Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . ddington Davenport Goe on Board To sale for England. On the 12th Instant I hear he par-took at the Church of England in Dr. Cuttlers Church, and on the 19thHe and his wife went to church there. It is said he goes to take Ordersto be a Church of England Parson. In 1732 he was appointed by the Society for the Propagationof the Gospel its missionary at When he left thisplace he gave his house and land to the soci-ety, in trust, toward the support of the minis-ters of St. Andrews Church in p
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . ddington Davenport Goe on Board To sale for England. On the 12th Instant I hear he par-took at the Church of England in Dr. Cuttlers Church, and on the 19thHe and his wife went to church there. It is said he goes to take Ordersto be a Church of England Parson. In 1732 he was appointed by the Society for the Propagationof the Gospel its missionary at When he left thisplace he gave his house and land to the soci-ety, in trust, toward the support of the minis-ters of St. Andrews Church in The growth of population at the south andwest ends of the town, at this period, causedthe formation of two new Congregationalchurches, —that in Hollis Street (built on landgiven by Governor Belcher), in 1732, whosefirst pastor was Dr. Mather Byles, grandson ofIncrease Mather, and father of the rector ofChrist Church, of the same name, at the dateof the Revolution; 5 and the West Church, in Lynde Street,formed in 1736, being the first in that section of the DAVENPPORT ARMS. the family name became extinct, in hisbranch of it. Fuller particulars of thefamily are given in N. E. Hist, andGeneal. Reg. iv. 111-116. The will ofthe last Addington Davenport is givenin N. E. Hist, and Geneal. Reg. iv. inventory is such as would belong toa wealthy person. Among the articlesare 2 dozen Silver handled Knives andForks and Case, 1 Organ, 1 Negro Boy. 1 Sketch of Eminent Men of NewEngland, in Mass. Hist. Coll. x. 161. 2 In his interleaved almanac, in N. , and Geneal. Reg. xvi. 71. a This mission was established afterDr. Cutlers first preaching at Scituate,in 1725. See the Historical Sermon, 1846, by Rev. Samuel Cutler, rector ofSt. Andrews Church, Hanover (formerlya part of Scituate). 4 The house decaying, the frame wasblown down in a storm, in 1804. By actof the Legislature, December, 1816, theland (about seven acres) was sold, theproceeds invested, and the i
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