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Saturday, February 28, 2026

DAILY BLACK HISTORY MONTH POSTS - LIST

"Black History Month Design" by Marina Shemesh (License: CC0 Public Domain)

This year for Black History Month we posted every day on the DNJRJR Facebook page about Black history in the Diocese of New Jersey. We want this to be available as a resource for the future so here are the posts in order:

1) REV. PETER WILLIAMS (1786-1840): SECOND ORDAINED AFRICAN AMERICAN PRIEST IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

2) REV. JAMES C. WARD (1777-1834): FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CLERGYMAN IN THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY

3) THE EPISCOPAL MISSION AT THE FREE BLACK SETTLEMENT OF MACEDONIA, NEW JERSEY (1853-1887)

4) JOHN N. STILL (1815-?): FIRST BLACK CANDIDATE FOR HOLY ORDERS IN THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY

5) JOHN STILL'S CALL TO RESIST THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

6) A HISTORY OF TRINITY AND ST. PHILIP'S CATHEDRAL

7) THE EARLIEST BLACK CHURCH LEADERSHIP IN THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY

8) TINTON FALLS AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND: A SITE OF MEMORY

9) THE ENSLAVED IN THE PARISH REGISTER AT CHRIST CHURCH SHREWSBURY

10) THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD AND EARLY BLACK ESTRANGEMENT FROM THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

11) EMANCIPATED AFRICAN AMERICANS LEAVING THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: A CASE STUDY FROM MIDDLETOWN, NJ

12) SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO LEFT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

13) SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY IN THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY

14) EARLY AFRICAN MISSION GIVING (FOREIGN) IN THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY (1835-1865)

15) BISHOP DOANE'S 1854 REPARATIONS MANDATE

16) THE FREEDMAN'S COMMISSION AND THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY

17) "HOME MISSIONS TO COLORED PEOPLE" AND THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY (1877-1900)

18) BISHOP SCARBOROUGH'S CONVENTION ADDRESS OF 1890

19) THOMAS AND CARRIE FORTUNE OF ST. THOMAS', RED BANK

20) REV. EUGENE L. HENDERSON: FIRST BLACK PRIEST ORDAINED IN THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY

21) REV. EARL B. SCOTT (1919-1984): UBE NAMESAKE

22) INTERVIEW WITH MS. KATHLEEN MONTGOMERY EDWARDS (1924-2000)

23) THE VERY REV. CN. DR. SANDYE A. WILSON (EULOGY)

24) INTERVIEW WITH MS. NATALIECE MOORE (ST. AUGUSTINE'S, CAMDEN)

25) ST. AUGUSTINE'S ASBURY PARK

26) BLACK CLERGY AND DELAGATES VISION STATEMENT (1996)

27) "REPARATION: MY TAKE" - CN. NOREEN DUNCAN

28) REPARATIONS COUNCIL REPORT (2025)


Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Direct Giving: Supporting Historically Black Churches in the Diocese of New Jersey

Historically Black Churches of the Diocese of New Jersey (Courtesy TEC)

The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey has ten Historically Black Congregations that are engaging in vital ministry and providing critical social services in their communities. If you’d like to support their important work you can do so directly. In some instances, information regarding digital payments is available on church websites (see below). Payment via check can be directed as follows: 

 

Christ the King Episcopal Church, Willingboro

40 Charleston Road

Willingboro, NJ 08046

Website: https://www.christthekingnj.org/

 

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, New Brunswick

148 Lee Ave.

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Website: https://www.facebook.com/p/St-Albans-Episcopal-Church-New-Brunswick-NJ-61559204812151/

 

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Asbury Park

P.O. Box 245

Asbury Park, NJ 07712

Website: https://www.staugustineap.org/

 

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Atlantic City

1709 Arctic Ave.

Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Website: https://www.facebook.com/staugustinesac/

 

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Camden

C/O Diocese of New Jersey

808 W. State St.

Trenton, NJ 08629

 

