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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. Passage 878 of 1976 253 words

It is at present connected with the Bedford Presbytery. This church appears to have been first incorporated upon the 25th of April, 1790, on which occasion, John Martine, Elijah Tompkins, Archer Read, Thomas Almond, and Abraham Odell were elected trustees."6

LIST OF MINISTERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT GREEN-

BURGH,«

Install or call. Ministers. Vacated by.

Ministers f 1790, Rev. John Townley, resig. under the j 1802, Rev. Thomas G. Smith, supply, resig.

Westchester ] 1820, Rev. George Bourne, resig.

Presbytery, ^ 1825, Rev. David Remington, resig.

Sept. 19. 1820, Rev. C h est er Long, resig.

Dec. 1, is;!',', Rev. Mark Mead, resig.

1834, Rev. John White, resig.

1835, Rev. Hosea Ball, resig. July 16, 1838, Rev. George Walker, resig. Oct. 8, 1841, Rev. Sami ei. Kellogg, resig. June 10, 1843, Rev. Elias S. Soheno resig. June 20, 1852, Rev. J. L. Howell, resig. Oct. 1860, Rev. William Mickle, resig. Oct. 14,1807, Rev. Thornton M. Niven, Jr., present.

First elders of the church, Archibald Reid, George Combs and Staats Hammond. First deacons, William Brown and Isaac See.

a The Rev. John Townley died March 1st, 1S12, aged ~% years. His remains and those of nls wife and daughter, are interred in the burying ground attached to this church.

b Religious s-ic. Co. Id e. Lib. A. •->•' a second incorporation occurs May IT, I;*)*; a fourth, 6th of June. is::.-,.

« The ministers of this church have for a long time officiated alternately between the two churches of Greenburgh and White Plains

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