The second ordered, "That there shall be called, inducted and established a good sufficient Protestant minister to ofiiciatc and have the cure of souls within one year next ensuing, and after the publication hereof. In the county of Westchester two ; one to have the cure of souls within Westchester, &c. ; the other to have the cure of Rye, Mamaroneck and Bedford."'^

Queen's paten and chalice.

Acts of Assembly, Pro. of N. Y. 1691 to 1725, p. 23.

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Pursuant to these acts of Assembly a town meeting was held, February 28, 1695, by virtue of a warrant granted by Justice Theal, when George Lane and John Brondig were elected churchwardens, and Jonathan Hart, Joseph Horton, Joseph Purdy, Timothy Knapp, Hachaliah Brown, Thomas Merritt, Deliverance Brown and Isaac Denham; vestrymen, the two last being chosen for Bedford.

The whole number of the appropriated precincts, belonging to the parish of Rye in 1725, were as follow ; Bedford, Scarsdale, Mamaroneck and North Castle, to which were subsequently added White Plains and Harrison.

For collecting the minister's maintenance, writs of mandamus were issued to the justices and vestries, empowering them to make a rate for raising the rector's tax.

The following are specimens of the original taxation rolls of this benefice in 1725.

Bedford, £16 2 0. Mamaroneck, £ IS 0 0. Scarsdale, £5 3 0. North Castle, £2 9 0. Total with Rye, £67 18 0.

The first inducted rector of the parish was the Rev. Thomas Pritchard. In a summary account of the state of the church in the Province of New York, as it was laid before the clergy, convened October 5th, 1704, at New York, &c., it was stated, that '' ai Rye, of which the Rev. Thomas Pritchard is rector, there is no church, but the minister preaches in the town house ; the parish is divided into three districts, viz.