[3] Its seat was First Presbyterian Church (New Brunswick, New Jersey), where Gilbert Tennent was pastor.
[citation needed] In 1741, the presbytery was excluded from its parent body, the Synod of Philadelphia, in the beginning of the Old Side–New Side Controversy.
The Synod of New York was established in 1745 for the New Side presbyteries.
In 1751, the Presbytery of New Brunswick was divided, with the churches in Pennsylvania and South Jersey constituting the Presbytery of Abington.
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