The principal object of this society was to send clergymen to the colonies; " and the society to earnestly request and beseech all persons concerned that they recommend no man out of favor or affection or any other worldly consideration ; but with a sincere regard to the honor of Almighty God and our blessed Saviour, as they tender the interest of the Christian rehgion and the good of men's souls."*^

The first Rector of the parish of Westchester and precinct of Yonkers was the Rev. John Bartow, who received his license from the Bishop of London in 1702. The same year upon his arrival here, he was inducted by the commission of his Excellency Governor Cornbury.

In 1703 Rev. John Bartow commenced his services within this precinct. September 5, 1708. he A^-rites to the society that he occasionally preached at Yonkers, where the population was then 250 souls. "^

In 1 7 13, the Propagation Society founded a charity school for the education of children in this town. The same year ^5 per annum is granted to a schoolmaster at Yonkers, where there is a large congregation of Dutch and English, for instructing the younger sort of both nations in the catechism and liturgy, provided he can produce a certificate of his teaching thirty children. In that summer A. D. 17 19, Mr. Jones was allowed fifty shillings for teaching children to read at Mile Square.

a Acta of Asjsembly passed in the province of N. T. from 1C91 to 1725, p. 23.