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Minutes: 3 vols., 1843-59, 1053-74, 1874-98, loc. NiNbS. 1350 -- , loc. Stated Clerk, Rov. indrew J. Meyer, 205 Strawberry Hill, Stamford, Conn.
50. SOUTH CLASSIS CF LONG ISLAND ( The South Classis of Long Island of the Roformed Church in America) , 1043 --. 1460 East 10th St., Brooklyn.
Organized 1843 by division of the Classis of Long Island (entry 29). Composed of the following Churches: Brooklyn, New Utrecht, Gravesend, Flat- bush, Flatlands, New Lots, Central Brooklyn, East New York, South Brooklyn and Fourth Brooklyn. Incorporated May 20th, 1928 (County Clerk, Pol. Inc. ) . The South Long Island Classis embraces seventeen churches in Brooklyn, two in Queens, and one each in the Grillage of Hempstead and Garden City, Nassau County. Also included undor the jurisdiction of the Classis is St. Thomas Church, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (history of St. Thomas Church by Rev. John Gilmore Addy: in minutes in his possession). First Fresident, Rov. Jacob Brodhead D.D .; od. Union Col. 1"01, Queens Col. 1911. Prosent Fresi- dent, (vacant) .
Minutes: Acts and Proceedings, 5 vols., 1843-63, 1865-78,1878-92, 1892-98,1899-1904, Loc. NiNbS. Vol. 6, 1905-11, vol. 7, 1911-18, vol. 8, 1918-32, vol. 9, 1333 -- , Loc. Statod Clerk, Rev. John Gilmore Addy, 1460 East 10th Street, Brooklyn. Questors records, 1844-72 included in Clossis of Long Island Questorate (1831-72), Loc. NjNbS .
59. STANTON STREET (Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Stenton Street in the City of New York), 1843-49. Stanton St. near Forsythe St., Manhattan.
Organized 1843. Incorporated July 3, 1841 (County Ro_ister, Rol. Inc., vol 1). The congregation and pastor, formed the Stanton Stroet Pros- byterian Church, Second Presbytery of New York with consent of New York Classis in 1849. First clergyman, Rov. John Lillie, 1843-49; od. Edinburgh Univ. 1831, D.D. 1855, Now Brunswick Theological Sem. 1835.
Samuel D. Alexander, History of Presbytery of New York, New York, A.D. F. Randolph & Co. 1887, p 132.
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Reformed Church in America
Entry 59-63
Minutes : Consistory, 1843-49, included in Session Minute Book, 1843- 68, of the Stanton Street (later Lexington Avenue ) Presbyterian Church. Loc. NNUT.
60. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Washington Heights, Inc.), 1843-68. Amsterdam Ave. and 152nd St., Manhattan.
Organized 1843. Incorporated June 24, 1862 (County Register, Rel.
Inc. vol 2, #62). Services in a Church, at Broadway and 155th Street, to 1863. Located at last address until dissolved in 1868. First clergyman, Rev. Charles Whitehead, 1856-62; ed. Dickinson Col. 1823, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1826.
61 . MIDDLE (Middle Protestant Reformed Dutch Church), 1846-87. Harrison St., cor., Tompkins Place, Brooklyn.
Organized 1846. Incorporated December 29, 1846 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1, p 97). Services in a room at Smith and Butler Streets to 1847. Brick church at Court and Butler Streets to 1855. Last church occupied until congregation dissolved in 1887. First clergyman, Rev. Peter D. Oakey, 1847-49; ed. Rutgers Col. 1841, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1844.
Minutes : Consistory, 1 vol., 1874-87. Elders, 2 vols., 1846-70, 1870-87. Registers: Baptisms, marriages, members, 2 vols., 1846-71,1870-87. Deaths, 1 vol., 1870-87. Loc. NjNbS.
62. MOUNT PLEASANT (Mount Pleasant Protestant Reformed Dutch Church), 1846-67, 158 E. 50th St., Manhattan.
Crganized 1846. Services in church at above address to 1867, when dissolved. First clergyman, Rev. Philip Milledoler Brett, 1846-51; ed. Rutgers Col., 1834, D. D. 1858, New Brunswick Theological Sem., 1838.
