56 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



preacher for twenty-seven years. Mr Green was a graduate of Rutger's 

 College, N. J., and studied theology at the Princeton Theological 

 Seminary, which he entered the first year it opened, in 1812, and 

 remained two years. He was a native of Hanover, N. J., and was first 

 settled in Suckasunny, N. J. Leaving this, his first charge, he was 

 afterwards appointed a domestic missionary in Western Virginia, where he 

 was married. From this field, he was called to take charge of the Pres- 

 byterian church of this place, April 16, 1822. Mr. Green was the 

 nephew of the venerable and distinguished Ashbel Green, one of the 

 former Presidents of Princeton College, and author of some valuable 

 theological works. The labors of Mr. Green in the church, as many 

 now living are ready to bear witness, were greatly blessed. The church 

 by his fidelity was greatly enlarged, and many new plans were adopted 

 for its greater efficiency at home and in the foreign fields. He loved 

 the cause of missions, and frequently had young men in his family, board- 

 ing or educating them, while they were preparing for the ministry at 

 home or abroad. He was greatly beloved by his brethren in the min- 

 istry, and held in high esteem by the executive of all our benevolent 

 boards and directors of our seminary at Princeton. God never blessed 

 him with any children ; but many look up to him as their spiritual 

 father, and many in the congregation bear his honored name. After 

 more than a quarter of a century pastorate here, and marrying the chil- 

 dren that he had baptized, and burying nearly all the congregation to 

 whom he preached when he first came among them, alienation and dissatis- 

 faction arose that almost broke his heart. He was dismissed by Bedford 

 Presbytery from this charge, June 25, 1848. A kind providence pro- 

 vided for his faithful servant. The Governor of the State of New York 

 sent him an appointment, previous to his leaving Bedford, to act as 

 chaplain in the State prison at Sing-Sing. Completing his appointment 

 here, his health becoming impaired, he supplied a few churches in Pres- 

 bytery for a short time; but the time for his departure came and he 

 laid down his commission as a minister of the gospel and resigned his 

 ransomed spirit to God who gave it, in Sing-Sing, September 1851, and 

 was buried in their beautiful cemetery to await the glorious reward of the 

 Resurrection Morn. The Venerable Dr. Spring of New York, who has 

 recently gone to meet him, preached an appropriate sermon on his 

 funeral occasion — his wife still survives him. 



May 1, 1848, the Rev. David Inglis was called to take charge of this 

 church ; and was installed here October 26, 1848. He was a young man 

 about twenty years of age, recently from Scotland, of great promise for 

 usefulness, having preached a short time previous to his coming here in the 



