Smyrna times., 1871-12-13
M SC e //un e OuS.
ifor the smyrna Times'I
history OF Old Brynzion Baptist Church.
NEAR KENToN Doo To-,

NJ. ~ NEAR KENTON, Dec. a. 1871
MIR. EDITOR :-Dcdr Sir:-Ym a,t"I i"i
I0r the history Of the founding of rho H,, iie
NnurcA known by the name of Brvnzion I
win give you all the history thar | bavo hoo
able to obtain. nave oeeh
M DUCK CREEK, OR BRYNZION
ms church, which Was tormerlv dc
m tiuE ulShed by the tlrSt name, butno aIt0gcthrr
ny inc latter, IS situated about miles to The
Souln"cSt OF Smyrna The meeting house
ao.a DuI'' VI ~ pi'GE' III lIIl, on lot of one
~ TT 'hO s'tt OF John and Philemon Dickinson.
Ihe tract of land which was called Dnct 10 l.
hundred was settled in the year l133 l,y n
IuIlher OF welsh families, some OF them OF the
i"uepehuInt aud some of the Baptist drnou,i
hatlohs' The Independents bmlt a meeting
mouse on the lot where the Bapti>t bou.n uo,T
strands, and called it Brynzon. viz Mount S;n,,
nHey had divine services performed in il tv
,IespytSrlan ministers, viz: Mcssrs. Thomas
i1NIhS' heeS Lewis and David Jenson: bur in
PlocenS OF time this independent society
"lnIieu away, partly by deaths and partly
80; ia'lohS, ana the BaptiSts made use Of
'heir mouse while 1t stood. The IndrppnJ,nts
neglec',d to have the lot conveyed over r.
men, for which reason it reverted 70 tho
DlcklhSohS, AMI continued in their hands Nm
conveyed TO the BaptistS at the time ahovp
speclfed-l77l. o "Oo'e
ihe BaptlstS who settled here were abont
eight or ten. The names of the heads of tLrn'
WGre W9 as follows, viz James Hyatt Nathaniel
" ! ldS' David Evans, Evan ReeS, David Res
IaineS Ho%el, Evan David Hugh, Joshua
Euwal1S' DC This last was an exAorter
Suio's Ns tAeti until be went to Pedee, in South
Caroilna. These Baptists ernigrated hitLar
chiefly from Pencader in New Castle % can"tv m,,"v'
and were members OF Welsh Tract church
In May, 1885, Hugh Davis, of the Great
aley' preached to them at Brynzion meeting
mouse otherwise they held their worshin af
the house Of James Hyatt. In September
It@'' David Davis administered ordinances
Here worship was then held at the house of
Evan David Hugh. In I749 Griffith Jones
settled at Duck Creek and continued among
u tnese people to his death, in 1851 In the
Hpring OF 1866 William Davis, from New
britain, settled here, but he died the o5th Of
September following. After him Messrs
David Davis, John Sutton and John Roogs
mlnlSteret to them till their number increased
10 thlrty then they petitioncd Welsh Tract
-, ~ urch Tor leave to become a distinct church
hcse thirty persons We're constituted church
10y Messrs. Boges and Fleeson, Novembnr
18th, 1881, and in 1856 were received into tbc
Baptist Association Of Philadelphia. The
ministers who Offciated at Duck Creek. while if
was braDch ct Welsh Tract have already been
mentioned. The first pastor which it had
after 1t became a seperate church was Elrnba1
Dazey, who continued with them a short tine
and then resigned, and was succeeded bv
James Jones, who continued their pastor Til
he died ''''
The house that was built in III was
burnt out in the year 1919 or 20, which
damaged the walls very much the house was
repaired, hOwever,s and has stood until the
present year, which makes just one hundred
years since it was /. It built.
We have taken 1Own the cid house and re-
built and enlarged it at an expense of SI4oO
or $500. There is large burying ground
surrounding the meeting house, in which
great many Of the old heads OF the leading
families OF this section are buried. Now, if
all those who wish the old place kent nm will
give US what they think they ought, or can
afford, it will greatly tighten the burden,
which falls very heavily upon some three or
four OF US. p. MEREDITH.