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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 5., Grace Church, Medford. (search)
Mr. Haskins resigned the rectorship February 18, 1852. At that time the number of parishioners was84 Died or removed since the establishment of the parish64 Present number of communicants40 Whole number confirmed31 Whole number of baptisms60 Whole number of marriages10 Whole number of burials14 Mr. Haskins died in Cambridge May 11, 1896. He was succeeded in the rectorship by the Rev. Justin Field, who became rector on the fourteenth of September, 1852, and remained until December, 1859. During a portion of his ministry the parish was aided by an appropriation from the Diocesan Board of Missions. A vacancy in the rectorship existed for a year succeeding Mr. Field's resignation. The Rev. A. C. Patterson of Buffalo, New York, was invited, but circumstances prevented his assuming charge of the parish. The Rev. George Augustus Strong became rector in January, 1861, and remained until May, 1863. He was born in Norwich, Conn., in 1832. Mr. Strong writes: The larg