Thomas Standard, former rector of the parish, and Anne his wife. a
St. Paul's Church, Eastchester.
The chandelier and organ, were the gift of George Rapelje, Esq.
The communion silver consists of a flaggon, two chalices, and paten.
The former bears the following inscription :
St. Paul's Ch., Eastchester, N. Y.
In memory of
Mrs. Mary Gregg,
obt. Janry. 2d, 1844.
yE 71 years.
The chalices are inscribed as follows : 1st. St. Paul's Church, Eastchester, N. Y., from Mrs. John Q^uincy Adams, 1829.
2d. The gift of Frederick van Cortlandt. " St. Paul's Church, Eastchester, N. Y., A. D. 1829."
"^ On the erection of the present edifice, their badies were removed from the old church which stood near the locusts.
150 HISTORY OF THE
During the American Revolution, services appear to have been suspended here, and the congregation dispersed. At this period the church was used as an hospital, and subsequently served the purposes of a court house. The following entry occurs in the records of the court of Common Pleas. At a court of Oyer and Terminer and general jail delivery, held at the church at Eastchester, in and for the county of Westchester, on Tuesday, the l:^th day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1787. Present, the Honorable Richard Morris, Esq., Chief Justice of the (Supreme Court of Judicature, for the state of New York.
Stephen Ward, 1 t f r r^ i n^ •
, , r^ m 1- I Justices of Oyer and lermmer Jonathan G. Tompkms, . ^ , t •, t^ ,• r