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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
trade and plantations......June 23, 1752 Community of Anglican Church people, after preliminary examination of lands in 1752-53 and procuring grant of about 32.000 acres of land between Ogeechee and Altamaha, settle at Midway, Ga.......March, 1754 Patrick Graham elected president of colony......1754 Silver seal made for colony under King's direction......June 21, 1754 Capt. John Reynolds, of the British navy, appointed governor of Georgia in August, arrives at Savannah......Oct. 29, 1754 Reynolds dissolves board and forms a royal council under letters patent from the crown......Oct. 30, 1754 First General Assembly of freeholders of estates of not less than 500 acres, meets at Savannah......Jan. 7, 1755 Governor assents to twelve acts of Assembly; the second was for issuing £ 3,000 in paper bills of credit......March 7, 1755 Two transports arrive at Savannah with about 400 Acadians, banished from Nova Scotia. As Papists could not remain in Georgia under chart
Mar. 1779; Abigail, b. 25 Mar. 1781; Hannah, b. 24 Oct. 1783, d. young; Rebecca, b. 24 May 1786; Simon, b. 17 Ap. 1788; Hannah, b. 29 July 1790; Artemas, b. 16 Aug. 1792; Abiel, b. 29 Aug. 1794. Ammi the f. d. 20 Ap. 1795, a. 62; his w. Hannah d. 23 Aug. 1801, a 48. He owned the mill which had long been in the Cutter family, and transmitted it to his posterity. 21. Jonathan, s. of William (11), m. Anne Jennings 23 Nov. 1749, and had William, b. 15 Feb. 1751; Anne, b. 28 Mar. 1753, d. 29 Oct. 1754; Anne, b. 6 Ap. 1755; Rebecca, b. 4 Oct. 1757; Mary, b. 7 May 1760, m. Benj. Richardson 16 Feb. 1783: Jonathan, b. 19 Oct. 1762; Mehetabel, b. 25 Dec. 1765, d. 3 Mar. 1809; Solomon, 1. 23 Ap. 1769. Jonathan the f. d. 24 Ap. 1770, a. 44; his w. Anne d. 29 Ap. 1797, a. 67. 22. Samuel, S. of Samuel (12). m. Susanna Francis of Medf. 28 Ap. 1757, and had Samuel, bap. 26. Feb . 1758; William, bap. 22 July 1759; Susanna, bap. 15 May 1761, m. Thomas Whittemore 1 Nov. 1783; Francis, b. 17 A
Mar. 1779; Abigail, b. 25 Mar. 1781; Hannah, b. 24 Oct. 1783, d. young; Rebecca, b. 24 May 1786; Simon, b. 17 Ap. 1788; Hannah, b. 29 July 1790; Artemas, b. 16 Aug. 1792; Abiel, b. 29 Aug. 1794. Ammi the f. d. 20 Ap. 1795, a. 62; his w. Hannah d. 23 Aug. 1801, a 48. He owned the mill which had long been in the Cutter family, and transmitted it to his posterity. 21. Jonathan, s. of William (11), m. Anne Jennings 23 Nov. 1749, and had William, b. 15 Feb. 1751; Anne, b. 28 Mar. 1753, d. 29 Oct. 1754; Anne, b. 6 Ap. 1755; Rebecca, b. 4 Oct. 1757; Mary, b. 7 May 1760, m. Benj. Richardson 16 Feb. 1783: Jonathan, b. 19 Oct. 1762; Mehetabel, b. 25 Dec. 1765, d. 3 Mar. 1809; Solomon, 1. 23 Ap. 1769. Jonathan the f. d. 24 Ap. 1770, a. 44; his w. Anne d. 29 Ap. 1797, a. 67. 22. Samuel, S. of Samuel (12). m. Susanna Francis of Medf. 28 Ap. 1757, and had Samuel, bap. 26. Feb . 1758; William, bap. 22 July 1759; Susanna, bap. 15 May 1761, m. Thomas Whittemore 1 Nov. 1783; Francis, b. 17 A
n Foster, 5 Apr. 1807; Simon, b. (17), bap. 27 Apr. 1788; Hannah, b. (29 July), bap. 1 Aug. 1790, m. Thomas Gibson; Artemas, b. (16), bap. 26 Aug. 1792; Abiel, b. (27), bap. 31 Aug. 1794. See Wyman, 262. 12. Jonathan, s. of William (4), m. Anna Jennings, 23 Nov. 1749; she was adm. Pct. ch. 13 Jan. 1751; he was adm. do. 1 Apr. 1770, and d. 24 Apr. 1770, a. 44. Anna, his wid., d. 29 Apr. 1797, a. 67 (g. s.). Had William, b. 15, bap. 17 Feb. 1751; Anne; b. 28 Mar., bap. 1 Apr. 1753, d. 29 Oct. 1754, a. 2; Anne, b. 6. bap. 13 Apr. 1755, m. Brown; Rebecca, b. 4, bap. 16 Oct. 1757, d. soon; Mary, b. 7, bap. 11 May, 1760, m. Benjamin Richardson, 16 Feb. 1783; Jonathan, b. 19, bap. 24 Oct. 1762; Mehitable, b. 25, bap. 29 Dec. 1765, m. James Cutter (par. 21), 28 May, 1807; Solomon, b. and bap. 23 Apr. 1769. At Jonathan's, the father, a male nurse child d. May, 1766, a. 2 yrs. Ruth Mason; adult, set. 18, living at Jonathan's, was bap. 25 May, 1766. See Wyman, 263, 1066. 13. Samuel,
itain or to America. The fervid attachment of each colony to its own individual liberties repelled the overruling influence of a central power. Connecticut rejected it; even New York showed it little favor; Massachusetts charged her agent to oppose it. Massachusetts to Bollan, December, 1754. The Board of Trade, on receiving the chap. V.} 1754. minutes of the congress, were astonished at a plan of general government complete in itself. Representation of the Board of 31 Trade, 29 October, 1754, in Plantations Gen. B. 7. XLII.; and at Albany London Documents, XXXI. 64. Reflecting men in England dreaded American union as the keystone of independence. But in the mind of Franklin the love for union assumed still more majestic proportions, and comprehended the great country back of the Apalachian mountains. He directed attention to the extreme richness of its land; the healthy temperature of its air; the mildness of the climate; and the vast convenience of inland navigation by
of Great Britain is made an express condition of their continuance after the expiration of a year; they cannot become subjects but by taking the oaths required of subjects; and therefore it may be a question, whether their refusal to take such oaths will not operate to invalidate their titles to their lands. Consult the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia upon that point; his opinion may serve as a foundation for future measures. Halifax and his colleagues to Lieutenant-Governor Lawrence, 29 October, 1754. France remembered the descendants of her sons in the hour of their affliction, and asked that they chap. VIII.} 1755. might have time to remove from the Peninsula with their effects, leaving their lands to the English; but the answer of the British minister claimed them as useful subjects, and refused them the liberty of transmigration. Proposition of the French Ambassador to the British Secretary of State, May, 1755, and answer. The inhabitants of Minas and the adjacent c