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1818, November 1st, to 1822, May 1st, a salary paid to Warren Skinner for "services in the Church." (Ledger C, p. 75.) It is known by tradition that Warren Skinner sang in Christ Church.
1824, 1825, 1826. A memorandum written by Dr. Reed, recording sundry disbursements. Items:
"Mr. Stoughton's salary for the year ending in the fall of 1825." "Mr. Stoughton's bill for candles for singing school."
"Rent of room for singing school."
(Parish Mss., Later Papers, E, No. 24.)
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Thomas P. Stoughton was for many years a music teacher in Poughkeepsie. He died March 25th, 1855, aged 66 years.
1826, 1827, 1828, 1829. Expenses of singing school; rent of room, wood, and oil. (Ledger C, p. 75.)
1827, 1828, 1829. "To Fay for teaching." (Ledger C, p. 75.) 1829. "To fire and oil for singing school, and to paying Mr. Fay." (Parish Mss., Later Papers, E, No. 25.)
Eliphaz Fay was Principal of the Dutchess County Academy. He is known to have been a singer.
1830-1850. An approximation of the term of service as Chorister of Benjamin C. Van Vliet, who died February 25th, 1851.
The approximation is based upon the recollections and traditions of elderly persons.
1851, July 1st. Report of finance committee of vestry. Salary of $100.00 paid to "Mr. Buckley." (Parish Mss., Later Papers, C, No. 18.)
John Buckley was an Englishman, who came to Poughkeepsie in 1841. He had a bass voice, and entered Christ Church choir. It is known that he succeeded Mr. Van Vliet as Chorister, and that he served until May, 1856.
1856-1860. John F. Coxhead, Chorister.
His service in these years is a matter of knowledge with his chil- dren.
1861, January 14th. "The salary of Mr. Gunn, the organist, to be raised on account of extra services rendered as organist and chorister." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 2, p. 93.)
1862, February 17th. A committee appointed "to engage the services of an organist and chorister." (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 2, p. 97.)
1862, April 1st, to 1863, June -. A salary paid to Miss C. H. Osborne. (Ledger E.)
Miss Osborne was instructor in music at Cottage Hill Seminary.
1863, September 28th. A "leader for the choir" to be procured. (Ves- try Minutes, Vol. 2, p. 100.)
1864, January Ist, to 1865, July 1st. John F. Coxhead paid a salary as Chorister. (Ledger E.)
1865, July 1st, to 1866, July 1st. No entries of any salary payments to a Chorister. (It is possible that the pupils and teachers of Cottage Hill Seminary composed the choir for this year.)
1866, July 1st, to 1868, July Ist. A salary paid to Herman King as Chorister. (Ledger E.)
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1868-1876. A paid quartet. (Ledger E.)
1877, February 1st, to 1880, February 1st. A volunteer chorus. (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 2, p. 138.)
1880, February, to 1888, May. A paid quartet. (Ledger E.)
1888, May 13th. Introduction of a vested choir at the first service held in the new church.
1888, May 13th, to 1892, February 4th. George W. Halliwell, Choir- master. (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 2, p. 241.)
1892-1893. Sylvester Pier, Choirmaster. (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 2, p. 241.)
1893, May 1st. Edward W. Valentine appointed Choirmaster. (Vestry Minutes, Vol. 2, p. 241.)
SEXTONS
John Lawson 1784
Samuel Keynton 1846-1865
John Lawson 1787
William Gibson 1865-1876 Henry Wood 1877-1882
Henry Rutsen 1788
Henry Ellice 1790-1791
Henry Irving 1882-1886
John Dusenbury 1792-1798
James Moore 1800-1809
Joseph Cornish 1810
James Moore
1811-1814
Henry Wood 1886-1888 Henry Irving 1888-1893 Percy E. Vail 1893-1894 David Brightman 1894-1895
Stephen Paten 1815-1818
James Palmer 1895-1899
Abel Gunn 1819-1823
John W. King 1899-1902
(Amaziah?) Blakeslee 1824-1826
Stephen Ferguson 1826-1842
Thomas Eastmead 1842-1845
George Wilkinson Jr. 1903 John W. King 1903-1905 Charles McDonald 1906-
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ASSISTANT SEXTONS
Charles McDonald
1903-1905
Mackenzie Brittain 1906-1907
John W. King
1908-
ORGANISTS
William Blodgett
1808 -1809
Abel Gunn1
1809 ?- 1862
Miss C. H. Osborne
1862-1863
Isaac B. Van Vliet
1863-1869
John R. Van Vliet
1869
Isaac B. Van Vliet
1869-1870
Miss Mary Van Vliet
1871
John R. Van Vliet
1872-1879
Miss Frances Flockton
1879-1882
Ira W. Johnson
1882-1901
Harry S. Bock
1902-
ASSISTANTS SINCE 1900
Miss Helen J. Andrus
1902-1904
Miss Florence Hannah
1905-1906
Robert Flagler 1907-
DELEGATES TO GENERAL CONVENTIONS
1785 The first General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. John Davis, of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, one of the three lay delegates from the Diocese of New York.
