A brief report by local students on the history of the parish and some pictures of the parish can be found at this link. The parish was incorporated as Christ's Church in 1793, and while "Christ's Church" is the parish's official name, many people have informally referred to the parish over the years simply as Christ Church, or as Christ Episcopal Church, or Christ Church (Episcopal).

The current Dean of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry (an Episcopal seminary) has noted that Christ Episcopal Church is the least altered pre-Tractarian Episcopal Church in New York State. (information about Tractarianism can be found here.)

The parish was consecrated in 1793 by Bishop Samuel Provoost, one of the three original American bishops of the Episcopal Church and who was consecrated bishop in 1787; he was the first Bishop of New York and Rector of Trinity Wall Street in New York City. James Duane, a federal judge, was one of the wardens at Trinity Church, and John Jay, a Supreme Court Judge, was the other warden at the time. The church building is on the National Historical Register because of its association with James Duane. The edition of the Book of Common Prayer at the time of the consecration was the 1789 version.

James Duane represented the Diocese of New York at General Convention; he was also the first Mayor of New York City after the American Revolution, at the time when New York City was the capital of New York State and the capital of the United States of America, and he owned the land which is now called Gramercy Park.

James Duane, Samuel Provoost, and John Jay were patriots during the Revolutionary War, and both during the war and afterwards, they opposed Bp. Samuel Seabury, the first consecrated Bishop of the Episcopal Church and who had been a loyalist during the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Provoost succeeded James Duane as Chairman of the Trustees of Columbia College in New York City; pictures of these gentlemen and others may be found here.

More on Samuel Provoost may be found here

More about James Duane (who founded the town of Duanesburg, paid for the building of Christ's Church, was a warden of the Church, and who is buried under the church), can be found at this link: Appletons Encyclopedia and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. A memorial plaque to Mr. Duane is in Christ's Church.

Mr. Duane is associated with the drawing up of the Articles of Confederation (a document drawn up between the Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution), [see here and also here] and with the proposal for the formation of the Continental Army, see "chapter 2, 3rd paragraph".

Mr. Duane married Mary Livingston, of the famous and politically connected Livingston family of New York. Her uncle (Robert) was on the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, but it was her grandfather (Philip) who actually signed it on behalf of New York; see here. The Livingston family had been involved with the founding of the Whig Club in New York, see here. See a political biography of Mr. Duane and a list of his family connections at Christ Episcopal Church at the following site: here. It is possible that Mary's cousin, Henry, was the original author of the poem "The Night Before Christmas", here. Mary is buried under Christ's Church. A memorial plaque to Mary is in the church.

A local historian has noted that James Duane proposed to make Duanesburg the Capital of New York State, prior to the selection of Albany (which officially became the capital in 1797); see here. Not only was Christ's church to have been at the center of the town of Duanesburg, but then, it would have been also at the center of the capital city of New York State, literally.

One of James Duane's daughters, Mary, married General William North, who lived in Duanesburg and who was a warden of the parish. For more about Mr. North, see here and also Appletons Encyclopedia version, : here. A picture of their house and its history can be found at this site. Both William North and his wife are buried underneath the church building, and there are memorial plaques to both, inside the church. Mr. North was an aide to Baron Steuben during the Revolutionary War and was involved with the development and naming of the Town of Esperance and with the State Legislature enabling the building of U.S. Route 20 from Duanesburg to the West; see here.

Baron Steuben was the equivalent to George Washington's Chief of Staff during the Revolutionary War, and William North was one of two people to handle his estate upon Steuben's death. William North also wrote a biography of Steuben. For more about Steuben, please click here.

Another of James Duane's daughters, Sarah, married George Featherstonhaugh, who lived on Lake Road in Duanesburg, was a warden of Christ's Church, and later became the first U. S. Geologist. He also came up with the idea of founding the Mohawk and Hudson (Railroad) which started service in 1831. Later in life, Mr. Featherstonhaugh enabled King Louise Philippe of France and Queen Marie to escape to England. For more about Louis Philippe, see here and here. A biography of Mr. Featherstonhaugh can be found at this link and Appleton's Encyclopedia mentions him, here. More on Mr. Featherstonhaugh can be found here

In 1824, a Gazetteer noted that Mr. Featherstonhaugh's house was said to have one of the best views in New York State, according to this (under "Duanesburg"): link. In 1826, Thomas Cole, a founder of the Hudson River School of Painting, was hired by Mr. Featherstonhaugh to paint pictures of his property and house in Duanesburg. Two of these paintings can be found online : here and here. A biography of Thomas Cole can be found here and here here

A book about George Featherstonhaugh has been written by Edmund Berkeley and Dorothy Smith Berkeley, entitled George William Feathersonhaugh, the First U. S. Geologist. Mr. Featherstonhaugh wrote two journals can be read on line, "Excursion through the Slave States" at (1844), and "Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor" (1847), with depictions of people, life, and cities along the way in the Ante-bellum United States.