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Davenport, Mrs. Winifred ( Barnabit), 102. Davis, William T., his letter to llon. Robert C. Winthrop, 45 n.
Davis, -, 119. Deane, Dr. Charles, 37 ; his statement of the proceedings against Gorton, Si n. Dent, -, 99. Development of opinions, Ixiii. Devotional Sunday Services, Ixxx. Dexter, F. B., his life of Davenport cited, 102 n., 103 n., 101, 105, 107 n. Dexter, Henry M., D.D., his " Congrega- tionalism as seen in its Literature," &c. cited, 15 1., 16 n., 22 n., $2 n., 97 n.
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Diman, J. Lewis, D.D., 300. Discipline, Church, xliv.
Dod, Dr. John, 98, 99. Dorset, Earl of, 31.
Dudley, Gov. Joseph, 173.
Dudley, Gov. Thomas, 22; one of the first four signers of the church cove- nant, 3 ; account of, 4, 87-88 ; his letter to the Countess of Lincoln, 10.
Dummer, Hannah.(Mrs. Allen), 119.
Dummer, Jeremiah, 148, 164. Dunimer, Richard, 119. Dunton, John, quoted, 154.
Dupee, Ilorace, 309. Dury, John, 92, 112.
Duryea, Joseph T., D.D., participates in the two hundred and fiftieth anniver- sary of First Church, 319.
Dwight, J. S., 322. Dyer, Mrs. Mary, 64. Dyke, Rev. Jeremiah, S9, 90. Dyneley, Fathergone, 214. Dyneley, William, 214.
EATON, Gov. Theophilus, 111, 112.
Ecclesiasticism, remnants of, in the Eng- lish Church, lii; disuse of, in New England, liii. Eckley, Joseph, D. D., 240. Edward III., of England, 126. Edwards, Pres., 195.
Eggerton, Jeremiah, 45.
Eliot, the Apostle, 51, 100; temporary service as teacher of the church, 10; reason for declining a permanent appointment, 14 ; teacher of Roxbury Church, 14.
Eliot, Pres. Charles W., address at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Eliot, John, D.D., 195, 207, 210 n., 238. Eliot, Jacob, dismissed from office of dea- con during Davenport controversy, 117. Elizabeth, of England, 98.
Ellis, George E., D.D., Introduction to this History, xvii, 262, 289, 319, 320, 322 ; his Life of Mrs. Anne Hutchin- son, cited, 63 n., 64 n , 65 m. ; address at the two hundred and fiftieth anni- versary of First Church, 319 ; serves as chaplain in the absence of the pastor on the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Boston, 320.
Ellis, Miss Gertrude S., 320.
Ellis, Rufus, D.D., 308, 309, 310 ; his statement of the religious opinions and practice of Dr. Chauncy, 196; his "Last Sermon in Chauncy Street Church " cited, 237 n. ; notices of Dr. Frothingham, 254, 261 ; installed as minister of First Church, 285 ; letter of invitation and reply thereto, 286-287; portrait, 287 ; exercises at his installa- tion, 287-289 ; reports on the Sunday school and church work, 290-298; sent abroad for his health, 315 ; recog- nition by the congregation of his twenty-fifth anniversary, 316 ; his twenty-fifth anniversary sermon quoted, 317; introduces the speakers at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Emerson, Charles Chauncy, 229.
Emerson, Edward Bliss, 229.
Emerson, Ellen T., 228.
Emerson, John Clarke, 229.
Emerson, Rev. Joseph, 224.
Emerson, Mary Caroline, 229. Emerson, Phoebe Ripley, 229.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 318; visit to, 228-229 ; his transcendentalism, 276. Emerson, Robert Bulkeley, 229. Emerson, Ruth ( Haskins), 228, 229 ..
Emerson, Rev. William, quoted, 114, 131, 184, 237, 238, 239, 241, 249, 270; his "Ilistory of First Church " cited, 45 n., 85 n., SS n., 96 n., 97 n., 98 11 , 102 n., 117 n., 119 n., 120 n., 145 0., 148 n., 155 n., 160 n., 165 n., 178 n., 192 n., 201 n., 206 n. ; difficulties at- tending his removal from the church in Harvard, 223 ; installed as minister of First Church, 224 ; life of, 224- 234 ; birth and education, 225 ; gradu- ates at Harvard, and teaches school, 225 ; his publications, 226; decline in health, 227 ; death and burial in the Cotton tomb, 39 n., 227 ; as a writer and preacher, 227 ; his theology, 227 ; family Bible, 228; public and private services, 229 ; musical tastes, 229 ; temperament, 230 ; personal attrac- tions and portrait, 230 ; his publica- tions and Fourth of July Oration, 231 ; his " History of First Church," 231 ; extract from Dr. Buckminster's funeral sermon on, 231-234 ; his Psahu and Ilymn Book, 248.
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Emerson, Rev. William, Sr., 224.
Emerson, William, 229.
Endicott, Gov. John, 22, 44, 47, 106; cuts out the crosses from standard, 30, 52.
English, Philip, persecuted for witchcraft, 143.
Episcopacy, Massachusetts not congenial to, 1; efforts to establish, 146. .
