4.1 ORIGIN v^'HlSTOR b iORATIO OLIVER LADD. SID. c tibrarjp of Che tiieolojical ^eminar^) PRINCETON • NEW JERSEY PRESENTED BY Yale Divinity School Library L, 2 /^ /-'■^^ I\i;\-. lldKAiio ( )i.i\i;k Laki., A. M.. S. T. I ). THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF GRACE CHURCH Jamaica, New York BY HORATIO OLIVER LADD, A.M., S.T.D. Rector Emeritus THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS 114-116 E. 28th St. New York 1914 Copyright, 19 14, By Horatio O. Ladd. To the memory of faithful and tried Servants of Jesus Christ and Minis- ters of the Church of God this History is given by one who has entered into their labors. (3) THE PUBLISHED WORKS OF REV. HORATIO OLIVER LADD, A. M., S. T. D. " Memorial of John S. C. Abbott, D. D." 1878, pp. 36, 8vo, A. Williams & Co. " The War With Mexico." 1883. pp. 328. 8vo, Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. " The Story of New Mexico," 1891, pp. 473, 8vo, D. Lothrop Co., Boston. " The Founding of the Episcopal Church in Dutchess County, N. Y.," 1894, pp. 46, 8vo. " Chunda, a Story of the Navajos," 1906, pp. 257, Eaton & Mains, New York. " The Trend of Scientific Thought," 1909, pp. 29, The Gorham Press, Boston. " Ramona Days," 1887-1889, pp. 242, 8vo. " Grace Church Chimes," 1897-1910, Quarto. " Origin and History of Grace Church," 1914, pp. 475, 8vo, The Shakespeare Press, New York. Sermons and Addresses — Pamphlets. " Memorial of Archdeacon Cooper." " Gambling and Its Brood." "Historical Address," Trinity Church, Fishkill, 150th Anniver- sary, 1906. " Story of the Temptation," 1906. (4) Grace Church, Jamaica, Exterior, 1906. (Photograph by Charles C. Napier.) CONTENTS PART I The Dutch Colonial Period. Origin, Population and Settlement of Long Island. Political Divisions and Successions of Authority during Dutch and English Occupations. Conflict of Denominations and the Church of Eng- land. Legislation to establish the latter in authority in the Province of New York. Contemporary conditions of the people. PART II The English Colonial Period. The Church of England in Queens County. Building of a church in Jamaica. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel organ- ized in England. Its object and principles. Application of Grace Church for a missionary rector. PART III Period of the Colonial Missionaries — 1700- 1770. The religious needs of the Colonies. The character of the mis- sionaries. The mission of Rev. Patrick Gordon — original informa- tion from the archives of the Venerable Societies. The mission of Rev. Messrs. Bartow, Honeyman, Urquhart. Beginnings of a sectarian controversy. The ministry of Rev. Thomas Poyer. The Poyer controversy — legal aspects and decisions. Legislation. Appeals to the Queen's Council. Settlement of EngUsh polity in the Provinces resulting therefrom. Relations of St. James Church of England in Newtown and St. George's in Flushing to Grace Church, Jamaica. United rectorships under the Revs. Thomas Colgan, Samuel Seabury, Joshua Bloomer. The American Revolu- tion in its effects on the Church of England in America. The religious conditions of the period. The representations of the urgent need of an American episcopate. Separation of the three Churches from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and from one another. (5) PART IV The Post-Revolutionary Rectorships — 1795-1896. Revs. William Hammell, Elijah D. Rattoon, and Calvin White. Rev. Gilbert Hunt Sayres's ministry to Grace Church, 1810-1830. The long rectorship of Rev. William Lupton Johnson, 1830-1870. Build- ing of the new church. Memorials and memorial gifts. The mod- ern period, 1892-1896 — Rev. Dr. Williamson Smith, Rev. Edwin B. Rice, Rev. Wm. M. Bottome. PART V Recollections of the Rectorship of the Author — 1896-1910. Developments of church life and worship and structure. Grace Churchyard and its associations. The inauguration of Rev. Rock- land Tyng Romans as rector, and the building of the Memorial Parish House of Grace Church. PART VI The charter of Grace Church, 1761. With photographic reproduc- tion of first page. PART VII The register of Rev. John Poyer. With photographic reproduction of first pages, 1710-1731. PART VIII Grace Church registers to 1840. Private register of Rev. Gilbert Sayres, D. D., to 1867. PART IX The Book of Burials and inscriptions of tombstones to 1846, com- piled by H. Onderdonk, Jr. With photographic reproductions of two pages. PART X Pewholders and Communicants. INDEX (6) INTRODUCTION By the Right Reverend Frederick Burgess, D. D. Bishop of Long Island. This History of Grace Church, Jamaica, the first Church founded by the Anglican Communion on Long Island, is full of interest not merely to the parishioners, but to alt students of early American history. In its clearly written pages Dr. Ladd has traced the struggle of the adherents of the English Church in maintaining the public worship of God according to the Use of the Book of Common Prayer. The thoughtful reader will see the steady growth of the Church through periods of neglect and persecution, until it emerges into the position of influence and honor which it holds to-day. I feel that the writer has in this work, which indicates careful study and thoughtful selection, don^ a distinct and valuable service not only to the Dio- cese of Long Island but to the Church in America. It is a privilege to commend it to all who are interested in the religious development of this country, and more especially to those who see in the Anglican Episcopate and all it represents, the true promise of stability for the Faith and Communion of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church in the United States of America. FREDERICK BURGESS, Bishop of Long Island. April 28, 1914. (7) List of Illustrations Sketch of Grace Church, b)' Bayard Jones. Cover. The Author. Frontispiece. The Seal of the S. P. G. Title Page. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thos. Tenison. Queen Anne. The Chalice and Paten presented to Grace Church by Queen Anne's Bounty. Rev. James Honeyman. Rev. Thos. Bray. Rev. Thomas Poyer. Rev. Thomas Colgan. The Rectory, between Flushing and Jamaica, 1774- The Deed of Gift of Land for Church and Churchyard. The First Grace Church. The Right Rev. Samuel Seabury, D. D., First Bishop of the Church in America. The Royal Charter of Grace Church. The Rev. Gilbert Hunt Sayres, S. T. D. The Second Grace Church. The Hon. Rufus King, from Painting by Gilbert Stuart. The King A^anor House, 1840. The Rev. Charles Seabury. The Rev. Timothy Clowes. The Rev. William Lupton Johnson, D. D. Grace Church Interior. Two Views of the Sanctuary and Churchyard. The Rev. George Williamson Smith. The Rev. Edwin B. Rice. The Rev. William M. Bottome. Interior of Grace Church, 1903-1910. The Right Rev. Frederick Burgess, Bishop of Long Island. The Napier, Johnson and Cogswell Memorials. The Denton and Stocking Memorials. The Sayres Memorial. The Rev. Arthur Sloan. Grace Memorial House, 1913. The Rev. Rockland Tyng Homans. Photos of The Register of Thomas Poyer, The Book of Burials, Inscription. (8) PREFACE This book is written with the conviction that the per- sonal and dramatic elements of history are as important as the principles which are motives to its development. In moral and social progress men and women become the visible actors and representatives of passions and truths that lead to the self-denials and deeds which ennoble the life of a community or nation. Church associations and movements are interesting and stimulating to succeeding generations in the measure that individuals stand out in the incidents and results that make up history. Therefore this eflfort to promote loyalty to the past of Grace Church aims to preserve to another century the memorials of more than two hundred years of human and Christian activity and beneficence. Much more has been set aside than has been presented here, to show the force of Church ideals and conflicting principles and passions. They have been judged with calmness and impartiality. As such I hope the treatment of individuals and measures may be accepted by my readers. Special acknowledgment of large and valuable collec- tions of material for history made by Mr. H. Onderdonk, Jr., has been made elsewhere in the text. For the genea- logical information which he gathered before it perished by the hand of time, he has put future generations in debt. The records of his work are here preserved. (9) The Venerable Society, in London, gave access to all their archives, with a courtesy which the author here gratefully acknowledges. The New York State Docu- mentary History and the publications of the New York Historical Society have made possible the collation of many papers and facts to illumine and strengthen the statements of this narrative. The Vestry of Grace Church have most kindly offered their records to complete and make it authentic. ; There are references in the text to other sources of in- formation which have been consulted. The author asks only that charitable judgment which must be allowed where there is such an amount of detail, covering nearly three centuries. To the publishers who have not spared diligent effort and expense in the illustration and making of the book, and for the encouragement by those who have aided in its publication by advance subscriptions, and to the faith- ful copyists, the author is deeply grateful. HORATIO OLIVER LADD. Richmond Hill, N. Y., May 1, 1914. (10) THE DUTCH COLONIAL PERIOD GRACE CHURCH, JAMAICA CHAPTER I. The History of Her Origin — The Dutch Colonial Period. AT the western end of what is now Long Island mingle the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Highlands of New York, and the great Sound into which the Valleys of Connecticut and Rhode Island and Massachusetts have been drained. On the same shore was early cast the confluence of Dutch and English and French navigators and settlers of the Old World. Nearly a hundred years before the Church of England worship was begun in Jamaica, Henry Hudson, an Eng- lishman in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company of Holland, attempted, in the Half Moon, a two-masted sail- ing vessel manned by twenty Dutch and English sailors, to enter the Rockaway inlet to Jamaica Bay. Wind and tide and threatening breakers prevented, and these Euro- peans passed further west and sailed up the "Narrows" of what is now New York Bay. This voyage gave the first possession of what is now New York to the Dutch, but during that century Dutch and English and French people occupied these island shores, which their representatives under the brave Hud- son's command had opened up to civilization and the Christian religion. (13) 14 ORIGIN AND HISTORY The West India Company soon made profitable trade with natives and settlers. They called the province New Netherland. It was governed by civil and military officers under oath of obedience to the States General. The grant of the English King to the Colony of Virginia including this part of the Atlantic coast did not establish a title to it. Governor Bradford of the Plymouth Colony, in his correspondence with Governor Minuit, when protesting that the Dutch were settled within the limits of the grants made to the Virginia Colony, received the spirited reply •'the Dutch settlers derived their authority from the States of Holland and will defend it."* The protest of the Puri- tans of New England against the Hollanders' right to settle in New Netherland was void of truth and ineffective. The Puritans themselves had sought the protection of the Prince of Orange and the States General in their expedi- tions to these shores, asking that they might come as Dutch subjects. The Hollanders were in possession of Manhattan, and their claims to Long Island were as sturdily maintained. The region of New York and Maryland, which was oc- cupied by prosperous Dutch settlements in 1625 and fol- lowing years, was included in the possessions of Holland by right of discovery. They had fortified places on the Hudson River, like New York and Albany, and were strong in their possession of that river. A treaty of alliance was made later on between Charles I and Holland under which Holland transferred her authority over New Netherland to the English Crown. The English Colonies, in a spirit which still survives in the blood, asserted their right to dispose of all North *History of the American People by Woodrow Wilson. OF GRACE CHURCH l5 America. William Alexander, the first Lord Stirling, pos- sessed by a grant from James VI, as represented by his biographer, three separate tracts of land within the original grant to the Colony of Virginia. These grants covered the immense country of Nova Scotia, the whole extent of Long Island and the country of St. Croix, or Sagadahock, adjoining Nova Scotia, and extending west to the Kenne- bec River, which was a large part of the territory subse- quently belonging to the State of Maine. About the year 1635 Charles I had requested the direct- ors of the Plymouth Colony to issue a patent for these possessions, which was supposed to be included in the Charter to that Colony out of the possessions of the super- seded Virginia Colony. This patent was given to the Earl of Stirling in 1637. He was thus made the largest landed proprietor in America. He had maintained a thriving col- ony of several thousand families through the whole extent of Long Island, which was governed by his deputy. He died in 1640, and about the year 1662, the second Earl of Stirling conveyed his title to Long Island for a considera- tion of three hundred pounds per annum. This was in order to confirm the title of the Duke of York, (afterwards James II of England) which he then held by a grant from the Crown.* Armed with this title a colony from Lynn, Massachu- setts, settled at Cow Bay, within the present limits of Queens County. This was the first invasion. A few peo- ple sided with them, but the settlement was soon broken up. ♦The life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, by his grand- son, William Alexander Duer, LL. D., published by the New Jersey Society, 1847. 16 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Thos. Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury The Dutch Colonial Period. The Dutch had secured in 1639, by purchase from the Indians, an equitable title to the land in Queens County, in which was reserved to the Indians the rights of hunting and planting. Governor Kieft was so liberal towards set- tlers that conflicts ceased, and those who chafed at the restrictions and persecutions of the Puritan Government in New England again came hither and lived in peace with the Dutch farmers. These later settlers were largely loyal to the Church of England in their faith. OF GRACE CHURCH 17 As early as 1645, there was more contention in Flushing by the heirs of Lord Stirling. Their agent was arrested and sent to Holland. A non-conformist minister of the Church of England, the Rev. Francis Doughty, made trou- ble in Newtown and Flushing by stirring up opposition to Dutch rule. But Jamaica attracted her English inhabi- tants from Independents further west on the island. Here were gathered Dutch, English, Presbyterians and adherents to the Church of England. A ship-load of members of the Society of Friends also distributed themselves over Jamaica and Flushing. The Dutch were opposed to their doctrines and practices, but they held meetings in Jamaica in the houses of those who would shelter them. Henry Town- send was arrested and banished by the authorities for this offense. Fines and confiscations were threatened to those who brought Friends to these shores or harbored them in their homes for a single night. Twenty-eight freeholders of Flushing and Jamaica braved the proclamation and wrath of Governor Stuyvesant, declaring they should be glad to see anything of God in either Presbyterian, Inde- pendent, Baptist or Quaker, and that they would be true to the law of Church and State, which was to do good unto all men as they desired all men to do unto them. For this offense the magistrates and signers were ar- rested, but only the Sheriff among them all suffered pen- alties, being degraded from office and sentenced to pay a fine of 200 guilders or to be banished. (1662-1665.) A small frame building erected by vote of a town meeting was sufficient for all religious assemblies and political meetings. The persecutions of the Quakers continued, but they flourished more and more. Some of them became fanatics 18 ORIGIN AND HISTORY in opposing the authorities, but most of these Friends pre- vailed over their foes by good conduct, and under Charles il's rule these people and their religion were protected, and they dwelt in peace with their neighbors. The treaty of 1650 between New Netherland and the Colonies of New Haven and Connecticut gave all of Long Island east of Oyster Bay and that part of the main land east of Greenwich Bay to the United Colonies. The Eng- lish settlers, however, encroached upon what was reserved in this treaty in Long Island. Passing their boundary line, they came to the western extremity.. This was the original movement of Independents into Hempstead, Middleburgh, and Jamaica, and these towns and Flushing, in order to make their independence of the Dutch complete, changed their names. Gemego, the original name of Jamaica, be- came Crafford, and Flushing was called Newarke, New- town or Middleburgh was changed to the name of Hast- ings. With Hempstead and Gravesend these towns united for protection and civic purposes under a President, Cap- tain John Scott, who was an English adventurer and formerly an officer in the army of Charles I. They were thus temporarily organized in the expectation that Charles II should establish a government over them. Both the Connecticut and Dutch authorities were displeased, and Scott was brought to trial at Hartford, Connecticut. The residents of Flushing testified that he had acted according to the will of the people, but Captain Scott was removed, and the authority of the General Assembly of Connecti- cut was established over these towns. (1664.) At the close of this Dutch Colonial period of the history of the towns of Jamaica and Flushing and New- town, we find the people out of whom Grace Church OF GRACE CHURCH 19 sprang living in plain but comfortable conditions. The occupation of farming was most frequent. Their homes were suited to a farmer's wants. The floors were sprinkled with sand, the plates and dishes were of pewter, and some- times of silver, the chairs and settees had high backs, and, if cushioned, were studded with brass nails. Their ser- vants were kindly treated, being Indian or negro slaves. Marriages could only be performed under the Governor's license. Their funerals were conducted with great for- mality; badges were provided to be used in the processions, and feasts with liquors followed them. Sunday afternoon visiting was common. Christmas and New Year's Day were celebrated with noise and revelry, and Easter week was given up to joyous festivities. Trade was made by barter, and Indian wampum was the principal money in circulation. Punishments of crime were by whipping, branding or hanging. As Jamaica is now a part of the Greater New York, the contemporary conditions of what is now Manhattan Bor- ough will give us an understanding of the difficulties and aids which were to be expected by the first ministers of the Church of England in what had been a Dutch Colony. New Amsterdam, as New York was named and as it ap- peared under Peter Stuyvesant, was built on the triangular point of the island of Manhattan between the two rivers, with an embankment surmounted with wood on the land side running across the island, where Wall Street now is seen. The houses were mostly of wood, a few of stone, built with low sloping roofs and their gable ends upon the irregular streets. The chimneys built of brick imported from Holland were on the outside of the houses. There were at first about one hundred houses, but under Stuy- vesant's administration a brick yard was started, and the 20 ORIGIN AND HISTORY town had taken on a more substantial and regular look, but the ample gardens and fruit trees were visible among the houses. There was a Stadt Huys and a Debtors' Prison. There was a Dutch stone church within the fort where one of the two literary characters of New York, Jacob Steen- dam and Nicasius De Stille, was married to Tryntie Crove- gers. This was a great occasion in Stuyvesant's official career, for Stille was his Councillor and a widower, with a family whose social connections brought a characteristic throng of friends to the wedding, in garb betokening their wealth. The people of Amsterdam were as now a motley collec- tion of Dutch burghers and foreigners. The negroes, of whom there were many, were mostly slaves. The appear- ance of a church congregation on the wedding day of De Stille and his bride, who were of the rich and literary circles of the town, was not unlike a modern wedding in Fifth Avenue, except in the style of garments.* "Into the church went the friends, women, some with petticoats of red cloth, some with skirts of blue or purple silk set off with rare lace, all with silken hoods over much befrizzled hair, and their fingers covered with glittering rings, and with great lockets of gold on their bosoms. Each had a Bible fastened to her girdle by links of gold— not the plain, strongly bound Bibles used by Jacob Steendam and his friends, but elaborately wrought in silver, with golden clasps. The men were just as gaily dressed as the women, for they wore long coats adorned with shining buttons and pockets trimmed with lace and colored waistcoats, knee breeches of velvet, silk stockings and low shoes set off by silver buckles. Outside the fort among the townspeople ♦Literary New York, Hemstreet. OF GRACE CHURCH 21 of lower degree it was, too, quite a holiday. Men with coarse frocks and leather aprons, women in homespun gowns, turbaned negresses, swarthy negro slaves, dusky Indians — all made merry in their several ways, as though glad of an excuse. And the motley throng outside the fort and the elegant gathering within all made way for the wrinkled little bell-ringer, who carried the cushions from the Stadt Buys for the burgomasters and the schepens, who insisted on every bit of their dignity, come what would on this day or on any other."* ♦Literary New York. II THE ENGLISH COLONIAL PERIOD OF GRACE CHURCH 25 CHAPTER II. The Church of England in Queens County. A white thread of Church of England life and authority runs through the weaving of the history of Queens County for thirty years before her name was clearly written on the religious characters and works which began with her organization in the year which closed the seventeenth century. The transference of government from the Dutch to the English in 1664 brought New Netherland under the control of James, the Duke of York, to whom King Charles II had given a patent. New Amsterdam was surrendered to an English fleet Sept. 8, and its name changed to New York. Governor Nichols ruled in the place of Governor Stuy- vesant, who went to Holland, but having there made his report, returned to live a few years in New York on his farm, where he was buried beneath a chapel which after- wards became St. Mark's Church. What now constitutes the boroughs of Richmond, the Bronx and Queens, became the county of Yorkshire, and Queens County, except New- town, became the North Riding. (1664.) An assembly of delegates met at Hempstead the same year to make laws for Yorkshire, known as the Duke's Laws. These laws did not establish the Church of England in the Province, but they required that every town should build and maintain a church. No minister was allowed to officiate who had not received ordination, either from some Protestant Bishop or minister within his 26 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Majesty's domain or within the dominion of some foreign prince of the Reformed Religion. Two overseers in each town were to be chosen to make the rate of assessment for the support of the church and clergymen. The people of Queens County were dissatisfied with these laws, and because they made no provision for a rep- resentative form of government dissensions arose. The inhabitants were arrested and fined for uttering seditious language. Governor Nichols reproved them in person during his official visits. Under the succeeding adminis- tration of Governor Lovelace the same agitations for rep- resentation broke out. (1664.) The Hollanders were at the time of the surren- der of Manhattan Island to the English maintaining two churches on Long Island, one at Flatbush and one at Brooklyn. As their influence diminished under English rule they began to make more settlements on the western end of Long Island. "The language of Holland was generally spoken; the arcnitecture of Holland was reproduced in the construction of the houses; the steady industry and thorough agricul- tural methods of Holland were appUed to the broad smooth lands; and the social and domestic customs of the old coun- try were still preserved under the quiet roofs of our earlier Long Island homes."* As early as 1656 land was purchased of the Rockaway Indians for settlement in Jamaica, from whom the name of Gemego or Jameco was derived, and which prevailed instead of the name of Rusdorp, which the Dutch govern- *J. G. Van Slyke Historical Discourse, 1876. The Reformed Church, Jamaica. OF GRACE CHURCH 27 ment assigned to it. On Aug. 30th, 1663, it was voted, and it was agreed by the town, that ''a meeting house shall be built by the town, 26 feet square." This was erected, and the worshippers were called to it by the beating of a drum. The services were only occasional in this the first town church, and the organization of a Dutch church is placed in the year of the first recorded baptism June 1, 1702. Religious dissensions among the Dutch families of Queens County caused some to enter into the communion of the Episcopal Church, the adherents of which completed the second town church by their aid. The Dutch Consist- ory, in 1715, built their own church edifice for all their people in Queens County, having become happily at peace with one another. (1672.) The war between England and Holland brought New York and the eastern towns of Long Island again under Dutch rule for a year, and a Dutch Reformed Church was established in Flushing, but that village had no resident minister. But in a year, through the declaration of peace, Major Andros was appointed by the Duke of York Governor of New York, and the English were ever afterwards in permanent possession of the east end of the Province. (1683, Oct. 17.) Under the administration of Andros the first representative body in the Province of New York held its first meeting. There were eighteen freeholders of the Province in this General Assembly. They divided Yorkshire into three Counties, Kings, Queens and Suffolk, establishing their present County lines except as affected by the formation of Nassau County. 28 ORIGIN AND HISTORY (1685.) When the Duke of York became King James II and New York a royal Province, the General Assembly was abolished and James was proclaimed Sovereign of the Province. This seriously affected church movements, which were made under the representative government. In 1862 the Presbyterian Church was existing in Jamaica and public worship established, but no church was built. There were Church of England people in Jamaica, New- town and Flushing at this time, and Dutch Reformed and Friends in each of these townships, but none of these had erected places of worship except the Dutch in Jamaica. The Province of New York was under the supervision of the Committee on Foreign Plantations in King James' Government. By royal authority new instructions were issued to Governor Dungan of New York, which brought the Church of England into prominence. These instruc- tions gave the Church of England the same position in New York that it had always occupied in the Mother Country. They were as follows: "Ye shall take special care that God Almighty be devoutly and duly served throughout your government: the Book of Common Prayer as it is now established read each Sunday and holi- day, and the Blessed Sacrament administered according to the rites of the Church of England =!= * * that no min- ister be preferred by you to any ecclesiastical benefices in that Province, without a certificate from the most Rever- end, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, of his being con- formable to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England, and of good life and conversation." (Doc. Ill, 36,372.) Thus the Church of England became the established church of the Province; but also, by further provision in OF GRACE CHURCH 29 these instructions to the Governor, liberty of conscience and religion was given to persons of all creeds. The Governor was directed ''to permit all persons of what religion so ever quietly to inhabit within your government without giving them any disturbance or disquiet whatever for or by reason of their diflfering opinions in matters of religion. Provided they give noe disturbance to the public peace, nor doe disquiet others in the exercise of their re- ligion." (Doc. Ill, 218, 359, 373, vid Waller's History of Flushing, pp. 79, 80.) Under James II all New England, New York and New Jersey were included in the administration of Governor Edmund Andros, who was assisted by a council of forty- two appointed by the King from the several Colonies. The Governor and seven members of the Council could at any time make laws. But in the two years during which this government continued no further mention is made of the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury or of the Bishop of London. (1689.) The Colonies rebelled against Governor Andros when William, Prince of Orange, and Mary were proclaimed King and Queen of England. The towns of Flushing, Hempstead, Jamaica and Newtown petitioned for a new Governor, and were delivered from the oppres- sion of those who had usurped the authority of William and Mary, who, after the arrival of the new Governor, were convicted of treason and murder, and their leadef executed. The Quakers built the first meeting house in Flushing in 1694, where the only stated religious services in any of these towns up to this time were held. 30 ORIGIN AND HISTORY ( 1 693. ) There was so much neglect of religion in these towns of Long Island, and so much laxity of morals as to compel the notice of Governor Fletcher of New York. In an address, he said: "I have the power of collating or suspending any minister, and I will take care that neither heresy, sedition or rebellion be preached, nor vice and pro- fanity encouraged. It is my endeavor to lead a pious, virtuous life and to give a good example." This Governor compelled the Assembly to adopt an act "for settling ye ministry." It prohibited profaneness, ordered that two Protestant ministers should be sent to Queens County- one to have the care of Jamaica and adjacent towns— and levied an assessment of £60 each year in country produce, at money price, to pay the minister's salary. Ten vestry- men and two church wardens were to be elected and the parish tax rigidly enforced. (1693.) The Church of England idea of worship was thus made prominent. Yet these efforts of Governor Fletcher were apparently ineffectual, for his ministerial act was ridiculed, and unobserved. But they led to some action in Jamaica towards building a church. (1694.) This was the beginning, three years before Trinity Church of New York was incorporated, of a con- troversy which lasted twenty-six years, and its bitter flavor remained in the community a hundred years longer. (1697-98.) A town meeting was called to see about building a meeting house. A committee was appointed to solicit and gather material, while even yet the site was not determined, but ordered to be located in the highway. A year after it was voted to erect a church or meeting house, and that a committee should canvass the town for OF GRACE CHURCH 31 voluntary offerings to build the church. In a somewhat contentious spirit others got subscriptions and material enough to put up the building three feet from the ground and then stopped. In 1698 the population of Flushing was 530 whites and 130 negroes, and that of Jamaica was about the same. (1699, May 16.) The Assembly Church Building Act of the next year made it possible to finish the building by assessments and compulsory payment of these, by those who were of all religious faiths and preferences. There now were many dissenters who, being forced to pay rates for the religious services, sided with those who held that a maxim of English law was applicable in Jamaica. All meeting houses raised by public tax become vested in the ministry established by law, and so of all lands and glebes set aside by public town meetings. Every church of common right is entitled to a house and glebe; and they belong to the Rector, ex officio. This church had been largely built by private subscrip- tions, and as those who were elected under the Act requir- ing wardens and vestryment to be elected were in a majority Presbyterians, they raised an issue with the Church of England people in Jamaica. (1699.) This was the beginning of the united action of Church of England people in Jamaica.* They claimed the exclusive use of the building erected, and yet had no regu- lar minister. The Presbyterians employed the Rev. John Hubbard, who was ordained in 1700. and was strongly *Doc. Hist., Ill, 244. 32 ORIGIN AND HISTORY opposed to Church of England worship, to hold service in the Church, and he was called to be Rector in February 1702, by the vestry. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts had resolved not to obtrude the Episcopal service upon the Colonists against their wishes. They did not therefore appoint missionaries until applications were made by the Colonists for ministers of the Church of England, nor until they were assured that adequate means would be provided for their comfort and support. As soon as the formation of the Society was known, applications for missionaries were received from various parts of America. It became their duty to send Episcopal clergymen to the Colonies. They felt an awful responsi- bility resting upon them. Learning, diligence, piety, zeal and discretion were deemed indispensable qualifications in these missionaries. They determined therefore that none should be employed unless they produced satisfactory tes- timonials of their "temper and prudence, their learning and sober conversation, their zeal for the Christian religion, their affection to the Government, and conformity to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England," and as an additional security their "testimonials were to be signed by their respective diocesans." The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel was spe- cially charged with the religious instruction of the British Colonies in America and the West Indies, while the Society for Promoting of Christian Knowledge provided for the spiritual wants of England and other parts of the British Empire. Ill PERIOD OF THE COLONIAL MISSIONARIES-1700-1770 Queen's Arms Rev. Thomas Ponkk. Rev. )ames Honey max. Rev. Thomas Bray. OF GRACE CHURCH 35 CHAPTER III. The Needs of the American Colonies, and the Response to Their Call. The English Colonies in America at the close of the sev- enteenth century showed the sad effects of the political and religious dissensions of Great Britain. But there was wise forethought of the religious needs of the Colonies, and one of the first far-reaching efforts to check and re- move from them the prevailing infidelity and immorality was the founding at Oxford of two fellowships between 1660 and 1670. These were to be held by persons in holy orders ''who should be willing to take upon them the care of souls in foreign plantations." In the same period the Boyle lectureship was established, to show to all succeeding generations the great duty of converting infidels to the faith of Christ. By the Bishop of London Commissary Blair was sent to Virginia in 1685, and Dr. Thomas Bray to Maryland in 1700. Dr. Blair established the College of William and Mary, and Dr. Bray originated two societies which he suc- ceeded by great energy and wisdom in establishing before he set sail, March, 1700, for America. These were the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Dr. Bray enlisted many great names in the English Church, both of the laity and clergy in the formation of the latter Society, which was to supply missionaries to Amer- 36 ORIGIN AND HISTORY ica and many other parts of the world. It was duly incor- porated and held its first meeting in June, 1701, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as President. Bishops Bever- idge, Archbishops Wake and Sharp, Bishops Gibson and Berkeley, who were some of its distinguished supporters, evoked by their appeals and personal influence funds from every quarter. It was time to reform the English Colonies in America, in which Bishop Berkeley declared, twenty- five years later, there was but little sense of religion and a most notorious corruption of manners. There were in all North America but 50 clergy and 43,800 members of the Church of England. In the Prov- ince of New York there were 30,000 souls, of whom about 1,200 attended church and 450 were communicants at the services. If the testimony of a violent opposer of the Church of England as to the state of the Colonies is of any added value, we may recall what Revd. Cotton Mather said of one of the New England Colonies in 1695, ''a Colluvies of Antinomians, Familists, Anabaptists, Anti-Sabbatarians, Armenians, Socinians, Quakers, Ranters and everything but Roman Catholics and true Christians, bona terra mala gens, a good land, but a bad lot." Such were the conditions to which the missionaries of the Venerable Society addressed themselves at the begin- ning of the eighteenth century. They were fit men for self-denying work. Some of them itinerated, some settled down in districts and established missions around them, as at the present day. Six of these missionaries in the first five years were sent to the Province of New York, where the Legislature had already authorized an appointment of this number of min- OF GRACE CHURCH 37 isters. New York was selected for the first missions at the suggestion of Mr. Vesey, who had been a lay reader of services in Hempstead in 1695, and had gone to England for ordination. Very important to the success of the movement had been the founding of Trinity Church in New York City in 1696. Its endowment by Queen Anne with the Church farm, which was composed of the Annetje Jans and the Duke's. farm, and subsequently became of such immense value in the heart of the City of New York, was the stay afterwards of many a Church of England organization besides the Churches of Queens County, Grace Church in Jamaica, St. George's in Flushing, St. James' in Newtown, and St. George's of Hempstead, which are all linked with the memory of its benefactions and endowments. The first specific local appointment by the Society was made to Jamaica, Long Island, March 20, 1702, at the written request of prominent churchmen in Jamaica, en- dorsed by others in New York City. Of the seven men who came to Jamaica and other towns from the Society before 1 704, Messrs. Gordon, Keith, Bar- tow, Honeyman, and Urquehart, McKenzie, and Muirson, Lord Cornbury, in 1705, wrote concerning their charac- ters and labors: 'They have behaved themselves with great zeal, exemplary piety and unwearied diligence in discharge of their duty in their several parishes." Col. Heathecote, afterwards the most distinguished citi- zen of New York as Mayor, Vestryman of Trinity Church, Commander of the Colonial forces, and Receiver General of the Customs in North America, reported the same year to the Society: 38 ORIGIN AND HISTORY "I must do all the gentlemen that justice, which you have sent to this province, as to declare that a better clergy were never in any place, there being not one among them that has the least blame or blemish as to his life or con- versation." The Church was rooted strongly in the places where it had been planned by the Society, but so great was the op- position, political and sectarian, to her progress that even as late as 1745, New York Colony had but 22 Episcopal Churches, while there was but one Episcopal Church in Boston and one in Philadelphia. Yet the missionaries of the Society sought in an orderly way to establish and uphold a conservative piety. There was a convention of the Anglican Church in New York, about 1705, which was called by Governor Nichols of Vir- ginia at the request of Dr. Bray, Commissary. It was composed of seven ministers only; one of them, Rev. John Bartow, represented Queens County. The convention was continued in session for a week, and devised measures for the extension of the Gospel by Episcopal services. It was proposed that a Suffragan Bishop be sent out from England, and the convention prepared and sent to England a statement of the necessity of this measure. The Lord Bishop of London, in 1707, wrote in approval, giving his reasons for the appointment of a Suffragan instead of an absolute Bishop. But this wise proposal from America was treated with indift'erence by those in political power, who only could put in effect the action of the Church authorities. There was, however, an increased interest manifested after the convention by the churchmen of New York. Robert Livingstone, in 1703, sent a memorial to the OF GRACE CHURCH 39 Society, asking for the appointment of six men of youth, learning and orthodoxy to go as missionaries to the Indians of New York, one to each of the Five Nations, and one to the River Indians. They took forethought also for education. It was pro- posed in 1703 to found a College. Col. Morris, Col. Heathecote, and Governor Cornbury were much inter- ested in the subject, and proposed that the farm of 32 acres belonging to Trinity Church, which rented for only £36 per annum, be granted to the Society for this purpose. This movement culminated afterward in the founding of Kings, now Columbia University. The opposition to the Church of England culminated in Connecticut, when the standard works on English services were sent over by the Society for the Propagation of Chris- tian Knowledge to that Colony. Eight hundred volumes of these works were there dis- tributed. They awakened the students and officers of the only College in that Colony. They were eagerly read by the students of Yale. The President, Dr. Cutler, two of the tutors, Messrs. Johnson and Brown, in consequence of this enlightenment, abandoned their support from the College and sought ordination in England. 40 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER IV. The Mission of the Reverend Patrick Gordon to Grace Church. The names of two clergymen who applied to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel for appointment to the missionary work in America at the meeting in London on March 20, 1702, were George Keith and Patrick Gordon. Before the Society proceeded to appoint missionaries to particular places they resolved 'Ho send a travelling mis- sionary or preacher who should travel over and preach in the several governments on the Continents of British America." By this means they hoped they should awaken the people into a sense of the duties of religion. Rev. George Keith, who had formerly resided in Pennsylvania, was selected to be the itinerant missionary through the continent with a yearly allowance of £200. Dr. Bray re- ported that the Lord Bishop of London had appointed Mr. Patrick Gordon a missionary to New York, and the Society resolved "to make up the Queen's Bounty money £5o per annum, the first year and continue the same or more yearly as they shall see fitt according to the good behavior of the said Mr. Gordon." At the same meeting it was proposed, after this action upon Mr. Gordon's appointment by the Bishop of London, to send another missionary, Mr. John Forsseeil, to Staten Island. At their next meeting, March 27, 1702, it was ordered that the Treasurers ''do pay to Mr. Gordon the summ of £30, by way of advance out of his allowance from this Society." OF GRACE CHURCH 41 So far the effort of this Scotch clergyman to accomplish a purpose worthy of his devotion seemed successful. But in the Society's records of a meeting three weeks after, April 1 7th, it is stated that a letter from Mr. Gordon was read. It is found in the volume of Letters of the S. P. G., Vol. I, III, April 17, 1702, and throws much light on a character of which little has been known. "Very Reverend : I am sorry to tell you that my voyage is to be marred at last, the York money is not to come. It is true Dr. Fall expects it every Post and it may possibly be a month before it comes. Had I not depended on it, I might have had money elsewhere, which I cannot now. Most certain it is, I can't go without it, and if it is not advanced by you (or) a member of the Corporation, I must give security for the two pounds already received, and lay aside thoughts of New York notwithstanding great charges already in fitting out and the small loss of time. I therefore desire that you'l lay this matter before the corporation, upon hearing of which I am persuaded they'l empower one of their number to make a present advance. "I might likewise complain of the Dilatory methods that are taken in advancing the Queens Bounty, notwithstanding I gott my Lord of London's letter to Mr. Sturt, and though he doubts of the money after the coronation, yet he gives me but small hopes of advancing it sometime next week. It is six to one if he does it, notwithstanding I have offered him a fair consideration. This is the melancholy prospect of my affairs. It lyes in the breast of the corporation to give them another face, and I hope they will do it. I'll wait for you at St. Cecilia's Coffee House, where I shall be glad to see you as soon as the meeting is over. P. Gordon. To the Very Reverend Dr. Bray. 42 ORIGIN AND HISTORY After hearing this letter the Society "ordered" that the said Mr. Gordon "do immediately attend the Society." Mr. Gordon was called in and heard as to the subject of the letter and then withdrew. The Society then took ac- tion and resolved "that forasmuch as it does appear to this Society that the said Mr. Gordon is in danger of losing his passage to the West Indies for want of twenty pounds, the Queen's Bounty money, as also of fifty pounds more which was to have been advanced to him on account of his voyage by some gentlemen at York, this Society for the aforesaid reasons will immediately pay him the said sum of fifty pounds on condition that the said Mr. Gordon do first procure sufficient security, that the said summe of fifty pounds shall be repaid within 2 months after the loan of it. And it is hereby further declared that a promise from his Grace, the Lord Archbishop of York, for the speedy payment of the same shall be understood to be sufficient security. The Committee reported also on Mr. Gordon's request that he might be furnished with books, and it was ordered that the summe of ten pounds be allowed the said Mr, Gordon, to be laid out in such books as are proper for him on this occasion."