176 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



The old building was a plain edifice of wood, surmounted with an em- 

 battled tower, and a small vestry-room attached to the rear. 



Its interior consisted of a nave, two aisles, gallery and chancel. On 

 the north side of the latter there was a neat monumental tablet, erected 



In* Memory of 



WILLIAM THOMPSON, 



Rector 



of Christs church at Rye 



A native of Enniskillen, 



Ireland. 



Ordained April, 1820. 



Appointed to the charge of this Parish, 



September, 1823, 



Died August 26, 1830. 



" Mark the perfect man, and behold the upris'p.t, 

 for the end of that mau is peace."— Psalm xxxvii : 27. 



Erected by his affectionate Widow. 



Christ's Church, Rye, Erected in 17SS. 



His remains are interred in the village cemetery. Beneath the floor 

 of the church lie, pillowed in the darkness of the grave, several of the 

 early rectors. 



This building was erected at a cost of $5,500, in the year 17SS, upon 

 the site of the old stone edifice called Grace church. 



It was designed at first to have erected a steeple in place of the pres- 



