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Newman, John, 96 note
Newman, Rev., 152
Newport, 13, 204, 206, 207, 231, 236 note; 239, 300, 402, 409, 437, 440, 441, 442, 444, 471 note; 477, 478, 483, 497, 510, 524, 525, 526, 527, 529, 531, 536, 589, 633, 639, 655
Newspapers, first newspaper published in North America, 238, 375; newspaper notices 1704, 239 ; first newspaper published in New London, 472, 654-655, (see also New London Summary) first newspaper in Connecticut, 472 note; Green's newspaper, 516; newspapers in 1852, 654; review of newspaper history, 654-658 Newton, Israel (Maj.), 391
Newton, Maj., 392
Newton, Samuel, 419
Newtown (alias Cambridge) , 26
Newtown, L. I., 93, 315 note
Niantic, (Nahantick, Naihantick, Naihanticot, Naihanticut, Naihantik, Nayantaquit, Nayantick, Nayhantic, Nayhantick, Niantecutt, Niantick, Nihantick), 4, 24; Winthrop's contract for, 27, 64, 65 and note; 71, 90, 94; grants, 95, 99; east and west, 103, 104, 123, 128, 136, 138, 142, 158, 161, 171, 239, 264, 265, 291, 298; Indian path to, 300, 310-311; soldier land, 323; 327, 360, 361, 398, 402, 404, 425, 611, 612 note
Niantic Bar (Nahantick), 168, 281, 402
Niantic Bay, (Nahantic, Nahantick, Nayhantick, Niantick) (Black Bay), 20, 24 and note; 49, 65, 124, 165, 166, 170, 196, 260, 261, 487, 525, 610, 617
Niantic Bridge (see item following), 121
Niantic Bridge Company, 614, 615 Niantic Cove, 610
Niantic Ferry (Nahantick, Niantick), see Ferry, Niantic; see also Rope Ferry
88
Niantic Fort (Nahantick, Nayantaquit), 24, 127 Niantic Gut (Nahantick), 94
Niantic Indians (Nahantics, Nahanticks, Nayanticks), Pequots, Mohe- gans and Nahantics, 19-21; 20 note; 30, 38, 42, 107, 170, 182, 187, 616; reservation, 617; Eastern, 20, 52; Western, 20, 27 Niantic River, (Nahantic, Nahantick, Nayantaquit, Nayantick, Nay- hantick, Niantick), 20, 24 and note; 48, 127, 143, 169, 260, 310, 317, 342, 348, 355, 404, 610 and note, 611, 614, 616, 621 note
Niantic road (Nahantick), 71
Niantic, (Naihantick) way-side, named Jordan, 136
Nicholls, see Nichols
Nichols, , 61, 74, 138
Nichols, Ann (-) (Mrs.) Isbell, (Mrs. William Nichols), 272, 289 Nichols, Gov., 40, 157
Nichols, Widow, 198
Nichols, William, 60, 65, 66, 74, 121, 141, 144, 270, 272; sketch, 289, 342 Nichol's Cod ("Nicholl's") (Islet in Thames River), 121
Nicholson, James (Capt.), 543
Nickols, see Nichols
Niger, (vessel), 524, 525
Niles, Harry (Pequot Harry), 629
Niles, Robert (Capt.), 538
Niles farmhouse, 325
Niles' Register, 663
Ninigret (Indian sachem), 99
Ninnicraft (Indian), 184
Nipmuck Country, 19
Nipmuck region, 185
Nipmucks, 53, 54 Nipmug, 65 note
Nixon, Col., 514 note
Noank, (Naiwayonk, Naiwayuncke, Nawayonk, Naywayonck, Noway- unck), 4; Indians of, 79, 123, 138, 324, 325, 398, 602, 603
Nonesuch, 617
Nonsense, Fort, see Fort Nonsense
Norcott, Capt., 582
Norris, Matthew, (Capt.), 442
North, Elisha, (Dr.), 231 note; 671
North, John, (Dr.), 231
North America, 238, 375, 385, 390
North Carolina, 243, 623
North Church (Boston), 495
North Groton, 346, 373, 419, 421, 443, 602 North Kingston, R. I., 438
North Parish, see Montville
North Society (Groton), 420
North Stonington, 97, 130, 410, 432, 437, 605, 629
Northampton, 185, 382, 397, 456
