is extremely well liked of and spoken of by his parishioners in general."

The following items are taken from the town records : "At a meeting of the jaslices of the vestry the 6th of Maich, 1704-5, John WiUiams late constable for the year 1703, appears with a receipt from Mr. John Bartow, bearing date the 5th of March, 1704, for the snm of £26 10, which is the full quota for the minister's rate in Westchester.

At a meeting of the justices, churchwardens and vestry of the parish of Westchester, Easlchester, Yonkers and the manor of Pelham, this 12th of December, 1706, in obedience to his excellency the governor's order, (fcc, present,

Justices.

John Hunt, Capt. John Drake and Major Wm. Willett.

Vestrymen.

Capt. Oliver Bayley, Henry Fowler, Sen.,

Lieut. Joseph Drake, Samuel Ferris,

Thomas Pell, Jeremiah Fowler.

It is voted and agreed upon by the justices and vestry aforesaid, that the parisA church in Westchester, shall be finished, that is to say, to seal the sides up to the wall plates, and lay a board floor, and make two new door cases, with doors and window shuts for the windows in said church, the upper windows excepted ; and whereas, Jeremiah Fowler and Isaac Irehii, presenting themselves to do said work, the justices and vestry have agreed with them to do said worke for £17, in good current money of New York, provided, that as soon as they have laid the under floor and made the doors, and door cases and windowshuts, they shall be paid to the value of said work, and the renminder of said £17, at the finishing thereof. The justices and vestry to find bords, and nails and hinges.