J., wliere he was so scandalized at the indecent conduct of Ld. Cornbury and his Lt. Gov., that he refused to admit tlie latter to the Lord's Supper. For this he was imprisoned, but having contrived to escape from jail, lie embarked for England. The ship, in which he Avas a passenger, foundered at sea, and he, Avith all on board, unfortunately, perished. The first rector of St. Peter's Church, Albany, as far as our knoAV ledge at present extends, Avas tlie

I. Rev. Thos. Barclay. Tliis gentleman was chaplain to tlie fort in 1708, and read the service and preached to the citizens in Dutch. He officiated also at Schenectady, and for the Indians, until Nov., 1712, Avhen the Kev. W^ AndrcAvs came out as successor to Mr. Moor. Mr. A., hoAvever, had not greater success among the natives than his predecessor, and he abandoned his mission in 1719.' Mr. Barclay's congregation met, for seven years, in a small Lutheran Chapel, when Gov. Hunter encouraged them to erect a church for themselves. To aid

1 A clergyman, named AVm. AnilreAvs, was a missionary in Schenectady, where he also kept a sjhool, as late as ]773, but his heallli failing-, from the labors at'endant on these avocations, he was oblige ! to resign his charge. He removed to AVilliamsburgh, Va., but learning that the mission at Johnstown was vacant, by the retirement of the Rev. Mr. Mosley, pastor of that place, he immeiliateiy applied to Sir W. Johnson for that church, but we have not ascertained whether he ever returned to the Mohawk Valley.