2 20 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



to administer the word of God unto us, as our minister; and that we 

 the said inhabitants, do engage to pay the above said sum of ^40 in 

 good provincial pay, at the price according to the same of this govern- 

 ment; provided, that the said Mr. Jones do come and live among us, 

 and perform the office of a minister, and to pay it by vote." 



Feb. nth, 1680, we find the Rev. Morgan Jones, officiating in the 

 village of Westchester.* 



During the year 1684, Eastchester appears to have been united with 

 Westchester in the support of a pastor ; for, in the spring of the same 

 year, it was resolved, "that the justices and vestrymen of West and 

 Eastchester, and Yonkers, do accept of Mr. Warham Mather as our 

 minister for one whole year." b 



At a public meeting of the inhabitants, held Sept. 5th, 1685, it was 

 resolved to contribute the following salary towards the maintenance 

 of a minister: — 



£ s. (1. £ s. d. 



Daniel Drake, Jr., 



1 







William Gray, 



10 







Kichard Shute, 



1 5 







John Clarkson, 



5 







Moses Hoite, 



1 







Thomas Norton, 



6 







Richard Hoadley, 



15 







John Shute, 



5 







John Pinckney, 



1 







Thomas Pinckney, 



5 







John Drake, 



15 







Walter Lancaster, 



10 







John Wearford, 



15 







Thomas Keurkin, 



7 







Cornell Goding, 



12 



6 



do. Jun'r, 



5 







Henry Fowler, 



13 



8 



John Coe, 



10 







John Joan, 



10 







Nathaniel White. 



10 







This present testifieth, that we whose names are above written, do 

 engage to pay the said several sums by us, every particular man, to pay 

 as above said, unto Mr. Morgan Jones, for the carrying on the work of 

 the ministry for this present year ensuing, beginning the said year, from 

 the day of his coming, &c, hither, and carrying on the said work, and 

 allow the said payment in good Indian corn, at 2s. for a bushel, winter 

 wheat at 5s. by a bushel, &c." 



Mr. Riker in his annals of Newtown, says : — 



"The Rev. Morgan Jones had again changed his ministerial relations. 

 The people of Eastchester had long desired to have him, and, perhaps, 

 had enjoyed his services for a few months in the fall and winter of 1683. 

 They now afford a liberal inducement, and he began to officiate there 

 August 3d, 1685. The original agreement with him at Newtown, never 



a See Westchester. 

 b Westchester Rec. 