St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Elizabeth

305 N. Broad St.

Elizabeth, NJ 07207

Website: https://stelizabethschurchnj.org/

 

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Plainfield

1430 Park Avenue

Plainfield, NJ 07060

Website: https://stmarksplainfield.org

 

St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Pleasantville

118 W. Bayview Ave.

Pleasantville, NJ 08232

Website: https://stmaryspleasantville.org

 

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Red Bank

26 Sunset Ave.

Red Bank, NJ 07701

Website: https://www.stthomasredbank.org

 

St. Wilfrid’s Episcopal Church, Camden

P.O. Box 1506

Camden, NJ 08105

 

 

For additional information regarding some of the particular obstacles facing Historically Black Congregations in New Jersey see these recent articles on the Diocese of New Jersey Racial Justice Review:

 

The White Church / Black Church Funding Gap” 

 

NEWS: New Jersey Reparations Council Report Released!”  

 


Jolyon G. R. Pruszinski, Ph.D.

Reparations Commission Research Historian

Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

The Very Rev. Cn. Dr. Sandye A. Wilson – Eulogy by Cn. Annette Buchanan

The Very Rev. Cn. Dr. Sandye A. Wilson (courtesy ENS)

The beloved Very Rev. Cn. Dr. Sandye A. Wilson, who served many years in the Diocese of New Jersey in Asbury Park and South Orange, passed away April 152025. Cn. Annette Buchanan, co-convener of the Diocese of New Jersey Reparations Commission, delivered the eulogy at her funeral on June 21, 2025 at All Saints Cathedral, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. It is a beautiful testament to an amazing, faithful, trailblazing woman:

 

Eulogy For The Very Reverend Canon Dr. Sandye A. Wilson

June 21, 2025, All Saints Cathedral, St. Thomas, VI

 

I am very honored to have the opportunity to share my thoughts and memories of our dear sister in Christ and friend the Very Reverend Canon Dr. Sandye A. Wilson. 

In many ways it is fitting that I am here at her final farewell as I was present on two other occasions when we thought God had called her home, The first was on her birthday in 2014 at a workshop in Camden NJ, the second in 2023 at a celebration of both our birthdays at a NYC restaurant. With her guardian angel working overtime, prayers were answered, and we had the benefit of her ministry for a few more years. These occasions caused Rev. Sandye to really value life and live it to the fullest.

The Virgin Islands held a special place in her heart; it was during her teens on a mission trip to St. Thomas and St. Croix in 1969 that her interest in ordained ministry was developed. Over 40 years later, after formal retirement, she was asked to consider ministry in the Virgin Islands. She had another job offer at the time from a non-profit that presented a large compensation for her expertise, but after consulting with friends she again followed her heart and became Interim Dean of the Cathedral.  In April of this year, though extremely ill and against the advice of many, she was determined to make it back to the Virgin Islands and her ministry ended where it began. She had come full circle.

Rev. Sandye had a deep thirst for knowledge. She was a voracious consumer of a broad genre of literature and music. She listened to and read the news continuously, she was the first to see a new movie when it came out, she was a lifelong learner and had, as she described it, FOMO – fear of missing out. She attended services all over the world by Zoom, she joined webinars and bible studies to continually expand her knowledge. She held multiple degrees and certifications including undergraduate degree from Vassar College, DMIN (Doctor of Ministry) and MBA from the Graduate Theological Foundation, Northwestern University, Indiana and a certification in Art History and Music from the University of Vienna, Austria.

This deep knowledge fed into her self-described mission as a communicator. One of her early career choices that she genuinely enjoyed was as a reporter and researcher for Time magazine. She rarely said “no” to an invitation to teach or preach, she was about sharing the Good News in all formats. She had over 3 thousand friends on Facebook, all of them real, and posted information almost daily about life in the church and beyond. We teased her about the many pictures of sunsets in the Virgin Islands paradise and frankly sometimes worried about her oversharing. However, the information she conveyed with her broad network of friends and colleagues was always very much appreciated.

