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not hesitate to maintain that which you have received, and which has made this church a birthplace of souls and a blessing unto all. "Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown."
REV. J. H. HOYT : The Rev. Dr. Adams is here, and has had this occasion on his memory for a year. I think it hardly fair that the time should all be taken up and not give him an opportunity to say a word to-night.
REV. DR. ADAMS : I could hardly refuse when asked to say a single word upon this occasion, because my heart is here.
We have been on high places here to-day, my dear friends. We have heard of great and of illustrious names, names not known largely, it may be, in the history of the world, but names written in the Lamb's Book of Life, and they are shining on this night of this two hundredth anni- versary, in the heavens above.
Now what shall be the thought that we shall take away with us from these high and delightful places into which God has this day called us? For a moment I have been thinking of that mount of vision where Moses and Elias and our Lord met together, where the face of the dear Lord shone with the very brightness of Heaven, and when their eyes were opened they beheld "Jesus only." And with all the pleasures of this occasion, and all its delight- ful moments and recollections, let us take with us this one hought, "Jesus only," so that the inspiration of our lives in the future, and the best we have, shall be laid upon His altar.
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ADDRESS
BY THE
REV. JAMES D. WILSON, D. D.,
Minister of the Central Presbyterian Church, of New York.
DEAR FRIENDS :- I feel at home among you to-night as I felt at home among you this afternoon. There are two links that bind me to this church, though I never looked on the village of Bedford until noon to-day.
You have already heard from the churches around about, the children and the grandchildren. You have heard from the Presbytery which has brought its congratulations here through Dr. Phraner and Dr. Hodge. Now the Presbyteries standing side by side, form a Synod ; and the Synod of New York covers the whole of New England. It runs up to Poughkeepsie, and in my poor way as an officer of the Synod I am here to-night to bring you the congratulations of the Synod of New York. We are proud of this, the oldest church in the Synod; and I am sure there is not one of the brethren within the bounds of the Synod from Boston on the one side to Port Jervis on the other, but will feel a throb of gratitude when he reads the record of this day. It has been a splendid record. There is another
I tie that binds me to this church, and it is a valued tie. do not want to speak much about it because I am a young man. I have had the pleasure of being the pastor of your pastor and his wife. How well I remember that bright June day, now nearly five years ago, when these two serv- ants of the Master, amid the June roses, in that historic ground just this side of the Hudson near Tarrytown, joined their right hands to walk together in the pathway of this
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mortal life, and I felt then that in the beauty of that bright summer's day, and amid the beauty of the surround- ings, there was an indication of joy and happiness to come, and I thank God that I have lived to see it realized in some measure this hour. It is a great thing to be the pastor of a church two hundred years old, that has lived such a life and has left the record which belongs to this church to-day.
I think we ought to be devoutly thankful for that histori- cal record which we heard this afternoon. It was not only admirable, to my judgment, it was almost faultless. It is worth while holding a two hundredth anniversary just for the pleasure of listening to and having in one's possession such a paper as that.
Then it ought to be a source of joy to see the interest that this community have shown to-day in such an anni- versary. Dr. Prime said to me, "I have just been out counting the wagons, and it brought to my mind in a fresh sense that passage in the Old Testament where we read that Jacob's heart revived within him when he saw the wagons ; " and I think every man and woman's heart should revive within them when they see such an interest manifested in an occasion like this.
Christianity is older than two hundred years. Infidelity is older than two hundred years. Have you ever read of the two hundredth anniversary of any infidel institution ? There have been infidel associations. Whoever attended a fiftieth anniversary of one of them ? What is the differ- ence ? Just the difference between nothing and the Lord Almighty. Infidelity has no power because it has no God. Christianity is stronger than the hills, because it has the heart-beat of the Almighty in it. There are other things for which we are taught to be thankful to day. We
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all ought to be grateful for having been born in the coun- try. I look at my children, and I look upon them with commiseration because they happened to be born in New York. Why, think of it. When a boy or girl is born in the city, what have they to remember ? Stone paved streets all alike. Brick walls for the most part all alike. Moving every three or four years from house to house. How different with the child born in the country where every tree, every turn in the road, every bird on the trees, every crossing of the way has a sweet and precious memory.
