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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



St. Matthew's Church, Bedford, erected A. D. 1S07, 



MINISTERS AND RECTORS OF BEDFORD. 



INST. OR CALL. INCUMBENTS. VAOAT. BY. 



1704, Rev. Alexander Stuart, A. M., Clericus, resig. 

 18th June, 1745, Rev. Joseph Lamson, A. M., Clericus, resig. 



1796, Rev. Theodosius Bartow, Presb., resig. 

 30th July, 1804, Rev. George Steebeck, Presb. resig. 



1809, Rev. Nathan Felch, Deacon, resig. 

 16th June, 1816, Rev. George Wellee, A. M., Deacon, resig. 



1819, Rev. Samuel Nioholls, Presb., resig. 

 12th Aug., 1838, Rev. Alfred Partridge, Presb., resig. 



1855, Rev. Edward Brenton Boggs, D.D., Presb., resig. 



1867, Rev. Lea Luquer, Presb., present incumbent. 



The burying ground adjoining the church contains memorials to the 

 families of the Jays, Amblers, Guions, Olmsteads, Collyers, Raymonds, 

 Parks, Gardeners, Banks and McNultys. 



Number of families in 1853, belonging to the parish, 50. Number of 

 souls, 200. In 1875, Number of families, 47. 



THE SOCIETY'S SCHOOLMASTERS AT BEDFORD AND NORTH CASTLE. 



TIME OF APP'T. SCHOOLMASTERS. SALARY. 



1728, Flint Dwight, £15 per anuni. 



1745, William Sturgeon, B. A. 



Number of Catechists in 1853, 4; and Catechumens, 30. 

 1875,— " 30. 



To the parish is attached St. Mary's church in the middle patent of 

 North Castle, which was incorporated upon the 29th of December, 1851, 

 Benjamin Smith and Samuel Brown, church wardens. William Henry 



