Hunter
Catholic Church
1839 Subscribers
Contributed by Peggy Dolan.
List of the 1839 subscribers to build the Catholic church in Hunter, Greene County, NY. The list includes people from around the area, including Hunter, Platte Clove, Westkill, Shandaken, and Bristol.
$10 John BURNS, Peter CARR, Michael DOLAN, William GILLESPIE,
Darby KENNEDY.
$9 Thomas GEOGHAM, Cornelius MCGUIRE
$6 Martin SHIELDS
$5 Michael ASKIN, John BRANNON, James BURNS, Patrick BURNS, William CANNON,
James CAULFIELD, John DALE, Roger DONNELL, Michael DOUGHERTY, Condy FAGAN,
William HOPKINS, George KELLY, Edward KILDAY, John KILDAY, Martin KILROY,
Patrick LANE, Richard LYNCH, John MOLLOY, Patrick NORTON, Condy O'DONNELL, James
O'DONNELL, Peter QUINN, John SHANLEY, Charles SHEVLIN.
$3 Dennis DUNN
$2 William BURNS, William LAWLER
$1 Lawrence NORTON The land was purchased from Robert KERR.
Before the church could be completed, the first burial in the churchyard was the 2-year-old daughter of Michael LACKEY & Mary Ann GLENNON.