The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . ristol(Pryce, History of Bristol, 219), whom he remembered not only while liv-ing, but also in his will. His elegant mansion in Bristol, in the rear of church, which was purchased by him in 1607, and in part wasrestored by him at that time, is still standing and some of the rooms areshown to visitors. After Aldworths death, which occured November 6,1634, it was occupied by Giles Elbridge, and later by others. In 1698, itbecame that spacious and general asylum for the poor, the old, the infirm,the diseased and the helpless, which has since
The beginnings of colonial Maine, 1602-1658 . ristol(Pryce, History of Bristol, 219), whom he remembered not only while liv-ing, but also in his will. His elegant mansion in Bristol, in the rear of church, which was purchased by him in 1607, and in part wasrestored by him at that time, is still standing and some of the rooms areshown to visitors. After Aldworths death, which occured November 6,1634, it was occupied by Giles Elbridge, and later by others. In 1698, itbecame that spacious and general asylum for the poor, the old, the infirm,the diseased and the helpless, which has since been known as St. PetersHospital (Pryce, History of Bristol, 224, 225). Aldworths costly monu-ment, surmounted by the arms of the Merchant Venturers of Bristol, is inSt. Peters church. On it Aldworth and wife are represented in effigy,kneeling and facing each other. The inscription to the wife is as follows :Martha Aldworth the loving and beloved wifeOf Robert Aldworth, merchant, adventurer &alderman of this citie of Bristol lyeth heere. Al,DWORTH AND El-BRIDGB MEMORIAL IN ST. PETERS CHURCH, BRISTOI,. REAWAKBNINGS IN ENGLAND. 181 mercliants of that city, who doubtless already had large fishingand trading interests on the coast and wished to avail themselvesof better facilities in conducting their business. In some way ithad become known to them that Abraham Jennings of Plymouth, Under interred, to whose pious and everlivinge Memory, and as a perpetual testimonie of his Dear love and her matchless virtues, her Sorrowful surviving husband aforesaide Hath dedicated this died on May 2nd, 1619, aged following is a translation of a Latin inscription on the central panel ofthe base of the monument: Although this statue of the venerable man is silent Ivearn, O reader and beholder who he was— A famous merchant, a successful voyager through Many seas, seeking rather the glory of his country And the relief of the poor than thirsting for The accumulation of hoards of
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