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The Presbyterian Church of Marlborough, the first church organized in the town and the first Presbyterian Church organized in the County, was established January Ist, 1764. The first entry on its records reads, "A register of the proceedings of Stephen Case and John Woolsey, first trustees of the Marlborough Society and of their successors begun the first day of January, 1764." The subscription for building a house of worship is dated the 8th day of August, 1763, and reads, "We the sub- scribers for an encouragement towards building a meeting house for wor- ship of God near the old Man's Creek in Ulster County, to be founded on the Presbyterian formation of government of the Kirk of Scotland, do promise for ourselves and assigns to pay on demand the following sums annexed to our names, to those who are trustees of said building, provided that Lewis Dubois does give two acres of land to remain for that use for- ever." This subscription has the signatures of fifty-one names in sums from 15 pounds to 4 shillings. The condition upon which the land was deeded was that the society "do from this time and at all times forever hereafter call, choose, appoint and settle a minister of the gospel whose principles shall be to maintain and fulfil and keep the articles of the Kirk of Scotland agreeable to their confession of faith."
The building erected the ensuing summer, at a cost of about 117 pounds, was thirty-five by twenty-five feet in dimensions, and remained in use through successive alterations and enlargements until destroyed by fire in 1869, when the present commodious brick structure was erected at a cost of $33,000.
The first sermon was preached in the church by Rev. Charles Jeffrey Smith of Long Island on the 26th of August, 1764. For nearly ten years the church was more or less regularly supplied with preaching, though no regular ecclesiastical organization had as yet been formed. "The Lord's Supper" was first administered April 23d, 1775, when six communicants participated in the rite. The sacrament of Baptism had already been administered to about thirty infants. Samson Occoni, the celebrated Indian preacher, baptized two children here January 22nd, 1775. For ten years following this date, because of the unsettled condition
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arising from the Revolutionary War, the church was without a settled preacher, and was from time to time supplied by such Presbyterian and Reformed clergymen as they could secure in the neighborhood. Marl- borough, being the resort of an unusual number of Whigs, felt those stormy days more than many other places.
Taking advantage of a statute passed in 1784, the congregation met April 8th, 1785, to elect trustees and take steps toward incorporation. The certificate of corporation being filed June 27th, 1785. From 1792, for a number of years, the church was supplied by a Congre- gational minister, as the congregation had become independent. Though the whole number admitted to membership up to 1808 was but 71, 53 of whom being still on the list, the church was exceedingly influential in all that region, and numbered a host of adherents not communicants.
Wearied and discouraged by the difficulties attending their independent condition, in 1809 they turned again to the Presbyterian Church and secured Rev. James I. Ostrom as supply. In 1810 the church was taken under the care of the Presbytery of Hudson, which thereupon licensed Mr. Ostrom and installed him as pastor. The advent of Mr. Ostrom evidently meant much for Presbyterianism in Ulster County, as his name is associated with the organization and supply of the majority of its churches. His work at Marlborough was signalized at once by what the chronicler describes as a "special season of divine influences," which began in October, 18II, and continued until the following spring, adding to the church 115 members. It was remarkable, and commented on at the time as a peculiar manifestation of divine sovereignty, that though Mr. Ostrom preached also at the Paltz during this awakening, there was no special interest aroused in that place.
About the middle of 1820 the church was visited with another awak- ening when 150 were added, 90 in a single day, of whom 60 had not before been baptized. This Marlborough Church has experienced a num- ber of revivals. In 1830, when more than 40 members were received ; and in 1832, when 40 more were added. Again in 1839, there was an acces- sion of 40, and about 100 in 1860, and during the past year another gracious awakening has taken place.
In 1839 the church took its place with the New School body, but in 1841 there was a division. Those who sympathized most strongly with - the New School withdrew and organized the church of Milton, while the
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remainder reunited themselves with the Old School Presbytery of North River. In 1861 eighteen members withdrew to form the church of Middle Hope.
