History of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Part 10

Author: Dorchester antiquarian and historical society, Dorchester, Mass; Clapp, Ebenezer, 1809-1881
Publication date: 1859
Publisher: Boston, E. Clapp, jr.
Number of Pages: 698


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Thomas Treadwell was an early inhabitant of Dorchester, and had a division of lands beyond the " Blew Hills." He removed to Ipswich. Sells to E. Breck, 1638.


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Nathaniel Wales came over in the ship James, with the Rev. Richard Mather, in 1635, and is mentioned in Mather's Journal. Was a church member and grantee of land in 1637, and made free- man the same year. He was a ship-wright by trade. He lived in Dorchester nearly twenty years, and then removed to Boston. Nathaniel (junior) re- moved to Boston with his father, and died there Dec. 4, 1661. His son Nathaniel (3d) settled in Braintree, and was a Ruling Elder in the Braintree church. He died March 23, 1717-18. Nathaniel, 3d, had fifteen children. Nathaniel's (senior) sons Timothy and John settled in Dorchester. Timothy had a son Eleazer, born 25 (10) 1657. John was bailiff in Dorchester in 1653 ; had a daughter Con- tent, born 14 (3) 1659. Mr. Wales's wife was Susan. He died in Boston, Dec. 4, 1661.


George Weeks came, it is supposed, about the same time as Mr. Mather, which was in 1635. His wife was Jane Clap, sister of Capt. Roger Clap, through whose influence Mr. Weeks came. He ap- pears to have been a man in high estimation, and Blake says he was of a religious family. Amiel, Joseph and William were his sons. Mr. Weeks died in Dorchester, 27 (8) 1659. His widow Jane married Jonas Humphrey, and died in 1668.


John Wiswall was a member and the deacon of the church at Dorchester in 1636. He was a Ruling Elder, and for many years kept the Church Records. He was a Selectman at various times between 1639 and 1655; Deputy in 1646; went to England in 1652, returned to Dorchester, removed from thence 12*


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to Boston in 1659-60, and was chosen Elder of the first church there, July 20, 1664. The latter part of the time that he was in Dorchester, he lived in that part of it now called Canton, "beyond ye Blue Hills," near Dedham. He died August 17, 1687, aged 86 years. His wife was Margaret. His son John lived in his father's house in Dorchester in 1660. His daughter Ruth married Henry Mount- ford; Hannah married - Overman ; Mary married


Edmands; Lydia married - Ballard ; Debo- rah married Cutter; Esther married Daniel Fisher ; and Rebecca married Matthew Johnson. By a letter dated in 1660, signed by Thomas and Ann Smith, and published in the Genealogical Register of July, 1853, it appears that John Wiswall's wife was their daughter. Mahaleel Munnings is also called John Wiswall's son, and therefore must have married one of his daughters. Brothers Abiel, Adam and Jonathan, in England, and Smith's "brother Withington," are also named in Smith's letter.


Thomas Wiswall, brother of John, came to Dor- chester about 1635. He joined the church in 1636, was grantee of land in 1637, Selectman in 1644, removed to Newton about 1656, and was ordained Ruling Elder of the church there, July 20, 1664. He died Dec. 6, 1683. He had a son Enoch, born in 1633, who married Elizabeth, daughter of John Oliver 25 (9) 1657, and died Nov. 28, 1706, aged 73 years. He inherited his father's house, and lived in it at the time of his death. Ebenezer, born at Dorchester, 1646, died at Newton, June 21, 1691. Noah, born in 1640, married Theodosia Jackson, of


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Newton, in 1664 ; was a military man, and was in command in the desperate battle with the Indians near Wheelwright's Pond, in Lee, N. H., where he and his son John were killed, July 6, 1690. Icha- bod, born 1637, minister of Duxbury, died July 23, 1700; and Thomas, who probably died young. Enoch came in possession of the house which was Mr. Maverick's, also the house formerly Abraham Dyke's. Mary married Samuel Payson, of Dorches- ter ; Hester, baptized 1635, married Major William Johnson, of Woburn, 1655 ; Sarah, baptized 1643, married Nathaniel Holmes, Jr., of Dorchester.


