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Brooklyn. He was educated at Kenyon College, Gam- bier, Ohio, and received his degree of A. B. from that in- stitution in 1839 .* He studied theology at the General Theological Seminary in New York City, and was or- dained deacon, July 3, 1842, by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, D. D., Bishop of New York He spent his deaconate in Ohio, as minister in charge of St. James's
THE REV. J. CARPENTER SMITH, 1847.
Church, Wooster. He was advanced to the priesthood, June 13, 1843, by Bishop McIlvaine. In 1844, he ac- cepted a call to the rectorship of Trinity Church, Rocka- way, Long Island. Here he remained until his removal to Flushing, November 1, 1847.
Mr. Smith began his ministry in St. George's parish, Flushing, with a salary of $6co a year. As one of the
*His degree of S. T. D. was conferred on him, by Columbia Col- lege, in 1869.
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indications of the growth of the parish under his care, and also as an indication that the parish has appreciated his untiring devotion to its welfare, it is pleasant to re- cord that the vestry gave him an additional $100 at the end of his first year, and has, from time to time, increased his salary-as often as the resources of the parish would permit. This was done in 1854, in 1855 ("in acknowl- edgment of the constant and unwearied labors and de- votion " of the rector), and again in 1865. In 1871 we find it recorded that it was by the vestry unanimously re- solved : "Now, when brighter prospects are dawning and the affairs of the parish are in a more sound and flourishing condition than they have been for many years, his vestry deem it an act of common justice, not only to tender, but absolutely to insist on his receiving a small addition to his present income." This last increase of salary, however, Dr. Smith positively declined to accept -deeming it more than the parish could well afford to pay.
Early in 1850, a committee of three was appointed by the vestry, "(1) to inquire as to the propriety of enlarg- ing the church edifice ; (2) the best plan for such enlarge- ment ; (3) its probable cost ; and (4), the most suitable mode of raising the necessary funds.' The chair ap- pointed Isaac Peck. Sr., William Roe and Allan Macdon- ald. The committee reported in March, 1850, in favor of the enlargement. Whereupon it was resolved : "That St. George's Church be enlarged, by extending the two sides thereof about twelve feet, so as to provide a row of pews and an additional aisle on each side of the present building." A building committee was appointed, to " carry out the above resolution with all reasonable dis- patch." A committee was also appointed "to raise the funds needed." On April 10, 1850, the committee re-
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ported that the expense of carrying into effect the en- largement would probably amount to $2,000, or $2, 225. The matter was given back to the committee, with in- structions to consider some plan of enlargement which would not exceed $1,000, or at most $1, 200. Another member was added to the committee to aid in this task. He had some architectural skill and thought it might be done. A light iron gallery around the interior was sug-
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, BUILT 1854 .- THE CHANCEL WAS BUILT 1894.
gested by a member of the vestry. The committee re- ported at the next meeting. They had drawn a plan and had brought the builder's estimates. It would cost $2, 150. They could devise no enlargement for $1, 200. After long discussion, they were instructed to " contract for the en- largement according to the plan and specifications, as soon as the necessary funds were raised for the purpose."
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The committee was tardy in raising the "necessary funds for the purpose." At the next vestry meeting, held in September, 1850, they reported that "the funds for enlarging the church had not been raised, and as the sum- mer was far advanced, they awaited the further order of the vestry." That order was soon given. On motion, it was resolved that "their report be received, and the committee' be discharged." The author of the plan of enlargement resigned forthwith as a member of the ves- try. The vestry accepted his resignation, and adjourned, after voting a present of $100 to the rector, and a three weeks' vacation in which to spend it.
This looks like a step backwards, but it was really a step forward, and a long one toward a new church. The plan of enlargement was not popular in the congregation, and the subject of a new edifice was being agitated. At a meeting of the vestry, April 14, 1851, the two church wardens, Jehiel Jaggar and Isaac Peck, Sr., and Allan Macdonald were appointed as a committee "to confer with the congregation on the subject of additional pew room in St. George's Church." It was soon discovered that the congregation desired a new church.
