The Fathers of New England: A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths

by Charles McLean Andrews

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INDEX

• Agawam (Springfield), [61], [62]
• Allerton, Isaac, [17]
• Ambrose, The, ship, [29]
• Amsterdam, Separatists gather at, [7]
• "Ancient and Honorable Artillery," [135]
• Andros, Sir Edmund, takes part in case against Massachusetts, [156];
  • Governor of Massachusetts, [174] et seq.;
  • strengthens fortifications, [179-80];
  • New York and New Jersey added to his domain, [183-84];
  • attention confined to Massachusetts, [184-85];
  • recalled, [196]
• Anne, The, ship, [13]
• Aquidneck, Island of, [48], [55]
• Arabella, The, ship, [29]
• Aspinwall, [48]
• Augsburg, settlement of (1555), [4]
• Aulnay-Charnisé, Charles de Menou, Sieur d', [95-96]
  
• Bartlett, Robert, [84]
• Bay Colony, see Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Blackstone, William, [23], [24]
• Blessing of the Bay, The, ship, [78]
• Boston, Puritans from England settle at, [29];
  • half the colonists live in or near, [35];
  • treatment of Quakers in, [79-80];
  • importance of, [164];
  • grows into a city, [198];
  • see also Shawmut
• Boswell. Sir William, quoted, [97]
• Bradford, William, in Scrooby, [7];
  • quoted, [15-16];
  • Governor of Plymouth, [17];
  • History of Plimouth Plantation, [19];
  • dead before 1660, [78]
• Bradstreet, Governor of Massachusetts, [191]
• Bradstreet, Simon, [103]
• Branford, (Conn.), [70]
• Brenton, Governor, quoted, [114]
• Brewster, William, father of William, elder of Plymouth, [6]
• Brewster, William, Elder of Plymouth, [6], [8]
• Browne, John, [41]
• Browne, Samuel, [41]
• Bulkeley, Peter, [156]
  
• Cambridge platform (1648), [79]
• Canonchet, Indian chief, [142], [143], [144]
• Carr, Sir Robert, [119], [122]
• Cartwright, George, Colonel, [119], [122]
• Carver, John, Governor of Plymouth, [13]
• Charity, The, ship, [13]
• Charlestown (Mass.), [29], [35]
• Charter Oak, [181]
• Child, Dr. Robert, [38], [116]
• Church, Benjamin, Captain, [142]
• Clarendon, Lord, Prime Minister of England, [113], [116], [117], [120-21], [126]
• Clark, John, of Newbury, [83]
• Clarke, Dr. John, [47], [48], [103], [106], [112], [113]
• Clayton, Richard, [6]
• Coddington, William, [43], [47], [48], [49], [54-55]
• Coggeshall, one of founders of Portsmouth, [48]
• Connecticut, leaders who influenced, [47];
  • settled by Massachusetts people, [56];
  • four claimants for, [57];
  • migration from Massachusetts, [57-61];
  • commission government, [60-61];
  • government, [62-64];
  • witchcraft in, [81];
  • sends petition to England, [103-04];
  • charter granted (1662), [108];
  • extends authority of colony, [108-10];
  • claims Long Island, [130];
  • title under charter recognized by Massachusetts, [131];
  • debates joining New York, [173];
  • Andros endeavors to bring under control, [180];
  • consents to join Massachusetts, [180-82];
  • renews old forms, [192]
• Cooke, a leader of conservatives in Boston, [164]
• Cotton, John, [78]
• Council for Foreign Plantations, Committee of the, [34]
  
• Danforth, a leader of conservatives in Boston, [164]
• Davenport, John, of New Haven, [47], [67], [68], [78], [111], [112]
• Deerfield (Mass.), massacre of, [141]
• Delfthaven, Pilgrims embark at, [10]
• Denonville, Marquis de, Governor of Canada, [178]
• Denton, Richard, [70]
• Desborough, [78]
• Dongan, Colonel, Governor of New York, [178], [180], [183]
• Dorchester (Mass.), [35]
• Dover (N. H.), [65], [66]
• Downing, Emanuel, [35]
• Dudley, Joseph, [168], [169-70], [173-74]
• Dudley, Thomas, [28]
• Dyer, Mary, [80]
  
