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and Rosamond his wife, the farm now owned by the late Alderman 

 Abraham Hatfield, where he resided until his death in 1726; a small 

 spot was reserved by Mr. Bartow for the interment of his family." Here 

 rest the remains of his sons, Theophilus, George, John, Anthony, Basil, 

 and four infants ; other members of the family were interred here down 

 to 1 8 16, when the last interment was made viz. : John Bartow of Pel- 

 ham. At the time the late proprietor purchased the farm, the cemetery 

 was enclosed by a fence with several mounds and tombstones in it, this 

 was disturbed, the land ploughed and the tombstqnes thrown aside. 



The Society's abstracts for 1725, says: — "That among other sums 

 granted, was a gratuity of fifty pounds which the Society have made to 

 Mrs. Bartow, the widow of the late Rev. Mr. Bartow, a missionary of the 

 Society at Westchester, in the province of New York, in consideration 

 of her husband's good behaviour and dilligence in the Society's mission, 

 for twenty-three years and upwards, and having six sons and a wife un- 

 provided for." 2 ' 



Mr. Bartow's last will and testament was made on the 24th of Janu- 

 ury, 1725, but not proved until the 1st of April, 1727 : — 



THE WILL OF JOHN BARTOW, CLERK. 



Is the name of God Amen, the twenty-fourth of January, in ye twelvth year 

 of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, King George, Annoq Dom, one thousand seven 

 hundred and twenty-five. I, John Bartow, of the Burrough Town of Westches- 

 ter, in the County of Westchester, and Province of New York, Clerk, being sick 

 and weak in body, but of sound and perfect memory, praise be given to God 

 therefore, and considering the uncertainty of this transitory life, do make this 

 my last Will & Testament in manner and form following, that is to say : First, 

 and principally, I commend my soul to Almighty God my creator, assuredly 

 believing that ffly sins will be remitted, and that I shall be saved by the precious 

 death and merits of my blessed Saviour and Redeemer, Christ Jesus ; and my 

 body to the earth, to be buried at the discretion of my ex'tors, hereafter named : 

 and touching such worldly estate as God hath been pleased to bestow upon me, 1 

 do hereby give and dispose of the same in manner and form following, that is to 

 say : First, I hereby give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Helena, one 



a In a warrantee deed bearing date May 8th, 1S06, Basil J. Bartow and Eliza Ann, his 

 wife, diil convey to Levi Caib, all those certain pieces or parcels of land situated, <fcc, in the 

 Town of Westchester containing 130 acres of land, more or less, excepting three English 

 square rods of ground, which has heretofore been used as funeral ground ; and reserving 

 nevertheless to the said Basil J. Bartow and his representatives, and the family in general, 

 of the Bartows, the free right to pass and repass, in, by, and through the premises hereby 

 granted from the above mentioned highway, for the use" and enjoyment of the same three 

 rods of ground.— County Kec. Liber, N. J , p. 443. 



b Printed abstracts of Venerable Propagation S >cit-ty, from ISth Feb., 1725, to 17th Feb., 

 1726, •• At a meeting of the Trustees fortheBorongh of Westchester &c, the 6th day of March, 

 1726-7, the committee appoinied to make report of the persons who had made encroach- 

 ments upon the sheep pastures, gave in the name of Mr. Bartow and others, whereupon, 

 Mr. Forster appeared in behalf of ye orphants of Mr. John Bartow, yt what they have taken 

 in upon ye Bheep pasture, yt they will leave out when they rectify ye fences."— Westchester 

 Town Kec. Lib. ix. 187-188. 



