Chronicles of the first planters of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1623-1636, Part 42

Author: Young, Alexander, 1800-1854. cn
Publication date: 1846
Publisher: Boston, C. C. Little and J. Brown
Number of Pages: 605


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, Massachusetts, 306. Narragansett, 306. ,


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Nipmuck or Nipnet, 306.


-, Pequod, 306, 363. Exterminated,


306, 364, 550. Sachems of the, 548, 549. See Monanattuck, and Sasakus.


Indians, Tarrateens, 257.


Ingersoll, Richard, account of, and of his family, 178.


Ironsyde, - -- , 87. Islands, in Boston harbour, 405. Isles of Shoals, 473.


J.


Jacie, Henry, Rev., his letter to John Win- throp, Jr., cited, 522.


James, the, 449, 453. See Taylor.


James I., patent granted by, 28. His procla- mation, 83.


James, Sagamore, 307.


Janson, Sir Brian, 125, 126.


Jeffrey, or Jeffries, William, 170. Account of him, 171.


Jeffrey's Neck, and Creek, 171.


Jennings, William, 383.


Jessop, -, Rev., 457.


Jessop, Constantine, Rev., 457.


Jewel, the, 127, 137, 310, 311.


Jews, the Indians probably had intercourse with the, 12.


John, Sagamore, 306, 307, 337, 374.


Johnson, Edward, on Endicott, 13; Skelton, 143 ; Isaac Johnson, 318; Maverick, 322. On the famine, 352; Boston Castle, 359 ; the Aberginians, 374. His description of Dorchester, 396 ; of Roxbury, 397 ; of Bos- ton, 399 ; of Charlestown, 400 ; of Newtown, 402; of Watertown, 403; of Lynn, 409; of Ipswich, 410; of Newbury, 411. On the Yorkshire men in New-England, 523. On Dunster, 553 ; Shepard, 558. Cited, 126, 170, 298, 316, 318, 336, 330, 384, 449, 536, 551.


Johnson, Francis, 40. Johnson, Gowen, 428.


Johnson, Isaac, 29, 65, 71, 72, 79, 80, 81, 86, 87, 90, 91, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 105, 106, 109, 113, 116, 120, 125, 127, 155, 174, 241, 261, 232, 289, 298, 313, 316, 319, 356, 378. His death, 317, 381. Account of him, 317.


Johnson, the Lady Arbella, 303. Her death, notice of her, 318.


Joint Stock, of the Massachusetts Company, 95, 98, 116, 125. Arrearages of the, 110. Liabilities of the, 113. Privileges of the, 114. Jones, Captain of the Mayflower, alleged treachery of, 4, 308.


Jones, John, Rev., notice of, 543.


Josselyn, John, cited, 322, 464, 551, 553.


K.


Kedby, L., 319. Kennebec, settlement at the mouth of the, 21. Kenrick, George and John, 455. Kirk, Jarvis, 64.


L.


Land, allotment of, 69, 73, 74, 77, 154, 174, 197 -200, 384. To be held by service, 187.


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565


INDEX.


Laud, William, 'Archbishop, 113, 134, 274, | 291, 365, 527. On Davenport, 103. His prosecution of Williams and Osbaldistone, 426. Silences Shepard, 518, 519 ; and cites him before him, 520.


Leach, Lawrence, account of, 160.


Lectures and lecturers, in England, 70, 513, 514.


Letters, from Endicott, to the Company in England, 83, 89, 109, 131, 141, 249 ; to Gov. Bradford, 290. From the Company in England, to Endicott, 99, 136, 141 - 171, 172-191, 290, 291 ; to the ministers, 287 - 289. From Cradock to Endicott, 129-137. From Higginson to his friends in Leicester, England, 260 -264. From Fuller, the phy- sician, to Gov. Bradford, 299, 312, 314, 348. From Dudley to the Countess of Lincoln, 301 - 341. Of John Cotton, 432 -444. From Jacie to Winthrop, 522.


Leverett, John, Gov., 48.


Leverett, Thomas, 48. Account of, and of his family, 423.


Levett, Christopher, cited, 33.


Lewis, Humphry, 71.


Lincoln, Bridget, Countess of, 303. Dudley's letter to her, 301 - 341.


Lincoln family, connexion of the, with the New-England settlements, 303.


Lincoln. See Williams.


Lincolnshire, colonists expected from, 260.


Lions, in New-England, 248.


Lion's Whelp, the, 39, 50, 64, 65, 90, 92, 108, 132, 143, 147, 154, 159, 162, 163, 166, 172, 176, 179, 183, 216, 217, 220, 222, 229, 230, 231, 238, 287, 310, 311, 316, 333, 336, 340. Her cargo, 330. See Gibbs, and Peirce. Lobsters, 250.


London. See Mountain.


Ludlow, Roger, 260, 314, 319, 347, 356, 359, 378, 380. Notice of him, 123.


