628 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



merit for the most Honourable and Venerable Society, that they may continue in 

 present and future generations examples, encouragers, and promoters of true 

 godliness. This premised, I recommend myself to your benevolence, and remain, 

 Honourable Sir, &c, 



Daniel Bondet."<* 



In another letter he thus writes to the same : 



MR. BONDET TO THE SECRETARY. 



New Roohelle, Oct. 17th, 1716. 

 Honored Sir. — Concerning the present state of our church, I have nothing, 

 thank God, to acquaint you with which discourage my service, nor the favour 

 of the Honorable Society. We stand orderly and peaceably under the protection 

 and favour of our worthy Governor. The number of our first disturbers is de- 

 creased, who have increased our congregation. The door of my heart is always 

 open to reconciliation, as the gates of the church for their reception. The 2nd 

 of April, Easter Day, we had fifty-two communicants; the 7th of July, fifty ; 

 the seventh of October we had forty-seven. The Hon. Col. Nicholson being in 

 these parts in the beginning of the Church settlement in this province, was 

 pleased at his parting to leave in the hands of the Rev. Mr. Vesey, rector of the 

 church of New York, a bill of £20, to be distributed among the ministers of the 

 Province, who being then in convention at New York, Mr. Vesey declared it to 

 the Assemoly, which was of seven of us, and as they were about calculating 

 how much it was for everyone, one of the brethren being generously moved 

 towards me, who had then nothing for my support but the poor contribution of 

 New Rochelle, he said, the Brother Bondet is the poorer of us, let him have the 

 whole — to which all consented : but this disorder of the affairs of the prayer 

 assigned, hath caused the bill to be unpaid, till of late that Mr. Vesey informed 

 me that he had finally received the money, remembering also how it was agreed 

 in the before-mentioned convention. I said to him, that Providence having 

 since relieved and comforted me by the favour of the Honorable Society, that I 

 was remitting my pretension to the gift to procure glass to our church, which 

 Mr. Vesey liked very well." 6 



The following year Mr. Bondet informs the Society of the death of 

 Jane Bondet his wife. The subjoined was probably his last letter to 

 that Venerable Body, although he continued faithfully at his post more 

 than three years afterwards. 



MR. BONDET TO THE SECRETARY. 



" New Rochelle, Nov. 12th, 1717. 

 Honored Sir : —That I be not wanting in duty to the Honorable Society and 

 their orders, I inform you that I am alive and thank God in good health, con- 

 sidering my age, having lost this year my wife, God having crowned the hard- 

 ships of her pilgrimage with a honorable end. I keep and rule my house, as 1 

 ought to be exemplary in house ruling as in church ministering. My congrega- 



a New York MSS. from archives at Fulhara, vol. i, pp. 4T5, 476. (Hawks.) 

 b New York MS=i. from archives at Fulham, vol. i, pp. 512, 513. (Hawk's.) 



