Days and ways in old Boston . Williams residence was in Savages Court offCornhill, which later took the name of WilliamsCourt. This name it still retains with its aliasof Pie Alley. Williams also owned a block ofthree houses on Portland Street, then Cold Lane. The mansion house of Usher now secured atenant of more note in the person of Rev. RogerPrice of Kings Chapel. Of an ancient Welshfamily which had settled in Buckinghamshire, hewas educated for the church. After his courseat Oxford he went as a chaplain on the coast ofGuinea. There he was captured by pirates, andon his release went to St.
Days and ways in old Boston . Williams residence was in Savages Court offCornhill, which later took the name of WilliamsCourt. This name it still retains with its aliasof Pie Alley. Williams also owned a block ofthree houses on Portland Street, then Cold Lane. The mansion house of Usher now secured atenant of more note in the person of Rev. RogerPrice of Kings Chapel. Of an ancient Welshfamily which had settled in Buckinghamshire, hewas educated for the church. After his courseat Oxford he went as a chaplain on the coast ofGuinea. There he was captured by pirates, andon his release went to St. Annes, Jamaica, aschaplain. Both experiences contributed to illhealth and he returned to England. His healthnot improving, he accepted a position in Boston,arriving in 1729. He first lodged with PeterFeust or Feuart, a Dutchman, on Marlboro nowWashington Street. His relations with Harris and Rev. Thomas Harward, suc-cessively the rectors of Kings Chapel, were notthe most pleasant. At last, in 1733, he decided 102. Wedding Gown (1735) of Mistress Roger Price An Historic Corner to return to England and even engaged winds, however, delayed departure,and while waiting to sail he attended TrinityChurch and saw Miss Elizabeth Bull. All thoughtsof departure were driven from his mind; he securedpresentation to the young lady and assiduouslypaid her court. Miss Bull was regarded as oneof the beauties of that period. She was the grand-child of old Sergeant Bull, who kept the BullTavern by the waterside at the foot of SummerStreet, the Seven Star Lane of those a lengthy courtship they were married in1735 and went to reside in the Usher house. Wecan imagine the dainty bride clothed in the finelyembroidered wedding gown, which with the linenof her young children is still preserved and is nowin the Collections of the Bostonian Society. Meanwhile, Deacon Williams was gathered tohis fathers, and once more the spirit of litigation,seemingly framed into the
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