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Edward Doty & Edward Litster, the servants of M. Hopkins. Litster, after he was at liberty, went to Vir- ginia, & ther dyed. But Edward Doty by a second wife hath 7. children, and both he and they are living.
Of these 100. persons which came first over in this first ship together, the greater halfe dyed in the generall mortality ; and most of them in 2. or three monthes time. And for those which survied, though some were ancient & past procreation, & others left ye place and cuntrie, yet of those few remaining are sprunge up above 160. persons, in this 30. years, and are now living in this presente year, 1650. besids many of their children which are dead, and come not within this account.
And of the old stock (of one & other) ther are yet living this present year, 1650. nere 30. persons. Let the Lord have ye praise, who is the High Preserver of men.
* Twelfe persons liveing of the old stock this present yeare, 1679.
Two persons liveing that came over in the first shipe 1620, this present yeare, 1690. Resolved White and Mary Chusman, the daughter of Mr. Allerton.
And John Cooke, the son of Frances Cooke, that came in the first ship, is still liveing this present yeare, 1694 ; & Mary Cushman is still living, this present year, 1698.
* The following memoranda are in a later hand.
+ Obviously intended for Cushman.
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No. II.
[Commission for Regulating Plantations.]
Charles by ye grace of God king of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of ye Faith, &c .*
To the most Reved father in Christ, our wellbeloved & faith- full counsellour, William, by devine providence Archbishop of Counterbery, of all England Primate & Metropolitan ; Thomas Lord Coventry, Keeper of our Great Seale of England ; the most Reverente father in Christ our wellbe- loved and most faithful Counselour, Richard, by devine providence Archbishop of Yorke, Primate & Metropolitan ; our wellbeloved and most faithfull coussens & Counselours, Richard, Earle of Portland, our High Treasurer of Eng- land ; Henery, Earle of Manchester, Keeper of our Privie Seale ; Thomas, Earle of Arundalle & Surry, Earle Mar- shall of England ; Edward, Earle of Dorsett, Chamberline of our most dear consorte, the Queene; and our beloved & faithfull Counselours, Francis Lord Cottington, Counseler, and Undertreasurour of our Eschequour; ST: Thomas Ed- monds, knight, Treasourer of our houshould ; ST: Henery Vane, Knight, controuler of ye same houshould ; ST: John Cooke, Knight, one of our Privie Secretaries ; and Francis Windebanck, Knight, another of our Privie Secretaries,
Wheras very many of our subjects, & of our late fathers of beloved memory, our sovereigne lord James, late king of England, by means of licence royall, not only with
* See page 381. This document was written on the reverse of folio 201 et seq. of the original manuscript, and for the sake of convenience is trans- ferred to this place.
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desire of inlarging ye teritories of our empire, but cheefly out of a pious & religious affection, & desire of propagat- ing ye gospell of our Lord Jesus Christ, with great industrie & expences have caused to be planted large Collonies of ye English nation, in diverse parts of ye world alltogether unmanured, and voyd of inhabitants, or occupied of ye bar- barous people that have no knowledge of divine worship. We being willing to provid a remedy for ye tranquillity & quietnes of those people, and being very confidente of your faith & wisdom, justice & providente circomspection, have constituted you ye aforesaid Archbishop of Counterburie, Lord Keeper of ye Great Seale of England, ye Archbishop of Yorke, &c. and any 5. or more, of you, our Comission- ers ; and to you, and any 5. or more of you, we doe give and comite power for ye govermente & saftie of ye said collonies, drawen, or which, out of ye English nation into those parts hereafter, shall be drawne, to make lawes, con- stitutions, & ordinances, pertaining ether to ye publick state of these collonies, or ye private profite of them ; and con- cerning ye lands, goods, debts, & succession in those parts, and how they shall demaine them selves, towards foraigne princes, and their people, or how they shall bear them selves towards us, and our subjects, as well in any foraine parts whatsoever, or on ye seas in those parts, or in their returne sayling home; or which may pertaine to ye clergie govermente, or to ye cure of soules, among ye people ther living, and exercising trad in those parts ; by designing out congruente porcions arising in tithes, oblations, & other things ther, according to your sound discretions, in politi- call & civill causes ; and by haveing ye advise of 2. or 3. bishops, for ye setling, making, & ordering of ye bussines, for ye designeing of necessary ecclesiasticall, and clargie porcions, which you shall cause to be called, and taken to you. And to make provission against ye violation of those
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laws, constitutions, and ordinances, by imposing penealties & mulcts, imprisonmente if ther be cause, and yt ye quality of ye offence doe require it, by deprivation of member, or life, to be inflicted. With power allso (our assente being had) to remove, & displace ye governours or rulers of those collonies, for causes which to you shall seeme lawfull, and others in their stead to constitute; and require an accounte of their rule & govermente, and whom you shall finde cul- pable, either by deprivation from their place, or by imposi- tion of a mulcte upon ye goods of them in those parts to be levied, or banishmente from those provinces in wch they have been gover or otherwise to cashier according to ye quantity of ye offence. And to constitute judges, & magis- trats politicall & civill, for civill causes and under ye power and forme, which to you 5. or more of you shall seeme ex- pediente. And judges & magistrats & dignities, to causes Ecclesiasticall, and under ye power & forme which to you 5. or more of you, with the bishops vicegerents (provided by ye Archbishop of Counterbure for ye time being), shall seeme expediente ; and to ordaine courts, pretoriane and tribunall, as well ecclesiasticall, as civill, of judgmentes ; to detirmine of ye formes and maner of procceedings in ye same ; and of appealing from them in matters & causes as well criminall, as civill, personall, reale, and mixte, and to their seats of justice, what may be equall & well ordered, and what crimes, faults, or exessess, of contracts or injuries ought to belonge to ye Ecclesiasticall courte, and what to ye civill courte, and seate of justice.