Eustis, Gov. William, 2cS.
Everett, Prof. C. C., D.D., address at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Everett, Hon. Edward, 252, 262, 289, 308 ; death and public funeral, 304-306 ; resolutions of the church, 305.
Everett, Mrs. Edward, 254.
Everett, Dr. William, 306; his poem on Cotton, 28 n., 319.
FAST DAYS, Puritan view of, xlviii.
Faxon, Thomas, 101 n.
Felt, his "History of Ipswich " cited, 94 n., 95 n. Fessenden, W. II., 319. Firmin, Giles, 26.
First Church in Boston, formation and covenant of, 3 ; purpose of the found- ers, 6 ; organization, 6-7; first meet- ing-place, and removal to Boston, 8 ; hardships of the early settlers, 9 ; let- ter of, relating to church polity, 12 ; first meeting-house erected by contri- butions, 13; withdrawal of Charles- town members, 13; early membership, 13-14 ; important relation, with the State, 15 ; growth and prosperity, 10 ; modes of worship, discipline, and gov- ernment, 16-22 ; rules of admission and expulsion, 19-20; picture of its wilderness congregation, 22; its ministers supported by weekly volun- tary contributions, 46, 79 n., 148, 184, 186-187, 274, 277 ; sympathy for the Indians, 47; discussion about veils, 47; dispute with Roger Williams, 47- 50 ; dismissal from, doubted by some of Charlestown, 50; dealings with Mr. Eliot, 51 : fasts and councils, 52, 53, 56; growing liberalism, 54 ; contro- versy with Mrs. Hutchinson, 57 ; min- isters consulted by the court, 58; peti- tions the court, 58; observes a day of thanksgiving, 59; appoints days of
humiliation and conference, 60 ; refu- sal to join in a thanksgiving, 61 ; deal- ings with Mrs. Hutchinson and her followers, 61; attempts to reclaim Mrs. Hutchinson, 65-68; efforts to reform extravagance in dress, 70 ; sec- ond meeting-house, 74 ; disagreement as to the site of, 75 ; its cost, 75 n. ; marriages solemnized by magistrates, 83; discourages legal proceedings, 83 ; large contribution for a struggling church, 85 ; influence of ministers in temporal affairs, 87; controls chil- dren of church members, 96; deter- mines the right to be baptized, 97; controversy over the settlement of Davenport, and formation of the Third Church in Boston, 115-118; its relations to the State materially altered, 121; its system of church government, 122-124; refusal to rati- fy the Half Way Covenant, 123; treat- ment of the Quakers, 129; contributes to the support of Harvard College, 132; notice of psalmody, 132 ; sup- port of the poor, 132 ; disapproves of a church synod, 133; invites other churches to assist in carrying on Thursday Lecture, 134 ; reconciled to Third Church, 134-137; hostility of Gov. Andros towards, 145 ; strict ob- servance of the Sabbath, 148; effect of the new charter, 149; number of churches in Boston other than, 158; objects to the Brattle Square Church "manifesto," 158; its connection with the College, 159; purchases land for the use of the ministry, 164; meet- ing-house of, destroyed by fire, 167; preparations for building a new edi- fice, 167 ; aid and sympathy from sis- ter churches, 168-169; reports and proposals, 171 ; an " Old Journal " of, extracts from, 173-178; deacons re- quired to keep regular accounts, 184; lectures established by, 185; South Church unites in service with, 198; congregation consulted in monetary affairs, 198 ; minister presides at meet- ings of, 199; expounding the Scrip- tures discretionary with the ministers, 199; hour of service changed, 199; declines to advise Salem Church as to a disturbance there, 199 ; ratifies the Half Way Covenant, 200; divided on
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the point of choosing a new ruling elder, 200 ; moderator appointed to preside at meetings, 200; connection with the State still holds, 200 ; en- larges the vote allowing the congrega- tion to consult with it on monetary affairs, 201 ; . disposition of pews in, 201, 214; infrequency of pulpit ex- changes, 201 ; Whitefield preaches at Thursday Lecture, 202; ministers com- plain of the salaries provided by, 203 ; encourages singing practice, 204 ; adopts " Tate and Brady," 205 ; Brat- tle Square Church unites in service with, 206 ; break in the records during the Revolutionary period, 206 ; deliv- ers " leaden weights " to the commis- sary of the colony, on condition, etc., 206; Gen. Washington attends the opening of Thursday Lecture by, after the siege, 207 ; unites in service with Brattle Square Church, 214; the old record-book of, 214; organ music in, 216; curious tractate on church music addressed to ministers of, 217 ; the first organ, 218; single ministry of, 219; deacons to render annual ac- counts, 219 ; theological changes, 219- 223; week-day lectures, communion, and baptism, 222; larger taxes pro- vided for, 234 ; last case of discipline, 234; a form of admission established, 235 ; erects a fourth meeting-house on Chauncy Place, and four dwelling- houses on Sunimer Street, 235-238; dedication, 237; description of the Old Brick by surviving worshippers in that house and others, 239-242; taxes on the pews in the new meeting-house, 242 ; for two years without a settled minister, 243; disappointments in, 249 ; agitating topics, 266 ; passive at- titude of, in relation to the Unitarian controversy, 267 ; new organ and first music committee, 269; real estate of, 269-270 ; music, 270; unites in ser- vice with Brattle Square Church, 271 ; contributes to the American Unitarian Association and Benevolent Fr. ter- nity of Churches, 271-272; abolishes the Half Way Covenant, 273 ; Trinity Church occupies the house on Christ- mas day, 273 ; incorporation of, 273- 274; two hundredth anniversary of, 274 ; the " Christian Psalter " used by,
279; meeting-house reconstructed, 280; attends services in King's Chapel, 281 ; new organ, 281 ; membership of, and communion with, provided for, 281 ; charity fund, 282 ; "sells real estate, 283 ; for three years without a settled minister, 285 ; charities, 290-298 ; re- ceipts for 1880-81, 298; introduces gas, 298 ; declines to form a union ser- vice during summer months, 299; en- larges the invitation to communion, 299 ; music, 299 ; lawsuit, 303 ; decides to build a fifth house of worship, 307 ; lays the corner-stone, 307-310 ; inte- rior decorations of the present church described, 310-312 ; last. services in Chauncy Street, 312 ; first services in the new chapel, 312; adopts King's Chapel liturgy, 313; dedication, 313 ; new organ, 313; cost of the present edi- fice, 313-314 ; liberal contributions from members of, 314; free from debt, 315 ; informal meetings in the chapel, 315 ; recognition of the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of the present minister, 316; two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of church and city, 317-320.
