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MISCELLANEOUS: Minutes of the Township of Leydon, Vermont, 1 vol., 1771 (24,000 acres given by the Colonial government to the church); also paper covered book concerning; surveys of the same township. . . . Filo of very old papers, in Dutch, some dated from 1671. . . . Minutes of the Board of Managers of the Young Men's Missionary Society, 1829-1635. . . , Acts of the Dutch Synods, 1618-1699. . Charter of the Church, 1696. . . Three printed broadsides, proclamations by Gov. Benjamin Fletcher; one in Dutch done at "Fort William Hendrick do Ssto Day van Junij, 1693" relative to captives in Morocco; another dated January 9, 1695/6, on the safe arrival of William III in England; another dated February 27, 1695/6; also Bradford imprints. . . . Register of removal of bodies from vaults and graves, 1 vol., December 1874. . Vault contains large number of files, packages of cancelled bonds, indentures, vouchers, business reports, and other business records.
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. Minutes prior to 1050 included in church records ; 1850-1929 not located; Trustee's minutos, 1 vol., 1929 --. Attendance and School Work, 30 vols., 1910 --. Visitors Book, 1 vol., 1861-1889. Inventory (financial statement ) dated March 29, 1800, signed Richard Varick (Mayor of New York) . Custody Mr. Wilson Parkhill, 241 Wost 77th St.
2. FLATBUSH (The Trustees of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Town of Flatbush in Kings County), 1651 --. Flatbush and Church Aves., Brooklyn.
Organized 1654 as the first Dutch Church on Long Island, when Rov. Johannes Theodorus Polhomus arrived to serve the Kings County Churches. Incor- porated December 20, 1304 (County Clork, Rel. Inc. vol. 1, p 14). Member of Kings County Collegiato group and services in Dutch until 1824. Cruciform frame church built by order Gov. Stuyvesant 1654, occupied to 1699, when stone church was completed. Present church erected 1796, dedicated 1797, Colonial, brownstone, with white. frame steeple, modern American three story red brick church house, erected 1924, and a Colonial three story white frame parsonage, occupy entire city block. Bronze tablet on church inscribed: "The First Church in Flatbush was built upon this site by order of Gov. Peter Stuyvesant in 1654 " Served. by Brooklyn collegiate clergymen to first settled clergyman, Rev. Thomas M. Strong 1822-61; od. Columbia Univ. 1816, Princeton Theological Som. 1819, D.D., N.Y. Univ. Present clergyman, Rev. Joseph Frederick Borg, 1917 --; od. Columbia Univ. 1896, Rutgers Col. 1908, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1917, President General Synod 1919.
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(A) Grace Chapel, 1871-1903. Flatbush Ave. and Grant St. Became independent as Grace Reformed Church, (entry 140), in 1903.
Antonius Curtenius, His Eulogy (in Dutch) N. Y., H. Goelet, 1756. Thomas Morris Strong, "Ecclesiastical History" in History of Flatbush N. Y. , T. R. Mercein, 1842, pp 74-103; also Brooklyn, F.L. Loeser & Co., 1908 .. Cornelius L. Wells, Quarter Millenial of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush N. Y. Church, 1904 ..... William Applebie Eardeley cop. "Tombstone Inscriptions 1754-1913", Brooklyn, 1913, ms. typed 39 pp ..... "The Flatbush Ref. Church, architecture 1654-1794" in Architecture, July, 1927, pp 21-26. Last item loc. NNMu others loc. NN.
Minutes : Consistory and Elders : 3 vols., 1678-85 (includes baptisms 1677-1754, marriages 1677-1720). 1704-96 (includes baptisms, 1792-1872, marriages, 1787-1872, deaths, members, 1709-1872 ). 1 796-1820. Consistory . 7 vols 1820-50,1850-66,1867-85,1885-97,1898-1916,1916-33,1933 --. Elders, 3 vols., 1820-68,1868-96,1896 --. Registers: (Baptisms 1677-1754, marriages, 1677-1720, included in Consistory and Elders minutes 1678-85. Baptisms,
1792-1872, marriages, 1787-1872, deaths, members, 1709-1872, included in Con- sistory and Elders minutes, 1704-96 ). 1 vol., marriages, 1863-1926, baptisms, deaths, members, 1863 --. 1 vol., marriages, 1926 --. Financial: Church Master's Accts., 1654-1709,1710-84. Deacon's Accts., 1669-1709,1710-97. Minister's receipts and Church Accts., 1693-1792. Treasurer's Accts., 1784-1825,1825-35, 1835-62,1862-86. Records written in Dutch to 1783.
