[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Gertrude, his wife, the owners, to John Hyatt, John Haight and David Travis, yeomen, "for a Presbyte-rian congregation,... exercising their religion and public worship of God Almighty after and ac-cording to the form of worship used and exercised by the now established Presbyterian Church government in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, and for no other purpose or intent whatsoever." The parcel 1 It has been stitcd that the lakes received the'name Croui Ponds from a man named from, who resided near them, and that his uame appeal! in some of the old deeds. The proof of this statement is not at hand. It furnishes, however, the best explanation yet advanced. In Peekskill, to-day, reside people, the pronunciation of whose name is the same ai that of the lakes, though the spelling is different. -'From an historical sermon delivered by the |iaslor. Rev. W..1. Cum-miug, August 6, 1876. 5T0RKT0WN. 157 of land thus deeded includes all the property which the church now owns ahout the present huilding, with the exception of that upon which the parson-age stands. This church was the pioneer church in the region. There Was no meeting-house of any denomination to Hudson River on the west, and the Bedford Church was the nearest neighbor on the east. The parish embraced Cortlandt, Yorktown, Somersand the lower portion of Putnam County.