Church Membership
Extracted From
Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary
Of the Presbyterian Church at Sparta, N. J.
23 Nov 1886
New York, 1887

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

XL -- LIST OF COMMUNICANTS The following is the list of communicants from the beginning (16 May 1805) of the records to January, 1887. [c. for certificate, * for present members.] Christian CLAY Mary CLAY, wife of Christian Jonathan SUTTON Robert OGDEN Jonathan SHARP Jane MILLS, wife of Robert Mary JOHNSON, wife of Andrew Gabriel PAINE John LINN & Martha LINN, wife of John These are supposed to have been the original members surviving at the above date. May 1805 Hanna OGDEN, wife of Robert Sep 1806 John BUTLER Polly BUTLER, wife of John Nancy PITNEY, wife of Benj. Sep 1807 Jemima DAVIS, wife of Wm., (c) Apr 1808 Nicholas BRYAM Martha CORWIN, wife of Wm. Jr. Rhoda WHITEHEAD, wife of Nathaniel Margaret JORALOMON, wife of J., (c) Nathan WHITEHEAD John JOHNSON Sep 1808 Margaret HURD, wife of Jos. Mary MORROW, wife of Rob Elizabeth MORROW, wife of Thomas Sarah Robert HINDES William CORWIS, Jr. Rachel SUTTON, wife of Jos. Mehitable PERRIGO Apr 1809 John BURRELL Cyrus CONDICT Phoebe CONDICT, wife of Cyrus Rebecca SUTTON John RYAN Sep 1809 Nicholas EHERSON, (c) Mary EHERSON, wife of Nicholas, (c) Abagail TALMAGE, wife of Nathan (c) Mary JOHNSON, wife of Sam. (c) Apr 1810 James MORROW Jane MORROW, wife of Jas. (c) Abigail (colored) Jun 1810 Margaret SIMMONS, wife of Peter Sep 1810 Hermans CARTER Jane CARTER, wife of Hermans Jun 1811 John YAW David ARTERS Elizabeth ARTERS, wife of David Sep 1811 Mary BUCKLEY, %John, Sr. Oct 1811 Susannah BIRD, wife of Dan. Susannah COOPER, wife of John Elizabeth FARVER, wife of Wm. (c) Sep 1812 Mary McCULLOM, wife of Alex William DURLNG Sarah Ann DURLING, wife of William May 1813 Samuel JOHNSON Hannah ROBINSON Oct 1815 Elizabeth JOHNSON Charity PIERSON Nancy HURD Bethany OSBORN Apr 1816 Elizabeth LINN Jun 1816 Phoebe MATTHEWS, wife of John Rachel WADE, wife of Sam. Phoebe EASTON Oct 1816 Mary DURLING Samuel WADE Received at the North Church Aug 1818 Jane McDANIELS, wife of Jos. Anne HAMOND Abbey WADE Norica MUNSON, wife of Jacob Mary Elizabeth BAN, wife of Matthew George BUCKLEY Sarah VAN DUZER, wife of Wm. (c) Richard WHITAKER (c) Elizabeth WHITAKER, wife of Rich. (c) Sep 1818 - Received at Sparta Rhoda BAILEY Wm. CORWIN (c) Martha CORWIN (c) Nov 1818, Received at North Church Sarah HARDING Sarah LINN Peter SIMONS Joseph PERRIGO Johnson N. GOULD (c) Elizabeth GOULD, %Johnson (c) Jan 1819 Mary McDANIELS Nancy SILSBY Jane WOOD Sally BARTON