Middletown transcript., 1871-10-07
BYRT:s. GEORGE reOr.

The Presbyterian church AT For, Penn was or
ptl4izci iulN Gih lS31, aud its luhsc OF wor. hin
wa. erected Ia sai, \ .s.r' ct the mcmlct. hu
were originally organized ihc-" rs rlgr y.
wrtt dismissed from ,h. ahsr,h tot ina, Iur-
pose li- older AT" Samuyl Jefferson sui v H.
iitM tlrisfr. Jr aud it hIt hitherto been under
,hc tarc q. The pastor ot brwlcrs. Eighteen
members united ~ iis organization. II, pos
pcsitS H,s been very gradual Ihusc atr now
twenty ..DHr members. The ~, M which ~.
hJusy ui worship {. lpcttri "a decided ~ .iulu
VI. Moods. lphn y. Cannon sul John fricc
itu :ct, ~ th.. tnugrr- CATION Uut VII. pr,seui.l
10 I'll" congregation ly Nn Margaret nurrrh
Whether -. Auu ~ thut,h, lr tpoqnininiv
NJ e ".a HG icnit called whs otGah..u telurr
this, or sine, wr are una'!r 10 decide That
prur., were sHuie'iui"s visited hi i.t Nj :, ~
rst Of Ndrt u.Ud and nlso l'y K II VIZ Crawford
wAe#""r et9y,niei Missionary r. l5ttf. III 1901
lr'pl To- iili ihgY had rterte4 s, A,a.r ot Nor-
A T. ~ ii"7. itr E,t Mr. J,nkius nas l0ee',4
10 rat 'oues' gAtor. lie vHst ,lc,ufe minister
.Wi soon ea Aef-l atHnus htm a PROMISING
,hdfth nai r,Hlrr. tioU. But hc d.,i after
a seN irat .\1cr this that prollc Hcrc visited
T.! it,N. GHs,.s iior,s, 81 ,hc Svcig= ,husth ui
the ttris'tia; ctut Nj .ion5Iy. and Ross ut
Ne" tH-'ir. Mf l,,s WIS ta,h,r ui Geo Ross
ons .. 'ht 81 ne! ~ tie polar,'ou q. liieltu
dtHzt. .el JHl-pa. tie tuafi pl Admiralty U
''tti' tlH - tlttt li ih''ltH 'Nf iEtht-
Eritn. ;Ae Gospel. then seut Rrf Mr. Mc-ss ,o
ArlagnGiat. hp .oun returned io Ensli.i,
ih,t then .tui Ee,. NJ tassp prem. Who aiicr-
wards s"i'4= H' ,'=o,.khlSsu. After this. they
.e"i i;a' Nr l!Gek,ti lie Nas iuried at New
CASTE in is.t
The inscription OH lis ioml sio.r .= :auch
dcid'ei ~ aer, thai it oaGuu; hr read We have
'e1f "l'c q l,eiphcg Ngt .art IL VIZ
S..b Laa eippu c9uIuaiut roljqu,r
ilercFen1 ii tnHlitsi ilicaeit lai --
Missionary nsignitle Pastoriuni Munu.
Artd Apfuqaeuptnrn 90 .rgueulam
'clia!tct cxcfcuit
"i'nic. 81, M5au.,at arc buried Tie rclaan.
ui ihF N'S. ii Walter liacscll who ~ au ac-
rr,dtled missionary dis,hhtg,i the p,siuIa of.
iiccn Arloquin.ulurn aud QainqUcuiGm QGia.
qgrninu L. ,uppo, i &C. D. The .iuat uliue ~
-, Gourses and VI the Wrich congregation
ih,fr We infer tbs ltam tho iat, ihA, under
VIZ. i,nkia., ,h,- N,i,h church uas united 8 III
AplnguHiut Hs j pvt ai his charge aud lroha.
hly the udQu continued under Mr. liAekc,i
lu l,ii Hoy. lain lt1h uas mis.tuuafY -
IT. Anu IT, To III. chufth Queen Ann presented
r9frrinr Tot the euiaml.uioI,-iallr Miih the mi.
iitls Of her nam, VIZ \. L Anna Ece na
upon Il IN sin embroidery lhc,r letters lyesru.
tel ht Roeal hanls 10 tina, church. | here cN-
hihit before volt
In l5,4 Rev. Philip Reading was al.o Mi.
,'onary u ;ha, caGs,h. lly G!gl !a i..s, agci
- ,ear-.
Lam ~ possession aud now cSilii 10 .on, Il
certificate 81 marriage, bearing !is signature.
~: " Thee are 10 cgttla, To hon il may reu-
Germ that on Monday the ninth day OF December,
IA tie year Of our Lord Chris, une thousand scy-
IN hundred and iin!- four, Mr. h.n'aminc Nox-
cn. OF New castle tuuuiy, on Drlawar. and Miss
Elizabeth Harrison Ward Of Cecil tunniy, in the
Province q Maryland, wcrc joined together In
huls Nlailnuny aud ilmt the said Marriage
WAS tightly and dGly snlem;zrd according 10 the
Institution OF the caurrh of England.
Gjssn under my hand the day and year
glotr written
i'nnm RrAptNp, Missionary a, Appoquin.
imingk
The present house o: worship was erected ahou,
tie year lis6.
Tie Episcopal church Il, 81. Georges or Quin-
qu1ninm stood on the spot now occupied hy the
ljme-eln. Nhcu IL was founded we .irc unable
TO decide, The congregation wcrc Welch.
Rev. Evan Evans, In letter dated in London
in lI0T, says, " there Is u Welsh settlement tc-
tween Apaquiuimy aud New Castle To which
the Rev. MIR. George Ross has preached frequent
ly in the English tongc since his arrival, but
tina, gentleman not understanding their native
language, is no, so capable TO answer the cni rs
the Rev. Mr. jenkins would be- Who Is going
missionary 10 Apoquinimy, who has competent
knowledge OF the Wclch tongue No other
rplscorRl chhfch ~ Known 10 nave existed be-
tween 81. AIMS aud New Castle OF course,
this church lad existence prior 10 1907. Twenty
Iigc acres Of land were given 10 /, ly Penn.
Mr.. Evans adds. - there is Il large fine struc-
iuie built for divine service at New Castle, fin
ishcd within and without. Their Minister Is Rev.
George Ross" hliscid M,gs=ins, vol, l. D. Is J
Three Methods, churches haze been gathered
within the field Of this congregation. One of
these is the Asl,ury chapel, on pearss's Run,
ancien,ly called Canoc Branch aao,hcr at Can't
wells Bridge, ana n third u, Middctown
II is a fact which ourh, no, to be forgotten,
that the original sct,lcmcn, al Cape May was
made by colony, who located there for the pur-
pose Of ca,chin whales In the Delaware. The
lirsi Dutch settlement was made In Sussex Coun-
,y, under the direction OF David Peterson De