The First Pastor.
James Carman, one of the constituent members was chosen as pastor. He was at this time an old man, 67 years of age. "He was born at Cape May; bred a churchman; came with his parents to Philadelphia when a child; went with them to Staten Island, where he in the fifteenth year of his age received baptism at the hand of Rev. Elias Keach. He did not join any Baptist Church for many years; went first among the Quakers, not content with their way, he joined the new light Presbyterians; and connived at their christening two of his children; but repenting of that connivance, he joined Middletown Church, and in process of time was licensed to preach among that branch of the Middletown Church which resided at Cranbury, and which is now the church at Hightstown." Edwards. He was ordained as pastor of this church, Sunday, Nov. 3d, 1745. Rev. Nathaniel Jenkins and Abel Morgan, of Middletown, assisted in the occasion. Both of these men were rugged defenders of an orthodox faith – men of large ability. It is certain that James Carman, the first pastor, was well grounded in the fundamentals of the faith. He was interested in the larger work of the church – that which lay beyond the confines of the local church work. He was present at almost every meeting of the Association, preaching before that body in the year 1752. We have record of his preaching in New York and elsewhere while pastor of this church. It is probable that he received no stated salary. We find the following record in March, 1748— "The church hath chosen Brother Thomas Morris and Brother Samuel Throp to inspect into Mr. James Carman's necessities and to inform the church thereof in order that Mr. Carman may have support." No further reference is made in the records, to the question of support.
It was a church made up of saintly men and women – but there was in it a vast deal of human nature. Under date of March 23, 1754, we have the following record:-- "First under consideration was some difference between Mr. Carman, our pastor, and Thomas Appleget and his wife, which by confession to each other and to the church is done away and will be entirely drowned in oblivion." This, in truth, was a scriptural way to settle difficulties. Another ripple in the quietness of the church like appears in the proceedings of the church meeting on the first Friday in June 1756 – "a dispute arising between the Rev. Mr. James Carman and Benjamin Cheeseman referred for further consideration." The minutes do not show that this dispute was settled. Both these men have since learned in the upper life, how to live for over a hundred years without any dispute. He died while pastor of the church. Abel Morgan, of Middletown, preached his funeral discourse. Oct. 29, 1756, from Psalms cxvi:15 Abel Morgan's funeral sermon was, in turn, preached in 1785 by the second pastor of this church. He was buried near the pulpit in which for eleven years he had preached Christ. In the old burial ground at Cranbury his body rests. A headstone recently erected by the church marks his resting place.
Morgan Edwards writing in 1789 says of James Carman— "His first wife Margaret Duwys by whom he had children, Elizabeth, Caleb, John, Phoebe, James, Ruth and Margaret; his second wife was Sarah Frazier, who bare him three children, Rachel, Ephraim and Samuel; these ten children formed alliances with the Woods, Bells, Larouses, Princes, Simmons, &c., and have raised him upward of thirty grand children; and these numerous progeny of great grand children." Of him was have no portrait, except the moral portraiture, that he was a good man.
Source: "A Pastor's 25th and a Church's 150th Anniversary, The Hightstown Baptist Church, 1745 – 1895", by Rev. Owen P. Eaches, D. D., Pastor, 1870 – 1895, publ. 1896, pgs. 40-42
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James Carman, whose prayers and hardships and long journeys and words of cheer and counsels of the wisdom have borne fruit in the prosperity which has blessed the world, must not be forgotten, as one chosen of God for the increase in which we rejoice. Having finished his work, the good man died and was buried near the old meeting house in Cranbury. In 1899, his remains were disinterred and buried near the house of God in Hightstown.
Source: Burial record found in the book "A History of Baptists in New Jersey" by Thomas S. Griffiths, publ. 1904
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Cemetery record: Rev. James Carman, aged 68 years, died 21 Oct 1756, plot 351.
James Carman, one of the constituent members was chosen as pastor. He was at this time an old man, 67 years of age. "He was born at Cape May; bred a churchman; came with his parents to Philadelphia when a child; went with them to Staten Island, where he in the fifteenth year of his age received baptism at the hand of Rev. Elias Keach. He did not join any Baptist Church for many years; went first among the Quakers, not content with their way, he joined the new light Presbyterians; and connived at their christening two of his children; but repenting of that connivance, he joined Middletown Church, and in process of time was licensed to preach among that branch of the Middletown Church which resided at Cranbury, and which is now the church at Hightstown." Edwards. He was ordained as pastor of this church, Sunday, Nov. 3d, 1745. Rev. Nathaniel Jenkins and Abel Morgan, of Middletown, assisted in the occasion. Both of these men were rugged defenders of an orthodox faith – men of large ability. It is certain that James Carman, the first pastor, was well grounded in the fundamentals of the faith. He was interested in the larger work of the church – that which lay beyond the confines of the local church work. He was present at almost every meeting of the Association, preaching before that body in the year 1752. We have record of his preaching in New York and elsewhere while pastor of this church. It is probable that he received no stated salary. We find the following record in March, 1748— "The church hath chosen Brother Thomas Morris and Brother Samuel Throp to inspect into Mr. James Carman's necessities and to inform the church thereof in order that Mr. Carman may have support." No further reference is made in the records, to the question of support.
