ST. JAMBS'S CHURCH, FORDHAM, FROM A SKETCH IN THE POSSESSION OF WM. W.
WALDRON, A.B.  A.D. 1853.




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER
AND
PARISH OF FORDHAM.
BY
-WILLIAM WATSON WALDRON, A.B.,
SECRETARY OF THE FIRST VESTRY.
"Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have
these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables."-2 PETER 1: 15, 16.
INTRODUCTION BY REV. STEPHEN H. TYNG, JR.,
RECTOR OF CHURCH OF THE MEDIATOR, N. Y.
NEW-YORK:
W. H. KELLEY       & BROTHER, PUBLISHERS.
1864.








TO THE
RT. REV. WM. HEATHCOTE         DE   LANCEY, D1).1.,
BISHOP OF WESTERN NEW-YORK,
(OF HUGUENOT DESCENT,)
THIS EPISODE IN CHURCH HISTORY IS RESPECTFULLY
INSCRIBED.








INTRODUCTION.
A YOUNG man's ignorance is to be the " introduction" to an
elder's wisdom. So the author, my friend and parishioner,
wills. It is a task which, both for his sake and the important
subject to which he has given his time and thoughts, I cheerfully undertake.
The history of the Huguenots in America has been one of
very marked interest. In proportion to their numbers, no
class of men have imposed such a debt of gratitude as they
upon the literature and culture of this country.  Their descendants have been worthy successors of noble fathers. Their
decided loyalty in these times of sorrow is a grand testimony
to that determined conscientiousness and espousal of neglected
truth which were the chief characteristics of their persecuted
ancestors before and after their emigration from France. The
deeds of St. Bartholomew's day will stand in the memory of
the world so long as God's will is to be vindicated and God's
word is to be obeyed.   It was the Philippian privilege of
these noble in the kingdom " in the behalf of Christ, not only to
believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake." And we honor
and respect the sons for the valorous deeds of their sires. Had
they themselves been deficient in the labors so abundantly
in these pages recorded, their fathers' praise had yet been their
well-founded pride. If glory be due to those who establish an




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honorable name, greater merit belongs to those who preserve it
untarnished.
The preparation of this book, which I am sure will commend
itself to the careful perusal of many whose ancient pedigree it
traces, has been an unceasing pleasure to the writer. He has
devoted untiring energy to the collation of its materials and has
disposed them with a master's hand. In the loneliness of a life
without family connections of any degree, (all having preceded
him to glory,) like the ewe lamb of Nathan's parable-this book
has been to him, " as a daughter!"  He has fondly cherished
it, and carefully watched, with jealous eye, the acceptance it
should gain from the critic's examination. And now it is sent
forth to perform an honorable mission. Wherever it is read let
the covenant God of our fathers be praised for that grace which
was given them and continued to their posterity that they
might witness a good confession for His name.
S. H. T., JR.
NEW-YORK CITY, June 8th, 1864.




PREFACE.
IT may naturally be asked, why was the
subject of the " Huguenots of Westchester" selected as the theme for this "Sketch," when
there are so many others better calculated to
convey instruction and entertainment, and
the materials for which would have been more
accessible? The reply to the inquiry is, that
this subject seems to be naturally presented
from the circumstances of the case.  NewRochelle and Fordham, the localities wherein
were enacted the transactions adduced, being
formerly embraced within the boundaries of
the only parish in the county, naturally sug.
gested the idea of including their histories
within one publication-the obscurity of the
origin, rise, and progress of these parishes ren2




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dering their histories very difficult of access,
and not easy to be presented under one connected relation. The author, being fully cognizant of the events he delineates, was induced
to undertake the task, prompted by the same
motives as the Apostle when he says: " Knowing that shortly I must put of this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath
showed me. Moreover, I will endeavor that
ye may be able after my decease to have these
things always in remembrance; for we have
not followed cunningly devised fables." *
We cannot omit to acknowledge the politeness of the Rev. Dr. Verren in presenting his
able discourse delivered on the occasion of
laying the first stone of the "Church du Saint
Esprit," in New-York, wherein we found many
of the incidents recorded in the Sketch. To
Bishop De Lancey we also owe some feelings
of gratitude for the prompt manner in which
he acceded to the request of dedicating to him
(the spiritual representative of the Huguenot
Church in America) the Historic Sketch.
* 2 Peter 1: 14-16.




PREFACE.              11
The letters from General Washington to the
De Lancey family were presented, several
years ago, by descendants of those persons to
whom they were addressed, with the express
stipulation that they should be published,
with which agreement we complied. Those
of our readers who have perused that useful
work, (of much research,) "Bolton'es History
of the Protestant Episcopal Churches in the
County of Westchester," cannot fail to recognize our indebtedness to its indefatigable author. This could not possibly be avoided any
more than two travellers, going over the same
road, and undertaking to write an account of
the scene, could avoid describing similar objects. For the facts collected concerning the
Huguenots who took refuge in Westchester,
(a mere episode in ecclesiastical history,) I am
indebted, in a great measure, to the kindness
of friends from whom I procured documents
in manuscript, together with records long
since published.
The letters appearing in the narrative were
given by a great-granddaughter of Stephen




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De Lancey, who was from Caen, in Normandy,
and came among the persecuted refugees, some
of whose descendants still reside in Fordham.
The facts, gleaned from such various sources,
are presented without any embellishment or
pretension, and with a painful consciousness
of deficiency in execution, still trusting that
their combination, in one continuous narrative, will be conducive to some good, and will
convey more instruction than the scattered
and detached medley from which they were
gleaned.
Of all the religious professors who have
found an asylum in America from persecution
for conscience' sake, there are none more deserving of historic memorial than the Huguenots, who had ceased, as a political body, to
exercise power, and were compiled to seek, in
foreign lands, that protection denied in their
own.
The Pilgrim Fathers had a Governor Bradford, the Quakers had a William Penn, to hand
down to posterity, records of their wanderings, but the Huguenots had not among them




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any to assume the pen in their defence, or to
preserve their memory from oblivion.
The Waldenses, Albigenses, and Huguenots
sent out missionaries throughout Germany,
Italy, and France, to propagate the doctrines
of Protestants who received that celebrated
name at the "Diet of Spires," on the twentyfifth of April, 1529, when John Duke of Saxony, George Elector of Brandenburgh, and
Philip Landgrave of Hesse, with other princes,
entered their "Protests" against the errors of
Popery, in the following words:
"We entreat you to weigh carefully our
wrongs and our motives. If you do not yield
our request, we'Protest' before God our only
Creator, Preserver, and Redeemer, who will,
one day, be our Judge, as well as before all
men and all creatures, that we, for all our
people, neither consent nor adhere, in any
manner, to the decree made to deprive us of
our Christian liberty in any thing that is contrary to God, to his holy word, to our right
conscience, and to the salvation of our souls."
It is asserted that the man who has written




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a book has made mankind his debtor throughout all time, even though such belongs to
that class which only serves as a stimulus to
generate inquiry or suggest an original idea.
If such be the case, this mite, cast into the
treasury of literature, must claim its reward.




HTUGIUENOTS OF WESTIIESTER.
"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of them that
bring good tidings, that publish peace; that bring glad tidings
of good, that publish salvation: that say unto Zion,'Thy
God reigneth!' "-IsAIAH 52: 7.
BEFORE entering on this Episode in Church
history, it will not be out of the legitimate
course to give some preliminary observations
on the Reformed Churches of the middle ages,
through which the light of Christianity is
transferred to us, whether under the denomination of Waldenses, Albigenses, or Huguenots,
by which names they were severally distinguished, though all agreeing in spirit and doctjine. The Waldenses inhabited the north of
Italy; they took their name from Peter Waldo, a wealthy merchant of Lyons, in France,
who lived in great reputation for his Christian




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zeal and benevolent acts, and success attended
all he undertook. Some books by the "early
fathers'" fell into the hands of Waldo, which
imparted light to his mind, and comfort to his
soul: a great desire possessed him to procure
a translation of the Bible for general distribution. The Bible in Latin was but of little service except to the learned. It is not certain
whether Waldo translated the Scriptures himself, or caused the work to be done by others.
When the " Book" was completed, he placed
it in the hands of his countrymen. Did wealth
ever confer a greater benefit? The art of
printing was not yet discovered. Written
copies had to be prepared, so that a complete
edition of the Bible would cost a large sum of
money. All honor to the good man who thus
gave the word of God to the people of France!
The Albigenses took their name from Albi,
a town in the south of France. In the twelfth
century they were persecuted by Simon de
Montfort, who brought a large army against
them. Numbers of them fled to England,
where Wycliffe was translating the Bible into




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English, thereby shedding a light which
shone like a star to the souls of men to guide
them to their Saviour. Wycliffe was rector of
Lutterworth, in Leicestershire, where are still
preserved the carved oak pulpit in which he
preached, the table on which he wrote, the
chair in which he died, and the velvet vestments in which he officiated. Though Wycliffe never left his native land, his writings
were carried into every country in Europe, by
which many minds were awakened, and prepared for a full knowledge of the Gospel.
The Huguenots were the next sect that received the light of the Reformation. For the
facts concerning that portion of this denomination which took refuge in America, I am, in
a great measure, indebted to friends, who have
placed within my hands manuscripts and rare
volumes from which I gleaned the most important facts related in the following pages.
The Huguenots of Westchester is an unvarnished combination of historic facts, given
without embellishment or pretension.
About two hundred and fifty years ago,
2*




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(A.D. 157t,) there was great joy throughout
all the dwellings of France, among the Protestants, when the king (Henry the Fourth)
had sent forth a decree, from the city of
Nantes, in favor of the persecuted Reformers,
placing them on a level with the Roman Catholics.
The " Tales for Young Prvotestants" thus
define their position. The Protestants were
now at liberty to attend to trade and the care
of land. Their peaceful and active habits
soon made them well known. No looms made
finer silk; French muslin was unsurpassed;
no ploughs were more busy in the fields, and
no vines were more fruitful than theirs. They
soon became the best work-people in the
country. And this was as it should be; for
the purest faith should always be connected
with industry and attention to the duties of
life.
"Henry the Good," as the king was called,
had been once a Protestant; but he changed
his religion to retain an earthly crown. Many
mourned that he should have forgotten the




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example and counsel of a pious mother; still
he did not neglect the friends of his early
youth. He knew their worth, and did much
to serve them. His merciful conduct did not
please the Romanists, and one day he was
stabbed by Ravaillac, a priest, while riding in
his carriage in the city of Paris. The Protestants soon found that his son and successor,
Louis the Thirteenth, bore no love to them, and
caused them many hardships. He was succeeded by Louis the Fourteenth, who revoked
the edict given in the city of Nantes, although
it was declared by his grandfather, Henry, that
it should be perpetual. When it suited the
Romanists, they did not scruple to break all
the laws which were favorable to the Protestants, even though enacted under the most
solemn oaths and pledges.    Sorrow  and
mourning were now substituted for joy and
pleasure in many of the castles and cottages
of France. The enemies of the truth had obtained the power they wanted, and they were
at liberty to oppress as they pleased. Severe
laws were passed, in the hope of rooting out




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the reformed religion. Heavy fines were laid
upon those who did not adorn their houses on
saints' days, and heavy blows if they did not
kneel when a Romish procession went along
the streets. They were not allowed to be
doctors, booksellers, printers, or grocers. No
apprentice could be taught a trade in their
shops. If they were heard to sing hymns in
public or private, they were sent to prison;
their hymn-book was publicly burned, and the
Bible was taken out of their houses. Their
places of worship were broken into and destroyed; their ministers were sent out of the
land, or shut up in jail. The sick could only
be attended by Romish priests; and the bodies of those who died were often dragged from
their graves, and left to be devoured by wolves
and vultures.
The distress of the Huguenots was at its
height when they saw their dear children torn
from their arms, and carried away to be
brought up as Papists. The joy of watching
over them, of hearing their simple little prayers, and of telling them of the love of Christ