Northamptonshire, 300 "Northern Countries," 343 Northrop, Daniel, 299 Northrop, Sarah (Haughton) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Daniel Northrop), 299 Norton, 113 Norton, Capt., killed by Pequots, 27; 30 Norton, William, 441 Norwalk, 292, 511 Norway, 653
89
Norwich (Norwitch), 3, 13, 14, 21 note; 66 note; 122, 128, 132, 143, 154, 156 and note; 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 165, 172 and note; 180, 181, 182 note; 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 220, 240, 242, 245, 250, 251, 253, 254, 259, 261, 292, 294, 300, 303, 304, 307 note; 309, 319, 323, 324 and note; 335, 340, 349, 350, 358, 361, 364, 365, 368, 371, 372, 373, 380, 384, 385, 393, 424, 425, 426, 428, 430, 445, 448, 456, 459, 468, 501, 506 note; 516, 518, 530, 536, 537, 539, 540, 544, 566, 569 note; 571, 573 note; 574, 577 and note; 582, 597, 615 note; 625, 630 and note; specie of New London banks transferred to, (War of 1812), 631; 631 note; Norwich green, 183 note, 513
Norwich, England, 142, 341
Norwich Landing, 636
Norwich road, 122, 372, 391, 411, 475, refugees 1781 fed at home near, 547; cannon ball goes through door of house on, 552; Eunice Bolles murdered near, 576; 584
Nothing, John, 365
Nott, Samuel, (Rev.), (of Norwich), 571
Nottinghamshire, 156
Nova Scotia, 335, 469, 470, 551
Nowequa, see Waweequaw
Noyes, Dorothy (Stanton) (Mrs.), (Mrs. James Noyes), 297
Noyes, James, 130 note
Noyes, James, (Rev.), 106, 285, 297, 379
Noyes, Moses, (Rev.), 285
Noyes, Ruth (Picket) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Moses Noyes), 285
Nyccolls, see Nichols 640, 646, 648, 649, 658, 659, 663, 664, 670, 678 note
Oakes, Edward (Rev.), ministry of, 195 and note
Obed, 171
Obed land, 171
Obituaries of the early settlers, 267-374
Occubauk, 283
Occuish, Hannah, execution of, 576-577, 588
Occuish, Philip, 617
Ocean Ave., see Town Hill
Officers, Town Officers, circ. 1648, 56
Oglesby, Ruth (Fosdick) (Mrs.), 344
Ohio, 601
Ohio River, 125
Ohomo wauk (e), see Owl's Nest
Okace, see Uncas
Okkuish, see Occuish
Okoco, see Uncas
Old burial ground, see Burial ground, Ancient
Old Defence, (vessel), 506 note; 539
Old Huckleberry Meeting-house, see Meeting-house, Old Huckleberry Old Spain, 483 note
"Old Synagogue" (Nickname), 616
Old Town Mill, established, 66-67; names of those who worked at the mill dam, 74; fortified, 85; leased to James Rogers, 90; 91, 403, 552 (see also mills)
Oldest inhabitants, 1860, 686
Oldham, Mr., 28; killed at Block Island, 29
Oliver, Capt., 540
Oliver, Commodore, 632
Oliver, James, (Capt.), 233 note
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90
Oliver, Richard, (of London), 477 note Oliver, Thomas, (of Cambridge), 477 note Oliver, Thomas, (Capt.), 477 note Oliver Cromwell, (vessel), 528, 532, 539 and notes; 541 note Olmsted, , 623
Oneco farm-house, 479
Onkace, Onkas, Onkos, see Uncas
Orchard fight, 532
Ordination balls, 434
Orphan House, (Florida), 460
Orpheus, (British vessel), 630 and note; 632
Otis, Joseph, 433, 435
Otis, Nathaniel, (living in 1721-1722), 432
Otis, Nathaniel, (living in 1813), 579
Otter, (vessel), 530
Owaneco (Indian), 165, 185, 261, 353, 410, 425, 426; meaning of name, 427 and note; 428; death of, 429, 430, 431 and note
Owen, Anna (Morgan) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Owen), 418
