Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Bowie, Maryland)
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Bowie, Maryland was established in 1836 when it became independent of Queen Anne Parish.
History
On December 17, 1717, Reverend Jacob Henderson was appointed as rector of Queen Anne Parish. That same year, he acquired numerous parcels of property through his marriage to the widow, Mary Duvall Ridgely (née Stanton). In 1713, Henderson and his wife built a chapel on their land near their residence, part of the parcel known as Belair.[1][2]
On January 19, 1735, Mary Henderson died and was buried in Henderson's Chapel.[1] In 1737, Henderson gave 4 acres (16,000 m2) of land for the use of Queen Anne's Parish called "the Glebe whereon there is a Chapple now standing."[2]
In 1827, the original church was replaced with a new brick church. Mary Henderson's remains are still interred in a crypt beneath the church, but the marble slab which covered her grave inside the first chapel was then placed prominently in the exterior east wall of the building.[1][3]
In 1836 Henderson's Chapel became an independent congregation, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.[1][2][3]
School
In 1968 a private elementary school was established on the church grounds.[3] As of 2008, the school has a pre-school, Lower School, and Middle School.
The Parish Hall, which is the oldest section of the Lower School building, was built in 1961. The Day School was originally established in 1963 as a preschool. Through continued expansion over the years, the school has grown steadily and now includes the Daisey Lane campus that opened in 1999. As a preschool through eighth grade school, Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School has the capacity to serve 622 students.
Notable clergy
- Reverend Dr. Harvey Stanley was rector of Holy Trinity and southern sympathizer during the American Civil War. He helped many Confederates traveling through Maryland.[4]
Notable members
See also
- Episcopal Diocese of Washington
- St. Barnabas Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sprague, William Buell (1859). Annals of the American Pulpit; or Commemorative Notices of Distinguished American Clergymen of Various Denominations From the Early Settlement of the Country to the Close of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Five, Volume V. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. pp. pages 34–38.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Baltz, Shirley Vlasak (1984). A Chronicle of Belair. Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee. pp. pages 4–9. LCCN 85165028.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "A History of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church". Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ↑ Tidwell, William A. (1988). Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln. University Press of Mississippi. p. 277. ISBN 0-87805-347-6.
- ↑ Ackerson, Constance Pelzer (1978). Holy Trinity-Collington: Her People and their Church :Two Hundred and Seventy Years. p. 106.