OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA,
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Founded in 1698.
PLAIN silver bell-shaped chalice and paten-cover of conventional
form. Both were given by queen Anne and are inscribed:
Anne Regina
Height of the chalice, 71 in.; diameter of the paten-cover, 5 in.
Diameter of the paten, 7 in.
London date-letter for 1705-06. Maker's mark: Gi, in black letters in a dotted
punch, for William Gibson, who made the similar chalice given by queen Anne
to St Paul's church, Chester, in Pennsylvania (see page I 2 6).
Plate L.
A plain silver paten on a truncated base, inscribed:
Given to Trinity Church in Oxford.
M' Michall Booth gaue of  oz. wt.
this Siluer in A Cupp     5I 0
Dor Samuell Monckton     3   0
Mr Th! Tress              1   o
M, Joh Humphreys Past!   16 s i
MT Phil Syng Goldsmith    5
291h March 1715
No maker's marks. Diameter, 7 in.
Plate L.
Of these donors, Dr Samuel Monckton, who died September 29, 1720, was a
member of Christ church, Philadelphia. Thomas Tress, a vestryman of the same
church, married (i), April I8, I7 i i, Mary, daughter of Nicholas Pearse. Their
daughter, Margaret, gave a silver beaker and plate to Christ church, which are
described on page 367. Thomas Tress married (ii), May 15, 1715, Elizabeth,
daughter of captain Samuel Finney and widow of Joseph Pidgeon. Rev. John
Humphreys, the fourth joint-donor of this paten, was appointed first rector of
this church in I7 1 1 . Philip Syng, the last joint-donor, was a goldsmith of Phil-
adelphia (1 676-1739), and was the probable maker of this paten. He was the
maker of colonel Quary's flagon and basin in Christ church, Philadelphia (see
page 367). His son, Philip (1703-8 9), was also a silversmith and the maker in
I 75 2 of the celebrated silver inkstand used in signing the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, which is preserved in Independence hall, Philadelphia.
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