Bradford's history "of Plimoth plantation" from the original manuscript, Part 36

Author: Bradford, William, 1588-1657. cn; Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State; Massachusetts. General Court
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Boston, Wright & Potter printing co., state printers
Number of Pages: 682


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4. The said Narigansett & Niantick sagamors & deputies doe hearby promise & covenante to keep and maintaine a firme & perpetuall peace, both with all ye English United Colonies & their successors, and with Uncass, ye Monhegen sachem, & his men; with Ossamequine, Pumham, Sokanoke, Cutshamakin, Shoanan, Passaconaway, and all other Indean sagamors, and their companies, who are in freindship with or subjecte to any of ye English; hearby ingaging them selves, that they will not at any time hearafter disturbe ye peace of ye cuntry, by any assaults, hostile attempts, inva- sions, or other injuries, to any of ye Unnited Collonies, or their successors ; or to ye afforesaid Indeans ; either in their persons, buildings, catle, or goods, directly or indirectly ; nor will they confederate with any other against them; & if they know of any Indeans or others yt conspire or intend hurt against ye said English, or any Indeans subjecte to or in freindship with them, they will without delay acquainte & give notice therof to ye English comissioners, or some of them.


Or if any questions or differences shall at any time here- after arise or grow betwext them & Uncass, or any Endeans before mentioned, they will, according to former ingagments (which they hearby confirme & ratifie) first acquainte ye English, and crave their judgments & advice therin; and will not attempte or begine any warr, or hostille invasion, till they have liberty and alowance from ye comissioners of ye United Collonies so to doe.


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5. The said Narigansets & Niantick sagamores & depu- ties doe hearby promise yt they will forthwth deliver & re- store all such Indean fugitives, or captives which have at any time fled from any of ye English, and are now living or abiding amongst them, or give due satisfaction for them to ye comissioners for ye Massachusets ; and further, that they will (without more delays) pay, or cause to be payed, a yearly tribute, a month before harvest, every year after this, at Boston, to ye English Colonies, for all such Pequents as live amongst them, according to ye former treaty & agreemente, made at Hartford, 1638. namly, one fathome of white wampam for every Pequente man, & halfe a fathume for each Pequente youth, and one hand length for each mal-child. And if Weequashcooke refuse to pay this tribute for any Pequents with him, the Narigansetts sagamores promise to assiste ye English against him And they further covenante yt they will resigne & yeeld up the whole Pequente cuntrie, and every parte of it, to ye Eng- lish collonies, as due to them by conquest.


6. The said Narigansett & Niantick sagamores & deputie doe hereby promise & covenante yt within 14. days they will bring & deliver to ye Massachusetts comissioners on ye be- halfe of ye collonies, [268] foure of their children, viz. Pessecous his eldest son, the sone Tassaquanawite, brother to Pessecouss, Awashawe his sone, and Ewangsos sone, a Niantick, to be kepte (as hostages & pledges) by ye English, till both ye forementioned 2000. fathome of wampam be payed at ye times appoynted, and ye differences betweexte themselves & Uncass be heard & ordered, and till these artickles be under writen at Boston, by Jenemo & Wipetock. And fur- ther they hereby promise & covenante, yt if at any time hearafter any of ye said children shall make escape, or be conveyed away from ye English, before ye premisses be fully accomplished, they will either bring back & deliver to ye


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Massachusett comissioners ye same children, or, if they be not to be founde, such & so many other children, to be chosen by ye comissioners for ye United Collonies, or their assignes, and yt within 20. days after demand, and in ye mean time, untill ye said 4. children be delivered as hostages, ye Nari- gansett & Niantick sagamors & deputy doe, freely & of their owne accorde, leave with ye Massachusett comissioners, as pledges for presente securitie, 4. Indeans, namely, Witowash, Pumanise, Jawashoe, Waughwamino, who allso freely con- sente, and offer them selves to stay as pledges, till ye said children be brought & delivered as abovesaid.