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Flynt, Henry, his Latin oration in mem- ory of Wadsworth, 157.
Foote, Arthur, 320.
Foote, Rev. Henry W., his "History of King's Chapel," 146 n,
Foster, Elizabeth, 310.
Foster, James 11., 286, 299 n .; notice of his death, 304. Fowle, -, 82.
Fox, Rev. T. B., 258.
Foxcroft, Daniel, 131.
Foxcroft, Col. Francis, 181.
Foxcroft, Francis, 181.
Foxcroft, Rev. Sammel, 184:
Foxcroft, Rev. Thomas, 157, 174, 187, 202, 205 ; his centennial sermon, 14 ; letter accepting offer of settlement, 179; or- dlained minister of First Church, 1So ; life of, 181-184; birth and ancestry, 181 ; designed by his father for an Episcopal clergyman, 181 ; his pasto- ral service, 181 ; engages in the Epis- copalian controversy, 182 ; sympathy for Whitefield in opposition to Chaun- cy, 182 ; his sermons, 182 n .; death, 183 ; memorials and funcral discourses, 183.
Freeman, -, 72 n.
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French, Rev. Jonathan, 244.
Frothingham, Ebenezer, 252.
Frothingham, Ellen, 265 n. Frothingham, Joanna ( Langdon), 252. Frothingham, Nathaniel L., D. D., 83, 240,
279, 280, 281, 285, 287-280, 299, 300, 308, 310 ; his statement of the relig- ious views of Dr. Chauncy, 193 ; or- dained minister of First Church, 25Q ; cards of invitation, 251 ; life of, 252- 265 ; portrait, 252; his birthplace, 252 ; enters the Boston Latin School, 252 ; his scholarship and college course, 252; usher at the Latin School and preceptor of rhetoric at Harvard, 253 ; his "ministerial record," 253 ; his marriage, 253; travels abroad for health, 254; his return to his pulpit, and last words on several occasions there and elsewhere, 25.4-256 ; his writings, 256, 259; his blindness, 257; his death, 258; tributes to his memory as a writer and preacher, 258-265 ; resolutions of the church, 260; funer- al services, 262 ; sermon and memoir by Dr. Hedge, 262 ; his hymns, 264 ; his ministry, 265 : his apparent indiffer- ence to the Unitarian controversy, 267- 269 ; reports on the Sunday school, 275 ; his relation to Transcendental- ism, 278 ; his resignation, and action by the church, 283-284.
Frothingham, Rev. Octavius B., 265 n., 289, 322.
GAGE, Miss Annie Louise. 319.
Gager, William, deacon at the organiza- tion of First Church, 7. Gannett, Ezra S., D.D., 262, 272, 289, 310. Garfield, Pres. James A., commemorative services for, 322. Gibbon, Maj., 83. Gibbons, Capt. Edward, sent by the church to reclaim Mrs. Hutchinson, 65. Gibbs, Rev. Henry, 152. Goffe, Stephen, his enmity towards Daven- port, 109. Goodwin, -, 119. Gookin, Samuel II., 306, 309. Gootch, James, 161, 171, 173. Graves, Thomas, 2. Great Hope, ship, 90. Green, Capt. Jeremy, 174, 204.
Greene, Gardner, 43. Greene, -, 142. Greenhanı, -, 98. Greenleaf, John, 218. Greensmith, Stephen, 58.
Greenwood, Rev. W. P., 281 ; his " His- tory of King's Chapel," 146 n.
Griggs, William, 170 n. Grindall, Edmund, 5. Gwynne, Mrs., children from her Home attend the Sunday school, 294.
HALE, Edward E., D. D., 319.
llale, Ilon. George S., 320.
