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 298 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. delphia November 2, and
a week afterward, Mr. Tennent rode down from Neshaminy, on
horseback, to welcome the great evangelist, who writes in his diary
that he was "much comforted by the coming of one Mr. Tennent, an
old gray-headed disciple and soldier of Jesus Christ, who keeps an
academy about twenty miles from Philadelphia." On his return from
New York, near the close of the month, Mr. Whitefield came by way
of Neshaminy to visit Mr. Tennent. Leaving Trenton on the morning
of November 22, he traveled across the country on horseback, in
company with several friends, arriving at the church about noon. He
was announced to preach there, and, on his arrival, found about
three thousand people gathered in the meeting-house yard. He
addressed them in words that melted the great audience, and
caused many to cry aloud. The meeting was closed by an
exhortation by Gilbert Tennent, the singing of a psalm and a
blessing. Mr. Whitefield, who went home with Mr. Tennent and staid
all night, writes in his diary : "He entertained us like one of the
ancient patriarchs. His wife to me seemed like Elizabeth, and he like
Zachary ; both, as far as I can find, walk in all the ordinances and
commandments of the Lord, blameless." In the morning he started
for Philadelphia where he arrived that afternoon, stopping long
enough at Abington to preach to two thousand people from a porch
window of the meeting-house, and, "although the weather was cold,
they stood very patiently in the open air." He returned to Abington in
April, and preached to between three thousand and four thousand
people.* April 23, 1745, Mr. Whitefield made a second visit to
Neshaminy. Leaving Philadelphia about eight a. m., accompanied by
several friends, he arrived at three, having "baited at a friend's in the
midway." That afternoon he preached in the meeting-house yard to
about five hundred people, and "great numbers were much melted
down." That evening he rode to Montgomery, eight miles, where he
staid all night arid, the next morning continued on to Skippack,
sixteen miles further, where he preached to two thousand persons,
passing through what "was seemingly a wilderness part of the
country." May 7, Mr. Whitefield again came into the county, crossing
the river to Bristol, where he preached to about four hundred people
and then returned to Philadelphia. At this time Whitefield is
described as "of middle stature, slender body, fair complexion,
comely appearance, and extremely bashful and modest. His delivery
was warm and affectionate, and his gestures natural, and the most
beautiful imaginable." Franklin, who attended his sermons, said: "He
had a loud and clear voice, and articulated his words so perfectly
that he might be heard and understood at a great distance. I
computed that he might well be heard by thirty thousand." In 1745,
a religious revival and excitement, called the "Great Awakening,"
broke out in various parts of the country, extending into this county.
It was noted for several marvelous instances of persons being
thrown into contortions, called "jerks," while under the influence of
preaching. Some fainted, others saw visions, and many were moved
in various other ways. It broke out in the Neshaminy congregation in
the spring of the year, and, in June, David Brainard, the great
missionary among the Indians, came down from the Forks to assist
Mr. Beatty the pastor. He tells us, in his journal, that on Sunday
there I He says, in his journal, there were near 1,000 horses tied
about the meetinghouse when he preached at Neshaminy, and it
struck him favorably that the people did not sit on their horses as in
England. Digitized by Google
 . HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 299 were assembled from
three to four thousand persons, and that during his sermons many
were moved to tears. During this period a spiritual skeleton
introduced itself amid the revivals and awakenings that stirred the
religious world. Things were far from harmonious. Presbyterians
Tjecame divided, and for forty years the Old Side and New Side
stood bristling at each other across an imaginary line. It was the
ancestor of the war of "schools" that came a century later. In a word
the division was here. The Old Side believed all should "be regarded
and treated as regenerate who did not g^ve evid«ice, to the
contrary, by manifest heresy or immorality," and that all baptised
persons should be communicants. This doctrine was held by what
was called the strict Presbyterians from Scotland and Ireland, with
few exceptions. The New Side, principally persons from New
England, held that all, in whom no evidence of regeneration could be
found, should be excluded from communion and the ministry. The
Log College* was a New Side seminary, and the New Brunswick
Presbytery leaned th^ same way. The division caused great trouble
in the synod from 1728 to 1741, when the schism, which separated
the New Brunswick Presbytery from the rest of the body, was
consummated. The Neshaminy church was not a unit. That part of
the congregation adhering to the Old Side worshiped in the old
church, in the graveyard, under the pastoral care of Reverend
Francis McHenry, Deep Run, while the New Side held services in the
new church, the site of the present one on the bank of the creek.
