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In another place discoursing of memorable accidents he says, " Another deplorable loss befell New England the same year, wherein New Haven was principally concerned and the south- ern parts of the country : for the inhabitants of that town, being Londoners, were very desirous to fall into a way of traffic, in which they were better skilled than in matters of husbandry ; and to that end had built a ship of one hundred tons, which they freighted for London, intending thereby to lay some foun- dation of a future trade : but either by the ill form of her
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building or by the shifting of her lading (which was wheat, which is apt to shift its place in storms), the vessel miscarried, and in her seventy persons, some of whom were of the principal part of the inhabitants, with all the wealth they could gather together."
Hubbard makes no mention of the apparition in the air which followed the loss of the ship, and Winthrop, who was no sceptic in regard to supernatural interventions, records it with- out intimating that he regarded it as a miracle ; but Mather, who wrote about as long after the occurrence as did Hubbard, has given us the story with the superstitious interpretation attached to it by some, at least, of his contemporaries. Desir- ing to give it accurately, he wrote to Rev. James Pierpont, the successor of Davenport in the pastorate of the church at New Haven, and received from him the following letter in reply : -
" REVEREND AND DEAR SIR, - In compliance with your desires I now give you the relation of that apparition of a ship in the air, which I have received from the most credible, judicious, and curious surviving observers of it.
"In the year 1647,' besides much other lading, a far more rich treasure of passengers (five or six of which were persons of chief note and worth in New Haven) put themselves on board a new ship, built at Rhode Island, of about a hundred and fifty tons, but so walty that the master (Lamberton) often said she would prove their grave. In the month of January, cutting their way through much ice, on which they were accom- panied with the Rev. Mr. Davenport, besides many other friends, with many fears, as well as prayers and tears, they set sail. Mr. Daven- port in prayer with an observable emphasis used these words : 'Lord, if it be thy pleasure to bury these our friends in the bottom of the sea, they are thine, save them.' The spring following, no tidings of these friends arrived with the ships from England; New Haven's heart began to fail her : this put the godly people on much prayer, both public and private, that the Lord would (if it was his pleasure) let them hear what he had done with their dear friends, and prepare them with a suitable sub- mission to his holy will. In June next ensuing, a great thunder-storm arose out of the north-west; after which (the hemisphere being serene)
' Pierpont was in error in regard to the year. The ship sailed in Jan- uary, 1646, New Style.
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about an hour before sunset, a ship of like dimensions with the aforesaid, with her canvas and colors abroad (though the wind northerly) appeared in the air coming up from our harbor's mouth, which lies southward from the town, seemingly with her sails filled under a fresh gale, holding her course north, and continuing under observation, sailing against the wind for the space of half an hour.
"Many were drawn to behold this great work of God; yea, the very children cried out, 'There's a brave ship.' At length, crowding up as far as there is usually water sufficient for such a vessel, and so near some of the spectators, as that they imagined a man might hurl a stone on board her, her main-top seemed to be blown off, but left hanging in the shrouds ; then her mizzen-top; then all her masting seemed blown away by the board : quickly after the hulk brought to a careen, she overset and so vanished into a smoky cloud, which in some time dissipated, leaving, as everywhere else, a clear air. The admiring spectators could distinguish the several colors of each part, the principal rigging, and such proportions, as caused not only the generality of persons to say, 'This was the mould of their ship, and this was her tragic end; ' but Mr. Davenport also in public declared to this effect, that God had condescended, for the quieting of their afflicted spirits, this extraordinary account of his sovereign disposal of those for whom so many fervent prayers were made continually. Thus I am, sir, Your humble servant,
"JAMES PIERPONT."
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SEATING THE MEETING-HOUSE.
A T a general court held the 10th of March, 1644, the names of people as they were seated in the meeting- house were read in court, and it was ordered they should be recorded, which was as followeth : -
"FIRST FOR THE MEN'S SEATS, VIZ. :
" The middle seats have to sit in them :
" Ist seat, the governor and deputy governor.
" 2d seat, Mr. Malbon, magistrate.
"3d seat, Mr. Evance, Mr. Bracey, Mr. Francis Newman, Mr. Gibbard.