* The first meeting of the Society after receiving the Royal Charter from King William III was held on Friday, June 27, 1701, in the library of the Archbishop of York. The Bishops of London, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Chichester and the Bishop of Gloucester, with noted clergymen and laymen, among whom are named Dr. White Kennett, afterwards Bishop of Peterborough; Dr. Stanhope, Dr. Bray, Sir John Chardin, Sir Richard Black- 'Original Records of the S. P. G., in London. OF GRACE CHURCH 43 more, Sir George Wheeler and Sergeant Hook. Mr. Mel- moth and Mr. Hodges were appointed Treasurers and Mr. John Chamberlane Secretary. Every month distinguished men were elected into the Society, and they became active in soliciting subscriptions to aid the Society's objects, especially from eminent bankers of the city of London, who traded in the plantations of North America. Meetings were held every month, and on the I9th of September, 1701, a memorial was read from Col. Morris on the sad state of religion in the Colonies of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A similar account by Col. Dudley, Governor of New England, of the EngHsh plantations of North America was presented and read. In this it was stated that in New York there were 25,000 souls in twenty-five towns, in which there were about five Church of England ministers in fifteen English towns. Whatever others were to be found were Dutch and English Dissenters. Mr. George Keith gave an account of the state of Quakerdom in North America, and described the qualifi- cations that a North American missionary should possess, who should be sent out by the Society in the first year of its existence. ''Such as go over into those parts for the propagation of the Gospel should be men of solidity and good experience, as well as otherwise qualified with good learning, and good natural parts, and especially exemplary in piety, and of a discreet zeal, humble and meek, able to endure the toil and fatigue they must expect to go through, both in mind and body, not raw young men, nor yet very old, whose Godly zeal to propagate true Christianity in life should 44 ORIGIN AND HISTORY be the great motive; for people generally of those parts are very sharp and observant, to notice both what is good or bad in those who converse among them." As it took three months to make the voyage to England, it could not have been long after this, that the Society received the petition of the Church of England people in Jamaica, for a missionary, and his support. Col. Morris writes that Mr. Gordon received the invitation of some of the best men in his parish to go there, and the Society had, at his appointment, specially designated him as missionary to Nassau Island, the eastern part of which was occupied by the townships of Jamaica, Flushing and Newtown, from which the call for a missionary had come to the Society. That Mr. Gordon was a man of such traits of character and piety and devotion as was indicated in the advice of Mr. Keith to them as to their appointees, is a reasonable inference beside the testimony of Col. Morris, which was founded on personal acquaintance with him, a few weeks after Mr. Gordon's appointment. It has not been possible so far to trace in any of the Society's records the personal history of Mr. Gordon. In his letter to Mr. John Chamberlane, Secretary, he writes that "the person whom I expect will bring you this is my elder brother, lately come up from Scotland, and it's prob- able may make some stay in England. I take this oppor- tunity to introduce him to the benefitt of your acquaint- ance. My service to your father and all other good friends." This letter not only shows his relatives were resident in Scotland, but that Mr. Gordon had considerable acquaintance and experience in England, in a ministry OF GRACE CHURCH 45 from which he proceeded to the new field for which he was thought to be eminently fitted. Mr. Gordon was delayed only a month longer in Eng- land. He was able to join a notable company that took passage with him on the ship Centurion, which sailed on April 23, 1702, from England, bound to Boston. Col. Morris and Col. Dudley were shipmates, and Rev. George Keith, who had started on his mission at large for the Society among the American Colonies. Rev. John Talbot was chaplain of the ship. The letters to the Society written by these gentlemen, after their arrival, are preserved in the annals of the Society. Those of Mr. Gordon and Colonel Morris are specially valuable as giving us an insight into the character of Mr. Gordon, in these last months of his life. Mr. Gor- don's has not before been published. It was found in Vol. I, No. XI, of the manuscript letters. Mr. Patrick Gordon to the Secretary: Boston, New England, 13 June, 1702. Worthy Sir: This comes to acquaint you of our safe arrival in this place. We had, blessed be God, an excellent passage being only five weeks from land to land, and above half that time either contrary winds or calms. Had the time of our passage been as many months as weeks, I might have reckoned it short, being so happy in the good company I came with. Thanks to Heaven we enjoyed per- fect health all the way except sea sickness, to which that worthy gentleman. Governor Dudley, and my fellow travellers, Col. Morris, were somewhat subject, during anything of rough weather. Honest Mr. Keith held out to a miracle and as for myself, I am a thorough paced seaman. Col. Morris, Mr. Keith and I do, (God willing) intend to sett out for Rhode Island a few days hence, providing that we find no vessel here that is shortly bound for New York. 46 ORIGIN AND HISTORY The ship that brings this letter to old England falls down from this place this forenoon, and therefore I have only time to tell you that Mr. Keith has found a very worthy Gentleman, Chaplain of the Centurion, to accompany him on his mission. The Gentleman's name is George Talbot, M. A., a person of very good parts and no worse man. I have personally known him for some years and can warrant what I say * * * I beg the prayers of the Corporation and am, worthy sir, Your \^ery Humble Servant, P. Gordon. (Letter, Vol. I, No. XI.) Of this voyage Mr. George Keith writes, more in detail, under nearly the same date, to the Secretary. Boston, 12 June, 1702. Worthy Sir: After signifying my christian respects to yourself this is to ac- quaint you with our good passage and safe arrival in Boston in New England the nth of this instant, having been but six weeks between our sailing from Cowes and our arrival at Marblehead. a good harbor about 20 miles from Boston. Our worthy friend. Governor Dudley, is well and I heard him say he never had a more comfortable passage. He was so very civil and kind to Mr. Gordon and me that he caused us both to eat at his table all the voyage, and his conversation was both pleasant and instructive, insomuch that the great cabin of the ship was like a Colledge for good dis- course both in matters theological and philosophical, and very cor- dially he joined with us daily in divine worship and I well under- stand that he purposeth to give all possible encouragement to the congregation of the Church of England in this place. Also Col. Morris was very civil and kind to us, and so was the Captain of the ship called the Centurion, and all the inferior offi- cers and all the mariners generally, and good order was kept in OF GRACE CHURCH 47 the ship The seamen as well as officers joined devoutly with us in our daily prayers according to the Church of England and so did the other gentlemen that were passengers with us. GEORGE KEITH. The Commencement at Cambridge was near at hand, and Col. Morris induced Mr. Keith to remain in Boston before he began his travels westward with Mr. Talbot, who was appointed his associate and assistant Sept. 18, 1702, as recommended to the Society by Mr. Gordon. While Mr. Keith entered into the controversies which arose be- tween him and the Quakers with whom he had previously been connected, Mr. Gordon went on to New York, where he met the Rev. Mr. Vesey of Trinity Church, and from there came to Long Island and to Jamaica, in accordance with his appointment. The Rev. Mr. Keith reported to the Society on Nov. 29, 1702, that ''many have been visited with great distempers in diverse parts which have proved mortal to many in the town of New York, where near 500 persons died in the space of three months, but now, thanks to God, the place is very healthful." The same month the town of Boston was reported to Mr. Keith to be 'Very sickly both of fevers and small pox, of both of which distempers many die." Mr. Gordon arrived in Boston in perfect health, as his correspondence indicates. It was either there or in New York that he was seized with the prevailing fever, which developed immediately on his arrival in Jamaica. He was, however, preparing to meet his people on the Sunday that followed his untimely death July 28, 1702. He had made a happy impression on those for whom he had left 48 ORIGIN AND HISTORY England, and was also fully prepared to minister in the offices of the Church of England, as the first missionary of the Society to New York. There are no records preserved of his last days, or of the sickness that ended his labors as a faithful and devoted servant of Jesus Christ. Happily for his memory, and the honor due to him for what he so zealously attempted for the people of Jamaica, a letter is preserved, written by Col. Lewis Morris of East Jersey to Mr. Archdeacon Beveridge, a month after his decease. (From "Annals of the Society," Vol. I, Letter XLV.) East Jersey, 3 September, 1702. Reverend Sir: Mr. Gordon's abilities, sobriety and Prudence which gained him the good opinion of everybody acquainted with him, both of the Church and among the dissenters, gave me great hopes I should be able to transmit your reverence an account of the great progress he had made in his mission, but God who disposeth things wisely and best was pleased to take him away just as he was entering upon his charge. He went from New York with design to preach in his Parish, (at the invitation of some of the best men in it), took sick the day before he designed to preach and so continued till his death, which was in about eight days after. He was partly by force buried in a Dissenting Meeting House newly erected at Jamaica, the chief 'town of his parish. The people are very numerous there and some of them tainted with Independ- ency, but most of them fitt to receive any impression. If there is any good to be done here it must be by men of Learning, Sobriety and Prudence and not young, and to give good encouragement to such is cheap, for others will not serve but disserve the Church. OF GRACE CHURCH 49 (Mr. Gordon was laid under the communion table in the Stone Church, July 28, 1702. When the building was taken down in 1813, the ground underneath was thoroughly dug over, especially in front of the pulpit, and the remains of those who had been buried there were carefully gathered up, reverently placed in a box, and borne in a procession, headed by Jeffrey Smith, the Sexton, to the Village Cemetery, where they were re-interred. No stone marks the spot. — H. Onderdonk.) By the papers filed in the administration of his estate, he is named as ''late Chaplain of the Royal Navy" in the Province of New York. The inventory including bills and drafts amounted to £375, 12s., 4d. A long list of his books, by their titles, is also filed in the Surrogate's office. New York. As administration papers were also given to his brother, James Gordon, in England, by the Archbishop of Canter- bury, his personal effects, of which no trace is known, were probably returned to England. They constituted, as enu- merated, a complete outfit for a gentleman and clergyman of moderate means. 50 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER V. The Beginning of Controversy — Temporary Ministries of Messrs. Bartow and Honeyman — The Rectorship of Rev. Mr. Urquhart. Fifty of the churchmen of Jamaica and vicinity sent a petition to Lord Cornbury to fill the vacancy occasioned by his death, and the Rev. Mr. Vesey of Trinity Church was directed by the Governor to supply them with a suit- able minister until one should be sent by the Society in England. Lord Cornbury at this time made a temporary residence in Jamaica, on account of the prevailing fever in New York. He summoned the vestry into council with him there. Meanwhile the Rev. John Bartow had been appointed, April 2, 1702, a missionary of the Society at a salary of £50. Sailing from Portsmouth, England, he arrived in New York Sept. 29, 1702, after a voyage of eleven weeks. He came to Jamaica to present his credentials to Lord Cornbury. He was assigned to West Chester as his field of labor, but preached all the next summer at Jamaica, at his own charge and expense, alternating with West Chester. Mr. Bartow had been highly recommended to the Venerable Society, having been Vicar of Pamperford, Cambridge, and assistant in the Parishes of Lynton and Hadstock, England. OF GRACE CHURCH 5l There was, on the first Sunday of Mr. Bartow's officiating at Jamaica, a serious disturbance and wrangle over the use and possession of the Stone Church. The Reverend Mr. Hubbard, a Presbyterian minister, held service in the morn- ing and excluded Mr. Bartow. In the afternoon, while the Episcopal service was in progress, the Presbyterians inter- rupted it and drew away part of the congregation to a meeting out doors. Mr. Bartow, however, finished the service and delivered the key to the Sheriff. An appeal to Lord Cornbury decided it to belong to the established church of the Colony, having been built by public tax, and he summoned Mr. Hubbard and the head of the faction before him, and forbade him ever more to preach in that church. He also threatened them all with the penalty of the statute for " disturbing divine service," but upon their submission and promise of future quietness and peace, he pardoned the offense. This was the beginning of the controversy the develop- ment of which embittered the three following ministries and pastoral relations for a period of over thirty years. Rev. James Honeyman was commissioned by the Bishop of London to Jamaica, the Society having appointed him while a Chaplain in the Navy to serve in Jamaica. He arrived in Boston after a tedious voyage, and found that he had been preceded by a slanderous charge, from which he had to vindicate himself to Governor Cornbury. He began his labors in Jamaica after many trials of his spirit, from which he came out with a clear conscience. But he found in Jamaica a church building which was so far from being ornamental that he says, "We have not those neces- sarys that are requisite to the Daily discharge of our offices, namely, neither Bible nor Prayer Book, no cloaths, neither for Pulpit nor Altar." 52 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Yet he says, 'To this Parish belong two other towns, viz., New Town and Flushing, famous for being stocked with Quakers, whither I intend to go upon their meeting days on purpose to preach Lectures against their Errors." The bitter feeling which had been aroused by the oppo- sition to the Rev. Mr. Bartow when the church building, erected by taxes and subscriptions, had been occupied by the authority of Governor Cornbury, continued against Mr. Honeyman, who, supplying the church under the license and during the pleasure of Lord Cornbury, was' not able to remain three months in charge of these missions. Rev. Mr. Honeyman was sent to New England and took up a mission in Newport, where he continued to reside and gained eminent success in a long rectorship of forty-five years. He was one of the first to urge upon the Society the need of a Bishop in 1709. He presented a memorial to Gover- nor Nicholson in 1714, on the religious condition of Rhode Island, the Establishment of Schools, and a proper encour- agement to the Clergy from the Civil Government where the population was hostile in great part to the Church, and he sent to England five years later a memorial of the frowns and discouragements to which they were subjected by the Government, when there was "only one baptized Christian in their whole Legislature." 'fe' He sent an application to the Society for the establish- ment of a mission in Providence in 1732, where he had preached to such great numbers that they had to adjourn to the fields, and ten years later the first church with a missionary from the Society was built in that city. This Priest, the Rev. Mr. Pigot, became the adviser and helper OF GRACE CHURCH 53 of President Johnson and other professors of Yale College when they turned to the Church. There was much activity among the Churchmen of New York and vicinity during the period of a year and a half which preceded the ministry of Rev. Mr. Urquhart at Jamaica, who was inducted July 27, 1704. A convention of the Anglican Church was held in New York in 1702. It was composed of seven members, all of whom were ministers of the Society. Grace Church was represented in this convention by Rev. John Bartow. The others were Reverends John Talbot, George Keith, Alex- ander Innes, Edmund Mott, Evan Evans, and Mr. Vesey of Trinity Church. They continued for a week the sessions, where measures for the extension of Episcopal services were proposed and discussed, the importance of which was remarkably dem- onstrated in subsequent events. It was proposed that a Suffragan Bishop be sent out from England. A forcible statement of this was made and sent to England, the effect of which was weakened by political conditions then prevailing. The necessity of educational influences to strengthen the Church was made apparent, and the duty of reaching out to the Indian peoples, which had been one of the special objects of the founding of the Society in England. A memorial from the Churchmen in New York was received in 1703 by the Society, sent by Robert Livingston, Secre- tary of Indian affairs in the Province of New York, asking for the appointment of six men, "of youth, learning and orthodoxy to go as missionaries to the Indians, one to each of the four nations and one to the River Indians, with two 54 ORIGIN AND HISTORY young attendants to learn the language and assist in the work, and that a house should be built for each minister at each of the Indian castles." It was proposed as early as 1703 to found a College, in which Col. Morris, Col. Heathcote and Gov. Cornbury were much interested. The farm of 32 acres, belonging to Trinity Church, and which rented for only £35 per annum, was proposed to be granted to the Society for this purpose, as an appropriate foundation for the College. This was the Anneka Jans farm, first sold to Mr. Lovelace in 1670 by her heirs, which was nearly thirty years before Trinity Church was founded, and which, on Nov. 20, 1705, became the possession of Trinity Church in fee by royal patent. Fifty years after this movement by Church- men culminated in the founding of Kings, now Columbia College. Governor Cornbury, on Oct. 5, 1704, addressed the Episcopal Clergy, assembled in New York, on the subject of education. He obtained from the Council the enact- ment of a law establishing a Latin Free School which was endowed with £50 per annum. Rev. Mr. Keith and Rev. Mr. Talbot, from 1702 to 1704, were holding services in New York, in Flushing, and Hempstead, and also going as far as Philadelphia in one direction, and Newport, Rhode Island, and Boston in the other, preparing the way for missionaries who were being sent out by the Society. It was at this time in December, 1704, that Episcopal services were permanently estab- lished in Hempstead by the Rev. John Thomas, a mission- ary, about the time that Mr. Urquhart was inducted in his work at Jamaica. OF GRACE CHURCH 55 Rev. William Urquhart was appointed by the Society to the uninviting charge, the Church of England in Jamaica, Newtown and Flushmg, when these communities, espe- cially that of Jamaica, were torn with religious jealousies and strife. The Presbyterians and Independents in Jamaica were contending for the possession of the church building; and the vestrymen were mostly of the hostile, rather than friendly part of the Churchmen of the township. The Dutch, who had sympathized with and aided the Church of England famJies, were organizing a church of their own faith in Jamaica. The Quakers and Independents of Newtown and Flushing were not dominated by any de- cided Christian spirit, but had fallen into loose ways of livmg. There were but very few staunch Churchmen, the rest discredited their Church preferences. It was fortunate that Mr. Urquhart was vested with the authority of the Governor and of the laws of the Province, passed in 1693 to 1699, which gave the Church of Eng- land a preference over all other churches, so that church property erected by public taxes was the property of the Church of England. This is plainly stated in the laws enacted in 1784 by which such preference and privileges were abrogated, abolished, rescinded and made void. The constitution of 1784 says: "It nevertheless ordained that nothing in this constitution should be construed to affect any grant made by the King or his predecessors, or to annul any charters and bodies politic made by him or them prior to Oct. 14, 1775." Mr. Urquhart was, moreover, a Scotchman and a Chap- lain of the Royal Navy before he came to America, and was fitted by sturdy qualities and experience to deal with the contentious spirit and claims of those with whom he 56 ORIGIN AND HISTORY came to abide. He had to maintain his parochial rights, where malice instead of Christian love largely prevailed. His ministry began with the association of the Church people in Jamaica, Flushing and Newtown, which con- tinued from the year 1704 to 1797. During this century in which they represented the Church of England, the three churches, Grace, St. Georges and St. James, received the ministrations and guidance of five rectors, missionaries of the Society, by whom chiefly they were nourished and developed. The names of Urquhart, Poyer, Colgan, Seabury and Bloomer stand out among others, conspicuous for their strength, endurance, duration of their rectorships, and their ability and success in overcoming and harmonizing the discordant elements in their parishes. Mr. Urquhart found in Jamaica a tolerably good church of stone standing in the highway near the junction of what are now Jamaica and Union Avenues. Its furnishing was a book of Common Prayer and a cushion on the reading desk. The Church erected in 1699 stood in the middle of the main street, at the head of Union Hall Street, which was then and long afterwards called Meeting House Lane. This building was taken down in 1813, when the Presby- terian Church was built a short distance from it, to the northwest. After the War of the Revolution it was used as a Court House. The pulpit was on the north side with a sounding-board above it, and was opposite the gallery. There was no stove in the building. The women kept their hands and feet warm by portable stoves. The min- ister had gown and bands; the women sat in scarlet cloaks on chairs along the wide aisle, and on the sanded floors. OF GRACE CHURCH 57 There was a house for the minister with an orchard on a glebe containing two hundred acres. From this with the stipend of the Society, contributed by the Yorkshire clergy, which was £5o, and £15 for books, he had to gain his sup- port; for the parish revenues were mostly withheld from him by the contending vestrymen. In Newtown there was a chapel, and there was also a house available for his use. In Flushing most of the inhabitants were Quakers of a roving disposition. In all three places he found only unlearned men, and few of an exemplary life. Mr. Urqu- hart made his parochial residence in Jamaica, preaching two Sundays there, one Sunday in Newtown, and in Flush- ing, where also he lectured on one week day in a special effort to convert the people from their errors of faith and conduct. In Jamaica he found that the Wardens and Vestrymen would not qualify themselves according to law. The Parish was made up of Dissenters, and there were only twenty communicants in a place numbering 2,000 inhabi- tants. The Wardens refused to provide bread and wine for the Holy Sacrament, and to impose or submit to taxes for the minister's maintenance: Newtown clamored for a minister to settle among them. Mr. Urquhart, finding his expenses increasing, joined himself in marriage to a widow in Jamaica, of some prop- erty, Mrs. Mary Whitehead Burroughs, and endeavored to defeat those who would starve him out. He had the hon- esty and endurance of Scotch blood to sustain him; he was a good man and brave, industrious and without pretence or display. He won at last the estimation of the com- munity, and his congregations in the three communities increased, even if his trials did not lessen. Staunch Church- 58 ORIGIN AND HISTORY men, Colonels Heathcote and Morris, gave in their reports to the Society the strongest testimony to his Christian spirit and work. Mr. Urquhart bravely maintained in the face of bitter opposition the laws of the Church and of the Colony. As the inhabitants of Queens County were generally Inde- pendents, and kept themselves in close correspondence with New England, from which they had come to Long Island, they resented obligations under the laws of Eng- land for Church establishment. They claimed that cor- porations residing out of England were not bound to her laws of civil policy. Dissenting ministers from New England preached to them resistance to the public taxes by act of the General Assembly of New York in 1705. Yet at that time there was the closest relation between the State and the Puritan religion in Massachusetts and Connecticut, where vigor- ous enforcement of laws excluded any but the ruling sect from political affairs, or the free enjoyment of religion. Rev. Mr. Urquhart died Sept., 1709, without having settled this controversy by his remonstrances and argu- ments, which were justified by the existing laws. He left his family in straitened circumstances, as the effect not only of his native hospitality, but of those persecutions and losses to which he was subjected by the withholding of his dues from the people, in the first rectorship they were priv- ileged to have through the beneficence of the Missionary Society of the English Church. Col. Heathcote wrote to the Society Nov. 9, 1705: "Mr. Urquhart, minister of Jamaica, has the most difficult task of any missionary in this Government * * * j^^ j^^3 OF GRACE CHURCH 59 not only the character of a good man, but of being extra- ordinarily industrious in the discharge of his duty, he has very little assistance in his parish except from those who have no interest with the people." Mr. Urquhart's reports speak of success in the conver- sion of some of his oppressors to close communion with the Church; of the prejudices of their education, as a mis- fortune to him; of the expenses of living, making the sup- port of the Venerable Society the chief reliance of their missionaries. He desired in his will that no great pomp or formality be used at ''my funeral and that none except my wife be put in morning; that no rings, gloves or scarfs be given," He was buried, probably, beside Rev. Mr. Gordon, in front of the pulpit of the church. At the time that his ministry ended in Jamaica, the Colony of New York was reputed to be in a deplorable moral condition. So greatly had increased the profanity, drunkenness and immorality of the people that a special enactment was made by the Council to check and punish and repress the prevailing evils of society. 60 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER VI. The Ministry of Rev. Thomas Poyer, 1710-1732. Rev. Thomas Foyer's ministry to the Church of England churches in Jamaica, Flushing and Newtown, from A. D. 1710 to 1732, makes a chapter of grievances and perse- cutions, which display in contrast an activity and zeal for the Church, a maintenance of her rights, an unwearied patience in ignominy, losses and sufferings, and an un- tarnished Christian character. He was a grandson of Col. Foyer, who heroically defended Pembroke Castle, in Cromwell's time. Mr. Foyer was born in Wales. He was educated at Brasenose College in the University of Oxford. He was ordained as Deacon by the Bishop of Worcester, June 9, 1706, and as Priest, by the Bishop of St. Davids, on Sept. 21, 1706. He was a Curate at Haverford West, and Chaplain of H. M. S. Antelope, Feb. 21, 1709. He entered the service of the Venerable Society Sept. 27, 1709, and was appointed to Jamaica, Long Island. He embarked with his family and household goods, Dec. 30, 1709. The fleet to which his ship belonged was delayed, passing from one harbor to another, and after a stormy voyage of thirteen weeks his ship. His Majesty's Frigate Herbert, was wrecked on the coast of Long Island, within one hundred miles of his destined parish. There was much damage done to his household goods in this ship- wreck. Here he came into an inheritance which no one would covet. The church glebe had been divided up by the Vestrymen, and sold in lots and parcels by their The Chalice and Paten Presented to Grace Church by Queen Anne's Bounty. OiFERiNG Plates p.y John Tnour and the Ladies' Missionary Aid Society. OF GRACE CHURCH 61 usurped authority. His rightful parsonage was, through the action of the widow of Mr. Urquhart, in possession of the family of a dissenting ministry, and he was excluded from it throughout his rectorship. He found a few pro- fessed Churchmen with some members of the Dutch Church and a few other disaffected dissenters in his con- gregation in Jamaica, and from fifty to one hundred hearers in Newtown and Flushing. Although these churches had agreed with the Society on an annual stipend of £40, for six years he received no salary from them, and afterwards he could collect dues only by legal suits against his Vestrymen. Yet, according to the letters of Col. Heathcote to the Society, Mr. Foyer's parish contained 8,000 souls and was fifteen miles long and six and a half miles wide. At times when his salary was collected by a constable, he encountered a riot. Mr. Foyer had a suit at law against tenants of his parsonage lands and homestead, which the jury decided against him. Likewise suits for salary were defeated in the courts. Mr. Foyer was therefore obliged to live on the £5o per year allowed him by the Society, with occasional gifts from the same source in his greatest needs. In the first ten years he is proved to have been no idle sufferer in the labors of his ministry, nor unworthy of respect and confidence. He had gathered 400 hearers and sixty communicants in seven years. His adherents testi- fied to the Society that he had strained himself in travelling through his parish even beyond his strength, giving fre- quent lectures and catechisings on week days; but even then hospitality was denied him by his parishioners, who tried to tire him out by their ill usage. 62 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Nevertheless Mr. Poyer sought to educate the community into a more intelligent and kindly spirit. He endeavored to establish a free school, and he maintained a parochial library for his people, from which he personally gave out books, which he preserved with great care. He freely dis- tributed charities from the sacramental ofTerings and from his own scanty funds. His wife, Frances, who had left England with him, having in nine years, with great Chris- tian patience, endured the loss of two children^ and her husband's parochial trials, died, leaving two other children. Having for three years after her death, with other minis- ters of the Society, officiated at intervals and continuously for one year at Rye, he married, near the close of his ser- vices there, the widow of his predecessor, Mrs. Elizabeth Bridge, a daughter of a distinguished New England family. After her death, Mr. Poyer married for his third wife, a daughter of a wealthy parishioner of Jamaica, Justice Joseph Oldfield. Four children, Joseph, Thomas, John and Sarah, were born to them, and by this wife's inheri- tance, Mr. Poyer became proprietor of fifty acres of land in the village of Jamaica, and of enough other property to enable him to dispense Christian hospitality to a com- munity where he had been treated with neglect, injustice and contumely. Although his life in Jamaica was a troubled one, he main- tained his charge there, when inducements were frequently made by the church at Rye, and by offers of £400 and £500 salaries in the West Indies to leave the church over which he was thought fit to be appointed in so much trouble. By vote of a majority of the freeholders of Jamaica in town meeting Feb. 21, 1726-7, Mr. Poyer was expelled OF GRACE CHURCH 63 from the stone church and their action confirmed by suit of the Presbyterians to whom it had been assigned by the same town meeting. So having lost parsonage and church, and compelled to hold services in the County Court House, and in public houses at his own expense in Flushing and Newtown, with the infirmities of age prematurely bearing him down, on June 16, 1731, he asked permission of the Venerable Society to quit his mission and return to his native land. But he died before his successor could be appointed, having fulfilled a ministry of twenty-five years. Mr. Foyer's rectorship of the three Churches was effec- tive in many ways. He could praise God that the Church was in a fairer way of flourishing than ever. Through his persistence in duty her sturdy character in a turbulent community had been maintained. His ministrations, under great difficulties, led to a settlement, however un- justly, of vexed questions at law, and to the building of a Church in Jamaica by Churchmen alone. The Churches in Newtown and Flushing had been held steadfast, and were more prosperous than in Jamaica. These communi- ties had become weary of disputes and bitterness which belied their Christian character and hindered their influ- ence for the Kingdom of Christ. They were prepared to receive a new rector with some wholesome regrets that might bear fruits unto righteousness. Mr. Foyer says of his ministry: "I have labored faith- fully in my Lord's vineyard and in my private advise from house to house as well as public discourses, I have exhorted them to faith in Christ and amendment of life, and to live in love. I give frequent lectures on week days; many live twelve miles distant, and I must keep two horses which is expensive and troublesome; and this wears out more clothes in one year than would last in three or four, if I 64 ORIGIN AND HISTORY did not have to ride. In Newtown and Flushing there is no convenience of private houses, so I have to use public ones at very great charge, for I usually bring some of my family with me. I have service every Lord's day, and on the days set apart by the Church. I have communion four or five times a year or oftener, as I have health, and seldom have over forty communicants at a time. I cate- chise and expound the catechism to all such as are sent to me, twice a week in the Church, and once a fortnight the year round at my house." Mr. Foyer's representations to the Venerable Society Nov. 9, 1722, and Oct. 16, 1724, give a pathetic summary of his afflictions: "\ was so as to have little hopes of recovery; indeed I have been in poor health for several years last past; * * * My life has been one continued scene of trouble; kept out of my allowance from the County for years, and some of it lost; a great deal of sickness I had myself and in my family, seldom all of us being in health at the same time; I have buried two wives and two children in less than five years; and am now eleven in family; the oldest, (Daniel) a little over sixteen; my house rent £16 per year, and an expense every other Sunday of taking my children with me to Newtown and Flushing." June 7, 1731, he was in custody of the Sheriff for a judgment of £42 obtained against him by Henry Cuyler, merchant of New York. In 1724 he was cast in the suit for the parsonage, and in 1728 he was deprived of the Church and had to preach in the County Court House. Need we wonder that he writes, June 16, 1731, that the infirmities of age bear very hard on him; he is almost unable to officiate and prays the Venerable Society to be OF GRACE CHURCH 65 permitted to quit this mission and return to his native land. (Doc. Hist., Ill, 310, quoted by H. Onderdonk.) Some of Mr. Foyer's sermons have been preserved in manuscript carefully and neatly written in a fme hand- writing and with notes of the occasions on which they were composed and delivered. They indicate a wider activity and influence than of his predecessors while they were at Jamaica. He officiated at Trinity Church, New York, while Mr. Vesey went to England. He made jour- neys once or twice into New England. They were adapted to the events which called them forth, showing the sympathy, loyalty and courage of his mind and character. A list of these relics of his thought and piety was made by Mr. Henry Onderdonk, in his ''An- tiquities of the Farish Church, Jamaica," p. 39. On December 13, 1731, Mr. Foyer was taken ill with a prevailing distemper which is supposed to have been the small pox. He made his will with much difficulty on Jan. 8, 1732, being unable to sign his name in full, but did not die until a week after. In his will he says: ''I give my soul to God: my body to be Christianly buried, in certain hopes of a reunion of my body and soul at the last day, and of eternal life through the merits of Christ my Savior." To his wife, Sarah, and her heirs he bequeathed his es- tate, real and personal, appointing her Executrix with power to sell such part as she pleased for the payment of his debts and to provide for the maintenance of herself and his children, distributing to them his estate at her discretion. Mr. Foyer was buried on the north side of the village burying ground, but no stone marks his grave or that of 66 ORIGIN AND HISTORY his widow. Two wives were buried under the Stone Church while he was in possession. The homestead with sixteen acres of land was sold to Mr. Foyer's successor. His wife was left in great need when the estate was finally settled, and subscriptions in the parish were given for her support. (Onderdonk.) OF GRACE CHURCH (il CHAPTER VII. The Jamaica Church Controversy— A Review of its His- tory, Legal Aspects, and Decisions. The contention of the missionaries of the Society in New York, as well as the Governors, was that the true intent of the Act of the Provincial Assembly in 1693, which con- tains the words ''Instituted and inducted Church Wardens and Vestrymen," was the settlement of the National Min- istry according to the laws of England. The memorial of the inhabitants of Jamaica in Queens County to Governor Robert Hunter in 1710 claimed that the town of Jamaica was purchased from the Indians by their predecessors and ancestors, who were subjects of the realm of England and Protestant Dissenters in the man- ner of worship from the forms used in the Church of England, who settled and improved the lands and called a minister of their own to officiate among them and several others successively, until 1673. In 1676 the townsmen set apart lands for the encouragement and support of the minister; in 1693 they purchased a house and other con- veniences for the accommodation of their ministers. In 1699 they erected a meeting house or public edifice for the worship and service of God in their own way, an^ peace- ably possessed and used it; that in 1703-4 they were, with force and violence, without any trial or judgment at law, turned out and dispossessed of the same. The original settlers of Jamaica, being Dissenters and mostly Presbyterians, for a few years had their own way 68 ORIGIN AND HISTORY in all public matters, and conducted the affairs of the Church organized in 1662, in the town meetings. Col. Morris, who was a Judge and later Chief Justice of the Province of New York, in a letter to the Society, Feb. 20, 1711, gives the history of the building of the first Church in America, and of the passage of the two acts by which the Church of England, through her ministers, laid claim to the Church properties, built under these acts, which were passed when Governor Fletcher was in office. Col. Morris says: "The Church was built and a Dissent- ing minister called and if I mistake not paid, the other Dis- senters who were forced to comply were very much dis- satisfied at this procedure of their brethren, and many of them appeared in the interest of the Church; thinking no other way so effectual to defeat their adversaries; and this was the beginning of the Church of England in Jamaica on Long Island: the Church and parsonage house con- tinued in the possession of the Dissenters till some time after the arrival of Mr. Urquhart, when a representation was made to my Lord Cornbury that the Church and house being built by Public Act could belong to none but the Church of England. My Lord upon this gives his warrant to dispossess the Dissenters which immediately (by force), was done without any procedure at Law, and Mr. Urqu- hart put in possession of them: this short method might be of some service to the Minister, but it was very far from be- ing of any to the Church, as no such unaccountable step ever can be. Mr. Urquhart kept the possession during his life, and though he gained not many converts, yet his con- duct was so good that I don't think he lost any." There were two Acts of the Provincial Assembly of New York in the years 1693 and 1695 in which "Church Ward- OF GRACE CHURCH 69 ens and Vestrymen" were mentioned as well as "institu- tion and induction," plainly referring to an Episcopal Establishment of religion. On these Acts, being the latest legislation on the subject in the Province, were based the present demands of the Missionaries and Churchmen for the rights of the Church of England ministry. These included the possession of the Church building erected by taxes, and completed under an Enabling Act of 1699 and private contributions, and of the parsonage Hkewise secured by public assessments and vote of the town meeting; also for the salary raised in the same way from the parish. The contention of the Dissenters was that the Act of 1693, as its own language proved, did not establish the Church of England in the Province. The Legislature of 1695, in an Act for better explaining the Act of 1693, posi- tively declared that the Vestry and Church Wardens had power to call a dissenting minister and that "he is to be paid and maintained as the law directs." Governor Fletcher, however, asserted the meaning of the law to be what was contrary to the declaration of the Assembly; but was the intention of the Act. There was involved in the Jamaica troubles the rights of the English Church in the Colonies of Great Britain. Rev. John Thomas, the first missionary of the Church of England settled in Hempstead, Long Island, Dec. 26, 1704, wrote of it to the Venerable Society in England: "I humbly beg leave," he says, "to present to the Venerable Society the ill consequences that may ensue by this exam- ple, if a call from the Dissenting party entitle a Dissenter to be Parish minister and to the salary of the parish, then 70 ORIGIN AND HISTORY upon the death or removal of the present incumbent, the vacancies in most parishes will be filled with Dissenters, so will Dissention sit triumphant on the throne supported by the countenance of the laws of the Government." Later on, in a memorial to the Society by eight American rectors, dated Nov. 13, 1711, it was stated that the loss of this cause would bring certain ruin eventually upon the Established Church in the whole government of New York and bad influences upon the Church in all the adjacent Col- onies, especially the Jersies and Pennsylvania. The Presbyterians avowed openly "in the face of the Country," as Mr. Poyer wrote the Society, that "the Lord Bishop of London had no power here." The jurisdiction of the Bishop of London over the Col- onies made him the most important person next to the Governor. He was a non-resident official in close rela- tionship at home with the Crown. There was nothing beneath his notice which might be for the civil or ecclesi- astical benefit of the realm. All the clergy who were sent out to the Colonies were sent out by the Bishop of London. No one else could send them. The British law implied and assumed that to make good subjects was to make good Christians, and the Church of England was the best Church to do this with Englishmen. So the Bishop of London found it his duty to search for missionaries, supply those sent abroad with a church house, glebe, library and wages until local effort could supply their needs. The providing of schools and school- masters was also a difficult part of his work at home and abroad, where he kept in touch with the Governor in OF GRACE CHURCH 71 things pertaining to education as well as to the church ministrations. The opposition to Episcopy in New York, partly on account of this controversy, led to new provision for its defence. A charter had been granted to Trinity Church in New York in 1697, in which it is frequently asserted that the Church of England in the Province was established by law. The rector. Rev. Mr. Vesey, was sent to England carrying a copy of this charter, in order to present the matter to the highest authorities and secure some relief to the cause of the Church, in the contention. In the year 1705 another Act of General Assembly was passed for the better explaining the previous one, for set- tling the ministry and paying the salaries of the incumbents of the Church Wardens. The Independents made com- plaint against Lord Cornbury for his arbitrary course in regard to the Jamaica parsonage and other property, lay- ing claim also to the Church because they were more in number than the Churchmen who had paid for it. Lord Lovelace succeeded Lord Cornbury, and these com- plaints came before him, but the matter was not deter- mined before he died. The Lieut. Governor, Col. In- goldesby, recommended that neighboring ministers of the Church should serve at Jamaica, alternately. When he was removed, in the interim of Governors under Col. Beekman, President of the Council, some of the Independ- ents took possession forcibly of the Church, but were arrested and fmed for the proceeding. They obtained possession again through the action of the widow of Rev. Mr. Urquhart, whose daughter had married a Presbyterian clergyman, Mr. George McNish, 72 ORIGIN AND HISTORY and who turned over the parsonage to him: The Sheriff, who was a strong Independent, refused to turn them out, and so Mr. Poyer, on his arrival and induction, and after numerous efforts and demands, which were made in vain, was kept out of possession of the parsonage and glebe. The Act to settle the Church, it was contended by the Churchmen, "is very loosely worded, which as things stood then when it was made could not be avoided, the Dissenters claiming the benefit of it as we, and the Act without such wrestling will admit a construction in their favor as well as ours, they think it was intended for them and that they only have a right to it." It appears that the members of the Legislature which passed the Act were all but one Dissenters, but the Gov- ernor and Council who constituted part of the Legislature were Churchmen, and that the Act was really intended to aid the Churchmen to build churches by the maker of the bills, who was James Graham, Esquire, the Speaker of the Assembly. In Mr. Foyer's time Gov. Hunter, according to Col. Morris, could not help thinking the Church was right with respect to their claims for the property, and urged Mr. Poyer to bring suit of law, to recover possession, and of- fered to pay the expenses of the suit from his own purse. So also did Col. Heathcote, but Mr. Poyer referred the matter to the judgment of the Society; because he could not prevail on the Governor to take summary proceedings, as Lord Cornbury had done for Mr. Urquhart. Mr. Poyer was charged by Col. Morris and Governor Hunter with being weak in his character and action. The contention was made to the Society in Memorials by Gov. Hunter, Col. Morris and Col. Heathcote, the Clergy of OF GRACE CHURCH 73 New York, missionaries and rectors of New York and of some of the Colonies; and by Mr. Poyer. Finally suit was brought by Mr. Poyer by advice of Council for the parson- age and glebe, which was lost. '■''The only record made of the trial of the suit of Mr. Poyer against the tenants of the parsonage lands, home- stead and outlands that has been found reads as follows, in the minutes of the trial in Judge Morris's book: At a Court, by nisi prius, held at Jamaica. Present, Lewis Morris, Esq., Chief Justice. John Chambers vs. Joseph Hegeman, Jr. The Same vs. Robert Denton. Defendants confers lease, entry and ouster. EVIDENCE FOR PLAINTIFF. Thomas Welling, John Dean, Nehemiah Smith Sworn. A Vote of town meeting in 1676, for parsonage lands, Richard Combs. Warrant from Lord Cornbury to Cardale to survey Church lands. Act of Assembly to explain the former Act (1705). John Chambers sworn and Thomas Whitehead. An Exemplification of the Special Verdict read. EVIDENCE FOR DEFENCE. An agreement of the town of Jamaica with Rev. John Prudden read. Votes of the town for Rev. John Hubbard and George Mc- Nish, to be ministers read. Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Stillwell sworn. Mr. Prudden's Exchange of land with the town, (September 29, 1693) read. Jury find for defendant. Murray for plaintiff and Jamison for defendant. The postea returned up November term, 1724. *Onderdonk. 74 ORIGIN AND HISTORY The judges in the trial denied all authority from Eng- land in spiritual matters, and the memorialist to the Society declared it was impossible to get an impartial jury in that County where all are concerned in the event, and the greater number of them stiff Independents. A suit for salary was undertaken under the extremely urgent representations to Mr. Poyer of Gov. Hunter, Col. Morris, Col. Heathcote, who blamed him for lukewarm- ness and hesitancy in bringing his case to decision by law, the costs of which they again and again offered to defray. Mr. Poyer in reply to their charges averred that he had exerted himself in this affair with a zeal suitable to his office and duty, and meanwhile had borne the burdens and hardships which the nonpayment of his salary imposed on himself and his family. An address of the Clergy of the Province of New York to Gov. Hunter March 3, 1712, attempts to exculpate Mr. Poyer from the charges of disregard of the Governor's representation and advice relative to bringing to trial by law the matters of the Jamaica controversy. Aug. 26, 1712, the Society brought the Jamaica case before the Queen; and representing to her that Mr. Poyer had not yet brought suit by advice, because the Clergy had declared justice could not be obtained in such trial, asked her Majesty to instruct the Governor and Council of New York that "m causes relating immediately to the Church an appeal may lie to her Majesty and Privy Council here without any restriction or limitation of the value or sum appealed for." An order in the Queen's Council, Jan. 8, 1712, was granted in consideration of the Jamaica case, authorizing such direct appeal from the Governor and Council to OF GRACE CHURCH 75 Her Majesty and Privy Council without limitation as to value aforesaid, and instructions given accordingly to Gov. Hunter, Feb. 6, 1713. Thus the Jamaica contention carried to the highest court of England fixed the course of procedure for all the colonial churches. The Vestry refused to allow Mr. Poyer to be present at their meeting to lay a tax for the minister and poor, telling him he had nothing to do there, though they took Mr. McNish with them. The Governor informed Mr. Poyer that by Her Majes- ty's instructions they can hold no Vestry without Mr. Poyer, having been regularly inducted in that case. He continued, "so what they do as a Vestry without you, is null and void. Had my advice been followed these de- bates had been at an end, but that it seems is none of your 76 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Intention, at least not theirs who advise you, or have ever had, or thought to have and find their interest in confusion." The Justice and Vestry of Jamaica met Jan. 22, 1714, and ordered the salary to be paid to Mr. McNish, the Pres- byterian minister, as they had done the previous year, taking- no notice of the Governor's instructions. Rev. Mr. Colgan, twenty years after this, thus v/rote the Society: One of the stratagems of Independents and Quakers was to sue for an edifice wherein divine service was performed by ministers of the Church of England near 30 years by pretence that they had a better right than the Church members and thus met with not a little success, for in sueing Mr. Poyer my prede- cessor, who being Defendant in the case they upon a very odd turn in the trial cast him. I am informed that in this suit, the Counsel upon the part of the Church always designed to put the matter on some points of the law which are clearly in the Church's favor and accord- ingly in the time of trial offered to demur in law but was di- verted therefrom by the late Chief Justice Morris Esq., before whom the trial was, who told them that he would recommend to the Jury to find a special verdict, and if they did not, but found generally and against the Church, he would then allow a new trial ; which after the Jury had found a general verdict against the Church he absolutely refused when the Counsel for the Church laid claim to his promise and strongly insisted upon the benefit thereof. I have been told by some of the Counsel for the Church that the only seeming reason he gave for his denial was that a bad promise was better broke than kept and thus an end was put to the controversy. THOMAS COLGAN. June 14, 1734. Doc. Hist. New York, Letter to Secy. S. P. G., Ill, p. 190. OF GRACE CHURCH 11 Some of the later decisions in this controversy are here given: April 7, 1715. In the Supreme Court a Special verdict was given in an action brought by Mr. Poyer against Mr. McNish for recovering part of the minister's money, where the right of Mr. Poyer was fully argued and judgment passed in his behalf. The expenses of the suit were £30, and were paid by the Venerable Society. The lawsuits for Glebe lands and the Church itself were lost by the Church of England people. On the 25th of Feb., 1719, in the case of the non-pay- ment of salary to Mr. Poyer, the Judges gave judgment against the two church wardens, imposing a fine and dis- missing them from office. New church wardens were then appointed in their stead. The cause of this unhappy controversy can be clearl}) traced to the deep-seated opposition of the Independent and dissenting element in the population of the American Colonies, to the recognition of a foreign secular authority over the religious affairs of the Colonies. There was proceeding from this opposition a plain denial of the canonical rights of the Bishop of London in the Established Church, when he proceeded to control and appoint the ministers of the Established Church in the Colonies. 78 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER VIII. The Rectorship of Rev. Thomas Colgan. Rev. Thomas Colgan was born in 1701, and entered upon the work of the Venerable Society in America in 1 725. He had a mission to the negroes and Indians in and about New York from 1725 to 1731, and had gained the favor of the rector and wardens of Trinity Church, where he began to read services, and to preach in June, 1732. Endowed with a peculiarly clear and distinct voice it was also so strong that it could be heard by the remotest wor- shippers, and his services were received '' with great applause." Mr. Colgan was so highly recommended to the Society for the vacancy made by Mr. Foyer's resignation, that he received the appointment, and began to officiate in June, 1732. He was inducted by mandate of Governor Cosby Jan. 31, 1733. This mandate was addressed "to all and singular, the rectors, vicars, chaplains, curates, clergymen, and ministers, whatsoever, in and throughout the whole Province wherever established: and, also to Samuel Fish and Samuel Smith, present Church Wardens of the Paro- chial Church of Jamaica, on Long Island, in the Province of New York." It presented Thos. Colgan "to the rectory or parochial church; it firmly enjoined and commanded them, to collate and induct the said Thomas Colgan, or his lawful proctor in his name and for himself, into the real, actual and corporeal possession of said rectory or church, with all its rights and appurtenances." OF GRACE CHURCH 79 The Vestry refused to pay Mr. Colgan any salary before his induction or after it, and he brought suit for the £60 due him before his induction. The dissenting wardens sought by special act of the Assembly to divert it from him, but were unsuccessful. "From that time there were no further complaints of non payment of salary, no law suits nor quarrels." (— Onderdonk.) Grace Church, 1734. (From an old print.) The spirit of his ministry was well expressed in his letter to the Society, a few years after, describing the new church which had been built, as one of the handsomest in North America. "Our Church is flourishing and many are added to it. We are at peace with the Sectarians around 80 ORIGIN AND HISTORY us. I shall be of a loving and charitable demeanor to every persuasion." Mr. Colgan undertook to erect churches in the three towns. One was built in Newtown in 1735. it is still standing and in use for the Sunday School of St. James. Another in Flushing, eleven years after, in 1746. From the beginning of Mr. Colgan's rectorship, the St. James Church in Newtown prospered. In five years he had baptized there twenty-three persons in two families, and many others, both white and black, and distributed among the poor the books sent over by the Society. In Flushing and Jamaica, Quaker families conformed to the Church, and were baptized, his distribution of pastoral and theological books and prayer books having been very effective for their enlightenment. Mr. Colgan for two years gathered the people for ser- vice in the Town House, where Mr. Foyer had ministered in the latter part of his life, to a disheartened people. Under Mr. Colgan's direction they began to exert them- selves towards building a new church, but finding them- selves unable alone to accomplish the undertaking, they were obliged to apply to several well-disposed Christians in the province, from whom they received considerable help, and especially from the Governor and his family. Mr. Colgan married Mary, daughter of John Reade of New York, and a niece of Rev. Mr. Vesey. With property thus acquired, he bought the farm of the widow of Mr. Foyer, and added to it, so that it contained 66 acres. His comparative wealth gave him a higher position in the community. Mr. Colgan was strong and vigorous but peaceful in disposition. His people continued to worship in the Town House, and his congregations grew so large OF GRACE CHURCH 81 in all three communities to which he ministered, that they sought to build churches for themselves. They had in- creased from 20 or 30 to 200 in Jamaica. The people in Jamaica were aided by others in the Province, and espe- cially by Governor Cosby, his wife and family. A lot of land was given by the widow of Col. Heathcote bordering on the highway west of the Stone Church. It contained about half an acre, and was deeded to Thos. Colgan, Rector, his heirs and successors, to remain the property of the Church, so long as it should retain its Episcopal wor- ship and character. Here was erected the first Episcopal Church concerning which there could be no contention. The churchmen, however, solicited aid in its building, which was freely given. By June, 1734, it was in a condition to hold services, though far from completion. There was no bell, but decent and comely vestments were furnished by the Gov- ernor's wife, " a great friend and patroness." The ap- pointments of the services under former rectors, and the gifts of the Society were still preserved for use. Grace Church was opened on Friday, April 5, 1734, for the first service, and it was a notable event in Jamaica. There is no reason assigned for thus naming the church. It seems to have been first applied to the Jamaica Church. The origin of the name has been traced to a Grace Church St., in London, where there was in old times a Church popularly called the Grass Church, because of the holding of a market close by, and spreading grass on the ground. From this the street apparently took its name. Some col- onist in the early Georgian days, remembering the name of the street in London, thought it was named from Grace Church and suggested the name for Jamaica. The name 82 ORIGIN AND HISTORY of William Harrison, minister of Grace Church, is signed on a tract, A. D. 1704, entitled, "The rights of Protestant Dissenters," which has a printed ending: ''A vindica- tion of the Ministers of the Gospel in and about Lon- don, from the unjust aspersions Cast upon their former Actings for the Parliament. As if they had promoted the bringing of the King to Capital Punishment," &c. The date of the vindication is fixed by the exhortation to their followers, to pray "that God would restrain the violence of men that they may not dare to draw upon themselves and the Kingdom, the blood of their Sovereign," being therefore some months before Jan. 1648-9, when Charles I was beheaded. (Letter of Prof. Richard H. Thornton, Law School of the University of Oregon.) The name of Grace Church first appears on this occa- sion. No account of its origin or the reasons for its use are given, but the very fitness of the name to the charac- ter of the services and the Church thenceforth under the ministry of Mr. Colgan and his successors were a vindica- tion of its appropriateness. "Our church," Mr. Colgan writes soon after, "is in a flourishing state, and by the blessing of God many are added to it; now we are at peace with those several secre- taries that are round about us, and I hope by God's help peace will subsist amongst us. To sow the seeds thereof shall be my endeavor, to be of a loving charitable de- meanor to all men of whatever persuasion in matters of religion shall be by God's help my practise, that so dis- charging my duty herein, I may contribute my mite to the good of the Church of Christ." (Letters to the Society.) The successive reports of Mr. Colgan to the Society show an appreciation in the communities to which he min- OF GRACE CHURCH 83 istered, of the peaceable and charitable spirit thus avowed as the aim and tenor of his ministry. It had become the prevailing disposition of those who were Churchmen, and dissenters were also brought in to happier relations with their neighbors and fellow citizens. The truths of re- ligion, and the reasonable claims of the Church that from the first had stood for them had their due effect. Mr. Colgan wrote, Nov. 22, 1740: ''We have yearly for seven years last past increased in church members. So those buildings are generally well filled in time of Divine service, and the worship of God is duly performed with decency and good order, the several sects which are around us do look upon the Church with a more respectful eye than formerly: there being not wanting either in myself or people any Christian like or prudential means necessary to form a reconciliation and union among us." About a year later, Dec. l5, 1741, Mr. Colgan wrote the Society: ''I must with a great deal of truth say of these churches Jamaica, Newtown and Flushing, that not only are they in a growing condition and the members thereof generally of an exemplary life and conversation, but that the Church of England here was never in so much credit and reputation among the Dissenters of all sorts as at this day: their opinion concerning her Doctrine as well as dis- cipline being vastly more favorable than ever." This moral and spiritual prosperity with increase of numbers and activity continued for several years. Sept., 1743, Mr. Colgan writes: "Never in so thriving a condition —have baptized since my last report seventeen persons in three families." But he wrote a year later, 1744: "Inde- pendency which has been triumphant in this town for the 40 years last past is now by the Providence of God in a 84 ORIGIN AND HISTORY very faint and declining condition." It is evident that the old spirit was not dead, but had moved into the other house. The prosperity of Grace Church was increased at this time by a violent dissension in the Dutch Church in New- town and Jamaica. On Sept. 29, 1746, a Church had been erected in Flush- ing and Mr. Colgan hoped that it could be finished in three months. "There was," he wrote, "no set of people within this province who are greater objects of the Society's pity and charity than those belonging to the town of Flushing." This Church was only enclosed so as to keep out the weather. It had to stand fifteen years before it was fin- ished. The Quakers, who were very numerous in Flush- ing, not only bitterly opposed the Church of England ser- vices, but through their doctrines of the inward light as their only guide removed the restraints of worship, the word of God, and the outward forms of religion, and cor- rupted the youth and those indifferent or hostile to re- ligious authority. It seems incongruous with such piety as Mr. Colgan and his people possessed that in 1747 they resorted to a public lottery for the benefit of the church. Thirteen hun- dred tickets were sold at eight shillings each, equal to £520. From each prize won, 12 1/2 per cent, was drawn for pur- chasing a bell for Grace Church. The home life of Mr. Colgan's family offered social at- tractions to the people of Jamaica. His extensive farm, situated on the west side of Beaver Pond, which was in full view, added to the beauty of the location. Upon the farm, which was fenced, was an orchard of one hundred trees, from whose fruits a hundred barrels of OF GRACE CHURCH 85 cider could be made each year. The house had eight rooms on a floor, and two good rooms upstairs. The shrubs and bushes around the pond were frequented by birds and game. It is of historic interest that this estate, afterwards the residence for two or three generations of the family and descendants of Hon. Rufus King, and his son, Governor John A. King, and Senator John A. King and Miss Cornelia King, became the spacious and beauti- ful King Manor Park in the center of Queens Borough and Jamaica. One of Mr. Colgan's daughters, Mary, married Mr. Christopher Smith, who after Mrs. Colgan's death inherited the farm, and resided there. From them it came by purchase into the possession of Hon. Rufus King. A journal of the family life of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been preserved, which contains no notable incidents of general interest. Mrs. Colgan, the widow, died in the Mansion April 17, 1776. She had the same peaceful temper of Christianity which brings comfort in life, which marked her husband's ministry, and as wife, parent and friend traveled through "the path that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." The pews and lots in the new Church and grounds were sold to the highest bidder. The terms of the sale required that each purchaser should build his own pew. If he did not make use of it the Church should let it out to another, and if he left the parish, the pew or lot was to revert to the Church. The names of the purchasers of the thirty pews, on Feb. 23, 1737, were found in a book of Christopher Smith, copied in 1786 from a certified copy of the original list, which was itself copied in 1761, by Edward Willett and John Troup. These names include some which became distinguished in subsequent history of New York families. 86 ORIGIN AND HISTORY 1 Daniel Whitehead, 2 Robert Howell, 3 George Reyn- olds, 4 William Steed, 5 Rector for time being, 6 Anthony Waters, 7 Richard Betts, Jr., 8 Richard Betts, 9 Samuel Clowes, 10 Samuel Clowes, Jr, 11 Gabriel Luflf, 12 John Willett, 13 Andrew Clark, 14 Robert Freeman, 15 Com- mon pew, 16 Henry Wright, 17 Edward Willett to Samuel Smith, 18 Benjamin Taylor, 19 Sarah Poyer, gratis, 20 Benjamin Thorne, 21 Samuel Clowes, 22 Thomas Colgan, 23 William Welling, 24 Timothy Bridges, 25 "Guy Young, 26 Isaac Van Hook, 27 William Wiggins, 28 Daniel Saw- yer, 29 Silas Wiggins, 30 Benjamin Whitehead. The ministry of Mr. Colgan in Jamaica especially fos- tered the education of his parishioners and in the same year of his induction, from the Venerable Society, Mr. Willett received a salary of £15 a year as a teacher, com- mended for his exemplary life and diligence. Five years after he had forty-three pupils, of whom twenty-three were freely taught by the Society. Thomas Temple main- tained a school at intervals from 1731 to 1746, and in 1743, Mr. John Moore, a graduate of Yale College, and a candidate for holy orders was recommended to the sup- port of the Society by Rev. Mr. Vesey, to teach in Jamaica. The venerable school-house thus made memorable to many of the early churchmen of Jamaica, as their paro- chial school, was sold in 1761 for £3. Four years before the close of Mr. Colgan's ministry, in 1751, he reported the same prosperous condition of Grace Church. He had "fifty steady communicants, had bap- tized sixteen whites and ten negroes in the last six months; religion was progressing and the Society's bounty turned to good account." With about the same number of bap- tisms in the year 1753, he could say that "all three churches of his cure were in an increasing state." Rev. Thos. Colgan. OF GRACE CHURCH B7 When Mr. Colgan died, Dec, 1755, he was regretted as a gentleman much esteemed by his acquaintance. He was buned in the chancel of the church, which he had seen erected without dispute and which he had steadfastly used for the glory of God. He left a family consisting of his wife and eight chil- dren. The married names of his daughters were Mary Smith, Sarah Hammersley, Jane Van Zandt. The remain- ing children were Judith, Thomas, Fleming, and John, who died in 1758. Mrs. Colgan was buried beside her husband in Grace Church, where their lives had been of gracious service to a united people. On Christmas, 1903, a life-size portrait of Mr. Colgan was given to Grace Church by Mary Sheaf Glover Mills, in loving memory of his great granddaughter, Mary Col- gan Joanna Smith Hoyt. A portrait of this granddaughter is in the King Manor collection. The Colgan family arms on parchment were also given, with the portrait of the rector, as an interesting relic to be preserved in Grace Church. He belonged to a family in England of some distinction, whose descendants have been allied by marriage with those of high rank in the nobility of the realm. The Church in Jamaica, erected during the ministry of Mr. Colgan, having become too small, gave way to another in 1821, built on the same ground, which had been sur- rounded with graves of its parishioners. 88 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER IX. The Ministry of Rev. Samuel Seabury, Jr. — 1757-1766. The contentious spirit so long restrained by the pacific and prosperous rectorship of Rev. Mr. Colgan again broke forth after his death. The law of the Province still pre- vailed, making it possible for the community to elect Wardens and a Vestry hostile to the Church of England. The Vestry in fact had a majority of Dissenters, and they presented Mr. Simon Horton for induction into the parish of Jamaica town. Mr. Horton was a dissenting teacher. Sir Charles Hardy, the Governor of New York, following the instructions of the King, refused to admit him to the cure. He could not present the requisite certificate under the Episcopal Seal of the Bishop of London. No person who had conformed to the Liturgy of the Church of Eng- land was presented, and after six months, the Governor appointed the Rev. Samuel Seabury, Jr., a missionary supported by the Society, at New Brunswick, to the cure of the three churches. The three Churches had been supplied by the ministra- tions of several clergymen, one of whom, Rev. Mr, Bar- clay, had made report to the Society of their needs, which the Society took into consideration, and prompt action. Mr. Samuel Seabury, Jr., had been early in the service of the Society, as a lay reader, or catechist at Huntington, L. I., under the direction of his father, Rev. Samuel Sea- bury, rector of the church in Hempstead. At the time of Mr. Colgan's death he was a missionary of the Society and OF GRACE CHURCH 89 rector at New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was trans- ferred to Grace Church, Jamaica, in 1757. Mr. Seabury was born at Groton, Conn., Nov. 30, 1729, when his father was rector at New London, nearly oppo- site to Groton. When the father removed to Hempstead, the scene of his most noted and useful missionary labors, his son was fourteen years old, and was to be educated at his father's parochial school in Hempstead. Here he was both a pupil and tutor. He received the degree of M. A. at Yale College in 1748. Thus began the distinguished career of the Samuel Seabury, Jr., who became the fifth rector of Grace Church by appointment of the Society. Having served as catechist in Huntington, L. I., from 1748-1752, he went to England and received Holy Orders from the Bishop of Lincoln in 1753; from thence he went to New Brunswick, New Jersey. His ancestors were of Portlake, Devonshire, England. His great grandfather was a noted physician and surgeon at Duxbury, Mass., and his grandfather, John Seabury, a Congregational deacon, his grandmother, Elizabeth Alden, was a granddaughter of John Alden of the Mayflower. The sturdy character which the rector of Jamaica had thus inherited from Puritan ancestry was well fitted to meet the grievous trials which came to him in his ministry at Jamaica, and his valiant and unique service to the Epis- copal Church in America as the first Bishop, and the first Bishop of the Anglican Communion outside of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Archdeacon Tiffmy says in his History of the American Church: "Jamaica made its mark on him, as well as he on it." His rectorship of the three churches continued for eight years, till 1765. He valued the association which 90 ORIGIN AND HISTORY this ministry gave him, with Rev. Samuel Seabury of Hempstead, since it brought him "nearer to a most excel- lent father, whom he dearly loved and whose conversation he highly valued." Mr. Seabury was brought at once into contact with the Quakerism which had smothered the principles of the Church, and produced indifference and infidelity, the neglect of divine worship and contempt of the sacraments. He reported gloomily of the state of re- ligion in Flushing, which he called "the grand seat of Quakerism, in the last generation, and in this the seat of infidelity." In Jamaica, 1759, he wrote, there was less "open infidelity, but a general remissness in attending Divine Service prevails, though I know not from what par- ticular cause." Six months later he wrote the Society: "A general indif- ference towards all religion has taken place; and the too common opinion seems to be that they shall be saved without either of the Christian Sacraments, without any external worship of God, — in short without the mediation of Christ, as well as with; and even among those who pro- fess themselves members of the Church of England, a very great backwardness in attending her service prevails, and particularly with regard to the holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper; so great is their aversion to it, or neglect of it, that I fear the number of Communicants at present scarce exceeds twenty." (Original Letters, Vol. XIX, L. 154; 2 Ibid I, 155.) It was at the time of Mr. Seabury's ministry in Jamaica that the needs of the Church of England in America made the question of the appointment of Bishops of vital im- portance. After the preaching of Whitfield there was an increase of strolling preachers who abused the Church of OF GRACE CHURCH 91 England, and led those who had any inclination to religion into strange and fanatical expressions of it. The authority of the orders in the Church was disputed, and there was no one to represent that authority or defend and justify it by the ordination of ministers, and the con- firmation of those who were baptized. The urgent and repeated calls of the Colonies for resident Bishops were refused by the mother country. Yet young men willing and qualified to serve the church often lost their lives to obtain ordination in England. In a letter, dated April 17, 1766, Mr. Seabury wrote of these often recurring calamities, as follows: ''We have lately had a most affecting account of the loss of Messrs. Giles and Wilson, the Society's Missionaries, the ship they were in being wrecked near the entrance of Delaware Bay, and only four persons saved out of twenty- eight. 'Their death is a great loss in the present want of clergymen in these Colonies; and indeed, I believe one great reason why so few from this Continent offer them- selves for Holy Orders is because it is evident from expe- rience that not more than four or five who have gone from northern colonies have returned. This is one unanswer- able argument for the absolute necessity of bishops in the colonies. The poor Church of England in America is the only instance that ever happened of an Episcopal Church without a bishop, and in which no orders could be ob- tained without crossing an ocean 3000 miles in extent. Without bishops the Church cannot flourish in America. * * * And that it is of the last consequence to the State to support the Church here, the present times afford a most alarming proof." 92 ORIGIN AND HISTORY The effect of Mr. Seabury's steady ministry of the doc- trines and sacraments of the Church was to produce a serious state of mind in his parishes. In Flushing, in 1762, the white congregation had increased from twenty to eighty. At Jamaica, Mr. Seabury reported to the Society that there were 120 families in communion with the Church and twenty-nine communicants. The families of Dissenters at the same time amounted to 500. In 1764 he had baptized at one time "ten adults who gave a good account of their faith." In 1765, after Jamaica and Flush- ing had been visited by Mr. Whitfield, and the effects of his tenets and preaching duly considered, Mr. Seabury found that none of his own people had been led away, while many of them had become more serious and devout. Mr. Seabury's sober judgment was that where there had been the greatest number of Quakers among the first settlers of the country, there infidelity and disregard to all religion has taken the deepest root; the religious principles of the other inhabitants were weakened and religion re- garded with indifference. The provident churchmanship of Mr. Seabury brought about the incorporation of the parishes under his charge. Under date of April 8, 1761, application was made to the civil authority in the Colony of New York for a charter of the parish of Jamaica. It was signed by Samuel Seabury, minister, and twenty laymen, ''inhabitants of the town of Jamaica on Nassau Island, Communicants and professors of the Church of England by law established." It nar- rates that a Church was erected in Jamaica by voluntary subscription, that it was in need of repairs, and that there was danger that moneys contributed for church purposes would be improperly applied for want of persons ap- pointed with legal authority, to superintend its affairs. OF GRACE CHURCH 93 The prayer for a charter was made to Hon. Cadwallader Colden, President of His Majesty's Council and Com- mander in Chief of the Province of New York. (N. Y. Doc. History, III, 324.) The Charter was granted the same year. It empowered the Church of England in Jamaica to receive legacies and gifts, manage its temporal affairs and have a Vestry of its own elected by and out of its communicants. There was now a double set of vestrymen, one elected by the voters of the three parishes, in accordance with the general law, and the other by those in communion of the Church of England. This affected the collection of funds for the support of the rector, and threw the responsibility on the communicants and Vestry in the Church, in each parish. Of the £60 currency pledged to Mr. Seabury's support, £20 were paid by the Flushing church, and the rest by Jamaica and Newtown. To this the £50 sterling given by the Society in England, was added, making the value of the stipend received by Mr. Seabury, as estimated on a gold standard of the present day, to be about 500 dollars. Mr. Seabury, at the beginning of his settlement in Jamaica, purchased a farm half a mile east of the village, containing twenty-eight acres. He had fourteen acres additional of orchard, and eight acres of salt meadow. He was conveniently near to the Church and had a prosper- ous outlook in the first years of his ministry at Jamaica, being 28 years of age, strong in body, and vigorous in health. But his family increased rapidly; five of his seven children were born in Jamaica. To the cares of his farm essential to his support, were added the difficulties encoun- tered in his three parishes, where there was much indiffer- 94 ORIGIN AND HISTORY ence and discontent, and not a few jealousies to contend with from those who were prominent in church affairs. Among- these was a notable controversy over his parochial rights invaded by the introduction of a Mr. Treadwell through the influence of a prominent layman, Mr. Aspin- wall. This minister, without application or notice to Mr. Seabury, gave a family baptism in Jamaica, and held ser- vices in Flushing. The correspondence remonstrating with and defending these ministrations was published in the New York newspaper, and much bitterness engendered thereby; and by the measures taken to complete the Church at Flushing, in 1760. The salary was but par- tially paid; the support gained from farm and parishes was insufficient, the advantage enjoyed by the proximity of his father in Hempstead was lost, through the senior Seabury's sickness and death. These considerations led to the resignation of his rectorship and assuming that of St. Peter's Church, Westchester, where he was instituted Dec. 3, 1766, and where he remained as missionary of the Society until 1771. The history of the Long Island Churches is not related to Mr. Seabury's prominence as a loyal subject of Great Britain in the Revolution, nor with his distinguished career as Bishop of Connecticut. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Oxford University in 1777, shortly after he was driven from his mission by revolu- tionists and made a prisoner in New Haven. However, the next year he resumed his ministry in Staten Island, and continued there till 1782. Elected Bishop by the Episco- pal Clergy of Connecticut, he received ordination from the Bishops of the Church of Scotland. Mr. Seabury died of apoplexy Feb. 26, 1796, and was buried in New London, Connecticut. Right Rev. Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop. .(From "Life of Bishop Seabury," by permission of the author William J. Seabury. D. D.) OF GRACE CHURCH 95 CHAPTER X. The Ministry of Rev. Joshua Bloomer — 1769-1790. There were three years following Rev. Mr. Seabury's removal to West Chester when the Jamaica mission was left without a missionary from the Society. The three congregations could not unite in making an application. Some serious alienations had arisen, and yet by reason of its proximity to New York, the Capital of the Province, the mission was considered of great importance. The number of communicants in the three towns was lamentably small. The adherents of the Church were in some instances affiliated with those who were disaffected with the English Government. The resistance to the pay- ing of the salary of £60, due from the parish, was displeas- ing to the Society. Among the clergy who were invited to officiate temporarily at Jamaica was the Rev. Charles Inglis, who harmonized the members of the three congre- gations; the congregations agreed upon the selection of Rev. Joshua Bloomer as Mr. Seabury's successor, and a few influential persons persuaded the Society in England to give him an appointment and a salary, reduced, how- ever, to £30. Mr. Bloomer was a young man, studious and reputable, who desired to enter the ministry. He had received the degree of Master of Arts from Columbia College in 1758, and being highly commended by Rev. Dr. Johnson and others in America, he was ordained by the Bishop of Lon- don Feb. 28, 1769, and sailed from Downs March 19, 96 ORIGIN AND HISTORY 1769, at a time when political dissensions arising from the passage of the Stamp Act were disturbing the country. He arrived at Jamaica in May and was kindly received, finding there a well finished church building, ana two small ones at Flushing and Newtown. There were 39 com- municants in the three Churches, who rallied to his sup- port, and he was highly esteemed by the peoples in the three communities, who treated him with kindness and respect whatever their religious persuasions. The Churches were filled as he ministered to them alternately, and there was but one suit against the parish necessary to settle the payment of the £6o stipend due, and enforced by the Chancellor's decree. It was determined to furnish the rector with a glebe, and a lottery scheme was carried through with great enthusiasm, for the purchase of the farm of William Creed, a mile west of the village, at a cost of £800. It contained seventy-eight acres of arable land, orchard, and buildings which needed repair and improve- ment, which cost the Rev. Mr. Bloomer £79, I9s. 9d. The glebe was not a success and it was soon advertised for sale. On Easter Tuesday, 1773, the Vestry voted to purchase a pall, for funerals, for the use of which 4s. should be paid by those who did not subscribe, and the Sexton to deduct from it one shilling for his care and furnishing it. This was the beginning of a valuable record by Mr. Aaron Van Nostrand, which is preserved in this history, for informa- tion nowhere else to be obtained as to dates and persons buried in Jamaica. It contains 116 entries of interments and funeral bills, for the fees for which the Sexton ac- counted to the Vestry. Mr. Bloomer continued in charge through the trying period of the Revolution, in which many of his people were OF GRACE CHURCH 97 involved in great troubles through arrests and confiscations of property; but, though often prevented from conducting services, he continued to administer as frequently as pos- sible the sacraments of holy communion and baptism. When the principal members of his congregation at Ja- maica refused to obey the decrees of Congress, and were imprisoned and detained for several weeks, Mr. Bloomer writes: 'M administered the sacrament at Newtown, where I had but four or five male communicants, the rest being driven off or carried away prisoners. I was forbidden to read the prayers for the King and Royal Family. On con- sulting my Wardens and Vestry, rather than omit any portion of the liturgy, we shut up our Church for five Sun- days: but on the arrival of the King's troops, services were resumed, and in 1777 I had sixty-six communicants, and since my last letter have baptized 24 infants and 2 adults." In 1781, he was still holding the interest and affection of his congregation, and had baptized 29 infants and two adults and married thirteen couples. This was his last report. The prayer book used by Rev. Mr. Bloomer, in Flushing, during the Revolutionary period, is still preserved in St. George's Church. Compelled at last to pray for Congress and the Presidents, he pasted the prayer in manuscript over the one for the King. Mr. Bloomer, with singular fidelity, courage and self- restraint, maintained his position as a loyal minister of the Church of England, when the passions of war were raging in the hearts of men around him, and his parishes were alternately in the possession of forces of England, and of the Rebellion. 98 ORIGIN AND HISTORY A chapter of grievances of the Clergy in Long Island and New York at the hand of patriots of the American Revolu- tion could be easily written. The steadfast loyalists had to suffer the fortunes of war when it ended in the triumph of the patriots, who, through the whole extent of Long Island, had been driven from their homes during its occupation by the British troops. After the 7000 or 8000 British troops had been removed, most of whom were in camps and bar- racks in the parishes of Jamaica, Hempstead, Newtown and Flushing, there was an emigration of loyalists to Canada. In 1782-3 there were more than 3000 persons carried to New Brunswick, Canada, from Queens County, in one fleet of twenty square-rigged vessels. They founded the City of St. John. New York was specially bitter against the loyalists. The Committee of Safety compelled unconforming clergy- men of the Church of England to close or leave their churches if they would not omit the prayers for the King and Royal family. Those who were found aiding the British officers and soldiers, or denouncing the patriots, were arrested and exiled. The sufferings of their families, through the loss of their homes and effects, was very great. Their churches closed, their property destroyed, their friends and sympathizers exiled, and their neighbors hos- tile and making them obnoxious to the community by their accusations, there was no hope left of favor or returning prosperity in the Province. The members of the Church of England specially suffered in New York. Although many of the Dutch had opposed the war, they were not persecuted nor their homes nor churches violated. No injury was done to them. Rev. Charles Inglis, in a long letter to the Society, from New York, writes, in illustration of the spirit of the times: OF GRACE CHURCH 99 "Soon after Washington's arrival, he attended our Church: but on Sunday morning before Divine Service began, one of the rebel Generals called at the rector's house, (supposing the latter was in town) and, not finding him left word that he came to inform the rector that Gen- eral Washington would be glad if the violent prayers for the King and Royal family were omitted. This message was brought to me, and as you may suppose, I paid no regard to it. "On seeing that General long after, I remonstrated against the unreasonableness of his request, which he must know the Clergy could not comply with: and told him fur- ther, that it was in his power to shut up our churches, but by no means in his power to make the clergy depart from their duty. This declaration drew from him an awkward apology for his conduct, which I believe was not author- ized by Washington."* Rev. Mr. Inglis states that on May 17, 1776, appointed by Congress as a day of public fasting, prayer and humilia- tion throughout the Continent, not only the Church in New York, but all but two in the Province, and so far as he could learn, "throughout all the thirteen Colonies as they are called, were opened on this occasion." He continued: "Matters became now critical in the high- est degree; the rebel army amounted to near 30,000. All their cannon and military stores were drawn hither, and they boasted that the place was impregnable. I have fre- quently heard myself called a Tory, and traitor to my Country, as I passed the streets, and epithets joined to each, which decency forbids me to set down. Violent *Hawkin's Historical Notices of the Missions of the Church of England, p. 333. 100 ORIGIN AND HISTORY threats were thrown against us, in case the King were any longer prayed for. One Sunday when I was officiating, and had proceeded some length in the service, a company of about one hundred armed rebels marched into the church, with drums beating and fifes playing, their guns loaded and bayonets fixed, as if going to battle. The con- gregation was thrown into the utmost terror, and several women fainted, expecting a massacre was intended. I took no notice of them, and went on with the service, only exerted my voice, which was in some measure drowned by the noise and tumult. The rebels stood thus in the aisle for near fifteen minutes, till being asked into the pews by the sexton, they complied; still, however, the people ex- pected that, when the collects for the King and royal family were read, I should be fired at, as menaces to that purpose had been frequently flung out. The matter, how- ever, passed over without any accident. Nothing of this kind happened before or since, which made it more re- markable. I was afterwards assured that something hostile and violent was intended; but He that stills the raging of the sea, and madness of the people, overruled their pur- pose, whatever it was." After the Declaration of Independence, which occurred about two months after this event, the Clergy closed their churches in New York and vicinity, having been requested by the Committee of Safety to take down the King's arms, to avoid their destruction by a mob. They refused to open their Churches at the request of rebel officers, that they might have services there. After the occupation of the city by the British forces under General Howe, the Churches were all opened and Divine Service given for the rejoicing citizens who were left in the city. OF GRACE CHURCH 101 But the same week the rebels succeeded in destroying 1000 houses or one-fourth of the city by fire. Trinity Church, the rector's house, and the Charity School were burned and about 200 buildings belonging to Trinity Cor- poration, were consumed at a loss of £25,000 sterling. The missionaries were unable to draw their salaries, or to receive other money sent to their relief from England. All communications by letter were cut oflf, Messrs. Sea- bury, Bloomer and Cutting were mentioned as the only ones who could be relieved from the distress which came upon all the other clergy in the Colonies from this failure of their salaries. Rev. Mr. Bloomer sent the last report of Grace Church to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 1 784. The last grant of £30 was made by the Society Feb. 20, 1784. The revolt of the American Colonies had scattered the Clergy representing the Society. Many gave up their missions, returning to England or becoming refugees in the towns of the northern colonies, or in Canada. A few took the oath of allegiance to the Republic. After the acknowledgment of the Independence of the United States the charter of the Society did not allow the continued sup- port of missions outside the British Dominion. The report of the Society for 1785 expresses the deep regret of its officers and members in parting with the clergy and the Churches for whom they had made many prayers and sacrifices of time and money. The report says: "It is so far from their thoughts to alienate their aifec- tions from their brethren of the Church of England, now 102 ORIGIN AND HISTORY under another government, that they look back, with comfort at the good they have done, for many years past, in propagating our holy religion, as it is professed by the Established Church of England, and it is their earnest wish and prayer that their zeal may continue to bring forth the fruit they aimed at, of pure religion and virtue: and that the true members of our Church, under whatever civil government they live, may not cease to be kindly aflfec- tioned towards us." When the war was declared between England and the Colonies, the Society were contributing an average sum of £40 sterling a year each to nearly eighty missionaries. These were widely scattered as well as impoverished. "Some of the clergy were eventually appointed to Chap- laincies in the King's army; others were provided with missions in Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick: some went to England, whilst a few, who were recom- mended for long service, or disabled by age and infirmity, were allowed a small annuity by the Society."