Lands at Wessagusset, 129.
One of the Gorges company, 131, 134.
=Blancher=, Samuel, 80.
=Boston=, 21, 31, 55, 104, 134, 142, 144.
Bay, 9, 12, 24, 30, 33, 37, 121, 131, 133, 137.
Church sends delegation to Weymouth, 139.
Church troubles, 139.
Evacuation of, 145.
First occupied by a Weymouth settler, 35, 127, 131.
Tea-party, 73.
=Bowdoin=, James, 82.
=Bradford=, Gov., 11, 13, 14, 16, 30.
=Braintree=, 45, 75, 79, 142, 145, 152.
=Bridge= in Wessaguscus, 91.
=Bridgewater=, 75.
=Briggs=, Clement, 93.
=Brighton=, 135.
=Bristol=, England, 29.
=Britten=, 141.
=Britton=, James, 106.
=Burslam=, John, 130, 138.
=Burslem=, 43, 44.
Plantation, 35.
=Bursley=, 36, 46, 93.
Joanna (Hull), 100.
John, 100, 111.
=Burslyn=, John, 45.
=Butler’s= “Hudibras,” 19-21.
=Calvin=, 6.
=Cambridge=, 135, 141.
=Castle Island=, 91.
=Chamberlain=, George W., 87.
=Chapman=, Maria W., 55.
=Chard=, William, 57.
=Charity=, vessel, 11, 13, 133.
=Charles I=, 128.
=Charles= river, 135, 137.
=Charlestown=, 104, 130, 135, 136, 145.
=Chelsea=, 130.
=Chesapeake=, frigate, 145.
=Chicatabot=, 38.
=Churches= in Massachusetts Bay in 1635, 112.
=Clark=, Dr., 88.
=Concord=, 74.
=Continental= army, enlistments in, 77.
currency, 80, 82.
=Copp=, John, 57.
=Cotton=, Rev. John, 104, 139, 140.
=Cromwell=, Oliver, 6.
=Cruden’s= Concordance, 68, 108.
=Cushing=, Adam, 62.
E., 80.
=Cushman=, Robert, 11.
=Cuttyhunk=, 125.
=Damariscove= Islands, 8, 125.
=Delfthaven=, Holland, 10.
=Distemper=, throat, in Weymouth, 52.
=Dorchester=, 36, 45, 108, 110.
Council, 90, 98.
=Dover=, 102.
=Downing=, Sarah, 49.
=Dudley=, Gov., 141.
=Duxbury=, 23.
=East= Boston, 136.
=Easton=, 47.
=Edinburgh= (Scotland) tumult, 141.
=Eliot=, Rev. John, 104.
=Ellis=, Rev. George E., 89.
=Episcopacy= in New England, 30, 33, 34, 102, 110, 139, 142.
=Erasmus=, 6.
=Ferry= to Quincy Point, 56, 91.
=Fictitious= execution described, 18, 19.
=Fire= at Plymouth, 31.
=First= settlement of Boston bay, 126, 127.
=Fitcher=, Lieut., 38.
=Fore= river, 13-15, 24, 29, 53, 64, 74, 76, 121-124, 133, 134, 137.
=Fortune=, vessel, 10.
=French=, 36.
Stephen, 93, 98, 104.
=Fry=, Elizabeth, 92.
Mary, 92.
William, 92.
=Furnival’s= Inn, 11.
=Galileo=, 6.
=Gardner=, Henry, 74.
Sir Christopher, an emissary of Gorges, 134.
returns to England, 135.
=Gettysburg=, 149.
=Gibbon=, 60.
=Glover=, John, 93.
=Goold=, Capt., 75.
=Gorges=, Ferdinando, 29, 30, 128, 130, 137, 141, 144.
His plantation on the Kennebec, 125.
John, 34, 35, 44.
Robert, 29-31, 33, 34, 36-38, 94, 114, 130, 131, 137.