This continued until about 1768, when the synod, having become
united, the two sides came together and worshiped in the same
building. The religious fervor of the period probably led to the
establishment of the Log College. William Tennent, its founder, and
in fact, its everything, took a leading part in all the discussions of the
day, and exerted himself to advance the cause of religion. Whether
the school he taught in Bensalem was theological is not known, but
that near Neshaminy soon assumed this character, and has now
become historic. He made a clearing in the timber on a fifty acre
tract given him by his kinsman, James Logan, and erected a log
building about twenty feet square.* It was one of the earliest
classical schools in the Province, and was called "Log College" in
derision. Mr. Tennent was assisted in the school for a year by his son
Gilbert, who was licensed to preach, 1725. As this was the only
school within the bounds of the Presbyterian church, at which young
men could be fitted for the ministry, he soon had as many scholars
as he could receive. The Log College prepared for the pulpit some of
the ablest divines of the century. Mr. Tennent was bom in Ireland
about 1673, and was a distant relative of the Laird of Dundas and
the Earl of Panmure. He was educated for the Episcopal church and
ordained, 1704. In 1702 he married a daughter of Mr. Kennedy, a
Presbyterian minister, came to America, 1718, was licensed by the
Philadelphia Presbytery, first called to East Chester, to Bensalem,
1721, and to Neshaminy, 1726, where he died, 1746. His widow died
in Philadelphia, 1753. He was a man of very fine education, and
spoke the Latin language with degance and purity. We know but
little of the Log College beyond what can be said of its distinguished
founder and the eminent men educated there. Its story of usefulness
is told in the lives of its alumni. Mr, Tennent had four sons, all bom 2
William Tennent renounced the authority of the Presbytery, 1739. 3
He probably commenced the school in his own dwelling, for the land
was not deeded to him until 1728. Mr. Logan frequently sent
provisions to Mr. Tennent. Digitized by Qoo^^
 300 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. in Ireland, three of them
educated at the crflege; Gilbert, bom 1703, died 1764, William, bom
1705, died 1777, John, bom 1706, died 1732, and Charies, bom 171
1. They all became distinguished ministers in the Presb3rterian
church, and William was the subject of a remarkable trance that
attracted tmiversal attention at the time. Gilbert accompanied
Whitefield to Boston, 1740, where his preaching was received with
great favor. He was largely instrimiental in bringing about a division
in the church. Whitefield said tfie Log College had tumed out eight
ministers before the fall of 1739, including Tennent's four sons, but
many more were educated there. All traces of this early cradle of
Presbyterianism have long since passed away and its exact location
is hardly •known. A piece of one of its logs is preserved as a
memento in a cane the late Reverend Robert Belville presented to
Doctor Miller, Princeton, New Jersey. The school was maintained for
twenty years, but did not long survive the retirement and death of
its founder. Among the distinguished pupils of the Lc^ College, we
are able to mention the following: Samuel Blair, born in Ireland, 17
12, came to America while young, was one of the earliest pupils and
licensed to preach and ordained, 1733. He was called to the
pastorate of New Londonderry, Pennsylvania, church where he died.
President Davis called him "the incomparable Blair." Charles Beatty,
son of an officer of the British army, bom in Ireland about 1715, and
came to America, 1729. He began life as a peddler but stopping at
the Log College with his pack, Mr. Tennent, discovering he was a
good classical scholar, advised him to dispose of his goods and study
for the ministry. He succeeded his preceptor at Neshaminy, 1743,
married a daughter of Governor Reading, New Jersey, 1746, was
present at the coronation of George III, presented at court, 1758,
and died in the West Indies, 1772. He was the ancestor of the late
John Beatty, Doylestown ; William Robinson, son of an eminent
Quaker physician near Carlisle, England, was bom the beginning of
the eighteenth century. He came to America when a young man,
studied at the Log College, was ordained, 1741, and settled at Saint
George, Delaware, where he died, 1746. He was stationed for a time
at Craig's and Hunter's settlements north of the Lehigh. He was
considered one of the most effective preachers of his day ; Samuel
Finley, bom in Ireland, 1715, came to America, 1734, ordained,
1742, was pastor at Milford, Connecticut, and Nottingham, Maryland,
and elected president of the College of New Jersey, 1761, where he
died, 1766. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by the
University of Edinburgh ; John Roan, bom in Ireland, 17 16, came to
America in his youth, studied at the Log College and was settled
over the united congregations of Paxtang and Derry (one charge),
and Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1775 ; Daniel
Lawrence, bom on Long Island, 1718, and licensed, 1745. He
preached at Forks of Delaware until 1751, when he removed to Cape
May where he died, 1766; James McCrea probably came from
Ireland. He was licensed, 1739, and ordained, 1741 ; was pastor
over several congregations in New Jersey, and died 1769. He was
the father of the unfortunate Jane McCrea, who was murdered by
the British Indians, 1777.'^ He had nine sons and two daughters; ■
3^ Jane McCrea was murdered and scalped by a party of Indians
while being conveyed to her betrothed, an officer in the British army.
