222 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



At a town meeting held on the 15th December, 1693, " Moses Hoit, 

 junior, and others were chosen to take list of estimation according to the 

 town's agreement for making a rate for the payment of the carpenter's 

 work for building the meeting-house." 



On the 1st of January, 1693-4, "William Haiden, John Drake and 

 Richard Shute were chosen to receive forty pounds as according to the 

 free will offering and to act and do and lay out the said several sums for 

 the town. Also it was agreed that these men have full power to receive 

 the said sums and lay them out towards building the said meeting-house 

 and to render account thereof to the town." 



At a town meeting held 23d January, 1694-5, the inhabitants "agreed 

 by vote to lay out half an acre of land to be set out for a parsonage-lot, 

 to be reserved for the use of the town, to be reserved for that use forever, 

 which above said land is lying in and being upon the green in Eastches- 

 ter." 



On the 31st of July, 1696, "it was determined to lighten the meeting- 

 house by a lantern to every seat of the same. " The following is a plan 

 of the meeting-house, with the names of pew-holders, as represented in 

 the town records. 



Mr. Justice Pinckney, 



Henry Fowler, Sen. 



Richard White, 



John Pinckney, 



Thomas White, 



Moses Hoite, Sen., 



John White, 



Moses Hoite, Jun. 



Mates Fowler, John Haute, 



The south side belong 



Robert Stonith, 



to this. 



John Lancaster, 





East to this. 



Capt. John Drake, 



Isaac Taylor, 



Ensign Drake, 



Isaac Lawrence, 



John Tompkins, 



Edward Hancock, 



Nathan 1 Tompkins, 



Thomas Vail, 



Mr. Will. Chaterton, 



Jeremiah Fowler, 



a place of John Clark, 



Isaac Odell, 



South side of this. 



John Coe, 





Joseph Coe, 





West to this. 





1692 





The old church of Eastchester, like that of Westchester, would seem 

 to have been a frame building twenty-eight feet square, and about eight- 

 een feet to the eaves; the sides, as well as roof, being shingled, which lat- 

 ter met together in an apex. The interior was wainscoted, and a gal- 

 lery was constructed in it, but soon after the commencement of the Rev- 