Minutes : Consistory, 1 vol, , 1846-66. Registers : Baptisms, 1 vol., 1846-66. Marriages, 1 vol., 1864-67. Members, 2 vols., 1846-51 (list of members under Rev. Brett), 1846-67. Subscription list for building church, dated January 28, 1859. Loc. NjNbS.
63. BEDFORD (Bedford Reformed Protestant Dutch Church), 1847-1904. Bedford Ave. and Madison St., Brooklyn.
Crganized 1847 as the Bedford Protestant Reformed Dutch Church, incorporated September 4, 1848 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1, p 114 ). Reorganized and incorporated as the East Feformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of Brooklyn, January 13, 1855 (ibid, vol 1, p 191). Reorgan- ized under supervision of the South Classis of Long Island (entry 58) December 27, 1876, and incorporated March 29, 1877 (ibid, vol 2, p 11). Services on Ormond Place until erection of church at Washington and Gates Avenues in 1848, commonly known as the Washington Avenue Church to 1851. Occupied church on Bedford Avenue near Jefferson Street to 1854; then in church at last address until dissolved in 1904. First clergyman, Rev.
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Entry 63-65
Reformed Church in America
Anthony Elmendorf, 1848-51; od. Rutgers Col. 1936, D.D. 1860, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1839.
Consistory, Anniversary and Festival, N.Y., Baker and Godwin, 1871, 19 pp. Loc. NN.
Minutes: Consistory, 2 vols., 1876-95. Elders, 1 vol., 1853-76. Registers: Members, 1853-73,1876-95. Baptisms, 1854-71, 1877-92. Marriages, 1854-70,1877-92. Elders, 1876-90. Deacons, 1876-89. Burials, 1878-93. Dismissions, 1878-1912. Financial: Treas. Cash Books, 1884-96. Church offerings, 2 vols., 1885-95. Other records: 8 packages misc. papors inc. Classis printed minutes, vouchers, trens. reports. Minutes Women's Mission- ary Soc. 1884-97. Minutes Sunday School Teachers Ass'n., 1882-5. Loc. NiNbS .
64 KENT STREET (Reformed Dutch Church at Greenpoint), 1848 --. 149 Kent St., Brooklyn.
Organised 1848 as the Greenpoint Reformed Church, with the aid of the First of Williamsburg (entry 39) . Incorporated May 18, 1850 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1 p 131). Fre-organization services in home of Mr. Tiebout, on Franklin Street, from 1847 to erection of church on Java Street, in 1848. Present church, meeting house style, red brick construction, ded- icated 1859. Present name adopted 1919. First clergyman, Rev. John W. Ward, 1848-54, ed. Princeton Univ. 1821, Princoton Theological Sem. 1823. Present clergyman, Rev. S.C. Benny Benson, 1925 --; ed. Columbia Univ. 1907, Oska- loose Col. 1922.
84th Anniversary Year Book and Directory, Brooklyn, Church, 1932,
21 PF. 85th Jubilee Souvenir Year Book and Directory, Brooklyn, Church, 1933, 2 pp. Loc. NN.
Minutos: Consistory, 3 vols., 1848-81,1881-1917,1919 --. Elders: 3 vols., 1855-73,1873-90,1690-1913. Registers: Vol. 1, baptisms, 1850-88, marriages, 1849-88, members, 1843-88. Vol. 2, baptisms, 1887-1925, marriages, 1888-1912, members, 1806-1925. Vol. 3, baptisms, marriages, members, 1925 --.
65. SECOND GETMAN (Second German Evangelical Mission), 1048-52. Grond St. and East Broadway, Manhattan.
Organized 1848 by the City Mission Society of the Dutch Reformed Church. Also known as Second Germon Mission Church. Services in hall at above address. The Classis of New York (entry 22) dismissed the congrega- tion ond pastor in a body to the Presbytery of New York to form the Second German Presbyterian Church in Madison Street in 1852. First clergyman, Rev. Frederick Steins, 1848-52.