As Dean of the Cathedral, she mentioned that the members had given her a t-shirt that said “She Gone Again” translated means “She’s not here” and I know she had a good conversation with you all about how important it is for a priest to be represented in the leadership of the church. By the way, these travels were not vacation, they were sacrificial, as I reviewed her texts after she passed, many of them were of her in airports suffering through delayed flights, lack of sleep and freezing air conditioning.

Thankfully, in her leadership representation, Rev. Sandye was a trailblazer, she was the first Black female Rector in the Episcopal Church, meaning a priest who was fully in charge of the church and not an assistant. She had been ordained in the church for almost 45 years in 1980, women’s ordination in the Episcopal Church was approved in 1976, so she was one of the first.

When she became a priest in our diverse congregations, whether in Hartford, CT, Asbury Park, NJ, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Denver, Colorado, South Orange, NJ, or in this Cathedral, for many this was the first time we had experienced a female priest and that came with its own challenges. However, she rose to the occasion with her impactful sermons, creative liturgies, focus on youth ministry and outreach to the community. Many of us have experienced her writing 2 words in her hand and delivering a 30-minute sermon. I also remember her allowing bubbles instead of incense in the church when there were complaints of allergies, and live animals as part of the service, creative indeed. 

She had received several awards as a testament to her community service and ministry. One award that she was most proud of was “The 2023 Beautiful Are Their Feet Award” from the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference, a world-renowned faith-based justice organization. “It was a lifetime achievement award for the gifts and sacrifices of scholarship and ministry that she had evidenced and bestowed upon the African American and world community”.

As a leader in the church, she broke barriers, she was an elected Deputy to the General Convention in the Episcopal Church 11 times from 5 dioceses and served 21 years on the Executive Council (the Board of the Episcopal Church). She was the 13th National President for the Union of Black Episcopalians, she served as Vice-Chair for the Board of Trustees for the Church Pension Group and on over 10 other Boards throughout her ministry, she was a candidate for Bishop in Kentucky and came in 2nd as a Black female priest which was a courageous achievement for her time and paved the way for the current group of Black female bishops in our church today.

She travelled extensively around the world (South Africa, Brazil, Japan, Europe etc.), her network of colleagues in the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Communion, whether bishops, clergy, or lay leaders, near and far, were invaluable to numerous people who she mentored and advised. These connections also benefited the congregations she served and the surrounding communities including the Cathedral as she introduced new ideas, resources and expertise as her voice resounded over the Virgin Islands radio.

Rev. Sandye adored her immediate family, strongly supported her extended biological and adopted family members, deeply cared for parishioners – current and past, and was always present for friends and family through our joys and challenges. We are forever blessed by her presence.

When you are a trailblazer, like Rev. Sandye, you must push hard to open a number of doors and continue exhaustively to do so. Sometimes while pushing you may unknowingly hurt someone, and other times others may hurt you. There were many exhilarating mountain-top experiences and some painful valley experiences during Rev. Sandye’s ministry and through it all she survived and thrived with her colorful outfits, red boots and red lipstick.

Rest In Peace Beloved Sister and Friend, Job Well Done!!

 

Canon Annette Buchanan

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

All Parochial Giving (1891-1900) to the “Home Missions to Colored People” in the Diocese of New Jersey

The “Home Mission to Colored People” was founded under the name “Freedman’s Commission,” by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 1865 to aid in the education of newly emancipated Black people in the South. It was renamed the “Home Mission to Colored People” in 1868, and then folded into the Board of Missions in 1878, ceasing to be its own separately operating commission. Below is listed the raw data for the churches in the Diocese of New Jersey that gave to these domestic “Missions” reported between 1891 and 1900. This data is culled from the annual parochial reports published in diocesan convention journals during that time. You will find it far easier to search through this culled material than to search through the publicly available digital scans of diocesan journals directly. Perusing this data will allow you to follow leads from the diocesan journal reporting data more efficiently. Though the racial nomenclature employed in the original documentation is no longer acceptable in modern usage, the original wording of the text is preserved here for the sake of historical accuracy.

