at Albany, Dec. 24, 1771 Mr. Mumro's Family ........... [ ] Whites young & old ........... 171.
NB: In the above 4. Blacks are counted thro' mistakes No. of Negro
Adults & their Childn. ........... 50 [ number of people served ] in all Since my appointment - Albany
345
The present number of Communicants........... 44 NB. Three of the above number have left the Church, because they
were not permitted to wrest the Government of it out of the Vestry's
hands. The other, because he cod. Not relish Bishop Tillotson Sherlock's,
& Atterbury's writings, and because Mr. Munro did not preach Spiritual
Sermons. NB. Of the above number of Communicants Thirty have been made by
me, or joined the Church, Since my appointment, and I had all the
rest to reconcile & bring back, my predecessor having had but Three
Communicants
List of members of St. Peter's Anglican church printed in the Papers of Sir William Johnson, 8:350-54. The compiler is unknown as the document refers to Mr. Munro in the third person. This roster encompasses well over a hundred Albany people and represents a sizeable portion of the community's adult population on the eve of the American Revolution. So many of them would not support the crusade for American liberties. After all, it was the "Church of England!" Home | Site Index | Navigation | Email | New York State Museum first posted: 7/10/02; last revised 11/16/11 |