WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, FIRST PARISH
Founded in 1696.
N this church are two pairs of plain straight-sided silver beakers with curved
lips and moulded bases.
The first pair is inscribed in one line:
The Gift of M' Jane Smith to the Church of Crift in Wal-
tham June 18, 1754
Height, i in.; diameter of the mouth, 3- in., and of the base, 38in.
Maker's mark:    for Samuel Edwards of Boston (17 0 5 -6 2).
In the church records made by Rev. Jacob Cushing, the then minister, is the fol-
lowing reference to this gift: "August 9, 1754. The question was put to the
brethren of the church, viz., Whether this donation, consisting of i p Beackers
should be put upon the records. And vote was in the affirmative."
" Whether the Pastor should return the thanks of the Church to Mrs. Jane Smith
for the donation. The vote passed in the affirmative."
The second pair is similar and is inscribed:
The property of Waltham Church Oct' 18 2 0.
The 1 is left out of Waltham in one inscription.
Height, 51 in.; diameter of the mouth, 34 in., and of the base, 31 in.
Maker's mark: MIouLTOw.
Five cups and two tankards presented in May, 18 1 3, by deacon Isaac Stearns,
an ancestor of Mr Frederick A. Stearns, have disappeared.'
WALTONSVILLE, GEORGIA, CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
N this church is a silver cup and basket,' inscribed:
The donation of John Lambert to the Congregational church
at Midway in Georgia, 1786
John Lambert, the donor, removed from South Carolina to Liberty county
in Georgia in 1 784 and died there in I 786. He gave vessels to three other
Congregational churches in Georgia, namely, Dorchester, Flemington and
Midway.
Information contributed by Mr Frederick A. Stearns.
2 Described from notes sent by Mrs F. B. Screven.

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