Ye HIST ORY
’ ST. ANN S CHUR CH,
In i m Ye C ty of A ster dam , N. Y
And Its Origin al, x x x
’ QUEEN ANNE S CHAPEL,
At For t Hu nter , x x
In Ye Mohawk Cou n tr y,
V I$ $ ” 1897 .
DONE FOR Ye VESTRY OF Ye SAID CHURCH
W M , MDCCC$ CV I . BY . A$ . REID ESQ I , x x P G P E E L BROTHERS RINT , A M T R D A S M N Y . E , . PARISH CHRONOLOGY. x x x x
MISSIONARIES TO THE MOHAW$ S AT PORT HUNTER.
M r . R ev . Talbot ,
‘ R ev . M Thoroughgood oore ,
Rev . Thos . Barclay ,
’ QUEEN ANNE S CHAPEL BUILT 1712 .
— . . 1 1 2 1 1 Rev Wm Andrews , 7 7 9
Interregnum , — R ev . 1 1 Henry Barclay , 73 5 745
Interregnum , - 8 R ev . S 1 0 1 John tuart , 77 77
Interregnum ,
. U Rev John rquhart ,
R ev . . s Mr Demp ter ,
’ ' ST. ANN S PORT AC$ SON ORGANI$ ED DECEMBER $ ,
u l 1 1 8 Church Consecrated , $ y 3 , 3 7 R 1 8 — 1 8 R ev . The Timothy Minor , ector , 3 5 3 7 8— 1 8 0 R ev . 1 8 The John Knill , Rector 3 4 8 1 . H 1 The Rev obart Williams , Rector , 4 m u s R 1 8 1 —1 8 . Ora s The Rev Smith , ector , 4 47 R 1 8 8— 1 8 R e . . n . v L The Rt Abram N ittlej oh , ector , 4 49
CHURCH REMOVED TO AMSTERDAM 1849.
o . R The Rev . Th mas L Franklin , ector ,
The Rev . Wm . H . Trapnell , Rector , R R ev . . . The J A obinson , Rector ,
R e . The v Porter Thomas , Rector ,
The Rev . Thomas G . Clemson , Rector , d m er . Wi de R The Rev . Howard T , ector , R R ev . . . The J C Hewlett , ector , R The Rev . Wm . N Irish , ector , a The Rev . David Spr gue Rector ,
Church repaired and present nave built , opened ,
The Rev . Edward T . Carroll , Rector ,
— O n e ft er Ch r l es I I 1 660—1 68 r e d m e s I I 1 — ERRATA 68 1 688 . p ag 33 a a , 5 , a $a , 5 “ O n e 1 6 n st e d o f f r m s sold i n 1 82 8 a n d r e d f r m s sold i n 1 2 a n d p ag i a a a a 8 3 1 82 6 .
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AMSTERDAM, N. Y.
x x x x
’ n The history of S t . Ann s of Amsterdam is so intimately co nected ’ Y with Queen Ann s Chapel of Fort Hunter , N . . , that the history of one may well be called the history of the other . Among the traditions of the Mohawk Valley we learn that as early a s 1 64 2 the Jesuits sent a
a n d priest named Isaac Jogues as a missionary to the Mohawks , that in
1 6 1 646 he was brutally killed by the Indians . In 5 4 a mission was
' established and a Cha pel bu ilt by the same order of Jesuits . Father ff Jogues was succeeded by a number of other priests at di erent times , the
Va llien t G u eslis last named , being Francis Boniface and Francis De , in
1 6 73 .
1 00 t em or Soon after 7 , the Germans , who had made a p y home on e the banks of the Hudson , pushed forward into the vall y of the Mohawk , and by the year 1 7 1 0 had extended their settlements west of Schenectady to lands that had been promised them , under the patronage of Queen
Anne , who had induced them to emigrate to the New World . In order
f a n d to protect the settlement rom the French hostile Indians , a fort was
' built at the mouth of the S ch ohari e a n d named Fort Hunter in honor
o . . of G v Hunter , the Colonial Governor The contract for its construction
1 1 1 1 1 G S m ou n ce a n d H en drich was taken October , 7 by arrett y , Barent m A W e . Vrooman , John p and rent Van Patten all of Schenectady The walls were formed of logs well pinned together and twelve feet high , the
' enclosure being 1 5 0 feet square . S urrounded by the palisades of the fort
. and in the center of the enclosure stood the historic edifice known as ’
A . b Queen nne s Chapel It was erected by the builders of the fort , eing - . b in fact , part of their contract It was uilt of lime stone , was twenty four feet square with a belfry . The chapel was built by order of Queen x Anne at her own e pense . The ruins of the fort were torn down at th e ’ 6 HISTORY OF ST. ANN S CHURCH.
beginning of the Revolution , and the Chapel surrounded by heavy
palisades , block houses being built at each corner on which cannon were
mounted . It is said that soon after the erection of Queen Anne ’ s Chapel the Dutch built a log “ meeting house ” near what afterwards became known
’ disa as Snook s Corners , but that all traces of the building long ago p p ear ed . The first missionaries to the Mohawks that we can find any account
P ro o ati on of, who , under the auspices of the Society for the p g of the i n Gospel Foreign parts , connected with the Church of England , sent
. . 1 0 2 out to teach the Indians , were Rev Mr Talbot , in 7 , followed shortly
1 0 afterward by Thoroughgood Moore , in 7 4 , it is said that the Rev . Thoroughgood Moore was driven away from Ti onon deroga by the Indian
N ew . sca n deli z ed Traders and went to Brunswick , Conn He was so at
orn b . . the conduct of Gov . C y and the Lieut Gov that he refused to allow
’ the Liet . Gov . to approach the table of the Lord s Supper , for which act
he was arrested and imprisoned in j ail . He succeeded in escaping and
took passage in a vessel sailing for England . On the voyage the vessel
sprung a leak and foundered and all on board were lost . Rev . Thomas
Barclay , chaplain of Fort Orange , in the city of Albany was then called ,
1 0 8 1 1 2 1 1 2 He labored among the Mohawks from 7 to 7 , and was in 7
succeeded by Rev . William Andrews . The parsonage or manse , was x ’ built in 1 7 1 2 . The ne t record that we find regarding Queen Anne s
Chapel , is the purchase or grant from the Crown of a tract of land contain
as ing 300 acres . This was called the Barclay tract and w granted to
2 1 1 Henry Barclay November 7 , 74 , presumably for the benefit of Queen
’ ’ Anne s Chapel , and was afterward known as the Queen Anne s Chapel “ glebe ” the term glebe being used to denote lands belonging to or
en fi yielding revenue to a parish church ; an ecclesiastical b e ce .
The records says that Rev . Mr . Andrews was no more successful
1 1 than his predecessors and in 7 9 abandoned his mission . The most cordial relations existed between the ministers of the Reformed Dutch
a Church who also sent missionaries from Albany to the Moh wk Indians ,
and the Episcopal Church , in their Indian mission work . After Rev .
