The Methodist Episcopal church of this place (sometimes styled the Herman Chapel) was incorporated 12th of March, 1825 ; first trustees, Joseph Wilson, Daniel Silkman, John Silkman, Aaron Silkman, Walter S. Lyons and John Brady.rf

The present pastor is the Rev. Mr. Bardin who officiates alternately at Cross River and Golden's Bridge.

The waters of the Peppeneyhek or Cross River are abundantly supplied with all kinds of fresh water fish. Near the intersection of the Cisque or Beaver Dam and Peppeneghek are situated the fishing falls.

Golden's Bridge is a small hamlet (located on the banks of the Croton) in the northwest corner of this town. It contains, a post office and a Methodist Episcopal church.

Here is a station of the New York and Harlem Railroad. The Matopac branch of which diverges at this point.

The following extracts are taken from the town books :

a The poor-master found ia the cave a small sum of money sufficient to defray her funer»l

expenses.

6 Fairfield Prob. Rec. IMS 1G56, pp. 11, 12. e County Rec., Religious Soc. Lib. B. 70. d County Rec, Religious Soc, Lib. A. 186.

THE TOWN OF LEWISBORO.

FIRST BOOK OF RECORDS IN SALEM.

April ijf/i, 1747.

At a town meeting in Salem, April 2, 1751 :

Justice Gilbert, Moderator; Jacob Wall, Supervisor ; Nathaniel Wyatt, Chik; David Webster, Countable; Peter Benedict, Sem>r; Benj. Rockwell, Sensor; Nathaniel Wiatt, Sessor; David Webster, Servicer; Nathaniel Wiat t, Servuer ; Jacob Wallet, Servuer.

"At a town meeting in Salem, 10th day of January, 1763, Resolved that the welfare of the town was endangered by one Dr. Michael Abbott, of Ridgefield, in the colony of Connecticut, who had lately come into the town with sundry other persons and had inoculated with the small-pox one Gershom Sellick, by means of which the people are greatly exposed, and put in much damages of taking the small-pox."