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.

From 1816 to 1823 only occasional services were held at White Plains by the neighboring clergy, and when, in 1824, it was proposed to organize a church, there was not one male communicant in the place, and only four or five females were church members.

WHITE PLAINS.

Notwithstandiug such discouraging circumstances, it was deterniinefl to organize a church, and accordingly, upon the 22d of March, 1824, a church was incorporated under the title of " Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, White Plains," with Richard Jarvis and Alan McDonald as church wardens ; William Purdy, John Horton, Gilbert Hatfield, James Dick, Alexander Fowler, Joshua Horton, William Bulkley and James D. Merritt, vestrymen ; and the same year the Rev. William C. Mead was elected rector, and proceedings were instituted for the erection of a church edifice.