Moorestown Friends Meeting House

Moorestown Friends Meeting House
Main St. and Chester Ave.
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The current Moorestown Meeting House stands on Main Street. It was built in 1802, replacing a 1720 stone building which stood on the other side of Main Street. The site of the 1720 stone building, as well as an even earlier 1700 log meeting house, is marked in the field across Main Street which contains the Moorestown Friends Cemetery.

Although the sign does not mention it, Hessian troops encamped on the grounds of the Meeting House from June 19 - 21, 1778, during the movement of British and Hessian forces across New Jersey from Philadelphia to New York City. (Hessians were mercenary soldiers hired by the British to fight on their side in the Revolutionary War.)

During these same days, British troops under General Henry Clinton were encamped several miles from here, first in Mount Laurel and then in Mount Holly. [1]

Nine days later, on June 28, the Battle of Monmouth was fought.