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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baffin , William , 1584 - (search)
Baffin, William, 1584-
Navigator; said to have been born in London about 1584.
He made voyages to West Greenland in 1612-15, and to Spitzbergen in 1614.
In 1616 he commanded a vessel which reached, it is said, lat. 81° 30‘ N., and is supposed to have ascertained the limits of the great bay that bears his name.
He was the author of two books, in the first of .which he gave a new method of discovering the longitude at sea by an observation of the stars.
He was killed by the Portuguese at the siege of Ormuz, May 23, 16
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Biard , Peter , 1565 -1622 (search)
Biard, Peter, 1565-1622
Missionary; born in Grenoble, France, in 1565; came to America as a missionary priest of the Jesuits in 1611(; ascended the Kennebec River, and made friends with the natives in 1612; went up the Penobscot River and started a mission among the natives there in the following year; and soon afterwards founded a colony on \Mount Desert Island, which was destroyed by Samuel, Argall (q. v.). In this attack by the English Biard was taken prisoner, and the act was one of the earliest causes of the hostilities between the colonists in America from France and England. Father Biard was author of Relations de la nouvelle France, which was the first work in the historical series known as the Jesuit relations.
He died in France in 1622.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Champlain , Samuel de 1567 -1635 (search)
Charles I. 1600-
King of England; second son of James I.; was born at Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 19, 1600.
The death of his elder brother, Henry, in 1612, made him heir-apparent to the throne, which he ascended as King in 1625.
He sought the hand of the infanta of Spain, but finally married (1625) Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV.
of France.
She was a Roman Catholic, and had been procured for Charles by the infamous Duke of Buckingham, whose influence over the young King was disastrous to England and to the monarch himself.
Charles was naturally a good man, but his education, especially concerning the doctrine of the divine right of kings and the sanctity of the royal prerogative, led to an outbreak in England which cost him his life.
Civil war began in 1641, and ended with his execution at the beginning of 1649.
His reign was at first succeeded by the rule of the Long Parliament, and then by Cromwell—halfmonarch, called the Protector.
After various vicissitudes
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cotton , John 1585 -1652 (search)
Cotton, John 1585-1652
Clergyman; born in Derby, England, Dec. 4, 1585; became minister of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire, about 1612, and remained there, a noted preacher and controversialist, for twenty years, constantly leaning towards Puritanism.
For his non-conformity he was cited to appear before Archbishop Laud, when he fled to America, arriving in Boston in September, 1633.
He was soon afterwards ordained a colleague with Mr. Wilson in the Boston Church.
His ministry there for nineteen years was so influential that he has been called The patriarch of New England.
He was a firm opponent of Roger Williams, and defended the authority of ministers and magistrates.
He and Davenport were invited to assist in the assembly of divines at Westminster, but were dissuaded from going by Hooker.
He died in Boston, Dec. 23, 1652.
God's promise to his plantations.— The following sermon, to which a large historical importance has been given, was preached in England, a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Monts , Sieur (Pierre De Gast) (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gookin , Daniel 1612 -1687 (search)
Gookin, Daniel 1612-1687
Military officer; born in Kent, England, about 1612; removed to Virginia with his father in 1621; settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1644; became major-general of the colony in 1681.
He was author of Historical collections of the Indians of Massachusetts.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., March 19, 1687.
Gookin, Daniel 1612-1687
Military officer; born in Kent, England, about 1612; removed to Virginia with his father in 1621; settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1644; became major-general of the colony in 1681.
He was author of Historical collections of the Indians of Massachusetts.
He died in Cambridge, Mass., March 19, 1687.