Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The First Presbyterian Church, Chester, N. Y., 1798 1898
The Church society had taken on various forms and had passed through many trying experiences before its final en trance into the General Assembly Presbyterian Church in 1813. It began in a very humble way. It was the custom of these early settlers to meet for worship in the houses of the different families. When the little log school-house was erected it became the centre of interest and all meetings, re ligious and political, were held there. There were, no doubt, some among these earliest settlers about Chester who held their membership in the Churches at Blooming Grove, Goshen, and other points. Rev. Simeon R. Jones, leaves this on record when he settled in Chester as the first pastor in 1799. I found five females in Chester who were members of adjoining Churches and one praying man, William. Vail. We are curious, therefore, to find out all we can as to the character of these early settlers since such a few of them have developed a very tenacious purpose to build a Church.
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