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From: "Ed & Pam Kirkland" <>
Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Old Cemetery and church
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 23:43:04 -0500
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Does anyone know where to find the records for the Great Valley church?
before 1800?


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From: "Sandra Ferguson" <>
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:05 PM
Subject: [PaOldC] Old Cemetery and church


>
> Hephzibah Baptist Church was established around 1720, but they met in
> various homes till the 1750s, when they built an actual meeting house.
> (yes, the term was used by faiths other than the Quakers)...then, the
> building of a new church was accomplished in around 1790,, when it moved
> to Newlin twp. Remember, at times these churches only had 15 or so
> members, so no actual building was really necessary or economically
> feasible. (the Hephzibah was still standing in 1881)
> The Great Valley Baptist Church, established in the early 1700s also
> met in the homes of the members, with itinerate ministers, till around
> 1722, when they built a log church in Tredyffrin...I think the church was
> unusable after the damage it sustained in the Am Rev. War...the next
> building was erected in1805.
> Wish I knew more....
>
> S.
>
> Does anyone have any history on them?
>
> Hephzibah in Vincent & Newlin Twp 1707
> Vincent branch of Great Valley church 1737
>
> Also, the Church was actually referred to as a "Meeting House" in the mid
> 1800's. Is that term distinctly Quaker or did other religions use
> meetinghouse instead of church?
>
>
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