" 4th seat, Goodman Wigglesworth, Bro. Atwater, Bro. Seeley, Bro. Miles.
"5th seat, Bro. Crane, Bro. Gibbs, Mr. Caffinch, Mr. Ling, Bro. Andrews.
" 6th seat, Bro. Davis, Goodman Osborne, Anthony Thomp- son, Mr. Browning, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Higginson.
" 7th seat, Bro. Camfield, Mr. James, Bro. Benham, Wm. Thompson, Bro. Lindon, Bro. Martin.
" 8th seat, Jno. Meigs, Jno. Cooper, Peter Brown, Wm. Peck, Jno. Gregory, Nicholas Elsey.
" 9th seat, Edw. Bannister, Jno. Harriman, Benja. Wilmot, Jarvis Boykin, Arthur Halbidge.
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" In the cross seats at the end.
" Ist seat, Mr. Pell, Mr. Tuttle, Bro. Fowler.
" 2d seat, Thom. Nash, Mr. Allerton, Bro. Perry.
" 3d seat, Jno. Nash, David Atwater, Thom. Yale.
" 4th seat, Robert Johnson, Thom. Jeffrey, John Punderson. " 5th seat, Thom. Munson, Jno. Livermore, Roger Alling, Joseph Nash, Sam. Whitehead, Thomas James.
"In the other little seat, John Clarke, Mark Pearce.
" In the seats on the side, for men.
" Ist, Jeremy Whitnell, Wm. Preston, Thom. Kimberley, Thom. Powell.
" 2d, Daniel Paul, Richard Beckley, Richard Mansfield, James Russell.
" 3d, Wm. Potter, Thom. Lamson, Christopher Todd, Wil- liam Ives.
" 4th, Hen. Glover, Wm. Thorp, Matthias Hitchcock, Andrew Low.
" On the other side of the door.
" Ist, John Moss, Luke Atkinson, Jno. Thomas, Abraham Bell.
" 2d, George Smith, John Wakefield, Edw. Patteson, Richard Beach.
" 3d, John Bassett, Timothy Ford, Thom. Knowles, Robert Preston.
" 4th, Richd. Osborne, Robert Hill, Jno. Wilford, Henry Gibbons.
" 5th, Francis Brown, Adam Nicolls, Goodman Leeke, Goodman Dayton.
" 6th, Wm. Gibbons, John Vincent, Thomas Wheeler, John Brockett.
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"SECONDLY FOR THE WOMEN'S SEATS.
" In the middle. 1
" Ist seat, old Mrs. Eaton.
" 2d seat, Mrs. Malbon, Mrs. Gregson, Mrs. Davenport, Mrs. Hooke.
" 3d seat, Elder Newman's wife, Mrs. Lamberton, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Brewster.
"4th seat, Sister Wakeman, Sister Gibbard, Sister Gilbert, Sister Miles.
"5th seat, Mr. Francis Newman's wife, Sister Gibbs, Sister Crane, Sister Tuttle, Sister Atwater.
" 6th seat, Sister Seeley, Mrs. Caffinch, Mrs. Perry, Sister Davis, Sister Cheever, Jno. Nash's wife.
" 7th seat, David Atwater's wife, Sister Clarke, Mrs. Yale, Sister Osborne, Sister Thompson.
" 8th seat, Sister Wigglesworth, Goody Johnson, Goody Camfield, Sister Punderson, Goody Meigs, Sister Gregory.
"9th seat, Sister Todd, Sister Boykin, Wm. Potter's wife. Matthias Hitchcock's wife, Sister Cooper.
" In the cross seats at the end.
" Ist, Mrs. Bracey, Mrs. Evance.
" 2d, Sister Fowler, Sister Ling, Sister Allerton.
" 3d, Sister Jeffrey, Sister Rutherford, Sister Livermore.
" 4th, Sister Preston, Sister Benham, Sister Mansfield.
" 5th, Sister Alling, Goody Bannister, Sister Kimberley, Goody Wilmot, Sister Whitnell, Mrs .- Higginson.
"In the little cross seat.
