The current building of this church was erected in 1835. It replaced an earlier stone church at this location that was built in 1775. Before that, services were conducted in a log church that stood nearby and was built in 1740.[1]
There are 19 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in the cemetery: [2]
Joseph Beavers
Spencer Carter
John Innes
Robert Innes Sr.
Robert Kennedy
William Kennedy
William Kinney
Captain John Maxwell
Lieutenant Robert Maxwell
General William Maxwell
Benjamin McCullough
John Patterson
Cornelius Powelson
Peter Smith
William Smith
Robert Stewart Sr.
Thomas Stewart
Philip Weller
John Yard
A plaque on the front of the church pays tribute to General William Maxwell, who is buried here:
"In honor of General William Maxwell -
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1733. His Scotch-Irish parents brought family here to Greenwich Township in 1747. Never married and died in Hunterdon County, November 4, 1796 and buried in this churchyard.
Always a soldier, from private to general.
With Braddock at Fort Duquense in 1755 and at Ticonderoga, Quebec and the Great Lakes in 1775. In provincial Congress of New Jersey October 23, 1776 Brigadier General in the Continental Army. Fought in Canada, Brandywine, Germantown and at Valley Forge and Battles of Monmouth, Elizabeth, Scotch Plains, Connecticut Farms and Springfield. With Sullivan against Indians in 1779. Resigned July 25, 1780, elected to the assembly.
'An honest man, a warm friend to this country' - so wrote Washington." [3]
2.^ Names taken from the plaque on the front of the church. The ranks of the Maxwell's taken from plaques placed at the graves by the General William Maxwell Chapter - Daughters of the American Revolution.
3.^ Tablet placed by the New Jersey Society - Sons of the American Revolution 1942