Minutos: Consistory, 1618-52 (contains baptisms, marriages, 1048-60; includes records 1852-60 of Second Germen Presbyterian Church in Modison Street) . Records in English and German. Loc. NUT.
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Entry 66-68
Reformed Church in America
66. HUGUENOT (The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Huguenots, Westfield, Staten Island), 1849 --. Amboy Rd. and Huguenot Ave., Huguenot Park, Richmond .
Organized 1849 by local residents who took their letters from the Richmond Church (entry 81). Worshipped in Westfield school house until 1851. Incorporated June 30, 1851 (County Clerk, Inc. vol 23, #434). Frame church erected on present site in 1851, gift of Hon. Benjamin P. Prall, Assemblyman, New York Legislature, and first Church Trustee. It was common- ly known as the Brown Church, and destroyed by fire 1918. Portable frame chapel, loaned by Home Mission Board, pitched on present site, used to 1924. Present church rural architecture with Dutch and Gothic influence, of local multi-colored soapstone construction, dedicated May 18, 1924. First clergy- man, Rev. James A.M. LaTourette, 1851-54; ed. New York Univ. 1848. Present clergyman, Rev. Winfield Burggraaf, 1939 --; ed. Hope Col. 1922, Western Theological Sem. 1925, Freo Univ., Amsterdam, 1928.
Minutes: Consistory, 2 vols., 1849-80,1902-35, looseleaf 1935 --. Register 1 vol., baptisms, 1851 -- (hiatus 1875-1915), marriages, 1855 -- , members, deaths, 1849 --.
67. TWELFTH STREET (The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Brooklyn, Gowanus ) , 1850 --. 12th St. between 4th and 5th Aves., Brooklyn.
Organized 1850 succeeding the North Church of Gowanus (entry 54-A) . Services in church on 13th Street East of 3rd Avenue to 1869. Present church modified Romanesque architecture, brick construction, dedicated 1870, and present name assumed. First clergyman, Rev. Nehemiah P. Pierce, 1851-75; ed. Amherst Col. 1842, Union Theological Sem. 1845. Present clergyman, Rev. Thomas W. Davidson, 1928 --; ed. Methodist Col. Belfast, Ireland, 1889, Central Col., Iowa, 1923.
Minutes: Consistory, 3 vols., 1849-98, 1899-1918,1918 --. Elders, 4 vols., 1849-67, 1849-1914 (overlap-copied from earlier vol. ) 1914-16, 1920 --. Registers: 2 vols., elders, deacons, communicants, 1904-15, 1916 -- , baptisms, 1904-15. 1 vol., marriages, 1916 -- , deaths, 1924 --. Note book, marriages, 1911-37. Financial: Treas. accts. 7 vols., 1887-8, 1888-97, 1895-7,1898-1906, 1907-9,1909-15,1914-18. Receipts, 10 vols., 1921-22, 1922, 1923-24,1924-27, 1927-29,1929-31,1931-33,1933-35,1935-38,1938 --. Other records: Christian Endeavor, members, 2 vols., 1896-99,1900-01, treas. accts., 3 vols., 1893- 97,1895-97,1900 --. Sunday school members, dues, 1 vol., 1878-1930. Women's Missionary Society members, 1 vol., 1907-31, trens. accts, 1 vol., 1900-24. Mens League, minutes, 1 vol., 1903-09. 1 file box, programs, historical data, clippings, 1925 --.
68. WEST (West Protestant Reformed Dutch Church), 1850-59. 6th Ave., Manhattan.
Organized 1350. Commonly known as The Sixth Avenue Church. United with the Seventh Avenue Church to form the Union Church (entries 34,92), 1859. First clergyman, Rev. Mr. J.A. Cary, 1851-52; ed. New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1651.
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Entry 69-70
Reformed Church in America
69. CHURCH ON THE HEIGHTS (The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church on the Heights ), 1851-1931. Pierrepont St. and Monroe Fl., Brooklyn.
