History of Hillsborough, (Somerset County) New Jersey United States of America

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A Short Biography of Elbert Stothoff Porter

Elbert Stothoff Porter, clergyman and editor, was born at Hillsborough, N.J., Oct. 23, 1820; son of John Warburton and Mary Bennett (McColm) Porter. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1839, A.M., 1842, and began the study of law which he abandoned for theology, graduating at the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Dutch church at New Brunswick, N.J., in 1842. He joined the New Brunswick classis in 1842, and was pastor at Chatham, N.Y., 1843-49. He was married in 1845 to Eliza K., daughter of the Rev. Peter S. Wynkeep of Ghent, N.Y. He was pastor of the First Reformed Dutch church, Williamsburgh, L.I., N.Y., 1849-83, and during 1868-69, built a new church at a cost of $130,000. In 1883 he retired to his farm at Claverack, N.Y. He received the honorary degree D.D. from Rutgers college in 1854, and was president of the first general synod of the chutes held afar the name was changed to Reformed Church of Noah America. He was editor of the Christian Intelligencer, the organ of the church, 1852-68, and subsequently contributed to other religious periodicals. He is the author of: A History of the Reformed Dutch Church in the United States; The Pastor's Guide, and hymns. He died at Claverack, N.Y., Feb. 26, 1888.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor