Where was the Pastures neighborhood? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy" <diamndldy3@yahoo.com> To: <nyalbany@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [NYALBANY] Episcopalian Churches > Ed and Cliff, > > There is also St. Paul's which was founded in 1827 and located first in > the Pastures neighborhood, moved to Lancaster Street in 1863 and then to > Hackett Blvd. > > Judy > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Cliff Lamere <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> > To: nyalbany@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:35:29 PM > Subject: Re: [NYALBANY] Episcopalian Churches > > Ed, > > St. Peter's Church in Albany moved a short distance to its present site > around 1802, but it existed long before that. St. George's in > Schenectady was founded in 1735. I'm pretty sure they are the oldest > Episcopal churches in the area. I can't tell you of any other's that > might have formed by 1840. Another major Episcopal church in Albany > today is the Cathedral of All Saints, but it opened for worship in 1888. > > http://www.stpeterschurchalbany.org/parish_history.htm > > http://www.stgeorgesschenectady.org/ > > Cliff > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ====NY-Albany Mailing List==== > Check out the mailing list's website > at:http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Albany/ > Add/check your Albany surnames on the Surname Registry. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYALBANY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The short answer is: /The Pastures ... the first neighborhood to be settled beyond /Albany's/ original stockade/ .../ takes its name from the land it is situated on, which was pasture land in the 1600s. Today, it's bounded by Madison Avenue to the north, South Ferry Street on the south, Dongon Avenue to the east and South Pearl Street to the west./ Taken from a longer informative description from the Times Union: http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?category=LIFE&storyID=301947&BCCode=&newsdate=11/7/2004 :