Hawkins) was a simple-minded, conscientious man, who continued for seven and thirty years faithfully to discharge the duties of his mission. During this long incumbency, the number of his communicants had been raised from thirty-three to eighty."0
a Printed abstracts of Ven. Prop. Soc, from 24th Feb., 1759, to 23d Feb., 1S59. i New York MSs. from archives at Fnlham, vol. Ii. p. 273. (Hawks.) c Missions of the Church of England, by Ernest Uawklns, B. D.
THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE.
His remains were also interred beneath the chancel of the old French church at New Rochelle, where he had served so faithfully, here to await the morn of the resurrection, and to receive, we trust, the eulogy of the gospel, " Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
In a postscript to a letter from Mr. Barclay to the Secretary, dated New York, December 10th, 1760, he says: ,"Mrs. Magdalene Stouppe, the widow of the late missionary, desired me to recommend her to the Venerable Board, hoping to receive their usual bounty."
The Rev. Andrew Fowler, in his MSS. Biographies of the Clergy, says of Mr. Stouppe, that " he was a worthy clergyman, and greatly beloved by his congregation. When I read prayers and sermons in that place (New Rochelle) in 17S4 and 1785 and 1786, as a layman, I heard him often spoken of in the highest terms of respect by some very aged people, upon whose veracity I could depend." a