=Ely=, William D., his studies of the Gorton history, 48, and _note_.
=Emerson=, Ralph Waldo, his philosophy foreshadowed by that of Samuell
Gorton, 92, 106
=Ethical= teachings of Samuell Gorton, 97, 101
=Fiske=, John, LL. D.
His account of Samuell Gorton in “The Beginnings of New England.”, 18
His story of the murder of Miantonomi, 52
On the Gortonoges and Wattaconoges, 57, _note_.
His inadequate estimate of Gorton’s career, 82
=Friends.=
Gorton’s defence of, 66, and _note_ 67
His letters to, 66, _note_.
His theology compared with that of, 93-94
He opposes their doctrine of the “inner light.”, 93
He opposes their doctrine about Government, 94, _note_.
=Gaspee=, burning of, 11
=Gorton=, Adelos, vi, 27, _note_.
=Gorton=, Ann, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108, _note_.
=Gorton=, Benjamin,
Kills a wolf in Warwick, 1774, 12, _note_.
Inherits estate from his father, Samuell Gorton, 71
Early settler of East Greenwich, 72, 109, 114
=Gorton=, Charles, 111-112
=Gorton=, Dr. David Allyn, 110-111
=Gorton=, Dexter, 112
=Gorton=, Dr. Eliot, 111
=Gorton=, Elizabeth, 108, _note_.
=Gorton=, Rev. James, 110
=Gorton=, John.
Inherits estate from his father, Samuell Gorton, 71
Shares in final division of the Coweset lands, 72
=Gorton=, Mary, eldest daughter of Samuell Gorton, 27, _note_, 108,
_note_.
=Gorton=, Mary Maplett,
Wife of Samuell Gorton, 26, 27 and _note_.
His testimony to her gentle birth, 27
His provision for her in the disposal of his estate, 72
=Gortonoges=, 10, 57, and _note_.
=Gorton=, Othniel, 109
=Gorton=, Parish of, in England, 21
=Gorton=, Samuell.
Born in 1592, 21, and _note_.
The man and his work, 21
His education, 22, and _note_.
His residence in London, 23-24
His marriage, 24
His emigration to America, 25
His residence in Boston and Plymouth, 25-29
His first meeting with Roger Williams, 26
His troubles with the Plymouth authorities, 28
His banishment from Plymouth, 29
His difficulties in Portsmouth, 31-33
His banishment by the Coddington Government, 33
His contentions in Providence, 34-35
His settlement in Shawomet, 37
He is summoned to Boston, 39
Besieged at Conimicut, 40-42
Taken to Boston for trial, 43
Imprisoned in Massachusetts, 43-45
His release and return to Portsmouth, 45-49
Secures the submission of the Narragansetts to the British
Government, 51, 52, 55
Excluded from Shawomet by Massachusetts, 49, 51
His voyage to England, 1645-48, 54-55
Secures Charter for Warwick, 54
His later career, 59
His service in the General Assembly, 59-65
Probable author of the statute against slavery, 63-65
General Assistant, Moderator and President, 65
His defence of the Quakers, 66-67
Incorporator of the Colony under the Royal Charter, 68
Assigned shares in Warwick Neck, 68
His life saved by friendly Indians during King Philip’s War, 68-69
Divides his estate among his children, 71-73
His political philosophy, 74-81
His religious convictions, 82-102
His character and personal appearance, 106-108
=Gorton=, Samuell, Jr.
Born in England, 1630, 27-28
Writes will of John Wickes, 70
Elected Town Treasurer, 71
Trust reposed in him by his father, 71-72
Participates in the final division of Coweset lands, 72-73
=Gorton=, Sarah, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108, _note_.
=Gorton=, Susanna, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108, _note_.
=Gorton=, Dr. W. A., 111
=Greene=, Hon. Albert Gorton, 110
=Greene=, Col. Christopher, 110
=Greene=, John,
Co-settler of Warwick with Samuell Gorton, 13
First deed of Shawomet lands to, 37, _note_.
