CHURCH: Old Hanover Church, Part 2 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. Continued from Part 1 ADMISSIONS TO THE LORD’S TABLE. Samuel Stewart . . . . . Nov. 2, 1788 Patrick Preston . . . . . . 1790 Nancy Stewart. . . . . . Nov. 2, 1788 John Barnet . . . . . . . . 1790 David Mitchell . . . . . Nov. 2, 1788 Joseph Crain. . . . . . . . 1790 Violet Crawford. . . . . Nov. 2, 1788 James Crain . . . . . . . . 1791 Elizabeth Miskimins. . . Nov. 2, 1788 Alex. M’Elheny. . . . . . . 1791 John Andrew. . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Henry M’Cormick . . . . . . 1791 Jane M’Ewen. . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Jane M’Cormick. . . . . . . 1791 Eleanor M’Ewen . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Wm. Cathcart. . . . . . . . 1791 Samuel Brown . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Elizabeth Sloan . . . . . . 1791 Mary Beard . . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Benjamin Duncan . . . . . . 1791 Martha Wilson. . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Jean Flenegan . . . . . . . 1791 Hannah M’Elheny. . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Margaret M’Ewen . . . . . . 1791 Thomas M’Elheny. . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Jeremiah Sturgeon . . . . . 1791 Abbe Hill. . . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Mary Robison. . . . . . . . 1791 Hugh Graham. . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Wm. M’Farland . . . May, 1792 Mary Snodey. . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Rebekah M’Farland . May, 1792 John Hume. . . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Wm. Beard . . . . . May, 1792 Mary Hume. . . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Samuel Ainsworth. . May, 1792 Jane Crane . . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 Hugh Wilson . . . . May, 1792 Jane Bell. . . . . . . . Apr. 26, 1789 John M’Cown . . . . May, 1792 William Stewart. . . . . May 2, 1790 ----- Wray. . . . . May, 1792 Hugh Andrew. . . . . . . May 2, 1790 John Sloan. . . . . Oct., 1793 John Crawford. . . . . . 1790 Elizabeth Sloan . . Oct., 1793 Ann Crawford . . . . . . 1790 Thomas Barnett. . . Oct., 1793 William Crane. . . . . . 1790 Jane Barnett. . . . Oct., 1793 Samuel Finney. . . . . . 1790 Moses Barnett . . . Oct., 1793 Ann Finney . . . . . . . 1790 Martha Barnett. . . Oct., 1793 John Robinson. . . . . . 1790 John Robison. . . . Oct., 1793 Wm. Sturgeon . . . . . . 1790 Martha Crawford . . Oct., 1793 Elizabeth Lewis. . . . . 1790 Jane Sloan. . . . . Oct., 1793 CONTRIBUTORS AND MEMBERS OF HANOVER CONGREGATION FROM 1787 TO 1842. A. Allen, William . . . . . 1790-1793 Allen, Joseph . . . . . 1787-1818 Allen, Joseph, jr. . . . 1795-1838 Allen, William. . . . . 1787-1830 Ainsworth, Samuel. . . . 1795-1797 Andrew, James . . . . . 1787-1793 Allen, Rebecca . . . . . 1796-1804 Andrew, John. . . . . . 1787 Ainsworth, Lazarus . . . 1796-1802 Ainsworth, John . . . . 1788-1812 Ainsworth, James . . . . 1797-1803 Andrew, Hugh. . . . . . 1788-1803 Adams, John. . . . . . . 1799-1801 Atkin, Robert . . . . . 1790-1793 Allen, John. . . . . . . 1802-1809 31. HANOVER CHURCH. Allen, Robert . . . . . 1803-1823 Crawford, Elizabeth. . . 1787 Allen, James. . . . . . 1806-1821 Crawford, Richard. . . . 1787-1813 Auston, Mrs . . . . . . 1808-1809 Cunningham, Patrick. . . 1787-1789 Allen, John . . . . . . 1813-1823 Clokey, James. . . . . . 1788-1813 Ainsworth, Widow. . . . 1813-1827 Crawford, Wm . . . . . . 1788-1811 Allen, Miss . . . . . . 1839-1842 Caldwell, James. . . . . 1788-1791 B Carson, William. . . . . 1788-1789 Baird, Widow. . . . . . 1787 Campbell, Margaret . . . 1788-1804 Barnett, Capt. John . . 1787-1795 Campbell, Wm . . . . . . 1788-1803 Barnett, Joseph . . . . 1787-1796 Crain, Andrew. . . . . . 1790-1796 Barnett, Margaret . . . 1787-1788 Crain, William . . . . . 1790-1795 Brandon, Wm . . . . . . 1787 Crain, James . . . . . . 1793 Brown, John . . . . . . 1787 Campbell, Robert . . . . 1796-1798 Brown, Samuel . . . . . 1787-1817 Carson, Francis. . . . . 1796-1798 Brown, Wm., sr. . . . . 1787-1807 Cathcart, Wm., jr. . . . 1796-1831 Broadley, Daniel. . . . 1787-1802 Crain, Martha. . . . . . 1796-1803 Boal, Robert. . . . . . 1787-1811 Cathcart, Widow Sarah. . 1797-1801 Byers, James. . . . . . 1787-1803 Crawford, Paul . . . . . 1797-1800 Bell, Thomas. . . . . . 1787-1815 Crawford, John . . . . . 1797-1812 Baird, John . . . . . . 1788-1789 Cathcart, James. . . . . 1802-1815 Barnett, James. . . . . 1788-1804 Clokey, Joseph . . . . . 1802-1815 Barnett, Widow. . . . . 1789 Campbell, More . . . . . 1804 Barnett, Thomas . . . . 1789-1830 Campbell, Widow. . . . . 1804-1813 Brown, Charles. . . . . 1790-1800 Connelly, Moore. . . . . 1803-1806 Baird, Sarah. . . . . . 1790-1793 Carr, Mrs. . . . . . . . 1806-1810 Bell, Henry . . . . . . 1790-1793 Crain, Jeremiah. . . . . 1806-1808 Barnett, John . . . . . 1790-1822 Carr, Samuel . . . . . . 1811-1817 Beard, William. . . . . 1795-1806 Corbett, James . . . . . 1811-1827 Barnett, Moses. . . . . 1797-1815 Crawford, Miss . . . . . 1813-1842 Bigham, James . . . . . 1797-1798 Cathcart, Widow. . . . . 1816-1835 Bigham, Joseph. . . . . 1799-1803 Cuppler, James . . . . . 1820-1821 Brown, Thomas . . . . . 1799-1842 Corbett, Mrs . . . . . . 1828-1842 Brail, John . . . . . . 1802-1803 Crawford, V. . . . . . . 1831-1837 Bell, James . . . . . . 1802-1839 Cowden, John . . . . . . 1841-1842 Barr, Alexander . . . . 1802-1803 D Boyd, Mrs . . . . . . . 1804-1807 Dalton, Robert . . . . . 1787-1806 Bell, Alexander . . . . 1805-1831 Dearmond, Richard. . . . 1787-1802 Barnett, Widow. . . . . 1803-1812 Dixon, Richard . . . . . 1787 Boal, Thomas. . . . . . 1806-1811 Dixon, Sankey. . . . . . 1787-1790 Baird, Widow. . . . . . 1807-1832 Dixon, James . . . . . . 1788-1823 Boon, John. . . . . . . 1808-1815 Duncan, Benjamin . . . . 1791-1796 Barnett, Joseph . . . . 1813 Dearmond, Eleanor. . . . 1803-1827 Barnett, Samuel . . . . 1813 Dougherty, George. . . . 1806-1809 Bell, Widow . . . . . . 1816-1820 Douglas, Joseph. . . . . 1790 Barnett, Richard. . . . 1820-1826 Dalton, Thomas . . . . . 1807 Baker, Samuel . . . . . 1823 Dalton, Anna . . . . . . 1807 Barnett, William. . . . 1823-1830 Drummond, Frances. . . . 1813-1817 Beel, Jacob . . . . . . 1826-1827 Dixon, Ann . . . . . . . 1815 Burnett, Thomas, jr . . 1831-1842 Dixon, Miria . . . . . . 1815 Barnett, Richard. . . . 1831-1832 Duey, Thomas . . . . . . 1831-1836 Beard, Mrs., (estate) . 1833 Duey, George . . . . . . 1831-1834 Bell, James, (estate) . 1840-1841 E Barnett, Thomas (estate)1836 Endsworth, John. . . . . 1787 Beard, William. . . . . 1834-1838 Espy, Josiah . . . . . . 1787 Beard, J. . . . . . . . 1837-1888 Ewing, Robert. . . . . . 1787-1789 Barnett, John . . . . . 1837-1842 Elder, John. . . . . . . 1790-1812 Bell, Robert. . . . . . 1842 Ewin,(Ewing,) John . . . 1791-1797 C Erskine, Thomas. . . . . 1797-1799 Campbell, Widow . . . . 1787 England, Moses . . . . . 1802-1809 Cathcart, Wm., sr . . . 1787-1796 Elder, Robert. . . . . . 1810-1812 Cooper, John. . . . . . 1787-1793 Ewens, Thomas. . . . . . 1811 Craig, John . . . . . . 1787 F Crain, George . . . . . 1787-1795 Ferguson, John . . . . . 1787-1813 Crane, Ambrose. . . . . 1787-1792 Finlay, Richard. . . . . 1787-1795 Crane, Joseph . . . . . 1787-1789 Finney, Thomas . . . . . 1787-1818 32. HANOVER CHURCH. Fleming, Robert . . . . 1787-1818 Johnston, John . . . . . 1804-1811 French, John. . . . . . 1787 Johnston, Rowan. . . . . 1804-1831 Ferguson, David . . . . 1788-1842 Johnston, James. . . . . 1804-1809 Finney, Samuel. . . . . 1788-1824 Johnston, William. . . . 1808-1811 Finney, Widow . . . . . 1789-1800 Johnston, Samuel . . . . 1812-1819 Freckleton, Robert. . . 1796-1829 K Finney, John. . . . . . 