At a meeting of the vestry, held April 19, 1852, Isaac Peck, W. H. Schermerhorn and Allan Macdonald were appointed a committee " to take into consideration and to report to the vestry a suitable plan for such building with the cost, and the practicability of carrying the same into execution." There was a preamble to this resolu- tion which reveals the cause of this bold action. That preamble was : " A general subscription having been cir- culated by some ladies, under the informal advice of the vestry, for the purpose of erecting a new church edifice, it was resolved "-as above. Some earnest women had come forward and offered their services. They would
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see what could be done by a voluntary subscription. If they could raise a certain amount, the vestry would be pledged to proceed in the work. More than the sum fixed upon was the result of their efforts. The vestry acknowledged its obligation and resolved: "That the thanks of this vestry be presented to Mrs. E. H. Mac-
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donald, Mrs. Mary R. Pell and their associates, for their personal efforts in collecting subscriptions to build a new church edifice for St. George's Church, Flushing."
From that time the work was carried rapidly forward. The vestry held meetings weekly. A contract was made for the removal of the old church building "to the spot
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now (then) occupied by the old horse shed." This was May 17, 1852. On the 23d of that month, Wills and Dudley, architects in New York, submitted two designs, with estimates, for a new church-one with a tower and spire at the (ecclesiastical) west end, at the estimated cost of $17,000 ; the other, with a tower at the corner of the front, and with a larger seating capacity, at a cost of $16,000. The first plan was chosen-substantially like the present church. The spire was to be omitted and eight feet were to be taken from the chancel, to lessen the cost. It was to be left to some future congregation to add both at their will. The spire, by some means, was erected with the tower, but the chancel remained forty years be- fore its present extension. The blue granite of Horse- neck (Greenwich), Conn., was wisely chosen by the ves- try as the stone to be used. Before the removal of the older building, a fraternal letter was received by the ves- try from the Consistory of the Reformed Church, bidding them God speed in their work, and offering the use of the Reformed Church, Sunday afternoons. The offer was gratefully accepted. Until the following Septem- ber, services were held there in the afternoon, and in the morning in the chapel at Whitestone. By that time, the old church had been moved to its present site, on Lincoln street, and made ready for use.
The foundation of the new church was completed early in May, 1853. On the 18th of that month, the corner- stone was laid by the Rev. Dr. William H. Lewis, and the Rector delivered a historical address. The box de- posited in the corner-stone contained a copy of the Holy Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, the Flushing Journal of last date, the latest Church papers, the Journal of the New York Diocesan Convention for 1852, coins of the United States, together with a list of the officers of the parish.
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ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL, COLLEGE POINT, BUILT 1860.
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The rectory, at the corner of Jamaica avenue and Madi- son street, was sold to Mrs. Mary Rodman Pell for $6, 000, on November 29, 1852. After paying a mortgage of $2,000, the remaining $4,000 were placed to the credit of the building fund. Early in the next year, $12,000 were borrowed on three lots in New York City. Trinity parish, New York, agreed to become security for the payment of the interest, appropriating $400 a year for four years for that purpose-" provided that said church [i. e., St. George's] shall give its bond to this corporation, with an assignment of the rents of said lots as collateral, and that there shall be no reduction of the salary and emoluments of the rector or minister of said church, caused by the necessity of paying the interest on said debt, or other- wise."
The church was completed in May, 1854, at a cost of $32,222.80. The old bell, with additional metal, was re- cast into a larger one-the expense being borne by Wil- liam H. Aspinwall and John Aspinwall, grandsons of the John Aspinwall who gave the first bell to the parish. The spire, as first completed, was topped by a flattened sphere. This a kindly storm removed from its position, before the scaffolding was taken down, and the cross was substituted according to the original plan of the architects.
On Wednesday, May 31, 1854, the sale of pews took place in the church-purchasers paying eight per cent. of the value of the pews, for ground rent. Twenty-seven pews were sold-the highest price paid being $300, the lowest $100, and the highest premium for choice $100. The whole sum received from the sale of pews, and from the premiums on pews let, was $6,751.60.
The new St. George's Church was consecrated on the first day of June, 1854, by the Rt. Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright, D. D., D. C. L., Provisional Bishop of the
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Diocese of New York. The Rev. Dr. Hawks, rector of St. Thomas's Church, New York, preached the sermon. Among the clergy present, were the Rev. Dr. William H. Moore, of Hempstead ; the Rev. Dr. William S. Johnson, of Jamaica; the Rev. George A. Shelton, of Newtown. Thus all of the old colonial churches of Queens County were represented. The church was filled to its utmost seating capacity. The distinguished preacher took for his text the words: "Worship God." Rev. 22 : 9. The sermon was the first one preached in the pulpit of the new St. George's Church. No sermon since has ex- celled it.