Accompanies Gorton to England, 54
Signs will of John Wickes, 71
=Greene=, Gen. Nathanael, 109-110
=Greene=, Peter, marries Mary, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108, _note_.
=Hireling= ministry, 91
=Historical= Society, documents in the Library of, 15, 18, and _note_.
=Holden=, Randall.
Co-settler of Warwick with Samuell Gorton, 13
His banishment from Portsmouth, 33, 34, _note_.
Commissioner to convey submission of the Narragansetts, 52
Accompanies Gorton to England, 54
Will of John Wickes proved before him, 70
=Huguenots=, 81
=Hutchinson=, Anne.
Her banishment from Massachusetts Bay, 25
Settles at Aquidneck, 29
Gorton not her follower, 97, _note_.
=Hypocrisie= Unmasked, 28, _note_, 33, _note_, 42, _note_.
=Immortality=, Gorton’s views about, 97
=Imprisonment= for debt forbidden by Code of 1647, 62
=Imputed= sin, 97
=Incorruptible= Key to the CX Psalme, 78, 79, 84
=Indians.=
In Warwick, 12
At Pottowomut Neck, 14
Employed by Massachusetts against Gorton, 40, 41
Their sympathy with Gorton, 46
They save his life, 68-69
He is their trusted counsellor, 69
=Individualism=, Samuell Gorton’s, 77, 105
=Inner= Light, Gorton opposes the Quaker doctrine of, 93-94
=Intolerance.=
Of the Puritans, 25
Samuell Gorton opposes, 78, 94
Its contest with Soul Liberty, 78-80
Final overthrow of, 81
=James= the Second, 78
=Liberty= of Conscience.
Gorton leaves England for, 25
Not found in Massachusetts, 26
Nathaniel Ward on, 48
Upheld by Gorton and Roger Williams, 78-81
=Lincoln=, Abraham, 76
=Lippitt=, Hon. Charles Warren, 110
=Lippitt=, Hon. Henry, 110
=London=, Gorton’s residence in, 24
His return to, 54-55
=Lord’s= Prayer, Gorton’s Commentary on, 85, _et seq._
=Mace=, William, married Sarah, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108,
_note_.
=Mackie=, John M. his Life of Samuell Gorton, 17, 21, 23, 106, _note_,
119
=Magna= Charta, 76
=Mahershallalhashbaz=, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108
=Manhattan=, 54
=Maplett=,
Dr. John, Brother-in-law of Samuell Gorton: his bequest to his sister
and her children, 27, _note_.
Mary, wife of Samuell Gorton, 26, 27, _note_, 29, 72, 107
Mary, mother of Mrs. Gorton: her bequest to her daughter, 27, _note_.
=Massachusetts Bay.=
Intolerance of its government, 25
Gorton banished from, 45
Its contest for the control of Narragansett Bay, 49-58
Its efforts blocked by Samuell Gorton, 51-58
Failure of its theocratic policy, 79-81
=Miantonomi.=
Gorton purchases Shawomet of, 37, 38
Winthrop and Roger Williams purchase Prudence Island of, 50, and
_note_.
His murder by the Mohegans with the consent of the Boston elders, 52
=Mixan=, 52
=Monism=, Samuell Gorton’s, 89
=Morton=, Nathaniel,
On Samuell Gorton, 33
Gorton’s correspondence with, 22, _note_, 84
=Mysticism=, Gorton’s, 84, 94
=Narragansett Bay.=
Gorton’s residence on, 13, 37, 112
Settlement of Aquidneck on, 29
Efforts of Massachusetts authorities to control, 50, 55
=Narragansett= Indians.
Allies of Gorton, 10
Gorton purchases Shawomet of, 37
Gorton obtains their submission to Great Britain, 51-53
Massachusetts declares war against, 53
Gorton publishes their submission in London, 55
=New England= Confederation, 39, 53
=Nowell=, Increase, on Gorton’s alleged blasphemies, 39, and _note_,
83, _note_.
