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Whereas the Rector. Churchwardens and Vestrymen of the Church of Holy Innocents in the city of Albany, have by an instrument this day presented to me appropriated and devoted a house of pu lic wor- ship erected by William Henry De Witt and Ann his wife, on the south east corner of North Pearl and Colonie streets, in the said city of Albany, to the worship and service of Almighty God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, according to the provisions of the Catholic Church of CHRIST, known as the Protestant Episcopal church in these United States of America, in its ministry, doctrines, liturgy, rites and usages, and by a congregation in communion with said church, and in union with the convention thereof in the Diocese of New York.
And whereas the same Rector, Churchwardens and Vestrymen, have, by the same instrument, requested me to receive the said build- ing in behalf of the Bishop of the Diocese of New York, under the spiritual jurisdiction of the said Bishop, and that of his successors in office, and to consecrate tbe same by the name of the Church of the Holy Innocents, and thereby separate it from all unhallowed, worldly
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read by the Rev. Dr. Williams. The Bishop proceeded with great solemnity, through the appointed prayers, after which the services of morning prayer and the Holy Communion were celebrated; the bishop preaching, and consecrating the Holy Eucharist. The first confirm-
and common uses, and solemnly dedicate it to the holy purposes above mentioned.
Now therefore, know all men by these presents, that I, William Rollinson Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland, and now administering Episcopal functions in the Diocese of New York, at the request of the Standing Committee of the said Diocese, acting under the protection of Almighty GOD, and in His faith and fear, have on this third day of September, being the Tuesday after the Fourteenth Sunday afer Trinity, in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and fifty, in behalf of the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the Diocese of New York, and of his successors in office, accepted and do accept, the above mentioned house of worship, and take the same under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Bishop of New York aforesaid, and that of his successors in office, and in presence of divers of the clergy and a public congregation therein assembled, and according to the godly usage of the Catholic Church of CHRIST and the form prescribed by the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States of America, have consecrated the same by the name of the Church of the Holy Innocents.
And I do hereby pronounce and declare that the said Church of the Holy Innocents, in the city of Albany, is consecrated accordingly, and thereby separated henceforth from all unhallowed. worldly and com- mon uses, and dedicated to the worship and service of Almighty GOD, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for reading and preaching His holy word, for celebrating His holy sacraments, for offering to His glorious majesty the sacrifices of prayer, praise and thanksgiving, for blessing His people in His name, and for the performance of all other holy offices and the administration of all holy ordinances agree- able to His will made known in the terms of the covenant of Grace and Salvation in our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ, accor ling to the usages of His holy Catholic and Apostolic church and the provi- sions of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States of America. in its ministry, doctrines, liturgy, rites and usages.
In t-simony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Episcopal seal and signature in the day and year above written, and in the tenth year of my consecration.
[L. S.]
(Signed) WILLIAM ROLLINSON WHITTINGHAM,
Bishop of Maryland,
administering Episcopal functions in the Diocese of New York at the request of the Standing Committee.
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ation in the parish was held by him on this occasion, when he administered the Laying on of hands to sixteen persons .*.
The church was designed by Mr. Frank Wills, an archi- tect educated in England, and one of the most accom- plished men in his profession. t
The following description of the edifice is taken from Mr. Wills' work on Architecture (Stanford & Swords, N. Y., 1850) :
" The Chancel is eighteen feet by twenty feet in the clear. The Nave fifty-eight feet by twenty-eight feet. In the Chancel are Altar, Sedilia, Credence, Bishop's Chair, Stalls, Altar-rails, and Lecturn. The Sacristy is on the south side, and the Pulpit in the S. E. angle of the Nave is entered from it through a doorway in the east wall of the Nave. The roofs are open, of pine, of the best quality : the carved ribs and purlins are all molded, the former resting on handsome corbels. The Fontt is of Caen stone, after the beautiful one of S. Mary's, Ox- ford, and is situated between the Porch and west door- ways. The Organ, of fine rich tone, manufactured by Mr. Jardine, is placed in a gallery at the west end. The seats, as well as all the chancel furniture and pulpit are of black walnut.
