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In 1803, Rev. Worth was removed as minister of the
Pittsgrove Church. Rev. Worth is reported to have recanted as he lay dying in 1808, saying "Universalism can not sustain me in death." After his death on January 2, 1808, he was interred in the Old Pittsgrove Baptist Churchyard beneath a plain marble
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from its founding in 1756 to its discontinuance in 1767. In 1762, sixty acres had been purchased for 80 pounds from John Mayhew, who conveyed title to Jacob Elwell, John Mayhew Sr., and John
Dickison in trust for the church. However, the deed was later determined to be defective and in 1809 a second
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Daretown. That congregation was formed in 1771, by dismissal (division) from the church at Cohansey. The severance was approved at a meeting April 6, 1771, and signed at a meeting May 9, 1771. Among the members forming the new congregation were John Mayhew Sr., and John Mayhew, likely the father
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The conflict within the
Pittsgrove Church sharpened in 1790. "The year 1790 witnessed a revival of the erroneous anti-Scriptural teaching of universal salvation. The movement . . . attracted the attention of many of the English and American ministers simultaneously." The male members of the
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Account of Persons Married by Rev. William Worth of Pittsgrove (Daretown) Baptist Church, Salem County, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Volume 2, Nos. 3 (pages 100-105) and 4 (pages
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Records of his baptisms and marriages at the
Pittsgrove Church have been published, and some manuscript records of church governing meetings are available. By one account, he solemnized over 400 marriages.
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deed was conveyed by John Mayhew, Esq., Sarah Worth (Rev. Worth's surviving widow), Susannah Smith and Lydia Davis, heirs of John Mayhew the elder. In 1771 a dwelling house was built for the pastor.
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Pittsgrove Baptist Church (manuscript contained in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985), p. 14.
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Pittsgrove Baptist Church (manuscript contained in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985), p. 17
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E.L. Sheppard, Esq., Historical Sketch of the
Pittsgrove Baptist Church (manuscript contained in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985), p. 14
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E.L. Sheppard, Esq., Historical Sketch of the
Pittsgrove Baptist Church (manuscript contained in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985), p. 13
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E.L. Sheppard, Esq., Historical Sketch of the Pittsgrove Baptist Church (manuscript contained in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985)
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The Pittsgrove Baptist Church Daretown, NJ 1771-1941 History Bylaws and Rules of Order, The One Hundred and Seventieth Anniversary, p. 4.
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F. R. Brace, New Jersey Chaplains in the Army of the Revolution, Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, v. 6. No, 1, p. 9.
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F. R. Brace, New Jersey Chaplains in the Army of the Revolution, Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, v. 6. No, 1, p. 9.
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Pittsgrove congregation followed Rev. Worth, while thirteen women met faithfully in the Baptist practice outside the Church.
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Worth served as a chaplain of the Second Battalion of the Revolutionary Army troops in New Jersey. He served four years.
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Thomas Shourds, History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, Bridgeton, N.J. 1876, p. 414.
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Thomas S. Griffiths, A History of Baptists in New Jersey, Paris, Arkansas, 2005, p. 223.
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Thomas Shourds, History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, Bridgeton, N.J. 1876, p. 414.
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Janet Lindman, Bodies of Belief: Baptist Community in Early America, 2011, p. 116.
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Norman Hill Maring, Baptists in New Jersey: A Study in Transition, 1964, p. 73
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