Mr . Andrews abandoned his mission , the Church of England had no ' 7 HISTORY OF ST. ANN S CHURCH.
resident missionary among the Mohawks until the Rev . Henry Barclay
1 a . came in 73 5 , being appointed c techist to the Indians at Fort Hunter His sta y with them was made very uncomfortable by the French war and the attitude of his neighbors . He had no interpreter and but poor support , and his life was frequently in danger . In 1 745 he was obliged to leave
1 6 Fort Hunter and in 74 was appointed rector of Trinity Church , New - . S . York , where he died Arch bishop ecker writing to Dr Browne , Vice
x 2 2 1 6 0 . $ Chancellor of O ford , Nov . , 7 , says of Dr Henry Barclay He
. S , . , was educated under “ Dr amuel Johnson Pres at New Haven College 1 1 in 735 appointed catechist to the Mohocks in 737 ordained priest , and settled as a missionary amongst them . He preached to them with such
00 success as to form out of them a Christian congregation of 5 persons , - sixt y one of whom in all appearances were worthy communicants . It is also said that he married Sir William Johnson and the German girl ’ Catherine . Rev . John Ogilvie was Dr . Barclay s successor . He com
men ced 1 . his work in March , 749 , and succeeded Dr Barclay also at
’ a eff rt 1 6 . o Trinity Church , New York , after the l tter s death in 7 4 An was next made to introduce converted Indians as mi ssmn a rl es and
a 1 6 teachers to reclaim the n tives from their savage life . In August , 7 9 , there was an Indian school in operation at Fort Hun ter and a list of the scholars may be found in the Documentary History of New York . S ir William Johnson writing to Lord Hillsborough from Johnson “ 1 1 0 $ Hall , August 4 , 77 , says The Mohocks have had missionaries of the Church of England amongst them from the reign of Queen Anne till f within these few years , they are now without any , and rom the scarcity
“ of clergymen or some other cause , the society cannot procure them on f the salary which their small unds have limited them to , whilst at the n same time the Indians find that there brothers in Ca ada , etc . , who were our enemies , are regularly supplied , and one lately appointed in Nova
x n a s Scotia , at the e pe se of the government tis said , I cannot help at the
’ intreaty of the Indians humbly recommending to his Maj esty s considera tion the affording of some allowance for the Mohock Mission which has
1 mmediat e d n always been under the protection of the Crown , eclari g it is my beli ef that if any farther provision could be made to employ others in so good a work it would increase their reverence to the Crown and their attachment to the British interest . 8 T ' HISTORY OF S . ANN S CHURCH.
Pursuant to this appeal the last missionary to the Mohawks was
appointed , namely , the Rev . John Stuart , who arrived at Fort Hunter ,
2 1 0 . December , 77 He prepared with the assistance of the celebrated
a i Joseph Brant , a Mohawk tr nslat on of the Gospel of St . Mark . At the breaking out of the Revolution he made himself obnoxious to the yeo manry of the Mohawk Valley by his relations to the Johnson family and
the Indians and his uncompromising loyalty to the Crown . It is said his u house was attacked and plundered , his Ch rch turned into a tavern , and , o f in ridi cule and contempt , a barrel rum was placed on the reading desk .
was 1 8 Mr . Stuart thus necessitated to remove and in June , 77 , was n reported to be i n S ch e ect a dy . '
’ n derdon k s From O reprint of the Church Journals of New York , we
m om n i 1 6 . S a cco a ed S i r find that in 77 , Rev John tuart p John Johnson
and his b and of Tories and Mohawks in their flight to Canada , but may
have returned to Schenectady as reported above . “ ” The Rev . Dr . Irish in his Parish Work says We come now to ’
in R ev . a memorable character the history of Queen Anne s Chapel , the
i m o . . N ew John Stuart . Sir W llia Johns n and the Rev Mr Inglis of York , obta ined from the Society for the P r opogati on of the Gospel i nthe year
’ 1 0 r . 77 , a missiona y for service at Queen Anne s Chapel , and vicinity — John Stuart was a man of gigantic siz e and strength over six feet high
‘ ’ H a rri b r . s u h called by the Indians , the little gentleman Born in g , n a . P , he was a dilige t student , and graduated with high honors at the
U niversity of Pennsylvania . Though his father was a rigid Presbyterian ,
mu o the son j oined our Com ni n , and went to England for ordination ,
“ became a missionary a t the Chapel and lived in the parsonage . He
“
m at 1 0 . preached his first ser on Canaj oharie on Christmas Day , 77 He
1 had a congregation at the Chapel of 2 00 persons and upwards . In 774 ofii ces he was able to read the Liturgy , and the several of baptism ,
. to . marriage . etc , his flock in the language of the Mohawks This is practically the end of our knowledge of Queen Anne ’ s
Chapel as a Church . When we hear from it again it will be as a ruin . Right here it might be well to give a description of the same as a
2 Church . We already know that it was built of limestone , was 4 feet
square and had a belfry . It also had a bell which was afterward placed T 'S 9 HISTORY OF S . ANN CHURCH . on an institution of learning at Johnstown and did good service for a number of years until the building and the bell were destroyed by fire a few years ago .
The entrance to the Chapel was on the north side . The pulpit stood at the west end and was provided with a sounding board . There was also a reading desk . Directly opposite the pulpit were two pews with elevated floors , one of which with a wooden canopy in later times was l ’ ’ Sir Wi liam Johnson s ; the other was for the minister s family . The rest f o the congregation had movable benches for sea ts . The Chapel contained
veritible a organ , the very Christopher Columbus of its kind , in all proba bility the first instrument of music of such dignity in a ll the wilderness west ofAlbany . It was over fifty yea rs earlier than the erection of the Episcopal
Church at Johnstown , which had an organ brought from England of very
rea t s w eet n ess respectable size and g of tone , which continued in use up to the destruction of the Church by fire in 1 8 36 .
Queen Anne in 1 7 1 2 sent as furniture for the Chapel
A Communion Table Cloth ,
Two Damask Napkins ,
C o mm u n l on A Carpet for the Table ,
An Altar Cloth ,
A large Tasseled Cushion for the Pulpit ,
One Holland Surplice .
A small Cushion for the Desk , l One arge Bible ,
Two common Prayer Books ,
One common Prayer Book for the Clerk .
A book Homilies , S One large Silver alver ,
S la on s Two large ilver F gg , “S One ilver Dish ,
One Silver Chalice .
’ Four paintings of her Maj esty s arms on canvass , one for the Chapel ff and three for the di erent Mohawk castles .
” Twelve large octavo Bibles finely bound for the use of the Chapels among the Mohawks and Onondagas . ’ ST. 10 HISTORY OF ANN S CHURCH.
’ Ten Two painted tables containing the Lord s Prayer , Creed , and “ ” x Commandments , at more than twenty guineas e pense .
To which the society having charge of the mission added a table of x their seal finely painted in proper colors , to be fi ed likewise in the Chapel of the Mohawks ; all of which arrived safely in the fall of 1 7 1 2 . “ Rev . Dr . Irish mentions a Candelabrum with nine sockets arranged in the form of a triangle , an emblem of the Trinity , and a Cross , both of brass , were in the parsonage many years but regarded as useless were , early ” “
. 1 8 in our late civil war , melted and sold for old metal In 77 the manse was standing and in a fair state of preservation , though parts of the ” woodwork showed signs of decay . At the present time it has the appear ance of a very durable stone building with main entrance to the south .
2 x It is two stories high and about 5 3 5 feet in size . The walls are thick
h e wi n dows v er making t recesses of the quaint old y deep , the glass being
6x 8 and the sash in one piece . The glass for the windows a n d the bricks for the single large chimney were brought from Holland . On the east “ ” a n d t he 1 1 2 end of the building over cellar arch , the characters 7 are still legible .