Owen, John (Rev.), 418 and note; 419, 420, 434, 443, 454
Owen, John, (town-clerk and teacher), 419, 619, 621, 622 and note; 667 Owen, Mary (Fitch) (Mrs.), Hillhouse, (Mrs. John Owen), 418 and note, 434
Owl Swamp, 122
Owl's Nest (Ohomowauk[e]), prisoners of, 37; 604
Ox pasture, The, 57
Oxford College, 670
Oxford, New York, 588 note
Oxo-pang-suck, 123
Oxy-boxy, 123
Oyster Bay, L. I., 218, 344 Oyster Ponds, 460
Pacific Ocean, 642, 643, 685 Packer, 75,316
Packer, Benjamin, 324
Packer, Elizabeth, 347
Packer, Elizabeth, (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Packer), 324
Packer, James, (Capt.), 324, 325; visit to Sir John Davie, 417; 440, 441, 444
Packer, John, 70, 96, 138, 312; sketch, 324-325
Packer, John, 2nd, 324, 327
Packer, Joseph, 324, 325
Packer, Lydia (Latham) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Packer, 2nd), 312, 324 Packer, Mary (Williams) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Samuel Packer), 349
Packer, Rebecca, 324, 325
Packer, Rebecca, (Wells) (Mrs.), Latham (Mrs. John Packer), 312, 324 Packer, Richard, 324
Packer, Samuel, 324, 349
Packer, Sarah, (Miller) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Packer, 2nd), 327
Packwood, Joseph (Capt.), 578 note
Packwood, William, 582
Pactolus, (British vessel), 637
Paget, Henry, 402
Paguran, (Indian name), 170 Paine, Elisha, 427 Painesville, Ohio, 345 Palestine, 124 Palmer, (place), 664
91
Palmer, Ann (Denison) (Mrs.), 334 Palmer, Grace, 326
Palmer, Hannah (Stanton) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Nehemiah Palmer), 297
Palmer, Jonathan, 577
Palmer, Nathan (Capt.), 526
Palmer, Nehemiah, 297
Palmer, Rebecca, 304
Palmer, Reuben (Elder), 607
Palmer, Walter, Gov. Haynes grant at Pawkatuck sold to, 102; 104, 278 note; 285, 304, 326
Palmer Baptist Church (Montville), 607
Palmes, 152, 180, 239 note; 363, 402
Palmes, (-) (Mrs.), Davis, (Mrs. Edward Palmes), 360
Palmes, Andrew, 360, 402, 669
Palmes, Andrew, Jr., 360
Palmes, Bryan, 91, 360
Palmes, Edward, Town clerk 1684, 666
Palmes, Edward, (Major), 90, 91, 94, 143, 164, 166, 167, 168, 170, 180, 181 note; 183, 187 and note; 188 and note; 195, 223, 224; appeal to England, 226-227; 239, 249 note; 250, 251, 253, 341; sketch, 360; 361, 364, 396, 402
Palmes, Edward (son of Andrew) (Capt.), 360, 444
Palmes, Guy, (of New Haven), 360
Palmes, Guy, (son of Andrew), 360
Palmes, Guy, (son of Edward), 91, 360
Palmes, Guy, (Dr.), 444
Palmes, Lucy, 91, 189 and note
Palmes, Lucy, (Winthrop) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Edward Palmes), 90, 94, 189 and note; 190, 360
Palmes, Sarah, 360
Palmes family, 402
Pamechaug farm ("Pawmechaug"), 202, 365, 425
Parade (first called Fort Hill) (see also Fort on Parade), grant of, 77; 133, 180; fortified house on, 183; 258, 302, 358, 407; site for Episcopal Church, 441; church land on, 475; 476; tea burned on, 507; buildings destroyed, 1781, 553, 592, 620; beginnings of, 624; 626, 648, 660; sale of old jail on, 664, 671, 675
Paris, peace of, 478
Parish, until 1704, one ecclesiastical parish from Niantic Bay to Paw- katuck River, 487
Parish, North, see Montville
Parke, 70, 75, 98, 116
Parke, Alice, 282 and note
Parke, Deacon, 138
Parke, Dorothy, 282, 311