Provided never ye less, yt the laws, ordinances, & consti- tutions of this kinde, shall not be put in execution, before our assent be had therunto in writing under our signet,. signed at least, and this assente being' had, and ye same publikly proclaimed in ye provinces in which they are to be executed, we will & comand yt those lawes, ordinances, and constitutions more fully to obtaine strength and be ob-
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served * shall be inviolably of all men whom they shall con- cerne.
Notwithstanding it shall be for you, or any 5. or more of you, (as is afforsaid,) allthough those lawes, constitu- tions, and ordinances shalbe proclaimed with our royall assente, to chainge, revocke, & abrogate them, and other new ones, in forme afforsaid, from time to time frame and make as afforesaid ; and to new evills arissing, or new dangers, to apply new remedyes as is fitting, so often as to you it shall seeme expediente. Furthermore you shall understand that we have constituted you, and every 5. or more of you, the afforesaid Archbishop of Counterburie, Thomas Lord Coventrie, Keeper of ye Great Seale of Eng- land, Richard, Bishop of Yorke, Richard, Earle of Portland, Henery, Earle of Manchester, Thomas, Earle of Arundale & Surry, Edward, Earell of Dorsett, Francis Lord Cottin- ton, S' Thomas Edmonds, ; knighte, S' Henry Vane, knight, S' Francis Windebanke, knight, our comissioners to hear, & determine, according to your sound discretions, all maner of complaints either against those collonies, or their rulers, or govenours, at ye instance of ye parties greeved, or at their accusation brought concerning injuries from hence, or from thence, betweene them, & their members to be moved, and to call ye parties before you ; and to the parties or to their procurators, from hence, or from thence being heard ye full complemente of justice to be exhibted. Giving unto you, or any 5. or more of you power, yt if you shall find any of ye collonies afforesaid, or any of ye cheefe rulers upon ye jurisdictions of others by unjust possession, or usurpation, or one against another making greevance, or in rebelion against us, or withdrawing from our alegance, or our comandments, not obeying, consultation first with us in yt case had, to cause those colonies, or ye rulers of them,
* A superfluous and comes after "observed " in the manuscript.
t Edwards in the manuscript.
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for ye causes afforesaid, or for other just causes, either to returne to England, or to comand them to other places designed, even as according to your sounde discretions it shall seeme to stand with equitie, & justice, or necessitie. Moreover, we doe give unto you, & any 5. or more of you, power & spetiall comand over all ye charters, leters patents, and rescripts royall, of ye regions, provinces, ilands, or lands in foraigne parts, granted for raising colonies, to cause them to be brought before you, & ye same being received, if any thing surrepticiously or unduly have been obtained, or yt by the same priviledges, liberties, & preroga- tives hurtfull to us, or to our crowne, or to foraigne princes, have been prejudicially suffered, or granted ; the same being better made knowne unto you 5. or more of you, to comand them according to ye laws and customs of England to be revoked, and to doe such other things, which to ye profite & safgard of ye afforesaid collonies, and of our subjects residente in ye same, shall be necessary. And therfore we doe comand you that aboute ye premisses at days & times, which for these things you shall make provission, that you be diligente in attendance, as it becometh you ; giving in precepte also, & firmly injoyning, we doe give comand to all and singuler cheefe rulers of provinces into which ye colonies afforesaid have been drawne, or shall be drawne, & concerning ye colonies themselves, & concern- ing others, yt have been interest therein, yt they give atend- ance upon you, and be observante and obediente unto your warrants in those affaires, as often as, and even as in our name they shall be required, at their perill. In testimoney wherof, we have caused these our letters to be made pat- tente. Wittnes our selfe at Westminster the 28. day of Aprill, in ye tenth year of our Raigne.
By write from ye privie seale,
WILLIES. Anno Dom : 1634.
INDEX.
INDEX.
Abdas, an Indian, 525. Accord Pond, 442. Acoughcouss, 445. Adventurers. See Merchant Adventur- ers.
Alden, John, arrested in Massachusetts, 379. Party to contract, 452, 458. Set- tlement with, 478, 481. Family, 533, 536, 539.
Alden, Robert, 256. Allerton, Bartholomew, 531, 535.
Allerton, Isaac, 62. Assistant, 121, 242. Goes to England, 252, 267, 274, 313, 328. Agreement with, 254 et seq., 271, 272. Brings over Mr. Rogers, 292. Marries Elder Brewster's daughter, 305. Discharged, 329, 333, 358. Dis- ciplined by church, 349. Disregards his bond, 357, 362. Referred to, 276, 278-280, 294, 296, 297, 300-303, 305- 312, 318-327, 335, 336, 340-350, 357- 359, 361, 363-369, 375, 394, 432, 436, 452. Family, 531. Allerton, John, 533, 539. Allerton, Mary, 531, 535. Allerton, Remember, 531, 535. Alltham, Emanuel, 256. Amsterdam, 23, 66, 70, 73. Anabaptistry, 461.
