INDEX. 



779 



Patent royal of W ... 541 



the same con- 

 firm' . ii. 105, 106 

 West of Norl li ( 



Patents Rival for 1 he Oblong, L 399, 400 

 for Pelham Manor, ii. ! - 

 for Westchester, ii. 28T, 2S9 

 Paulding, John, i. 117, 141, 142, 156, 308,309 

 birth and death of, i. 156, 

 William, i. 143 

 Pea Island, L 696 

 Peach Pond, i. 707 

 Peekskill, town of, L 112 

 Indian name of, L 112 

 earliest settlement of, L 113 

 settlement of present village of, i. 113 

 village of, incorporated, i. 113 

 rillage government of, organized, i. 113 

 educational advantages of, i. 114 

 military academy in, i. 115 

 academy in, i. 115 

 high school of, i. 115 

 St. Gabriel's school (Episcopal) in, i. 115 

 the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, (Ro- 

 man Catholic) in, i. 155 

 young ladies' school in, i 115 

 earliest records of parish of, L 118 

 supplies for divi:.e service in, i. IIS 

 erection and dedication of St. Peter s 



church in, i. 119 

 confirmed in possession of church grouhd 



and ccmetiry, 120 

 St. Petei's church in chartered, i. 120 

 first vestry-meering of church in, 124 

 the ch. in, petitions the V. P. S. for aid, i. 124 

 first lector called to, i. 127 

 rector admitted to the rectory in, and in- 

 stituted by Gov. Tryon, i. 128 

 glebe secured to parish of, L 129 

 troubles in the church in, i. 131 

 religious services suspended in, i. 132 

 sacked and burnt, i. 132 

 Presbyterians attempt to seize church and 



glebe in, i. 132 

 first incorporation of St. Peter's church af- 

 ter the revolution, i. 133 

 second rector called to, i. 133 

 resignation of second rector of, i. 134 

 rectors of St. Peters church in, L 135 

 sale of the glebe of, i. 136 

 St. Paul's church organized in, L 136 

 St. Peter's chapel incorporated, erected and 

 re-incorporated, as St. Peter's church of 

 Cortlandt in, i. 139 

 list of rectors of Cortlandt in, i. 140 

 monument to the memory of John Pauld- 

 ing in, i. 141 

 public honors to the memory of John Pauld- 

 ing in, L 143 



Peekskill, address of William Paulding in, i 143 

 Dutch Reformed church founded in. i. 144 

 incorporation of Van Ness Reformed Dutch 



church in, i. 145 

 erection of first Presbyterian church in, i. 



146 

 incorporation of Independent Presbyterian 



church in, i. 140 

 organization of the present Presbyterian 



church in, L 147 

 organization of second Presbyt rian church 



in, L 145 

 erection and dedication of church edifice 



in, L 148 

 erection of parsonage in, i. 149 

 organization of first Baptist church in, i. 



150 

 erection and dedication of meeting-house 



in, L 150 

 list of pastors of Baptist church in, L 150 

 Baptist burying-ground in, i. 150 

 M. E. church incorporated and erected in, 



L 150 

 Protestant Methodist society established 



and incorporated in, i. 151 

 list of Wesleyau or Primitive Methodist 



ministers of, L 151 

 erection of Wesleyan church in. i. 151 

 society of Friends organized, and me ting- 

 house erected in, i. 151 

 Rom Cath. church and institutions in, i. 151 

 execution of Edmond Palmer as a spy in, 



L 153 

 British in possession of. L 157 

 account of engagement with the British in. 



i. 157 

 destruction of old Continental village of, i. 



159 

 remains of Fort Independence in, i. : ' 

 Sir Henry Hudson's impressions of this re- 

 gion, L 160 

 Pelham Bridge, ii. S4 

 Dale, ii. 63 

 Neck, ii. 70 



" landing of British forces upon, ii. 73 

 Priory, ii. 37 

 Pelham, town of, ii. 27 

 origin of name of, ii. 27 

 plantation of Ann Hutchinson in, ii. 29 

 Indian Massacre in, ii. 32 

 Manor of, erected, ii. 56 

 Royal Patent granted to, ii. 57 

 Bartow, village in, ii. 88 

 parish of Christ church organized and 



church erected in, ii. 94 

 rectory erected in, ii. 99 

 list of rectors of Christ church in, ii. 100 

 erection of Huguenot Forest Memorial 



chapel in, ii, 101 