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in dying on the cross for sinners, was no more
to be known by them. And theirs was the
bitter grief of not knowing whether their beloved ones were faithful to the truth, or had
denied it; whether they were suffering torture in a monastery or nunnery, or laid in the
quiet grave. Times of trial show who truly
love the Lord Jesus Christ. It was so now.
Many who were once known as Protestants,
forsook the faith of their fathers. Some were
gained over with titles and honors, others with
promises of reward; many from fear of a dungeon and death; and many were bribed with
large sums. The common people were offered
a freedom from taxes for two years, besides a
gift of money, if they would change their religion within one month. Those who would
not turn were to pay double taxes, and a fine
of ten pounds -a large sum in those days.
The consequence was, that many denied their
Lord-some from terror, and others from hope
of such a reward as the wicked could give.
Happy did those think themselves who could
make their escape to other lands, even though




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they left behind them all their worldly
goods.
There were sad sights in those days, and
they had hard hearts who did not shed tears
at the sufferings of the afflicted Christians who
remained faithful in.evil times. One scene
was witnessed, in a country town, which made
many weep. The Protestant pastor was to
have his limbs broken upon a wheel-the most
painful death that could be devised. His persecutors did not terminate his life at once;
they delighted in protracting his sufferings.
For two days he was left in the deepest agony
on the wheel, in the midst of which he thus
addressed those who stood by: " Jesus Christ
has satisfied for my sins, and not only for mine,
but for the sins of those who shall go to him
by faith, as I now do. I cast myself upon the
merits and death of Jesus, and cling to him as
my Saviour and Redeemer. My dear people,
receive my last farewell, and know that I
preached to you the pure truths of the Gospel, the only path that leads to heaven."
Among others who were faithful were a gen



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tieman and his wife. Soldiers were sent to
their house, who rudely burst open the door,
and carried away their goods for sale. They
converted their splendid house into stables,
and carried their beds to be made into litter
for the horses. When the ruin of the house
was completed, the family, consisting of the
parents and four children, were turned adrift
on the road, and orders were issued that no one
should offer them food. A friend admitted
them to his house, but a party of soldiers drove
them thence; and after undergoing various
misfortunes, they at last reached England, in
which generous land thousands of the refugees
found a home. A husband and wife tried to
escape, and took different roads to avoid suspicion; the man was overtaken, and sent to
prison-the wife reached England. Years
rolled away before this exiled couple met
again. One afternoon a poor Frenchman on
crutches entered a coffee-house in Soho Square,
kept by a French refugee. It was the resort
of the Huguenots, many of whom had turned
their skill to good account in the great British




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metropolis.  He made inquiries about his
wife from the host, which led to her discovery.
Word was sent to her, and she arrived in town,
and the long-separated husband and wife met
once more.
The shores of England afforded an asylum
to most of the Huguenots, where there were
many who sympathized in their afflictions and
who threw open their houses to receive them, affording food and raiment. The French established the manufacture of silk at Spital-Fields,
in London, also at Canterbury and Coventry.
There were also farmers and mechanics.
Even many of the nobility engaged in trade
from necessity, not having saved enough from
the wreck of their fortunes to supply their
wants. Previous to this, the English were
obliged to import many of the luxuries of life
which are now manufactured at home; among
these are the arts of calico-printing, the weaving of silk stockings, crapes, bombazines,
gauzes, damasks, cambric, etc.  In this way
they repaid their adopted countries for their




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protection, and, to the present day, we gather
the fruits of the toils and losses which these
exiles suffered when driven from  their native land for conscience' sake, by the base
and cruel act, "The Revocation of the Edict
of Nantes."
Many incidents of romance might be related of persons connected with the persecution
of the Huguenots. Among these may be mentioned the " Nunn of Jouzarre," in Normandy
-Charlotte de Bourbon - daughter of the
Due de Montpensier, of the royal house of
France. Charlotte was born in the sixteenth
century, and, agreeably to the custom of those
days, she was compelled to take the veil.
Her mother was a Protestant, and carefully
instructed her child in the reformed faith.
Her father brought her to the convent, where
her flowing locks were cut off, and she was
conducted to her cell. Some years passed
away, but the lessons that her mother taught
and her childhood's happiness were never
obliterated  from  her mind.   News was
brought that the Huguenots had risen in




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arms. All Normandy was roused; the nunnery of Jouarre was attacked, and Charlotte
escaped. She could not remain in France. She
reached Heidelberg, in Germany. Charlotte
was now in a land where she could openly
declare her faith, and she renounced for ever
the errors of the Church of Rome. Charlotte
was, after many vicissitudes, married to William Prince of Orange. All honor to the
memory of Charlotte de Bourbon! It is not
alone for her conversion to the Protestant
faith, and for the sacrifices she made in its
cause; but we recognize in her the stock from
which is sprung the royal house of England.
Her daughter, Louisa, was married to Frederick, Elector Palatine, whose granddaughter
Sophia was mother to George the First of
England, and great-grandmother of the Duke
of Kent, Victoria's father, fourth son of
George the Third. When raised by the providence of God to be Princess of Orange, well
did she adorn her high position. Meekness,
charity, and devotion constituted her ornaments-not the plaiting of hair or the putting




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on of apparel! But dark shadows often come
over the sunniest prospects. A large reward
was offered to any who should kill the prince
-a Roman enthusiast undertook the deed. It
was the Lord's Day. The prince and princess
had returned from divine worship: as they
entered the palace, a shot was fired, and a
ball entered the neck of the prince, who
fell into the arms of his attendants. There
was great joy in the city of Antwerp, where
the event occurred, when the prince and
princess went in state to the cathedral to return thanks for the merciful deliverance from
assassination. The church-bells rang merrily,
flags were suspended at the mast-head of every
ship, and sounds of gladness were heard
throughout the land. Shortly after this, the
health of the princess failed, so great was the
shock she had received. She perceived that
her days were drawing to a close; but in all
her afflictions she knew in whom she trusted.
Her whole life had been devoted to the performance of sacred duties; she had passed
through many trials and vicissitudes, but ever




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looking forward to a crown of glory that
fadeth not away, she was miraculously sustained to the end of her mortal career to inherit that crown. Sic transit gloria mundi!
Spain, the stronghold of Catholicism, had
its professors of the reformed faith, among
whom was a young lady in Seville-Maria de
Bohorques-whose early youth was full of
hope and promise, yet was led, by divine
grace, to leave the Church of Rome and give
up her life for the truth.
On the morning of the twenty-fourth of
September, 1559, more than one fatal stake
was placed in the great square of the city of
Seville. A number of the reformed faith
were to be burned that day. Early in the
morning the monks came to the young martyr's cell. Feeble in body, but strong in
heart, she felt that the Lord was with her.
Her looks betrayed no fear: it was to her a
day of victory and deliverance. Through the
flames she knew she would pass to glory.
Other young female Huguenots were to be
burned in Seville on the same day. They




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cheered one another, as they stood ready for
death, in singing hymns.
It was customary when the victims were
bound to the stake to make one more attempt
to lead the prisoners to confess; finding that
nothing was gained by their attempts, the pile
was lighted and they were consumed. The
released spirits passed beyond the reach of
their tormentors to inherit immortal crowns.
Time works wonders. Of that part of
Europe where the Huguenots were persecuted, a modern traveller thus writes: "No
nobler page of Christian purity, zeal, love, and
holy martyrdom is to be read in the annals
of the Church, than that which records the
history of the Protestants, or Huguenots,
in the south of France. In this whole region
they manifested a fidelity unto death. And
here Protestantism still survives. I attended
service at the old Inquisition monastery: it
had all the ardor of French Protestantism.
The young pastor preached earnestly and
faithfully, with much grace of manner and
pathos of expression, to a flock small but most




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reverent and attentive, composed, for the most
part, of humble people.  I was completely
overcome when they joined in those peculiarly spiritual and ardent canticles for which
French Protestantism is so remarkable.  It
seemed like the voice of the witnesses in sackcloth-faithful, pleading, and resigned. In
that very chapel, no doubt, during the persecution of the Huguenots, bitter denunciations of Protestantism had been often uttered;
and, perhaps, where the good pastor now
preached and prayed in peace, some of his
predecessors had stood as convicted criminals,
listening to the exhortations of fanatical and
savage intolerance to abjure their heresies or
die; for at that period mourning and sorrow
were spread throughout all the castles and
cottages of France. Seasons of trial are the
grand test of those who love the Lord Jesus
Christ. Many of those who professed Protestantism deserted the faith of their fathers
and joined the party in power; some, induced
by titles and honors, gave up their religion,
Many, from a dread of imprisonment or death.




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joined the prevailing side.  In these sad relations we see what afflictions many have endured for the Gospel's sake. Numbers of the
Huguenots embarked for America, and introduced the mechanical arts which they practised at home, thereby benefiting their adopted country; among whom were the ancestors
of those who settled in Westchester County,
where they founded a village, which they
named'New-Rochelle,' after their stronghold in France. Rochelle was the last to submit to the tyrant's yoke."
The city of Rochelle is situated in the department of Lower Charente, on the Atlantic
Ocean, and is celebrated in French history for
its defence in favor of the Huguenots when
the Roman Catholics, under Richelieu, in
1627, besieged it. Being at length reduced
by famine, and the loss of fifteen thousand
lives, they capitulated, and, escaping from
France, they sought asylum in every Protestant country in Europe.  Many crossed the
Atlantic, among whom were the few that settled in Westchester County, where they built




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the town which they named after the last
stronghold in their native land. Among the
Huguenot families who settled here was that
of De Lancey, whose ancestor, Etienne or Stephen De Lancey, came from Caen, in Normandy, and some of his descendants still hold
valuable possessions in the county, among
whom is the present Bishop of Western NewYork, to whom this little work is legitimately
inscribed.
The Huguenots' first care was to appropriate a portion of their possessions for the support of a minister, for which purpose one hundred acres of glebe was attached to the small
frame church they erected.  Not satisfied
with such an humble structure, they resolved
to build one of stone; and so zealous were
the parishioners for the promotion of the good
work that even the female portion of the congregation repaired to the undertaking, and
carried mortar in their aprons to their sons
and husbands.
Men of stern and religious principles, they
soon erected a church that did credit to their




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sincerity; it was situated in the rear of the
Mansion House, and was opened for divine
worship A.D. 1692. The services were conducted according to the Reformed Protestant
Church of France.
In 1709, the New-Rochelle congregation,
following the example of some of their
reformed brethren in Europe, conformed to
the Church of England, and agreed to adopt
her "Liturgy and Rites," as by law established.
Among the families then worshipping here
we meet the following familiar names:
Bleecker, Lispenard, Guion, Bertain, Le
Conte, Nicolle, Angevine, Gallaudet, and
Barteau.
The Rev. David Bonrepos, D.D., who
had accompanied the refugees in their exile,
was appointed first pastor. He preached to
the Huguenots in Staten Island, and may be
considered the earliest French missionary.
The Rev. Daniel Boudet was the second
minister of the church of New-Rochelle.
Colonel Heathcote thus describes this zeal3




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ous clergyman: "He is a good man, and
preaches very intelligibly in English, which
language he uses every third Sabbath, when
he avails himself of the Liturgy; he has done
a great deal of service since his arrival in this
country. His pay is only thirty pounds per
annum." In the year 1714, M. Boudet took
the spiritual charge of the Mohegans, or River
Indians. In his reports he states that there
were fifty communicants in his church, and he
asks for an English Bible and some Books of
Common Prayer. After laboring here twenty-seven years, he died in the sixty-ninth year
of his age, A.D. 1722.
The third minister in New-Rochelle was
the Rev. Pierre Stouppe, A.M. He gives
some interesting information in a letter
dated December eleventh, 1727, concerning
the early settlement of New-Rochelle. He
writes: "The present number of inhabitants
is about four hundred; there is one dozen
houses round the church, near each other,
which gives the place the appearance of a
town. There are several French families set



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tied within bounds of the settlement, who
worship with the congregation. Such was the
commencement of the beautiful and picturesque village of New-Rochelle. More than a
century and a half have passed away since its
founders immigrated to America, and their
noble and holy principles have left good influences, evidently discernible in the refinement, morals, and religion of their descendants, still bearing their patronymics. Let it
never be forgotten that the Bible came with
these early settlers, and was the foundation of
their legislation. The Dutch and Lutheran
families generally unite with the church when
the service is performed in English, and they
bring their children to be baptized by the
French ministers." There was no school in
the place, and the parents supplied the deficiency by instructing their children. There
were about one hundred slaves in the settle.
ment, who were taught to read by their mistresses, and were baptized and admitted to the
communion.
During the French war (A.D. 1758) great




