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Hopkins, Edward, allowed to trade at Warra- noke, 57; his mill attached, 67 ; proposes a trade in cotton, 59, 75 ; desired to adjust dif-
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ferences with the Dutch, 68, 566 ; sent to fur- ther a union of the colonies, 90; to press sol- diers for defence of Uncas, 94 ; engagement for exportation of corn, 116; comm'r of U. Colonies, 128; agent for Mr. Fenwick, 132, 134 ; proposed departure for England, 222 ; absent, 257; letter to be sent to, 261; his death, 341 ; legacy to the colony, 374, 578; orders respecting his estate, 322, 338, 341, 345, 350, 370, 374, 418.
Horses, penalty for selling to Indians, 284; not to be exported without entering marks, 356. House of correction to be built, 47 ; allowance to keeper of, 204.
Householders ; unmarried men not to be, 8 ; not to entertain young men in families, 8.
Huntington ; inhabitants of admitted under this government, 348, 377, 379 ; exempted from taxes, 380; order respecting, 382 ; officers appointed, 401, 406, 428 ; freemen admitted, 428.
Idleness, to be punished, 528.
Impressment of men, arms &c. when authorized, 94 ; for war with the Dutch, 241.
Indians; orders regulating trade with, in arms, &c., 1, 74, 79, 138, 163 ; in corn, 11, 13, 19 ; for beaver, 20 ; in venison, 74; on L. Island, 72 ; in timber, 214; in liquors, 47, 263, 338, 354; a general trade with, proposed, 113; trade with Dutch and French prohibited, 197, 218 ; sale of horses, boats &c. to, prohibited, 284 ; rights of, protected, 14, 355 ; sachems answerable for their tribes, 19; Indians not to enter houses, handle arms &c., 52, 73, 106, 235, 294; in plantations, at night, may be shot, if they resist, 46, 240 ; not to bring arms into the towns, 294, 351 ; smiths not to work for them, 74, 79; measures for redress of wrongs done by, 139, 146 ; admitted under the government of the English, when, 139 ; lease of lands to, prohibited, 142, 161; ordered to- deliver up their arms, 240 ; instructors provi- ded for them, 265, 531; committee to counsel and advise them, 288, 299 ; purchase of land fromn, prohibited, 402 ; towns not to permit stragglers to be harbored, 350; other orders relating'to, 293, 371, 375, 529.
of Stamford ; war declared against, 197. Nimrod, prosecuted for killing swine, 226.
letter to commissioners, respecting hostilitles of the Narragansetts, 353, 576.
murders committed by, at Farmington, 294; plot of 1642, 73.
See Pequots, Mohegans, Narragansetts, Un- cas, Sowheag, Sequassen, &c.
Inhabitants ; admission of, 21, 96 ; qualifications of, 293. 351; not to sell lands, without con- sent of town, 351.
Inquest in case of sudden death, 42, 523.
Insolvent estate ; caveat how entered, 151, 518. of Tho. Marshfield, 76, 89, 115, 137, 159.
Inspection, of pipe staves, 67; of yarn, 104 ; of leather, 75, 287 ; of weights, and measures, 16, 85, 100, 104, 159, 541.
Interpreter ; Tho. Stanton appointed, 10, 175 ; an allowance made to, 200; Jon. Gilbert ap- pointed, 139.
Invasion, or insurrection ; penalty of, 78; pro- visions in cass of hostile, 324.
Inventories of estates of deceased persons, when and how taken, 31, 553 ; fees for recording, 31, 105. See Estates ; and Wills and Inventories.
Jamaica ; deputy sent from, 426; comm'r ap- pointed for, 428 ; freemen admitted, 429. Jurors, oath of, 57 ; fees of, 9 ; how paid in civil actions, 55.
Juries ; a majority may give verdict, 84; may be sent out a second and third time, 118, 536 ; may consist of six or twelve, 118, 138, 535.
Killingworth ; see Hammonasset. Kettle Brook; a bound of Windsor, 7.