A quarrel among the Indians was said to have led to it. It occurred
near Fort Edward a few days before the battle Digitized by Google
 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 301 John Rowland, a native
of Wales, was licensed to preadi, 1837, and died about 1747- He
preached in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and was a man of
comn>anding eloquence. He was known as 'liell-fire Rowland"
among the irreligious. In personal appearance he closely resembled
a noted scoundrel, was once arrested and prosecuted for him and
acquitted with difficulty; William Dean, born about 17 19, but not
known where, was probably educated at the college. He was
licensed to preach, 1742, and officiated at the Forks of Delaware and
elsewhere until 1745, when he was sent missionary to Virginia,
where he died, 1748. David Alexander came from Ireland, and is
also thought to have been educated at the Log College. He was
ordained and installed at Pequa, 1738, but passed out of sight,
1741. Probably John Roan and Doctor John Rogers both assisted in
teaching, or possibly took charge of the school when infirm health,
toward the close of his life, interrupted the duties of Mr. Tennent. Of
the Log* College pupils, fourteen became Presbyterian ministers.
This institution was the pioneer school of those which made
Hartsville an educational centre for fifty years in the last century.
The churches, founded during the period of which we write, were
properly the pioneers of denominational religion between the
Delaware and the Lehigh and form a cluster of g^eat historic
interest. The history of the religious movements of the first forty or
fifty years of the eighteenth century will not be complete without a
brief sketch of these societies. First, in order, is Neshaminy
Presbyterian church, of Warwick.* The date of its foundation is not
known, the loss of early records breaking its chain of history but it
was probably as early as 1726, possibly before.* The first known
pastor was Reverend William of Saratoga. It called forth the severest
denunciation, and much pathetic prose and verse were written upon
it. Among others, Joel Barlow, the distinguished American poet,
wrote a poem upon the event, beginning: "One deed shall tell what
fame great Albion draws; From those auxiliars in her barbrous
cause; Lucinda's fate. The tale ye nations hear; Eternal ages trace it
with a tear." 4 The historians of the Presbyterian church have
erroneously claimed Paulus Van Vleck as the pastor at Neshaminy,
1710, which carries its founding back to that date, if not prior. Van
Vleck was pastor at Bensalem and at the North and Southampton
Dutch reformed churches at that time one branch of which was
called Neshaminy, though usually spelled "Sammany," and never had
any connection with the Warwick church. This correction in the early
history of the Neshaminy church throws great uncertainty over the
date of its foundation. This was never a Dutch congregation. In 1743
it was knowp as "the congregation of Warwick, in ye forks of
Neshaminy." 5 This powerful sect in this state had a small beginning.
The visit of Francis Makennie to Philadelphia, 1692, is thought to
have led to the gathering of dissenters at the Barbadoes store-
house. John Watts, a Baptist minister, preached for them for a time,
but, 1698 they called Jedediah Andrews, of New England. In 1704
they built a meeting-house on Market street, enlarged it, 1729, when
they adopted the Presbjrterian form of church government. With this
exception the early churches of this denomination in Pennsylvania
were Scotch-Irish. Digitized by Google
 302 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. Tennent, called from
Bensalem in 1726.*^ He likewise preached at Deep Run, called the
"Upper congregation," and, 1734, the newly-formed church at
Newtown asked for one-fourth of his time, but Deep Run refused her
consent. In 1740, the Reverend Francis McHehry was chosen his
assistant. Mr. Tennent was never regularly installed, but the people
met and chose him for their pastor, and the Presbytery afterward
ratified their action. He was an active, thorough-going pastor, But
not entirely guiltless of stirring up strife in the church, and his
crusade against the Old Side, his pastoral duties and the
management of the college kept him fully employed. A new church
edifice was erected on the site of the present building, 1743, the last
year of his pastorate. On December i, 1743, Reverend Charles Beatty
was ordained "to the congregation of Warwick in ye forks of
Neshaminy," on a salary of i6o, increased to iioo, or $260 at the end
of twenty years. Here Mr. Beatty spent his life, absenting himself
from his charge only on three occasions, on a missionary visit to the
frontiers, 1766, when chaplain to Franklin's regiment, 1755,® and a
visit to the West Indies, 1771, to collect money for Princeton college
and where he died. In 1745 Neshaminy and "adjacent places" raised
£14. ss. lod. to build a school-house and buy books for Brainard's
Indians. The division in the church was consummated during his
pastorate. The old church was in the present graveyard, where it
stood for several years after the new one was built. Mr. Beatty was
succeeded by Reverend Nathaniel Irwin, 1774, who was installed
May 18, and remained until his death, 1812.^ He began on a salary
of $346, raised to $452, 1798. He was a man of varied and
extensive information, possessed great scientific knowledge, and
was passionately fond of music. He exercised a wide influence in
church and state, and, for several years, controlled the politics of the
county. He was instrumental in having the county, seat removed to
Doylestown. As a slur upon the clergy and church for interfering,
some one made a charcoal sketch on the walls of the old court
house, Newtown, 5J/2 This was without doubt the origin of
Neshaminy Presb3rterian church. It corresponds with the date of the
arrival of the first installment of the Ulster Scots who formed the
congregation, and with the date of the donation of the land for the
church by William Miller. 6 Franklin says: "We had for our chaplain a
zealous Presbyterian minister, Mr. Beatty, who complained to me that
the men did not generally attend his pray^s and exhortations. When
they enlisted they were promised, besides pay and provisions a gill
of rum a day, which was fortunately served out to them half in the
morning and half in the evening, and I observed they were punctual
in attending to receive it, upon which I said to Mr. Beatty: *It is
perhaps below the dignity of your profession * to act as steward of
the rum, but if you were to distribute it out just after prayers, you
would have them all about you.' He liked the thought, undertook the
task, and with the help of a few hands to measure out the liquor,
executed it to satisfaction, and never were prayers more generally or
more punctually attended. So that I think this method preferable to
the punishment inflicted by some military laws for non-attendance
on divine service." 7 Mr. Irwin was born in Chester county, October
18, 1746, educated at William and Mary college, Virginia, and at
Princeton where he had James Madison for classmate. He was twice
married. His first wife was Priscilla McKinstry, bom 1760, his second.