3. FLATLANDS (The Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of the Town of Flat- lands ), 1654 --. Kings Highway and East 40th St., Brooklyn.
Organized 1654. Member of Kings County Collegiate group to 1824. In- corporated May 31, 1838 (County Clerk, Rel . Inc. vol 1, p 41 ). An octagonal church, erected on the present site, was dedicated in 1663. In this building benches were used until 1716 when two chairs were bought, one for the Magis- trate and the other for the Yef Vrouw (minister's wife ). These chairs and a model of church made from its shingles and wrought-iron nails is preserved in the present edifice. The second church of like design and materials, was erected on the same site in 1848, The third and present church was dedicated in 1848. A colonial white frame church with a bell inscribed: "Merrielys ro- tating yoke. Thomas Mear of London Fecit 1793". The grounds which surround the church, frame parsonage, stone and stucco church house, and the old ceme- tery have been developed like a park, and are enclosed by an iron fence. Served by Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemus as collegiate minister to 1876. First settled clergyman, Rev. William Cruikshank, 1824-34; ed. Union Col. 1821, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1824. Present clergyman, Rev. Charles William Roder, 1914 --; ed. New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1911, Univ. of London 1936.
Church, History of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Breuckelen 1654-1896, N.Y., 1896, 93 pp. Church, Dedication of Memorial Trees by the Van Voorhees and the Wyckoff Families May 22, 1938, contains historical sketch. Brooklyn, 1938, 6 pp. Loc. NN.
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Minutes: Elders, 1810,1867-74,1900 --. (Consistory minutes not located). Baptisms, marriages, mombors, deaths, 2 vols., 1747-75, 1760-1914, Marriages, 1 vol., 1867-1911. Baptisms, deaths, marriages, members, 1 vol., 1914 --. Records were written in Dutch until 1783.
4. BUSHWICK (The Trustees of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Tovm of Bushwick in Kings County), 1654-1919. Bushwick Ave., near North 2nd St., Brooklyn.
Organized 1654 as a member of the collegiate group of Long Island. In- corporated February 12, 1810 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1). First church erected 1705, on Humboldt and Conselyos. Streets, an octagonal frame, with a high conical roof topped with a cupola, known because of its resemblance as The Haystack Church. Destroyed by congregation to force trustees to crect new church in 1829. During construction of last church, congregation worshipped in school house, standing in the old churchyard. A chapel was established at Bush- wick Avenue and Humboldt Street in 1828, which became the First church of Will- iamsburg (entry 39) in 1829. Last named church joined with Bushwick Church to establish South Bushwick Church (entry 73) in 1851. Thereafter Bushwick Church was known as Old Bushwick, until dissolved in 1919. First rotating clergyman, Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemus, 1654-76.
Henry McCloskey, compiled by, "The Old Bushwick Church", Manual of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn for 1864, N.Y., A. Brown & Co., 47 Nassau St., 1864, pp 150-51. "Old Dutch School House Opposite Modern School", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Feb. 2, 1902, p 6. First itom loc. NNMu, others Icc. NN.
Records (not available) in custody of Rev. Andrew J. Meyer, 205 Straw- berry Hill, Stamford, Conn. To be deposited NjNbS. Ms. typed. Registers: members, 1789-1916, marriages, 1821-1911, baptisms, 1824-1917, deaths, 1845-91, members dismissed, 1854-91, funerals, 1887-93. Loc. NNQ.
5. HARLEM (Ministers Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem), 1660 --. Church offices, 182 Fast 122nd St., Manhattan.
Organized. 1660. Following establishment of Harlem Village, Director- General Peter Stuyvesant and the Council promised to "employ all possible means" to supply inhabitants with a minister (Council minutes, March 4, 1658). However, no settled clergyman was sent until 1765; meanwhile visiting minis- ters and voorlesers supplied tho congregation. Rev. Martinus B. Schoonmaker became joint pastor of Harlem and Gravesend Churches (entry 10) in 1765. Ser- vicos wore held in dwellings and barns until 1666 when a frame church was ercc- ted, located near what is now Ist Avenue and 127th Street. Dedicated church on Ist Avonue and 125th Street, 1868; stone, with a framo tower; destroyed during Revolutionary War, and services suspended. Rebuilt on same sito 1789, Incor-
poratod March 28, 1810 (County Register, Rol. Inc. vol 1, p 64). A Sunday School was organized in 1816, catering to a large colored group.
