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ery and William. His firs~, pact of usefulness in the mInJS­ W.e or Otherwise. John ~ano--Hi8 Life lnd r~ceived a fall, from which.. t1"1~ the necessity of an old ex­ Work. dJed, and their sixth child perienced minister to take care ,alJpox!' fell to given hip name. of a young church there. and to".", "but he floun- " Mr. Gano had early flatering temporal prospects for Ipel~ ,[ In order to help our rea.ders to ti.ons of sin, but soon thet" the support of my family. For more fully appreciate an excep­ y," .tl the teacher, dlsregarded. One day these'reasons I concluded to re­ know'what a little boy tionally intere~ting article to ap­ provoking his pious move." And then added: "I simple a word pear in our next issue, "Did with his sins, the tears called a church meeting, and \ John Gano baptize George as sm8l1po~ht to getP" came to her eyes revived ,!for~~, ,eellm of my intention. Washington?," we ,give here "Yes'~ :<' replied Tommy, ""he slumbering conviction T.b'eyt~ it as a chimera, ought ." get vaccinated." some historical incidents con­ wat! in his soul. There w,.s and thottgflt they could~stop me nected with his life aild work. other source of trouble " by ralaPlg my salary, (He "was HIS ANCESTRY . His great ,grand faUll)r Fran- his father was impresseMee­ cOllst~bIy / in debt, and saw AN 10 W OMAN'S IDBA.-The cis Gano, brought his' grand ~n life, that he would haY'" no way of being released, but Post . e Department, in ac­ father, Stephen Gano, when a large family of r.h by selling - my (his) house atd coman ; with .J' requirement tA> chi1~ from Guernsey,in Jersey. tha~ three ~f them would lot").' that ct, racentlY88nt a no- Hls progenitors were, on his their twentleth year. '':fie iipd about seventeen tice to woman iii Obi6 inform­ father's side, from France' his At this time nearly aU years in this state. He seemed ing he , .hat a letter a4dressed mother'S from Britian. ' family were sick of dy ~ Unsettled and part of the to her as held'oll acootmt of His grand father, Stephen Ga- a brother and two tfJ¥e,aprely afflicted. His work insuffi ' !It po~~ , 8he,..4i. no, married Ann Wal$on. They fa~len.victims of the SO tar as can be learned send t , requ~ ~ f, were blessed with a'numerous thls disease, one of his writings, was unimpor- But family of children, some of in her twentieth year, readar of his Mem- sayin­ whom died in youth. Of those was next in course of be conltrained to be- ripe who livtld to marry were Dan- (Three of the that his removal to this has iel, Francis, James, 'l ohn, Lew­ die in their,twentieth yeary' was the mist ~ !'::"" ":l~ his life. ever b o~1Iii is, Isaac, besides th ~ daugh- . Soon after he begaQ pfpi4hf. ~a~th Qf ~ wife, he I o~ poL. .. "" lettier ' tl"om North tf'll'R. 8a~athariD I~ a.nd Sus-_, In!, !,.~u t 1756, he'vilited , . ~"" -~ s I4UNn abo1,l,t 1766,he'viliteyll ... ~ ~~ . ~~halJl\y"~~~~~~ ~i "clfti'i~onh'e~ . ' " ~lil1o ..'hg1tr5htf~1wI .l'-~" ..;, " . Yadkin." That was what we had sold, the man claiming that : ( Ill" ess­ . . now call, the "Jersey ChUl'Ch;," ' h~ (Gano) had sold more land. 0 .lo hisan littleInOIS congrdau hter tbamel But.ton of Siltc:n I~l~n~ here tn Davidson county. (The '. tban he owned. "This was man . h d ffi d h~ a They remaIned on IS and Rowan). The people here wer botb injurious to my purse and that ama lt n aId er: b ~h~8 f f ~ ~m for a while after m~rlage an d s'rous that he should mov . character." room u * 0 go or er a y were bles~d with tw childrer;t, :amo: I t them, that they.sent "I looked over myoid pa- brot~~r.t· "If.I ~,ll him for that Daniel and Jane. T y then re- commfttee on hl)rseback all th pers. I found the deed and sum, . sa~d, I can buy, you moved to New J e . ey and set- way to New Jersey-800 mile the necessary papers;** I deter- eve1"th g 111: thl~ :.or!