" Sister Potter the midwife, and old Sister Nash.
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" In the seats on the side.
" Ist seat, Sister Powell, Goody Lindon, Mrs. James.
"2d seat, Sister Whitehead, Sister Munson, Sister Beckley, Sister Martin.
" 3d seat, Sister Peck, Joseph Nash's wife, Peter Brown's wife, Sister Russell.
" 4th seat, Sister Ives, Sister Bassett, Sister Patteson, Sister Elsey.
" In the seats on the other side of the door.
" Ist seat, Jno. Thomas's wife, Goody Knowles, Goody Beach, Goody Hull.
" 2d seat, Sister Wakefield, Sister Smith, Goody Moss, James Clarke's wife.
" 3d seat, Sister Brockett, Sister Hill, Sister Clarke, Goody Ford.
" 4th seat, Goody Osborne, Goody Wheeler, Sister Nicolls, Sister Brown."
Nine years later (Feb. 11, 1655) the names of people as they were seated in the meeting-house were again recorded as follows : -
" The long seats in the middle, for men.
" I. The governor and the deputy governor.
" 2. Mr. Newman, magistrate.
" 3. Mr. Wakeman, Mr. Gibbard, John Gibbs, William Davis.
" 4. William Judson, Mr. Goodenhouse, Mr. Mullener, John Nash.
"5. Henry Lindon, William Andrews, John Cooper, Roger Alling, William Thompson.
" 6. Thom. Munson, Sam. Whitehead, William Potter, Math. Moulthrop, Jno. Peakin, John Harriman, Christopher Todd.
" 7. Jno. Benham, Jarvis Boykin, Nich. Elsey, Ro. Tal- madge, Jer. How, Jno. Thompson, James Bishop.
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"8. Jno. Moss, Jno. Brockett, Thos. Morris, Andrew Low, Thos. Wheeler, Rich. Miles, jun., Jno. Thompson, jun.
"9. William Gibbons, William Paine, Jno. Winston, Edw. Parker, Edward Preston.
" The cross seats at upper end.
" I. Mr. Tuttle, Mr. Jno. Davenport, William Fowler, Mr. Allerton, sen.
" 2. Mr. Caffinch, David Atwater, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Yale.
" 3. Thomas Jeffrey, Jno. Punderson, Mr. Augur, Mr. Daniel.
" 4. William Peck, William Bradley, Thomas Mullener.
" 5. Jos. Nash, William Russell, Jer. Osborne, Geo. Con- stable, Rich. Gregson, Francis Brown, Allen Ball, Thomas Johnson.
" In the little seat.
" Mr. Bowers, Thom. Kimberley.
" In the seats on the side, on both sides of the door.
" I. Thomas Powell, James Russell, John Hodson, Joseph Alsop.
" 2. Richard Beckley, Henry Glover, John Chidsey, Thom. Mix.
" 3. Abraham Doolittle, Matthias Hitchcock, John Jones, Thom. Lamson.
" 4. Geo. Smith, John Thomas, James Clarke, Geo. Pardee.
"5. Benj. Wilmot, Edwa. Hitchcock, Edwa. Patteson, Robert Hill.
"6. John Hall, Jno. Wakefield, Timothy Ford, Matthew Rowe.
" 7. Nathaniel Merriman, John Tuttle, Thom. Barnes, Peter Mallory.
" 8. William Bassett, John Benham, Martin Tichener, Philip Leeke.
"9. Edward Camp, John Johnson, William Holt, Isaac White- head.
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" Against the soldiers' seats.
" I. Jno. Sacket, James Eaton, Ralph Lines, Isaac Beecher, Abra. Kimberley.
" 2. John Alling, Edward Perkins, Sam. Marsh, Joseph Benham.
" 3. Henry Morrell, Sam. Hodskins, William Blayden.
" On the bench before the little seat.
" Henry Gibbons, Jno. Vincent.
" Before the governor's seat.
"Rob. Seeley, Rob. Johnson, Tho. Mitchell, Thomas Wheeler, senior.
" Before Mr. Gilbert's seat.
"Jer. Whitnell, Rich. Johnson, Ephraim Pennington, Rich. Hull.
