A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 155
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] morial which was presented by James Smith, Esq.; the petitioners state among other matters, " that some years past an old Episcopal COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 497 church m this neighborhood, at New Castle* (of wood) faUing to decay, its congregation was broken up, and some of the descend-ants of its members have become Quakers, notwithstanding por-tions of them have until lately adhered to the forms of the Epis-copal Church, and your memorialists entertain a hope that with the blessing of Divine Providence, by the means of the establish-ment of a church at Sing Sing, many of the descendants of this ancient congregation may be brought back to our church, &c." Trinity Church nobly responded to this call by an appro-priation of $2000, the rem^ainder being raised by public subscrip-tion. On the first Thursday of October, 1831, this church was ad. mitted into union with the convention of the diocese. LIST OF RECTORS. Instit. or Call. Incumbents. Vacated by July 7th, 1836, Edward N. Mead, A. M., Presb. resig.