The church of Marlborough is now one of the strongest in the Presbytery and is splendidly manned and equipped. The property consists of a large and attractive brick edifice and a modern commodious manse, the whole beautifully and conveniently situated in the midst of ample grounds in the village of Marlborough. The pastor is the Rev. William Coombe.
" The second Presbyterian church organized in Ulster County is the flourishing congregation of Lloyd at Highland, formerly New Paltz Landing. The organization was effected in 1808 through the efforts of Rev. James I. Ostrom of Marlborough. A building was erected at once, to be superseded by a larger structure in 1840, which was in turn rebuilt in 1871, and has been recently repaired and redecorated. The pastor is the Rev. George Allen.
Another church organized by the Rev. Jas. I. Ostrom, was that of Plattekill, of Pleasant Valley West. When organized, April 12th, 1814, it had only four members, two of whom were elected elders. For many years the church made little progress. In 1834, as a result of protracted meet- ings conducted by Rev. Leonard Johnson of Marlborough, and Rev. Isaac Beach of New Paltz, nearly 20 were added to the church, when the membership reached the number of 58. A building was erected in 1838. The church had only one settled pastor, and no regular supply after 1848, yet it did not cease to exist as an organization until 1868, a testimony to the staying powers of a Presbyterian church even when injudiciously placed.
Next in the order of time, and the strongest Presbyterian Church in the County, is the Rondout Church, of Kingston. Two young men, George W. Endicott, from near Salem, Mass., and Walter B. Crane of South East, Putnam County, N. Y., kneeling together in an upper chamber of the old Mansion House, to dedicate themselves to the work of the Great Master, conceived the purpose of rearing a church in Rondout. The plan was talked over with others, particularly with Richard Bolton, Benjamin J. Seward and Maurice Wurts. The outcome was a Sabbath School, organized in 1829; held first in a boarding house in Ferry street, then in the stone farm house of Abram Hasbrouck, next in the school
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house on the rocks near Abeel street, and finally in the basement of the incomplete Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. John Mason came from New York and preached in the school the third Sunday of June, 1833. He was invited to remain and organize the people into a religious society, which he did. A Congregational meeting was called July 9th, 1833, at which Maurice Wurts presided. The organization was effected and seven men were elected trustees and appointed as a building committee. Just five weeks later they signed articles of agreement for the erection of a suitable building for a Presby- terian Church. Its dimensions were 56 by 40 and twenty-five feet posts, which, with the exception of the tower, afterward added, was com- pleted at a cost of $5,000, and dedicated June 19th, 1834. The church was formally organized under the Presbyterian form of government with sixteen members, November Ist, 1833, and the Rev. John Mason was ordained and installed as pastor November 13th, 1833. During the pastorate of the Rev. Benjamin T. Phillips, from 1847 to 1861, the village grew with great rapidity, and under his successful leadership the church increased in numbers and spiritual strength. A manse was erected and the church was enlarged and beautified. Under the pastorate of Dr. William Irwin, 1862-7 and Dr. Edward D. Ledyard from 1867 to 1874, the church still increasing in strength, it was decided to erect a new and more modern house of worship. Thus the corner stone of the present structure was laid June 4th, 1873, and in April, 1874, the church was occupied for divine worship; the cost of the church and furnishings being over $60,000.
This, the mother of Protestant churches in Rondout, is now one of the strongest in the county. It has a membership of nearly 500. Its property consists of a fine large auditorium, a beautiful chapel, and a modern and commodious manse. The present pastor is the Rev. Charles G. Ellis.
The First Presbyterian Church of Malden was incorporated February 17th, 1834. The building and manse were erected before 1833. A chapel was added in later years. During the prosperous days of the bluestone business at Malden this church did excellent work. The decay of business with the consequent loss of population, and the disappearance of old families has rendered the church now nearly extinct.
The Presbyterian Church at Milton was organized July 12th, 1841, and
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was incorporated August 23d of the same year, the Rev. Jas. I. Ostrom assisting in its organization. The limitations of the field have circum- scribed the growth of the church; nevertheless, there has been developed a thrifty congregation. A tasteful modern building has been erected, and the church is prospering under the ministry of the Rev. Wm. Hogarth Tower.
The First Presbyterian Church of Kingston was organized by the Presbytery of North River in the Kingston Court House, December 12th, 1853, and was incorporated January 4th, 1854. Twenty-seven persons constituted its original membership, of whom all but two had been mem- bers of the Second Reformed Church of Kingston. The first house of worship, which was situated at the corner of Clinton avenue and Maiden lane, was dedicated April 17th, 1855. It was destroyed by fire October 12th, 1875. For a time the congregation worshipped in a tabernacle on Elmendorf street. The present building at the corner of Elmendorf street and Tremper avenue was dedicated February 24th, 1885. The location of this church, in a growing section of the city, promises, under the capable leadership of the Rev. R. C. Dodds, D.D., an increasingly pros- perous future.
It is not likely that there will be more Presbyterian churches organized in Ulster County, but it is possible that the present movement toward the union of Presbyterianism will, in the not distant future, include the Re- formed and Presbyterian churches in one denomination.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
By REV. CHARLES MERCER HALL, M.A., ("I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church."-NICENE CREED.)
T HE Episcopal Church is the ancient Catholic Church of the English- speaking people, more often known as the Anglican Communion. In the summer of A. D. 1579, when Admiral Sir Francis Drake was circumnavigating the globe in the "Golden Hind," the first Prayer Book service on the Pacific Coast was held at Point Reye's Head in Drake's Bay. On August 13, 1587, at Raleigh's colony at Roanoke, Va., occurred the baptism of the Indian chieftain Manteo; and the Sunday following that of Virginia Dare, "the first Christian born in Virginia." On Sunday, June 21, 1607, the Holy Communion was first celebrated in English, at Jamestown, Virginia. At Fort St. George in Maine, thirteen years before the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth Rock the services of the Church were begun in New England. Owing to the connection between Church and State and the events connected with 1776, the securing of the episcopate for the American Church was a difficult matter, but on November 14, 1784, at Aberdeen, Scotland, the Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D., Oxon., was consecrated the first Ameri- can Catholic bishop by the bishops of the Catholic remainder of the Church of Scotland-just six years before the Rev. Dr. John Carroll was (irregularly) consecrated first Roman Catholic Bishop of Baltimore, in the private chapel of Lullworth Castle, Dorsetshire, England, by Dr. Charles Walmesly, titular Bishop of Rama and senior vicar-apostolic of the Roman mission in England.
On February 4, 1787, at the chapel of Lambeth Palace, the London residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Dr. Samuel Provoost was duly consecrated by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishops of Bath and Wells, and Peterborough, as first Bishop of New York. Bishop Provoost died September 6, 1815, and has been succeeded
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by The Rt. Rev. Benjamin Moore, D.D., 1801-1816, The Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart, D.D., 1811-1830, the Rt. Rev. Benj. T. Onderdonk, D.D., 1830-1861, The Rt. Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright, 1852-1854, The Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., 1854-1887, The Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., consecrated in 1883, and The Rt. Rev. David H. Greer, D.D., (co- adjutor), consecrated in 1904.
