session then consisted of nine members, but the number was diminished by the death of one elder and the removal of three others. In 1823, James Van Bomel, James Arnot, Martin L. Mapes, Dorastus Brown, David Osmun, and Isaac Bodle were added to the Session.
The prosperous pastorate of Rev. Thomas Grier closed on Sept. 12, 1827. Shortly after this the church building was taken down, reframed, and reset. The new building was 38 by 48 feet, with a gallery on three sides.
Rev. Christopher Cory, of the Presbytery of New- ark, took charge of the church Oct. 30, 1828, and on Dec. 27, 1829, 101 persons were received into the | communion. Mr. Cory severed his connection with the church Sept. 13, 1832. Rev. Theron C. Depew was called in April of the next year to serve the Westtown Church, together with its offspring at Unionville, which had been formed in 1831. During this pastorate Jeremiah Reeves, Lewis Stewart, John
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