CHURCH: Old Hanover Church, Part 1 of 2, East Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Abby Bowman Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ ________________________________________________ HISTORICAL SKETCH OF OLD HANOVER CHURCH BY REV. THOMAS H. ROBINSON, D.D. WITH A NOTICE OF THE CHURCH AT CONEWAGO BY A. BOYD HAMILTON. PUBLISHED BY THE DAUPHIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1878. PATRIOT PUBLISHING COMPANY. 320 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa. PREFATORY The Publication Committee of the Historical Society of Dauphin County, in pursuance of one of the objects of its organization, to preserve the records of the early settlements of the county, take pleasure in presenting to its members the second number of its contributions to the historical literature of this locality – the proceedings and addresses on the occasion of the Centenary of Independence, July 4, 1876, being the initial publication. The present pamphlet comprises 1. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF OLD HANOVER CHURCH. BY REV. THOMAS H. ROBINSON, D.D. 2. NOTES RELATING TO THE CHURCH AT CONEWAGO, AND THE NEW-SIDE GRAVE-YARD IN LOWER PANTANG TOWNSHIP By A. Boyd Hamilton. The history of Old Hanover Church will prove of great value, especially for its genealogical data, meager though that may be, and will be highly appreciated not alone by the members of the Society, but by the descendants of the many good and true whose dust lies within the stone- walled enclosure on Bow creek, a tributary of the Swatara, three miles from Manada Gap. The record given in these pages comprises all information accessible worthy of preservation. The Notes relating to a Congregation of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians of which little has been known, will also be an acceptable contribution. In the hope that these records herewith presented will awaken more anxious inquiries and tend to the preservation of every letter, document and newspaper relating to the biography or early history of our county of Dauphin, the Committee submit with pleasure the following pages. EARLY HISTORY OF OLD HANOVER CHURCH, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA BY REV. THOMAS H. ROBINSON, D.D. INSCRIPTION OF THE INNER FRONT WALL OF HANOVER CHURCH. [The following inscription was cut on a large stone formerly occupying a place in the front wall of the Church, high up. This stone, since the demolition of the Church, as been lying in the grave-yard, and the lettering, owing to its exposure, can only be discerned by the fingers:] HOC TEMPLUM, REV. ADMODUM JACOBO SNODGRASSO, CONCORPORATO PRO COETU HANOVERENSI A JOHANNE M’FANDIENE AEDIFICATUM A.D. 1788. INSCRIPTIONS IN HANOVER GRAVE-YARD. In Memory of The Rev’d MAT. WOODS who died Sept’r 18th 1784 In the 27th Year of his Age And 3d of his ministry. During the short term of his ministry He approved himself as a diligent Faithful Servant of CHRIST. In him were united Learning, Judgment, And eminent Piety, with great meekness, Self diffidence and humility. This marble was the donation of his affectionate People. Serve Christ humbly on earth, if you expect to reign triumphantly with him in heaven. Rev. JAMES SNODGRASS Pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation of West Hanover during a period of 58 years, and 2 months. He was born in Bucks co. Pa., July 23d 1763 Licensed to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of Philadelphia in Dec. 1785. Ordained & installed by the Presbytery of Carlisle in May 1788; and departed this life July 2d 1846, In the 84th Year of his age. Your fathers where are they, and the Prophets do they live forever Zech. I; v. DEDICATORY. The following fragments of history, gathered from the minutes of the Presbyteries of Donegal and of Carlisle; the records of the Board of Trustees of Hanover Church, some very incomplete records of the last pastor of the church, from tax lists, tradition, &c., are respectfully dedicated to the descendants of “Old Hanover,” by one of their number who has felt a special interest in rescuing from oblivion whatever memorials he could obtain of a church whose earthly history is ended, save as she lives in her widely scattered children. It has been deemed wisest in a few instances to preserve the ancient spelling of proper means. The original name of Old Hanover Church was Monnoday or Manada, the Indian name of a creek which, breaking through a gap in the Kittatinny mountains, becomes, after a few miles, a tributary of the Swatara. The old church stood about three miles from the mountains and eleven from Harrisburg. Visiting the place a few months ago, the writer found only scattered remnants of the ancient stone structure, and close by the walled grave-yard where the “Fathers of ye olden time” are sleeping. A fund for the repairing of the grave-yard, obtained by the sale of the church building and from other sources, is in the hands of a body of trustees. The building was in 8. DEDICATORY Dilapidated condition and had been wholly unfit for the use of worship for a score or more years. It was, as the engraving of it shows, a plain, stone, barn-like structure, but well adapted, by the strength of its walls, for the worship of many generations. The home of the last pastor of the church stands but a few rods away, and by the very gate of the parsonage yard there breaks forth, full and strong, from the hill-side, one of the many springs of cool, clear, delightful water, from which this entire region abounds. Here the thirsty worshippers of several generations refreshed themselves at the intervals of religious service. Two or three of the old families are still represented in the homes of the region, but the well-filled grave-yard, where many an unmarked mound, many a well-worn moss-covered stone, with the better-preserved memorial of later times, may be seen, shows how large a Presbyterian ancestry once occupied this region. It would be pleasant to the compiler of these memorials, to received from any of the descendants of Old Hanover to whom they may come, such further facts and traditions of the early times as they may possess. He would also take this occasion to return his thanks to his fellow-members of “The Historical Society” for very valuable aid in exhuming and preparing parts of this record; especially to those unwearied delvers after the history of the early times in central Pennsylvania, Messrs. A. B. Hamilton and W. H. Egle, M.D. T.H.R. EARLY HISTORY OF “OLD HANOVER.” 1735. In 1735 the Presbytery of Donegal, then the only Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America west of Philadelphia, was in session at Nottingham, Chester county, Pa., in the month of September. This Presbytery had been created by order of the Synod of Philadelphia in September, 1732. The original members of it were Rev. Messrs. James Anderson, Adam Boyd, William Bertram, John Thomson and Robert Orr. On the 3d of September, 1735, a supplication was presented from “A people on the borders of Suitara Congregation, desiring the countenance of Presbytery in building a new meeting house in order to have supplies;” which being read, the Rev. William Bertram, the pastor of the Swatara Congregation, reported that his people desired him to signify to the Presbytery that they desire them to defer granting said supplication until they be heard. The matter was deferred until the next meeting of Presbytery. At a session of Presbytery held at the same place, October 7, 1735, the affair of the people of Manada Creek was again deferred. “Mr. Richard Sankey, a theological student from Ireland, having produced his certificate at last meeting before the members of Presbytery, and been taken under its care, the Presbytery ordered that he endeavor to acquaint himself with the brethren before our next meeting; and also endeavor to prepare some preliminary extempore trials against our next meeting.” At a session of the Presbytery held at Middle Octorara, Lancaster county, November 20th, Lazarus Stewart appeared to presecute a supplication of Manada Creek for a new