Character of his colonists, 30, 134.
Date of settlement at Wessagusset, 114, 126.
His company, 30, 89, 91, 93, 94, 110, 134.
His grant in New England, 29, 30.
Returns to England, 31.
Visits Wessagusset, 29, 94.
Settlement, commercial, 131.
Continuous, 131.
Ecclesiastical and feudal, 127, 128.
Its keynote, 135.
Its original planters harried or exiled, 133.
Regarded as a plague spot, 132-140.
Self-perpetuating, 129.
=Gosnold=, Bartholomew, 125.
=Gray=, Haryson, 74.
=Great= hill, 53, 85, 95, 139, 145.
Pond, 62.
=Greene=, Richard, 11, 14.
=Gustavus= Adolphus, 6.
=Guy= Fawkes’ Day, 31, 66.
=Hampden=, John, 6.
=Hancock=, John, 82.
=Harris=, Walter, 93.
=Hart=, Edmond, 93.
=Harvey=, Ruth, 65, 154.
=Heber=, Bp. Reginald, 32.
=Hingham=, 75, 86, 91, 100, 102, 110.
=Hobart=, Peter, 87.
=Hobbamock= [Hobomok], 26, 120.
=Holbrook=, Ichabod, 98.
John, 98.
=Holmes=, Oliver Wendell, 122.
=Horsford=, E. N., 123.
=Hubbard=, 102.
Rev. William, 140.
=Hull= (town), 37.
Agnes, 101.
Benjamin, 100.
Company, 91, 93, 99, 112.
No record that it formed a church, 112, 113.
Joanna, 100.
Rev. Joseph, 36, 45, 67, 86, 88, 93, 95, 99-101, 103, 105, 106, 108,
110, 112, 113, 138, 139.
Effect of his arrival at Weymouth, 110, 138.
Claims a Weymouth pulpit, 110.
Deputy to Gen’l Court from Hingham, 110.
Farewell sermon, at Weymouth, 110.
Perhaps an Episcopal clergyman, 139.
=Humphrey=, James, 61, 63, 71, 72, 77, 98, 115, 116.
Jonas, 98.
=Hunt’s= hill, 62.
=Hutchinson=, Mrs. Anne, 67, 105, 140-142.
=Indian= depredations, 17.
=Influence= of Weymouth settlement on Massachusetts, 132.
=Isle= of Shoals, 43, 101.
=Jeffers=, John, 44.
=Jeffery=, 44.
=Jeffrey=, Thomas, 43.
=Jeffries= [Jeffreys], William, 34-37, 43, 44, 93, 138.
Residence in Wessagusset, 35, 130, 138.
=Jenner=, Rev. Thomas, 67, 68, 102-105, 110, 113.
Invited to Weymouth, 110.
=Johnson=, Edward, 18.
=Keayne=, Robert, 103, 104.
=Kennebec=, 125.
=Kepler=, 6.
=King=, 36.
Philip’s War, 28, 49, 129, 145.
=Kingman=, 36, 79.
Henry, 91.
=King-Oak= hill, 5, 53, 54, 85, 117, 121, 151.
=Lenthall=, Rev. Robert, 67, 68, 90, 98, 103-105, 111, 113, 140, 143.
Character of, 143.
=Levett=, Christopher, 130.
=Lexington=, 74.
=Leyden=, Holland, 9, 27.
=Lincoln=, Abraham, 6, 136.
Mass., 147.
=Liquor= nuisance at Mt. Wollaston, 39.
=London=, England, 144.
=Long=, Richard, 91.
Island, 76.
=Longfellow=, Henry W., quoted, 25, 119, 120.
His dealing with history, 120-123.
=Lothrop=, Rev. Mr., 100.
=Loud=, John J., 47.
=Lovell=, 36.
Enoch, 61.
James, 98.
Robert, 98.
Solomon, 74, 78, 80-82, 85.
=Loyalty= of Weymouth settlers to Church of England, 110.
