[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] articles of incorporation; "to establish a free church which shall be used for the purpose of Christian wor-ship of Almighty God, and for promoting Christian knowledge and instruction." Religious services are frequently held there under the direction of ministers of different denominations. Friend's Meeting Houses. — There are three Meeting Houses of the Society of Friends in the town of New Castle : one belonging to the Hicksite branch, at the old site a mile west of Chappaqua station, and two of the Orthodox Friends, one at Chappaqua and the other known as Croton Valley Meeting House, at the extreme north end of the town, between the Bedford line and Kisco River. This part of Westchester County has been from the earliest settlement a Quaker stronghold. Friends' first settled at Chappaqua about 1730 and for several years meetings for worship were held at the house of Abel Weeks. A preparative meeting was set up in 1745 and the Chappaqua Meeting House was built in 1758 and en-larged in 1778. All the Friends in Westchester