USA > Rhode Island > Providence County > Providence > History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations, Vol. I > Part 47
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49
Feb. 16.
554
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
CHAP. XII. tered rights of Rhode Island, at the Court of Saint James. If he should find, on reaching London, that 1700. March Brenton had already acted upon his late commission in defence of the charter, the two were to be united in the agency ; otherwise, Sheffield was to be the sole agent, with an annual salary of eighty pounds, besides his neces- sary expenses. The Assembly adjourned to New Year's day, when the only business done was to establish, upon a 25. permanent basis, a horse-ferry between the mainland and Conanicut.
26.
The Court of Trials, held the next day, conducted with a high hand against Pemberton and the other Wes- terly prisoners, under the sedition act. The grand jury ignored the bills. The Court refused to receive the re- turn, and adding three more to the jury, sent them out a second time. Again they failed to find indictments. The Court then added six more persons to the jury, and again sent them out to deliberate, with positive orders to find true bills. After several hours' consultation, twelve of the twenty-one made a return in accordance with the instruc- tions of the Court. This was an exercise of power more dangerous to the liberties of the colony than any they were likely to suffer, even from the will of Bellemont; and it was followed up by a verdict of guilty, obtained by a similar violence on the part of the Court towards the petty jury, who, at first, were for acquitting the prisoners.1
April 8.
There was need of haste in the matter of Sheffield's commission, for the Board of Trade, upon receipt of Lord Bellemont's report, sent an abstract of it to his Majesty, and recommended its reference to the law officers of the crown, " to consider what method may be most proper for bringing the colony under a better form of government," and that they proceed forthwith.2
The memorial of the foreman of the grand jury at
1 Br. S. P. O., Proprieties, vol. v. pp. 417-421. 2 Br. S. P. O., Proprieties, vol. xxvi. p. 184.
555
RIOTS IN KINGS PROVINCE.
Newport, who was one of the nine dissenters from the act of the majority, in finding a bill against the Westerly prisoners, was presented to Bellemont. He wrote a sharp letter to Gov. Cranston, pronouncing the proceedings in the case of Pemberton, to be the " most arbitrary and ir- regular he had ever heard of, next to taking away a man's life against law ;" and also rebuking them for sending an armed force to levy taxes in Narraganset. This latter procedure was retaliated by Connecticut. Mallett, the sheriff of Rhode Island, was seized, with several of his posse, by a Connecticut force, and taken to New London jail, where the others were released on bail, but the sheriff was detained for trial.1 Riots attended upon these attempts to collect taxes, and the whole of Kings Province was in a state of disorganization. A Court of Inquiry was held at Kingstown, at which a large number of persons were fined for resisting the officers.
At the general election, John Greene, who for ten suc- cessive years had been elected deputy governor, was dropped, and ex-Gov. Walter Clarke was chosen in his place. The ferry from Newport to Jamestown was settled upon similar terms with that to the mainland. News having arrived that Brenton had accepted and acted upon his commission as general agent for the colony, the ap- pointment of Sheffield was revoked. The recent riots in Kingstown occupied the Assembly. Many persons ap- peared and confessed their fault. Some had their fines remitted, and others were bound over for trial at the Sep- tember term. The seizure of the high sheriff by the Con- necticut government did not impede the collection of the tax. Another sheriff was appointed, and also special con- stables, with sufficient force to complete the gathering of the six hundred pound tax forthwith. A new form of engagement for the deputies was adopted, binding them to allegiance to the King, and fealty to the chartered au-
CHAP. XII. 1700. April 22.
May 1.
4.
1 Br. S. P. O., Proprieties, vol. v. p. 633.
556
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
CHAP. XII. 1700. May 13.
thorities of the colony. A determined spirit prevaded the proceedings of this Assembly, such as had not always been shown in critical times, but which was essential in the final struggle for existence, upon which the colony had now fairly entered. At the close of the session, Gov. Cranston, in behalf of the Assembly, addressed a petition to the King, imploring a continuance of the charter.1 He also wrote to the Board of Trade,? informing them that the late deputy governor had been left out of all of- fices of trust, at the recent election, on account of his ille- gally granting privateer commissions : that a more perfect copy of the laws was to be made and sent under seal, and that a new form of engagement had just been adopted to meet the views of the home government. It was a diplo- matic letter, well drafted to aid the efforts of Brenton in averting another quo warranto.