erection. Rev. Messrs. Craighead and Anderson, who had been appointed to consider the matter of dividing Rev. Mr. Bertram’s congregation, reported that the Congregation of Derry desired to be separated from Paxton as a distinct congregation, and to have their bounds defined. The Presbytery desired to be better informed about the distances 10. HANOVER CHURCH. And situation of the people before coming to a decision in these matters, and appointed Rev. James Anderson, and “any brother whom the standing committee of Presbytery may designate” to act with him, to “perambulate the bounds and borders of the congregation of Derry and the people of Manada some time next spring, said brethren to take particular notice of the meeting house of Manada, its distance from the meeting house of Derry.” They are also empowered to fix the bounds of said people, and to determine concerning the meeting houses of Manada. Paxtang, Derry and Manada, afterwards known as Hanover, were at this time under the pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Bertram, making a very large and widely scattered congregation. The meeting houses were at Paxtang and Derry, but as new settlers came in, and new lands were taken up, the boundaries of the congregation enlarged, and new meeting houses were needed. The people of Manada were settled along Manada creek, towards the Kittatinny or Blue Hills eastward and northward. The district covered by Mr. Bertram’s charge was from fifteen to twenty-five miles in length and breadth, reaching from the Conewago creek to the mountains, and embracing all the people east of the Susquehanna, beyond the western line of the Donegal congregation, Rev. Mr. Anderson’s. It was by common consent a law of the times, that meeting houses should be about ten miles apart, so that the people might not be compelled to travel too far for Sabbath worship. The formation of new congregations was often a matter of difficulty and much dispute, as was also the location of new “meeting houses.” The region along Manada creek to the mountains was settled rapidly, and the people early began to feel the inconvenience of going so far as Derry to church, and moved for a new “erection or congregation.” At that early day they were all Irish or Scotch-Irish, and were connected with the Presbyterian church. The boundaries of congregations and the location of meeting houses were determined by the Presbytery with considerable authority. At the meeting of Presbytery, November, 1735, Mr. Sankey, or Sanckey, or Zanchy, as the name is variously given, was questioned by Presbytery on Divinity and Philosophy, and having satisfied the body with his answers, he was directed to write a sermon on Prov. III, 6: “In all thy ways acknowledge Him,” &c., to be read before the Standing Committee at their first meeting, who, if they see cause, shall appoint him another subject for discourse as a piece of trial at the next meeting of Presbytery. On December 10, 1735, 11. HANOVER CHURCH Mr. Sankey delivered his discourse on Prov. III, 6. It was approved and he was directed to prepare another for Presbytery on Psalm XLIII, 3: “O send out Thy light, &c.” 1736. On May 25, 1736, the Presbytery met at Nottingham. Rev. James Anderson, Mr. Andrew Galbraith and Mr. William Maxwell, a ruling elder from Paxtang, were ordered to meet on Tuesday before the next meeting of Presbytery at Derry, to be held on the first Monday in September, in order to perambulate the “bounds” between the people of Derry and Manada. On May 26th Mr. Sankey delivered a lecture on the XXIII Psalm, which was approved, and he was ordered to prepare an exegesis or critical exercise on “An Christus qua Mediator, sit orderanda.” Mr. Anderson reported that the perambulation between Derry and Manada had been fulfilled, and gave in the statements of the committee in writing. Debates and pleadings were had between the parties at length. Afterwards the Presbytery retired into “The little House.” [This was a small building near the Derry church, which was used as a study for the pastor, and also as a room for the church session and other purposes.] After consideration and debate, the Presbytery resolved to erect the people of Manada into a distinct congregation, and approved the place where they had begun to build as most suitable for a meeting house. Mr. Lazarus Stewart engaged to the Presbytery that all persons who belong to or shall join themselves to the new erection, who are in arrears to Mr. Bertram shall pay up. On the next day it was agreed by the people of Manada and Derry, and ordered by the Presbytery, “that the people on the borders of these two congregations, that is, between the meeting houses and beyond the creek of Suitara, shall on or before the first of November next, declare in an orderly way, i.e. before some elder or principal man in the congregation, which they make choice of, whether they will join the congregation of Derry or Manada, and after said first day of November none who dwell in bounds shall be at liberty to alter their choice but by the concurrence of both the congregations or order of the Presbytery.” September 2, Mr. Sankey delivered his discourse on Rom. II, 3, and his essay on “An Christus,” &c., both of which were approved, and he was ordered to prepare a sermon on Rom. III, 31, and also to be prepared to defend his thesis against next meeting. October 26, Mr. Lazarus Stewart reported at a meeting of Presbytery in “Dunagal” that nothing had been done in paying arrears to 12. HANOVER CHURCH Rev. Mr. Bertram, because no list of arrears had been rendered, but that they were ready to act when an account is rendered. October 27, Mr. Sankey gave a popular sermon, and was further examined in Languages and Philosophy, acknowledging the Westminster Confession and Catechisms, and promising to conform to the Directory, and to give subjection to the Presbytery, and was licensed to preach the Gospel as a probationer. November 10, it was ordered that Messrs. James Gelston and Richard Sankey supply Pequea and Manada by monthly turns alternately until the next meeting of Presbytery. 1737. April 6, in pursuance of a supplication from the people of Manada, Mr. Bertram was ordered to supply that people on the last Sabbath of April, and to convene the people on some day of the following week, in order to moderate a call to Mr. Sankey. June 22, a supplication and a call to Mr. Sankey was presented to Presbytery by John Cunningham and Robert Grier, commissioners from the congregation of Hanover, (Manada,) by which said commissioners are empowered to promise towards Mr. Sankey’s support among the people of Hanover as their orderly pastor, the annual payment of sixty pounds, i.e., one-half in cloth and the other in particular commodities, as flax, hemp, linen yarn and cloth, together with several gratuities mentioned in said supplication. Said call was recommended to Mr. Sankey’s consideration till the next meeting of Presbytery. He was appointed to supply Paxtang and Hanover alternately, and to open the next meeting of Presbytery with a sermon from Rom. VI, 21. PASTORATE OF REV. RICHARD SANKEY August 31, Presbytery met at Middle Octorara. Mr. Sankey opened with a sermon from Rom. VI, 22, preaching from that verse by mistake. The discourse was approved as a part of trial, and he was ordered to prepare an exegetical discourse on the Resurrection of Christ as a “common head.” He accepted the call from Hanover, and was appointed to supply the pulpit till the next meeting of Presbytery. October 6, Mr. Sankey opened Presbytery with a sermon from Mark XVI, 9, which was accepted as a part of his trial. The people of Hanover asked that Mr. Sankey’s ordination and installation be hastened. He was ordered to supply them unitl the next meeting of Presbytery. 