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Dutch Church in Schenectady : its early church buildings and their sites, 24 note 6; ministry of Dellius, 15 note 17; work among the In- dians under Freeman, 10; without a pastor, 1705-1714, 13; ministering visits during this period from pastors of other towns, 16 note 31; allows Mr. Barclay use of the church, 17.
Dutch, the, of Schenectady: subscribers to the original building of St. George's, 40.
E AST Haven, Conn. : 98 note 37. Edrik, John R .: 136.
Elizabeth Town lottery : 40. Ellice, Alexander: 59 note 5 (see p. 51). Ellison, Rev. Thomas: rector of St. Peter's,
Albany, 90; revives activity in St. George's, 90, 94; his part in the appointment of Mr. Rogers, 92, 93; mentioned, 106 note 3 (see p. 99).
Emmons, George E. : 166.
Episcopal Church in America: feels the Revo- lution more than other churches, 83, 89; sep- aration from the Church of England, 89; St. George's represented at its 12th conven- tion in 1794, 97 note 36; convention in Al- bany in 1803 asked for help by St. George's, 103.
Ewings, William: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
F AIRFAX, Virginia : 62 note 40 (see p. 58 ). Farmington: 46 note 15.
Fisher, Harme: 48 note 34 (see p. 42 ).
Five Nations (after 1713, Six Nations [q. v. ] ) : 10, 19; see also Indians. Flatbush, Long Island: 15 note 10. Forbes, Rev. John: 30.
Forrest, Ann: 46 note 23 (see p. 41).
Fort Hunter: decision to build near the Mo- hawks' "castle" a fort with chapel and par- sonage, 19; location, 25 notes 24 and 27; built in 1712, 20; description, 25 notes 22, 23 and 27; Mr. Andrews' mission, 1712- 1718, 20, 21, 22 ; communion vessels sent by Queen Anne, 26 note 30; no one in charge until Mr. Milne receives Albany mission in 1727, 29; Rev. Henry Barclay, in charge at Albany makes visits, 31; the fort made untenable by the Old French War, 32; Rev. John Ogilvie appointed missionary to reorganize at Albany in 1750, 32 ; visits from him, 33; in his absence in the Seven Years' War Rev. Thomas Brown takes charge, 33; becomes official missionary in 1764, 33 ; Mr. Stuart becomes resident missionary in 1771, 64; the first since Mr. Andrews in 1718, 72 note 9; the fort closed when the Indians join Burgoyne, 86; not reopened, 87; the buildings in the Revolution and after, 2 5 note
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22 ; with one exception the parsonage the old- est existing building west of Schenectady, 25 note 27.
Fort Johnson: 39, 46 note 12.
Fort Stanwix: £60 collected from dignitaries attending congress at, 43; contributors, 49 note 38.
Franchot, Nicholas V. V .: 157 note 9.
Franchot, Richard: 152 note 16.
Franchot, Stanislaus P .: 157 note 9.
Franklin (Governor of New Jersey ) : 49 note 38 (see p. 43).
Freeman, Dominie Bernardus: portrait, plate II, p. 10; early life, 14 note 6; zeal as pas- tor of the Dutch Church at Schenectady in mission to the Indians, 10; his salary, 14 note 7; proficiency in the Indian language, II; his translations, 15 note 11; desired as resident missionary by the Indians, 19; his wife, 20, 25 note 20; unable to accept mis- sion from the S. P.G., 12, 19; his attitude towards the Church of England, 19-20; leaves Schenectady in 1705 and dies in 1741, 15 note 10.
Freeman, Margarita Van Schaick: 20, 25 note 20.
Frelinghuysen, Rev. Theodorus: 37, 45 note 5.
Fressel, Amasa: 48 note 27.
Frey, Hendrick: 48 note 33 (sec p. 42 ).
Fuller, Elizabeth: 152 note 13.
Fuller, James: 60 note 18 (see p. 55).
Fuller, John T .: 165.
Fuller, Robert M .: 165.
Fuller, Samuel: builder and architect of the original church, 41, 42 ; notable houses in the Mohawk Valley built by him, 46 note 25,
72 note 3 ; a subscriber to the petition to the S. P.G. in 1765, 59 note 5.
Fuller, General William K .: 150.