1 8 88 . In , the present occupant , Mr Dewitt Devendorf, repaired the old parsonage and tore down the old chimney , and very thoughtfully presented
’ to St . Ann s Church about fifty of the old Dutch bricks . As these bricks
’ ’ are the only mementoes of Queen Ann s Chapel in possession of St . Ann s Church they should be carefully preserved and incorporated in the Church building . x The following is an e tract from a yet unpublished history of S t .
’
. Y . . A . Peter s Church , Albany , N , by the Rev Joseph Hooper , M . , of
$ Durham , Conn . “ The glebe at Fort Hunter was illegally held , (presumably by a Mr .
‘ Wm . Harper) . It was the property of the venerable Society for the ’ P ro o at ion p g of the Gospel in Foreign Parts , by purchase from the Rev
Dr . Henry Barclay , who had acquired the Indian title , and also secured a m deed from the city of Albany , which clai ed a proprietary right in the farm .
Dr . Barclay had improved the farm , and on payment of the amount he x had e pended upon it , conveyed it in fee to the corporation of the venerable
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. n S ociety It was the home of Dr . John Stuart during his i cu mba n cy and
w . Mr . n th e until his removal with the Moha ks to Canada Elliso , rector ’ of St . Peter s , and others thought it should be of benefit to the congrega
tion of the Church in northern New York . Its rental would be a welcome ’
a . t . addition to the small pecuni ry resources of St Peter s , Albany , and S
’
. n George s , Schenectady It was understood that a portio of the glebe ’ was still claimed by the city of Albany . Possibly the rector of St . Peter s ,
Rev . Mr . Ellison , knew what were the intentions of the S ociety although
they had been disclosed to very few . To obtain a definite and formal answer from the Society concerning their property was probably the reason
’ for Mr . Ellison s resolution in the convention of the Diocese of New York
1 8 8 six $ in 7 , for the appointment of a committee of To inquire into the state of the property belonging to the Society
P ro o a t i on G &c . for the p g of the ospel , within this state and of any other
property to which the Church may have a j ust claim , and to devise the
most effectual means for recovering the same to the Church . The com
mi t ee R e v . . t chosen was the Dr Bloomer , Abraham Beach , Benj amin
Moore , Hon . James Duane , the Hon . John Jay and Richard Harrison , a verv eminent committee .
1 8 The committee reported to the convention of 7 9 , . that the glebe
was then in possession of Mr . Wm . Harper . It had requested the S ociety to deed it with any other property it owned in the state to the Corporation “ of Trinity Ch urch in trust , to be disposed of to such congregations within the state as this convention m ay j udge the most to stand in need ” of assistance . To which request as yet no answer has been received .
2 0 1 8 ff Some years before , on May , 7 5 , a similar e ort was made in the
. S ch a i ck . convention , and the Hon Peter Van in a letter to Dr William
1 8 6 Moore , the secretary , dated New York , May 4 , 7 , details the result of the investigation he had undertaken at the request of the secretary , into the condition an d situation of the property of the S ociety in the i x state . He found no estate which would requ re a conveyance e cept R ’ h the one at Fort Hunter on the Mohawk iver . He suggested t at until a congregation is again formed at Fort Hunter or in its n eigborhood that he and some respectable members of the Church thought it would be well to apply the profits of the glebe to the benefit of the congregations of T ’ 12 HISTORY OF S . ANN S CHURCH.
S Albany and chenectady , who , from being in the vicinity of it , will be
a most capable , and from its being their interest , most inclined to p y the proper attention to the property . The arrangement should only contin u e until a congregation be established in the place when the estate should ” again revert to its original purpose . He also named a committee of - prominent men , but no action was taken by the Society . It is probable ’ t h e . that Mr . Ellison s motion was first formal action taken in New York The complications of the title of the glebe were carefully investigated by
Mr . Ellison who obtained from the Common Council of the city of Albany the following resolution $
D RE S OL V E , That this Board will relinquish to the Rector and inhabit ants of the City of Albany in communion of the Episcopal Church
o in the State f New York , all the right , title and interest which this
Board have to a parcel of low lands situate at Fort Hunter in the County. a cres of of Montgomery commonly called the glebe , containing eleven . land , whenever conveyance shall be produced to the Board legally vesting
’ the Title of Barclay s P atent in the said Rector and inhabitants , as afore a ll said , and also vesting claim of the Society in the Kingdom of Great S P ro o a ti on t h e Britain and denominated , The ociety for the p g of Gospel s in Foreign Part , of or to said glebe , in the said Rector and inhabitants a foresaid . m x 0 1 0 . E tract from the inutes of the Common Council , October 3 , 79
. U R L SK , Clerk It is not probable that any action was ever taken under the resolu
‘ ” 1 0 t h -P ro o a t i on , 79 e p Society ceded their property in trust tion for in , f g of a to the corporation Trinity Church , New York , in the m nner suggested h c a ick . by Mr . Van S
During t h e previous summer Mr . Ellison had j ourneyed throu gh Montgomery county and saw with sorrow that where there had been a hopeful state of prosperity for the Church there was now desolation and “ P a rochilis destruction . In his Notitia , he thus recorded his visit “
6 1 0 . June , 79 , Mr Ellison preached in the Courthouse at Johnstown ,
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a . the Presbyteri ns refusing to deliver him the key of S t John s Church .
8 . . June , Mr Ellison preached in the forenoon at Fort Hunter The
-a w Church is in retched condition , the pulpit , reading desk , and two
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and is now its most valued possession . While New York was a royal
w a s x u province , a receipt for it e acted from the Ch rch warden by each ” new Royal Governor . ’ B at t ersh ll R . . a . ev Through the kindness ofthe rector of St Peter s , A , the writer was a llowed to see the Onondaga silver which is said to be identical with the silver sent by Queen Anne for t he Mohawk Chapel .
e $ It consists of the same number of piec s , namely Two Flagons , one
Chalice , a Paten and a large Alms Basin (or silver salver) . The set is of heavy solid silver and its intrinsic value is great . Each piece bears the
$ M following inscription From her aj esty Ann , by the grace of God ,
B rit i an of Great , France , Ireland and American Plantations , Queen , to the ” Gospel of th e Onondaga Indians . The above is the only large commun ’ ion set owned by S t . Peter s and is used at every celebration .
ALE OF GLEBE A AN S F RM L D.
x x x x
The glebe after its transfer in trust to the corporation of Trinity ff Church , New York , was undoubtedly leased to di erent persons as we
find the northern half leased to James A . L obdel and Owen Johnson in
1 8 2 6 x i . , and also that their lease e pired in Apr l of that year
2 1 8 2 Con n e On October 9 , 3 , the southern half was sold to John y for
It contained about 1 8 0 acres . This deed was given by Trinity n d a . Church , New York , a similar deed bearing the same date by St
’ John s Church , Johnstown , N . Y .
1 6 1 8 2 6 a l On March , , the northern h lf was so d , and deeds given by
the same parties to Henry C . Pettingill . This contained about 1 5 0 acres and the consideration was reserving the land taken for the “ ” Grand Canal . U ndoubtedly the land the Chapel stood on was also transferred to
Trinity Church in trust , but up to the present time we can find no record
a . e of its transfer to nyone We do find , howev r , a transfer by inheritance “ from John Enders to Elizabeth Enders , of the equal undivided half of what is called the Church lot on the east side and adj oining the Schoharie Creek and on both sides of the Grand Erie Canal and contain s about one S ST ’ HI TORY OF . ANN S CHURCH . 15
acre of land . This transfer and a map were made in 1 8 2 8 and are both M ’ fi in the ontgomery County Clerk s of ce at Fonda , N . Y .