The unwritten history of this church -- who shall speak it? who shall understand it ? How many a man has stood in the bright summer sun, holding the plough in the valley beyond, and his heart has been heavy. He has thought of his troubles ; troubles at home, troubles in business, -and then he has remembered what some man of God said to him last Sunday, and he has taken hold of the plough handles with a firmer grasp, and spoken to his team with a " cheerier" word, and gone on to turn the furrow with a braver heart.
How many a mother in the lonely hours of the night has watched over the cradle of her sick child thinking of the shadow that was to come, thinking of the little mound that might be ere long down in the cemetery ; then she remembered some hymn of heaven that last Sunday was chanted in the house of God, and out of the bosom of that hymn as upon golden wings consolation was carried down into that aching heart. O the unwritten history of the old Bedford Church !
How many a man in the city of New York, troubled, perplexed, worried almost beyond endurance with anxiety, has thought of the dear old home in Bedford, of father and mo her who are thinking of him there, and praying
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for htm there, and has said, Now I will be brave, I will be patient for that dear old home's sake up in Westchester County. Let us see to it that we do the work which we have to do. If we have farms to till, let us till them with the utmost possible skill ; if we have shops to care for, let us see that we are the best mechanics in the whole country ; if we have stores, let us see to it that we remember that there are always two persons to a bargain, the one that buys and the one that sells ; and then though we know nothing of what will be in the world or what will come to pass in the next two hundred years from this time, we do know that if our duty has been well done those that will come after us will rise up to call us blessed. And may the blessing of God, the Father Almighty, and Christ our only Lord and Saviour, and the Holy Spirit our Comforter be with us alway. Amen.
The one hundred and twenty-fourth hymn-
"From all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise,"
was then sung, with the DoxOLOGY, and the BENEDICTION was pronounced by the Pastor.
INDEX.
ACADEMY, Bedford, 78, 79, 82, 99.
Act for settling a Minister, 31, 34, 35, 38. Adams, Carson W., 105, 130. Albany, N. Y., 68. Alexander, Archibald, 46, 47, 55, 56.
Ambler, Abraham, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 27. Ambler, Joshua, 60, 66, 103. Ambler, Richard, 13, 16. " Anabaptists," 60, 68. Anderson vs. Rushton, 14. Annals of the American Pulpit, 46, 74, 76. Anniversary, Bi-centennial, proceedings at the, 105-134. Arnold, Benedict, 65.
Aspetong, 14. Assembly, General, of the province of New York, 31, 35. Associated Presbyteries, 80, 84.
Associated Presbytery of Westchester, 84. Association, Hartford North, 41, 76. Association, New Haven, 65. Association of Fairfield Co., 42, 65, 83.
Associations, Ct., 59., Awakening, the great, 58, 69. Ayres, Richard, 13. Ayrshire, Scotland, 45.
BACON, Leonard, 30, 40. Balden, Theophilus, 17. Baldwin, Barnabas, 56. Baldwin, Charles C., 56, 57.
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Baldwin, Henry, 56, 57.
Ball, Eliphalet, 58-65, 69, 102.
Ball, Elizabeth, 65.
Ball, Flamen, 65 ; John, 65 ; Mary, 65 ; Stephen, 65.
Ball's Town [Ballston], N. Y., 60, 63, 64.
Banks, Clarissa, 89; Edward, 89; Jeremiah, 89.
Barbarism, tendency to, 30.
Barrett, Jesse, 89; Margaret A., 89.
Barry, Frederick, 124; Joseph, 124 ; Samuel, 124.
Bartow, John, 34, 35.
Bates' Hill, 15, 22, 23, 24, 26, 69, 95.
Bates' Ridge, 53.
Bates, John, 13; Mary, 13 ; Robert, 13, 16.
Baxter, Richard, 9.
Bedford, Mass., 77.
Bedford, N. Y., settlement of, 12, 13, 14 ; proprietors of, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21; officers of, 18, 19 ; character of first settlers of, 20, 21, 96, 97.
Bedford, N. Y., claimed by Connecticut, 28, 29 ; annexed to New York, 29; provision for support of religion in, 29; seeks relief from the Act of 1693, 34 ; its territory preserved intact, 97.
Bedford, N. Y., Methodist Episcopal Church of, 23.