Labor; price of, regulated, 52, 65, 205 ; repeal of order regulating, 61.
Lands, to be recorded, 37 ; bounds of, to be marked, by owners, 53 ; not to be sold with out consent of the town, 351; not to be pur- chased of Indians, 402 ; nor leased to them, 142; tenure of, 536; may be extended, for payment of debts, 151.
Laws, to be revised and recorded, 36; how enacted, 119 ; Mr. Ludlow desired to prepare a code, 138, 154 ; adoption of code, and com- pensation for recording, 216 ; how to be pub- lished, 39 ; to remain in force under the char- ter, 387, 440. Code of 1650, 509.
Leather ; manufacture and inspection of, 60, 75, 162, 259, 285, 287, 298 ; sealers of, their ap- pointment and duties, 285, 286, 299, 377. Letters, respecting the conveyance of, 441.
Licenses, to retailers, &c. 283, 289, 360, 375, 396, 418, 430 ; may be granted by magistrates, 283; by Gen. Court, 332. See Taverns; and Spiritons Liquors.
Lists, orders respecting, 360, 419, 429, 433. See Rates.
Long Island ; orders respecting plantations on, 388-390, 423; taxes, how to be paid, 431 ; power of magistrates there, 316, 336 ; payment for losses by fire, 351; powers of comm'rs there, 402 ; freemen's oath to be administered, 403; controversy with the Dutch respecting, 410, 413 ; Connecticut officers to forbear ex- ercising authority there, 416; propositions respecting jurisdiction, 423 ; towns ordered to submit to Conn., 424 ; declared within char- ter limits, 427 ; freemen admitted, 427, 428 ; proceedings against John Scott, 418, 420, 421, 424, 430, 436. See Southampton, Easthamp- ton, Setauket, Southold, &c.
Ludlow, Roger ; sent to treat with the Bay, about the Pequot country. 10; deputy gov- ernor, 27; commences a plantation at Uncoa, 35 ; desired to prepare certain laws, 42 ; mod- erator of Part. Court, 86 ; requested to prepare a body of laws, 138, 154; comm'r to the U. Colonies, 222, 241.
Lying, to be punished, 68, 537.
Magazines, of ammunition to be provided, 15. Magistrates, how elected, 22; to be nominated previously, 22; oath of, 26; exempted from training &c. 350, and from ferriage, 355; cer- tain powers and duties of, 14, 21, 52, 58, 96, 277, 324, 350, 408.
Malt; distillation of, prohibited, 333.
Manhatoes ; see Dutch.
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» Manstealing, punishable with death, 77. Market ; weekly, at Hartford, 91.
- Marriages; contract to precede covenant, 47, 48 ; to be recorded, 48, 106 ; without consent of parents &c. prohibited, 92, 540.
Maratime Affairs; employment of ship carpen- ter, proposed, 74 ; supply of cordage, provided for, 79 ; building of a ship, proposed, 80 ; en- couragement to owners of Wethersfield ship, 200; masters of vessels not to weigh anchor on Sunday, 247; seamen exempted from training, &c. 316.
Marshall ; fees of stated, 398, 540.
Mason, John; commander against the Pequots, 9 ; sent to Agawam, 14; appointed military officer, 15 ; sent to Warranoke, 17, 19 ; to de- mand tribute from L. Island Indians, 70, 164 ; to press soldiers for defence of Uncas, 94; moves to Saybrook, 155, 156; Chippachaug granted to him, 224; proposes to move to Delaware, 227 ; sent to L. Island, to deal with the Montauks, 295, 307; sent to examine sus- picions of witchcraft at Saybrook, 338; sur- renders land bought of Uncas, 359; acquit- ted of charges brought against him, 403 ; grant of farm to, 406; liberty to take up farm at Pomakuck, 432.