G AINE, Hugh: 40, 46 note 17. Galland, John: 49 note 38 (see p. 43).
German Flats : subscriptions from, 42, 48 notes 33 and 34; treaty of, 43. Gill, William: 163.
Glen, John: 47 note 27.
Glen (John ) mansion: 47 note 25.
Gordon, Lord Adam: 45 note 9.
Grace Church, Waterford, N. Y .: 119, 121 note 19. Grand River, Canada: 26 note 30.
Greene, S. Dana: 165.
Griffin, William: 163.
Griffiths, Rev. David: refuses call to St. George's, 58; later career, 61 note 40.
Guy Park: house at, 47 note 25.
H ALIFAX: 41. Hand, Samuel F. : 164.
Hanson, Willis T., Jr. : 166.
Harman, Thomas, Jr .: 164.
Hartford, Conn .: 124.
Hawkins, Samuel: 106 note 9 (see p. 100), 162. Hayes, Thomas: 40.
Hearsey, David: 108, 137, 161, 164, 166.
Hegeman, Joseph: 163.
Herkimer, Jost: 48 note 33 (see p. 42 ).
Herkimer, Nicholas: 47 note 25 (see p. 41).
Hermitage, the: 46 note 25 (see p. 41 ).
Hind, Mr. (Secretary of the S. P.G. ) : 77.
Holland, Edward, Estate of: church site pur- chased from, 41, 46 note 2 1.
Hooks ( organ maker ) : 1 39.
Horsford, Noah: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
Horsford, (Hosford, Horseford ), Reuben: 40, 46 notes 15 and 20, 59 note 5 (see p. 51 ). Hospital Association of the City of Schenec- tady: 154. Hotchkiss, Frank A .: 165.
House, John: 96 note 6 (see p. 91 ).
Howes, Isaac: 163.
Hudson, N. Y., Christ Church: 119.
Hunter, Fort: see Fort Hunter.
Hunter, Robert (Governor of New York and
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New Jersey ) : succeeds Lord Lovelace as governor, 25 note 16; proposes a resident missionary to a council of the Five Nations, 19; willing to appoint Freeman, 19; lets con- tract for the building of a fort, chapel, and parsonage near the Mohawks' "castle,'' 20; grants license to collect money for the build- ing of St. Peter's Church, Albany, 27 note 43; himself subscribes, 22.
I ILLUSTRATIONS, list of: 5.
Indian language: translations into, 15 note 11, 27 note 39, 60 note 14; knowledge of by missionaries, 11, 12, 21, 31. Indians: Dutch missionary work among them, 10, 11, 12; the Indians in conference at Al- bany in 1700 are promised an English mis- sionary, 10; Church of England plans for missions to them referred to the S. P.G., 11 ; failure of its first mission, 12, 13; visit of Indian chiefs to England, 18, 19, 24 notes 11, 12 and 13; founding of Fort Hunter, 19. For later missionary work among them see Fort Hunter. See also Five Nations, Six Nations, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas. Ingoldsby, (Lieut. Governor of New Jersey ) : 16 note 28.
JACKSON, Samuel W .: 161, 165, 166. Jarvis, Rev. Abraham ( Bishop of Connect- icut ) : 92, 93, 98 note 37. Johnson, Andrew: 59 note 5 (see p. 51). Johnson, Chris: 47 note 27.
Johnson, Colonel Guy : 47 note 25, 53, 55, 59 note 13, 60 note 20. Johnson, James: 59 note 5 (see p. 51 ). Johnson, Joseph: 96 note 6 ( see p. 91 ).
