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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. 281 words

His aOictions were numerous and deep felt, yet vras he comforted.

His heart, its confidence

Reposecl in God, its stren<;th -ind shield,

The pat!i3 c-f death in glory shine,

V/hen saints tiie call ohe)',

A light from Heaven, an arm divine,

Are with them on the way.

Here lies the mortal remains of

"WRIGHT POST,

during many years eminent as

physician and surgeon

in the city of New York,

he was distinguished for sound judgment,

practical skill and unwearied diiigeuco ia

Lis profession, and for modest, dijniiled and

mild deportment in all the walks of life ;

an enlightened and attached member of the

Protestant Episcopal Church,

he was for many years a vestryman

of Grace Church

in the city of Nev,' York,

- and for several years its souior warden.

OverpUcd by professional labours,

his feeble frame gradually gave way

to the attacks of pulmonary consumj)tion.

He retired from the city to his country seat

in this neighborhood, and after a rcsidt^nce

of a few weeks, he departed this life

in full possession of his mental faculties,

at peace with the world,

and a devout hope of acceptance

yrith God, through faith in the merits of

Jesus Christ.

Ho died June 14, 1S23,

aged 62 ycnrs, 3 montha

and rC days.

There arc also memorials in the yard, to members of the Kunt, Doty. E::;<.ter, Bartow, Lewis, ArJen, FinJlay, Tucker, Reed, Burnett, Holsmaa

404 HISTORY OF THE COUXTV OF WESTCHESrER.

and Wright families, Sec, besides vaulte belonging to the families of Timpson, Adee and Ludlow, &c. Near the Episcopal grave-yard, i-i situated the Ferris burj-ing-ground,"' which contains the family vaults of Benjamin Ferris, and numerous head-stones to the Pell family.