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A Brief History of Linthicum, Maryland

When a small group of dissenters withdrew from the Patapsco Methodist Episcopal Church because of disagreements regarding lay representation, these Christians not only built a new church near Holly Run stream, but they also joined and helped found a new branch of Methodism -The Methodist Protestant Church. Following withdrawal from Patapsco M.E.C., a group of ladies, known as the Mite Society, met regularly at the home of Mrs. Hester Lucas. Worshipping with Mrs. Lucas were Mrs. Rezin Hammond, Mrs. Hezekiah Linthicum, Mrs. William Linthicum, Mrs. William Shipley, Mrs. Frank Thomas, and several others whose names are now unknown.

After three years of home meetings, both men and women became anxious to erect a church of their own. Thus, in 1828, a building made of recycled English brick was constructed on what is now the corner of Old Annapolis and Camp Meade Roads. Holly Run is thought to be the first new church built as a Methodist Protestant church. The three-quarter acre site, donated by Abner Linthicum, Jr., was deeded on November 30, 1831, to the origlnal Trustees, Basil L. Benson, Rezin Hammond, Richard Linthicum, William Shipley, John R. Thomas, and James R. Williams. Rev. William Bawden was the first pastor and served from 1829 until 1830. On December 10, 1831, the Associated Methodist Church of Holly Run in Anne Arundel County was Incorporated. The Brian, Benson, Hammond, Hawkins, Linthicum, Lucas Pumphrey, Shipley, Thomas, and Williams families were among the founders and early members of the Holly Run Church. Although many other families have been added to their number, descendants of these original families continue to be active members of the Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church.

The original Holly Run edifice measured twenty-seven feet in width and thirty-three feet in length. From this humble beginning, God worked through the members of this congregation in such a marvelous ways that Holly Run became the mother church of several Methodist churches, including those in Marley, Severn, Brooklyn, and Odenton, as well as Linthicum Heights.