History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 38 (part 2)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] John's Church families have been many who have repre-sented great solidity and strength, and several which, like the Philipse family, are now historic. Tradi-tions of much interest are connected with the church. Its history, down to 185"), with many original docu-ments of interest, is given with much fulness by Rev. Robert Bolton in his "Church in Westchester Coun-ty," and the reader is referred to this for infor-mation beyond what we have given. We must not omit, however, to state that Yonkers remained mis-sionary ground and part of the parish of Westchester for many years after the church was built in 1752. It was not erected into an independent parish till 1787. Consequently ministers who labored here before that date were not in the true sense rectors of this