St. John’s Episcopal Church, located at Hudson Street and Getty Square in Yonkers, was founded by Frederick Philipse III in 1753. It continued in service for more than 100 years. After the Civil War, when Yonkers had become a real city, a new, much larger church was built on the site of the old one. One wall of the old church was preserved and built into the new structure.
In 1784 an act of the New York State Legislature required that all religious societies establish boards of trustees, and the Yonkers Episcopal Society filed papers with the Westchester County Clerk to comply with this act in 1787. The certificate is filed in Liber A of the Westchester County Clerk’s Record of Religious Societies.
| Title | Incorporation Records of St. John's Church, 1784 | Format | Bound manuscript |
| Repository | Westchester County Archives | Number of Images | 2 |
| Collection | Series 78: Register of Religious Societies | Dimensions | 7" x 9 " |
| Call Number | A-0086(1)S(CB2) | Transcription | Yes |
| Creator | Frederick Van Cortlandt, Thomas Vallentine, Stephen Ward and County Clerk | Image File Name | Register_p14.tif, Register_p15.tif |
| Creation Date | September 15, 1784 | Image Resolution | 300 dpi |
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