A dL'iu; Mnnr (ipir. vested gu. ruaified nmud the collar witli two bars or, tied rouinl the wai5t with a ribtxdi ar. wreathed about ti. j head ar. and gu. holdiut; in his dc.\ter hand a gem-rms nf the third.

'■ This reini'tcrv (which i.-i doabtltss a public o e) coataining about Uaif an acre of laud, \s claiiii! d by J'jhii J. lioak aud Asa Adams.

THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN. 665

Here lies interred

the body of

JOSEPH HUGUSON,

the son of

. Nathaniel HcansoN,

Bora Feb. the 16th day, 1744,

Departed this life June the 30th day, 1759,

Aged 15 years, 4 months

and 2 -vreeks.

In memory of

JEMIMA FERRIS,

wife of

Geoki.e Fekeis,

■who was bora April Sth, 17G0,

and depui ted this life

ila-ch 14th, 1S06,

Aged 39 years, 1] months

and 6 days.

Hall siaful mortal read this lay The tyre of thy sliurt (•uUiiis'day, For lu, tUy ilosii devored must Ere loug rciuin to native Uust,

This parish was first organized under the ministrations of the Rev. James Wetmore, of Rye, and the Rev. Ebenezer Dibblee, of Stamford, Conn. Episcopal services, we are assured, were held at the village of Crompond, in Vorkto^m, at a very early period b> the former gentleman who was not wanting in his endeavors to promote the interest of true religion among the inhabitants ; but his advanced age and their distance prevented his being so very sociable, as otherwise he might have been. In 1762 !Mr. Dibblee, who had occasionally performed services at Crompond, and St. George Talbot, Esq., in company visited this place. The former described the people at that time, '"as sheep without a shepherd, a prey to various sectaries and enthusiastic lay teachers." He also says "that he found here many well wishers and professors of the Church of England, who told him they had not heard the Liturgy in several years." About 1774, a site was given by John Schuyler, Esq.,« for the erection of an Episcopal Church at Crompond in the vicinity of where the Congregational Meeting House stood ; but the troubles consequent upon the breaking out of the Revolutionary war put an end to the enterprise, and the deed of gift has been withheld ever since.