Johnson, Sir William: portrait, plate V, p. 44; settling in the Mohawk Valley in 1738, is knighted and made Colonial Agent and Su- perintendent of Indian Affairs in 1756, 39, 46 notes II and 13; his residences, 39, 46 note 12; his daughters, 59 note 13, 60 note
14; his pew, 44, 47 note 27, 50, 102, 107 note 1 9; a warm friend of the English Church, 39, 82; contributes £31 to the building of St. George's, 31 ; collects £60 for it at con- gress at Fort Stanwix, 43; his attitude to- wards the Presbyterians, 54, 55; uses influ- ence to obtain charter, 53, 54, 55 ; advice on the drawing up of a petition, 54; his influ- ence on behalf of St. George's with the S. P. G., 56, 77, 79, 80, 8 1 ; choice of a mission- ary left to him by the S. P.G., 56; he selects Mr. Murray who finally does not accept, 56, 57, 58 ; called on by Messrs. Brown and Andrews, 63; builds church at Johnstown, 68, 74 note 26; receives letters from Mr. Andrews 63, 67, 69, 70; refuses to appoint him rector at Johnstown, 69; his opinion of Mr. Andrews, 77; visited by Mr. Doty and Mr. Brown, 76; reassures St. George's as to the S. P.G., 77; his influence in the Mo- hawk Valley, 83 ; his death, 82 ; mentioned, 48 note 35, 57, 67, 70, 74 note 33. Johnson, Fort: 39, 46 note 12.
Johnson Hall: 39, 46 note 12.
Johnstown: 39; see also St. John's Church.
Johnstown, St. John's Church: see St. John's Church, Johnstown.
Johnstown Historical Society : 46 note 12. Jones, Samuel W. : 164, 166. "Joseph, the Indian:" 48 note 34 (see p. 42 ). Joyce, Darcy: 163. Joyce, John, Jr .: 163. Judd, Jonathan: 120 note I>
K ANE, John : 106 note 8 ( see p. 100), 161. Kane, Thomas: 96 notes 7 and 9 (see p. 91), 162.
Kelly, Solomon: 115.
Kempe, John: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
Kettle, David: 105, 108 note 31.
King's College: 75.
Kingsley, Joseph : 96 notes 7 and 9 ( see p. 91 ), 162.
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Kinsela, Joseph: 96 note 6 (see p. 91). Kysand, John: 59 note 5 (see p. 51 ).
TAFAYETTE Street, Schenectady: 152 note 10 (see p. 149).
Larkins, Portrul: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
Le Britton, Edward A. : 164.
Lee, Dr. (Bishop of Connecticut ) : 145, 152 note 4.
Liberty of worship in Colonial New York: 9. Livingston, Robert (Mayor of Albany ) : 21, 26 note 33.
Livingston, Colonel Robert: 107 note 12. Long, Benjamin: 162.
Lotteries, Church interests in: 40, 41, 101. Lovelace, Lord: 25 note 16.
Lydius, Rev. Johannes : accompanies Freeman to America, 14 note 6; pastor of the Dutch Church in Albany, 1 1 ; sole instructor to the Indians 1705-1710, 13; work in Schenec- tady during this period, 16 note 3 1 ; death, 17. Lyne, Matthew: schoolmaster at Schenectady in 1760, 48 note 32 ; a member of the sub- scription committee of 1767, 42; a pew- holder, 47 note 27; visits New York, 55; signs petition to the S. P.G., 59 note 5 ; ves- tryman, 73 note 14, 162; Clerk of the Vestry, 73 note 14, 166.
Lyon, Elias: 136.
Lyons, J. : 105.
M ABEE, Peter: 48 note 34 (seep. 42). McAnten, Archebald: 59 note 5 (see P. 51).
McBean, Donald: 59 note 5 (seep. 51).
McCamus, Thomas William: 165.
McCamus, William: 164.
McCarthy, Owen: 59 note 5 ( see p. 51 ).
McDaniel, Nicklos: 59 note 5 ( see p. 51). McDonald, James: 73 note 14, 162. McFarlan, Andrew: 59 note 5 (see p. 51). McNaughton, James: 165.
McNutt, Samuel: 59 note 5 (see p. 51), Manchester, Vermont: 94.
Mansfield, Rev. Dr .: 92, 93.
Mansion houses : houses built by Samuel Fuller, 47 note 2 5 ; house at Guy Park, 59 note 1 3 ; Bloomingvale house, 106 note 1. Mariaville: 106 note I.
Martin, Charles : settles in Schenectady as In- dian trader and merchant, 96 note 5; helps to revive the church after the Revolution, 91 ; incorporator, 96 note 6; trustee, 96 note 7; treasurer, 91, 101, 166; warden, 91, 96 note 8, 106 note 8, 161; cancels St. George's debt to him, 101, 107 note II; a trustee of Sir William's pew, 102; his faith in Mrs. Campbell's generosity, 104; death, 96 note 5.
