Asbury Broadneck United Methodist Church - Annapolis MD
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ASBURY BROADNECK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE BROADNECK CHURCH. IN THE MID 1800’S IT WAS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ASBURY ANNAPOLIS AND WAS CALLED “LITTLE ASBURY”.
Waymark Code: WM164QV
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2022
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From the church website:
"OUR HISTORY
ASBURY BROADNECK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE BROADNECK CHURCH. IN THE MID 1800’S IT WAS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ASBURY ANNAPOLIS AND WAS CALLED “LITTLE ASBURY”. THIS EARLY ASSOCIATION BRANDED US WITH THE NAME ASBURY AND LATER WE BECAME KNOWN AS ASBURY BROADNECK METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. OUR CHURCH IS LOCATED NEAR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND. BUILDING OUR OWN PLACE OF WORSHIP WAS THE CRY OF THE PEOPLE. OCTOBER 9, 1851, SEVERAL MEMBERS PURCHASED LAND FROM SAMUEL RICHARDSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING A BUILDING FOR WORSHIP. THE TRUSTEES AT THE TIME WERE THE LATE HENRY WRIGHT, DAVID JOHNSON, HENRY BARNES, PHILLIP DORSEY AND NANCE HAWKINS. THE COST OF THIS PURCHASE WAS $60.00, INCLUDING THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIRST CHURCH. THE SECOND PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED ON MARCH 21, 1865, ERECTING OUR SECOND CHURCH. THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF JOSHUA, A GROUP WITHIN THE CHURCH, DONATED THE THIRD PIECE OF PROPERTY. IN 1873 WE WERE NO LONGER UNDER ASBURY ANNAPOLIS. ON OCTOBER 10, 1928, WE BECAME A THREE-POINT CIRCUIT, CONSISTING OF TRUSTEES, NAMELY, REV. GEORGE WHITE, BRO. HOWARD JENNINGS, BRO. JOHNSON GLENN, BRO. ORLANDO DAY, BRO. NOAH PULLEY AND BRO. OLIVER GREEN (BROADNECK). WE WERE THEN CALLED THE BROADNECK CHARGE. ALL OF THESE MEMBERS ARE DECEASED. IN EARLY YEARS, THE PASTORS APPOINTED TO ASBURY BROADNECK ANNAPOLIS SERVED US.
WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE THAT OUR FOREPARENTS GATHERED FOR CHURCH MEETINGS LONG BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE; ALTHOUGH RECORDS INDICATED 1851. FURTHER RESEARCH SHOW RECORDINGS BACK TO 1839. HISTORY INDICATES THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) LED TO THE FREEING OF THE SLAVES. OUR FOREPARENTS REMAINED IN BONDAGE. AS THE STORY WAS TOLD, THE MEN WOULD MEET ON THE SLAVE MASTER’S PROPERTY AT A PLACE CALLED “OLD SCHOOL HOUSE HILL”, A STONE THROW FROM THE PAST CHURCH SITE ON ST. MARGARET’S ROAD (NEAR AMBERLY) WHICH IN NOW REFERRED TO AS MEETING HOUSE LANE."
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