Herewith you will find an abstract from the original patent onfile in f the o fice of the Secretary of State at Albany .
. 2 1 1 . . 1 2 a t Patent dated Nov 7 , 74 Recorded in Lib of Patents page 1 40 .
George the Second , by the Grace of God ,
B riti a n of Great , France and Ireland
&c . King , Defender of the Faith , Conveys to Henry Barclay
a A All that tr ct of land in the county of lbany , on the south side of the Mohawk river , near Fort Hunter , and adj oining to the land formerly
W em n granted to John p , beginning at a place , in the Souther bounds of
’ W em s 1 1 0 John p Land , which is chains and 4 links from the Southwest — z 8 . n i t . v . cor er of said land measured on his line , S 4 E and runs thence ° ’ — ° ’ — . 8 0 . 2 2 0 . 1 0 S 5 3 W 5 chains links then S . 40 30 E 6 chains then ° ’ ’ ’ — 0 . 2 m s N . 5 5 3 E 34 chains and rods to said John W e p land then along ° °
8 0 . 6 0 8 . 2 his lines N . 45 W . chains and N 4 W 5 chains and links to
00 the place where this tract began , containing 3 acres and the usual ” — I n n . M o t m . . allowance for highways Florida , g y Cy
1 ex You will notice that this plot of land was about % miles long , v a tending from the river up o er the hills to the south , and bout V3 of a
a 00 . mile wide from east to west , and cont ined about 3 acres Quite a respectable possession in these days . At the present time this plot is
‘ divided into two parts . In fact it has been so divided a great number of
Con n e years , and consists of the Devendorf to the north and the old John y farm now known as the Haa s M c Clu mph a estate on the south . Between the western boundary line and the east shore of the S choharie creek lays the land of J . H . Enders and the hamlet of Fort Hunter , and on the
a V ooh ees . eastern boundaries , the l nds of the estate It is on the Deven dorf farm or northern portion of the glebe that the old historic parsonage
’ 2 00 of Queen Anne s Chapel stands , nearly years old , and if the future T ’ I6 HISTORY OF S . ANN S CHURCH.
owners of this building take as good care of it as the present occupant ,
2 00 s Mr . Dewitt Devendorf, it bids fair to stand year longer . S ince writing the above we have obtained what may well be c on sid ered positive information or proof of _ the location of the old Chapel in the
m a f A discovery of the old p in the o fice of the Secretary of State at lbany ,
N . Y . a copy of which is shown on the opposite page . The original m ap is
$ I 1 a numbered Chap . L , page 3 of bound m nuscripts . On it you will see
that t h e old Chapel is located near the creek . In a conversation held today with Henry Devendorf he informed us that in the great flood in the Scho
h ari e 1 8 6 in 9 , the water washed away the embankment near the guard
look x by the creek , the supposed site of the Chapel , and e posed to view the Th old palisades of the fort that enclosed the building . e stakes were about di ten inches in ameter , set close together , the inner row covering the
spaces between the outer row of the stakes . The map also shows the '
location of the Barclay grant and its relative position to the Chapel . In a previous description of the Chapel a part of the contract was
overlooked . It required the contractors to construct a cellar under the
fift eeen building feet square to be covered with logs , on the top of which
be o was to placed earth , which was to be covered by the fl or of the
Chapel , presumably for a magazine , or for communication with the waters
of the creek . ’
S t . t . . In a history of John s Church , Johns own , the Rev John B “ 1 8 8 $ Hubbs , rector in 7 , says in part After the services had been discon ’ t in u ed in Queen Anne s Chapel the income of the farms had been paid to
’ ” $ a s bein Me P an 211 k Ckurcfi . St . John s Church , Johnstown , g ’ In 1 80 6 to 1 8 1 8 the Vestry (of St . John s) was allowed to take charge
of the farms and collect the rents , but often the income was but slightly “ 1 8 1 in excess of expenses . And so in 9 they asked Trinity Church to ” petition the legislature for the power to sell the farms . The petition
2 1 8 2 0 1 8 2 8 was granted November 4 , , and the farms were sold in and “ 1 8 2 1 8 2 6 as noted before . Mr . Hubbs records that in 3 the Vestry of the Parish sold the site of Queen Anne ’ s Chapel at Fort Hunter for
$7 The Court of Chancery granted the right of sale to the Vestry . - In 1 8 2 5 and 1 8 3 1 an attempt was made to r e establish the Chapel at Fort Hunter and application was made to Trinity Church as trustee for a ’ division ofthe proceeds of the sale but the corporation denied the petition .
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’ The fund received by St . Ann s Church , Amsterdam , is intact but
’ 1 8 the amount apportioned to St . John s has been reduced at this date ( 97) to on which it receives interest at seven per cent .
’ h a e T ere is no doubt that St . Ann s of Amsterd m , as the lineal des en
a dant of the Church at Fort Hunter , has right to the whole of the glebe farms and the land on which the Church was built . What reason St . John ’ s Vestry had for assuming the right to sell the land on which the Chapel was located and appropria te the proceeds to its use is not at all clear .
An investigation of the records of the courts , if they can be found , may show that it had a right to sell but not expend the fund for its own benefit ; but to hold it in trust the same as the funds are held by the
a Corporation of Trinity Church . In the division that was m de between
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. . 1 8 8 St Ann s and St John s in 3 , the amount received from the farms
on lv . was the amount divided , the not being included
x t he e isla t u re 2 1 8 2 0 E tract from a special act of L g passed March 4 , H E R E AS W , Trinity Church Corporation having been seised with the glebe at Fort Hunter in trust and empowered to apply the rents , profits or income of the same to the support of the minister or ministers of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the State of New York , as the said
Rectors , Wardens and Vestrymen should think advisable and should be co nducive to the promotion of religion according to the doctrines and ff discipline of said Church , or if they should think proper , to su er said A . H R E S farm to be occupied as a glebe by said minister W E , the Rector , Wardens and Vestrymen of Trinity Church h a ve for several years per ’ mit t ed . . said farm to be used by the ministers of St John s , Johnstown , N Y but the said farm being too remote from Johnstown to be occupied as
min isit er a glebe by said , that the same is out of repairs and will require great reparation for the expense of which no provision is made by said trust , and if by any means the said farm could be put in tenantable condition the rent would be inconsiderable compared to the interest of
obt ai n t ed &c the money which might be on a sale ; therefore the Rector , ’
S t . pray to be authorized to sell said farm , in which petition John s
Church , Johnstown have united , therefore we pray that it be enacted by the People of New York in Senate and Assembly assembled ’ S ST. 18 HI TORY OF ANN S CHURCH.
&c . That it shall be lawful for the Rector , , of Trinity Church , New York to sell said farm and invest the proceeds thereof in government stocks or other securities to the end that the yearly interest or income thence arising may be forever hereafter applied in the same manner as r e ” quired by said trust in respect to rents issues and profits of said farm . Y ouwill observe that this act authorized the use of the income for the minister or ministers but did not give them any right to encroach
upon the principle .
