A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 48 (part 3)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] In testimony whereof we ha^e caused these our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said province to be hereunto affixed, and the same to be entered on record in our secretary's office in our city of New York, in one of the books of patents there remaining. Witness our said trusty and well beloved Cad-wallader Colden, Esq., our said lieutenant governor, and commander-in-chief of our said province of New York, and the territories depending thereon, in America, at our fort in our city of New York, by and with the advice and con-sent of our council for our said province, the 18th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1770, and of our reign the 10th. "^ The following year Governor Tryon granted a special charter, in virtue whereof, the trustees held a certain glebe of 200 acres of * Albany Book of Patents. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 85 land, given by Col. Beverly Robinson, for the use of the rector, officiating one half his time at St. Philip's in the Highlands. The first incor})oration of this church subsequent to the revo-lution took place 26th of April, 1791, under the style and title of the corporation of St. Peter's Church, Peekskill, and St Philip's Chapel in the Highlands. Joshua Nelson, Richard Arunde]l,Silva-nus Haight, James Spock, Jarvis Dusenberry, vestry of St. Peter's Church, Peekskill. First trustees, William Ward, Caleb Ward, James Spock, Silvanus Haight, Caleb Morgan, Joshua Nelson, Richard Arundell, Jarvis Dusenberry.