USA > New York > Westchester County > History of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the county of Westchester, from its foundation, 1693, to 1853 > Part 54
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62
18th June, 1745, Rev. Joseph Lamson, A. M., Clericus, resig. 1796, Rev. Theodosius Bartow. Presb., resig. 30th July, 1804, Rev. George Strebeck, Presb. resig. 1809, Rev. Nathan Felch, Deacon, resig.
16th June, 1816, Rev. George Weller, A. M., Deacon, resig. 1819, Rev. Samuel Nicholls, Presb., resig.
12th Aug., 1838, Rev. Alfred Partridge, Presb., present incumbent.
NOTITIA PAROCHIALIS.
1746, Communicants,-
Baptisms, 14.
1762,
-
14.
1810,
10,
8.
1815,
24,
"
19.
1844,
9,
88.
1853,
97,
5.
In 1712, Bedford contained a population of 172.
In 1728, the precinct of Bedford contained 60 heads of fami- lies and young men on whom the tax was levied.
In 1782, Bedford contained 1840 white inhabitants.
In 1840, the population was 2822.
In 1850,
3208.
No. of families belonging to the parish in 1853, 50. No. of souls 200.
THE SOCIETY'S SCHOOLMASTERS AT BEDFORD AND NORTH CASTLE.
TIME OF APP'T. SCHOOLMASTERS. SALARY. 1728, Flint Dwight £15 per nnum. 1745, William Sturgeon, B. A.
No. of Catechists in 1853, 4, and Catechumens, 30.
627
AND CHURCH OF BEDFORD.
To this parish is attached St. Mary's church in the middle patent of North Castle, which was incorporated upon the 29th of December, 1851, Benjamin Smith and Samuel Brown, church- wardens. William Henry Hobby, William Downes, Samuel Lounsbury, Oliver B. Finch, Henry Hobby, Joseph H. Hobby, David M. Johnson and Henry Downes, vestrymen. The church edifice, erected in IS53 at a cost of $1600, was consecrated to the service of Almighty God, on the 22d of September of that year, by the late Rt. Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright, D. D. L.L. D. At present services are performed here by the rector of Bedford every Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Partridge has also organized St. Mark's church, Katonah, where there is a good congregation every other Sunday.
At Poundridge, also in this parish, a site has been given for a church, and a congregation collected.
In 1782 Poundridge contained S33 white inhabitants. In 1840, the population was 1407. In 1850, the population was 1492.
St. Matthew's Church, Bedford, erected A. D. 1807.
HISTORY
OF THE
PARISH AND CHURCH
OF
MAMARONECK.
The etymology of the name of this parish, doubtless, refers like most other Indian words, to some object peculiar to its geo- graphical locality. The syllable, "neck" or "uck" being the ordinary inflection for locality, and one of the striking character- istics of Mohegan names, east of the Hudson. By some the " word is supposed to indicate " the place of rolling stones," (boul- ders) which abound in the romantic environs of Mamaroneck.
The lands belonging to this parish were originally purchased of the native Indians by the Dutch West India Company, in 1640. Their next proprietor was John Richbell, of Oyster Bay, L. I., who obtained a confirmation from Wompoqueum and other Indians in November, 1661, and the following year a " Ground Brief" for the same, from the Dutch authorities.
Prior to 1700 Caleb Heathcote became possessed of these lands, having purchased those in 1696 from Mrs. Anne Richbell, (which were those included in her husband's grant of 1661) and from the Indians other lands adjoining them.
629
AND CHURCH OF MAMARONECK.
Upon the 21st of March, 1701, the extensive purchases of Caleb Heathcote were erected into the lordship and manor of Scarsdale, to be holden of the King in free and common soccage, its Lord yielding and rendering therefor, annually, upon the Festival of the Nativity, five pounds current money of New York, &c.