Nota bene: During this period the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Board of Missions did fundraising for various initiatives and reports those donations separately, however it is unclear to what degree individual parishes included donations to the Woman’s Auxiliary earmarked for “Home Missions to Colored People” in their parochial reports, and when they did, how (there is certainly overlap at times). As such, some of the fund data included here may be included in the Woman’s Auxiliary numbers as well, which are not noted here. 

 

A parochial report of (particularly generous) giving to the HMCP from St. Paul's, Camden
(2.4% of total parochial expenditures in 1899)


 

1891 Convention Journal[1]

Trinity, Asbury Park, for “missions to colored people, $35.00” 

St. Stephen’s, (Willingboro) Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $9.38” 

St. Andrew’s, Bridgeton, for “missions to colored people, $19.00”

St. Mary’s, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $6.00”

St.. Barnabas,’ Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

St. Paul’s, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $126.45” 

St. John’s, Camden, for “Missions to colored people, $5.00” 

St. Barnabas,’ Camden, for “Missions to colored people, $20.00” 

St. Peter’s, Clarksboro, for “missions to colored people, $8.00” 

St. John’s, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $141.25” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $3.50” 

Christ Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $24.55” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $28.00” 

Trinity Church, Fairview, for “missions to colored people, $26.50” 

Grace Church, Haddonfield, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

Grace Church, Merchantville, for “missions to colored people, $7.00” 

Trinity, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $85.00”

St. Andrew’s, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $14.38” 

Trinity, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $52.36” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $61.00” 

Grace Church, Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

Memorial Chapel, Riverside for “missions to colored people, $16.50” 

Christ Church, Riverton for “missions to colored people, $99.26” 

St. John’s, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $35.35” 

Shedakers Mission, for “Missions to colored people, $7.50” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $69.76” 

Trinity, Swedesboro, for “missions to colored people, $80.35” 

Christ Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

TOTAL: “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People… $998.09” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $271,350.90” (0.36%)

 

1892 Convention Journal[2]

Trinity, Asbury Park, for “missions to colored people, $34.00” 

St. John’s Avon-By-The-Sea, “$28.49... for colored people.”

St. Stephen’s Church, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $22.04” 

St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $7.00” 

St. Barnabas’ Church, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

St. Paul’s Church, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $123.56” 

St. John’s Church, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $12.68” 

St. Peter’s Church, Berkeley, Clarksboro, for “missions to colored people, $10.00” 

St. John’s Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $149.96

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $5.30” 

Christ Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $15.00” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $831.16”*

St. Peter’s Church, Freehold, for “missions to colored people, $8.00” 

Grace Church, Merchantville, for “missions to colored people (boxes, &c.), $51.50” 

Trinity Church, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $37.50” 

St. Andrew’s Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $16.56” 

Trinity Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $80.00” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $24.00” 

St. James’ Church, Piscataway, for “missions to colored people, $50.00”** 

Grace Church, Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

St. John’s Church, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $30.74” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $49.27” 

Trinity Church, Swedesboro, for “missions to colored people (1 box), $30.00” 

Trinity Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $36.50” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People… $897.82” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $310,655.96” (0.28%)

 

* This is a typographical error, as shown by the total of all parochial giving.

** Given through the Woman’s Auxiliary.

 

1893 Convention Journal[3]

Trinity Church, Asbury Park, for “missions to colored people, $80.00” 

St. Stephen’s Church, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $13.98” 

St. Paul’s Church, Bound Brook, for “missions to colored people, $10.00” 

St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $12.00” 

Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Burlington for “box for colored orphans, $20.00”

St. Barnabas’ Church, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

St. Paul’s Church, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $131.66” 

St. Peter’s Church, Berkeley, Clarksboro, for “missions to colored people, $10.00” 

St. John’s Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $94.57” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $51.00” 

St. Stephen’s, Florence, giving “for freedmen, $10.00”

St. Peter’s Church, Freehold, for “missions to colored people, $6.00” 