36       HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
changes took place in the church; many of the
congregation enlisted in the army, and several
were removed by death. In July, 1760, the
revered and venerable Pierre Stouppe rested
from his labors on earth, leaving behind him
a reputation unsullied by a stain, after having,
for the long period of thirty-seven years, faithfully discharged the duties of his mission.
He was greatly respected by his people, and,
at the time of his death, the number of his
communicants amounted to eighty. As a
mark of respect, his remains were interred
under the chancel where he had so long officiated. Mr. Stouppe's successor was the
Rev. Michael   Houdin, A.M., who     was
the last French preacher in New-Rochelle.
This zealous missionary was born in France,
in 1705. At the commencement of the war
between France and Great Britain, he quitted
Canada, where he first settled, and went to
New-York, where he read his recantation, being previously a member of the Church of
Rome. Having attained great proficiency in
the English language, he was invited to Tren



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ton, New-Jersey, to take charge of a congregation, and to labor as a missionary among
the Huguenots in that State. When Mr.
Houdin and his wife reached New-York, in
June, 1744, Governor Clinton, suspicious of
all Frenchmen, confined the strangers to their
lodgings, and set two sentinels to guard them.
His Excellency summoned them before him,
when Mr. Houdin first informed him that the
French intended to attack Oswego with eight
hundred men, being long desirous of possessing
that town. After filling the office of missionary
for some years, in Jersey, he was employed, in
1759, as a guide to General Wolfe, in his expedition against Quebec. Before he undertook thi business, he preached to the Provincial troc s destined for Canada, in St. Peter's
CJhurch:   Westchester, from  St. Matthew,
10: 28: "Fear not them which kill the
body."  This church, at that time, was the
only parochial place of worship in a district
of many miles, including Fordham, New-Rochelle, West-Farms, etc. The chaplain escaped
the danger of the war; but the gallant Wolfe




38      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
fell, mortally wounded, at the moment of victory, on the Heights of Abraham, September
thirteenth, 1759. After the reduction of Quebec, he asked permission to return to his mission again, but General Murray would not consent, as there was no other person who could
be relied on, for intelligence, concerning the
French movements. When Mr. Houdin returned to New-York, he was appointed " itinerant missionary" to New-Rochelle, by the
"Venerable Society" in England, in consequence of his being capable of transacting
business equally well in French and English.
Mr. Houdin, returning to New-York in
1761, was appointed to the mission at NewRochelle, which village, as well as Fordham,
was considered within the spiritual jurisdiction of Westchester Village, then the only
parish in the county. The French church was
named " Trinity," and received, at this time,
a charter from George the Third, which document the present corporation enjoys with all
its trusts and powers. The charter is dated




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.     39
1762. In 1763, the Calvinists used unlawful
methods to obtain possession of the glebe
lands.  These  Calvinists were the   few
Protestant French families who had not conformed to the Church of England, and of
whom Mr. Houdin remarks: " Seeing the Calvinists will not agree upon any terms of peace
proposed to them, we are in hopes that the
strong bleeding of their purses will bring them
to an agreement through the meshes of the
law." Our missionary continued his pious
offices among the people of New-Rochelle
until October, 1766, when death relieved him
from his labors. He was a man of considerable learning and research, as well as of
irreproachable character.  He was not excelled in zeal and energy by any of his predecessors in the Huguenot ministry, and was
followed to the grave by the regrets of his
numerous parishioners. He was interred under the chancel of the old French church, in
the same grave with Boudet and Stouppe.
Since the removal of the sacred edifice, to
make way for the high-road to Boston, the




40       HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
mortal remains of these faithful and pious
laborers, in the service of their Master, repose
beneath the public way, and not a memorial
stone marks the spot where they lie, or commemorates their usefulness, excellence, or piety.
Such should not be the case; but some modest
monument might be erected to mark the hallowed spot where the first Huguenot preachers were interred. Mr. Houdin's funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Henry Munro,
A.M., of Yonkers, from Iosea, 4: 12: " Prepare to meet thy God."
From the death of Mr. Houdin until the
Revolution, services were performed in French
and English  by the Rev. Mr. Seabury,
rector of the parish. Mr. Seabury was afterward consecrated a bishop, and was the first
American that was so dignified.
In a letter, dated October first, 1768, Bishop
Seabury writes: "As there is a number of
strolling teachers who ramble through the
country preaching at private houses for the
sake of making proselytes and collecting
money, I have thought it best to visit them




HTUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.              41
occasionally, as well to prevent any ill effects
that might arise, and      also for the sake of a
number of well-disposed         persons    who   live
there. I shall, however, carefully attend to
the caution you give, not to neglect particular
care of East and West-Chester."
During the Revolutionary War the French
Church was closed, and its congregation scattered. After peace was proclaimed a parish
at New-Rochelle was regularly organized under the name of Trinity parish,* and the Royal
* During the ministry of Mr. Bayard, the present Trinity
was erected in New-Rochelle. In 1827, he changed the field
of his ministry to Geneva, New-York, and thence to Genesee,
and during 1830 reorganized St. Clement's, New-York. In
1840 he made a tour through Europe to Syria and the Holy
Land for health. After four months' absence, and on his return, he died at sea, September second. In 1827, the Rev.
Lawson Carter, A.M., was called to fill the vacant parish, resigning 1839, when the Rev. Thomas W. Coit, D.D., became
rector, and, in 1849, the Rev. Richard U. Morgan, D.D., assumed the duties of the parish, who continues the excellent
pastor of this time-honored flock. In a recent visit to NewRochelle, I found the original bell, presented to the French
Church Du St. Esprit, New-York, by Sir Henry Ashurst, of
3*




42         HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
Charter granted in 1762 was confirmed by
Governor Clinton, in 1793. What was left of
the French congregation became Episcopalians,
and from   1781 to 1786 the Rev. Andrew Fowler officiated as rector of the new parish; he was
ordained by Bishop Provost.         Rev. Mr. Bartow, the first minister of St. Peter's, Westchester, who    labored here for thirty      years,
sleeps in the cemetery of Trinity, not far from
the old French Church. Since the organization of Trinity Parish the following ministers
have been rectors: Rev. Andrew Fowler,
Rev. Mr. Bartow, Rev. Renaud Kearney
London. It now calls the people to the Lord's house, as it
did more than a century ago in our city. It bears this
legend:
" SAMUEL NEWTON MADE ME, 1706."
The Communion plate, a large silver chalice and paten, was
the gift of " Good Queen Anne."
There are many descendants of the Huguenots in NewRochelle, and such children should venerate and imitate the
piety of their ancestors, who were providentially led, like
Moses and the Israelites, from oppression and bondage to the
land of deliverance-the Canaan in this Western world!
The Clove, 1863.




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.     43
A.M., Rev. Lewis Pintard Bayard, A.M.
He was of Huguenot descent, and removed to
New-York, where he was rector of St. Clement's. He went to the Holy Land for his
health, and was returning to America, but
never reached it. He died on the passage,
and was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. Coit;
he removed to Hartford, and the Rev. Thomas
W. Coit, D. D., was succeeded by the Rev.
Richard U. Morgan, D. D., the present incumbent.
Previous to the erection of their church in
New-Rochelle, these exiles used to attend worship in New-York, a distance of eighteen miles,
travelling afoot, along roads scarcely passable;
this would not be credible were it not well
authenticated by contemporary history: this
fact is attested to by the celebrated Huguenot,
John Pintard, LL.D., the founder of the Historical Society, who thus writes in his ]ecollections: "The holy sacrament was administered to the Huguenots, at New-Rochelle, four
times a year, namely, Christmas, Easter, Whitsuntide, and the middle of September. Dur



44       TUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
ing the intermissions that occurred, the communicants walked to New-York for that purpose. Prior to their departure on Sunday,
they always collected the young children, and
left them in the care of friends, while they set
off early in the morning, and walked to the
city barefooted, carrying their shoes and stockings in their hands; they were accustomed to
stop at a rock, about twelve miles from the
city, to rest and take refreshments, where they
put on their shoes and pursued their journey,
and arrived at the French Church in time for
service. The earliest French Church in NewYork was in Marketfield street, near the Battery. It was a very humble edifice, but still,
being the house of God, sufficient to attract
the worshippers from Staten Island and NewRochelle on the Sabbath, where they used to
chant Marot'8 hymns-those animating strains
that had so often cheered their pious fathers
at the stake in the time of the bloody persecutions of their fatherland.  With these
hymns in their heads, and the little Testaments which they brought from France, con



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cealed in their hair, they enjoyed that peace
of mind which passeth knowledge, unknown
to their persecutors."
The next place of worship occupied by the
Huguenots, was in Pine street. Pressed by
the encroachments of commerce, they sold the
ground, and built a handsome church in
Franklin street, which has passed away to
other hands, and they now worship in L'Eglise
du Saint Esprit, in Twenty-second streeta building every way commensurate with the
advance in arts and civilization. The present
rector is the Rev. Dr. Verren.
In the year 1685, the Rev. Mr. Neau, with
his wife and daughter, left France for America, accompanied by other Huguenots. The
Rev. Mr. Vesey, the first rector of Trinity
Church, in New-York, appointed Mr. Neau his
catechist, which office he filled for several
years, and he might be considered the founder
of Trinity School-an institution distinguished
among the noble charities of our city. This
excellent man closed his profitable life in
1722, and was buried near the northern porch




46      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
of old Trinity, where he had long worshipped
and served. A granddaughter of his married
the brave Captain Oliver H. Perry, who was
ever ready to defend his country, and their
only daughter, Elizabeth Mason Perry, married the Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D., of Trinity
Church.
The year 1686 brought a great influx of
French emigration. Many Huguenot families
who had taken refuge in the Islands of St.
Christopher and Martinique, transferred their
residence to New-York; among these was
Johannes De la Montaigne, who was appointed a member of the Privy Council by Governor Kieft. He purchased a farm, at Harlem,
of two hundred acres, for seven hundred and
twenty dollars; it was situated on the Eighth
avenue, between Ninety-third street and Harlem  river.  So happy did he feel in this
new home, that he called it " Vredendal," or
Valley of Peace. Numerous descendants of
this worthy Huguenot emigrant are residing
among us, but some have adopted abbreviated names.




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.     47
What a striking exemplification of humility,
zeal, and devotion, do we witness in these exiles from their friends and country, for conscience' sake! Peace did not always reign in
the Huguenot community, verifiing the words
of Christ when he stated: "I come not to send
peace on earth, but a sword."  Among the
ministers who took charge in the French congregation, was the Rev. Louis Rou, of the
Protestant French Reformed Church. During his administration, a great excitement occurred, arising from a party question; the
merits of the case were as follows: Stephen
De Lancey, a wealthy merchant, and among
the chief patrons of the church, was dissatisfied with Mr. Rou, and procured his dismissal
for his want of zeal, and some innovations
which he had introduced to the church discipline. The deposed minister appealed from
the decision of the congregation, to Governor
Burnet and his council, who sustained the appellant.  Both parties published indignant
memorials on a dispute which had proceeded
so far, that when De Lancey was elected to




48      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
the Legislative Assembly, the Governor refused to administer to him the oath of office,
alleging that he was not a British subject. De
Lancey contended that he had left France
previous to the revocation of the Edict of
Nantes, and had received denizenship, under
the great seal of Great Britain, from James
the Second, previous to his abdication. De
Lancey was proved to be right, and the Assembly sustained his claims against the Governor.  Mr. Rou's assistant, the Rev. Mr.
Moulinard, took part against his superior.
The consistory stated that they had paid Mr.
Rou in full of all demands, and could dismiss
him when they pleased. Still, the council
decided in Mr. Rou's favor, and directed
that the ministers who should officiate on
the following Sabbath in the church, must
proclaim the same decision publicly, after
divine service in the forenoon. All these
efforts, however, did not produce reconciliation, as Mr. Moulinard was much opposed to
the Church of England.
In the rear of the church was the old French




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.     49
burying-ground, and here repose many of the
H-uguenots till the resurrection at the Archangel's trump on the last day. On the ancient
monuments are still legible the following inscriptions: "Voici le corp de Susanna Landrin, ag. de 18."  " Voici le corp de Isaac Coutant, ag. 50."  " Here lies the body of Andre
Renaud, who departed this life on Friday, ye
2 day of Dec. A.D. 1758, aged 25 years." The
baptismal registry does not commence until
the year 1724, and,,for the information of
those curious in the olden times, we copy
one entry:
Ce Dimanche 14 Mars, 1724, a ete baptise
sortie service du matin, fils de Thomas Wallis
and Madelaine sa femme, le Peter a ete present6 au saint bapteme par Denys Woertman et Elizabeth sa femme Panain et Marraine le dit Peter est ne le six du dit mois.
THOMAS WALLIS,           PETER STEUPPE,
DENNIS WOERTMAN,         ISAAC QUANTAIN,
ELIZABETH he WOERTMAN,     Ancien.
mark.




