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Frederick Winslow Hatch was born August 1, 1789, in Blandford, Massachusetts, the son of Lucretia Rockwell and Timothy Hatch.
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Hatch was ordained a deacon by Bishop Thomas John Claggett in 1810. Hatch then served in Charlottesville, Virginia from 1820–1830, and while there, the original Christ Church was erected (1824-"25), this was the first denominational building in the village. The plan for the church was furnished, though not designed, by Thomas Jefferson, but it was demolished in 1895.
The Hatch’s home was about two miles down the road from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
Family members recalled waving to General Lafayette, James Madison and other revolutionary figures on their way to see the former President. In 1830 Hatch became the rector of Washington Parish, District of Columbia.
While there, he served as Chaplain of the Senate from 1833 until 1835. In 1836 he moved to Saint Paul"s Church, Poughkeepsie, New New York
He died in Sacramento, California, on January 14, 1862.
He is interred in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery.