Margaret BUCKLEY Daniel B. WILCOKS Elizabeth BEARDSLEE Jane SHIRTS Isaac STIN Seth BYRAM Cornelius DEMAREST Sally DEMAREST Jane DEMAREST Jane JONES Julia KIMBLE Margaret KNOX Catherine COUNTRYMAN Hannah CAMPBELL Mar 1819 Abigail BARTON Milinda BEARDSLEE John T. PERRY Harriet FAIRCHILD Elizabeth DEMAREST Elsee BUCKLEY Hannah CARPENTER Thomas BEARDSLEE Daniel LANTERMAN Phoebe MUNSON Nancy GARDINER Mary ADAMS Eliza FOWLER Rachel BEARDSLEE Martha REEVE Sarah BYRAM Barbara LANTERMAN Maria DEMAREST Mary STIN Peter DEMAREST Peter SHIRTS Catharine NESBIT Mary VAN WIRT Jane PERRY (c) Daniel EDWARDS (c) Mary EDSALL, wife of James Priscilla VIBHART, wife of Wm. Margaret WHITAKER, wife of Peter After the dismissing of 62 members to form the churches of North Hardyston & Hamburg, Mary, 1819, there remained but the following 37: Christian CLAY Mary CLAY Robert OGDEN Jane MILLS Mary JOHNSON John BUTLER Polly BUTLER Nancy PITNEY Martha CORWIN Margaret JORALOMON Margaret HURD Mary MORROW Sarah Roberts HINDES William CORWIN Rebecca SUTTON Mary JOHNSON Sarah VAN DUZER Rohda BALEY Phoebe MUNSON James MORROW Jane MORROW Mary McCULLOM Wiliam DURLING Sarah A. DURLING Samuel JOHNSON Hannah ROBINSON Charity PIERSON Nancy HURD Bethany OSBORN Phebe MATHERS Rachel WADE Phoebe EASTON Mary DURLING Samuel WADE Mary E. BAN Daniel LANTERMAN Barbara LANTERMAN Jun 1819 Maria RORICK Oct 1821 Elizabeth PIERSON Sep 1822 Drusilla ROE, wife of Benj. Jane HURD, wife of Isaac Jun 1823 Margaret CUMMING (c) Jacob SHIPMAN Elijah CURTIS Margaret CURTIS, wife of Elijah Oct 1823 Eliza SHIPMAN, wife of Jacob Mary CRAWFORD, wife of James Jun 1824 Amelia BEARDSLEE, wife of John (c) Jul 1824 Elias BEACH Apr 1825 John BONKER Henry OSBORN Abraham WINTERMOOT Martha CORY William DEVOR Catharine BYRAM * James CRAWFORD Mary WINTERMOOT Mary ACKERMAN Esther PIERSON David CORY John MATHERS Stephen HURD Sarah McGILL Jul 1825 Rebecca JOHNSON Jan 1827 Matthias H. OGDEN Jerusha OGDEN William A. OGDEN Phoebe OGDEN James BRAISTED Mary BRAISTED Jane BRAISTED Wm. M. TALMAGE Elizabeth Ann WESINER Catharine WILSON Mary VAN KIRK Job B. WOODRUFF Chilian RIKER Apr 1827 Jacob TIMBREL Anna DECKER William DECKER Serin WADE Elizabeth BRAISTED Sarah D. WOODRUFF Jane HARPAREE Oct 1827 Elizabeth CORY Feb 1828 Sarah TIMBREL Elizabeth McCLENON April 1828, a new list was made containing 61 of the above names and continuing as follows: Nov 1828 Elizabeth HAYWARD Ann CAMPBELL Jane DENNY Apr 1829 Margaret BEACH, wife of Elias (c) Hannah KELSEY (c) Apr 1831 Moses RIKER Hester RIKER, wife of Moses Margaret HINDES Susan S. PITNEY May 1831 Mary EASTON John BOSS * Elizabeth