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St. John's Anglican Church and Parsonage Site

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839: 199:, which is where he held Anglican services until 1770, when Dr. Silvester Gardiner, the principal proprietor resident in the area, funded construction of a church and parsonage house. Bailey was Loyalist in his political views, and fled the area in 1779 amid hostility both to his political views and his religious ones, the latter occasioned by resentment and mistrust among powerful Congregationalist businessmen and politicians in the region. 850: 50: 207:
and other places." The parish was formally dedicate as "St. John's" in 1773. Congregationalists sought to dispute ownership of the land on which the church and parsonage were built, bringing suit against the parish; this matter was resolved out of court by Dr. Gardiner. Despite considerable
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Bailey described the church that was built at Pownalborough as follows: "The dimensions of the Church are sixty feet in length including the chancel and thirty two feet in breadth. I acknowledge not only the generosity of Dr. Gardiner, but also the charitable assistance of several gentlemen in
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that included Dresden and surrounding towns was settled in the 1750s through the efforts of the Kennebec Proprietors, who held title to most of the land in the area. Most of the settlers placed on the eastern bank of the Kennebec were French and German Protestants, who in 1756 petitioned the
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church built in 1770 in what was then called Pownalborough or Frankfort, and was active until 1779. The church congregation was founded in 1760, and the church and parsonage were built with funding support from Dr.
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in 1779. The church and parsonage thereafter fell into decay, although lay attempts to maintain it continued through the 1780s.
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for a minister. William McClenachan was sent to the area as an itinerant minister based on the former site of
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Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
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The Reverend Jacob Bailey, Maine Loyalist: For God, King, Country, and for Self
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hostility to the church and Bailey personally with the outbreak of the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine
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National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Maine
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in 1775, he kept the church open until 1778. He withdrew to
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A History of the Eastern Diocese: In Three Volumes, Volume 1
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Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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The part of 37:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 271: 269: 267: 236: 248:"National Register Information System" 242: 240: 20: 342:Batchelder, Calvin Redington (1874). 195:Bailey was at first settled near the 54:1853 depiction of the parsonage house 7: 253:National Register of Historic Places 153:National Register of Historic Places 807:National Historic Preservation Act 14: 126:is an historic religious site in 849: 848: 837: 760:Federated States of Micronesia 406:Architectural style categories 151:. The site was listed on the 102: 1: 169:Province of Massachusetts Bay 18:United States historic place 901: 812:Historic Preservation Fund 791:American Legation, Morocco 210:American Revolutionary War 163:The territory that is now 832: 753:Lists by associated state 101:NRHP reference  47: 43: 34: 27: 23: 734:Northern Mariana Islands 197:Pownalborough Courthouse 130:. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Dresden, Maine
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Dresden, Maine
Anglican
Silvester Gardiner
Jacob Bailey
Loyalist
American Revolution
National Register of Historic Places
Maine
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Lincoln County, Maine
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
Fort Richmond
Lincoln County
Frankfort
Pownalborough Courthouse
Marblehead
American Revolutionary War
Halifax, Nova Scotia
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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