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retary 1847, 1848, and was mainly instrumental in 

 founding the Church of St. George the Martyr. 

 We have no record of the date of his ordination, 

 but an official document shows that in the year 1823 

 he was appointed astipendary Curate by the Bishop 

 of Peterborough, England, to the Parish Church of 

 Brigstock and Standon, in the county of Northamp- 

 ton, His first charge in this country was Trinity 

 Parish, Nantucket, Mass., of which he was the first 

 Rector, the church having been built for him in 

 1838. He died in England, November 25, 1852, 

 whither he had gone to collect funds for the Church 

 of St. George the Martyr. 



IN GENERAL 



In a brief sketch, such as this was intended to be, 

 extending over a period of one hundred years, it 

 would be impossible to notice all of the many hun- 

 dreds who have rendered efficient service in the 

 cause of the Society during that time, and the Com- 

 mittee, to whom this duty has been entrusted, could 

 only select for special mention those who have oc- 

 cupied more prominent official positions and who 

 have borne the burden of the work. But had time 

 and space permitted it they would have made a 

 more extended reference to men who have now 



