Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Papers and Records, 1900-1901, Vol. 3
The following copy of the Record Books Of St. Mark's and St. Andrew's, Niagara, is as much as possible verbatim ci literatim. The spelling, etc., has been preserved. As showing the value of these early records, it may be mentioned that part of St. Mark's has been copied and deposited in the archives Of the Historical Society, Buffalo, and the marriage notices, up to 1830, have been reproduced in the history Of St. George's, St. Catharines, by Rev. Robt. Ker.
The early records Of St. Mark's Church are found in good preser vation, in a stout Old leather-covered book with thick yellow paper. Rev. Robt. Addison, from Westmoreland, England, came as a missionary in 1792, sent out by the Society for the Propagation Of the Gospel in Foreign parts; the church, however, was not built till 1802. His field was an extensive one, as we find by the entries, Chippawa, Long Point, Grimsby, twelve-mile Creek, etc. The records are neatly kept, and the usual monotony of such lists is relieved here and there by a touch of humor or some quaint remark. Instead of the births, marriages and burials being kept in different parts of the book, we find a page allotted to each of those for each year in succession. He signs his name as Minister of Niagara; we know that he was military chaplain, and that he also acted as chaplain to Parliament, both in York and Newark, While from other records we learn that he was chaplain to the lodge of Free Masons. As his residence was at Lake Lodge, three miles from the town, the records were safe and did not share the fate Of others, when the town was burnt in 1813. His valuable library Of one thousand volumes, containing many rare folios, may be seen in the Rectory. At the Centennial Of St. Mark's, held in 1892, many descend ants Oi the first minister were present.
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