13. HANOVER CHURCH. Mr. Sandey at this time got himself into trouble. It came out that he had sent to a Mr. Hunter, of New Castle Presbytery, a sermon containing some very considerable errors in point of important doctrines of religion. Mr. Hunter used the sermon as one of his trial pieces before the Presbytery, and was in consequence set aside by Presbytery. It was then agreed by the Presbytery that Mr. Sankey should be appointed as correspondent to attend a meeting of the Presbytery of New Castle, and clear up the matter. He went thither, and on inquiry it was found that he had sent notes of a sermon to Mr. Hunter, and that said notes did contain such errors as were reported, but that Mr. Sankey had not only condemned and laid aside such erroneous notes to Mr. Hunter, which did not come into his hands. The Presbytery, after much and serious consideration, concluded that, although upon a serious review of Mr. Sankey’s conduct both before and after his being preacher, we cannot see any ground to suspect him of unsoundness of the faith, yet we condemn as a great and gross imprudence his writing and sending forth such notes, and thereby giving such occasion for stumbling both to ministers and people, and therefore judge that he ought to be severely rebuked by the moderator for the same, and strictly cautioned to act with more circumspection for the future, and to guard against all offensive conduct either in this or any other kind. Mr. Sankey, being called in, was accordingly rebuked, which he cheerfully submitted to. He was ordered to deliver an exposition of Psalm XV, and to prepare a Presbyterial exercise from Rom. VIII, 4, at the next meeting. [P. S. The two passages seem to have been given as a reproof to Mr. Sankey’s unrighteousness.] 1738. April 6, Mr. Sankey opened Presbytery at Donegal with an exposition of the XV Psalm. The Presbyterial exercise was deferred until the next meeting, and he was ordered to preach a popular sermon from John I, 29. At the meeting in June, he delivered both the exercise and the sermon, and they were both approved. The next meeting of Presbytery was appointed at Hanover, on the last Wednesday of August, when Mr. Sankey was to have his extempore trial, and if approved, to be ordained and installed on the next day, the last Thursday of August, 1738. Rev. Wm. Bertram was appointed to preside. August 30, the Presbytery of Donegal met for the first time at Hanover. Present: Ministers – Thomas Craighead, Alexander Craighead, William Bertram, James Anderson, Adam Boyd, John Paul, 14. Hanover Church Samuel Black, John Thomason. Ruling Elders – Matthew Atchison, Daniel Henderson, James Carothers, John Christy and Hugh Scott. Mr. Sankey gave his extempore trial, which was approved, and all other parts of trial, and it was ordered that he be ordained tomorrow. Richard Sankey was ordained and received as a member of the Presbytery of Donegal, and was installed as the first pastor of the Hanover church. 1745. The next reference to Hanover in the minutes of Presbytery is in June, when it met again at Hanover. The pastoral relation between Mr. Sankey and Hanover church is declared to be in a satisfactory condition. The people are, however, in arrears of salary. It was customary whenever the Presbytery met at a particular church to make a thorough examination into the condition of affairs. They first called the pastor before them in private and questioned him about elders and the people; then they called the elders and questioned them about the pastor and people; lastly, the representatives of the people were called and questioned, in private also, about the pastor and elders. 1745 to 1750. *The Presbytery of Donegal and the churches were now passing through a stormy period – the period of the Old and New Light controversy, raised in connection with the revivals of Whitefield and the Tennents. The state of religion became shamefully low. The feuds were bitter. The ministry, by their conduct, brought reproach upon religion, and sometimes upon good morals even. The vice of intemperance seems to have prevailed, and even the clergy indulged to excess. There was also a looseness of morals made painfully evident in the reports before Presbytery. The records give, however, little history of the churches. The Presbytery became divided, the original Presbytery of Donegal adhering to the Old Light party. The minutes are very brief and were very negligently kept for years. But little business was done. They close very abruptly in 1750. Mr. Sankey was still the pastor of Hanover, but we have no history of his work there or of the state of the church. Nine years of the records of Donegal Presbytery now disappear, and with these all history of the Hanover church. Mr. Sankey continued in the pastoral care of the church. 1759. In 1759, June 5, the records of Presbytery of Donegal are resumed. Mr. Sankey is still a member of Presbytery and resid- ------------------------------- * The members of Old Hanover Congregation as early as 1750, less than twenty years after its founding, may be gathered from the list of taxables in Rupp’s History of Dauphin County, p. 206. 15. HANOVER CHURCH ing at Hanover. At this period, from 1756* to 1764, the entire region was greatly harassed by Indian wars. The savages, spurred on by ---------------- * Hanover Ass’ts for the King’s Use, 1769. £. s. d. £. s. d. Andrew, John . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Huston, Robert. . . . . . . 0 2 6 Allen, William . . . . . . . . 0 3 6 Hutchison, Joseph, sen’r. . 0 2 6 Andrew, John . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Hutchison, Joseph, jun’r. . 0 2 0 Brown, Patrick . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Hay, John . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Beard, James . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Hums, Robert. . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Bell, Robert . . . . . . . . . 0 10 0 Heanes, Bartholomew . . . . 0 1 0 Brown, William . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Hutchison . . . . . . . . . 0 9 6 Barnet, William. . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Harper, Adam. . . . . . . . 0 9 6 Brown, Andrew. . . . . . . . . 0 3 9 Hetrick, Petter . . . . . . 0 2 6 Brandon, William . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Huff, Joseph. . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Brown, Daniel. . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Hooke, Rudey. . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Bell, Thomas . . . . . . . . . 0 5 0 Henderson, John . . . . . . 0 2 0 Bell, Thomas . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Hill, John. . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Barnet, Martha . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Humes, Thomas . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Brown, Samuel. . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Haloback, John. . . . . . . 0 1 0 Brown, John. . . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Innis, Brice. . . . . . . . 0 10 0 Brown, John. . . . . . . . . . 0 9 6 James, Willm. . . . . . . . 0 9 9 Brown, William . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Kinzer, Sebosten. . . . . . 0 2 0 Britebel, Gorge. . . . . . . . 0 12 0 Litel, John, Doctor . . . . 0 10 0 Besor, Barnet. . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Lard, William . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Besor, Mathi . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Lard, James . . . . . . . . 0 10 0 Besor, Jacob . . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Merten, Alexander . . . . . 0 2 9 Brown, Robert. . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Merten, Robert. . . . . . . 0 1 6 Breden, William. . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Mountgomrey, Robert . . . . 0 1 6 Diver, William . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Montgomrey, John. . . . . . 0 9 6 Dixon, John. . . . . . . . . . 0 9 6 McFarlan, Walter. . . . . . 0 3 6 Dixon, James . . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 McColech, Alexander . . . . 0 10 0 Dermond, Marey . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 McCormick, Henrey . . . . . 0 2 6 Endsworth, Samuel. . . . . . . 0 9 6 McCord, John. . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Cooper, William. . . . . . . . 0 2 6 McClochane, David . . . . . 0 1 0 Clamer, Adem . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 McClochanochan, James . . . 0 2 6 Clark, William . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 McCormick, John . . . . . . 0 2 0 Clark, Benjamin. . . . . . . . 0 4 0 McCraught, Anten. . . . . . 0 2 0 Clark, James . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 McCluar, William. . . . . . 0 2 0 Campbel, John. . . . . . . . . 0 3 6 McCluar, Thomas . . . . . . 0 2 0 Conygahm, Marey. . . . . . . . 0 1 6 McCluar, John . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Curay, Robert. . . . . . . . . 0 10 0 McCluar, Elener . . . . . . 0 1 6 Conyngahm, Elisebath . . . . . 0 3 9 McClintock, William . . . . 0 15 0 Crawford, John . . . . . . . . 0 9 6 McColem, Alexander. . . . . 0 2 6 Crawford, John, jun’r. . . . . 0 3 9 McColoeh, John. . . . . . . 0 2 6 Counts, Henrey . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 McClure, William. . . . . . 0 2 6 Fargison, William. . . . . . . 0 5 0 McCluar, ffrances . . . . . 0 3 6 French, Thomas . . . . . . . . 0 9 6 McCluar, James. . . . . . . 0 2 0 Foster, John . . . . . . . . . 0 7 6 McCluar, James. . . . . . . 0 3 6 Fray, Ruddey . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 McQuler, Thimothey. . . . . 0 5 0 Fox, John. . . . . . . . . . . 0 9 6 McQuion, James. . . . . . . 0 3 0 Finey, Thomas. . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 McQuion, John . . . . . . . 0 5 0 Finey, James . . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 McElhoney, William. . . . . 0 3 0 Finey, James, jun’r. . . . . . 0 5 0 McNutt, Joseph. . . . . . . 0 2 6 Finey, Thomas, jun’r . . . . . 0 2 0 McMullen, Thomas. . . . . . 0 2 0 French, James. . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 O’heney, David. . . . . . . 0 2 0 Glispey, Gorge . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Park, James . . . . . . . . 0 3 6 Getey, John. . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Prist, Thomas . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Graims, William. . . . . . . . 0 5 0 Prist, Meray. . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Graims, William, jun’r . . . . 0 2 6 Porterfild, Robert. . . . . 0 2 0 Gilliland, John. . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Rogers, Gorge . . . . . . . 0 3 9 Grinlie, James . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Ripeth, Jams. . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Graims, John . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Ripeth, Hugh. . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Glenn, Hugh. . . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Ripeth, William . . . . . . 0 1 0 16. HANOVER CHURCH. The French, who were at hostility with England, made many incursions into the country along the Susquehanna. Hanover congregation, lying next the mountains, was greatly exposed, and the people ------------------------------ £. s. d. £. s. d. Robison, James . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Wallace, Robt . . . . . . . 0 7 6 Rosemborey, Eugene . . . . . . 0 1 6 Wallace, Benjamin . . . . . 1 0 0 Robinson, Effey. . . . . . . . 0 9 0 Willson, Joseph . . . . . . 0 2 6 Riddel, James. . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Walker, Samul . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Riddel, James, Jun’r . . . . . 0 2 0 Woods, John . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Roger, Catren. . . . . . . . . 0 3 9 Wilson, Jams. . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Roger, John. . . . . . . . . . 0 1 9 Willson, Joseph . . . . . . 0 1 6 Roger, Adam. . . . . . . . . . 0 1 9 Woods, Andrew . . . . . . . 0 3 6 Robison, Philip. . . . . . . . 0 1 0 Willson, Thomas . . . . . . 0 1 0 Ripeth, Josep. . . . . . . . . 0 1 0 Walmer, Peter . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Rogers, James. . . . . . . . . 0 5 0 Wilams, James . . . . . . . 0 3 6 Richar, Jacob. . . . . . . . . 0 4 0 Wover, John . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Robinson, Thomas . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Willson, Jams . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Read, Adam, Eqr’r. . . . . . . 1 10 0 Watson, William . . . . . . 0 2 0 Ramberey, Christen . . . . . . 0 2 0 Young, Samul. . . . . . . . 0 1 0 Sterret, Samul . . . . . . . . 0 5 0 Young, William. . . . . . . 0 15 0 Sherp, John. . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Young, John . . . . . . . . 0 8 0 Slowen, Archabel . . . . . . . 0 3 6 Park, John. . . . . . . . . 1 0 0 Slowan, Samul. . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Petierue, Jams. . . . . . . 1 0 0 Stuart, John . . . . . . . . . 0 4 0 McMullen, Gorge . . . . . . 1 0 0 Stuart, James. . . . . . . . . 0 10 0 McCluar, John . . . . . . . 1 0 0 Stuart, Lazrus . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 Clark, William. . . . . . . 1 0 0 Shever, Gorge. . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Shankien, Gorge . . . . . . 1 0 0 Snodey, Mathew . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Strean, David . . . . . . . 1 0 0 Snodgras, Robert . . . . . . . 0 5 6 Dermond, William. . . . . . 1 0 0 Snodgras, Joseph . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Robinson, Samul . . . . . . 1 0 0 Strean, John . . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Hill, Robert. . . . . . . . 1 0 0 Smiley, John . . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Wilkon, John. . . . . . . . 1 0 0 Smiley, Gorge. . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 Willson, Hugh . . . . . . . 1 0 0 Shaw, Deniel . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 Willson, William. . . . . . 1 0 0 Stuart, Samul. . . . . . . . . 0 5 0 Willson, Thomas . . . . . . 1 0 0 Stuart, John . . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 Andrew, James . . . . . . . 1 0 0 Swan, John . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 0 Andrew, James . . . . . . . 1 0 0 Tod, James . . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 McFarlen, John. . . . . . . 1 0 0 Thompson, John . . . . . . . . 0 3 0 --------- Tagert, Jams . . . . . . . . . 0 2 6 The Honorable propraitors Thompson, John . . . . . . . . 0 4 0 for 24533 acres of Land at Thorntown, William . . . . . . 0 2 0 ½ peny sterling per acre, Thompison, William . . . . . . 0 2 6 amounts to £51 2 5 ster., and Trousdal, William. . . . . . . 0 2 6 to Corrennce, according to Telor, Mathew. . . . . . . . . 0 3 6 Act, £68 3 2. Thompson, John . . . . . . . . 0 1 6 To tax to the first 60000 £ at Tibens, John . . . . . . . . . 0 1 0 8d. per £, to . . . . . . 1 13 0 Taylor, John . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 To the first 100000 £, at one Tibens, John . . . . . . . . . 0 2 0 shilling per £, to . . . . 3 8 1 Tubs, John . . . . . . . . . . 0 3 6 And the second 100000 £ to Tubs, Jacob. . . . . . . . . . 0 3 6 1s. 6d. per £. . . . . . . 5 1 1 Tittel, Gorge. . . . . . . . . 0 3 6 And this presents tito. . . 5 1 1 Thompson, William. . . . . . . 0 2 0 --------- Willison, James. . . . . . . . 0 9 6 Total tax. . . . . . . £15 3 3 Willson, Hugh. . . . . . . . . 0 7 6 The above Assessment, to be Duely Examenet to be just, as wittnes my hand pr. me. ROBERT WALLACE. SAMUL STERRET, Colecter. [Orthography carefully compared with the original.] 17. HANOVER CHURCH were often driven from their homes. Forts and stockades were built for defence, but murders and massacres frequently occurred. So greatly were the people harassed that many left their farms and homes for safer regions. On June 6, 1759, we learn that Mr. Sankey, having received a call to a congregation in Virginia, and designing to remove there, applied for and received credentials from the Presbytery. His relation to the Hanover church as pastor seems to have been already dissolved. He removed to Virginia, accompanied by many of the Hanover congregation, about 1760. The main reason for going was to escape the incursions of the savages. He settled at Buffalo, joined the Hanover Presbytery of Virginia in 1760, and was appointed to preside at the opening of the Synod of Virginia in 1785. He lived to a good old age, respected by his people and his brethren in the ministry. Mr. Sankey served Hanover church for twenty-one years, and though no further record is known of his ministry, it was evidently an acceptable one to the people, who kept him so long, and many of whom accompanied him when he left. This closed the first pastorate of Hanover church. After his dismissal during the year 1759 the church was supplied occasionally by Rev. Messrs. John Steel and John Elder. 