Mary Jamison, who died August 3, 1822. Mr. Irwin was the first to
encourage John Fitch in his steamboat invention. Digitized by Google
 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 303 which represented Mr.
Irwin in his shirt sleeves with a rope around the building and his
body, and pulling in the direction of Doylestown with all his might.
During his pastorate, 1775, the church was enlarged. In his will he
left one thousand dollars to the l^resbyterian theological seminafy,
on condition that it be located on the site of the Log College, and
five hundred dollars to the "American Whig society," Princeton
college, of which he was one of the foimders, 1769. He rode to
church on an old mare called "Dobbin," and composed his sermons
as he jogged along the road and across the fields. The Reverend
Robert B. Belville succeeded Mr. Irwin, and was ordained and
installed October 20, 181 3, remaining in charge a quarter of a
century, resigning, November, 1835, on account of ill-health. He was
an eloquent and able preacher, arid, during his pastorate, there was
a large increase of members. After the resignation of Mr. Belville the
pulpit was filled by supplies until January, 1839, when those claiming
to be the majority called the Reverend James P. Wilson,® a young
man teaching a classical school in the neighborhood, who was
installed February 26. This gave great oflfense to the rest of the
congregation who organized a new church, and erected a board
"Tabernacle" in the woods on the Bristol road, at the top of the hill
above the church. This congregation identified itself with the Old
School organization, and Mr. Wilson's witii the New School. Thus the
question of "schools" divided the congregation, as the "Sides" had
done a century before. These troubles led to a law-suit, but a
compromise was effected by a division of property, when the Old
School party built a new church at Hartsville. The congregation
prospered under the ministry of Mr. Wilson, the church building was
enlarged and improved, 1842, and the members largely increased.
At his resignation, 1847, ^^ accept the presidency of Delaware
College, the Reverend Douglas K. Turner was called to the charge,
who was ordained and installed April 18, 1848. His pastorate
extended through a quarter of a century to April 20, 1873, and was
a period of prosperity in the church. A lecture-room was built at
Hartsville, 1849, ^^e graveyard enlarged, 1852, a new wall around
it and further addition made, 1857, an organ purchased, 1853, and a
Gothic chapel in the graveyard erected, 1 87 1. During his pastorate
three hundred members ^ere added to the church. Mr. Turner was
succeeded by the Reverend William E. Jones, who was installed
pastor October 23, 1873, ^tnd followed by Reverend William K.
Preston, who began his labors the first Sabbath in May, 1884. The
Southampton Baptist church, the second of the group, had its origin
in the meeting of Keithians at John Swift's home, Southampton, from
the division among Friends, down to 1702. They now united with the
Pennypack church, but continued their meetings at regular intervals,
at John Swift's, John vi Chamberlin's and John Morris's, to about
1732, meanwhile John Watts,' John Hart, Samuel Jones, George
Eaton'^ and Jenkins Jones preaching for them. In 1732 John Morris
gave a lot to build a meeting-house on, and one hundred 8 He was
the son of Doctor James P. Wilson, who was born at Lewes,
Delaware, 1769, was a distinguished Presbyterian minister and died
near Hartsville, 1830. His remains lie near those of Mr. Tennent, in
the old graveyard. The son, who died 1849, was buried at the same
place. 9 He preached at Pennypack from December, 1690, to August
27, 1702, when he died at the age of 41. gyi The will of George
Eaton, Lower Dublin, Philadelphia county, was executed September
14, 1706, and probated October 16. It is recorded in Book 6. pp. 33-
41. register's office, Philadelphia. Digitized by Google
 ^aprlsfChurch. and*twelve acres to support the minister.
The house was erected and services held one Sunday in the month
by Joseph Eaton, Montgomery, and by Jenkins Jones on a week day.
