Pastors 1752 - 1902, with dates of service
- Rev. Solomon Mead
- 1752 - 1800 — the only pastor of the church buried in the church-yard, close to the scene of his labor. Baptized 912 children and adults, and married 666.
- Rev. John Ely
- 1804 - 1812 —
- Rev. Jacob Burbank
- Sept 22, 1813 - 1817
- Rev. Charles F. Butler, A.M.
- June 4, 1820 - 1823
- Rev. Stephen Saunders
- 1823 - 1834
- Rev. Reuben Frame
- October 9, 1834 - 1850
- Supply
- Vacant for nearly two years following
- Rev. Aaron L. Lindsey
- November 24, 1852 - 1868;
- click for text of sermon preached on November 20, 1856
- returned to preach one service on June 4, 1876
- Rev. Daniel S. Gregory
- 1869 - 1871
- Rev. Thomas M. Gray
- 1871 - 1876
- Supply
- Vacant from 1876 - 1879
- Rev. Henry J. Owen
- 1876 - 1878; served as stated supply
- Rev. George A. Seeley
- served as stated supply for about a year and a half following Rev. Owen's service.
- Rev. George M. McCampbell
- March 12, 1879 - July 30, 1882
- Rev. John M. Buchanan
- Supplied the pulpit for several months in 1883
- Rev. Lyman D. Calkins
- 1884 - 1886
- Rev. Manfred P. Welcher
- 1888 - 1893
- Theodore Langdon Van Norden
- May, 1894 - 1897
- Rev. James Lilburn Jewell
- April, 1899 - 1907
Pastors 1908 - present, with dates of service
- Rev. William Arthur Thomas
- 1908 - 1918
- Rev. Ernest Wood
- 1919 - 1937
- Rev. Edwin M. Wright
- 1937 - 1941
- 1937 part-time salary was $100 per month; Rev. Wright studied and taught in New York City during the week.
- Rev. Douglas Vernon
- 1941 - 1943
- Rev. G.H. McClelland
- 1943 - 1947
- Rev. Harvey M. Smith
- 1947 - 1951
- Held the distinction of being the youngest minister ever ordained by the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
- Served as visiting pastor from 1951 - 1976
- Rev. Wesley Ellison Megaw
- 1952 - 1960
- 1953 salary was $3,750 in a total church budget of $9,285
- Rev. Paul H. Young, Jr.
- 1960 - 1975
- Rev. Henry Little, Jr.
- Assistant Pastor; May, 1967 - December, 1970
- Rev. Harold Hunter
- Interim Minister; Summer, 1975 - June, 1976
- Was pastor at the time of the dedication of the new church on October 19, 1975
- Rev. H. Scudder Edwards, Jr.
- July 18, 1976 - 1992
- Served in the US Navy during the Korean War; was later recalled and in 1962 was Chaplain to President John F. Kennedy.
- Tribute given in the U.S. House of Representatives by Hon. Hamilton Fish, Jr., Sept 17, 1992
- Rev. Nadine Hundertmark
- 1994 - present
Source for information through 1977: The History of the South Salem Presbyterian Church 1752-1977.