1795 The Rev. George H. Spierin, Rector of Christ Church, a clerical delegate.
1801 John Reade Esq., warden of Christ Church, a lay delegate.
1808 John Reade Esq., a lay delegate.
1826 The Hon. James Emott, warden of Christ Church, a lay delegate.
1829 The Hon. James Emott, a lay delegate.
1 Abel Gunn, born 1800, died 1875. The parish records do not show in what year Abel Gunn became organist, but it is known that he filled the position from his boyhood. In Chapter V will be found data from which the inference may fairly be drawn that he began his long service in, or soon after, 1809.
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1832 The Rev. John Reed, S.T.D., Rector of Christ Church, analter- nate clerical delegate.
The Hon. James Emott, a lay delegate.
1835 The Rev. John Reed, S.T.D., a clerical delegate. The Hon. James Emott, a lay delegate.
1838 The Hon. James Emott, a lay delegate.
1841 The Hon. James Emott, a lay delegate.
1844 The Hon. James Emott, a lay delegate.
1871 The Rev. Philander K. Cady, S.T.D., Rector of Christ Church, a clerical delegate.
William A. Davies Esq., vestryman of Christ Church, a lay delegate.
1874 The Rev. Philander K. Cady, S.T.D., a clerical delegate. William A. Davies Esq., a lay delegate.
1877 William A. Davies Esq., a lay delegate.
1880 William A. Davies Esq., a lay delegate.
1886 The Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, Rector of Christ Church, a pro- visional clerical delegate.
1889 The Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, a provisional clerical delegate.
CLERGY
WHO, BEFORE ORDINATION, WERE AFFILIATED WITH CHRIST CHURCH
THE RT. REV. ALONZO POTTER, D.D. Spiritual son of this parish.
Ordained Deacon 1822, May 1st.
Ordained Priest 1824, September 16th.
Consecrated Bishop 1845, September 23d.
THE RT. REV. HORATIO POTTER, D.D. Spiritual son of this parish.
Ordained Deacon 1827, July 15th.
Ordained Priest 1828, December 14th.
Consecrated Bishop 1854, November 22d.
THE REV. WILLIAM BARBER THOMAS
Born and brought up in this parish; son of John Thomas, M.D .; prepared for the ministry by the Rev. Dr. John Reed, Rector of Christ Church.
Ordained Deacon 1821, October 21st.
Ordained Priest 1826, June 12th.
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THE REV. EDWARD DAVIS
Born and brought up in this parish; son of Leonard Davis; pre- pared for the ministry by the Rev. Dr. John Reed, Rector of Christ Church.
Ordained Deacon 1826, May 2d.
Ordained Priest 1828, August 4th.
THE REV. HOMER WHEATON
Prepared for the ministry by the Rev. Dr. John Reed, Rector of Christ Church.
Ordained Deacon 1841, December 9th.
Ordained Priest 1842, November 13th.
THE REV. CHARLES A. MAISON, D.D.
Born and brought up in this parish; son of General Leonard Maison.
Ordained Deacon 1847, October 18th.
Ordained Priest 1849, (?)
THE REV. WILLIAM G. W. LEWIS
A denominational minister, confirmed in Christ Church 1870.
Ordained Deacon 1870, October 9th. Ordained Priest 1871, (?)
THE VEN. WILLIAM REED THOMAS, D.D.
Son of the Rev. William Barber Thomas, and a member of this parish in the formative years of his life. Ordained Deacon 1872, June 30th. Ordained Priest 1872, November 14th.
