1689/06/25 |
Rev Samuel Myles (Miles) |
Vocation |
Samuel Miles (or Myles) is inducted as Rector of the Anglican Church, Boston. He will conduct his first service on June 30th. |
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1754/00/00 |
Peter Harrison |
Architect |
King's Chapel is built from 1749 to 1754. |
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1776/04/06 |
Dr Joseph Warren |
Memorial |
General Joseph Warren's Masonic funeral and second burial is held at King's Chapel. |
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Battle of Bunker Hill |
1783/04/21 |
Rev James Freeman |
Vocation |
James Freeman, a reader at King's Chapel, becomes the pastor of King's Chapel, Boston. Rev Freeman will serve here until about 1825. |
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1790/00/00 |
Martha Clarke Freeman |
Faith |
Every Sunday in summer, Martha Freeman is driven from Newton to Boston, between 6 and 7 miles, in an ancient carriage, to attend services at her husband's church, King's Chapel. During the three or four months of winter, the Freemans live in Boston. |
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1804/10/09 |
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A fierce October tears the roof of King's Chapel and throws it 200 feet. |
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New England's Storm of October 1804 |
1805/05/18 |
Rev James Freeman |
Vocation |
Reverend James Freeman solemnizes the nuptials of his stepson Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Hull. |
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1805/05/18 |
Rebecca Hull Clarke |
Bride |
Rebecca Hull, daughter of William Hull and Sarah Fuller Hull, marries Samuel Clarke. |
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1805/05/18 |
Samuel Clarke |
Groom |
Rebecca Hull, daughter of William Hull and Sarah Fuller Hull, marries Samuel Clarke. |
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1814/00/00 |
Paul Revere and Son |
Foundry |
The Revere Copper Company recast the King's Chapel bell. "the sweetest bell we ever made" - Paul Revere |
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1825/00/00 |
Charles Sumner |
Member |
About 1825, Charles Sumner begins attending services at King's Chapel in Boston. |
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1830/00/00 |
Samuel Appleton (merchant) |
Faith |
Appleton begins serving as a vestryman of King's Chapel, Boston. He will continue in this roll until 1840. |
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1837/09/25 |
Rev Ephraim Peabody |
Officiant |
In the early Monday evening, Ellen Sturgis marries Robert W Hooper at King's Chapel. Rev Ephraim Peabody, who that year is assisting the great Unitarian luminary William Ellery Channing at his nearby Federal Street Church, officiates at the ceremony. |
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1837/09/25 |
Ellen Sturgis Hooper |
Bride |
In the early Monday evening, Ellen Sturgis marries Robert W Hooper at King's Chapel. Rev Ephraim Peabody, who that year is assisting the great Unitarian luminary William Ellery Channing at his nearby Federal Street Church, officiates at the ceremony. |
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1837/09/25 |
Robert William Hooper |
Groom |
In the early Monday evening, Ellen Sturgis marries Robert W Hooper at King's Chapel. Rev Ephraim Peabody, who that year is assisting the great Unitarian luminary William Ellery Channing at his nearby Federal Street Church, officiates at the ceremony. |
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1845/00/00 |
Rev Ephraim Peabody |
Vocation |
Rev Ephraim Peabody becomes pastor of King's Chapel, Boston. He will serve here until 1856. |
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1850/04/25 |
Louis Agassiz |
Groom |
Elizabeth Cabot Cary marries Louis Agassiz |
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Marriage of Elizabeth Cabot Cary and Louis Agassiz |
1850/04/25 |
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz |
Bride |
Elizabeth Cabot Cary marries Louis Agassiz |
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Marriage of Elizabeth Cabot Cary and Louis Agassiz |
1855/00/00 |
William Morris Hunt |
Groom |
Rev Ephraim Peabody Jr officiates the marriage ceremony of Louise Dumaresq Perkins to William Morris Hunt in the King's Chapel in Boston. |
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Marriage of Louise Dumaresq Perkins and William Morris Hunt |
1855/00/00 |
Rev Ephraim Peabody |
Officiant |
Rev Ephraim Peabody Jr officiates the marriage ceremony of Louise Dumaresq Perkins to William Morris Hunt in the King's Chapel in Boston. |
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Marriage of Louise Dumaresq Perkins and William Morris Hunt |
1855/00/00 |
Louisa Dumaresq Hunt |
Bride |
Rev Ephraim Peabody Jr officiates the marriage ceremony of Louise Dumaresq Perkins to William Morris Hunt in the King's Chapel in Boston. |
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Marriage of Louise Dumaresq Perkins and William Morris Hunt |
1858/10/27 |
Charles W Eliot |
Groom |
Ellen Derby Peabody marries Charles William Eliot in Boston at Kings Chapel. |
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1858/10/27 |
Charles W Eliot |
Groom |
Ellen Derby Eliot marries Charles William Eliot in Boston at Kings Chapel. |
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Marriage of Ellen D Peabody and Charles W Eliot |
1858/10/27 |
Ellen Derby Peabody Eliot |
Bride |
Ellen Derby Eliot marries Charles William Eliot in Boston at Kings Chapel. |
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Marriage of Ellen D Peabody and Charles W Eliot |
1861/12/22 |
Henry Wilder Foote |
Vocation |
Henry Wilder Foote is ordained as minister of King's Chapel. Although the Chapel took no position on the issue of slavery until the Civil War was declared, Rev Foote and the congregation as a whole participated in Reconstruction efforts. |
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1868/00/00 |
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King's Chapel raises money for the education of freedmen in the south, supporting such institutions as the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, the Calhoun Colored School, and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. |
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1905/00/00 |
Margaret Nichols Shurcliff |
Bride |
Margaret Nichols marries Arthur Ashael Shurcliff at King's Chapel in Boston in 1905 and had six children. |
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Marriage of Margaret Nichols and Arthur Ashael Shurcliff |
1905/00/00 |
Arthur Shurcliff |
Groom |
Margaret Nichols marries Arthur Ashael Shurcliff at King's Chapel in Boston in 1905 and had six children. |
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Marriage of Margaret Nichols and Arthur Ashael Shurcliff |