TRINITY CHURCH, SAUGERTIES, was built during the year 1831, and the parochial organization was effected the same year. A rectory was built in 1831, but was replaced with a more commodious building in 1884. A Sunday-school building was erected in 1875. The succession of rectors has been as follows: Rev. Reuben Sherwood, 1831-1835; Rev. Cicero S. Hawks, 1835-1837; Rev. Ravaud Kearney, 1837-1838; Rev. Hiram Adams, 1838-1848; Rev. Edwin A. Nichols, 1848-1856; Rev. Wm. J. Lynd, 1856-1859; Rev. John J. Robertson, 1859-1880; Rev. Thomas Cole, 1880.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, KINGSTON, was incorporated August 6, 1832, after several years' services held, first in private houses in Rondout and in the Court House, Kingston, by the Rector of Trinity Church, Ulster (Saugerties). The first rector was the Rev. Reuben Sherwood, also rector of Trinity, Ulster, and under his care bi-weekly services were held. The first wardens were, William Kerr, of Kingston, and John Adams, of Rondout. In 1833 a lot was purchased ; and Confirmation was adminis- tered by Bishop Onderdonk. November 24, 1835, the church was con- secrated by Bishop Onderdonk. In 1849 the Church of the Holy Spirit, Rondout, was organized, 42 communicants being set off for it, leaving 30 for the mother parish. From 1854 to 1860 on petition, this new parish, which had no rector, was served on Sunday afternoons by the rector of St. John's. In 1860 St. John's was considerably enlarged, and in 1870 the rectory was purchased. In 1898 the Parish House was erected. The several rectors have been : 1832-1835, Rev. Reuben Sherwood; 1835-1839, Rev. John Downey ; 1839-1840, Rev. Henry M. Davis; 1841-1844, Rev. William A. Curtis ; 1844-1849, Rev. George Sayres; 1849-1869, Rev. George Waters, D.D .; 1869-1873, Rev. F. Marion McAllister, D.D .; 1873-1874, Rev. Walter Delafield, D.D .; 1875-1885, Rev. C. William Camp; 1886-1895, Rev. Lewis T. Wattson ; 1896-1897, Rev. John Henry
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Wattson; 1897-1898, Rev. Edgar Gardner Murphy ; 1899, Rev. Octavius Applegate, Jr., M. A.
About the year 1701 the Rev. Mr. Hepburn, priest of the Church of England, was, on a vacancy in the Dutch Church of Kingston, forced into that cure by the Governor, Lord Cornbury, but his tenure was of brief duration. 1
CHRIST CHURCH, MARLBOROUGH. This was the third church organized in Ulster County. The first service was held in the school house, February 12, 1837. An organization was effected February 27, 1837, and in the September following, the new parish was admitted to the convention. The church, erected on land donated by Dennis H. Doyle, was consecrated by Bishop Onderdonk, September 10, 1839. On December 27, 1857, the building was burned to the ground. On May 10, 1858, the foundation of the new church, after designs by Richard M. Upjohn, the noted architect, was begun. The new edifice was consecrated by Bishop Horatio Potter, October 26, 1858. A rectory, erected on ground donated by Mrs. Hester Doyle, was completed in October, 1863. The rectors of this parish have been : Rev. Robert Shaw, 1837; Rev. Geo. W. Fash, 1840; Rev. Samuel Hawksley, 1847; Rev. Samuel M. Ackerley, 1861 ; Rev. George Waters, D.D., 1875; Rev. John W. Buckmaster, 1876; Rev. Hugh P. Hobson, 1893 ; Rev. Charles A. Tibbals, 1899; Rev. Harold Morse, 1903-1906.
ALL SAINTS', MILTON, organized in 1850 by the Rev. Samuel Hawks- ley, has been served by the rectors of Marlborough. The corner stone was laid May 30, 1854, and the church was consecrated by Bishop Horatio Potter in October, 1859.
