James's parish, amounting (according to an inventory of his estate) to 83000, which, after deducting general expenses, dec, left a balance of 82000. The church, however, owing to the failure of his executors, only obtained the sum of $1100. In 1837 the present vestry room was added to the church at a cost of $100. In 1842 the wardens and vestrymen erected the parsonage house and barn, &c., the expenses being defrayed by public subscription, amounting to $1100.^

St. James's Church was first incorporated on the 3d of June, 1786, under the name and title of the " Episcopal Reformed Protestant Church at Upper Salem ;" Ebenezer Lobdell, Daniel Smith, and Joseph Pnrdy, trustees.^ A third incorporation of St. James's Church, at North Salem, occurs on the 30th of June, 1797 ; James Bailey and Benjamin Close, churchwardens ; Epenetus Wallace, John Lobdell, Gershom Hanford, Joshua Purdy, Gilbert Bailey, Daniel Sherwood, Jacob Lobdell, and Joseph Knox, vestrymen. c The first delegate from this parish to the Diocesan Convention was Joseph Purdy, Esq.

LIST OF MINISTERS AND RECTORS.

Instituted or called.

Incumbents.

Vacated by.

A.D. 1768,

Rev,

, EpenetLis Townsend, Clericus,

per mort.

1782,

u

David Perry, Deacon,

per resig.

1790,

u

John Plumb, Presb.,

((

1795,

(C

Andrew Fowler, Presb.,

((

ISOO,

u

George Sebeck, "

u

1810,

((

Reuben Hubbard, "

u

1816,

il

George Weller,'i "

u

» The fomrer parsonage was erected by the Rev. Epenetus Townsend upon the ^ebe. The church glebe is " bounded on the south by the highway leading westerly from Ridgefieid to Somers, on the east by land of Epenetus Howe, on the north by land of Benjamin B. Gray, and on the west by land of S. Howe and Charles Cable, containing six acres."