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It may be interesting to state that George W. Doane, afterwards Bishop of New Jersey, was a candidate for orders in the diocese of
THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN HENRY HOBART, D. D., Third Bishop of the Diocese of New York (State). Born, 1775 ; Consecrated, 1811 ; Died, 1830.
From the engraving by J. W. Paradise after the painting by J. Paradise, published in " The Evergreen" for December, 1844.
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New York in 1818, and that William H. DeLancey, afterwards Bishop of Western New York, was also a candidate for orders in the Diocese of New York in 1819.
Doctor Cyrenius Chapin was not present at the organization of St. Paul's Church. He and his family were then residing temporarily in Geneva, N. Y., but returned to Buffalo in 1819. He was one of the brave defenders of Buffalo at its burning by the British in December, 1813. George and Thaddeus Weed were in the congregation in 1819. Thaddeus Weed afterwards married Louisa M., the daughter of Doctor Chapin, and she has been a parishioner since 1818 .*
Subscription for building the church edifice in Buffalo, 1818 :
"We, whose names are subscribed, promise to pay, when called on, to the wardens and vestry of St. Paul's Church, Buffalo, the respective sums marked opposite our names, for the purpose of building a church in the village of Buffalo, during the present season, and when said church shall have been completed we are to be reimbursed the said sums by the sales of the pews and seats in said church.
Cyrenius Chapin, $150.00
Charles Philips, . $ 4.00
Jonas Harrison,
100.00
William C. House, . 25.00
William J. Caldwell,
50.00
Joseph Ellicott, for Holland
G. and T. Weed,
50.00
Land Co., 200.00
John S. Larned,
50.00
John G. Camp, .
100.00
Joseph Ellicott, for the Holland . Co., Niagara Bank money, . 300.00
Ebenezer Johnson, .
50.00
William Mason, 1.00
Henry Kip,
50.00
Smith H. Salisbury, 50.00
Ebenezer Reed, .
20.00
Erastus Gilbert, .
20.00
John Lay, Jr., 100.00 Oliver Forward, . 100.00
Nathaniel Vosburg,
20.00
H. M. Campbell, 50.00
John Root,
50.00
James Sheldon,
50.00
Elias Ransom,
100.00
F. B. Merrill,
50.00
Joseph Landon,
25.00
Sylvester Matthews,
20.00
$1,785.00
* Mrs. Louisa M. Weed died July 20, 1894. (See page 199. )
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1819.
May 20, 1819, Joseph Ellicott, agent of the Holland Land Com- pany, informed the vestry of St. Paul's that, having been called on by Doctor Cyrenius Chapin for a deed of a lot in the village of Buffalo, and he having selected lot 42 on which to build the church, a conveyance of the lot would be made to the vestry whenever the agent should be assured or satisfied that the building would be erected. This is the lot now owned by the parish, and is bounded by Main, Erie, Church and Pearl streets. The corner stone of St. Paul's Church was laid by Doctor Cyrenius Chapin, with Masonic ceremonies, June 24, 1819.
The Rev. Mr. Clark read the church service. The silver plate placed in the corner stone in 1819 was found in perfect preservation when the foundation of the new church edifice was laid in 1850.
November 23, 1819, the vestry appointed Oliver Forward to draft a letter to Paul Busti of Philadelphia, the general agent of the Holland Land Company, to be sent by the Rev. Mr. Clark, soliciting of him pecuniary assistance for building the church. At the same meeting it was resolved that the committee proceed to enclose the building and lay the floor, and that the windows and the tower be of the Gothic order.
In 1818 Joseph Ellicott, as agent of the Holland Land Company, donated to St. Paul's Church $500, of which $300 was in the notes of the suspended Niagara Bank of Buffalo, which afterwards became entirely insolvent. The village newspaper mentioned the donation as unworthy of the company, and made uncalled-for insinuations relative thereto, but omitted to state that $200 was also donated in good money, and also a valuable lot on which to build the church. Mr. Busti and Mr. Ellicott naturally thought that members of the vestry had given the partial information to the editor, and both were indignant at the mis- representations in the newspaper article. In February, 1820, the Rev. Mr. Clark presented Mr. Forward's letter to Mr. Busti in Philadelphia, but was met by an angry reference to the newspaper article. Mr.