• Eaton, Samuel, [67]
• Eaton, Theophilus, [47], [67], [68], [69]
• Education in New England, [83-85]
• Eliot, John, [94]
• Endecott, John, in congregation of Rev. John White, [24];
  • sent as governor to Salem, [25];
  • disregards claims of Gorges, [26];
  • defaces royal ensign at Salem, [32];
  • banishes colonists for religious differences, [41];
  • signs petition to England, [104]
• England, in early seventeenth century, [2] et seq.;
  • awakes to importance of colonies, [101-102];
  • new colonial policy, [102-103];
  • affairs in seventeenth century, [126-27];
  • attitude toward Massachusetts, [150];
  • finances under Charles II., [151-152];
  • future of New England decided in, [194]
• Exeter (N. H.), [65], [66]
  
• Fairfield (Conn.), [198]
• Feudal system in England, [2], [3]
• Fortune, The, ship, [13]
• Fuller, Dr. Samuel, [37], [83]
• Fundamental orders, [62-64]
  
• Gardiner, Sir Christopher, [31], [41]
• George, Captain of the Rose, [190]
• Gilds, [3-4]
• Goodyear, Stephen, [77]
• Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, [22-23], [25], [26], [29-30], [30-34], [65]
• Gorges, Robert, [23], [25]
• Gorges, Thomas, [35]
• Gorton, Samuel, [49-51]
• Graham, Attorney-General of Massachusetts, [187], [191]
• "Great Fundamentals, The," [18]
• Greenwich (Conn.), [109], [133]
• Guilford (Conn.), [70], [109]
  
• Half-Way Covenant, [79], [93-94]
• Hampton (N. H.), [66]
• Handmaid, The, ship, [13]
• Hartford (Conn.), [61], [198]
• Harvard College, [84], [93]
• Hawkins, Jane, [83]
• Haynes, John, [35], [47], [58], [78]
• Higginson, Francis, [37]
• Hilton, Edward, [65]
• Holmes, O. W., quoted, [83]
• Holmes, William, [56]
• Hooke, [78]
• Hooker, Thomas, [47], [58], [60], [61], [62], [78]
• Hopkins, Edward, Governor, [84]
• House of Good Hope, [56]
• Humphrey, John, [28]
• Hutchinson, Anne, [41-42], [48], [98]
  
• Indians, trouble with, [133] et seq.;
  • dealings with, [138-39];
  • number in New England, [139]
• 
  
• Jewel, The, ship, [29]
• Johnson, Lady Arabella, [35]
• Johnson, Isaac, [28]
• Jones, Christopher, captain of the Mayflower, [11-12]
  
• King Philip's War (1675-76), [136], [138], [139], [140-46]
• Kingfisher, The, ship, [174]
• Kirke, Percy, Colonel, [166-67]
  
• Lathrop, John, [67]
• La Tour, Charles de, [95-96]
• Laud, Archbishop, [32]
• Laud Commission, [34]
• Leete, Governor, [111]
• Leyden, Separatists move to, [7]
• London, as a center of Separatism, [6]
• Long Island, uncertainty as to jurisdiction, [129-30]
• Ludlow, Roger, [47], [58], [78], [98]
• Lynn, Henry, [41]
  
  • under jurisdiction of Massachusetts, [66-67];
  • status undecided, [132];
  • military preparedness, [135];
  • permanently annexed to Massachusetts, [197]
• Maine, settled, [65];
• Marblehead (Mass.), [198]
• Mason, John, Captain, [30-31], [34], [65], [136]
  • begins as fishing venture, [24];
  • obtains patent for land, [25];
  • founded, [29];
  • Gorges attempts overthrow of, [30-34];
  • growth (1630-40), [34-36];
  • time of stress, [36];
  • government, [37-40];
  • religious intolerance, [41-43];
  • commercial ventures, [78];
  • leader among colonies, [100-01];
  • sends petition to King, [103];
  • restoration of Stuarts causes trouble for, [104-05];
  • charter confirmed, [105];
  • religious liberty defined by King, [105-06];
  • inquiry into affairs by Clarendon, [116-18];
  • commissioners sent to, [118] et seq.;
  • franchise law modified, [121];
  • defies commission, [123-126];
  • recognizes Connecticut's title (1672), [131];
  • asserts right to control Maine and New Hampshire, [132];
  • military preparedness, [135];
  • Randolph inquires into affairs, [147];
  • new instructions to royal governors, [148-49];
  • attitude of England toward, [148-52];
  • inquiry by Randolph, [154-56];
  • mission sent to England, [156-57];
  • purchases title to Maine and estranges England further, [158-59];
  • royal orders in regard to trade and religious liberty, [159-60];
  • attitude toward England, [160-61];
  • sends agents to England, [162];
  • charter forfeited (1684), [163];
  • grows more liberal, [164];
  • territory enlarged, [166]; a royal colony, [166] et seq.;
  • preliminary royal government, [168-69];
  • changes in life of people, [170-73];
  • faults in royal government, [185-89];
  • government of Andros overthrown, [190];
  • resumes self-government, [191];
  • sends Mather to England, [194-96];
  • charter of 1691, [197]
• Massachusetts Bay Colony, [21] et seq.;
  • control passes to Puritans, [27]
• Massachusetts Bay Company, charter granted (1629), [26];
  • object, [120-121];
  • failure, [123-26]
• Massachusetts Commission, personnel, [118-19];
• Mather, Cotton, quoted, [79]
• Mather, Increase, [194-95], [196]
• Maverick, Samuel, [23], [38], [116] et seq.
• Mayflower, The, ship, [10], [11]
• Mayflower Compact, [12-13]
• Merrymount, [22]
• Middletown (Conn.), [198]
• Milford (Conn.), [70]
• Mishawum (Charlestown), [24]
• Moody, Lady Deborah, [35]
• Morrell, [23]
• Morton, Thomas, [22], [31], [34], [41], [47]
• Mount Wollaston, [22]
• Mystic, taken into Connecticut, [109]
  
