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As a memorial to Dr. Ziegenfuss his library of three thousand vol- umes was purchased and presented to Christ Church by a number of his friends.
Also in his memory, there was given a processional cross by four men, who, with him, had made a group of five, in which there had been good fellowship and friendship. The donors knew of his special wish for a processional cross for the church, and chose it for their memorial for that reason.
AUTHORITIES
Pennsylvania College Book, Alumni Record; pub. Phila., 1882, by Lutheran. Publication Society.
Records of Mt. Airy Theological Seminary.
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 1, p. 198.
Journal of the Convention of the. Diocese of New York, 1872-1894. Records of the Masonic Order.
Records of Hobart College.
Records of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie.
Records of the Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck.
Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle, Feb. 9, 12, 13, 1894.
Poughkeepsie News Press, Feb. 9, 10, 12, 13, 1894.
The Sunday Courier, of Poughkeepsie, Feb. 11, 1894.
SAMUEL AUGUSTUS WEIKERT, A.M. RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH
MARCH 12TH, 1894,-FEBRUARY 20TH, 1900
The Rev. Mr. Weikert is the second of the two living ex-Rectors of Christ Church.
Mr. Weikert was born in Littletown, Pennsylvania, and received his ollegiate education at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburgh, which con- ferred upon him his Master's degree. After graduation from the Theo- logical Seminary at Gettysburgh, he was ordained to the Lutheran ministry, and at once assumed the pastorate of the Lutheran Church at Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, which he held from 1879 to 1891, when a decision to enter the Protestant Episcopal Church led to his confirmation, that year, in Grace Church, New York City. He was ordained Deacon, June 19th, 1892, in St. Paul's Church, Morri- sania, and Priest, December 18th, 1892, in St. Bartholomew's, New York, by Bishop Potter.
From 1893 to 1894 Mr. Weikert was Rector of the Church of the Regeneration, Pine Plains, New York; from 1894 to 1900 of Christ
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Church, Poughkeepsie; and from 1900 of St. Mark's, Paterson, New Jersey. The membership of St. Mark's has more than doubled during his rectorate, and its income as well, and the church edifice, which was destroyed by fire in 1902, has been replaced by a new and handsome structure.
Mr. Weikert is a member of the Pro-Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese of Newark, of the Board of Missions and Church Extension, and of the Ecclesiastical Architecture Commission, and belongs to the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He married Miss Hannah Drexel Frey of Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania, and has two daughters.
ALEXANDER GRISWOLD CUMMINS, A.M., Litt.D.
RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH INSTITUTED DECEMBER 2D, 1900
Alexander Griswold Cummins, son of the Rev. Alexander Griswold Cummins, Sr., was born in Smyrna, Delaware, where his family had long been identified with the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was graduated from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in 1889, and from 1889 to 1893 was an under- and post-graduate student at the General Theological Seminary, New York City. In 1893 he received the degree of A.M. from Columbia University, where he had taken post-graduate courses 1890-1893, and, in 1909, Swarthmore College conferred upon him the degree of Litt. D.
Mr. Cummins was ordered Deacon in Christ Church, Greenwich, Connecticut, June 12th, 1892, by the Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman, Bishop of Delaware, and served as Curate in that parish from that date until April, 1894. May 1st, 1894, he was ordained to the Priesthood by Bishop Coleman, in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd of the General Theological Seminary. After fourteen months spent in travel and study abroad, he became Curate of Holy Trinity Church, New York City, December 1st, 1895, which position he resigned five years later to accept a call to Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, where he was instituted Rector, December 2d, 1900.
During his incumbency of the Rectorship of Christ Church, Dr. Cummins has accomplished so much for the upbuilding of the parish that, upon the tenth anniversary of his institution, the vestry have published this volume as a mark of their appreciation of his work.