* The clerical and lay deputies of the Church in sundry of the United States of America made this grateful ac- knowledgment to the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England, in an address, dated Oct. 5, 1785: ''All the Bishops of England, with other distinguished characters, as well ecclesiastical as civil, have concurred in forming and carrying on the benevolent views of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts: a Society to whom under God, the prosperity of our church is, in an eminent degree, to be ascribed. It is our earnest wish to be permitted to make, through your lordships, this just acknowledgment to that Venerable Society." ♦Hawkin's Notices, p. 343, 345. OF GRACE CHURCH 103 The separation of the Society from Churches in Jamaica and Newtown was the beginning of new struggles for existence. The very name of the Church of England as associated with them was a discredit in the new order of society under the Republic. The support of the English Army men who had been stationed in Long Island was missed. The devastations of war had been going on around the Churches, which were greatly out of repair, and yet the members of the parishes were too impover- ished and discouraged with their own atfairs to renew them without great effort. The rector. Rev. Doctor Bloomer, however, remained, and was personally greatly esteemed. In the summer of 1786, in accordance with the resolution of the Church Wardens and Vestry of Grace Church, at their annual meeting, a subscription was made by twenty of the parish- ioners amounting to £42; 5s. for shingling, painting, and other necessary repairs "for rendering the church decent and fit for public worship." In 1788 there was expended by Mr. Bloomer in repair- ing the glebe £83, I3s., lid. The money received from collections, pall and bell, from 1775 to 1782 was £148, l5s., 2d. The church held bonds of individuals amount- ing to £248, 13s., drawing interest at 6 per cent. The Communion offerings for five years, from 1775 to 1790, amounted to £80, 7s., 1 d. In 1 790, a few months before his death, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon Mr. Bloomer by Columbia College. Doctor Bloomer died June 23, 1790, at the age of fifty-five, sincerely regretted and respected by all the people to whom he ministered. He was buried in the chancel, but his grave is unmarked. 104 ORIGIN AND HISTORY The conditions of living in the period when Rev. Mr. Bloomer was rector in Jamaica have been, with great inquiry and research, described in the history of Flush- ing by Rev. Henry D. Waller. The communications with New York were slow and uncertain, and were generally by way of Brooklyn. The ferries were accomplished in row-boats, scows, or two- masted vessels that required, with favorable wind and tide, an hour for the passage. There was no post-office on Long Island. A private post rider went down the island and back once in two weeks. The dress of the gentry was, for men the short knee breeches, pointed toe shoes with large buckles, and a long-tailed, light-colored coat with silver buttons; for ladies, the dress was a full brocaded skirt, hung on large hoops, two feet wide on each side, a towering hat or a muskmelon buchet. The farm- er's homespun was changed on Sunday to a broadcloth suit that descended from father to son. He cultivated his fields with a wooden plow and reaped them with a scythe, and threshed them with a flail. The usual house was with- out paint or carpets, and the coarse plain food was pre- pared by the wife and daughter, whose constant compan- ions were the spinning-wheel and loom. The day laborer was dressed in yellow buckskin or leathern breeches and apron, checked shirt and red jacket, and heavy shoes with brass buckles. The debtor's prison was a frequent lodging place, where men and women herded together, and the criminal and debtor often perished without bed or clothing to cover them. The currency of the Colonies varied in the num- ber of shillings, and pence which made a dollar. The school-houses were small, and neither painted, ceiled nor plastered. The wood was furnished by farmers, and the OF GRACE CHURCH 105 boy pupils cut it, while the girls swept and scrubbed the school-room floor. There were few books, and the sums of arithmetic were copied into^iphering books by the pupils. There were neither steepens, writing books nor ruled paper; the quill pens- were made by the master and the sheets were ruled with a piece of lead. Jamaica was the shire town. All elections were held in Jamaica until 1 789, for the neighboring towns of Queens County. Rood Screen. Memorial to Rev. Gilbert H. Sayres, S. T. D., By His Grandson, Gilbert B. Sayres, ifli4. At Grace Church, Jamaica, X. Y., on June 14th, a handsome rood screen made of oak was dedicated to the memory of the Rev. Gilbert Hunt Sayres, D.D., rector of this par- ish 1810-1830. The Rev. Dr. William S. Sayres of Detroit, a grandson, preached the sermon. The screen was given by another grandson, Mr. Gilbert B. Sayres, junior war- den of the parish. IV THE POST-REVOLUTIONARY RECTORSHIPS— 1795-1896 OF GRACE CHURCH 109 CHAPTER XI. Short Rectorships in a Period of Thirty-five Years — 1795-1830. REV. WILLIAM HAMMELL. The Rev. William Hammell, from Hackensack, New Jersey, was the successor to Doctor Bloomer. He was elected Aug. 1, 1790, by the three Vestries of Jamaica, Flushing and Newtown, and was the last rector elected and supported conjointly by these Churches. He received Holy Orders as Deacon and Priest the same year of his election to Jamaica. The glebe had been sold, on account of a dispute between the three parishes, and the interest money, amounting to £25, was pledged to him and £90 per year from the three towns. There were but 21 communicants in Grace Church, 27 at Newtown, and 13 in Flushing. The Churches were weak and dispirited, the salary insufficient for the support of Mr. Hammell, who had married, infidelity prevailed in the communities, and political and personal rancor. The rector's eyesight failed him and he became paralytic after five years of his ministry. These distressing conditions led to his resignation, and a donation was made for Mr. Hammell by the three Churches for his temporary support. They also drew up a memorial to the Corporation of Trinity Church in his behalf. That Vestry subsequently gave him a pension of £100 per year, which was continued for thirty years till his death. 110 ORIGIN AND HISTORY An effort to settle Mr. Charles Seabury, son of Bishop Seabury, who had recently been ordained Deacon, was unsuccessful. Mr. Seabury served only six weeks on trial, when he received notice of his father's death at New Lon- don, and went home. He wrote from New London that he would not return to Jamaica. REV. ELIJAH DUNHAM RATOON. Rev. Elijah Dunham Ratoon succeeded to the rectorship of Grace Church and St. George's, Flushing, which still was supported conjointly by these Churches, while St. James, Newtown, had become independent in 1795. Mr. Ratoon was a graduate of Princeton College, and was or- dained Deacon Jan. 10, 1790. He married a daughter of Rev. Dr. Beech of New York, and for a short time minis- tered to St. Ann's Church, in Brooklyn. He was a Pro- fessor of ancient languages in Columbia College from 1792 to 1797, and came from this position to Jamaica. The Church Wardens and Vestry of Grace Church made a joint arrangement with Trinity Church, New York, for the support of Mr. Ratoon, agreeing to ''give him the use and interest of £900 during the time he is rector and dis- charges the duties, and do covenant to raise annually £100 by subscription for his maintenance, on condition that divine service is performed in our Church every other Sun- day during the three months and every Sunday morning during the remainder of the year." At a time when Grace Church seemed to be struggling for existence, so impoverished were the Churchmen of this period, and so inimical the spirit of the country to the Episcopal Church, which had inherited the rights and prop- OF GRACE CHURCH 111 erty and associations of the Church of England, the Hon. Rufus King, a noted statesman and patriot, established his family in Jamaica. As a Vestryman of Trinity Church he had become inter- ested in the parish affairs. Grace Church had, from the beginning, often received her ministers and counsel in all her difficulties from the rectors and the staff of Trinity Church, and had been closely affiliated with the move- ments which were taken by Trinity to maintain and extend the influence of the Church in America. It was through the efforts of Mr. King that Trinity Cor- poration came to the aid of the Churches in Queens County, Jamaica, Newtown, Flushing and Hempstead. Trinity Church assigned to Grace Church £500 in securi- ties, which were added to a similar fund of £60 which Grace Church already possessed, forming the nucleus of a fund which has continued to increase. Three city lots were also given, which in a short time yielded rentals and became very valuable. Similar donations were made to St. George's and St. James Churches with a forethought that contributed to their subsequent endowment and large efficiency. A Church glebe was bought at a cost of £300, and £100 additional was invested in repairs. It had a small house and stable, and was rented at £24 a year. This land was on the Flushing road in the rear of the Town Hall. An effort was made to put the Church funds in a better condi- tion, interest having accrued on bonds unpaid for from ten to fifteen years. These bonds were settled and the funds increased by a legacy of £100 from Miss Sarah Depeyster. The salary of Mr. Ratoon was $500, with the use of a glebe and the interest on about $4,500. The rector's 112 ORIGIN AND HISTORY home stood on the high land between Jamaica and Flush- ing, on the main road to Flushing, now occupied by one of the reformatory institutions of New York City, with extensive buildings erected nearly a century later. The rectory was then a new house, 44x30 feet, two stories and a half high. It was surrounded by 1 10 acres in farm land, with extensive orchards of fruit trees, among which were 1200 peach trees. The house commanded a view of New- town, Flushing, the Sound, Westchester and the Jersey shore, and was approached through a stately avenue of trees. The Right Rev. Samuel Provost was then Bishop of New York, and Grace Church was represented by three dele- gates in the Diocesan Convention. There she stood as second only to Trinity Church, in age of organization, in the Diocese. In the summer of 1 799, the interior of the Church build- ing was painted entirely white, with top rails to the pews of mahogany color, and the steeple was raised. Blinds were put upon the exterior two years later, and with an able rector and renewed church building the century's work was hopefully inaugurated. The original Stone Church of Jamaica built in 1699, a hundred years earlier, and over the possession of which were such hot contentions, was still standing in the high- way. It was in such good condition that it could be used on Feb. 22, 1800, for anniversary exercises commemor- ating the birthday and eminent virtues of the late Presi- dent, George Washington. In this celebration the Rev. Mr. Ratoon took part, and Mr. L. A. Eigenbrodt delivered the oration. He was the father of the Rev. Samuel R. Eigenbrodt, D. D., a professor of the General Theological The Rectory Between Flushing and Jamaica, 1794. C^OCiirOmilm&'oiH'iv >'ua'iur uiic>^.-^\a o:rKVuoux.now\iC :iu\->:ca\^%EX"^-'\oV;' ^ilvfeCAW iS(^ The Heathcote Deed of the Church Ground. OF GRACE CHURCH 113 Seminary, and the donor of its stately dormitory, Eigen- brodt Hall. That Church was not taken down till 1818, when all the relics of burials within its walls were removed to the village cemetery. The acceptable and prospering ministry of Mr. Ratoon was, unhappily to Grace Church, not long continued. He resigned his rectorship June 4, 1802, and went to take charge of St. Paul's Church, Baltimore. He subsequently became President of Charleston College, South Carolina, where he died of yellow fever in 1810. The Church was much discouraged by Mr. Ratoon's departure. There were nearly a hundred names on the sut3scription lists for salary in the next eight years, but Grace Church did not thrive. Political contentions were rife, and reacted on religious conditions. There were £1,126 available funds, for the support of the Church. Offerings were taken for the support of the two Bishops, Right Reverends Benjamin Moore, and John Henry Hobart, and the Missionary Society of the Diocese. Yet there were only thirty baptisms in the ten years which began the century. The first confirmation service held in Jamaica was by Bishop Moore, who on Oct. 15, 1808, confirmed thirty persons. On July 3, 1814, at a visitation of Bishop Hobart, twenty-three were added to the com- municants of the Church. In 1803 the Vestry adopted a resolution that the holders of pews in the Church should give a reasonable compensa- tion for the support of the Church, and that where sittings in a pew were not used by one family they should accom- modate another family or individuals, who would be 114 ORIGIN AND HISTORY agreeable. There were thirty-one pews besides four in the belfry for the blacks. In Onderdonk's "Antiquities" are recorded the names of the pew holders at the beginning of the Nineteenth Cen- tury, through which with remarkable persistence and stead- fastness for a hundred years, their descendants, with but few exceptions, maintained their connection and promi- nence in Grace Church. Among these families were the names of Welling, Hicks, Puntine, Betts, Troup, Waters, Eldert, Eigenbrodt, Nos- trand, Morris, Depeyster, Codwise, Christopher Smith, Rufus King, Hendrickson, Rowland, Underbill, Dunn, Oldfield, Valentine, Simonson, Kissam, Hewlett, Skid- more, Cortelyou, Lawrence, Mackrell. Pews were occu- pied by two schools, Mr. Eigenbrodt with tutors and students in front, and Miss Woofendale and scholars in the center of the Church. REV. CALVIN WHITE AND OTHERS. The eight years which followed upon the resignation of Mr. Ratoon were a period of dissatisfaction with the six different clergymen who were chosen as ministers or rectors. Rev. Calvin White was the first of these to whom the offer of the rectorship was made, with a salary of $500 and the use of the glebe. Much care had been taken in the selection of this clergyman. He was ordained Deacon June 28, 1798, and was asked to take charge of Grace Church in November, 1802. He had been a minister of the Presbyterian Church at Hanover, N. J., and was mar- OF GRACE CHURCH 115 ried to Miss Phebe Camp of Newark, during that ministry, on Oct. 28, 1792. The terms of Mr. White's settlement occasioned consid- erable correspondence and discussion, and were finally made to conform to those of Mr. Ratoon's ministry, and he was formally inducted as rector July 21, 1803, by Rev. Mr. Hobart of Flushing and Newtown, and Rev. Seth Hart, of Hempstead, and Rev. Mr. William Harris, of St. Mark's, New York. Mr. White, with all this careful inauguration of his min- istry, was not in harmony with the parish. He was an accomplished scholar and skilled in Hebrew studies, but was not sufficiently in sympathy with the doctrines of the Episcopal Church. He left Grace Church abruptly to take another Church, Aug. 17, 1804. He continued in the Episcopal ministry until 1822, when he was deposed at Derby, Connecticut, where he resided quietly as a layman near the Church to which he had ministered. He died at Derby at the age of ninety, leaving a son, the distinguished literary scholar and critic, Richard Grant White. The clergymen who had short terms of ministry in Grace Church for the next six years were: Revs. George Stre- beck, Andrew Fowler, John Ireland, Edmund D. Barry, Timothy Clowes. They were chosen for six months or a year, but some of them did not continue in their ministry for even the short periods for which they were invited. Ii6 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER XII. The Rectorship of Rev. Gilbert Hunt Say res— 1810-1830. A period of twenty years was covered by the prosperous rectorship of the Rev. Gilbert Hunt Sayres, S. T. D., who received a unanimous election to the rectorship of Grace Church, May 1, 1810. Mr. Sayres was not then in priest's orders. He was a native of New Jersey, a graduate of Columbia College, 1808, and studied for the ministry with Rev. Dr. Lyell of New York. Having been made deacon by Bishop Moore, Oct. 6, 1809, he did not receive his priest's orders from Bishop John Henry Hobart until Feb. 27, 1812. In 1863 he was honored by the degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology, from Columbia College. His ministry continued for the same period as the episcopate of Bishop Hobart, who was consecrated in 1811, and who died Sept., 1830, the year of Dr. Sayres' resignation. The prosperity of that episcopate seemed to be shared by Grace Church and parish, which were blessed with the ministrations of a studious, devout, sympathetic and char- itable man, with social tastes and companionships, which made him an acceptable pastor and friend. Dr. Sayres did not cease his life of doing good after he retired from the rectorship. He lived in Jamaica, a be- nevolent, scholarly man, for thirty-seven years. He re- ceived his honorary degree at the age of seventy-six and died at eighty years, on April 27, 1867. Mr. Sayres was brought up under the influence of a godly mother, who was a member of the Friends Society, Rev. Gilbert Hunt Sayf. [\H OF GRACE CHURCH 157 History of Grace Church." This was published at Jamaica, N. Y., by Charles Welling, 1880. It was the diligence of many years which accomplished this collection of facts and documents and current items that make up the substance of this valuable book. It is rather a compendium of history than a condensed and lively narrative, but it was the fruit of much research and reading and accurate transcription of material from many sources. It made faithful use of the records of the Vestry, and registers of the rectors and ministers, through l5o years, and an invaluable service was rendered by this gentleman and scholar, who gave a labor of love for the church and community where so many of his years were spent in educating the sons and, daughters of Long Island families. This memorial has acknowledged already the author's indebtedness to Mr. Onderdonk. 158 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER XVI. The Rectorship of Rev. Edwin B. Rice — 1882-1892. Rev. Edwin B. Rice was assistant minister of Holy Trinity Church, 42d street, in New York, when he was elected by the Vestry as successor to Dr. Smith in May, 1882. He was a graduate of the University of the City of New York in 1876, and of the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Virginia. He began his ministry June 18, 1882. Mr. Rice received his ordination as priest from Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D., Dec. 19, 1879, and immediately entered upon his duties as an assistant minister at~Holy Trinity. He was thirty years old, and unmarried, when he came to Jamaica. At this time the walls of the church had been tinted, and other improvements in the furnishings made, and the Sun- day School had been presented with an Estey chapel organ of good tone. Mr. Rice made a good impression with his first sermon, and justified the expectations of the people that they were to have an able and attractive preacher, a consecrated rector and a devout ministrant at the altar. He had a pleasing personality, and the young people and children of the congregation and Sunday School rallied with enthusiasm at the sessions of the Sunday School, and the numerous entertainments of a religious character, and annual excursions, which were made for them. OF GRACE CHURCH 159 The classes preparing for confirmation were also con- siderably increased. The congregations were revived in numbers and spirit, and their total offerings the first year of this rectorship, other than pew rents, were $2,913.98, the pew rents $1,915.12, and the revenue from the prop- erty and investments of the church $1,580. Bishop Littlejohn confirmed on Ascension Day twenty-one, who were presented by the rector as his first class. A new choir-master, Mr. Rand, took charge of the music, and the services on Christmas and Easter, and other anniversaries of the Church and Sunday School, were greatly improved. In entering upon his duties Mr. Rice had won the good will of his people, who carried on the usual activities of the church and parish. No change was attempted, during Mr. Rice's rectorship, for the enlargement of buildings, or in the ritual of the services. The rector's special effort to institute the early celebration of Holy Communion was a lasting benefit to the worshippers. It has continued to the present time, and ever will be associated with Mr. Rice's direction of the ordinances of the Church. An event of rare occurrence in Grace Church took place in the second year of Mr. Rice's ministry. This was the marriage of the rector himself. His bride was Miss Zelia C. Hicks, eldest daughter of Major George A. Hicks, a well known citizen of Jamaica. The ceremony was per- formed in the church, on Jan. 3rd, 1884, at half past two in the afternoon. The day was cold and clear, and the Christmas decorations harmonized with those specially appropriate for the occasion. The marriage was per- formed by the Bishop of Long Island, with whom there were six clergymen in the chancel, friends of the bride- groom. They were Rev. W. H. Moore of Hempstead; Dr. W. F. VVatkins of the church of the Holy Trinity, New 160 ORIGIN AND HISTORY York; Rev. S. S. Stocking of Jamaica; Rev. Melville Boyd, Rector of All Saints, Brooklyn; and Rev. W. P. Brush of Brooklyn. The ushers were Messrs. G. B. Sayres, George K. Meynen and A. Henderson of Jamaica, and Arthur W. Rice of New York. After the ceremony a large reception was given at the residence of the bride's parents, on Clin- ton Avenue. The congregation of Grace Church pre- sented the rector with a handsome wedding gift, which was placed among many others given to the bride. One of the elTorts for the children of the congregation in the previous rectorship was a sewing school, with some other industrial education of a practical kind. This school was continued, and was conducted by some of the most active women of the church. Miss Wooley, Miss Mary Rhinelander King and others took great interest in guiding the young people through their own efforts to active sup- port of missions for the needy and untaught peoples of the home field. There could be no more zealous workers in the Sunday School and missionary Society than those with whom the rector took counsel, and through whom he accomplished much: Mrs. Belden, Mrs. Cogswell, Mrs. Stocking, Mrs. Lamphear, Miss Hagner, Miss M. R. King, Mrs. Denton, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Starr Edwards, Mrs. C. Edwards, and Miss Amberman were some of the workers in the missionary organization. No one would fail to recognize the moving spirit of all Christian effort. Miss Cornelia King, who was now, in the last few years of her useful life, upholding the rector and the Church, and blessing the community by her Christian example and beneficence. Bishop Littlejohn said of her in a Diocesan Convention address after her OF GRACE CHURCH l6l death, ''Miss Cornelia King's culture, devotion and earnest- ness put her well in the front rank of the churchmen of Long Island. Out of an old and distinguished Church family she did much to enrich a record already conspicu- ous for good deeds and pure lives. As president of the Board of Associates of the Church Charity Foundation, and president of the Board of Managers of St. Phebe's Mission House, she labored incessantly to increase the support and to extend the usefulness of both. There was no charity or mission in the diocese that did not command her sympathy, and, when needed, her active help. There was much in her work, her life, and her character that recalled many of the godly women who figure in the Gos- pel narratives and in the epistle of St. Paul." The death of Mr. James Eldred Brenton, a member of the Vestry for many years, a venerated Warden, and for forty years a parishioner of Grace Church, made a break in the happy current of Church life, and which was fol- lowed by others that, like the recurrence of affliction in Mr. Benjamin Brenton's family, could but deepen their sorrow. Miss Theodora Brenton, wife of Mr. Clement E. Gardiner, died September 17, 1883. A memorial window of the best English manufacture, having for its central subject St. Cecilia, was placed opposite Mr. Brenton's pew. She died at the age of twenty years, having rare accomplishments. The inscription below states, in pathetic memory of her departure, ''AND SHE PASSED AWAY TO JESUS WITH THE SINGING OF THE HYMN." This was the first of the stained glass windows which now adorn the Church. 162 ORIGIN AND HISTORY A rich and costly alms basin was given in the first year of Mr. Rice's ministry to Grace Church by the Rev. Dr. Eigenbrodt and his sister, as a memorial of their deceased sister, Mrs. Vandervoort. It was used on the first Sunday in February, 1882. It has the inscription on the face, "The Lord remembers thine otferings," and on the reverse, the initials of the donors and date of the gift, with the memorial. The basin is of great beauty and a massive silver piece of artistic design. The later years of this pastorate were affected by Mr. Rice's impaired health. An affection of the throat became a serious hindrance to his preaching, and to all the public relations of a pastor. After contending with this trouble for two years Mr. Rice determined to relinquish his charge. His resignation took effect in 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Rice made their home in Mount Vernon, New York, where with their children born in Jamaica, Zelia Stanton, and Bessie Sheridan Rice, they still have their residence. Mr. Rice left a record of 159 baptisms, 111 confirmations, 50 marriages and 226 burials. He was obliged to relinquish active work in the minis- try, but was entered upon the staff at the Church Mission House in New York, where his rhetorical and literary 'talents are employed in an editorial capacity, preparing the publications of the Board of Protestant Episcopal Missions. The Vestry received through the rector a request from the people of Hollis for the privileges of the Church to be given to them. This part of Jamaica was two miles from Grace Church. The mission was conducted by the rector, assisted by some faithful workers, and so the foundations were laid for the Church of St. Gabriel in the Sunday OF GRACE CHURCH 163 School which was begun together with the less frequent services of the Church. Within three years the present church building was completed by the aid of the Cathedral authorities, who also furnished the stipend of the mission- ary in charge. It was dedicated in the autumn of 1896, and the next year a rectory was built. It has been ever since a prosperous mission, in charge of several successive ministers and under the direction of the Dean of the Cathedral. The death of Hon. William J. Cogswell during Mr. Rice's ministry, in March, 1885, at the age of eighty-five years, brought from the Vestry a statement of the long and valuable services he had rendered to the Church and community. Mr. Cogswell came to Jamaica from Connecticut in 1834, and as a lawyer and churchman soon became hon- ored, respected and loved by his fellow citizens. He was made a Vestryman in 1842, and a Warden in 1862. He was appointed Judge and Surrogate of Queens County in 1849, in place of Henry I. Hagner, deceased. Judge Cogswell was ''learned and upright as a Judge, eminent and able as a lawyer, and distinguished as a citi- zen by a singular and inflexible integrity of thought and purpose. For thirty-four years, as Vestryman and Warden of this Church, he exemplified in his life its holy doctrines and divine precepts." "Judge Cogswell's benefactions to the Church, which were frequent and generous, are borne in grateful remem- brance; his interest in and devotion to this parish form a part of its history, and combined with his sound judgment, strong character and kindliness of disposition, rendered him capable of great usefulness as an administrator, and 164 ORIGIN AND HISTORY endeared him to his brethren of the Vestry. Nor were his activities and zeal confined to the limits of his own parish; he was deeply interested in the organization of this diocese — of which he was for several years a member of its stand- ing committee — and to few more than himself is its success to be attributed." Judge Cogswell removed from the parish in 1876, when his official connection with it ceased. Of his three sons, William S., Theodore J. and George, two became lawyers, and George died a soldier in the Civil War. William S. enlisted in a Connecticut regiment, and after an active service through the war, retired with the rank of brevet- Colonel. Col. Cogswell was elected Vestryman in 1874, and like his father has rendered invaluable services to the Church ever since as Vestryman and Warden for forty years. Theodore was a lay reader and Superintendent of the Sunday School of Grace Church, and at the Clarenceville (Richmond Hill) Missions, and died at an early age in 1878, possessing the efficient qualities of his father, and greatly lamented in the community. Among the gifts of Judge W. J. Cogswell to the parish was the addition to the rectory on Clinton Avenue for the rector's study. OF GRACE CHURCH 165 CHAPTER XVII. The Ministry of Rev. William M. Bottome— 1893-1896. This was comparatively a short period in which to add to the growth or make important changes in a Church; yet no one who served Grace Church had warmer friends than Mr. Bottome, and his memory is associated with no painful discords in the congregation. He brought into the life of the Church kindlier feelings and ennobling motives, in the individual relationships of the communicants. He was the son of an English clergyman of the Wesleyan Methodist Church; Mrs. Margaret Bottome, his mother, was a woman of beautiful character and piety, v/hich was impressed on unnumbered lives by her founding of the order of Kings Daughters in evangelical churches in America and Great Britain, and her devotional writings. Rev. William McDonald Bottome was born in Meriden, Connecticut. His father. Rev. Francis Bottome, D. D., was an Englishman by birth, who entered the Wesleyan Methodist ministry as a missionary in Canada and re- moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was received into the N. Y. East Conference. He met and married in Brooklyn Miss Margaret McDonald, who founded the King's Daugh- ters in New York. This is an interdenominational order not restricted as to membership to any church. William McDonald Bottome was educated at Wilbraham Academy, and a graduate of Dickinson College, and Union Theological Seminary. After completing his studies he met Miss Margaret Latham of England. He went to Eng- 166 ORIGIN AND HISTORY hind, where they were married, and after a year of study Mr. Bottome was ordained deacon and priest in the Church of England. He began his ministry, in Massingham, Eng- land, and coming to the United States, associated with Rev. Henry W. Satterlee, D. D., of Wappingers Falls, New York. Mr. Bottome was elected by the Vestry of Grace Church as rector and took charge in Jamaica April 1, 1893. His ingenuous mind and character, and attractive social quali- ties, made him welcome to the hearts and homes of his people. He made friends quickly, by his cheerful spirit. Though born in the United States, he had acquired traits of culture, manner and speech which bespeak the English gentleman. These could not excite any considerable prejudice against him in Grace Church, and if they had done so, his generous nature would have disarmed it. Mrs. Bottome, his wife, was a lady of English birth and train- ing, the niece of Hon. John Bright, the foremost champion in his day of the rights of the people, and at one time leader of the Liberal party in England. Her health was frail, and therefore she was not so well known by the people as a rector's wife is supposed to become by virtue of her husband's position. They had a young family of four children, three daughters and a son, who could attract companions in the homes around them. Grace Church was not in a flourishing condition when Mr. Bottome came to the rectorship. The congregation had been greatly depleted by death during the two previous rectorships. Under the incidental supplies of clergymen, the services were of a plain and uninspiring sort, the musical part in- dilTerent and dull, and Mr. Bottome undertook to revive OF GRACE CHURCH 167 their spirit and change their musical character. He pro- posed and carried through the inauguration of a choir of men and boys. This was indeed an innovation that would excite discussion and dissent. It conflicted with century honored traditions in Jamaica, and it required both con- fidence and persuasiveness in the rector to make it success- ful. But Mr. Bottome was loyally sustained by the Vestrymen and many others in the congregation. He had chosen a choir leader and organist in Mr. Frank E. Hop- kins, who could bring a fine musical taste and good ability as an organist to the endeavor. After several months Mr. Hopkins had trained a number of boys so well as to present them to the service of the Church. The choir was fairly installed, the people pleased with the idea and with the music, which seemed to trans- form the service into an eflfective motive and help to worship. The history of the choir from that time has varied somewhat in eifectiveness, but twice, in terms of six or eight years, Mr. Hopkins has had charge of it, and improved it, and produced the regular and special services in a churchly way, and special rehearsals of the composi- tions of great masters which have filled the Church. An- other effect has been, indirectly, to lead to a great improve- ment in the choirs and the character of the music in other congregations in Jamaica. There was another institution of Christian charity which the whole township of Jamaica had greatly needed, a well regulated hospital. With the familiarity which years had given to Mr. Bottome in England, with this way of show- ing mercy and helpfulness to our fellow man, Mr. Bottome co-operated earnestly with the efforts made by some of his congregation, especially Miss Mary R. Gale, and other women of Jamaica, to establish in its humble beginnings, 168 ORIGIN AND HISTORY in a small house on Fulton Street near Grand Street, the now well known Jamaica Hospital. This came, soon after his departure, to possess buildings upon which rest no debts, and now has a large staff of physicians and nurses, and equipments, on New York Avenue. It can accommo- date numerous patients, and is almost always full, drawing them from the largely increased population of the villages of the whole township and the wards of Queensborough in the City of New York. Mr. Bottome enlisted the sympathy and contributions of his parish in this great and beneficent enterprise, and was always a welcome visitor at the bedside of the sick. The minutes of the Vestry record the death of Mr. Richard King on March 21st, 1892, for twenty years a member of the Vestry of Grace Church. The resolutions passed on March 28 express profound sorrow and sym- pathy with his son and other relatives. They signify their sense ''of personal and official loss in the death of him whose genial companionship made his presence ever wel- come, and whose interest in this parish, manifested in various ways to the end of his life, commanded their respect and was worthy of their emulation." Mr. King was the son of John Alsop King, and had been, like his ancestors, a generous contributor to the Church, and in many ways promoted its work and influence at home and in the diocese. The revival of the musical spirit of the services was but the beginning of other great changes proposed by the new rector to the Vestry. He saw that there must be a new organ, and urged this upon their attention. The symbolic aids to the ritual of Holy Communion were almost wholly wanting in this distinctive part of the Church Liturgy. OF GRACE CHURCH 169 However the plainness of forms and appointments might satisfy the older communicants, it was quite out of keep- ing with worship that prevailed in the Churches in this and neighboring dioceses. It was desired that the communion table should have more of the symbolic character of an altar of the Church's faith. An altar guild was needed, and a few of those in sym- pathy with such work were enlisted to make new vest- ments and attend to the preparations of the sanctuary for the services. A super-altar was desired, and the introduc- tion of Church ornaments proposed. The former was given by the Grace Circle of the Kings Daughters, and a solid brass cross put upon it, the gift of Mr. John M. Crane. Two brass vases were also given by Grace Circle of the Kings Daughters, silk veils and purses and a set of altar linen, with a fair linen cloth, were presented, the work of Miss Virginia Cogswell and Mrs. John S. Denton. The vestments for the Church seasons were also in- creased, to take the place of the prevailing red cloth which covered the altar. This was done by several women of the parish. The organ chamber was extended, and repairs put upon the organ, and the purchase of a new one deferred. The salary of the organist was raised from $400 to $600, and that of the Sexton to $300. The movement in the diocese to increase the Episcopal fund was aided by Grace Church. The sum of $500 was voted by the Vestry and raised by subscription for this purpose. A large piano was bought of Mr. Hopkins for the use of the choir and Sunday School, at $225. The death of Mr. Francis Lott, March 6, 1896, a member of the Vestry, for ten years, brought to their remembrance 170 ORIGIN AND HISTORY and emulation his love and loyalty to the Church. Charles C. Napier was at the next election chosen to fill his place in the Vestry. The resolutions of the Vestry in accepting Mr. Bottome's resignation expressed unfeigned sorrow. "By his kindly ministrations he has won our hearts; by his faithful service as a preacher of the Word and as Shep- herd of the Sheep committed to his care, he has gathered into the fold many souls who shall be as seals to his minis- try and stars in the crown of his rejoicing, and has laid broad and deep foundations for the future upbuilding and development of Christ's Kingdom among us." The pastoral relations formed in these three years are still cherished remembrances to the older families of the congregation. He was equally acceptable to the fellow- ship of clerical brethren, and the companionship of the Men's Club of Jamaica, where he was frequently found. His fondness for athletic exercise was a bond of comrade- ship to others, and it seemed to have been a happy conjunc- tion of pastor and people when he came to reside in this community. There were, however, no considerable developments of parochial strength or increase of numbers, partly for the reason that the mortality among the families of the congre- gation was greater than the accession of new families in Jamaica, and the apathy of business and social life con- tinued. The question of health for some members of the rector's family led to a serious consideration of whether to maintain the relation of rector and people. The decision was made to take his family back to England, and many regrets for personal loss in their departure followed them to the home land. OF GRACE CHURCH 171 The names of their children were Wilmot, Mary, Phyllis, and George. During Mr. Bottome's ministry at Grace Church there were 62 baptisms and 47 presented for confirmation, and fifteen marriages. The record of deaths and burials is not exclusively that of members of the parish, but was comparatively a long and saddening one to the rector. Mr. Bottome continued his ministry incidentally in several churches in England until he settled in the vicarage of All Saints Church, Swanscombe, England, where a long and successful pastorate was ended at Easter, 1913. At the close of his ministry in Swanscombe, Mr. Bottome established a home for his family at Bromley, Kent, Eng- land. In the last days of this removal he was seized with bronchial pneumonia which in less than a week's illness ended his service on earth, in May, 1913, that he might "enter into the joy of his Lord." "Lord, vouchsafe him light and rest, peace and refresh- ment, joy and consolation in Paradise, in the companion- ship of Saints, in the presence of Christ, in the ample folds of Thy great love!" 172 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER XIX. Grace Churchyard. There is a light of hope and a blessing" of peace which hovers over a churchyard, where for hundreds of years those who have died in the Lord have been gathered to the silence of bodies turned to dust and ashes, that await the resurrection of the dead. If there is one spot sacred to the memory of past years it is the churchyard where genera- tions have been laid to rest. It may not be encouragement so much as resignation that is fostered in the hearts of worshippers by tombstones OF GRACE CHURCH 173 that mark the graves of departed relatives. The Christian religion calls for all the energies that can be used in this life for its betterment in ourselves and others. So fre- quent association with those scenes where are buried our brightest hopes and heart's best love, may paralyze the active powers, and rob us of the good that this world has still for us to reap and enjoy. But there is a worthy and fondly cherished sentiment that associates so intimately our religious activities with the reminders of those "who rest from their labors." The churchyard becomes a dear and treasured spot even if we but glance toward it, as we enter the house of worship or kneel at the altar of our faith. Grace Church was founded so early in the life of Jamaica that the faithful ones buried beneath the shadow of its walls and steeple now have their graves in the midst of the busy life of the city that has grown up around it. The extent of this churchyard was at first only half an acre. It has been enlarged at different times by gifts of the members of the King family, and by purchases by the Vestry of lots on Grove street on the north and on John street on the west. It now forms a quadrilateral enclosing a large city block, from Grove to Fulton streets, except on the southeast corner occupied by the property of Doctor Hull. The graveyard encircles the Church and the new Parish Memorial House occupies one-half of the north side on Grove street, a permanent safeguard from the intrusion of houses or stores into its hallowed precincts. The churchyard was originally given by the widow of Colonel Heathcote, the receiver-general of New York. This was thirty-five years after the organization of the Church; dur- ing this period a village graveyard, on what is now Pros- 174 ORIGIN AND HISTORY pect street, had been used by the inhabitants of Jamaica, in which even now some Church families have their burial. Most of the elegies that have been written on church- yards can well describe the characters and conditions and resting places of those who lie so peacefully around Grace Church. Some graves have been hidden under the church itself. The sanctuary built in 1902 covered others, to which an iron gateway leads, and nothing can disturb them, while they are still accessible. Others lie in tombs that are now sealed up and covered with green sod. At the front entrance one sees the brownstones of the earliest graves. Some have lost their inscriptions through the years, and some have disappeared altogether. On the right, near the east corner of the church, is the humble sandstone relic of Richard Betts, Jr., who died in 1749, and of Mary his wife in 1759. Near it the large brown slab, to the memory of Captain William Dickson, a native of Glasgow and commander of four companies of volun- teers of New York. English soldiers erected this tribute to their captain, who died in 1781. Near this lies the memorial of Paulus Moulin Clijtendaele, Baron of Brelton, who died March 27, 1796. There are numerous graves of officers and privates of the colonial army. One can trace six generations of the Betts family, before and through the period of the Revolution and down to the present time. On the left are many graves of the King family, begin- ning with Rufus King, the most noted of them all, and followed by Governor John A. King, and his wife, and descendants. The group of graves of General Van Rens- selaer and his family, the Van Cortlands, and Duers, bring back remembrances of early New York, and prominent actors in its history. OF GRACE CHURCH 175 This part of the churchyard contains pathetic inscrip- tions on its stones, such as are found elsewhere in old graveyards, but all are dignified in their expressions of sorrow. One reads under the name of a wife who departed this life ''ye 13 January, 1767, aged 26 years": O, Cruel Death, why wast thou so severe To rob me of a tender Wife so dear? Another who had been ''the wife of one husband 50 1/2 years" received this epitaph: At length ye Christian's race is run : A glorius prize she now has won : With ye angelic host she's fixed, In joys Celestial and unmixed. An appreciative visitor to another early grave in his account of Grace Church published in the Brooklyn Eagle April 18, 1908, says of it: "The eternal struggle during the ages to substitute the sense of grief at the loss of one dear, by the gladness of the thought of the life of bliss enjoyed by the free spirit, is voiced in this bit of poetry on the monument of John Rowland: Dear as thou wast, and still is dear, We will not weep for thee. One thought shall check the starting tear, It is that thou art free. And then shall this consoling power The tears of love restrain. Oh, who that saw thy parting hour Could wish thee here again. At the east side of the church are plots of families of the second one hundred years of the life of Grace Church. Among these is the marble monument to the Rev. William 176 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Lupton Johnson, D. D., and his wife and children, whose graves extended to the fence, and marble slabs to Rev. George H. Sayres, D. D., with several children. These are the only two rectors of Grace Church buried in this churchyard. But a number of clergymen have here made their last resting places. Among these are Rev. Sabura S. Stocking, D. D., whose stately monument, a high granite cross, with its elaborate Latin inscription, stands near the north boundary; Rev. Beverley R. Betts, under massive granite stone, formed and polished like a sar- cophagus; Rev. Lewis E. A. Eigenbrodt, L. L. D., and his son. Rev. William Ernest Eigenbrodt, D. D., each with the same distinguished memorials. Of later interments are the stone crosses over the remains of Rev. Canon James A. Smith, John M. Crane and Harriet Seabury Crane. The later monuments have far excelled in graceful form or costly material the earlier ones. The stones over the graves of the King family of several generations are plain white marble slabs; so are those of the Cogswells, Dentons, Duers and Wellings, Oldfields, Betts and Ogdens. There are other well-known names, borne by Wardens or Vestrymen of the Church or prominent citizens of Jamaica and Long Island — Van Brunt, Skidmore, Van Nostrand, Higbie, Thatford, Napier, Seabury, Carpenter, Kissam, Grossman, Damon, Pettit, Stoothotf, Robinson, Meynen, Remsen, Canfield, Jackson, Seabury, Brenton, Clowes, Snediker, Hunter, Brooks, Butler, Hoyt, Ander- son, Ichenbrock, Carpenter, Clark, Sayre, Simonson and Troup. Some of these have splendid monuments. The whole aspect of the churchyard is that of the living of departed ones in the memories of those who survive them. Two A'lEWS OF THE SANCTUARY AND ChUUCHVARD OF Grace Church, Jamaica. (Photograph by Dexter Walker.) OF GRACE CHURCH 177 There was no more beautiful gift ever bestowed upon Grace Church than that which is recorded in the parch- ment deed of Martha Heathecote, for this " God's acre." Here lie the patriots of three wars, who died for their nation's defence and perpetuation. Here rest the valiant soldiers of the Church. Here every human relationship has been hallowed by loving gifts upon graves covered by flowers, wet with tears, gilded with the rays of the sun of righteousness, and lightened by the hope of life eternal. The frosts of Christmas blight the fresh garlands spread upon these mounds, the warm airs of Easter morn are fragrant with the multitude of flowers spread over them in the early twilight. The flags of our Union wave over the graves of soldiers in the hot rays of July suns, the ivies creep all the year over mouldering forms below, the roses shed their petals all through the summer days upon the grass. And yet, beyond the tall iron fence which encloses this sacred spot, the streams of human activities are flowing swiftly by, reminding us that the solemn words of the burial service which is always said in this churchyard, are too sadly true : "In the midst of life we are in death. Of whom may we seek for succor, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?" 