To the Westry of the Church for Saint Paul in the village of Bufala.
Application having been made to me in the Course of last season by the Queens Of blank an Episcopalian minister arisingat Buffalo for a sito in that village on which to wreck an house of worship for the use of the Episcopalicing that place, inventions to him that correo the Lots 42 0 43 would be sche a fact that the Congregation might elect. Doctor Companies Chapins having calles on me this day, and mentioned that he is a Committee appointed to make known that The Congregation designated Schott 2 and to request a conveyance for the same Have to say, that Skal 2 willbe a donation to your Church provides an house Jeerected Marion in The Course of the ensuing season and that the Holland Company through their avent will make a convey ance of dies sobie you in your Successors in office whenever the dass agent Shall 1 to assureon Satisfies that the building uito boruits
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Batavia Mar, 20.1819.
REDUCED FACSIMILE OF AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM JOSEPH ELLICOTT To the Vestry, May 20, 1819, in regard to St. Paul's lot. (See pages 14, 174.)
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Clark assured him that the vestry had nothing to do with the pub- lication, and disavowed the aspersions therein. Doctor Cyrenius Chapin, the senior warden, wrote to Mr. Ellicott under date June 16, 1820, also disavowing the offensive article. The happy result of these explanations was that the Holland Land Company made an addi- tional donation of $200. The $300 Niagara Bank money sold for $116. As small as these sums may appear to us, they were very acceptable to the then vestry.
They found it difficult to get sufficient money to so far complete the church as to occupy it for public worship, and on the 8th of April, 1820, they passed a resolution appointing Cyrenius Chapin, Josiah Trowbridge, and H. M. Campbell a committee to secure proposals from the Presbyterian Society relative to furnishing means for finishing St. Paul's Church.
At the annual election of wardens and vestrymen, held at the district school-house on Niagara near Pearl Street, May 19, 1819, Doctor Cyrenius Chapin and Henry M. Campbell were elected wardens, and Josiah Trowbridge, Elias Ransom, John G. Camp, Oliver Forward, Jonas Harrison, Sheldon Thompson, William J. Caldwell, and Smith H. Salisbury were elected vestrymen. Frederick B. Merrill was appointed clerk of the vestry.
1820.
At the annual election, held at the house of John G. Camp, April 3, 1820, Doctor Cyrenius Chapin and Henry M. Campbell were elected wardens, and Elias Ransom, Oliver Forward, Sheldon Thompson, Smith H. Salisbury, John G. Camp, Josiah Trowbridge, George Weed, and Henry Kip were elected vestrymen. Roswell Chapin was appointed clerk of the vestry.
In the early days of the parish of St. Paul's the choir was composed , of Jacob A. Barker, Doctor Josiah Trowbridge, and Stephen G. Austin, with a few of the ladies of the congregation.
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As before stated, the first church service was held in the house of Elias Ransom on the northwest corner of Main and Huron streets, and after- wards in the Eagle tavern on the west side of Main Street, south of Court Street, and after that in the district school-house on Niagara Street near Main. The Rev. William A. Clark officiated in the district school-house, and when the church edifice was ready for occupancy, in 1820, he was the first to officiate in it. It was a frame building forty-four feet wide by sixty feet in depth, and the tower was twenty-five feet high from the square. It cost $5,000, and the front of the edifice was parallel with Main Street, and distant about seventy-five feet from the western line thereof .*
When it was ready for occupancy, the debt on it was $3,500. The Rev. Mr. Clark was indefatigable in his exertions to get this debt re- moved. He visited Batavia, N. Y., and received $25 from David E. Evans, and in Canandaigua he obtained $25 from John Gregg, the land agent, and $25 from John C. Spencer, then one of the rising lawyers of Ontario County, and also a contribution from Gideon Granger. He also received considerable sums in Albany and in New York, in all about $890, out of which was deducted $150 for his traveling expenses to and from Philadelphia ; and, as before stated, $200 were also received from Paul Busti, the general agent of the Holland Land Company. These subscrip- tions, with temporary loans from George and Thaddeus Weed for $150, Aaron James $300, and George Keese for $150, enabled the vestry to pay up the most pressing demands ; but it was not until 1826 that these loans were repaid.
