History of Church Of Advent Givei (Continued from page one) strong advocate for the electioi of a bishop for North Carolim in the conventions at Tarboro and he was the only minister whi attended all four meetings at Tar bon-. He was the president of on< and had been selected as a dele gate to the General Convention.' Bishop White notes this Iasi fact on p. 201 of his "Memoirs, "The Rev James L Wilson em barked as a deputy to the General Convention of 1792 (from North Carolina): but after an unusually long passage, arrived too late At his special request, his arrival after the adjournment was noted by the secretary " So we can see the very prominent part which Mr Wilson of Martin County played in the early Episcopal history of North Carolina. Now where was the church lo cated that Mi Wilson served dur ing his seven year ministry in Wil liamston-.’ The Diocesan Journal of 1790 lists him as the clerical re presentative of Martin and Edge combe Counties The only record found to date of an Episcopal Church in or near Williamston around this time is to be found in "The Life and Times of Elder Reuben Ross, pages 77 and 90. Reuben Ross was a Primitive Baptist preacher who lived in Williamston in IffOO Suf fering financial reverses and de siring to go to Tennessee to re settle and preach, he made prep arations for the journey. Ills son John, who made the trip, tells of it in his book "The sixth of May, 1H07, was set for the com mencement of the journey, on which day all were to meet at a deserted Episcopal Church, in a pine forest a few miles west of Williamston, and there pitch their tents for the first time. Several other families had concluded to emigrate with us" p77. "The time for beginning the journey arrived. It was agreed that all should leave their homes the same day, in the morning, and meet at a deserted Episcopal church that stood in a forest of pines some distance from the town, and there encamp the first night. There were many of these de serted ehurel^s in Virginia and ‘he Carolinas at that time When the law was passed depriving the clergy of that church of the six teen thousand pounds of tobacco to which they had been entitled annually, the Established Church was broken up. and these lonely and decaying buildings might be peer, in -many places in the coun try As many of these churches had grave-yards attached, which were likewise neglected, the sup erstitious imagined they often saw forms that did not seem prop irly to belong to tins world not only by night, hut sometimes in broad da.\ - standing still or mov ing about: people generally went a little out of their way to pass around them; On the day appointed, the whole party met at the old church: and as night came on. the tents were pitched The first night wi children camped out we were ill at ease. We thought ghosts could not fin a more desirable place for the walks than the lonely church. Th [ scarred trunks of the pines, vvhil with the indurated rosin, th moaning of the wind in their loi ty tops, and the red glare of th i campfires among their branchi i worked on our imaginations an , caused the whole scene to appea ' weird and spectral But at lengt 'tired nature's sweet restore! came to our relief, and in the dee slumber of happy childhood al was forgotten. Next morning be times all were up. the teams wol fed. breakfast prepared and serv ed, the tents struck, and the lory journey began in earnest'. There stand today, three mile west of Williamston, on the Ham ilton road, two cemeteries on thi Slade farms The inescapable con elusion is that this Episcopa church mentioned above stood ad jacent to the older of these twi cemeteries. In 1790 the Slade fam ily owned almost all of this are; near Williamston The McKenzie and original Slade families wen Church families and this fact with those already mentioned I leads us to conclude that this Epis copal church, abandoned b.v tin year 11107, was the scene of Mr Wilson's ministry during his years here as an ordained priest of 1.h< Church. If the church had a name we do not know it. However, it might very well have been des ignated as St. Martin's for in the year 1774 when Martin County was created from parts of Tyrrell and Halifax counties, the county was also named as St, Martin's Parish. Until the year 11142 and partic ularly 1850, we hear little more of the Episcopal Church in Mar tin County. In 1842 the Rev. William B. Otis was Rector of Grace Church in Plymouth. He held occasional ser vices in Williamston and on De cember 19,1842, he bapti/.ed the infant son of William J. and Frances II, Ellison. This family will be seen as the lay founders of the parish. The date of this baptism is the first official act of administration in connection with what was to become the Church of the Advent congregation. After Mr. Otis, in 1844, the Rev. Alfred A Watson became Rector of the Church m Plymouth. He came to Williamston as a missionary and held services in the old courthouse at stated times Mainly to Ins ef forts, the present organization of the church is due The following history is from the papers of the late Miss Emily Whitley. "Mrs Frances Helen Ellison (whose tablet is in the present church) had at this time ( 1844) a Sunday school, the child ren at her house She also had the children of the slaves to come every Sunday afternoon and say their catechism orally from a lit tle book compiled by Bishop Ives to teach the slaves. Her mother, Mrs Ann G. Hvman, gave the plot of ground -'ll which the church is built After the death of Mrs Frances