" All the windows are filled with colored glass, with- out doubt the best imitation of old English art yet exe- cuted in this country. The east window is a rich mosaic pattern, with the Crucifixion and the symbols of the Four Evangelists within foliated and geometrical borders. The side windows of Chancel (and the four lancets in the west front) are taken from some remains of ancient glass in Salisbury Cathedral. Those of the Nave are of modified
* There have been confirmed in this parish (Jan. 1859), 132 per- sons.
+ Mr. Wills was the architect of St. Ann's, Fredericton, and of a number of fine churches in the United States. His last work was the Cathedral of Montreal, which was scarcely begun when he died, at Montreal.
# The Font was wrought in Exeter, England, for this Church.
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design. Mr. Bolton* is the artist who executed this work. In the north wall of chancel is a marble Tablet commemorating the Founder's children; their four names are inscribed each within a wreath of lilies of the valley, at the foot is a lamb sleeping, at the apex is a cross fleuri, the whole being encircled with a hood moulding."
The Communion Plate consists of a Flagon, a Chalice, and Paten, all of silver, of appropriate design and hand- somely engraved and chased; the interior of the Chalice being richly gilt. These pieces were furnished by the Founder. At the Feast of Epiphany, 1859, a costly Alms Basin, of silver, gilt, was presented to the Parish. It bears the Offering of the Magi, engraved in the centre, and around the border the text, "For all things come of Thee, and of Thine Own have we given Thee." This was given by Mr. E. H. Clarke.
A fine bell hangs in the bell gable.
The Nave bears the Te Deum in illuminated letters, running around the walls. Over the chancel arch is the text, illuminated, " Though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me."
The roof of the chancel has been beautifully painted and ornamented, with a blue ground, bearing stars in gold and white lilies.
The following are the members of the Vestry in the year 1859:
Wardens .- Wm. H. De Witt, E. H. De Witt.
Vestrymen .- R. Server, J. Rathbun, J. H. Bowne, G.
T. Bratt, T. Young, W. Mason, T. Becket, A. H. De Witt.
John Gregory has been Sacristan of the church since 1851.
The Rector reports to the Bishop at the Diocesan Con- vention, Sep. 1858, as follows (Journal of Convention, Diocese of New York, 1858):
Families, 125; Individuals, 500; Baptisms (for the
* Of New Rochelle, N. Y.
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year), adults 2, infants 34; confirmed, 24; marriages, 5; burials, 26; communicants, 144; Sunday School Teach- ers, 16; Sunday scholars, 160.
The Parish has been sustained as a Free Church with- out pew rents, the Congregation supplying the support by voluntary Offerings, at the time of Divine Service.
For all the tokens of His favour towards this Church of the Holy Innocents, Thanks be to GOD.
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THIRD REF. PROT. DUTCH CHURCH.
The third Dutch Church of Albany was organized on the 19th day of December, 1834, under an act of the legislature entitled " An act to provide for the incorpora- tion of religious societies." On the 3d of December, the Rev. Dr. Isaac Ferris received an appointment from the Classis of Albany, to organize a Dutch church, and in consequence of such appointment notice was given in the church edifice in Westerlo st.,* two successive Sab- baths, (according to the provisions of the constitution of the denomination) that all persons desirous of being or- ganized into a third Dutch church should produce the necessary dismissions from other churches. A number were received, and the individuals first assembled re- solved on the style of the "Third Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of Albany." Edmund S. Her- rick, William C. Miller, and Nathan Lyman were chosen the first elders of the church, and John Van Schaack and James C. Spencer, deacons. Application having been made, the new church was received under the care of the Classis of Albany, in January 1835. The Rev. Edwin Holmes, of Livingston, was now invited to be- come their pastor, and he commenced his labors on the 26th of the same month.
A suitable location in the southern part of the city was at once sought as a permanent site for a building. Through the liberality of the late Patroon, (Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer), the land on which the present edifice stands was secured, upon certain conditions, and in the summer of 1835, the plans submitted by H. Rector, Ar- chitect, were adopted. The estimated cost of the build- ing was $15.000, and a subscription to secure that amount was circulated among the friends of the church. The
* This edifice was destroyed by fire, April 24, 1848.
THIRD REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH. Rebuilt in 1842.
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corner stone of the new edifice was laid by Christian Miller,* on the 20th of April, 1837, on which occasion the Rev. Dr. Ferris delivered an address. In spite of many and serious obstacles, the trustees pushed forward the work of building, and in the summer of the next year the church was formally dedicated.
