Bridge's account, it seems that in the winter of 1 7 fo, an attempt was made by certain persons to form themselves into a society in the neighborhood of his parish. He called them Cale's followers, or Canting Quakers. Mr. Bridge in 17 12, records his success in disputing with these people. (They could not have been true Quakers). They have never, he says, held a public meeting since in these parts. Five years afterwards, however, he writes, " The Quakers come frequently in
a Balrd'S Hist, of Hve. b Ibid.
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great nilmbers from Long Island and other places, to hold their meetings in the out parts of my parish. It is my constant care, he adds, to watch their movements, and to prevent their seducing any of my parish oners."
The Friends seem to have met with much acceptance at Mamaroneck, for they built a Friends' meeting house there in 1739, on land bought of Sylvanus Palmer. It stood opposite the Munro place, where there is still a Friends' burying ground. About 1774 this meeting house was removed to its present site."
The half year meetings of Friends in this region had been held at this meeting house in Mamaroneck. A proposition was made on the eighth day of the twelfth month (December), 1727, to remove the meeting to Rye meeting house, and discontinue the meetings at Robert Sneathings (apparently in Rye). This was done.
The first meeting-house built in Westchester County, existed as early as 1723. In that year mention is made of "The Quaker meeting-house in Westchester village." 6 A monthly meeting was appointed by the yearly meeting of Friends, at Flushing, Long Island, to be held at Westchester, New York, on the ninth day of fourth month, 1725. Not long after we hear of occasional meetings being held at Mamaroneck and Rye, in private houses.