This Church was also known as Brandywine Manor in common parlance, and
constituted, in early times, a part of what is now Upper Octorara. It was
originally under the care of Rev. Adam Boyd, but was organized as a separate
congregation in 1735, at which time a building for worship had been erected. The
first pastor of the separate congregation was Rev.. Samuel Black, installed
11-10-1736. In the latter year there occurred the schism in the Presbyterian
church which divided it into "old side" and "new side", and
a Rev. Adam Boyd ministered to those of the ''old side". The church
reunited in 1760.