BOSS H. C. BEACH Eliza A. BEACH Joseph CORWIN Isaac C. BEACH Phoebe REED Hannah DEGROW Isaac GARY Jane AYRES Martha OSBORN Mary A. PITNEY John LENNINGTON Anna LENNINGTON Elizabeth LENNINGTON Hyle LENNINGTON Rachel LENNINGTON Maria MORROW Electa MORROW Sarah GARY Elizabeth HURD Ann Eliza LOSEY Thomas B. BEARDSLEE Sarah BEARDSLEE James S. MORROW Mary KINNEY Phoebe COOK Amelia SINEY Sarah HAMMELL Jan 1832 William AYERS Acelia AYERS Nelly DECKER Phebe T. MORROW Julia Ann CUMMINGS Mrs. PULIS Apr 1832 Sarah BEATY Ann CHAMBERLAIN Elizabeth VAN KIRK Elizabeth SLOCKBOWER Jane CUMMINGS Amy STITES Mary AYERS Arthur McGILL Joseph PIERSON, Jr. Moses LANTERMAN HEnry BEARDSLEE Nancy BEARDSLEE John HAMMELL Mary HURD Wm. D. PULIS Rachel HAYWARD Shipman COX Robert BRAISTED William BRAISTED Jane A. HINKLE Emily VAN KIRK Delia SMITH Thomas DUSTAN William M. CORY Sarah WOODRUFF (c) Hannah CAMPBELL (c) Mary WRIGHT Elizabeth MORROW Mrs. Mary DUSTON Jane DUSTON Miss Mary DUSTON Andrew CHIDESTER Mary CHIDESTER Peter VAN KIRK William B. AYERS Elizabeth Mary COX Elizabeth VAN KIRK Abby Jane WADE Rebecca DECKER Dec 1832 Mrs. Margaret McDEVIT Sarah KINNEY Martha Ann KELSEY Martha ACKERMAN Abraham ACKERMAN Hannah Cornelia HURD Eliza McKINNEY Thomas ACKERSON Magdalen GRAY MAtilda SMITH Elizabeth WHITFORD Olive MAINS Catherine CONKLING Jane BEATTY Elizabeth dEVORE Harriet CUMMINGS Barbara PULHAMUS Hester YOUNG Robert BEATTY James VAN KIRK John STITES Hannah HAMMEL Elizabeth HARPAREE Jane CHAMBERLAIN Elizabeth STITES Samuel CORY Hannah KNOX Nancy DEMAREST Samuel STITES Morrison BEADSLEE Abiah DUSTAN MAry SWEANY Ada STITES Elizabeth SINEY Sarah FOUNTAIN Peter STITES Jacob STITES Margaret STITES Noah CHAMBERLAIN Sarah KINNEY Anna PIERSON Joseph STITES Mary CLARK Oct 1833 Elizabeth LANTERMAN Barbara Ann LANTERMAN Margaret KINNEY Catharine GOBLE Phebe CHAMBERLAIN Susan SARGEANT Rebecca BRAISTED Mrs. MAINES Sep 1835 Elisha MULFORD Catharine MULFORD, wife of Elisha Jul 1836 Ruhama WADE, wife of Sering (c) Dec 1836 Joseph WRIGHT Catherine RUSSELL, wife of John (c) Chas. ACKERSON Mrs. ACKERSON, wife of Chas. Jun 1837 Mary SHERMAN, wife of Azar Sarah E. DAYTON, wife of Ezra F. Jun 1838 Mrs. Mary WILLIAMS (c) Zophar HALSEY (c) Feb 1839 Job CORY * Charles CORY Richard C. ROE Noadiah WADE Phebe LANTERMAN Joanna LANTERMAN * Jun 1839 John BEATTY Mary MORROW Eliz. WINTERMUTE Mary KNOX Nov 1839 Martha WADE, wife of Noadiah (c) Rebecca CORY, wife of Samuel Hester MORROW Dec 1839 William D. PULIS Julia A. BRAISTED (c) Elizabeth WHITAKER (c) Margaret PULIS Feb 1840 Mrs. Jane ROSS Mrs. John BEADLE Morris WADE Henry CRANE Charles