Haley, Madam, 43.
Harris, George O., 307.
Harrison, Dr., 150.
Harvard, Town of, Records, 225.
Hay, Clarence E., 320.
Hayden, William, his letter describing the appearance of the Old Brick, 241.
Hawkins, Sarah ( Mrs. Allen), 120.
Hawkins, Capt. Thomas, 120.
Ileage, Frederic II., D. D., 264, 318 ; his memoir of Dr. Frothingham, and fu-
neral sermon on, in First Church, 262. Herrick, Rev. Samuel E., 43.
Hett, Mrs., 79.
Ilibbins, Mrs. Anne, SS.
Hibbins, William, sent by the church to reclaim Mrs. Hutchinson, 65.
Hirst, Elizabeth ( Mrs. Chauncy), 192.
Ifirst, Judge Grove, 192.
Ilolland, Dr., 103.
Hollingshead, Ann, 270.
Hollingshead, Richard, 270.
Hollis, Brand, 210.
Holines, Abiel. D.D., his " Annals " cited, 149 1. Ilood, George, his " History of Music in New England " cited, 28 n.
Hood, Timothy, 107.
Hooker, Rev. Thos, 25, 48, 51, 58 ; invited to attend the Westminster Assembly, 77. Hopkins, Edward, 112. Iloppin, Rev. Dr. Nicholas, his article on Cotton, 33 n., 36 n.
Horrocks, Elizabeth ( Mrs. Cotton), 29.
Houchin, Elizabeth ( Mrs. Allen), 119. Houlton, Robert, 119. Howard, Rev. Dr., 193. Hubbard, Rev. Mr , 83. Hull, Jolin, his Diary cited, 113 n.
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Hull, John, 43. Hull, John (of Third Church), 137. Humphrey, John, 22, 77. Huntington, Rev. F. D., 289. IIuntington, Ralph, 306.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, 21, 56, 64, 65, 71, 73, 91 ; her " Dangerous Errors," 54 ; her banishment from Church and State, 62-63 ; her subsequent life and tragic end, 63. Hutchinson, Eliakim, 173.
Hutchinson, Elisha, 167.
Hutchinson, Francis, 69; punished for " reviling the Church," 70.
Hutchinson, Gov., 118 ; quoted, 30, 154 ; his collection of Papers cited, 31 n. ; .his " History of Massachusetts " cited, 8in., 95 n., 98 n., 146 n., 155 n. Hutchinson, William, 63.
Hutchinson, William, 171.
JACKSON, Francis, his plan of the lot of land occupied by the first meeting-house on State Street, 13. Jacobs, Mrs. Ann ( Mrs. Moodey), 144. Jaffrey, Patrick, 13. James I., of England, 47, 103.
James HI., of England, 147.
James, Thomas, pastor of Charlestown church, 14. Johnson, Lady Arbella, 30 ; her early dleath, 4. Johnson, Isaac, 11 ; his supposed burial- place, 39 n. ; one of the first four signers of the Covenant, 3 ; account of, 4. Joy. Abby, 311. Joy, Benjamin, 235-237. Joy, John, 235.
KEAYNE, Robert, 20, 63 n. ; admonished by the church, 20 ; false principles and rules for trading de lucet from his case, 73 ; founder and first commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 65 n. Kendrick, John, 42. Kippis, Dr., 21S. Kikland, Rev. John Thornton, 230, 213.
LATHROP, Rev. John, 238, 243, 254. La Tour, Gov. of Acadia, 79; attends
church meetings although an "idol- ater," 79.
Laud, Archbishop, 103, 106.
Lechford, Tho., 73 n. ; his " Plain Deal- ing " cited, 17 1.
Leighton, Dr. Alexander, 105.
Lenthall, Robert, 73.
Letter, Farewell, xxix.
Leverett, Thomas, 30. Liberal Christianity, Ixi. Lincoln, Bishop of, 31.
Lincoln, Earl of, 30.
Lincoln, Pres. Abraham, 256.
Llandaff, Bishop of, 190.
Long, Gov. John D., address on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Lord's Supper, the Puritan view of, as dis- tingnished from that of the Church of England, xli.
Lothrop, Augustus, 309.
Lothrop, Rev. S. K, his " History of Brattle Square Church " cited, 167 n , 185 n.
Lowell, Dr. Charles, quoted, 230, 243, 250, 252, 263, 288 ; letter from, 287. Lunt, Dr. William P., 279.
Luther, Martin, claimed to belong to the Iloly Catholic Apostolical Church, li. Luttall, -, 67.
MCCLURE, Rev. A. W., his " Life of Cotton," cited, 37 n.
McKean, Rev. Joseph, 243, 250, 252. Mansfield, Elizabeth (Mrs. Wilson), 5. Mansfield, Sir John, 5, 98. Marion, John, Jr., 163, 171, 173.
Marion, Joseph, 163. Marriages (see Church). Marshall, Thomas, 84. Marsham, Sir William, 90. Marvell, Andrew, 128 ; his letter to Oliver Cromwell in praise of Oxenbridge and wife, 128.
Mason, Jonathan, 43.
Mason, Mary ( Mrs. Norton), 95.
