1 66 FACTS RELATING TO GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



money to be paid by my Executer within six months aftar 

 my deceas," He was the grandfather of Colonel William 

 Prescott; and his death took place on December 31, 1723, 

 three days after the date of his will. There is a silver cup 

 belonging to the Society, which bears the following inscrip- 

 tion : 



The Gift of Jonas Prescott Esq' to y^ Church of Groton 



Perhaps it was bought with a part of the legacy. This cup 

 was made by Andrew Tyler, of Boston, who died in 1741. 



JONATHAN LAWRENCE'S BEQUEST. 



By his will, made on August 27, 1725, Jonathan Lawrence 

 bequeathed to the town of Groton, as follows : 



Item I give and bequeath To the Town of Groton One Hun- 

 dred Pounds in Good Bills of Publick Credit or other Specia to 

 the Vallue thereof out of my Estate, to be paid by My Executor 

 within five years after my Decease unto Such persons as Shall be 

 Deputed and Appointed by the Said Town to Receive it to be by 

 them (With my Executor) Layed out & Disposed of toward y^ pur- 

 chasing & procuring of a Good Meeting House Bell and the putting 

 it up. &c. 



Item I give to the Church of Christ in Groton fourty Pounds 

 to be paid by my Executor (After named) within four Years next 

 after my Decease to be Layed out & Disposed of for the procuring 

 of Some Silver Vessel or Vessels for the Churches use as they 

 shall Order. Also I give To the Church of Christ in Groton 

 Twenty Pounds to be Let out or otherwise Improved to the best 

 advantage the profits and Income arising thereby, to be annually 

 paid out and accoumpted for to the Settled or ordained Minister or 

 Ministers of Said Town Successively from Time to time forever 

 (the Twenty pounds not to be diminished &c) 



In his will he mentions his brother Enoch, and his cousin 

 William Lawrence, who was the executor of his estate. He 

 was a son of John and Elizabeth Lawrence, of Watertown, 

 where he was born about 1657, ^"^ died at Groton, on Sep- 

 tember 19, 1729, in the seventy-third year of his age. 



The Church of Christ in Groton, now known as the First 