The name of Heathcote stands conspicuous in the early his- tory of this parish ; some slight notice of whose family cannot be omitted, connected as it is, with almost everything relating to the rise and progress of the Church in this County .- Caleb Heathcote, first lord of the manor of Scarsdale, was the sixth son of Gilbert Heathcote, Esq, in the county of Derbyshire, and hundred of Scarsdale, England, " who went (says his bio- grapher) in the reign of Charles I, into the Parliament's army, and there behaved himself with great courage and bravery in several engagements for the rights and liberties of his country ;" and grandson of Gilbert Heathcote, Esq., whose father, " George was the son and heir of George Heathcote of Brampton, in the County of Derby, Esq., descended of an ancient and worthy family of that County." He was born at Chesterfield, A. D. 1663, and " brought up a ' merchant adventurer,' (as shipping merchants were then styled) whereby with God's blessing, he obtained both influence and a good estate." The cause of his emigration was very different from that which brought most Eng- lishmen to America ; he was engaged to a very beautiful lady, to whom he introduced his eldest brother, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, (afterwards M. P. for London, and Lord Mayor of that city in 1711, at the very time his brother was Mayor of New York, and one of the chief founders and the first governor of the bank of Eng- land,) a circumstance most unfortunate for him, for the lady soon found she preferred the elder brother, and broke her engagement with the younger, who at once left England and came to New York, where he arrived in 1692.ª
& Doc. Hist. N. Y., vol. iv. p. 1039.
.
630
HISTORY OF THE PARISH
He became a leading man in the Colony, was Judge of Westchester, and Colonel of its militia all his life, first Mayor of the borough of Westchester, a Counsellor of the Province, Mayor of New York for three years, for a time Commander of the Col- ony's forces, and from 1715 to his death, in 1721, Receiver General of the Customs in North America."a He was also one of the founders of Trinity Church, New York, his name heads the list of its first vestrymen in 1697, and he remained in office till 1714. He was elected a member of the Venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, A. D. 1704, and embraced every opportunity of doing service to the Church, and through the blessing of God, never slipped one fair occasion therein, when the Provincial Government would give him leave. St. George Talbot, Esq. writing to the Secretary of the Venerable Society, January 10th, 1707-8, says :- "I wish the report were true, that he (Caleb Heathcote) were appointed Governor, it would be the best news next to that of the Gospel, that ever came over."b Some time prior to 1704, he erected a stately brick manor house in the village of Mamaroneck, upon what is still called Heathcote Hill, where he continued to reside for the remainder of his life.c From this place most of the let- ters are dated, which he addressed to the Venerable Society. Here he was reverenced by the poor, esteemed by the Colonial governors and respected by all. His death, which was very sud- den and unexpected took place in the Spring of 1721. He was buried near the south west corner of Trinity church, New-York. The following obituary notice appeared in the American weekly Mercury for March 9th, 1721 :- " New York, March 6th-on the 28th day of Febuary last, died, the Hon. Caleb Heathcote, Esq., Surveyor General of his Majesty's Customs for the East- ern District of North America, Judge of the Court of Admirality
a Doc. Hist. N. Y., vol. iv. p. 1039.
৳ New-York, MSS. from archives at Fulham, vol. i. p. 176. (Hawks.)
c This edifice was burnt during the Revolution. The present house was erected on the site of the old one in 1791, by Jolin P. de Lancey.
631
AND CHURCH OF MAMARONECK.
