FSC-2015 Christ Church Dover
Cache Details:
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. If possible avoid looking for this on Sunday morning when there is church service and parking will be difficult.
Listed cords is an information box ( on Handicapped Accessible Entrance sign) with the history of the church and a walking tour that lists of some of the prominent people buried in the cemetery. You will not need the pamphlet it in order to find the cache but you may want to do the walking tour anyway. All waypoints are part of the tour.
The final is located at:
N39 09.A0B W075 31.2CD
Waypoint #1 Captain Thomas Benson was a Sea Captain. (#5 tour stop) This is the oldest recorded and marked grave in the cemetery. (N39 09.272 W075 31.308)
B= The first number in his age when he died. Hard to read--do math using marker sign.
Waypoint # 2 Mable Lloyd Ridgely (tour stop #8) was a Historian, Suffragette and founder of Old Dover Days. She was instrumental in saving the old state house form demolition and founding the Delaware State Archives. (N39 09.281 W075 31.305)
D=The second number in the day she was born.
Waypoint # 3 Captain William Phillips was Sea Captain. (Tour stop #9) His headstone is embedded in the East Wall of the church foundation underneath the large chancel window. (N39 09.284 W075 31.295)
A= Captain Phillips age when he died, the small number subtracted from the larger one. (Hard to read--do math using marker sign to get the age)
Waypoint #4 Caeser Rodney was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. (Tour stop #26) He was most famous for his ride on horseback to Philadelphia in 1776 to cast the deciding vote for independence. He served this great state in almost every capacity from Governor to sheriff of Kent County. He was a member of the Church and this monument stands here in his memory. (N39 09.293 W075 31.291)
C= The number of letters in the 4th word following Placed by……..from the brass plaque in the ground PLUS 2.
Check sum: A+B+C+D=17
The cache is a large plastic ammo box like container filled with treasures. Please re-hide it well..
Description:
On August 30, 1703, 22 Kent County residents signed a petition to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, London, England, requesting the ministry of a priest. In the following year, the Reverend Thomas Crawford arrived, the first of nine S.P.G. missionaries. When Dover was formally laid out by William Penn’s surveyors in 1717, two religious squares were designated. Meeting House Square, now the site of the Delaware State Museum, was reserved for “Dissenters” (Presbyterians) and Church Square, east of Water Street, was reserved for the Church of England. The original Church Square was southwest of the present square, and was relocated to its present site in 1734. Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a parishioner and vestryman at Christ Church. There is a monument to him in the churchyard, but he is buried elsewhere. The central portion of the present Christ Church building was begun on the new square that same year. Christ Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites and is a participant in First State Heritage Park at Dover. A self-guided tour of the churchyard is available.
Rev Weiss would be happy to see any cachers join is congregation for Sunday services if they like
