At a vestry meeting held January 4th, 1828, Pierre Van Cortlandt, James Wiley and John Oppie were appointed a committee to rent the glebe farm, and also to petition the Chancellor for leave to sell the same, &c. Permission was accordingly granted on the 1 oth of November, 1828, and on the 20th of October, 1838, the glebe was sold for the sum of five thousand dollars. On the 18th of April, 1840, (in answer to an application of the wardens and vestrymen of St. Peter's church and St. Philip's chapel,) an act was passed by the Legislature of this State, authorizing a separation of said church and chapel.

In 1829 an organization was formed in the village of Peekskill by the name of St. Paul's church,d which continued until 1840, when the above mentioned act of the Legislature took effect, and the present corporation was formed under the title of " St. Peter's church, Cortlandt,,in the village of Peekskill."

a Jacob Lent was allowed $23 In 1S0S-9, for reading services In both churches.

h The vestery on February 22d, 1817, "refused to allow the Independent Congregation to occupy a part of the church and further consideration."

c This application appears to have been made without a formal meeting of the vestry.

d The Rev. Edward J. Ives in his report to tho Diocesan Convention of 1S29, says : " A new congregation has also been organized in the village of Peekskill, who contemplate the erection Of a new church as soon as their pecuniary resources shall be enlarged, being now insufficient to carry their good object into effect."