In 1816, the Rev. George Weller, missionary in Westchester and Putnam counties, writes to the Bishop as follows : " Since my ordination, I have been engaged two-thirds of my time at Bedford, and onethird at North Salem, &c. I have performed divine service and preached twice in South Salem, and intend occasionally to preach lectures in that town. Being centrally situated, their communicants unite with us at Bedford and North Salem. Number of communicants, eight."

According to the testimony of the late William Weston Wellman, of New Haven, the following persons had been keeping up the church organization when he arrived in South Salem about 1822. Samuel Ambler" and Benjamin Sherwood, church- wardens ; Peter Benedict, Era Mead, Daniel Jones, Timothy Jones and others, vestrymen.6

In 1852,- the Rev. Messrs. Harris, Partridge and Vermilye, entered into an arrangement by which they were enabled, besides their regular services every Sunday, to conduct services here once a fortnight. By their efforts a good congregation was gathered numbering about two hundred persons, and the Church services, were held in the beautiful grove of the late Mr. Stephen Hoyt. According to the certificate of incorporation, bearing date the 16th day of August, 1852, " the said church and congregation should hereafter be known in law by the name of ' The Rector, Church-wardens and Vestrymen of St. John's church, in the town of Lewisboro, in the county of Westchester.' The Rev. Alfred H. Partridge was elected Rector; Jonathan Beers and Isaac Hayes, church-wardens ; William H. Robinson, Samuel Field, Amos. N. Raymond, John B. Whittlock, Jr., Stephen L. Hoyt, Feris Bouton, William Lockwood and Timothy Jones, vestrymen ; and the first Wednesday in Easter week was fixed on as the day of the election ; William H. Robinson, clerk ; Timothy Jones, treasurer."''