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION, ESOPUS (West Park Station). This quaint little country church was admitted into union with the diocese in the year 1842. The rectory was built in 1860. Among a scattered com- munity of summer residences this parish has done a quiet, almost un- noticed work. The incumbents have been, the Rev. Philip Berry, Rev. Wm .T. Smithett, Rev. Richard Temple, Rev. Henry B. Sherman, Rev. Alexander Capron. The present venerable rector is the Rev. Legh R. Dickinson.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, KINGSTON (Rondout). The first edifice for this parish was built by Miss Verplanck in 1845. A parochial organi- zation was effected in 1849. The present stone church was erected in
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1861 and consecrated in 1863. A rectory adjoining the church was built a few years later. The clergy serving this parish have been, the Rev. Wm. T. Smithett, 1849-1854; the Rev. George Waters, D.D., 1854-1861; the Rev. Richard Temple, 1861 ; the Rev. A. H. Gesner, 1861-1863; the Rev. David Margot, 1864-1865 ; the Rev. A. F. Olmstead, D.D., 1865- 1866; the Rev. Foster Ely, D.D., 1867-1870; the Rev. J. B. Murray, 1870- 1875 ; the Rev. A. Sidney Dealey, 1876-1877; the Rev. F. M. S. Taylor, D.D., 1877-1881 ; the Rev. Francis Washburn, 1882-1892; the Rev. Charles Josiah Adams, D.D., 1892-1896; the Rev. Thomas Burrows, 1896-1903. The present rector, the Rev. Paul Rogers Fish, entered into this cure in 1904.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH, STONE RIDGE, was organized April 13, 1846, as the Church of the Good Shepherd. The name was changed to St. Peter's about 1860.
ST. JOHN'S MEMORIAL CHURCH, HIGH FALLS, was erected in 1885 by the late Mrs. Richard K. Delafield. The Rev. Ephriam DeGruy became rector in 1860. For several years after his resignation the parish was served irregularly. The Rev. G. W. West became rector in 1874 and has been succeeded by the Rev. Alfred E. Johnson, 1875; the Rev. C. H. Tomlins, 1876-1879; the Rev. W. C. Maguire, 1879-1881 ; the Rev. Fran- cis J. Clayton, 1881-1882 ; the Rev. George C. Hepburn, 1882; the Rev. J. J. Rowan Spone, 1883; the Rev. Nelson Ayres, 1884; the Rev. Edward Ransford, 1885 ; the Rev. S. B. Rathburn, 1885-1887 ; the Rev. S. Borden Smith, 1887-1890; the Rev. W. J. Clarke Agnew is the present incum- bent, and occupies the rectory at High Falls, where also a parish house was built in memory of Eliza Bard Delafield, in 1890.
SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH, ELLENVILLE. The Rev. Samuel Hawksley, rector of Christ Church, Marlborough, was a true missionary. He trav- eled on foot, preaching the Gospel at Middle Hope, Milton, Highland, Stone Ridge and Ellenville, where he held the first services of the Church in a hall, A. D. 1849. From 1855 to 1865, there was an interim. In October, 1865, the Rev. James E. Kenny was appointed missionary, and services were again resumed in a hall on October 7th. On May 8, 1866, ground given by Mrs. Kniller, of Poughkeepsie, was broken, and on June 27, the corner stone of Saint Paul's Church was laid by the missionary-in-charge.
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On August 27 the first service was held. In 1869 the Rev. M. E. Willing succeeded to the cure and was followed in 1870 by the Rev. Chas. C. Ed- munds. In 1873 the corner stone of a new edifice, erected by E. C. Hum- bert, in memory of his son, Cornelius Chandler Humbert, was laid by Dean Capron of the Western Convocation, and on August 18, 1874, the church was duly consecrated by Bishop Horatio Potter. The cost of building and furniture was about $42,000. The Rev. C. C. Edmunds was succeeded by the Rev. Obadiah Valentine in 1875, and the Rev. C. K. Capron in 1881. The certificate of incorporation of the parish was filed July 24, 1884. On September 1, 1884, the Rev. Peter Claude Creveling became rector, resigning in 1889 and leaving behind him a memorial in the shape of a rectory, erected at a cost of $1,600. The incumbents since then have been : Rev. W. H. Brown, 1889-1890 ; Rev. S. H. S. Gallandet, 1890- 1891 ; Rev. Octavius Applegate, Jr., M.A., 1891-1896; Rev. F. N. Strader, 1896-1899; Rev. C. R. D. Crittenten ; Rev. Robert H. Locke; Rev. Aug. Warner Merrick, 1902-1906; Rev. Hugh P. Hobson.