Massachusetts ; combination with, proposed, 30, 82, 91 ; letter to be sent to, 412 ; boundaries with Conn., 435 ; claims the Pequot country, 311, 389, 570,
Massacoe, 31 ; lands there to be disposed of, 71 ; to be purchased, 161; committee to dispose of lands there, 323; grant to Lt. Cooke, 246, 364, 367 ; bounds with Farmington, 376 ; lands there to be laid out to inhabitants of Windsor, 397.
Massapeage ; contract of Richard Haughton for purchase of, 309.
Mattabeseck, 31 ; settlement proposed, 146 ; com- mittee, about lands there, 206 ; made a town, 224 ; to be rated, 228 ; named Middletown, 250. Mattanag ; residence of Sequassen, 56.
Measures ; see Weights and Measures.
Menunketeseck, land at, granted Mr. Fitch, 282. Middletown, named, 250 ; mill there, 333; com- mittee to settle differences, 343; ordinary keeper, 344 ; bounds of, 395, 413 ; church of, (see Ecclesiastical affairs.)
Military Force ; repeal of former orders respect- ing, 16 ; provision for training, 4; orders respecting, 15, 30, 97, 125, 151, 222, 241 ; subjects of, 15, 75, 542 ; who exempt. 15, 62, 316, 349, 350 ; general trainings, 266, 322 ; enrolment of troopers, 299, 309 ; their privileges, 299, 381, 389 ; rank of compa- nies determined, 390 ; penalty for disobe- dience to officers, 432.
officers ; Capt. Mason appointed, and salary stated, 15 ; officers, how chosen, 151 ; free from watching, &c. 48; commissions to, how issued, 429 ; of troops of horse, may fill vacancies, 360; officer appointed at Pequot, 187 ; at Farmington, 187 ; at Weth- ersfield, 194.
stores, to be provided, and how, 3, 4, 15, 30, 91, 93, 134, 165, 543 ; inspection of, 282, 350 ; cannon to be procured, 70, 74 ; pikes, 74 ; arrow-proof coats to be provided, 75 ;
arms or military stores not to be sold to for- eigners, 138, 139, 145, 163 ;
ammunition &c. rec'd from England, 239, 244. Mills and Millers ; toll dishes to be provided, 331 ; toll regulated, 393 ; saw mills, 246, 262. Mines and minerals ; letter of John Winthrop respecting, 222 ; encouragement to discover- ers of, 223, 440.
Ministers ; see Ecclesiastical Affairs,
Moderator, of Gen. Court, when to be appointed, 256, 426.
Mohegan ; men to be impressed, for the protec- tion of Indians there, 128 ; see Uncas.
Mr. Brewster's trading house, 209 ; petition respecting a settlement there, 336 ; land for John Tinker, at or near, 366. See Norwich. Money ; value of rix dollars stated, 86.
Montacut (Montauk) Indians ; 295, 296.
Murder, punishment of, 77.
Mystick and Pawcatuck ; order respecting Win. Chesebrough, 200, 216 ; he appears before the Court, 216 ; vessel seized at Pawcatuck, 239 ; ministry there, 292; Indians, to retain plant- ing ground, 250 ; proposed separation from Pequot, 293, 299 ; to pay Mr. Blinman, 300 ; order respecting, 389 ; controversy with Mas- sachusetts, about jurisdiction, 389, 405, 570- 572 ; instructions to Serg. Minor, 411; their offences pardoned, 433 ; ordered to return lists of estate, 434 ; commissioners appointed there, 435. See Pequot ; and Pawcatuck.
Nameage, bounds of, 224.
Narragansetts ; expedition against, 261, 263, 273; hostilities with Uncas, at Niantic, 301 ; letter to Comm'rs of U. Col. relating to, 576 ; payment of wampum by, 355, 362. See Ninigret.
New Haven ; committee to confer with about measures against the Indians, 197; about the ship &c. 244; to confer about union, 396 ; charter or copy not to be sent there, 405 ; committee to treat with, 407 ; declaration of Gen. Court respecting, 415 ; letter to be sent to, 415 ; to be required to submit, 437; mag- istrates continued in office, 440; documents relating to the union with, 586-590.