Henry Withington probably came over in 1636. He was one of the six that signed the church cove- nant with the Rev. Richard Mather, 23 (6) 1636, and was soon after chosen Ruling Elder, which place he filled twenty-nine years. His first wife was Eli- zabeth, his second was Margarie. He was a Select- man in 1636, and grantee in 1627. He died Feb- ruary 2, 1666-7, aged 79 years. Deacon Richard Withington, who died Dec. 22, 1701, aged 84 years, was a son of his. His daughters were - Faith, who married Richard Baker; Mary, who married Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth ; and Ann, who married James Bates, Jr.


John Whitcomb came to Dorchester early, pro- bably in 1635 - supposed to have come from Dor- chester, in England, and probably a son of Simon, who was chosen one of the Assistants in England, but never came over. John removed to Scituate as early as 1640, and owned a large farm near North River, which he sold to Thomas Hicks. He remov-


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ed to Lancaster, and died there, Sept. 24, 1662. His daughter Katharine married Rodolphus Ellms, of Scituate, in 1644. His sons were - John, who re- moved to Lancaster with his father; Robert remain- ed at Scituate ; James settled in Boston, and owned the land where the Tremont House now stands. It is supposed that James favored the cause of Gover- nor Sir Edmund Andros, when he was at the head of the government, and subsequently left the coun- try for England.


John Whipple was a grantee of land at Dorches- ter Neck in 1637, and joined the church in 1641. He lived near what is now called Neponset Village. He was a carpenter by trade, and owned a house and 40 or 50 acres of land, which he sold in 1658 to George Minott, for his son John Minott. His chil- dren born in Dorchester were - Sarah, baptized August 12, 1641, and married a Mr. Smith, of Pro- vidence; Lemuel, baptized in 1643; William, bap- tized 16 (3) 1652; Benjamin, baptized 4 (4) 1654; David; John, baptized March 9, 1641; Eleazer, baptized 8 (1) 1646; Mary, baptized April 9, 1648. Mr. Whipple removed to Providence.


Michael Willis, or Willies, or Wyllyes, was in Dorchester as early as 1638 ; was freeman the same year ; was a grantee of land in 1640 and 1647. He removed to Boston about 1659, and was one of the founders of the second church there. He sold some of his common land in Dorchester to Richard Leeds, in 1656. He was a blacksmith by trade, and died in Boston in 1669. He had two sons - Roger, who lived in Dorchester in 1677; and Joseph, baptized 3 (12) 1639. He had several daughters.


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Theophilus Wilson, it is supposed, was not long in the town.


Henry Woodward came over in the ship James, Capt. Taylor, in the summer of 1635. He was a physician. He removed to Northampton about 1658, and was accidentally killed there by a mill wheel.


Richard Wright appears to have come to New England early, and to have been in Lynn and Bos- ton before he came to Dorchester. He was there, however, soon enough to have a division in the Neck lands in 1636. He was one of the committee sent to Mt. Wollaston to bound out farms for William Coddington and Edmund Quincy.


Mr. Thomas Waterhouse and his wife joined the church at Dorchester, 4 (12) 1639, and taught a school that year. He was married, before he came to New England, to Anna, the daughter of John and Ann Mahew. He was a minister and curate under Mr. Candler, at Codenham, England. He did not remain long in Dorchester, but returned to England. He was ejected at Ashrocking, by the Act of Uniformity. He died in 1679 or 1680, near- ly 80 years of age. His children were - Anna, baptized at Dorchester, March 5, 1640; Thomas, Conquest, John, Edward, David and Elizabeth.


Nicholas Wood was in Dorchester as early as 1640, from which time he carried on Mr. Glover's farm until the death of Mr. Glover in 1654, during which time Mr. Glover resided in Boston. The farm is now within the bounds of Milton, and was sold by Mr. Glover's heirs to Robert Vose in 1654,


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and a part of it is now in possession of the heirs of the late Col. Josiah Vose.


It will be perceived that several names appear on pages 101 and 102, which should have been omitted, as they had been given in the previous list.


CHAPTER X.


Privations and Influence of Woman in the Settlement of the Country. - Additional Names of Male Inhabitants of Dorchester prior to 1700.


