W I L L I A M T H 0 M P S 0 N, . • ' . ^

Rector . ' ' >/■

of Christ Church at Rye, . ,

A native of Enniskillen, ' "v-

Ireland. •'•'■-

Ordained April, 1820, Appointed to the charge of this Parish, September, 1823, Died August 26, 1830. "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace." -- Psalm xxxvii. v. 37. Erected by his affectionate Widow.

His remains are interred in the village cemetery. Beneath the floor of the church lie pillowed in the darkness of the grave several of the early rectors.

The present building was erected at a cost of $5500, in the year 1788, upon the site of the old stone edifice called Grace church.

It was designed at first to have erected a steeple in place of the present tower, as appears by an act of the vestry, dated Sept. 17, 1791.

" Wherein it was ordered to remove the work projected for a steeple on the top of the roof, at the west end."

Belonging to this church is a silver paten and chalice presented by her Majesty Queen Anne, A. D. 1706.

These articles have been used in tiie administration of the holy sacrament nearly one century and a half The royal donation originally consisted, (together with the above,) of a large church bible, common prayer book, book of homilies, cloth for the pulpit, and a communion table.