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Sidney Bartlett, 1846-52, 1853-61. [* March 6, 1889, at. go.] George Gardner, W., 1846-56. [* Dec. 21, 1884, æt. 75.]
C. Frederick Adams, 1847-57. [*April 7, 1862, æt. 69.]
Chas. H. Mills, W., 1847-58. [* April 20, 1872, æt. 59.] Jas. W. Paige, 1847-61. [* May 22, 1868, at. 75.]
J. Ingersoll Bowditch, 1848-56. [* Feb. 19, 1889, æt. 82.]
John Jas. Dixwell, 1850-56. [* Nov. 15, 1876, æt. 70.]
P. T. Jackson, 1850-52, 1868-92. [* Nov. 10, 1891, æt. 73 ]
William Thomas, W., 1853-72. [# June 22, 1872, æt. 64.] George B. Upton, 1853-59. [* July
3, 1874, æt. 70.]
George T. Bigelow, 1854-61. [* For- merly Chief-Justice of Mass. ; Apr. 14, IS78, æt. 67.]
Gardner Brewer, W., 1856-63. [* Oct. 4, 1874. æt. 68.] Thos. G. Cary, 1856-59. [ July 3, IS59. æt. 67.] Sewell Tappan, 1856-61. [* Nov. 10, 1879, æt. 68.] Samuel G. Ward, 1857-62. William Amory, 1858-61. [* Dec. 8, 1888, æt. 84.]
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J. Thos. Stevenson, 1859-62. [* Aug. 25, 1876, æt. 70.]
Joseph Whitney, 1859-63. [* Sept. 13, 1869, æt. 73.]
WVm. Amory, Jr., 1861-64.
John D. Bates, 1861-64. [* Nov. 21, 1863, æt. 66.]
Geo. Baty Blake, 1861-66. [* Aug. 9, 1875, æt. 67.]
Nathaniel Hooper, 1861 -- 63. [* May 21, 1886, æt. 69.]
Thos. P. Rich, 1861-64. [* Dec. 14, 1875, æt. 72.1
Thomas Bulfinch, W., 1863-66. [* May 29, 1867, at. 72.]
Stephen H. Bullard, 1863-67. [* July 10, 1873, æt. 54 ]
Wm. Endicott, Jr., 1863-67.
Arthur T. Lyman, W., 1863-
William Perkins, 1863-SS. [* July 13, 1887, æt. 82.]
Geo. W. Pratt, 1863-72. [* Jan. 16, 1876, at. 73.]
Chas. H. Dalton, 1864-68.
Augustus Flagg, 1864-69.
S. H. Russell, W., 1865-70. [* Oct. 24, 1894, æt. 7[.] Edmund Dwight, 1866-68.
J. Randolph Coolidge, 1866-70, 1872- 86.
Philip H. Sears, 1866-
Edward Pickering, W., 1867-77. [* Nov. 24, 1876, æt. 69.]
John Revere, 1867-87. [* July . 26, 1886, æt. 64.]
George Higginson, 1868-88. [* April 27, 18Sg, æt. 84.]
Eben D. Jordan, 1870. [* Nov. 15, 1895, æt. 73.] George C. Richardson, W., 1870-87. [* May 20, 1886, æt. 78.] Francis Brooks, 1871-77. [* Dec. 26, 1892, æt. 70.] John W. Wheelwright, 1871-
Nathaniel H. Emmons, I873-78. [* March 18, 1878, æt. 82.]
Greely S. Curtis, 1877-
Eben Dale, 1877-81. [* Sept. 9, ISS9, æt. 45.]
Thos. B. Hall, W., 1877-86.
Oliver W. Peabody, 1877-81.
J. W. Paige, 1878. [*July 16, 1894, æt. 59.]
Robert H. Stevenson, 1879-
Charles P. Curtis, W., 1881-
Waldo Higginson, 1881-86. [* May 4, 1894, æt. So.]
A. Lawrence Lowell, 1885-
Roger Wolcott, 1886-93.
J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr., 1886-91, 1894-
Stanton Blake, 1887. [* April 21, ISS9, æt. 51.]
T. Quincy Browne, 1887-94.
Francis C. Lowell, I888-
Oscar H. Sampson, 1888-
Horace A. Lamb, 1888-91.
