Old Pine Street Church
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| Old Pine Street Church | |
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| Location | Philadelphia |
| Denomination | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Website | www |
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| Functional status | Active |
Old Pine Street Church is a Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania built in 1768.[1]
Old Pine became known as the "Church of the Patriots"[2] because many of the parishioners such as John Adams, stood with George Washington. George Duffield served as pastor from 1772 until 1790; during the American Revolution, Duffield served as a chaplain of the Continental Congress.
Joseph Bonaparte was married here in 1820.[3]
Cemetery
The churchyard dates to the congregation's place in the American Revolution. The church counts those buried to include[4]
- A signer of the Constitution of the United States
- 3 Continental Congress attendees
- 2 colonial printers
- Over 200 Revolutionary War soldiers
- 1 Tory
- Ringer of the Liberty Bell
- 9 members of the Carpenter's Company of Philadelphia
The cemetery also includes medical doctors, lawyers, sea captains, silversmiths, stonemasons, tavern keepers, tradesmen, and everyday citizens from the Colonial era. The last interment in the churchyard was in 1958 for In Ho Oh, a murdered University of Pennsylvania student.[4]
Notable burials
- Jared Ingersoll (1749—1822), lawyer and statesman
- Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793), politician - reinterred to Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1878
- Joel Barlow Sutherland (1792—1861), U.S. Congressman