" Before Mr. Tuttle's seat.
" Rob. Pigg, William Thorp, Henry Bristow, Thom. Beamont.
" Before the pillar.
' "Edward Watson.
" THE WOMEN'S SEATS. " The long seats.
"The first as it was.
" In the second, Mrs. Newman added.
" 3. Mrs. Goodenhouse, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Wake- man.
" 4. Mrs. Gibbard, Mrs. Tuttle, Goodwife Gibbs, Goodwife Davis.
"5. Jno. Nash's wife, Mrs. Caffinch, Mrs. Rutherford, Good- wife Lindon, Da. Atwater's wife.
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"6. Goodwife Punderson, Mrs. Yale, Rob. Johnson's wife, Goodwife Seeley, Goodwife Todd, Goody Bradley.
"7. Goodwife Camp, Goo. Osborne, Goo. Thompson, Goo. Moulthrop, Goo. Potter, Will. Russell's wife.
" 8. Goodw. Talmadge, Goodw. Parker, Goodw. Bishop, Goodw. Wheeler, Goodw. Hitchcock, Goodw. Clarke.
"9. Goodw. Wilmot, sen., Goodw. Wilmot, jun., Goodw. Brockett, Goodw. Hall, Goodw. Paine.
"Cross seats.
" I. Mrs. Allerton the elder, Mr. Goodyear's daughters.
" 2. Mrs. Bowers, Goodw. Fowler, Goodw. Jeffrey.
" 3. Goodwife Preston, senior, William Peck's wife, Goodw. Kimberley the elder.
" 4. Sam. Whithead's wife, Goodw. Benham the elder, Jer. Howe's wife.
" 5. Widow Peck, Tho. Johnson's wife, Goodw. Ball, Goodw. Mitchell, Goody Hull, Goodw. Thorp, Goodw. Wakefield.
" In the short seat.
" Goodw. Nash the elder, Roger Alling's wife.
" In the seat before them.
" Goodw. Pigg, Goodw. Browne.
"In the side seats all along.
" I. Mrs. Daniell, Mrs. Mullener, Mrs. Powell, Goodw. Chidsey.
" 2. Goodw. Mix, Mrs. Hodson, Goodw. Patteson, Goodw. Beckley.
" 3. Goodw. Moss, Goodw. Thomas. Goodw. Doolittle, Goodw. Alsop.
" 4. Goodw. Bassett, Goodw. Smith, Goodw. Gibbons, Goodw. Morris.
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" 5. Goodw. Ford, Goodw. Rowe, Goodw. Winston, Goodw. Hill.
" 5. Goodw. Tichener, Goodw. Leeke, Goodw. Pennington, Goodw. Pardee.
" 6. Goodw. Barnes, Goodw. Merriman, Jno. Benham's wife, Edwa. Camp's wife.
" 8. Goodw. Mallory, Goodw. Atkinson, Goodw. Marsh, Goodw. Hodskins.
" Before Mrs. Eaton's seat.
"Goodw. Harriman, Goodw. Glover, Goodw. Andrews, James Russell's wife.
" Before the pillar.
"Goodw. Low, Goodw. Elsey.
" Before Dea. Miles' seat.
" Goodw. Whitnell, Goodw. Watson, Goodw. Halbidge.
" Before Mrs. Allerton's seat.
" Goodw. Judson, Goodw. Mansfield, Goodw. Cooper.
" Permitted to sit in the alley (upon their desire) for conven- ience of hearing.
"Goodw. Beecher the elder, Goodw. Munson, Goodw. Boy- kin, Goodw. Beamont, old Goodw. Johnson."
Another seating of the meeting-house is recorded Feb. 20, 1663.
" In the long seats for men.
" I. Mr. Gilbert, with such other as may be called to ma- gistracy.
" 2. Mr. Jones, Mr. John Davenport, Jr., Mr. Yale, Mr. William Gibbard.
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" 3. Mr. Goodenhouse, Mr. Tuttle, William Judson, John Gibbs, Lieut. Nash.
" 4. Mr. Hodson, William Andrews, John Cooper, Roger Alling, James Bishop.
