People: Colonial and Revolutionary Era

Grave marker at St. Paul's for Richard Shute (RS) who died December 14, 1704.

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An acccount of the history, culture and legacy of the Lenape, native peoples of the St. Paul's vicinity

The famous Puritan rebel Anne Hutchinson, and particularly her brief residence near the location of St. Paul's Church in the early 1640s.

A profile of Richard Shute, one of the original settlers of the town at St. Paul's whose 1704 burial marker is the earliest legible gravestone at the site

Learn about the life and work of Rev. Thomas Standard, the controversial, long-serving colonial era minister at St. Paul's, who is buried beneath the church. He remains a source of local legends and ghost stories

Explore the life, work and political activities of the Rev. Samuel Seabury, a controversial clergyman and leading Loyalist in New York who served as the Anglican minister of St. Paul's during the crucial era of the American Revolution

A chronicle of the life and military duties of Frederick Stevenson, who was an officer in a New York militia regiment during the Revoluitonary War, including service at the crucial Battle of White Plains in October 1776. He died in 1820, followed by burial at St. Paul's.

The life and military experience of Charles Turnbull, a Continental Army artillery officer buried at St. Paul's.

An exploration of the lives of Nathaniel and Hannah Franklin, who were born into slavery in the 1750s, and were both manumitted in 1824, living the last few years of their long lives in freedom, followed by burial at St. Paul's.

The tale of the Ward family of the St. Paul's neighborhood, and the different sides chosen by two brothers in the Revolutionary War, which made all the difference in their fortunes and circumstance of life.

An exploration of the lives and careers of two doctors in the American army during the Revolutionary War who directed a field hospital at St. Paul's Church in 1776.

Theodosius Fowler: Continental Army Soldier, Successful Merchant in Early America, buried at St. Paul's

An account of the life and military service of John Glover, who served as an officer in the American army during the Revolutionary War, and led the Patriot forces at the Battle of Pell's Point, fought near St. Paul's Church in October 1776

A brief explanation of the likely identity of some of the Hessian (German) troops who fought with British in the Revolutionary War, and died at St. Paul's in 1776, followed by burial at the back of the chuardyard

Samuel Treadwell Pell, a Continental Army officer, who fought at the Battles of Saratoga & Yorktown, and is buried at St. Paul's

An account of the life and public career of Philip Pell, who held military and political leadership positions in the American Revolution, and served as the last member of the Continental Congress. He is buried at St. Paul's.

Learn about the life and pivotal role of Stephen Ward, who provided tremendous continuity of leadership for the St. Paul's community from colonial times to the period of the early republic.

A profile of the life of William Pinckney, a militia officer during the Revolutionary War, whose family history reflects the complicated allegiances of residents of the St. Paul's area during those tumultous years. He is buried at St. Paul's

A chronicle of the strange but true story of the life and work of Rev. John Milner, who was the Church of England rector of St. Paul's when construction of the extant stone church began in 1763.

Read about the life and work of the Rev. John Bartow, who faced interesting and complex religious, political and community challenges in his colonial era ministry as the first Anglican rector of the parish of St. Paul's Church.