Organized 1851 as the Reformed Church at Brooklyn Heights, succeed- ing the Contral Church (entry 46) . Incorporated July 17, 1852 (County Clerk, Rol. Inc. vol 1, p 155). Georgian church dedicated 1851. 10 members dis- missed to form Bergen Hill Church (entry 91), in 1859. Consolidated with First of Brooklyn ( entry 6), 1931. First clergyman, Rev. George W. Bethune, 1051-59; ed. Columbia Col. 1019, Dartmouth Col. 1823, Princeton Theological Sem . 1826.
(A) Bethany Chapel, 1869-1902. Hudson Ave. near Myrtle Ave. Organized by merger of the Myrtle Avenue Mission, founded 1868, and the Bothosda Mission, founded 1054. Brick church, at above address, dedicated in May 1370. Bethany Chapel merged with North Church to form Bethany Church (ontrics 72, 140), in 1902. First clergyman, Pov. Alfred Edwards Meyers, 1870-71; ed. Williams Col. 1866, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1867, Princeton Theological Som. 1869, Union Theological Sem. 1670.
Gorge W. Bethune, Historical Sketch, Minute Book 1851-69. Papers Relating to the Separation of Rov. Bethune, N.Y., John Prall, 1863, 40 pp. David Inclis, Historical Sermon, N.Y., Church, 1076. Manual Reformed Church on the Heights, N.Y., Church, 1901. Loc. First of Brooklyn, Carroll St. and 7th Ave .
Minutos: Consistory, 2 vols., 1051-69,1928-32. Elders, 1 vol., 1881-1930. Recistors: 1 vol., communicants, 1851-1930 (including some dis- missions, some deths) , baptisms, 1651-1916. Index to register, 1 vol., 1393. Financial: Cash book, 1 vol., 1669-84. Pewholders, 1651-67. Trens. Accts. 1 vol., 1851-69. Other records: Bothany Chapel, 1 vol., minutes of the Joint Committee on Supply 1875-1900. Loc. First of Brooklyn Church, Carroll St. and 7th Ave., Bklyn.
70. LIVINGSTON (The Livingston Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York), 1051-59. 8th Ave. and 33rd St., Manhattan.
Organized 1351 by the City Missionary Society, named in honor of Rev. John H. Livingston, ministor (1770-1810) of the Collegiate Church (entry 1). Services in Broadway Holl, at Broadway and 6th Avenue until removed to the Institution for the Blind, 9th Avenue and 33rd Street in 1852. Erected frame church, on 9th Avenue noar 33rd Street in 1053; occu- pied to 1855. Services in Continentol Hall, later at 9th Avenue and 29th Stroet to 1656. Located at above address until united with the Thirty-fourth Street Church (entry 35), in 1059. First clergyman, rov. Acron Lloyd, 1851-53; ed. Putgers Col. 1042, New Brunswick Theological Som. 1045.
Church, "History of Livingston Church", Jubilee of Thirty-fourth Street Church, N.Y., Consistory, 1374, pp 35-42. Loc. NN.
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Entry 71-73
Roformed Church in America
71. MOTT HAVEN (The Reformed Frotestant Dutch Church of Mott Haven), 1851- 348 E. 146th St., Bronx.
Organized 1651. The outgrowth of services held in the Mott Haven Village school, on what is now Courtlandt Avenue, from 1850. Later met in Mott Haven Town Hall to 1854. Present church, Third Avenue and 146th Street, dedicated in 1854; commonly known as the Old Stone Church, and St. Toul's Church. Church relocated, at above address 1914, Byzantine architecture, graystone construction. Cornerstone inscribed: "erected 1852 relocated 1914". Church flanked on one side by frame parsonage erected in 1894, and on the other by a red brick parish house erected in 1926. First clergyman, Rev. William Theodore Van Doran, 1852-53; ed. Rutgers Col. 1837, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1840, Chaplain 7th Missouri Cavalry, 1861-62. Present clergyman, Rev. Frederick D. Buttenbaum, 1929 --; ed. Columbia Univ. 1917, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1921, Drew Univ. 1924.
Oscar M. Voorhees, Diamond Jubilee, N.Y., Church, 1926. Church, Mott Haven Reformed Church Eighty-fifth Anniversary, N. Y., Consistory, 1936, 30 pp. Loc. NN.
