Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . shire, 80guns; but as she was too large to go upthe St. Lawrence, and the general wasgoing in the Windsor, Captain Arriswas transferred to the latter. He diedJan. 7, 1719. 31 John Bridger had been commis-sioned in 1696 to inspect naval produc-tions, etc., in New England ; and in 1705had the Queens commission to be Sur-veyor-General of Woods in America, andto instruct the inhabitants in makingpitch and tar, curing hemp, etc. Hesuggested the formation of the Episco- pal Church in Newbury. He was inthe Vestry of King


Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . shire, 80guns; but as she was too large to go upthe St. Lawrence, and the general wasgoing in the Windsor, Captain Arriswas transferred to the latter. He diedJan. 7, 1719. 31 John Bridger had been commis-sioned in 1696 to inspect naval produc-tions, etc., in New England ; and in 1705had the Queens commission to be Sur-veyor-General of Woods in America, andto instruct the inhabitants in makingpitch and tar, curing hemp, etc. Hesuggested the formation of the Episco- pal Church in Newbury. He was inthe Vestry of Kings Chapel 1701, 1709-15, 1718-20. In 1718 he was superseded : After twenty-two years faithful serviceto this country, I am turned out andobliged to beg my bread. — Palfrey, 32 Of Boston, son of William (Boston,shipwright; born in England; freeman,1673) 5 married, Oct. 18, 1693, ElizabethGrosse, and had eleven children. Hedied 1732. He was progenitor, saysSavage, of most of the name in recenttimes, including the distinguished artist,Horatio, Harvard College, In 1692 fireship;a 32-gun50 guns. 33 Warden, 1700-1702. For an ac-count of the Apthorp family, see Vol. II. 34 Warden, 1716. 35 Warden, 1722. 36 Sir Hovenden Walker,commander of the Vulture,soon after, of the Sapphire,frigate ; 1695, tne Foresight,1In 1696, the Foresight being with the Sheerness, he had a gallant action withtwo French ships of 70 and 60 the recommencement of war withFrance he was captain of the Burford,70 guns. He was commodore of asquadron of six ships of the line in ex-pedition against St. Kits. He was rear-admiral of the blue 1709, and wasknighted and made rear-admiral of thewhite 1711. In the spring of 1712 hecommanded a squadron for the WestIndies. On the accession of George I.,he was struck out of the list and deprivedof half pay for the failure of the Canadaexpedition, — being a friend of LordBolingbroke. 37 Savill Simpson. See p. 190. 38 A. Blount. Warden, 1710-12.*>


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