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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I

Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848. 290 words

It is at present connected with the Bedford Presbytery. This church appears to have been first incorporated upon the 25th of April, 1790, on which occasion, John Martine, Elijah Tompkins, Archer Read, Thomas Almond, and Abraham Odell were elected trustees."'^

LIST OF MINISTERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT GREENBURGH.c

Instal or call. Ministers. Vacated by.

Ministers C 1790, Rev. John Townley, resig.

under the J 1802, Rev. Thomas G. Smith, supply, resig.

Westchester ' 1820, Rev. George Bourne, resig.

Presbytery, [^ 1825, Rev. David Remington, resig.

Sept. 19, 1826, Rev. Chester Long, resig.

Dec. 1, 1832, Rev. Mark Mead, resig.

1834, Rev. John AVhite, resig.

» The Rev. John Townley died March 1st, 1812, aged 72 years. His remains and those of his wife and daughter, are interred in the burying ground attached to this church.

I Religious Soc. Co. Rec Lib. A. 22, a second incorporation occurs 17 May, 1808 ; a fourth, Cth of June, 1835.

c The ministers of this church have for a long time officiated alternately between the two churclies of Greenburgh and While Plains.

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, 1835, Rev. Hosea Ball, resig.

July 16, 1838, Rev. George Walker, resig.

Oct. 9, 1841, Rev. Samuel Kellogg, resig.

June 10, 1843, Rev. Elias S. Schenck. present minister.

First elders of the church, Archibald Reid, George Combs and Staats Hammond. First deacons, William Brown and Isaac iSee.

CHURCH MEMORANDA.

A. D. 1836, Communicants, 97 ; Baptisms, 2. A. D. 1847, ditto, 65.

In the cemetery of the Presbyterian Church rest the remains of Isaac Van Wart, one of the three captors of Major John Andre. A marble monument consisting of a base and pyramid is inscribed on its four sides, with the following epitaph :