50      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
The congregation consists (says Mr. Seabury) of about two hundred persons, French
and English. The French understand English
tolerably well. The greater part would prefer an English to a French minister, except
about six old persons, who only understand
French.
The harmony of the French colony was
much disturbed by reports, carefully circulated, that they were inviting an invasion of
New-York by their compatriots in Canada.
In order to avoid the odium which must necessarily arise from this scandal, they called a
meeting and framed the following address:
To His EXCELLENCY LORD CORNBURY, GovERNOR OF NEW-YORK:
We, the undersigned, pray your Excellency to inquire into the report that we were
inviting our countrymen to invade this province; the report has been spread throughout
the whole State, and proves pernicious to all
the French refugees in general, and disturbs
their peace and quiet, as it obstructs that




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.    51
affection and familiarity which they had formerly enjoyed with the other inhabitants of
this province, to their grief and resentment.
We pray your Excellency to instruct your
printer to publish the result, for the pleasure
and vindication of our reputation in this respect. And your Petitioners, as in all duty
bound, will ever pray.
STEPHEN DE LANCEY, JOHN AMBOYNEAUX,
THOMAS BAYEUX,      ALEXANDER ALLAIRE,
BENJAMIN FANEUIL.
It is much to the credit of the Huguenots
in New-Rochelle, that under all difficulties,
they attended to the interests of the church.
In evidence we give the following document:
To THE HON. COL. CALEB HEATHCOTE, AND
COL. LEWIS MORRIS, ETC., GREETINIG:
We are informed of your pious design to
build a church for the worship and service of
God, and use the Liturgy of the Church of
England. We grant you a license to erect
such church in such part of the town as you




52      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
think fit; but said church must not exceed
thirty feet in breadth, and forty in length.
We give you authority to collect such money
from all who are disposed to give it. Given
under our hand and seal, this second day of
August, 1710.
In pursuance of this license, we, the trustees, have agreed to build a church in the
town of New-Rochelle, in the county of Westchester, the said church to be forty feet in
length and thirty feet in breadth, between
the dwelling-houses of Francis Le Conte and
Zachary Ansevain, as judging it the most convenient place.
ANDEEW NAxUDAINE,
CALEB HEATHCOTE,
LEWIS MORRIS.
Having given what we conceive to be the
most interesting details connected with the
Huguenot settlement in Westchester County,
we shall take a retrospective view of these
interesting people before they sought an asylum in our land.
Huguenot was the name given to the pro



HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.     53
fessors of the Reformed or Calvinistic religion
in France. The origin of the name is variously accounted for; some attributing it to a
professor or leader of the name of Hugo, while
others state that it is derived from the German word, "Eidgenossen," (bound together
by oath,) which was the same name assumed
by the confederate cantons of Switzerland, and
which was afterward adopted by those citizens of Geneva who promoted the alliance of
that republic with the cantons of Friburg and
Bern, in opposition to the partisans of the
Duke of Savoy, who were named Mamelucs,
that is, slaves. The word "Eidg.enossen" being
introduced into the French language, was corrupted first into "sEuenot&," and afterward
to Huguenots, and the latter name they ever
retained. When the Reformation began at
Geneva, the party which favored it being, in a
great measure, that which had supported the
Swiss alliance, retained the appellation above
mentioned, and as several of the French Reformers came from Geneva, or were connected
in some way with Switzerland, the name ex



54      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
tended to France, and was applied to the par
tisans of religious reform during the times of
sectarian wars and persecution.
The Roman Catholics used the name of
Huguenot as a word of reproach against the
heretics. The epithet has become obsolete,
and has been substituted by that of the "Reformes," or the reformed, which is given to
the disciples of Calvin, or of the church of
Geneva, in contradistinction to that of the
Lutherans or Protestants, properly so called.
The wars and persecutions of the Huguenots
are mentioned in the articles of Bartholomew.
In public documents the Huguenots were
styled: "C6eux de la'religion pretendue reformee."  The principles of Luther and Zuinglius had gained an entrance into France during the reign of Francis the First, and shortly
before the extinction of the House of Valois,
which terminated on the death of Henry the
Third, son of Henry the Second and Catherine
de Medicis. Protestantism increased rapidly
in France; to check which the barbarous massacre of St. Bartholomew was devised by the




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.    55
king. The last three kings of the "House of
Valois" -Francis the Second, Charles the
Ninth, and Henry the Third-dying without
issue, the crown of France reverted to the
" House of Bourbon," the head of which was
the King of Navarre, who ascended the throne
under the title of Henry the Fourth.
The Massacre of St. Bartholomew took
place August twenty-fourth, 1572, at three
o'clock in the morning, when the victims-men,
women, and children-were sleeping. The
most distinguished among the slain of this
sanguinary scene was Gaspard de Coligni, Admiral of France, a hero more to be feared
after a defeat than many after victory. On
the night in question, an assassin entered his
room; the Admiral, divining his intention,
said: "Young man, respect these gray hairs,
and stain them not with blood." Regardless of the appeal, the murderer plunged his
sword into Coligni's bosom. The Admiral's
son-in-law, Lord Teligni, fell among other
nobles. After killing every member of the




56      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
family, the soldiers went forward on their
dreadful purpose.
The following letters were given to the
author by the descendants of those to whom
they were addressed, for the purpose of publication:
GENERAL WASHINGTON TO MRS. ELIZABETH
DE LANCEY.
General Washington returns his compliments to Mrs. De Lancey, and would, with
the greatest pleasure, comply with her request, of permitting her and her daughters
to return to Westchester, was it consistent
with propriety.  Mrs. De Lancey must be
sensible that any intercourse between the
two armies, at this time, by means of persons (even ladies) who come from one to
reside near the other, cannot be allowed.
General Mifflin is, at present, in Philadelphia, but daily expected; when he returns,
General Washington will make inquiry into
the detention of her servant-a matter which
he is at present a stranger to. Mrs. De Lan



HUGUENOTS OP WESTCHESTER.    57
cey may be assured that all possible care
shall be taken to procure the preservation of
her house, grounds, and other property."
PAss FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON.
Permission is hereby granted to Mrs. Elizabeth De Lancey, Miss Anne De Lancey, and
Mr. Henry Izard, with their servants, to land
at Elizabeth Town, and from thence proceed
to Mrs. Kennedy's, at Second River; from
thence they will be permitted to proceed to
New-York.
" Given at Headquarters, in Bergen County,
this sixth day of September, 180."
FROM  GENERAL WASHINGTON IN REGARD TO
THE MILITARY DEPREDATIONS ON THE PROPERTY OF MRS. DE LANCEY.
HEADQUARTERS, June 14, 1783.
SIR: I have transmitted to Governor Clinton the letter of Mrs. De Lancey, which you
were pleased to inclose to me.
4




58      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
The acts complained of were committed
at a time when neither civil nor military
government existed in that part of the
country, and while measures were concerting
for their reestablishment, under American
laws and polity.
These enormities being totally abhorrent
to my disposition, as soon as they were made
known to me, I communicated to the Governor, who is equally disposed to promote
peace and good order.
The Chief-Justice of the State, supported
by a regiment of Continental troops, is now
administering justice in Westchester County;
since his arrival there, I believe no outrages,
like what Mrs. De Lancey complains of, have
been experienced, and I hope, ere long, that
good order and regularity of government will
prevail in that distressed part of the country.
I have the honor to be, Sir, your most
obedient servant,
G:EORGE WASHINGTON.
Among other documents received from the
same quarter were two letters which we shall




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give, though not immediately bearing on the
subject. Their publication will not compromise the feelings of any, as all the parties
concerned have long since passed away, while
any thing respecting them cannot fail to interest. The first, written nearly a century ago,
was to Mrs. Elizabeth De Lancey, from her
father, the Honorable Cadwallader Colden,
Governor of New-York under the British
Government, the first American appointed to
that high office.
To MNS. ELIZABETH DE LANCEY.
SPRItNG HILL, June 8, 1172.
MY DEAR DAUGHTElR: I have yours of
the nineteenth of last month, and all the pre.
ceding since you went to the country. I am
better of late than I have been for several
months before, otherwise I could not have
persuaded myself to write that Major Clark
is an oddity; I know not what to call it if he
be not a male coquette. I had a very kind
letter from Mr. Izard by the packet; but
nothing particular in it. Richard Golden was




60      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
here yesterday; his wife is so delicate that he
is unwilling to be absent from her. I believe
he saw Mrs. Izard only once; his lodgings
were three miles distant from her house. The
Governor came here about three weeks since,
in the evening, and went away next morning
before six. We expect him and his lady this
day or to-morrow; he takes every opportunity
to show a particular regard for me. I shall
not have the pleasure of seeing you or your
children this summer; I cannot go to you.
Pray continue to write to me by every opportunity; it gives me the greater pleasure to
receive yours as I have such an unwillingness
to take a pen in my hand. Speak very affec.
tionately for me to all your children.
Shall I have no more the pleasure of a
letter from Anne or Betsey, because I do not
answer their letters? For this they must excuse me, and not punish me.
Your very affectionate father,
CADWALLADER COLDEN.
Mrs. ELIZABETH DE LANCEY, West-Farms.




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The other letter in the same packet was
addressed to Dr. Cochran, New-Windsor, by
General Washington.
[Copy.]
WEST-POINT, August 16, 1779.
DEAR DOCTOR: I have asked Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Livingston to dine with me tomorrow; but ought I not to apprise them of
their fare 2 As I hate deception, even where
the imagination only is concerned, I will. It
is needless to premise that my table is large
enough to hold the ladies-of this they had
ocular proof yesterday.  To say how it is
usually covered is rather more essential, and
this shall be the purport of my letter.
Since our arrival at this happy spot, we
have had a ham (sometimes a shoulder) of
bacon to grace the head of the table —a
piece of roast beef adorns the foot, and a
small dish of greens or beans (almost imperceptible) decorates the centre. When the
cook has a mind to cut a figure (and this
I presume he will attempt to do to-morrow)




62      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
we have two beef-steak pies or dishes of
crabs in addition, and on each side the
centre dish, dividing the space and reducing the distance between dish and dish
about six feet, which, without them, would
be near twelve apart. Of late he has had
the surprising luck to discover that apples
will make pies, and it is a question if,
amidst the violence of his efforts, we do
not get one of apples instead of having
both of beef.   If the ladies can put up
with such entertainment, and will submit
to partake of it on plates-once tin, but
now iron-(not become so by the labor of
scouring) I shall be very happy to see them.
I am, dear Dr., your most ob't servant,
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Thinking that these letters, as being the
production of him who was "first in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen," apart from  the interest they
must excite in the breasts of those who are
most likely to be the readers of these pages,




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.    63
would constitute an interesting episode in the
memoir of the " Great Man," I sent copies
of them to Washington Irving, then occupied
on his grand work-"The Life of Washington." According to the custom of this celebrated writer (a biographer worthy of the
subject) the following reply was sent by
the earliest opportunity:
SUNNYSIDE, April 16, 1851.
DEAR SIR: The documents concerning
General Washington came safely to hand,
and were, some of them, quite new to me.
For your kindness in sending them accept my
sincere thanks, and believe me, very respectfully, your obliged and obedient servant,
WASHINGTON IRVING.
WILLIAM W. WALDRON, Esq.
We shall add one more to the above letters
as coming from a member of a Huguenot race,
and connected with the subject.




