To all Christian people unto whom these presents shall or may come, Alexander Allaire of New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester, in the province of New York, sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting : Know ye, that he the said Alexander Allaire, for and in consideration of the love and affection which he hath and beareth unto his brethren in Jesus Christ, Isaac Mercier, Daniel Samson and Zachary Angevin and other the members of the French Protestant congregation gathered together at New Rochelle aforesaid, according to the discipline and church government heretofore established and exercised in the Protestant Church of France, before their late persecution and destruction in that kingdom, hath granted, released, and confirmed, &c., &c., unto the said Isaac Mercier, Daniel Samson, and Zachary Angevin, all that certain lot or tuft of ground, situate, lying and being in the town of New Rochelle aforesaid, being butted and bounded by the road or highway from the corner of Chapron's land along the road one hundred and twenty foot^ from thence northerly along the other land of the said Alexander Allaire seventyfive feet, and from thence along the line of Chapron's land sixty foot easterly, and from thence along the line of said land ninety foot, together with all and singular the edifices, buildings, liberties, &c., unto the said Isaac Mercier, Daniel Samson, Zachary Angevin, and their heirs for ever, for the only, sole and proper use, benefit, and behoof/or a public assembling place for the worship of God, for the French Protestants inhabiting within the town of New Rochelle aforesaid, who exercise the discipline and church government according to the usages, orders, customs and directions heretofore used^ practised, established and exercised in the Reformed Protestant Churches of the kingdom of France, before the last persecution and destruction of the same in the said kingdom of France, for ever, and to no other use and purpose whatsoever ; and in case these premises shall be applied to any other purpose, then