Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . ND now an-other royal | to excite the ihopes and the disap-pointed wrath of theBoston churchmen. Hecame as the representa-tive of a new monarchon the English passing away,March 8, 1702, of thegreat ruler whose namewas the pride of Prot-estant Europe, whichcloses Macaulays state-ly history as with a fu-neral march, cast itsshadow across the At-lantic. In May, 1702, theawful Tidings of the death of our late Soveraign Lord KingWilliam, of everglorious memory, was confirmed, . . and,together therewith, the
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . ND now an-other royal | to excite the ihopes and the disap-pointed wrath of theBoston churchmen. Hecame as the representa-tive of a new monarchon the English passing away,March 8, 1702, of thegreat ruler whose namewas the pride of Prot-estant Europe, whichcloses Macaulays state-ly history as with a fu-neral march, cast itsshadow across the At-lantic. In May, 1702, theawful Tidings of the death of our late Soveraign Lord KingWilliam, of everglorious memory, was confirmed, . . and,together therewith, the Intelligence of the happy Accession ofthe high and mighty Princess Anne of Denmark to the Throne. lThere was mourning in the little church. The year was , at home; for it was one of great sickness in Boston andNew York. The pestilence struck down a vestryman of thechurch : —. 1 Mass Hi>t. Proa, 1866-67, P- 4&3- Council of Massachusetts to GovernorThe official announcement from the Winthrop of Connecticut. 148 ANNALS OF KINGS CHAPEL. Jan. 8, 1702/3. Mr. Edward Turfrey dies of the Small Pocks. . .He was a person of great Abilities. His death is a great Loss to theTown and Province : but more especially to Mr. Addington,1 to whomMr. Turfrey was extraordinarily Serviceable, having livd with him aboveTen years. If real Worth and Serviceableness and Youth wont give adischarge in this warfare, what shall? He is universally Lamented. 2 The accession of Queen Anne rallied to the throne the dis-affected churchmen. The religious convictions of Queen Mary-had been well known, but since her death, in 1694, it was feltthat her husbands early training quite incapacitated him forappreciating . . the position of the Church as guardian ofprimitive and Catholic truth, while sympathizing with its nega-tive character ... as against corruptions of Rome. Withhim had c
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