Parke, Dorothy, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Parke), 70 note, 282
Parke, John, 282
Parke, Martha, 282
Parke, Mary, (Allyn) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Parke), 157-158
Parke, Nathaniel, 282
Parke, Paul, Rev. (of Preston), 571
Parke, R., 73
Parke, Robert, 56, 66, 67, 69, 74, 76 and note; 85, 96, 98, 103, 104, 108 and note; 115, 152; sketch, 282
Parke, Robert, (son of Thomas), 282 Parke, Samuel, 282
Parke, Thomas, 67, 70 note; 74, 98, 102 note; 118 note; 157-158, 192, 268, 282, 311, 315
92
Parke, Thomas, Jr., 282
Parke, William, (Deacon), (of Roxbury), 282
Parke, William, (printer), 472
Parke, William, (son of Thomas), 282
Parker, , (see also Packer), 75, 231, 316, 472 note Parker, (or Packer), , (Christophers) (Mrs.), 316
Parker, H., (of Boston), 448
Parker, James & Co., (newspaper firm), 655
Parker, Jonathan, 306
Parker, Mary, 306, 353
Parker, Peter, Sir, 524
Parker, Ralph, 67, 71, 135; and wife, 144; 161, 166, 183, 238, 291; sketch, 306; 312, 329, 353, 354
Parker, Rebecca, 329
Parker, Susannah, 306, 312
Parker, Susannah (Keeney), (Mrs.), (Mrs. Ralph Parker), 291, 306
Parker, Thomas, 306
Parker, Timothy, (Capt.), 539, 541 note
Parkes, 140
Parkin, John Still W., 668
Parkin, Richard W., 624
Parliament, act of making New London chief post-office in Conn., 375; edict shutting port of Boston, 502
Parry, Edward, (Capt.), 239
Parsonage, first, 140; old Congregational, 288; 588
Parsons, (Col.), 508, 514 note
Parsons, Enoch, 479 note
Parsons, Gen., 523 note; 528, 529
Parsons, Mary (Sullivan) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Enoch Parsons), 479 note
Parsons, Rev. Mr., (of Lyme), 450, 453
Parsons, Samuel H., 503
Parsons, Samuel H., (Maj.), 513-514
Particular Court, 149, 164, 284
Passaic River, 155 Patagonia, 641
Pataquonk, (Sergeant's Head), 171
Patent and Patentees of New London, 1704, 259-262
"Path to Pequot," 134
Patmos, Isle of, see Plum Island
Patrick, Capt., 36
Patten, Nathaniel, (Rev.), 586
Pawcatuck, (Paucatuck, Pawkatuck, Pockatuck, Pwokatock), 76, 78, 84, 93, 94; beginnings, 99; 100, 101, 102, 103 and note; controversy for the jurisdiction of, 104-107; assigned to Mass., made a town and named Southerton, 104; Southerton named "Mistick," 106; "Mistick" named Stonington, 106; Pawkatuck (or South- erton), made part of Conn. by charter of Charles II, 106; 129; Pawkatuck rates, 137; 285, 328, 333
Pawkatuck Bridge, 641
Pawcatuck Neck, (Pawkatuck), 101
Pawcatuck, (Pawkatuck River), 14, 19, 20, 22, 24, 76, 99, 101, 106, 107, 129, 237, 249, 356, 409, 487
Peace Ball, 637
Peagscomtuck, (Canterbury), 371
Peake, Abigail (Comstock) (Mrs.), (Mrs. William Parke, Jr.), 316
Peake, Elizabeth, (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Peake), 316
Peake, John, 316
Peake, John, Jr., 316
93
Peake, Ruth, 316 Peake, Samuel, 316 Peake, Sarah, 315
Peake, William, 142, 145, 314; sketch, 315-316; 325 and note
Peake, William, Jr., 316
Peake, William, 3rd, 316
Peake land, 325 note
Pearl St., 290, 627, 678, 679
Pease, John, 250-251
Peconic Bay, 639 note
Peck, John (Elder), 599
Peeweet, 26 note
Pekoath (father of Sassacus), see Wo-pequoit
Pell, , 138
Pember, Agnes, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Pember), 355
Pember, Ann, 355