Minutes: Consistory, 4 vols., 1851 --. Elders, 1 vol., 1851 --. Registers; Baptisms, marriages, members, deaths, 3 vols., 1851-1900, 1900-26, 1927 --.
72. NORTH (North Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of Brooklyn) , 1851-1902. 180 Clermont Ave., Brooklyn.
Organized 1851. Incorporated May 4, 1852 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1, p 151). Services in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Messiah Chapel, on Adelphi Street, to 1855. First church, on Clermont Avenue, ded- icated December 27, 1855. Parsonage erected 1868. Erected last church, same site, in 1870; Byzantine with octagonal turrets, of brick and stone construction. Consolidated with Bethany Chapel to form Bethany Church (entries 69-A,139), in 1902. First clergyman, Rev. Anthony Elmendorf, 1851- 55; ed. Rutgers Col., 1863, D.D. 1860, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1839.
Anthony Elmendorf, Valedictory Sermon, N. Y., John W. Amerman, 1865, 25 pp. Loc. NN.
73. SOUTH BUSHWICK (The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of South Bush- wick ) , 1851 --. Bushwick Ave. and Himrod St., Brooklyn.
Organized 1851 as the Second Reformed Dutch Church of South Bushwick, with the aid of Bushwick and First of Williamsburg Churches (entries 4,39). Incorporated November 19, 1851 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1, p 148). Services in the Cook Street Methodist Episcopal Church to 1853, when Colonial style, frame church was dedicated; commonly known as the White Church. Frame Colonial parsonage adjoining church, erected in 1868. First clergyman, Rev. John S. Himrod, 1851-59; ed. Rutgers Col. 1839, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1842. Present clergyman, Rev. Charles E. Bloodgood, 1938 --; ed. Rutgers Univ. 1923.
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Reformed Church in America
Entry 73-75
Church, Manual 1851-73 South Bushwick, N.Y., Consistory, 1873. Andrew J. Mover, "Our Diamond Jubilee", Brooklyn Daily Press, Nov. 15, 1926.
Minutos: Consistory, 5 vols., 1851-60 (includes marriages, 1852-59, list of elders), 1860-83, 1883-1915, 1915-35,1935 --. Registers: Baptisms. marriages, members, deaths, 4 vols., 1851-1900, 1901-17,1917-38,1938 --. Other records: Sunday school, 1868-97. Ladies Missionary Society, troos. accts. 3 vols., 1914-17,1921-30,1931-33. Christian Endeavor, 1 vol., 1887. Brotherhood, minutes and roll, 2 vols., 1911-16,1917-26. 3 scrapbooks (includes newsclippings, programs, photos, manuals, services) 1875-1921, 1921-33,1934 --. 1 envelope entitled (photographs) "Our Boys in War" and "Army and Navy Members of Sunday school and Church in the World War".
74. STAPLETON (Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Stapleton), 1851-68. Brownell St., Stapleton, Richmond.
Organized 1851 out of & Sunday School founded by the Brighton Heights Church (entry 33), in 1848. Erected church, at above address, in 1852, enlarged in 1854. Gore Street Sunday School built in 1856. United with First Presbyterian Church of Clifton to form First Presbyterian Church of Edgewater in 1868. First clergymon, Rev. Alexander ?rmsey Thompson, 1851- 59; ed. N.Y. Univ. 1838 and 1842, Rutgers Col. 1840.
75. NEW BROOKLYN (Gorman Roformed Protestant Dutch of New Brooklyn), 1852- 1064 Herkimer St., Brooklyn.
Organized 1852. It was the first Reformed Church established for Germans living in Brooklyn. Incorporated April 9, 1853 (County Clerk, Rel. Inc. vol 1). Commonly known as The Herkimer Stroot Gorman Reformed Church. Services in a private dwelling, 194 Chauncey Street, until frame church on present site was dedicated in 1854. Present church, Gothic architecture, of brick construction, dedicated 1890. Gormen services gave way to English in 1927. Aided in founding Flatbush Second in 1874, Canarsic Church in 1876, and Ocean Hill Church in 1885 (entrios 109, 112, 117). First clergyman, Rov. John Conrad Dickhaut, 1854-66; ed. under Dr. John C. Guldin of N.Y.C. Present clorgyman, Rev. Thomas Ten Hoeve, 1933 --; cd. Hope Col. 1927.
