In 1839 the church was repaired and new seated ; the first delegate from this parish to the Diocesan convention in 1787, was Stephen de Lancey, Esq.

^ Incorp. of Relig. Soc. Lib. A. 64.

b Hist, of Trinity Ch. N. Y. by Samuel Berrien, D. D.

c The church at New Castle having been found too much decayed for public worship, was taken down in 1839 ; from that time services have been entirely confined to Bedford.

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RECTORS OF BEDFORD.

Institution or call, Incumbents, by resi

1704, Rev. Stewart, clericus. ditto

1796, Rev. Theodosius Bartow, Presb. ditto

30lh July 1S04, Rev. George Strebeck, Presb. ditto

1S09, Rev. Nathan Felch, Presb. ditto

16th June 1S16, Rev. George Weller, Deacon, ditto

ISiy, Rev. Samuel Nicholls, Presb. ditto

12th Aug. 183S, Rev. Alfred Partridge, pr. incum.

NOTITIA .PAROCHIALIS.

1745, baptisms 14, communicants 00 1810, ditto OS, ditto 10

1815, ditto 19, ditto 24

1844, ditto 09, ditto 88

The burying ground adjoining the church contains memorials to the families of the Amblers, Guions, Olmsteds, CoUyers, Raymonds, Parks, Gardeners and Banks.

Within the before mentioned hamlet, near the junction of the Sing Sing and Bedford roads, stands the Baptist Church. The Baptist Society was first organized September 22d, 1798, seven of its members having received legal letters of dismission from the Baptist Church of Stamford, to form a new society under the pastoral charge of Elder Jones ; on the eighth of May 1802, elder Ezra Fountain was elected Pastor of this church, an office which he held with great acceptance until his death which took place November 26th, 1837. The Rev. Ezra Fountain was interred on his farm, at present occupied by John A. Miller, in this town, where a monument has been erected to his memory, which contains the following epitapth, written by himself: