in the Revolutionary army, to the memory

who died March 3, 1S42, of Colonel

in the 73d year of Barnardus Swartwout, jim.,

his age. a soldier of the Revolution,

born Sept. 26th .1761. deceased Oct. 8th, 1824.

In

Memory of Captain John Buckhout who departed this life April the lOih, 1785,

aged 103 years, and left

behind him when he died,

124 children and grandchildren.

There are vaults in the yard belonging to the Paulding, Brown, Beeckman and Brush families.

The Dutch church at Sleepy Hollow appears to have been first organized in 1697, for the ancient books are still extant, containing the names of members at that early date. We have previously shown that the present edifice was erected in 1699.

Prior to the year 1771, this society (like the rest of the Dutch churches in the colony of New York,) was under the supervision of the Classis of Amsterdam, the latter body being subordinate to the Synod of North Holland. In the contest concerning the substitution of the English for the Dutch preaching cir. 1764, the members of this church took an active part, some supposing that by the suppression of the last it would necessarily involve in course of time the loss of the doctrines, the mode of worship, the government, nay even the very name of the church itself. The Rev. Mr. Johannes Ritzema, at this time the stated supply at Sleepy Hollow, uniformly acted throughout this trying period, as the friend of the English party. Upon the formation of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America, in 177], this church was decreed to belong to the Assembly