Dr. Cummins is a member of the standing committee of the Diocese of New York; chairman of the (diocesan) social service committee;
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a member of the (diocesan) committee for expediting business; and a member of the executive committee of the Church Congress. He is chairman of the finance committee of the Poughkeepsie Branch of the State Charities' Aid Association; director and chairman of the finance committee of the Associated Charities' Association of Pough- keepsie; member of the Consumers' League; of the Child Labor Com- mission; of the National Playground Association; and of the Pough- keepsie Chamber of Commerce; Trustee of the Pringle Home, Pough- keepsie; of St. Barnabas's Hospital Foundation, Poughkeepsie; and of the Clergymen's Mutual Insurance League (general).
The social affiliations of Dr. Cummins include membership in Phi Kappa Psi; in Phi Beta Kappa; in Tau Nu Epsilon; in Book and Key; in the Alumni Association of Columbia University; in the Union League Club, New York City; in the National Arts Club and the Circle of the Friends of the Medallion, New York City; in the Amrita, the University, the Tennis and the Boat Club, Poughkeepsie; in the Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club; in the Churchmen's Association; in the Club, the Twelve, and the Rectory Club.
ASSISTANT MINISTERS, CURATES AND MINISTERS IN CHARGE
ASSISTANT MINISTER, 1842-1845, the Rev. Homer Wheaton.
For further data, see the biographies of the Rectors of the parish. ASSISTANT MINISTER, 1866-1872, the Rev. William Barber Thomas.
The Rev. Mr. Thomas was a native of Poughkeepsie, and a parish- ioner of Christ Church. He held successively the following offices: Rector of Trinity Church, Fishkill Village, N. Y .; Rector of Christ Church, Duanesburgh, N. Y .; Principal of an English and Classical School, at Schenectady, N. Y .; Rector of St. Paul's Church, Pleasant Valley, N. Y .; and Assistant Minister of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, from December 1st, 1866, to October 7th, 1872. Mr. Thomas died October 22d, 1876, aged seventy-eight.
CURATE, 1902-1904, the Rev. Edward Schofield Travers, A. M.
Mr. Travers graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1898, and from Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, 1901, re- ceiving that same year his Master's degree from Trinity. He was Assistant Minister, Grace Church, New York City, from July 1st, 1901, to September 1st, 1902; Curate of Christ Church, Pough- keepsie, September 1st, 1902, to January 1st, 1904; "Assistant Min-
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ister on the Greene Foundation," Trinity Church, Boston, Mass., January 1st, 1904, to January 1st, 1906; and is now Chaplain of the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., appointed December 1st, 1905.
CURATE, 1907-1910, the Rev. Frederick Sherman Arnold, A.M., S.T.B. The Rev. Mr. Arnold is a native of Poughkeepsie; he graduated from Harvard University, A. B., summa cum laude, in 1898, and from the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., 1901, and holds the degree of A.M. conferred by Harvard in 1899, and of S.T.B. conferred by the Theological School in 1901; his affilia- tions in his college life included membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Hasty Pudding Club, Institute of 1770, and Amphidon. From 1901 to 1902 Mr. Arnold was Curate in Grace Church, New York City; from 1903 to 1905 Curate of the Church of the Holy Com- forter, Poughkeepsie; from 1905 to 1906 Curate in Mount Calvary Church, Baltimore, Md .; from 1906 to 1907, Canon and Priest in Charge of the Cathedral, Fargo, North Dakota; from June 1st, 1907, to October 1st, 1910, Curate of Christ Church, Pough- keepsie; and from October 1st, 1910, Rector of St. Thomas's Church, Brandon, Vermont.
CURATE, 1910, the Rev. Lewis Edwin Hess.
The Rev. Mr. Hess is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary, New York City, class of 1900, having previously been a student at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, and taking special courses in philosophy and sociology at Columbia University in 1899-1902. After three years spent in the Presbyterian ministry as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at East Meredith, New York, Mr. Hess received Episcopal ordination, being made Deacon by the Bishop of Albany in 1908, and Priest by the Bishop-Coadjutor of Pennsylvania in 1909. He served as assistant in the Church of the Messiah, Glens Falls, New York, 1907-1908; as Curate of St. James's, Philadelphia, 1908-1909; of St. Ann's, Brooklyn, 1909-1910; and from October 16th, 1910, has been Curate of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie.
