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The Church of England Parochial organization in West Chester County in its relation to the JIanorx therein. In England the Boundaries of a Parish and a Manor were often coincident, and in the very earliest times this was generally the case. Later a Manor, often embraced more than one Parish. Sometimes a Parish contained within its limits two or more Manors or parts of Manors, and lands non Manorial. In New- York the latter was the case. In the County of W^estchester the Parishes erected, in 1()93 by an act of the Legislature were, the " Parish of Westchester," and the "Parish of Rye." The former included Westchester, Eastchester, Yonkers and the Manor of Pelham, the latter Rye, Mamaroneck, and Bedford.'' These divisions were termed the " Precincts" of these Parishes. The Parish of Westchester included the three Manors of Pelham, Morrisania, and Fordham, with the lower part of Philipfcburgh. The "Ten Farms," as Eastchester was originally termed, were separated from the mother Parish and erected on the petition of its people into a Parish by itself in the year 1700, under a special act of the Legislature, "by the name and stile of The Parish of Eastchester in

= Laws of the 17th Session A.D. 1794, p. 5. 3 11. Bradford, 19-20.'

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

the County of Westchester." ^ The " Parish of Rye" included the Manor of Scar&dale, and the non-manorial lands of Rye and Bedford.

Later Yonkers was taken from Westchester, and made a Parish by itself. It M'as the only Parish €ntirely embraced within the limits of a Manor, being wholly included within the boundaries of Philii^seburgh as they are described in the Manor-Grant of that Manor. New Rochelle was taken out of the Manor of Pelham and eventually made a Parish by itself, though it long continued a Precinct of the Parish of Westchester.