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October, in the year 1839. The Committee considering the indispen- sable importance of constructing the foundations in the most secure manner, resolved to lay them by day's work, and they were so laid under the direction of Messrs. J. and J. A. Harriott. The Commit- tee found it impracticable to contract for the whole building to advan- tage ; but the principal part, that of preparing the materials to be put together, has been executed under contracts at various times and with different parties. The materials have all been procured by the Com- mittee, and are of the first quality. The Committee made every in- quiry as to the fitness, quality and cost of the various kinds of stone for the proposed edifice, and of the supplies that could be had, from the different quarries within a convenient distance from the city, and se- lected the brown stone from Little Falls, New-Jersey, as the most suitable in colour and durability ; and the same was recommended to and adopted by the Vestry :- and the stone from Little Falls was thereupon furnished by contract ; and the whole exterior of the Church, tower and spire, the large cut stone columns to support the Clere story, and other fine work of the interior, were constructed of this stone. The Committee very early provided themselves with a quantity of the best oak timber, for the pews, wainscotting, screen, &c., and had it sawed and properly exposed to undergo the seasoning process. And also, to facilitate operations, procured a Steam Engine and machinery for hoisting stone and other materials, which answered a very good purpose ; also, a large iron chest, now in the Sexton's room at Trinity Church, for the more safe-keeping of the drawings and designs of the Architect, and the books and papers of the Committee.
The whole of the Mason's work has been done by the day, under the charge of James Vandenburgh, an experienced workman ; the Carpenter's work has also been done principally by the day. All un- der the direction and inspection of Mr. Upjohn, the Architect. The Committee's regular day of meeting, was every Tuesday. Tivo of the Committee, viz. : Messrs. Treadwell and Hyslop, were appointed a sub-Committee to audit and examine all accounts, to be reported and passed on by the Committee. Pay day was once in two weeks, the bills and claims presented were particularly examined by the auditors, then passed by the Committee, with an order on the Comptroller, or certificate of the passing of the bill signed by the Chairman for pay- ment. The Committee have met for the transaction of business three
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hundred and eighty-nine times, and have taken regular minutes thereof.
On Monday, the 3d of June, 1841, a leaden box, with suitable in- scriptions, and containing the various memorials heretofore reported to the Vestry, was deposited in the place made for the purpose, in the large corner-stone of the North East buttress of the tower. All the monuments and mural tablets, formerly in the old Church, have been removed and placed in the rear apartments of the edifice, as directed by the Vestry. The stained glass windows were executed and put up by Mr. Abner Stephenson, and cellars have been excavated in front and rear, and the Church heated by hot air furnaces, according to Fox's patent. patent.
The Organ and case have been built and erected by Mr. Henry Erben, according to the specifications and plan, and under the super- vision of Doctor Edward Hodges, and the instrument has given very general satisfaction .*
Specifications were issued for the Church clock, and various esti- mates obtained, and the contract for the same was finally made with Mr. James Rodgers ; the clock was required to be of the best materials and workmanship, and warranted to keep accurate time. The clock has been placed in the tower, and is in operation, and the appendages and striking part are nearly completed.
* The following is a list of the Organists of Trinity Parish :-
ORGANISTS OF TRINITY CHURCH.
Mr. Clemm, Jr.,
1741 1 Mr. Wilson, 1804
Thomas Harison,
Peter Erben, 1820
John Rice,
Edward Hodges, Doctor of Music,
Mr. Muller,
1795 from the University of Cambridge,
Dr. Jackson,
1802 England, 1846
ORGANIST OF ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL.
1794 Peter Erben, 1807
Mr. Hewitt,
Dr. Jackson
ORGANISTS OF ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL.
Mr. Ransch,
1802 Geo. Hodges,
Thomas Brown,
1806 Mr. Huntington,
S. B. Taylor, .
1834 Henry W. Greatorex,
1846
ORGANISTS OF ST. JOHN'S CHAPEL.
Peter Erben,
1813 Dr. Edward Hodges, 1839
P. K. Moran,
Mr. Rolph, 1846
Charles Wilson,
22
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The Committee have to report, with regret, the decease of two of their members. It appears from their minutes, that the last time Mr. Lawrence attended the Committee was on the second of January, 1844. His health had been previously failing for some time, and on the 4th of June, following, the minutes record his death. During his continu- ance, he paid all that attention to the business of the Committee, which his age and impaired health would permit.
