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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Rensselaer , Killian 1595 -1674 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walley , John 1644 -1712 (search)
Walley, John 1644-1712
Military officer; born in London, England, about 1644.
He led the first expedition against the French and Indians in Canada, Feb. 12, 1689; was lieutenant to Sir William Phipps on a similar expedition in August, 1690; landed near Quebec with 1,200 men, and after a daring but ineffectual attack reembarked; was one of the founders of Bristol, Conn. His diary of the expedition against Canada was published in the History of Massachusetts by Thomas Hutchinson.
He died inlitary officer; born in London, England, about 1644.
He led the first expedition against the French and Indians in Canada, Feb. 12, 1689; was lieutenant to Sir William Phipps on a similar expedition in August, 1690; landed near Quebec with 1,200 men, and after a daring but ineffectual attack reembarked; was one of the founders of Bristol, Conn. His diary of the expedition against Canada was published in the History of Massachusetts by Thomas Hutchinson.
He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 11, 1712.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams , Roger 1599 -1683 (search)
Windsor,
A town in Hartford county, Conn., on the Connecticut and Farmington rivers, containing several villages, and principally engaged in agriculture and the manufacture of paper, spool silk, cotton warps, and machinery.
The town was settled under the leadership of Roger Ludlow, a distinguished jurist and the reputed author of the constitution adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield, the union of which constituted the commonwealth of Connecticut, in 1639 (see Connecticut). The settlement dates from 1637, the place receiving its name in February of that year.
The first Congregational church here was erected in 1644.
Windsor contains the home of Chief-Justice Oliver Ellsworth, of the United States Supreme Court, and many valuable colonial relics, and was the burialplace of Capt. John Mason, who conquered the Pequod Indians, Chief-Justice Ellsworth, the Rev. Ephraim Hewit, Gov. Roger Wolcott, and other colonial and Revolutionary celebrities.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wyatt , Sir Francis 1575 -1644 (search)
Wyatt, Sir Francis 1575-1644
Governor; born in England, presumably in 1575; made governor of Virginia in 1621; brought with him a new constitution which allowed trial by jury, annual meetings of the Assembly subject to the call of the governor, and all former franchises and immunities.
This constitution became the model for all later forms of government in the American colonies.
He returned to England upon the death of his father, Sir John Wyatt, in 1626, but was again made governor in 16575; made governor of Virginia in 1621; brought with him a new constitution which allowed trial by jury, annual meetings of the Assembly subject to the call of the governor, and all former franchises and immunities.
This constitution became the model for all later forms of government in the American colonies.
He returned to England upon the death of his father, Sir John Wyatt, in 1626, but was again made governor in 1639.
He permanently returned to England in 1642, and died in Bexley in 1644.