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A HISTORY 
 
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 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 
 
 MADISON, N.J. 
 
 DELIVERED O.V 
 
 THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 2 3. 1854, 
 
 REV, SAMUEL L. TUTTLE, 
 
 PASTOR OF THS CHURCH. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 PUBLISHED BY M. W. DODD, 
 
 CORNER SPRUCE ST. AND CITY HALL SQUARE. 
 
 1855. 
 
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 Madison, November 25,JL8j54. 
 Rev. Samuel L. Tuttle, — 
 
 Respected and Esteemed Pastor : — The historical 
 discourse which you were kind enough to present to us on 
 Thanksgiving Day, the 23d instant, in relation to the rise and 
 progress of this church and congregation, excited in our minds 
 a very great degree of interest ; and we take this method of 
 saying to you, that the service which you have, in this way, 
 rendered to this community, and especially to ourselves and 
 our fellow-parishioners, is held by us all, in high appreciation. 
 Believing, too, that if the facts embodied in that discourse 
 could be given to the public, in a permanent form, many 
 important interests would be subserved, we take the liberty of 
 asking you — as we do most respectfully — to place a copy of it 
 at our disposal, with a view to its publication. 
 
 With sentiments of sincere respect and 
 
 H. P. GREEN, 
 WILLIAM M. MUCHMORE, 
 ROBERT ALBRIGHT, 
 JOHN B. MILLER, 
 EVERETT H. GREEN, 
 JAMES ALBRIGHT, 
 LEWIS THOMPSON, 
 ALBERT CARTER, 
 JOHN KNAPP, 
 GEORGE E. SAYRE, 
 AMZA W. GENUNG, 
 CHARLES C. FORCE, 
 STEPHEN D. HUNTING, 
 LUTHER EDDY, 
 JOSEPH S. SAYRE, 
 HENRY KEEP, . 
 EDWIN BURROUGHS, 
 SAMUEL P. BURNET, 
 GEORGE COLE, 
 DAVID H. ROBERTS, 
 
 esteem, 
 Yours, &c, 
 
 ABRAHAM BRITTIN, 
 ASHBEL CARTER, 
 WILLIAM BRITTIN, 
 SAMUEL ROBERTS, Jr., 
 LEWIS M. BROWNING, 
 DAVID M. FORCE, 
 JONATHAN B. BRUEN, 
 HtA BURNET, 
 CALEB C. BURROUGHS, 
 GEORGE T. SAYRE, 
 AARON CARTER, 
 WILLIAM P. CONKLIN, 
 DENNIS F. CROWELL, 
 WM. JACKSON BRITTIN, 
 DAVID L. MILLLER, 
 SMITH S. HOLLOWAY, 
 ALFRED BRITTIN, 
 ICHABOD BRUEN, 
 CHARLES ROSS, 
 JOHN JOHNSTON. 
 
NOTE. 
 
 In yielding to the wishes of his respected and esteemed 
 parishioners, in reference to the publication of the following 
 " Historical Discourse," the Author begs leave to state, that, in 
 its original preparation, he had not the most remote conception 
 that any such use would ever be made of it ; but that his simple 
 and sole object was, the gratification and encouragement of his 
 congregation, on the occasion of its first delivery. It was, at 
 that time, contained within the limits of an ordinary discourse. 
 Since its publication has been suggested, however, it has seemed 
 to him, that, by adding a few facts, and going somewhat more 
 into detail than he did at first, a service might be rendered, at 
 least to the people of his charge, by converting it into a small 
 book of reference for their use. This will account for the 
 greatly increased length of the discourse ; and also for the fact, 
 that so many things have been introduced, which would not have 
 been suitable for the pulpit, and which were not in it, on the 
 occasion when it was first presented. 
 
 The Author has no other object in giving up these researches 
 to his people's disposal, than to subserve their interests as a 
 society, and to preserve matters of history pertaining to the 
 pious and self-sacrificing efforts of their ancestors, which he 
 thinks ought not to be lost. 
 
" Then Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Mizpeh and 
 Shen, and* called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath 
 the Lord helped us." — 1 Samuel vii. 12. 
 
 The occasion of this incident was a celebrated 
 victory, gained by the Israelites over their ene- 
 mies, the Philistines. The Israelites, by their 
 sins, having provoked the divine displeasure, 
 Samuel assembled their tribes at Mizpeh, about 
 eighteen miles northwest of Jerusalem, with a 
 view to their making confession of their sins, and 
 securing the divine forgiveness. The Philistines, 
 hearing of this great convocation, and supposing 
 that they were making preparations to give them 
 battle, went up against them with a very great 
 army, and encamped before Mizpeh. The Israelites, 
 having been taken by surprise, were alarmed, and 
 besought Samuel to cry unto the Lord for their de- 
 
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 liverance, "And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and 
 the Lord heard him ;" and when the Philistines 
 drew near to battle against Israel, "the Lord 
 thundered with a great thunder" upon the Philis- 
 tines and discomfited them. "And the men of 
 Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philis- 
 tines, and smote them until they came under 
 Beth Car." 
 
 In these circumstances it was that Samuel per- 
 formed the act recorded in the text. Deeply im- 
 pressed with the conviction that the victory thus 
 secured was from Grod, " he took a stone, and set 
 it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name 
 of it Ebenezer," or the stone of help, "saying, 
 ' Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.' " 
 
 This act of Samuel is worthy of the imitation 
 of all those who have experienced peculiar bless- 
 ings at the hand of God ; and I have thought it 
 not altogether inappropriate to our own circum- 
 stances as a Christian church and congregation ; 
 and for this reason I have selected it as a guide to 
 our thoughts on the present occasion. Having 
 sprung from an origin comparatively humble ; 
 having been obliged to contend with great difficul- 
 ties ; and having, by the blessing of God, attained 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 7 
 
 our present state of influence and general prosper- 
 ity ; it becomes us, as much as it became Israel, 
 to pause a little in our way, and, "setting up our 
 Ebenezer," or "stone of help," say, with devout 
 and heartfelt gratitude, "Hitherto hath the Lord 
 helped us" 
 
 A brief review of the history of this church and 
 congregation will show us the extent of our in- 
 debtedness to our divine Benefactor; and lead us, 
 it is to be hoped, to a more cordial and unreserved 
 consecration of ourselves to his service. 
 
 The section of country which we are inhabiting 
 was first settled in the year 1685 ; about twenty 
 years after the settlement of Elizabethtown and 
 Newark. The first settlers were principally from 
 the places just named ; though some of them are 
 known to have come here from the New England 
 States, Long Island, and England. Attracted by 
 the fine, open character of the country, but more 
 especially by the iron ore imbedded in our hills, a 
 few enterprising men brought their families over, 
 what was then called, " the great mountain of 
 Watchung," afterwards the " Newark mountain;" 
 and located themselves at different points in this 
 vicinity. Large tracts of land were purchased by 
 
8 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 many"of them, of the old " New Jersey Proprie- 
 tors ;" and while some of them devoted themselves 
 to the clearing and cultivation of the soil, others 
 engaged in the manufacture of iron. 
 
 At a very early period, a great deal of capital 
 and skill were employed in the business of making 
 iron ; and for this purpose a considerable number 
 of forges* were constructed and put in operation 
 within the present limits of our county. This, 
 doubtless, contributed largely towards the original 
 settlement of this entire region. 
 
 Among the first settlers in this immediate vicin- 
 ity were Benjamin Carter;! Jeremiah (xenung ; 
 
 * One of these forges stood on the site of the mills belonging 
 to Mr. Samuel Roberts at Green Village ; another near the grist- 
 mill in Chatham village ; another on the Whippany river ; another 
 in Troy ; another in " Old Boonton ;" another at Rockaway ; and 
 others at Hibernia, Split-Rock and elsewhere. These establish- 
 ments gave to this region formerly the name of " the Old Forges," 
 by which it continued to be known for many years. 
 ji The ore that was used in these forges was carried from the 
 mines on the backs of horses : and after it was manufactured into 
 iron, it was carried in the same way over the mountain to Eliza- 
 bethtown and Newark. 
 
 f This gentleman was the first owner of the land now occupied 
 by the village of Madison ; and his residence was on the corner by 
 the toll-gate, since owned by Capt. Mallaby. He built the first 
 grist-mill that was ever put up in this vicinity. This stood a few 
 feet below the present site of Springer and Lehman's steam mill ; 
 the mill-dam being built across the valley, a few yards above 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 9 
 
 Josiah Broadwell ; Theophilus and Josiah Miller ; 
 Silas, Stephen and Josiah Hand ; Abraham and 
 David Cory ; Benjamin Ladner ; Lemuel Hedges ; 
 Zebedee and Moses Potter ; Aaron, James and 
 David Burnet ; Jonathan Thompson ; Horick Ben- 
 jamin ; Samuel Marsh ; John Muchmore ; John, 
 Samuel and Nathaniel Roberts ; Joseph Wingate ; 
 Daniel, Paul and Stephen Day ; Obadiah Lum ; 
 David Bruen ; Jabez Linsley ; Israel, Thomas and 
 David Ward ; Nathaniel and Benjamin Bonnel ; 
 and others, whose descendants are living in our 
 midst. Some of these persons came here from 
 New England, and some from Long Island ; but 
 the great majority of them were from the vicinity 
 of Elizabethtown and Newark. They were, for the 
 most part, consequently, of New England origin • 
 The principal centre of these settlements, at 
 that time, and for many years subsequently, was 
 on the Whipponong river,* where the village of 
 
 that point, and flowing the lands lying north of the village to 
 considerable depth during the rainy season, it being entirely dry 
 duringthe summer. When this mill was abandoned, a horse mill 
 took its place. 
 
 * The Whipponong river received its name from a tribe of 
 Indians — the Whipponongs, who formerly lived and ranged on its 
 banks. 
 
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 Whippany now stands. Around this point, there 
 came, in the progress of years, to be collected a 
 very considerable population ; and in the year 
 1700, a township* was set off here, bearing the 
 name of the river above mentioned, and embracing 
 all that territory which is now included in the 
 townships of Morris, Chatham, and Hanover. 
 This new township was then within the limits of 
 the county of Hunterdon,! which at that time 
 embraced all the territory within the present 
 county of that name, and that, also, which is now 
 in the counties of Morris, Sussex, and Warren. 
 
 The first church ever organized in what is now 
 the county of Morris, was the old Presbyterian 
 church in Whippany, which was formed about 
 the year 1718. At that time, this entire region 
 was almost an uninterrupted wilderness. Indian 
 tribes were ranging over these hills and valleys, 
 and beasts of prey were roaming without molesta- 
 
 * The township of Whipponong changed its name to that of 
 Hanover, about the year 1740. 
 
 f The county of Morris was set off from the county of Hunter- 
 don by an act of the Assembly in the year 1738 ; and at that 
 time, and for several years afterwards, it embraced all the terri- 
 tory within its present limits, as well as that of the counties of 
 Sussex and Warren. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 11 
 
 tion through almost unbroken forests. There 
 were but few farms cleared and cultivated ; there 
 were but few dwellings erected ; the population 
 was very sparsely distributed over the territory, 
 and there were but few conveniences and priv- 
 ileges enjoyed. Morristown had not then begun 
 to be considered even a village. Having com- 
 menced only about ten years before this time, it 
 was not until about sixty years afterwards that it 
 contained a population of two hundred and fifty. 
 Newark, which had been settled about forty years, 
 by persons from Connecticut, at that time con- 
 tained a population of less than three hundred ; 
 and Elizabethtown, which was then the centre of 
 trade for this part of New Jersey, was, compara- 
 tively, but an insignificant village. In Basking- 
 ridge, some Scotch Presbyterian families, who had 
 settled there, were worshipping in a log meeting- 
 house, which they had erected a year or two pre- 
 viously. In the village of Springfield, there were 
 but three dwelling-houses standing ; and the resi- 
 dents were considered as belonging to the congre- 
 gation in Elizabethtown ; whither, it is said, they 
 were accustomed to walk on the Sabbath, in order 
 to attend divine worship. Bloomfield, Orange, and 
 
12 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. MADISON. 
 
 Belleville, were small outskirt settlements belong- 
 ing to the First Presbyterian Church in Newark. 
 The villages of Hanover, Parsippany, New Ver- 
 non, Boonton, and Chatham, were not yet in exist- 
 ence. There were no houses of worship of any 
 order, in either of the places which have just been 
 named ; nor in Morristown, Rockaway, Mend- 
 ham, Green Village, or this place, which, at 
 that time, and for many years subsequently, was 
 called Bottle Hill.* The only church that 
 existed in all this wide extent of country, was the 
 one referred to in Whippany. That church, which 
 was a plain wooden structure, covered on all sides 
 
 * With respect to the origin of the name, "Bottle Hill," there 
 are various traditions. One is, that it was first called "Battle 
 Hill," from some great battle that was fought near the present 
 academy, by hostile tribes of Indians. Another is, that two 
 Indians, in quarrelling near the spring in that vicinity, broke a 
 bottle, from which circumstance it is thought by some to have 
 taken its name. Another, and the most plausible, as well as the 
 most ignoble one is, that a bottle suspended from a sign-post, at an 
 early period in the history of this place, designated the first 
 tavern that was ever kept here. That tavern was located on the 
 corner, subsequently the property of Mr. Ellis Cook, opposite the 
 academy. In corroboration of this theory, it is stated that 
 Major Luke Miller, who died in this place a few years since, at 
 the advanced age of ninety-three, stated that he remembered to 
 have seen the bottle suspended there, as above described, for sev- 
 eral years during the period of his youth. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 13 
 
 with shingles, and without spire or cupola, stood 
 on the present burying-plot in that village, in front 
 of the residence of Mr. Calvin Howell, and adjoin- 
 ing the homestead of Mr. Silas Tuttle. The first 
 pastor of that church was the Rev. Nathaniel 
 Hubbel,* who was ordained and installed by the 
 Presbytery of Philadelphia, and who remained 
 there for about thirteen years. The second was 
 the Rev. John Nutman, who was settled in 1730, 
 and left in 1745, having been there for a period of 
 about fifteen years. The third was the Rev. Jacob 
 Green, t father of the late Dr. Ashbel Green, of 
 
 * At that time Mr. Hubbel preached both for the church in 
 Whippany, or, as it was then called, " East Hanover," and the Pres 
 by terian church in Westfield. Both congregations were then very, 
 feeble, and they were obliged to resort to this method, in order 
 to avail themselves of the labors of a stated minister. The prob- 
 ability is, that Mr. Hubbel preached on alternate Sabbaths in 
 these two places. 
 
 f Rev. Mr. Green continued to preach in the old church at 
 Whippany until the year 1755, about eight years after the church 
 in Madison was organized ; when, by the'advice of the Presbytery 
 of New York, with which the church was at that time connected, 
 the congregation built two houses of worship, one in Parsippany, 
 the other in Hanover Neck (the old church being entirely given 
 up), and Mr. Green continued to preach in both churches until 
 that part of the congregation at Parsippany called the Rev. James 
 Tuttle to become their pastor, when he confined his labors to 
 Hanover Neck until the time of his death, which occurred about 
 the year 1790. 
 
14 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 Philadelphia, who was settled in 1746, and con- 
 tinued the pastor of the church for the period of 
 forty-four years. To that place the inhabitants of 
 all this region repaired on the Sabbath day to 
 worship Grod ; many of them being obliged to 
 travel for this purpose six, eight, and, in some 
 instances, even ten miles. 
 
 In or about the year 1740, during the ministry 
 of the Rev. Mr. Nutman, a small and very feeble 
 church was organized and established in Morris- 
 town,* or, as it was then, called, " West Hano- 
 ver," by members of the old Whippany parish, 
 residing in that vicinity. This was the First 
 Presbyterian church in that village, of which the 
 
 * That church was organized in the face of the most strenuous 
 opposition. The ground of the opposition was, the supposed 
 inability of the eastern portion of the old congregation to support 
 a pastor without the assistance of the western. The matter was 
 in agitation for several years ; the Presbytery was called together 
 to give their counsel in reference to it ; and it is said that the 
 eastern part of the parish proposed to decide it by " the casting of 
 lots." The lot was cast, and it was decided that the proposed 
 society should not be organized. The inhabitants of Morristown, 
 or West Hanover, however, having, at the outset, declared their 
 unwillingness to have the matter determined in this way, at length 
 carried their point, and were organized into a church in the year 
 already mentioned, and received into connection with the old 
 Presbytery of New York. See ''Records of the Presbyterian 
 Church," pages 102, 108 and 143. 
 
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 Rev. Messrs. Johnes, Richards, Fisher, Barnes, 
 Kirtland, and others, have been pastors, and which 
 has grown to be one of the most able and important 
 churches in our land. 
 
 About seven years after the formation of the 
 church in Morristown, those who resided in the 
 southern part of the old Whippany congrega- 
 tion, finding it inconvenient to attend church at so 
 great a distance, and being dissatisfied with the 
 project, which was then in agitation, of erecting a 
 new meeting-house in Hanover Neck, in place of 
 the old one at Whippany, drew off from the parent 
 society, and organized the church and congrega- 
 tion with which we are now connected. This was 
 in or about the year 1747 ; and it appears to have 
 been done in opposition to the judgment and ad- 
 vice of the Presbytery of New York, with which 
 the Whippany society was at that time connected. 
 The Rev. Jacob Green was then the pastor of the 
 parent church, having been settled there in that 
 capacity about one year previously. This district 
 of country was at that time a part of the town- 
 ship of Hanover ; and for this reason the new 
 church in this place very properly assumed the 
 name of " the Presbyterian Church of South Han- 
 
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 over," # which it retained for about seventy years. 
 The congregation, at the commencement, was 
 necessarily very feeble, the number of church 
 members was small, and there were but few in 
 this entire vicinity who were able to contribute 
 much to the maintenance of Christian ordinances. 
 For a year or two, the congregation worshipped in 
 barns and private houses ; and sometimes, when 
 the weather would admit of it, in the open air ; 
 until, sometime in the year 1748, f the project was 
 proposed of erecting a house of worship. After a 
 great deal of consultation, and much persevering 
 and self-sacrificing effort on the part of the peo- 
 ple residing in this vicinity, a subscription was 
 
 * In the old records of the Presbyterian church, Hanover, the 
 Rev. Mr. Green speaks of the formation of this church in the fol- 
 lowing words. After stating that his settlement at Whippany 
 occurred in November, 174G, he adds : " The meeting-house on the 
 Whippany river was old and small ; and there were, about that 
 time, proposals made for building a new one. But some families 
 in the south end of the town and neighboring parts, thinking they 
 should not be suited with the position of the meeting-house in 
 Hanover Neck, went off, contrary to the endeavors of the Presby- 
 tery, and erected a new meeting-house in the south end of the 
 town, which has been called South Hanover" 
 
 A similar statement, in the hand-writing of the Rev. Aaron 
 Coudit, Mr. Green's successor, is also in the old records of the 
 church at Hanover. 
 
 f See Historical Collections of New J se , p 377. 
 
