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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 d partir de Tangle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH or THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OP CHURCH OF E^GLAp IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK. BY G. HERBERT LEE, A. M., BAKRISTER-AT-LAW. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF •■THE NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOC'ErY.' SAIXT JOHX, N. h • "sun" publishing CO., lANTERRURY STREET. 18.S0. Entprod according to Act of Parliament of C;;nadn, in the year 1880, by G. HERBERT LEE, In the OfHcc of the Minister of Agriculturt\ PREFACE. In the following pages an attempt has been made t CHAPTER II. THE FIRST BISHOPS OF NOVA SCOTIA. Dr. Chandler nominated first Colonial Bishop.— He de- clines the office. — Dr. Chas. Inglis, first Colonial Bishop. — Consecrated in 1787. — Extent of his See. — Visit to New Brunswick in 1792.— His death in 181().-Dr. Stanser, second Bishop. — Resigns owing to ill health. — Dr. John Inglis, third Bishop. — Consecrated in 1825. — I)ivides his Diocese into four Archdeaconries. — His death in 1850, 1(> CHAPTER III. FIRST MISSIOXARV WORK IN XKW HRINSWICK. Kev. T. Woli«ri> of worHliip then'. — I)r. (udkc visits ( ainpolK'llo, St. Andrews anest. — Hev. (teorge Coster.— Kev. Dr. Jaeoh. -Kev. Dr. Sovnerville. —Kev. Dr. McCawley, .31 CHAPTER V. ST. JOHN. Kev. John Beardsley. — " The Honorable and Keveren XTK.V TS . • OHAPTEJJ X. WOODHTOCK. CHAPTER XI. SUSSKX. Kov. Oliver Arnol, ij. ij. — Abstractors P (i n,..-* 4 -tflorts to establish an independent KpiJ op'rit A,„en..a.-Consecratio„ of Dr. Sa,„„el Sea I'.ur v i' 784 -U„sx.,,„e„ees of the Ameriean Kevol,ui„„.-:Lan li,.: uf llie Loyalists at St. Jolin, N U J-.ms, however, having the same spiritual authority as their English brethren, could speedily convey to America what had been sought in vain from England — the gift of the Ei)iscopate. Ac- cordingly on Sunday, the 14th November, 1784, Dr. Samuel Seabury was consecrated at Aberdeen, Scotland, by Bishop Kilgour, Primus, assisted by %\ IN NEW nnrxswicK. 15 Bishops Pctrie and 8k Inner, and early in the Huninier of the ensuing year he returned to Con- necticut, tlie tirst Bishop for the Unite(l States of America, the tirst Bisliop of English communion outside the bounds of Great Britain and Ireland. Thre(! years lattT two more American Bishops were consecrated by Englisli BiHho[)S at Lambeth. Thus originated the Episcopate of the United Statcss of AnHjrica, wliich now numbers more than sixty Bishops whose missions cover the whole of the western part of their great continent, and reach on to meet English missions in western Africa and Japan. But this was not the only change consequent ui)on the American Bevolution. Many of the S. P. (Jr. missionaries, with sturdy independence of character and ardent feeling of loyalty to Eng- land, refused to remain in a country no longer attached to the })arent stem, and, an we shall he)-e- after see, removed to the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The landing of the Loyalists at St. John, N. B., took place on 18th May, 1783, but a large body of refugees and disbanded British soldiers arrived in the autumn of that year. As the Bishops of Nova Scotia exercised Epis- copal supervision in New Brunswick down to the year 1845, it will not be out of j)lace to say some- what of them. -yt'-r 16 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHAPTER II. m II ill* I THE FIRST BISHOPS OK NOVA SCOTIA. Dr. Cliatifller nominated first Colonial Bishop. — He de- clines the ofiice. — Dr. Chas. Inglis, first Colonial Bishop. — Consecrated in 1787. — Extent of his See. — Visit to New Brunswick in 171)2.— J lis death in 181G.— Dr. Stanser, second Bishop. — Resigns owing to ill health. — Dr. John Inglis, third I>isho|). — Consecrated in 1825. — Divides his Diocese into four .Archdeaconries. — His death in 18o0. DR. CHANDLER. fllE first person iioniinat(Ml tis first Colonial Bishop of the Clmrch of England was Thomas Bradbury Chandler, D. D. This eminent divine was born in Massachusetts on the 26th April, 1726. In 1751 he went to England and received ordination from the Bishop of London, returning the same year to till the position of Rector of St. John's Church, Elizabethtown, N. J. About the year 1760 the want of Bishops in the Colonies began to be severely felt and soon became the subject of extended discussion. In IN NEW BRUNSWICK. If jtts to Dof lion In. in l)on In 1767 Dr. Chandler published and dedicated to tho Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, " An Appeal to the public in behalf of the Church of England in America, wlierein the origin and nature of the Episcopal office are briefly considered, reasons for sending Bishops to Amt;rica are assigned, tlie plan on which it is proposed to send them is stated, and the objections against sending them are obviated and confuted." Soon after this the American Revolution took place. Dr. Chandler, whose sympathies were with the Mother Country, did all in his power to avert it ; but, finding that the current of public feeling was too strong to overcome, he left America and went to England where he remained ten years — from 1775 to 1785. During this time he received, in addition to his salary of .£50 stg. from the S. P. G., an annual allowance from the British Govern- ment of >£200. Sometime before leaving England the Archbishop of Canterbury, as a token of his appreciation of Dr. Chandler's abilities and services, api)ointed him first Bishop of Nova Scotia. But, owing to ill health, Dr. Chandler was obliged to decline the office. Upon this the Archbishop of Canterbury wrote to him, expressing his respect for his character and his sympathy in his affliction, begging him at the same r7 18 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND M time to rocommond for the position a suitable person in liis stead. Accordingly Dr. Inglis, wlio liad been Rector of Trinity Cliurclj, New York, was appointed. Dr. Chandler returned to America in 1785, and for five years held the position of Rector of his old post in Elizabethtown, N. J. But the im})aired state of his health precluded liini from discharging his ofiicial duties with vigour and regularity. He died on the 17th June, 1790, aged 64 years. His youngest daughter married Bishop Hobart, one of the great lights of the American Episcopal Churcli. *>i 1^ \}4 f THE RIGHT REVEREND CHARLES INGLIS, D. D. Dr. Inglis was the third son of the Rev. Archi- bald Inglis, of Glen and Kilcarr, in Ireland, where he was born in the year 1734. It is worthy of note that his father, grandfather and great-grand- father were ministers of the Established Church. As his father had a numerous family, and quite a limited income, he (the son) left Ireland for America at an early period of his life, and, on liis arrival there engaged in teaching a school. He had charge of the Free School in Lancaster, Penn- sylvania, previous to the year 1759. Having honourably acquitted himself in tliis employment, and become favourably known to the Episcopal IN NEW imrvswifTK. 19 »al Clergy in tho neighbourliood, he was encouraged to devote himself to the ministry ; and accordingly, lie repaired to England and was admitt^'d to Holy Orders by the Bishop of London. The Society for the Propagation of the; Gosf>eI in Fonugn Parts immediately appointed him as their Missionary at- Dover, in the Province of Delaware, on a salary of £50. After a long and stormy passage, he reached the place of his destination, and commenced his labour in July, 1759. His Missionary field embraced the whole County of Kent, thirty-thrc^e miles in length and ten in breadth, with a po})ula- tion oi seven thousand, about one third of which belonged to the Church of England. There were three Churches of which he had the charge, beside the one at Dover ; and tliey were sevenilly fourteen, seventeen and eighteen miles from his residence. Tlie Church at Dover was in an exceedingly de- pressed condition ; but it was soon to a great extent renovated by means of his energetic ministry. Til ere he remained until 1764, when he was api)ointed Assis-tant to the Rector of Trinity Church, New York, and Catechist to the negroes, entering upon the discharge of these duties in ])ec., 1765. In 1767 the honourary degree of B.A. wa» conferred upon him by King's College in the City / !l T ^•n- I! 1 I -it! I I ^1 1 ^• M 20 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND of New York, anis- copul ca])aeity. In the summer of 1792 iiishop Inglis made his second visit to New Brunswick and reportt;d most favourably thereon to the Society at home, stating, among other tilings, that the dilligent and exem- plary conduct of their Missionaries had made them much respc^cted and esteemed by their people ; that their congregations were flourishing, their communicants increasing, and that several churches were being raised, and applications ma•> TIIK CHUIlCIl OF KNliLANU inlialiitaiits, a (*liurch Imvin*; })oen built by them at ilioir own oxiKsiise. AH, howovta*, tlu; Bishop coiihl do th(iu was to ro(iU(!st Mr. Scovil to visit thom occasionally. The; Bishop visited Sussex Vuhf, where the peoi)l(i petitioned for Mr. Arnold as their Missionary ; — their nujuest was complied with. Tlie Indian schools at Woodstock and Sussex Vale were insjjccted by him and were found in a satisfactory state. In 1798 the Bishop again held a visitation at Fredericton, and visited a school established there for the black people, under the direction of Mr. Pidgeon, the Hector, aiid obtained from the Association of Dr. Bray an allowance of ten shillings a year for the educa- tion of each black child. Bishop Inglis died at Halifax on Saturday, 24th February, 18 IG, in the 82nd year of his age, the 58th of his ministry and the 29th of his conse- cration. He was buried under the chancel of St. Paul's Church, Halifax, on Thursday, 29th February. His son, John, afterwards became Bishop of Nova Scotia. His eldest daughter married the Hon. Brenton Halliburton, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia ; his youngest, the Tie v. George Pidgeon, who was for many years Rector of Fredericton, and afterwards of St. John, in New Brunswick, l.N NKW HUIN«\V1CI' 2d TIIK KMillT in:\KllKNI) HOHKIIT HTAXSKH, I). I). Dr. Staii«rr, the scctUHl liisliop ai Nova Sootiu, Iiad, })rovious to tlu; of Nova Scotia and .son of its tirst. He was born at New York on 9th December, 1777. During the brief j)eriod that Dr. Stanser held the oUice of Bishop, f^^ir '2\ TllK CHUllCn OP ENGLAND m^' U ^ w Dr. In^Hs was Roctor of St. Paul's Church, Halifax, and Eccl(3.sia.stical Commissary. Upon the resignation of Dr. Stanser in 1824, ho was a[)pointed his successor, and consecrated in London in 1825, returning to ^Jalifax in the autumn of that year. The new Bishop immediately divided his Diocese into four Archdeaconries. The Rev. Dr. Willis was appointed Archdeacon of Nova Scotia and Rector of 8t. Paul's, Halifax ; the Rev. O-eorge Best, Archdeacon of New Brunswick ; the Rev. A. (t. S[>encer, Archdeacon of Bermuda, and the Rev. George Coster, Archdeacon of Newfound- land. Dr. Inglis visited New Brunswick for the first time in 1826, upon which occasion he conse- crated the Stone Church in St. John. Witliin his Diocese during this year he confirmed 4,367 I)ersons and consecrated 44 Churches. His visits to this Province took place, as a rule, every three years. He paid his last visit in 1840, when he consecrated St. Luke's Church, Portland, which was destroyed by fire on 