June. 22.
But the Earl of Bellemont was ready with a rejoinder sustained by documentary proof. He wrote to the Board that he had given up all attempt at reducing the disorders in Rhode Island, and forwarded the petition of Pember- ton, with other papers relating to the seizure and arbi- trary trial of the Westerly prisoners.3 Nor were these the only outrages committed in the name of the law, dur- ing this period of turmoil and excitement. The French settlement had been broken up, but Dr. Ayrault remained as a practising physician. Greenwich had extended its limits to embrace the whole of Frenchtown. It was charged that Ayrault had fenced in certain highways laid out through the settlement. A court of inquiry, com- posed of the officers of Greenwich and Warwick, was held there to decide upon the question; and, after delib-
23. July
1 Original in Br. S. P. O. America and West Indies, vol. 379. R. I. Col. Rec., iii. 419.
2 Original in Br. S. P. O., Proprieties, vol. v. p. 317.
3 Originals in Br. S. P. O., New York papers, vol. x. p. 256, and Proprie- ties, vol. v. p. 413
557
INDEPENDENT LEGISLATION.
erating a whole day, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty CHAP. XII. against the doctor. That night a mob attacked his house, carried off himself and his son Daniel by force, maltreated 1700. his aged wife who attempted to plead with them ; and having taken the two men to where the court was held, compelled them to give bonds to appear at the next Court of Trials. The affidavit of Dr. Ayrault, with the con- current testimony of John Fones, and others who were present, given soon afterwards at Newport, and yet more the subsequent conduct of the assailants in laying waste Aug. the premises, prove the whole affair to have been one of lawless violence, for which no excuse can be offered. It was a phase of border life, where law imposes but a feeble restraint upon the cupidity or the passions of men.1
A special session of the General Assembly was held at Newport. Acts were passed to lay a tax upon pedlars ; to require any man who should marry an executrix, to give bonds to perform the will of the testator so far as the es- tate would permit; to provide for a constable's watch in every town; and "that where the laws of this collony, or custom, shall not reach or comprehend any matter, cause, or causes, that it shall be lawfull to put in execution the laws of England." This last act forms a fitting conclu- sion to the legislation of Rhode Island in the seventeenth century. It contains a covert assertion of sovereignty, amounting almost to an act of independence. It was an extreme application of the famous clause in the charter, which conveyed far more than its grantors imagined-that the laws should conform to those of England as nearly as possible, " considering the nature and constitution of the place and people there."
Sir Henry Ashurst, agent of Connecticut, presented to the Board of Trade a memorial setting forth the claim of that colony to the jurisdiction of Narraganset. Bren- ton replied to it with a counter memorial on the part of
1 Br. S. P. O., New England, vol. xiii.
29.
30.
Dec. 13.
17.
558
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
CHAP. Rhode Island. Both papers state concisely the grounds XII. of their respective claims. After some delay, Brenton 1700-1. Feb. 6. again called the attention of the Board to the sub- ject, and requested an early decision, as his business re- quired him to return to America.1 But this long dis- puted point was not destined to be so speedily arranged. Another quarter of a century was to elapse before the rights of Rhode Island should receive their final confirma- tion by the King in council.
7. March 5.
An event of the greatest importance to the people of this colony now occurred. The death of the Earl of Bellemont, at New York, removed the most formidable opponent to the charter of Rhode Island, who had ever ruled in New England. Unlike Sir Edmund Andros, Bellemont could neither be moved by flattery nor softened by courtesy. He acknowledged in becoming terms the civilities extended to him on his visit to Newport, and in . the same letter rebuked the free spirit of a people who virtually set at defiance the laws that he was appointed to execute. Had his life been spared, the ability with which he prepared the charges and evidence against this colony, and the energy that he displayed in pursuing his purposes to the bitter end, might have given another and a fatal termination to a contest that involved the colonial condition, and determined the future fortunes of Rhode Island.
