Gabriel Lynch, Caleb IItatt, Samuel Huxt."

From these documents it w^ould appear that there was a Presb>lerian church standing here in 1727. The first ordained minister was the Rev. John Smith, D.D., who served the Presbyterian churches of Rye and nVii^e Plains, and died in the year 177 1, lea\ing flourishing congregations and commodious houses of worship in both places. His remains repose in the burying ground, near those of his wife and daughter, in the rear of the church. A plain head-stone marks the spot, and bears the following inscription under a rudely carved similitude of a cherub : --

Here lie the remains of the

REV. JOHN SMITH,

the first ordained ministers of the Presbyterian persuasion iu Rye and the White Plains, who was born in England, __ May 5, 1702,

a Memorial of ProsV)Ttcr:.\r. chnrch, White Plain?, in thr- archivps at ITartford.

6 live Kcconls r>. p. 1-^.

e Mr. Siiiiih's name app'-'irs In the record of tlie Synod ia 1753 as miuister of Rje.

546 HISTORY OF TiiE COUXTY OF ^VESTCHESTER, 3

v.'ore out with various labors,

and fell asleep in ,Icsus.

Deceased Tebruary 26tli, 1771,

aged sixty-eight years, 9 mouths, and 22 days.

By faith he lived, in faith he died,

and faith foresees a rising- day when Jesus comes,

while hope assumes and boasts liis joy among the tombs.

Oh death ! Oh grave ! where is thy victory.

"Thanks be to God that piveth us the 'victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

His brother was the Hon. William Smith. Lorenzo Sabine, E?q., i:; his ver}' valuable work on American loj'alists, says of this individual : -- " That he was Chief Justice and a member of the council of the colony, and considered to be in office in 1782. His father, the Honorab'-- William Smith, an eminent lawyer and Judge of the Supreme Court, died in 1769.