for the Provinces of New York and New Jersey, and the Colony of Connecticut, one of his Majesty's Council for the Province of New York, and brother of Sir Gilbert Heathcote of London. He was a gentleman of rare qualities, excellent temper and vir- tuous life and conversation, and his loss lamented by all that knew him ; who the day of his death, went about doing good in procuring a charitable subscription, in which he made a very great progress." He married Martha, daughter of Col. William (or Tangier) Smith of L. I. so called from having been Governor of that city in Charles the second's time. Mrs. Heathcote bore her hus- band six children, namely : Gilbert, William, Anne, Mary, Mar- tha and Elizabeth. On the 29th of February, A. D. 1719, Caleb Heathcote executed his last will and testament. To his eldest son, Gilbert, he devised his dwelling house at Mamaro- neck, together with a neck of land called Mamaroneck East Neck, &c., and also all his lands lying on the east side of Ma- maroneck River, and all his lands within the County of West- chester, running eighteen miles in length into the woods. His sons and two of his daughters died in their minority, upon which his lands in this parish, with other possessions descended to Anne and Martha, their surviving sisters, who thus became his heiresses. Anne, the eldest, married the Hon. James de Lancey, Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New York. Their children were first, James, educated at Eton and Cambridge Universities, who was a prominent member of the Assembly for many years prior, and up to the Revolution. He went to England on a visit in the Spring of 1775, and, the war commencing, he did not return. He died at Bath in the year 1800. His son, Lieut. Col. James de Lancey, of the First Dragoon Guards, is the only male member of his family now living. Stephen James, the second son, whose intellect was effected by discase in his infancy, was killed accidentally in 1795 ; he was married but left no issue. John Peter, the youngest child of the Lieut. Governor was also educated in England, at Harrow, and at the Military School at Greenwich ; he entered the army, and served till 1789, when he
632
HISTORY OF THE PARISH
threw up his commission of Capt., returned shortly after to America, and resided till his death in 1828 at his grandfather Heathcote's old seat, in this parish, of which he was the pro- prietor. Thomas James, the eldest son of this gentleman, died a Judge of Westchester County, at the age of 32, leaving one son, Thomas James de Lancey. William Heathcote, his youngest son, is the present Bishop of Western New York."a The Rev. William Walton, D. D. of New York, is a great grand- son of Chief Justice De Lancey. Martha, the second daughter of Col. Heathcote, married Lewis Johnston, M. D. of Perth Amboy, N. J., from whom descends the Rt. Rev. Charles Petit McIlvaine, Bishop of Ohio, and Susannah, wife of the Rev. John M. Ward, rector of the parish.
Previous to the Revolution, Mamaroneck constituted one of the appropriated towns of Rye parish, having been annexed thereto by the act of Assembly passed in 1693. In 1711, Ma- maroneck contributed towards the rector's tax £3 13 6, and in 1767, £19 2 6. The parochial clergy appear to have officiated here at a very early period, as Madame Knight incidentally mentions in 1704,"" that one Church of England parson, offi- ciated in all these three towns, (viz : Rye, Mamaroneck and Horse Neck,) once every Sunday in turns throughout the year."b This clergyman was the Rev. Thomas Pritchard, first rector of the parish of Rye, who resided in Mamaroneck at that time. The name of John Disbrow as vestryman from Mamaroneck occurs in the vestry minutes of Rye for January 7th, A. D. 1710. In 1724 the Rev. Robert Jenney, rector of the parish, informs the Bish- op of London :- " That he officiates eight times per annum at Mamaroneck, for that place and Scarsdale, and Foxe's Meadow, about three miles off." The Rev. James Wetmore, his succes- sor, writing to the Secretary of the Venerable Society in Febru- ary, 1727-8, says :- " As to the number of people dissent- ing from the Church, of all sorts throughout the parish, they are much the greater part at Mamaroneck." In March, 1748,
* Doc. Hist. of New York, vol. iv. pp. 10-56.
৳ Madame Knight's Journal, p. 59.
633
AND CHURCH OF MAMARONECK.
he observes ;- " I have lately preached a lecture at Mamaroneck, the westermost part of my parish, where many more attended than I had expectation of, upon which I have promised to visit them again, and continue to give them frequent lectures as long as their zeal will continue to attend them." In 1788, the in- habitants of White Plains, Rye and places adjacent, employed the services of the Rev. Richard C. Moore. From this period un- til 1814, occasional services were only performed here by the neighboring clergy.
