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HENRY SATER
SATER BAPTIST MEETING HOUSE
SATER GENEALOGY

HENRY SATER

I 69O- I 754

the Recital of the Life and Character of an early Adven
turer to Virginia, and subsequently a Settler of the Province
of Maryland under Lord Baltimore. A Representative Colo
nist, whose Industry enabled him to become a prosperous
Planter, and whose strong religious convictions led to the
Organization of the Parent Baptist Society of the Province,
and through whose liberality their first church building
was Erected. He gave his Name to the Hills which marked
his Settlement, and left a Line of Descendants, many of whom
in their turn became Pioneers and Settlers of other States.

ISAAC WALKER MACLAY

1897

CONSIDER THE YEARS OF MANY GENERATIONS. deut. xnxi-ra.

preface.

OH no ! we live our life again ;
or warmly touched or coldly dim
the pictures of the past remain-
man's works shall follow him.
— Whittier.

Peter Faneuil, a rich merchant of Boston, Mass.,
in the year 1740, offered to build and devote to the
people of that town, a mafrket house and town hall,
which was completed in 1 742, when the citizens, in
testimony of their gratitude, at a town meeting, re
solved that it be called and known by the name of
the donor. Such was the origin of the celebrated
" Faneuil Hall " of Boston, widely known as the
" Cradle of Liberty."
In the same year, and in a similar manner, a
humble church structure (the pioneer of its de
nomination in the Maryland colony) was erected
near Baltimore, through the generosity of an Eng-

lish colonist, who, in making this gift, dedicated
the land and building to the Baptists forever.
Both contemporaneous edifices still bear the
names of their founders. While the former was
burned and rebuilt, the latter is yet standing, and
continues to be used for the original purpose for
which it was designed. With all the progress, —
the swift and frequent changes, — so characteristic
of American life, it is seldom that any building is
occupied for the same purposes for even a century ;
but when such structure survives until, in the lan
guage of Oliver Wendell Holmes, " a hundred years
and fifty more had spread their leaves and snows,"
it is a monument of historical interest.
The founder of this old landmark in Maryland
was Henry Sater, an original settler, or, according
to the chronicles of that period, an " ancient
planter." " When the mind reverts to the earliest days of
colonial history, the period seems remote and ob
scure," writes J. Fenimore Cooper, "the thousand
changes that thicken along the links of recollec
tions throwing back the origin of the nation to a
day so distant as seemingly to reach the mists of
time ; and yet four lives of ordinary duration would
suffice to transmit, from mouth to mouth, in form of
tradition, all that civilized man has achieved within
the limits of the American republic."
The writer's earliest recollections go back to the
time, when a child at his grandmother's knee, he
first heard the story of " Grandfather Sater " from
the lips of one who had received it from Sater's
youngest daughter, Discretion.

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Thus the family records and traditions of their
progenitor have been transmitted to each succeed
ing generation, and kept alive for over a century.
" Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs,
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs "
This brief narrative, in which these unwritten
stories and historical accounts are collected to
gether and here presented, is not intended as an
eulogium of the subject of this biography, but is
solely for the purpose of rescuing them from their
fragmentary condition and preserving them for
those who bear the same blood in their veins.
It is principally because his life is full of associa
tions of the historic Chesapeake province and its
earliest Baptist church, — a heritage of colonial days,
— that we treasure these memories.
" The revival of interest in Colonial and Revolu
tionary times has become a marked feature of the
life of to-day," writes the authoress of "Through
Colonial Doorways." " Its manifestations are to be
found in the literature which has grown up around
these periods, and in the painstaking individual
research being made among documents and records
of the past with genealogical and historical intent."
The outlines of the career of this individual are
memorable for many reasons, aside from being an
early colonist and pioneer of the Province, founder
of the parent society of a large denomination in
Maryland and progenitor of a long line of descend-
ants who have in their turn been pioneers in the

settlement of other states and territories, but his
history is interspersed with many noteworthy
events connected with the growth of this country
during the first half of the eighteenth century.
Much of the documentary testimony from the
archives of the State of Maryland herein contained
is published for the first time. Hon. Phillip I.
Laird, Commissioner of the Land Office of that
State, in a report to the Governor, referring to the
files of his office, remarks :
"These records are invaluable. The original of
almost every land title in the State is here, and vast
stores of family and colonial history await the dili
gent student of these pages."
While this biography is not proposed as a gene.
alogy of the family, it must necessarily include the
descendants, to which has been added a cursory
account of those whose lives are known and acces
sible — and is believed to be accurate for those early
generations, having been corrected and verified
from wills, family bibles and genealogies.
With the later descendants it has not been pos
sible to secure complete registers of all their
branches, owing to continual migrations, and the
number of states and extent of territory through
which they are dispersed.
In tracing out their lineage and arranging the
groupings of the various members of this family in
their proper order one cannot fail to observe the
steady movement West, where the greatest number
are collected, while the next largest proportion are
distributed through the Southern States.
The family stream does not appear to have trav-

elled north beyond New York, where his grandson,
Isaac Walker, settled in 1831, and whose descend
ants constitute the only representatives north of
Maryland. Mr. Thomas E. Sater, of Preston, Ohio, writes:
" There are numerous descendants. They are scat
tered through Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and
Illinois and Dakota. I have never heard of any
Saters that were not descendants of the Henry
Sater that I have mentioned."
While this purports to be a memoir of the in
dividual referred to above, it necessarily includes a
full account of the church which he founded.
Intent on the spiritual welfare of his fellow set
tlers, and leading an exemplary Christian life, his
thirty odd years of frontier life in the forests of the
Chesapeake colony culminated in that first expres
sion of the pioneer's religion — a meeting house.
Lest it may be thought that this compilation re
lates too much to the religious associations of our
progenitor, "it should be remembered that in no
other way could the peculiar traits in the character
of our ancestors be fully developed. It was the re
ligious doctrines that they embraced, and the con
sequent principles of religious and civil liberty
which they could not enjoy in their own land, that
induced such a company of gentlemen, merchants
and mechanics, to emigrate from the populous and
cultivated towns of their fatherland to this then
wilderness, and exchange, as many of them did, the
sword, the awl, the needle and the yard-stick for
the axe, the anvil and the plough ; and to omit a
sufficient allusion to their religious principles and

their actual development in practice would be to
narrate effects and not notice the cause which pro
duced them."
"No one can justly appreciate the character of our
forefathers and the sacrifices which they made for
posterity without a knowledge of those principles
which like a mainspring set everything in motion."

CHAPTER I.
Two hundred years ! — two hundred years
How much of human power and pride,
What glorious hopes, what gloomy fears
Have sunk beneath the noiseless tide. — Pierpont.
" First things are interesting. The first step is
proverbial. The first stone laid in a foundation
may aid in supporting a beautiful palace or a lofty
monument. In this day of centenary celebrations,
every one is looking backward to the first begin
nings of the great enterprises which now occupy
public attention. Among the movements most in
teresting to the lovers of religious progress is that
of the Baptist denomination in the State of Mary
land." The pioneer of this sect in that section would
command more attention than he usually receives
from the brief notices in the annals of early Ameri
can churches were the historical incidents with
which his life is interwoven better known.
Although only a layman, he was connected with
the origin and growth of the baptists in his
adopted province, and organized their first church
and erected the building.
" So far as accessible records show," says Scharf

in his History of Baltimore, " the first resident
Baptist in Maryland was Henry Sater."
While the career of this first baptist of that
region is marked by no thrilling episode or extra
ordinary event, his constancy and devotion to the
same faith which the renowned Roger Williams
espoused in the New England colony, has linked
his name indissolubly with the history of the de
nomination in Maryland.
To gather together the threads of a life which
sprang into existence more than two centuries ago,
and weave a connected narrative, is well nigh im
possible, but family tradition has preserved much
of the outlines.
Henry Sater (or Souter, Sator, Saytor and Satyr,
as the name is variously spelled in ancient docu
ments) was born of English parents in the year
1690, in one of the western shires of England, dur
ing the reign of King William the Third.
Shortly after the close of the seventeenth century
there arrived in Virginia a band of adventurers
from England, who came to settle the new country
of the western world. Among them was young
Sater, scarcely nineteen years old, who at this early
age cast his destinies with these hardy settlers of
the infant colonies.
This expression " Adventurer," now associated
" with one who seeks occasions of chance," &c, was
formerly applied to all original settlers.
" Whereas, the adventurers to plant that our
Province of Maryland have sent unto us," &c, &c,
says Lord Baltimore in one of his earliest proclama
tions, and in all state papers the use of the word is
synonymous with " planter."

John Kilty says that after obtaining his original
grant " Lord Baltimore sent out his brother Leonard
Calvert, Esq., accompanied by other Gentlemen and
their attendants, to the number of between two and
three hundred, for the purpose of commencing a
settlement. The Adventurers are represented to
have been chiefly persons of considerable wealth
and distinction, who left their country to avoid the
inconveniences of religious intoleration."
Another author says : " Among the religionists
whom disgust or persecution had early driven into
the voluntary exile of the colonies there were more
than an usual proportion of men of character and
education. The reckless and the gay, younger sons,
soldiers unemployed, and students from the inns of
courts, early sought advancement and adventure in
the more southern provinces where slaves offered
impunity from labour," &c
Of Sater's ancestry we are informed that but little
has been preserved of the pedigree of his family
other than that his parents were of Danish extrac
tion, and that he was a person of means, and was
not obliged to come here from stern necessity.
One of his descendants, whose mother was a
granddaughter and namesake of one of Sater's
daughters, writes :
" My mother frequently told me that she thought she had heard
that the Sater family was descended from or of the same family
as that of Bishop Sater, an early British martyr, whom I think
she found referred to in Fuller's Church History or Worthies of
England." The causes which induced young Henry to emi
grate and the circumstances under which he left

his native land, his companions on the voyage, and
all the interesting memories which go to make up
the warp and woof of his early manhood cannot
be recalled at this remote period, but the principal
features of the life of this young traveller after
reaching this country have been handed down
through family records and traditions, and the
story of his subsequent career clearly established.
The earliest account contained in a family regis
ter and transmitted from his children to the grand
children is as viz. :
" It may be said of him that he was among the early adven
turers to this country. At the age of 19, in the year 1709, in the
reign of Queen Anne, he left England and arrived in company
with other adventurers and landed at Little York or Smith
Point, in Virginia. By tradition many pleasing anecdotes are
told of this young adventurer in the new world, both among. the
settlers and the Indians, but possibly fancy might have exag
gerated the merits of the youth."
Other accounts state that he disembarked near
Jamestown, while another tradition is that he first
established himself in lower Virginia.
Although these family reports are at variance as
to the precise location of his first settlement, all
agree that it was on the Virginia coast.
We learn further that —
" It appears that Henry Sater kept in view a previous intention
of becoming a planter. From some cause or other he left Vir
ginia and made his way to Maryland. It is understood he visited
the different landings on the western shore of the State, viz. :
Elk Ridge, Back River, Bush, Gunpowder, the Patapsco and
Baltimore." The population of the whole province then was
scarce thirty thousand and the settlements were

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distributed along the shores of the Chesapeake bay
and on the banks of the'principal streams.
It was in the vicinity of the place he last visited
that our adventurer selected the site of his planta
tion, for, says an historian, " about the year 1 709
Mr. Henry Sater, of England, purchased a tract of
land on what was then known as Chestnut Ridge,
about 9 miles northwest of Baltimore Town."
This was twenty years before the latter was laid
out as a city, as it was not until 1 729, upon appli
cation of the planters near Patapsco, that the As
sembly passed " An act for erecting a town on the
north side of Patapsco, in Baltimore County, and
for laying out in lots sixty acres of land in and
about the place where one John Flemming now
lives." Mr. Scharf thinks that Flemming, who was
a tenant of Mr. Carroll, was the only inhabitant
then within the limits of the proposed town.
This historian adds : " It is not probable that as
yet (1729) there was a population of more than one
thousand in the whole county, which extended from
below the Patapsco river to the north line of the
Province, a distance in a direct line from north to
south of more than forty miles, and a considerable
portion of it was on the south side of the Patapsco.
The rest, save on the Spesutiae and Bush river
neighborhood, were scattered along the bay. Little
land could as yet have been brought under cultiva
tion, and a house of unhewn timber from the wild
forests afforded the most comfortable dwelling pos
sessed by any one. The original terms for settling
lands in this country indeed had materially hin
dered the increase of population. Not only had the

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time fixed for the emigrants sailing from England
been too short as well as unreasonable, but each
one was obliged to keep three servants, above three
years old, upon his plantation, which many were
not able to do. Besides all this, through this vast
region of wild forests lay the great war path of the
' Sasquesahanocks,' and more northern Indians, in
their too frequent forays on the Piscataway nation
on the Patuxent."
It must be remembered that " less than one hun
dred and fifty years ago, and within the age of four
generations, America was distinctively the home of
the Indians ; only a narrow strip of land bordering
the Atlantic had been reclaimed to civilization,
and even then this small section possessed very-
few of the comforts of the period, as compared with
the mother country and nations of Europe."
After acquiring his homestead tract this enter
prising young Englishman entered upon his colonial
life by settling this rough, wooded country, then
" frontier." He probably began by felling trees, cut-
ing paths, hewing logs and building one of those
old-time cabins, with the huge outside chimney of
rough stones gathered in the vicinity ; and when
he had made it weather-tight, hung his trusty rifle
and powder horn on the overhanging rafters, and
then started to clear and till a patch of virgin soil,
and sow his first tobacco crop.
These cabins of first settlers are described as
log houses of two rooms only, a bedroom and
kitchen, with an adjoining shed for the live stock,
" where the horse trough was the family wash basin,
where stools and benches, hung against the wall,

Henry Sater's Old Slaves' Cabins and Yard.

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constituting the furniture ; where the kitchen table
served for dining table as well, and was handsomely
set out with bowls, trenchers and noggins of wood,
and gourds and squashes daintily cut, to add color
to the meal ; while the family was counted well off
that could muster a few spoons, and a plate or two
of shining pewter."
Like all the colonists of that period, Sater was
engaged for the first few years of his settlement in
the struggle for a home, during which time we
have no details of the hardships which he en
countered, probably because they did not differ
from the usual trials and difficulties experienced
by the first settlers. They must have included
many deprivations, scarcity of tools and imple
ments, and all the annoyances from an environment
of savages in an inaccessible forest, where every
necessity of life had to be obtained from a great
distance. He continued raising tobacco, improving his
settling and extending the acreage of his crops
with the help of slaves until his modest homestead
had become quite a domain.
Slaves were a necessary adjunct of every planta
tion at this time, and were universally employed in
this section of the country.
The Sater Family History remarks :
" The prospect of success in the planting of tobacco in a great
measure depends on the number of hands in the employ. These
as I suppose must have been procured from the slave ships
visiting the colony, of which slaves it is said he possessed a con
siderable number. I was personally acquainted with one of them
•Old Guinea Simon.' East of his dwelling and north of his
barn was the burial ground for his slaves. This ground was im-

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proved by his daughter Discretion by planting it with cherry
trees." And further adds :
"All taxes and purchases were payable in tobacco. The
English and Spanish coin in the province only served for pocket
money. It is possible he had resources in England and drew
from them as he shipped tobacco on his own account and ordered
that which was for his family and plantation."
This ancient slaves cemetery referred to above is
pointed out on the estate of the late George Brown,
known as Brookland-wood Manor, and has been
visited by the writer, where vestiges of the old
tombs are still seen. It is on an eminence along
the turnpike, and consists of a cleared field where
a number of weatherworn tomb-stones are clustered;
most of them have fallen down. Among the in
scriptions which could be deciphered, such names
as John Cockey, died 17 17 ; John Corsey, died 1736;
besides other names, probably called after former
owners and neighbors.
Only one large tree remains ; the cherry trees
planted by Discretion Sater are said to have been
cut down not long since, and the stumps are yet
visible. The original slave quarters are standing and the
stone cabins built by Henry Sater for his negroes
in those colonial days are in a good state of preser
vation, and occupied now for farm buildings.
Many of his descendants recall anecdotes of the
slave " Guinea Simon," who lived to a most ad
vanced age. Mrs. Isaac Walker remembered him
when she lived in Baltimore. '
Every person of means in the province owned

Ancient Cemetery of Sater's Slaves.

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slaves in Sater's time, and the custom continued
for many years later.
Sater's father-in-law, Wm. Towson, mentions nine
slaves by name in his will, which he distributed to
his family, and Thomas Walker, husband of Discre
tion Sater, in his last testament says: "my negro
woman Patty, who shall be retained as a slave by
my said wife Discretion Walker during her (my said
wife's) natural life and then to be manumitted and
made free forever."
Isaac Walker, grandson of Henry Sater, of Balti
more, freed all his slaves as far back as 1830.
Henry Sater never abandoned the original site he
selected for his home ; and occupied it during his
life. Here he developed that character for persever
ance and industry by which he became one of the
landmarks of the region of his adoption.
Scharf, in his History of Baltimore, says : " In the
Green Spring Valley, on the Green Spring branch
of the Northern Central Railway, nine miles from
Baltimore, is Brooklandville. The Sater Hills here
inclose the valley, and the scene is ideally pictur
esque."

CHAPTER II.
" In that mansion used to be
Free hearted hospitality ;
His great fires by the chimney roared,
The stranger feasted at his board." — Longfellow.
The first settlers who came from England
brought with them their prediliction for lands,
and their customs of acquiring, transferring and
retaining possession of same, which had been
handed down for generations. Their ancient Eng
lish laws and habits were transplanted to the new
world, and engrafted upon the colonists.
The landed estates of Maryland are among the
oldest in this country, and the deeds and grants
perpetuating the title to them are complete and
well preserved. Unlike many other States, neither
the colonial, revolutionary nor civil wars have so
devastated her territory as to cause the destruction
of public buildings and official papers.
Like all new comers, Henry Sater, after he had
beeome a planter, turned his attention to pre-empt
ing public lands ; but his original homestead he is
reported to have secured by purchase. Family
papers state : "Of his first settling upon Sater's
Ridge, in Baltimore Co., the land records of this

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County show a transfer of a great number of pieces
and parcels of land."
The earliest reference to him, among the files of
the Land Office of the Province, is within six or
seven years of his colonization, when he obtained
his first tract of land from Lord Baltimore, there
being due him January 7th, 1716, by virtue of a
warrant, fifty (50) acres of land on the north side
of Jones Falls, a branch of the Patapsco river, lying
in Baltimore County.
This plot was called " White Hall," and " com
menced at a bounded White Oak standing by a
small draft of the aforesaid Falls, and on the East
side of a tract of Land taken up by Thomas Car
penter." (See Appendix.)
These Falls are called after David Jones, the
earliest settler who took up lands June 15th, 1661,
on the north shore. This stream now constitutes
one of the main sources of the water supply of
Baltimore. There is a small village called " White Hall " on
the Northern Central Railway, twenty-two miles
north of the city — one of the principal dairy stations
on the line — which probably derives its name from
this old patent.
On the first of October, 17 18, the patent for the
White Hall tract was granted to Henry Sater by
Lord Baltimore (Charles the Second) upon such
terms and conditions as are expressed in a procla
mation of the Lord Proprietary (Charles the First),
dated 5th of April, 1684. The proclamation was as
follows :

"H proclamation.
Maryland, ss.:
We having for divers good causes and consid
erations, us thereunto moveing, fully resolved and
determined to alter our conditions of plantation of
this our province, and communicated to our councill
such resolutions. We have thought fitt (by and
with their advice and consent ) by this our procla
mation to publish and make known the same in
manner following, (viz.): That all persons, adven
turers or others of British or Irish descent, inhabit
ing, resideing or trading into this province, desirous
to take up any quantity or quantitys of land within
this our province, shall pay or secure to be paid
unto us or our heirs or such officer or officers as
shall be appointed by us and our heyres from time
to time to collect and receive the came, the just
quantity of one hundred and twenty pounds of
tobacco in cask for the just purchase, together with
two shillings sterling yearly rent for every fifty
acres of Land he or they shall make choice of and
take up as aforesaid in any part of this our province
except on the sea-board side and Delaware bay and
river to the fourtieth degree of northern latitude,
which for encouragement of such person or persons
as shall desire and undertake to seate the same,
Wee will, shall and may be taken up by any person
or persons of the descent aforesaid in any quantity
not exceeding the number of five hundred acres in
one tract to any one person, he or they paying or
securing to be paid therefore unto us and our heirs
or such officer or officers as aforesaid after the rate

of sixty pounds of tobacco in cask for the first pur
chase, together with one shilling sterling yearly
rent for every fifty acres, etc., etc."
All payments and fees connected with these land
grants were made in tobacco.
For examining and signing every certificate of
one hundred and fifty acres of land, thirty pounds
of tobacco was paid, and for every hundred acres
after the first, ten pounds up to three hundred acres,
and for a greater quantity of land five hundred
pounds of tobacco.
Among the recitals of Sater's patent is the fol
lowing quaint expression which has the flavor of
the feudal ages :
"To be holden of us and our heirs as of our
manor of Baltimore in free and common soccage
by fealty only for all manner of services."
According to Blackstone, these soccage tenures
were relics of Saxon freedom retained by those who
had not forfeited them to the King or exchanged
them for tenure by "Knight's" service, and were
not brought over by William the Conqueror among
the feudal establishments.
Conan Doyle says, "holding land by free and
common socage has been explained as having no
feudal superior and answerable to none less than
the King."
Payments were to be made yearly " at the City
of St. Marie's, at the two most usual feasts in the
year, viz.: the feast of the Annunciation of the

Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Arch
angel by even and equal portion the rent of two
shillings Stirling in silver or gold."
The feast of St. Michael is the 29th of September
or Michaelmas Day and is an occasion of festivals
in the Churches of England and Rome. In Eng
land it is one of the quarter days on which rents
become due, and is observed like our Thanks
giving Day, with a dinner of goose instead of
turkey. " September, when by custom (right divine)
Geese are ordained to bleed at Michael's shrine."
The patent bears the signature of "our trusty
and well beloved John Hart, Esq., our Governor and
Keeper of our said Greater Seals," etc., etc.
He was the royal Governor appointed by Queen
Anne as Lord Baltimore's lieutenant, and whose
commission was renewed by George the First upon
his accession in 17 14.
The nest grant to Sater from Lord Baltimore
was the 7th of March, 1723, for three hundred and
fifty acres of land in Baltimore County, known as
" Satyr's Addition," and located on the east side of
a hill near a run descending into Jones Falls.
The following is a certified copy :
Ibenrg Satgr, bis ©atent,

I Charles : To all, &c.

