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SaintS Peter and Paul
1649 - Private (home) chapels like “Rich Neck Manor” on on Tilghman Point in in Easton Bay (near Claiborne)
1680s-1690s - - - Doncaster (or Wye-Town) Chapel located where the Wye Wye East East River meets Eastern Bay (Colonial town of Doncaster Doncaster is now under water) Priests at at at Doncaster Doncaster included: Nicholas Gulick Francis Pennington John Matthews Thomas Barton William Hunter Fr Fr Fr Plunkett Fr Fr Fr Hubbard John Hall and Robert Brook Fr Fr Fr Barton was arrested in in in 1693 for saying Mass
in in in Queen Anne County 1600s - Era of of of Henrietta Maria Lloyd was a a a a a a a a a a a a staunch outspoken Catholic and one of of of the most famous people of of of colonial Talbot County 1755 - - A A boatload of French Catholic Acadians exiled from Nova Scotia was dumped at at at at at Oxford - - they were harshly treated and eventually settled in Catholic Louisiana 1756 - Fr James Beadnall S J J J was arrested One of of the the indictments reads for “Of ciating Mass” in in in in in the the homes of of David Jones (Easton Landing) and and and and Thomas Browning (Island Creek Neck) and and and and though obligated to to post bond the case was dropped 1764 - Fr Fr Joseph Mosley Mosley S J J was assigned to start a a a a a a a a new mission and and on on on on March 18 1765 Fr Fr Mosley Mosley bought the plot of land from Parson Miller and and and his wife and and and Sara Millington which became Saint Joseph’s in in in in in Cordova For the next twenty-two years Fr Mosley served Talbot Queen Anne Kent Kent Caroline and and and and Dorchester counties counties in in in in Maryland and and and and Kent Kent and and Sussex counties counties in in in Delaware from St Joseph 1830 - Fr Richard D Hardey S J wrote of of the possibility of of starting a a a a a church in Easton 1840 - Fr James F F M M Lucas S S J J rented a a a a a a a a a a a a a hall in in Easton and and furnished it for Mass
and and in in 1842 he he started a a a a a a a a a a a a a Catholic Total Temperance Society 1840s - - 1850’s - - Fr Fr George King King S J J served the the area Born in in in Laurel Delaware Fr Fr King King was a a a a a a a a a a a widower whose son entered the the the the Jesuits Jesuits Many other Jesuits Jesuits served served the the the area from from from St Joseph’s Mention must be made of Fr Edward Henchy who served served from from from 1867 -1870 as a a a a a a a Jesuit Jesuit and from from from 1874
-1878 as a a a a diocesan Priest (Fr Henchy is buried at St St Peter’s in Queenstown ) August 26 1868 Fr Henchy started the St St Joseph’s Jousting Tournament The rst winner was S W W Hopkins of Wye Mills Early 1860’s Baltimore Archbishop John Martin Spalding sent the Redemptorists from Annapolis to to to Easton Fr William Gross C S S S S R was designated as as as as rst “Pastor ” In December 1866 under Redemptorist direction a a a a a church was started in Easton with the help of Howes Goldsborough (whose name appears on the border of our present altar) and Col Henry May - the the church was completed in 1868 1874
- When the the Jesuits left St St Joseph’s it it became a a a a a a mission of of St St Peter’s in in in in in Queenstown until placed under under the the direction of of Saints Peter Peter and Paul
in in in in in Easton under under Fr Fr William Temple in in in in in 1898 St St Joseph’s in in in in in Cordova is is is the the the second oldest oldest Catholic Church on on on the the the Eastern Shore (St Francis Xavier Old Bohemia Warwich was started in in in 1704) and is is is the the the oldest oldest Catholic Church in in continuous use Bishop Thomas A Becker rst bishop of of Wilmington set up a a a a a committee of of Easton residents Howes Goldsborough Michael Nichols and Dr Pierrre O Charbonnier - to to to make arrangements for a a a a a a a a a a a a a a resident resident priest at Easton and in in in September of 1878 newly ordained Fr Fr Edward L Brady Brady was was appointed as as as as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Pastor Pastor Fr Fr Fr Brady Brady was was the second Pastor Pastor (Redemptorist Fr Fr Gross later became Bishop of Savannah Georgia) 1884 - Fr John D Carey Pastor of Easton started the rst regular church services at at at Secretary Maryland at at at Sherman’s Institute (St Elizabeth’s at at at Denton was started in 1831 by priests from St St Joseph’s ) 1888 - - 1889 - - Fr Fr Francis J Connelly was Easton Pastor 1889 - Fr Edward G Mickle rebuilt the church in Easton 1889 - - 1893 - - Fr George L Ott served Easton 1893 - - 1897 - - Fr Fr Thomas Francis Waldron was Pastor of of of of Easton he he he built the the Church Church of of of of of Our Lady of of of of of Good Counsel Secretary and the the Church Church of of of of of St Mary Refuge of of of Sinners at Cambridge while in in Easton 1898 - - 1904 - - Fr William G Temple a a a a a a great preacher was the Easton 52
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