Hamilton Alonzo Hill, 1891- Ernest Jackson, 1893-
TREASURERS.
PRIOR to the Revolution the finances appear to have been administered by the Wardens, sometimes separately, at other times jointly. After 1782, the Senior Warden acted as Treasurer of the Church until 1827 ; and the Junior Warden as Clerk, till the present time. At the Annual Meeting of the Proprietors on Easter Monday, April 22, 1827, it was voted to elect a Treas- urer. The following is a list of the incumbents from that date : -
Charles P. Curtis . 1827-1862
William Amory, Jr. Stephen H. Bullard
1862-1864
1864-1867
1867-1873
William Thomas . J. Randolph Coolidge George Higginson A. Lawrence Lowell
1873-1877
1877-1885
1885-
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KING'S CHAPEL IN THE WAR
FOR
THE UNION.
THE following is copied, with slight additions and corrections, from the Appendix to Mr. Foote's Sermon delivered in the Chapel on Sunday, May 29, 1870: -
THE NAMES INSCRIBED ON THE MONUMENT IN KING'S CHAPEL, ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF THE YOUNG MEN OF KING'S CHAPEL WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY, 1861, 1865,
Are as follows :
RICHARD CARY. Captain 2d Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vols. Killed at Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862, FE. 26.
WARREN DUTTON RUSSELL. First Lieutenant 18th Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vols. Killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1862, A. 22.
EDWARD HUTCHINSON ROBBINS REVERE. Assistant Surgeon 20th Regt.
Infantry, Mass. Vols. Killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862, Æ. 35. FRANKLIN MOODY ADAMS. Private 8th Battery, Mass. Vols. Wounded at So. Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862 ; died Nov. 28, ÆE. 20.
THEODORE PARKMAN. Sergeant 45th Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vols. Killed at Whitehall, N. C., Dec. 16, 1862, Æ. 25.
PAUL JOSEPH REVERE. Colonel 20th Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vols. Wounded at Gettysburg, Penn., July 2, 1863 ; died July 4, A. 31. CABOT JACKSON RUSSEL. Captain 54th Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vols. Killed at Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863, A. 18. ARTHUR CORTLANDT PARKER. Second Lieutenant 33d Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vols. Killed at Warrenton, Va., Aug. 24, 1863, A. 23.
JAMES AMORY PERKINS. First Lieutenant 24th Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vols. Killed at Fort Wagner, S. C., Aug. 26, 1863, ÆE. 27.
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SIDNEY COOLIDGE. Major 16th Regt. Infantry, U. S. A. Killed at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, 1863, A. 33.
THOMAS GREELY STEVENSON. Brigadier-General, U. S. Vols. Killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 10, 1864, A. 28.
FRANCIS LOWELL DUTTON RUSSELL. First Lieutenant 4th Regt. Artil- lery, U. S. A. Died May 11, 1864, E. 19.
SAMUEL STORROW. First Lieutenant 2d Regt. Infantry, Mass. Vols. Killed at Averysboro, N. C., March 16, 1865, A. 21.
CHARLES JAMES MILLS. Brevet Major, U. S. Vols. Killed near Peters- burg, Va., March 31, 1865, A. 24.
To put on permanent record the Roll of Honor of the [thirty-eight other] Sons of the Church who engaged in the service of their country, . . the following list is given. There is not one whose military record is not honorable to himself and to the cause in which he took part. In this list are included the names of several who formerly belonged to the Society but ceased to do so previously to the war, and who are recorded on the Baptismal Records of King's Chapel, - among them, the names of one who died from sickness and of two who fell in battle, - but, not being " Young Men of King's Chapel" at that time, could not be in- scribed on the mural tablet. It has seemed proper that these should be recorded here, with those who were in past years their fellow-worship- pers. The names of several who have connected themselves with the Society since the expiration of their period of military service are reluct- antly omitted, as belonging more properly to records elsewhere.
* EDWARD STANLEY ABBOT. Second Lieutenant 17th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 10, 1862 ; First Lieutenant, April 27, 1863 ; died, July 8, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Penn.
CHARLES WALTER AMORY. Second Lieutenant 2d Mass. Cavalry, April 9, 1864 ; prisoner at Aldie, Va., July 6, 1864 ; First Lieutenant, Sept. 9, 1864 ; Captain, June 16, 1865 ; mustered out, Aug. 1, 1865.
