The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-05-29
yestry, including Mr.. Goldsborough.

| VESLTI, luCIuullS Ill.
At meeting in May, 1S42, at which four
Vestrymen were present, including two OF
those who were present at the October meet
ing-it was resolved that the 9Th resolution
| of the Goth Oct. be rescinded. MIR. Griffith
was then unanimously reinstated as Regis
| ter and Treasurer"
On the 18th March, 1845, it was resolved
that as Rev. Mr. Billopp has been elected
Rector of Emmanuel Church, in Newcastle,
Delaware, his resignation is accepted with
regret" In September following it is record
ed that "the vestry of Havre de Grace have
notified this vestry that they have chosen
Rev Mr. Morse as Rector This vestry
agree that they will not act on it now" On
the 18th Oct. they "resolve that it is not like
ly they can agree with the Havre de Grace
Parish, and they unanimously elect Rev. Mr.
Champion, for one year, at $500.
MAY %, 1948. Application being made
to change the bounds of the Parish on the
west, to James Run, instead of Bynum 8
Run. Resolved that it is inexpedient. But
as the width of the Parish is only seven miles
and the length about thirty, there is no OBJ
lection to taking off the upper part, and we
will contribute the lot on which the old
Chapel stood at the Trappe, there being
many EpscopaIian families residing there,
who have been for years past making efforts
to rebuild the Chapel" / believe this was
accomplished soon afterwards. think, how
ever, the new building was burnt and third
the one now staneing-was erected.
Mr.. Champion remained rector of st.
Georges until 1879, and was much beloved
by his parishlonerst. Soon after his accession
movement beganAfnr erecting a new church
on the old site ands1artly on the old founda-
ton. The project was so successful that in
1851, the cornerstone was laid in the pres
ence Of o large concourse ofpeople the Revs.
Joseph Trapnell, George A. Leakin, William
F. Brand and S. W. Champion participating
in the interesting ceremonies. The fine
church-the one now standing-was soon
ready for worship, and in 1873, Rev. Edmund
Christian, native Of Virginia, was chosen
rector of the Parish. He had been rector of
parishes in his native State and in Calvert
and Howard counties in Maryland.
Here end my extracts from the vestry
Books, and here must end, for the present,
my History of this interesting old Parish. l
am fully aware of the many imperfections
and deficiencies of my effort, but am partly
consoled by the consciousness ofhaving done
the best could with the material at hand.
Of course, the main source of my information
has been the ry-book-presumably trust
worthy so far as it goes, but presenting, it
must be owned, many deplorable gaps
though whether from the negligence of the
Register ia making the record, or from care
lessness in its subsequent preservation may
never be known. / will venture to add
that it would have been very easy matter
to make the paper much more acceptable to
the general reader by greatly curtailing it,
and particularly by giving Only the substance,
instead of the very words, of the vestry pro-
ceedings. This, however, could only have
been done by the omission of much that is
really of local interest and importance, and
so far from being merit would have been
q serious defect.
Mr. Christian died very recently at his
home in Baltimore at the age of eighty-two.
G. w ARCHER.