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HARFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
(From: History of Harford County, Maryland
Baltimore, Md. :: Press of Sun Book Office, 1901)

 This church is situated in the forks of Winter's Run, between Jarrettsville and Upper X-Roads, in the fourth election district of Harford county.
 During the space of one hundred and forty-seven years there have been only six elders, or pastors, of this church, and two of these elders served this congregation for nearly an hundred years.  Elder John Davis was the minister in charge from the building of the church, in 1754, until the time of death, in 1807, a period of fifty-three years.  Rev. William Grafton, the present incumbent, began his labors there May 18, 1859, and thus up to this time his continuous service to the church has extended over a period of forty-two years, making, with the time of Elder John Davis, ninety-five years.  The elders of this church sine 1754, the date of its organization, have been as follows:

 Elder John Davis, 1754 to 1807
 Elder William Wilson, 1807 to 1839
 Elder Eli Scott, Elder
James Brown, Elder
Francis Thorn, 1839 - 1859
 Elder William Grafton, 1859 to ___

 Some of the dates in the records of the church are missing and it is difficult to determine the time of the beginning of the service of several of the elders.  Besides this, the early minutes are effaced and had to be supplied by a summary in October, 1803.  In 1839, during the term of Rev. William Wilson, a dispute arose as to the attitude of the church toward temperance societies and benevolent institutions, and a division was made in the congregation.  The elder, William Wilson, left his charge, with a number of his congregation, and thereafter officiated and had his church building at Rock Ridge, or Cherry Hill, which had been built a short time previously.

 The following is a copy of the recital at the beginning of records and a list of some of the early members:

 "The church of Jesus Christ in Harford County, In the State of Maryland was Constituted on the First Day of November In the year of our Lord - One thousand seven hundred and fifty-four, then under the pastoral care of Elder John Davis, who Still continues to preside over her, But through some cause to us unknown the Church book has Become so defaced that the true state of the said church From time to time since her constitution up to this Date cannot be known;
 "And as the God of Zion hath been Generously pleased of Late to Revive his work Within the bounds of this Church so that Considerable Numbers have been added to those that still Remain of her former Numbers; And We deeming it Necessary as well for our own comfort as for the Information of Others to revive the articles of her former Constitution . . . .
 "Be it known therefore that we whose names are hereunto subscribed Do as in the presence of God Profess to believe the truths contained in the following Covenant and to submit to the Ordinances and modes of Government therein contained that is to say"

 [Here follows covenant.]

