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Communion Holy, times for the cele- bration of, 48, 228, 499. Colgan Rev. Thos., 234, 242.
Cleator Joseph, appointed catechist at Rye, 140; arrival of, 176, faithful services of, 177, 184 ; mis- conduct of, 206; report to Secre- tary, 209; sickness of, 229; death of, 260, 262.
Clergy, Colonial convention of, 14; meeting to express loyalty of,45; ancient custom of interring, 50 ; unjust charges against, 86; bound by solemn oaths, 90 ; fre- quent consultations necessary, 200; their order for officiating at Rye, 210 ; good harmony among, 275 ; laws of Church with regard to, 292 ; great snfferings and loy- alty of, 318; ancient custom of inducting, 303.
Communion plate, royal donation of, 122, 229.
Commissaries Bishop's, recommenda- tion of, 259.
Continental Fast, its effect on the Church, 505.
Congregationalists, great movement among, 236; their ministers de- clare for Episcopacy, 237; great numbers among royalists, 96.
Congress Provincial, remonstrance from, to Gov. Trumbull, 89 ; con- gress, fixed resolution of, 101.
Connecticut, first Episcopal services in, 142, 151; spiritual condition of, 151, 157 ; conformity of Dis- senters in, 151, 237 ; condition of Church in western portion of, 156, 160; disadvantages of dis- seminating the Gospel in, 159; 47
Mr. Muirson's license to baptisc in, 165; best method of intro- ducing the Church into, 168; great reformation in, 236 ; friend- ly disposition of people to Church of England, 264; communicants and baptisms in, 206; Mr. Pun- derson's services in, 304.
Convention General, delegation from Southern States, 93. Colen Donck, why so called, 485.
Cooper Rev. Elias, birth, parentage and education of; ordination of; takes charge of Yonkers, 513; success of, 514; institution of, 515; death of, ibid; family of, 516; monument to, 523. Cornbury Lord, his great zeal for the Church, 44, 142, 144.
Cortlandt, early history of, 575, 576; first Episcopal services at, 577 ; deed for church lot at , 578 ; first trustees of; erection of church at; royal charter for, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583; Mr, Doty recom- mended as missionary at; letter of churchwardens to Secretary, 584, 585, 586; petition of war- dens to Society, 587 ; Mr. Doty called, 588; induction of, 589; special charter for, 590 ; donation of Beverly Robinson to; gift of Trinity Church, ibid ; erection of parsonage at, 592; attempt of Presbyterians to seize church and glebe; re-incorporation of church, 595; Mr. Fowler ap- pointed minister ; Mr. Haskell, called ; doors of church closed ; cemetry rented, 598 ; Mr. War- ren called : succeeded by Mr. Urquhart ; Mr. Ten Broeck settled, 599; vestry petition to sell glebe; church organized in the village of Peekskill; des- cription of church edifice; gift of Mrs. Robinson ; tombstones ; description of chapel, 602 ; prin- cipal benefactors ; list of rectors, 603, 604; notitia parochialis, and list of wardens, 605.
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Crosby Rev. Alexander, birth of, &c.,
517, 518; ordination of, ibid ; death of, 519, 642, 647.
Creighton Rev. Wm. D. D. 647, 716, 717.
Croton, Episcopal services at, 607.
County of Westchester, general popu- lation, and first settlers in, 140. Court-house, burning of, at Westches- ter, 9.
Crumpond, early Episcopal services at, 305, 606; gift of land for erection of church at, 607.
Curtis Rev. John, 642.
Davis Rev. Thos., 239, 291.
Davis Rev. Samuel C., 670.
Declaration of Independence, its effect upon the clergy, 320.
Delpech Mr. catechist at Eastchester, 62.
De Lancey, family of, 548, 549, 550, 631, 632.
De Lancey Rt. Rev. Wm. H., 632, 634. Denham Thomas, donation of land to, 134, 158.
Denham Isaac, gift of land to Grace Church, Rye, 226, 229.
Dibble Rev. Ebenezer, birth and education of, 550; declares for Episcopacy ; sails for Holy Or- ders ;. return and appointment of, 551; death of, 554.