28th May, 1875. Major-General Sir John Eardley-Wilmot Inglis, K. C. B., whose name is linked with the glorious defence of Lucknow in the East, was his son. Bishop Inglis died in London, 27th October, 1850, in the 73rd year of his age, the 50th of his ministry and the 26th of his Episcoi)atc. !ii' IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 25 In St. Paul's Church, Halifax, N. S., may be seen a monument erected to his memory, and also to the memory of his father, with the following inscriptions : — Sacred to the memory of The Rioht Reverend and IloNouttABLE CiiAKiiES Inglis, I). D., third son of the Rev. Archibald Inglis, of Glen and Kilcjirr, in Ireland, Bishop of Nova Scotia and its dependencies, whose iSound Learning and Fervent Piety, fff tliorefore, liaK'have(l con- "gro<^ation." During his period of labour in St. Jolm, St. Andrews and clsewliere, ho l)aj)tized 15H persons, (13 of whom w(Te negroes.) Mr, (Jooke arrive(l at Fredtsricton in August, ITSfi, and preached the first Sunday aft(»r Ids arrival to 60 or 70 jK-rsons in Th(; King's Provision Store, tlio ojdy phic Church Wardens. George Sproule, ) Jacob Ellegood, Harris Wm. Hailes, Garret Clopper, • Vestrymen. Isaac Hedden, William Fowler, Stephen Jarvis, James Bell, Lewis Dunham, Robert Smith, Rev. Dr. Cooke, Rector. Fredericton was at this time very small, and the people for the most part very poor. The congre- gation seldom exceeded 100 persons. On Christmas Day, 1786, Mr. Cooke had only 14 Communi- cants. Before the conclusion of the year he had baptized 23 white, 3 black infants, and one adult ; married 5 couple, and buried one person. In 1787 the Imperial Parliament made a grant of £2,000 for the purpose of building Churches in New Brunswick, a share of which was allotted to Fredericton. Mr. Cooke accordingly set about the erection of a church ; £500 being given towards that object by Government, and over £150 by Governor Carleton. Little was contributed by the people as they were "very indigent." Owing to this and other causes the church was not com- IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 39 pleted until 1790. In addition to his money do- nation, Governor Carleton furnished the Church in a handsome manner. Mr. Cooke, who resided near the Nashwaak, o})posite Fredericton, describes Fredericton as being in length u[)on the river about 6 miles and in breadth back into the woods about 3. Number of inhabitants (1790) 400 ; 100 of whom attended Church. This number did not include the officers and soldiers of the 54th Regt., who were most regular and constant in their attendance. In 1788 Mr. Cooke baptized a family, a man and his wife and their 2 children ; also another family of 7 children whose [)arents were formerly Pie^ jyterians ; besides these, 28 white children, 2 black adults and one black infant. He married 9 couple and buried only one person, an Officer of the 54th Regt. During this year Mr. Cooke visited St. John upon the death of Mr. Bissett, administered the Sacrament to about 40 persons, and baptized 9 children. In 1789, 31 white and 2 black children and one black adult were baptized ; 13 persons married and 4 buried. In the year 1790 Mr. Cooke was appointed Ecclesiastical Commissary to the Bishop of Nova Scotia, and visited Nashwaak twice, where he performed several baptisms. In 1791 he instituted Mr. Price of Newfoundland to the Parish of St. il ».)] It r^ -!l ! f 1 l> M 4 40 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Mary's, Nashwaak, the largest in the County, ex- tending 12 miles in front upon the river St. John and running back into the country upwards of 20. It was divided into four districts — one on the river Nashwaak, another on the Penneyock, a third on the river Nashwaaksis (Little Nashwaak), and the fourth on the river Madam e- keswick. In 1790 Mr. Cooke, acting on behalf of the Bishop of Nova Scotia, summoned the clergy of the Province to Fredericton, and received reports from the various missions. All attended except Dr. Byles, who was ill. The meeting was highly satisfactory, it being found that the clergy were diligent and the missions in a flourishing state. In September, 1794, Dr. Cooke called them together for the second time, and reported to the S. P. G. " the respectability and regularity of all their mis- sionaries in the Province." But the time was now approaching when this indefatigable and faithful missionary was to be removed from the scene of his labor. His death took place in the following manner. He had been making some parochial visits in Fredericton, and was returning to his home on the opposite side of the river with his son in a bark canoe. The night of Saturday, May 23rd, 1795, was dark and windy ; a sudden squall upset the canoe and both father and son were drowned, in t ;l.i:!'' I IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 41 'i^ spite of the manly efibrts of the latter to save his aged parent. Bishop Inglis, in writing to the S. P. G., said : — "Never was' a minister of the Gospel more beloved and esteemed or more universally lamented in his death. All the respectable people, not only of his parish but of the neighboring country, went into deep mourning on this melan- choly occasion." The following lines in memory of Mr. Cooke and his son may be seen in St. Ann's (Christ) Church, Fredericton, N. B. : — Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Samuel Cooke, D. D., the first Rector of this Church, and first Ecclesiastical C.'omniissary of the Province, who, in crossing the river St. John, to his own home, from attending the duties of his office at Fredericton, was unfortunately drowned, on the 23rd day of May, MDCCXCV, in the 72nd year of his age. His philanthropy and tiiose virtues which had secured to him universal esteem, respect and affection through life occasioned his death to be as generally and sincerely lamented. Erected as an affectionate tribute of esteem by The Wardens and Vestry of this Church. 4 1 ai > i ^TfT 0, I 111 *i (I ■• ill ^ 4 42 TIIK CHURCH OF ENGLAND A Tribute to the filial affection and distinguished fortitude of Mr. Michael Cooke, son of the Kev. Haml. Cooke, D.D., Kector of this Church, who in his manly efforts and persevering struggles to preserve the life of his Venerable Parent in the moment of drowning added to the public calamity by the loss of his own, in the full vigor of health, and 31st year of his age. In him perished an example as worthy of imitation in the various i)ursuits and conduct of his life, as in the virtuous sensibility and heroic piety with which it closed. MDCCXCV (1795.) It is worthy of iioto that two of the Hectors of Fredericton lost their lives by drowning in the river 8t. John — Rev. Samuel Cooke, the first Hector — Rev. Charles Lee, the late Rector, whoso death occurred at Westtield, King's Co., N. B., on Monday morning, Ttli July, 1873. REV. GEORGE PIDGEON. Upon the death of Dr. Cooke, in 1795, the Rev. George Pidgeon was appointed Rector of Frederic- ton. Mr. Pidgeon was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 17G1, and graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. He joined the Rifles as Ensign and went with ^ , Hi I'- IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 43 tlioni to America at tlie time of the revolution. At the close of the war he removed to Halifax, where, at the instance of Bishop Inglis, he studied for the churcli. In the year 1793 he officiated at Belleisle and Oak Point in this Province. In 1795 he took Mr. Cooke's place at Fredericton, remain- ing there until Dr. Byles' death in 1814. He then became Rector of St. John. Mr. Pidgeon married the youngest daughter of Dr. Charles Inglis, the first Bishop of Nova Scotia. 1 I if 's of the tirst •hose on Rev. nieric- land, Iblin. with REV. GEO. JEIIOSIIAPHAT MOUNTAIN. Mr. Mountain, the second son of the first Bishop of Quebec, was born at Norwich, Eng- land, on the 27th July, 1789. In 1793 his father left England for Quebec, with his wife and family, to fill the position of Bishop there. When sixteen years old, George J. Mountain went to Eng- land, where he attended school and college. Th(; soundness and accuracy of his classical scholarHlii}) met with universal praise and remark. In August, 1812, he was ordained Deacon by his father, who in January, 1814, admitted hini to the Priesthood. A few days later he received the appointment of Evening Lecturer of the Cathe- dral in Quebec. The value of this appointment was £150 a year. Not long aftcrwiu'ds it w;i,s ' ■wnr" T 8 i> ■^» \k' i 44 THE CIIUIICII OP ENGLAND reported tliat a clergyman was recjuired at Fred- ericton, N. B,, to fill the Kectorship vacated by tli(? removal of Mr. Pidgeon ; and the Bishop of Nova Scotia, knowing well Mr. Mountain's abilities and attainments, offered him the position, whicli included the chaplaincy to the Legislative Council and to the troops stationed at Fredericton. Mr. Mountain accepted the offer and at once set about making prei)arations for his journey from Quebec to Fredericton. The following account of this journey may be (^f interest as showing tho great difhculties in travelling at that time. Before starting for his new field of labour, he very wisely provided himself with a help-meet and immediately afterwards embarked in a transport for Prince Edward Island. Thence they i)roceeded to Pictou and then by land to Halifax. Tho journey from Charlottetown to Halifax cost £\7. At Halifax they remained a week, visiting Annapolis on their way to St. John, N. B. At St. John they were detained seven days waiting for a sloop for Fredericton. After being three days on the river the^ w(u*e becalme. Accordingly, Mr. Mountain gave up Fredericton and returned to Quebec, wliere he was appointed " Bishop's Official " and also " Officiating Clergy- man of Quebec." In 1821 he was appointed Rector of Quebec and Archdeacon of Lower Canada. Dr. Mountain's father died in the year 1825, and was succeeded in the episcojjal office by Dr. Stewart. In 1835 I>isho[) Stewart prevailed upon Archdeacon Mountain to assist him in the (>i)iscopate, and on Sunday, 14th Feb- ruary, 183G, lie was consecrated in the Chajiel of Lam])et]i Palace as (.*oa i.i IT * -ifff T ri 46 Till-; CIIUIICH OF EXOI.AND I' n f if: M if'i 1^* jr uiicler the title of Bislioj) of Montreal. It is worthy of observation that Dr. Broughton, the first Bisjiop of Australia, was consecrated at the san»e time. Dr. Mountain succeeded Bishop Stewart (who died in 1837) and thus becanu^ third Bisliop of Quebec. This office he held until th(i day of his death. He died January 6th, 1SG3, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, liaving been in the ministry for more than fifty yc^ars. So great was the esteem and respect in which Dr. Mountain was held that wjien the project of a bishopric in New Brunswick was TAOoted, the Governor of the Province wrote to him while he was administering the Diocese of Quebec under the title of Bishop of Montreal, to express the great satisfaction which his translation to New Brunswick would give the Church there. It was not, however, until thirty years after he had h^ft them that Dr. Mountain met liis Frederic ton Hock. He was present at the consecration of the Cathedral, August 31st, 1853. Of Idm it may be truly said that he was an able and atlectionate jjastor, a judicious divine, a discreet ruler. And yet the cju{diti(;s of a ripe and well balanced mind W(jre connected with great boilily activity and energy. His episcopal visitations were truly missionary tours, but the extent of tlieir operations seem nevei' to liave exhausted his ejiergies or * ' IN NKW liUUNSWICK. 