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 started ; and some time in the course of the year 
 1749, nearly two years after the organization of 
 the society, the church edifice was commenced. 
 The work advanced, however, but slowly ; and at 
 one time, on account of the want of means to pro- 
 ceed, it was actually arrested, until, by the prompt 
 and decided action of one of the original settlers * 
 of this place, who said that " if the congregation 
 would not complete the work, he would do it him- 
 self," it was resumed, and the building was at 
 length inclosed. It was then seated in a very 
 rude manner, with boards or slabs, and with a 
 plain pulpit ; and in this condition it appears to 
 have been occupied for a period of about fifteen 
 years, when the congregation appointed a com- 
 mittee to " superintend the finishing of the meet- 
 ing-house ;" and gave certain individuals, who are 
 named, permission to construct pews for their own 
 accommodation in different parts of the church, 
 next to the walls, both below and in the gallery. 
 This, accordingly, was effected during the year 
 following ; and the church, consequently, may be 
 regarded as having been completed in the course 
 of the year 1765. 
 
 * Mr. Luke Carter, grandfather of Mr. Ashbel Carter. 
 
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 The site selected for the meeting-house, was 
 the crown of the hill, on the south side of the 
 burying-ground, within about a hundred yards of 
 the deep cut through which the Morris and Essex 
 Railroad now passes. The main road through 
 the village at that time passed over the hill, upon 
 which the church was built, and immediately in 
 front of it, instead of through it, as it does now. 
 
 
 
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 THE OLD 
 
 The church, located on this beautiful eminence, 
 and, after so many years, at length completed as 
 above described, was a much smaller and plainer 
 
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 edifice than the one in which we now worship. 
 Its dimensions were forty-eight feet by fifty, and 
 when it was regularly seated, it was capable of 
 accommodating about four hundred and fifty per- 
 sons. It was an unpretending and almost square 
 wooden structure ; covered on all sides with shin- 
 gles, and without spire or cupola. It had a gal- 
 lery, extending around on three sides, and was 
 finished with large and very high square pews 
 next to the walls, entirely around the house, both 
 above and below, the body of the house being 
 occupied with single slips, which were construct- 
 ed with very high and perpendicular backs. The 
 lower part of the house was divided by three 
 aisles, which ran north and south ; and a very 
 plain, and rather high and small five-sided pulpit, 
 resting on a single pillar, and surmounted by a 
 somewhat elaborately fashioned sounding-board, 
 stood in the northeast end of the building. Un- 
 der the pulpit was a large, square pew, called the 
 " deacons' pew," in which the deacons of the 
 church, as well as the choristers, were accus- 
 tomed to sit. A single front door communicated 
 with the street, and another, on the southeastern 
 side, communicated with the burying-ground. A 
 
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 staircase went up into the gallery on either side 
 of the main entrance ; over which and nearly up 
 to the ceiling were two very large square pews, 
 which, to persons below, had the appearance of a 
 second gallery, and which, to many who are still 
 living, are somewhat memorable, not only for the 
 names by which they were designated, but also 
 for the misdeeds of which they were sometimes 
 witnesses. A large, open, and level green plat 
 lay in front of the house, on which stood a ma- 
 jestic wild cherry-tree, and a number of gigantic 
 white oaks, which had been saved when the adja- 
 cent grounds were wrested from the dominion of 
 the primeval forest. In the rear of the house, 
 and on either side of it, were the unpretending 
 freestone monuments — then comparatively few in 
 number — of those who had already been " gath- 
 ered to their fathers." 
 
 Such was the sanctuary which our fathers first 
 erected for the worship of G-od on this " beautiful 
 hill of Zion;" and thither did they continue to 
 repair from Sabbath to Sabbath for nearly seventy 
 years, before any other place of worship was erect- 
 ed within the limits of this township ; the entire 
 
MADISON. 21 
 
 church-going portion of our population assembling 
 there to record their vows before Grod. 
 
 For nearly three years after the organization 
 of the church, the congregation were unable to 
 avail themselves of the labors of a stated pastor ; 
 and were obliged to look to the Presbytery of New 
 York and to other sources for occasional supplies. 
 Young men just licensed to preach the gospel, 
 ministers without charge, and sometimes the pas- 
 tors of neighboring churches, would spend a Sab- 
 bath with them, and break unto them the bread 
 of life ; but they were obliged, not unfrequently, 
 during this early period of their history, to con- 
 duct divine worship themselves, without the assist- 
 ance of a minister ; the officers and leading mem- 
 bers of the church alternating, in reading a ser- 
 mon, and in exhortation and prayer. 
 
 Early in the year 1750, the congregation hav- 
 ing heard the Rev. NehemiAh G-reenman*, a 
 young licentiate of the Presbytery of Suffolk, L. L, 
 
 * In the Records of the Presbytery of Suffolk, for April 6, 1750, 
 there is the following minute : — " Rev. Nehemiah Greenman was 
 dismissed to accept a call to the new society in South Hanover, 
 N. J." For this, and for the fact of Mr. Greenman's settlement 
 here, the author is indebted to the Rev. Richard Webster, of 
 Mauch Chunk, Pa. 
 
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 they invited him to preach for them as a stated 
 supply. Mr. Greenman was a native of Long 
 Island ; was licensed to preach by the Suffolk 
 Presbytery, October, 3, 1748 ; and was ordained 
 while here, by the Presbytery of New York. He 
 continued to labor in this congregation, in the 
 capacity already stated, for nearly two years, 
 when he withdrew to engage in the same labors 
 elsewhere. From the " Records of the Presbyte- 
 rian Church," pages 248 and 260, we discover that 
 during the year 1753 and 1754, he preached in 
 several instances by appointment of the Synod of 
 New York, for the church in Hanover, Virginia ; 
 and he is known to have been subsequently the 
 pastor of the Presbyterian church in Pilesgrove — 
 now Pittsgrove — in this State, and to have lived to 
 a good old age. 
 
 The first regular pastor of this church was the 
 Rev. Azariah Horton. He was a native of 
 Southold, Long Island ; and he graduated at Yale 
 College, New Haven, in the year 1735. In the 
 year 1741, he was licensed to preach the gospel, 
 and ordained by the Presbytery of New York, as a 
 missionary among the Indians. In this capacity he 
 labored for a number of years, until the year 1750, 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 23 
 
 when he was invited to supply a Church on Long 
 Island, and became connected with the Presbytery 
 of Suffolk. There he continued for about a year, 
 when he was called to become the pastor of the 
 Church in this place. From the records of the old 
 Synod of New York, and, subsequently, of the 
 Synod of New York and Philadelphia, it appears 
 that he was generally present at the annual meet- 
 ings of those bodies, and that he was a prominent 
 and active member of them up to the very year 
 of his death. He was a member of the old Synod 
 of Philadelphia when the Presbytery of New York, 
 which was formerly connected with that body, 
 protested against the act of the Synod in exscinding 
 the Presbytery of New Brunswick ; he was one of 
 the ten ministers whose names appear on that pro- 
 test ; and he was one of the most prominent and 
 active of those who afterwards organized the 
 Synod of New York. He was. for many years, 
 also, a member of the " Commission of the 
 Synod," as it was called — a committee ap- 
 pointed from year to year, to attend to the Synod's 
 business during the intervals between its regular 
 annual meetings ; and he did much towards the 
 founding of the " College of New Jersey," which, 
 
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 it will be remembered, occurred in the year 1746, 
 
 about a year previous to the organization of this 
 
 church. 
 
 Mr. Horton was installed as the pastor of this 
 
 church in the year 1751 ; and after laboring in 
 
 this relation for a period of twenty-five years, he 
 
 was dismissed, at his own request, in the month 
 
 » 
 of November, 1776. About five months after his 
 
 dismission, he was seized with that terrible 
 scourge, the small-pox, and on the 27th of March, 
 1777, he died, at the house of his son, Foster 
 Horton, who was then residing and keeping a 
 store in Chatham village. The death of Mr. 
 Horton occurred one year after the commence- 
 ment of the Revolutionary War ; and he was 
 buried in our beautiful cemetery ; his grave, which 
 is covered with a freestone slab, standing on col- 
 umns of the same material, being immediately in 
 the rear of the old pulpit, in which he had so often 
 officiated as a minister of Jesus Christ.* 
 
 While he was the pastor of this church, his sal- 
 
 * On Mr. Horton's monument, which is standing in the cemetery 
 in Madison, is the following inscription : — " In memory of the Rev. 
 Azariah Horton, for 25 years pastor of this church. Died, March 
 27, 1777, aged 62 years." This would make his settlement here in 
 the early part of 1752, or the latter part of 1751. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 25 
 
 ary being small — never amounting to more than 
 seventy pounds, or one hundred and seventy-five 
 dollars, per annum, — his wife, Mrs. Eunice Hor- 
 ton, in order to make up for the deficiency in the 
 means for their support,* opened a store on the cor- 
 ner since occupied by Mr. Benjamin Birdsall, and 
 without encumbering him in the least desrree with 
 its management, she is said, not only to have 
 made out a handsome support for the family, but 
 also to have accumulated enough to enable her to 
 make the purchase of a valuable farm. She was 
 a very energetic and well-educated woman ; and 
 in every respect a worthy "helpmeet" of the 
 pioneer minister of this place.! About a year and 
 
 * The building in which this store was kept, was afterwards 
 converted into a school-house ; and for this purpose it was used 
 for several years. 
 
 f The writer is indebted for many of the facts recorded 
 here, in relation to the early history of this place, to Mr. Azariah 
 Carter, *who was born in the year 1767, and who is still living in 
 this vicinity, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. He was 
 named from the first pastor of this church, and remembers him 
 well, having been about ten years of age at the time of his death. 
 He is also indebted to Deacon Ichabod Bruen, Mrs. Mary Richards, 
 Captain Luke Carter, and Mrs. Susan Vanderbilt, who are still 
 living in this place ; and all of whom are over eighty years of 
 age. He is under obligations, moreover, to Messrs. William and 
 Abraham Brittin, Dr. H. P. Green, Mrs. Rachel Sayre, Ashbel 
 Carter, and others. 
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26 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 a half after her husband's death, she also died, 
 while an inmate of her son's family in Chatham, 
 at the age of fifty-six years, and she was buried in 
 our cemetery, her name and that of her husband 
 being inscribed on the same monument. 
 
 Mr. Horton had two sons. One of these was 
 killed while serving his country in the Revolution- 
 ary War. The other, Mr. Foster Horton, lived, as 
 before stated, in .Chatham village, and was for 
 several years afterwards a prominent and effi- 
 cient member of this parish. He left, also, several 
 daughters. One of these. Charlotte, married Mr. 
 Lewis Woodruff, of Elizabethtown ; and another, 
 Mary, married Mr. Jacob Morrell, a resident in 
 this place ; and here, about three years after her 
 father's decease, she died, at the age of thirty- 
 one. Her name, also, may be found on her father's 
 monument. 
 
 In the year 1765, about eleven years after Mr. 
 Horton's settlement here, the congregation pur- 
 chased a piece of property for a parsonage, and 
 put it in a state of repair for their minister. This 
 property was the one now owned and occupied by 
 Dr. H. P. Cfreen, in the vicinity of the Morris and 
 Essex Railroad depot. It contained originally 
 
27 
 
 about fifty acres of land, with a house and barn, 
 which stood on the same site which is now occu- 
 pied by Dr. Green's improvements. The house was 
 a large double one, shingled on all sides, with the 
 front eaves high, while the back ones were so low 
 that they could easily be reached from the ground. 
 Here did Mr. Horton, the first pastor, reside for 
 nearly fourteen years, until his dismission, about 
 five months before his death ; and here did the 
 succeeding pastors of the church continue to re- 
 side until the year 1810 ; when the congregation 
 sold the property, for reasons which will hereafter 
 be stated ; having been in possession of it for a 
 period of nearly fifty years. 
 
 After Mr. Horton's death, which occurred, as 
 has been stated, just after the commencement of 
 the Revolutionary "War, the congregation engaged, 
 for a short time, the services of the Rev. Aaron 
 Richards. Mr. Richards was likewise a gradu- 
 ate of Yale College ; he was licensed and ordained 
 by the Presbytery of New York, and was for many 
 years associated with his predecessor here, as a co- 
 presbyter in that body. At the time of his 
 preaching in this place, he was the regular pastor 
 of the Presbyterian church at Rahway, in this 
 
28 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 State ; but on account of the dangers incident to 
 a residence on the great thoroughfare between 
 New York and Philadelphia, during the war, he 
 deemed it prudent to bring his family here for 
 a time ; and upon his arrival in this place the 
 congregation decided to invite him to supply the 
 pulpit until the way should be prepared for him 
 to return to his own charge. In this capacity he 
 served the society — residing in the old parsonage 
 — for about one and a half years, until the early 
 part of the year 1779, when he withdrew to labor 
 again among his own people. 
 
 During the winter of 1776-77, and the winter 
 of 1779-80, it will be remembered, that the 
 American army established their winter quarters 
 in the vicinity of this place and Morristown. 
 Gen. Washington had his head-quarters in the lat- 
 ter place, in a dwelling which is still standing, 
 and which is owned and occupied by Henry A. 
 Ford, Esq. ; while a number of the leading officers 
 of the army had quarters assigned them in this 
 village. Col. Francis Barbour resided in a small 
 house, which was standing, at that time, on the 
 site now occupied by the dwelling of Mr. John B. 
 Miller ; and for one year he rented and occupied 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 29 
 
 the old parsonage. Col. Matthias Ogden was 
 quartered with Major Luke Miller ; and while 
 there, he rented a piece of property belonging to 
 the congregation, in the vicinity of the residence 
 of Deacon Jonathan Thompson, but now the home- 
 stead of Mr. Lathrop. Major Eaton took up his 
 abode with Mr. Jonathan Harris, in a dwelling 
 which is still standing, next to the residence of 
 the late Deacon Ephraim Sayre ; and Col. Marsh 
 resided in an old house, which was at that time 
 standing on the spot which has since been occu- 
 pied by the dwelling of Mrs. Eliza Cook. A part 
 of the army were at the same time encamped on 
 the property formerly owned by Mr. Yincent Bois- 
 aubin, but now owned and occupied by Mr. A. M. 
 Treadwell ; and while they were thus situated, it 
 was very common for both officers and privates to 
 attend divine worship in our old sanctuary. There 
 are those still living among us who remember 
 seeing companies of soldiers in uniform, accom- 
 panied by their officers, entering that venerable 
 edifice, and, taking their places in the southeast 
 gallery, unite with our fathers in rendering adora- 
 tion and thanksgiving to the Most High. The 
 Rev. James Caldwell, the honored pastor of the 
 
30 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. MADISON. 
 
 First Presbyterian church, in Eiizabethtown, who 
 was afterwards most brutally assassinated by the 
 enemy, was acting as chaplain in the army, while 
 they were quartered in this vicinity ; and he is 
 known to have preached repeatedly in this place, 
 both in the church and in the house* of his warm 
 and intimate friend, Deacon Ephraim Say re ; 
 where he was a frequent and a most welcome 
 visitor. 
 
 During the same spring in which Mr. Richards 
 left — the Revolution then being at its height — 
 the church and congregation united in a call to the 
 Rev. Ebenezer Bradford. This gentleman was a 
 native of Canterbury, Ct. ; he graduated at the Col- 
 lege of New Jersey in 1773 ; and he was licensed 
 and ordained by the Presbytery of New York in 
 the year 1775. On the 13th of June of the same 
 year, he received ordination, and for three or four 
 years, subsequently, preached in the churches of 
 Chester and Succasunna ; until the early part of 
 the year 1779, when he was invited to become the 
 pastor of this church ; and while he was here offici- 
 
 * That house is still occupied by Mrs. Richards aud Miss Rachel 
 Sayre, daughters of Deacou Ephraim Sayre, to whom the writer 
 is indebted for important facts contained in this history. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 31 
 
 ating in that capacity, he married a daughter of 
 the Rev. Jacob Grreen, of Hanover. During his 
 residence in this place, he occupied the old par- 
 sonage, and taught, at the same time, a very 
 flourishing and somewhat famous classical acade- 
 my,* which stood on the very spot now occupied 
 by our village depot. Most of the pupils in this 
 institution were from other parts of the country ; 
 and a considerable number pursued their studies 
 here, preparatory to their entering college, who 
 afterwards distinguished themselves in the Chris- 
 tian ministry, or in the other learned professions. 
 The Rev. Dr. Ashbel Grreen was one of the teach- 
 ers in this institution. 
 
 Mr. Bradford continued to perform the double 
 duty of pastor and teacher in this place for a 
 period of about three years, when he resigned his 
 charge, and retired in the year 1782. While he 
 was the pastor of this church he, with Rev. Jacob 
 Green, of Hanover, Rev. Amzi Lewis, of Warwick, 
 
 * That edifice was afterwards removed to Chatham village, 
 during the Revolutionary War, where it was occupied for a consid- 
 erable time by Mr. Shepard Kollock,the proprietor and editor of a 
 paper published in Elizabethtown, for the issuing of that paper ; it 
 being considered hazardous, as things then were, to perform the 
 work in the village, where it properly belonged. 
 
