[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 379.) At or near this time the first church edifice was erected, having for its site what is now known as the '• old burying-ground " at Sparta, about one and a half miles to the south of the village of Sing Sing. The land upon which the church was built was originally given by Colonel Phillips, the proprietor of the manor extending from Kingsbridge to the Croton River. Abraham de Reviere, the historian of the church of Phillipsburgh. i. e., the Dutch Church of Tarry-town — makes this reference to the history of the grant, viz. :" That in 1680 it pleased his royal majesty of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, to grant by prerogative, consent and license to the Honorable Yredryck Flypse, to freely buy to or in a sale of estate in the County of Westchester in America, beginning at the place of Spuyten Duvvel Kill and running north along the river to and on the Kill of Kitch-a-Wong ( now Croton River, etc.), as in the license and patent contained, which is called Phillipsburg, and that Lord Flypse contract to let any on-e settle on said land free, for certain stipulated years, in order that it may as soon as possible be cul-tivated and settled." The site upon which the church was originally built, comprising about three acres, was set apart and donated by Colonel Phillips for the use of a church, and when, after the War of the Revolution, the whole manor property was confiscated and sold by a com-mittee, appointed by the Legislature, consisting of