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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bellingham , Richard , 1592 - (search)
Bellingham, Richard, 1592-
Colonial governor; born in England in 1592.
Bred a lawyer, he came to America in 1634, and was chosen deputy governor of Massachusetts the next year.
He was elected governor, in opposition to Winthrop, in 1641.
He was rechosen in 1654, and in 1666, after the death of Governor Endicott, continuing in office the rest of his life.
His administration was a somewhat stormy one.
Bellingham was so opposed to all innovations in religious matters that he was severe in his conduct towards the Friends, or Quakers.
He died Dec. 7, 1672.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Big Bethel, battle at. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blackstone , William , -1675 (search)
Blackstone, William, -1675
Pioneer, supposed to have been graduated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1617, and to have become a minister in the Church of England.
In 1623 he removed from Plymouth to the peninsula of Shawmut, where Boston now stands, and was living there in 1630, when Governor Winthrop arrived at Charlestown.
On April 1. 1633, he was given a grant of fifty acres. but not liking his Puritan neighbors he sold his estate in 1634.
He then moved to a place a few miles north of Providence.
locating on the river which now bears his name.
He is said to have planted the first orchard in Rhode Island, and also the first one in Massachusetts.
He was the first white settler in Rhode Island, but took no part in the founding of the colony.
The cellar of the house where he lived is still shown, and a little hill near by where he was accustomed to read is known as Study Hill.
He died in Rehoboth Mass., May 26, 1675.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Winthrop , Theodore 1828 - (search)
Winthrop, Theodore 1828-
Military officer; born in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 22, 1828; graduated at Yale College in 1848, and on his return from Europe, in 1851, became tutor to a son of William H. Aspinwall, of New York, whose counting-house he afterwards entered.
In the employ of the Pacific Steamship Company, he resided in Panama two years, and visited California, Oregon, and Vancouver's Island.
He was one of the sufferers in the expedition of Lieutenant Strain to explore the Isthmus of Darien, returning in impaired health in 1854.
On the fall of Fort Sumter he joined the 7th N. Y. Regiment; went with it to Annapolis; became military secretary to General Butler at Fortress Monroe, with the rank of major, and was killed in battle at Great Bethel, Va., June 10, 1861.