February 14, 1668. Her mother was the donor of a silver flagon to the Second
church (see page 38). He became a freeman in 1 678; was a deacon and ruling
elder of this church; a first sergeant in the Ancient and Honourable Artillery
company in i69 i; eleaed seleaman, March I4, 1691-92; and represented
Northampton in Massachusetts, and Boston, in the general court in 1690 and
1697 respedively. He died January 5, i708-09, and his widow, Mercy, married
December 8, 17 i2, Thomas Cushing. Sewall describes him as a "righteous
merciful and publick-spirited man, very usefull to the town." His brother, Dr
John Bridgham, gave a silver beaker in 172 1 to the First church, Ipswich, which
is described on page 2 2 6. These three cups were bought with Joseph Bridgham's
bequest to this church, contained in his will, dated January 3, I 708, and proved
January i o, 1708-09: "I give and bequeath to the Church of Christ in Boston
whereof I am an officer, ye sum of (20 to be paid to ye Deacons of ye Sd Church
and by them Invested in Plate for the Service of the Communion Table." This
sum was paid by Henry Bridgham, his son, to the church March 2 1, following.
His epitaph is in King's Chapel Epitaphs.
The twelfth American cup has a plain inverted bell-shaped body on a baluster
stem (damaged) and a splayed base with a slightly moulded edge. Inscription:
The gft of IS
Height, 6A in.; diameter of the mouth, 41 in., and of the base, 4' in.
Maker's mark :    , probably for Benjamin Sanderson (1649-7 8), the son of
Robert Sanderson, the Boston silversmith.
Plate XI, No 8.
The donor was probably John Sunderland, parchment maker of Boston, who was
admitted to this church April 9, 1643. His wife, Dorothy, who had been
admitted a member April 4, 1646, died January 29, 1664. He married (ii),
Thomasine, daughter of William Lumpkin and widow of Samuel Mayo. He was
a member of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery company in 1 658 and died
December 26, 1703, at Eastham, aged 85. His widow died June 16, 1709,
aged 84. His son, John Sunderland, married Mary Viall, whose sister, Mercy,
was the wife of Benjamin Sanderson the probable maker of this cup.
A pair of tall plain standing cups with inverted bell-
shaped bodies on high stems with moulded bases. They
are inscribed in circular panels, decorated with foliage:
The G~ft of  Mrs LYDIA HAN-
COCK     to the first Church  of
Christ in BOSTON Sept. 4, I 77 3
On the other side are the arms of Hancock impaling
those of Henchman, as illustrated here.
Height, 88 in.; diameter of the mouths, 3_ in., and
of the bases, 31 in.
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