THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER. 347 



The next year the Society allowed " Mr. Bartow, for his service 

 at New Rochelle, ten pounds." In his report for 1722, Mr. Bartow 

 says : — 



" That they are repairing the church there (Westchester) with the vol- 

 untary contributions of the people, procured chiefly by the zeal and 

 care of Mr. Forster, the schoolmaster there; that in the year 1722, he 

 baptized twenty-one persons, four whereof were adults, one a Negro 

 man."" 



"In the year 1723, he baptized forty-five, four whereof were grown 

 persons. 6 



Mr. Forster reports : — 



" That the number of his scholars is as usual, and that he has very 

 good success in his teaching, and that they are this summer building a 

 new school- house; and that he is raising an annual subscription for re- 

 pairing and finishing the church."' 7 



REV. JOHN BARTOW'S ANSWERS TO THE QUERIES OF THE 



BISHOP OF LONDON. 



[quebies to be answebed by eveet ministee.] 



Westciiesteb, 



in the Province of New York, in America^ 



July 13, 1724. 



Q. How long is it since you went over to the plantations as a missionary ? 



A. Twenty-two years. 



Q. Have you had any other church before you came to that which you now 

 possess ; and if you had, what church was it, and how long have you been 

 removed ? 



A. No other here ; but I was inducted to the vicarage of Pampsford, in Cam- 

 bridge, May 28th, 1697, and removed here by leave of Dr. Patrick, then Bishop 

 of Ely. 



Q. Have you been licensed by the Bishop of London to officiate as a mission- 

 ary, in the government where you now are? 



A. I was licensed by the Right Rev. Father in God, Henry, Lord Bishop of 

 London, June 22d, 1702, to officiate as a missionary. 



Q. How long have you been inducted into your living? 



A. I was inducted to my living here, Nov. 19, 1702, Lord Cornbmy being then 

 Governor. 



Q. Are you ordinarily resident in the parish to which you have been inducted? 



A. I have been resident in Westchester ever since I came. 



Q. Of what extent is your parish, and how many families in it ? 



A. My parish is in length about twelve miles, in breadth about seventy : about 

 two hundred families. 



a Printed abstracts of Venerable P. Soc. 



6 Ibid. 



e Printed abstracts of Ven. P. Soc. for 1723. 



