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other part : Witnessetb, that the parties of the first part, for and in consideration 

 of the sum of twenty shillings to them in hand paid, at or before the ensealing 

 and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged; 

 have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released and confirmed, and by these 

 presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, release and confirm, unto the partus of the 

 second part, the Trustees of the Church of St. Peter's, in said Town of West- 

 chester, and their successors fur ever, all that certain piece, parcel and lot of 

 ground on which the Episcopal Church of St. Peter's, in the Town of Westches- 

 ter, is erected, and also the Burying Ground adjoining the said church, as it is 

 now enclosed aud fenced, and which heretofore has been used for a Burial Place, 

 by the inhabitants of said Township, containing about one acre, be the same 

 more or less, aud the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, 

 issues and profits of the said premises, and of every part and parcel thereof, 

 particularly all benefits and profits arising from a lease of the said Burial Ground, 

 heretofore granted to George Embree, and which will shortly be determined, and 

 all Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand Whatsoever, of the Trustees 

 of the Town of Westchester, of, in aud to all and singular the said Premises, and 

 of and to every part and parcel thereof, with their appurtenances. To have and 

 to hold the said Lots and parcel of land ou which the aforesaid Church is erected, 

 and the aforesaid adjoining Burial Ground and Premises above mentioned, with 

 the appurtenances unto the said Trustees of the Episcopal Church, in the Town 

 of Westchester, and their successors, to the only proper use and behoof of the 

 said Trustees of the Episcopal Church of St. Peter's, in the Town of Westches- 

 ter, and their successors forever ; Provided always, and upon condition that the 

 said Trustees of the Episcopal Church of St. Peter's, in the Town of Westchester, 

 and their successors do and shall at all times hereafter permit and suffer the in- 

 habitants of the Town of Westchester, to Bury their Bead in the said Burial 

 Ground, without any fee or compensation being exacted therefor, in such vacant 

 parts of the said Burial Ground as shall be directed and ordered from time to 

 time by the said Trustees, of the Episcopal Church of St. Peters, in the Town of 

 Westchester, or their successors, or by any person legally authorized under them, 

 to direct the same ; aud provided always, that anything herein, notwithstand- 

 ing, the inhabitants of the said Town shall always be permitted to bury their dead 

 near to and adjoining their families who have heretofore been buried in the said 

 Burial Ground. Sealed with the seal of the Trustees, and signed by their order. 

 (Signed,) ISAAC UNDERBILL, President."* 



St. Peter's church continued under the act of 1784, providing for 

 the incorporation of religious societies generally, until the 2d of August, 

 1795 ; when, in accordance with the act passed for the relief of the 

 Protestant Episcopal Church, on the 7th of March preceding, it was 

 again incorporated. Israel Underbill and Phillip I. Livingston, Church- 

 wardens, John Bartow, Jr., Thos. Bartow, Oliver de Lanccy, Warren 

 de Lancey, Joseph Brown, Johnathan Fowler, Robert Heaton and Nich- 

 olas Bayard, vestrymen. 6 



a Westchester Vestry Book, p. 22. 



b County Bee. Religious Soc. Lib. A. 58. 



