St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church building located at 315 South Main Street in North East, Cecil County, Maryland. Built in 1742 of red brick in a rectangular shape to replace an earlier wooden church building on the site, it is the second parish church building for North Elk Parish, later known as St. Mary Anne's Parish, which had been established in 1706 by the General Assembly of the Province of Maryland. Originally dedicated to St. Mary, the parish added Anne to its name in thanks for a bequest it received from the estate of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, who died in 1714. Its bell tower was added in 1904. [1][2][3]
St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church North Elk Parish Established 1706
The church was established by the governor of Maryland along the north shore of the Elk River in 1706, with four acres of land set aside for a church building. Between 1709 and 1715, a wooden church was built on the site of the present church, but no details are known about this building. A Swedish Lutheran Reverend, Jonas Auren who had come to America in the late 1600s, preached here for a congregation made of Swedes and Finns from the former colony of New Sweden, as well as English colonists, until his death in 1713. During this time the church was known as St. Mary's parish. In 1714, Queen Anne of England died. In an effort to establish the Anglican Church in the colonies she bequeathed a large Bible, a Book of Common Prayer and a silver chalice and paten to the congregation. In a gesture of appreciation, St. Mary's was renamed St. Mary Anne's.[5]
Skirven, Percy G., The First Parishes of the Province of Maryland, Baltimore: Norman Remington Co., 1923
Waymarking listing for St. Mary Anne's Church
December 07, 2023
mary, anne, episcopal, church, historic, episcopal, church, building, located, south, main, street, north, east, cecil, county, maryland, built, 1742, brick, rectangular, shape, replace, earlier, wooden, church, building, site, second, parish, church, building. St Mary Anne s Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church building located at 315 South Main Street in North East Cecil County Maryland Built in 1742 of red brick in a rectangular shape to replace an earlier wooden church building on the site it is the second parish church building for North Elk Parish later known as St Mary Anne s Parish which had been established in 1706 by the General Assembly of the Province of Maryland Originally dedicated to St Mary the parish added Anne to its name in thanks for a bequest it received from the estate of Anne Queen of Great Britain who died in 1714 Its bell tower was added in 1904 1 2 3 St Mary Anne s Episcopal ChurchNorth Elk ParishEstablished 1706St Mary Anne s Episcopal Church October 193639 35 46 N 75 56 33 W 39 59611 N 75 94250 W 39 59611 75 94250Location315 South Main StreetNorth East MarylandCountryUSADenominationEpiscopalWebsitestmaryanne orgArchitectureCompleted1742St Mary Anne s is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Easton The Rev John Schaeffer is the current rector 4 Contents 1 History 2 Cemetery 3 See also 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe church was established by the governor of Maryland along the north shore of the Elk River in 1706 with four acres of land set aside for a church building Between 1709 and 1715 a wooden church was built on the site of the present church but no details are known about this building A Swedish Lutheran Reverend Jonas Auren who had come to America in the late 1600s preached here for a congregation made of Swedes and Finns from the former colony of New Sweden as well as English colonists until his death in 1713 During this time the church was known as St Mary s parish In 1714 Queen Anne of England died In an effort to establish the Anglican Church in the colonies she bequeathed a large Bible a Book of Common Prayer and a silver chalice and paten to the congregation In a gesture of appreciation St Mary s was renamed St Mary Anne s 5 In 1845 St Marks s Perryville opened as a chapel of ease for St Mary s Parish In 1913 St Mark s was established as Susquehanna Parish 6 Cemetery editBurials in St Mary Anne s historic cemetery include Thomas Russell 1743 1786 ironmonger and manager of Principio Furnace brother of William Russell John Conard 1773 1857 Pennsylvania congressmanSee also edit nbsp Christianity portalList of post 1692 Anglican parishes in the Province of MarylandGallery edit nbsp Front view nbsp InteriorReferences edit Middleton the Rev Canon Arthur Pierce Ph D Anglican Maryland 1692 1792 Virginia Beach The Donning Company 1992 p 65 ISBN 0 89865 841 1 A Short History of St Mary Anne s St Mary Anne s Episcopal Church Who was St Mary Anne St Mary Anne s Episcopal Church website St Mary Anne s Episcopal Church website History of St Mark sExternal links editHistoric American Buildings Survey 3 photos St Mary Anne s Episcopal Church website Skirven Percy G The First Parishes of the Province of Maryland Baltimore Norman Remington Co 1923 Waymarking listing for St Mary Anne s Church Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Mary Anne 27s Episcopal Church amp oldid 1156621285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
