"Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge From One Generation To Another."
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Trinity Church, Oxford is one of the oldest churches in this part of the country. A marble stone in the west wall of the Church states that Church of England services were first held on this site A.D. 1698 in a log meeting house that had belonged to the Oxford Society of Friends. We have in our possession the original deed dated January 30, 1700 in which Thomas Graves conveyed three acres of land to Joshua Carpenter and John Moore in trust of Oxford Church, which were to be for "the use and service of those of the communion of our holy mother, the Church of England, and to no other use or used whatsoever". A new church building was erected in 1711 with bricks most probably imported from England. Its dimensions were 25 feet wide by 35 feet long, being the western end of our present building. For many years however, it was without either pews or floor, and for a still longer time without any facilities for heat. A solid silver communion chalice was presented by Queen Anne of England to the church in 1713, as a token of her love for this new colonial church.
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