Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Two Centuries in the History of the Presbyterian Church, Jamaica, L. I: The Oldest Existing Church, of the Presbyterian Name, in America
Jamaica, on Long Island, was settled, under the Dutch rule, in 1656. The English, laying claim to the same territory, it was surrendered to them in the year of our Lord 1664.
After the Revolution in England in 1688, a great change took place in the Colonial government. A General Assembly was allowed, which consisted of deputies, chosen by the freeholders of each County to whom, together with the Governor and the Council, the legislative power was intrusted.
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