NATHAN APPLETON. Second Lieutenant 5th Mass. Battery, July 30, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, June 19, 1864 ; wounded, May, 1864 ; re- signed on account of disability, Aug. 25, 1864 ; Brevet Captain, U. S. V., March 13, 1865 ; Volunteer A.D C., March 18, 1865.
HENRY BELKNAP. Captain 18th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861 ; resigned, May 20, 1863.
HENRY JONES BLAKE. Acting Midshipman, at U. S. Naval Academy, Sept. 29, 1858 ; ordered into active service, June, 1861 ; attached to Admiral Farragut's Flag-ship " Hartford," at New Orleans and Vicks- burg ; Ensign, Feb. 24, 1863 ; Lieutenant, Feb. 22, 1864 ; attached to iron-clad " New Ironsides," at Fort Fisher .; resigned, April 21, 1866.
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CHARLES PICKERING BOWDITCH. Second Lieutenant 55th Mass. Vols., May 23, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, June 7, 1863 ; Captain, June 29, 1863 ; Captain 5th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 7, 1864 ; resigned on account of disability, Aug. 23, 1864.
HENRY PICKERING BOWDITCH. Second Lieutenant Ist Mass. Cavalry, Nov. 5, 1861 ; First Lieutenant, June 28, 1862 ; Captain, May 13, 1863; wounded, November, 1863; discharged, Feb. 15, 1864; Major 5th Mass. Cavalry, March 26, 1864; resigned, June 3, 1865. ALGERNON COOLIDGE, M. D. Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. V., at " Chesapeake " Hospital, Va., and " Portsmouth Grove " Hospital, R. I., April, 1862-May, 1863 ; at "Armory Square " Hospital, Wash- ington, May, June, 1864.
CALEB AGRY CURTIS. Acting Master, U. S. N., Sept. 1, 1861, on the "Cuba " and the " Potomska ;" Acting Master Commanding, May 1, 1863, on the " Memphis " and the " Flag ; " resigned, Dec. 10, 1863.
GREELY STEVENSON CURTIS. Captain 2d Mass. Vols., May 11, 1861 ; Major Ist Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 31, 1861 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Oct. 30, 1862 ; resigned, March 4, 1864, on account of disability ; Brevet Colonel and Brigadier-General.
HERBERT PELHAM CURTIS. Second Lieutenant Ist Mass. Cavalry, Dec. 19, 1861 ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant, July 19, 1862 ; Captain, Jan. 2, 1864; Major and Judge-Advocate, U. S. A., June 26, 1865 ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel ; still in service.
JAMES FREEMAN CURTIS. Major Ist California Vols., 1861 ; Colonel 4th California Vols., 1863 ; mustered out at end of war, 1865; Brevet Brigadier-General.
HENRY ROGERS DALTON. Second Lieutenant 14th Mass. Heavy Artil- lery, Feb. 12, 1862; Acting Adjutant, April, 1862 ; Assistant Adju- tant-General, with rank of Captain, June 4, 1862, serving in " Military Defences south of the Potomac" until September, 1862, then in 3d Division 3d Army Corps, and Ist Division 6th Army Corps ; Assistant Adjutant-General, with rank of Major, in Ist Division 6th Army Corps, July 27, 1864 ; resigned, Nov. 25, 1864.
GEORGE DERBY, M. D. Surgeon 23d Mass. Vols., Sept. 11, 1861 ; Surgeon, U. S. Vols., June 2, 1864; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, March 18, 1865; mustered out, Jan. 18, 1866.
FRANCIS LEE HIGGINSON. Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., Feb. 28, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, April 14, 1863 ; Captain, July 16, 1863 ; Captain 5th Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 11, 1864; mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865.
HENRY LEE HIGGINSON. First Lieutenant 2d Mass. Vols., July 8, 1861 ; Captain Ist Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 31, 1861; Major, March 26, 1862 ; wounded at Aldie Gap, Va., June 17, 1863 ; discharged for disability, Aug. 9, 1864 ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, March 13, 1865.
