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Thomas Swift was in Dorchester in 1634; free- man May 6, 1635. He was an enterprising man, and a quarter-master in troublesome times ; a mem- ber of Mr. Warham's church ; a maltster by trade. His wife was Elizabeth. Their children were- Thomas, born June 17, 1635, married Elizabeth Vose
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in 1657, and Sarah Clapp in 1676 ; Obadiah, born July 16, 1638 ; Elizabeth, born February 26, 1640; Ruth, Aug. 24, 1643-married William Greenough, of Boston, Oct. 10, 1660; Joan, married John Ba- ker, of Boston, Nov. 5, 1657. He died May 4, 1675. His wife died January 26, 1677. By his will it appears that William Sumner and John Ca- pen are his brothers in law.
Joshua Talbot. Since the list was made out, we are satisfied there was no such person in town.
Mr. Stephen Terry was in Dorchester in 1630, and was a man of some distinction. He removed to Windsor. It appears from the Windsor records that he was married in Dorchester, and that his daughter Mary was born there, December 31, 1633. The rest were born in Windsor-John, March 6, 1637; Elizabeth, January 4, 1641 ; Abigail, Sep- tember 21, 1646.
John Tilley, it is supposed, came here in 1630; was a grantee of four acres at Neponset Neck, and a highway laid out for him and William Lovell in 1633. A freeman in 1635. He may have been the person at Cape Ann before Conant. Clap says he was killed by the Pequods in 1637. From the records it appears he had a brother in Boston ; but his name does not appear.
Thomas Tileston, grantee of land 1634, and often afterwards ; freeman 1636; died June 24, 1694, aged 83. He appears to have been an enterprising and useful man. His wife was Elizabeth. His chil- dren were-Timothy, born 1636; Onisephorus, born 1651; Cornelius, who died 20 (5) 1659; Elizabeth,
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born 1639; Naomi; Ruth ; Bathsheba, born 1649. Elizabeth died unmarried ; Naomi probably died young ; Ruth married, when she was quite young, Richard Denton. He lived but a short time; then she married Timothy Foster, who came from Scitu- ate. Bathsheba married John Payson, of Roxbury. Timothy owned one half of the tide mill, in Mill street, in 1697. It has been in the family to this day. It was built by Edward Breck, who sold it to William Robinson, and Robinson to Tileston. Oni- sephorus succeeded to his father's estate.
Thomas Thornton was among the earliest settlers, probably as early as 1630. He, with Thomas San- ford, kept the cows for the town in 1635. He re- moved to Windsor. This was not the Thomas Thornton who was one of the ejected clergy, and was minister at Yarmouth about 1663 to 1673.
Francis Tuthill, or Tuchell, was in Dorchester in 1634. It is supposed the name is now Twitchell.
Nicolas Upsall. A freeman May 15, 1631; gran- tée of land 1633; bailiff and rater 1634; licensed inn-keeper 1636, 1637 and 1638; selectman in 1638 and '42; an original member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1637. He moved to Boston (see Hutchinson, vol. i., p. 199) and joined the church there 28 (5) 1644. His wife was Doro- thy. His children were- Anna, born February, 1635 ; Elizabeth, February, 1637, married William Greenough, July 4, 1652; Susanna, born 7 (12) 1639, married Joseph Cock Nov. 10, 1659; Experience, born 19 (1) 1640, died Aug. 2, 1659. The town re- cords say-"June 27, 1636," " It is ordered that
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Nicholas Upsal shall keep a house of entertainment for strangers." Mr. Upsal died in 1677, aged 70. His wife died Sept. 18, 1675, aged 73 years. They were both buried in Copp's Hill grave-yard.
