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ST. ANN'S CHURCH, NEW YORK.
This parish was organized on the first Sunday of October, 1852. It was incorporated September 11, 1854, and received into union with the Convention of the diocese, October 28th of the same year. Having worshiped for five years in the small chapel of the New York University, and nearly two years in the lecture room of the New York Historical Society building, it purchased its present church and rectory on Eighteenth Street near Fifth Avenue, in July, 1859. They were originally Christ Church and rectory but had passed into the possession of a Baptist Society by exchange of property. The Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, D.D., has been the only rector. The special work of this church among deaf-mutes having increased so much as to prevent the rector from attending to a portion of the parochial work, Rev. Edward H. Krans was elected associate rector in October, 1874, with the view of his being the pastor of the hearing and speaking portion of the parishioners. He continues to hold this relation to the parish. The rectory, as noted above, was purchased in July, 1859. The number of baptisms is 1,709, a large proportion being deaf-mutes, or the children of deaf- mutes. The number confirmed is 1,209, 303 being deaf- mutes. The number of communicants in 1862 was 325 ; in 1872, 490 ; in 1882, 553, and the present number is 540, 100 of whom are deaf-mutes. The wardens in 1854 were : Cyrus Curtiss and Robert B. Minturn ; in 1864, George R. Jackson and C. C. Lathrop ; in 1874 and in 1884, D. Colden Murray and P. P. Dickinson.
The corporate title is, the Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen of St. Ann's Church for Deaf-mutes, in the city
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of New York. Though St. Ann's was organized with special reference to parochial work among deaf-mutes, it has drawn around them a large number of their hearing brethren. The parish is thus composed of two classes of people, with services adapted to each. St. Ann's is a free church with frequent services on Sunday, and two services daily during the week. In July, 1859, it purchased its present property for $70,000, assuming a mortgage of $50,000 at seven per cent. interest. Its present mortgage debt is $20,000 at five per cent. In view of its special care of deaf-mutes and its large missionary work among the poor, it asks those who have the means to aid it in canceling the remaining indebtedness. : St. Ann's receives $1,000 a year from Trinity Parish.
ST. TIMOTHY'S FREE CHURCH, NEW YORK.
This parish was organized in May, 1853, and admitted to union with the Convention in 1854. The first church was built on Fifty-fourth Street, west of Eighth Avenue. In 1867 the present church was built on Fifty seventh Street, west of Eighth Avenue. The clergy connected with the parish have been : Rev. James C. Tracy, as rector, in 1854, continuing about one year and six months; in 1856, Rev. Geo. Jarvis Geer, reported to the Convention as holding serv- ices since November 1, 1855 ; in 1858-59, Rev. Richard C. Hull was assistant, and reported as minister in charge; in 1860, Rev. Geo. Jarvis Geer, D.D., and Rev. Wm. Tatlock, D.D., reported as in charge; from that time Dr. Geer was associate rector of the Parish of the Holy Apostles, and also rector of St. Timothy's Church. In 1866, Dr. Geer re- signed his connection with the Parish of the Holy Apostles, and devoted himself exclusively to St. Timothy's Parish, until his sudden decease, March 16, 1885. The parish remained without a rector until January 31, 1886, when Rev. E. Spruille Burford entered upon the rectorship. A rectory was built in 1872, but was sold in 1885, the proceeds being used in reduc- ing the debt upon the church property. The number of bap- tisms recorded is 1,101, and 692 have received confirmation. In 1854 there were 65 communicants ; in 1864, 161 ; in 1874,
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278, and in 1884, 462. The wardens in 1854 were : Anthony B. McDonald and John Carey, Jr .; in 1864, A. B. McDonald and Daniel C. Spencer ; in 1874, John J. Smith and George J. Montague, and the same in 1884.