The question is often asked , why was not the old canal constructed
' in t h e sa m e straight line that the new canal follows in passing through
$ u b 1 8 2 0 Fort Hunter At the time the old canal was b ilt , a out , there was a
bridge across the Schoharie j ust above the Church , and the channel was
diverted from a straight line , passed through the site of the Church and the building destroyed in order to make use of the bridge in t o wmg the
boats across the stream at that point , as it was deemed more economical x to destroy this historic landmark , than to go to the e pense of building a
new bridge . d Commenting upon this act at the present time we call it van alism , but you must remember that in those days there were no churchmen in “ ” that locality , and that its roof had been a refuge from the storm for the sheep and cattle that were pastured on the land nearby . For years the voice of prayer and thanksgiving had been hushed , and instead of the solemn notes of the deep toned organ within walls that had echoed alike to the song of praise . and the war cry of the Mohawks , naught was heard but the lowing of cattle and the plaintive call of the sheep for its young .
We condemn this act of vandalism , but are we in our day any more careful to preserve the old landmarks around which cling so many sweet and tender memories $
2 ’ 0 HISTORY OF ST. ANN S CHURCH.
1 0 1 8 2 Bond and mortgage of Josiah Leonard , Dated April . 9 ,
1 8 2 Peter Fonda , January , 9 ,
1 1 8 Nathan Brown , January 7 , 3 5 ,
2 1 8 Nathan Brown , April , 37 ,
2 0 1 8 8 And on the same date , April , 3 , the Vestry gave a power of
attorney to Dr . Charles Devendorf with authority to collect the yearly
interest on the securities named and apply the same for the benefit of St . ’ ffi Ann s Church . Dr . Charles Devendorf held this o ce up to the time of
M a x 1 8 8 . A . his death in 7 t that time W Reid was appointed attorney , ffi 1 8 which o ce he holds at this date , ( 97
ff 1 8 8 At di erent times since 3 the bonds and mortgages were paid , the last one , that of Jacob J . Bush , amount having been paid in 1 8 8 2 March , , and at the present time the whole amount in the hands of Trinity Church as proceeds from Queen Anne Glebe and for the benefit of
’ St . Ann s Church is on which the attorney receives half yearly interest at seven per cent .
' I n d 1 1 8 1 the minutes of the Vestry under the ate of April 3 , 4 , we
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S t . find a record of a final settlement between John s Church , Johnstown ,
’ “ a and St . Ann s Church , and the p yment of a balance of as their ” share or moiety of balance due on mortgage on lands of John Con yn e a part of the glebe .
The Church at Port Jackson seems to ha ve had a hard struggle and it soon became a pparan t that the location of the Church was disa d va n t a g eou s to the growth of the parish . During the rectorship of R ev
A . N . Littlej ohn (at present Bishop of Long Island) , it was resolved to change the location to Amsterdam . A sale was made of the edifice to
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S t . u 1 1 8 Mary s Roman Catholic congregation J ne 9 , 49 , for
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. The present St Ann s Church , Amsterdam , on Division Street , was
1 1 8 1 D e a n consecrated June 5 , 5 , by Bishop L c of western New York y , under the rectorship of Rev . Thos . L . Franklin , but the tower was n ot
1 8 6 . completed until 3 During the ministry of Rev . Howard T . Widd em er ’ HISTORY OF ST. ANN S CHURCH. 21
1 8 1 1 8 from 7 to 75 , a new organ was bought , the house and lot on the
u west side of the Church was p rchased for a rectory , and the sittings of the Church declared free .
1 8 6 . . In 7 Rev W N . Irish was made rector . During his rectorship an effort was made to pay off the Church debt preparatory to building the new nave . This was partially accomplished , the individual members of the Vestry contributing seven hundred dollars for the payment of one of
m 1 8 8 the ortgages on the rectory . The debt , in 4 was
’ 1 8 1 The rectorship of the Rev . David Sprague from 8 4 to 8 93 is noted for the completion of paying the Church debt and the enlargement of the
Church building , and a large increase in the membership of the Church .
1 8 R . In 94 ev . E . T Carrol was called as rector and at this writing still holds that position . Through his energy the debt which was incurred in repairing and enlarging the building is being rapidly reduced from its former formidable proportions , and a very large number of communicants added to the parish register . The committee in charge of the repairs of
1 1 1 8 88 the Church which reopened November , , feel a pardonable pride in the result of its labors , which has given Amsterdam a place of worship of such beauty and churchly grandeur , that it is noted throughout the diocese . ’ ST. ANN S CHURCH EDIFICE.
P $ S . ORT $AC ON , N . Y
x x x x
R . . ev . As I look back fifty years to the rectorship of A N Littlej ohn ,
’ a then in de con s orders , the edifice at Port Jackson assumes monstrous
f . proportions , in act it was a very ambitious structure in point of size It u was built of brick with a frontage on what is now Centre Street , of abo t
-fi e n forty v feet and a depth of perhaps seventy feet , the gable end faci g e u the street . The only attempt at archit ct ral ornamentation was the ' in em fzs portico , with pediment upheld by two large Ionic columns and surmounted by an abbreviated square tower or belfry , but no bell . The entablature was of wood heavily moulded , and together with the portico , was painted white , while the walls were of unpainted brick . The entrance b into the Church was y four doors from the portico , two into the body of
ch x the Church , and two to the gallery whi e tended across the rear or north end of the Church . The interior with its cold white walls and tall windows , destitute of blinds and with small panes of glass , might well r 1 mitive have been taken for that of a p Church of colonial days , were it not for the bright colors of the pulpit and reading desk at the south end of the Church .
The reading desk was slightly raised from the platform , around which ran the altar rail . The pulpit was directly back of the reading desk and approached from the Vestry rooms by five or six steps on each side . Both desk and p ulpit were draped and cushioned with the bright red moreen so common in those days in most Churches , and the pews were of the same uncomfortable style that prevailed in Church edifices sixty years ago .
’ After the sale of the building to St . Mary s congregation they used
wa s 1 8 it until their new church built on the north side in 74 , after which
a it was vacant for number of years and finally sold to E . D . Bronson and
S T ’ HI TORY OF S . ANN S CHURCH . 2 3
1 8 8 others and used as a broom factory in 3 , when , like its predecessor Queen ’ l Anne s Chape , it was torn down to make room for public improvement .
R . n The West Shore R . requiring the la d on which it stood , paid the
’ owner for it and aga1 n a St . Ann s edifice was blotted out of x e istance . H ow often the march of time and the requirements of trade and com ff merce make it necessary to e ace from the face of the earth all track , trace or remembrance of old buildings that become dear to memory as they grow old and fall into deca y . The memories of an old homestead are lasting to the surviving genera tions of the family that were born or reared within its walls , but the memories that cluster around an old Church building
— x bu t are more far reaching and e tend , not to the children of one family
’ to a large number of homes and to persons of all ages . How often one s love for the sacred edifi c e date back to the christening of some dea rly beloved son or daughter . Or it may be that the remembra nce of a bridal P h makes it dear to the memory of others . er aps the mind goes back to m “ the ti e when the solemn words earth to earth , ashes to ashes , dust to ” dust , were pronounced over some dearly loved child or parent , and h forever made sacred the Churc wherein those words were spoken . Such persons will lend an attentive ear to matters pertain ing to the ff old edifice , and be in sympathy with e orts made to perpetuate its memory m ff in records of history . Others are so ewhat indi erent and are perfectly willing to leave the task to some one else . We go across the ocean to see ancient castles and cathedrals and look with wonder upon their time iff worn walls and records , and return to look on with ind erence when some old lan dmark in our own country is ruthlessly destroyed to make room for some building more to the taste of Young America . Of course you will say that we are a new country and we have no time honored ff . a n ew ruins Th t is true , but we will always be a country if some e ort is not made to preserve that which is growing old . “ ’ S T. A NN S E D I FI C E .