=Ludden=, 93.
=Luther=, Martin, 6.
=Lyford=, Rev. John, 37.
=Lynn=, 106.
=Macaulay=, 154.
=Makepeace=, Thomas, 106.
=Martin=, Ambrose, 106.
=Massasoit=, 21.
=Mather=, 106.
Cotton, 102, 135.
=Maverick=, Samuel, 129-131, 134-136, 141.
Character of, 136.
=Mayflower=, 7, 10, 126.
=Maypole= at Merrymount, 38, 44, 84, 116, 133.
At Penobscot bay, 125.
=Merchant= Adventurers, London, 9, 10.
=Merrymount= settlement broken up Standish, 41-43.
May-pole, 44, 116.
=Milton= hill, 55.
John, 6.
=Monatoquit=, 41, 137.
=Monhegan= island, 125.
=Montgomery=, 79.
=Moon= head, 76.
=Morell= [Morrell], Rev. William, 30-34, 95, 96, 109, 112, 130, 131,
137, 142.
A Clergyman of the Established Church, 96, 109, 137.
Poem by, 32, 33.
Returns to England, 96, 138.
=Morton=, Thomas, of Merrymount, 12, 17, 21, 36, 38, 40-44, 53, 84,
94, 116, 130, 133-135.
Character of his party, 38, 39, 133.
His “New English Canaan,” 17-19, 21.
Landing of, 11, 12.
Not at first connected with Gorges, 133.
Possibly one of Weston’s Colony, 12, 133.
Visits Weymouth, 36, 37.
=Mount= Wollaston, 45, 56, 84, 91, 94, 134.
Becomes Merrymount, 38.
Location of, 37, 38.
=Mystic= river, 137.
=Nahawton=, 95.
=Narragansett= Fort, 50.
=Nash=, Alexander, 55.
Captain, 82.
Gilbert, 87, 118, 126, 131, 132, 146, 147.
Jacob, 98.
James, 98.
=Nateaunt=, 95.
=Neponset= river, 130, 134, 135, 137.
=New= Bedford, 125.
=New= English Canaan, extracts from, 37, 40, 41, 53, 54.
[See Morton.]
=Newman=, Rev. Samuel, 47, 68, 69, 92, 104, 105, 107, 108, 111, 113.
=Newport=, R. I., 106.
=Noddle’s= Island, 136.
=North= river, 22.
Weymouth, 75, 95, 103.
=Northleigh=, England, 101.
=Norton=, Jacob, 51.
=Norumbega=, 123.
=Old= North (First) Church, 87, 88.
South Church, Boston, 69, 73.
Spain, 5, 6, 35, 56, 131, 139, 145.
=Oldham=, John, 34, 35, 37, 44.
expelled from Plymouth, 37.
=Opposition= to the ecclesiastical system of Plymouth, 109.
=Oxford= University, England, 101, 108.
=Oyster= river, 101.
=Paine=, Rev. Thomas, 69.
Robert Treat, 70.
=Parker=, James, 93.
=Pecksuot=, 23, 25, 26, 28, 40, 119, 122, 124, 144, 145.
=Penobscot= bay, 125.
Expedition, 81.
=Peirce=, John, 11.
=Pequod= war, 46, 47.
=Penn’s= hill, Braintree, 145.
=Phillips= creek, 6, 13, 123.
=Pike=, Rev. Mr., 102.
=Plymouth=, 5, 16, 17, 21, 23, 29, 31, 39, 43, 44, 94, 95, 113, 116,
120-122, 153.
=Pool=, 36.
=Poole=, Joseph, 49.
=Popham= plantation, 125.
=Porter=, 36.
=Portsmouth=, N. H., 135, 136.
=Pratt=, Ebenezer, 61.
John, 49.
Phineas, 17, 22, 24, 121.
Escapes to Plymouth, 22-24, 121, 122.