CHAPTER XVIII.
RECTORSHIP OF THE REV. J. CARPENTER SMITH, S. T. D. 1854-1897.
A FTER the completion of the new church, in 1854, the vestry was able to attend to the appeals of the inhabitants of Clintonville (now Whitestone). The rector was authorized, in July, 1855, to call the Rev. William Short, as an assistant minister-to serve Clintonville and its neighborhood. In the same year, we read that the experiment was tried of taking quarterly, instead of weekly, collections in the church for parish expenses. This experiment was abandoned the next year, because the result fell " far short of the hopes of the vestry."
In 1857, the vestry found itself responsible for a debt of about $15,000-most of which had been incurred in build- ing the new church-and, seeing no other prospect of re- ducing it, resolved to part with some of its New York real estate. The lot number 125 Chambers street was accordingly sold, for $16,500, to James Boorman, who, at the time, held an unexpired lease of the property. The receipt of a legacy of $4,000 from the estate of Miss Emma M. Jaggar, during the same year, enabled the ves- try to make better provision for the Sunday School. It was at first resolved to pull down the old chapel and build a new one, but during the next year this plan was abandoned. The old addition of seventeen feet, at the rear of the chapel, was removed and rebuilt-thus pro-
Copyright by Wieners, 1897.
THE REV. J. CARPENTER SMITH, S. T. D.
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viding the three class rooms, which are still so useful- and the whole building was put in thorough repair. This was a wise decision, for no building could have been erected for $4,000 that would take the place of our com- modious and quaint old chapel. The total cost of these improvements was $4,424.82.
The mission at Whitestone, with the consent of the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. George's parish, became an independent parish in 1858. Permission was granted, on condition that the new parish forever re- linquish all claim to a share in the property of St. George's parish.
This appears to have been a period of great missionary activity in the parish, for early in the next year, March, 1859, we read that several gentlemen had bought a lot , and built a chapel at the head of the Vleigh, and offered to transfer the property to St. George's parish. The re- cords give us no information why the property-now known as Pell's Chapel-was never accepted. During the same year, Spencer H. Smith and William E. Chisolm waited on the vestry, concerning the proposal to erect a chapel at Strattonport-now College Point. This chapel was completed in May, 1860, at a cost of $3,000, and was consecrated in 1861. The lot was the gift of Conrad Poppenhousen. The vestry recorded its thanks to W. E. Chisolm, Frederic A. Potts, Henry A. Bogert, Spencer H. Smith and Mrs. Joseph Harris King, for services in connection with the erection of St. Paul's Chapel.
In 1863, the brief record that the rector was granted a vacation of six months to recover his health, together with a similar record in 1872, tells us something of the effect of the exacting duties of a growing parish.
During all this period, and, indeed, down to the pres- ent time, scarcely a year has passed during which we do
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not find on the records of the vestry, complaint about the non-payment of pew rents. The vestry passed reso- lutions, appointed committees, issued circular letters, threatened time after time to dispossess the delinquents, etc., etc., but the evil was not removed. People insisted on retaining the use of pews to the exclusion of all oth- ers, but refused to pay for such privilege.
St. George's Brotherhood was organized in 1870 and has, therefore, now completed twenty-seven years of ac-
TOWN FARM MISSION.
tive work in the parish. The minutes of the first meet- ing read as follows : "On the evening of Thursday, Jan- uary 27, 1870, a half-dozen members of the parish of St. George's, Flushing, N. Y., met informally in the chapel, to consider the propriety of forming an organization for Church work in the parish. J. Carpenter Smith, S. T. D., the rector, was invited to act as chairman and L. B. Prince appointed secretary. Those present were-Rev. Dr. Smith, Rev. Mr. Kimber, Martin H. Roberts, Fanning
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C. Tucker, Lindley M. Franklin, Burrall Hoffman, Isaac Russell, L. Bradford Prince. The meeting was opened with prayer. After determining that the name of the or- ganization should be the St. George's Brotherhood, the meeting adjourned to Thursday evening, February 3, 1870."
