[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] church of England, as by law established, as is herein after mentioned, and also in case of every avoidance of the said church thereafter, either by the death of the rector thereof or otherwise, that the powers and authorities vested in the rector, church wardens and vestrymen in veslrv, met as above men-g4 HISTORY OF THE tioned, shall, until the said church be legally supplied with another incumbent, vest in and be executed bj-the church wardens of the said church for the time beinc^ together with the vestrymen of the said church for the time being, by the name of the church wardens and vestrymen of St. Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill; provided always, the concurrence and con-sent of the major number of the whole vestrymen of the said church for the time being be had in every thing that shall in such cases be done by virtue hereof, and we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant that the patronage and advowson of the said church, and the right of presentation thereto, shall forever hereafter belong to and appertain, and is hereby vested in the church wardens and vestrymen of the said church for the time being, or the majority of them, forever, whereof one church warden shall always be one. And further we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the rector and members of St.