. The romance of old New England churches. er of Eliza Wharton is undoubt-edly modelled upon that of the Lovelace inRichardsons novel. But the book, as hasbeen said, is notoriously careless of the 13 OLD Is^EW ENGLAND CHURCHES facts in Elizabeth Whitmans life, and itsauthor, though a kinswoman of the girlwhose sad story she essays to tell, has putthe worst possible construction upon everyincident in a career which, full to the brimas it is of mystery, one yet cannot examineand believe sinful. On her mothers side, as already stated,Elizabeth Whitman was akin to ThomasStanley, who, when he came
. The romance of old New England churches. er of Eliza Wharton is undoubt-edly modelled upon that of the Lovelace inRichardsons novel. But the book, as hasbeen said, is notoriously careless of the 13 OLD Is^EW ENGLAND CHURCHES facts in Elizabeth Whitmans life, and itsauthor, though a kinswoman of the girlwhose sad story she essays to tell, has putthe worst possible construction upon everyincident in a career which, full to the brimas it is of mystery, one yet cannot examineand believe sinful. On her mothers side, as already stated,Elizabeth Whitman was akin to ThomasStanley, who, when he came to Hartfordin 1636, brought with him some curiousold Stanley silver and the tradition thathe was a descendant of Shakespearesfriend. This Stanley rose to be one of thegovernors assistants. And it was hisgreat-grandson, Nathaniel Stanley, treas-urer of the Colony of Connecticut, who, in1750, gave his daughter Abigail in mar-riage at Hartford to the Reverend El-nathan Whitman, pastor of the SecondChurch, and one of the fellows of the Cor-14. THK JKKsKNl HOMK () 1 THE SKCONO CUirKCH INHARTFOKI) (1825) OLD NEW ENGLAND CHURCHES poration of Yale College, — a man dis-tinguished for scholarly traits, the loveof rare manuscripts and forgotten books,and whose library at the time of its de-struction in 1831 had been for years theenvy of our large universities. Thus Elizabeth Whitman, inheriting allthe grace and culture of the Stanley blood,was born into the best society of her Stateand time. Her mother was a woman ofrare intelligence, and of great beauty, herfather a man of prominent and significantcharacter; and his family was not of meanorigin, for Trumbull, the poet, Wadsworth,the wealthy benefactor of Hartford, Jona-than Edwards, the distinguished theolo-gian, and Joseph Buckminster, afterwardrenowned as a Puritan preacher of parts,were all his kin. Very early Elizabeth, being beautiful,lively, and intelligent, attracted to her side 15 OLD NEW ENGLAND CHURCHES the most distinguished
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