Dibblee, his letters to Secretary of V. P. S., 535, 537, 540, 551, 552, 609.
Dissenters, number of at Westches- ter, 6; prejudices of; conformi- ty of, 158 ; extraordinary move- ment among, 236; conduct of, 253, 256 ; oppress Church peo- ple, 267 ; trial with Church peo- ple at Rye, 281; conformity of at Eastchester, 366.
Doty Rev. John, birth, &c .; license to officiate ; called to Peekskill, 588; admission and institution of; mandate from Gov. Tryon to induct, 590 ; removes to Sche- nectady ; settles in Canada ; taken prisoner ; appointed chap- lain ; repairs to England ; return
of, and settlement at Brooklyn ; resigns his mission, 593, 594.
Dwight Mr. Flint, appointed catechist at North Castle, 252; diligence of, 256, 260; recommended as catechist for Rye, 263, 530, 532 ; death of, 534.
Eastchester, first Episcopal service at,
17; occupation of inhabitants, 60; why made a distinct parish, 43; erection of church at, 44; included in appurtenances of Westchester parish, 59, 60; claim of Dissenters at, 61 ; erection of new stone church at, 82, 84; re- united with Westchester, 111; early inhabitants compelled to support minister of; petition for separation ; protest against Church rates, 358; Mr. Jones called, 359; Mr. Mather settled, 360; meeting house erected by rate, 361; made a precinct of Westchester, ibid ; parsonage, lot laid out, ibid : Governor re- fuses to induct Dissenter, 362 ; attempt to annul act of, 16, 93; parsonage land laid out, 362, 363 ; Mr. Morgan called, ibid ; inhabi- tants petition ; act declaring se- paration, 364; Mr. Bartow in- ducted ; Independents pay quota towards support of, 365 ; Dissent- ing teacher supported by volun- tary contributions ; conformity of Dissenters at, 366; inhabitants address V. S .; account of erect- ing meeting-house, 366; address for abatement of quota, 367; al- ways considered joined to West- chester ; payment of quota, and repairs of church, 368; efforts made to introduce Dissenting teacher, 369; Mr. Tennent offi- ciates at; Rev. Mr. Standard in- ducted and ( pposed by Presby- terians; appointment of sexton ; death of Mrs. Standard, 371; parsonage regulated, and founda- tion of new church laid, 373; Mr. Milner inducted, ibid ; Mark
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Christian appointed sexton ; Mr. Wright's cemetery ; application for brief to finish church; sus- pension of services, ibid; elec- tion of trustees ; management of Church property ; trustees elect sexton, 375; church sex- tons; rental of glebe; town de- fines boundaries for church, 376 ; rights of church at, 378 ; enclos- ure of church lands, 379 ; 'incor- poration of church under wardens and vestrymen ; Mr. Wilkins elected; letter of Vestry; Mr. Kearney elected ; Mr. Bayard called, 381 ; description of church edifice, 332; parsonage and tombstones, 383, 384 ; list of rec- tors, notitia parochialis, 286. Episcopacy, republican character of, 94, 95; converts to from Con- gregationalism, 236, 237, 233, 239; increase of, 276; effects of Revolution upon, 326.
Evans Win. Matthew, notice of, 699. Episcopalians, eminent leaders during Revolutionary war, 91, 92, 93; prohibition and proscription of, 132.
Eucharist Holy, seasons for the cele- bration of, 48, 228.
Famistical parties, persecution of, by Puritans, 131 Fees surplice, value of, 83.
Felch Rev. Nathan, 571, 613, 624. Ferris John, will of, 124.
Festivals church, observance of, by colonial clergy, 421.
French Church of N. Y., how re- duced, 430.
Franklin Dr., advice to his daughter, 92.
Fogge Mr. Ezekiel, 3, 353, 459.
Fordham, Dutch Ref. congregation at, 184; formerly included in West- chester Parish; erected into ma- nor, 725; organization of parish 727 ; Incorporation of St. James' Church at, First Rector of; ben- efactions to, 728.
Forster William, school-master at
Westchester, 45, 46, 47, 62 difficulty with Mr. Standard, 64. Foote Rev. David, birth, &c., 332; education and ordination of ; call to Rye; death of, and monu- ment to, 333.
