The Portland daily press., 1893-09-11

however, that the Judgment was not Cal
ried into effect, for theIrecord closes with
| these words: sAfter which said Screven,
coming into court, did in the presence OF
said court and president, promise and
engage to depart out of this province
within very short time"
Evidently Screven and his associates
had now come to the conclusion that If
they could not have at Kittery freedom
to worship God according to the dictates
of their consciences, they would seek 1t
elsewhere. But they desired to have
church organized first. and the church at
Boston sent its pastor, Rev. Isaac Hull,
and two of its members to Kittery, for
this purpose, September %, 1852. Mr..
Screven was ordained and the.church Or
ganized. Mr.. Ssreven and his associates
did not leave Kittery, however, till the
summer of 1854. They then went to
South Carolina and located on Cooper
River, near Charleston. Later the church
was removed to Charleston and became
the first Baptist church there. Mr.. Sore
ven died October 10,:1713, at the compile
ton of his Saith year, and his descendants
at the present time are among the most
prominent citizens in South Carolina and
Georgia.
Rev. E. G. Cummings, in a very felicit-
GUS address, referred to the many evil
dences, everywhere diseernable at Kit
tery, of the English spirit so prevalent in
the early history of the place.
Mr.. Hackett of Portsmouth referred to
the high character of the work done by
the Maine Historical Society, and called
attention to many points of historical in
terest in and around Portsmouth.
Paymaster Joseph Foster OF the U. S.
Navy, called attention to the fact that
James Russell Lowell was descendant
of the Robert Cults, who was the father
of Mrs Screven. He was son of Rev,
Charles and Harriet (Spence) Lowell,
grandson of Keith and Mary (TrailD
Spence of Portsmouth, great grandson
of Robert and Mary (Whipple) Trail,
also of Portsmouth; great-great grandson
of Capt. William Whipple, senior, and
Mary Quits Whipple; .great-great-great-
grandson of Robert and Dorcas Ham
mond) Cults, I'd, and great-great-great-
great grandson of Robert and Mary (Hall)
Cults, whose children were Richard,
Robert, Mary, Bridget, Sarah and Eliza
beth.
Mr.. Stafford compared the Kittery of
the earlier days, including its ware
houses and business activity, with the
Kittery of the present time, and added
many very interesting historical facts
connected with the place.
The thanks of the society were ex-
tended to DR.. Fogg for his valuable gift,
and also to Mr.. Stafford for the admirable
arrangements he had MADE for the field
day excursion.
Saturday morning, after breakfast at
the Champernowne, the party found a
steamer in waiting at the wharf opposite
the hotel, and were taken up the Piscata-
qua, and we're shown many interesting
historical localities on either side of the
river.
On the return the members of the par
ty were shown objects of historical in
terest in Portsmouth. At St. Johns
Episcopal church, the rector, the Rev.
Mr.. Hovey, met the party. The first
church built upon this site was called
Queens chapel, after Queen Caroline.
The church has copy of the celebrated
Vinegar Bible, SO called because in it the
parable of the vineyard is called by ty-
geographical error the parable of the vim
egar. The old prayer book was shown,
where the prayer for the king was COW
cred over by the prayer for the President
of the United States, which was substi-
tuted after the Revolution. AT the
chapel the rector showed the commu-
MON set presented to the church by
Queen Caroline.
The Warner house is the oldest brick
house in Portsmouth, built in 171S-23 by
Captain Macpheadris, a rich merchant
and a member of the kings council.
Here were exhibited many articles of ell
egant furniture, and also of clothing that
had graced many court occasion in CO.
lonial times. The Governor Langdon
house also was visited, and later the
Athenaum with it's treasures of old
books, etc. After dinner the party
strolled into the old cemetery, near the
station, and on the arrival of the train
took the cars for Portland.
Rarely has the Maine Historical Socie-
ty had more delightful or profitable
field day excursion.