This individual was called away whilst in the morning of life from the field of his earthly labors to reap an eternal reward, A. D. 1793. His tombstone bears the following simple inscription.

76 HISTORY OF THE

•• ' In Memory

of. the

'' .' Rev. Mr. David Foote,

. ^ . late Pastor of Rye and White Plains,

who departed this life the first of August,

1793,

aged 32 years.

: • , . Blessed are the dead who

. *• > • . die in the Lord.

The Rev. John J. Sands was called to and accepted the rectorship in 1793, For the successors of Mr. Sands, see the list of rectors.

At a meeting of the rector, wardens and vestrymen, held in 1794, it was resolved to substitute the title C/irisi instead of Grace, by which the church had heretofore been distinguished.

The principal benefactors to this parish have been the Hon. Caleb Healhcote, St. George Talbot, Esq , Ann Jay.^ sister of the Hon. John Jay, and the wardens and vestry of Trinity Church, New York.b

Christ Church, Rye, was incorporated on the 12th of March, 1796. Peter Jay and John Barker, churchwardens, Joshua Purdy, Sen., Roger Piu'dy, John Haight, Thomas Carhart, Gilbert Hatfield, Roger Purdy, Jonathan Horton and Jonathan Purdy, vestrymen. c A second incorporation occurs on the 18th of June following.

The present glebe was purchased by the vestry in 1794. Upon it a neat parsonage has been erected. To Christ Church, Rye, is attached St. Peter's chapel at Portchester.