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JAMES JACKSON HIGGINSON. Second Lieutenant Ist Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 6, 1863 ; prisoner at Aldie Gap, Va., June 17, 1863, and imprisoned at Richmond, Va., till February, 1864 ; First Lieutenant, Jan. 4, 1864 ; Captain, Sept. 1, 1864; Brevet Major, U. S. Vols. April 9, 1865 ; resigned, May 27, 1865.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Jr. Private 4th Battalion M. V. M., April, 1861 ; First Lieutenant 20th Mass. Vols., July 10, 1861 ; Captain, March 23, 1862 ; commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel (not mustered) July 5, 1863 ; A. D. C. on Major-General Wright's Staff, Jan. 29, 1864 ; mustered out, July 17, 1864. Wounded at Ball's Bluff, Oct. 22, 1861 ; at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862 ; at Marye's Hill, Fredericks- burg, May 3, 1863.
EDWARD WILLIAM HOOPER. Captain and A. D. C., U. S. Vols., on Briga- dier-General Saxton's Staff, June 17, 1862 ; resigned, May 19, 1865.
*WILLIAM STURGIS HOOPER. Volunteer A. D. C., Staff of Major-General Banks, 1862 ; died at Boston, Sept. 23, 1863.
CHARLES EDWARD INCHES, M. D. Assistant Surgeon 37th Mass. Vols., April 7, 1865 ; transferred to 20th Mass. Vols., June, 1865 ; mustered out, Aug. 1, 1865.
PATRICK TRACY JACKSON, Jr. Second Lieutenant Ist Mass. Cavalry, April 16, 1863 ; First Lieutenant 5th Mass. Cavalry, March 2, 1864 ; mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865 ; left the service, Dec. 1, 1865.
FRANCIS L LEE.1 Colonel 44th Mass. Vols., Sept. 12, 1862 ; mustered out, June 18, 1863.
JAMES WILLIAM PAIGE, Jr. In the service of the U. S. Sanitary Commis- sion at " Armory Square " Hospital, Washington, in 1862, and subse- quently at Fredericksburg, Potomac Creek, Gettysburg, City Point, and Petersburg.
SCOLLAY PARKER. Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. N., on the "Tusca- rora," Sept. 9, 1863 ; resigned, March 9, 1866.
WILLIAM WHITWELL PARKER. First Lieutenant 2d Mass. Cavalry, Aug. 12, 1863 ; Captain, June 3, 1865 ; mustered out, July 20, 1865.
JOHN ELIOT PARKMAN. Captain's Clerk in U. S. Navy, from May, 1861, to January, 1865 ; prisoner at Charleston, S. C., and Macon, Ga., from Jan. 9, 1864, to September, 1864.
WILLIAM EDWARD PERKINS. Sergeant Co. F, 44th Mass. Vols., Septem- ber 12, 1862; Second Lieutenant 2d Mass. Vols., Jan. 26, 1863 ; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, July 7, 1863 ; Captain, March 17, 1865 ; mustered out, July 14, 1865.
WILLIAM PRATT. Captain 24th Mass. Vols., Sept. 2, 1861 ; Assistant Adjutant-General in Brigadier-General Thomas G. Stevenson's Brigade, 9th and 18th Army Corps, and 10th Army Corps, Department of the South, June 26, 1863 ; mustered out, April 21, 1864.
I Colonel Lee had no middle name, but assumed the letter "L" to distinguish himself from his uncle of the same name. - EDITOR.
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JOHN CHANDLER PUTNAM. Captain 20th Mass. Vols., July 10, 1861 ; wounded at Ball's Bluff, Oct. 22, 1861 ; discharged on account of loss of right arm, Sept. 8, 1863 ; Captain, V. R. C., Nov. 2, 1863 ; resigned, Jan. 15, 1865.
SAMUEL MILLER QUINCY. Captain 2d Mass. Vols., May 24, 1861 ; wounded and prisoner at Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862 ; Major, Sept. 17, 1862 ; Colonel, Nov. 9, 1862 ; discharged on account of disability from wounds, June 5, 1863 ; Lieutenant-Colonel Ist Regt. Corps d'Afrique (73d U. S. C. T.), Oct. 20, 1863 ; Colonel, May 24, 1864; Colonel (after consolidation) 96th U. S. C. T., until mustered out ; Colonel 8Ist U. S. C. T., Jan. 11, 1866 ; Brevet Brigadier- General, U. S. Vols., " for gallant and meritorious services during the war," May 22, 1866 ; mustered out, Nov. 30, 1866.