Bedford, N. Y., Presbyterian Church of, its founders, 20 ; its Minis- ters, see Ministers of Bedford Church ; supplied by Ministers of Fairfield Co., 26, 42, 83 ; under care of Fairfield Co. Association, 42 ; comes under care of Presbytery, 45 ; " broken condition " of, 62; revivals of religion in, 59 ; schism in, 59 ; its records burned, 70, JOI.
Bedford, N. Y., St. Matthew's Church in, 98, 99.
Bell, John, 64 ; Jonathan, 19.
Bellamy, Joseph, 41, 60.
Bellamy Papers, 4I .-
" Bend of the Mahanas," 14.
Benedict, Deborah, 89 ; Emeline, 89 ; Holly, 89 ; Stephen, 77, 103 Uriah, 64.
Bensalem, Pa., 47, 48. Beverly, England, 13, 16 .. Birch, Geo. W. F., 123.
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Bishop, John, 26, 27. Blatchford Memorial, 73, 76. Blatchford, Samuel, 76. Bolton, Robert, 14, 25, 32, 34, 35, 38, 42, 44, 56, 59, 63, 98. Boston, Mass., 12, 26.
Boundary Line between N. Y. and Ct., 11, 12, 28, 29.
Bradford, William, 20, 54.
Bridge, Christopher, 44, 49. Buckingham, Stephen, 44. Bucks Co., Pa., 45. Bunyan, John, 9. Burrett, Samuel, 17. Byram River, 28.
CALENDAR of British State Papers, II, 20. Cambridge Platform, 42. Canfield, Thomas, 17. Cantito, 46, 52, 54, 71. Canton, Ct., 18. Carmel, N. Y., 74.
"Carrying on the Lord's Day," 24, 27, 30. Cemetery, 22, 23, 78. Chambers, James, 51 ; Thomas, 51. Charles II., 9, 39, 40. Chase, Chief Justice, 65. Chestnut Ridge, 46, 47.
Church of England, attempt to establish the, in the province of N. Y., 31, 32, 34, 35, 36 ; members of the, in B dford, 98. Church of England Missionaries at Rye : Thomas Pritchard, 35. George Muirson, 38. Christopher Bridge, 44. Robert Jenney, 49. James Wetmore, 42.
Church of Scotland, 41, 64, 73. Cisco River, 46.
Clark, David, 64 ; John, 103 ; John G., 3, 103 ; Nathan, 51 ; Samuel, 13, 16; William, 13. Clason, Stephen, 17.
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Classis of Westchester, 95. Claverhouse, 9. Clerk, Stephen, 66, 103.
Cohomong purchase, 50. Common, the town, 22.
Congregationalism, 40, 41, 42.
Conkling, Timothy, 46.
Connecticut, consociated churches of, 39, 59.
Connecticut, 10, 11, 12, 39, 40, 41, 59, 63, 64, 75, 76, 85.
Consociation and Presbytery, 39-42.
Consociation, Eastern, of Fairfield Co., 41.
Constable, Minister's rate collected by the, 50.
Corey, Thomas, 47.
Cornbury, Governor, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39.
Cornwell, Mary, 72 ; Stephen, 72.
Cortlandt, Jacobus van, 35.
Cortlandt's Line, 14.
Cortland Manor, N. Y., 58.
Country rates, 18. Covenanters, 9.
Cow boys, 70. Crocker, Daniel, 78.
Crompond [Yorktown], N. Y., 58.
Cross, John, 13, 15, 16, 21 ; Nathanael, 13.
Cross River, 15, 46.
Cross's Vineyard, 15. Culpepper Co., Va., 77.
DANBURY, Ct., 41. Davenport, James, 74; John, 74, 75.
David's hill meadow, 55.
Davies, Samuel, 74. Deerfield, N. J., 74. .
Delaware Co., N. Y., 90.
Delhi, N. Y., 90. Denham, Isaac, 28. Denham, Thomas, 22, 26, 27, 29, 78. Denton, Richard, 12. Devonshire, England, 76.
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Dibble, George, 46. Dorchester, Mass., 26. Down, Co. of, Ireland, 45 ; bishop of, 45. Dragonnades, the, IO. Drum, beating the, 30, 43. Dunham, John, 27. See Denham. Dutchess Co., N. Y., 63, 64, 65. Dwight, Timothy, 76, 79.
