At a town meeting, held the 22d of December, 1723, at the house of Gilbert Brush, innkeeper, for choosing town officers for the town of New Rochelle, in pursuance of an ordinance of the Council, appointed by the act of the Legislature, entitled an act to provide for the temporary government of the Bouihern part of this state whenever tlie enemy shall abandon or be dispossest of the same, and until the Legislature can be convened, passed 23d of October, 1779, the following town officers are elected : --

Benjamin Stephenson, Supervisor,

James Willis, Town Clerk,

James Reynolds, Constable and Collector,.

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 395

Benjamin Stephenson, ^

James Ronalds, > Assessors,

James Willis, y

David Guion, ) Overseers of the road for

James Wiliia, \ the upper quarter,

Abraham Guion, } x ♦

!•,,>,• ' > Lower quarter,

Josiah Uuion, ^ ^

Peter Flandreau, ) r* ir-

X,,- r^ ■ ' > Uamage Viewers.

tilias Guion, ) °

"The village of New Roclielle is agreeably situated on the Boston turnpike, extending to Long Island Sound on the south, where there is a convenient steamboat lauding, distant eigliteeu miles from the city of New York. It contains about 900 inhabitants, 130 dwelling houses, 1 Episcopal, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Methodist, and I Roman Catholic church ; a post office, a bank, 3 hotels, and several extensive boarding houses, 1 boarding schoo:! f jr males, and two for females, 9 stores, 2 grist mills, 1 manuflictory of printer's ink, and two carriage factories."^