LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST
Founded in 1632.
EVENTEEN plain silver vessels are in this church, namely, four tank-
ards, seven beakers, a two-handled cup, two small cups with single
handles, two mugs and a baptismal basin.
All are illustrated on Plate LXXXIV, except one " Theophilus Burrill"
beaker and the nineteenth-century cup.
The first of the tankards has a cylindrical body, a curved lip incised with
three lines, and a moulded base; the cover is slightly domed and moulded;
the thumb-piece is scrolled. On the end of the handle is a cherub's face, in
relief. Inscription:
The Gift of the Honourable John Burrill Esqr to the first
Church in Lynn Decr the ] oth I 72 I
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Height, 7 in.; diameter of the mouth, 4.1 in., and of the base, 5' in.
Maker's marks: d   f  , for Andrew Tyler of Boston (1692-741).
The donor, John Burrill (165 7-172 1), was the eldest son of lieutenant John
and Lois (Ivory) Burrill, and grandson of George Burrill. He married, July 2 8,
168o, Mary, daughter of Richard Stower; she was born February 9, 1654, and
died May 2 2, 172 8. He fought in the Indian wars; and served the town as clerk,
seleaman, treasurer, assessor, judge, as member of the house of representatives
for twenty-one years, during ten of which he was speaker; and as member of the
governor's council under the province charter.
John Burrill bequeathed [40 in his will of December 6, 1721, four days before
his death, for the purchase of plate, as follows: "I give to the Church of Christ
in Lynn fourti pounds towards the furnishing the table of the Lord thear and
to Bee paid within two years after my Deseas." The money was expended in buy-
ing this tankard, a beaker, a beaker-shaped cup with a handle, and a mug.
The second tankard is exadly like the above, and is inscribed:
The Gift of John Henry Burchsted Physitian I to the first
Church in Lynn Sepr the 2 5t 172 1
Maker's marks:        , for Andrew Tyler of Boston (1692-1741).
The donor married, April 24, 1690, Mary, widow of Nathaniel Kertland. The
donor's son, Henry, was also a physician. This gift of plate is referred to in John
Henry Burchsted's will, dated April 17, I 72 1, as follows: "I give (as a toaken
of my Love) unto the Church of Christ in Lyn the Sum of forty Pounds Passable
money to be laid out for the furnishing the Table of the Lord there: and to be
Paid by my Executrix within three month after my Decese." This money was
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