7. The comissioners for ye United Collonies doe hereby promise & agree that, at ye charge of ye United Collonies, ye 4. Indeans now left as pledges shall be provided for, and yt the 4. children to be brought & delivered as hostages shall be kepte & maintained at ye same charge; that they will require Uncass & his men, with all other Indean sagamors before named, to forbear all acts of hostilitie againste ye Nari- gansetts and Niantick Indeans for ye future. And further, all ye promises being duly observed & kept by ye Narigansett & Niantick Indians and their company, they will at ye end of 2. years restore ye said children delivered as hostiages, and retaine a firme peace with ye Narigansets & Nianticke Indeans and their successours.


8. It is fully agreed by & betwixte ye said parties, yt if any hostile attempte be made while this treaty is in hand, or before notice of this agreemente (to stay further prepara- tions & directions) can be given, such attempts & ye conse- quencts therof shall on neither parte be accounted a violation of this treaty, nor a breach of ye peace hear made & con- cluded.


9. The Narigansets & Niantick sagamors & deputie hereby agree & covenante to & with ye comissioners of ye United Collonies, yt henceforth they will neither give, grante, sell, or in any maner alienate, any parte of their countrie, nor


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any parcell of land therin, either to any of ye English or others, without consente or allowance of ye comissioners.


10. Lastly, they promise that, if any Pequente or other be found & discovered amongst them who hath in time of peace murdered any of ye English, he or they shall be delivered to just punishmente.


In witness wherof ye parties above named have inter- chaingablie subscribed these presents, the day & year above writen.


JOHN WINTHROP, President.


HERBERT PELHAM.


THO : PRENCE.


JOHN BROWNE.


GEO : FENWICK.


EDWA : HOPKINS.


THEOPH : EATON.


STEVEN GOODYEARE.


PESSECOUSS his mark


MEEKESANO his mark


WITOWASH his mark CCC the Niantick deputy.


AUMSEQUEN his mark


ABDAS his mark A0 PUMMASH his mark any any


CUTCHAMAKIN his mark


This treaty and agreemente betwixte the comissioners of ye United Collonies and ye sagamores and deputy of Narrigansets and Niantick Indeans was made and concluded, Benedicte Arnold being interpretour upon his oath ; Sergante Callicate & an Indean, his man, being presente, and Josias & Cut- shamakin, tow Indeans aquainted with ye English language, assisting therin; who opened & cleared the whole treaty, & every article, to ye sagamores and deputie there presente.


And thus was ye warr at this time stayed and pre- vented.


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[269] Anno Dom: 1646. .


ABOUT ye midle of May, this year, came in 3. ships into this harbor, in warrlike order; they were found to be men of warr. The captains name was Crumwell, who had taken sundrie prizes from ye Spaniards in ye West Indies. He had a comission from ye Earle of Warwick. He had abord his vessels aboute 80. lustie men, (but very unruly,) who, after they came ashore, did so distemper them selves with drinke as they be- came like madd-men; and though some of them were punished & imprisoned, yet could they hardly be re- strained; yet in ye ende they became more moderate & orderly. They continued here aboute a month or 6. weeks, and then went to ye Massachusets; in which time they spente and scattered a great deale of money among ye people, and yet more sine (I fear) then money, notwithstanding all ye care & watchfullnes that was used towards them, to prevente what might be.


In which time one sadd accidente fell out. A des- perate fellow of ye company fell a quarling with some of his company. His captine comanded him to be quiet & surcease his quarelling; but he would not, but reviled his captaine with base language, & in ye end halfe drew his rapier, & intended to rune at his captien ; but he closed with him, and wrasted his rapier from him, and gave him a boxe on ye earr; but he would not give over, but still assaulted his captaine. Wher-


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upon he tooke ye same rapier as it was in ye scaberd, and gave him a blow with ye hilts; but it light on his head, & ye smal end of ye bar of ye rapier hilts peirct his scull, & he dyed a few days after. But ye captaine was cleared by a counsell of warr. This fellow was so desperate a quareller as ye captaine was faine many times to chaine him under hatches from hurting his fellows, as ye company did testifie; and this was his end.


