THE TOWN OF OSSIN-ING. 25 



lady. The Communion service was presented by a family of St. James' 

 church, Philadelphia, through the Rev. Dr. Morton. 



The present rector is Rev. A. H. Gesner. 



The village of Sparta is situated one mile south of Sing Sing. 



The ancient boundary line of 1684, which divided the two colonies 

 of New York and Connecticut passed a short distance south of Sparta." 



The " Bishop Rocks," so called from John Bishop, who purchased these 

 lands in 17S5, lie one mile south of this place. They constitute a 

 portion of the Southern boundary of Ossin-ing. White point is a cele- 

 brated fishing place in the same neighborhood. " The surface of this 

 town is mostly hilly, soil productive and well cultivated." There is also 

 a good proportion of interval and meadow land. The principal streams 

 are the Sing Sing brook, and the Mill river or Pocanteco. The latter 

 has its source in New Castle, and was particularly described in the 

 account of that town. 



The first independent election for town officers took place, April the 

 7th, 1 7 S9, upon which occasion the following persons were chosen for 

 the ensuing year. 



ELUAn Hunter, Supervisor. 



Daniel Miller, Town Clerk, 



Nathaniel Tucker, Constable. 



John Oaklet, 

 Moses Fowler 

 Jesse Baker, 

 James McCord, J 



Abraham Le Due, } ,. „ ,, „ 



James Requa, \ 0verseer °f the Poor - 



Nathaniel Tucker,") 



John Bishop, > Commissioners. 



Isaac G. Graham, ) 



Thomas Lawrence, Collector. 



Abraham Le Due, ") 



John Shute, 



Isaac Van Wart, ct „. 



James Hammond, > Fence Viewers. 



Jessie Baker, 



TnoMAs Dean, 



Ebenezer Scofield, ~) 



Henry Van Wart, > Pound Masters. 



Richard Garrison, ) 



a Three miles above Frederick Phillipse's mills at Sleepy Hollow. See Boundary Letters, 

 S ;oretary of State's office, Hartford, Coan., fol. ii. letter 46. 



