St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey

In 1695 settlers acquired land for a cemetery at West Broad and Wood streets. In 1702 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts sent Anglican missionaries from England to New Jersey. One of them, John Talbot, became rector of St. Mary's Church (built in 1703) in 1705.James Thayer Addison, The Episcopal Church in the United States 1789-1931, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951, p. 47Robert Wm. Duncan, Jr., "A Study of the Ministry of John Talbot in New Jersey, 1702-1727: On "Great Ripeness" Much Dedication, and Regrettable Failure", Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Sept. 1973), pp. 233-256 It is the first and oldest Episcopal congregation in New Jersey.

As the congregation grew, parishioners decided to build a new, larger church. They commissioned Richard Upjohn to design it. In 1846, construction began on adjoining land at 145 West Broad Street. It was consecrated in 1854.

New St. Mary's Church was constructed between 1846 and 1854. It is one of the earliest attempts in the United States to "follow a specific English medieval church model for which measured drawings existed." This Gothic Revival-style church was designed by Richard Upjohn, who modeled it after St. John's Church in Shottesbrooke, England. It helped to firmly establish Upjohn as a practitioner of Gothic design.[http://www.britannia.com/history/berks/churches/shottesbrooke.html Churches of England] It is a massive brownstone church with a long nave. The crossing is topped by a tall stone spire that has eight bells cast in England in 1865 by Thomas Mears II at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.Intensive Level Architectural Survey, McCabe & Associates, 2002 It has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.

In 1976 while renovations were being done to the church a mistake made by one of the workers led to a fire which caused extreme roof and interior damage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.njht.org/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/stmarysepiscopalburlington.html|title=St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington|date=|website=NJ Historic Trust|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=10 June 2021}}

The fire was discovered in the early AM hours of April 15, 1976, Holy Thursday. Eventually, a general alarm fire was declared bringing hundreds of firemen from Burlington City, Burlington Township, Beverly-Edgewater Park, and Willingboro in New Jersey as well as Bristol across the bridge in Pennsylvania.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63779031/1976-fire-guts-st-marys-church-in/|title=Fire in Burlington destroys historic St. Mary's Church|date=15 April 1976|work=Courier-Post|access-date=10 June 2021}}

Image:BurlingtonNJ OldStMarysChurch.jpg|Old St. Mary's Church

Image:BurlingtonNJ NewStMarysChurch 03.jpg|New St. Mary's Church

Image:St John the Baptist Shottesbrooke 2.jpg|Church in Shottesbrooke

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• William Bradford (1755–1795), United States Attorney General
• Daniel Coxe, Governor of West Jersey
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• Rowland Ellis
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• Franklin D'Olier, founder of the American Legion
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• [http://www.stmarysburlington.org Church website]
• [http://www.stmarysburlington.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=138 St. Mary's Churchyard]
• [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU.html#R9T0WRDZO St. Mary's Churchyard] at The Political Graveyard
• [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=201294 Saint Marys Episcopal Churchyard] at Find A Grave

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