A re-organization appears to have taken place "on the 30th of May, 181 2, under the direction of a committee appointed by the Presbytery of New York, consisting of the Rev. Walter King, Philip Milledolar, D.D., and Henry Rutgers, elder." The church edifice was raised in 1815, and dedicated the same year. The land on which it stood was the gift of Mr. George Pelor, 12th of May 1814. In 1827 Samuel Bayard, of the borough of Princeton, in the State of New Jersey, and the Rev. Lewis P. Bayard,6 of the town

a Translated from the original MSS. by the Rev. Gorham D. Abbott In 1837. In April, 1764, the Rev. Jean Carle returned to Europe. Smith, the historian, writing in 1757, observes, the present minister m the French church in New York is Mr. Curie, a native ol France, who succeeded Mr. Rou, in 1754. " He bears an irreproachable character, is very intent upon his studies, preaches moderate Calv.mism, and speaks with propriety, both of pronunciation and gesture." Smith's Hist., N. Y. 194.

b The father of Lewis P. Bayard was Hon. Samuel Bayard, a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church and the author of letters on the Lord's Supper. Col. Samuel Bayard was a liberal benefactor of this church.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

of New Rochelle, trustees of Lews Pintard deceased, conveyed to the "trustees of the Presbyterian church of the town of New Rochelle, formerly known by the 7iame of tlie French church, a certain piece of land lying in the town of New Rochelle, beginning at a corner formed by the intersection of the lot of ground on which the Presbyterian church aforesaid is erected, and the old Boston road, etc."a