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

In 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 (nee Stanton). In 1713, Henderson and his wife built a chapel on their land near their residence, part of the parcel known as Belair.cite book
last =Sprague
first =William Buell
title =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.
publisher =Robert Carter & Brothers
date =1859
location =New York
pages =pages 34-38
url =http://books.google.com/books?id=UwJ9aVWh92kC&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=st+anne's+annapolis+boucher&source=web&ots=PdYNXsyA3p&sig=55DQKbnSQntlP-9aT6wb5pfrdys#PPA34,M1 | doi =
id =
isbn = ] cite book
last = Baltz
first = Shirley Vlasak
title = A Chronicle of Belair
publisher =Bowie Heritage Committee
date = 1984
location =Bowie, Maryland
pages =pages 4-9
LCCN = 85165028]

On January 19, 1735, Mary Henderson died and was buried in Henderson's Chapel. In 1737, Henderson gave four acres of land for the use of Queen Anne's Parish called "the Glebe whereon there is a Chapple now standing." Almost 100 years later, in 1836 Henderson's Chapel became an independent congregation, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.cite web
url=http://holytrinitybowie.edow.org/history.html
title=A History of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
accessdate=2007-09-25]

New church and congregation

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.

In 1836 Henderson's Chapel became an independent congregation, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.

Recent times

In 1968 a private elementary school was established on the church grounds.

ee also

*Episcopal Diocese of Washington
*St. Barnabas Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

References

External links

* [http://holytrinitybowie.edow.org Holy Trinity Church website]