New London, named, 310, 313; grant to Jas. Rogers, 340 ; petition from John Tinker, 347 ; packer appointed, 347 ; provisions for courts there, 352, 374 ; orders respecting bounds, 366, 374, 393, 397, 411, 413, 419, 429 ; ord- nance loaned to them, 352 ; list makers fined for errors in rating, 392, 405.
See Pequot, and Nameag.
Newtown ; name changed to Hartford, 7.
Newtown, (L. Island); deputy sent from, 406 ; comm'r for, 428 ; freemen admitted, 430.
New York, committee appointed to visit,-and settle bounds, 435.
Niantic ; (Nianticut) land there granted to Capt. Mason's soldiers, 208, 228, 230; meadow granted to Pequot, 209, 221 ; right of ferry, to Gov. Winthrop, 357.
Niantic Indians ; see Ninigret and Narragan- setts.
Ninigret ; payment for E. Pomry's mare, de- manded from, 227 ; war with, declared, 261. Norwottuck ; 14, 294, 302.
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Norwalk, provision respecting settlement of, 210 ; | Pipe staves ; size and price, regulated, 69, 79 ;
made a town, 224; subject to rule of rating, 228, 355 ; difference with Fairfield, 242; with the Indians, 353 ; bounds of, 414, 418; orders respecting, 235, 277, 357 ; fined for neglect to return lists, 279, 360.
Norwich, committee to be sent from, about its admission as a town, 374; grant to, from Uncas, to be recorded, 393 ; freemen accepted, 406. See Mohegan.
Oaths, forms of, 25, 26, 54, 62, 545 ; of fidelity, +Poisoning, punishable with death, 77.
to whom administered, 139, 293; of allegi- ance, to be taken, by householders, 439.
Orders ; see Laws.
Ordinaries ; keepers of, to be appointed in each town, 103 ; orders respecting, 154, 338, 533. Overseers of towns ; see Townsmen.
Oyster Bay ; commissioner for, appointed, 428.
Packers, to be appointed, 391 ; at N. London, 347. Pacomtuck(et) ; 14, 294, 302.
Particular Court ; see Court, Particular.
Patent : enlargement of, sought, 126 ; Mr. Fen- wick requested to go to England, to attend, 128 ; measures for procuring a new, (see Charter) ; the old, never transferred to the colony, 268, 568, 586.
Pawcatuck; liberty for a trading house there, to Tho. Stanton, 204 ; grant to Mr. Haynes, 234, 250, 298. See Mystick and Pawcatuck. Peage ; not to be received unless well strung, 179, 546 ; price of fixed, 61, 79. See Wampum.
Penal laws, to be published &c. 39.
Pequannock; proceedings of Mr. Ludlow, 35; court to be erected there, 36 ; difference with Mr. Prudden, 36 ; to send deputies, 36 ; bounds of, to be settled, 47, 62, 68 ; oath for freemen there, 54. See Stratford.
Indians ; 28, 348 ; see Golden Hill.
Pequot Indians ; war declared against, 9; pro- visions for prosecution of, 9, 10, 11 ; pay- ment of expenses of, 12; expedition against, 32.
country ; committee appointed to view, 60 ; grant to Capt. Mason and his soldiers, 70 ; lands to be disposed of by Part. Court, 71 ; controversy with Massachusetts, respect- ing, 311, 335, 570.
plantation of ; Mr. Winthrop commissioned a magistrate, 164, 179; freed from public charges, 185 ; boundaries of, 185, 208, 221; court erected there, 186; name of Fair Harbor recommended, 186 ; orders respect- ing, 233, 251, 256, 265 ; proceedings in re- lation to M. and Pawcatuck, 293, 299, 300 ; ordinary, licensed there, 276, 285, 292 ; support of ministry at, 292 ; dispute with Uncas about lands, 434 ; named New Lon- don, 310, 313 ; list of estates, 311.
See New London ; Nameage; Mystick and Pawcatuck.