Andrews, Richard, adventurer, 256. Undertaker, 275, 279, 296, 307, 333, 342, 343, 394. Beaver sent to, 431, 435. Takes land at Scituate, 439. Settlement with, 452. Letter to Free- man, 482. Referred to, 410, 412, 414, 436, 447.
Andrews, Thomas, adventurer, 256. Ann. See Cape Ann. Anne, ship, 168, 171, 177, 215. Anthony, Lawrence, 256.
Aquidnett Island, 434, 461, 515. Argoll, Captain, 47, 48. Arminians, 27, 28.
Arnold, Benedict, 514, 525.
Ashley, Edward, 307. His patent and business, 308 et seq. Sends beaver home, 318, 326. Trades with Indians, 327. Referred to, 333, 335, 337, 339, 346, 349. His death, 328.
Assistants at Plymouth, 121, 187.
Atwood, John, agent for Sherley, 449 et seq. Sherley's letter to, 478. Aulney, Monsieur d.', captures Penob- scot, 395, 513.
Aurelius, Marcus, 24. Awasequin, chief, 518,[525. Awashawe, Indian, 523. Babb, Mr., 412. Baker, master of the Charity, 202.
Baptism, differences respecting, 457, 461.
Barnstable, 444. Bass, Edward, 255, 256. Beastliness, 459 et seq.
Beauchamp, John, 138, 141, 255, 256, 275, 276, 296. Patent in his name, 307. Referred to, 333, 342, 343, 368, 394, 412, 414, 431, 435, 439, 451. Set- tlement with, 452.
Bellingham, Richard, deputy governor of Massachusetts, 399. Letters from, 400, 461.
Billirike (Billerica), Pilgrims came from, 69. Billington, Elen, 532. Billington, Francis, 532. Billington, John, 218. Loses himself, 123. Tried for murder and executed, 329. Family, 532, 537. Billington, John, Jr., 532.
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Blackwell, Sir Francis, 47-50, 54. Block Island, 418, 421. Blossom, Thomas, 374. Boston in England, 16. Boston in New England, 342, 354, 383, 417, 501, 518. Bound Brook, 442.
Bradford, Dorothy, 531, 535.
Bradford, Wm., begins writing, 9. W. B., 62. Chosen governor, 121. Ill- ness, 111, 121. Letter to Weston, 131. Letter from Weston, 142. Letter from Pickering and Greene, 144, 272. With others appoints Sherley and Beau- champ agents, 278. Patent at Ken- nebec, 376. Surrenders patent, 444. Letter from, 462. Family, 531, 535. Bradstreet, Simon, 399, 513.
Brewer, Thomas, 60, 256.
Brewster, Jonathan, letter from, 403.
Brewster, Love, 531, 535.
Brewster, Mary, 531.
Brewster, Wm., Elder, 14. Goes to Holland, 22. Assistant to Robinson, 24. Correspondence with Sandys and Worstenholme, 40-45. As to going to America, 53. Labors for sick, 111. Letters from Pickering, Greene and Weston, 144-146. Letter from Robin- son, 198. Letter from Roger White, 248. Referred to, 153, 205, 208, 278, 380, 452. Dies, 487. Character, 488 et seq. Family, 531, 535. Brewster, Wrestling, 531, 535.
Bristol, England, 320, 333, 338, 340, 347, 359.
Britteridge, Richard, 535, 538. Brook, Lord, 378.
Brown, John, 513, 525.
Brown, Peter, 533, 538. Browning, Henry, 256.
Brownists, 238.
Butten, Wm., dies, 93. Family, 532. Callicote, Sergeant, 525.
Calvin, John, 7.
Capawack, 117, 125, 148.
Cape Ann, patent for, 192. Mentioned, 202, 204, 237, 265.
Cape Cod, 90. Arrive at, 93. Explore bay of, 101. French ship lost on, 118. Mentioned, 97, 123, 127, 132, 148, 153, 154, 186, 231, 261, 266. Carter, Robert, 532.
Carver, John, agent to England, 40. Deacon, 40. Letter from Staresmore, 50; from Robinson, 58; from S. F. et al., 61; from Cushman, 69; from Robinson, 77; from Weston, 128, 137, 140. Keeps letter, 66. Chosen gov- ernor, 109. Mentioned, 50, 54, 58, 61, 63, 67-70, 76, 131. At Southampton, 74. Dies, 121. Family, 531, 534. Carver, Kathrine, 531, 534. Cattle, first arrival of, 189.
Cawsumsett Neck, 445.
Charity, ship, 190, 207.
Charles I., commission by, for regulat- ing plantations, 249, 540. .
Charles River, 440.
Charlestown, 441.
Charlton, 116.
Chauncey, Charles, invited to Plymouth, 456, 558. Letter from, 467.
Chilton, James, 533, 538. Chilton, Mary, 533, 538.
Chinnough, an Indian, 513.
Christmas at Plymouth, 134.
Church covenant, 331.
Clapham, 411, 451.
Clarke, pilot of the Mayflower, 67.
