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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



years; and in the spring of 1S76 Rev. P. R. Hauxhurst was appointed. 

 At the Conference of 1877, the Rev. J. Y. Bates was appointed. 



The present membership of the church, is 315. It has a large and in- 

 teresting Sabbath-school — of which Samuel Scott, Esq., is the superin- 

 tendent. The President of the board of Trustees, Samuel R. Pullen ; 

 Secretary, J. Malcom Smith; Treasurer, J. R. Tompkins. 



The old Episcopal church stood a little east of the old court house. 

 It was built of wood, with a tower and vestry room in the rear; the 

 tower contained a bell, weighing 1135 pounds. This parish was first 

 organized by the exertions of the Rev. Lewis P. Bayard in 1824, who 

 occasionally performed services there. Upon the 22nd of March, 1824, 

 the church was incorporated by the title of Grace (Protestant Episcopal) 

 church, White Plains, in remembrance of Grace church, Rye, whose 



Grace Church, White Plains. 



minister had officiated here at intervals from 1762 to 1816. As early as 

 1760, White Plains constituted one of the precincts of Rye parish, and 

 paid a small sum annually towards the support of the rector and the poor; 

 her connection with Rye was dissolved in 18 16. Richard Jarvis and 

 Alan McDonald were the first wardens. William Purdy, John Horton, 

 Gilbert Hatfield, James Dick, Alexander Fowler, Joshua Horton, Wil- 

 liam Buckley and James Merritt, vestrymen. 



The church edifice was consecrated on the 2nd of June, 1826, by the 

 Right Rev. J. H. Hobart. In 1833 Trinity church, New York, appro- 

 priated to this parish the sum of $750. In 186 1 Mr. Pruden gave the 

 present site of ground to the rector, wardens and vestry on Rail Road 

 Avenue; and in 1864, the corner stone was laid. In 1865 the present 



