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St. Peter~ Church St. Peter~ Church -in- 1685 - 1956 By William C=oll McGinnis, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. This Being An Extension of A Brief History of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, 1685--1945 By the Same Author. We grat!a!fullY acknowledge the generosity and Christian devotion of Mr. Vernon T. Brown, in making possible the publication of this book by his financial support. It is his wish that any profits from the sale of this book be applied to the work of the parish. WOOOBF.IDGE ~ PUBLISHING CO. -in 1685 - 1956 By William Carroll McGinnis, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. Author of the History of Perth Amboy Y. M. C. A .. William Dunlop, The Kearnys of ?erth Amboy, and other works, including more than two hundred magazine articles. This Being An Extension of A Brief History of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, 1685-1945 By the Same Author. "Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set" Proverbs 22:28 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pago Dedication 4 Introduction 6 Acknowledgment Bibliography 9 The Beginnings of St. Peter's Church JO The Book of Common Prayer lJ In The Beginning lJ Why This History 13 More About the Beginning of St. Peter's 16 St. Peter's In The Revolution 25 The Church Silver 27 The Charter From King George I 28 The Episcopate 30 Schools 35 Some of the Rectors 39 Two Rectors, 1893 :o 1934 43 The Reverend George H. Boyd. Reclnr 47 St. Peter's in 1956 51 Gifts of Land and Property 57 The Stained Glass Windows 59 The Memorial Tablets 65 Other Memorials 73 The Living Memorial Foundation 76 Organizations 83 The Wardens and Vestrymen 84 Rectors of St. Peter's, 1698,1956 88 Endowments 89 Surviving New Jersey Colonial Parishes 90 Bishops of the Diocese of New Jersey, 1815-1956 91 r~?7r~~,,.--·-........... > ~. St. Peler'J Gpidcopal ehw·ck PERTH AMBOY, N. J. First Service - 1685 Established - 1698 Chartered -- 1718 I dedicate this history of St. Peter's Church to my wife, Marion Boynton McGinnis, who possesses in a high degree, and uses for the benefit of many people, a rare combination of the talents of Martha's hands and Mary's mind. W. C. McGINNIS Perth Amboy, N. J. April 19, 1956 4 Dr. William Carroll McGinnis I have asked Dr. William C. McGinnis to write this history of St. Peter's Church. In making this request I was mindful of the great demands made upon his time as an educator, researcher in history, and an outstanding leader in church and civic affairs. To have an outstanding w":k accomplished one must seek out an outstanding and qualifiP-d person. I knew Dr. McGinnis to be that person. As former Superintendent of Perth Amboy Public Schools, a vestryman of the parish, an historian, and a keen observer of life in a community, he approached this task in the same spirit of humbleness and sincerity that has characte~ized his entire life. This book is not just a history. It is the spirit of a great man conscious of the true purpose of the Church and children of God everywhere. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." To Dr. William C. McGinnis and his wife,' Marion Boynton McGinnis, we extend our sincere gratitude. GEORGE H. BOYD, Rector March 12, 1956. 6 Reverend George H. Boyd The following is copied from Page 1, A Brief History of St. Peter's Church in Perth Ambo}'.:, New Jersey. 1685 • 1945 By William C. McGinnis, B.S., A.M., Ph.D. I take this opportunity to acknowledge valuable assistance received in the preparation of this brief history, assistance given by the Reverend George H. Boyd, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Mrs. John A. Kilduff (Wanda Sienkiewicz Kilduff), Miss Sara B. Goldstein and my wife, Marion Boynton McGinnis. W. C. McGINNIS Perth Amboy, N. J. September, 1945. Now credit is due aeveral others for assistance in the preparation of this work: The Rt. Reverend Alfred L. Banyard, Mrs. Jean Unger, Dr. Theodore Symanski, Joseph W. Sheldon, Miss Josephine Clark, Vernon Brown, Miss Carol Daisey, James Stewart, Miss Edith Hawrylko, Miss Anna Cladek, Miss Dorothea Ramsay; and more especially to my wife who endured the silences of long hours of writing, and was ever ready to listen to the reading and rereading of parts of the work; was patient and helpful in making constructive criticism; and was quick to note any part that seemed to have something of merit. W. C. McGINNIS Perth Amboy, N. J. March 22, 1956. 