surmounted by a turned finial. A spout was added to one side, to make the cup
into a flagon, about ninety years ago.
Total height, 'I in.; the cup only is 7- in. high.; diameter of the mouth, 6 in.
London date-letter for I 7 2 6-2 7. Maker's mark: I R, with a crescent above in a
shaped punch, for Isaac Riboulau.
The donor was Samuel Ledlie, who was the son of Hugh Ledlie and his second
wife, Mary (Smith) Nevins. He was born February 24, 177 , and married in
January, I 8 o i, Abigail Kilbourne, who died August 3 1, I 8 3 3. He was elected a
vestryman of this church in I 8 0 5, and his name appears frequently in the records
from that date until 18 3 8. He died January 18, 1+842, without issue. This cup
would seem to have been sent from London to the donor's father, with other
silver, in 1 772. It is not, however, mentioned in his will, proved January 12,
1795.' The cup is described in Dr Gurdon W. Russell's history of this parish,
1895, Pp. 231-234-
Plate LXXII.
The two plain cups have oviform bodies supported on high stems with beaded
edges. Height, 743 in.
No mark. American, early nineteenth century.
HATFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, FIRST CONGREGA-
TIONAL CHURCH
Founded in 1670.
N this church are ten two-handled beaker-shaped cups of silver, nine being
plain.
The first has the lower part of the body fluted, with a row of punched acorns
and pellets above. Inscription:
The gift of Liev' Daniel White to the Church of Hatfield
Height, 51 in.; diameter of the mouth, 34 in., and of the base, 3 in.
Plate LXXIII.
Maker's mark: 0, for John Edwards of Boston (circa 1670-17 46).
Lieutenant Daniel White, the donor, was the son of John White, who came to
Boston in the "Lion," September 16, 1632; he settled in Hatfield in 1662 and
died July 2 7, 17 1 3. He married, November i, 116 6 1, Sarah, daughter of John
Crow and sister of Mehitable Partridge, whose husband gave the fifth cup; she
died June 2 6, 17 19. This cup was bought with the sum of four pounds bequeathed
by him to the church in his will, dated July 11 , 17 13, and provedJuly 29, 1713-
In this will he mentions his wife, his son, Daniel, and his daughter, Hannah.
I From notes contributed by Mr John F. Tracy, Rockville, Connecticut.
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