EAST CHESTER, N. Y., 32, 34, 45, 47. Eastman, John H., 91, 12I. Edgartown, Mass., 77. Edinburgh, Scotland, 83, 87. Edwards, Jonathan, 60. Elders, Ruling, of Bedford Church, 60, 61, 66, 67, 75, 77, 103, 104. Elliott, John, 71.
FAIRFIELD, Ct., 13, 27. Fairfield Co., Association of, 42, 65. Farmington, Me., 77. Fernow, Berthold, 36. Finch, Daniel B., 3, 103. Fishkill, N. Y., 81. " Five Mile Square " [Ballston], N. Y., 60. Fleming, Peter, 77, 103. Fletcher, Governor, 31, 32. Foster, Isaac, 75. Franklin, Benjamin, 33. Frazee, John H., 89. Fredericksburg [Patterson], N. Y., 67, 68. Freehold, N. J., 32, 33. French War, 30.
GENERAL Court of Ct., 17, 18, 19, 27, 28. Genesee country, the, 68. Geneseo, N. Y., 68. " Gifted brethren," 20. Gillett, E. H., 63. Gordon, James, 65.
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Gospel, Society for the Propagation of the, in Foreign Parts, 33, 34, 35, 38, 44, 49. Granby, Ct., 18.
Grant, Ebenezer, 77, 78, 79, 124.
Green, Ashbel, 80, 106.
Green, Jacob, 79-86, 99, 106, 112, 125.
Green, John, 13 : Joseph, 17.
Green, Mrs. Mary H., 85, 86, 99, 112.
Greenburg, N. Y., 95.
Greenfield, Ct., 76.
Greenwich, Ct., 13, 16, 32, 33, 91.
HAIGHT, Daniel, 60 ; Phœbe, 89. Hait, Elias, 103.
Hamilton, Canada, 88. " Half-way covenant," 59. Hall, Enoch, 23.
Hancock, John, 89.
Hanover, N. J., 80.
Hanover [Yorktown], N. Y., 58.
Harris, Justus, 77, 103.
Hartford, Ct., 12, 27, 28.
Hartford North Association, 41. Hartsville, Pa., 45.
Harvard College, 33. Hazard, Hannah, 58 ; Nathanael, 58.
Heathcote, Caleb, 34, 37. Heermance, Edgar L., 123. Henderson, Josiah, 77; Jophanus, 77.
Hempstead, L. I., 49.
Heroy, Peter B., 25, 33, 34, 78, 79, 90, 91. Highlands, N. Y., 90. Hill, Joshua, 51, 52 ; William, 52, 53. Hodge, Charles, 40. Hodge, J. Aspinwall, 126. Holly, Daniel, 51 ; Col., 78.
Holmes, David, 51 ; John, 13, 16, 20, 55, 63 ; John C., 50; Mrs. John C., 19, 57; Jonathan, 51 ; Joseph, 51, 52, 67; Richard, 50, 57 ; Samuel L., 99.
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Hop Ground, the [Bedford], 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21. Hop Meadow, 18. Hopewell [Pennington], N. J., 32. Hopkinsianism, 85. Horton, John, 50. Housatonic river, 12. How, Isaac, 64. Howe, Alvah, 103, 124 ; Ebenezer, 124. Hoyt, Alexander S., 64. Hoyt, James H., 3, 95. Hudson river, 12. Humphreys, David, 68. Huntington, Ct., 65. Huntington, E. B., 13, 26, 42.
INDIA, northern, 83. Indian Farm, 14. Indian purchase, 15. Induction by the Governor of the province, 32, 33, 34. Inglis, David, 79, 86, 87. Irish Episcopal church, 45.
JAMAICA, L. I., 25, III. Jay, John, 46, 78, 98, 99, 100. Jay, William, 99. Jay Papers, 14. Jenney, Robert, 42, 44, 49. Johnston, James W., 89, 119. Johnston, John, 81. Jones, Cornelius, 13 ; Daniel, 13, 20, 21 ; Joshua, 51. Jones, John, 33, 36, 37, 38, 43.
KATONAH, N. Y., Presbyterian Church of, 91, 121. Kellum, Benjamin, 53 ; Theophilus, 54. Kellum's Ridge, 53. Kennedy, Gilbert, 45. Kidd, Alexander, 103. Kilborn, Jonathan, 13, 16. Knapp, Elizabeth, 89; Samuel, 89.