Mr. Holmes resigned his charge in October, 1840. Rev. Dr. Andrew Yates of Schenectady succeeded him as a temporary pastor. The debt of the church had be- come quite large, and the congregation discouraged. Dr. Yates labored with a most devoted zeal to procure the extinguishment of the debt, but in the midst of his efforts, which were by no means unsuccessful, the church build- ing was destroyed by fire. This event took place on the 28th of September, 1841, at noon. The difficulties against which they had contended, and now, the de- struction of the church property well nigh disheartened them, and had it not been for the counsels and prayers of Dr. Yates, the enterprise would in all probability have been abandoned. But as has been said of him-he could not be discouraged.
The former building having been insured, the claims against it were now paid up, and renewed efforts made for its reconstruction. These efforts were entirely suc- cessful, and in the course of the next summer the con- gregation took possession of their new church.
About one month previous to the destruction of the church, the congregation had invited Rev. William H. Campbell, of Flatbush, to become their pastor. He ac- cepted the call, and was installed in the Second Dutch church on the 1st Sabbath in Nov. 1841. The sermon on that occasion was preached by Prof. McClelland. Under the guidance of divine providence, the ministrations of Dr. Campbell, both in spiritual and temporal affairs, were conducted in a manner which evinced satisfactorily that he bore most worthily the mantle of Dr. Yates. After a pastorate of about seven years he was compelled to
* Gen. Van Rensselaer had been invited to perform this ceremony, but declined on account of the state of his health.
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seek employment less laborious, and the position of Prin- cipal of the Albany Academy, as successor to Dr. Beck, having been tendered to him, he felt it his duty to accept it. On the 8th of September, 1848, his pastoral con- nection with the church was dissolved.
Rev. Rutgers Van Brunt was invited to become pastor, Nov. 4, 1848, and he accepted the call. After a brief ministration he resigned, April 17, 1849. He was suc- ceeded by Rev. William W. Halloway, who was called on the 27th of June, and remained pastor until April 12, 1853, when he accepted a flattering invitation to organize and maintain a Dutch Church in a new and flourishing part of Brooklyn.
The Rev. Alex. Dickson succeeded Mr. Halloway on the 10th of October, 1853. He is the present pastor, highly esteemed and beloved.
A device for a seal was adopted January 26, 1835, viz: An anchor surrounded with the words, Third R. P. D. Church, Albany.
The following table will exhibit the growth of the Church since its organization :
Names of those who have been admitted to the Member- ship of the Church.
1834.
Edmund S. Herrick,
Mrs. Edmund S. Herrick, James C. Spencer, Mrs. James C. Spencer, John Van Schaack, Mrs. John Van Schaack, William C. Miller, Mrs. William C. Miller, James F. Linacre, Mrs. James F. Linacre, Harmanus Van Ingen, Mrs. Harmanus Van Ingen, Asa B. Nellegar,
Daniel Curtis,
Mrs. Daniel Curtis, Nathan Lyman, Mrs. Heman C. Whelpley, Angelica Van Derzee, Mrs. J. F. Netterville, Joseph Curtis.
1835. ON CONFESSION. Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson, John McCrossan, Mrs. John McCrossan,
Mrs. Asa B. Nellegar,
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Mrs. A. N. Cuyler, Mrs. O. Eggleston,
Mrs. E. Miner, Christina Van Derzee, Mrs. Thomas Linacre, Mary Parker.
ON CERTIFICATE. E. B. Colburn,
Mrs. Mary Hoyt, J. T. Whitbeck, Mrs. J. T. Whitbeck, Samuel Steele, Mrs. Samuel Steele,
Betsey Buttrick,
Betsey Steele,
Elvira Steele, Mrs. C. Holmes.
Charles A. Keeler,
Mrs. Charles A. Keeler, Ann Maria Spencer, Mrs. S. T. Thorn,
Jacob Van Alstyne,
Mrs. Wm. O'Brien, Horace Allen, Mrs. Horace Allen, Jane Pierson, Caroline Allen, Mrs. Hugh Boyd,
Elizabeth D. Kenyon, Mrs. Abram Van Zandt, Mrs. Nathan Lyman. Mrs. F. P. Malburn, Mrs. P. Colburn, Lois Reed, P. P. Conine, Mrs. P P. Conine, Mrs. H. Smith, Mrs. G. W. Van Wie, A. T. McCaughry,
Eytchy Cook, Mrs. A. Stewart, Mrs. H. Blake.