47 il ilainped tlio fc^rvor of liis luvo. TIio s])irit that was in him was something mon? tlian the full glow of jihysical life, for his constitution scomotl never rohust and his spirit rose above tlie pressun; of domestic trials or the cares of many churches or tlie intirmitios of declining years. Firm in the principles of that church in which he wisely ruled, y(»t he had that winning p(3rsuasiveness so essential to the successful discharge of the ministerial otKce. iy . M KKV. JAMES MILNK. The Rev. James Milne was a native of Aber- deenshire, Scotland, and exercised his ministiy at Ijanff, in the neighbouring County. U])on the ileath of his wife he came to Nova Scotia and served in Halifax for a few months, wJien a vacancy occurring by the removal of the lie v. Geo. J. Mountain to Quebec, (1817) he was appointed fourth Rector of Frethn-icton. Here he remained until the day of his death — 27th ^farch, 1S23. It is worthy of notc^ that Major (ieneral George Stracey Smyth, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, died on the same day at the same place. The Governor was ill only ten days. Mr. The wiiti^M' lia>> in liis possession "A sfinioii pniuclieil iu the ruiisli Ciiurcii of I'nd'rletoii, on tlu' Mlli ,!;imiary, isid ; upon o{x:asiun of a collection mail.- in aiil of the Watkui.ou ^'i ijscrii'- TMtNs, hy tlie Ht'v. (k'o. ,1. MiKuiiaiii, A. I'., lie tur of Frederic ton." ^H It # 48 THE CIUHCII OF ENGLAND Milne's death was occasioned by a cold caught on a winter's night when suddenly summoned to baptize a dying child of one of the soldiers of the garrison. Mr. Milne was a sound theologian of the old school. He was remarkable for a succinct, sententious style of elo(juenc(;, and was a good example of the style coupe of the French divines. His last sermon was on the; remarkable text from Ecclesiastes IX Chap., 10th verse. It was found lying on his portfolio in an unfinished state by his most intimate friend. REV. GEORGE BEST. The Rev. Geo. Best was born in England and educated for an architect. Changing his profes- sion, he began his ministrations in the Church in Granville, Nova Scotia. On 2 1st August, 1820, he was married at Halifax by the Rev. Dr. Inglis, Rector of 8t. Paul's, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the Reverend Robt. Stanser, Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia. In 1823 he arrived at Fredericton to suc(5eed the Rev. James Milne. In 1825 he was appointed Archdeacon of New Brunswick, and in that capacity visited all the missions in the Archdeaconry, encouraging the erection of several country churches and the restoration of others. His name occurs in the charter of King's Colletje, f** M IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 49 I Fredericton, as the first President. Not l)eing a University man he modestly declined the otlice, but his objections were over-rule0 TIIK (!HrKCn of ENdr.AND KKV. KDWIN .lACon, 1). I). Dr. Jiiool) wjiH II iiativf of ( tloiiccstcrsliin', Enj. I.'UkI. II(^ iiiatriculutcd at liiiicolu (Jollci^r, Oxford, at a v<'ry cai'Iy ui^'f and soon j^'aiiiod a scliolarsliij). Ill du(; timo \w bccaiMc Kcllow of Corpus Cliristi ('oUcjUfc. At liis ordination in ( Jlouccstcr Cathe- dral lio was appointed l)y tlic! liisliop to preacli tlio Onlinatioii S(truion. After serviiif? as Curate in ('lifton ho received the a])pointnient of Principal to tlie Institution foi- I^Mucatinir Missionaries to tlie .J ews. Aft er success ful work m lliis way th for some years, he took cliarijfc! of a churcli in Chichei ter. Hero he remained until 1828, when Sii Howard Dou^das invited liim to be Professor of (_!lassics and Principal of I'Cing's Collei^e, Frech-r- ericton, N. U. This position he acceptetl. At that time the liieutennnt (iovernor was made, ex-otlicio, Chancelloi" ; tlie P>isliop of Nova Scotia, ex-otlicio, Visitor ; and tlie Arclnleacon of N(!w I>runswick, (then the Ivev. CltiO. Best,) ex-ollicio, President. At the re(juest of tin^ IJishop of Nova Scotia, Dr. Jacol> consiMited (in addition to his Colle- giat(i duties) to act as ^Missionary to th<^ Parish of St. Mary's, (opposite Fredericton,) and tho surrounding,^ country, hi tliis capacity he labored for many years. Dr. Jacob remained Principal of (lie (*olle!j,«^ until ISGO wlien Kind's (^olleu'e IN NEW imUNSWICK. :>i r bcciimo the University of X(;w Brunswick. Mr c'()utinue(l to hold the; classical chair until tin* sjd'injL^ of 18G1 when the late Professor Campltell was appointed. Upon hia retinMiicnt from clerical and colle.nd in 1828 lie was appointed professor of Mathematics, Hebrew and Logic and Classical Tutor in the University of New Bnuiswick. Here he remained until he was elected to the Presidency of his Alma Mater. When in Fredericton Dr. McCawley assisted Mr. Best in his clerical work and took charge during ^^ m IN XEW BRUNSWICK. the time intervenin«jj between the death of Arch- deacon Best and the arrival of Archdeacon Coster from Newfoundland. In 1829 Dr. McCawley was appointed C)iaj)lain to the Legislative Council of New Brunswick, and during college vacation he was Travelling Missionary, in which capacity ho frequently visit(?d the parishes on both sides of the River St. John and also on the Miramichi, as well as Maryland, Boiestown, Nashwaak and other dis- tricts in New Brunswick which were then without a clergyman. In 1836 he received the a])point- ment of President and Chaplain of King's College, Windsor, N. S., holding the combined professorships of Classics, Logic and Hebrew. He was also a Life Governor of the College. In 1846 he was appointed Rector of Falmouth, a position he held until the day of his death, although for some years past he retired from active duty. In 1862 he became Archdeacon of Nova Scotia and Senior Canon of St. Luke's Cathedral, Halifax. In 1875 he resigned the Presidency of the College, which he had held for nearly forty years. He then moved to Halifax, where he died on 21st December, 1878. A ripe and accomplished scholar, an able divine and a good speaker. Dr. McCawley will not soon be forgotten. His annual orations at the Euctenia of his College were remarkable 'I *l 1 f • .^t '■'fT ) 1. > f 1 ■! r 1 ' It. i ■*■ I, .■)! THE CHURCH OP ENGLAND for clfMriiess of tlioiiglit, correctness of composition aiul elegance of expression. He was a man of wide; culture and profound classical attainments, and may be fairly reckoned among the scholars of his day. I i'l' f^ 0[. 8 ^' ' V IN NEW HUrxsWICK. 55 CHAPTER V. ST. JOHN. Rev. John IJeardsIey.-- The Honorable and Reverend Jonathan 0(lell."-Eev. Dr. Cooke.-Rev. Geo. Bis.et .T.^f/' ^'- ^.^'^^'«— Kev. Geo. Pidgeon.-Rev. Robt. W ilhs.-Rev. Dr. B. G. Gray .-Rev. Dr. J. Wni. D. Gray. REV. JOHN BEARDS LEY. ^HE first clergyman wlio ofiiciatecl at Saint llr] Jolm was the Rev. John Beardsley. Ho came with the Loyalists and succeeded tlie Rev. John Sayre at Maugerville (A. D. ] 784). Between tlie date of Mr. Beardsley's departure and the arrival of Mr. Cooke in Sej.tember, 1785, St. John was without a clergyman and the ministra- tions of religion suffered in consequence. Services, however, were occasionally held by the "HON. AND REV. JONATHAN ODELL." Mr. Odell was born in Newark, New Jersey, Snth September, 17.37. He began his career as Surgeon in the British Army. Leaving the armv if ^ I' i i 5e THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ^i while in the West Indie^s he wont to England and was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of London, in December, 1766, and priest the following January. A few days afterwards he was licensed as Minister of Burlington in the then Province of New Jersey. During the rebellion he espoused the cause of the King and was employed in many important and confidential trusts. At the close of the Revolution he took refuge in England and received the appointment to a seat in the Legislative Council of New Brunswick. He was also the first Secre- tary of New Brunswick, and Registrar and Clerk of the Council. These positions he held for thirty years. He died at Fredericton 24th November, 1818. In the annals of our Province he is styled " The Honorable and Reverend Jonathan Odell." DR, COOKE. On 2nd September, 1785, Dr. Cooke landed at Saint John and remained in charge until August, 1786, when, owing to a change in the seat of Government, he removed to Fredericton, where he laboured until the day of his death. His place at Saint John was immediately filled by the Rev. George Bisset. liEV. GEORCxE BISSET. Mr. Bisset was born in England and came out t4 IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 57 to Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island, as Assistant to the Rector, the Rev. Arthur Browne, and as School-master in the year 1767. His pass- age was paid by the Church. In 1769 Mr. Browne went to England and Mr. Bisset took his place. On the 28th of October, 1771, the Society at home having declined to send them a Missionary, the congregation elected Mr. Bisset as successor to Mr. Browne. He remained with his people until Rhode Island was evacuated, (25th October, 1779,) when he went to New York with several members of his church, leaving his wife and child behind in the most destitute circumstances. Tlie State of Rhode Island seized his furniture, but, upon the petition of his wife to the General Assembly, it was restored ; and she, with her child, was allowed to join her husband in New York. It is worthy of observation that Mr. Bisset had prepared a ser- mon, entitled : " Honesty the best policy in the " worst of times, illustrated and proved from the " exemplary conduct of Joseph of Arimathea, with " an application to the case of suffering Loyalists," — but, before the Sunday came on which he pur- posed to deliver it, Newport was evacuated. Mr. Bisset, however, preached it in St. Paul's and St. George's Churches, New York, in 1780. It was ]}ublished in London in 1784, and is a scholarly .1; 4 68 TllK CIILHCII OF ENGLAND production. Mr. Bissot did not conio witl) tlio Loyalists in 17S.3, but arrived at Saint Jolin from England on tlio 2r)th July, 178G. He imme- diately set ti") woi-k to discharge the duties of first ll(5ctor of St. John Parish. In a letter to the Society jit home, dated July 4th, 1787, he says that his congregation was nunu^rous, regular and attentive, and that it would he much greater if the Church was large enough to contain the ])eople. He further says that he hoped before long to receive from Gov(^rnor Carleton the sum of ,£r)00 allotted to St. John Parish out of the Im})erial Government grant of .