A frame colonial church on 3rd Avenue corner 121st Street, built in 1825; remodeled and onlarged 1852; moved and reset at 175 East 121st Street in 1884. Whon the decision to orect a new church on Lenox Avenue and 123rd Street was reached it was decided to abandon the old church; but this idea was changed; tho two churches (sub-ontrics A,B below) wore joined into one corporation and
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the following action was taken, namely, that "for the sake of convenience, this church be known as the Collegiate Reformed Church of Harlem" (Minutes: Nov. 12th, 1886). In 1908, the collegiate system was abandoned, the parish house on East 121st Street was given the name of Elmendorf Chapel (sub-entry C bolrw) which became a chapel of the church corporation; and the original name, the Reformed Church of Harlem, became the name of the Lenrx Avenue Church (sub-en- try A below), later becoming the present East Eighty-ninth Street Church (sub- entry D below) . First voorlesor, Michael Zyperus, 1660-63; deacon, Jan La Montagne 1660-62. First settled clergyman, Rev. Martinus Schronmakor, 1765-84; cd. studied under Goetschius and Marinus.
(A) Harlem, 1886-1929. 123rd St. and Lenox Ave. Known as the Lenox Avenue Church to 1908 when above name was assumed, A brown- stone, 13th century Gothic church dedicated on September 30th, 1886, where "Dr. Smyth and about 150 members went" to start the collegi- ate system. Church occupied to 1929. First clergyman, Rev. George Hutchinson Smyth, D.D., 1886-91 (original Harlem Church 1881-86) ; ed. N.Y. Univ., Queens Univ. (Belfast, Ireland), Alleghany Sem. (Pittsburg, . Pr ) .
(B) First, 1886-1908. 175 East 121st St. Services in the Co- lonial frame church formerly used by the original Harlem Church from 1825. Erected a parish house, adjoining church, in 1894. A two story graystone building with Greek architectural features. Church razed in 1908. First clergyman, Rov. Joachim Elmondorf, 1886-1908.
(C) Elmendorf Chapel, 1908 --. 171 East 121st St. Occupies the former First Church parish house, which was rebuilt 1907 and dedicated 1908, and named for Rev. Joachim Elmendorf. Pres- ent clergyman, Rev. Arthur Boardman Boynton, 1930 --; ed. Amherst Col. 1910, New Brunswick Theological Som. 1913.
(D) East Eighty-ninth Street, 1929 --. 67 East 89th St. Pre- viously occupied by Church of the Heavenly Rest, Protestant Epis- copal. It is a graystone church and church house adjoining,'of carly English architecture, with Gothic features. A bell in the tower, which originally hung in the church on 125th Street, is inscribed: "Amsterdam Anno 1734, Me Fecit". Present clergyman, Rov. James Z. Nettinga, 1938 --; sd. Hore Col. 1934, Western Theological Som. 1937, Princeton Theclogical Sem. 1938.
Giles Henry Mandeville, Golden Memories, N.Y., Graff & Co., 1875, 16 pp. James Riker, History of Harlem, N.Y., 1381, pp. 198-89,246-48. George Hutch- inson Smyth, History of the Reformed Dutch Church of Harlem, N.Y., 1885. Edgar Tilton, Reformed Low Dutch Church of Harlem, N.Y., Church, 1910, 181 pp. 250th Anniv. Nov. 13-21, 1910, program, N.Y., Abbott Press, 1910. Arthur. Boardman Boynton, Story of Elmendorf Chanel, N.Y., Church, 1932, 40 rp. Loc. NN.
Minutes: Consistory, 13 vols., 1616-24, 1824-45, 1845-54, 1855-69,1870-86, 1886-91,1891-97,1397-1914,1915-21,1921-28,1928-32,1932-36,1936 --. Elders, 3 vols., 1838-48,1855-1902,1086-91 (vol. 1 contains marriages, 1333-43, baptisms, 1838-48) Deacons', 1 vel., 1862-69. Registers: Members, 1 vol., 1807 --; bap- tisms, marriages, 1 vol., 1306 --. (These 2 vols. are official church registers into which have been transcribed: marriages, 1807-13, 1816-36, 1838-49. Bartisms, 1806-15,1816-36,1.833-48, in Elder's minutes. Duplicate registers: 2 vols., members, deaths, 1820-1929,1931 --; baptisms, 1870-1911,1911 --; marriages, 1304- 1911,1912 -- (at church 171 E. 121st St.). Financial: Pew book, 1791-1800, re- ceipts, 1809-33, ledger, 1818-26, day bock, 1853-55. Sabbath collections,
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1855-87. Cash books, 1886-87. Building committee, 1884-94, Insurance record, 1886-94, bills payable, 1889-1909, finance committee, 1889-97. Three bundles, leases, contracts, varied papers, not catalogued. Sunday School, 2 vols., 1832-36,1844-48. Loc. church office, 182 E. 122nd St. , Manhattan.