Pember, Elizabeth, 355
Pember, John, 355
Pember, Mercy, 355
Pember, Thomas, 265; sketch, 355
Pember, Thomas, Jr., 355
Pemberton, Elizabeth, 345
Pemberton, James, 345
Pemberton, James, 2nd, 345
Pemberton, Joseph, 265; sketch, 345
Pemberton, Joseph, Jr., 345
Pemberton, Mary, 345 Pemberton, Mary, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Joseph Pemberton), 345
Pendall, William, 265
Pendleton, Benjamin (Capt.), 516
Penniman, James, 676
Penniman House, 676 Penobscot, 543
People's Advocate and New London County Republican, (Newspaper), 657
Pepper-box, church called, 436-437 Pequaw-hock (clam), 124
Pequot, (Pequet, Pequett, Pequid, Pequit, Pequitt, Pequod, Pequoet, Pequott, Pequt), 20 note; 34 note; 36, 38 note; first grant at, 41; 42 and notes; 44, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54; Nameaug called Pequot, 58; Pequot plantation, 58, 59, 67; court orders respect- ing Pequot, 63-64; 65 and note; 66 and note; 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 78, 83, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 109, 115, 118 note; 126, 127; "path to," 134; 158, 159, 161, 164, 270, 272, 274, 277, 282, 286, 289, 309, 310, 311, 333, 352, 363, 364
Pequot coast, 24
Pequot country or territory, first English residence in, 39, 45, 48, 105, 106, 119, 122, 163, 164, 169, 170
Pequot Harbor (Pecoat), 20 note; 27; visit to, 30; 33, 35; Mason's march to, 36; 41, 42, 43, 86, 99, 155, 170, 269, 277, 284, 355 Pequot Harry, execution of, 629
Pequot Hill, 20 Pequot House, 683
"Pequot of a hundred years," 620
Pequot River (Pequod), see Thames River Pequot-sepos, 78, 98
94
Pequot War, 19, 20 and note; 21, 32, 36 note; end of, 38; 55, 64, 98 and note; 105, 123, 170, 296, 297, 336
Pequotice, see Saw-mill Brook
Pequots, (Pequats, Pequatoos, Pequims, Pequts), 19, 20 and note; 21 and note; 22, 23, 24; Stone and Norton killed by, 27-28; 29, 30, 32 note ; 34, 35, 36 and note; 37; Pequot captain taken pris- oner, 37 note; 38, 41, 42, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54; horror of the Pequot name, 55; 79, 97, 98 note; missionaries to, 103; 128-129, (see also heading "Missionaries (to Indians"), 105, 106, 107, 119, 123; the two Pequot bands, 129-130; 181, 182, 184, 185, 187, 313, 324, 356; condition about, 1850, 604-605, 673
Pereau, , 579
Periwig contribution, 211
Perkins, 567
Perkins, Elias, 615; mayor, 620; 1st president of New London Bank, 662; member of congress, birth and death dates, 667; marriage, 671
Perkins, Elijah, 671
Perkins, Lucretia Shaw (Woodbridge) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Elias Perkins), 671
Perkins, Mary, 663
Perkins, Nathaniel Shaw, (graduate of Yale 1842), 669
Perkins, Nathaniel Shaw, M.D., (graduate of Yale 1812), 286 note; 662, 668 and note
Perkins, Thomas Shaw, 514 note, 668
Perkins & Smith (whaling firm), 644, 647
Perriman house, 320
Persey, Robert, 265
Pessacus, 43
Peter (surname), see Peters
Peters, Hugh, 28, 40 note; 43, 44 note
Peters, Major, (of Norwich), prevents blowing up of Fort Griswold, 566 and note
Peters, Mr., 52, 53
Peters, (Peter), Mr. (of Salem), 45
Peters, Samuel, (Rev.), (of Hebron), 458, 494
Peters, Thomas, coadjutor of Winthrop, 43; 44; uncle of Mrs. Winthrop, 44 note; commission of Winthrop and Peters, 45; 46-47 and note
