In his letter of November 1 6th, he writes : -- "That the people do regularly attend divine service at all seasons, that the last time he had thirty-six at the Holy Communion. That in the last year he hath baptized 11 white .children, and 4 blacks."

The subjoined extract from a letter of Leonard Lispenard, and other inhabitants of New Rochelle to the Reverend Mr. Orem, dated New Rochelle, December 1st, 1742, shows that some of the former were disaffected to Mr. Stouppe. But whether its authors were members of the Church or not, is very uncertain :

" I went to Mr. Lispenard's who lives in ye place to enquire concerning the inhabitants of it, who reckoned up with 80 families in the boundaries of the place, 34 of which were such as understood no French, 24 were Calvinists, and only 4 persons which are from old France, that come to ye Church of England, and they are very ancient people; wherefore I and a great many others are of opinion, that although the place is so situated that there seems to be an absolute necessity for a minister, yet we humbly conceive, he needs not be a Frenchman, nor be ordered to read and preach in French, considering how things are circumstanced at present. I and several others, therefore, entreat you to condescend so far as to represent our case truly, as I have done to you, either to Mr. Bearcroft or any other gentleman whom you think has interest enough to procure us a minister in Mr. Stouppe's stead, who the English complain has disappointed them very much since I have been to England, and for 9 weeks together, never repeated the service of the Church in English ; but was either sick or gone to New York, or made some excuse always on the Sunday when he should have preached in English.""