Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-16

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An aEficle in The Esstern Argus for Feb
suasy Gsh. reistes to the first Episcopal
|ehsrch \ New Essiand aaa il Msise. but
s coutsins "A error which lesves - mat
~ i dsabs o. 70 what date u insended.
This article says: THE drst Episcopal
church IN Nev Englanl,- WAS erected II
Richmond Island in 1855 1852 Rev
Richard Gibson. pastor In eithev case
there is an error. Barsless's Frontier
Missionary. page II. says. .-Rev. Rich
ard Gibson, an Episcopal minister. was At
Sseo al least - early As 1857, and re-
manned on this side Of the Atlantic.
seven years before his return, part Of
which time vas spent in Saco. 1t was in
this place. then, that Epfseepaey aras .drst
permanently established in the territory of
Na;ne.r
Other interesting facts bcarirg upon this
question which follow, are Cleaned from
Rev. w. S. Bartleus Memoir of Rev. Ja-
cob Bailey:
In 1906 the second Plymouth Company
sens party who settled at the mouth OF
Kennsbee river. They erected among other
buildings a church. Probably this means
AT Popbam.
..It is certain that on the shores of At
kins bay (PophaIn) the hallowe,i strains of
Engiaai's ritual were heard at Do infre
qaent intervals. during autumn of 1907 and
succeeding winter. And, therefore, these
are the first instances of the use of the
liturgy, and the performance of the rites
of the Episcopal eharch in any part of the
United States, north of Virginia. And not
only so, this WIS the .Rrst DrGtesfdAt trorship
and pseachiag hy an oriaiaed aataistsr in
ray posftoa NJ this cat tsrritory."
Rev Jacob Bailey arrived at Pownalbor
Uugh july / 1860. The court house was
built in 1861, and was used for many years
On Sunday. for church services. previous
10 this, these services must have been held
III the chapel of Fort Richmond and in
private houses"
When the P0wnalboro folks petitioned
for minister in 1859 they promised to give
land aud build church but were unable to
10 so. Mr.. Bailey moved to Fort Rich
mond in 1861, and received grant of
use of land abont the fort. August, l761,
he married Miss Sally Weeks of Hampton,
Y. IL. In l7G4 an Episcopal church was
formed at Falmouth, Me. For five years
Ito 1859 Mr.. Bailey lived at Fort Rich
nond and preached in Pownalboro. The
church at Pownalboro Was built in ITO.
Mr.. Bailey wrote on Nov. ), 1870: I'VE
performed service yesterday in our
new church. The outside is completely
finished. The church was called ST Johns
church, Pownaiborough." 1t was 80 feet
long by so feet wide. The parsonage was
built in 177l Mr.. Bailey moved into one
finished room in the fall of that year. He
had no salary but got an average of ESQ
year. During the last two years however
got less than ego each. TN Sept. Z, IVA,
Mr.. Bailey started for Boston; Sept. %,
mobbed at Brunswick, Sept. &c, "abroad;
fed from mob, lodged at George
Miers.' In l777, May %, Before COM
mittee.' May "a, Examined" May IS,
laid under bonds Aug. IL, he says:
Forbidden to pray for the King. Only
delivered sermon, IS present.
He says: Oct. IS, '.before committee for
not reading the declaration of independence,
for praying for King and preaching sedi-
,ious Sermon"
Aug. &c, l77S, Il am prohibited in strong
est terms by Col. Cushing, from officiating
| any longer, and tho promised to acquiesce,
| yet he still threatens to enforce the oath"
Mr.. Bailey left Pownalboro June I, 1873,
| for Halifax where he settled.
G., W.R,