Brief History of Huguenot Memorial Presbyterian Church in Pelham Manor Published in 1963

... each year. The purchase price was the equivalent of about $1.40 an acre. The Huguenots named this tract New Rochelle in memory of La Rochelle, France. Lord Pell also gave acreage for a French church, which eventually became the First Presbyterian ...



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