32 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 N. Y., Rev. Joseph Grover, of Parsippany, and a 
 few others, withdrew from the old Presbytery of 
 New York with which this church was at that 
 time connected, and formed what was called the 
 " Presbytery of Morris County."* This ecclesias- 
 tical body originated in a predilection entertained 
 by the gentlemen above named, for the Congrega- 
 tional method of church government; and it is 
 not unlikely that Mr. Bradford's tendency in that 
 direction was a leading cause of his short con- 
 tinuance here as the pastor of this church. 
 
 Upon leaving here he went, in 1781, to Bethel, 
 in the town of Danbury, Connecticut, where he 
 labored for a few years, and then removed to 
 Rowley, Massachusetts, where he continued to 
 
 * " The Presbytery of Morris County" appears to have been 
 formed in or about the year 1780. In the minutes of the Synod 
 of New York and Philadelphia, for May, 1781, the Rev. Messrs. 
 Jacob Green, Joseph Grover, Amzi Lewis, and Ebenezer Bradford, 
 the originators of that body, are reported to have withdrawn from 
 the Presbytery of New York during the year preceding. The 
 movement never seems to have met with much favor at any 
 period of its history ; and for many years the Presbytery has been 
 entirely disbanded. The Morris County Education Society, which 
 was formerly connected with that body, is still in existence, hav- 
 ing its centre in Bloomfield, in Essex County, where it is furnish- 
 ing means for the education of four or five young men per 
 annum, for the Gospel ministry. The writer has been, for several 
 years, one of the Board of Managers of that Society. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 33 
 
 preach until his death, which occurred in the 
 year 1801. 
 
 He was a very able preacher ; and it is said that 
 under one of his sermons on 1 Tim. 2 : 5, his 
 brother-in-law, the late Dr. Ashbel Green, of Phil- 
 adelphia, was converted to Grod. Mr. Bradford 
 left four sons, all of whom have distinguished 
 themselves in their various professions ; Dr. John 
 M. Bradford, of the Reformed Dutch Church, Al- 
 bany ; Rev. James Bradford, of Sheffield, Massa- 
 chusetts ; Hon. E. Gr. Bradford, President Judge 
 of York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania ; and Moses 
 Bradford, Esq., of Wilmington, Delaware. 
 
 In the month of June of the following year — the 
 war yet being in progress — the Rev. Alexander 
 Miller was invited to become the pastor of this 
 church. This gentleman was a native of Scot- 
 land ; he graduated at the College of New Jersey 
 in the year 1764 ; was licensed by the Presbytery 
 of New York in 1768 ; was ordained by the same 
 body, as an evangelist, on the 5th day of June, 
 1770, and labored in this capacity for about two 
 years in the village of Schenectady, N. Y. He 
 was installed as the pastor of this Church on the 
 2d day of July, 1783, and after having labored in 
 2 
 
34 
 
 this connection for a period of about four years, he 
 was dismissed on the 19th of June, 1787. From 
 the year 1785 to the year 1795 he officiated as a 
 Trustee of the College of New Jersey. After re- 
 signing his pastorate here, he removed to Hacken- 
 sack, in this State, where he took the charge of an 
 academy, and remained until the year 1796, when 
 he removed to the county of Columbia, N. Y., and 
 took the charge of a classical institution there. 
 In this position he remained from the year 1809 
 to the year 1819, a period of about ten years ; and 
 while residing in that section of the country, he 
 was a member of the Presbytery of Albany.* 
 
 For nearly three years after this, the church 
 seems to have been destitute of the services of a 
 stated pastor, and were obliged to look to the 
 " Presbytery of New York," with which they were 
 connected, for occasional supplies. The Presby- 
 tery at that time was composed of the follow- 
 ing ministers, to wit : Rev. Drs. John Rogers, 
 Timothy Jones, Hugh Knox, and Alexander 
 McWhorter, and Rev. Messrs. Jedediah Chapman, 
 
 * The author is indebted for several of the facts here stated, re- 
 specting Messrs. Bradford and Miller, to the kindness of the Rev. 
 Richard Webster, of Mauch Chunk, Pa. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 35 
 
 John McDonald, Aaron Richards, Jonathan Elmer, 
 Abner Brush, Benjamin Woodruff, Azel Roe, 
 Nathan Kerr, John Close, Alexander Miller, Wil- 
 liam Woodhull, Jacob Yan Arsdalen, William 
 Schenck, John War ford, John Joline, Andrew- 
 King, and James Grlassbrook ; and it is probable 
 that a considerable number of these gentlemen, if 
 not all of them, took their turns in supplying the 
 pulpit here while it was vacant. The ordinances 
 of the sanctuary, however, were regularly main- 
 tained, and the church began to recover gradually 
 from the disastrous effects of the war. The 
 period of which we are now speaking is memor- 
 able for one thing which will never cease to excite 
 the regrets of this community ; and that is, the 
 utter loss of all the records of the Session of this 
 church, from the year 1790 back to the time of its 
 organization — a period of nearly fifty-five years. 
 All the transactions of that body during that 
 time, together with the names of nearly all the 
 members of the church previous to the year just 
 mentioned, are irrecoverably gone ; and what is a 
 little remarkable, on the minutes of the parish 
 itself there is no record of any of its proceedings 
 from the 11th of October, 1786, to the 29th of 
 
36 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 September, 1789 ; a deficiency which not only- 
 can never be explained, but which can by no 
 means ever be supplied. 
 
 In the early periods of the church's history, it 
 may be interesting to know that there were no 
 choirs appointed to conduct the singing of the 
 sanctuary ; but that this part of divine service 
 was attended to by the whole congregation ; one 
 or more individuals being appointed annually at 
 the parish meeting, to " pitch the tune," as it 
 was termed, and lead them in this exercise. The 
 leader's place was in the deacons' pew, immediately 
 under the pulpit. When the psalm or hymn had 
 been given out, the leader arose in the presence of 
 the whole assembly, and started the tune, the 
 congregation falling in with him in one general 
 chorus. This practice was kept up in the church, 
 it is believed, until about the year 1&00, when 
 that of singing in connection with a choir, was 
 introduced. 
 
 In reference to the versions of psalms and 
 hymns which have been used here at different 
 periods in the church's history, it may be well to 
 state that for eight or nine years after the society 
 was formed, as a means of uniting those whose 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 37 
 
 views differed on this subject, the congregation 
 used the old Scotch version by Rouse, as well as 
 that which was prepared by Dr. Watts. At that 
 time the churches generally through the country 
 were very much divided in reference to this 
 matter ; and in many instances it Was deemed of 
 sufficient importance to call for the counsel and 
 ultimate adjudication of the Presbyteries and 
 higher bodies of the church.* At times, it greatly 
 disturbed the peace of this congregation, until 
 Watts' version was adopted by common consent, 
 as already stated. This continued to be used in 
 the church until the year 1804, when the version 
 by Dr. Timothy Dwight, President of Yale 
 College, was introduced. This last continued in 
 use here until the year 1814, when the congrega- 
 
 * In 1763, the Synod of New York and Philadelphia decided one 
 of these references in the following manner : " Inasmueh as Dr. 
 Watts' imitation of David's Psalms was approved by many mem- 
 bers of the Synod, although it has not been particularly examined 
 by all, the Synod have no objection to its use until the matter of 
 Psalmody be further considered ;" and in 1765, they decided 
 ' ' that they look upon the inspired psalms in Scripture to be pro- 
 per matter to be sung in divine worship, according to their original 
 design, and the practice of the churches ; yet they will not forbid 
 those to use the imitation of them, whose judgment and inclina- 
 tion lead them to do so." — History of the Presbyterian Church, 
 pp. 407, 408. 
 
38 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISOX. 
 
 tion once more agreed to adopt the old version by 
 Dr. "Watts ; which, in turn, was used by the con- 
 gregation until the year 1833, when the " Chris- 
 tian Psalmist," which we are now using, took its 
 place. 
 
 As a matter properly belonging to the annals 
 of the church, it may be proper to state, that in 
 providing for the support of their pastors, the 
 congregation for many years, stipulated, in addi- 
 tion to their regular salary, to furnish them with 
 all their necessary fuel. In order to provide this, 
 it was the practice of the parish to purchase wood 
 lots, and to appoint one or more days in each 
 year for the purpose of cutting and drawing the 
 minister's wood. On such occasions, the great 
 body of the congregation turned out with their axes 
 and their teams ; a generous supper was provided 
 by the ladies of the parish at the parsonage ; and 
 the year's supply of fuel was in this way piled up 
 in the minister's yard. It may serve to show us 
 the difference between the past and the present in 
 a single item, to state a well-authenticated fact, 
 that during the pastorate of one who was here at 
 the close of the last century, at one of these 
 annual " frolics," ninety loads, or not far from 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 39 
 
 seventy cords of wood, were deposited in the par- 
 sonage yard ; and that before the expiration of 
 the year the whole of it was consumed. This 
 practice of wood-getting was followed by the con- 
 gregation until about the year 1840, when it was 
 abandoned ; having been in vogue in this parish 
 for a period of nearly ninety years. 
 
 On the 29th of September, 1789, the congrega- 
 tion extended a call to the Rev. Asa Hillyer, to 
 become their pastor ; and in the early part of the 
 following year he was installed here to serve in 
 that capacity, by the Presbytery of New York ; the 
 Rev. Mr. Austin, of Elizabethtown, preaching the 
 installation sermon. The following gentlemen at 
 that time constituted the Session of this church, 
 to wit: Joseph Wood, Ephraim Sayre, Moses 
 Allen, Jonathan Nicholas, Jacob Bonnel, Paul 
 Day, Jonathan Thompson, Stephen Day, and Enos 
 Ward. Mr. Hillyer was a native of New Eng- 
 land ; he graduated at Yale College in the year 
 1786 — three years previous to his being called to 
 this place ; and he was licensed and ordained by 
 the old Presbytery of Suffolk, Long Island, in the 
 spring of 1788. When he came here, he was yet 
 
40 
 
 a young man, and this was his first place of 
 settlement. While he was the pastor of this 
 church, his labors were very greatly blessed ; the 
 number of church members was increased, and 
 the congregation came to assume a high rank 
 among the congregations of that day. This 
 amiable and worthy divine occupied the pulpit 
 here for a period of about twelve years ; when, in 
 the summer of 1801, he was dismissed to become 
 the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in 
 Orange, in this State ; where he continued to 
 labor until his death, which occurred in the year 
 1840. The minute which the congregation have 
 placed upon their records in reference to Mr. 
 Hillyer's dismission, does honor both to themselves 
 and to him ; and furnishes a beautiful exempli- 
 fication of the spirit which ought to be exhibited 
 both by pastors and people, when in the prov- 
 idence of G-od they are called to separate. Mr. 
 Hillyer was elected a trustee of the College of 
 New Jersey in the year 1811 ; and this respon- 
 sible and honorable office he continued to hold 
 until the time of his death — a period of nearly 
 thirty years. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 41 
 
 The pastorate of Dr. Hillyer* is ever to be re- 
 membered by this people as the period when the 
 Tuesday evening prayer -meeting; was established. 
 It was commenced somewhere about the year 
 1790, in the house of Deacon Ephraim Sayre, 
 where it was kept up for a considerable time ; after 
 which it was removed to the old school-house, now 
 occupied by Chistian Wise, on the corner north- 
 west of the present academy ; and afterwards, to 
 the upper room of the present academy, where it 
 was maintained for more than forty years, until 
 the year 1851, when, upon the completion of the 
 lecture-room, it was removed there. That prayer- 
 meeting has been kept up now for nearly sixty-five 
 years, and has proved an incalculable blessing, in 
 every point of view, to this entire community. 
 
 During the pastorate of Dr. Hillyer, also, and 
 for many years subsequently, it ought to be known 
 that Union-meetings were frequently held between 
 this church and the churches of Morristown and 
 Hanover. These meetings were usually held at 
 private houses, either in Columbia, Monroe, or 
 
 * He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity in the year 
 1812. 
 
42 
 
 Whippany, on some afternoon in the week ; they 
 were attended by the pastors of all these churches, 
 who generally alternated in preaching ; and they 
 were occasions of surpassing interest to the entire 
 surrounding community. At these meetings, the 
 Rev. Messrs. Jones, Richards, and Fisher, of 
 Morristown ; the Rev. Messrs. Green and Oondit, 
 of Hanover ; and the Rev. Messrs. Bradford, 
 Richards, Miller, Hillyer, Perrine, and Bergen, of 
 this place, met in friendly concert, and strength- 
 ened each others' hands by these seasons of united 
 worship. The recollection of these scenes, now 
 for ever past, is full of interest to many of (rod's 
 people who are yet living. 
 
 About six months after the dismission of Dr. 
 Hillyer, on the 29th of December 1801, the con- 
 gregation met, and, with the Rev. Dr. Richards of 
 Morristown for their moderator, they united in a 
 call to the Rev. Matthew La Rue Perrine, to as- 
 sume the pastoral office among them. This call 
 was promptly accepted, and he entered imme- 
 diately upon his labors. 
 
 Mr. Perrine was a native of Freehold, Mon- 
 mouth county, N. J., the scene of one of the most 
 sanguinary battles of the American Revolution. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 43 
 
 While he was yet quite young, he resided in the 
 family of his uncle, Dr. Condit. at Newton, in this 
 State, and while there he began his studies prepar- 
 atory to entering college, and was hopefully con- 
 verted to God. Upon his uncle's removal to New 
 Brunswick, he accompanied him thither ; finished 
 his preparatory studies, and entered the college of 
 New Jersey, in the year 1794. After a three years' 
 course, he graduated at that institution in the 
 year 1797. His theological studies, it is believed, 
 were pursued in private, under the direction of his 
 pastor, the Rev. John Woodhull, D.D., of Freehold; 
 and he was licensed to preach the gospel by the 
 Presbytery of New Brunswick, about the close of 
 the last century. He was a young man when he 
 came here, and this also was his first place of set- 
 tlement. He was a very ripe scholar, a sound 
 theologian, and an able preacher. He was justly 
 distinguished for the soundness of his judgment, 
 and his eminent piety ; and he was so characteris- 
 tically amiable, that he was commonly called, 
 where he was known, " the beloved disciple." 
 
 Under his ministry there were large accessions 
 made to the church ; and the congregation grew 
 
44 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 to become one of the most respectable and able in 
 this section of the country. 
 
 It was during the period of his residence here, 
 that the turnpike, which is now the main avenue 
 through our village, was built ; and also that the 
 township of Chatham ivas set off from the town- 
 ships of Morris and Hanover. The first of these 
 occurred in the year 1804, and the last in the 
 year 1806. It was while he was here, also — to wit, 
 in the year 1809 — that our present academy was 
 erected. This edifice was built by a joint-stock 
 company, by which it is still owned ; and at differ- 
 ent periods it has contained schools of a very high 
 order. 
 
 In the year 1804, soon after his settlement here, 
 the entire village of Madison consisted of, not to 
 exceed, twenty dwelling-houses ; and all these 
 were standing on the old road. One of these stood 
 on the property formerly owned by Capt. Mallaby, 
 opposite the toll-gate ; another, where Deacon 
 Burroughs now lives ; another, where Mrs. Chloe 
 Samson resides; and another, at the foot of the hill 
 southeast of the church. Then came the church, 
 on the crown of the hill, and then, a small house on 
 the property now owned by Mr. Henry Keep ; then 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 45 
 
 came the parsonage, now occupied by Dr. Green ; 
 then, a small house with a store attached, on the 
 corner, until recently the residence of the late Mr. 
 Benjamin Birdsall, but then occupied by Mr. Jon- 
 athan Richards and Mr. Abraham Brittin ; then, 
 on the opposite side of the street, a small house, 
 where the residence of Mr. Charles Johnson now 
 stands. Then came the public house, now occu- 
 pied by Mr. Robert Albright; then, a small house 
 on the side hill, late the residence of Mrs. Eliza 
 Cook ; then, on the site of the present parsonage, a 
 house belonging to Mr. James Burnet ; then, on 
 the corner diagonally opposite, a house belonging 
 to Mr. Ellis Cook. Then came the house of Dea- 
 con Ephraim Sayre, and next to him the residence 
 of Mr. Jonathan Harris. Further on came the 
 dwelling of Mr. Joseph Miller, now occupied by 
 Mr. David L. Miller ; on the opposite side of the 
 street, where Mr. John B. Miller now resides, was 
 an old house which was occupied by Deacon Joseph 
 Wood : and a little beyond that was the residence 
 of Major Luke Miller. The school-house* stood 
 
 * The first school-house erected in Madison was on the Birdsall 
 corner. After that, one was built on the property afterwards 
 occupied by the Rev. Mr. Arms. That building was moved to the 
 
46 
 
 on the corner now occupied by Christian Wise ; a 
 blacksmith-shop stood on the site of the present 
 academy ; and an old storehouse occupied the site 
 of our present lecture-room. Such was the village 
 of Madison soon after Mr. Perrine's settlement here, 
 about fifty years ago. 
 
 As has already been stated, Mr. Perrine's min- 
 istry in this place was a very successful one. 
 Under his supervision, the church grew very rap- 
 idly, and large numbers were hopefully con- 
 verted to Grod. While he was here, one very ex- 
 tensive revival of religion was enjoyed in the con- 
 gregation. It was preceded by prayer-meetings of 
 a deeply solemn and interesting character ; and 
 among these the most memorable are those which 
 were held previous to the hour of divine worship, 
 on Sabbath mornings, in the house opposite the 
 toll-gate, formerly the property of Capt. Mallaby. 
 Subsequently, 6i a four days meeting," as it was 
 called, was appointed to be held in the church. 
 On the day fixed for the services to begin, a great 
 concourse of people assembled in and around the 
 
 corner, now occupied by Christian Wise, and is the building in 
 which he now resides. From that, the school was taken to the 
 academy in 1809. 
 
PKESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 47 
 
 church from all parts of the surrounding country.* 
 The church being found too small to accommodate 
 the multitude assembled, arrangements were made 
 for holding the services in the valley immediately 
 in the rear of the church, and nearly in front of 
 our present house of worship. A large farm -wag- 
 on was placed by the brook, from which the min- 
 isters were to address the people ; while the mul- 
 titude ranged themselves on the slopes of the hills 
 on either side, to receive the gospel message from 
 their lips. The following ministers were present, 
 and assisted the pastor, Mr. Perrine, in these ser- 
 vices, to wit: Rev. Dr. Finley, of Baskingridge ; 
 Rev. Amzi Armstrong, of Mendham ; Rev. Dr. 
 Richards, of Morristown ; Rev. Dr. Hillyer, of 
 Orange ; Rev. Barnabas King, then a young mis- 
 sionary at Rockaway ; Rev. Aaron Condit, of Han- 
 over ; Rev. Dr. M'Whorter, of Newark; Rev. Henry 
 Kollock, of Elizabethtown ; Rev. Dr. G-riffin, 
 of Newark, and others. " There were giants in 
 those days !" The services were kept up through 
 
 * The number of horses and carriages in attendance was so 
 great, that, as they were hitched to the fences on both sides of the 
 road, th^y extended from the old parsonage to the church, and to 
 an equal distance beyond it. 
 
48 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 four entire days, morning and afternoon ; and in 
 a few instances, there was preaching at the same 
 hour both in the valley and in the church. The 
 ministers present took their turns in conducting 
 the services ; and the result was one of the most 
 extensive revivals of religion that has ever been 
 witnessed in this country. An eye-witness of the 
 solemn scene, in a letter to the author, speaks of it 
 in the following language: " It was in Madison 
 that I witnessed the largest religious concourse 
 that I ever witnessed anywhere. The ground 
 north of the old church was admirably fitted for 
 the occasion. It was a hollow, surrounded by 
 rising grounds on all sides. In the bottom were 
 placed wagons, from which the ministers held 
 forth the word of life to the earnestly listening 
 and solemn crowds, assembled from all parts of the 
 country. The preaching was, for the most part, in 
 the open air ; but I remember that on one after- 
 noon as many as could be accommodated, repaired 
 to the church to hear Dr. M'Whorter, of Newark, 
 while the balance remained in the hollow to hear 
 preaching there. The ministers of the old Jersey 
 Presbytery were accustomed, at that time, to hold 
 monthly meetings in their respective parishes, for 
 
49 
 
 mutual improvement in matters pertaining to 
 their high calling. Around these meetings there 
 came by degrees to gather a great deal of interest; 
 the people in all that region began to sympathize 
 with their ministers, so that when the first week 
 in July, the time fixed for the meeting at Madison, 
 came, multitudes felt as if they must be 'there. 
 Notice was given of it for several weeks previously, 
 in the neighboring churches ; and I remember that 
 Mr. Armstrong, our pastor at Mendham, stated on 
 the Sabbath before, from his pulpit, that he in- 
 tended to be there, and that he hoped many of his 
 people would make their arrangements to go also. 
 I look back to that time with admiration and 
 wonder, at the manifestations of divine power 
 which were seen and felt at that time through all 
 that region. Many thousands, I believe, were con- 
 verted to Grod, a large number of whom have 
 already gone home to glory ; and it is interest- 
 ing, at least to myself, to know that my own relig- 
 ious seriousness began about that time."* 
 
 As the result of that work of grace, a very great 
 number of hopeful converts connected themselves 
 
 * Rev. Jacob Tuttle, of Jersey, Ohio—father of the author. 
 3 
 
50 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 with neighboring churches ; and nearly ninety 
 were received into fellowship with this church, 
 upon profession of their faith in Christ ; and the 
 cause of religion received an impulse in this 
 whole surrounding region, which it is believed it 
 never has lost until this day. The time when 
 these remarkable services were held was in the 
 month of July, 1806. 
 
 The number of church members here when Mr. 
 Perrine was first settled over this church, was not 
 far from one hundred. In the year 1808, that 
 number was increased to but little short of two 
 hundred ; and when he resigned his charge here, 
 the number was two hundred and nine. This, it- 
 will be remembered, was when this church was 
 still the only one within the limits of this town- 
 ship. 
 
 Mr. Perrine's pastoral connection with this 
 church and congregation continued about nine and 
 a half years, until the August of 1811 ; when he 
 was dismissed at his own request, to take charge 
 of the Spring Street Presbyterian Church in New 
 York city. Previous to his entering upon his la- 
 bors in this new sphere, the congregation extend- 
 ed to him a very pressing invitation to return and 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 51 
 
 resume his pastorate in this place. This second 
 call was attended with many circumstances which 
 were honorable both to them and to him ; but, not 
 seeing his way clear to accept, he declined the in- 
 vitation, and entered upon his ministry in New 
 York. In this new position, he continued for about 
 ten years, until the year 1821, when he was called 
 to a professorship in the Theological Seminary at 
 Auburn, New York ; where, after a period of about 
 fifteen years of distinguished usefulness in train- 
 ing up young men for the gospel ministry, he de- 
 parted this life on the 11th of February, 1836, 
 sincerely beloved and lamented by all who knew 
 him. Mr. Perrine never had any children of his 
 own ; but he adopted and educated some six or 
 eight of his nephews and other relatives, some of 
 whom have already brought distinction both upon 
 themselves and upon him. Among these is the 
 Rev. Matthew La Rue Perrine Thompson, D. D., 
 formerly of Philadelphia, but now of Buffalo, New 
 York. 
 
 At the commencement of Mr. Perrine 's ministry 
 in Madison, he resided in the old parsonage, of 
 which we have already spoken ; but having subse- 
 quently erected a dwelling for himself — the one 
 
52 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 now occupied by Mr. Beaupland — he made this his 
 residence until his removal to New York ; and it 
 was while he was occupying his own house, that 
 the congregation disposed of their parsonage ; the 
 amount for which it was sold being $2,350. This 
 occurred in the year 1810 ; and from that time 
 until the spring of 1854 — a period of about forty- 
 four years — the parish was destitute of a parsonage 
 for the accommodation of their minister. 
 
 About the commencement of the last war with 
 Great Britain, to wit, on the 19th of October, 
 1812, the church and congregation united in a call 
 to the Rev. John G. Bergen, to become their pas- 
 tor. This call he accepted, and entered immedi- 
 ately upon his labors. Mr. Bergen graduated at 
 the College of New Jersey, in the year 1808 ; and 
 he served as a tutor in that Institution from 1810 
 to 1812, a period of about two years. He was 
 ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Jersey, 
 with which this church was at that time con- 
 nected ; and from the tutorship in Princeton he 
 came directly here to assume, for the first time, the 
 responsibilities of a pastor. He purchased the res- 
 idence of his predecessor, the Rev. Mr. Perrine ; 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 53 
 
 arid there he continued to reside during his entire 
 ministry in this place. 
 
 At the time of his settlement here, the eldership 
 of the church consisted of the following gentle- 
 men, to wit : Messrs. Ephraim Sayre, Enos Ward, 
 Israel Lum, Benjamin Thompson, Samuel Much- 
 more, Jacob Bonnel, William Thompson, Aaron 
 Burnet, Jonathan Thompson, and Stephen Day. 
 Soon after Mr. Bergen came to this place, the con- 
 gregation purchased a valuable lot of wood-land in 
 the " Great Swamp" in the vicinity of Grreen Vil- 
 lage, for the use of the minister. This property 
 contained about twenty acres, and cost the society 
 the sum of $444 37. About seven years subse- 
 quently, the wood having been taken from it, the 
 society again disposed of it. 
 
 Five years after this, to wit, in the year 1817, 
 the name of the congregation was changed by an 
 act of the Legislature, from " The Presbyterian 
 Church of South Hanover," which it had borne for 
 about seventy years, to " The First Presbyterian 
 Church of the township of Chatham," by which it 
 continued to be designated for nearly thirty years 
 following, until January, 1846, when it was again 
 
54 
 
 changed by the Legislature, to " The Presbyterian 
 Church of Madison," which name it still bears. 
 
 In the early periods of the church's history, the 
 religious education of the rising generation was 
 chiefly of a domestic character. It was quite com- 
 mon for the pastors of the churches to visit the 
 schools in their respective neighborhoods, and to 
 catechize the children as frequently as practicable. 
 Parents, however, took the principal direction of this 
 important matter. The Shorter Catechism, com- 
 piled by the Westminster Assembly, was placed 
 in the hands of the children, and on each returning 
 Sabbath, a season was set apart for the recitation 
 of that invaluable formulary of Christian doctrine. 
 The Scriptures were likewise read, and devotional 
 hymns sung ; and in this way the young were at 
 that time trained up il in the nurture and admoni- 
 tion of the Lord." And this continued to be the 
 case within the limits of this congregation until 
 the year 1817, when the first Sabbath-school was 
 instituted in this place. The leading agent in the 
 formation of the Sabbath-school was Mr. William 
 Thompson, at that time an elder in this church, 
 but now a resident in the village of Jersey, Ohio. 
 This gentleman had become deeply interested in 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 55 
 
 Sabbath-schools from the perusal of a tract on 
 that subject ; and in order to awaken a similar 
 interest in the minds of others, he read the tract 
 in the prayer-meeting which was at that time held 
 on Sabbath afternoon, in the upper room of the 
 Academy. This had the desired effect. The sub- 
 ject was talked about for a week or two, when 
 Mr. Thompson said to some of his friends, that if 
 they would unite with him, they would at once 
 make the effort to establish a Sabbath-school here. 
 Persons were not wanting, to embark with him 
 upon this new method of instructing the young ; 
 and, as a consequence, the work was immediately 
 begun. Mr. Thompson was appointed the first 
 superintendent ; and the first teachers were Amelia 
 Bruen, Julia Thompson, Lucinda Bruen, Lillys 
 Cook, Priscilla Sayre, and Nancy Cook. 
 
 At first this School was kept open only during 
 the summer months ; simply for the reason that it 
 was supposed to be a thing utterly impracticable 
 to maintain it during the winter. In the year 
 1834, however, the experiment was tried of keep- 
 ing it up during the winter ; and from that time 
 to the present it has been maintained through the 
 entire year. The school was kept for nearly 
 
56 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 eighteen years in the upper room of the academy, 
 where it was first opened ; and at one time, over a 
 hundred scholars regularly met for religious in- 
 struction in that place ; and it was not until about 
 the year 1840, that it was removed to the gallery 
 of the church, where it has since been kept. 
 
 This interesting institution has been maintained 
 with commendable fidelity, and with various suc- 
 cess, until the present time ; and it has unques- 
 tionably proved an incalculable blessing to this 
 church, as well as to this entire community. The 
 great majority of those who have been members of 
 the school have been hopefully converted to Grod, 
 and an influence has in this way been set on foot, 
 the full extent of which can never be realized 
 until the revelations of the judgment-day. 
 
 The December of 1819 is memorable in the an- 
 nals of this congregation as the time when, by a 
 formal and well-considered vote of the parish, 
 the^rs^ stove was introduced into our sanctuary. 
 The committee appointed to look after this matter 
 consisted of Messrs. Nathaniel Roberts, Charles 
 Carter, Jacob Bonnel, and Benjamin Thompson. 
 For nearly seventy years previous to this time, 
 our ancestors worshipped without seeming to have 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 57 
 
 had the most remote conception of so obvious a 
 source of comfort in the house of God. They rode, 
 in many instances for several miles, to the sanc- 
 tuary ; attended two services, with an intermission 
 of an hour between them, and rode to their homes 
 again, without even u the smell of fire having 
 passed upon them !" 
 
 During the ministry of Mr. Bergen here, there 
 were very considerable accessions made to the 
 church ; and the congregation became so large 
 that soon after he commenced his labors here, the 
 erection of a new and more spacious house of wor- 
 ship began to be seriously talked about. Four 
 revivals of religion, of greater or less extent, were 
 enjoyed ; and in the year 1822 especially, one 
 was witnessed which will ever be held in grateful 
 remembrance by this people. As the result of this 
 work of grace, not far from ninety persons con- 
 nected themselves with this church, upon a profes- 
 sion of their faith in Christ. At the close of the 
 year just mentioned, the church enrolled more 
 members than it ever had done before, or ever has 
 done since. The whole number at that time in 
 full communion was three hundred and fifty. 
 
 The matter of enlarging the old house of wor- 
 
58 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON 
 
 ship, or of erecting a new one, had been seriously 
 talked about by the congregation as early as the 
 year ]$08, when a committee of fifteen was ap- 
 pointed to examine the old church and report 
 " what repairs were necessary, and whether a new 
 church was needed, and if so, where it should be 
 located." The subject continued to be matter of 
 conversation and discussion at the parish meetings 
 and in private circles, from year to year, until the 
 year 1822, when it was at length brought to an 
 issue. A new church was determined upon, 
 chiefly for the reason that the old one was too 
 small to accommodate the congregation ; and on 
 the 4th of February, 1823, matters had progressed 
 so far, that the parish was called together to de- 
 liberate and agree upon a site for it. It will be 
 borne in mind that this was still the only parish 
 within the limits of this township ; and when the 
 question as to the location of the new edifice came 
 up, there was naturally not a little difference of 
 judgment among the people. Those who resided 
 in and about Chatham village, wanted it located 
 on the point of the hill opposite the residence of 
 Mr. Alexander Bruen ; whereas those who resided 
 in this village, as well as those who lived west and 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 59 
 
 south of the old meeting-house, greatly preferred 
 that it should be located somewhere in the vicinity 
 of our present lecture-room. The territory em- 
 braced in the congregation was surveyed, and its 
 geographical centre was found to be only a few 
 rods from the spot where the lecture-room now 
 stands. This, however, did not change the deter- 
 minations of the south-eastern section of the con- 
 gregation. It was then proposed that the Hon. 
 Theodore Frelinghuysen, and the Hon. Joseph C. 
 Hornblower, of Newark, be authorized to appoint 
 at their discretion, five individuals " whose business 
 it should be to visit the parish, inspect its bound- 
 aries, view the different sites named, take into view 
 all previous proceedings had in relation to the 
 building of a new church, and fix upon that site 
 which, in their opinion, should appear to be most 
 eligible ;" " and their decision" it was recom- 
 mended, " should conclude the whole matter, and 
 receive the concurrence of all parties." This pro- 
 posal, however, was not accepted; and at length, 
 so strenuous were our friends in Chatham, in their 
 opposition to the site fixed upon by this portion 
 of the parish, that the latter agreed to compromise 
 
60 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 the matter, and locate the new edifice where we 
 are now assembled. 
 
 This decision was arrived at on the 4th day of 
 February, 1823. A very large number of the 
 active members of the parish convened in the old 
 meeting-house on that day ; the trustees and 
 others having this matter in charge, reported that 
 they had agreed to recommend the site above 
 referred to, which was described as " the ground 
 lying between the houses of Alexander M. Miller 
 and Daniel Burnet ;" the subject was discussed at 
 great length, both parties having ample oppor- 
 tunity afforded them for the expression of their 
 views ; and upon the vote being taken, it was 
 found that a very large majority were in favor of 
 the place w T here the church now stands. Against 
 this decision a protest was presented, signed by 
 upwards of forty individuals residing in the 
 vicinity of Chatham village ; and this, the con- 
 gregation consented to have recorded upon their 
 book of minutes. Notwithstanding all that had 
 occurred, it was hoped, not without reason, that 
 the parties would yet be brought to harmonize, 
 with cordiality, in this decision. The reverse, 
 
61 
 
 however, was the fact. It soon became apparent 
 that the attempted compromise had effected 
 nothing. On the 20th of October, 1823, the 
 Chatham branch of the congregation withdrew, 
 and organized a new church in that village, 
 placing themselves under the care of the Presby- 
 tery of Jersey. This was the origin of the Pres- 
 byterian church in Chatham Village, of which 
 the Rev. Asa Lyman was, for about four years, 
 the stated supply ; and of which the Rev. Joseph 
 M. Ogden has been the pastor since the 23d of 
 June, 1828, — a period of about twenty-six and a 
 half years ; and this, too, is the reason why the 
 sanctuary in which we are now assembled was 
 located, as it is, so far from the centre of our own 
 village. Its location here is a substantial and 
 impressive evidence of the readiness of this people, 
 to yield up the convictions of their judgment, as 
 well as their decided preferences, for the sake of 
 peace. Long may this continue to be the real 
 character of this people ! 
 
 Having thus decided upon a site, the congrega- 
 tion now resolved to proceed at once to the erec- 
 tion of the new church. Messrs. William Brittin, 
 Ichabod Bruen, Lewis Carter, and William 
 
62 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 Thompson, were appointed a committee to visit 
 churches in the vicinity, and to decide upon a 
 plan. This preliminary work having been per- 
 formed, the Society appointed a building com- 
 mittee, with instructions to proceed, with all 
 proper despatch, to the execution of the work. 
 That committee consisted of the following indi- 
 viduals, to wit : William Brittin, John Sturges, 
 Archibald Sayre, Luke Miller, Lewis Carter, 
 John Roberts, and Ichabod Bruen, who were 
 authorized to fill any vacancies which might occur 
 in their number, and to superintend the work 
 until its completion. This committee subsequent- 
 ly appointed William Brittin and William Thomp- 
 son, who were at that time members of the 
 board of trustees, a sub-committee to take the 
 special oversight of the work as it advanced, to 
 provide the materials, and to employ and pay the 
 workmen. The master carpenters selected were 
 Messrs. Ichabod Bruen and Lewis Carter ; and 
 the head mason appointed was John Sturges, of 
 Green Village. In the spring of 1824, the foun- 
 dation was laid ; and in the spring of 1825, just 
 one year after, the house was completed, and the 
 keys handed over to the president of the Board of 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 63 
 
 Trustees. The bell, whose sweet tones have so 
 often summoned the people of Grod to the house of 
 prayer, weighs about seven hundred pounds ; 
 was purchased of Mr. Ephraim Force, of New 
 York, at a cost of about six hundred and forty- 
 five dollars ; and was lifted to its place early in 
 April of the year just mentioned ; and now, the 
 church and congregation are ready to dedicate this 
 new edifice to the worship of Grod. 
 
