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Subject: [NYKings] Churches 1830 near Brooklyn Navy Yard
Date: 3 Mar 2002 20:16:29 -0700

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Surnames: BARKER, STEWART, WELLMAN, KIRLEN
Classification: Query

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I have a question about the of Houses of Worship in Brooklyn just before and after
the year 1830.

Does anyone have a source to locate the Catholic and Episcopal Churches
closest to the Brooklyn Navy Yard during that period of time?

I am researching William H Barker ENG married to Elizabeth Stewart IRE who gave
birth to a son in NYC 15 August 1830. William H Barker worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard so I am researching Catholic and Episcopal Churches closest to the
Navy Yard during that timeframe.

The following is part of what I have researched thus far:

I looked up Houses of Worship in Brooklyn for 1822. See URL:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Worship/1822.spooner.html )

In this list there is no Catholic Chuch noted only the Roman Catholic Society.

They purchased land on "Jay Street near the rope walk" for a church, but did not give the name of the intended Catholic Church.

This church may have been erected by the next year, 1823, because one of the listed Brooklyn Residents, Alexander Stewart, has as an address noted as "rear of Catholic Church" in the 1823 Brooklyn Directory . See URL:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Directory/1823.Bklyn.Directory.html

Then I checked the list of Catholic Brooklyn Parishes at URL:

http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/CatholicUS-NewYorkNY.htm#Brooklyn Parishes

This gave the churches listed in order by year established. In this list, there is a
St. James Parish, [Est. 1822] 250 Cathedral Place - Brooklyn, NY 11201. None on
Jay St Brooklyn.

Next I looked at the map Hooker's New Pocket Plan of New York, New York 1833, William Hooker with places of Public Worship listed. Unfortunately the Places of Worship are illegible, at least on my computer.

http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/ny1833.gif

There is a another 1797 map showing Houses of Worship in NYC at URL:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Worship/Church.1797.html

This map does not show any Brooklyn Churches.

I do not where to go next and would appreciate any leads you might give to me.

Thanks

Mary Strovink Daukas

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