Church in Beverly £3 in [paper] money or Bills of credit to be paid by my said
executors each of them an equal part thereof." Mentioned in the will are his two
sons, the joint donors, Henry and Joshua, who were also his executors; his wife
Mary; and his daughters, Mary Elliott, Lydia Woodbury and Johanna Rayment.
He also bequeathed forty shillings to the pastor, Rev. Thomas Blowers.
One of the other donors, deacon Israel Wood of Beverly, married March 9,
1708-09, Edith Dodge, who died November 3, 1743, aged 62. The other
joint donors, his two sons, Israel and Joseph, were born April 8, 1714, and
February I 5,17 19-20 respectively. The firstof these married March 7,1 738-39,
Judith, daughter of William and Mary Tuck, who was born September 31,'7 17,
and died June 21, 18 14; Israel Wood, her husband, having died April 27, 1760.
Joseph Wood married, January I I, 1741, Ruth, daughter of Robert and Mary
Haskull, who was born November i6, 1 72 I.
An acknowledgment of this gift is made in the church records for December 16,
1747, thus : " the Church voted thanks to Joseph Herrick and his sons Henry
and Joshua, also to Israel Wood and his sons Israel and Joseph for Tankards."
The use of the plural here is perhaps a mistake for the two gifts of " halves " of
this tankard.
The fourth and fifth tankards are a pair and are similar to the third. A large mask,
like an Indian's face, is on the handle-end. Inscriptions, in double lined circles
(i) By a Subscription of a Number of the Brethren I & Sisters of
the frst Church in | Beverly, procured &  collected  by John
Thorndikejun. one of the Church A.D. 1754
(ii) Purchased with Six pounds ofye stock I of the first Church in
Beverly & a Subscription ofye Brethren & Sisters, procured
&   collected by John Thorndike jun". I one of Ye Church
A.D. 1754
Height, 7- in.; diameter of the mouth, 3- in., and of the base, 4) in.
Maker's mark:          , for William Cowell, junior, of Boston (I 7 I3-61).
Plate VI, Nos i and 3-
The church records contain the following notes as to the acquisition of these two
tankards:
(i) " Feb. 27, 1754, voted to assist Brother John Thorndike to compleat sub-
scription for purchasing a Tankard." (ii) "March i0, 1 756, 2 silver Tankards
purchased partly by £6 from the Treasury and partly by subscription. Voted-
thanks to John Thorndike, Jr. tankards now the property of the Church. Voted-
that the Deacons and Col. Hale prepare suitable inscriptions."
The colonel Robert Hale mentioned here was a conspicuous figure in the history
of Beverly. He was a doctor of medicine, the founder of the land bank, and holder
of many public offices. In  7 745 he received the commission of colonel and
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