Pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of New York relating to the incorporation of religious societies, a meeting of the congregation of Rye Church was held and a certificate of incorporation made, dated the 21st day of February, 1795, in which " the rector and two of the congregation of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the towns of Rye and White Plains, in the County of Westchester, certify that Peter Jay and John Barker were elected church wardens, and Joshua Purdy, Jr.," and seven others were elected vestrymen ; and that " the style and title shall be ' Christ's Church in the town of Rye, in the County of Westchester and State of New York.' "

An act of the Legislature having been subsequently passed " for the relief of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the State of New York," the church determined to re-incorporate under that act, and a meeting for the purpose was duly called and held, and a certificate of incorporation, dated June 7, 1796, was made and filed, by which it appears that the officers of the Rye and White Plains Episcopal Church, chosen under this incorporation, were Peter Jay and Isaac Purdy, church wardens ; and Joshua Purdy and seven others, vestrymen -- the same corporate name being retained. Under this organization the church of Rye and White Plains continued services in each town -- two-thirds in Rye and one-third in White Plains -- until 1816, when the wardens and vestrymen resolved to discontinue services at White Plains ; and accordingly such services were discontinued, although White Plains had contributed to the erection and support of the church.