ROCKAWAY PRESBYTERIANS BUILT THEIR FIRST MEETING HOUSE HERE IN 1758. DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE THE CHURCH PROVIDED A FORUM FOR REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS. GENERAL WILLIAM WINDS (1727-1789), VETERAN OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, IS BURIED IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. THE PRESENT GOTHIC REVIVAL STRUCTURE, BUILT IN 1832, ORIGINALLY OVERLOOKED THE MORRIS CANAL.