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Knox College, Toronto, 88.
LADIES' Missionary Society of Bedford Church, 82. Lafayette College, 90. Lansingburg, N. Y., 76. Lawrence, John, 60, 62, 66, 103. Lawrenceville, N. J., 32.
Lewisboro, N. Y., 19, 122.
Lincoln, President, 65.
Lindsley, J. H., 33.
Livingston Co., N, Y., 68.
Lockwood, Jonathan, 19.
Log College, the, 46, 47, 69. London, England, 35. Long Island, 71, 74.
Long Ridge, 46, 47.
Louis XIV., 10.
Lounsbery, Phineas, =03 ; Stephen, 124 ; Nancy, 89.
Lynn, Mass., 13.
Lyon, David C., 79, 89, 90.
Lyon, Israel, 73; Palmer, 124; Seth, 103, 124; Solomon, 124; Solomon R., 103.
Lysander, N. Y., 74.
MACDONALD, James M., 25. Mahanas River, 14, 55.
Mahopac Falls, N. Y., 90.
Maidenhead [Lawrenceville], N. J., 32.
Mamaroneck, N. Y., 31, 35.
Makemie, Francis, 38. Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 77.
Martin, Ebenezer, 64. Massachusetts, 10, 12, 15, 77. Massachusetts Bay, colony of, character of the founders of the, 96. Mather, Cotton, 33. Mayflower, the, 10, 96. McDonald, Lewis, 71, 72 ; Michael, 63 ; Nicholas, 63. Mead, David, 30; D. M., 13, 16. Mead, Solomon, 74.
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" Meeting House," location of the, 15, 21, 23, 24, 95. Merritt, Elizabeth, 89.
Methodist Episcopal Church, Bedford, 23. Milford, Ct., 13, 56.
Miller, David, 103, 124 ; Ebenezer, 60, 66, 103 ; Elisha, 63 ; John, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 52, 55,; Jonathan, 51, 52, 58 ; Stephen, 51. Mills, Samuel, 58, 63, 65-69, 75.
Mills, Alexander, 68; Lewis F., 68; Philo, 68; Samuel J., 68 ; William A., 68.
Mills, Jedidiah, 65 ; Zachariah, 51, 52, 53, 54 ; Zebadiah, 55, 73. Milton, N, Y., 95.
Minister's lands, the, 19, 27, 48, 50-54, 61, 78.
" Minister's Rate," the, 44, 46, 47. Minister's stipend, 27, 30, 48.
Ministers of Bedford Church, 102.
Thomas Denham, 26. Joseph Morgan, 32. John Jones, 33.
William Tennent, 45.
Henry Baldwin, 56.
Robert Sturgeon, 57.
Samuel Sacket, 58. Eliphalet Ball, 59. Samuel Mills, 65.
John Davenport, 74. Isaac Foster, 75.
Samuel Blatchford, 76.
Josiah Henderson, 77. Ebenezer Grant, 77.
Jacob Green, 80. David Inglis, 86.
David C. Lyon, 89. Peter B. Heroy, 90. James H. Hoyt, 95.
Ministers of Fairfield Co., Ct., 30, 32, 83. Ministry, the Christian, in Ct., II. Minnesota, 90. Montreal, Canada, 88. Moore, George H., 31.
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Morgan, Joseph, 32, 33, 34, 69. Morris, Lewis, 31.
Morris Co., N. J., 80. Morristown, N. J., 81. Mount Kisco, Presbyterian Church of, 89, 119.
Mount Morris, N. Y., 68.
Muirson, George, 38, 39.
NESHAMINY, Pa., 45, 48, 55. Neutral Ground, the, 70. Nevada, Iowa, 68. Newark, N. J., 25. Newburg, N. Y., 81. New Haven Association, 65.
" New Haven Divinity," 85. New Jersey, College of, 74, 80, 83, 106.
" New Lights," the, 59, 74. New London, Ct., 32. " New School," the, 85.
New York, province of, II, 31. Nichols, Samuel, 99. Nomenclature of Connecticut towns, 28.
Nonconformists, English, 9.
North Salem, N. Y., 99. Norwich, Ct., 30.
