Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . Jane MKeon ; she was a S. S. t. in 1852.—**Smith,Wm.,son of Geo., d. about 1850.—*Ann, his w., was formerly Mrs. AnnRemsen. She died about 1880.—Snedden, Mrs. Margaret,rem. by c, 1866.—Snediker, Martha, rem. without c, 1848.—^Snethen, Nicholas, the 1st (known or recorded) cl. ldr. inthe Sands-st ch., was b., Nov. 15, 1769, at Fresh Pond, (Glen Cove,) L. I. Hisfamily came origin-ally from the foot ofMt Snawthen,Snethen, or Snow-down, in Wales. Hisf
Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . Jane MKeon ; she was a S. S. t. in 1852.—**Smith,Wm.,son of Geo., d. about 1850.—*Ann, his w., was formerly Mrs. AnnRemsen. She died about 1880.—Snedden, Mrs. Margaret,rem. by c, 1866.—Snediker, Martha, rem. without c, 1848.—^Snethen, Nicholas, the 1st (known or recorded) cl. ldr. inthe Sands-st ch., was b., Nov. 15, 1769, at Fresh Pond, (Glen Cove,) L. I. Hisfamily came origin-ally from the foot ofMt Snawthen,Snethen, or Snow-down, in Wales. Hisfather was an officerin the British coloni-al army at the capt-ure of Montreal, in1760. Later he en-gaged in the flourtrade, and residedon L. I. Nicholaspassed his boyhoodand youth partly ona farm and partlyon a freightingschooner, and ac-quired what knowl-edge he could. Shortly after hebecame of age hewent with his fatherto reside on StatenIsland, where heprofessed religion among the Episco-palians. In 1791 thefamily removed to Belleville, N. J., and while employed there intending a mill, he was converted under the preaching of the. Record of Members. 403 Methodists. These dates given by his son we accept, althoughthey are slightly at variance with a statement quoted by AbelStevens to the effect that Snethen was conv. in his 20th yr.[See sketch of N. S. by his son, Worthington G. Snethen, inSprague, vii, 244. See, also, Boehms Reminiscences, p. 232,and Stevens Hist. M. E. Ch., iii, 260.] Neither Boehm nor thewriter in Spragues Annals makes any mention of Mr. Snethensconnection with the Brooklyn ch. The Rev N. Levings, inMeth. Quar., 1831, p. 261, writing of the Brooklyn Meth. classwhen John Garrison j., in 1793, says : The ldr. was Mr. Nich-olas Snethen, subsequently a zealous, useful, and popularpreacher, etc. The writer does not state that there was nocl. ldr. previous to 1793, or that Mr. Snethen had no predeces-sor. Dr. Levings was conversant with some of the orig
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