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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davenant, Sir William, 1605-1668 (search)
Davenant, Sir William, 1605-1668 Dramatist and poet; born in Oxford, England, in 1605; son of an innkeeper, at whose house Shakespeare often stopped while on his journeys between Stratford and London, and who noticed the boy. Young Davenant left college without a degree. Shoving much literary talent, he was encouraged in writing plays by persons of distinction, and on the death of Ben Jonson in 1637 he was made poet-laureate. He adhered to the royal cause during the civil war in England, and escaped to France, where he became a Roman Catholic. After the death of his King he projected (1651) a colony of French people in Virginia, the only American province that adhered to royalty, and, with a vessel filled with French men, women, and children, he sailed for Virginia. The ship was captured by a parliamentary cruiser, and the passengers were landed in England, where the life of Sir William was spared, it is believed, by the intervention of John Milton, the poet, who was Cromwel
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eaton, Theophilus, 1591- (search)
Eaton, Theophilus, 1591- Colonial governor: born in Stony Stratford, England, in, 1591; was bred a merchant, and was for some years the English representative at the Court of Denmark. Afterwards he was. a distinguished London merchant, and accompanied Mr. Davenport to New England in 1637. With him he assisted in founding the New Haven colony, and was. chosen its first chief magistrate. Mr. Eaton filled the chair of that office continuously until his death, Jan. 7, 1658.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gorges, Sir Ferdinando 1565-1647 (search)
of Parliament, and was finally dissolved in 1635. Gorges had, meanwhile, prosecuted colonization schemes with vigor. With John Mason and others he obtained grants of land (1622), which now compose a part of Maine and New Hampshire, and settlements were attempted there. His son Robert was appointed general governor of the country, and a settlement was made (1624) on the site of York, Me. After the dissolution of the company (1635), Gorges, then a vigorous man of sixty years, was appointed (1637) governorgeneral of New England, with the powers of a palatine, and prepared to come to America, but was prevented by an accident to the ship in which he was to sail. He made laws for his palatinate, but they were not acceptable. Gorges enjoyed his viceregal honors a few years, and died in England in 1647. His son Robert had a tract of land bestowed upon him in New England, on the coast of Massachusetts Bay, extending 10 miles along the coast and 30 miles inland. He was appointed lieute
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gorton, Samuel 1600-1677 (search)
Gorton, Samuel 1600-1677 Clergyman; born in England about 1600; was a clothier in London, and embarked for Boston in 1636, where he soon became entangled in teleological disputes and removed to Plymouth. There he preached such heterodox doctrines that he was banished as a heretic in the winter of 1637-38. With a few followers he went to Rhode Island, where he was publicly whipped for calling the magistrates just-asses, and other rebellious acts. In 1641 he was compelled to leave the island. He took refuge with Roger Williams at Providence, but soon made himself so obnoxious there that he escaped public scorn by removing (1642) to a spot on the west side of Narraganset Bay, where he bought land of Miantonomoh and planted a settlement. The next year inferior sachems disputed his title to the land; and, calling upon Massachusetts to assist them, an armed force was sent to arrest Gorton and his followers, and a portion of them were taken to Boston and tried as damnable heretics.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hartford, (search)
e-arms, motor vehicles, silk goods, drop-forgings, metal castings, cyclometers, envelopes, etc. English emigrants from Cambridge, Mass., reached the vicinity of the present city in 1635, and in the following year a considerable number of members of the church at Cambridge (then Newtown) settled here under the leadership of the Revs. Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone. The new settlement was first named Newtown, which was changed to its present name in honor of Stone's birthplace in England in 1637. On Jan. 14, 1639, at a gathering of the people of the towns of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield, in Hartford, the first written American constitution was adopted, from which fact Hartford has been called the birthplace of American democracy. The city was the capital of Connecticut till 1701, when Hartford and New Haven were each constituted capital cities, the executive officers sitting in each city alternately. In The Capitol, Hartford. 1873 it again became the sole capital. In 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harvard, John 1607-1638 (search)