" 5. William Thompson, William Potter, Matthew Moulthrop, Christopher Todd, William Bradley, John Harriman.
"6. Henry Glover, Nicholas Elsey, John Moss, John Thomp- son, John Brockett, John Winston, Thomas Mix.
" 7. Jeremy Howe, Nathaniel Merriman, Thomas Barnes, George Smith, Timothy Ford, Ralph Lines, William Gibbons.
" 8. Robert Hill, William Meeker, Ephraim Howe, Thomas Harrison, Matthew Rowe, John Johnson, Joseph Mansfield.
"9. Edward Parker, Thomas Lamson, William Trowbridge John Alling, Edward Preston.
" In the short seats at the upper end.
" I. Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Mullener, John Punderson, David Atwater.
" 2. Mr. Field, Mr. Augur, Mr. Nathanael Street, Ensign Munson.
" 3. Sergt. Whitehead, Sergt. Russell, Joseph Alsop, John Chidsey.
"4. Thomas Trowbridge, Thomas Johnson, Jeremiah Os- borne, Allen Ball.
" In the long seat next the wall.
"John Gilbert, Geo. Pardee, Wm. Holt.
" In the little seat.
"Thomas Kimberley, James Russell.
" Before this seat.
"Hen. Gibbons, Wm. Bassett.
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" In the side seats above the door.
" Thos. Powell, William Paine, James Clarke, Abraham Doolittle. .
" 2. Matthias Hitchcock, Andrew Low, Benj. Wilmot, John Thomas, Humph. Spinage.
" 3. Edward Patterson, John Tuttle, Richard Sperry.
"4. John Sacket, Sam. Marsh, Peter Mallery, Robert Foot.
" Below the door.
" I. John Potter, Abraham Dickerman, Isaac Beecher, Thos. Kimberley, Jr.
" 2. - Jonathan Tuttle, James Eaton, John Clark, Isaac Turner.
" 3. John Benham, Geo. Ross, Martin Tichener, Philip Leeke.
" 4. Anthony Elcot, Joseph Benham, Richard Newman, Joseph Potter.
"5. Henry Morrell, Samuel Hodskins, John Brown, Wm. Pringle.
" Against the soldiers' seats.
" I. Sam. Blackley, Will. Wooden, Hen. Humiston, Wm. Wilmot.
" 2. Ellis Mew, James Brooks, John Osbill, James Dennison. " 3. Wm. Chatterton, John Ware.
" Before the governor's seat.
"Thos. Wheeler, Wm. Thorp, Richard Hull, Francis Brown.
" Before Deacon Miles his seat.
"Jeremiah Whitnell, Thos. Morris, Richard Johnson.
"On the steps.
"John Jackson.
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" Before Mr. Rutherford's seat.
" Hen. Bristow, John Hall, Thos. Beamont, Hen. Lines.
" Before the pillar.
" Jeremiah Hull, Edward Perkins.
" In the long seats for women.
" I. Mrs. Goodyear, Mrs. Gilbert.
" 2. Mrs. Gregson, Mrs. Davenport, Mrs. Street, Mrs. Jones.
" 3. Sister Miles, Sister Peck, Sister Lindon, Sister Tuttle, Sister Gibbard.
" 4. Sister Davis, Sister Gibbs, Sister Rutherford, Sister Hod- son, Sister Nash.
" 5. Sister Atwater, Sister Johnson, sen., Sister Judson, Sister Bishop, Sister Mix.
" 6. Sister Bradley, Sister Todd, Sister Moss, Sister Moul- throp, Goodwife Potter, Wm. Russell's wife.
" 7. Sister Osborne, Sister Thompson, Sister Talmadge, Sister Brockett, Sister Smith, Sister Doolittle.
" 8. Goodwife Mansfield, Goodwife Hitchcock, Goodwife Harrison, Sister Merriman, Sister Barnes, John Johnson's wife.
" 9. Ephraim Howe's wife, Ralph Lines's wife, John Potter's wife, Goodwife Spinage, Benj. Wilmot's wife, John Alling's wife.
" In the short seats at the upper end.