— 185 1 1889,
DIVISION STREET AMSTERDAM N. Y. , , x x x x Referring to the minutes of the Vestry we find that at the annual ’ 2 1 8 8 meeting of St . Ann s Church , Port Jackson , held April 4 , 4 , it is “ recorded that Rev . A . N . Littlej ohn was called and elected rector of said — parish at a salary of five hundred dollars for the first year . . George War ’ ”
S . nick , ec y It would seem that the subj ect of removal to Amsterdam a b must h ve een suggested in the early part of his rectorship , for on
1 8 1 8 8 December , 4 , a resolution was passed to change the location of the
Church to Amsterdam . ’ We have previously recorded the sale of the Church to St . Mary s
1 8 . . congregation . In 49 a lot was purchased by Dr Chas Devendorf of
Wa or 1 1 0 six Peter g , 34 feet front on Division and 4 feet inches rear and
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1 t . . 45 feet deep , on which was erected S Ann s Stone Church The same year 39 feet of the westerly end of the lot was sold to Peter Fritcher for
1 8 2 e In 7 the Vestry again purchased the 39 fe t mentioned above ,
on which was a small frame dwelling , of Henry Herrick for a parsonage , but in 1 8 8 8 the building was torn down and land covered by the enlarge
ment of the Church . Although we find no record in the minutes of the Vestry of any la rge sum of money received from Trinity Church to assist ’ i n 1 S t . building the two edifices of Ann s , we do find that on October 3 .
1 8 6 3 , the Vestry acknowledged the gift of to the building fund
for the Port Jackson Church . As we find a mortgage of $ 1 given to 1 8 0 t Trinity Church in 5 , we are led to suppose tha the corporation con tributed that amount at differen t times towards the construction of the b two uildings . We also find a quit claim deed from Charles Devendorf
c . l and wife to the Rector , Wardens and Vestrymen , & for the ot on which the Church now stands . There are also papers that show that the little
1 8 1 . stone Church cost up to July 7 , 5
’ 2 6 HISTORY OF ST. ANN S CHURCH.
m . . Clark , Margaret E . Clute , in me ory of John E Booth , W B . Smith ,
D eForest . A . A . Also the following pieces of Church furniture in memoriam
Pulpit , Rev . W . A . Trapnell ,
Lecturn , Rev . Porter Thomas and wife , by Mrs . T . J . Potter ,
Font , $ohn S . Kenworthy , n Tablet , Ada Tooker War ick ,
Front of Organ , Arnold and Otto , Mr . and Mrs . John Fea ,
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. . a Bishop s Chair , Bishop Doane , S S Cl ss ,
. . . . S Reredos , Children , Mr and Mrs L G trang ,
Credence 5 G mld t . S Ann , Altar , ’ Tra n ell s Large Alms Basin , Mrs . p Class ,
Small Alms Basin , Angie Strang , r S mall Alms Basin , Cla a and Julia Lindsay ,
Small Alms Basin , Hellen R . Bell ,
Altar Rail , S . R . Voorhees , Two Chancel 5 . Ann Church , Brooklyn Bible and Pra —
Altar Service Book , Sister of Bethany ,
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. S . s Altar Book Rest , Miss Keyes S Cla s ,
Vases for Super Altar , Elizabeth Brown , Mary Brown , A Altar Cross , imee Elinor Strang ,
Litany Desk , Daughters of the Cross . The Clerestory windows are gifts of the following persons
Raymond Christman ,
Oliver Hurst ,
$ . . S Westbrook , D erveer T . B . Van ,
H . B . Waldron , S John tewart ,
M . Louise Caney ,
. S David S terling ,
Margaret A . Sterling ,
Mary Ann Turner , e E . Watson Gardin r , ’ 2 7 HISTORY OF ST. ANN S CHURCH.
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M rs . . M . . . J Thomas S S Class ,
In memory of Norman G . Hatcher ,
C . D . Austin ,
a In memory of Thos . Ch mbers , M Dr . J . J . iller ,
James L . Voorhees .
Approaching the Church from the east the eye first rests on the green , well kept lawn with here and there a tall maple or elm springing from its n h surface in pleasing irregularity . Through their bra ches we catc a glimpse of the little stone Ch urch and tower which partially hides from
a . ort i on V ie w the main body of the edifice . Then we see p of the stone pillars of a Grecian porch with its iron railings and gateway . A few steps more and the panorama is complete a n d the whole south front of the
Church is in V iew . The gray walls of the older portion when compared to the completed church is “ as moonlight unto sunlight and as water unto ” wine .
The dull red of the superstructure , the rough ashler of the gray stone
u walls peeping thro gh the dense foliage of Japanese ivy , the green carpet of the lawn dotted here and there with trees of venerable age whose “ ” branches half conceal yet ha lf reveal the grandeur of the completed
u . edifice , make a pict re that no artist can ever reproduce
As the visitor enters the Church at the western or main entrance , the heavy oaken doors and bare stone walls of the vestibule impress one with a th swin in the idea of solidity , and the view of the interior after p ssing e g g d baize doors , is in a degree a surprise . The low aisles on each si e with
a their slender pillars , and the lofty nave with its graceful rches , with colors of gray and brown and blue and brilliant tints of the beautiful windows , give a feeling of rest to the beholder , and as the eye wanders
01 up the nave and is finally held by the graceful ch r , a little somber perhaps
of in the distance , relieved somewhat by the glitter the Lecturn and pulpit , _ s its churchliness impres es one , and the thought of the visitor might well “ 0f G od . be , truly this is the house ’ SITE OP QUEEN ANNE S CHAPEL .
- The photo engra ving on the opposite page represents a portion of
n o w the old Erie canal , used as a feeder from the Schoharie creek . The photograph was taken from the bridge over the guard lock looking east . On the west side of the bridge are the gates that admit the waters of the Schoharie into the feeder which in turn empties into the main canal about - one half mile a way . The st onework in the foreground is the old guard
The 1 8 2 0 . bu t lock built in cut stone facings were new at that time , the rough stone you see in the walls of the lock are the stones tha t were
’ t w en t v formerly in the walls of Queen Anne s Chapel , which stood about feet from the ea st end of the right hand stone wall and about the same distance south of the canal .
