THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE. 663 



Shortly after the treaty of peace the parish was organized under Mr. 

 Andrew Fowler, (afterwards the Rev. Mr. Fowler,) who read prayers and 

 sermons from 1781 until 1786, and at the same time had the charge of 

 a school in this place. Mr. Fowler was the eldest child of Andrew Fow- 

 ler, of Guilford, Conn., (who was born there August 1728,) by his wife 

 Martha Stone, (who was born August 1737, and died in 1794.) Andrew 

 Fowler, sen., who was a lineal descendant of John Fowler, one of the 

 original planters of Guilford in 1639-40, died Oct. 18, 18 15. The Rev. 

 Andrew Fowler died at Charleston, S. C, Dec. 29th, 1850. Mr. Fow- 

 ler was succeeded by Mr. Bartow, as a lay reader, who continued his 

 services in this capacity until he received holy orders. 



The Rev. Theodosius Bartow was the son of Theodosius Bartow, 

 second son of the Rev. John Bartow, first rector of the parish of West- 

 chester, and by his mother Bathsheba Pell, a lineal descendant of John 

 Pell, second lord of the Manor of Pelham. He was born at Westchester, in 

 this County, A.D., 1747, where he received his early education. In 1786, 

 as we have seen, he succeeded Mr. Fowler as a lay-reader, In 1788, 

 at a Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New 

 York, held in the city of New York, on Wednesday, November 5th, 

 1788, it was resolved, — "That the thanks of the Convention be returned 

 to Mr. Bartow, for his services as a reader in the Episcopal church at 

 New Rochelle, that the Convention consider him as eminently useful to 

 the Church in that situation and wish him to continue therein ; and as 

 they have the highest sense of his zeal for religion, and just respect for 

 his moral character, they would recommend his application to such 

 studies as may qualify him for holy orders, in conformity to the Con- 

 stitution of the Church ; and that a copy of these resolutions be delivered 

 to Mr. Bartow by the Secretary, in testimony of the approbation of this 

 Convention." 



The next year, at the solicitation of the congregation, he applied 

 for holy orders, and was ordained Deacon, on Wednesday, 27th of 

 January, 1790, and Priest on the 19th of October following, by Bishop 

 Provoost. A definite invitation appears to have been given to Mr. 

 Bartow soon after his ordination, by which he became the first rector of 

 this parish — the church having been without a minister fourteen years. 

 Occasional services, however, may have been held during that time. 

 The salary at this period amounted to ^30 per annum, and appears to 

 have been principally paid for many years, by Lewis Pintard, Esq. In 

 1787 James de Blez, first junior warden of the parish, bequeathed the 

 sum of ;£ioo to Trinity church, which money appears to have been laid 

 out in repairing the old edifice by Mr. Bartow. The following item is 



