Who's Who at Meeting Room, Washington, D.C.

Meeting Room, Washington, D.C. (EB) +1878-1890; (TW-Lowe-eb) 1890-1909; (TW-eb) 1909-1992; (TW-N-eb) 1992-2016+

Early Correspondents

• P. Galligo @ 214 S.W. 7th St. +1878-1880+
• R.T.J. Falconer +1889+
• Frank H. Burdick +1887-1889+
• J.P. Nutting +1894-1908+
• Dr. Andrew G. Hamilton +1903-1917+
• Clarence T. Kingsbury, 2518 NW Wisconsin Ave. +1908-1927+
• Alex Gordon Hamilton +1923-1927+
• E.S. Delancy +1923-1933+
• Hector Gordon +1933+
• John T. Crozier +1944+
• J. Frank Jackson +1944-1985+
• T.H. Jackson +1951+
• Gerald Rathbone +1962+
• Philip O. Bell +1966-1973+
• Robert G. Lyle +1966-1985+
• Daniel Nelson +1985-2010+
• James W. Mashinter +1999-2005+

Notable Families

Bell family

• Philip O. Bell +1966-1973+

Burdick family

The Evening Star, D.C.: Monday, Feb. 14, 1887:

Mr. Burdick's New Pulpit: The Ex-Presbyterian Preacher Talks to the Plymouth Brethren

Rev. Dr. Thomas Spencer Childs (1825-1914) "yesterday preached at the Sixth Presbyterian church, in accordance with the instructions of the Washington city presbytery and formally declared the pulpit vacant. Rev. F.H. Burdick, the pastor having been dropped from the rolls of the presbytery, some thirty or forty people met in Endowment hall last evening for religious exercises and after the singing, Mr. Burdick read the seventeenth chapter of Acts, which gives an account of the Apostle Paul's visit to Thessalonica and the confusion and uproar which was created by those opposed to his teachings. They complained to the rulers of the city saying, 'these that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.'

The narrative then speaks of the apostles visit to Berea when many of the people believed and 'searched the scriptures daily whether these things were so'. Mr. Burdick then commented upon the scripture and said that while there was no place of worship in the world, there were places for worship. He then referred to the sermons which he had preached on the two Sunday evenings previous. As will be remembered, Mr. Burdick left the Sixth Presbyterian church because he did not hold the same belief as to church organization. They regard Christ, as one of those present told a STAR reporter, as the church and believers belong to Him and are joined to Him.

In England, those adhering to this form of belief are called Plymouth Brethren. These doctrines have been preached in this city some four years, and the number of believers have increased from three and four persons to many more times that number. They are, however, still weak. On Sunday they hold two services. The one in the morning being a conference and prayer meeting together with 'the breaking of bread'. In the evening, Mr. Burdick delivers a discourse. On Wednesday evening, a meeting is held, when some brother delivers a discourse or a Bible reading is given. Mr. Burdick, last evening in continuing his discourse, spoke of conviction of sin, which, he says, is a personal acknowledgement that what God says about sin and sinners is true, and that we recognize ourselves in that category.

Then, as Mr. Pentecost says, the sinner takes sides with God against himself in condemning himself. Repentance, said the preacher, is included in the word 'believe'. When a man believes he has repented. Belief is mentioned a hundred times in the Bible, while the word 'repentance' is scarcely found. Christ is the substitute for the sinful nature of man and that was crucified on the cross. Christ is the only church and the only church membership. The preacher thought that the idea of Christ as a real living man ought to be impressed upon the mind. Too often he thought Christ was presented as a chilling dogma, an abstraction instead of a live, real personage. The reply to all anxious, inquiring souls is, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. What is needed is forgiveness of sin, which is belief in Christ.

After he finished speaking, Mr. Burdick offered a prayer, then a hymn was sung, and Mr. Burdick left the platform without pronouncing a benediction, and the meeting came to a close."

• Frank Henry Burdick +1887-1889+ (b. 1850 Granville, Washington, NY - d. 1928 Chonqing, China), son of Albert Skinner Burdick (b. 1820 Granville, NY - d. 1889 Saratoga Springs, NY) & Caroline Libby Burdick (b. 1821 Danby, Caledonia, VT - d. 1855 Granville, NY). 1874-1877 theology @ (Congregational) Beloit College, WI; 1880 @ Conneautville, Crawford, PA. 1890 @ 924 B St. SW, D.C. By 1900, he resided in Covert Twp., Seneca, NY, then at 3515 N. 17th, Philadelphia by 1908-1912, full-time as an evangelist.

Frank's father, Albert Burdick, was employed as an attorney in 1850. He was a paternal descendant of Robert Burdick (b. 1635 Plymouth, Devon, Eng. - d. 1707 Newport, R.I.), whose birthplace was the location (Plymouth) of one of the earliest Brethren assemblies, 200 years prior to its development. He emigrated to Newport in 1651.

Frank's mother, Caroline Burdick, was a descendant of Henry Wallbridge (b. 1666 Dorchester, Eng.; emig. 1685; d. 1729 Norwich, CT) & Anna Amos Wallbridge (b. 1666 Boston, MA; m. 1688 Preston, CT; d. 1751 Norwich, CT). Anna's grandfather was Cyrus Amos/Ames (b. 1600 Wigmore, Herefordshire, Eng. - d. 1631 Preston, New London, CT) & Anne Button Amos/Ames (b. 1597 Wivelsfield, Sussex, Eng.; m. 1620 Stonington, CT; d. 1631 Stonington, CT).

The latter Anne's uncle Sir Thomas Button was among the first recorded Europeans to explore Manitoba on an unsuccessful trek in 1612 to locate Henry Hudson who disappeared during an exploration of North America.

Crozier family

• John T. Crozier +1944+

Delancy family

• E.S. Delancy +1923-1933+

Falconer family

• R.T.J. Falconer +1889+

Galligo family

• P. Galligo @ 214 S.W. 7th St. +1878-1880+

Gordon family

• Hector Gordon +1933+

Hamilton family

• Dr. Andrew G. Hamilton +1903-1917+
  • Alex Gordon Hamilton +1923-1927+

Jackson family

• J. Frank Jackson +1944-1985+
• T.H. Jackson +1951+

Kingsbury family

• Clarence T. Kingsbury, 2518 NW Wisconsin Ave. +1908-1927+

Lyle family

• Robert G. Lyle +1966-1985+

Nelson family

• Daniel Nelson +1985-2010+

Mashinter family

• James W. Mashinter +1999-2005+

Nutting family

• J.P. Nutting +1894-1908+

Rathbone family

• Gerald Rathbone +1962+

Sources

• LoG's
• Ancestry.com
• Newspapers.com