Definition of Vestryman. Meaning of Vestryman. Synonyms of Vestryman

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Definition of Vestryman

Vestryman
Vestryman Ves"try*man, n.; pl. Vestrymen. A member of a vestry; especially (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a member other than a warden. See Vestry.

Meaning of Vestryman from wikipedia

- A vestryman is a member of his local church's vestry, or leading body. He is not a member of the clergy. In England especially, but also in other parts...
- Joseph Ball (May 2, 1649 – July 11, 1711) was an English-born justice, vestryman, lieutenant colonel, and Burgess in the Colony of Virginia. Ball was the...
- auctioneer, and one of the richest men in New York. He worked as well as a vestryman and churchwarden for Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. He is the namesake...
- member of the Anglican Church. He served for more than 20 years as a vestryman and churchwarden at the Fairfax and Truro parishes in Virginia. He privately...
- a Patriot in the American Revolution for hanging lanterns along with vestryman John Pulling in his church's steeple on April 18, 1775, part of a warning...
- War, helped found and govern Williamsburg and several times served as a vestryman of Bruton Parish Church. Born in James City County to the former Sarah...
- affairs of the local St. John's Parish Church, for which he became a vestryman and then a churchwarden. Ferdinand constructed a great mansion called...
- member of several churches which he attended, and served as an Anglican vestryman and warden for more than fifteen years, when Virginia had an established...
- specified, likely Deist Jefferson was raised Anglican and served as a vestryman prior to the American Revolution, but as an adult he did not hold to the...
- County, Virginia, where he served as an officer in the county militia, a vestryman for Augusta Parish, and a justice of the peace. He was the progenitor...