. History of Methodism and the Methodist Churches of Staten Island. ASBURY M. E. Springville. CHAPTER X. AS BURY. THE first entry in the church records of the As-bury Methodist Episcopal Church is as follows: The Methodist Episcopal Church, in. the town-ship of Northfield and county of Richmond and stateof New York, was built in the year of our Lord 1802. Then follows the certificate of the first electionof trustees: This is to certify, that 011 the jothday of January, 1803, there was an election held atthe house of Nicholas Crocheron, Esq., for thepurpose of choosing- trustees. Aft
. History of Methodism and the Methodist Churches of Staten Island. ASBURY M. E. Springville. CHAPTER X. AS BURY. THE first entry in the church records of the As-bury Methodist Episcopal Church is as follows: The Methodist Episcopal Church, in. the town-ship of Northfield and county of Richmond and stateof New York, was built in the year of our Lord 1802. Then follows the certificate of the first electionof trustees: This is to certify, that 011 the jothday of January, 1803, there was an election held atthe house of Nicholas Crocheron, Esq., for thepurpose of choosing- trustees. After choosingNicholas Crocheron, Esq., arid Richard Merrell, topreside at said election, they proceeded to chooseJames Wood, John Decker, Nicholas Crocheron,Richard Merrell and the Rev. Elias Price (a localpreacher), trustees. They were elected by aplurality of votes to take charge of all the temporal-ities belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church,in. the township of Northfield, county of Richmond,and state of New York, and the name and styleby which they are kn
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