[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] John A. Paine, formerly of Robert College, Constan-tinople, and the Rev. George Rockwell. The First Baptist Church. — What is now " The First Baptist Church of Tarrytown" was organized under the name of " The Beekman Baptist Church of Tarrytown," by a council of delegates representing several Baptist Churches in New York City and in Westchester County, toward the latter part of Novem-ber, 1848. The number of original members received on certificate from other churches was only twelve altogether. Its first place of worship was in a small building on the southeast corner of Cortlandt Street and College Avenue. Its first pastor was the Rev. Charles H. Underbill, of Carmel, Putnam County, New York. His salary consisted of two hundred dol-lars in money from the congregation, his fuel and a donation visit, and two hundred dollars promised him by the Hudson River Baptist Association. It was a small beginning, but the church was united and energetic, and it went on increasing in member-ship every year. At the close of 1844 it had forty-two members, at the close of 1845 it had fifty-three, and at the close of 1846 it had sixty-three. At the