 Many were the prayers which were put up by 
 devout hearts in all this region, while the work 
 was in progress. Many were the efforts which 
 were put forth, and many the anxieties experi- 
 enced, before the work was completed. Many were 
 the tears of joy that were shed, when, at length, 
 the last stone was lifted to its place, amidst shout- 
 ings of " grace, grace unto it!" And now let us 
 look in upon the congregation, as they have con- 
 vened to engage in the dedication services. It 
 was on the 18th day of May, 1825. Sad memo- 
 ries crowded upon their minds, as they left the 
 sanctuary in which their fathers had worshipped 
 for so many years before ; and happy thoughts, at 
 the same time, possessed them, as they went up, 
 for the first time, to offer their worship in this 
 
64 
 
 new house of prayer. A great company of per- 
 sons, of all ages and conditions, were seen wending 
 their way to this new " hill of Zion " on that 
 glad and beautiful spring morning. The house 
 was crowded to its utmost capacity, both above 
 and below. A common impulse had brought the 
 multitude together, and common sentiments of 
 thanksgiving and praise arose in every heart. 
 Here and there sat the fathers and pillars of the 
 church, with gratitude and joy engraven on every 
 lineament of their countenances. Scattered about 
 in the assembly, too, were those who had borne 
 the chief responsibility in the erection of the new 
 edifice ; and they, too, were happy on that day. 
 There, too, were the young, with bounding hearts 
 and glad faces, unfurrowed as yet by care, and 
 unused as yet to the disappointments and trials 
 of life. At the head of the choir sat their leader, 
 Lewis Carter, and around him were gathered a 
 group of singers, chiefly in the morning of life, 
 awaiting the signal of their conductor, to give 
 utterance to the joy that glowed in their hearts. 
 Common sympathies and common emotions per- 
 vaded the whole assembly. 
 
 And now the hour of service has arrived. The 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 pastor, Rev. Mr. Bergen, introduced the solemni- 
 ties of the occasion. The blessing of G-od was 
 invoked upon entering into this new and beauti- 
 ful sanctuary. They united in singing a song of 
 thanksgiving. Prayer then was offered, in which 
 the edifice, with all that appertained to it, was 
 solemnly set apart to the worship of Almighty 
 Grod. A portion of Scripture appropriate to the 
 occasion was read. Again they united in the 
 song of gratitude and praise. The pastor then 
 preached a discourse, full of good sense and piety, 
 on the words, " Enter into his courts with thanks- 
 giving, and into his gates with praise." Prayer 
 was again offered ; and again was the new edifice 
 consecrated to Grod. Again they sang in joyful 
 concert : 
 
 " Far as thy name is known, 
 
 The world declares thy praise ; 
 Thy saints, O Lord, before thy throne. 
 
 Their songs of honor raise. 
 Let strangers walk around 
 
 The city where we dwell, 
 Compass and view the holy ground, 
 
 And mark the building well," &c* 
 
 Then the benediction was pronounced, and the 
 * Psalm 48, second part, S. M. 
 
66 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 assembly retired to their homes, amidst mutual 
 congratulations and thanksgivings, to bless (rod for 
 what their eyes had seen, and their ears had heard, 
 on that day. 
 
 HOLTo *A.WRDiNFif „. t 
 THE NEW CHURCH. 
 
 The dimensions of the church are fifty-five feet 
 by seventy-five. It is constructed of brick, its 
 side walls being twenty-four, and its end walls 
 twenty inches, thick. It has a gallery extending 
 around three sides ; is neatly carpeted and other- 
 wise furnished ; contains an excellent organ, and 
 all the other arrangements of a well-appointed 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 67 
 
 sanctuary, and is capable of seating comfortably 
 about nine hundred persons. 
 
 Such was the origin of the substantial and 
 beautiful sanctuary in which we are stated wor- 
 shippers. It has now been standing nearly thirty 
 years ; and it has already been a witness of several 
 precious revivals — of many most delightful com- 
 munion seasons ; and to a great multitude, both 
 here and elsewhere, it is the centre of many of the 
 most tender and delightful associations. It stands 
 to-day a monument of the perseverance and self- 
 sacrificing zeal of our fathers, as well as of their 
 good taste and their piety ; and here may it stand 
 long to be a source of the choicest blessings to 
 this entire community, both in this world and in 
 that which is to come. 
 
 Mr. Bergen continued to officiate as the pastor 
 of this church for about three years after the new 
 sanctuary was opened for divine worship, and he 
 appears to have been a very successful and useful 
 pastor here, until the August of 1828, when, at 
 his own request, he was dismissed ; having been 
 in this relation for a period of nearly sixteen years. 
 From this place he soon after removed to the 
 
68 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 "West, where he is still living, in the vicinity of 
 Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 After Mr. Bergen had retired, the congregation 
 appear to have been without the services of a 
 regular pastor for nearly two years. During this 
 time the Rev. Daniel Beers was called here by a 
 vote of fifty-two to forty-two ; and after preaching 
 about six months, and finding but little prospect 
 of a harmonious settlement here, he was never 
 installed. 
 
 For a considerable time after this, the congre- 
 gation were unable to agree upon any one whom 
 they should call to become their pastor, until the 
 month of October, 1830, when they extended a 
 call to the Rev. Alexander Gr. Frazer. This 
 call he accepted, and entered at once upon his 
 labors, his place of residence, while here, being 
 the house since occupied by Mr. Sherrill, near 
 the railroad bridge. Mr. Frazer was a native of 
 Scotland, and received his education in that 
 country. Previous to his coming to this place, he 
 labored for several years as the pastor of the Pres- 
 byterian church in Westfield, in this State, where 
 his efforts to build up the Redeemer's kingdom 
 appear to have been considerably blessed. He 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 69 
 
 continued the pastor of this church for about one 
 and a half years, until February, 1832, when he 
 resigned his charge and withdrew. 
 
 It was about this time that our village received 
 its present appropriate and beautiful name. Being 
 dissatisfied with the name of " Bottle HUP'' which 
 it had borne for more than a hundred years previ- 
 ously, and having become earnest and active 
 friends of the temperance reformation, the inhab- 
 itants of the village met together, and unani- 
 mously resolved to drop this odious appellation, 
 and substitute for it the name of Madison. This 
 was the name that had been given to the academy 
 more than twenty years before ; and, as it will 
 readily suggest itself to all, it was given both to 
 that edifice, and subsequently to the village, in 
 honor of the fourth President of the United 
 States. 
 
 The pulpit was vacant for about nine months 
 after Mr. Frazer's dismission, until the autumn 
 of 1832, when the church and congregation in- 
 vited the Rev. Clifford S. Arms to become their 
 pastor. Mr. Arms was born in Sunderland, Mass., 
 on the banks of the Connecticut river, on the 
 4th of June, 1796. The principal portion of 
 
70 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 his early life was spent in Canaan, Columbia 
 county, New York ; and there it was that in the 
 year 1817, at the age of twenty-one, he was hope- 
 fully converted to Grod, and made a public profes- 
 sion of religion. His preparatory studies were 
 pursued under the care of Mr. Moses Hallock, 
 father of the Rev. William A. Hallock, of the 
 American Tract Society. In the fall of 1820 he 
 became a member of the Freshman class in Wil- 
 liam's College, where he remained but one year. 
 He then entered Union College at Schenectady, 
 New York, where, after three years' study, he grad- 
 uated in the year 1824. In the autumn of the 
 same year, he entered the Theological Seminary 
 at Princeton in this State, and after a three years' 
 course, graduated in the month of September, 
 1827. 
 
 He was licensed to preach the GrospeJ one year 
 previous to his leaving the seminary ; and when 
 he had completed his studies in that institution, 
 he labored four or five months as a missionary in 
 '' The Pines" of this State, under the Ladies' 
 Missionary Society of Princeton. In the fall of 
 1827, he assumed the charge of a small church in 
 Middletown Point, Monmouth county, N. J., and 
 
71 
 
 while he was there, he received ordination as an 
 evangelist, from the same Presbytery that gave 
 him license. The relation which he sustained to 
 that church was that of stated supply ; and while 
 connected in this way with the church, his labors 
 appear to have been signally blessed to its enlarge- 
 ment and permanent establishment. 
 
 After laboring in that field for a period of about 
 five years, he received a call to become the pastor 
 of this church at the time above stated ; and in 
 the month of October of that year (1832) he re- 
 moved his family to this place, and was regularly 
 inducted into the pastoral office here, by the Pres- 
 bytery of Elizabethtown, the Rev. David Magie, 
 D. D., and others, taking part in the services. 
 
 While here, he resided for a short time in the 
 house of the widow Cook, opposite the academy ; 
 then in the house now occupied by Mr. Henry 
 Keep ; and then in a house belonging to the family 
 of the late Archibald Sayre, in the vicinity of the 
 Catholic church. This last was his principal 
 residence while the pastor of this church. 
 
 The Session of the church at that time was 
 composed of Messrs. William Crowell, Ichabod 
 Bruen, Lewis Thompson, Charles Carter, and Zo- 
 
72 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 pliar Freeman ; and during his ministry here, 
 Messrs. Ira Burnet, Ashbel Carter, and William 
 P. Conklin were added to that body. 
 
 It was during Mr. Arms' pastorate here, that 
 the Morris and Essex Railroad was constructed 
 through this village. The right of way along the 
 southern border of the burying-ground, and imme- 
 diately in front of the site of the old meeting- 
 house, was granted to the company by the congre- 
 gation in the month of January, 1836 ; and the 
 road was completed, and cars were passed over it 
 for the first time, as far as this place, in the month 
 of October of the year following. The occasion of 
 its completion was one of great interest to this 
 community : and its construction has proved, in 
 every point of view, an incalculable benefit to this 
 entire surrounding region. 
 
 In the year 1838, all access to the burying- 
 ground having been cut off by the building of the 
 railroad, as just- stated, the present road to it was 
 opened from the turnpike ; the land for this object 
 having been obtained of Mr. Henry Keep. 
 
 In the course of the same year, the Roman 
 Catholic church in this place was erected. This 
 was done-by the descendants of a wealthy French 
 
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 gentleman, who emigrated to this place from the 
 Island of Gruadaloupe in the latter part of the 
 last century. This gentleman, whose name was 
 Mr. Vincent Boisaubin, resided on the property 
 now occupied by Mr. A. M. Treadwell, and was 
 very highly esteemed and respected by this entire 
 community. For many years previous to the 
 erection of the Catholic church here, both he and 
 his family owned seats and were frequent wor- 
 shippers in our own sanctuary ; and for this rea- 
 son, these facts have been regarded as proper mat- 
 ters to be recorded in the Annals of this society. 
 
 In the year 1842, a number of gentlemen be- 
 longing to the parish, united together and pur- 
 chased the organ that is now standing in our sanc- 
 tuary. This instrument was constructed by 
 Messrs. Charles and Davis Marsh, of Union Hill in 
 this township ; and cost the sum of four hundred 
 
 dollars. 
 
 
 
 On the 17th of October 1843, this church and 
 congregation were transferred from the "Presby- 
 tery of Elizabethtown" — with which body they 
 had previously been connected from the time of its 
 formation — to the " Presbytery of Newark," with 
 which they are connected at the present time. 
 
74 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 As it respects the ecclesiastical connections 
 which this church has sustained from the period 
 of its organization, it may be interesting at this 
 point to state, that its first connection was with 
 the old Presbytery of New York. That body, at 
 or about the time of the formation of this church, 
 was composed of the following ministers, to wit : 
 the Rev. Messrs. Azariah Horton (pastor of this 
 church), John Pierson, EbenezerPemberton, Simon 
 Horton, Aaron Burr, James Davenport, David 
 Bostwick, Jacob Green, Caleb Smith, John 
 Brainerd, Elihu Spencer, Daniel Thane, Enos 
 Ayres, John Moffet, Chauncy Graham, Timothy 
 Syms, John Grant, Timothy Jones, Aaron 
 Richards (afterwards stated supply in this place), 
 Alexander Cummins, and Jonathan Elmore. 
 
 In this connection the church was associated 
 first with the " Synod of Philadelphia," then with 
 the "Synod of New York," until the year 1758, 
 when these two Synods having become united 
 under the name of the - ' Synod of New York and 
 Philadelphia," it became connected with that 
 body, which at that time embraced all the Pres- 
 byterian churches and ministers in this country. 
 In the year 1780, a few clergymen in this vicinity, 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 7o 
 
 having a strong predilection for the Congregational 
 method of church government, withdrew from the 
 Presbytery of New York, and formed a new Pres- 
 bytery^which was called the " Morris County Pres- 
 bytery." The father and founder of this body 
 was the Rev. Jacob Green, of Hanover ; and asso- 
 ciated with him were the Rev. Amzi Lewis, of 
 Warwick, N. Y. ; the Rev. Joseph Grover, of Par- 
 sippany; the Rev. Ebenezer Bradford, of this 
 place, and others. 
 
 Mr. Bradford, who was then the pastor of this 
 church, it is believed, made a strong effort to carry 
 the church over with him to that body ; and the 
 influence of several neighboring pastors, as well as 
 the example of several churches in the vicinity, 
 tended very strongly in that direction. But, not- 
 withstanding all this, the church adhered to its 
 original connection with the Presbytery of New 
 York, until the formation of the old Presbytery of 
 Jersey,* which occurred on the fourteenth of No- 
 
 * The Presbytery of Jersey, which was set off from the old Pres- 
 bytery of New York on the 14th of November 1809, comprised all 
 the ministers and churches in this State, which were formerly con- 
 nected with the latter body, as well as those in the city of New 
 York and on the east bank of the Hudson river generally ; and ita 
 first regular meeting was held at Morristown, on the 24th of April, 
 
76 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON 
 
 vember, 1809, when it was regularly set off by the 
 Synod with that body. In this new connection it 
 then stood, until the Presbytery of Jersey was di- 
 vided into the Presbyteries of Newark and Eliza- 
 bethtown, # which occurred in the autumn of 1824, 
 when it was regularly set off with the body last 
 named ; and with that it continued to be ecclesias- 
 tically connected until the 17th of October, 1843, 
 as has already been stated, when it withdrew and 
 united itself with the Presbytery of Newark, with 
 which body it now stands. The reason of this 
 movement, it may be proper to state, was not that 
 the church had experienced any change in relation 
 to their doctrinal views, or their views respecting 
 
 1810 ; the Rev. Asa Hillyer, D.D., of Orange, being its first 
 moderator. 
 
 * " In the autumn of 1824, the Presbytery of Jersey, which had 
 existed under that name fifteen years, was divided by the Synod 
 of New Jersey, at its own request, into two Presbyteries — the Pres- 
 bytery of Newark and the Presbytery of Elizabethtown, of which 
 the former held its first meeting at Jersey City, November 2, 1824. 
 The property belonging to the old Presbytery, consisting of books, 
 money for purposes of education, &c, was equally divided by a 
 committee, appointed for that purpose. The last two volumes of 
 the records were assigned to the Presbytery of Elizabethtown, and 
 the preceding volumes, including, besides those of the old Presby- 
 tery of New York, the first three years of the Presbytery of Jer- 
 sey, and running back to the year 1775, to that of Newark." — Dr. 
 Steam's First Church, Newark, p. 299. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 77 
 
 church polity ; but simply and solely, because its 
 pastor and some of its leading members sympa- 
 thized with that part of the Presbyterian church 
 which they believed to have been aggrieved and 
 injured in the great schism which occurred in 
 that body in the year 1838. And it is worthy of 
 notice, and not a little singular, that in leaving 
 the Presbytery of Elizabethtown for that of New- 
 ark, this church has, in point of fact, simply gone 
 from one branch of the old Presbytery of Jersey, 
 to the other ; and that, thus, the time-honored 
 succession in which it has stood from the first, is 
 still unbroken. To the members of the church 
 and congregation it must consequently be matter 
 of great satisfaction, to be assured, that from its 
 very origin to the present time, it has been truly 
 and thoroughly Presbyterian, in all its affinities 
 and connections. It is not improbable that the 
 attachment of its early members to Presbyterian- 
 ism had not a little to do with their withdrawal 
 from the old church at Whippany, then under the 
 pastoral care of the Rev. Jacob (xreen, and their 
 organizing a new church in this place ; nor is it 
 without reason that the opinion is harbored, that 
 this same love of the principles and polity of the 
 
78 
 
 Presbyterian church was the real secret of Mr. 
 Bradford's short ministry here. 
 
 The year 1844 is worthy of a place in this his- 
 torical sketch, as the year when the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church in this village was erected, and 
 consecrated to the worship of Gfod. Persons of this 
 persuasion had for a few years previously kept up 
 occasional religious services in the upper room of 
 the academy, at East Madison, or, as it was for- 
 merly called, " Genung Town." Subsequently, 
 they met in a large room connected with the 
 umbrella manufactory of Mr. Henry Keep, in this 
 village, until the year above mentioned, when 
 they erected the neat and commodious edifice in 
 which they now statedly worship. The congrega- 
 tion at that time belonged to the same circuit as 
 those of Whippany, Chatham, and Green Village ; 
 and the ministers in charge were the Rev. Messrs. 
 Lewis R. Dunn and Israel S. Corbit. The con- 
 gregation is now associated with the church in 
 Whippany alone ; and the Rev. Joseph Gfaskill is 
 the minister in charge. 
 
 In the year 1845, the burying-ground was con- 
 siderably enlarged by the purchase of some ad- 
 juring land belonging to the Rev. Mr. Sewall, 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 79 
 
 for which the parish paid one hundred dollars ; 
 and in the year 1846, the name of the congrega- 
 tion was changed to the " First Presbyterian 
 Church of Madison," which it now bears. 
 