Upon the 12th of April, 1814, the present parish was organ- ized and incorporated in accordance with the Act passed on the 17th of March, 1795. At the first meeting of the Congre- gation held on Tuesday in Easter week, in the year 1814, the following gentlemen were chosen officers for the ensuing year, viz : John Peter de Lancey and Peter Jay Munroe, church war- dens. William Gray, Benj. Hadden, Henry Gedney, Samuel Deal, Abraham Guion and Matthias G. Valentine, vestrymen.a The first entry upon the church minutes is on the 5th day of April, 1817, when at a meeting of the congregation, (held at the house of David Wood) John P. de Lancey presided, and the following gentlemen were elected wardens and vestrymen for the ensuing year : John P. de Lancey and Peter J. Munro, church wardens. Henry Gedney, Benj. Hadden, Jacob Mott, Thomas J. de Lan- cey, Benj. Crooker, Guy C. Bayley, Monmouth Lyon and Edward F. de Lancey, vestrymen. At a meeting of the vestry on the 20th day of October of the same year, a resolution was passed, to present a memorial to the Diocesan Convention, and a request to be admitted. In accordance with such a resolu- tion, Thomas J. de Lancey and Guy C. Bayley were elected dele. gates. On the 20th of June, 1818, a deed from Messrs. Prall and Clendenning was presented by Mr. de Lancey, conveying a lot of land, on which to erect a church, and it was resolved that the vestry execute a quit claim for the said gentlemen, for the lot belonging to the Church on Rye neck, agreeable to the
· Religious Soc. Co. Rec. liber A. p. 145.
634
HISTORY OF THE PARISH
arrangement made with Mr. Prall. A Mr. Henderson having bequeathed a legacy to the Church, Messrs. Guy C. Bayley and Thomas J. de Lancey were appointed a committee to receive the same from his executors. At this meeting Messrs. de Lan- cey, Crooker and Bayley were appointed a committee to draft a plan, and estimate the expenses of building a church, and Mr. James Fennimore Cooper was appointed a committee to procure a seal.
On the 4th of June, 1821, the
REV. WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DE LANCEY
was called as rector, and served without salary for ten months.
In this year the Church obtained permission from the trustees of the Methodist meeting house, to use the same for public worship on Sunday afternoons, and Mr. de Lan- cey officiated therein. There seems at this time to have been considerable difficulty in making choice of a suitable place, up- on which to build a church. After much delay however, earlv in the year 1822, the lots at present occupied by the Corpora- tion were obtained. On the 25th of March, the same year, the Rev. William H. de Lancey, on being ordained priest by Bishop Hobart, resigned his charge, and went to Philadelphia. In August, 1823, the vestry contracted for a church edifice, 43 ft. by 34, which was afterwards enlarged by the addition of a cir- cular recess for the chancel, and a gallery for the organ. In October of this year, the
REV. LEWIS P. BAYARD, A. M.
then rector of Trinity church, New Rochelle, was engaged to officiate in the church on Sunday afternoons, for one year, after which, in 1824, he was succeeded by the
REV. WILLIAM C. MEAD,
who resigned in 1825, and a new engagement was entered into with the Rev. Mr. Bayard, which lasted until 1827. For Mr. Bayard's successors, see list of rectors.
635
AND CHURCH OF MAMARONECK.
THE CHURCH.
St. Thomas' church occupies a fine elevated position, directly north of the main street, facing the Bay of Mamaroneck. The building is a neat wooden structure, with a tower. The foun- dation of the present edifice was laid as we have seen in 1823, and the church consecrated to the service of Almighty God on Tuesday, the 17th of June, of that year, under the name and title of "St. Thomas' church, Mamaroneck," by Bishop Hobart.
To this church is attached a handsome parsonage and glebe. The whole real estate is valued at eight thousand dollars. The communion silver consists of a flaggon, and a double set of chalices and patens, inscribed " ST. THOMAS' CHURCH MA- MARONECK, NEW-YORK, 1837," besides a smaller set, for the private administration of the Holy Eucharist. During the in- cumbency of the present rector, the church has undergone con- siderable repairs, and a new organ has been purchased at an expense of $600. The parsonage has also been obtained, and greatly improved. The Corporation of Trinity Church, New York, have made the following liberal grants to this Church, viz : in 1835, the sum of $300 and in 1836, the sum of $600.
RECTORS OF MAMARONECK.
INST. OR CALL. INCUMBENTS. VACAT. PATRONS.