Clarke, Richard, 533, 538. Clifton, Rev. Richard, 14.
Cobiseconte, 376.
Coddington, Wm., 332, 399.
Cohasset, 442.
Collier, Wm., 256, 340, 367. Sherley's agent, 449.
Colonies of New England, confederation of, 496.
Commissioners for the plantation, 540. Winslow petitions the, 390.
Compact of the Pilgrims, 109. Connecticut, 371, 386, 387, 391, 402, 405, 415, 419, 424, 425, 430, 506, 509.
Cooke, Francis, 532, 537, 539.
Cooke, John, 532, 537, 539.
Cooke, Lord, 50.
Cooper, Humility, 532, 537.
Coppin, Robert, Mayflower pilot, de- ceived, 104.
Corbitant takes Squanto, 124, 136.
Corn. See Indian Corn.
Cotton, Rev. John, 332. Coventry, Thomas, 256.
Crabe, Rev. Mr., 71.
Crackston, John, family, 532, 536.
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Cromwell, Thomas, Captain, and his crew, 526, 527.
Crose, Daniel, murderer, escapes, 432. Cushman, Mary, 539.
Cushman, Robert, agent to England, 40. Letters from, 46-49. Letter from S. F. et al., 61, 62. Letters to S F. et al., 63-68; to John Carver, 69; to Ed. S., 86-90. Comes in the Fortune, 126. Condemns Weston's colonists, 147. Letters from, 172, 191. Men- tioned, 49, 50, 54, 58, 60, 69, 74-76, 85, 137. His death, 249.
Cutshamakin, 522, 525.
Damariscove Islands, 137, 187, 228, 251. Dartmouth, England, 83, 86, 90. Davenport, Lieutenant, 428.
Davidson, Wm., 488.
Davis, John, Sergeant, 514. Delft-Haven, 72. Dennison, Wm , 343.
Dermer, Captain, 115, 118.
Dorchester, 402, 406.
Doty, Edward, 532, 539.
Dudley, Thomas, 232, 342. Letter from, 379. Mentioned, 384, 399, 504. Dumer, Richard, 399.
Dutch, 54, 196. Send letters, 281. Men- tioned, 370, 372-374, 388.
Dutch letter, 268.
Dutchman at Hull, 17, 18, 409.
Duxbury, 362, 444, 457, 458, 474. Earthquake in 1638, 437. Eaton, Francis, 533, 538.
Eaton, Samuel, 533, 538.
Eaton, Sarah, 533, 538.
Eaton, Theoph., 504, 513, 525.
Elizabeth, Queen, 7. Ely, seaman of Mayflower, 533.
Endicott, John, arrival of, with patent for Massachusetts, 286-314. Letter to Governor Bradford, 315, 442.
English, Thomas, seaman on the May- flower, 533, 539.
Episcopius, 28. Ewangsos, an Indian, 523. Exeter jail, 303. Falcon, ship, 410. Familism, 461. Farrar, Sir George, 63. Fast, in Holland, 52; in Plymouth, 170. Fells, Mr., 264, 265. Fenwick, George, 504, 513, 525.
Fitcher, Lieutenant, at Merry-Mount, 284, 285.
Fleet Prison, 328, 393, 447. Fletcher, Moses, 533, 538. Fletcher, Thomas, 256. Florida, 37. Fogg, 339. Fort Orange, now Albany, 282.
Fortune, arrival of the, 126. 133, 142.
Departs,
France, 147, 148, 448.
Freeman, Edmund, 451, 456.
French robbery at Penobscot, 350.
French ship lost on Cape Cod, 118, 137. Friendship, ship, 320, 328, 329, 333, 336, 338, 342, 343, 346, 347, 358, 360, 413, 455.
Fuller, Edward, and family, 533, 538.
Fuller, Samuel, letter from, 61. Letters from Cushman, 63-68. Mentioned, 93, 220, 315. His death, 374. Family, 532, 535.
Furnival's Inn, 284. Galopp, John, 429.
Gardenar, Richard, 533, 538.
Gardiner, Sir Christopher, 352 et seq. Gibbons commands, 518. Gibbs, Mr., mate of the Sparrow, 275. Girling, expedition of, to recover Penob- scot, 396. Glover, Rev. Mr., 408.
Goffe, Thomas, 256, 275.
Goodman, John, 533, 538. Goodyeare, Stephen, 525. Gorges, Sir Ferdinand, 115, 180, 300, 329, 355, 391.
Gorges, Robert, grant to, 178. Meets Mr. Weston, 179. Arrests him, 183. Returns to England, 184. Gorton, Samuel, 528.
Gosnold, Captain, names Cape Cod, 94.
Gott, Charles, 316. Granger, Thomas, 474.
Graves, Mr., 412. Greene, Wm., 143, 144. Green's harbor, 362.
Gregson, Thomas, 504, 513.
Greville, Sir Fulke, 46. Griffin, Mr., 412. Grimsbe and Hull, 18. Gudburn, Peter, 256. Guiana, 36, 55.
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Hall, Mr., 410. Hampton, 332. Hanson, Captain, 183. Hartford, 501, 510.
Hatherly, Timothy, 256, 296, 307, 309. Arrives in Massachusetts Bay, 319- 329, 334, 335, 340. Affirms by oath, 342, 343, 345. At Bristol, 347. Again comes to America, 360, 439.
