click image for close-up The most widely recognized image of the Reverend Absalom Jones ... subjects in 19th century art. The half-length portrait shows Jones in his ecclesiastical robes, with ...

"Absalom (negro slave to Mr. Wynkoop) and Mary (Do. to S. King)" were married by Mr. Duché. The Wynkoops and the Kings were neighbors in Philadelphia, and both families worshipped at St. Peter's.

Established by Absalom Jones, Richard Allen, and other free blacks in 1787, the Society's purpose was "to support one another in sickness, and for the benefit of their widows and fatherless children." ...