~ y~~ tIed in Hopewell, Hun~~~: in order to secure .his service mined to go and ~ettle the busi- :::del: :ted w~en s~:~eplied, county: ~er.t y d At last he came, oought Ian ness; and, accordIngly, set off, "Oh r. I" And then she here, SIX mo1'e chIl · n ;ereha - (the place now owned by M ' and after a fatigueing journey dd~~' . apa. b' till he's big­ ded to them, name ~ tepnr~' Dempsey My~rs, (traditio arrived therl:l. aero h~' ;:~o~~ more then." Susa;nnah, JOB:, atha 'says), and remaIned about t I got the county surveyor, and g, -Young Reaper DaDlel. and Sara. . years and a half, when he r havin"g traced part of the line, At the age of SIX ears,b s~ys turned with his family to Ne he (the pur(~haser) found it he: ~ I .well rem ~er el~g Jersey. would take in part of lan~ seized a seve Soon after this, he was call . which he claimed and occupied, ~Jth sl~~n~ssd~~ "Oommon Tatura." the sprmg, from ' hlc d . 1 to the pastorate of the Fir and a spring which his family I The ,v. Dr. Foosterer seems not recover till 11;. urIng Baptist church. New York cit · used; he. therefore, begged me h· h t' as I h e SInce un- .. been a very original W IC Ime. . ' ro He remained the~e a few yea . to desist, and sait) he would set­ man. derstood, the 11 was ~ . after the close of the Revol tIe the matter . without . any "I'm Aware that the cornmen­ cured in which to. ay me out, tionary war. The church w further difficulty. I could have tators jo not agree with me," supposing I was ually d~d, greatly prosper¢ here duri put him to much trouble and he said -in his sermon. . as I lay a .~reat pa of the tIme his long stay with them. , expense; but having my object Naxt ~ay , old Farmer Turnlp­ senseless. . left there on the 30th of Septe answered, I settled the matter top~ drove . up to the rectory HIS MARRIAGE FAMILY. ber, 1794, for work in the s with him." Then he adds: with half a cartload of his finest Not long af he began of Kentucky. He left Nt "Here I found and obtained a- potatoa,. preaching, perha about the York when the church was . nother companion. She was "MOJ.-bin,' parson,' said he. year 1756, he co, ummated. a fine condition . the widow of Captain Thomas "Ye tGld us yist'dy that the matrimonial eng ment. WIth RElIIOVAL TO KENTUCKY. .' Bryant, and daughter of Colonel COIDmoa taturs didn't agree Miss Mary Stites, .fore hIS fi~t "The reason of my removal'" Jonathan Hunt." wid ye; so I brought ye a trifle visit to North ~ar ' na. Of thIS Kentucky. I shall here sta~ . This was,."l'Dost probly in. the 0' the finest pink-eyes evarlye union ten chIld were born, One Mr. William Wood, caJlUe Jersey neighborhood, for he re- laid ye own on." viz: from that country, and gav. 'a marked : "She was a communi- Then Mr. F. saw the commer- John Stites, D niel, .Pegg, very exalted character of Vlle cant in a Baptist cJiurch iu that cia! value of bei~g . profound, Stephen, Sarah, hn Stl~S, a state of it. He made several neighborhooJ." : and pa,tor and panshlOner both daughter, (name not gIven), encouraging proposals!i<> meto Gano diea August 10th, 1804, appeared to be happy.-Youth's Isaac Eaton, Rich d Montgom- go there, said there was a proS- in his 78th year, Companion. NAME

