A history of the parish of Trinity Church in the city of New York, pt 1, Part 44

Author: Dix, Morgan, 1827-1908, ed. cn; Dix, John Adams, 1880-1945, comp; Lewis, Leicester Crosby, 1887-1949, ed; Bridgeman, Charles Thorley, 1893-1967, comp; Morehouse, Clifford P., ed
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: New York, Putnam
Number of Pages: 1084


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Index


Inglis, Charles (Continued).


of his son, Charles, 438 ; death of his wife, 441 ; resignation of, 443 ; fare- well sermon, 443 ; consecrated Bishop of Nova Scotia, 445 ; character of, 445 ; death of, 446 ; monument to, 446


Inglis, John, second Bishop of Nova Scotia, 447


Ingoldsby, Richard, Lieutenant-Gover- nor, 176


Ingram, David, travels of, from Gulf of Mexico to St. John, New Brunswick, A.D. 1567, S


Innes, Alexander, Chaplain, 65 n. ; pres- ent at Conference of Clergy, 143, 485


Jacobson, Cornelis, first Director of Man- hattan, 23, 25


James, Duke of York, proprietor of the English Colonies, 37-60 ; sends a Com- mission to New England, 39 ; his patent from King Charles II., 39 ; enjoins freedom of worship, 41


James II., accession of, 61 ; government of New York, 61-67; consolidates the


' New England Colonies, 67 ; abdication of, 69


Jans, Anneke, 50 ; heirs of, 147; claims against the church farm, 149


Jogues, Father, his account of New York, A.D. 1643, 31


Johnson, Samuel, appointed first presi- dent of King's College, 270 ; history of, 273 ; his advertisement, 276 ; text in full, given in Appendix, 486


Johnson, Samuel, of Stratford, elected president of first Convention of Clergy, 314


Kalm, Professor, description of New York, A. D. 1748, by, 247-249


Keating, John, paper mill of, 323


Keith, George, missionary of the S. P. G., 142-144, 155


Kieft, Governor, 30


King's College, foundation of, 145, 258 ; incorporated, 270 ; Samuel Johnson, first president of, 270; land granted to, 280; corner-stone laid, 284 ; Com-


mencement-day in 1769, 326 ; in 1771, 339


Knight, Madam, her description of New York, 159-161


Lake George Campaign, 279, 283, 286 Leadbetter, James, appointed organist to Trinity Church, 305


Lee, General Charles, occupies New York, 373 ; captured by Lord Howe, 417


Legislative Assembly, the first, held in Jamestown, A. D. 1619, 10


Leisler, Jacob, rebellion of, 71 ; execu- ted, 72 ; defended by Lord Bellomont, II9


Leislerians, position of, 128 ; triumph of, 129


Louisburg, fall of, 285


Lovelace, Francis, Colonel, appointed Governor, 48 ; disgrace of, 49


Lovelace, John, Lord, administration of, 168-177; appointed Governor, 168; arrives in New York and welcomed by Trinity Vestry, 169 ; death of, 174 Loyalist clergy, sufferings of, 375-386


Mackemie, Francis, imprisoned for preaching without permission, 166 Man, John, Jr., appointed clerk to Trin- ity Church, 213


" Managers of the Affairs of the Church of England," organized, 91 ; petition for incorporation, 91 ; obtain charter for the consolidation of the parish of Trinity Church, 91 ; granted patent to seize drift whales, 108, 109


Marston, Nathaniel, elected clerk of Trinity Church, 116


Masonic service in Trinity Church, 277


Maverick, Samuel, appointed a Commis- sioner by Duke of York, 39, 48


May, Cornelis Jacobson, 26


Megapolensis, Domine, 33, 42 Michaelius, Jonas, 28


Miller, Ebenczer, 102


Miller, John, chaplain, 73, 485 ; his plans for an Episcopate, 73; proposed as minister under the Trinity Act, 84


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Miln, John, rector of St. Peter's, Al- bany, 238


Ministry Act, the, 81


Minuit, Peter, third Director of Manhat- tan, 26


Monckton, Robert, General, appointed Governor, 296 ; resignation of, 298


Montgomery, John, appointed Governor, 205 ; death of, 205, 208


Moor, Thoroughgood, missionary to In- dians, 235 ; ill-treatment of, 166


Moore, Benjamin, parentage of, and early history, 362 ; ordained, 363 ; called as assistant minister, Trinity Parish, 364 ; preaches sermon at funeral of Auch- muty, 407 ; marriage to Charity Clarke, 426 ; elected fifth rector, 443


Moore, Sir Henry, appointed Governor, 313 ; death of, 313, 329


Morris, Colonel Lewis, memorial of, to S. P. G., 65 ; letter of, to S. P. G., 177


Mortier, Abraham, remonstrance of, 323 Mott, Edmond, present at Conference of Clergy, 143 ; Fort chaplain, 161, 485 ; death of, 162


Music, church, teaching of, 221, 263


Myles, Samuel, in charge of King's Chapel, Boston, 103 ; goes to Eng- land for ordination, 103; his letter respecting Mr. Vesey, 105 n.