The Brotherhood was incorporated April 12, 1871. The objects of the organization, as stated in the " Act of Incorporation," are : To diffuse and extend religious knowledge ; to carry on missionary operations ; to afford charitable relief to the aged, the infirm, the orphan and the destitute ; to establish a library of religious books ; to assist in the education of candidates for the minis- try ; to promote the general prosperity, of the parish. The Sunday School, which had been established at Black Stump about eight years before, and the Church services, which had been carried on at the Town Farm for about three years, were placed under the care of the Brother- hood. The two missions were later consolidated and continued at the Town Farm until a few months ago, when the sale of the farm made it necessary to move to another house in the neighborhood. In 1872, the Broth- erhood took up the work at Queens, which had been in- augurated by the Rev. Thomas Cook, of Jamaica, and continued it until the Cathedral assumed the responsibil- ity. The Brotherhood also assisted the College Point mission for a number of years. It established a mission at Bayside in 1874. The Rev. George R. Van De Water, D. D., Rector of St. Andrew's Church, New York, then a member of the Brotherhood, was the first lay-reader at Bayside. This work at Bayside was continued by the Brotherhood until 1892, when the parish of All Saints' Bayside, was incorporated. All Saints' Church was built under the auspices of the Brotherhood in 1892, in accord-
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ALL SAINT'S CHURCH, BAYSIDE, BUILT 1892.
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ance with plans furnished by J. King James-then a member of the Brotherhood. The money was raised partly in Bayside and partly in Flushing.
In 1871, the church, which had now been in constant use for seventeen years, was closed for repairs during the summer, and service was held in the Town Hall. The roof was re-slated at a cost of $1,475, the interior of the church was renovated and the walls were decorated.
In 1878, Walter Bowne, who had long been a vestry- man, and a generous supporter of all parish work, died, leaving a bequest of $5,000, to be used in building a rec- tory. John W. Lawrence gave the lot, and the present rectory, at 45 Locust street, was completed during the next year.
At the death of Dr. Abraham Bloodgood, in ISSo, the parish received from his wife's estate the sum of $5,000 -to be added to the endowment fund. Mrs. Bloodgood had died eleven years before, and had left the parish $1, 200, requesting her husband, at his death, to make provision for the larger bequest.
The lease on lot number 116 Chambers street, New York, expired in 1884, and was renewed for a period of twenty-one years, at an annual rental of $1,000. This increase in income-the former rental of the property had been $150 a year-enabled the vestry to make some de- sired improvements in the chancel of the church, at a cost of $820. The present altar and reredos were at this time placed in the church.
On the seventh day of November, 1887, Dr. Smith com- pleted the fortieth year of his rectorship, The event was celebrated by a reception at the rectory, when the whole community assembled to offer their congratulations.
The names of the various assistants, who have served under Dr. Smith, will be found in an appendix. In 1889,
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the rector and the vestry decided that some permanent arrangement should be made to relieve the rector of a part of his many and exacting duties. The Rev. Henry D. Waller was, therefore, called to the position of assist- ant minister in the parish, with the right of succession to the rectorship ; and the rector formally resigned to him certain duties and privileges which, in effect, gave him the joint care of the parish. The call was accepted, and
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Mr. Waller entered on his duties. Whitsunday, June 7, 1889.
In 1894 the chancel of the church was pulled down to make room for a larger one and, at the same time, the whole church was thoroughly renovated. The north porch was built at this time, and the organ was removed from the gallery, rebuilt, and placed on the left side of the chancel. The building committee, in charge of these im-
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provements, consisted of the two church wardens-George Pople and Dr. J. W. Barstow, and three vestrymen-E. V. W. Rossiter, E. L. Goodwin and F. S. Beecroft. The architect was J. King James. The total cost of the im- provements was $29, 152,82. The work was begun in May, and the new chancel was consecrated on the second Sunday in Advent, December 9, 1894, by the Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman, S. T. D., LL. D., Bishop of Delaware -the Bishop of the diocese being abroad at the time. At this first service in the new chancel, the vested choir of men and boys was introduced. It has rendered accepta- ble service ever since.
The first Sunday of next November, 1897, will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Smith's first service in St. George's Church. When he came to Flushing there were about 140 communicants in St. George's parish. To-day there are 770, although the parishes of Whitestone and Bayside have been built within the original parochial limits of the parish of Flushing. Both of these parishes were at first missions of St. George's Church. If we take into consideration the whole territory over which Dr. Smith was placed as rector, in 1847, we find that during the time of his incumbency the number of com- municants has grown from 140 to 950.