MINISTER IN CHARGE, 1874-1875, the Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss. For further data, see the biographies of the Rectors of the parish.
MINISTER IN CHARGE, 1900, the Rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter, D.D.
Dr. Potter was a graduate of Union College in the class of 1861, and of Berkeley Divinity School, 1862; in 1862 he became Mis- sionary in the Lehigh Valley, Diocese of Pennsylvania, and Rector
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of the Church of the Nativity, South Bethlehem, 1862-1869; he was Secretary of Lehigh University, and Professor of Ethics in that institution 1866-1871; and from 1869 to 1871 Associate Rector of St. Paul's Church, Troy, N. Y. In 1871 he was elected President of Union College, and in 1884 President of Hobart College. He was the recipient of the following degrees: D.D. from Columbia, 1871; LL.D .. from Williams, 1880; and L.H.D., from St. Stephen's, 1895. It was after his retirement from the Presidency of Hobart, that he served from March to December, 1900, as Minister in Charge of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie. Dr. Potter died February 6th, 1901.
MINISTER IN CHARGE, 1904, the Rev. Charles H. Babcock, D.D.
From January to June, 1904, during the illness of the Rector of the parish, the Rev. Charles Henry Babcock, D.D., was Minister in Charge of Christ Church. Dr. Babcock was, in 1875, appointed an "Assistant Minister on the Greene Foundation" in Trinity Church, Boston; from 1879 to 1888 he was Rector of Trinity Church, Columbus, Ohio, and from 1888 to 1893 of Grace Church, Providence, R. I. Since his resignation of this latter charge, be- cause of ill health, he has held no parish, but has given very valuable assistance to the work of the Church Congress in the United States. Dr. Babcock has served on the general and executive committees of the Congress for many years, was General Chairman pro tem, October, 1907-May, 1908, and in May, 1908, was elected General Chairman. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him in 1886 by Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.
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WARDENS OF THE PARISH
SENIOR WARDEN
JUNIOR WARDEN
1773
Bartholomew Crannell
Samuel Smith
1774
Bartholomew Noxon
Bartholomew Crannell
1775
Bartholomew Noxon
Richard Davis
1776 Henry Van Der Burgh
Isaac Baldwin
1777
Bartholomew Noxon
Henry Van Der Burgh
1778
Richard Davis
Isaac Baldwin
1779
Samuel Smith
Richard Davis
1780-1783
Isaac Baldwin
Richard Davis
1784 Richard Davis
Isaac Baldwin
1785-1788
Richard Davis
William Emott
1789
John Davis
Isaac Balding Jr.
1790
Richard Davis
Daniel Lefferts
1791-1792 1793
William Emott
Richard Davis
1794-1798
Richard Davis
William Emott
1799-1800
John Reade
John Davis
1801
Richard Davis
John Reade
1802
William Emott
John Davis
1803
John Davis
William Emott
1804-1805
William Emott
John Davis
1806
John Davis
John Reade
1807 John Reade
Robert Noxon
1808
Ebenezer Badger
John Davis
John Davis
Ebenezer Badger
1809-1810 1811 Ebenezer Badger
Robert Noxon
1812-1822
James Emott
David Brooks
1823-1825
James Emott
Philo Ruggles
1826-1832
James Emott
William Davies
1833-1842
William Davies
James Emott
1843-1844
James Emott
Hubert Van Wagonen
1845-1852 Hubert Van Wagenen
Isaac I. Balding
1853-1860 Isaac I. Balding
Thomas L. Davies
1861-1879
Thomas L. Davies
George M. Van Kleeck
1880-1883
George M. Van Kleeck
Le Grand Dodge
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1884-1891
Le Grand Dodge
Edward Hazen Parker, M.D
1892-1896
Edward Hazen Parker, M.D. George Cornwell
1897-1898
George Cornwell
P. Frost Spaulding
1899-1902
George Cornwell
A. Edward Tower
1903-1910
George Cornwell
John Kelsey Sague
1910 John Kelsey Sague John Calhoun Otis, M.D.
VESTRYMEN FROM 1773 IN SUCCESSIVE ORDER OF ELECTION
Richard Davis
1773, 1774, 1777, 1789 -
John Child.
