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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. 404 words

HISTORY OF THE COTJXTY OF WESTCHESTER.

inches, together -tvitli the said church or edifice and the hereditaments and appurtenancus thereunto beloujin?. but excepting and reserving thereout tlie t wo \::-ia. hereafter mentioned. I'o have and to hold the said premises hereby intendi'd t . be conveyed to the said parties of the second part, their successors and a5^i■-.• forever, but nevertheless on the conditions and subject to the stipulations an.l covenants herein contamed; that is to say, first, that the said church or cdihcshall be devoted to the worship of God according to the rites and ceremonies i.l the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and shall !• t be used for any other purpose. Second, that such of the pews in the said chnrci: as are marked in the plan hereto annexed with the word Free, shall never be ?oM or rented, but shall remain free ; so that all persons coming to the said church to worship therein may freely occupy and use the same. Third, that none of the pe\\3 within the said church or edifice shall ever be sold, but that all except those intended to be used free as aforesaid, may be rented for terms not exceedinu* three years ; and that the rents arising therefrom shall be forever applied for the support of the rector or minister for the time being who shall officiate in the said church, and for no other purpose except for necessary repairs of the said church, and for fuel and other necessar}" ex|iensos for the services of the same. xUid whereas a vault hath been constructed which is under the said church, and in which are interred the remains of the mother of the said Gouvemeur Morris and whereas tliere is another vault within the boundaries above described, but not beneath the said church, in which are interred the remains of the father of the said Governeur 3Iorris and of others of his famih- -- now it is hereby declared that each of the said vaults, and the ground whereon they are built, is hereby reserved and excepted from the above grant and conveyance, (and it is one of the express conditions of this conveyance,) that the said Gouverneur jlotxis, his heirs and assigns, shall at ail times have access to the said two vaults with the privillege of opening and using the same for the burial of their dead.