The following is a list of ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church, who officiated in the church on this Island, (with the exception of Polhemus, and Solinus,) taken from a manuscript of the Rev. Peter Lowe.
| Joannes Magapolensis, probably died | 1668. |
| Casperus Van Zuren, probably died | 1677. |
| Clark, probably died | 1695. |
| William Lupardus, probably died | 1709. |
| Bernardus Freeman,[22] from 1702, to | 1741. |
| Vincintius Antonides, from 1715, to | 1744. |
| Joannes Arondeus, probably died, | 1742. |
| Anthony Curtenius, from 1730, to | 1756. |
| Ulpianus Van Sinderen, from 1747, to | 1796. |
| John Casper Rubel, from 1760, to | 1797. |
| Martinus Schoonmaker, from 1785, to | 1824. |
| [This venerable pastor was 88 years of age at his death; and a shorttime previous, officiated in four congregations.] | |
| Peter Lowe, from 1787, to | 1818. |
In the month of April, 1708, fifty-seven of the inhabitants of Brooklyn, entered into an agreement (which is written in Dutch) to call a minister from Holland, to preach in the church of this town. The elders of the church at that time were, Daniel Rapalie, and Jores Hanse.
The salary of the Clerk of the Church in this town was formerly raised by a tax on the whole town. At a town meeting, held February 1, 1568, It was resolved, that the sum of £20 10s. should be raised, and paid into the hands of the “church masters” for “the widow of Hendrick Sleght, ffor 1 year and 8 months salary, and being Clarke off the churche.”
The following singular proceeding may be amusing to some readers, and will serve to shew to what extremes, both the people and the magistrates carried themselves in former times. Hendrick Vechte, Esq. a Justice of the Peace, was presented at the Kings County Sessions, May 14, 1710, for coming into the Brooklyn Church, on Sunday, August 10, 1709, “with his pen and ink in his hand, taking of peoples names, and taking up one particular mans hat up, and in disturbance of the minister and people in the service of God, &c.” Vechte’s plea was that in obedience to an order of the Governor he did go into the church as alledged, “to take notice of the persons that were guilty of the forcible entry made into the Church, that by Abram Brower, and others, by breaking of said Church doore with force and arms, forcibly entering into said Church, notwithstanding the forewarning of Mr. Freeman the minister, and his people to the contrary.” The Court found that Justice Vechte was not guilty of a breach of the peace, and discharged him. It must be remembered that Justice Vechte was a member of the Court. There was a considerable difference of opinion and many disputes among the inhabitants of this town, and of the County, as to the right of the Rev. Mr. Freeman to preach; into the merits of which controversy, it is not to be expected that the Compiler can enter at this distant day. Excepting the above proceeding of the Court, the only document which the Compiler has been able to obtain relative to this controversy is a letter from Henry Ffilkin, Esq. to the Secretary at New-York, which will be found in the Appendix marked with the letter D.
December 18, 1814, the Trustees of the Dutch Reformed Church of the town of Brooklyn were incorporated. At which time the following gentlemen were officers of the Church.
| Martinas Schoonmaker, | —Ministers. |
| Peter Lowe, |
| Elders. | |
| Fernandus Suydam, Jeremiah Johnson, | Walter Berry, John Lefferts. |
| Deacons. | |
| Jeremiah Brower, Abraham De Bevoise, | Lambert Schenck, Abraham Remsen. |
| The present officers of this Church are, Rev. S. S. Woodhull, D. D.Pastor. | |
| Elders. | |
| Leffert Lefferts, David Anderson, | Tunis Joralemon, Nehemiah Denton. |
| Deacons. | |
| Theodorus Polhemus, Adrian Hegeman, | James De Bevoise, Adriance Van Brunt. |
September 18, 1785, an “Independent Meeting House,” was incorporated at this place. The officers of which were: