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Research Note: Pew holders Shown as at Vestry, April 20, 1829(?)
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Title: Research Note: Pew holders Shown as at Vestry, April 20, 1829(?)
Identifier: 2005.1.81.19
Donor: Geoffrey and Kathleen Sayers
Item Date: 1960-1975
Creation Date: 2011
Location: Benares Historic House

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Description: A typewritten list of pew holders in black ink. The title is typed in red ink and handwritten next to it in blue ink is a large "(?)". As some of the dates in the body of the list are from the 1840s the date of 1829 in the title appears to be an error. On the reverse of the page is three blank Royal Bank of Canada cheques which have a green and beige patterned background.

This item is part of a box of original papers, transcripts, research notes, and newspaper clippings compiled and transcribed by Geoffrey and Kathleen Sayers. The notes and transcripts were written on the backs of papers related to Geoffrey’s job in Insurance

The original St. Peter’s Church was built in 1826 and demolished in 1887. St. Peter’s Church had many ties with both the Harris and Magrath Families. The Harrises were strong supporters of the Church with Captain James B. Harris (1797-1884) acting as a church warden from 1838-1860. Arthur B. Harris (1843-1932) was on the building committee in 1886 and also served as a church warden and had agreed to assume some of the debt over and above the amount contributed to the Building Fund of the new structure. Reverend James Magrath was the first Rector of the church and his family continued to support it after his death. Many members of the Magrath and Harris families were married at the Church; including Mary (nee Magrath) and Arthur Harris, Annie (nee Harris) and Beverly Sayers and Kathleen (nee Colloton) and Geoffrey Sayers. For more information on the history of St. Peter’s Anglican Church, see: Thompson Adamson "175 Years of History" (Erindale: St Peter’s Anglican Church, 2000).
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