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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. 314 words

There is no church near or about New Rochellc, save one which from the one side of its bounds is three miles distant, and from the other side seven miles distant ; and divine service is no oftcner performed in it than once in a month, or twelve times in a year. Travelling is in all seasons difficult in this country, it being very rough and uneven -- full of rocks and stones, hills, valleys, creeks, loose and bad bridges. The Fall is attended with great showers, and the Winter witli ice, snow, and exceeding sharp winds.

3rd. As to the 3rd head. There is two Quaker families, three Dutch ones, four Lutherans, and several of the French. The first never assist our assemblies! the Dutch and Lutheran, on the contrary, constantly assist when divine service is performed in English - so that they may understand it-- and their children likewise have all been baptized by ministers of the Church. Only the French Dissenters have deserted it upon Mr. Moujinars, formerly one of the French ministers of New York, coming and settling, now a year ago, among us ; and 'tis also by his means and inducement, that while he j et was minister of New York, that they have built a wooden meeting-house within the time they was unprovided for -- that is, from my predecessor's death to my arrival here. The said Moulinars and followers, to the number of about one hundred persons, and the said meeting-house built by his persuasion, are the pole dissenting teacher, people, and meeting-house within New Rochelle bounds. The said Moulinars is supported partly by the contribut ions of his hearers, partly by the assistance of some of the French Dissenters of New York, who, in my predecessor's time, as well as now, have done much harm to our poor church, and always obstructed their reconciliation thereto.