Massachusetts, Court records of, cited, 63 n., 95 1. Massachusetts Gazette cited, 192 n., 196 n. : quoted, 206, 207. Massachusetts Hfist. Soc. Coll. cited, 69 n., 142 n., 201 n. Massachusetts Hist. Soc. Proceed. cited, 45 n., 262, 265 n.
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Matchett, William F., 320.
Mather, Cotton, 3, 5, 23, 28, 35, 94, 106, 141, ISO, 187 ; his " Life of Cotton " cited, 29 n., 33 n. ; his " Magnalia " cited, 82; quoted, 101 n.
Mather, Eleazer, 119.
Mather, Rev. Increase, 43, 45 n., 88 n., 147, 158, 160, 180 ; second minister of Second Church, 85.
Mather, Mrs. Mariah (Cotton), 43, 45. Mather, Richard, marries the widow of John Cotton, 44.
Mather, Samuel, 84 ; his " Apology for the Liberties of the Churches in New Eng- land " cited, 152 n.
Mather, Mrs. Sarah (Cotton), 43.
Matson, Thomas, 19. Maverick, Samuel, 47.
Mayhew, Dr., 195, 265.
Mayo, John, first minister of Second Church, 84.
" Memorial History of Boston " cited, 34 n., 39 n., 52 n., 75 n., 95 n.
Messinger, Hon. George W., 306, 307, 309.
Miller, Rev. Samuel, letter to Dr. John Eliot quoted, 210 n.
Minns, Thomas, 5 n., 320 ; letter from, IOI n. Mitchell, Jonathan, 45.
Moodey, Charles C. P., his "Sketches of the Moodey Family " cited, 145 n. Moodey, Hannah, 145.
Moodey, Rev. Joshua, 224 ; assistant min- ister of First Church, 138 ; life of, 138- 145 ; birthplace, 138; graduates at Harvard, 138 ; minister at Portsmouth, N.II. 138; trials arising from the tyr- anny of Gov. Cranfield, 139-142; Fel- low of Harvard, and invited to succeed Pres. Rogers, 139; helps to erect some new buildings at Harvard, 139; member of a ministerial association, 140; his " Exhortation to a Con- denmed Malefactor," 140 ; resumes his ministry at Portsmouth, 141 ; death at Boston, 141; imprisonment by Cran- field, 142; invited to settle at New Haven, 142; funeral and burial at Boston, 143; his ministerial labors, 143; free from the witchcraft craze, 143; his labors in behalf of Philip English and wife, 144; family and descendants, 144-145 ; will, 145. Moodey, Martha ( Mrs. Russell), 144.
Moodey, Mary ( Mrs. Emerson), 224.
Moodey, Rev. Samuel, 145, 224. Moodey, Sarah ( Mrs. Pike), 144.
Moodey, William, 138, 145.
Moors, Joseph B., 320.
Morison, John HI., D.D., 289, 319.
Morrill, James, 234, 235, 273 ; his services as deacon, 276.
Morse, Mary, 167. Morton, Rev. Charles, 82, 140, 152.
Municipal and church charities, Ixxxv.
NEW ENG. Hist. Gen. Soc. Registers, 13 n., 26 n , 36 n., 41 n , 93 n , 95 n., IOIn., 155 1.
Nichols, Dr , 217.
Nicholson, Gen. Francis, 173.
Non-confirmists, as distinguished from Separatists, xxxili.
Norcross, Mayor Otis, 309.
Norton, Mrs. Alice ( Browest ), 89.
Norton, Prof. Andrews, 276 ; quoted, 197. Norton, Prof C. E., 95 n.
Norton, Rev. John, 84, 88, 123, 124, 152, 225 ; burial-place, 39 n. ; arrival of, 53, 91 ; invited to become teacher of First Church, 86; difficulties in the way of a permanent settlement, S9, 93 ; life of, 89-96 ; birthplace and education, 89; his scholarship and preaching, 89 ; op- posed to Arminianism, 90 ; marriage, 90 ; departs for New England, 90; de- clines to settle at Plymouth but accepts a call to Ipswich, 91; attends the synod summoned to try Mrs. Hutchin- son, 91 : grant of land to, by General Comt, of; author of the first Latin book in this country, 92 ; writes another book in Latin, 92; preaches the Election Sermon, 92; participates in the synod of 1646, 92 ; agent to the mother coun- . try, 92 ; replies to William Pynchon, 93; his " Life of Cotton " and " Heart of New England Rent," etc., 94 ; im- portant state service, 94 ; colonial agent to England, 94; annoyances on his return, 91 ; death, 95 ; widow and re- lations, 95 ; his treatment of the Quak- ers, 95 ; grant of land from the General Court for his services, 95 ; his preach- ing, 96; his will, 96.
Norton. Madam, widow of John Norton, gives the land for the Third Meeting- house, 115 n.
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Norton, Thomas, 95. Norton, William, 89.
Norton, William, Jr., 95.
Nowell, Increase, 6, 10, 12, 13; ruling elder at the organization of First Church, 7. Noyes, Mrs. Jennie M., 319. Nye, Rev. Philip, 92.
OAKES, Urian, 133. Oakes, Vicar, 130.