1836. ON CONFESSION. Harriet L. Sickles,
Mrs. Isaac Arnold,
Robert Hillis, Samuel Paul,
Mrs. F. Belding,
Mrs. Geo. Pruyn.
ON CERTIFICATE. John Weaver,
Mrs. John Weaver,
Mrs. Jas. Robinson,
Mrs. J. Waddle,
Hannah Woodbury, Peter Van Ness,
Mrs, Peter Van Ness,
Cornelia C. Van Deusen,
Mrs. Rich. Cooke, Mrs. H. Boothe.
1837. Wm. Lansing,
Mrs. Wm. Lansing, Catharine Staats, Mrs. Samuel Paul,
Mrs. H. H. Hickcox,
Miss L. M. Hickcox, Mrs. -- Warner. C. Freeman.
ON CONFESSION. Mrs. Robt. Hillis, Julia Van Zandt, Catharine Boyd,
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Thomas Linacre,
Mrs. J. Vanderhoff,
Mrs. A. Fanning,
Mrs. G. R. Van Zandt,
Mrs. Alex. Finley, Mrs. C. J. Cuyler, Mrs. J. A. Vanderburgh,
John G. Burdix,
Mrs. John G. Burdix,
Christina F. Miller,
Mrs. Dan'l Van Valkenburg. Julia E. Green,
1838.
C. P. Weaver,
Mrs. A. Abel,
Mrs. Dan'l Dobbs,
Mrs. J. Bradt,
Eunice Woodbury,
Mrs. C. Marsh,
Hannah Jackson.
ON CERTIFICATE.
Mrs. P. D. Burhans,
Mary A. Beekman,
Cornelia Beekman,
Eliza Holt,
J. W. Bulkley,
Mrs. J. W. Bulkley,
Mrs. David Holt,
Mrs. Wm. Brown,
E. Spencer,
Mrs. E. Spencer,
Fruton Pratt,
Peter Van Buren,
Mrs. Peter Van Buren, Mrs. E. Willett, Ann E. Willett, Joseph Curtis,
Mrs. L. G. Hoffman, Peter Vallantine,
Mrs. Peter Vallantine, Mrs. C. Van Buren, Mrs. James Taylor, Mary Brodhead.
1839. ON CONFESSION. Mrs. F. Lay,
John Strother,
Mrs. John Strother,
Ann Holt,
Hannah S. Abbott,
Harriet J. Steele,
Mrs. R. P. Herrick.
L. Davidson,
Mrs. L. Davidson,
Mary T. Wands,
Caroline Pendleton.
ON CERTIFICATE.
George Crook,
Mrs. Geo. Crook,
Mary Wilson,
Charlotte Rowe,
Elizabeth Boyd,
David Holt,
Emily Malory,
Mrs. John Whitbeck,
Robt. Hutchinson,
Mrs. Robt. Hutchinson,
Mrs. Jno. Gordon,
Mrs. T. Irwin.
1840. ON CONFESSION. Jane P. Allen, Mrs. Jer. Austin, Deborah Gardinier,
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Rebecca Conine,
Mrs. F. Withers,
Lansing Pendleton,
Mrs. L. Pendleton, Marg't G. Vandenburg, Nancy Van Ness,
Nancy Siver,
E. S. Van Buren,
Mrs. E. S. Van Buren,
Mrs. Wm. Day,
I. L. K. Miller,
Mary G. Day,
Mary E. Lay, Mrs. M. L. Rogers, W. A. Miller.
ON CERTIFICATE.
Silas Barton, Mrs. Silas Barton,
Rachel McLusky, Caroline Woodbridge, Mrs. N. J. Vischer, Catharine A. Glen, John Gordon.
1841.
David Burhans, Mrs. D. Burhans, Sarah Van Zandt, Mrs. Maria Maybee, L. G. Burgess, Mrs. L. G. Burgess.
1842. ON CONFESSION. S. W. Haley, Mrs. S. W. Haley, Mrs. C. B. W. Lansing, Mrs. George Mckenzie,
Ann Hickcox. Mrs. J. Gillespie, Mr. Sam'l Wright, Rosiller Haley. James Taylor, Mrs. S. Hutchins.
