The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . oically defended Pembroke Castle, inCromwells time. Mr. Foyer was born in Wales. He waseducated at Brasenose College in the University of was ordained as Deacon by the Bishop of Worcester,June 9, 1706, and as Priest, by the Bishop of St. Davids,on Sept. 21, 1706. He was a Curate at Haverford West,and Chaplain of H. M. S. Antelope, Feb. 21, 1709. Heentered the service of the Venerable Society Sept. 27,1709, and was appointed to Jamaica, Long Island. Heembarked with his family and household goods, Dec. 30,1709. The fleet to wh
The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . oically defended Pembroke Castle, inCromwells time. Mr. Foyer was born in Wales. He waseducated at Brasenose College in the University of was ordained as Deacon by the Bishop of Worcester,June 9, 1706, and as Priest, by the Bishop of St. Davids,on Sept. 21, 1706. He was a Curate at Haverford West,and Chaplain of H. M. S. Antelope, Feb. 21, 1709. Heentered the service of the Venerable Society Sept. 27,1709, and was appointed to Jamaica, Long Island. Heembarked with his family and household goods, Dec. 30,1709. The fleet to which his ship belonged was delayed,passing from one harbor to another, and after a stormyvoyage of thirteen weeks his ship. His Majestys FrigateHerbert, was wrecked on the coast of Long Island, withinone hundred miles of his destined parish. There wasmuch damage done to his household goods in this ship-wreck. Here he came into an inheritance which no onewould covet. The church glebe had been divided up bythe Vestrymen, and sold in lots and parcels by their. The Chalice and Paten Presented to Grace Church by Queen Annes Bounty. OiFERiNG Plates John Tnour and the Ladies Missionary Aid Society. OF GRACE CHURCH 61 usurped authority. His rightful parsonage was, throughthe action of the widow of Mr. Urquhart, in possession ofthe family of a dissenting ministry, and he was excludedfrom it throughout his rectorship. He found a few pro-fessed Churchmen with some members of the DutchChurch and a few other disaffected dissenters in his con-gregation in Jamaica, and from fifty to one hundredhearers in Newtown and Flushing. Although these churches had agreed with the Society onan annual stipend of £40, for six years he received nosalary from them, and afterwards he could collect duesonly by legal suits against his Vestrymen. Yet, accordingto the letters of Col. Heathcote to the Society, Mr. Foyersparish contained 8,000 souls and was fifteen miles longand six and a half miles wide. At ti
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