"Satyr's aa&ftton," 350 acres
Know Ye, That for and in Consideration that
Henry Satyr of Baltimore County in Our said prov
ince of Maryland hath due unto him three hundred

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and fifty Acres of land within Our said province by
Virtue of a Warrant for that Quantity granted him,
the said Henry Satyr out of Our land Office the
fifth day of Aprill seventeen hundred and seventeen
as appears in Our land Office, and upon such Con
ditions and Terms as are Expressed in Our Condi
tions of plantation of Our said province bearing
Date the fifth day of Aprill One Thousand Six
hundred Eighty-four, and remaining upon Record in
Our said province, Together with such Alterations
as in them are made by Our Conditions bearing
date the fourth Day of December One Thousand
Six hundred and ninety-six, Together also with the
Alterations made by Our Instructions bearing Date
at London the twelfth day of September seventeen
hundred and twelve and Registered in Our Land
Office of Our said province. Wee Doe therefore
hereby grant unto him, the said Henry Satyr, all
that Tract or parcell of Land called Satyr's Addition,
lying in the said County : Beginning at two Small
Bounded Black Oaks and One Small bounded
Hiccory standing on the East Side of a Hill near a
Run descending into Jones's falls and running
from the said Oaks and Hiccory East two hundred
and thirty perches, thence North three and a half
Degrees West One hundred and Eighty perches,
thence North fifty-five perches, thence North
Eighty-two Degrees West Two hundred and
Twenty-three perches, thence by a Straight line to
the said bounded Trees, Containing and now laid
out for three hundred and fifty acres of land more
or less According to the Certificate of Survey
thereof taken and returned into Our Land Office,

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bearing Date the thirtieth September One Thous
and Seven hundred and Eighteen, and there re
maining, Together with all Rights, Profits, Benefits
and Privileges thereunto belonging (Royal Mines
Excepted) : To have and to hold the same unto him
the said Henry Satyr his Heirs and assigns for Ever,
to be holden of Us and Our heirs as of Our Mannour
of Baltimore in free and Common Soccage by Fealty
only for all manner of Services Yielding and pay
ing therefore Yearly unto Us and Our heirs at Our
Receipt at the City of St. Mary's at the two most
usual Feasts in the year, viz. : The feast of the
Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary and Saint
Michael the Arch Angele by Even and Equal por
tions the Rent of fourteen shillings sterling in
Silver or Gold, and for a fine upon Every Alienation
of the said Land or any part or parcell thereof One
whole year's Rent in Silver or Gold or the full value
thereof in such Comodity as Wee and our heirs or
such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed by us
and our heirs from time to time to Collect and re
ceive the same, shall accept in discharge thereof at
the Choice of us and our heirs or such Officer or
Officers aforesaid, provided that if the said sum for
a fine for Alienation shall not be paid to us and
our heirs or such Officer or Officers afd before such
alienation and the sd alienation entered upon
Record either in the prove Court or County Court
where the same parcell of land lieth within thirty
days next after such alienation, then the said alien
ation shall be Void and of no Effect. Given under
Our greater Seal at Arms this Seventh day of May
seventeen hundred and twenty-three. Witness our

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trusty and welbeloved Richard Tilghman, Esq.,
Chancellor and Keeper of Our said greater Seal of
Our said province of Maryland.

Richd JiVJI Tilghman Keepr

3Lano ©ffice ot /IDarplanO, Set :
I hereby certify, that the aforegoing is a true
copy of the Patent of " Satyr's Addition," as recorded
in Liber P. L. No. 5, folio 258, one of the Record
Books of this office. In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the Land Office of Maryland, this
1 3th day of July, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four. Philip D. Laird,
Commissioner of the Land Office.

This property, from its name, was probably ad
joining his original tract which he acquired by
purchase or colonization, and here he had his dwell
ing. It was the plantation spoken of by historians,
where he was wont to entertain travelers with great
hospitality, especially itinerant Baptists on their
journeys through this region.
These colonists were said to be most lavish in
their hospitality, and it was not unusual for them
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to all guests, even strangers whom they had not
met before — " Planter's tables, you must know
Are free to all that come and go."
The Baltimore Rent Roll shows that "one acre,
part of 'Satyr's Addition,' 350 acres (which was
patented to Henry Sater, 7th of May, 1723), was
transferred by Henry Sater to Henry Loveall, 16th
Nov., 1742," for a church site, and the following
is the deed of same :

Henry Sator
to
Henry Loveall and Others.
Conveyance.

This Indenture made this sixteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty two,
between Henry Sator in the Province of Maryland and County
of Baltimore, plantor, on the one part, and Henry Loveall-
Thomas West, William Towson and William Browne in the
Province and County aforesaid, IVitnesseth, that the said Henry
Sator, for and in consideration of Two shillings sterling to him in
hand paid by the said Henry Loveall, Thomas West, William
Towson and William Browne aforesaid, the receipt whereof he
the said Henry Sator doth hereby acknowledge that he is there
with fully satisfied, contented and paid, and thereof and from all
and every part and parcel thereof doth by these presents acquit
and forever discharge the said Henry Loveall, Thomas West,
William Towson and William Browne and their heirs, executors
and administrators, them and every of them forever, hath given,
granted, bargained, sold, sett over, delivered and forever con
formed and by these presents do, give, grant, bargain, sett over

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and deliver and forever conform unto the above said Henry
Loveall as Pastor, and Thomas West, William Towson and
William Browne as Deacons and Elders to the Church Congre
gation or People of God, commonly called General Baptists and
to their Successors as such forever, as chosen by the Church of
Congregation as above said to the end of the world and end of
land situate and lying in or on his dwelling, plantation, otherwise
called Sator's Addition.
Beginning at a red oak tree marked on four sides running due
North sixteen perches, then due West twelve perches, then due
South sixteen perches, then East to the first mentioned tree be
the same more or less. To have to hold the said bargained land
and premises for the building a meetinghouse, burying place,
and all other buildings, erections and conveniences needful for
the Church and Congregation above said, and the said Henry
Loveall, Thomas West, William Towson and William Browne
and their successors as aforesaid, together with the Church Con
gregation as above said, shall and may from time to time and at
all times hereafter have, hold, enjoy and improve the said
bargained land and premises free and clear of and from and all
other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, dowerys, joyntures and all
other incumbrances whatsoever, the Lord of the fee foreprized
and excepted from the date of these presents, and that without
any manner of lett, hindrance, deniall, molestation whatsoever in
any kind soever from him the said Henry Sator, or his heirs,
executors, administrators or assigns, or from any of them or any
other person or persons whatsoever by virtue of him, them or
any of them, and the said Henry Sator doth for himself, his heirs,
executors and assigns, and for any of them further covenant and
agree to and with the above said Henry Loveall, Thomas West,
William Towson and William Browne and their successors as
Pastor and Deacons and Elders elected, chose and appointed by
the Church and Congregation aforesaid, to warrant and forever
defend the aforesaid bargained land and premises with all the
right, title, interest, profits, benefits, and appurtenances whatso
ever thereunto belonging, or in any manner of ways appertaining
to the same, from against all and all manner of persons whatso
ever claiming or to claim any right, title or interest, purchase,
property or demand whatsoever, unto or out of the same by
virtue of him the said Henry Sator, his heirs, executors, adminis-

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trators or assigns, or any other person or persons whatsoever by
virtue of him, them or any of them, and the said Henry Sator
doth for himself and for his heirs, administrators and assigns by
these presence covenant, engage, and oblige themselves to give,
grant, cause to be given and granted at any time or times here
after any other writing or deed of conveyance for the further
assurances and conformation of these premises unto the above
said Henry Loveall, Thomas West, William Towson and William
Browne, at the request of them or any of their successors as they
shall be advised by their Counsel in Law.
In witness hereunto he the said Henry Sator, in conformation
of all and every part and claim hereof, has set to his hand and
seal the day and year above written. Henry X Saytor. {seal.}
mark.
In presence of
hifl
George X Elliott. Ralph Broda.
mart,
Mem'd — That on the 7th day of February, 1742, came the
above Henry Sator, party to the within deed, and acknowledged
the within bargained tract or parcel of land to be the right estate
of the within Henry Loveall, Thomas West, William Towson
and William Browne, as Deacons and Elders of the within
Church, and their successors forever, and at the same time came
Dorcas Saytor, wife of the said Henry Saytor, and acknowledged
her right of dower of the above tract or parcel of land to the
aforesaid Henry Loveall, Thomas West, William Towson and
William Browne and their successors for the uses within men
tioned before.
George Buchanan.
Charles Ridgeley.
Received a half-penny sterling for an alienation fine of the
within land for the use of the Lord Baltimore by pro of Benjamin
Tasker, Esq., per Thomas Franklin. Received June the Eighth,
anno domini, One thousand seven hundred and forty-three and
then recorded. T. Brerewood, Clerk,
Bait. County Court.
In testimony hereof, that the aforegoing is a true copy taken

from Liber T. B. No. C. Folio 238, etc., one of the land Records
of Bait. County, which records are now in my keeping.
I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal
of the Superior Court of Bait. City, this 21st day
of June, A. D., 1865. Alfred Mace, Clerk.

On the 20th of May, the following year the
grant of "Satyr's Addition," he received another
patent of one hundred acres of land, being part
of a tract of three hundred and fifty (350) acres
which was due him by virtue of a warrant granted
the 22d day of September, 1719, and described as
" All that Tract or parcel of Land called Hale's
Discovery, lying and being in Baltimore County
aforesaid on the North West Branch of Herring
Run descending into Back River. Beginning at a
bounded White Oak, a bounded Red Oak and a
bounded Spanish Oak standing on a hill on the
North of the said branch, and by a road called
Richard Taylor's Ravling Road," etc.
This document is likewise signed by Richard
Tilghman, Esq., Chancellor and Keeper of the
Greater Seal, etc.
Among Sater's later grants from the Lord Pro
prietary was one for two hundred and seventy-seven
(277) acres in Baltimore County, known as " Chevy
Chase," by virtue of an assignment of a warrant
from George Brown for the quantity of two hun
dred acres, granted the said George Brown the
eighth day of July, seventeen hundred and twenty-
eight, and the remaining seventy-seven acres by
by virtue of an assignment of a warrant for that

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quantity from Richard Gallaway of Anne Arundel
County." It is described as commencing at " two bounded
White Oaks standing in the first line of a tract of
land called Nicholson's Manor," and is dated June
ioth, 1734, and has the signature of Samuel Ogle,
"Lieut. General and Chief Governor of our said
Province of Maryland, Chancellor, etc."
There is no clue to the name of this patent, as it
is so unlike the others, except that it was a popular
tale of the period. Edward Eggleston, in an article
on the "Colonists at Home," says:
"One is not surprised to learn that by such fire
sides ' Chevy Chase ' and other ancient ballads of
blood and slaughter were sung. Stories of more
recent encounters with the Indians must have
mingled well with old English folk songs."
This patent must have been acquired by Sater
by the purchase of warrants of others, as also an
other grant of fifty (50) acres called "Egypt."
According to the Rent Roll of Baltimore County
filed at Annapolis, Md., he possessed in 1853,
"Sater's Addition," surveyed 30th Sept., 1718,
and also " Egypt," which had been patented by
Henry Taylor Dec. 3d, 1743.
We learn from the records of the Land Office of
Maryland, that Sater's eldest son George received
the 29th of September, 1763 (after his father's de
cease) a tract called " Egypt Enlarged," comprising
Note. — Joseph Sater (Sater's youngest son), appointed guardian of
Charles Sater, orphan son of George Sater, late of Baltimore Co. (Balti
more Co. Orphan's Court, June Term, 1778). The Guardian's account,
rendered 25th Jan., 1787, mentions lands : " Egypt Enlarged," " Addition
to White Hall," and " Sater's Addition."

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eighty-two (82) acres, which was a resurvey of the
original Egypt patent.
Dr. Geo. W. Archer, of the Harford Co. Histor
ical Society, and an eminent genealogist of Mary
land, writes that in Sheriff Hall's assessment ledger
of Baltimore County; " Henry Sater " (another son)
"is assessed 1763 for White Hall, 50 acres; Sater's
Addition, 356 acres, Egypt 30 acres, and Chevy
Chase, yj acres."
The Rent Roll also states "that 'Hale's Dis
covery,' one hundred acres (which was patented to
Henry Sater 25th May, 1729), was in the possession
of Sarah Boring and that a transfer of said tract
from said Sarah was made to William Askew 3d of
May, 1754, also same tract by William Askew to
Alexander Stewart, 6th Oct., 1761."
From this it would appear that Sater had dis
posed of part of this original patent.
The dates of entry of his several warrants, and
his grants in Baltimore County, as surveyed and
filed in the land office are as viz :

Name.

Acres

Surveyed

Warrant

Patent

White Hall 

50

16 Jan., 1716

7 June, 1716

21 October, 1718

Satyr's Addition

350

30 Sept., 1718

5 April, 1718

7 May, 1723

Hales Discovery

350

22 Feb., 1719

32 Sept., 1718

(100 acres) 20 May, 1728

Chevy Chase 

200

6 Feb., 1728

8 July, 1728

10 June, 1734

Chevy Chase 

77

6 Feb., 1728

14 Aug., 1728

10 June, 1734

50

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•' The men who settled the Southern Colonies —
Virginia, Maryland and the Carolinas, were Cava
liers," says Miss Goodwin, the authoress of a recent
work on Southern life before the Revolution, "not
necessarily in blood, or even loyalty to the Stuart
cause, but cavalier in sympathies, in the general
view of life, in virtue and vices. So far as the
provinces could represent the mother country,
Virginia and Maryland reflected the Cavaliers, as
Massachusetts and Connecticut reflected the Puri
tans." It was to the colonial cavalier type Henry Sater
belonged, whose ideal was a large landed estate.
Commencing with the little " White Hall " plot
of only fifty acres, for which he obtained a patent
when twenty-six years old, his borders were grad
ually enlarged until he became the owner of a
manor of over one thousand acres with the usual
dwellings and necessary improvements.
This is confirmed by traditions in his family as
it has always been understood among Sater's de
scendants that his plantation was over a thousand
acres of land.
The writer's mother, who lived in Baltimore
when a young girl, and was familiar with many
incidents of her great grandfather Sater's history,
said that he came from England with one of the
Baltimores, had a manor with a large reservation,
including a deer park, — that he was very wealthy,
and entertained in a very hospitable manner.
His success as a planter is shown from the fact
that from 1716 to 1728, a period of only twelve
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land besides what he might have acquired by pur
chase. By the time he had taken out his next to last
claim (14th August, 1728) he had reached the age
of thirty-eight.

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CHAPTER III.
" Laws mild, impartial, tolerant and fixed
A bond of union for the people mixed ;
Such as good Calvert framed for Baltimore." — Burroughs.
Within the borders of the Maryland province
religious toleration was the watchword which was
the guide and rule of action, and protection to all
sects was not only secured by liberal statutes but
strictly enforced by the Courts.
The baptists had early promulgated the doctrine
of religious liberty, and freedom from all state or
government interference in ecclesiastical affairs.
It was natural therefore that their denomination
should take root and thrive in a colony where tolera
tion was the prevailing sentiment, and where laws
were enacted to repress all feuds of sects and allay
any antagonisms arising from differences of creeds
and beliefs.
Under these circumstances the rise and growth
of the Maryland baptists was rapid and free from
all those bitter persecutions which had engendered
so much feeling among the Puritans.
All baptist historians, as well as other authorities,
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ganizing the parent society of that denomination
in the province of Maryland.
Benedict's history of the baptists contains the
following account of the origin of the Chestnut
Ridge Church:
"This body was formed in 1742, and Henry Sator,
a layman, is represented as its founder. He was a
General Baptist, and removed hither from England
in 1709. Soon after his settlement in this colony,
which was in its northern parts, he invited baptist
ministers to preach in his house, by which means a
few, from time to time, were proselyted to his
sentiments, and after many years a church was
gathered in his neighborhood."
"Among the ministers who officiated with this
infant community as pastors or supplies, in early
times, were George Eglesfield from Pa.; Paul
Palmer, whose name will appear among the baptists
in N. C. ; Henry Loveall, and probably others."
"The covenant entered into by this people, and
which was presented to the Governor and Court of
this then Catholic Province, when the society was
taken under the protection of the toleration laws,
was expressed in the following terms :"
"We, the humble professors of the Gospel of
Christ, baptized upon a declaration of faith and re
pentance, believing the doctrine of general redemp
tion (or the free grace of God extended to all man
kind), do hereby seriously, heartily, and solemnly, in
the presence of the Searcher of all hearts, and before
the world, covenant, agree, bind, and settle our
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for the faith once delivered to the saints, owned by
the best reformed churches in England, Scotland
and elsewhere, especially as published and main
tained in the forms and confessions of the baptists
in England and Scotland, except in infant baptism,
modes of church government, the doctrine of abso
lute reprobation, and some ceremonies. We do
also bind ourselves hereby to defend and live up to
the protestant religion. * * * We do also engage
with our lives and fortunes, to defend the crown
and dignity of our gracious sovereign King George,
to him and his issue forever ; and to obey all his
laws, humbly submitting ourselves to all in au
thority under him, and giving custom to whom
custom, honor to whom honor, tribute to whom
tribute is due. We do further declare that we are
not against taking oaths, nor using arms in defense
of our king and country when legally called thereto ;
and that we approve and will obey the laws of this
Province. And further, we bind ourselves to follow
the patterns of our brethren in England, to main
tain order, government, and discipline in our
church, especially that excellent directory of Rev.
Francis Stanley, entitled, ' The Gospel Honor and
Church Ornament,' dedicated to the churches in
the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham and Cam
bridge. We also engage that all persons upon
joining our society shall yield consent to and sub.
scribe this our solemn league and covenant. Sub
scribed by us whose names are underwritten, this
ioth day of July, 1742."
"Mr. Sator bore an excellent character, and may
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but of the baptist interest in Maryland. His assist
ance in building the place of worship and his gifts
of land to the minister are mentioned as peculiar
marks of his liberality."
Scharf pays the same glowing tribute to him :
"Although not a minister, he was an active and
zealous baptist christian, and so respected by his
neighbors and by the civil authorities that there is
no evidence of any interference on account of his
belief or worship. He was pious, liberal, loved and
long remembered. In those days most of the bap
tist ministers were accustomed to travel and preach
as invited or permitted, sometimes sending appoint
ments in advance, and sometimes using providential
opportunities on the spot. Such ministers Henry
Sater was wont to entertain and to ask them to
preach at his house."
Weishampel's "History of Baptist Churches in
Maryland" describes the organization of the church
and says:
"He was frequently called upon to entertain
strangers. Among the travelers from Eastern
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia there was
found occasionally a Baptist minister, and such Mr.
Sater always invited to his ' plantation ' to preach
at his dwelling. Encouraged by the number who
attended services, he at length determined to pro
vide a more suitable place of worship, and erected
a meeting-house on his own land at his own ex
pense."

