760 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Upon a beautiful marble monument, surmounted with the sitting fig- 

 ure of the angel of the resurrection, his left hand pointing upward, and 

 his right holding the trumpet, is the following inscription to the memory 

 of Dr. Trevett, a former rector of the parish : 



8ACHED 



To the memory of 

 REV. RUSSELL TREVETT, D.D., 



who departed this life 



March 8th, 1865, 



Aged 47 years, 



2 months and 6 days. 



" I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord ; he that helieveth in me, 

 though he were dead, yet shall he live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth in 

 me, shall never die." 



" The graves of Ms saints were blessed, 

 When in the grave He lay ; 

 And rising thence, t&eir hopes He raised 

 To everlasting day. 



" Soar we now where Christ has led, 

 Following our exalted Head ; 

 * Made like Him, like Him we rise. 



Ours the cross, the grave the skies." 



We have reason to believe that a Presbyterian congregation was 

 gathered in this town not long after its settlement, or between the years 

 1750 and 1760. 



Among the founders of this congregation was Mr. Solomon Close, 

 the father of three Presbyterian ministers — John, David and Tompkins; 

 (David was settled at Patterson, New York. ) 



From the first mention of this people, in 1765, they appear to have 

 been destitute of a settled ministry. Other adverse circumstances are 

 also referred to in the minutes of the Presbytery. The congregation 

 continued under the care of the Presbytery for, at least, ten years ; 

 during which application was made repeatedly for advice and aid. In 

 1772, John Blydenburgh, a candidate, was permitted by the Presbytery 

 to preach for a while at North Salem. In 1774 the people again ap- 

 plied for direction, but the Presbytery declared itself unable to refer 

 them to a candidate, and granted them supplies for two months. 6 



In the church register-book, entitled " The Records of the Congrega- 

 tional Church at Upper Salem, now North Salem, copied in the year 

 1814," occurs the following memoranda : '" Upper Salem, August 20th, 

 1779.. At a meeting of the church members living in Upper Salem, 



a Solomon Close was, however, at this time, an elder of South Salem Congregation. 

 b The Records of Presbytery do not mention North Salem after this. 



