35° HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



MR. BARTOW TO THE SECRETARY. 



Westchester, October 6th, 1725. 

 "Worthy Sir : — "There being nothing happened extraordinary here, relating 

 to the Church siucc I writ last ; (saving the death of the late Rev. Mr. Thomas, 

 of Hempstead, which church with that at Rye, are supplyed by the zealous 

 labours of the Rev. Mr. Jenny) I can only, as in duty bound, repeat my thank- 

 ful acknowledgment for the Society's allowance, which is always duly paid by 

 their treasurer, and informing you that the pulpit and waiuscoat of the church at 

 Eastchester, was since decently paintc and a new gallery built, and the Presby- 

 terian minister when he comes, not permitted to officiate therein. That God 

 would bless the labours of the most Rev. and Honorable Society, is &c. 



Sir, Your most obedient, etc. 



JOHN BARTOW."* 



This excellent minister died at Westchester, in 1726. Nothing now 

 remains to mark the site of his tomb ; but one thing is certain, ' : that he 

 who was with him in his last hour, and made his bed in his sickness, 

 will watch over the precious dust till He shall bid it rise." 



"So pious, just, and even, as if he meant' 

 His name should be his marble monument." 



"Mr. Bartow," says Dr. Hawkins, "continued in the discharge of his 

 important duties for the long period of a quarter of a century. He was 

 the instrument of bringing many separatists bac*. to the Church, and ad- 

 mitting into it many hitherto careless adults. He likewise gave much of 

 his time to the instruction of the poor negroes. By such long and faith- 

 ful services, he secured the general esteem of his people." 6 



In 1705 he married Helena, second daughter of John Reid, Esq., of 

 Middrew Castle, parish of Kirkleston, Scotland • by this lady he left 

 issue six sons. Theophilus his second son, was the father of the Rev. 

 Theodosius Bartow, of New Rochelle, whose grandsons, were the late 

 Rev. Theodore B. Bartow, chaplain in the U. S. Navy, and the late 

 Rev. Henry B. Bartow. John Bartow, the eldest son of Theophilus, 

 and brother of Theodosius, was the grandfather of the late Robert 

 Bartow of Pclham, and the late Edgar J. Bartow, the founder of Holy 

 Trinity church, Brooklyn Heights, L. I., who died at Morristown, New 

 Jersey, Sept. 6th, 1S64, leaving by his wife, Henrietta C. Pierrepont, 

 Henrietta Pierrepont, and the Rev. Evelyn Bartow, of Baltimore, Md.. a 

 grand-daughter of Theodosius. Fanny L., married the late Rev. George 

 A. Shelton, of Newtown, L. I. 



The Rev. John Bartow purchased, April 6th, 1722, of John Mash 



a Ibid, voi. 1, pp. 86 . 



b Hawkins' Hist. Xotic-s of the Missions of the Church of England, p. 27 