178 ORIGIN AND HISTORY CHAPTER XX. Early Gifts to the Church of England in Jamaica — Later Gifts to Grace Church — Donations to Grace Church Funds. On the 1 7th of April, 1 704, representations made to the Society as to the needs of their missions led to a resolution that a sum not exceeding £15 be allowed the Church in Jamaica for vestments and for vessels for the communion table. As the Lord Bishop of London reported, in 1 7o6, that Queen Anne had given a large Bible, Common Prayer Books, and Book of Homilies, cloths for pulpit and com- munion table, silver chalices and patens, for the churches in Hempstead and Jamaica, the source of the donation made by the Society in 1704 is thus, according to tradition, from the royal bounty. The chalice and paten that Grace Church still treasures and has in use are among the oldest relics of ecclesiastical use in America. Around the chalice is a Latin inscription "Ex dono Societatis promovendo Evangelis in partis transmarinis 1704 A. D." It is 10 1/2 inches high, 5 1/2 inches in diameter at the brim, and holds three pints. It bears the mark of sterling silver, and is the oldest sacramental cup in Long Island- This chalice was once broken by the fall of a stovepipe upon it during service, which of necessity was discon- tinued. The break was so neatly mended by a silversmith that it cannot now be discovered. It was used in the con- secration of the Cathedral at Garden City, with the silver OF GRACE CHURCH 179 communion vessels of St. George's, Hempstead, which were of later make. The title page of the Prayer Book presented by Lord Cornbury in 1703 for the reading desk, reads thus: "The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments" &c. with the inscription written in spaces on each side of the printed words: ''Given to the Church of Jamaica by his Excellencie Ed ^^ Viscount Cornbury Oct 1703." This prayer book is in the possession of Mr. William Perry, of Newtown, L. I. The Royal Arms, which were first set up in the churches of England by order of Queen Elizabeth in 1550, was also given to Grace Church by Queen Anne, with an altar of oak. The Royal Arms is still a well preserved painting, inclosed in a black frame, but the altar was destroyed in the burning of Grace Church in i860. No description of this altar can be found, except that it was marked with a plate indicating its gift by the Society and was of graceful pattern. The Ten Commandments first ordered to be placed in the churches by Queen Elizabeth, in 1564, were probably not part of the chancel appointments of Grace Church till the new church was erected, 1822, during the rectorship of Rev. Gilbert Sayres. There was also in con- nection with the Decalogue tablets one containing the Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in this and the following church building erected in 1861. In 1761 a handsome silver collection plate was given by Mr. John Troup, to which all other collection plates given in later years conformed in pattern and value. 180 ORIGIN AND HISTORY There is no list of subscriptions for building the first Episcopal church in Jamaica in 1734. There was a sale of pews and lots on Feb. 23, 1737, with the following conditions: I. Each pew lot to be struck off to the highest bidder. II. Every purchaser to build (his pew) in such season that the work be not hindered. III. Every purchaser to make use of his pew, or the Church shall let it out to another. IV. On the purchaser leaving the parish the pew or lot is to revert to the Church. Purchasers' Names. No- s. d. No. s. d. t. Daniel Whitehead ...20. i7. Edw. Willett to Samuel 2. Robert Howell 16. Smelt 10. 3. George Reynolds ....12. 18. Benjamin Taylor .... 9. 4. William Steed 12. 19. Sarah Payer, gratis. 5 Rector for time being. 20. Benjamin Thorne ....14. 6. Anthony Waters 12. 21. Samuel Clowes 14. 6 7. Richard Belts Jr 11. 6 22. Thomas Colgan 21. 6 8. Richard Betts 16. 10 23. William Welling . 18. 9. Samuel Clowes 16. 10 24. Timothy Bridges ....15. 10. Samuel Clowes Jr. ... 11. 6 Guy Young 14. 11. Gabriel LufF 12. 26. Isaac Van Hook 11. 12. John Willett 12. 27. William Wiggins ....12. 6 13. Anidrew Clarke 12. 28. Daniel Sawyer 14. 6 14. Robert Freeman 29. Sias Wiggins IS. 15. Commofl Pew 30. Benjamin Whitehead ..20. 16. Henry Wright 10. Six persons in above list defaulted payment. OF GRACE CHURCH 181 The Subscriptions towards the Rebuilding of Grace Church, March 28, 1821: Cornelius I. Bogert $l50 Mary Codwise 5 L. E. A. Eigenbrodt 300 Nancie Gracie 500 Mrs Harvey 20 Mrs. Hyler 20 Rufus Kiflg 500 John A. King 200 B. T. Kissam 100 Timothy Nostrand 300 Nathaniel Prime 50 Prime, Ward & Sands 100 Abiathar Rhodes 55 Lawrence Roe 100 Silas Roe $550 Joseph Roe 40 Gilbert Roe 3 5 Benjamin Rowland 50 John Skidmore 50 Gilbert H. Sayres 25 Joseph Thatford 10 An« Vandervoort 25 John Van Nostrand 25 Adrian Van Sinderen 20 Samuel Ward Sr 50 Hannah Wickham 25 William Puntifle 10 Besides the above there were the following persons who were pewholders from July 3, 1823, to 1825: Mrs. Brewer John B. Codwise Lawrence Denton Cornelius Duryea Miss Dawson Mrs. Dyson Mrs. Forbes Samuel Greenoak Smith Hicks John Hoagland Mrs. Hicks Mrs. Jackso*! Joh« T. Jones James Brooks Benjamin Kissam Henry Kneeland Mr. Lyde Charles McNeill William McKay Andrew Napier Frederick Polhemus William Puntine John B. Roe Lawrence Roe Ida Rowland James Smith Jeremiah Simonson Mrs. Bowe Joseph Sealy John Sproull John Thatford John Titus Mrs. Tapp Thomas S. Townsend Mrs. Troup Jeremia Valentine James Valentine Sr. James Valentine Jr. Samuel Ward Jr. Nancy Welling Samuel Welling John Welling Mrs. Brasher 182 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Subscriptions for Rebuilding a Church of Free Brown Stone, May 8, 1861. John A. King $1,000 William J. Cogswell 250 Dr. George H. Kissam .... 250 He.Jidrick Brinckerhoff .... 250 John C. S,toothoff 100 George Nostrand tOO Thomas Welling 100 John L. Denton 250 Jeremiah Valentine 125 John Skidmore 100 David W. Skidmore 100 Peggy and Anfl Kissam . . . 100 Daniel Smith 100 J. J. Brenton and Sons .... 75 Ann Ely 50 James T. Lewis 25 Misses Valentine 100 James Ashby 25 George N. Codwise 50 James Weeden 25 Mrs. Catherine Napier .... 50 Gifts from 1849 to 1894. Andrew Napier $ 50 Martha and Devine Hewlett 100 Mrs. Adela Bell *5 Sarah Maria Van Wyck .... 100 Martha Kingsberry 5 Airs. M. G. Johnson 100 Alexander Hagner 50 Miss Harriet Cornwell .... 10 John A. King, Jr 100 Cornelius Duryea 100 William Betts, L.L.D 250 William J. Sayres 50 Nathaniel Vanderverg SO Robert Ray SO Miss Elizabeth Gelston .... 25 Benjamin Curtis 10 Mrs. Job Jackson SO Charles R. King 25 Joseph H. Skillman 100 14,455 GIFTS. Silver communion tankard Silver collection plate Baptismal font Eagle lectern, memorial to Mary King, 1873 Silver a-nd gold alms basin, me- morial to Catherine L. Eigenbrodt Saint Cecilia window, memorial to Theodora Brento« Gardiner.. Altar book rest Silver paten Silver and gold baptismal bowl .... Altar cross DONATORS. Ladies of the parish 1849 Miss Rachel Valentine 1861 Mrs. Sarah Rogers King ....1862 Miss Cornelia King 1878 1881 1885 Mrs. Adelia Gale 1888 Miss Cornelia King 1892 Miss Cornelia King 1892 Mrs. Harriet Seabury Crane . .1894 OF GRACE CHURCH 183 Gifts for the Building of the New Sanctuary, 1901-1902. (From Treasurer's Report) Mary Rhinelander King Cash $ 1.00 memorial to John A. $7,857.58 F. T. Martin 5.00 a^d Mary C. King . . . . Mrs. F. T. Martin 5.00 Mr. P. K. Meynen 50.00 C. G. Smyth 5.00 Mr. Frank D. Denton . . 50.00 Mr. F. J. Cogswell 25.00 Miss J. Gertrude Ward. . 10.00 Mr. Alden S. Crane 25.00 Mrs. Helen L. Hicks. . . . 50.00 Mr. Charles M. Hunt. . . . S.OO Mrs. Emily H. Betts. . . . 25.00 Mrs. Annie S. Hunt.... 5.00 Mrs. Geo. W. Damon. . . . 15.00 Mr. F. D. Andreu 10.00 Miss Virginia Cogswell.. 4.00 Rev. H. 0. Ladd . . . 25.00 Miss Eirene Ladd 3.00 Mr. Lovatt 5.00 Miss C. O. Aymar 5.00 Mr. C. Blondel 15.00 Mr. J. A. Lodge 10.00 Mrs. Goodman 10.00 Mrs. W. D. Llewellyn. . . . 26.64 Mr. John S. Denton. . . . 200.00 Mr. W. D. Llewellyn 73.36 Mr. H. A. Johnson 40.00 Cash 10.00 Mr. B. J. Breciton 250.00 Cash 5.00 Mr. C. C. Napier 150.00 Miss Gould 2.00 Mrs. Julia E. Napier. . . . 50.00 R. E. Pofld 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Mrs. R. E. Pond 5.00 Kirby 25.00 C. W. Burtis 10.00 Mr. W. S. Cogswell, me- Mrs. Johnson 10.00 10.00 morial Mr. John Alvin Young. . 250.00 Miss C. C. Lyon 250.00 Cash 3.00 For Decorating Walls. Mrs. Emily H. Betts $ 20.00 Mrs. S. S. Stocking 50.00 Gifts for Memorials in New Chancel and Sanctuary. Mr. John M. Crane, organ, memorial to Harriet Seabury Crane $2,500.00 Mrs. N. M. and Charles Belden, carved seats, memorial to Rev. S. S. Stocking 258.50 Mrs. S. S. Stocking, chancel window, memorial to Rev. S. S. Stocking Mr. C. C. Napier, communion rail, memorial to his parents, brothers and sisters 360.50 Mr. James L., John S., and George Denton, pulpit, memorial to ancestors Mr. Theodore Johnson, marble altar and steps, memor- ial to Rev. William Lupton Johnson, D. D., 400.00 184 ORIGIN AND HISTORY William D. Wood, M. D., memorial processional cross. Mrs. Jane Fleury and Charles J. Stewart, two candle- sticks, memorial to James Fleury Stewart Mrs. Jane H. Horan, two altar vases Col. William S. and Mr. Francis J. Cogswell, carved oak reredos, memorial to William J. and Alma Sterling Cogswell Rev. Charles M. Belden, rector's prayer desk, memorial Rev. S. S. Stocking Altar Guild, credence table Miss Hester J. Boyd, red vestments for altar and pulpit. Mrs. Hortense Campbell Lee. violet vestments for altar and pulpit Miss J. Eirene Ladd and Miss H. Virginia Cogswell, two brass vases for the altar Mrs. George C. Damon, a fair linen cloth for the altar. The Altar Guild, a red dossal and a linen surplice for the crucifix Later Gifts from 1896 to 1910. Altar Linen, from members of the Altar Guild, . . . .1896 to 1902 Private Communion Service, given by Mr. and Mrs. Philip K. Meynen, • 1899 Mrs. R. C. McCormick, St. Paul window, memorial to Richard C. McCormick, 1903 Mrs. Mary Shcaff Glover Mills, portrait of Rev. Thomas Colgan. memorial to Mary C. J. S. Hoyt 1903 Mr. Michael Pette, Annunciation window, memorial to Lydia Euler Pette, 1908 Memorial to Mrs. Anna Duer Breck, rugs for vestry room, 1908 Mrs. William Unwin, quartered oak settle with cushions, furniture for vestry room, memorial to Mr. William Unwin, Mr. William D. Llewellyn, silver collection plate 1910 Mrs. Mary Wilcockson Llewellyn, silver collection plate, memorial to Mabel Brenton Skidmore, 1910 OF GRACE CHURCH 185 Donations to Grace Church Funds, since 1867. DATE. OBJECT. AMOUNT. Walter Nichols 1879 For the Sunday School. .$ 300 Estate of Keziah Griffin 1885 Churchyard and poor of parish 6,500 "John Napier 1868 Sunday School 500 " " Cornelia Ki^g 1897 Woman's Missionary Ass'n 500 1897 Poor of parish 500 1897 Churchyard 1,000 " Sarah Valentine . . . .1899 Churchyard 200 " " " " ... ,1899 Church 600 — John A. King and family. .1896 Chimes 1,000 Estate of Mary McFarland. . . .1897 Parish house fund 200 Estate of John Alsop King. . .1867 Churchyard 1,000 Heirs of John Alsop King.... 1873 Churchyard sales of plots 3,723.51 Estate of Ann Augusta Simon- son 1873 Churchyard 500 Estate of J. Bancroft Davis. . 1895 Churchyard 250 " Mary E. Rowland. . 1899 Churchyard. 300 " Susan Pettit 1901 Churchyard 1,000 " Caroline King .... 1901 Churchyard 1,000 " " Rachel Ann Speed- ing 1901 Churchyard 50 " " Deborah J. Rhodes. 1904 Churchyard 1,000 " " James Gore King.. 1909 Churchyard 100 " " Jenny Cook 1910 Churchyard 100 " " Charles C. Napier. .1910 Churchyard 400 1910 Church fund 600 " " Mary Rhinela>nder King 1910 Church endowment .... 3,000 Trinity Church, New York, proceeds from sale of lot 68, Trinity Place, specified use 1910 Church endowment ....38,052.57 Trinity Church, balance of pro- ceeds from sale of 58 Reade Street 1910 9,771.84 Unconditional Gifts to Churchyard Endowment Fund. Estate of Josephine Rowland. I9l 1 Churchyard 400 " " Foster Hendrickson Churchyard 250 " " Benjamin J. Brenton 1912 Churchyard endowment . . 1,000 " " Margaret Thompson 1913 Churchyard 500 Dr. F. Delafield $100 Mrs. Beverley Robinson .... 25 Mrs. Horan 10 Mrs. Mary E. Green 26 J. Augustus Lodge 10 Mrs. J. W. Smith l50 Fra^icis J. Cogswell 25 Mrs. C. L. Underhill l50 Mrs. Susan Johnson 100 Miss E. J. Suydam 25 Eliza Suydam 25 C. E. Butler 50 $846 186 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Gifts to Churchyard Endowment Fund with covenanted conditions, in perpetuity, 1911. Mrs. Alice Davis $2,000 Mr. Denning Duer 100 Miss Ellen King 2,000 Airs. Nora King Buckley. ... 25 Mrs. James Gore King .... 1,000 Mr. Charles King 25 H. Van Rensselaer 1,000 Mrs. A-*(- 4x^ c "A^^rttr ^c £ -r^ vc^ r^mji 6'<3j>^^f^ Jl>iw«j'.. mum-H^is^ ■r VJ^ .^•??0)^^^-^- ^- >« •« •>■-■ a*'' ■I ^<, The Register of Rev. Thomas Poyer, for Grace, George's and St. James' Churches. St. VII THE REGISTER OF REV. JOHN POYER, JULY 22, 1710. TO NOV. 28, 1731 OF GRACE CHURCH 267 LETTER OF PERMISSION TO PUBLISH RECORDS. February i, 1913. Rev. Horatio Oliver Ladd, Rector Emeritus Grace Church. Dear Sir: — I beg to inform you that at a meeting of the Vestry of Grace Church, held on the 28th ult., the following resolution was adopted : "That permission be and hereby is granted to the Rev. Dr. Ladd to publish the papers mentioned in his letter of January 28, 1913." Very truly yours, Byron W. Baker, Clerk of the Vestry. Mr. Foyer's Register includes entries for Flushing and New- town, besides those that were brought to him, from remote parts of Long Island. The original is in the size and shape of a copy book, the entries of baptism and marriages are in par- allel columns and so pale as to require a magnifying glass to read them. A few leaves are lost; the rest are in a perishable condition and yellow with age. This register was first printed by the kind permission of Rev. Edwin B. Rice, rector in 1883, in a genealogical magazine. It is the only one of Grace Church Registers which has been before published. The sample page in the illustrations shows how unlike in form and writing this is to the others. The Parish records from 1732 to 1780, were lost during the rectorship of Dr. Johnson. They were kept in a box and may have been destroyed in the burning of the Church. 268 ORIGIN AND HISTORY THE REGISTER BOOK FOR THE PARISH OF JAMAICA. KEPT nv THE REV. THOMAS POYER, RECTOR FROM I JIG TO I732. PEBSONS HAPTIz'n. YE TIME VVN AND PLACE WHERE. Samuel ye Son of Samuel & Hannah Smith July 23, 1710 at Jamaica. Ruth ye Daughter of Peter & Abigail White July 23, 1710 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Jno & Freelove Burrows August 27, 1710 at Jamaica. Richd ye Son of Thos & Mary Evans August 13, 17 10 at New Town. Deborah ye Daughter of Jno & Rebecca Smith of Sealtauket, aged 21, 7ber 7, 1710 at Jamaica. Sarah, ye Daughter of Samuel & Frances Walker of Brookland in King's County 7ber 7, 17 10 at Jamaica. Robert, Hester, Judith, Susanna, Jno, Daniel, Sons & Daughters of Johhathan & Judith Murrail 8ber i, 17 10 at New Town. Thos ye Son of Peter & Elizabeth Quacoe Sber 29, 1710 at N. Town. Augustin ye Son of Will & Mary Crook lober 3, 1710 at Jamaica. Abigail ye Daughter of Thos Murraile & Ann Glenn of N. Town lober 31, 171 1, at N. Town. Mary ye Daughter of Joel and Deborah Burrows Jan 2. 17 10 at Jamaica. Daniel ye Son of Thos & Jane Whitehead. Feb 14. 1710 at Ja- maica. Jonathan & Rebecca ye Son & Daughter of James & Rebecca Haz- ard of N. Town, Feb 26, 1710 at New Town. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Thos & Sarah Willet April 19. 171 1 at Flushing. Peter ye Son of Samuel & Katherine Clowes Jan 10, 171 1 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Walter & Margaret Jones April 20, 171 1 at Jamaica. Elizabeth & Marsi, ye Daughters of Richd & Mary Grego Mar 25, 171 1 at New Town. Johannes Daniel ye Son of Augustus & Elizabeth Bernard Mar 26, 171 1 at New Town OF GRACE CHURCH 269 Jemima ye Daughter of Jno & Ruth Smith 8ber i8, 171 1, at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Jno & Elinor Turner 9ber 18, 171 1 at Jamaica. Mary ye wife of Wm Fowler Qber 29, 171 1 at Flushing. Mary ye Daughter of Wm & Mary Fowler 9ber 29, 171 1 at Flush- ing. William ye Son of Jno & Elizabeth Jackson lober 16, 171 1 at Jamaica. Richd & Samuel ye Sons of Richd & Marsi Cornell Feb. 14, 1711/12 at Flushing. Deborah ye Daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Dean Feb 14 1711/12 at Flushing. Daniel ye Son of Peter & Abigail White, March 9, 171 1 at Jamaica. Sarah ye Daughter of Jeptha and Katherine Lewis Apr. 13, 1712 at New Town. Benjamin ye Son of Edward & Mary Phillips Apr. 13, 1712 at Newtown. Rich ye Son of Richd & Mary Betts May 4, 1712 at Jamaica. Samuel ye Son of Thomas & Dinah Howel May 18, 1712 at Jamaica. Catherine ye Daughter of Robt & Abigail Reade, May 29, 171 2 at Jamaica. James ye Son of Robert Mijward & Elizabeth Hadlock June 22, 1712 at Jamaica. Wm Hallett aged July 9, 171 2 at Hellgate. Joseph ye Son of Edward & Mary Higby July 15, 1712, aged 17 years at Jamaica. James ye Son of Jno Stevens and Rachel Hugans July 15, 1712 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Samuel and Hannah Smith 8ber 19, 1712 at Jamaica. Ruth ye Daughter of Wm & Derica Woolsey 9ber 2, 171 2 at Jamaica. Stephen ye Son of Jno & Freelove Burrows lober 14, '1712 aC Jamaica. Thos ye Son of Francis & Catherine Sawyer lober 22, 171 2 at Jamaica. Francis ye Son of Jaspar & Elizabeth Francis lober 28, 1712 at Jamaica. 270 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Nathan, Sarah and Iday, ye children of Jno & Margaret Clemens lober 31, 1712 at Flushing. Willm, Jno Charles, Bickely, Sarah, Jane, Children of Thos & Elizabeth Whcllin Jan i, 17 12 at Jamaica. Thos ye Son of Joel & Deborah Burrows Feb 22, 1712 at Jamaica. Sarah ye Daughter of Thos & Margaret Rattoon April 16, 1713 at Jamaica. Johnathan Whitehead aged 41 April 18, 1713 at Jamaica. Daniel, Abigail, Charity, Thos Benjamin, Sarah, Deborah, Sus- anna, Children of Jonathan and Sarah Whitehead, April 18, 171 3 at Jamaica. Robt ye Son of Jno & Hicks, May 21. 1713 at Flushing. Joseph Hallett and Lydia his Wife, Samuel Moor jun and Charity his Wife, Geo. Hallett, persons at riper years, baptized August 6, 1713 at Hellgate. Joseph, Moses, Mary and Wm, Children of the aforesd Jo & Lydia Hallet, baptiz'd at Hell-Gate August 6, 1713. Sarah ye Daughter of Jacob & Mary Blackwel, baptiz'd at Hell- Gate August 7, 1 71 3. Jno ye Son of Jno and Elizabeth Bartow 7ber 6, 1713 at Flushing. Hannah, Garret & Alice Furman 8ber 25, 1713 at Jamaica, persons grown up or at riper years. Arthur Smith 7ber 27, 1713 aged at Jamaica. Susanna, ye Daug^hter of Peter Sonmans & Elizabeth Arnold 8ber 28, 1713 at Newtown. Catherine ye Daughter of Samuel and Catherine Clowes lober 21, 1 713 at Jamaica. Jno Whellin aged Jan 18, 1713 at Jamaica. Wm West aged 41, Jan. 26, 1713 at Newtown. Mary ye Daughter of James & Mary Dunnalson April 11, 1714 at Jamaica by Mr. Halliday. James & Sarah, Negroes of Samuel Clowes May 23, 1714 at Jamaica. Catherine ye Daughter of Jno & Elizabeth Walker June 5, 1714 at Newtown. Hannah ye Daughter of Richd & Sarah Abril, August 26, 1714 at Jamaica. Martha ye Daughter of Jeremiah & Martha Ganong Jany 19, 1714 at Flushing. Elizabeth ye wife of Jno Bartow Mar 2, 1714 aged OF GRACE CHURCH 271 Frances, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah & Mary, Children of Jno & Eliz. Bartow March 2, 1714 at Jamaica. William ye Son of Jno & Sarah Whelin, April 7, 1715 at Jamaica. Thos ye Son of Josias and Isabella Wiggins, April 17, 1715 at Jamaica Mary ye Daughter of Thos & Dinah Howel April 23, 1715 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Jno & Margaret Clemens July 24, 171 5, at Jamaica. Catherine ye Daughter of Francis & Sarah Nicols, September 18, 17 1 5 at Jamaica. Sarah, Phillis & Henry, negroes of Thos & Frances Poyer Sep- tember I, 171 5 at Jamaica. Wm. ye Son of James Hazard 8ber 22, 171 5 at Newtown. Joseph ye Son of Samuel & Katherine Clowes Qber 20, 1715 at Jamaica. Wm ye Son of Wm & Rachl Stroud Jan 22, 1715 at Jamaica. Sarah ye wife of Jno Goldin & Jno their son Feb 26, 1715/16 at Jamaica. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Peter & Catherine Nick April 3, 1716 at Newtown. Abigail, ye Daughter of Arthur & Abigail Smith Ap. 22, 1716 at Jamaica. Amy ye Daughter of Jno & Elizabeth Bartow June 10, 1716 at Jamaica. Benjamin ye Son of Saml Bayless & Goldin July 26, 1716 at Jamaica. Margaret the Daughter of Edward a Negro of ye Widow Maro- cin and of Jane a negro of Mr. Jno Tredwell Aug 19, 1716 at Jamaica. Henry ye Negro of Andrew Van Alst 7ber 23, 171 5 at Newtown. Catherine ye daughter of Peter & Abigail White 7ber 30, 17 16 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Jno & Sarah Whellin Sber 3, 1716 at Jamaica. Francis ye Son of Jeptha and Catherine Lewis Sber 21, 1716 at Newtown. James ye Son of Jno & Margaret Clement Sber 25, 1716 at Flushing. Jacob Dean aged Jany 7, 1716 at Jamaica. Johanna ye Daughter of Edward & Johanna Blagg Jany 17, 1716 at Jamaica. 272 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Samuel Dean and Saml, Abraham, Sarah, Phebe, Abigail and Cuz- ziah Children of Saml and PJannah Dean Jany 24, 1716 at Jamaica. Jno Dean and Stephen ye Son of Jno and Mary Dean Janry 24, 1716 at Jamaica. Henry ye Son of Ben: and Arianthe Taylor March 5, 1716 at Jamaica. Adam Lawrence April 9, 171 7 at Jamaica. Daniel ye Son of Samuel and Hannah Smith April 14, 171 7 at Jamaica. Sarah ye Daughter of Henry & Jane Negroes of Mr. Andrew Van Alst June 16, 1717 at Newtown. Jno ye Son of Richd & Mary Betts June i^^, 1717 at Jamaica. Catherine ye Wife of Ephraim Goldin & Percival their son June 2, 1717 at Jamaica. Francis ye Son of Thos & Elizabeth Whellin July 7. 17 17 at Jamaica. Sarah ye Daughter of Jno & Elizabeth Fish August 11, 1717 at Newtown. Deborah the daughter of Saml & Catherine Dean Septber i, 1717 it Jamaica. Richard Stockton of East Jersey 8ber 21, 1717 aged 22 years at Jamaica. Benjamin ye Son of Joseph & Patience Dean 8ber 27, 1717 at Jamaica. Catherine ye daughter of Christopher & Ann Tuly Jan 5, 1717 at Jamaica. Leonard ye Son of Arthur & Abigail Smith Feb 16, 17 17 at Jamaica. Matthew ye Son of Jno & Sarah Goldin June 29, 1718 at Jamaica. Elizabeth ye Wife & Mary ye Daughter of Thos Umphreys July 12, 1718 at Jamaica. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Thos & Eliz : Umphreys August 14, 1718 at Jamaica. Judith ye Daughter of Simon & Sarah Negroes of Thos & Frances Poyer Aug 24. 17 18 at Jamaica. Charles ye Son of Jno & Elizabeth Roe 7ber 7, 1718 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Walter & Hannah Harris 7ber 9, 1718 at Great Neck. Rachel ye Daughter of George & Reynolds 7ber 14, 1718 at Newtown. OF GRACE CHURCH 273 Jno & Mary, Children of Joseph & Rachel Barton 8ber 19, 17 18 at Jamaica. Thos ye Son of the aforesd Joseph by his 2d Wife Abigail ye same time & Place. Hester & Diana Negroes of Caleb & Martha Heathcote 9ber 2, 171 8 at Jamaica. Catherina ye Daughter of Saml & Catherine Clowes Qber 9, 1718 at Jamaica. Jemima the Daughter of William & Susanna Hodger 9ber 15, 1718 at Jamaica. Elizabeth the Daughter of Caleb & Martha Heathcote Jany 25, 1718 at Jam. Thos ye Son of Jno & Sarah Whellin Feby ye 8th 1718 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Ephraim & Katherine Goldin Feby ye 8th 1718 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of John & Margaret Clement Feby ye 19th, 1718 at Flushing. Richard, John, Solomon, Mary, Elizabeth and Phebe Children of Richard & Mary Combs March 14, 1718 at Jamaica. Benjamin ye Son of Benjamin & Arianthe Taylor March 16, 1718 at Jamaica. Thos ye Son of Richd & Mary Betts Ap. 22, 1719 at Jamaica. Deborah ye Daughter of Adam & Sarah Lawrence Aug. 9, 1719 at Flushing. Jno ye Son of Daniel & Hannah Denton Aug. 12, 1719 at Ja- maica. Ann ye Daughter of Robert & Wells 9ber i, 1719 at Ja- maica. Sarah ye Daughter of Saml & Hannah Smith 9ber 8, 1719 at Jamaica. James ye Son of George & Bythia Reynolds 9ber 15, 1719 at Newtown. — Ibert ye Son of — & Jane Nicols lober 22, 1719 at Jam. Mary ye Daughter of Jno & Catherine Goodin lober 20, 1719 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Sam. & Cath. Clowes gber 21, 1720 at Jamaica. Catherine ye Daughter of Gerardus & Sarah Clowes Janry 8th 1720 at Jamaica. 274 ORIGIN AND HISTORY John ye Son of Benjamin & Arianthe Taylor Jany 29th 1720 at Jamaica. Eliz. ye Daughter of Richd Joy and Ann Tonstal Mar. 26th i 2 at Jamaica. Augustin ye Son of George & Reynolds June 18, 1721 at Newtown. Sarah ye Daughter of Robt & Sarah Willis August i 1725 at Flushing. Ann ye Daughter of James & Mary Smalshanks Aug i 1725 at Flushing. Ann ye Daughter of Daniel & Elinor Whitehead August 6 1725 at Jamaica. Joseph Oldfield ye Son of Thos & Sarah Poyer 7ber 19, 1725 at Jamaica. Stephen ye Son of Benjamin & Rachel Wiggins Febry 20, 1725 at Jamaica. Jno & Sarah Children of Jno & Julia Miller Feby 20, 1725 at Jamaica. Wm ye Son of Guy & Elizabeth Young Mar 7, 1725 at Jamaica. Wm ye Son of Robert & Wood Mar 27th 1726 at Newtown. Smith ye Son of Wm & Deborah Steed May 8th 1726. Lewis ye Son of Joseph & Abigail Barton. Do Do Do. Mary ye Daughter of Richd & Charity Comes. Do Do Do. Thos ye Son of John & Elinor Hicks June 19, 1726 at Jamaica. Deborah ye Daughter of Jno & Elizabeth Willett July 3d 1726 at Jamaica. Martha yc Daughter of Robt & Sarah Willis. July 31. 1726 at Flushing. Robt ye Son of Thos & Catherine Martimore July 31, 1726 af Jamaica. Saml ye Son of Edward & Eliz. Willett 7ber 11, 1726 at Jamaica. Sarah ye Daughter of John & Sarah Whellin Do Do Do. Catherine ye Daughter of Thos & Charity Brown 7 ber 18, 1726 at Jamaica. Willett ye Son of Benjamin & Arianthe Taylor 9ber 6, 1726 at Jamaica. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Thos & Hannah Whitehead 9ber 20, 1726, at Jamaica. Thos ye Son of Thos & Sarah Poyer xber 8, 1726 by Revnd Mr Jenney at Jamaica. OF GRACE CHURCH 275 Thos ye Son of Edward & Sarah Jones xber ii, 1726 at Jamaica. Caleb ye Son of Gershon & Mary Wiggins xber 26, 1726 aged 12 years at Jamaica. Gilbert ye Son of Adam & Lawrence Janry 5th, 1726 at great Plain. Richd Green aged Febry 4, 1726 at Springfield. Daniel ye Son of Guy & Eliza Youngs March 20, 1726 at Jamaica. Martha ye Wife of James Hazard and Bridget Hallett April 9, 1727 at Newtown. Jno the Son of Gerardus & Sarah Clowes June 18, 1727 at Jamaica. Gilbert ye Son of Foster & Mary Waters Aug 13, 1727 at Jamaica. Susanna ye Wife of William Barnet 7ber 19th 1727 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Jno & Catherine Bedford 8ber 8th 1727 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of James & Mary Smallshanks 8ber 15, 1727 at Flushing. Benjamin ye Son of Robert & Sarah Willis 9ber 12, 1727 at, Flushing. Jno ye Son of Jno & Elizabeth Walker 9ber 23, 1727 at Jamaica. Danl ye Son of Daniel & Elinor Whitehead Jany 7th 1727 at ye Mill. Charity ye Daughter of Wm & Deborah Steed Jany 21, 1727 at Jamaica. Hannah ye Daughter of Thos & Catherine Martimore Jany 30th 1727 at Jamaica. Adam, Benjamin, Margaret, Elizabeth & Martha Children of Jo. and Elizabeth Kinley Feby 9th 1727 at Springfield. Charles Wright of Newtown & Ruth the Daughter of Charles & Ann Wright Mar 3, 1727 at Jamaica. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Benjamin & Rachel Wiggins March 3, 1727 at Jamaica. Wm ye Son of George & Furnace Mar 29, 1727 at Newtown. Hannah ye Daughter of Saml & Murrail Mar 24, 1727 atf Newtown aged Cynthia ye Daughter of Jno & Julia Miller Mar 31, 1728 at Jamaica. Catherine ye Daughter of Thos & Hester Brown ye Same Day & Place. Abraham ye Son of Aaron Furman & Catherine Brass April 16, 1728 at Jamaica. 276 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Mary ye Daughter of James & Charity Leonard May 5th 1728 at Jamaica. Elizabeth the Daughter of John & EHzabcth Willett Do Do Do. Wm ye Son of Thos & Eliz. Umphreys July 14, 1728 at Jamaica. James ye Son of Pierre Pool & Mary his Wife baptiz'd same day. Sarah ye Daughter of Edward & Sarah Jones July 28th 1728 at Jamaica. Johanna ye Daughter of Edward & Alette Willett Sber 27th 1728 at Flushing. Hannah ye Daughter of Thos & Hannah Whitehead Febry 16, 1728 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Thos & Sarah Poyer March 20, 1728 at Jamaica. Thos ye Son of Jos: & Hannah Sackett May 11, 1729 at New- town & Deborah ye Daughter of Nathaniel & Susannah Lawrence at ye same Time and Place. Susannah ye Wife of Nathaniel Lawrence July 6th 1729 at New- town. Hannah Kezia & Abigail Daughters of Johhalhan & Pamel Mur- rel July 11, 1729 at Jamaica. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Thos Brown & Catherine Goodin, July 16, 1729 at Jamaica. Cornelia ye Daughter of James & Mary Smalshanks Aug 17, 1729 pr Mr. Jenney. James ye Son of James & Catherine Davies 7ber 14, 1729 at Flushing. Jno ye Son of Foster & ALiry Waters, Charity ye Daughter of Thos & Hester Brown & Sarah & Elizabeth Daughters of Wm & Deborah Steed 8ber 19, 1729 at Jamaica. Helena ye Daughter of Benjamin & Eliza Whitehead 8ber 20. 1729 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Thos & Cumins 9ber 9, 1729 at Flushing. Sarah ye Daughter of Jno & Elizabeth W^illett 9ber 16, 1729 at Jamaica. Sarah ye Dauj^hter of jno & Elizabeth Willett Qber 16, 1729 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Small & Bridget Hallett & Lydia & Martha their Daughters. Saml ye Son of Jno & Haimah Washbourn. Thos. Jacob, James & Saml Sons & Sarah ye Daughter of Joseph & Lydia Hallett & Nathl ye Son of Jos & Mary Hallett. Mary ye OF GRACE CHURCH 277 Daughter of Jacob & Mary Blackwell. Wm, Saml & Jeptha Sons of Jeptha & Catherine & EHz. Dau. of Peter & Susanna Jany 7th 1729 at Hell-Gate. Mary ye Daughter of Johhathan & Parnel Murrell Feb 8, 1729 at Jamaica. Hannah ye Negro of Joel & Deborah Burroughs Mar 3, 1729 at Jamaica. Saml ye Son of Edw. & Sarah Jones May 8, 1730 at Jam. Elinor ye Daughter of Benjn & Elizabeth Whitehead June 7, 1730 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Thos & Elizabeth Umphreys June 10, 1730 at Jamaica aged 27 Y. Charity ye Daughter of Benjamin & Rachel Wiggins July 19, 1730 at Jamaica. Thos ye Son of Richd & Charity Comes & Eliza ye Daughter of Jno & Hannah Whellin 7ber 13, 1730 at Jamaica. Wm ye Son of David & Jane McErmy 7ber 2y, 1730 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Foster & Mary Waters & Mary ye Daughter of Jno & Eliza Bannister 8ber 25, 1730 at Jamaica. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Thos & Catherine Martimore Feby 28, 1730 as also Julia ye Daughter of John & Julia Miller. Parnell ye Wife of Jonan Murrell Mar 13, 1730 at Jamaica. Eliza ye Daughter of Nathaniel & Susanna Lawrence Mar 21, 1730 at Newtown. Mary ye Daughter of Wm & Susanna Row April 4, 173 1 at Flushing. Edward ye Son of Edward & Alette Willett April 22, 1731 at Jamaica. The following entry was copied by Henry Onderdonk, Jr., from the last leaf of Mr. Foyer's Sermon: 1723, Jan 24. William son of Henry & Rebecca Lloyd. James, John Joseph and Sarah children of James and Martha Matthis. James Son of Thos. & Bathsheba Everet. Wright Son of Abm & Sarah Everet. Ann Daughter of Daniel & Charity Madock. 278 ORIGIN AND HISTORY THE REGISTER BOOK FOR THE PARISH OF JAMAICA. KEPT BY THE REV. THOMAS POYER, RECTOR FROM I/IO TO 1732. Persons married, ye time wn & place where. Thomas Glenn & Mary Wildey both of Flushing July 22, 1710 at Jamaica, Licens'd. Jno Weeton & Geartea Nuller both of N. York Septber 10, 1710 at Jamaica, licens'd. Samuel Mills & Abigail Smith, both of Jamaica lober 11, 1710 at Jamaica, published. Nathan Silleck of Stanford & Mary Sands of Hempstead lober 13, 1710 at Cow Neck, licens'd. Ben: Moore & Hannah Sackett both of New Town lOber 27, 1710 ber at New Town, publish'd. Lewis Hulet of Hempstead & Grace Hallet Of N. Town at Ja- maica, Jan 18, 1710. Jno Sipkins of N. York & Deborah Alsop of N. Town Feb. 18, 1710 at Jamaica, licens'd. Richard Betts of N. Town & Mary Creed of Jamaica April 10, 171 1 at Jamaica, licens'd. Daniel Wright & Eliphant Townsend, both of Oysterbay May 5th 171 1 at Jamaica licens'd. Jacob Blackwal & Mary Hallet both of N. Town May 10, 171 1 at Hell-Gate, licens'd. Theophilus Ketcham & Eliz. Reeker both of N. Town May 10, 171 1 at Hell-Gate, licens'd. Daniel Phillips & Catherine Kimball May 21. 171 1 at Jamaica. publish'd. Daniel Stephenson of N. Town & Eliz. W'illet of Flushing May 24, 171 1 at Flushing, licens'd. Joseph Dean of Jamaica & Eliz. Cornhill of Flushing June 21, 171 1 at Jamaica, publish'd. Henry Dusenbury of Hampstead & Mary Fowler of Flushing 9ber 29, 171 1 at Flushing, publish'd. Wm West of New Town & Martha Furman of Jamaica lober 21. 171 1 at Jamaica, publish'd. Wm Woolsey & Derica Williamson of Jamaica at Jamaica Jany 4, 171 1 publish'd. OF GRACE CHURCH 279 James Dunnalson & Mary Dizart May 21, 1712 at Jamaica, licens'd. Francis Croxon & Sarah Whelin 8ber 13, 1712 at Jamaica, pub- lish'd. James Tolman & Abigail Hicks of Flushing 8ber 27, 17 12 at Jamaica, licens'd. Wm. Robenson of Woodbridge in ye East Jersey & Deborah Law- rence of Flushing gber 7, 171 1 at Jamaica, licens'd. The four entries following were copied by Mr. Onderdonk from a loose piece of paper in Mr. Foyer's writing: 1724 May 10. At Newtown Edward Son of John & Mary Green- oak. At Jamaica Edward Son of Edward & Phebe Cox. 1725 Mar. 28th At Jamaica William Son of Johh & Elinor Hicks. I stood surety. 1725 Ap. 21. At Jamaica Mary Daughter of Foster & Mary Waters. 1725 May 9 at Jamaica Mary Daughter of Thos & — Stringham. Joseph ye Son of Joseph & Hallett April 25, 1731 at New- town. Wm Son of Jem & Mary Creed Do 25 Do at Do. Moses ye Son of Moses & Hallett Do 25 Do at Do. Thos ye Son of Obadiah & Elizabeth Kinksman May 21, 173 1 at Flushing. Richard ye Son of Joseph & Mary Hallett July 25. 1731, at New- town. Edwd & Nicolas ye Sons of George & Catherine Reynolds August 28, 173T at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Charles & Charity Hicks (formerly) now Doughty a Person of riper Years 7ber 13, 173 1 at Jamaica. Zachariah ye Son of Zachariah & Hester Allen 8ber i, 1731 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Jno & Catherine Bedford 8ber 16, 173 1 at Jamaica. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Jno & Mungers 8ber 17, 173 1 at Newtown. Lucretia Martise a free Negro- Woman & her Daughters Helena, Rachel & Sarah gber 11, 1731 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Benjamin & Hannah Moor Qber 14, 1731 at Newtown, a grown Person. Sarah ye Daughter of Thos & Sarah Poyer xber 2, 1731 & Gloriana ye Daughter of Jno Cornell & Charity Doughty Do Do Do at Jamaica. 280 ORIGIN AND HISTORY James Flower of Hempstead & Rebecca Stilwel of Jamaica Qber 15, 1712 at Jamaica. VVm. Stroud & Rachel Hugins of Jamaica lober 2, 1712 at Jamaica, published. Jno Tolman &. Jane Hedger of Flushing lober 11, 1712 at Ja- maica, licens'd. Thos Cornell of Hempstead & Charity Hicks of Flushinc: lober 20. 17 1 2 at Flushing;-, licens'd. Richd Cornel & Miriam Mott of Hempstead Feb 8, 17 12 with Certificate from Mr. Thomas Rectr of ye Parish. Wm. Hartshorn of New Jersey & Helena Willet of Flushing May I, 1713 at Flushing, licens'd. Abraham Willet & Susanna Stephenson of Flushing May i, 1713 at Flushing, licens'd. Richd Everet of Foster's Meadow in ye Parish of Hempstead & Sarah Rushmore of Flushing June 10, 1713 published. Nicholas Lambert and Jane Cockifa of this Prsh, July 2y. 17 13 at Jamaica, publish'd. David Scot and Elizabeth Darcee Feb. 22, 171 3 at Flushing, pub- lish'd. Jno Foster and Elizabeth Smith Feb 23, 1713 at Jamaica, publish'd. Joshua Edwards & Elizabeth Hadlock March 11, 1713 at Jamaica, licens'd. George Ogilvic & Mary Arnold April 22, 1714 at Jamaica, publish'd. Benjamin Taylor & Arianthe Garrason May 26, 1714 at Jamaica, licens'd. Isaac Vanhook & Catherine Hanson June 27, 1714 at Jamaica, publish'd. John Cornell & Elizabeth Gardiner Octber 3. 1714 at Jamaica, licens'd. Benjamin Fowler of ys Prsh & Hannah Dusenburie of ye Prsh of Hempstead Nov i, 1714 at Jamaica, publish'd. Thcophilus Phillips of Flopewell East Jersey & Elizabeth Betts of ys Prsh Nov 9, 17 14 at Newtown, publish'd. Daniel Waters & Mary Talman of ys Prsh Novber 18, 1714 at Flushing, licens'd. Jacob Dayton & Grace Thurston of South-hold Novber 24, 1714 at Jamaica, licens'd. William Steed & Deborah Smith Feb 16, 17 14 at Jamaica, licens'd. OF GRACE CHURCH 281 Edward Churchill & Wanche Ryder Mar i, 1714 at Jamaica, pub- lish'd. Jno Goldin & Sarah Hedger Mar 11, 1714 at Jamaica, publish'd. Joseph Langdon & Hannah Carman Mar 30, 171 5 at Jamaica, licens'd. Walter Kippin & Mary Underhill June 12, 171 5 at Newtown, licens'd. Peter Wilcocks & Phebe Badgeley September 15, 1715 at Flushing, publish'd. Abraham Everet of Hempstead & Sarah Wright of Jamaica Oc- tober 6, 17 1 5 at Jamaica publish'd. Thos Howel & Hannah Young of ye Prsh of Flushing Octo- ber 14, 17 1 5 publish'd. Jonathan Murrail Junr & Parnel Moss of ye Parish at Newtown Qber 2^, 171 5 publish'd. Walter Harris & Hannah Yeomans of Hempstead Prsh at Jamaica Jany. 20, 1715/16 licens'd. Abel Smith of Hempstead & Deborah Udal of Flushing Janry 25, 171 5 at Jamaica licens'd. Robt Prince & Mary Burgess of ye Prsh May 31, 17 16 publish'd at Jamaica. Richard Symmons & Sarah Frost of Hempstead August 19, 1716 at Jamaica licens'd. Ephraim Goldin of ys Prsh & Catherine Flewhellin of ye Prsh of Hempstead August 20, 1716 at Jamaica publish'd. Samuel Dean and Catherine Denton 8ber i, 1716 at Jamaica li- cens'd. Jno Brown & Catherine Wiesnar of Wawayanda 8ber 8, 1716 at Jamaica published. James Hazard & Martha Hallett Novber 17, 1716 at Hell Gate licens'd. Henry Symmons & Rebecca Fowler Novber 22, 1716 at Jamaica licens'd. Solomon Ridley & Mary Crannel Novber 23, 1716 at Hell-Gate licens'd. Phillip Brooks & Mary Denman January 2, 1716 at ye Kilns publish'd. Jno Fish & EHzabeth Hallett Feby 21, 1716 at Hell Gate publish'd. Wmo Harries & Mary Furman Feby 22, 1716 at Newtown, pub- lish'd. 282 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Thos Hooper & Alary Hornctt March 4. 1716 at Jamaica, pub- lish'd. Jno Losee & Antie Heptonstal March 30, 1717, at Jamaica licens'd. Adam Lawrence & Sarah W'illet April 11, 1717, at Flushing, li- cens'd. Joseph Barton & Abigal Lewis May 5th 1717 at Jamaica licensd. Solomon Denton & Atalanta Clav June 3, 1717 at Jamaica, pub- lish'd. Francis Nicols & Mary Smith, July 5, 1717. at Jamaica, licens'd. Christopher Tuly & Ann Sanders July 24, 1717 at Jamaica, pub- lished, gave her a certificate 8ber 8, 1718 Do to Mrs. Munson. Thos Lewis and Mary Wiggins Aug 6, 1717 at Jamaica, publish'd. Joseph Dean & Patience Okely August 10. 1717 at Jamaica li- cens'd. Jno Aber & Mary Huls of Sealtauket 7hcr 10. 1717 at Jamaica, publish'd there. Samll Mills & Elizabeth Hare 7ber 14, 1717 at Jamaica, publish'd. Jno Munden & Elizabeth Lash ford 7ber 22, 1717 at Jamaica pub- Ish'd. Richd Stockton of East Jersey & Hester Smith of Jamaica 8ber II, 1717 licens'd. Jno Roe & Elizabeth Tiex 9b 10, at Jamaica licens'd. Thos Volantine of Hemstead & Sarah Dean of Jamaica Qber 12, 1717 at Jamaica publish'd. Joseph Roades & Mary Smith of ys Prsh lober 20, 17 17 at Ja- maica publish'd. George Hallett & Priscilla Allen of Newtown ]\Liy 16, 1718 at Hell Gate licens'd. Philip Riche, New York. & Mary Hicks of Flushing June 25, 17 18 at little Neck, licens'd. Francis Judkin of New York & Ann Wooley of Madnam's Neck 7ber 2y 1718 at Jamaica. Moses Haight of ye Parish of Wt Chtr S: Rachel Dean of ys Prsh xber 25, 1718 at Jamaica. The thirteen entries following were copied by Henry Onder- donk, Jr., from licenses and old sermons of Mr. Foyer's, and inserted by him in the Register: 1723, Oct II. License. Thos Candale gent of Jamaica & Isabella Wiggins widow of Jamaica. OF GRACE CHURCH 283 1723, Oct 20. License. Guy Youngs blacksmith of Jamaica & Elizabeth Edget of Jamaica. 1723 July 20. License. Thos Willet Senr of Flushing & Kesiah Thorne of Flushing. 1722, July 12. License. Thomas Howell tailor of Jamaica and Mary Wright widow of Westchester. 1722, July 16. License. James Titus and Jane Simmons both of Hempstead. 1 72 1, Dec 30. License. William Wiggins of Jamaica & Priscilla Latham of New York. 1721 June 4. License. Phineas Macintosh Merchant of N. York & Elizabeth Alsop of Queen's County. 1724 August 18. License. James Leonard merchant of N. York & Charity Whitehead of Jamaica. 1724 Sep 7. License. Wm Barnet yeoman of Jamaica & Susanna Griffin Widow of Flushing. 1721 June 19. License. Wm Mash of Flushing gent & Miriam Hadlock of Jamaica. 1720 June 9. License. Israel Horsfield butcher of New York & Jane Watts of Hempstead. 1720 Nov. 25. License. Benj. Doughty of Flushing carpenter & Abigail Whitehead of Jamaica. 1720 April 23. license Theodorus Van Wyck of Hempstead & Elizabeth Creed of Jamaica. Samll Read & Elizabeth White of Newtown May 21, 1722 at Jamaica. The following six entries were inserted by Mr. Onderdonk : June 9, 1722. By license John Cornell of Hempstead & Abigail Whitehead of Jamaica. July 8, 1722. By license John Pudney of Hempstead cooper & Mary Thorne of Hempstead. 1725 Sept 18 By license Edward Jones of Jamaica, Sadler & Sarah Welling of Jamaica. 1725 May 6 by license Richard Thorne & Altie Van Wyck both of Hempstead. 1725 May 7 License. Micah Smith & Phebe Thorne both of Hempstead. 1726 April 12, License. Natha Birdsall & Jane Langdon both of Hempstead. 284 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Jno (ioodwin & Catherine Sawyer April 28th 17 19 at Jamaica, publish'd. Daniel Whitehead & Elinor VVillett May 17. 17 19 at Flushing, licensed. Jno Carr & Susanna Tellet Aug 30, 1719 at Jamaica, publish'd. John Carl & Ann Valentine of Hempstead 9ber 6, 17 19, licensed. Wm Northam & Rebecca Davids Do Do publish'd at Hempstead. Thos Smallinc: & Catherine Jones Do Do published at Hempstead, Paul Hill & Phebe Smith 9ber 7, 1719 licens'd. Edvvd Willett & Alette Clowes May 9, 1722 licens'd. Thos Brown & Charity Derickson Janry 8th 1720 at Jamaica, pub- lishd. Anthony Whitehead Waters & Margaret Willet May 21, 1726 at Jamaica licensed. [no Featherby & Rachel Baldwin 7ber 26, 1725 at Jamaica, pub- lish'd. Wm Hazalton & Hannah Smith 7ber ^oth 1725 at Jamaica, pub- lish'd. Jacob Titus & Margaret Jerman of Hempstead 9ber 29, 1725, pub- lish'd. Thos Whitehead & Hannah Sacket 9ber 5. 1725. at Newtown, licens'd. Thos Willett & Sarah Talman xber 31, 1725 at Jamaica, licens'd. James Alburtus & Grace Jacobs Febry 4th 1725 at Hempstead, li- censd. Timothy Wood & Hannah Oldfield Febry nth. 1725 at Jamaica publish'd. Robert Titus & Sarah Roberts July 20, 1726 at Jamaica, licens'd. Wm. Hilton & Agness Herring of N. York, 7ber 25, 1726 at Jamaica, licens'd. Jno Bedford & Catherine Wiggins xber 6 1726 at Jamaica licens'd. Benjamin Whitehead & Elizabeth Willett Febry 28, 1726 at Ja- maica, licens'd. Stephen Hicks & Catherine Vanwyck May 4th 1727 at Flushing licens'd. Thos Brown & Hester Van Velsa Aug 13, 1727 at Jamaica pub- lish'd. Jno Weeks & Ann White 8ber 30 1727 at Jamaica, licens'd. James Hincksman & Keziah Willett Jany 25, 1727 at Jamaica, licensd. OF GRACE CHURCH 285 Joseph Kissam & Deborah Whitehead Febry 7, 1727 at Jamaica, licens'd. Stephen Evans & Catherine Brass Ap. 16, 1728 at Jamaica, pub- lish'd. Augustus Grassett & Elizabeth Whitehead July 24, 1728 at Ja- maica licens'd. Abraham Collins & Ann Major August nth 1728 at Jamaica, publish'd. Joseph Hallett & Mary Greenoak Aug 22, 1728 at N. Town, li- cens'd. Wm Creed & Mary Hallett xber 20, 1728 at Newtown, licens'd. Jno Whellin & Hannah Reed Jany 27, 1728 at Jamaica, publish'd. Jno Thomas of Rye & Abigail Sands of Cow Neck in Prsh of Hempstead Febry 19, 1728 licens'd. Wm Umphreys & Mary Derickson Febry 25th 1728 published at Jamaica. Thos Doughty & Sarah Clement March 14, 1728 at Flushing. Jonas Spark & Mary Wright of Hempstead March 26, 1728 at Jamaica, licens'd & Certified. Jno Joley & Mary Christine 7ber 4, 1729 at Jamaica, licens'd. Thos Betts & Hannah Areson Qber 5, 1729 at Flushing, licens'd. Danll Shandine & Walbrough Derickson xber 21, 1729 at Jamaica, publish'd. Wm Sackett & Mary James xber 31, 1729 at N. T. licens'd. Jno Hallett & Sarah Blackwell Apr. 3, 1730 at Mr. Blackwell's, publish'd. Thos Stevenson & Sarah Whitehead Apr. 29, 1730 at Jamaica li- cens'd. Leveridge Wright & Martha Phillips Aug 10, 1730 at Jamaica publish'd. Jno Bannister & Eliza Goldin 7ber 21, 1730 at Jamaica, publish'd. Geo. Reynolds & Catherine Stilwell xber i, 1730 at Jam. licens'd. Joseph Sackett & Millicent Clowes March 23, 1730 at Jamaica, licens'd. John Farmer & Christian Lee, 8ber 23, 1731 at Jamaica, publish'd. Jno Skidmore & Mary Whitehead xber 17, 1731 at Loyal Neck in ye Parish of Jamaica. The four marriages following were entered by Mr. Onderdonk : 1716 Dec. 10. By license. Robert Hobbs of Hempstead and Susanna Furman of Oyster Bay. 286 ORIGIN AND HISTORY 1722 June 24. By license John Willet of Flushing & Elizabeth Laurence of Flushing. 1722 Dec 12. \Vm Willet of Westchester & Mary Bloodgood widow of Flushing. 1 7 19 July 2^. By license. Thos Cornell gent of Hempstead & Elizabeth Smith of Jamaica. PERSONS BURIED Ye TIAIE Wn & PLACE WHERE. Thos Hughs of New Town August 18, 1710 at New Town. Jane ye Widow of Thos Hughs Sepber 6. 1710 at New Town. Mary ye Daughter of Jno & Susanna Garretson 8ber 7, 17 10 at Jamaica. Andrew Mariner 8ber 13, 17 10 at Jamaica. Jno Dizer 8ber 14, 1710 at Jamaica. Catherine ye Daughter of Sam: & Cath : Clowes Feb. 10. 1710 at Jamaica. Daniel ye Son of Thos & Jane Whitehead March 23, 1710 at Jamaica. Jno Garretson June 21, 171 1 at Jamaica. Mary ye wife of Wm West of Newtown July 16, 171 1 at Jamaica. Richd Betts of New Town Qber 6, 171 1 at ye Kilns. Catherine ye Daughter of Robt & Abigail Read, June 2, 1712 at Jamaica. Ruth ye Wife of Jno Smith June 9, 1712 at Jamaica. W^illiam White Senr Septber 6, 1712 at Jamaica. Ruth ye Daughter of Wm & Derica Woolsey Novber 11, 1712 at Jamaica. Jno Heptonstal 7ber 10, 1713 at Flushing. Susanna ye Daughter of Johnathan & Sarah Whitehead Septber 18, 1713 at Jamaica. Richd Betts aged 113 Years Novber 20, 1713 at the Kills. Catherine ye Daughter of Samuel & Catherine Clowes January 19, 1713 at Jamaica. Rebeca Woolsey aged 91 Feb. 5. 