Administered at New Haven, in May 1666, under powers granted by
Governor John Winthrop, according to his Maj^{ties} Charter granted
to this Colony of Connecticut in New England.
You J[asper] C[rane], doe sweare faith and Allegeance to his
Maj^{tie} Charles y^e Second, as duty binds according to y^e word of
God. And yo^u doe hereby acknowledge that the Pope, nor any other
potentate hath powe^r or autority or iurisdiction in any of his
Maj^{ties} dominions, and y^t only his Ma^{tie} our sover^n Lord
King Charles hath under God, supreme power in his Ma^{ties}
dominions. And I doe abhor y^e detestable opinion y^t the pope hath
pow^r to Depose princes. And this I doe from my hart, soe help me
God.
On the 31 October, 1687, Sir Edmund Andros, Knt. took over into his
hands the government of the Colony of Connecticut in New England.
_In Rhode Island and Providence Plantations._
The settlement of Rhode Island by Roger Williams, being partly
occasioned by his refusal to take either the Oath of Fidelity, or the
Stranger’s Oath to the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay will account for the
absence of all Oaths of Allegiance in the early history of the Colony
which he founded. From the first settlement of the Colony of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations to the present time an Oath could not
be required of any one; but in its place is required a property
qualification and an Affirmation.