TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| INTRODUCTION | [5] |
| CHAPTER I | |
| THE FIRST CHARTER | [7] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| THE SECOND CHARTER | [16] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| CAUSES THAT LED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | [27] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| BOSTON MOBS AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION | [40] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| THE LOYALISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS | [54] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| THE REVOLUTIONIST | [68] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| INDIANS IN THE REVOLUTION | [88] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| THE EXPULSION OF THE LOYALISTS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF CANADA | [93] |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| THE WAR OF 1812 AND THE ATTEMPTED CONQUEST OF CANADA | [98] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| THE CIVIL WAR AND THE PART TAKEN BY GREAT BRITAIN IN SAME | [107] |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| RECONCILIATION. THE DISMEMBERED EMPIRE REUNITED IN BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP. "BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER." | [113] |
| PART II | |
| BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LOYALISTS OF MASS. | [122] |
| THE ADDRESS OF THE MERCHANTS AND OTHERS OF BOSTON TO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON | [123] |
| ADDRESS OF THE BARRISTERS AND ATTORNEYS OF MASSACHUSETTS TO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON | [125] |
| ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF MARBLEHEAD TO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON | [127] |
| ADDRESS TO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON FROM HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN IN THE TOWN OF MILTON | [128] |
| ADDRESS PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR GAGE ON HIS ARRIVAL AT SALEM | [131] |
| ADDRESS TO GOVERNOR GAGE ON HIS DEPARTURE | [132] |
| LIST OF INHABITANTS OF BOSTON WHO REMOVED TO HALIFAX WITH THE ARMY MARCH, 1776 | [133] |
| MANDAMUS COUNSELLORS | [136] |
| THE BANISHMENT ACT OF MASSACHUSETTS | [137] |
| THE WORCESTER RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE ABSENTEES AND REFUGEES | [141] |
| THE CONFISCATION ACT | [141] |
| CONSPIRACY ACT | [141] |
| ABSENTEES ACT | [143] |
| BIOGRAPHIES | |
| THOMAS HUTCHINSON | [145] |
| LIST OF GOV. HUTCHINSON'S CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [174] |
| THOMAS HUTCHINSON, SON OF THE GOVERNOR | [175] |
| ELISHA HUTCHINSON | [177] |
| FOSTER HUTCHINSON | [177] |
| ELIAKIM HUTCHINSON | [178] |
| LIST OF ELIAKIM HUTCHINSON'S CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [180] |
| ANDREW OLIVER—LIEUT. GOVERNOR | [181] |
| THOMAS OLIVER | [183] |
| PETER OLIVER—CHIEF JUSTICE | [188] |
| SIR FRANCIS BERNARD | [191] |
| SIR WILLIAM PEPPERRELL | [205] |
| JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY AND HIS SON LORD LYNDHURST | [216] |
| KING HOOPER OF MARBLEHEAD | [221] |
| WILLIAM BOWES | [224] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF WILLIAM BOWES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [225] |
| GENERAL TIMOTHY RUGGLES | [225] |
| THE FANEUIL FAMILY OF BOSTON | [229] |
| THE COFFIN FAMILY OF BOSTON. ADMIRAL SIR ISAAC COFFIN SIR THOMAS ASTON COFFIN ADMIRAL FROMAN H. COFFIN GENERAL JOHN COFFIN | [233] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF JOHN COFFIN IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [246] |
| JUDGE SAMUEL CURWEN | [246] |
| JAMES MURRAY | [254] |
| SIR BENJAMIN THOMPSON—COUNT RUMFORD | [261] |
| COL. RICHARD SALTONSTALL | [272] |
| REV. MATHER BYLES | [275] |
| THE HALLOWELL FAMILY OF BOSTON | [281] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF BENJAMIN HALLOWELL IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [284] |
| THE VASSALLS | [285] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF JOHN VASSALL IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [290] |
| GENERAL ISAAC ROYALL | [290] |
| GENERAL WILLIAM BRATTLE | [294] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATE OF WILLIAM BRATTLE IN BOSTON | [297] |
| JOSEPH THOMPSON | [297] |
| COLONEL JOHN ERVING | [298] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES BELONGING TO COL. JOHN ERVING | [299] |
| MAJOR GENERAL SIR DAVID OCTHERLONY | [299] |
| JUDGE AUCHMUTY'S FAMILY | [301] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF ROBERT AUCHMUTY | [305] |
| COLONEL ADINO PADDOCK | [305] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES OF ADINO PADDOCK IN SUFFOLK COUNTY | [308] |
| THEOPHILUS LILLIE | [308] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO THEOPHILUS LILLIE | [313] |
| DR. SYLVESTER GARDINER | [313] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO SYLVESTER GARDINER | [317] |
| RICHARD KING | [317] |
| CHARLES PAXTON | [318] |
| JOSEPH HARRISON | [319] |
| CAPTAIN MARTIN GAY | [321] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO MARTIN GAY | [325] |
| DANIEL LEONARD | [325] |
| JUDGE GEORGE LEONARD | [332] |
