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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
is appended to a sermon by Rev. Nicholas Hoppin, D. D., on the reopening of the church, Nov. 22, 1857. This church was originally established as a missionary station by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, under the charge of Rev. East Apthorp, who was born in Boston, 1733, and educated at Cambridge, England. The original subscription for building the church is dated at Boston, April 25, 1759. The petition to the society was signed by Henry Vassal, Joseph Lee, John Vassal, Ralph Inman, Thomas Oliver, David Phips, Robert Temple, James Apthorp. At a meeting held at Boston, September 29, 1759, the six first named gentlemen, with the Rev. East Apthorp, were chosen as the building committee; Ralph Inman, Esq., was appointed Treasurer. Hist. Notice, etc., p. 21. These six first named gentlemen resided in Cambridge, and were among the richest citizens, each of whose income was judged to be adequate to the maintenance of a domestic chaplain. Coll. Mass. His