Colonel Caleb Heathcote writing to the secretary of the Propagation Society iu 1705, observes, "that there is no parish in the government but what is able to pay twice as much as they do. For Rye parish, which is not by one-half so large as the least parish established by law in the government here, since my living here, maintained two dissenting ministers, viz. one at Rye and Mamaroneck, and one at Bedford, and gave the former £50, and the latter £40, a year."a
A LIST OF MlXISTEllS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, RYE.
Instal or call. Ministers.
16S1. Rev. Peter Prudden.
1677. - Rev. Tliomas Denham.
cir. 1684. Rev. John Woodbridge.
1688. Rev. John Bowers.
Christ Church, Rye, is agreeably situated upon rising ground, overlooking the village and vale of Blind brook.
The building itself is a plain edifice of wood, surmounted with an embattled tower, and a small vestry-room attached to the rear.
See Scarsdaie, for Ileathcote's letter.
COUNTY OF \YESTCIIESTER.
Chrisl Church, Eye.
Its interior consists of the nave, two aisles, gallery and chancel. On the north side of the latter there is a neat monumental tablet, erected
In memory of ' '
W I L L I A M T H 0 M P S 0 N, . • ' . ^
Rector . ' ' >/■
of Christ Church at Rye, . ,
A native of Enniskillen, ' "v-
Ireland. •'•'■-
Ordained April, 1820, Appointed to the charge of this Parish, September, 1823, Died August 26, 1830. "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace." -- Psalm xxxvii. v. 37. Erected by his affectionate Widow.