In 1656, the General Court fined Mr. Upsal £20 and imprisoned him, for his countenancing and befriending Quakers. In 1661, "on occasion of his drawing many Quakers & others affected to that sect thither" [to the place of his imprisonment], he is removed to Castle Island, " there to remain vpon his own charge." His wife petitioned for his release soon after, upon which the court ordered that he " be moued ovt of prison forthwith to ye house of John Capen, in Dorchester, and there be confined a prisoner vntil ye latter end of ye 8th moneth next." How long his confinement lasted we cannot state, but the next year, 1662, the court record recites, " Nicholas Vpshall being formerly sentenced to per- petual Imprisonment, & obteyning a Reprivall, hath greatly abused their lenity, doe therefore Order him to be Confined again to ye house of John Capen." By " a reprivall " we are to understand banishment ; for he was sentenced to remain in prison until the fine was paid, or if he would not pay it, his effects were ordered to be seized by the marshal ; but, they say, " ye fine being paid, he shall depart this Juris- diction within one moneth, and not returne Vnder ye poenalty of Imprisonment," &c.
In that rare book, "Persecutors Maul'd with their own Weapons," is this passage.
" Nicholas Upshall, an old Man full of years, see- ing their [the authorities of Boston] Cruelty to the 8*
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harmless Quakers, & that they had condemned some of them to dye, both he & elder Wisewell, or other- wise Deacon Wisewell, Members of the Church in Boston, bore their Testimonies in publick against their brethrens horid Cruelty to the said Quakers. And the said Upshall declared, That he did look at it as a sad fore-runner of some heavy Judgment to follow upon the Country ; Which they took so ill at his hands, that they fined him Twenty pounds, & three Pound more at another of their Courts, for not com- ing to their Meeting, & would not abate him one Grote, but imprisoned him and then banished him on pain of Death, which was done in a time of such extream bitter weather for Frost, Snow and Cold, that had not the Heathen Indians in the Wilderness Woods taken compassion on his Misery, for the winter season, he in all likelihood had perished, though he had then in Boston a good Estate in houses & Land, Goods & Money, as also Wife & Children, but not suffered to come unto him, nor he to them."-p. 41.
John Warham, one of the ministers accompany- ing the West Country Company in the Mary and John, in 1630. Had been ordained by a bishop, and settled at Exeter, Devon, and came recommended by Mr. White. (See letters from George Cradock.) Nonconformity doubtless occasioned his desire to emigrate, and his example, as much as his precept, greatly aided the decision of others. After spend- ing nearly six years in Dorchester, he went with a large portion of his church to Windsor, where he preached thirty-four years, until his death in 1670.
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Gov. Winthrop speaks of the death of Mrs. War- ham in December, 1634 .*
Henry Way arrived from Bristol in company with Roger Williams, February 8, 1631, in the Lyon, Capt. Pierce. He lost a son overboard on the pas- sage. Was named with the first recorded grantees of land in Dorchester, 1633. His three sons born in England, George, Richard and Aaron, lived in Dor- chester. By the church record it appears he lived where "Capt. Breck's cyder mills " afterwards stood. He died in 1667, aged 84 years. His wife Eliza- beth died 23 (4) 1665, aged 84.
Bray Wilkins was born in 1610. It appears that he came from Lynn to Dorchester. In 1638, Mr. Wilkins had liberty from the General Court " to set up a house and keepe a ferry over Naponset Ry- ver and to have a penny a person, to bee directed by Mr. Stoughton and Mr. Glover." This ancient ferry was from the ridge in Quincy to Sling Point in Dorchester, about half way between Neponset and Granite bridges, some remains of which may be now seen. John Wilkins, baptized in Dorchester in 1642, was undoubtedly his son. Lydia, probably his daughter, born in 1644, married Mr. Mills. Mr. Wilkins removed from Dorchester to Salem as early as 1654, and with John Gingle purchased Mr. Bel- lingham's farm. He owned land in Dorchester as late as 1676, and sold some of his property that year to Joshua Henshaw. When in Dorchester, he lived in the place afterward occupied by Eben'r Williams, and near the present residence of Richard Clapp.
See Mather's Magnalia.
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Roger Williams was one of the earliest settlers of Dorchester. He requested to be made freeman Oc- tober 19, 1630. He went to Windsor probably in 1635. From there he appears to have removed to Boston. He was one of the selectmen of Dorches- ter in 1635 ; joined the Ancient and Honorable Ar- tillery Company in 1647. He married Lydia, the daughter of James Bates, of Dorchester. His fami- ly appear to have remained at Dorchester while he was roving about. Nathaniel Williams, probably his son, was baptized February 6, 1640. Ebenezer, his son, was born January, 1649, and was baptized by Mr. Mather. Roger and Ebenezer were the an- cestors of Lieut. Gov. Samuel T. Armstrong, through his mother.
