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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Rev. A. B. Carter and Rev. J. Pinckney Hammond, Rectors of St. 

 Ann's. i he Rev. Mr. Akerly continued Rector of the new parish, till 

 some time in 1S57 or 1S58. During his Rectorship, a commodious 

 Rectory was built on the church grounds. 



In April, 1S58, the Rev. Samuel G. Appleton was elected Rector. 

 During his Rectorship, the church was enlarged by the addition of a 

 transept. The parish was gaining fast in numbers and strength, when 

 an unfortunate division of opinion took place and a new parish was or- 

 ganized. The Rev. Mr. Appleton resigned soon afterwards — early in 

 1S6S, and was succeeded on the first of Nov. of the same year, by Rev. 

 Fredk. B. Van Kleeck. On May 1st, 1870, the Rev. Dr. Van Kleeck's 

 resignation took effect, as he had accepted a call to Grace church, 

 White Plains; and on the same day his successor, Rev. Thomas R. Har- 

 ris, began his duties as Rector. In 1S7 1 the church was raised and a large 



St. Paul's Morrisania. 



Basement Sunday-school room added. In 1879, large repairs were made 

 to the church buildings and the interior of the church was decorated. 



At the commencement of the Revolutionary struggle, Gen. Heath's 

 division of the American army was stationed at Morrisania. From his 

 memoirs we gather the following particulars : "A picket from our gen- 

 eral's division, of four hundred and fifty men, constantly mounted, by 

 relief, at Morrisania, from which a chain of sentinels, within half gun- 

 shot of each other, were planted, from the one side of the shore to the 

 other, and near the water passage, between Morrisania and Montresor's 

 island, which in some places is very narrow. The sentinels on the 

 American side were ordered not to presume to fire at those of the Brit- 

 ish, unless the latter began ; but the British were so fond of beginning, 



