I humbly pray that the Society would send them a missionary. that can preach to them in their mother tongue, and that he be desired to preach once a month in English, at Eastchester ; for I can't attend the people so often as they require, which was the

a Rec. of Wills, Surrogate's Office, N. Y.. vol. IX., p. 332-333. Mrs. .Fane Bondet, Ms wife, who was bom in France, A.D., 1054, died between 1710 and 1720.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

occasion about three years since of the hiring a Presbyterian minister, who is now removed to Bedford within the parish of Rye, of which the Rev. Mr. Jenny has undertaken the care of, with the Society's approbation. I now by the bearer received my money of Mr. Perry, about which I have been so impertinent to you, through a mistake ; and humbly beg the Society's pardon and venerate their justice, and shall not cease to pray for the blessing of God on their pious endeavors, who am, Sir, Your humble and obedient servant,

John Bartow."*

In 1723, Mr. Bartow received from the Society £10 for his extra services at New Rochelle.

Mr. Bondet was succeeded in 1724 by the Rev. Pierre Stouppe, A.M. This individual was also a native of France, and nearly related to, if not a son, of the Rev. Mr. Stouppe, minister of the French Church in London, who was sent by Oliver Cromwell in 1654 to Geneva, to negotiate in affairs relating to the French Protestants. 6 He was born in 1690, studied divinity at Geneva, and afterwards accepted a call as minister to the French Church in Charleston, South Carqlina. Here he continued until the summer of 1723, when he resigned his charge, conformed to the Church of England, and crossed the Atlantic to be ordained.