Forbes Rev. John M. Apostacy of, 346.
Foxe's Meadows, Episcopal services at, 229, 708.
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Fowler Rev. Andrew, employed as lay reader at Rye, 327 ; first services at New Rochelle, 472 ; officiates at Yonkers, 512; birth of, &c., 596 ; called to Peekskill, ibid; a great missionary, 597 ; death of, 598.
General Court, order concerning Rye, 132, 133.
Glebe, common right of Church to, 37S; freehold who vested in, ibid. Glebe of Westchester, 14, 23, 30, 31; 32, 45, 77 ; glebe of Ryc, 134, survey of, 221; description of, 229; sequestration of, 290.
Goding Mr., lay reader, 360.
Glover Charles, school-master Westchester, 87.
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Gott Mr., schoolmaster at Westches- ter, 87.
Governor's Provincial, powers of, 292. Greenburgh Lower, Indian name of; early connected with Yonkers, 646 ; first services at; erection of church edifice; officiating clergy ; description of parochial church, 647, 618, 649; chapel- school of St. Barnabas, 650, 651, 652; dedication of, 653; origin of scholarships at, 651; notitia parochialis, 655.
Greenburgh Upper, incorporation of parish ; erection of church edi- fice, 665; memorials to Philipse family ; parochial statistics, 666. Greenwich, Episcopal services at, 142, Graham Col. James, 14; family of, 19; author of law for mainten- ance of clergy, ibid.
Guilford, church at, 3, 34.
Guion David, release of, to Trinity Church, N. R., 469.
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Grigg Rev. John, 517. Hadley Joseph, 22.
Haight Charles, donation of, 536.
Halsey Rev. Chas. H., 658.
Halsey Rev. Wm. F. 659.
Harris Rev R. W., 515, 614, 643. Haskell Rev. Samuel, 337; call of, 338 ; induction of, 343 ; death of, 344 ; called to Peekskill, 598. Heathcote Caleb, attempts to induct Bondet, 4, 5; treatment of in Conn., 152; testimony to mis- sionaries, 153 ; advice for settling clergy, 163, 167; commendation of Gov. Hunter; biographical notice of, 629, 632.
Heathcote, his letters to the Secretary, 24, 138, 145, 153, 164, 167, 169, 171, 174, 176, 177, 178, 179, 192, 193, 197, 198, 405, 406, 420.
Hamilton Alexander, reply of, to Wil- kins, 112 ; scholarship of at Dear- man's.
Hart Glorianna, 307.
Henderson Rev. M. H., historical dis- course of, 89, 98.
Henry Patrick, noble efforts in behalf of Church, 92.
Henshaw Rt. Rev. J. P. K., observa- tions on the Revolution, 325, 327. Heyer Rev. Wm. G. 647.
Holy Orders, great peril in obtaining, 69; willingness of Dissenters to receive, 151.
Homilies, presentation of, by Queen Anne, 122.
Hot Moses, presentation of, to Court of Sessions, 358.
Honeywell Philip, inscription to, 124 Houdin Rev. Michael, a native of France, 453; notice of from So- ciety's abstracts, 455; accompa- nies British generals to Canada, 479; attempts of Romanists to seduce; appointed to New Ro- chelle, 457; death of, 470.
Houdin, his letters to the Secretary, 454, 456, 465, 467.
Huddleston, school-master at Rye, 204.
Hunter Gov., zeal for the Church,
419, 420; letter to Secretary 429.
Hunt Rev. Robert, early services of, in Virginia, 92.
Huguenots, persecution of, by Roman- ists, 388, 392 ; cruelties practised upon ministers. 397.
Hunt Margaret, 704.
Hutchinson Ann, settlement at Pel- ham; death of, 691.
Hunt Rev. Isaac, appointed mission- ary to Rye, 324; death of, 325. Hunt Leigh, 325.
Independents, rigid, refuse conformity at Eastchester, 43; marriage cere- mony of, why preferred, 83 ; mode of enforcing conformity, 131; intolerance of, 132, 152, 170, 183, 264 ; mode of erecting their meeting-houses, 247; origin of, 249; infection among, 269. Independeney, declaration of, and edict issued thereupon, 99.
