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St. Barnabas Church, also known as St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Leeland, was built in Leeland, Maryland and was established in 1704 as the parish church of Queen Anne Parish which had been established that same year. Because of its location in one of the richest tobacco-producing regions in Colonial Maryland, the small church has been a cultural hub for southern Maryland from early colonial times, through the American Revolution, Civil War, and Reconstruction. The church holds some highly significant art〔〔 and was the scene of a fiery anti-revolutionary showdown that was close to erupting in violence.〔 ==History== On December 19, 1704, St. Paul’s Parish, one of the 30 original parishes of the established Anglican Church in the Province of Maryland,〔Middleton, the Rev. Canon Arthur Pierce, Ph.D., ''Anglican Maryland, 1692-1792, Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1992, pp. 5, 93-94, ISBN 0898658411〕 was divided by the Maryland General Assembly and the northern part became Queen Anne Parish, while the southern part remained St. Paul's. The original St. Paul's Parish had contained a small log chapel,〔 in its northeast sections, on of land owned by John and Mary Duvall.〔 〕 With this act, the chapel became a full-fledged congregation to meet the needs of the growing population in the area, creating the first St. Barnabas church. Shortly thereafter, in 1706, the colonial Maryland Legislature authorized surveying and laying out of nearby "Queen Anne Town and Marlborough Town" bringing further development to the area.〔 〕 In 1708, Rev. Jonathan White came to Queen Anne Parish as Rector. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Leeland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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