Edward Day

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25972106/edward-day

The decline of the town of Joppa and the removal of the county seat in 1768 seriously affected the welfare of the church. As the town fell into decay, by 1814 only four houses and the fast deteriorating church were left. By 1821 the church lay in ruins and the churchyard and burying grounds, with only one tombstone left, were grown up in weeds. The parishioners moved to other places, mostly in the fork of the Gunpowder.

But the old St. John's Church was not to die, for in 1815, Edward Day built at Kingsville, at his own expense on his own land, built a stone church and rectory which he deeded in 1817 to the vestry of St. John's Parish in Baltimore and Harford Counties.

http://www.stjohnskingsville.org

Many of the mementos of the earlier church were incorporated in its structure or installed within.

see links below:

http://www.kingsville-md.us/history/index.html

http://www.stjohnskingsville.org/?page_id=595

http://www.stjohnskingsville.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Legacy-...

http://www.virtualharford.com/joppatowne.html