Induction, meaning of ancient mode of, 303, 301; how differing from institution, 110.
Indians, mission among, 160 ; deserip- tion of, 180, 181.
Inglis Rev. Mr., letter to Secretary, 506, 507, 569.
Ireland Rev. John, notice of, 108; death of, 110, inscription to, 111. Jackson Rev. Charles D. 121.
Jamaica, disturbance of the church at, 16.
Jay Peter, 329.
Jay Anna Maria, legacy of to Rye, 334.
Jay Anne, donation of, to Bedford, 625.
Jenney Rev. Robert, notice of, 218; induction of by Gov. Burnet; 219; letters to the Secretary, 220, 221. 222, 255, 226; his an - swers to the Bishop of London, 227, 230; removed to Hemp- stead ; settled in Philadelphia, 230 ; death of, and inscription to, 231, 232; death of Mrs. Jenney, 322.
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Johnson Rev. Samuel, D. D., 68; notice of, 237 ; letter to Secretary, 291; letter to Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, 492.
Johnson Rev. Wm. appointed assist- ant to Mr. Standard; death of, 68. 238.
Jones Mr. Morgan, 3, 158, 359, 360. Jores Rev. Chas. 723.
Katonah, St. Mark's Church at, 627. Kearny Rev. Ravaud, notice of, 481 ; called to New Rochelle, 475. Keith Rev. George, 201.
Keithians, doctrines of, 199, 201. King Hon. Rufus, dying testimony to Ven. Society, 326.
Lamson Rev. Joseph, declares for Episcopacy, 238; appointed as- sistant to Mr. Wetmore, 273; detention, and arrival of, 273, 274; removal and marriage of, 289 ; biography of ; letter to Sec- retary, 622, 533; death of, 534. Legislature of N. Y., act of, in rela- tion to Westchester, 104.
Leisler Jacob, re-leases to Huguenots, 388.
Le Baron Rev. Jas, F. 709.
Liturgy, how styled by Puritans. 143 Long Reach, donation of land at, as glebe, 45, 125.
Long Island, parishes and glebes of, 220.
Mac Kenzie Rev. Mr., recommended to Rye, 187.
Mamaroneck, heads of families in, 248, 230, 135 ; petition of freeholders, 140; Indian name of, 628; an- nexed to Scarsdale, 629 ; appro- priated to Rye parish ; first ves- tryman of, 632; incorporation of church at; deed for church lot, 633; Mr. Henderson's legacy to ; Rev. Wm. H. de Lancey called ; erection of church edifice; des- cription of church, and list of rectors, 635; notitia parochialis, 636.
Mandamus, writ of, to Justices, 223. Marcus Rev. Moses, notice of, 604. Marriages, early records of; where
found, 3.
Marshall Chief Justice, eulogy on, 93. Mather Mr. Warham, 3, 6, 25, 45, 360.
Mead Rev. Wm. C. 641.
Mead Rev. Edward N., 658. Meeting-houses, crection of, by pub- lic tax, 7, 8, 361, 362.
· Methodist teachers, influence of, 270 ; great confusion produced by, 271; wild and enthusiastic no- tions of, 272.
Middletown, Conn., carly organiza- tion of Church at, 272.
Middle Patent, St. Mary's Church at, 627.
Miller Rev. John, 6.
Milner Rev. John, birth of, &c. ; man- date to induct, 69; arrival of, 71; resignation and letter to Secre- tary, 78 ; recommended to West- chester, 291.
Ministers Dissenting, refusal of Colo- nial Governors to induct, 362; absolute power of, 158. . Ministers Colonial, how supported and chosen, 368; early conven- tion of, 14 ; how provided, for 213; address of to Secretary, 342; power to call, 110 ; always mem- bers of vestry in their respective parishes, 203; constitution of the parishes with regard to, 292. Ministry, act for settlement of, 4.
Missionaries, great sufferings of, 90 ; salaries, how paid, 144; high testimonial to, 288 ; petition Ven. Society, 189.
