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.

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KECTOKS OF ST. PETER'S CPIURCH, ALBANY.

Tlie Rev. Thoroughgood Moor Avas the earliest Church of England clergyman in these parts, after the Rev. Mr. Talbot's short stay. He arrived at New York in 1704, and proceeded thence to Albany, as Missionary to the Mohawks. Owing to the influence of the fur traders, his efforts to convert the heathen were entirely without fruit, and he returned to N. York. He w^ent next to Burlijigton, N. J., where 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 Eughmd. The ship, in which he Avas a passenger, foundered at sea, and he, with all on board, unfortunately, perished. The first rector of St. Peter's Church, Albany, as far as our knowledge at present extends, was the

I. Kev. Thos. Barclay. This gentleman was chaplain to the 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, when the Rev. W^ Andrews came out as successor to Mr. Moor. Mr. A., however, had not greater success among the natives than his predecessor, and lie abandoned his mission in 1719.1 ^i^.