171 3 at Jamaica. W^inifred Thorn Feb 20, 1713 at Flushing. Roliert ye Son of Robert Milward & Elizabeth Hadlock Feb 28, 1713 at Jamaica. Rachel the Daughter of Francis & Catherine Sawyer Mar. 20, 1713 at Jamaica. OF GRACE CHURCH 287 Thos ye Son of Joel & Deborah Burrows April 20, 1714 at Jamaica. Wm Fowler May 11, 1714 at Flushing. Dinah ye Wife of Thos Howel, April 21, 1715 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Thos Howel, July 10, 171 5 at Jamaica. James Battersby July 24, 171 5 at Flushing. Elizabeth ye Wife of James Hazard 8ber 22, 171 5 at Newtown. Hannah Peat Feb 4, 1715 at Jamaica. Abigail ye Daughter of Thos & Ruth Woolsey April 4, 1716 at Jamaica. Mary ye Daughter of Richd & Mary Betts, June 14, 1716 at Maspic Kilns. Sarah ye Wife of Francis Nicols lober 26, 1716 at her Father's at Boswick. Johanna ye Daughter of Edward & Johanna Blagg Janry 19, 1716 at Jamaica. Samll Moorm Senr July 27, 1717 at Newtown. Abigail Whitehead 8ber 15, 1717 at Jamaica. Deborah ye Daughter of Samll & Hannah Smith Feb 15, 1717 at Springfield. William Creed Mar 5, 1717 at Jamaica. Margaret ye Wife of Thos Rattoon Ap 26, 1718 at Flushing. William ye Son of Hannah Charles Widow May 10, 1718 at Jamaica. Jacob ye Son of Samuel & Hannah Dean 7ber 5, 1718 at Jamaica Francis ye Wife of Thos Poyer April 15, 1719, at Jamaica Charles ye Son of Thos & Sarah Willett 7ber 23, 1719 at Colic Willetts. James Wilson Aug 27, 1725 at Jamaica. Mrs. Bett's Son March 17, 1725 at Maspick Kilns. Charity ye Wife of Thos Brown 7ber 25, 1726 at Jamaica. Old Mrs. Creed Janry 31, 1726 at Jamaica. Thos Wiggins xber 12, 1728 at Jamaica. Wm Hallett Aug 20, 1729 at Hell-Gate. Nicolas ye Son of George & Catherine Reynolds, Aug 30, 1731 at Jamaica. Catherine ye Wife of George Reynolds 7ber 7, 173 1 at Jamaica. Jno ye Son of Jno & Catherine Bedford 8ber 18, 173 1 at Ja- maica. Rebecca Wiggins 8ber 19, 1731 at Jamaica. Jane Garreson 9ber 28, 1731 at Jamaica. VIII GRACE CHURCH REGISTERS. PRIVATE REGISTER OF REV. GILBERT SAYRES, D. D. The following registers of Grace Church have been transcribed literally without change in phrase, spelling or order. The form has also been preserved when possible. They are authentic copies, extended to as late a date as seemed proper. H. O. L. OF GRACE CHURCH 291 PARISH REGISTER OF GRACE CHURCH, Jamaica, Long Island. Grace Church, Jamaica was built in 1733 and 1734 and the first time divine service was performed in it was on Friday the 5th March 1734, when a sermon was preached from Genesis xxviii. 16, 17. On this occasion the Governor of the province, his lady and family "honoured the meeting with their presence, and by their very generous benefactions great encouragement was given for the finishing of the Church." (This information is collected from "The American Weekly Mercury," of March 28, 1734, — a newspaper published at Philadelphia by Andrew Bradford. Timothy Clowes, Officiating Minister in the year 1810. MARRIED. 1769 June 6th, Cornelius Van Wyck & Sarah Hicks 1770 Augt 8th, Thoms. Cornell & Elizabeth Thurston Septemb 3, John Greenoak & Rebekah Clement 1771 July 4, George Burling & Abigail Morrell 1772 Jany 6, Lewis Guion & Elizabeth Hooglandt Febr 20, Elbert Hagerman & Mary Smith March 30, Willm Deane & Horionter Lattin July 3, Thomas Cornell & Ann Gale 1773 Jany. 6, Stephen Ryder & Margret Mitchell Feby 12, Thomas Cornel & Deborah Doughty 16, Thoms. Roe & Sarah Morrell June 4th, Willm Bayley & Sarah Comes 16, Willm Lowree & Patience Gosline July 16, Thos. Durham & Elizabeth Fish 1774 March 6, Garrit Latting & Sarah Rapelai 9, Joseph Stringham & Ann Betts Sepr 4, Peter McKee & Elizabeth Ogden Novr 17, John Cornell & Sarah Rowe 292 ORIGIN AND HISTORY 1775 Febr 18, Abraham Berrian & Mary Moore June 2, Joseph Rcade Depeyster & Ann Betts April 19 — Joseph Titus & Martha Moore June 15, Joseph Roe & Ann Lawrence June 24 — Thomas WelHng & Susannah Betts Octobr 25, Oliver Roe & Margaret Cornell 1776 Febry 18, Danl. Thorn & Basheba Fowler Decemb. 17, Lt. Coll. Thos. James & Margaret Depeyster 1777 May 4, Lt. George Brown & Mary French 4, Peter Ryeson & Sarah Welling 1778 Jany. 8, John Deakin & Jane Berrian June 13, John Dunbarr & Aletta Willet Sept. 20, Oliver Waters & Jane Talmon Octobr 12, John Rider & Greetie Noostrandt Decemb 14, James Brundige & Hannah Hunt 25, Thorns. Fairchild & Elizabeth Vanderwater 1779 Jany. 19, Henery Disbrow & Abigail Fowler March 10, William Waters & Hannah Hallet 17, Garrit Durling & Sarah Smith April II, Israel Seaman &, Sarah Rowland 21, Edward Bristow & Mary Doak June 17, Henery Nicoll & Alice Willett July 4, David Haviland & Mary Tom Sept 19, John Danl. & Elizabeth Blank Novr 25, Oliver Fowler & Elizabeth Kowe 1780 April 2, Thoms. Charles Mann & Elizabeth Coon May 27, David Moore & Jemima Hallet June II, Capt John Meredith & Gertrude Skinner Augst 27, William Smith & Letitia — (Incog) Novmb 12, John Berger 8z Miriam Oldlield 1780 Novr. 19, Matthew F'arrington & Phebe McCollum 19, Heyman Clarke & Hannah Wortman 19, Jarvis Dobbs & Elizabeth Wortman. Decemb. 23, John Durling & Elizabeth Smith 1781 Febr. 18, David M. Clerkson & Mary Vanhorne Mch 15, Saml. Wiggins & Margret Leister 21, Danl. Hallet & Charity Moore May 20, John McWickcr & Ann Moore June 2, Jacob Moore & Elizabeth Waters 17, John Counsle}' to Rachel Carr OF GRACE CHURCH 293 July 15, James Bonney & Elizabeth Fish 15, Robert Mills & Hannah Willis 1782 Jany. 29, Thorns. Durling- & Mary Hall April 27, Jechoniah Holcomb of ye City of New York & Ruth Sealy, of Eatons Neck May 12, John Willet & Mary Nostrand both of Flushing May 23, Joseph M. Moore & Sarah Bay, both of Newtown June 9th, Charles Saltman Sergt of ye 70th Regt. & Mary Adams, of Jamaica Augt 22, Willm Seaman & Ann Fowler Octob. 12, Robt Lawrence & Mary Lawrence both of Flushing. Nov. 3, David Lawrence & Sarah Fowler both of Flush- ing Decemb. 12, Nathan Bouton of Huntingdon & Abigail Bur- tock of Loyds Neck 14, James Smith, Lt. in ye 79th Regt & Mary Devine of Queens County 14, Peter Ball, elk of ye Hospital & Charity Lot of Flatbush in Kings County 1783 Jany. 5, James Horton & Anna Styne both of Jamaica March 16, James Mceuen, Soldier of ye 3rd Batln of Delan- ceys Brigade & Seaman of Flushing. 26, Joshua Garrett Ensign of ye Kings Florida Rangers & Vashte Carr of Oyster Bay May 4, Abni Rew, soldier in Coll. Robinsons Regt. & Mary Clay of Flushing. 18, David Roe & Juliane Fowler Both of Flushing 18, Florence Sullivan of the City of New York & Margraet Laffan of Jamaica June 19, David Hallett, of Hellgate, & Elizabeth Gedney of Newtown 19, Nathanell Moore & Martha Gedney both of New- town. July 21, Henery Knipschild of New York & Pamela Haz- ard of Newtown. Augt. 10, James Creighton & Mary Ogden Both of Jamaica 31, Willm Dawson of New York & Lydia Hallett of Newtown 294 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Sept. 5, Richd Harrison of New York & Frances Ludlow of Hempstead 7, Benjam Piatt of Hempstead & Hannah Whaley of the same place 14, James Cotter, Soldr in ye 57th Regt. & Margraet Mc Clean Novmb. 3, Thom. Martin Palmer untr to Admirl Digby & Catharine McEvers of Jamaica 23, Bernard Rapaley of Flushing & Deborah Ged- ney of Newtown 1784 Jany 22, John Charlton Donghan of Staten Island & Pa- tience More of Newtown Febry. 7, David Rowland & Aidy Shutphen Both of Flush- ing March 8, Stephen Hallett & Rebekah Moore Both of New- town 29, Francis Dashwood of Jamaica in West Indies & Mary Ludlow of Hempstead 29, Gillon V'erplank & Cornelia Johnson Both of New York April 28, Capt. Danl. Williams & Mary Hunt both of Westchester Augst 26, Willm VVavnman & Hannah James Both of New York Septemr 30, David Purdy & Mary Rapalaie Both of New Town 1785 Septeme. 12, Saml. Thorn of New York & Sarah V'an Wyck of East Woods in Hempstead 22, David Chapman of Anapolis in Nova Scotia & Elizabeth Doughty of Jamaica, L. Island Sept. 27, James Pcttit & Abigail Doughty Both of Newtown Octr. 30, Thoms Kelly & Elizabeth Vanpelt Both of Flushing Jabez Corbine & Mary Lawrence Both of Flushing Danl. Derbyshire & Isabell Marston Both of Flushing. Novr. 16, John Griffiths of the City of New York & Ann Betts of Jamaica 1786 May 21, Augustine Field & Mary Cornell Both of Flushing Augst 13, James Boyd of Westchester & Letitia Farring- ton of Flushing OF GRACE CHURCH 295 Octobr 8, Robt Hunt & Ann Way Both of New Town 28, Saml. Goodwin of N. York & Juda Hallet of New Town Novr 9, Saml. Sacket of New York & Elizabeth Kissam of Flushing Decemr. 13, Saml Hopper & Mary Willms Both of New- town 17, Rob. Crommelin & Mary Willoughby Both of Flushing 2y, Richd Way & Sarah Hyatt Both of Netown 1787 May 27 Benjm Lawrence & Hannah Carpenter Both of Flushing Decemr i, John Tatford & Charity Hendrickson Both of Jamaica Dec. 30, John Troup & Sarah Hammersly Both of Jamaica 1788 March 13, Dr. John Onderdonk of New York & Deborah Ustick of Flushing April ID, Willm Wilkins of New York & Ann Thorn of Flushing May 12, John Dunn & Deborah Miller Both of Flushing 31, Dr. Richd Lawrence & Mary Moore Both of New- town Octob 26, Benjm Drake & Phebe Birchell Both of Eastchester Novem. 16, Thomas Hunt of Eastchester & Elizabeth Field of Flushing 1789 Jany 10, Charles McDaud & Sarah Betts Both of Jamaica 18, John Hicks of Flushing & Sarah Titus of New- town March 28, Cornelius Creed of Jamaica & Rachel Hyatt of Newtown May 18 (or 19), John Gosling & Sarah Paul Both of New- town Octob II, George Reed & Ann Hardy Both of N. York Octobr 13, Jacob Ogden & Mary Depeyster Both of Ja- maica. Nov. 29, John Evers of New York & Susanna Titus of Newtown 296 ORIGIN AND HISTORY BAPTIZED 1780 June 15, Beloyal Livingston Son of Phillip Livingston 2, Thomas Ambcrman, A Negro Slave 1781 March 12, Thomas Duncan, Son of Danl. & Arabella Ludlow 29. Margraet Willett, daughter of John & Ann Waters April I, Elizabeth daughter of Jabez & Mary Hustead 13, Martha daughter of Stephen Wiggins May 4, Isaac, John, Esther, Joseph (May 7), Clara, Aletta, Sarah, Sons and daughters of Jonathn & Mary Anderson 4, Jeremiah, Son of Willm & Elizabeth Anderson 6, Mary daughter of Peter & Ann Berton 20, Harriet daughter of Josiah & Anna Pomeroy July 22, Mary daughter of Jarvis & Elizabeth Dobbs Augst ID, Ann daughter of Thorn & Catherine Clout Sept 2, Ann Payne daughter of Gerard & Sarah Beekman 9, James Jervis son of Thomas & Joanna Ganong 13, John & Nicholas sons of Nicholas Jones 16, Elizabeth daughter of John & Aletta Dunbar 21, Douwc, son of Douwe & Catherine Ditmus Octobr 5, Catherine Betts daughter of Thorns & Susanna Welling 25, Ann Prichard daughter of Anthony & Phebe Terrill Decemb. 6, Thorns, son of Isaac & Isabella Wilkins 26, Aletta daughter of Willm & Aletta Vaughn 1782 Janry 6, Addison son of Heman & Hannah Clarke 8, Thomas Howel son of Thoms & Margraet Smith 9, Mary daughter of Thoms. & Margraet Smith 20, Sarah daughter of Thoms & Smith Joseph son of Joseph 8z Sarah Ely Feb. 6, Sarah daughter of Nathaniel & Johanna Moore March 21, Elizabeth Chaning daur of Revd. Thoms &. Judah Moore 31, Phebe daughter of John & Miriam Burger April 7, James son of Phillip & Susanna Herny 9, Eugenia daughter of David & Mary Haviland OF GRACE CHURCH 297 May 5, George son of James & Elizabeth Bonney 7, John Halstead son of John & Ann Waters June 2, Abrahm. & Nathanl. More sons of Abm & Mary Denio Augt 17, John Dunbarr — an adult 18, Mary the daughter of John & Margrt. Houlroyd Sept 15, Stephen son of Simon & Margaret Wiggins Octobr 22, Hannah, Mary, Saml. children of Isaac & Mary Pettit 23, Catharine daughter of Danl. & Catharine- Whitehead Decemr 6, James Henry son of John & Sophia McDonald 1783 Jany 19, Nathan Fish son of Willm & Jane Moore 2'^, Ann daughter of Elihu & Ann Hume Feb. 2, Gilbert, son of Henry &; Elizabeth Dawson May 18, Margraet Willett, Sarah W^illett, daughters of James & Sarah Morrell June 25, Marinus Willett son of Willm & Aletta Vaughn July 25, Agnes Betts daughter of John & Ann Waters July 2J, Peter son of Thomas & Elizabeth Fairchild 27, Balthus, son of Stephen & Esther Delancey Septembr 7, Frances daughter of Daniel & Arabella Ludu- low John son of Heman & Hannah Clark Ann Dashwood daughter of Francis & Eliza- beth Lewis Novemb 9, Elizabeth daughter of Thoms & Elizabeth Cor- nell 1784 Janry 5, Lucretia Wiggins, an Adult Richard Wiggins, an Adult Mary daughter of Richd & Ann Wiggins 18, Willm son of Willm & Jane Roarden March 27, Ann daughter of John Carpenter Sep. 5, Ann daughter of John & Mary Hincksman Saml. Gregson son of Saml. & Mary Turner, late of Chancy Lane in the Parish of St. Andrew Holborn in the County of Middlesex, London. 1785 Janr 10 Thoms. Colgan son of Danl. & Cathanne White- head II, Catherine daughter of Danl & Mary Kissam 298 ORIGIN AND HISTORY 14, Benjamin son of Jacol) & Elizabeth Moore May 22, Thorns, son of Richd & Abigail Alsop June 5, Charles the son of John & Margraet Houlroyd June 10, James son of Stephen & Rcbekah Hallett 10, John son of Isaac & Susannah Begavv July 3, Mary, wife of Jonthn Strictland, an Adult 3, Richard Lawrence, son of Jonthn & Mary Strict- land October 2, Augustus, son of d Novemr 13, Richd son of Charles & Welling 20, Eloisa daughter of Francis & Elizabeth Lewis 27, Cornelius Rapalay son of David & Mary Purdy 1786 Jany. 15, Aletta, daughter of John & Ann Waters 15, Frederick son of John & Sarah Polhemus May 20, Hannah Waynman, an adult 20, Benjn son of Joseph & Lydia Burrows 20, Ann, daughter of Willm & Hannah Waynman Sept. 5, Willm David, son of David & Patience Titus 1787 Jany i, Edward Bardin, son of Danl & Catharine White- head June 17, Elizabeth, daughter of John & Margraet Holroyd June 24, Susannah daughter of Isaac & Susannah Begaw July 15, John, William, Thomas, Christopher, children, Sons of Blakeney & Catherine Bouchica of Ja- maica Aug. 19, Gabriel Ludlow son of Francis & Elizabeth Lewis Octobr. I, John Shoals, son of Jacob & Elizabeth Moore 28, Susannah Betts, An Adult Novembr 3, Ann Smith An Adult Danl. Thorn, son of Hutchins & Ann Smith 1788 Janry 1, John George, & Elizabeth Mary, children of 6, George Baker, An Adult 25, Jonathan Underbill, An Adult Sarah, Hannah, Willm, Mary, Ann, Children of Jonathan Sz Hannah Underbill 27, Maria Ann, daughter of Saml & Ann Brownjohn Feby i, Sarah. An Adult, the wife of Cornelius Hyatt, — and also Sarah, Thomas & Anna, their children OF GRACE CHURCH 299 May 25, At Jamaica was baptized by the Revd Thomas Moore, Mary, Daughter of John & Charity Thatford, also Elizabeth, Daughter of George & Hannah Baker Enterred by the request of Mr Moore Wm Hammell Febr 7, Jane, the daughter of Oliver & Catherine Tem- pleton 14, Jane, the daughter of Hulett & Charlotte Creed 17, Jane, the daughter of Richd & Ann Wiggins March 2, Cornelius, the son of David & Mary Purdy 9, John Vanpelt, son of Thorns & Elizabeth Kelly April 13, Willm. son of Isaac & Mary Pettit 27, Hetecha, daughter of Jonathan & Rebekah Jones Anno 1788 June 22, Sarah, daughter of Isaac & Rhoda Hewlett 22, Joseph Roe, of Flushing, An Adult 22, Fanny, daughter of James & Sarah Morrell 22, John & Sarah, Children of John & Elizabeth V. Voorhoes 29, Frances, Deborah Smith, Sarah, Hannah, Waters Smith, Richard, Stephen, Field — All Adults July 27, John — the son of Saml Eldert of Jamaica Augst 15, Sarah, daughter of Willm & Hannah Waynman Novr. 30, Elizabeth, daughter of John & Sarah Troup 1789 March ye 23, Richd Morrell, An Adult Sept. 13, Thomas, son of Saml. & Ann Brownjohn Novembr 29, Charlotte, the daughter of John & Sarah Hicks 1790 May 2, Willm James, the son of Willm & Hannah Wayn- man 16, John, the son of Willm & Mary Aspinwall 23, Jane, the daughter of Hulett & Charlotte Creed 30, Levinah, the daughter of David & Mary Purdy 30, Nelly, the daughter of Isaac & Susannah Begaw 500 ORIGIN AND HISTORY REGISTER OF MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS For the Congregations of Grace Church, Jamaica, of St James Church, New-Town, and St. George's Church, Flushing — Con- tinued To which is annexed the names of those who are Communi- cants in the Church, and of such who altho' not in Communion, yet belong to the Congregations. Wm. Hammell, Rect. Grace Church was rebuilt Anno. Domi. 1821-1822 and was consecrated to the Service of Almighty God by the Rt. Revd. Bishop Hobart, Monday 15th July 1822. Gilbert H. Sayres, Rector and Lewis E. A. Eigenbrodt & Timothy Nostrand, War- dens. COMMUNICANTS IN THE SEVERAL CHURCHES OF JAMAICA, NEW TOWN AND FLUSHING. At lamaica Time when received in Anno Christopher Smith 1791 Mary Smith James D Peyster Sarah D. Peyster Ann D. Peyster Sarah D. Peyster James McKrell Millar McKrell Ann Betts Ann R D Peyster Jacob Van Pelt John Dudley Aletta Warne OF GRACE CHURCH 301 Aaron Van Nostrand James Morrell ) Octob i6 Sarah Morrell ) Isaac Pettit ) Dec 25 Mary Pettit ) Catharine Hammell April 8 John Dunn — Deborah Dunn May 27 Time when received At New Town in Anno Sarah Moore 1791 John Moore David Titus Mary Renny Abigail Alsop Charles Roach Elizabeth Roach Lydia Burroughs James Bonney Joseph Morrel Johanna Moore Patience Lawrence Ann Fish John Waters Mary Kippen John Moore, Jnr Elizabeth Fish Fanny Whitehead Juda Roosevelt Susanna Betts Mary Sticklin May 8 Benjamin Buckbee Octobr 9 Elizabeth Alsop Anno 1792 Susanna Bergau Jan 7,8 Woodred June 10 302 ORIGIN AND HISTORY 1793 Elizabeth Hazard April I 1794 Mary Lawrence June 22 Time when At Flushing received in Anno Elizabeth Ludlow- 1791 William Ustick Susanna Ustick Susanna Ustick Jane Ustick Ann Ustick Thos Fairchild Miss Fanny Moore ' ) Octob. 2 Thos. Reid " ) Elizabeth Reid Do Rebecca Aspinwall Garret Beeckman Bathsheba Thorn ) Ann Smith ) 1792 June 3 Decbr. 30 1793 Sep. 29 MARRIAGES Anno 1790 Septembr 15th, Married, Mr. Richard Piatt of New York, and Sarah Aspinwall of Flushing. Octobr 31st, Married, Thomas Billup, of New York and Abigail Moore of New Town Anno 1791 Jany. loth, Married, John Grigg, and Maria Pell, both of New York Nov. 17th, Peter Rosevelt and Judith Godwin, both of New Town Decembr I5tli, Peter Vandervoort, and Anna Burroughs both of New Town Anno 1792 March ist, Josep Sealy, of the Little Plains, and Bonnella Welling, of Jamaica OF GRACE CHURCH 303 April loth, Monson Hayt, late of New Bronnswick, Nova Scotia, and Lucretia Hamersly, of Jamaica, Long Island Anno 1792 June 14th, Richard Hartshorn, of New York and Susanna Ustick, of Flushing July 7th, William McKrell, and Sarah Tatford both of Jamaica Henry Waterbury of New York, and Margaret Tatford of Jamaica Sepr 13th, Timothy Roach, of New Town and Sarah Hallet, of St. Johns, New Bromswick, Nova Scotia Octobr 14th, Timothy Way, and Hannah Buckbee, both of New Town Novbr. 25th, John Evans, and Susanna Betts both of New Town Decbr 13, Abraham Ditmus & Harriet Doughty, both of Jamaica Wm Hammell, Rectr 1793 April 17th, Married John Mitchel, and Jane Hewlet both of North Hemstead September 5th, Anthony Barckley, and Anna Lent, both of New Town November 3rd, Joseph Caldwell of New York and Sarah Moore, of Brooklyn 1794 January 2nd, James Sprouls, and Elizabeth Durling, both Jamaica South February 4th, Married, Abraham Beriyan, and Pellatia Williams, both of New Town February 5th, Married Stephen Hicks & Mary Carpenter both of Jamaica February 26th, Married Henry Beadel, and Nelly Wood- red, both of Bushwick April ist. Married Robert Crommelin, of New York, and Ann De Peyster, of Jamaica November 8th, Married Charles Simmons, and Abigail Fowler, both of Flushing 1795 March 15th, Married, Richard Brinkerhoof, and Rebecca Berian, both of New Town 304 ORIGIN AND HISTORY June nth, Married William Hartshorn, of Xew York, and Jane Ustick, of Flushing June 14th, Married Basil J. Bartow, and Elizabeth Ann Honeywell, both of Westchester Wm Hammell, Rectr 1795 Novbr 8lh, Thomas Durling, and Nancy Farington both of New Town Novbr 15th. Frederick Field, and Margaret Lowistoth of Mushing 1796 February 29, 1796 by Revd Mr. Seabury John I. Morgan, and Catharine Warne Married by Elijah D. Rattoone, Rector of Grace Church. Jamaica William Richarson to Eliza Barden the former of New York — the latter of Jamaica on the 24th day of March A. D. 1798 Andrew Napier to Catherine Welling the former of New York — the latter of Jamaica. Sept. 29, 1800 Susan Woolley to W'illiam Dodge June iCth 1799. Wit- nesses, Tristram Dodge & John Hicks Junr Married in New York January loth 1810 James Arm- strong to Sarah Bond, both of the Island of Jamaica, W. I. Timothy Clowes, Minister of Grace Church BAPTISMS Anno 1790 Jamaica Augst 1st. Baptized William, son of William & Martha Smith 26, was baptized by Rev. Tho. Moore, James De- peyster, son of Jacob & Mary Ogden Jamaica Octobr loth. Baptized William. Hannah, Ann & Mar- garet Waters, Adults Nov. 8th, Hallets Cove, New Town, Nov. 8th Baptized Edward Grcenoak. Sarah Greenoak. Sarah Law- rence, Elizabeth Lawrence. Elizabeth Greenbak. Martha Hare, Elizabeth Dalton. Mary Hallet. Samuel Ilare, Nathaniel Greenoak. Benjamin Hallet, Adults OF GRACE CHURCH 305 1790 Nov. 8th, Maria, daughter of Joseph and Mary Hallet David Titns, son of Edward and Sarah Greenoak. David Titus, Godfather Nathaniel Greenoak, son of Malancthon & Sarah Lawrence, Nathaniel Greenoak, Godfather. Deborah Greenoak, daughter of Melancthon & Sarah Lawrence. John Greenoak, Godfather Maria, daughter of Malancthon & Sarah Lawrence. David Titus, Godfather Rebecca Moore, Lydia and Nathaniel Moore, chil- dren of Stephen & Rebecca Hallet Richard, son of Edward and Sarah Greenoak. Rich Hallet, Godfather 1790 Jamaica Nov. 22nd, Baptized Isaac, son of Isaac and Rhoda Hewlett 28, Baptized Anna, daughter of John and Charity Thatford Anno 1 791 Feby. i6th, Jamaica Baptized Sarah, daughter of Isaac & Mary Pettit Feby 27th, Baptized Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sacket March 9th, John, son of John and Sarah Troup Jamaica March 13th, Benjamin Daniel, son of Samuel and Eliza- beth Welling N. B. Benjamin Tanner, was In- tended Baptized Jamaica March zt^, William, son of John and Mary Hinckman New Town, March 27th, Nathaniel Kenney, an Adult Flushing, May 9th, Daniel Thorn, his wife Bathsheba Thorn and Mary Thorn, their daughter. Adults Flushing, May 22, Elizabeth Van Pelt, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kelly New Town June 26th, Catharine daughter of Morris & Cathar- ine Hazzard Flushing July loth, Elena, an adult, wife of James Allen, of New York, Clarissa & James, children of James & Elena Allen Fairchild and theii mother, Sponsors Isaac, son of Richard and Peck Baptized at Flushing, July i6th, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Mary Kissam 306 ORIGIN AND HISTORY New Town, Augst 17th, Sally Fish, daughter of John and Ann Waters. Mrs Waters and Mrs. Burris answered for Jamaica, Augst 14th, Thomas Willett, son of Daniel and Cath- arine Wliitehead Newtown Augst 15th, Mrs. Nancy Buckbee. an Adult Abigail, Hannah & Benjamin, children of Benjamin and Nancy Buckbee Flushing Augst i8th, Patience Susanna, daughter of John and Sarah Hicks David Titus and Susanna Evers, Sponsors Jamaica, Septembr 25th, Mary, daughter of Susanna Van Pelt Sponsors, her father Jacob Van Pelt and her sister Mary V. Pelt Kendel & Alexander, children of John and Deborah Dunn Flushing, Octobr 2nd, Mrs Anna Roe, Lawrence Roe, Miss Betsy Roe, and Ann Cornell, Adults Martha, William, Richard, Samuel, Abraham, Isaac, children of William & Martha Lowree Nov. 13th, Catherine and Sarah, Children of Wm & Catharine Weaver New Town, Nov. 20th, Sarah, daugtr of Benjamin and Nancy Buckbee Jamaica, Nov. 29th, Margaret, daughter of William and Martha Puntine New Town, Dec. 26th, John, son of James and Elizabeth Moore Anno 1792 New Town Jany 20, Sarah Tompkins, Hannah Buckbee, Adults Edward & John, children of Joseph & Sarah Tomp- kins Flushing Jany. 22nd, John Hutchins. son of John Hutchins & Anna Smith Jamaica, Jany. 29th, Anna & Roloef Duryee, Junior, children of Richard and Anna Wiggins Jamaica, Feby. 15th, Eliza, daughter of John and Catharine Hinckman New Town, March nth, Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Underbill Flushing Marh 22nd, Cecelia Gold, daughter of Francis & Eliza- beth Lewis OF GRACE CHURCH 307 Jamaica, April 4th, Elizabeth, daughter of Hulett and Charlotte Creed Jamaica, April 6th, Maria, daughter of Samuel and Catalina El- dred Newtown, April 24th, George, son of Daniel and Ellen Rapelye May 28, Thomas, Anna, Samuel Hallet, Joseph & David, Chil- dren of David and Jemima Moore Hallets Cove, June 4th, Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Mary Hallet Mary Bergam, daughter of Stephen and Rebecca Hallet N. B. Rebecca Bergan stood Sponsor with the Parents Jamaica, June 24th, James Henry, son of John and Elizabeth V. Voorhase Hallets Cove, Augst 15th, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac & Sus- anna Bergan Jamaica, Sept. 30th, Obadiah Paul, son of Obadiah & Sarah Leach. Sponsors, Abraham Probasco and the mother Jamaica, Oct 21st, William Henry, son of William and Cathar- ine Hammell. Sponsors, John Hammell, John Grigg and Hannah Hammell New Town, Novbr 25th, David, son of David and Mary Purdy Jamaica, Dec 23rd, Jane, daughter of Joseph and Mary Yandle Jenne, daughter of Isaac and Mary Pettit Jamaica Dec. 15th, William Betts, son of Charles and Sarah McDavid Nathaniel Lewis, son of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Betts. N. B. The above ought to have been inserted before the two last Baptisms. Anno 1793 Jamaica, March 17th, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Welling The Parents and Sarah Polhemus, Spon- sors Flushing, April 28th, William Simmonds, an Adult At Jamaica, in the Evening, Joanna Smith, daughter of Monson & Lucretia Hayt. Christopher and Mary Smith, Sponsors Jamaica, May 12th, Martha, daughter of William & Sarah McKrell 308 ORIGIN AND HISTORY New Town, June 2nd, Ann Lewis, daughter of Charles & Sarah Mc David Jamaica, June 9th, Martha Prion, daughter of John & Charit}- Thatford New Town, July 14th, Thomas, son of Thomas and Susanna Haight Jamaica, July 21st, Robert, son of John and Sarah Troup Flushing, July 28th, William Lawrence & David, his son. Adults New Town, July 30th. Mary Lawrence, daughter of Thomas & Abigail Billup Dr. Richard Lawrence, as Proxy for the Father. The Mother and Mrs. Mary Law- rence, Sponsors Jamaica, Sep ist, Eldred, son of Samuel and Catalina Eldred New Town. Sep. 15, Judith Rosevelt, daughter of Timothy & Sarah Roach Sponsors, Mrs. Rosevelt, and the Parents Flushing, Septr 29th, Thomas, son of \Vm and Eve Hannahs Flushing, Octobr 23rd, Abby Morrel, Elizabeth Burling, John Morrcl, Sarah Morrel, Adults New Town, Octobr 27th, Catharine, daughter of Moris & Cath- arine Hazzard Flushing, Novbr 19th. Clarissa Rodman, an Adult Horatio Gates, son of Francis and Elizabeth Lewis Decb 1st, Mary Fowler, Jane Fowler. Margaret Roe, Adults Thomas Roe. Nathaniel Roe, Gilbert Roe, Benja- min Roe, Silas Roe. Eliza Roe, Ann Roe, Children of Joseph and Ann Roe At the same time Elizabeth & John. Children of Garret and Cornelia Nostrant Jamaica, Dec. I5tli. Mary Ann, daughter of Nathaniel and Eliza- beth Betts The Mother, John & Mary Dudley. Sponsors New Town. Dec. 29th, Nathaniel, son of \\'illiam and Elizabeth Betts 1794 Flushing, Feby 2. Baptized Thomas, son of John & Sarah Hicks Sponsors, David Titus, Thomas Hicks, and the mother Jamaica, Feby 5th, Baptized Eleanor, daughter of John & Mary Hincksman OF GRACE CHURCH 309 Newtown, Feby 9th, Baptized Elizabeth, daughter of Henry & Winifred Van Allen Wm Hammell, Rectr. Jamaica, Feby. 26th, Baptized Sarah, daughter of Hulett & Charlotte Creed New Town, March 2nd, Baptized Anna Catharine, daughter of Daniel & Ellen Rapelye 23rd, Baptized Gilbert, son of Joseph & Sarah Tomp- kins Jamaica, April 2nd, Baptized John, son of John West & Jane Welling New Town, May 4th, Baptized Elizabeth, daughter of Edward & Sarah Greenoak Newtown, June 15, Baptized Patience, daughter of David & Je- mima Moore Baptized also Henry, son of Anthony & Anna Barkley The Parents & Peter Rosevelt, Sponsors. Newtown, June 22nd, Baptized Lydia, daughter of John & Mar- tha Burroughs Jamaica, June 29, Baptized Charles, son of Joseph & Bonnella Sealy Flushing, on same day Baptized William, son of John Hutchins & Anna Smith New Town, Sep. 14th, Baptized Margaret, daughter of David & Eunice Van Wickly Wm Hammell, Rectr Jamaica, Decbr. 9th, Baptized Robert & George Benjamin, chil- dren of Charles & Sarah McNeile 1795 New Town, Jany 21st, Agreeable to my Consent in a note from Mr. Richard Wiggins, The Revd. Mr Sands Bap- tized his child by the name of Richard, on the i6th of October last Newtown, March 15th, Baptized John, son of David & Mary Purdy Joseph Woodred, son of Henry & Nelly Beadel, Abrm Duryee, the Father, and Mrs. Woodred sponsors Richard Betts, son of John & Ann Waters 310 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Newtown. April 6th, Frances, daughter of Thomas & Abigail Billup Jamaica, April 7th, Baptized Stephen Hicks, an Adult and Maria, daughter of Stephen & Mary Hicks Flushing, May 14th, Baptized Ann Louisa, daughter of John & Sarah Hicks The mother, Samuel Titus, and Elias Hicks sponsors Jamaica, May 25th, Baptized John Tanner, son of Samuel & Elizabeth Welling 1795 New Town, Feby. 22, Baptized George an Adult belonging to Peter Culver of Bushwick, & Diana, daughter of the above & Jane belongs to Peter Duryee New Town, June 7th, Baptized James, son of James, a Freeman & Diana belongs to Mr. Devoise, at Fresh pond Jamaica, February ist, 1796, By the Rev Chs Seabury, Thomas Colgan, son of John & Sarah Troup Musqueto Cove, Feby 24th, 1796 Daniel Whitehead & Maria, children of Daniel W. and Elizabeth Kissam Jamaica, Augt 21st, 1796, By the Revd Mr Elias Cooper, of Philipseburgh baptized Mary Ann, grand daughter of John & Mary Hinckman son of said John & Mary, who where the God Father & Mother Leana, daughter of John West Welling, and Jenny, his wife Mary, daughter of Joseph & Cathae Thatford Sarah Eliza, daughter of John & Eliza Battin Octob 9th, Baptized by the Revd Mr. Samuel Haskill of Peeks- kill, William, son of John & Charity Thatford Dec. 25th. Baptized by the Rev. Mr. Ratoone, of New York. Mary, daughter of John & Cathe Hinchman 1797 Jany 2, Baptized by the Revd. Mr Van Dyck, of New Town John Smith, son of James and Margaret Mackre) March i6th, Baptized, by the Revd. Mr. Raynor of Elizabeth Town Geo: Hulet, son of Hulet & Charlotte Creed Stephen, son of Stephen & Mary Hicks, Sponsors, the Father & Mr. Carpenter, the Grandmother At Jamaica, By the Rev. Mr. E. D. Ratoone, of N. Y. April 14th, Thomas, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Welling OF GRACE CHURCH 311 June 25th, Robert, son of Joseph & Bonnella Sealy — born Augt 19th, Ann, born 17 March 1792, daughter of Willm & Martha Puntine Mary, born March 20, 1795 daughter of Willm & Martha Puntine Henry, born Jany 20, 1797 son of Willm & Martha Puntine Father & Mother, Sponsors. By the Revd Dr. Beach Sept — , Henry, born , son of Samuel and Eldert By the Revd. Mr Ratoone Dec. 25th, John, born Augt. 3d, 1797, son of John & Elizabeth Brown The Father & Mother were the Sponsors By the Revd. Mr Ratoone at Amboy 1801 Augt. 6th, Ruth, daughter of William & Margaret Smith, aged 31, wife of Joseph Marsh, of Perth Amboy. Edmund Bainbridge, aged 27, on the 22 of April 1802 Baptisms by the Revd. E. D. Rattoone, Rector of Grace Church, Jamaica N ■ 'O ^ O .r? o P^ X) o o o o o o ^QQCaQQ QQ COS :m >- '■^ t; t^ - t; "QQf^ "2 "a o . tin ^i. .;2 rt O o3 ;zz! "O OS •I St 2 § 05 05 O o o O <35 ^gPo go o§ o o ;^^;QQ Q O^ "^I^qS gC r-« ja J3 2 J3 j= .a - J3 « iS^ •M O O J3 ^53^2 ^ 1 M ~c2 = = C4 §S !:; ' " giScc ti 2 June Augt. Jany Jany •1- -^ a M iri i-j t- !o . 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Hamilton, (son) of Geo: & Mary Codwise BURIED 1803, Catharine, Wife of John Hinchman Wife of William Puntine Miss Eve Depeyster Wife of John Skidmore Widw Skinner, mother of Abra : Skinner, Esq Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah & Elizh Brown 1804, April 7th, Mary the wife of Christopher Smith Buried at New York Oliver, son of Charles & Sarah McNiel GRACE CHURCH, JAMAICA. L. I. BY GEO. STREBECK. 1805, May 12, Baptized Caroline daughter of John and Charity Thatford. She was born the 25 April 1805; and presented to Baptism by the Parents. July 21. Baptized Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen and Mary Hicks. She was born 19 Feby 1805, and presented to Bap- tism by Parents. Same day. Baptized Sarah Phcbe, daughter of Daniel and Eliza- beth Remsen : She was born the 16 March 1804 and pre- sented to Baptism by her mother and Jane Bright her grandmother. August 18, Baptized, Mary, daughter of Hezekiah & Maria Free- man. She was born the 8th of Jany' 1804, and presented to Baptism by James Morrell & her mother OF GRACE CHURCH 3 15 Same day, Baptized Marian, born Novr. 5, 1798 and Eliza, born 20 Novr 1803, both daughters of John & Elizabeth Voor- heis, presented to Baptism by James Morrell & his wife September 8, Baptized Isaac, son of Jerimiah & Elizabeth Sy- monson (of Staten Island) he was born the 30 April 1804, and presented to Baptism by his Parents Sep. 15, Baptized George Ireland, son of Joseph & Penella Sealy born 28 of August 1805, and presented to Baptism by his Parents October 13, Baptized Stephen Lott, son of Timothy & Catharine Nostrandt, he was born 31st of Augt 1805, and presented to Baptism by his Parents BAPTIZED BY ANDREW FOWLER 1806 June 22, Theodore Octavius, son of George and Mary Codwise, Sponsors, David and Jane Codwise July 6, Samuel Welling, son of 20, Mary, daughter of Thomas, a black man then with Mr. Mills and his wife Elizabeth, Parents, Sponsors August 17, James, son of Andrew and Catharine Napier. Par- ents, Sponsors. James was born June 16, 1806 21, Townsend & Samuel, sons of John Hewlett, Junr. and Mary his wife Townsend was born Oct. 5, Margaret Addra Ann, daughter of Peter Poillon and Ad- dra his wife. This child was born the 21st day of the preceeding April. GRACE CHURCH, JAMAICA, L. I. REVD E. D. BARRY, OFFICIATING MINISTER 1808 Baptized, Jany loth 1808 by Revd Edmund D Barry. Dan- iel Tuttle, son of John & Margaret Mackarel, born i8th January 1808 Baptized, July 17th 1808, by Revd E. D. Barry, Daniel Edward, son of William & Ann Sale, born 24th April 1808 Same day. Baptized Anna Maria daughter of George & Mary Codwise, born 28th February 1808 Baptized, August 14th 1808 by the Revd Mr Harris Thomas Pelham, son of William & Alice McNiel, born i6th June 1808 316 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Baptized, August 14th 1808 by the Revd Mr Harris Thomas Pelham, son of WilHam & Ahce McNiel, born i6th June 1808 Baptized October 9. 1808 by Revd. Mr Barry Sarah Rowland, wife of Jonathan Rowland Same day Baptized Alice Bannister, daughter of John & Glor- iana Welling born 7th May 1804 Baptized Margaret Her- riman daughter of John & Gloriana Welling, born 17th February 1806 Baptized Novr 6 1808 by the Revd Mr Barry Talman James Waters, born 30th June 1792, also Elizabeth Cebra Waters born 4th May 1795. Adults Baptized Nov. 12th 1808, by Revd Mr. E. D. Barry Elizabeth Cornelia Ludlow, daughter of John & Catharine Hoog- land — Infant. Same day Baptized, Anna Puntine, wife of William Puntine Baptized Nov. 26, 1808 By the Revd Mr Barry Harriet, daugh- ter of Abraham & Elizabeth Eldert, born 19th Novbr 1808 Baptized by the Revd E. D. Barry April i6th 1809 Sarah Juli- ana, daughter of Moses & Sarah Miller born 24th Jan. 1809 At the same time John Betts, son of Andrew and Catharine Na- pier, born March 26th 1809 The above Baptisms during the time of Revd Mr Barry officiating at Grace Ch. Jamaica were copied from a list made out by him by Timothy Clowes Confirmation. Rt Revd Bishop Moore visited Grace Ch. Ja- maica 15th October 1808 and confirmed thirty persons Inserted by request of the Parents. Baptized at the City of Jersey (N. J.) Sarah, daughter of Philip & Sally Wil- liams loth Feb. 1809 Timothy Clowes GRACE CHURCH, JAMAICA, L. I. TIMOTHY CLOWES, DEACON OFFICIATING MINISTER May 14th 1809 Baptized by Revd Mr Jones. James, son of Jonathan and Sarah Rowland born 30th March 1809 Baptized June 4, 1809 Mary Ann daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Austin, born September 5, 1799 Baptized June 25th 1809, William Henry, son of Robert and Jane Carter of New York, born 7th April 1809 OF GRACE CHURCH 317 Baptized July 2n 1809 Harman Pruyn, Son of Joseph and Catherine Thatford, born 24th May 1809 Baptized July 16, 1809 Jacob Miller, Adult, about 18 years of age Same day, John son of Joseph and Bonella Sealy born 2nd Octo- ber 1808 Baptized August 13th 1809, Ann Eliza, daughter of Samuel & Eliza Carman, born 28th February 1808 Baptized August 27th 1809 John a servant of John Troup Adult of about fifty years of age (black) Baptized November 9, 1809 Benjamin Roe, son of Sylvanus & Mary Halsey, born i6th September 1809 Baptized February 4th 1810 Eliza daughter of William & Ann Sale born 19th November 1809 Baptized February 11, 1810 Sarah daughter of Thomas and Nelly Mills born —(black) Baptized April 15, 1810 Washington Joseph, son of Samuel T and Eliza Carman born 17 Feb 1810 REGISTER OF GRACE CHURCH JAMAICA, BY GILBT H. SAYRES OFFICIATING MARRIAGES August 4th 1810 Married Abiather Rhodes and Frances Hewlett May 9th 181 1 Married David Piatt & Anne Rowland, both of this Parish June 6th 181 1 Married John B. Church of N. York & Mary P. Austin of this Parish June 22, 181 1 Married William Van Nostrand & Martha Prine Thatford, of this Parish Nov. 3d 181 1 Married James McGee to Eliza Weeks, of Flushing- May 30th 1812 Married Daniel Craft & Deborah Abrahams of Far Rockaway July 1st 1812 Married Doct Nathan Shelton to Miss Eliza Hen- rietta Starman July 4th 181 2 Married Joseph Hendrickson to Ann Gildersleeve Same time, Jeremiah Roberts to Ann Cumings March 3d 181 3 Married Peter Stoter to Ann Bennett May 6, 1813 Benjamin Tredwell Kissam to Miss Peggy Kissam, the former of N. York, the latter of this Parish 318 ORIGIN AND HISTORY June 19th 1813 Married Richard Cornell to Charity Van Sicklen of this place August 2 1 St 1 81 3 Married Stephen Van Nostrand to Sarah Strickland September 5th 1813 Alarried John Durling to Lavinia (both blacks) Oct. 23d 1813 Married Cato Bates to Elsey Van Zants, both blacks Feb. loth 1814 Married, Benjamin Welling to Hannah Rowland, both of this Parish August 28th 1814 Married Henry Story to Eliza Bowne, both from Brooklynn August 29th 1814 Married Thomas Southard to Sarah Montress, both from Hemstead Novr I2th 1814 Married James Ferris to Keziah Box, of Flushing Married Feb. 12th 1815 Obadiah P. Leach to Susan Holland, both of this Parish Married May 4th 181 5 James S. Bailey of New York to Eliza S. Waters of this Parish Married August 27, 1815 Andrew Allen of Phila to Clara La Combe of New York Married Deer. loth 1815 Silas Roe to Sarah Denton, both of this place Married Dec. 23, 1815 John Flower to Eliza Eleanor Weeks of New York Married Jan. i, 1816 Plato Rhodes to Catherine — (blacks) of this place Married Jany 3d 1816 Isaac Bennet to Juda Burrows, all of Hemstead Married March 28, 1816 John Nostrand to Mary Ludlum of this place Married May 5, 1816 Aaron Palmer of N. York to Sarah Foster of this place Married July 20th 1816 Abraham Le Branthwaite to Mary Mar- garet Dewint all of New York Married October 13th 1816 John Van Beuren to Elizabeth Scott Aspinwall of this Parish Married Novr 9, 1816 John Van Nostrand to Rachel Hinchman both of this Parish Married Nov. 16. 1816 Moses Kissan to Margaret Reed (black) Both of this place OF GRACE CHURCH 319 Married January 17, 1817 Henry W. Warner, of New York, to Anna Marsh Bartlett, of this place Married April 5th 1817 Victor Amede Pedroni, of Bordeaux to Lydia B. Vandevoort, of this place Married June 5, 1817 Jeremiah Ludlum to Silva Troup (blacks) of this place Married May 10, 1817 at Rahway, N. J. Anthony Woodward Esq to Mrs Elizabeth Mott Married August 2d 1817 Jacob Cozine of New Lotts to Jane Isabella Sprowls, of this Parish Married Novr. 5th 1817 Peter Ousterman & Jane Bloome Married April 22, 1818 Charles Beckwith and Nanchy Remsen Married August ist 1818 Benjamin T. Kissam and Peggy Kis- sam of this Parish Married Nov. 14th 1818 John B. Codwise and Eliza Creed of this Parish Married 9 Jany 1819 Richard Johnson & Susannah Beets (blacks) Married March 15, 1819 Augustus Gaston Camagne & Susannah Johnson of New York Married April i, 1819 Thomas Valentine & Sarah Brooks of Flushing Married 8th May 1819 Abraham Remsen & Deborah B. Down- ing of Oyster Bay Married Oct. 23, 1819 Plato Lawrence & Rebecca Smith (col- oured people) of this place Married Deer. 8, 1819 Stephen Fowler and Martha Fowler, of Flushing Married Jany 13, 1820 John Smith & Ann Thatford, of this place Married July nth 1820 Edward Cossart and Adelaide Cornell of Success. Married Deer. 25, 1820 Stephen James & Ellen Townsend (blacks) Married July 15th 182 1 Thompson Town and Sarah Ann Bur- ling of Hempstead Married August nth 1821 James Portley & Elizabeth Frazy (coloured) Married August 20, 1821 Wm. Stringham and Sarah Doxy, of Rockaway 320 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Married Nov. 22, 1821 Toney Edsall and Catherine Ditmis (col- oured) Married March 3d 1822 Gilbert V. Hewlett and Eliza Nostrand, both of Rockaway Married March 8th 1822 Samuel Hedges & Sarah Jarvis, col- oured Married March 8th 1822 John Henry Marshall and Matilda Winthrop of New York also at the same time as above Allen \V. Hardie and Caroline Cox, also of New York Married Septr. 4, 1822 Charles Johnson and Eliza Goodman of Newtown Married Oct. 12, 1822 Epentus Wood and Phebe Smith Married Deer, nth 1822 Wm Smith & Eliza Van Nostrand. of Success Married Jany 9, 1823 Michael Ulshoffer and Marian Gracie Married Jany. 26, 1823 Lewis Hewlett and Sarah Ann DeMott of Rockaway Married Jany. 30, 1823 Benjamin Lawrence & Phebe Rowland Married Feby. 5, 1823 Cornelius Fowler and Mary Van Nos- trand of Success Married August 2d 1823 Abraham Sypher and Abbey Holmes Married Nov. 8th 1823 Oliver Hewlett & Cornelia Seaman, of Rockaway Married January 4th, 1824, John G. George and Sarah Zantz both of New York Married March 21, 1824 Samuel Johnson and Margaret Watts (coloured people) Married April 17, 1824 James Champlin & Hannah Sprowls (Blacks) Married May 15, 1824 Jacob Woods and Margaret Betts (blacks) Married July 18, 1824 Benjamin L. Cornell and Elizabeth Field same day Elias Harrison & Susan Smith (blacks) Married August 9, 1824 John Smith & Mary Ann Roc (blacks) Married vSept. 4, 1824 Edward Burdett & Mary Thomas, of Brooklyn Do same day James Gilbert Morrcll and Margaret Lovveree. of Flushing OF GRACE CHURCH 321 Married Sept. ii, 1824 George Riner and Jane Doughty, both of Rockaway Married Sept. 20, 1824 Pearson Watts and Elizabeth Shaw Married Sept. 22, 1824 Charles Wright and Jane Lawrence of Flushing Married Jany 3, 1825 Samuel Vandewater & Maria Allen of New York Married April 15 1825 John Spragg and Mehetible Place Married July 3d 1825 Isaac Eldert and Mary Carpenter of this place Married Sept. 15, 1825 John B. Higbie and Aletta Anne Hen- drickson of Springfield Married Sept. 18, 1825 Isaac Cornell and Sarah Gildersleeve, of New York Married October 29, 1825 Jacob Williams and Judah Waters (blacks) Married Dec. 19th 1825 Thomas Brown and Julia Amberman (Blacks) Married March 27th 1826 Francis Williams and Eliza Smith (blacks) Married April 1826 James Jones and Lavinia Durling (blacks) Married June 8th 1826 Thomas Mott and Mary Mott, of Rock- away Married June 15, 1826 Gilbert D. Craft and Fanny H. Fosdick Married June 22th 1826 Silvenus Hunter and Dorothea Punnett (coloured people) of Flushing. Married July 24, 1826 George G. Mitchill and Mary Elizabeth Lawrence, of Flushing Married July 29, 1826 Peter Van Ess and Angelina Cornell (blacks) from New Town Married August 2.^, 1826 Francis Henry Contoit and Ann Green of this place. Married Nov. i8th 1826 Wm Jones & Philis Santon Married March 3d 1827 John Coe & Phebe Denton. Married March 24, 1827 Anthony Mulkin & Rosanna Mayhew (coloured) Married Sept. 16, 1827 Daniel Losey and Maria Remsen, of Brooklyn Married Nov. 14, 1827 Henry Crommeline and Harriet Hallett 322 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Married Jany 2. 