64      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
FROM THE RT. REV. WM. HEATHCOTE DE LANdEY, BISHOP OF WESTERN NEW-YORK.
GENEVA, NOV. 4, 1863.
W. W. WALDRON, ESQ.:
MY DEAR SIR: Your letter has reached me
just as I am starting on a tour. I rejoice at
the proposed publication, and should not resist the distinction you propose in regard to
myself, except that I am a Huguenot of the
New-York class, and another of nearer connection with Westchester might be found. My
ancestor came from New-York, and married
Miss Anne Heathcote, of Heathcote Hill,
Westchester County, where afterwards my
father lived, and where I was born. But I
am hurried away, and must conclude with
consent to the inscription, and due acknowledgment for the same.
Yours,      W. H. DE LANCEY.
A great part of the manor of Fordham was
formerly in possession of the De Lancey family, whose ancient homestead was romantically




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.            65
situated near the Bronx; even this relic of bygone days has not been spared by time, the
fell destroyer of all things - a consuming fire
laid the old mansion in ashes, and with it a
number of the forest trees which surrounded
it, and  among    them   "De La/ncey's Ancient
Pine," which, like a Huguenot of old, stood
as a landmark, connecting the present with
the past. A bard of other days has celebrated
this ancient tree, nearly the last remnant of
"Revolutionary Times,' in the following lines:
DE LANCEY'S ANCIENT PINE.
WHERE gentle Bronx clear winding flows,
The shadowy banks between,
Where blossomed bell or wilding rose
Adorns the brightest green:
Memorial of the fallen great,
The rich and honored line,
Stands high in solitary state,
De Lancey's ancient Pine.
There once, at early dawn, arrayed,
The rural sports to lead,
The gallant master of the glade
Bedecked his eager steed,
And once the lightfoot maiden came,
In loveliness divine,
4*




66          HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
To sculpture, with the dearest name,
De Lancey's ancient Pine.
But now the stranger's foot explores
De Lancey's wide domain,
And scarce one kindred heart restores
His memory to the plain;
And just like one, in age alone,
The last of all his line,
Bends sadly where the waters moan,
De Lancey's ancient Pine.
O victim of misguided zeal,
To tell thy former fame!
Who bid the fretted stone reveal
The numbers of thy name?
Ere brightening up the eastern sky,
Another morn shall shine,
In equalizing dust shall lie
De Lancey's ancient Pine.
0 greatness! o'er thy final fall
The feeling heart should mourn,
Nor from De Lancey's ancient hall
With cold rejoicing turn;
No, no! the satiate traveller stays
Where eve's calm glories shine,
To weep as tells of other days,
De Lancey's ancient Pine.
The benefit which has resulted to these
manors (Pelham and Fordham) from the es.




HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.           67
tablishment of churches, cannot be too highly
appreciated. Though the Huguenots have
passed away, the seed sown by them, as the
grain of mustard-seed, has become a large
tree which in time will overspread the land,
from which will spring other branches, bring.
ing forth fruits in the season.
I love the Church-the holy Church,
That o'er our life presidesThe birth, the bridal, and the grave,
And many an hour besides.
Be mine, through life to live in her,
And when the Lord shall call,
To die in her-the spouse of Christ,
The mother of us all.
A. C. COXE.
Southey, in his Book of the Church, thus
writes of the Church of the Reformation:
" From the time of the Revolution, the
Church of England has preserved both stability and security. It has rescued the British Islands from heathenism, idolatry, and su.
perstition, and has saved them from temporal,
as well as spiritual despotism. Slowly and
firmly it has been established in America,




68      HUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
where each year it is increasing in strength
and influence.  The Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States of America is
still in heart with the mother church. Let
its members, while they review the struggles
and sacrifices through which their own exalted privileges have been obtained, lift up
their thanksgiving to Him who overrules the
events of nations, for the welfare and prosperity of the kingdom of Christ."




APPENDIX.
HAVING concluded my records of the Huguenots of New-Rochelle, I considered the
work completed, until gaining further information on the subject, by researches at the Astor Library, I could not feel satisfied without imparting all the additional information
gained on the subject by an appendix on
which I expect the critic will not exercise his
skill, as such an appendage was not bargained for and consequently not subject to strict
scrutiny.
The Huguenots or French Protestants suffered persecution in their own country, beyond what would be credible to any but witnesses of their distress. When we consider
the virtues of this "glorious band   of
brothers," we are amazed at their fortitude




70              APPENDIX.
and courage. To be a Huguenot was sufficient to insure condemnation. Some were
slaughtered in cold blood without any legal
form of justice. Their final destruction was
completed at the dreadful massacre on St.
Bartholomew's Day, when it is supposed a
hundred thousand perished. The Huguenots
may be considered a kindred sect with the
Lollards, who derived their name from the
practice of singing hymns, (lullen,) as a
mother lulls her babe to sleep. The doctrine
which they held was the same the Church of
England adopted at the Reformation; their
founder was John Wycliffe, whom the Protestant world will always regard with gratitude for his translation of the Scriptures into
the language of the people. He was summoned to Rome to stand his trial for heresy,
but was relieved from his persecutors by the
friendly hand of death, being attacked with
a paralysis which terminated his existence.
From the doctrines of Wycliffe sprung
those of John Huss the Reformer of Bohemia,
who perished at the stake; not, however, be



APPENDIX.             71
fore he imparted the spirit of his religious
zeal to Luther, from whom we derive our
Protestant institutions. From such various
and apparently incongruous materials sprung
the "Huguenots," whose strange appellation
has ever been a subject of controversy among
the learned, the latest suggestion regarding
the derivation of the name being that of the
learned Dr. Trench, Archbishop of Dublin, in
his work entitled, The Study of Words, in
which he says: "It can hardly be any other
than a corruption of'Eidgnoton,' low German for Eidgenossen, confederates." What
must have been the feelings of that remnant
of the Church which reached Westchester
when seated beneath their own vines!
New-Rochelle, the final " Rehoboth" or
resting-place "to those persecuted for righteousness' sake," is situated on the Boston
turnpike road, near Long Island Sound. As
already stated, it was named from Rochelle in
France, and several distinguished men have
received their education here, among whom
were General Schuyler and Washington




72              APPENDIX.
Irving. The first Protestant place of worship erected was built by the Huguenots, on
the same site occupied by Trinity Church.
Madame Knight, who published a journal of
her trip from New-York to Boston, a hundred and sixty years ago, A.D. 1704, thus
describes this village: "On the twenty-second of December we left Kingsbridge, the
first day's journey, for New-Rochelle, where
we met good entertainment. This is a very
pretty place, and the roads are passable.
There is a bridge made entirely of one stone,
over which a cart may pass with safety.
Here are three fine taverns and very good
entertainment for travellers!" After undergoing many changes and vicissitudes, the
church building was transferred to the Episcopalians, and in 1770 the Rev. Samuel Seabury, rector of Westchester, performed services until the Revolutionary War broke out,
during which the church was closed and the
congregation scattered. When peace was
proclaimed, a new church organization was
effected, and Mr. Theodosius Bartow, a member




APPENDIX.             73
of the Episcopal Church, was appointed lay
reader, which duty he performed until he
was admitted to deacons' orders by Bishop
Prevost, the first bishop of the diocese. A
unanimous invitation was given to Mr. Bartow to become rector of the new parish, which
he accepted, and on his resignation, another
Huguenot descendant was chosen, the Rev.
Lewis Pintard Bayard. The church was consecrated by the Right Rev. John Croes, Bishop of New-Jersey. The Cemetery is in the
rear of the building, where repose in peace
the remains of the persecuted Huguenots.
The communion service of plate was presented. to the parish of Westchester by Queen
Anne, who also gave a Church Bible, a book
of homilies, and a cloth for the communiontable. Among the families who settled in
Westchester was that of De Lancey.
During the troubles in France, the De Lanceys, who resided at Caen in Normandy, suffered on account of their devotion to the Hu.
guenot cause. In 1681 Stephen De Lancey
fled to Holland, and from thence to New



74              APPENDIX.
York, where he became a merchant. By his
wife, Anne Van Cortland, he had five sons
and two daughters, of whom the eldest of the
former, James De Lancey, was LieutenantGovernor of the province; he married Anne,
daughter of the Hon. Caleb Heathcote, Lord
of the manor of Scarsdale, and his descendants still possess his large possessions.
The De Lanceys of Mamaroneck are descended from a branch of the ancient and noble house of De Lanci of Normandy.
At the ancient church at Oise is a tombstone bearing the following inscription:
Ici repose
Haute et puissante Dame
MADAME FRANQOISE de LANCI,
dame des terres et seigneuries
d'Haramont et St. Germaine,
Hereditaire chatelaine
des Domaines de Botluzey, etc.
As New-Rochelle, Pelham, and Fordham,
were integral portions of the parish of West



APPENDIX.              75
chester, it cannot be considered irrelevant to
touch slightly on the history of the original
organization. The first rector of Westchester was the Rev. John Bartow; he was ap.
pointed by Lord Cornbury, in the year 1702.
In a letter written in 1704, Mr. Bartow speaks
with thankfulness of having made many
proselytes to  our holy religion.  Colonel
Heathcote, in a letter to the Secretary of the
Venerable Society, dated from the Manor of
Scarsdale, November 9th, 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, for
truly he is a very good and sober man, and
is extremely well liked by the parishioners."
Having given all the details connected with
that small portion of the Reformed Church
which settled in Westchester county, it remains now only to state that the Huguenots
of New-Rochelle were a portion of a body of
fifty thousand French who fled to England
after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes,
the authenticity of which statement is con



76              APPENDIX
firmed in the charter of Trinity Church in
that village. As no other opportunity will
occur to make the statement, it may not be
out of place to mention here that the first
principles of the Reformation appeared in
France in the provinces of Picardy and Dauphiny, and to the inhabitants of these provinces should be attributed the credit of that
great event which we have the happiness to
enjoy. Though Luther, by his zeal and energy, might be considered the master-spirit of
the age, and well deserving the epithet of
" The Great Reformer," still the way was first
pointed out by the Huguenots.
All the credit of the Reformation cannot
be arrogated by the male members of the
Church, as many females distinguished themselves in the great and ever-enduring revival.
Ladies of the most exalted rank exhibited
their zeal in the promotion of the great work,
among whom may be mentioned Jane, Queen
of Navarre, and Margaret, Princess of Valois,
sister of Francis the First, who dignified their




APPENDIX.             77
religion by pure and blameless lives in abandoned and dissolute tines.
History has preserved " a tableau vivant"
of the expression given by Queen Elizabeth
and the ladies of her court to their grief and
indignation at the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day. Her Majesty, for several days,
refused to give audience to La Mothe Fenelon, the French ambassador, and when he was
admitted, the Queen and the court were clothed in the deepest mourning. When Fenelon
approached Her Majesty, the lords of the
council and the other attendants averted their
looks as he passed through them, none condescending to offer a salute. When he approached the Queen she said: " How can you justify
your master in his odious crime of assassinating his Protestant subjects?"








PARISH OF FORDHAM,
FROM
INCORPORATION OF THE CHURCH TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FIRST RECTOR.
BY
WILLIAIM WATSON AWALDRON, A.B.,
SECRETARY OF THE FIRST VESTRY.








TO
WILLIAM ALEXANDER SMITH, ESQ.,
JUNIOR WARDEN IN THE FIRST VESTRY,
THE UNDEVIATING FRIEND OF THE PARISH, THE ORGANIZATION OF
WHICH HE SUGGESTED, THESE RECORDS ARE RESPECTFULLY
INSCRIBED.








