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20, 1684, recognizes the fact that there had been meetings for 

 the worship of God before that year, and decided that " ffriends 

 at Yorke Gravesend and fflushing & Westchester, ye Kills 

 & Newtown doe all belonge unto one Monthly meeting" 

 (which was that of Flushing). 



In the year 1 707, the Yearly Meeting appointed a committee 

 to purchase a house of Richard Ward in Westchester; and 

 they reported at the Quarterly Meeting on June 30, 1 707 , 

 that the same had been bought for a meeting-house. In 

 November, 1716, a Preparative Meeting was established in 

 Westchester County for Friends in Rye and Mamaroneck; 

 and the borough-town remained a part of this meeting until 

 February 14, 1787, when it was set off by itself; it became a 

 part of the New York Monthly Meeting August 7, 1836, 

 and was laid down, February 29, i860. The Flushing Yearly 

 Meeting appointed Monthly Meeting to be held in Westchester 

 on the ninth day of the fourth month (April), 1725 ; and in 

 the town records of 1723, mention is made of the "Quaker 

 meeting-house." 



In his letter of April 14, 1714, Mr. Bartow speaks of the 

 father of a child dying of measles as a "half Quaker." The 

 Reverend Mr. Standard, under date of November 5, 1729, 

 says: "The church at Westchester was built by the Quakers 

 (who were the first settlers in this place, and are still the 

 most numerous party in and about it; and indeed the whole 

 parish as to their manners, are somewhat Quakerish) and by 

 them given to Colonel Heathcote, for the use and service of 

 the Church of England." He continues: 



"As to their religion, those who settled in Westchester, 



some were Quakers, those in Eastchester were New England 



Independents. ... In my parish are two meeting-houses, 



one of which is of Quakers, built within a stone's throw of 

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