• Naumkeag (Salem), [25]
• New Amsterdam, seized by English, [110]
  • settled by radicals, [73-74];
  • lack of toleration in, [74];
  • town life, [75-76];
  • local color in various settlements, [76-78];
  • witchcraft, [80-81];
  • superstitions of people, [81-82];
  • medicine and surgery, [82-83];
  • education, [83-85];
  • travel, [85-86];
  • homes, [86];
  • money, [86-87];
  • reckoning of time, [87];
  • respect for grants and charters, [88];
  • attitude toward England, [88-90];
  • organization in, [89];
  • rivalry with Dutch and French, [90-91];
  • confederation of colonies, [91] et seq.;
  • trouble with the French, [94-96];
  • trouble with the Dutch, [96-98];
  • period of readjustment, [129] et seq.;
  • Indian troubles, [133] et seq.;
  • boundary disputes, [133];
  • population, [139];
  • menace from French, [177-79];
  • Dominion of, [182-83];
  • brought closer to English control, [199]
• New England, people of, [72-73];
• New England Canaan, Morton, [32]
• New England Confederation see United Colonies of New England
• New England Council, [9], [12], [22], [26], [30], [32-33]
  • controversy over title, [65];
  • under jurisdiction of Massachusetts, [66-67];
  • separation from Massachusetts, [67], [71];
  • status undecided, [132];
  • military preparedness, [135]
• New Hampshire, influential leaders in, [47];
  • settled, [67-68];
  • government, [68-70];
  • combines other plantations under her, [70-71];
  • absorbed by Conn., [71];
  • commercial ventures, [77-78];
  • witchcraft in, [81];
  • misfortunes of, [110-11];
  • surrenders to Connecticut, [111-12];
  • confederation dissolved, [112]
• New Haven, influential leaders in, [47];
• New London (Conn.), [198]
• New Netherlands, conquest of, [122]
• New Somersetshire, [65]
• Newark, founded, [112]
• Newbury, [198]
• Newport (R. I.), [49], [198]
• Nicholson, Francis, [183]
• Nicolls, Richard, [118], [119], [122]
• Norfolk, a center of Separatism, [6]
• Norton, John, [103]
• Nowell, a leader of conservatives in Boston, [164]
  
• Oldham, John, [56]
  
• Palmer, Judge, [187], [191]
• Partridge, Captain, [54], [55]
• Pawcatuck, taken into Connecticut, [109]
• Pequot War (1637), [136-37]
• Peters, Hugh, [59], [78]
• Pierson, Abraham, [46], [47], [112]
  • reasons for leaving Holland, [8];
  • decide to go to America, [8-9];
  • conditions under which expedition was undertaken, [10];
  • journey of the Mayflower, [10-12];
  • draw up covenant, [12];
  • life in Plymouth Colony, [14-19];
  • greatness lies in religious influence, [19-20]
• Pilgrims, leave for Holland (1607-08), [7];
  • secures right to establish fishing colony, [24];
  • submits to authority of Massachusetts, [71];
  • fishing and trading, [77];
  • witchcraft in, [81];
  • sends mission to England, [104];
  • military preparedness, [135];
  • renews old forms, [192];
  • permanently annexed to Massachusetts, [197]
• Plymouth Colony, founded, [12-20];
• Plymouth, town of, [18]
• Pocasset (Portsmouth), [48]
• Portsmouth (N. H.), [66], [198]
• Portsmouth (R. I.), [51-52]; see also Pocasset
• Protestantism, controlled by state, [4]
  • court of arbitration at, [51];
  • charter unites with other settlements, [53];
  • government under patent, [53-54]
• Providence, settled, [47-48];
  • reach Salem (1630), [29];
  • become Separatists, [37];
  • characteristics of the frontier, [46-47]
• Puritans, obtain control of Massachusetts Bay Company, [27];
• Pynchon, William, [60], [62], [77]
  
