THE TOWN OF OSSIX-IXO. 



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Bacon and John Strang; they also agreed to write to the Rev. Mr. Jel- 

 liff of North Salem, who has expressed "a wish to aid in establishing a 

 church with us " 



Previous to this date there had been occasional services held at some 

 private house, when a clergyman of the Church happened to be in the 

 village or vicinity. 



November nth, 1833, the first election of officers took place. 



December 4th and 5th, 1833, "it was resolved to memorialize the 

 rector, church-wardens and vestry of Trinity church, New York, for aid 

 by funds in the erection of a church edifice. In this memorial, which 

 was presented by James Smith, Esq., the petitioners state, among other 

 matters, ' ; That some years past an old Episcopal church in this neigh- 

 borhood, at New Castle, a (of wood) falling to decay, its congregation 

 was broken up, and some of the descendents of its members have be- 

 come Quakers, notwithstanding portions of them have until lately ad- 

 hered to the forms of the Episcopal Church ; and your memoralists en- 

 tertain a hope that with the blessing of Divine Providence, by the means 

 of the establishment of a church at Sing Sing, many of the descendants 

 of this ancient congregation may be brought back to our Church, &x." 

 Trinity church nobly responded to this call by an appropriation of $2000, 

 the remainder being raised by public subscription. 



On the first Thursday of October, 1834, this church was admitted in- 

 to union with the convention of the diocese. 



In 1864, the rectory was built at a cost of $11,000 of brick. 



In 1870, the spire was built through the instrumentality of M. L. 

 Cobb, Esq., and the stained glass windows through the exertion of the 

 Rev. James I. Helm, D.D. 



LIST OF RECTORS. 



CALL OP. I>\STIT. MINISTERS. 



July 7, 1836 Rev. Edward N. Meade, A.M., Presb. 



Dec. 1G, 1839 Rev. Charles Hexey Halsey, Presb. 



Oct. 16, 1846 Rev. Charles Tomes, Presb. 



Dec. 20, 1847 Rev. William F. Halset, Presb. 



March 8. 1S57 Rev. I. Hexry Black, Presb. 



Nov. 1, 1863 Rev. James I. Helm, D.D,, present incumbent. 



In 1868, a secession of a portion of the members of St. Pauls church 

 formed a second Episcopal church, known as Trinity church, and pur- 

 chased the brick Presbyterian church for their place of worship, at a cost 



a S:. George's church, New Castle. 