ON CERTIFICATE.
Wm. H. Scott,
Mrs. W. H. Scott,
Mrs. H. Brown,
Mrs. A. E. Darrow,
Mrs. G. Ackerman,
Mrs. W. H. Campbell,
Lydia Sherwood.
Mrs. Jno. Burgess,
Mrs. Jno. Albright,
Mrs. A. McAllister,
Mrs. E. Hubbard,
Mrs. L. Dagget,
Teressa Dagget,
Mary Dagget,
Mrs. Sarah Wells.
S. A. Sherwood, Mrs. S. A. Sherwood,
Chs. Bailie,
Mrs. C. Bailee,
Betty Ann Bailee.
1843. ON CONFESSION. Mrs. W. R. Hills,
Mrs. Jas. McCormick,
Mrs. A. Cooke,
Mrs. J. V. Sternberg,
Mrs. L. D. Abel, Lawson Ewing, Mrs. Lawson Ewing, Jeremiah Whitehead,
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Joseph S. Curtis,
Mrs. S. J. Bushnell,
Mrs. S. Cone,
Sophia Leverick,
Mrs. W. Cooper,
C. P. Robinson,
Theodore Keeler,
Gilbert Van Zandt,
Mrs. Theodore Keeler,
John O. Dey,
Lucy Ann Hills,
Mrs. John O. Dey.
Lewis G. Hoffman,
Miss - Ross.
Mrs. G. Van Zandt,
Mrs. P. Snyder,
John Thompkins,
Mrs. John Thompkins.
Mrs. James Stewart,
Margt. A. Robinson,
Edwin Hubbard.
Mrs. H. Durrie,
Mrs. Wm. More.
Mrs. L. Abbott,
Mrs. Margt. Kenyon,
John D. W. Wemple,
C. J. Cuyler.
Catharine Miller.
Sam. Wright,
ON CERTIFICATE.
Lambert Norton,
Mrs. L. Norton,
Ann Smith,
Jonas Whiting,
Mrs. J. Whiting,
Wm. Ingraham,
Mrs. Wm. Ingraham,
Susan Brooks,
Catharine Lansing,
Cornelia Lansing, Glen Van Rensselaer, Mrs. A. Starr,
B. E. Hayden,
Mrs. B. E. Hayden, W. McKnight,.
James Lansing,
Mrs. Jas. Lansing,
1844. ON CERTIFICATE.
J. De Forest,
Mrs. P. Ahern,
Mrs. E. G. Cheesboro,
John S. Whitehead,
Mrs. J. S. Whitehead,.
Oliver Bow,
Mrs. O. Bow,
Mrs. C. Smyth,
Mrs. John McKnight. ON CONFESSION.
Josiah Gellespie,
Mary G. Courtney,
Mary Yates,
S. G. Mink,
Mrs. S. G. Mink,
Mrs. J. Mix,
Mrs. H. Mitchell,
David Smith. 1845. Mrs. John Summers.
ON CERTIFICATE.
Dan. S. Durrie, Josiah Breakay.
Ellen Schoonmaker,
Mrs. W. McKnight,
Mary A. Hatcher,
Mrs J. Whitehead,
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ON CERTIFICATE.
A. Burr Aiken,
Mrs. A. B. Aiken.
Mrs. H. L. Hubbard,
Clementina Don, John Arrowsmith, Mrs. J. Arrowsmith, Mrs. C. Lee.
1846. ON CONFESSION. Mrs. J. Curtis, Sarah K. Miller.
1847. ON CONFESSION. Helen M. Whipple,
Mrs. J. Benton,
Mrs. O. Van Benthuysen,
Wm. L. Strother.
Miss E. B. Curtis,
Mrs. A. Hamilton.
Mrs. S. Wilson,
Mrs. S. Hitchcook,
Eliza Hutchinson.
ON CERTIFICATE. G. H. Cook, Mrs. G. H. Cook.
Mrs. E. B. Colburn, Joseph Curtis. Wm. Egginton, Mrs. Wm. Egginton.
1848. ON CONFESSION. E. W. Grosvener, Harriet Moore, James Dornet.
ON CERTIFICATE. Lambert Norton,
Mrs. L. Norton,
Catharine Frost,
Mrs. P. Nichols,
Mrs. S. F. Romaine.
