In 1729 he acquaints the society " that he meets with good success in his mission, that his numbers increase, and that several of the independents have quitted that persuasion and very regularly attend divine service at his church."!' July 1st, 1738, he says "I have baptized the last half year five adults besides several children. About fifty families in the adjoining parish have requested assistance. Mr. Purdy,"^ (schoolmaster at Rye,) "teaches twenty-one children of church

a Church Rec. b Propagation Soc. Rep.

' Mr. Purdy died in 1753, and was buried on Ash Wednesday. Kep. of Fropaga= tion Soc.

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parents and fourteen dissenters, as likewise two Dutch, two Jewish and one colored child, in all forty-one. Mr. Dwight of White Plains, six n:iiles from Rye, teaches twenty-seven children, in all forty-six."

" And adds, July 15, 1740, that besides his regular duty at Rye, he officiates once a month at Stamford and Greenwich. He had also spent some days last winter in visiting sundry families in the woods. Since the 3d day of May, 1739, he had baptized one hundred and eleven children, and twenty-seven adults ; his communicants number fifty."*

Under date of September 2Sth, 1741, he observes " that by God's help the church maintains her ground notwithstanding the efforts of the sectaries in new melhodism. He had baptized within a year sixty-nine children and six adults, &c."''

In 1745 Mr. Wetmore writes " that he is fully occupied in performing duty at Rye, Scarsdale and the White Plains, and begs for an assistant to officiate under him. At Bedford and North Castle there are four hundred families, &c."c