  • treatment, [79-80]
• Quakers, come to Boston (1656), [79];
• Quinnipiac, [68]
  
• Randolph, Edward, [147], [152-156], [160], [161], [162], [163], [167], [168], [173], [174], [196]
• Ratcliffe, Philip, [31], [41]
• Ratcliffe, Robert, [168-69], [171], [173]
• Reformation, The, [3]
  • individualism in, [56];
  • colony of separatism, [79];
  • not included in Confederation of colonies, [92];
  • applies for charter, [103];
  • conflicting boundary claims, [113];
  • charter granted, (1663), [113-14];
  • rival claims to, [115];
  • unsettled conditions, [131];
  • surrenders charter, [173];
  • sends council members to Boston, [180];
  • renews old forms, [192]
• Rhode Island, leaders in, [47];
  • Pocasset, [48-49];
  • Newport, [49];
  • Shawomet or Warwick, [49]
• Rhode Island settlements, Providence, [47-48];
• Robinson, John, [6-7], [8]
• Rossiter, Bray, of Guilford, [83], [111]
• Rowlandson, Mrs., [143]
• Roxbury (Mass.), [35]
  
  • see also Naumkeag
• Salem (Mass.), [25], [198];
• Salem witchcraft, [81]
• Saltonstall, Sir Richard, [28], [35]
• Saybrook, [33], [40]
• Saye and Sele, Lord, [33], [106-07]
• Scott, John, Captain, [109], [130]
• Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, a center of Separatism, [6]
• Separatists, [5] et seq.
• Setauket, [130]
• Shawmut (Boston), [23]
• Shawomet, [49]
• Sheffield, Lord, [24]
• Slavery forbidden in Rhode Island (1652), [54]
• Smith, John, [3], [11]
• Southold on Long Island, [70], [109]
• Speedwell, The, ship, [10]
  • center of fur trade, [77];
  • see also Agawam
• Springfield (Mass), becomes part of Mass., [62];
• Stamford (Conn.), [70], [109], [133], [198]
• Standish, Miles, [3]
• Stiles party, [57]
• Stone, Samuel, [60]
• Stoughton, William, [156]
• Stuyvesant, Peter, [97], [109]
  
• Talbot, The, ship, [29]
  
• Uncas, Indian chief, [137]
• Underhill, [47]
• United Colonies of New England, [91]
  
• Vane, Henry, [33], [35], [40], [59]
• Vassall, William, [38]
• Virginia Company of London, [9]
• Virginia Company of Plymouth, [9]
  
• Walford, [24], [41]
• Warwick, Earl of, [25], [26], [28], [30], [32]
• Warwick, a Rhode Island settlement, [49]
• Watertown (Mass.), [35]
• Wessagusset (Quincy), [21], [22], [23]
• West, Secretary of Mass., [187], [191]
• Weston, Thomas, [10], [21]
• Wethersfield (Conn.), [61], [198]
• Weymouth (Mass.), [23]
• Wheelwright, John, [47], [65]
• White, Rev. John, [24], [27]
• Whitfield, [78]
• Whiting, [78]
  • locates at Providence, [47-48];
  • obtains charter, [52-53];
  • quoted, [54];
  • goes to England to confirm patent, [55];
  • in 1660, [78]
• Williams, Roger, driven from Boston, [47];
• Windsor (Conn.), [61]
• Winnissimmet (Chelsea), [23-24]
• Winslow, Edward, [17], [38], [50], [52]
• Winslow, John, [190]
• Winslow, Josiah, General, [142]
  • leader among the Puritans, [35];
  • died before 1660, [78]
• Winthrop, John, elected Governor of Mass. Bay Colony, [28];
• Winthrop, John, son of the Governor, [40], [59], [83], [103-04], [106-07]
• Wise, John, [186]
• Witchcraft in New England, [80-81]
• Wollaston, Captain, [22]
• Wright, Richard, [41]
  
• Young, Alse, [81]
• Young, Captain, [130]

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