The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
St. Peters Parish Plans Celebration
 In Cheshire, Nov. 3
Rev. W A. Beardsley, D. D., of New Haven to Preach at Services-Mortgage on Rectory to Be Converted
 Into Ashes-BishOp BudlOng Expected to Attend

built and the church heightened. The parish house was erected in 1889.
 Parish Supper Nov. 2
 Rev. John Davis Skilton, AM, STD, current rector, hopes to have the Right Rev. Frederick Grandy Budlong, DID,. bishop coadjutor, present at the exercises and at the parish supper in Grange hall the previous evening, November 2.
 The complete list of rectors at St. Peters church follows: Rev. Ichabod Camp, 17-53-176O: Rev. Samuel Adams, 1762-1789; Rev Reuben Ives, 1788-182O; Rev. Til- lotson Bronson ,D.D., 1820-1825; Rev. A. Cornwall; Rev. H. M. Ma son, 1825-1828; Rev. Christian F. Cruse, 1829-1832; Rev. Bethel Judd, DID,, 1832-1835; Rev. E. E. Beards- ley, 1825-1841; Rev. w. F. Morgan, 1841; Rev. F. Miller, 1841-1844; Rev. E. E. Beardsley, 1844-1848; Rev. J. H. Nichols, 1848-1851; Rev. Hilliard Bryant, 1852-1865; Rev. Julius H. Ward, 1865-1868; Rev. Edward M. Pecke, 1868-1872: Rev. w. B. Buck ingham, 1873-1876; Rev. O. H. Raf- tery, 1876-1886; Rev. J. F. Sexton, 1886-1896; Rev. Millidge Walker, 1898-1889; Rev. H. H. Buck, 1900- 1907; Rev. F. s. Morehouse, 1908- 1911; Rev. Darcus J. Simpson, 1912- 1921; Rev. c. w. Morrison, 1922 1924; and the present rector, Rev. Mir. Skilton.
 The beginning of this parish was when Joseph Moss assembled some friends in the house of Zachariah Ives, and as lay reader conducted the familiar services of the Church of England. It was he, who, later, gave the ground on which the church is built and on which the present church and churchyard are now located.
 Waterbury Minister Officiates
 The first church edifice was built in 1860, and was opened for worship about a month after the parish had been duly organized with wardens, vestry and clerk-in December with services by Rev. James Scovill of Waterbury, a missionary of the Venerable Society for the Propo- gation of the Gospel in Foreign parts, under the auspices of the Mother church of England.
 The Rev. Ichabod Camp has nin- istered to the people occasionally while in charge of Middletown and and from 1753 to 1760, when the parish was fully organized, had them under his charge. The first regular rector was Rev. Sam uel Andrews who ministered to the people from 1762 to 1768 and pre- vious to that time came there one- fourth of the time, spending the of the month in Wall- ingford.
 Salaries were not very large in those days. In 1770 the congrega- ton had outgrown the little church first built and larger edifice was Rev. MT. Andrews continued his ministrations to the people there until the Revolution, when on the conclusion of the treaty of peace, he acceded to the proposals made to the loyalists by the British gov- ernment and migrated to Nova Scotia.
 Asked To Resign
 From 1788 to 1920 Rev. MT. Ives was rector of St. Peters. He was | born in Cheshire in 1762, son of | lachariah Ives, in whose house the | first services of the Episcopal church were held. It was during his rec torate that the Episcopal academy was instituted. It became dissatisfied with him in his later years and he | was requested to resign when the | parish refused to pay him any more | salary or ask him to preach. Rev. MT. Ives was the grandfather of | the late T. l. Driggs, for many years | organist at St. Johns church, Wa terbury.
 Again in 1844 the need of new church became evident. The old one had been considerably changed from time to time and alterations made somewhat weakened the struc- i ture. A brick church was erected n 1889 by Bishop Brownell.