The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . ved a salary of £15 a year as a teacher, com-mended for his exemplary life and diligence. Five yearsafter he had forty-three pupils, of whom twenty-threewere freely taught by the Society. Thomas Temple main-tained a school at intervals from 1731 to 1746, and in1743, Mr. John Moore, a graduate of Yale College, and acandidate for holy orders was recommended to the sup-port of the Society by Rev. Mr. Vesey, to teach in venerable school-house thus made memorable tomany of the early churchmen of Jamaica, as their paro-chial sch
The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . ved a salary of £15 a year as a teacher, com-mended for his exemplary life and diligence. Five yearsafter he had forty-three pupils, of whom twenty-threewere freely taught by the Society. Thomas Temple main-tained a school at intervals from 1731 to 1746, and in1743, Mr. John Moore, a graduate of Yale College, and acandidate for holy orders was recommended to the sup-port of the Society by Rev. Mr. Vesey, to teach in venerable school-house thus made memorable tomany of the early churchmen of Jamaica, as their paro-chial school, was sold in 1761 for £3. Four years before the close of Mr. Colgans ministry, in1751, he reported the same prosperous condition of GraceChurch. He had fifty steady communicants, had bap-tized sixteen whites and ten negroes in the last six months;religion was progressing and the Societys bounty turnedto good account. With about the same number of bap-tisms in the year 1753, he could say that all threechurches of his cure were in an increasing Rev. Thos. Colgan. OF GRACE CHURCH B7 When Mr. Colgan died, Dec, 1755, he was regretted asa gentleman much esteemed by his acquaintance. Hewas buned in the chancel of the church, which he had seenerected without dispute and which he had steadfastly usedfor the glory of God. He left a family consisting of his wife and eight chil-dren. The married names of his daughters were MarySmith, Sarah Hammersley, Jane Van Zandt. The remain-ing children were Judith, Thomas, Fleming, and John,who died in 1758. Mrs. Colgan was buried beside her husband in GraceChurch, where their lives had been of gracious service toa united people. On Christmas, 1903, a life-size portrait of Mr. Colganwas given to Grace Church by Mary Sheaf Glover Mills,in loving memory of his great granddaughter, Mary Col-gan Joanna Smith Hoyt. A portrait of this granddaughteris in the King Manor collection. The Colgan family arms on parchment were also given,with the por
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