on Bond with two sureties, and the interest annually to be given to such Widdow
or Widdows of the Parish as the Minister and Deacons for the time being shall
judge to be the most proper object of charity.
I also give the Church Six Silver Cups for the use of the Communion Table, also
one Pewter Flaggon and two Pewter Platters."
The pewter flagon has disappeared. The two platters are believed to be in the
possession of a member of the congregation.
ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ST JOHN'S CHURCH
Founded about 1703
N this church is a plain bell-shaped silver chalice or flagon, supported on a
stem with a large compressed knop and a moulded base; it has a short spout
and a scrolled handle, which are later additions. Height, 91 in. Inscription:
Presented to  St. John's Church, Elizabethtown, N.J.
Previous to 17 5 0  by  I Mrs. Dennis. Prov. 3 x s  9th &
2 4.th
Maker's mark: ME.
Mary Cozzens Dennis, the donor, spun flax and wove linen, which she sold to
raise the money for the purchase of this chalice.'
EMMANUEL CHURCH, JENKINSBRIDGE,
ACCOMACK COUNTY, VIRGINIA
LARGE plain silver chalice with a bell-shaped body on a short baluster
stem, and a domed and moulded base. Inscription:
For the use of the Parish Churchz of Accomack at
Alssuanan
Height, i i in.; diameter of the mouth, 5 in., and of the base, 4. in.
London date-letter for 1749-50. Maker's mark: G M, with a mullet above, in a
shaped shield, for George Methuen, who made plate for St Andrew's church,
Plymouth, England.
Plate CXLV.
This chalice is said to have been bought with money bequeathed for the purpose
by colonel George Douglass. It belonged, as the inscription denotes, to the old
parish church of Accomack at Assuaman, of which no vestige now remains. The
From Notes by Mr Warren R. Dix.
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