The last time that Mr. Ogden appears to have attended the Commit- tee, was on the 12th of November, 1844, and it is remarkable, that the only business then transacted, was the presentation by him of the spe- cification and contract for the Tower Clock, thus being engaged with the rest of the Committee in preparing an instrument, to note the rapid flight of time, which for him was to be so short, for he departed this life on the 17th day of December following. Mr. Ogden, from the commencement to the close of his connection with the Committee, was constant and indefatigable in the duties devolving upon him, as he was in other matters entrusted to his care and management. But, alas, his eyes were not permitted to see the edifice in its beauteous, perfect and finished state, which he had long desired. It is to be hoped however, that he, as well as other deceased fellow-members, having finished their multiplied labours here, have gone to the rest reserved for the people of God, in that glorious temple not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
After the decease of Mr. Ogden, Mr. Treadwell was appointed Chair- man of the Committee, and Mr. Dunscomb Secretary. And from and after the eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, Messrs. William Moore and Henry Youngs, according to the resolution of the Vestry, also acted as members of the Committee. The Committee have now to report the Church as completed, and that it was duly consecrated on Ascension Day, the twenty-first of May last, and that all the payments made, have been by directions of the Com- mittee. It is a subject of congratulation, that in the erection of a build- ing of such magnitude and elevation, no serious accident or loss of life has occurred among the workmen employed.
The whole payments for the Church, Tower and Spire, including compensation to vault holders, and the cost of new vaults, supplied to the owners of those rendered useless by the new building, and includ- ing the expense of taking down the old Church edifice, the steam en-
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gine and boiler, derricks and cordage, croton water pipes, workshops office, the Church Organ and case, the clock, four bells to complete the chime, the iron railing in front, and the flagging in the front of and around the Church, amount in the whole to the sum of $356,285 94 There is yet to be paid to Mr. Rodgers a balance of
$1600, due for the clock, and payable in nine month's after it is in successful operation
1,600 00
And also for additional work on clock, as stated below 744 00
$358,629 94
Henry Erben-organ-per contract $6,300 00
66
organ case do
2,000 00
66 extra work on organ case 431 72
66 For loss occasioned by inter- ruption of his work 270 00
66
For loss sustained by him on his contract for organ 1,500 00
Dr. Hodges-superintending its construction and other services
750 00
$11,251 72
Clock per contract
3,600 00
Additional work per contract
744 00
$4,344 00
Four Bells imported
1,509 95
Taking down, moving out, altering and re- erecting the iron railing in front, and other work 1,033 93
Flagging in front and around the Church by contract 1,896 30
Paid for vaults in lieu of those covered by the new Church 600 00
$5040 18 20,635 90
Cost of Church cdifice, including furniture for the chancel and all other expenses, except the organ, clock, &c., as stated above
337,994 04
$358,629 94
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The only claims against the Church, which have not been passed by the Committee, are for the clock, viz .: $744 for additional contract and $1600 to be paid in nine months. The Committee ask to be dis- charged, and that the Committee of supplies and repairs be authorized to audit, and order payment of same when due.
The Committee have kept a book, in which the several contracts made by them from time to time have been recorded, and to which they beg leave to refer for all the particulars thereof.
The Committee also present and submit to the Vestry, a book containing the minutes of its proceedings at each day of its meeting ; and would respectfully recommend it to be preserved with the other books and papers of the Committee in the Comptroller's office. Also, a book containing a fair copy thereof, commencing 18th Sept., 1839. All which is respectfully submitted.
Daled, January 11th, 1847.
ADAM TREDWELL,
ROBERT HYSLOP,'
WM. E. DUNSCOMB,
WM. H. HARISON,
HENRY YOUNGS,
WILLM. MOORE.
Building Committee of Trinity Church.
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K.