=Ordinances= of religion, Gorton’s opposition to, 90, 93
=Palfrey=, John G.
His account of Samuell Gorton in his History of New England, 18
Admits sympathy with Gorton in Massachusetts, 46
=Pawtuxet.=
Gorton’s settlement in, 35
His contest with William Arnold, 36
His departure from, 37
Contest of Massachusetts for, 50
=Pawtuxet= River, 8, 14
=Peage=, 57, and _note_.
=Perry=, Hon. Amos, 85
=Pessicus=, 52
=Philip=, King.
His war with the white settlers, 68
Samuell Gorton’s life saved, 69
Warwick’s sufferings during the war, 69
A battle fought in Warwick, 69
=Philosophy=, Samuell Gorton’s, 74, _et seq._
=Pilgrims=, 26
=Plymouth.=
Gorton’s residence in, 26
His banishment from, 29
Sends men to Warwick during King Philip’s war, 69
=Pomham.=
His assent to Gorton’s Shawomet purchase, 37
He repudiates his signature, 38
His submission to Massachusetts Bay, 38
His Block-House on Warwick Neck, 51
He sells his claim to Samuell Gorton, 57, and _note_.
=Popaquinepaug=, (See Pawtuxet.)
=Portsmouth.=
Town-government instituted, 29-31
Union with Newport, 31
Gorton’s troubles in, 32-33
Gorton returns to, 49
=Portsmouth.=
Is elected to a magistracy, 49
Union with Northern towns under Charter of 1643-44, 56
=Pottowomut= Neck, Indian relics found on, 14
=Pottowomut= River, 14
=Prayer=, Samuell Gorton’s definition of, 91-92
=Providence.=
Samuell Gorton emigrates to, 34
Controversies in, 34, and _note_, 35
Peacemakers from, interfere at Shawomet, 40, and _note_.
United with Aquidneck under Charter of 1643-44, 56
=Providence= Plantations.
Antagonism of Massachusetts to, 49-55
Charter obtained for, 56, and _note_.
Action of General Assembly of in 1645, 53
=Prudence= Island.
Its strategic importance in the struggle with Massachusetts Bay, 50
Its purchase by Gov. Winslow, 50, and _note_.
=Puritans.=
Their revolt against religious formalism, 23
Send an armed force against Gorton, 40
Their preaching to the Gortonists, 46, 47
Their opposition to soul liberty, 78-81
=Quakers.=
Gorton’s defence of, 66, and _note_, 67
His letters to, 66, _note_, 78, _note_.
His theology compared with that of, 90-91, 93-94
=Rawson=, Edward, on Samuell Gorton, 83-84
=Religion=, Samuell Gorton’s views concerning, 82-102
=Religious= development, Samuell Gorton on, 99
=Remphan=, Chion, Moloch, 44
=Revolutionary= War, the first blow struck in Warwick, 11
=Rites= and ceremonies, Gorton’s distrust of, 90-91, 92-93
=Rhode Island.=
Interesting character of its early history, v, 17
Settlement of, 29-30, 34, 36
Soul Liberty established in, 15, 19, 78-81
Contest with Massachusetts Bay, 38-58
First Charter of, 56, and _note_, 61, _note_.
Earliest Code of, 60-63
Triumph of Rhode Island principles, 79-81
=Salvation= by character, taught by Samuell Gorton, 97
=Sanford=, John, marries Mary, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108, _note_.
=Saracens=, 81
=Separatists=, 23, 26
=Shawomet.=
First settlement of, 37, and _note_.
Gorton’s troubles in, 38-48
Becomes Warwick, 49-58
=Sheffield=, Hon. William Pitt.
His address on Samuell Gorton, 18, _note_, 40, _note_, 41, _note_.
