Fowler,) who read prayers and sermons from 1781 until 1786, and at the same time had the charge of a school in this place. Mr. Fowler was the eldest child of Andrew Fowler, of Guilford, Conn., (who was born there August 1728,) by his wife Martha Stone, (who was born August 1737, and died in 1794.) Andrew Fowler, sen., who was a lineal descendant of John Fowler, one of the original planters of Guilford in 1639-40, died Oct. 18, 1815. The Rev. Andrew Fowler died at Charleston, S. C, Dec. 29th, 1850. Mr. Fowler was succeeded by Mr. Bartow, as a lay reader, who continued his services in this capacity until he received holy orders.

The Rev. Theodosius Bartow was the son of Theodosius Bartow, second son of the Rev. John Bartow, first rector of the parish of Westchester, and by his mother Bathsheba Pell, a lineal descendant of John Pell, second lord of the Manor of Pelham. He was born at Westchester, in this County, A.D., 1 747, where he received his early education. In 1 7S6, as we have seen, he succeeded Mr. Fowler as a lay-reader. In 1788, at a Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New York, held in the city of New York, on Wednesday, November 5th, 1788, it was resolved, -- "That thethanksof the Convention be returned to Mr. Bartow, for his services as a reader in the Episcopal church at New Rochelle, that the Convention consider him as eminently useful to the Church in that situation and wish him to continue therein ; and as they have the highest sense of his zeal for religion, and just respect for his moral character, they would recommend his application to such studies as may qualify him for holy orders, in conformity to the Constitution of the Church ; and that a copy of these resolutions be delivered to Mr.