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Woodward & Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties. 1883 During the years of 1867-68, at the instance [sic] of Mrs. John N. Sloan, Mrs. William C. Champion, Mrs. Henry J. Irick, Dr. Samuel Woolston and his daughters, Gen. John S. Irick and others at and near Vincentown, Rev. Mr. Riley , of Haddonfield visited Vincentown, and held religious services in Progressive Hall on each Sabbath until some time during the year 1870, when Rev. James D. Gibson became rector of Grace Church at Pemberton and assumed the rectorship of this church. April 10, 1871, Dr. Samuel Woolston was elected senior warden, and Isaac H. Trotter, junior warden; Dr. Samuel Woolston, Isaac H. Trotter, Gen. John S. Irick, Samuel Butterworth, Stokes Haines, William H. Cook, William C. Champion, John Sloan, and Henry J. Irick were elected vestrymen, and H.J. Irick clerk of vestry. Gen. John S. Irick, Dr. Samuel Woolston, Henry J. Irick, William C. Champion, and Samuel Butterworth were appointed a building committee. The title and corporate name adopted was “The Rector, Wardens, and Vestry of Trinity Church in Vincentown, N.J.” The church edifice of is wood, and was finished and opened for divine service June 3, 1872, by Right Rev. Bishop Odenheimer, assisted by Revs. Perkins and Lighthipe, and Mr. Lighthipe has been record from that time to the present. The church was consecrated in 1877 by Bishop Scarborough. The present officers of the church are John G. Herbert, senior warden; Barzillai W. Robbins, junior warden; Gen. John S. Irick, Charles J. Keen, Hon. Henry J. Irick, Noah H. Peacock, and John B. Irick, vestrymen; H.J. Irick, clerk of vestry; John B. Irick, treasurer.
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