The following items of information give the state of the parish to-day. The services at the parish church are under the care of the rector and his associate. At Col- lege Point is St. Paul's Chapel, under the care of the Rev. William Henry Barnes, rector's assistant. Emmanuel Chapel-formerly the Town Farm mission-and St. John's Chapel, Murray Hill, are under the care of the Brother- hood. In these two chapels, the services are generally conducted by lay-readers. The Murray Hill mission was begun by the Brotherhood in 1894. Services are at pres-
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THE CHOIR. PHOTOGRAPHED BY FINEHOUT, 1895.
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ent held in a rented building, but the Brotherhood has purchased a large lot on Sanford avenue, extending from Wilson to Boerum avenue, where a chapel will eventually be built.
The endowment of the parish consists of two lots in New York City, which, at present, yield an income of $2,050 ; the Bloodgood fund of $5,000, which is invested from time to time by the vestry ; and the Peck fund of $500, the income of which is devoted to the care of the Peck grave-yard. The lease of lot number 116 Chambers street, New York, will expire in 1902, and that of number 79 Warren street, in 1908. In 1895, Mr. William H. Ewbank deeded to the parish a parcel of ground on the northwest corner of Main and Amity streets, together with the six houses which occupy the site-reserving for himself the income from this property during his life time.
May this exhibition of St. George's past history, its present opportunities, and its future possibilities, incite us all to renewed efforts and to more thorough consecra- tion.
LAUS DEO.
APPENDIX.
I. RECTORS.
I. *Patrick Gordon. A. D. 1702
2. William Urquhart. A. D. 1704-1709
3. Thomas Poyer . A. D. 1710-1731
4. Thomas Colgan A. D. 1733-1755
5. +Samuel Seabury A. D. 1757-1765
6. Joshua Bloomer A. D. 1769-1790
7. William Hammell A. D. 1790-1795 8. Elijah D. Rattoone. A. D. 1797-1802 9. Abram L. Clarke. A. D. 1803-1809
IO.
Barzillai Buckley
A. D. 1809-1820
II. John V. E. Thorne. A. D. 1820-1826
I 2. William A. Muhlenberg. A. D. 1826-1829
13.
William H. Lewis
A. D. 1829-1833
14. J. Murray Forbes. A. D. 1833-1834
15.
Samuel R. Johnson A. D. 1834-1835
16. Robert B. Van Kleeck A. D. 1835-1837
I 7. Frederic J. Goodwin D. 1837-1844 18. George Burcker. A. D. 1844-1847 1 9. J. Carpenter Smith A. D. 1847
II. ASSISTANT MINISTERS.
I. William Short A. D. 1854-1858
2. Thomas A. Jaggar A. D. 1860-1862
*Gordon was appointed in 1702, but died just before his induction. +This is the correct date of Mr. Seabury's induction. That on page 35 should agree with this.
APPENDIX.
ASSISTANT MINISTERS .- Continued.
3. Gustavus M. Murray. A. D. 1862-1864
4. Augustine W. Cornell A. D. 1864-1865
5. P. W. Styker. A. D. 1865-1868
6. Thomas Drumm A. D. 1868
7. Henry Webbe. A. D. 1868-1869
8. Joshua Kimber A. D. 1869-1873
9. John F. Appleton A. D. 1871-1873
IO. J. Frederick Esch A. D. 1873-1876
II. G. F. Behringer. A. D. 1876
12. Joseph Beers. A. D. 1878-1879
I 3. Edward H. True.
D. 1879-1889
14. Harold Arrowsmith A. D. 1879-1883
15. Williams Howland A. D. 1881-1882 16. William P. Brush A. D. 1883-1885
17.
Robert S. Carlin
A. D. 1886-1888
18. Henry D. Waller A. D. 1889 - 19. William Du Hamel A. D. 1892-1895
20. William H. Barnes A. D. 1895
III. WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN.
The dates given below mark the years when the wardens and vestrymen were first elected. Most of them served more than a year ; many were re-elected, year after year, for periods of considerable length. The first two war- dens and the first six vestrymen were appointed by the charter ; all others were elected by the congregation.
WARDENS.
John Aspinwall 1761 Francis Lewis. 1770
Thomas Grenell 176 1
David Colden
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John Willet.
1770
Robert Crommelin
1785
APPENDIX.
WARDENS. - Continued.
William Ustick.
1787
James Scott.
1833
Francis Lewis, Jr ..
.1791
Robert Carter
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Gerard G. Beekman. .1795
Jehiel Jaggar.
