In 1 S04 he was invited to take charge of the Churches of Lansingburgh and Waterford, in the State of New York, where he remained for seven years and died March 17th, 1828, in the sixty-second year of his age and the forty-first year of his ministry. Dr. Nott, president of Union College preached his funeral sermon. He was the father of seventeen children, of these, seven died before him ; two of his sons were ministers, one a physician, and one a lawyer -- all respectable and useful in their professions. After Mr. Blatchford left, the Rev. Josiah Henderson of Martha's Vineyard, was called as pastor and installed over the church by the Presbytery of

THE TOWN OF BEDFORD.

Hudson, Nov. 15th, 1798, and remained just five years. He was dismissed Nov. 3d, 1 803. The elders of the Church were then Moses St. John, Justus Harris, Ely Tyler, Peter Fleming, Joseph Owen and Stephen Benedict, all most venerable, pious men. Rev. Ebenezer Grant succeeded Rev. Mr. Henderson and was installed Sept. 20th, 1 804. He preached here for seventeen years. He was a native of New Jersey and came here from the Presbytery of New Brunswick. He was a faithful, good man, but his labors were not abundantly blessed. At his death, the session of the church made this record to their deceased pastor:

"Be it remembered that on the 6th day of September, 182 1, the Rev. Eben. Grant, having fulfilled his ministry, closed the scene of life, and sleeps with his fathers, being buried in the town of Bedford, in the burying ground in the village."