THE TOWN OF NEW ROCHELLE. 675 



and Saviour of our souls, as well as by his preaching in which we have always 

 found a doctrine, truly pure and evangelical, sound and edifying, and con- 

 sequently, the only one which accompanied and aided by the grace of God is 

 able to conduct our souls unto eternal life. 



We add further, that we have seen with sincere regret the request which Mr Jean 

 Carle has made for his dismission from the Reformed French church in New York 

 with which we are (an annexe,) for we truly desired that he would finish his 

 days with us, we being much edified by his ministry ; but wishing to acquiesce, 

 we join with sorrow our consent with that of our sister church, the Reformed 

 French church of New York, and accord to Mr. Jean Carle his dismissal Avhich 

 he has requested. In consequence he has given us his farewell sermon, this 

 Tiord's day morning, April 15, 1764, we accompanying it with our own most sin- 

 cere prayers, praying that God would take him under His mighty protection, 

 conduct happily wherever His providence may call him, and bestow His blessing 

 upon his person and his ministry, to the' end that he may contribute effectually 

 to the glory of our great God, and lead souls captive to the obedience of Jesus 

 Christ. Done in Consistory, and a true copy given to Mr. Jesm Carle at New 

 Rochelle, this 15th day of April, 1764. 



(Signed,) Samuel P. Gillet, 



Michel Honors, 

 Jean Badeatj, 

 Jean Paeoot.* 



From this time (1764) no record appears to have been made of the 

 state or progress of the French Protestant congregation in New Ro- 

 chelle, as a distinct body • probably about this period, such of its mem- 

 bers as had not conformed to the Church of England, allied themselves 

 to the Presbyterian form of worship. 



Upon the 23d of February, 1808, the Presbyterian church was incor- 

 porated under the title of the " French Church in New Rochelle," Matson 

 Smith, John Reid, Thomas Carpenter, Robert Givan, Gideon Coggle- 

 shall, and James Somerville, trustees. A re-organization appears to 

 have taken place "on the 30th of May, 181 2, under the direction of a 

 committee appointed by the Presbytery of New York, consisting of the 

 Rev. Walter King, Philip Milledolar, D.D., and Henry Rutgers, elder." 

 The church edifice was raised in 181 5, and dedicated the same year. 

 The land on which it stood was the gift of Mr. George Pelor, 12th of 

 May 1814. In 1827 Samuel Bayard, of the borough of Princeton, in 

 the State of New Jersey, and the Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, 6 of the town 



a Translated from the original MSS. by tlie Rev. Gorham D. Abbott in 183T. In April, 

 1764, the Rev. Jean Carle returned to Europe. Smith, the historian, writing in 1757, observes, 

 the present minister in the French church in New York is Mr. Carle, a native of France, who 

 succeeded Mr. Ron, in 1754. "He bears an nreproachable character, is very intent upon his 

 studies, preaches moderate Calvanism, and speaks with propriety, both of pronunciation and 

 gesture." Smith's Hist., N. Y. 194. 



b The father of Lewis P. Bayard was Hon. Samuel Bavard, a ruling elder in the Presbyter- 

 ian church and the author of letters on the Lord's Supper. Col. Samuel Bayard was a liberal 

 benefactor of this church. 



