Category: The People in the Pews
Lantern Holder
Though not as well-known as Paul Revere, Capt. John Pulling Jr. played a pivotal role in the events of April 18, 1775. A friend of…
A Bishop Who Made History
In 1970, John Melville Burgess was elected the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. As such, he also became…
First Black Minister to Preach at Old North
In a July 1833 issue of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, a notice announced that Rev. William…
The Church Historian
Whenever a question arises about the early history of Old North Church, Mary Kent Davey Babcock’s many works are among the…
An “Indian of Barnstable”
Little is known about Jerusha Will, an Indigenous woman who appears in the baptismal and burial records of Old North…
Year: 1723-1765
Pew # 27
The appointment of the Rev. Dr. Timothy Cutler as the first rector of Christ Church (Old North) was a bold statement…
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The Crankey family’s story offers a glimpse into three generations of Old North congregation members.
Alderman…
What happened to the Anglican community during the American Revolutionary War? The story of Old North’s third rector, the Rev. Stephen Lewis, sheds…
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John and Elizabeth Humphries were a free Black couple who first appear in the Old North records in March 1748 with…
Thomas Gruchy remains an elusive figure in Old North’s long history. Gruchy owned pew #25. Appearing in Boston by 1741 and disappearing in 1759,…