 When Mr. Arms began his labors here, the 
 number of church members was one hundred and 
 fifty. His efforts to build up the Redeemer's 
 kingdom, while the pastor of the church, were 
 very abundantly and signally blessed. Three or 
 four revivals of religion were enjoyed under his 
 ministry ; and one very extensive and powerful 
 one marked the commencement of his labors in 
 this place. In the multiplied labors connected 
 with this work of grace, he was assisted by the 
 Rev. Messrs. Peter and George Kanouse, as well 
 as others, whose happy influence here will never 
 cease to be acknowledged and felt in this com- 
 munity. Large numbers were received into the 
 fellowship of the church, as the result of these 
 special efforts, among whom were many heads of 
 families ; and the congregation enjoyed a remark- 
 able degree of prosperity. While he was the pastor 
 of this church, there were nearly three hundred 
 persons added to its membership, either by certifi- 
 cate, or upon profession of their faith in Christ. 
 
80 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 The Rev. Nathaniel E. Pierson, of Westtown, 
 New York, and the Rev. Charles H. Force, of 
 Unadilla, in the same State, are in the number of 
 the hopeful converts under his ministry. 
 
 In the early part of the year 1846, the congre- 
 gation came into possession of the " Church 
 Library " which now stands in the pastor's study 
 at the parsonage. This library contains one 
 hundred and sixty-seven volumes of the best 
 works which have been issued by the " Presby- 
 terian Board of Publication ;" and for it, the con- 
 gregation are indebted to the generosity of Mr. 
 David Sayre, of Lexington, Kentucky, a son of 
 Mr. Ephraim Sayre, who for many years was a 
 deacon and an elder in this church. 
 
 For a great many years the evening meetings 
 in this village were held in the upper room of the 
 academy. This was a very inconvenient and 
 uncomfortable place for divine worship, and, as a 
 consequence, the project of erecting a lecture- 
 room for this purpose, was often the subject of 
 conversation. At length, in the fall of 1849, a 
 lot was purchased of Mrs. Mahlon Pierson, on the 
 point formerly occupied by the store of Mr. 
 Obadiah Crane : and measures were at once 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 81 
 
 adopted to erect the new edifice. The following 
 gentlemen were appointed the building commit- 
 tee, to wit : Messrs. Benjamin Birdsall, George 
 T. Sayre, and Ashbel Bruen. The latter, how- 
 ever, soon resigned, and the superintendence of 
 the work devolved, as a consequence, upon the 
 other two gentlemen who have been named. 
 To the persevering efforts of Mr. Birdsall, more, 
 perhaps, than those of any other person, is the 
 congregation indebted for this neat and com- 
 modious edifice. The building was erected dur- 
 
 THE LECTURE-ROOM. 
 
 ing the year 1850, and was dedicated by the 
 pastor, Rev. Mr. Arms, assisted by the Rev. 
 4* 
 
82 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 Charles H. Force, and the Rev. Joseph M. Ogden, 
 on Sabbath afternoon, the 9th day of February 
 of the year following. Its dimensions are twenty- 
 eight feet by forty-five. It is constructed of 
 wood, and finished, both within and without, in a 
 very neat and simple manner, after the Grecian 
 style. It is well carpeted, and otherwise furnish- 
 ed with blinds, sofa, solar lamps, &c, and is 
 capable of accommodating about two hundred and 
 twenty-five persons. The Bible and Hymn-book, 
 in the pulpit, were presented by Mr. Benjamin 
 Ludlow Brittin, of Arkansas, on the day that the 
 house was dedicated. 
 
 The dedication of the lecture-room was among 
 the concluding acts of Mr. Arms' ministry in this 
 church. On the third day of June following, 
 after having held the pastorate for about eighteen 
 and a half years, he was dismissed by the Pres- 
 bytery of Newark, at his own request, to enter 
 his present field of labor, in Ridgebury, Orange 
 county, New York ; carrying with him the respect 
 and confidence, as well as the kindly wishes, of 
 his people. 
 
 About three months after the resignation of Mr. 
 Arms, the Rev. S. S. Hughson was employed by 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 83 
 
 the congregation to labor among them as a stated 
 supply. He was a native of Chester, in this 
 State, and pursued his collegate studies at Ober- 
 lin, Ohio, and his theological, at the " Union 
 Seminary," in the city of New York. He labored 
 here in the capacity just mentioned, with great 
 diligence, for a little more than a year, when he 
 withdrew to enter his present field of labor in 
 Penn Yan, Yates county, New York. 
 
 For one year after Mr. Hughson's retirement, 
 the pulpit was supplied by the Rev. John M. 
 Johnson, of Morristown. Mr. Johnson, who was a 
 son of the late Peter A. Johnson of the place just 
 mentioned, graduated at the College of New Jer- 
 sey, in the year 1835 ; and pursued his theolog- 
 ical studies in the Union Theological Seminary, 
 New York. For several years he officiated as the 
 pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Hanover, 
 until the year 1849, when he was obliged to retire 
 from pastoral life, on account of an affliction which 
 at one time threatened the total loss of his sight. 
 While he was supplying the pulpit in this place, 
 he was instrumental in deciding the congregation 
 to relieve themselves of an unpleasant debt of a 
 considerable amount, which for some years pre- 
 
84: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 viously had proved the occasion of no little diffi- 
 culty ; and justice requires that the fact should 
 be placed on record, also, that to the efficiency 
 and persevering efforts of the ladies of the parish 
 this important result is in a great measure to be 
 ascribed. In a great variety of ways, Mr. John- 
 son rendered the most valuable services to this 
 congregation, while they were without a pastor ; 
 and his happy influence over this church, it is 
 believed, will long be acknowledged and felt by 
 this entire community. 
 
 I will only add, that on the sixth day of Decem- 
 ber, 1853, the church and congregation united in 
 a call to the writer of this history, to become their 
 pastor ; and that on the third day of January, 
 1854, he was formally inducted by the Presby- 
 tery of Newark, into his present responsible posi- 
 tion ; Rev. Job F. Halsey, of West Bloomfield, 
 presiding, and proposing the constitutional ques- 
 tions ; Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, of Rockaway 
 (brother of the pastor), preaching the sermon, 
 on Mark xvi. 15. ; Rev. J. Few Smith, of the Sec- 
 ond Church in Newark, delivering the charge to 
 the pastor ; and Rev. John M. Johnson, of Morris- 
 town, the charge to the people. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 85 
 
 The writer, it is hoped, will be pardoned, if, for 
 the gratification of his friends, he adds, that he is 
 a native of Bloomfield, in this State, being a de- 
 scendant, on his mother's side, of Deacon Law- 
 rence Ward, one of the first settlers of Newark ; 
 and on his father's, of Stephen Tuttle, one of the 
 first settlers of Elizabethtown ; that he pursued 
 his preparatory studies in Bloomfield ; his col- 
 legiate studies in the College of New Jersey, 
 where he graduated in the year 1836 ; his theo- 
 logical studies under the venerable Dr. Richards, 
 in the seminary at Auburn, N. Y., where he 
 graduated in the year 1840 ; that in the month 
 of October, of the same year, he was licensed by 
 the Presbytery of Newark to preach the Grospel ; 
 that, three months subsequently, he was installed 
 by the same body as the pastor of the Presbyterian 
 church at Caldwell, in this State, where he con- 
 tinued to labor for about eight and a half years ; 
 that, after resigning his charge in that place, he 
 spent nearly five years in the service of the Ameri- 
 can Bible Society, as their " Agent for Connecti- 
 cut," and as their " Assistant Secretary" at the 
 Bible House, New York ; and that, from the sec- 
 retarial department of that institution, he was 
 
86 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 called to his present position as the pastor of this 
 church. 
 
 At the commencement of the present pastorate, 
 the following gentlemen constituted the session of 
 this church, viz. : Messrs. Ira Burnet, Lewis 
 Thompson, Ichabod Bruen, Ashbel Carter, and 
 William P. Conklin. The deacons of the church 
 were, Messrs. William Crowell and Ichabod 
 Bruen, the former of whom departed this life on 
 the 16th of February following. On the 21st day 
 of March, immediately ensuing, the church made 
 choice of the following individuals, to be added to 
 the session, to wit: Messrs. Wm. M. Muchmore 
 and Albert Carter, and Dr. Gfeorge Cole ; and at 
 the same time they elected the following persons 
 to the office of deacon, to wit: Messrs. Caleb C. 
 Burroughs, Amaza W. Grenung, and David M. 
 Force. 
 
 In the month of April following, the congrega- 
 tion purchased their present commodious parson- 
 age, and fitted it up for their minister. The 
 property, which stands on the corner southwest 
 of the academy, and was formerly occupied as a 
 boarding-school by Mr. Franklin Sherril, was 
 bought of Abraham Brittin, Esq., for the sum of 
 
87 
 
 nineteen hundred dollars ; and was fitted up at an 
 expense of nearly five hundred dollars, under the 
 direction of Dr. H. P. Green and Mr. James 
 Albright, the former of whom was president, and 
 
 THE PARSONAGE 
 
 the latter, clerk, of the Board of Trustees. The 
 dimensions of the building are twenty-two feet by 
 forty ; it is two and a half stories high ; and has a 
 dry and well-lighted basement. It contains twelve 
 finished rooms, and twelve closets and pantries 
 besides a cellar and coal-room ; a hall, running 
 through the centre, twenty-one feet by nine, and 
 an inclosed piazza in the rear of it, of foity feet by 
 eight. The dining-room in the basement is about 
 eighteen feet square ; while the parlor on the first 
 
88 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 floor, and the study on the second, are each 
 twenty-one feet by fourteen. On the property is 
 a good barn, well, cistern, &c. ; and the lot con- 
 tains a little more than half an acre. Its location 
 is one of the finest in this vicinity, commanding 
 very extensive and beautiful views in every direc- 
 tion. 
 
 In the latter part of March, of the same year, 
 the church and congregation were favored with a 
 very extensive and precious revival of religion ; 
 and it is with unfeigned gratitude and pleasure 
 that the writer is able to state, that, during the 
 first year of his ministry here, there were received 
 into the communion of this church, either by cer- 
 tificate, or upon a profession of their faith in 
 Christ, but three short of sixty persons. 
 
 The church and congregation have great reason 
 to be thankful that they possess and enjoy all the 
 various equipments and arrangements of a well- 
 ordered Christian parish. Their large, substan- 
 tial, and well-appointed sanctuary ; their conve- 
 nient and beautiful lecture-room ; their venerable 
 and attractive cemetery ; their commodious and 
 spacious parsonage ; and all their other conve- 
 niences and various appliances for the maintenance 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 89 
 
 of divine worship, place them in a very high rank 
 among neighboring congregations. In an outward 
 point of view, the society is, perhaps, in a more 
 prosperous condition than it has ever been before ; 
 and, as far as the spiritualities of the church are 
 concerned, we have, all of us, great reason to be 
 devoutly thankful. 
 
 With respect to the benevolent operations of the 
 parish, it may be proper to add, in this connec- 
 tion, that the following societies have been organ- 
 ized, and are now in active operation among us, 
 to wit: the " Ladies' Missionary Society," which 
 contemplates the raising of funds in aid of Foreign 
 Missions ; the " Madison Female Bible Society," 
 which labors to supply those who are destitute, 
 within our limits, with the Holy Scriptures ; the 
 "Madison Home Missionary Society," which con- 
 templates rendering aid to the Home Missionary 
 operations of the day ; and the " Madison Tract 
 Society," which is engaged in distributing tracts, 
 and other religious publications, from house to 
 house within our borders. In addition to these, 
 we have among us a vigorous and efficient associa- 
 tion, called the " Ladies' Diligent Society," which 
 contemplates the furnishing, repairing, &c, of the 
 
90 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 church and the lecture-room. All these societies 
 are diligently employed in their respective spheres, 
 and are accomplishing much good. 
 
 The stated religious services of the church, at 
 the present time, are as follows : at half-past ten 
 on the morning of the Sabbath, divine worship is 
 held in the sanctuary ; at three o'clock in the 
 afternoon, the Sabbath-school is attended in the 
 same place ; and on Sabbath evening, divine ser- 
 vice is attended again in the lecture-room. On 
 the evening of Tuesday the prayer-meeting, which 
 has been regularly maintained for the last sixty- 
 five years, is held in the lecture-room ; and on the 
 evening of Thursday, a weekly lecture is delivered 
 in the same place. The monthly concert of prayer 
 for Home and Foreign Missions, is attended on the 
 Sabbath evening preceding the first Monday even- 
 ing of each month ; and on the afternoon of the 
 Sabbath, the pastor lectures alternately in the 
 school-houses at Union Hill, East Madison, and 
 Grreen Village. The leading causes of benevo- 
 lence are brought before the church at stated in- 
 tervals ; that of Foreign Missions being assigned 
 for the month of January, and that of Domestic 
 Missions for the month of July. The Lord's Sup- 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON". • 91 
 
 per is statedly celebrated on the first Sabbaths of 
 December, March, June, and September ; the pre- 
 paratory lecture being attended on the Saturday 
 afternoon preceding each of these seasons. 
 
 The officers of the church at this time are : 
 Elders — Messrs. Ichabod Bruen, Lewis Thomp- 
 son, Ira Burnet, Ashbel Carter, Wra. P. Conklin, 
 G-eorge Cole, M.D., William M. Muchmore, and 
 Albert Carter. Deacons — Messrs. Ichabod Bruen, 
 Caleb C. Burroughs, David M. Force, and Amza 
 "W. G-enung. Trustees — Henry P. Green, M.D., 
 James Albright, Geo. E. Sayre, Amza W. Genung, 
 "William M. Muchmore, and Albert Carter. 
 
 It may be proper to add, as an index of the 
 present character of this people, that the congre- 
 gation, in its corporate capacity, assumed the 
 responsibility of publishing five hundred copies of 
 this history, and directed their Board of Trustees 
 to take the oversight of the work. 
 
 Such, then, is a brief sketch of the history 
 and the present condition of this old church and 
 congregation. It is now one hundred and eight 
 years since it was organized, and about one hun- 
 dred and six years since our first house of worship 
 was erected in this place. The worship of G-od 
 
92 
 
 was regularly maintained here by our ancestors 
 for a period of nearly thirty years, before the com- 
 mencement of the Revolutionary War ; and all 
 through that dark and eventful period, our sanc- 
 tuary was thrown open from Sabbath to Sabbath, 
 for the accommodation of all classes in this com- 
 munity. Our old meeting-house stood on yonder 
 beautiful eminence, when Washington and his 
 army were passing back and forth, on their way 
 from the sea-board to the interior ; and while 
 they were lying in winter quarters in this 
 vicinity, many of them repaired thither to record 
 their vows before God ; and it is a fact that we 
 may be allowed here to state, that when the 
 United States were first admitted as an inde- 
 pendent sovereignty among the nations of the 
 earth, this old church had been in existence, and 
 been shedding light upon the paths of men, and 
 been gathering in precious souls for heaven, for a 
 period of nearly forty years. One year after the 
 " Declaration of Independence " was published to 
 the world, the first pastor of this church was 
 "gathered to his fathers," having been toiling 
 here by day and by night, to win souls to the 
 Redeemer, for twenty-five years. For four gener- 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 93 
 
 ations, this church has regularly kept up the 
 administration of the Lord's Supper, and main- 
 tained all the other rites and observances of our 
 holy religion. During all that time, it has been 
 throwing up barriers in the way of the progress of 
 vice and immorality of every description; it has 
 been conducting inquiring souls to " the Lamb of 
 Crod, which taketh away the sins of the world ;" 
 and been pointing the sons and daughters of sor- 
 row to Him who came to " bind up the broken- 
 hearted." The number of those who have been 
 influenced by its various instrumentalities, either 
 directly or indirectly, to " walk in wisdom's 
 ways," no human being can tell. The record of 
 all these is on high. The entire number of those 
 who have been actual members of the church, it is 
 wholly out of our power to determine. On 
 account of the loss of our sessional records, pre- 
 vious to the year 1790, we shall never be able to 
 know hoiv many, and who, were members here, 
 antecedent to that time ; but it is a pleasure that 
 we are able to state, that the number of persons 
 enrolled upon the catalogue of the church, since 
 the period referred to, does not materially vary 
 from one thousand. 
 
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94 
 
 "We are happy, also, to be able to state that nine 
 of the children of the church" have gone forth 
 from us to proclaim to their fellow men " the un- 
 searchable riches of Christ;" and that two others,! 
 having become the wives of Home Missionaries, 
 are now laboring to build up the Redeemer's king- 
 dom in the frontier settlements at the West. 
 
 This church has passed through many trials. 
 It has had its enemies, although now, even the 
 names of these have passed away for ever from the 
 memory of all the living. It has lost many tried 
 and self-sacrificing friends. At various periods in 
 its history, many persons who have been its firm- 
 est pillars, have been removed by death ; and there 
 have been many others who have left us at various 
 times to locate themselves in other parts of our 
 country, and to cast in their influence to build up 
 Christian institutions elsewhere. The church has, 
 
 * Rev. Matthias Burnet ; Rev. Barnabas Bruen ; Rev. Eliazer 
 Burnet ; Rev. Franklin Sherrill, of Wisconsin ; Rev. Nathaniel E. 
 Pierson, of Orange co., N. Y.; Rev. Charles H. Force, of Otsego co., 
 N. Y. ; Rev. Geo. Thompson, missionary to Africa ; Rev. M. L. R. P. 
 Thompson, D.D., Buffalo, N. Y. ; Rev. Wilmot Thompson, of Ohio. 
 
 f Mrs. Eliza Carter Orr, wife of the Rev. Robert Orr, of Wis- 
 consin, and daughter of the late Lewis Carter ; and Mrs. Caroline 
 Keep Lum, wife of the Rev. Samuel Y. Lum, of the territory of 
 Kansas, and adopted daughter of Mr. Henry Keep, of this place. 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON". 95 
 
 consequently, seen many days when every thing 
 seemed to be very dark and unpromising. It has 
 passed through periods when it seemed as if it must 
 go down ; and yet " the angel of the Lord has en- 
 camped round about it," and given us abundant 
 evidence that, " as the mountains are round about 
 Jerusalem, so is the Lord round about his people, 
 from henceforth, even for ever." 
 
