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Harford
County, Maryland Churches
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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