Martin, Daniel: 161, 163.
Martin, Hugh R. : 161, 164, 166.
Maxon, George G. : 165.
Meldrum, David: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
Middletown, Conn., Church of the Holy Trin- ity: 143.
Miller, Charles: 47 note 27, 96 notes 7 and 9 (see p. 91), 106 note 9 (see p. 100), 162. Miller, Rev. John: 9, 14 note I.
Milne, Rev. John: appointed to mission at Al- bany, becomes rector of St. Peter's, 29; visits the Mohawks, 29; stays at Albany ten years making regular visits to Fort Hunter, 30.
Mohawk River: forms the route by boat to the western country, 38, 65.
Mohawks: their "castle," 12-13, 19, 20; join the King's troops in the Revolution, 86; see also Indians, and particularly Fort Hun- ter.
Montgomery County Historical Society : 5, 46 note 12 (see p. 39). Montreal: Mr. John Ogilvie's work at, 35 note 27. Moor, Rev. Thoroughgood: first Church of England missionary to Indians, 12; failure, 13; later adventures and death, 16 note 28.
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Moore, Rev. Benjamin ( Bishopof New York ) :
103, 108 note 33, 110, 111, 112, 114. Moore, Sir Henry (Governor of New York ) : gives the name "St. George's" to the church, 42, 48 note 3 1 ; promises furniture, 42; which is not sent, 73 note 24; charter sought from, 54; the Revolution ends the quest, 60 note 2 1 .
Morgan, J. Pierpont: 5.
Morrell ( Morrall), Thomas: 47 note 27, 59 note 5 (see p. 51), 96 notes 6, 7 and 9 (see P. 91), 162.
Munro, Rev. Harry : succeeds Mr. Ogilvie as rector of St. Peter's, Albany, 35 note 31; makes occasional visits to St. George's, 64, 72 note II.
Murray, Rev. Alexander: minister at Reading, Pa., 56; willing to accept call to and wanted by St. George's, 56; failure of negotiations through St. George's ineptness, 57, 58; leaves Reading for England in 1778, 61 note 39.
N EEDHAM, Mass. : 41, 42. Negroes in Schenectady: 18, 85.
New Brunswick, N. J. : 94. New York, Clergy of: 55. Nickson (Nixon), Libby : 46 note 25. Nickson (Nixon ), Thomas: 40, 46 note 14. Norris, Joseph: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
North Haven, Conn. : 92. Northford, Conn. : 98 note 37.
Norwich, Conn. : 98 note 37.
Nott, Rev. Eliphalet: 5, 123, 124, 129, 132 note 20, 141 note 1. Nott, Sara Maria (Mrs. Alonzo Potter) : 5, 14I note 10.
O GDEN, John: 47 note 27. Ogden, Jonathan: 46 note 23 (see p. 41), 47 note 27, 59 note 5 (see p. 51. ) Ogilvie, Rev. George: 94, 97 note 31. Ogilvie, Rev. John: portrait, plate III, p. 32;
birth and extraction, 35 note 18; education, 32; appointment to the missions at Albany and to the Mohawks, 32 ; in the Seven Years' War takes the field as chaplain and does not return to Albany, 33 ; importance of his work for the Church in Canada, 35 note 27; be- comes an assistant minister at Trinity Church, N. Y. in 1764, 33 ; friendship with John W. Brown, 37; stimulates his efforts in 1758 to erect a building for the Church of England in Schenectady, 39, 40; consulted on the peti- tion to the S. P.G., 54; quoted on use of the church by dissenters, 53, 59 note 11; re- mains with Trinity Church until his death in 1774, 35 note 28; mentioned, 60 note 16. Ohlen, John: 164.
Old French War: its European name, 34 note 14; renders Fort Hunter untenable and har- asses Albany, 32, 35 note 16; destruction of Dutch settlement at Saratoga, 34 note 15; causes desolation in Albany County and Sche- nectady, 34 note 15.
Oldrich, Richard: 46 note 20.
Oliver (schoolmaster at Fort Hunter ) : 21.
Olliver, Rev. Thomas F. : 94, 97 note 32. Onderdonk, Bishop: 132 note 15. Oneidas: 19, 22, 33.