Hathorne, Wm., 513.
Haynes, John, governor of Massachu- setts, 399.
Heath, Thomas, 256.
Hedgehog, fable of the, 211.
Hendrick, Prince, 249.
Hibbins, Wm., 479.
Higginson, Francis, 317.
Hingham, 439. Boundaries of, 440, 442. Hobbamok, an Indian, 123-125, 135- 137.
Hobson, Wm., 256.
Hocking, killed at the Kennebec, 377- 384. Holbeck, Wm., 532.
Holland, 15, 22, 30, 34, 42, 69, 71, 374, 393, 490.
Holland, Robert, 243, 256.
Hooke, John, 531, 535.
Hooker, Rev. Thomas, 234.
Hopkins, Constanta, 532, 536.
Hopkins, Damaris, 532.
Hopkins, Edward, 504, 513, 525.
Hopkins, Elizabeth, 532, 536.
Hopkins, Giles, 536.
Hopkins, Oceanus, born at sea, 532.
Hopkins, Stephen, 122. Visits Massa- soit, 122. Family, 532, 536.
Houghe, Atherton, 399.
Howland, Elizabeth, 534.
Howland, John, falls overboard, 92, 452. Family, 531, 534.
Hubbard, Wm., historian, 329. Huddleston, John, letter from, 150, 151.
Hudson, Thomas, 256. Hudson's Bay, 196. Hudson's River, 13. Hull, 17, 18. Humber River, 441. Humfray, John, 399.
Hunt, Thomas, Captain, captor of Squanto, 115, 116.
Hunter, Rev. Joseph, 151, 197.
Hurricane at Plymouth, 401.
Indian corn, 100. Pilgrims take, and later pay for, 100, 123. Squanto teaches how to plant, 120. Indians raise more, 122. Pilgrims do not yet know how to raise, 152. Several hogs- heads secured, 155. Each man to plant for himself, 162. Women and children set, 162. Fear about supply, 176.
Indians, expected danger from, 34, 95. First seen, 98. Their corn found, 99. About a grampus, 101. First alarm of, 102-104, 106. Skulking, 113. Men- tioned, 119, 123, 127, 134, 136, 156, 157. Resolve to destroy western people, 158. Mentioned, 232, 253, 262. Value of wampum, 282. Taught by Morton, 286.
- Long Island, sachems of, 428.
- Mohawks, 427. Kill Sassacus, 430. Mentioned, 514.
- Monhiggs beat the Narragansetts, 430.
- Narragansetts, 123, 133, 135, 136, 148, 152, 186, 282, 416, 423, 424, 426, 430, 433, 496, 505. Agreement with, 521. - Neepnetts, 429.
- Nyanticks, 512, 518. Agreement with, 521.
- Pequots, 232, 282, 371, 415, 416, 418. Attack English, 419, 420, 423-426, 430, 496, 505.
Innemo, Indian chief, 518.
Irish servants, 264. Isle of Shoals, 291.
Jackson, Thomas, executed, 432.
James, a physician, 434.
James I., 13. Dies, 249. Named, 356. James, ship, 192.
Jeffrey, Sergeant, 328. Jenemo and Wipelock, 523. Johnson, Rev. Francis, 48, 49. Johnson, Mr., 330, 332. Johnsone, alderman, 47.
Jonas, 525.
Jones, captain of the Discovery, 153. Jones, captain of the Mayflower, 83. Kean, Robert, 255, 256.
Kennebec, load of corn sent up the, 246. Mentioned, 267, 280, 282, 293, 300, 311, 326, 348, 379, 407, 421, 437. Patent at, 376.
Kent, 70.
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King, Wm., 89. Knight, Eliza, 256. Knight, John, 256.
Knowles, Myles, 256. Land's End, 84.
Langemore, John, 532. Langrume, master of a ship, 410, 412. Latham, Wm., 531, 534.
LaTour, French governor, 513. Laud, Wm., archbishop, 391, 392. Lee, Lord, 430.
Levett, Christopher, 179.
Leyden, 23, 54, 56, 66, 70. Departure thence, 71. Mentioned, 85, 96, 130, 143, 148, 189, 216, 249, 271, 293, 314. Lincoln, Countess of, 51.
Lincolnshire, 13, 16.
Ling, John, 256. Lister, Edward, 532, 539.
London, 69, 72, 73, 84, 86, 115, 195, 244. Plague in, 246, 357, 410.
London bridge, fire on, 367.
Low countries, 22, 26, 121, 296, 448, 489.
Ludlow, Mr., 428, 509.
Lyford, John, arrives, 204. Letters in- tercepted, 207, 208. Sets up a public meeting, 209. Cited before the court, 210. Mentioned, 213, 215, 219, 238, 292. His acknowledgment, 220. Writes to adventurers, 221. Their opinion of him, 223 et seq , 227, 229, 230. Cen- sured, 232. Facts concerning, 232 et seq. Goes to Nantasket, 236. Dies, 237.
Lyon; ship, 363. Maggner, Mr., 47. Mahue, Mr., 360. Malabar, Cape, 94. Manamoick (Chatham), 117, 125, 155, 262.
Manoanscussett, 281, 415.