1 Originals in Br. S. P. O., Proprieties, vol. v. pp. 675, 497-631.
559
FOUNDING OF TRINITY CHURCH.
CHAP. XII.
APP. G.
APPENDIX G.
FOUNDING OF TRINITY CHURCH, NEWPORT.
(FROM BRITISH STATE PAPER OFFICE, NEW ENGLAND, VOL. IX.)
To his Excellency Richard, Earle of Bellemont, Capt. Generall and Govr in Chiefe in and over the provinces of the Massachusetts Bay, New York and New Hampshire and the Territoryes thereon depending in America, and Vice Admiral of the same,
The humble Petition of the People of the Church of England now resident in Rhode Island,
SHEWETH,
That your Petitioners and others inhabiting within this Island having agreed and concluded to erect a church for the Worship of God according to the discipline of the Church of England and tho' we are disposed and ready to give all the encouragement we possibly can to a Pious and learned Minister to settle and abide amongst us, yet by reason we are not in a capacity to con- tribute to such an Honble Mentenance as may be requisite and expedient ;
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Lordship will be pleased so farr to favour our undertakings as to intercede with his Majty for his gra- cious letters to this Government, on our behalfe to protect and encourage us and that some assistance towards the present mentenance of a Minister among us may be granted as your Excellency in your great wisdome shall think most meet, and that your Excellency will also be pleased to write in our behalfe and favour to the Lords of the Council of Trade and Plantations, or to such Ministers of state as your Excellency shall judge convenient in and about the premises.
And your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c".
Gabriel Bernon
Wm. Brinley
Piere Ayrould
Isaac Martindale
Thomas Fox
Robert Gardiner
George Cuttler
Thos. Paine
Willm. Pease
Thos. Mallett
Edwin Carter
Robt. Wrightington
Fra. Popc
Anthy. Blount
Richard Newland Thomas Lillibridge
This petition was delivered at Newport, 26th Sept. 1699, and for- warded to the Board of Trade by Lord Bellemont on 24th October. It was received and read on 5th January following. In his letter en- closing it to the Board, Bellemont says, "I send your Lordships the petition of several persons in Rhode Island for a Church of England
560
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
CHAP. XII. APP. G.
Minister and a yearly settled maintenance for one. I hope your Lord- ships will please to patronize so good a design, and will obtain his Majesty's allowance of a competent maintenance for such a Minister. It will be a means I hope to reform the lives of the People in that Island, and make good Christians of 'em who at present are all in darknesse." The petition was sent by the Board of Trade to the Bishop of London, who presented it to the King, by whom it was re- ferred back to the Board, April 16, for their opinion upon what was proper to be done in the matter. Other petitions for promoting the Gospel among the Indians were pending at the same time. From these movements originated the "Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts," incorporated in 1702, by whom, two years later, the Rev. James Honeyman was sent out as a missionary to this station, upon petition of the wardens of Trinity church to the society for aid. Meanwhile, Rev. Mr. Lockyer, who had gathered the church early in 1699, new style, served as its rector, and the building was completed some time in 1702.
END OF VOLUME FIRST.
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
A
Abbott, Archbishop, 6 Acorns, 84. Aequidneset, 351.
Acts of Trade and Navigation, 454, 464, 467, 530, 535, 538, 544.
Addresses of R. I. to Home Government, 492-6, 514, 526, 528, 541.
Adlam, Rev. S., 108 n.
Administrators of estates, 443.
Admiralty courts in R. I., 246, 488, 535, 539, 541. Adrianople, 523 n.
Adultery punished by Indians, 75; by Gen. Ass., 320.
Advertisement of Narr. lands, 445, 447, 457. Agamenticus, 157 n.
