The Six Mile Run Reformed Church is in the Six Mile Run section of Franklin Township, Somerset County,

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. It takes its name from Six Mile Run, a tributary of the

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that flows through the area.

History

The congregation met at the Church of the Three Mile Run, which was built in 1703. As the congregation grew, new churches were split off with a portion of the congregation. The Six Mile Run congregation emerged in 1710. In 1720, Reverend

Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen ( – ) was a Dutch-American Dutch Reformed minister, theologian and the progenitor of the Frelinghuysen family in the United States of America. Frelinghuysen is most remembered for his religious contribution ...

became the permanent pastor. He was sent from Holland to take charge of the Dutch churches of Middlesex, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties. The first building on the present site was built in 1745. The first building was replaced by a new building in 1766 and was later replaced in 1817 by a third structure on the same site. The current building replaced the 1817 church that was destroyed by fire on January 7, 1879. Within a year the current building was erected and dedicated. The Frelinghuysen Memorial Chapel was added in 1907. Electricity was installed in 1926. In 1958 Fellowship Hall was dedicated and the Frelinghuysen Memorial Chapel was renovated.

Pastors

*1983, H. Eugene Speckman. *1720,

. He was the first pastor of the Six Mile Run Reformed Church. * Johannes Arondeus

References

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