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Anglican Church.
The earliest Anglican congregation in New England was organized in 1630, when about 1,000 emigrants arrived in Massachusetts from England, under the leadership of John Winthrop, who had been appointed governor under the royal charter.
Winthrop brought the charter with him. On the day before they sailed from the Isle of Wight the leaders sent an address to the rest of the brethren in and of the Church of England, and spoke of that Church with affection as their dear motherWinthrop brought the charter with him. On the day before they sailed from the Isle of Wight the leaders sent an address to the rest of the brethren in and of the Church of England, and spoke of that Church with affection as their dear mother.
This was to correct a misreport that the emigrants intended to separate from the Church.
Notwithstanding this dutiful address, when they set foot on American soil a sense of freedom overcame their allegiance, and, following the example of the Plymouthians and Endicott, they established separate churches and close their own officers.
Without any express renunciation of the authority of the Church of England, the Plymouth people had laid aside its liturgy and rituals.
Endicott followed this
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nowell , increase 1590 -1655 (search)
Nowell, increase 1590-1655
Colonist; born in England in 1590; sailed for Massachusetts with John Winthrop in 1630; was commissioner of military affairs in 1632; and secretary of Massachusetts in 1644-49.
He died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1655.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Phillips , Wendell 1811 -1884 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Savage , James 1784 -1873 (search)
Savage, James 1784-1873
Historian; born in Boston, Mass., July 13, 1784; graduated at Harvard College in 1803; admitted to the bar in 1807; served in the Massachusetts legislature.
His publications include John Winthrop's history of New England from 1630 to 1646, with notes to illustrate the Civil and ecclesiastical concerns, the geography, settlement, and institutions of the country, and the lives and manners of the ancient planters; and Genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692.
He died in Boston, Mass., March 8, 1873.
Say-Brook, Fort.
On his arrival at Boston in 1635, John Winthrop, son of the Governor of Massachusetts, bearing a commission from Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook to begin a settlement on the Connecticut River and to be governor there, sent a bark of 30 tons, with twenty men, to take possession of the mouth of the river and begin a fortification there.
He brought with him from England men, ordnance, ammunition, and $10,000 for the purpose.
A few days after the arrival of the English at the mouth of the river, a Dutch vessel sent from Manhattan appeared, with the design of taking possession of the same spot.
The English, having two pieces of cannon already mounted, would not allow the Dutch to land.
The fort erected by the English was called Say-Brook, in honor of the proprietors of the land.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sedgwick , Robert 1590 -1656 (search)
Sedgwick, Robert 1590-1656
Military officer; born in England in 1590; was one of the first settlers of Charlestown, Mass. (1635); an enterprising merchant, and for many years a deputy in the General Assembly.
Having been a member of an artillery company in London, he was one of the founders of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston, in 1638, and was its captain in 1640: In 1652 he was promoted to the highest military rank in the colony.
In 1643 he was associated with John Winthrop, Jr., in the establishment of the first furnace and iron-works in America.
In 1654, being in England, he was employed by Cromwell to expel the French from the Penobscot; and was engaged in the expedition of the English which took Jamaica from the Spaniards.
He was soon afterwards promoted to major-general.
He died in Jamaica, May 24, 1656.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Twichell , Joseph Hopkins 1859 - (search)
Twichell, Joseph Hopkins 1859-
Clergyman; born in Southington, Conn.; graduated at Yale in 1859; and later studied at the Union Theological and Andover Theological seminaries; served through the Civil War as chaplain; has been pastor of the Asylum Hill Congregational
William Marcy Tweed. Church at Hartford, Conn., since 1865.
He wrote Life of John Winthrop; Some Puritan love-letters, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Underhill , John 1630 -1672 (search)
Underhill, John 1630-1672
Colonist; born in Warwickshire, England; was a soldier on the Continent; came to New England with Winthrop in 1630; represented Boston in the General Court; favored Mrs. Hutchinson (see Hutchinsonian controversy), and was associated with Captain Mason, in command of forces in the Pequot War, in 1637.
Banished from Boston as a heretic, he went to England, and there published a history of the Pequot War, entitled News from America. Dover, N. H., regarded as a place of refuge for the persecuted, received Underhill, and he was chosen governor.
It was discovered that it lay within the chartered limits of Massachusetts, and the latter claimed political jurisdiction over it. Underhill treated the claim with contempt at first, but, being accused of gross immorality, he became alarmed, and not only yielded his power, but urged the people to submit to Massachusetts.
He went before the General Court and made the most abject confession of the truth of the charges.