"Agawam, Simple Cobbler of," cited, 45. Town of, 370.
Agents of R. I. in England, 345, 436, 410, 447, 451, 463, 493, 526, 545, 553.
Agreement between Clarke and Winthrop, 282, 296, 297, 351.
Alarm established, 132.
Albany, 309, 527, 528, 529, 546.
Albro, or Alborough, Capt. John, 457, 499, 508. Alderman, an Indian, 416.
Algiers, 437, 463. Alien law in Mass., 61, 68; in R. I., 242. Alleghany Mts., 96. Allen, James, 432.
Almy, Christopher, 518, 526, 527, 529, 535. "Ambition Anatomized," referred to, 361. Anabaptist, name how applied, 151 note. Anchor, for State seal, 204.
Anderson's " Hist. of Commerce," 497 n. Andros, Sir E., 397, 455, 484, 493, 495, 498; his administration, 498-510 ; reviewed, 514-17; new commission, 508; fall, 510-14, 520, 558. Anecdotes, 183 n., 188 n., 189 n., 505 n.
Angel, or Angell, Thomas, 97, 103. Anglesea, island, 47.
Annawon, Indian chiet, 417. Annexation of Warwick and Pawtuxet to Mass., 131; of Plymouth, 524.
Antinomian controversy, 47, 51-69 ; doetrines, 52-5, 65; party, 54, 56, 58; impolitie course, 61 ; trial of leaders, 63, 64; disarmed, 64; re- view of, 66 -- 9; term how applied, 151 n. " Antiquitates Americanæ," referred to, 28.
"Antiquities of Connecticut," referred to, 460, 461, 469, 481, 482, 533, 536, 539, 513.
Apples, first in R. I., 99 n., 137.
VOL. I .- 36
Appleton, Major, 403. Apportionment of taxes, 205, 271, 272, 276, 813, 346, 450, 542.
Apprenticeship, 161.
Aqnedneck island, 23, 69, 70, 113; purchase of, 125; compact, 124; the settlers of, 125; two governments at, 135; nnited, 143; election. 148; fire, 152 ; claimed by Plymouth, 159. 223, 410, 441, 477 ; proceedings against Gor- ton, 167-172; his return to, 189 ; dissensions at, 213, 221; petition to United Colonies, 222; usurped by Coddington, 238; sends Dr. Clarke to England, 239; courts, how held. 252; Indians sent off, 831 ; guarded, 407: smallpox at, 523.
Arbitration a basis of government, 176 ; declined in the Warwiek case, 182.
Archery prescribed by law, 209.
Argyle, Duke of, 4S1.
Arlington, Lord, 315.
Arminian party, 6.
Arms and ammunition ordered, 413.
Arnold, William, 100, 102, 104, 107, 111, 174, 176, 177, 238, 248, 258, 267, 268, 271.
Arnold, Benedict, 103, 111, 191, 196, 197, 267, 327, 345, 380; Asst., 252, 274; Pres., 263, 278, 253, 284; Gov .. 295, 306. 337, 426, 441 ; death. 443.
Arnold, Benedict, Jr., 254, 518.
Arnold, Stephen, 258.
Arnold, Richard, 499, 508.
Arnold, Caleb, 549.
Arnold, Josias, 519.
Arnold, Capt., of Portsmouth, 520.
Arnold, Capt. Joseph, 520.
Arran, Earl of, 479, 529, 53S.
Arrests and reprisals, 277, 282, 461.
Ashurst, Sir Henry, 515, 537, 550, 557.
Aspinwall, William, 63, 124; See., 127, 181, 183 n .; Asst, 135.
Assassination, attempt at, 469.
Assembly of R. I. See General Assembly.
Assessors of taxes, 531. Assistants, title of, adopted, 143 ; how to he cho- sen, 295; dnties and powers of, 211, 801, 302, 321, 827.
Association, Warren Baptist, 108 n., 125.
Associations of loyalty, 532, 584. Astronomy, Indian, 82. Atheist, trial of an alleged, 198 n.
