Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York Genealogy

Church Records

 * 1760–1839 Jay Harris.Records of the Methodist Episcopal/Community Church, Pound Ridge New York (Pound Ridge, N.Y.: The Community Church, 1991) ; . Vol. 2 includes indexes.Includes history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Pound Ridge and records of the Presbyterian Church in Pound Ridge 1760-1839. Vol. 1 contains various membership records, quarterly conference minutes, rolls of official members and pastors, historical records, and some death records 1833-1983, and the earliest records of the Presbyterian Church. Vol. 2 has title: Marriages, baptisms, deaths, 1850-1983, extracted from the records of the Methodist Episcopal/Community Church, Pound Ridge, New York. The original Stamford-Pound Ridge Circuit included Pound Ridge hamlet; Great Hill in the western part of the town of Pound Ridge; Selleck's Corners in the town of New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and High Ridge and Hunting Ridge in the town of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. When the Presbyterian Church of Pound Ridge closed its doors thirty years ago, many of its members joined the Methodist Church across the road and helped to form the Community Church, which retains its Methodist Church connection. Vol. 1 has parts 1 &amp; 2 bound together.


 * 1822–1899 George W. Hoyt. Genealogical Information Extracted from Pound Ridge, NY Presbyterian Church Sessional Records.(Anaheim, California: G.W. Hoyt, 2001) ;.


 * 1837–1886 Mrs. Sterling B. Jordan and Mrs. Frank W. Seth. Records of Poundridge [sic] Presbyterian Church, Westchester County, N.Y., 1837-1886: marriages performed by William Patterson ([White Plains, N.Y.: s.n.], 1939);.


 * June 1850–August 1876 Pound Ridge Methodist Church . Microreproduction of original typescript.


 * June 1850–August 1976 Methodist Episcopal Community Church Microfilm made of typescript (1 leaf) donated by the Pound Ridge Community Church, Pound Ridge, New York. Additions and corrections to both volumes of: Pound Ridge Methodist Church, Westchester County, New York, record of marriages, June 1850- August 1876 / Pound Ridge Methodist Church (Pound Ridge, New York).


 * Jordan, Mable L. Poundridge Presbyterian Church, Westchester County, N.Y.: Marriages Performed by Rev. William Patterson, 1837-1886. White Plains, N.Y., 1990. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Archives, Libraries and Museums
God's Country -- A History of Pound Ridge, New York, by Jay Harris; pub. 1971. 974.7277/P4 H2h SLC FHL hardcopy

Town Clerk
Town Clerk Joanne Pace The Town House 179 Westchester Avenue Pound Ridge, NY 10576 Phone: 914-764-5549 Email: [mailto:jpace@townofpoundridge.com jpace@townofpoundridge.com]

Town Historian
Town Historian Philip Pessoni Town House 179 Westchester Avenue Pound Ridge, NY 10576 Phone: 914-763-3916 Email: [mailto:phil@airliegroup.com phil@airliegroup.com]