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Among the middle and southern colonies, where
the residences of the settlers were widely scattered,
religious exercises were not infrequently held in
groves, and in bad weather, private dwellings and
barns were used.
Sater's Family History continues : "The barn has
been removed ; before the meeting-house was built,
that was used for a place of worship. The religious
of all denominations were invited. * * * Previous
to building a meeting-house, Henry and Dorcas
Sater convey the lot in 1742 to Henry Loveall and
others in trust for the use of the General Baptist
Church and congregation. Dorcas (daughter of
Wm. Towson) laid the corner brick in the founda
tion of the house."
This place of worship was built upon " Sater's
Addition," the 350 acres patent from the Lord Pro
prietor the 7th of May, 1723, and is two miles dis
tant from Brooklandville Station, on the Green
Spring Branch of the Northern Central Railway.
It is on an elevated plateau, running along for
some distance, and known as Chestnut Ridge, and
near another ridge called Sater's. The view is
commanding, and the surrounding country very
attractive. The church is approached by a very old road
known as "church lane," lined with extremely tall
trees, very close together, and forming a hedge on
either side. This lane is a straight road from the
" Falls turnpike " to the church entrance, with a
cleared field on one side and on the other an
ancient forest abounding in hickory, oak and
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The meeting-house, a one story and brick struc
ture, with white trimmings, shingle roof, and two
outside chimneys built up from the ground, is sub
stantially the same as when first erected, excepting
those alterations mentioned hereinafter.
Like the mansions of the wealthiest planters of
the colony, it was of brick, the old portion of which
was made from English brick, (according to tradi
tion imported by Henry Sater). The windows
placed on each side of the building and at the
gable ends consisted of the small panes of glass of
that period which were also said to have been sent
for from abroad by the founder. They have since
been replaced by large sized glass and modern
window sashes.
Originally the church opened directly outside
with only a single pair of doors. When the last
changes were made, a vestibule eight feet two
inches long and thirteen feet four inches in width
was added, with extra doors, one side of this addi
tion being filled up with book shelves for the
library. The present dimensions of the building are:

Length of main building,

¦ 41 feet,

Width " "

¦ 30 "

Height " "

¦ 15 "

It contains 21 pews, with aisles at each end.
Few members of the church and congregation
are left in this neighborhood, except the sexton,
Miss Laura Cockey, who lives with her mother

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near the church, and has the custody of the keys
and general care of the property.
Mr. W. T. Foster, a deacon of over forty years
connection with its history, and his son, Mr. Edward
R. Foster, Superintendent of the Sunday School,
reside at Sherwood, about four miles distant.
Regarding the history of Saters, Deacon Foster
writes :
" The existence of this church is prior to the date of the deed,
and they used his (Mr. Sater's) house for meetings before the
church house was built. The largest number of membership
was about 180, but for many years, owing to the sparse popula
tion, the number has been below 50. The population is begin
ning to thicken up some little and we hope for better things in
the future.
You ask for church records. There is nothing of its history
except as I have stated what is to be found in Benedict's Church
History. Tradition is largely drawn upon for most of the so-
called history. The archives or church records were said to be
burned in the house of the clerk. This is the first of the baptist
churches in this state, and is held in high esteem by our baptist
brethren far and near. Of course the organization is not con
tinuous from 1742 to the present time, but in all probability has
been reorganized more than once.''
Aside from the many associations with which
this mother church of the large denomination in
Maryland is invested, it is doubly interesting from
the fact of its survival through the ravages of the
French and Indian wars, the hostilities of an inde
pendence struggle, the conflicts of 181 2 and the
civil war, and that it has outlived so many genera
tions of its worshippers.
Carlyle recalls one of these old meeting-houses
which he used to attend as a boy in the following
touching language :

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" Poor temple of my childhood," he wrote sixty
years after, " to me more sacred at this moment
than perhaps the biggest cathedral extant would
have been; rude, rustic, bare, no temple in the
world was more so, but there were sacred lamben
cies, tongues of authentic flame from heaven which
kindled what was best in me, what had not yet
gone out."
Around the church are some gigantic oaks that
must be at least two hundred years old, besides
great chestnuts and evergreens. This corresponds
with the records of Prudence Sater's family, de
scribing the building as, " in the heart of a magni
ficent grove of oak trees, there being no more
beautiful spot upon his great plantation."
The site includes one acre of land used as a
church-yard, containing the last resting place of
many of the original settlers and their descend
ants. The use of a single acre plot for this purpose is
of very early origin, Longfellow says :
" I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls
The burial ground God's acre ! It is just ;
It consecrates each grave within its walls
And breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust."
The cemetery surrounds the church on all sides
and contains many old tomb stones, some of which
are so worn that the inscriptions have become
obliterated. Among a row of graves nearest the meeting
house and towards " church lane," (and on the
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are to be found the Saters, Walkers and Towsons,
side by side in one line.
Near the church doors the remains of Henry
Sater's daughter Discretion and her husband,
Thomas Walker, are marked by two marble tombs,
(erected by their descendants, the Leverings of
Baltimore), bearing the following :
Sacreo Sacreo
to tbc mentors of to tbe memory of
discretion malfter, Gbomas TRUaUter,
IRellct of Cbomas TKttalfcer, wbo was born Sept. 1742,
wbo oeparteo tbis life ano
Dec. 7tb, 1823, 2>feo 18tb Oct., 1818,
Hgeo 76 gears. ageo 76 grs. ano I montb.
Alongside of these is a slab marked :
Bnn, wife of
J>bil. Gowson, ©ieo June stb, 1800,
Sgeo 38 gears, 10 montbs ano 6 oags,
This was probably the wife of Philemon Towson,
a brother of Gen. Nathan Towson, U. S. Army, and
grandson of William Towson, one of the trustees
of the church. The Baltimore directory for 1829
contains the name of Philemon Towson, (Liberty,
near Baltimore Streets).
In the same row, near the former grave, is a

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stone marking the last resting place of Henry,
(second) son of Henry Sater, with the record :
•tbenrg Sater,
Dieo fl&arcb 8tb, 1788,
1Tn tbe 44tb gear of bis age.
This son was born 27th of April, 1745, and mar
ried Hannah, daughter of John Stansbury of Balti
more County, Md.
The next grave is that of Henry Sater's grandson,
and fourth son of Henry (second) and Hannah
(Stansbury) Sater, and is inscribed ;
©eorae Sater,
Dieo September istb, 1798,
ageo 28 gears.
A most ancient slab near one of the church win
dows bears the simple inscription, Henry Sater;
but there is nothing left to indicate for which of
the Saters it was intended, the name scarcely
being legible.
Besides these, there are many weather worn
stones which were placed there to mark the burial
places of others of the family, but have since
crumbled away or fallen down.
One stone records the death of Capt. John Cockey,
who departed this life Feb. 8th, 1808. He was gen
erally known as "Gentleman John," and married
Rebeckah, daughter of Joseph Cromwell; another

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daughter, Sarah Cromwell, was the wife of Ezekiel
Towson, (Mrs. Henry Sater's brother).
Among other names of old inhabitants recorded
here are those of Gorsuch, Merryman, Worrel,
Burnham, Rider and Jones.
One is reminded of Washington Irving's descrip
tion of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in passing through
the Sater churchyard :
" Long rows of grave stones, side by side, of
similar names, but various dates, showed that
generation after generation of the same families
had followed each other and been garnered together
in this last gathering place of kindred."
One of the restrictions made by Sater in his deed
of the property was that the burial grounds, etc.,
were to be " forever free," which provision has con
tinued in force until the present time. No burial
plot has ever been sold in this cemetery. Mr.
George Brown, the owner of the surrounding land,
has since donated two additional acres to the
church, which will permit the sale of lots here
after from the new addition.
A resident of Brooklandville, Md., wrote in 1895 :
"The foundation of the barn of the Sater home
stead was torn away last spring (1894) by Mr. J.
McK. Merryman, present owner of the original
Sater Homestead."

SATER'S MEETING HOUSE.
FIRST HAPTIST CHURCH ERKCTEI) IN MARYLAND A.u. 1743

CHAPTER IV.

" They are all passing from the land
Those churches old and gray
In which our fathers used to stand
In years gone by and pray."
— Elizabeth Oakes Smith.

The little old-fashioned meeting-house, nestling
among the Brooklandville hills on the outskirts of
Baltimore is one of those stepping stones which
connect us with the earliest colonial times.
A trifle more than a century before the birth of
this church, the first baptist movement in this
country was inaugurated at Providence, Rhode
Island, when Ezekiel Holiman baptized Roger
Williams, and this famous clergyman in turn bap
tized Holiman and ten others, (March, 1639).
Next to the Episcopalians and Congregationalists,
the Baptists are the oldest of the Protestant organ
izations of America, and the earliest baptist com
munity in Massachusetts is the first church of
Swansea, and next in age to the Providence church.
Although the Swansea society dates from 1663,
it was organized as early as 1649 by the noted
Obediah Holmes and others.
Two Rhode Island baptist churches — the first

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and second — of Newport, come next in chronological
order, dating back to 1644 and 1656 respectively,
and they were followed by the first baptist church
of Boston, Mass., May 28th, 1665.
"In Sater's church," according to a circular
issued from the church, "we have the beginnings
of the Baptist interest in Maryland. Because of
the immense territory of time covered by the ex
periences of this church, a full satisfactory history
thereof is not intended. The facts here secured
are but the outposts that indicate the boundary of
time's territory covered by her history."
To fully appreciate the circumstances, and under
stand the surroundings of this anti-revolutionary
land mark, it is necessary to recall other houses of
worship of the same period.
The second (or Baldwin Place) Baptist Church of
Boston was contemporaneous with it.
"Public worship was continued in James Bownd's
dwelling house, Sheafe Street, from October 3d,
1742, till June 23d, 1745, and then," says the clerk
in his journal, "we removed the meeting to my
school house, and there held our public worship
until Lord's day, March 15th, 1746, when we met in
our new meeting-house for the first time."
The Rev. Baron Stowe, in his centennial dis
course in this church a century later, remarks that,
"at this period [1740] the baptist denomination on
this continent was exceedingly limited, numbering
only thirty-seven churches and probably less than
three thousand members."
The renowned South Church of Boston, corner of
Milk and Washington Sts., one of the best known

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landmarks of New England, was, only twelve years
earlier, built in 1730 upon the site of a church
dating back to 1669.
Among contemporaneous buildings erected the
same year as Sater's, we recall Faneuil Hall, Boston,
(alluded to in the preface) ; the old Lutheran meet
ing-house of Philadelphia and the Baptist church of
Ringwood, N. J.
Sater's church grew so rapidly that within four
years its membership had increased to 181, and
during the founder's lifetime was very flourishing,
and gave rise to numerous other churches, spread
ing to different colonies.
The first company of baptists in Virginia were
emigrants from England, who organized a church
in 1 7 14, opposite Jamestown, on the south side of
the river, Isle of Wight County, and afterwards
another at Brandon in Surrey County.
"While this movement was in progress in the
southern part of Virginia," says Armitage in his
History of the Baptists, " the influence of the Welsh
baptists in Pennsylvania and Delaware began to be
felt in Berkeley, Loudon and Rockingham Counties,
which were visited by their ministers. Semple
thinks that these laborers first reached the colony
through Edward Hays and Thomas Yates, members
of the Sater's Baptist Church in Maryland, and that
Revs. Loveall, Heaton and Garrard soon followed
them." This branch church was at Opeckon Creek,
Berkeley County, Va., near the site of Martinsberg,
and was subsequently known as Mill Creek Church.
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the Virginia colony is given by Benedict in his
History of the Baptists, as viz. :
"In the year 1743, a number of the members of
the General Baptist Church at Chestnut Ridge, in
Maryland, removed to Virginia and settled in this
place, the most noted of whom were Edward Hays
and Thomas Yates. Soon after their removal,
their minister, Henry Loveall, followed them and
baptized about fifteen persons, whom he formed
into a church on the Armenian plan."
" The country in which they had settled was but
thinly inhabited, and was subject to inroads of the
Indians." " Some of these savage irruptions took place not
long after Mr. Garrard had settled among them ;
in consequence of which he and many of the church
removed below the Blue Ridge, and resided for
some time in Loudon County on Ketockton Creek."
Here another church was organized with Mr.
Garrard as pastor.
In addition to the spread of the denomination
from Sater's to Opeckon and Ketockton, Virginia,
and others to North Carolina, it is stated that
Winter Run, the First Baltimore, Taney Town,
and Gunpowder Creek churches in Maryland orig
inated from it.
" The second baptist church formed in Maryland
sprang from this ; in 1747, or five years after Chest
nut Ridge was constituted, some of the members
invited 'Particular Baptists' to preach among
them, as their church was pastorless and supplies
were only occasional. Fourteen of these Chestnut
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these, in 1754, a church was organized at Winter
Run, which was afterwards called Harford or Hart
ford, by Benjamin Griffiths and Peter Patterson
Van Horn, ministers from the Philadelphia Baptist
Association. This Harford church, 'constituted
in Baltimore County, Maryland,' was received into
the Philadelphia Association, Oct. 7th, 1755, under
the name Baltimore, and bears that name in the
minutes until 1774. The church grew rapidly,
absorbing the Chestnut Ridge church, and was for
a long time regarded as one of the principal churches
of the country. In 1771 it had four meeting places.
Besides the main church at Winter Run, one
branch met in the house at Chestnut Ridge, belong
ing to the General Baptists, another at Patapsco,
and a third near Winchester."
"During the War of the Revolution," says the
Rev. G. F. Adams, "the members were very much
scattered and the church became extinct. After
the country was blessed with peace the scattered
fragments were gathered by the ministry of the
venerable John Davis and were reorganized under
the name 'Sater's.' Elders Absalom Butler and
George Grice, both of them good men and true,
afterward ministered to this church."
"The original meeting-house built by Mr. Sater
became too small and was enlarged early in the
present century [by the addition of about fourteen
feet]. To celebrate the re-dedication of the house
after its enlargement, a ' June Meeting ' was estab
lished. From that time to the present, this meeting
has been irregularly maintained on the second
Sunday in June. Scores of people come from the

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surrounding country and from the City of Balti
more to hear the word preached. Sometimes the
crowd has been so large that they have been obliged
to abandon the house and hold their services in the
grove of primeval oaks surrounding the house."
"Mr. Grice continued to be their pastor till his
death in 1826. His remains lie buried near the
northwest corner of the meeting-house."
In June, 1895, the usual anniversary was held,
and is thus described in a Maryland paper :
"Venerable Sater's Church.
" Sater's Baptist Church, on Chestnut Ridge, in the eighth dis
trict of Baltimore County, was crowded Sunday. The second
Sunday in June is always an occasion of much interest there, and
it is called the ' June Meeting,' where people attend from many
miles around the country.
"An all-day meeting on the second Sunday of this month has
been held at Sater's for over a century. By some the yearly
gathering has been called the ' cherry meeting,' because cherries
are ripe at that time.
"The church is one of the oldest in the State, having been
built before the revolutionary war. Many persons who make
their annual pilgrimages to the 'June meeting,' do so for the
purpose of meeting old friends and relatives."
All-Day Meeting at Sater's.
The annual all-day meeting at Sater's Baptist Church, on
Chestnut Ridge, was held yesterday and was in charge of the
pastor, Rev. Charles Adey. A Bible school was held at 10 A. M.
There was preaching at 11 A. M. by Rev. John L. Kramer, and
exercises were held by the Sunday School at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. Sater's Church is one of the oldest in the State.
— Baltimore Sun, June ijth, 1896.
After the decease of Mr. Grice, this church had
no settled pastor, but was obliged to depend upon

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visiting clergymen from other churches, until about
1840, when this church had become nearly extinct.
At the commencement of its second century of
existence in 1842, the church was incorporated by
the Legislature of the State of Maryland, and
among these incorporators were the Revs. Sater
Thos. Walker and George F. Adams ; the former a
grandson of the founder, and the latter, the author
of an article on this church, as quoted above.
For a few years after this, there was no regular
organization at Sater's ; but sometimes the Rev.
Joseph Mettam and Rev. Daniel Cumming filled
the pulpit.
Among other clergymen who subsequently
visited and officiated there were Revs. F. Wilson,
J. A. McKean, S. P. Hill, Geo. F. Adams and
Robert Fuller.
In November, 1864, the Executive Board of the
Maryland Baptist Union Association appointed
Rev. J. L. Lodge to the charge of this church.
The structure was almost ruined from neglect
and exposure to the weather. Mr. Lodge soon
gathered a Sunday school of nearly forty children,
and in a short time quite a large congregation to
regular preaching services.
At the time of his accession to the pastorate,
there had been no material alterations of the in.
terior since it was built. The same old-fashioned
high pulpit with winding stairs existed, surmounted
by the customary canopy, an octagonal sounding
board.
"That sounding board, to me it seem'd
A cherub poised on high —
A mystery, I almost deemd
Quite hid from vulgar eye." — E. Oakes Smith.

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The old organization having practically become
extinct through the deaths and changes of resi
dence of its members, it was reconstructed under
the able ministry of Mr. Lodge, with a new board
of trustees.
In September, 1865, the surviving members of
the old board of trustees transferred the property
to the new board, and the church revived, so that
in November of the same year it received an acces
sion of fifteen members by baptism. Mr. Lodge
occupied the pulpit for four years, during which
time there were considerable gains in membership.
"During Mr. Lodge's pastorate, the house was
completely renovated. The old high wine glass
pulpit, reached by a winding staircase, with an
octagonal sounding board suspended from the ceil
ing over the preacher's head, gave place to a modern
platform. A cupola was erected, a bell procured,
new seats furnished, doors and windows repaired,
the whole painted, and a new substantial fence
placed around the lot."
This ancient meeting-house is a well preserved
structure with the air of antiquity, notwithstanding
its renovations and improvements. It was built
without steeple, cupola or bell, probably because
dissenters were forbidden these things in England.
This latter explains the inscription upon the bell
erected upon the baptist church at Providence,
completed in May, 1775 :
" For freedom of conscience the town was first planted.
Persuasion, not force was used by the people ;
This church is the eldest and has not recanted,
Enjoying and granting bell, temple and steeple.'

Another reason for the absence of the bell, in ye
olden days, the worshippers, as was the ancient
custom, were often assembled at the sound of the
drum, and sometimes by the notes of a horn.
The baptist meeting-house in Reading, Mass.,
was in like manner enlarged in 1822 by an addition
and a cupola and bell.
The town records of Newbury, Mass., however,
show that the church bell was in early use there,
Jan. 4th, 1706:
" Voted that the new bell be hanged in the turret
of the meeting-house, with all convenient speede.
Also to take care that the bell be rung at nine of
the clock every night and the day of the month be
every night tolled."
After Mr. Lodge's resignation in 1869, the Rev.
John W. Jones became pastor, and continued until
1 87 1. Subsequently the pulpit was filled semi
monthly by Dr. Isaac Cole.
Rev. E. B. Walts was its minister from 1876 to
1880, and was succeeded by Rev. T. D. D. Clark,
and Dr. C. D. Parker, who preached for short
periods. In 1885, the Rev. James A. Woolf assumed the
pastorate, at which time this church was reported
as being in a flourishing condition, self-supporting,
and as having enlarged and repaired the building
again. The Revs. Wm. Nicholl and Wm. Hubbard suc
cessively followed Mr. Woolf as pastors, and from
June, 1892 to 1895, Wm. E. Robertson, of Cavalry
Church, Towson. Rev. Chas. Adey, of Luther-
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The following are the concluding remarks of
an address issued by the church :
" If the trees, by whose arms the building has
been shielded from sun and storm, could speak, or
the sainted ones, whose mortal remains are con
fined in the mounds that seem to keep vigil around
her walls, could reveal their respective links of
knowledge in the chain of her history, how pon
derous a volume would result ! Many persons now
living may tell of the material and visible strug-
glings and rejoicings ; but only eternity, interpreted
by the Omnipotent One, can make known the moral,
mental and spiritual worth and work of the 'Grand
Mother Church' of theiBaptists in Maryland."

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Xist of pastors of Sater Baptist Cburcb.

George Eglesfield, of Pa. i Before the church
Paul Palmer. \ was built.
Henry Loveall, 1742-1746.
Benj. Griffith, [
Peter Van Horn, S '^ /5
John Davis, 1 756-1 809.
Absalom Butler, 1 799-1803.
George Grice, 1803-1826.
Joseph Met r am, i After 1840.
Daniel Cumming, X Occasionally preached.
F. Wilson,
J. A. McKeon,
S. P. Hill,
G. F. Adams,
R. Fuller,
J. L. Lodge, 1864-1868.
John W. Jones, 1868-1871.
Isaac Cole, 1 871-1876.
E. B. Walts, 1 876-1 880.
T. D. D. Clarke, ) l88o_l882.

Visited and preached.

C. D. Parker,
Jas. A. Woolf, 1 884-1 885.
Wm. Nicholl, 188 5- 1890.
Wm. Hubbard, 1890-1891.
Wm. E. Robertson, June, 1892-1895.
Chas. Adey, June, 1895- 1897.

