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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Netherland. (search)
or many years there were sharp disputes between New Netherland and its colonial neighbors concerning boundary lines. On Sept. 19, 1650, Governor Stuyvesant arrived at Hartford, and demanded of the commissioner of the Connecticut colony a full surrender of the lands on the Connecticut River. After a consultation for several days, it was agreed to leave the matter to arbitrators. The commissioner chose Simon Bradstreet, of Massachusetts, and Thomas Prince, of Plymouth; Stuyvesant chose Thomas Willett and George Baxter, both Englishmen. It was agreed that on Long Island a line should be drawn from the westernmost part of Oyster Bay straight to the sea; the easterly part to belong to the English, the remainder to the Dutch. On the mainland a line should begin at the west side of Greenwich Bay, about 4 miles from Stamford, and run northerly 20 miles; and beyond that distance, as it should be agreed by the two governments of the Dutch and New Haven, provided that line should not come w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York City (search)
tate of. After the capture of New Netherland by the English, and the name of the province as well as the capital (New Amsterdam) was changed to New York, and all the arrangements had been made for a municipal government under English laws, Thomas Willett was appointed the first mayor, in June, 1665, while the sheriff (Schout) and a majority of the new board of aldermen (burgomasters) were Dutch. Willett was much esteemed by all the people of both nationalities. In 1667 Gov. Francis LovelaWillett was much esteemed by all the people of both nationalities. In 1667 Gov. Francis Lovelace, as a means of raising a revenue, imposed a duty of 10 per cent. upon all imports and exports. This was done upon the sole New York in 1665. authority of the Duke of York, and was a revival of the duty formerly levied by the Dutch. Eight towns on Long Island protested against taxes being levied by the governor and council of the province without the royal authority. This protest was publicly burned by the common hangman, and the inhabitants who had consented to the overthrow of the Dutc
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
0 Dec. 1638, grad. H. C. 1658, minister at Guilford, Conn., where he d. 24 May 1694; Samuel, b. 22 June 1641, grad. H. C. 1660, Fellow of the College and candidate for the ministry, d. Nov. 1664; Aaron, b. 19 Feb. 1643-4, d. 18 Nov. 1655; Benjamin, b. 29 Jan. 1646-7, grad. I. C. 1665, assisted his father in the ministry, and d. 15 Oct. 1687. 2. John, s. of John (1), grad. H. C. 1656, was ordained 20 July 1664, the first minister at Cambridge Village (now Newton), m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Willett of Swansea (first English mayor of New York); she d. 13 June 1664 (or 1665, as Jackson says), and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Daniel Gookin, 23 May 1666. By his first wife he had Sarah, bap. 21 Sept. 1662, m. John Bowles of Roxbury 1 Nov. 1681; and by his second wife, John, b. 28 April 1667, who was educated by his grandparents, grad. H. C. 1685, and res. in Windsor, Conn. John the f. d. 11 Oct. 1668; his widow Elizabeth m. Col. Edmund Quincy 8 Dec. 1680. Mr. Eliot was a person of no
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, E. (search)
0 Dec. 1638, grad. H. C. 1658, minister at Guilford, Conn., where he d. 24 May 1694; Samuel, b. 22 June 1641, grad. H. C. 1660, Fellow of the College and candidate for the ministry, d. Nov. 1664; Aaron, b. 19 Feb. 1643-4, d. 18 Nov. 1655; Benjamin, b. 29 Jan. 1646-7, grad. I. C. 1665, assisted his father in the ministry, and d. 15 Oct. 1687. 2. John, s. of John (1), grad. H. C. 1656, was ordained 20 July 1664, the first minister at Cambridge Village (now Newton), m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Willett of Swansea (first English mayor of New York); she d. 13 June 1664 (or 1665, as Jackson says), and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Daniel Gookin, 23 May 1666. By his first wife he had Sarah, bap. 21 Sept. 1662, m. John Bowles of Roxbury 1 Nov. 1681; and by his second wife, John, b. 28 April 1667, who was educated by his grandparents, grad. H. C. 1685, and res. in Windsor, Conn. John the f. d. 11 Oct. 1668; his widow Elizabeth m. Col. Edmund Quincy 8 Dec. 1680. Mr. Eliot was a person of no