The congregation retained its connection with Pennypack imtil 1745,
when it was constituted a separate church. The request was signed
by fifty members, and among them we find the names of Watts,
Dungan, Hart, Potts, Gilbert, Yerkes, etc., the leading men of that
section. Reverend Joshua Potts was the first pastor called and
remained to his death, 1761, and the first persons baptised were
Thomas Dungan, Warwick, and Hannah Watts, Southampton. For
many years the baptisms took place in the dam of Stephen Watts,
on the farm now owned by a son of the late Judge Ulysses Mercur,
near Davisville. The dam spoken of was the same on which John
Fitch made a trial of his model of a steamboat about 1785. At that
day marriages had to be published three times, and they who did
not take the advice of the church in such matters, were esteemed
"disorderly," a matter of discipline borrowed from the Friends.^*^ In
1748 Oliver Hart and Isaac Eaton, both members, were licensed to
preach, and became distinguished ministers. The former was called
to Charleston, South Carolina, the latter to Hopewell, New Jersey.
The parsonage house and bam were built in 1762, and a wall around
the graveyard the same year. In 1763 Doctor Samuel Jones became
pastor at Penny pack and Southampton, but resigned charge of the
latter, 1770. His joint salary was iSo. In 1768 Joseph Richardson, a
member, was suspended, and afterward excommunicated, for
cheating hs pastor in the purchase of a negro. June i, 1770, the
Reverend Erasmus Kelly was called to the pastorate in place of Mr.
Jones, receiving the . rent of the parsonage farm and £40 in money.
He left in August, 1771." In February, 1772, William Vanhome was
called to succeed Mr. Kelly and or10 It is recorded at this period that
John Eaton, a member, was suspended for "some unbecoming
carriage" at the election at Newtown. 11 Erasmus Kelly was born in
this County, 1748, educated at the University of Pennsylvania and
began to preach, 1769. He was called to Newport, Rhode Island,
1771, and remained until the war broke out, then went to Warren, in
that state, where the British burnt the parsonag«t and his goods. He
returned to Pennsylvania until the war was over, when he went back
to Newport, where he died, 1784. 304 Digitized by Google
 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 305 dained May 27,
following. He remained in charge of the church and congregation
until the fall of 1785, or the winter of - 1786. He joined the
Continental army at Valley Forge, January i, 1778, and served as
chaplain of General Glover's brigade until the summer of 1780, when
he returned to Southampton. Meanwhile tne church depended on
supplies. While the enemy held Philadelphia, meetings for worship
and business were interrupted on account of their frequent
incursions into the surrounding country. A new meeting-house, forty
by thirty- two feet was erected, 1773, on a lot bought of Thomas
Folwell, 1770, and the old meeting-house was fitted up for a
tenant." Mr. Vanhorne left * "on account of the increasing expenses
of his family, the insufficiency of his salary and the little prospect
there was of its being better.^' After Mr. Vanhorne left Southampton
the pulpit was supplied by David Jones^^^ from the Great Valley,
Chester county, •who came in April, 1786, and left 1792, and
Thomas Memmenger from January i, 1794, until probably 1801,
when the Reverend Thomas B. Montanye, of New York, was called to
the charge. During the twenty-eight years of Mr. Montanye's
pastorate, Southampton enjoyed a very prosperous period, the
members were numerous, congregation large, and the standing of
the church second to none of the denomination.** The diurch was
rebuilt and enlarged, 1814. About that time a. flourishing Sunday
school was organized of which Christopher Search was president^
and William Purdy and John Davis, directors. In 1822 Juliann B.
Anderson received a Bible from the school for having committed the
entire New Testament to memory.** The pastors, in succession,
since the death of Mr. Montanye 12 Probably the building used many
years for a school-house, that stood near the sexton's house but
torn down long ago. Among those baptised, 1773, was Daphne, a
slave woman of Arthur Watts, well-remembered by the author. 13
William Vanhorne, son of the Reverend Peter Peterson Vanhorne^
was bom at Pennypack, 1746, educated at the academy of Doctor
Samuel Jones, and received the degree of A. M. from the college of
Rhode Island. He was ordained at Southampton May 29, 1772. He
was a member of the convention that framed the first constitutiotl of
Pennsylvania. He preached at White Plains, New York, until 1807,
and died at Pittsburgh, October 13th, on his way to, Lebanon, Ohio,
where he intended to settle. His father was a native of Middletown,
this county. 13^ The Rev. David Jones left a distinguished record,
and we clip the following notice of his death from a newspaper of
the period: "February 6, 1820, on his farm, Chester county, in the
84th year of his age, Rev. David Jones, Chaplain of the Continental
army, and in the war of 1812-15. He was buried on the 8th at the
Baptist burying ground in the Great Valley." 14 The family descends
from Thomas de la Montagnie, who arrived from France in 1661, and
settled in New York. He was a Baptist minister, and probably a
Huguenot Thomas B. was the son of Reverend Benjamin Montanye,
born in New York, January 29, 1769. He entered the ministry at the
age of eighteen, and was a pastor several years at Warwick, New
York. He was a man of the most sterling character, and has left a
number of descendants, among whom is Judge Harman Yerkes, of
the Bucks County Courts, in the maternal line, through his youngest
daughter. 15 At his residence Southampton township, September 29,
1829, Revd. Thomas B. Montanye, aged near 61. His last sermon
was preached at the funeral of Mrs. Amanda M. Lloyd, daughter of
Enos Morris, Esq., Newtown, member of the Bucks Co. bar; wife of
the latp John Lloyd, and mother of the late E. Morris, and Henry C.