CHAPTER V.
" Who are they but the men of toil
Who cleave the forest down
And plant, amid the wilderness
The hamlet and the town." — Stewart.
Among the chronicles of the lives of the early
settlers who formed the vanguard of American
civilization, the accounts of their marriages and
family history are usually meagre and brief, and
in the case of our colonists' wedlock, we are only
furnished with an outline.
It was not until his fortieth; year — that is about
1730 — that Henry Sater took a, wife, Miss Steven
son, (probably the daughter of a neighbor) by
whom he had no children.
Family history has not preserved the names of
the parents of his first wife, other than Stevenson.
As there is a station on the Green Spring Branch
Railway, only two miles distant, of„thelsame name,
it is presumed that his wife's family were the
original settlers of the district after whom it was
called. Cockeysville, Towson, and adjoining places in
this vicinity owe their names to the families who
were founders.
All that tradition has handed down to us on this

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subject is, that after some years of married life,
she died and was buried in the south east corner
of his garden, in front of his dwelling, in the direc
tion of the meeting house afterward erected.
Regarding the site of the homestead, Mr. Foster,
of Rider, Baltimore Co., Md., writes:
"As to the house Mr. Sater lived and died in, I
have never seen ; but the foundations of his dwell
ing house are there and doubtless the garden in
which his first wife was buried ; persons who pulled
the old house down are living now and have told
me it was known as the house Mr. Sater lived in."
There is still living in this neighborhood a very
old man called Edward Burnham who remembers
the home of Sater, and helped tear down the old
building. In another letter Mr. Foster adds : " I
could have aided you in locating Mr. Sater's dwel
ling; you no doubt noticed the grove of trees near
the house which is nearest to the church, it was in
this grove where tradition locates the dwelling, and
it is marked by a rude hole some ten feet square
and nearly covered up with old things."
Here the Saters " lived, according to tradition,
an ideal country life, in the midst of their prosper
ous plantation of one thousand acres of wood and
bottom land, attended by the customary compli
ment of slaves and dispensed to all comers the
generous hospitality."
About ten years after his first marriage, Sater
ventured upon matrimony again. Early in 1740,
he married Dorcas, the daughter of William and
Catherine (Allen) Towson, of Towsontown, Md.
From Sater's second marriage, he had four sons

and two daughters, all born on his Chestnut Ridge
plantation. The record of these births is contained in the
family bible of the youngest son, Joseph, now in
the possession of his (Joseph's) grandson, Mr. Thos.
Enoch Sater, of Preston, Ohio. It reads as viz. :
Children of Henry Sater.
George Sater was Born the 20th day of October in
the year 1740, and Departed this life in Aprill,
1768, the son of Henry the Elder.
Prudence Sater, daughter of Henry and Dorcas,
was Born November 25th, 1743.
Henry Sater, son of Henry and Dorcas, was Born
Aprill 27th, 1745, and Departed life.
Discretion Sater, daughter of Henry and Dorcas,
was Born Aprill 3d, 1749.
John Sater, Son of Henry and Dorcas, was Born
Aprill 1 st, 1 75 1.
Joseph Sater, son of Henry and Dorcas, was Born
December 25th, 1753, [and Departed this life
October 27th, 1833.]
"The above are the first generation of Saters
born in Baltimore County and State of Maryland,
North America."
Henry Sater's family history contains the follow
ing reference to the Indians of the Province about
this time :
" In 1740, this province raised three hundred men to go to join
the other forces against the French and Indians from Canada
Maryland had suffered but little from the Indian Wars. In 1677

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Col. Corsey negotiated a peace with the Sennecas and the rest of
the five nations at Albany for Maryland and Virginia. To this
confederation was added the Tuscaroras in 1712, making six
nations. There yet remained many Indians in this State. Often
the inhabitants would have to take to the forts to protect them
selves from their scouting parties and drive their stock towards
the landings, although there was a general cessation of hostilities
from the treaty of peace concluded in 1725 by the council
ordered by the General Court at Boston as far south as Virginia.
It was supposed they would be again disposed to hostilities had
they not been under the immediate influence of French interest."
" When this took place Henry Sater was in the enjoyment of a
family and plantation on the ridge of land known as Sater's
Ridge, ten miles north of Baltimore, engaged in the cultivation of
tobacco." " He held considerable bodies of land in possession, through
what means he came by them I am not prepared to say. further
than I never heard of any grants in his farm, nor have I any
knowledge of his pecuniary means, but suppose his resources
must have been considerable."
Mr. Alex. C. Chenoweth has informed the writer
that he thought the patents which Henry Sater
received from Lord Baltimore, "in free and com
mon soccage, etc.," were rewards for military
service. Referring to the first settlers, in his Genealogy
he says : " Each male member was constantly
under arms ready for military service. The tenure
of land by grants from the Lord Proprietor, Lord
Baltimore, was drawn in recognition of this service.
The exposure and hardships, encounters with sav
ages, numerous and unrecorded in many cases,
have left impressions of true patriotism worthy
of commemoration."
About the time of Braddock's defeat, the life of
this colonist was drawing to its close; but the

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records give us but few facts which throw much
light upon his end.
We learn, however, that he expired May, 1 754, at
his plantation on Chestnut Ridge, in the 65th year
of his age, and the 46th year of his settlement, and
was buried under the center of the meeting-house
which he loved so well.
Thus closed the earthly career of a representa
tive planter, and "first settler" of the early part of
the eighteenth century, and whose name, though
not associated with any daring deed or heroic act,
has nevertheless been handed down to posterity as
a shinning example of a true Christian, to whom
the words of Whittier may be applied :
" With weary hand, yet steadfast will
In old age as in youth
Thy Master found thee sowing still
The good seeds of his truth."
His life opened under the reign of William and
Mary ; he emigrated in the time of Queen Anne,
and lived in Maryland while the two Georges, first
and second, were on the throne, under the jurisdic
tion of the three lords Baltimore, Benedict Leonard
Calvert, Charles Calvert and Frederick Calvert.
There must have been some extraordinary talent
which enabled this sturdy pioneer to hew out for
himself a fortune amid the wilds of the infant
colony. That his course was marked by an uncommon
fixedness of purpose and strong determination is
shown by all his acts.
Resolute and inflexible he carried his religion
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it amid the most unpropitious surroundings and
adverse conditions of the new settlement.
He belonged to that class of pioneers of this
country who have contributed so much to its civil
ization and have been so-called the "Makers of
America." Distinguished not only as a founder of the Bap
tist Society in the province, and a life long and
earnest supporter of their principles, he was also
noted for his liberality, courage and probity.
Every man, however humble, exerts an uncon
scious influence and power — for good or evil —
which works long after he is gone and forgotten —
works through the thoughts and deeds of survivors,
with an unfaltering energy.
Who can measure the far reaching influence of
this progenitor's character and example, as stamped
upon his associates and descending to later genera
tions. Dorcas Sater, his widow, was left with a family
of six small children ; the eldest son being but
fourteen years of age. The two boys, Henry and
John, were aged respectively nine and three, while
the daughters, Prudence and Discretion, were
eleven and five years old, and the baby, Joseph,
was but six months of age.
This faithful mother, who was much her hus
band's junior, reared this family of little ones, and
lived to see them all grow up and marry. She
survived her husband many years, and according
to the tradition of one branch of the family,
married again and became Mrs. Gossage.
Six months before his death, Sater executed a
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Orphan's Court of Baltimore, Md. It is a quaint
document, with its ancient spelling and curious
phraseology, as viz. :
•fcenr? Sater's Xast Will anO Testament.
In the fear of Almighty God and regard to the uncertainty of
Time in this world it Seemeth good to me Henry Sater of Balti
more County in the province of Maryland to make this for my
Last Will and Testiment relateing to those things it hath pleased
God to bless me with in this world being at this time in perfect
Memmory and Sound disposeing minde First my Will and
desire is that all those Lawfull debts which shall be due from me
at the time of my deceas with my funeral expenceses be well and
truely paid. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Sons
George Sater, Henry Sater, John Sater, * * * * all my
Lands whereof I shall die possessed ; with all my right, Title
and Interest therein and appurtanences thereto belonging to be
Equally diveided unto them four with due regard to quallity as
well as quantity to them their heirs and Assignes forever ; but
provided * * * * any of my aforesaid Sons die without
heirs lawfully begotten before arriveing at age Lawfully to
receive an Eaquil part of my Lands as aforesaid ; that then and
in such case all my aforesaid Lands shall be eaquilly devided
unto and amongst my Liveing Sons as aforesaid as they shall
arrive at age Lawfully to receive the same, such Divition to be
made by three reputable freehoulders of the County aforesaid, to
be Chosen and Elected thereto by my Heir or Heirs aforesaid
and my executor hereafter named or the Vestry of the parrish
wherein I now dwell. Lastly I constitue appoint and ordaine
Neighbour Joseph Tayler my sole Executor of this my Last Will
and Testiment haveing no other in the World in wittness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 16th day of
November, 1753.
Henry X Sater.
mark.
Signed, Sealed and declared to be his Last Will and Testa
ment in the presence of us
Joseph Tayler.
Charles Gorsuch.
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Baltimore County, May 30th, 1754.
Came Joseph Tayler being one of the people called Quakers
and Solemnly Affirmed, that he Saw the Testator Henry Saytor,
sign the foregoing Will and heard him publish and Declare the
same to be his Last Will and Testament and at the time of his
so doing he was to the best of his apprehension of sound and
disposeing mind and memory at the same. Came Charles Gor
such and Loveless Gorsuch the other Two subscribing Wittnesses
and being duly and solemnly sworne on the Holy Evangelist of
Almighty God depose and say that they and each of them Saw
the Testator Henry Saytor sign the said Will and heard him
publish and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament
that at the Time of his so doing he was to the best of their
Apprehensions of sound and Disposeing mind and memory and
that they severally subscribed their respective names In the
presence of the Testator and at his request.
Sworn before William Young,
D. Com. Baltimore County.
State of ADarElano, Baltimore Citg, Sa.
I, Thomas W. Morse, Register of Wills, and, by law, Keeper
of the Seal and of the Records, and of the Original Papers of the
Orphans' Court for Baltimore City, do hereby certify that the
aforegoing is a true and full Copy of the Last Will and Testa
ment of Henry Sater, late of said City, deceased, and of the
proofs and probate thereof taken from " Wills " Liber B. No. 2
folio 271, etc., being one of the records kept in the Office of
Register of Wills for Baltimore City.
s^^ In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my
is t ( name and affix the Seal of said Court and
( ) Office, this 7th day of May, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Thos. W. Morse,
Register of Wills for Baltimore City.
MARYLAND, Set.
I, Geo. W. Lindsay, Presiding Judge of the Orphans' Court
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aforegoing Attestation of Thos. W. Morse, Register of Wills for
said City, is in due form, and by the proper Officer.
Given from under my hand, at the City of Baltimore, this 7th
day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-four.
Geo. W. Lindsay.
STATE OF MARYLAND, Baltimore City, Set.
I hereby certify, that the Honorable Geo. W. Lindsay, by
whom the above certificate was given, and who hath thereto
subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, Chief Judge of
the Orphans' Court for Baltimore City, duly elected, commissioned
and qualified.
^^^ In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my
itsTTAT I name and affix the Seal of the said Court, this
| ( 7th day of May, in the year of our Lord one
¦"-" thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
Thos. W. Morse,
Register of Wills for Baltimotc City.
Following the old custom, transplanted from
England, he bequeathes all his realty to be equally
divided among his sons as they came of age, mak
ing no mention of any provision for his daughters.
The selection of his executor, Joseph Tayler,
from "one of the people called Quakers," as well as
the witnesses, shows the liberal spirit which char
acterized Henry Sater.
By a curious coincidence this executor also
donated the site for the Friend's Meeting-house,
called Patapsco Station.
" In this vicinity," says Griffith's Annals of Balti
more, " there were the families of Gorsuch, Giles,
Fell, Hopkins, Matthews, Taylor, and others who
were Quakers, for whom the last mentioned gentle.
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on the Harford road, where they erected a meeting
house and worshipped many years."
Wm. Cromwell, of Anne Arundel Co., province
of Maryland, (a lineal descendant of Sir Oliver
Cromwell -of Hinchen Brook, an uncle of the Lord
Protector), in his will dated 9th May, 1758, appoints
his friend, (the same) Joseph Taylor, and his
brother, Joseph Cromwell, executors.
The following is on record 7th July, 1758 :
I hereby release unto Joseph Cromwell all Right
and Title and Interest in and unto the Administra
tion on his Brother's, William Cromwell, Estate
which by will might Have otherwise issued to me.
Joseph Taylor.
Sarah, daughter of Joseph Cromwell, married
Ezekiel Towson, a brother-in-law of Henry Sater.
Charles Gorsuch, one of the witnesses to Sater's
will, was descended from Charles Gorsuch, who
patented fifty acres of land comprising the grounds
of Ft. McHenry, soon after the settlement of the
Province. Charles, the witness, was born in 17 16, and was
therefore only thirty-eight years old at the time "of
Sater's death. He is buried in the Sater church
yard, and his tombstone is still standing with the
inscription : Charles ©oraucb,
Diefi april, 1806,
Hn tbe 9lst ijear of bis Hfle.
"Few of the personages of past times," says
Hawthorne, " (except such as have gained renown
in fireside legends as well as in written history),
are anything more than mere names to their suc
cessors."

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The memory of our forefather, however, is a
reality, and we trust that this sketch will help to
keep the record of his life fresh in the minds of his
descendants. Perhaps no better tribute could be paid him than
is expressed on the memorial tablet erected to him
on the walls of this meeting-house by his grandson
Sater T. Walker's granddaughter, Mrs. Augusta
H, wife of the Rev. David Laughlin.
In a letter of March 30th, 1895, she writes :
" It had always been one of my mother's most
cherished desires to have a tablet placed in the
church to the memory of Henry Sater, but after re
peated efforts she was not able to accomplish it
during her lifetime. After her death I put myself
in communication with the Pastor and Trustees of
the church and told my wish, so I succeeded in
getting their consent and had placed at the right
of the pulpit an Italian marble tablet to the memory
of Henry Sater with suitable inscription, etc."
This stone bears the following :

8 1742.

1893.

I 1Fn /Hbemorg of

| 1benr\> Sater

JFounOer of tbls Cburcb

ano Donor of tbe

ff> ropertg

"He that soweth to the Spirit
Shall of the Spirit reap life eternal
"—Gal. vi, 8.
CHAPTER VI.
" We are builders, and each one
Should cut and carve as best he can ;
Every life is but a stone,
Every one shall hew his own.'' — Bishop Doane.
" I love to people these solitudes again," writes
Cecilia Thaxter, "and think that those who lived
here centuries ago were decent God-fearing folks,
— most of them, — for so tradition says," and in re
viewing the history of the families of the yeomen
colonists, one cannot fail to notice the deep re
ligious impress which marked their lives.
It would be interesting to recall some of the
fellow workers with Henry Sater in the organization
of this little band of Christians, the original mem
bers of this church.
Many of the emigrant settlers in "ye olden time,"
who formed groups along these shores, came from
the same neighborhood in the parent country, with
similar religious associations and views.
"An English Baptist," says Rev. R. B. Cook,
"Henry Sater was the first to introduce Baptist
usages in Maryland," and Sprague, in his "Annals of
the American Pulpit," writes : " In Maryland, there
were few Baptists who had removed hither from
England as early as 1709; but the first Baptist
church in the Colony was founded by Henry Slator,
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Of the visiting preachers whom Sater invited
before the meeting-house was built, George Egles
field was at the first Baptist Church of Philadelphia
from 1723 to 1725, when he removed to the New
Jersey church of Middletown, where he is mentioned
as one of the gifted brethren.
Paul Palmer, another, was a native of the Prov
ince. After ordination in Connecticut, he preached
for a considerable period in New Jersey and Mary
land, then settled in North Carolina on the Chowan
river, where he founded in 1727 the first baptist
church of that colony.
The first regular pastor of Sater's meeting-house
— Henry Loveall, was born in Cambridge, England,
in 1694, came to this country young, and preached
at Newport, R. I., as early as 1729. After a pas
torate of about four years at Chestnut Ridge, Md.,
he removed to Virginia, but subsequently returned
to Chestnut Ridge, where he is mentioned as living
in 1772. His successor, Benjamin Griffith, is said
to have been one of the most prominent of the
denomination at that time. Born in Wales 16th
October, 1688, he emigrated to the colonies in 1710,
and commenced his ministry with the Montgomery,
Pennsylvania, church in 1722. For many years he
was connected with the Philadelphia Association,
and died the 5th of October, 1768.
Among the trustees of the meeting-house, and
those to whom the property was deeded, was
William Towson (father of Dorcas Sater), who is
described as one of the " Deacons and Elders to the
Church Congregation or People of God, commonly
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allied to Sater by ties of marriage and religion,
but was also a neighbor and likewise a large land
owner. Dr. Archer of Baltimore Co., Md., furnishes the
following :
"The assessment ledger of Sheriff Hall, kept in 1763, shows
that Wm. Towson was assessed in that year for 400 acres in three
tracts as viz, : Gunner's Range — Towson's Chance — and Adam's
Garden, 200 acres, with 200 acres of vacant land added. This
land was in Back river Hundred, which included all the country
north of Baltimore for ten miles^ and embracing the present
Towsontown. "Thomas and Ezekiel (sons) were also assessed in the same
Hundred." An account of the origin of the Towson's in
America is given by a descendant residing near
Flint Hill, Rappahanock Co., Va., in a letter of
June 7th, 1894, to Mr. Isaac H. Walker:
" My grandfather was named Captain Thomas Towson, he
having been a captain in the war of 1812. He was raised in
Towsontown and Baltimore and married a Miss Norman of Staf
ford Co., Virginia. I was named for him, my name being Thomas
Towson Smith."
Mr. Smith continues :
" Now after much trouble I found in Baltimore and elsewhere
this to be a fact about the Towson family. — William Towson
'The Settler,' came from Germany (from Munich I think) to
London, he married Catherine Allen of London. * * * *
He emigrated to America and settled at Towsontown, Md. He
had four sons, one of whom was my grandfather Towson's
father." Wm. Towson married a second time, Dinah,
daughter of John and Rachel Wilmott of Mary
land. Another daughter was the wife of Wm.

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Cromwell, previously alluded to as having had the
same executor (Joseph Taylor) as Henry Sater.
There were others of the same name in the
Province about this period, probably brothers of
William, (for the bands of early emigrants often
included two or three brothers), for among the
Register of Wills for Baltimore County is the
record that Thomas Towson died in 1731 intestate.
Also the will of Joseph Towson, dated 17th Janu
ary, 1745, witnessed by Wm. and Thomas Towson
and John Bond — Proved 5th March, 1745.
Wm. Towson, "the settler," and father-in-law of
Henry Sater, survived the founding of the church
thirty years, making his last will the 8th of April,
1772, and expired within two months, as the will
was probated the 6th of July following.
This document commences :
"In the name of God, Amen ; I, William Towson,
of Baltimore County, in the Province of Maryland,
Blacksmith." And then makes disposition, (as he reverently
Note. — Regarding the genealogy of the Towsons, Mr. Jacob
Tolley Towson, of Smithburg, Md., writes Feb. 2d, 1895 : I have
my Grandfather's bible which records the following : Wm. Tolley
Towson, (my Great Grandfather) born 1735, died Nov. 8th, 1767
aged 32 years.
The sens and daughter of Wm. Tolley Towson .
Susanah ; born Oct. 5th, 1760.
Jacob Tolley Towson (my Grandfather) born Jan. 3d, 1763.
Wm. Towson ; born Jan. 12th, 1765.
My father was named William and I have a brother and .1
son named William.
Nathan Towson, Paymaster General U. S. Army, was a cousin
of my Grandfather.