1796-1811 Kearsley, Samuel . . . . 1787-1795 Finney,Mary,and sisters 1801-1805 Kennedy, Robert. . . . . 1787-1811 Finney,Jean,and sisters 1803-1842 Kennedy, Thomas. . . . . 1787-1801 French, James . . . . . 1803-1842 Kerr, Andrew . . . . . . 1787-1795 Ferguson, Sarah . . . . 1804 Kirkwood, Robert . . . . 1793-1795 Fleming, Samuel . . . . 1813-1842 King, John . . . . . . . 1799-1802 Forster, John . . . . . 1819-1820 Kee, John. . . . . . . . 1799-1810 Fleming, Mrs. . . . . . 1819-1842 Kell, Benjamin . . . . . 1802-1810 Finney, Mrs . . . . . . 1825-1842 Kennedy, Jean. . . . . . 1802-1803 Fleming, Samuel B . . . 1827-1842 Kerr, Mrs. . . . . . . . 1804-1805 G. Kell, Aaron. . . . . . . 1807-1819 Graham, James . . . . . 1787 Kell, John . . . . . . . 1808-1809 Graham, John. . . . . . 1787-1792 Kirk, James. . . . . . . 1823-1835 Graham, William . . . . 1787-1788 L. Green, Joseph . . . . . 1787-1797 Long, James. . . . . . . 1787-1789 Green, Timothy. . . . . 1787-1804 Low, Widow . . . . . . . 1787-1795 Graham, Henry . . . . . 1788-1801 Lee, Capt. Andrew. . . . 1788-1797 Gurney, Nancy . . . . . 1791-1796 Lee, Capt. Andrew. . . . 1788-1797 Gurney, Eliza . . . . . 1791-1800 Lewis, Robert. . . . . . 1792-1798 Graham, Widow . . . . . 1793 Low, George. . . . . . . 1797-1802 Graham, Hugh. . . . . . 1795-1821 Low, Ned . . . . . . . . 1798 Gurney, Elizabeth . . . 1796-1798 Latta, John. . . . . . . 1812-1813 Gillespy, James . . . . 1798-1811 M. Graham, John. . . . . . 1820-1823 M'Clure, James . . . . . 1787-1816 Graham, Moses . . . . . 1825 M'Creight, Anthony . . . 1787 Graham, Hugh, jr. . . . 1825-1831 M'Creight, James . . . . 1787-1814 H. M'Cord, John . . . . . . 1787-1811 Harrison, Isaac . . . . 1787-1804 M'Cullough, Wm . . . . . 1787 Hill, Widow . . . . . . 1787 M'Elhany, John . . . . . 1787-1808 Hume, John. . . . . . . 1787-1798 M'Elhany, Wm . . . . . . 1787-1808 Hume, Robert. . . . . . 1787 M'Guire, Joseph. . . . . 1787 Hume, John. . . . . . . 1790-1797 M'Nitt, Barnett. . . . . 1787-1819 Hillis, William . . . . 1795-1799 M'Cown, John . . . . . . 1787-1805 Hill, John. . . . . . . 1797-1809 Miskimins, Wm. . . . . . 1787-1791 Hill, Robert. . . . . . 1797-1842 M'Elhaney, Thomas. . . . 1787-1820 Hume, Isabella. . . . . 1799-1816 M'Farland ,Wm. . . . . . 1788-1798 Hume, Martha. . . . . . 1799-1815 M'Elhaney, Alex. . . . . 1788-1811 Harrison, John. . . . . 1805-1836 M'Cormick, Wm. . . . . . 1789-1795 Hampton, John . . . . . 1811-1833 Martin, John . . . . . . 1789-1815 Hatton, Frederick . . . 1813-1834 Montgomery, James. . . . 1790-1792 Harrison, Steven. . . . 1814-1821 M'Farlin, Robert . . . . 1790-1792 Hatton, Daniel. . . . . 1815-1823 M'Millen, James. . . . . 1790 Hume, John. . . . . . . 1817-1821 Mitchel, Thomas. . . . . 1790-1801 Hall, John. . . . . . . 1819-1821 Mitchel, David . . . . . 1790-1811 Harrison, Mrs . . . . . 1822-1827 M'Cormick, Henry . . . . 1790-1824 Hatton, Mrs . . . . . . 1835-1840 M'Cullough, Hugh . . . . 1790-1791 Harrison, Mrs . . . . . 1836-1838 M'Clelland, Francis. . . 1790-1793 Harrison, Andrew. . . . 1837-1840 M'Ewen, John . . . . . . 1791-1793 Harrison, John, (estate)1837 M'Coy, Thomas. . . . . . 1791-1792 M'Cormick, Isabel. . . . 1791-1799 I. Martin, Andrew . . . . . 1793-1805 Innes, Elizabeth. . . . 1787 M'Kinney, Esther . . . . 1795-1803 Israelow, Edward. . . . 1787-1797 Morrow, Archibald. . . . 1796 Innes, Brice. . . . . . 1791-1796 M'Clelland, John . . . . 1796-1800 Innis, Mrs. . . . . . . 1812-1827 M'Bay, Joseph. . . . . . 1796-1815 Innis, John B . . . . . 1828-1831 Murray, Archibald. . . . 1797-1804 J. M'Candless, William. . . 1797-1799 Johnston, James . . . . 1787-1811 M'Ewen, James. . . . . . 1797-1800 Jude, Samuel. . . . . . 1787-1802 M'Naughton, John . . . . 1798-1805 33. HANOVER CHURCH. M'Cune, James . . . . . 1799-1803 Porterfield, James . . . 1821-1824 M'Cormick, John . . . . 1800-1811 Poor, Charles M. . . . . 1824-1825 M'Clure, Francis. . . . 1802-1808 Porterfield, James . . . 1829-1842 M'Clure, John . . . . . 1802-1813 Porterfield, Robert. . . 1831-1835 M'Creight, David. . . . 1802-1840 ----- estate . . . . . . 1835-1836 M'Elheny, Robert. . . . 1803-1811 Porterfield, Mrs . . . . 1837-1838 Mathews, Thomas . . . . 1803-1804 R. M'Clurg, Wm . . . . . . 1803-1829 Ramage, John . . . . . . 1787-1793 M'Mese, Robert. . . . . 1803-1812 Rambo, Peter . . . . . . 1787 M'Roberts, Hannah . . . 1804-1812 Ramsey, David. . . . . . 1787 Moody, Robert . . . . . 1804-1809 Ray, (or Wray,) David. . 1787-1803 M'Creight, John . . . . 1804-1811 Robertson, James . . . . 1787-1793 M'Clurg, Robert . . . . 1804 Robinson, John, sr . . . 1787-1806 M'Cormick, Wm . . . . . 1805-1809 Robinson, Samuel . . . . 1787-1802 Moor, William . . . . . 1805-1808 Rogers, William. . . . . 1787-1800 Martin, Widow . . . . . 1806-1828 Rogers, Jeremiah . . . . 1787-1788 M'Ewen, John. . . . . . 1806-1810 Robertson, David . . . . 1788-1790 M'Neight, Alex. . . . . 1806-1810 Ramsey, Lettice. . . . . 1788 M'Neight, John. . . . . 1806-1811 Robertson, James . . . . 1790-1791 Murray, Andrew. . . . . 1806-1823 Rigart, John . . . . . . 1791-1801 M'Mullin, Daniel. . . . 1807-1812 Robeson, Widow . . . . . 1793-1795 M'Nair, Thomas. . . . . 1807-1826 Richey, David. . . . . . 1793-1823 M'Veay, Joseph. . . . . 1807 Roan, James. . . . . . . 1796-1803 M'Fadden, John. . . . . 1808-1809 Roan, Matthew. . . . . . 1796-1803 M'Henry, Archy. . . . . 1808 Robeson, Robert. . . . . 1796-1800 M'Clure, Widow. . . . . 1808-1813 Rogers, Jean . . . . . . 1801-1807 M'Connell, Wm . . . . . 1808-1827 Robinson, Widow. . . . . 1801 M'Twig,(or Taig,) John. 1812-1819 Ramsey, James. . . . . . 1802-1832 M'Creight, Mrs. E . . . 1813-1837 Robinson, John, jr . . . 1804-1819 Mulholland, James . . . 1813-1822 Rogers, Robert . . . . . 1804-1836 M'Kinnis, Wm. . . . . . 1813-1814 Rogers, James. . . . . . 1806-1818 M'Creight, Alex . . . . 1815-1840 Rogers, William. . . . . 1808 M'Bay, Wm. B. . . . . . 1816-1837 Robinson, Samuel . . . . 1810-1830 M'Clure, Andrew . . . . 1817-1823 Robinson, Thomas . . . . 1818-1825 M'Clure, John . . . . . 1819-1826 Ralston, William . . . . 1821-1828 M'Nitt, Sarah . . . . . 1820-1823 Ramsey, James,(estate,). 1833 M'Elhenny, John . . . . 1821-1842 Ramsey, Mrs. . . . . . . 1834-1836 M'Neel, Curtis. . . . . 1824-1826 Robinson, Moses. . . . . 1837-1842 Martin, James . . . . . 1821-1835 S. M'Farland, Mrs. . . . . 1821-1823 Snodgrass, John. . . . . 1787-1817 M'Creight, James. . . . 1822-1825 Snody, Widow . . . . . . 1787 M'Clennen, Matthew. . . 1822-1823 Stewart, Francis . . . . 1787-1790 M'Hargue, Alexander . . 1824-1827 Stewart, James . . . . . 1787 M'Cormick, Mitchel. . . 1825-1842 Strain, David. . . . . . 1787 M'Creight, Mrs. . . . . 1826-1842 Strain, Robert . . . . . 1787-1793 M'Farland, Wm . . . . . 1829-1830 Sturgeon, Robert, sr . . 1787-1804 M'Connell, James. . . . 1830-1835 Sturgeon, Samuel . . . . 1787-1801 M'Bay, Mrs. . . . . . . 1838-1841 Swan, Moses. . . . . . . 1787-1793 M'Cord, Samuel. . . . . 1840-1842 Stewart, William . . . . 1788-1807 N. Sloan, Alexander . . . . 1788-1812 Norris, Charles . . . . 1791-1792 Strain, Elizabeth. . . . 1789-1827 O. Stewart, Robert. . . . . 1790-1842 Ogden, Hiram. . . . . . 1814 Snody, William . . . . . 1790-1812 Stewart, Samuel. . . . . 1790-1803 P. Smith, William, sr . . . 1790-1801 Pettycrew, David. . . . 1787 Sloan, Archibald . . . . 1790-1793 Pettycrew, James. . . . 1787-1792 Stewart, John. . . . . . 1791-1802 Pinkerton, James. . . . 1787 Simpson, James . . . . . 1791-1799 Porterfield, Robert . . 1787-1828 Sturgeon, William. . . . 1791-1792 Pettycrew, John . . . . 1788-1792 Sloan, John. . . . . . . 1793-1833 Prentice, James . . . . 1799-1802 Sturgeon, Jeremiah . . . 1796-1826 Pinkerton, Hugh . . . . 1802-1803 Smith, Willia, jr. . . . 1796-1800 Peterson, James . . . . 1807-1810 Sturgeon, Thomas . . . . 