To be paid unto the churchwardens, at or before the 15th of December, next ensuing." . From a summary account of the state of the church in the province of New York, as it was laid before the clergy, convened Oct. 5th, 1704, at New York, &c., we learn that there was a church built, but not finished, being neither glazed nor ceiled." "There is £50 settled on the minister's salary by act of Assembly." "There is twenty-three acres of land given by Westchester division, for a glebe, &c. "At the end of two years," Mr. Bartow speaks with thankfulness, of having, "by the blessing of Almighty God, been made instrumental in making many proselytes to our holy religion, who are very constant and devout, in and at their attendance on Divine service; and, those who were enemies at my first coming, are now zealous professors of the ordinances of our church. The inhabitants of our parish live scattered and dispersed up and down in the woods, so that many cannot repair constantly to the church, by reason of their great distance from it." Mr. Bartow appears, by his letters, to have been in the habit of making collections in his church for any very urgent cases of distress. Thus we have the following notices: "September 5th, 1708, came a distressed woman, widow of Maynard, through Westchester, who had nine children murdered by the Indians. Collected for her in the church, eleven shillings and six pence." The following Sunday he made a similar collection for a poor man. Besides Westchester at which he resided, Mr. Bartow ofciated once a month at Eastchester, and occasionally at Yonkers. The population of Westchester was about five hundred and fifty: that of Eastchester, four hundred, &c.c Colonel Caleb Heathcote in a letter to the secretary of the Venerable Propagation Society, dated manor of Scarsdale, Nov. 9, 1705, says, "there is not any gentleman whom the society hath sent over, that is clothed with a fairer character than Mr. Bartow, of Westchester, and truly he is a very good and sober man, and ■ Church Record, Francis L. Hawks, D. D., Editor, vol. i. no 16, 1841, b MS. Letters in Lambeth collection, vol. ii. I. 32. Hist. Not. of the Col. Church, by Ernest Hawkins, 276. MS. letters, Lambeth Coll. vol. ix. p. 109. is extremely well liked of and spoken of by his parishioners in general." The following items are taken from the town records: "At a meeting of the justices of the vestry the 6th of March, 1704-5, John Williams late constable for the year 1703, appears with a receipt from Mr. John Bartow, bearing date the 5th of March, 1704, for the sum of £26 10, which is the full quota for the minister's rate in Westchester. At a meeting of the justices, churchwardens and vestry of the parish of Westchester, Eastchester, Yonkers and the manor of Pelham, this 12th of December, 1706, in obedience to his excellency the governor's order, &c., present, Justices. John Hunt, Capt. John Drake and Major Wm. Willett. It is voted and agreed upon by the justices and vestry aforesaid, that the parish church in Westchester, shall be finished, that is to say, to seal the sides up to the wall plates, and lay a board floor, and make two new door cases, with doors and window shuts for the windows in said church, the upper windows excepted; and whereas, Jeremiah Fowler and Isaac Irehil, presenting themselves to do said work, the justices and vestry have agreed with them to do said worke for £17, in good current money of New York, provided, that as soon as they have laid the under floor and made the doors, and door cases and window shuts, they shall be paid to the value of said work, and the remainder of said £17, at the finishing thereof. The justices and vestry to find bords, and nails and hinges. Edmund Collier." "At a subsequent meeting held by ye justices, churchwardens and vestry, &c., this 23d day of December, 1707, they found it necessary to raise ye sumes which followeth, viz. At a meeting of ye church wardens and vestrymen, freeholders and parishioners of the borough of Westchester, held the 10th day of January, A. D. 1709, present, Joseph Hunt, Thomas Pinckney, Major William Willett, Justices, Were chosen, and appointed Joseph Hunt, jun. and Jeremiah Fowler, Churchwardens. Collected for the minister, £50. For the clerk of vestry, £5. For col lecting, £2 13. The quotas for the different precincts were In 1720 the quotas for the church and poor of the parish stood thus, In the year 1711, the venerable Propagation Society voted one hundred and fifty prayer books, and £5 worth of tracts for the Rev. John Bartow of Westchester.a Mr. Bartow in 1713 contributed £9 6s. 6d., towards rectifying the pews and seats in East and Westchester. The same year, Mr. Charles Glen was appointed schoolmaster at Westches |