THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER. 367 



Mr. Milner, in his letter dated June 29th. 1762, writes: — "yt since 

 his arrival at his mission, which is fourteen months, he had baptized one 

 hundred and fourteen, of whom forty were adults, viz: thirty whites and 

 ten blacks, and hid administered the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper 

 four times, to thirty communicants, cf which he hopes the number will 

 increase. He constantly attends three churches in three different town- 

 ships, preaching to crowded audiences of devout, well-behaved people. 

 They have no dissenters among them, except a few Quakers. He adds, 

 that the school is still vacant, and deprived of a teacher, but petitions 

 the Society to continue their bounty to some worthy person who shall 

 be chosen schoolmaster; as the school is a nursery for the Church, and 

 of great service in these parts, which request is accordingly granted."' 4 



In a letter dated June 4th, 1763, Mr. Milner "expresses his own and 

 his people's sense of the favour done them, in giving them leave to 

 choose a schoolmaster for this place, tho' they have not yet been able 

 to find a person properly qualified for that office. He likewise informs 

 the Society that he has procured a charter for St. Peter's church, which 

 will greatly promote the interests of virtue and religion ; and that his 

 people have purchased a house, with a glebe of thirty acres, not far from 

 the church. From June 29th, 1762, to the date of this letter, he has 

 baptized eighty infants, among whom three were blacks, and seven adults ; 

 one of them a man near sixty years old, who is since admitted to full 

 communion. The number of his communicants is increased to fifty- 

 three, above forty have been added since his arrival at his mission, 

 which was about two years at the time of his writing." 6 



The following petition was presented for the charter alluded to in the 

 above letter : — 



TO THE HONOURABLE CADWALLADER GOLDEN, ESQ., HIS 



MAJESTY'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOUR AND COMMANDER 



IN-CHIEF OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK, AND THE 



TERRITORIES DEPENDING THEREON IN AMERICA. 



The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of the Borough Town of West- 

 chester, in the County of Westchester, hi behalf of themselves and the rest of 

 the inhabitants of the said Town, in Communion of the Church of England, as 

 by law established ; 



Humbly Shewetii : 



That for many years past there has been a church in the said town of West- 

 chester for the administration of Divine Service, according to the use of the 



a Printed Abstracts of Ven. Propagation Society, ( 



b Printed Abstracts of Ven. Propagation Society for 1T6J. 