=Simplicities= Defence Against Seven-Headed Policie, 18, _note_, 33,
_note_, 39, _note_, 42, _note_, 47, _note_, 54, 117
=Slavery=, Statute against, in 1652, 63-65
=Smith=, Ralph.
Gorton hires a house of in Plymouth, 26
Colleague of Roger Williams, 26
=Soccononocco.=
Signs deed to Shawomet lands, 37, and _note_.
Repudiates his signature, 38
Makes submission to Massachusetts, 38, and _note_.
His revolt one cause of the submission of the Narragansetts to Great
Britain, 52
=Soul= Liberty.
Defence of by Roger Williams and Samuell Gorton, 19
Rhode Island the first Government founded on, 79
Its final triumph in the Nation, 81
=Sources= of information, 17-20
=Squatter= Sovereignty, denied by Samuell Gorton, 75
=Staples=, Hon. William R.
On Samuell Gorton, 18, and _note_, 33, _note_.
On the death of John Wickes, 70
=Sumner=, Charles, 76
=Swedenborg=, Emanuel, his theology compared with that of Samuell
Gorton, 88-90
=Theocracy.=
Of Massachusetts Bay, 25
Of Coddington’s Government, 30
Its contest with Soul Liberty, 78
Its final failure, 81
=Tomanick=, 52
=Transcendentalism.= Samuell Gorton a forerunner of, 92, 106
=Trinitarianism.= Samuell Gorton’s views about, 95-96
=Unknowable.= Samuell Gorton’s doctrine of, 88
=Wampum=, legal tender in Rhode Island, 57, _note_.
=Ward=, Nathaniel.
His exhortation to Richard Carder, 47
His “Simple Cobbler of Agawam.”, 48
=Warner=, John.
Commissioner to convey the submission of the Narragansetts, 52
Marries Ann, daughter of Samuell Gorton, 108, _note_.
=Warwick= Cove, 13, 113
=Warwick=, Earl of.
Grants Patent to Samuell Gorton, 54
Gives Gorton safe conduct through Massachusetts, 55
Massachusetts recognizes his authority, 55, _note_.
=Warwick=, Old and New, 7-16
Beautiful in Summer, 9
Town government organized in, 56-57
Unites with Providence and Aquidneck, 56
Samuell Gorton’s service of, 59-73
=Wattaconoges=, 57, and _note_.
=West= Greenwich, 114
=Wheelwright=, John, his banishment from Massachusetts Bay, 25
=Wickes=, John.
His punishment at Portsmouth, 33, and _note_.
He goes to Providence, 34
Commissioner of the Narragansetts, 52
His supposed death in King Philip’s war, 70-71
His will, 70
=Williams=, Roger, 10, 19, 26, 36, 53, 57, _note_, 63, 77, 78
His residence in Plymouth, 26
His first meeting with Samuell Gorton, 26
His banishment from Massachusetts Bay, 25
His early disagreements with Gorton, 35
His alleged letter to Winthrop of doubtful authenticity, 35, _note_.
He sells his half of Prudence Island, 50, and _note_.
He visits England and secures a Charter, 56
His doctrine of Soul Liberty, 19, 78-81
The first charge against him in Massachusetts, 104, _note_.
His conversion to Gorton’s views of civil government, 77-78, 104
=Winslow=, Edward, his “Hypocrisie Unmasked.”, 28, _note_, 33, _note_,
42, _note_.
=Winthrop=, John.
On Gorton’s controversy with Roger Williams, 35, and _note_.
Purchases Prudence Island, 50, and _note_.
His inconsistency, 50-51
Defeat of his plans by Gorton, 51-55
=Witchcraft.=
Provision against in Code of 1647, 61-62
Scepticism about in Rhode Island, 62
Charges against the men of Shawomet, 62-63
No prosecutions for in Rhode Island, 63
=Woman.= Samuell Gorton’s favors her equality with man in the Church,
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