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

shall ever pray &c

V. Antonides New Yorke

April 12th 1710.

PETraON OF THE SHERIFF AND JUSTICES OF KINGS CO. IN FAVOR OF DOM^ ANTONmES.

To the Honble Gerardus Beekman Esq*" President and the rest of her maties Council! of the Province of New York &c. The humble Petition of the Justices of the Peace k high Slierif of Kings County on the Island of Nassauw --

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Sheweth

That for some years past there hath been a great difference in tiie said County concerning the right of the ministerial! function ■■ of tlie Dutcli Reformed Protestant Churches of flatbush flatlands & Brookiand which M^" Antonides claimed as being thereunto called by the Consistory of the said Towns & M^" Freeman pretended to by a Ly cense from some of the former Gov^s of this Province; that the said difference hath been examined by a Comittee of this board & others & by a Report from the major part thereof remaining of record it was found that M"" Antonides was duely called minister of the said Chui'ches according to their Constitucon, the Confirmacon of which they humbly conceive would have entirely ended the said difference but in stead thereof yo^ Pet" find that contrary to the same the late Liev' Govr by his orders dated the EUeaventh of Octobr last has not only entirely given away the said Churches to M^ Freeman but aUso has forbidd M^^ Antonides to preach in the said Count)^ & by what Law yo^ Pet" are yet ignorant of comanded yo"* Pefs to be aiding & assisting to the said M^ fii-eeman to the prejudice of the said M"" Antonides and the ancient rights of the s^ Churches & the hasarding the peace & tranquility of the said County.