Lyford, John, at Nantasket, Cape Ann, and Naumkeag, 20. Notice of him, 20. His death, 27.


Lynn, settlement of, 314. Described, 409. See Saugus.


M.


Mackerel, 232, 249, 470.


Magistrates, of the Massachusetts Colony, 356.


Malbon, John, 47, 54.


Manamoyk, Chatham, 323.


Mandilions, 41.


Manstrey, Nathaniel, 174.


Mapler, Mr., Rev. Thomas Shepard's brother- in-law, 501.


Marblehead, description of, 244, 410.


Marshall, Stephen, Rev., 112 ; notice of him, 521.


Martyn, Sir Henry, 93.


Martyr, Justin, cited, 237.


Mary, the, 452, 453, 459. ·


Mary and John, the, 123, 310, 311, 314, 348. See Squeb.


Masconnomo or Masconnomet, sagamore of Agawam, 307.


Mason, John, Thomson and the Hiltons, sent over by, 315. See Gorges, Hilton, and Thomson.


Mason, John, Capt., 306, 550.


Massachusetts, meaning of, 14. Origin of the Colony of, 5, 309 .. Design of the plantation of, 6. Horses first brought to, 14. First planters of, Nonconformists, not Sepa- ratists, 15, 299. The discovery and first planting of the, 19. Capt. John Smith on the, 19. Wood's description of, 389 - 415.


Bay, first explored by Capt. John Smith, 19, 371. Visited by the inhab- itants of New Plymouth; Bradford on, 19. Fishing at, 22. Northern promontory of, originally called Tragabizanda, 22. Rec- ords of the Governor and Company of, 37 -127, 128. Officers of the plantation at, 78. Transfer of the government and pa- tent of, to New-England, 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, 97, 98, 176, 282 ; resolved upon, 88. Trade of the plantation of, 118. To be occupied ; meaning of, 150. Cattle in the plantation of, 245, 261. Town laid out at, 259. Wood's description of, 312, 392. See Endicott. - Colonists, Cotton's farewell ser- mon to the, 126. Bancroft's slander of the, 127. Never used the appellation of Saint, 138, 221, 424. Set sail, under Higginson, from Gravesend, 217. Bid farewell to England, 221. See land, 230. Descry Cape Sable, 231. Cape Ann in sight, 232. Arrive in Cape Ann harbour, 233. Arrive in the harbour of Naumkeag, 234. More expected, 260. Transportation expensive to the, 262. A year's provisions to be brought by, 263. Necessaries for, 264,. 266. Chalmers's assertions with regard to the, 296. Remove, under Winthrop, to Charlestown, 312, 378. Settle Boston, 313, 381 ; Medford, 313; Watertown, 313, 380 ; Dorchester, 314, 380; Saugus, 314, 381; and Roxbury, 314. Mortality among the, .314, 319, 325, 378, 379. A hundred return in the ships, 315. Fasts kept by the, 316. Two hundred die, 319. Contemplate a fortified town, 320. Send Morton prisoner to England, 321. Thanksgiving kept by the, 332, 385. Suffer from famine, 351, 379. Charity and trust, 353 ; and content- cdness, of the, 354. Power of religion among the, 355. Settle Newtown, 381. Scattered, 382. Embark, with Richard Mather, on board the Jamcs, at anchor in King Road, 448, 449. The searchers come on board, 448; Sir F. Gorges visits the ship, 451. Sct sail, 452. Sce land, 470. Anchor at Richmond's Island, 471. Sail along the coast, 472. Anchor at the Isles of Shoals ; arrive in Boston harbour, 476. - Colony, supplies for the, 40, 42, 43, 54, 56, 62, 63, 156, 266. Scal of the, 42, 155, 200. Cattle sent over to the, 66, 182, 190, 216, 310. Form of government for the, 73, 192 - 196. Richard Andrews, a benefactor of the, 81. Charter of the; 142, 149. Ministers for the, 142, 164. Dis- cipline to be exercised in the, 158, 167.


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INDEX.


Massachusetts Company, patent of, confirmed by Charles I., 13, 372. First emigration under the authority of the, 13. Second emigration under the authority of the, 14. Condition of the members of the, 14. Third emigration under the authority of the, 15. Their patent, 60. Meetings of the, in London, 66, 68, 74, 78, 99. Instruc- tions of the, to Endicott, 68, 132, 138, 139, - 191, 146, 153. Officers of the, chosen, 70, 71, 105, 106. Courts of Assistants of the, 73, 76, 98, 107, 125, 127. Letters of the, to Endicott, 77, 78, 136 ; to Higginson, Skelton, and Endicott, 99, 285-292. Or- ders of the, 77, 78. General Courts of the, in London, 78, 79, 82, 86, 87, 88, 90, 94, 101, 109, 113, 119, 120, 192. Accounts of the, to be audited, 81. Chalmers's asser- tions with regard to the, 89, 288. Joint stock of the, 95, 93, 110, 113, 114, 116, 125. Chaplains of the General Court of the, chosen, 112. Common stock of the, 120, 121, 125. Agreement of, with the minis- ters, 143, 207 -212, 263. Endeavour to pre- vent immoral characters from going to their plantation, 189. Careful not to render them- selves obnoxious to the government at home, 289, 291. See Brereton.