1828 John H. Valentine and Martha H. Denton Married Feby. 6, 1828 Wm Roc and Phebe Kissam, both of Flushing Married March 26, 1828 John A. Gurley and Margaret Hallctt Married April 3d 1828 Jesse Hoyt and Cornelia Thurston Married April 5, 1828 Silvenus Townscnd & Hannah Trecd- well (coloured) Married July 4, 1828 John Mitchell, of New York, and Charlotte Rodman, of this Place. Married July loth 1828 John Winslow Whitman of Boston, and Sarah Helen Powers, of Providence. (R. I.) Married June 22, 1828 Griffin and Widow, Helen Roe, of Flushing Married August 31, 1828. Richard Sealy and Catherine Gilleen, of this place Married Jany. 14, 1829 Harvey D. Hewlett & FfTy Nostrand Married April 16, 1829 Thomas Van Nostrand & Helen Schenck Married by Revd G. H. Sayres, June 20, 1829 James Carpenter & Jane Smith, of Flushing. July 12, 1829 Married by Revd G. H. Sayres, Charles W. Pit- man & Ann Maria Nicholls, both of Brooklyn July 25, 1829 Married by Revd G. H. Sayres, William Haley & Rachael Betts (coloured) Oct. II, 1829 Married by Revd G. H. Sayres, William Creed & Jane E. Comwell, of this place Jany. 3d 1830 Married by Revd. G. H. Sayres, William Stew- art & Susan Garrison (blacks) Addenda by Revd. Wm. L. Johnson (see Register No. 2) Aug. 5th 1830 Married James Rowland & Hannah R. Seaman, Jamaica. FUNERALS Burried, Sept. 18, 1824 Mrs Hallworth Sept. 22, 1824 By Revd Mr E. M. Johnson, Isaac, infant son of G. H. Sayres. Jany 1825 Mr Benjamin Rowland, of this Parish Feby. 28, 1825 Widow Skidmore, of this place April 15, 1825 The Widow of Dudley Brown, of Brooklyn May 10, 1825 Mrs. Oldfield, Widow of Joseph Oldfield of this Parish. OF GRACE CHURCH 323 July 1825 An Infant child of Thomas Valentine of New York July 22, 1825 Miss Habersham, of Savannah, Georgia July An Infant child of James G. King, of New York August Miss Welling, daughter of John Welling, deed, of Brooklyn Nov. 13, 1825 The Wife of Wm Smith of Foster's Meadows Deer. 17, 1825 Major Charles McNeill, of this Parish March 11, 1826 Mrs. Simison, and James Cortelyou, both of this Place March 20, 1826 Mrs Welling May 14, 1826 Sarah Jones, a coloured woman Sept. 1826 A child of Silas Roe Sept. 15, 1826 A daughter of Nathaniel Simmons Sept. 27, 1826 Burried an Infant Child of Wm Sinclair, of Charleston Oct. 14, 1826 Burried Christopher Troup Burried Oct. 20, 1826, Alexander H. Codwise Burried Feby 1827 The Wife of Wm Thatford, from N. York Burried Feby 2d 1827 Mrs Tapp, of this Parish May 2d 1827 Burried Hon. Rufus King, of this Parish August 1827 The Infant daughter of T. C. Pinkney August 23, Wm Beckley, of this place August 25 Elizabeth Brewer, of this parish Sept. 2, 1827 A child of David Piatt, deed. Burried Oct 6, 1827, Mr. Clements, of this parish Burried June 15, 1828, Wm McKee of this parish Burried August 1828 Elizabeth Brashier, widow, of this parish Burried Sept. i, 1828 Lewis E. A. Eigenbrodt, Senior Warden of this Church for many years. Burried Sept. 2, 1828 Cornelia Hoogland, wife of John Hoog- land, of this parish Burried May 1829 Sarah, the wife of Silas Roe Burried August 1829 Gilbert Roe of New York Burried Oct. 8th 1829 Capt. Joseph Roe, of this parish Burried Deer. 7, 1829 Mrs. Vandeburgh, of this parish DEATHS Anno 1790 Burried by Me W. H. At Jamaica, July — The Widow Betts 324 ORIGIN AND HISTORY At Newtown Augst — Mrs. Patience Titus, wife of David Titus At Flushing Augst — A Son of Mr. Fairchild At Jamaica Sept. 21st Mrs Mary Ogden, wife of Dr. Jacol) Ogden Flushing, Octobr. or Nov. Mrs. Beesley wife of Mr. Beesley Anno 1791 Jamaica Jany i8th Miss Margaret Waters At New Town Feby 17th Woodred, son of the Widow Woodred At Jamaica April 27 Mrs Seely of Fosters' Meadows At Flushing May ist Mr. Robert Crommeline At Jamaica Augst 9th Mr. Samuel Sackett, Sr At Flushing Sept. 29th Mrs Mary Haviland At Jamaica Octobr i6th Samuel, child of Samuel and Elizabeth Sackett Anno 1792 At Jamaica Jany. i6th Capt. Daniel Whitehead At Jamaica May 3rd Joseph Van Nostrand At Hallets Cove July 2nd Greenoak At New Town Sep. nth Richard Morrell Anno 1793 At Jamaica June 6th son of Isaac and Mary Pettit Burried at Flushing August i8th Mrs Aspinwall, wife of Wil- liam Aspinwall, of New York At Jamaica August 23d Miss Gersia Combs, formerly of this Congregation At Jamaica Sepbr ist Nathaniel Lewis, Child of Nathaniel & Elizabeth Betts At Jamaica Sep 9th Elizabeth Morris, a child of Joseph and Elizabeth Morris At Flushing Octobr i8th John, a child of John Hutchins & Ann Smith At Jamaica, Dec. 8th Miss Emelia Betts At New Town Dec. 23, Mrs Lydia Boroughs Anno 1794 At New York Jany. 6th Samuel Brownjohn from Jamaica. At New Town Jany. 28th Miss Elizabeth Alsop At Flushing June 4th Widow Lowrie At New Town June 15 Paul, a Child of Peter and Anna Van- dervoort At Flushing Sept 13th Mrs Lawrence, of Fresh Meadows OF GRACE CHURCH 325 At Jamaica Dec. loth Mr Willet, of New York At Jamaica Dec. 15th Burried Robert, son of Charles & Sarah, McNeill At Jamaica Dec. 28th Mr Benjamin Carpenter 1795 At Flushing- Feby. 8 Ann Louisa, a child of John & Sarah Hicks by Revd Charles Seabury This is to Certify that the following Funerals were attended by me. Elijah D. Rattoone, Rector of Grace Church, Jamaica. The funeral of Mrs Dissosway was attended by Revd Mr. Barry June 26, 1808 The funeral of Mrs Parker was attended by the Revd E. D. Barry October — 1808 The funeral of Mrs Price was attended bv Revd Mr Barry Novbr 6, 1808 The funeral of Mrs Woofendale from New York was at- tended by Revd E. D. Barry 14th Decbr 1808 The above funerals were taken from a list kept by Revd. Edmund D. Barry. Drowned on 30th May 1808 Benjamin Roe of this Parish On Sunday June nth a funeral sermon was preached on the occa- sion. Timothy Clowes, Deacon Officiating in Grace Ch. Jam. Burried August 16, 1809, Ann Eliza, infant daughter of Samuel and Eliza Carman. T. Clowes Burried August 26, 1809 Anna Roe of this Parish, aged 16 years and 8 months T. Clowes Burried August 30th 1809 Sarah Juliana, infant daughter of Moses & Sarah Miller T. Clowes Burried September 28th 1809 Sarah Newman, wife of Richard Newman, aged 32 years T. Clowes Burried November 12th 1809 Alexander Troup, son of John & Sarah Troup aged 7 years T. Clowes Burried December 17th 1809 William Newman, son of Richard & Sarah Newman, aged i year and 10 mos. Burried February 5th 1810 Catharine Thatford, wife of Joseph Thatford, of this Parish. Timothy Clowes 326 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Burried August 21st 1810 Sarah Morrell, wife of James Morrell, of this Parish Gilbert H. Sayres Burried 5th of April 181 1 Nathaniel Mills of this Parish G. H. Sayres. Burried 7th July 181 1 Thomas Welling, of this Parish G. H. Sayres Burried August 13th 181 1 Thomas Ogden Sacket, infant of Mr. Augustus Sacket Burried August 15th 181 1 Daughter infant of nURRIALS BY REVD GILBERT H. SAYRES Sept 4th 181 1 An infant of Mr McKee Oct. 10, 181 1 An infant of Mr. John W. Welling, of this Parish Oct. 13, 181 1 Sarah Hinsksman of this Parish Oct. 13, 1811 Wm Mackrell. a lad about 14 years of age Oct. 31, 181 1 An infant of Mr Johnson Feby. 27, 1812 Joseph Oldfield, of this Parish April 6th 1812 At East Woods. Mr. John Hewlett. Esq of this Parish April 14, 1812 James Macrell. Jun. of this Parish April 18, 181 2 Peter Mills, of this Parish June 5th 1812 Daniel Kissam, Esq of North Hemstead June 6th 181 2 Richard Van-lew of this Parish June 30th 1812 John Van-lew, Senr. of this Parish July 1st 181 2 A child of about 4 years of age. a daughter of Abraham Eldert of Hell Gate Oct. 16 1812 An Infant of Andrew and Catherine Napier March 21st 1813 Mrs. Welling, widow of the late Thomas Welling of this Parish May 7th 1813 James Morrell of N. York, formerly of this Parish June 28th 18 1 3 A daughter of Joseph Thatford, of this Parish Septr II, 1813 Caleb Mills, of this Parish Novr 16. 1 81 3 Mrs Sarah McNeill, wife of Major McNeill, of this Parish Novr 30th 1813 Mrs. Lavinia Mott wife of Mr. Jacob Mott of New York Decb 12, 1813 Abigail Ann. child of Willet & Elizabeth Skidmore of this Parish Feby. 25, 1814 A child of Mr Brown of Brooklyn March ist 1814 Lawrence Roe, of Brooklyn, son of Joseph Roe. of this Parish OF GRACE CHURCH 327 April 19, 1814 a boy about 3 years old son of the widow of Mr John Welling formerly of this parish July 3d 1814 Mr Josiah Brown of Brooklyn, by the Rt Rev Bp Hobart August 15, 1814 Mrs Hicks of New York Sept — 1814 A child of Mr Urias Hendrickson, of this Parish Jany. 15, 181 5 Mrs Charlotte Creed, wife of Hewlet Creed, of this Parish Jan. 21, 1815 A child of Darius Johnson of this Parish Feb. 18, 1815 A child of Andrew Napier of this Parish Oct. 22, 181 5 A child of Mr Halsey, of this Parish May 7, 1815 Josiah Brown of Brooklyn Oct. — 18 1 5 At Flushing, a daughter of Mr Kissam of Coobrie Hill Oct. 22, 1815 A child of Mr Halsey, of this Parish Jany 6, 181 5 (6) Isaac Jones, a son of Jonathan Jones, of this Parish Jany 13 (1816) Neill McNeill, a son of Major Charles McNeill of this Parish May 29, 1816 The wife of Oliver Strickland, of this Place June 17, 1816 Miss Tredwell, at Great Neck, a niece of Mr Benjm Tredwell, of Cow Neck July 6, 1816 Mr John Brown of New York July — 1816 Mr .... Brown of Brooklyn August 17, 1816 George Codwise, Jun. of this Parish Nov. 27, 1816 Sarah Lating, of this Parish January 13th 1817 The Wife of James Mackrell, of New York formerly of this Parish May — 1817 Mr Polhemus, of this Parish May — 1817 Nathaniel Roe of New York July 9th 1817 John Troup, of this Parish August 24, 1817 At Rockaway Mr. Holeman, late from London October — 1817 Addra Hendrickson of this Parish 1818 Sarah Jones, buried. August 8, 1818 Benj T. Kissam, hurried 1818 Mrs Hinchman, from Brooklyn October 1818 Mrs Van len of this Parish Jany 17, 1819 Sarah Elizabeth Hicks May loth 1819 Catherine Napier, a Child of Andrew Napier of this Parish Sept. 18, 1819 Gilbert Aspinwall of this Place 328 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Oct. 3, 1819 James Mackrell, formerly of this parish May — 1819 Mary King, wife of Rufus King, Esq of this Parish Nov. 2, 1 819 Elizabeth Puntine, of this place Jany 28, 1820 Mrs. Cortelyeou, of this place Fcby. loth 1820 Mrs. Simison, of Rockaway Feby. 29 1820 Stephen Hicks, of this Parish Sept. 2^, 1820 — Col. Peter Cortelyou, of this place Sept. 27, 1820 Elizabeth Sproul of this parish Oct. 24, 1820 At Cedar Swamp Mrs, the wife of Richard Town- send, of N York Nov. 9, 1820 Catherine. Infant daughter of Joseph Thatford Jany 29th 1821 A young child of Obediah V^alentine April I2th 1821 Richard Wiggins of this Parish August 15 1821 Charles Welling of this Parish Oct. 20, 1821 Hewlett son of Thomas Cornell, of this place Oct. 21, 1821 Nancy Puntine, wife of Wm Puntine Oct. 22, 1821 John Waters, of this place Dec. 20, 1821 David Rowland, of this parish, also same day, Widow of the late Richard Betts, also of this Parish Jany 2^^, 1822 Aaron Van Nostrand of this Parish, for many years sexton of the Church Feby. 9, 1822 Mrs. Danson of this Parish Feby. 15, 1822 Miss Betts of this Parish Sept. 20, 1822 Charity Thatford, daughter of Joseph Thatford of this parish Feby. 16, 1823 By the Revd Mr Eram M. Johnson John Tillotson Sayres, infant son of Revd G. H. Sayres, Rector of this Church March 23. 1823 Mrs Waters, of this parish March 27, 1823 Mrs Valentine, wife of Obediah \^alentine of this parish Oct. 2, 1823 At Cedar Swamp, Isaac Hersfield, of New York July — 1823 Mrs Elizabeth Welling, wife of Samuel Welling of this Parish August — 1823 Samuel Welling of this parish Oct. 3d 1823 Jonathan Jones, of Rockaway April 23, 1824 Mrs Katherine Smith, of this parish July 17, 1824 Jonathan Jones of the Wallabout August 9, 1824 Ida Rowland OF GRACE CHURCH 329 BAPTISMS OF NEGROES Anno 1790 New Tow Augst 8 Baptized Andrew & Harry children of New Tow Septbr 19 William, Son of and both be- longing to John Titus of Kings County Jamaica Sept. 26th William, son of Peter and Elizabeth both the property of Christopher Smith. Jacob, son of Helena, the property of Mr Wicoff, New Lots Peter belonging to Mr. C. Smith and Sarah belonging to Nicholas Jones, Sponsors Anno 1 79 1 New Town May 8th George, the son of Tobias, the property of Mr Wm Londings and his wife Diana the property of the widow of Daniel Leister New Town, May 29th Nancy, belonging to Mr John Lawrence Esq, and Diana belonging to Mr Cornelius Leister, Adults Rachel, daughter of France the Property of the Widow of Cornelius Rapeljie, and his wife Nancy, the property of John Lawrence Esq Frank, the son of Frank, the property of Wm Lawrence Esq and his wife Diana, belonging to Cornelius Leister Elsie, daughter of Samuel, the property of Jacobus Riker, and his wife Ruth, belonging to Samuel Riker Jamaica, June 12th, Anthony, & his wife Elizabeth, Adults, the property of Amos Denton Samuel, son of Flarr}^ & Diana the property of Mr John Duryee, Jamaica South. Mr Christopher Smiths Peter, God- Father New Town, July 17th Juda, daughter of Tom, the property of Mr Van Rand, at BushWicke and his wife Hannah, the property of Jacobus Collier, of Bush Wicke Jamaica July 24th Ringumbum. An Adult, the property of Mr Depeyster New Town, August 7 John Francis, the Son of Francis a free- man, and his wife Lyda, the property of Saml. Waldrom, Esq. 330 ORIGIN AND HISTORY New Town, Augst 28, Jacob, an Adult, the property of Robert Moore Jamaica October i6th James, an Adult, the property of Hen- drick Hendrickson oi Springfield Jamaica Nov. 6th Caesar, An Adult, the property of Mr Philip Piatt Anno 1792 Flushing March 4th Josiah, An Adult Patience, daughter of Sylvester and his wife Gosiah Jamaica March i8th Richard, An Adult, the property of Al- bert Hoghland. of Flushing Wm Hammell Rector Jamaica /Vpril loth Susanna, daughter of Isaac & Susanna. Free people formerly the property of Col. Robinson Jamaica April 22, Pero, an Adult, A Freeman Jane, his wife, the property of John Hinchsman Robert & Mary, their children Jamaica May 20th Diana, the daughter of John & Nelly both the property of Mr Winecoop of New Lots, Sponsors. Peter belongs to C. Smith Sarah belongs to Nicho. Jones Nelly, the mother Flushing, Augst 26 Fanny, the daughter of Venus, the property of Mrs Aspinwall Sponsors: Hannabal, belongs to Mrs Aspinwall & Margaret, belongs to Col Piatt. New Town, Sep. 2^ Maria, the daughter of Saml. belongs to George Duvoise & Sarah belongs to Charles Duvoise Richard, the Son of York & Lydia free people N. B. John John Costin, a freeman, and the Mothers, were Sponsors New Town Octobr 14 Thomas. An Adult the property of John Van Alse Jamaica April 21st Jane, An Adult the jiropcrty of Maria Snedeker Jamaica, April 28, Cornelius, Son of Peter and Elizabeth, both belonging to Christopher Smith Jamaica, June 9th, Robert, An Adult, a Freeman New Town, June 23d Diana, An Adult belongs to the Widow Rapeljie Jane, the daughter of George belongs to the W'idow Leister and Diana his wife &c. OF GRACE CHURCH 331 John Venter, son of Samuel belonging- to Jacobus Ryker and Ruth the property of Saml. Ryker Dorcas, Daughter of France belongs to Wm Lawrence Esq and Diana, the property of Cornelius Leister Newtown, July 14th Thomas, a Son of Francis a Freeman and Lyda the property of Samuel Waldron N. B. Saml. belongs to the Widow Leister, and the Mother Sponsors New Town Octobr 6th James, Son of Andrew & his Wife Sarah the one belonging to John & the other to Francis Titus Jamaica, Novbr 3rd Robert, son of Robert, a Freeman and Lille, the property of Mrs Alsop. The Father & Elizabeth belong- ing to Mr Denton, sponsors Ann, daughter of Richard, belonging to Mr Hoghland, and Jane belonging to Maria Snedeker The Father & Grandmother Sponsors 1794 New Town March 2}^. Thomas, Son of Tobias, the property of Wm Londings, and Diana belonging to the Widow Leister Wm Hammell, Rectr Jamaica March 30. Baptized, Diana daughter of Tero a Free- man and Jane, belonging to John Rapelye, of N. Town Jamaica April 20th Baptized Dorcas, a Free Woman Adult Abraham, Son of Jacob & Dorcas, free people Sponsors, the Father, and Hester, belongg to the Widow Smith, N. T. Flushing April 27. Baptized Diana an Adult a Free Woman Flushing May 3d Baptized Abraham, an Adult A Free man Jamaica August 3d Baptized Sarah an Adult belonging to Hen- drick Hendrickson, and Thomas the Son of James, also the property of the above Person & Sarah his wife Jamaica Augst 31. Baptized Cato, the son of Harry, belonging to John Thatford and Diana his wife, belonging to Duryee of Jamaica South Jamaica Sept. 21st Baptized Anthony, Son of Jane belongg to David Sprung also, Nathaniel, son of Thomas & Elizabeth, both the property of Isaac Amberman, the Parents of the latter were also Sponsors for the former also Nancy Reed, daughter of Isaac & Susanna Robertson, Free people. Anno 1795 332 ORIGIN AND HISTORY New Town, Jaiiy. nth Baptized Lydia, daughter of York & Lydia, Free people Thomas, belong-ing- to John Van Alse and the Mother were Sponsors. New Town Feby i. Baptized, EHzabeth daughter of Samuel belongs to Elbert Leyster & Sarah belongs to Widow De- voise, Frank, a Free man and the Mother Sponsors. New Town, Fel)y. 22, Baptized George an adult belonging to Peter Culver of Bushwick, & Diana, daughter of the above and Jane belongs to Peter Duryee. New Town, June 7th, Baptized James, son of James, a Freeman & Diana belongs to Mr Devoise, at Fresh pond. JAMAICA, BAPTIZED 15V PXIJAH D. KATTOONE, RECTOR OF GRACE CHURCH Thomas, born 24th of July 1796 and baptized 25th day of June 1797. the Sponsors being Thomas & Elizabeth the Parents, the property of Isaac Ambleman Thomas, son of Richard Rhodes freeman & Nancy, Slave of Christopher Smith born 30th Octr 1798 Baptized June 30th 1799 Thomas, born 28th Augt. Bap. Sept. 28th 1800, child of Thomas & Elizabeth, servts of Eliphalet ^Veeks Esq Jamaica. The Parents were Sponsors Elizabeth, child of Frank and Dinah servants of Capt. Motley born Feby 3d 1801 & bap Do 22d Do Sponsors Anthony & Betty, Servants of Amos Denton Henry Lawrence, born Feby 30, 1798 & Saml. Lawrence Do Octr 2d 1802 children of Francis & Margaret slaves of William Taylor & John Rattoone. l)apd Aug. 2d 1801 Par- ents, the Sponsors Mary born July loth 1800, bapd 9th Novr Do. Parents & Spon- sors, Peter & Elizabeth, Slaves of Mr Christopher Smith PRIVATE RECORD OF GILBERT H. SAYRES AFTER HIS RECTORSHIP CEASED. MARRIACKS Married Dec. 29, 1835 Rowland Seaman and Anne Piatt Married 7th April 1836 Dr Richard I. Horsfield and Catherine L. Nostrand OF GRACE CHURCH 333 Married Feby 21, 1837 Jeremiah Valentine and Sarah Vande- verg Married April 13, 1837 James Francis and Martha Ann Coles Married May 15, 1838 Charles Simison and Phebe Cornwell of Hempstead Married August 18, 1838 Benjamin Bates and Jane Elizabeth Johnson (cold) Married Oct. 16, 1838 Jeremiah Mayhew and Fancina Simmons (col) Married Jany 13, 1839 John Miller and Hannah Ann Thomp- son (cold) Married Sept. 12, 1840 Nicholas W. Francis and Phebe Eliza Abrams Married Oct. 4, 1840 James Hubbard Poole and Phebe Maria Cornwell of Kings County Married Oct. 22, 1840 Nelson Pryer and Sarah Ann Sands (cold) Married Dec. 25, 1841 Wm Thompson & Elizabeth Tredwell (cold) Married July 2, 1842 Wm Coles and Sarah Anne Leak Married Sept. 29, 1842 Samuel Smith & Jane Rhodes (colord) Married August 16, 1843 Richard Furman & Amelia Leonard (cold) Married Feby. 27, 1844 John Verity and Phebe Eliza Coles Married April 3, 1844 Samuel Verity and Susan Raynor Married July 15, 1844 Samuel Coes, and Elizabeth Stine, both of Newtown Married April loth 1845, at Brooklyn, Thomas Harvey Rodman and Mary Anne Mann, all of Brooklyn, G. Sayres, witness Married July 20, 1846, Joseph Furman and Sarah Ferris (cold) Married Sept. 30, 1846 William Welling and Elizabeth Smith, both of Jamaica Married March 15, 1847 David William Skidmore, and Mary Smith both of this parish Married June 20, 1847 Samuel White and Mary^ Sisco (cold) of this place. Married August 2, 1847 Joseph Verity and Lucy Burtis Married October 20th 1847 Gilbert Sayres and Anna Leah Sea- man, both of this place Married April 26, 1848 Frederick Mooshake and Susan Smith 334 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Married May 5. 1848 Peter Amberman & Lydia Johnson (colord) Married May 2, 1849 ^^'"i Henry Verity and Susan Elizabeth Frederick Married May 23, 1849 George Bedell and Charity Amelia Fred- erick Married May 30, 1850 Charles \V. Abrams and Sarah B. Reni- sen Married Nov. 20, 1850 Henry Johnson and Hannah Orange (both cold) Married May 25, 185 1 Thomas H. \'assar and Mary Elizabeth Youngs Married Sept. 8, 1852 Peter Howard and Janette Johnson (cold) Oct. 23, 1852 Married Thomas Springsteen and Ida Villers Johnson (cold) Novr. 28, 1852 Married James L. Smith and Maria Louisa Lester April 7, 1853 Married Anthony Jones and Elizabeth Dusenbury (colord) June 23, 1853 Married, by Rev. George Sayres, Joseph Johnson, and Mary Anne Boyd (col.) 1853 August I, Married Samuel Corn well and Sarah Hewlett Dec. 12, Married William Henry Cisco and Mary Anne Smith (cold) 1855 Nov. 23, Married Augustus Hook and Mary Grawi, both of this place. 1856 Sept. 18, Married in Grace Church, Dr. Charles Henry Barker of Frederickton and my younges daughter Lydia Stewart Sayres. 1857 July 4 Married John R. Jackson and Diana Van Nostrand (cold) 1858 Oct. 17 Married James Jones, and Nancy Edsal, (cold) 1858 Oct. 20th Married, William Johnson & Matilda Ann Nos- trand (cold) Oct. 24, Married, Edward Bayard, junr and Mary Am- berman (cold) Dec. 20th Married George Cole and^ Matilda Wyckoff (cold) 1863 July 4, Married George Lallman and Eve Hollall August 9, 1863 Married Robert Many and Phebe Cisco Sept. 13, 1863 Married Henry Roe and Emma Maria Byene OF GRACE CHURCH 335 April 29, 1864 Married Wm Menger and Theresa Pitnot 1864 June 9, Married in St. Thomas Church, Ravenswood L. I. The Rev. Samuel W. Sayres, Rector of the Church and Mary E. Bicker Nov. 5, 1864 Married Samuel Cooper and Julia Ann Hinckman cold) Oct. 8, 1865 Married Livingston R. Mitchell and Ann Eliza Roe (cold) Dec. 10, 1865 Married Edward Menschen and Catherine Tan- nerman Dec. 23, 1865 Married Francis Husher and Mary Briney At the same time Married John Brown and Eliza Husher 1867, March 31 Married Adam Negrand and Catherine Smith 1865 June 21 Married Wm J. Sayres & Phebe S. Huntting, G. S. Witness (Ent. by G. S.) BAPTISED BY G. H. SAYRES Born Dec. 13, 1787 Died Apl. 27, 1867 — G. S. Baptised April 3, 1836 Joseph Melony, son of John and Anne Manwaring born Dec. 5, 1835 Baptised August 4th 1836 William Allen, son of David William and Elizabeth Skidmore, of Ohio, born 6th April 1836 Baptised Dec. 4, 1836 Susan Cisco a cold young woman Baptised Dec. 28, 1836 Mary, born 15 Nov. 1828 and Wm Henry, born 26 Dec 1834 children of John and Phebe Sisco (cold) Baptised August 10, 1837 Sarah Grigsby daughter of James and Hendry, born August 4, 1836 Baptised June 9th 1838 John son of David William and Eliza- beth Skidmore of Ohio, born 26th March 1838 Baptised June 23, 1838 Samuel Harris son of Washington H. and Mary Rodman born nth March 1838 Baptised August 7, 1838 William Jeffrey son of James and Elizabeth Lodge born Feby. 20, 1838 Baptised March 31, 1840 Emeline daughter of John and Eliza- beth Sprouls born 14 March 1840 Baptised Sept. 30 1840 Adrian Hoffman son of Dr George H. and Mary Ann Kissam born 15 April 1840 Baptised Oct. 12, 1840 Elizabeth Harvey daughter of Wash- ington H. and Mary Rodman born i6th June 1840 336 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Baptised Nov — 1840 My Sister Abigail Sayres, born Oct. i, 1797 Baptised Sept. 12, 1842 Margaret daughter of James and Mar- garet Beard, born 5th June 1841 Baptised Sept 28, 1842 Frederick, son of Henry and Anne Pen- nington, born 4th April 1841 Baptised April 10, 1845 Francis Beresford, son of Washington H. and Mary Rodman born 10 Novr 1844 Baptised Martha, daughter of Gilbert and Anna Leah Sayres born May 8, 1849 Baptised Feb. 14, 1852 Rebecca Ann, child of Joseph and Sarah Furman (colord) Baptised Jany. i, 1853 James Alexander, son of Thomas S. and Martha L. Jackson, born April 15 1853 (col) Baptised Jany i, 1852 William Seaman, son of Gilbert and Anna Leah Sayres born i6th October 185 1 Baptised Jany. i, 1854 Mary Regina, daughter of Gilbert and Anna Leah Sayres born 2 Nov. 1853 Baptised Jany 18. 1855 Clarissa Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Clara Beman (cold) Born 18 Dec 52 Baptised July 22, 1855 Isaac, son of Joseph and Sarah Elizabeth Anthony, about 3 years old (cold) Baptised March 30, 1857 John son of George and Leene Schible born 21 (Feby last) 1857 Baptised June 14, 1857 Louis son of John and Mina Knoechel, born 3 June inst. Baptised Sept. 2, 1857 Gilbert Sayres, son of Charles H. and Lydia S. Barker, born Angus 27 (last past) 1857 Baptised i, Nov. — 1857 John Frederick, son of John Freder- ick and Helen Hamburger, Born 6th Nov. Instant Baptised August 8, 1858 John Jacob son of John and Caroline Miillcr born July 30th last past Baptised Sept. 21, 1858 Herbert Alonzo, son of Daniel and Mary Cobleigh born Oct. 27, 1855 Baptised Anne Eliza daughter of Gilbert and Anno L. Sayres born Nov. 17, 1858 Baptised Jany. 25, 1859. Baptised Feb. 23, 1859 George son of George and Rosina Pifer born Janry 8, 1859 Baptised Eliza Adaline daughter of Dr. Charles H. OF GRACE CHURCH 337 and Lydia S. Barker born 21 May 1859. Baptised August 5, 1859 8 Baptised (Cold) George Washington son of John and Charlotte Rantus March 23, i860 Baptised August 30, i860 George Henry son of Henry H. and Catherine Schoonmaker, born i6 April 1859 Baptised Oct. 28, i860 Gilbert Barker son of Gilbert and Anne Leah Sayres born Sept. 9, i860 i860 Nov. 25, Baptised Johanna daughter of John and Caroline Miiller, born Nov. loth Nov. 25, i860 Baptised Amelia, daughter of Henry and Eliza- beth Miller born 27 August i860 Jany 28, 1861 Baptised Isabella, daughter of Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Durell (Col) born Dec i860 Baptised August 24, 1862 Caroline daughter of Charles and Frederick Behr born 25 July last 1862 Baptised March 15 1863 Eleonora, daughter of John and Caroline Moehler born 26 Feb. last past 1863. At the same time Henry son of Henry and Sophia Straub born 27, March 1862 Baptised June 17th 1863 Abigail Elizabeth daughter of Dr Charles H. and Lydia S. Barker born i8th Nov. 1862 Baptised August 8, 1863 Wm Son of Wm and Louisa Johnson (cold) born April 2d last past Baptised August 23, 1863 Samuel son of John and Charlotte Rantus (cold) born 5 April last Baptised August 23, 1863 John Frederick son of Christian and Wilhelmina Witzel, born 26 May 1863 Baptised August 30, 1863, Elizabeth, daughter of Anna Leah and Gilbert Sayres, born July 7, 1863 Baptised Oct 4, 1863 Thomas Hutchinson, born Feb 3, 1857 Same time Charles Henry born Oct. 15, i860 Same time Edward born 25, July 1863 Children of Thomas H. and Mary Elizabeth Vassar Same time Elmira Amelia born 11 Oct. 1862 daughter of John Henry and Ellen Sophia Young Baptised Oct. 25, 1863 Anne Elizabeth daughter of Thomas and Anne Hughes, born 25 June 1863 Baptised August 7, 1864 Alexander son of Peter and Sylvia Thompson (col.) born Angus 7, 1863 338 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Baptised August 14th 1864 Mary Ann Eliza, daughter of Chris- tian and Catherine Frederick (german) born June — 1864 Baptised Sept. 28, 1864 Tarquinia Caro daughter of — and Ellen Warren, born July loth 1862 Baptised June 11, 1865 Mark Edward, son of George and Sarah Moses Baptised May 6, 1866 Lydia daughter of Gilbert and Anna L Say res born April 9th 1866 Baptised August 7, 1866 Arabella Garold daughter of Peter and Sylvia Thompson. BAPTISMS BY THE REVD MR BLOOMER, A. D. 1780-90 Date Name 1780, June l5th Be Loyal Livingston 1781, Mch 12th Thomas Duncan << 29 Margaret Wiliett April 1st Elizabeth Hustead <( 13th Martha Wiggins May 4th Isaac ] (( (< Johci (< " Esther (( " Joseph "Anderson May 7th Clara « << AUetta « " Sarah , (1 4th Jeremiah Anderson « 6th Mary Benton C( 20th Harriet Pomerby July 22 Mary Dobbs August loth Ann Clout September 2nd Ann Payne . . " 9th James Jervis .< 13th Joh« Jones Nicholas Jones " 16th Elizabeth Dunbar " 21st Douwe Ditmus October 5th Catherine Betts (1 25th Ann Prichard December 6th Thomas Wiikins " 26th Aletta Vaughn 1782 January 6th Addison Clarke " 8th Thomas Home " 9th Mary Smith II 20th Sarah Smith " 22 Joseph Ely February 6th Sarah Mo ore Parents Philip Livingston Daniel & Arabella Ludlow John & Ann Waters Jabez & Mary Hustead Stephen Wiggins Jonathan & Mary Andersoji William & Elizabeth Anderson Peter & Ann Benton Josiah & Ann Pomerby Jarvis & Elizabeth Dobbs Thos & Catherine Clout Gerard & Sarah Beekman Thomas & Joanna Ganong Nicholas Jones John & Alletta Dunbar Douwe & Catherine Ditmus Thos & Susanna Welling Anthony & Phebe Terril Isaac & Isabella Wiikins Wm & Aletta Vaughn Heman & Hannah Clarke Thomas & Margaret Smith do do Joseph & Sarah Ely Nathaniel & Johnana Moore OF GRACE CHURCH 339 1783 March 21st Elizabeth Channmg " 31 Phebe Burger April 7th James Herny " 9 Eugunrea Haviland May 5th George Boning June 2nd Abram Moore & " " Nathaniel Moore August l7th John Dunbar " 18th Mary Houlroyd September l5th Stephen Higgins " " Hannah & Mary & October 22d Samuel " 23d Catherine Whitehead December 24th James Henry January I9th Nathaniel Fish 23d Ann February 2nd Gilbert Dawson May isthMargaret & Sarah Willet June 28th Marinus Willet July 25th Agnes Betts " 27th Peter Fairchild Balthus September 7th Frances John Clark " " Ann Dashwood November 9th Elizabeth 1784 1785 January Sth Lucretia Wiggins f " " Richard Wiggins i " " Mary Wiggins 18 William March 27th Ann Carpenter September Sth Ann Sth Samuel Gregson January May June lOth Thomas Colgan llth Catherine 14th Befljamin 22d Thomas Alsop Sth Charles 10th James Hallet — John Begaw Mary Strictland July October Novr November 20th 27 1786 3d Richard Lawrence 2d Augustus 13th Richard Eloisa Cornelius Rapelai January iSth Aletta " John Polhemus Revd. Thomas & Judah Moore John & Miniam Burger Philip & Susanna Herny David & Mary Haviland James & Elizabeth Abram & Mary Berrian do John & Mary Houlroyd Simon & Margaret Higgins Isaac & Mary Petit Daniel & Catherine Whitehead John & Sophia McDonald William & Jane Moore Elihu & Ann Hume Henry & Elizabeth Dawson James & Sarah Morell William & Aletta Vaughn John & Ann Waters Thomas & Elizabeth do Stephen & Esther Delancy Danl. & Arabella Ludlow Heman & Hannah Clark Francis & Elizabeth Lewis Thomas & Elizb. Cornell Adults Richard & Ann Wiggins William & Jane Rearden John Carpenter John & Mary Hinksman Samuel & Mary Turner Daniel & Catherine Whitehead Daniel & Mary Kissam Jacob & Elizabeth Moore Richard & Abigail Alsop John & Margaret Houlroyd Stephen & Rebecca Hallet Isaac & Susanna do (Adult) Wife of Jonathan Strictland Jonathan & Mary Strictland Son of John & Mary do Charles Welling Francis & Eliz. Lewis David & Mary Purdy John & Ann Waters John & Sarah Polhemus 340 ORIGIN AND HISTORY May 20th 1787 I7i September 1st Hannah Waynman Benjamin Ann Wm David Adult Joseph & Lydia Burrows William & Hannah Waynman David & Patience Titus January Jufle July August October Novr January Feby March April May June 1789 July Aug Nov March 1st I7th 24th I5th 19th 1st 28th 3d 12th •1st 4th 6th 25 Edwin Bardin David & Catherine Whitehead Elizabeth John & Margaret Holroyd Susannah Isaac & Sus Begaw John & William & Biakeney & Catherine Bon- Thomas & Christopher (chias Gabriel Ludlow Francis & Elizabeth Lewis John Shoals Jacob & Elizabeth Moon Susannah Betts Adult Ann Smith Adult Daniel Thorn Hutchins & Ann Smith 27 1st 4th 7 th 14th 17th 2d 9th 13th 27th 25th it 22 29th 27th 3lst 30th John, George & Elizabeth Mary Baker George Baker Jonathan Underbill Sarah, Hannah, William & Mary & Ann Maria Ann Sarah Hyatt Sarah, Thomas & Anna Jane Templeton Jane Creed Jane Wiggins Cornelius John Vanpelt William Pettit Helecha Jones Mary Thatford Elizabeth Baker Sarah Joseph Roe Fanny John & Sarah Francis Field Deborah Smith Field Sarah Field Hannah Field Waters Smith Field Richard Field Stephen Field John Sarah Elizabeth George Baker do do Adult Adult Jonathan & Hannah Underbill Samuel & Ann Brownjohn Adult Cornelius & Sarah Hyatt Oliver & Catherine Templeton Hewlett & Charlotte Creed Richard & Ann Wiggins David & Mary Purdy Thomas & Eliz. Kelly Isaac & Mary Pettit Jonathan & Rebecca Jones ••John & Charity Thatford *George & Hannah Baker """Isaac and Rhoda Hewlett An Adult James & Sarah Morrell John & Elizabeth Voorhoes Adults 23d Richard Morton Samuel Eldert Wm & Hannah Waynman John & Sarah Troup Adult "*These were baptised by Rev. Thomas Moore. OF GRACE CHURCH 341 1790 1791 Sept 13 th Thomas November I9th Charlotte May 2d William James (< 16th John << 23d Jane <( 30th Levinah " (( Nelly August 1st William " 25th James De Puyster October 18th Wm Waters " " Hannah Waters <( " Ann Waters (1 (( Margaret Waters Novembei r 8th Edward Greenoak K <( Sarah Greenoak Sarah Lawrence H '' Elizabeth Lawrence Elizabeth Greenoak Martha Hare Elizabeth Daltoci (( (< Mary Hallet (( (( Samuel Hare << (1 Nathaniel Greenoak (< (C Benjamin Hallet <( <( Maria (( <( David Titus l< " Nathaniel Greenoak (( <( eech Sponsors David Titus & Sus. Kvers I. V. Pelt & Mary V. Pelt OF GRACE CHURCH 343 BAPTISMS BY THE REVD. WILLIAM HAMMELL Date A. 0. 1792 October 2l8t Novr 25th Deer 23 Deer 15th 1793 March 17th April 28th May 12th 2nd 9th 14th 2l8t 28th June July 31th September 1st 15th 29th Octr 23d Novr Deer 19 1st 1794 February 15th 29th 2nd 5th 9 26th Name Wm. Henry David Jane Jenny Wm Betts Nathaniel Lewis Sarah Wm Simmonds Joannah Smith Martha Ann Lewis Martha Prlen Thomas Robert William Lawrence David Mary Lawrence Eldred Judith Roosevelt Thomas Abby Morrell Elizabeth Burling John Morrell Sarah Morrell Catherine Clarissa Rodman Horatio Gates Mary Fowler Jane Fowler Margaret Roe Thomas Roe Nathaniel Roe Gilbert Roe Benj. Roe Silas Eliza Anna Elizabeth John Mary Ann Nathaniel Thomas EUenor Elizabeth Parents Wm & Catherine Hammel David & Mary Purdy Joseph & Mary Yandle Isaac & Mary Petitt Charles & Sarah McDavid Nathaniel & Elizabeth Betts Samuel & Elizabeth Welling An Adult Monson & Lueretia Hoyt Wm & Sarah McKrell Chas. & Sarah McDavid John & Charity Thatford Thos. & Susanna Haight John & Sarah Troup An Adult Wm Lawrence Thos. & Abigail Billup Saml. & Catalina Eldred Timothy & Sarah Roach Wm & Eve Hannahs Adults Adults Morris & Catherine Hazzard Francis & Elizabeth Lewis Adults Joseph & Ann Roe Garret & Cornelia Nostrand Nathaniel & Elizabeth Betts William & Elizabeth Betts John & Sarah Hicks John & Mary Hincksman Henry & Wlnnlfred Van Allen Residence Jamaica Newtown Jamaica Flushing Jamaica Newtown Jamaica Newtown Jamaica Newtown Flushing New Town Jamaica Newtown Flushing Newtown Flushing Jamaica Newtown Flushing Jamaica Newtovni IX THE BOOK OF BURIALS OF GRACE CHURCH 347 TOMBSTONES AND BURIALS IN GRACE CHURCH YARD. Jamaica, L. I. Aug. 19, 1885. To the Rector, Church Wardens & Vestrymen of Grace Church. Gentlemen. This little book contains a list of interments &c. in your church yard from 1773 to 1820; & funeral bells for some buried elsewhere who were not Episcopalians. It will be of great use to the genealogist, as many persons were buried & no tombstones put up. Some stones were put under the church when the edifice of 1822 was extended over the graves. They also are lost to us. This book will give a record of many deaths not elsewhere to be found, this book is, therefore, unique. As such I present it to you & hope it may be carefully kept for future & present reference. I also have added a copy of the insciptions on the tombstones in the older portions of the yard, made in 1846. They can be read here without a visit to the yard. Yours very Respectfully, HENRY ONDERDONK JR. INTERMENTS IN GRACE CHURCH YARD FROM 1773 TO 1820, AS COPIED BY HENRY ONDERDONK, JR., from the account book of Aaron VanNostrand, the sexton. Also his charges for tending the pall and ringing funeral bells for those buried elsewhere. 1773 Feb. 3. Robart Hinchman for sister Mary, a funeral bell 3/, use of pall 4/ Ap 21 Mr. Roberson of Whitestone digging grave for your child 3/ Aug II. Mrs. Mary Smith, bell for your mother. 348 ORIGIN AND HISTORY X Ck^^a.-^^ ^'/i^cyU-'C^ ac^^^^^^yC-' t:^ ZZ- Coles, Phebe E., 333. Colgan, Fleming, 87, 360. Colgan, John, '^j. Colgan, Jndith, %y. Colgan, ]Mar3\ 85. 363. Colgan, Rev. Thomas, 56, 76, 86, 180, 184, 193, 245, 297, 339. Colgan's, Rev. Wm. death, 87. Collins, Abraham, 285. Colum])ia University, 198. Colyer, Abraham, 351. Colyer, Mary, 359. Combs, Elizabeth, 273. Combs, Gersia, 324. Combs, Gilbert, 350. Combs, John, 273. Combs, Keziah, 359. Combs, Mary, 273. Combs, Phebe, 273, 372. Combs, Richard, "jt^. Combs, Richard, 273. Combs, Solomon, 273. Cornelias, Miss, 209, 244. Comes. Charity & Richard, 274, 277. Comes, John, 372. Comes, Mary, 274. Comes, Sarah, 291. Comes. Thomas, 2,'j']. Comts, John, 257, 259. Condale, Thomas, 282. Consecration service, 22S. Conklin, Jacob, 370. Contait, Elizabeth, 372. Contoit, Francis Henry, 321. Cook, Mrs. Jennie, 45, 384. Cook, Rev. Jere., 230. Cook, Rev. Thomas, 201, 202. Cooke, Miss Annie K., 203. Coon, Elizabeth, 292. Cooper, William, 370. Corbine, Jabez, 294. Cornbury, Gov., 39, 50, 52, 54, 68, 71, 71, 7Z- Corneille, Rev. Samuel J., 129. Cornell, Adelaide, 319. Cornell, Ann, 306, 342. Cornell, Rev. A. M., 142. Cornell, Benjamin, 320. 410 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Cornell, Gloriana, 279. Cornell, Hewlett, 328. Cornell, Isaac, 321. Cornell, Jno., 279, 280, 283, 291, 353- Cornell, Mary, 294. Cornell, Marg-aret, 292. Cornell, Marsi, 269. Cornell, Richard, 269, 280, 318. Cornell, Samuel, 269, 352. Cornell, Thomas, 280, 286, 291. 297. Cornell. Whitehead, 370. Cornhill, Elizabeth, 278. Cornwall, Jane E., 322. Cornwell, Croes, 133. Cornwell, Daniel, 129, 372, 386. Cornwell, Mrs. Harriet, 182. Cornwell, Miss Harriet W., 216, 217. Cornwell. John, t^ji. Cornwell. Phebe \I., ^^^^^f. Cornwell, Samuel, 334. Cortclyou, James, 114, 323, 372. Cortelyou, Aaron. 370, 372. Cortelyou, Peter, 328, 2^'j2. Cortelyou, Sarah L., 372. Cortelyou. Susan. 372. Cosby. Gov., 78, 80. Cosine, Jacob, 319. Cossart, Edward, 319 Cotter. James. 294. Counsley, John. 202. Courtney, Bishop, 120. Cowes, Gilbert. 2^^^. Cox, Caroline, 320. Cox, Dean, 229, 230. Cox, Edward, 279. Cox, Phebe, 279. Cox, Rev. Samuel. 230. Cox. Thomas. 215. Caft. Daniel. 317. Caft, Gilbert, 321. Crane. Alden. 383. Crane, Rev. Elias W'., 132, 247. Crane, Harriet Seabury, 176, 182, 222. Crane. John M., 152, 169, 176, 183. 193, 228. 243, 250. Creed, Wm., 143, 279, 285, 287, 2^22, 366. 367. Creed, Augustus, 2i7^- Creed, Benjamin, 352, 353, 361. Creed, Miss C. L., 383. Creed, Charlotte, 299, 307, t;!']. Creed, Cornelius. 295. Creed, Corsicana, 364. Creed, Elizabeth, 283, 307, 342. Creed, Eliza, 319. Creed, Gilbert, 368, 371. Creed, Hewlett, 299, 307, 310. 360, 362, 363, 364. 368. Creed, Mrs. Hevvlett. 387. Creed, Jem, 279. Creed. Jane, 29<_), 341. Creed, Mary. 278, 279. Creed, Richard, 369, 370. Creed, Sarah, 309. Creighton, James, 293, t^},' , 362. Crews. David. 215. Crommeline. Charles. 350. 366. Crommeline, Henry. 321. Crommelin, Robert, 295, 303. 329. 359- Crook, Aug., Wm. and Marv, 268. Grossman, F. G.. 176. 384. Crovegers. Tryntie, 20. Croxon. Francis, 279. Culver, George, 310. Cummings. Ann. 317. Cummins. Jno.. 276. Cummins. Thomas. 276. Cunningham. Elviann. 388. Curtis. Benjamin. 1S2. Cutler. Dr.. 3(). Cutting. Mr., loi. Cuyler. Henry. ^'14. OF GRACE CHURCH 411 Dalton, Elizabeth, 304, 341. Danion, Miss, 233. Damon, Mr. G. W., 384. Damon, Mrs. Frederick, 233. Damon, Mrs. George C., 184. Damon, Mrs. George W., 183. Daniel, Benjamin, 341. Daniel, John, 292. Dacee, Elizabeth, 280. Dashwood, Ann, 297, 339. Dashwood, Francis, 294. Davenport, Rev. G. W., 230. Davids, Rebecca, 284. Davies, James, 276. Davis, J. Bancroft, 185. Davis, Mrs. J. Bancroft, 143, 186. Davis, Mrs. Alice, 186. Davis, Thomas, 215. Dawson. Elizabeth, 297, ^y^, 388. Dawson, Gilbert, 297, 339. Dawson, Henry, 297. Dawson, Jane, 373. Dawson, John, 363. Dawson, Miss, 181. Dawson, Mrs., 388. Dawson, William, 293. Dayton, Jacob, 280. Deakin, John, 292. Dean, Abigail, Abraham, Benja- min, Catherine, Cuzziah, Jno., Mary, Patience, Phebe, Rachel and Stephen, 272. Dean, Deborah, 269, 272. Dean, Elizabeth, 269. Dean, Hannah, 272, 287. Dean, Jacob, 271, 287, 351. Dean. John, yT,. Dean, Joseph, 269, 272, 278, 282. Dean, Samuel, 272, 281, 287. Dean, Sarah, 272, 282. Deane, William, 291. Debtor's Prison, 20. Degruske, Robert, 314. DeNeiland, Lucretia, ^y^. Delafield, Dr. F., 185. Delancy, Balthtis, Esther and Stephen, 297. De Mill, Abraham, Tfy^. De Mott, Ann, 320. Denio, Abraham, Mary and Na- thaniel, 297. Denman, Mary, 281. Denton, Amos, 351, 369. Denton, Catherine, 281. Denton, Daniel, Hannah and Jno., 273. Denton, Frank D., 183, 2;^^. Denton, George, 183. Denton, James L., 183, 222, 367, 373, 388. Denton, John L., 182, 183, 193, 373, 3^3- Denton, Lawrence, 129, 181, 373, 389- Denton, Martha, 322. Denton, Mrs. John L., 169, 225, 233- Denton, Nathaniel, 351, 361, 364- Denton, Phebe, 321. Denton, Rebecca, T,y^, 389. Denton, Robert, yT,, 124, 353. Denton, Samuel, 366. Denton, Sarah, 318'. Denton, Solomon, 282. Denton, Timothy, 358. Denton, Thomas, 360. Depeyster, Ann, 303, 364. (See also Peyster.) Depeyster, Eve, 314, 363, sys. Depeyster, Catherine, ^73- De Peyster, James, 341, 353, 373. Depeyster, Joseph Reade and Margaret, 292. Depeyster, Mary, 295. 412 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Depeyster. Miss Sarali, iii. Depeyster, Sarah, 393. Derbyshier, Daniel, 294. Derickson, Charity, 284. Derickson, Marv and W'alhrough. 285. Dc Stille. Xioasius. 20. Detlieridi^c. Miss Florence. 211. 225. Detheridge. Mrs. F. F., 213, 214, 225, 228. Devine, Mary, 293. Devoise, James, 310. Dewint, Mary Margaret, 318. Deyson. Miss, 388. Deyson, Mrs., 388. Dickson, Captain William, 174, Digby, Admiral, 294. Kirby, Mrs., 214. Directory of Grace Parish, 207. Disbrow, Henry, 292. Dissenters, 67, 68, 69, 72. 83, 88. Dissenting Meeting House, 48. Ditmas, John, 369. Ditmas, Abraham, 359. Ditmas, John, 360, 366. Ditmus, Abraham. 351, 303. Ditmiis, Catherine, 296. Ditmus, Daw, 356. . Ditmus. Dowd, 296, 338. Ditmus, Douwe, 296, 338. Dizart, Mary, 279. Dizer, Jno., 286. Doak, Mary, 292. Doane, Bishop William, 129. Doane. George Washington, 129. Dobbs, Elizabeth and Mary, 296. Dobbs, Jarvis, 292, 296. Dobbs, Mary, 338. Dockerty, Mrs. A., 387. Dodge, William, 304. Donations to Grace Church. 178. Donghan, John Carlton, 294. iJorland, Ciarrctt, 358. i:)oughty, Abigail and Elizabeth, 294. Doughty, Benjamin, 283. Doughty. Charles, Charity and Mary, 279, Doughty, Deborah, 291. Doughty, Jane, 321. Doughty, John, 354. Doughty, Harriet, 303. Doughty, Rev. Francis, 17. Doughty, Thomas, 285. Downing, Deborah, 319. Downing, W., 234. Doxy, Sarah, 319. Drake, Benjamin, 295. Dickert, Ernest, 215. Dudley, Col., 43, 45, 46. Dudley, John, 300, 360, 364. 373. Dudley, Mary, 2>72)- Dudley, William, 354. Ducrs. 194. Duer, Miss Amy H.. Miss Sarah Grace, Mrs. Anna V. R., and Denning. 186. Duer. Col. William, 198. Duffell, Richard, 373. Dunbar, Eliza and Alar}-. 7,-jt^. Dunbar, Joseph, 366. Duncan. Thomas, 296, 338. Duncan, William, 387. Dungan, Gov., 28. Dunliam. Asa, 234. Dunham. Ray, 233. Dunnalson, James, 270, 279. Dunnalson, Mary, 270. Dunn, Alexander, 306. 342. Dunn, Carey, 361, 365. Dunn. Deborah, 301, 306. Dunn, John, 295, 301, 306, 364, 369- Dunn. Kendcl. 306, 342. Dunn. Mr.. 114. Duniibarr. John, 2f)2, 297. OF GRACE CHURCH 413 Dunbar, Aletta, 296. Dunbar, Elizabeth, 296, 338. Dunbar, George, 352, 355. Dunbar, John. 296, 339, 354. Dunbar, Joseph, 350, 351, 357. Durling, Elizabeth, 303. Durling, Garritt and John, 292. Durham, Thomas, 291, 293, 304. Durye, Jacob, 357. Durye, John, Tpy, 368. Durye, Ruleif, 351. Duryea, Cornelius H., 182. Duryea, Jacob, 350. Duryea, Anna, 306. Duryee, Roloef, 306, 342. Dusenburie, Hannah, 280. Dutch Colonial Period, 13, 16. Dutch Consistory, 27. Dusenbury, Henry, 278. Dutch Reformed Church. 27. Duval. Miss Susanna, 150. Dyson, Mrs., 181. Edwards, Joshua, 280. Edwards, Mrs. Starr. 100. Edwards, Mrs. C, 160. Edgar, Mrs. Alice Bayard, 186. Edget, Elizabeth, 283. Eigenbrodt, Rev. Lewis E. A.. 176, 181, 323, 385. Eigenbrodt. Mrs., 386. Eigenbrodt, Patrick Henry. 374. ■Eigenbrodt. Sarah, 374. Eigenbrodt. Rev. Samuel R., 112. 119. 120. 122. Eigenbrodt. Rev. William Ernst. 170. Eldred, Catalina, 307. Eldred. Eldred, 308. 343. Eldert, Harriet, 316. Eldert. Henry. 311. Eldert, Isaac. 321. Eldert. John. 340. Eldred, Maria. 307. 342. Eldred, Samuel. 307. Eldert, Mr., 114. Eldert, Abraham, Caroline, H. W., Harriet, Henrietta and Susan, 2>7i- Eldert. Sarah, 374. Eldert, Samuel, ^^^y^)' Z^7- Ellsworth, Mrs. Elizabeth V. R., 186. Ely, Ann, 182. Ely. Joseph and Sarah, 296, 338'. Ennes, John, 350. Evans, Rev. Evan, 52. Evans, Rev. W. P., 230, 233. Ennis, Wm., 365. Evans, John, 303. Evans, Richard, Thomas, Harry and Stephen, 268. Everet. Abraham, 277, 281. Everett, Bathsheba. 2yy. Everet, Benjamin, 352, 366, i^7- Everet, Daniel, 363, 365. Everett, James, 2yy. Everet, John, 363. Everet. Nehemiah. 367. Everet, Nicholas, 360, 363, 364, 365- Everet, Richard, 280. Everet, Sarah, 277. Everett, Thomas, 2yy. Everet, Wright, 277. Everitt, Mrs. W. E.. 212, 213, 214. Evers, John, 295. Evers, Susanna, 306. Fairchild, Balthers, 339. Fairchild, Peter, 339. Fairchild. Elizabeth, 297. Fairchild, Peter, 297. Fairchild, Thomas. 292. 299, 302. Fall. Dr., 41. Farington. Nancy, 304. Farmer. John, 285. Farrington, Letitia, 294. 414 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Farrington, Matthew, 292. Fcatherby. Jno., 284. Fennern, Chris. 215. Ferris, James, 318. Ferris, N. Kimberley. 202. Fidlar, George, 215. Field, Augustine, 294. Field, Dudley. 137. Field. Elizabeth, 295, 320. Field, Francis, 340. Field. Frederick, 304. Field. Hannah. 340. Field. Joseph, 353. Field. Richard, Sarah and Ste- phen, 340. Fish, Ambrose. 365. Fish, Ann. 301. 339. Fish. Elizabeth. 272. 291, 293, 301. JMsh, Jno.. 272, 281. Fish. Nathaniel. 339. Fish, Sally. 306, 341. Fish, Sarah, 272, 374. Fish. Samuel. 78. Fleank. Lank, 370. Fletcher. Gov.. 30, 30, 69. Fleury, Mrs. Jane, 184. Flewhellin, Catherine. 281. Flower. James, 280. Flower, John, 318. Flynn. Mrs. T. J., 213. Folliot, George, 354. Forbes, Mrs., 181. Forsseeil, John, 40. Fosdick, Fanny. 321. Fosdick, Mrs. Lewis L., 212, 213. Foster. James. 362. 370. Foster, Jno.. 280. Foster. Sarah. 318. Fowler, Abigail, 292. 303. Fowler, Rev. Andrew. 115. Fowler. Ann, 293. I'^owler. Basheba. 292. Fowler, Benjamin, 280. Fowler, Cornelius, 320. Fowler, Jane. 308, 343. Fowler, Juliane, 293. Fowler, Mary. 269, 278, 308. 343- Fowler, Martha, 319. Fowler, Oliver, 292. Fowler, Sarah, 293. Fowler, Stephen, 319. Fowler, Rebecca, 281. Fowler. William. 269. 287. Frances. Adalard, 371. Francis, Francis and Elizabeth, 269. Francis, James and Nicholas W.. 333. Francis. Jaspar. 269. Frederick, Charity, 334. Frederick, John, 336, 337. Frederick, Hiram A., 387. Frederick, Mary, 388. Frederick, Susan E., 334. Freeman, Maria. 314. Freeman. Robert. 86. 180. French, James. 383. French. J. B.. 240. French, Mrs. J. B., 244. French, Joseph, 353. French. Mary, 292. Frost, Sarah, 281. Furman, Aaron, Abraham, George and AVilliam, 275. Furman, Alice. 270. Furman, Mary. 281. Furman. Martha. 278. Furman, Susanna, 285. Gale, Ann, 291. Gale, Miss Gertrude, 209. 213. 214. Gale. Miss Mary R.. 167. Gnle. Mr., 152. Gale. Mrs. Adelia. 182. Gambrill, B. F.. 215. OF GRACE CHURCH 415 Ganong, James Jervice, Joanna and Thomas, 296. Ganong, Jeremiah and Martha, 270. Gardiner, Elizabeth, 280. Gardiner, Mr. Clement E., loi. Gardiner, Mrs. Clement E., 242. Garrason, Arianthe, 280. Garreson, Jane, 287. Garret, Hannah, 270. Garrett, Joshua, 293. Garrettson, Jno., 286. Gates, Horatio, 343. Gatore, John, 355. Gatler, John, 354. Gedney, Deborah, 294. Gedney, Elizabeth and Martha, 293- Gemego, 18, 26. George. John G., 320. Gifts to the Church, 178. Gilbert, Rev. George, 125. Gildersleeve, Ann, 317. Gildersleeve, Sarah, 321. Giles, Mr., 91. Gilleen, Catherine, 322. Gilston, Miss Elizabeth, 182. Gleane, Wm., 357. Gleen, John, 358. Glenn, Ann, 268. Glenn, Thomas, 278. Glover, Rev. Herbert J., 231. Gold. Cecelia, 306, 342. Goldin, Catherine and Mat- thew, 272. Goldin, Eliza, 285. Goldin, Ephraim, 272, 273, 281. Goldin, Jno., 271, 272, 281. Goldin, Mary, 273. Goldin. Percival, 272. Goldin, Sarah, 271, 272. Goodin. Catherine, Jno. and Mary, 273. Goodman, Eliza, 320. Goodman, Miss Pauline, 214. Goodwin, Jno., 284. Goodwin, Judith, 302. Goodwin, Samuel, 295. Gordon's, Mr., untimely death, Gordon, Maria, 388. Gordon, Rev. Patrick, 40, 47. Gosline, Patience, 291. Gosling, John, 295. Gould, Miss, 183. Grace Chapter, 208. Grace Church, iii. Grace Church Chimes, 206, 207, 214, 218. Grace Church, Rebuilding of, 181. Grace Church3'ard, 172, 199. Grace Circle of the Kings Daughters, 169. Grace Parish Social Guild, 206. Greenwich Bay, 18. Gracie, Marian, 320. Gracie, Mrs. William R., 135. Gracie, Nancie, 181, 388. Gracy, Daniel, 364, 366. Graham, James, 72. Grant, Robert. 385. Grassett, Augustus, 285. Grawi, Mary, 334. Green, Ann, 321. Green, Richard, 275. Greenoak, David Titus, 305. Greenoak, Deborah, 305, 341. Greenoak, Edward, 279, 304, 305, 341- Greenoak, Elizabeth, 304, 309, 341- Geenoak, John, 279, 291. Greenoak, Mary, 279, 285. Greenoak, Nathaniel, 304, 305, 341. Greenoak. Richard, 305. Greenoak, Samuel, 181. 416 ORIGIN AND HISTORY (jrecnoak. Sarah. 303, 341. Grego, Elizabeth, Alary, Marsi and Richard. 26S. Greg-son. Samuel, 297, 339. (^resvvold, Abigail, 374. Gresvvold, Thomas, 374. GritTen. Rev. F. S. 231. (jriftin, Susanna, 283. Griffin, Keziah, 185. Griffith. John. 294. (irigg. John. 302. Grigsby. Sarah. 335. (iriswold. Thomas, 365. (irover. Rev. George C.. 231. (juild, Grace Church Charit- able, 224. Guion. Lewis. 291. (iuriey, John. 322. ( lymnasium. 219. Habersham. Miss. 323. Hadlock, Elizabeth. 269. 280. 286. Hadlock. Miriam, 283. Hagerman, Elbert, 291. Ilagner, Alexander, 151, 153, "182. Hagner, Henry I.. 132. Hagner, Miss Phel)e, 136, 307. 224, 233. Hagner, Misses, 383. Haight, Lester, 234. I laight. Moses. 282. Ilaight. Thomas. 308, 343. Hall. Mary. 293. Hallet. Benjamin, 304. 341. Hallet. Grace. 278. Hallet, Hannah and Jemima. 292. I lallet, Harriet. t,ji. Hallet. Jno.. 285. Hallet. Joseph. 270. 285, 305. .^07." Hallet. Lydia. 270. 307. 342. Hallet. Mary. 270. 304, 305, 307. Hallet. Moses and William. 270. Hallet. Rebecca. 305. 307. Hallet, Richard, 305. Hallet, Sarah, 303. Hallet, Stephen. 305. 307. Hallet, Bridget. Jacob. Jno.. Nathaniel, Sarah^ .Small and Thomas, 276. Hallett, Daniel, 292. Hallett, David, 293. Hallett. Elizabeth.^ 281. Hallett, George, 282. Hallett. James, 276. 339. 298. Hallett. Joseph. 276, 279. Hallett, Juda, 295. Hallett, Lydia, 276, 293. Hallett. Margaret. 322. Hallett, Martha. 276. 281. Hallett. Mary. 278. 279. 285. 341- Hallett, Moses and Richard, 279. Hallett. Rebekah. 298. Hallett. Samuel. 276. 342. Hallett, Stephen. 294. 298. Hallett, William. 269, 287. Halligan. W'm.. 387. Halsey, Benjamin Roe, 317. Halworth, Mrs., 386. Ham, Miss Eva, 214. Hammel. W^m. and Henry. 343. Hammell, Catharine, 301. Hammell, Rev. William. 109. 300. 307. Hammersly. Lucretia. 303. Hammersley. Sarah, 87, 295. Hannahs, Thomas, 308. 343. Hanson. Catherine. 280. Hard\-, .\nn. 295. I lard v. Mrs. Elizabeth G.. 186. Hardv. Sir Charles, 88. Hare.' Elizabeth. 