History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . rganized, and there Mr. DuBois laid the founda-tion of the Doylestown Presbyterian church, of which he was the firstpastor and officiated until his death. Doylestown had been settled almost three quarters of a century,before a church of any denomination was organized here, and then theScotch-Irish Presbyterians were the pioneers. The first step towardhaving religious service at Doylestown, was taken at a meeting of theDeep Run Congregation, February 2, 1804, when three refereeswere chos
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . rganized, and there Mr. DuBois laid the founda-tion of the Doylestown Presbyterian church, of which he was the firstpastor and officiated until his death. Doylestown had been settled almost three quarters of a century,before a church of any denomination was organized here, and then theScotch-Irish Presbyterians were the pioneers. The first step towardhaving religious service at Doylestown, was taken at a meeting of theDeep Run Congregation, February 2, 1804, when three refereeswere chosen to confer with such as may be sent from Doyal Town I While the Rev. Uriah DuBois was in charge of the Academy, SamuelAaron opened a mathematical school in the building llie first Monday of March,182T; and, to encourage liim, Mr. DuBois announced in the Bucks CountyMessenger, edited by Simon Cameron, that Mr. Aaron, a young man, whosemathematical ac(iuirements were formerly respectable, has returned to hisnative county from a celebrated school in which his whole attention has beengiven to DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 51 and may tend to have the gospel preached to both. At a subse-quent meeting, on the 29th, delegates were present from DoyalTown, where a resolution was passed giving the Doyal Town peopleone-third of Mr. DuBois time. This movement led to the found-ing of a Presbyterian church here, which has grown to be one of thestrongest in the State. When the Rev. Uriah DuBois moved down from Dublin toDoylestown, 1804, to take charge of the newly built Academy, it was across roads hamlet. It may have had one hundred inhabitants, butwe doubt it. There was no church, or other place of religious worshiphere and never had been, the nearest being the New Britain BaptistChurch three miles southwest, Neshaminy Presbyterian in Warwick,six miles, the Newtown Presbyterian, fourteen, and his own charge atDeep Run, six miles. Mr. DuBois was a strong man, a great acces-sion to
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