672 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 

 and nine, all the then inhabitants of the said township who were mem- 

 bers of the said French church, excepting two, unanimously agreed and 

 consented to conform themselves and the religious worship of their said 

 church to the liturgy and rites of the Church of England as established by 

 law; and by a solemn act 01 agreement did submit to, and put themselves 

 under the protection of the same; that fourteen years before, (1695), 

 and ever since such conformity their respective ministers and pastors 

 have been invested with Episcopal ordination and had received their 

 principal support from the Society for Propagating the Gospel in foreign 

 parts, etc. Fourteen years after this conformity we find Alexander Al- 

 laire conveying a certain lot of land, lying in the town of New Rochelle, 

 unto Isaac Mercier and others for a public assembling place for the 

 worship of God for the French Protestants inhabiting within the town 

 of New Rochelle in the following manner : 



" To ah Christian people unto whom these presents shall or may come, Alex- 

 ander Allaire of New Rochelle, in the County of Westchester, in the province of 

 New York, sendeth greeting in our Lord God everlasting : Know ye, that he 

 the said Alexander Allaire, for and in consideration of the love and affection 

 which he hath and beareth unto his brethren in Jesus Christ, Isaac Mercier, 

 Daniel Samson and Zachary Angevin and other the members of the French Prot- 

 estant congregation gathered together at New Roceelle aforesaid, according to 

 the discipline and church government heretofore established and exercised in 

 the Protestant Church of France, before their late persecution and destruction in 

 that kingdom, hath granted, released, and confirmed, &c, &c, unto the said 

 Isaac Mercier, Paniel Samson, and Zachary Angevin, all that certain lot, or tuft 

 of ground, situate, lying and being in the town of New Rochelle aforesaid, being 

 butted and bounded by the road or highway from the corner of Chapron's land 

 along the road one hundred and twenty foot, from thence northerly along the 

 other land of the said Alexander Allaire seventy-five feet, and from thence along 

 the line of Chapron's land sixty foot easterly, and from thence along the line of 

 said land ninety foot, together with all and singular the edifices, buildings, liber- 

 ties, &c, unto the said Isaac Mercier, Daniel Samson, Zachary Angevin, and 

 their heirs for ever, for the only, sole and proper use, benefit, and behoof for a 

 public assembling place for the worship of God, for the French Protestants in- 

 habiting within the town of New Rochelle aforesaid, who exercise the discipline 

 and church government according to the usages, orders, customs and directions 

 heretofore used, practised, established and exercised in the Reformed Protestant 

 Churches of the kingdom of France, before the last persecution and destruction 

 of the same in the said kingdom of France, for ever, and to no other use and 

 purpose whatsoever ; but in case these premises shall be applied to any other pur- 

 pose, then they shall immediately revert unto the said Alexander Allaire, his heirs 

 and assignees for ever." Alexander Allaire. 



Thia 20th dayof January, 1723-4. a 



a Count. Rec. Lib., E, 388, 99. The original Document is in the possession of Mr. Drake of 

 Scarsdale. 