2S2. Hare. Martha. 304. 341. OF GRACE CHURCH 417 Hare, Samuel, 304, 341. Hardie, W. Allen, 320. Harries, William, 281. Harris, Dr. H. S., 214. Harris, Hannah and Mary, 272. Harris, Mrs. Charles H., 213. Harris, Rev. Mr. William, 115. Harris, Samuel, 335. Harris, Walter, 272, 281. Harrison, Richard, 294. Harrison, William, 82, 129. Hart, Rev. Seth, 115. Hartig, Mrs. Franz, 213. Hartshorn. Richard, 303. Hartshorn, W^illiam, 280, 304. Harvey, Mrs., 181, 386. Harvey, Elizabeth, 335. Hassler, Harriet, 383. Haviland, David, 292, 296. Haviland, Eugenia and Mary, 296. Haviland, Eugunrea, 339. Hayt, Monson, 303. Hazalton, William, 284. Hazard, Catherine, 308. Hazard, Elizabeth, 287, 302. Hazard, James, 268, 271, 281, 287. Hazard, Jonathan and Rebecca, 268. Hazard, Pamela, 293. Hazard, William, 271. Hazzard, Catherine, 305. 341, 343- Hazzard, Morris, 305. Heathcote, Caleb, Elizabeth and Martha, 273. Heathecote, Col., t;j, 39, 54, 58, 61, 72, 74, 81. Heathecote, Martha, 177. Hedger, Jane, 280. Hedger, Sarah. 281. Hegeman, Joseph, Jr.. Jt^. Heigham, Rev. W. H., 231, 243- Hempstead, 18. Henderson, Abigail, 160, 374. Henderson, Charles C, 234. Hendron, William, 215. Hendrickson, Abraham and Samuel, 369. Hendrickson. Addra and Urias, Hendrickson, Aletta Anne, 321. Hendrickson, Bernardus and Henry, 368. Hendrickson, Charity, 295. Hendrickson, Elias, 371. Hendrickson, Foster, 185. Hendrickson, Ida, 374. Hendrickson, Joseph, 317. Hendrickson, Mr., 114. Hendrickson, Uriah, 367, 368, 370, 371. 374- Henry, Alexander, 233. Henry, Charles, 2^};j. Henry, James. 339, 342. Hepburn, J. N., 215. Heptonstal, Antie, 282. Heptonstal, Jno., 286. Herriman, James, 360. Herring, Agness, 284. Herny, James, 296, 339. Herny, Phillip and Susanna, 296. Hersfield. Isaac, 328. Hersfield, Richard, 332. Hewlet, Gilbert V., 320. Hewlet, Jane, 303. Hewlett, Devine. 182. Hewlett. Frances, 317. Hewlett. Hannah, 385. Hewlett, Harvey D.. 322. Hewlett, Isaac, 305, 341. Hewlett, Jane, 125. Hewlett, John, 326, 366. Hewlett, Lewis and Oliver, 320. Hewlett, Martha, 182, 385. 418 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Hewlett, Mr., 1 14. Hewlett, Rhoda, 305. Hewlett, Samuel and Town send, 315. Hewlett. Sarah, 334. 340- 385- Heyler, Mrs., 386. Hicks, Abigail and William 279. Hicks, Ann Louisa, 325. Hick Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks Hicks 306. Charity, 280. Charles and Helen, 383. Charlotte. 341. Elizabeth, 314. 374. Elinor, 274, 279. Hetty, 387. Jane, 374. John, 270, 274. 279, 295, Maria. 310. 389. Mary, 282. 374. Mr.,' 114. Mrs. Helen L.. 181. 183. Mrs. George A., 233. Patience Susanna, 306, 342. Hicks, Robert, 270. Hicks, Sarah, 291, 306, 327, 374. Hicks. Smith. 181. 374. Hicks, Stephen 284, 303, 310, 328. 364. 368, 370, 374. Hicks, Susannah, 342, 385. Hicks, Thomas, 274, 308. 343. Hicks, Zelia C. and Major George A.. 159. Higbie, Mr., 176. Higbie, John B., 321. Higby, Nathaniel, 351. Higby, Edward, Joseph and Mary. Higgins, Mrs. John, 211, 244. Higgins, Stephen, 339. Hill. Paul, 284. Hilton. John, 350. Hilton. W'illiam, 284. llinchman, Anne. 314. 356. Ilinchnian. Benjamin, 364, 370. llinchman, Catherine, 314. Ilinckman Eliza, 306. Ilinckman. John. 305, 362, 363. llinchman. Miriam, 374. Hinckman, Mary, 305, 310. Hinchman. Rachel, 318. Hinchman, Robert, 353. Hinchman, Sarah. 366. Hinchman, Thomas, 352. Hinchman, William, 305, 341. Hincksman. Anne. 297, 352. Hinckman. Eleanor, 308, 343. Hincksman. Eliza, 342. Hincksman. James. 284. Hincksman. John, 353, 358. Hincksman. Mary. 297. Hincksman. Nehemiah. 365. 366, 370. Hincksman. Sarah. 326. Hobart. Bishop, 113. 115. 116, 119, 120, 129. Hobart, John Henry, 113. 116. Hobbs. Rev. J. H., 231. Hobbs. Robert, 285. Hodger. Jemima. Susanna and William. 273. Hoefer, Arthur. 215. Hoffman. Adrian. 335. Hoffman. Charles. 384. Hoffman. Mrs.. 244. Holcomb. Jeremiah. 293. Holden. Archdeacon. 229. 230. Holden. Rev. William, 231. Hollall. Eve. 334. Holland. Susan. 318. Holmes. Bert. 233. Holmes. Abbey, 320. Holroyd. Elizabeth. 298, 340. Holroyd, John and Alargaret, 298. Holroyd. Margaret, 298. Holt. Douglas. 234. OF GRACE CHURCH 419 Homans, Rev. Rockland T., 231, 250. Homans, Rev. Mr., 203. Honeyman, Rev. James, 51, 37, Honeywell, Elizabeth Ann, 304- Hoagland, Cornelia, 323, 374. Hooglai>dt, Elizabeth, 291, 316. Hoogland, John, 129, 181, 384. Hoagland, Susan, 389. Hook, Augustus, 334. Hooper, Thomas, 282. Hopkins, Erank E., 167, 202, 229, 234. Hopper, Samuel, 295. Horan, Mrs. Jane H., 184. Horan, Mrs. S., 384. Hopi, Thomas, 338. Hornett, Mary. 282. Horsfield, Catherine, 374. Horshfield, Israel, 283. Horshfield, Joseph, 351. Horton, James, 293. Horton, Simon, 88. Hosack, Alexander and Glori- ana, 394. Houghton, Rev. George, 198. Houlroyd. Charles, 298, 339. Houlroyd, John. 279, 298. Houlroyd, Margaret, 297, 298. Houlroyd, Mary, 297, 339. Howel, Mary, 271. Howel, Robert, 257. Howel, Thomas, 281. Howell, Dinah, 269, 271, 287. Howell Mary, 287. Howell, Robert, 86, 180. Howell, Samuel, 269. Howell, Thomas, 269. 271. 283, 287. Hoyt, Jesse, 322. Hoyt, Mary Colgan, Johanna ' Smith, 87. 184. Hoyt, Mr., 176. Hubbard, Rev. John, 31, 51, 51, 7?>- Hudson, Henry, 13. Hugans, Rachel, 269. Hughes. Anne Elizabeth, 337. Hughs, Jane and Thomas, 286. Hugins, Rachel, 280. Hulet, Lewis, 278. Hull, Dr., 173. Huls, Mary, 282. Hume, Ann and Elihu, 297. Hunt, Hannah, 292. Hunt, Hugh, 215. Hunt, Mary, 294. Hunt, Charles M. and Mrs. Annie S., 183. Hunt, Robert and Thomas, 295. Elunter, Gov., 72, 74, 176. Hunter, Henry, John and Wil- liam, 374. Huntting, Phebe S.. 335. Husher, Francis and Eliza, 335. Huske, Rev. Kirkland, 199, 230. Hustead, Elizabeth, Jabez and Mary, 296. Hustead, Elizabeth. 338. Huston, Charles, 215. Huston, James, 352, 355. Huston, James, 351. Hutchins, John, 257, 306, 324. Hutchinson, Thomas 337. Hyatt, Rachel, 295. Hyatt, Sarah, 295, 298 340. Hyatt, Thomas, 298 340. Hyler, Mrs., 181. Ichenbrock, Mr., 176. Inglis, Rev. Charles, 95, 98. Ingoldesby, Col. Lieut. Gov., 71. Innes, Rev. Alex, 53. Ireland, John, 115. Jackson. Isabel, 244. Jackson, John, William and Eliz., 269. 420 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Jackson, Air., 176. Jackson, Ethalinda, 205. Jackson, Mrs. Job, 181, 182. Jackson, Mrs. S. E., 250. Jackson, Mrs., 389. Jacobs, Grace, 284. Jamaica Club, 241. Jamaica Church Controversy, 67. James, Hannah, 294. James, Julia, 383. James, Major, 352. James, Martin, 375. James, Mary, 285. James, Percy, 234. James, Thomas, 292. James. William, 341. Jarvis, Mrs. \Vm., 383. Jefifry, William, 335. Jerman. Margaret. 284. Jervis, James, 338. Jessup, Elizabeth. 374. Joel, William, 387. Johnson, Charles, 320. Johnson, Cornelia, 294. Johnson, Dr., 134, 201, 245. Johnson, Edward, 215. Johnson. Elizabeth, Mary, Samuel and William, 374. Johnson, George, 387. Johnson. Henry M.. 193. Johnson. Rev. John Barent, 126. Jackson, Isabel. 383. Johnson, M. G.. 151. Johnson, Masson, 366, 368. Johnson, Mrs. H. A., 183. Johnson. Mrs. Mary E., 131. Johnson. Mrs. M. 'G., 182. Johnson. Mrs. Susan, 185. Johnson. Susannah. 319. Johnson, Theodore. 183. 222. Johnson. Rev. William Lupton. 123. 128. 176. 183, 222. Jolmson, Wm. Martin, 360. Johnson, Miss Virginia. 141. Joley, Jno., 285. Jones, Catherine, 284. Jones. Charles. 215. Jones. Edward. 275, 276. ly"], -'83. Jones, Helccha. 340. Jones, Isaac, t^zj, 369. Jones, John, 296, 338, 369. Jones, John T., 181. Jones, Jonathan, 328, 369. J(jnes, Rev. J. Clarence. 231. Jones, Mary and Margaret, 268. Jones, Nicholas. 296, 338, 350, 356, 366. Jones, Sarah. 275. 276, 2)~7- Jones. Samuel, I'j'j. Jones. Thomas. 275. Jones. Walter. 268. Jones, Wm.. 321. Jordan, Stanley, 212. Joy, Elizabeth and Richard, 274. Judkin. Francis. 282. kecr. Mrs.. 386. Keith. George. 40, 43. 45. 46, yj' T^z^ 54- Kelly. Elizabeth, 299. 305. Kelly. Thomas. 294, 299, 305. Kemps, Eliza. Joanna and John. 2>7> Kcnney. Nathaniel. 305. Ketcham. Ilieophilus. 278. Keteltas. Clarissa. 366. Keteltas, John, 368. 388. Kieft, Governor, 16. Kimliall. Catherine. 278. Kimlier. Rev. Joshua. Kim])or. Rev. Robert B.. 231. King. Archil)ald and Alsop. King. Charles. 152. 186. King. Mrs. Charles. 143. 186. OF GRACE CHURCH 421 King. Miss Cornelia, 85, 152, 182, 195, 185. 204, 22,-7. King, Caroline, 185. King, Elizabeth, 186, 374. King, Ellen, 186, 375. King, Frederick and Henry, 375- King, Mrs. Isabella C, 186. King, James (Junior), 323. King, James Gore, 185. King, Mrs. James Gore, 186. King, Gov. John A., 85, 124, 126, 133, 134. 137, 140, 143, 165, 182, 185, 186, 189, 222, ^37- King, John A., Death of, 143. King, John A., Jr., 182. King Manor Park. 85. King, Mary C, 183. King, Mary Colden, 152, 222. King, Mary, 328. 199, 200, 374. King, Rufus, 323, 374. King, Mary Rhinelander, 160, 183, 199, 222. 223. King, Hon. Rufus, 85, iii, 119, 120, 121, 122. 122, 181. 199, 370, 385- King, Mrs. Sarah Rogers, 182. King, Daughters of the, 208, 209, 223, 240. Kingsberry, Martha. 182. Kingsbury, Mr., 386. Kinksman, Elizabeth, Obadiah and Thomas, 279. Kinley, Adam, Benj., Eliz., Jo- seph and Martha, 275. Kippin, Walter. 281. Kirby, Charles M.. 183. Kissam. Mrs. Ann. 182, 389. Kissam, B. T., 181. Kissam. Benjamin. 181. 317. 319' 327- Kissam. Catherine. 297, 339. Kissam, Daniel, 297, 305, 326, 358, 361, 366, 370, 375, 384. Kissam, Elizabeth, 295. Kissam, Dr. George H., 182. Kissam. Joseph, 285. Kissam. Mrs. Margaret, 389. Kissam, Mary, 297, 305, 341, 375- Kissam, Mr.. 114, 176. Kissam, Peggy, 182, 317, 319. Kissam, Phebe. 322. Kissam, Tredwell, 368. Kneeland, Henry, 181. Knights of Temperance, 219. Knipschild, Henery, 293. Knoechel, Louis, 336. Koph, Frank, 216. Kowe, Elizabeth. 292. La Combe. Clara. 318. Ladd, H. Abbott, 253. Ladd, Miss Eirene, 183. 203, 206, 233. 244, 253. Ladd, Gabriella M., 253. Ladd, Harriett Vaughan Abbott, 253- Ladd, Rev. H. O., 183, 193, 212, 230, 251, 267. Ladd,' Mrs. H. O., 225. Ladd, Lillian Ladd Church, 253- Ladd, Maynard, M. D., 253. Ladd, Vernon Abbott, 253. Ladies' Missionary Society, 207. Laffan, Margaret, 293. Lake, James R. and Eliz., 125. Lallman, George, 334. Lamberson. Corsicana. 366. Lamberson. David, 350, 357, 367, 368, 371. Lamberson. Eliza. 375. Lamberson, Sarah, 375. Lambert. Nicholas, 280. Lamphear, Mrs., 160. Langdon, Jane, 283. Langdon, Joseph, 281. 422 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Lanman, Benjamin and Sarah, 375- Lapman. Mrs. Kittie E., 214. Lashford, Elizaljcth, 282. Latham, Margaret. 165. Latham, Priscilla, 283. Lating. Sarah, 327. Lattin. Horionter, 291. Latting. Garritt, 291, 350. Lawrence, Adam, 257, 273, 272, 275 282. Lawrence, Ann, 292. Lawrence, Benjamin, 295, 320. Lawrence, David. 293, 308, 343. Lawrence, Dcl)orah, ij^i^ 276, 279. Lawrence Eliza, 277. Laurence, EHzabeth, 286, 304. Lawrence, Gilbert, 275. Lawrence, James, 359. Lawrence, Jane, 321. Lawrence, Malancthon, 305. Lawrence, Maria, 305, 341. Lawrence, Mary, 293, 343, 294, 302. Lawrence, Mary Elizal^eth, 321. Lawrence, Nathaniel. 276, 277. Lawrence, Patience, 301. Lawrence, Richard, 295, 298, 339. 341- Lawrence, Robert, 293. Lawrence, Sarah. 273, 305, 341. Lawrence, Susanna. 277. Lawrence, Susannah, 276. Lawrence, William, 343. Leach, Sarah, 307. Leach, Obadiah, 307. 359. 318. 342. Leak, Sarah Anne. 333. Leavenworth, Miss, 244. Le Branthwaite, Abraham. 318. Lefferts. Lsaac. 363. yj}^. Lee, Christian, 285. Lee. Mrs. Hortense Campbell, 184. Leister, Margaret, 292. Lent, Anna, 303. Leonard, Bishop, 199. Leonard, Charity, 276. Leonard, James, 276, 283. x^eonard, Mary, 276, 375. Leonard, Thomas, 356. Lepner, Sarah, 388. Leslie, George, 375. Lester, Maria Lester, 334. Lewis, Abigail, 2S2. Lewis, Ann, 308, 343. Lewis. Catherine, 271. Lewis, Eloisa, 298, 339. Lewis, Elizabeth, 297, 298, 306. Lewis, Francis, 271, 297, 298, 306. Lewis, James T., 182. Lewis, Jeptha, 269, 271. Lewis, Horatio Gates, 308. Lewis, Katherine, 269. Lewis, Nathaniel. 307, 324. 343. Lewis, Sarah, 269. Lewis, Mrs. T. W., 213. Lewis, Thomas, 282. Littlejohn. Bishop, 149, 197, 218, 225. 226, 227. Livingston. Beloyal, 296. Livingston Phillip, 296. Livingston, Robert, 38, 53. Linville, Roy, 215. Llewellyn, W. D., 183, 184, '94. 22,},. Lie well vn, William D.. 184. Llewellyn. Mrs. W. D.. 183. Llewellyn. Mrs. Mary Wilcock- son, 184. Lloyd, Henry Rebecca and Wm., 276. Lockwood, C. A., 1^2^. Lodge. J. Augustus, IS4. t8^, 185. Lointhman, Thomas, 257, 259. London, Mrs., 388. OF GRACE CHURCH 423 Long Island Democrat, 201. Losey, Daniel, 321. Losee, Jno., 282. Lot, Charity, 293. Lot, Johannis, 368. Lothian, James, 384. Lothian, Mrs., 233, 244. Lott, Abraham, 370. Lott, Francis, 160. Lovatt, Mr., 183. Lovelace, Gov., 26, 71. Lowistoth, Margaret, 304. Loweree, Margaret, 320. Loweree, Isaac, Martha, Rich- ard, Samuel and William, 342. Lowree, Richard, 306. Lowree. William, 291, 306. Luckey, Miss, 214. Ludlow, Arabella, 296, 297. Ludlow. Daniel, 297. Ludlow, Elizabeth, 302. Ludlow, Gabriel. 298. Ludlow, Daniel, 296. Ludlow, Frances, 294, 297. Ludlow, Mary. 294. Ludlum, Mary, 318. Ludlum, Nathaniel, 363, 366, 367. 370. Ludlum. Daniel. 359. 362, 364. Ludlum, Wm., 362, 369. Ludlow, Gabriel, 340. Ludlum, John, 365, 370. Luff. Gabriel. 86.^ 180. Lyde, Miss, 388. Lyde, Mr.. 181. Lyell. Rev. Dr., 116. Lyon, Miss C. C, 183. McClean. Margaret, 294. McClintock, Mrs. F. F., 214. McCollum, Phebe. 292. McCormick. Mrs. Elizabeth Thurman. 242. McCormick, Mrs. Richard C, 184. McCormick, Richard, 184, 242. McDaud, Charles, 295. McDonald, John, James and Sophia, 297. McDonald, Miss Margaret, 165. MacDonald, Mrs., 202. McDuffy, Rev. H. S., 240. McErny, David, Jane and Wil- liam, 277. McEvers, Catherine, 294. McEvers, Charles, 351, 353, 357- McFarland, Miss Elizabeth, 250. McFarland, Mary, 185. McGee, James, 317. McGuft'ey, Rev. Edward M., 230, 231. McKay, William, 181. McKee, Mrs., 387. McKenzie, 37. McKinley, William, death of, 225. McKinley, President, letters of, 214. McKrell, James, 300, 328. McKrell, Martha, 309, 343. McKrell, Millar, 300. McKrell, William, 303. McKee, Peter, 291. McKee. William, 323. McMullin, Rev. G. Wharton, 223, 230, 233. McNeil, Major Charles, 181, 2^27,, 362. McNiel, Oliver. 314. McNiel, Thomas Pelham, 315, 316. McNeile, George Benjamin and Robert. 309. McNeill, Mrs.. 388. McNeill (Neil), 327, 369. McNeill. Robert, 325. McNeill, Sarah, 326. 424 ORIGIN AND HISTORY McNish, (Jeo.. 71, "jt,, yG, yy. Mc\'icker, John, 292. Mackintosh. Phineas, 283. Mackarcl, iJaniel, 315. Mackrell. James, 326, 363, 365, 366. 369, 370. 375. Mackeral, John Smith, 310. Mackrell, Leticia and Milli- cent, 375. Mackrell, Mr., 114. Mackrell, Sarah, 375. Mackrell, Wm., 326. Madock, Ann and Charily. 2yy. Madock, Daniel, 277. Major, Ann, 285. Mann. Mary Anne, ^^iZ- Mann. Thomas Charles, 292. Many, Rol:)ert, 334. Maria, Eliza, 125. Mariner. Andrew. 286. Marshall. Henry John, 320. Marston. Isahellc. 294. Alartimore. Catherine, 274, 275. 277. Martimorc. l''.li/:a.l)elh. 277. Martimore. Hannah, 275. Martimore. Robert. 274. Martimore, Tlionias. 274. 275. 2yy. Martin. F. T., 183. Martin, Mrs. F. T., 183. 203. 209, 244. Martin, Rev. Thomas, 231. Marton. Thomas, 365. Mash, William. 283. Masten. Frank. 363. Mayer, Miss Alice C. 244, 245. Mather, Revd. Cotton, 36. Matthis. James, John. Joseph, Sarah and Martha. lyy. Meenen, James, 293. Meeting- House Lane. 56. Meke. Wm., 366, 370. Melony, Joseph, 335. Memorial Parish House, 247. Menger. Wm., 335. Men's Club of Jamaica, 170. Menschen, Edward, t^t^^. Meredith, Capt. John, 292. Merriwood, 198. Mesier, Rev. Henry, 231. Mesnerg, John, 351. Messenger. Ann, 375. Messenger, John. 359, 362. Messenger, Margaret, 375. Messenger, Samuel, 368, 369. Messiah, Church of the, 206. Meyer, John J., 216. Meynen, Mr., 176. Meyncn, Dr. George K., 160, 193, 213. 22,2>, 250. Meynen. Mrs. (ieorge K.. 211, 214. 22,2,. Mevnen, P. K.. 183. 184. 250. ' 384. Meynen. Mrs. P. K.. 184. 203. 210, 211. 225, 233. Meynen. Mrs. P. K.. 184, 203. 210, 21 I, 225. 27,2). Middleburg, 18. Mi j ward. Robert and James, 269. Milledoler, Dr.. i 17. Millar. Henry. 215. Miller. Amelia, 337. Miller. Cynthia, 275. ATiller. Deborah, 295. Miller. Jacob. 317. Miller. Jno.. 274. 275, 2yy. Miller. John Jacob, 336. Miller. Julia. 274. 275. 277. Miller. Sarah. 274. 375. Miller. Sarah Julianna. 316, 325- Mills, Amos, ^^y, 359. 361, 369. Mills, Caleb. 326. 364. 366, 367. 375- Mills.' Catherine. 375. OF GRACE CHURCH 425 Mills, Hope, 351, 353. Mills, John, 375. Mills, Mrs. Mary S. G., 87, 184, 245- Mills. Nathaniel, 326, 351, 366, 375- Mills, Obadiah. 350. Mills, Peter, 326. Mills, Robert, 293. Mills, Samuel. 278, 351,; 368, 370. Mills. Small. 282. Milward. Robert, 286. Minema, Daniel. 365. Minuit. Gov., 14. Mitchell. George,i32i. Mitchell, John, 303, 322. Mitchell, Margaret, 291. Mitchell, Robert B.. 233, 244. Miurson, Mr., 2t7- Moehler. Eleanora.' 337. Montress, Sarah. 318. Moore, Abigail, 302. Moore, Abraham, 339. Moore, Ann. 292. Moore. Anna, 307, 342. Moore. Benjamin. 278. 279, 298, 339- Moore, Bishop Richard C., 113, 116. 129. Moore. Charity, 270. 292. Moore, David. 292, 307. Moore. Elizabeth Channing. 296. Moore, Elizabeth, 298. 306. Moore, Fanny, 302. Mooshake, Frederick, 333. Moor, Hannah, 279. Moore, Jacob. 292. 298. Moore. James, 306. Moore, Jane, 297. Moore. Jemima. 307. Moore, Johanna, 296. 301. Moore, Johanna; 296. 301. Moore, John, 301, 306, 342, 356. Moore, Rev. John, 86, 113. Moore, Joseph, 307. Moore, Judahy 296. Moore, Lambert, 357. Moore, Lydia, 305, 341. Moore, Martha, 292. Moore, Mary, 279, 292, 295. Moore.j Nathaniel, 293, 296, 305- 339- Moore, Nathan Fish, 297. More, Patience, 294, 309. Moore, Rebecca, 294, 305, 341. Moore, Samuel Hallet. 307. Moore,. Samuel, 352. Moore, Sarah, 296, 301, 303, 338. Moore, Thomas, 307, 342. Moore. William. 297. Moor, Samuel, 270. Moorm, Samuel, 287., Morgan, Seabury, John I.. 304. Morrell, Abbey. 308, 343. Morrell, Abigail, 291. Morrell, Fanny, 314, 340. Morrell, James. 297. 301. 326, 364, 366, 367, 375. Morrell, James Gilbert, 320. Morrell, John, 308, 343. Morrell, Joseph, 301. Morrell, Richard, 324. Morrell. Robert. 353. Morrell, Sarah, 291, 301, 308, 326, 343. 7>7S- Morris, Anna and Margaret, 205. Morris, Col.. 39. 43, 45. 46. 48, 54, 58. 68, 72, 'j^, 74. Morris. Elizabeth, 324. Morris, Mrs. George, 211. Morris, Miss Isabel. 205. Morris, Joseph. 359.1 365. Morton. Richard, 340. Moses. Mark Edward. 338. 426 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Moss, Parnel, 281. Mott, Rev. Edmund, 53. Mott,' Elizabeth, 319. Mott, Lavina, 326. Mott, Mary and Thos., 321. Mott, Miriam, 280. Mottley, John, 375. Muchmore, Frank, 233. Miiller, Johanna. T^T^y. Munden, Jno., 282. Mungers, Elizabeth, 279. Mungers, Jno., 279. Murrai (Murrail or Murrel), A])igail, 268, 2y6', Daniel, 268; Hannah, 275, 276; Hester. 268; Jno., 268; Jonathan. 268, 276, 277, 281; Judith. 268; Mary, 2yy; Parnell, 276, 277; Robert, 268; Sam'l, 275; Susannah, 268; Thomas, 268. Napier, Andrew, 181, 182, 304. 367, 368, 370. Napier, Ann, 375. Napier, Mrs. Catherine, 182, Z^y, 375- Napier,' Charles C. 170, 183, 185. 193. 203, 222, 384. Napier, James, 315. Napier, John, 151, 185, 316. Napier, Mrs. Julia E., 183. Napier, Miss Kate, 233. Napier, Miss S., 384. ' Napier, Mr., 124, 176. Negrand. Adam, 335. Nelson, Mr. Joseph, 128. Neppcrt, Robert, 215. Nisbctt, Rev. James, 198. Nisbett, Miss Emily Henrietta, 198, 204. Newbold, Rev. Charles L., 231. Newman, John, 215. Newman, Sarah and William, Nicholson, Gov., 25, 26, 38, 52. Nicholls, Ann Maria, 322. Nichols, Walter, 185. Nicoll, Henery, 292. Nicols, Catherine, 271. Nicols, Francis, 271, 282, 287. Nicols,! Gilbert, zyT,. Nicols, Jane, 273. Nicols, Sarah, 271, 287. Nick, Catherine, Elizabeth and Peter, 271. Nies, Rev. William E., 231. Niles, Bishop, 125. Noland; Phillip. 388. Northam, William, 284. Nostrand, Aaron, 359, 364. Nostrand, Catherine, 332, 378. Nostrand, Effy, 322. Nostrand, Eliza, 320. Nostrand, Elizabeth, 343. Nostrand, George, 182. Nostrand, Gitty, 376. Nostrand, John, 318, 376. Noostrandt, Greetie, 292. Nostrand. Mary, 293. Nostrand, Mary Ann, 343. Nostrand, Timothv, 181. ^76. Nostrand, Miss, 2,^y. Nostrandt, Stephen Lott, 315. Nostrant, Elizabeth and John, 308. Muller, Gearteaj 278. Oakley. Wilmot. 368. Oborne, Miss Bessie, 209. Oborne, Ernest, 383. Oborne, Miss Aline, 209. Oborne, Misses, 211, 249. Ogden, Elizabeth, 291. 376. (^gden, Isaac. ^^2. Ogden, Jacob, 2t,y, 259, 295, 350- '376- OF GRACE CHURCH 427 Ogden, Mrs. Jacob, 354. Ogden, Mary, 293, 324, 396. Ogilvie, George, 280. Okely, Patience, 282. Oldfield, Hannah, 284. Oldfield, Joseph, 114, 176, 257, 326, 351, 366, 376. Oldfield, Miriam, 292, 388, 396. Oldfield, Widow, 322. Olmstead, Rev. Dr. Charles, 198. Onderdonk, Henry C.,, 65, 156, 264. Onderdonk, Dr. John, 295. Onsterman, Peter, 319. Oyster Bay, 18. Pace, Miss Maud, 214. Palmer, Aaron, 318. Palmer, Thomas Martin, 294. Parfitt, Albert, 220. Parish Guild, 205, 210, 233, 240, 344. Parish House, 172, 210, 218, 220, 246. Parker, Edward, 365. Paul,; Sarah, 295. Payne, Ann, 338. Payne. A. T., 384. Peat, Hannah, 287. Pearson, Rev. Mr., 124. Peck, Rev. Isaac, 231, 305, 341. Peck, Richard, 305. Pedroni, Victor A., 319. Pell, Maria, 302. Pell, W. H., 384. Pennington, Frederick, 336. Perry,^ Bishop J. J. P., 244. Perry, William, 179. Pette, Michael, 184, 384. Pets, Harold, 233. Pette, Lydia Euler, 184. Pettit, Hannah, 297, 339. Pettit.i Isaac, 297, 299. 301, 305, 352, 356, 359. 366.^ Petitt, James, 294. Pettit, Jeane, 307. Petitt, Jenny, 343. Pettit, Mary, 297, 299.1 301, 305, 339. Pettit, Mr., 176. Pettit, Sarah, 305, 341. Pettit, Samuel, 297, 339, Pettit, Susan, 185. Pettit, Wm., 299, 340. Peyster, De, Ann, James and Sarah, 300. Phillips, Benjamin and Edw., 269. Phillips, Daniel, 278. Phillips, Martha, 285. Phillips, Mary, 269. Phillips, Theophilus, 280. Phraner, Rev. W. H., 231. Pierce, Miss, 233. Pifer, George, 336. Pigot, Rev. Mr., 52. Pilyoun, Peter, 314. Pinckney, Amantha, Cecile and Susan, T^yG. Pinckney, P. C., 387. Pitman, Charles W., 322. Pitnot, Theresa, 335. Place, Mehetible, 321. Piatt, Anne, 332. Piatt, Benjamin, 294. Piatt, David, 317, 370. Piatt, Richard, 302. Poillon, Margaret A., 315. Polhemus, Frederick, 181^ 298. Polhemus, Johanne, 369. Polhemus, John, 298, 339, 350, 352. Polhemus, Tunes, 352. Polhemus, Sarah, 298. Polhemus, Miss, 385. Pomerby, Harriet, 338. Pomeroy, Anna, Harriet and Josiah, 296. 428 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Pond, R. !•:. and Airs.. 183. Pool, Pierre, 276. Pool. Mary and James, 276. Poole, James 11., ^^^. Port, Aliss Irma. 209, 211, 244. Potter, Bishop Horatio, 140, 141, 142. Potter, Rt. Rev. Henry Cod- man, 228. Povvell.1 Oliver, 385. Powell, Mrs., 386.^ Powers, Sarah Helen. ^22. Poyer, Daniel, 64. Poyer, Francis, 62, 287. Poyer, John, 62, 276. Poyer. Joseph, 62. Poyer. Sarah. 62, 65, 86. 180. 274. 276. 279. Poyer. Rev. Thomas, 56, 60. 62. 70. J2, 74. yy, 274. 276. 279. 287. Poyer's Register.' 267. Presbyterians, 31, 51, 63, 67, 70. Presbyterian Church. 56. Prichard. Ann. 296, 338. Prien. Martha, 343. Prime. Nathaniel. Ward and Sands. 181. Prince. Robert. 281. Prince. \Vm., 361, 364, 365. Provost, Rev. Samuel. T12. Prudden. Rev. John. /t^. Pudney. John. 283. Puntine. Ann. 311. 316. Puntine, Elizabeth. 328. Puntine. Henry, 311. Puntine, Marg-aret, 306. 342. T^untinc, ATartha, 306. Puntincj Alary, 311. Puntine. Mr., 1 14. Puntine. Wm.. 181. 306. 357. 362. 363. 7,f)=^, 367, 368, 370. 371- Purchase. Albert B., 205. Purchase, Clarence A., 205. Purchase, R., 383. Purchase. Mrs. R.,, 213. I*urdy, Cornelius, 299, 340. Purdy, David, 294. 298, 299, 307. 343- Purdy, John, 309. Purdy, Levinah, 299. 341. Purdy, Alary, 298. 299. I'untine. Nancy. 328. Puntine, Sarah. 314. Quacoe, Elizabeth, Peter and Thomas, 268. Quakers, 57, 29. 47. Queen Anne. 178, 179. Rand, Mr.. 159. Rapelai, Cornelius. 339. Rapalie. Mary, 294. Ka])elai, Sarah. 291. Ra])alay, Cornelius, 298. Rapaiey, Bernard, 294. Rapal}e. Catherine Ann. 309. Rapelye. Daniel and Ellen. 307. Rapelye. AL. 384. Rapelye. George, 307. Rapelye. Charles, 376. Ra])elyea. George, 342. Rapelyea, John, 350. Ra])elyea. Mrs. ATartin S.. 203, 233- Ratoon. Rev. Elijah Dunham, 1 ro. III. 112. 113. 114. 115. 304- Rattoon. Margaret, 270. 287. Rattoon. Sarah, 270. Rattoon. Thomas. 270,. 287. Ray, Robert, 182. Raynor. .Susan. 333. Raynor. Floyd. 234. Relniilding Church, 1861. 182. Read. Abigail. Catherine and Robert. 286. Read. Small. 283. Readc. John and Marv. 80. OF GRACE CHURCH 429 Reed, George, 295. Reed, Hannah, 285. Reed, Harry F., 216. Reeker, Elizabeth, 278. Reeve,. Tuttle, 366. ReHef Society, Jamaica Hos- pital, 209, 211, 212. Regina, Mary, 336. Reid, Elizal^eth and Thomas, 302. Remsen, Abraham and Nauchy, 319- Remsen, Mr., 176. Remsen.i Mrs. Philip H., 213. Remsen, Maria, 321. Remsen, Sarah, 314, 334. Renny, Mary, 301. Renny, Nathaniel, 341. Rensselaer, General Van, 174. 186. Rew,' Abraham, 293. Reynolds, Augnstin, 274. Reynolds, Catherine. 279, 287. Reynolds, Bythia, 273, 274. Reynolds, Edward, 279. Reynolds, George, 86„ 180, 272, ' 273, 274, 279, 285, 287. Reynolds, James, 273. Reynolds, Nicholas, 279, 287. Reynolds, Rachel. 272. Rhinelander, Mary, 185. Rhodes, Abiathar, 181, 317, 385. Rhodes, Deborah J., 185. Rhodes, James J., 215. Rhoades. Richard W., 212. Rice, Arthur W., 160. Rice, Bessie Sheridan, 162. Rice, Rev. Edwin B., 158. Rice, Zelia Stanton, 162. Richardson. William, 304. Riche, Phillip, 282. Richmond, Mrs. Edwin, 213, 231. Rider. John. 292. Ridley, Solomon, 281. Riner, George, 321. Rising, Emma, 377. Ritchie, Andrew, 356. Roach, Charles and Elizabeth, 301. Roach, James, 211. Roach, Judith Rosevelt, 308. Roach, Timothy, 303. Roades, Joseph, 282. Roarden, Jane and William, 297. Robenson, William, 279. Roberts, Jeremiah, 317. Robinson, Joseph, 366, 368. Robinson, Miss, 198. Robinson, Mr., 176. Robinson, Mrs. W. S., 383. Robinson, Sarah, 366. Roberts, Sarah, 284. Rochford, Thomas, 354, 356. Rodman, Charlotte, 322. Rodman, Clarissa, 308, 343. Rodman, Mrs., 387. Rodman, Thomas H., 333. Roe, Amanda, 376. Roe, Anna, 306, 308, 325, 342, 342. Roe, Benjamin. 308, 325, 343. Roe, Betsy, 306, 342. Roe. Capt. Joseph, 323, 340, 388. Roe, Caroline and Ellen, 388. Roe, Charles, 272. Roe, David, 293. Roe, Elizabeth, 272, 308. Roe, Gilbert. 181, 308. 323, 343, Roe, Henry, 334. Roe, Helen, 322. Roe, John B., 181, 272, 282. Roe, Joseph, 181, 292, 308, 370, 376. Roe, Lafayette and Lewis, 376. 430 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Roe, Lawrence, i8i, 306, 326, 342, 368. 376, 385. Roe, Margaret, 308, 343. Row, Mary, Susanna and Wil- liam, 277. Roe, Nathaniel, 308, 327, 343, Roe, Oliver, 292. Roe, Sarah. 323, 376, 385. Roe, Silas, 181, 308, 318, ^2^, 343. 37^- Roe, Thomas, 291, 308, 343. Roe, Wm., 322. Rogers, Rev. Robert. 230. Rood. Hope, 366. Rood, John, 362, 368. Roods, Abiather, 363, 365. Roods, Isaac, 362. Roods, John, 353. Roods, Nathaniel, 352, 361. Roods, Richard, 359. Roosevelt, Judith, 343. Roosevelt, Peter, 128, 302. Rose, Gilbert, 354, 357, 361. Rose, Joe, 365, 368. Ross, Mrs., 388. Rouch, Charles, 361. Rowe, Sarah, 291. Rowland, Anne. 317. Rowland, Benjamin, 181, 322, 376. Rowland, David, 294, 328, 365. 37^- Rowland, Hannah. 318. Rowland. Ida. 181. 328. 376. Rowland. James, 316. 322. Rowland. John, 376. Rowland. Mrs. Jane and Jona- than. 387. Rowland. Mary E. and Jose- phine, 185. Rowland. Miss. 388. Rowland, Mr., 114, 129. Rowland, Mrs., 385, 387. Rowland, Phcbe, 320, 376. Rowland, Sarah, 292, 316. Rushmore, Sarah; 280. Ryder, Miss Maud, 213, Ryder, Stephen, 291. Ryder, W'ancke, 281. Ryeson, Peter, 292. Sackett, Augustus, 366. Sackett, Elizabeth,' 305, T,yy. Sackett, Hannah, 276, 278, 284. Sackett, James, 369. Sackett, Joseph, 276, 285, 359. Sacket, Mary,i 377. Sackett, Millecent, 378. Sackett, Samuel, 295, 305, 324, 341, 359- 377- Sackett, Thomas, 276,1 326, ^^yy. Sackett, William, 285. St. Cecilia's Coffee House, 41. St. Cornelia Flower Guild. 204, 240. St. Gabriel's Church. 162. St. George's Church, ^y, 56, 97, III, 179. St. James' Church, 56, iii, 231, St. John's Church, 225. St. Mark's Church. 197. St. Michael's Church. 204. St. Paul's Church. Albany, 206. St. Peter's Church, 94. St. Phebe's Mission House, 196. St. Stephen's Chapel. 240. Sale, Ann,^ 377. Sale, Daniel Edward, 315. Sale. Eliza. 317. Sale, William, 385. Saltman, Charles. 293. Sanctuary enlargement, 218. Sanders, Ann, 282. Sands. Abigail, 285. Sands, Mary. 278. Santon. Philis. 321. Sathcrland. Jennet. 358. OF GRACE CHURCH 431 Satterlee, Rev. Henry W., i66. Sawyer, Catherine, 2694 284, 286. Sawyer, Daniel, 86, 180. Sawyer, Francis, 269, 286. Sawyer, Rachel, 286. Sawyer, Thomas, 269. Sayres. Abigail and Martha, 336- Sayres, Annie Eliza, 126, 326. Sayres, Anna Leah, 125. Sayres, Elizabeth, 153, ;^T^y, ' 385. Sayres, Rev. George H., 116, 117, 120, 122, 123, 124, 176, 181, 336. Sayres, Gilbert Barker, 125, 179. 252, 333, 384. Sayres, Isaac, ^yy. Sayres. John T., 328, 379. Sayres. Lydia, 126, 334, 338. Sayres, Mary Regina, 126. Savres, Rev. William Seaman, ' 125. Sayres, William J., 151, 182, ' 335- Schenck, Helen, 322. Schible, John, 336. Schmitt, Rev. F., 231. Schoonmaker, George Henry, 337' 383- Schoonmaker, Rev. Jacob, 133. Schuyler, Mrs. Eugene, 186. Scot, David, 280. Scott, Capt. John, 18. Scriba, Mrs.. 385. Seabury, Rev. Samuel, 56, 88, 89. 92. 176, 257. Seabury's (Rev. S.) death, 94. loi, no. Sealy, Charles,. 309. Sealy. Elizabeth, 314. Sealy, Emeline, 377. Sealy, George Ireland, 315. Sealy, John, 317. Sealy, Joseph, 181,, 302, 368, 370, 377, 3S7. Sealy, Mrs., 386. Sealy, Richard, 322. Sealy, Robert, 311. Sealy, Ruth,i 293. Seaman, Anna Leach, 333. Seaman, Cornelia, 320. Seaman, Hannah R., 322. Seaman, Israel, 292. Seaman, Rowland, 332. Seaman,. William, 293, 336. Seavey, Charles H., 215. See, Mr., 221. Shandine, Daniel, 285. Shaw, Elizabeth, 321. Shelly, Daniel,. 215. Shelton, Nathan, 317. Sherlock, Willianiv 257, 259. Shimmins, Margaret, 377. Shoals, John, 298, 340. Shutphen, Aidy, 294. Silleck,. Nathan, 278. Simison, Charles, 333. Simison, Jeremiah, 385. Simison, Mary Ann, 386. Simison, Mrs., 323. Simmons, Charles, 303. Simmons, Jane. 283. Simmons, Nathaniel (daugh- ter), 323. Simmons, Samuel, 360. Simmonds, William, 309, 343, 360. Simonson, Ann Augusta, 185, 209,1 259. Simonson, Aury, 371. Simonson, Charles J., Eliza- 1^ beth. Peter, Rebecca and Sarah, 377. Simonson, Jeremiah, 181, 377. Simonson, Misses, 205, 211, 244. 432 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Sinionson, Aliriaineii, 314. Sinionson, Miss Sadie, 209. Sinionson, Mr., 176. Simonson, Smith M., 384. Sinclair, Mrs., 386. Si])k-ins. J no., 278. Skillnian. Joseph II.. 112. Ski(hii(.)rc. Abigail. 326, 378. Skidniorc, David \V., 182.. 333. Skidmore, Elizabeth, 378. Skidmore, J no., 285. Skidmore. John. 129, 181, 182. 335. 3^^^. 3^3^ 364. 384- Skidmore, Mabel. Brenton. 184. Skidmore. Mr., 114. 176. Skidmore. Mrs., 385. Skidmore, Samuel, ^50, 351, Skidmore, Susanna and Trcd- • well, 378. Skidmore, Widow, ^,22, 387. Skidmore, Willctt." 358.. 362, .Skinner, Abraham, 363. Skinner, Gertrude, 292. Skinner, Margaret, 363, 377. Skinner, Phillij), 355. Skinner. W^idow. 314. .Sliney, Charles, 216. Smallings, Thomas. 284. Smalshanks. Ann, 274. .'^malshanks, Cornelia,' 276. Smalshanks, T4- Smith. Nehemiah. 73. 366. Smith. Noah. 371. Smith. Othniel. 363. Smith. Phebe. 284. 320. Smith. Piatt, 358. 361. Smith, Rel)ecca, 268. OF GRACE CHURCH 433 Smith, Rev. Dr. George Wil- liamson, 150, 199, 202, 229, 230, 233, 246, 386, 389. Smith, Rev. James A., 176, 193. Smith, Ruth, 269, 286.' 311. Smith, Samuel, 78, 86, 180, 257, 259, 268, 269, 272J 273, 287. Smith, Sarah, 273, 292, 338. Smith. Simeon, 366, 370. Smith, Susan, 333. Smith,! Thomas, 296, 361. Smith, Walters, 359. Smith, William Wood, 234, 292, 304, 309, 320, 323. 341, 359. 367.) 370. Smithfield. Deborah, 340. Smyth, C. G., 183, 216. Smyth, John, 234. Smyth, Miss Lillian, 205. Snedecker, John, 352, 355. Snediker.i Tracy, 234. Snediker, Mr., 176. Snow, James, 215. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 32. Sonmans, Peter and Susanna, 270. Soothoff. John C, 182. Southard, Thomas, 318. Spark, Jonasv 285. Speeding, Rachel Ann, 185. Spillane, Paul J., 215. Spiller, Henry E., 202. Spragg, John, 321. Springsteen, David, 363. Sprong, David, 362. Sproul, Elizabeth, 328. Sprouls, Emeline, 335. Sproull, James J., 303, 378. Sproull, Jeremiah, 378. Sproull, John, 181. 378. Sprowls, Jane Isabella, 319. Starman. Eliza Henrietta. 317. Steed. Charity, 275. Steed, Elizabeth and Sarah, 276. Steed, Mary, 358. Steed, Smith, 274. Steed, William, 86, 180, 274, 275,, 276, 280, 355. Steendam, Jacob, 20. Stehlin, Miss Josephine, 203. Stehr, Robert, 215. Stephenson, Daniel, 278. Stephenson, Susanna, 280. Stewart, Charles J., 184. Stewart,) Lydia, 125. Stewart, Mrs. Is., 387. Stewart, Mrs. J. E., 160, 233. Stevens, George A., 216. Stevens, James, Jno. &, 269. Stevenson, Thomas, 285. Stilwell,- Catherine, 285. Stillwell. Elizabeth, 73. Stiles, John, 354. Stine, Elizabeth, 333. Stirling, Lord, 15. Sticklin, Mary, 301. Stilwel, Rebecca, 280. Stocking,! Rev. Samuel S., 155, 160, 176, 183, 184, 196, 200, 203, 204, 221, 222. 283. Stoebner, Rev. Frederick 231. Stockton,' Richard, 272, 282. Stone Church, 49, 51, 112. Stone, John, 353. Stoothoff, Mr., 176. Story, Henry, 318. Story, Zebediah, 362, 368. Stoterj Peter, 317. Sturt, Mr., 41. Stuyvesant, Gov., 17, 19, 25. Strebeck, Rev. George, 115. Straub, Henry, 337. . Strickland, Oliver, 367. 369. Strickland, Sarah, 318. Strictland, Jonathan, 298. Strictland, Mary, 298, 339. Steed, Deborah; 274, 275, 276, 280. 434 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Stringham, Joseph, 291. Stringham, Mary and Thom- asj 279. Stroud, Rachel, 271. Stroud. William. 271. 280. Stringham, Wm. and Mrs., 319. Styne, Anna, 293. Suffragan. Bishop, 38. Sullivan, Miss C. 384. Sullivan, Florence, 293. Sunday School, 194, 209, 240, 243, 246, 247, 205, 206, 197, 207, 210, 216. 219. Sutherland, Elizabeth, 377. Sutherland, Maria. 359. 377. Sutherland, John. George and Jennet, 377. Suydam. Eliza, 185. Suydam, John, 365. Swayzee. Wm., 387. Symmons, Henry and Richard. 281. Sypher, Abraham, 320. Symonson. Elizabeth and Jere- miah, 315. Taffers, James. 350. Talmon, Jane, 292. Talman. Mary. 280. Talman. Sarah.i 284. Talbot, Rev. John. 45. 53, 54- 274. Tannerman, Catherine. 335. Tapp, Mrs., 181. Tator. Sarah, 383. Taylor. Arianthe. 272.1 273, 274. Taylor. Benjamin. 86, t8o, 272. 273, 274, 280. Taylor. Willett, 274. Taylor. Wm..i 365. Taylor. Henry, 215. 272. Teilet, Susanna, 284. Temple, Thomas. 86. Tcmpleton. Catherine and Oli- ver, 299. Templeton. Jane, 299,; 340. Tenison, Archbishop, 16, 135. Terrel, Antony, 356. Terrill, Anthony and Phebe, 296. Thatford, Anna, 305, 319, 341, 388. Thatford, Caroline, 314. Thatford, Catharine, 325, ^28. 378. 1 hatford. Charity, 299, 305. 328. Thatford, Jane. 378. Thatford. John, 181, 295, 299. 305. 362,, 378. Thatford, Margaret and Sarah, 303- Thatford, Martha Prien, 308, 3^7- Thatford, Mary. 299, 309, 340, 378. Thatford, Mr.; 176. Thatford. Mrs., 386. Thatford. William. 310, 350. 378. Theobauld. Mrs.. 386, 388. Thomas, Jno., 285. Thomas,! Mary, 320. Thomas, Rev. John, 54, 69. Thompson. Arabella G., 338. Thompson. Ira C. 215. Thompson. Margaret, 185. Tompkins. Edward and John. 342. Thorn, Ann.i 295. Thorn, Bathsheba. 302. 305. Thorn. Daniel. 292. 298. 305. 340. 341. Thorn, Mary.i 305. 341. Thorn. Samuel. 294. Thorn. Winifred. 286. Thorne. Benjamin, 86. 180. Thorne. Daniel, 364. OF GRACE CHURCH 435 Thorne, Kesiah, Mary,' Phebe and Richard, 283. Thurston, Abby, 378. Thurston, Benjamin, 362. Thurston, Cornelia, 322. Thurston, Elizabeth, 291, 378. Thurston,! Grace, 280. Thwing, Rev. Cornelius, 141, 230. Tiex, Elizabeth, 282. Tillotson, John, 125. Titus, David, 301, 306, 341. Titus, Jacob and Robert, 284. Titus, James, 283. Titus, John, 181. Titus, Joseph, 292. Titus, Mrs., 388. Titus, Patience, 298, 324. Titus,, Sarah and Susanna, 295. Titus, William David, 298, 340. Tolman, James, 279. Tolman, Jno., 280. Tom, Mary, 292. Tompkins, Edward and John, 306. Tompkins, Gilbert,, 309. Tompkins, Sarah, 306, 342. Tow^n, Thompson, 319. Tonstal, Ann, 274. Townley, Rev. Frank W., 231. Townsend, Eliphant, 278. Townsend,! Henry, 17. Townsend, Thomas P., 181, 378. Tuly, Ann and Catherine. Tuly, Christopher. 272, 282. Tuttle, Daniel and John, 358. Tuttle, Joseph, 362, 367. Tuttle, Samuel, 365. 367. Tunes, John. 257. Turner, Elinor and Jno., 269. Turner, Mary and Samuel, 297. Treadwell,, Mr.. 94. Trinity Church, 71, loi. iii. 112, 129. Trinity Church, Fishkill, 193. Trinity College, 199. Troup, Alexander, 314, 325. Troup,( Christopher, 323, 378. Troup, Elizabeth, 340, 385. Troup, John, 85, 176, 179, 257, 259. 295, 305; 327, 341, 350, 365, 370, 378. Iroup, Mrs., 181. Troup, Robert, 308, 343. Troup, Sarah, 305^ 378, 385, 387. Troup, Thomas Colgan, 310. Truxton, Thomas, 257. Tyler, Jacob, 351, 353. Udal, Deborah, 281. Uitendale, Paulus, 378. Ulshoffer, Michael, 320. Umphreys, Elizabeth, 272. 276, 277. Umphreys, Jno., 2jy. Umphreys. Thomas, 272. 276, 277. Umphreys, William, 276, 285. Underbill, Ann, 298, 340. Underbill, Elizabeth Ann, 306, 342. Underbill, Hannah, 298, 306, 340. Underbill, Jonathan, 298. 306, 340. Underbill, Mary, 281, 298, 340. Underbill, Mr., 114. Underbill, Sarah, 298, 340. Underbill, William, 298, 340. Unwin, Mrs. William and Wil- liam, 184. Urquhart,, Mr.. 37, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 68, 71. m Ustick, Ann, 302. Ustick, Deborah, 295. Ustick, Jane, 302, 304. Ustick, Susanna.i 302, 303. Ustick, William, 302. Valentine, Ann, 284. 436 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Valentine, Elihu. Valentine, Elizabeth, 389. Valentine, Jacamiah, 364. Valentine, James,i 181, 388. Valentine, James, Jr., i8i. \'alentine, Jeremiah, 114, 133, 135, 151, 181, 182,1333, 379, 384. Valentine, John, 322, 379. Valentine, Martha, 379. Valentine, Mary, 379, 386. Valentine,! Miss, 182, 389. Valentine, Obadiah, 379, 389. Valentine, Mrs. Obadiah, 387, 389. Valentine. Phillip, 368. Valentine, Miss Rachel. Valentine, Ruth, 379,1 284. Valentine, Sarah, 185, 379. Valentine, Susan, 379. Valantine, Thomas, 282. 319, 323- V^alentine., Valentine, 379. Valentine, William, 379. Van Allen, Elizabeth, 309. 343. Van Allen, Mrs. Henry, 225, 233. 384- Van Beurcn. John, 318. Van Brunt., Elizabeth, Joseph, Margaret. Rutgert and Sarah. 378. Van Brunt, John, 361, 378. Van Brunt, Joshua. 351. 354, 364, 365. 367- Van Brunt, Jost., 361, 378. Van Brunt. Mr.. 176. Van Brunt. Tunis. 369. Van Dam. Eliza, 314. Vandel)ugh. Mrs., 388. Vanderbilt. Jeremiah, 379. Vanderwater. Elizabeth, 292. Vanderwatcr. Samuel. 321. Van Cortland. Phillip, 352. Van Cortland, Richard and Sarah. 379. Van Cortland, 174. \'anderverg, Nathaniel, 182. X'anderverg, Mr.,, 124, 151. Vanderverg, Sarah, 333. \'an Lew, James, 362. \an Lue, John, 326, 355, 357, 367- Van Lew, Richard. 326. Vandervoort, Aletta, 388. Vandervoort, Ann, i8i. Vandevoort, Lydia B., 319. Vandervoort, Mrs., 162. Vandervoort, Paul, 324. Vandervoort.i Peter, 302. Vandervoort, Mrs., 385. Vanhoef, Isaac, 257. Vanhorne, Mary, 292. Van Hook, Isaac, 86, 180, 280. Vanpelt, Elizabeths 294, 305. 341. Van Pelt. Jacob, 300. \'anpelt. John, 299, 340. Van Pelt. Marg., 306, 342. Van Pelt, Susanna, 306. Van Velsa. Hester, 284. \'an Nostrand.; Ann, Charles. Martha, Rachel, Sarah and William. 379. Van Nostrand, Aaron, 96, 119, 176, 301, 328. 353. 397, 385. Van Nostrand., Elizabeth, 379. 320. Van Nostrand, John, 181. 378, 379. 385. 387- V^an Nostrand. Joseph. 324. 379. Van Nostrand. Phebe M., 387. Van Nostrand. Mary. 320, 378. Van Nostrand, Nicholas, 378. Van Nostrand. Thomas. 322, 379- \^an Nostrand. John and Ste- phen. 318. Van Nostrand, William. 317. Van Renssalaer, Ann. 379. OF GRACE CHURCH 437 Van Saadt,> Winant, 351, 385. Van Sicklen, Charity, 318. Van Sinderen, Adrian, 181. V^an Wickley, Margaret, 309. Van Wyck,, Altie, 283. Van Wyck, Catherine, 284. Van Wyck, Cornelius, 291. Van Wyck, Sarah, 182, 294. Van Wyck, Theodorus, 283. Vassar, Edward, 337. Vassar, Thomas, 334. Verity, John, Joseph and Sam- uel, 23S. Verity, Wm. Henry, 334. Verplank, Gillon, 294. Vestrymen and wardens, 186, 190, 261. Vesey, Rev. Mr., 37, 50, 53, 65, 71, 80,, 86. Vaughn, Aletta, 296, 297, 338. Vaughn, William, 296, 297. Vockroth, Otto, 215. Voorhase, Elizabeth, James and John,, 307. Vooheis, Eliza, Marian, 315. Voorhoes, John and Sarah, 340. Voris, Stephen, 359, 364. Walker, Catherine, 270. Walker, Elizabeth, 270,^ 275. Walker, Frances, 268. Walker, Jno., 270, 275. Walker, Samuel, 268. Walles, Alexander, 352. Wallers History of Flushing, 29. Wallers.. Rev. Henry D., 104, 200, 231. Wararop, James, 352. Ward, Miss J. Gertrude. 183. Ward, Mrs. Ann, 388. Ward, Mrs. Eldora, 214. Ward, Mrs. Francis K., 186. Ward. Phebe, 380. 388. Ward, Samuel, Sr., 181. Ward, Samuel, Jr., i8i. Wardens and vestrymen, 186- 190, 261. Warne,; Aletta, 300, 380. Warne, Catherine, 304. Warner, Henry W., 319. Warren, Tarquina Caro, 338. Warne, Wm., 360, 380. Washbourn, Samuel, 276. Washbourn, Hannah,: 276. Washbourn, Jno., 276. Washington, Gen., 99, 112. Waterbury, Henry, 303. Waters, Aletta, 298,1 339. Waters, Ann, 297, 298, 304, 306, 339, 341. Waters, Anthony, 86, 180, 284. Waters, Daniel, 280. Waters, Elizabeth, 292, 316, 318. Waters, Foster, 275, 276, 277, 279. Waters, Gilbert, 275. Waters, Hannah, 304, 341. Waters, James, 356^ 359, 360, 361, 362, 380. Waters, Jno., 276, 2yy. Waters, John, 296, 297, 298, 301,, 306, 328. Waters, Judah, 321. Waters, Margaret. 304, 324, 341- Waters, Mary, 275. 276, 277, 279. Waters, Misses M. and E., 383, 384. Waters, Mrs., 389. Waters, Oeggy, 359. Waters, Oliver, 292. Waters, Richard Betts, 309. Waters, Talman James, 316. Waters. William,- 292, 304, 341. Watkins, Dr. W. F., 159. Watts, Jane, 283. 438 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Watts, Pearson, 321. Way, Richard, 295. Way, Ann, 295. Way, Timothy, 303. Wayne, Mrs., 225. Waynman, Ann, 298, 340. Waynman, Hannah, 298, 340. Waynman, Sarah, 340. Waynman, WilHam,i 294, 298. Weaver, Catherine, 306, 342. Weaver, Sarah, 306, 342. Weaver, WilHam, 306. Weber, Albert, 233. Weeden, Alger E., 202. Weeden, James, 182. Weeks, Eliza, 317, 318. Weeks, Jno., 284. Weeks, Rev. William H., 231. Weeton, Jno., 278. Welling, Alice Bannister, 316. Welling, Anne, 379. Welling, Bonnella, 302. Welling, Benjamin, 305, 318, 380. Welling. Catherine. 303. Welling. Charles, 298, 328, 358, 379. 380. Welling, Edward. 380. Welling, Elizabeth, 305. 328. 380, 385. Welling, Ennis. 379. Welling. Hannah. 380. Welling. Helen, 379. Welling. Jamesj 357. Welling, John, 181. 309. 310, 366, 371. 379- Welling, Leanna, 310. W^elling. Mary. 380. 385. Welling. Matilda. 314. Welling. Miss Martha. 385. Welling, Miss. 323. Welling, Mrs., 389. Welling, Nancy. 181.. 388. Welling. Richard. 298, 339. Welling, Samuel, 129, 181, 305, 3^«. 380. Welling, Sarah, 283, 293, 307, 343. 3«8. Welling, Susanna, 296, 379. Welling, Thomas, 73, 182, 296, 310, 326, 351. 356, 362, 366, 399- Welling, William, 86, 180, 333. Wells, Ann and Robert. 273. Wells, Bishop, 244. Welt, Walter, 233. Welwood, Rev. J. C, 230. Wenman, Everet, 386. West, Mary, 286. West, William, 270, 278, 286. Westay, Albert F., 216. Whaley, Hannah, 294. Whellin, Charles, 270. Whellin, Bickley, 270. Whellin. Eliza and Hannah, 277. Whellin. Elizabeth, 270. 272. Whellin. Francis, 272. Whellin, Jane, 270. Whellin. Jno., 270. 271, 273, 277, 285. Whellin. John, 274. Whellin. Sarah. 270, 271, 273, 274, 279. Whellin. Thomas, 270, 272, 273, 292. Whellin. Willm. 270. 271. White, Ann. 284. White. Arthur. 233. White, Catherine, 271. White, Abigail, 271. White, Daniel, 269. White. Elizabeth. 283. White. Mrs. Theodore K.. 203. White. Peter. 268. 269, 271. White. Richard Grant, 115. White, Ruth, 268. White. William, 286. OF GRACE CHURCH 439 Whitehead, Abigail, 268, 269, 270, 271, 283, 287. Whitehead, Ann, 274. Whitehead, Benjamin, 86, 180, 257, 259, 276, 277, 284. Whitehead.' Charity, 270, 283. Whitehead, Daniel, 86, 180, 268, 270, 274, 275, 284, 285, 286, 297, 298, 306, 310, 324, 350, 351, 354, 359, 380. Whitehead, Elinor, 274, 275, 277. Whitehead, Edward Bardin, 298. Whitehead, Catherine, 297. 298, 306, 339, 380. Whitehead, Eliza, 276. Whitehead, Elizabeth, 274, 277, 285. Whitehead. Fanny. 301. Whitehead, Hannah, 274, 276. Whitehead, Helena, 276. Whitehead, Jane, 268, 286. Whitehead, Jonathan, 270, 286. Whitehead.! Maria, 310. Whitehead, Mary, 285. Whitehead, Nancy, 361. White. Rev. Calvin, 114, 363. Whitehead, Sarah. 270, 285, 286. Whitehead, Susanna.. 270. Whitehead. Thomas, 'j'i^, 270, 274, 276, 284. 286. Whitfield, Mr., 92. Whitlock, Miss Hattie. 135. Whitman.! John Winslow. 322. Wick. Rev. R. K.. 230, 231. Wickes, Eliphalet, 365. Wickes, Thomas, 371. Wickham. Hannah. 181. 385. Wickham. Mary.i 389. Wickham, Sarah. 388. Wiesnar, Catherine, 281. Wig-gins. Ann, 297. 299. 306. 342. Wiggins, Benjamin, 274; 275, V7, 350. Wiggins, Caleb. 275. Wiggins, Catherine, 284, 357. Wiggins, Charity, 277. Wiggins, Elizabeth, 275. Wiggins. Gershon, 275. Wiggins, Harry, 371. Wiggins, Isabella, 271, 282. Wiggins, Jane, 299, 340. Wiggins, John. 352, 358. Wiggins,! Josias, 271. Wiggins, Lucretia, 297, 339. Wiggins, Margaret and Simon, 297. Wiggins, Martha, 296, 338. Wiggins. Mary, 275, 282, 297, 339. Wiggins, Rachel, 274, 275, 277. Wiggins. Rebecca. 287. Wiggins, Richard, 297., 299, 306. 328. 339, 364, 371. VViggins. Samuel. 292. Wiggins, Silas, 86, 180. Wiggins. Stephen. 274. 296, 297. Wiggins. Thomas, 271. 287. Wiggins. William, 86, 180, 283. Wilcocks. 281. Wildey, Mary, 278. Wilkins. Isabella. 296. Wilkins, Isaac, 296. Wilkins. Thomas. 296. 338. Wilkins, William. 295. Wilkinson. Mrs. A. J., 233. Willet, Abraham. 280. Willet. Alice, 292. Willet. Samuel, 274. Willet. Sarah. 268. 276. 282. Willet. Thomas. 268. 283. 284. 287. 297, 339. Willet.i Thomas, 268, 287. 283. 287. 306. 341. Willet. William. 286. 440 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Willett, Alette, 276, 277, 292, 380. Willett, Ann, 296. Willett, Catherine and Elbert, 380. Willett, Charles. 287. Willet, Deborah, 274. Willett, Edward, 85, 86, 180, 274. 276, 277, 284, 354, 355, 380. Willet, Elizabeth, 268, 274, 276, 278, 284. Willet, Helena, 280. Willetv James, 358. Willet, Jno., 274, 276. Willett, Johanna, 276. Willett, John, 86, 180, 276, 286, 293, 350. W^illett, Jonah. 380. W^illett, Keziah, 284. W^illett. Margaret, 284, 296, 297. 33^' 339- Willett, Marinus, 297, 339. Williams, Captain Daniel. 294. W^illiams, Jacob, 321. Williams. Mary, 295. W^illiams, Pelliata. 303. W^illiams. Sarah, 316. Williamson, Derica, 278. Williamson, John. 357, 359. 368. 380. Willis, Benjamin, 275. W^illis, Hannah, 293. Willis. Martha, 274. Willis. Robert, 274, 275. Willis. Sarah. 274. 275. W^illoughby. Mary. 295. Wiltsie. Miss Amy. 209. W^ilson. James, 287. Wilson. Mr.. 91. Winchester, Ernest T.. 202. Winthrop, Matilda, 320. Wood, Epentus, 320. Wood. Herbert, 233. Wood, Howard, 233. Wood, Robert, 274. Wood, Timothy, 284. Wood, William D., M. D., 184, 193, 228, 241, 242, 274, 380. Woodred, Nelly, 303. Woodred, Woodred, 324. W^oodward, Anthony, 319. Woodward. Rev. Samuel, 125. W^ooffendale, John, 365. Woofendale, Miss, 114. W^ooley, Ann, 282. W'ooley, Miss Elizabeth, 146. Wooley, Susan, 304. Wooley, Miss Sarah, 140. 160. Woolsey, Abigail, 287. Woolsey, Derica. 269. 286. Woolsey, Rebecca, 286. Woolsey, Ruth. 269. 286. 287. W^oolsey, Thomas, 287. W^oolsey, William, 269, 278, 286. Worthington. Bishop, 199. Wortman. Elizabeth. 292. W^ortman. Hannah. 292. Wright, Ann, 275. Wright, Charles, 275, 321. Wright, Daniel, 278. W^right. Henry. 86, 180. Wright, Leveridge.. 285. W^right. Mary. 283. 285. Wright, Ruth. 275. Wright, Sarah. 281. Wyck. Miss x^nne Van. 134, 136. Wyckoff Camp at Montauk. 212. W^yckoff. Sheriff, 365. 366. Yandle, Jane. 307. 343- Yeomans. Hannah. 281. Young. Guy, 180, 274. 275, 283. Young, Hannah, 281. Young. Elizabeth and William, 274. OF GRACE CHURCH 441 Young, Elmira A., 337. Youngs, Mary Elizabeth, 334. Young, John Alvin, 183. Zandt, Jane Van, 87. Youngs, Daniel and Eliza, 275. Zantz, Sarah, 320.