1760. At a meeting of the Presbytery in 1760 Hanover asked for supplies, and also sought from the Synod candidates for their pulpit, with a view to settlement. In the year 1760 Rev. Messrs. Elder, Duffield, Roan and Williams occasionally preached for them. The church asked Presbytery to secure for them from the Presbytery of New Brunswick a further hearing of a Mr. Carmichael, and that if possible he be induced to join the Presbytery of Donegal. The services of Mr. Latta, of Philadelphia Presbytery, were also sought. These two men, with Mr. Williamson, seem to have preached for the church as candidates, but were not chosen to the pastorate. 1761. During the year 1761 Hanover was supplied mainly by Rev. Messrs. Roan, Tate, Elder, Beard and M’Mordie. PASTORATE OF THE REV. ROBERT M’MORDIE. 1762. In 1762, in November, a call was made for the Rev. Robert M’Mordie, which he accepted. The congregation promised him eighty pounds for his temporal support, to be secured by bonds. Rev. Messrs. John Elder and Joseph Tate were appointed to install him on the fourth Sunday of November, 1762, Mr. Elder to preside. 18. HANOVER CHURCH. No record of the installation is made, but it was doubtless carried out at the fixed time. The congregation had been diminished somewhat by the removals to Virginia. The Old and New Light controversies still troubled the churches and caused dissensions and divisions in the congregations. In April a number of persons, names not given, supplicate the Presbytery for a dismissal from Hanover church, with liberty to join some neighboring congregation. The matter was discussed and deferred from year to year. In June of the same year Rev. Messrs. Robert M’Mordie, John Elder, John Steel, John Beard, Joseph Tate and Sampson Smith declined to sit in Presbytery because of contention and party spirit. They all belonged to the Old Light side of the controversy. 1764. It is evident that a part of the congregation of Hanover were on the New Light side of the conflict, for in October, 1764, several members of the congregation represent to Presbytery that they never consented to take Mr. M’Mordie for pastor; that said call was made out irregularly, and they now request that they may be allowed to join some other congregation, probably that of the Rev. John Roan, who was a New Light man. The matter was deferred. 1765. It came up again in February, 1765, when Mr. M’Mordie objected to the Presbytery taking any action in the case. The petitioners were, however, granted leave to go elsewhere and have their children baptized, though they were not to dissolve their connection with Hanover church. This did not end matters, and in April the Presbytery met at Hanover to consider the troubles in that church. Nothing was accomplished, and they met again in May. In the same month of May the Synod dissolved the Presbytery, and the Presbytery of Carlisle was formed, consisting of the ministers and churches west of the Susquehanna. It lived, however, but a year and died, and the Presbytery of Donegal was restored to its original bounds, and met June 24 at Carlisle. The churches and ministers of Donegal Presbytery east of the Susquehanna were organized into the new Presbytery of Lancaster. Mr. M’Mordie, with Hanover church, belonged to this Presbytery. It, too, survived but a year. During this year, 1765-1766, the church of Hanover became vacant. No record of Mr. M’Mordie’s resignation exists, but it was doubtless caused by the dissensions in his church. After his withdrawal the church continued in a distracted and enfeebled state. 19. HANOVER CHURCH. For many years it depended entirely upon occasional supplies, having no settled pastor, and, so far as we can learn, seeking none*. 1772. †April 16 Rev. John Roan was directed to supply at Hanover, and to moderate a call for Mr. William Thom, and Mr. Thom -------------------------------- 1769. *The signatures to a “Petition of the Inhabitants of Hanover Township against the Division of the said Township,” dated February, 1769, perhaps furnishes a pretty fair list of the members of Hanover congregation at that period. The original orthography of the names is preserved: Timothy Green, Thomas M’Elhinney, Joseph Hutchison, Samuel Paterson, James M’Creight, John Hutchison, Daniel Shaw, Samuel Sturgeon, James Hamilton James Hutchison, Robert Dermond, Alex’dr Robinson, James Low, John M’Quown, James M’Clanachan, Patrick Machan, Joseph Allen, Joseph Hutchison, jr., David Fergusson, William Creain, Thomas Kenedy, Samuel Fergusson, Anthony M’Creight, Robert Kenedy, William Fergusson, Lazaruis Stewart, William Brown, William Cooper, James Pettycrew, Joseph Barnet, John Cooper, Alexander Sloan, William M’Cluar, John Stewart, James Robinson, William Brandon, James Finney, Mathew Thornton, Joseph Wilson, James Irwin, Robert Sturgeon, Andrew Walles, Thomas M’Millan, John Andrew, Thomas M’Cluer, George M’Millan, Alex’r M’Cay, James Rogers, James M’Millan, James Todd, William Rogers, John Shaw, John Campbell, William Young, Richard Johnson, James M’Creight, jr., John Crawford, Mathew Snodey, Richard Crawford, James Crawford, James Johnson, Robert Kirkwood, James Wilson, John M’Cory, John Sharp, Robert Wallace, William Wright, Adam Read, Robert Parks, James Robertson, John Grame, Joseph Parks, Robert Humes, James Willson, Joseph Snodgrass, Thomas Finney, James Wilson, Michel Vanlear, Martha Barnet, Samuel Allen, William M’Cullouch, William Moorhead, Isaac Hannah, James Dixon, William Cathcart, Matthew Hannah, Samuel Brown, Robert Porterfield, William Ripet, Andrew Endsword, Thomas Strain, Samuel Hutchison, John Gilkeson, James Thompson, Thomas Scott, Brice Innis. John Thompson, John Woods, Thomas Meen, Robert Hutchison, 1771. †Twice was the congregation at Hanover greatly depleted. First by the exodus into Virginia of forty or fifty families, who settled in Hanover county, where their beloved pastor, Rev. Mr. Sankey had located. Earnest efforts have been made to gather the names of these Hanoverians, but as yet fruitless. Second, by the adherents of Lazarus Stewart, who accompanied him to Wyoming. The names of nearly all of these have been secured, and are as follows: Capt. Lazarus Stewart, John Robinson, William Carpenter, Lt. Lazarus Stewart, jr., Adam Harper, ------ Aston, James Stewart, John Poop, George Mean, Lazarus Young, Adam Stover, Conrad Philip, William Stewart, Balzer Stogard, Jacob Folk, Robert Young, Ludwig Shalman, Robert Kidd, William Young, Joseph Neal, Adam Sharer, Peter Kidd, John Stillie, Thomas French, 20. HANOVER CHURCH. is appointed one of the supplies at Hanover. On the 21st of May a call for Mr. Thom was presented in Presbytery, with a copy of a subscription paper of over one hundred pounds. The call was put into his hands. In the meantime Mr. Thom received other calls from Big Spring, Sherman’s Vally and Alexandria, Va., and on October 15, 1772, accepted the latter. For the next seven years, covering part of the period of the Revolutionary war, the Hanover church depended on occasional supplies. The times tried men’s souls. Men were called away to war. The people were poor. 1779. October 19, 1779, a call from Hanover for Mr. Joseph Henderson was presented at Presbytery and put into his hands. They agreed to pay him yearly, if he accepted, the full quantity of five hundred bushels of wheat. The call was declined, and supplies continued for two years longer, when, on the 20th of June, 1781, a call from Hanover to Rev. Matthew Woods was made out, in which they promise to pay him six hundred bushels of wheat, or a sum of hard money equivalent thereto, and also a gratuity of six hundred bushels. The cause of these peculiar calls in grain was the greatly depreciated value of the Continental currency. Mr. Woods accepted the call, and was ordained and installed over the Hanover congregation June 19, 1782. PASTORATE OF REV. MATTHEW WOODS. 