Massachusetts Fields, 305, 395. See Mount Wollaston.


Mather, Cotton, Rev., 142. On attempts of the English to settle certain parts of New- England, 6. On the origin and signification of the name, Naumkeag, 12. On Black- stone, 170. Cited, 164, 221, 303, 318, 365, 385, 419, 430, 448, 454, 553.


Mather, Increase, Rev., 16, 364.


Mather, Richard, Rev., 16, 260, 357, 419, 422, 438, 511. Account of, and of his family, 480. His Journal, 445- 480, 481. At Bris-


tol; goes aboard the James, 448. See Massachusetts Colonists. Mathewes, Andrew, 53.


Maud, Daniel, Rev., 450, 451, 452, 454, 455, 456, 460, 462, 463, 466, 468, 471, 479. No- tice of him, 449.


Maverick, John, Rev., 123, 260, 314, 347, 356, 357, 380, 386. Account of him, 348. He removes to Dorchester, 380.


Monmouth, England, noted for the manufac- ture of caps, 41.


Maverick, Samuel, 150, 306. Account of him, 322.


Shipwrights sent to the, 161. No "idle | Mayflower, the, 39, 78, 107, 125, 154, 175, 184, drone " to be permitted in the, 188. Jus- 186, 216, 217, 242, 249, 261, 311. Alleged treachery of the captain of the, 4, 308. No Pilgrim returns in the, 315. See Jones, and Peirce. tice to be impartially administered in the, 188. Swearers to be punished, 189. Pow- ers of the government of the, 196. Oaths of office for the Governor and Council of Mayhew, - -, 161. Mayo, - , 62. the, 201 - 203. Better provided with cattle than the Colony of New Plymouth, 216. Meare, , 220. Alleged innovations in the government of Medford, settlement of, 313. Described, 402. See Mistick. the, 290. Mortality in the, 314. Gard- iner's attempts to injure the, 321, 335. Ed- Meech, John, 375. mund Wilson, a benefactor of the, 326. Meetinghouse, a modern term, 121. Magistrates of the, 356; and ministers, Merrimack, described, 411. 356, 357. Morton's attempts to injure the, Meyrick, Sir Samuel R., cited, 44. 362. Letters of thanks to be sent to the Miantinomo, 555. benefactors of the, 415.


Michell, Barnard, 43.


Michelson, or Michenson, Edward, notice of, and of his family, 526.


Milburne, , 83,92.


Mildmay, Sir Walter, founder of Emmanuel College, 421, 504. His conversation with Queen Elizabeth, 421.


Milk Island, 22.


Miller, Sydrach, 47.


Milton, John, cited, 127.


Ministers, 42, 96, 134, 142, 148, 187, 205, 263. Letters to the, 99, 286-289. Appointed re- ferees, 120. Of the Massachusetts Colony, 356,357.


Mistick, plantation at, 137, 313, 374, 402. Described, 404. See Med ford.


Mitchell, Matthew, 456, 457, 460, 462, 464, 465. Account of him, 454.


Monanattuck, sachem of the Pequods, 548.


Money, raised, 80, 93, 110. To be paid, 107. Monhegan, fishing at, 22. Purchased by Ald- worth and Elbridge, 3.62. The James ar- rives at, 470.


Monish, Lieutenant, 358.


Montowompate, or Sagamore James, 307.


Morell, William, Rev., 394.


Morley, Robert, 53.


Mortality, of the Colonists, 319, 325, 378, 379. At Charlestown, 314. Causes of the, 325. In England, 331, 500. See Indians.


Morton, Nathaniel, Secretary, on the treach- ery of the captain of the Mayflower, 4. His New-England's Memorial, 287. On the great storm, 478.


Morton, Thomas, 150, 151, 156. The first to sell guns and ammunition to the Indians, 83. His insinuation respecting the physi- cian of New Plymouth, 131. Sent prisoner to England, account of him, 321. His attempts to injure the Colony, 362. Cited, 334.


Morton's Point, in Charlestown, 161. Mosquitoes, 255. Mott, , 264.


Moulton, Robert, 94, 180. Account of him, 161.


Mount Wollaston, 83, 150, 156, 305, 309, 395. See Quincy.


Mountain, Bishop of London, 516, 518. Moxon, George, Rev., 283.


N.


Nahant, description of, 406.


Nantasket, 393. A habitation set up at, 19.


567


INDEX.


Conant, Lyford, and Oldham, at, 20. Roger Clap arrives at, 347. See Hull.


Naumkeag, 25, 154, 258, 259. Settlement at, 12. Origin and signification of the name, 12. Cattle sent to, 12, 216. Conant, Lyford, and Oldham, at, 20. Reason for changing the name, 31. Islands in the harbour of, 234. See Salem.