Onondagas : fort among them contracted for, 20; chapel never built, 26 note 30; communion vessels sent by Queen Anne for it now at St. Peter's Church, Albany, 26 note 30. Ordination: necessity of a visit to England for, 64; Tory sympathies in the clergy in- spired by these visits, 83.
P AIGE, John Keyes: 158 note 11, 165. Palmer, Edward D .: 165.
Palmer, Thomas: 164, 166. Paltsits, Victor Hugo: 14 note 1. Parsons, Hinsdill: 157 note 9.
Payne, Rev. John W .: 150, 152 note 17.
Payne, Rev. William: portrait, plate XVI, p. 146; accepts call from a position in Trinity
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College to St. George's, 146; D.D., Hobart, 1859, 152 note 1 1 ; establishes mission Sun- day school on State Street from which grew the parish of Christ Church, 149; personally subscribes $300 towards extinguishing the church debt, 150; comment on removal of the galleries, 150; loss of his son, 150, 152 note 17; ill health and retirement after 36 years' service, 150; his letter of resignation, 150-151; granted a pension and title of Rector Emeritus, 15 1 ; buried in St. George's churchyard, 152 note 18.
Peek, Mrs. : purchase of land from, 134, 137, 141 note 8.
Peekskill, N. Y., St. Peter's Church : 75.
Pendleton, Rev. John Philip Bausman: portrait, plate XX, p. 1 54; called to St. George's from St. Luke's Church, Scranton, Pa., 153; D.D., Union, 1896, 157 note 2 ; the church's financial difficulties under, 153; founds St. Mary's Guild, 153; other parish activities, 154; a founder of the Hospital Association, 154; death, 154; mentioned, 157 note 9. Penn (Governor of Pennsylvania ) : 49 note 38 (see p. 43).
Pennsylvania, Commissioners of: 49 note 38 (see p. 43).
Peters, Harmon: 59 note 5 (see p. 51). Philadelphia: 124.
Phyn, James: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
Phyn & Ellice: 47 note 27.
Porter, John: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
Porter, Thomas: 59 note 5 (see p. 51 ).
Pott, Rev. William H .: declines a call to St. St. George's, 154.
Potter, Rev. Alonzo: portrait, plate X, p. 124; birth, 131 note 3; education, 124; accepts joint ministry at St. George's and tutorship in Union College, 1 25 ; commences his min- istration, 125, 131 note 4; forced by ill health to resign, 126, 131 note 8; professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Union College, 127; called to St. Paul's
Church, Boston, 127, 134; resigns, 134; recalled to Union as professor, 134; sup- plies the pulpit at St. George's, 134, 137; Vice-president of Union College and Bishop of Pennsylvania, 14 I note 1 ; father of Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York, 14 I note 10; and of Edward Tuckerman Potter, 147; me- morial tablet to in St. George's, see plate XI, p. 126.
Potter, Edward Tuckerman: architect of the reconstruction of the church in 1859, 147, 152 note 8.
Potter, Rev. Henry Codman ( Bishop of New York ) : son of the Rev. Alonzo Potter, 141 note 10; his pleasing recollection of Mr. Walter, 139; his memory of Mr. Williams, 144.
Potter, Rev. Horatio (Provisional Bishop of New York ) : 147.
Potter, Sara Maria Nott ( Mrs. Alonzo Potter ) : 5, 141 note 10.
Powell, Thomas: 163.
Presbyterians of Schenectady (also called dis- senters ): as subscribers to the original build- ing of St. George's they insist on right to use it, 53,61 note 28; consequent friction, 53, 56; St. George's seeks a charter authorizing their exclusion, 53, 54, 55, 60 note 2 1 ; proposal to buy them out, 54, 55; their withdrawal, 61 note 29; apprehensions of their rivalry, 58, 76, 80, 103; their services attended by a vestryman of St. George's, 1 10; dissensions in the congregation, 103, 107 note 23; the " Revival" in, 125.
Price, Jesse: 48 note 27; 50 note 49 (see p. 44).
Princetown, Glebe land in: 115.
Proal, Rev. Alexis P. : portrait, Plate XII, p. I 30; called to St. George's by a close vote, 127; salary, 127; suggests improvements in the building, 127; accepts call to Trinity Church, Utica, 129, 132 note 2 1 ; reference to, 132 note 12; mentioned 1 34.