The late rector, Dr. Geer, was endeared to his people by his rare personal and pastoral qualities ; besides he enjoyed a wide relation with the Church at large on account of his ac- complishments as a church organist and composer, and also his association with Dr. Muhlenbergh in the preparation of the first Church Tune Book, which was a setting to music the selec- tion of psalms and hymns formerly bound up with the Prayer Book, the first attempt made by the General Convention to advance the culture of congregational singing. This church has always been free. The parish is in urgent need of a large edifice, and on Easter Day $16,000 was contributed at the Offertory towards this work. The parish owns five lots, vacant for this purpose. The church worship has always been marked by its earnestness and the prevalence of con- gregational singing. The Sunday-school has between 300 and 400 members.
GRACE CHURCH, PORT JERVIS,
Was organized in 1854; the first church was built in 1856, and the present edifice in 1870. The succession of rectors has been : Revs. John Grigg, Halsey, and C. H. Canfield, whose terms of service are unrecorded ; and Rev. J. P. Apple- ton, 1868-1871; Rev. F. W. Luson, 1871-1874; Rev. J. G. Rosencrantz, 1875-1880; Rev. A. Capron, 1880-1882 ; Rev. L. P. Clover, D.D., 1882-1883; Rev. J. B. Shepherd, 1884, and present incumbent. The records are incomplete, but the ascertained number of baptisms is 380, and of confirmations 304. There is no record of communicants before 1871, at which time there were 27 ; in 1881, 76, and the present num- ber is 105. At the first decade the wardens were: Col. Samuel Fowler and John Fielding; at the second, Col. Samuel Fowler and Thomas Scholes; at the third, Charles Cooper and Edgar Brodhead ; and at the fourth, John Dut- ton and Thomas Laidley. Services were first held in an
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upper hall of the building opposite the Fowler House, be- tween New Jersey Avenue and Front Street. Bishop Wain- wright confirmed the first class in 1854. After that services were held in the building on the south-west corner of Main and Fowler Streets, and subsequently in Westbrook Hall, until the basement of the present church edifice was finished and temporarily roofed over. The church was completed and formally opened Easter Sunday, 1874.
ST. JAMES' CHURCH, FORDHAM,
Was organized July 25, 1853. The first church was built and opened June 6, 1854, and the present edifice June 10, 1865. The rectors have been : Rev. Joshua Weaver, 1854-1863 ; Rev. Thomas Richey, 1863-1867 ; Rev. C. C. Tiffany, 1867- 1871; Rev. Mytton Maury, 1871-1875; Rev. Joseph A. Blanchard, 1875-1885, and since October 4, 1885, the present rector, Rev. Charles J. Holt. A rectory was built in 1884, during Mr. Blanchard's rectorship. Funds are now being raised for a parish building for the more efficient work of the Sunday-school, the Young Men's Guild, Parish Aid Society, Sewing School, and other societies connected with the parish. Since organization 357 baptisms are recorded, and 252 have received confirmation. The present number of communi- cants is 215. The wardens in 1853 were : Lewis G. Morris and Wm. A. Smith; in 1863, Moses Devoe and Gustav Schwab, and the same from 1868 to 1886. During the last decade, and under the earnest and faithful rectorship of Rev. Joseph N. Blanchard, the parish has made decided progress, and is now in a very promising condition, and must, with the growth of the city in this direction, become one of the strong parishes in the diocese.
CHRIST CHURCH, RED HOOK.
This parish was organized by the late Rev. Henry de Koven, D.D., in 1854. The following year the church was built, and the property held in trust by Dr. de Koven until 1867, when it was organized as a free church under the act of incorporation of the State. Dr. de Koven continued rector
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until 1861. He was succeeded by the Rev. John W. Moore, until his decease, May 13, 1885. He was succeeded by the Rev. J. R. Lambert, the present incumbent. Since the organization 299 have received Holy Baptism, 175 have been confirmed, and the present number of communicants is 76.
THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMFORTER, NEW YORK CITY,
Is a mission church for seamen. It has no regular parish or- ganization, but is under the control of a Board of Managers. This mission has been established about forty years. The first missionary in charge was Rev. D. V. M. Johnson, now rector of St. Mary's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. He had charge for about eight years. He was succeeded by Rev. Henry F. Roberts, who had charge nineteen years. The present incumbent, Rev. T. A. Hyland, took charge seven years ago.
