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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 since 1754, the date of its
organization, have been as follows:
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Elder John Davis
1754 to 1807
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Elder William Wilson
1807 to 1839
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Elder Eli Scott
Elder
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James Brown
Elder
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Francis Thorn
1839 - 1859
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Elder William Grafton
1859 to ___
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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 dDo 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.]
October 1803:
John Watkins
Elizabeth Watkins
Philip Garrison
James Thompson
John Thompson
Thomas Durham
Nathan Durham
Margaret Durham
Frances Thompson
David Durham
Sarah Durham
John Denbow
Martha Denbow
Drucilla Tolon
Elizabeth Tolon
Sarah Dever
Ruth Dever now Norris
John Thompson
Susanna Thompson
Benjamin Amos
Sarah Amos
Ann Amos now Alderson
Dixon Stansbury
Dixon Stansbury Jr.
Easter Stansbury
Elizabeth Amos,
Charity Hitchcock
Elizabeth Guiton
Sarah Cruet
Wm. Robinson
Sarah Robinson
Samuel Grafton
Mary Grafton
Wm. Durham
Jane St. Clair
Elizabeth Armstrong
James Perine
Catherine Baker
Susanna Norrington
Mary Norris
Elizabeth Thompson
Aquila Grear
Mary Grear
Ezekiel Weeks
Elizabeth Weeks
Wm. McGovern
Ann McGovern
Mary Smithson
Sarah Wilson
Susanna Amos
Elizabeth Davis
Elizabeth Baker
Martha St. Clair
Naomi Guiton
Jemima Hynes
Elizabeth Whitaker
Edward Parrish
Delia Parrish
Elizabeth Slade
Jane Renshaw
Naomi Amos
Ann Parker
John Davis
Jane Davis
Mary Carleton
Thomas Poteet
Joshua Thompson
Casandra Thompson
Clemency Thompson
Elthiah Brown
Jesse Bussey
Eleaner Bussey
Dina Anderson
Jane Davis
Migail Denbow
Dolly Renshaw
Rachael Kent now Whiteford
Hannah West
Lattice Jordan
Mary Husk
Martha Thompson
Stephen Rigdon
Hannah Brice
Sabrina Wilson
Ann Hewett
Christian Jordan
Isaac Persons
Phebe Persons
Josiah Hitchcock
Thos. D. Cockey
Wm. Perrigoe
Hannah Perrigoe
Ellen Perrigoe
Sidney Perrigoe
Rebekah Perrigoe
Joshua Jones
Mary Jones
Wm. Parks
Chloe Parks
Elenor Parks
Benj. Talbott
Catherine Talbott
Rachael Harryman
Rachael Stevenson
Ruth Towson
Philemon Towson
Joseph Bosswell
Philip Pindle
Elizabeth Boswell
Joseph Sater
Thos. Cole
Rachael Cole
Chloe Cockey
Clarrissa Burnham
John Burnham
Ann Burnham
Sarah Sollers
Ruth Owings
John Burnham Sr.
Ann Young
Discretion Walker
Mary Steel
Elexis Lemmon
Elizabeth Cromwell
Nathan Cromwell
Peter Parks
Wm. Loveall
Mary Tipton
Abraham Cole
John Lemmon
Ellenor Lemmon
Joseph Stansbury
Sarah Stansbury
Dorcus Ensor
Thomas Cole
Mordecai Cole
Ann Dunawin
Thomas Dunawin
Polly Bond
Thomas Downey
Hannah Sater
Thomas Lemmon
Comfort Lemmon
Ann Edwards
Belinda Cox
Abraham Cole Jr.
Margaret Griffith
Benjamin Green
James Cole
Zebediah Cox
Charlotte Baxter
Sarah Corbin
Thomas Beareman
Sarah Bearemen
Catherine Bearemen
Rachael Crow
Martha Boreing
Mary Lane
Rachael Willson
Margaret Willson
Elizabeth Willson
Margaret Thomas
Thomas Ford
Ellenor Hutson
Ruth Inseworth
Samuel Fort
Elizabeth Fourt
Ruth Griffith
Amon Butler Jr.
Ruth Butler
Amon Butler
Elizabeth Butler
Absolem Butler
Susanna Butler
Hannah Butler
Charlotte Bond
Mary Gill
Mary Baxter
---- Hunt
Mary Kidd
Sarah Kidd
Sarah Cole
Ann Jorden
Patty Jordon
William Buckingham
Sarah Buckingham
Richard Lane
Elizabeth Lane
Elizabeth Green
Thomas Fuder
Alexander Bosswell
Vincent Tipton
Bryan Tipton
Thomas Kelly
Sarah Kelly
Hannah Lemmon
Jemima Plowman
Rebecca Cunningham
Sophia Chenowith
Wm. Blizzard
Surany Blizzard
William Chenoweth
Sarah Chenoweth
Nicholas Hedington
Delia Hedington
Richard Choate
Sarah Choate
John Banks
Mary Banks
Joshua Tracey
Abraham Bareing
James Bareing
Elizabeth Bareing
Edward Choate
Thomas Gist
Penelope D. Gist
Francis T. Talbott
Nancy Gist
Sarah Bareing
John Perigoe
Matthew Day
Nelly Sollers
Polly Bareing
Patience Lee
Henry Green
Elizabeth Green
Elizabeth Gorsuch
John Gordon
Evan Watkins, etc.
(Source: "History of Harford County, Maryland"
; Baltimore, Md. :: Press of Sun Book Office, 1901 - Transcribed by K. Torp
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