1773-1775
John Davis.
1773-1781, 1788, 1795, 1798, 1801
John Ferdon Jr
1773
John Medler.
1773-1775
Zachariah Ferdon
1773-1776, 1783, 1784
Isaac Baldwin Jr.
1773-1785, 1788, 1790-1798
David Brooks.
1773, 1811
William Emott.
1773-1784, 1789, 1790
Richard Wilkinson
1774
John Bard.
1775
Philip I. Livingston
1775
Bartholomew Crannell.
1776
Simon Noxon
1776-1784
Eli Emons.
1776
Robert Noxon
1776-1788, 1790-1794, 1796, 1797, 1799-
1806, 1808, 1810
Samuel Smith
1777, 1783
Thomas Poole
1777-1784
William Post
1777, 1778
Peter Delamater
1778-1782
Gerard Smith.
1779-1782
Ebenezer Badger
1782-1793, 1795-1807
James Pritchard
1784-1789
Henry Mott.
1785-1788, 1790-1793
Daniel Lefferts
1785-1789, 1791-1796
Melancthon L. Woolsey .. . 1785, 1786
Richard Davis Jr. .
1785
Isaac Balding (Sr .? )
1786, 1787
Daniel Smith.
1786-1790
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Charles Crooke
1787
Archibald Stewart.
1789-1796, 1799-1802
John Mott
1789-1793, 1797, 1799-1801
John Ferdon
1791, 1792
John Z. Ferdon.
1793
Cadwallader D. Colden.
1794, 1795
Anthony Hoffman
1794
Robert Thorn
1794
Stephen Hendricksen
.1794, 1795
James Bramble.
1795-1798
John Reade.
1796-1798, 1802, 1803, 1805
Thomas Mitchell.
1796-1800
Stephen Hoyt.
1797-1803, 1805, 1809
John Cooke.
1798
William Davies
1799, 1800, 1803-1810
John Crooke.
1799
John P. Vemont
1800
Ebenezer Baldwin
1801-1804, 1806-1808
Matthew Caldwell.
1801-1805
Peter B. Morgan
1802, 1804, 1806-1808, 1812, 1813
Jabez Bosworth.
1803-1811, 1814, 1815
Randall S. Street.
1804-1806
John L. Fonda.
1806-1809, 1811, 1812, 1815-1820, 1826-1834
James Emott.
1807, 1808, 1810, 1811
Philo Ruggles .
1807-1811, 1813-1822
Thomas J. Oakley
1809, 1810, 1812, 1816, 1819-1827
Abiel Thompson
1809, 1810
William Bard.
1809
Daniel Davis.
1810
George P. Oakley
1811-1818, 1828-1831, 1833-1836
Leonard Davis.
1811, 1814-1820
Paraclete Potter
1811, 1814
Henry Davis
1812, 1813
Richard Wiley
1812, 1814
Samuel Slee.
1812, 1813
Joseph A. Bostwick.
1812
Stephen Hoyt 2d.
1813
Amaziah Wright
1813-1817
Robert L. Reade
1814-1816
David Phillips.
1815
Daniel Hebard.
1816, 1818-1825
John Cooper .
1817-1820, 1847-1850
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Thomas L. Davies.
1817-1825, 1833, 1835, 1846-1852
James Hooker
1817-1858
John Davis ..
1821-1829
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge. . . 1821-1836
John Stanwix.
1821, 1822, 1835-1837
William T. Belden
1823-1840
Stephen Cleveland.
1823
Amaziah Blakeslee
1824, 1825
Richard D. Davis.
1826-1853
Elias Trivett
1826-1853
Abijah S. Hatch
1830-1832, 1838-1840
Isaac I. Balding.
1832, 1834, 1836-1844
Samuel B. Dutton
1837-1841
William Hoyle Jr
1837
Edward K. James.
1838-1860
Charles Johnston
1841-1845
Christopher Appleton
. 1841-1845
Charles Crooke.
1842-1845
Virgil D. Bonesteel.