O'CALLAGHAN, E. B., 14. Old Purchase, Bedford, 14, 50. " Old School," the, 85. " Old Side," the, 60. Olmstead, Richard, 19. Orange Co., N. Y., 90. Ormiston, William, 87. Owen, John, life of, 40. Owen, Joseph, 73, 77, 82, 83, 103. Owen, St. John, 3, 103.
PALMER, Beriah, 63 ; Ephraim, 91. Palmer, Francis A., 91-95, 123 126,
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Palmer, Susanna, 95. Parsonage lands sold, 61. Patterson, N. Y., 67, 68, 84. Pease, Richard L., 77.
Pennoyer, Robert, 13 ; Thomas, 13.
Peppeneghek [Cross River], 15.
Persecution of Covenanters, 9 ; of Huguenots, 10.
Pettit, Jonathan, 13. Phelps, Noah H., 18.
Philadelphia, Pa., 45, 49, 54, 62.
Philip's War, 10, 27.
Philippi [Carmel], N. Y., 74.
Phraner, Wilson, III.
Pilgrim's Progress, 9.
Plymouth Plantation, 10, 20, 27.
Poundridge, N. Y., 66, 76.
Poyer, Thomas, 44.
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 83.
Presbyterian Church, Bedford, 23, 24, 25, 39, 55 ; burning of the, 63, 67, 70 ; rebuilt, 71, 72 ; incorporated, 73 ; ecclesiastical connection of, 83, 84.
Presbyterian, the Connecticut churches called, 39, 40, 4I.
Presbyterians of Scotland, 9, 10.
Presbytery of Bedford, 83, 84, 85, 106.
Presbytery of Dutchess Co., 63-68, 74, 75, 84.
Presbytery of Hudson, 84. Presbytery of Long Island, 74, 83.
Presbytery of New Brunswick, 48, 58, 77, 80.
Presbytery of New York, 83, 95.
Presbytery of North River, 84.
Presbytery of Philadelphia, 83.
Presbytery of Suffolk, 74. Presbytery of Westchester, 3, 91, 112, 113, 115, 121, 126. Prime, Samuel Irenæus, 105, 109.
Princeton College, see New Jersey, College of.
Princeton Theological Seminary,' 80, 83, 90. Pritchard, Thomas, 35-37. Provision pay, 30. Prudden, John, 25.
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Puritans, the, 10, II, 12, 15, 20, 26, 40.
Putnam Co., N. Y., 67, 74, 84, 90.
QUEEN'S [Rutgers] College, 77. Quint, A. S., 4I. Quintard, Isaac, 53.
RAYMOND, Edward, 103 ; James, 67, 124 ; Lucretia, 89 ; Nathan, 64 ; Whiting, 89.
Ré, island of, 90.
Read, Aaron, 103, 124.
Red Mills [Mahopac Falls], N. Y., 90.
Religious liberty infringed, 9, 10, 31, 32, 34, 35, 43, 44, 49.
Revival of Religion in 1741, 59, 69 ; under Sacket's ministry, 59.
Revolution, war of the, 66, 67, 70, 73, 80.
Rider, Simeon, 103. Rimmer, Alfred, 97.
Rippowam [Stamford, Ct.], 13.
Ripton [Huntington, Ct.], 65.
Roberts, Hezekiah, 51, 54 ; Zachariah, 17, 20, 35, 37.
Rochelle, France, 90.
Rutgers College, 77, 90.
Rye, N. Y., 27, 28, 34, 35,45, 49.
Rye, Parish of, 31, 34, 35, 38, 43, 44, 49.
SACKET, Samuel, 58, 59, 60, 69, 83.
St. John, Moses, 67, 75, 77, 103.
St. Matthew's Church, Bed ford, 98, 99.
Salem, Mass., 10, 12.
Salem, N. Y. See South Salem.
Sanderson, 125. Saratoga Co., N. Y., 60, 63, 64, 95.
Sarles, Mary A., 89.
Savage, James, 13, 26, 33.
Saybrook Platform, 40, 41, 42, 83. Scarsdale, N. Y., 50.
" Schism " of 1741, 59. Schools in Connecticut, II. Scotland, persecution in, 9, 10.
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Seely, Cornelius, 17, 20, 51 ; Jonas, 13, 16 ; Obadiah, 13 ; Robert, 13, 16.
Separatists in Bedford, 59. Session of Bedford Church, 3, 60, 61, 67, 75, 77, 81.
