A History Of The Rise Of Methodism In America - Media Sabda Org

pastors. New temples are constantly rearing their sacred walls and spires, for the honor and the
worship of the Almighty among us.
Mr. Disosway married Ann Doughty -- or as the name has been written, Doty; whom the son calls
his "own precious mother, well-known for her good works and piety." In the latter part of his life,
Mr. Disosway lived in New York, where he was known as a merchant, and where he died in 1815.
His widow lived twenty-three years after his death; and died in 1838, aged seventy-two years. They
were both primitive Methodists, in simplicity and holiness of life. Their son, Gabriel P. Disosway,
is at the present time a distinguished Methodist on Staten Island. Cornelius R. Disosway, William
P. Disosway, and Israel D. Disosway, are also their sons; they are still living and favorably known
as Methodists.
Robert Duncan married Elizabeth Thompson, in Durham, England, where they united with Mr.
Wesley. They came to New York before the war of 1775, while Philip Embury and Captain Webb
were preaching there. Robert was employed as sexton of Wesley Chapel. During the war, when the
British bombarded the city, a cannonball went through the parsonage, to the dismay of Robert and
his family.
Mr. Duncan was regarded as one of the most pious and honest of the New York Methodists.
During the war, the Methodists intrusted their valuable things to him. That they might be in the safest
spot, he put them in the vaults among the dead, under Wesley Chapel. No one sought or found them
there.
About the midst of the war, in 1778, he died in triumph, and was buried in Trinity graveyard,
Broadway; and has a tombstone to mark the place.
His widow married a Mr. Carr, a Methodist: they went to Nova Scotia, and ended their days "in
the hope of glory."
Elizabeth Duncan, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Duncan, married Abraham Wilson, of New
York, a man of considerable pecuniary prospects: he died in Norwalk, Conn. His widow died,
victorious, aged eighty-six years; she was buried in Quakertown, N. J.
Abraham and Elizabeth Wilson's oldest daughter, Elizabeth, married Jonathan Griffith: they were
useful Methodists in Elizabethtown, N.J. They had twelve children; one of them, the Rev. Edward
M. Griffith, is a member of the Newark Conference. Mary Griffith is the wife of the Rev. Francis
A. Morrell, of the same Conference -- these are lineal descendants of the pious Robert Duncan and
his wife Elizabeth. ("Lost Chapters," pp. 430-6.)
Abraham Russel was born in Shrewsbury, N. J., in 1746. While young he made New York his
home; and frequently heard Captain Webb and Philip Embury preach at the "Rigging Loft," in 1767
and in 1768. He married Hilah Elseworth, by whom he had twelve children. They lived opposite to
the "Sugar House," where the British confined and punished the American prisoners, among whom
was a brother of Mrs. Russel. She secretly ministered to them by feeding them.