The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . ing to her that Mr. Poyerhad not yet brought suit by advice, because the Clergy haddeclared justice could not be obtained in such trial, askedher Majesty to instruct the Governor and Council of NewYork that m causes relating immediately to the Churchan appeal may lie to her Majesty and Privy Council herewithout any restriction or limitation of the value or sumappealed for. An order in the Queens Council, Jan. 8, 1712, wasgranted in consideration of the Jamaica case, authorizingsuch direct appeal from the Governor and Council to OF GRA
The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . ing to her that Mr. Poyerhad not yet brought suit by advice, because the Clergy haddeclared justice could not be obtained in such trial, askedher Majesty to instruct the Governor and Council of NewYork that m causes relating immediately to the Churchan appeal may lie to her Majesty and Privy Council herewithout any restriction or limitation of the value or sumappealed for. An order in the Queens Council, Jan. 8, 1712, wasgranted in consideration of the Jamaica case, authorizingsuch direct appeal from the Governor and Council to OF GRACE CHURCH 75 Her Majesty and Privy Council without limitation as tovalue aforesaid, and instructions given accordingly toGov. Hunter, Feb. 6, 1713. Thus the Jamaica contentioncarried to the highest court of England fixed the course ofprocedure for all the colonial churches. The Vestry refused to allow Mr. Poyer to be present attheir meeting to lay a tax for the minister and poor, tellinghim he had nothing to do there, though they took with The Governor informed Mr. Poyer that by Her Majes-tys instructions they can hold no Vestry without , having been regularly inducted in that case. Hecontinued, so what they do as a Vestry without you, isnull and void. Had my advice been followed these de-bates had been at an end, but that it seems is none of your 76 ORIGIN AND HISTORY Intention, at least not theirs who advise you, or have everhad, or thought to have and find their interest inconfusion. The Justice and Vestry of Jamaica met Jan. 22, 1714,and ordered the salary to be paid to Mr. McNish, the Pres-byterian minister, as they had done the previous year,taking- no notice of the Governors instructions. Rev. Mr. Colgan, twenty years after this, thus v/rotethe Society: One of the stratagems of Independents and Quakers was tosue for an edifice wherein divine service was performed byministers of the Church of England near 30 years by pretencethat they had a better
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