David Wilton probably came in 1633, and re- moved to Windsor or Northampton, and perhaps both.
Henry Wolcott came in the Mary and John in 1630, with four sons and two daughters. He was from Tolland, Somerset County, and a man of supe- rior abilities and good estate. He was grantee of lands in Dorchester in April, 1633, and probably before. He was selectman in 1634. In May, 1634, the General Court granted to Wolcott and Stough- ton the privilege of selecting farms for themselves. Wolcott embarked early in the Connecticut pro- ject, and removed, in 1636, with his family to Wind- sor. He and his descendants have ever since been prominent citizens of Connecticut. He died in 1655, aged 78 years.
Henry Wright's wife was Elizabeth. They had
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a daughter Mary born in Dorchester, April, 1635 ; a son Samuel, February 14, 1636. He received a division of the Neck lands in 1637.
John Whitfield should be Witchfield. Was in Dorchester probably about 1630, and removed to Windsor.
CHAPTER VIII.
Additional Settlers previous to 1636.
IN addition to the names in the preceding chap- ter, other individuals were in the town previous to 1636. The following, with brief notices respecting them, are all we have been able to obtain.
John Crab came to Dorchester with the first set- tlers, and afterwards removed to Connecticut.
John Gaylord, or Gallard. Prince, in his Annals, mentions Gaylord as being in Dorchester in 1632.
Nathaniel Gillet came to Dorchester with Messrs. Maverick and Warham in 1630. He was admitted freeman in 1634, and removed to Windsor in 1635.
Elizabeth Gillet joined the church at Dorchester, 29 (8) 1641.
Thomas Gunn was one of the early settlers of Dorchester, and removed to Windsor.
William Hayden came to Dorchester in 1630, became freeman in 1634, removed to Hartford, and from there to Windsor in 1642, and from Windsor to Killingworth in 1664. His children were-Dan- iel, born Sept. 2, 1640, died March 22, 1713; Na-
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thaniel, born Feb. 2, 1643, died at Killingworth ; Mary, born June 6, 1648.
William Hill was an early settler of Dorchester ; had a grant of land there Nov. 2, 1635. He re- moved to Windsor, but probably not with the first company. He may have been a brother of John Hill of Dorchester.
Reynolds Jenkins came to Dorchester in 1630, and was killed by an Indian at Cape Porpoise in 1632.
Thomas Miller was in Dorchester early. He re- moved to Boston before 1665.
Henry Moseley was in Dorchester in 1630; had a house lot granted him in Dorchester, September, 1637. Farmer says he was in Braintree in 1638. He joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1643. Edward Breck, of Dorchester, sold a house and garden in Boston to his son Robert in 1654, which had formerly belonged to Henry Moseley. This renders it probable that he had lived at one time in Boston. It is probable that he was a relative, if not a brother, of John, who was in Dorchester in 1630. Henry had a son Samuel born in 1641, who is presumed to be the Captain Samuel who frequently served in the wars against the In- dians, and who was very inveterate against them.
Moses Maverick was an early inhabitant of Dor- chester-a grantee of land in 1634. He may have been the Moses who was in Salem in 1634, and in Marblehead in 1648.
Rev. George Moxon was a member of the church in Dorchester in 1636; he was educated in Sydney
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College, and was one of the ejected ministers. He was the first minister of Springfield, Mass .; he re- turned to England, and died there Sept. 15, 1687, aged 85 years.
Roger Matthews was a grantee of land in Dor- chester, Feb. 10, 1634. By the church records it appears he lived in Dorchester and sold to Ebenezer Williams. He probably lived near the place where Richard Clapp now lives.
Thomas Moore was one of the early settlers of Dorchester, and removed to Windsor.
Richard Phelps was an early settler of Dorches- ter ; probably the father of George, Samuel, and William.
