[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] government, nay even the very name of the church itself. The Rev. Mr. Johannes Ritzema, at this time the stated supply at Sleepy Hollow, uniformly acted throughout this trying period, as the friend of the English party. Upon the formation of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North Amer-ica, in 177], this church was decreed to belong to the Assembly COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 337 of New York, now called the Classis of New York. The arti-cles of union agreed upon by the Synod of 1771 were subscribed (among others) by Johannes Ritzema and Pierre van Cortlandt of Westchester county. The Dutch Reformed Church at Tarry-town is attached to the mother church, its pastor having the charge of both congregations. The first minister of the church, A. D. 1697, was the Rev. AVilliam Barthoti', styled in the church records, the well learned and Godly Dominus Guilliaume Bar-thoff. This individual resided at Hackinsack, New Jersey, but per-formed services here three or four times a year; he continued liis ministrations with great acceptance until tjie year 1715. The following item occurs in the church books, (relating to the