FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF
BOOK 2
1856 to 1873
Reverend Richard Webster, minister to the Mauch Chunk church since its inception in 1835, died in June of 1856, shortly after the entries in this book begin. Probably this book was started after his death, with the few baptisms he performed in his final months included posthumously by his successors. Webster performed the first three baptisms, the others were performed as noted. The ministers who followed Rev. Webster did not enter notes with as much detail as Webster did, and in some cases the birth and baptism dates are absent. Whatever is enclosed in brackets is info supplied by myself, and where an entry was not written clearly, I’ve included question marks to show uncertainty.
ENTRY PARENTS CHILD BORN BAPTIZED
NOTES
1 Moore, Robert & Elizabeth Margaret Ann 1856/02/22
2 Simpson, Jonathan & Matilda Isabella 1856/02/28
3 Simpson, Jonathan & Matilda John William 1856/02/28 Died March 5, 1856.
4 Struthers, James R. & Ellen B. Agnes 1856/03/03 1856/06/22 Baptized by Rev. A. B. Cross of Baltimore.
5 Brodhead, Andrew J. & Ophelia Charlotte Elizabeth 1855/12/11 1856/06/22 Baptized by Rev. A. B. Cross of Baltimore.
6 Hazard, Fisher & Elizabeth (Clemson) John Clemson 1856/04/09 1856/07/20 Baptized by Rev. D. Thomas E. Vermilyn of NY.
7 McAllister, John & Mary Margaret Elizabeth 1856/05/13 1856/07/27 Baptized by Rev. John Johnson (Conyngham Valley).
8 Strachan, Robert & Martha John 1856/06/04 1856/07/27 Baptized by Rev. John Johnson (Conyngham Valley).
9 Simpson, Thomas & Harriet Lilla Jane 1855/12/01 1856/08/23 Baptized by Rev. William R. Glenn of Tamaqua.
10 Tolan, wife of Enos Matilda Tolan Adult 1856/08/24 Baptized by Rev. William R. Glenn of Tamaqua.
11 Calhoun, William & Mary Jane William Lesley 1856/04/08 1856/09/13 Baptized by Rev. Harned of Summit Hill.
12 Caskey, Samuel & Annie Nancy 1856/10/19 Baptized by Rev. William Owen.
13 Depuy, George & Elizabeth Samuel Hunter 1856/06/27 1856/10/26 Baptized by Rev. William Kennedy.
14 Kennedy, James & Jane 1856/10/26 Baptized by Rev. William Kennedy.
15 Lyons, Isaiah & Catharine Mary 1856/08/04 1856/11/04 Baptized by Rev. Edward Kennedy.
16 Stewart, John & Catharine Elizabeth 1856/10/25 1856/12/12 Baptized by Rev. Thomas P. Hunt.
17 Knowles Almira Adult 1857/03/08 [Widow of Laurence D. Knowles] Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
18 Knowles, Lawrence D. & Almira William Humphreys 1844/01/12 1857/03/08 Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
19 Knowles, Lawrence D. & Almira Austin Fellows 1846/06/15 1857/03/08 Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
20 Knowles, Lawrence D. & Almira Lawrence D. 1849/11/30 1857/03/08 Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
21 Knowles, Lawrence D. & Almira Almira Fellows 1854/08/30 1857/03/08 Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
