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. At Christmas, 1723, he was admitted to holy orders by the Rt. Rev. Edmund Gibson, D.D., the then Lord Bishop of London, and licensed to officiate as a missionary in the Government of New York. At the same time he was appointed the Venerable Society's missionary to New Rochelle, with a salary of ^50 per annum. In July, 1724, he received his commission from Governor Burnet. He proved very acceptable to his flock because he could preach in French, which language, only, most of them understood. In 1724, the Society's Abstracts says that " Mr. Stouppe's congregation is much increased since his arrival, and that the number of his communicants is thirty-eight."

REV. PETER STOUPPE'S ANSWERS TO THE QUERIES OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON. [queries to be answered by evert minister.]

New RocnEiXE, 1724, the I2t?i October. Q. How long is it since you went over to the plantations as a missionary ? A. Your Lordship knows that I went over as a missionary but since the Jast spring.

Q. Have you had any other church before }rou came to that which you now possess ; and if you had, what church was it, and how long have you been removed ?