him so Inducted you do defend, and what you shall have done in the premises thereof, you do duely certifie unto me, or other competent Judge, in that behalf, when thereunto you shall be duly required. Given under my hand and the Prerogative Seal of the Province of New-York, the twenty-second day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-six. G. CLINTON.

Also, that the aforesaid Henry Barclay, on the twenty-third day of this Instant November, within the said year, being a Lord's day, did read in his Parish Church aforesaid, openly, publickly, and solemnly, before the congregation there assembled, the Morning and Evening Prayers appointed to be read, by and according to the Book Entitled, (the Book of Common Prayer,) and administration of the Sacraments and rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, "together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be said or sung in Churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons," at the time thereby appointed; and after such reading thereof, did, openly and publickly, before the congregation assembled, declare his unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things therein contained, and prescribed according to this form, viz: I, Henry Barclay, do declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and every thing and things contained and prescribed in and by the Book Intituled the Book of Common Prayer, and administration of Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be said or sung in Churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Also that he did, publickly and openly, in the afternoon of the said day, in his Parish Church aforesaid, in the presence of the congregation there assembled, in the time of Divine Service, read a certificate under the hand and seal of the Right Reverend father in God Edmund, Lord Bishop of London, in these words, viz : This declaration was made and subscribed before me, by the said Henry Barclay, to be licensed to perform the Ministerial office in the Colony of New-York, this 12th day of Dec', in the Year of our Lord 1737, and in the 15th of our Translation. EDMUND LONDON. And at the same time, and in the same place, the congregation being

present, did read the declaration or acknowledgment contained in the said certificate, viz: I do declare that I will conform to the Liturgy of the Church of England, as it is now by Law Established. And lastly, that on Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of the Instant November, and in the Year aforesaid, he did read the Articles of Religion, commonly called the thirty-nine Articles, agreed upon in Convocation, in the Year 1652, in his Parish Church aforesaid, in the time of Common Prayer there, and did declare his unfeigned assent thereto. And these things we promise to testify upon our Corporall oaths, if at any time we shall be called thereunto. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, in the city of New-York, this twenty-eighth day of November, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-six.

JAMES EMOTT,
LAMBERT Moore.

On the news of his appointment to the office of Rector of Trinity Church, the acceptance of which, under the circumstances of the case, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel very highly approved, they desired him to dispose of the moneys in his hands for the service of the Mohocks as he should think proper, he having shown himself in all things a good and faithful steward to them. They also made it their earnest request to Mr. Barclay, to continue the Mohock Indians under his care, as far as was consistent with his cure of Trinity Church, and to look out for some proper person to be appointed their Missionary, as soon as with safety he might reside among them. To this he replied, that he was very much afraid it could not be done while the war should continue, and that if he had had the least prospect of it, he trusted in God that no worldly considerations would have prevailed on him to lay down his employment among them; but that he would nevertheless do

all in his power in his new station, to keep alive and cherish that good seed which he had so happily sown among them.

It may well be supposed that one who had been so laborious, so self-denying, and successful in the difficult attempt to convert and reform the Indians, would not be lacking in fidelity and diligence to those who were already of the household of faith. At this distance of time, however, it is almost impossible to follow him in the even tenour of his course in a settled and well established parish, and to ascertain either the extent or the fruits of his labours. But still we have some indications both of their abundance and success.

In a few years after his induction into the office of Rector of Trinity Church, the congregation had so far increased as to stand in need of further accommodation, and to require the erection of a chapel. Partly by the arrival of strangers from Europe, but principally by proselytes from the Dutch churches, it had become so numerous, that, though the old building would contain two thousand hearers, a new one was needed. If the statement of Smith, the historian of New-York, that the proportion of Episcopalians to the dissenters in the colony was scarcely as one to fifteen, this was a most remarkable circumstance, and spoke well for the zeal and diligence of the ministers of Trinity Church. For there were at that time only eight places of worship belonging to the dissenters in the city of New-York, some of which were small, so that the proportion of Episcopalians had risen here at least as one to five.

The first step which was taken in this matter, was at a meeting of the Vestry on the 12th of April, 1748:

This Board being of opinion that it has become absolutely necessary to build a chapel of Ease to Trinity Church, and being desirous to build the same where it will be most commodious and convenient to the congregation in generall: Ordered, 'That the Church Wardens, Coll Moore, Mr. Watts, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Horsmanden, Mr. Reade, and Mr. Lodge, or any four of them, (one of the Church Wardens always to be one,) be a committee to consider where will be the most proper place for building the said chapel, and to hear the sentiments of the congregation, with their several reasons, and to make their report to this Board with all convenient expedition.

Ordered, That the Church Wardens, Mr. Reade and Mr. Chambers, be a committee to purchase six lotts of gronnd fronting Nassau street and Fair street, from David Clarkson, Esq., upon such terms as they shall think reasonable, in order to build a chapel of Ease to Trinity Church thereon.

At a subsequent meeting, held on the 11th of July, in the same year,

Coll Robinson, from the committee appointed to purchase the lotts of ground from Mr. Clarkson, to build a chapel of Ease on, Reported, that the committee had agreed with Mr. Clarkson for the said lotts for £500, to be paid in a Year; and several persons residing in Montgomerie Ward appearing, and alledging that the lots of Coll Beekman, fronting Beekman's street and Van Cliff's street, would be more commodious for building the said chapel on, proposed, that, if the Vestry would agree to the building the chapel there, the Inhabitants of Montgomerie Ward would raise money among themselves sufficient to purchase the ground, and that if Mr. Clarkson insisted on the performance of the agreement with him for his lots, they would take a conveyance for them, and pay the purchase money; which proposal being considered by the Vestry, was agreed to.

Mr. Reade, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Holland, Mr. Grant, and Mr. Henry Ludlow, or any three of them, were appointed a committee to

procure plans for a chapel of Ease to Trinity Church, not exceeding ninety feet in length, and to make their report to the Board with all convenient expedition; and Mr. Murray, Mr. Horsmanden, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Lodge, and Mr. Nicholls, a committee to examine into the title of Col1 Henry Beekman to the Lands near Beekman's Swamp, proposed to be purchased for the building a chapel of Ease.

Power also was given to the committee appointed, to inspect into the title of Coll Beekman to the land near the swamp, to agree with Coll Beekman for the purchase thereof, for such sum as they should think fitt, and to prepare deeds to be by him executed for the conveying the same to the Rector and inhabitants of Trinity Church; and when such purchase should be so made, to agree also with James Burling for exchanging part of the said ground for a lott of ground which belonged to him adjoining thereto, or such part thereof as they could agree with him to exchange for the same, on such terms and for such consideration as to them should seem meet.

These arrangements were all completed, as appears from an entry on the minutes in the following spring:

Mr. Murray, from the committee appointed to agree with Coll Henry Beekman for six lots of land to build a chapel of Ease on, Reported, that the said Coll Beekman and his wife had executed Deeds for the said lots, and that Capt. Aspinwall, on behalf of the Inhabitants of Montgomerie Ward, had paid £645 for the same. Whereupon it was ordered, that the said Deeds be delivered to Mr. Lodge, to be by him entered on the records of this city.

It would seem that the Church lands were still very unproductive,* and the resources of the Vestry

* For, at a meeting of the Vestry on the 26th of April, 1750, Adam Vandenburgh, the tenant of the Churches farm, appeared at this Board, and agreed that the Church might lease out any of the farm to the southward of the stockadoes for any purposes notwithstanding his lease had not expired; and thereupon, this Board agreed to lease