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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
rs, officiated for short periods, but for nearly forty years the church was generally supplied with lay Readers, among whom were Theodore Dehon, afterwards Bishop of South Carolina, and Jonathan—Mayhew Wainwright, Grandson of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew of Boston, who, a half century earlier, was a most zealous and formidable adversary of Rev. Mr. Apthorp and of Episcopacy generally. afterwards Bishop of New York. The church was thoroughly repaired in 1825, and was again opened for service July 30th, 1826, when the Rev. George Otis, M. A., then tutor in the University, preached a sermon, afterwards printed. Hist. Notice, p. 61. Mr. Otis was chosen Rector, but declined the office, as it was supposed to be inconsistent—with his official engagements to the College; he however continued to officiate for the church, and was virtually its minister, till his lamented and untimely death, at the age of thirty-two, February 25th, 1828. Ibid., p. 62. Rev. Thomas W. Coit, D. D., was Rector fro