IT was our intention to have given an outline of the history of all the male inhabitants of Dorches- ter who had arrived at the age of twenty-one years, prior to the year 1700 ; but the space which would be required to do this might, it is thought, be better filled with a more general history. While speak- ing of those among the first emigrants who belonged to the sterner sex, we would by no means forget the female portion of our predecessors, who acted well their part. Our early history abounds with instances which prove, that in performing the duties which peculiarly devolved upon them, and in sharing with the men in the mutual privations incident to the settlement of a new country, the women deserve a full share of the praise which belongs to the early settlers. Their influence also was great and benefi- cial; and from the time when that " faire maide," Mary Chilton, first leaped upon the rock at Ply- mouth, to the present day, that influence has been


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an important element in our national character. In the beautiful language of Mrs. Sigourney - " On the unfloored hut, she who had been nurtured amid the rich carpets and curtains of the mother land, rocked her new-born babe and complained not. She who in the home of her youth had arranged the gorgeous shades of embroidery, or, perchance, had compounded the rich venison pastry as her share in the housekeeping, now pounded the coarse Indian corn for her children's bread, and bade them ask God's blessing ere they took their scanty portion. When the snows sifted through their miserable roof- trees upon her little ones, she gathered them closer to her bosom ; she taught them the Bible, and the catechism, and the holy hymn, though the war- whoop of the Indian rang through the wild. Amid the untold hardships of colonial life, she infused new strength into her husband by her firmness, and solaced his weary hours by her love. She was to him


' An undergoing spirit, to bear up Against whate'er ensued .? ??


The following list comprises the names of those who lived in the town, and who had reached the age of twenty-one years, up to the year 1700, in addition to those in the lists already given.


Consider Atherton Hope Atherton James Atherton John Avery James Atwood Increase Atherton


Joseph Angier Watching Atherton Jonathan Atherton


Peter Aspinwall


Nicholas Allen


Mr. Bellingham


Alexander Bradford


William Brinsmade, Sen.


John Bradley


James Blake


Thomas Breck


George Babcock


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Edmund Brown


William Bradley


John Blackman


Henry Bayley


Gamaliel Beaman


John Clap


Edmund Bowker


Thomas Clap


William Blake, Jr.


Henry Cunliffe


Richard Butt


Richard Curtis


John Burge


Henry Crane


Thomas Bird, Jr.


Samuel Clap


Benjamin Bailey


Samuel Chandler


James Bates, Jr.


Peter Cealey


Thomas Birch


William Chaplin


Edward Barber


Joseph Capen


David Babcock


Nathaniel Clap


Henry Bridgham


Rev. Nathaniel Clap


Nicholas Boulton


Nathaniel Clark


Edward Blake


John Clap, 2d


Rev. Joseph Capen


John Bird


Nehemiah Clap


John Baker


John Capen, Jr.


James Blake, 2d


Samuel Capen


Hugh Batten


Barnard Capen, Jr.


Roger Billings, Jr.


Hopestill Clap


James Barber


Desire Clap


John Blake®


Preserved Capen


Rev. William Brinsmeade


Ammi Ruhamah Corlet


Noah Beaman


Jonathan Clap


Nathan Bradley


Ebenezer Clap, son of Nicholas


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William Betts


Eben Clap, son of Na- thaniel


Joseph Birch


Matthew Ball


Francis Ball


Teague Crehore


James Baker


Arthur Cartwright


Joseph Blake


Samuel Capen, 2d


John Blake


Bernard Capen, 2d


James Bird


Joseph Crosby


John Brown


David Cremin Richard Davis


Ebenezer Billings


Abraham Dickerman


Benjamin Bates


Richard Denton


Mr. Beaumont


Charles Davenport


Giles Burge


Thomas Drake


William Daniell


Edward Breck, son of John


Rev. John Danforth


John Beaman


John Bolton


Ezra Clap


Henry Butler


Jonathan Birch


Noah Clap Chamberlain


John Buck


Augustin Clement, Jr.


James Bacon


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John Deane


Israel Howe


Walter Deane


Obadiah Hawes


Nathaniel Duncan, Jr.


Nathaniel Howard


Peter Duncan Ebenezer Davenport


John Holbrook


Richard Hall, Jr.


William Dyer


John Holmes Eleazer Hawes


John Davenport


Humphrey Davie


Thomas Holman


William Davenport


Goodman Haven


Thomas Davenport, Jr.


Joshua Henshaw


Abraham Dike


Daniel Henshaw


Thomas Danforth


Ralph Hutchinson


Gilbert Endicott


Thomas Hilton


Daniel Elder


Stephen Hoppin


John French


Thomas Holbrook


Edmund Forward


John Holland, Jr.