TRINITY CHURCH, MOUNT VERNON,
Was organized October 21, 1856. The corner-stone was laid November 24, 1857, and the first service held in the finished church was on Christmas Day, 1859.
The rectors have been : Rev. William Samuel Coffey, founder of the parish, till 1873; Rev. Charles Seymour, until 1868, actively engaged in the parish work, and for a time recognized as rector ; Rev. Clarence Buel, from July, 1873, to November 28, 1874; Rev. William B. Hooper, 1874-1878, and from January, 1879, Rev. Stephen F. Holmes, the pres- ent incumbent.
Circumstances in its earlier history have distracted the statistics of the parish, and an approximate statement only is practicable.
There are reported to December 31, 1885, 542 baptisms, and up to the same date 218 have received confirmation. In 1875 there were 178 communicants; September 30, 1885, there were 251, and the present number is about 265.
The wardens at the time of incorporation were : Richard Baldwin and George O. Street ; in 1865, Richard Atkinson
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and John Stevens; in 1875, Edward Martin and William A. Seaver, and in 1885, Gideon Douglas Pond and Archibald Murray Campbell.
In 1880 the entire church was carefully repaired and painted, and four dormer windows introduced in the roof for ventilation. At the same time a new pulpit, richly worked in oak, was provided, and the walls of the chancel beautifully decorated. In 1884 the chancel was rearranged for a sur- pliced choir, the key-board of the organ brought near the chancel arch, and a low rood screen constructed ; the paths in the church grounds were also flagged.
Trinity Church Guild, an association of ladies, was organ- ized in October, 1879, and St. Agnes' Guild, an association for girls, was organized in December, 1881.
Trinity Choir League, composed of members of the choir, was organized in June, 1885. There are eight or nine deaf- mutes in the village and neighborhood, and occasional serv- ices in the sign language and the interpretation of the serv- ice are held for their benefit. The twenty-fifth anniversaries of the incorporation, of the laying the corner-stone, and of the opening of the church have been duly observed.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH, MOTT HAVEN,
Was organized September 9, 1857. A church was built in 1856, and the present edifice in 1875. The rectors have been : Rev. J. P. Hammond, 1856-1857; Rev. Geo. C. Pennell, 1857 -; Rev. D. F. Warren, 1857-1859; Rev. Robert Lowry, 1859-1863 ; Rev. Eastburn Benjamin, part of 1863; Rev. J. H. H. DeMille, 1864-1866; Rev. Francis F. Rice, 1866-1870; Rev. Chas. F. Knapp, 1871-1874; Rev. C. S. Stephenson, 1874-1878 ; Rev. Jas. R. Davenport, 1878-1883, and since 1884, Rev. Harry F. Auld, present incumbent. A Sunday-school room was built in 1882, during the rectorship of Dr. Davenport. The number of baptisms recorded since organization is 654, and 335 have received confirmation. In 1857 there were 36 communicants ; in 1877, 145 ; the present number is 234. The wardens in 1857 were : Edward Haight and Samuel Munn; in 1867, Edward Haight and H. N. J.
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Goldie; in 1877, Lawrence P. Mott and William H. Sterling, and at present, Walter T. Marvin and David P. Arnold.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, CANTERBURY, CORNWALL, Was organized July 17, 1858, and the church was built and opened for Divine service in Advent, 1859. It was conse- crated August 5, 1875, by Bishop Horatio Potter. The suc- cession of rectors is as follows :
Rev. Christopher B. Wyatt, from July, 1858, to Easter, 1862 ; Rev. E. B. Cressey, D.D., from May, 1862, to Easter, 1863; Rev. George Seabury, from July, 1863, to May, 1864 ; Rev. John Gott Webster, from November, 1864, to Decem- ber, 1865; Rev. William G. French, from April, 1866, to May, 1871; Rev. D. H. Macurdy, from March, 1872, to October, 1873; Rev. R. Mollan, from January, 1874, to May, 1874 ; Rev. John F. Potter, from October, 1874, to October, 1877; Rev. Benjamin S. Huntington, from November, 1877, to April, 1880; Rev. William E. Snowden, from May, 1880, present incumbent.
A rectory was conveyed by deed of gift to the parish by Miss E. C. Purdy in 1876.