It was a church made up of saintly men and women – but there was in it a vast deal of human nature. Under date of March 23, 1754, we have the following record:-- "First under consideration was some difference between Mr. Carman, our pastor, and Thomas Appleget and his wife, which by confession to each other and to the church is done away and will be entirely drowned in oblivion." This, in truth, was a scriptural way to settle difficulties. Another ripple in the quietness of the church like appears in the proceedings of the church meeting on the first Friday in June 1756 – "a dispute arising between the Rev. Mr. James Carman and Benjamin Cheeseman referred for further consideration." The minutes do not show that this dispute was settled. Both these men have since learned in the upper life, how to live for over a hundred years without any dispute. He died while pastor of the church. Abel Morgan, of Middletown, preached his funeral discourse. Oct. 29, 1756, from Psalms cxvi:15 Abel Morgan's funeral sermon was, in turn, preached in 1785 by the second pastor of this church. He was buried near the pulpit in which for eleven years he had preached Christ. In the old burial ground at Cranbury his body rests. A headstone recently erected by the church marks his resting place.
Morgan Edwards writing in 1789 says of James Carman— "His first wife Margaret Duwys by whom he had children, Elizabeth, Caleb, John, Phoebe, James, Ruth and Margaret; his second wife was Sarah Frazier, who bare him three children, Rachel, Ephraim and Samuel; these ten children formed alliances with the Woods, Bells, Larouses, Princes, Simmons, &c., and have raised him upward of thirty grand children; and these numerous progeny of great grand children." Of him was have no portrait, except the moral portraiture, that he was a good man.
Source: "A Pastor's 25th and a Church's 150th Anniversary, The Hightstown Baptist Church, 1745 – 1895", by Rev. Owen P. Eaches, D. D., Pastor, 1870 – 1895, publ. 1896, pgs. 40-42
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James Carman, whose prayers and hardships and long journeys and words of cheer and counsels of the wisdom have borne fruit in the prosperity which has blessed the world, must not be forgotten, as one chosen of God for the increase in which we rejoice. Having finished his work, the good man died and was buried near the old meeting house in Cranbury. In 1899, his remains were disinterred and buried near the house of God in Hightstown.
Source: Burial record found in the book "A History of Baptists in New Jersey" by Thomas S. Griffiths, publ. 1904
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Cemetery record: Rev. James Carman, aged 68 years, died 21 Oct 1756, plot 351.
The First Pastor.
James Carman, one of the constituent members was chosen as pastor. He was at this time an old man, 67 years of age. "He was born at Cape May; bred a churchman; came with his parents to Philadelphia when a child; went with them to Staten Island, where he in the fifteenth year of his age received baptism at the hand of Rev. Elias Keach. He did not join any Baptist Church for many years; went first among the Quakers, not content with their way, he joined the new light Presbyterians; and connived at their christening two of his children; but repenting of that connivance, he joined Middletown Church, and in process of time was licensed to preach among that branch of the Middletown Church which resided at Cranbury, and which is now the church at Hightstown." Edwards. He was ordained as pastor of this church, Sunday, Nov. 3d, 1745. Rev. Nathaniel Jenkins and Abel Morgan, of Middletown, assisted in the occasion. Both of these men were rugged defenders of an orthodox faith – men of large ability. It is certain that James Carman, the first pastor, was well grounded in the fundamentals of the faith. He was interested in the larger work of the church – that which lay beyond the confines of the local church work. He was present at almost every meeting of the Association, preaching before that body in the year 1752. We have record of his preaching in New York and elsewhere while pastor of this church. It is probable that he received no stated salary. We find the following record in March, 1748— "The church hath chosen Brother Thomas Morris and Brother Samuel Throp to inspect into Mr. James Carman's necessities and to inform the church thereof in order that Mr. Carman may have support." No further reference is made in the records, to the question of support.
It was a church made up of saintly men and women – but there was in it a vast deal of human nature. Under date of March 23, 1754, we have the following record:-- "First under consideration was some difference between Mr. Carman, our pastor, and Thomas Appleget and his wife, which by confession to each other and to the church is done away and will be entirely drowned in oblivion." This, in truth, was a scriptural way to settle difficulties. Another ripple in the quietness of the church like appears in the proceedings of the church meeting on the first Friday in June 1756 – "a dispute arising between the Rev. Mr. James Carman and Benjamin Cheeseman referred for further consideration." The minutes do not show that this dispute was settled. Both these men have since learned in the upper life, how to live for over a hundred years without any dispute. He died while pastor of the church. Abel Morgan, of Middletown, preached his funeral discourse. Oct. 29, 1756, from Psalms cxvi:15 Abel Morgan's funeral sermon was, in turn, preached in 1785 by the second pastor of this church. He was buried near the pulpit in which for eleven years he had preached Christ. In the old burial ground at Cranbury his body rests. A headstone recently erected by the church marks his resting place.
