First Presbyterian Church & Ordination in America, Marlboro, NJ
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N 40° 20.394 W 074° 15.571
18T E 562893 N 4465746
This is the location of the first Presbyterian Church and the first Presbyterian Ordination in America.
Waymark Code: WM9RF2
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2010
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This is the location of the Old Scots Meeting House built in the early 1700’s by a group of Scottish exiles. It was a small log building on land called Free Hill. The immigrants acquired the land in 1692. In 1706, it held the first recorded Presbyterian service in North America. Reverend John Boyd was ordained during this event and was the first American Ordination. The church became known as Old Tennent Presbyterian Church. In 1708, Reverend Boyd died and was the first burial here on the land now known as Old Scots Burial Ground. The congregation moved five miles to the present location of Old Tennent Church in 1731. The Old Scots Burial Ground is also one of the sites of the Battle of Monmouth. The one acre lot is on both the National and State Registers of Historic Sites (2001). In the center of the lot is the Boyd Monument marking the reverend’s grave. The monument honoring Reverend Boyd is over 110 year old being placed in 1900. It had fallen in disrepair and was restored in 2002. The stone used to replace the missing spire was imported from Ireland.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 12/29/1706
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