We the subscribers appointed a sub-committee to inspect Iheelection of militia officers for the said town, do most humbly certify, that the following persons were chosen this 24th day of August, 1775, by a majority of voices duly qualified for that purpose, agreeable to the resolutions of the honorable congress abovesaid, (viz. :)
John Oakley, Captain.
Nicholas Berrian, 1st Lieutenant. Isaac Leggett, 2d Lieutenant^ Frederick Philipse Stevenson, Ensign.
C Thomas Hunt, Committee, < James Ferris,
' Lewis Graham;
At a meeting of the freeholders and inhahitants of the town of Westchester, held 1st day of April, 17SS, being the first Tuesday in April, and the annual day of electing town officers, pursuant to an act of the legislature, passed the 14th Feb. 1787. Present, Joseph Bowne, (fcc.
The following persons were chosen for the ensuing year :
Israel Underbill, Supervisor.
John Bartow, Jr., ^
Michael Ryer, > Assessors.
Augustus Drake, )
John Bartow, Jr , 1
Israel Underliill, j
Josiah Qnimby, I ^r. , „
XT J Tu • > Trustees,
ijdward Briggs, (
Joseph Bowne, 1
Samuel Bayard. J
Cornelius Hunt, Constable.
The first settlers of Westchester, appear to liave made early provision for tlie education of the young, and the support of religion among them. This is abundantly seen in the town records. The church at this period was Congregational in its form of government, and so continued until the organization of the English Colonial Church in 1693.=^
On the 11th of February, 1680, occurs the following entry in the town books. " There was sprinkled with water by Morgan