Atherton, Humphrey, 180, 197, 199, 231, 272, 879.
Atherton company and purchase, 272, 275. 2-2.
283, 297, 299, 802, SOS, 314, 815, 316, 841, 865, 878-886, 427, 440, 445, 447, 403, 466, 474. 488, 501, 505, 507, 580, 534.
562
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
Attleboro' Gore, 98 n. Attorneys, 336. Awarde, Richard, 133. Awashonks, Squaw Sachem of Seaconnet, 395, 414. Ayrault, Dr. Pierre, 498, 556, 559. Ayrault, Daniel, 557.
B
Babcock, James, 314, 344, 350. Babcock, Job, 461.
Backus, Hist. of Baptists, referred to, 24, 49, 413.
Bailey, Richard, 343, 344, 427, 447.
Baker appointed, a public, 129.
Balstone, William, 64, 124, 127, 128, 159, 162, 233. Treas. 143. Asst. 135, 148, 219, 261, 263, 274, 295.
Bancroft, Archbishop, 5.
Bancroft, Hon. Geo., 47. Hist. of U. S. referred to, 90, 92 n., 185 n., 211, 371, 372, 374, 384, 518. Banishment abolished, 232.
Bankrupt law, 442.
Baptist Church, First, 107, discussion as to pri- ority, 108 n., 139 n., 140 n.
Baptists persecuted in Mass., 234-5; most nu- merous in R. I., 490.
Barberry bushes, 465-6.
Barbadoes, 269, 329, 859, 489, 543.
Barker, James, 295, 344; Dep. Gov., 449.
Barrington, 69.
Barry, John S., 185 n.
Bartlett, Hon. John R. 325, 528.
Barton, Rufus, 217, 218.
Bass, 80; ponds, 507.
Baths, Indian sweating, 76.
Battle at Mystic, 93; New Haven, 95; Narr. and Moheg., 116, 196; Fogland ferry, 397; Pocasset, 399; Hadley, 400, 413; Great swamp fight, 403-6; Warwick, 415; Naval, 521.
Baxter, Capt. George, 218, 249, 284, 310.
Beacons, 331, 521. Beads, Indian, S1. Beans, 80, 84.
Bears, 73. Beaver, 81, 204, 227. Beddar, Thomas, 133.
Beers, Capt., 400.
Beggars, none in R. I., 490.
Belknap, Ilist, of New Hamp., 66, 470.
Bell provided, 459, 524.
Bellemont, Earl of, 524, 531, 533, 536, 539, 541- 556; death, 558.
Benedict, Rev. David, Hist. of Baptists, referred to, 107.
Bentley's Hist. of Salem, referred to, 21, 22, 26. Bermuda Islands, 492. Bernon, Gabriel, 559. Berton, P., 497.
Bewett, Hugh, 229, 240, 245 ; tried for treason, 243.
Bigotry, 147 n., 218 n.
Bill of Rights, 206, 207. Births, the first in R. I., 106, 107, 490.
Blackbirds, 80, 537.
Blackstone, William, 16, 72, 98-9 n., 107, 261, 327, 336; death, 369. Blathwayt, Secretary, 461, 477.
Block, Adrian, 70 n.
Block island, 73, 87, 88, 89, 301, 303, 304, 306, 307, 317, 321, 342, 364, 521, 522, 523.
Blount, Anthony, 559.
Board of Trade, replies to the, 488-491; title of the, 529 n.
Boats libelled, 131, 133 n.
Borden, Robert, 245.
Borden, John, 394.
Borden, or Burden, Richard, 250, 252, 255. Bossuet, intolerance of, 45.
Boston, 9, 21, 60, 68, 88, 89, 92, 95, 98, 117, 183, 187, 193, 197, 198, 264, 265, 269, 273, 277, 278,
309, 457, 483, 498, 500, 511, 513, 516, 522, 525, 527, 536, 545, 549.
Boston Neck, 272, 458.
Boundary of R. I. defined, 295.
