238 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



the church in Eastchester next month, in order to ordain the Rev. Mr. 

 Cooper, a priest for this and Yonkers church." On this occasion, 

 William Crawford was requested to render an account of the rent due 

 the church from him, for the glebe. 



In 1792, we find the town defining the boundaries necessary for the 

 church, for a yard and burial ground ; accommodating the remainder, of 

 what was called the Church Green, (the site of the old church, and burial 

 place of one of its ministers) to public occasions, and appointing trustees 

 to carry the same into execution, notwithstanding the church had been 

 in possession exclusively for nearly one hundred years. 



"At a town meeting held in Eastchester, 3d of April, 1792, it was agreed as 

 follows: — and it is also agreed by vote at this town meeting, that there shall be 

 three trustees chosen, who shall have power, and are hereby authorized to affix and 

 ascertain, in conjunction with the trustees of the Episcopal Church of the town 

 of Eastchester, the quantity and boundaries of the land necessary for said 

 church aod burying ground ; and such boundaries when so fixed and determined 

 on shall be declared in a certificate by the said trustees of the town, which is now 

 to be chosen, under their hands and seals, and delivered to the Trustees of said 

 Church, which certificate shall forever hereafter operate as a bar to any claim of 

 this town to the lands within the said described boundaries. Power was also 

 given to the trustees to lease out any of the public lauds aud tenements to the 

 best advantage. The meeting proceeded to nominate aud choose three men as 

 trustees of said town, viz : Nehemiah Marshall, Beujamin Morgan, and James 

 Morgan. 



The following certificate appears in the town books immediately after 

 the above resolution : — 



W/iereas, we the subscribers, by a vote and order of the town meeting of the 

 inhabitants of the town of Eastchester, in the County of Westchester, held in 

 said town on the 3d day of April, 1 792, were authorized and empowered to affix 

 and ascertain, in conjunction with the Trustees of the Episcopal Church in East- 

 Chester aforesaid, the boundaries and quantity of land necessary and convenient 

 for said church, and for a burial place adjacent to the same. 



And wliereas, we, the said subscribers, having on the day of the date hereof, 

 met with a majority of the trustees of said church, and having proceeded to view 

 the premises, and in order to furnish the said church with sufficiency of ground 

 for a yard and burial ground, and also to accommodate the remainder of what is 

 called the Green, to public occasion, Do, in pursuance of the trust reposed in us 

 by the vote or order above mentioned, hereby certify, that the said trustees of the 

 church aforesaid shall and of right ought to possess the ground comprehended 

 within the limits following, for the use and purposes aforesaid, that is to say : — 

 Beginning at the distance of 34^ feet directly north-east, from the north-east 

 corner of said church, from thence extending in a straight line westerly, observ- 

 ing the distance of 28 feet from the front of said church, until it comes to the edge 

 of the bank between the upland and salt marsh, thence southerly by the said 



