nominate and appoint Mr. John Cock of the said precinct, for his known skill and ability in military discipline, and for other good causes, captain of the company for the district aforesaid; and, whereas, we are informed that a complaint hath been made to the committee by a few of the inhabitants against the said Mr. John Cock, out of spite and malice, and as we conceive what has been alledged against him was before signing the association, we are well assured that since his signing the association, no person can accuse him of breaking the same by any ways or means whatsoever; therefore, we the petitioners and subscribers, do humbly beg the indulgence of this Hon. House to grant Mr. John Cock the commission of captain for the company aforesaid, as we are convinced he was chosen agreeable to your said resolve, and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray.

Anthony Archer,

Basil

Thos. Oakley, Jonathan Fowler, Abraham Hick, Matthias Archer, Ezekiel Brown, Abraham Aster, Robert Farrington, John Odell, Abraham Odell, Abraham Post, Dennis Post, William Post, Robert Brown, Daniel Dean, Stephen Bastine, Henry Norris, John Gresinall,

The commanding eminence rising above the village directly east of the Philipse Mansion, is called Locust Hill. Here the American army were encamped during a part of the war, while the enemy lay in the lower grounds.

October 12, 1776, the American army marched from King's bridge, along the heights above Yonkers towards Dobb's Ferry.

St. John's church, Yonkers, together with its gothic parsonage, stands pleasantly situated on the south bank of the Saw mill. This church is one of the neatest in the county, having been

completely repaired and beautified within a few years. It owes its early foundation to the Philipses's, who, as lords of the Manor at that time enjoyed the advowson or right of patronage to all and every church erected therein. Its first founder and patron was the Honorable Frederick Philipse, for sonie years speaker of the house of Assembly in the province of New York, 1721-8.

There is every reason to believe that this distinguished indi. vidual took some steps towards the erection of the church previous to his death, which happened in 1751: (he died of consumption at the age of 53.) In his will, which is dated the 6th of June, of the same year, he directs,

"That out of the rents that were, or should thereafter be due to him, from the manor of Philipsborough, the sum of £400 be by his executrix laid out in erecting a building or finishing a church of England as by law established, on the farmı near and to the northward of the house then in the tenure of William Jones, sen., unless he should build the said church in his lifetime; and he devised all the said farm with all the buildings thereon, unto all his children, and their heirs, in trust, for the use of such ministers of the church of England as by law established, as should be from time to time admitted or instituted in the said church; and so for ever to remain for a glebe to the said church."a That the building was commenced in 1752, there is no doubt, for among the family papers, occurs an account of the expenses on the church at Philipsborough to the estate of Frederick Philipse, debtor," commencing Nov. 1752, closing December, 1753, whole amount, £623 6s. 9d. This sum shows that his executrix had exceeded the original bequest in the will, £223. The curious reader will not be displeased with one or two more of these accounts, showing the expenses attendant on building a church at that early period :

Benjamin Fowler's account in full for ye church: May 11th, 1753, dito 61 days works at geting timber for the dors and the winder frams for the church, at 5 shillings per day, £1 12 6. September the 20th, to working and going to ask

the peple to come to work at the church, 8 days, &c., &c. John Underhill's receipt for supplying the workmen at the church with beef, commencing August 31st. Madame Philipse dito, 69 pound of beef at 2s 3d per pound, £15 10 3.

Received of Beverly Robinson the above amount in full. JOHN UNDERHILL."

Nothing remains of the original structure, except the walls and tower, the roof and wood work having been destroyed by an accidental fire, May, 1791. When the ruins of the church came to be examined after this melancholy accident, the skeleton of a full sized man was discovered behind the remains of the pulpit. In 1792, it was again repaired, and on the 21st August of that year, consecrated to the service of Almighty God, under the name and title of St. John's Church, Philipsborough, by the Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, first Bishop of the State of New York. The present edifice consists of a square tower surmounted with a wooden cupola and spire, body and vestry room in the rear.

The principal entrance is by a circular headed door on the

south side.

There are two monumental tablets in this church:

the first placed against the south wall is inscribed;

To perpetuate the memory of

the REV. ELIAS COOPER,

27 years Rector of this church, who departed this life, Jan. 16, 1816,

aged 58 years and 11 days.

He laboured industriously to promote the happiness
of MANKIND

by advancing the influence of the Christian religion.
Pious without superstition, and zealous without

BIGOTRY;

a friend to the poor and an ornament to the church,
exemplary in the discharge of every relation
and professional duty,

respected and honored through life by those
who knew his virtues,

and in his death universally lamented.
This humble monument (not of his praise)
is erected by his faithful flock,

who knew him, loved him, and lament their loss,
and are desirous of recording in

this inscription

their esteem, affection and regret.

The second on the chancel wall is erected

TO THE MEMORY OF

THE REV. ALEXANDER H. CROSBY, A. M.,
10 years Rector of this church,
who died at the Island of St. Croix,
January 4, 1839, aged 35 years.

In the General Theological Seminary,

THE PIETY, VIRTUES AND TALENTS, were nurtured, which fitted him for the

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY,

sincerity of character, kindness of heart,

and purity of life, united with steady zeal,
correct principles, patient labor and true
devotedness to God, edified the church,

won for him the hearts of his flock,
and were honored by his Divine master,
with abundant fruits.

In all things he was an example and a pattern for the people to follow; and with this testimony he has entered into his rest.

A BELOVED BROTHER

and faithful minister in the Lord.

The flock

for whose sakes he gladly spent himself, have erected this tablet to attest their sense of his excellence,

and their grief for his loss.

The bell was presented to the Howland, Esq., and contains the Hanks, Mansfield, Con., 1818."

church, by the late Joseph following inscription: "B.

It is much to be regretted, that the old communion service of this church was carried off during the war of the Revolution for safe keeping, to the city of New York. Some years after the close of the war, the altar cloth was discovered in an old dusty box, where it had lain through the whole period of the Revolution: this is now in use at St. John's chapel, Tuckahoe. The silver now used at the administration of the holy sacrament, consists of one large silver flagon, 2 silver chalices, a silver bason or font; the latter presented by a member of the Van Cortlandt family; and a silver plate bearing the following inscription :

"Presented to the Episcopal Church of the town of Yonkers

1795."

Bells were used by the ancient Romans to signify the time of bathing, and naturally applied by the early Christians to denote the hours of devotion.