ALL SAINTS', ROSENDALE. The services of the Church were first held in this town at Rocklock School, by the Rev. Walter Delafield, D.D., rec- tor of St. John's, Kingston. Permanent work was begun by the Rev. George W. West, prior to 1872, as a layman, and was carried on by him after his ordination, in 1874, until September 21, 1875. Until 1879 the work was carried on by the Rev. Alfred Evan Johnson and the Rev. William H. Tomlins, rector of the parish at Stone Ridge. The corner stone of All Saints' Church was laid in 1876, and the first service in the new church was held on Easter Day, April 1, 1877. The rectors of Stone Ridge succeeding were : Rev. Wm. Cuffe Maguire, 1879-1882 ; Rev. G. G. Hepburn, 1882-1883 ; Rev. J. J. Rowan Spong, 1883-1884; Rev. Nelson Ayers, 1884; Rev. Edward Ransford, 1885-1886; Rev. Scott B. Rathburn, 1886-1887; Rev. S. Borden Smith, 1887-1890.
The church was consecrated Sept. 20, 1885, by the Rt. Rev. H. C. Potter, Assistant Bishop of New York. The missionaries resident from 1889, were: Rev. Wm. H. Brown, 1889; Rev. Horatio Nelson Traggitt, 1889-1892. The Rev. Henry Barker succeeded, July 31, 1892. The parish was duly incorporated February 24, 1893, and the Rev. Henry Barker was elected first rector on February 28th of the same year, from which time he has served the parish with unflagging energy and untiring devo- tion. Entirely through his personal efforts the chapel of St. Thomas, at
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Rifton, was organized. The corner stone was laid September 9, 1899, and the chapel was dedicated December 31, 1899. Land adjoining the church, with a small house, has been purchased. The rector of Rosendale also maintains a Sunday-school and regular services in a hired house at Bloomington, near by.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, HIGHLAND. This parish was organ- ized in 1872, the corner stone was laid the same year, and the church con- secrated in 1873. Various priests served this parish until 1885, when the Rev. Henry Tarrant, D.D., became its first rector. He has been succeeded by various priests who have served the parish for brief terms of mission- ary work.
THE MISSION CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, AT CLINTONDALE, begun by the Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Johnson, D.D., now Bishop of Los Angeles, during his incumbency of Holy Trinity, Highland, was completed through the efforts of the Rev. Henry Tarrant, and was consecrated November 28, 1885, by Bishop Henry C. Potter.
THE MISSION CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, KINGSTON, was incorpo- rated under the Free Church Act, March 22, 1892. The corner stone was laid on St. James' Day, July 25, 1891, and on St. Paul's Day, January 25, 1892, the church edifice was dedicated by the Venerable Wm. Reed Thomas, D.D., Archdeacon of Orange. The Rev. Lewis T. Watson, B.D., then rector of St. John's Church, was first president of the Board of Trus- tees and priest-in-charge. It was entirely owing to his missionary zeal and efforts that this work was started and the church built. The Rev. Charles Mercer Hall succeeded Father Wattson, and entered upon his duties as vicar March II, 1894. An organization under the ordinary diocesan regulations was effected January II, 1896, and the present incumbent was elected first rector of the new parish, and instituted on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. The church was enlarged to its present size in 1897. A parish house was erected, largely through the generosity of the late Mrs. Wm. B. Fitch and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch, and formally opened May 10, 1899. The rectory adjoining was acquired in 1899.
Occasional services are held at St. Bartholomew's Chapel, in the Big Indian Valley, and at the summer Chapel of the Transfiguration at Pine Hill.
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The churches in Ulster County are in the Archdeaconry of Orange. The present Archdeacon is the Venerable Wm. Reed Thomas, D.D., Rector of the Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls.
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