- to ring the bell on all occasions when required by the minister. 
     
    

    
     - to see to the washing of the minister’s surplice when necessary. 
     
    

    
     - to dig and cover up graves in the burial ground as often as required. Fee for 
     
     same: five shillings for adults, two shillings and six pence for minors under 
     
    
   
   
    
     twelve years. 
     
     - to provide wood for the stove or stoves and to erect and remove the same 
     
    
   
   
    
     with the pipes. 
     
     - the sexton to have the fire or fires duly lighted upon all public occasions 
     
     of divine service and others. Note: Fee for attending the solemnization 
     
    
   
   
    
     of matrimony, one shilling and six pence. 
     
     — the church to be kept properly scrubbed and washed at least twice each 
     
    
   
   
    
     year and swept weekly. 
     
    

    
     In addition to Thomas Caseley, church records show that the following men filled the 
     
     office of sexton for periods of time until the early 1880’s: William Haywood, Thomas Cann, 
     
     William Brown, Thomas Birch, Henry Folland, and John Dennis. On occasion, the sexton was 
     
     compensated in part or in full by being permitted to use church land. When William Haywood 
     
    
   
   
    
     was reappointed at the June 23, 1851 meeting, the following resolution was passed: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Moved by J. Craswell Esq. seconded by Mr. Webb resolved 1. That the Sexton 
     
     be allowed the use of such portion of the Church land as shall be set off by the 
     
     corporation in full compensation for his services, The said sexton to provide and 
     
     leave on the land when he quits it the legal proportion of the line fences. The 
     
     Corporation to fence out the church and Burial Ground. The land to be seeded 
     
    
   
   
    
     down by the Sexton on sowing the second crop. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thomas Cann’s compensation of May 13, 1856 (resolution three) is also worthy of note: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Resolved that Cann be paid If 10 [shillings] per annum for performing the duties 
     
     of Sexton; also that he have the privilege of using the Church ground. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the year 1860, the duties were shared by William Haywood and Thomas Birch. Mr. Birch’s 
     
     specific duties were to light the fires and ring the bell. Obviously the remaining obligations 
     
     were looked after by Mr. Haywood. The sexton’s salary gradually increased over the years. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The total amount received by John Dennis for the year 1876 was $10.00, while seven years later 
     
    
   
   
    
     his income reached $16.50. 
     
    
   
   
    
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