1845, 1846, 1854-1856
Elijah P. Benjamin
1846, 1847, 1849, 1850
Reuben North.
1846, 1857-1880
George Clark.
1847-1850
James Emott.
1851-1856
Richard Bayley
1851
James H. Fonda
1851-1853
George M. Van Kleeck. . . 1852-1860
Stephen M. Buckingham . . 1853-1877
Le Grand Dodge
1854-1879
Benson J. Lossing.
1854,1855
George C. Marshall
1856-1860
Benjamin R. Tenney
1857-1868
William A. Davies
. 1859-1881
Edward H. Parker.
1860-1883
George Cornwell
1860-1891
Joseph E. Allen
1861-1871
William M. Goodrich
1869-1880
John Grubb.
1872-1889
J. DePuyster Douw
1878-1891
Robert Van Kleeck.
1880-1893
P. Frost Spaulding
1881-1896
Albert Tower.
1882-1891
William B. Carpenter
1882-1887, 1894, 1895
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Edgar M. Van Kleeck 1884-1886
Henry M. Curtis
1887-1894, 1896
A. Edward Tower 1888-1898
John K. Sague. 1890-1902
Joseph T. Tower. 1892
Hiram S. Wiltsie.
1892-1899
Sylvester Pier 1892-1898
John C. Otis.
1894-1910
Samuel K. Rupley
1896-1903
Frank Hasbrouck.
1896, 1897
Jesse J. Graham 1897-1910
John J. Sloan 1898-1902
William H. Hart
1899-1910
Albert A. Simpson
1899-1910
Charles W. Pilgrim 1900-1910
John A. Roosevelt.
1903-1908
Augustus B. Gray.
1903-1910
William DeGarmo Smith. . 1904-1910
James W. Hinkley 2d.
. . 1909-1910
Samuel I. Robinson. . . . 1910-
DELEGATES FROM CHRIST CHURCH TO THE CONVENTIONS OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW YORK1
Appleton, Christopher; 1841-1845
Badger, Ebenezer; 1790, 1807
Balding, Isaac I .; 1845-1847, 1849, 1850, 1852
Belden, William T .; 1825-1828, 1830, 1832-1834, 1836-1840
Benjamin, Elijah Park; 1846
Bonesteel, Virgil D .; 1845, 1846
Boyd, George; 1813
Bramble, James; 1794, 1796, 1797
Brooks, David; 1812
Buckingham, Stephen M., 1853, 1854, 1856-1865, 1867, 1868, 1870, 1872-1876.
Colden, Cadwallader D .; 1793
Cornwell, George; 1867, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1885, 1892-1907
1 In 1798, 1799, 1800, Conventions were not held.
In 1803, 1820, 1822, 1829, 1835, Christ Church failed to send lay delegates.
In 1805 the Convention met in Christ Church.
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Curtis, Henry M., 1887, 1889-1891, 1893-1896
Davies, Thomas L .; 1821, 1845, 1847-1856, 1858, 1860, 1866, 1867, 1871
Davies, William; 1816, 1817, 1828, 1830
Davies, William A .; 1836, 1857, 1859, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1865, 1869, 1870, 1873
Davis, Henry; 1814
Davis, John; 1785, 1789, 1795, 1796, 1802, 1806, 1808, 1809, 1812, 1818 Dodge, Le Grand; 1858, 1859, 1862, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1874-1879, 1881-1891
Douw, J. DePuyster; 1878-1882, 1884-1886, 1889-1892
Emott, James; 1807, 1811, 1815, 1816, 1818, 1823-1826, 1830, 1831, 1834, 1841-1843
Emott, James Jr .; 1843, 1844, 1848-1856
Emott, William; 1787, 1790
Fonda, James H .; 1851
Fonda, John L .; 1807-1810, 1816, 1825, 1827, 1839, 1840
Goodrich, William M .; 1870, 1872, 1873, 1880
Hoyt, Stephen; 1813
James, Edward K .; 1842, 1845, 1848
Johnston, Charles; 1843, 1844
Johnston, John; 1819
Lefferts, Daniel; 1787, 1792, 1796
Lossing, Benson J .; 1855
Mesier, Peter; 1789
Mott, John; 1791, 1797
North, Reuben; 1869
Oakley, George Peters; 1815