Grace Church, Merchantsville, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

Trinity Church, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $42.00” 

St. Andrew’s Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $18.00” 

Trinity Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $60.00” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $95.50” 

St. James’ Church, Piscataway, for “missions to colored people, $30.00” 

Grace Church, Piscataway, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

Trinity Church, Princeton, for “missions to colored people” 

Trinity Church, Red Bank, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

St. John’s Church, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $31.10” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $55.47” 

Trinity Church, Swedesboro, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

Trinity Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $45.00” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People… $888.62” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $252,297.65” (0.35%)

 

1894 Convention Journal[4]

Trinity Church, Asbury Park, for “missions to colored people (boxes), $35.00” 

St. Stephen’s Church, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $136.75” 

St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $47” 

St. Barnabas’ Church, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $3”

St. Paul’s Church, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $130” 

St. John’s Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $85.69” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $6.50” 

Christ Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $34.90” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $54” 

St. Peter’s Church, Freehold, for “missions to colored people, $7.11” 

All Saints’ Memorial, Lakewood, for “missions to colored people, $17.90” 

Grace Church, Merchantsville, for “missions to colored people, $4.72” 

Christ Church, Middletown, for “missions to colored people, $4.00” 

Trinity Church, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $93.77” 

St. Andrew’s Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $13.50” 

Trinity Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $41.20” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $178.89” 

St. James’ Church, Piscataway, for “missions to colored people, $15.00” 

Grace Church, Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $158.15” 

Christ Church, Riverton, for “missions to colored people, $12.50” 

St. John’s Church, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $26.75” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $7.26”*

Trinity Church, Swedesboro, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $30.00” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People… $1,333.39” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $269,628.24” (0.49%)

 

* The 1894 Christ Church, South Amboy parochial report also concludes by saying: “The Woman’s Auxiliary has also sent a box worth $58.00 to the sufferers amongst the colored people by the storms in the South.”

 

1895 Convention Journal[5]

Trinity Church, Asbury Park, for “missions to colored people, $3.75” 

St. Stephen’s Church, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $101.60” 

St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $12.00” 

St. Barnabas’ Church, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $1.00”

St. Paul’s Church, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $122.44” 

St. Peter’s, Berkeley, Clarksboro, for “missions to colored people, $8.00” 

Grace Church, Crosswicks, for “missions to colored people, $2.11” 

Holy Innocents’ Church, Dunellen, for “missions to colored people, $48.00” 

St. John’s Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $80.00” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $4.50” 

Christ Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $8.50” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $73.25” 

Trinity Church, Fairview, for “missions to colored people, value of box, $14.00” 

St. Mark’s, Hammonton, for “missions to colored people, $13.64” 

Trinity Church, Matawan, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

Grace Church, Merchantville, for “missions to colored people, $9.50” 

Christ Church, Middletown, for “missions to colored people, $5.50” 

Trinity Church, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $79.25” 

St. Andrew’s, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $8.00” 

Trinity Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $64.00” 

Christ Church, New Brunswick, for “missions to colored people, $14.20” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $10.00” 

St. James Church, Piscataway, for “missions to colored people, $27.93” 

Grace Church, Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $25.10” 

St. Peter’s, Rancocas, for “missions to colored people, value of box, $4.00”

Memorial Chapel, Riverside, for “missions to colored people, value of box, $8.00

Christ Church, Riverton, for “missions to colored people, $41.50” 

Trinity, Rocky Hill, for “missions to colored people, $1.00” 

St. John’s Church, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $40.51” 

St. Barnabas’ Church, Sand Hills, for “missions to colored people, $0.40” 

St. John’s Church, Sewaren, for “missions to colored people, $29.57” 

Our Redeemer, Shedakers, for “box for missions to colored people, $10.00

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $9.58” 

Good Shepherd, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $9.15”* 

Trinity Church, Swedesboro, for “missions to colored people, $4.50” 

St. Paul’s, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $4.00” 

Christ Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $4.50” 

Christ Church, Woodbury, for “missions to colored people, $5.80” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People… $903.31” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $306,271.97.” (0.29%)

 

* The figure reported for Chapel of the Good Shepherd, South Amboy is a lump sum including “Domestic, foreign, Indian” and HMCP.

