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remained 'til 171 7, when the infirmities of age compelled him to 

 give up his charge. The other French church in 1680 was at 

 Stony Brook on the road to Perth Amboy, not far from Oude 

 Dorp. Here the preaching was not exclusively French, for 

 Dutch ministers are found in charge of it. Among others, we find 

 in the records of many baptisms, the name of the Rev. Guilliaume 

 (William or Gilliam) Bertholf, who was pastor of the churches 

 of Aququanonk (Passaic) and Hackensack in New Jersey, from 

 1694 to 1724." (Van Pelt 2 : 462.) 



IV. FRESH KILLS SETTLED BY FRENCH HUGUENOTS 



1660. Fresh Kills settled by French Huguenots 



is the inscription on the tablet. 



1662. 15th of July 1662, Director Stuyvesant wrote in letter 

 to the Directors in Holland, " 6 men on Staten Island for the 

 safety of the few inhabitants there." (Col. Doc. 13: 223.) 



1664. August 4th, 1664, Director Stuyvesant wrote to the Di- 

 rectors in Holland, " You seriously recommend us. to treat with 

 kindness the French families, which were to arrive here from Ro- 

 chelle and from St. Martin, to allot to them good parcels of land 

 and assist them in every way. . . . Seven or eight persons of that 

 nationality came over for that purpose by the last ship . . . and 

 being most pleased with Staten Island some of them, among them 

 one Jean Collyn, addressed themselves to us and he said, for the 

 better promotion and speedier execution of the plan, they had re- 

 solved that he should return in person by one of the ships and re- 

 port to the others." They wanted a good French preacher sent 

 over. (Col. Doc. 14: 554, 555-) 



1676. March 1676. A considerable number of surveys for 

 obtaining patents for land were filled on the above date ; usually 



for 90 or 180 acres, " lying at y® south of y" Fresh kill upon 



Staten Island." 



The names of these applicants are, Francis Sheartree, Richard 

 Cornewell, Samuel Leete, Christopher Hoagland, Hans Christead, 



Carston Jonson, Jon : Edsall, Georg : Corbet, Jon : Sharpe, Henry 



Newton. Richard Stillwell, and Tho : Berryman. (Calendar of 



Land Papers 7, 8.) 