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. , NA}lli : Gano, John, 1727-1804

DATA : b. Hopewell, N. J., 22 July 1727, son of Daniel and Sarah (Britton) Gano; ord. 29 May 1754; missionary in the South, 1754; sett. Morristown (Morris) N. J., 1754- 25 Sept. 1757; sett. Jersey Settlements (Davidson) N. C., 1758-1760; commissioned a Captain in N. C., 1758-1760; sett. N.Y.C., N. Y. (1st Bapt. Chh.), 1762-1788; sett. Town Fork Chh., near Lexington, Ky., 1788-1798; , Am. Rev.; Bapt.; d. Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 1804, a. 77 (GS)

SOURCE: The Colonial C ergy of Virginia, ~ ort h Carolina and5Duth Carolina by : Rev . Frederick Lewis Weis . ----~

Page : 63 32 MINUTES OF THE ci,-<..:tA.A~ c&~ far as Charles State Board. They gave a part of their time in assist£ the weak people at Jers churches and in various other ways. two men all tI Sunday Schools in order that Seven small churches were rejected by the Abbotts Creek Union sented. In 18 Association; one ground upon which they were rejected was because for about thre they favored Sunday Schools. But in these seven churches Sunday The reason fOJ Schools had a struggle to get started and to exist. In fact it was with of my leaving very much irregularity tJ:at they did exist for many years. owned a farm From the organization of the association in 1832 until 1844 not he left. He 1a one word is said in the records about Sunday Schools. York City for In 1845; Not a single school in the association. In 1846; Report, but nothing being done. He was a In 1847; Committee on Sunday Schools have nO~hing of interest Washington sl to report. when he had f In 1851; two or three churches in association have irregular "I am an Epis schools. baptize me. T In 1854; But one Sunday School in the association. in the presenc In 1859; But little being done in the line of Sunday Schools. DANIEL ! In 1861; The Committee urges the brethren to do more than talk. Creek at the 1 In 1867; Only two schools in successful operation. church. In 1873; Fi\e schools with an enrollment of 263. He was bo In 1878; Nine schools with 587 enrolled. about 20 year, In 1905; Sunday Schools in almost all churches, 2,028 enrolled. about 38 years In 1931; Sunday School in every church except one, 6,204 enrolled. Whitefield vlsi ) usual in Whitl [ Some Early Baptist Preachers in the Liberty Territory Before and Holy Zeal in t Since Its Organization We will dil BENJAMIN MILLER-8ome facts concerning him in connection Separate Bapt: with the Jersey church have already been given. He was made pastor become very c: of Scotch Plains church in New Jersey when it was organized in 1747. ceived, who ha He was native of N. J. But little is known of his lite before his a trine, and said conversion in 1837. He served as pastor of Scotch Plains church for tist church bE 34 years, during this time he did outside work over a large territory. tended that n Besides the work he did at Jersey church, he also helped to organize church. They the First Baptist church of New York City in 1862, which was organ­ shown satisfac ized as an arm of the Scotch Plains church. Those who The Scotch Plains church was a member of the Philadelphia As­ tists, they hel sociation and it was as a missionary of the Philadelphia Association their churches that he came to Jersey. He died November 14, 1781, and is buried at The churc: Scotch Plains, N. J. that at Abbott -...::; JOHN GANO-He descended from a French Huguenot refugee years there WI of 1688, who corrupted his name into Gano. When around 20 years these two chUl of age he was converted under Benjamin Miller, and began preachinl to Abbotts ere before he joined the church. He was ordained at Hopewell, N. J~ dain him. If ( in May, 1754. that Gano hac Immediately after he made an extended Southern trip, going as

' " 1# THE LIBERTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 33 r time in assisting the weak far as Charleston, S. C. On his return he came back by Jersey. The people at Jersey were so favorably impressed with him that they sent lis twO men all the way to New Jersey to ask his church to give him uP. by the Abbotts Creek Un10n in order that he might come and labor with them. His church con­ 'Y were rejected was because sented. In 1856 he came back to J~rsey church, where he remain~ bc.>e seven churches Sunday for about three years; the church was constituted while he was there. = to exist. In fact it was With The reason for his leaving is found in his own statement, "The reason : for many years. of my leaving this place was the war with the Cherokee Indians." He - , :::; . ~ 3:ion in 1832 until 1844 not owned a farm in the Jersey settlement which he did not sell when ~ c ay Schools. he left. He later served as pastor of the First Baptist Church in New -":::~:; ;ociation. York City for 26 years. one. He was a chaplain In Washington's army during the Revolution. -J r l"J )~ have nothing of iilterest Washington stood one day and listen.ed to one of his sermons, and when he had finished he asked him to baptize him. Washington said aSSOCiation have irregula,r "1 am an Episcopalian and expect to remain such, but I want you to baptize me. The request was granted and Gano baptized Washington e association, in the presence of about 40 persons. This was at Valley Farge: -",:,:;­ line of Sunday Schools. DANIEL MARSHALL-We have seen how he came to Abbotts z~ __ ~ hren to do more than talk. Creek at the request of James Younger, and founded Abbotts Creek -- - 1 operation. church. !n t of 263. He was born at Windsor, Conn., in 1706. He was converted when > about 20 years of age and joined the Presbyterian church. He w~; . - " hurches, 2,028 enrolled. about 38 years of age when that flaming herald of the Cross, George I I . except one, 6,204 enrolled. Whitefield visited Ne .... England. There was something new and un­ rty T~!Titory Before and usual in Whltefield's manner. He was on fire himself and kindled a Holy Zeal in those who heard him. Marshall was one of tl:ese. . ernbg him in connection We will digress here to say a few words about the old Regular and. I I 'n'D. He was made pastor Separate . Before the coming of Whitefield the churches had it was organized In 1747. become very careless about the reception of members, many were re~ ' -;;'n of his life before his ceived, who had not been converted. Whitefield preached a new doc­ Scotch Plains church tor trine, and said "You must be Born Again," His followers in the Bap­ '. ;ok over a large territory. tist church became known as Separate Baptist because they con­ e also helped to Organizl! tended that none but converted people should be received into the 1862, which was organ- church. They would admit no one to membership until they had shown satisfactory evidence of a new birth, of the Philadelphia As­ Those who clung to the old order became known as Regular Bap- " :-:­ PhLade!phia AssociatJan tists, they held to Predestination and ,'and had many in - 14, 1781, and Is buried at their churches, who had been baptized, but had not been converted. ' The church at Jersey was established by Regular Baptists, while ench Huguenot ref~ that at Abbotts Creek was established by the Separate Baptists. For W nen around 20 yean rears there was little or no correspondence or relationship between er, and began preachine these two churches because of this fact. At the time Marshall came ed at Hopewell, N. J~ to Abbotts Creek, there was difficulty in securing a Presbytery to or­ • dain him. If Gano was at Jersey he was not called upon, it is thought Southern trip, go~ 51 1 that Gano had not yet arrived, for a friendly relationship later