This Captaine Thomas Cromuell sett forth another vioage to the Westindeas, from the Bay of the Massa- chusets, well maned & victuled ; and was out 3. years, and tooke sundry prises, and returned rich unto the Massachusets, and ther dyed the same somere, having gott a fall from his horse, in which fall he fell on his rapeir hilts, and so brused his body as he shortly after dyed therof, with some other distempers, which brought him into a feavor. Some observed that ther might be somthing of the hand of God herein; that as the fore- named man dyed of ye blow he gave him with ye rapeir hilts, so his owne death was occationed by a like means.


This year Mr. Edward Winslow went into England, upon this occation : some discontented persons under ye govermente of the Massachusets sought to trouble their peace, and disturbe, if not innovate, their gover- mente, by laying many [270] scandals upon them ; and intended to prosecute against them in England, by petitioning & complaining to the Parlemente. Allso


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Samuell Gorton & his company made complaints against them; so as they made choyse of Mr. Winslow to be their agente, to make their defence, and gave him comission & instructions for that end; in which he so carried him selfe as did well answer their ends, and cleared them from any blame or dishonour, to the shame of their adversaries. But by reason of the great alterations in the State, he was detained longer then was expected; and afterwards fell into other imploy- ments their, so as he hath now bene absente this 4. years, which hath been much to the weakning of this govermente, without whose consente he tooke these imployments upon him.


Anno 1647. And Anno 1648.


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Scandals upon them; And intended to profecute against them in England, by petitioning & complaining to the parlements. Allo samuel Gorton his company made complaints against them. Jo as they made Choyle of in Winslow to, Le their Agente, to make their defence, and gave him comision & fris truth ons for that end. In which he Jo carried him Selfe, as did well answer their inds, and cleared them from any Blame, or difhonour, to the frame of their adversaries. But By reason of the great alterations in the state he was detained Longer then was expected; and afterwards fell into other fm: ployments their; So as he hath now Bene allente this 4 years which hath been much to the weakning of this govermente; without whole con= Jente, he tooke these employments . upon him.


Anno.1647: ~~ ~ ~ ~ And inno . 1648}


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The names of those which came over first, my year 1620. and mere (by the Blefing of cod) the first Beginers, and ( in a fort) the foundation, of all the plantations, and Colonies, in view-England. (And their families)


in John Carver. kathrine his wife. Defire minter; € .2. man-Servants John Howland. Roger Wilder. William Latham, a boy, $ a maid Servant. ca child & mas put to him called Jaffer more


.2.


4


Captin myles Standish and Rose his wife


m Christopher martin, and his wife ; and . 2 . Servants, Salamon prower, and John Langemore


in William mullines, and his wife; and 2. Children Joseph @ prijeila; and a servant Robart Carter.


i Hate William white, and Susana his wife; and one fone Caled resolved, and one borne a ship-ford caled perigriene; ·2. Servants, named William Holleck & Edward Thomson


.8.


im Hopix Steven Hopkins, C Elizabeth his wife; art. 2. Children, caled giles, and Constanta a daughter; Both by a former wife. And 2. more Ly this wife, caled Damaris, (" - Oceanus, the last was forne at Sea: Art: 2. Servants, callet Edward Doty, and Edward Litster.


m Richard Warren, But his wife and Children were Lefte Behind and came afterwards


4


John Bilinton, and Elen his wife; and. 2. Jones John @ francis.


Edward willie, and Ann his wife; and. 2. childeren that were their Cofens; Henery Samfon, and Humil. Lity Coper


3.


· John Tillie, and his wife; and Elizabeth their daughter.


.2.


John cranston, and his some John cranston.