£2000 stg. for the erection of Churches in New Brunswick. These hopes were soon real- ized, for on the 20th of August, 178S, the corner stone of "Old Trinity" Church was laid by l)v. Charles Inglis, England's tirst Colonial Bishop. The Clnu'ch, however, was not opened for service until more than three years afterwards. On the same day that the corner stone was laid, Dr. Inglis held his first confirmation in New Brunswick and delivered his tirst charge to his clergy. During the six nionths ending January 25th, 1787, Mr. Bisset married 21 couple, baptized 27 infants and one adult, and buried 10. Communicants 45. Mr. ]5tMijamin Snow, who had l)een recommended by Dr. Cooke, when in St. John, for the position of ^^ gw .hi IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 59 Scliool-m aster and Cateohist, at Carloton, (on the o})posite side of the river,) declined the Society's appointment, and Mr. Timothy Fletcher Wetmore, who was strongly recommended by Mr. Bisset, was appointed in his place. Mr. Wetmore, in 1787, says that " as the season of Lent is too inclement " here, he preferred the summer for the purpose of " catechising, and had begun a course which he " intended to continue for several weeks, at which " 40 children had attended, and all of them " answered the questions in a manner that gave "great satisfaction to all i)resent." Mr. Bisset's labours, though great, were of short duration, for he died on 3rd March, 1788, scarcely two years after he landed at St. John. He appears to have been greatly lamented by his congregation, for, upon his death, they wrote to the Society that " with the keenest sensations of heartfelt grief they undertake the melancholy office of announcing the death of their late Rector, the beloved INIr. Bisset j and they are persuaded that no church or community ever sutfered a severer misfortune in the death of an individual than they experience from the loss of this eminent servant of Christ, this best and most amiable of men." The body of Mr. Bisset was interred in the Germain Street Burial Place; and in 1791 was removed to the i ( 1 » I ill' It t' ¥ 60 THE CHUUCH OF ENGLAlfU Putnam Tomb in the "Old Burial Ground," King's Scjuare. A fow days aftor the deatli of Mr. Bisset the following lines api)eared in The Royal Gazette of 11th March, 1788, There is every reason to believe they were written by "The Honorable and Keverend Jonathan Odell " : — " A man most excellent, also replete Witli nature's gifts and grace's richer stores, Thou Bisset wast ; these to the world dispensed In different places, thou at length Hast reached the realms of rest, to whicli thy Lord Has welcomed thee with his innnense applause. "All hail, my servant, in thy various trusts " Found vigihmt and faithful : see the Ports, " See the eternal kingdom of the skies "With all tlieir boundless glory, boundless joy, " Opened for thy reception, and thy bliss." Meantime the Body in its peaceful cell Reposing from its toils, awaits the star. Whose living lustres lead that promised morn, W'hose vivifying dews thy mouldered corpse Shall visit, and immortal life inspire." A contemporary wrote of Mr. Bisset : " He is a very sensible man, a good scholar and composer of sermons, but diffident in company and the pulpit." # :^'\. u •I I m ' r f IN NEW BRUNSWICK. Gl e IS )ser the REV. MATHER BYLES, D. D. Between the death of Mr. Bisset and tlie arrival of his successor. St. John was for more tlian a year without a resident clergyman. At the request of the Governor the following letter was addressed by Mr. Secretary Odell " To the Church Wardens and Vestrymen of the Parish Church in tlie City of Saint John." Fredericton, 13th August, 1788. Gentlemen, — The vacancy of your parish by the death of the lute Mr. Bisset liaving been mentioned to the Lieut. Gov. by the Right Reverend the Bishop of Nova Scotia, whose ecclesiastical jurisdiction is by His Majesty's Letters Patent extended also to this Province ; I am directed by His Excellency to desire you in behalf of yourselves and of the Parishioners whom you represent to reconnnend a person fit and worthy to be intrusted with the pastoral charge of the said parish, in order that (if approved by His Excellency) the person so recommended may be pre- sented to the Bishop for Institution conformal)Iy to the practice of the Church of li^ngland as by law established in this Province. (Sgd.) Jon. Odell. The parishioners invited the Rev. Thomas Moore of New York to supply Mr. Bisset's place. This gentleman, however, found it inconvenient to come; and, upon declining the oiler, the Bisliop of Nova Scotia recommended Dr. Byles to the Society at home and he was ap])ointed. I 'I ti) 'I t r )*W ll ^"#' G2 Tin: CHUUCII OF ENGLAND ^« J Tlie ancestors of Dr. Byles worn of great reputii- tioii among tlie early Puritans. ]Ie was born in Boston (in which city his father was a Cougrcga- tionalist Minister) and graduated at Harvard in 1751. For a number of years lie was the minister of a Congregational Church at New London, Conn. ; but lie afterwards took Orders in the E])iscoj)al Church and was a}ti)ointed Rector of Christ Church, Boston, in 1708. Jiere he remained until 1775. Ln an address delivered on the one hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the opening of Christ Church, Boston, December 29th, 1873, (in tlu; services upon which occasion a great-grandson of the Rev. Dr. Mather Byles, took part,) the Ren-. Henry Burroughs, Rector, said : — " The proprietors of this Church on Easter JVIon- day, 1768, empowered and instructed the Wardens and Vestry to invite Mr. Byles to be their Minis- ter. They also raised a sum of money to assist in paying his expenses in going to England for Orders, and agreed to give him £100 per annum. He accepted the invitation, came to Boston, and sailed for England, taking with him the propci cestimo- nials to be laid before the Bishop of London. After his ordination he was appointetl Missionary by the Venerable Society, and returned to Boston, where 11 IN XKW ijki:ns\vk;k. li;^ ho arrivocl on tlie 2Sth of St'])t('inl)('r, uml \v;is cordially receivrd by his pai'isshioiicrs. He found one hundred families and lifty coniniunieants. Ife was a faithful and lal»orious pastor. In our Ite^'ister "svo find ninety-eight baptisms reeord(!d by him in a single year. Pfe was a gentleman of amiable character and a very acceptable j)reaehei', and might have continued to be Rector of Christ Church for many years had it not ))een for the breaking out of the war that sci)aratei and his acknowledged piety, abilities and virtu m afford the most pleasing presage of his future usefulness, a <1 of the most cordial satisfaction of the members of his Church and Congregation in his discharge of the impor- ■\' IN NEW IlUrNSWICK. 05 tant offiocH of liis ministry. Under this pcrHiiasion we cannot hut most foelinply rcj^ret that th.' poverty of the circumstances of his con^'regation in jjfeneral reiuhrs them utterly unahle to make a(lei *n f^ "0^ mmmmmmmm ^1 CG TIIK CHURCH OF ENGLAND ' ., ■'!■ t most gratefully acknowledged, and we flatter ourselves will be attended with consequences extremely beneficial to the interests of Religion and the Church of England in this Province. We have the honor to be, Sir, With most profound respect, Your most obedient and \'ery humble servants. To Secretary to the Society, t^c. Dr. J » vies roported to the Society that he found a very decent house, a crowded church, and a people most grateful for the Society's care and attention, who received him with everv mark of wod feelinij and api)robatio'i. As all tlie money allotted l)y Government for th© erection of Trinitv Church in St. John had been exp(;nded, a subscription list was o})entHl for finishing the same. The money was soon raised. ]\Ir. Thompson gave a bell of 800 lbs. weight, and ^Ir. Wbitlock "a very elegant crimson furnitun; for tlie Communion Table, Pidpit and Desk." Dr. Byles had GO Com- municants on Whitsundays, 1789. On Christmas morning, 1791, Trinity Church was opened for ])ivine Service, upon which occasion Dr. Byles l)reached the tirst sermon. The following are the names of the Church Wardens and Vestrymen at the opening of Trinity •Church : — i. Vk IX NEW BRUXSWICK. G7 le. TRINITY CHURCH. Easter Monday, 1791. Rector,~Rev. Mather Byles, D. D. Church Wardens : Thomas Horsfield, Fitch Rocers. Vestrymen : Hon. Gabriel Ludlow, Ward Chipman, MuNsoN Jarvis, Thomas Whitlock, Nathan Smith, Thomas Elmes. William Hazen, Colin Campbell, NeHEMIAH RO(iERS, Isaac Eawton, Thomas Bean, Samuel Hallet. Vestry Clerk, — Colin Campbell. Sexton, — James McPherson. In 1810 Dr. Byles wrote to the Society, stating that a steepk^ had l>een phieed on the Church and that liis Curate, Rev. Roger M. Viets, officiated alternately at Carleton. He further said that Mr. Viets' conduct was unexceptionabk^ and prudent, and that lie was a great help. During the year 1810 there were Gl ba})tisnis, 43 marriages and 20 burials. Mr. Viets was Master of the St. John Grammar School and continued as (Pirate to Dr. Byles to the death of the Rector. He then took w #1 4' ' ' # 'If 68 THE CHURCH OP ENGLAND tlic Parish of Digl)y, left vacant by the deatli of liis father. Here he died in June, 1839, at the age of 55 years. Dr. Byles died on the 12th March, 1814, at the advanced age of 80 years. He was married twice. Twenty-five years of his life were spent in St. John. In Trinity Church, St. Jolm, there was a mural tablet erected to liis memory, with the following inscription : — Sacred To the memory of the Rev. Mathj^r Byles, D. D., Keclor of this Parish and Chaphiin of the (Jarrison Twenty- five years. Died on the V2th March, 1814, In liis 80th year. Father, into Tliy hands I commend my spirit. St. Luke : c. 23, v. 4G. This monument was erected By liis afleetionote wife, S. Byles. REV. GEO. PIDGEON. On the death of Dr. Byles the Rev. George Pidgeon, the Rector of Fredericton, was appointed to St. John. He was second Rector of Frederic- ton and third of St. John. Holding his new ])osition for four years, he died on 6th of May, \ i IX NEW HHUXSWICK. 09 18 IS. The Pross, in rcfcn-iiig to liia death, said : " His pious and benevoh^ut character and aniiahle niaiiiiers will loii^i: endear his memory to his numer- ous fri(?nds." For some time before Mr. Pidgeon's death the Church was closed, owing to the failing healtli of the Hector. Being desirous to secure an assistant, the Vestry wrote to the Hon. Wm. 131ack, one of their body tlum in England, to endeavour to obtain one. The following is a copy of their letter. It is dated 15th April, 1818 :— "As to qualifications, &c., correctness of morals and respectability of character are obvious reiiuisites. We beg of you, as far as it may be practicable to judge of him by your own personal knowledge, relying on the recom- mendation of otiiers on those points only where it may be unavoidable. You know how valuable in this community W(juld be a manner at once respectable and conciliatory, and how disadvantageous to have a clergyman in this large parish that has passed the meridian of his days. On one point only will we take the lil)erty to impress on you a condition that cannot l)e departed from. Tiie gentle- man to be engaged must not labour under any defect that will class him an inferior t^peakcr. Klotpience, however desirable, we do not look for, but think the Parishioners will require a delivery distinct, emj)hatical anon which is tlie following inscription : Under this stone are placed the earthly remains of the Rev. (lEORfiE PlJKiEON, formerly of Trinity College, Dublin, Late Hector in this Parish, and Ecclesiastical Commissary in this Province 2o Years. lie died May 6, 1818, Aged 57 years. Rev. Robt. Willis, D. D. The Rev. Robert Wiiris was a native of Dur- ham, Enghmd, and came to Nova Scotia as a Chap- lain in the Royal Navy abo\it the year IS 1 ."). During the illness of Mr. Pidgeon, Mr. Willis (at the re(|uest i IN NEW IMirNSWICK. I of tin; Bishop of Novta Scociii) visited St. John and officiatod for a short time. Ho appears to liavo been very niucli liked l>y the people, who cheerfnlly defrayed liis e?cpenses from and to Halifax. U]>on the death of Mr. Pidqeon ^Nfr, Willis was a])pointe«l Rector. In August, 1818, If is Excellency the Lieutenant Governor presented "The Kev. Ilohert Willis, A. B.," to the Rectory of St. John. On 13th November, 1818, he was inducted. On 2nd April, 1821, he was appointed Ecclesiastical Com missary in and over the Province of New l*runs- wick by the Bishop of Nova Scotia. At this tin^.e Mr. Willis ha; SEW inn NswicK. t < CHAPTEU V[. MAUGKltVlLLE. liKV. JOHN SAYUK. ■^ IE first clor.y,nan of the Church of En^lan,! i who ofhciato.1 at Man^ervillo was the Jiev. ^ John Sayro, Kector of Trinity Church, Fair- ^ he cl Conn. He landed at 8t. John w t]. the Fo.V TT ^ ^'^^^"•^-^••"«-" '^^-ut GO ndles above Fort Howe," -- .here he preacluxl to a nuxed congregation of ohl settlers and refugees in the Oongregationalist Meeting House. On 09^ Septeniber 17S4, the following were chosen vVar dens and Vestrymen : ~ Wahdkxs : John Merskrkal', ITrvRv v*.. ilKNRY VANDERBOROUGH. Vesthv.men : George Hahdixg, \v„ n,. i^LiSHA Milks, r,,„,. ^ Ww A ^"^ ►Sl.MONSON, Wm. Allen. m r. •iOsKfii ('/.ai;k. *. ??