A Sunday-school and parish building of brick, with brown stone dressings and copings, and in keeping with the archi- tectural design of the church, was built at the rear of the chancel. It was finished and furnished in 1883 at a cost of $2,500, without debt, under the ministry of the present rector.
There is also a mission chapel of St. John at Cornwall-on- Hudson, occupying a leased building, with Sunday-school and evening service by the rector every Sunday.
Since organization there have been 352 baptisms (103 of which were administered by the present rector), with 165 per- sons confirmed. At the first service, 1858, there were 3 com- municants ; in 1863, 33 ; in 1875, 59, and the present number is 104.
In 1858 the wardens were : Alonzo A. Alvord and William A. Bayard ; in 1868, Thomas P. Cummings and N. Chatfield, Jr .; in 1878, Thomas P. Cummings and William J. Sherman ; in 1885, Thomas P. Cummings and Michael Webster.
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The communicants and official acts at St. John's Mission Chapel, Cornwall-on-Hudson, are always included in the re- ports of St. John's Parish.
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION, RHINECLIFF.
This parish originated in the Free Chapel of the Messiah, which grew out of a Sunday-school established in 1858 by Misses M. E. Radcliff and Kate Ardagh. The first religious service was held by the Rev. Geo. H. Walsh, D.D., August 8, 1858. He continued to officiate fortnightly until the erec- tion of the chapel. The corner stone was laid by Bishop H. Potter, Rev. H. E. Montgomery, D.D., delivering the address. The church was consecrated by Bishop H. Potter, June 10, 1861. In the spring of 1869, the rectory, with sufficient grounds, was provided. The chapel with the adjoining prop- erty, including the parish school-house, was conveyed to the Church Missionary Society, to be held in trust as a free church, under the title of the Free Church of the Ascension. The same lady also gave, by will, the sum of $5,000, the interest of which should be devoted to the salary of a pastor. The Church of the Incarnation, New York City, presented the bell and the service for the Holy Communion. The Rev. Thomas S. Savage, M.D., the first rector, began his duties July II, 1869.
From 1858 to 1880, the organization sustained the relation of chapel to the church in Rhinebeck, and was ministered to by assistants of the rectors of that parish, who were success- ively the Revs. Joseph Kidder, 1862; John Cornell, 1863- 64; M. Buckmaster, 1864; Louis VanDyck, 1864-66 ; James Chrystal, 1867-68, andDavid Margot, 1868-69.
The rectors in sole charge have been: Revs. Thomas Savage, M.D., 1869-80; G. W. Sinclair Ayres, 1881 ; John T. Hargrove, 1881-84, and Thomas L. Cole, 1884-85.
There have been 160 baptisms ; 64 have been confirmed. The number of communicants in 1868 was 26; in 1880, there were 37, and at this date there are 26. The trustees are William Crusius, Henry Pearson, and George Veitch.
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CHURCH OF THE MEDIATOR, SOUTH YONKERS .*
This parish was admitted into union with the Convention in 1858, rector, Rev. Cornelius Winter Bolton, at which time there were 39 families and 32 communicants. In 1859, Rev. Leigh R. Dickinson is reported rector, until 1866. In 1868, Rev. William T. Wilson was rector, and presumably present incumbent. No other data are accessible.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, YONKERS,
Was organized December 13, 1858. The corner-stone of the church was laid September 16, 1859, the completed edifice opened Easter Day, 1860, and consecrated December 28, 1865. The rectors have been : Rev. D. R. Brewer, 1859- 1866; Rev. U. T. Tracy, 1866-1869 ; Rev. S. G. Fuller, 1869- 1871 ; Rev. D. F. Banks, 1871-1876; Rev. C. Maurice Wines, 1876-1879, and Rev. W. H. Mills, D.D., since February I, 1880, rector of the parish. The number of baptisms recorded is 471, and 291 have received confirmation. In the absence of any list of communicants from 1868-1880, it is impossible to exhibit the increase by decades. The present number is 218. The wardens in 1858 were: Henry Anstice and Dr. J. Foster Jenkins; in 1868, Dr. J. Foster Jenkins and M. T. Bolmer; in 1878, C. W. Seymour and Dr. Samuel Swift, and the same in 1886. The Yonkers Nursery and Home, an insti- tution for the care of children under eight years of age, and of aged women, was organized by members of St. Paul's Parish, opened January 25, 1880, and incorporated May, 1884. During the past year it has cared for 25 children and 2 aged women. The officers are : president, Rev. M. H. Mills, rector ; secretary, E. M. LeMoyne, and treasurer, C. W. Sey- mour.