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Provoost, Rev. Samuel ( Bishop of New York ) :
visits St. George's in 1791, 94; consecrates Christ Church, Duanesburgh, 99, 106 note 2.
Putman, Arent: 48 note 34 (see p. 42).
UEEN of England: see Anne. Quinte, Bay of: 26 note 30.
R EADING, Pa .: 56, 61 note 39. Redstone, William: 115.
Reed, Thomas C. : 137, 141 note 6.
"Revival of Religion " in Schenectady : 125-6, 13 1 note 7.
Revolution, American: premonitory troubles, 83; sympathies of the Church of England clergy with the Tories, 83 ; severity upon the Episcopal Church in America, 85, 89.
Richey, Robert: 59 note 5 (see p. 51).
Riggs, Isaac: 164.
Rivington, James: 40, 46 note 18.
Robison, James: 47 note 27.
Rodd, Thomas: 14 note I.
Rogers, Rev. Ammi: education, 92; enmity of Mr. Jarvis drives him from Connecticut, 92, 93; joint reader and later minister at Christ Church, Ballston, and St. George's, 93, 94; represents them at 12th convention of Protestant Episcopal Church, 97 note 36; resigns from St. George's, 95; subsequent chequered career, 97 note 37.
Rum: 20, 108 note 32.
S .P.G .: abbreviation for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Sague, James E. : 165.
St. Andrew's Church, Scotia: 158 note 14. St. Anne's Church, Brooklyn: 86.
St. George's Church: its founder, 37; need for an English Church in Schenectady, 38; movement for a building inspired and organ- ized by Messrs. Brown and Ogilvie in 1758,
39; subscriptions before 1763 undated, 39; early subscribers, 39, 40, 42, 43, 48 note 34, 49 note 38; subscriptions by Presbyteri- ans, 53, 54 ; subscription committee of 1767, 42 ; first recorded expenditure was for lottery tickets, 40; purchase of the site, 41, 46, note 2 1 ; ground broken, 1759, 41, 46 note 20; building operations, 41, 42; first ser- vices in the building, 41; named "St. George's " by Sir Henry Moore, 42, 48 note 3 1 ; the building completed in 1769, 43; ir- regular services since 1763 by Rev. Thomas Brown of St. Peter's, Albany, 51; appeal in 1765 to the S.P.G. for help, 51; list of the petitioners, 59 note 5; letter of Mr. Auchmuty transmitting the request to the So- ciety, 52; the petition granted leaving the appointment to Sir William Johnson, 56; the Presbyterians insist on right to worship in the building, 53; oppose a Church of England mission, 53; a charter authorizing their exclusion is sought from the governor of New York, 53-55 ; the attempt drags and lapses with the Revolution, 60 note 2 1 ; fail- ure to secure Mr. Murray as rector, 56-58; Mr. Griffith also declines, 58; Mr. An- drews considered, 63; during visit to Eng- land for ordination is appointed by the So- ciety, 64; installed as first rector in 1771, 64; his first (a communion) service, 64; expenditures for, 72 note 12; extracts from his reports, 64-69; his small salary and ill health cause him to resign in 1773, 71 ; dis- satisfaction of the church with manner of his leaving, 71, 81 ; it calls Mr. Doty, 71, 75; letter of the wardens and vestry to the S. P. G. requesting its approval and appointment of him, 75, 76; St. George's misrepresented to the Society by Mr. Andrews, 76; wor- ried by Mr. Andrews' mischief-making, 76; reassured by Sir William Johnson, 77; let- ter of the secretary of the Society suggesting its having been tricked into the appointment
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of Mr. Doty, with severe comment on the supposed duplicity and ingratitude of St. George's, 77-80; reply and defense of the wardens and vestry, 80-82; a severe loss in the death of Sir William Johnson, 82; out- break of the Revolution, 83; Mr. Doty's Tory stand, 83, 84; consequent dispersal of his congregation, 85, 89; last service until after the Revolution was in July, 1776,84, 88 note 16; review of Mr. Doty's ministry, 85 ; des- olation of St. George's at end of the war, 89, 90; meagre material for the history of the church 1777-1798, 90; some visiting cler- gymen during this period, 90, 94; renewal of activity started by Mr. Ellison in 1787, 90, 94; incorporation in 1790, 91 ; in new form in 