THE REV. WILLIAM CHARLES GRUBB
Born and brought up in this parish; son of John Grubb.
Ordained Deacon 1874, March 12th.
(Removed to the Diocese of Albany, while still in Deacon's Orders. Date of ordination to the Priesthood not obtained.)
THE REV. DEAN RICHMOND BABBITT Confirmed in Christ Church 1883. Ordained Deacon 1884, November 16th. Ordained Priest 1886, July 4th.
THE REV. ELI DRAPER SUTCLIFFE Candidate for orders from Christ Church. Ordained Deacon 1885, May 7th. Ordained Priest 1886, March 25th.
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THE REV. LEONARD WALTER LOTT
A denominational minister, confirmed in Christ Church 1884.
Ordained Deacon 1885, December 20th. (Removed to the Diocese of Rhode Island, while still in Deacon's Orders. Date of ordination to the Priesthood not obtained.)
THE REV. MARTIN KELLOGG SCHERMERHORN
A denominational minister, confirmed in Christ Church 1884.
Ordained Deacon 1885, December 20th.
Ordained Priest 1886, March 25th.
THE VEN. WALTER HUGHSON
Born and brought up in this parish; son of Walter Hughson, M. D. Confirmed in Christ Church 1869.
Ordained to the restricted Diaconate 1885, December 27th. Ordained Priest 1897, May 16th.
THE REV. GEORGE BREMNER
A denominational minister, confirmed in Christ Church 1887. Ordained Deacon 1888, May 27th.
Ordained Priest 1889, March 17th.
THE REV. WILLIAM PAYSON EVANS
A denominational minister, confirmed in Christ Church 1892.
Ordained Deacon 1892, October 27th. Ordained Priest 1893, May 29th.
THE REV. ARTHUR BELDING RUDD Confirmed in Christ Church 1888.
Ordained Deacon 1898, June 5th. Ordained Priest 1899, May 28th.
THE REV. GILBERT VALENTINE RUSSELL Confirmed in Christ Church 1889.
Ordained Deacon 1900, June 10th. Ordained Priest 1903, June 7th.
THE REV. SAMUEL C. FISH Confirmed in Christ Church 1891.
Ordained Deacon 1907, May 26th. Ordained Priest 1908, May 28th.
THE REV. GEORGE BLACKBURN KINKEAD, 3D Born and brought up in this parish; son of John Kinkead, M.D., and Anna (Dodge) Kinkead. Confirmed in Christ Church 1894.
Ordained Deacon 1904, May 29th. Ordained Priest 1904, November 17th.
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THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS
ALBERT W. FALLER
Confirmed in Christ Church 1898.
Matriculated at St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y., in 1902,
with the intention of studying for Orders.
Died August 16th, 1905.
CLIFFORD FRENCH
Confirmed in Christ Church 1898.
Member of the class of 1911 of the General Theological Seminary.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PARISH RECORDS
SECRETARY'S RECORDS ;
Three volumes of Vestry Minutes
Volume 1, 1773-1845
Volume 2, 1845-1906
Volume 3, 1906-
Manuscript volume, Church Blotter 1809-1827
TREASURER'S RECORDS
1 A parchment bound volume, containing accounts of salary col- lections 1767-1775. Entries made by John Davis.
2 A manuscript volume, containing accounts of salary collections in 1768, 1769 and 1771, and of the offerings at thirty-one Sunday services in 1767-1772. Entries made by Richard Davis.
3 A manuscript volume, entitled Vestry Book Kept by John Davis in the year of our Lord 1772 for Poughkeepsie Church. Entries from 1772 to 1776.
4 A manuscript volume, entitled Accompts of the Glebe For Pough- keepsie 1772. Entries made by John Davis.
5 A manuscript volume, entitled An Account of the Charges and Expenses of Building the Church in Poughkeepsie as Kept By John Davis. Entries in 1773, 1774, 1775.
6 A manuscript volume, containing pew rent accounts and collec- tions for minister's salary in 1812, 1813, 1826, 1827.
7 A manuscript volume, containing pew rent accounts and collec- tions for minister's salary in 1819, 1820, 1821.
8 A manuscript volume, containing pew rent accounts and collec- tions for minister's salary in 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826.