ALL ANGELS' CHURCH, NEW YORK .*
This church is first mentioned in the parochial reports of the Convention Journal for 1855, Rev. Thomas McClure Peters, rector, and Rev. Charles E. Phelps assistant. It seems to have been chiefly a central station for mission work among
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the charitable and penal institutions of the city. In this re- port it is stated that " the church is free, and stands in the midst of a poor population of colored people and foreigners." The parish was organized in December, 1858, and received into union with the Convention in 1859. The same year, Rev. Mr. Peters retired, and Mr. Phelps, his assistant, became rector. He was succeeded by Rev. John Moore Heffernan, and he, in turn, by Rev. D. F. Warren, D.D., in 1871. The next year (1872) Rev. Wm. N. Dunnell is reported rector. In 1873, the Journal records a vacancy in the rectorship. In 1874, Rev. Charles Frederick Hoffman, D.D., is mentioned as rector, and is present incumbent. In the Journal re- port for 1885, it appears that there are 138 families, 366 souls, and 12I communicants. In the absence of any report from the rector, the committee is unable to present any further statistics.
ST. BARNABAS', IRVINGTON-ON-HUDSON.
This parish was organized in 1858. The first edifice was built in 1853, and enlarged to its present dimensions in 1864. The rectory was built previous to 1857, and acquired by this parish in 1876.
Since the organization there have been 390 baptisms, 170 have been confirmed, and the number of communicants in 1853 was II, and 1883, 98. The present number is 106.
In the first decade, 1858, the wardens were : William A. Walker and N. D. Morgan ; in the second, 1868, J. L. Adams and George Merritt; in the third, 1878, William A. Haines and George D. Morgan. At present the wardens are George D. Morgan and Alexander Hamilton.
In 1852, the Rev. William A. McVickar was appointed missionary to Dearman, now Irvington, where he at once gathered a congregation and commenced the services of the church. A stone chapel, the nave of the present church, was built A.D. 1853, chiefly at the expense of his father, the Rev. Prof. John McVickar, D.D., who presented it to the parish when it became incorporated in 1858, the lots on which it stood being the gift of Hon. John Jay, of Bedford, a plot of
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land in the village being also donated by Mr. Franklin C. Field.
In 1864 it became necessary to enlarge the church, which was done by resolution of the vestry in 1864, after plans designed by the rector. In 1867, Rev. Mr. McVickar resigned his charge after fifteen years of a most faithful ministry, dur- ing which he founded a parish and accumulated a very valu- able church property. To the Rev. William McVickar and to the Rev. John McVickar, D.D., St. Barnabas must ever look as to its most liberal and chief benefactors.
The present incumbent, the Rev. William H. Benjamin, D.D., was called to the rectorship in 1867 and is now in the nineteenth year of his charge. Under his ministry the debt found upon the parish was paid, the church decorated, seven stained glass windows erected, additional land bought and paid for, and the rectory and grounds, built and owned by Prof. McVickar, and which were left in his will to the parish, subject, however, to a twenty years' lease to his son or his son's heirs, was acquired by purchase of the lease for $5,867 in 1876. The rectory was also repaired, and an addition has been built. The services of the church have never ceased from the foundation of the parish, and the report to the Diocesan Con- vention in the past year shows that members of the parish have contributed the sum of $17,284 for parochial and general church purposes. The parish has no debt, and its income from pew rents and collections in church exceeds its ex- penses.
