Members of the Old School Baptist Church

Warwick, NY

1765-1830

Copied by Mrs. Frank (Grace Pelton) Holbert from the Original Records

 

Published in The Warwick Advertiser  1952 and 1953

(Oct. 2, 1952; Nov. 17, 1952; February 26, 1953 & other issues)

 

Transcription by S. Gardner

March 2003

 

Introduction

 

The following list was transcribed from the original records by Grace Pelton Holbert in the early 1950’s, apparently as part of the Daughters of the American Revolution genealogy project of that time.  It was also published in Cemetery, Church, and Town Records Vol. 225A pg. 1-8, by the D.A.R.  Regarding the meaning of the entries, each year or span of years is preceded by a description, which seems to aim at sorting out the difference between “new member” lists that were kept, and “members mentioned in the record” for a time period.  As with all institutions, the method of record keeping appears to have changed from time to time: the early lists appear to be new members only, yet later lists contain names that are repeats of past named members, and were perhaps extracted from contexts other than a member list, in the records.  We cannot verify this, as the original records have disappeared from public view, and may never be found.  We give a list of the introductory sentences below, and leave more exact interpretation of the information in the lists to the reader:

 

  • “List of first members, 1765”
  • “Members in 1766”
  • 1767-1788 (No descriptive sentence)
  • “The following names appear on the records for the year 1790”
  • “The following is a list of the men and women who joined the Warwick Old School Baptist Church in the years from 1790 to 1800”
  • “The following names appear on the records for the years 1800-1810”
  • “The following names appear on the records for the years 1810-1820”
  • “The following names appear on the records for the years 1820-1830”

 

The transcription divided the names into men and women’s lists, and we have preserved this (“M” or “W”) to aid in cases where the gender is not clear from the given name.

 

 

 


Surname

Given Name

W

or M

Year

Ackerman

Sarah

W

1820-1830

Adwood

Henry

M

1800-1810

Amsbury

Stephen

M

1769

Armstong

Susanna

W

1810-1820

Armstrong

Sarah

W

1788

Armstrong

Sarah

W

1800-1810

Armstrong

Susanna

W

1800-1810

Atwood

Henry

M

1788

Atwood

Joseph

M

1800-1810

Atwood

Joseph

M

1810-1820

Avah

Elscathan

M

1767

Babcock

Rachel

W

1810-1820

Babcok

Kashiah

W

1774

Babkack

Rachel

W

1774

Babkok

Mary

W

1788

Babkok

Widow

W

1788

Baily

Sarah

W

1788

Baley

Sarah

W

1800-1810

Barney

Benjamin

M

1820-1830

Barney

Benjamin

M

1810-1820 (died 1823)

Barney

Elizabeth

W

1820-1830

Barney

Elizabeth

W

1820-1830

Barns

John

M

1774

Barns

John

M

1790-1800

Barns

John

M

1800-1810

Base

David (colored) <sic>

M

1810-1820

Base

Serene

W

1820-1830

Bates

Rebecca

W

1774

Bateson

Sarah

W

1767

Belden

Sarah

W

1820-1830

Bellyon

John

M

1800-1810

Bellyon

Mary

W

1810-1820

Benedict

Hannah

W

1790-1800

Benedict

Hannah

W

1810-1820

Benedict

James

M

1790-1800

Benedict

James, Elder

M

1765

Benedict

John

M

1790-1800

Benedict

John

M

1800-1810

Benedict

John

M

1810-1820

Benedict

Lahah

W

1810-1820

Benedict

Lauer

W

1790

Benedict

Martha

W

1820-1830

Benedict

Mary

W

1765

Benedict

Mary

W

1790-1800

Benedict

Mary

W

1810-1820

Benedict

Sarah

W

1790-1800

Benedict

Sarah

W

1810-1820

Benjamin

Abigail

W

1790

Benjamin

Abigal

W

1810-1820

Benjamin

Julia

W

1790-1800

Benjamin

Julia

W

1810-1820

Benjamin

Mary

W

1790

Benjamin

Samuel

M

1790

Bennet

Ephrem

M

1769

Bennet

Ester

W

1788

Bennet

Gersham

M

1771

Bennet

Jerusha

W

1810-1820

Bennet

Marah

W

1774

Bennet

Mathew

M

1810-1820

Bennet

Moses

M

1774

Bennet

Roda

W

1810-1820 (died 1807) <sic>

Bennet

Sarah

W

1769

Bennet

Seth

M

1774

Bennet

Thomas

M

1774

Bennett

Deboins

W

1810-1820

Bennett

Elizabeth

W

1774

Bennett

Jeansha

W

1790-1800

Bennett

Mathew

M

1800-1810

Bennett

Thada

W

1790-1800

Bennett

Thomas

M

1790-1800

Bennit

Abraham

M

1788

Bennit

Deborah

W

1788

Bennit

Elizabeth

W

1788

Bennit

Ephaim

M

1788

Bennit

Thomas

M

1788

Bentle

Dinah

W

1774

Bertholf

Susanna

W

1820-1830

Billyen

John

M

1790

Billyon

Mary

W

1790-1800

Bishop

Ann

W

1820-1830

Bishop

Ann

W

1820-1830

Bishop

Anna

W

1820-1830

Bishop

Anthony

M

1810-1820 (died 1818)

Bloom

Benjamin

M

1820-1830

Boatman

Gload

M

1765

Boldwine

Parmenas

M

1774

Bonntain

Catherine

W

1810-1820

Boroughs

Ann

W