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expresses it), "of what worldly estate it hath
pleased God to bestow upon me," etc.
Thomas Bailey, his son-in-law, is constituted sole
executor, and several slaves, other personal prop
erty and the following tracts of realty divided :
"Gunner's Range," on which Ezekiel his son was
living, conveyed from Saml Gott.
" Adam's Garden," conveyed from Adam Shipley
to Thos. Herley and wife.
" Vulcaney," 200 acres on south side of Great
Falls of Gunpowder river, patented to
Thos. Towson 10th July, 1720.
"Little Valley," conveyed from his son-in-law
John Overy. And a lot of land in Jones'
Addition to Baltimore Town. Also a lot
with improvements " had in exchange
from Brian Philpott, lying before Wm.
Aisquith's door."
Wm. Young, Deputy Commissary Baltimore Co.,
adds the following certificate to the will :
"August the ist, 1772, the Widow renounces the
devise in the Will and abides by what the Law
gives her."
Although ample provision was made for Dinah,
she was dissatisfied, and in her will dated 27th
July, 1772, and probated 15th October, 1783, names
her daughter Ruth, wife of George Green, sole
legatee of her " estate in Maryland and elsewhere,"
probably because Ruth received no other inheri
tance from her father than one cow and a calf.
The site of the First Baptist Church of Baltimore
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(Jones' Addition) belonged to the Towson estate,
and was purchased from Thos. Bailey the executor,
in 1773, for 150 pounds. A part of the church was
then built, and Rev. John Davis of Harford some
times preached until an organization was effected
January 15th, 1785, when a church, school house
and parsonage were erected, and continued in use
until replaced by the Merchants Shot Tower in
1828. Towson (formerly Towsontown), a thriving town,
seven miles north of Baltimore, and five miles dis
tant from Brooklandville, owes its name to this
family who originally owned most of the land in
this vicinity, and in 1854 was chosen as the seat of
Baltimore County.
" The result was celebrated in the new county
seat, with much enthusiasm, and with a grand illu
mination, the old frame tavern belonging to H. B.
Chew, on the top of Sater Hill, being set on fire,
the more fittingly to honor the important occa-
sion."— Scharf ~'s History of Baltimore Co.
An ancient highway to Philadelphia from Balti
more passed through this old town, and was the
route for the stages before the York road was built.
It is said that the line of the former can yet be
traced through Ridgely's woods until it intersects
the Joppa road near Mr. Ware's at Towson.
In the year 1799, when the York road was resur-
veyed, Ezekiel Towson, (son of William) considering
himself injured by the proposed route, petitioned
the General Assembly for relief, whereupon it was
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" The York turnpike road when altered shall pass
by or near the buildings of the said Eze
kiel Towson-; that is to say, beginning for
the said alteration at the place where the
turnpike road intersects the orchard of
John Hopkins, and running thence with
a straight line until it intersects the old
York road at or near Ezekiel Towson's
tavern."
His petition recites that he is the owner of a
tract of land "on which there are consid
erable improvements; that he hath for
many years kept the said place a house
for public entertainment," etc.
During the War of Independence, the same Tow
son was one of the Committee of Observation from
Back River Upper 16th January, 1775, and at an
election held in Baltimore, September 23d, 1775,
was chosen a member of the Provincial Assembly.
Just a year later, the Committee of Safety of
Baltimore County resolved :
"That Lieut. Ezekiel Towson be recommended
to the Honorable Council of Safety as a proper
person to command the Guard to be stationed at
the Magazine." — {Maryland Archives, 1776.)
Consequently the said Council on the 26th of
September, 1776, appointed him "Captain of the
Guard and to have Captain's pay."
Ezekiel's first wife, Sarah, daughter of Joseph
and Comfort Cromwell, was born May 20th, 1738;
her sister, Rebecca, married John Cockey, who was
interred in Sater's church-yard. Ruth Towson, the
second wife, outlived her husband, and died Decem
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The strong attachment which united the two
original settlers, heads of the Towson and Sater
families, continues to bind together their children
and kinsmen.
The records of the Baltimore Co. Orphan's Court
— Second Tuesday, October, 1 780, show that :
"Jacob, orphan of Wm. Tolley Towson, chose
Joseph Sater for his guardian. — Henry Sater be
came security for guardian." These two latter
were sons of Henry Sater, (settler).
There is on file among the same court records,
April, 1783, that Wm. Towson, an orphan and son
of William Towson, was bound to Joseph Sater to
learn the trade of hatter, and also August, 1785, —
that William Towson, being 20 years of age, chose
Jacob T. Towson for his guardian with Henry
Sater as security.
As a sequel to the life of Henry Sater, and as a
connecting chain, we are enabled to give an ac
count of the present condition of the church from
the pen of Rev. Chas. Adey, the young pastor, thus
bringing down its history to our day.
"The corporation," says Mr. Ed. R. Foster, the
Treasurer, "bears the name of 'The Baptist Church
at Sater's Meeting House, Baltimore County,' which
is its title in law."
"Historic Sater's Church entered upon a new epoch in its
history on June 1st, 1895, when the relation that had existed for
some time previous between this Church and the Cavalry Baptist
Church of Towson, the youngest child of Mother Sater's, now
severed. This separation was caused by the fact that Towson
Church had grown to feel her size and importance. Established
in the centre of a steady growing town and having a community
to draw upon, her progress promised greater rapidity than that
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"The church being now without a pastor, invited Charles
Adey, then a student just completing his second year at Croyer
Theological Seminary, to come and preach for them,
" The following month a council of ordination was called by
the Sater's Church at the request of the Broadway Baptist
Church of Providence, R. I., of which Brother Adey was at that
time a member, and the newly elected pastor was set apart by
the Baptist Church of Maryland for the work of the Gospel
ministry. "The land denoted for enlarging the burying ground previous
to his arrival had not been enclosed, and the fence of the old
yard being very dilapitated, a new one was required.
" The pastor, with the aid of a few of the brethren, and sup
ported by many friends, undertook the task. A fence was built,
sufficient money raised to defray all expenses, and the whole
property is now in one enclosure.
" At the commencement of the present pastorate the member
ship numbered thirty-eight ; the present membership is fifty, and
those souls, with few exceptions, are living within a radius of
three miles of the building.
" They maintain regular weekly services and conduct an inter
esting and prosperous Bible school and are a live force in the
Christian world."
Note. — Mrs. Laughlin, of Baltimore, has made another gift to
the church as explained in the following letter of March 23d,
1897: " In regard to the communion service which I presented to
Sater's Church which belonged to my mother, as the youngest
daughter of Rev. Sater T. Walker, it was the same which he
(Rev. S. T. Walker) used at the church, but it having become a
little abused from use, little thin and some dents, I had a heavy
silver plating put on, merely to give it a bright, smooth and new
appearance, also had an inscription placed on each to the effect
that it was presented by me, (a grand-daughter of Rev. Sater T.
Walker), with date of presentation, etc."

Errata.
Page 45 should read :
The Dutch antedated the most ancient of the
English churches in this country ; but next to the
Episcopalians and Congregationalists, the Baptists
are the oldest of the English Protestant church
organizations. Page 39.
Miss Laura Cockey should read, Mrs.

TLbc Sater (Benealoo^

ONE GENERA TION PASSETU A WA Y AND ANOTHER GENERA TION
COMETH; BUT THE EARTH ABIDETH FOREVER.
— ECCLESIASTES I.

Henry Sater, born in 1690 in one of the western
shires of England, of Danish extraction, came to
this country in 1 709, and first settled in Virginia.
He subsequently became a colonist of the Province
of Maryland, and established a plantation at Chest
nut Ridge, ten miles north of the City of Baltimore,
from grants of land which he received from Lord
Baltimore. He married (first) a Miss Stephenson about 1 730 —
no issue.
He married (second) 1740, Dorcas, daughter of
William and Catherine (Allen) Towson, of Towson
town, Maryland.
Henry Sater died May, 1754, at his plantation, in
the 65th year of his age, and the 46th year of his
settlement. The earliest progenitor of this family of which
we have authentic information is William Towson,

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who was an original settler from London, England,
and after whom, Towsontown, Baltimore County,
Md., was called.
First Generation in America.
William Towson, married (first) Catherine Allen
of London, a descendant of Oliver Cromwell;
(second) Dinah. He died June, 1772.
Second Generation.
Children of William and Catherine {Allen) Towson.
1. Ezekiel; married Ruth.
2. Rachel ; married Thomas Bailey.
3. Dorcas ; married Henry Sater.
4. John.
5. Thomas.
6. Ruth ; married Green.
7. Catherine ; married John Overy.
8. Charles. Child of William and Dinah Towson.
Abraham. Third Generation.
Child of Ezekiel and Ruth Towson.
Ann. Child of Thomas and Rachel ( Towson) Bailey.
Rachel.

Ill
Children of Catherine (Towson) Overy.
i. William Towson Allen.
2. Isaac Towson Overy.
Children of Henry- and Dorcas (Towson) Sater.
I. George; born 20th October, 1740; married
Rachel Hamilton, and lived in Baltimore
County, Md., until his decease April, 1768,
aged 28. He left a son and daughter.
II. Prudence; born 25th November, 1743; married
2 1 st September, 1762, Benjamin Howard of
Baltimore Co., Md., and then moved to Wilkes-
boro, in what is now Wilkes County, North
Carolina. She had four sons and eight daugh
ters, and died 22d September, 1822.
One of her descendants, Mrs. N. M. Turnley
writes : " My mother told me when I was a lit
tle girl something about my grandmother
Howard, which was so interesting to me that I
have never forgotten it, although I am now 75
years old. It was this:
In those days there were no factories in
America, and the men did most of the weaving
of cloth on hand looms. A man by the name
of Sater had Howard weaving for him, (I im
agine he was running a large business of that
kind). Howard and Sater's daughter concluded
to get married. Sater opposed it ; but they did
get married. She jumped out of the dining-
- room window and ran away with him. All

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turned out well, and they were all satisfied after
wards. Howard and wife moved to North
Carolina, and when their daughter Polly grew
up, grandmother Howard took Polly and went
with her back to Baltimore, five hundred miles
on horseback, all alone, to see her kinsfolk.
This I have no doubt came from the mouth
of the old lady to my mother in North Carolina,
where she knew her very well. She also told me
of some other interesting and amusing occur
rences that happened during their travels. I
think she must have been a remarkable woman,
of great energy."
[As Prudence was only eleven years of age
when her father died, the Sater referred to
above could not have been Henry Sater; but
was probably her brother George, who after
ward joined them in Wilkesboro.]
Concerning the ancestry of Prudence's hus
band, Mr. Geo. R. Howard of Palestine, Texas,
(a descendant) writes : " I learned from my
mother that the Howards were English and
emigrated from England, and settled in Mary
land." Benjamin Howard was born 17th February,
1742, and deceased 4th June, 1828.
III. Henry ; born 27th April, 1 745 ; married Hannah,
daughter of John Stansbury of Baltimore Co.,
Md., and lived and died in his native county.
IV. Discretion; bom 3d April, 1749; married 3d
March, 1766, Thomas Walker of Baltimore City,

and had eight sons and three daughters. She
died 7th Dec, 1823.
Thomas Walker, her husband, was born Septem
ber, 1742, in the then town of Baltimore, near
Jones Falls, west of a stone mill and near the
present intersection of Calvert and Bath streets.
According to the family register :
" At the age of twenty years he married Discretion
Sater. Shortly after he took to the pursuit of a
farmer and settled upon a piece of land near by.
From this first settlement he removed to a farm,
four miles south of Westminster in Carroll County,
where he remained until April, 1796, when he re
moved to the City of Baltimore and continued there
until his death in 18 18 (Oct. 18), aged seventy-six
years, and was buried at the Baptist Meeting House
upon the plantation of Henry Sater, where he was
married." His wife is buried by his side. Their
graves are marked by two marble monuments near
the front entrance to the church.
There is a family tradition (perhaps legendary)
about the elopement of Discretion, in which it is
related that she ran away from home, and jumped
upon Thomas Walker's horse, where seated behind
him, they rode to a minister's and were married.
Thomas Walker is described as " of middle stature
though well proportioned. His costume was always
plain, with the old custom knee breeches and shoe
buckles, with the clear soul showing through his
blue eyes — a white brow and bald head bare the
impress of thought."
The will of Thomas Walker, executed 12th of

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September, 1816, and probated 24th of October, 18 18,
is filed in Baltimore, Md.
He bequeathes all his personal property to his
wife, Discretion, and also all his real and landed
property during her natural life. She is made sole
executrix. Among his different parcels of real
estate, was his plantation and tract of land in the
Forks of Patapsco Falls, called "Society Hills,"
another tract called " Zebulon's Fancy," and another
tract called " Walker's Paradise," all adjoining and
being in Baltimore County.
The earliest account of the Walker family in Vir
ginia is contained in the " Genealogy of the Page
Family in Virginia," by Dr. R. C. M. Page, in which
he says: "The Walkers of Virginia, came from
Staffordshire, England, about 1650, at an early
period in the history of the Colony of Virginia.
The Walker Family Bible is in the possession of
Dr. Bernard H. Walker of Stevensville, Kings and
Queens Co., Va., and was printed in 1589.
"Thomas Walker, of Gloucester County, Va., pro.
genitor of the Walker family in Virginia, was a
member of the Colonial Assembly in 1662."
This progenitor had a grandson, Thomas Walker,
of Kings and Queens Co., Va., who had a son
Thomas Walker, of Albemarle Co., Va., of whom
Dr. Page's remarks : " He was probably the first
white man that ever entered Kentucky, having gone
there in 17 50, or thirteen years before Daniel Boone."
The history of the Walker family in Pennsylvania,
and their first appearance in America, is as viz.:
"There were five brothers came from Wales in a
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New Castle. Two of the brothers died soon after
they landed. Lewis Walker, one of these brothers,
purchased a large tract of land from William Penn,
at Valley Forge, where it is said William Penn
visited him the following year. He erected a com
modious stone edifice thereon, at which a meeting
of the Society of Friends was established in the
year 1713. The same house was occupied by General
Washington as his headquarters during the Revolu
tionary War." — Biographical History of Lancaster County.
Isaac Walker, a descendant of this original settler
writes: "About the year 1700, (as I have been in
formed), three brothers by the name of Walker, said
to be the sons of Isaac Walker, emigrated to Penn
sylvania from the Principality of Wales, one of
them, Lewis Walker, settled at the Valley Forge,
near the line between Montgomery and Chester
Counties. " He was my grandfather's grandfather, and I
have been told that he had a brother Thomas, which
name was a common name among the descendants
of Lewis Walker. Isaac was also a very common
name in the family. My own father's name and also
that of my great grandfather was Isaac. Although
I am not certain, yet I have reason to believe that
either Thomas, the brother of Lewis Walker, or one
of nine of his sons, settled in the southern part of
our County, contiguous to the Maryland line, as
there is a large family connection of the Walkers
in that locality, and there appears to be a strong
family resemblance between their families and
ours, and the names Isaac and Thomas are common
names amongst them also.

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"My grandfather was the grandson of Lewis
Walker, and was born in the year 1 746, and in all
probability your grandfather was the grandson of
Thomas Walker, his brother. There was also a
branch of the Walker family settled in the Shen
andoah Valley near Winchester, Virginia, who were
distantly related to my grandfather, and quite
likely to yours, also the name Isaac Walker was a
common name in that family.
" Isaac Walker of Winchester, has visited here at
our place within my own recollection, (about the
year 1820), and I heard my father say that he was
distantly related." Gap., Pa., April 3d, 1876.
There is another account by Mary Roberts, of
Schuylkill, Chester Co., Pa., viz.; "A record of our
great grandparents, Lewis and Mary Walker, of
Great Valley, TredyfHin Township, Chester Co., Pa.,
their families down to the sixth generation that
have lived in the same place, and the same name of
the Walker family."
" Lewis Walker, of Great Valley, by the Spring
Rehobeth, now the residence of William walker, left
Meriouth in Wales, in the year 1686, and arrived in
Pennsylvania in the year 1687, after a tedious pas
sage of 13 months. Mary Morris sailed in the same
ship, whom he afterwards married. He purchased
a tract of land belonging to David Evans of Radnor,
Delaware Co., on which he resided some time; he
then bought a valuable tract of land in the great
Valley, etc."
The genealogy of the Walker family, according
to the memory of Isaac Walker, of Buckley Co., Va.,
January 20, 1846, recites: " My grandfather, Abel

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Walker, moved from Chester Co., Pa., during or near
the time of the Revolutionary War, and settled at
the Falling Waters, near the Potomac River, in
Buckley County, Va., eight miles from Martins-
burg." V. John; born ist April, 1751, removed to Wilkes-
boro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, with his
sister Prudence Howard, married and settled
there, and had a family of several sons and one
daughter. Wilkesboro is near Holman's Ford,
on the Yadkin River, where the celebrated
Daniel Boone then lived, his father having re
moved from Buck's Co., Pa., in 1752, when his
son was 18 years old.
VI. Joseph; born 25th December, 1753; married
7th October, 1 784, Hannah, daughter of William
and Martha Levering, of Roxborough, Pa., and
had four sons and three daughters.
They moved to the West in 181 1 with six
children, and settled in Crosby Township,
Hamilton County, Ohio.
According to the History of Hamilton County7
" they landed at Cincinnati and pushed their
way across the country to the fertile Congress
lands beyond the Great Miami, where he first
settled among friends near Harrison, and then
in 1 8 1 2, he farmed a place at Round Bottom in
the fertile Miami Valley. In 181 3, he bought
a tract of about three hundred acres from Capt.
Jacob White, occupied by his son, Prudence
White, at ten dollars per acre, having declined

to purchase in the Mill Creek Valley, where
Cumminsville now stands, on the ground that
it was too high. The original Sater tract is
now in part the property of John and Jacob
Schwing, adjoining the farm of Thos. E. Sater,
and in part is owned by the Shaker Society.
Here Joseph Sater made his pioneer improve
ments, and remained until his death.
Joseph died there 27th October, 1833, His
widow who was born 16th January, 1764, died
9th April, 1854, in the 91st year of her age.
Most of these records are from the family
Bible of Joseph, and are furnished by his grand
son, Mr. Thomas Enoch Sater of Preston, Ohio,
who writes :
"The above are the first generations of Saters
born in Baltimore County, and State of Mary
land. * * * Grandmother Sater lived with
me for several years before her death, and died
at my house, and she gave me the old Bible
which I prize very highly."
Fourth Generation.
I. Children of George and Rachel {Hamilton) Sater.
Charles, the son, lived south of Westminster, Md.,
and afterwards moved West.
There was a daughter, from whom sprang a branch
of the Merryman family.
[ These records are very incomplete — no history
of the descendants of George Sater could be ob
tained.]