9 A bound volume, entitled Church Ledger A, containing ac- counts with individual parishioners 1769-1793. Indexed.
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10 A bound volume, entitled Church Ledger B, containing ac- counts with individual parishioners 1793-1807. Indexed.
11 A bound volume, entitled Church Ledger C, containing ac- counts with individual parishioners 1807-1832. Not indexed.
12 A bound volume, entitled Treasurer's Book E, containing gen- eral parochial accounts 1860-1881.
[Editor's note: The Day Book kept by William Emott, treasurer 1788-1825, is referred to in 8, 10, 11, but is now lost.
The Day Book, or Church Ledger D 1825-1860, was lost in the fire which destroyed the house of Thomas L. Davies, treasurer 1825-1864.]
13 A bound volume, entitled Ledger B, all accounts, containing entries 1880-1889.
14 A bound volume, entitled Day Book B, containing general parochial accounts 1880-1891.
15 A bound volume, entitled Cash, containing general parochial accounts, 1892-1904.
16 A bound volume, entitled Cash, containing general parochial accounts from January 2d, 1904.
17-24 8 small volumes, containing pew rent accounts 1860-1899.
25 A small bound volume, containing Dr. Reed's account of re- ceipts and disbursements, 1828, in behalf of the burying ground.
26 Volume containing the stubs of the certificates issued by the Corporation for the erection of the second church building in 1834.
27 Volume containing the account of the building fund for the third church, from May 9th, 1887, to February 9th, 1889.
PARISH MANUSCRIPTS
Nearly 600 separate documents, supplementary to the records of the secretary and treasurer.
The earliest of these papers is dated 1763, and, thereafter, they accumulated gradually for a century.
When the church on Market street was abandoned, they were removed to the new church and forgotten.
In 1902 the present Rector, the Rev. Alexander G. Cummins, rediscovered them, in the organ-motor room, in a condition of much disorder.
They were then cleaned and mounted by Miss Cornelia Dodge Kinkead and Miss Helen Wilkinson Reynolds.
After that, they were sorted by subject and numbered and a catalogue of them made.
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This present volume frequently quotes them and gives reference to them by the numbers of the catalogue. Without the fortunate discovery of these papers by the Rev. Dr. Cummins, the early his- tory of this parish could not have been written with the fullness that they have made possible.
PARISH REGISTER
A A manuscript volume, entitled The Parish Register of the Christnings of Christ Church in Poughkeepsie Commencing 19th Octr 1766 By William Emott.
William Emott was very early the clerk of the Church, and it was the duty of the clerk to keep the register of baptisms. The entries in this volume are from October 19th, 1766, to December 11th, 1800. To, and including, August 22d, 1785, the writing is that of Mr. Emott. The remaining entries are partly in an unidentified hand and partly in that of the Rev. John J. Sayrs.
B A manuscript volume, containing records of baptisms, mar- riages and burials, 1796, 1797, 1798, all in the writing of the Rev. John J. Sayrs, and bearing his signature.
C A manuscript volume, endorsed A correct register of Bap- tisms, Marriages & funerals, during my ministry at Pough- keepsie, Barzillai Bulkley. The entries are from September 30th, 1806, to July 30th, 1809.
The three manuscript volumes, above, have been fastened to the fly-leaf of the first bound volume of the register, No. 1, below.
1 A bound volume, Parish Register, No. 1, purchased by the Rev. Philander Chase in the autumn of 1801. In the front of the volume is the following preface:
Be it observed that The following book of records was com- menced on the 20th day of September in the year of our Lord 1801, 28 years after the date of the letters of incorporation to the vestry of Christ's Church in the town of Poughkeepsie, county of Dutchess, & state of New York.
During this interim the office of Rector was successively filled by the Rev'd Messrs. John Beardsley, Henry Van Dyck, * * Speering, John Sayrs, & Philander Chase; all of whom, excepting the latter, moved away without leaving behind them any complete account of baptisms, births, &c, which took place during their respective rectorships.
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Of these neglects a great derangement was the consequence. A few persons, it should seem, in proper time applied to the Clerk of the Church & had the births and baptisms of their children regularly recorded in a book kept for the purpose; but the number who did so bore so small proportion to those who neglected, that it was thought most fitting the importance of the thing to go back to the beginning & to bring up all the . records to the present day.
But in this work there readily appeared many difficulties & some impossibilities. Many had died, many had moved away, and the private records of some had been taken out of the way.