6. FIRST OF BROCKLYN (Corporation of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Town of Brooklyn), 1660 --. 7th Ave. and Carroll St. , Brooklyn.
Organized 1660. Commonly known as Old First. Incorporated December 10, 1804 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1, p 5). Services in home of Joris Dircksen to 1666. A stone church on highway, now Fulton Street between Law- rence and Bridge Streets to 1766; whitewashed stone church to 1807; Joralemon Street near City Hall to 1835; Joralemon and Livingston Streets to 1896. Present church, granite, French Gothic. Chapel under same roof is at rear of Church. Church on the Heights (entry 69) consolidated with Old First 1931. First clergyman, Rev. Henricus Selyns, 1660-64; ed. Univ. of Leyden. Present clergyman, Rev. Cornelius B. Muste, 1931 --; ed. Hope Col. 1914, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1917.
(A) Centennial Chapel, 1876-93. 3rd Ave. Originated as miss- ion 1869 at fulton and Adams Streets, last building, brick and stone. First clergyman, Rev. Abram Nevins Wyckoff 1875-79; ed. Rutgers Univ. 1862, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1867.
Henricus Selyns, Letters, in early minute books. Jeremiah Johnson, "Olden Times", in Magazine Reformed Dutch Church, May 1828, 3:51-55. Nathan- iel Scudder Prime, History of Long Island, N. Y. & Pittsburgh, R. Carter, 1845, pp 383-84. Silas Wood, Sketch of First Settlements of Long Island, 250 pp. Bklyn, Furman Club, 1865. Charles F. Baker, "First Reformed Church, Brooklyn", in Magazine of American History, October 1887, 18:336-38. Henry Whittemore, "History of First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Brueckelen" in Kings County Genealogical Club Collections, 1888. Henry Whittemore, com- piler, History First Reformed Church, 1654-1896, 93 pp. Brooklyn, Church, 1896. Loc. NN.
Minutes : Consistory, 5 vols., 1814-45,1858-74,1874-91,1901-07,1907 --. Registers: Members, deaths, 7 vols., 1660-1719,1792-1865,1865-81,1881-92, 1893-1904 ,1905-36,1935 --. Baptisms, 8 vols., 1660-1719 (Dutch), 1792-1865, 1792-1893 (copy ), 1865-81 ,1881-92,1893-1904,1905-35,1935 --. Marriages, 9 vols. 1660-96,1660-1719 (translated), 1833-73,1837-38 (in Consistory record book ), 1865-80,1881-92,1893-1901,1905-34,1935 --. Sunday School, 2 vols., 1844-58, 1903-12. Records of Central Church, Church on the Heights, and Bethany Church (entries 46,69,139 ), and 1 vol., baptisms, 1854-92, marriages, 1854-83 of Re- formed Protestant Dutch Church of Bergen Point, N. J. are in custody of present clergyman, loc. at church.
7. STUYVESANT'S CHAPEL, 1660-87. Bouwerie (what is now Stuyvesant Square ), Manhattan. (See entry 1-D).
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8, FRESH KILLS, 1663-1714, Fresh Kills, Richmond.
Organized 1663 for the Huguenots by Rev. Samuel Drisius who conducted services in a block house located in centre of settlement; called the French Congregation. Supplied by Rev. Pierre Daille, in 1683. First church erected 1698, "on one acre laid out on the south and by east of the bridge, one half on the south side of the highway, the other half on the north side" (now Arthur Kill Road) to 1714. Congregation united with Dutch and English to form Richmond Church (entry 17) at Richmond, then the County Seat. First clergyman, Rev. Fetrus Teschenmaker 1683-86; ed. Univ. of Utrecht.
