THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER. 341 



At a meeting of the church-wardens, vestrymen, freeholders and 

 parishioners of the borough of Westchester, held the ioth day of 

 January, A.D. 1709, present: — 



Justices. 

 Josefh Hunt, Major William Willbtt, 



Thomas Pinckney, John Hunt. 



The church-wardens chosen and appointed were : 



Joseph Hunt, June., and Jeremiah Fowler. 



Vestrymen, 

 For the borough of "Westchester. For Eastchester. 



Miles Oaklet, Isaac Tatlor, 



Thomas Baxter, sen. John Lancaster. 



Thomas Hunt, Nathaniel Tompkins. 



For Tonckers Precinct. For the Manor of Pelham. 



John Archer, Thomas Pell, 



Noah Barton. 



For New Rochelle. 

 Anthony Lispenard. 



Collected for the minister, £50 ; for the clerk of vestry, £5 ; for collecting, 

 £2 13. The quotas for the different precincts were : 



Westchester, £25 New Rochelle, £8 15 



Eastchester, 9 Pelham, 3 



Tonckers, 8 Morrisania. 3 



"Att a meeting held by ye justices, vestrymen and church- wardens on ye 18th 

 of Jany., 1708-9, it was ordered, j l the two church- wardens for this ensueing 

 year, shall goe to Mr. Morris to know if yt he will pay his arrearidges, or other 

 ways to knowe if y* he will joyne issue with ye parrish to try ye title whether 

 his man nor be in ye parrish or not, and make return att ye next meeting."* 



Mr. Bartow writing to the Secretary on the 5th of July, 1710, says: 



Sir : — "Our church at Westchester increases ; that at Eastchester continues 

 constant ; we have sometimes Negroes and Indians come to our assembly, and 

 behave themselves orderly ; but the slight and contempt of baptism by Quakers 

 and many others, I am persuaded keeps them from it ; for when they see so 

 many that call themselves Christians, allowed in the disuse of it, and the im- 

 morality of many that are baptized, they contentedly remaine unbaptized. I 

 have baptized in the year 1709, 42 ; 14 of which were grown persons. I have re- 

 ceived a parcel of books writ by the late Rev. Dr. Beveridge, on public praver, 

 and the communion, &c M and though there is no advice from whom, I suppose 



a Westchester Vestry Boofc. 