Oakley, Thomas J .; 1811, 1818, 1821, 1826
Otis, John C .; 1903-1910
Parker, Edward H .; 1861, 1863-1866, 1868, 1869, 1871, 1876-1878, 1881, 1888 Pier, Sylvester; 1892-1898
Pilgrim, Charles W .; 1902-1907
Potter, Paraclete; 1830
Reade, John; 1795, 1801, 1802, 1805
Reade, Robert L .; 1810 Ruggles, Philo; 1811, 1818 Rupley, Samuel K .; 1899-1901
Sague, John K .; 1908-1910
Smith, William De Garmo; 1908-1910
Spaulding, P. Frost; 1883 Street, Randall S .; 1816, 1817
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Taylor, George; 1817
Tenney, Benjamin R .; 1857, 1860, 1863
Thomas, William B .; 1819
Tower, A. Edward; 1897, 1898, 1900-1902
Trivett, Elias; 1847, 1848
Van Kleeck, George M .; 1871, 1880, 1882, 1883
Van Kleeck, Robert; 1884, 1886-1888
Van Wagenen, Hubert; 1842-1850
Wiltsie, Hiram S .; 1899
Wright, Amaziah; 1813
SECRETARIES OF THE VESTRY
Bartholomew Noxon 1766
No record
1767
-1773
John Davis
1773, August 17 -1782, April 2
William Emott
1782, April 2 -1788, September 2
Ebenezer Badger
1788, September 2-1790, July 19
Archibald Stewart
1790, July 19 -1797, April 18
Stephen Hoyt
1797, April 18
-1802, April 30
Ebenezer Baldwin
1802, April 30
-1805, April 17
Ebenezer Badger
1805, April 17
-1808, April 19
John L. Fonda®
1808, April 19
-1810, June 7
John Davis
1810, June 7
-1811, April 23.
Paraclete Potter
1811, April 23
-1812, April 18
Joseph A. Bostwick
1812, April 18
-1813, -,-
Stephen Hoyt
1813, -, --
-
Robert L. Reade
1814, April 29
-1816, -, -
James Hooker
1817, -, -
-1821, -, -
John H. Davis
1822, -, -
-1823, -, -
No record
1824, -, -
-1835, -,-
Richard D. Davis
1836, -, -- - -, -,-
No record
1837, -, -
-1841, -, -
Charles Johnston
1842, January 4 -1845, September 1
Virgil D. Bonesteel
1845, September 11-1847, June 7
Edward K. James 1847, June 7 -1860, November 12
George M. Van Kleeck 1861, January 14 -1883, December 30
Robert Van Kleeck 1884, September 22-1892, November 5
George Cornwell 1892, November 5-1910, September 27
William De Garmo Smith 1910, October 13 -
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[Editor's note:
The entries in Vestry Minutes, Volume 1, from August, 1810, to, and including, 1841, are in the handwriting of the Rector, Dr. Reed. A Blotter containing notes of proceedings of the vestry from 1809 to 1827, gives the names of the secretaries from 1811 to 1822, the entries being made in several different hands. Dr. Reed's min- utes do not mention any of the secretaries except Richard D. Davis, and that only once, in 1836. According to tradition, Richard D. Davis was secretary many years.]
TREASURERS OF THE CORPORATION
John Davis
1773, December 18 -1782, April 2
Richard Davis
1782, April 2 -1788, September 2
William Emott
1788, September 2-1825, July 6
Thomas L. Davies
1825, August 16 -1864, January 25
George Cornwell
1864, February 8 -1875, March 13
Reuben North 1875, March 13 -1880, April 3
Robert Van Kleeck
1880, April 3 -1889, May 25
A. Edward Tower
1889, May 25 -1890, April 19
Robert Van Kleeck
1890, April 19 -1892, November 6
John K. Sague 1892, November 13-1906, February 7
Jesse J. Graham
1906, February 7 -
CLERKS-CHORISTERS-CHOIRMASTERS
William Emott
Clerk
1773-1776
Services suspended 1776-1787
Mr. Pritchard
Clerk
1789- ?