Petitions to Gen. Court ; fee on entry of, 38.
Pewter-pot brook ; north bound of Wethers- field, 7, 8.
Physicians and surgeons ; Jasper Gunn, exemp- ted from watching &c. 298 ; Tho. Lord, al- lowed a compensation, 234; Dan. Porter's salary stated, 279, 290, 377.
inspection of, 67; exportation of, 200.
Pitch and tar, manufacture of, 91, 114, 248 ; first made by J. Griffin, 410.
Pleas, to be filed with Secretary, before trial, 85. Plymouth ; letter to be sent to, about Warwick, 220 ; sale by, to Windsor, 53.
Podunk Indians ; their quarrel with Sequassen, 304 ; orders respecting them, 307, 344, 371 ; lands to be laid out, 344; agreement with Tho. Burnamn, 345, 346, 364.
Pomakuck ; farm granted Maj. Mason there, 432. Poquannock; see Pequannock.
Pounds and pound breach ; orders respecting, 379, 546.
Powder ; see Military Stores.
Prison ; repairs of. 230 ; addition to be made to 430. See House of Correction.
Provisions, not to be exported, 236, 258, 383 ; to be reserved for public use, 240, 383.
Public debts ; see Debts.
Pyquag ; name of Wethersfield, 19.
Quakers, orders respecting, 283, 303, 308, 324- Quinnabaug, proposed settlement there, by Gov. Winthrop, 337; inhabitants of, admitted to jurisdiction, 337.
Quinnipiac ; 28, 31, 32, 35, 58. See New Haven.
Quorum, of Gen. Court, how formed, 24, 119; of Comm'rs of U. Colonies, 157.
Rape, punishable with death, 77. Rates ; levy of, 12, 30, 32, 48, 79, &c.
to be collected by treasurer, 12; apportion" ment of, 25; for repair of fort, 95, 139 ; in what articles payable, 13, 61, 69, 79, 550 ; collection of, 113, 213, 215, 284, 357, 362, 391, 393, 547 ; assessment of, 59, 380, 390, 548.
Real Estate ; see Lands.
Rebellion ; how punished, 78.
Recognizances, fees on, 196.
Recorders, to be chosen in each town, 37, 552 ; to record lands, 37 ; marriages and births, 48, 105 ; deeds and mortgages, 38, 83 ; wills and inventories, 38.
Records, of penal laws &c., to be made in each town, 39 ; of marriages &c. 48, 105 ; copies, how authenticated, 38 ; to have force in other colonies, 179 ; orders respecting, 551-554.
Registers ; see Recorders.
Replevin ; bond to prosecute, to be given, 105. Retailers ; see Licenses.
Rhode Island ; fugitives harbored by, 220; com- mission to Thio. Baxter, 253; bounds with, to be settled, 435.
River, purchase of ; see Saybrook ; and Fenwick, George.
Robin Cassasinamon ; allowed to retain the Mo- hegan (or Pequot) tributaries, 292 ; note res- pecting him, 292 ; Mohegans to remain with, (Seano,) 340 : land to be set out for, 440.
Rum ; see Spirituous Liquors.
Sales, at excessive rates, prohibited,
of land, to be recorded, 37, 152, 552 ; by offi- cer, on execution, 152 ; after caveat en- ter ed, void, 152.
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Salt, proposed manufacture of, on L. Island, 68. Saybrook ; tax for repairs of fort, 95, 139, 161 ; orders respecting, 128, 161 ; dwelling house to be erected, 187, 188, 200, 206 ; lay out of lands, 188; fencing of common fields, 232 ; grant to, from Mr. Fenwick, 282; provisions for defence of, 237, 238 ; order respecting farm at 6 mile island, 333 ; proposed settlement of Mohegan, 336; ferry authorized, 391; en- forcement of town orders, 353; proposed plantation east of river, 419 ; orders respect- ing, 418, 429.
purchase of; see Fenwick, George.
