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- E. T. Corwin notes: "This is, no doubt, the Jacob who signed the agreement to support Congress in 1775 [usually referred to as 'The Association']. He was pastor of the strict Congregational Church at Riverhead, Long Island, November, 1787-1800. This church had been organized in 1785, with a few members, by Rev. Daniel Youngs, with the style of "The Second Strict Congregational Church of Riverhead." Rev. David Wells, nephew of Jacob Corwin, became pastor of this church in 1809. He died in 1821, aged 46. It had no settled pastor after this. It belonged to The Separated Churches of New-England. Those on Long Island formed a convention with the kindred churches of Connecticut, called "The Strict Congregational Convention of Connecticut," and in 1781 published a Confession of Faith and Form of Government, which were republished on Long Island in 1823. This also contains a brief history of their separation. In 1791, "The Strict Congregational Convention of Long Island" was established. The original members were Revs. Daniel Youngs, Jacob Corwin, and Noah Hallock, all of whom had been ordained by the Connecticut Convention. As early as 1793, however, ministerial exchanges began to take place with the other body. On April 2d, 1815, Jacob Corwin organized the Third Congregational church at Brookhaven, Long Island, and supplied it for several years. He also prepared a genealogy of the Corwin family, but his papers were destroyed."
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1745 - 1833 (87 years)
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