At 06:35 AM 1/10/99 , brodrick wrote: >Does anyone know which church would have served the families of New >Hempstead, in 1751?. I am seeking the names of the parents of William N. >Conklin, and am hoping that some church may have his bptm. record..I have >looked at the wonderful listing of churches in Rockland County, but saw >none of New Hempstead. >... In the "Explanatory Statement" at the beginning of Cole's "History of Rockland County New York" (1884), he says: "There are but four Rockland county churches older than the present [19th] century. These are: 1. The Reformed Church of Tappan, organized October 24th 1694, with which must be connected (of course as to records only) the irregular congregation in existence from 1767 to1778. 2. The Reformed Church of Clarkstown, organized December (?) 1749. 3. The English Presbyterian Church of Kakiat or West New Hempstead, started before 1754; date of organization unknown. 4. The Reformed Church of Kakiat, or West New Hempstead ("Brick Church"), organized December 4th 1774. "Of these four churches, the third has no records back of 1800. Each of the others has its baptisms without a break form the date of organization..." You will see all four of these churches in the list at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrockla/GSRC/rcchurches.htm --Bruce (Bruce Hamilton, Redondo Beach, CA) bhami@netcom.com http://home.earthlink.net/~bhami/