Neale, Bishop, 527.


Neponset, Milton, sachem of, 305. See Chick- atabot.


Nevile, Thomas, 420.


Newbury. See Merrimack.


New-England, settlement in, 3. Fishing and fur trade on the north-eastern coasts of, 5, 309. Winslow's Good News from, 5. Stock raised for planting a colony in, and at- tempts to settle certain parts of, 6. Fish- ing voyage to, 7. Abortive attempts to plant colonies in, 21, 372. Council of, sell land, 23. The Council and Government in, 67, 68, 77. Letters from, 94. Wife and children of Ames come over to, 134. Soil of, 243, 245. Much cleared ground in, 244. Natural productions of, 246 -- 248. Beasts of, 248. "Waters of, and the abundance of sea-fish, 248-251. Air and climate of, 251, 252. Fowls of, 252, 253. Abundance of fuel in, 254. Inconveniences of, 254-256. Natives of, 256-258. Condition of the plantation in, 258-259. Fruitfulness of, 264 ; healthfulness of, 265. General con- siderations for planting, 269-278. Indians of, 305-307. Encouragements to plant in, 323. Supposed to be an island, 391. De- scription of the bays, havens, and inlets in, 391 ; of the plantations in, 394. Unreason- able expectations concerning, 412. All must work in, 413. Far from being poor, 414. Cotton's reasons for removing to, 438 ; Shepard's, 529. See Indians, and Massa- chusetts.


Newfoundland, 228, 465. Fishing at, 9, 184. Newman, Samuel, Rev., 357.


New Plymouth, settlement at, 4. Inhabit- ants of, visit Massachusetts Bay, 19. Suc- cess of the plantation at, 21, 22. Hewes's contest with the people of, 32. Colony of, not so well provided with cattle as the Massachusetts Colony, 216. Colony of, 308. See Bradford, Cape Ann, and Ply- mouth.


Newton, Roger, Rev., 512.


Newtown, intended for a city, 320. Settle- ment of, 339, 381. Described, 402. Har- vard College founded at, 551. See Cam- bridge.


Norris, Edward, Rev., 283, 357.


Norton, John, captain, 383.


Norton, John, Rev., 151, 233, 340, 419, 5 33, 540. Account of him, 537.


Norton, Thomas, 165.


Nowell, Increase, 47, 50, 51, 61, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 36, 87, 90, 93, 94, 99, 101, 106, 107, 109, 113, 114, 119, 120, 125, 137, 174, 241, 232, 313, 316, 319, 356, 378, 382, 387. Notice of, and of his fam- ily, 262.


Nye, Philip, Rev., 120. Notice of him, 112.


0.


Oaths, of office, for the Governor and Council of the Massachusetts Colony, 69, 201 - 203. Of Allegiance and Supremacy, 260, 448. Obstructions to emigration, 260, 428, 448. Officers of the Massachusetts Company, chosen, 70, 71, 105, 106. Names of the, 72. Offield, Joseph, 70, 174.


Oldham, John, 51, 61, 69, 148, 150, 217, 321. At Nantasket ; Cape Ann, 20. Notice of him, 48. His patent, 69 ; and grant, 169. His pretensions, 147. To be guarded against, 149. Account of him, 169. Mur- dered by the Indians, 364, 549.


Old Planters, how treated by the Massachu- setts Company, 145, 194.


Oyster banks, 401, 404.


Oysters, 250.


P.


Palfrey, John G., 27.


Palfrey, Peter, 106, 144. Notice of, and of his family, 26.


Palmer, Abraham, 152, 174. Notice of him, 375.


Palmer, Walter, 375. Notice of him, 377.


Palsgrave, Richard, notice of, 383.


Paræus, David, 112.


Parret, Sir James, 456.


Partisans, 44.


Partridges, 253.


Passaconaway, 307.


Passengers, transportation of, 117.


Patents, 13, 27, 28, 29, 33, 42, 51, 60, 69, 192, 308, 372. See Charles I., James I., and Massachusetts.


Peirce, - 161.


Peirce, William, Captain of the Mayflower, 33, 175, 184, 186, 311. Captain of the Lion's Whelp, 333, 340. Arrives at Nan- tasket, 330, 385. Despatched to Ireland, for provisions, 379.


Pelham, Herbert, 68, 79.


Pemaquid, a plantation at, 362, 471. The Angel Gabriel cast away at, 478.


Penn, James, notice of him, 383.


Penn William. See Penn, James.


Penobscot, attacked by the French, 471.


Pequot war, 258, 363, 549. Narratives of the, 306.


Perry, Richard, 47, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 81, 82, 86, 87, 88, 90, 97, 98, 101, 174.


Peters, Hugh, 69, 70, 174, 185, 353, 357, 511 Account of him, 134.


Philip's War, 364.


Phillips, George, Rev., 298, 351, 356, 357, 378, 380, 404. Account of him, 299. Death of his wife, 314.


Phips, Sir William, 125.


Pigeons, 253, 335.


Pilgrim, the, 78, 154, 175, 184, 216. See Wollridge.


Pilgrims. See Mayflower, and Plymouth.


Piscataqua, settlement at, 21, 315. Walford, the sinith, removes to, 374. Nathaniel Eaton goes to, 551.


568


INDEX.


Planters, articles of agreement between the adventurers and, 100, 102. From Dorset and Somerset, 179. Encouragements to, 323. . See Dorchester, and Western men. Planter's Plea, 2. Authorship of, ascribed to Rev. John White; unknown to histori- ans ; 16. See Humphrey.


Plymouth, settlers of, compared with those of Massachusetts, 4. The first cattle brought to, 9, 216 .: Physician at, 32. Rem- nant of the Pilgrims come over to, 216. A fast kept at, in behalf of the Massachu- setts colonists, 316. Settlement of, 372.


Company, attempt of the, to plant a colony in New-England, 21. Colony, Allerton, agent of the, 333.


Pocock, John, 71, 72, 73, 79, 82, 86, 87, 88, 98, 101. Interested in the Massachusetts Company, 4.


Porpoise, Cape, 472.


Porpoises, 226, 229, 459, 461, 463, 464, 466. Pratt, John, the surgeon, 108. Notice of him, 52.


Preston, John, Rev., 422, 510, 515. Account of him, 506.


Prince, Thomas, error of, 49. On Bright, 160. On Laud and Shepard, 520. Cited, 20, 56, 66, 70, 105, 153, 274, 287, 348, 376, 387.


Private adventurers, 155.


Proclamation, to prevent the sale of guns and gunpowder, 42. Of James I., 83. Of Charles I., 84, 157. To prevent emigra- tion, 260.


Protestants, persecution of, in the Austrian territories, 274 ; in France, 274.


Prudden, Peter, Rev., 357.


Puliston, Thomas, 68, 78, 79, 90, 101.


Puritans. See Massachusetts.


Pym, John, 60, 298.


Pynchon, John, 283.


Pynchon, William, 69, 70, 71, 82, 86, 87, 88, 90, 94, 97, 98, 99, 101, 106, 107, 109, 113, 119, 120, 125, 282, 289, 314, 319, 378, 381. Account of him, 283. Death of his wife, 314.


2.


Quakers, troubles from the, 361. Quincy, settlement at, 21. See Mount Wol- laston.


R.


Randolph Edward, his Narrative of the state of New-England cited, 359.


Ratcliff, Philip, notice of, 361. Punished, 362.


Rattlesnakes, 255.


Revell, John, 82, 83, 86, 90, 92, 94, 97, 98, 101, 106, 107, 113, 116, 119, 120, 289. In- terested in the Massachusetts Company, 4. Returns to England, 315. . Notice of him, 315.


Rayner, John, Rev., 151.


Rhode Island. See Aquethneck. Richardson, Ezekiel, 383. Richmond's Island, 471. Rickman, Isaac, 186. Roe, Lawrence, 71.


Rogers, Daniel, Rev., 522. Notice of him, 521.


Rogers, Ezekiel, Rev., 357. Account of him, 522.


Rogers, Nathaniel, Rev., 357, 523.


Rogers, Richard, Rev., 503, 522.


Rossiter, Edward, 106, 123, 260, 314, 347, 357. His death ; notice of him, 318.


Roswell, Sir Henry, 29, 60, 92.


Rother-beasts, 14.


Rovell, William, 109.


Rowe, - -, 87, 90, 101.


Rowe, Owen, notice of, 94.


Roxbury, settlement of, 313, 381. Alarm at,


340. Described, 396.


Ruggles, Jeffrey, 319, 329.


Ruggles, John, 329.


Rumney Marsh, 407. See Chelsea.


Russell, John, notice of, 531.


Ryall, William, 163, 164.


S.


.


Sachems. See Sagamores.


Sagamores, of New-England, 305 -307. See Indians.


Salem, Naumkeag so called by Higginson, 21. The first child born at, 24. Endicott at, 30. Servants sent to; sickness at; mission from, to Plymouth, for a physician, 32. Higginson, Skelton, and their com- pany, arrive at, 234, 235. Church formed at, 259. Bradford sends to, for ammuni- tion, 377. Described, 409. See Browne, Naumkeag, and New-England.


Sales, John, 333, 385.


Salt, monopoly.of, 47. Persons skilled in making, to be sent to New-England, 152. Abundance of, 250.


Saltonstall, Sir Richard, 29, 51, 61, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 81, 86, 87, 94, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113, 116, 119, 125, 127, 155, 174, 179, 282, 289, 298, 319, 338, 356, 378, 330, 403. Account of him, and of his family, 336.


Sarsaparilla, 133.


Sasakus, sachem of the Pequods, 548, 549. Sassafras, 133.