CENTERBOX Mrs. Mary PETERS (c) John P. CONGER (c) Catherine CONGER (c) Jun 1840 Simon BEMER (c) Mary BEMER (c) Eliza CONGER (c) Sep 1840 Sarah A. FISHER (c) Mrs. Ann EMRIE (c) Dec 1841 Elizabeth KELSEY Emeline HURD Drusills VAN KIRK Mar 1842 Julia KELLY, wife of Andrew (c) Sarah ROE, wife of Benj. (c) Jun 1842 Catherine BRADBURY, wife of Benj. (c) Aug 1842 Hannah BYRAM Nov 1842 Abner BURNHAM (c) Elizabeth BURNHAM, wife of Abner (c) Elizabeth HOPPAUGH * (c) Phebe KIMBALL *, wife of Moses (c) Feb 1843 Sarah HALSEY (c) Susan A. FARBER (c) Gilbert REDFIELD (c) John CONCKLING (c) Apr 1843 Catherine LANTERMAN (c) Walter HOWELL (c) Sally C. HOWELL (c) Harriet HOWELL (c) Barbara Ann MUNSON Sarah C. CRANE Benj. BRADBURY * Bethania CHIDESTER Naomie WILLIAMSON Eliza E. DILDINE Charles BOSS Phebe Ann BOSS Emeline BEACH Amelia B. DAVIS Amzi BEDELL Elizabeth SICKLE Mary ROSE Wm. N. SINEY John STITES, 2d Mahala AYRES Mary Ann BROOKS Jun 1843 Abby Jane SMITH Jane HOPPAUGH John M. GRECIAN Susan GRECIAN, wife of John Henry W. OGDEN Sep 1843 Jane EASTON (c) Apr, 1844 Emily B. TORREY (c) Maria W. EASTON Martha Ann BEACH Jul 1844 Henry BEACH Rhoda BEACH Caroline BYRAM Jan 1845 Jos. H. BEACH (c) Elvira C. BEACH, wife of Jos. H. (c) Jun 1845 Catherine MANES, wife of Jas. * Dec 1846 Sarah J. HALSEY, wife of Zophar (c) * Jane S. WADE, wife of Morris (c) Mar 1847 James ROE Elizabeth ROE, wife of James (c) Amzi BEACH Sarah BEACH, wife of Amzi George ALLEN Henrietta HALSEY Jun 1848 Ellen C. KELSEY Letitia W. ROE Jun 1849 Abigail DECKER (c) Horace DECKER (c) Margaret DECKER (c) Aug 1851 Barbara Ann GRECIAN, wife of John M. (c) Theodosia GOBLE, wife of John (c) Mary Ann OSBORN, wife of Henry Jan 1852 Joseph W. MANNING (c) Mary MANNING, wife of Joseph (c) Edgar MANNING Abby Jane MANNING Feb 1853 Mrs. Eleanor SMITH (c) Elizabeth KELSEY, wife of Aaron H. Daniel D CHAPIN May 1853 Harriet A. HIGBIE, wife of Daniel (c) Charity CHAPIN, wife of Dan. D. Jan 1854 Mary CORY Susan Elizabeth McCOY Apr 1854 Lavina MILEHAM, wife of William (c) Jan 1855 Mrs. Ann BULKLEY, (c) Wm BUCKLEY Francis WHITEFORD (c) Margaret WHITFORD, wife of Francis (c) Mar 1855 Henry C. BYRAM Oct 1856 Mary E. WILLARD, wife of Rev. L., (c) Maria SMITH (c) Jan 1857 Amzi BEDELL (c) Hannah BEDELL, wife of Amzi (c) Apr 1857 Charles J. BEATTIE Sarah HURD *, wife of Whitefield Ellen ROSS *, wife of John Mary A. KELSEY, wife of Chas. (c) Jul 1857 Rachel GOBLE *, wife of Isaac (c) Sarah C. BROOKS *, wife of Daniel Jan 1858 Clarissa STRAIT, wife of Harvey (c) Lesbia SHERMAN * Elizabeth BOSS Ophelia HALSEY Saring HALSEY Adaline HURD Apr 1858 David S. TALMADGE