Timothy Foster


Thomas Holland


Rev. Josiah Flint


Michael Holloway


James Foster


Jonathan Hill


Elisha Foster


Jonathan Hall


John Foster


James Humphrey


Richard Francis


Peter Hix


Anthony Fisher


Samuel Hill


Standfast Foster


Hopestill Humphrey


Hopestill Foster, Jr.


William Howe


Anthony Gulliford or Gulliver


Isaac Howe


John Gurnsey John Gill


Ralph Houghton


Henry Gurnsey


Abraham Howe


Nathaniel Glover


Walter Harris


Nicholas George


Ralph Houghton, Jr.


Thomas Gattliffe


Jeremiah Hawes


Habakkuk Glover


Nathaniel Holmes


John Glover, Jr. Thomas Glover


John Isles


Joshua George


William Ireland


Peletiah Glover


Isaac Jones'


Nathaniel Glover, Jr.


David Jones


Nicholas George, Jr.


Samuel Jones


Thomas Graves


Joseph Jewett


Jacob Hewins


Timothy Jones Jonathan Jones


Joseph Holmes


Henry Kibby


James Hosley


George Kinwright


Samuel Hall


Stephen Kinsley


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Samuel Hix


David Holmes


Samuel Humphrey


Richard Hall


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Enos Kinsley


John Maxfield


John Minot, Jr.


Joseph Mather


Samuel Minot


Thomas Meekins


Ebenezer Moseley


Peter Lyon Nicholas Lawrence


John Marsh


Henry Leadbetter


Joseph Morse


Joseph Long, Sen.


Nicholas Lawrence, Jr.


Rev. Joseph Lord


John Pope, Jr.


Henry Layeland


Peter Pocock


Joseph Leeds


William Pillsberry


Joseph Long, Jr.


Robert Pond


Thomas Loring


John Plumb


John Lewis


Enoch Place


Benjamin Leeds


Thomas Pierce


Nathaniel Lyon


Thomas Pope


Eben'r Lyon


John Payson


Margery Laner


Richard Puffer


John Minot


Oliver Partridge


Mahaleel Munnings


Daniel Preston


Timothy Mather


Stephen Minot


Henry Merrifield


William Pratt


James Minot


Samuel Paul


Thomas Moseley


Samuel Payson


Thomas Millet, Jr.


Ephraim Payson


Samuel Maxfield


William Pigrom


Clement Maxfield


William Peacock


John Moseley, Jr.


John Pelton


Henry Mason


Robert Pond, Jr.


Atherton Mather


Robert Pelton


Henry More


Samuel Pelton


Israel Mead


Francis Price


Rev. Samuel Mather


Rev. Nathaniel Mather


Rev. Eleazer Mather


Rev. Increase Mather


Sampson Mason


John Merrifield


James Robinson


Henry Robie


Cornelius Morgan John Mason


Samuel Robinson


Goodman Moreton


William Royal


John Kinsley, Jr. John Kinsley, 3d Eldad Kinsley Bustian Kern


George Lyon Lee


Anthony Newton


Thomas Narrowmoore


William Osborne


Peter O'Kelly


Edward Payson


John Pratt


Matthew Pimer Joshua Pomroy Jasper Rush Jeremiah Rodgers Robert Redman


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Henry Roberts John Robinson Samuel Robinson, 2d


Rev. William Thomson


Praise Ever Turner


Increase Turner


William Turner


Samuel Topliff


Thomas Tolman, Jr.


Thomas Robinson


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John Tolman James Tucker


Samuel Robinson, Jr.


Increase Robinson


Onisephorus Tileston


Samuel Rigby


Timothy Tileston, Jr.


John Richards


Joseph Twitchell


Edward Rossiter


Thomas Treadwell Mr. Ting


William Row


Thomas 'Trowbridge


Roger Sumner


Peter Talbot


John Smith, Jr.


Thomas Vose


Robert Spur


Edward Vose


Robert Sanders


Ammiel Weeks


Robert Stanton


Timothy Wales


Obadiah Swift


Richard Way


Samuel Sumner


William Weeks


William Salesbury


Enoch Wiswall


Increase Sumner


Thomas Wainwright John Wales


Robert Searl


Richard Withington


Richard Sykes


Ebenezer Williams


Abraham Staple


Joseph Weeks


Hon. William Stoughton


Rev. John Wilson, Jr.


