Samuel Seabury and John Skinner silver plaque

This silver commemorative plaque records: John Skinner became minister of this congregation on 1774, coadjutor bishop in 1782 and Bishop of Aberdeen in 1786. He was primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1788 until his death in 1816. The upper room of his house in Longacre was used as a chapel for almost twenty years and it was there on the 14th November 1784 that Samuel Seabury of Connecticut was consecrated bishop. Samuel Seabury was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America and the first bishop outside the British Isles of the family of churches known as the Anglican Communion, in recognition of which this area is called Seabury Court.

John Skinner was a significant figure in the Scottish Episcopal Church, serving as its primus from 1788 to 1816 and consecrating Samuel Seabury as the first bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Samuel Seabury became the first bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the first bishop outside the British Isles within the Anglican Communion, marking a pivotal moment in American religious history.