 Amos, Ann - now Alderson 
 Amos, Benjamin 
 Amos, Elizabeth 
 Amos, Naomi 
 Amos, Sarah
 Amos, Susanna 
 Anderson, Dina
 Armstrong, Elizabeth
 Baker, Catherine
 Baker, Elizabeth
 Banks, John 
 Banks, Mary 
 Bareing, Abraham 
 Bareing, Elizabeth  
 Bareing, James  
 Bareing, Polly 
 Bareing, Sarah  
 Baxter, Charlotte 
 Baxter, Mary 
 Beareman, Catherine 
 Beareman, Thomas  
 Bearemen, Sarah  
 Blizzard, Surany 
 Blizzard, Wm.  
 Bond, Charlotte  
 Bond, Polly   
 Boreing, Martha 
 Bosswell, Alexander  
 Bosswell, Joseph  
 Boswell, Elizabeth  
 Brice, Hannah 
 Brown, Elthiah 
 Buckingham, Sarah 
 Buckingham, William  
 Burnham, Ann  
 Burnham, Clarrissa  
 Burnham, John  
 Burnham, John, Sr.  
 Bussey, Eleanor  
 Bussey, Jesse  
 Butler, Absolem  
 Butler, Amom  
 Butler, Amom, Jr.  
 Butler, Elizabeth
 Butler, Hannah  
 Butler, Ruth  .
 Butler, Susanna  
 Carleton, Mary 
 Chenoweth, Sarah 
 Chenoweth, William  
 Chenowith, Sophia 
 Choate, Edward  
 Choate, Richard  
 Choate, Sarah  
 Cockey, Chloe  
 Cockey, Thos. D.  
 Cole, Abraham  
 Cole, Abraham, Jr.  
 Cole, James
 Cole, Mordecai 
 Cole, Rachael  
 Cole, Sarah  
 Cole, Thomas 
 Cole, Thos.
 Corbin, Sarah   
Cox, Belinda  
 Cox, Zebediah  
 Cromwell, Elizabeth
 Cromwell, Nathan
 Crow, Rachael  
 Cruet, Sarah  
 Cunningham, Rebecca  
 Davis, Elizabeth
 Davis, Jane   
 Davis, Jane   
 Davis, John  
 Day, Matthew  
 Denbow, John  
 Denbow, Martha 
 Denbow, Migail  .
 Dever, Ruth - now Norris
 Dever, Sarah  
 Downey, Thomas  
 Dunawin, Ann  
 Dunawin, Thomas  
 Durham, David  
 Durham, Margaret  
 Durham, Nathan  
 Durham, Sarah  
 Durham, Thomas  
 Durham, Wm.  
 Edwards, Ann  
 Ensor, Dorcus  
 Ford, Thomas  
 Fort, Samuel  
 Fourt, Elizabeth  
 Fuder, Thomas  
 Garrison, Philip  
 Gill, Mary   
 Gist, Nancy  
 Gist, Penelope D.  
 Gist, Thomas  
 Gordon, John  
 Gorsuch, Elizabeth  
 Grafton, Mary  
 Grafton, Samuel  
 Grear, Aquila  
 Grear, Mary  
 Green, Benjamin  
 Green, Elizabeth  
 Green, Elizabeth  
 Green, Henry  
 Griffith, Margaret 
 Griffith, Ruth  
 Guiton, Elizabeth  
Guiton, Naomi
Harryman, Rachael
Hedington, Delia
Hedington, Nicholas
Hewett, Ann
Hitchcock, Charity
Hitchcock, Josial
Hunt, ____
Husk, Mary
Hutson, Ellenor
Hynes, Jemima
Inseworth, Ruth
Jones, Joshua
Jones, Mary
Jordan, Christian
Jordan, Lattice
Jorden, Ann
Jordon, Patty
Kelly, Sarah
Kelly, Thomas
Kent, Rachael - now Whiteford
Kidd, Mary
Kidd, Sarah
Lane, Elizabeth
Lane, Mary
Lane, Richard
Lee, Patience
Lemmon, Comfort
Lemmon, Elexis
Lemmon, Ellenor
Lemmon, Hannah
Lemmon, John
Lemmon, Thomas
Loveall, Wm.
McGovern, Ann
McGovern, Wm.
Norrington, Susanna
Norris, Mary
Ownings, Ruth
Parish, Delia
Parker, Ann
Parks, Chloe
Parks, Elenor
Parks, Peter
Parks, Wm.
Parrish, Edward
Perigoe, John
Perine, James
Perrigoe, Ellen
Perrigoe, Hannah
Perrigoe, Rebekah
Perrigoe, Sidney
Perrigoe, Wm.
Persons, Isaac
Persons, Phebe
Plowman, Jemima
Poteet, Thomas
Prindle, Philip
Renshaw, Dolly
Renshaw, Jane
Rigdon, Stephen
Robinson, Sarah
Robinson, Wm.
Sater, Hannah
Sater, Joseph
Slade, Elizabeth
Smithson, Mary
Sollers, Nelly
Sollers, Sarah
St. Clair, Jane
St. Clair, Martha
Stansbury, Dixon
Stansbury, Dixon, Jr.
Stansbury, Easter
Stansbury, Joseph
Stansbury, Sarah
Steel, Mary
Stevenson, Rachael
Talbott, Benj.
Talbott, Catherine
Talbott, Francis T.
Thomas, Margaret
Thompson, Casandra
Thompson, Clemency
Thompson, Elizabeth
Thompson, Frances
Thompson, James
Thompson, John
Thompson, John
Thompson, Joshua
Thompson, Martha
Thompson, Susanna
Tipton, Byran
Tipton, Mary
Tipton, Vincent
Tolan, Elizabeth
Tolon, Drucilla
Townson, Philemon
Towson, Ruth
Tracey, Joshua
Walker, Discretion
Watkins, Elizabeth
Watkins, Evan, etc.
Watkins, John
Weeks, Elizabeth
Weeks, Ezekiel
West, Hannah
Whitaker, Elizabeth
Willson, Elizabeth
Willson, Margaret
Willson, Rachael
Wilson, Sabrina
Wison, Sarah
Young, Ann

(Source:  History of Harford County, Maryland ; Baltimore, Md. :: Press of Sun Book Office, 1901 - submitted by Sharon Wick)


 


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