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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. IV. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851. 273 words

the Bearer M: William Andrews' is a young Gentleman bread up to the Church well Recommended w" you will find by M: Achmuty' Leters and is a Relation of Mt Campble? in Schonectady Mt Achmuty is of opinion that albany & Schonectady should be butt one Living att that M*. Monrow should have it and this Gentleman he preposed for y', Town & the Mohocks I have been presse4 on by Several Gentlemen hear to Write y* honour with this Gentleman and hope you will Excuse the Liberty I take in Do itt, for thoI Love ye church very well I know I ought Nott

1 Revd Wm Anprews was a native of Ireland. He returned home in 1770, when he was ordained by the Bishop of London and appointed Missionary at Schenectady, in which place some of his relatives, it seems, already resided. Having married, inthe meantime, he entered on his charge immediately after receiving orders, to the satisfaction of his congregation. He opened a grammar school in the fall of 1771, but the labors attendant on this, with ill health & other causes mentioned in his letter (post) of 16 Aug. 1778, obliged him to relinquish this mission and sail to Virginia. Ep.

2 Danint CaMpBeLy was a native of Ireland, married a Miss SoHERMERWORN, acquired great wealth in Schenectady as a Merchant, portion of which he left to a nephew, a Dr. Campbell of London who resided in this country several ycars and then returned to England. Daniel D. Schermerhorn, one of the Members of the late Constitutional Convention, having become heir to Mr. C. has since assumed that name.