John Drake, John Pinckney, Richard Shute and Henry Fowler, Senior, were chosen overseers to superintend the building of the meeting-house."

By an act of Provincial Assembly passed 21st September, 1693, (confinned nth of May, 1697), East Chester • became one of the four precints6 of West Chester Parish.

a Riker's Annals of Newtown, L. I., p. 114.

ft Acts of Assembly from uwi to 1721. As early as 1609 we find the following order In tile Town Rec, "The bounds of our parish to be preiunbulated according to law," Book L p. 23.

222 . HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

At a town meeting held on the 15th December, 1693, " Moses Hoit, junior, and others were chosen to take list of estimation according to the town's agreement for making a rate for the payment of the carpenter's work for building the meeting-house."

On the 1st of January, 1693-4, "William Haiden, John Drake and Richard Shute were chosen to receive forty pounds as according to the free will offering and to act and do and lay out the said several sums for the town. Also it was agreed that these men have full power to receive the said sums and lay them out towards building the said meeting-house and to render account thereof to the town."

At a town meeting held 23d January, 1694-5, the inhabitants "agreed by vote to lay out half an acre of land to be set out for a parsonage-lot, to be reserved for the use of the town, to be reserved for that use forever, which above said land is lying in and being upon the green in Eastchester."