Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-19
OLD MARRIAGE
RECORDS HERE
st. Peters Church Enters
Its Third Century
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:

Richmond. the county seat of staten
Island, stands Saint Andrews Pro
testant church, which has entered
upon the third century of its inter-
esting history. From the date of
the ehurch's organization, in Novem-
Der, 1909, 1t has been a central
figure in the nations affairs, n
honored and beloved by many sue
ceeding generations.
The writer recently had occasion
TO visit the rectory of this venerable
church for the purpose of scanning
the records, where every kindness
and courtesy was shown by the rec
tor. now bishop, Charles Sumner
Burch. in whose cosy library the rec
ords are kept. 1t is a lamentable
fact that in the partial burning OF
the church edifce, about fifty years
ago, many of the valuable old rec
ords were destroyed.
1t was while perusing these old
records that the writer came across
a few items of interest to the older
citizens of Perth Amboy. Chief of
these are the original notes Of the
Rev. Richard Claiming Moore, for
merly rector Of Saint Andrews,
which say:
COPIED from my private record,
for my son, the Rev. David Moore.
RICHARD CLAIMING MOORE"
Marriages at Amboy during my
ministry at that place."
1773-December %, Andrew
Smith and Maria Parker, 500.
1774-April II, John Halstead
and - Johnson, zoo; April 20,
Edward Ball and Susan Halstead,
1.17.10. May II, - Dixon and
Mary Johnson, 200. September g.,
Joseph Marsh and Ruth Smith,
17Ss-August I, Harry Balm
bridge and Sarah Truxton. 400.
1797-January u, John Roe and
Susan stephens, sou.
179S-December 81, John Brown
and Ann Segang, LIZA.
1S01-January Z, Richard Meade
and Margaret Butler. 0.t2.0.
The Rev. Richard Charming Moore
became one of the most prominent
dlvines connected with the Episcopal
church in America. He was born in
New York city August p, 1852. He
studied medicine and practiced
physic for a few years, when he be-
came q student Of Bishop Provost.
His first ministry, after receiving or
ders. for a brief period, was at Rye,
In Westchester County, and in Octo-
Der, 1888, he came to Staten Island,
where he remained until 1903, when
he accepted a call to Saint Stephens
church, New York.
In 1914 he was elected bishop of
Virginia and became rector of the
Monumental church in the City of
Richmond, and was -consecrated May
IS, 1914. During his incumbency,
In 1902, a structure was reared on
the North Shore Of Staten Island,
and called Trinity Chapel" which
has since become the Church of the
Ascension. From 1898 to 1901 he
officiated at Amboy at stated times.
DR.. Moore once owned the land
where the West Point Military Acad-
~p<saw located. He also owned
the Rose and Crown farm house at
New Dorp, Staten Island, which was
occupied during the Revolution by
Sir William Howe Sir Henry Clinton,
Sir Guy Carleton and other notable
%~~mbeTs Of the British Army, and It
was in this old house that the British
generals first saw the Declaration Of
Independence. Their reading of the
q LIZ uc dO00AhCHb ICI ~ a OONA1SA1 VI
wal and the battle of Long Island,
which preceded the interview in the
old Billopp House, opposite Perth
Amboy, between Lord Howe, repre-
sentfng the British government, and
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and
Edward Rutledge, representing the
Continental Congress.
The Rose and Crown farm house
was erected about 1870, by one
Bedell, a French Huguenot, and it
was in this house that Bishop Bedell,
one of the most prominent divines of
his day, was born. The house was
demolished about 1853.
Bishop Richard Claiming Moore
preached the funeral sermon in Rich
mond, Virginia, of John Marshall,
/ chief Justice of the United States.
| He died on November II, 1S41, and
his remains were inferred beneath
| the chancel of st. Andrews church,
In Richmond, Staten Island, where
an appropriate tablet a erected to
his memory.
Bishop Moore was succeeded at St.
Andrews by his son, the Rev. David
Moore, who continued to serve as
rector for forty-eight years. He also
of1ciated at Perth Amboy at stated
times. In the northeast corner of
the burial ground, in the village of
7 Richmond, stands a beautiful monu-
ment bearing the following inscrip-
tom
Rev. David Moore, d. D,
Rector of
st. Andrews Church,
Including Trinity Chapel,
Staten Island.
Born June Sd, 1887,
Died Sept. 3Oth, 1856,
Aged 90 years.
On the opposite side of the monu-
ment is the following inscription:
"This monument, the spontaneous
offering of a grateful community,
was erected to the memory of Rev.
David Moore, D. D., eldest son of the
Ri. Rev. Richard Claiming Moore,
D. D, late bishop Of Virginia. IN
this, his first and only parish, where
he was the beloved and honored rec
tor for foTty-eight years, he had Just
~ earned the reputation of a most
devoted and laborious servant of
Christ, and as he was found faithful
ever unto death, those who knew his
value well, have laid him here to
rest, weeping and '%sorrowing most of
all that they shall see his face no
more"
During the first century or so in
1he history of St. Andrews at Rich
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