Saturday afternoon, to be kept, 163. Origin of the custom, 164.


Saugus, settlement of, 314, 381. Described, 406. Black William, Duke of, 406.


Savage, James, cited, 33, 113, 278.


Scottow, Joshua, 341. On the origin and sig- nification of the name Naumkeag, 12. His publications, 340. Cited, 126, 260, 383 478, 540.


Scusset harbour, in Sandwich, 328.


Seal, of the Massachusetts Colony, 42, 155, 200, 325.


Seale, Humphry, 69, 71, 72, 124.


Seale, Robert, 70.


Separatists, 15, 221, 288. See Massachusetts.


569


INDEX.


Sewall, Stephen, cited, 244.


Sharpe, Samuel, 43, 50, 51, 53, 59, 67, 106, 142, 144, 147, 155, 161, 163, 166, 178, 180, 181, 182, 191, 194, 388. Interested in the Massachusetts Company, 4. Agreement with, 50. Cradock's agent, 50, 157. Ac- count of him, 157.


Sharpe, Thomas, 86, 106, 126, 127, 282, 319, 320, 336: Death of his daughter, 327. Notice of him, 338.


Shaw, Charles, his history of Boston, cited 397.


Shepard, John, 499, 500, 502.


Shepard, Samuel, 500, 532, 544. Notice of him, 541.


Shepard, Samuel, son of Rev. Thomas Shep- ard, notice of, 555.


Shepard, Thomas, Rev., 260, 340, 357, 438, 512, 551. His autobiography, 497-558. His parentage and family, 499, 500. Sent to school, 501. Death of his father ; re- solves to be a scholar, 502. Enters Em- manuel College, 503. Hears Doctor Chad- derton, 504. Becomes dissipated, 505. His skepticism, 507 ; spiritual temptations, 508 ; consciousness of sin, 509 ; and religious experience, 510. Goes to live with Mr. Weld, 511. Removes to Earls-Colne, 515. His mode of preaching, 517. Silenced by Laud, 518. Sees the sin of conformity, 520. Escapes from the pursuivant, 522 ; leaves Earls-Colne for Yorkshire, 523 ; narrowly escapes drowning, 524. His res- idence in Yorkshire, 525. His marriage, 526. Removes to Northumberland, 527. Preaches about Newcastle, 528. His first son born, 529. His reasons for coming to New-England, 529, 530. · Returns to Earls- Colne, 531. Resolves to go to New-Eng- land, 532. Sails from Harwich, 532. A plot to apprehend him, 533, 540. The ship driven back to Yarmouth, 534. He lands at Yarmouth, 539. His child dies, 540. Spends the winter in Norfolk, 541. His second son born, 542. Sails for New- England, 543. Arrives at Boston, 544. Settles at Cambridge; his wife dies, 545. Marries Hooker's daughter, 554. Two of his children die, 555. His second wife dies, 556; her character, 557. Notice of him, his family, and his memoir, 558.


Sherbourne, Mrs., 528, -542. Sherman, William, 43.


Ship-building, in the Colony, 185, 404. Ships, ballast of the, 39. Stores for the, 45. Return of, from New-England, 90, 107. Colonists to be transported in, 132. Com- modities to be sent to England in the, 133, 162. Articles sent in the, 156. Tools and materials for building, 180. Names of the, 215, 311.


Shoes, ordered, 46, 55, 63.


Short, Abraham, notice of, 362.


Simpkins, Captain of Boston Castle, 358. Skelton, Samuel, Rev., 30, 67, 135, 144, 147, 163, 191, 194, 216, 220, 290, 291. Letters to him from the Company in England, 99, 287. Account of him, 142. His agreement with the Massachusetts Company, 211, 212. Death of his wife, 339.


Smelt Brook in Roxbury, 396. Smith, - -, 86.


Smith, the accomptant, 108.


Smith, Henry, Captain, 283.


Smith, John, 457.


Smith, John, Captain, 392. Massachusetts Bay first explored by him, 19, 371. Cited, 33. See Massachusetts.


Smith, Ralph, Rev., 224. Account of him, 151.


Snaphances, 44, 150.


Soame, Robert, 421.


Soil, of New-England, 243; its wonderful fertility, 245.


Somerset, planters from, 179. See Western men.


Southampton, situation of, 125.


Southcoat, Thomas, 29.


Southcot, Richard, notice of, 349.


Southcot, William, 346.


Spanish dolphins, 464.


Sparke, Michael, 241.


Speed well, the, 125.


Sprague, Ralph, 31, 152, 349, 351, 375, 376, 387. Notice of him, 373.


Sprague, Richard, 31, 152, 349, 351, 375, 387. Notice of him, 373.


Sprague, William, 31, 152, 349, 351, 375, 387. Notice of him, 373.


Spurstowe, 82, 86, 88, 97, 98, 101.


Squeb, Captain of the Mary and John, 311, 348, 350.


Standish, Miles, 4, 33, 34, 156, 321.


