The Brookville Reformed Church, located in Brookville, New York, is one of the oldest existing church congregations in the United States. The church was founded by 17th century Dutch settlers.

During September 2006 in the midst of celebrating the church's anniversary, its safe was opened to reveal records from 1732 indicating how the Dutch settled the area and formed the church.[1] Further documents revealed that the Dutch language was spoken and written up to the Civil War years.[2]

In the 1969 film The Out-of-Towners starring Jack Lemmon, a short clip of the church is featured during the opening credits. Dick Van Dyke was also a former member and taught Sunday School.

The Rev. J. Stanley Addis was one of its longest serving Pastors, from 1931 to his retirement in 1966. Rev. Addis was a graduate of the Wharton School and New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

References

  1. ↑ Newsday Dutch Settlers Left Their Mark Newsday.com 2006
  2. ↑ History Of The Village Of Brookville, Village of Brookville website, as retrieved December 29, 2006 and Archived August 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

Genealogy of one family as recorded in this church's birth records]

40°49′43″N 73°34′14″W / 40.82861°N 73.57056°W / 40.82861; -73.57056 Historical Directory of Reformed Church in America 1628-1992, Russel L. Gasero, Page 2

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