Register of baptisms, marriages, communicants & funerals begun by Henry Barclay at Fort Hunter, January 26th 1734/5

1735-1746
1735-01-26

1 register (69 pages)

Register of baptisms, marriages, communicants and funerals among the Mohawk Indians, including entries from January 26, 1734/5 through February 16, 1745/6. Rev. Henry Barclay was born in Albany. He graduated from Yale in 1734, and was appointed catechist to the Mohawks at Fort Hunter, N.Y. in 1736. He went to England in 1737, where he was ordained January 30, 1737/8 and sent back by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel as missionary in Albany and Fort Hunter. He reached Albany in April, 1738 and continued his work there and at Fort Hunter until October, 1746, when he was inducted rector of Trinity Church, New York. He died in 1764.

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Mss Collection - BV Barclay, Henry, Rev

Church records and registers--New York (State)--Fort Hunter
Indians of North America--New York (State)
Indians of North America--Social life and customs
Mohawk Indians--Rites and ceremonies

Queen Anne Chapel (Fort Hunter, N.Y.)--Registers

Fort Hunter (N.Y.)--Church history--18th century

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Funeral registers
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