Steevens, Thomas, 54, 174.


Stephens, - , 101.


Stevens, - -, 161.


Stevenson, John, 171.


Stickline, or Stickland, John, 375.


Stock, for planting a colony in New England, how employed, 6. Waste of, 10. See Common and Joint.


Stone, John, Captain, killed by the Indians, 363, 549.


Stone, Samuel, Rev., 260, 357, 512, 518, 528, 545. Account of him, 506.


Stony Brook, in Roxbury, 396, 401.


Storm, great. See Massachusetts and Thacher. Stormy Petrels, 462, 464.


Stoughton, Israel, 306.


Stoughton, William, cited, 189.


Stowers, Nicholas, 375. Straitsmouth Island, 22.


Street, Nicholas, Rev., 357.


Style, old and new, 138, 304.


Success, the, 311, 330.


Sun-fish, 227.


Sydney, Algernon, his motto, 155.


Synod, at Cambridge, 360, 547 ; result of the, 548.


T.


Talbot, the, 39, 45, 90, 92, 107, 108, 127, 143, 147, 153, 154, 162, 163, 166, 172, 176, 215, 216, 217, 238, 287, 310. See Beecher and Graves.


Taylor, Captain of the James, 450, 460.


Tenhills farm, 105, 404.


Ten-pound Island, 234.


Thacher, Anthony, 478. His Narrative of


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INDEX.


his Shipwreck, 483-494. His children,


493. Account of, and of his family, 494. Thacher family, 494, 595.


Thacher's Island, 22, 233, 494.


Thanksgiving, 332, 385.


Thomson, David, 150, 322. His colony, 21, 315. Sent over by Gorges and Mason, 315. Thursday Lecture, origin, and account, of the, 425.


Tilley, John, an overseer at Cape Ann, 24. Murdered by the Indians, 364.


Tilly, Hugh, 179.


Tobacco, 136, 146. Not to be planted, 182. Account of, 182.


Tomson, William, Rev., 357.


Touteville, Margaret, 525,-526. Her age, 525. See Shepard.


Tragabizanda. See Massachusetts.


Transportation, of passengers, 117.


Expen- sive, 262.


Trask, William, notice of, 31.


Trumbull, Jonathan, cited, 124, 350.


Tuckney, Anthony, Rev., 425, 430, 436. Notice of him, 438.


Tuffneale, Richard, 174.


Turbot, 250.


Turkeys, 253.


Turner, -, 106.


Turtle, 228.


U.


Uncas, 555. Underhill, John, Capt., 306.


Undertakers, proposed, 111. Chosen, 116. Their liabilities, 321.


Upham, Charles W., his life of Hugh Peters, and of Sir Henry Vane, 135.


V.


Vane, Sir Henry, 195, 337, 546, 548. Inter- cedes for Pynchon, 283.


Vassall, - -- , 47, 53, 59, 69, 70, 97, 119.


Vassall, Samuel, 60, 71, 72, 82, 87, 98. Notice of, and of his family, 89.


Vassall, William, 65, 71, 72, 77, 78, 86, 87, 89, 94, 98, 99, 101, 106, 127, 282, 289. Returns to England with his family, 316. Account of him, 316.


Venn, John, 51, 53, 59, 65, 71, 72, 78, 79, 81, 86, 87, 90, 94, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 106, 109, 119, 174. Notice of him, 60. Vincent, P., 306.


Vine-planters, to be sent to New England, 42, 152.


Virginia, intention to plant in, 3. Indian inassacre in, 136.


W.


Wales, Nathaniel, notice of, and of his fam- ily, 450.


Walford, Thomas, the smith, at Charles- town, 150, 152, 349, 375. Removes to Piscataqua, 374. Notice of him, 374. Walgrave, -, 68, 79.


Waller, -, 53, 76, 79, 81, 87, 90, 97, 101, 109, 119, 123.


Warburton, Bishop, on Laud, 426.


Ward, John, Rev., 112, 521.


Ward, Nathaniel, Rev., 521. Notice of him, 112.


Ward, Samuel, Rev., 521. Notice of him, 426.


Warham, John, Rev., 123, 260, 312, 314, 346, 356, 357. Account of him, 347. Removes to Windsor, Conn., 347. At Dorchester, 380.


Warwick, Sir Robert, a friend of the New- England colonies, 92.


Washburn, John, Secretary of the Massachu- setts Company, 39, 51, 55, 71, 72, 90, 94, 123.


Waterman, Richard, account of him, 161.


Watertown, settlement of, 313, 380. Origin of the name, 313, 314. Roger Clap at, 349. Described, 403.


Way, George, 174.


Way, Henry, notice of, 330.


Webb, Francis, 69, 78, 82, 84, 87, 101, 114, 174, 179, 289. Notice of him, 179.


Weeks, George, 354.


Weld, Thomas, Rev., 135, 356, 357, 513, 522, 428. Account of him, and of his family, 511. Arrested by order of Laud, 521. Welden, Robert, 332. Wells, Doctor, 177.


