Background
William Worth was born April 21, 1745, in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
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He received his education at the Hopewell Baptist School from its founding in 1756 to its discontinuance in 1767. He was the first minister of the Pittsgrove Baptist Church in Daretown. That congregation was formed in 1771, by dismissal (division) from the church at Cohansey.
The severance was approved at a meeting April 6, 1771, and signed at a meeting May 9, 1771.
In 1762, sixty acres had been purchased for 80 pounds from John Mayhew, who conveyed title to Jacob Elwell, John Mayhew, Senior, and John Dickison in trust for the church. However, the deed was later determined to be defective and in 1809 a second deed was conveyed by John Mayhew, Esq., Sarah Worth (Rev Worth"s surviving widow), Susannah Smith and Lydia Davis, heirs of John Mayhew the elder.
In 1771 a dwelling house was built for the pastor. William Worth was associated with the new Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse in 1767 when it was dismissed (divided) from the Scotch Plains Baptist Church.
Worth served as a chaplain of the Second Battalion of the Revolutionary Army troops in New Jersey.
He served four years. By one account, he solemnized over 400 marriages. Worth"s Universalist apostasy began in 1788.
The conflict within the Pittsgrove Church sharpened in 1790.
"The year 1790 witnessed a revival of the erroneous anti-Scriptural teaching of universal salvation. The movement. In 1803, Worth was removed as minister of the Pittsgrove Church.
Membership
Attracted the attention of many of the English and American ministers simultaneously." The male members of the Pittsgrove congregation followed Review Worth, while thirteen women met faithfully in the Baptist practice outside the Church.
