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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 102

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[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Vol. I. 30 234 HISTORY OF THE The Presbyterian Church of Greenburgh, (situated on the east bank of the Saw mill) was first organized about the year 1790, under tlie ministry of the Rev. John Townley. This individual labored here for about twelve years, after which time he removed to Somers, and subsequently to Peekskill.^' Upon the departure of Mr. Townley, services were performed here, by the Rev. Thomas G. Smith, pastor of the Dutch Re-formed Church of Tarrytown and Unionville. Mr. Smith was succeeded by the late Rev. George Bourne^ who served the churches of Greenburgh, and Dobb's Ferry, with great acceptance. During this period, the church was connected with the old West-chester Presbytery, a congregational body, long since extinct. Upon the 12th of June, 1825, it was received into union with