05/24/2025
🇺🇸🏡 Did You Know? A Piece of American History Happened Right Here at the Glebe House! From 1771 to 1786, the Glebe House was home to Rev. John Rutgers Marshall, his wife Sarah, their nine children, and three enslaved people. Rev. Marshall, originally from New York City, became Woodbury’s first Anglican minister during a time when being Anglican in New England wasn’t easy—many faced suspicion for being loyal to the British crown. But the story doesn’t end there...Just weeks after American independence was secured, something extraordinary happened inside those very walls. A brave group of Connecticut Anglican clergy gathered secretly at the Glebe House. Their mission? To shape a new future for their faith in the newly born nation.
From that meeting came a historic decision: they elected Rev. Dr. Samuel Seabury to travel to London and seek approval from Parliament to become the first Bishop in the New World. This bold move helped lay the groundwork for religious tolerance and the separation of church and state—cornerstones of the American identity.
✨ The Glebe House isn’t just a beautiful historical site—it's a place where a new nation’s ideals were put into action.
📍Come visit and walk through the rooms where history was made and join us at our 100 Year Gala Cheers to 100 years https://www.glebehousemuseum.org/general-4
