That on tlie twelfth day of June, in tlie Year of our Lord one Thousand seven liundred and nine, all the then Inhabitants of the said Township, wlio were Members of the said Frencli Church, excepting two, unanimously agreed & Consented to Conform themselves, in the Religious worship of their said Church, to the Liturgy and Rites of the Church of England as Established by Law, and by a Solemn Act or Agreement, did submit to and put themselves under tlie protection of, the same.
Tliat fourteen Years before, and ever since such Conformity, their, respective ministers and pastors, have been Invested vnth holy Orders by Episcopal Ordination; and liave received their principal support, from the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign parts; and that divine Service since tlie said Conformity, hath constantly been performed in tlieir said Church, Agreeal)]e to the llitesand Liturgy of the Church of England as by Lnw Established, two Sundays out of three in the French Tongue, and every third Sunday in English, for the Instruction of such of the Inliabitants, as frequented the said Chui-ch and were Ignorant of the French Language.
And the Petitioners farther shew imto your honour, that their said Church is at present greatly decayed and out of repair; and their Minister or pastor but Indifferently provided for & altlio' the Petitioners are sincerely disposed to make a suitable provision for both; yet the Petitioners cannot accomplish this good design, unless by being Incorporated, they may become Enabled to receive apply and improve, the Donations and Contributions that may be Collected among themselves; ai.d given for that purpose by otlier pious and Cliaritable people.