The First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in

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which is now located in Trenton, New Jersey.

History

In 1738 the

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was merged with the Presbytery of Long Island and renamed the

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, and two days after that, the

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was created. In late 1726, or early 1727 Reverend

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was ordained pastor of the congregation. The church records were destroyed or lost, during the American Revolution when British soldiers were quartered in the

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. The records of the

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were destroyed at the same time. Because of damage to the church from the war, a new building was set up to replace the damaged one. In 1937

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was condemned by the Presbytery of New Brunswick for disobeying higher authorities in a religious court hearing held in Trenton, New Jersey. In 1947 a fire caused $147,000 in damages (). Around 1966, Alfred Yorston removed 520 bodies from the church's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction at the church.

Pastors

(1703-1764) 1726 to 1743. * Thomas Arthur (minister) 1746 to 1751. *

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1768 to 1786. * Walter Monteith 1786 to 1794. * Joseph Clark (minister) 1797 to 1813. * Levi J. F. Huntington 1815 to 1820. * Samuel B. How 1821 to 1823. * Joseph H. Jones 1821 to 1823. * Robert Birch 1839 to 1842. *

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1843 to ?. *

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(1826–1891) 1861-1862. *

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(1843-1929) circa 1900. * Szabolcs S. G. Nagy 1977 to 2010.

Notable burials

John Bubenheim Bayard John Bubenheim Bayard (11 August 1738 – 7 January 1807) was a merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He achieved the rank of colonel while serving with the Continental Army, and was a delegate for Pennsylvania t ...

(1738-1807), mayor of

New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.History
Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick
Three sermons: with a foreword and a brief history of the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey
(1947)

References

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