Annals of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Island1698-1821 . olution and the time the British troops were on theisland. When the war broke out the minister was the Reverend GeorgeBisset—a good and faithful pastor, who had evidently entered upon hisduties as his life-work. In common with other clergymen of the Churchof England in America, at that date, he held that allegiance was due tothe king, and remained on the island when the enemy took possession,preaching to the troops as he had preached to his own people. Whenthe British left he went with them. It is probable that not knowing withwhom to
Annals of Trinity church, Newport, Rhode Island1698-1821 . olution and the time the British troops were on theisland. When the war broke out the minister was the Reverend GeorgeBisset—a good and faithful pastor, who had evidently entered upon hisduties as his life-work. In common with other clergymen of the Churchof England in America, at that date, he held that allegiance was due tothe king, and remained on the island when the enemy took possession,preaching to the troops as he had preached to his own people. Whenthe British left he went with them. It is probable that not knowing withwhom to leave the record book he took it with him for safe keeping, andin this way it was lost. The other records have been preserved. Whilethey are of great value, particularly to those who have occasion to searchfor confirmation of marriages, baptisms and deaths, there does not appearto be anything in them to warrant the printing of minutes of a laterdate than are here given. The edition is limited to three hundred and fifty copies. ANNALS OF TRINITY D CHAPTER I. • 1698-1719. OWN to the closing years of the seventeenthcentury no footing had been obtained inAmerica by the Church of England, nor hadany attempt been made in New England to gain one,till May 30, 1686,1 when the liturgy was read in publicfor the first time in Boston. Ten more years elapsedbefore there was much promise of a church there. Rhode Island was even more backward. Thefounders of the State, and the first settlers of the islandof Rhode Island, were Baptists, who were divided among them-selves; and when Quakerism was introduced it met with greatsuccess. Here was the field the Quaker had looked for, but which,till then, he had not found ; here there was no persecution, no whip-ping at the cart-tail, or other methods to extort obedience to spiritualrulers. The heads of the people, the Coddingtons/Cranstons and 1 The Rev. Robert Radcliffe came over in the ship that brought a com-mission for Joseph Dudley as
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