Samuel Phelps came to Dorchester in 1630, and removed to Windsor.
Robert Pierce came to Dorchester in 1630. He married Ann, the daughter of John Grenway. He died Jan. 11, 1664. His wife died Dec. 11, 1695, aged about 104 years. He had a daughter Debo- rah, born (12) 1639, died 15 (2) 1640. He left a son Thomas, who succeeded to his estate; and a daughter Mary, who married Thomas Haven, of Dedham.
Tradition points out the well on the banks of the river, about thirty rods northeast of the Neponset Railroad Station, in Dorchester, where Robert first settled. He afterwards built the house where Lewis Pierce, Esq., one of his descendants, now lives, on Adams street, and in whose possession some of the bread his ancestor Robert brought from England is still preserved.
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William Poole came to Dorchester in 1630. Af- ter remaining in Dorchester several years, he remov- ed to Taunton, but returned again to Dorchester in 1672. He was town clerk of Dorchester, and for many years a schoolmaster. He was highly esteem- ed by his cotemporaries, and spoken of in the records as a " sage, reverend, and pious man of God." It was probably his son Timothy, who Mr. Savage (1 Winthrop, 252) speaks of as being drown- ed at Taunton, Dec. 15, 1667. His sister, Elizabeth Poole, was a great patron and " virgin mother " of Taunton.
His son Theophilus was baptized at Dorchester, 3 (4) 1660, he then being a member of the church at Taunton. He died Feb. 24, 1674. Jane Poole, probably his widow, died 1690 or 1691, leaving children-John, Bethesda Filer and Rebecca Hench- man. The following is a copy of the epitaph on his tomb stone.
" Ye Epitaph of William Pole which he hemself made while he was yet liuing in Remembrance of his own death & left it to be ingraven on his Tomb yt so being dead he might warn poste- rety or a resemblance of a dead man bespeaking ye reader.
Ho passenger tis worth thy paines too stay & take a dead mans lesson by ye way I was what now thou art & thou shalt be what I am now what odds twix me & thee Now go thy way but stay take one word more
Thy staff, for ought thou knowest, stands next ye dore Death is ye dore yea dore of heaven or hell Be warnd, Be armed Beliue Repent Fariewell."
Richard Pope was in Dorchester about 1635, but did not remain long after. Farmer says he was a brother of Joseph, one of the early settlers of Salem.
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Oliver Purchase probably came to Dorchester with those who arrived from Weymouth, Eng., in July, 1633. He removed from Dorchester to Lynn, which town he represented in the General Court 13 years, between 1660 and 1690. He was elected, but declined the office of Assistant in 1685. It is sup- posed he removed to Concord in 1691, and died there Nov. 20, 1701, aged 88.
According to one of the Church Records, one of the Mr. Purchases lived where John Capen after- wards lived.
William Purchase was an early settler of Dor- chester, and a grantee of land February, 1635 ; pro- bably a brother of Oliver. There was a Widow Purchase in Dorchester, who had sixteen acres of land granted by the Town, Jan. 4, 1635, and a divi- sion of the Neck lands in 1637. She may have been the mother of Oliver and John. A Hannah Pur- chase was baptized in Dorchester, March 12, 1640.
Edward Rainsford, a brother of Lord Chief Jus- tice Rainsford, came to Dorchester in 1633; made freeman in 1637; removed to Boston, and became an Elder in the Church there. Rainsford's Island, in Boston Harbor, undoubtedly was named for him. -
Abraham Randall came to Dorchester in 1630, and removed to Windsor.
Edward Raymond came to Dorchester in 1630. He was here in 1632, but did not remain long.
Mr. Russell was in Dorchester early, but did not remain long. His Christian name not ascertained.
John Rocket was here probably previous to 1636 ; possibly a brother of Richard, of Braintree. 9
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Isaac Shelden was in Dorchester in 1634. He removed to Windsor as early as 1640, and from thence to Northampton.