4 June, 1821, Rev. Wm. H. de Lancey, Deacon, resig. war. & ves.
1 Oct. 1823, Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, Presb. resig.
30 Mar. 1824, Rev. William C. Mead, Deacon, resig.
21 Sep. 1825, Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, Presb. resig.
25 Apr. 1827, Rev. Alex. H. Crosby, Presb. resig.
2 Oct. 1830, Rev. John M. Forbes, Presb. resig.
11 Feb. 1832, Rev. Wm. M. Carmichael, Presb. resig. 17 Nov. 1834, Rev. P. S. Chauncey, Presb. resig. 14 July, 1837, Rev. Wm. A. Curtis, Presb. resig.
5 July, 1841, Rev. John M. Ward, present incumbent.
636
HISTORY OF THE PARISH
NOTITIA PAROCHIALIS.
A. D. 1847, Baptisms, 10, Communicants, 53. 1853, Baptisms, 10, Communicants, 57. No. of Catechists belonging to this parish, 6. No. of Cate- chumens, 40
In 1828, the No. of families belonging to this precinct were 20.
In 1853, 66 parish 44. No. of souls, 200.
In 1712, the No. of inhabitants belonging to this parish were S4. In 1840, "
928.
In 1850,
" 1416.
St. Thomas Church, Mamaroneck.
WARDENS OF ST. THOMAS' CHURCH.
1817-1818.
John P. de Lancey, 1819.
Peter J. Munro.
Peter J. Munro,
John P. de Lancey.
1820-21.
John P. de Lancey, Peter J. Munro.
AND CHURCH OF MAMARONECK.
637
1822-7.
John P. de Lancey, 1828.
Guy C. Bayley.
Guy C. Bayley,
James B. Hadden.
1829-30.
Gabriel Purdy,
Guy C. Bayley.
1831-34.
Gabriel Purdy
1835-38.
Samuel Purdy,
Monmouth Lyon.
Samuel Purdy,
Benj. M. Brown.
Samuel Purdy,
1850-3.
Jas. B. Hadden.
1839-50.
Jesse Burger.
HISTORY
OF THE
PARISH AND CHURCH
OF
WHITE PLAINS.
White Plains originally formed a portion of the town and parish of Rye, and derived its name from the White Balsam, (Gnaphalium Polycephalum of Linnæus) which still grows in great abundance in and around the plains.
It was called Quarroppas by the Indians, under whom these lands formed a portion of the ancient domains of Weckquas- keck, as we find Shapham or Thapham, one of the Sachems of that place, conjointly selling lands here to the inhabitants of the town of Rye in 1683.
In February, 1714-15, the " White Plains Purchase" was first laid out by Joseph Budd and others. Upon the 13th of March, 1721, King George the Second granted to Joseph Budd and his associates, royal letters patent for four thousand four hun- dred and thirty-five acres of land, lying in the county of West- chester, known by the name of " White Plains." The patentees yielding, rendering and paying therefor yearly, &c. on the Feast day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (com- monly called Lady Day) the annual rent of two shillings and six pence for every hundred acres thereof, &c.
639
AND CHURCH OF WHITE PLAINS.