=Prayer-book= used at Weymouth, 139.
=Prince=, Rev. Thomas, 98, 99, 129, 131.
Chronicles, 97, 131.
=Provincetown= harbor, 126.
=Quakers=, 101.
=Queen= Ann’s turnpike, 55.
war, 145.
=Quincy= (town), 142.
John, 84.
Point, 56.
=Randall=, John, 98.
=Robert=, 98.
=Randolph=, 75.
=Rassdall, Mr.=, 38.
=Rawlins=, Thomas, 93.
=Reade=, William, 111.
=Rehoboth=, 47, 68, 92, 107, 108.
=Revere=, Paul, 120.
=Richards=, Thomas, 93.
=Richmond=, Va., 148.
=Robinson=, John, 27, 28.
=Roxbury=, 102, 104.
Neck, 55.
=Sable=, Cape, 56.
=Saco=, Me., 103, 105.
=Salem=, 100.
=Salisbury=, Surgeon, 11.
=Sanders=, 14, 16, 17.
=Sandwich= Bay, 14.
=Savage=, James, 88, 101-103, 118.
=Scituate=, 100.
=Seekonk=, 107.
=Shakespeare=, 6.
=Shannon=, frigate, 145.
=Shaw=, John, 98.
Joseph, 98.
=Shawmut=, 127, 129, 135, 144.
=Shoals=, Isle of, 9.
=Shrimp=, Capt. [Standish], 41, 42.
=Silvester=, Richard, 106, 141.
[See Sylvester.]
=Site= of Weston’s Block-house, 123, 124.
=Sloan= collection, 123.
=Smith=, 141.
Abigail, 70, 84, 115, 116.
John, 106.
Rev. William, 51-57, 70, 75, 86, 108, 115, 154.
=Smoking= Flax Blood-Quenched, 121.
=South= Shore Railroad, 150, 151.
=Southampton=, 10.
=Sparrow= (vessel), 8.
=Speedwell= (vessel), 10.
=Squanto=, 13, 14, 144.
=St. Bartholomew= Act, 101.
=St. Buryan’s=, Cornwall, 101.
=St. Mary’s= Hall, Oxford (England), 101.
=Standish=, Miles, 13, 23-28, 39, 41-43, 50, 118-124, 144, 145.
His account of visit to Merrymount, 42, 43.
Longfellow’s version of, 119, 120.
Relieves Wessagusset, 24-26, 119-123.
Sir Hugh, 119.
Thurston de, 119.
=Stoughton=, Israel, 103.
=Stow=, 74.
=Swan= (vessel), 11, 13, 14, 17, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31.
=Sylvester=, Richard, 66, 93.
[See Silvester.]
=Symmes=, Rev. Zechariah, 104.
=Taunton= River, 62.
=Thacher=, Rev. Peter, 69, 113.
Rev. Thomas, 69, 108, 151.
=Thompson=, David, 130, 134, 135, 137.
Character of, 135.
Never at Wessagusset, 135.
=Thompson’s= Island, 130.
=Three= Episodes of Massachusetts History, 121, 126.
=Tirrel=, John, 78.
=Torrey=, John, 61.
Jonathan, 98.
Joseph, 61.
Paul, verses by, 51.
Rev. Samuel, 69, 98.
William, 93, 98.
=Troubles= from paper currency, 78-80.
=Trumbull=, J. Hammond, 104, 106.
=Tufts=, Cotton, 47, 52, 55, 64, 71, 74, 75, 78, 85.
=Upham=, 36.
John, 46, 111.
=Vane=, Sir Harry, 141, 142.
=Vinson=, John, 62, 98.
Lieut., 82.
=Virginia= massacre, 21.
=Walford=, Thomas, 130, 134, 142.
Character of, 136.
=Wampetuc=, 95.
=Warren=, Joseph, “Solemn League and Covenant,” 73.
=Waters=, Henry, 123.
=Wattawamat.= [See Wituwamat.]