Harvard, John 1607-1638 Philanthropist and founder of Harvard College; born in Southwark, England, in November, 1607; graduated at Emanuel College, Cambridge, in 1635; emigrated to Massachusetts, where he was made a freeman, in 1637, and in Charlestown became a preacher of the Gospel. He bequeathed one-half of £ 1,500 for the founding of a college, and also left to the institution his library of 320 volumes. He died in Charlestown, Mass., Sept. 14, 1638
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hopkins, Edward 1600- (search)
Hopkins, Edward 1600- Statesman; born in Shrewsbury, England, in 1600; was a successful merchant in London, and, being much attached to John Davenport (q. v.), came with him to America, in 1637, and accompanied him to the banks of the Quinnipiac and assisted in the preliminary work of founding the New Haven colony. He went to Hartford, where he was chosen governor in 1639, and ruled the Connecticut colony from 1640 to 1654, alternately, every other year, with John Haynes (q. v.). On the death of his elder brother, Mr. Hopkins returned to England, where he became warden of the fleet, commissioner of the admiralty, and member of Parliament. In 1643 Mr. Hopkins aided in forming the New England Confederacy, and he never lost his interest in the colonies. At his death, in London, March, 1657, he bequeathed much of his estate to New England institutions of learning—for the support of grammar schools in Hartford and New Haven, which are still kept up. He also left a donation of £ 500,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hutchinsonian controversy, the. (search)
ovenant of grace, and her opponents under the covenant of works ; and because Mr. Wheelwright made the distinction in a sermon, he was arraigned for sedition, and found guilty. The governor and a few others offered a protest, but the general court refused to receive it. Disputes ran high, and the whole colony was ablaze with excitement. Men of opposite opinions sometimes came to blows; families were divided, and society was fearfully rent. In the midst of the turmoil, Winthrop was elected (1637) governor, and the orthodox party claimed a triumph. The Hutchinsonians were beaten, but not subdued. The theological questions raised by Mrs. Hutchinson were referred to a synod—a conference of delegates from all the churches. That body pronounced the women's meeting in Boston disorderly; for the feminine church members, though heirs of salvation, had no power in the earthly theocracy. They condemned the Hutchinsonians as schismatics, and the general court proceeded to end the controvers
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marquette, Jacques 1637- (search)
Marquette, Jacques 1637- Missionary and explorer; born in Laon, France, in 1637. In his youth he entered the order of Jesuits, and at the age of twenty-nine years sailed for Canada as a missionary. Statue of Jacques Marquette. After residing eighteen months at Thre Rivers, on the St. Lawrence, learning the dialects of the Montagnais and other Indian tribes—also the Huron and Iroquois— he went to Lake Superior in 1668, and founded a mission at Sault Sainte Marie, or Falls of St. Mary, 1637. In his youth he entered the order of Jesuits, and at the age of twenty-nine years sailed for Canada as a missionary. Statue of Jacques Marquette. After residing eighteen months at Thre Rivers, on the St. Lawrence, learning the dialects of the Montagnais and other Indian tribes—also the Huron and Iroquois— he went to Lake Superior in 1668, and founded a mission at Sault Sainte Marie, or Falls of St. Mary, at the outlet of the lake. The next year he was sent to take the place of Allouez among the Ottawas and Hurons, but these tribes were soon afterwards dispersed by the Sioux, and he returned with the Hurons to Mackinaw, near the strait that connects Lakes Michigan and Huron, where he built a chapel and established the mission of St. Ignatius. Hearing of the Mississippi River, he resolved to find it, and in 1669 he prepared for the exploration of that stream, when he received orders to join Jol
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, State of. (search)
Moorfield, captured their guns, trains, and 500 men, with a loss to himself of fifty men. Grant now, to protect Washington from seizure, and Maryland and Pennsylvania from invasion, consolidated several departments, calling the organization the Middle Division. General Sherman was assigned to its command, Aug. 7, 1864, and at once entered upon his duties, at the head of over 30,000 troops. See United States, Maryland, in vol. IX. Governors under the Baltimores (proprietary). Name.Term.1637 to 1647 Leonard Calvert1647 to 1648 Thomas Greene1648 to 1654 William Stone1654 to 1658 1658 to 1660 Josias Fendall1660 to 1662 Philip Calvert1662 to 1676 Charles Calvert1677 to 1680 Thomas Notley1681 to 1689 Charles, Lord Baltimore1681 to 1689 Under the English government (Royal). John Coode and the Protestant association1690 to 1692 Sir Lionel Copley1692 to 1693 Francis Nicholson1694 to 1695 Nathaniel Blackstone1696 to 1702 Thomas Trench1703 to 1704 John Seymour1704 to 170
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