The Chapel was demolished at the time the canal was built . The
figure on the left is looking across the canal towards the site of the Chapel . From careful measurements we feel positive that the centre of the building was between the two apple trees whose tops appear in the foreground . At the time the Chapel was built the beautiful landscape reproduced b y the artist in the picture , was dotted here and there with the rude huts of b c the Mohawks and the flats to the right and left y pat hes of Indian corn , beans or tobacco . In the proper season the Indian women could be seen
i n exh a u st able turning over the rich mould with its fertility , with their rude instruments of husbandry made of bone or stone . At a later season their bark dwellings were brighten ed by festoon s of golden ears of maize and the fields and forest with brilliant tints of the autumn of the n e w world . The fields and forest are in a great measure still in the condition in which the Indians left them but their only place of worship has been razed from the face of the earth . It is said that the first town meeting in the town of Mohawk after its
1 8 8 organization was held on the first Tuesday in April , 7 , in Queen
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1 2 . Anne s Chapel . The district of Mohawk was formed in 77
THE MOHAW$ INDIANS .
x x x x
e’ When we read of Queen Ann s Chapel with its Silver P late , Prayer
a Books , Bibles , and all of the par phernalia of the Church of England , we are apt to think that it was established in the wilderness for the benefit
of the white settlers . This , perhaps , was the secondary obj ect , but the “ ” primary obj ect was for the benefit of the praying Indians a s the
Mohawks were then called , and at their request to Queen Anne , in April ,
1 1 0 7 . when three S achems from the Iroquois visited England The “ proper name of the Mohawks was Agmeq u e the S h e Bear . The
b M a ua se Algonquin tri es of Canada called them q , meaning the same
thing in their language . This was afterwards by the English $ corrupted h M o a ua M oho o . into q , gg , M hock and finally Mohawk They were n loyal to the English during the French war , and during the Revolutio
adhered to the Sir John Johnson party and fled , to Canada , where they
M O 1 8 U . formed a settlement in 7 5 at Grand River , pper Canada The i n S ix hawks were ruling spirits the confederation of the Nations , called - the Iroquois , and were undoubtedly a war like tribe , as we read of their n conflicts with the Algonquins,their atural enemies , and with surround n ing tribes earer at home .
“ h a s x We are apt to t ink of the Iroquois being nearly e terminated ,
and that the Indians of America are nearly extinct . It is true that they
ea x . h are steadily diminishing , but not to any gr t e tent It is said t at the
' mor e han Iroquois in their greatest prosperity . did not . number t
' r 1 8 l 66 o in ff s of persons and that there we e in 73, 3 , di erent part the
U nited States and Canada . Among the descendants of t h e Mohawks of ’ — i n h ir our own beautiful valley ours by right of possess o f t e s by right — ‘ of heritage are to be found men and women of great wealth and int elli
a gence , who in themselves demonstrate the fact th t the Indian is capable
of civilization . ’ 30 IS ST . H TORY OF ANN S CHURCH.
FRAUDS PRACTICED ON N N THE I DI A S.
x x x x
Res earches through the Documentary and Colonial Histories of New York reveal many deeds of iniquity and frauds practised on the Indians
by some of the missionaries . But we are glad to say none are recorded
’ against the missionaries of Queen Anne s Chapel . The name of Dominie
fri du s D elli u s u . G o d , however bears a bad rep tation In 1 6 8 3 he was sent by the C onsit ory of the R eformed Dutch Church
M r . S ka a s to assist the Rev . t an elderly minister of the Dutch Church at
1 6 8 o a n d i Albany . And in 9 , it is rec rded he converted bapt zed one Mo i hawk Indian at Albany , and was accused of being on fam liar terms with
1 6 some French Jesuit miss ionaries . In 90 he was accused of treasonable
a utterances and fled to Boston in order to le ve the country . During his miss ion to the Indi ans from 1 68 5 to 1 690 he had gained gr eat influence over the Mohawks and they were so fond of him that a delegation of the “ praying Indians ” visited Albany and besought the Governor to send
D elli u s . 1 6 1 Dominie back to them It is also recorded that in May , 9 , a delegation of the Mohawks called on Go vernor S lou ght er and thanked ll him for restoring Dominie D e iu s to them . It is sa id that he almost immediately planned to cheat them out of
“ ng a their land while teachi them to pr y, by inducing them to sign a deed , which they were told was a deed in trust to prevent the government from taki ng their lands away from them . The grants given D elliu s were not deeds in trust but bona fi de deeds making him the absolute owner of vast t racts of land on the Mohawk and Hudso n . One grant to D elli u s and others was for a tract of land lying on the l ” M oh a cqu s river four mi es wide and about fifty miles long . ‘ ’ Another grant to D elliu s was for a t ract on the east side of Hudson s river seventy miles long and twelv e miles wide .
‘ Ti n n And o n e to Col . Bayard for a tract on the o o der oga (Schoharie) ” creek about thirty miles in length .
These grants and other were confirmed by Gov . Fletcher . As soon as the citizens of Albany became aware of the fraud that had been practiced on the Mohawks , they were so incensed at the act that the matter was
D lli . . laid before the Ass embly and Mr . e u s and Mr Banker were removed
THE QUEEN ANNE PLATE .
x x x x
From Oron hya t ekh a the S upreme Chief Ranger of the Foresters of
Ti on on der o a Canada and descendent from the Mohawks of g , and from
Rev . R . Ashton , the present incumbent of the Mohawk Church at Brant ford , Ontario , Canada , I have received the following information It appears that the Communion Service that Queen Anne sent to the Mohawks was buried on their old reservation at Fort Hunter during the M Revolution , and remained there some years or until the ohawks became
1 8 B a settled in the reservation near Brantford , ( 7 5) and on the y of
Quinte ; then a party was sent back , resurrected the plate and brought it
. 2 2 1 8 back to Canada For a period of years , prior to July , 97 , the plate - was safely kept by Mrs . J . M . Hill , the grand daughter of the celebrated chief Capt . Joseph Brant , whose mother was the original custodian , hav ing kept it from the time of its arrival in Canada , till her death . Of course the custodian was r equ 1 r ed to take the Communion plate to the
Church on Communion days . Later the Mohawks were presented with A a Communion set , after which the Queen nne plate was only used on state occasions .
1 8 In 7 5 , some of the Mohawks settled at the Bay of Quinte and the larger body on Grand river , at Brantford . The Rev . John Stuart , D . D . who had been their missionary at Fort Hunter and fled to Canada with the Indians and Tories , was appointed to the charge of both bands , and a
Church was built at both places by King George III . The plate was then divided , it consisted of seven pieces , two Flagons , two Chalices , two
Patens and one Alms Basin . To the Grand River band was given the Alms Basin and one each of the other pieces , also a large Bible . The Indians at the Bay of Quinte
l . have a Flagon , Paten and Cha ice in the hands of Mrs John Hill at
Deseronto , Canada . The Chalice at the Grand River is much bent , the
' 33 HISTORY OF ST. ANN S CHURCH.
1 1 other pieces are in good order as s also the Bible . Each p ece of plate is “ $ inscribed The Gift of Her Maj esty Ann , by the Grace of God , of Great
flra n ce a n d Britain , Ireland and Her Plantations in North America , Queen , ” 1 0 1 to her Indian Chappel of the Mohawks . The Bible printed in 7 is in good condition and bears on the cover For Her Maj esty ’ s Church of M 1 1 2 . the ohawks , 7
CHRONOLOGY OE SOV EREIGNS OP ENGLAND .
x x x x
a 1 6 0 — 1 6 2 J mes I , 3 5 Queen Anne ,
1 6 2 — 1 6 Charles I , 5 49 King George I ,
C om m omw ealth 1 6 — 1 6 G , 49 5 9 eorge II ,
1 6 60— 1 6 8 Charles II , 5 George III ,
1 1 1 6 8 8 Interregnum , December , , George IV ,
1 1 6 8 . to July 3 , 9 William IV .