Lloyd. Mrs. Lloyd died the evening of September 16, and was buriied
at Southampton. 20 Digitized by Google
 3o6 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. have been Messrs.
James B. Bowen, Alfred Earl, William Sharp, William Harding, William
J. Purrington and Silas H. Durand. The church building was improved
in recent years and a handsome residence built for the pastor, near
by, out of the proceeds arising from the sale of the parsonage farm.
The church will seat about twelve hundred. It was incorporated,
1794. For many years a good classical school was kept in the old
stone school-house near the church. Deep Run Presbyterian, the
third church in our group, is one of the very oldest in central Bucks
county, its organization followed the settlement of the Scotch-Irish in
Bedminster and adjoining townships. No doubt meetings were held
at private houses previously, and when William Tennent was called
to Neshaminy, 1726, Deep Rim was his "Upper congregation." A log
meetinghouse was erected, 1732, on a lot given by William Allen,
and the same year tlie church joined the Philadelphia Presbytery. It
was not called Deep Run until 1738 and was incorporated, 1792. In
1767 Mr. Allen gave the church one hundred acres for a parsonage.
The first settled minster was the Reverend Francis McHenry,^^ who
was called, 1738 or 1739. He preached every third Sunday for Mr.
Tennent, and Neshaminy asked for one-half his time, which was not
conceded. Mr. McHenry continued pastor at Deep Run until his
death, 1757, working hard for the church, but leading an uneventful
life. He was followed by the Reverend James Latta, also of Scotch-
Irish parentage, 1761.^^ He remained in charge nine years. His
salary was fixed at £65, a little over $200 in Pennsylvania currency.
The parsonage house was erected the same year he took charge,
and the meeting-house repaired, 1766. During his pastorate the
deed for the parsonage farm was executed to him and his
successors in the ministry, to be held by the congregation "so long
as hot without a regular minister for more than five years at any one
time." This land was part of a grant by William Penn to Francis
Plumstead, and thence to others, 1704. Mr. Latta resigned, 1770. In
the summer of 1773 the Reverend Hugh Magill was called to the
pastorate of the church, but tliree years afterward the trustees
resolved, unanimously, that "his usefulness is lost" and he was
ordered "to clear the plantation" by April 15, 1776, but we are left to
conjecture as to the cause of trouble. In 1775 or 1776 the "Deep
Run lottery" was organized, probably to raise money to pay for
building the parsonage or repairing the church. The members and
congregation purchased five thousand two hundred tickets, valued
at £2,850. Mr. Magill was succeeded by the Reverend James
Greir,^® Plumstead, 1776, 16 Mr. Mc Henry came of an old Irish
family, which is first heard of on the small island of Rathlin to the
north of Ireland, whence they were driven to the glens of Antrim, by
the MacDonalds, of Scotland. There they lived secluded from the
world, retaining their nationality and religion, and speaking the Irish
language. He was born, 1710, educated for the ministry, and, with
two brothers, immigrated to America, 1735, settling at Craig's
settlement north of the Lehigh. He was licensed to preach November
10, 1738, and ordained at Neshaminy, July 12, 1739. He frequently
preached at Newtown and Red Hill. His wife, born May 21, 1719,
died October 19, 1793. 17 Mr. Latta was born, 1732, came to
America when a boy, was educated at the University of
Pennsylvania, ordained, 1759, resigned at Deep Run, 1770, and died
in Lancaster county, 1801. 18 He was the son of John and Agnes
Greir, immigrants from Ireland, who settled in Plumstead. He was
bom, 1750, converted by Whitefield, graduated at PrinceDigitized by
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 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 307 who continued their
pastor until his death, 1791, although he had many advantageous
offers elsewhere. Though one of the gravest of men, he died of
laughter, seeing his wife and hired man attempt to yoke an unruly
hog, rupturing a blood vessel in the throat. His funeral sermon was
preached by Reverend Nathaniel Irwin, Neshaminy, who exclaimed,
in tones of lamentation, "O, Deep Run, thy glory is departed!''
