Rev. John

JOHN RIPPEY DD Son of John and Eliza Smith Rippey was born Nov 24 1827 at Seneca NY At the age of seventeen he made a public profession of his faith in the Associate Reformed Church of Geneva NY He was prepared for college in Geneva under the care of Prof Taylor and graduated from Union College in 1851 During his senior year in College he pursued the studies of the first year's course in theology in the Associate Reformed Seminary at New Newburgh NY entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1851 as a middler and remaining there two years He was licensed by the Associate Reformed Presbytery of Caledonia Dec 14 1852 and ordained by the Associate Reformed Presbytery at Saratoga Aug 6 1856 being at the same time installed pastor of the Associated Reformed church of West Kortright NY This relation was dissolved in December 1866 From Dec 26 1866 until his death he was pastor of the United Presbyterian church at Cuylerville NY He died May 14 1894 at Cuylerville of Bright's disease in the 67th year of his age He received the degree of DD from Westminster College Pa in 1884 He was a director of the United Presbyterian Seminary at Allegheny Pa had served as a delegate to the general conference of the Reformed Dutch Church and to the council of the Reformed churches held in Toronto Canada He was married May 18 1853 at Seneca NY to Miss Elizabeth Black who survives him with one son and two daughters

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Pittsburgh

http://www.clpgh.org/research/pittsburgh/history/pgh1816.html

http://www.clpgh.org/research/pittsburgh/history/royall.html

Mrs. Royall and Michael's professor:
Read an extract from the Rev. Black's Sermon, in the first volume of my Black-Book, and say whether such a traitor is fit to be trusted with the tuition of youths, unless it be to make slaves of them. The people say, in Pittsburg, Black is a covenanter; a sect, with whom the Presbyterians do not agree. Tell me nothing of covenanters. I saw the Presbyterians very busy, strewing his church and state sermon over the deck of the Union Line steam-boat. This sham story is not to deceive me; it is one of these seditious sermons I took the extract from, being on the boat at the time when a gang of these traitors were scattering a number of seditious papers, for which they ought to have been arrested. Let any man read the sermon, and say whether or not, a man, who would utter such treason, is fit to be trusted, one hour, with the instruction of youth.
It appears to me that the people of the United States have entirely lost sight of their liberty, and are bent on becoming slaves.

Finally, Fort Pitt became a manor of the Penn family, and Pittsburg was laid out into a town. It improved slowly, however, until the year 1793, since which it has increased in wealth, commerce and manufactures, almost beyond a parallel, and is said to have been, some years back, the seat of much taste, learning and talent. But since the reign of terror, or Presbyterian tyranny rather, every thing learned, dignified, or manly, has fallen before those all-devouring monsters! It was to be so! This will open the eyes of the people and teach them hereafter to be garded [sic] against priests of all sorts. It will teach them what they ought to have learned from history, that the clergy have always been foes to liberty; as to the tenets or piety of any of them, I neither meddle with nor care for. I would trust none of them with power--since I have been writing this article, I have heard the pleasing news that my favorite state, and not only my favorite state, (Pennsylvania,) but my favorite county of Lancaster, has begun the glorious work of putting those enemies of man-

Captain Rippey's CO

COLONEL HENRY SCHLEGEL SLAGLE was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in 1735 His father Christopher Slagle of Saxony came to Pennsylvania in 1713 and the following year took up a large tract of land on the Conestoga Creek and built a mill Subsequently he transferred his interests therein and removed in 1737 west of the Susquehanna locating near the present site of Hanover now within the limits of Adams County on Slagle's Run a branch of the Little Conewago Henry was one of four sons Daniel Jacob and Christopher and followed the occupation of his father a farmer and miller He was commissioned one of the provincial magistrates in October 1764 and continued in office by the convention of 1776 In December 1774 he served on the committee of inspection for York County commanded a battalion of Associators in 1779 was a member of the Provincial Conference of June 18 1776 and of the subsequent convention of the 15th of July He was appointed by the Assembly December 16 1777 to take subscriptions for the Continental loan November 22 1777 acted as one of the commissioners which met at New Haven Connecticut to regulate the price of commodities in the states He represented York County in the General Assembly from 1777 to 1779 appointed sub lieutenant of the county March 30 1780 one of the auditors of depreciation accounts for York County March 3 1781 member of the Constitutional Convention of 1789 90 commissioned by Governor Mifflin one of the associate judges of York County August 17 1791 and continued as such upon the organization of Adams County He represented the latter county in the Legislature sessions of 1801 2 Colonel Slagle died at his residence near Hanover his remains were interred in the graveyard adjoining St Matthew's Lutheran Church The various offices held by him show conclusively that he had the confidence of the community He was an ardent patriot a faithful officer and an upright citizen

Tyrone's Ditches

Michael Harshaw's family attended Tyrone Ditches Presbyterian Church, which appears to have been a Seceder Church.  Whether the secession occurred in 1712, as the below says, or 1733, as this chart says. and this wikipedia entry says

 

The Secession Presbyterian Church

Lylehill Presbyterian Church

The Secession Church was a branch of Presbyterianism that emerged following a split in the Church of Scotland in 1712 over the issue of official patronage. Before long it had gained a foothold in Ulster and began to spread rapidly, especially in those areas where the Presbyterian Church had hitherto not been as strong. The first congregation was at Lylehill, near Templepatrick, in County Antrim. In the nineteenth century nearly all of the Secession churches were received into the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Therefore, in the Guide to Church Recordscongregations that originated as Secession churches will be found listed as Presbyterian churches.


This book says that Tyrone's Ditches was one of these churches.