Still, the work, notwithstanding its unavoidable defects, was thought so necessary for the good order and prosperity of the Church & society at large, that no difficulties were deemed sufficient to deter from the performance of it.
Accordingly, on ye 26th day of Sepr the retrospective work was begun; and on ye - of - anno Domini all remediable deficiencies were supplied. The dates of birth were taken from family records, & those of Baptisms & by whom per- formed from the most authentic documents which could be obtained.
It was thought proper that heads of families should give in the dates of their births, together with the dates of the births and baptisms of their own children, whenever they could be ascertained, whether those children were present in, or absent from, the parish, or whether they had been removed by death. This has occasioned some repetition, where the children of aged parents have remained and become heads of families in the parish; but this, in some measure, was inseparable from perspicuity.
It is to be observed also that the names of none but those of whose baptisms the Church entertained no doubt are insert- ed in this book.
This volume contains:
"An Account of heads of families now living in & belonging to ye parish of Christ's Church." (Compiled by the Rev. Philander Chase.)
Baptisms 1799-1847
Marriages 1800-1847
Confirmations
1846
List of Communicants for 1846, 1847; (compiled by the Rev. Homer Wheaton).
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2 A bound volume, Parish Register, No. 2, containing:
Baptisms 1847-1887
Confirmations
1847-1887
Marriages
1847-1888
Burials
1847-1888
Communicants
1847-1859
D Supplementary to Parish Register, No. 2, is a volume of burial records, the entries in which extend from October 8th, 1824, to November 8th, 1854. The entries were made by the several sextons of Christ Church and include mention of interments conducted by them, not only in the English burying ground, but in the Dutch yard and in family enclosures at scattered points, the sextons having apparently been village undertakers.
3 A bound volume, Parish Register, No. 3, containing:
Baptisms 1888-1900
Confirmations
1888-1900
Marriages
1888-1900
Burials
1888-1900
4 A bound volume, Parish Register, No. 4, containing:
Baptisms 1900-
Confirmations 1901-
Marriages
1900-
Burials
1900-
Communicants
1905-
[Editor's note:
In America, in the colonial period, in the absence of an Episco- pate, confirmation was unobtainable.
In 1787, immediately after his consecration, Bishop Provoost. promised a visitation to Christ Church, but there is no evidence that he came until 1793, when he reported to the Diocesan Con- vention that he had been to Poughkeepsie, but did not state whether he had administered confirmation.
When the American Episcopate was first established, large numbers of persons were confirmed, but many years followed in' which the Bishops seldom administered the rite; they valued their Episcopal powers only in connection with ordination. Bishop White, himself, never received confirmation.1
There is reason to believe that Bishop Moore confirmed in Christ Church in 1805. Between 1805 and 1855 confirmation was
1 McConnell's History of the American Episcopal Church, p. 282.
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held here thirteen recorded times.1 Since 1855 the visitations have been annual.
Up to 1846 the names of those confirmed are not recorded and the communicant membership of Christ Church is not accurately known.
In 1846 the Rev. Homer Wheaton became Rector and insti- tuted a communicant register, which he continued through his rectorate.
The list begun in 1847 by Mr. Wheaton's successor, the Rev. Samuel Buel (Rector 1847-1866), ends in 1859.
Dr. Cady, Dr. Ziegenfuss and Mr. Weikert, whose rectorates extended from 1866 to 1900, made no entries in the Register of the names of communicants, as such, but recorded confirmations.
From August 1st, 1858, to March 11th, 1900, one thousand one hundred and seventy-three persons were confirmed and, in 1905, the editor of this present volume compiled a list of these 1173 names, with annotations regarding each individual's relation to the parish in 1905, so far as careful enquiry could determine the same.
The Rector of the parish endorsed this list, and entered in Vol- ume 4 of the Register the names of all those who, in 1905, were known to claim membership in Christ Church, with the addition of the names of those confirmed persons who had been received into the parish from outside sources.
This list of 1905 is subject to the inaccuracies of any like work, but is as correct as conscientious effort could make it.
In 1811, Dr. Reed reported to the diocese seventy communicants in Christ Church; in 1910 the number is seven hundred and twenty- eight.]
