Presbyterian Church record books, 1775-1835.

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Presbyterian Church record books, 1775-1835.

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This collection consists of record books from the Presbyteries of New York from 1775-1788, Morris County from 1797-1819, and Newark from 1824-1835. The record books contain meeting minutes concerning Presbytery business functions, reports on the distribution of supplies, requests by congregations for ministers, reviews of candidates for the ministry, and proceedings concerning disciplinary actions and the sanctioning of members. Also included in the New York Presbytery records are transcripts of correspondence from ministers in the Morris County region, pointing out philosophical differences with the Presbytery and leaving to form the Morris County Synod. The Newark Presbytery record book also contains annual reports of communicants, baptisms, and collections per congregation. These record books also consist of lists of the prominent pastors in each of the organizations. They include Amzi Armstrong, David Baldwin, Andrew Bay, Ebenezer Bradford, James Caldwell, Jedidiah Chapman, Aaron Condict, Elias W. Crane, Noah Crane, Erza Dayton., Samuel Fisher, John Ford, Jacob Green, Zachariah Green, Stephen Grover, Philip Hay, Asa Hillyer, Gideon Judd, Barnabas King, Alexander MacWhorter, Enos A. Osborne, and James Wyckoff.

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Bay, Andrew, fl. 1775.

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Bradford, Ebenezer, 1746-1801

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Judd, Gideon N. (Gideon Noble), 1789-1860

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Armstrong, Amzi, 1771-1827

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Grover, Stephen, fl. 1797.

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Presbyterian Church.

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Organized Presbyterian worship in the New York and New Jersey area began in 1692, when Francis Makemie conducted the first Presbyterian service in Philadelphia. The Presbyterian Synod of East Jersey was created at a meeting of the Synod of Philadelphia in 1733. In 1738, the Presbyteries of East Jersey and Long Island were combined into the Presbytery of New York. Due to some philosophical differences, the Reverend Jacob Green and three other ministers withdrew their Morris County churches from t...

King, Barnabas, 1780-1862

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Hay, Philip C. (Philip Courtland), -1860

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New York

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Green, Zachariah, fl. 1800.

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Crane, Noah, fl. 1830.

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Green, Jacob, 1722-1790

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Reverend Jacob Green was born at Malden, Massachusetts, in 1722. He graduated from Harvard in 1744 and set out for Georgia with Reverend Whitefield. When they reached Elizabethtown, New Jersey, Green decided to remain there where he studied divinity under the Reverend Jonathan Dickinson; he became the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, in 1746. Despite being a member of the clergy, Rev. Green took an active role in political issues, throwing his suppor...

Dayton, Erza, fl. 1830.

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Pierson, George, fl. 1830.

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Second Presbyterian Church (Newark, N.J.)

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Church organized in 1811; adhered to New School during the Schism, 1838-1869; dissolved 1995. From the description of Records, 1810-1994 [microform]. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 50804617 ...

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Jersey

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Wyckoff, James, fl. 1835.

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Newark

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Organized 1825; 1838-1869, New School; reorganized 1870; became UPCUSA presbytery of same name after 1958. From the description of [Register, 1866-1918] / Presbytery of Newark. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 16566430 Organized 1825; 1838-1869, New School; reorganized 1870; Became UPCUSA Presbytery of same name after 1958. From the description of [Minutes, 1835-1958] / Presbytery of Newark. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record...

Fisher, Samuel, 1777-1856

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Elizabethtown

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Organized 1824 from Jersey Presbytery; reorganized in 1870 as Elizabeth Presbytery. From the description of [Minutes, 1824-1869] / Presbytery of Elizabethtown. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 17600613 ...

Ford, John, 1787-1872

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First Presbyterian Church (Hanover, N.J.)

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Crane, Elias W., fl. 1824.

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Condit, Aaron, fl. 1830.

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Macwhorter, Alexander, 1734-1807

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Alexander MacWhorter graduated Princeton University in 1757; was D.D. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, N.J. From the description of Sermons : manuscript, 1803-1806. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 79063252 Alexander Macwhorter (1734-1807) was a Presbyterian minister of Scottish descent. His maternal ancestors were among the first emigrants from Scotland to the North of Ireland, and his direct maternal ancestors and their children were wi...

Caldwell, James, 1734-1781

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Hillyer, Asa, 1763-1840

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Synod of Philadelphia (1717-1757)

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In 1706, several Presbyterian ministers organized the first presbytery in the American colonies, called the Presbytery. In 1716 this body divided into four presbyteries, meeting as a presbytery of the whole in 1717 under the name Synod of Philadelphia. In 1741 the synod split into Old Side and New Side factions, and seceding New Side churches formed the Synod of New York in 1745. The two synods reunited in 1757 as the Synod of New York and Philadelphia. From the description of Presby...

First Presbyterian Church (Newark, N.J.)

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Osborne, Enos A., fl. 1830.

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Baldwin, David, fl. 1797.

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Morris and Orange

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Chapman, Jedidiah, 1741-1813

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