Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and family history of New York . was shown by his con-necting himself with Zion church at Little Neck, Long Island,of which lie was for many years a warden, and afterwards byhis materially aiding in building the Church of All Saints atGreat Neck, of which he was every year elected a warden up tothe close of his life. He was a delegate to the diocesan conven-tion of New York, from Grace church, Jamaica, from 1850 to1866, and, after the division of the of New York, a dele-gate to the Long Island diocesan convention, from Zion
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and family history of New York . was shown by his con-necting himself with Zion church at Little Neck, Long Island,of which lie was for many years a warden, and afterwards byhis materially aiding in building the Church of All Saints atGreat Neck, of which he was every year elected a warden up tothe close of his life. He was a delegate to the diocesan conven-tion of New York, from Grace church, Jamaica, from 1850 to1866, and, after the division of the of New York, a dele-gate to the Long Island diocesan convention, from Zion Neck, from 1863 to 1887, and from All Saints Neck, from 1888 to the date of his death. During allthese years he was a member of im]>ortant committees of thediocesan conventions and was always present at their meetings,except when absent from the country. He was a trustee of theFund for Aged and Infinn Clergymen from the year 1869, and atrustee of the General Theological Seminary from the year these offices, as well as those of member of the board of. GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY managers of the Domestic and J&oreign Missionary Society, andtrustee of King- Hall, A\asliiugton, D. C, founded and largelyendowed by himself, for the higher education of the coloredrace, he held up to the time of his death. He was a deputy tothe Federal Council on every occasion from its fomiation in1871, and a deputy to eight successive Triennial G-eneral COn-ventions of the church. He was also a lay member of the Cathe-dral Chapter of Long Island, and, following the example of hisancestors, he K^as a liberal benefactor of Grace church, and his wife were greatly interested in the New York Asylumfor the Blind, of which he was a manager, and it has been tralysaid that in all his efforts to promote benevolent objects, hiswife and daughters were ever ready to join with him. Mr. King became a member of the New York HistoricalSociety in 1881. In 1887 he was elected
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