Hooper's portrait by Copley, and that of his second wife, by the same artist, are
reproduced in the Hooper Genealogy.'
The second flagon is inscribed in two circles on the bottom:
Johannis Barnardus, Pastor Secundus prime Ecclesiw Christi
apud MarbleAead, hanc Crateram, ad Usum, Sacrosancte
CGnce, in Ecclesia dicta, dedicavit. Jan: i, i 74819.
Engraved in front of the body are the Barnard arms.
The weight marked is 5 3 oz. 7 dwts.
Maker's mark: , for Samuel Burt
of Boston (1724-54).
The donor, Rev. John Barnard, who was
the son of John and Esther Barnard of
Boston, was born November 6, 16 8 1,
and graduated at Harvard college in
I 700. He was assistant pastor of this
church under Rev. Samuel Cheever, from
1716 until 1724, and pastor from 1724
until his death, January 24, 1770. His
widow gave a silver tankard to the First
church at Beverly (see page I 3).
The third flagon is inscribed on the
bottom:
Hoc Legatum Josep/i Sweett Ar' una cumrn Additamento ejus
Heredum D' S Sweett D" I R. Hooper Do M. Lee et Di J.
Lemmon ad     Usum Sacrosante Gene in prim Gristi
Ecclesi apud Marble/ead consecratum I Maii, 7, I 7 5 9
The Swett arms are engraved on the body.
The weight marked is 5 5 oz. 12 dwts.
Maker's mark:     A   , for Benjamin Burt of Boston (17 2 9- 18 04).
Joseph Sweett or Swett, the donor, was a merchant. According to Rev. John
Barnard, the pastor, he was one of the first to act upon his advice to the people
of Marblehead to send their fish to market, and he fitted out a small schooner,
which he sent with a cargo of fish to Barbados. Joseph Swett became very
successful and built vessels for sending his fish to European markets. He was one
of the three treasurers appointed in 1742 to receive the C5 50 granted by the
general court for erecting fortifications for the defence of Marblehead harbour
against French cruisers. In his will, dated March 20, 1744, and proved
By C. H. Pope and Thomas Hooper, 1908.
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