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II. Children of Benjamin and Prudence (Sater) Howard.
i. Discretion; born July 29th, 1764; married 21st
February, 1782, Thomas Isbell.
2. Phillip ; born 6th January, 1 766.
3. Mary; born 1768.
4. George ; born 4th February, 1 770.
5. Sarah; born 21st October, 1771.
6. Elizabeth; born 1st February, 1774
7. Rachel; born 27th December, 1776.
8. Rebecca; born 10th February, 1778.
9. Benjamin; born nth March, 1780; married Betsy
Walker. Died 21st July, 1825, Wilkes County.
His son, George R., born 6th January, 1818.
10. Cornelius; born 7th April, 1782 ; married Del-
phia Hagler.
11. Nancy; born 20th February, 1784; married
Joseph Callaway. They had one son, Thos, H.
12. Prudence; born 1787; died 1788.
Thomas Isbell, son of James and Frances (Liv
ingston) Isbell, who married Discretion Howard,
was born 27th June, 1753 in Albemarle County, Va.,
and died 27th October, 18 19. His widow died 26th
June, 1848.
The above is a transcript of the family records as
kept by Benjamin Isbell, son of Thomas and Discre
tion Isbell, in their old family Bible, and is furnished
by his son, Mr. D. R. Isbell of Mouse Creek,
McMinn County, Tenn.
Benjamin Isbell wrote over twenty years ago
as viz :
" The Isbells, my father's connections, immigrated
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in Virginia. My father's given name was Thomas.
He married my mother, Discretion Howard in
Wilkes County, North Carolina. My wife and I
have raised eleven children and those now living
are doing well. I have written the foregoing for
the satisfaction of my children and grandchildren.
I was eighty-four years of age on the 19th of October
last, and I have this, the 17th day of February, 1870,
written out the foregoing and signed it.
(Signed) Benjamin Isbell.
P. S. — My father and mother were members of
the Baptist Church at Kings Creek, Wilkes County,
North Carolina."
Prudence Sater was the progenitor of a long line
of descendants in the States of North Carolina,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Texas
and Indiana.
III. Children of Henry and Hannah (Stansbury) Sater.
1. Henry (third) ; married Patsey, his cousin, daugh
ter of John Sater.
In 1803, they removed to the Wabash.
2. Joseph (unmarried); emigrated to Louisville,
Ky., 1799.
3. Thomas; married Keturah, daughter of John
Bond, and lived near Manchester, Baltimore
County, Md. They had eight sons and three
daughters.
4. George; died in 1798 in Baltimore County, (no
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5. John (unmarried); in 1803 emigrated to the
Wabash.
6. Dorcas ; married Stansbury, and removed to
the Wabash in 1803 also.
There was practically an exodus of most of this
family West in 1 803, since which event we have no
record of them, with the exception of the family of
Thomas and Keturah Sater, whose register is fur
nished by Mr. John W. Sater of Baltimore City,
Md., their grandson.
IV. Children of Thomas and Discretion (Sater) Walker-
1. Elijah; born 17th March, 1767; married 3d
March, 1 794, Malinda, daughter of Elias Magers.
Died 17th November, 1796.
His widow married Samuel Lelly, and died
1 8th April, 1840. They had one daughter.
2. Henry; born 25th May, 1769; married 20th
August, 1784, Hannah, daughter of Elias
Magers. Died 30th January, 1799.
His widow died 18th April, 1820, leaving a
son and daughter.
3. Prudence; born 28th May, 1770; married 8th
January, 1788, Edward Welch. She died 2d
August, 1840.
4. Thomas; born 28th September, 1773, and died
1 st August, 1 78 1.
5. Rebecca; born 27th August, 1776, and died 1st
November, 1796.
6. Dorcas; born 26th August, 1779, and died 4th
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7. Sater Thomas; born nth May, 1783, and died
6th March, 1786.
8. Isaac; born 22d February, 1786; married 12th
May, 181 2, Gulielma, daughter of Moses Foster,
of Belair, Harford County, Md., and had two
sons and six daughters. Died 3d October, 1868.
His widow died 5 th November, 1874.
Isaac Walker's native city was Baltimore. His
ancestors on both sides came to this country about
1700. In early life he engaged in mercantile pur
suits and was associated in business with his
brother Joshua. His residence in Baltimore, says
Mrs. Ridgely, his niece, is the present site of Ham
ilton Easter's dry goods store, Baltimore street
near Light street.
During the war of 1812, he served in the 39th
Regiment of Maryland militia, commanded by Col.
Benjamin Fowler, and was engaged in the battle of
North Point. Mr. Walker belonged to the Society
of " Old Defenders of Baltimore."
In the spring of 1831 he removed with his family
to New York City. Some time before this he freed
all his slaves.
In Colton's Gazetteer of the U. S. of 1858, Mr.
Walker's name is mentioned as the fourth largest
taxpayer in Missouri.
During the last war he was a pronounced Union
man, and gave one of his hotels in St. Louis, Mo.,
for government use without receiving any compen
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six feet in height, with an erect form, and ruddy
complexion when beyond eighty years of age.
Gulielma Foster, his wife, was descended (through
her mother), from Wm. Jones, of Deer Creek
Hundred, an original settler from Bristol, England,
who was granted a patent of land from Lord Balti
more ioth of May, 1729.
Her grandfathers, Robert Kennedy and Samuel
Foster, were in the War of the Revolution, and her
father, Moses Foster, served in the 7th Regiment
Maryland Troop during the Revolution, and was
awarded a tract of land westward of Fort Cumber
land, Washington County, pursuant to an act of the
General Assembly passed November Session 1 788.
9. Sater Thomas; born Sept., 1788; married ioth
March, 1807, (by Rev. Archibald Maclay) Cath
erine Ann, daughter of Thomas Kelly, and died
24th July, 1849. They had five sons and nine
daughters.
Sater Thomas Walker, like his brother, was in
the War of 18 12, and belonged to the Maryland
Chasseurs. He was baptized 5th May, 18 16, and
ordained a Baptist Minister in 1826.
In 1842 he was made one of the corporators of
the church (founded by his grandfather Sater) by
an act of the Legislature creating trustees. His
wife was born 19th October, 1788, and died 9th
October, 1846.
10. Charles; born nth August, 1791; married 31st
March, 1833, Mrs. Cox of Washington County,
Mississippi, (where he resided many years).
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u. Joshua; born 20th September, 1793; married
23d February, 1823, Mary Raborg. She died
1 st July, 1845, having had eight sons and nine
daughters. He married again 13th May, 1846,
Elizabeth, daughter of John Stouffer, and died
26th August, 1854.
Joshua Walker was a prominent merchant of
Baltimore and possessed a great deal of property.
He formerly owned the Carleton House, corner of
Leonard street and Broadway, N. Y. City, where
he resided He also had a large plantation and
country seat on the James River, near Richmond,
Virginia. The family register of Thomas Walker is in the
possession of his grandson, Mr. Isaac H. Walker,
of this city, and was received from the late Patrick
Henry Walker, son of Noah Walker of Baltimore,
many years ago.
Mr. Sater Thomas Walker of Baltimore, son of
the Rev. Sater Thomas Walker, has also preserved
the " Walker " family records.
V. Children of John Sater.
There were several sons and one daughter, Patsey,
who married her cousin Henry, eldest son of Henry
and Hannah Sater.
No record of this family in North Carolina, after
their removal.
VI. Children of Joseph and Hannah (Levering) Sater.
1. Martha; born 13th January, 1786; married
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2. Henry; born 5th May, 1788; died 3d April,
1 8 10.
3. Joseph; born 20th February, 1791; married 27th
January, 1820, Elizabeth Pottenger ; he died 2d
September, 1834.
4. William; born 17th September, 1793; married
September, 181 3, Nancy Jones, daughter of
John Jones, a pioneer from Maryland, to the
valley of the Whitewater in 1809, and a de
scendant of Wm. Jones, the original settler
from Bristol, England.
Wm. Sater, according to the " History of Hamil
ton County, Ohio," occupied a portion of the old
homestead in Crosby township, Hamilton County,
Ohio, and after his father's death, built the brick
mansion in which his son (Thomas Enoch) resides,
and died there 30th January, 1 849.
His widow was born 3d August, 1790, and died
3d September, 1871, and had five sons and three
daughters. 5. Dorcas ; born 31st of October, 1796; married
Henry Kilbourne; she died 18th July, 1839.
6. Thomas; born 12th January, 1801 ; married 3d
June, 1824, Eleanor Pottenger; he died October,
1885.
7. Mary Ann Levering; born 5th March, 1805;
married February, 1825, Stout Atherton; she
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Fifth Generation.
I. Children of Thomas and Discretion (Howard) Isbell.
i. Prudence; born 5th September, 1783; married
Carleton.
2. Benjamin; born 19th October, 1785; married
17th February, 1818, Martha Parkes in Wilkes
Co., N. C, who was born ioth April, 1799.
He died 23d July, 1870. His widow died 15th
July, 1840.
3. John; born nth February, 1788; died 27th
October, 1825 ; no issue,
4. Frances; born 2d July, 1791; married Micajah
Ferguson.
5. Livingston; born 15th April, 1794; married
Edmonds ; had three sons.
6. Elizabeth ; born 1 8th November, 1 796 ; married
Nimrod Ferguson.
7. Thomas ; born 29th January, 1 800 ; married
Lucinda Petty, and had a son and a daughter.
Died 29th November, 1865. Lucinda died May
20th, 1886.
8. Mary; born 31st December, 1803; married
Joseph Tucker.
9. James; born 12th September, 1806; married 19th
March, 1833, Rutelia, daughter of Robert and
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had two sons and three daughters. He died
Dec. 6th, 1 87 1.
Thos. Isbell served five years during the Revo
lutionary War.
[The above is from the family Bible of Major
James Isbell of Talladega, Alabama, now in pos
session of his son-in-law, Wm. P. Armstrong, Presi
dent of First National Bank, Selma, Ala., and from
records furnished by Mr. James M. Isbell, Black-
stone, N. C]
Thomas Isbell, Jr., remained on the old home
stead in Wilkes County, N. C. Livingston and
James went to Alabama, where the latter engaged
in banking business at Talladega.
Mary (Isbell) Tucker settled near Cleveland,
Tenn., and the two sisters Frances and Elizabeth,
who both married Fergusons, removed to Indiana.
Benjamin and Martha (Parkes) Isbell had eleven
children, the eldest of whom, Mrs. N. M. Turnley,
has furnished most of the register relating to this
branch of the family.

II. Children of George Howard.
1. John R ; who lived near Athens, Tenn., had five
sons and four daughters.
2. Cornelius ; who lived on the Tellico river, Mon
roe Co., Tenn., had two sons and two daughters.
3. Benjamin; who married Fanny Hall, and died
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4. Burton ; who lived in Blunt Co., Tenn., married
Fanny, his brother's widow, and had three sons
and three daughters.
5. Walter W.; married Martha Hardin, and lived
in Monroe and Polk Counties, Tenn. Has four
sons and one daughter.
6. Johnson; lived first on the Tennessee river in
Monroe County ; but afterwards in Fork Creek
Valley where he died. Had sons and daughters.
7. Elvira ; married Buck Lattimore, and settled on
the Tennessee river. Died two years ago.
Had two sons and two daughters.
8. Narcissa ; married Henry, and settled and died
in Blunt County, Tenn., leaving four sons and
one daughter.
III. Children of Cornelius and Delphia (Hagler)
Howard.
1. William H; married Eliza Steed, and lived in
Athens, Tenn. Had one son and seven daughters.
2. Benjamin ; married Miss Wood.
3. Walter ;
4. Prudence;
5. John;
6. Elizabeth;
7. Cornelius;
Cornelius and Delphia Howard lived in Bradley
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IV. Children of Thomas and Keturah (Bond) Sater.
i. John ; born 1801 ; married Catherine Whilhelm;
died 1 88 1. She died 1865. They had six chil
dren.
2. Elihu; (deceased).
3. Esrom;
4. Manasseh;
5. Ephraim;
6. Henry ; no -issue,
7. ADONIJAH;
8. ABIJAH;
9. Thomas J. ; deceased an infant.
10. Sarepta ; deceased.
n. Clarissa;
1 2. Miriam ; deceased an infant.
Clarissa and Abijah moved to Indiana, where
they are living.
V. Child of Elijah and Malinda (Magers) Walker.
Rebecca ; married Littlejohn. She had one daugh
ter.
VI. Children of Henry and Hannah (Magers) Walker.
1. Noah; married 1832 Sarah, daughter of Patrick
Caughey; deceased 2d February, 1874. They
had two children.
He owned and resided for many years at " Dum
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urbs of Baltimore, near Pikesville, on the Green
Spring Valley road. He was engaged in business
at the corner of Baltimore and Grant streets, Balti
more, Md. The front of his store was adorned
with the celebrated marble statue of Washington,
since presented to the city and now in Druid Hill
Park, Baltimore.
2. Dorcas ; married Michael Caughey, nephew of
Patrick. She had four children.
VII. Children of Isaac and Gulielma (Foster) Walker.
i. Louisa; born 21st February, 181 3; married 7th
August, 1 83 1, George W. Bull of Baltimore;
and died 12th May, 1836, leaving two sons.
She lived and died in Baltimore. After her
death her husband moved to New York where
he died, April, 1871.
2. Julia Ann; born 13th October, 1814; married
7th July, 1834, by the Rev. Archibald Maclay
of New York City, to his son Archibald Maclay,
Jr., M. D., of New York ; she died 29th October,
1885. She had five sons.
Dr. Archibald Maclay, Jr., was born in New York
City, 20th of March, 181 2, and resided in his native
city, practicing medicine, until his death the ist
of November, 1 892, where he was widely known.
Rev. Archibald Maclay, his father, was born at
Killearn, Scotland, 14th May, 1776, the son of
Archibald and Jean Thomas Maclay. The pater
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of Loch Lomond, was occupied by his ancestors for
a great many generations, as they belonged to a
very ancient highland clan. He well remembered
the character " Old Mortality," made famous by Sir
Walter Scott, and said : " When a boy, I have often
seen Old Mortality, who always made his home at
my mother's house when he visited our part of the
country, and the deeply thrilling incidents which
he told me of the martyrs and the sufferings they
endured for Christ's sake, left a permanent impres
sion on my mind."
It is related of Dr. Maclay's paternal grand
mother, who was a woman of strong character,
that by her address and knowledge of Gaelic, she
saved her native village from pillage and destruc
tion. Graduating from the University of Edinburgh,
he married Mary, daughter of Wm. Brown of Glas
gow, and sailed for America 28th October, 1805.
From 1809 to 1837 he occupied the pulpit of the
Mulberry Street Baptist Church, New York City,
and continued to preach up to a short time of his
death, which took place 2d May, i860.
Among the records of a meeting held in Balti
more, 27th October, 1836, for the organization of
the " Maryland Baptist Union Association," includ
ing the Sater Church, is the following : Rev. Archi
bald Maclay of New York, present by request.
" He belonged to a race of ministers who may be
justly regarded as the pioneers of the Baptist de
nomination in this country, and whose names are
associated with the origin and progress of the
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3. Thomas ; born 20th of August, 18 16; married at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, 12th June 1871, Mary
Charlotte, daughter of Dr. Edward S. and Mary
Brown Austin Williams ; and died 22d Novem
ber, 1882. They had four sons and one daughter.
4. Emily Discretion; born 29th March, 18 19; mar
ried 30th September, 1840, Judge Gilbert M.
Speir of New York City. She had three sons
and four daughters, and died 9th of February,
1895.
Gilbert McMaster Speir, son of Archibald and
Margaret Speir, was born at Ballston Springs, Sara
toga Co., N. Y., 14th September, 181 2, and graduated
from Union College in 1832. He was admitted to
the N. Y. Bar, May, 1839, and practiced law until
November, 1873, when he was elected Judge of the
Superior Court, N. Y. City, and served on the Bench
until December, 1881. He was Vice-President of the
Century Club, and Trustee of Manhattan Savings
Institution, College of Physicians, etc. Deceased
2d May, 1894.
5. Ann Eliza; bom 8th of July, 1823; married
November, 1857, William M. Gawtry of New
York. She has had one son and one daughter.
Wm. M. Gawtry was born at Elvington near
York, England, January ioth, 1808. He was a mer
chant and importer in N. Y. City for many years,
with John Mortimer, the firm being Mortimer &
Gawtry. Mr. Gawtry was one of the early resi
dents at Long Branch, N. J., and was identified
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city. He occupied the adjoining house to Gen
eral Grant, which he afterwards sold to Collector
Murphy. Deceased 16th December, 1893.
6. Mary Matilda; born 18th of March, 1823 ; mar
ried 1 8th February, 1845, Peter I. Nevius of New
York City, and had four sons and three daugh
ters. She died 7th of June, 1870.
Peter I. Nevius was born 21st October, 1822, and
descended from Johannus Nevius, who was a
"Schepen" or alderman of New York in 1655.
His father, Peter I., held the same office in 1829.
Peter I. Jr., was associated with his father in busi
ness in the same store, No. 1 1 South street, where his
father had commenced in 1 800, and continued until
his death, 8th of July, 1883.
7. Augusta Rebecca ; born 6th of May, 1825; mar
ried January, 1848, Silvanus F. Jenkins of New
York City. She has had two sons and one
daughter.
Silvanus F. Jenkins was born in New York, 25th
March, 181 8, and has been engaged in business in
his native city all his life. Is treasurer of the Sea
men's Bank for Savings, which position he has
filled for many years.
8. Isaac Henry ; born in New York City 22d of
June, 1831 ; married ioth of December, 1856,
Cornelia daughter of William H. Macy of New
York. They have one son.
Isaac Henry Walker was Vice-President of the
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is Cashier of the Leather Manufacturers National
Bank of New York. He belongs to the Sons of the
Revolution, and is a member of the " Society of the
War of 1812."
Cornelia Macy, his wife, is a direct descendant of
two of the original pilgrim fathers who came over
in the first voyage of the Mayflower, John Howland
and Edward Tilley, who landed at Plymouth Rock.
They also signed the first form of government ever
drawn up in this country, and recorded as viz. :
13. John Howland (in Carver's family).
15. Edward Tilley (with wife, died before the
end of March). No. in family — 4.
She also traces her lineage back to Col. John
Gorham, who was famous in the French and Indian
War.
The instructions for Major Benjamin Church, Commander
oj the jorces raised for his Majesty's service against the
French and Indian enemy and rebels concludes with the fol
lowing
"You are to advise, as you can have occasion,
with Captain John Gorham, who accompanied you
in this expedition, and is to take your command in
case of your death. A copy of these instructions
you are to leave with him, and to give me an
account from time to time of your proceedings."
Boston, Aug. 12, 1696. William Stoughton.
VIII. Children of Sater Thomas and Catherine Ann
(Kelly) Walker.
1. Mary Jane; born 4th April, 1807.
2. (Infant); born nth December, 1809; died 12th
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3. Dorcas Angeline; born 15th February, 181 1.
4. (Infant); born 27th July, 181 2; died 27th July,
1812.
5. Caroline C; born 5th August, 1813.
6. (Infant); born 15th October, 18 14; died 15th
October, 18 14.
7. (Infant); born ist July, 1818; died ist July, 18 18.
8. (Infant); born 23d July, 1819; died 23d July, 18 19.
9. (Infant); born 16th November, 1820; died 16th
November, 1820.
10. Ann Rebecca; born 3d February, 1821 ; mar
ried 30th July, 1836, Charles George Ridgely,
son of Lot Ridgely, and had one son and two
daughters.
11. Catherine Ann; born 30th December, 1822.
12. Josephine S; born 2d September, 1825; mar
ried (first) ioth August, 1847, Daniel Elbert
Harrison; (second) 16th October, 1866, Alex
ander Applegarth. Had one daughter by first
marriage. First husband deceased 6th Decem
ber, i860.
13. Georgie Ann; born 16th January, 1828; died
October 24th 1829.
14. Sater Thomas ; born 13th May, 1831; married
nth June, 1849, Mary J. Kirby.
This record is furnished by Mr. Sater Thomas
Walker, a resident of Baltimore, Md., who served

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during the Civil War in the First Maryland Veteran
Volunteers, Col. John R. Kenly, 2d Division, 2d
Brigade, 5 th Army Corps, and was honorably dis
charged after Lee's surrender.
He was in two battles before Petersburg, and also
at the battle of the Weldon R. R., and Hatcher's
Run.
IX. Children of Joshua and Mary Elizabeth (Raborg)
Walker.
1. Ann Sater; born 23d October, 1823; married
4th October, 1842, Eugene Levering.
Eugene Levering was born in Baltimore, 24th of
October, 18 19, and was the twelfth of fourteen chil
dren, and in the direct line of descent from Rosier
Levering, born in 1600, a refugee in Germany on
account of the wars and persecutions of the Wal-
denses and Huguenots.
The " Levering Genealogy " gives Mr. Levering's
lineage as viz. :
Parents. — Peter ; born 4th February, 1 766 ; married
Hannah Wilson.
Grandparents: Enoch; born 2 ist February, 1742;
married Hannah Righter.
Great grandparents : WILLIAM ; born August, 1 705 ;
married Hannah Hardin.
Great Great grandparents : William ; born 4th May,
1677 ; married Catherine.
Great Great Great grandparents : WlGARD; born 1648;
married Magdalena Boker.

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Wigard was one of the pioneer settlers of Rox-
borough, Philadelphia Co., Pa., who came to America
in 1685, and brought his son William, aged 8, with
him. He was naturalized "on the 7th of the 3d
month, 1 69 1.
The Pennsylvania Gazette of February 12th, 1744,
contains the following notice of his death :
"Last week died not far from this City, Mr.
Wichart Levering, aged 109."
It has since been proved, however, that he was
only 97.
Wm. Levering, of the 3d generation, who belonged
in Roxbury, built the first school house there, and
gave the land for that purpose. He also built and
owned the first hotel in that place.
The Leverings are a well known Baltimore
family, who have been prominent in mercantile
and financial circles for over a century. They are
strongly identified with the Baptist denomination,
having been members of that church for several
successive generations.
Mr. Eugene Levering was for a long time treas
urer of the Maryland Baptist Union Association,
of which his father was one of the organizers, and a
member of the first executive board. He died in
June, 1870, having had a family of twelve children.
2. Mary Elizabeth; born 27th October, 1824; mar
ried Armstrong.
3. Margaret; born 5th October, 1825; died 6th
October, 1825.
4. Charles William; born 25th July, 1826; died 3d
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5. Martha Jane; born nth October, 1827; died
6th April, 1830.
6. Louisa Maria; born 29th October, 1828; died
30th August, 1874.
7. Adeline Augusta; born 23d December, 1829;
married Graham.
8. Joshua; born 29th January, 1831.
9. Thomas Wagner; born 9th June, 1832; died
30th September, 1862.
10. Louis Henry; born 6th December, 1833; died
7th September, 1834.
n. Christopher Raborg ; born 16th February,
1835; died 13th July, 1835.
12. Henry Augustus; born 6th October, 1836; died
9th August, 1837.
13. Helen Keen; born 22d February, 1838; mar
ried Armstrong.
14. Edwin ; born 18th June, 1839.
15. John Nicholas; born 29th March, 1841.
16. Alice; born 26th April, 1843; married Keyser.
17. Martha Jane; born 29th April, 1845; married
Mackall.
Mr. Joshua Walker's first wife, Mary Elizabeth,
was the daughter of Christopher and Mary Raborg.
This family record has been contributed through
the kindness of Mrs. H. W. Armstrong of Relay,
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X. Children of Henry and Martha Sater.
i. Hannah; born 18th September, 1806; married;
deceased August, 1856.
2. Henry ; born 4th January, 1 808 ; married.
3. Joseph L.; born 19th March, 1810. He was a
member of the Baptist Church.
XL Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Pottenger) Sater.
1. Samuel Pottenger; born 17th November, 1820;
married Eleanor Buck, 22d October, 1 840 ; they
had three sons and three daughters.
2. Joseph Levering Pottenger; born 27th Febru
ary, 1822 ; died ioth September, 1843.
3. Susan ; born ist January, 1824; married Jas. H.
Smith, 24th October, 1 849 ; they had three sons
and a daughter.
4. Isaac Newton; born 25th August, 1825; mar
ried Philena Cone, ist October, 185 1 ; they had
a son and daughter.
5. Thomas Jefferson ; born 2d October, 1827.
6. James Wethero ; born 20th August, 1829; died
12th October, 1830.
XII. Children of William and Nancy (Jones) Sater.
1. John Jones; born ioth June, 1814; married 19th
February, 1834, Nancy Larrison ; died April 3d,
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2. Hannah; born 16th July, 1816; died 29th July,
1816.
3. Eliza Ann; born 8th January, 1818 ; married
June, 1843, Wm. B. Hill. They have two sons
and three daughters.
4. Sarah; born 19th December, 1819; married 7th
February, 1843, James Gwaltney. They have
had three sons and six daughters.
5. William; born 2d September, 1822; married
March, 1844, Sarah Jane Skillman, and died
4th April, 1852. They had two sons and two
daughters.
6. Joseph; born 20th November, 1824; married 29th
March, 1849, Eliza Ann Hedges. They have
had two sons and two daughters.
7. Oliver; born 20th June, 1829; married 18th
August, 1850, Maria Foster. They had five
sons ; he died 7th November, 1 860.
8. Thos. Enoch; born 2d November, 1831 ; mar
ried ist, Mary Ellen Pottenger, 19th December,
1858, and had one son. She died 25th May, 1858.
He married 26th September, i860, Mary Gwalt
ney. They have had one son and two daugh
ters.
Of this family, Eliza Ann, resided two and a half
miles north of Mt. Pleasant, Township of Spring
field. Sarah lived in Morgan township, Butler
County, and William lived near her. Joseph, who
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brother, Thomas E., was elected township treasurer
in i860, and served eleven years. Has served as
school trustee for over twenty-five years, and held
various positions as township trustee and assessor,
county commissioner, etc., and is noted for his in
tegrity and high character. Murat Halstead said
of him : " I would with sincerity join in the recogni
tion proposed of the faithful and valuable public
service of Mr. Joseph Sater, whose name is identi
fied in this community with vigilance and integrity
in the discharge of the duties of a position of re
sponsibility," and the late Judge Longworth said :
" It was better to have written on Mr. Sater's
record, as it was now written, than on the tomb,
the tribute to his honesty and capability."
Oliver Sater occupied the original cabin built
by his grandfather at the old home until about
1858, when he built a larger house on the same
site. John J. Sater, the eldest son, lived nearly all his
life in Crosby township, of which he was trustee.
In the late War he was a member of company C.
69th Ohio Infantry, and was honorably discharged.
He and his wife were members of the Baptist
Church. Thos. Enoch Sater, the youngest son, was but
sixteen years old at the time of his father's death.
He remained at home, assisting on the farm, and
when the property was divided, the homestead and
seventy-five acres fell to his share, which he has in
creased but always occupied. Mr. Sater was elected
to Ohio Legislature in 1874, and has held various
offices of public trust and responsibility.

