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an account of tyt author
very creditable copies ofthe portraits now in the
cabinet of the Rhode Island Historical Society
in Providence and those still hanging in the Updike family mansion at Little Rest. The original picture of the Doctor was bequeathed by a
member of the Gardiner family to Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine; the portrait of
Mrs. MacSparran was given to the Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston. Both have found, therefore,
permanent resting-places which are accessible
to the public.
It was soon after the departure of Dean Berkeley from Rhode Island, about the end of 1731,
that there occurred, in the quiet life of Mr.
MacSparran's parish, another incident associated with the early history of the Church in
New England. On May 27, 1733, he was
called upon to marry the Rev. Samuel Seabury,
minister of the Church at New London, to
Mrs. Elizabeth Powell of Narragansett. The
first wife of Mr. Seabury had been a cousin of
Mrs. MacSparran, and her son, Samuel, born in
1729, became the first Bishop of Connecticut
as well as the first in the Episcopal Church in
America. The elder Mr. Seabury was, originally, a Congregational minister, but, largely
through intercourse with his kinsman of S.
Paul's, conformed to the Church of England
during the infancy of his illustrious son, about
1730.
To James MacSparran it was, therefore, to a
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| Title | A letter book and abstract of out services written during the years 1743-1751 |
| Creator | MacSparran, James |
| Publisher | D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Date | 1899 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000045 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | an account of tyt author very creditable copies ofthe portraits now in the cabinet of the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence and those still hanging in the Updike family mansion at Little Rest. The original picture of the Doctor was bequeathed by a member of the Gardiner family to Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; the portrait of Mrs. MacSparran was given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Both have found, therefore, permanent resting-places which are accessible to the public. It was soon after the departure of Dean Berkeley from Rhode Island, about the end of 1731, that there occurred, in the quiet life of Mr. MacSparran's parish, another incident associated with the early history of the Church in New England. On May 27, 1733, he was called upon to marry the Rev. Samuel Seabury, minister of the Church at New London, to Mrs. Elizabeth Powell of Narragansett. The first wife of Mr. Seabury had been a cousin of Mrs. MacSparran, and her son, Samuel, born in 1729, became the first Bishop of Connecticut as well as the first in the Episcopal Church in America. The elder Mr. Seabury was, originally, a Congregational minister, but, largely through intercourse with his kinsman of S. Paul's, conformed to the Church of England during the infancy of his illustrious son, about 1730. To James MacSparran it was, therefore, to a [ xxxiv ] |
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