Yet notwithstanding the imperious behaviour of these our Enemies who stick not to call themselves the Established Church & us Dissenters "we can with Joy say the Cliurch hath increased very considerably both in its number of hearers & Communicants by the singular care pain and industry of our present Laborious Minister M^ Poyer who notwithstanding the many difficulties he has striiggled with has never been in the least wanting in the due execution of his Ministerial Function but rather on the contrary lias strained liimself in travelling tliro' the Parish even beyond his strength & not seldom to the prejudice of his health whicli is notorious to all tlie Inhabitants for almost 7 years last past ill all which time ]:ie has not received one farthing of his Sallary allowed liim by the laws of this Province nor any private contributions that by the nicest search w^e can find out except about £18 (this Country money) w^hich was presented to him by some of his people at his first arrival here purely on the account of the tediousness of his voyage from England & his having

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with liis Family been shipwrecked on this [Island] about one hundred miles from his Parish and at divers times since Gifts on the whole not amounting to Fifty Pounds.

*IIEV^*M^ POYER TO THE SAME.

Jamaica Octr 24th 171

Honored Sir

Tlie State of the Church in this Parish is much the same as my last gave you an account of saving that I had two new members added to it since, & baptized besides several Infants & some adult persons.