At a meeting of the Vestry, held on the 25th of May, 1846, the Committee of Arrangements for the Consecration of Trinity Church made their report in the following words :-
That since their appointment they have met twice a week, and for a few days previous to the consecration, daily. That special invitations were issued to the Right Rev. Dr. Delancey, of the Diocese of Western New-York, to all the Clergy of this Diocese, to the Rectors, Wardens, and Vestrymen of the Churches in this City, and to every Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church who manifested, pursuant to a published request, an inclination to be present, and to a number of Laymen in this and other States, holding offices or appointments in the Church and its institutions ; * and that cards of admission were issued to the following persons, viz. : to all the Corporators, the families of the Clergy of this City, and to many others; that the indi- viduals composing the procession met at the house of Mr. William I. Bunker, No. 39 Broadway, which was kindly offered by him for the purpose, where the procession was formed, and walked to the new Parish Church, as prescribed in the printed order of procession mark- ed A, hereto annexed. The procession having arrived at Trinity
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A.
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
1. The Sextons and their Assistants, with staves.
2. The Rector, Teachers, and Scholars of Trinity School founded in 1709, and from that time continued without interruption.
3. The Architect, his Assistants, and Master-workmen.
4. The Vestry of Trinity Church, with the officers of the Corpo- ration.
The following part to reverse order, before arriving at the Church.
5. The Vestries of the City Churches, (in reverse order of dates of organization, viz., the last organized to be first in the line.)
6. Students in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
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Church, the printed order of services in the Church was proceeded in, and the new Church Edifice and Steeple called Trinity Church, front- ing on Broadway, opposite Wall-street in the City of New-York, was thereupon, on Thursday the twenty-first of May instant, being the Feast of the Ascension of our Blessed Lord, duly consecrated in the presence of a large assemblage of the Clergy and Laity, by the Right Revd. Samuel A. McCoskry, Bishop of the Diocese of Michigan, according to the General and Diocesan Canons, and to the rites and cere- monies of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America .*
The Sentence of Consecration, duly signed, accompanies this report, which your Committee desire may be taken as a part thereof and en- tered on the minutes.
The instrument of Donation was duly executed, and presented and
7. Lay Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New-York.
8. Trustees of Columbia College.
9. Lay Members of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, and Lay Delegates and Supernumerary Delegates to the General Convention.
10. Strangers specially invited.
11. Clergy in surplices not of the degree of D. D.
12. Doctors in Divinity in surplices. ( Of whom, together, more than one hundred and fifty thus robed were in attendance, besides several others in their gowns.)
13. The Bishop.
* The sentence of Consecration was read by the Rev. Thomas House Taylor, D. D. ;
Morning Prayer by the Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright, D. D., and the Rev. Dr. Higbee ;
The Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Haight and the Rev. Samuel L. Southard ;
The Ante-Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Lyell, with the ex- ception of the Epistle, which was read by the Rector, and the Gospel, which was read by the Rev. Dr. Whitehouse.
And the Sermon was preached and the Communion administered by the Bishop, with the assistance of several of the Clergy.
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delivered by the Senior Warden in behalf of this Corporation, as au- thorized and directed at a meeting of the Vestry held on the day of Consecration.
WILLIAM BERRIAN, ADAM TREDWELL, PHILIP HONE, WILLIAM E. DUNSCOMB, WM. H. HARISON.
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HISTORY OF
L.
WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF TRINITY CHURCH,
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE PARISHI TO THE PRESENT TIME.
Thomas Wenham,* Warden from 1697 to 1704. Vestryman from 1704 to 1706. Warden again from 1706 to 1709. Vestryman again in 1709.
Coln. Robert Lurting,t Warden 1697. Vestryman from 1698 to 1706. Warden again in 1706. Vestryman again from 1707 to 1714.
Coln. Caleb Heathcote,# Vestryman from 1697 to 1699 ; and also from 1711 to 1714.
William Merret,§ Vestryman from 1697 to 1700.
John Tudor || in 1697, and also from 1700 to 1703, and re-elected again in 1705.
James Emott, Vestryman from 1697 to 1711, and re-elected in 1719. William Morris, T " from 1697 to 1704.
Thomas Clarke,* * Vestryman in 1697. Warden from 1698 to 1700.
Ebenezer Wilson, Vestryman from 1697 to 1705.
Samuel Burt, in 1697.
James Evets, 66 from 1697 to 1700.
Nathaniel Marston, 66 in 1697, in 1705, from 1708 to 1718, in 1724, and from 1727 to 1731.
Michael Howden, Vestryman from 1797 to 1702, and from 1704 to 1710.
