"[3] In the spring of 1706, seven ministers organized the first presbytery in America and chose Francis Makemie to be its moderator.

Nathaniel Taylor of Patuxent, Maryland; Jedediah Andrews of Philadelphia; and John Wilson of New Castle were originally from New England.

[5] At its founding, the presbytery's main function was to provide a forum for promoting the advancement of religion and the improvement of ministerial abilities.

[6] While it met in Philadelphia, member churches were located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.

The newly constituted Presbytery of Philadelphia then covered the provinces of East and West Jersey and all of Pennsylvania north of the Great Valley.