634 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



occasion about three years since of the hiring a Presbyterian minister, who is 

 now removed to Bedford within the parish of Rye, of which the Rev. Mr. Jenny 

 has undertaken the care of, with the Society's approbation. I now by the bearer 

 received my money of Mr. Perry, about which I have been so impertinent to 

 you, through a mistake ; and humbly beg the Society's pardon and venerate their 

 justice, and shall not cease to pray for the blessing of God on their pious en- 

 deavors, who am, Sir, Your humble and obedient servant, 



Joun Bartow."* 



In 1723, Mr. Bartow received from the Society ^10 for his extra 

 services at New Rochelle. 



Mr. Bondet was succeeded in 1724 by the Rev. Pierre Stouppe, 

 A.M. This individual was also a native of France, and nearly related 

 to, if not a son, of the Rev. Mr. Stouppe, minister of the French Church 

 in London, who was sent by Oliver Cromwell in 1654 to Geneva, to 

 negotiate in affairs relating to the French Protestants/ He was born 

 in 1690, studied divinity at Geneva, and afterwards accepted a call as 

 minister to the French Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Here 

 he continued until the summer of 1723, when he resigned his charge, 

 conformed to the Church of England, and crossed the Atlantic to be 

 ordained. At Christmas, 1723, he was admitted to holy orders by the 

 Rt. Rev. Edmund Gibson, D.D., the then Lord Bishop of London, and 

 licensed to officiate as a missionary in the Government of New York. 

 At the same time he was appointed the Venerable Society's missionary 

 to New Rochelle, with a salary of ^50 per annum. In July, 1724, he 

 received his commission from Governor Burnet. He proved very ac- 

 ceptable to his flock because he could preach in French, which language, 

 only, most of them understood. In 1724, the Society's Abstracts says 

 that " Mr. Stouppe's congregation is much increased since his arrival, 

 and that the number of his communicants is thirty-eight." 



REV. PETER STOUPPE'S ANSWERS TO THE QUERIES OF THE 

 BISHOP OF LONDON. 



[queries to be answered by every minister.] 



New Rochelle, 1724, the 12th October. 



Q. How long is it since you went over to the plantations as a missionarv ? 



A. Your Lordship knows that I went over as a missionary but since the last 

 spring. 



Q. Have you had any other church before you came to that which you now 

 possess ; and if you had, what church was it, and how long have you been re- 

 moved ? 



A, I had the French church of Charleston, in South Carolina, and left it about 

 eighteen months ago. 



a New York, MSS. from archives at Fnlham, vol. ii. 5S2-3. (Hawks,) 



q 1 ir. Vauffhan's Protectorate of Cromwell, vol. i, p. 12. " 1654, June 1st, Mr. Stouppe came 

 to u.s." Pell's Diary. Vaughan's Prot. of Cromwell, vol. ii, p. 486. 



