NPUMC Pastors
The following 146 individuals have served as Pastors of New Paltz United Methodist Church over the last 230 years of our presence in this community.
1786: East Jersey circuit John M’Claskey, Ezekiel Cooper
1787: Simon Pile, Cornelius Cook
1788: Flanders Circuit, Philadelphia Conference: Jesse Lee, Aaron Hutchinson, John Lee
1789: Aaron Hutchinson, David Combs
1790: Richard Swain, Thomas Morell, Elder
1791: Richard Swain, Samuel Fowler
1792: Jethro Johnson, Robert M’Coy
1793: John Clark, Daniel Dennis
1794: Shadrach Bostwick, Samuel Coate
1795: John Fountain, Robert Dillon
1796: Thos. Woolsey, Samuel Thomas
1797: Samuel Thomas, Thomas Everard
1798: Jas. Campbell, David Bartine
1799: Anning Owen, Thomas Smith
1800: Robert M’Coy Daniel Dickerson
1801: Elijah Woolsey, Benjamin Iliff
1802-04: Ulster Circuit, Philadelphia Conference
1802: G.A. Knowlton, Andrew M’Kain
1803: Gideon A. Knowlton, John Crawford
1804: Ulster Circuit becomes part of the NY Conference John Crawford
1804: Wm. Vredenburgh, Zenas Covel
1805: Alexander Morton
1806: Henry Stead, Nicholas Hill
1807: Elias Vanderlip, William Case
1808: Thomas Woolsey, John Kline
1809: Peter Moriarty, Sam’l Fowler
1810: Thos. Woolsey, James Edmonds
1811: Bela Smith, John Russel
1812: Wm. Jewett, Elijah Hibbard
1813: Wm. Jewett, Stephen Jacob
1814: Jesse Hunt, Eli Barnett
1815: Charles Northrop, Josiah Bowen
1816: Wm. M. Stilwell, Earl Bancroft
1817: no Ulster circuit, no New Paltz circuit listed (but in stats shown the following year Newburgh jumped
from 557 whites to 706 whites and from 4 to 11 colored. Ulster had 294 & 2 recorded in 1817
1818: no Ulster circuit, no New Paltz circuit listed
1819: no Ulster circuit, no New Paltz circuit listed
1820: no Ulster circuit, no New Paltz circuit listed
1821: no Ulster circuit, no New Paltz circuit listed
1822: no Ulster circuit, no New Paltz circuit listed
1823: no Ulster circuit, no New Paltz circuit listed
1824: Hudson River District, New Paltz Circuit set up. Nicholas White Pastor but stats for 1824 shows
Newburgh village 87 & 1, Newburg circuit 438 and 14; 1825 shows only Newburg with 252 and 2; New Paltz has 242 and 6
1825-1826 Bradley Selleck
1827 H. Humphrey and Eben Smith
1828 H. Humphrey
1829 Eben Smith
1830 Valentine Buck
1830 Valentine Buck
1831 Benjamin Griffin
1832 H. Wing
1833 H. Wing and E. Washburn
1834 E. Washburn
1835 John W. LeFevre and J. Shew
1836 C Stillman
1837 Valentine Buck
1838-1839 John C. Green
1840 Newburgh District, Plattekill and New Paltz, Ira Ferris, R.K. Reynolds
1840 Methodist church constructed corner Main & Church streets
1840-1842 Ira Ferris and R.R. Reynolds
1841 Newburgh District, Plattekill and New Paltz, Ira Ferris, M.D’C. Crawford.
1842 Newburgh District, New Paltz and Plattekill, Edward Oldrin, Eli Westlake
1843 E. Oldrin and J.W. Lindsey
1843 Newburgh District, New-Paltz and Plattekill, Edward Oldrin, J. Wesley Lindsey
1844 Newburgh District, New Paltz and Plattekill, Thomas Newman, J. Wesley Lindsey
1844-1846 Thomas Newman and John Davey
1846 Newburgh District, New Paltz and Plattekill, Charles W. Carpenter, John Reynolds.
1847 Newburgh District, New Paltz and Plattekill, C.E. Carpenter and J.K. Still
1848 Newburgh District, New Paltz and Plattekill, A.S. Lakin, J.C. Washburn.
1848-1849 A.S. Larken and J.C. Washburn
1850-1851 Jeremial Millard
1852 Joseph Elliott
1853 Stout
1854-1855 D.B. Turner
1856-1857 D.W. Van Gosbeck
1857 Incorporated.
1858 Newburgh, New Paltz Landing, U. Messiter
1858-1859 Urial Messiter
1859 Newburgh, New Paltz Landing, U. Messiter
1860 Newburgh, New Paltz Landing, W. Blake
1860-1861 William Blake
1862 Joel Craft
1863-1865 P.R. Hamphurst
1866 Edmond Lewis
1867 George Daniels
1868 John H. Wood
1868 Newburgh, New Paltz, J.H. Wood.
1869 A. Rogers
1869 Newburgh, New Paltz, A. Rogers.
1870 Moved building to face Church Street
1870 Newburgh, New Paltz, N. Brusie
1870-1871 Nelson Bruzie
1871 Newburgh, New Paltz, N. Brusie
1872-1873 David Gibson
1874-1875 Thomas Carter
1876 J.W. Jones
1876 Newburgh, New Paltz, J.W. Jones.
1877-1879 C.F. Wixon
1880-1881 J.T. Hargrave
1882 Newburgh, New Paltz, J. Keogan
1882-1883 John Keogan
1884 Building raised and tower added and redecorated
1884-1886 Thomas Elliott
1887-1889 R.A. Brown
1890-1892 W.R. Evans
1893-1894 Frank Beal
1895-1896 E.H. Carr
1897-1898 R.S. Crawford
1899-1900 Robert L. Ross
1900 Lincoln R. Long (six months)
1901-1907 George M. Cranston
1908-1910 Ozias D. Ramsey
1911-1913 Edwin Corneille
1914-1920 James Douglas
1921-1922 Edmond T. Byles
1923-1929 J.R. Halmshaw
1930-1931 Richard Braunstein
1930 Newburgh, New Paltz
1932-1934 Robert L. Mauterstock
1935-1938 Alfred C. Coons
1939-1941 Elmer Bostock
1942 -43 David W. Soper
1943-1947 E. Bond Brown
1948-1950 Lee H. Ball
1951-1964 Willett R. Porter Jr.
1964-1972 Roy A. Hassel
1972-1976 Craig A. Haight
1976 Edwin Gault
1976-1981 Robert Meyer
1981-1982 Paul Allen
1982-1987 Stephen Bauman
1987-1989 Christine C. Ransom (Pastoral Associate)
1987-1994 Richard E. Edwards
1988-2002 Myron F. Ronk (Pastoral Associate)
1994 -2001 Rolland French
2001 -2003 Kevan T. Hitch
2003 -2010 Dorothy Caldwell
2010 – present Bette Johnson Sohm
The following 146 individuals have served as Pastors of New Paltz United Methodist Church over the last 230 years of our presence in this community.