1799-1800 Pecock, James . . . . . 1811 Sturgeon, Robert, jr . . 1799-1801 Porterfield, Robert, jr 1817-1823 Small, John. . . . . . . 1801-1803 34. HANOVER CHURCH Smith, Francis. . . . . 1802-1811 Vanlier, Widow . . . . . 1801-1812 Smith, John . . . . . . 1802-1819 Vanderslice, Dr. John. . 1827-1840 Sturgeon, Margaret. . . 1802-1819 Vanderslice, Mrs . . . . 1841-1842 Smith, Nancy. . . . . . 1803 Stewart, Widow. . . . . 1804-1813 W. Snodgrass, Wm . . . . . 1804-1813 Wallace, Andrew. . . . . 1787 Sloan, James. . . . . . 1806-1820 Wallace, Benjamin. . . . 1787-1792 Snodgrass, Samuel . . . 1806-1834 Ward, George . . . . . . 1787-1802 Sister, John. . . . . . 1805 Wilson, James, sr. . . . 1787-1819 Sister, Thomas. . . . . 1805 Wilson, James, esq . . . 1787-1807 Sister, Daniel. . . . . 1807-1809 Wilson, William. . . . . 1787-1798 Sturgeon, Samuel. . . . 1809-1820 Ward, Thomas . . . . . . 1788-1803 Sturgeon, Widow . . . . 1805-1819 Wallace, Widow . . . . . 1788-1797 Snodgrass, John, jr . . 1810-1830 Wilson, Andrew . . . . . 1790-1806 Stewart, Miss F . . . . 1811-1813 Wallace, William . . . . 1793-1798 Snody, Widow. . . . . . 1813-1827 Wright, John . . . . . . 1799-1802 Sturgeon, Joseph. . . . 1813-1815 Waugh, Alex. M . . . . . 1799-1810 Sloan, William. . . . . 1813-1823 Wilson, Samuel . . . . . 1804-1806 Sturgeon, Widow . . . . 1816-1829 Wilson, Moses. . . . . . 1806-1807 Stewart, James. . . . . 1816-1823 Wilson, Widow. . . . . . 1806-1810 Snodgrass, Thomas . . . 1817-1830 Wilson, Joseph . . . . . 1806-1817 Snodgrass, Benjamin . . 1818-1842 Wilson, Mrs. Andrew. . . 1807-1814 Smith, Widow. . . . . . Wilson, James, jr. . . . 1807-1815 Sturgeon, Allen . . . . 1820-1842 Witmere, Philip. . . . . 1808-1809 Snodgrass, Robert . . . 1820-1840 Wilson, Moses. . . . . . 1813-1825 Sloan, Mrs. . . . . . . 1821-1830 Wilson, Samuel . . . . . 1814-1822 Simonton, Wm. . . . . . 1825-1842 Wilson, Joseph . . . . . 1814-1826 Stephen, John J . . . . 1825 Wilson, Mrs. . . . . . . 1820-1837 Sturgeon, Mrs . . . . . 1827 Wilson, Mrs. A.,(estate) 1815-1817 Snodgrass, James. . . . 1835-1842 Ward, Isaac. . . . . . . 1821-1823 Sloan, Alex . . . . . . 1837-1838 Walker, Samuel . . . . . 1824-1827 T. Wilson, Mrs., (estate) . 1838 Thomason, John. . . . . 1787-1811 Wilson, Misses . . . . . 1839-1842 Todd, David . . . . . . 1787-1803 Y. Todd, James . . . . . . 1787-1793 Young, William . . . . . 1787-1795 Todd, Mary. . . . . . . 1795-1802 Young, Andrew, sr. . . . 1787-1801 Thom, William . . . . . 1802-1842 Young, James, sr . . . . 1787-1801 Thom, John. . . . . . . 1802-1815 Young, John, sr. . . . . 1788-1801 Thomson, John . . . . . 1802-1829 Young, John, jr. . . . . 1788-1796 Todd, Widow Anna. . . . 1804-1828 Young, Andrew, jr. . . . 1788-1824 Todd, James . . . . . . 1801-1810 Young, Martha. . . . . . 1796-1816 Todd, Widow Mary. . . . 1811-1813 Young, James . . . . . . 1797 Todd, David . . . . . . 1814-1842 Young, George. . . . . . 1808-1814 Todd, Samuel. . . . . . 1814-1840 Young, Mrs . . . . . . . 1825-1840 V. Young, Misses. . . . . . 1827-1838 Vanlier, Michael. . . . 1787-1800 Z. Vance, Martha . . . . . 1792-1807 Zuber, Jacob . . . . . . 1820 At a meeting of the congregation held April 6, 1797, "agreeable to a notice from the pulpit on Sunday, a vote was taken to know in what manner the money should be raised to compleat the graveyard wall of said corporation of Hanover. It was carried by a majority that the congregation should be sest agreeable to the duplicates of the county tax for this year, and that James M'Creight, William Wilson and John Todd are appointed sessors for the same." 35. HANOVER CHURCH. ASSESSMENT. £. s. d. £. s. d. Allen, James. . . . . 2 15 0 M'Creight, James, esq. . 4 2 6 Allen, Robert . . . . 1 13 0 Martin, Andrew . . . . . 1 6 6 Allen, Joseph . . . . 1 13 0 M'Ewen, John . . . . . . 2 9 3 Allen, William. . . . 2 6 3 M'Nitt, Barnard. . . . . 2 9 6 Ainsworth, James. . . 0 4 6 M'Clure, James . . . . . 3 6 0 Allen, Widow. . . . . 0 8 5 M'Cormick, William . . . 1 4 3 Andrew, Hugh. . . . . 0 8 5 M'Cormick, Henry . . . . 1 5 3 Ainsworth, John . . . 2 15 0 M'Elheny, Thomas . . . . 3 6 0 Brown, Samuel . . . . 2 9 6 M'Cord, John . . . . . . 1 13 0 Baird, Wm . . . . . . 1 19 1 M'Ewen, James. . . . . . 2 9 6 Barnett, James. . . . 2 6 9 M'Bay, Joseph. . . . . . 0 7 1 Brown, William. . . . 2 13 0 M'Elheny, John . . . . . 2 13 0 Brown, Charles. . . . 1 16 4 Martin, John . . . . . . 0 11 0 Barnett, Moses. . . . 2 6 3 M'Farland, William . . . 3 6 0 Barnett, John . . . . 1 15 3 Porterfield, Robert. . . 2 12 3 Barnett, Thomas . . . 1 10 3 Robinson, Samuel . . . . 1 15 9 Bradley, Daniel, esq. 3 6 0 Rogers, William. . . . . 3 0 6 Boal, Robert. . . . . 4 19 0 Robertson, Robert. . . . 2 11 10 Bell, Robert. . . . . 0 16 6 Ramsey, James. . . . . . 1 13 0 Byers, James. . . . . 2 4 0 Swan, Moses. . . . . . . 2 6 3 Bell, Thomas. . . . . 3 11 6 Stewart, Robert. . . . . 1 11 0 Clokey, James . . . . 1 2 0 Sturgeon, Samuel . . . . 3 12 9 Cathcart, James . . . 3 0 6 Snoddy, William. . . . . 1 14 3 Crain, Widow. . . . . 3 0 6 Strain, Widow. . . . . . 1 2 0 Crawford, John. . . . 3 1 9 Sloan, Alexander . . . . 3 15 0 Crawford, Wm. . . . . 3 17 0 Snodgrass, John. . . . . 4 8 0 Cathcart, Wm. . . . . 1 2 0 Snodgrass, Rev. James. . - - - Campbell, Wm. . . . . 2 15 0 Sturgeon, Jeremiah . . . 1 11 0 Campbell, John. . . . 0 5 6 Sturgeon, Robert . . . . 4 19 0 Dearmond, Richard . . 4 19 0 Sloan, John. . . . . . . 1 13 0 Dixon, James. . . . . 2 7 11 Stewart, Wm. . . . . . . 3 11 0 French, James . . . . 2 7 11 Stewart, John. . . . . . 1 13 0 Ferguson, David . . . 6 14 3 Todd, David. . . . . . . 3 0 6 Do. in trust. . . . . 2 14 1 Todd, John . . . . . . . 7 14 0 Ex'r Crain estate . . 2 9 6 Todd, Widow. . . . . . . 4 12 6 Finney, Samuel. . . . 2 12 3 Thomson, John. . . . . . 3 6 0 Finney, Widow . . . . 2 3 0 Ward, George . . . . . . 1 16 4 Freckleton, Robert. . 2 3 0 Wilson, James. . . . . . 4 19 0 Finlier, Michael. . . 1 18 6 Wilson, William. . . . . 2 14 3 Fleming, Robert . . . 3 6 0 Wallace, Benjamin, esq . 3 6 0 Finley, Richard . . . 0 16 6 Wilson, James, esq . . . 4 19 0 Finney, John. . . . . 2 2 0 Wilson, Andrew . . . . . 3 2 9 Graham, Hugh. . . . . 4 19 0 Ward, Thomas . . . . . . 1 9 7 Green, Timothy, esq . 8 16 0 Young, Andrew. . . . . . 2 4 0 Graham, Henry . . . . 3 6 0 Young, James . . . . . . 2 4 0 Hume, John. . . . . . 2 18 4 Young, Widow . . . . . . 3 4 6 Hill, John. . . . . . 2 19 6 Young, James, jr . . . . 1 13 0 Harrison, Isaac . . . 5 10 0 Young, Andrew, jr. . . . 2 1 3 Johnston, James . . . 2 15 0 Robinson, John . . . . . 7 3 0 Kennedy, Thomas . . . 2 9 6 Stewart, Samuel. . . . . 3 6 6 Kennedy, Robert . . . 2 2 0 Rogers, James. . . . . . 3 0 6 Low, James. . . . . . 1 7 6 Bell, Samuel . . . . . . 2 9 6 Lee, Andrew . . . . . 3 6 0 Snodgrass, Wm. . . . . . 2 16 1 --------- Whole amount assessed on the congregation was. . . . . 