The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . Dec. 1, 1909, with the Sloan of Richmond Hill, to minister in the place ofa rector. Mr. Sloan had recently resigned the chaplaincyof the Sailors Snug Harbor, of Staten Island, New York,which he had held for seventeen years. He had previouslybeen rector of the Church of the Resurrection at RichmondHill for a year and a half, and had returned with his familyon his retirement from the chaplaincy to take up his resi-dence there. He conducted the services of Grace Churchwith such ability and good judgment that he was con-tinued
The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York . Dec. 1, 1909, with the Sloan of Richmond Hill, to minister in the place ofa rector. Mr. Sloan had recently resigned the chaplaincyof the Sailors Snug Harbor, of Staten Island, New York,which he had held for seventeen years. He had previouslybeen rector of the Church of the Resurrection at RichmondHill for a year and a half, and had returned with his familyon his retirement from the chaplaincy to take up his resi-dence there. He conducted the services of Grace Churchwith such ability and good judgment that he was con-tinued in charge of the Chapel at Dunton in the parishafter the election, March 15, 1910, of the Rev. RocklandTyng Homans, assistant minister of the Church of theIncarnation in New York, to the rectorship of GraceChurch, who began his ministry May 1, 1910. Rev. died suddenly about a year after this in RichmondHill (during the night of Oct. 2, 1911), having the sameevening made an impressive address to the Mens Clubof Grace Church, on the ending of Rev. Rockland Tyng Homaxs. VI THE CHARTER OF GRACE CHURCH. OF GRACE CHURCH 257 CHARTER FOR GRACE CHURCH AT JAMAICA, INQUEENS COUNTY ON NASSAU ISLAND. GEORGE the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain,France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith and so forth, toALL to whom these presents shall come Greeting; Whereas ourloving subjects Samuel Seabury junior, the present Rector of theparish of Jamaica, Robert Howel, Benjamin Carpenter, JohnHutchins, John Smith, Jacob Ogden, Joseph Olfield, Joseph Olfieldjunior, John Troup, John Comts, Gilbert Cowes, Thomas Truxtum,Thomas Braint, Benjamin Whitehead, Samuel Smith, WilliamSherlock, John Tunes, Richard Betts, Isaac Vanhoef, ThomasLointhman, Adam Lawrence, inhabitants of the said parish andtownship of Jamaica in Queens County in communion of theChurch of England as by law established, by their humble petitionpresented to our trusty and well beloved Cadwallader GoldenEsquire, pr
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