George Sumner


Joseph Wilson


Joseph Shelton


Samuel Wadsworth


William Sumner, Jr.


Richard Williams


William Smede


George Wilkes


Ralph Sammes


William Ware


Thomas Swift, Jr.


James White


Robert Stiles John Stiles


Henry Withington, 2d


Roger Willyes


Mr. Sunderland John Steele


Ebenezer Williams, Jr.


Robert Sharp


Philip Withington


David Sellick


Nicholas White


Edward Savage


Edward Wyatt


Benjamin 'Tuchel


John Wilcocke


Thomas Weeks


Aaron Way


Rev. Ichabod Wiswall


Ralph Tompkins


John Ward


Ebenezer Robinson Rev. John Robinson William Rawson


Thomas Robinson, son of James


John Trescott


Hon. William Tailer


Isaac Royal


Lawrence Smith


Capt. John Withington .


Timothy Tileston James Trowbridge


Samuel Trescott


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Robert Willyes


Smith Woodward


Ebenezer Withington


Elias Wood


Samuel Webb


Ralph Warner


Thomas Wilkinson


Samuel Wales Joseph Withington


Henry Ware


Nathaniel Wyatt


Dr. Smith.


CHAPTER XI.


Removal of part of the Colony to Connecticut-The Pequot War- Orders of the General Court and of the Town.


THE year 1636 was an important era in the his- tory of Dorchester. A large portion of the first inhabitants left the town for a new settlement on the borders of the Connecticut River (Windsor), and their places were filled by the Rev. Richard Mather and most of the one hundred passengers who came with him from England. Many grants of land were made, and many orders passed by ten men chosen by the town for the purpose. Seven of these men were to make the orders, and having been first published on a lecture day, they were not to be " disallowed " by the plantation. This year were also chosen twelve Selectmen ; viz., Mr. Stoughton, Mr. Glover, Henry Withington, Nathaniel Duncan, George. Minot, Richard Collicot, John Holman, Mr. Hill, William Gaylard, Christopher Gibson, John Pierce and Mr. Jones. The Church was likewise re-organized and the following Covenant agreed to.


" Dorchester Church Covenant made ye 23d Day of y 6 Month 1636.


" We whose names are subscribed being called of God to Join ourselues together in Church Communion ; from


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our Hearts acknowledgeing our own unworthiness of such a privilege, or of ye least of Gods mercies ; and likewise acknowledgeing our disability to keep Covenant with God, or to perform any Spiritual Duty which he calleth us unto, unless ye Lord Jesus do enable us thereunto by his Spirit dwelling in us ; Do in ye Name of Christ Jesus our Lord, & in trust and Confidence of his free Grace assisting us, freely Covenant & Bind ourselues, Solemnly in ye presence of God himself, his Holy Angels, and all his servants here present ; That we will by his Grace Assisting, endeavour constantly to walk together as a Right Ordered Congrega- tion of Christ, according to all ye Holy Rules of a Church Body rightly established, so far as we do already know it to be our duty, or shall further understand out of God's Holy Word : Promising first & aboue all to cleaue unto him as our Chief and only Good, and to our Lord Jesus Christ as our only Spiritual Husband & Lord, & our only High Priest & Prophet & King. And for ye furthering of us to keep this blessed communion with God and his Son Jesus Christ, & to grow up more fully herein ; we do likewise promise by his Grace assisting us, to endeavour ye Estab- lishing amongst ourselues all his Holy Ordinances which he hath appointed for his Church here on Earth, and to obserue all & euery of them in such sort as shall be most agreeable to his Will, opposing to ye utmost of our power whatsoever is contrary thereunto, and bewailing from our Hearts our own neglect hereof in former times, and our poluting ourselues therein with any Sinfull Invention of men.


