Height, 58 in.; diameter of the mouth, 34 in.
Maker's mark: @P, for Jonathan Otis of Middletown, Connecticut, after
1776.
Deacon Ezra Baldwin, the donor, was the son of Jonathan and Thankful (Strong)
Baldwin and was born in 11706. He was one of the first subscribers to the book
company of Durham, which is said to have been the first public library in this
colony. He died March 26, 1782. His will, dated October 15, 17 6 5, was proved
April 1, I7 82, and mentions his wife Ruth. It contains the following legacy of this
beaker: " In the first place I give to the Church of Christ in Durham for the Use
of the Communion Table one Silver Cupp equal to the other given by William
Thomas." His children were Phebe and Ruth, Abial, Ebenezer, Ezra, Noah,
Amos, Elnathan and Reuben. His sister was the donor of the fourth beaker in
this church, and his brother, Noah, gave silver to the Second Congregational
church at Milford. (Baldwin genealogy.)
Inscription on the sixth beaker:
Given by My Ebenezer Robertson I To the Church in Durham
1796
Height, 41 in.; diameter of the mouth, 3' in.
Maker's mark: fo, for Ebenezer Chittenden (1 726-18 1 2)who was then (i7 96)
working in New Haven.
The donor, Ebenezer Robinson (wrongly engraved as Robertson), was the son of
David and Mary Robinson, and was born in i701 at Guilford in Connecticut.
His will, dated July 7, 1780, contains several bequests to his family connexions.
The third item in the will is: " I give and bequeath unto the Church of Christ in
said Durham, such sum as shall be sufficient in money to procure a silver cup for
the use of the Lord's Table, to be paid to the Deacons of said Church for said
purpose by my executor." His " cousin," captain James Robinson, was his exe-
cutor. He also left fi oo for the support of the centre school in Durham, which
was erected on land given by him.
The seventh beaker is inscribed:
To the Church of Christ I In Durham I From IM' Katharine
Wadsworth I 8 I 3
Height, 5I in.; diameter of the mouth, 32in.
Makers' mark: M:M    , for Marcus Merriman and Co. of New Haven.
Katharine Wadsworth, the donor, was the daughter of Ebenezer and Rhoda
Guernsey and was born in 17 32. She married, January 13, 1 75 7, James Wads-
worth, son of James and Abigail (Penfield) Wadsworth, who was born July 8,
1730. He was town clerk, colonel of militia, and member of the council of safety.
She died December i 3, i 8 i 3, and her husband, general James Wadsworth,
died September 22, 1817.
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