jjo history of the county of westchester. 



Westchester, 

 in Hew York, in America, 



Aug. 14, 1706. 

 Sir : — " My great business is to plant the Church of England amongst preju- 

 diced poor and irreligous people, who are more apt to receive than to give, who 

 think it a hardship to pay their dues ; and we dare not use the law for fear of 

 bringing an odium on the Church, and on all occasions expect to be civilly 

 treated by the minister. My task is greater than I can bear ; I will hold out as 

 long as lean with submission to the divine will, who feedeth the fowls of the 

 air: trusting He will still feed me, by your means, wh. n you come to be sen- 

 sible of our wants. Worthy Sir, Your most devoted and obliged servant, 



JOHN BARTOW."« 



The following items are taken from the vestry minutes : — 



"At a meeting of the justices of the vestry, the 6th of March, 1704-5, 

 John Williams, late constable for the year 1703, appeared with a receipt 

 from Mr. John Bartow, bearing the date 5th of March, 1704, for the 

 sum of ^26.10, which is the full quota for the minister's rate in West- 

 chester." 



At a meeting of the justices, church-wardens, and vestry of the parish 

 of Westchester, Eastchester, Yonkers, and the Manor of Pelham, this 

 1 2th of December, 1706, in obedience to his Excellency, the Governor's 

 order, <Scc : — 



• • It is voted and agreed upon by the justices and vestry aforesaid, that the 

 parish church in Westchester shall be finished — that is to say, to seal the sides 

 up to the wall plates, and lay a board floor, and make two new door cases, with 

 doors and window shuts for the windows in said church, the upper windows ex- 

 cepted : and whereas, Jeremiah Fowler and Isaac Underbill, presenting them- 

 selves to do said work ; the justices and vestry have agreed with them to do said 

 work for £17, in good current money of New York, provided that as soon as 

 they have laid the under floor and made the doors, and door cases and window 

 shuts, they shall be paid to the value of said work, and the remainder of said 

 £17, at the finishing thereof: the justices and vestry to find boards, and nails 

 and hinges. EDWARD COLLIER, ClerkV 



" At a subsequent meeting held by ye justices, church-wardens and 

 vestry, &c, this 23d day of December, 1707, they found it necessary to 

 raise ye sumes, which followeth, viz. : — 



To ye minister's rate and collecting, - - - £52 100 



To ye poor, etc. 29 S 



To boards for Eastchester church, .... 500 



To ye clerk of ye vestry, 100 



a Hawks' New York 21SS., from Archives at Fulham, vol. L 120. 