GIFTS AND MEMORIALS
FORMING PART OF THE FABRIC OR FURNISHINGS OF THE PRESENT CHURCH BUILDING
WINDOWS
A subject scheme for the windows was prepared by the architect when the church was built, the name of the parish forming the basis for the plan. With but two exceptions the windows are all the work of Clayton and Bell, of London, and were placed by Maitland Arm- strong and Company, of New York.
1 Journal of the Convention of the Diocese of New York, 1805- 1855 and Parish Register.
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THE CHANCEL WINDOW
Placed in 1888; given by surviving children of the Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, and of the Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter. Consists of a rose window : subject, "Majesty"; and of three Gothic lancets: subjects, "The Good Shepherd," between St. James and St. John.
Inscription on dexter light,-"Alonzo Potter, III Bishop of Pennsyl- vania, 1845-1865. Born July 6, 1800. Died July 4, 1865."
Inscription on sinister light,-"Horatio Potter, VI Bishop of New York, 1854-1887. Born February 9, 1801. Died January 2, 1887."
THE WEST WINDOW
Placed in 1890; given by Mr. Albert Tower. Consists of three Gothic lancets: subject, the story of the Life of Christ from the Annunciation to the Ascension. At Easter 1901 the sons of Mr. Albert Tower placed below this window a tablet, dedicating the window to the memory of their father and their mother. Inscription,-"To the Glory of God and to the Sacred Memory of Albert Tower, November 8, A.D., 1817, December 24, A.D. 1891, and Anna Tower, August 28, A.D. 1828, May 31, A.D. 1897, This Window is Dedicated. The Righteous Live forevermore; Their Reward is with the Lord, And the Care of Them is with the Most High."
WINDOWS IN THE NORTH AISLE Events in the Public Ministry of Christ
1 Placed in 1888; given by Mrs. John Reade Stuyvesant and her children,-Mrs. Robert Sanford (Helen M. Hooker Stuyvesant), Mrs. Francis Butler (Katharine Livingston Stuyvesant), John Reade Stuyvesant 2d, and Miss Anna Elizabeth Stuyvesant.
Subject, Christ and the Children. Inscription,-"Of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven." "In Memory of John Reade Stuyvesant. Born June 10, 1798. Died December 8, 1853."
2 Placed in 1890; given by William Gibson. Subject, the Raising of Lazarus. Inscription,-"When He thus had Spoken He Cried with a Loud Voice, Lazarus Come Forth." "Jane Gibson 1855. Mary Gibson 1886. Mary Gibson Richards 1888. William Gibson 1898." By the courtesy of Guy C. Bayley, M.D., William Gibson's own name was added, after his death, to those already on the window.
3 Placed in 1889; given by Roland R. Dennis. Subject, the Trans- figuration: Inscription,-"James McKim Dennis, Died October 22, 1882. Cyrus Cornell Dennis, Died December 30, 1884."
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4 Placed in 1889; given by John C. Otis, M.D., and Katharine Havi- land Otis, his wife. Subject, the Raising of Jairus Daughter. In- scription,-"Damsel, I Say Unto Thee, Arise." "Annie S. Otis, April 21, 1884."
5 Placed in 1888; subject, the Sermon on the Mount. Inscription,- "Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it." "In Mem- ory of Edward Rollinson. Born July 6, 1860. Died February 20, 1888."
Edward Innis Rollinson was a communicant of the Episcopal Church; he died of yellow fever at Georgetown, British Guiana, South America, and his body could not be brought home for burial. The window was given by his mother, Mrs. Joseph Rollinson, and his sisters, Mrs. Henry Barroll, Mrs. Henry Booth, Mrs. Louis Sweeny and Mrs. Morris Poucher.
WINDOWS IN THE SOUTH TRANSEPT Old Testament Prophetic Types
1 .The west light; not yet placed. Subject assigned, the Creation.
2 The south window. Placed in 1889; given by Mrs. Adolphus Hamilton. Consists of a rose window: subject, a Madonna and Child; and of three Gothic lancets: subject, a Jesse Tree, the ances- tral line of Christ. Inscription,-"To the Glory of God and in Mem- ory of Adolphus Hamilton."
3 An east light. Placed in 1908; given by Mrs. Charles H. Buck- ingham. Subject, Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac. Inscription,- "My Son, God will provide Himself a Lamb." "In Loving Memory of Charles Henry Buckingham. September 13th, 1842. May 12th, 1904."
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