293 16 2 The following description of Mr. Snodgrass is given by his son, the Rev. Dr. W. D. Snodgrass, of Goshen, N.Y.: In person my father was about 5 feet 11 inches in height. His 36. HANOVER CHURCH. frame was erect, strong and in every respect well developed. His hair was dark and changed to an iron-gray, though it never became white, even in his last years. He was of a pleasant countenance and amiable disposition, remarkably free from anything calculated to incur the dislike or displeasure of those with whom he had intercourse, fond of society, animated in conversation, and in every way agreeable to all around him. His bodily health during the greater part of his life was almost uninterrupted. He was temperate, simple and regular in his mode of living, and for years in succession was not absent from his pulpit a single day on account of sickness. As a preacher he had by nature the advantage of a good voice. He spoke distinctly, was animated and earnest, and drew the matter of his discourses directly from the Bible. During a considerable portion of ministry his Sabbath morning exercise was in the form of an exposition or lecture. He selected a book generally from the New Testament, and commented upon it from beginning to end, selecting larger or smaller passages as his judgment dictated, and closing with extended practical remarks. He was clear, logical and forcible in his statements of truth, and was regarded by his ministerial brethren, who knew him best, as an able, impressive and profitable preacher." Rev. Wm. Simonton, his grandson, who knew him only in his later years, gives the following as his impression of him thirty-one years after death: "I only remember him as an old man, with silvery hair, and stooped with age. He was of medium height and of a little more than medium weight. His complexion was light, his features regular, except the end of the nose, which was somewhat prominent and inclined upward; with a mild and pleasant expression of countenance. The color of his eyes I cannot with certainty recall, but I think they were gray." "He always preached memoriter. His sermons were written very compactly, in a kind of short-hand, in which the vowels were omitted. When committing them he paced the room. They were methodical, clear, scriptural, spiritual and evangelical. Father once remarked that he had 'never heard grandfather us an ungrammatical expression in the pulpit.' He was discriminating and accurate in his statements, and in the delivery of his discourses he never hesitated or recalled a word. His voice and enunciation were good, though he used by a few notes of the scale. There was not, therefore, as much variety in his tones as is desirable in a public speaker. 37. HANOVER CHURCH. His manner was solemn and impressive. His gestures, as I remember them, were confined for the most part to the hands, which peered out of very long coat- sleeves. The gestures were made with the fore-arm resting upon the Bible or pulpit. His 'principal prayer' was long, systematic and comprehensive. It embraced the parts of prayer given in the Directory for Worship, Chap. V, and generally in the order there observed. He believed in the Divine control of nature's operations, and in times of drought he prayed for 'seasonable and refreshing showers.' Nor did he omit to give thanks for the same when the hopes of the husbandman were filled." "I remember hearing him say that punctuality ought to have a place among the cardinal virtures. He exemplified these virtues by beginning the services from ten to five minutes before the appointed time. This was his habit. He took a deep interest in public affairs, and entered heartily into conversation upon the topics of the day, but habitually interjected serious reflections and suggested a spiritual improvement of the subject without interrupting the flow of thought or turning it into a channel distinctly religious. He had a very happy faculty of this kind. He used it with effect in impressing the minds of the young and without giving offence to any class of the thoughtless and indifferent. In this respect his conduct came nearer to that of the ideal minister than that of any I have ever known." RULING ELDERS OF OLD HANOVER. [SO FAR AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN THEM.] Lazarus Stewart, 1735 Robert Boal, Samuel Sturgeon, Robert Grier, 1738, James Wilson, Henry M'Cormick, John Cunningham, 1738, Brice Innes, Thomas M. M'Cormick, Thomas Bell, David Ritchie, John M'Ilheny, James Johnson, James Todd, Robert Fleming, William Brown, Robert Sloan, Senior, Mr. Snodgrass lived in Hanover until his death, which occurred July 2, 1846. He was a man of energy and decision. German settlers gradually bought up the farms. It was related to the writer by the Rev. Dr. Wm. R. DeWitt, that at one time during Mr. Snodgrass' ministry he was elected township constable. Some of the new-coming settlers were altering their road-lines, contracting the highway. Probably Mr. Snodgrass objected. In contempt and ridicule, not believing he would serve, the people chose him constable. They were mistaken. He at once qualified, appointed a dep 38. HANOVER CHURCH. uty, who went through the township and compelled every offender to re-set his fences upon the right lines. The church was very weak at the time of his death and never had another pastor. The building fell into decay, and was at length, in 1875 or '76, taken down. The care of the Glebe funds and the cemetery grounds was placed in the hands of the trustees. But three church members remain in 1877. They will probably be transferred to Paxtang church, and the Hanover church be stricken from the roll of Presbytery. 39. HANOVER CHURCH. HANOVER CHURCH BURIAL RECORD. [The following list of deaths has been copied from the tombstones in the Old Hanover grave-yard, except those marked with an asterisk (*), which have been collated from other sources:] NAME. WHEN BORN. WHEN DIED. Ainsworth, John 1740, Aug. 14, 1812 Ainsworth, Margaret, w. Jno., 1744, Sept. 13, 1828 Allen, Eleanor, w. Jos., 1769, Feb. 1, 1834 Allen, Elizabeth, w. Wm., Mar., 1705, May 3, 1800 *Allen, Jane, w. Jos., 1729, Aug. 7, 1804 Allen, Jean, 1801, Aug. 27, 1812 *Allen, Joseph, ---- 1817 Allen, Joseph, Jan. 25, 1769, Oct. 1, 1839 Allen, Mary, d. Wm. and N., 1802, July 4, 1822 Allen, Nancy, 1766, Jan. 2, 1845 Allen, William, Feb., 1709, Dec. 26, 1784 Allen, Col. William, 1744, Oct. 16, 1794 Allen, William, 1766, Nov. 14, 1844 Andrews, Ann, w. Hugh, 1768, May 1, 1797 Andrews, James, 1734, May 7, 1784 Andrews, Jane, w. Robert, 1731, June 17, 1787 Andrews, Dr. John, 1766, Jan. 5, 1793 Barnett, Jane, Dec. 22, 1769, May 9, 1830 Barnett, John, 1751 Sept. 2, 1797 Barnett, John, Aug. 18, 1752, May 5, 1823 Barnett, John, 1772, 1817 *Barnett, Mary, w. Moses, ---- June 10, 1802 Barnett, Mary, Sept. 9, 1762, Mar. 10, 1806 Barnett, Mary, d. Wm. Montgomery, ---- ---- Barnett, Martha, (Snodgrass,) 1773, June 1, 1802 Barnett, Susanna, 1796, Mar. 7, 1762 Barnett, Thomas, sr., Nov. 13, 1761, Mar. 28, 1836 Barnett, Thomas, jr., 1794, Mar. 13, 1858 Bell, Ann, w. Thos. 1744, Sept. 18, 1804 Bell, Catharine, w. Jas., 1782, Oct. 1, 1826 Bell, James, 1772, Mar. 6, 1841 Bell, Mary, w. Thos., 1758, Aug. 11, 1820 Bell, Thomas, 1737, June 23, 1815 Boal, Frances, 1751, Aug. 27, 1779 Boal, Mary, w. Robert, 1756, Aug. 22, 1804 Branden, James, 1771, Sept. 6, 1804 Byers, James, 1746, Sept. 8, 1804 Byers, John, 1751, Jan. 12, 1797 Campbell, John, 1732, June 1, 1781 *Campbell, Capt. Wm., ---- July 3, 1804 Cathcart, Abby, w. Wm., 1770, June 1, 1825 Cathcart, James, 1772, Apr. 27, 1816 Cathcart, Sarah, w. Wm., 1737, Sept. 25, 1804 Cathcart, William, son., May 2, 1728 Jan. 8, 1797 Craig, John, k. by the Indians, Oct. 22, 1756 Craig, Isabel, w. John, k. by the Indians, Oct. 22, 1756 Clokey, Mary, Mar., 1794 Oct. 13, 1799 Crain, George, 1739, May 12, 1796 40. HANOVER CHURCH. NAME. WHEN BORN. WHEN DIED. Crain, Jean, 1705, Feb. 15, 1753 Crain, Mary, 1736, Apr. 8, 1789 *Crawford, John, 1780, Feb. 18, 1811 *Culbertson, Ann, [aged 72 years.] Davis, Martha, w. Wm., 1728, May 7, 1793 Dearmond, Eleanor, w. Rd., May 4, 1753, Feb. 19, 1830 Dearmond, James, s. Rd., Oct. 2, 1782, Jan. 7, 1812 Dearmond, Margaret, Mar. 1, 1793, May 6, 1824 Dearmond, Richard, Sept. 1, 1743, Nov. 17, 1802 Dillon, Nancy, 1760, Aug. 30, 1850 Dixon, Ann, 1786, Feb. 3, 1848 Dixon, James, 1708, Sept. 19, 1782 Dixon, James, 1804, Jan. 20, 1824 Fleming, Margaret, w. Rob't, 1734, Dec. 13, 1813 Fleming, Mary, w. Samuel B., 1806, Nov. 10, 1836 Fleming, Capt. Robert, 1737, Feb. 4, 1817 Fleming, Samuel, 1761, Aug. 3, 1851 Fleming, Samuel B., 1797, Jan. 19, 1855 Fleming, Sarah, w. Sam'l, Mar. 13, 1771, --- 21, 1831 Flemin, Sarah, d. Sam'l, Oct. 