Upon Reading ye Petition of M'' Antonides reciting another Petition formerly presented a Copy whereof is to this Petition annexted & referring thereto that the prayer thereof may be granted the liiv* Gov said he had ah-eady Determined the Matter yt he will hear nothing further tliereon.

168 PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUKTY.

ANOTHER PETITION OF KEY. MR. ANTONIDES.

To the Honble Gerardus Beekman Esq^ President and tlie

rest of her maties Council! of the Province of New

york &;c.

The humble Peticon of Vinccntius Antonides minister of tho

Dutch Reformed Protestant Churches of the towns of flatbush

flatlands & Brookland on the Island of Nassauw in Kings County.

8heweth

That whereas upon a difference in the said County a reference was had and matters Examined by a Comittee of this board & others relating to yC" Pefs right to the said Churches & upon y« report of the said Comittee being returned to this board whereby it appears that yo*" Pef^ was duly called minister to the said Churches but hitherto could not obtain a Confirmation of the said report nor Proteccon in the due Exercise of his functions there but to y^ Contrary has been forbid to preach in the said County to the great grief & dammage of yo^ Pet^

He therefore humbly prays that the said report may be Confirmed & he protected in the Exercise of his duty without molestacon in the like manner as his predecessors in tlie said Churches have enjoyed

And yo^ Pet^ as in Duty bound