·5·


w William Brewster ... Mary his wife, with ·2. Sons, whole names F were Love, & Wrafling. and a boy was put to him called Richard more; and another the rest of his children were left Behind & came over afforwards.


of his Brothers


Edward Winslow. Elizabeth his wife, 3 2. men Servants, caled Georg somle, and Elias Zory; alfo a lille girlo was put to him caled Ellen, the sister of Richard move.


William Bradford, and Dorathy his wife, having But one Child, a fone Left Behind, who came aftermart.


m Haack Allerton, and Mary . his wife; with . 3. Children Bartholmano Remember, e mary. and a Servant boy, John Hooke.


6.


@ samuel fuller, and a Servant, caled William Butter. His wife was behind & a child, which came afterwards.


4.


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No, I.


[Passengers of the Mayflower.]


The names of those which came over first, in ye year 1620. and were by the blessing of God the first beginers and (in a sort) the foundation of all the Plantations and Colonies in New-England ; and their families.


Mª. John Carver; Kathrine, his wife; Desire Minter ; & 2. man-servants, John Howland, Roger Wilder; Wil- liam Latham, a boy; & a maid servant, & a child yt was put to him, called Jasper More.


8.


Mr. William Brewster; Mary, his wife; with 2. sons, whose names were Love & Wrasling; and a boy was 6. put to him called Richard More; and another of his brothers. The rest of his children were left behind, & came over afterwards.


5.


Mr. Edward Winslow ; Elizabeth, his wife; & 2. men servants, caled Georg Sowle and Elias Story ; also a litle girle was put to him, caled Ellen, the sister of Richard More.


2.


William Bradford, and Dorothy, his wife; having but one child, a sone, left behind, who came afterward.


Mr. Isaack Allerton, and Mary, his wife; with 3. chil- 6. dren, Bartholmew, Remember, & Mary; and a servant boy, John Hooke.


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Mr. Samuell Fuller, and a servant, caled William But- 2. ten. His wife was behind, & a child, which came after- wards.


2. John Crakston, and his sone, John Crakston.


2. Captin Myles Standish, and Rose, his wife.


4. Mr. Christopher Martin, and his wife, and 2. servants, Salamon Prower and John Langemore.


5. Mª. William Mullines, and his wife, and 2. children, Joseph & Priscila ; and a servant, Robart Carter.


6.


Mr. William White, and Susana, his wife, and one sone, caled Resolved, and one borne a ship-bord, caled Peregriene ; & 2. servants, named William Holbeck & Edward Thomson.


Mr. Steven Hopkins, & Elizabeth, his wife, and 2. chil- dren, caled Giles, and Constanta, a doughter, both by 8. a former wife; and 2. more by this wife, caled Damaris & Oceanus ; the last was borne at sea ; and 2. servants, called Edward Doty and Edward Litster.


1. Mr. Richard Warren ; but his wife and children were lefte behind, and came afterwards.


4. John Billinton, and Elen, his wife; and 2. sones, John & Francis.


4. Edward Tillie, and Ann, his wife; and 2. children that were their cossens, Henery Samson and Humillity Coper.


3. John Tillie, and his wife; and Eelizabeth, their doughter.


2. Francis Cooke, and his sone John. But his wife & other children came afterwards.


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2. Thomas Rogers, and Joseph, his sone. His other chil- dren came afterwards.


3 .* Thomas Tinker, and his wife, and a sone.


2. John Rigdale, and Alice, his wife.


James Chilton, and his wife, and Mary, their dougter. 3. They had an other doughter, yt was maried, came after- ward.


3. Edward Fuller, and his wife, and Samuell, their sonne.


3. John Turner, and 2. sones. He had a doughter came some years after to Salem, wher she is now living.


3. Francis Eaton, and Sarah, his wife, and Samuell, their sone, a yong child.


10.


Moyses Fletcher, John Goodman, Thomas Williams, Digerie Preist, Edmond Margeson, Peter Browne, Richard Britterige, Richard Clarke, Richard Gardenar, Gilbart Winslow.


