East Apthorpe, MD

...East, who became a minister.[6][27] East Apthorp built in 1761 a mansion designed by Peter Harrison; it is now part of the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

• https://househistree.com/people/east-apthorp-1
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Apthorp

"Rev. East Apthorp, who was born in Boston, 1733, and educated at Cambridge, England. ‘The original subscription for building the (Christ Church, in Cambridge MA) is dated at Boston, April 25, 1759. The petition to the society was signed by Henry Vassal, Joseph Lee, John Vassal, Ralph Inman, Thomas Oliver, David Phips, Robert Temple, James Apthorp. At a meeting held at Boston, September 29, 1759, the six first named gentlemen, with the Rev. East Apthorp, were chosen as the building committee; Ralph Inman, Esq., was appointed Treasurer.’1 These ‘six first named gentlemen’ resided in Cambridge, and were among the richest citizens, ‘each of whose income was judged to be adequate to the maintenance of a domestic chaplain.’2 The church edifice, which is still preserved in good condition, was erected on the southerly side of the common, between the old burial ground and Appian Way. ‘A piece of land, one hundred feet square, was bought of Mr. James Reed, for £ 16. 2s. 1 1/2 d., lawful money.’ . . . . ‘This with the same quantity bought of the Proprietors of the common and undivided lands of the Town of Cambridge and taken in from the Common, formed the church lot. The price paid to the Proprietors was £ 13. 6s. 8d. lawful money, the church also paying for the removal of the Pound. The line of the Common, which was originally curved, was thus straightened, the burying ground being also extended up to the church line.’3 At the meeting, Sept. 29, 1759, when the size and general plan of the edifice were [308] determined, it was voted, ‘That the expense of executing the whole building is not to exceed £ 500 sterling.’4 But although ‘the dimensions of the building proposed by the committee were adopted by the architect without change, the whole cost of the church, not including the land, was about £ 1300 sterling.’5 ‘The church was opened for the performance of divine service, Oct. 15, 1761.’ Rev. Mr. Apthorp again visited England in 1765, where he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and became successively Vicar of Croydon, Rector of St. Mary-le-Bow, London, and a Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral. He died April 16, 1816, aged 83 years.
The next Rector of Christ Church was Rev. Winwood Sarjeant"

sources

• https://fdrfoundation.org/gc_post/tales-of-an-old-house/