Hartsville, Neshaminy Presbyterian Church

According to the Historical Directory of Presbyterian Churches and Presbyteries of Greater Philadelphia, by Kenneth A. Hammonds (Philadelphia: PHS, 1993), Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Hartsville, Pennsylvania, began meeting before 1726. The congregation on the Neshaminy Creek shared pastoral services with other congregations in the area, including Bensalem and Deep Run. The Neshaminy congregation divided into Old School and New School congregations in 1839. The New School congregation (“of Warwick”) held on to the church building and its records. The Old School congregation (“of Warminster”) worshipped elsewhere and had a copy of the Warwick register made for its own use. The Warminster and Warwick congregations reunited in 1939 as Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church. Records of the congregations deposited with the society include:

North and Southampton Reformed Church, Churchville, PA

• “Van Vleck’s Journal,” 1710–1738 (Call number: 03 0128w), includes baptisms and marriages “at Neshaminy.”
• “Van Vleck’s Journal,” English translation (Call number: Upper Vault MI46 B44t).

Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warwick, Hartsville, PA

• Session Minutes and Records, 1835–1907, 3 vols. (Call number: Upper Vault MI46 N369).
  • Vols. 2 & 3 include church registers.
• Registers, 1788–1884, 2 vols. (Call number: Upper Vault MI46 N369r).
  • v.1. Baptisms, 1788–1847; marriages, 1788–1885.
  • v.2. Baptisms, 1867–1884.
• Pastoral records, 1846–1857, 1 vol. (Call number: Archives 05 0514e, SPP 42).
• Grave yard subscription list, 1851–1852 (Call number: MS N36s).

Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warminster, Hartsville, PA

• Session Minutes, 1835–1938, 2 vols. (Call number: Upper Vault MI46 N36s).
• Register, 1788–1912, 1 vol. (Call number: Upper Vault MI46 N36c).
• Baptisms, 1789–1898; marriages, 1788–1901; members, 1794–1912.
• Pew Rent collections, 1893–1915 (Call number: Upper Vault MI46 N36pc).
• Pew Rent receipts, 1894–1916 (Call number: Upper Vault MI46 N36p).

The records also include correspondence, trustee records, legal papers, financial records, articles of incorporation, historical notes (card catalog), and published histories of the church (CALVIN).