John Carhart, Clerk.*

The Rev. Robert Jenney, minister of Rye, writing to the Propagation Society in 1723, observes, "that he has several other townships under his charge, and that since his admission in 1722, he has baptized ten adults and fifty children ; number of conmiunicants twenty-six."'' In 1724 Mr. Jenney reported "the baptism of two adults and several children ; communicants twenty-eight. c A. D. 1725,<i the quotas of the various districts stood thus:

Rye, £34 4 0 Bedford £16 2 0

Mamaroneck 18 0 0 Scarsdale 5 3 0

North Castle £2 9 0 Mr. Jenney was removed by the Society to Hempstead, Long

a Church Rec. b Rep. of Propagation Sec. c Ibid.

d At a vestry meeting held in Rye, January I8th, 1725, " it was voted that niO« ney be raised to purchase a drum for the church."

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Island in 1726. The vacancy created by the removal, the Society proceeded immediately to fill by appointing the Rev. Mr. Colgan. Upon which we find the vestry addressing the secretary of the society as follows :

" Rev. Sir : We, the churchwardens and vestry of the parish of Rye, return our humble thanks to ye honorable Society for their pious and charitable care of this parish in providing so speedily to fill this vacancy by appointing ye Rev. Mr. Colgan for us. We conclude they have before this time been acquainted by our letters how far we had proceeded to obtain a minister, fearing the ill consequences of being left destitute ; and we hope ye honorable Society will put a favorable construction upon our proceedings, though we have given our call to the Rev. Mr. Wetmore, and he received induction immediately upon it, yet he always declared that he should submit to ye resolutions of the honorable Society, and not in any degree interfere with their determination, and though we find ye inclinations of ye people very much to have Mr.