twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and nine, all the then inhabitants of the said township who were members of the said French church, excepting two, unanimously agreed and consented to conform themselves and the religious worship of their said church to the liturgy and rites of the Church of England as established by law; and by a solemn act 01 agreement did submit to, and put themselves under the protection of the same; that fourteen years before, (1695), and ever since such conformity their respective ministers and pastors have been invested with Episcopal ordination and had received their principal support from the Society for Propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, etc. Fourteen years after this conformity we find Alexander Allaire conveying a certain lot of land, lying in the town of New Rochelle, unto Isaac Mercier and others for a public assembling place for the worship of God for the French Protestants inhabiting within the town of New Rochelle in the following manner :

" To ah Christian people unto whom these presents shall or may come, Alexander Allaire of New Rochelle, in the County of Westchester, in the province of New York, sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting : Know ye, that he the said Alexander Allaire, for and in consideration of the love and affection which he hath and beareth unto his brethren in Jesus Christ, Isaac Mercier, Daniel Samson and Zachary Angevin and other the members of the French Protestant congregation gathered together at New Roceelle aforesaid, according to the discipline and church government heretofore established and exercised in the Protestant Church of France, before their late persecution and destruction in that kingdom, hath granted, released, and confirmed, &c, &C, unto the said Isaac Mercier, Taniel Samson, and Zachary Angevin, all that certain lot. or tuft of ground, situate, lying and being in the town of New Rochelle aforesaid, being butted and bounded by the road or highway from the corner of Chaprou's land along the road one hundred and twenty foot, from thence northerly along the other land of the said Alexander Allaire seventy-five feet, and from thence along the line of Chaprou's laud sixty foot easterly, and from thence along the line of said land ninety foot, together with all and singular the edifices, buildings, liberties, &c, unto the said Isaac Mercier, Daniel Samson, Zachary Angevin, and their heirs for ever, for the only, sole and proper use, benefit, and behoof for a public assembling place for the worship of God, for the French Protestants inhabiting within the town of New Rochelle aforesaid, who exercise the discipline and church government according to the usages, orders, customs and directions heretofore used, practised, established and exercised in the Reformed Protestant Churches of the kingdom of France, before the last persecution and destruction of the same in the said kingdom of France, for ever, and to no other use aud purpose whatsoever ; but in case these premises shall be applied to any other purpose, then they shall immediately revert unto the said Alexander Allaire, his heirs and assignees for ever." Alexander Allaire.