1849. ON CONFESSION. Edw'd S. Willett, F. H. Griswold, Mrs. F. H. Griswold,
Mrs. Jesse Elder.
ON CERTIFICATE.
Mrs. S. A. Aisdale,
Mrs. R. R. Haswell,
Miss E. McCuen,
Miss Catalina Haswell.
1850. ON CONFESSION. Mrs. T. Danay,
Mrs. J. Kennedy,
Wm. N. Staats,
Hannah Staats,
Mary E. Hills.
ON CERTIFICATE.
Charles Lee,
Mrs. H. Wheeler,
Mrs. W. A. Miller,
Levi Relyea,
Mrs. L. Relyea,
Mary A. Whalen,
Maria H. Moakley,
Mrs. Elizabeth Valentine,
Elizabeth A. Carrighan, Mrs. Hannah Thomas.
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1851.
ON CERTIFICATE. James L. Babcock,
Mrs. M. Halenbeck,
Nancy Makenny,
Elizabeth Harrington, Mıs. M. Ostrander,
Mrs. E. Ostrander,
Miss Mary Ostrander,
Mrs. C. Whitney, Mrs. C. S. Hickcox.
H. B. Van Benthuysen,
Mrs. H. B. Van Benthuysen, Emma I. Hughes,
J. H. Zelie, Mrs. J. H. Zelie,
Mrs. G. Van Rensselaer.
ON CONFESSION.
Sarah Huey.
Mrs. J. I. Schoonmaker.
P. H. Ostrander,
Caroline Herrick,
Jane Ann Abel,
Eliza Lansing,
Miss E. Kennedy,
George Clay,
Ernest J. Miller,
John Strother, Mary C. V. Stuart, Mary Hickcox,
Helen E. Hickcox,
Mary C. Miller,
Cornelia Van Rensselaer.
1852. ON CONFESSION. Hugh Mitchell, C. S. Hickcox, Abraham Hoag,
Susannah Irwin,
Mrs. Mary Valentyne. Wm. R. Summers,
Sarah M. Burgess, Mrs. S. Miller.
ON CERTIFICATE. Elmira Bender.
1853. ON CONFESSION. Mrs. W. H. Hughes,
John S. Burgess.
ON CERTIFICATE. Silas Barton, Mrs. S. Barton.
1854. ON CERTIFICATE.
Mrs. L. Burhans.
Mrs. A. Dickson,
Mrs. S. Wood.
ON CONFESSION. Mary E. Cook.
1855. ON CONFESSION. Ellen Lansing,
Antonette Lansing,
Mrs. E. C. Crafts,
Mrs. G. C. Greer,
Mrs. - Jeroloman,
Mrs. - Hannah,
James Van Steenburg,
John C. Valentine, Robt. Mitchell,
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Mrs. E. Bronk,
Wm H. Hughes,
Miss M. Ten Eyck,
Ann E. Hughes,
Mr. A. Van Guisling,
Jane E. Hughes,
Mrs. A. V.an Guisling, Mrs. A. Wetmore.
Fanny L. Curtis,
Wm. Frisbee,
Eliza G. McKnight,
Catharine Van Rensselaer, Elizabeth Mathews, Mary Abell.
Ann Cook, Jane Ewing,
Robt. Horner,
Mrs. T. S. Knight,
Mrs. H. Mix.
Mrs. F. W. Moffatt,
Mrs. Jno. H. Hickcox,
Lorana Curtis,
Mrs. E. S. Willet,
Ann E. Willet,
Elizabeth W. Smith.
Mrs. E. Satterlee,
E. M. C. Craft,
James Davidson,
Mary Walker,
Mrs. J. Lansing,
Margt J. Willet.
John H. Hickcox,
George Hendric,
Mary W. West,
Mrs. W. Diamond.
ON CERTIFICATE. Jno. Gardner,
Mrs. J. Gardner,
Henry Ousterhout,
Mrs. H. Ousterhout,
Mrs. M. A. Lockwood.
Robt. Evans, Gardiner Hendric,
Mrs. G. Hendric, Dan'l Thomson,
Mrs. Dan'l Thomson.
Mrs. J. Davidson,
Mrs. W. T. Valentine.
Sarah Gardner,
Louisa Taylor,
Isabella Ewing, Esther Dickson.