PREFACE.
TN presenting the following little work to the public, the
author must forego all attempts at display, and satisfy himself
simply with a statement of facts and memoranda as they appear in a " Note-Book" kept by him when fulfilling the duties
of " Clerk of the Vestry" during the first year of the existence of St. James's Parish. The difficulties attending the inauguration of a new church can only be known to those who
have been engaged in a similar task, as such alone can sympathize with the operators. Ten years have now elapsed since
the first Protestant Episcopal Church was established in the
Manor of Fordham, and great and many are the changes
which have taken place during that period. Several of the
founders of the parish have left the vicinity, while the "Last
Enemy " has removed others, thereby making sad inroads upon
domestic circles.
It may seem irregular to embrace, wi?' n one publication,
the affairs of St. James's Church, Fordham, and the Huguenots
of Trinity Church, New-Rochelle, but when it is considered
that these parishes constituted integral parts of St. Peter's,
Westchester, then the only parish in the county, the blending
of their histories'must appear obvious.
Previous to the Revolutionary War, the Rev. Samuel Sea



84                  INTRODUCTION.
bury, D.D., was rector of St. Peter's, Westchester, a parish
then of vast extent and considered within the Diocese of London. America during the English rule had no bishops, and
the Rector of Westchester had the honor of being the first
American who was dignified with the mitre. The Huguenots
of New-Rochelle are also entitled to put in a claim to partake
in the honor of the Episcopacy, as the present incumbent of
the Western Diocese of the State is a descendant of one of the
most distinguished of the Huguenot families of the parish, and
whose ancestral possessions at Mamaroneck, his native place,
still in possession of their descendants, bear ample testimony
to respectability.*
The time may arrive when the record of the humblest parish
will be of vast importance; when American churches will have
become venerable from antiquity, and their early history will
be lost in the mazes of time.
The author has no more to say than express his thanks to
those friends through whose kindness and encouragement this
volume has been brought to light. If the friendship and goodwill of those whose favor it is an honor to enjoy be a sufficient recompense for any trouble induced by such an undertaking, the writer has been amply repaid. The mercy of the
reviewer is not implored, as the undertaking is considered below criticism; the indulgence of friendship is claimed, as
common courtesy may demand such for the legitimate tribute
due to so unprofit'.-"  a labor.
* Win. Heathcote De Lancey, D.D.




FOBDHAM.
THE Manor of Fordham, which forms one
of the three divisions of the town of WestFarms, was originally included within the
parish limits of Westchester. The name is
of Saxon origin, and compounded of two
words, Ford (ford) and Ham, (a mansion.)
In 1656, we find the whole of Fordham, as
well as Yonkers, in the possession of Adrian
Vander Donck, whose widow, Mary, conveyed them to her brother, Elias Doughty. The
latter, in 1666, sold them to Mr. John Archer,
of Westchester, who, in 1669, obtained a confirmation thereof from  the Indian Sachem
Sachareth.
In 1671, Francis, Earl of Lovelace, Governor of the province, and consequently exer



86          PARISH OF FORDHAM.
cising regal power, erected the same into the
lanor of Fordham.
From  the Archers, the manor passed,
through the Steenwicks, in 1684, to the
Dutch Church, in the city of New-York, for
the support and maintenance of their ministers, ordained according to the Church orders
of the Netherlands, etc. Through the liberality, however, of Mrs. Margaret Steenwick,
three hundred acres were exempted from the
conveyance to the Dutch Church, upon which
was situated the'old manorial residence of the
Archers, (they being created Lords of the
Manor,) now substituted by a modern mansion, in which a descendant of the original
proprietor resides.
The family of Archer is of English origin,
and held, for many centuries, large possessions
in the county of Warwick. Fulbert L. Archer, the first of whom any thing is known,
came into England with William the Conqueror. The representative of the senior branch,
A.D. 1600, appears to have been John Archer,
of Warwickshire. At what period the Ar



PARISH OF FORDHAM.        87
chers immigrated to this country is uncertain,
but, as early as 1630, occurs the name of
Samuel Archer, a freeman of Salem, Massachusetts.
John Archer, the first proprietor, accom.
panted the early settlers from Fairfield, Connecticut, to Westchester County, in 1654.
He died in 1685.    John   Archer, eldest
son of the said proprietor, was elected a
vestryman  for the  precinct of Yonkers,
in 1703, an official dignity which he held
for seven years. Little is known concerning the early history of religion here, except that as early as 1671, the inhabitants
residing between the two kills of Harlem and
the Bronx, were obliged to contribute toward
the support of a minister of religion. In
1696, a society was organized here by the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Congregation of NewYork, over which the Rev. John Montaigne
was appointed minister. Colonel Lewis Morris, writing to the Propagation Society of
London, in 1709, says: " I have used my endeavors to persuade the Dutch in my neigh



88         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
borhood into a good opinion of the Church
of England, and have had that success that
they would, I believe, join the Church in the
sacraments and other rites, had they the
Dutch Common Prayer-Book, and a minister
who understood their language. I have taken
some pains with one of their ministers, Henricus Beyse, and have prevailed on him to
accept'Episcopal Ordination. "
The old Dutch meeting-house, erected in
1706, which has long since been destroyed,
stood on the farm of Mr. James Valentine.
Its last minister, previous to the Revolution,
was the Rev. Peter Tetard. The following
inscription is taken from a stone which formed part of the foundation of this building:
I. V. S., 1706.
The Dutch, who constituted a large majority of the inhabitants of Fordham, were not
wholly regardless of their spiritual concerns,
for shortly after New-York passed from Holland to Great Britain, we find the following
petition presented to the Governor in council:
"To the lion. James De Lancey, His Ma



PARISH OF FORDHAM.         89
jesty's Lieutenant-Governor and Commander.
in-Chief over the Province of New-York and
the Territories depending thereon in America,
in Council. That your.Petitioners, intending
to apply to the General Assembly of this
Province for leave to bring a bill into that
Honorable House, to enable them to sell and
dispose of those lands known by the name of
the Manor of Fordham, in the County of
Westchester, either altogether or in parcels, as
they shall judge best, to and for the use and
benefit of their said Church, did (pursuant to
His Majesty's Royal Instructions, relating to
the passing of private Bills in this Province)
cause an advertisement to be affixed to the
door of the Parish Church, in Westchester, declaring their said intentions, where the same
remained upward of four weeks successively.
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray to
make proof to your Honor, that the said advertisement was affixed to the Parish Church,
and that you will grant a certificate thereof,
and your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will
ever pray."
5*




90         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
NOTICE.
This is to certify that due canonical notice
of the formation of a new church and parish
in Fordham, Westchester County, New-York,
to be known as St. James's Church, in the
manor of Fordham, town of West-Farms, County of Westchester, was given at the time of
divine service, at Grace Church, West-Farms,
on the morning of Sunday, July seventeenth,
and also on the morning of Sunday, July
twenty-fourth, both in the year 1853.
WASHINGTON RODMAN,
Rector of Grace Church,
West-Farms.
There being no Protestant Episcopal Church
in the Manor of Fordham, where reside many
members of that denomination of Christians, who experience much inconvenience on
account of having no place of worship within
some miles of them, and considering, moreover, in the great increase of the population,
that the cause of the Church might suffer by
having no spiritual provision made for her




PARISH OF FORDHAM.        91
members, where those of other sects are so
amply provided for, a meeting was called,
which assembled at the house of William
Alexander Smith, Esq., on the fifth of July,
1853, for the purpose of organizing a parish,
and adopting such measures as would most
effectually conduce to the same. Oswald
Cammann, Esq., was unanimously invited to
take the chair, and William Watson Waldron
was requested to act as Secretary. The meeting then proceeded to business, when the following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the persons present do proceed to incorporate themselves into a religious
society, in communion with the Protestant
Episcopal Church, in the United States of
America, and that said church and congregation be known in law by the name, style, and
title of the Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymnen
of St. James's Church, in the Manor of Fordham, town of West-Farms, and County of
Westchester.
Resolved, That the meeting do now proceed
to choose two Wardens and eight Vestrymen.




92         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
The latter resolution being duly acted upon,
the following persons were elected
Church Wardens.
LEWIS G. MORRIS,
WILLIAM ALEXANDER SMITH.
Vestrymen.
OSWALD CAMMANN,
FRANCIS MCFARLAN,
WILLIAM WATSON WALDRON,
GEORGE BEMENT BUTLER,
SAMUEL RAYMOND TROWBRIDGE,
GULIAN LUDLOW DASHWOOD,
WILLIAM OGDEN GILES,
NATHANIEL PLATT BAILEY.
Resolved, That the elections for Wardens and
Vestrymen shall hereafter take place annually,
on Monday of Easter Week.
Resolved, That the Secretary be requested
to notify the members of the Vestry (not pres.
ent) of their election.
The church being now organized, Mr. Cammnann left the chair, and Mr. Smith was called




PARISH OF FORDHAM.        93
thereto, when the thanks of the meeting were
voted to Mr. Cammann, previous to adjournment.
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
To all these presents may concern:
We, whose names and seals are affixed to
this instrument, do hereby certify that on the
twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree, the male persons of full age belonging
to churches and congregations worshipping in
the town of West-Farms, at places in which
divine worship is celebrated, according to the
rites of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in
the State of New-York, assembled at the
house of William Alexander Smith, Esq., in
Fordham, pursuant to notice duly given at
the time of morning service, on two Sundays
previous thereto, for the purpose of incorporating themselves, and of electing two Church
Wardens and eight Vestrymen; and we further
testify that Oswald Cammann was, by a majority of the persons so assembled, called to




94         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
the chair, and he presided at said meeting.
Lewis G. Morris and William    Alexander
Smith were duly elected Church Wardens of
said congregation and church, and Oswald
Cammann, Francis McFarlan, William Watson Waldron, George Bement Butler, Samuel
Raymond Trowbridge, Gulian Ludlow Dashwood, William Ogden Giles, and Nathaniel
Platt Bailey were elected Vestrymen. That
Monday in Easter Week was, by said meeting, determined and declared as the day on
which the said offices of Church Wardens and
Vestrymen should annually, hereafter, be vacated, and successors be chosen to fill the
vacant places, and the said meeting determined that this congregation and church
should be known, in law, by the name, style,
and title of the "Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen " of St. James's Church, in the Manor
of Fordham, town of West-Farms, County of
Westchester.
In testimony whereof, We, the said Oswald
Cammann, who presided, Wm. Alexander
Smith, who was present, and Wm. Watson




PARISH OF FORDHAM.         95
Waldron, the Secretary of the meeting, the
witnesses of the proceedings aforesaid, have
hereunto subscribed our names and affixed
our seals this twenty-sixth day of July, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-three.
OSWALD CAMMANN,
WM. ALEXANDER SMITH,
WM. WATSON WALDRON.
BENEFACTIONS TO THE PARISH.
Surplice, Bible and Prayer-Book, Miss Ogden; Baptismal font and lectern, Rev. Mr.
Weaver; Gothic chairs for chancel, Win. C.
Maitland; stained-glass  windows, Misses
Cammann and J. Morris; library of two
hundred volumes, Wm. W. Waldron, A.B.;
Communion-service, Ladies of the Parish;
two hundred dollars and books, Mrs. Alexander Brown.*
* Mother of Sir William R. Brown, Bart.




96          PARISH OF FORDHAM.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
A LARGE Sunday-school was soon in operation, which was attended by a hundred children, and an efficient corps of teachers of both
sexes. We consider the institution of Sabbath instruction as being one of the most distinguished feature of the times, and conducing
as much to the cause of religion as the Church
itself, inasmuch as it commences its work when
the plant is tender, in compliance with the
advice of the wise man: "Train up a child
in the way he should go, and when he is old
he will not depart from it."
We have now given a short account of the
organization of the first Protestant Episcopal
Parish in the Manor of Fordham, and however great the difficulties attending the undertaking, we feel amply repaid when reflecting on the prospective good that must result
to the neigborhood from the fruits of the ten



PARISH OF FORDHAM.                97
der plant which has been placed in this part
of the Lord's Vineyard:
0 Thou, who canst with equal eye
Regard the fate of all,
A world from its bright orbit fly,
The lowly sparrow fall;
Thine arm almighty, Lord, extend
To guard this Church from harm,
The Christian pilgrim to defend,
Thy saints from false alarm.
Oh! may the plant we humbly rear,
How slow soe'er it grows,
Yet overspread the desert drear
And blossom as the rose;
Long may its sov'reign balm impart
To every soul distrest
A cure to heal the broken heart,
And to the weary-rest.
The parish being now duly organized, we
had to consider how we were to raise a building suitable; this difficulty was in some measure obviated by the vestry hiring the Reformed Dutch place of worship for the Sabbath afternoons, at a specified price. When
the short lease had expired for which it was
engaged, an offer for renewal was made to the




98          PARISH OF FORDHAM.
Presbytery, but rejected. No alternative now
remained but to procure some place for worship, and the old district school-house was offered for sale, when the Vestry purchasedit, and
subsequently removed it to the lot previously
bought for a cemetery and permanent site.
It is a wild and romantic spot, still retaining
vestiges of the primeval forest, appearing almost indicative of the moral waste formerly
overspreading this region, but now, we trust,
cleared away never to return. How thankful
should we be to the great Head of the Church
for enabling us, in our time and generation,
to accomplish an undertaking several times
attempted in vain!'Tis true, this " House of
God" looks humble and lowly amid the stately mansions by which it is surrounded, but
we trust the day is not far distant when a
temple will be raised, in this parish, for the
worship of the Deity, in unison with the
spirit of the age, and commensurate with the
respectability of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States of America.
Though long in anticipation of the fact, it




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does not seem irrelevant to introduce thus
early in our history some resolutions passed
long subsequent to these events, as no more
opportune place may occur for introducing
them. At a meeting held to open a subscription-list for St. James's Church, the following
Resolutions were passed:
Whereas, The building now   used as a
place of worship by the congregation of St.
James's Church, Fordham, is unsuitable to the
wants of said congregation, We, the undersigned, being duly impressed with the important duty of making provision for all who
may desire to be connected with said church,
do hereby pledge ourselves to pay over to such
person or persons as may be appointed by the
Vestry of said St. James's Church, the several
sums of money set opposite to our names, on
the following conditions, namely: This money
shall be expended, by said Vestry, in erecting
a substantial stone church on the ground now
owned by the Corporation of said church,
the cost of which building, when completed,
shall not be less than ten thousand dollars.




