First Methodist/Halsey Street Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Chapel
54, 63, 75 Halsey Street
October 1, 1808 -
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1909
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Additional images:
1874 map
The First Methodist
church was formed on October1, 1808 when they built the Wesley Methodist Chapel
on Halsey Street. The dedication ceremony held on January 1, 1809 was led
by the Rev. Ezekiel Cooper. The first full time pastor did not arrive
until 1818. The second church was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, 1852 at a
cost of $16,00. The church was repaired and refurnished in 1881.
This church merged with the Central Methodist Church in 1937. The church
building was demolished in 1952 and used as a parking lot.
| Reverend |
From |
To |
| Ezekiel Cooper |
1808 |
1810 |
| John L. Hall |
1811 |
1811 |
| Stephen Martindale |
1812 |
1813 |
| J. Van Schoick |
1812 |
1812 |
| John Finley |
1813 |
1814 |
| John Robertson |
1814 |
1815 |
| Joseph Totten |
1815 |
1817 |
| Daniel Moore |
1815 |
1817 |
| John Potts |
1815 |
1817 |
| George Woolley |
1816 |
1817 |
| Edward Page |
1816 |
1817 |
| Joseph Lybrand |
1818 |
1818 |
| William Smith |
1818 |
1818 |
| Stephen Martindale |
1821 |
1821 |
| John Creamer |
1822 |
1823 |
| William Thatcher |
1824 |
1825 |
| Joseph Rusling |
1826 |
1827 |
| John Kennedy |
1828 |
1829 |
| Nathan Porter |
1830 |
1830 |
| John L. Gilder |
1830 |
1830 |
| John J. Matthias |
1831 |
1832 |
| Anthony Atwood |
1831 |
1832 |
| Soloman Higgins |
1833 |
1834 |
| George G. Cookman |
1833 |
1834 |
| John S. Porter |
1833 |
1835 |
| Thomas J. Thompson |
1835 |
1835 |
| John Nicholson |
1836 |
1837 |
| James Ayars |
1838 |
1839 |
| William Roberts |
1840 |
1841 |
| Joseph B. McKeever |
1842 |
1842 |
| Charles B. Whitecar |
1843 |
1844 |
| David W. Bartine |
1845 |
1846 |
| William P. Corbit |
1847 |
1848 |
| Samuel Y. Monroe |
1849 |
1850 |
| Elwood H. Stokes |
1851 |
1852 |
| Samuel Van Sant |
1853 |
1854 |
| Isaac W. Wiley |
1855 |
1856 |
| Crook S. Vancleve |
1857 |
1858 |
| James R. Bryan |
1859 |
1860 |
| William Day |
1861 |
1862 |
| Charles Larew |
1863 |
1865 |
| James M. Freeman |
1866 |
1868 |
| James S. Chadwick |
1869 |
1871 |
| Richard Van Horne |
1872 |
1872 |
| Joseph H. Knowles |
1872 |
1874 |
| Lewis R. Dunn |
1875 |
1877 |
| Jonathan H. Dally |
1878 |
1880 |
| James Montgomery |
1881 |
1883 |
| William Eakins |
1884 |
1886 |
| John Atkinson |
1887 |
1889 |
| Nelson A. McNichol |
1890 |
1893 |
| Charles A. McCormick |
1895 |
1897 |
| Daniel Holleron |
1898 |
1900 |
| Jacob A. Cole |
1901 |
1906 |
| Thomas I. Coultas |
1907 |
1907 |
| James Clayton Howard |
1908 |
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| Address |
From |
To |
| 54, 63, 75 Halsey Street |
1808 |
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ARCHIVE INFORMATION:
Records are located at
Drew University.
Records, 1809 - 1960 on deposit in the New Jersey Historical Society,
Newark, NJ (includes records of predecessor churches)
100th Anniversary
Annual Reports, 1945 - 1960
Church History, 1951
Christmas Card
Sabbath School Anniversary, 1844
Postcards, 186?
Anniversary, Wesley Chapel Young Men's Assoc, 1861
Directory, 1884, 1887, 1892, 1900
Photos, 1936 - 1937
