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"In the year 1812 or shortly before, men from Pompton Lakes decided that they should have a church of their own, having previously attended the Pompton Plains Church. According to records, the following agreement was reached and circulated for subscriptions:
“We the subscribers being desirous to build a meeting house, in the neighborhood of Pompton, on an acre of ground, next and by east, of Pompton School House adjoining the Turnpike Road, for the purpose of holding divine worship, according to the truths of the Dutch Reformed Church in America, except as to language which is to be altogether English, and at any time, when it shall not interfere with the stated time of preaching by the Minister of said church, the meeting house shall be open to any proper and accredited Presbyterian or Episcopalian Minister to enter in and preach, by application made to the Trustees or Consistory when formed, and we the subscribers, do promise to pay the several sums, etc., by us subscribed, unto the Trustees or Managers of said building which Trustees, or Managers, will be chosen, by a majority of the subscribers, at their meeting to be held at some future time, and it is further understood, that when the meeting house is finished, the Pews will be set up at public vendue, and sold to the highest bidder, and if any subscriber purchases a pew, the amount of his subscription to be set off as so much paid on the purchase – February, 1812.”
This is the first written record of the organization of the Pompton Reformed Church. The meeting referred to was held February 20, 1812. The Certificate of Incorporation was dated June 8, 1812. The first Consistory was elected at a Congregational Meeting in April 1815: Elders were Martin Ryerson, Esquire: Thomas Blauvelt, Esquire: Philip J. Schuyler, and Nathaniel Douglas. The Deacons were Adrian Post, Abraham Lyons, Johnson N. Gould and Peter van Pelt.
The new church contained 20,000 bricks made near Pompton Plains and cost $5,943.12. The Church at Pompton was dedicated October 16, 1814, and the organization of the congregation was completed June 18, 1815. The first Consistory meeting was held June 24, 1815, and a call was extended to the Reverend Jacob Ten Eyck Field, who resigned his charge at Pompton Plains to become the first pastor of the new congregation.
Thus, starting with twenty-four names on the church roles at the beginning of the year 1816, the congregation continued in prayer and faith and grew and prospered in the work of the Lord."
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