■■ fT' IK ^ II -^ I * ^ *,( #• 78 THK (MII'HCII OF ENCJLAXl) Mr. Sayre did not livcj long in his new field of labor. Hedicil sit Burton, Sunbiiry Co., on the 5th August, 1784, aged 47 years. REV. JOHN BEAUDSLEY. Mr. Beardsley, who succeeded Mr. Sayre, had previously filled the post of Missionary at Pough- keepsie, in the State of New York. As before stated, he was the first minister at St. John, N. J*. Owing to the poverty of the settlers at Mauger- ville, very little could be obtained from them towards the supi)ort of their minister ; but they furnished "a glebe under small imi)rovements." It appears, however, from a subsequent letter of Mr. Beardsley to the S. P. G. that this glebe was originally granted by the Crown for the use of the parson of the Chnrch of England for the time being. It had a frontage on the River St. John of 9,8 roods ; 8 acres of it were cleared and a small dwelling house and church erected thereon. Not long afterwards Mr. Beardsley participated in the grant of £2000 allotted by Government in 1787 for building Churches in the Province. Of this sum £'500 was given for building a Church at Maugerville and another at Burton, " an out station," which Mr. Beardsley visited occasionally, as well as Lincoln, the Oromocto neighbourhood H» \^ IN Ni;\V niMNSWK'K. D and (rr.'uwl Lake. Tlic )«p|K)intnu'iit of Mr. ( "ooko and Mr. licartlsK'V to their respective |)()sts in New Hrunswick appears to liav<^ ^iven ,1,'reat satis- faction, for (Governor (-arleton wrote to tlie Society at home, o.Kpressini,' tlio esteem and respect in which these Missionai'ies were hehl and «h'sij'inE; that the Society would till the othoi- missions "witli men of ecpial merit and with as little delay as pos- sil)h^" It seems that the work of l)nildiii<' (Jhurches at MauLjerville and Burton pro^jjre.ssed rapidly, and that they were huilt so as to admit of futuro additions. 'I'he dimensions of the Mau^'<'r- ville (.'liurch were 7)Ci ivot ]>y IV2. From 'iOth April, 17S7, to the 2r)th October following- a ])eriod of six months, —Mr. I>eardsley l»ai)tize(l in Ids mission 4 adults and 35 infants and married I'J couple, Owin;^' to th(! healthy clinuitt; there was not a single death during that time. In the next half year he l)a})tized (S white atlults and 28 infants ; 2 black adults and 2 black infants and married 7 couple. In 17S9 INIr. Walter Dibblee of Stamford, in New England, was aj)j»ointed School Master at Maug a year. Uj)on the removal of Mr. Dibblee to Canada, his position as School Master was tilled Ity ^Ir. John D. Beards- f f I 4» ■'* p J M 1^.* •SO TIIK ClIUHCII OF EN(;i.ANl) ley, son of (lie Mi.ssionary. In the lirst lialf of tlio year \7^i\ Mr. Jjeardslcy baptized 9 adults and 31 infants; married -1 couple and buried oidy one person. In the last half of the sanu^ year lie baptized 1:21 white and 2 black children and 21 white adults ; married 5 cou})le ; and buried oidy one person. The very large number of baptisms upon this occasion was due to the INIissioitary's visits to the outlying posts and extreme points of his parish. The work of the Church was }»rose- cuted with vigour until the year 18U2, when Mr. B"ai'dsley svas oljliged to resign owing to im])aired health and advancing years. He died in 1810. ■^V* *- * REV. JAMES BISSET. Mr. Beardsley was succeeded by the Rev. James Bisset, only son of the Rev. George Bisset, late Rector of St. John. The following is an extract from the Parish Records respecting j\Ir. Bisset's induction : — '•' July 5th, 1803. This day the Reverend James Bisset was inducted into the Church at ]Mauger- ville, — namely, Christ Church, — by the Ecclesias- tical Commissary, George Pidgeon, and Wardens Richard Carman and John SJmons(3n, as Rector of •said Chui'ch and Glebe," ^ ,;-'4 IN NEW urinswick. 81 Mr. Bisset was Rector for nearly iwolvo years. He (lied at Maugerville after a sliort illness, on 21th April, IS 15, in the forty-tirst year of his age. He was never niamed. His mother, Peneloi)0 Bisset, resided with him and died at Fredericton at an advanced age. REV. RAPEK MILNER. The Rev. Ra})er Milner was a native of York- shire, England, and brother of the late Rev. Christo- ])her Milner, Rector of Saekville, N. B. In the eai"ly part of the year 1819 he went to Yarmouth, N. S., where he otliciated some luonths and taught the Grammar S:>-Mo " 82 THE CHURCH OP ENGLAND CHAPTER VII HT. ANDREWS. Rev. Samuel Andrews. — Rev. Dr. Allev. — Rev. Ilenrv L. Owen. — Rev. Dr. Uniacke. " N..:: REV. SAMUEL ANDREWS. ^T^HE Kpv. Samuel Andrews, tlie first Rector of St. Andrews, came from Walliiigford, Conn., i1^' in tlie year 1786. He graduated at Yale '^ C'oUege and was ordained by the Bishoj) of London in 1700. (_)n arriving at St. Andrews lie found " a considerable body of people of different •lational extraction, living in gre'.t liarmony and ])eace, punctual in attending Divine Service and behaving with, propriety and devotion." Great good had been done by Mr. Cooke's visit and the Civil Magistrate, ever since the town was settled, had acted as Lay Reader on Sundays, and set the peojtle a good exanijde. In April, 1787, Mr. Andrews was seized with :« severe ])aralytic stroke, which iiK'a])acitated liini for work for some tinip. m IN NEW BRUNS./ICK. 83 'J I • ' the ed, the ]Mr. )k(', nie. His son, Samuel F. Andrews, was, however, ap- pointed (1787) to the position of School Master and Catechist, at an annual salary of .£15, and thus enabled to relieve liis father from some jjart of his duty. In 1788 a Church, 52 feet by 40, was built with the Government allowance of £500, ajid oj)ened on St. Andrew's Day. The Church (not includ- ing the spire) cost £495 ; i.'95 of which sum was raised by the Parish. A bell weighing 350 lbs. was given by Mr. John MacMaster, merchant in London. From June 1787, to June, 1788, Mr. Andrews bai>tized 70 [x^rsons and buried 3. Ow- ing to the fact that most of his people belonged to the Presbyterian faith thei-e were but few com- municants, but baj)tisms were frecjuent. In 1791 the clergyman baptized 110 in nine months. In 1793 during a visitation of his Mission " in a dis- tant part of his Parish he was invited to a lonely house where he found a largo family collected and waiting for him ; and after a {)roi»er examination he baptized the ancient matron of tlie family of 82 years, her son of 00 years, 2 grandsons and 7 gi'eat-grandchildren.'' During this year Mr. Andrews Iiad 32 communicants in Saint Andrews, and baptized 150 persons, of whom 118 were in- fants. It appears that in early times the Church r 84 THE OIIUKOII OF ENGLAND 'I ,! I of eai'Iy times and ciiilv cinTi'v. Hnt it was not to Kingston alone tliat Mr. Scovil's lalxmrs were confinfMl. Ho visit('(l at diU'crcnt times tlio adjacent Parislies of WestHeld and Springfield "in tlio hope of keepintj np a due sense of reliLfioii, and ju'eveiioing tlu^ people from beini; misled l»y the wild ontliusiasm of sti-oUinir teachers, or sinking into profanut (as he himself says in one of his lettei-s to the S. P. (1.) " a sens(! of duty cai-rieil him with cheerfulness through all dilHculties." He died at Kingston, King's Co., N. B., December 1!), ISOS. It is said of him that " jmnctual in the performance of all his duties, of grave and becoming deportment, he died respected by all. The soundness of his doc- trines (hdiyered from the pulpit should not be reckoned among his chief excellencies, for he taught his people from house to house. He com- forted tlu^ i^*r^^^<\, instructed the young, and made himself agreeable to children, no despicable quali- fication in a clergyman." I IN NKW HKl NSWICK. 91 •■1 KKV. Kr.IAS .S(•()^ II.. TIk' lir\'. .l.'ilili'S ScoN'il was succccdcfl liy liis sop, tlif licv. Kliiis Scovil, wlio Iicld the position of st'coiid IJcctor until the diiv of liis dcutli, lOtli KcltiMiarv, l.'^ll. lie was at Clmi'tli for tlif last, time on ( 'liristiiias Dav, I^'IO, wlirn iikut lliin loo ParisliioiHTs comnHinicatrd. The followini,' inscription to tin* moiiiory of fatlici* and son appears on the ("liancol Window in the; old riiurcli, Kin^fstoii : *' TIk> K(.'V. JaiiH's Scovil, the first licctor, took ciiarm' of this Mission in 17SS, and lived to llMh Di'ccinltcr, 1808, the 70th year of his age, ond oOth of his tniiiistry." "His son, the Rev, l"]lias Scovil, succeeded hini as Rector, and lived to 10th Feluuary, 1841, the TOtli year of his life, and 40th of his nunistry." "Kach, after he had served liis own generation, hy the will of Ciod fell-on-slee}) and rests here l)eneatii tlie Chancel." In the Vestry Room of the same Cliurch may be seen two tablets in memory of these clergymen, with the following inscriptions : (I.) In memory of Rev. James Scovie, Rorn 9th Feb'y, 17.S8, in Watertown, State of Con., ordained Preshyter liy the Rishop of Rochester, Sth April, 17o9, employed as a e IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 I.I «ii IIIIIM 112.5 m 112,2 2.0 340 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 : = -m 6" — ► VQ <^ /}. ■J' REV. RICHARD CLARKE. ^75^ HE first Rector of Gagetown was the Rev. 1^^ Richard Claike. He came from JSlilford, Coiiii., where for nearly twenty years he had acted as missionary. In May, 1786, he lanued at St. John, in company with Messrs. Scovil and Andrews. When he reached his post 1h» found, as might he ex[)ected. a people very poor and standing in ne d of every assistance. In June, 1787, Mr. Clarke went back to the States and re- turned with his family, consisting of a wife and eleven children. His people were at tirst unable to i)rocure a house for their Rector, so he wsis obliired to hire one "at ah extravagant rate." Everything (nccoi-ding to Mr. Clarke) was "ex- ceedingly dear." The work of the C*hurch, how- ever, soon progressed. In the first year of his labours Mr. Clarke made many visits to King's as ^ f IN \i:\v niuNswicK. 95 well as Queen's County. Owiiif; to the people beinj^f *' much scattered about and the Lord's Day gr(\'itly ne' f" *% 'y. m IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 97 CHAPTEK X. WOODSTOCK. Rev. F Dibblec.-Rev. Alexander C. Somerville.-Rev Geo. ('owell.-Rev. S. D. Lee Street. 5?e^ REV. FREDERICK DIBBLEE. fOODSTOCK was settled by Loyalists in 1 / 83. After some time they prevailed upon ^ Mr. Frederick Dibblee, of Stamford, Conn., one of their number, to become tiieir cleriry- man. Accordingly Mr. Dibblee proceeded to Fred- ericton, and thence to St. John, N. B., by canoe, there being no roads at that early periotl. At St! John he took passage in a schooner for Halifax, N. S., where he was ordaine«I Deacon by the Bishop of Nova Scotia,in the year 1791. Three months were occupied by Mr. Dibblee in his Journey to and from Halifax, during which time his family never Jieard a word from him. Mr. Dibblee was appointed lirst missionary " to all the settlers living on tJie River St. John above St. Maiy's and Kingsclear." The great extent of his mission-embracing the four I MM '*.'l' '*■'• ( l1 i 'V ♦ . •I' , 98 THE CHURCH ok knoland Parishes of Prince William, Quoeiisbury, Wood- stock and Northampton — made Mr. DiVjblee's work arduous and dilKcult. The people were few in numlK^r, and scattered over an area of 150 miles. Travelling was ditficult and wearisome. No well- beaten roads, no steamboats, no railways assisted the toiling missionary. Hark canoes and riding on Jiorsoback w(;re his chief means of conveyance in sunmier ; snowshoes in winter. From December 1st, 1791, to January 1st, 1792, Mr. I )ibblee per- formed two marriages and four baptisms. During the year 1792 there wereyo?