1, 1807, --y 13, 1828 Ferguson, Andrew, s. David, 1793, Aug. 29, 1804 Ferguson, David, 1764, --r. 20, 1848 Ferguson, David, June, 1791 --- 18, 1793 Ferguson, Jane, w. David, 1753, --- 18, 1824 *Ferguson, Sarah, w. John, 1760, --- 5, 1823 Forster, Mary, w. Jno., 1796, --- 31, 1823 Freckleton, Margaret, 1757, --- 10, 1824 French, Capt. James, Jan. 26, 1777, --- 19, 1851 French, John, 1742, --- 7, 1783 Graham, James, 1736, --- 22, 1786 Graham, Jane, w. John, Dec. 27, 1788, --- 2, 1819 Green, Effy, w. Tim., 1735, --- 28, 1765 Green, Jean, w. Tim., 1748, --- 18, 1774 Grimes, Elizabeth, w. Sam'l, 1757, --- 4, 1792 Hampton, John, 1761, --- 11, 1850 Hampton, Joseph A., 1814, --- 26, 1837 Hampton, Mary, w. Jno., 1771, --- 27, 1858 Hampton, Samuel, 1841, --e 2, 1865 Hampton, Samuel D., 1808, Aug. 21, 1837 Harrison, Francis, w. Jno., 1781, Apr. 15, 1813 Harrison, Isaac, 1744, Jan. 31, 1806 Harrison, James, 1788, Apr. 6, 1810 Harrison, Gen. John, Jan. 8, 1775, Feb. 28, 1837 Harrison, Rachel, w. Jno., 1787, Nov. 10, 1829 Harrison, Samuel, 1784, Dec. 8, 1799 Harrison, Sarah, w. Isaac, 1748, May 14, 1806 Harrison, Stephen, 1794, July 31, 1821 Hatton, Frederick, May, 1774, June 3, 1835 Hatton, Mary, w. Fred., June 2, 1795, July 7, 1840 Heaslet, Mary Ann, 1713, July 18, 1796 Innis, Brice, sen., 1711, Feb. 18, 1778 Innis, Dr. Brice, 1751, Jan. 6, 1778 Innis, Elizabeth, w. Brice, 171-, Jan. 3, 1788 Kell, Elizabeth, 1750, Feb. 6, 1805 *Kennedy, Thomas, ---- Jan., 1803 Kirk, Margaret, w. James, 1776, June 5, 1831 Kunckleman, Jacob, Feb. 13, 1769, Feb. 20, 1820 Lingle, Daniel, 1795, Dec. 31, 1865 Long, Martha [defaced.] 41. HANOVER CHURCH. NAME. WHEN BORN. WHEN DIED. M'Bay, Nancy, w. Wm., 1790, Feb. 16, 1845 M'Bay, William B., 1792, Sept. 27, 1837 M'Clure, Frances, 1778, Jan. 23, 1809 M'Clure, James, 1733, Nov. 14, 1805 M'Clure, James, 1780, Sept. 10, 1815 M'Clure, John, 1781, Aug. 22, 1827 M'Clure, Samuel, Feb., 1814 Mar. 14, 1839 M'Cormick, Henry, 1769, Feb. 24, 1828 M'Cormick, Jane, 1764, Aug. 6, 1844 *M'Cormick, William, ---- July, 1810 M'Cormick, William A., s. Thos. M., [Infant,] Feb. 13, 1837 M'Creight, Elizabeth, d. Jas., 1772, Aug. 25, 1837 M'Creight, James, esq., 1741, Nov. 21, 1807 M'Creight, James, s. Jas., 1778, July 18, 1825 M'Creight, Jeannet, w. Jas., 1751, Sept. 13, 1828 M'Creight, Sarah, d. Jas., 1795, Oct. 26, 1811 M'Creight, William, s. Jas., 1792, Dec. 17, 1814 M'Elhenny, John, Sept. 11, 1754 June 25, 1806 M'Elhenny, Mary Ann, Nov., 1770 May 27, 1805 M'Elhenny, Mary, 1733, Aug. 4, 1807 M'Elhenny, Thomas, sen., 1745, Sept. 1, 1829 M'Elhenny, Thomas, Feb., 1777, Aug. 19, 1839 M'Elhenny, Thomas, July 4, 1781, June 27, 1868 M'Kinney, Esther, w. Jno., 1743, Feb. 23, 1818 *M'Nair, Martha, (Sturgeon,) 1774, Jan. 11, 1803 Palmer, Mary Ann, d. Jno., ---- Mar. 6, 1798 Petticrew, David, 1713, July 2, 1784 Porterfield, Ann, 1783, Dec. 2, 1835 Porterfield, Gracey, 1784, July 29, 1793 Porterfield, Elizabeth, 1793, Nov., 1800 Porterfield, Elsie, w. Robert, 1763, July 28, 1828 Porterfield, John M., 1795, Mar. 27, 1820 Porterfield, Robert, sen., 1757, Aug. 28, 1829 Porterfield, Robert, 1786, June 22, 1836 Porterfield, Wallis, 1797, May 11, 1822 Ramsey, David, 1745, Sept. 18, 1787 Ramsey, James, 1773, Apr. 27, 1833 Reed, Adam, esq., 1703, Feb. 2, 1769 Reed, Mary, w. A., 1712, June 11, 1783 Robertson, James, 1724, Mar. 17, 1792 Robertson, Margaret, w. Wm., 1728, Mar. 3, 1775 Robertson, Sarah, w. Wm., 1744, Aug., 1781 Robertson, William, ----, Feb. 9, 1794 Rogers, Andrew, 1746, Sept. 19, 1782 Rogers, Andrew, s. Rob't, Nov., 1806 Feb. 26, 1835 Rogers, Effey, w. Rob't, Oct., 1783, Jan. 25, 1811 Rogers, Col. John, ---- Dec. 6, 1799 Rogers, James, 1735, Apr. 18, 1790 Rogers, James, jr., 1768, May 16, 1823 Rogers, Martha, w. Jas., jr., 1765, Aug. 23, 1839 Rogers, Timothy, s. Rob't, ----, Oct. 15, 1821 *Rogers, William, ----, Oct., 1802 *Rogers, Jane, w. Wm., 1754, Mar. 29, 1822 Sawyer, John, Oct. 25, 1772, May 5, 1837 Schell, John, Jan. 17, 1802, Aug. 25, 1822 *Simonton, John M., ---- 1825 *Simonton, Dr. William, sen., ---- Apr. 24, 1800 Simonton, Dr. William, 1788, May 17, 1846 Sloan, Alexander, 1785, Jan. 11, 1812 Sloan, James, 1775, Dec. 1, 1820 Sloan, Nancy, w. Jas., 1785, June 18, 1837 Snodgrass, Ann, 1749, May 25, 1807 Snodgrass, Ann, 1797, Jan. 14, 1842 42. HANOVER CHURCH. NAME. WHEN BORN. WHEN DIED. Snodgrass, Benjamin, 1731, July 1, 1801 Snodgrass, Rev. James, July 23, 1763, July 2, 1846 Snodgrass, John, 1746, Jan. 2, 1829 Snodgrass, John, 1787, Jan. 20, 1808 Snodgrass, Martha, w. Rev. James, Nov. 12, 1760, Dec. 20, 1828 Snodgrass, Mary, w. Jno., 1747, Mar. 11, 1838 Snodgrass, Mary, w. Jno., 1777, Feb. 8, 1815 Snodgrass, Mary, d. Jno., 1768, Mar. 17, 1773 Snodgrass, Nancy, w. Rev. Jas., 1770, Jan. 24, 1839 Snodgrass, William, 1774, Oct. 18, 1800 Snodgrass, William, 1746, Aug. 6, 1811 Snodgrass, William, jr., ---- Dec. 7, 1799 *Sterrett, John, ---- Nov., 1797 Stewart, Frances, 1720, Nov. 16, 1790 Stewart, Mary, w. Wm., 1736, Feb. 22, 1780 Stewart, Martha, 2d w. Wm., 1743, Aug. 9, 1799 Stewart, William, 1738, July 14, 1803 Stewart, Susan, d. Rob't, 1836, May 13, 1856 *Stewart, Samuel, ---- Sept. 16, 1803 Sturgeon, Allen, 1795, July 31, 1865 Sturgeon, Eliza, w. Allen, 1794, Jan. 1, 1848 Sturgeon, Margaret, w. Sam'l, 1754, Oct. 9, 1834 Sturgeon, Martha, d. Sam'l, April, 1785, Oct. 4, 1801 Sturgeon, Jane, w. Rob't, 1744, Feb. 21, 1809 Sturgeon, Robert, 1739, June 30, 1805 *Sturgeon, Samuel, sen., ---- Jan., 1795 Sturgeon, Samuel, 1741, Oct. 2, 1801 *Sturgeon, Mrs., w. Sam'l, sen., ---- Sept. 20, 1803 Thorne, Margaret, w. Wm., 1780, Feb. 20, 1863 Thorne, William, 1777, Oct. 16, 1848 Todd, Anne, [Infant,] May 30, 1795 Todd, David, 1751, Nov. 9, 1803 Todd, Eli James, 1830, Aug. 27, 1839 Todd, Hugh, 1788, Dec. 16, 1809 Todd, James, 1748, Sept. 14, 1794 Todd, James, 1804, July 2, 1831 Todd, James Wilson, 1816, Apr. 15, 1837 Todd, Mary, 1719, Feb. 15, 1775 Todd, Mary, 1756, Dec. 25, 1813 Todd, Mary, d. Dav., Nov., 1785, Feb. 2, 1795 Todd, Sally, 1780, Dec. 27, 1831 Todd, William, [Infant,] July 5, 1784 Vanderslice, Eleanor, w. Dr. Jno., Oct. 27, 1805, Jan. 20, 1830 Vanderslice, Dr. John S., 1801, Sept. 23, 1841 Wilson, Andrew, 1759, Sept. 11, 1806 *Wilson, Ann, w. Jas., 1752, Jan. 6, 1801 Wilson, Eliza, July, 1802, Aug. 18, 1817 Wilson, Isabella, 1792, Sept. 20, 1812 Wilson, James, 1798, Nov. 14, 1817 Wilson, Martha, w. And., 1768, Dec. 20, 1814 Wilson, Martha, 1789, Nov. 18, 1811 *Wilson, Sally, d. Jas., 1785, Feb. 10, 1810 *Wilson, Samuel, ---- Oct. 9, 1823 Woods, Rev. Matthew, 1757, Sept. 13, 1784 *Wallace, Gen. James, ---- Dec. 17, 1823 *Wallace, Benjamin, esq., ---- Dec. 8, 1803 *Wallace, Rachel, w. Gen. James, ---- Feb. 15, 1823 Young, William, ---- 1796 CONEWAGO CONGREGATION OF PRESBYTERIANS Londonderry Township, DAUPHIN COUNTY. 