[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] — At a meeting of the Dutchess County Presbytery, held at Bedford, June 28, 1763, a petition, signed by a number of the inhabitants of Sing Sing, was laid before that body, requesting Presbytery to supply them with the stated and regular preaching of the Gospel, whereupon Presbytery appointed Rev. Mr. Smith to supply them on the first Sabbaths of August and October, and Rev. Mr. Peck to supply them on the first Sabbath of September. Such is the first minute on record as to the origin and early history of this church. At various times, onward until the year 176S, we find the people of Sing Sing making application to the Presbytery above named to provide them with religious services, un-til at a meeting of Presbytery held at Salem, West-chester County, on the 80th day of August, 17G8, we find an application from a joint committee appointed by the congregations of White Plains and Sing Sing, asking advice from Presbytery as to the proper person to preach alternately at the above-named places, " with a view to settling among them in the Gospel ministry." This is the first reference which we can find of a congregation being gathered in Sing Sing, or of the people acting together in their united capacity as such, and hence we date from this period the organi-zation of the church in this place. This was August 30, 1768. At that date Rev. Ichabod Lewis became the successor of Rev. John Smith in the churches of White Plains and Sing Sing. (GiUetft History, vol. i. p.