Jonathan Dickinson And the College of New Jersey Or the Rise of Colleges in Am
Jonathan Dickinson And the College of New Jersey Or the Rise of Colleges in Am
Henry Clay Cameron
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Morgan became a member in 1710. Mr. Dickinson was not twenty-one years old when he began to preach in this town, and he was but little more than twenty-one when he was ordained. His field was very extensive. To show how large were the charges in those days, I may mention that Mr. Dickinson's field of labor embraced what is now Rahway, Westfield, Connecticut Farms, Springfield and part of Chatham besides Elizabeth- town itself. Arduous and onerous as were his duties, he proved equal to them, and... was diligent and faith- ful in the performance of them. Population was sparse, and in neither province of New Jersey was there any church or even minister west of him. As to his compensation, we learn that in each of the townships of Newark, Elizabethtown and Wood- bridge in I 7 1 6, there was " a large Independent Con- gregation who support their preachers with the allow- ance of ^80 per annum, besides House, Glebe and perquisites of Marriages, " He united with the Presbytery of Philadelphia, probably at their meeting in Woodbridge, April 29, 1 71 7, when he took part in the ordination of Mr.
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