22 Holly, William B. & Sarah Mary Josephine 1848/08/26 1857/03/08 Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
23 Holly, William B. & Sarah Laura Elizabeth 1852/07/04 1857/03/08 Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
24 Holly, William B. & Sarah Charles Edward 1855/03/15 1857/03/08 Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
25 Brink, Josiah W. & Phoebe D. Harriet 1857/03/08 Baptized by Rev. C. H. Edgar of Easton.
26 Brown, Andrew & Arabella Sarah 1849/09 1857/06/07 Baptized by Rev. I. Aspinwall Hodge
27 Brown, Andrew & Arabella Silvester 1851/03 1857/06/07 Baptized by Rev. I. Aspinwall Hodge
28 Brown, Andrew & Arabella Olive 1852/10 1857/06/07 Baptized by Rev. I. Aspinwall Hodge
29 Brown, Andrew & Arabella Esther Alice 1855/06 1857/06/07 Baptized by Rev. I. Aspinwall Hodge
30 Hutchison, John & Margaret Ann Thomas Ferrier 1856/11/04 1857/09/06
31 Hyndman, Mark & Eliza Martha 1857/03/31 1857/09/06
32 Webster, Richard & Elizabeth Elizabeth 1857/01/15 1857/09/21 Baptized by Rev. J. Dorance of Wilkes Barre
33 Salkeld, Jacob H. & Catharine Andrew Douglas 1856/01/29 1857/09/21
34 Hutchinson, John & Jane Elizabeth 1857/01/16 1857/11/06
35 Purdie, Robert & Matilda Mary Ann 1857/06/14 1857/11/08
36 Bryson, John & Sarah Elizabeth Ann 1857/11/13 1857/12/19
37 Ferrier, Robert & Eliza Thomas 1857/05/24 1858/03/07
38 Nichol, John C. Robert Chiverton 1851/07/14 1858/03/??
39 Belford Harriet Adult 1858/03/07
40 Belford, George & Hannah Nathan Martz 1846 1858/06/08
41 Belford, George & Hannah Charles Schaffer 1848 1858/06/08
42 Belford, George & Hannah Annie Augusta 1851 1858/06/08
43 McAllister, John & Mary William Denamore 1858/06/09 1858/08/22 Died July 6, 1859.
44 Price, Samuel & Harriet Harry Bertsch 1857/09/25 1858/09/01
45 Polk, James A. & Emiline Harriet Bertsch 1855/09/10 1858/08/21 Baptized by Rev. I. Shindel.
46 Polk, James A. & Emiline Emily Catharine 1857/01/05 1858/09/01
47 Brown, Andrew & Arabella Emma Jane 1858/04/08 1858/09/10
48 Wilbur Helena Elizabeth Adult 1858/12/05
49 Douglas, Andrew A. & Mary Harriet Dexter 1847/02/12 1858/12/05
50 Douglas, Andrew A. & Mary Elizabeth Crellen 1849/01/28 1858/12/05
51 Douglas, Andrew A. & Mary Emily Juliet 1851/12/30 1858/12/05
52 Wilbur, Warren O. & Helena E. Elisha Robert 1858/08/14 1858/12/08 Died December 5, 1863.
53 Brink, Josiah W. & Phoebe D. William Erskine Hazard 1858/06/28 1859/01/12
54 Siewers, Joseph H. & Madeline Constance Agnes 1857/01/01 1859/03/06 Died December 8, 1859.
55 Siewers, Joseph H. & Madeline Beatrice Ida 1853/06/30 1859/03/06 Died December 1, 1859.
56 Hutchison, John & Margaret Ann Eliza Ann 1858/11/27 1859/03/06
57 McLean, Samuel & June Gray Samuel Swan 1858/09/04 1859/03/06
58 Thompson Mary Ann Patterson 1859/03/10
59 Bossert Sabra Mott Adult 1859/03/12
60 Strouse, Jacob & Sarah Ann Emma Cordelia 1853/08/27 1859/03/12
61 Hazard, Fisher & Elizabeth Clemson Elizabeth Fisher 1858/03/28 1859/03/14
62 Knowles Charlotte W. Adult 1859/03/22
63 Horn Elizabeth Adult 1859/03/22
64 Hutchinson Ella Britton Adult 1859/03/22
65 Burnham, H. B. & Ruth Anna Fannie 1858 1859/05/08 Died May 15, 1859.
66 Porter, Robert & Ann George William 1858/10/29 1859/06/05
67 Moore, Samuel & Mary Ann Mary Ann 1858/12/21 1859/06/05
68 Brown, Andrew & Arabella V. Oliver 1852/10 1859/06/15
69 Colgate, Samuel & Elizabeth M. Gilbert 1858/12/15 1859/06/19
70 Struthers, James R. & Ellen B. John Adams 1858/05/28 1859/06/11
71 Culper, Christian & Mary Chas. John Frederick 1859/07 1859/08/13
72 Siewers, Joseph H. & Madeline Mary Lois 1859/05/03 1859/09/04
73 Hodge, I. Aspinwall & Charlotte M. James Bayard 1859/07/17 1860/01/22 Baptized by Rev. I. Howard Nixon. Died September 21, 1860.