Peterson, Ake, 252
Peterson, Ellen, 686
Peterson, Mary (Wedge) Mrs.), (Mrs. Ake Peterson), 252
Petty Harbor, 234
Pew rivalry, 379-380
Phenix, (British frigate), 534
Phenix, (whaling vessel), (see also Phenix), 642
Phenix Guano Co., 685
Phenix Islands, 685
Philadelphia, 348 and note; 442, 475 and note; 479 note; 484, 503, 507, 508, 510, 576, 610, 643, 671
Philip, (often called King Philip), (Indian chief), 181, 182, 186, 188 note Philip's War, see King Philip's War
Phillips, 85
Phillips, Henry, 146
Phillips, Patience, 434 note
Phipps, William, Sir, 256
Phoenix, (whaling vessel), (see also Phenix), 646
Picket, , 89, 97, 171, 238, 241, 363
95
Picket, Adam, 236, 238, 260, 286, 363
Picket, Adam, Jr., 286
Picket, Elizabeth (Mulford) (Mrs.), Christophers, (Mrs. John Picket, 3rd), 318
Picket, Hannah, 286
Picket, Hannah (Wetherell) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Adam Picket), 286, 363
Picket, John, 76, 86, 125, 152, 238, 276, 277; sketch, 285-286 and note; 308, 344, 350
Picket, John, (whose wife died in the epidemic of 1689), 198
Picket, John, Jr., 285, 286
Picket, John, 3rd, 240, 286, 318
Picket, John, 4th, 470 note , (see Parkhurst MS)
Picket, John, 5th, 286
Picket, John, (graduate of Yale 1705), 668
Picket, John, (graduate of Yale 1732), 668
Picket, Mrs., (died 1689), 198
Picket, Mary, (daughter of John Picket, 1st), 285, 350
Picket, Mary, (daughter of John Picket, 4th), 286
Picket, Mary, (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Picket, 4th), 470 note; (see Parkhurst MS.)
Picket, Mercy, 286 and note; 344
Picket, Ruth, 285
Picket, Ruth (Brewster) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Picket, 1st), 277, 285, 286, 308
Picket, William, 285, 286
Picket and Christophers, 238
Picket lot, 67, 89, 238, 286 and note; 344, 628
Picket St., see Brewer St.
Pickworth, John, 77 Pierce, Daniel, 436
Pierce, Timothy, (Major), 325
Pierpont, 452
Pierson, Abigail, 350
Pierson, Abraham, (Rev.), 156
Pierson, Abraham, Jr., (Rev.), 156
Piggin, see Pygan
Pigot, Hugh, Sir, 630
Pike, see Peake
Pine Neck, 94, 117, 121, 317, 611
Pine Street Church, Boston, 592
Pine Swamp of Groton, 37 note
Pinevert, John, 580
Pinsion, .133
Pirate, (vessel), 483
Piriou, Bathsheba, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Harvey Piriou), 624 Piriou, Harvey, 624
Piriou property, 624 and note Pitt, 473
Pizarro, (whaling vessel), 642, 644
Plain (e) Lake, (Lake Konomoc), see Lake's Pond or Lake Plainfield, 190, 253, 276, 301, 394, 669 Plaisted, (vessel), 240
Plan of the town, oriignal, 179-180 Plank vessel built, 576
Pleasant St., see Federal St.
Pleasure Beach, see Poquyogh Plimouth Patten, 114 Plimpton, Robert, 265
96
Plum, (surname), see also Plumbe
Plum Island, (Isle of Patmos), 121, 339, 344, 517, 530; ship wrecked on, 540, 568, 615
Plumb house, 406, 552
Plumbe, -, 252, 258, 401
Plumbe, George, 337
Plumbe, Greene, 337, 570
Plumbe, John, (died 1696), 238, 250, 265, 302 and note; sketch, 336 and note, 337
Plumbe, John, Jr., 91, 259, 337, 378, 398, 428, 488. As the death date of John Plumbe, Sr. is given as 1696, we assumed that items men- tioning John Plumbe, and occurring within a reasonable time after that date, should be assigned to John Plumbe, Jr.