ON CERTIFICATE. C. M. Horton, Mrs. C. M. Horton, Caroline Dunspaugh. James Walker.
1857. ON CONFESSION. C. N. Warner, Mrs. C. N. Warner, A. Le Galley, Mrs. A. Le Galley,
Martha J. Curtis,
ON CERTIFICATE. Mrs. - Classen, Mrs. F. N. Sill.
1856. ON CONFESSION.
Sarah K. Smith,
Wm. T. Valentine,
Sarah Erwin.
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1858. ON CONFESSION.
J. L. Bouck,
Mrs. J. L. Bouck,
Mary A. Cooper,
Martha Cooper,
Wm. Diamond,
Mrs. C. Mc Allister,
Mrs. J. W. Burgess,
Mrs. Sam'l Kinney,
Mrs. E. A. Houghtaling.
Mrs. J. W. Beebe.
Mrs. E. J. Miller.
Names of Elders and Deacons since the organization of the Church.
ELDERS.
Edmund S. Herrick,
Samuel Steele,
William C. Miller,
Peter Van Buren,
Nathan Lyman,
John G. Burdix,
Horace Allen,
Thomas Linacre,
Cha. A Keeler,
S. W. Haley, James Taylor,
Van Alstyne,
John Van Schaack,
Joseph Curtis,
David Holt,
J. D. W. Wemple,
Elijah Spenor,
John Ogden Dey,
David Burhans,
George H. Cook,
Daniel Curtis,
S. G. Mink,
Peter Van Buren,
Leonard G. Burgess,
Jonas Whiting,
Jereh. Whitehead, Jereh. Hoyle,
S. G. Mink,
F. H. Griswold,
Leonard G. Burgess,
Edwd. S. Willett,
Jereh. Whitehead,
J. L. Babcock,
John Strother,
James Taylor,
John Gardner.
DEACONS.
John Van Schaack, James C. Spencer, Daniel Curtis,
Wm. Gordon, Mrs. J. Edwards, Jane Cooke,
Margaret Cooke.
ON CERTIFICATE.
Sam'l Kinney.
J. W. Beebe,
J. A. Van Buren,
Mrs. J. Dickerman,
Mrs. C. Crawford.
H. Van Ingen,
John G. Burdix,
J. H. Zealie, John Strother,
Josiah Gillespie, Lawson Ewing, John Gardner,
Calvin N. Warner, John H. Hickcox.
MEMOIR OF JOHN LOVETT.
Mr. Lovett was a descendant of an English family which immi- grated as early as 1640, and settled in a beautiful location in Connec- ticut, upon the Quinnebaug river, which disembogues into the Thames at New London. It originally formed a part of the town of Norwich, but when Lisbon was set off from that town, it was included in the latter. The property still remains in the possession of the descend - ants of the original owners, its ancient burial place filled with monu- ments whose inscriptions are so worn by time and the elements that the traditions of the place alone tell who are the occupants. Among them is seen the grave of a "Cadet of the house of Lovat," who after a clandestine marriage with a granddaughter of the Lord Sands who figures in Shakspeare's play of Henry VIII, fled to this country, where they found a resting place and a grave amongst those of their fellow Puritans. The wildest and most exciting engagements be- tween the Pequot and Mohegan tribes and the early settlers, took place in this vicinity. These may have fostered the military spirit for which this little settlement was afterwards noted. On the break- ing out of the Revolutionary war, the Rev. Andrew Lee gave notice from his pulpit, that early on the following morning a meeting was requested of every male member of his congregation, to pray for the success of their brethren in arms, and to organize a body of volun- teers from that parish. They enrolled themselves almost to a man, under Captain Lovett ; the pastor also went with them, and every female assisted in fitting them out. It was in the midst of this and other similar scenes that Mr. Lovett received his first impressions. Distinguished for precocity of mind, extraordinary memory, and the great progress he made in his studies, he was placed at Lebanon, then the most noted school in that region, to prepare himself to enter Yale College. In the latter institution he attracted the atten- tion of President Stiles by his uncommon attainments in the classics, as well as by his poetical efforts. At the weekly exercises in oratory, he uniformly recited compositions of his own, which being often humorous, received the applause of grave professors as well as the more youthful auditory. He was graduated in 1782 with distinction, and soon after came to Albany, whither he had been invited with
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