The First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, NJ

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-04T20:24:37Z
dc.date.available2025-02-04T20:24:37Z
dc.date.issued2009-08-15
dc.descriptionThe First PresbyterianChurch was founded by the Pilgrims in October 1664. This was less than 50 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and 20 years before the Quakers founded Philadelphia. The Pilgrims built their first meeting house on this site shortly thereafter. Elizabeth City would become the first capital of the State of New Jersey and the First Colonial Assembly met in the building on May 26, 1668. This was the first and only English speaking congregation in New Jersey for many years. Rev. James Caldwell served as the pastor of this church and would play a prominent role in the American Revolution. An active partisan on the side of the Patriots, he would be known as the "Soldier Parson" . HIs wife would be killed by the British while she sat with her children on a bed. Because of his activities the original meeting house was burnt by the British on January 28,1780.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/144305
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dc.subjectThe First Presbyterian Church
dc.subjectElizabeth
dc.subjectUnion County
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectUS History
dc.subjectHistory American History
dc.subjectGateway Region
dc.subjectAmerican Revolution
dc.subjectAmerican History
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleThe First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, NJ

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