Doty continued missionary at this place until 1793." " It is with concern, (says the Society) that it has received information that they are deprived of the useful services of this worthy missionary, (Mr. John Doty) by his removal into his native country, to take charge of St. Anne's church, at Brooklyn, on Long Island, in the Province of New York." (abstracts of 1794.) His connection with this church must, however, have been brief; for his name occurs again in 1796, on the^ Society's list as missionary at Sorel,

a Copied from the oripinal letter In the possession of the Rev. Wm. Payne, rector oi St. George's church, Schenectady.

6 Fowler's MSS. Biographies of the Clergy, p. 411, 533.

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whether he must have returned the previous year. He finally resigned his mission in 1803, when his connection with the Society for Propagating the Gospel ceased altogether."

Upon the resignation of Mr. Doty, the vestry must have* adopted measures for obtaining the services of another minister ; for on the 1 Sth of September, 1775, it was resolved by that body, "to set on foot a subscription towards the support of the Rev. Bennet Page, during his preaching at St. Peter's church, at Peekskill." This individual was probably the Rev. Bernard Page, A. M., who was licensed by the Bishop of London, August 24th, 1772, appointed to Wyoming parish, Pennsylvania, from whence he removed to this Province. Mr. Page does not appear to have officiated here very long ; and no doubt left in consequence of the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. Several persons of this name were graduates of Harvard University, and staunch loyalists. After this, religious services were suspended in the parish, and no clergyman was called or settled for nearly seventeen years.