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The First Baptist Church of Washington was founded by a Methodist minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Mastin, born in Frederick county, Virginia. After a ministry of 24 years in New Bern, Mastin moved to Washington in 1814. He was publicly baptized in the Pamlico River in front of Washington and ordained a short time later to the Baptist faith. The Baptist House of Worship was first located at the corner of Main and Bonner streets, where the Episcopal Church now stands. The "Free Church" as it was called, occupied lot 50 as provided by James Bonner when he laid out the town in 1776. |
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