In 1792, it was again repaired; and on the 2ist of August of that year, consecrated to the service of Almighty God, under the name and title of St. John's church, Phillipsborough, by the Right Rev. Samuel Provoost. first Bishop of the State of New York. The edifice consisted of a square tower surmounted with a wooden cupola and spire, body and vestry-room in the rear.

The principal entrance Avas by a circular-headed door on the south

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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

side. There were two monumental tablets in the churcli; the first placed against the south wall, is inscribed :

To perpetuate the memory of the

REV. ELIAS COOPEK,

27 years Kector of this Church who departed this life, January 16, 1816,

aged 58 years and 11 days.

He laboured industriously to promote the

happiness of mankind

by advancing the influence of the Christian religion.

Pious without superstition, and zealous

without bigotry;

n

St. John's Ctiurcli, Yonkers, ia 1752.

a friend to the poor and an ornament to the Church, exemplary in the discharge of every relation

and professional duty,

respected and honored through life by those

who knew his virtues,

and in his death universally lamented.

This humble monument (not of his praise)

is erected l)y his faithful flock,

who knew him, loved him, au^ lament their loss,

and are desirous of recording in

this inscription,

iheir esteem, alYcclion and regret.

THE T0\\Or OF YOXKERS. 643

Tiic second, on the chancel wall, is erected