Seal, of the colony ; order respecting, 386. Sealers ; see Weights and Measures ; and Leather. Seamen, exempted from training, 316.
Secretary ; election of Mr. Hopkins, 27; to re- cord grants of land &c. 38 ; to cause laws to be published, 39, 555 ; fees on entry of civil actions &c. 196, 277 ; for recording, 277, 331 ; on licenses to retailers, 333; compen- sation for recording code of 1650, 216; in- crease of fees, 277.
Secrets, of the Court ; penalty for disclosing, 39, 520.
Select men; see Townsmen.
Sequassen ; reference to treaty with, 28 ; Rich. Lyman complains against, 33 ; a friend of the English, 56 ; lived at Mattanag, 56 ; charged with plotting against the English, 73 ; allied with Uncas, against the Podunks, 304 ; Major Mason's testimony respecting his defeat by Uncas, 434.
Sequin ; see Sowheag.
Servants ; see Apprentices.
Setauk(et ;) petition from, 341 ; admitted to ju- risdiction, 365 ; committee to settle matters there, 406 ; called Ashford, 421 ; commis- sioner appointed, 428.
Sheep ; at what value rated, 349.
Sickness ; intercourse with New Netherlands suspended, during prevalence of, 398 ; among the Indians, 398.
Sodomy, punishable with death, 77. Soldiers ; see Military Force.
Southampton ; admitted to jurisdiction, 129; copy of combination with, 566 ; complaint of Jonas Wood, 281; difference with the In- dians, 295, 316 ; letter to be sent to, 307; powers of magistrates, 336 ; orders respect- ing, 134, 348, 368, 402; acts of court there approved, 414.
Southold ; admitted to jurisdiction, 386 ; letter from, 386 ; freemen accepted, 388; magis- trates appointed, 390, 402, 428 ; privileges confirmed, 406.
Sowheag (Sequin ;) Wethersfield purchase from, 5 ; murderers harbored by, 31 ; accounted an eneiny, 58 ; implicated in Indian plot, 73; preparations for war against, 74 ; difficulties with Wethersfield, 19; land reserved for his posterity, at Wonggum, 434.
Spirituous Liquors ; sale of ,prohibited, 100; regulated, 154, 263, 283, 331, 332, 533 ; sale to Indians prohibited, 255, 263 ; not to be imported, 255, 322 ; duty on, 255, 332.
Springfield ; declaration of the Court, respect- ing the payment of fort rate by, 189. See Agawam.
Stamford, admitted to jurisdiction, 388 ; order
respecting, 403; account of constables there, (for pursuit of regicides,) disallowed, 393 ; de- clared to belong to Connecticut, 410, 411.
Stanton, Thomas ; sent to Warranoke, 17 ; ap- pointed interpreter, 19 ; allowed to make a voyage to L. Island, 72 ; quarrel with Rich. Lord, 94 ; controversy with Math. Allyn, 123; his salary discontinued, 139; restored, 175, 200 ; liberty to erect trading house at Pawca- tuck, 204; sent to Narragansett, 227 ; pro- ceedings against, 303 ; fined, 306 ; comin'r at Mystick and Pawcatuck, 435.
Staves ; see Pipe Staves.
Stonington ; 570. See Mystick and Pawca- tuck ; and Pequot.
Stratford ; magistrates sent there, 86; letter to be sent to, 105; ferry, 163 ; complaint about mode of rating, 201 ; assistants appoint- ed, 233, 252; constables fined for neglect, 278 ; bounds of, 281, 367, 402 ; troop raised, 351; difference with Lt. Seely, 403.
See Cupheage and Pequannock.
Stubbornness, of children ; law to be provided against, 80, 138 ; how punished, 78, 515. Sumptuary law ; relating to excess in dress, 64. Surveyors of highways; see Highways.
Swine : orders respecting, 1, 64, 83, 118, 131, 188, 214, 291, 557.
Tanners and Curriers ; see Leather.
Tantonimo ; his quarrel with Sequassen, 304; agreement with Tho. Burnam, 346, 347. See Podunk Indians.
Tar ; see Pitch and Tar.
Taverns ; see Ordinaries.
Taxes; see Rates.
Thanksgiving, days of, appointed, 33, 113, 201, 209, 212, 225, 235, 262, 266, 279, 285, 307, 325, 343, 357, 373, 412, 435 ; to be appointed by magistrates, in recess, 277.
Theft ; punished, 110, 115; by Indians, how punishable, 52.
Timber ; orders for presentation of, 60, 67.
Tobacco; use of, regulated, 53, 146, 153, 558; duty on imported, 380.
Toll, on exports, payable to Mr. Fenwick, 119- 122 ; of millers, regulated, 393.
Towns, powers of, 36-39; clerks of, 37, 38, 105, 151; bounds of, 512.
Townsmen, how appointed,-and their duties, 37, 101, 118, 214.
Trade ; right of, at Waranocoe, granted to Mr. Hopkins, 57 ; at Pawcatuck, to Tho. Stanton, 204; at Mohegan, by Jon. Brewster, 209; with the Dutch, prohibited, 114, 197 ; restric- tions on, removed, 261, 391, 402.
Treasurer ; appointed, 12, 27 ; orders respecting, 26, 30, 31, 68; allowance of salary to), 307. See Rates.
Trespasses, by Indians, to be paid by the Sa- chems, 19; by cattle, law to be provided concerning, 60 ; damages, how assessed, 558. Tribute, of the seaside Indians, called for, 52; Sequassen exonerates himself from, 56; due from L. Island Indians, 79, 164.
Tunxis ; (Unxus [Sepus ;) committee to view, 42 ; orders respecting planting of, 52; hostile meeting of Indians there, apprehended, 133; plantation there, named Farmington, 133.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Uncas; treaty with proposed, 28, 32; men sent to abide with, 65; permitted to enter the plantations, 106 ; proposed war, for the de- fence of, 130; order respecting, 186 ; differ- ence with Pequot, 251, 256 ; beleaguered by the Narragansetts, 301 ; provision for his de- fence, 302; allied with Sequassen, against the Podunks, 304, 306; agreement with Rich. Haughton, 309, refuses to pay a fine, 355 ; his grant to Norwich to be recorded, 393.
Uncoa ; (Uncoway ;) Mr. Ludlow's proceedings there, 35, 41; bounds with Pequannock, 47; tribute from Indians there, 52; bounds with Cupheage, 53; court established, 53; magis- trates sent there, 86; letter to be sent to, about rating, 105.
Union with New Haven. See New Haven. United Colonies ; acts of, respecting maintenance of ministers, 112 ; poor scholars, at Cam- bridge, 112; force of verdicts, in other colo- nies, 113 ; sale of ammunition &c. to foreign- ers, 113 ; wampum, 179.
Unxus Sepus ; 42,_52. See Tunxis.
Verdicts, may be given by a majority of the jury, 84 ; to be of force in the other colonies, 113 ; may be varied by the court, when, 118, 138 ; may be given by jury of 6 or 12, 118 ; special, when to be given, 85.
Wages ; orders regulating, 52, 61, 65, 205 ; may be paid in corn, 61.
Wampum ; value of stated, 13, 61, 79; to be well strung, 179, 546.
War; with the Pequots, 9-12; with Stamford Indians, 197, 198 ; with the Dutch, 241, 244, 259 ; with Ninigret and the Niantics, 130; against Sowheag, proposed, 58, 74.
Warranoke(-ocoe); exclusive trade with, granted Mr. Hopkins, 57 ; Indians, 14, 17.
Warrants, for collection of fines, 151; in civil actions, 196 ; for election, 23.
Warwick; reference of question of jurisdiction, to the Comm'rs of U. Colonies, 220.
Watch and Ward, to be maintained in all the towns, 1, 28, 560 ; who exempt from, 15, 48, 62, 99, 234, 298, 349, 350 ; orders respecting, 74, 196, 350; constable to give charge to, 403.
