St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Perryville, Maryland)
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175 St Marks Church Road
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 175 St. Marks Church Road in Perryville, Cecil County, Maryland, and the parish church for Susquehanna Parish in the Diocese of Maryland. There are several 19th century burials in its cemetery including that of Maryland congressman George Gale
“Aunt” Harriet Anderson had lived with her cousin Mrs. Samuel Chamberlaine in Oxford at “Bonfield” until she was able to purchase an estate near her Gale cousins, children of George Gale near Perryville. She purchased George Gale’s former home of “Brookland”. When she died in 1832, she was buried in the family cemetery on that property. She left the house and land to her maiden cousins. Leah, Anna Maria, and Sally Hollyday Gale donated the Gale family burial plot to the Episcopal Church to erect a chapel. Bishop William Rollinson Whittingham laid the cornerstone on September 3, 1844. Construction was completed in 1845. It was established as a Chapel of Ease for St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church in North East.
The Rev. Richard Whittingham began his career as a minister at St. Mark’s Chapel in Aiken, Cecil County, Maryland. He was the younger brother of the Bishop of Maryland, William Rollinson Whittingham and the son of Richard Whittingham and Mary Ann Rollinson Whittingham of New York City
In 1845, Richard Whittingham Jr. was granted a license as a lay reader in Maryland by his brother the Bishop while still a candidate for orders in New York. It was in this capacity that he came to St. Mark’s. He served as an assistant minister for St. Mary Anne’s in North East by presiding over service at St. Mark’s Chapel until his resignation in 1847 when he accepted a position in New York. He is listed as the Deacon in Sag Harbor in a document printed for the New York Convention in that year. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Whittingham, Bishop of Maryland admitted Rev. Richard Whittingham Jr into the Holy Order of Priests on December 3 of 1848 at All Saint's Church in New York City. The Bishop Whittingham was filling in for the Rt. Rev. Dr. Doane, Bishop of New Jersey, who was very ill and unable to perform the duties. He served as a minister for many years before finally returning to Cecil County. In 1892, Rev. Richard Whittingham is listed as a resident of Aiken, Maryland in the "Post Office List of the Clergy".
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