Whitmore in 1762, died Anno Domini 1764, and was followed by the Rev. Ephriam Avery in 1765.

From this period nothing worthy of especial importance appears in the Society's Reports relative to Bedford. Mr. Avery's death took place soon after the exciting scenes of the Revolution had commenced, and during the subsequent years the whole parish of Rye suffered considerably from the confusion that attended the Revolutionary war. The Parochial Church was destroyed by fire, and the parishoners dispersed in every direction. ,

Upon the 19th of April, 1789 the present parish was incorporated

a See Parochial Registers of St. Joliu's cUurcb, Stamford.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

under the title of " The Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Township of Bedford and Northcastle"a In consequence of an act passed for the relief of the Protestant Episcopal Church, on the 17th of March, 1795, this Church was again incorporated under the name and title of "The Protestant Episcopal Church in the united towns of Bedford and Newcastle -- the church at Newcastle to continue by the regular name of St. George's church." Charles Haight of Newcastle, and William Miller, Esq., of Bedford, church wardens; Samuel Raymond, Gabriel Smith, David Haight, James McDonald, Marmaduke Forster, Gilbert Martin, Nicholas Haight and Samuel Smith, vestrymen. The Rev. Theodocious Bartow appears to have been rector at the time of election.6 Upon the 26th of Sept. 1791, we find James McDonald of Bedford, (a vestry-man of this church) leasing to the trustees of St. Peter's church Westchester," all that tract of land lying in the township of Bedford, being the farm where John Banks, Junior, formerly lived, containing two hundred and four acres," "also that lot of land bounded North and East by land belonging to Lewis McDonald, South by parsonage land belonging to the Presbyterian Society, and West by the highway, containing about four acres, &c, known by the name of the Court-house lot, in the town or Bedford."0 No further proceedings appear to have been had in this case, probably the lease was never properly executed.