Be this as it may, Elias Hunt, son of Stephanus, subsequently conveyed to this society the sixteen acres they now hold inclusive of the one acre, two quarters and three rods conveyed by Cockcroft in 1795.

In the cemetery surrounding the church are several monuments to the Lents, Montross's, Brinckerhoffs, &c, &c; also a plain head stone inscribed as follows : --

"Sacred to the memory of DR. PETER GOETCHIUS, who died the 21st of Sept., A. D. 1828, aged 70 years, 5 months, and 20 days, having been for 35 years an elder of the Reformed Dutch Church in Cortlandtown, and died as he lived a Christian.

" ' The silent tomb and rising hillocks show, The way, the end of mortals here below ; But silent tombs nor hillocks can affright The soul of him whose ways are just and right. How calm the righteous man with God his friend ; Peace crowns his life, and happiness his end.' "

a Copied from original document In possession of the consistory of the Ref. Church, Cortlandtown.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

The following minutes are extracted from the recocds of the New York Classis : --

Flatbush, April 24, 1792, the Rev. Classis "appoint the Rev. Mr. Jackson" to visit the congregation at the Cortlandt's manor, between this and the next session, and report to Classis the state of that congregation."6

Sept. 4, 1792, Mr. Jackson reports to Classis that he has fulfilled his commission, and finds the congregation have lost their church, diminished in number, and greatly dispersed.