1849
John H. Smith I796
Allan Macdonald
1854
Daniel Thorne ..
1 800
William Roe.
1860
William Prince.
1 804
Joseph Harris King
.1862
John Hoogland.
1806
John W. Lawrence ..
.1867
Thomas Phillips.
1 809
Morris Franklin. . . 1 .1870
Daniel Bloodgood .
.1812
George Pople.
1884
Isaac Peck.
1829
J. W. Barstow, M. D. . 1886
Thomas H. Thomas . . 1831
E. V. W. Rossiter. .
. . 1896
VESTRYMEN.
John Dyer.
1761
Francis Lewis, Jr.
1787
Christopher Robert.
1761
John H. Smith .
1787
John Morell.
1761
John B. Hicks
1791
Joseph Haviland.
1761
Gerard G. Beekman. . . 1794
Francis Brown.
1761
Thomas Lowerie, Sr. . 1795
Jeremiah Mitchell.
1761
Thomas Lowerie, Jr. . 1795
William Prince, Jr.
1796
Christopher Robert ..
1770
Thomas Hallett.
1770
Louis Cornell.
1798
Robert Crommelin ..
1770
Daniel Kissam
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Nathaniel Tom, Sr.
1770
John Hoogland
1800
William Lowrier
1770
David Gardener
1802
Robert Morrell
1770
Thomas Phillips
1803
Benjamin Thorn.
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Thomas Ustick.
1803
James Mackrell.
1780
Samuel Van Wyck.
1804
Thomas Fairchild
1780
Daniel Bloodgood.
I 804
Daniel Thorne
1785
Thomas Lawrence
1804
William Ustick.
1785
Richard Platt.
1805
Francis Lewis.
1786
Benjamin Prince .
1806
Lambert Moore
1787
James Bloodgood.
1806
APPENDIX.
VESTRYMEN .- Continued.
Lawrence Roe ..
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1807
James Macdonald, MD 1847
Matthew Farrington . . 1812
Joseph Trulock.
.1849
Joshua Cornell
1812
Walter Bowne.
1849
Isaac Peck.
1813
Allan Macdonald
1850
Thomas Marston
1816
Robert B. Carter.
1850
Daniel Thorn Smith. . 1817
Walter Roe.
1820
Watson E. Lawrence. 1822
Samuel Willet.
1824
Winant Van Zandt ... 1826
James Loweree.
1826
James Lawrence.
1826
J. Milnor Peck ..
1862
Peter R. Mumford.
1864
Thomas H. Thomas.
.1827
Samuel Nicoll.
1828
George Pople
1864
James Morrell
2829
Morris Franklin.
1864
James B. Brewster.
1864
William Stebbins, Jr. . 1864
Charles A. Roe.
1869
William Mitchell .
1830
John Robinson.
1870
Samuel G. Loweree.
1831
Loomis L. White.
1870
Ananias Langdon
1831
Alexander Varian
1831
J. W. Barstow, M. D ... 1874
Samuel D. Row. .
1874
Edwin Lawrence.
1832
Isaac Bloodgood ..
1875
L. Murray Franklin. . . 1880
E. M. Travers ..
1881
Peter Ousterman
1832
James Scott.
1833
James Lawrence.
1833
Effingh'm W. Lawrence 1 88 3
Ezra F. Thompson .
1883
Christopher Loweree.
.1835
Robert Carter
1836
Jehiel Jaggar.
1838
John W. Lawrence
1838
Elijah Peck.
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John M. E. Valk .
1843
David Richmond.
1883
E. V. W. Rossiter.
1883
Robert S. Tucker
1884
John Henderson
1884
John W. Weed.
1886
Charles R. Lincoln.
,1851
Charles H. Hamilton .. 1851
Wm. H. Schermerhorn 1851
Joseph Harris King.
.1854
George Bradish.
1855
Edward J. Mann.
1855
William Haughten.
.1829
Joseph Bloodgood, MD 1829
William Roe.
1830
APPENDIX.
VESTRYMEN .- Continued.
James A. Renwick. . .. 1886 Joseph Fitch. 1893
Elisha H. Goodwin. . . 1889
James Breath. . 1894
D. Sheppard Jones. . .1889 Charles H. Garretson. . 1894
William T. Dobson . . . 1890
Frederick S. Beecroft .. 1893
George Webster Peck. 1896
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