Fairton, New Jersey – Established 1680 from the PCA Historical Center website
A brief article on the history of our Church!
The Fairfield Church was founded in 1680 when a log building was built on the banks of Cohansey Creek, and the site of that first building is marked by the “Cohansey Monument” erected under the auspices of the Presbytery of West Jersey [PCUSA] on June 15, 1909, bearing the following inscription:
“In memory of the true and good men and women who coming in the seventeenth century, founded here on the Cohansey the Church of Christ in Fairfield.”
Sometime between 1713-1715 the log building was replaced by a frame building in New England style with shingled sides and was used until 1780, when the stone church below Fairton, now known as the “Old Stone Church,” was completed. This building was in continuous use until 1850 when the congregation was transferred to the new building in Fairton, the present place of worship.
3The “Old Stone Church”
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The Succession of Pastors Serving the Fairfield Presbyterian Church:
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| M. Bradnor | 1680 – 1695 | J.N. Wagenhurst | 1897 – 1900 |
| Thomas Bridges | 1695 – 1702 | John Bamford | 1901 – 1903 |
| Joseph Smith | 1709 – 1711 | W.J. Trimble | 1903 – 1906 |
| Samuel Exell | 1712 – 1712 | William Bullock | 1907 – 1908 |
| Howell A.P. Howell | 1715 – 1717 | Nelson B. Kline | 1909 – 1910 |
| Henry Hook | 1718 – 1722 | William M. Seel | 1912 – 1914 |
| Noyes Parris | 1724 – 1729 | Franklin Weatherwax | 1914 – 1917 |
| Daniel Elmer | 1729 – 1755 | Nelson B. Kline | 1918 – 1922 |
| William Ramsey | 1756 – 1771 | Jacob Dyke | 1922 – 1923 |
| William Hollingshead | 1773 – 1783 | J. Howard Douglas | 1923 – 1928 |
| Ethan Osborn | 1789 – 1844 | Clinton Cook | 1929 – 1941 |
| David McKee | 1836 – 1838 | Arthur Haverly | 1942 – 1945 |
| Beriah B. Hotchckin | 1845 – 1850 | John Taxis | 1945 – 1947 |
| David C. Meeker | 1851 – 1855 | Paul Stauning | 1947 – 1951 |
| James Boggs | 1857 – 1866 | Ralph Tamaccio | 1951 – 1954 |
| Hiram E. Johnson | 1866 – 1869 | Lincoln Griswold | 1955 – 1958 |
| Samuel R. Jones | 1869 – 1874 | Allen Ackley | 1960 – 1964 |
| Samuel R. Anderson | 1875 – 1883 | Vaughn Thurman | 1965 – 1967 |
| Henry Reeves | 1883 – 1885 | Charles Dennison | 1972 – 1976 |
| Frank R. Symmes | 1886 – 1890 | Lawrence C. Roff | 1977 – 1984 |
| Thomas W. Pulham | 1891 – 1893 | Allan Story | 1985 – 1992 |
| George Warrington | 1894 – 1897 | Michael Schuelke | 1992 – present |
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