St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg)

St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg

St. John's Anglican Church was the first church established in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1754) and was built during the French and Indian War. The church was the second Church of England built in Nova Scotia, and is also the second oldest remaining protestant church in present-day Canada, after St. Paul's Church (Halifax). The church is a National Historic Site of Canada. The congregation was mainly Lutheran Germans. The first missionary was sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the Rev. Jean-Baptiste Moreau (clergyman) (who is buried in the crypt below the church).^[1] The bells in the tower were given by Lt. Col. Charles Edwin Kaulbach (1902).

The Crypt

There are 18 people buried in the crypt. 7 people are under age 17. The notable internments include:

Dettlieb Christopher Jessen, (d. 1814), fought in the Raid on Lunenburg (1782); wife of Jessen, Francisca Barbara (Rudolf) Jessen (d. 1807)
John Creighton, Sr. (d. 1806), fought in the Raid on Lunenburg (1782)^[2]
Hon. Sebastian Zouberbuhler, (d.1773), fought in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745); became first of 3 Justice of the Peace in Lunenburg along with John Creighton and Patrick Sutherland.^[3]
Rev. Jean-Baptiste Moreau (clergyman) (d.1770), 1st minister^[4]

Rev. Thomas Shreve, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Rev. Paulus Bryzelius (d. 1773), minister^[5]^[6]
Rev. Thomas Shreve (d. 1816), minister; soldier during the American Revolution (Captain in the De Lancey's Brigade and Lieut. in 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)); settled in Nova Scotia as a loyalist^[7]
John Creighton, Jr. (d. 1826)
Honorable Francis Joseph Rudolf (d. 1823)
son of Rev. Peter de la Roche, William (age 1, d. 1776)^[8]
Miss Margaret Cheyne (1748-1821)

Rev. Jean Baptiste Moreau (1753-1770);
Rev. Robert Vincent (clergyman) (1762-1765)
Rev. Paulus Bryzelius (1768-1773)
Rev. Peter de la Roche (1771-1787), signed ransom agreement with American privateers in the Raid on Lunenburg (1782)
Rev. Richard Money (1787-1803)^[9]
Rev. Thomas Shreve (1804-1816)
Rev. Roger Aitken (1817-1825)^[10]
Rev. James Cuppaidge Cochran (1825-1852), who afterward supported the establishment of the Halifax School for the Deaf^[11]^[12]

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