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have, in pursuance of the powers given me by the Society, 

 appointed Air. Nathaniel Seabury, a son of the late worthy 

 missionary at Hempstead, Long Island, to be schoolmaster 

 at Westchester." 



Nathaniel Seabury was the brother of the Reverend Samuel 

 Seabury, later, rector of the parish. He remained as school- 

 master till 1768, when he was succeeded by George Youngs, 

 whose services lasted until 1772. The position was apparently 

 vacant till 1774, when Mr. Gott became the holder of the 

 office and continued in it until the Revolution. After that, 

 the school ceased to be an appanage of the church and became 

 an object of support from the town. According to the town 

 records, the first public school in Westchester was established 

 in 1798. Later, the township was divided into three school 

 districts: Westchester Village, Bear Swamp and Throgg's 

 Neck. The present fine building in Westchester was erected 

 by the city in 1897. 



THE VENERABLE PROPAGATION SOCIETY'S SCHOOLMASTERS AT 



WESTCHESTER 



Time of 













Appointment 



Schoolmasters 





Salary 





1709 



Edward Fitzgerald 



18 



pounds 



per 



annum 



I7IO 



Daniel Clark 



it 





a 



a 



1713 



Charles Glover 



11 





II 



a 



1719 



William Forster 



10 





11 



a 



1743 



Basil Bartow 



a 





it 



a 



1764 



Nathaniel Seabury 



a 





it 



a 



1768 



George Youngs 



a 





it 



it 



1774 



Mr. Gott 



a 





11 



it 



The occupation of the various sections of the Borough dur- 

 ing the first half of the eighteenth century by a class of English- 

 men, who may be termed gentlemen farmers, rendered the 