.; " 'alion. A History of the Libedy Baptist Association. 33 ·,

I t in their day, discover what wfs1ist io~"~~a~~ to do it. l1iller, Dr. "He had access to their ears, their 'affections and 'th~ir contri­ i ning lights in butions, and he made use of all, not for his own aggrandise­ ;:1(':; of Piscata­ ment or to secure for himself a name, but for the glory of God and the progress of the Masteris cause:'" .... ­ ai,l: "Another The membership of the church was enlarged, and growth friend was the and development was visible on every hand. During Mr. the daughter :Miller's pastorate of' Scotch Plains church' the work was so blessed of God that three churches sprang off from the mother \' of )Ir. :Miller church, viz: Stelle's "other First Baptist church of New York Cit.j,- organized June made long 19, 1'j(j2; ~Iount Bethel Baptist church, N. J., September 2,

At this time nearly all the family were sick of dysentery; .I1Ct .~ , ., t a brother and two sisters had fallen victims of the ravages 1 ••••=--101: of this disease, one of whom was in her twentieth year, and he was next in course of years. (Three of the children did -, ,..( die in their twentieth year.) jJ,TW'J • ! Finally, when about grown, he resigned all and was saved. IIlf1l~ '" Cl Re had trouble after he was converted. His father, said he, '! "'Qn:b was a Presbyterian. "For some reasons I wished to join that ~ 1l ;t'. en t" of the Presbyterians." He had not yet joined a church, had • 11:1,9: f""'-d not made a public confession. For nearly three years he read ~. aDd al the and every book on the ordinance he could .~ fo£l() , find. In his Memoir he says: "Soon after Mr. Miller (Ben­ t."fllInu,.. r jamin), a Baptist minister, inquiring of me why I did not "",••.,f ;1 profess Christ openly and join some church. I told him my .,W.. ­ difficulty. He replied that God's word and spirit would direct II . ~ me, and if I attended them impartially they would remove • list Association. A. Higf,ory of the Liberty Baptist Association. 35 (' of 1G88, whose name my doubts, and if they did not make me a Baptist he did not (' r, says he, was from wish to do it. This conversation led me to inquire if I had Il uterdon County, New done so. I was soon convinced I had not; but had searched for something to confirm me in the doctrine of infant bap­ [ well remember being tism, which I had received from my education. I really think -jng, from which I did th'at if any person was ever induced to tnkt' the Word of God .ime, as I have since­ in hand, with a fervent desire to be free from all preposses­ _ which to lay me out,_ sions, to see the truth as it really was, anu to let the Bible be uy a great part of the my guide, I was." He had impressions to preach, even before he joined the dc-manding attention. church, and really did some work in prayer-meeting. J~ of sin, but soon they Soon after he joined the church he was ordained at the Hopewell Baptist church in May, 1754. Immediately after mother with his sins, he took a trip to the South. This was his first trip on a long ed the slumbering con­ preaching tour. This trip extended as far as Charleston, S. W35 another source of C. This was in the summer and autumn of 1754. On this :d c3rly in life that he journey he most probably touched at J ersl''y Settlement, going an,l tlIat three of them and coming. In his Memoir he says: "Repeated solicitations came from South Carolina for a 'ere sick of dysentery ; minister to travel among them, and as I had been there before ict ims of the ravages I was induced to engage in a second journey, which lasted 'r twentieth year, and about eight months." Of this journey he remarks: -e of the children did "I therefore set out and when I arrived nt the Yadkin (Jersey Settlement), in North Carolina, I was strongly s0­ led all and was saved. licited to move among them. They sent two messengers to His father, said he, my church in New Jersey to give me up." He decided, I wished to join that finally, to come. "I at length took leave of the church and joined a church, had my friends and started on a long, expensivo nnd tedious jour­ Iy three years he read ney, and arrived there in about five weckA, nfter traveling he' ordinance he could about 800 miles (by private conveyance). We met with • fre r Mr. Miller (Ben­ favorable re<'Cption from the people, and Col. G. Smith re­ )f me why I did not ceived us into his house, where we continue!) until I built a nch. I told him my house." :1 d spirit would direct His second journey must have been madCl in 1755, and ;- they would remove during the year 1756 he must have come to .Tersey. He then says: • 36 A Histo1'y of the Liberty Baptist Association. . .4 II istory I

