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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carteret , Sir George 1599 - (search)
Carteret, Sir George 1599-
English naval officer; born in St. Ouen, Jersey, in 1599.
Charles I. appointed him governor of the Island of Jersey; and when the civil war broke out he was comptroller of the navy, and esteemed by all parties.
Leaving the sea, he went with his family to Jersey, but soon afterwards returned to help his royal master.
In 1645 he was created a baronet, and returned to his government of Jersey, where he received and sheltered the Prince of Wales (afterwards Charles II.) when the royal cause was ruined in England.
Other refugees of distinction were there, and he defended the island gallantly against the forces of Cromwell.
At the Restoration he rode with the King in his triumphant entry into London.
Carteret became one of the privy council, vice-chamberlain, and treasurer of the navy.
Being a personal friend of James, Duke of York, to whom Charles II.
granted New Netherland, Carteret and Berkeley (another favorite) easily obtained a grant of territory
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Claiborne , or Clayborne , William 1589 - (search)
Hiacoomes,
Indian preacher; born about 1610; became the first Indian convert to Christianity in New England.
When the first white settlers landed at Martha's Vineyard (1642), he was there, and he was converted under the preaching of Thomas Mayhew.
He learned to read, and in 1645 he began to preach to his countrymen.
An Indian church was formed there, and Hiacoomes was ordained pastor, and Tackanash was appointed teacher, by Eliot and Colton.
He died about 1690.
Ingle, Richard 1610-
Mariner; born in London, England, about 1610.
During the civil war in England the royalist governor of Maryland seized Ingle's ship.
On his return to England, Ingle applied to Parliament for redress, and received a commission authorizing him to act against the royalists.
Ingle returned to America in 1645, and, taking advantage of local troubles, expelled Leonard Calvert, and himself took charge of the government for six months, at the end of which period Calvert regained control.
Jenks, Joseph -1683
Inventor; born near London; came to America in 1645, and is supposed to have been the first brassfounder on this continent.
On May 6, 1648, he secured a patent from the Massachusetts legislature for a water-mill and for a saw-mill.
In 1652 he made the dies, it is said, for the silver coinage—the pine-tree money of that province.
In 1654 he made a fire-engine for Boston, and in 1655 he received a patent for an improved method of manufacturing scythes.
In 1667 he had an appropriation for the encouragement of wire-drawing.
He died in Lynn, Mass., in 1683
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Joliet , Louis 1645 -1700 (search)
Joliet, Louis 1645-1700
Discoverer; born in Quebec, Canada, Sept. 21, 1645; was educated at the Jesuit college in his native city, and afterwards engaged in the furtrade in the Western wilderness.
In 1673 Intendant Talon, at Quebec, with the sanction of Governor Frontenac, selected Joliet to find and ascertain the direction of the course of the Mississippi and its mouth.
Starting from Mackinaw, in May, 1673, with Father Marquette and five other Frenchmen, they reached the Mississippi June 17.
They studied the country on their route, made maps, and gained much information.
After intercourse with Indians on the lower Mississippi, near the mouth of the Arkansas, who had trafficked with Europeans, they were satisfied that the Mississippi emptied into the Gulf of Mexico, and made their way back to Green Bay, where Joliet started alone for Quebec to report to his superiors.
His canoe was upset in Lachine Rapids, above Montreal, and his journals and charts were lost, but he wrote ou
Keith, George 1645-
Clergyman: born in Aberdeen, Scotland, about 1645; belonged to the Society of Friends: came to East Jersey; was surveyor-general in 1682; and in 1689 taught school in Philadelphia.
He wrote and spoke much in favor of the Quakers, and visited New England in their interest; but about 1691 he established a sect who called themselves Christian Quakers.
Keith was irritable, quarrelsome, and imperious.
He finally left the Quakers altogether; took orders in the Church of Eng, about 1645; belonged to the Society of Friends: came to East Jersey; was surveyor-general in 1682; and in 1689 taught school in Philadelphia.
He wrote and spoke much in favor of the Quakers, and visited New England in their interest; but about 1691 he established a sect who called themselves Christian Quakers.
Keith was irritable, quarrelsome, and imperious.
He finally left the Quakers altogether; took orders in the Church of England; and died rector of Edburiton.
Sussex. England, in 1715.