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

Galloway's, Murry's Colgate's, J. Owing's, Point, Baltimore, Perrigau's, Gatch's, Neck, Joppa,
Presbury's, Ruff's, Deer Creek, Forward's (at this time he licensed William Duke, a lad of seventeen
years, to exhort, Bush Forrest, William Bond's (a new place), Mrs. Bond's, and Standford's.
About the middle of 1773, Mr. Asbury employed Mr. Moreton to draw up a deed for the house
in Gunpowder Neck; this was the third place of worship founded by the Methodists in Maryland.
March 13. Meeting John King and R. Webster at Mr. Dallam's, they took sweet counsel together,
and Mr. Asbury crossed the river for the Peninsula, preaching at Thompson's, Hersey's, Dixon's, at
Georgetown crossroads (a new place), Randel's, Hinson's neighborhood, Newcastle, Wilmington,
and Isaac Jersey's. Then into Chester county, into new ground that had just been broken up by King,
Webster, and Rollins. Marlborough, Thomas Ellis', Woodward's, on Brandywine; Samuel Hooper's,
Tussey's, and Christiana Bridge. Returning by Bohemia, he crossed the Susquehanna, and held
quarterly meeting on the western shore. Strawbridge, Owen, King, Webster, Rollins, and the whole
body of exhorters and official members were present; and, to crown all, the power of the Most High
was among them in a glorious manner.
Mr. Asbury started for Philadelphia, preaching at some new places, such as Red Clay Creek, and
Mount Pleasant, above Wilmington.
He continued his course as far as New York and Newtown, on Long Island, looking after the
interests of Methodism; also, into New Jersey, where he saw the Methodists found their first
preaching house. See his Journal, vol. i., p. 48. It was at this time that the preachers were planting
Methodism in Chester county, Pa. What is now called the Grove Meeting, was founded; and, he
speaks of preaching in the same neighborhood. Soon after he preached in Germantown, for the first
time.
During the winter and spring of 1773, Messrs. Boardman and Wright were laboring, alternately,
in New York and Pennsylvania; also, in New Jersey, where they were assisted by Mr. Whitworth.
In June, of this year, Mr. Asbury formed a society at New Rochelle, which soon numbered thirteen
members; this seems to have been the third society in the state following New York and Ashgrove.
The New Rochelle society was made up of excellent materials.
We have already seen how the Lord opened the way for the Methodists in New Rochelle, when
Mrs. Deveau was happily converted under the first sermon, in which "Free Grace," and a present
salvation was offered to her, and all present, by Mr. Pilmoor. As this was the first family in this town
that received the preachers, it was the gateway by which they had an abundant entrance into that part
of the country. The war coming on, the preachers ceased to visit them. Mr. Peter Bonnette was their
leader; but, during the war he was obliged to fly both from them and his family. His family and Mr.
Frederick Deveau's, were chief families in this society. Mr. Bonnette was a local preacher; and, after
professing religion seventy-three years, he died triumphant in the Redeemer in 1823, at the age of
eighty seven. In 1788, Messrs. Bonnette and Deveau, assisted by others, erected a church in New
Rochelle, which was the third place of worship the Methodists had in the state, following Wesley
Chapel, and Harper's on Long Island. Two of the traveling preachers were sons-in-law of Mr.