74 Ross, James & Margaret Mary Ann 1859/08/26 1860/03/04
75 Taylor, John & Anna Harry Esser 1859/01/23 1860/03/04
76 Dewalt, Rueben & Anna Elizabeth Elizabeth 1859/10/26 1860/06/08 Died 1860
77 Weitzel, Paul & Fannie William Elsworth 1860/05/15 1860/06/03 Died October 1860
78 Edgar, Robert & Mary Robert 1859/12/15 1860/06/03
79 Price, Samuel & Harriet Samuel Barber 1859/10/30 1860/06/03
80 Polk, James A. & Emiline Stella 1859/10/19 1860/06/03
81 Miller, Philip & Sarah Ann Edwin Sylvester 1858/06/28 1860/06/03
82 Hawkins, Edward P. & Ellen Jane Joseph Stewart 1859/06/09 1860/06/18
83 Hutchinson, John & Jane Rachel 1859/09/09 1860/08/08
84 Lathrop, Elon G. & Maggie Robert Craig 1860/04/29 1860/08/22 Died March 24, 1860
85 Lyons, Isaiah & Catharine Isaiah 1859/09/13 1860/09/02
86 Sterling, Henry & Mary Ann Anna Caroline 1860/04/20 1860/09/20
87 Nichol, Robert & Hannah John 1858/06/07 1860/09/20
88 Scott, William & Emiline Winfield Cunningham 1860/01/18 1860/09/20
89 Swank, Charles W. & Margaret Philip Rankin 1860/03/23 1860/09/20
90 Lathrop Elon Galusher Adult 1860/12/09
91 Baushman, A. Franklin & Laura P. Clow Stetler 1860/04/23 1860/12/16
92 Dodson, George & ______ Rebecca 1860 1860/12/26
93 McAllister, John & Mary Charlotte Ann 1860/07/04 1861/01/17
94 Hodge, I. Aspinwall & Charlotte W. John Aspinwall 1861/03/09 1861/06/23 Baptized by Rev. A. A. Hodge.
95 Wilbur, Warren & Helena E. Anna Packer 1860/10/04 1861/07/02
96 Weitzel, Paul & Fannie Paul Elmer 1861/03/23 1861/07/21 Died August 5, 1861.
97 Miller, Philip & Sarah William Rudolph 1861/04 1861/08/05 Died August 7, 1861.
98 Hazard, Fisher & Elizabeth Erskine 1860/07/02 1861/08/06
99 Ferrier, Robert & Eliza John Alexander 1860/08/15 1861/09/01
100 Hyndman, Mark & Elizabeth Rebecca 1861/05/19 1861/09/01
101 Moore, Samuel & Mary Ann Samuel Thomas 1861/02/21 1861/09/01
102 Brodhead, Andrew J. & Ophelia Jean Struthers 1857/11/21 1861/09/01
103 Brodhead, Andrew J. & Ophelia Robert 1860/10/12 1861/09/01
104 Mack, William B. & Jean Bessie Ellen 1860/08/29 1861/09/01
105 Robinson, Alexander & Mary E. Annie Purdie 1860/12/12 1861/09/01
106 Ross, James & Margaret Robert 1861/10/20 1862/03/02
107 Taylor, John & Anna Edmond Kenneth 1861/11/05 1862/03/02
108 Edgar, Robert & Mary Mary Elizabeth 1861/10/06 1862/03/02
109 Parkhurst Mary Alice Adult 1862/03/07
110 Struthers, James R. & Ellen Charles T???? 1860/06/12 1862/03/24
111 Mack, William B. & Jean Margaret Boggs 1861/12/20 1862/03/24
112 Klein, Philip & Catharine Philip 1862/03/17 1862/04/02 Died the next day.
113 Sterling, Henry & Mary Ann Henry Lansford 1862/01/13 1862/04/11 [Full name "Henry Lansford Chapman Sterling"]
