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668 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

age as barracks and store houses, during the Revolutionar)' war." T.'-.j appropriation, however, was never made by Congress.

The present edifice'^ is constructed of wood, presenting in front a lofty colonnade, above which rises a neat tower, finished with a rich cornice and pinnacles, in which is a large bell weighing over 600 lbs., inscribed as follows :

"Cast 1iy J. n. Thompson, New York, 1S23."

The Rev. Samuel Sackett, first pastor of this society, was the son of the Rev. Richard Sackett, minister of the second society of Greenwich in 1 71 7, who graduated A.M. at Yale College, in 1709, and died in 1727.

Presbyterian Cliiircli, CromponO.

iHe was installed pastor of the Bedford society in 1743, and chargtx! -with the occasional supply of Salem and Cortlandt manor.

In 1747, Crompond obtained his services for half his time, and in December, 1749, he was released from his labors here and gave ti-.c whole of his time to Bedford. In 1753, he resigned the care of tl-.c church in Bedford and settled at once over the church of Hanover, and again he appears to have gone back to Bedford, was dismissed April ist, 1760, and the next year was installed again in Crompond. Mr. Sackett had a great deal of trouble v.-ith his brethren in the Presbytery. He differed widely with them, in both the doctrine and government of the Brcsbyterian church. On the whole he preached for twenty years lierc, and