Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Society for Promoting the Gospel among Seamen in the Port of New York
2. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection

Description

1. 2 v.; 36 cm.

Summary

1. The collection consists of transcripts from original records of marriage and baptismal services performed 1821-1853 by Rev. Henry Chase of the Mariner's Church in New York City.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subject

1. Mariner's Church (New York, N.Y.)
2. Methodist Episcopal Church -- Clergy
3. Registers of births, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York
4. New York (N.Y.) -- Genealogy

Contents

1. v. 1. Marriages, 1821-1853. - - v. 2. Baptisms, 1822-1853.

Call number

1. MssCol NYGB 18063

Language

1. English

Note

1. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society transcripts of Rev. Henry Chase's records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT (Marriage register: film 17785 item 5; Register of baptisms: film 17777 item 1). The film notes for the Marriage register provide a date span of 1823-1853, perhaps accounted for by the alphabetical arrangement noted above.
2. The marriage transcripts do not include all of the details of original Chase registers at The New-York Historical Society. See "Methodist Records of New York City in The NYG&B Library," NYG&B Newsletter (Winter, 1993) available online at the Society's website http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org
3. A postcard from D.H. Chase to Samuel Burnham, Jr., dated 11 Feb. 1891 at Middletown, Conn. (v. 1) concerns the extent and scope of the original marriage records.

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available on microfilm;

Original location (note)

1. New-York Historical Society, New York, NY.

Biography (note)

1. Henry Chase (1790-1853) was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman.

Author

1. Chase, Henry, 1790-1853.

Title

1. Marriage and baptismal registers of Rev. Henry Chase, minister of Mariner's Church, New York City : transcripts, circa 1900.

Additional formats

1. Also available on microfilm; source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.

Original location

1. Original Rev. Henry Chase marriage registers 1830-1852 located at New-York Historical Society, New York, NY.

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Biography

1. Henry Chase (1790-1853) was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman. The Mariner's Church, formally dedicated in 1820, was a non-denominational church located on Roosevelt Street in New York City. It was founded by the Society for Promoting the Gospel among Seamen in the Port of New York, later known as the New York Port Society.

Location of other archival materials

1. Related collections include the Mariner's Church (New York, N.Y.) Marriage Records, 1830-1852; and the Henry Chase Diaries, 1821-1836 (with marriages and baptisms); New-York Historical Society, New York, N.Y.

Source

1. MSS 2008M27

Occupation

1. Sailors.

Added author

1. Society for Promoting the Gospel among Seamen in the Port of New York.
2. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol NYGB 18063