Mr. Morgan; also that Mr. Thomas Pinkney, Henery Fowler and Richard Shute, shall wright unto His Excellency for his approbation, that he will be pleased to induct (the word induct is marked out in the original MS. and the letters app written over it) our minister, the Rev. Joseph Morgan." At the same time, " Joseph Drake and Thomas Pinckney were authorized to agree with a carpenter to build a pulpit on the town's account."

a Town Records, vol. i. p. 20. 6 Town Rec, vol. t. p. 20. e Town Rec, vol. i. p. 4.

THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER.

Having now obtained the services of a minister, and finding the Church pouring in upon them, the inhabitants once more determined to pettion the Assembly for an act to separate them from Westchester. Whereupon, at a town meeting, 14th of October, 1700, "Mr. Henry Fowler., sen., was authorized by the inhabitants to proceed to New- York to petition the General Assembly for the calling and settling a minister with ourselves, and that we may be freed from Westchester in the ministry."

1 2th of King William III, A. D., 1700, occurs an act of the General Assembly, entitled as follows : --

AN ACT FOR DECLARING THE TOWN OF EASTCHESTER IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, A DISTINCT PARISH FROM THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER IN THE COUNTY AFORESAID.

Passed tlie 29th of October, 1700.

" Whereas, by an Act of the General Assembly of this Province, entitled : -- An Act for settliug a ministry and raising a maintenance for them iu the City of New- York, County of Richmond, Westchester and Queens County, it is amongst other things declared and enacted, that the towns of Westchester, Eastchester, Lower Yonkers and the Manor of Pelham, in the county of Westchester, should be a parish together, for the better maintaining of a good and sufficient Protestant minister ; and, whereas, since the making of said act, it has been found inconvenient, and to the great discouragement of religion and the public worship of God, for the inhabitauts of Eastchester to travel to Westchester aforesaid, to be present at the preaching of the Word of God; wherefore, the said Inhabitants and Freeholders of the town of Eastchester aforesaid, have, by their humble Petition to the House of Representatives, now convened in General Assembly, most humbly prayed, that it might be declared and enacted.