April 23, 1821, Judge Oliver Forward was appointed treasurer of the parish by the vestry. Although the term " treasurer " occurs in earlier records, this is the first mention of a formal appointment to that office.
The first sale of pews in the frame edifice took place on Novem- ber 24, 1820 ; and it being the first building for religious worship erected in the village, it was thought that Presbyterians and others 'would purchase pews, provided they were not taxed for the support of the parish, and accordingly the vestry decided not to tax them, but to rely on the subscriptions of the congregation to pay the rector
*The curve known as "Ellicott's Bow-window," brought Main Street much nearer to the church, at this time. The edifice stood about seventy-five feet west of the curved roadway, and about fifty feet inside of the lot line or west boundary of Willink Avenue (Main Street, south of Church Street). See map opposite; also pages 219 to 221, and plan of lot opposite page 254.
(Note, page 16, twenty-ninth line from top.)
St. Paul's was the first church edifice of a permanent character erected in the Village of Buffalo. The little frame meeting-house which was built in a few weeks' time by the Methodist Episcopal Society, on leased land on the west side of Pearl Street, south of Niagara Street, is said to have been finished January 24, 1819, but the building and site were only temporarily occupied by them.
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Plate used by courtesy of " The Buffalo Express."
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and other expenses. This non-taxation soon proved to be an ill-advised measure, and continued to be so for many succeeding years.
The edifice* standing parallel with Main Street, and the front entrance being about 75 feet from the west line thereof, the vestry placed the chancel at the west end, and pews I and 3 were on the north side of the chancel, and pews 2 and 4 were on the south side thereof. The two aisles were on each side of the center of the church, and extended from the vestibule to the chancel. Pews 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 were on the north side of the north aisle, and pews 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 39 were on the south side of the north aisle, and pews 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 were on the south side of the south aisle, and pews 16, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 were on the north side of the south aisle. Pews 17 and 18 were immediately in front of the chancel. There were 40 pews in all, capable of seating between two and three hundred persons. The first sales were to Hor- ace Cunningham, who occupied No. 2; Henry M. Campbell, No. 4 ; Doctor Cyrenius Chapin, No. 6; Sylvester Matthews, No. 8; Jesse D. Hoyt, No. 10 ; W. Stacy, No. 16 ; Mr. Merrill, No. 18 ; Mr. Guiteau, No. 20 ; John G. Camp, No. 22 ; Roswell Chapin, No. 24; David M. Day, No 26 ; M. Marvin, No. 17 ; Doctor Trowbridge, No. 19; Aaron James, No. 21 ; Mr. Guild, No. 23 ; Mr. Stone, No. 27 ; Henry Kip, No. 1 ; Elias Ransom, No. 3 ; Oliver Forward, No. 5 ; Mr. Salisbury, No. 7 ; Ebenezer Walden, No. 9; James Sweeney, No. 39 ; (James Sweeney, who was in the Vestry for several years subsequent to 1866, is the son of the James Sweeney here mentioned.)
The first sales amounted to $2,951. The lowest sale was for $51, and the highest, $184.
In these early days the mouth of Buffalo Creek was mostly obstructed by a sand bar, and the shipping in Lake Erie was from Black Rock. Goods for Buffalo came from New York to Albany, thence along the Mohawk, thence to Oswego, and by Lake Ontario to Lewis-
* See reproduction of drawing of the old church, and floor plan of same in this volume.
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ton, N. Y., and thence by land carriage to Schlosser just above the Falls of Niagara, thence by boat along the Niagara River to Black Rock, and thence by land along the present Niagara Street to the vil- lage of Buffalo. This continued to be the route until the opening of the Erie Canal in October, 1825. The business of Buffalo was there- fore much circumscribed previous to 1825, and the resources of the congregation by no means enabled them to sufficiently support a min- ister, or to fully complete the church edifice. In July, 1818, the expenses of the parish, including the support of Rev. William A. Clark, the rector, were paid by subscription, as follows : Jonas Harrison, $50 ; John G. Camp, $50 ; Josiah Trowbridge, $30 ; William J. Caldwell, $50 ; Isaac Q. Leake, $30 ; Elias Ransom, $30 ; Frederick B. Merrill, $30 ; George Badger, $10 ; Robert Gilmore, $10 ; John Bigdon, $3 ; G. and T. Weed, $10 ; J. W. Moulton, $10; Staley N. Clark, $15 ; John A. Coffin, $15 ; James Sheldon, $5. In all $348, to which was added the missionary stipend of $175, making the sum of $523.