John Crooke, Vestryman from 1697 to 1703, and again from 1705 to 1708. Warden from 1708 to 1713. Vestryman again in 1713.
* Member of his Majesty's Council.
t Many years Alderman of Dock Ward, first Ward of the City, and Mayor of New-York from 1722 to 1735.
# Member of Council and Mayor of the City from 1711 to 1714.
§ Member of Council, and Member of Assembly for several years for the City of New-York, and Mayor of the same from 1704 to 1709.
|| Recorder of New-York from 1704 to 1709.
T Chief Justice of the Province.
* Member of Council.
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William Sharpas,* Vestryman from 1697 to 1699, from 1704 to 1706, and again in 1710.
Lawrence Read, Vestryman in 1697, and in 1709. David Jamison, t from 1697 to 1704. Warden from 1704 to 1706. Vestryman again from 1706 to 1709, and Warden again from 1709 to 1714.
William Huddleston, Vestryman from 1697 to 1714.
Gabriel Ludlow, 66 in 1697, from 1700 to 1702, and in 1704.
Thomas Burroughs, Vestryman from 1697 to 1702.
William Janeway,
in 1697, and from 1702 to 1704.
John Merret,
in 1697,
Jeremiah Tothill, 66 from 1698 to 1705.
Matthew Clarkson # from 1698 to 1700, and in 1702.
William Nicoll, § 66 from 1698 to 1702.
William Anderson, from 1698 to 1717.
Richard Willet, 66 from 1698 to 1700. Warden from
1700 to 1704. Vestryman again from 1704 to 1707. Warden again in 1707, and Vestryman again from 1708 to 1721.
Robert Walters, Vestryman in 1698.
Giles Gaudineau, in 1698.
Jonathan Hutchins, from 1699 to 1702.
Jonathan Guest, 66 from 1699 to 1701.
Thomas Ives, 66 from 1699 to 1703, and from 1706 to 1708.
Lancaster Syms, Vestryman from 1699 to 1704, and in 1705.
Roger Baker, from 1700 to 1702.
Robert Skelton, from 1700 to 1703.
Peter Mathews, 66 in 1701, and in 1705.
Jonathan Corbet, 65 from 1702 to 1705.
William Peartree || from 1702 to 1704. Warden from 1704
to 1706. Vestryman again from 1736 to 1710, and again in 1711.
* Member of Council.
t Recorder of the City from 1712 to 1725, and Attorney-General of the Province.
# Secretary of the Province, 1698.
§ Associate Judge, Member of Assembly from Suffolk County, and repeatedly Speaker of the House of Assembly.
|| Mayor of the City from 1703 to 1708.
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William Smith,* Vestryman from 1702 to 1704.
Robert Lettice Hooper,t Vestryman in 1702, and from 1719 to 1725.
Jon. Theobalds, Vestryman from 1702 to 1704.
Jon. Burrow, 66 from 1703 to 1705.
Thomas Davenport 66 from 1703 to 1710, and from 1711 to 1717.
Richard Harris,¿ Vestryman in 1703, from 1706 to 1709, and from 1710 to 1715.
Matth. Ling, Vestryman in 1703.
Barth. Le Reux,§ “ in 1703, and from 1709 to 1714.
William Bradford, from 1703 to 1710.
Sampson Shelton Broughton,|| Vestryman in 1704, from 1706 to 1708, and from 1709 to 1712.
Daniel Honan, Vestryman from 1704 to 1706.
John Hutchins, 66 in 1704.
Patrick Crawford 66 in 1704.
Thomas Clarke, **
from 1705 to 1715. Warden in 1715.
Vestryman again from 1716 to 1718. Warden again in 1718. Ves- tryman again from 1720 to 1726, and again from 1727 to 1735.
Col. Bayard, tt Vestryman from 1705 to 1712.
Elias Neau, from 1705 to 1714.
May Bickley,## from 1705 to 1714. Warden from 1714 to 1719. Vestryman again from 1719 to 1721, and Warden again from 1721 to 1724.
Mr. Bret, Vestryman from 1706 to 1709.
Mr. Regnier, 66 from 1706 to 1709, from 1710 to 1712, and in 1713.
* Alderman of the West Ward for several years.
t Colonel in the British Army.