 

1896 Convention Journal[6]

Trinity Church, Asbury Park, for “missions to colored people, $2.13” 

St. Stephen’s, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $76.03” 

St. Paul’s, Bound Brook, for “missions to colored people, $3.00” 

St. Mary’s, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $29.41” 

St. Barnabas,’ Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $2” 

St. Paul’s, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $143.00” 

St. John’s, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $100.00” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $5.02” 

Christ Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $30.87” 

St. Stephen’s, Florence, for “missions to colored people, $11.00” 

St. Mark’s, Hammonton, for “missions to colored people, $10.00” 

All Saints’ Memorial, Lakewood, for “missions to colored people, $68.50” 

St. Peter’s, Medford, for “missions to colored people, .50” 

Grace Church, Merchantsville, for “missions to colored people, $3.00” 

Christ Church, Middletown, for “missions to colored people, $4.00” 

Trinity Church, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $75.50” 

St. Andrew’s, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $66.54” 

Trinity Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $59.00” 

Christ Church, New Brunswick, for “missions to colored people, $25.18” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $71.50” 

Redeemer, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $468.51” 

Grace Church, Pemberton, for “missions to colored people, $1.00” 

Grace Church, Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $36.00” 

Heavenly Rest, Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

St. Stephen’s, Plainfield, for “clothing for missions to colored people, value, $30.00” 

Trinity Church, Princeton, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

St. Paul’s, Rahway, for “missions to colored people, $6.25” 

Christ Church, Riverton, for “missions to colored people, $32.50” 

St. John’s, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $13.27” 

St. John’s, Sewaren, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $10.92” 

Doane Chapel, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $7.63”*

St. Paul’s, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $3.00” 

Christ Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $10” 

Trinity Church, Vincentown, for “missions to colored people, $3.00” 

Christ Church, Woodbury, for “missions to colored people, $4.50” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People,… $1417.76” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $274,412.96” (0.52%)

 

* The figure reported for Doane Memorial Chapel, South Amboy is a lump sum including “Domestic, foreign, India” and HMCP.

 

1897 Convention Journal[7]

Trinity Church, Asbury Park, for “missions to colored people, $9.00” 

St. Stephen’s, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $52.80” 

St. Paul’s, Bound Brook, for “missions to colored people, $14.30” 

St. Mary’s, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $7.00” 

St. Barnabas,’ Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $1.00” 

St. Paul’s, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $28.00” 

St. Peter’s, Berkeley/Clarksboro, for “missions to colored people, $7.00” 

Holy Innocents, Dunellen, for “missions to colored people, $60.20” 

St. John’s, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $85.00” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $3.00” 

Christ Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $30.34” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $89.25” 

St. George’s, Helmetta, for “missions to colored people, $7.80” 

All Saints, Lakewood, for “missions to colored people, $12.00” 

St. Andrew’s, Lambertville, for “missions to colored people, $17.00” 

Grace Church, Merchantsville, for “missions to colored people… $71.00”* 

St. Luke’s, Metuchen, for “missions to colored people, $75” 

Christ Church, Middletown, for “missions to colored people, $2.50” 

Trinity Church, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $20.25” 

St. Andrew’s, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $99.49” 

Trinity Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $10.00” 

Christ Church, New Brunswick, for “missions to colored people, $22.96” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $165.15” 

St. Peter’s, Perth Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $40.00” 

Grace Church, Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $41.00” 

Memorial Chapel, Riverside, for “missions to colored people, $1.00” 

Christ Church, Riverton, for “missions to colored people, $32.50” 

St. John’s Chapel, Little Silver, for “missions to colored people, $3.00” 

St. John’s, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $14.00” 

St. John’s, Sewaren, for “missions to colored people, $3.54” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $57.15” 

St. Paul’s, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

Christ Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $2.63” 

