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86 1686. Rev. Rudolphus Varick to the Classis of Amsterdam, 



Sept. 9th, 1686. 



" Upon the removal of Domine Tesschenmaker to Schenectady, 

 the people of Staten Island have requested me to serve the Lord's 

 Supper for them four times a year. This I have consented to do." 

 (Eccles. Rec. 2 : 922.) 



87. ^ 1688. Rev. Henry Selyns to the Classis of Amsterdam, Oct. 



loth, 1688. 



"We are glad to learn that you approve of Domine Dellius's 

 remaining at New Albany, and of the transfer of Domine Tes- 

 schenmacker (from Staten Island) to Schenectady." (Eccles. 

 Rec. 2: 957.) 



88. 1690. " We have been compelled to depose Dom. Laur, Van 

 der Bosch, called from Staten Island to Esopus." From letter 

 by Henricus Selyns, Sept. 14th, 1690. (Murphy 116.) 



89. New Rochelle's first minister was the Reverend David Bon- 

 repos, who a few years afterward removed to Staten Island. 



(Brodhead 2 : 625.) 



90. 1691. Letter of Rev. Selyns from New Netherland, June 

 5th, 1 691. Rev. Laurence van den Bosch, who had been called 

 from Staten Island to Aesopus had been deposed from his minis- 

 terial office by them. (Eccles. Rec. 2 : 1020.) 



91. 1692. Letter Revs. Selyns, Varick and Dellius to Classis of 

 Amsterdam, Oct. 12th, 1692. 



"(The churches of) Bergen, Hackensack, Staten Island and 

 Harlem have deserted us, yielding to the power of evil. They 

 say that they can live well enough without ministers or sacra- 

 ments." (Eccles. Rec. 2 : 1041-1043.) 



92. 1693. " Memorandum of all that was received by virtue of the 

 Order or Authorization for the ransom of slaves in Salee, ac- 

 cording to the special act of 1693. 



Staten Island, French Church, £3.0.0." (Eccles. Rec. 2 : 1063.) 

 93- An act for settling a Ministry and Raising a maintenance for 



them in the City of New York, County of Richmond, Westchester, 

 and Queens County. [Passed Sep. 22, 1693] " ^^r the County 

 of Richmond, 40 pounds in County Produce at money price." 

 (Col. Laws N. Y. 1 : 328.) 