1730-1796 BY A. BOYD HAMILTON CONEWAGO CHURCH. This narrative has no claim to originality, or to be of any special interest; yet the facts presented are too precious to be lost, and however void of general interest they may be found, are worth preserving in this permanent form. In a very few years all trace of the godly men who formed this congregation would have been lost, and the episode here preserved, is therefore worth examination, imperfectly as it is presented. As early as July, 1718, there was a considerable population above the mouth of Conoy creek, in Chester, now Lancaster, county, on the east bank of the Susquehanna river. From 1720 to 1725 many of the restless spirits of it migrated further westward, mostly into the broad and well-watered valley of the Conewago creek, now the division line between the counties of Lancaster and Dauphin. These emigrants settled mainly along a road which in after days came to be the Harrisburg, Elizabethtown and Lancaster turnpike. The location nearly midway between Elizabethtown and Middletown. These settlers were emigrants from the Province of Ulster, Ireland. They were all of the Presbyterian faith, and having, as is supposed, erected a place of worship, began early in 1735 to agitate the question of a settled pastor. From that time, as we know, they were furnished with supplies by the Presbyteries of Newcastle and Donegal. In 1741 they subscribed a sufficient sum and were furnished with a permanent pastor. As long ago as 1796 all trace of the position of the church building was obliterated from the face of the earth. No tradition or relic remains of it, notwithstanding very diligent inquiry has been made for information respecting its location. A ruinous burial place is all that is left of what was once an active congregation of Presbyterians, "amid a land of gushing springs." Thus it has happened, that at the period when the researches relative to this extinct congregation were made, not a dozen persons 46. CONEWAGO CHURCH. in the county of Dauphin, except a very few in immediate vicinity to a couple of deserted burial places, knew enough about it to "point the spot where active men and women rested from all earthly toil an hundred years ago." In 1877, as will be observed by the papers which are embodied, Rev. William A. West, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian congregation at Harrisburg, received a letter from a clerical friend in North Carolina. To enable him to frame a reply to his correspondent, many inquiries were instituted, generally without success. It is the purpose of this sketch to present a brief narrative of the steps taken to obtain information respecting an historical fact, of which we were so ignorant. The Rev. Dr. E. F. Rockwell writes: COOL SPRINGS, IREDELL CO., N. C., January 24, 1877. James Hall and wife, Prudence (Roddy) Hall, the parents of Rev. James Hall, D. D., who went to General Assembly sixteen times, and was wedded 1803, came here and settled on Fifth creek, near Bethany church, 1751-2. They had a certificate: "That James Hall and his wife Prudence (Roddy) Hall heath lived in this congrigation ever since it was erected, & heave behaved themselves cristianly & soberly without aney public scandal known to us, & heave been partakers of sealing ordinances amonghst us, & may be recived into aney cristian society wherever God in his Providence shall order their lott, is certified this 20t day of august 1751 by the session att Conawago. THOMAS BOWMAN, JOHN M'QUEEN, ROBERT MORDAH, JAS. MORDAY." HUGH HALL, We are desirous to know where and whether there is any record like this - any names yet remaining there like these? The first four are names of the Scotch- Irish settlers here from Pennsylvania about that time. These parties had a son Hugh Hall. We have found twenty-four or twenty-five ministers of the Gospel among the descendants of James and P. Hall, and about twenty-eight females have married preachers. Rev. Robert Hall, who died last November at Oxford, Ohio, was a grandson. They have spread out all over the country. I preach one-half of the time at Bethany church, which is the name of a post office near by, you may see on Colton's map (atlas.) We had our Centennial celebration August, 1875, and had a large assembly. Last October I was in Philadelphia. I saw Rev. J. G. Craighead, D.D. He advised me to write to Rev. W. S. Van Cleave, Gettysburg. There was a church Conawago near there, but he replies that there are no such names on their records or tomb-stones; says that there is or was a church of that name in Dauphin county, or- 47. CONEWAGO CHURCH. ganized earlier than his, and suggests that I write to you for information. I hope, therefore, that you will excuse me for troubling you with this matter. It is one of some historical interest. In 1750 the people emigrated here, apparently in colonies, from Pennsylvania. The church of Centre in lower end of this, Iredell, county till 1753; Anson till 1788; Rowan, too, had a set of names, Davidson, Templeton, M'Pherson, Givens, &c. Next north, Fourth creek (now Statesville) had different names - Simonton, Allison, Stevenson, Hall, Mordah, &c. Bethany is a branch of Fourth creek. I am located ten miles from Statesville, and letters reach me either at S. or here, at Cool Springs. Since the above was written I notice that Dr. Wm. H. Foster in Sketches North Carolina, states that Dr. James Hall was from Carlisle, Pa. I see in Minutes Gen. Ass. Pres. Carlisle, a church Great Conewago, Rev. Joseph Henderson pastor till 1795, when he is w. c. and the church vacant. Do. 1800. But after 1801 Rev. David M'Conaughy pastor. Whether the same I am inquiring for or not I have no means of knowing." The minutes of the original Presbytery of Donegal were first consulted, and the following relating to this congregation was found: June 28, 1738. The people of Conewago ask to be erected into a congregation by themselves. P. 237. August 31, 1738. Terms of separation between the churches of Conewago and Derry. P. 244. October 8, 1741. Geo. Davidson from Conewago presents to Presbytery a supplication and call for Mr. Black. April 5, 1743; May 26, 1743, and September 6, 1743. The name of John M'Quown is found in the lists of Ruling Elders. The church represented is not mentioned. April 4, 1745. Presbytery released Rev. Samuel Black from his pastoral charge at Conewago in order to send him to Virginia to labor. September 4, 1745. Hugh Hall, commissioner from Conewago, appeared and asked that the relation between Mr. Black and them might be renewed. September 25, 1745. The above request was granted. With this much before us, a communication was addressed to the "Journal," at Middletown, Dauphin county. It appeared in that newspaper February, 1877. It brought a response from Samuel Evans, Esq., of Columbia, fixing the locality of the church near Mount Joy, Lancaster county, erected for Rev. John Roan in 1742; or if not that one, one in Adams county, now "Great Conewago." 48. CONEWAGO CHURCH. The call of Rev. Samuel Black was in 1741. He probably had preached to this congregation previously, as he was in the neighborhood, preached at Carlisle, in 1736-37, and presided at the installation of Rev. John Elder at Derry and Paxtang churchs in 1738. Upon inquiry it was found that Mr. Black never preached at "Great Conewago." The question of locality was set at rest, by a communication signed "J.R." in a subsequent issue of the "Journal," in which he truly fixed the site of the church, or its grave-yard, about three-fourths of a mile in an eastern direction from GEINBURG - not "Gainesburg," as on the maps - formerly the village of Franklin. The exact location is upon the farm of Mr. J. Alwine, in Londonderry township. "J. R," (Dr. Ringland, of Middletown,) shows conclusively the ownership of the spot belonging to this extinct organization. He says: "The piece of ground belonging to the church was a portion of a larger tract, which was taken on a warrant bearing date the first day of August, 1743, granted to Samuel Clark by the Land Office. The land was afterwards patented to Robert Spear, by patent deed, November 8, 1785, and was called "Spear's Choice," and called for 202 5/8 acres and the usual allowance. The patent was enrolled in Rolls Office, in Patent Book No. 4, page 99, &c. The following memorandum, accompanying a draft, will explain itself: Re-surveyed for Robert Spear, August 18, 1785, the above tract of land, containing two hundred and two acres and five-eighths and allowances, situate in Derry township, Dauphin county, late Lancaster, by warrant granted to James Clark, 28th of July, 1743. Signed BARTRAM GALBRAITH. 