CHURCH OF THE REGENERATION, PINE PLAINS .*
This parish was admitted into union with the Convention in 1860. The first rector was Rev. Eugene C. Pattison, mis- sionary, and at that time there were 17 communicants. In 1863 there was a vacancy. In 1864 Rev. Myron A. Johnson was in charge ; a vacancy in 1866 continuing until 1879, when Rev. John H. Nemmis is recorded as missionary. In 1883 Rev. John C. S. Wells was in charge. There was no report in 1885 to the Convention. In 1880, the latest report on record, there were 9 communicants.
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ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, NEWBURGH.
This parish was organized in April, 1860, and incorporated September 11, 1860. The church was built during the same year. The present church edifice was built in 1867. The rectors have been : Rev. Hobart Chetwood, 1860-1872, and Rev. Rufus Emery, the present incumbent, since 1872. Since organization there have been 474 baptisms and 312 have re- ceived confirmation. In 1870 there were 160 communicants ; in 1880, 140, and the present number is 162. In 1860 the wardens were: D. M. Clarkson and W. E. Warren ; in 1870, J. S. Heard and W. R. Eaton, and in 1880, J. J. Logan and S. P. Church, M.D.
CHRIST CHURCH, RAMAPO,
Was organized August 25, 1860. The church was built in the summer of 1861 and consecrated June 10, 1864. The several rectors have been: Rev. Eastburn Benjamin, from March to September, 1862 ; Rev. F. N. Luson, no date ; Rev. Henry R. Howard, 1864-1866; Rev. John J. Roberts, May to December, 1867; Rev. John Stace, June to December, 1868; Rev. Charles B. Coffin, 1869-1870; Rev. Joseph F. Jowitt, 1870-1871 ; Rev. Edwin J. K. Lessel, 1872-1873; Rev. Alford B. Leeson, February to August, 1873; Rev. Gustave E. Perucker, 1873-1876; Rev. F. H. Horsfield, 1876-1878; Rev. Romaine S. Mansfield, April, 1878, and present incum- bent. A rectory and lot were presented to the parish July, 1882, by Mr. David Groesbeck, and a building was erected in 1871 for a parish school and rector's study. There have been 386 baptisms, and 76 have received confirmation. The pres- ent number of communicants is 55. At organization the wardens were David Groesbeck and Alexander Hamilton. The present wardens are Theodore Hoff and H. R. Sloat. The earlier records of the parish are lost, and it is, therefore, impossible to give a complete history.
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ALL SOULS' CHURCH. MEMORIAL OF HENRY ANTHON, D.D., NEW YORK.
This parish was organized October 9, 1859. The church was completed early in 1861, and the parish was the same year received into the Convention. The rectors have been : Rev. Edward Anthon, 1861-1864; Rev. Thomas A. Jaggar, afterwards Bishop of Southern Ohio, 1864-1869, and Rev. R. Heber Newton, rector since June, 1869. Among the parish works is "All Souls' Home by the Sound," a group of six cottages on Roslyn Harbor, near Sea Cliff, Long Island, amid eight acres of woodland running down to the bay, used for a summer rest for poor children, built in 1884, Rev. R. Heber Newton, rector. The baptisms since organization are 512, and 553 have received confirmation. In 1870 there were 250 communicants ; in 1880, 478, and at present there are 626. The wardens in 1861 were: Galen Carter, M.D., and S. N. R. Morse ; in 1870, John Wheeler and Frederick D. Tap- pen ; and in 1880, Frederick D. Tappen and William Tracy.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, WILMOT .*
This parish was received into union with Convention in 1861. From the Convention Journal of 1855 it appears that the rectorship was vacant and that Clark Davis was warden. There were 41 communicants. No more of the required sta- tistics are at hand.
GRACE CHURCH, NYACK,
Was organized in October, 1861, and the first church was built in 1861-1862. The present church was first used for Divine service on Easter Day, April 13, 1879. The Rev. Franklin Babbitt has been rector from the organization until the present time. The first church edifice is now used as a chapel. Since organization 276 baptisms are recorded, and 247 have received confirmation. In 1861 there were about 8 communicants ; in 1871, 97 ; in 1881, 160, and at present there are 240. The first wardens in 1861 were: James S. Aspinwall and William L. Stillwell; in 1871, the same, and in 1881, F.
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