Manomet (Sandwich), 123. Pinace built at, 266. Mentioned, 281, 402. Margeson, Edmond, 533, 538.
Marriage, first, at Plymouth, 121. By magistrates, 393. Marshfield, 444, 458.
Martin, Christopher, 69, 70, 76, 87, 88, 532, 536. Martyr, Peter, 164. Mary, Queen, 7, 352. Mary, Queen of Scots, 489.
Mary and Anne, 435.
Mason, Captain, with Gorges, 355, 391, 392.
Mason, John, Captain, and the Pequots, 428, 518.
Massachusetts, location of, 117. Bay, 149, 232, 265, 295. Gorges arrives in Bay, 178, 181. Arrival of Ralfe Smith, 314. Mr. Pierce and Mr. Hatherley come, 319, 320, 330, 342. Gardiner in, 352, 361. Roger Williams comes, 369. Mentioned, 371, 372, 382, 383, 403, 416, 419, 433. Boundaries between Massachusetts and Plymouth, 447.
Massasoit visits Plymouth, 114. Treaty with, 114. Embassy to, 122. Sends word concerning Billington, 123-125, 134, 136. Seeks Squanto's life, 137. Is sick, 158.
Masterson, Richard, 50, 374.
Maurice, Grave, dies, 249.
Mayflower, 296.
May-pole at Merry-Mount, 285, 286. Meekesano, 525.
Merchant adventurers, agreement with, 70, 76. Weston and the, 138, 143. As to Lyford, 234. Broken up, 237. Names of, 256.
Merrimac River, 160. Merry-Mount, 284.
Miantonimo, 505, 512.
Milford-Haven, 348.
Millsop, Thomas, 256.
Minter, Desire, 531, 534.
Mixano, 518. Monhegan, 148, 185, 251.
Mononotto, an Indian, and his wife, 429, 430.
More, Ellen, 531.
More, Jasper, 531, 534.
More, Richard, 531, 533.
Morrell, Wm., Rev , comes with Robert Gorges, 185. Morton, George, 59.
Morton, Thomas, at Mount Wollaston, 284 et seq. Arrested, 291, 302. Im- prisoned in Boston, 303, 392.
Mott, Thomas, 256. Mount Wollaston, 284 et seq.
Mullines, Joseph, 532, 536. Mullines, Priscila, 532, 536, 539.
Mullines, Wm., 76. Family, 532, 536. Nacata, 445.
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INDEX.
Naemschatet, 445. Namasket, 116. Namassakett, 124. Namskeket Creek, 263. Nantasket, 236, 289.
Narragansetts. See Indians. Nash, Mr., 61, 62. Natawanute, 373. Naumkeag (Salem), 235, 316.
Naunton, Sir Robert, 38.
Nauset (Eastham), 116, 123, 444. Nequamkeck, falls of, 376.
Newbald, Fria, 256.
New-comin, John, killed by Billington, 330.
New England, 108, 115. Grant from council of, 167, 169, 178, 245. Confed- eration of plantations of, 496.
Newfoundland, 115. New Haven, 458, 500-502, 509, 521.
Newtown, 399, 407. Norton, Captain, 386.
Norton, Rev. John, 408.
Norway, 19. Nottinghamshire, 13.
Novatians, 9.
Nowell, Increase, 399.
Nyanticks. See Indians.
Old-comers, 444.
Oldham, John, 206, 208. Resists Captain Standish, 209. Cited before the court, 210. Named, 216, 218, 219. Comes again, 229. Sent away, 230. Con- fesses, 231. Killed, 232. Mentioned, 237, 417, 418.
Oporto, 327, 343. Orania (Orange) fort, 282.
Ossamequine, 522. Ouse River, 441.
Paddy, Wm., 456.
Pampiamett, 513.
Paragon, ship, sent out by John Peirce, 166-168.
Partridge, Ralph, discusses baptism with Chauncey, 457. Letter from, 466. Passaconaway, 522. .
Passengers in the Mayflower, 531 et seq. Patrick, Captain, 328. Patucket River, 445. Patuxet (Plymouth), 116.
Peach, Arthur, executed for murder, 432.
Peirce, Wm., master of Paragon, 169. Master of the Anne, 171, 186, 202, 207, 216. Comes from England, 230, 232, 234, 308, 319, 333, 361, 363. Letter from Virginia, 365-367, 412, 414. Car- ries Indians to West Indies, 429.
Pelham, Herbert, 525. Pemaquid, 401.
Pemberton, John, 208.
Pennington, Wm., 256. Penobscot, 116, 309, 326, 333, 349, 350, 382, 395, 400. Pequots. See Indians.
Perkins, Mr., 9.
Perrin, Wm., 256.
Pessecuss, an Indian, 520, 524, 525. Peters, Hugh, 479 et seq.
Pickering, Edward, 58, 60, 138, 140, 143. Letter to Bradford and Brewster, 144, 145.
Pierce, John, 76, 143. Likes not Wes- ton's company, 148. Sends the Para- gon, 166 et seq. Charter taken in name of, 167.