Trinity Church, Vineland, for “missions to colored people, $7.50” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People,… $1101.34” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $279,829.24” (0.39%)

 

* “including value of boxes”

 

1898 Convention Journal[8]

St. Stephen’s, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $52.02” 

St. Paul’s, Bound Brook, for “missions to colored people, $16.80” 

St. Andrew’s, Bridgeton, for “missions to colored people, $21.50” 

St. Mary’s, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

S. Paul’s, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $127.58” 

St. John’s, Chews Landing, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

St. Peter’s, Berkeley Clarksboro, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

Holy Innocents’ Church, Dunellen, for “missions to colored people, $21.45” 

St. John’s Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $160.00” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $2.50” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $78.00” 

St. George’s, Helmetta, for “missions to colored people, $15.00” 

St. Mary’s, Keyport, for “missions to colored people, $3.34” 

All Saints,’ Lakewood, for “missions to colored people, $100.00” 

Grace Church, Merchantville, for “missions to colored people, $66.12” 

Trinity, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $56.34” 

St. Andrew’s, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $56.40” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $206.19” 

Redeemer, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $16.23”* 

St. Peter’s, Perth Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $60.00” 

Grace Church, Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

Trinity, Princeton, for “missions to colored people, $16.53” 

Trinity, Red Bank, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

Christ Chapel, Riverton, for “missions to colored people, $27.50” 

Trinity, Rocky Hill, for “missions to colored people, $11.36” 

St. John’s, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $17.67” 

All Saints,’ (Fanwood) Scotch Plains, for “missions to colored people, $20.00” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $25.04” 

St. Paul’s, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $21.00” 

Christ Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $2.50” 

Trinity, Vineland, for “missions to colored people, $5.95” 

Christ Church, Woodbury, for “missions to colored people, $3.00” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People,… $1380.86” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $298,954.06” (0.46%)

 

* The Redeemer Church, North Plainfield also reports “The Woman’s Auxiliary sent out two boxes of garments during the past month. One to the colored mission under Rev. F. L. Guerry, Waverly Mills, S.C., valued at $113.50; the other to the Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital, Omaha, Neb., valued at $75.00.”

 

1899 Convention Journal[9]

St. Stephen’s, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $9.74” 

St. Mary’s, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $11.19” 

St . Barnabas, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

St. Paul’s, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $329.18” 

Holy Innocents,’ Dunellen, for “missions to colored people, goods valued, $6.50” 

St. John’s, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $142.89” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $4.37” 

Christ Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $14.21” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $45.00” 

St. George’s, Helmetta, for “missions to colored people, $13.78” 

Grace Church, Merchantville, for “missions to colored people, $20.00” 

Trinity, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

St. Andrew’s, Mt. Holly, for “missions to colored people, $31.35” 

Christ Church, New Brunswick, for “missions to colored people, $7.60” 

St. John's, New Brunswick, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

Holy Cross, N. Plainfield, for “missions to colored people, $120.40” 

St. Peter’s, Perth Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $50.00” 

Grace Church, Plainfield,  for “missions to colored people, $10” 

St. Mary’s Church, Point Pleasant, for “missions to colored people, $21.14”

St. Paul’s Church, Rahway, for “missions to colored people, $14.56”*

Trinity, Red Bank, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

Christ Church, Riverton, for “missions to colored people, $22.50” 

St. John’s, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $20.93” 

St. John’s, Somerville, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $22.02” 

St. Michael’s, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

Trinity Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

All-Saints’ Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $30.55” 

Trinity Church, Vineland, for “missions to colored people, $8.00”** 

Christ Church, Woodbury, for “missions to colored people, $3.00” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People,… $1556.84” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $325,005.31” (0.47%)

 

*St. Paul’s, Rahway also reports: “In addition to the contributions to missions, herein reported, the Woman’s Auxiliary and the Junior Auxiliary have sent several boxes of clothing to missionaries among the Indians and the colored people.”