1798, 100, 106 note 5; plans for uniting with congregations of neighboring towns, 91, 92; £ 71 pledged without ac- tion in 1791 among several towns to secure Mr. Blakeslee, 92; Rev. Ammi Rogers be- comes joint reader for Ballston and Schen- ectady, 93; continues ministrations until 1795 or 1796, 94; St. George's represent- ed in the 12th convention (1794) of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 97 note 36; repairs to the building during this period, 94; joins with Duanesburgh to secure Mr. Wetmore's ministry, 99-100; his salary subscribed for, 100; he is inducted rector, IO1 ; members of the congregation relinquish financial claims against the church, 101; prosperity under Mr. Wetmore, 102; his death, 102; interregnum, 1802-1804, 103; grant from Trinity Church for a glebe, 103, 105; poverty of the congregation, 103; repairs to the church necessary, 104; appeal to con- vention in Albany, 104; Mrs. Campbell a generous subscriber, 104, 107 note 27; con- tribution from Trinity Church, 105; the re- building of 1804, 104, 105 ; it exceeds esti- mate and a loan is necessary, 105; Trinity re- fuses a further appeal, 105 ; Presbyterian ser-
vices attended by a vestryman during the in- terregnum, 110; Mr. Stebbins chosen to be rector when ordained, 109; delay in ordina- tion, 110, 111; St. George's refuses Bishop Moore's suggestion to share him with Du- anesburgh, 110; but rashly accepts a grant from Trinity Church on this condition, 1 1 3; difficulties explained and condition with- drawn, 114; prosperity in 1807-8 short- lived, 114; appeals to Trinity for aid in 1806, 1808, 1809, 1812, 1813 and 1814, 113, 114, 115, 116; granted, 114, 115, 116; improvements in 1810, 115; financial status and embarrassments in 1812, 115; in 1815, 117; a seventh appeal to Trinity, 117; refused, 118; consequent reduction of Mr. Stebbins' salary, 1 1 8 ; he resigns, 119; Bishop Brownell proposes the combining of a college position with the rectorship, 123; Mr. Wain- wright suggested for the combined places, 124; the combination offered to Mr. Potter who finally accepts, 125; his salary, 125; resources increased by endowment from the city, 125; Mr. Potter obliged by ill health to resign, 126, 13 1 note 8; Mr. Proal cho- sen rector by a close vote, 127; repairs and improvements, 127; purchase of a rectory, 127; general progress 1821-29, 128; Sunday school organized, 128; change in financial methods, 129; Mr. Proal accepts call to Utica, 129, 132 note 21; Rev. Al- exander H. Crosby called, 133; he accepts but is released at the request of his old con- gregation, 133; Mr. Smedes rector, 133; committee appointed to ascertain cost of a new church, 134; submits plans without an estimate, 134; they are approved by vestry and congregation and committee to raise funds appointed, 1 35 ; objections recognized, 135, 136; project limited to enlargement and alterations, 136; contract made, 136; final cost, 137; Peek property purchased, 134, 137, 141 note 8; Mr. Smedes resigns,
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138; salary of rectorship raised, 138; Mr. Walter becomes rector, 138, 139; resigna- tion of Mr. Walter, 140; Mr. Williams ac- cepts call, 143; his strong personality and successful ministry, 144; after refusing many other calls he resigns to accept presidency of Trinity College, 145; Mr. Payne called from Trinity College, 146; in 185 1 a parish house and in 1857 a new rectory built, 146; reconstruction and great enlargement of the church building in 1859, 147; details, 148; cost, 149; consecration of the reconstructed church, 147; Sunday school on State Street and organization of Christ Church parish, 149; stone steeple and other building opera- tions, 1871-1876, 149; debt extinguished, 149, 150; alterations of 1882, 150; Dr. Payne retires, 150, 151; Mr. Pendleton's rectorship and extension of parish activities, 154; call to Rev. Mr. Pott declined, 154; Rev. B. W. Rogers Tayler rector, 154; his plans, 154-5 ; summary of events after 1 904, 155, 158 note 14.
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