Oliver, John, 67 ; sent by the church to reclaim Mrs. Hutchinson, 65.
Oliver, Thomas, 39 n. ; ruling elder, 14. Oliver, Mrs., 72. Orne, Esther (Mrs. Clarke), 213.
Orne, Timothy, 213.
Owen, Dr. John, 98 n.
Oxenbridge, Daniel, 125.
Oxenbridge, Daniel, Jr., 129.
Oxenbridge, Rev John, 125, 133 ; life of, 125-132 ; birth and ancestry, 125 ; his early Puritanism, 126 ; college life, 126; marriage and preaching, 127; Fellow of Eton, 128; secures the friendship of Andrew Marvell, 128; second mar- riage, 129; his funeral sermon on Lord Rouse, 129 ; silenced for non-conform- ity, 129 ; travels abroad, and comes to New England, 129; third marriage, 129 ; invited to settle at Charlestown, 129; minister of First Church, 130 ; preaches the Election Sermon, 130 ; conducts a fast-day service with seven other ministers, 130 ; member of the Board of Licensers of the Press, 130 ; appointed one of a committee of ten to report on the negative power of the General Court, 130; executor of the will of Gov. Bellingham, 130 ; his sud- . den death, 130; burial-place, 39 n., 131 ; his preaching and literary abilities, 131 ; his will, 131.
Oxenbridge, John, 125.
Oxenbridge, Theodora (Thatcher), 129.
PAGET, Rev. John, 108, 109. Paine, Charles, 235. Paine, Fanny Cabot, 312. Palfrey, Dr J. G , quoted, 221 ; his " His- tory of New England " cited, 7 n. Parker, Robert, 19.
Parker, Rev. Theodore, 278, 279; his theology, 277.
Parker, Rev. Mr., 243.
Parkman, Rev. Francis, 243, 250.
Parsons, -, 201.
Paterson, William, 161.
Pattee, William S, his "History of Old Braintree and Quincy " cited, 59 n., IOI n.
Peabody, Andrew P., D.D., 296, 319; quoted, 222 n.
Pearce, Capt., 3.
Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer, 169, 170, 172. Penn, James, 58, 88, 125 ; his voyage to Segotea, 84 ; his legacy providing for
the support of scholars at Harvard, 132. Peter, Ilugh, 53, 77 ; his sermon at Bos- ton, 54.
Phillips, Rev: George, 6, 12.
Pickering, IIon. John, 210.
Pickering, Col. Timothy, 208.
Pickering, Deacon Timothy, 208.
Pierce, Dr. John, his letter to Miss Bel- knap quoted, 210 n.
Pierce, James, 217.
Pike, Rev. John, 140, 144.
Piper, John E., 306.
Porter, Pres. Noah, address on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Positive Part of Church Reformation, the design of the Founders of First Church, xvii.
Potter, Asa P., 320.
Pratt, Mary B., 164 n.
Preaching, basis of, Ixxxi.
Preble, Commodore, 235.
Prelacy, xx; rejected by the Puritans, XXXIV. Prescott, William II., 262, 308 ; notice of his death, 303.
Preston, Dr. John, 107. Price, Dr., 218.
Prince, Mayor F. O., 320 ; address on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Prince, Rev. Thomas, his "Annals of New England " cited, 12 n., 14 n.
Protestant churches in Boston, Ixviii. Puritanisin, decay of, lxxvi.
Puritans, heroic fidelity to their creed, Ix ; intolerance of the, 21-22 ; blessings in- herited from the, 23; their Theocracy, 122 ; spirit of the, still survives, 159. Pynchon, William, 93.
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QUINCY, Edmund, 101 n.
Quincy, Eliza Susan, letter from, 101 n. Quincy, Hon. Josiah, letter from, 101 n.
RANDOLPH, Edward, 140.
Ransford, Edward, dismissed from the office of deacon during the Davenport controversy, 118.
Rantoul, Ilon. Robert S., address on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319. Reason in matters of faith, Ixiv.
Records of early New England churches, liv. Reformation impeded in the English Church, xxi
Religion, objects of, institutional, Ixxix. Reynolds, Edward, M. D., 252 ; his descrip- tion of the Old Brick, 239.
Reynolds, Rev. Grindall, address on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Rich, Otis, 306.
Richardson, Thomas O., 320.
Ripley, Rev. Ezra, 224.
Ripley, Rev. George, 276.
Robbins, Chandler. D. D., 289 ; his " His- tory of the Second Church in Boston " cited, 7 n., 85 n.
Robie, -- , 142.
Rodgers, Simon, 132.
Rogers, Mrs. Jacob C., 320.
Rogers, Pres. John, 139.
Rogers, Rev. Nathaniel, 91, 93.
Rogers, Richard, 9S. Roine, Church of, development of, Ixvii.
Rossiter, Joanna (Mrs Cotton ), 45.
Rouse, Hon. Francis, Lord, 129.
Russell, Eleazer, 144. Russell, Rev. Jonathan, 144.
SABBATH, Puritan view of the, xlvi. Sagar, -, 150.
Saints' Days, Puritan objection to, xlvii.
Salisbury, D. W., 307, 309.