1.


John Alden was hired for a cooper, at South-Hampton, wher the ship victuled; and being a hopfull yong man, was much desired, but left to his owne liking to go or stay when he came here ; but he stayed, and maryed here.


John Allerton and Thomas Enlish were both hired, the later to goe m' of a shalop here, and ye other was reputed 2. as one of ye company, but was to go back (being a sea- man) for the help of others behind. But they both dyed here, before the shipe returned.


* Written 2 in MS.


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There were allso other 2. seamen hired to stay a year 2. here in the country, William Trevore, and one Ely. But when their time was out, they both returned.


These, bening aboute a hundred sowls, came over in this first ship; and began this worke, which God of his goodnes hath hithertoo blesed; let his holy name have ye praise.


And seeing it hath pleased him to give me to see 30. years compleated since these beginings ; and that the great works of his providence are to be observed, I have thought it not unworthy my paines to take a veiw of the decreasings & increasings of these persons, and such changs as hath pased over them & theirs, in this thirty years. It may be of some use to such as come after ; but, however, I shall rest in my owne benefite. I will therfore take them in order as they lye.


Mr. Carver and his wife dyed the first year; he in ye spring, she in ye somer ; also, his man Roger and ye litle boy Jasper dyed before either of them, of ye commone in- fection. Desire Minter returned to her freinds, & proved not very well, and dyed in England. His servant boy Latham, after more then 20. years stay in the country, went into England, and from thence to the Bahamy Ilands in ye West Indies, and ther, with some others, was starved for want of food. His maid servant maried, & dyed a year or tow after, here in this place.


His servant, John Howland, maried the doughter of John Tillie, Elizabeth, and they are both now living, and have 10. children, now all living; and their eldest daughter hath 4. children. And ther 2. daughter, 1. all living ; and other of their children mariagable. So 15. are come of them.


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Mr. Brewster lived to very old age; about 80. years he was when he dyed, having lived some 23. or 24. years here in ye countrie ; & though his wife dyed long before, yet she dyed aged. His sone Wrastle dyed a yonge man 4. unmaried; his sone Love lived till this year 1650. and dyed, & left 4. children, now living. His doughters which came over after him are dead, but have left sundry children alive; his eldst sone is still liveing, and hath 9. 2. or 10 children; one maried, who hath a child or 2. Richard More his brother dyed the first winter; but he 4. is maried, and hath 4. or 5. children, all living.


Mr. Ed : Winslow his wife dyed the first winter ; and he 2. maried with the widow of Mr. White, and hath 2. children living by her marigable, besids sundry that are dead.


One of his servants dyed, as also the litle girle, soone 8. after the ships arivall. But his man, Georg Sowle, is still living, and hath 8. childre.


William Bradford his wife dyed soone after their arivall ; 4. and he maried againe; and hath 4. children, 3. wherof are maried.


Mr. Allerton his wife dyed with the first, and his ser- vant, John Hooke. His sone Bartle is maried in England, but I know not how many children he hath. His doughter Remember is maried at Salem, & hath 3. or 4. children living. And his doughter Mary is maried here, & hath 4. children. Him selfe maried againe with ye doughter of Mr. Brewster, & hath one sone living by her, but she is long since dead. And he is maried againe, and hath left this place long agoe. So I account his increase to be 8. besids his sons in England.


8.


Mr. Fuller his servant dyed at sea ; and after his wife 2. came over, he had tow children by her, which are living and growne up to years ; but he dyed some 15. years agoe.


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John Crakston dyed in the first mortality; and about some 5. or 6. years after, his sone dyed; having lost him selfe in ye wodes, his feet became frosen, which put him into a feavor, of which he dyed.


* Captain Standish his wife dyed in the first sicknes, 4. and he maried againe, and hath 4. sones liveing, and some are dead.


Mr. Martin, he & all his, dyed in the first infection not long after the arivall.