Boundary disputes, Western, 295, 304, 308, 310, 312, 333, 835, 337, 341, 343-8, 378-386, 423-7, 440-458, 460-2, 486, 505, 525, 530, 534, 542-5, 548, 551.
Boundary disputes, Eastern, 308, 312, 315, 440, 444, 527, 529, 531, 535. Northern, 531.
Boundary disputes, Prov. and Pawtuxet, 429- 438 ; Ports. and Npt., 478.
Bounty on wolves and foxes, 154, 161, 534.
Bradford, Gov., 22, 232.
Bradford, Major, 403.
Bradish, a pirate, 546, 550.
Bradshaw, John, 238.
Bradstreet, Gov. Simon, 186, 445, 511, 525.
Braintree, 52, 55.
Breda, Declaration of, 293 n., 319, 479.
Brenton, William, 128, 312, 880; Elder, 131, 132 ; Dep. Gov., 143, 147, 159, 160, 267, 295, 306; Pres., 274; Gov., 327, 356.
Brenton, Jableel, 530, 537, 539, 542, 543, 544, 545, 547, 553-8.
Brewster, Elder, 24.
Brewster, M., 265.
Bribery, 383-5, 469.
Brigges, John, 133, 153.
Brinley, Francis, 467, 483, 502, 503, 517, 547, 550, 553.
Brinley, William, 559.
Bristol, 23, 388, 478, 501, 535.
British State Paper Office Documents, referred to, 8, 195, 280, 297, 305, 306, 310, 314, 315, 319, 323, 324, 373, 375, 377, 378, 398, 410, 418, 433, 435, 436, 441, 445, 446, 447, 451, 452, 453, 456, 458, 460-4, 466, 469, 471-4, 480, 481, 493, 484, 493-6, 498, 501-7, 509, 510, 511, 513, 514, 515, 517, 520, 522, 523, 524, 528, 529, 535, 536, 538, 539, 541-4, 547, 552-8.
Broadhead, J. R., Hist. of New York referred to, 155 n.
Brookfield burnt, 399, 413.
Brown, Chad, 103, 181.
Brown, John, of Plymouth, 159, 160, 161, 191.
Brown, John Carter, 280 n.
Browne, Nicholas, 133.
Browne, John, 432.
Browne, the two of Salem sent back, 10, 19. Brownell, Thomas, 204.
Bulgar, Richard, 261, 274, 278.
Bulkeley, Peter, 446, 452, 453.
Bull, Henry, 124, 127, 128, 131, 132, 141, 224; Gov., 480, 518.
Bull, Capt. Thomas, of Conn., 504.
Bull, "Memoirs of R. I." referred to, 124, 136, 149.
Bullocke, Erasmus, 133.
Burdett, Robert, 277, 281.
Burglary, law of, 207; punished, 351. Burials, Indian, 77; number of, 490. Burning of Fort Mystic, 94.
Burnyeat, Quaker preacher, 360-2. Burrwood, Thomas, 141.
Byfield, Nathaniel, 478, 503, 537.
563
GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FIRST.
C
Cages for criminals, ordered, 257, 267, 313, 470. Callender, Rev. John, century sermon referred to, 125, 140, 448, 475, 501.
Calverly, Edmund, 311, 317, 338.
Calvin, John, 2, 67, 270.
Calvinism in France, 496.
Cambridge, 60, 61, 265, 474; County of, 306, 471 ; University, 47.
Canada, 522, 527. Cannibals, 73. Canoes, Indian, 80.
Canonchet, Sachem, 401 ; death, 410 ; character, 411.
Canonicus, Sachem, 23, 24, 70, 74, 77, 88, 90, 92, 99, 105, 118, 158, 190, 276, 391, 430; death, 211 ; character, 213.
Cape Cod, 69.
Captures by R. I. privateers, 247, 248, 249.
Carder, Richard, 124, 127; disfranchised, 153, 167; at Warwick, 176; sentence, 187.
Carpenter, William, 100, 102, 107, 111, 258, 267, 331.