" I. Mrs. Allerton, Mrs. Mullener, Mrs. Yale, Hannah Lam- berton.
" 2. Sister Punderson, Sister Kimberly,. Sister Elsey.
" 3. Thomas Trowbridge's wife, Wm. Trowbridge's wife, Sister Thorp, Sister Daniel.
" 4. Sister Howe, Thos. Johnson's wife, Sister Brown, Good- wife Paine.
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" In the long seat next the wall.
" Sister Mitchell, Sister Low, Sister Holt, Sister Hall, Sister Morris, Goodwife Ford, Sister Jackson.
" In the little short seat.
" Sister Alling, Sister Parmelee.
" Before this seat.
" Sister Pennington, Sister Bristow.
" In the side seats above the door.
" I. Sister Powell, Sister Jones, Sister Chidsey, Goodwife Alsop.
" 2. Sister Whitehead, Sister Humiston, Sister Bassett.
" 3. Goodwife Pardee, Sister Thomas, Goodwife Gibbons, Goodwife Rowe.
" 4. Goodwife Meeker, Sister Marsh, John Tuttle's wife, Thos. Tuttle's wife.
" Below the door.
"Sister Tichener, Sister Leeke, Goodwife Dickerman, Good- wife Foot.
" 2. John Benham's wife, Joseph Benham's wife, Edward Preston's wife, Goodwife Hodskins.
" 3. Goodwife Mallery, Hen. Lines's wife, John Brown's wife, Goodwife Beecher.
" 4. Goodwife Newman, Goodwife Humiston, Joseph Pot- ter's wife, Goodwife Wooden.
" Before Deacon Peck's seat.
" Sister Parker, Sister Beamont, Goodwife Ball.
" Before Mrs. Goodyear's seat.
"Sister Harriman, Sister Glover, Sister Munson, James Russell's wife.
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" Before Mrs. Allerton's seat.
" Sister Field, Sister Clark, Goodwife Sperry.
" Before the pillar.
" Sister Cooper.
" Sister Andrews and Sister Boykin had liberty, for conven- ience of hearing, to sit in the alley."
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HOPKINS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
[The full text of Mr. Davenport's Deed of Trust mentioned on p. 291.]
To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come, I John Davenport, sen., pastor of the Church of Christ at New Haven in New England, send greeting :
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Whereas Edward Hopkins, Esquire, sometime of Hartford in the colony of Connecticut in New England aforesaid, governor, and since in Old England deceased, by his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the 7th of March, 1657, did give and bequeath to his father-in-law Theophilus Eaton, Esquire, then governor of New Haven colony, the said John Davenport, Mr. John Cullick and Mr. William Goodwin sometime of Hartford aforesaid, all the residue and remainder of his estate in New England (his due debts being first paid and legacies discharged), and also the sum of £500 out of his estate in Old England within six months after the decease of his wife, Mrs. Anne Hopkins, by the advice of Mr. Robert Thompson and Mr. Francis Willoughby to be made over and conveyed into the hands of the said trustees in New England, in full assurance of their trust and faithfulness in dispose of the said remainder of his estate in New England and of the said £500 in Old England, according to the true intent and purpose of him, the said Edward Hopkins, declared in his said will, viz., for the en- couragement and breeding up of hopeful youths, both at the grammar school and college, for the public service of the coun-
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try in these foreign plantations, as in and by the will doth and may more fully and at large appear.