Mr. Molines, and his wife, his sone, and his servant, dyed the first winter. Only his dougter Priscila survied, 15. and maried with John Alden, who are both living, and have 11. children. And their eldest daughter is maried, & hath five children.


Mr. White and his 2. servants dyed soone after ther landing. His wife maried with M". Winslow (as is be- 7. fore noted). His 2. sons are maried, and Resolved hath 5. children, Perigrine tow, all living. So their increase are 7.


Mr. Hopkins and his wife are now both dead, but they lived above 20. years in this place, and had one sone and 5. 4. doughters borne here. Ther sone became a seaman, & dyed at Barbadoes; one daughter dyed here, and 2. are maried; one of them hath 2. children; & one is yet to mary. So their increase which still survive are 5. But 4. his sone Giles is maried, and hath 4. children.


12. His doughter Constanta is also maried, and hath 12. children, all of them living, and one of them maried.


* Who dyed 3. of Octob. 1655.


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Mr. Richard Warren lived some 4. or 5. years, and had his wife come over to him, by whom he had 2. sons before dyed; and one of them is maryed, and hath 2. children. So his increase is 4. But he had 5. doughters more came over with his wife, who are all maried, & living, & have many children.


8.


John Billinton, after he had bene here 10. yers, was executed for killing a man; and his eldest sone dyed before him; but his 2. sone is alive, and maried, & hath 8. children.


7.


Edward Tillie and his wife both dyed soon after their arivall ; and the girle Humility, their cousen, was sent for into England, and dyed ther. But the youth Henery Samson is still liveing, and is maried, & hath 7. children.


John Tillie and his wife both dyed a litle after they came ashore; and their daughter Elizabeth maried with John Howland, and hath issue as is before noted.


Francis Cooke is still living, a very olde man, and hath seene his childrens children have children; after his wife 8. came over, (with other of his children,) he hath 3. still living by her, all maried, and have 5. children ; so their 4. encrease is 8. And his sone John, which came over with him, is maried, and hath 4. chilldren living.


6.


Thomas Rogers dyed in the first sicknes, but his sone Joseph is still living, and is maried, and hath 6. children. The rest of Thomas Rogers [children] came over, & are maried, & have many children.


Thomas Tinker and his wife and sone all dyed in the first sicknes.


And so did John Rigdale and his wife.


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10.


James Chilton and his wife also dyed in the first infec- tion. But their daughter Mary is still living, and hath 9. children ; and one daughter is maried, & hath a child ; so their increase is 10.


Edward Fuller and his wife dyed soon after they came 4. ashore ; but their sone Samuell is living, & maried, and hath 4. children or more.


John Turner and his 2. sones all dyed in the first siknes. But he hath a daugter still living at Salem, well maried, and approved of.


Francis Eaton his first wife dyed in the generall sicknes ; and he maried againe, & his 2. wife dyed, & 4. he maried the 3. and had by her 3. children. One of them is maried, & hath a child; the other are living, but one of them is an ideote. He dyed about 16. years 1. agoe. His sone Samuell, who came over a sucking child, is allso maried, & hath a child.


Moyses Fletcher, Thomas Williams, Digerie Preist, John Goodman, Edmond Margeson, Richard Britteridge, Richard Clarke. All these dyed sone after their arivall, in the generall sicknes that befell. But Digerie Preist had his wife & children sent hither afterwards, she being Mr. Allertons sister. But the rest left no posteritie here.


Richard Gardinar became a seaman, and died in Eng- land, or at sea.


Gilbert Winslow, after diverse years aboad here, re- turned into England, and dyed ther.


6.


Peter Browne maried twise. By his first wife he had 2. children, who are living, & both of them maried, and the one of them hath 2. children ; by his second wife he had 2. more. He dyed about 16. years since.


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Thomas English and John Allerton dyed in the generall siknes.


John Alden maried with Priscila, Mr. Mollines his doughter, and had issue by her as is before related.




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