"I remained here about two years and a half. Before I left church, and I ex ,..... the place a Baptist church was constituted." en'ry-t hi n~ 11\4t 1 I Mention is made above of writing to the church. He must And be imOU',.,.,.i 1 evidently have meant an arm, which was at that day often epol I do n oC koo .... called a church, because it exercised the prerogatives of a and it 1iC...·mNl no 1 church. lranh-d it pri\"lIh'l; Now as to dates. Mr. Gano says: "During my residence Aftn }I(, left ~t in this place we were blessed with another son, who was born bt- li n.J .bout ,iX1 November 11, 1758." Under the circumstances he could not a b li!' ."t'. lIill W1 have returned before the spring of 1759. ...d)("r I't.N'1I'.. He was here about two years and a half. So he must have J u. ~ a fro. !W"A" been here during the whole of 1757 and 1758. . ~ lII.&f'Tlrcl hi. "The reason of my leaving this place," says he, "was the II::IrJl!. war with the Cherokee Indians. I concluded it was expedient Whi'" ),(1'. G aD( to move back to New Jersey." d ora tion. it i. DOt He owned a farm in the Jersey Settlement which he did 1&.., \"i ~t 10 ~ortb not sell, it seems, when he left there. II.. di.....t at 10 o~ t He was pastor of the First Baptist church in New York 1"0 1. in tbe- j lh ~ City from its constitution till April, 1788, almost twenty-six years. During his pastorate here the Revolutionary War occurred. ThIII baptism, the General walked up to him and said, I lilt ~ ,.i 'I am thoroughly convinced that baptism is a burial and a t lut!' • lart'P f..i resurrection, and I ask baptism at your hands; I do not ex­ \\Dna be ....". pect to change my church; my family belong to the EpiE'copal .. . , ~

ist Association. A History of the Liberty Baptist Association. 37 d a half. Before I left church, and I expect to remain there, but I wish to submit to 1ted. " everything that I am satisfied Christ requires at my hands.' , the church. He must And he immersed him. It was near , the exact was at that day often spot I do not know. There were about forty ~itnesses present the prerogatives of a and it seemed no publication was made of it. The General wanted it privately done and wished no display." "During my residence After he left New York City he went to Kentucky, where :her son, who was born he lived about sixteen years. His going seems to have beell .llnstances he could not a mistake. His work there never seemed as important as at ~ 59. other places. balf. So he must have Just a few years before his death he visited North Carolina nd 1758. and married his second wife, perhaps in the Jersey Settle­ cc,?' says he, "was' the· ment. ~ luded it was expedient While Mr. Gano's work at Jersey Settlement was of short . duration, it is not devoid of thrilling interest. Probably his ttlement which he did last visit to North Carolina was made in September, 1794. ] He died at 10 o'clock at night, on the 10th day of August, church in New York 1804, in the 78th year of his life. 788, almost twenty-six DANIEL MARSHALL.

Itionary War occurred.. This eminent and zealous servant of God was born in ou's army. We quote Windsor, Conn., in 1706. He was blessed with pious parents inil we had a warm, and was therefore religiously educated. iou, in time of action, He was converted when about twenty years of age and iu this battle I, some- joined the Presbyterians, the church of his parents. He was t T durst not quit my soon made a deacon and served f ai thfully and well. He mar­ of the soldiers." He ried and was in easy circumstances. His wife having died, )(·ral Washington. he afterward married Miss Martha, sister of the famous .Jolm Gano, of Dallas, Shubael Stearns. By his first wife he had but one child­ :C'asion, when General Daniel. By his second, Abraham, John, Zaccheus, Levi, earnest discourses on Moses, Solomon and Joseph, and two daughters, Eunice and (I up to him and said, :Mary. . .; 111 is a burial and a His second wife survived him. The Lord not only gave I' hands; I do not ex- him a large family, but much of this world's goods. long to the Episcopal When he was about thirty-eight years of age Rev. George