Wessagusset. See Weymouth.


West Nicholas, 282.


Western men, 123, 179, 260. Settle Dorches- ter, 314, 380. Keep a day of fasting in the New Hospital at Plymouth ; Mr. White preaches to them, 347. Sail from Ply- mouth, 347. Arrive at Nantasket and Charlestown, 348. At Watertown 349. Remove to Dorchester, 350. See Clap, Maverick, and Warham.


Weston, Thomas, his colony, 21, 308.


Weymouth, Weston's colony at, 21, 394. Gorges's colony at, 21, 169, 394. Seven In- dians killed at, 305. Plantation at, de- scribed, 394.


Whale, the, 311, 330. Whales, 465, 469.


Wharton, Mr., Rev., 521.


Wheelright, John, Rev., 161, 547, 548.


Whetcomb, Simon, 29, 47, 51, 53, 59, 60, 61, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 174, 186, 187,289.


Whitchcot, Benjamin, Rev., 138.


Whichcote, Charles, 70, 76, 94, 174. White, Edmund, 79, 81. White John, 65.


White, John, Rev., 4, 51, 69, 74, 76, 86, 90, 99, 101, 102, 109, 111, 112, 114, 135, 174, 179, 347. His Brief Relation, 1. High authority of his Narrative, 3. Probably one of the adventurers, 7. On the origin and signification of the name Naumkeag, 12. Imposed upon, respecting Lyford and Oldham, 20. Notice of him, 26. Author- ship of the Humble Address ascribed to him, 299.


White, John, the counsellor, 13, 70, 76, 100, 102. Clarendon on, 99.


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INDEX.


White, Raphe, 40, 64.


White, Richard, 81.


Whiting, Samuel, Rev., 48, 357, 381, 419, 429, 439. Notice of him, and of his fam- ily, 430.


Wignall, John, 333.


Wildfowl, in New-England, 252.


Willett, Thomas, notice of, 475.


Williams, John, Bishop of Lincoln, 422. No- tice of him, 426. Cotton's letter to him, 434.


Williams, Roger, 135, 161. Comes over in the Lion's Whelp, 330.


Wilson, Edmund, 518. A benefactor of the Massachusetts Colony, 326. His Lecture- ship, 513.


Wilson, John, Rev., 306, 313, 316, 340, 351, 356, 357, 365, 378, 379, 381, 523, 543. Ac- count of him, and of his family, 325.


Wilson, John, Rev., of Medfield, 512.


Wilson, Lambert, to instruct in Surgery, 165. Winnissimet, plantation at, described, 404. See Chelsea.


Winslow, Edward, 4. His Good News from New-England, 5. The first cattle brought to Plymouth by him, 9, 216. Sent on a mission to England, 511. See Bradford. Winthrop, Henry, 319.


Winthrop, John, Gov., 14, 29, 85, 90, 94, 97. 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, $116, 120, 125, 126, 127, 137, 185, 282, 289, 298, 304, 307, 313, 316, 339, 356, 375, 387. On Pratt, the surgeon, 52. Account of, and of his family, 104. Governor of the Massachusetts Company, 105. His plant- ation at Tenhills, 105, 404. Conant's Island granted to him, 105. On Humphrey, 106. Sails from England, 127, 310. On Hugh Peters ; Burleigh ; 135. The Humble Re- quest of, and his Company, 293-299. On


Phillips, 299. His fleet, 311. On Vassall, 316 ; Johnson, 318. Letter to, from his wife, cited, 326. Arrives at Charlestown, 350, 378. On Boston Castle, 359. Re- moves to Boston, 381. On Hooker, 512; Harlakenden, 517; Laud, 518 ; Rogers, 523. Winthrop, John, Jr., 97, 135, 264, 307. Ja- cie's letter to, cited, 522. Cited, 277. Wise, John, 55.


Wollaston, Captain, his colony, 21, 309.


Wollridge, William, master of the Pilgrim, 175.


Wonohaquaham, or Sagamore John, 306.


Wood, Anthony, error of, 97.


Wood, William, his description of Massa- chusetts, 389-415. Error of, 397. Notice of him, 415. Cited, 137, 244, 248, 254, 305, 312.


Woodbury, John, 26, 144, 264. Sent to Eng- land, to procure necessaries, 28. Notice of, and of his family, 28. His return from England, 31.


Woodgate, - -, 82, 90, 101, 109. Woodward, James, 338.


Works, public. See Churches.


Wright, Nathaniel, 47, 50, 51, 53, 64, 71, 72, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 99, 101, 102, 106, 107, 109, 113, 116, 119, 120, 123, 126.


Wright, Robert, apprehended, 332 ; and sent prisoner to England, 333.


Wynche, -- , 90.


Y.


Yorkshire men, in New England, 523.


Young, James, 94, 97, 116.


Young, Richard, 174.


Young, Sir John, 29.


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