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First Presbyterian Church
820 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
973-642-0260
October 1, 1667 - Present
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~1910
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| Reverend |
From |
To |
| Abraham Pierson Sr. |
October 1, 1667 |
August 9, 1678 (Death) |
| Abraham Pierson Jr. |
August 9, 1678 |
Spring, 1692 |
| John Pruden (d. 1725) |
August 23, 1692 |
June 9, 1699 |
| Jabez Wakeman (d. 1704) |
April 15, 1700 |
October 8, 1704 |
| Samuel Whittlesey (d.) |
May 17, 1706 |
March 31, 1707 |
| Nathaniel Bowers (d. 1716) |
June 22, 1709 |
August 4, 1716 |
| Joseph Webb (d.) |
October 22, 1719 |
November, 1736 |
| Aaron Burr (d. 1757) |
December, 1736 |
Fall, 1755 |
| John Brainerd (d. ) |
Fall, 1755 |
May, 1759 |
| Alexander MacWhorter (d. 1807) |
Summer, 1759 |
July 20, 1807 |
| Edward D. Grimm (d. ) |
July 20, 1807 |
April 27, 1809 |
| James Richards |
April, 1809 |
October 29, 1823 |
| William T. Hamilton |
July 27, 1824 |
1834 |
| A. D. Eddy |
August 11, 1835 |
February 22, 1848 |
| Jonathan F. Stearns |
December 13, 1849 |
February 21, 1883 |
| David R. Frazer |
February 21, 1883 |
June 16, 1909 |
| William J. Dawson |
March 25, 1912 |
1926 |
| William H. Foulkes |
1926 |
1941 |
| Lloyd E. Foster |
1942 |
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| Address |
From |
To |
| Broad & Mechanic Sts. |
1667 |
1838 |
| 315 1/2 Broad Street |
1838 |
1869 |
| 818, 820 Broad Street (number change from above) |
1870 |
aft 1935 |
| Information |
Starting Year |
Ending Year |
LDS Microfilm # |
Various Church Records
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1781
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1900
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0558293
0558295
0558296
0912973
0912974
0912975
0912977
0912978 |
Session Minutes
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1781
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1886
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0558474
0558475 |
ARCHIVE INFORMATION
Church records for 1824 - 1900
Session Minutes for 1781- 1886
Membership Records 1801 - 1833
The above records are in the possession of the Presbyterian Historical Society,
Philadelphia, PA
The Family History Library
Catalog has the following information:
 | 1941, the anniversary year : founded in 1666. Present edifice
dedicated January 1, 1791
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| Centennial celebration of the dedication of the First
Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. J. : January fourth and fifth, 1891
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| Church manual for the members of the First Presbyterian Church,
Newark, N.J. preceded by a brief history of the church
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| First Church in Newark : historical discourses, relating to the
First Presbyterian Church in Newark. originally delivered to the congregation of that
church during the month of January, 1851 |
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