[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ma'-hys Brower and Marrctye his wife, Nathan Beesly and Esther his wife, Catharine Van Texel, wife of Hendriek Lent and Cornelia his wife, William Van Texel and Irynje his wife, Annetje Sybout, wife of.Ian Beesly, Maria dc Paw, wife of Abram Lent, Aeltje Brower, wife of Jeurisen Wall, Theunis Kranckhyt and Sophye hi9 wife, William Teller and Marietje his wife, Jeremy Gennuyss and Annetje his wife, Marietje Blauvelt, wife of Ryck Lent, and Elizabeth, the wife of Corne-lls Michgrelzen." The original Reformed Dutch Church of Cortlandt-town was located on Montrose Point, on the land which at present belongs to Frederick W. Seward. It was erected about the year 1729 or 1730. The firet baptism recorded in the church register is that of Teunis, the son of Hendriek Brouwer and Jannetje Ciankheit, which is entered under date of June 3, 1729. Surrounding the church was a farm of one hundred and seventy-two acres, which was held by the consistory of the church simply by permission or lease from James Van Cortlandt, great-grandson of De Herr Stephanus Van Cortlandt. but which, alter a long period of peaceable possession, the church 1 Onirics A. Campbell, in ' Magazine of Ainerim i lliitorv " for M iv, uu, CORTLANDT. 385 came to own according to the law of limitation. In 1835 or 1836 an order was issued by the Court of Chancery giving the consistory the right to sell this tract of land, and it was subsequently disposed of to Stephen Lent for two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.