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The Vestry shall appoint a Treasurer, who
shall give bonds for the true and faithful performance of his duties in receiving and disbursing said money, as they may direct. The
money shall be paid so soon as an amount
equal to ten thousand dollars has been subscribed. The corner-stone of said church shall
be laid, if possible, on or before the first day
of July next, and the church erected without
unnecessary delay. Here follow the names
of the subscribers. Four gentlemen, namely,
Messrs. Bailey, Schwab, Camp, and Morris,
subscribed a thousand dollars each.
The present church is situated between the
parallel roads leading respectively to King's
Bridge and the High Bridge, and is directly
opposite to the Croton Aqueduct. We considered it necessary to make this digression
in order to render more explicit the events
we have undertaken to record. All things
being arranged for commencing operations,
we shall proceed with our history, and accurately narrate a few of the principal events
connected with the origin, rise, and progress




PARISH OF FORDHAM.       101
of " Our Parish," until placed under the guardianship of its first Rector.
Sunday, June 11, 1854.
St. James's Church, Fordham, was opened
for divine service on Sunday, June eleventh,
1854. The Rev. Washington Rodman, Rector of Grace Church, West-Farms, officiated.
This humble edifice, however modest in appearance, enjoys a distinction which can never
be possessed by any other temple erected for
a similar purpose. It is the First Protestant
Episcopal Church in the MIanor of Fordham,
and great and many were the difficulties attending the undertaking. A discourse was
preached from the following text: " The kingdom of God suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force." (Matt. 11: 12.)
Sunday, June 18, 1854.
The Church was not less respectably attended than on the previous Sabbath. On
this day the Sunday-school was organized, and
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102         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
teachers. I regard these humble institutions
as constituting a remarkable feature of our
time, and one for which the rising generation should feel grateful, and show their gratitude by obeying their instructors, who, without fee or reward, labor so assiduously "to
lead them in the way they should go, that
when they are old they may not depart from
it!" Mr. Henry J. Cammann, A.B., undertook the superintendence of the school, a
duty which he so ably discharged at St.
Thomas's Church, New-York. The services
were performed by the Rev. Dr. Jackson, Rector of Saint Peter's, Westchester. The text
was: "My son, give me thy heart." (Prov.
23: 26.)
SUNDAY, June 25, 1854.
The heat of the weather was so intense, the
congregation was not so large as on the former occasions. Much difficulty was experienced in securing the attendance of efficient
ministers to perform the services. The Rev.
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PARISH OF FORDHAM.        103
sermon gave general satisfaction. The text
was:
" Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap. For he that soweth to the flesh, shall
of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life
everlasting." (Gal. 6: 7, 8.)
Sunday, July 2,1854.
This was the first time, since the opening
of the church, that services were performed
morning and afternoon. Mr. Murcher officiated at both services. In the morning the congregation was small. At the afternoon service a large number attended. Two good discourses were delivered by the reverend preacher from the following texts:
"The secret things belong unto the Lord
our God: but those things which are revealed
belong unto us and to our children for ever,
that we may do all the words of this law."
(Deut. 29: 29.)
"How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge
within thee?" (Jer. 4: 14.)




104             PARISH OF FORDHAIM.
Sunday, July 9, 1854.
No regular minister being yet provided, the
services were necessarily uncertain. The clergyman to-day not having arrived, Mr. Smith
and Mr. Henry J. Cammann volunteered their
services in reading the prayers and lessons.
The choir were at their post and concluded by
singing the following hymn:
Softly now the light of day
Fades upon the sight away:
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, I would commune with thee.
Thou, whose all-pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,
Open fault and secret sin.
Soon for me the light of day
Shall for ever pass away,
Then from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee.
Thou who, sinless, yet hast known
All of man's infirmity,
Then, from thine eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.




PARISH OF FORDHAM.       105
Sunday, July 16, 1854.
This afternoon the attendance at church was
larger than on any former occasion. The services were performed by the Rev. Mr. Rodman.
The text on which he preached was the seventeenth verse of the fourth chapter of Matthew:' From that time Jesus began to preach, and
to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is
at hand."
Sunday, July 23, 1854.
This is the seventh Sabbath that divine service has been celebrated in our church, and we
have reason to be thankful to Providence for
the success that has hitherto attended the undertaking. The officiating minister was the
Rev. Erskine M. Rodman, this being the first
time since his ordination he was called upon
to discharge the duties of his sacred office.
His text was:
"What shall we do then?"  (Luke 3: 10.)
Sunday, July 30, 1854.
The same minister officiated to-day as on
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106         PARISi OF FORDHAM.
the preceding Sabbath. His words were practical and such as to impart satisfaction to all
present. The text was:
"What mean ye by this service?"  (Exodus 12: 26.)
Sunday, August 5, 1854.
This being a very pleasant day, the attendance at church was larger than usual. The
Rev. Mr. Flagg preached on the necessity of
prayer. The text was:
"Pray without ceasing." (1 Thess. 5:17.)
Sunday, August 13, 1854.
The Rev. Jesse Pound gave his services today; his sermon was simple and calculated
to convey useful instruction. The text was:
"Seeing then that all things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to
be in all holy conversation and godliness?"
(2 Peter 3: 11.)
Sunday, August 20, 1854.
The Rev. Cadwallader C. Hoffman, the African Missionary, was expected to preach, but
being unavoidably detained elsewhere, he sent
word that he would officiate in the evening.




PARISH OF FORDIHAM.         107
At the appointed time there was a good congregation assembled, who seemed much gratified by his discourse. The text was:
"For thus saith the Lord of hosts, Yet
once, it is a little while, and I will shake the
heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the
dry land; and I will shake all nations, and
the desire of all nations shall come: and I
will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord
of hosts. And the silver is mine, and the gold
is mine, saith the Lord of hosts!" (Haggai
2: 6, 7, 8.)
Sunday, August 27, 1854.
No minister being yet appointed, we were
obliged to have recourse to lay services, and
we availed ourselves of the assistance of Mr.
Henry J. Cammann, Superintendent of the
Sunday-school, as the clergyman we had engaged did not arrive. The volunteer choir
closed the sacred ceremonies of the day with
the following hymn:
Eternal Source of every joy,
Well may thy praise our lips employ,
While in thy temple we appear
To hail thee Sovereign of the year.




108           PARISH OF FORDHAM.
Wide as the wheels of nature roll,
Thy hand supports and guards the whole;
The sun is taught by thee to rise,
And darkness when to veil the skies.
The flowers of spring, at thy command,
Perfume the air and paint the land;
The summer rays with vigor shine,
To raise the corn and cheer the vine.
Sunday, September 3, 1854.
The weather being oppressively warm, the
congregation was small. The Rev. Mr. Draper, of Harlem, officiated. The discourse was
excellent from the following text:
"And I say unto you, Make to yourselves
friends of the mammon of unrighteousness;
that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations." (Luke 16: 9.)
Sunday, September 10, 1854.
After a long drought, the windows of
heaven were opened and a storm of unusual
length and violence was sent to refresh the
parched earth. In this state of the weather
very few could be expected, and as no clergyman attended, lay services were observed.




PARISH OF FORDHAM.       109
Sunday, September 17, 1854.
Beautiful did the earth appear on this
bright Sabbath morning, clothed in its
rich garments after the refreshing rains so
lately sent from heaven. A large congregation assembled to hear the Rev. Benjamin
Akerly, who went through the services in his
customary efficient manner. The text was:
" But grow in grace, and in the knowledge
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
(2 Peter 3: 18.)
Sunday, September 24, 1854.
Our church commences, under its own
rector, to-day. The Vestry have called the
Rev. Joshua Weaver, A.M., to the pastorate,
and he gave us an excellent discourse from
the following text:
"Let me die the death of the righteous,
and let my last end be like his." (Numbers
23: 10.)
Sunday, October 1, 1854.
This may be considered THE BIRTHDAY of
our Church, as we now work under our own




110         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
rector, and it is the first time that we have
enjoyed the full privileges of using the morning and evening services, and the collect of
the day seems so appropriate to our circumstances that I shall transcribe it:
"O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend the Church;
and because it cannot continue in safety
without thy succor, preserve it evermore by
thy help and goodness, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen!"
Mr. Weaver preached from the following
text:
"What fruit had ye then in those things
whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of
those things is death."  (Rom. 6: 21.)
Afternoon.
The church was again opened at half-past
three P.M., and Mr. Weaver gave as his text
the following words:
"And this is the will of him that sent me,
that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life:




PARISH OF FORDTAM.       111
and I will raise him up at the last day."
(John 6: 40.)
The Rector gave notice that the church
building would be removed, during the ensuing week, to its final location, not having
been taken from the lot on which it was
erected originally.
Sunday, October 8, 1854.
The church building was moved from its
site since last Sabbath, but not yet placed on
what is to be its permanent destination,
which is about a hundred feet from the place
where it originally stood.  Many persons
who came to worship were afraid to enter
the building, supposing that the structure
was. unsafe, in consequence of being so recently moved; these terrorists lost an edifying discourse delivered by the rector from the
following text:
"And shall lay thee even with the ground,
and thy children within thee; and they shall
not lay in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation." (Luke 19: 44.)




112         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
Sunday Afternoon.
Service commenced at half-past three o'clock.
The text was:
" For your fellowship in the Gospel from
the first day until now." (Philippians 1: 5.)
Sunday, October 15, 1854.
In consequence of a severe storm, our " Tent
in the Wilderness" had not arrived home.
Still there was little doubt but that the next
Sabbath would find her domiciled in her last
resting-place, when we shall close this record
of current events, as we trust all circumstances connected with the church and parish
are preserved in the minutes of the Vestry.
The Rector preached from the text:
"Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others
in parables; that seeing they might not see,
and hearing they might not understand."
(Luke 8: 10.)
Sunday Afternoon.
The weather having cleared up, the congregation was much larger than in the morning.




