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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barentz, Willem, 1594- (search)
Barentz, Willem, 1594- Navigator; born in Holland; commanded exploring expeditions to Nova Zembla and Spitzbergen in 1594-97. His first expedition was an attempt to find a passage through the Arctic Ocean to China, in which he reached lat. 78° N. On his third and last expedition, in 1596-97, he reached lat. 80° 11′ N., and discovered Spitzbergen. He died near Nova Zembla, June 20, 1597. Captain Carlsen, after a lapse of 274 years, found Barentz's winter quarters undisturbed in 1871; and s commanded exploring expeditions to Nova Zembla and Spitzbergen in 1594-97. His first expedition was an attempt to find a passage through the Arctic Ocean to China, in which he reached lat. 78° N. On his third and last expedition, in 1596-97, he reached lat. 80° 11′ N., and discovered Spitzbergen. He died near Nova Zembla, June 20, 1597. Captain Carlsen, after a lapse of 274 years, found Barentz's winter quarters undisturbed in 1871; and some of the navigator's journals were recovered
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davenport, John, 1597-1670 (search)
Davenport, John, 1597-1670 Colonist; born in Coventry, England, in 1597. Educated at Oxford, he entered the ministry of the Established Church. He finally became a Non-conformist, was persecuted, and retired to Holland, where he engaged in secular teaching in a private school. He returned to London and came to America in June, 1637, where he was received with great respect. The next year he assisted in founding the New Haven colony, and was one of the chosen seven pillars (see New Haven1597. Educated at Oxford, he entered the ministry of the Established Church. He finally became a Non-conformist, was persecuted, and retired to Holland, where he engaged in secular teaching in a private school. He returned to London and came to America in June, 1637, where he was received with great respect. The next year he assisted in founding the New Haven colony, and was one of the chosen seven pillars (see New Haven). He concealed Goffe and Whalley, two of the regicides, in his house, and by his preaching induced the people to protect them from the King's commissioners sent over to arrest them (regicides). In 1668 he was ordained minister of the first church in Boston, and left New Haven. He was the author of several controversial pamphlets, and of A discourse about Civil government in a New plantation. He died in Boston, March 15, 1670.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitfield, Henry 1597-1658 (search)
Whitfield, Henry 1597-1658 Clergyman; born in England in 1597; received a university education; admitted to the bar, and afterwards took orders in the Church of England; emigrated to New England and settled in New Haven in 1637; was one of the founders of Guilford, Conn., in 1639. He returned to England in 1650, and was minister in Winchester, where he died in 1658. He wrote A farther discovery of the present State of the Indians in New-England, etc. Whitfield, Henry 1597-1658 Clergyman; born in England in 1597; received a university education; admitted to the bar, and afterwards took orders in the Church of England; emigrated to New England and settled in New Haven in 1637; was one of the founders of Guilford, Conn., in 1639. He returned to England in 1650, and was minister in Winchester, where he died in 1658. He wrote A farther discovery of the present State of the Indians in New-England, etc.