Many are often coming over to us and I am assured more would, were there according to their desire a Minister of the Chm-ch of England to preach to them in this Town every Lord's day.

But this I leave to the consideration of tlie lion^'^e Society and hope they will be pleased to consider my necessities and administer a little comfort to me in my troubles.

I pray God to bless guide preserve and keep my most honored Patrons may they be enabled to send out many faithful Labourers into Christ's Vineyard & amply rewarded fur all their pious and good deeds. This is what offers at present from

Your most liumblc Scrv^

' ' Tnos POYEB

PAPERS PtELATING TO CHITRCHES IN QUEEJSS COUNTY. 277

* THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH' OF ENGLAND IN JAMAICA LONG ISLAND TO THE SAME.

Extract.

FEBRUAHY6th 1716

Honored Sir

We humbly pray leave to lay before our Honbie Patrons a true state of the case of the Church here and tliat as briefly as the nature of the thing will beai\

The Independents here being the most numerous do annually choose the Church Wardens & Vestry out of those of their own persuasion who are the most inveterate against the Church, every freeholder having a vote by Virtue of an Act of Assembly for settling the Ministry made in the year 1693 in whicli act there is a clause empowering them to call a Minister, the act also provides that such a Minister shall be inducted & established to entitle him to the'Salary of J£60 per annum given by the same Act.