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."''

Exertions were at once made to re-build the church. The following deed was given for the site of the new edifice by Stephen Hoyt, and Sarah, his wife: --

DEED FOR CHURCH LOT SOUTH SALEM. This Indenture made the twenty-third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two between Stephen Hoyt and Sally his wife of the town of Lewisboro, in the County of Westchester, and State of New York, para Samuel Ambler resided at that time in the village of South Salem ; died subsequently at Sncncer Towu, Columbia Couuty, New York. Benjamin Sherwood resided west of the late Timothy Jones's place.

* Testimony of Mr. Wellman to his son, Rev. Merritt II. Wellman. July, 1870. Mr. Wellman was at one tunc a warden with Mr. Ambler, and removed from Salem in 1836. Isaac Rockwell another member of the vestry resided in the old mansion, at South Salem, now occupied by Sandy Barrett. The chimnev of this house beat's the following inscription, " J. R., 1741>," the Initials of Job Rockwell, father of Isaac.