The population of Westchester was about 553, that of Eastchester 400, who, being Presbyterians, obtained an act by which they were formed into a separate parish, and ob' tained a minister of their own persuasion, but on Mr. Bartow's comino[ among them " they were so well satisfied with the liturgy and doctrine of the church, that they forsook their minister and conformed to the Church of England.''^

The following memoranda occurs in the vestry book of St. Peter's Church, Westchester.

January 12ih, 1702. *'It was resolved by the justices and vestrymen, that there shall be raised £50 for the minister's mainte-

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nance, and poor of the parish, (the quota furnished by Eastchester Avas £7 13^.) to be paid unto the church wardens at or before the 15th of December, next ensuing." The name of Joseph Drake appears in the Ust of vestrymen.

On the same occasion, Edward Avery late constable of Eastchester produced a receipt from the Rev. John Bartow, for the minister's rale in the year 1703, stating that he had paid Mr. Bartow the sum of seven pounds thirteen shillings, for his collecting.*

On the 23d of December, 1707, it was resolved to raise the sum of five pounds towards purchasing boards for Eastchester church. b

In 1703 Capt. John Drake and Edmund Ward were appointed to go to New York to ask concerning the settling the minister according to a warrant granted by General Heathcoate, for the good of the county.c