St James Church
- Also Known As: Old Herring Creek also St. James, Lothian
- Address: 5757 Solomons Island Rd (MD 2)
- Vicinity: N of Bay Front Rd, 3 mi E of Bristol
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1665/00/00 | 1665 tombstone of Ann Birkheadt can be found in St James' cemetary. | |||||
| 1695/00/00 | The vestry of St James' Parish, Old Herring Creeke, orders a church built on the present site. | Maryland's Act of Establishment | ||||
| 1698/00/00 | First Parochial Lending Library is established by the Rev Dr Thomas Bray. As of 2016, the library is currently open in the parish hall and includes two of the original books. | |||||
| 1706/00/00 | England's Queen Ann gives St James' a bell. | |||||
| 1722/00/00 | Born in 1676, Rev Henry Hall dies in 1722. Hall is buried in the chancel of St James Church. | |||||
| 1723/00/00 | Mrs William Locke gifts the tablet's at St James' alter, bearing the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and the ten Commandsments. | |||||
| 1724/00/00 | Silver almsbowl is donated by the widow of Revenered Hall. | |||||
| 1732/00/00 | Mr William Locke bequeaths the Baptismal bowl to St James church that is still in use. | |||||
| 1747/00/00 | Stocks, a whipping post and two horse racks are built. Colonist are told they could be whipped if they did not donate their required amounts of tobacco to the Episcopal Church, the official religion of the colony. | |||||
| 1765/00/00 | Current St James brick building with hand-plastered ceiling replaces the dilapidated first structure, 1763-1765. | |||||
| 1785/00/00 | Mason Locke Weems | Vocation | Reverend Weems becomes the first minister to serve St James Church who did not take an oath of allegiance to England at his ordination. | |||
| 1792/00/00 | Bishop Thomas John Claggett | Vocation | Rev Thomas Claggett, 7th rector of St James', resigns to become the first bishop of Maryland. The current rector (as of 2016), the Rev William H C Ticknor, Bishop Claggett's great-great-great-great-grandson, has served the parish since 1973. |
| Particulars for St James Church: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
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