" And lastly, we do hereby Covenant and promise to fur- ther to our utmost power, the best Spiritual good of each other, & of all and every one that may become members of this Congregation, by mutual Instruction, Reprehension, Exhortation, Consolation & Spiritual watchfulness over one another for good. And to be subject in and for ye Lord to all ye Administrations & Censures of ye Congregation, 13*


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so far as ye same shall be Guided according to ye rules of Gods most holy word. Of the integrity of our Hearts herein, we call God ye Searcher of all Hearts to Witness ; Beseeching him so to bless us in this & all our Enterprises, as we shall sincerely endeavor by ye assistance of his Grace to obserue his Holy Covenant in all ye branches of it inviolable for ever ; and where we shall fail, there to wait upon ye Lord Jesus for pardon and acceptance & healing for his Name's sake.


" RICHARD MATHER, NATHA'L DUNCAN,


GEORGE MINOT, HENRY WITHINGTON,


THOMAS JONES, JOHN POPE."


JOHN KINSLEY,


Cattle were at this time very scarce, and as nearly all wished to secure a stock for their own use and comfort, as well as for profit, the prices were very high; cows and oxen being worth from £30 to £40 each. Goats were also in demand, and many of them kept.


This year the trouble, which had been some time brewing, broke out between the settlers of the Bay and the Pequot Indians. This tribe never assimi- lated with their white neighbors-neither with the English on the North East nor the Dutch on the West. About July, of this year, Capt. John Old- ham was murdered by the Indians at Block Island ; and as he was a man universally known both in the Plymouth and Massachusetts colonies, it was resolv- ed to put a stop to such proceedings, and punish the aggressors. For this purpose, four companies were raised, commanded by Capt. John Underhill, Capt. Nathaniel Turner, Ens. William Jennison and Ens. Richard Davenport, and the whole expedition placed


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under the command of Gov. Endicott. This was the first serious warfare that occurred after the set- tlement of the colony, and the whole vicinity were deeply interested in the event. The following ac- count of the death of Oldham, is copied from that excellent work, S. G. Drake's "History of Boston."


" It proved that Captain Oldham was killed by some Narraganset Indians who happened to be at Block Island at the time of his visit. The discovery of the murder and its perpetrators was accidental, and happened in this way. Captain John Gallop, an intrepid mariner of Boston, being upon a trading expedition, put into Block Island to traf- fic with the natives. He had with him his son John, another son not mentioned by name, and a servant, who is described as a 'strong, stout fellow.' As they approached the island, they discovered a vessel making off from the shore, under suspicious circumstances ; for those on board of it managed the sails in an awkward manner. Immedi- ately after, they saw that it was full of Indians. Though his men numbered but four, including himself, Captain Gallop determined to capture the piratical vessel, as he now conceived her to be such. He therefore fired upon her as soon as he was near enough, and then stood off to ascer- tain what effect his fire had upon the pirates; for, owing to their numbers, he was afraid to board them at once, as ' they stood ready armed, with guns, pikes and swords.' To attempt their capture under these circumstances was cer- tainly desperate ; but Gallop had the advantage of being able to manœuvre his vessel, while his enemies were such sorry sailors that they appear to have had little or no con- trol over their craft. Gallop, therefore, having drawn off to a fair distance, made all sail, with the prow of his vessel aimed directly against the quarter of the enemy. There being a good breeze, he struck her with such force that she was almost overset by the collision ; and this so frightened


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the Indians, that six of them jumped into the sea and were drowned; yet the English captain did not dare to board her, but stood off again to prepare for another broadside of the same kind. His success increased. The next time he drove the fluke of his anchor through the bows of the pirate, and remained fast to her. In the mean time he raked her fore-and-aft with his small shot, till every Indian had hid himself below. The English might now have boarded her, but the Captain concluded to continue his successful broadsides, as his anchor had broken its hold, and his bark was drifting from his antagonist. As soon as the Indians saw him hauling off, four or five more of them leaped overboard and were drowned. Seeing this, Gallop came alongside and boarded them. The Indians, by this time, if not before, being satisfied that all was lost, one came out of the hold and surrendered ; and being bound, was put into the hold. Then another came up, and he was bound likewise ; but not daring to put him into the hold with the other, fearing one might unloose the other, they threw him bound into the sea. There were still two left in the hold, and these defended themselves so bravely with swords, that Gallop resolved to secure them there, and to sail away with his prize. He therefore made her fast to his own vessel and proceeded on with her in tow ; but in the night the wind came on to blow, and he was forced to cut her adrift, and thus he lost her. He soon after arrived at Saybrook with the Indian captive, and in due time returned with him to Boston.




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