# Assistant Alderman of the East Ward.
§ Assistant Alderman of the West Ward.
|| Recorder of the City from 1702 to 1704, and Attorney-General of the Province.
T Alderman of the West Ward.
** Secretary of the Province, 1705.
tt Alderman of Dock Ward.
## Attorney-General of the Province, 1705, and Recorder of the City from 1708 to 1712.
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Mr. Leathes, Vestryman from 1706 to 1708.
Thomas Byerly
in 1708, and in 1710.
Cornelius Lodge,
from 1708 to 1720.
Abraham Moore,
from 1709 to 1715.
William White,
from 1710 to 1712.
Peter Barberie, Jr., " in 1710, and again in 1712. Warden from 1713 to 1715. Vestryman again from 1715 to 1722. Warden again from 1722 to 1726. Vestryman again from 1726 to 1728.
Andrew Loran, Vestryman in 1710, and again from 1715 to 1717. Jos. Wright, from 1710 to 1712, and again from 1713 to 1727.
John Reade, Vestryman in 1711, and again from 1713 to 1719. Warden from 1719 to 1721. Vestryman again from 1721 to 1733, and from 1738 to 1740.
Mr. Jamain, Vestryman in 1711.
John Stephens, from 1710 to 1715.
Henry Vernon, from 1712 to 1731.
John Walter, in 1712, 1714 to 1716, and 1717 to 1722.
Simeon Soumaine, from 1712 to 1750.
Robert Elliston,* from 1713 to 1726, in 1736, and from 1740 to 1756.
Thomas Noxon, from 1713 to 1732.
William Howard, from 1713 to 1715, and from 1718 to 1720.
Gilbert Ash, from 1714 to 1718.
Mr. Birchfield, in 1714.
William Davis, from 1714 to 1716.
George Cocke, from 1715 to 1718.
Joseph Reade, Vestryman from 1715 to 1717, and again from 1718 to 1721. Warden in 1721. Vestryman again from 1722 to 1756. Warden again from 1756 to 1770. Vestryman again in 1770.
John Moore, t Vestryman from 1715 to 1719. Warden from 1719 to 1721. Vestryman again from 1721 to 1728.
George Clarke, Warden from 1716 to 1718.
John Hamilton, Vestryman from 1716 to 1719. Richard Worsom, Vestryman from 1716 to 1718.
* Collector of his Majesty's Customs.
t Alderman of the South Ward for eight years.
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HISTORY OF
Alexander Moore, Vestryman from 1716 to 1718, from 1719 to 1725, and from 1726 to 1729.
Benjamin Hildreth, Vestryman from 1717 to 1727.
James Dixon, Vestryman in 1718.
Jno. Auboyneau, "
in 1718, and from 1725 to 1745.
Jno. Balme, 66 from 1718 to 1724, in 1726, and in 1728.
Edward Man, from 1718 to 1720.
Henry Wileman, “ from 1719 to 1727.
George Talbot, “ from 1720 to 1724.
Robert Crooke, " fiom 1720 to 1727.
Joseph Murray,* " from 1720 to 1726. Warden from 1726 to 1758.
William Dugdale, Vestryman from 1721 to 1725.
Robert Livingston, Jr., t Vestryman from 1721 to 1761.
Jos. Robinson, Vestryman from 1722 to 1724. Warden from 1724 to 1756. Vestryman again from 1756 to 1759.
John Crooke, Senr., Vestryman in 1724, and from 1727 to 1731.
Edward Antill, Vestryman from 1724 to 1726.
Thomas Hopkins, Vestryman in 1725.
Jno. Searle, Vestryman from 1725 to 1727, and from 1728 to 1735. James Searle, from 1725 to 1746.
John Waldron, from 1725 to 1732.
John M: Evers, " from 1723 to 1752.
John Chambers, " from 1723 to 1757, and Warden from 1757 to 1705.
Stephen DeLancey # Vestryman from 1727 to 1742. Augustus Jay § Vestryman from 1727 to 1746.
John Moore, Jr.,
from 1728 to 1750.
Peter Vallete, €6 from 1729 to 1731.
John Brown, 66 from 1729 to 1739.
William Ricketts, 60 from 1731 to 1736.
William Hamersley from 1731 to 1753.
Charles Crooke 66 from 1731 to 1764.
