In a message dated 8/19/2002 10:54:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, RTENNIHAN@aol.com writes: > > I have just found out my family attened Saint Mary's Catholic Church in > There were several St Mary's. Here are my notes on the one my Irish Catholic ancestors attended. Sadly, it no longer exists; it was in the area of Bunker Hill as I recall. Start place for my info was copy of my 3X great grandfather of county Monaghan, Bryan MARTIN WILL .. 1868 probate [brackets are my own notes/interpretation]: the piew i own and occupy in Pond Street Church or otherwise Saint Mary's church i main [I mean] the one in The Broad ile N 48. the house i occupy is to be left to james and my second house to be sold by auction, this house is in So Reading and other lots in Sauguist Center [Saugus] and the ile pew in Pond Street Church and the monies they draw will be equally devided on the following names my sons Denis, Thomas, my son Thomas Martin and my daughter Mrs Turner. I bequeath to Mrs Turner the galery piew i owen [pew I own] in Pond Street church " siend and saild " [signed and sealed] on the 18th day of Dec 1863in presence of Peter McCulphe. Notes: a Peter McCullough and his brother & sister are 1st cousins to Bryan Martin. St. Mary's ..the church was dedicated 5/22/1836 and was located at Cooper and Endicott [then Pond St.] streets. It was a very severe, plain brick edifice, resembling a warehouse with a cupola and a cross over the front, but it could seat 800 people. It became one of the most important and densely thronged churches of the diocese. Its first pastors were: > Rev. Wm.Wiley May 1836 to April 1837 > Rev.James McDermott June to August 1837 > Rev. Michael Healy July 1838 to July 1840 > Rev. Patrick O'Beirne served throughout those years as assistant or priest in charge. > [The above info from the History of the Archdiocese of Boston, volume 11]. --------------- Hope this is of some help. My GEDCOM is posted at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=butchrose