Saltonstall, Gurdon, 312.
Saltonstall, Sir Richard, 6.
Sandcroft, Gnilielmus, 28. Sandford, John, 43 n., 67. Sargent, Turner, 261, 306, 309, 310. Saunders, W. A., 105 n. Savage, Capt. Ephraim, 167.
Savage, Hon. James, 55 n. ; his "Gencal. Dict. of New Eng. " cited, 119 n., 289.
Scriptures, the sole authority of, recognized by Puritans, xxxvi. Scudamore, Lady, 100.
Second Church in Boston, its formation and first place of worship, 84. Separatists, as distinguished from Non- conformists, xxxii.
Service, form of, in First Church, Ixxix. Sewall, Mrs. Hannah ( Ilull), 43.
Sewall, Rev. Dr. Joseph, 157, 180. Sewall, Judge, 43, 192; his Diary, 146, 151, 152, 162. Shattuck, George O., 306, 309. Shaw, Charles, his " History of Boston " quoted, 218. Shaw, William S., 240. Shepard, Rev. Thomas, 53. Sherman, John, 133. Sibs, Dr., 28 n. Sibbes, Dr., 90, 107. Sibley, John L., his " Ilarvard Graduates " citel, +4 n., 138'n, 139 n., 142 n. Silsbee, Hon. Nathaniel, 315, 319. " Simple Cobbler of Agawain " cited, 100. Simpson, Sidr., 92. Skelton, Rev. Samnel, 45. Smith, Rev. Ralph, 90. Sprague brothers, 1. Sprague, Charles, 262. Stetson, Rev. Caleb, quoted, 280. Stevens, Charles W., 318. Stiles, Pres , 183. Stoddar, Mr., 844. Stoddard, Anthony, 130.
Stoddard, David, 192. Stoddard, Mary ( Mrs. Chauncy), 192. Stoddard, Sampson, 201 n. Stoddard, Mr., 18. Story, Sarah (Mrs. Cotton), 29, 33. Stonghton, Gov., 149. Strange, Mr., So.
Sunday school, the, 222, 275, 277, 282 ; account of, 200-293 ; origin of the present form of, 290 ; growth, plan, and working of, 290; membership, attend- ance, etc., 201 ; amount of work done by, 291 ; branches of, 292; Christmas and Easter festivals, 292 ; relations be- tween teachers and pupils, 202 ; char- itable organizations springing front, 203-208. Sweete, John, 20. Sweete, Temperance, 20. Symonds, John, 128.
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TALBYE, Dorothy, 72.
Tappan, Rev. Dr., 244. Tay, Deacon, 170 n. Taylor, John, 212.
Thacher, Rev. Peter, 129, 187, 192, 209 ; his Diary, 134 n.
Thacher, Rev. Samuel Cooper, 243, 250, 265. Thanksgivings, Puritan view of, xlviii.
Thayer, John Eliot, 311. Thayer, Rev. Nathaniel, 224, 226.
Thayer, Nathaniel, 261, 307, 309, 311, 319.
Theological Library, the, 170, 184, 242. Third (South ) Church, formation of, 115. Thomas, Judge Benjamin F., 315. Thompson, Pishy, his " History of Bos- ton " ( Eng .. ) cited, 32 n., 33 n. Thornton, Timothy, 148.
Throgmorton, Katherine (Mrs. Oxen- bridge), 126.
Thursday Lecture, 47, 78, 130, 134, 135 n., 140, 202, 210, 222, 226, 237, 240, 241, 277 ; earliest notice of, 17; held at Cambridge on alternate weeks, 51; importance of, 207 n. ; Dr. Frothing- ham's sermon on, quoted, 301-303 : Rev. R. C. Waterston's discourse on, cited, 207 n. ; discontinuance and re- vival of, 300.
Tilden, David, 235. Tillotson, Archbishop, 195.
Ting, Gen., 125. Tompson, Rev. Mr., 78. Torrey, Samuel, 235. Townsend, Capt. Pen, 148. Townsend, Col., 173. Trumbull, Gov., 11S. Tuckerman, Henry T., 262. Tuckerman, Rev. Joseph, 272. Tuckney, Anthony, 31. Turner, Elizabeth ( Mrs. Bridge), 161.
UNDERHILL, Capt. John, 49; disfran- chised. 62 ; banished, 71; his relations to the magistrates, 71-72 ; reconciled to the church, 76 ; final departure, 76. Unitarianism, Ixi.
Unitarians denied fellowship of Congre- gationalists, lxvii.
Upham, C. W., his " History of Witch- craft " quoted, 88 n. Upham, Hannah, 228. Upham, John, 228.
VAN BRUNT, Henry, 309.
Vane, Gov., 22, 59 ; his residence in Bos- ton, 42 ; admitted to the church, 53. Vassall, William, 43. Vere, Lady, 105, 108, 112. Vossius, Gerard, 119.
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WADSWORTH, Abigail ( Lindall), 155.
