CHURCH SILVER GIVEN TO THE FIRST PARISH CHURCH. 1 69 



March 30, 1790, aged 80 years. In her will she gives a large 

 number of household utensils "To my Maid PhiUis, formerly 

 Servant," who was the last survivor of negro slavery within 

 the Hmits of Groton. The following entry is found in the 

 town records : 



Phillis Walby, servant to Josiah Sartell, Jan., deceased, died at 

 Groton, aged 79, February , 182 1. 



The Church has now in its possession two silver cups, on 

 which is inscribed the following: — 



The Widow 



Mary Sartell 



to the 



Church of Christ 



in Groton 



1792 



These were made by Samuel Bartlett, of Concord, Massa- 

 chusetts, who died in 1821. 



The Church has also three other silver cups inscribed as 



follows : 



The Gift 



of the 



Widow Mary Sartell 



to the 



Church of Christ 



in Groton 



1792. 



Presumably these cups were bought with her bequest, or 

 perhaps made from the silver of the tankard; but I see no 

 reason for the verbal changes in the two inscriptions. 



JOSIAH SARTELL'S BEQUEST. 



At my request Clement Hugh Hill, Esq., a member of the 

 Suffolk Bar, kindly furnished me with a clear and short 

 account of the suit brought to recover possession of the two 

 farms devised by Josiah Sartell to the town of Groton. The 

 farms are contiguous, and situated on Chicopee Row. 



