Excerpt from History of the Church of Zion and St. Timothy of New York: 1797-1894Arrival oi Exiled Palatinates, i7io - Trinity Lutheran Church in Broadway Built - Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church Organized Old Brewery in Cliff Street Occupied, i74o - Stone Church Built in William Street, i7o7 - Trinity Lutheran Church Destroyed by Fire, I776 - Union of the Lutheran Corporations - Their Site on Broadway sold - The First 'edifice of Grace Church Built - An English Lutheran Church Incorporated, I797 - Rev. George Strebeck, Pastor - Action of Consistory - A Frame Church in Pearl Street Built - Stone Church in Mott Street Built, i8oi - Known as the English Lutheran Church Zion - Adjoining Land Purchased - Parsonage and School-house Built Burial Plot in Astor Place Bought - Resignation of the Rev. Mr. Stre beck - Ordained Deacon - Elected Rector of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church in New York - Consolidation Proposed by St. Stephen's Church - Rev. Ralph Williston became Pastor in 1805 - In i8io Pastor and Congregation joined the Episcopal Church and Founded Zion Church.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.