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the first captain of the settlers at Plymouth, New England, who was 

 born in England in 1584, and came to America with the pilgrim fathers 

 in 1620, and died 1656), children of the late Colonel M. O. Davidson, a 

 civil engineer of distinction, representing the infant Jesus bearing the orb 

 of empire ; and also St. Catharine leaning upon the wheel, an emblem of 

 the tortures to which she was exposed. The wheel window in the gable 

 end of the transept is a memorial to the late Mrs. Mary Bailey Woolsey, 

 wife of Theodore B. Woolsey, and daughter of Nathaniel P. Bailey, Esq., 

 representing cross, anchor and flowers, among the latter the simple 

 Marguerites or Daisies predomionate, her chosen favorite. Another 

 window on the west side of the transept is a memorial to Catharine and 

 Eliza Howell, and represents one of Fra Angelico's winged seraphs or 

 angels, and Jesus bearing the lamb. In the south aisle of the nave is a 

 memorial window to Oswald Cammann, Sen., one of the benefactors of 

 the church and founder of the well known Banking house of Cammann 

 & Co., of New York city, depicting in one compartment the Chalice, or 

 sacramental cup, signifying faith ; in the other a crown of thorns, emble- 

 matic of suffering and victory. The north-west window in the nave is a 

 memorial to Charles Drake, M.D., erected by his sister, Mrs. Seaman, 

 of Kings Bridge, representing the Saviour's healing of the blind man. A 

 richly ornamented Catharine wheel window occupies the west gable of the 

 nave, containing emblems of the Holy Trinity in unity and the four evan- 

 gelists. The altar and font are of caen stone, richly carved ; the former is 

 placed in the centre of the apsis or chancel on the plan of the ancient 

 churches as described by Eusebius and other writers, the Bishops seat 

 being placed directly behind it against the wall of the apsis. The font 

 was presented to the church, by the young men of the parish. The 

 furniture of the chancel, pulpit, lectern and seats are of white oak ; a cross 

 stands on the altar, a memorial of William and Maria Mali deceased 

 parishioners. The bell was presented by the Rev. Charles C. Tiffany, a 

 former rector of the parish. The communion service consists of two 

 chalices, a flagon and paten inscribed as follows : 



"Presented by the ladies of the parish, 

 A. D. 1854." 



William W. Waldron. by the donation of two hundred volumes, has 

 founded a parochial library for the benefit of all young persons resident 

 in the parish. 



a "Sainte Marguerite whose legend and name signify a pearl, and has been given to that 

 little lowly flower we call the daisy, were both introduced from ttie East by the first crusaders, 

 and now popular all over Europe. St. Margaret was the chosen type of female innocence and 

 meekness." "There are no less than 238 churches in England dedicated in her honor."— 

 Mrs. Jameson's Sacred and Legendary Art, <fcc 



