In 1 76 1 the Rev. Ebenezer Dibble of Stamford, Conn., who visited this part of the country, says : -- " I found a great want of a regular clergyman to officiate in these parts, to prevent confusions in religion, which hath too much obtained ; and there seems a general good disposition to the Church, if they could be favored with a settled teacher. This deficiency was in some measure supplied by the appointment of the Rev. Harry Munro to the mission of Philipsburgh in 1765; but for nearly seventy years afterwards, St. John's church, Yonkers, served the purposes of divine worship to a district which now contains seven Episcopal churches. It is more than probable that, as the last lord of the Manor was an active Churchman and also a member of the Venerable Propagation Society, some of the ministers of the county were induced to visit this part of the county even before 176 1.

St. Mary's church is beautifully located on high ground above the Hudson River, about two miles south of the village of Sing Sing, and was erected in 1850, principally at the cost of the late Rev. Wm. Creighton, D.D., and of his son-in-law, the late Rev. Edward N. Mead The whole structure cost about $7,500. Besides the lot of one acre, on which the church stands, the Rev. Founder has purchased two and a half acres adjoining, for a glebe and parsonage. The chancel arrangea O'Callaghan's Hist, of New Netherlands, Vol. II, p. 472. Note.