9. SOUTH SIDE, 1665-1714. Stony Brook, Pichmond.
Organized 1665 for the Waldenses, supplied by the same pastors serving Fresh Kills Church (entry 8). Frame church, near Black Horse corner, on Amboy Road, leading from Quarantine to Amboy Ferry. Congregation united with Fresh Kills Church to form Richmond Church (entries 8,17) in 1714. First clergyman, Rev. Petrus Teschenmaker, 1683-86, ed. Univ. of Utrecht.
10. GRAVESEND (Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Gravesend ), 1665 --. 115-145 Neck Road, Brooklyn.
Organized 1665 under Kings County Collegiate Church. Withdrew from Collegiate system 1714. Ministers from New Utrecht Church (entry 11) supplied Gravesend until 1762. Reorganized 1765 and joined with Harlem Church (entry 5) for services by Rev. Martinus B. Schoonmaker, Member of Kings County collegi- ate group 1784-1824. Incorporated September 17, 1839 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1, p 48). Church built 1667, southeast corner of North Westerly Village Square occupied to 1760, when frame church built on same site, occupied to 1833. Frame meeting house, also on the same site, dedicated January 5, 1834, occupied to 1894. Present church, red brick, three story Norman Mission style with bel- fry. On same grounds a modern American, three story, clapboard parsonage. First clergyman, Rev. Johannes T. Polhemus, 1665-76. Present clergyman, Rev. William Renwick Torrens, 1930 --.
(A) Woodlawn Chapel, 1890-1906. East 9th St. near Ryder Ave. Originated as a Sunday School in building now occupied by public school #/199, at Coney Island and Elm Avenues. Became Woodlawn Chapel in 1892, and Woodlawn Church (entry 142), in 1906. First clergyman, Rev. Nicholas I. M. Bogert, 1900-02; ed. Rutgers Col. 1864, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1867.
David Schureman Sutphen, Historical Discourse, N. Y., Church, 1877.
Minutes : Consistory, 5 vols., 1832-51,1852-56,1852-1903,1904-30,1930 -- cur. vol. custody William Bennett, clerk, 203 Kimball St., Bklyn, Elders, 2 vols., 1846-68,1867 --. Registers: 1 vol., baptisms, 1714-1871, marriages, 1832-71, members, deaths, 1763-1871, elders and deacons, 1703-1834, sale of pews dated Jan. 9, 1834, plan of church interior (1714-1832 translated from the Dutch by Rev. Isaac P. Labagh). 1 vol., baptisms, marriages, 1872 --. members, 1859 -- , deaths, 1887 --. 1 vol. , members, undated. Financial: Cash books, 2 vols., 1824-44,1865-1901. Ledger 1901 -- custody Harry Bennett, treas- urer, 321 Neck Rd. , Bklyn.
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11. NEW UTRECHT (Trustees of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Township of New Utrecht in Kings County), 1677 --. 18th Ave. and 83rd St., Brooklyn.
Organized 1677 by Rev. Casperus Van Zuuren, the second minister in the Kings County collegiate system of Dutch churches. Became independent of Colleg- iate system 1714 making own arrangements with Gravesend Church (ontry 10) for joint pastorage. Returned to Collegiate system in 1762, which was finally dissolved in 1808. Incorporated May 19, 1789 (County Clerk, Rol. Inc. vol 1, p 5). Services in private dwellings. First church erected, on Main Street (now 84th Street), in 1700. Built of stone, octagonal shaped, which the British converted into a hospital and riding school in 1776; restored in 1783 and used until present church dedicated on Thanksgiving Day 1829. Late Colon- ial, stone, with square belfry. In 1892, red brick parish house at 84th Street and 18th Avenue was built. Frame parsonage at 1828 83rd Street, was erected in 1906. Maintains a department for Italian speaking people in community, founded in 1934. First settled cler, yman, Rev. John Beattie, 1809-24; Union Col. 1806. Present clergyman, Rev. Martin Paul Luther, 1928 --; ed. Univ. of Penn., Columbia Univ.
(A) Fort Hamilton Chapel, 1825-1896. Fort Hamilton. Organized as a Sunday School, known as the Narrows Schorl. Became a chapel in 1866, and organized as the Bay Ridge Church (entry 134) in 1896, (B) Edgewood House of Prayer, 1868-91. 53rd St., and 14th Ave. Organized as a branch of New Utrecht Church. Services in frame chapel. Became the Edgewood Church (entry 125) in 1891.
