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MINUTES OF THE OLD REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF SCHUYLERVILLE | |||
Extracted by Jere Hagadorn from County Historian records. | |||
Dec 26, 1795 | Abraham VanVeghten Esq, was requested to fill a bill in Chancery against Abraham | ||
Yates to oblige him to give over or declare the contents of a deed for 100 acres | |||
claimed to be the gift of Killian DeRidder. | |||
Feb 8, 1797 | Black cloth for 2 palls (coffin covers) was purchased. | ||
Mar 17, 1797 | Palls were finished, they were to be used by members of the congregation free of | ||
charge, but when loaned to those outside the limits of the congregation a fee of | |||
fifty cents was to be charged for the great pall and a quarter of a dollar for the small | |||
one. They were to be kept at Col. VanVeghtens as he lives in the central situation. | |||
To prevent jealousy, the Elders and Deacons are to be set in their respective pews | |||
those oldest in office at the Head and so on in order according to time in office. | |||
Aug 24, 1798 | Col, VanVeghten asked to be excused from being an Elder as the question of raising | ||
the ministers salary was to be voted on and it was not a proper question for him to vote | |||
on for the minister was his son in law, | |||
Sep 13, 1802 | The name of Herman VanVeghten appears as clerk. | ||
Feb 23, 1803 | The Consistory resolved that Mr Zabriskie be requested to preach the following Sun. | ||
and ordained the new consistory. | |||
May 1, 1803 | Was the last meeting presided at by Col. VanVeghten, his name does not appear in | ||
the records after this date. | |||
May 2, 1834 | Dismissed Samuel VanVeghten to Ref. Ch, Albany. | ||
Dec 17, 1835 | Committee to ask Herman VanVeghten and wife Wyncke, why they had absented | ||
themselves from public services. | |||
Feb 5, 1836 | Herman VanVeghten ordered to appear before the consistory and explain his conduct. | ||
Aug 4, 1837 | Dismissed Daniel McFarland and Martha. | ||
Apr 29, 1837 | Received Daniel McFarland and Martha. | ||
Apr 1, 1848 | Received Mrs Ann VanVeghten by letter from the Ref. Ch, Albany. | ||
Jul 3, 1852 | Received John Matthews and wife, Anna. | ||
History of Saratoga County and Biography (Page 192) | |||
The reorganization of the Dutch Reformed Church after the Revolution took place in | |||
1789, at which time it was resolved the sermons to be delivered in English instead of | |||
Dutch as hereto. | |||
In 1792, 50 acres was purchased in northern part of village for a parsonage. | |||
In 1821, it was decided to erect two churches, one at Schuylerville and one at | |||
Bacon Hill. | |||
In 1822 the old historic Church was torn down and the material used to build a new one | |||
in the village. This was destroyed by fire in 1831, and was replaced by a stone edifice | |||
which proved too small and the present brick edifice was built. This was in 1856. |
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