unanimously, that the Revd Mr. Dehon be requested to reply to said letter, and to inform Mr. Ward that the Vestry will readily receive him as an Assistant Minister to our Rector, and will engage that he shall be paid annually the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, besides the use or rent of the Church school-house, on condition that he assist the Rector in performing the duties of the Church, in such manner as may be agreed upon by the Rector and himself; and shall instruct, or cause to be instructed, ten poor children in grammar and the mathematics gratis, agreeably to Mr. Kay's donation.

January 29, 1806. Thomas Tromp Tyrrell was buried.

March 3, 1806. Whereas the Rev. Mr. John Ward arrived in Town in December last, in consequence of the invitation given him by the Vestry,

Voted that his salary commence from the 25th day of said November last, 1805.

Voted that the Wardens be requested to pay our Rector, as soon as they are in cash, $24, the interest on the Wheatley bond, and the $10 due on account of the Tate estate, to Christmas last, to the poor of the Church, in order that the said two sums be divided among them, agreeably to the design and meaning of said dona

tions.

The money was so paid the following day:

Whereas, the Revd Mr. Dehon has informed the Vestry, that at the last Christmas festival he received from Mrs. Catherine Malbone

246 Mr. Tyrrell was born in Jamaica. In his youth he was sent to Newport to be educated. He then returned to Jamaica, where he amassed a handsome property. When he retired from business he returned to Newport, and here married the widow of John Grimes in 1803. Mrs. Tyrrell died in 1830, at an advanced age, and was buried in the same grave with her husband in the church-yard.

a valuable silver cup, for the use of the altar of Trinity Church; resolved unanimously, that the thanks of this Vestry, in their own behalf, and in behalf of the congregation, be presented to Mrs. Malbone for this generous benefaction; and that the Wardens be requested to have engraved thereon the name of the donor, and the date of the donation, that the remembrance of such distinguished piety and liberality may descend, with the cup, to posterity.

CHAPTER XVII. .

1806-1810.

AT a meeting of the Congregation of Trinity Church, on Easter Monday, April 7, 1806, were chosen William Littlefield and William Wood, Wardens.

Vestry. Francis Brinley, John Bours, Francis Malbone, Benjamin Gardiner, Henry Sherburne, John Handy, William Crooke, William Littlefield, Robert N. Auchmuty, Saunders Malbone, Simeon Martin, William Wood, Peleg Wood, Edward Brinley, and John C. Scott.

John Bours, Clerk of Vestry; John Dyer, Clerk of Church; Uriah Gorton, Sexton.

Voted that the former salary of thirty dollars per annum to the Clerk of the Church be continued and paid; and the same sum of thirty dollars per annum to the Sexton.

Voted that Messrs. Brinley, Bours, Auchmuty, Gardiner and William Hunter be continued delegates to the next State Convention, and requested to attend whenever called upon.

Voted that the same tax as the last year be continued, viz.: ten dollars per annum on the single pews below; fifteen dollars on those of one and a half, and twenty dollars on the double pews; and four dollars on each of the gallery pews: the one-third part for the support of the Rector, and the other two-thirds part for paying the salaries of the other officers, and repairs of the Church.

Voted that the Rector, Wardens and Vestry be requested to use their endeavors to obtain an organist.

Voted: Messrs. Sherburne, Martin and Hunter be a committee

to petition the Legislature of the State to pass an act similar to that granted to the First Congregational Society in New York, to enable our Church to collect the taxes assigned on the pews. Said act was passed at the October session, 1805.

At a Vestry meeting, April 14, 1806, at Mr. Francis Brinley's, Voted that Messrs. Sherburne, Crooke and William Wood, with Mr. Bours, be a committee to purchase a lot of land, of three and one-quarter of an acre, on the hill, of Lawrence Clarke, provided. the same can be had at a rate that will yield six per cent. per annum, interest on the purchase money, and payment made out of the notes received from John Yeomans and Henry Moore, for the Tate lot sold Yeomans.

Voted: That the Wardens proceed in having the fences made about the parsonage-lot, as soon as may be, at the expense of the Church.

At a meeting of the Vestry, May 5, 1806, at Mr. Bours's,

Voted that Mr. Benjamin Gardiner be added to the committee chosen to lease the lot purchased of Lawrence Clarke. Voted: that Mr. Gorton, the sexton of the Church, have permission to new shingle the west side of the house he occupies, at the expense of the Church, under the direction of the Wardens.

Voted that Mr. John G. Whitehorne, who, we are informed, is going to Philadelphia in the first packet, be requested to use his endeavors to obtain in that city, or elsewhere, an organist for the Church, if a person qualified for the office, and of a good moral character, can be had for one hundred and fifty dollars per annum.247.

247 Berkenhead, the organist, had been discharged, on account of his infirmity. He sent a piteous appeal to the Vestry, begging to be restored, and promising amendment in the future, but he failed repeatedly to make good his promise, and it was decided to secure some one to fill his place. Mr. Whitehorne was probably as well qualified as any one in the Vestry to select an organist. He understood music, and had built a parlor

At a meeting of the Vestry, May 12, 1806, at Mr. Bours, Voted: that the Wardens be requested and empowered, in behalf of the Rector, Wardens and Vestry of the Church, to sign a note of hand to Lawrence Clarke, or order, for the sum of three hundred and forty-six dollars, payable within three years from the date thereof; for the balance due to him for a lot of land purchased of him with money arising from the sale of a house and lot of land in Newport, bequeathed by William Tate, late of Newport, in his last will and testament, for the benefit of the poor of said Church.

At a meeting of the Vestry, May 27, 1806, at Col. Sherburne's :

The Rev Mr. Dehon having laid before the Vestry a letter received from the Revd John S. I. Gardiner, Rector of Trinity Church, Boston, upon the subject of our Church joining in convention with the churches in the State of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, for the purpose of choosing a Bishop, Voted: that Mr. Dehon be requested to return answer to Mr. Gardiner, and inform him that his letter shall be laid before our State Convention at its next meeting.

Whereas the lot of land, of which Lawrence Clarke, and Hannah, his wife, have executed a deed of conveyance, bearing date the nineteenth day of the present month, to the Rector, Wardens and Vestry of this Church, was purchased with money arising from the sale of a house and a lot of land in Newport, given by William

organ, which, if it lacked qualities looked for in the work of more experienced hands, bore evidence of mechanical skill and perseverance. He and his brother Samuel, with whom he was in business, were prominent men, both in the community and the Church. Samuel repeatedly served the Church as Senior Warden; and when Zion Church was organized he took an active and leading part in that parish. He married Eliza Rathbone, August 24, 1802, and John married Harriet Greene Malbone, daughter of Col. John Malbone, December 16, 1798.