/>* marriages and thirty bai)tisms. In the sununer of 1792 the Bishop of Nova Scotia visited Woodstock, as well as other Missions in New Brunswick. ^,Ir. Dibblee had taken great j)ains to educate the Indians, and the Bishop foun^'1(S. He lived to tlie age of 73 years. His salary from the S. P. G. was £50 stg. a year. RKV. ALKXAXDER C. SOMERVILr.E. Tlie Kev, Ahjxander V. Somerville succeeded Mr. Dibblee, and lieUl the })osition of Rector until the appointment of the llKV. OEOUCE COWKLL, who n'mained in ollice until 1^*50. Tn tliis year the l{ev. John Inglis, 1). D., tli<' tliird J^ishoj) of Nova 8cotia, visited Woodstoek and contiriiuMl 91) persons. In ISIU the number of communicants was about 70. REV. S. I). LEE STl{EET. Tlie last Kector of Woo«lstock was the Pcv. S. D. Lee Sti-eet. lie (lied in ll<70, having been Rector for the long period of forty years. It is worthy of not(? tliat it was originally in- tended that the centra of the Mission of Woodstock .1 .til )j^, « i.'i 100 THE CHURCH OP KNOLASD Rhould bo near the Methictic Falls. But it so ha])])ene(l when Mr. Dibblee, the newly appointed missionary, was being paddled up the River St. John to his new sphere of labour that he fell asleep, and th(; Indian, who was guiding the canoe, passed the place before he was aware of it. Con- sequently he {)ursued his way until Woodstock was reached, which |)lace he found in every way suited to his purpose. A change in "^Ae order" given him was accordingly procured from Fredericton, and Woodstock became the centre of the Mission. Iji'i^; K% l.N NEW HRUXSWICK. 101 .it CHAPTER XI. SUSSEX. Bev. Oliver Arnold. — Rev. H. Nelson Arnold. REV. OLIVER ARNOLD. [he first Rector of Sussex was the Rev. Oliver Arnold, who came from Connecticut, and graduated at Yale College in 1776. In 1792 when the Bishop of Nova Scotia was making an episcopal visitation to New Brunswick he re- ceived a petition from the j)eople of Sussex Vale, praying that Mr. Arnold should be appointed their missionary. Mr. Arnold was accordingly ordained and proceeded at once to Sussex, where he met with a hearty welcome and a good support. The Honorable George Leonard, a member of the Leg- islative Council, gave 240 acres of land as the parson's glebe, the people undertaking to erect a Church in the Spring of 1793. Mr. Arnold ap- pears to have been very successful in his labours both among the Whites and Indians. In a memo- rial dated 7th February, 1791 — jtrevious to his I* » IM ' y '♦ f . i 102 THK OHUIICII OK KN(il,ANn installation ns TJcctor, and addicssod "To tlio Ifonorahhi Hoard for Pro)>a<»atin^ tho Gospel anion^ tho Natives of America" - he sots forth, in an hunihlo way, tho efficient state; of liis Indian School at Sussex, and prays that tlio Board may re-iml)ur«o him for several small amounts })aid out from his slender i)urso on behalf of tho Indians. The Hon. (ieo. Leonard built a room for the In- dian School in 1795—80 feet in length and 30 wide — in which the white children were also taught. The master of this school, Mr. Elkanah Morton, received a small salary from the Society for teaching the white children, and the same allowance was continued to his successor. Mr. Arnold lived to the age of seventy -nine years, and died at the Rectory in 1834. He was binied on Sunday, 13th A])ril, his funeral sermon being preached by the Rev. Elias Scovil, Rector of Kingston. REV. H. NELSON ARNOLD. In 1828 the Rev. Horatio Nelson Arnold came from Granville, N. S., to assist his father, whom he succeeded as Rector of Sussex. His place at Granville, where he had officiated from 1823 to 1828, was supplied by the Rev. F. Whalley. Mr. Arnold worked faithfully and laboriously for many IN NEW BHtNHUICK. 103 years in Sussex. Ho .lir,l „t lioston, Ma.ss., Docom- W 8th, 1848, ag barn bolongiiig to General Coffin, near his residence, "Alwington Manor." It was in this building that several of the sons of Col. Nase were baptized by Mr. Norris. ' REV. ROHERT NORIIIS. Mr. Norris was born at Batli, Soniersetsliire. England, on the :^4th of May, 1764. His parents wen? Romanists who sent their son at the agf of fourteen to be educated at Home for tlu? pri(>st- hood. Here he remained eight years when he left for France. After a short stay in Paris h<' woiit to reside as a Pi-ofessor at the English College of 8t. Onier, in the year 1787. Priests' orders were conferred upon him here at Christmas, 17S9. It was while pursuing his studies and attending to the duties of his professorship at St. Omer that his mind seems to have imbibed doubts about the faith in which he had been reared, and after mature deliberation he det(?rniined to enter the Anglican Church. Having arriverl at thi> conclusion, Mr. Norris resolved to return to his native land ; but, before he could accomplish his purpose, he w;is accused of being a British subject and an aristocrat, arrested and thrown into a French ])rison. This was the era of "the reign of terroi-." He suffered fifteen months dose and hard confinement, in daily 8 t ^f* t t l^f r ,* ¥ •I 1 It ' ♦ 100 TIIK CHL'HCU OF ENOLANU exjx^ctatiou of being lot] forth to execution, and was not roleastnl until after the downfall of Robes- pierre, in 1794. As early as possible after this he set out for England, whither he arrivenl on the 2nd March, 1795. It wouhl naturally be supposed that his mental trials and bodily sufferings were now ended ; but he really fell uiU) greater distress than he had yet encountered All the members of his family were zealous Romanists. They felt indignant that one of their nund)er, and he a Priest, should be about to forsake the faith of their forefathers. Hence they refused to admit him into their circle. His father disinherited him. Ife found himself a sti-anger in his native land without friends, acquaintances or even the means of subsistence. In this extremity he offered to give instruction in the French and Italian lan- guages, for which his perfect knowledge of tJiose tongU(!s admirably qualified him. Thus he strug- gled on for nearly two years with only partial success in the effort to maintain himself, until Dr. Charles Moss, at that time Rishop of Rath and Wells, after becoming fidly satislied of his learn- ing, religious jtrinciples and moral character, n^conuneiuhid him to " The Society for the Pro- pagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," for employment as a Missionai-y. (bi the 17th of fe* IN NEW HRUNSWICK. \n\ I •ans I to lan- lose trug- 'tial Dr. and •ani- LCtlT, Pro- for of March, 1797, Mr. Norris renoinicrd tlip errors of tho ('liun;h of llonio in St. Mary-Lo-Bow Cliun-li, ('hoapsido, London, and was a})pointed by tlu? Socicity a Mi.ssionary to Nova Scotia. lie inunodiatidy embarked for his new ludd of lal)or and arrived at Ifalifax in tho following June. Witliout pausing to rest after what was then con- sidered to he a long and ])erilous vogage, Mr. Norris applie*! at once for duty and was ap})oint('d to the Parish of Chester. Here lie officiated until 1801, when he was transferred to the charge of Westrteld and Greenwich in King's County, N. !>, This mission was in those days very rough and uncultivated, the roads few and bad, and the pcjople widely scattered. It was a work of great dilHculty and no little hardship to supi)ly them with the ministrations of religion. He remained liere until September, 1806, when he was appointed by Dr. Charles Inglis, Bishop of Nova Scotia, to the Rectory of Cornwallis and Horton. Amid th(^ beautiful scenery of this pleasant parish, known as "The Garden of Nova Scotia," Mr. Norris spent thv. remaining years of his life happy in the discharge of his spiritual duties and in more temporal com- fort than he had hitherto enjoyt^d. The Parish Church of Cornwallis was almost entirely iiuilt under his su}»erintende|icc, and the lessons taught by the lives of some of tliese, our early Missionaries, not be lost upon us who live in easier and less troubled times. Let us remember their example and, when our day reijuires it, like them " patiently suffer for the truth's sake." VACANCY IN THE PARISH. Sever"" 'ars clai)sed between the removal of Ivev. R , rt Norris to Nova Scotia, and the ap- ))ointment of a resident clergyman to Westfield. ■4 ' IN VKW nHT'NSWICK. 100 During tliis long vaoaiicv the nciglibouring clergy, Messrs. Sco.'il of Kingston, Arnold of Sussex, and Willis of St. John, made occasional visits to the Parish, held services and haiitized children, i^'c. But it was chiefly owing to Colonel Na.se that th« regular servie(>s of the Church wer<> ke|)t up. How much can he done for Church and peo- ple, and for God's glory, hy an earnest and devoted layman ! This staunch and zealous Churchman passed to his rest in 18."K], aged 84 years, two years before his old comi-ade, Ceneral Cotlin, who died in 1838, at the same age. ue of )n us Let day the il of ap- Ifield. RKV. GILBERT L. WIGGINS. Mr. Wiggins was a graduate of Windsor College. Nova Scotia, and brother of the founder of "The Wiggins Male Oridinn institution ' in St. .John. In 1820 he was admitted to Deacons' orders bv the Bishop of Quebec, and in 182G ordained priest by the Bishop of Nova Scotia. His lirst charge was Rawdon, N. S. In 1822 he was aj)- j)oiuted to the Mission of Westtield, King's County, N. B. His incumbency here extended over a period of ten years. The ^lission was again left without a clergyman, and spiritually supjJied by neighbouring clergy. In l8;Uj tlie Bev. Christo- pher Milner took charge and rt'maiiit'• ■:■♦; HKV. RICHARD CLARKK. ^yJ^^HE first resident clergyman who officiated at St. Stephen was the Rev. Richard Clarke, the first Rector of Gagetown. He took charge in the year 1811. On Sunday, Gtli December, 1818, Divine Service was held for the first time in the new Church there, upon wJiich occasion Mr. Clarke took for his text — " Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house and the place where Thine honour dwelleth." The Church cost <£1000 and had an elegant steeple. Mr. Clarke was Rector for thirteen years, and di:;d in 1824 in the eighty-seventh year of his age and tlie fifty-seventh of his ministry. REV. SKEFFINGTON THOMSON, LL.D. Dr. Thomson was a native of Ireland and for some time a magistrate in that country. He came IN' N'KW BRrN'SWirK. Ill out to Xpw I',ruiiswick in 1821 as Assistant to Mr. Chirke, and upon tlie death of that veneral.Io :\rissionary, became second Rector of St. Stephen. This position he tilled until the day of his death, March 18th, 18(55. He was seventy-four years of age. By his exertions six Churches were built in his ^Mission. Dr. Thomson was one of the small band of clergy who assisted Archdeacon Coster in the formation of the Diocesan Church Society of this Province. He was present at its first meeting, September 8th, 1836, and continued to be one of its warm supj)orters to the last. * ■li «i^ ^i 112 TIIK CIILKCH OP I:N(}I-A\I) CHAPTER XIV. I ' 1; ^'H i ii>< HAMPTON. Rev. Janifs C'ookson. — Ilev. Win. W. ^^ :ilk( r. REV. JAMES COOKSON. f^fP^REVIOUS to tlie appointment of a resident 3i4/ clergyman, tlie Parish of Hamjjton, which once covered an extensive area, was served by tlie Rev. Messrs. Scovil and Arnold. The first Rector was the Rev. James Cookson, a native of England, who took charge in June, 1819. So great was the rejoicing that they had lived to see a clergyman stationed at Hampton, that one of the old inhabitants, on the tirst ap))earance of Mr. Cookson, exclaimed : " Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation." Mr. Cookson remained in Hami)ton until 1S29 when he resigned. For some time he did duty in the parishes of Ilampstead and Wickham. He then returned to his old Parish in Portsmouth, England, whence he removed to the Island of Guernsey, where he died on the 31st August, 1857. IN NKW BRUNSWICK. RKV. WM. W. WALKER. 