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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 257 words

The church edifice being located on the extreme limit of the village, a new society was organized and incorporated October 20, 1834, under the name or title of " The Trustees of the Second Methodist Episcopal Church in White Plains, Westchester County,'" and a house of worship was erected on the central part of Broadway.

On the 13th of April, 1871, some of the members of the First Church united with those of the Second Church in forming a new society, which is in a prosperous condition. The name was changed from the "Second" to "The Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church of White Plains," * and a commodious house of worship was erected on Railroad Avenue.

White Plains was embraced in the New Rochelle Circuit from the time of its organization, in 1787, until 1832, and the ministers on the circuit were as follows :

Samuel i}. Tall.ot 1787

I IVti-r Jlot iai t.v 1788

f PetiM- Mm-iai ty mid Samuel Sinitli 1789

I William Phii lais, M. Swaiu ami J. Brush 1790

Jaculjl'.rusli.T. Kveiaid aud T. I.ovell 1791

.lames Bell and Benjamin Fisler 1792

Peter Moriarty and Daviil Valleau 1793

Sylvester Hutcliinsim, Peter Moriarty and D. Denuis . . . 1794

Tlionia.-i \V(iolsey, .\Uiert Van Kostrand and .Taci)l) Perkins 1793

! Joseph Tiitteu, Havid Brown and Kzekiel t'aidfieUI .... 1796

Daviil Brown, .John Wilson and .John Baker 1797

1 Joseph Totten and John Clark 1798

i .John Clark, Timothy Dewey ami Epenetus Kibby . . . . 1799

David Brown, John Wilson and Elijah Chichester .... 18(10