37S HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Society, that since my removal they sent me £20 currency. With regard to the 

 income of this parish, the salary, by an act of Assembly is £50 currency. The 

 exchange from N. Y. to London being generally from £70 to £80 for £100 sterl- 

 ing. Burial fees here, there are none ; but the more wealthy families sometimes 

 give the minister a linen scarf, on these occasions. Marriage fees from one to 

 four Spanish dollars ; but far the greater number go to an Independent teacher 

 in the Parish of Itye, because his ceremony is short, and they have nothing to 

 say. Possibly these fees may amount to £5 or £6 a year. The parsonage house 

 is so much out of repair that it will cost £100 currency to make it comfortable, 

 and the glebe has cost me near £20 to repair the fences ; when it is put in good 

 order, it would, I believe, rent for £25 per annum. Some of the principal peo- 

 ple have been endeavoring to prevail on the congregation to make up the deduc- 

 tion from the Society's salary by subscription, but have not succeeded — owing to 

 the great expense they have been and must be at here in buying and repairing 

 their parsonage house, for which they are yet in debt £100, and to the necessity 

 thej r will shortly be under of rebuilding their church ; and the Eastchester people 

 are exhausted by the church they have undertaken to build. I must defer writ- 

 ing concerning that part of the parish which is under Mr. Munroe's care, till my 

 information is correct. The professed dissenters in this parish are not numerous: 

 some Calvinistic or Presbyterian French at New Rochelle, a few Presbyterians 

 at Eastchester, and some Quakers; at Westchester, a good many Quakers. But 

 there are many families, especially among the lower classes, who do not pretend 

 to be of any religion at all."" 



"He states that one of the means which he adopted of communicating reli- 

 gious instruction to the people, was preaching at funerals in the more remote 

 districts, whereby he had the opportunity of addressing those who could not be 

 brought together at any other time." 6 



In 1768 Mr. George Youngs c was appointed schoolmaster at Westchester, in 

 the room of Mr. Nathaniel Seabury, the rector's brother. 



The Rev. Mr. Seabury, in his letter of October 10th, 1769, says:— "The peo- 

 ple becomes gradually more devout, and read regular in the public w r orship. That 

 he had taken pains with the negro slaves and had baptized five adults with them. 

 The school advances, and the children make a due proficiency in learning. " d 



The following year he thus writes to the Secretary : — 



MR. SEABURY TO THE SECRETARY. 



{Extract.^ 



Westchester, March: 29tii, 1770. 



Rev. Sir : — " The violent party heats which prevail in this Colony as well as 



in the others, engross at present, the attention of the people. But I think yt 



even the disturbances will be attended with some advantage to the interests of the 



Church. The usefulness and truth of her doctrines with regard to civil govern- 



a New YorK MSS., from Archives at Fulham, vol. ii.. 429 to 4"2. (Hawks). 

 b Hawkins' Notices of the Missions of the Church of England, etc. 

 e Mr. Youngs continued his services here until 1TT2. 

 d Society's Printed Abstracts. 