* Mr. Murray was a lawyer of great eminence in the city of New-York, about the middle of the last century. He was one o "the Council, and Attorney-General of the Province, and was much celebrated in his day as a constitutional lawyer.
t Speaker of the House of Assembly.
# Alderman of the West Ward and Member of Assembly for several years.
§ Assistant Alderman of the South Ward.
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Nathaniel Marston, Jr., Vestryman in 1731, and from 1735 to 1770, and Warden from 1770 to 1779.
Anthony Duane, Vestryman from 1732 to 1748.
Peter Jay,
from 1732 to 1746.
Richard Nicholls,
from 1732 to 1766.
Ralph Barker, 66 from 1733 to 1736.
Daniel Horsmanden,* Vestryman from 1734 to 1765. Warden from 1765 to 1769, and Vestryman again from 1769 to 1772.
Henry Roe, Vestryman from 1735 to 1748.
Robert Watts, Vestryman from 1739 to 1751.
Gabriel Ludlow,
from 1742 to 1769.
Edward Holland, 66 from 1745 to 1757.
Abraham Lodge,
from 1749 to 1759.
Archibald Fisher,
in 1746.
Ebenezer Grant, 66 from 1746 to 1760.
Charles Williams,
66 from 1747 to 1774.
Henry Ludlow,
from 1748 to 1760.
Thomas Duncan,
from 1748 to 1759.
Robert Crommeline, 66 from 1750 to 1784.
Thomas Moore, 66 from 1750 to 1762.
Benjamin Nicoll,
from 1751 to 1761.
George Harison,
from 1752 to 1765.
Edward Mann, from 1753 to 1770.
John Aspinwall from 1756 to 1760.
David Clarkson, from 1757 to 1769. Warden in 1770, and Vestryman again from 1771 to 1777.
Andrew Barclay, Vestryman from 1758 to 1777.
John Troup, from 1758 to 1762.
Elias Desbrosses,t
from 1759 to 1770. Warden from
1770 to 1778.
Robert Morrell, Vestryman from 1759 to 1761.
Nicholas William Stuyvesant, Vestryman from 1760 to 1773.
* Recorder of the city from 1735 to 1747. One of the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the Colony, and afterwards Chief Justice.
t Alderman of the East Ward for several years, and gratefully remembered for his legacies towards the establishment of a French Protestant Episcopal Church in this city, and towards the support of the Charity School.
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Theophylact Bache,* Vestryman from 1760 to 1784, in 1788, and from 1792 to 1800.
Adrian Renaudet, Vestryman from 1760 to 1779.
John Ludlow, 66 in 1761.
Alexander Colden, 66 from 1761 to 1775.
Joseph Sackett, 66 from 1761 to 1764.
Thomas Hill,
66 from 1762 to 1779.
Edward Laight,
66 from 1762 to 1784.
Anthony Van Dam,
from 1762 to 1783.
Robert R. Livingston,f " from 1764 to 1775, and Warden from 1784 to 1785.
John Charlton, Vestryman from 1764 to 1784. Warden from 1794 to 1806.
Humphrey Jones, Vestryman from 1764 to 1772.
Matthew Clarkson, 66 from 1765 to 1769.
Benjamin Kissam, 66 from 1766 to 1783.
John Tabor Kempe, " from 1769 to 1778.
Warden from
1779 to 1783.
Miles Sherbrooke, Vestryman from 1769 to 1784.
Mr. Smith, 66 in 1770.
John Griffith, 66 from 1771 to 1782.
Gabriel H. Ludlow, 66 from 1771 to 1784.
James Duane, § 66 from 1772 to 1777. Warden from 1984 to 1794.
Peter Goelet, Vestryman from 1772 to 1782.
Grove Bend, 66 from 1773 to 1778.
Charles Shaw, 66 from 1774 to 1784.
Christopher Smith, 66 .
from 1774 to 1781.
* For many years a Governor and President of the New-York Hospital.
t Recorder of the City ; Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony ; one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence ; Chancellor of the State, and Minister to Paris under the Consulate and Empire.
# Attorney General of the Province.
§ Member of the old Congress ; first Mayor of the City under the government of the State of New-York, ; first Judge of the United States District Court upon the organization of the Judiciary under the present Constitution of the United States; receiving the appointment from Washington.
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