Although Mr. Greir's salary was meagre •enough, he received part of
it in wheat, rye, Indian com and oats. The church was now without a
settled pastor until 1798, when the Reverend Uriah DuBois*® was
called. During his pastorate the Presbyterian church at Doylestown
was organized, to which he was called, and remained in charge until
his death, 1821. This wider field of influence changed the destiny of
Deep Run, and transferred the "seat of empire" to the new
congregation.*^ Service is now held at Deep Run once in three
months, and, at other times, both congre^tions worship at
Doylestown. The church at Deep Run was the parent of a religious
colony that emigrated from Bedminster to North Carolina one
hundred years ago, whose descendants compose the flourishing
congregation of Concord Presbyterians in Rowan county. The
Newtown Presbyterian church was established by the Scotch-Irish
and , English Presbyterians who settled in that section in the first
quarter of the Eighteenth century. A log meeting-house was erected,
1734, at the end of the Swamp road, a mile west of Newtown, and
the Reverend Hugh Carlisle called to be the pastor there and at
Plumstead. He declined because they were so far apart, nevertheless
he preached for these churches until 1738.^^ The Reverend James
Campbell succeeded him, who supplied Newtown the summer of
1739 but declined the call in September. He probably was not the
settled pastor, but continued to preach at Newtown, Tinicum and
Durham, going to the Forks occasionally. He declined the call at
Newtown because he did not think he had been "bom again," but
commenced to preach at the request of Messrs. Whitefield and
Tennent, and success attended his labors. He was settled at
Tohickon, 1742, but, owing to a controversy as to where the new
meeting-house should be located, he left, 1749, and went South,
1758.^^ In the fall of 1745 Newtown and Bensalem both asked for
the services of Reverend Daniel Lawrence but he was sent the
following spring to supply the Forks. The third pastor at Newtown
was the Reverend Henry Martin, a graduate of Princeton, who was
called May, 1752, and remained to his death, 1764. After the death
of Mr. Martin the church depended on casual supplies for five years,
until 1769, when the Reverend James Boyd became the settled
minton, 1772, studied divinity with Doctor Witherspoon, and was
licensed to preach, 1775. His brother Nathan, and his son John
Ferguson Greir, both became able and prominent Presbyterian
ministers. 19 He was bom in Salem county. New Jersey, 1768,
graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, 1790, and licensed to
preach, 1796. He married Martha Patterson, 1798, and took ^p their
residence at the village of Dublin, Bedminster township. 20 In our
account of the Doylestown church will be found a further notice of
Mr. DuBois and his labors. 21 Mr. Carlisle, probably from England or
Ireland, was admitted into the New •Castle Presbytery, 1735, and
joined the Presbytery of Philadelphia, June, 1746. He removed into
the bounds of the Lewes Presbytery, 1738. 22 Mr. Campbell was
born in Scotland, and came to America, 1739, and was or•dained,
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 3o8 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. .■4V. PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH. NEWTOWN. ister. The present building was erected the
same year, on a lot bought before 1757, the walls remaining intact to
the present day. The floor was laid with brick, a two-^toi y pulpit
garnished the north side and high-backed pews received tlie
worshipers. But little has come down 'to us of the long pastorate,,
nearly half a century, of Mr. Boyd, but that little is to his spiritual and
personal credit. He was an able and earnest minister, the church
flourished under his care, and during the trying times of the
Revolution, he was a patriot and constant to his coun^^.-^ — — —
— - - - . t r y's cause. He died at his post,. 1814. During Mr. Martin's
pastorate, about 1761, the Assembly authorized a lottery to raise
£400 to repair the church, and tobuild or repair the m i n i s t e r's
residence.** Difficulty arising about the collection of the money from
some of the managers, the congregation petitioned the Legislature
to appoint commissioners to settle their accounts. The act was
approved March 21, 1772, and Henry Wynkoop, John Harris and
Francis Murray** were selected. The old church building has a bit of
Revolutionary history that adds to its interest. Some of the Hessians
from the field of Trenton passed their first night of captivity within its
walls. When digging for a foundation for the middle post that
supports the south gallery, bones and buttons were turned up, said
to have belonged to an English officer who was buried in the aisle.
