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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bellingham, Richard, 1592- (search)
Bellingham, Richard, 1592- Colonial governor; born in England in 1592. Bred a lawyer, he came to America in 1634, and was chosen deputy governor of Massachusetts the next year. He was elected governor, in opposition to Winthrop, in 1641. He was rechosen in 1654, and in 1666, after the death of Governor Endicott, continuing in office the rest of his life. His administration was a somewhat stormy one. Bellingham was so opposed to all innovations in religious matters that he was severe in 1592. Bred a lawyer, he came to America in 1634, and was chosen deputy governor of Massachusetts the next year. He was elected governor, in opposition to Winthrop, in 1641. He was rechosen in 1654, and in 1666, after the death of Governor Endicott, continuing in office the rest of his life. His administration was a somewhat stormy one. Bellingham was so opposed to all innovations in religious matters that he was severe in his conduct towards the Friends, or Quakers. He died Dec. 7, 1672.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)
. Name.Term. John Endicott (acting)1629 to 1630 Matthew Cradock (did not serve) John Winthrop1630 to 1634 Thomas Dudley1634 to 1635 John Haynes1635 to 1636 Henry Vane1636 to 1637 John Winthrop1637 to 1640 Thomas Dudley1640 to 1641 Richard Bellingham1641 to 1642 John Winthrop1642 to 1644 governors of the Massachusetts colonies— Continued. Massachusetts Bay colony. Name.Term. John Endicott1644 to 1645 Thomas Dudley1645 to 1646 John Winthrop1646 to 1649 John Endicott1649 to 1650 Thomas Dudley1650 to 1651 John Endicott1651 to 1654 Richard Bellingham1654 to 1655 John Endicott1655 to 1665 Richard Belling1665 to 1673 John Leverett1673 to 1679 Simon Bradstreet1679 to 1684 Joseph Dudley, president1684 to 1686 Sir Edmund Andros, governor-general1686 to 1689 Thomas Danforth (acting)1689 to 1692 governors of Massachusetts appointed by the King under the second charter. Name.Term. Sir William Phipps1692 to 1694 William Stoughton1694 to 1669 Richard Coote, E
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
death, and if he returned he should be hanged......Dec. 9, 1640 Trouble of the Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies with Samuel Gorton begins......1641 Governor Bellingham, of Massachusetts, selects his bride, and performs the marriage ceremony himself......1641 A body of fundamental laws, being compiled from drafts submittt passengers and governor of Plymouth, dies, aged sixty, on shipboard near Hispaniola, and is buried at sea......May 8, 1655 Mrs. Anne Hibbins, sister of Governor Bellingham and widow of a magistrate, is condemned and executed as a witch......1656 Two women, Mary Fisher and Ann Austin (Quakers), arrive from England and are lakedness of the land......1671 George Fox, founder and apostle of the Quakers, comes to Rhode Island, but does not venture into Massachusetts......1672 Governor Bellingham dies in office......1673 Population of Massachusetts proper was over 22,000, that of the Plymouth colony was probably not far from 7,000, while the India
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Witchcraft, Salem (search)
nied the New England settlers, and they adopted English laws against it. For a long A witch. time it was simply an undemonstrative belief, but at length it assumed an active feature in society in Massachusetts, as it was encouraged by some of the clergy, whose influence was almost omnipotent. Before 1688 four persons accused of witchcraft had suffered death in the vicinity of Boston. The first was Margaret Jones, of Charlestown, hanged in 1648. In 1656, Ann Hibbens, sister of Governor Bellingham, of Massachusetts, was accused of being a witch, tried by a jury, and found guilty. The magistrates refused to accept the verdict, and the case was carried to the General Court, where a majority of that body declared her guilty, and she was hanged. In 1688 a young girl in Danvers (a part of Salem) accused a maid-servant of theft. The servant's mother, a wild Irishwoman and a Roman Catholic, declared with vehemence that the charge was false, whereupon the accuser, out of revenge, ac