THOMAS PHILLIPS RICH, Jr. Private, Co. I, 45th Mass. Vols., Oct. 8, 1862 ; mustered out, July 8, 1863.
CHARLES SPRAGUE SARGENT, Volunteer A. D. C., on Staff of Major-Gen- eral Banks, Nov. 1, 1862 ; First Lieutenant 2d Louisiana Vols., June 25, 1862 ; Captain and A. D. C., U. S. Vols., March 15, 1865 ; Brevet Major, U. S. V., March 26, 1865.
DANIEL SARGENT. Second Lieutenant 24th Mass. Vols., Sept. 2, 1861 ; wounded at Newbern, N. C., March 14, 1862 ; First Lieutenant, Jan. 19, 1863 ; Captain, Sept. 3, 1864 ; discharged, Oct. 14, 1864; declined promotion.
ROBERT HOOPER STEVENSON. Major 24th Mass. Vols., Sept. 2, 1861 ; wounded at Newbern, N. C., March 14, 1862 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Dec. 28, 1862 ; discharged, May 31, 1864 ; Brevet Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General " for gallant and meritorious services at battles of Roanoke Island and Newbern, N. C.," March 15, 1865.
CHARLES STORROW. Captain 44th Mass. Vols., Sept. 12, 1862 ; mus- tered out, June 18, 1863.
*FLETCHER WEBSTER. Colonel 12th Mass. Vols., June 26, 1861 ; killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1862.
SAMUEL KING WILLIAMS, Jr. Lieutenant 43d Ohio Vols., June, 1861 ; Captain and Major of Cavalry ; injured by fall of his horse and trans- ferred to V. R. C. ; mustered out at end of war, 1865.
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APPENDIX,
THE COMMUNION PLATE.
[This List is taken from the Bi-Centennial Commemoration volume, p. 65.]
THE ancient Communion Plate of King's Chapel was the gift of the following Sovereigns : William and Mary, George II., George III. A portion of it was given by the Church before the Revolution to other parishes of the Church of England, on receiving later royal gifts. But that which was carried away by the last royalist rector on the evacuation of Boston by the British troops in March, 1776, amounted to twenty- eight hundred ounces of silver.1 The present Plate is the gift of members of the Church at different times, subsequently. Among the pieces are the following : -
I. A Flagon. " King's Chapel, 1798." [Made by Paul Revere.]
2. A Christening Basin. " King's Chapel, The Gift of Ebenezer Oliver, Esquire, 1798."
3. A Salver. "King's Chapel, 1798." "This plate was given me at my birth by my Grand Father, Nathaniel Cary, Esquire."
4. Two Offertory Plates. "To King's Chapel, Easter, 1829. From Joseph May, of Boston."
5. Two Patens. "To King's Chapel, 1798. From Madam Bulfinch."
6. Two Cups. "To King's Chapel. Boston. From Mrs. Catharine Coolidge."
7. Plate. " Presented to King's Chapel by John L. Gardner, 1868."
8. A Silver Cross, very richly wrought, from James W. Paige [Jr.].2
9. A large and richly wrought Cup and Salver,8 the gift of many friends to the Rev. James Walker, D.D., LL. D., on his eightieth birth- day, bequeathed by him to the Rev. Samuel Osgood, DD., LL. D., of New York, in 1874, and by him presented to King's Chapel for com- munion use.
10. The handsome Communion Service which formerly belonged to the New North Church in Boston (founded in 1714). This service con- sists of Ten Tankards and Cups, Two Flagons, and One Christening Basin, and was " Given to King's Chapel, Boston, by a few members of the Congregation, Easter, 1872," having been purchased by them on its
1 Cf. pp. 346-352, ante.
2 See ante, p. 470, for an engraving of this cross.
3 Photographs of these pieces are contained in a pamphlet of 16 pp. en- titled " The Reverend Dr. James Walker and his Friends on the Eightieth Anni- versary of his Birthday, August 16,
1874." Cambridge, 1874. A complete list of the contributors to this testimo- nial is printed on pp. 57-60 of " Services at the Dedication of a Mural Monument to James Walker, D.D., LL. D., in the Harvard Church in Charlestown, in the City of Boston, January 14, 1883." Cam- bridge, 1884.