 In times past, the church has been an object 
 of special divine favor. G-od has granted it fre- 
 quent and most wonderful outpourings of his 
 spirit, in answer to prayer; many revivals of relig- 
 ion have been enjoyed by it, and from generation 
 to generation it has been the object of the divine 
 sympathy and care. One flourishing Presbyterian 
 church, and three Methodist Episcopal churches, 
 and, within the past year, a Protestant Episcopal 
 church,* have sprung up within its original bounds, 
 and been constituted, in some measure, of those 
 who were formerly members of this parish, and 
 yet we are not consumed. 
 
 * This congregation is now worshipping in " Oriental Hall ;" 
 but having already purchased a lot adjoining the residence of 
 Augustus Blanchet, Esq., they intend erecting a church for their 
 accommodation, during the ensuing spring. Their rector, Rev. ■ 
 John A. Jerome, has been preaching for them now about three 
 months. 
 
96 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 The average number of communicants in the 
 church during sixteen of its most prosperous 
 years, and when it was the only church in the 
 township of Chatham, was two hundred and fifty. 
 This was during the pastorate of the Rev. Mr. 
 Bergen ; and at the present time, notwithstanding 
 all the drafts which have been made upon us by 
 all these churches around us, and notwithstand- 
 ing the losses which we have sustained by death 
 and by removals to other parts of the country, the 
 number of our communicants is but little short of 
 two hundred and forty. Since the church's or- 
 ganization, whole generations of its active friends 
 and supporters have gone down to the grave, and 
 thousands of hearts which have heretofore beat in 
 sympathy with it, have been chilled by the hand 
 of death ; and there have been junctures in its 
 history, arising from these trying dispensations, 
 which have sometimes caused the friends of this 
 our Zion, to feel profoundly anxious for the future. 
 As the pillars of the church have, one after an- 
 other, fallen, the prayer has often gone up from 
 this sanctuary, and from these family altars all 
 around us, " Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth, 
 for the faithful fail from the children of men ;" 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 97 
 
 and we have reason to know that that prayer has 
 as often been heard by Him who heareth prayer ; 
 and it is our happiness to know that this old 
 church, which we have inherited from our fathers, 
 is now neither dead, nor declining, but that under 
 the benignant smiles of its adorable Saviour and 
 Head, it is still living, to hold up the lamp of life 
 before the world, and to scatter the rich blessings 
 of the everlasting Gospel among all those who 
 live within its reach. Like a rich merchant-ship, 
 it has come down to us, wafted by the prayers of 
 the saints, and freighted with the priceless bless- 
 ings of redemption, both for ourselves and for the 
 world ; and to-day it is our happiness to behold it 
 riding quietly upon the great stream of time down 
 which it has come, with every sail set, with every 
 streamer flying, and under the favoring gales of 
 heaven, going down to unborn generations, carry- 
 ing with it the same blood-bought blessings which 
 it has brought down to us. God bless it ! God 
 bless it ! ! God bless it ! ! ! as it floats down to 
 the future ! God make it in all time to come, what 
 it has been to generations past, and what it is 
 still to us ! 
 
 The place where we are now assembled, my 
 5 
 
98 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 
 
 friends, is holy ground. "This is none other than 
 the house of God ; this is the very gate of heav- 
 en." Here have our fathers often met to record 
 their vows before " the Most High." Here have 
 they often gathered around the table of the Lord, 
 and with broken hearts, partaken of the symbols 
 of his love. Here have they met God in his holy 
 temple. Here have they enjoyed the visitations 
 of divine grace. Here have they met to revive 
 their Christian graces — " to trim their lamps, and 
 to gird up their loins ;" to gather consolation and 
 support under their trials, and to prepare them- 
 selves from time to time for the great conflict of 
 life. Here have they often sat together " in these 
 heavenly places in Christ Jesus," and enjoyed 
 sweet foretastes of heaven ; and from this sacred 
 mount of privilege have they gone up, one by one, 
 to join "the general assembly and church of the 
 first-born, whose names are written in heaven." 
 Not far from where we are now assembled, their 
 precious remains have been intrusted to the earth, 
 until the morning of the resurrection. The church 
 of God, which was precious in their eyes, with 
 all its various instrumentalities and agencies, 
 with all its ordinances and means of grace, they 
 
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MADISON. 99 
 
 have most solemnly given in trust unto us ; and 
 toe have been honored with a place in the succes- 
 sion of these Christian worthies. In these cir- 
 cumstances, may we not, with propriety, each one 
 for himself, declare: " If I forget thee, O Jeru- 
 salem, let my right hand forget her cunning : If 
 I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to 
 the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem 
 above my chief joy" ? And shall we not, on this 
 thanksgiving morning, with our minds refreshed 
 with the contemplation of the faithfulness and lov- 
 ing kindness of God towards us as a people, " set 
 up our Ebenezer," as Samuel did, and with glad 
 hearts and voices, say, "Hitherto hath the Lord 
 helped us" ? And with the Psalmist, shall we 
 not add, " I will extol thee, my God, King, and 
 I will bless thy name for ever and ever. One 
 generation shall praise thy works to another, and 
 shall declare thy mighty acts. Praise the Lord, 
 Jerusalem ! Praise thy God, Zion ! For 
 he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ; he 
 hath blessed thy children within thee. Let Israel 
 rejoice in him that made him — let the children of 
 7Jon be joyful in their king. For the Lord taketh 
 pleasure in his people ; he will beautify the meek 
 with salvation." 
 
APPENDIX 
 
MINISTERS. 
 
 Rev. Nehemiah Greenman. 1750 
 
 Azariah Ilorton 1752 
 
 Aaron Richards 1777 
 
 Ebenezer Bradford 1779 
 
 Alexander Miller 1782 
 
 Asa Hillyer l~*\) 
 
 Matthew La Rue Perrine 1801 
 
 John G. Bergen 1810 
 
 Daniel Beers 1829 
 
 Alexander G. Frazer 1 832 
 
 Clifford S. Arms 1833 
 
 S. S. Hughson 1852 
 
 John M. Johnson 185:', 
 
 Samuel L. Tuttle 1854 
 
 103 
 
101- 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 RULING ELDERS. 
 
 John Pierson, 1758 
 
 Sylvenus Hedges 1780 
 
 Joseph Wood >• ... 17 G5 
 
 Paul Day 1765 
 
 Ephraim Sayre 17S3 
 
 Moses Allen 178G 
 
 Jonathan Nichols . . 
 
 Jacob Bonnel 
 
 Stephen Day , 
 
 Jonathan Thompson . 
 
 Enos Ward 
 
 Jonathan Bruen .... 
 Samuel Muchmore . . 
 
 Aaron Burnet 
 
 Lum Foster " 
 
 Israel Lum 1807 
 
 Benjamin Thompson 1803 
 
 Stephen Day " 
 
 1789 
 
 1790 
 
 u 
 
 a 
 
 1795 
 
 1800 
 
 a 
 
 1804 
 
 William Thompson 1810 
 
 John J. Conkling 1819 
 
 Charles Carter " 
 
 Philip Coekrem .. . ' ; 
 
 Zophar Freeman 1825 
 
 Obadiah Crane, " 
 
 Lewis Thompson " 
 
 William Crowell 1826 
 
 Ichabod Bruen " 
 
 Benjamin Crane 1831 
 
 Ellis C. Thompson " 
 
 John S. Beach " 
 
 Ira Burnet " 
 
 William P. Conklin 1844 
 
 Ashbel Carter " 
 
 George Cole, M.D 1854 
 
 William M. Muchmore . . " 
 Albert Carter " 
 
 DEACONS. 
 
 Sylvenus Hedges 1758 
 
 John Pierson 1760 
 
 Paul Day 1765 
 
 Joseph Wood " 
 
 Jonathan Thompson .... 1799 
 
 Ephraim Sayre " 
 
 Samuel Muchmore 1804 
 
 Moms Allen 1819 
 
 William Thompson 1826 
 
 Zophar Freeman " 
 
 William Crowell 1834 
 
 Ichabod Bruen " 
 
 Caleb C. Burroughs 1854 
 
 David M. Force " 
 
 Amza W. Genung " 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 105 
 
 ASSESSORS, COLLECTORS, AND TRUSTEES. 
 
 Daniel Day 1757 
 
 Horrick Benjamin " 
 
 Obadiah Lurn " 
 
 Thomas Genung " 
 
 David Corey 1758 
 
 Paul Day u 
 
 Benjamin Ladner M 
 
 Josiah Miller 1759 
 
 William Burnet ........ " 
 
 Nathaniel Bonnel 1760 
 
 Thomas Day <; 
 
 Silas Hand " 
 
 Isaac Winans '. . . . 1761 
 
 Benjamin Day " 
 
 Stephen Day " 
 
 Stephen Hand, Jun " 
 
 Aaron Burnet, Jun l< 
 
 Jabez Foster " 
 
 Nathan Wilkinson " 
 
 Aaron Burnet 1762 
 
 Joseph Day " 
 
 James Tichenor 1763 
 
 John Pierson " 
 
 Abraham Corey 1764 
 
 Luke Carter. 1765 
 
 Joseph Foster " 
 
 Joseph Winget " 
 
 James Burnet 1766 
 
 Ellis Cook 1767 
 
 Ananias Halsey " 
 
 5* 
 
 John Harris 1767 
 
 Thomas Bonnel " 
 
 David Bruen 1768 
 
 David Ward " 
 
 Benjamin Carter 1769 
 
 Samuel Frost 1770 
 
 Jacob Morrel " 
 
 Theophilus Miller 1771 
 
 Enos Ward " 
 
 Josiah Hand u 
 
 Josiah Broadwell 1772 
 
 Jonathan Thompson .... 1774 
 
 Elias Bruen " 
 
 George Carter " 
 
 John Bonnel " 
 
 Aaron Carter 1775 
 
 Joseph Wood 1777 
 
 John Dixon 1778 
 
 Israel Ward " 
 
 Josiah Burnet " 
 
 SethCiwell " 
 
 John Roberts 1780 
 
 Ephraim Sayrc " 
 
 Joseph Miller " 
 
 David Ward, Jun " 
 
 William Butler 1783 
 
 Thomas Carter 1784 
 
 Uzal Corey " 
 
 Thomas Coyle 17S5 
 
 Jonathan Nichols " 
 
106 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 John Crowell 1789 
 
 Foster Horton 1790 
 
 John Blanchard " 
 
 Daniel Burnet " 
 
 Thaddeus Day " 
 
 Benjamin Cook 1791 
 
 Luther Howell " 
 
 James Donaldson 1792 
 
 William Day " 
 
 Samuel Gardner " 
 
 Moses Allen " 
 
 Jacob Bonnel 1793 
 
 Jonathan Bruen 1795 
 
 Samuel Denman " 
 
 Samuel Much more " 
 
 Joseph Bruen " 
 
 Philip Cockrem 1797 
 
 Simeon Broadwell 1800 
 
 Thomas Eddy » 
 
 Stephen Day, Jun 1801 
 
 Archibald Sayre 1802 
 
 William Brittin , 1803 
 
 Benjamin Bruen " 
 
 Silas Ward " 
 
 Nathaniel Roberts " 
 
 William Thompson 1804 
 
 Ichabod Bruen " 
 
 Matthias Ward " 
 
 Abraham Burnet " 
 
 Luke Miller 1805 
 
 Elias Woodruff " 
 
 Silas Jaggers « 
 
 Aaron Burne t <•' 
 
 William Eddy 1806 
 
 Elijah Ward " 
 
 William Spencer " 
 
 John Ward 1807 
 
 Flavel Woodruff 180S 
 
 Daniel Crane " 
 
 Luke Carter " 
 
 Samuel Denman " 
 
 John Caldwell " 
 
 Caleb Blanchard " 
 
 Ebenezer C. Pierson 1809 
 
 David Bowers 1810 
 
 Elias Howell 1811 
 
 Benjamin L. Day 1816 
 
 Benjamin P. Lum 1819 
 
 Lewis Carter 1821 
 
 Samuel Roberts " 
 
 Jeptha B. Munn, M.D 1822 
 
 Thomas Darling 1824 
 
 Isaac Brittin " 
 
 Benjamin Douglass 1827 
 
 William Sayre " 
 
 Aaron Carter 1828 
 
 Samuel P. Thomas 1830 
 
 Stephen P. Stiles " 
 
 Ellis C. Thompson " 
 
 Ashbel Carter « 
 
 Ashbel Bruen " 
 
 WickliffH.Genung " 
 
 David Burnet, Jun 1832 
 
 Collin Robinson " 
 
 Walter Sturges " 
 
 JohnB. Miller " 
 
 Henry P. Green, M.D. . . 1833 
 
 Abraham Brittin 1836 
 
 Isaac Mills 1838 
 
 Robert Albright " 
 
 Amza W. Genung 1839 
 
 Luther Eddy " 
 
 Ezra Howell 1810 
 
 William P. Conklin " 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 107 
 
 Matthias L. Burnet 1840 
 
 Stephen D. Hunting 1841 
 
 Henry Keep 1 S42 
 
 Ira Burnet 1848 
 
 Charles Ross " 
 
 George T. Sayre 1851 ' 
 
 Benjamin Birclsall ...... " 
 
 George E. Sayre,, 1852 
 
 James Albright 1853 
 
 Joseph S. Fayre 1S54 
 
 Samuel Roberts, Jun '' 
 
 William W. Beach " 
 
 William M, Muchmore ... " 
 
 Albert Carter '•' 
 
 David M. Force 1855 
 
Copy of the First Minute Entered upon the Records of this Parish 
 
 ''South hauover Wednesday y p 7 ln of September Anno D 17T.7, 
 
 At a meating appointed and met at the meating house and pro- 
 eeaded in the folowing manor, By way of Voats — 
 
 Aaron Burnet moderator Stephen Morehouse, Clark 
 Obadlah Lum & thomas geanung assessors Daniel Day and horiek 
 Benjamin Collectors Voated that Mr horton shall have Seventy 
 pound Sallery for y e conieing yeare Paul Day and Benjamin 
 Ladnor appointed to make up acounts with all y e Collectors for 
 several years past and to Endeavor that all old Rearages in Mr 
 hortons Rats (rates) Be made good to him thomas Day Esq appoint- 
 ed to Secure a Deed for a Certain acre of Land wich has Ben pur- 
 chased of David hamelton or Else the money to Be Rated Benja- 
 min Ladnor appointed to keep as a trustea all the writings Be- 
 longing to this Congregation " 
 
 Jin Extract from the Parish Records in reference to Psalmody. 
 
 '■ thursday Janu r y" 11 th 1759 
 
 at a meating appointed and met at this house and passed y e fol- 
 lowing voats namely 1 that y c Rear 1 Mr Joans should Be moder- 
 ator and y" Reav d Mrs. (Messrs.) Horton and Elenmore preasent to 
 in the Settling of the Diferances Relating to y e Psalms 
 2 that we shall no more Sing Both Vertions as formerly But that 
 we Shall now pass a Voat wich shall be Sung hully 3 Voated 
 that Wats's Vertion shall be Sung here hully for time to come 
 then Dismissed y e Rear 1 Mrs. (Messrs.) Joans, horton and Elenmore 
 
APPENDIX. 109 
 
 and Voated Ct. Bonncl moderator, and Samuel fraust & 
 
 Isaad Winana to Lead the psalm-tune Voated to have pues 
 
 Built all Round this house and Seats in y e midle " 
 
 Copy of the Minutes in reference to the finishing of the old Meeting House 
 
 '■'• Wednsday September the 5 year 1764 South hanover 
 
 At a parish meeting appointed and raett att this house and 
 passed the following votes viz Chose Beniamin Day Esquire mod- 
 erator 
 
 Stephen hand Jr. Clark — Josiah miller and James tichenor as- 
 sessors Ben Day Esquy and ahraham Corey Collectors — voted 
 that Josiah Broadwell Esqy and Jacob morral shall have Liberty 
 to Build a pue at the West End of the house voted that the old 
 Committee Be Dissolved voted That Beniamin Day Esqy and 
 Thomas genong and Josiah miller Be a new Committee for to 
 have the Care of the finishing of the meeting house" 
 
 Monday Septemb 1 " the J2. 4 th yr 1764 att a parish meeting ap- 
 pointed and met at this house and passed the folowing votes viz 
 Chose Decon John pierson moderator 
 
 1 voted that Josiah Broadwell and Jacob morral Shall Build a 
 pue at the west end of the Meeting house adjoyning to the corner 
 pue 
 
 2 voted that David Bruing Do Build a pue next To Mr Broad- 
 well 
 
 3 voted that Silas hand Do Build a pue next to Mr Bruing 
 
 4 voted that Josiah hand and William Burnet Do Build a pue 
 in the front gallery over the mens stairs 
 
 5 voted Aaron Burnet Jr do Build a pue in the front gallery 
 next to Josiah hand and William Burnet 
 
 6 voted that Josiah miller and Luke Carter Do Build the third 
 pue in the front gallery 
 
 7 voted that James tichenor and Samuel Robbarts Do Build 
 the fourth pue in the front gallery over the womans stairs 
 
 8 voted that Beniamin Sayres and Stephen Robbarts Do Build 
 the first pue in the East End gallery next to the stairs 
 
110 APPENDIX. 
 
 9 voted that Israel ward and neherniah Carter Do Build the 
 third pue in the East End gallery 
 
 N. B all the aforsaid votes were Carried in the affirmative when 
 the greater part of the Congregation were present " 
 
 Other Short Extracts from the Parish Records. 
 
