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THE PARISH REGISTER
OF
ciirist church, Shrewsbury, n. j*
Record Book of the Episcopal Churches in Monmouth County. New Jersey. From 1733."
[On the By leaf]
"Samuel Palmer Stationer at y° Bible & Star, Grace Church Street" [On the inside of the
cover]
William Leeds died April 27. 1739 " [On the fly leaf]
In the middle of the book is to be found the Latitude & Longitude of the Spire of Christ Church,
Shrewsbury according to the U. S. Coast Survey under the superintendence of Professor Hassler.
[In the fore part of the book]
" Clergymen of Shrewsbury. Settled. Missionaries supplied
Rev. John Forbes 1733
in part by the Society
" John Miln 1738 in England.
" Thomas Thompson 1745. Left 1751
"
Samuel Cook. Left. 1775 see Vestry book. p. 24
"
Henry Waddell 1788. see Vestry book. p. 39
"
Andrew Fowler 1799. Discharged Feb. 4. 1806
"
John Croes, Jr. 1809. Left Sept. 1824
"
Eli Wheeler Sept. 1824. Died Mch. 15. 1861. aet. 70 yrs.
"
Harry Finch 18^50. Resigned on account of infirmity Nov. 1862
"
Thomas J. Taylor 1863
" Mr. Waddell & Mr. Taylor kept no record in this book "
* A copy of this ancient record was made by the Rev. Harry Finch, aided by his wife. They were prompted to this good work
to save the original book, which was showing rapid marginal decay and suffering from the corrosive action of the ink. They rearranged
the entries so as to bring the marriages, baptisms, and burials under separate headings, and so continued them from the
beginning to the end. In the copy here "produced the record is only brought to 1825, but the original arrangement is strictly
adhered to, and the text has been carefullv compared. Resides compiling his transcript of the Church Register, Mr. Finch made
extensive searches into the early history of the church and its possessions, alike valuable and interesting, and which will be introduced
in their entirety further on. Mr. Finch's copy of the Register is in the possession of the curate, and is the one generally consulted;
the original, when I had access to it, was in the possession of Mr. Allen at Shrewsbury, opposite the church, but has since
passed to the care of another official (with it a package of old papers), and is deposited in a bank vault in Red Bank. It is to be
regretted that breaks occur in the chronology of the record. It is worthy of note that interments in the churchyard were not invariably
registered in this record, and, on the other hand, there are allusions in the record to interments of which there are now no
traces in the yard. J- s"
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