On the wall, now covered by the frescoing, was written the following
verse in red chalk, which tradition credits to a Hessian captive, but
this is extremely doubtful, as the writing was in English : "In times of
war, and not before, God and the soldier men adore; When the war
is o'er and all things righted, The Lord's forgot and the soldier
slighted." The Church had another period of supplies, after the death
of Mr. Boyd, for two years, James Joyce and Mr. Doak officiating the
greater part of the time. In 181 5 the Reverend Alexander Boyd was
called and remained pastor for 23 The following is a copy of a lottery
ticket used on that occasion: "Newtown Presbyterian Church Lottery,
1761. No. 104. This Ticket entitles the Bearer to such Prize as may
be drawn against its Number, if demanded within Six Months after
the Drawing is finished, subject to such Deduction as is mentioned in
the Scheme. (Signed) ' Jno. DeNormandie.*' 24 Probably. Digitized
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 HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 309 twenty years, the two
Boyds filling the same pulpit nearly three-quarters of a century.**
Under him the church enjoyed a season of prosperity, and great
revivals took place, 1822-23. The Sabbath-school was organized,
1817, the teachers of which were fined for non-attendance. Mr. Boyd
was succeeded by the Rev. Robert D. Morris,** Kentucky, a graduate
of the Pi;inceton seminary, who preached his first sermon at
Newtown, April 22, 1838. This was a fortunate selection and during
his pastorate of nineteen years he made his mark on the church and
community. The building was re-modeled in 1842, the communicants
increased and some of the pastor's energy instilled into the
congregation. Mr. Morris, resigned, 1856, and subsequently took
charge of the Oxford Female College, Ohio, 'where he died. In
October, 1869, ^in interesting centennial' was held in the old church,
and was the occasion of a pleasant reunion for many who had been
long separated. From the Newtown church, and the academy, a kind
of adjunct to it, there have gone forth some twenty-five or more
ministers of the gospel, some of whom became prominent. In the
church is an ancient straight-back chair, said to have belonged to
William Penn, probably at Pennsbury. Since the resignation of Mr.
Morris, the pastors of the church have been the Reverends George
Burrows, Henry F. Lee, S. J. Milliken, George C. Bush, 1866, W.
McElroy Wylie, 1877, and Thomas J. Elms, 1888. In 1874 there were
two hundred and twentythree communicants. In the early days^the
staunchest supporters of the church came from Upper Makefield,
among whom were the Keiths, the Slacks, the Stewarts and the
Torberts. The New Britain Baptist church is the sixth in our group.
For several years the Welsh Baptists of that township, and the
neighboring settlers of the same faith, attended the Montgomery
church of Which many were members. Becoming tired of going so
far to church at all seasons, they asked that another meeting-house
be built nearer to them. This was so violently opposed by the leading
men who lived near the Montgomery church, that the petitioners
took great offense at it. This began a strife that required years to
reconcile, and it was not long before the congregation was divided
into two parts with a separate communion. About the same time a
doctrinal difference, touching the "Sonship of Christ," sprung up
between them which widened the breach. This state of things
continuing without hope of reconciliation, the New Britain party
resolved to build a meeting-house for themselves. This they carried
into effect, 1744, on a lot of two acres, partly the gift of Lawrence
Growden, erecting a stone church, 30x40 feet, a school-house and
stabling.*^ The congregation 25. Alexander Boyd died at Lock
Haven, Pennsylvania, June, 1845, in his 6sth year. 26 Mr. Morris was
the son of Colonel Joseph Morris, who removed from New Jersey to
Mason County, Kentucky, 1794, where he was bom August 22, 1814.
The Morrises, Mawr-rwyce, meaning war-like, powerful, trace their
descent from Welsh ancestors, 933. After the death of Cromwell his
ancestor fled to Barbadoes to escape the wrath of Charles II.,
whence the family came to this country. On the mother's side he
descended from the Deshas, who fled from France, 1685, and
settled at New Rochelle, New York, whence they came to
Pennsylvania and made their home near the Water
 3IO HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. consisted of about
seventy families and the Reverend Joseph Eaton** preached for
ihem at £40 a year, assisted by Reverend William Davis,*' who
succeeded him at his death. Down to 1823 this church was called
the "Society meetinghouse," because it was built on land that had
been owned by the "Free Society of Traders." The New Britain
congregation made repeated overtures of reconciliation with the
parent church at Montgomery, but without success. In 1746 they
asked a hearing before the Philadelphia association, but that body,
committed to the Montgomery interest, refused them because their
letter "came into the association disorderly." The request was
renewed, 1747, but the association positively refused to hear the
allegations of the "Society party." The following year the association
recommends that when their ministers preach among the "Society
party" they exhort them to be reconciled, otherwise they will be
encouraging the faction. Growing weary of their attempts to get
dismission from mother church, and hopeless of recognition by the
association, they resolved to complete their organization as a
religious body. They adopted a general confession of faith, and
October 28, 1754, the constitution of the new church was signed by
twenty-two members.*® When the Montgomery church jaf»f the
division was inevitable, they gave the New Britain party a r^^lar ois-
^ missal and the following year they were admitted into the
association. During these difficulties Benjamin Griffiths led ihe
Montgomery party, and Reverend Joseph Eaton the seceders*^ as
ihey were called. On the death of Mr. Eaton, Mr. Davis was made
pastor and the Reverend Joseph Thomas (ordained, 1766), called as
assistant During their joint pastorate there was a considerable
increase of members, among them Simon Butler from Montgcmiery
church,i7s8. In 1764 there were fifty-three members. The Reverend
Joshua Jones'* succeeded Mr. Davis at his death, 1761,. and
resigned, 1795. The old meeting-house was torn down, 1815, and a
new one built on or near its site. The latter has been enlarged and
improved within recent years and a chapel erected. The
accommodations are not second to any church in the county. The
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