Northfield Baptist Church (Livingston, N.J.)

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Baptist Church of Canoe Brook founded in 1786; in 1801 incorporated into Northfield Baptist Church.

From the description of Records, 1786-1885. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954935

The Reverend George Guthrie, a schoolmaster in Livingston, along with several other area ministers, formed the Canoe Brook Baptist Society in 1876. The church was officially established and constituted on April 17, 1786, as the Canoe Brook Baptist Church. The area was known as the Canoe Brook section of the town of Northfield, which became Livingston, New Jersey in 1813. The original members of the church were Obed and Mary Denham, Moses and Desire Edwards, Content Edwards, Timothy Meeker, William Meeker, Sarah Cook, Mary Cory, Thomas Forse Jr., and Timothy Ward.

From the description of Northfield Baptist Church records, 1786-1885. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53353803

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creatorOf Northfield Baptist Church (Livingston, N.J.). Northfield Baptist Church records, 1786-1885. New Jersey Historical Society Library
creatorOf Northfield Baptist Church (Livingston, N.J.). Records, 1786-1885. New Jersey Historical Society Library
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associatedWith Baptist Church of Canoe Brook (Livingston, N.J.) corporateBody
associatedWith Benedict, George, fl. 1830. person
associatedWith Burnet, John R. 1808-1874. person
associatedWith Church, Isaac, fl. 1851. person
associatedWith Clarke, George, fl. 1860. person
associatedWith Craig, John T., fl. 1867. person
associatedWith Denham, Obed, fl. 1786. person
associatedWith Edwards, Content, fl. 1786. person
associatedWith Edwards, Desire, fl. 1786. person
associatedWith Edwards, Moses, fl. 1786. person
associatedWith Force, Thomas, fl. 1786. person
associatedWith Guthrie, George, fl. 1786. person
associatedWith Harrison, Ethel A., person
associatedWith Hind, William, fl. 1855. person
associatedWith Howell, Willard, fl. 1830. person
associatedWith Meeker, Timothy, fl. 1786. person
associatedWith Meeker, William, fl. 1786. person
associatedWith Northfield Baptist Sunday School (Livingston, N.J.) corporateBody
associatedWith Price, Isaac, fl. 1787. person
associatedWith Watson, John, fl. 1825. person
associatedWith Wilson, Caleb, fl. 1830. person
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New Jersey--Livingston
New Jersey
Essex County (N.J.)
Livingston (N.J.)
Livingston (N.J.)
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Active 1786

Active 1885

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