In a message dated 7/13/2003 2:43:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > My cousin has recieved a copy of a marriage return for our mutual ancestors > > which shows the minister who performed the ceremony as Rev. Philip Stafford. > > The marriage took place in Salem County in 1802. Is anyone familiar with > Rev. > Stafford and can anyone tell us with which church he might have been > affiliated? > > Joan > Some additional info which might prove helpful in sorting this out: The bride was baptized at the Moravian Church at Oldman's Creek and her family was very much a part of this church's records. However, I have this church's records and see no reference to Rev. Stafford in them. The groom was baptized Catholic but the family later left the Catholic faith. The couple are buried in the Old Pilesgrove Methodist Cemetery on Jill Road. Might Rev. Stafford have been affiliated with the Pilesgrove Methodist Church? Joan