Watertown; breadth of, to be surveyed, 3; church covenant approved, 2; controversy with Lieut. Seely, about lands, 4, 49 ; name changed to Wethersfield, 7.
Weights and Measures ; standards of, how reg- ulated, 16, 85, 99, 104, 159, 541.
Westchester; included in charter limits, 387; committee to report about settlement of, 403;
to settle differences there, 406 ; accepted as a town, 411; officers appointed, 412, 426.
Wethersfield ; named, 7; boundaries, 7; pur- chase from Sowheag, 2; treaty with Sequas- sen, 28 ; desire a plantation at Tunxis, 42 ; ask an answer respecting Uncoa, 41; consta- ble sworn, 43 ; difference with Mr. Smith, 45, 87, 90 ; agreement with the adventurers, 4, 49, 63; number of the guard, decreased, 162 ; ship, owned there, 200; first settled, of the River towns, 513.
See Watertown; and Ecclesiastical Affairs. Wickford, named, and officers appointed, 407.
Wills and Inventories ; orders respecting, 34, 179 ; to be proved and recorded, 38, 553 ; fees for recording, 105, 277, 556.
record of ; of Wm. Butler, 482 ; Ed. Chalkwell, 492; Rob. Day, 487; John Elsen, 480; Wm. Frost, 465; Giles Gibbs, 504; Tho. Hooker, 498; John Horskins, 483; Eph. Huit, 458 ; Blaynch Hunt, 457 ; Wm. Lo- tham, 474 ; Rich. Lyman, 81, 442 ; Tho. Nowell, 506 ; Jas. Olmstead, 446 ; Henry Packs(?) 56 ; John Porter, 475 ; John Pur- kas, 466 ; Tho. Scott, 453; Henry Smith, 502 ; Wm. Spencer, 449; Joyce Ward, 451 ; Wm. Whiting, 493; Geo. Willis, 468; Ed. Veir, 463.
For Inventories &c. of intestate estates, see Estates.
Windsor ; named, 7; bounded, 7, 8, 72; bridge and meeting house built, 42; constable sworn, 43 ; purchase from Plymouth, 53 ; ferry established, 71,-and granted, 174, 281, 298, 310, 394 ; families living remote from neigh- bors, 196; petition of inhabitants of, 312; church ; see Ecclesiastical Affairs.
See Dorchester.
Wine ; see Spirituous Liquors.
Winthrop, John; commissioned to execute jus- tice, at Pequot, 157; a magistrate, there, 164 ; nominated magistrate, 179; made free, 207 ; letter from, respecting mines &c., 222; resi- ded at Nameag, 224 ; chosen governor, 297; requested to reside at Hartford, 298, 301, 306 ; grant to, at Quinnabaug, 337 ; ferry at Nianti- cnt, 357; prepares the address to the King, 367; agent to procure charter, 368, 579'; al- lowance to, 369 ; acknowledgment of his ser- vices to the colony, 416.
Witchcraft, punishable with death, 77; suspi- cions of, at Saybrook, 338; case of Jos. Gar- lick, from L. Island, 573. 17!
Wolves ; bounty for killing, 149, 561'; to be paid by the towns, 377; penalty for taking from the pit of another person, 283 ; repeal of or- der granting a bounty to Indians for killing, 367.
ERRATA.
Page 9, 12th line from bottom, for only, read any.
12, 15th line from top, for John, read Jehu.
6 67, in list of deputies, for John Burr, read Jehu Burr.
75, 7th line from bottom, for [49] read [91].
144, 17th line from bottom, for Fiske, read Fishe.
16 151, 16th line from bottom, for [169] read [164].
207, in list of deputies, for Nath: Griswold read Math: Griswold.
280, in list of magistrates, John Clarke ; the first name is partially erased, in the original.
343, 3d line from top, for 50, read 59.
66 472, 2d line from bottom, (in note,) for page 122, read page 136.
46 487, 19th line from top, for 1848, read 1648.
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