History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 236
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In 1838 the Rev. Edward C. Bull is said to have of-ficiated at St. Philip's Church, and in April of the same} ear the Rev. William C. Cooley became rector of St. Peter's. The two churches were not formally separated until April 18, 1840, when an act of the Legislature was passed for that purpose. October 20, 1838, the glebe was sold to David McCoy for the sum of five thousand dollars, which was equally divided between the two churches. Will the sum thus realized, and a donation of one thousand dollars from Trinity Church, New York, St. Peter's Chapel, on Division Street, Peekskill, was built in the same year. The Rev. Dr. Cooley, after the opening of the chapel, conducted most of the services there. Meetings continued to be held in the old building at gradually increasing intervals, and finally were aban-doned altogether. The successive pastors from the time of the Rev. John Doty to the establishment of the chapel in Peekskill have been as follows: Iiwttillftl. Rector*. July lti, 1771 Rov. Jolm Doty. September 18, 1775 -Rov. Reman] Page. August 7, 1792 Rev. Andrew Fowler. December 15, l~'M Rev. Samuel Haskell. April 7, 1806 Rev. Joseph Warren.