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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
als, early began to give trouble. One Richard Browne, a man of good understanding, and well versed in the discipline of separation, having been a ruler in one of their churches in London, Winthrop, I. 58. had been chosen elder by the congregation at Watertown, but he had the boldness to express and maintain the opinion that the churches of Rome were true churches. This caused a division in the church, and attracted so much attention that Governor Winthrop, Deputy-Governor Dudley, and Mr. Nowell (elder at Boston), and others went to Watertown, July 21st, 1631, to confer with Mr. Phillips and Mr. Browne on this matter. The opinion was debated before many of both congregations, and by the approbation of all the assembly except three, was concluded an errour. But this overwhelming vote changed not the elder's views; and being, according to Winthrop, a man of violent spirit, impetuous in his feelings, and impatient of rebuke, he was not silenced. Nov. 23d, 1631, the Court took up t