Plumbe, Joseph, 337
Plumbe, Mercy, 337
Plumbe, Samuel, 337
Plumbe, Sarah, 337
Plymouth, 36, 112, 114, 160, 276, 277, 396
Plymouth colony, 111, 155, 186
Plymouth, England, 235, 366
Poccatuck Path, 66
Pokatannock River, 97
Pockatuck, Pokatucke, see Pawcatuck
Pocketannock grants, 97
Pocomticks, see Pokomticks
Point Judith, 186, 526, 531, 542
Point of Rocks, 238 and note
Pokomticks; Uncas invaded by Narragansetts and Pokomticks, 127 Polar regions, 685 note
Pole's Hill, 290
Police Court, 676
Polly, Abigail (1) (Mrs.), Sharswood (Mrs. George Polly), 348
Polly, George, 348
Polly, (prize vessel), 541
Pomeroy, Rev. Mr., (of Hebron), 456
Pomham, Ruth (Indian), 625
Pompey (negro man) , 365
Pool, David, 544
Pool, Thomas, 579
Pool property, 279 Poole, 288
Poole, Richard, 70, 271; sketch, 278; 290, 307
Poole, Thomas (Mrs.), 132 note
Poole's Hill, 290
"Poor and Bettering House," see Alms house Poor, town's, 259; see also Alms house
Pope, 481, 482
Pope-day, 480-482
Popple swamp, 124
Population, see Census
Poqua (Indian word), 124
Poqua-tannock, see Poquetanock
Poquag, 124
Poquetanuck, (Pokatonnock, Pocktannuck, Poqua-tannock), 97, 124, 125, 128, 196, 276 and note; 350, 415, 487, 576 (see also Ledyard) Poquetanuck Cove, (Paukatannuk, Poccatannoc, Poquetannuck), 66, 161, 165, 261 Poquiem, see Uncas
97
Poquonock, (Pequonnuck, Pequonock, Poquanuck, Poquonuck), 58 and note; 61, 67, 96, 152, 189, 192, 241, 264, 265, 302, 323, 332, 337 note; 415, 419, 443
Poquonock Bay, 415
Poquonock Cove, 96
Poquonock Creek or River, 61, 415, 548 note
Poquonup (name of Indian), 605
Poquyogh, (Poquayogh, Poquiogh), James Rogers' Cove, later Pleasure Beach, 95, 124, 241, 406
Port-au-Prince, powder received from, 509
Port Mahon, 366
Port of New London, petition to make New London a free port, 229; sketch of the trade of the port, 483-485
Porter, Isaac G. (Dr.), 663
Porter's Rocks, 356
Portland, 173, 305 and note; formerly Falmouth, 529
Porto Bello, 387, 388
Portsmouth, 266, 277
Portsmouth (England), 241, 478, 537, 685
Post, , 294
Post, Rebecca (Bruen) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Post), 155-156
Post, Richard, 60, 62, 69 note; 76, 83, 141
Post, Sarah, 303
Post, Thomas, 156
Post Hill, 62, 68, 76, 141, 288, 294, 305, 310, 629
Post Hill homestead, 295
Post Lot, 294
Post-office, Post-offices and postage in 1710, 375; New London made chief post-office in Connecticut in 1710, 375; in City Hall, 676
Potter, 518
Potter, Abigail, (Mrs.), 628
Potter, George, 595
Potter, William, 475
Potter St., 628
Potts, William, 265, 346
Poulain, , 579
Pound, Town, 111; want of, 253
Pound corner, 111; 608
Pound St., see Williams St.