Hen. MORE * Morris HOPPAUGH Sidney SMITH Harvey B. STRAIT Benjamin ROE Sarah A. PINCKNEY Charles CHAPIN Calvin BEATTY John D. VREELAND Harrison WRIGHT Mary Arabella ROE Sarah Ellen MAINES Mary E. MORE * Stewart MAINS Sarah KINNEY * J. D. VREELAND Henrietta STITES Melissa PIERSON Sar. CORY Cornelia CORY Ira ELLETT Hylinda MAINS * E. Dayton Boss W. Sanford DUNLAP Emma E. LANTERMAN Amelia Ann OGDEN Sarah M. LANTERMAN Phebe P. LANTERMAN * Mary CmKINNEY Em. CASMORE Ruth HOPPAUGH * Martha COOPER Sarah A. NORMAN * G. B. CRAIG J. Byram HOPPAUGH * Sam. CHAMBERS Peter LANTERMAN Fanny ATKIN Irene E. CHIDESTER Isaac G. CARY Sarah M. CARY Martha J. SINEY * Abby J. LYON Mary E. HURD Aaron DRAKE Jas. J. SLOCKBOWER Mary E. DUFFY * Jane HUNT Eliza HOPPAUGH * Corintha OGDEN Charlotte CORY Sarah C. MUNSON Susan DEAN Christopher BEATTY J. BEDELL BOSS Phebe J. ROCHELL Nicholas BYRAM Henry BREED John CARY Sarah E. VAN AUKEN Jul 1858 Ephraim K. SANFORD Matthew SANFORD (c) Sarah A. ELLETT, wife of Samuel Elizabeth GEORGE, wife of John (c) * Harriet WADE M. Jane SMITH Apr 1858 Delilah CHAMBERLAIN Elizabeth SLOCKBOWER, wife of James Margaret HOWELL Bethania WINTERMUTE Jul 1858 Sarah MORE, wife of Hen. * Phebe STRADER Selina STRADER Caroline M. CARY Sarah E. HOWELL Jan 1860 Mary A. WINTERMUTE Apr 1860 Elizabeth WOODRUFF Jul 1860 Elizabeth CRAIG, wife of Geo. B. Jan 1861 Hannah MOORE, wife of Rev. W. L. (c) Apr 1861 Phebe J. BONKER, wife of Seymour (c) * Hiram C. FREEMAN (c) * Apr 1862 Ellen DECKER *, wife of J. L. Eliza DECKER, wife of John * Mrs. Norman Jos. V. SMITH (c) Jul 1862 Charlotte E. SMITH, wife of Joseph (c) Mrs. Cornelia CRANE (c) Joshua WALTON Jul 1864 Caroline DURLING, wife of Chas. Jan 1865 Francis A. BACHELER, wife of Rev. F. E. M., (c) Ella CORY Susan A. ROBBINS Mary J. ROCHELLE, wife of W. Woodruff Dency SLOCKBOWER Annie M. LONGCOR Apr 1865 Huldah A. KINNEY, wife of Mr. ROE Harriet H. GRECIAN Thomas B. GOULD William RIDDELL * Phebe E. OGDEN Hannah G. LONGCOR Samuel D. MITCHELL John GEORGE * Harriet D. ROE Moses THORP Jul 1865 Francis C. EASTON Jan 1866 Marcus L. BEARDSLEE (c) Drusilla BEARDSLEE (c) Eliza TAYLOR * Apr 1866 Sarah VAN KIRK Delilah WASHER * Abby J. MAINS, wife of W. H. (c) Oct 1866 Geo. H. BRADBURY Mary MILLS *, wife of Rob. M. Fanny BOSS, wife of C. V. (c) Apr 1867 Emma V. V. BOSS (c) * Hiram M. SANDS Abbie A. BRADBURY Jan 1868 Emma BRADBURY *, wife of Sar Munson (c) Rebecca SANDS Mary EARL *, wife of William Wm. ROGERS Henry DUNLAP Apr 1868 Peter STITES M. J. STITES, wife of Peter Abbie BEARDSLEY Cordelia E. SHUMAN Mary GREEN Jul 1868 Mary BRAISTED (c) Sarah C. BRAISTED, (c) * Elizabeth