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 ?

A, I had the French church of Charleston, in South Carolina, and left it about

eighteen months ago.

a New York, MSS. from archives at Fnlnam, vol. ii. 5S2-3. (Tlawks.) ./ Dr. Vautrhan's Protectorate of Cromwell, vol. i, p. 12. '« 1654, June 1st, Mr. Stouppe came to us." Pell's Diary. Vaughan's Prot. of Cromwell, vol. ii, p. 4S6.

THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE.

Q. Have you been duly licensed by the Bishop of London to officiate as a missionary in the Government where you now are ? A\ I have been licensed by your Lordship himself. Q. How long have you been inducted into your living? A. 1 have been inducted since the month of July last.

Q. Are you ordinarily a resident in the parish to which you have been in ducted ? A. I reside constantly there.

Q. Of what extent is your parish, and how many families are there in it ?

A. The extent of it is two miles in length and three miles in breadth, and is reckoned to contain seventy families, among whom are some Presbyterians.