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Old Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery

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Location	:	Laurel, Chester County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9373410, -75.7695410
Description	:	The old Hephzibah Baptist church cemetery has its origins in meetings held by the Anabaptist Society at John Bentley's house in Newlin Township around 1720, near Harvey's Mill. Following John Bentley's decease, the meetings were moved nearby to the house of his son, Jefferey Bentley, who, in 1752, devised a lot of ground to build a meetinghouse and open a new burial ground for the congregation. The new meeting was opened in October of that year. On February 1, 1773, Jesse Bentley officially deeded the 1.5-acre lot on which "the People Called Anabaptists have with the Privity and consent... Read More	The old Hephzibah Baptist church cemetery has its origins in meetings held by the Anabaptist Society at John Bentley's house in Newlin Township around 1720, near Harvey's Mill. Following John Bentley's decease, the meetings were moved nearby to the house of his son, Jefferey Bentley, who, in 1752, devised a lot of ground to build a meetinghouse and open a new burial ground for the congregation. The new meeting was opened in October of that year. On February 1, 1773, Jesse Bentley officially deeded the 1.5-acre lot on which "the People Called Anabaptists have with the Privity and consent of the said Jeffery Bentley Erected and Built a Meeting House for Worship" to the congregation. By the late 18th century, following several revival meetings, this old meeting house had become too small and inconveniently located for the growing congregation, and in 1792 they erected a new house of worship at the church's present location on the Strasburg Road in East Fallowfield Township. The first burial made at this new (and currently active) cemetery was in 1793. The old cemetery near Laurel fell out of use except for a few members who wished to be buried there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; because many of the visible stones are members of the Wilson family, who owned the farm next door, this cemetery is sometimes, erroneously, referred to as the Wilson Family Cemetery. This cemetery is currently accessible only from the south where Harvey's Bridge Road turns into Laurel Road at the intersection of Youngs Road due to Laurel Road washing away about 1/2 mile north of the cemetery towards Strasburg Road. The parcel, still owned by the Hephzibah Baptist Church, is not maintained, and is surrounded by private property. Many of the stones documented in a survey of 1932 have fallen have since been buried under thick briars and matted leaves.

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Old Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery is located at 895 Laurel Road Laurel, Chester County ,Pennsylvania , 19320USA.
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Longitude: -75.7695410

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