Morgan Edwards writing in 1789 says of James Carman— "His first wife Margaret Duwys by whom he had children, Elizabeth, Caleb, John, Phoebe, James, Ruth and Margaret; his second wife was Sarah Frazier, who bare him three children, Rachel, Ephraim and Samuel; these ten children formed alliances with the Woods, Bells, Larouses, Princes, Simmons, &c., and have raised him upward of thirty grand children; and these numerous progeny of great grand children." Of him was have no portrait, except the moral portraiture, that he was a good man.
Source: "A Pastor's 25th and a Church's 150th Anniversary, The Hightstown Baptist Church, 1745 – 1895", by Rev. Owen P. Eaches, D. D., Pastor, 1870 – 1895, publ. 1896, pgs. 40-42
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James Carman, whose prayers and hardships and long journeys and words of cheer and counsels of the wisdom have borne fruit in the prosperity which has blessed the world, must not be forgotten, as one chosen of God for the increase in which we rejoice. Having finished his work, the good man died and was buried near the old meeting house in Cranbury. In 1899, his remains were disinterred and buried near the house of God in Hightstown.
Source: Burial record found in the book "A History of Baptists in New Jersey" by Thomas S. Griffiths, publ. 1904
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Cemetery record: Rev. James Carman, aged 68 years, died 21 Oct 1756, plot 351.
James Carman, one of the constituent members was chosen as pastor. He was at this time an old man, 67 years of age. "He was born at Cape May; bred a churchman; came with his parents to Philadelphia when a child; went with them to Staten Island, where he in the fifteenth year of his age received baptism at the hand of Rev. Elias Keach. He did not join any Baptist Church for many years; went first among the Quakers, not content with their way, he joined the new light Presbyterians; and connived at their christening two of his children; but repenting of that connivance, he joined Middletown Church, and in process of time was licensed to preach among that branch of the Middletown Church which resided at Cranbury, and which is now the church at Hightstown." Edwards. He was ordained as pastor of this church, Sunday, Nov. 3d, 1745. Rev. Nathaniel Jenkins and Abel Morgan, of Middletown, assisted in the occasion. Both of these men were rugged defenders of an orthodox faith – men of large ability. It is certain that James Carman, the first pastor, was well grounded in the fundamentals of the faith. He was interested in the larger work of the church – that which lay beyond the confines of the local church work. He was present at almost every meeting of the Association, preaching before that body in the year 1752. We have record of his preaching in New York and elsewhere while pastor of this church. It is probable that he received no stated salary. We find the following record in March, 1748— "The church hath chosen Brother Thomas Morris and Brother Samuel Throp to inspect into Mr. James Carman's necessities and to inform the church thereof in order that Mr. Carman may have support." No further reference is made in the records, to the question of support.
It was a church made up of saintly men and women – but there was in it a vast deal of human nature. Under date of March 23, 1754, we have the following record:-- "First under consideration was some difference between Mr. Carman, our pastor, and Thomas Appleget and his wife, which by confession to each other and to the church is done away and will be entirely drowned in oblivion." This, in truth, was a scriptural way to settle difficulties. Another ripple in the quietness of the church like appears in the proceedings of the church meeting on the first Friday in June 1756 – "a dispute arising between the Rev. Mr. James Carman and Benjamin Cheeseman referred for further consideration." The minutes do not show that this dispute was settled. Both these men have since learned in the upper life, how to live for over a hundred years without any dispute. He died while pastor of the church. Abel Morgan, of Middletown, preached his funeral discourse. Oct. 29, 1756, from Psalms cxvi:15 Abel Morgan's funeral sermon was, in turn, preached in 1785 by the second pastor of this church. He was buried near the pulpit in which for eleven years he had preached Christ. In the old burial ground at Cranbury his body rests. A headstone recently erected by the church marks his resting place.
Morgan Edwards writing in 1789 says of James Carman— "His first wife Margaret Duwys by whom he had children, Elizabeth, Caleb, John, Phoebe, James, Ruth and Margaret; his second wife was Sarah Frazier, who bare him three children, Rachel, Ephraim and Samuel; these ten children formed alliances with the Woods, Bells, Larouses, Princes, Simmons, &c., and have raised him upward of thirty grand children; and these numerous progeny of great grand children." Of him was have no portrait, except the moral portraiture, that he was a good man.
Source: "A Pastor's 25th and a Church's 150th Anniversary, The Hightstown Baptist Church, 1745 – 1895", by Rev. Owen P. Eaches, D. D., Pastor, 1870 – 1895, publ. 1896, pgs. 40-42
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James Carman, whose prayers and hardships and long journeys and words of cheer and counsels of the wisdom have borne fruit in the prosperity which has blessed the world, must not be forgotten, as one chosen of God for the increase in which we rejoice. Having finished his work, the good man died and was buried near the old meeting house in Cranbury. In 1899, his remains were disinterred and buried near the house of God in Hightstown.
Source: Burial record found in the book "A History of Baptists in New Jersey" by Thomas S. Griffiths, publ. 1904
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Cemetery record: Rev. James Carman, aged 68 years, died 21 Oct 1756, plot 351.
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