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place of worship for the churchmen of Perth Amboy, but the first to occupy the present church site taking the place of the converted Court House given by the
Colonial Proprietors and situated on the Long Ferry property-now known as Caledonian Park. The parish had become incorporated just four years earlier receiving its charter from King George I. The old corner stone bearing the date 1685, the oldest historic relic of Perth Amboy now built into the chancel wall of the church, was originally probably the stone in the stone grist mill of David Mudie which was on the same site with the present church. David Mudie was the father in-law of Thomas Gordon and Thomas Gordon, inheriting this property through his wife, afterward deeded it to the church for a church building and for a burying ground." (source:
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