The First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in

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which is now located in

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History

In 1738 the Presbytery of East Jersey 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

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when British soldiers were quartered in the

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. The records of the First Presbyterian Church (Newark, New Jersey) 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

. 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. * Israel Reed 1768 to 1786. *

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1786 to 1794. *

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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. * Robert Davidson (minister) 1843 to ?. * Howard Crosby (1826–1891) 1861-1862. * William White Knox (1843-1929) circa 1900. * Szabolcs S. G. Nagy 1977 to 2010.

Notable burials

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(1738-1807), mayor of

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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

{{Coord, 40.4910, -74.4463, type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NJ, display=title Cemeteries in Middlesex County, New Jersey

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