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Note: Tuttle, printed & published by Tuttle & Co., Rutland, VT, 1883:
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"William Atwater Clark, b. July 20, 1786; taught school; studied at Episcopal Academy in Cheshire under Dr. Bronson; rec'd (1810) deacon's orders from Bishop Moore of N.Y.; labored with great zeal and under appalling obstacles as missionary in Western N. Y.; Ordained Priest by Bishop Hobart (1812) at Auburn, and two days after, m. by the same Prelate at Skeneateles, Jacintha, daughter of Peter Auspach, Esq., who still (1858) survives. He preached in Auburn none months, but his missionary zeal led him to abandon this desirable situation to labor in more destitute regions. At manlius, N.Y. till 1818, then at Buffalo, where Bishop Hobart having laid the corner stone of St. Paul's, the first Episcopalian Church in that place. Mr. Clark made a journey to New York to collect funds to erect the building. That building was the predecessor of the present noble edifice, "St. Paul's," erected about 1852. From 1820 to 1824, rector of Christ Church, Balston Spa, then by request removed to New York city to aid in establishing a new parish in the eastern part of the city (All Saints), of which he became the first rector. The services held at first at the rector's residence, were transferred first to a temporary chapel; thence June 5, 1828, to the new church on the corner of Henry and Scammel Streets. This part of the city had been quite destitute, especially of Episcopal ministrations, and his energetic and well directed efforts resulted in an efficient congregation, which contributed greatly to the religious prosperity of the whole neighborhood. His daughter relates that when the Seventh Presbyterian Church, corner of Ridge and Broome Streets was burned down, my father imediately conferred with his vestry and tendered to their pastor, Rev. Elihu W. Baldwin (afterwards President of Wabash College), the use of our church Sunday evenings, and between our morning and afternoon services. As "All Saints" was the most central and convenient place for them, they gladly accepted the offer, and worshiped there many months.
After a ministry of thirteen years in N. Y., a chronic rheumatism, brought on by exposures during his missionary life, induced him to seek a more quiet and rural situation. Accordingly in 1837 he resigned, removed to Michigan and settled on new land in Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan. Finding there a state of indifference to religious matters, he opened his own house for services; the hearers became more numerous and a temporary building, with rough board seats, was put up and soon filled; by these means and his private example, influence, counsels and instructions, an important moral change was wright in the community. He died of congestion of the lungs Sept. 13, 1841. He received a degree of M. A. from Columbia College 1824 and D. D. from Allegany College 1831. A number of his sermons were published, and in 1833 a volume of 18 sermons were published by request of the vestry of All Saints. (Sprague's Annals, in which also see a sketch of his character by Dr. John Miller). Nine children:
1. John William, grad. Columbis College & Gen. Theological Sem. of N. Y.; rector of Grace Church, Chicago, Ill.; now (1883) of Lexington, Michigan
2. William Atwater, a distinguished lawyer in Michigan
3. James Ward
4. Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk
Note: The Descendants of William & Elizabeth Tuttle, by George Frederick
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