Bustleton in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Pennepack Baptist Church

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 26, 2015

1. Pennepack Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. It was founded in 1688 by Welsh and English Baptists led by Rev. Elias Keach who sought the religious freedom of William Penn's colony. It was the first permanent Baptist church in Pa. and mother church of Baptist congregations in the mid-Atlantic region. The nearby Pennypack Creek was utilized for baptisms. The cemetery's first recorded burial was in 1692. The existing 1805 church is built on the original 1707 meetinghouse foundation.

Erected 2013 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1688.

Location. 40° 4.868′ N, 75° 3.059′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Bustleton. It is on Krewstown Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8732 Krewstown Road, Philadelphia PA 19115, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Pennepack Baptist Church (here, next to this marker); America’s Unknown Child (approx. 1.1 miles away);

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Knowlton (approx. 1.4 miles away); Fox Chase and Rockledge World War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Melmar (approx. 1.9 miles away); Bustleton Field (approx. 2.1 miles away); Anna Thomas Jeanes (approx. 2.1 miles away); World War II Honor Roll (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 26, 2015

2. Pennepack Baptist Church Marker

Pennepack Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 26, 2015

3. Pennepack Baptist Church

Pennepack Baptist Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 26, 2015

4. Pennepack Baptist Church Cemetery

Pennepack Baptist Church-Est. 1688 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 26, 2015

5. Pennepack Baptist Church-Est. 1688

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 705 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 4, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.