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sale in consequence of the dissolution of that ancient society. These pieces bear the coats-of-arms of the original donors and other inscriptions. Among the oldest is a Tankard, inscribed, "Given by Deacon John Burnett to ye New North Church 1714."
From " An Historical Discourse delivered in the New North Church, October 1, 1854, by Arthur B. Fuller," we copy
AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMMUNION PLATE BELONGING TO THE NEW NORTH CHURCH.
TAKEN NOVEMBER 6, 1775, BY DR. A. ELIOT. With the several Inscriptions on the Vessels.I
I. A Tankard : " New North Church, Oct. 20, 1714."
2. A Cup with two handles : " Ex Dono C. Lyman, to ye New North Church, Oct. 20, 1714."
3. A Tankard : " Given by John Baker, to the New North Church, 1714."
4. A Tankard : " New North Church, Oct. 20, 1714."
5. A Tankard : " This belongs to the New North Church."
6. A Cup with two handles : "This belongs to the New North Church."
7. A Cup : " Ex dono - Elias Parkman, to ye New North Church."
8. A Cup : " Ex dono - N. Loring, to New North Church, 1716."
9. A Cup : "New North Church Cup, 1717."
10. A Tankard : " The Gift of John Frizell unto the New Church of Christ at the North End of Boston, 1718."
II. A Cup: "Given by Mr. Samuel Barrett to the New North Church, 1723."
12. A Cup with two handles : " The Gift of Mr. Joshua Cheever to the New North Church in Boston, 1 727."
13. A Cup with two handles : " The Gift of Mr. Samuel Barrett to the New North Church of Christ, in Boston, May 4, 1728."
14. A Tankard, with the Hutchinson Arms in front, no inscription or date. The record, in the handwriting of Dr. A. Eliot, states that " This was given by the Hon. Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., in the early days of the Church." 2
1 These are of pure silver, and are all in use at the present time, 1854.
2 This was the father of Governor Hutchinson. It has been stated in print that he gave this Tankard to the Church on the same day that he signed the deed of the land on which the meeting-house was built.
The New North Church was formed in 1712 by "seventeen substantial me-
chanics ;" namely, Solomon Townsend, Erasmus Stevens, Moses Pierce, Caleb Lyman, John Pecker, Alexander Sears, Ebenezer Clough, John Goldthwait, Samuel Gardner, William Parkman, John Barrett, Isaac Pierce, Joshua Cheever, Matthew Butler, Elias Town- send, John Goff, and James Barnard.
A lot of land about one hundred feet square was purchased of Col. Thomas
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15. A Tankard : "The Gift of Mr. John Harrod, to the New North Church of Christ, in Boston, 1729."
16. A Tankard : " The Gift of Mrs. Abiel Pen Ruddock, widdow, to the New North Church in Boston."
17. A Can. ( There is no inscription on these Cans ; they were given 18. A Can. ¿ by Deacon Grant and Deacon John Barrett.
19. A large Flagon : Given by Mrs. Hunnewell. ["The Gift of M'S Mary Hunnewell, Dec! to the New North Church, Boston, 1751."] 20. A large Flagon : "Gift of Mrs. Rebecca Waters, to the New North Church in Boston, of which the Rev. Mr. Webb and Rev. Mr. Eliot are Pastors."
21. A large Flagon : " Given by Elder Cheever, July 23, 1750."
22. A Basin, for baptizing : "The Gift of Mr. David Farnum to the New North Church in Boston, N. E., 1722."
23. A Strainer, and four large Platters." I
After the dissolution of the New North Church, this service of plate was sold by its last minister, Rev. William R. Alger, to Messrs. Bigelow, Kennard, and Co. The firm sold nine pieces of this service, as follows : -
Nos. I and 4 to Henry Austin Whitney. No. 10 to Louis Cabot.
Nos. 11 and 13 to Mrs. Samuel Cabot. Nos. 14, 16, and 21 to Samuel Fales Dalton.‘ No. 15 to Robert W. Hooper, M.D.
The remaining pieces of this service - namely, Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 23, weighing 268 oz. 8 dwt. - were sold, in the winter of 1870-71, to Mr. John F. Eliot @ $1.50 per ounce. They were subsequently presented to King's Chapel, as above stated, at Easter, 1872.
