52 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



continued till 1789, when he joined the Anabaptists and was dismissed 

 from connection with the Presbytery. He died in 18 15. 



In 1783, Capt. Lewis M. Donald gave to the Presbyterian Society 

 the land on which the second house of worship was built. Here is the 

 deed of gift as recorded in the town records : 



DEED OF GIFT FOR SITE OF SECOND PRESBYTERIAN 

 CHURCH. 



" To all christian People to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye 

 that I Lewis M. Donald, formerly of Bedford in Westchester Co., state of New 

 York but now a Resident of Long Island, for certain causes me thereunto mov- 

 ing & out of Love & Affection for the Encouragement of Virtue and the propiga- 

 tion of the gospel, do hereby Bequeath & give unto the Presbyterian Society of 

 Bedford in county & State abovesaid & to their Heirs & Successors forever, as 

 long as they shall Remain a Society and as long as they shall stand in Want of 

 a House of Public Worship or a Spot of Ground to Erect a House of Worship 

 thereon, one half acre of Land, Situate & Lying & being in the Township of 

 Bedford in the County & State aforesaid, Bounded (as follows. Lying on an 

 Eminence above the spot of ground where the former meeting House stood) 

 Easterly by the Road that Runs from the Town to Cantito, Westerly, North- 

 erly and Southerly by my own Land which land was purchased of John Eliot. 

 Reference being had to the original conveyance to have & to hold the above Be- 

 queathed & given Spot of Land with all & singular the rights and privileges 

 thereunto belonging — to the above mentioned Society, to their Heirs and Suc- 

 cessors, agreeable to the above mentioned Terms and Conditions, and also I the 

 said Lewis M Donald, do for myself, my Heirs and assigns, Covenant with the 

 said Society, their Heirs & successors, that at and until the Ensealing of these 

 presents, I am well seized of the Premesis as a good indef easeable Estate in fee 

 simple and have good Right to Dispose of the same in manner & form above 

 written, & the same is free of all Incumbrance whatsoever, and furthermore I, 

 the said Lewis M Donald, do by these presents bind myself & my Heirs to 

 Warrant and defend to the above Coveneanted premises to the said Society, 

 their Heirs & successors against all claims and Demands Whatsoever, in Testi- 

 mony & confirmation of which I have hereunto set my Hand & seal this the 

 sixth Day of August in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred 

 and Eighty & three and the Seventh year of our Independence. 



LEWIS M DONALD. **% 

 in the presence of ** 



Stephen Cornwell 



Mary Corn well." 



On the back of this old document we have this record : 



"Be it Remembered that on the 14th day of June 1792, personally appeared 

 before me, Ebenezer Lockwood Esquire, first Judge of the Court of Common 

 pleas in & for the County of Westchester, the within named Lewis M Donald 

 the granter to the within deed of gift and acknowledged that he signed & sealed 