8 Whitehead, William A., Contributions to the Early History of Perth Aniboy, New York, 1856. Clayton, W. Woodford, History of Union and Middlesex Counties, Philadelphia, 1882. Jones, W. Northy, History of St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, 1924. Burr, Nelson R., The Anglican Church in New Jersey, Philadelphia, 1954. Alden, Carroll Storrs, Lawrence Kearny, Princeton, 1936. Minutes Books of the Vestry of St. Peter's Church, 1718-1956. Norton, John N., Life of Bishop Croes, New York, 1858. Proprietors of East Jersey, Minute Books and Records. McCormick, Edward P., Experiment in Independence, New Brunswick, 1950. Coad, Oral Sumner, William Dunlap. Lossing, Benson J., History of the United States, Hartford, 1876. Lossing, Benson J., Our Country, New York, 1905. Stowe, Walter Herbert.A Short History of The Church in New Jersey, · Trenton, 1935. Journals of the Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of the State of New Jersey, 1785-1816, Reprinted, 1890. This book is a very rare and valuable book. It is owned by the Rt. Rev. Alfred L. Banyard, Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey. It was first printed by Isaac Collins, Trenton, 1787. The 1890 edition reprints Journals of the Proceedings of various conventions held at St. Peter's Church, October 1799, Printed 1799; at New Brunswick 1800, Printed 1800; and several others. The Committee for the 1890 edition was James Parker of St. Peter's Church and Francis Many. His residence is not given. Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Middlesex County Democrat, 1884 (Presentation of A Medal to Thomas Peterson). 9 :Jfze Beginning o/ St. Pete,•'J P,-oleJfanf GpiJcopaf Chw•clz St. Peter's in Amboy, this year, will mark two hundred seventy-one years of religious service which began in the little old converted stone court house in 1685. In the early years of her existence many of her devoted laymen sons were the illustrious sons of the colony. They sat in the humble seats of St. Peter's Church and worshipped God. In secular and Governmental affairs they sat in the seats of the mighty. Among them were: Governors, members of the Governor's Council, members of the Assembly, Surveyor Generals, treasurers of the Colony, judges of the courts, including chief justices, and mayors and other officers of Perth Amboy. Others of her sons there were who worshipped God in the church and served Him in their daily lives, and who were not illustrious sons of the colony and did not sit in the seats of the mighty. The names of these and of many like them through the twenty-seven decades of St. Peter's, will not be found in the chronicles of the church, nor of the city, but they are known of God and they live forever in His eternal light. Some of them lie in unmarked graves in the church­ yard and have no recorded place in the history of the church or in the history of the colony or the city. Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, wrote, "The life of every man is contained within the present, for the past is done with, and the future is uncertain," The philosopher's statement is only a half truth, for the past is never done with. It is the foundation on which both the present and the future are built. The early history of St. Peter's is the foundation of the 1956 St. Peter's. It is a glorious history, but the past in the life of a nation or a church is not as important as the present, or the future, because the future is built on the present. It is the present that counts most in building the future. There is an old Vermont saying which the people of St. Peter's can profit by: "An institution's pride in its glorious past is not enough to make it important now. It may be like a hill of potatoes, the best part of it is underground." There is no importance in the glory of yesteryears of St. Peter's except as it serves to give inspiration and strength to the church now and for the future in its work for God and for the people. But an understanding of what St. Peter's has done in service to God and man in the twenty-seven decades of its existence does serve as an inspiration to the men and women and youth of the church to continue in unselfish work for the Glory of God and service to the cause of Godly right­ eousness. 10 51,,e /Jook o/ Common P·age1• The Book of Common Prayer is one of the best examples ol beautiful literature to be found anywhere in the English language. It is a combination of the poetic prose of the New Testament and the Old Testament. It is for the religious education and soul saving use of the communicants of the Church individually and collectively, and is their guide in their service to God and man.
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