Carr, Caleb, 276, 344, 449; Gov., 530; death, 532.
Carr, Sir Robert, 305, 309, 313, 324, 325, 439, 529. Carre, Rev. Ezekiel, 497.
Carter, Edwin, 559.
Cartwright, Col. George, 305, 323, 324, 827. Caswell, Alexis, D. D., 108 n.
Catopeci, Sachem, 460.
Catshamekin, Sachem, 88.
Cavalry corps, 330, 332, 468.
Cawjaniquante, Sachem, 431.
Censures passed, 358, 365.
Census of Newport, 142; of Aquedneck, 410.
Challenge, Indian, 75.
Chalmers' "Political Annals," 298, 811, 371-8, 501.
Champolion, 134 n.
Charles I., 10, 27, 172, 190, 228, 505.
Charles II., 265, 274, 275, 280, 284, 290, 293, 319, 362, 464; death, 479.
Charlestown, Mass., 9, 14, 98, 187, 188; R. I., 155 n.
Charter, Parliamentary, obtained, 114; first movement for, 141; Committee to obtain. 154; nature of, 200; engagement to, 202; confirmed by Cromwell, 255; expiration, 285. Charter, Royal, reception of, 284; its chief points, 290-5; how kept, 357, 450; suspend- ed, 486; concealed, 506; resumed, 512, 518. Charter, the Narraganset, 118-120, 383; of Con- necticut, 281.
Charters granted to towns, 226.
Charter House, 47. Cheesechamut, son of Pumham, 324.
Chelmsford, 408.
Chestnuts, 84.
Chibacuwese, see Prudence I.
Chuff, an Indian, 419.
Church, Col. Benjamin, 395, 396, 397, 403, 404, 405, 414-17, 420, 501, 519.
Church, Thomas, 398 n.
Churches, Puritan, how constituted, 58 n .; first Baptist, 107; priority of, 108 n., 189 n .; at Aquedneck, 139; schism, 151, 152.
Clams, 81, 85.
Clarendon, Earl of, 284. 814, 328.
Clarke, John, 69, 72, 124, 126, 132, 140, 141, 151, 152, 154, 226, 227, 229, 233, 312, 815, 321, 323, 329, 336, 338, 345, 352, 354, 858, 367, 514; persecuted by Mass., 234. 235; agent in England, 238, 239, 252, 264, 268, 273, 275,
276, 280, 284, 290, 379-386; return, 309, 310; revises laws, 311, 330; his character defend- ed, 298-301, 371-8; Dep. Gov., 337, 350; death, 412.
Clarke, Walter, 499, 500, 506, 509, 512, 517, 518, 539, 540, 549; Dep. Gov., 413, 454, 459, 465, 467, 470, 478, 430, 555; Gov., 413, 453, 532, 583.
Clarke, Joseph, 267, 277, 295, 461, 464.
Clarke, Captain, 217.
Clarke, William, 409.
Clarke, or Clerke, Jeremy, 132, 143, 203, 219; Pres. regent, 221, 222.
Clawson, John, curse of, 465.
Clifton, Hope, 273.
Coasters Harbor island, 136; bought, 254.
Coddington, William, 23, 60, 63, 69, 124, 126, 127, 132, 203, 221, 254, 413, 475; Judge, 70; deed of Aquedneck, 125; Gov. of Aquedneck, 143, 147, 151, 152, 160, 172; Pres., 219; his designs, 222, 223; goes to England, 225;
usurps govt., 237-8; power revoked, 242; retains the records, 246; submits to R. I., 259; becomes a Quaker, 320; Dep. Gov., 366; Gov., 867, 869, 447 ; death, 418.
Coddington, William, (the son,) 471, 474, 490; Gov., 470, 478.
Coddington, Nathaniel, 539, 547.
Code of 1647, 206-210.
Coggeshall, John, 63, 124, 127, 128, 131, 132, 149, 152, 245, 250, 261, 295, 806, 434, 442, 478, 499, 568; First Pres., 202; Dep. Gov., 453, 512.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.