'N.B. The above square piece of nineteen by twenty perches is a Presbyterian meeting house and buring-grounds. To JOHN LUKENS, S.G. Returned into the Land Office the third of November, 1785, for John Lukens, Esq., S.G. EDWARD LYNCH.' "That piece of ground designated as the burying-ground contained somewhat more than two acres. A number of stones, placed to mark the graves of those buried there, are still standing, but many have been carried away and put to other uses. The stones are all undressed red sand stone, without date or any other inscription. The foundation walls of the building still remain, though in a some- 49. CONEWAGO CHURCH. what dilapidated condition. There is nothing on our county records to show when, by whom, or to whom the title for this place was made. "The church must have been a very small affair, as the foundation is only about twelve feet by sixteen. A portion of the ground was during the last summer planted in corn. 'Black-haw' and other trees are growing within the area of the church wall. Tradition has it, that the carpenter who built the church fell, from the roof and was killed, and was the first person buried on the ground." A personal examination of the site of the grave-yard was made in May, 1877, in company of Hon. John Blair Linn, of Bellefonte, Hon. Joseph H. Nisley, of Middletown, and Dr. William H. Egle, of Harrisburg. The enclosure which Dr. R. supposes to have been a church foundation is a dilapidated wall, enclosing the burial place of some important families. There is no inscriptive stone to tell what it really was. It is about ten by twelve feet. Clearly there is no mark of a church at this spot. What is very remarkable, there is not a tomb-stone, or part of one, with any inscription in the mass of fragments of such memorials which surround the family enclosure spoken of. The stones are of the red sand stone of the neighboring hills - many of them buried in the earth as taken from the quarry, free from all evidence of manual adornment - weather-beaten as well as rough. The small space set off for the congregation was part of the lands of Clark & M'Kee. This reservation was as early as 1737, before either of these members of the church had any legal claim to the land, but there was no adverse title, and the gift was a good one. A warrant was granted in 1742 - a survey returned, excluding these two acres, in 1743. In 1785 it was again surveyed, and described as follows: North 34" west 19 perches. South 56" west 20 perches. South 34" east 19 perches. North 56" east 20 perches. A great part of this plot was prepared for corn when our company examined it. After searching all the early assessments of that portion of Dauphin county, from 1725 to 1790, we are inclined to think the following list comprises most, if not all, the heads of families of this congregation from 1745-55. All the names are on the tax list from 50. CONEWAGO CHURCH. 1750 to 1766; many for twenty years previously. After the Revolution they disappear year by year, and names of other nationalities take their places: Alexander Bence, Richard Grice, Thomas M'Kee, Thomas Bowman, Hugh Hall, Robert M'Kee, John Bowman, Widow Hall, John M'Queen, Abraham Bidgot, John Hall, Joseph M'Queen, Thomas Breese, Thomas Hall, James M'Queen, Hugh Black, Jebel Hall, Edward Queen, Peter Corby, James Hall, Cornelius Queen, James Crouch, John Kerr, James Rea, James Clarke, Thomas Kar, John Rea, [or Wray,] Hugh Clark, Malcolm Karr, William Rea, Rowland Chambers, Thomas Lenox, Thomas Rutherford, Arthur Chambers, Tho. Mitchell, William Shaw, Robert Chambers, Peter Murdoch, Robert Spear, Joseph Candor, Robert Murdoch, Adam Thomas, Thomas Clark, James Murdoch, Tho. Wallace, John Combe, John Murdoch, William White, George Davidson, Neil M'Allister, Archibald Walker, John Doakes, John M'Allister, James Walker, Arch'd Elliott, John M'Nair, William Work. George Gray, The foregoing list of names would show a population of about two hundred in 1740. That part of Dauphin county we are writing of was originally the township of Derry, in Lancaster county, and "set off" at the first court in 1729. In 1768 a part of Derry was "set off" and called Londonderry, "commencing by a road leading from Conewago creek by the Widow Hall's, &c. In 1826 rectification of lines was ordered, when finally, in 1850, Conewago township was "set off" from the east end of Londonderry, leaving the site we have been endeavoring to describe, in Londonderry, a short mile north-east of Geinburg, three miles from Middletown, seven miles from Paxtang church, four miles from Derry Spring, and about six miles from Donegal, all noted Presbyterian settlements. Another, a family burial-place, is about half a mile west of the one belonging to the Conewago congregation. The inscriptions on the stones scattered about are in German, and all bear the name of "Gein." This spot, as well as its neighbor, is in a disgraceful state of neglect. The surroundings of the Conewago place of burial are charming and romantic. Almost under the shadow of the frowning "Round Top," on the north and west - the Cornwall Hills on the east - and in the more distant south the South mountain shows its broken front. The farms are kept in very handsome condition, a generous soil is carefully cultivated, the improvements and enclosures substantial, 51. CONEWAGO CHURCH. and at present inhabited almost entirely by persons of German descent. There are not half a dozen families of Scotch-Irish descent in the neighborhood. Many admirers of the sturdy race who first formed congregations and conquered the virgin soil of this part of Pennsylvania think that the Presbytery of Carlisle should take order on the subject of vacant burial-grounds within its bounds. There are four such plots in Dauphin county, and soon a fifth will be added, if historic "Derry" is allowed to be pulled to pieces to satisfy the curiosity or vandalism of those who use its venerated soil for pic-nics and frolics not quite so reputable. NOTES. A perusal of these brief notes will awaken interest in many quarters touching early family records or tradition, and may be the means of establishing correctness of the narrative, and perhaps of recovering papers whose contents will further elucidate the early history of the settlements along the Susquehanna "above Conewago" - a field of inquiry almost untrodden. Mr. Black, the only pastor we have been enabled to name, was from Ulster; was licensed by the Newcastle Presbytery in 1735, when he was chosen pastor of the "Forks of Bradywine." In 1738 he presided at the installation of Rev. John Elder, at Paxtang. In October, 1741, he came to "Conewago." In 1743 he appears to have gone "missionary to South Mountain," in Virginia. He died there in 1770 "an aged minister." Hugh Hall's wife was a daughter of James Roddy, who was on the first grand jury held in Lancaster county, and whose name appears on the assessment of Donegal in 1723. He was active in all the affairs of the Donegal settlement. Roddy resided some miles south of Conewago. Hugh Hall had a son Hugh Hall, who was an ensign in Colonel (General) Hugh Mercer's "third battalion of sixteen companies, May 4, 1758." Opposite his name on the roll is written "of a reputable and good family in Lancaster county." Their captain was Adam Read, Esquire, the father-in-law of John Harris, by his second marriage, and the lieutenant was John Simpson, father of General Michael Simpson. All these officers were citizens of the territory of what thirty years after became Dauphin county. The M'Queens so numerous in this congregation have mostly become M'Cunes. The orthography of the list of taxables about 1750 52. CONEWAGO CHURCH. is something wonderful. Just as the assessor talked he wrote. If a man paid his tax he was marked "pate;" if Kerr was assessed, he was enrolled Carr, an so with all the rest, even to dropping the national "Mac" from the