Moore Rev. Richard C., elected rec-
tor of Rye, 328 ; removal of, 331 ; subsequent career of, 332.
Morgan Mr. Joseph, 363, 366. Moore Rev. John W., 671.
Morris Richard, notice of, 673, 674. Morris Col. Lewis, commends Gov. Hunter, 420 ; donation of to St. Peter's Church, 121, 676; first lay impropriator of Morrisania, 674; notice of death, 678.
Morris his letters to Secretary, 178, 675, 676.
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Morris Isabella, 20; obituary notice of, 678.
Morris Hon.Gouverneur, 679, 682, 684 Morris Gouverneur, munificent dona- tion of, 671.
Morris Ann, tablet to, 683.
Morris Lewis G. 679.
Morris, Chief Justice, 709.
Morrisania, contest concerning, 38; early settlement of, 163; early grantees of, 673; erected into manor ; first lay impropriator of, 674; Dutch conformity at, 676 ; order of Westchester vestry with regard to, 677; interment of Lewis and Isabella Morris at, 678; annexed to Westchester parish ; foundation of St. Ann's church by Gouverneur Morris, 679 ; deed of gift, 680, 681 ; des- cription of church, 682; incor- poration of, 633 ; rectors of, 681; wardens of, 685.
Morrisania Upper, formerly included in St. Ann's Parish, 719, organi- zation of parish 720; description of St. Pauls church, at, 720; first Rector of, 721.
Moulinars Mr., usurpations of, 428,442 Mt. Pleasant, formerly included in Philipsburgh, 715, erection of church at 717.
Muirson Rev. George, 145 ; notice of, 147, 148; ordination and induc- tion of, 149; anxiety with re- gard to Conn., 151; cordially supported by Col. Heathcote ; great good effected by, 156, 158 ; recommended as missionary to Conn., 159; license to baptise in Conn., 165; doggerel verses writ- ten upon, 170 ; forbearance of, 174; testimony to character of, 171, 178 ; cruel treatment of, 182, 183 ; obituary notice of, 185, 307 ; will of, 186; Col. Heathcote's letter concerning, 187; death of Mrs. Muirson, 186; letter of mis- sionaries in behalf of widow, 187. Muirson, his letters to Secretary, 150, 151, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171, 175,
176, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184.
Munro Rev. Harry, notice of; re- nounces Scottish Kirk, 494; ap- pointed chaplain ; sails for Ameri- ca, 495; recommended by Dr. Auchumuty, 496, 497 ; receives . Episcopal Orders, 498; accepts call to Albany. 502; causes for removal from Yonkers ; removes into Canada ; returns into Eng- land; settles in Scotland; death of, 503.
Munro Peter Jay, 504.
Nantes, revocation of edict ; effect on ministers, 397.
Neau Elias, testimony to Mr. Bartow, 39; appointed catechist to the Indians, 161.
New England, passive obedience of the people in, 158.
Negro plot, 63.
New Castle, when taken from North Castle, 329 ; first settlement of ; when annexed to Rye ; number of Quakers at 530; irreligious state of people at; neglect to make parish rate, 531 ; Mr. Lam- son appointed assistant at, 532; noble benefaction of St. George Talbot to ; erection of church at ; gift of land for, 543; first incor- poration of, 544; destruction of old church edifice, and consecra- tion of the new, 545; re-incor- poration of, &c., 546.
New Lights, or vagrant preachers, numbers of, 565.
New London, mission at, 104.