113 Mr. Cookson was succeeded at Hampioii l)y tlio Rev. Wm. \V. Walker, now one of the Canons of the Diocese. He n-as ordaini^d Priest by tlio Bishop of Nova Scotia in the year 1827. After doing some work in Nova Scotia, Mr. Walker went to Oharlottetown and thence to St. Eleanor s, P. E. I. In 1830 he went to Hampton, of which place he is still Kector. For more than fifty years he has been in the ministry, and for nearly fifty years he has been stationed in the same place. Canon Walker has three sons in the ministry and one in St. John, N. B., following the medical proft^ssion. ^^ • , 1' tu«; lit TFIK finniril ok KN(JI,AN'f> ^f * OHAPTKR XV. •t 1' 't 4 I'. n ^^: ■1 1 :';■ MIRAMICIII. Rev. Samuel Hiicon. — Jiev. Archibald (iruv. — Uev. James Hudson. KKV. SAMUKL HACON. 'HE first Hector of Mirainiclii was the Ilcv, Saiiuiol liac'on, >vlio was sont out to New ]]runs\vick as a Missionarv of the S. P. G. in December, 1821. In January. 1822, Mr. Jiacon arrived at the extensive mission of Mirar.ii- chi. There being no Churcl) there at that time, services were held in the Court Jlouse at Newcastle and in a School House on the Chatham side. Travelling was very rough and laborious, there being but one wheel conveyance in the whole place. But it was not long before tliese and other great (lifliculties were removed and a place for Divine Worship ei-ected. On 23rd September, 1823, tlie Corner Stone was laid of the first Church (calh^d St. Paul's) on the Chatham or South side of tlie lliver. The (1iui-ch cost .£1500. In the year 1837, St. Mary's V\\>\]mA of Ease whs built. M)-. IN XKW BKC.VSWirK. 115 Bacon (lied on the IGtli of Fehrusirv, ISfiO, in tlio ei«,'litiet]i year of his a«re. Kullv fifty v«'ars of jiis life wei-e devot^'d to tlie serviie of (iod and the work of the Cliuivh. RKV. AKCHIHAM) <;i{AY from ]Si>9 to IS.U had charge of the (iraniniur School and was Assistant to Mr. Bacon until the year 18;U when he went to Halifax. Upon his re;nioval the HKV. JAMES HIDSON Avas appointed Assistant and continued in that capacity until the year 18.S9, when he visited Enffhmd and was then appointed Visiting Mission- ary for the River Miramichi. Arriving at his new and arduous sphere of labour in 1840, he laboured faithfully and earnestly foi many years. He died April 26th, 1871, aged 62 years. In the words of one of his most intimate friends : " He was conspicuous for great for'je and irdividnality of character, and the marks and im])iess of lii.s life will be seen and felt when he is forgotten." iMf ^ r ^4 lie THE cin^Ron op enval to St. George, otHciated for some tini*^ at the Church upon Long Tslan WESTMORLAND COUNTY, — SACKVILLE. Rev. J. Eagleson. — Rev. Mr. Willonghby. — Rev. John Millidge, D. C. L. — Rev. John Burnyeat. — Rev. Chris. Milner. REV. J. EAGLESON. ^tHE first clergyman who officiated in Westmor- tlrj land was the Rev. J. Eagleson. Mr. Eagleson was brought up in the Kirk of Scotland, but subsequently came to the Church of England from conviction. He was ordained by the Bishop of London, (being highly recommended by Chief Justice Belcher and by Lieut. -Gov. Franklin,) and was appointed Missionary for the County of Cum- berland, Nova Scotia, in or about the year 1770. When Mr. Eagleson took charge there were about 1100 persons who had no clergyman or teacher of any sort. When he came he found the people so little used to the Book of Common Prayer that they could not find the collects nor join in the responses. A marked improvement, however, was soon manifest. In the autumn of 1773 Mr. Eagle- V -I' IX NEW BRUNSWICK. 121 son, at the recjuest of the inhabitants, visited the Ishmd of St. Jolin, (afterwards called Prince Edward I.sland,) and preached in Charlottetown cand other jilaces. In 1778 tlie Garrison of Fort Cumberland was besieged by an American Revolu- tionary force and Mr. Eagleson taken prisoner and carried otf to New England, where he was confined for several months. On his return he found that his house had been plundered and his libraiy taken away. In addition to his work in Nova Scotia, Mr. Eagleson took charge of the whole County of Westmorland, N. B., and officiated there as often as time and opportunity would per- niit. He remained in Cumberland County until 1781, when he removed to Halifax. KKV. MR. WILLOUGHBY. Mr. Eagleson was succeeded by Mr. Willoughby, a gentleman who was highly connected in England and a good speaker. By his zeal and energy much was done for the church, both in Westmorland County and Nova Scotia. REV. JOHN MILLIDGE, D. C. L. After Mr. Willoughby came thr Kev. Juhn Milbdge. In 1817 Mr. Millidge was appointed to the Rectorv nf Am,.o..^i:.. xt u i .. ., Tsirrison Chaplaincy. He died in 18:50, a-ed nj vears. ■'^c '^ .» 122 »■■ ' i» I'.* i .1 »' ' \ t Tin; CUIKCII OF EX(;[ was appointed a Missionary of the Society for the Pro})agation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and accompanied by his wife and family, arrived at Halifax, N. S., the following vear. Mr. ^Milner remained in Nova Scotia until May, 1820, Mhen he was appointed to the exten- IN NKW liltlXSHICK. 123 s.ve M,s«,on of Saokvillo, N. R, vacated by th« ren.oval of Mr. Burnyeat. At tJ.is distance of t.me ,t IS i„.p„ssil,le to give even an epitome of the extensuo labors of Mr. Milncr. Wben he arnved in Ne.. Brunswick he found hi.n.self the o y M,.ss,onary between Sussex Vale and Halifax-, and although he was virtually Rector of Sackville only, he frequently ^isit«I and preached in Amherst, Dorchester, Shediac, Moncton, Hopewell a.Kl other places. Within one year after he was vlnch had long been in a ruined condition, was •-bu.lt and opened for Divine .Service. It was not long before several churches were built by Mr MUner, who was ably assisted in this good work l>y Messrs. Botsford, Jlorse and oth<.rs In 183.5 the people of WestHel.l, King's County, N. K, petitione, when incapacitated b, .llne.ss and „,,in„ity, |,e ,.,,,,„„„,. „, ,,,^^,, J ■Wlcvdle 2nd Xoven,b,.r, 1S77. in .he n„K.,v ..rs, ♦• f i\ 4^' ■; %% 121 TJIE CllLKClI UF KNGLAND your of his age, liaving boon in the employ of tlie S. P. G. for the long period of forty-two years. Physically strong, full of life and energy, Mr. Milner did work that few could do. The gi-and features of his chara 'ter were benevolence and forgetfulness of self. Long will he be held in gratf^ful and kindly remembrance by his many parishioners in New Brunswick. I '.it I IX \E\V P.IICNSWICK. 12.') CHA PTKR XTX CARLKTON. qE UEV. FREDKHICK COSTER. ^ITE Rev. Frederick Coster was born in Berk- lll shire, England, jind upon tlie completion of his collegiate education, came out to Bermuda on a visit to his brother, the Rev. George Coster, afterwards Rector of Fredeiicton and Arch- deacon of New Brunswick. Returning to England he was ordained by Bisliop Blomfiekl and sent out to New Brunswick as a Missionary of the S. R G. in 1822. In the following year he succeeded Rev. Abraham Wood as Assistant to Dr. Willis, Rector of Trinity Church, St. John, whose mission then included Car;etx)n. On the erection of the West Side of the Harbor of St. John into a separat'i Parish, (1825) ]Mr. Coster was appointed first Rector. In 1822 St. Georges Church (Carleton) was opened for Divine Service. It was consecrated in 1826 by Bisho}) Jnglis, who, in this year, made his lirst episcopal a i.sit.-itioii to Xrw llriiiisw irk. m t .»,« : ■! ■ % f'lh if 120 TlIK (.'IILIICII OF ENCLANI) f aiiou Co.sUt was foi many years tlie ai)le and ('IH(.'i('iit S(*cretary of tli(i Diocesan C^liurcli Society. We was a fine reader, an acconiplished musical critic, and always maintained an exc<'llent clioir in Lis (*liurcli. Ilis knowledge of ecch'siastical as well as general subjects, was sound and extensive. Jle i'..arried in 1823 a daughter of Henry Wright, Es(j., Collector of Customs at the Port of St. John. He afterwards married a daughter of Attorney (xeneral Peters, who still survives him. He died 12th Hecember, IfSGG, aged 70 years, and was interred in the Burial Ground of the Parish, of which he was Rector for over forty years. The prtisent ]lector of St. George's Chmvh (Carleton) is the Rev. Theodore E. Dowling. IN' NKW I'.Urxswif'K, 1l>' ^1? Oa7 CHAPTER XX. lUTlIURST. REV. ALEX. C. SOMERVILLE. g^HE first Rector of Lathurst was tlio Rev. Alex. Carnegie Sonierville. He was ordained Deacon in 1826 (at the same time as Dr. ^^ McCawley,) by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, and at once appointed to Bathiirst. Here lie remained until 1842 when he went to England. His mission comprised the whole of the County of Gloucester and the present County of Rostigouche, with a coast and river line of more than 250 miles. St. George's Church, (Bathurst,) although erected in 1826, was not pewed until 1834. On 9th August, 1836, it was consecrated, with the Burial Ground, by Bishop Tnglis. ft I i if -n: iL'H THK ClU'RCH OF EN(JLANI) •w S CHAPTER XXI. < !<', <• •*»• » • I ( i ,^ |i ' .^1 SHEDIAC. Kev. Samuel E. Arnold.— Rev. John Black. — Rev. Geo. S. Jarvis, D. D. UEV. SAMUEL E. ARNOLD. JtHE first I'esidont clergyman appointed to the Ijh Parish of Shediac was the Rev. Samuel E. 07 Arnold. He came in the year 1829 and *^ remained until 1832, when he went to the United States where he died. REV. JOHN BLACK. Mr. Arnold was succeeded in the year 1833 by the Rev. John Black. He remained until 1836, when he was successively appointed to Sackville, Richibucto and Kingsclear, N. B. REV. GEO. S. JARVIS, D. D. Mr. Black was succeeded by the Rev. Geo. S. Jarvis, who took charge in May, 1836. Dr. Jarvis' career is a long and interesting one. Tn i826 he IN NEW BRL'NSWICK. 129 was Lay Reader for Locli Lomoiul, Muiine Hospital and Poor House in St. John County, In'ing licensed as sucli ])y tlie IJisl.op of Nova Seotiju He woi-ked at these j)laees «,n"atuitously for tlire<' yeai-s ; Imd tln-ee services each week, and tmvelled long dis- tances, never failing to keep his apiK)iutiiie,its. In 1829 he was ordained Deacon and took charge of Amherst and Westmorland. He was onlained Priest in August, 1830. He then went to Hamj)- stead and thence removed to Shediac, where he now resides. S. i ^ i''^ i 130 THK CHUHCII OF KN(JI.ANI) m CHAPTKi: XXTT. roU'lLANI). Rev. (lilhert L. Wig^^'iiiH. — Ri'v. Cnnon Iliirrison. ' !N 1829 (Trace Cliuicli, Portlaiul, was opened . for Divine Service. It was l)uilt chiefly ' through the instnnnentality of the Rev. B. G. Gray, Rector of St. John, who, with his Hon, held free service in it every Sunday evening. Grace Church was consecrated by Bishop Inglis in 1835. In 1832 the Rev. Gilbert L. Wiggins, who had l)een previously stationed at Westtield and Green- wich, took charge of the extensive Parish of Portland. A few years afterwards he resigned and went to England, where he died in 1872. The late Canon Harrison succeeded him in the autumn of 1836. On 23rd December, 1838, Archdeacon Coster preached the first sermon in St. Luke's Church, Portland. On Sunday, Noveml)er 1st, 1840, St. Luke's was consecrated by Bishop Inglis, who laadt^ one of his last visits to New Brunswick dui'ing this year. The Chui'ch was destroyed by fire 28th Mav. 187."). IN NEW UUUNSWICK. 