THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN. 665 



Here lies interred 



the body of 



JOSEPH HUGHSON, 



the son of 



Nathaniel Hrcnsox, 



Born Feb. the 16th day, 1744, 



Departed this life June the 30th day, 1759, 



Aged 15 years, 4 months 



and 2 weeks. 



In memory of 



JEMIMA FERRIS, 



wife of 



George Ferris, 



who was born April 8th, 1766, 



and departed this life 



March 14th, 1806, 



Aged 39 years, 11 months 



and 6 days. 



Hall sinful mortal read this lay 

 The type of thy short ending clay, 

 For lo, thy flesh devoted must 

 Ere long return to native dust. 



This parish was first organized under the ministrations of the Rev. 

 James Wetmore, of Rye, and the Rev. Ebenezer Dibblee, of Stamford, 

 Conn. Episcopal services, we are assured, were held at the village of 

 Crompond, in Yorktown, at a very early period by the former gentleman 

 who was not wanting in his endeavors to promote the interest of true 

 religion among the inhabitants; but his advanced age and their distance 

 prevented his being so very sociable, as otherwise he might have been. 

 In 1762 Mr. Dibblee, who had occasionally performed services at 

 Crompond, and St. George Talbot, Esq., in company visited this place. 

 The former described the people at that time, " as sheep without a 

 shepherd, a prey to various sectaries and enthusiastic lay teachers." He 

 also says " that he found here many well wishers and professors of the 

 Church of England, who told him they had not heard the Liturgy in 

 several years." About 1774, a site was given by John Schuyler, Esq.," 

 for the erection of an Episcopal Church at Crompond in the vicinity of 

 where the Congregational Meeting House stood; but the troubles 

 consequent upon the breaking out of the Revolutionary war put an end 

 to the enterprise, and the deed of gift has been withheld ever since. 

 The original conveyance from Schuyler to Sackett is said to be in the 



a John Schuyler, Esq., married Cornelia, daughter of Stephanus van Coitlandt. His son 

 was Gen. Philip Schuyler, of the Revolutionary war. 