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XIII. Children of Thomas and Eleanor (Pottenger)
Sater.
i. Hannah; born 18th October, 1825; died nth
August, 1826.
2. Susannah; born 1 8th December, 1826; married
Owen Blackes, 1848 ; they had one son ; she
died 8th August, 1850.
3. Elizabeth Jane; born 28th June, 1829.
4. Phoebe Ann; born 30th January, 1831 ; died
30th April, 1 83 1.
5. Martha Ann; born 9th March, 1832; died 17th
February, 1833.
6. James W. P.; born 30th January, 1834.
7. Thomas P.; born ioth March, 1836.
8. Samuel P.; born 24th November, 1837.
9. Mary Eleanor; born May, 1843.
10. Margaret R.; born 12th March, 1845.
11. Joseph Newton; born 25th August, 1847 ; died
15 th August, 1850.
12. William Henry; born 5th October, 1849.
XIV. Children of Stout and Mary Ann (Sater)
At her ton
1. Charles Levering; born 7th February, 1826;
died 13th September, 1840.
2. Joseph M.; born 6th July, 1828.
3. Aaron S.; born 13th July, 1830; died 12th
December, 1846.
4. Dorcas Ann; born 17th February, 1832; mar
ried ioth December, 1834, Francis M. Bilby;
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Sixth to Ninth Generations.
I. Children of Benjamin and Martha (Parkes) Isbell,
Of McMinn Co., Tenn.
I. Nancy Miriam ; born 25th February, 18 19; mar
ried 28th May, 1839, to Matthew Jacob Turnley,
of Alabama. He was born 30th Nov. 1805, and
died 22d March, 1889.
Their, children :
A. Martha Julia; born 8th March, 1840; married
19th December, 1867, J. M. Armstrong.
Their children :
a. Turnley. b. Zella A.
B. George Isbell; born 29th August, 1843; mar
ried (first) Miss Woodward, February 1 5th, 1870 ;
married (second) Emma Ross.
C. Mary Ann ; born 6th December, 1845; married
29th July, 1873, John H. Reynolds, Rome, Ga.
Their children :
a. Hughes Turnley. d. May.
b. Wm. Barton. e. Ruby.
c. Miriam. /. John H., Jr.
D. James Benjamin ; born 5th February, 1848 ;
married nth February, 1873, Lulu Phinizy.
Their children :
a. Louisa. d. James.
b. John Phinizy. e. William.
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E. William F. P; born 19th November, 1852.
F. Thomas Howard; born 13th March, 1855.
G. Frances Amelia ; born 22d February, 1858.
H. Eppies R ; born 19th December, 1859.
2. Thomas Martin; born 3d March, 1821 ; married
2 ist December, 1843, Sarah Ann Terry. He
died 19th June, 1859.
Their children :
A. Mattie ; married Forrest.
B. William.
V. Thomas.
D. Benjamin.
K. Columbus.
3. Frances Discretion; born nth March, 1823; mar
ried (first) 30th March, 1852, John Hughes, who
died 7th March, 1855 ; married (second) 1867,
W. L. Rice. Deceased 29th January, 1886.
Their children :
A. B. I.
B. Elizabeth Hughes ; married Wallace K.Sheddan.
Their children :
a. Two daughters, and b. Benj. Isbell Hughes.
4. Martha Ann ; born 9th November, 1825; married
3d September, 1844, Robert McMillan. She
died 27th April, 1850.
Their children -.
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5. Mary Louisa ; born 5th November, 1827; mar
ried 5th November, 1844, Richard Franklin
Malone Hampton, who was born 31st July,
1 82 1, served in Co. A, Third Virginia Cavalry,
Confederate States Army, and was captured in
the Valley with Wade Hampton Scouts. Died
a prisoner of war at Elmira, N. Y., ioth Oc
tober, 1864.
Their children :
A. Robert Isbell ; born 24th November, 1845 ; mar-
ried 15th November, 1870 (first) Effie Elizabeth
Clabaugh, (deceased). Served in the Confed
erate States Army, and received a rifle ball
through the lung at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Their children :
a. Effie Elizabeth Clabaugh ; born 28th March,
1872; married 12th May, 1892, Chas. Alden
Rowland, of Athens, Ga. Their child ( ninth
generation), Charles Hampton, born 12th
May, 1893.
b. Robert Richard, born 12th March, 1878.
Robert I. Hampton, married (second) nth January,
1 88 1, M. Revelle Comer.
B. James.
C Fannie ; married McGill.
D. Emma.
E. Richard.
6. Sarah Elizabeth; bom 29th September, 1829;
married 6th December, 1849, Jesse H. Gant.
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Their children :
A. Thomas Isbell.
B. Orlando.
C. Oscar.
7. James Parkes; born 20th July, 1831 ; deceased
19th April, 1850.
8. Benjamin Howard ; born ist July, 1833 ; deceased
8th September, 1864 ; served in the U. S. Army
during late War ; was a private in Co. F. 4th
Reg., Tenn. Cav. Remains transferred to Na
tional Cemetery in Corinth, Miss.
9. John Williams; born 7th August, 1835. He
served in the Civil War as Captain of Co. F.
4th Reg., Tenn. Cav. He died 9th July, 1864,
near Shelbyville, Tenn., at Mrs. Grear's, who
married him while sick. His remains were
transferred to the National Cemetery at Corinth,
Miss.
10. Lucinda Missouri ; born 4th July, 1837 ; mar
ried 9th July, 1855, Robert McMillan.
Their children :
A. Robert.
B. Fannie.
11. Dennis Rowan; born ist September, 1839;
married 28th December, 1871, Emma E. Callo
way ; she was born 29th November, 1 846.
Their children :
A. John Calloway; born 7th October, 1873.
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III. Children of Livingston and Edmonds Isbell.
Of Alabatna.
i. Thomas.
2. Lewis.
3. Bowlin.
II. Children of Thomas and Lucinda (Petty) Isbell.
Of Blackstone, N. C.
1. James M.
2. A daughter.
IV. Children of James and Rutelia (Houston ) Isbell.
Of Alabama.
1. Houston.
2. Thomas L.
3. Maggie ; married Joseph Hardie.
4. Fannie ; married Wm. Boynton.
5. Alice ; married Wm. P. Armstrong of Selma,
Ala.
V. Children of John R. Howard.
Of Athens, Tenn.
1. Julia; married Calvin Cobb; emigrated to the
Indian Territory and died there.
2. Sallie ; married Smith Riggs. Deceased ; left
two sons.
3. William H. ; married and died in Chattanooga.
Left one daughter.
4. John ; married Mattie Rice ; lives in Knoxville,
Tenn. Has three children.
5. Narcissa ; married Samuel Wilson. Died, leav
ing a daughter, Elizabeth.
6. Louisa ; married Charles Mattock. Died, leav.
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7. James ; living in Chattanooga.
8. Benjamin ; married Miss Giles. Lives in Chatta
nooga.
9. Cornelius L. ; married Miss Harris. Lives in
Chattanooga, and has two daughters.
VI. Children of Cornelius Howard.
Of Monroe Co., Tenn.
1. Asbury; lived and died at Loudon, Tenn.
2. Samuel ; married Elisha Kimbro's daughter, and
went West.
3. Mary Ann ; married, and settled in Georgia.
4. Amantha ; married, and settled in Georgia.
VII. Children of Benjamin and Fanny (Hall) Howard.
1. George.
2. James.
3. Ruth.
VIII. Children oj Burton and Fanny (Hall) Howard.
Of Blunt Co., Tenn.
1 . Bettie ; married Arnold Cruse.
2. William.
3. John.
4. Carrie.
5. Maggie ; married Joseph Henry.
6. Samuel ; married Miss Lawrence.
IX. (Children of Walter W. and Martha (Hardin)
Howard.
Of Polk Co., Tenn.
1 . Mary N. ; deceased.
2. John; married Diecy, daughter of Boyd McMur-
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Their children :
A. Mattie ; married.
B. Nellie. D. Mary.
C. Walter Lee. E. Cora.
3. Joseph Sater ; married Mary Howell ; deceased ;
no issue.
4. Dennis ; married Bessie Coston ; lives at Sweet
water, Tenn. Has one daughter.
5. James ; married Emma Bronder. They have
three sons and one daughter.
X. Children of Buck and Elvira (Howard) Lattimore.
Of Tennessee River, Tenn.
1. John ; married Ellen Crawley.
2. Callaway ; married, and has two daughters, Eliz
abeth and Susan.
3. Bettie; married Ruf us Gaut ; settled near Sweet
water, Tenn.
4. Susan ; married W. L. Cline ; settled near Lou
don, Tenn.
XL Children of Joseph and Narcissa (Howard) Henry.
Of Blunt Co., Tenn.
1. George ; married.
2. Howard. 4. Rufus.
3. John. 5. Isabell.
XII. Children of Wm. H. and Eliza (Steed) Howard.
Of Athens, Tenn.
1. James ; married Carrie Lee Brown, and settled in
Nashville. Deceased February, 1889, leaving
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2. Carrie ; married Powell George, and had one
daughter, May, who married Taylor Lowrey.
3. Hattie ; married Wiley Gaston. Deceased June,
1889, leaving one son and one daughter.
4. Sallie ; married Wm. McGautrey.
5. Corda ; married George Cannon. Has one daugh
ter, Bessie, who married Hays Buffington.
6. Mary.
7. Bell ; married Charles Davis, of Athens, Tenn.
8. Catherine ; married James Reader. Lives at
Knoxville ; has two sons.
XIII. Children of John and Catherine ( Whilhelm) Sater.
Of Baltimore, Md.
1. Margaret.
2. Miriam.
3. Thomas.
4. Henry.
5. Keturah.
6. John W. ; born 1835 ; married, April, 1861, Sallie,
daughter of Elisha Jackson, of Black Rock, Md.
She was born 1832, and died 1865.
Their children :
A. Elisha Bradford; born 1862.
B. John Albert, born 1864; deceased 1884.
XIV. Child of Rebecca ( Walker) Littlejohn.
Of Baltimore, Md.
Theresa ; who married Mr. Tongue of Columbus,
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XV. Children of Noah and Sarah (Caughey) Walker.
Of Baltimore, Md.
i. Patrick Henry ; married Rosa, daughter of George
Miltnact, of Pikesville, Md. "Deceased in 1887.
Their children :
A. Noah ; married Miss Matthews.
B. Dixon ; married Georgie Hoopes.
C. Henry ; married Alice McMahon.
D. Samuel Hamilton.
E. Sarah ; married (first) Chas. Shelton, of Va. ;
(second) Wm. Councilman, of Md.
2. Noah Dixon ; killed at the battle of Chancellor-
ville, on Gen. Stonewall Jackson's staff.
XVI. Children of Michael and Dorcas ( Walker)
Caughey.
1 . John ; married Elizabeth Caughey, his cousin.
Their children :
A. Michael Patrick ; married Mary Rosana Pender
gast.
B. Sarah.
C. Dorcas Rowena ; married Wm. West.
D. Alverta.
E. John Hamilton ; married Laura Miltnact.
F. Alice.
2. Samuel Hamilton; married Alice Pendergast.
Their children :
A. Charles Pendergast, U. S. Consul to Messina,
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B. Noah Walker, a Catholic priest at Laurel, Md.
C. Frank.
D. Alverta.
E. Adelaide.
3. Noah ; married Mary Jane Twomey.
Their children :
A. Catherine ; married Henry Zell.
B. Alverta ; married Dr. Grindle.
C. Grace ; married Carrol Zell (nephew of Henry).
D. Frank (unmarried).
4. Alverta ; married Charles Moore.
Their children :
A. Dorcas.
B. Mary Bell ; married Edward Bevans.
C. Alverta.
D. Elizabeth.
XVII. Children of George W. and Louisa (Walker)
Bull.
Of Baltimore, Md.
1. Thomas Walker; married 13th January, 1858, to
Eliza, daughter of Dr. Robert H. and Eliza
Labatut Maclay, of N. Y. City. She was born
5th of June, 1836, and died nth January, 1868.
He died ist January, 1864.
Their children :
A. Robert Maclay ; married 16th April, 1884, Alice
Brevoort, daughter of Hon. Frederick A. Potts.
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2. George Walker ; married Cecelia DeRuyter.
Their children :
A. Chas. DeRuyter.
B. Genevieve Celine ; married Fridge Riach.
Their children :
a. Alexander Fridge. c. Marjorie.
b. Thomas. d. Genevieve.
C. Julia Josephine (deceased) ; married J. W. Ed
monds York ; left one daughter.
D. Cecilia Desir£e.
XVIII. Children of Archibald and Julia Ann (Walker)
Maclay.
Of New York City.
i. Archibald; born 19th October, 1837; deceased
17th December, 1837.
2. William Walker; born 13th August, 1839; de
ceased 5 th October, 1839.
3. Isaac Walker; born 14th May, 1841 ; married
Laura A., daughter of Sarah Agnes Craig and
Hon. Wm. F. Havemeyer, of N. Y. City.
Note. — Isaac Walker Maclay entered the U. S. Military
Academy at West Point, July ist, i860, and graduated June 13th,
1864, and was appointed 2d Lieutenant, ist U. S. Artillery.
Served during the late War, 1864-66. Was instructor of Ar
tillery to the 69th Reg't New York Volunteers, Transferred
to Ordnance Corps, 17th September, 1864. Served as Assistant
Ordnance Officer, Washington Arsenal, Washington, D. C,
Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, and Ass't Sup't Springfield
Armory, Mass., 1867-68. He was Chief Ordnance Officer on the

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Their children :
A. Julia Havemeyer.
B. Agnes Craig.
C. William Frederick.
D. Henry Havemeyer (deceased).
E. Archibald. F. Laura Grace.
Staff of Gen. C. C. Augur, Dept. of the Platte, 1868-69, Commis
sioned ist Lieut., Ordnance Corps, 13th Nov. 1866, and subse
quently stationed at Watervliet and Rock Island Arsenals,
1869-73. Resigned Nov. 1873 and became Civil Engineer and
City Surveyor. Has been Topographical Engineer of the Dept.
of Parks, and Chief Engineer of Long Island R. R. He belongs
to the Association of Graduates, U. S. Military Academy, Sons of
the Revolution, the Military Society of the War of 1812, the N. Y.
Historical Society, and corresponding member Harford Histori
cal Society, Ind.
Note. — Wm. F. Havemeyer was born in New York City, 12th
February, 1804 ; and died 30th November, 1874. He graduated
from Columbia College in 1823, and was engaged in sugar re
fining, 1827-1842 ; President of Bank of North America, 1851-
1861 ; Presidential elector on the Polk ticket, 1844 ; President of
the first Commission of Emigration, New York City ; Founder of
the Pennsylvania Coal Company ; Mayor of New York City,
1845-1846 ; 1848-1849 ; 1872-1874 ; Chairman of the Committee
of Seventy, and the leader in the overthrow of the Tweed ring.
Sarah Agnes, his wife, born 20th July, 1807 ; died 14th Decem
ber, 1894 ; was the daughter of Hector Craig, a representative in
Congress from Craigville, N. Y., 1823 to 1825, and 1829 to 1830,
when he resigned, and was appointed Surveyor of the Port of
New York, by President Andrew Jackson. His mother, Agnes,
was the daughter of Captain Hector McNeil, U. S. Navy, who
commanded the U.S. Ship Boston in 1777, having been appointed
third among the twenty-four Captains by Congress, October
ioth, 1776.
In 1790, James Craig, his father, erected the first paper mill in
the county, at Craigville, Orange Co., N. Y. Hector Craig mar
ried the daughter of John Chandler, a stanch patriot during the
Revolutionary struggle in America, and a descendant of the
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4. Augustus Walker, M.D; born 6th January, 1844;
graduated at the University of the City of New
York, as a physician, in 1865, and practiced
medicine in N. Y. City for many years. Mar
ried Elizabeth Boyd, who died in 1891.
5. William Walter; born 27th March, 1846; mar
ried Marian Bensel.
Their children :
A. Alice.
B. Walter; born ioth December, 1879; de
ceased 5th June, 1887.
XIX. Children of Thomas A. and Mary C. (Williams)
Walker.
Of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
1. Isaac; born 2d March, 1872; died 5th December,
1879.
2. Edward Williams; born 7th January, 1874.
Note.— William Walter Maclay entered the U. S. Naval
Academy as Midshipman, Oct. i860, graduated in May, 1863, and
commissioned Ensign, U. S. N. Promoted to Master, U. S. N., Nov.
1865. Served on the Ticonderoga in both bombardments of Fort
Fisher, 1864-65. Appointed on a Light House Board by the
Japanese Government for lighting Yeddo Bay, Nov. 1866. Com
missioned Lieutenant U. S. N., Nov. 1866, and Lieutenant Com
mander, Oct. 1868, appointed Fleet Lieutenant and Acting Fleet
Captain of the U. S. Asiatic Squadron, January, 1868. Was Ass't
Prof, of Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Re
signed Oct. 1871. Appointed Ass't Engineer of the Dept. of
Docks, N. Y. City, Oct. 1873. Received the " Norman Gold
Medal " from the American Society of Civfc Engineers, Nov.
1878. Is President of the American Portland C>!*nent Co., Glens
Falls, N. Y., and Member of the Institution of Cwil Engineers of
London, the American Society of Civil Engineers and Manhat
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3. Gulielma Foster; born 26th July, 18.76.
4. Brown Austin; born 8th December, 1878.
5. Archibald Alexander; born 15th July, 1881.
XX. Children of Gilbert M. and Emily Discretion
(Walker) Speir.
Of New York City.
1. Archibald; graduate of New York University,
and Lawyer, New York City ; belongs to the
Century Club.
2. Louisa Gulielma ; deceased, 12th January, 1844.
3. Emily ; married Dr. Glover Arnold of N. Y. City.
Their children :
A. Emily.
B. Julia.
C. Anna Louisa.
4. Isaac Henry; deceased, ioth June, 1849.
5. Anna Louisa ; deceased.
6. Gilbert M., Jr., Graduate of Columbia College,
and Lawyer, New York City.
7. Julia ; married H. T. Wright, Paymaster U. S.
Navy.
XXI. Children of Wm. M. and Ann Eliza ( Walker)
Gawtry.
Of New York City.
1. Louisa; married ist June, 1893, Thos. Smith
Grimke. They have one son, Frederic Drayton.
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XXII. Children of Peter I. and Mary Mathilda
( Walker ) Nevius.
Of New York City.
i. Annie Walker f; married Alexis A. Julien, Pro
fessor in Columbia College.*
2. William H. ; married Catherine S. Upham..
3. Gulielma Foster f ; married Dr. Stuart Church; is
a practicing physician in Brooklyn, N. Y.
4. Peter I.
5. Augusta Rebecca ; married John Jacobson, an
architect of N. Y. City.
6. Louisa. 7. John Foster. 8. James ; deceased.
XXIII. Children of Sylvanus F. and Augusta Rebecca
( Walker ) Jenkins.
Of New York City.
1. Gulielma; deceased.
2. Henry ; deceased ; married Miss Cecil ; left two
children.
3. Sylvanus F ; of Rochester, N. Y., married daugh
ter of Sylvanus J. Macy. They have two chil
dren.
* Prof. Julien was born 13th February, 1840, and graduated
from Union College. In 1862, he made a geological survey of the
islands around St. Bartholomew, and received a gold medal from
the King of Sweden. In 1872 he was connected with the geological
survey of Michigan, and in 1875 was engaged on the state geo
logical survey of North Carolina. Was Vice-Pres. of the N. Y.
Academy of Sciences in 1884, and one of the founders of the
N.Y. Microscopical Society in 1883. He was one of the originators
of the Society of Naturalists of the Eastern U. S. In 1885 he was
appointed instructor in the Columbia School of Mines.
t Daughters of the Revolution.

