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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baptist Church, (search)
d Providence. Before he left England he had been under the teachings of Baptists there, some of whom had been refugees from persecution in Holland. These had instituted baptism among themselves by authorizing certain of their members to be administrators of the rite. Cast out from the Congregational churches in Massachusetts, Williams conceived the idea of forming a Baptist Church in his new home in Providence, after the manner of the refugees in Holland, but in a more simple form. In March, 1639, Ezekiel Holliman, a layman, first baptized Williams, and then Williams baptized Holliman and some ten more. These men then formed a Baptist Church there. But Williams did not remain a Baptist long. He very early doubted the validity of Holliman's baptism, and consequently of his own. He believed a visible succession of authorized administrators of baptism to be necessary to insure its validity, and in the course of two months he withdrew from the Church, and never rejoined it. But th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Day, or Daye, Stephen 1611-1668 (search)
Day, or Daye, Stephen 1611-1668 The first printer in the English-American colonies; born in London in 1611; went to Massachusetts in 1638, and was employed to manage the printing-press sent out by Rev. Mr. Glover. He began printing at Cambridge in March, 1639. He was not a skilful workman, and was succeeded in the management, about 1648, by Samuel Green, who employed Day as a journeyman. He died at Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 22, 1668.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
gone......March, 1638 John Harvard, a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, bequeaths his library and half of his estate, which amounted to £ 700, for a college......Sept. 14, 1638 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company organized as the Military Company of Boston......February, 1638 Rev. John Harvard dies at Charlestown......Sept. 14, 1638 Three thousand emigrants arrive from England during......1638 Printing-press established at Cambridge by Stephen Daye......March, 1639 College at Cambridge (then Newtown) the place fixed upon as the site of it, is named Harvard, after its founder......March 13, 1639 Inhabitants from the town of Lynn settle on Long Island......1640 First original publication from Massachusetts, a volume of poems by Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, wife of Governor Bradstreet......1640 New England navigation and commerce date from......1640 Cultivation of hemp and flax successfully undertaken, and the manufacture of linen, cotton, and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams, Roger 1599-1683 (search)
m, and at a fine spring near the head of Narraganset Bay they planted the seed of a colony, and called the place Providence, in grateful acknowledgment of divine favor. A form of government was established—a pure democracy—allowing no interference with the rights of consciences. See Rhode Island. When Williams went to Boston he was inclined to become an Anabaptist; now he proceeded to establish a Baptist church in Providence, when several persons from Massachusetts had joined him. In March, 1639, he was baptized by immersion by a layman—Ezekiel Holliman—and then Williams baptized Holliman and ten others, and a church was organized. Williams soon doubted the validity of his own baptism and that of the others. He withdrew from the church and never reentered it. For some years the government of the colony was a pure democracy, transacting its business by means of townmeetings, until a charter was procured in 1644 by Williams, who went to England for it. On the voyage thither he