560 Swank, Charles & Margaret Charlotte Isabel 1862/03/26 1862/04/11 Died May 2, 1862
561 Whitehead, George & Rachel George Washington 1857/03/27 1862/07/06
562 Whitehead, George & Rachel Elvina 1855/01/16 1862/07/06
563 Bauschman, A. Franklin & Laura P. Laura Birdella 1862/02/15 1862/07/08
564 Lyons, Isaiah & Catherine Henry 1862/03/08 1862/07/16
565 Tolan Emma Matilda Adult 1862/06/15
566 Deremer, Robert & Mary Jane Peter 1862/01/10 1862/12/07
567 Siewers, Joseph H. & Madelline Annie Gertrude 1862/03/10 1862/12/07
568 Hutchinson, John & Jane John Christian 1862/04/27 1862/12/10
569 Thompson Caroline Lydia Adult 1862/12/31
570 Leisenring Anna Maria Adult 1862/12/31
571 McAllister, John & Mary Josiah Stewart 1862/09/26 1863/03/27
572 Hutchison, John & Margaret Ann Robert Wesley 1862/12/24 1863/03/27
573 Deremer, Robert & Mary Jane Robert Alexander 1863/02/04 1863/03/27
574 Holly, William B. & Sarah John Elmer 1863/05/10 1863/05/13
575 Fulton, William & Margaret George Lance 1863/02/14 1863/05/29
576 Leslie, Samuel M. & Mary Samuel Monroe 1863/03/27 1863/05/29
577 Ferrier, Robert & Eliza I. Martha 1862/09/28 1863/06/07
578 Taylor, John & Anna Anna 1863/01/12 1863/09/13
579 Hazard, Fisher & Elizabeth Erskine 1862/11/17 1863/11/12
580 Swank, Charles & Margaret Olive Elizabeth 1863/06/01 1863/12/06
581 Shafer, Henry & Louisa William Leonard 1863/11/06 1864/02/10
582 Mack, William B. & Jean George 1864/01/16 1864/03/08 Died March 11, 1864
583 Weitzel, Charles & Caroline E. Ruth 186?/08/22 1864/05/15
584 Porter, Robert & Ann Huston Wray 1864/03/12 1864/07/01
585 Kennedy, Samuel & Mary Ann Annie Elizabeth 1864/07/28 1864/09/12
586 Ross, James & Margaret Sallie Caskie 1864/07/05 1864/12/04
587 Bauschman, A. Franklin & Laura P. Catharine Luella 1864/07/25 1864/12/04
588 Hilliard Lydia R. Adult 1864/12/11
589 Hodge, I. Aspinwall & Charlotte Hugh Lenox 1864/05/25 1864/12/18
590 Hodge, I. Aspinwall & Charlotte Richard Morse 1864/05/25 1864/12/18
591 Lyons, Isaiah & Catharine James 1864/09/17 1864/12/18
592 Klutz, Aamon & Lucy Allen Elmer 1864/12/03 1865/01/21
593 Bertsch, Daniel G. & Ebezena Benjamin Franklin 1864/11/02 1865/04/09
594 Bertsch, Daniel G. & Ebezena Charles Ellis 1862/12/24 1865/04/09
595 Bertsch, Daniel G. & Ebezena Sarah Lutunnah [?] 1864/11/21 1865/04/09
596 Price, Samuel B. & Harriet John Bertsch 1864/11/17 1865/04/09
597 Weitzel, Paul & Fannie Cornelia 1864/06/03
598 Hutchinson, John & Jane Jane 1862/02/26 1865/04/12
599 Yaeger, Leonard & Catherine William Leonard 1865/01/07 1865/04/14
600 Yaeger, Benjamin & Elminah James Edward 1864/04 1865/04/14
601 Barr, Franklin & Lizzie Charles Melville 1864/11/04 1865/04/14
602 Belford, James & Ella Ruth 1865/03/15 1865/04/18 Died the same day
603 Patterson, William L. & Mary I. Susan Letchworth 1864/11/09 1865/04/18
604 Siewers, Joseph H. & Madeline [no name or dates in record]
605 Ross, Andrew J. & Margaret Samuel Ross 1865/08/07 1865/12/17 Died September 22, 1866.
606 Swank, Charles & Margaret 1865/12/26
607 Mack, William & Jane William 1866/07/17
608 Hyndman, Mark & Eliza Harriet 1865/04/21 1866/09/16
609 Wilbur, Warren & Helena E. Harry 1866/11/21
610 Holly, William B. & Sarah Harry Clemson 1866/01/10 1866/11/21
611 Ferrier, Robert & Eliza Emily Jane 1865/04/7 1866/11/21
612 Hulshizer Alice May 1866/11/21
613 Caskey, Clark & Mary Eliza Jane 1866/09/29 1866/12/04
614 Struthers, James & Ellen B. William 1866/12/06
615 Brodhead, Andrew & Ophelia Emily Lindeman 1862/06/01 1866/12/06
616 Brodhead, Andrew & Ophelia Richard Henry 1864/11/04 1866/12/06
617 Hutchison, John & Margaret William John 1867/01/23
618 Sterling, John & Agnes Elizabeth Andrew 1866/03/05 1867/01/28
619 Blakslee, Samuel W. & Martha Edwin Whitmore 1867/02/10
620 Deremer, Robert & Mary Jane Alice 1867/02/13
621 Blakslee Samuel Whitmore Adult 1867/02/17
622 Salkeld Jacob Adult 1867/05/12
623 Tolan Ellen Struthers Adult 1867/05/12
624 Kennedy, James & Jane Margaret Woodside 1866/06/22 1867/05/22
625 Ross, Andrew & Mary Ann James 1867/01/07 1867/06/16
626 Johnson, Solomon & Catharine Robert John 1867/08/04
627 Taylor, John & Anna George ?mil?? 1867/08/04
628 Taylor, John & Anna Elizabeth 1867/08/04
629 Weitzel, Paul and Fannie Ebin Boyd 1867/08/04
630 Swank, Charles & Margaret Edwin Christian 1867/07/15 1867/10/23
631 Porter, Robert & Ann Lemuel Livingston 1867/02/07 1867/10/23
632 Morrison, William & Catharine Matthew 1867/05/25 1867/10/23
633 Smith, John & Eliza William 1861/02/24 1867/10/23
634 Smith, John & Eliza Elizabeth 1863/04/02 1867/10/23
635 Smith, John & Eliza Daniel 1867/05/10 1867/10/23
636 Deremer, Robert & Mary Jane Mary Ann 1867/06/18 1867/10/23
637 Sterling, John & Agnes Agnes Ramsey 1867/06/21 1867/11/02
638 ______, Samuel & Mary Ann [no name entered] 1868/05/24 [surname left blank in record, but may be Moore or Kennedy]
639 ______, Samuel & Mary Ann [no name entered] 1868/05/24 [surname left blank in record, but may be Moore or Kennedy]
640 Bertsch, Daniel G. & Ebezena John Harry 1868/05/08
641 Caskey, Clark & Mary James Loudon 1868/02/07 1868/06/03
642 Law, Alexander & Annie Margaret 1863/01/26 1868/06/03
643 Law, Alexander & Annie Mary Wesley 1865/03/05 1868/06/03
644 Law, Alexander & Annie Arthur Thomas 1866/12/22 1868/06/03
645 Ross, Andrew & Mary Ann Andrew 1868/05/06 1868/10/28