Pilgrims resolve to go to the low coun- tries, 14. Fate of families left behind, 20. Remove to Leyden, 23. Obtain patent from Virginia company, 50, 51. Agreement with Weston and merchant adventurers, 56, 70. Their vessels, 71, 72. Choose governor and assistants, 83. Sail, 83. Put back, 83. Dismiss the Speedwell, 84. List of the, in the Mayflower, 531 et seq. Descry Cape Cod, 93. Give thanks, 94. First see Indians, 98. Find kettle and Indian corn, 99. First encounter with In- dians, 102. Lay out house lots, 107. Their compact, 109. Choose John Car- ver governor, 109. Visited by Samo- set, 113; by Squanto and Massasoit, 114. Treaty with Massasoit, 114. Harvest, 1622, 152. Their meeting house, 152.
Pinchon, 399, 404.
Piscataqua River, 160, 251, 267, 377, 383.
Plague in London, 246, 357.
Plantations, commission for regulating, 249, 540.
Pliny, 201. Plymouth, Eng., Pilgrims put into, 84, 244.
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Plymouth, N. E., 1, 90, 116, 117, 127, 160, 251, 314, 332, 349, 363, 380. Bounds between, and Massachusetts, 442.
Pocock, John, 256. Point Care, 94. Point Peril, 445. Pokanokets, 116.
Poliander, John, 28.
Portsmouth, 169, 244, 246.
Pory, John, secretary, 153.
Powows, 118.
Poynton, Daniel, 256. Preist, Digerie, 533, 538.
Prince, Thos., chosen governor, 375, 432. Mentioned, 380, 381, 452, 525.
Prices of live stock, 436.
Providence, 515.
Prower, Salamon, 532.
Punham, 522.
Pummunish, 513, 525.
Puritans, name, 8.
Quarles, Wm., 256.
Rasdell, Mr., at Mt. Wollaston, 284.
Rasieres, Isaac de, 269. Reply to his letter, 270, 281.
Rayner, John, Rev., 419, 457. Letter from, 464.
Rehoboth, 444. Revell, John, 256.
Reynolds, 67. Captain of the Speed- well, 83. Puts back twice, 83, 84. Referred to, 147, 208.
Rigdale, Alice, 533, 537.
Rigdale, John, 533, 537.
Riggs, Sergeant, 328.
Robinson, John, Rev., 14. Goes to Holland, 22-24, 27. Disputes with Arminius, 28. Correspondence with Sir Edwin Sandys, 40-43; with Sir John Worstenholm, 43-46, 48, 54. Letters to John Carver, 58-61, 77, 78; to Pilgrims, 78-82, 88, 130, 153. Letter to Governor Bradford, 197; to Wm. Brewster, 198, 216, 238. Dead, 247 et seq.
Rogers, Mr., at Plymouth, 292. Rogers, Joseph, 533, 537. Rogers, Thomas, 533, 537. Rome, 25, 66. Rookes, Newman, 256.
Sagadahoc, wreck at, 251. Salem, 235, 295, 316, 317, 330, 370, 383.
Salt-making, 191, 192, 203. Saly (Saller), 245.
Samoset visits Plymouth, 113.
Samson, Henry, 532, 537.
Sanders, John, chief of Weston's men, 155.
Sandwich, 444.
Sandys, Sir Edwin, letter from, 40-43, 46. Governor of Virginia company, 47.
Sassacus, sachem, 427. Killed, 430. Satucket, 116.
Say, Lord, 378, 384. Scituate, 440-444, 458.
Scotland, 448.
Scott, false, 351.
Scurvy, Pilgrims suffer from, 110. Seekonk, 434, 444, 518.
Seneca, 94, 200.
Sharpe, Samuel, 256. Sheriver, Mr., 50.
Sherley, James, letters to Pilgrims, 189 et seq., 193, 300, 302, 304, 321, 333. Letters to Governor Bradford, 275 et seq., 295. Letters from, 335 et seq., 346, 359, 367 et seq., 381, 394, 410, 412, 450. Settlement with, 452. Letters to Atwood, 478; to partners, 478, 485. His release, 480. Mentioned, 249, 255, 256, 278, 279, 293, 304, 306, 307, 309, 313, 318, 340, 342, 344, 347-350, 357, 360, 363, 375, 414, 415, 431, 435, 439, 446.
Shoanan, sachem, 522. Sibsie, Mr., 220.
Skelton, Samuel, 317.
Small-pox among Indians on the Con- necticut, 388.
Smith, Francis, 514.
Smith, John, 23, 94. His map, 441.
Smith, John, Rev., 14, 23.
Smith, Ralph, Rev., 314. Resigns his ministry, 418.
Smith, Sir Thomas, 47.
Sodomy, 459 et seq. Sokanoke, 522.
Southampton, 67. Arrive at, 71. Men- tioned, 73, 87, 88, 533.
Souther, Nathaniel, 456. Southworth, Edward, letter from Robt. Cushman, 86-90.
Sowams, 115. Sowansett River, 445.
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Sowle, George, 531, 535. Spain, 115, 358. Sparrow, ship, 145. Speedwell, ship, 71, 72, 84.
Squanto, history of, 113-117. Teaches corn planting, 120. With embassy to Massasoit, 122. Mentioned, 124, 125, 130, 135, 148. Seeks his own ends, 136, 137. Dies, 155. Stamford, 509.