1782-84. The pastorate of Mr. Woods was a brief one, and there remains no record of it beyond the fact that August 19, 1784, he reported in the Presbytery that some disturbance had arisen in his congregation, occasioned by a Rev. Mr. Hindman, who was formerly on trial before Presbytery for some irregularities. He asked the interposition of Presbytery, and a committee was appointed to attend to the matter, but in less than a month, on September 13, 1784, the Rev. Matthew Woods died. A tombstone was erected to his memory in 1789 by the following subscribers: £. s. d. £. s. d. Robert Boale . . . . . . . . . 7 6 Samuel Koarsley . . . . . . 7 6 Capt. Dan’l Bradley. . . . . . 7 6 Capt. Jas. M’Croight. . . . 7 6 Capt. Andrew Lee . . . . . . . 7 6 John Robertson. . . . . . . 7 6 Isaac Harrison . . . . . . . . 7 6 John M’Elhaney. . . . . . . 5 0 William M’Farland. . . . . . . 7 6 Thomas Bell . . . . . . . . 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thomas Robinson, Peter Izenhower, Casper Riker, John Simpson, John Neal, John Soult, Peter Leaman, John M’Downer, Ronemus Haine, Matthew Hollebaugh, Luke Showley, Martin Coster. Jacob Stogard, John Lard, George Ely, Nicholas Fanning, 21. HANOVER CHURCH £. s. d. £. s. d. John Endsworth . . . . . . . 7 6 Patrick Preston. . . . . . 3 9 Henry Graham . . . . . . . . 7 6 John Snodgrass . . . . . . 3 9 James Young, Sr. . . . . . . 7 6 John Cooper. . . . . . . . 5 0 William Robertson. . . . . . 3 9 Robt. Fleming. . . . . . . 3 9 William Stuart . . . . . . . 3 9 Capt. Jas. Wilson. . . . . 7 6 Wm. Brown and ten others in that quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 0 James M’Clure and others in that quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 17 3 ------- The whole amount raised was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 9 The body of Mr. Woods was buried in the Hanover grave-yard, adjoining the church. 1786. There was now a vacancy in the pastorate, during which supplies were furnished by Presbytery. After two years a call was extended to Mr. Samuel Wilson, a young licentiate, and a salary of £150 was promised him, but it was declined. 1787. Hanover was allowed to presecute a call to a probaitioner for the ministry under the care of the Presbytery of Philadelphia. On the 16th of October Mr. James Snodgrass was received under the care of the Presbytery from the Philadelphia Presbytery, and having accepted a call from the Hanover congregation, he was appointed to prepare a lecture on Rom. VIII, 1-7, and a Presbyterial exercise on I Cor. XV, 22, as parts of his trial for ordination. 1788. On the 13th of May the Presbytery of Carlisle met at Hanover. Present – Rev. Messrs. John Elder, John Hoge, John Linn, John Craighead, Robert Cooper and Samuel Waugh, with James Johnston, elder. Upon the next day, May 14, 1788, James Snodgrass was ordained and installed as pastor of the Hanover congregation. Rev. John Craighead presided and gave the charge, and the Rev. John Linn preached the sermon from II Cor. IV, 5. PASTORATE OF REV. JAMES SNODGRASS. A copy of the call of Hanover church to Mr. Snodgrass: SIR: - We the members of the Presbyterian congregation of Hanover, in the county of Dauphin, being for some time past destitute of a stated Gospel minister, and being sensible of the great loss that we and our tender offspring do sustain by our living in such a destitute condition in this wilderness, and being satisfied of the ministerial abilities of you, the Rev. James Snodgrass, to unanimously invite and call upon you to take the pastoral c-----nd oversight of us, promising all due subjection, submission and obedience to the doctrine, discipline, government and ordinances exercised and administered by you as our pastor in the Lord. And that you may 22. HANOVER CHURCH be better able to attend upon your pastoral and ministerial work, without anxious and distracting cares about your worldly concerns, we do hereby cheerfully promise and engage to provide for you support in a decent and comfortable manner, suitable and becoming your respectable office and station as a minister of the Gospel and Ambassador of the Prince of Peace, knowing that the Lord hath ordained that they who preach the Gospel shall live by the Gospel. In testimony whereof, we hereby subscribe our names this tenth day of May, 1787. JAMES M’CLURE, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, DAVID RAMSEY, JAMES TODD, SAMUEL STURGEON, WIDOW BROWN, ANDREW YOUNG, DAVID FERGUSON, JOHN SNODGRASS, ISAAC HARRISON, WILLIAM WILSON, JOHN YOUNG, RICHARD DE ARMAND, HUGH ANDREWS, JAMES M’CREIGHT, JAMES DIXON, DANIEL BRADLEY, JOSEPH BARNET, ROBT. PORTERFIELD, THOMAS KENNEDY, DAVID TODD, JOHN M’COWN, WILLIAM BROWN, JAS. ROBERTSON, THOMAS MURRAY, ROBT. FLEMING, THOMAS M’CHESNEY SAM’L KEARSLEY, DAVID ROBERTSON, JOHN TODD, WILLIAM ROGERS, JEREMIAH ROGERS, ROBERT BOAL, RICHARD CRAWFORD, JOHN ROBISON, JOSEPH CRAIN, ANDREW KARR, ISABELLA LOW, JOHN M’CORD, JAS. ROBERTSON, WM. M’ELHENY WIDOW BEARD, JOSEPH ALLEN, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, SAMUEL ROBINSON, GEORGE WARD, WILLIAM CATHCART, JAMES JOHNSTON, ROBERT M’FARLAND Contrary to modern custom the amount of salary is not mentioned in the call, but from the book of the trustees, which is in existence, we learn that the amount of the salary was probably one hundred and fifty pounds. In subsequent years Mr. Snodgrass lived upon a farm near the church, of which he was the owner. The church, probably, owned no ground beyond a few acres surrounding the church, part of which was used as a burial ground. Mr. Snodgrass was the last pastor of Hanover, but he served the church through a very long pastorate, down to the day of his death, on the second day of July, 1846, a period of over fifty-eight years from the date of his installation, May 14, 1788. To this should be added the six months or more in which he sup- 23. HANOVER CHURCH plied the pulpit prior to his ordination. The congregation of Hanover was wholly a country one, made up of a farming people and the few mechanics always to be found in a farming region. As the country increased in population the original Scotch-Irish settlers slowly disappeared, selling their farms to Germans and going themselves, mainly westward. Mr. Snodgrass, like most of the early ministers, failed to keep a record of his times. There does not exist, so far as can be learned, the slightest record of any church-session, or of any election of ruling elders by the church. Tradition gives us the names of some who served in the eldership of the church, but there is no existing record of any meeting of the session. No sessional book appears to have been kept. During the first eight or ten years of his pastorate Mr. Snodgrass kept a blank book of the trustees of the church, a record of the marriages, baptisms and admissions to the church, but he seems to have become weary of it and to have utterly abandoned it before the year 1800. There is no record of removals from the church by letter or by death. A list remains of the heads of families about the year 1788, and the lists of those who paid stipends are continued down to the date of his death. Mr. Snodgrass’ receipts for his salary, and the records of the board of trustees are also in existence. Some of these are here given, that they may be preserved for future reference. NAMES OF HEADS OF FAMILIES ABOUT THE YEAR 1788. Allen Joseph, Dalton Robert, Kennedy, Thomas Andrew James, Dixon Richard, Long James, Andrew John, Dixon Sankey, Low Widow, Allen William, Dearmond Richard, M’Creight Anthony, Bell Thomas, Endsworth John, M’Elheny John, Barnet Margaret, Espy Josiah, M’Cullough Wm., Brown William Esq., Ewing Robert, M’Cord John, Barnet Joseph, Finney Thomas, M’Guire Joseph, Barnet John, French John, M’Cullough Wm., Brandon William, Fleming Robert, M’Elheny Thomas, Boal Robert, Finley