Notable among the parishioners of the church were Admiral David Farragut and Eleanor Roosevelt,Church of the Incarnation, About (Retrieved 9 May 2011) who was confirmed in the church. The funeral for Sara Roosevelt, the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was held at the church, and a ramp was built so that FDR could attend. Several prominent families had pews and have memorials in the church, including the Delanos, Langdons, Sedgwicks, Seaburys, Brooks, and Rikers families.J. Douglas Ousley, "A Guide to the Interior of the Church of the Incarnation", (n.d., c. 2010).
