670 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



inst. on cam.. Pastors. vacated bt 



L822 Rev. Asaiiel Bronson " 



June 14th, 1S"27 Rev. RlOHARD Wynk00P« " 



April 18th, 1 806 Rev. Robert 0. Thompson " 



Nov. 11th, 1S47 Rev. Matthew T. Adam 



1S53 Rev. Samuel D. Westervelt " 



Oct. 15th, 3S66 Rev. James W. Johnston " 



Aug. Sth, 1877 Rev. William J. Gumming present pastor. 



In the grave-yard surrounding the church are monuments to Captain 

 Samuel Sackett, Deacon Knapp, Dr. Brewer, and others. 



DR. JAMES BREWER, 



a native of Massachusetts, 



but for many years a practising Physician 



in Yorktown. 



Whilst visiting a patient in Jefferson Valley, he was 



captured by Cow-boys, and trying to escape in Hog 



Lane, was killed by them, November 20th, 1780, 



aged 39 years, 4 months and 7 days. 



In the south-east corner of the yard (just thirty-six feet from the present 

 east fence and six feet from the south fence), lie the mortal remains of Col. 

 Christopher Green, the hero of Redbank, and Major Flagg, his brave com- 

 panion in arms, both of whom fell by the hands of cruel treachery, on the 

 morning of the 14th of May, 1 781. But where shall we look for a monu- 

 ment, or even a stone, to mark the spot where these brave patriots lie 

 pillowed in the dust ? When will justice be rendered to the memory of 

 the brave and illustrious dead, who fell in the noble cause of freedom ? 



Near this spot are interred the remains of the noted Brom. Dyckman, 

 of Revolutionary fame. 



The new parsonage is pleasantly situated, facing Crompond Street. 

 The old one, which has been sold, stood on the site of a still older edifice, 

 which was occupied for some time, during the Revolution, by the York- 

 town Committee of Public Safety. Here that tribunal transacted busi- 

 ness, disarmed the disaffected, and punished the incorrigible. Zepha- 

 niah Piatt and others, aided by six hundred Connecticut troops, disarmed 

 the Loyalists of Cortlandt's manor, during the winter of 1776. Here, 

 also, a convention of Congress assembled for the purpose of distributing 

 commissions to the officers who were empowered to raise the militia. 



For the destruction of this obnoxious post, Col. Robertson obtained of 

 the English governor, a special order and the command of an entire regi- 

 ment. From New York, he appears to have proceeded by water to Peek- 

 skill, where he landed, swearing he would burn the d d Committee 



a His son is the present Mr. Richard Wyukoop of New York city. 



