Oxford United Presbyterian Church (1881); Chester County, PA

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from Futhey and Cope's THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY (1881);

    This church, which was formerly in connection with the Associate Reformed 
Presbyterian Church, came with its pastor, Rev. Ebenezer Dickey into the 
Presbyterian church on the union of the Assoc. Reformed with the Presbyterian 
body, in the year 1822.  Some of the members of the Oxford Church, however, 
refused to acquiesce in the union and organized a new Assoc. Reformed church, to 
which the name of :East Nottingham: was given.
This church, in connection with the Octorara Church in Lancaster County, of the 
same faith and order, called Rev Wm Easton to be their pastor, and he was 
installed June 7, 1827.  The East Nottingham congregation erected a small brick 
church between Oxford and New London, where the congregation worshiped till Dec 
14, `851, when a new building was erected in the borough of Oxford,  part of the 
materials of the old being used in its construction.  On April 4, 1862, the 
house in Oxford was ready for occupancy, and has since then been used by the 
c9ongregation.  Mr Easton continued in the pastorate till May 1, 1854, when he 
resigned.  On the removal of the church its name was changed to Oxford.  It is 
now, since the union between the Assoc Reform and Reformed Presbyterian churches 
into a body called the United Presbyterian Church, a member of that body/
    Since Mr Easton the successive pastors of the church have been Revs.
James H Andrew form 1855; E T Jeffers from 1865; Geo A B Robinson 1873; and 
Robert T Wiley 1877,  The church is now (1881)