Powder, Shaw's purchases of powder, 508
Powder Island, 121, 474-475
Powell, Adam (of Newport), 444
Powell, Elizabeth, 444
Powers, Howland, 581
Powers, Joseph, 159
Powers farm-house, 617
Pratt, Elizabeth (Griswold) (Mrs.), Rogers (Mrs. Peter Pratt), 208, 209 Pratt, Lieut., 249
Pratt, Mary, (Mrs.), 416 note
Pratt, Peter, 208, 209, 298
Pratt, Peter, Jr., his book against Rogers, 209
Pratt, William D., 499 note
Prentice, see Prentis
Prentis, 139, 167, 241, 292
Prentis, Alice, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Valentine Prentis), 328 Prentis, Amos, 502
Prentis, Ann, (married Capt. Thomas Hosmer), 330 Prentis, Ann, (married Richard Law), 670
98
Prentis, Anna, 318
Prentis, Elizabeth, 329
Prentis, Elizabeth, 2nd, 330 1
Prentis, Elizabeth (Latimer) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Jonathan Prentis), 288 Prentis, Elizabeth (Rogers) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Stephen Prentis), 208, 330 Prentis, Esther, 329
Prentis, Hannah, 329
Prentis, Hester, (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Prentis), 328, 329
Prentis, Irene, 330
Prentis, John (died 1691), 83, 87, 94, 135, 136, 141, 144, 152, 170, 195, 218, 235, 238, 252, 258, 295; sketch, 328-330, 361
Prentis, John, erected a saw-mill at Niantic circ. 1693, 404
Prentis, John, Jr., (Capt.), (died 1714-1715), 235, 252, 258, 259, 329- 330, 360, 382, 427, 428
Prentis, John, (Capt.), (died 1746-1747), 386, 391, 392, 393, 394, 488 (Another John?)
Prentis, John, (son of latter Capt. John), 394 (compare carefully items and dates of the various men by the name of John Prentis) Prentis, Jonathan, 195, 236, 238, 259, 288, 326, 329, 390 note; 398, 487
Prentis, Joseph, 329
Prentis, Mercy, 252, 329
Prentis, Patience, 330
Prentis, 329
Prentis, Ralph, 329
Prentis, Rebecca, (Parker), (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Prentis), 329
Prentis, Sarah, 330
Prentis, Sarah (Jones) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Prentis, Jr.), 288, 329
Prentis, Stephen, 208, 259, 329, 330, 403
Prentis, Thomas, 240, 329, 385
Prentis, Valentine, 328
Prentis, Valentine, (of Woodbury), 329
Prentis brothers, 87, 238
Prentis- (Frink and Prntis, whaling firm), 647
Prentis lot, 83 note
Prerogative court, 253
Presbyterians, 206, 490; "Ecclesiastical Presbyterian establishment of Chesterfield Society," 608-609
President, (vessel), 637
Preston, 14, 253, 261, 282, 311, 346, 373, 530, 567, 571
Preston, Chenango county, N. Y., 614
Prime, N. S., (Author's name), 639 note; 640 note
Primogeniture, English law of, 412
Prince, (surname), 19
Princeton, 533
Princeton College, 671
Printers, Early, 357-358; 471-472
Printice, see Prentis
Printing, Thos. Short, 357; The Greens, 405, 471-472, 488, 577 note; newspapers, 472, 478, 654-658; Spooner family, 655-656 Prior, Elisha, 519 note
Prison, see Jail, see also Sugar-house, (prison)
Prison ships, 527-528
Prisoners, exchanges, (Rev. War), 527-528
Prisoners of the Owl's Nest, 37
Privateering, French privateers, 257, 474; a "New London privateer," 1757, 470; "two privateers of Providence," 1758, 471; 535-542; New York or Tory privateers, 541; 571, 581
Probate Court- Prerogative or probate court, 253, 317, 676
99
Probate records, part destroyed Sept. 6, 1781, 503-504; 570-571; 676 Proctor, John, 318, 368
Proctor, Lucretia (Arnold) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Proctor), 368 Proctor, Lydia, (Richards) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Proctor), 318 Proprietors, deceased and non-resident, 152
"Proselyte," (song), 498 Prospect Hill, 325 note
Prosperous, (vessel), 238
Protestant Episcopal, see Episcopal church
Protestant Methodist, see Methodists Independent
Protestants, 307
Prout,, 371
Prout, John (Capt.), 235 and note
Prout, Sarah, 373
Prout family, mentioned, 371
Providence, (Deity), 546, 548
Providence, R. I., 159, 186, 277, 380, 388, 442, 445, 447, 460, 471, 490, 510, 513, 524 note, 682
Providence, (vessel), 236, 251
Province galley, 258
Prowse, Robert, 308 Prudden, 201 Prychard, Hugh, 111 Psalter, 395
Punderson, Ebenezer, (Rev.), 420
Puritan magistrates, 246
Puritanism, mentioned, 498
Putnam, (vessel), 531, 532; account of, 543
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