THE TOWN OF GREENBURGH. 349 



Greenburgh is a small hamlet situated three miles south-east of Tarry- 

 town, consisting of a church, a store, a few scattered houses, and one tavern 



This place is delightfully located in the Saw-mill valley, through which 

 flows the lovely Nepera, (Saw-mill). 



Upon the west side of the valley, towers Beaver hill, frowning in sol- 

 emn majesty on the quiet scene below. 



The Presbyterian church of Greenburgh, (situated on the east banK 

 of the Saw Mill) was first organized about the year 1790, under the 

 ministry of the Rev. John Townley. This individual labored here for 

 about twelve years, after which time he removed to Somers, and sub- 

 sequently to Peekskill. a 



Upon the departure of Mr. Townly, services were performed here, by 

 the Rev. Thomas G. Smith, pastor of the Dutch Reformed church of 

 Tarrytown and Unionville. 



Mr. Smith was succeeded by the late Rev. George Bourne, who served 

 the churches of Greenburgh and Dobb's Ferry, with great acceptance. 



During this period, the church was connected with the old Westches- 

 ter Presbytery, a congregational body, long since extinct. Upon the 

 12th of June, 1825, it was received into union with the First Presbytery 

 of New York, and re-organized. It is at present connected with the 

 Bedford Presbytery. This church appears to have been first incorpo- 

 rated upon the 25th of April, 1790, on which occasion, John Martine, 

 Elijah Tompkins, Archer Read, Thomas Almond, and Abraham Odell 

 were elected trustees." 6 



LIST OF MINISTERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT GREEN- 



BURGH.c 



Install or call. Ministers. Vacated by. 



Ministers f 1790, Rev. John Townley, resig. 



under the I 1802, Rev. Thomas G. Smith, supply, resig. 



Westchester j 1820, Rev. George Bourne, resig. 



Presbytery, (_ 1825, Rev. David Remington, resig. 



Sept. 19, 1826, Rev. Chester Long, resig. 



Dec. 1, 1832, Rev. Mark Mead, resig. 



1834, Rev. John White, resig. 



1835, Rev. Hosea Ball, resig. 

 July 16, 1838, Rev. George Walker, resig. 

 Oct. 8, 1 841 , Rev. Samuel Kellogg, resig. 

 June 10, 1843, Rev. Elias S. Soheno resig. 

 June 20, 1852, Rev. J. L. Howell, resig. 



Oct. 1860, Rev. William Miokle, resig. 



Oct. 14,1867, Rev. Thornton M. Niven, Jr., present. 



First elders of the church, Archibald Reid, George Combs and Staats Ham- 

 mond. First dea cons, William Brown and Isaac See. 



a The Rev. John Townley died March 1st, 1812, aged 72 years. His remains and those ol 

 his wife and daughter, are interred in the burying ground attached to this church. 



b Religious Soc. Co. Rec. Lib. A. 22, a second incorporation occurs May 17, 1S08 ; a fourth, 

 6th of June, 1835. 



c The ministers of this church have for a long time officiated alternately between the two 

 churches of Greenburgh and White Plains 



