Frederick Winslow Hatch (August 1, 1789 – January 14, 1860) was an

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clergyman who served as

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of the

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Early years

Frederick Winslow Hatch was born August 1, 1789, in

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, the son of Lucretia Rockwell and Timothy Hatch.

Ministry

Hatch was ordained a deacon by Bishop Thomas John Claggett in 1810. He served in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Edenton, North Carolina, (1811–1815) until he moved to All Saints' Church,

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. Hatch then served in

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from 1820–1830, and while there, the original Christ Church was erected (1824-'25), this was the first denominational building in the village. The plan for the church was furnished, though not designed, by

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, but it was demolished in 1895. He also preached at

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and Walker's during this time. The Hatch's home was about two miles down the road from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Family members recalled waving to General Lafayette,

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and other revolutionary figures on their way to see the former President. In 1830 Hatch became the rector of Washington Parish, District of Columbia. While there, he served as

from 1833 until 1835. In 1836 he moved to St. Paul's Church,

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. He was the first rector of St Matthew's Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, (then called Southport) where he went with his family in 1843 and stayed till moving to

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in 1856 to live near his son. He died in

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, on January 14, 1860. He is interred in the

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Personal life

He married first, Frances Lowry Robertson in

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in 1812; she died while they were in Edenton, North Carolina. He married secondly, Mary Ann Weatherburn They had four children, two sons and two daughters.Hinsdale genealogy: descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, by Herbert Cornelius Andrews, Sanford Charles Hinsdale, p. 235

References

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