Rev. Frederick C. Erhardt, 50th Anniversary Directory New Brooklyn Church, Historical Sketch (in German), N. Y., Church, 1912. Rov. Thomas Ton Hoove, 75th Anniversary Directory Now Brooklyn Church, N.Y., Church, 1937.
Minutos: Consistory and Elders, 5 vols., 1852 -- (includes membership, 1888 --; written partly in Gorman 1865-80). Registers: 1 vol., baptisms, marriages, members, burials, 1852-99 (written in Gorman) . Burials, 1 vol., 1888 --. Baptisms, 2 vols., 1888 --. Marriages, 2 vols., 1888 --. Card index of current membership. Financial: 1 vol., troas. accts. 1918 --.
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Entry 76-80
Reformed Church in America
76. THIRD GERMAN EVANGELICAL (Third German Reformed Protestant Dutch Church), 1852-67. 1 St. Luke's Pl., Manhattan.
Organized 1852. Services on Forsythe Street to 1855; 104 Greenwich Street to 1858; 18 Renwick Street to 1861; 33 Grove Street to 1863. Removed to last address in 1864. Merged with the German Church (entry 20), in 1867. First clergyman, Rev. John Conrad Dickhaut, 1854-55; ed. under Dr. John C. Guldin of N.Y.C.
77. GERMAN HARLEM (German Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Haerlaem), 1853-1862. 127th St. near 4th Ave., Manhattan.
Organized 1853. Incorporated June 27, 1853 (County Clerk, Inc. vol 2, #183) . Became St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church 1862 (now St. John's Lutheran Church, 217 East 119th Street). First clergyman, Rev. H. Bielfield, 1855; ed. Middlebury Col. 1821, Andover Sem. 1825.
78. GERMAN EVANGELICAL (Fourth German Evangelical Roformed Church), 1854-66. Manhattan.
Organized 1854 by group withdrawing from German Church (entry 20). Services held in private homes until 1866, when congregation disbanded. First clergyman, John S. Ebaugh, 1854-61.
79. MARBLE CHURCH, 1854 --. 5th Ave. and 29th St., Manhattan. See Collegiate Church (entry 1-K) .
80. MELROSE (The German Dutch Reformed Church), 1854 --. 157th St. and Elton Ave., Bronx.
Organized 1854. Commonly known as the Melrose Church. Services in the home of Mr. Kroenke on Finlay Street, until frame church at 729 Washington Avenue was erected in 1856. Present church dedicated 1879. Plain red brick church, with inscription on front "Erbaut 1878". Frame parsonage adjoins church on Elton Avenue. First clergyman, Rev. Ernest Schroepfer, 1854-61. Prosent clergyman, Rev. Charles S. Pieringer, 1937 --; ed. Basle Mission School Switzerland. Bethel Theological Sem. Germany 1917.
Church, Souvenir Program Eighty-third Anniversary Concert of the Melrose Reformed Church, historical sketch included, N.Y., Consistory, 1937, p 2. Loc. NN.
Minutes: Consistory and Elders, 4 vols., 1854 -- (custody Mr. William Steifel, 1119 Clay Ave., Bx). Registers: Baptisms, marriages, members, deaths (includes historical sketch), 2 vols., 1854-91, 1892 --.
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Entry 01-83
Reformed Church in America
81. RICHMOND (Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Staten Island), 1854-
86. Richmond Village, Richmond.
Organized 1854 having previously existed as branch of Port ?ichmond Church (entry 12-A). Services in church at Pichmond Village until disbanded 1886. First clergyman, Rev. Thomas Ruggles Gold Fock, 1854-59; ed. Yale Col. 1848, Princeton Sem. and Union Sem., 1851.
Tercentenary Studies, Reformed Church in America, N.Y., Collegiate Church, 1928, pp 79-91. Loc. NN.