Henry Onderdonck, Jr., "Church and ministers at New Utrecht, Long Island" in American Historical Record, September 1872, vol. 1, pp 385-87. David S. Sutphen, Historical Discourse, pp 7-32, bound with, T. G. Bergen, Address on the Annals of New Utrecht, Brooklyn, Union Argus Printing Establish- ment, 1877, pp 33-59. Mrs. Bleeker Bangs (Charlotte Rebecca Woglom Bleeker), "Reminiscences of Old New Utrecht and Gowanus", Brooklyn, Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1912, 194 pp. Loc. NN.
Minutes: Consistory, 13 vols., 1672-96,1700-87,1789-93,1809-56,1836-51, 1854-57,1857-63,1863-67,1856-84,1884-1904,1904-17,1918-27,1927 --. Elders, 4 vols., 1836-1900,1867-1902,1902-35,1935 -- (includes complete list of elders and deacons 1789 -- ). Registers: 1 vol. (transcribed from original vols .; inaccessible) baptisms, 1718-40,1776-1802,1835-80,1908 --; marriages, 1835-80, 1905 --; members, 1787,1802-28,1835-1908,1913 --; burials, 1840-1930. Other records: Sunday School minutes, 2 vols., 1898-1929,1929 --. Financial: Treas. accts. 1841-83. Early records in poor condition.
12. STATEN ISLAND (The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church on Staten Island), 1680 --. 56 Richmond Ave., Port Richmond, Richmond.
Organized 1680 as North Side Church. Now commonly known as the Port Richmond Church. Services in voorlezer's house (preserved as monument by Staten Island Hist. Soc.), head of Fresh Kills (now 63 Arthur Kill Road) from about 1695. Daniel Shotwell deeded a place of land near Bull's head, between Richmond Village and Port Richmond, in 1700. Following granting of license by Gov. Hunter 1715, log church erected on present site 1716. United with Dutch Church in Bergen, N.J. 1750, and 1757-89 for joint pastorate. Church destroyed by British during Revolution. Services in homes until erection of
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brick church, present site 1785; occupied in 1844. Name changed when incor- porated 1792. Parochial school e stablished 1811, converted into Sunday School 1812. Worshipped in North Baptist Church during construction of prosent early Colonial, red-brick edifice, trimmed with white stone; dedicated 1845. Church flanked by red brick combined chapel and personage erected 1905, and early Dutch graveyard. Church interior rebuilt after fire 1929. First clergyman, Rev. Petrus Teschonmaker 1683-86; ed. Univ. of Utrecht; first reformed minis- ter ordained in America, (1679). Present clergyman, Rov. Frank S. Fry, 278 Heberton Ave., Port Richmond, S.I. 1928 --; ed. Ursinus Col. Collegeville, Pa. 1907, Central Theological Sem. Dayton, Ohio 1910.
(A) Richmond Church, 1808-54. Richmond Village. Organized as
branch of Staten Island Church. Services in church erected on site of former building destroyed by British during Revolution. Colleg- iate relationship dissolved, independently organized 1854 (entry 81). First clergyman, Rev. Peter I. Van Pelt, 1808-35; ed. Colum- bia Univ. 1799.
(B) Reformed Church at Quarantine, 1820-23. Tompkinsville. Organized as branch of Staten Island Church. Services in Quaran- tino Hospital (now Marine Hospital) until independently organized at Brighton Hoi hts in 1823 (entry 33) . First clergymon, Rov. Peter I. Van Pelt, 1820-23, Staten Island Reformed rotating clergy- man.
(C) Port Richmond Branch Church, 1883-1905. Richmond Terrace and Lockman Ave. Mariners' Harbor. Organized as branch of Staten Island Church. Services in Gothic church, of frame and concrete, erected in 1883. Became the Mariners' Harbor Church (entry 141), in 1905.
James Brownlee, Discourse on 200th Anniv., N.Y., Sackett, Mackay & Law, 46 Pine St., 1865, 67 pp. Reformed Church Port Richmond, Year Book (contains historical sketch), N.Y., Church, 1886, 1931,1933. Sterling Potter, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Port Richm'nd, Staten Island, N. Y., 1901. Royder W. Vosburgh, Records of Dutch Reformed Church on Staten Island, Baptisms, births, marriage records 1790-1871, Richmond, Staten Island Historical Insti- tute, 1923. Typescript. Long and Davis, Staten Island and its People, N.Y., 1930, pp 429-33. Mabel Abbott, "Voorlczer's House To Be Kopt Intact", news- clipping, The New York Sun, Saturday, Fcb. 11, 1939. Tercentenary Studios Of The Reformed Church In America. Last item loc. NNSII, others, loc. NN.
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