The Pastors of the Presbyterian Church
in South Haven and Brookhaven, New York

  Nehemiah Greenman 1748 - 1749
  Abner Reeve 1755 - 1763
  David Rose 1765 - 1799
  Robert Hett Chapman 1800 - 1801
  Herman Dagget 1801 - 1807
  Jason Allen* 1808
Rev. Ezra King Ezra King 1810 - 1839
  George Tomlinson 1839 - 1852
  Joseph Addison Sexton* 1853 - 1856
Rev. William H. Cooper, D.D. William H. Cooper 1856 - 1879
  N. I. Marselus Bogert* 1881 - 1884
  Frederick Van Deuser Frisbie 1885 - 1900
  J. N. Siminton* 1900 - 1902
Rev. William Fryling William Fryling 1903 - 1905
  James R. Currie* 1905 - 1906
  Frederick Ernest Allen 1906 - 1926
  George F. Baker* 1926 - 1930
  Edward Hoyt Palmer 1931 - 1935
Rev. George Borthwick (on a visit to the church in 2003) George Borthwick 1935 - 1940
  A. Philip Tuttle* 1940 - 1941
  William H. Nethery* 1942 - 1943
  Ralph Barton Gamewell 1944 - 1953
Albert Francis Van Houten Albert Francis Van Houten 1953 - 1957
Rev. Charles Alfred Kellogg Charles Alfred Kellogg 1957 - 1976
Rev. John Long John Rittenhouse Long 1977 - 1986
  Curtis Knowles Jones** 1986 - 1987
Rev. Jeanne Wilson Baum Jeanne Wilson Baum* 1987 - 1990
Jeanne Wilson Baum 1990 - 2005
Rev. Thomas Philipp Thomas J. Philipp** 2006 -

* Stated Supply
** Interim Pastor

The chronology given here is in accordance with the record posted in the church.  It does not agree in all respects with the chronology given by George Borthwick in The Church at the South:: A History of the South Haven Church. 1989.  For example, Abner Reeve may have served the parish prior to Nehemiah Greenman's arrival in 1748, as well as after the Rev. Greenman's departure, but probably as neither a called pastor nor a stated supply pastor.   Also, gaps in the chronology above would have been filled Sunday to Sunday with temporary supply pastors whose names were, in general, not recorded;   in a few cases Borthwick was able to determine their names.

Stated supply pastors are appointed by the Presbytery to a particular church when the congregation is without a permanent called pastor.  An interim pastor is employed by the congregation as a transitional minister for a specific contracted period of time between called pastors.  A called pastor is employed by a congregation of a particular church, with the concurrence of the Presbytery, according to a contract referred to as the terms of the call.

Page revised: 14 April 2013

Last Edited: 14 Apr 2013