Wadsworth, Rev. Benjamin, 164, 109, 170, 173, 176, ISO, 181, 184, 187, ISS; in- vited to assist in the ministry of First Church, 149; ordination of, 149; life of, 155-158 ; birthplace, 155 ; portrait, 155 ; graduates at Harvard, 156 ; Fel- low and President of the College, 156, 185; his inaugural address, 156; his college service, 157; his sermons and preaching, 157 ; charitable disposition, 157 ; death, 157 ; his sermon after the fire, 167 n.
Wadsworth, Capt. Samuel, served in Phil- ip's war, 155 ; monument to his mem-
ory erected by his son Benjamin, 155. Wadsworth, Capt., 171, 174.
Wales, George W , 320.
Wales, Mary Anne, 312.
Wales, Thomas B., 311. "
Wales, Thomas B., Jr., 306, 308, 309. Walford, Thomas, 2.
Walker, Anne, 19.
Walker, Pres. James, 193, 262, 263, 285.
Walker, Richard, 19.
Walter, Rev. Nehemiah, 173, 181.
Ward, Rev. Nathaniel, 91.
Ware, Prof. Henry, 243, 241, 250, 263.
Ware, Prof. Henry, Jr., 272.
Ware, William, 300. Warland, Elizabeth ( Bell), 244.
Warland, Elizabeth Bell (Mrs. Abbot), 211. Warland, Thomas, 244.
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Warren, Hon. G. Washington, address on the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Boston, 320.
Waterston, Rev. R. C., his article on Cot- ton, 35 1. Wayte, Richard, 19,
Welde, Rev. Thomas, 51, 65, 77.
Welstead, William, 171, 174. Welstced, Rev. Mr., 187. Westminster Symbol, the, lxx, levi. Wharton, his " Remains of Laud " cited, 126 n.
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Wheelwright, Rev. Edward, 55, 56, 58, 60, 76 ; coincides with the views of his sister, Mrs. Hutchinson, 54 ; his ser mon at Braintree, 59; his banishment and restoration to Church and State, 62. Whitcomb, Benjamin D., 309.
White, Eliza (Story), her MS., 163 n., 164 n.
White, James C., 320.
Whitefield, George, the revivalist, 182, 189; his visit to Boston, 202 ; effects of his preaching, 202-203. Whitgift, Archbishop, 125.
Whiting, Samuel, 92.
Whyting, -, 142 n.
Wigglesworth, Prof. Edward, Sr., 157.
Wilder, Hon. Marshall P., 318.
Willard, Pres. Joseph, quoted, 209.
Willard, Rev. Samuel, 136, 137, 151, 160. Williams, Roger, 45 ; his claim to have been invited to supply the pulpit of First Church in the absence of Wil- son, and his reason for declining the offer, xxxiv, 10; dispute with the au- thorities, 47-50.
Willis, Abigail, 155.
Willis, Charles, Jr., 155.
Willis, Nathaniel, 155.
Wilson, Dr. Edmund, 6.
Wilson, Rev. John, 6, 12, 18, 26, 46, 57, 59 n., 60, 81, 82, 86, 88, 97 n., 115 ; one of the first four signers of the church cove- nant, 3 ; first pastor and teacher, 3, 7 ; ` portrait, 4; his birth and ancestry, 3-5, 98; his voyages to England, 6, 9, 53; death, 98 ; life of, 98-102 ; scholarship, o8; early views opposed to Puritan- ism, 99; takes orders, 99; his labors in England, 99-100; forms a resolu- tion, 100; his zeal and hospitality, 100 ; labors among the Indians, and serves as chaplain in the Pequot war, 100; his estate in Quincy, Mass.,
101 ; preaches the first Artillery Elec- tion Sermon, 101 ; his dying utterances, 102. Wilson, Mrs. John, 6.
Wilson, Sir Thomas, 98.
Wilson, William, 5.
.Wilson, William, D.D., 5.
Wilson, Rev. Mr., 127.
Winslow, Gov., 90.
Winsor, Justin, 318.
Winthrop, Col. Adam, 200.
Winthrop, Gov. Jolin, 1, 2, 39, 47, 55 n., 60, 65, 92, 100 ; his " Journal " cited, 4 n., 14 n., 18 n., 24, 34 n. , 55 n., 58 n., 88 n., 70, 73 n., 75, 76, 77 n. ; one of the first four signers of the church covenant, 4 ; extract from one of his speeches; 78 ; his " little speech," SI ; his death, 81.
Winthrop, Gov. (of New London), 112.
Winthrop, IIon. Robert C., 45 n., 262 ; on the farewell letter of the exiles, xxx ; address on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of First Church, 319.
Wisner, Rev. Benjamin B., his " History of the Old South Church " cited, 135 n.
Wiswall, John, 136, 137, 139.
Wood, Anthony, 126 ; his " Athena Oxo- nienses " cited, 103 n.
Woodbridge, B., 44.
Woodgreene, -, 119.
Woodhall, Isabel (Mrs. William Wil- son), 5. Woodward, Frances (Mrs. Oxenbridge), 129. Woodward. Mrs. Mary Anna, her letter describing the Old Brick, 240.
Wool, Kev. Mr., 28, 29.
Wright, Edward, 33.
Wright, Richard, 43 n.
Young, Alexander, D.I)., 289 ; his "Chron- icles of Massachusetts " cited, Io n.
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