History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution; with an appendix bringing down the history of certain families and some other matter to 1850 . tion was now too large for this oldchurch building. After due consideration it was decided that the new churchedifice should be of brick. Its dimensions were as follows rlength 66 feet, width 54 feet, height 26 feet. It was modeledafter the church of Xew Hackensack in every respect exceptthe steeple. The portico, with its pillars, and
History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution; with an appendix bringing down the history of certain families and some other matter to 1850 . tion was now too large for this oldchurch building. After due consideration it was decided that the new churchedifice should be of brick. Its dimensions were as follows rlength 66 feet, width 54 feet, height 26 feet. It was modeledafter the church of Xew Hackensack in every respect exceptthe steeple. The portico, with its pillars, and the vestibule,likewise the steeple and clock were constructed as they remainto the present day. A basement was made under the edificein which prayer meetings and Sundaj school have since beenheld. The stones of the old church went into the basementand foundation walls and so did the stones of the LeFevre-house, which until that time had occupied what is now thenorthern part of the churchyard. The bell of the old church HISTORY OF XE r A LTZ 159 went into the school house and a new one, costing .^375. waspresented to the consistory by the citizens of the ])lace and this,with its nieUow tones, still continues to sunimon the wor-shipers to the house of REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH, ERECTKD IN lS,5y. Rev. John C. \andervoort succeeded Rev. Douw \ anOlinda in 1845. He was an earnest preacher, but only re-mained until 1848 when he assumed the charge of the churchat West Ghent, tolnnibia county. Rev. Charles H. Stitt was the next minister. He was in-stalled in 1848. New Paltz was his first charge after gradu-ating from the Theological Seminary at Xew Brunswick. , and he labored here for seventeen years with great suc-cess, no less than 300 members being added to the church. i6o HISTORY OF .V£ff FALTZ CHAPTER XVI Old County Rixokds at In the county clerks ofifice at Kingston i? a box contain-ing a number of ancient ]) Among the most interesting and valuable of the
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