Nanfan, Lieutenant-Governor, 127 ; su- perseded, 130


Neau, Elias, elder of the Frenchi Church, 156 ; appointed catechist, 157 ; con- forms to the Church, 157; his work among the negroes, 163 ; blamed during negro conspiracy, 186; diffi- culties of his work, 188


Negro conspiracy of 1712, 185 : of 1741, 224


Negroes, work among, of Trinity Church, 163, 294


New York, first colonized by French Huguenots, 8 ; occupied by Dutch, 30; by English, 36 ; seized by Dutch, 49 ; . surrendered to the English, 50 ; de-


scription of, by Madam Knight, 159- 161 ; by Professor Kalm, 247-249 ; in the colonial days, 341-347 ; occu- pied by General Lee, 373 ; by the British, 388 ; state of, during the war, 403, 428-431 ; surrendered by British, 438


New York Hospital founded, 348


Nicolls, Colonel Richard, appointed Commissioner by Duke of York, 39 ; arrives at New York, 42 ; lands troops, 42 ; takes possession of New York, 43 ; retirement and departure, 48


North Virginia Company, monopoly granted to, by King James, A.D. 1620, IS


Noxon, Thomas, appointed schoolmaster, 210 ; resignation of, 212


O'Beirne, Thomas Lewis, sermon by, 396 ; history of, 397 n.


Ogilvie, John, parentage of, and early history, 3II ; elected assistant minister to Trinity Church, 310; death of, 359; character of, 360, 361 ; portrait of, 362 Organ, first organ in America, 154; in' New York, 154 ; appointed to be built for Trinity Church, 222 ; placed in the church, 223 ; decoration of, 223 ; re- pairs to, 259 ; new organ voted to be purchased, 296 ; old organ ordered to be sold, 301 ; new organ erected, 305 Osborne, Sir Danvers, appointed Gov_ ernor, 266 ; suicide of, 266


Patroons, the, 29


Peters, Richard, preaches in Trinity Church and St. George's Chapel, 278 Popham, George, voyage of, to Maine, IO Prato, Canon Albert de, companion of Rutt on his voyage to Newfoundland, A.D. 1527, 6


Pring, Martin, voyage of, A.D. 1603, 9


Privileges and Exemptions, Charter of, 29 Provoost, Samuel, elected assistant min- ister Trinity Parish, 319 Quakers, persecution of, 34 Quebec, capture of, 287


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Raleigh, Sir Walter, voyage, of to Vir- ginia, A.D. 1584, 9


Rectory, provision for a, 322, 327


Reede, Mary, marries William Vesey, 116; her second marriage to Daniel Horsmanden, and death, 291


Relief of Widows and Children, Socicty for, incorporated, 337


Rice, John, appointed organist, 228


Robinson, Beverley, marriage of, to Nancy Barclay, 422


Rutgers, Miss, marries Dr. Barclay, 250 Rutt, John, voyage of, to Newfoundland, A.D. 1527, 6


St. George's Chapel, first Chapel of Ease, 247, 258 ; architect of, 247; opened for worship, 259 ; description of, 261 ; clock erected in, 290 ; repairs to, 437 St. Paul's Chapel, second Chapel of Ease, 302, 303 ; completed, 315 ; architect of, 316 ; opened for worship, 316; erection of portico, 322 ; serves as a parish church, 397


Sancroft, Archbishop, holds jurisdiction in America, 63


Schick, Schidit, 217


Schoolhouse, burnt down in 1750, 252; rebuilt, 255


Seabury, Samuel, elected secretary of first Convention of Clergy, 314 ; his account of the sufferings of the clergy, 380 ; sermon before the Masons, 417 ; receives degree of D.D., Oxford, 423 ; death of his wife, 435


Sharp, John, Fort chaplain, 162, 485 ; preaches sermon at Lady Cornbury's funeral, 163, 164; writes to S. P. G. on the negro conspiracy, 185


Slaves, redemption of, 153


Sloughter, Henry, appointed Governor of New York, 72 ; dies, 75 Small-pox, ravages of, 210, 429 Smith, Colonel William, 128


Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, memorial to, from Colonel Morris, 65 ; and from Colonel Dudley, 65 ; its history, 151


Sopus, arrival of Walloons at, 25 Stamp Act, the, effects of, in New York, 312


State Prayers, 257 Stuyvesant, Peter, arrival of, 32


Talbot, John, present at Conference of Clergy, 143


Thanksgiving Day in 1737, 216 ; in 1763, 303


Thomas, J., missionary at Hempstead, L. I., 101, 158


Town Vestry, 83 ; levies a tax, 83 ; calls William Vesey, 85 ; opposes Governor Fletcher, 86


Trico, Catalina, 25, 26


Trinity Church, the first edifice, 109-115 ; desecration of, 180, 181 ; enlargement of, 201, 214, 216, 218 ; appearance of, in 1737, 218 ; organ introduced, 223 ; altar-piece erected, 223 ; liangings for Communion Table, pulpit, and read- ing desk ordered, 224; new addi- tion to, 225 ; fire in the steeple, 254; steeple struck by lightning, 299 ; closed during occupation of New York by Washington, 385 ; opened on capture of the city by British, 389; burnt, 391 ; description of, in 1775, and of ruins in 1776, 394, 395 ; proposal to rebuild, 437 Trinity Church Parish, charter of consti- tution granted, 92 ; terms of charter, 93, 94; full text of charter, Appendix, 455; first church wardens and vestry, 94; the building of the first church, 109; the building contract of 1697, 109; occu- pied for first time, 115 ; first election of wardens and vestrymen, 116 ; validity of its charter disputed, 121 ; act passed vacating grant of the farm, 124 ; it ap- peals to Archbishop of Canterbury, I24 ; new lease of farm granted by Cornbury, 141 ; land for a cemetery granted to, 153 ; asked by Stratford, Conn., for a loan for building church, 165 ; receives gift of Communion plate from Queen Anne, 181 ; its relations with the Dutch Church, 427 ; poor


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Trinity Church Parish ( Continued).


financial condition of, 439 ; general policy of, 447-450


Trinity church-yard, granted to the par- ish, 153


Tryon, Sir William, Bart., appointed Gov- ernor, 341 ; resignation of, 357 ; return of, 368 ; retires to Halifax, 371 ; makes his headquarters on board the Duchess of Gordon, 374 ; his hospitality, 429 Tucker, Mrs., marries Dr. Auchmuty, 250 Tuckey, William, appointed teacher of music to Trinity Church, 203 ; dis- charged, 300; publishes a hymn and an anthem, 301, 339


Van Horne, Miss, marries Governor Bur- net, 198


Van Twiller, Wouter, administration of, 30 Vardill, John, elected assistant minister Trinity Parish, 365 ; appointed pro- fessor King's College, 365


Verhulst, William, second Director of Manhattan, 26


Verrazano, Giovanni da, voyages of, to New York, A.D. 1574, 3


Vesey, Mary (see Mary Reede), marries Daniel Horsmanden, 291 ; death of, 291 ; character of, 291


Vesey, William, called by the Town Ves- try, 85 ; election opposed by Governor Fletcher, 85; not a dissenter, 87, 99 ; journeys to England to receive Holy Orders, 90 ; receives degree of M.A., Oxford, 96; ordained deacon and priest, 96 ; returns to New York, 96; elected and inducted rector of Trinity Parish, 97 ; birth and parentage of, 99, 102 ; education of ,99, 100; lay reader in Long Island, 100, 101 ; his father a Jacobite, 103 ; acts as assistant at King's Chapel, Boston, 104 ; always a churchman, 115 ; befriended by Colonel Heathcote, 106; grant for his support, 108; marries Mary Reede, 116 ; disliked by Gover- nor Bellomont, 125 ; assailed by At- wood, 131 ; writes to the Governor of Virginia, 132 ; present at Conference


of Clergy in 1702, 143; objects to Cornbury appointing Neau catechist, 157; withdraws his objections, 162; preaches sermon at funeral of Lord Lovelace, 174; remonstrates against the services at the Fort Chapel, IS2 ; refuses to co-operate with Governor Hunter, 183 ; visit to England, 190- 192 ; returns to New York, 192; ap- pointed Commissary, 192 ; triumphs over his enemies, 193; troubles with Alexander Campbell, 210; place of residence, 212 ; convenes meeting of clergy, in 1739, 221 ; failing strength, 229 ; character of, 230 ; death of, 231 ; contemporary opinion of, 231 ; portrait of, ordered to be painted, 259


Vigné, Jean, first male born of European colonists in America, 13


Walker, John, voyage to Maine, A.D. 1580, 9


Walloons, the, 24; settle in Manhattan, 25 Wardens and vestrymen, under the Min- istry Act, A.D. 1694, 82 ; 1695, 84 ; 1696, 87 ; of Trinity Church, 94 ; first elected, 116; election of, 1702, 134; election of, 1779, 426


Washington, George, arrival in New York, 368, 381 ; evacuates New York, 388 Waymouth, voyage of, A.D. 1605, 10 West India Company, founded by the States General, A.D. 1621, 17 ; patent issued, IS


Wetmore, James, appointed catechist, 201 ; parentage and history of, 201 ; called to Rye, 202


Whales, patent to seize drift, granted to Managers of the Affairs of the Church of England, 103, 109


William III., accession of, 69; colonial policy of, 70, 72


Wolfall, Reverend Master, first celebrant of the Holy Communion according to the Anglican rite in America A.D. 1573, 9


Wolley, Charles, Rev., chaplain to the forces, 52, 485


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