Standish, Myles, leads a party up Cape Cod, 98. Labors for sick, 111. Goes with party about Cape Cod, 155. Res- cues some of Weston's people, 159. Lyford's opinion of, 217. Sent to Eng- land, 245. Comes home, 247, 252, 272, 278. Arrests Morton, 291, 379-381. Goes to the Penobscot, 397. Men- tioned, 446, 452, 458, 518, 532, 536. Standish, Rose, 532, 536.
Stanton, Thomas, interpreter, 428.
Staresmore, Sabin (S. B.), 46. Letter to Carver, 50, 51.
Stinnings, Richard, executed for mur- der, 432.
Stone, Captain, influences governor of Dutch plantation, 385. Killed, 386. Mentioned, 416, 418.
Story, Elias, 531.
Stoughton, Israel, commissioner, 442. Stoughton, Mr., 429.
Straton, 339. Sturgs, Thomas, 481. Taborites, 25.
Talbut, ship, 296.
Tarantines, 125.
Tassaquanawite, 523. Taunton, 444. Thanksgiving, first, 126. Thomas, Wm., 565.
Thompson, David, at the mouth of the Piscataqua, 185, 251, 252.
Thompson, Edward, 532.
Thorned, Thomas, 256.
Thornhill, Matthew, 256. Tilden, Joseph, 256. Tillie, Ann, 532, 537. Tillie, Edward, 532, 537.
Tillie, Elizabeth, 532, 534, 537.
Tillie, John, 532, 534, 537. Tinker, Thomas, 533, 537.
Tirrey, Arthur, 481. Trask, Captain, 328.
Trent, River, 441.
Trevore, Win., 148, 533. Trumball, Wm., 357. Tucker's Terror, 94.
Turkeys, wild, 126. Turner, John, 66, 67, 533, 538.
Uncas, Monhigg chief, 430, 505, 510 et seq., 514, 521, 523.
Uncaway, 509. Union of the New England colonies, 496. Vane, Sir Harry, 419, 430.
Vines, Richard, 338.
Virginia, 36, 37, 41, 49, 55, 67, 86, 108, 117, 127, 138, 149, 150, 152, 153, 170, 181. Ship bound for, 261, 265, 266. Mentioned, 364, 385, 414.
Virginia company, 38, 39, 46, 47, 54, 108.
Virginia court and council, 46. Walloons, 27.
Wampum, value of, 282.
Ward, Thomas, 256.
Warren, Richard, 532, 537.
Warwick, Earl of, 300, 526.
Water, first drink of, in New England, 99.
Waughwamino, 524.
Weequashcooke, 523.
Weesagascussett, 289.
Weetowish, 513, 518, 525.'
Weld, Thomas, 479 et seq.
West, Francis, admiral for New Eng- land, 169, 178.
Weston, Andrew, 144.
Weston, Thos., 52, 54-56, 59, 60, 62, 63, 67, 69, 74, 88. Writes Governor Car- ver, 128, 129. Sends fishing vessel, 137. Letters to Mr. Carver, 137-140. Letter to Governor Bradford, 142-144. Remarks in letter of Pickering and Greene, 145. Mentioned, 141, 146, 149, 150, 166, 178, 186, 189. His people in trouble, 154 et seq. Comes in disguise, 160. His ingratitude, 161. Arrives with small ship, 179. Cited before Robert Gorges, 179 et seq. Ar- rested, 183. Dies, 184. Westminster, 411. Weymouth, 442. White, Mr., counsellor, 234. White, John, Rev., 256. White, Peregrine, 532, 536. White, Resolved, 532, 536, 539.
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White, Roger, letter from, 248. White, Susannah, 532, 535. White, Wm., 532, 535, 536.
White Angel, ship, 320, 321, 326, 328, 329, 333-335, 337, 338, 343, 344, 346, 350, 361, 364, 390, 394, 395, 413, 455. Wilder, Roger, 531, 534.
Wilkinson, Ed., master of the Falcon, 410, 412.
Willett, Thomas, agent at Penobscot, 395.
Williams, Roger, 369 et seq. Pacifies Indians, 434, 515.
Williams, Thomas, 533, 538.
Willson, Mr., surgeon, 430.
Wilson, John, 332.
Wincot, Jacob, 51.
Winnisimmet, 289.
Winslow, Edward, 62. Visits Massa- soit, 122. Visits Captain Huddleston, 151. Brings cattle, 189. Comes from England, 230. Calls Lyford a knave, 236. Goes up the Kennebec, 247. Ziska, 25.
Mentioned, 134, 177, 191, 208, 216, 234, 242, 244, 251, 278, 300, 312, 319, 329, 333, 336, 337, 344, 346, 350, 357, 380, 384, 392-394, 408, 442, 446, 452, 513, 527. Chosen governor, 366, 409, 507. In England, 389. Petition of, 390. Family, 531, 535.
Winslow, Elizabeth, 531.
Winslow, Gilbert, 533, 538.
Winslow, Josias, 452.
Winthrop, John, 330-332, 342. Letters from, 354, 417, 420, 427. Mentioned, 382-384, 399, 446, 504, 525.
Wollaston, Captain, 283. His ventures, 284
Worstenholme, Sir John, 43, 45, 47.
Wraight, Henry, 256.
Yarmouth, 444, 445.
Yeardley, Sir Geo., 47.
Yonge, Joseph, 435.
Yorkshire, 13.
Zealand, 17.
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