PARISH OF FORDHiAM.      113
Mr. Weaver preached an excellent discourse
from the following text:
" Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through
the ignorance that is in them, because of the
blindness of their hearts." (Ephes. 4: 18.)
Sunday, October 22, 1854.
We have nearly reached the end of our
labors. The church being now placed in a
permanent location, and a regular minister
being appointed, I shall introduce here the
words of Solomon on the dedication of his
temple:
"O Lord, my God! hearken unto the cry
before thee to-day: that thine eyes may be
open toward this house night and day,
even toward which thou hast said, My name
shall be there: that thou mayest hearken
unto the prayer which thy servant shall make
toward this place."
The Rector's sermon in the morning was
from the following text:
"The same came to Jesus by night and
6*




114         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou
art a teacher come from God: for no man
can do these miracles that thou doest except
God be with him." (John 3: 2.)
In the afternoon we assembled again, and,
I trust, felt thankful to Providence, who seemed to address us in these words from the
Book of Kings:
" I have surely built thee an house to dwell
in, a settled place for thee to abide in for
ever." (1 Kings 8:13.)
The Rector gave a very instructive discourse from the following text:
"Their webs shall not become garments,
neither shall they cover themselves with their
works: their works are works of iniquity,
and the act of violence is in their hands."
(Isaiah 59: 6.)
When we consider the many difficultiesnow overcome-in raising this humble structure for the worshippers of the " Great Ruler
of all," we confess we experience no small
satisfaction at taking part in the undertaking.
It might appear invidious, when all were




PARISH OF FORDHAM.                 115
equally desirous of promoting the good work,
to distinguish one above another, fully aware
"if the Lord built not the house, their labor
is but lost that built it."
The feelings experienced by all on witnessing the completion of the enterprise, so long
in hand, are expressed in the following
lines:
Father of all, whose power alone
Could raise this wondrous frame,
Where countless worlds your empire own,
And magnify thy name,
How can we dare approach thy throne,
The creatures of a day,
We to existence scarcely known,
Ere fleetly passed away.
Lo! in the wilderness we raise
A temple, Lord, to thee,
And celebrate thy glorious praise
In sacred melody.
Then graciously thy Spirit pour
Its influence around,
And fill the fane where we adore,
To make it holy ground.
And when this transient life is o'er,
(At best a short-lived flower,)
Its pleasures past, its griefs no more
Extend their baneful power,




116         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
Oh! may we bless the day we cast,
In the Bethesda here,
The wound that had a power to last
Beyond this earthly sphere.
From  the establishment of "our PariAsh"
to the publication of these lMemorials, a
space of ten years has elapsed, of which we
cannot say much, as we have resided but
little there. During nine years Mr. Weaver
discharged the duties of his responsible office
to the satisfaction of the greater part of the
parishioners, when, in consequence of the
death of his truly excellent lady, he resigned his charge, and was succeeded by the Rev.
Dr. Richey. We cannot omit this opportunity, as none other may occur, of expressing
our gratitude for the many acts of kindness
we experienced at the hands of the late incumbents of the "Parsonage."  The death of
Dr. Cammann was another affliction the parish
endured previously. The character of Dr.
Cammann is so fully given in the resolutions
passed by two bodies with which he was connected, that further comment is unnecessary.




PARISH OF FORDHAM.       117
"The Managers of the Orphans' Home and
Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in New-York, on the occasion of the death of
George P. Cammann, M.D., for a long period
the Consulting Physician of the Home, deem
it their duty, as it is their privilege, to place
upon record their high sense of the many virtues which adorned his character, and their
sorrow at the great loss which they and the
little ones under their care have sustained in
his death.
" Dr. Cammann held the office of Consulting
Physician of the Orphans' Home for the space
of eight years. During this period he visited
the institution regularly, and was most assiduous and faithful in the discharge of his
duties. It was to him a work of love, engaged in, as the Managers cannot but feel assured, from a conviction of Christian duty, and a
desire to tread in the footsteps of Him who,
when on earth, took up little children in his
arms and blessed them. Like his Divine
Master, he was kind, gentle, and compassionate, not only doing his work with skill and




118        PARISH OF FORDHAM.
ability, but also with great tenderness and
forbearance. Well did he deserve the title
of the'Beloved Physician,' and as such will
his memory long be cherished by the Managers and inmates of the Orphans' Home. He
thought not of reward for all his toil. He
looked not for the applause of men. But the
Board rejoice in the hope that, resting now
from his earthly labors, his works do follow
him; that his reward is great in heaven; and
that to him the Judge of all will, on the great
day, address the cheering words:'Well
done, good and' faithful servant, enter thou
into the joy of thy Lord.'
" NEw-YORK, April 10, 1863."
At a meeting of the Vestry of St. James's
Church, Fordham, held February twentieth,
1863, to take action in reference to the death
of Dr. G. P. Cammann, one of the founders
of this Parish, and for some years a Vestryman, the following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:




PARISH OF FORDHAM.        119
IN MEMORIAM.
Wherea8, It hath pleased Almighty God,
in the wise dispensation of His Providence, to
remove from this scene of labor and trial to
one of rest and peace, our beloved friend
and late associate, Doctor George P. Cammann.
Resolved, That in the death of Dr. Cammann we recognize the loss of a firm friend,
a wise counsellor, and a liberal supporter of
our parish, of which he was one of the
founders, and for some years a member of
the Vestry.
1Resolved, That we record with thankfulness our high estimate of the healthy and
Christian influence exercised in our midst
by his consistent life and conversation, and
in the remembrance of his pure example
we find great reason to say with the wise
King of Israel: "The memory of the Lord
is blessed."
Resolved, That we are deeply conscious of
the great and serious loss sustained to




120         PARISH OF FORDHAM.
science in this removal of one occupying
in his profession, so leading and prominent
a position, and we sadly unite in regret and
sympathy with a large class of our afflicted
parishioners.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be forwarded to the afflicted family of the
deceased.
G. LUDLOW DASHWOOD,
Clerk of the Vestry.




INDEX TO HlUGUENOTS OF WESTCHESTER.
PAGE
Preliminaries,............................................ 15
Waldenses,.........................................   15
Peter W aldo,............................................  15
First  Bibles,.............................................  16
Albigenses...........................................  16
Wycliffe,................................................ 17
Huguenots,...... 1.................................... 17
Edict of Nantes,..........................................  18
Henry the Fourth,....................................... 18
His Character..........................................  19
His  Death,.............................................  19
Louis the  Thirteenth,.....................................  19
Louis the  Fourteenth,.....................................  19
Edict  Revoked,.........................................  19
Severe  Laws,............................................  20
Distress  of  Huguenots,....................................  20
Scenes of Sorrow,......................... 21
Flight of Huguenots,..................................... 21
Nun  of  Jouarre,.........................................  25
Charlotte de Bourbon,................................. 25
Royal House of England,.................................. 26
Death of Charlotte Bourbon,............................... 27
Maria de  Bohorques,...................................... 28
Spanish  Persecution,......................................  29
South of France,................................... 29




122                       INDEX.
PAGE
French  Protestants,.....................................  29
Huguenots in America,.................................... 31
New-Rochelle,...........................................  31
Rochelle  in  France,.......................................31
Siege of Rochelle,...........................31
Huguenot Families...................................... 32
Huguenot  Church........................................ 33
Huguenot Names,....................................33
Mr. Bonrepos...........................................33
Rev. Mr. Boudet,.........................................33
Death  of  Boudet,.........................................34
Rev. Mr. Stouppe........................................34
Slaves in West-Chester,............................... 35
French  W ar,.......................................... 35
Death of Stouppe,........................................36
Rev. Mr. Houdin.3..................................... 36
Life  of Houdin,..........................................36
Preaches in West-Chester,.........3................... 37
Death  of W olfe,..........................................38
Houdin appointed to New-Rochelle,.........................38
Trinity Church in New-Rochelle founded,...................38
Death of Houdin................................ 39
His  Character........................................... 39
Grave of the Ministers,..................................39
Funeral Sermon,..................................... 40
Bishop Seabury,................................... 40
His  Lettter,............................................. 40
French Church closed,................................ 41
English  Parish  formed,.................................. 41
Royal Charter granted,................................. 41
Rev. Andrew  Fowler,.....................................42
Rev.  Mr. Bartow,........................................ 42
Rev. Renaud Kearney,...................................  42




INDEX.                        123
PAGE
Rev. L. P.  Bayard,......................................  43
Rev. Lawson  Carter,......................................41
Rev. T. W. Coit,.........................................43
Rev. R. U. Morgan,..................................... 43
Proofs of French zeal,....................................43
John Pintard, LL.D.,...................................... 43
Communicants,...........................................44
Visits to New-York,......................                 44
French Churches in New-York,............................. 44
Marot's Hymns,......................................    44
French  Testaments,.......................................  44
Church  in Franklin  Street................................ 45
Church in Twenty-Second Street...................45
Rev. Dr. Verren,....................................... 45
Rev. Mr. Neau,.......................................... 45
Rev.  Mr. Vesey,.........................................  45
Trinity School,........................................  45
Death  of Mr. Neau,...................................... 45
Captain Perry,...........................................46
Rev. F. Vinton,.................  46
Huguenot Families,....................................... 46
De la  Montaigne,.........................................  46
Vredendal,..............................................  46
Rev. Louis  Rou.........................................  47
Controversy,............................................ 47
Stephen  De  Lancey,...................................... 47
His  Appeal,............................................  48
Rev. Mr Moulinard,.......................................48
French Cemetery,........................................49
Inscriptions,............................................. 49
Registry of Baptisms,.......................              49
Congregation,...........................................50
English and  French....................................... 50




124                        INDEX.
PAGE
False Reports,.......................................... 50
Petition,.................................................  50
Document,.............................................. 51
New   Church,...........................................  51
Retrospect,......................................... 52
Huguenot,............................................  53
Origin  of the  word,.......................................  53
H ugo,..................................................   53
Eidgenossen,............................3........         53
Calvinists,..............................................  53
Lutherans,.............................54
House  of Valois,..................................  54
Henry  the  Second,.....................................   4
Henry  the  Third,..........................4.............  
Catherine  de Medicis,.....................................  55
Charles  the  Ninth.......................................  55
Henry the Third,......................................... 55
House of Bourbon,.......................................55
Henry the Fourth,....................................     55
St. Bartholomew,......................................55
Admiral Coligni,..............    5.................... 55
Washington Letters,.................................. 56
To Mrs. De Lancey,........................ 56
To Mrs. De Lancey from Colden,............................9
Washington to Dr. Cochran,......................           61
Letter from Irving,     6.....................63..... 3
De Lancey House,............................ 64
De Lancey's Pine,................................ 64
Lines  by  A. C. Coxe,...................................  67
Book of the Church,..............................  67




INDEX TO PARISH OF FORDHAM.
PAGE
Fordham   Manor,......................................... 85
Name of Manor,....................................    85
Original Owners,...................................  85
Indian Proprietor,................................. 85
Earl of Lovelace,.................................. 85
Dutch Church,.....................................   86
Lords of the Manor,...............................    86
Letter of Colonel Morris,............................   87
Old Meeeting-House,...................   88
Rev. Peter Tetard,........................88
Petition to Governor,...........................     88
Certificate,............................................ 90
First Church Meeting,.................................  91
Names of First Vestry,................   92
Gifts to Parish,....................................... 95
Poem,.................................................  97
Hire of R. D. Church,..............9...........       97
Purchase of School-House,........................  98
Purchase of Lot,...............  98
Resolutions at Church Meeting..........................   99
First Service,........................................... 101
Rev. Washington  Rodman,............................... 101
Second Service,................................  101
Rev. Dr. Jackson,...................................... 102
Third Service,        r......................  102




126                       INDEX.
PAGE
Rev. Mr. Murcher,.......................................  102
Fourth  Service,........................................  103
Rev. Mr. Murcher,.......................................  103
Fifth  Service,..........................................  104
Lay Readers,........................................... 104
Sixth  Service,...........................................  105
Rev. W. Rodman,...................................... 105
Seventh  Service,........................................ 105
Rev. E. M. Rodman,................................ 105
Eighth  Service,........................................  105
Rev. E. M. Rodman,............................. 105
Ninth Service,................................        106
Rev. Mr. Flagg,.........................................  106
Tenth  Service,.......................................  106
Rev. Jesse  Pound,.......................................  106
Eleventh  Service,.......................................  106
Rev. Mr. Hoffman,....................................... 106
Twelfth  Service,.......................................  107
Lay  Services,.................................   10
Thirteenth  Service,......................................  108
Rev. Mr. Draper,........................................ 108
Fourteenth  Service,.....................................  108
Lay  Services,.........................................  108
Fifteenth Service................................... 109
Rev.  Mr. Akerly,.......................................  109
Sixteenth Service,................................. 109
Rev. Mr. W eaver,......................................  110
Church Removal,...................................... 111
Verses,...................................... 115
Mr. W eaver's Ministry,................................... 116
Death  of Mrs. W eaver,..................................  116
Death  of Dr. Cammann,.................................  116
Resolutions of the Orphans' Home,.........................117
Resolutions of Vestry,.............................. 118