M'Queens, reducing the name to Queen; in some instances M'Guinne and M'Quown. The Kerrs came to Conewago in 1730. One of the family became the Rev. William Kerr of Donegal, who married a granddaughter of the Rev. John Elder. Representatives of the family, in almost all its branches, still reside in Dauphin county - an instance of stability and content to be noted in the restless race from which it sprung. Jane Murdoch, the daughter of John and sister of James, married Thomas Rutherford in 1732. The Murdochs then lived "above Conoy." This marriage has numerous descendants in Dauphin county and in many of the western counties of this and other States. The family of Work removed to the west early after the Revolution. The Clarks are found in all parts of Pennsylvania and the west. A son of one of them was an officer of rank in the Revolution, and some of his descendants yet reside in this county. A daughter of John M'Queen, Rosanna, married Capt. Jamieson of Donegal. David M'Nair has descendants yet residing in Dauphin county. I think Hon. John M'Nair, formerly member of Congress from the Montgomery district, informed me that "his people originially settled on the Susquehanna." Adam Thomas owned a farm just north of the grave-yard, and was uncle to the venerable Mrs. Valentine Egle, of Harrisburg, who died in Harrisburg, August 5, 1867, at the great age of ninety-five. Thomas was a Welshman. This family of Chambers permanently established themselves below Harris ferry. James Crouch became a prominent man in Revolutionary times. He was a colonel. Hugh Black's family has no descendants in the male line. Both M'Kees were Indian traders. James and his descendants remained on the land he warranted in 1737 until about 1830, when 53. CONEWAGO CHURCH. the family name is lost. The famous Belle of it was an only heir, married, and remove to a distant county. Thomas, about 1753, removed to his "upper farm, about thirty miles from Harris ferry," where he built a fort. He was an officer under Burd at Forts Augusta and Hunter, and his singular orthography figures in long pages of letters printed in the Pennsylvania Archives. The Wallace family, possibly descendants of the one belonging to this congregation, settled in great force along the Swatara creek, in Derry and Hanover. The family of Wray were numerous in Hanover at a later date. Candor and Lenox are names not often found in Dauphin county at present. It is not known to what part of the country they emigrated. One of the name died at Harrisburg forty years ago. FEBRUARY, 1877. -------------- NEW-SIDE PRESBYTERIAN GRAVE-YARD, Lower Paxtang Township, DAUPHIN COUNTY. NEW-SIDE GRAVE-YARD. The 'new side Presbyterians" were those followers of the Tennents, Blairs, Carmichael and others who agreed with them in antagonism to the Synod of Philadelphia. The Newcastler Presbytery being "new side" licensed Rev. John Roan in 1744. He came about 1747 to Derry, Mount Joy and Paxtang, gathering small congregations in each of these localities. It is not known that any other church was erected for him except the one at Mount Joy. His people did not use Paxtang grave-yard, selecting the one we are about to describe for their use. Its situation is distant from the common routes of the present day, and indeed is known to very few. It is in Lower Paxtang township, Dauphin county, six miles east of Harrisburg, two miles north of Paxtang church, nine miles south- west of Hanover church, on the road from Harrisburg to Hornerstown and Union Deposit. There is no appearance of any structure ever having been erected upon it. Yet it will be seen that there is evidence that a small one was erected on or near the spot. In an advertisement of the day we find that on the eleventh of September, 1795, James Byers and James Willson, executors of William Brown, Esq., deceased, of Paxtang, offered for sale "a LOG-HOUSE near the residence formerly occupied as a house of worship by the Reverend Matthew Lind." This, and the thirty-four acres of land, appears to have been purchased by George Weidman; afterwards by George Shirk; then by Jacob Grove, whose family reside there at present - 1877. The "log-house," formerly occupied as "a house of worship," was used, within the memory of many persons yet living, as a sheep-pen. It stood north of the grave- yard, but close to it. It has disappeared. The Rev. Mr. Lind was a member of Carlisle Presbytery, and is known to have often preached within its bounds. The enclosure contains less than one acre of ground, and is a present in tolerable 58. NEW-SIDE GRAVE-YARD. repair. The earliest interment was made in 1750 - the last about 1855, showing its use for more than one hundred years. Many graves unmarked, show that interments have not been made for many years. It has not been used for at least twenty. The liberality and attention of Mr. Robert Stewart, of Hanover, has kept its enclosure in fair condition. Some organization of Presbyterians should take this burial-place in charge, and provide for repairs every few years. Any public-spirited citizen, no matter what his religious affiliations, would cheerfully contribute labor so supreme, and feel true happiness in doing so. Directly after entering the enclosure we find plain slabs, some of red sand stone, others of more pretentious marble, others of wood, marked as follows: In Memory of William M'Clure Who Departed This Life April 1785 Aged 54 years In Memory of Sarah wife of Robert Stewart Born Aug 10, 1768 Died May 8, 1813 Aged 44 yrs, 8 mo's & 29 days Here Lyeth the Body of John Stewart of Dauphin county Hanover Township Who Departed This Life the 8th of April 1777 aged 68 years In Memory of Robert Stewart Born March 8, 1765 Died April 4, 1854 Aged 89 years & 26 d. G. 1766 M. Here Lyeth the Body of Margery Marshal Died Jan'y ye 6, 1766 Aged 21 Years & 5 months Here Lyeth the Body of Agnes Stewart Late Spouse of Hugh Stewart of Paxton who Departed this Life the 22d of March 1799 aged 55 years In Memory of Mary Welch Who Dec'd August 22nd 1754 Aged 47 Years Also Jean Welch Who Dec'd Sept. 3th 1754 aged 18 Years Here Lyeth the body of Hugh Stewart of Paxton who departed this Life the 8th of Oct 1798 Aged 80 years Also Hannah Stewart Spouse of said Stewart who departed this Life the 8th Oct. 1750 Aged 38 years In Memory of James Welch who Deceased January ye 28d 1754 aged 50 years Also James Welch Younger who Dec'd August 7th 1754 Aged 20 years In Memory of William Duncan Who Departed This Life Sept 24 1783 Aged 97 Years In Memory of Joseph Willson Sen'r Who Departed this Life the 7 day Feb'y 1799 aged 84 Years Also Jean his First Wife Departed this Life the 11th of April 1763 Aged 43 Years In Memory of James Duncan Who Departed This Life Aug't 25th 1792 Aged 68 years. In the quiet grave-yard at Brown's Mill, six miles south of Chambersburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, rest the remains of, per-chance, the only pastor of the "New-Side Congregation." On two plain marble slabs, side by side, are the following inscriptions: Sacred | to | the Memory | of | the Rev. Matthew Lind | Who after having served God in the | Gospel of his Son for nearly forty years | and performed with exemplary tenderness | and fidelity the duties resulting from | his relations in life fell asleep in Jesus | on the 21st of April 1800 aged 68 years | and 8 months | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. In | Memory | of | Jennie Fulton | Consort | of | the Rev. Matthew Lind | Among wifes the most dutiful; among | mothers the most affectionate, and among | friends the kindest and most hospitable, | her name will be always dear to those who | knew her. She died on the first day of | April 1819, in the seventy-third year of | her age | Precious in the sight of the Lord | is the death of his Saints.