** This giving was through the Woman’s Auxiliary.

 

1900 Convention Journal[10]

Stephen’s, Beverly, for “missions to colored people, $11.91” 

St. Barnabas, Burlington, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

St. Paul’s, Camden, for “missions to colored people, $172.52” 

St. John’s, Chews Landing, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

Holy Innocents,’ Dunellen, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

St. John’s, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $78.20” 

Grace Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $4.55” 

Trinity Church, Elizabeth, for “missions to colored people, $80.00” 

Trinity Church, Fairview, for “missions to colored people, $15.00” 

St. George’s, Helmetta, for “missions to colored people, $5.50” 

All Saints’ Memorial, Lakewood, for “missions to colored people, $40.00” 

St. Andrew’s, Lambertville, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

Grace Church, Merchantville, for “missions to colored people, $5.00” 

St. Luke’s, Metuchen, for “missions to colored people, $6.71” 

Christ Church, Middletown, for “missions to colored people, $2.00” 

Trinity Church, Moorestown, for “missions to colored people, $7.74” 

St. Andrews,’ Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $7.06” 

Trinity Church, Mount Holly, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

Christ Church, New Brunswick, for “missions to colored people, $26.00” 

St. John's, New Brunswick, for “missions to colored people, $8.00” 

Trinity Church, Princeton, for “missions to colored people, $39.65” 

St. Paul’s, Rahway, for “missions to colored people, $14.56” 

Trinity Church, Red Bank, for “missions to colored people, $50.00” 

Memorial Chapel, Riverside, for “missions to colored people, $70.75” 

Christ Church, Riverton, for “missions to colored people, $32.50” 

St. John’s, Salem, for “missions to colored people, $17.30” 

Redeemer (Shedaker’s Mission), for “missions to colored people, $16.25” 

St. John’s, Somerville, for “missions to colored people, $21.00” 

Christ Church, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $18.62” 

Doane Chapel, South Amboy, for “missions to colored people, $1.37” 

St. Paul’s, Trenton, for “Missions to Colored People, $5.00” 

Christ Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $10.00” 

All-Saints Church, Trenton, for “missions to colored people, $25.00” 

Trinity Church, Vincentown, for “missions to colored people, $15.00” 

Trinity Church, Vineland, for “missions to colored people, $10.00” 

TOTAL “PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURES… Missions to Colored People,… $921.49” 

OUT OF “TOTAL FOR ALL OBJECTS… $314,226.95.” (0.29%)

 


Jolyon G. R. Pruszinski, Ph.D.

Reparations Commission Research Historian

Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey



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[2] Diocese of New Jersey, Journal of the Proceedings of the One Hundred and Twentieth Convention, Being the One Hundred and Seventh Year of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New Jersey; Held in St. Paul’s Church, Camden, Tuesday, May 3rd, and Wednesday, May 4th, MDCCCXCII. Together with Appendices and the Episcopal Address (Princeton: The Princeton Press, 1892), 75-143.

[3] Diocese of New Jersey, Journal of the Proceedings of the One Hundred and Twenty-First Convention, Being the One Hundred and Eighth Year of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New Jersey; Held in Christ Church, New Brunswick, Tuesday, May 9th, and Wednesday, May 10th, MDCCCXCIII. Together with Appendices and the Episcopal Address (Princeton: The Princeton Press, 1893), 73-145.

[4] Diocese of New Jersey, Journal of the Proceedings of the One Hundred and Twenty-Second Convention, Being the One Hundred and Ninth Year of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New Jersey; Held in Saint Andrew’s Church, Mount Holly, Tuesday, May 8th, and Wednesday, May 9th, MDCCCXCIV. Together with Appendices and the Episcopal Address (Princeton: The Princeton Press, 1894), 77-151.

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[8] Diocese of New Jersey, Journal of the Proceedings of the One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Convention, Being the One Hundred and Thirteenth Year of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New Jersey; Held in Saint Mary’s Church, Burlington, Tuesday, May 3rd, and Wednesday, May 4th, MDCCCXCVIII. Together with Appendices and the Episcopal Address (Princeton: The Princeton Press, 1898), 65-139.

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