First formal meeting of the Episcopal religous society on Asylum Hill

09/26/1859 |

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A meeting of the Episcopal religious society was held at the home of Hezekiah Huntington.

More details

Hezekiah Huntington was selected to serve as senior warden.
Edward Goodman was chosen to serve as junior warden.
Elisha Johnson was chosen to serve as clerk.

Trust but verify

Information on this event comes from the May 16, 1910 article on Trinity Parish’s 50^th anniversary. So far, I haven’t found any contemporary reporting on this meeting.

The past recalled

Twelve men organized the Episcopal religious society on Asylum Hill on September 12, 1859.

The future foretold

The religious society will meet and vote to buy a lot for their future church on November 21, 1859.

Source

Unattributed. “Trinity Church fifty years old,” Hartford Courant, May 16, 1910, page 12.

Trinity Episcopal Church

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