A Historical Sketch

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0a5d05a3.jpg"> <div> Orange County, New York</div> <div> American History and Genealogy Project</div> <div> A Historical Sketch</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="0a6d2123.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/orange/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/or"><U>Orange County AHGP/ALHN</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/"><U>New York AHGP/ALHN</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://ahgp.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ahgp.org"><U>AHGP</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://alhn.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://alhn.org"><U>ALHN</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="623" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 420 WIDTH="617"><div> A Historical Sketch</div> <bR> <div> --OF--</div> <bR> <div> The First Presbyterian Church of Chester, N. Y.</div> <bR> <div> WITH ITS MINISTERS AND ELDERS; ALSO THE THREE DEACONS AND SEVERAL TRUSTEES SERVING THE CHURCH DURING THE MINISTRY OF THE PRESENT PASTOR.</div> <div>      IT WAS PREPARED SPECIALLY AS A PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHURCH BUILDING ERECTED IN CHESTER IN 1798.</div> <div>      NO RECORD OF THE EXACT DATE OF DEDICATION BEING LEFT, JUNE 5, 6 AND 7 HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS THE MOST FITTING SEASON OF THE YEAR.  IT IS THE MONTH OF ROSES AND GROWTH OF HIGH HOPES AND SPLENDID ASPIRATIONS.</div> <div>      THIS RECORD OF THE CENTURY MAKES NO CLAIM TO BE COMPLETE, BUT IT IS ACCURATE AND TRUE TO THE FACTS SO FAR AS THEY CAN BE LEARNED.</div> <div>      MAY IT INSPIRE YOU TO WRITE THE FAMILY RECORD VERY PLAIN AND IN SUCH GODLY DEEDS AND WELL SHAPED CHARACTERS AS CAN BE EASILY READ BY HIM WHO FOLLOWS IN WRITING THE NEXT HISTORY.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="pg5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pastors"><U>Next Page</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="pg1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Table of Contents"><U>Table of Contents</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>