634 John Haynes, chosen, May 6, 1635 Henry Vane, chosen, May 15, 1636 John Winthrop, chosen, May 17, 1637 Thomas Dudley, chosen, May 13, 1640 Richard Bellingham, chosen, June 2, 1641 John Winthrop, chosen, May 13, 1643 Governor Colonial, John Endicott, chosen, May 29, 1644 Thomas Dudley, chosen, May 14, 1645 John Winthrop, chosen, May 6, 1646 John Endicott, chosen, May 10, 1649 Richard Bellingham, chosen, May 3, 1654 John Endicott, chosen, May 23, 1655 Richard Bellingham, chosen, May 4, 1665 John Leverett, chosen, May 7, 1673 Simon Bradstreet, chosen, May, 1679 Election ceases with the first Charter, OctRichard Bellingham, chosen, May 4, 1665 John Leverett, chosen, May 7, 1673 Simon Bradstreet, chosen, May, 1679 Election ceases with the first Charter, Oct. 23, 1683 Joseph Dudley, appointed President of New England, May 14, 1686 Sir Edmond Andros sent from England, Dec. 20, 1686 John Winthrop died, aged 62 years, Mar. 26, 1649 John Endicott died, aged 76 years, Mar. 23, 1665 Andros disfranchises the land-holders, Mar. 25, 1687 Andros fled to the Castle for safety,
nifon, See page 41, note 3. Brian Pembleton, John Eddie, the latter the same already named as having been temporarily insane the year previous. February 10, 1635, the inhabitants at Charlestown made order at a full meeting for the government of the town by Selectmen, which name was speedily applied throughout New England to municipal governors. The first elections held by ballots were at the General Court assembled at Newtown, May 6, 1635. The Governor, John Haynes, and deputy, Richard Bellingham, were elected by papers, wherein their names were written; for the choice of Assistants, the names were announced (placed in nomination) by the Governor, and those of the freemen in favor deposited inscribed ballots, those opposed, blank ones. In order that the freemen should have the fullest freedom in the selection of their deputies, it was ordered that thenceforth they should be elected by papers. The people of Newtown, scarcely three years after their settlement, with Watertown
cake, 14. Basse and other fish, 100,000 taken at Watertown wear, 21. Bastable, 10 n. 1. Bearers at funerals, 72. Beaver Brook named by Gov. Winthrop, 26; and its branches, 26-27; source of, 27; once four rods wide, 83; mouth of changed, 97. Beaver Brook plowlands, 51; allotted, 53. Beaver Meadow, 27. Beavers, dams made by the, 26. Beers, Capt., Richard, and his company, ambushed, 61. Bell the first church, 112; sold to Trin Cong. Soc. of Winchester, 115. Bellingham, Richard, first deputy-governor elected by ballots, 34. Belmont separated from Waltham by Beaver Brook, 27; incorporated, 138. Better currency (a) than specie, 94. Bemis, Abraham, house of, 119. Bemis, David, and Dr. Enos Sumner erect a dam across Charles River, 125; built first grist and snuff mill in Watertown at Bemis Station, 125; Isaac, 90. Bemis, Seth: his cotton factory, 125; owner of whole water power, 127; sells his right to raise his dam 12 inches, 127. Seth, jr., 128
y, disregarding a former grant of a large district on the Charles River, conveyed to Sir Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, Thomas Southcoat, John Humphrey, John Endicott, and Simon Whetcomb, a belt of land extending three miles south of the River Charles and the Massachusetts Bay, and three miles north of every part of the River Merrimac, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. The grantees associated to themselves Sir Richard Saltonstall, Isaac Johnson, Matthew Cradock, Increase Nowell, Richard Bellingham, Theophilus Eaton, William Pynchon and others; of whom nearly all united religious zeal with a capacity for vigorous action. Endicott—who, ever since the Lord in mercy had revealed himself unto him, had maintained the straitest judgment against the outward form of God's worship, as prescribed by English statutes; a man of dauntless courage, and that Chap. IX.} 1628. cheerfulness which accompanies courage benevolent, though austere; firm, though choleric; of a rugged nature, which hi
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., The importance of Preserving early history. (search)
h, from the earliest times. My first inquiry was at the city hall for the old town files, and I was told that there was not even a scrap. Some hints were found in the colony records respecting two cases which proved to be of the highest interest and importance, but neither in the files nor elsewhere were there any papers, for the reason which will immediately appear. One of these cases was respecting the Capt. Robert Keayne estate in what is now Revere, and the other was that of Gov. Richard Bellingham's farms, which included the whole of the city of Chelsea. These cases raged in every court,— colonial, provincial, and State,—and the latter was in the English courts, and finally settled only at the end of one hundred and fourteen years from its beginning. Yet nobody knew anything about them save some vague statements found in the public records; and the reason was this: A Chelsea town clerk, who was also concerned in the later stages of the Bellingham case, on removing from Chel