1.'31 CHAPTER XX HI. (J RAND 31 AN AN. Key. Dr. xu^y visits the iHland.-Rev. John Dunn.- Kev. JjirnoH Neiiles. (JT was a long time before a resident Clergymai . was appointed to Grand Manan. In 182( ^ ' Dr. Alley of St. Andrews made a missionan ^man -J20 f J Dr. Alley of St. Andrews made a missionary tour through the Island, and baptized 122 children and 37 adults. The population then con- sisted of about 500. A Church was erected there about the year 1823. In 1832 the Rev. John Dunn took charge. He was inducted as Rector of Grand Manan October 29th, 1835. The Rev. James Neales, the present Rector of Gagetown, succeeded Mr. Durn. Mr. Neales left in 1848. i:52 THE CHURCH OF KN(;LAND h (MT AFTER X XT V. I ii ..) r' COXCLISIOX. Statistics and other information. 7?T>^'UCH is a brief ami nece.ssarilv imperfect liis- ^^ torical sketch of " The First Fifty Years of ^3 the Church of England in the Prov^ince of '<ley, Rev, John, " " Maugerville. Byles, Rev. Dr " " St. John. Clarke, Rev. Richard, " " (iago'own. Cooke, Rev. Dr " " Fredericton. Dihblee, Rev. F •' "Woodstock. Pidgeon, Rev. George, " " Hell':;isle. Price, Rev. W " " Na.shwaak. Scovil, Rev. James, " " Kingston. Board.sley, Mr. John D School master at Maugerville. Morton, Mr. E kanah, (Master of the Indian School at ' ' ( Sussex > ale. 10 Clergy and 2 School masters. IB lf5. Bishop, The Right Rev. Charles Inglis, D. D.. 17S7. Andrews, Rev. Samuel, Missionary at St. Andrews. Arnold, Rev. Oliver, '• " Sussex Vah'. Bisset, Rev. James, " " Maugerville. Cl.irke. Rev. Richard, " •' St Stephen, A P P K X I) I X , I "''''7 '."';:• '• " " Woo f'lergy. 137 Bishop, Tlu' Ilight Kev. Robert Stanser, D, D.. 181rt Alley, H(.v. Jerome, D. D , St. Andrews. Arnohl, Rev. Oliver Sussex Vale. narke, Rev. Richard st. Stephen. Clarke, Rev. Samuel R (Jagetown. ('ook.,on. Rev. James Hampton. Dibblee, Rev. V., Woodstock. "">"'^'". ''«^' " Grand Lake. Milue. Rev. James Frederieton. Afiliier, Rev. Cliristopher, Sackville. Milner, Rev. Raper Maugerville. Seovii, Rev. Elias Kingston. Si.merville, Rev. James Douglas Willis, Rev. Robert, St. John. Wo(Kl, Rev. Abraham Assistant-St. John. 14 riergy. Bishop, The P.ight Rev. John Inglis, D. D., ISS".. Alley, Rev. Jerome, J». 1>. St. Andrews. Arnold, Rev. Oliver Rector, Sus-sex Vale. Arnold, Rev II. N Assistant, " Arnold, liev. Samuel K., Sli«'diue. Raeon, Rev. Samuel, U.ctor, Mirami.hi. ( larke. Rev. Sanmel R (Jauetown. Cooks..u, Rev. Jamo>, Hampton. foster, Rev. Arehdearon lienor, Fredeiirtnu. Coster. Rev. V (MrlHo,, III m K w li !• i ,11 1 38 A i» p i: \ D I x . Cowell, Rev. Geo., Womlstock, Gray, Rev. IJ. G., D. D., Kector, St. .I(.lm. (iray, Rev. J. W. D., Atsistant, " Gray, Itev. Archibald, " Miraniiclii. Jacob, Rev. Dr., i ^nffi)''"/ T'J'if'i!''" .^'""''*^"'' ' ' ( Omciatcd at St Marys. McCawley, Rev. Geo., As.si9tant, Fnxlericton. Milner, Rev. Christopher, SackvlUe. Milner, Rev. Raper, Maugervillc Parker, Rev. A. D., Prince William. Scovil, Rev. Elias, Kingst')ii. Somerville, Rev. Jaineu, Doukdas. Soraerville, Rev. Alex. C, Bathurst. Thomson, Rev. Samuel, St. Geori;e. Thomson, Rev. Skeffington, LL. D. ..St. Stei)hen. Wiggins, Rev. A. V., Assistant, Kingston. Wiggins, Rev. Gilbert L., Wehtfield. Wood, Rev. Abraham, Grand Lake. 26 Clergy. DIOCESE OF FREDEKICTON. I '' I ; Bishop, The Right Rev. John Medley, D. D., 184"). Alley, Rev. Jerome, D. D., St. Andrews. Arnold, Rev. H. N., Sussex Vale. Bacon, Rev. Samuel Miramichi. Black, Rev. John, Sackville. Coster, Rev. Frederick, Carleton. Coster, Rev. N. A., ^agetown. Coster, Rev. Archdeacon, Fredericton. DeWolf, Rev. J. N., Richibucto. Disbrow.Rev. N., (Curate,) St. Stephen. Dunn, Rev. John, Dougla.s, Gray, Rev. B. G., D. D., St. John. Gray, Rv\. J. W. D., St. John. A P P E N LM X . 139 Harrison, Rev. William, Portland. Hudson, Kev. Jainea, Miramichi. Jacob, Kev. Dr. Edwin, Visiting Missionary. Jarvis, Rev. (ipo. S., D.D., Shediac. Jarvis, Rev. Henry J., Richibucto. McOhi'c, Rev. Thos., (Curate,) St. Andrews. Milner, Rev. Christopher, Westtield, Ncales, Riu. Fowler, Rev. LcR W., Rector, Prince Wm. and Dumfries. Greer, Rev. W,, Missionary, Burton. Groton, Rev. W. M., Rector,Trinity Church, St Stci)lirn. Ilanford, Rev. S. J., Missionary, Upliani. Hanson, Rev. N. M., ...Missionary, New Denmark. Ilartin, Rev. ThomaH, Retired Missionary. Hiltz, Rev. Augustus F., Rector, Derhy. Ifoadley, Rev. A., Missionary, Aljerdeen. Ifoyt, Rev L. A., Missionary, Andover. Jaff'rey, Rev. W., Missionary, St. Mary's. Jarvis, Rev. (i. S., D. D., Rector, .SIiediac—/;>/r«/ /?««;». Jones, Rev. J. Nelson Rector, Hicliihucto Ketchuni, Rev. Canon, D. D., Rector, St. Andrews. Lookward, Rev. J., Missionary, Waterford. Love, Rev. (.;., " Hopewell Cape,An)ert Co. Mathers Rev R ( Principal "WiKnin.s Male Ori)han Mainers, Kt\. u., | Institution," St Jnlin. McKiel, Rev. W. licB., Hector, Douglas and Rright. Medley, Rev. Canon, Rector, Sussex. Millidge, Rev. J. W., Missionary, St. David. Nealcs, Rev. .lames Rector, (iagetown. Neales, Rev. Thomas, Rector, Wcxtdstock — Rural Dean. Neales, Rev. H. H., Rector, Richmond. Newnham, Rev. O. S., Missionary, P'ntduChene.Shediac. Parnther, Rev. D. B., Rector, St. Jude's,Victoria,Carrtou Partridge, Rev. Canon, Rector, Rothesay. Pentreath. Rev, Kdwyn S. W., Reet(»r, Moncton. ,,. , ., D T» At' (Missionarv, (Jreenwich and I ickctt, Rev. V. \\ ., I W"ickham-A'«r«/ Jhnn. Raymond, Rev. W. O., Missionary, Stanley. R(»l»ert.s, Rev. (i. CJ., Rector, Fredorieton— i?«»-«i Dean Uust)to», Rev. Joseph, Rector, St. Stephen. Schotield, Rev. (ieorge, Rector, Simouds. Shannon, Rev. W Missionary, lidmonston. Miaw, Rev. R, Rector, Cambridge. Sill, Rev. Frederick S., Curate, Si. Paul, I'ortland. A r r i: n d i x Ml Siiiioiitls, Ri'v. K K«'ctor, Dori'licstcr. Smith, Kcv. .lost-pli U»'otor, PctiM-svillf, Smith, Ilt'V. K, E., Rrctor, M. (uHtrffv—Hurnl Ihan. Spike, Kev. Honry M., Rector, Laiicasfcr. Stcrliiifx, Rev. (J. II., Roctor, MaiijJtcrvillo, Stevens, Rev L. (1 Rw'or, St. Luke's, Porthmd. Street, Rev. W. H., Rector, Kathurst. Sweet, Rev. J. II, S., Missionary, Dnlhousie. Talhot, Rev. James II., Rector, SprinRfield. Towers, Rev. V., Missionary, Canterbury. Wainwright, Rev, IlastinKJ^S Rector, Kingston. AValker, Rev. Canon, Rector, Hampton. ♦ Warnefftnl, Rev. 10. A., Rector, Norton. Weeks, Rev. A. II., Rector, (iueeiishury. Wetmore, Rev. I). I., Missionary, Chftou. Willis, Rev. Cuthhert, Rector, Petitcodiac. Wilkinson, Rev. W. J., Curate, Petitcodiac. Wilson, Rev. C. P...... Missionary, C'a.npo'tcllo. G'J Clergy. tl I!.' I. lUSIKJPRKJS (JF THE ENGLISH COLO- NIAL AND MISSIONARY CHURCH. 1. Nova Scotia, 1787 3fi. 2. Quebec • 1793 37. 3. Calcutta, 1814 38. 4. Jainaica(now KinKHton) 1824 39. 5. Bar1)a(los (and Wind ward 40. Lslands,) 1878, 1824 G. Madra.s 18;J5 41. 7. Australia (now Sydney)..l836 42. 8. Hombay, 1837 43. 9. Toronto, 1839 44. 10. Newfoundland, 1839 11. New Zealand (now Auck- 45. land,) 1841 40. 12. Tasmania, 1842 47. 13. Antigua, 1842 48. 14. Guiana, 1842 49. 15. Gibraltar, 1842 50. 16. Fredericton, 1845 51. 17. Colombo, 1845 52. 18. Jerusalem, 1846 5.3. 19. Capetown, 1847 54. 20. Newcastle, 1847 55. 21. Melbourne, 1847 56. 22. Adelaide, 1847 57. 23. Victoria, (China) 1849 24. Rupert's Land, 1849 58. 25. Montreal 1850 69. 26. Sierra Leone, 1850 60. 27. Grahamstown, 1853 61. 28. Mauritius, 1854 62. 29. Labuan, 1855 63. 30. Christchurch.N. Z. 1856 64. 31. Perth, 1857 65. 32. Huron, 1857 66. 3:t Wellington, 1858 67. 34. Nelson 1858 68. 35. Waiapu, 1858 Brisbane, Wid St. Helena 1859 Columbia, 1859 Nassau, 1861 Zambesi (now Central Africa,) 1861 Honolulu, 1861 Melanesia 1861 Ontario, 1862 Orange River (now Bloemfontein) 1863 Ooulburn, 1863 Niger 1864 Dunedin, 1866 Qrafton and Armidale,..1867 Maritzburg, 1869 Bathurst, 1869 Falkland Islands, 1870 Zululand, 1870 Moosonce, 1872 Trinidad, 1872 North China 1872 Algoma 1873 Independent Kaifraria (now St. John's),^ 1873 Athabasca, 1874 Saskatchewan, 1874 Madagascar, 1874 Ballarat, 1875 Niagara 1876 Lahore 1877 Rangoon, 1877 Pretoria, 1878 North Queensland, 1878 Caledonia, 1879 New Westminister, 1879 II. BISHOPRICS OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH. 1. Connecticut 1784 32. 2. Pennsylvania, 1787 m. 3. New York 1787 ;{4. 4. Virginia, 1790 35. 5. Maryland, 175. 25. Maine, 1847 56. 26. Indiana, 1849 57. 27. Mississippi, 1850 58. 28. West Africa 1851 59. 29. Florida, 1851 00. 30. Illinois 1851 61, 31. California, 1853 62. Oregon and Washington , is.'i4 I'JWa. 1854 Texas, I859 Minnesota 1869 Kansas i864 Nebraska 1805 Colorado isi;."") Pittsburgh, 1866 Japan, 1806 Louisiana 1866 Wisconsin, I8O6 Montana, 1867 Kaston 18O8 Long Island, 1809 Albany, i869 Central New York, 1809 Nevada and Arizona, 1809 Central Pennsylvania, ..1871 Niobrara 1873 Northern New Jersey,. ,.1874 Western Texas, 1874 Haiti 1874 Northern Texas, 1874 Northern California, ..,,1875 New Mexico, 1876 Western Michigan, 1875 Southern Ohio, I875 Fond-du-Lac,Wisconsin, 1875 West Virginia, 1878 Springfield i878 Qnhuy, 1878 V ' w' ;♦ l:P • I t LIST OF DIOCESES IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, WITH DATE OF FORMATION AND NAMES OF PRESENT BISHOPS. ynme of Diocpse, Xofiif of jH'esf-nt J{i. and When fonttrif. 1. Novsi Soutiu, 17,S7 im>l)(>rt lUiincy, D. I) 1851 2, (iiu'boc, 171M JaiiH's \V. Williams, D. I>., ISCf ;; Toronto, 1«.'K» Arflmr Sweatniaii, I). D, 1871) 4. NewfuuiMlhind, 18;«> LJtwcllyii Jones, D. ]»., 1878 f). iFri-donclon, 1845 Joltn Mitllcy, D. D., 1845 i\. Uiijtirt'.s Land, 1H4!» RoIktI Mailiray, I). D., IWJri T. Montreal 18r)0 Win. U. Hiuid, 1>. I> 1879 K Huron, l.sr.7 Isaac ileliniiith, D. 1)., 1871 V. Coliinil.ia, hsr.l) Georye Hills, I). ]) 18W> 10. Ontario, ....I8(i2 John T. Lewis, 1). D., LL.IJ, 1802 11. aioosonee 1872 1 Honien, I>. 1) 1872 12. AlK'oiua, 187;t Frederick 1). Fauqnior, 1). C. L l.S7.( i:?. AtliaWasea, I(s74 W. Carpenter Honiiias, D. D., 1874 14. Saskatehewan 1874 T. MaeU'an, D. I)., 1). C. L., 1874 l.-^.. Xia^ara 1875 T. R Fuller, D. D.,1). C. L 1875 Iti. Cak'donia 1875» William Hidley, 1). D., 1870 17. New Westniinistfr,l879 Aeton W. Sillitoe, l>. D., 1879 *The venerable Dr. Medley, Itisliop of Fredorieton and Metropo- litan ol'CaJJada, now in his 7()tli year, is the second oldest Colonial Hisliop rtf tlie Church of Fn^dand. The oldest is Dr. W. P. Austin of Cvuiana, who was Itorn in 1807 ;uid fjiisecratcd in 1845J. SOME OF THE AUTHORITIES CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OP THIS WORK. S. p. a. Keporfs of v.'irioiis iimimIkts and dates. Sprat^iu's Anu'i-ican Pulpit Annals. Anderson's History of Tlie Colonial Chnrch. Hawkins' Missions of the Church of Kn<,dand, Sahinc's American Loyalists. Murdoch's History of Nova Scotia. Memoirs of The American Church hy Pdshop White. Life of JJishop Scahury. Life of IJishop Mountain. istorical Account of Christ Church, liostoii, by the Ivev. Ileury l»urrou<,'hs, Jiector. A Sermon on the Landing of the Loyalists, hy the Ivev. James , J. Hill. A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Church ot Kngland in the B. N. A. Provinces, (Akins.) Annals of the Diocese of Fredericton, (Hawkins.) Page 13. Line 10. For '' Kpiscopate " read "F:piseopal." Page 24. Line PJ. For "his last visit " read ''one of his last visits." PageoL Line 10. For "appreciation" read "applica- tion." Page 75. Line 14. For "1854" read "1853."