DE GROOT (c) Jul 1869 Abby J. LYON * (c) Nov 1869 Phebe J. STANABACK * Jul 1870 Elizabeth OGDEN (c) Oct 1870 Frank M. CORY * Wm. L. CORY Elizabeth CHAPIN * Anna M. WOD Mrs. Phebe A. WOOD (c) Jan 1871 Lucinda B. BRADBURY,* wife of Benj. Apr 1871 Sibyl HASKELL Lucy CHICHESTER Susan EASTON (c) Jane EASTON (c) * Martha EASTON (c) Mary EASTON (c) Jan 1872 Sarah J. McKEE, wife of Rev. W. B. (c) Catherine O. CHRISTY, * wife of Rob. Lance Jun 1872 Ophelia TEATS * Jul 1872 Ophelia BEARDSLEY George WHITFORD Henry S. WELSH (c) Emily WELSH, wife of Henry S. (c) Jan 1873 Levi CONGLETON (c) Charlotte CONGLETON, * wife of Levi (c) Phebe CONGLETON * (c) Jane CONGLETON * (c) Jul 1873 Almira CASE * (c) Apr 1874 Eliza VAN KIRK *, wife of John Samuel B. HAYWARD Mary E. HAYWARD, wife of Samuel Mary J. HAYWARD Ada F. DURLING Phebe LENNINGTON Josie K. BEARDSLEE Eugene R. CORY * Morford B. STRAIT Christina L. STRAIT Angelina S. HOTALLEN, wife of Henry * Apr 1874 Julia A. ADAMS (c) Oct 1876 Martha J. JOHNSON Jul 1877 Ford W. ROCHELLE * Jul 1878 Mills VAN KIRK (c) Saraqh VAN KIRK, wife of Mills * (c) Mary B. TYACK, wife of Rev. Thos. (c) Lewis MAINES Lucinda SUTTON *, wife of Judson Sarah M. BEATY * Jan 1879 Imogene LYON * (c) Jul 1879 Sarah Ellen PETERS, wife of J. F. * (c) Oct 1879 John M. MINION (c) Elizabeth A. MINION *, wife of John (c) David DENNIS Dec 1879 Frank HOUSE * Hannah COURSEN * (c) Mary A. PRAEDMORE, wife of Johnson * Oct 1881 Joseph H. VAN MARTER (c) Oct 1882 Benjamin D. POTTER (c) Mame F. POTTER, wife of Benj. (c) Theo. L. PULLIS * Mary PULLIS * Jennie E. MILLS * Lizzie A. DUNLAP * Laura C. WILSON * Jennie CASE * Levi E. CASE * John H. MILLS * James W. MILLS * Annie H. MORRIS * Sarah WILLIAMS * (c) Theodore G. ANDERSON * Sarah E. ANDERSON *, wife of Theodore David L. BYRAM * Mattie V. BYRAM *, wife of David L. Delilah S. MILLS * Hattie E. BALL * Ruth HOPPAUGH * E. Louisa HOLDEN * Ida May LANTERMAN * Daniel Wagner BOSS Abbie J. LYON * (c) John BOSS Minerva CORY * (c) Jennie T. STANABACK * (c) Nora BOSS (c) William BARKMAN * (c) Mary G. KAYS * Benjamin K. JONES Oct 1884 Thomas KANE * (c) Jennie D. KANE, wife of Thomas * Mary Arno CHAMBERS *, wife of Rev. T. F. (c) Jennet M. SUTTON *, (c) mary SUTTON * (c) Jan 1885 John CHANDLER * (c) Lucy CHANDLER *, wife of John (c) Feb 1886 Nils GUNDERSON * Annie GUNDERSON, wife of Nils * Ovetta Eva HOLDEN May 1886 Julia A. STIDWORTHY *, wife of Jas. Emma GROSE *, wife of Edward Ann CHAMBERS * Nov 1886 Elizabeth P. BEARDSLEE * Jan 1887 Mrs. Bertha J. HORNBECK * (c) Jane Carr ROCHELLE * Mary Lane DURLING *, wife of Robert S. Belle Neva WOODRUFF