646 Campsey, Alexander & Elizabeth Esther Jane 1868/08/27 1868/10/28
647 Hutchinson, John & Margaret Margaret Ann 1868/04/30 1868/10/28
648 Swank, Josiah & Annie Robert Porter 1868/10/18 1868/11/01
649 Moore, Robert & Elizabeth Margaret Ann 1868/07/17 1868/11/04
650 Moore, Robert & Elizabeth Robert John 1867/01/07 1868/11/04
651 Blakslee, Samuel W. & Martha Harry Loudon 1868/03/21 1868/11/08
652 Alsover Hannah Hicks Adult 1868/11/15
653 Alsover, Jabez & Hannah Jennie McCreary 1868/11/22
654 Alsover, Jabez & Hannah Emily Douglas 1868/11/22
655 Smith, Simon & Mary George Belville 1868/12/13
656 Ferrier, Robert & Eliza Margaret Ann 1868/12/13
657 Morris, Frank & [Etta J.] William Cullen 1868/12/13
658 Morris, Frank & [Etta J.] Emily
659 Fiddler, [John & Eliza] John Franklin
660 Fiddler, [John & Eliza] Emma Leah
661 Fiddler, [John & Eliza] Clara
662 Alsover, Jabez & Hannah Bertha Elizabeth
663 Martin, Michael & Ann Eliza Stella June 1869/10/23 1870/01/20
664 Johnson, Solomo & Catharine Mary Ann 1869/03/23 1870/04/17
665 Bertsch, Daniel G. & Ebezena Edward Daniel 1870/04/17
666 Green, John & Lenora Laura Roberts 1864/08/25 1870/04/17
667 Yaeger, Leonard & Catharine George 1870/04/17
668 Smith, John & Eliza Annie Gray 1869/06/07 1870/05/18
669 Campsey, Alexander & Elizabeth Martha Kerr 1869/12/13 1870/05/18
670 Swank, Charles & Margaret George K. 1870/05/18
671 Moore, Robert & Elizabeth Rebecca Blair 1870/05/18
672 Law, Alexander & Elizabeth Catharine 1870/05/18
673 Hutchison, John & Margaret Esther 1870/05/18
674 Sterling, John & Agnes John Ramsey 1870/05/18
675 Mack, William & Jane James Struthers 1870/07/17
676 Taylor, John & Anna [no name entered] 1870/10/16
677 Herring, [no name entered] 1870/10/16
678 Speir Frank 1871/01/08
679 Amidon Charles 1871/01/08
680 Kennedy, James & Jane Martha Crawford 1871/01/08
681 Esser, John & Esther H. Anna Elizabeth 1871/01/22
682 Enbody, Edward & Cornelia Albert Brodhead 1871/01/22
683 Yaeger, Benjamin & Elminah Elminah Esser 1871/01/22
684 King, John & Mary Ann Mary Margaret 1870/08/26 1871/03/26
685 King, John & Mary Ann John Thomas 1870/08/26 1871/03/26
686 Deremer, Robert & Alice Rensilair Leonard 1870/01/04 1871/03/26
687 Semmel [???] Edgar Hebuling 1871/08/26 1871/10/09
688 Fernikees, Simon & Mary William Henry 1871/08/29 1871/11/12
689 Smith, John & Eliza Mary 1871/07/28 1871/11/12
690 Caskey, Clark & Mary Mary Wilson 1871/06/11 1871/11/12
691 Kauffman, Jacob & Sarah William Brown 1869/12/22 1871/11/12
692 Kauffman, Jacob & Sarah Oliver Harry 1871/07/20 1871/11/12
693 Hazard, Fisher & Elizabeth Ethel 1873/02/06 1873/03/23
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