=Weaver=, Clement, 93.
=Webacowett=, Jonas, 95.
=Webb=, Christopher, 103.
=Weld=, Rev. John, 104.
=Wessagusset= [Wessaguscus] (early name of Weymouth), 12, 44, 86, 91,
94, 109.
Described in Wood’s N. E. Prospect, 44.
Distress in winter, 14-16.
Double name of, 35.
History indistinct from 1623 to 1628, 37.
Importance of its early history, 118.
Morton’s colony destroyed, 27.
Name changed to Weymouth, 100, 111, 116.
Original site of, 123.
[See Weymouth.]
=Weston=, Andrew, 133.
Thomas, 8-11, 89, 124, 125, 130, 133, 144.
Abandons Plymouth colony, 10.
At Wessagusset, 29, 133.
Character of, 10.
Dies in Bristol, Eng., 29.
Influence of, in settlements at Plymouth and Weymouth, 9.
Plans for settlement, 8, 9, 125.
Returns to England, 133.
Trials of his colony, 14-17, 21.
=Weymouth=, Action on Stamp Act, 71, 72.
Action on tax on tea, 72, 73.
Allowed a deputy to the Gen’l Court, 45, 111.
Arrival of Weston’s party 8.
their character, 11, 12.
Attack on, anticipated in the Revolution, 74-76.
Attitude at opening of the Revolution, 73-76.
Birth record, 93.
Bridge, 91.
Centre of the Gorges movement, 132.
Changes in, 88.
Chooses three deputies, 45, 111.
Church troubles, 102-111, 138.
Comparative size of, 94.
Clergymen, 66-70, 95-113.
Council, 1637, 102, 103, 111.
Council, 1639, 103, 104, 106.
Date of settlement, 7, 90, 91, 114.
Deaths in 1718, 98.
Deserters from Continental army paid, 80.
Distance from Boston, 55.
Episodes in its early history, 118-123, 144.
European contemporaries with its settlement, 6.
Expenses, 58, 82-84.
Extinguishes Indian title in 1642, 94.
Families in 1644, 107.
Facts as to early settlement, 94.
Ferry, 56, 91.
First twenty years, 87.
Fisheries, 62.
Grant for tanyard, 61.
Great snow-storms in, 64.
Holidays observed, 66.
In the Civil War, 76, 147, 148.
Intemperance in, 147, 153.
Jealousy of, 95.
Made a plantation, 45, 100.
Meeting-house burned, 50, 51, 152.
Morals of, 65, 152.
Number of families in, before 1644, 93.
Old North Church, organization of, 87, 88.
Origin of name, 90.
Originally called Wessagusset, 116.
Pisciculture in, 62.
Plague centre of prelatical poison, 142.
Population of, 1635, 93.
Post Office established, 150.
Probable date of settlement, 114.
Records, extracts from, etc., 48-50, 54, 57-66, 77, 78, 81, 82, 90,
92, 153, 154.
Religion in, 153.
Rival claimants to pastorate, 111, 112.
Rules concerning fires, 58.
Sad accident at, 66.
Schools, 57, 82, 83, 153.
School-master, 57.
Settlement antedates Boston, 127.
Sickness in, 52, 63.
Sketch of, by Cotton Tufts, 47, 52, 55, 64.
Soldiers and the Lord’s day, 66.
Soldiers in Canada campaign, 78-79.
Soldiers in Civil War, 79, 148-151.
Soldiers in Continental service, 77-81.
Snow-storm of 1717, 64.
Theory of pastoral succession, 113.
Town bounty to soldiers, 79-83.
Town debt, 77, 83.
Town meetings, 60, 61, 76.
Treatment of the poor, 153, 154.
Weston’s influence in, 9, 10.
=Weymouth=, England, 36, 90, 91, 93, 97, 101, 131.
=Weymouth= River, 13.
=Wheelwright=, Rev. John, 140-142.
