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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 2: (search)
the said Mathew Cradock, to be the first and present Governor of the said company. The Governor was to be chosen annually; and, May 13, 1629, Mr. Cradock was elected to that office. Whenever a Court was held in London (and they were held very often), the Governor presided. The Court consisted of the Governor, Deputy-Governor, Secretary, and Assistants. They were the government of the company, which was a commercial establishment in England, not vested with political power as rulers. Oct. 20, 1629: Mr. Cradock was chosen an Assistant. In all subscriptions for helping the Colony, he gave the largest sum; and to show how extensively he loaned for special purposes, we find the Court of Assistants, at London, Nov. 20, 1629, voting to pay him £ 800, to reimburse what he had paid for sailors' wages and other incidental expenses. In the annual Registers he was styled the first Governor of the Colony ; but he had not the full legislative and executive powers afterwards granted to Gov. W
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
premium, Dec. 1, 1865 At 42 per cent. premium, July 1, 1866 At 35 per cent. premium, Dec. 1, 1866 At 42 per cent. premium, July 1, 1867 At 50 per cent. premium, July 1, 1868 At 33 per cent. premium, Dec. 1, 1868 At par; specie payment resumed, Jan. 1, 1879 Gorman, Edith an escaped Nun, lectured in Music Hall, Mar. 18, 1871 Governor of New England, Capt. John Smith, 1622 Of the Massachusetts Colony, Mathew Craddock, 1629 Colonial, John Winthrop, chosen, Oct. 20, 1629 John Winthrop, re-chosen, Aug. 23, 1630 Thomas Dudley, chosen, May 14, 1634 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, 164
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, John Winthrop (search)
ecision. The records say that, after a long debate, Mr. Deputy (Gov'r) put it to the question as followeth: As many of you as desire to have the patent and the government of the Plantation to be transferred to New England, etc., hold up your hands, etc., when, by erection of hands, it appeared by the general consent of the company that the government and patent should be settled in New England. At several other meetings the details of this transfer of government were discussed, and on October 20, 1629, the court met to elect the new governor, and having received extraordinary great commendations of Mr. John Wynthrop, both for his integrity, and sufficiency, did put in nomination for that place the said John Winthrop, and he was by a general vote, by erection of hands, chosen to be Governor for the ensuing year. Winthrop's voyage to America is described with minuteness day by dayin his diary. It begins:— Anno Domini, 1630, March 29, Monday (Easter Monday). Riding at the Cowes,
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., Matthew Cradock. (search)
meeting, which was held on August 28 and 29, 1629, at the house of the deputy-governor, Mr. Goffe, the governor not being present. By a general consent it was voted to transfer the government. Meetings were held September 19 and 29; at the latter was discussed the legality of the transfer of the government, etc. The governor was commissioned to purchase the ship Eagle, of which he took one-eighth. Meetings were held October 15, 16, 19, 20, at which Cradock presided as governor. On October 20, 1629, the special business of the General Court meeting was the election of a new governor, deputy, and assistants consequent on the transfer of the government to New England. Mr. John Winthrop was elected governor and Mr. John Humphrey deputy-governor. Committees of five each on the part of the planters and the adventurers at home were appointed to arrange matters and settle differences. The adventurers' committee were Matthew Cradock, Samuel Aldersley, Nathaniel Wright, Thomas Hutchins