THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER. 365 



Morley's vault, in St. Mildred's in the Poultry, where there is a hand- 

 some marble monument erected to his memory. Thus, to the inexpres- 

 sible grief and disappointment of his friends, and to the great loss of the 

 Church in America, was this amiable and promising youth cut off, in the 

 bloom of life — making the sevetith of those, who in their voyage to Eng- 

 land, for Holy orders, from the northern colonies, had perished by sundry 

 kinds of death." ° 



Upon the 25th of February, 1761, the Rev. John Milner, A.M., was 

 licensed as a Missionary, to the Province of New York, by the Bishop of 

 London. He was the son of Nathaniel Milner, of New York, a descendant 

 of the Mylners, (or Milners) of Pugesey, in Yorkshire. b One of the early 

 pioneers of the family in this country, was Michael Milner, of Lynn. Mass., 

 who removed to Long Island in 1640.° Mr. Milner was born in this county 

 circ. i738, d and graduated at Princeton College, New Jersey, in 1753/ 

 In 1760 he went to England for Holy orders, and the same year was 

 ordained Deacon and Priest, by Bishop Sherlock. He embarked for his 

 mission sometime in March, 1761, and arrived home, after a long and 

 tedious passage, on the 13th of May, following. Upon the 12th of June, 

 of that year, he was instituted and inducted Rector of the Parish, by 

 Lieutenant-Govemour Colden, in the following manner : — 



LETTERS OF INSTITUTION BY LIEUT. GOYERXOUR COLDEN 

 TO JOHN MILNER, CLERK. 



I, Cadwallader Colden, Esq., President of his Majesty's Council, and Com- 

 mander-in-Chief of the Province of New York, and the Territories depending 

 thereon in America; do, in pursuance cf the power devolved on me, collate, 

 institute and establish you, John Milner, Clerk, Rector of the Parish Church at 

 "Westchester, commonly called St. Peter's church, including the several districts 

 of Westchester, Eastchester, Yonkers, and the Manor of Pelham, in the County 

 of Westchester, within this government, to have the care of the souls of the 

 parishioners of the said church and district aforesaid, and to take your cure and 

 mine. 



Given under my hand and the prerogative seal of the Province of New York, 

 at Fort George, in the City of New York, the thirteenth day of June, one thou- 

 sand seven hundred and sixty-one. CADWALLADER COLDEN./ 



a Life of Siir.uel Johnson. D.D., by Thomas Bradbury Chandler, D.D., formerly Rector of 

 S:. Joim'S church, Elizabetbtown, N. J., p. 96, 



6 The arms of Johu Mylner, Lord of the Manor of Pu?esey were : Sable, three bridle bits 

 or. Crest a bn lie bit or. — S.-e Berry's Genealogies of Kent. 



c Farmer's Register. 



d " Mr. Milner was a native of Westchester Colony, his father residing in X. Y."— Fowler's 

 MSB . B. ILL, 573, B. v. p. 965. 



e List of Princeton Graduates, 



/ Record of Commissions, Secretary of State'3 Office, Albany, voL v., pp. 1S3-9, 



