History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . Year. Baptisms. Marriages 1882 120 46 1883 148 36 1884 176 36 1885 162 45 In 1881 Father Lings bought the property adjoin-ing the school-house on the north, with a dwellingupon it, which he fitted up for the Sisters of Charity,at a cost of about seven thousand dollars. It hassince been occupied by a community of seven Sis-ters, under Sister M. Stephen, who have charge ofthe Sunday-schools as well as the parish school ofthe church. The Baptist—Warburton Aven

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History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . Year. Baptisms. Marriages 1882 120 46 1883 148 36 1884 176 36 1885 162 45 In 1881 Father Lings bought the property adjoin-ing the school-house on the north, with a dwellingupon it, which he fitted up for the Sisters of Charity,at a cost of about seven thousand dollars. It hassince been occupied by a community of seven Sis-ters, under Sister M. Stephen, who have charge ofthe Sunday-schools as well as the parish school ofthe church. The Baptist—Warburton Avenue Baptist Churchand Nepjier/ian Avenue Baptist Chapel.—The firstprayer-meeting of Baptists in Yonkers was heldTuesday evening, March 5, 1847, in the house of F. Peek. At this service there were presentMr. and Mis. Peek, Mr. and Mrs. George Van Ness,Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Ferrin, , Mrs. McGill and Miss Strothers. Thelast-named lady lived in Yonkers but a few months. The first sermon preachedin Yonkers by a Baptistclergyman to a Baptistaudience was delivered bythe celebrated Rev. JohnDowling,

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