Sheepscott, Me., 27, 28. Shiland, Andrew, 89. Shrewsbury, N. J., 77. Silliman, Joseph, 103. Simkins, Daniel, 17 ; Vincent, 57.
Simsbury, Ct., 18, 30. Sing Sing. N. Y., 86, III. Slawson, Eleazar, 13; George, 13; John, 17.
Smith, Jacob, 66, 67, 75, 103. South East, N. Y., 84. Southold, L. I., 74. South Plain, 55. South Salem, N. Y., 74, 84, 125.
Sprague, Wm. B., 46, 74. 76. Spring, Gardiner, II3. Stamford, Ct., 12-16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 27, 42, 43, 46, 47, 53, 83, 125. Stamford, parish of, 26, 31, 42.
Stanwix, Fort, 65. Stevens, Benjamin, 13, 16; Joseph, 13, 16 ; Thomas, 13. Stiles, President, 57. Stratfield, Ct., 76. Stratford, Ct., 13. Sturdevant, William, 17. Sturgeon, Robert, 57, 58, 83. Succasunna, N. J., 81. Sylvester, N. B., 64. Synod of Minnesota, 90. Synod of New York, 3, 91, 131. Synod of Philadelphia, 45, 47, 48, 62.
TARLETON, Lt. Col. B., 67. Taunton, Mass., 26. Taxation for the support of the rector of Rye, 43. Tennent, William, 45-56, 69, 74, 83. Tennent, Catharine, 45, 54.
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Tennent, Charles, 45 ; Gilbert, 45, 54, 55 ; John, 45, 54, 56 ; Wm., jr., 45, 56.
Theale, Joseph, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25 ; Nicholas, 13.
Theale's Meadow, 55.
Thomas, John, 44. Thomson, John, 35, 36, 37.
Three Miles Square, Bedford, 14.
Tisbury, Mass., 77.
Todd, John, 124.
Topsham, Eng., 76.
Toronto, Canada, 88. Town offices, 18.
Town house, 95.
Town Spot, Bedford, 14, 2I.
Train band of Bedford, 17, 18.
Travis, David, 3, 104.
Trowbridge, James H., 3, 103 ; Samuel, 125.
Trustees of Bedford Church, 73, 78, 92.
Turner, Douglas K., 45.
Tyler, Eli, 75, 77, 103.
UNDERHILL, Captain John, 14. Union College, 95. Union Theological Seminary, New York, 95.
VESTRY of Rye, 43, 49, 50.
WADSWORTH, James, 68. Waring, Richard, 51. Warwick, Pa., 45. Washington, General, 60, 68.
Washington Heights, N. Y., 87.
Waterbury, David, 13, 16, 24; Sarah, 13. Waterford, N. Y., 76. Watertown, Mass., 12, 13, 16. Webb, Joshua, 17, 19. Webster, Nicholas, 13, 16 ; Richard, 33, 38, 57, 60, 63. Weed, Daniel, 13: Jonas, 13, 16 ; Nathanael, 64; Samuel, 13. Wescot, John, 13-20 ; Richard, 13 ; Thomas, 5I.
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Westchester, N. Y., 35. Westchester Co., N. Y., 58, 74, 79, 84, 95. Westchester Co. Historical Society, 23, 126. Westchester, Presbytery of. See Presbytery. Westchester, Classis of, 95. Westchester, Associated Presbytery of, 84. West Stafford, Ct., 75. Wethersfield, Ct., 12, 13. " Wethersfield Men," the, 13, 16. Wetmore, James, 42, 48, 56, 57, 98. Whipping-post Brook, 96. White, Epenetus, 64; James, 46 ; Stephen, 64. Whitefield, George, 58, 69, 74. Williamsburg, N. Y., 68. Williamson, Albert, 3, 23, 104. Wilman, Thomas, 17. Wilson, James D., 131-134. Wilton, Ct., 57. Windsor, Ct., 12, 13, 16. Winthrop, John, 10, 12. Wood, James, 23, 126. Wood, Samuel, 64. Woodbridge, Ct., 63, 64, 65. Wright, Benjamin, 35, 36, 37. Wyat, Thomas, 17.
VALE COLLEGE. 56, 59, 65, 68. Yorkshire, England, 13, 16. Yorktown, N. Y., 58.
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