A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I
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» The fomrer parsonage was erected by the Rev. Epenetus Townsend upon the ^ebe. The church glebe is " bounded on the south by the highway leading westerly from Ridgefieid to Somers, on the east by land of Epenetus Howe, on the north by land of Benjamin B. Gray, and on the west by land of S. Howe and Charles Cable, containing six acres."
b Religious Soc. Co. Rec. Lib. A. 8.
« Ibid. Lib. A. 3.3, 73,
* This gentleman died rector of Christ Church, Nashville, Tennessee. He was
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COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 483
1816, Rev. Nathan Felch, Presb., 1820, '• Samuel Nicolls, 1829, '' Himm Jelliff, 1835, *' Alexander Fraser, 22d July, 1836, '' Benjamin Evans,
1841, " David Short,
1842, '' Albert P. Smith, 1847, ^' Nathan W. Munroe, Presb., present incumbent.
Notitla Parochialis. 1829, Communicants J7 Baptisms 1
1844, " 18 '^ 0
Upon an elevated piece of ground, on the west side of the church, is a large enclosure, in which numerous interments have taken place. Here repose the mortal remains of the celebrated Sarah Bishop, the hermitess. Also the following : --
Col. Thaddeus Crane, Erected
died to the memory of the
Sept. 1st, 1800, ■• Rev. Abraham Purdy, A, M.,
aged 71 years, 5 mo. who died at Some rs,
and 20 days. on the 7th day of August,
A.D. 1825, in the 44th year of his age.