And whereas the said Mr. William Goodwin and the said John Davenport, the only surviving trustees of the above-named Edward Hopkins, by an instrument or writing under our hands and seals bearing date the 27th of April, 1664, have agreed upon an equitable division, settlement, and dispose of the said remainder of estate above mentioned, received or secured by us severally, or our attornies, and of the said £500, to the use or uses aforesaid ; whereby the sum of £412, part of the said remainder besides the full moiety or half part of the said £500, when it shall become due and received as aforesaid, is by me, the said John Davenport, to be disposed of according to the true intent and meaning of the said testator, as in the said instrument or writing agreed upon : KNOW YE THEREFORE that I, the said John Davenport, in pursuance of the said trust in me reposed, and that the grammar school or college at New Haven already founded and begun may be provided for, maintained, and con- tinued for the encouragement and bringing up of hopeful youths in the languages and other good literature, for the public use and service of the country, according to the sincere and true intent of the donor as above mentioned, and to no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever, do give, grant, infeoff, and confirm, and have by these presents given, granted, infeoffed, and confirmed unto Mr. William Jones, assistant of the colony of Connecticut, the reverend Mr. Nicholas Street, teacher of the Church of Christ at New Haven, Mr. Matthew Gilbert, Mr. John Davenport, jun. and James Bishop, commissioned magis- trates, Deacon William Peck, and Roger Alling, and to their successors to be nominated, appointed, and chosen as hereafter in these presents is ordered and directed, the said sum of $412, and the said moiety or half-part of the said £500, and all and every other sum or sums of money, or other estate which is or may be due by virtue of the aforesaid grant or agreement for-
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ever, under the name or title of the Committee of Trustees for the said trust, invested hereby with full power and authority to improve and dispose of the said sums or estate as before ex- pressed, and to oversee, regulate, order, and direct the said grammar or collegiate school according to their best skill, under- standing, and ability, in pursuance of the said trust and ends, in full assurance that they, the said committee and their suc- cessors regularly chosen and appointed, shall so manage and dispose of the said sums or other estate herein mentioned, to the true ends, purposes, and intents of the said donor, in his last will and testament declared and expressed, and to the true meaning and intent of me, the said John Davenport, in these presents before declared and directed, or to be hereby further declared and directed, and not otherwise : that is to say, for the pur- chasing a farm or farms for a yearly revenue for the school- master, or building such dwelling-house for the schoolmaster as the said committee, their successors, or the major part of them, shall judge necessary and convenient ; and the said house and present school-house (being granted and confirmed by the said town of New Haven for the use of the said school) to uphold, maintain, and keep in good and sufficient repair from time to time, out of the rents, issues, and profits of the said money or estate so given and granted as aforesaid. And the said committee, or the major part of them, or of their suc- cessors, meeting together from time to time, in some convenient place and agreeing, are hereby fully empowered and authorized to consult, determine, and conclude, act, and do in the prem- ises as is above ordained, appointed, and directed, and to conclude, act, and do, all other thing or things thereabouts in pursuance of the said trust and the true meaning and intent of the foresaid donor, as fully and amply as I, the said John Dav- enport, by virtue of the trust to me committed in and by the said will, or by any other way or means whatsoever might law- fully do in the dispose of the said estate, all, or any part of it,
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to the ends aforesaid; and do further invest them, the said committee and their successors, and the major part of them, with full power, authority, and trust, to order, regulate, and direct the said collegiate school, by such laws and rules as are by me provided, or shall be further as additionals by them, or the major part of them, judged necessary and expedient for the better ordering, regulating, and directing of the said school for the advancement of learning and good government therein ; and to make choice of such schoolmaster (and usher, if need be) as they shall approve of to be sufficiently qualified to undertake such a charge, and able to instruct and teach the three learned languages, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, so far as shall be necessary to prepare and fit youth for the college ; and to state and allow out of the said rents and profits such yearly stipend and salary toward his or their encouragement and main- tenance as they, the said committee, or the major part of them, or of their successors, shall judge meet and convenient ; and also upon just grounds, either insufficiency, wilful neglect of trust, scandal, or the like causes, to exclude or remove him or them upon due proof and conviction of such offences, and to provide, to nominate, and choose some other fit person or per- sons in his or their room and place. And that there may be a certain and orderly succession of able and fit persons to manage the several trusts herein before mentioned in the room and place of any of the said committee or trustees before named, that shall die or remove his or their dwelling from New Haven afore- said, the said committee, or the major part of them surviving, shall immediately, or at furthest within three months after, choose such other person or persons of known integrity and faithful- ness, to succeed in the room and place of any such person or persons so dying or removing as aforesaid, that the work may be carried on (in the said grammar or collegiate school) hereby committed to them, that so learning may be duly encouraged and furthered therein, in the training up of such hopeful youth
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