New Rochelle, Mr. Bartow officiates at, 39 ; state of congregation at, 60; Calvanistic, or Presbyterian French at, 84; conformity of Huguenots at, 162; confirmed by Leisler to Huguenots, 387 ; sufferings of early settlers, 388, 392; petition from inhabitants to Gov. Fletcher, ibid; settle- ment of village, 393; erection of church edifice ; early gift of glebe and burying ground, 394; Dr. Bonrepos, first minister at, 395 ;
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sale of land to church elders, 396; Mr. Bondet called, 397 ; support of minister, 402; church glebe; how laid out, 407; con- formity of inhabitants, 407, 411 ; conformity sanctioned by foun- ders of French Church, 412, 413; Ingoldsby's license, and subscrip- tion to ercot church edifice, 415, 417; exertions of Gov. Hunter to erect church at, 420; royal patent for church and ground at, 422, 423 ; gift of town to church, 423, 434; decrease of Dissenters at, 426; outrageous conduct of seceders at, 428 ; Independents condemned by discipline of French Church, 432; death of Mr. Bondet, 432, 433; services performed by Mr. Bartow, ibid ; Mr. Stouppe appointed minister at, 435 ; building of church edi- fice at, 440; glebe and parish house at, 441; meeting house begun at, 442; glebe, how laid out, 443; letter of inhabitants to Mr. Orem, 447; members of Church address Society; gift of land to Church, 448, 449; ves- try announce death of Mr. Stouppe. 441, 452; Mr. Houdin appointed missionary at, 457 ; petition of inhabitants to collect funds for parsonage, 458; royal charter confirmed, 459, 464 ; at- tempt of Calvanists to obtain church glebe, 465; release of church glebe, 467, 468; foreclo- sure of parsonage lands at, 470, 475; Mr. Bartow appointed minister at, 473; description of church at, 478; gift of bell, &c., 479; principal benefactors to, 480 ; list of ministers, 481 ; war- dens of, 482, 484.
North Castle, settlement of, 686, 687 ; organization of parish, 688; in- corporation of; description of church edifice, 689; Female In- stitute at, 690; notitia paro- chialis, 691.
Pell Thomas, purchases of in West- chester, 693.
Pell, family of, 693; monuments to, 700.
Pell John, first lay impropriator of Pelham, 694.
Pell Georgiana C., 700.
Pell John, sale of, to Leisler, 388.
Pell Joseph, executors of re-lease church glebe at New Rochelle, 467, 468.
Pelham, early settlement of, 692 ; erected into manor, 693; first lay impropriator of; annexed to Westchester ; first vestryman of, 694; seperated from New Ro- chelle ; organization of parish, 695; instrument of donation ; incorporation of; first rector of, 696; description of church edi- fice, 697, 698, 699, 700; paro- chial school at; notitia paro- chialis, 701 ; wardens of, 702. Ogilvie Rev. John D., monument to, 664.
Ogilvie Rev. John, declares for the Church, 239; appointed minis- ter at Rye, 335; death of, 336. Oostdorp, early Independent services at, 2.
Ossin-ing, originally included in Phil- ipsburgh, 656; organization and incorporation of, 657 ; Mr. Mead called rector of, 658 ; purchase of parsonage ; description of church edifice, 659, 660; notitia paro- chialis, 661 ; Chapel of All Saints, belonging to parish of, 662.
Olssen Rev. Wm. W. 709. Page Rev. B., notice of, 594.
Panton Rev. George, notice of, 508; appointed to Philipsburgh; re- moves to England, 509, 510. Parishes, first division of in West- chester county, 4; unequal dis- tribution of, 155.
Palmer Rev. Solomon, 238, 295, 296. Parsonage Point, belonging to globe at Rye, 221.
Parsonage lands, at Westchester, 14. 22, 30, 31, 48, 72, 78, 109, 121.
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Parsonage lands at Rye, 133, 134,
220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 229, 245, 280, 281, 290, 348. Parsonage lands at Eastchester, 359 361, 363, 372.
Parsonage, rule of common law con- cerning, 378.
Partridge Rev. Alfred H., 691.
Peck Rev. Isaac. 722.
Perry Rev. David, notice of, 570.
Perry Commodore, M. C., donation of 717.
Pew holders, rights of, 125.
Philipse Col. Frederick, gift of glebe to Philipsburgh, 31, 489, 490 ; family of, 486; notice of, 491; monument to, 492; letter to Secretary, 493.
Poningoe Neck, share of, to minister at Rye, 134.
Popham Wm. H., donation of, 709. Popham, Wm. S. 709, 712.
Portchester organization of church at, &c., 722.
Powell Rev. William, elected assist- ant to Mr. Wilkins, 113; death of, and inscription to, 120. Poyer Rev. Mr., his troubles at Ja - maica, 40 ; notice of, 211; letter to Secretary, 212.
Poundridge, organization of Church at, 627.