John Strong, a son of Richard, of Taunton, Eng- land, came with the first settlers, probably in the Mary and John. His wife and infant child died soon after landing. In 1630 he married Abigail, daughter of Thomas Ford, at Dorchester. He re- moved to Hingham previous to 1636. From Hing- ham he removed to Taunton, and from thence to Northampton as early as 1659. He had seventeen children. His sons also had numerous children- viz., Thomas, fifteen ; Jedediah, twelve; and Samuel, twelve; and his grandson Jonathan had seventeen. He was the ancestor of Governor Caleb Strong.
Elder John Strong died at Northampton in 1699, aged 94 years.
John Sougth died in Dorchester in 1635.
Sylvester. Mr. Jones was granted twenty acres of land in January, 1636, in exchange for that which was Sylvester's.
Richard Vose came in 1630, and removed to Windsor; was probably a brother of Robert.
Robert Vose. Tradition says he was brother to Richard. In 1654 he purchased the farm which had been under the improvement of Mr. John Glover, of Mr. Glover's heirs, of about one hundred and seven- ty-six acres. He removed on to that farm, and lived and died there. A part of the farm is now in the possession of his descendants, the heirs of Col. Josiah H. Vose. The cellar in the fork of the road, opposite Aunt Sarah's brook, marks where the original house
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stood. He died Oct. 16, 1683, aged 84 years ; his wife having died in October, 1675. His son Edward died Jan. 29, 1716, aged 80 years. Some of the land he had of his father, near the south foot of Brush Hill, is now in the possession of his descend- ants, in the family of the late Jesse Vose. His son Thomas appears to have been a man of more than ordinary standing for a common farmer, as the Town Records, while he kept them, assumed a systematic form. The late Governor Robbins says he was a man of much note in his day. He died April 3, 1708, aged 67 years. His daughter Elizabeth mar- ried Thomas Swift, 9 (10) 1657. She died Jan. 15, 1675, leaving no children. His daughter Martha married a Mr. Buckminster. She was a widow at the death of her father, in 1683.
Henry Vose, who had a daughter Elizabeth born in Dorchester, 8 (6) 1661 ; and Ebenezer Vose, whose death is recorded in the Milton Records as having taken place in 1716, aged 80, are both sup- posed to be sons of Robert.
Robert Winchell was in Dorchester in 1635, and removed to Windsor. He had children - Phoebe, baptized March 29, 1638 ; Mary, Sept. 5, 1641 ; David, Oct. 22, 1643; Joseph, April 5, 1646; Mar- tha, June 18, 1648; Benjamin, July 11, 1652. Mr. Winchell died Jan. 21, 1667.
George Way, supposed to be a son of Henry. He received a part of the Neck lands in 1637.
Edward White came from Branbrook, in Kent, to Dorchester, with his wife Martha and two daugh- ters, in the Abigail Hopewell, from London, in
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1635. Mr. White was born in 1593, his wife in 1596; his daughter Martha in 1625, and Mary in 1627. His son James joined the church in 1662. He married Sarah Baker, a daughter of Richard, 22 (12) 1664; died Nov. 11, 1713.
John Whitcomb came to Dorchester early, al- though possibly not previous to 1635. It is sup- posed that he came from Dorchester, England, and was the son of Simon, who was chosen one of the Assistants in England, but never came to this coun- try. He removed to Scituate as early as 1640, where he owned a large farm near North River. He sold his farm to Thomas Hicks. He removed to Lancaster, and died there Sept. 24, 1662. His chil- dren were - Katharine, who married Rodolphus Ellms, of Scituate, in 1644, and left a large poste- rity; John removed to Lancaster with his father ; Robert remained at Scituate; James settled in Bos- ton, and owned the land where the Tremont House now stands. It is supposed that James favored the cause of Gov. Sir Edmund Andros, when he was at the head of the government, and that he subse- quently left the country for England.
CHAPTER IX.
Second Emigration from England.
IN 1635, there arrived in Massachusetts many ships with passengers from England, and the Dor- chester Plantation attracted its full share of them,
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Besides those who came with Mr. Mather, in the James, from Bristol, in 1635, the names of Dorches- ter settlers are found in four other vessels from Lon- don the same year (see Savage's Gleanings, Massa- chusetts Historical Collections).
