 Picture courtesy of Captain Salem Avery House Museum
Old Herring Creek Parish
The first church on this site was built, 1695, and the present structure was completed 1765. The Reverend Henry Hall (1675-1722) served as first rector, 1698-1722. From 1786-1792 Saint James' was the home parish of Thomas John Claggett (1743-1816), first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Maryland and first to be consecrated in America.
Tracy's Landing: east side of MD 2, 3/10 of a mile north of MD 258 Anne Arundel County Maryland.
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