In 1819 only $287 was subscribed in addition to the stipend. Among the new subscribers this year were Dr. Cyrenius Chapin, $40 ; Sylvester Marvin, $10; J. Cunningham, $5 ; Smith H. Salisbury, $20 ; H. A. Salis- bury, $5 ; Henry Kip, $10 ; John Root, $12 ; Moses Baker, $5.
On the 7th of April, 1820, the Rev. Mr. Clark resigned his rector- ship. He said in his letter to the vestry that, attached as he was to the members of the congregation for their many kind attentions to himself and family, nothing but a conviction that he would become burdensome to them, beyond their pecuniary ability, would have com- pelled his resignation. He thought that this assurance would prevent those feelings which are apt to be excited between a clergyman and his parishioners whenever their connection is dissolved. That the extravagance of high rent and the high price of every necessary of life since he had been in Buffalo had exhausted all his private funds. The vestry accepted the resignation, and resolved to pay Mr. Clark his salary in full, and adjourned to meet at "early candle lighting " at the Niagara Bank on April 22d. They then resolved that a committee con-
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sisting of Dr. Cyrenius Chapin and Dr. Josiah Trowbridge be appointed to wait on the Rev. Deodatus Babcock, and confer with him on the sub- ject of his becoming the rector of St. Paul's Church, and to offer him the salary of $300, and that Smith H. Salisbury be a committee to cir- culate a subscription for the purpose of raising the amount.
The Rev. Mr. Babcock subsequently signified his acceptance of the charge of the parish, as rector. He was married on the 14th of May, 1821, to Miss Mary Hine of Cairo, Greene County, N. Y., and resided in a frame house on the westerly side of Erie Street, between Pearl and Swan Streets. The Rev. William A. Clark became the rector of Christ Church, Ballston Springs, Saratoga County, N. Y., and in 1825 he was rector of All Saints' Church in New York.
On the 2d of June, 1820, the wardens and vestrymen addressed a communication to Joseph Ellicott, agent of the Holland Land Com- pany in Batavia, N. Y., stating that they had complied with his condi- tions to erect the church edifice on the lot the company proposed to deed to them, and requested him to convey them the lot in fee simple. He accordingly deeded them lot number 42 in the village of Buffalo. Although the Holland Land Company was so called, yet the title of the land was held individually by the proprietors, and a fairer or more liberal land company never existed. Their deed to St. Paul's Church is recorded in Niagara, now Erie, County Clerk's office in Liber 6 of Deeds at page 247, and dated June 14, 1820.
It recites that "Wilhem Willink, Hendrik Vollenhoven, Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Wilhem Willink the younger, Jan Willink, the younger son of Jan, Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Cornelis Vollenhoven and Hendrik Seye, all of the City of Amsterdam, in the Kingdom of the United Netherlands, by Joseph Ellicott their attorney, of the first part, convey to the Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Paul's Church in the village of Buffalo, in the County of Niagara and State of New York, of the second part, lot 42." A diagram of the lot is drawn on the deed, and the bounds are given as fronting on Standiska Avenue, now Church Street ; South Cayuga Street, now Pearl Street ; Vollen-
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hoven's Avenue, now Erie Street, and the front is given as Willink Avenue, now Main Street. On this commanding yet retired lot now stands the beautiful church edifice of St. Paul's, consecrated in 1851, and on a part of it stood the frame edifice, consecrated in 1821.
1821.
February 20, 1821, the vestry purchased from Jeremiah Staats, a Communion table for $20, and three stools for $7.50.
The church edifice was consecrated February 25, 1821, by Bishop Hobart.