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XXIV. Child of Isaac H. and Cornelia (Macy) Walker.
Of New York City.
William M. ; married Miss Pauline Dusenbury.
They have a son, Isaac Henry.
XXV. Children of Charles G. and Ann Rebecca
( Walker ) Ridgely.
Of Baltimore, Md.
i. Charles George; born 22d June, 1837; deceased
6th February, 1843.
2. Laura Louisa; born 1850.
3. Nannie Rebecca; born 1852; married June, 1881,
Louis Kemp of Frederick, Md.
Their children :
A. Charles G. Ridgely; born 21st September, 1882.
B. May; born 16th May, 1886.
C. Mamie; born 12th March, 1890.
D. Lewis; born 30th October, 1893.
XXVI. Child of Daniel E. and Josephine Sater
( Walker) Harrison.
Of Baltimore , Md.
Augusta H. ; born 26th June, 1859; married Rev.
David Laughlin, a Presbyterian minister.
XXVII. Children of Sater Thos. and Mary Jane
(Kir by) Walker.
Of Baltimore, Md.
1. Anne Rebecca; born September 5th, 1850; mar
ried 28th July, 1867, Frank Sherman.
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3. Ellen; born 20th August, 1866; married, 7th
January, 1889, Frederick Watson.
4. Mary Lizzie ; born 20th September, 1872; mar
ried ioth March, 1891, John Mahrer.
XXVIII. Children of Eugene u.nd Ann SMer ( Walker)
Levering.
Of Baltimore, Md.
1. Wm. Thomas ; born 7th July, 1843.
2. Eugene ; ) , , „
j ° y bom 12th September, 1845.
Eugene married 1868, Mary E., daughter of
James D. and Mary Walker Armstrong.
4. Mary Elizabeth ; born 26th March, 1 847 ; deceased
3d March, 1868.
5. Frederick Augustus ; born 19th July, 1849.
6. Leonidas ; born 12th November, 1850.
7. Wilson; born 24th January, 1852; deceased, 3d
February, 1852.
8. Edwin Walker; born nth November, 1853.
9. Leonard Matthews; born October 23d, 1855.
10. Annie Eugenia; born November 20th, 1857.
11. Franklin Wilson; born June 30th, i860.
12. Martha; born December 12th, 1864; deceased
January 2d, 1865.
Mr. Eugene Levering, with his brothers, William T. and
Joshua, became partners with their father in 1866, and in January,
1875, the present firm of four brothers succeeded the old firm.
It is the largest coffee house in the country. Mr. Eugene
Levering has been President of the National Bank of Commerce
of Baltimore, and has been very active in the Baptist Church,
was one of the Building Committee of the Eutaw Place Church,
and among the first deacons elected ; is President of the Am.
Baptist Education Society and Treasurer of the Maryland Baptist
Union. Joshua Levering has also been connected with financial
institutions, trust companies, etc., and is prominent in the Baptist
denomination of Baltimore.

patent from Xorb Baltimore
to 1benr\> Sater.

Ibcnrg Sater, bis patent, Charles the Second, &c.
"TKflblte 1ball," 50 acres. To all persons, &c.
Know Ye, that for and in consideration that Henry
Sater of Baltimore County hath due unto him Fifty
Acres of Land within our said Province of Mary
land, being due unto him by virtue of a Warrant
for that quantity granted to him the said Henry,
the seventh day of January one thousand seven
hundred and sixteen, as appears in our Land Office
and upon such Conditions and Terms as are Ex
pressed in our Conditions of Plantations of our said
Province, bearing date the fifth day of April one
thousand six hundred eighty and four, and remain
ing upon Record in our said Province, together
with such Alteration as in them are made by our
further Conditions, bearing date the fourth day of
December one thousand six hundred ninety and
six and Registered in our said Province.
We do therefore hereby grant unto him the said
Henry All, that tract or parcel of Land lying in
Baltimore County on the North side of Jones' Falls,
a Branch of Patapsco River called " White Hall."
Beginning at a bounded White Oak standing by
a small draft of the aforesaid Falls, and on the

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East side of a tract of Land taken up by Thomas
Carpenter, and running thence East, one hundred
perches; thence North, eighty perches; thence'
West, one hundred perches; then with a straight
line to the beginning trees.
Containing and now laid out for fifty acres of
land more or less according to the Certificate of
Survey thereof taken and returned into our Land
Office, bearing date the sixteenth day of January
one thousand seven hundred and sixteen, and there
remaining, together with all Rights, Profits, Bene
fits and Privileges thereunto belonging (Royal
Mines Excepted) : To Have and To Hold the same
unto him, the said Henry, his Heirs and Assigns
forever, to be holden of us and our Heirs as of our
Manor of Baltimore, in Fee and Common Soccage
by fealty only for all manner of Services, Yielding
and Paying therefore yearly unto us and our Heirs
at our receipt at the City of St. Maries, at the two
most usual feasts in the year (viz.) the feast of the
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mar}' and St.
Michael the Archangel, by even and equal por
tions, the Rent of Two Shillings Sterling in Silver
or Gold, and for a fine upon every Alienation of the
said Land or any part or parcel thereof, one whole
year's Rent in Silver or Gold or the full value
thereof in such Commodities as we and our heirs
or such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed by
us and our heirs from time to time, to Collect and
Receive the same, shall accept in discharge thereof
at the Choice of us and our heirs or such Officer
or Officers aforesaid. Provided that if the said
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and our heirs or such Officer or Officers aforesaid
before such Alienation, and the said Alienation
entered upon Records either in the Provincial
Court or County Court where the same parcel of
Land Lyeth within one month next after such
Alienation, then the said Alienation shall be Void
and of noe Effect.
Given under our Greater Seal at Arms this
twenty and first day of October one thousand
seven hundred and eighteen.
Witness our Trusty and Well Beloved John
Hart, Esq., our Governor and Keeper of our said
Greater Seal in our said Province of Maryland.
John Hart. \ )
XanO ©race of /TRarslan&, Set :
I Hereby Certify, that the aforegoing is a true
copy of the Patent of " White Hall," as recorded in
Liber P. L., No. 4, folio 44, one of the Record
Books of this Office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of the Land
Office of Maryland, this thirteenth day of
July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Philip D. Laird,
Commissioner of the Land Office.

Historical Sfcetcb
OF THE CHESTNUT RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH, NOW KNOWN
AS SATER'S CHURCH.

From "The Baptist" Baltimore, September 26, 1SQ4.
The above named church was^ organized in the year of
our Lord seventeen hundred and forty- two (1742), and
Henry Sater is represented as its founder, as no doubt he
was. He was what was called at that day a " General Bap
tist "in contradistinction from "Separate Baptists." He
was a layman, and the historian tells us that " he bore an
excellent character." He came from England in 1709.
Soon after his settlement in this colony he invited Baptist
ministers to preach in his house, by which means a few from
time to time were proselyted to his sentiments, and after
many years the church was formed, it being the first Baptist
Church organized in the State of Maryland. Among the min
isters who officiated with this infant church as pastors or sup
plies in early times were George Eglisfield, from Pennsylvania,
George Palmer, Henry Loveall and probably others. Those
wonderful pioneers of the Gospel, Shubael Stearns, of Mas
sachusetts, who was converted under the preaching of Whit
field, David Thomas, of Pennsylvania, who married a Mrs.
Shreeve, of Maryland, and afterwards settled with the Ke
tockton Baptist Church in Loudoun County, Va., and John
Gano, often preached the gospel to these faithful disciples,
as they journeyed from State to State, for it was no uncom
mon thing in that day for Baptist preachers to travel on
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miles, preaching as they went, as opportunity offered, in
private dwellings and barns, hut much more frequently in
shady groves, having " mother earth," with a rustic board
nailed to the side of a tree for a pulpit and the vaulted
heavens above for a cathedral ; and how wonderfully did
God bless the labors of these faithful men ! But Mr. Sater
may be justly considered not only as the founder of the first
church, but of the Baptist interest in Maryland. His lib
eral assistance in building the house of worship and his
gifts of land to the church on which the house stands, and
to the minister as well, are mentioned as peculiar marks of
his liberality.
The church immediately after its organization increased
very fast and began to spread over the country, and soon
extended over to Opeckon and Ketockton in Virginia ; in
somuch that in four years the number of communicants
amounted to 181.
The Opeckton church in Berkley County, Va., and Ke
tockton church in Loudoun County, were formed to a great
extent out of members moving from Sater's church in Ma
ryland to Virginia, and out of which grew the " old Ketock
ton Association," one of the oldest and most influential
bodies of Baptists in the State for nearly a century.
The covenant entered into by this people, that is to say,
by the " Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church," now Sater's, and
which was presented to the Governor and Court of this then
Catholic Province, when the society was taken under the
protection of the " Toleration Laws," was expressed in the
following terms :
" We, the humble professors of the Gospel of Christ,
baptized upon a declaration of faith and repentance, be
lieving the doctrine of general redemption (or the free
grace of God extended to all mankind), do hereby seri
ously, heartily and solemnly, in the presence of the Searcher
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and settle ourselves into a church, to hold, abide by and
contend for the faith once delivered to the saints, owned by
the best reformed churches in England, Scotland and else
where, especially as published and maintained in the forms
and confessions of the Baptists in England and Scotland,
except in infant baptism, modes of church government, the
doctrine of absolute reprobation and ceremonies. We do
also bind ourselves hereby to depend and live up to the
Protestant religion, &c." We do also engage with our lives
and fortunes to defend the crown and dignity of our graci
ous Sovereign, King George, to him and his issue forever,
and to obey all his laws, humbly submitting ourselves to all
in authority under him, and giving custom to whom custom,
honor to whom honor, tribute to whom tribute is due. We
do further declare that we are not against taking oaths, nor
using arms in defense of our king and country, when
legally called thereto, and that we do approve and will obey
the laws of this Province. And further we do bind , our
selves to follow the patterns of our brethren in England, to
maintain order, government and discipline in our church,
especially that excellent directory of the Rev. Francis Stan
ley entitled " The Gospel Honor and Church Ornament,
dedicated to the Church in the counties of Lincoln, Not
tingham and Cambridge." We also engage that all persons
upon joining our society shall yield consent to and subscribe
this our solemn league and covenant. Subscribed by us
whose names are underwriten this ioth day of July, 1742.

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Earl]? ©ebtcatfon of Sater's /iDeeting Ibouse.

A Place Where the Baptist People of Long Ago Gathered for
Worship Amid the Forest Primeval. — Their Quaint
Declaration of Faith. — The Deed, to the End
of the World, Made by Henry Sater
in the Year 1742.

From the "Baltimore-American?' February JO, 1895.
Out in Baltimore county, on an elevation known as Chest
nut Ridge, stands an ancient Baptist Church in the centre
of a primeval grove of majestic oaks. On the second Sun
day of every June faithful Baptists from this city and from
various sections of the State journey to this little church to
worship at the shrine where so many pious men and women
of two or more generations ago worshiped, and to gaze
upon the weather-stained tombstones that mutely tell of
those beneath who had lived and died in the faith.
This church, so hallowed in its age and so holy in its
simplicity, is known as Sater's Meeting-house. It was
named after that pious Baptist, Henry Sater, who over a
century and a half ago, built and deeded it to his brethren
in the faith. Through the years that have gone since then
the church has been carefully preserved, both from the hand
of progress, which too often is akin to that of vandalism, and
from decay. Therefore, it stands to-day as its founder built
it, an object of veneration and admiration of all beholders.
The history of its founding is like unto the history of
many other churches in this city which raised their scarred
spires to Heaven in colonial days. Back in 1709 Mr. Henry
Sater went out from this city into the primeval forests of
Baltimore county and purchased a plantation. A portion
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nut trees, was in this purchase, and the earliest visitors to his
home soon grew to know this elevation as " Chestnut Ridge."
The plantation was in those days a long distance from
Baltimore Town, but the growth of the latter into a great
city, and the spread of its population, has brought Chest
nut Ridge to within a short distance of its suburbs. Mr
Sater belonged to that body of religionists known as " Gen.
eral " Baptists, called so in those early days to distinguish
them from "Particular " Baptists. He was a religious man,
and delighted in home service. A Baptist minister was
always the most welcome visitor to cross his threshold, and
his hospitality was prodigal. When such a minister came
his friends and neighbors were notified, and they gathered
at Mr. Sater's home to join with him in worship. As time
wore on the members that attended these services grew
greater, and soon formed a little congregation. Mr. Sater
then determined to build a suitable place of worship, where
in all could gather, and where regular services could be
held. He looked over his great plantation and decided
that there was no more beautiful spot upon it than was
found on the crest of Chestnut Ridge. So he selected there,
in the heart of a magnificent grove of oak trees, a site for
his meeting-house. At the foot of this grove there ran a
little stream of water, since named " Shoemaker's Run,"
whose clear depths reflected the sturdy trunks of the oak
trees and whose cool, pure water quenched the thirsts of
man and beast when they should come from afar to gather
at the church. In the midst of these beautiful pastoral
surroundings Mr. Sater built his "meeting-house," and on
November 16th, 1742, he deeded the house, with one acre
of land for a burying place, " to the congregation forever,
to the end of the world." The trustees to whom he made
the deed were Henry Loveall, Thomas West, William Tow
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A CONFESSION OF FAITH.
The covenant under which the church was organized
was very unique. It begins as follows :
"We, the humble professors of the Gospel of Christ,
baptized on a declaration of faith and repentance, believing
the doctrine of general redemption (or free grace of God to
all mankind), do hereby, seriously, heartily and solemnly, in
the presence of the Searcher of all hearts, and before the
world, covenant, agree, bind and settle ourselves into a
church, to hold, abide by and contend for the faith once
delivered to the saints.
"We do further declare that we are not against taking
oaths, nor using arms in defense of our king and country,
when legally called thereto ; and that we do approve and
will obey the laws of this Province.
" We also engage that all persons, on joining our society,
shall yield consent to and subscribe to this, our solemn
league and covenant." A LEGAL DOCUMENT.
The instrument of the formal transfer of the property to
the trustees of Mr. Sater, or the indenture, is just as unique.
The following was taken from the original, preserved among
land documents at Towson :
Henry Sater to Henry Loveall and others. Conveyance.
This indenture, made this sixteenth day of November, in
the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and
forty-two, between Henry Sater, in the Province of Mary
land, and county of Baltimore, planter, on the one part, and
Henry Loveall, Thomas West, William Towson and William
Browne, in the province and county aforesaid, witnesseth
that the said Henry Sater, for and in consideration of two
shillings sterling, to him in hand paid by the said Henry
Loveall, Thomas West, William Towson and William
Browne, aforesaid, the receipt whereof he, the said Henry
Sater, doth hereby acknowledge, that he is therewith fully

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satisfied, contented and paid, and thereof and from all and
every part and parcel thereof doth by these presents acquit
and forever discharge the said Henry Loveall, Thomas
West, William Towson and William Browne, and their heirs,
executors and administrators, them, and every one of them,
forever, hath given, granted, bargained, sold, sett over, de
livered and forever confirmed, and by these presents do
give, grant, bargain, sell, sett over, deliver and forever con
firm unto the above said Henry Loveall, as pastor, and
Thomas West, William Towson and William Browne, as
deacons and elders, to the church congregation or people
of God commonly called Generall Baptist, and to their
successors, as such forever as chosen by the Church or
Congregation, as above said, to the end of the world, an
end of land situate and lying in or on his dwelling planta
tion, otherwise called Sater's addition, beginning at a red
oak tree marked on four sides, running due north sixteen
perches, then due west twelve perches, then due south six
teen perches, then east to the first-mentioned tree, be the
same more or less, to have and to hold the said bargained
land and premises for the building a meeting-house, burying
place and all other buildings, erections and conveniences
needful for the church and congregation above said, etc.
Before :
Geo. Buchanan, Chas. Ridgely.
Received a half-penny sterling for an alienation fine of
the within land for the use of the Lord Baltimore, by order
of Benj. Tasker, Esq., per Thomas Franklin.
ITS PEACEFUL HISTORY.
Thus the church was founded, and soon there gathered
about a numerous congregation for so thinly-settled a dis
trict. The first minister to supply the church was George
Eaglesfield, of Pennsylvania. He was followed by Paul
Palmer. Then came Rev. Henry Loveall, the first regular
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his congregation there numbered fifty-seven members. Mr.
Loveall remained with the congregation four years. Tradi
tion says that Mr. Loveall baptized the first converts in
Shoemaker's Run, selecting for that purpose one spot where
the water was deeper than elsewhere. This spot was called
the "hole," and in it the work of immersion was easy. In
later years this custom was abandoned, and now the spot is
remembered chiefly by anglers, who frequent the run to
seduce from its clear waters the speckled trout which
abound therein. But loving hearts have guarded the old
" meeting-house," and it stands to-day a monument to its
devout and generous builder. Services are regularly con
ducted therein, and descendants of those who lie buried in
the old burial ground gather there on Sunday to kneel
where their forefathers knelt, and offer their prayers to their
Maker, even as their foreparents did a century and a half
ago. The pulpit of the church is now supplied by Rev.
William Nicholls.

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OList of a Century of tbe Earliest Baptist
Cburcbes in tbis Country, ano tbeir
ffirst ipastors.

Providence, R. I. — Roger Williams, . . . March, 1639
First Church, Newport, R. I.— Dr. John Clark, . . 1644
Second Church, Newport, R. I. — Rev. Wm. Vaughan, 1656
First Church, Swansea, Mass. — John Miles, . . . 1663
First Church, Boston, Mass. — Thomas Gould, 28th
May,  1665
North Kingston, R. 1  1665
Seventh Day, Newport, R. 1  167 1
South Kingston, R. 1  1680
Newbury, Mass  1681
Charleston, S. C. — Wm. Screven,  1683
Cold Spring, Bucks Co., Pa. — Thos. Dungan, . . 1684
Tiverton, R. R— Hugh Mosier (Ninth Society), . 1685
Middleton, N. J. — John Brown,  1688
Pennepeck, Pa. — Elias Keach,  1689
Piscataway, N. J. — John Drake,  1689
Cohansey, N. J. — Thos. Killingsmith,  1690
Second Church, Swansea, Mass  1693
Martha's Vineyard, Chilmark. — Rev. Peter Folger, . 1694
First Church, Philadelphia, Pa.— John Watts, . . 1698
Welsh Tract, Del— Thos. Griffith  1703
First Church, Groton, Conn. — Rev. Valentine Wight-
man,  i7°S
Smithfield, R. I  i7°6
Seventh Day, Piscataway, N. J  i7°7
Hopkinton, R. I  I1°&
Great Valley, Pa. — Rev. Hugh Davis,  171 1
Cape May, N. J. — Rev. Nathaniel Jenkins, . . . 1712

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Burley, Isle of Wight Co., Va. — Rev. Robt. Nordin, 17 14
Hopewell, N. J   1715
Brandywine, Pa  . . 1715
Montgomery, Pa. — Benjamin Griffith,  17 19
Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y. — Rev. Robt. Ferks, 1724
Scituate, R. I  . . 1725
Warwick, R. I  . . 1725
French Creek, Pa. . .... ... 1726
Second Church, New London, Conn. — Rev. Stephen
Groton,  . . . . 1726
Indian Town, Me. . . .  173°
Cumberland, R. 1  1732
Rehoboth, Mass. — Rev. John Comer, . . . . . 1732
Shiloh, N. J  1734
Sutton, Mass. — Rev. Benj. Marsh, . . . . 1735
South Brimfield, Mass. — (New Wales). . . . 1736
Ashley River, S. C. — Rev. Isaac Chanler, . . . 1736
Welch Neck, S. C— Rev. Phillip James, .... 1738
Southington, Conn. — (Farmington Church), Rev.
John Merriam,  1738
Leicester, Mass. — Elder Thos. Green,  1739
West Springfield, Mass. — Rev. Edward Upham, . . 1740
Kingwood, N. J. — Rev. Thos. Curtis, . ... 1742
Chestnut Ridge, (Sater's) Baltimore, Md. — Henry
Loveall,  1742