FCCC History

History of the First Congregational Church of Chester

 

Now available:

The First Congregational Church of Chester, New Jersey is celebrating our 275th Anniversary in 2015. Our church historian, Joan S. Case decided to compile the church’s history to commemorate this milestone. Much of the material in this book is derived from the history, written in 1832 by Pastor Abner Morse, and is still in the church’s possession. Pastor Morse traced the story of the Chester Congregationalists back to their origin in England, their first settlement in Southold, Long Island, and their subsequent removal to New Jersey. The later year’s history has been gleaned from church minutes and the church historians who have kept the records through the years. Available directly through the Church or at Blurb: The History of the First Congregational Church

For information email – HistoryofFCC@gmail.com

Pastors of the First Congregational Church of Chester

Pastorate At
Long Island
Long Island
Long Island
Long Island
Long Island
Roseitecus
Roxbury
Roxbury
Roxbury
Roxbury
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester
Chester

Minister
John Youngs
Joshua Hobart
Benjamin Woolsey
James Davenport
William Troop
Eliab Byrom
Samuel Sweasy, Jr.
Ebenezar Bradford
David Baldwin
James Youngs
Stephen Overton
Abner Morse
Charles Jones
John Fishpool
Lewis Halsey Terrill
Luke Stoutenburgh
James T. Evans
Benjamin F. Bradford
Frank A. Johnson
E. B. England
A. Lincoln Shear
Spencer H. Bray
Gervase A. Viets
Charles T. Wood
John W. Morgan
John Lewis Evans
Charles H.B. Seliger
William T. Frazier
Carl E. Bash
John Burton
George Kelly
Perle Sellers
Merrit A. Soper
G.B. Bruvold
Basil L. Johnson
Julius L. Brasher
Robert E. Marston
Joseph Zezzo
Charles D. Friou
Edwin R. Lincoln
John Albert Corby
Joyce Dickin
H. Lewis Cutler
Donald Freeman
Leroy N. Hastings
Henry Lambin
Nelson Lamb
Thomas Witzel
Robert Hibshman
Eugene Priddy
James Futrell
David Wouri
Scott Hoffman
Allan Briggs
Layne A. Mershimer

Started-Ended
1640
1674
1720-1736
1738-1746
1743-1753
1743-1753
1747-1773
1775-1779
1779-1785
1786
1801-March 1828
Fall 1828-1833
1833-1835
1835-1836
1838,1839
Oct. 6,1841-Dec.17,1867
1868-1871
1872-1875
1875-1889
1890-1894
Nov. 1,1894-Apr. 1,1896
May 3,1896-Aug. 1,1897
Jan. 1,1898-Feb. 3,1899
June 1,1899-Dec. 1,1905
Feb. 3, 1907
May 7,1909-June 13,1913
Nov. 23,1913-May 2,1915
June 15,1915-June 10,1917
July 1,1917-July 1,1918
–
May 2,1922-Mar. 5,1925
1925-1928
Jan. 1,1930-Apr. 1933
June 1,1933-May 1, 1935
July 1,1935-Nov. 14,1938
Jan. 15,1939-Apr. 26,1942
May 15, 1942-Oct. 8, 1944
Feb. 1,1945-Mar. 1, 1952
June 29,1952-Apr. 30, 1956
June 1, 1956-Oct. 4, 1959
Mar. 6, 1960-Mar. 31, 1963
June 1,1963
Sept. 1,1963-Dec. 31,1964
1965
June 1,1965-Feb. 1,1972
Mar. 1,1972-May 1,1972
June 1,1972-Aug.1975
Feb. 8,1976-Aug.1979
Dec. 23,1979-Aug.1980
Nov. 1980-Feb. 1981
Mar. 1,1981-Apr. 30, 1987
Jan. 17,1988-Mar. 31, 1992
Nov. 1, 1992-Mar. 4,2007
Mar. 23,2008-Aug.2014
July 1, 2015

Years
–
–
16
8
10
10
26
4
6
4
29
4
2
1
1
26
3
3
14
4
1 1/2
1
1 month
5 1/2
–
4
1 1/2
2
1
–
3
3
3
2
3
3
1
7
4
3
3
3 months
1
6 months
7
2 months
3
3 1/2
9 months
4 months
6
6
14 1/2
6