He signed the instrument of consecration in the following words : " Whereas the Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Paul's Church in the village of Buffalo, County of Niagara and State of New York, by an instrument to me presented, did appropriate a building erected in the village of Buffalo, County of Niagara and State of New York, to the worship of Almighty God, according to the Liturgy, Rites and Ordi- nances of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and did request me to set apart and consecrate it accord- ingly. Be it therefore known that I, John Henry Hobart, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New York, have on this 25th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1821, being Sexagesima Sunday, consecrated a Building in the village of Buffalo, County of Niagara and State of New York, by the name of St. Paul's Church, and with the prescribed rites and solemnities have separated it hence- forth from all unhallowed, worldly and common uses, and dedicated it to the service of Almighty God, for reading His Holy word, for cele- brating His Holy Sacraments, for offering to His glorious Majesty the sacrifices of prayer and thanksgiving, for blessing the people in His name and for the performance of all holy offices, according to the Liturgy and Rites of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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"In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written, and in the tenth year of my consecration."
The instrument of consecration is signed "John Henry Hobart," and is sealed with a seal having his initials engraved thereon. During his visitation Bishop Hobart confirmed twenty persons in St. Paul's Church.
At the annual election of wardens and vestrymen, held in the church edifice on April 23, 1821, the Rev. Deodatus Babcock presided, Henry M. Campbell and Henry Kip were elected wardens, and Smith H. Salisbury, Oliver Forward, Elias Ransom, Sheldon Thompson, George Weed, Aaron James, Absalom Bull and Horace Cunningham were elected vestrymen. Roswell Chapin was appointed clerk of the vestry and Oliver Forward, treasurer.
At a meeting of the vestry, April 23, 1821, it was "resolved that the church adopt as its common seal a marble eight-sided cone, whereon is engraved the letters 'St. Paul's Church, Buffalo.'"
The fourth of July, 1821, was celebrated in the village of Buffalo by a procession which marched to St. Paul's Church, and was there " joined by a concourse of ladies and gentlemen." The Rev. Deodatus Babcock officiated in the performance of the services, the Declaration of Independence was read, and appropriate remarks were made by Charles Townsend. The village newspaper, the "Buffalo Patriot " of July 10, 1821, says : " The company then repaired to a bower erected on the banks of the Lake and Creek and took tea at a party given by the ladies, by whose exertions in display of taste and elegance the scene was rendered peculiarly interesting, and the time was spent with much pleasure and cheerfulness."
At this time St. Paul's Church was the only public building of any note in the village. In the summer of 1821 the bell purchased of Horatio Hark was placed in the tower, but was not fully paid for until 1825. August 22, 1821, Bishop Hobart visited St. Paul's Church and admitted the Rev. Deodatus Babcock to the Holy Order of Priests, and confirmed four persons.
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1822.
In 1822, Bishop Hobart sent the Rev. David Brown as a missionary to Chautauqua County, N. Y .; he established parishes in Fredonia, Westfield and Mayville in that county.
At the annual election on the 8th of April, 1822, Henry M. Campbell and Henry Kip were elected wardens, and Elias Ransom, Oliver Forward, Joseph D. Hoyt, Smith H. Salisbury, Sheldon Thomp- son, Horace Cunningham, George Weed and Henry Hamilton, vestry- men. At a subsequent meeting of the vestry Roswell Chapin, then clerk, was directed to call on the Rev. Mr. Babcock, and inform him of the amount of the subscription for his support for the ensuing year. On the 24th of May, 1822, Mr. Babcock addressed a letter to the vestry stating that the amount fell considerably short of what it was the preceding year, and as he was willing to make sacrifice for the good of the church in Buffalo, he made the proposition that he be paid fifty- five dollars at the end of every quarter, and fire-wood for his family use, and on these terms he would continue with the parish for six months ; and if at the end of that time he found his income equal to his expenses he would continue to the end of the year for the same quarterly fund.
The vestry accepted his proposition. In addition he had the mis- sionary stipend of $175. This stipend was of very great assistance in the early days of the parish.
1823.
It was customary for the Holland Land Company to donate one hundred acres of land to the first religious society in any of the county towns that built an edifice for worship, and it was usually called the "Gospel Lot," and was meant for the support of the minister ; accord- ingly, on the 7th of March, 1823, the vestry resolved to apply to
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