Churches: Philadelphia City Churches, 1840, from M'Elroy's Philadelphia City Directory. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja jbanja@email.msn.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information are included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ A. M'Elroy's Philadelphia Directory for 1840. Philadelphia, PA: A. M'Elroy, Publisher; Isaac Ashmead & Co., Printers, 1840, pp. 1, 320-321. ABBREVIATIONS. Ab above, acct. accountant, al alley, att'y and coun, attorney and counselor, av avenue, bel below, bet between, (B H) Bush Hill, b h boarding house, c h (counting house,) c corner, ct court, E East, F Frankford, (F M) Fairmount, (F V) Francisville, gent. gentleman, gentw. gentlewoman, GT Germantown, h house, K Kensington, l lane, lab labourer, M Moyamensing, manuf. manufacturer and manufactory, mer. merchant, mers. merchants, mr maker, n near, N North, N L Northern Liberties, OY Old York, P Passyunk, P T Penn Township, R Ridge, S South, Sch. Schuylkill, W West, whf wharf or wharves, wid widow, (W P) West Philadelphia CHURCHES. AFRICAN. First Presbyterian, S 7th bel Cedar Second Presbyterian, St. Mary ab 6th Methodist, S 6th n Lombard Wesleyan, Lombard bel 6th St. Thomas' Episcopal, Rev. W. Douglass, S 5th bel Walnut Union Episcopal, Coates bel O Y road Union Baptist, D. Scott, Little Pine n 7th BAPTIST. First, Rev. Geo. B. Ide, N 2d n Mulberry Second, Rev. Daniel Dodge, Budd ab Poplar Third, George Higgins, 2d bel Queen New Market st, Rev. Wm. S. Shadrach Fifth, vacant, Sansom ab 8th Spruce st, vacant, Spruce bel 4th Central, Rev. Isaac Heyhurst, N E 13th and Race Moyamensing, vacant, S 9th bel Shippen Seventh st, N 7th N Callowhill Tenth, Rev. Jos. H. Kennard, Franklin ab Green Eleventh, Rev. A. D. Gillet, N 12th ab Sassafras CATHOLIC. St. Augustine's, Rev. Mr. Moriarity, N 4th ab Sassafras St. Joseph's, rev. F. Barbelin, Willing's al St. Mary's, Rev. Mr. Carter, S 4th n Spruce St. John's, Bishop Kenrick, S 13th below High Holy Trinity, J. Vandenbraak, S W 6th & Spruce CONGREGATIONAL. First, Rev. John Todd, S 10th bel Spruce DUTCH REFORMED. First, J. B. Hardenbergh, Crown n Sassafras Second, Rev. G. W. Bethune, D.D., c 10th and Filbert EPISCOPAL. Christ Church, Rev. B. Dorr, D.D., 2d ab High St. James', Henry Morton, 7th ab High St. Peter's, W. H. DeLancy, D.D., c 3d and Pine St. Paul's, James May, 3d bel Walnut St. Stephen's, H. W. Ducachet, D.D., 10th bel High St. Andrew's, John A. Clark, S 8th n Spruce St. John's, George Boyd, Brown n N 3d Epiphany, Stephen H. Tyng, D.D., c Chestnut and Sch. 8th Grace, William Suddards, c 12th and Cherry St. Matthew's, J. M. Douglass, Francisville Trinity, Rev. Mr. Coleman, Catharine n 2d Swedes, C. Brinckle, Swanson n Navy Yard Church of the Ascension, Rev. J. B. Clemson, Lombard ab 11th Church of the Evangelists, Rev. N. S. Harris, 5th ab Catharine FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSES. S E 4th and Mulberry, NE 5th and Mulberry, Washington sq, S 12th bel High, c 9th & Spruce, S W 6th and Noble, Cherry N 5th, Green n 4th GERMAN REFORMED. Rev. Mr. Berg, Sassafras bel 4th INDEPENDENT. Rev. John Chambers, S Broad bel Chestnut JEWS' SYNAGOGUE. Isaac Leeser, Cherry n 3d LUTHERAN. Evangelical Church of St. John's, F. F. Mayer, Sassafras n 5th St. Matthew's, Samuel H. Mealey, New n 4th St. Michael's, Englebert Peixotto, c 5th & Apple Tree alley Zion, C. R. Damme, c 4th and Cherry METHODIST. St. George's, Rev. Robt. Gerry, 4th ab Sassafras St. John's st, Rev. R. M. Greenbank, St. John ab Beaver Ebenezer, Rev. M. Sorin, Christian bel 4th Kensington, Rev. Henry G. King, c Queen and Marlborough (K) Salem, Rev. D. D. Lore, S 13th bel Spruce Union, Rev. J. Kennaday, N 4th ab High Nazareth, Rev. John Nicholson, N 13th v Vine Fifth st, Rev. Thos. J. Thompson, N 5th n Green Eighth st, Rev. A. Atwood, N 8th ab Noble St. Paul's, rev. Levi Scott, Catharine bel 6th and 7th Harmony, Rev. T. B. Tibbles, Budd ab Brown Western, or Brickmakers', Rev. Pennel Comb, Sch 3d bel Walnut Wesley Chapel, N W Sch 8th and High MORAVIAN. Moravian, vacant, Sassafras n N 3d MARINERS'. Bethel, (Methodist) Rev. L. Prettyman, c Shippen and Swanson Mariners', (Eastburn) Orson Douglas, S Water n Chestnut Baptist, (Bethel) Rev. S. G. Criswell, Water n Sassafras NEW JERUSALEM. Fourth street, bel German PRESBYTERIAN. First, Rev. Albert Barnes, Washington sq Second, Rev. C. C. Cuyler, D.D., N 7th n Mulberry Third, Rev. Thomas Brainerd, S W 4th & Pine Fourth, vacant, N E 5th and Gaskill Fifth, Rev. T. T. Waterman, Mulberry ab 10th Sixth, Rev. Mr. Jones, Spruce n 6th Seventh, vacant, Ranstead ct Eighth, Rev. Alexander Macklin, Spruce n 3d Ninth, 13th ab High, vacant, Tenth, Rev. Henry A. Boardman, N E 12th and Walnut Eleventh, Rev. John L. Grant, Vine ab 13th Twelfth, Rev. Wm. Ramsey, Cedar ab 12th Thirteenth, Lombard n Sch. 2d Central, Rev. John McDowell, D.D., S E 8th & Cherry Central, (N L) Rev. D. L. Carroll, D.D., Buttonwood n 6th Second, (N L) Rev. James L. Dinwiddie, N 6th ab Green First, (S) vacant, c 2d and M road First, (K) Rev. George Chandler, Palmer (K) Fairmount, vacant, Fairmount Associate, Rev. Chauncey Webster, Walnut n 4th Reformed Presbyterian, Rev. Samuel B. Wylie, D.D., 12th bel High Reformed Presbyterian, Rev. James M. Willson, Cherry n 11th UNITARIAN. First, Rev. W. H. Furness, 10th and Locust UNIVERSALIST. First, Rev. A. C. Thomas, Lombard Second, Rev. S. W. Fuller, Callowhill bel 5th