Hutchinson, and the wooden meeting- house which was at once built upon it was dedicated May 5, 1714. The price paid for the land was £455 16, "part of which was on credit, and a bond given for the payment. It stood on interest for a short time." These circumstances, doubtless, account for the delay in passing the title. The deed describes the estate as bounded on North (now Hanover) and Hawkins (now Clark) streets and White Bread Alley (now Harris Street), "on part whereof stands the New North Meeting-House." It was dated Feb. 4, 1717, acknowledged March 24, 1717, and recorded April 12, 1718, with Suffolk Deeds, xxxii. 220. This site is now covered by St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. John Webb, then chaplain at Castle William, was ordained the first Minister of the Church, Oct. 20, 1714, on which day the Church Covenant was publicly assented to by the members. Caleb Lyman and John Barrett were the first deacons. See Ephraim Eliot's Historical Notices of the New North Reli- gious Society, and Rev. Arthur B. Fuller's Historical Discourse delivered in the New North Church, Oct. 1, 1854. - EDITOR.
I These platters are of pewter. They have long been in the Cabinet of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society.
2 Mr. Dalton returned the Hutchin- son Tankard (No. 14) to Rev. William Hutchinson Oliver of Stapleford, Herts, England.
TOMBS UNDER THE CHAPEL.
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PLAN OF TOMBS UNDER KING'S CHAPEL, BOSTON, AUGUST 26, 1813.
No.
No.
THOMAS BULFINCH.
I.
20.
CHIARLES WILLIAMS.
CHARLES APTIIORP.
2.
19.
BENJAMIN VINCENT.
SILVESTER GARDINER.
3.
IS.
JOSEPH COOLIDGE.
WILLIAM VASSALL.
4.
17.
HERMAN BRIMMER.
JOHN GOULD.
5.
16.
JOHN C. JONES.
JAMES LLOYD.
6.
15.
JOSEPH BARRELL
EDWARD BLANCHARD.
7.
x John B. Joy.
JAMES GORDON.
S.
14.
JOHN BOX.
CHARLES PAXTON
9.
13.
EBENEZER OLIVER.
« Clements.
12.
ISAIAH DOANE.
JAMES IVERS.
IO.
II.
LEWIS DEBLOIS.
1 <<
Strangers' Tomb.
€
TREMONT STREET.
SCHOOL STREET.
These tombs, which were closed to future interments by Chap. 190 of the legislative Acts of 1890, bear neither inscription nor number, with these exceptions : -
Over No. 6, cut in very large Roman capitals, is the name LLOYD. Over No. 15 is an oval tablet of white marble inscribed thus : -
JOSEPH
BARRELL'S.
DEATH is the good man's FRIEND; and the day of his death, is better than the day of his birth. " Was DEATH deny'd, e'en FOOLS would with to die." The hope of future life, foftens our cares, and heightens every blifs : Then reft in peace, for we fhall live again.
Over No. 17 is a blue slate slab, bearing only the word "Brimmer's."
Governor Shirley was buried with military honors in tomb No. 18, April 1, 1771. Cf. ante, pp. 225, 226, Boston Evening Post, Nos. 1852, 1853, 1854, and the Boston Gazette, No. 835, March and April, 1771.
BURIAL GROUND.
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APPENDIX.
BOSTON PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL.
SINCE the reference to the site of the Schoolhouse (ante, i. 83), and the account of the negotiations, in 1748, between this Parish and the Town of Boston, for a piece of land at the east- erly end of the church (ante, ii. 53 et seq. ) were written, a bronze tablet, bearing the following inscription, has been placed on the stone post of that part of the City Hall fence nearest to King's Chapel : -
ON THIS SPOT STOOD THE FIRST HOUSE ERECTED FOR THE USE OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL. THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY MAINTAINED SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED
BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE OF THE TOWN :
"AT A GENERAL MEETING UPON PUBLIC NOTICE IT WAS AGREED UPON THAT OUR BROTHER, PHILEMON PORMORT, SHALL BE ENTREATED TO BECOME SCHOOLMASTER FOR THE TEACHING AND NURTURING OF CHILDREN WITH US. APRIL 13, 1635."
TIIE bill for making Dr. Freeman's Vestments has been pre- served in the Church files. It is here printed verbatim : -
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