the memory of other friends who continued the best traditions of character in the church which they loved, and which they strengthened by their presence. The abundance of material has constrained the author to enlarge the original scope of the work so as to include two volumes, of which the first is now published; while the second is in the press, and will be completed as soon as other duties will permit. KING'S CHAPEL, Forefathers' Day, 1881. NOTE TO CHAPTERS IX. AND X. While these pages are in the press, I am indebted to the Rev. Edward J. Young for the fact that the records of the First Parish in Cohasset, which was formerly a part of Hingham, contain the following record of deaths: "1728. March 1. The Rev. Samuel Miles, Pastor of King's Chappel in Boston, aged 65. "1729. Oct. 6. The Rev. Henry Hairis, minister of King's Chappel, Boston, 42." It was customary at that time to record in Parish Books, in the Congregational Churches, events of general importance as well as the special incidents which happened in the Society and the Town. These entries show that the death of a minister of King's Chapel was thought to be of sufficient consequence to find a place in the Parish Records of this little precinct of Hingham, where also both ministers were probably known on account of Mr. Myles's family connections in Swanzey, and the attempt to plant the Church of England in Scituate. CONTENTS. Relation of the founders of Massachusetts to the English Church. PAGE - The Church of England in Virginia and Maine. - - Abortive attempts to modify it. The opposing elements face to face. —The South Church an unwilling Rev. Samuel Myles. His early ministry. He brings from England Accession of Queen Anne. - Arrival of Governor Dudley and Rev. George Keith. Rev. Christopher Bridge, the King's Lecturer. Unquiet relations between the ministers. - Noted parishioners - Arrival of Rev. Henry Harris. - Sir Leoline Jenkins's Fellowship.— 192 - 1714-1722. Accession of King George I.- Mr. Harris's Voyage home. - Noted - Dissension between Dr. Timothy Cutler and Rev. Henry Harris. The Massachusetts Synod thwarted. - Struggle for seats in the Board of Overseers of Harvard College. - Accession of King George Governor Burnet and the Church. Rev. Roger Price succeeds Mr. Myles. His commission as Commissary of the Bishop of London. - Death of Mr. Harris. - Noted Parishioners.. Governor Belcher and the Church. Rev. Thomas Harward, the new King's Lecturer. His differences with Mr. Price. His death. - Question about his Provincial Laws providing for public worship.-Quakers and Baptists. - King's Chapel and Christ Church, in the long struggle to free churchmen from taxation for support of Congregational parishes. — Rev. Addington Davenport succeeds Mr. Harward. Trinity Church built. — Its first minister. — Obsequies of Queen Caroline. - Rela- tion of the Church to Whitefield and the Great Revival. Mr. Price and the Hopkinton mission. - Church Records. - Rev. Ste- phen Rowe, King's Lecturer and Schoolmaster. - Governor Shir- ley. - Commissary Price's relations to Rev. William Hooper. Close of his ministry at King's Chapel. His family. His par- |