History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
" I, Cauwallader Colden, Esquire, his Majesty's Lieutenant Governour and Commander in Chief of the Province of New-York, and the Territories depending thereon, in America, do institute you, Ebenezer Punderson, Clerk, Rector of the Parish Church, of Rye commonly called Grace Church, and of the Parish of Rye, including the several districts or precincts of Rye, Mamaroneck. and Bedford, in the County of Westchester, in the said Province to have the cure of the souls of the parishioners of the said Parish ; and take your cure and mine.
Given under my hand and the prerogative seal of the Province of New- TTork, at Fort George, in the City of New-Y'ork, the seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three.
C'adwallader Colden."
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOUR COLDEN'S MANDATE TO INDUCT MR. PUNDERSON INTO THE PARISH OF UYE.
"The Honorable Cadwallader Colden, Esquire, his Majesty's Lieutenant Governour and Commander in Chief of the Province of New-Y'ork, and the Territories depending thereon in America. To all and singular Rectors and Parish Ministers whatsoever, in the Province of New-York, or to Andrew Merrit and Ebenezer Kniffen, the present Churchwardens of the Parish of Rye, in the County of M'estchester, and to the Vestrymen of the said Parish, and to each and every of you, greeting : -- AVhereas, I have admitted our beloved in Christ, Ebenezer Punderson, Clerk, to the Rectory of the Parish Church at Eye, commonly called Grace Church, and of the Parish of Eye, including the several districts or precincts of Eye, JIamaroneck, and Bedford, in the County of Westchester, within this government, to which the said Ebenezer Punderson was presented unto me by the Churchwardens and Vestrymen of the said Parish, the true and undoubted patrons of the said Parish, vacant, as is say'd by the natural death of James Wetmore, the last incundient there, on or about the nineteenth day of Jlay, one thousand seven hundred and sixty ; and him, the said Ebenezer Pundei-son, I have instituted into the Rectory of the said Parish Church and Parish, with all their rights, members, and appurtenances, observing the laws and canons of right, in that behalf required and to be observed.