 " Southanover September the 3 J year 1771 
 
 voted at the anual meeting appointed according to obligation 
 and passed the following votes viz voted David Bruing moderator 
 and Stephen hand Jr Clark 
 
 voted that Thomas genong Elis Cook Abraham Corey and 
 Samuel frost give mr horton Jointly a Bond for what is Due to 
 him By his old Arrears and to take the old arrears or accompts 
 in Lue thereof and to Colect the Same in any manner they Think 
 Best 
 
 voted David ward and Josiah hand assessors Theophilus miler 
 and Enos ward Colectors'' 
 
 •• 1776 at a meeting Appointed and held here in this house 
 Called the Southanover parish meeting house on wensday the 4 th 
 day of September and passed the following votes viz Chose Decon 
 paul day moderator Chose David Bruing James Burnet and paul 
 day a Committee to go to the prisbittery with mr horton the 
 second tuesday in October next Insuing upon the parrish affairs'' 
 
 "At a Parrish meeting held at the South Hanover meeting house 
 May 24 1779 — voted Joseph Wood Esq moderator — Voted that 
 the pasnige house and home lot should not be hired out 
 
 voted that Stephen Day Esquier and John Blanchard and Caleb 
 Rusel should setle with the manegcrs of the Lottery 
 
 voted that one of the Committy Should Carrey the Letter that 
 mr green rote to Mr Bradford and they that voted for it to bee 
 att the expense. 
 
 voted that that piece of pasnige by Jonathan Thompson should 
 be hired out 
 
 voted that we should get mr green to preach a Sermon for us 
 one Sabath and mr Elmore the other 
 
 voted that Ephraim Sear should assist in tuning the Salm" 
 
APPENDIX. Ill 
 
 " May y e 28 1779 this Day whas rented out by the Committy 
 for the use of the parrish that piece of pasnedge land by Jonathan 
 Thompson to Aaron Carter by Public Yandew for G2 pound for 
 wich he is to improve it to the first of December next from the date 
 above riten" 
 
 " At a Parrish meeting held at South Hanover meeting House on 
 March 28 th 1780 Joseph Wood Esq moderator 
 
 Voted that a sallery of One Hundred and Forty Pounds New 
 Jersey Currency (to be paid Old way) is to be raised for Mr 
 Bradford for one year exclusive of the Parsonage and his being 
 found in wood 
 
 voted that a committee be chosen for taking care of the Par- 
 sonage and see what wants doing and to employ some person to 
 do it 
 
 voted that some Person be chose to take care of the meeting 
 House and to Keep it Swept and Clean it David Laurence Chose 
 and also Keep the Doors Shutt 
 
 voted that Contributions be Kept up every Sabbath and David 
 Bruen to Receive the contribution money" 
 
 11 April 26 1785 —voted that Jonathan Nichols is to have the 
 care of the Meeting house to Shutt the Doors and Windows and to 
 sweep and Sand it once, a month for which he is to have twenty 
 five shillings per year" 
 
 " June 7 179 -1 — voted that Jonathan Nichols shall have sixpence 
 on the Pound for Collecting the Salery — also that the collections 
 shall be quarterly and at the end of the year all the Delinquents 
 Shall have Notis to pay Within thirty Days or have their Names 
 Returned to a Justis of peace" 
 
 • ; March 1G 1795 — voted that Mr Hillyer shall have one hun- 
 dred and thirty Pounds for his salary in addition to the parsonage 
 and his fire wood' 7 
 
 " South Hanover July 22 1301 
 
 At a Parish meeting Jacob Bonnel was chosen Moderator and 
 Jonathan Bruen clerk 
 
112 APPENDIX. 
 
 Mr Hillyer having previously informed the congregation that 
 after serious and mature deliberation he thought it was his duty 
 to request the Presbytery to dissolve the pastoral relation to this 
 Church, desired the Congregation to unite with him in this 
 request. 
 
 The Congregation with inexpressible pleasure recapitulated Mr 
 Hillyer's various Ministerial services and the uninterrupted Har- 
 mony and Friendship that had subsisted between them and with 
 mournful dejeGtion were constrained to anticipate their afflicted 
 situation should so near a relation be dissolved 5 and although it 
 would be the unanimous wish of the Congregation that Mr Hil- 
 lyer should continue to be their pastor, if he could see it to be his 
 duty and feel himself contented and happy with them — yet as he 
 appears to be conscious that he has a Call in Providence to leave 
 them and can no longer be contented in his present situation — 
 the Congregation sincerely desirous of the happiness and prosper- 
 ity of Mr Hillyer and his family, taking into view his request 
 were not disposed to urge him to continue to be their pastor. 
 Therefore resolved unanimously to concur with him in requesting 
 the Presbytery at their next meeting to dissolve the pastoral rela- 
 tions between Mr Hillyer and this Church. 
 
 Jacob Bonnel was appointed a commissioner to represent this 
 congregation and to lay the above resolution before the Presbytery 
 at New York on the first Tuesday of August next/' 
 
 "August 31. 1811 Rev Matthew La Line Pcrrine presented a 
 communication addressed to the Moderator in which he expressed 
 his desire to be dismissed from the pastoral care of this Church 
 and the hope that the Parish would not oppose him in this wish 
 — whereupon the congregation voted neither to favor or oppose 
 Mr. Pcrrine in reference to this matter — but to leave it wholly 
 to himself and the Presbytery." 
 
 " The parish appointed William Brittin, Elijah Ward and Ebe- 
 nezer C. Pierson to procure supplies for the pulpit in case Mr 
 Perrine is dismissed/' 
 
 " They agree to give to settled ministers three dollars and to 
 
APPENDIX. lid 
 
 unsettled ministers six dollars a sabbath for their services in sup- 
 plying the pulpit." 
 
 "They elected Ephrairn Sayres to furnish entertainment for the 
 supplies' of the pulpit/' 
 
 Dec 21. 1811 
 
 u The parish unanimously agreed to give to Mr Perrine a new 
 call to become their pastor and to offer him six hundred dollars a 
 year salary together with thirty cords of good merchantable wood. 
 The Committee to prosecute the call consisted of Elias Howell and 
 Benjamin Thompson." 
 
 " May 1. 1812 The Committee to prosecute the above call re- 
 ported that in view of all the circumstances of the case Mr Per- 
 rine had concluded not to renew his engagement as the pastor of 
 this Church." 
 
 August 11. 1828 Resolved — In view of Rev Mr Bergens re- 
 quest to be dismissed from the pastoral care of this Church --that 
 while F a large proportion of this congregation are still strongly 
 attached to their pastor and deeply regret the circumstances 
 which have led him to request them to unite with him in asking a 
 dissolution of the pastoral relation subsisting between himself and 
 them — they will make no opposition to his taking such a course 
 as he with the concurrence of the Presbytery may think it his 
 duty to pursue." 
 
 " May 29. 1851 An application having been placed before the 
 Congregation by Rev C. S. Arms for the appointment of commis- 
 sioners to unite with him in requesting to be dismissed from the 
 pastoral care of this Church — the following resolutions were 
 unanimously adopted — 
 
 1. Resolved That we cherish a high sense of the value and im- 
 portance of the past services of Mr Arms during his long and suc- 
 cessful labors among us in the work of the ministry, and we rejoice 
 to bear testimony to his fidelity and uniform devotion to his work, 
 and to his pastoral care, in his readiness ever to sympathise with 
 
114 APPENDIX. 
 
 the afflicted, cheer the desponding, comfort the sorrowing, relieve 
 the distressed, and point the inquiring soul to the Savior of sin- 
 ners. And we also bear testimony to his unimpeachable character 
 as a man, as a citizen, always studying the things that make for 
 peace. 
 
 2. Resolved That we deeply_ sympathise with Mr Arms in the 
 failure of his health ; and regret the existence of any circum- 
 stances which render it necessary in his judgment to seek the dis- 
 solution of his pastoral relation. 
 
 3. Resolved That while w r e feel constrained to acquiesce in his 
 request, it gives us pleasure to express our undiminished confi- 
 dence in him as a man, a christian and a minister of Jesus Christ ; 
 and we would follow him with our prayers and best wishes for his 
 future usefulness and comfort wherever the Lord in his Provi- 
 dence shall call him to labor. 
 
 4. Remembering the many years that Mr Arms has labored 
 with this people, and in view of the impaired state oil his health 
 in which he retires from us, we feel it to be an act of justice to 
 him and a pleasure to ourselves to offer him a substantial token 
 of our esteem." 
 
 Residences of the first settlers in and about Jiladison. 
 
 " Benjamin Carter the first, resided on the place opposite the 
 toll gate, since occupied by Capt Mallaby. His son, of the same 
 name, lived in the house which was burned down a few years 
 since near the railroad, and which has been occupied more re- 
 cently by Mr Joseph Burrall. Jeremiah Genung lived at East 
 Madison on the place now occupied by Mr. Storrs. Luke Carter 
 resided on the place owned by his grandson, Mr Ashbel Carter. 
 Josiah Miller occupied the house which has since been the resi- 
 dence of his son Major Luke Miller. Theophilus Miller resided 
 on what was afterwards the homestead of Deacon Ephraim Sayre. 
 Stephen Hand occupied an old house which stood where Mr 
 George E. Sayre now lives. Abraham Cory lived on the property 
 now occupied by Mahlon Carter in East Madison. David Cory 
 lived where William W. Tunis now resides. Silas Hand occupied 
 the house where Mr John Knapp now lives. ' Josiah Hand lived 
 
APPENDIX. 115 
 
 where his stepson, the late John Hancock, formerly resided. 
 Lemuel Hedges lived where his grandson, Samuel Hedges, now 
 resides. Zebedee Potter lived on the property since occupied by 
 the late Calvin Howell. Mosses Potter occupied the old house 
 in the lot beyond the residence of John Johnston, belonging to 
 Lavielle Deberseau. James Burnet lived on the corner now 
 occupied by the Presbyterian Parsonage. Aaron Burnet — the 
 father of James, resided near the factory of David L Miller. 
 Horick Benjamin resided on the site of Mr. Lathrop's farm house, 
 near the pine tree. Jonathan Thompson resided at first in the 
 vicinity of David L. Miller's factory, but afterwards on the site of 
 Mr.Lathrop's farm house, in which Mr. Benjamin had lived before 
 him. Samuel Roberts the first, settled on the property now occu- 
 pied by his grandson Joseph Ptoberts, on the road leading to 
 Greenvillage. Stephen Easton lived a little below the house 
 now occupied by David M. Pierson. John Easton resided on the 
 property afterwards occupied by Vincent Boisaubin, but now 
 owned and occupied by A.M. Treadwell. John Muchmore, father 
 of Deacon Samuel and John T. Muchmore,. lived on the place for- 
 merly occupied by Stephen Easton, but now by David M. Pierson, 
 on Cherry Hill. Joseph Wingate resided on the farm belonging 
 to the estate of the late Ashbel Bruen, on the road leading from 
 Union Hill to Green village. Daniel, Thomas, Stephen and Dea- 
 con Paul Day, all resided in the vicinity of the brook between 
 Union Hill and Chatham village. David Bruen, the grandfather 
 of Alexander and Deacon Ichabod, resided on the property for- 
 merly occupied by Benjamin Carter, by the toll gate. Joseph 
 Bruen, father of Alexander and Ichabod, resided on the hill be- 
 tween the residences of the Widow Samson and Elias Bruen. 
 Jabez Linsley lived on the hill opposite the residence of the late 
 Benjamin Marsh. Benjamin Ladner occupied the place next 
 east of the homestead of Deacon C. C. Burroughs. William 
 Butler lived in a house that is still standing between the old 
 road and the railroadj nearly opposite the residence of Charles 
 Marsh. Obadiah Lunn occupied the property which after- 
 wards belonged to Theophilus Miller, and still more recently to 
 Deacon Ephraim Sayre. David, Thomas and Israel Ward lived 
 
110 APPENDIX. 
 
 between Chatham village and Union Hill. Nathaniel Bonnel 
 resided near the mills now owned by Crane Bonnel. John Bonnel 
 lived near the grist mill a little south of the village of Chatham- 
 Thomas Genung occupied the property now owned by his grand- 
 son Deacon A. W. Genung. Benjamin Harris lived in a house 
 which is yet standing next east of the house formerly belonging to 
 Deacon Ephraim Sayre. Deacon Joseph Wood lived in a small 
 house which stood on the site of John B. Miller's present res- 
 idence. Benjamin Burroughs lived on the farm which has since 
 belonged to Baxter Sayre. Ellis Cook lived on the south east 
 corner by the academy. Aaron Carter resided where his son 
 Aaron now lives in Union Hill. Captain John Blanchard 
 lived where Ywlliarn Young now resides. Jacob Morrell, son-in- 
 law of the first pastor of the church in Madison, resided on the 
 site of the Presbyterian Parsonage in Chatham village. Foster 
 Horton, son of the first pastor aforesaid, lived on the place ad- 
 joining the residence of Mr. Morrell, towards the river ; and there 
 it was that the Rev. Azariah Horton and Eunice his wife both 
 " saw the last of earth." 
 
 MADISON IN 1854. 
 
 The village of Madison now contains about one hundred and 
 twenty dwelling houses ; six stores ; one large umbrella manufac- 
 tory owned by Mr. Henry Keep ; fifteen or sixteen shops ; one 
 Presbyterian church ; a Presbyterian Lecture Room ; a Methodist 
 Episcopal church ; a Roman Catholic church ; an academy ; one 
 hotel, called the u Yfaverly House," and kept by Col. Stephen D. 
 Hunting ; a Post office ; a railroad depot ; and a large and very 
 commodious village hall, called " the Oriental Hall," which has 
 been erected during the last year by members of the "Odd Fellows' 
 Association." 
 
 A new Protestant Episcopal church has just been organized in 
 the village ; and an edifice is to be erected for their accommodation 
 during the coming season, on the lot south-east of the residence 
 of Mr. Augustus D. Blanchet, which has already been purchased 
 for that purpose ; the society, for the present, worshipping in the 
 i( Oriental Hall." 
 
APPENDIX 117 
 
 The ministers now located in the village are the Rev. Joseph 
 Gaskill, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church ; the Rev. John 
 A. Jerome, pastor of the Protestant Episcopal church ; the Rev. 
 Messrs. Michael Madden and Patrick McGovern, of the Roman 
 Catholic church, and the Rev. Samuel L. Tuttle, of the Presby- 
 terian church. 
 
 The scenery in and about the village is among the most attrac- 
 tive to be found any where in our country ; while its extraordinary 
 healthfullness, and its facilities for travelling, by means of the 
 Morris and Essex Railroad, which passes through the very heart 
 of it, combine to render it one of the most desirable places for 
 residence to be found anywhere in this vicinity. 
 
 [From the Palladium of Liberty. ] 
 
 Reception of Lafayette at Bottle Hill. 
 General Lafayette left Morristown at an early hour on Friday, 
 the loth inst.. and arrived at the house of Col. S. D. Hunting at 
 about half past 7 o'clock, A. M., where the citizens, numbering 
 about 200, and the, scholars of the school, had been anxiously 
 awaiting his arrival for more than an hour ; his arrival in the 
 village being announced by the firing of cannon and the ringing 
 of bells. When he arrived at the house appointed for his recep- 
 tion, he was waited upon by the committee, Col. Wm. Brittin and 
 Col. S. D. Hunting, and conducted under an arch tastefully 
 arranged, and decorated with evergreens, into the house, where 
 refreshments were bountifully spread. The Rev. John G. Bergen 
 then addressed the General as follows : " Revered and Honored 
 Father, we give you a hearty welcome to our happy land. As a 
 minister of Christ I address you. With my parishioners, I have 
 come to yield you our congratulations, as the early patriot of our 
 country, the early companion of our beloved Washington, now no 
 more. Honourable Sir : May the highest felicity attend you 
 during your stay in our happy land! May the protection of 
 Heaven bear you safely on the waves of the Ocean to the bosom of 
 your family, and the blessings of God reston you forever, through 
 Jesus Christ !" To which the General replied : " Accept, dear 
 Sir, my congratulations for yourself, your village and your coun- 
 
118 APPENDIX. 
 
 try. and my thanks for your kind desires for my welfare/' The 
 General was then conducted into an adjoining room, where the 
 Ladieswere assembled ; where, also, the young Misses of the Acad- 
 emy were arranged, dressed in white, and tastefully adorned 
 with flowers and evergreens, under the care of their Teacher, 
 John T. Derthick. As soon as they were presented to the notice 
 of the General, thirteen of them, representing the thirteen orig- 
 inal States,, stepped out, and, in concert, all as one, pronounced 
 the following address, in a clear, distinct, and impressive manner : 
 
 All hail to the Hero ! Columbia's great friend, 
 Whose fame will resound till creation shall end ; 
 Now welcome, thrice welcome, to our happy clime. 
 Where Virtue is honoured in Freedom sublime. 
 
 You sought us when weak, and you found us when poor, 
 But now we are strong and the conflict is o'er ; 
 We tender our homage, extend you our hands, 
 And gratitude every bosom expands. 
 
 The loss of our Washington still we regret, 
 
 But almost behold him in thee, Lafayette ; 
 
 And could his good spirit now look from the dead, 
 
 The Heavens would scarcely retain the blest shade. 
 
 Now fare you well, Father, we see you no more, 
 The Ocean will bear you away from our shore : 
 May Fortune attend you across the broad main. 
 Until your own daughters embrace you again ! 
 
 The eyes of the General appeared to wander over and survey 
 the interesting group ; when the name of Washington sounded on 
 his ear his countenance became grave, and his attention appeared 
 fixed, as if holding intercourse with the spirit of the departed 
 ■Washington. Two of the young Misses now presented each a 
 copy of their address to him. The General then very affection- 
 ately addressed the scholars, repeatedly thanking them for their 
 attention to him, for their friendly address, and especially for 
 the manner of delivering it. He then stood for a moment, as if 
 enjoying the scene, till his attendants interfered, and led him out 
 
APPENDIX. 119 
 
 of the room. Col. Britain then conducted him to where there 
 were refreshments, and, after an interchange of good feeling, the 
 General was conducted to his carriage, and the cavalcade moved 
 off in the direction of Newark, wdiere he was to be next re- 
 ceived, &c. 
 
 Extract from the Parish Records in reference to this history. 
 
 •• Jan 6. 1855 — Resolved That Rev. Samuel L. Tuttle be re- 
 quested to furnish a copy of the sermon preached by him on 
 Thanksgiving day in relation to the history of this church and 
 congregation ; and that the Trustees take the charge of its pub- 
 lication." 
 
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