Samuel Seabury, rector of the parish of Westchester.^ During the American revolution the church must have been closed, for the congrega^ lion was much scattered.

Shortly after the treaty of peace the church was again organized under Mr. Theodosius Bartow as a lay reader. Mr. Bartow continued his services in this capacity until January 27, 1790? when he was admitted to deacons' orders by Bishop Provoost.c

* For the immediate successors of Michael Houdin see catalogue of ministers.

b Propagat. Soc. Rep.

c Mr. Bartow was ordained priest October, 1790. The salary at this period amounted to :C30 per annum, and appears to have beeu paid for many years by Lewis Pintard, Esq_.

420 HISTORY OF THE

A definite invitation appears to have been given to Mr. Bartow soon after bis ordination, by which he became minister of the parish. a The church having been without a minister fourteen years. Occasional services, however, may have been held during that time. The following memorandum is preserved among the Guion papers, entitled

" Memorandum of the collection in the church by Peter Shute. The Jirst collection was May 17th, 1792."^

May 17, collected SJ

May 24, " 12 6

Mr. Burtow continued minister of the church imtil June, 1819, when ho resigned the ofice. His long service of more than thirty years, is still cherished with grateful remembrance.^^ Mr. Bartow's remains repose in the grave-yard on the west side of the church.

The Rev. Lewis P. Bayard was elected minister of the parish, August, 1821, and resigned in 1825. ^ "It is but a short time since that he rested from his labors, having died at the Island of Malta, on his return from the Holy Land, September 2d, 1840."^ During the incumbency of Mr. Bayard, the present church edifice was erected (in 1821) on the site of the first Huguenot church, and consecrated the same year by the Right Rev.