As one of the appropriated precincts belonging to the parish of Rye, White Plains contributed a yearly quota towards the rector's support and poor, which amounted in 1763 to £24 9s. The first record relating to the establishment of Episcopal ser- vices here, was made in 1724, when Mr. Jenney, rector of the parish, writing to the Bishop of London on the 18th of July of that year says :- " I officiate four times at the White Plains, about four miles off, the remaining Sundays here at Rye." The Rev. James Wetmore writing to the Society in February, 1728, observes :- " There are three meeting houses in the parish, &c., one at White Plains, in the township of Rye, about six miles from the church built last year by the followers of Walton, who are the old Independent party, and they are about building another, near the church. The haughty insolent behaviour of Walton drew upon him the displeasure of the Dissenting teach- ers, on which account he removed from this parish a few days ago, but introduced a young man to be his successor, who holds forth one Sunday at White Plains and another in the town of Rye alternately, for which they give him £50 per annum, which they raise by subscriptions. They have besides given him money to purchase a house and land, but how much I can't tell." In 1735 he writes as follows :- " I continue my method of preach- ing alternately at several parts of the parish, viz : three Sundays in the church at Rye, then one at North Castle, then three again at Rye, then one at White Plains. Mr. Dwight's catechu- mens, and several others are desirous of baptism, which I have promised to administer to them as soon as Mr. Dwight has pre- pared them by necessary instruction. They belong to Quaker masters, but yet got leave to come pretty often to church, where Mr. Dwight catechises them with such children as offer them- selves after evening service, and keeps a school at the White Plains to the people's good satisfaction." Writing to the Secre- tary on the first of July, 1738, he says :- " Mr. Dwight, the schoolmaster at the White Plains, six miles from Rye, teaches twenty-seven children, whose parents profess themselves to be of
640
HISTORY OF THE PARISH
the Church of England, seventeen born of Dissenting parents, and two negro children, in all forty-six." The year following he writes :- " The two last times I preached at the White Plains, where Mr. Dwight teaches a school, it was judged the congrega- tion consisted of at least three hundred people, where, not hav- ing any house large enough to receive the people, I am obliged to preach in the open fields, and if the congregation at Rye in- creases as it has done the year past, we must be forced to enlarge the parish church."
In 1765, Mr. Timothy Wetmore read prayers and sermons at Rye and White Plains, the parish having become vacant by the death of his father's successor, Mr. Punderson. The same year Mr. Avery was inducted rector of Rye and its precincts. In 1772 he writes :- " That peace and unanimity subsists between him and his people." But soon after this the Revolutionary war broke out, and his entire mission seemed utterly ruined. On Tuesday morning, the 5th of November, 1776, Mr. Avery was found dead near the parsonage at Rye, and the same night the court house and every dwelling at White Plains was burnt to the ground.
Upon the 11th of April, 1784, Mr. Andrew Fowler collected the congregation at the White Plains, and continued to officiate as a lay reader, both here and at Rye, until the Rev. R. C. Moore was appointed rector in 1787. In January, 1788 we find the in- habitants of White Plains and Rye uniting in the erection of, a new church edifice at the latter place ; Joshua Purdy, sen., Jesse Hunt, Esq., Mr. Thomas Lyons, William Miller, Esq. and Jonathan Horton were appointed trustees to collect the money subscribed for this purpose, and superintend the building, &c. In 1803, it was resolved by the vestry of the parish :- " That Mr. Rogers, our present minister, or whoever shall succeed him in the rectorship, shall hereafter attend service and prayers at Rye and at the White Plains alternately as usual, provided our brethren in and about the White Plains shall raise an equal proportion of the salary, and that such rector shall attend at the White Plains in proportion to the sum of money that shall be
641
AND CHURCH OF WHITE PLAINS.
raised by our brethren in and about the White Plains." Mr. Rogers in his parochial report for 1808, observes :- " An unhappy misunderstanding has subsisted between Rye and that part of the parish residing at White Plains. The rector is happy in having to state that a union has been restored since the last Con- vention, which, it is hoped, will contribute to the real interest of this church." At a vestry meeting held in Rye, on the 17th of March, 1808, it was on motion resolved :- " That two-thirds of the Sunday service of the rector be attended at Rye, the other third part at the White Plains." 'The connection between the two congregations continued until 1816, when it was deemed expedient by the wardens and vestrymen of Christ Church, Rye, to withdraw from the White Plains, and to have the stated services of the rector limited to the church in Rye. From 1816 to 1823 occasional services were performed here by the neighboring clergy. In 1824 the congregation was re-organized by the Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, under the most discouraging cir_ cumstances. " There was then not one male communicant, and not more than four or five females were members of our com- munion."a Upon the 22d of March, 1824, the church was in- corporated by the title of " Grace, Protestant Episcopal, Church, White Plains," (in remembrance of Grace church, Rye, whose ministers had officiated here alternately for nearly one hundred years,) Richard Jarvis and Alan McDonald, church wardens. Wil- liam Purdy, John Horton, Gilbert Hatfield, James Dick, Alexan- der Fowler, Joshua Horton, William Bulkley and James Merrit, vestrymen. The same year the
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.