1 6 8 — 1 0 2 King William Mary , 9 7 Queen Victoria , CONTRACT TO BUILD PORTS
IN THE
M W$ AND OHA ONONDAGA COUNTRIES.
This Indenture M ade at Albany in her Maj esties Province of New York inAmerica this Eleventh day of October In the Tenth Year of ye R eign of Our S overeign Lady Anne over Great Brittain flran ce and Ire land Queen defender of the faith &c and in ye Y ea r e of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and a Eleventh Between Robert Hunter E sqr Capt G en ll and G overn ou r in Chief of ye aforesaid Province and ye Honahle Collo Francis Nicholson of the one part And Garet S ymon ce Barent V ro man Hendrick Vroman Joh n W emp and Arent Van Patten of S chenec tady in the county of Albany in the foresa id Province of New York Carpenters of the other part Witnesseth That it is hereby Agreed between the said P ar t yes to these presents that ye said Garret S ym on ce Barent Vroman Hendrick Vroman John W emp and Arent Van Patten shall Build two Forts in the Indian Country According to ye Agreement herein after Set forth Viz $ the said Garret S ym on ce Barent Vroman Hendrick Vroman John W emp and Arent Van Patten Doe for themselves their H eires Ex ecutors and Administrators Covenant and agree to and with the said R obert Hunter E sqr G overn ou r aforesaid a nd the said Collo Francis Nicholson their Heirs Ex ecutors and Admin istrs that ye said Garet S ym on ce Barent Vroman Hendrick Vroman John W emp and Arent Van Patten shall and will forthwith Repare into the M oh oqu es Country ' and there Build a flort One hundred and fifty feet square t h e Curtains made with L oggs of a foot S quare Laid one upon another and pinned together till they Reach the heighth of twelve foot Att each corner a Block house twenty four foot Square Two S t or yes high Duble Loopholes the R ofe to be covered with Boards and then S hingled the undermost part or Ground room to be nine foot high the upper Eight foot both well ' 35 HISTORY OF ST. ANN S CHURCH.
floured with Boards the logs of ye Block houses to be nine Inches Square and Bedsteads and Benches In Each B(l)ockhouse for twenty men and in each Block house a C h em n ey toward ye Inside of ye said ffort with ' S caflolds five foot wide along Each C ort a in from one Block house to another And also a Chaple in the M idle of the ffort of twenty four foot square one S t orye Ten foot high with Garret Over it well Covered with Boards and Shingled and well flow rd A Seller of fifteen foot Square under it Covered with L oggs and then with Earth The whole Chaple to be well floured PROVIDED always that the said Garet S ymon ce Barent Vroman Hendrick Vroman John W emp and Arent Van Petten are allowed time for the Completing this work till the first day of July Next E n su ein g And only Obliged hereby to finish one Block house in Manner as a forsaid for Immediate Service in ye Mohocks Country this Wi n t t er And ye said Garet S ym on ce Barent Vroman Hendrick Vroman John W emp and Arent Van Petten doe also for themselves their E xecutors and Administrators further Covenant and Agree to and with ye Robt Hunter E sqr Governor as aforesaid And the said Collo Francis Nicholson That they ye said Garet S ymon ce Barent Vroman Hendrick Vroman John W emp and Arent Van Petten will soon after they have finished th eaforesaid worke in the Mo ' hocks Country Repair to On n on da ga and there Build Another flort Chaple and Block houses of the Same D im en ti on s and under the same R est ri c tions and Directions as ye aforesaid ffort Chaple and Block houses in the Mohocks Country Excepting Only that ye Chaple and Block houses in On n on ge may be singled upon Laths Instead of Boards and ye ffort Chapel and Block houses may be made of such Logs as may be most Conveniently got there PROVIDED they are good and sufficient for that service and the flores to be Laid with splet w ood in ye place and stead of Boards PRO V I D E D at all times that if by any insults of the Enemy or Ou t ra ig es of ye Indians The said Garet S ymon ce Barent Vroman Hendrick (Vroman) John W emp and Arent Van Petten should at a n y time be hi n dred in their performance of this Agreement That they be paid and allowed for what work and Expenses they shall at such time have been at and performed in proportion to ye whole undertaking AND ye said Robt Hunter E sqr x and ye Collo Francis Nicholson Do for themselves their . E ecutors and Administrators in Consideration of the work to be performed as aforesaid Covenant and Agree to and with ye said Garet S ym once Barent V roman ST ’S 3 6 HISTORY OF . ANN CHURCH.
Hendrick Vroman John W emp and Arent Van Petten And their Executors Admi n rs and Assignes That they ye said Robert Hunter E sqr and Collo Francis Nicholson or their E xecutors or Administrators Shall and Will pay or caused to be paid unto the said Garet S ym on ce Barent Vroman Hendrick Vroman John W e mp and Arent Van Petten their E xect rs or Ad min isrs one thousands pounds Current Money of New York at ye severa ll times and in Such proportions as is herein after E xpr est Viz One hundred pounds in a Bill of Ex change Within ten days after ye date hereof four hundred pounds more when they shall have finished aforesaid agreement for the Mohocks Country and five hundred pounds more Like Money when they shall have Completed the whole Recited Agreement of On n on da g e the Bill of Exchange to be Drawn payable at thirty days sight The said Garet S ym on ce Barent Vroman Hendrick Vroman John W emp and Arent Van Petten hereby oblig ei n g themselves their Ex ecutors Administrators and ' ' Assigns to the ye E flect u all finishing the said flort Chaple and Block houses at On n on da ge by the first day of July which will be in the Year of T Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirteen , IN TES IMONY whereof the P a rt yes to these presents Interchangeably sett their hands and Seales the day and Year first above written . his Arent Van Petten Jan W emp Mark Barent Vroman H endric Vroman Garret S ym on ce S igned Sealed a n d Delivered in ye presence of
K . V . Rensselaer M yn dert Schuyler Robt Livingston Junior
’ 3 8 S ST. - S HI TORY OF ANN CHURCH .
doing , still standing . Like another Ruth , she wrought faithfully in the
' b u t st r on er field of her Lord with a gentle g will than a man , gleaning “ ” more than handfuls which were left . Through her influence some of the best families represented here were induced to attend our services ; and in many cases she never left them until father , mother , and children were either baptised or confirmed . She was the pla nner and organizer of every good work and enterprise , and often , when discouragements m see ed to overthrow all that had been done , her bright face , cheerful
v manners , and indomitable perse erance would arouse the enthusiasm of
c others , and soon all would be surprised at the harvest whi h had been b secured . Silently , when others were resting , she was traversing our y streets visiting sad homes , and making them bright with her genial
u . u words of enco ragement The faithf l encourager of all her pastors , she
m o r t h a n a n did e y of them in learning of cases of sickness and want , and M ff imparting relief at once . any a bed of su ering were cheered by her counsel and kindly words , and often when the sick ones recovered she interested them in the Church any thus led them to the Saviour . Through M s w a s sincere conviction she came to us from the ethodi ts , and followed “ a soon after by her husband , finding in our services every spiritu l long ” ing satisfied with full fruition blest . Like her Hebrew scriptural name ,
h Cleloe da y is a reen la nt whic the Greeks called , her memory , this , g p “
m . fresh and bloo ing , in the garden of her Lord Truly , she died in the ” Faith .