=White=, Asa, 77.
Dr., 62.
James, 77, 78.
Samuel, 49.
=Whitman=, Capt., 77, 82.
=Whitman’s= Pond, 85.
=Whitmarsh=, Ezra, 61.
=Whittier=, John G., 118.
=Wilson=, Rev. John, 44, 103, 104.
=Winnisimmet=, 130, 135.
=Winslow=, Edward, 11, 17.
=Winthrop=, Gov. John, 34, 36, 87, 91, 93, 102, 106, 109, 127, 128,
135-139, 141, 144.
His map of Massachusetts, 123.
Visits Wessagusset and Plymouth, 34, 44, 91, 94, 134.
=Winthrop= settlement, contrasted with that of Gorges, 127, 128.
Theological and democratic, 127.
=Wituwamat=, 25-28, 119, 120, 122.
=Wollaston=, Capt., 37, 38.
Arrival of his company, 11, 12.
Settlement at Mt. Wollaston, 38.
Settlement broken up, 41-43.
=Yarmouth=, 100, 101.
=York=, Maine, 101.
APPENDIX.
_The Number of Acres in each Person’s Lot in 1663._
44 Bates.
_Bayley._
_Berge._
Bicknell.
_Blake._
_Bolter._
3 Briggs.
35 Burrell.
_Burg._
_Butterworth._
_Byram._
_Charde._
_Comer._
5 Cook.
_Down._
_Drake._
10 Dyer.
8 Ford.
28 French.
_Fry._
_Gilman._
_Guppie._
2 Harding.
4 Hart.
29 Holbrook.
8 Humphrey.
34 Hunt.
2 King.
2 Kingman.
5 Leach.
13 Lovell.
_Luddon._
27 Nash.
_Newbury._
2 Osborne.
_Otis._
1 Parker.
6 Phillips.
_Pitty._
18 Pool.
7 Porter.
68 Pratt.
_Priest._
11 Randall.
3 Reed.
_Reynolds._
22 Richards.
_Roe._
2 Rogers.
36 Shaw.
_Staple._
_Streame._
22 Smith.
_Snooke._
2 Taylor.
_Thacher._
8 Thompson.
25 Torrey.
21 Vining.
30 White.
5 Whitman.
1 Whitmarsh.
_Warrens._
_Woren._
Total, 64.
_Poll List of 1774._
1 Arnold.
_Ayrs._
_Badlam._
7 Bayley.
44 Bates.
6 Beals.
21 Bicknell.
6 Binney.
32 Blanchard.
35 Burrell.
4 Canterbury
1 Colson.
3 Copeland.
50 Cushing.
11 Derby.
10 Dyer.
_Eager._
8 Ford.
28 French.
_Goold._
1 Gurney.
29 Holbrook.
19 Hollis.
_Hovey._
8 Humphrey.
34 Hunt.
_Jeffers._
4 Jones.
13 Joy.
2 Kingman.
45 Loud.
13 Lovell.
27 Nash.
20 Orcutt.
6 Phillips.
_Pitty._
18 Pool.
7 Porter.
68 Pratt.
25 Reed.
8 Rice.
22 Richards.
_Ripley._
2 Rogers.
36 Shaw.
22 Smith.
25 Thayer.
61 Tirrell.
25 Torrey.
1 Trufant.
Tufts.
3 Turner.
21 Vining.
3 Vinson.
1 Wade.
1 Ward.
1 Waterman.
2 Webb.
2 Weston.
30 White.
5 Whitman.
1 Whitmarsh.
4 Williams.
Total, 63.
Transcriber’s Notes
Errors in punctuation have been fixed.
In a few cases, where the original book left blank space to indicate an
omitted word, -- or ---- have been substituted.
Page 42: “rest of the worties” changed to “rest of the worthies”
Page 111: “in this place or people” changed to “in this place for
people”
Page 132: “my deficiences” changed to “my deficiencies”