Caleb Ayars, Jr.

Caleb Ayars, son of Robert, deeded one acre of land to the church for the erection of a meeting house, and cemetery on March 24, feet for worship was erected.1738, and the same year a frame house 30 x 40. This acre was in the NE corner of the cemetery, being 16 rods on the north side and 10 rods on the east. This church, with grounds for horse sheds, served the group until 1805 when a second acre was added, Cohansey was the general name for a large territory until Cumberland County was formed in 1748. In the course of time new roads appeared which gave us the corners at Shiloh and came to be called Cohansey Corners. In 1771 while moving the framed meeting house, the men reached the center of town before sunset on the sixth day, and Rev. Jonathan Davis said, "in Biblical times the Ark of God rested on the Sabbath day at Shiloh," and likewise the old church could not go any further until after the Seventh day. From that time on the village has been known as Shiloh. In 1771 a second brick meeting house was erected. The present building was built ca. 1850. In 1873, a parsonage in the village was purchased and remodeled at a cost of about three thousand dollars.

So the history of the village is the history of the church.

From: Site of the Seventh Day Baptist Church - 1738

East Avenue

Shiloh, NJ 08353

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Caleb Ayars, son of Robert, deeded one acre of land to the church for the erection of a meeting house, and cemetery on March 24, feet for worship was erected.1738, and the same year a frame house 30 x 40. This acre was in the NE corner of the cemetery, being 16 rods on the north side and 10 rods on the east. This church, with grounds for horse sheds, served the group until 1805 when a second acre was added, Cohansey was the general name for a large territory until Cumberland County was formed in 1748. In the course of time new roads appeared which gave us the corners at Shiloh and came to be called Cohansey Corners. In 1771 while moving the framed meeting house, the men reached the center of town before sunset on the sixth day, and Rev. Jonathan Davis said, "in Biblical times the Ark of God rested on the Sabbath day at Shiloh," and likewise the old church could not go any further until after the Seventh day. From that time on the village has been known as Shiloh. In 1771 a second brick meeting house was erected. The present building was built ca. 1850. In 1873, a parsonage in the village was purchased and remodeled at a cost of about three thousand dollars.

So the history of the village is the history of the church.

From: Site of the Seventh Day Baptist Church - 1738

East Avenue

Shiloh, NJ 08353