[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] wife of Mr. Smith was a daughter of James Hooker, of Guilford, Conn., a grandson of Thomas Hooker, the famous Puritan divine. Mr. Smith labored in Rye with great energy and zeal. At first he resided HISTORY OF WKSTCHESTER COUNTY. in that village, but afterwards removed to White Plains, continuing, however, to preach in Rye. In 1763 he added to his duties the charge of the Presby-; terian Church of Sing Sing. Five years later he ap-j plied to the Presbytery of Dutchess County for the assistant o of a colleague. In October, 1769, Mr. Ichabod Lewis was ordained to serve. in this capacity aa minister of White Plains and Sing Sing. It is supposed that Mr. Smith continued to preach more or less frequently at Rye until within a short time of his death, which occurred at the White Plains on the 26th of February, 1771. His remains lie in the church-yard and the inscription on his tomb desig-nates him as the "first ordained minister of the Pres-byterian persuasion in Rye and the White Plains," adding that, "worn out with various labors," he " fell asleep in Jesus." He appears, from all accounts, to have been a man