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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
ort to enforce the navigation acts published by the beat of drums......April 1, 1681 Assembly first meets at Providence under new charter......Oct. 26, 1681 Roger Williams dies, aged eighty-four, and is buried in Portsmouth......1683 Royal government established in Narraganset, with a court of records, civil and military officers, and Connecticut and Rhode Island excluded from jurisdiction......June, 1686 The Atherton claim to land purchased near Warwick from the Indians by Humphrey Atherton, John Winthrop, and others, in 1659, is thrown out by Governor Andros; but other lands are granted the company by the royal council......1687 Gov. Sir Edmund Andros, stopping at Newport for the charter of Rhode Island, is foiled by Governor Clarke, who sends the charter to his brother to be hidden. Andros destroys the seal of the colony and departs......November, 1687 Learning of the accession of William and Mary, Rhode Island resumes the charter government......May 1, 1689 S
r the praying Indians in the colony of Massachusetts, was first Mr. D. G. Daniel Gookin. the auther of these Collections; and this was in A. D. 1656. But not long after his occasions called him for England for two or three years, one Major Humphrey Atherton was appointed to conduct this affair, which he did about three years. But then the Lord taking him to himself by death, and the author being returned back, in the year 1660, a year or more before Major Atherton's death, was again called Major Atherton's death, was again called and reinstated in that employ, A. D. 1661, and hath continued in that work hitherto. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., i. 177. In this position Gookin continued until the Charter government was abrogated in 1686: and most faithfully did he perform his duty. He tells us that besides causing the orders of the General Court to be observed, sundry other things were to be done by him in order to their good; as the making of orders, and giving instructions and directions, backed with penalties, for promotin
mrill, Joseph. Russell, Phinehas. Roby, Ebenezer. Sales, Francis. Saunders, Richard. Saunders, William. Sawin, Joshua. Sawyer, Franklin. Sawyer, Samuel F. Scott, Ebenezer B. Scott, Nathaniel. Seaver, Richard. Short, Thomas W. Skinner, Benjamin. Slocomb, Emmons. Smith, Billings. Smith, Jacob. Smith, Ralph. Soper, Frederick. South wick, Simeon. Stearns, Asahel. Stebbins, Smith. Stedman, Ebenezer. Stedman, Samuel. Stevens, Atherton H. Stimson, James. Stimson, Royal. Stone, Abraham. Stone, Daniel. Stone, William F. Snyder, John. Sherman, Abraham P. Sherman, Prentice. Snow, Joseph. Summers, Samuel S. Stevens, Alexander. Stone, Ezra. Studley, George. Tarbell, John. Tarbell, Samson. Teel, Ammi C. Thayer, Richard. Tidd, John. Thayer, Cephas P. Train, Isaac. Trowbridge, John. Tufts, Peter, Jr. Tupper, Hiram. Tainter, William C. Taylor, Daniel G. T
; Abby, b.——; Andrew Jackson, b.——, res. here. Samuel the f. res. in Cambridgeport, and d. 19 Jan. 1857, a. 74; his w. Susanna d. 28 Ap. 1872, a. 86. Haugh, Atherton (otherwise written Hough and Hought), was one of the Assistants in 1635, and owned a house and farm embracing the whole of the upland in East Cambridge, and in 1l was pastor of the Church at Reading, and d. 30 Mar. 1662, leaving a son Samuel, who d. before 15 Oct. 1679, leaving wid. Anna and sons Samuel, a goldsmith, and Atherton, a tailor, who both resided in Boston, and sold the farm in 1699, to John Langdon, who sold the same in 1706 to Spencer Phips, Esq., for £ 1273. Atherton H. Stev estate 8 Mar. 1723-4 to John Bradish. Trowbridge, James, son of Thomas, was born at Dorchester about 1636, and baptized 1638. He m. Margaret, dau. of Major Humphrey Atherton, 30 Dec. 1659; she d. 17 Aug. 1672, and he m. Margaret, dau. of Deac. John Jackson, 30 Jan. 1674. His children were, in Dorchester, Elizabeth, b. 12 O
na, b. 3 Mar. 1818, m. Rufus Cox 2 Ap. 1846; James P., b.——, d. 12 Sept. 1874, a. 51; Abby, b.——; Andrew Jackson, b.——, res. here. Samuel the f. res. in Cambridgeport, and d. 19 Jan. 1857, a. 74; his w. Susanna d. 28 Ap. 1872, a. 86. Haugh, Atherton (otherwise written Hough and Hought), was one of the Assistants in 1635, and owned a house and farm embracing the whole of the upland in East Cambridge, and in 1642 he had added so much to his farm that it contained two hundred and sixty-seven acorner of Washington and School streets, where he died 11 Sept. 1650. His son Samuel was pastor of the Church at Reading, and d. 30 Mar. 1662, leaving a son Samuel, who d. before 15 Oct. 1679, leaving wid. Anna and sons Samuel, a goldsmith, and Atherton, a tailor, who both resided in Boston, and sold the farm in 1699, to John Langdon, who sold the same in 1706 to Spencer Phips, Esq., for £ 1273. Atherton H. Stevens, Esq., who d. at East Cambridge 8 Ap. 1875, aged nearly 88 years, was a li
ph Howard should have twenty pounds more than either of the other legatees, if he would make his slave, Stephen, free; otherwise he should have no part of the real estate, which was appraised at £ 307. This provision was probably complied with; for the heirs of Joseph, having acquired the rights of the other legatees, sold the real estate 8 Mar. 1723-4 to John Bradish. Trowbridge, James, son of Thomas, was born at Dorchester about 1636, and baptized 1638. He m. Margaret, dau. of Major Humphrey Atherton, 30 Dec. 1659; she d. 17 Aug. 1672, and he m. Margaret, dau. of Deac. John Jackson, 30 Jan. 1674. His children were, in Dorchester, Elizabeth, b. 12 Oct. 1660, m. John Mirick 9 Feb. 1681-2; Mindwell, b. 20 June 1662, m. Jonathan Fuller 2 May 1684; and in Camb., John, b. 22 May 1664, m. Sarah——; Margaret, b. 30 Ap. 1666, m. Hon. Ebenezer Stone 18 Mar. 1686; Thankful, b. 4 Mar. 1667-8, m. Deac. Richard Ward 1690; Mary, b. 11 June 1670, m.——Stedman; Hannah, b. 15 June 1672, m. Joh
bone, 257. Albro, 50, 303. Aldrich, 323. Alexander, 81. Allen, 11, 32, 175, 233, 82, 326, 33, 86. Amee, 438. Ames, 256, 317, 61. Amsden, 399. Anable, 332. Andrew, 32, 36, 59, 75, 94, 105, 8, 13, 22, 5, 227, 80, 353, 440. Andros, 78, 94, 95, 100, 102-4, 10, 14, 23, 5, 210, 459. Angier, 35, 59, 75, 225, 7, 8, 70, 80, 9, 92, 404-6. Appleton, 116, 280, 9, 90, 2, 4, 7, 8. Apsey, 335. Apthorp, 307, 8, 10. Arnold, 32. Ashmun. 237. Aspinwall, 384. Atherton, 390, 7, 8. Atwood, 231, 334. Austin, 35, 176, 200, 6, 20, 34, 428. Averill, 335. Bacon, 81, 318, 86, 93, 438. Badger, 311, 22. Baker, 428. Baldwin, 185. Balfour, 315. Ballou, 315. Banbridge, 32, 58, 258. Bancroft, 369. Bangs, 312. Barker, 339. Barnard, 32, 135, 143, 288. Barrett, 75, 97, 399, 416, 28. Bartlett, 81, 231. Batchelder, 14, 168, 233, 310. Baxter, 266, 327, 53. Beach, 81. Beale, 32. 54, 9, 69, 224, 56, 70, 9. Bean, 2
eaver. Stone. Swett. Tapley. Walker. Watson. Wheat. Willis. Wilson. Winchester. Winship. Hubbard, 591. Bowes. Champney. Durant. Hamlet. Ives. Prentice. Russell. Winship. Hudson, 592. Atherton. Waters. Hunt, 592. Isaac. Hyde, 592. Barnes. French. Jackson. Kendrick. Osland. Rediat. Stedman. Woolson. Isaac, 592. Jackson, 592, 3. Biscoe. Bond. Bright. Browne. Cook. Dana. Full. Tidd, 670. Blodgett. Chandler. Cutler. Munroe. Reed. Simonds. Smith. Wood. Wyeth. Tomlins, 670. Towne, 670, 1. Banbrick. B radish. Howard. Mitchell. Sewall. Stone. Trowbridge, 671, 2. Atherton. Bent. Boddington. Chamberlin. Chaplin. Dana. Eaton. Edgell. Farrar. Fuller. Gambell Goffe Greenwood. Hemenway. How. Jackson. Jones. Mirick. Oliver. Remington. Rice. Savage. Stedm