These arrivals greatly promoted the Connecticut movement, by furnishing purchasers for the im- provements of those intending to migrate. And the same year that deprived the Town of many of her most valued inhabitants, furnished accessions to the population of a more permanent character. New names continue to appear upon the records until 1640, when the political changes in the mother country arrested the tide of emigration.
The following may be regarded as a near approach to a correct list of the second emigration from Eu- rope, which occurred about the time of Mr. Mather's arrival and settlement.
Humphrey Atherton George Aldridge
Richard Evans Patience Foster and son Hopestill
Richard Baker James. Bates
Barnabas Fower
William Blake
John Farnham
Nehemiah Bourne
Joseph Farnsworth
Edward Breck Jonathan Burr
Robert Fuller
Nicholas Butler
John Gill
Thomas Bird
John Gilbert
Robert Badcock Roger Billings Edward Bullock
Thomas Hawkins
Richard Hawes
William Barber.
Jeremy Houchin
'Thomas Clarke William Clarke Edward Clap
Robert Howard Jonas Humphries
Nicholas Clap
Thomas Jones Edward Johnson
John Kinsley
Thomas Davenport 9*
Nathaniel Holder
Thomas Dickerman
Benjamin Fenn
John Gornhill
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Thomas Kinnersley
David Selleck
Thomas Lake
Clement Topliff
Thomas Lambert
Thomas Tolman
William Lane
William Trescott
Richard Leeds
Ralph Tompkins
Thomas Lewis
Jeffry Turner
Richard Lippincott
James Trowbridge
Richard Mather
Thomas Trott
Thomas Makepeace
Thomas Treadwell
Ambrose Martin
Nathaniel Wales
Jno. Maudesley
George Weekes
Thomas Miller
John Wiswall
Edmund Munnings
Thomas Wiswall
Goddman Mead
Henry Withington
Thomas Millett
John Whitcomb
Samuel Newman
John Whipple Michael Willis
William Pond
Theophilus Wilson
William Presten
Henry Woodward
Daniel Price
Richard Wright
William Robinson
Thomas Waterhouse
William Read
Nicholas Wood.
John Rigby
Humphrey Atherton. The first occurrence of his name on the Church Records is in 1636. Farmer says he came from Lancashire, but gives no autho- rity for it. One of his descendants, Charles H. Atherton, says he arrived in Boston in the ship James, Capt. Taylor, August 7, 1635, and states he was married when between fourteen and fifteen years of age, his wife then being between thirteen and fourteen, and that they brought children with them, but does not give any authority for the statement. No record by which his age could be ascertained has ever been found ; but as he was admitted free- man, and was a grantee of the Neck lands, in 1637, he must have arrived at his majority at that time.
He early showed a decided taste for military affairs, and soon became a member of the Ancient
Nathaniel Patten
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and Honorable Artillery Company, was its captain from 1650 to 1658, and commenced the first train band formed in Dorchester in 1644. He command- ed the Suffolk Regiment, with the title of Ma- jor General, and was the chief military officer in New England. He served many years as Selectman and Town Treasurer, and was deputy to the General Court in 1638 and '41. In 1659 he was chosen Speaker while he represented the town of Spring- field (inhabitancy not then being requisite for a deputy). He was afterwards an Assistant.
He was much respected for his religious charac- ter and public spirit, and often employed by the colonial government in civil and military affairs. He had great experience and skill in the treatment of the Indians, with whom his public duties brought him in frequent contact. He manifested much humanity and sympathy for their ignorant and de- graded condition, but exercised great energy and decision of character when necessary. His efforts to instruct them were referred to in the New Eng- land Confederation, and Eliot applied to him in behalf of the Neponset tribe. He assisted Lieut. Clap in laying out for them a tract of land at Pun- kapog, not exceeding six thousand acres. In 1644 he was sent, with Captains Johnson and Cooke, to Narraganset, to arrest and try Samuel Gorton for heresy. It is hoped that Gorton's complaint of his treatment on his way to Boston is exaggerated ; for he says, in passing through Dorchester, a large con- course of persons assembled, with several ministers, to witness the passage of the troops, and that the
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