H Ellison in 1849, her husband, William J Ellison, be came interested, and with the as sistance of Mrs Ann G. Hyman, Miss Betty Hyman, and Miss Hel en Slade, the Church was built with but little outside assistance. Mi Ellison was very much inter ested m the work jind devoted COULD SHE Kl%%- AND KILL AND NOT REMEMBER? Accused uf tnuidet theoted of marriage . .. fated v ith a terrifying foluae ! I Was il all true or a monslious secret plot to wreck her life’ JACK II iKIKBAU. «n s I man, the cost of which wi ' SI00.00 1 i The beginning of this amoun 1 ! $8.00, was made by the sale of • i j lamb given Miss Hyman by Mi ’ j Henry Slade. The remaining $92.0 * j they raised by sewing, makin j bonnets, aprons and quilts to sel 'Mrs. Ann G Hyman with the hoi of her maid, Jane, raised enoug! ’ money by knitting and crocheting to buy the chancel furniture ’ chairs, carpet, etc. The church was consecrated t the service of God on Friday April 2(1, 1050, by Bishop Ivet Bishop of North Carolina, unde the name of "Church of the Ad vent". He was assisted in the ser vices by Rev. Alfred A. Watson The dedication sermon wa. preached from the Gospel accord ing to St. John XII:26. "If an; man serve me let him follow me and where 1 am, there shall als< my servant be: if any man serve me, him will mv Father honor". At this time there were twi confirmed, Mr. William J. Elli son and his daughter, Annie H Ellison. Seven persons partook of the Holy Communion, admin istered by the Bishop. The church was admitted inti union with the Convention of thi Church of the Diocese at the Con vention held in Elizabeth City, May 30, 1850. Mr. William Elli son and Dr. T. H. Wingfield were the two delegates to the conven tion. The Parish not being able sing ly to support a clergyman, mea sures were taken to unite with the neighboring Parish of St Thomas. Windsor, for the purpose of hav ing regular services, and the Rev Charles A. Maisun, formerly as sistant minister of St. Paul's, Eden ton, N. C., became the first Rector of the united Parishes. His first services in this Parish church were held on the morning find | evening of the 21st Sunday after Trinity, October 20th, 1850. In January 1851 a Communion Service was presented to the Par fish by Mrs. Josia Collins of Lake | Scuppernong, a handsome silver chalice and paten, with a flagon and two alms basins of britannia ware. In 1851 Mr. John A, Gam brel of Non York, a special friend of one of the church members, presented to the church a bell, with complete hangings, toward which the congregation contribu ted $15.00. On January 5, 1852, Rev. C. A. Maison resigned the 'charge of the Parish, it was re sumed again in June 1852 by Rev Alfred A Watson, who continued to hold it until 1858. At the Gen eral Convention of 1853 held at New York, Bishop Ives was de posed from Ins jurisdiction afid office, and Rev, Thomas Atkin son was consecrated to fill his place. Bishop Atkinson made his first visit to the Church of the Advent, April 12, 1854 in 1857 liie chancel was newly carpeted, an altar Cloth provided, and brass branches placed upon the walls. The second chancel rail was built and also placed there by Mi. Watson himself in 1858. In 1858 Ron1. Alfred A. Watson i.s resigned, the charge of the Parish d having accepted a call to Chris d Church, New Bern, N C. h The Parish not being able t< " support a clergyman, Rev, Ben jamin S. Bronson volunteered hr services and took charge in 1859 giving one Sunday in each month From the Spring 18fil to th< 1 Spring 1866, the church was with out services because of the Civr War. During the four years of the war Miss Betty Hyman was a 3 refugee and it was through her 1 loving cure that the Communion • Service and chancel carpet were • preserved. She sold the carpet and on her return to Williamston • gave the money together with the Communion Service to the Rev. Thomas B. Haughton, then min ister-in-charge. She found the little church had been almost destroyed by the Northern army and subscriptions had to be taken up for repairs. As Miss Hyman was the oldest mem ber of the church, it fell to her lot to carry the paper around, and she succeeded in collecting the needed amount. - In the Spring of 1866 Rev. Tho mas B. Haughton took charge here in connection with Grace Church, Plymouth, and St. Luke's, Wash ington County. Through the ef forts of Mr. Wilson G. Lamb, Mr. Joseph M. Sitterson, Mr. Frank A. Rhodes and a few others in the Parish a vestry room was added to the church in 1869. In 187(1 Mr. Lamb and Mis Sitterson purchased a lot adjoining the church prop erly and presented it to the church. During this same year, the lot was enclosed with a good fence. dsfaomods-ingC.nMCJote sh hrd On May 27, 1872, Miss Helen Slade, one of the founders of the church, purchased the Rectory at a cost of $1,000 with the under standing that Rev. Thomas B. Haughton would remove to this Parish and occupy the building, which he did on October 17, 1873. The church building was repaired and painted in 1874, towards which Miss Margaret Thompson of Grace Church, Woodville, N. C. | gave $100.00, the remainder being 'given by the members of the Parish. This congregation was al so indebted to the Woodville con gregation for the gift of a second* | hand melodion. On March 20, 1874, Judge Asa I Biggs very kindly gave to the | church a strip of land adjoining j the church grounds. (To Be Continued) : W antS FOR SALE: 6-ROOM BUNGA low with bath. Large screened back porch. Attic. 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