. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . ch of it is of great his-torical interest, and some of it of very greatbeauty. The oldest piece of communion plate inthis State belongs to the CongregationalChurch in Guilford. It is a quaint oldbeaker with flaring lip, and is marked inpounced engraving H. K. on the was the gift of Henry Kingsnorth, oneof the first settlers of that town and a manof substance and worth. He died at theage of fifty in 1668 during the great sick-ness, as it was called, and his will reads: I give and bequeath unto ye churchhere fifteen pounds to buy any such ut
. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . ch of it is of great his-torical interest, and some of it of very greatbeauty. The oldest piece of communion plate inthis State belongs to the CongregationalChurch in Guilford. It is a quaint oldbeaker with flaring lip, and is marked inpounced engraving H. K. on the was the gift of Henry Kingsnorth, oneof the first settlers of that town and a manof substance and worth. He died at theage of fifty in 1668 during the great sick-ness, as it was called, and his will reads: I give and bequeath unto ye churchhere fifteen pounds to buy any such uten-sills for the sacrament withall as they shallsee cause. The beaker was made byWilliam Rouse, of Boston, a contemporaryof Captain John Hull, the mint-master. One of the beakers belonging to the Con-gregational Church in Groton bears theengraved inscription, The Gift of Sr JohnDavie to the Chh. of Christ at was made by Samuel Vernon, a silver-smith of Newport, R. I. The story of the [32] Earliest Piece of Church Plate inConnecticut. Beaker belonging to Congregational Church, Guilford. Pre-sented by Henry Kingsnorth, 1668. Made by William Rouseof Boston. Height 4Vi inches Plate EARLY SILVER OF CONNECTICUT AND ITS MAKERS beaker is this: John, who was a son ofHumphrey Davie, of Hartford, and cousinof Sir William Davie, of Creedy in Devon,England, graduated at Harvard in 1681,and became one of the first settlers ofGroton and its first town clerk. In 1707his cousin, Sir William, died without maleissue, and John of Groton succeeded to thebaronetcy. Barefooted and in his shirt-sleeves, he was hoeing corn on his farmwhen the messenger arrived to tell him ofhis good fortune and to salute him as SirJohn Davie. He soon left for England, andthe beaker was his parting gift. Belonging to the ancient CongregationalSociety of Norwichtown is a two-handledcup made by John Dixwell, and bearing theinscription in quaintly engraved letters,The Gift of Sarah Knight to the Chh. ofChrist in
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