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parish in 1819. In 182 1, a committee appointed by the vestry to fore- 

 close the land lately given by the late Rev. Theodosius Bartow, reported 

 "that the same is accordingly foreclosed, by which the land becomes the 

 property of the Church."" In 1822 Mr. Kearny relinquished the rector- 

 ship, and was succeeded by the Rev. Pintard Bayard, A. M. This 

 individual was born on the 23d day of July, 1791, at the residence of 

 his great- uncle Elias Boudinot, LL.D., at Frankfort, near Philadelphia, 

 Pa. His mother was the only daughter of Lewis Pintard, LL.D., of 

 New York, whose long and devoted services to the Church have en- 

 deared him to the hearts of all who seek her welfare and pray for her 

 peace. At the early age of three years, Lewis P. Bayard went to Eng- 

 land with his father, who was sent by the United States Government to 

 that country, we believe, on a private embassy. During his father's 

 residence in London, young Bayard received the rudiments of an Eng- 

 lish education, and some knowledge of the French language. For some 

 years after his return from England, he resided in the family of his 

 grandfather, at New Rochelle. Here the foundation of his classical 

 education was laid by several successive teachers, among whom was Mr. 

 Corbet, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. His father afterwards 

 removed to New York, and placed him under the tuition of the late 

 Rev. Edmund Barry, D. D., rector of St. Matthew's church, Jersey 

 City, N. J., from whose excellent instructions he appears to have de- 

 rived the most decided and permanent benefit. Having been thoroughly 

 prepared for College under Dr. Barry, he became a member of Nassau 

 Hall, Princeton, N. J., in the Fall of 1804, where he remained four 

 years, and graduated with the usual honors in the summer of 1808. For 

 some time he hesitated which of the professions to choose; but, "after 

 long and mature consideration," he says, " I felt inwardly called and 

 moved to take upon myself the office of a minister of Christ ; " and he 

 accordingly commenced, in 1 809, a course of theological study under 

 the direction of Bishop Hobart Although nurtured in the bosom of 

 the Presbyterian denomination, he became convinced, after a faithful 

 investigation of the subject of Episcopacy, aided by Divine light and 

 guidance in prayer, and diligent and humble examination of the Scrip- 

 tures, that it was his duty to connect himself with the Episcopal Church 

 as one " divine in its institution, apostolic in its ministry, pure and evan- 



a The purchasers of the old glebe, (Elijah Ward and others,) having paid off their bonds to 

 the Church, and the monies being deposited in the rector's hand, the latter, to secure the 

 same to the Church, mortgaged a tract of land of about sixty acres, situated in the town of 

 New Rochelle, which was foreclosed as above ; this land has since been sold by an order of 

 the Court of Chancery, and is now occupied by Benjamin Le Fevre, Capt. Oliver Cutts, the 

 late John G. Horton, Francis Baptist, Peter Sherwood, the late Leonard P. Miller, Esq., the 

 public school, &c. 