Mr. Fox
Clerk
1793- ?
Jonathon Lewis
Clerk
1797-1801
Joseph Parker
Clerk
1802
Mr. Knapp Clerk
1803-1804
Ebenezer Babcock
Chorister
1804-1805
Abiel Thompson
Chorister
1806
Jeremiah Silkreggs
Chorister
1807-1808
Gideon Moseley
1811-1818
Warren Skinner
1818-1822
Thomas P. Stoughton
1824-1826
Eliphaz Fay
1827-1829
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Benjamin C. Van Vliet
Chorister
(approx.) 1830-1850
John Buckley
Chorister 7
1851-1856
John F. Coxhead
Chorister
1856-1860
Abel Gunn
Chorister
1861-1862
Miss C. H. Osborne
(in charge of music)
1862-1863
John F. Coxhead ?
Chorister
1864-1865
1865-1866
Herman King
Chorister
1866-1868
Quartet Choir
1868 -- 1876
Volunteer Chorus 1877-1880
Quartet Choir
1880-1888
Vested Choir
1888-
George W. Halliwell
Choirmaster
1888-1892
Sylvester Pier
Choirmaster
1892-1893
Edward W. Valentine
Choirmaster
1893-
The Evolution of the Office of Clerk, Chorister, Choir- master is Shown in the following Data:
1773, March 9th. The charter conferred upon the Rector of the parish, "sole power to appoint a Clerk to assist him in per- forming divine service."
1773. "William Emott exempt from salary payments so long as he continues Clerk." (Salary Book, 1767-1775.)
Mr. Emott probably officiated until services were suspended in 1776.
1787. Services resumed under the Rev. Henry Van Dyck.
1789, January 14th. "Mr. Pritchard to be exempt from paying salary while he is Clerk." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 101.)
1791-1792. Rectorship vacant.
1793, September 3d. Agreed "to give Mr. Fox of the Wallkill £10 per annum as Clerk." (Ibid., p. 177.)
1796, January 5th. Voted "to give a Parish Clerk £8 per annum, a pew, and exemption from salary payments." (Ibid., p. 198.)
1797, April 20th. Jonathan Lewis, Clerk. Apparently continued to May 1st, 1801. (Ledger B, p. 84.)
1802, September 9th. Joseph Parker to be paid $10.00 "for tuning the Psalm up to this time." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 257.)
1803. "Mr. Knapp to be paid $20.00 for his services in setting the Psalm." (Parish Mss., Treasurer's papers, A, No. 22.)
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1804, January 3d. Mr. Knapp to be paid $10.00 "for singing in the church six months." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 263.)
1805, January 2d. "Audited the account of Ebenezer Babcock as Chorister of the Church up to Sunday the 6th day of January instant." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 266.)
1806, December 23d. A committee appointed to "audit the accounts of Abiel Thompson for his services as Chorister in the Church." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 292.)
1806, December 23d. A committee appointed to "agree with Jere- miah Silkreggs for his services as Chorister in the Church for the term of one year." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 291.)
1808, December 25th. Settlement of accounts with Jeremiah Silk- reggs. (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 304.)
1809, August 17th, to 1810, August 19th, Rectorship vacant.
1810, September 24th. The Rev. John Reed, Philo Ruggles and Abiel Thompson appointed a committee "to further measures to assist the music in the church." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 313.)
1811, October 8th. The Rev. John Reed and Philo Ruggles, Esq., ap- pointed a committee "to agree with Mr. Mosely to officiate as Clerk." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 318.)
1811, December 14th, to 1818, September 1st, Gideon Moseley paid "for singing." (Ledger C, p. 132.)
1812, April 18th. Mr. Gideon Moseley to be paid "for his services as instructor of music." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 321.)
1813, November 20th. Mr. Gideon Moseley "to instruct singing the ensuing year." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 324.)
1819, February 10th. Voted that the Rev. Mr. Reed is "to spend such amount as he may think necessary for the support of the singing in the Church." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 332.)
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