Prayer book, wonderful effect of, 236. Presentation, laws concerning, 6.
Presbyterians, their aspersions upon ci- vil and ecclesiastial government, 265; closely allied to Indepen- dents, 222 ; threaten Church peo- ple at Rye, 246; mode of erect- ing meeting houses, 247 ; temper of, at Rye, 293; divine right of ordination, &c., 264, 265.
Presbyterian minister not allowed to officiate at Eastchester, 50.
Pritchard Rev. Thomas, arrival of, 29; notice of, 137; induction of, by Gov. Cornbury, 138; letters to Secretary, 141, 145.
Pritchard Rev. Thomas, death of, 146; letters of administration granted to widow of, 147.
Protest of royalists at White Plains, S6.
Prudden Rev. Peter, 133.
Pulpit cloths, royal presentation of, 122.
Punderson Rev. Ebenezer, declares for Episcopacy, 237; called to Rye, 293; difficulty with Mr. Palmer, 295, 298 ; family of, ibid ; induction of, &c., 300 ; certificate of induction, 302; letter to Sec- retary, 303, 304; death, of, &c., 306.
Punderson, Rev. Ephraim, 306. Punderson Cyrus, M. D., 186, 307.
Puritans, early settlement at West- chester and Rye, 2, 131 ; abuse of liturgy and sacraments, 143; state of heathenism among, 158; doggerel verses upon Mr. Muir- son, 170.
Purdy Samuel, recommendation of, .261; appointed schoolmaster at Rye, 264; letter to Sceretary, 281; death of, 284.
Putnam Gen. Israel, marries widow of Rev. E. Avery, 313. Pyne Rev. Smith, 519.
Quakers, builders of church at West- chester, 59; wholesale conformi- ty of, 77 ; persecuted by Inde- pendents, 131; ranting, 199; baptist, 201; Mr. Bridges' dis- pute with, 202; practises of, 205; conduct of, at Rye, 252 ; industry to propagate sect, 254. Queen Anne, royal donation of, to Westchester ; why called the " good Queen Anne," 122; gift to Rye, 215; gift to New Ro- chelle, 479.
Queries of Bishop of London to Mr. Bartow, 47; to Mr. Jenney, 227, to Mr. Stouppe, 436.
Roosevelt family, interment of, 700. Rand John schoolmaster at Rye, 318 Rate payers, duties of, 378. Readers lay, appointment of, 24.
Regeneration erroneous opinions con-
cerning, 272; controversy upon, 273.
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Revolution, real cause of, 87; sad effects of, 318, 326.
Revolutionary worthies, list of, 326. Ridgefield proposes to unite with
Rye, 273; united with Salem, 550, 609; erection of church at, 274.
Robinson Col. Beverly, 275; notice of, 591, 592.
Rodman Rev. Washington, 705.
Rogers Rev. Evan, notice of, 339; death of, 340 ; inscription to 341. Robinson Susannah, notice of, 601.
Roux Rev. Monsieur Lewis, cruel treatment of, by seceders, 428 ; memorial to Gov. 429, 430.
Rye, Mr. Bartow appointed first mis- sionary at, 13 ; history of parish, 130; annexation of, to N. Y., 131; first Independent teacher at, 132 ; gift of parsonage point at, 134; act of Assembly for erecting parish of; first election of wardens and vestry; rate to repair parsonage, 135; school- master at, 140; license to build church at, 164; erection of church at, 151 ; Dissenting teachers at, 158 ; early provision of parsonage for, ibid ; first Epis- copal services, where held, 164; description of old church edifice ; completion of, 180 ; description of Indians resident in, 180, 181 ; Mr. Reynolds appointed mission- ary to, 189, 190; Mr. Bridge commissioned minister to, and inducted at, 193, 194, 199; par- sonage house and land belonging to; church built by public tax, 205; opposition of Independents at, 209; progress of dissent, at, 212 ; Mr. Jenney called to, 215, 217 ; parsonage repair'd by public tax, 219 ; house & glebe, survey of, 221 ; church lot draft and survey of, 224, 225; gift of glebe by Mr. Denham, 226; description of church, 228; parochial library
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