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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bradford , William , 1588 -1657 (search)
Bradford, William, 1588-1657
Colonial governor; born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, in March, 1588; was a passenger in the Mayflower.
At the early age of seventeen years he made an attempt to leave England with dissenters, for Holland, and suffered imprisonment.
He finally joined his dissenting brethren at Amsterdam, learned the art of silk-dyeing, and, coming into the possession of a considerable estate at the age of twenty-one years, he engaged successfully in commerce.
One of Mr. Robinson's congregation at Leyden, he accompanied the Pilgrims to America, and was one of the foremost in selecting a site for the colony.
Before the Pilgrims landed, his wife fell into the sea from the Mayflower, and was drowned.
He succeeded John Carver (April 5, 1621) as governor of Plymouth colony.
He cultivated friendly relations with the Indians; and he was annually rechosen governor as long as he lived, excepting in five years. He wrote a history of Plymouth colony from 1620 to 164
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornwaleys , or Cormwaleys , Thomas (search)
Cornwaleys, or Cormwaleys, Thomas
pioneer; born about 1600; was one of the leaders in the establishment of the colony at St. Mary's. In 1635 he led a force against Claiborne, and in 1638, when Lord Baltimore sent out a code to be adopted by the General Assembly, he opposed it, alleging that the charter of the freemen gave them the right to enact their own laws.
During 1638 he was made deputy governor; in 1642 was commissioned commander of an expedition against the Indians; in 1652 became a member of the general court; and in 1657, when the government was restored to Lord Baltimore, he was appointed assistant governor.
He returned to England in 1659, and died there in 1676.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eliot , John , 1754 -1690 (search)
Fenwick, George -1657
Colonist; came to America in 1636 to take charge of the infant colony of Saybrook (q. v.), in Connecticut.
He returned to England, and came back in 1639, and from that time governed Saybrook till December, 1644, when its jurisdiction and territory were sold to the Connecticut colony at Hartford.
Fenwick was one of the judges who tried and condemned Charles I. He died in England in 1657.
Fenwick, George -1657
Colonist; came to America in 1636 to take charge of the infant colony of Saybrook (q. v.), in Connecticut.
He returned to England, and came back in 1639, and from that time governed Saybrook till December, 1644, when its jurisdiction and territory were sold to the Connecticut colony at Hartford.
Fenwick was one of the judges who tried and condemned Charles I. He died in England in 1657.
Hale, John 1636-
Clergyman; born in Charlestown, Mass., June 9, 1636; graduated at Harvard in 1657; ordained pastor of Beverly in 1667.
He approved the prosecution of alleged witches during the Salem witchcraft excitement in 1692, and in 1697 published an inquiry into the nature of witchcraft.
He died May 15, 1700.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Half-way covenant. (search)
Half-way covenant.
In 1657 a council was held in Boston, and in 1662 a synod of all the clergy in Massachusetts was convened to reconsider the decision of the council that all Baptist persons of upright and decorous lives ought to be considered for practical purposes as members of the Church, and therefore entitled to the exercise of political rights, even though unqualified for participation in the Lord's Supper.
In 1669 the advocates of the Half-way covenant seceded from the old Church, forming a new society, and built a meeting-house, which was succeeded in 1729 by the present Old South Church.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iroquois Confederacy, the (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jesuit missions. (search)