| COLONEL GEORGE LEONARD | [333] |
| HARRISON GRAY—RECEIVER GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS | [334] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO HARRISON GRAY | [337] |
| REV. WILLIAM WALTER, RECTOR OF TRINITY CHURCH | [338] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO REV. WILLIAM WALTER | [342] |
| THOMAS AMORY | [343] |
| REV. HENRY CANER | [346] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO REV. HENRY CANER | [349] |
| FREDERICK WILLIAM GEYER | [350] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO FREDERICK WILLIAM GEYER | [351] |
| THE APTHORP FAMILY OF BOSTON | [351] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO CHARLES WARD APTHORP | [354] |
| THE GOLDTHWAITE FAMILY OF BOSTON | [355] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO JOSEPH GOLDTHWAIT | [361] |
| JOHN HOWE | [361] |
| SAMUEL QUINCY, SOLICITOR GENERAL | [364] |
| COLONEL JOHN MURRAY | [376] |
| JUDGE JAMES PUTNAM, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY | [378] |
| JUDGE TIMOTHY PAINE | [382] |
| DR. WILLIAM PAINE | [385] |
| JOHN CHANDLER | [388] |
| JOHN GORE | [392] |
| JOHN JEFFRIES | [394] |
| THOMAS BRINLEY | [395] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO THOMAS BRINLEY | [397] |
| REV. JOHN WISWELL | [398] |
| HENRY BARNES | [399] |
| THOMAS FLUCKER, SECRETARY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY | [402] |
| MARGARET DRAPER | [404] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO MARGARET DRAPER | [405] |
| RICHARD CLARKE | [405] |
| PETER JOHONNOT | [409] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO PETER JOHONNOT | [411] |
| JOHN JOY | [411] |
| RICHARD LECHMERE | [413] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO RICHARD LECHMERE | [414] |
| EZEKIEL LEWIS | [414] |
| BENJAMIN CLARK | [415] |
| LADY AGNES FRANKLAND | [417] |
| COLONEL DAVID PHIPS | [418] |
| THE DUNBAR FAMILY OF HINGHAM | [421] |
| EBENEZER RICHARDSON | [422] |
| COMMODORE JOSHUA LORING | [423] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO JOSHUA LORING | [426] |
| ROBERT WINTHROP | [426] |
| NATHANIEL HATCH | [429] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO NATHANIEL HATCH | [430] |
| CHRISTOPHER HATCH | [430] |
| WARD CHIPMAN | [431] |
| GOVERNOR EDWARD WINSLOW | [433] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO ISAAC WINSLOW | [439] |
| SIR ROGER HALE SHEAFFE, BARONET | [439] |
| JONATHAN SAYWARD | [443] |
| DEBLOIS FAMILY | [445] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO GILBERT DEBLOIS | [446] |
| LYDE FAMILY | [447] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO EDWARD LYDE | [447] |
| JAMES BOUTINEAU | [448] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO JAMES BOUTINEAU | [449] |
| COL. WILLIAM BROWNE | [449] |
| ARCHIBALD CUNNINGHAM | [451] |
| CAPTAIN JOHN MALCOMB | [451] |
| THE RUSSELL FAMILY OF CHARLESTOWN | [452] |
| EZEKIEL RUSSELL | [453] |
| JONATHAN SEWALL | [454] |
| CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY BELONGING TO SAMUEL SEWALL | [457] |
| THOMAS ROBIE | [457] |
| BENJAMIN MARSTON | [459] |
| HON. BENJAMIN LYNDE, CHIEF JUSTICE OF MASSACHUSETTS | [462] |
| PAGAN FAMILY | [464] |
| THE WYER FAMILY OF CHARLESTOWN | [465] |
| JEREMIAH POTE | [467] |
| EBENEZER CUTLER | [468] |
| APPENDIX | |
| THE TRUE STORY CONCERNING THE KILLING OF THE TWO SOLDIERS AT CONCORD BRIDGE, APRIL 19, 1775. THE FIRST BRITISH SOLDIER KILLED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR | [471] |
| THE ENGAGEMENT AT THE NORTH BRIDGE IN CONCORD WHERE THE TWO SOLDIERS WERE KILLED | [476] |
| PAUL REVERE, THE SCOUT OF THE REVOLUTION | [477] |
| WILLIAM FRANKLIN, SON OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | [481] |
| THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS | [482] |
| JUDGE MELLEN CHAMBERLAIN'S OPINION OF COLONEL THOMAS GOLDTHWAITE | [483] |
| NOTE ON PELHAM'S MAP OF BOSTON | [483] |
| NOTE ON GOV. JOHN WINTHROP | [483] |
| LIST OF LOYALISTS WHOSE NAMES OR BIOGRAPHIES ARE NOT FOUND IN THIS WORK | [484] |
| PELHAM'S MAP OF BOSTON IN POCKET IN THE BACK COVER. |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The author wishes to acknowledge the great assistance he has received from the New England Historic Genealogical Society, of which he has been a member for twenty-eight years,—whose library consisting of biographies and genealogies is the most complete in America. Other authorities consulted, have been the "Royalist" records in the original manuscript preserved in the archives of the State of Massachusetts, the Record Commissioners' Reports of the City of Boston, the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the numerous town histories, and ancient records published in recent years, to the most important of which he has acknowledged his obligations in the reference given, and also to the Boston Athenaeum for the use of their paintings and engravings, in making copies of same.
He also wishes to acknowledge the assistance rendered him by his daughter, Mildred Manton Stark, in preparing many of the biographies, also the assistance rendered by Mr. Thomas F. O'Malley, who prepared the very copious index to this work, which will, he thinks be appreciated by all historical students who may have occasion to use same.