Minutes: Consistory, 2 vols., 1853-86 (includes spiritual consistory, 1850-81). Registers: 1 vol., baptisms, 1854-80, marriages, 1854-76, deaths, 1854-57, mombers, 1854-80 (includes annual reports, attendance records of Sunday School and Gifford's Lane and Four Corners. Weather records, church attendance, 1854-59. Other organization records, 1854-70). Financial; Treas. recs., disbursements, collections, parsonage bldg. fund, 1 vol., 1851-80. Loc. NiNbS.
82 . SECOND OF ASTORIA (German Reformed Protestant Church of Astoria),
1854- 30-59 31st St., Astoria, Queons.
Organized 1854 with aid of Newtown First (entry 19). Services in Astoria Court House on Broadway to 1856. Lapsed 1856-63. Met in lecture room, on Romsen Street to 1867. Frame church occupied in 1867; dedicated June 23, 1869; remodeled and veneered with red brick 1936. Frame parsonage adjoining church, erected 1370. First clergyman, Rev. Charles D.F. Stein- fuhrer, 1867-1922; ed. Union Col. 1864, D.D. 1896, New Brunswick Theological Som. 1867, Present clergyman, Rev. George D. Geres, 1929 --; ed. Missionary Training Institute, Nyack, N. Y.
Charles D.F. Steinfuhrer, "Historical Sketch of the Second of Astoria Reformed Church", Daily Star, Long Island City, July 19, 1922. Church, 75th Anniversary of the Second of Astoria Reformed Church, Long Island City, John W. Ward Inc., 1929. Loc. NN.
Minutes: Consistory, 4 vols., 1854-92, 1892-1918, 1913-23,1923 --. Elders, 2 vols., 1878-1929,1929 --. Registers: 9 vols., baptisms, 1867-77, 1877-1930, 1931 --. Marriages, 1867-84, 1834-1916, 1919-29,1930 --. Members, 1868-1924, 1861 --. Personal record book of first clergyman, chiefly Sunday School records, 1800-1906.
83 EAST WILLIAMSBURGH (East Williamsburgh Protestant Reformed Dutch Church), 1855-1912, New Jersey Ave., Maspeth, Queons.
Organized 1855 with the aid of Newtown First (entry 19). Became extinct in 1912. First clergyman, Rev. John McC. Holmes, 1357-59; cd. Williams Col. 1853, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1857.
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Entry 84-88
Reformed Church in America
84. LEE AVENUE (Loe Avenue Protestant and Reformed Dutch Church), 1855-
71. Lee Ave., Brooklyn. Organized 1855. It was outgrowth of the Lec Avenue Sunday school, founded in 1053 with the aid of the First of Williamsburgh Church (entry 39). Services in frame chapel built by Sunday school on land, at above address, donated by Mr. Barnet Johnson until frame church on same site, was erected in 1860. Maintained the North Sixth Street Mission in 1858. Lee Avenue Church united with Central Congregational Church in 1871. First clergyman, Rov. W. Hallaway, 1855-59; ed. Rutgers Col. 1839, New Brunswick Theological Sem. 1842.
85. NEWTOWN SECOND (German Second Protestant Dutch Reformed Church of Newtown Long Island), 1855 --. 52nd and Justice Aves., Elmhurst, Queens.
Organized 1855, assisted by congregation of Newtown First (entry 19). Incorporated August 17, 1863 (County Clerk, Inc. vol 1, p 122). Frame church, Baxter Avenue to 1892; frame church present sito to 1914, destroyed by fire. Prosent brick church dedicated 1915. First clergyman, Rev. John Bochrer, 1855-56. Present clergyman, Rev. Frank L. P. Donaldson.
Minutes: Consistory, 1 vol., 1911 -- , custody Hilliard Gautier, Sec'y, 86-10 - 55th Road, Elmhurst, L. I. Elders, 1 vol., 1916 --. Registers: Baptisms, 2 vols., 1856-1917,1918 --. Marriages, 2 vols., 1856-1908, 1918 --. Deaths, 2 vols., 1892-1917,1916 --. Members, 1 vol., 1923 --. Custody, Gustave Heeren, senior elder, 88-13 St. James Flace, Elmhurst, Queens.
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