Richard, M’Creight James, Barnet Joseph, Ferguson John, M’Clure James, Broadly Daniel, Graham James, M’Nitt Barnet, Byers James, Green Timothy, M’Quown John, Baird Widow, Graham John, M’Elheny William, Brown Samuel, Green Joseph, Meskimmins Wm., Brown John, Graham William, Petticrew David, Crain George, Harrison Isaac, Petticrew James, Crane Joseph, Hume Robert, Pinkerton James, Crane Ambrose, Hume John, Porterfield Robert, Cunningham Patrick, Hill Widow, Ramage John, Campbell Widow, Innis, Elizabeth, Robertson James, Crawford Richard, Israelow Edward, Robertson James, Cathcart William, Johnston James, Rambo Peter, Craig John, Kearsley Samuel, Rogers William, Cooper John, Kennedy Robert, Rogers Jeremiah, Crawford Elizabeth, Kerr Andrew, Ramsey David, 24. HANOVER CHURCH Robinson John, Sturgeon Robt., Wilson James Jr., Robinson Samuel, Stewart Francis, Ward George, Ray David, Snoddy Widow, Wallace Benjamin, Snodgrass John, Todd James, Wallace Andrew, Sturgeon Samuel, Todd John, Wilson William, Strain David, Todd David, Wallis Thomas, Swan Moses, Thomson John Young Andrew, Strain Robert, Van Lier Michael, Young James, Stewart James, Wilson James Sr., Young William. This number, 108, shows that there was quite a good sized congregation in Hanover at that time. HANOVER MARRIAGE RECORD. The following is the register of marriages by Rev. James Snodgrass, so far as recorded: A.D. 1788. NAMES. DATE. John Barnett and Jane Crane, June 3. Andrew Wilson and Martha M’Clure, June 5. William Crane and Mary Sawyer, June 24. Henry Graham and Elizabeth Ferguson, June 24. Joseph M’Bay and Jane Brown, July 8. Bernard M’Nitt and Jane Hue, August 14. John M. Gilchrist and Eleanor Berryhill, October 28. John M’Kesic and Jane Israelow, November 25. George Green and Lettice Ramsey, December 18. A.D. 1789. James George and Mary M’Clure, January 13. Walter Clark and Mary Cathcart, January 20. Robert Stewart and Sarah Finney, March 10. Henry M’Cormick and Jane Mitchell, June 15. Robert Patterson and Isabella Brisbon, June 23. William Sturgeon and Jane M’Ewen, December 1. John Smith and Elizabeth Robertson, December 22. A.D. 1790 Andrew Robison and Jane Crane, January 21. William Allen and Nancy Ainsworth, March 18. Charles Riddle and Mary Beard, March 23. William Fleming and Ann Stone, March 25. Charles Brown and Margaret Allen, March 25. Thomas Barnett and Jane Finney, April 27. John Beard and Jane Cathcart, August 12. John Bay and Hannah Cashity, August 16. David Ritchie and Agnes M’Cormick, September --. William M’Clure and Agnes Lewis, November 30. David Craig and Martha Cook, December 1. Andrew Crane and Jane Strain, December 20. Robert Starrett and Rosannah Green, December 30. A.D. 1791. James Finney and Sarah Stewart, February 14. William Hays and Elizabeth Mitchell, March 1. Patrick Dougherty and Mary Quigley, March -. Samuel M’Clery and Mary Young, April 7. Henry Fulton and Ann Bell, April 20. John Craig and Jennet Boyd, September 2. Moses Barnett and Martha Snodgrass, December 15. Adam Bell and Jane Robertson, December 30. 25. HANOVER CHURCH. A.D. 1792. NAMES. DATE. John Chambers and Mary Duncan, January 24. Henry Moor and Mary Robertson, February 2. James Crane and Margaret M’Clure, March 13. Thomas Moorhead and Ann Clark, March 15. John Sloan and Elizabeth French, March 27. William Beard and Mary Boyd, March 29. John M’Callen and Margaret Geddis, April 10. William Cathcart and Abigail Hill, May 1. Hugh Wilson and Ann Crawford, May 10. Samuel Ainsworth and Margaret M’Ewen, May 10. Samuel Fulton and Mary Hay, May 29. David Strain and Elizabeth Allen, October --. James Burlin and Frances Rogers, November --. Thomas Morrison and Agnes Minsker. ----- Stewart and Sarah Stewart, December 20. John Byers and Elizabeth Andrew. A.D. 1793. Jeremiah Sturgeon and Ann Ritchie, March 14. Samuel Elder and Margaret Espy, March 14. Hugh Stewart and Mary Wilson, March 21. John Carson and Elizabeth Snodey, April 2. Daniel M’Guire and Sarah M’Clure, June --. Joseph Laughead and Elizabeth Brown. William Ward and Mary Harrison, October 31. Samuel Moor and Jane M’Clure, November 19. John M’Ewen and Margaret Bradley, November 28. A.D. 1794. Alexander Wood and Mary Robison, January 2. Joseph Allen and Eleanor M’Ewen, May 8. A.D. 1799. William Sawyers and Esther Rogers, December 25. A.D. 1800. Hugh Andrews and Elizabeth Ainsworth, January 2. William Wilson and Jane Stewart, February 11. William Jackson and Jane Black, February 20. William Stewart and Mary Stewart, March 13. Benjamin Chambers and Grace Stewart, March 17. The record of marriages here ends, though Mr. Snodgrass lived on in Hanover until July 2, 1846. He was born July 23, 1763, and was nearly 83 years old at the time of his death. [THE LATER HANOVER MARRIAGES WHICH FOLLOW ARE COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.] A.D. 1796(?) NAMES. DATE. Harbison, Adam, and Martha Finney, April 14. Isett, Henry, and Frances Rodgers, April 14. M’Ewen, James, and Frances Boal, April 20. Brice, Alexander, and {Peggy Kearsley, } { (Capt. Samuel,) } May 19. A.D. 1798. Galbraith, Bertram, and Harriet Huling, February 15. A.D. 1799. Sloan, Robert, (Harris- } Burg,) and } Sarah M’Cormick, March 30. 26. HANOVER CHURCH A.D. 1800. NAMES. DATE. M’Creight, John, and Peggy Rowan, January 1. A.D. 1802. Moody, Rev. John, and Elizabeth Crawford, March 30. Moorhead, Mr., and Ann Wilson, March 30. Stewart, Mr., and Polly Stewart, March 30. Hayes, David, and Margaret Rodgers, December 21. A.D. 1803. Boal, Major Jacob, and Mrs. George Crain, January 27. Wilson, James, and Polly Wallace, April 21. Harrison, Isaac, jr., and Nancy Crain, April 27. Wallace, William, (Har-{Rachel Forrest,(Dr.} April 27. risburg,) and { Andrew Forrest,) } Hines, James, and Love Clark, August 10. Crain, Jeremiah, and Ann Cochran, November 3. A.D. 1804. Rodgers, Robert, and Effy Allen, February 16. Hill, Robert, and Polly Todd, February 20. Green, Capt. Innis, and {Rebecca Murray, } April 19. { (Col. John.) } Harrison, John, and Frances Rodgers, April 26. M’Creight, John, and Polly Dearmond, November 15. A.D. 1805. Glenn, William, and Jenny Andrews, January 3. Lytle, Major John, and {Elizabeth Green, } January 10. { (Col. Timothy,) } Bell, Samuel, and Isabella Watt, February 14. A.D. 1806. M’Cullough, Alex., and Jane Robinson, December 24. A.D. 1807. Hamilton, Hugh, (Harris- {Rosanna Boyd, } January 6. burg,) and { (Adam Boyd,) } Johnson, David, and {Eleanor Barnett, } February 18. { (Maj. John,) } Ball, Thomas, and Mary M’Chesney, February 26. Clark, John, and {Jane St—onton,(Dr.} April 9. {William,) } Simonton, James, and Anne Bell, April 9. Thome, John, and Nancy Robinson, April 16. Robinson, Samuel, and Rachel Clendenin, June 19. M’Elrath, John, and Mary M’Cabe, August 11. Rodgers, John, and Dinah Carson, October 31. Crawford, William, and Patty Crain, November 2. Johnston, John, and Ann Bradley, November 2. A.D. 1808. Patton, Dr. William, {Eleanor Kean, (Gen. } (Hummelstown,) and { John Kean,) March 24. Kerr, Rev. William, and Mary Wilson, April 28. Stewart, Samuel, and Elizabeth Elder, October 11. Ryan, John, and Lydia Stewart, November 24. A.D. 1809. Sawyer, John, and Miss Bell, (da. Sam’l,) May 25. A.D. 1810. Sloan, James, and Ann M’Creight, March 29. Stewart, James, and Mrs. Hannah Wilson, April 3. Crawford, James, and Mary Finney, April 26. A.D. 1811. Bell, Rev. Samuel, and Mary Snodgrass, January 15. Barnett, George, and Maria Winnagle, January 17. Stewart, James, and Jane Elder, March 28. 27. HANOVER CHURCH. A.D. 1813. NAMES. DATE. Barnett, Josoph, and Elizabeth Allen, March 30. Hanna, John, and Louisa Wilson, April 9. Miller, Robert, and Eliza Dearmond, April 11. Johnson, Samuel, and Ann Barnett, April 20. Gilchrist, Robert, and Jane Young, (Wm.,) October 28. A.D. 1815. Freckleton, Robert, and Martha Humes, December 26. Todd, David and Sarah M’Cormick, May 23. A.D. 1816. Thom, William, and Margaret Hays, January 14. Brenneman, Henry, and Mrs. John Smith, March 19. Gilchrist, Robert, (Washington county } and Jane Fleming, (Sam’l) } March 12. Graham, John, and Jane Ferguson, } (David) } March 14. Moorhead, Capt. John B., & Ann Snodgrass, May 1. Forster, John, (Susque- } Hanna twp.,) and } Mary Wilson, October 1. Espy, David, and Rebecca Allen, December 15. A.D. 1817. Snodgrass, Benjamin, and Ann Wilson, June 9. Barnett, William, and Ann Graham, December 12. A.D. 1818. Dale, James, (Union { County,) and {Eliza Bell, February 24. Sturgeon, Allen, and {Eliza Snodgrass,(Rev.} { James Snodgrass,) } March 5. Sturgeon, Jeremiah, and {Mary M’Cormick, } { John,) } June 25. A.D. 1821. Vanderslice, John, and Mrs. Rosanna Boal, January 5. A.D. 1822. M’Clelland, John, and Sarah Stewart, May 2. A.D. 1826. Sturgeon Robert, and Eliza Ann M’Cormick, April 13. M’Cormick, Thos. M., and Rebecca Rodgers, December 14. Geddis, William F., and Nancy M’Cormick, February 22. Lutz, Henry H., and Jane Barnett, April 25. REGISTER OF BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS. A.D. 1788. NAMES PARENTS BIRTH BAPTISM. George Washington, Daniel and Mary Bradley, Dec. 20, 1787, May 18 Alexander, John and Elizabeth Martin, January 15, May 18 James, Isaac and Sarah Harrison, Nov. 12, 1787, May 18 Ann, William and Mary Graham, May 18 Mary, John and Mary Ramage, May 18 Eleanor, John and Mary Barnett, May 25 Thomas, David and Susanna Mitchell, February 25, May 25 Juliana, William and Mary Stewart, Aug. 5, 1787 June 12 Jane, William and Rebekah M’Farland, June 12 Elizabeth, William and Rebekah M’Farland, June 12 Nancy, James and Jane Caldwell, June 15 David English, James and Rachel Montgomery, June 15 Alexander, James and Mary Johnston, June 15 28. HANOVER CHURCH NAMES PARENTS BIRTH BAPTISM. Eleanor, Richard and Eleanor Dearmond, April 17, June 15 Margaret, John and Sarah M’Cord, May 8, June 15 Samuel, James and Jane Clokey, Apr. 24, 1787, June 22 Alexander, James and Jennet M’Creight, July 2, Aug. 10 Jane, William and Martha Young, June 1, Aug. 17 Hannah, James and Ann Wilson, May 15, Aug. 24 Elizabeth, Janmes and Ann Long, May 23, Sept. 14 Andrew, Andrew and Sarah Young, Sept. 14 John, Samuel and Sarah Kearsley, Septem. 14, Sept. 19 James Snodgrass, Joseph and Ann Espy, July 18, Sept. 25 John, John and Agnes Young, August 14, Sept. 24 Mary, Samuel and Nancy Stewart, February 29, Oct. 26 Jennet, Robert and Martha M’Farland, Oct. 28 William, William and Hannah Calhoun, Nov. 9 Matty, Robert and Else Porterfield, Nov. 30 Alexander, John and Rebekah Martin, Nov. 30 Mary, John and Mary Hume, Nov. 30. A.D. 1789. Hugh, James and Mary Todd, January 10, Mar. 1 James, Andrew and Priscilla Lee, January 3, Mar. 13 John, Samuel and Ann Finney, April 5 Sally, David and Barbara Stewart, April 5 James, Samuel and Rebekah Brown, April 5 Ephia, Joseph and Sarah Green, April 27 James Snodgrass, Robert and Jane Sturgeon, April 27 John, Hugh and Mary Graham, April 10, May 3 Mary, James and Elizabeth Wilson, May 3 Joseph, John and Jane Barnett, May 31 Mary, William and Mary Crane, May 31 Robert, William and Elizabeth M’Elheny,April 13, June 28 Mary, Joseph and Mary Riddle, May 3, 1782, June 2 Rebekah, Joseph and Mary Riddle, Sept. 9, 1785, June 2 Margaret, Joseph and Mary Riddle, Mar. 2, 1788, June 2 John, Henry and Elizabeth Graham, April 17, June 14 Robert, William and Agnes Cunningham, May 15, 1784, June 15 Sarah, William and Agnes Cunningham, Feb. 2, 1786, June 15 William Norris, William and Agnes Cunningham, Mar. 16, 1788, June 15 Joseph, George and Martha Crane, July 1, July 19 Elizabeth, William and Rebekah Allen, July 26, Martha, Andrew and Catharine Carr, Aug. 16 Jennet M’Kroy, Aug. 16 Mary, Andrew and Jane Martin, Aug. 19 Mary, Thomas and Mary Erskine, Dec. 2, 1788, Aug. 19 Sarah, Bernard and Jane M’Nitt, Aug. 23 Mary, Jeremiah and Mary Rogers Aug. 23 Martha, Robert and Elizabeth Strain, Sept. 6 Margaret, Robert and ----- Freckleton, Sept. 6 John, Sankey and Ann Dixon, August 14, Sept. 25 James, William and Martha Young, Septem. 14, Oct. 11 Benjamin, James and Martha Snodgrass, August 15, Oct. 17 George, Thomas and Mary Ward, Septem. 5, Oct. 18 James, William and Margaret Campbell, Septem. 14, Nov. 8 Sally, John and Mary Low, Nov. 15 Joseph, John and Mary Barnett, Nov. 22 David, David and Barbara Stewart, Nov. 29 Martha, Andrew and Martha Wilson, Dec. 6 Elizabeth, David and Jane Ferguson, Dec. 20 Ellen M’Millan, Dec. 20 Jane, Francis and Eleanor M’Clellan, June 14 A.D. 1790 David, William and Hannah Calhoun, Oct. 4, 1789, Jan. 3 Sarah, James and Jane Clokey, Jan. 17 John, Samuel and Margaret Sturgeon, January 6, Feb. 10 29. HANOVER CHURCH NAMES PARENTS BIRTH BAPTISM. Sarah, John and Jane Cooper, Dec. 21, 1789, Feb. 10 Richard, Timothy and Mary Green, January 8, Feb. 11 Ann, Samuel and Sarah Kearsley, January 13, Feb. 21 Rebekah, John and Elizabeth Martin, Dec. 1, 1789, Feb. 21 James, John and Mary Snodgrass, Dec. 14, 1789, Feb. 28 Robert, Robert and Mary Boal, February 23, Mar. 10 Margaret, Andrew and Margary Young, Nov. 16, 1789, Mar. 10 Sarah, John and Rebekah Martin, Oct. 26, 1789, Mar. 10 Mary Ann, John and Margaret M’Elheny, January 26, Mar. 12 Mary, John and Mary Magill, April 2 Robert Scott, Adult, April 4 Samuel, John and Mary Elder, April 25 Richard, William and Jane Rogers, April 25 William, James and Mary Johnston, April 30 William, James and Rachel Montgomery, May 3 Margaret Roan, John and Jane Barnett, March 23, May 3 Mary, David and Susanna Mitchell, January 16, May 3 Matilda, James and Ann Long, March 28, June 6 Sarah, Isaac and Sarah Harrison, June 6 Elizabeth, James and Jane Caldwell, June 20 Sarah, James and Jane Caldwell, June 20 James, John and Elizabeth Petticrue, January 25, June 20 Agnes Crain, Robert and Sarah Stewart, June 20 Mary, Robert and Ann Kirkwood, June 27 James, John and Jane Robison, July 4 Josiah, Andrew and Sarah Young, July 11 Sally, Henry and Jane M’Cormick, June 15, Aug. 5 Frances, David and Mary Bradley, July 29, Aug. 16 Isabella, William and Mary Snodey, James, John and Sarah M’Cord, Isabella, Hugh and Agnes Andrew, Septem. 29, Dec. 4 John M’Cown, William and Jane Sturgeon, Dec. 5 A. D. 1791. William, William and Elizabeth M’Elheny Nov. 21, 1790, Jan. 2 John, John and Mary Hume, Oct. 4, 1790, Jan. 30 Samuel, John and Mary Petticrue, Jan. 30 James, Charles and Margaret Brown, January 18, Mar. 2 Martha, Joseph and Jane M’Bay, Nov. 29, 1790, Mar. 2 Andrew Stewart, Richard and Eleanor Dearmond, Mar. – Samuel Allen, James and ----- Barnett, April – Jean, Henry and Elizabeth Graham, Oct. 19, 1790, April – David, James and Mary Todd, May 1 Nancy, John and ----- Beatty, May 1 John and Agnes Young, April 27 Esther Morrow, May 1 Elizabeth Guerney, Adult, May 13 John, Thomas and Mary Ward, May 16 Esther, William and Martha Young, April 16, May 19 Susanna Louisa, Lewis and Margaret Kreider, March 24, May 19 David, David and Jane Ferguson, May 29 Thomas, James and ----- Wilson, April 14, May 31 James M’Cord, May 31 David Grahms, May 31 William and Ann Fleming, July – Robert and Else Porterfield, July – Timothy Green, William and Rebekah Allen, July 11 John, William and ----- M’Cullough, July 11 Samuel, Samuel and Rebekah Brown, July 31 Joseph Crane, William and Sarah Knox, Sept. – Robert, Robert and Jane Sturgeon, Oct. 2 Thomas Kitiera, Benjamin and Rebekah Duncan, Oct. 12 Jane Maria, Benjamin and Rebekah Duncan, Oct. 12 John M’Ewen, John and Mary Barnett, Septem. 7, Oct. 30 William Sawyer, William and Mary Crane, Nov. 6 30. HANOVER CHURCH. NAMES PARENTS BIRTH BAPTISM. Elizabeth, Samuel and Ann Finney, Nov. Martha, William and Margaret Campbell, Nov. 9 Isaac, John and Rebekah Martin, Septem. 5, Nov. 9 Mary S., James and ----- Armstrong, Nov. – A.D. 1792. Martha, James and Martha Snodgrass, Nov. 25, 1791, Jan. 11 Andrew Lee, George and Martha Crane, Jan. 11 Samuel, William and Nancy Allen, Feb. 3 Susanna, Robert and Sarah Stewart, Feb. 1 William, Andrew and Catharine Carr, Feb. 15 Mary, Thomas and Jane Barnett, Nov. 25, 1791, Feb. 15 John, James and Jane Caldwell, Mar. 7 David, David and Susanna Mitchell, Mar. 14 Samuel, James and Ann Long. Mar. 14 Samuel, Robert and ----- Aitkin, Mar. 25 John, Robert and Martha M’Farland, April 15 James, William and ----- Petticrue, April 15 -- Continued in Part 2 --